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The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07
SPANISH CLIMATE IN WINTER
Famed Throughout the World as Health Resorts.

The most agreeable winter climate in Spain and probably in Europe is that of Malaga, which has a mean winter temperature of 55 degrees Fahrenheit. The climate is extremely beneficial to sufferers from rheuma tism. but it is not at all recommended in highly nervous cases.
 There are at times unpleasant winds but extremely little rain during the winter months. Though healthy place, the sanitation of the town is not good, but the unsanitary effects are to a large extent neutralized by the dry climate. by the sea air and by the abundant and excellent water supply.
 Ronda is nearly 5000 feet above the sea and has bracing climate-to too bracing, in fact for winter Algeciras is probably the most successful win ter station in Spain, and since the conference which was held there a few years sgo it's hotels have been full of visitors during the greater par' of late winter and spring Being within easy reach of Gibraltar, the place is by no means dull
 There are tennis courts, a golf course, polo ground cat Campamento) and most of the meets of the Calpe Hounds are as conveniently reached from Algeciras as from Gibraltar Yachting, boating and sea fishing may be freely indulged in and driving ex cursions may be made in the direction of Tarifa and Cadiz, More distant ex cursions include those to Tangier, Granada, Seville and Malaga. Madrid is too cold for January. It is at an altitude of 2,400 feet. Seville is better in March and April than in January
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07
REAL JEWELS ON THE STAGE
Actors and Actresses Deched ou' with Gems of the Value Of
 $2,ooo,ooo.

When King of Cadonia' vas per formed at the Empire theater, Cali fornia, on December i, the actors ana actresses in the coronation scene blazed with $2,0O0,000 worth of jewels The theater celebrated it's first annl' versary, and in honor of the event the jewels were lent by Raj Buddri Das Bahadur & Sons.
 Miss Beech had diamond tiara with emeralds and rubies, an equally gorgeous diamond necklace and a dla' mond collar.
 MT McGrath, as the king, wore an emerald and diamond belt, over l5O years old, set with the largest emer- aids extant and worn by one Of the ancient ruling princes of India. He wore besides numerous orders set with precious stones and a beautiful emerald and pear drop neckband. Some of the jewelry worn by other members of the company Is described below:
 Miss ewart.-Diamond and tur' quOlSe ueCkldCe Wllu HdulVHu anu pearl collarband and diamond and tur' quoise tiara.
 Miss Birkbeck-Diamond and ruby necklace set with a huge Burma ruby weighing over 900 carats, diamond and ruby collar, and diamond and ruby tiara.
 Miss D. Gratton.-A magnificent ruby and diamond necklace, a pearl collar, diamond and pearl tiara.
 Miss Karkeek.-A magnificent dia' mond and emerald necklace valued at more than $20O00O. magnificent dia- moud, pearl and emerald collar, and diamond and emerald tiara.
 Miss Annie Romaine appeared in a necklace of what looked like preserved fruits, but was actually a nine-gem necklace valued at about s100,00o.
 Elaborate precautions were taken to prevent any possibility of raid on the stage. The doors were guarded ny police.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07
Pipes of Redwood.

The decayresisting properties of the California redwood, which have made it favorite building material on the Pacific coast, have recently led to it's use for irrigation pipes and conductors for hyro-electric power plants. For this purpose the wood is cnt in long slaves which are fitted to- gether like those of barrel and firmly banded. Some of the pipes are carried across deep canons and gorges as well as through trenches under. ground They are even used to some extent in the eastern states. The chiei source of supply Is the great forests in the neighbofhood of San Francisco bay. which are estimated to cover ahont hall . sai.lioa soivs.--Cisysland lanSax.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07
THE SUPREME HOUR
CALCULATION OF THE DATE OF
 THE cRucIFIxIoN.
Prot. Weston Has Delved Deeply Into Ancient Records and Is Satis- fled as to Correctness
 of Time.

