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The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16

III [ hal realized that the feeling
OF Mrs Bradley toward tho senator
was 50 desperate | am sure | would
have induced him to marry her and
give her and her children his name.
Mrs Bradley did not call upon me to
aid her in any way. and did not have
any reason 70 anticipate this trouble"
Washington dispatches today stated
that Mrs Bradley learned last week
hat Senator Brown, who had cast her
off last summer was to meet Mrs
Adams in New York She at once
formed some more or less unjust sus-
PIGEONS, and following the Senator
asst shot him.
MIS- Adams, epeaking of this phase
OF the case, said
1T apears that Mrs. Bradley saw
my letter, telling The senator woull
bn in New York during Christmas.
and in her condition of mind 1t was
The final aggravation that led her to
shoot the senator.
Il can explain everything that
have written him, and hope the public
viii not put a wrong Interpretation
upon things until the facts are
known
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16
OFFICERS

Accounts OF corporations and indivia
uals especially solicited. Rxchsrg'
furuished to any part Of the world
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16

Here it was thar the visionary
schemes of GouFdain We're born All
he required was a staff of six girl
stenographers and typewriters ana a
small printing establishment TO turn
ont the Autographed letterhead5
whose design was hts own creation.
This lurid stationery brought ID tac
business
How the Money Poured In.
Gourdain had in his employ an
Indian named Muharorth The lptsrey
shaik was greatly attached to tha
brown man and placed entire Coz
hdence in him Munafarth's sole daty
was to open the mail and arrange the
money orders and checks. which fos
vear- came in golden streams. Gour
qdain cupied mean little desk we'll
away from the noisy typewriters. and
to him Munafos reported every
morning in the week, Sunday includ
ed. and pourei the nights accumuia
ton Of checks and negotiable paper
into a huge dry goods box
When the detectives got too hit
for him in New Orleans. and after
Gorrdain had practically made him.
self penniIess through squandcriug
his immense receipts at the gaming
table and in he wine cup, the pol
ishel swindlcr changed hie base Of
operations TO Chicago. where at No
81 Madison street he resumed hi,
2 gantic lottery fakes under the name
Of Black & Co."
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16
GIVEN TWENTY YEARS

Marshall. Mo. Dec 1i.-Jesse Rum
sey. the boy train robber. pleaded
guilty here today in two charges and
was sentenced to twenty years in the
penitentary.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16
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The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16

trousers and velvet slippers. II was
the dead of winter ANA fire. wese
roaring in the court room furnaces.
He sent a court attache 10 a jewel
ers and bouet an ivory fan and willis
every one else wa budding around
the stoves in an effort I keep warm.
Gourdain. eratic and smiling a.
aver. Piled The fan. trying as he sad
To cecil himself.
with native French grace this ~
hane schemer captured the crowd
and when be began the eros eyamt
nation of Witnesses Tor The prosecu.
tion the jury ignored repeated warn.
ings from the bench and became
hilarious GJurdain was acquitted
while the inIymca sat IN the box
rrG uiT frcr-5 fya.ssvesrs-- arsss-s a..irr- ~
the local express office for a year +.
contained option tickets Of Goul-
daIn TO the value Of $l2350. together
with an invoice and a letter Of instrue
tons The bundle and Letter were adj
dres Cd TO c. Doris. of Darby. Pa. aud
had been sent TO Gourdain at New
p,lfope
pei;, 80 e,d,dr,a n,u.
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addreesod - Do~rs ,ho -. 80
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1a.tcrb.ad e. baoaeo0,ol,. o,,t,,az
blazOned Tn the left corner is the
eg7,rn os Nina i,st,c, bol.lfru in III.
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ara tba ,ror1s.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11

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"Ah, the scoundrel," he would shout from his box. Gan they not see what he is doing?' He would give audible warnings to the husband to keep his wife clear from all intrigues against her fidelity These remarks "hors texte' were a little embarrassing to the actors and actresses upon the stage. who were never quite certain which belonged to the book and which was the invention of the "souf- fleur."
 Another member of this humble profes-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11

sion was q great Nimrod. His days were spent in shooting On many occasions he arrived in the theatre with his bag of cartridges and ground game In an evil moment he brought also his retriever The animal crouched quietly enough at his feet in the little box below the stage until he was agitated by the behavior or the hero and commenced to bark furious ly It was pointed out to the dog owner that he was paid to prompt and not 10 bark. and the spaniel came no more to the theatre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11

heard the three traditional knocks which in a French theatre herald the going up of the curtain. He would become very excited and declare that the company was waiting for him. What will M Mounet-Sully say?" he would exclaim.
 Stories are told of other prompters' There was one good man in suburban theatre whose own private troubles were revived every time the innocent heroine was carried off by the villain of the piece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
STORIES OF FRENCH FRONTIERS.
One Who Warned Against the Villain
 Another Who Was a Hunter

