davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
Action Of L.iahtninn.

Lightning makes trees explode like
overcharged boilers. The flames of
the lightning does not burn them up,
nor does the electric fash split them
like an ak. The bolt flows through
into all the damp interstices of the
trunk and into the hollews under its
bark. All the moisture at once is
turned into steam, which by its i'm
mediate explosion rips open the tree.
For centuries this simple theory puz-
lied scientists, but they have got in
right at last.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK !,

Chicago, Nov. 24.-CATTLE.- RE.
ceipts $4,000: strong to shade high
er; steers $5.G0M9.25; cows and
heifers 3.00GG.00; bulls 3O0Ga75;
calves @.ooGS5n; stockers and feed
ers 375M525.
HOGS Receipts $4,000; strong to
loo higher; choice heavy sS.15mS.25;
butchers S.15M825: light mixed 1900
500; choice light S00mS.10: packers
S.05MS.sl; bulk of sales S.00@S15,
; SHEEP Receipts $1,000: 1OnI5c
higher; sheep $4o0M5.25; lambs 60
1855; yearlings 50006,5O,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected to sog. 15tn, 1909.
THE FAST NAIL aouvE
Trains leave Cairo:

It's =. n. Daily Chicago vestihuls
limited, arriving ft,Esaarn lH;s ~ a4n.
2::1sesa. rr FATTY st. Loujs NiYht
Limited, arriving st lotIs 7:eo ii.
sleeping car open 1t $50 .. 81,
500 \ m. 81 | .ot1ls srarlai ~
500 u Chicsss Daily Nsp,.sa.
500 4. NJ st louis MnfnFpF IL.
-ess. daily Z ~
f1:is !, w. st Lonls past Mail
11:t5 4. n. Cficag5 siI5JsS spaalal.
2:s5 p. m. Daily st. louis LlrnitAd,
2:35 .. m. Afternno-'n Express fer
)din. Effiugham, Nattonn. Char'paiga
$50 p. m. Thebes Accommodates
500 b. m. Chicago ami Eastern FIX
press.
1o:1o p. m. Chicago night expires I,
.rriving at Chicago sll II, m.
a:1O q. m. Memphis and Sashsil,s.
S:15 .. N. Memphis and New Or
cans Limited.
$50 q. N. Seminole Limited fer
birmingham ana iaeksonNlucr fia
500 T., m. Paducah and ',n'st liia.
1871 q. m. paily. Memphis hna NM
Orleans 49,
If:4f .. N. Daily Nashville. sas'ta-
aeoEa snd Atlanta
$3.50 D. n. Fulton and AAti"'@ =,
comrhodaticD fa
$50 .. IN. faiucsh aud 4 ~""t e.
5:ss p. m. Memphis and Nfr Or
cana Special.
For through tickets. sleeping rat So
concentrations and further in'c'" q
ton apply at Illinois Central Pas ~
ger station, Cairo, III.
= ~ ia. JONES' T'cts' sse-t
"A. HATcH, @ P A.
On HANSON. pssS rrsfrt n a.
q = 4 -
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
ST, LOUIS CATTLE.

st. Louis Nov. 2t,7-,CATTLE. r..
ceipts $500 steady to Toe lower;
Texans loG25 higher. native. ship
ping and export steers s6.50MT75:
dressed beef and butcher steers $3.50
1915; stockers and feeders 3.t0d525.
cows and heifers S.25@5.75. Texas
and Indian steers $.75MD5.f 10.
HOGS-Receipts 300; sc higher:
pigs and lights s6o0@7S0: packers
|775@S.00; butchers and best heavy
S05@S.20.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900; loo high
er; natives s3.25M 5.o0 lambs 5.75fl
$50.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
WANTED.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Careless Man.

How careless people are! We saw
a man in a store this morning buying
a pair of suspenders, who said he had
been trying to think of them for two
years; he had needed pair for two
years, but always forget, when down
town. to buy them Is It any wonder
that this sort of creature occasion
ally forgets to kiss his wife before
leaving the house in the morning.
Atkinson (Kas) Globe.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
Whistles.

whistling is a fixed habit in man.
but II can he overcome. The man on
the tugboat is only an overgrown will
low'wnistle boy. The boy is spanked
into q knowledge that there is a sea
son and time when whistling may
be INDUCED without rousing the Ire
and edging the nerves OF the neighbor.
hood. There is certain legal spank
ing which may ut the seat of the pres.
ent noisemaker Chicago Post r
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
NEW Work MONEY.