Prof. l.. H Weston of Portland,
 Ore, makes very interesting cAlcu- Iation. fixing the date of the crucf dxion of Christ on April IS at noon, in the seyenty-fourth Julian year, or the twenty-rinth year A. D. He does It by computing the position of the sun aLd moon
 According to Prof Weston, the full
 moon occurred at TAI, Jerusalem mean time, on the 17th day of April, n Julian This was Julian Sunday and was the thirteenth day of the moon by the Jewish calendar. It was rule or law among the Jews that the day began at sunset; hence the calen- dar of Calippus invariably called that day following the sunset Immediately after full moon and Sunday (suns iay). Thus the full moon occurred al 7.41 in the morning of the 1Ith of April, Julian year, and that in the cal endar of Calippus was the thirteenth day of the moon, or the one before the fourteenth, and was Jewish holiday.
 HC I aHCONti W dS uA " dS D tSASN'heoN on the fourteenth day of the moon next following the solar ingress into the first degree of Aries, the vernal equinox, and it must always, by law, be celebrated on the fourteenth day of the moon, as shown on the calendar calculated by the priesthood.
 In the Julian year "A the sun en- tered Aries at s5 minutes after D. m. on March 22, which was Tuesday. The new moon following was at 10 minutes after D. m, April ?, Sat urday. Full moon, then falling on the seventeenth at 19 minutes to g a. m. shows Tertullian, the Latin historian, to be correct In affirming that the Passover feast was un the eighteenth of the calends of April
 Again, says Prof. Weston, modern ecclestiastioal authorities on chronol- ogy find it impossible to assume that Christ was born later than R. C., and Tertullian clearly states the natiy- ity occurred in the forty-ffst year of the Augustan monarchy and the twen- ty-ejghth after the death of Cleopatra. .hus in the seven hun fred and fiftietb year of Rome. or 4 E C., Christ was more than 32 years of age. for his ministry began the third year before the cruciixion He was 33 years old in @ A D
 lrenaeus says the crucitixion was at he end of pauiel's 70 weeks of proph. ecy This ends about the commence ment of the sixteenth year of Tiberius and the second year of the two hun dred and second olympiad. More ex- actly, the sixteenth year of the reign of Tiberius began on August i9, "A Julian and the first year of the two hundred and second olympiad ended on July IA, 74 Julian. and this date also ended Daniels 70 weeks. But the crucihxion was at the passover. three months before the end of the olym- piad. lrenaeus used rornd numbers and the fractional year Is one-fourth minus Accordingly, says Prof Wes- ton, 1t would seem impossible to set any other date for the crucitixlon of Jesus Christ than Monday. April IS, Julian year "A. at noon ysixth hour), Jerusalem.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07
TIE poIsoNS IN GOAL GAS
Many Are Known, But There Is Ono Constituent That Is a Puzzle
 to Scientists.

The poisonous properties of coal gas are generally attributed to it's content Of carbonic oxide, especially as no other substance of known poisonous properties has been found in 1t. and patients suffering from coal gas poison ing show the symptoms associated with the inhalation of carbonic oxide. nellaing the peculiar bright red color of the blood From experiments made by Dr. Yon vahIen, at Halle. 1t seems probable that we must revise this view for on making experiments with irogs, animals particularly resistant to oarbonie oxide, it was found that they were poisoned far more rapidly by coal gas than by the corresponding amount or the oxide. Other experiments with dogs showed that the poisonous effect oi coal gas was twice or three times as great as that of the carbonic oxide U contained Evidently there is soma other constituent of coal gas whjah ia folsonous, though what it is cannon yet De stated. Merely removing the eaf1oAis oxide ficm coal gas wlli cot
 ssisce 70 render t poisonous. = The Eronwanser.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07
Their paternaI Desire.

The tramp walked softly up to them as they were coming down street in the dusk
 Would you kindly let me have a few pennies" he asked, almost in a whis. per. T want to buy the baby a pair of shoes"
 The man took few pennies out of his pocket and handed them to him. Then they walked on.
 "If they'd only ask for something else" he unused This Is the fifth time today have gieen tramps money for baby's shoes. I'd give them a lot more willingly if they'd only tell the truth and say they want a glass Q: booze.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07
In Spite Ot Her Bonner
By Jeoneffe Irene Alden
loprrlghl. Ia0g. py A.soclatea Lllerary rressl

sUopyrsht Iss by Associated Literary prcssJ
 Karen was hurrying past Miss Fry 8 window with downcast eyes, not dar. ing to glance at the bewitching mil hnery displayed within lest her heart iaii her. when she ran right against funnS Reid. who was Just as quickly approaching rom tho opposite direc- ton
 Why Karenl" Fanny said "I cidu know you with your head down like that Come on Into Miss Fry's with me I'm going to get my new hat
 On | can't Karen faltered. but Fanny had her by the arm.
 Cone on. she said. and Karen went
 Is my hat done. Miss Fry" Fanny asked
 rlt IS The miIliner ierked open a drawer behind the counter and took fherefrom an exquisite Gainsborough shape all maline and vanity, with handiuls Of sweet peas to further be. wilder the senses. Karen gave little cry
 "Oh. Fanny. il is beautiful"
 Isn't it2 Miss Fry knows exactly what like, Fanny replied. com. placently.
 Miss Fry smiled in her sup or way, Just set it upon your head, my dear" she said, "so that l can get the effect Very becoming don't you thinkgn she turned to Karen By the way Miss Ives, l never see you in here Have yol bought your hat yet?"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07

