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The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02
Chief constabIe's Boast.

Mr William Psttison. who was ap-
pointed chief constable OF Sca~bor-
ough. England. In 1865. and whose
death is announced. declared on AK
ing up his duties. that be would make
the town so clear Of crime that he
could hang up his watch on lamp
post and ID would not be moies'ed
The night after this boast some one
stole The pCstoTce r,0c,-.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02
REVIVAL SERVICES
Are In Progress At Calvary Baptist
Church-Excelient Results Of
Sundays Meetings.

A successful revival IS in progress
a The Calvary Baptist church under
the leadership Of the pastor Rev. s.
= MahcHey ami Mrs. Mahoney.
last evening the church at Six
tenth and Penla- streess was crowded
AMI the ado ming Sunday school room
aisa vas lilieI
Eight PEE ms united with the
church. four were baptized and thirty
profes ed conversion. The last were
principally young men.
Services vii b held every night
until furfher notice. Rev. Msnoney
viii lead che meeting tonight and will
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UNITED STATES COURTS WILL
CONVENE IN CAIRO TODAY
With JUDGE Francis NJ Wright on the Bench
Session May be Brief--No Trials This Week

eases to DO tried nj This term The
court viii return to Danyille there
after. II a sufficient number Of cases
are reported for trial Jury viii De
secured and trials Will be held next
week.
1t viii be remembered that not a
single case was tried at the last term
.of the district and circuit court and
the expense OF converting count was
incurred to no purpose hence Judge
Wright is anxious to know al once
what cases If any viii b. brought be-
fore him at this Term
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02
Encourages Cotton GROWING.

}. G. jenkins. agent general for
South Australia. stated In a lecture 70
London that suitable land for cotton
growing wss b-ire offered II Ne-th
Australia up TO 50oe acres. REM free
for seven years. then At a rental OF 3
cents an acre per anaum. with right
10 purchase at " cents an acre.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02
The SPORTING WORLD


Icr hoat races are now 40 the height
OF the seasons activity In New jer-
soy, New York, PENNSYLVANIA, Wiscon
sin. Michigan and Illinois thousands
OF daring Ice sportsmon are endeaNor-
ing to lower previous records,
The Ice boat Is The fastest racing ma
chine III existence, eXceling 1T times
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

The most damaging testimony
against tea comes from tea.tasters
employed by the wholesale tea
houses. Some of these are compelled
TO take long res.s from their vocation
tha. they may recover from the bane
I'm! effects Of the tea taken into their
systems.-Leslie's Weekly
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

The annual melting Of the took
holders Of the Cairo Building q Loan
association will be held April II. 1906
ar 1880 p. m. at the OF &c OF she secre
AIRY. for the purpose 81 electing three
directors and for such other business
as may be brought before the meeting
HENRY HASENJAEGER.
President.
a. COMINGS.
Secretary
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Newspapers are good 90 keen on
def ru- rrrl fhe siucoas inside
the h.a e.n ten o1 tle ua
chine rs --- stitch Iut0 s7u.loe
as l4r-e a7 sou want 10 put "a .l-
carpets and art squares. one car
change them twice a year and b.
much more wholesome than the pape
We ruV.-ELCh
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coIored Baptism in River.

great crowd of colored people
were gathered on Ohio street yester-
day afternoon to witness the baptism
of four or five converts in the river
opposite the wharf boat Il was the
Free Will Baptist church, the pastor Of
which made an eloquent address pre-.
Vlons 10 the ceremony.
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TO STUDY Educational sys,.n..

Arson Phelps Stokes. JT.. secretary
Of Yale university. GAS left for an ex.
tended European trip. not returning
20 this country before July. At both
Berlin AMI Oxford universities he will
attend lectures. studying the educa-
tional systems.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

Harvards hockey team looks to be a
mighty good one this season. The in
tercollegiate champions have a lot Of
men left from lasa year. Yale is likely
10 be- pertinent factor ia the cham
piouship series this time. however. HE
New Havenites are fast as lightning.
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a New Pastor,

The Christian church on Sixteenth
street had services yesterday by Rev.
Carpenter, of Dexter Mo. II was a
trial sermon by him and the congrega-
ton will consider his candidacy for
permanent engagement. Rev. Carpen-
ter is quite prominent in religious
and educational work in Missouri.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

Yale's crews are TO have 4 new boat
house next season. Julian W. Curtss.
the Yale rowing adviser. has had plans
prepared and the structure Will be
built on the shore OF the Quinnlpack
river near the present building
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

An ugly wreck occurred on the Big
Four yesterday above Grand Chain.
number of freight cars being derailed
which prevented the traffic on the
road. The through train did not run
on schedule time II Is expected that
all would be in order this morning.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Pipe Organ Recital.