New York, Nov. 24.-Money on call
firm 4G5 per cent; closing bid AZ.
Time loans dull and steady; sixty days
per cent; ninety days AZ six
months 41g04$4. Prime mercantile
paper 5G5k per cent Sterling eN
change strong; demand $4ST55: sixty
days ASSOC 1880 Bar silver 50a
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
AnrIoulture Made a study.

Belgium has more. than LOO agri.
cultural associations, such as farm
ers clubs, apiarian societies, horticul-
tural and agricultural associations,
syndicates for the improvement of cat
tie, goats, swine, rabbits, etc.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
Sinful.

Charity may coves a multitude OF
sins; but when you see beggar buy
liquor with the money you gave him
In response to piteous appeal for
something to get meal with" You
are convinced that charity is incap.
able Of covering Itself, among the 9TH
ers.-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25

1.-THE experienced reporter is IA
model OF courtesy" acknowledged
Philadelphia preacher. First bouquet
of that kind in years and years.
Cleveland Leader.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25

The Bride--f want you to send me
some. coffee. please, wa
The Grocer-Yr = ma am Ground?
The bride--No third floor, front.
= Womaa's Home Companion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
claim o,,proved by science,

TT ere is nothing to substantiate the
contention that the human body emits
radiatious which affect the Thoto
graphic plate The French Academy
Of Science has investigated the mat
ter.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
MINNEAPOLIS wHEAr.

MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. WHEAT
May sl04a; Dec. 1855. Cash-No.,
! northern sls06M 1Lo7; No. ? north
ern i.G42G105.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
Does Away With Much Noise.

Electric rail Welding is said to pre-.
vent large portion of the noise of the
passage of the rolling stock.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
selt.Defense.

Knicker--'Why did you ride with
such reckless chauffeur"
F. Boeker~"To keep from being run
over. t.>5i
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25

The theory Of gravtaton was adj
anced by Kepler in 1917, 70 years
erorc Newton announced his dis,
9very.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
ILLINOIS CENTRAL a R

Winter Tourist Fares.
afro to Aberleen Miss. and
return .............. 10
Cairo to Durant Miss and
return s........ III 10
Cairo to Jackson, Miss and
return $50. ..s.s.4..t.,...,.-s. AZ, %
cairo 70 Mct'omb, Miss ana RE-
turn ,.. .s.t .ss.ss. ss,s. lS IN
Cairo to Hammond. La and re-. -.-.
,alro 70 Nsw orleans, ia. and
Cairo to Houston, Texas, and
\ return .s. .,, 10 IS
Cairo to' Galveston, Texas, and
return s..s t..si .s5
Cairo I'd San Antonio. TEX, aud
/ return ...s. ........ 81 10
Cairo to Austin, Texas. and To-
Cairo q corpas Christi, Texas
and return M, y... ...a.g s7.a5
Cairo ~ III faso, icy. ana te
cairo 10 iacksanWlie Fia., and
/ return ,e.,..... s. n. 80 10
c1ffo to Hasara, crha, and re
! turn sss... ,67 Is
And many Other points In Floliaa.
TEXAS, Ncw Mexico t'alimtpiaH
Tickets on snle until sprl 3thh,
good retnlEips until Mav aiStlit9sl
q. v jones'
~ - Ticket Ageat. Cairo, ri.
A.. II. HANSON.
r r, NJ. Chicago.
8. q. HATCH, G.sp A.. t.nicasp
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
River TRANSFORMATION
.lls Il s'-s !.
Lee Line Steamers

Fer Memphis a-s way Lsc-l-sr
Stacker Tee leaves sus. ~. 60. an
Peters Lee esses SON. Sss, re an
For .. louis and nsrdsr ss-
Stacker Lee saves tter. fiec. a.cs :.
Peters Lee leaves Tsass. Rsovs { I. 81
---~--+<
For freight snc Passage .-pp's 70
HALLIDAY q PHILLIPS -sliAaF
BOAT. cAin0 ~
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
unheaIshy 81. Pete,!.rehuflnL..

81. Petersburg which Is 10 hs e
;5e.soo.eo0 spept on II for sansfsry ifa-
prevements. has heen described AZ ne
most unheaItnfui Of thr continents
great cities III death rate Il said II.
WAYS to exceed its birth rate
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25
RECEIPTS AVID SHIPMENTS.

Chicago, Nov. 2A.-The following
car loads represent the days move I
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25

Also Somewhat pars.
The bed. treasure among men 10 .
frugal congratulated.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-25

FOR RENT-December building
402 Commercial avenue. B. II. Wing.
FOR RENT-Six room house, CHS
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-13
A,.1a@
POULTRY
CULTURE.
WxYEH
Choosing Best Layers.

