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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-23
Expectations.

The man who is looking for trouble
xeperaiiy finds 1t and the one who ex
poets defeat usually gets whIppins
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-23

We have Just received two cars
[ the celebrated Sunshine Naval
ranges direct from Redlands best
roves. Ask your grocer for Sun
hne and you will be eating real
ranges Remember the name Sun
hine,' the place Cottar Bros, Co.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-23

The ladies of the PRESBYTERIAN
hurch viii give tea SATURDAY
fternoon. January 23rd. at the
asidence Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. @. Pa
Ter, 2Cl5 Elm st. Admission l5e.
l-2l st
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-23

Mrs. Edith johnson Of Mound
City, visited in Cairo Friday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-23

John Moore will leave today for
a business trip in New Orleans.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-23
PERSONALS

c. s. Bourlue left Yesterday for
"a business trip in st. Louis.
Mrs. Edith johnson OF Mound
City, visited in Cairo Friday.
John Moore will leave today for
a business trip in New Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs, F. NJ, Culley of Nc
Clure, III, were Cairo visitorg Fri.
day.
Thomas l.. Callahan of Fulton,
was in the city yesterday on bust
ness.
Mrs. Margaret Mccarthy who i
i'll at St, Mary's ihfrmary is doins
nicely. n.y.
H. II. strohm of Chicago, i
spending a few days on business il
Cairo.
Wallace Hudson and Arthu
Scloemhs are on a hunting TIP a
Mcclure, I'll. :
Frank Fry who has been quite II
at his home on Walnut street,
&lightly improved. . \
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs, F. NJ. Culley of Nc
Clure, Ill, were Cairo visitors Fri
day.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-03-13
READY FOR STERN WAR
WEST INDIAN ISLANDS ARM FOR
DEADLY STRIFE.
Take the Prospect Of Being involved
In the European Conflict Very
seriously-Forees Like Those
CT Comic Opera.

A cargo of war tales has arrived
from the West indies. Every native
there sleeps 5..Sh his gun under ms
pillow
Little srecks OF islaad that no one
ever heard OF north Oh the tropic OF
Cancer are t'isewing Up covering earth-
works and h,,resooged natives, yester-
lays nobodi 5, are To-Day generals
roustabouts arr. soldiers every town
has guard; every lslaud cistrusts
every other island. Ten Thousand rusty
fiintlock muskets rale The !and. and
from the sea come tGl.s of strange
men-of-war threading in and out
among the islands, always seeking and
never finding one another.
Every native on the island OK st.
Lucia is happy these days, for ne
totes a gun, rides on bicycle and
marches behind brass band, and the
government pays for 1t all" says the
purser of West Indian steamer re-
Gently docked in New York.
Some cf the eiraDgest looking BIZ
cycles l ever saw have been com
mandeered by the authorities. Some OF
them are the old high-wheel affairs
that our daddies rode; some of them
have no tires; most of them are. red
with rust and all of them squeak ]
heard the troops coming two blocks
away. The arms they carry are In the
same class.
AT Barbados, every negro and Chi
naman on the island has Joined the
army. They have what they call q
life guard to protect the place. What
they are afraid of l don't know. but
heard that they have been told the
kaiser was planning to send his feet
over to capture the possession.
That was enough for those natives.
They threw up line. of breastworks
and they fire a cannon every time q
ship is sighted. They have burnt up q
lot of powder that way, / understand.
Whenever that old cannon cuts loose
the army come lickety-split for the
shore. They line up behind the breast
works with their muZzle-loaders and
their derringers and you've got to
show them that you don't mean any
monkey business.
"At Dominica, near st. Thomas, the
udtINcS udVH UuIlL d. ltIlc lOlI Juot ~.
fight the German navy when it does
come over. There are not enough white
men in Dominica to hold a meeting
and not many more colored. In the
center Of their fort they have planted
a tall flag pole. Every morning at
daylight man pulls himself up 10
the top Of that Nag pole ens sticns
there. looking out to sea. He is LOOK
ing for the German navy. Two hours
later he comes down and another man
takes mis- place. This has been kept
up every day for weeks. from dawn
TIL darkness.
English, French and German war
ships chase each other around the is
land, and It's no wonder the natives
are fidgety. At st. Lucia there were
10 ships tied up. all afraid to stir out
side the harbor."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-03-13
History Of the War.