The new pipe organ now being in
stalled in the First NJ. +. church will
be completed by next Thursday. That
evening Mr.. Gratian Of st. Louis, viii
give a recital for the benefit of the
organ fund.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

For collection or -ts 1a1kplstes
mostly by Chiprfaiale. $50 vas
siven a. Sofheby's. o.. z5n. tie other
Aav. wren the late J. 2 Browns col
lection q nearly $4,000 plates was
sold for s2sf5
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

You might be living IN house vice
as big as your present one il You had
begun 10 watch the want ads for
chances and opportunities and iaVest-
meuts years ago.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Bransford. OF
Union City. Tenn, are guests OF me
latters parents, DR.. and Mrs. A. A.
Bondurant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

Miss Grace Bourland, Of uilin, is the
guest OF Mrs. W, L. Johnson ~
Eleventh street,
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

w. X. Miller has taken a position
as operator at the Western Union
Telegraph office succeeding J. W.
Faulkner whe has gone to ST. Louis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

Misses Cora Willis and Effie Ash
more. of ETllin. were visiting friends IN
Cairo yesterday.
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Sun and Moon.
WASHINGTON Forecast.

Washington, April l.--lllinois- Fair
warmer Monday Tuesday rain ana
colder.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02
PURELY PERSONAL


Henry Candee, little son Of Mr. ana
Mrs. Henry Stafford Candee, remains
critically i'll.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

Mrs. All T. Haynes left this morn
ing for Smithland KY to attend the
wedding Of Miss Anna Lake HAYNES
to DR.. Lynn d. Adams which will be
solemnized Tuesday at the home OF
the brides uncle, Mr. David A. Dunn.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

Miss Harriet p. Smith. formerly
stenographer for the United States
district court has accepted a position
with Armour X company. az Fort
Worth, Tex Miss Smith mas many
friends in Cairo who are always inter
ested to know her whereabouts.
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speak on The subject The Conversion
IF the Jailer
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tcE BOAT SOUP GOING FIFTY MILES AN
HOUR
the speed Of even the swlftest OF auto
mobiles. 4 few years ago an ice boat
on the Shrewsbury river, New Jersey
covered part Of course ~ the rate of
a mile in SO seconds, That terrihe
rate Of speed is still the worlds rec
arI
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

The Katherine went TO Commerce
with one empty barge and one der
rick boat
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

The Three States went up the Mis-
sissippi after corn for the Hallida!
elevator.
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The Peters Lee from Cincinnati 70
Memphs was here several hours. She
had a fair cargo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

The Wash Honshell took two
empties down the lower river for lum-
Der and logs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-02

The John 5. Summers went sOutf
with one empty barge.
The Washington times., 1906-08-19
Found the Ridinn PLnce

Following instructions IN the chart
he measured off a certain distance
and here began to dig for the gold.
He had left the negroes with the boat
al safe distance to avoid sharing
the secret with them. He was equip
ped with only a hoe and a spade, and
besides was an old man, and encoun-
tered much difficulty in the work. lie
decided to return home and get bet
ter equipped and assistance, believ-
Ing firmly that the treasure was bur
led there and intending to return and
G.g for it.
But he had no money. He had
been man of substance in his dav.
but the closing of the war and the
freeing of the slaves had left him
poor. He had not the means TO car
~ on the search just then. But he
fully expected to take 1t up again
some day. Living in the hone that
he would yet find that gold, and he
lieving firmly that it was buried near
the tree with the spike in It, Smith
also died.
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Continued from Second Page)