From the Pall Mall Gazette.
 The ex-prompter of the Comedie Fran caise has committed suicide. The poor man had been an inmate of Sainte Anne's .lunatic asylum for some time. At half mast o'clock each evening he fancied he
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DIR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY
PRIVATE DISEASES,
SPECIALIST

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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

ing o lifeless 1t was, yet feeling, too,
as if a flaming torch were being borne
through me, We're lighting a fire in
every vein.
The scarlet poured into her face and
neck, wave on wave, until l thought
it would never cease to come. She
snatched her hand way and from her
face streained proud resentment. God,
how I loved her at that moment.
Anita! Mr.. Blackjack" came from
the other room, in her mothers voice.
Come in here and a W us old people
from boring each other to sleep"
She turned swiftly and went into the
other room, | following. There We're
a few minutes of conversational mon
ologue by her mother. Then 1 ceased
to disregard Eilersly's less and less
covert yawns, n rose to take leave.
I could not ook directly at Anita, but
I was seeing that her eyes We're fixed
on me, as if by some conlpulsion, some
sinister c~ompulsion. 1 left in high
spirits. M matter why or how she
looks at you," said I to myself. "-All
that is necessary is to get yourself
noticed. After that, the rest is Easy.
You must keep cool enough always to
remember that under this glamour that
lntoNicates she's a just
a woman. waiting for a man"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07
THE BABY SHOW RUINED HIM.
One Mother Drew the Prize and All the
Others Soycottec Him.
'rom tho Kansas CIV Sta

/ From The Kansas C.ty Star.
The way IN waich u baby show put
him ont of business is told as follows
10y d.. NJ. Bone. secretary OF the West
Side Business Mems league.
They got up Il county fair in my
old town in Illinois back in the sos.
! was doing Il good business IN the fur
fniture line. Sc | thought l would be
patriotic enough 10 boost the ENTERPRISE.
Went to the managers and told them
L would give a SS5 baby buggy as u
prize il they % have q baby show
in connection With The fair. YOU see
/ was stacked up pretty heavily with
baby buggies.'
What did tho managers do"
"Oh they just grabbed onto the
sche:ne-thousht it would be a great
drawing card. But they insisted on
making the rules for the show. / COM
Piled, of course, and thereby hangs the
tale of my undoing. First l announced
h the contest would be open to ev-
cry baby in the county from 6 months
to 8 years old. No baby, rich or poor.
would be barred. 1t was to be II square
deal all around. AS y further condi-
ton | stipulated that all babies must
be dressed in calico. and there was to
be nothing to distinguish one wonlan's
baby from another's in the eyes of
the judges. My object in this was to
give the baby whose parents could not
afford to buy Il whole lot of fine clothes
and flNin's as good Il show for the
buggy as the baby whose parents could
afford these things. But | did not tell
anybody that was my reason. You
see | wanted the baby TO win, not the
clothes.
Well. that baby show was the big
sest event of the county fair. And YOU
should have seen those babies. everyone
of them dressed in calico, and of al
shades, colors and designs. 1t was the
oldest thing L ever saw. and there
sweetest and cutest babies a person
ever set eyes on. The managers Sc
lected a man and two women from
adjoining counties as Judges. They
didn't know a single baby in the whc,e
bunch n they conducted the contest
Oh the square.
1T took them a long time to decide,
but they finally gave the prize to q ten
months baby boy, whose parents were
in very humble circumstances. but had
not been in town long. The father. [
think. worked at the railroad station.
Al any rate a great howl of indisna-
ton arose from every wonlan whose
baby did not get the prize. They de-
the whole thing as a fraud.
Livery woman in the county who
had q baby in the show took it on
herself to boycott my store. And there
L was With q big stock of baby buggies
ham and nobody To sell them TO.
The upshot OF he whole matter was
that | had TO close out, and it was an
on account of that baby show. one
show in q lifetime is enough for
me-"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07
Close Questionina.
From the Washington Star

from the Washington Star.
In recalling incidents connected With
Virginia politics some years ago a
prominent Virsinian recently related to
a Washington man an account of an
investigation of election frauds i'm the
lower section of he state. In the
course of the proceedings it developed
that the ballots in AN important pre-
cinct had not been sealed after the final
count, thereby seing exposed to fraud
ulent practices. The chairman of the
Investigating committee closely cues
toned the election judge as to why the
prescribed duty of carefully securing;
the ballots had been neglected.
Gould o not obtain any mucilage
in the town."
mo, sir"
Gould YOU not procure some ~sea1ine
wax, some shoemaker's wax, if moth
mo, sir"
We'll, then, sir, why didn't yo,, 90
out into the woods and get some resin
Do you mean 10 tell me that there w,c,.a
no pine trees around there shedSin-
tears at your infamous rascality?"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07
Record Sentence fo, F,ro,s