Mound City Pant may cost a rifle more, butt G, W. Petty
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07

''N-no." Karen stammered. watching Fanny, who, with handglass close to her eyes. was turning every way be fore the big mirror. absorbed in her reflection.
 'I'd like to sell you one This Tus- can straw. now" Miss Fry lifted it from the standard and twirled 1t delft ly upon her hand I'm sure this will be becoming. Just try 1t on and step up to the other glass"
 She proffered the hat and Karen gasped as she saw the price mark upon the dangling tag.
 T0h. can't buy such an expensive hat she began. Then temptation seized her. She snatched off her shab. by old toaue and set the Tuscan straw upon her head
 Just as l thought" Miss Fry said nodding. And Karen. beholdng her self in the long glass. gasped again What had that hat done to her? Why she was pretty--ten times prettier than Fanny! Color sprang to her cheeks, light to her eyes. Her face elowed and sharkled. She was radiant as she turned and met Fanny's stare You should buy that hat. Miss Ives. she said. Tt is just what you want"
 Fanny did not speak Karen turned again to the glass Never in all heI young life had she wanted anything as she wanted that hat. yet she could not have it. A hundred reasons why she could not flashed through hei mind. Only that morning her father had said sadly:
 They are going to cut down the hours at the factory, daughter, and we shall have to go little more care fully if VIC can. It's hard times, you know"
 Karen knew, and under stress as her fathers housekeeper and sole helper she dealt carefully with the flour bin and sugar box. trying to spend as lit tie as she could of the money earned by such hard labor It was wicked for her even to want hat that cost Sd much as this one, yet she loved pretty things as well as did Fanny, who was indulged in them to her hearts con tent And she saw suddenly that she could look as well in them as Fanny did If tomorrow morning she should go into the choir wearing this beautt ful hat and looking as she did now, Dan Eustace would perhaps see that she was there, and to have his eyes upon her in admiration would have changed the whole world for Karen.
 "Wel?" Miss Fry prompted.
 Karen took of the hat, tenderly. but resolutely, her face dimming with in ward struggle.
 T can't take it." she said, firmly "because--I can't afford 1t" She Iait the hat upon the counter and resumed her toaue. iabbiug in the hat pins witf unnecessary violence If she hat pinned the toque to her scalp instead Of her hair she would not just thel have felt f n giving tip the Tuscal straw it came 10 her that she was giy ing up great deal hesides--hope an the possibility of having an eve chance with Fanny and other vel dressed girls in winning what she 8 much wanted to win Dan Eustace' regard
 I'm sorry Miss Fry said. She ur defstood. but she could not of cours give her hats away
 Fanny laughed She felt glad ina Karen could not have the hat, for sh saw for the first tine that Rare lfRuid ts altogether too pretty yer
 flllingls adorned.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07

Old Ocean, that champion Bluebeard of the centuries gained a new and charming bride al Newport News March 30, when Miss Louise Mug ent, daughter of Daniel c Nugeut, a prominent merchant or 5. Louis, acted as ponsor and performed the cere.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07

When Shackleton came home that evening he found his wife in tears. Miss Balm" she wept, says she cant come to me any more, not even to finish upl You--you scared her with your wild talk this noon!"
 "Pooh," scoffed Shackleton, joy ously. she's just jealous of my SUI perior inventive abilitiesl That's all. You take your things to the most ex- pensive dresmaker you can find if you want to, Evapgelinel It was worth iti"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07
Card of Thanks.