continued from -r-I---+- q 81
The father Of John A. Drake was F.
NJ. Drake. one time governor OF Iowa
and railroad president. John As
English racing experiences followed
his being ordered abroad for rest in
1898. Next season the horses in his
improviSed racing stable won fifty
two races. more than the horses own
ed bv any other foreigner had Won
Ga single season down 10 that time
He is said 10 have won $4,000 in five
weeks. "a big enough story Tor all
practical purposes. II the figures were
of half the magnitude.
There never was quite 80 much
money thrown away every day as now,
because there never was any such
wealth before All the same the pres
ent Is without any really picturesque
spendthrift Of worldwide fame. The
man with an income Of S25,0o) who
spends $1,000 IS a genuine speaathrlft;
the man who spends ten times as much
or half million out Of al income. OF
$3.50 900 is no speudthrift az all The
present best known close approach To
the spendthrift OF other days is Count
R9nI de CasteIaue whose career rs 4
money burner seems u have been
closed. summarily. by his wife's action
for divorce
Harry Thaw. who killed Stanford
White. has his own record as a money
s7erder, too. but he was never able 20
make way with hts capital for his in
come was restricted. and SD he would
hardly come under the spendtArift
classification as above
Possibly the most picturesque spend
thrift reported IN the United States
within the last decade or SO was tall,
handsome Russian. whose name no one
seemed 10 know for sure. bur which
was varlously printed IS Lediman and
Tediman. He is said u have located
about twenty years ago at Llano.
way back Texas town. There he vast
ted 81. coo a month for a year or two.
not difficult thing IN a metropolis or
cauital. but almost imp5ss bic Javre.
Among other ways Of getting rid Of
his cash this chap is said To have
adopted the plan OF smoking only one
cigarette in each box he opened, throw
ing the remainder away; Of paying Il
dollar for each box and taking no
change. OF giving cattle and provisions
TO anybody who would take them. OF
presenting pianos 10 school children in
dozen lots. etc. One report tells how
he built the finest saloon Texas ever
knew. named Il Satans Gate and gave
away the receipts. He also. It is re-
The Washington times., 1906-08-19
Sinking in the Qmchsand

The worst Of it IS that whoever
gets 1t must get it quick. For It
is said that a quicksand is form
ing about where II IS supposed to
have lain all these many, many
years. and II the quicksand once
gets the treasure in It's clutches
no human power can wrest it
away.
Back in 1921. when the flag OF
CASTLE and Leon gave place in
Florida to the Stars and Stripes,
the waters around the great PENN
sula, both on the Gulf of Mexico
and on the Atlantic were fairly in
tested with pirates. So when the
Spanish gunboat carrying the five
millions that was paid Spain for
Florida was disabled near St
Marks. her captain was naturally
afraid that she would fan an easy
prey 10 pirates. So he is sup
posed to have buried the treasure
somewhere near St. Marks
History relates that the money
was paid in gold from the mint at
New Orleans. and loaded on
Spanish gunboat anchored off that
city. The captain, knowing that
the waters Of the gulf fairly
swarmed with pirates. did not dare
% strike boldly out toward the
southern end Of Florida. but chose
the longer route. hugging the coast
all the way, so as to keep, as far
as possible, within reach of help
In case Of attack. One Of the
fierce storms to which those waters
are peculiarly subject sprang up
anC the gunboat was disabled.
when in the neighborhood of St.
Marks
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and Mt Hall-have at different
time sought TO locate this treas
ure Of St Marks" The more re-
cent searchers have met with a
formidable obstacle IN the shape
OF a quicksand which IS forming
just where II is believed that the
treasure Is buried. 1t has been
necessary 10 wall up the excavation
with lumber and keep a pump go
ing 70 keep out the water while
they worked
OF late years, because Of this in
The Washington times., 1906-08-19

A year or two after the death
Of Smith, there drifted into port
at St. Marks. bit of human wreck
age, a sailor named Ballou. He
was an old man, and of very Sc
cretive habits. He fitted out a
boat. bought picks, axes, spades.
and supplies and disappeared. At
intervals he would return for sup
plies. When his funds were ex-
hausted he taught school during the
winter, boarding his earnings like
a miser, and spending them for
supplies for his trips in the sum-
The Washington times., 1906-08-19