'Whun the history OF this wal
comes to be written" is a constantly
recurring journalistic phrase, as If the
story of this great conflict could evel
be written. You may be fairly certain
that no one under the rank of an
archangel, in close touch with omnis
cience, will ever write the full his
tory of the world war Down below
there isn't the knowledge. and there
isn't the time There will come sec
tional accounts. But II In the fullness
of time a world syndicate succeeds in
getting some million tons Of print
within covers. the public will Zone
hopes) be thinking of something else
Yet the literature Of the war as q
personal drama is the domain Of the
private soldier and the best letters
from the front have been written by
the private soldier. On that side OF
the literature of war the editor Of the
Book Monthly has his eye. He is a
specialist on the "Epistles Of Atkins -
and already he has been gloating and
cleaning with some thousands Of sol
diers' letters before him.-L don
Chronicle
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-03-13
The New York Standard.

New York is mighty hard on
clothes or course I'm a good deal OF
. stranger, and l haven't many invi.
tations, aud SO don't need SO large q
wardrobe az did in Dallas. but still
have to dress better than l did there.
The STANDARD ID higher. There never
is a time when you can Just put on
any old thing n New York people
dress up to 60 to market, or to early
church. When John takes me to the
theater I've got to look nice. or
couldn't enjoy the play. Is waik
down the avenue in = suit that Isn't
just right, ! am seIf-conscious and
pes1imistie see nothing but tie
reflection 0Y my 'taeky' self In the big
windows. l simply must dress wen. II
1t takes all my time. Isn't the war
news awful? I've read only the head
lines, but won't It be funny II next
year We have to get our fashions from
Berlin Prom the Atlantic.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-03-13
MUSIC PAINFUL TO BISMARCK
melodies Cling to Me-" Said the
Chancellor, land | Find 1t Diff
cult to Release Myself"

Talking of the arts, Bismarck said:
"Of music am very fond, but now l
have to abstain from hearing 1t. be-
cause tears come Only too readily into
my eyes My heart is stronger than
my head Inueed. what self-contrOl
have has been bought by experience.
Many Instances occurred during our
conversations which gave the truth to
tbs assertion.
The extreme mobility of his coun
tenance ard the various shades of ex-
preston which passed over it told of a
sensitive. emotional temperament.
But have Ere within me still which
burns at times with fury Upon that
asked: Are yeu in reality the Iron
CHANCELLOR" No" he said, mot natur-
ally; the iron | have created to use
when necessary And that l believed
to be true.
Iasked him if he knew Wagner per-
sonally. YES" he answered.; but it
Was quite impossible for me to care for
him or to encourage his society. l had
not time to submit to his Unsuitable
vanity. Before breakfast, at breakfast,
before and after dinner, Wagner de-
manded sympathy and admiration. His
egot:sm was wearisome and intoler-
abic. and his demard for listener
was so incessant that was obliged to
avoid his company. ! was too busy
with my affairs to be able to give him
all or even a portion Of the demands
he would have claimed upon my time.
But admire his music greatly, though
1 have been compelled to give up 60
ing to the opera, because the beautiful
and touching melodies l cannot get
out Of my head; they cling to me. and
I find it difficult to release myself from
them, and now it tires me to be SO
much moved" Conversations
With Prince Bismarck" by w. B.
Richmond, the English Painter. In the
North American Review.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-03-13
Splendid Memory.

Recently Pthlip O'Day. . coal deal
er Of Brooklyn, died and 1t was found
that for nearly twenty years he had
kept complete tally Of his business in
his head. He had not the slightest
knowledge of arithmetic, IS taught.
:ut according to his own methods was
able to remember who owed him ant
whom he owed, down to . cent
His sons associated with him in the
business kept . private account book.
but thsy never dared let their father
know abont It. Just before his death
the coal merchant told them the names
Of All debtors and the amounts due.
Even IN his dying moments he spoke
with seoin Of the need his sons found
for using pencil and paper to take
DOWN what he told them. After their
father had passed away the sons
found his memory was even better
than their account book. for they had
neglected putting down certain sums
the old merchant had reported 70
them.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-03-13
FOOD IN BELEAGUERED CITY
Extremities to Which Inhabitants OF
Paris Were Driven During the
Siege Of 1870.