There are a great many methods
advertised in various pamphlets and
papers stating that, If you will prac-
tice this or that method of selecting
as laid down in the paper, you will
be able to determine the drones from
the workers. The writer has tried a
few of these so-called c~ertainties, and
has come to the conclusion the trap
nest is the only accurate test. 1t is
by selection and keeping records that
advancement is made along this line.
Each hen has her own Individual
ityj certain hens lay eggs that are in
nine cases out of ten hatchable.
Some hens lay well, but although
their eggs are usually fertile, they
will not hatch, whether set under d
hen or placed in the best incubator.
The chicks develop to a certain size,
in many cases being fully formed, but
die in the shell. Again, many hens
lay eggs that are seldom fertile.
In selecting birds one has several
objects. The saying shat the hen
that lays Is the hen that pays" is
often heard. The majority engaged
in the poultry business consider egg
production the best end of the bust
ness. 1t is often the suyest. There is
not the same amount of risk attached
to it. At the same time, If people
are foolish enough to believe that Mr..
So-and-So a supply eggs from hens,
tested by the so-called new system,
which have produced 800 eggs per
annum, they have more faith in the
advertiser and the hen than the
writer has.
There is no doubt that certain char
acters should be looked for in a
good laying hen. She should be low
set, ard stand on a pair of shanks
set fairly wide apart. The head
should be nice and clean cut, with a
full bright eye. In other words, hens
should show feminine character, and
not wrinkled features. Hens of the
latter type should be discarded; in
short, masculinity in the hen is a bad
sign. A hen with a large capacity for
food has a large crop, is usually a
payable bird to feed. The smaller the
sack of food she takes to roost at
night the fewer eggs will she produce.
Dairymen know that a cor must have
plenty of rosm for food in order to
produce a large milk yield.
The advertised systems serve one
purpose. By examining the lay bones
the amateur knows which bird is
about to lay, or is laying. Should
the lay bones be relaxed to the ex-
tent of about three fingers (closed)
the bird is laying; If they are almost
In contact. that is the hen to market,
but SO much depends on the time of
year n wishes to sell table fowls
Fl. v. Hawkins.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-13
Telegraphic Ticks.

A new patent treaty was promul-
gated by the United States and Ger
man governments.
Women of Massachusetts, planned
a four weeks trolley campaign for
votes for women"
The Hochi, of Toxic. SAYS that
force Is the only recourse of japan
10 solve her problems in China.
M. Pelot Gaudart, in a voisin BIZ
plane, beat Mr.. Wilbur Wright's high
flight record by rising 100 metres.
Judge Hand gave permission to all
named in the Sugar Trust indictment
TO delay their pleas until August 80.
The dilatory methods of the recent
Cuban Congress caused President Co.
mez to force through important meas
ures.
The Peary relief ship" the Jeanne.
began her voyage from st. Johns.
N. e, to Etah, Greenland, to carry
supplies to the explorer.
A house of retreat will be built at
Fordham University, New York, for
the men who seek rest in temporary
seclusion from the world.
Count Whites appearance at the
imperial dinner for the King and
Queen of Denmark is regarded as al
indication thu he will regain polip.
cal power
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-13
Money Hidden by Prisoners

81 would venture it as a safe as.
sertion that there is every cent of
$500 in cash hidden within the
walls of this prison." said Colonel E..
e. Mudd, the warden.
He then explained that the ~convicts
hide the money in all sorts of places,
v to burying it in the yard. They
will hide it in cracks in their cells
and in the shops, frequently chang
Ing it SO that the other convicts can
not get hold of it. A convict com
planned to the warden recently that
he had 800 hidden under the win
dow sill in one of the shops and that
1t had been stolen from him by an
other convict. This shows how much
money gets into the prison from time
to time and is not discovered when
the general search is made. The
convicts are not allowed to have
money in their possession, although
they may keep it with the prison
clerk. When the search was made
last Tuesday an old negro was forced
to cough up eighty-five cents, which
ne had in pennies and nickels con-
realed in his mouth.-Frankfort Cor
respondence Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-13
GIRL KILLED At GRAVE SIDE
Carrying Flowers to Cemetery,
Anna Schumacher is Attacked.
Body Found Half Buried in a Lonely
Spot Covered With Earth
and Leaves.