Ladd. son of Daniel Ladd; Swamp
Angel Bill Denham. Castillo, Bryant
and Kennedy. fitted out a boat and
went in search Of the gold. They
all got drunk, one of the party
thought he had located the money:
but they got into a fight over the
probable division and had TO go
back TO St. Marks for repairs and
could never again find the place
Several other men. we'll known
in that part of the untry-amOng
them the late Colonel Sluesser and
Mr.. George Lamb, Mr.. Register,
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The Men Who Really Give the BOOkieS Jolt

ported. began TO build 3 palace OF
vast extent and fabulous splendor,
hut died Of too much beer when the
structure was one-hfth completed.
Nobody ever really knew who he
was. but there were dark hints Of
royal birth and OF exile. but no anida-
Wits have been brought forward 10
prove that the chap ever really eX-
listed.
Among authenticated American
spendthrifts. John ". Steele. Coal
OH Johnny" IS the most famous His
half forgotten history was brought TO
the front again last January when he
was reported TO be dying. At that
time. as often had been the case IN
previous years, many stories Of his
exploits. as apochryphal as the entirs
story OF LedIman or Tediman may
have been, were told.
These stories account for the spend
ing OF a million or more in a few
months; Steele's own statement IS
that he spent rather more than $50, 900,
$4,000 OF which was cash. while a
somewhat larger figure was debt. His
period Of riOtOus living covered seven
months In 1852: the source OF the
money he burned was an oil farm near
Franklin. Pa. left TO him by his fos-
ter mother. a Ms. McClintock. who
was burned TO death by the explosion
of d can of kerosene, and his petition
in bankruptcy was filed in February.
1858. the sum of his debts being $50. IS.
He appears TO have been a rather
cheap skate" at the best. but he
surely did cut a dash IN Philadelphia.
where, curioUsly enough, he went 10
spend his money. There is a story
that he leased a hotel for a day and
kept open house; that he bought q
carriage and after riding In It half q
mile presented II TO the driver. but he
denies both. and. as told. the stories
lack verisimilitude. He did become the
angel OF minstrel troupe. however,
and travelled with them for a while.
but he didn't take them about the
country in a special train. AS a spend
thrift today Coal Oil Johnny" would
count for little enough. He wouldn't
be lin IL" with "ScOtty," the owner
OF the alleged mysterious gold mine.
who made a record breaking railroad
trip across the continent a year or
two ago. but Coal OIL Johnny" win
be a household word for many years
to come. while half the people you
meet have already forgotten all about
Scotty.
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creasing difficulty the search has
been abandoned. But there be many
in that part OF Florida who be-
lieve implicitly in the existence OF
that glittering hoard, and who
dream dreams o'nights Of how they
may rescue from the Quicksand and
take unto themselves and their
heirs and assigns forever The FIVE
millions of good red gold, Of the
coinage of about 1920, which they
firmly believe is hidden within a
few miles Of the ruins Of old San
Marco de Apalachee.
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IN vain the millions hidden in the
marshes Of ST. Marks. That il lies
there. few who have heard the
story from those who lived there
in those days can doubt Various
expeditions have been secretly
fitted out to search for it. even in
recent years.
One party composed Of George
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Buried the Cod in a Marsh

buF!CQ me GOA ~ n HNUSH
The captain realized that he was
practically az the mercy of pirates
He did not doubt that they had
means of knowing Of the treasure
he carried. So he landed with sew
eral of his crew and buried the
gold. and then returned to his YES
sci. This dr!fted helplessly for
days, Finally it was picked up by
a vessel bound for Peru. and as it
seemed impossible 20 tow the gun
boat so far officers and crew were
taken off. But their troubles were
not vet over. for the ship that
rescued them proved to be q plague
ship. and the officers and many o.
the crew died The few who sur
yived were finally landed, penni-
less. in Peru. and made their way
to their homes as best they could.
Full forty years later there land
ed at ST. Marks a sailor named Bell:
old he was and poor, feeble and nigh
unto death. To him there came as
a good Samaritan. one Smith, who
took him into his home and cared
kindly for the old man. For months
he fingered, growing weaker and
weaker. fighting bravely against the
inevitable, Bat exposure and want
had done their work and finally he
The Washington times., 1906-08-19