In a letter by Henry Lahouchere,
which is quoted by A. l.. Thoroid IN
his life of the distinguia he'd journal
list, he describes, MT without char
acteristic touch of Aumor the ex-
tremes to which the Inhabitants Of
Paris were driven during the siege
of 1870.
went to see what was going on in
the house of friend of mine in the
Avenue de PImperatrice. who has left
Paris. The servant who was In
charge told me they had not been able
TO obtain bread for three days. and
that the last time he had presented
his ticket, he had been given about
half an inch of cheese.
"How do you live, them" l asked
After looking mysteriously round to
see that no one was watching us, he
took me down into the cellar and
pointed to some meat in a barrel sit
Is half a horse" he said, in the tone
Of a man who is showing someone
the corpse of his murdered victim.
"A neighboring coachman killed him,
and we salted him down and divided
him Then he opened closet in
which sat a huge cat. II am fatten-
ing her up for Christmas; we mean
to serve her up surrounded with mice
like sausages."
On January s. Labouchere notes:
Yesterday, had slice Of Pollux for
dim er. Castor and his brother Pollux
are two elephants that have been
kill. d. The meat was tough. coarse,
and oily, and l do not recommend
English families to eat elephant when
they can get beef or mutton. Many
Of the restaurants are closed for lack
Of fuel. They use lamps, but even
French cooks when they are called
upon to cook an elephant with spirit
lamp, find the thing almost beyond
their ingenuity. Castors and Pollux's
trunks sold for Is francs a pound, the
other parts Of the interesting twins
fetched about tel francs a pound"
Not all the strange foods eaten dur
ing the siege were as unalluring. On
the subject Of donkey. Labouchere
says: Donkey IL infinitely better
eating than beef or mutton; indeed, ]
do not know any meat that fs better
Let snyone who doubts the excellence
of e6id donkey slay one Of these weak
animals. cook him. and eat
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-03-13
Worid's Debt 10 the UnHs.

7 1u6 WUTIV UW6B uuCu 70 CU0 puyBF
cally unfit. It would be less worth liv'
ing in today but for the brilliant con.
sumptives and cripples and blind and
deaf men who have enriched it. In
our craze for efficiency and for stand
ardizing everything we are in danger
of forgetting that there are other
things in the world, too.
We cannot do without the consump-
tive Stevensons, Il e anemic Voltaires
the blind Millions, the deaf Beethov-
ems, the hunchback Alexander Popes
the clubfoot Byrons. the helpless
Prescotts. A rule that would have de-
prived Heine of an education would
have been costly to the world.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-03-13
No AIts-neslwL

as eisgardly Prokids.ee ordained in
beginning. bst three principal
a Il upon thu tsnAtncg Of popula'
IA to outrun su6s1Btemce, namely,
Anime, peetilence and vaf.
Modern devices OF transportatien,
mot to mention the activities Of char
ity, speedily 1nt famine out Of the
reckoning. Il became practically I'M
possible for enough people to do any
sood to staFve to death any more.
So, too. N1th pestilence. The doctors
got busy and Discovered % many -
runs and things that Destilence af-
forded but the scantieoe relief.
war isn't q Chfistian q Il might
be. but Il malbes Z noise like Hobson's 3
cholcs.- psopls began y remark. or
such Of then. = 1oaDk - voeo d.
Dosed - fsee tAs situst1oa squasssy.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-03-13

A good treatment for . cold settler
in the lungs b = HERRICK'S RED
PEPPER PORUS PLAST Err applied
to the chest to draw out Inflammation
and BALLARD'S HOREHOUNr
SYRUP 70 relax ttRhtness. You get
the two rsmsdiss for the price Of ons
By buying tbs dollar sire Horehount
Syrup:.there u . posus plaster free
with each eottIe. Sold BY H. A. Eltivet
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-03-13
silk From sesveed

A French scientist has succeeded ip
making artificial silk from the slime
Of tho seaweed which 10 thrown mp In
immense masses On the coasts OF Nor
mandy. Scotland. Norway and Canada
The fabric Il Of excellent quality and
can - produced mnch more eAsaply
than any other form o. silk.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-03-13