Rochester, N. Y.-Leaving her
home to place flowers on the grave
of her father, pretty Anna Schu-
macher, seventeen years old, who re-
sided with her mother at 1872 Cady
street, this city, was attacked by one
or more unknown men, and after a
desperate fight was murdered. Her
body "a dragged outside the ceme-
terry to a depression in a lonely spot
and covered with a thin layer of earth
and leaves.
The body was discovered by consta-
bles of the town of Greece, who
found marks of a struggle in the old
Schumacher family plot in the ceme-
terry, where the flowers placed on the
fathers grave by the girl were still
fresh. They followed the marks and
were further aided by the finding Of
a shell hairpin worn by the girl. A
piece of the girls white dress, stick
ing out of the new earth was all the
clue the officers needed to the loca-
ton of the body.
Particles of what looked like skin
were found under the girls finger
nails, indicating that she had fought
her assailants and scratched them in
her desperate resistance.
The spade with which the murderer
or murderers covered up the body of
the victim was found nearby. 1t was
1ecked with grain, showing that it
had been stolen from some nearby
farm. 1t may serve as a clue.
The police have ordered a roundup
Of all the employees of the cemetery to
be carefully examined for fnger-nail
marks and closely questioned.
1t is the theory of the police that
the girl was attacked by tramps or
yeggmen, the vicinity of the cemetery
where the body was found being a
favorite loaing ground for vagabonds
and criminals.
Miss Schumacher was about five
feet six inches in height and weighed
about $50 pounds. While she was
seventeen years old, she looked about
fifteen. She was the youngest of
eight sisters and had two brothers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-13
RELEASED CONVICT KILLS
JUROR IN REVENGE
Hotel Proprietor Of MiddIetown,
n. Y, Shot as He Ran.
SLAYER THEN NJ SUICIDE

The Victim, Fifty Years Old, Had En-
teftained Party of Friends, to
Whom He Recalled McSorley's
Threat.
Middletown, N. Y.-John McSor-
ley. q former hotelkeeper in Coney
Island, and who was released from
Sing Sing prison recently, shot and
killed Daniel A. Fenton, proprietor
OF the Hotel Elberton, this city, and
then, turning his pistol on himself,
sent a bullet into his brain. Twelve
years ago Fenton was on d jury which
sent McSorley to prison. The men
had been neighbors and friends, and
McSorley swore that when he finished
his term he would take up Fenton's
trail and Kill him. The police said
that as soon as MeSorley was released
he went to Pho~enixville, Pa, in search
OF Fenton, but there found that the
man had moved two years ago to this
city. McSorley then came here, and,
finding Fenton, carried out his threat.
1T was McSorley," said Fenton
with difficulty. II was on a jury that
sent him to Sing Sing for a long term,
and he said then he would get me-"
The shooting took place after a
chase of 100 yards in a crowded
street. The moment Fenton saw Me-
Sorley he turned and ran. McSorley
laughed and was slow in taking up
the pursuit. He seemed to be play
ing with Fenton, whom he quickly
overlook after giving him a start Of
thirty feet. McSorley did not speak
from the moment when he touched
Fenton on the shoulder. When Fem
ton found he could not escape by rum
ming he shouted, "Give me a chance"
McSorley stepped up behind him and
fired the moment the man turned to
face him.
MeSorley was six feet four inches
In height and weighed 200 pounds.
He was a man of powerful strength
and, with shouldersof unusual width,
was a splendid physical specimen.
he blamed Fenton for his conviction.
Fenton was fifty years old and he en-
~tertained a large party of friends in
his hotel on his birthday. He told of
many experiences, and among them
OF McSorley's threat. He said he
thought McSorley was in earnest at
the time, but that his many years in
prison probably had robbed him of
any desire for vengeance.
Fenton went to Coney Island in
1892. He was employed by Arthur
w. Leslie as clerk Of a hotel at the
Bowery and Thompson's Walk. Les
lie owned several Coney Island hotels,
and in 1895 he supplied the capital
for Fenton's first experience as a no.
tel proprietor.
According to old residents of Co.
ney Island the case for which McSor-
ley was convicted was a robbery
which he committed while in the en-
ploy OF Fenton. The latter discov-
cred the robbery and caused McSor.
ley's arrest.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-13
BANDIT SHOT IN A HOLD-UP.
Brother Gives Up Desperate After He
Gets Away From Pursuers.