T Thousands and thousands
OF dollars have been spent
in the endeavor to locate
buried treasure, usually
the loot Of the famous PR
ates Of a bygone day. The hope that
springs eternal is never more respon-
sive than to the lure Of buried gold.
It is the everlasting human desire to
get something for nothing that
makes men willing to risk danger
and privation IN the effort to locate
what some other man has hidden.
Most Of the stories Of hidden treas
ure are mere myths, traditions with
out other foundation than suitable
ity Scattered along the coast from
Maine TO Florida are innumerable
retired coves. inaccessible passages.
tiny uninhabited islands that would
have been such suitable places for
Blackboard or Captain Kidd, or some
other Of the great buccaneers to have
buried their loot that It is not 70 be
wondered at that the tradition that
they did so seems to be spontaneous
ly generated from the empty air.
There is one story, however, that
seems 10 be pretty we'll authenti-
Gated, told recently in a Florida pa-
per, Of s., 900 900 in gold buried near
St Marks on the Gulf OF Mexico.
Hon. II. Clay Crawford, Florida's
secretary Of state. who has all HIS
life been connected with the Office
he now holds, and IS said to be a
verirable mine OF interesting infor-
nation on the history Of his State.
is quoted as authority for the story.
And the $4,000 900 in gold is sup
posed 10 be the $4,000 which IN
Gle Sam paid Spain for Florida. some
eighty-dve years ago.
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"a Seeret on Death Bed


He was one Of the crew Of the III
fated gunboat that carried the Span
ish gold from New Orleans. He told
of the burytng OF the money after
the boat became disabled, and OF the
crew being carried TO Peru. He said
he had spent his life trying to get
back to St Marks. wnere the gold
was buried Before he died he gave
Mr.. Smith a chart by which the spot
could be located. then he died and
was buried at ST. Marks.
1t was in the last year Of the war
that old Bell died. The troubled per
iod Of reconstruction followed. and it
was some time before Smith could
take up the quest which the old sail
or had bequeathed to him. Event
ually, however. he set out in a small
sailboat 10 search for the buried
treasure. The chart which Bell had
left him described three trees
which grew in a certain spot on the
shore. Into one Of them a spike had
been driven, whereby the captain
might locate his treasure when he
came again.
Smith made a careful inspection
Of the coast and believed that he
had located the exact spot where the
treasure had been buried. Smith
found what he believed to be the
three trees mentioned In the chart
but the iron spike was nowhere to
be seen, On one of Caen. however.
was a peculiar knot.
He cut into this and found an
iron spike driven into the tree. over
which the knot had grown.
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One III the ca CreLg

From his papers 1t was learned
that he was survivor of the
crew of the Spanish gunbOat that
sailed from New Orleans with the
five millions from Spain. A fac
smile chart Of the one Bell had
was found among mis- papers.
Since that day many have sought
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died. When, however, he realized
that his time had indeed come. he
told Mr.. Smith the story Of his life.
and how for more than forty years
he had been chasing rainbow gold.
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mer. Finally, exhausted from labor
and the hardships he had endured,
Ballou became i'll and died at the
military hospital at St Marks.
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Copyright. 1896. BY Dexter Marshau.J
? ee Nine
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-04-20

An eastern scientist announces that
he has just about got a grip on the
secret Of prevention Of physical decay.
It may be that the scientist knows
what he is talking about. It is possible
that before the close Of this century
science may be able to turn back the
wheels Of time and make the old man
young.
Within so or 60 years Il Is possible
that by administering a few doses Of
the new elixir the man who is bumped
and blind and toothless ami tottering
with age can be restored to his former
vigOr. The lean shank will give way tO
the full, rouLd limb; the white locks
will be replaced with hair of the raven
color. A luxuriant poll with cover the
skating rink on his dome. New teeth
will spring from his gums and the
quavering tones Of age will give place
to the rich, full voice of mature but
vigorous manhood.
The old man with all the accumulated
wisdom Of many years will have the
strength and vigor and keen enjoyment
of young manhood.
The trouble with the present arrange.
ment is that about the time men and
women have accumul ated sense enough
to know how to live they find that the
old man with the sythe is at their heels.
There are several Of US about here who
are disposed to urge that scientist tC
get move on him.