A g-rammarian was talking abo,t
grammatical slips that, through, their
magnitude. meritcd immortality.
There is II sentence" he said
that has lived for a hundred Years on
account Of it's tremendous incorrect-
ness. IN this sentence every word.
It's hard tn lear ti:a:. is;..; 1t"
THE sentence woa .,nIan ly a ,it-
tie girl i'm Il slieep r.:"lurc. l.ookiu:
at the foc!is. ST." So h ~ re ..;:cp.lcrd:
els them sl,cnM3 .,n.1"."
This sentc"c", w!ti. ~s-u- >,c-.i in.
correct. l:o!ds 80 :s:s,:.: IL Its ea,.,s."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07
Kentucky Literature.
,.T understand s.;d tho nuh,ish

II understand" said the publisher 70 the
critic, that Virgins is engaged upon what
Is promised to be the bes. novel ever writ
ten of Kentucky tanners and customs,
past and present"
Not is u was" corrected the critic
why? Has he given it up?"
We'll" explained the critic, you see he
permitted his two leading characters, a
colonel and a judge, to get into a quarrel
in the first chapter, and the lie passed be.
tween them"
That's a fine start-realistic and with
the propec verismilitude. l should hin ii
would be a great book. 1 must see aSout
getting hold Of it."
You needn't try" said the critic. ''It
was too realistic-too much verisimilitude.
They killed each other on the spot and
Virgins lost the material for the remain.
ing twenty-seven chapters and had to give
it up as a hopeless undertaking"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

~ tALtoA NSS StlliIiS III MS CiflPGs
one day when y ma entered whose
brow Was clothed with thunder. Fierce
~ Selling 4 chair, he slammed his hat
on the table, hurled his umbrella on
the floor and sat down.
Are you the editor?" he asked.
Yes"
Can YOU read writing?"
"Of course"
Read that, then" he said. thrusting
Mt the editor an envelope with an in
scription on it.
b said the editor, trying to
spell it.
That's not a e. it's an S. said IL,
$ Oh, yes, l see. Wen it looks like
'Soles for dinner or Souls for sim
GERS said the editor.
NO, sir replied the man, nothing
of the sort. That's my name-Sanuel
Drummer. l knew YOU couldn't read.
! called to see about that poem OF mine
You printed the other day entitled Thu
Surcease of Sorrow"
II don't remember it," said the editor.
OF course you don't, because it went
into the paper under the ~villanous title
Of 'Smearcase Tomorrow"
"A blulder of the compositor, | sup
pose
Yes, sir; and that is what L m here
to see you about. The way in which
that poem was mutilated was simply
s~candalous. / haven't slept a night
since. 1t exposed me to derision. Peo-
pie think me a fool. CThe editor
coughed.) Let ne show you. This first
line when [ Wrote it read in this way.
Lying by a weeping willow underneath
a gentle slope This is beautiful and
poetic. Now, how did your vile sheet
represent it to the public? Lying to a
weeping widow l induced her to clone
Weeping widow mind you. A widow,
Oh. thunder n lightning! This is too
much!" W
IT'S hard, sir, very hard" said the
editor.
Then take the fifth verse. Tn the
original manuscript is said, plain as
daylight, Take away the iina,lina
money. it is only Offering dross." In
Its printed form you made me saw.
Take away the tingling honey: put
some flies in for the boss BY Georaei
l feel like attacking somebody with
your fire shovel! But oh, look at the
sixth verse. / wrote: TIM weary of the
tossing OF the ocean as it heaves.' When
i opened your paper and saw the lines
transformed into I'm wearing out my
trousers till they are open at the Knees,
l thought that was taking it an inch
too far. l fancy 1 have a right to mlr-
der that ~compositor. Where is heo"
He is out just now" said the editor.
Come in tomorrow
II WILL said the poet, sand I will
come armed
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

Don't leave the low wet places in the
fields to freeze over. If they do they
VII give you trouble next spring. Drain
them out this fall.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

The writer is not a believer in two
lars to the stalk. one good ear. we'll
Featured, to each stalk will give more
TORN to the acre.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

II you are troubled With hens eating
eggs, place five or six artificial eggs in
the nest. That will cure them. They
bet tired picking at them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

Some farmers are SO mean that they
will ship all their best hay to market,
nnd feed any old stuff TO their own
stock. Better keep some for the spring
work time.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