Harrisburg, Pa.-Alfred Kinard, a
Perry County outlaw, seriously
wounded, was taken to the Harris
burg Hospital as the result of a des-
perate battle in a small mountain
settlement north of this city, where
he attempted to rob the store of
Lewis Myers.
Holding up tire entire hamlet at
the point of his revolver, Kinard en-
tered the store. Oscar Heisely pro-
cured a revolver and opened fire on
the desperate. Kinard fell after half
a dozen shots had been exchanged,
but was up and away into the thick
hnderbrush before any one could cap
ture him. He was badly wounded in
the lett thigh, but managed to hide
himself until the chase was aban-
doned and then crawled over the
mountain and through the woods to
the home of his brother, Amos Kin
ard, several miles distant.
He begged his brother to hide him,
out the brother Immediately sent for
an officer and Kinard was hurried to
the Harrisburg Hospital. The ply
sicians said he could not recover.
For years he has been noted for his
1aring lawlessness.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-13

They have another queer case at
the Frankfort pe~nitentiary. Sam
Kirk, soon to be released, is serving
his second term. Kirk stole the same
cow twice, and there is a tradition
here that he will make another try
for the COW If that animal is still liv-
ing when he gets his freedom. Kirk
took the cow and was caught and
convicted. He was sent to the peni-
Tertiary for one year. He announced
that as soon as he got out he would
go back home and get that COW. Ii
is thought that he felt that he had
earned the cow by reason of having
served n year in the penitentiary
for the stealing of the animal. True
to his promise, as soon as he was re.
leased he went back home and again
stole the COW. He was convicted and
sent up for double the first term. II
Is recorded that he never did anything
wrong except steal that cow.-Louis.
vile Courier-Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-13
Women in DAYS News.

Reading rooms have been opened
for children in Copenhagen by the
women there.
Nine. Nordica and George w.
Young, of New York City, were mar
ried in London.
Helen Bauer, aged twenty, of Chi
cago, has accomplished the feat of
climbing Mont Blanc.
The last of women missionaries in
Chinatown, New York City, aban-
doned her work, owing to hostility
shown by the Celestials as a result of
the agitation following the murder of
Elsie Sigel.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, daughter
of former President Roosevelt, has
become an enthusiast about aeronau-
tics.
A bill has beens introduced in the
British Parliament to allow women
to practice as law agents in Scot
land.
German women are taking up box
Ing and there are a number of schools
where the art of self-defense is
taught.
William English Walling, a veal
thy young. Socialist, was sued for
300, 900 damages for alleged breach
3f promise by Anna Berthe Grunspan,
whom he met in Paris in 1905.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-13
COLONEL A. A. POPE DEAD.
Pioneer Bicycle Manufacturers Health
Failed After Embarrassments.

Boston, Mass.-Colonel Albert A.
Pope, the pioneer bicycle manufac-
turer of the United States, who was
also interested in the manufacturing
of automobiles, and well known as
one Of the first advocates of the ex-
listing good roads system, died at his
summer home at Cohasset. Colonel
Pope had been in ill-health for
months, due to the breaking down of
his nervous system, which followed
the financial embarrassment of his
bicycle company, the largest concern
of the kind in the country, which had
its headquarters at Hartford, Conn.
Since July 8 he had been seriously
Ill and his death had been expected.
Colonel Albert Augustus Pope was
born in Boston on May 20, 1843.
When the war broke out Mr.. Pope
Joined Salignac's Zouaves and was
chosen Captain of the home guards
of Brookline. He successfully filled
the Offices of First Lieutenant, Cap
tain, Major and Lieutenant-C Colonel.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-13
Who's Afraid of Pants?

Little Robert and Jim, the grocer's
delivery man, were great friends;
and on the momentous day of Rob-
ert's promotion from dresses to knick-
erbockers, he waited eagerly in front
of the house for Jim's coming. But
the delivery man, when he came, bus
led himself around the wagon, with
out seeming to see anything unusual
in his small chum's appearance. Rob-
ert stood around hopefully, in vari-
Gus conscious positions until he could
stand it no longer. "Jim," he burst
out at last, "is your horses 'fraid OF
pants?"-Everybody's Magazine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-13

tHu mlSoIy. i duf1So Oh SunOiA.6
women to take Lydia e. P1nkham's
Vegetable Compound."-MRs EMMA
WHEATON, Vienna, w. Va.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable COM
pound, made from native OTIS and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
Of female diseases of any similar medi-
zine in the country, and thousands of
voluntary testimonials are on file in
the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, I'll
ceration, displacements, fibroid tumoFs,
irregularities, periodic pains, baekache,
Indigestion and nervous p~rostration.
Every such suffering woman owes it to
herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a trial
If you would like special advice
about your case write a cOHfiden-
tiaI letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helDfuI.