Ditdln0 ptseD ~ DsttinS oIlpa
Dstting sl1ps which were found hid.
cen .bstwesn the leaves Of . family
Bsble were produced at the Sunder
land (Dns.) police court dus1aS ~
Aeas1nG q q bsttine casa
Evening star., 1915-05-23

bread We--in fact. s:erybodS-h
lived on mu"h too eXuavaSant scale.
- : .....
indorse gladly This overheard CON
NeTsaiinn. l'hc man right tins war
viii be good education for many
Nianita Is fnti Al iresen, with fugitivcs
from tiai!cia, tn" seat Of war. much is
done for them and nov warm spring
wcathef SETS in their sufferinGs will he
less. ihe'" = an opinion that many Of
them maS ne-"r return 10 their ahan-
Toned i:oimeS they find Vienna a most
suitable Itare for thriving business
\ few ~ounticd soldiers had entered
the cafe. DcearXing a table near me T
saw The medal If bravery the chest
of one at them. was Interested an
upportunitS for starting a conversation
was soon found Here is the simple
tale, q good one. and shows the spirit
which inspires The troops in the lighting
i.ne.
In the month of January my regi-
ment, No. 10. WAS ordered to relieve the
one which had occupied for the last
thirty-six hours the nearest position TO
the enemy. We only could reach the
exposed spot under cover of dark on
a bitterly cold night, a snowstorn rag
ing We left our comfortable quarters
about : pm. The roads were hard
frozen. the march difficult especially as
We left the highway To cut across coun-
try. In the dark We could not make out
tauch Of our surroundings, but burned
houses. broken walls, fallen trees de-
otroyed villages showed us the de-
Struction OF the heavy artillery duel
during the past days Arriving at the
trenches. relieved our waiting,
freezing comrades. They had passed a
hard time under heavy fire The enc
nay twice had tried to rush their posi- :
tion, but IN vain. every charge broke
down, leaving countless dead and
wounded the ground We were told
that we should face u terrible sight at
daybreak. no doubt 4 new attack would
keep busy. SO IL Was Daylight
came, and with II Il ;shastly picture 1
never shall forget in .ill my life. Bodies
stiff n-froZen every where. half covered in
snow, and many of the wounded had
succumbed TO the intense cold
And then came again the charge of
the enemy oar rifles and quick firing
guns started crack crack, hsS-hiss and
crack-crack. More dead. more wounded
fell beside their dead frozen comrades.
The enemy. reinforced during the night,
was in majority. Every man of US
fought like lion. but at noon il was
evident that could not hold out
much longer The loss of life began
telling, the enemy's artillery played
havoc in our lines. shells everywhere
exploded. and many a brave man was
killed that day. orders came to fall
back into better position. During
this dangerous movement noticed mat
Evening star., 1915-05-23
An Easy Choice.

IN ISHOP SANFORD OLMSTED said
I'D at a dinner party in Denver:
THE charge that the church Is gov
erned by mercenary motives IS an IN
sidious one. ! think this charge was
best answered by the prison chaplain.
"A chaplain was addressing con-
gregation of prisoners. many of whom
had given more than one proof that
they were profiting by his visits But
there was a certain rough, brutal-look-
ing fellow who always scoffed and
sneered. And today this fellow, when
the chaplain greeted him. said:
mo, / don't want to shake hands
with you, parson. You only preach for
money.
Very good. my friend: have it so.
the chaplain answered. I preach for
money. You steal for money. Let God
choose between U.s."
Evening star., 1915-05-23

sui into greater prominence. in all
probability. than he viii enjoy i'll all
the rest of his consular career. 'Tis an
i'll wind. runs the old motto. and Wes-
ley Frost is merely another example of
how this works out. The post of Amer
lean consul TO Queenstown is a sober
enough existence in normal times. but
the disaster which has iostled the dip
lomatic connections of two nations
brought Frost to the fore.
): <
ON the other hand Frost is not the only
re resentative abroad of Uncle Sans
consular service who has become gen
erally known as "A result Of the Eu-
ropean war. but because the I.usitania
affair is perhaps one of tho biggest In
cifents to affect American consuls in
other countries it will do well 10 tell
first something of Frost at Queens
town.
From the meaeer official reports
which have reached the state Depart
ment concerning F'rost's personal work
in affordine assistance to survivors of
the l.usitania, helping identify bodies
Of drowned Americans and keeping the
department in touch with Developments
rs fast as they took place. il appears
that Frost jumped into an automobile
and rushed the twenty or thirty miles
70 the seacoast as soon as he heard OF
The disaster
u is hardly likely that he knew
when the news first reached him that
he. personally, WAS to reap lar:.
share of glory as 4 result of his work.
but whatever he thought. frosts first
effort was to ger to kiuSale Head.
where the survivors were being brouen mt
By British patrol vessels. What he did
for the next two days formed the basis
of cablegram after cableeram, which
Evening star., 1915-05-23
Increase in Useful Birds
in Environs of Washinqton