Manure hauled out now and spread
tiinly on meadow lands or On fields
where winter grain has been seeded,
will bring big eturn
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

In the early days of shipping cream
to the factory 100 miles was supposed
to be the limit which cream could prof
itably be gathered. Now a big concern
Us shipping cream from western Iowa
points to Chicago.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

Now is the time to do the home
hutcheriGg. With a good sticking
knife. scraper, barrel or kettle for
Seeding, and Il good platform for work
ing, II ought to do Il good job.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

Corn huskers have been scarce his
season, even though as high as A cents
q hushel was offered. Many are press
ing into service all members of the
family to get in the great crop.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

Select the best pure bred ram YOU
car afford to buy to head YOU flock.
A strong vigorous RAM, deep in body,
vide across the loins, heavy muscled,
will bring lambs worth raising.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

New corn has been giving lots of
trouble this faal iii the hog feed LIT.
The trouble started when farmers BE-
gan feeding new corn TO hogs running
on pasture, and emitting all dry Feed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

Scours in calves is one of the mean
things stockmen have to contend with.
This complaint is caused by oNer-feed-
ing, dirty surroundings, or feeding skim
milk too cold. If milk is run through
u separator at once after milking and
the skim milk fed to calves at once.
there is not much trouble from this
source. Don't make sudden changes in
feed, rather under-feed than feed
too much. Keep the calf pens and
stables clean and We'll bedded. \ cold,
damp place to sleep will always make
roubl
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07
FARM

Whitewash the COW stables. Closirfs
In time is abou here n COWS Will
need light and sweet Surroundings.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

If church suppers would pass the
cigars the absence of wine would be
excused by all good u.en.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

if a buyer does come along and offer
more than you hin they are worth.
Better sell those which are not paying
for their board. Sell them at any price
~ can get.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

Home 0utter makers have lots of
trouble during The winter from strcaky
butter. The white streaks are caused
by insufficient working and an uneven
distribution of the salt. More working
Will remove the streaks. Then, never
mix sweet cream with SOU cream just
before churning. The sour cream Will
churn quickly, and much of the sweet
cream is left in the butternailN. This
is the reason Why some Cummings turn
out nearly twice as much butter as
others.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

III costs more now to produce II pound
of butter h Il at amy other period OF
the year. TO get profits one must feed
i~ntelligently. that is. make everything
count in producing milk. Clover hay is
high n in many places scarce. bran
and other dairy feeds are high, 50 With
even the high prices for products, one
must feed to advantage, Right here
again is where the good dairy COW pays.
She will return the greater part of
this expensive feed in milk II but
ter fat.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

The corn root louise has been play
Ing havoc with the Illinois corn during
the past season. One authority places
the loss in one district at two and one
hall million dollars. IT nothing else
will, the corn louise will drive farmers
to raising other crops.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

The best way to keep fowls free from
lice is to keep the poultry house clean,
l1s We proper ventilation and have
handy dust baths composed of road
dust to which sulphur has been added.
Apply kerosene frequently to the
rerches and inside the nest boxes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

The vegetable garden should be
ploWed up this fall and we'll covered
with we'll rotted manure. The garden
is apt to become soggy and nonproduc-
tive and should be literally covered
every fall with barn yard manure.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

Many have trouble during cold
weather with their cream. Nine times
out of tea the whole fault lies with the
utensils. They are not properly
washed, scalded and aired. Milk uten-
sils require as much care in cold
weather as during warm weather.
dairy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

Some farmers try to make a beef bull
do service in both the beef and dairy
herds. Don't do it. 1t will kill Your
dairy business in about three years.
What you want is a tirst-class dairy
herd bull for the dairy cows. and II
beef cattle are kept by all means 1,sa
a beef bull. It's a pretty nice ioh tn
keep both going on the anne farm.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

Farm fowls having the run of the
feed lots and corn cribs, win not do
much winter laying. Corn is TOO fat
tening for an exclusive ration for lay
ing hens. Use more wheat, oats, clover
hay and some milk.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

All stock taken from pasture or green
feed should be started on grain grad
hally. We recently heard of a sheep
feeder who turned 100 lambs into the
dry feed lot, where there were self
feeders full of corn and oats. He lost
twenty out of the bunch.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

Much of the corr which has beer
going into the cribs this fall is soft and
Immature. If this is cribbed in large
quantities there is liable to be trouble.
This corn should be stored where
Ventilation will carry off the excess
moisture,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

I would rather have five good, money
making COWS than ten medium ones.
or even twenty poor ones. 1t never
pays to fool with a poor cow. Get rid
OF her and fill her place with one that
Will get down to business.