10 IRD protection laws and the change
" that has come over public opinion
on the subject of the value of birds to
man seems. in the opinion of local orni-
biologists or ordinary bird observers,
to be producing results. Obviously de-
sirable birds are more numerous in and
last spring. and the observation was
made last spring that they were then
more numerous than they had been dur
ing the preceding spring.
Bird people say that not for many
years have they seen SO many cardinals
around Washington. In Rock Creek
Park and in those sections of the Dis
trict into which the city has not grown
and in the nearby woods Of Maryland
and Virginia you may hear the distinc-
tive whistle of this beautiful bird on all
sides. The number of young cardinals
is remarked on as being especially
gratifying. III every little walk a man
will see the fash of red as this bird
flies or rests on the ground. 1t is also
remarked that they are quite tame.
The woods are musical with the song
of the wood-thrush, and this pretty
bird. with his sandy red back and
wings, and his white breast dotted with
ins are numerous and tame. The red
start and the Maryland yellow -throat
are here by the thousand, and the song
sparrow, wrens, chickadees, martins,
finches and oven birds or the teacher
birds seem to be enjoying happy and
prosperous season Woodpeckers, espe-
cially those of the red-headed variety.
are common, and they are busy and
quite noisy in providing for the wants
of their families. The scarlet tanager
is not numerous. but it perhaps would
be far from accurate to mark MN
down as rare. He is in the thlckets
If you want to call on him.
Men are more and more writing OF
the good which birds do men. Prof.
Francis Newton, member of the state
Horticultural Association of Pennsyl-
vania, has lately written that the fu-
ture of the crops of the United states
depend on the number of the birds. He
observed that a pair of grosbeaks in
one day visited their nest 45O times.
and each time carried two or more
worms During daylight in spring ne
saws that sparrows, chfckadees. mar
tins and vireos visit their nestllnSs
on an average once minute, carrying
each time a worm an insect. or a
beak full of such things. He calculates
that a song sparrow eats more tha1i
1900 worms day, and he has seen a
scarlet tanager devour thlrty-nve gyp-
sy moths a minute for eighteen min
utes before completing the meal. Most
people appreciate the activity OF the
robin in his search for worms and other
forms of food, becau ause the robin is very
bold and very confiding, and Will DO
his work under the public eye.
Evening star., 1915-05-23

sci Cushing by German aviator. but
il was not known who hombarded the
Gushing until Consul General Soren
Lstoe. at Rotterdam. stepped to the
fore with a report that the Gushing had
been bomharded by an aeroplane that
carried painted crosses on her wings
the German emblem
Lstoe is another of the American
consulS who have made records through
the yagaries of war, and his work al
Rotterdam. particularly in connection
with the Gushing affair. has been of
valuable service to American Minister
Van Dyke at The Hague.
I.istoe is another of foreign birth who
is serving the United States well in a
consular capacity. He was born at
Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1876, but he
became Americanized long ago and for
wears was a power in the state during
the frontier days of Minnesota.
F,mcratinS t. this country when
twenty Years Of age. LiStoe worked
hard at the language and customs o.
America until he was fitted for news
paper work He followed this occupa-
ton for a number Of years. but the
western portion of Minnesota was just
opening up to settlers and Llstoe de-
rided to ti-y farming in the new coun-
a chance to do some government Work
in connection with the settlement OF
the land and thus Listoe made his hrst
bow to Uncle sam
About 1850 I.istoe got tired Of frontier
farming and Went hack into the news
paper work. and from newspaper work
he branched out into politics. and even
tually was sent to the state legislature
Afterward he became register of the
United States land office al Fergus
Fails. MINI
This occupied him for nearly dec
ade. and the next record of Listoe is in
connection with his entering the con-
sular service as consul to Dusseldorf
Germany in 1892. He gave up the
consular service for a few years. only
to re-enter il again in 1897. when he
was appointed consul at Rotterdam
Listoe has three children. who are be-
ing educated in Washington at the
present time.
Somewhat different from the promi-
nence gained by these three consuls IS