To the many true friends and neig ghbors, who came to our re lief with comforting words and willing hands at the time of tine death of cur wife and mother we wish 10 express our deepest grati- tude.
 k. NJ. Holman,
 J. D. Holman.
 MT. and Mrs. Mark Clifford.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07
Rival ROmanCerS

"Why. she must be crazy!" declared .shaokleton. He even laid down his newspaper in his interest
 "No, she's entirely sane" said Mrs Shackleton. "No crazy woman could be such a good seamstress as Miss Balml That lavender gown she has just finished for me looks as though 1t came from Paris and she made 1t in three days at s2.5O day! l guess it's just her vivid imagination"
 "It's something vivid and spectacu- lar!" observed Shackleton. Maybe she does it to keep you amused"
 "Oh. my. no!" replied his wife Sometimes she will sew along and not say a word and then other days she will just begin to talk. l don't be Iieve told you about the lettuce, did |? Well, once when she lived in St. Paul Miss Balm was sewing for woman whose husband and brother were scientists She didn't know just what brand of science they made speciality of, but at any rate they were fond Of lettuce salad for luncheon and insisted on having it fresh. So they had a brass traylike dish on the table filled with specially prepared earth. There were chemicals or something in that earth, you know, and when they would come in to luncheon the woInan's husband would take hand ful of lettuce seed from his pocket and carelessly scatter it over the earth and the brother would pick up the water bottle and sprinkle 1t and then they would sit down to their soup and chops and things, and by the time the salad course was due that lettuce would be just right to pick
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07
Card of Thanks.

In the sickness and death of my husband, T. Il Embry, l wish to express my sincere thanks 10 the kind friends and nighbors, whose patient attention did so much 10 aid is in the time of sickness. This great kindness will long be remembered iu gratitude and love.
 Mrs. T. II. Embry
 and children.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-07

mony in which the "City of St Louis,n newest of the Savannah Lines new fleet was gathered in his mighty arms. Sbe IS a sister ship to the "Ciiy of Mont gomery," recently launched by che same Line, and tue seven seas have seldom seen a bonner bride than she.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-21
A LETTER FROM FLOYD COUNTY.

Dear Sir:-As I have read nothing
in your paper from old Floyd county,
l will write a few lines to let you
know that we are all for you, will
agree with you on all of your work,
but some of the people don't fully
understand your stand on Missions.
Some think you are working against
Foreign Missions, and some say you
don't believe in mission work at all.
If you don't, I don't understand why
you are working for the Sunny South
Brotherhood, when that is just a
home mission work. I am just with
you on the Foreign Mission line; I
don't believe in it at all. Yet I have
been member of the Missionary So
ciety, but since I took your Jeffer-
sonian and read what have I cut it
all out. I wish everybody in the
world could read your paper; if they
would the world would fare better.
The people don't know what is go
ing on in the world till they read
your JeffersOnian. I wish I could do
something to help you in your hard
battle, but I don't think you need
any help at all, for you hit them on
every side and twice in the middle
hope you will print a piece in your
JeffersOnian of what you fully believe
in the missionary line, so the people
will understand it more fully. I am
just with you on the S. S. B. line;
am willing to do, and will do, every
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-21
AS TO BOND ISSUES.

Dear Sir:-Please allow me space
in your columns to again call your
readers attention to the schemes of
the money power. President Taft, in
his special message to Congress, has
recommended the issuance of $780,
600, 900 more of bonds for reclama-
ton purposes, and says that if it be
necessary that he will recommend
the issuance of bonds to construct
dams in the Ohio river. Now, the
question is this: why should our law
makers heap debt on the nation by
issuing more bonds, when they could
and should issue legal tender paper
money? If the bonds are good, based
on the credit of the nation, the
money would be good with the same
security. It was good under Van
Buren's administration; it was good
under Lincoln's administration, and
would be good under any other ad-
ministration; but the money power
wants more bonds issued so they can
invest their idle money, bank cur
rency instead of legal tender money,
so that they can control it, The peo-
pie need plenty of legal tender gov
eminent money, paid into circulation
through Government expenses. If
not put in circulation fast enough
that way, loan to the people through
the States. The issuing of bonds by
nation is crime, and ought to be
prohibited. F. S. TAYLOR,
Vice-Pres. U. S. Monetary League.
Rt. /, Walnut Springs, Texas.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-21
BELIEVES IN THE JEFFS AND
PROTECTIVE TARIFF.

Dear Sir:-I wish your paper was
in every home in the United States.
When I get mine I never quit till
[ read everything in it.
[ want to say you have got me on
the mOurner's bench on the tariff
question. [ have thought that a pro-
tective tariff was best for our coun-
try, but this Payne-Aldrich law is
about to give me a bellyfull of high
tariff, and | think there are a great
many others in about the same fix.
Mr.. Watson, how could you be OPP
posed to the rural carriers getting a
raise, when it costs so much to live
now? q never vast. e. W.
You certainly did go after that fell
low Howard about right. Wonder if
he is any akin to M. w. Howard from
our district, the 9TH of Alabama. I
ink he (M. w. Howard) is going
to make the race this time against
John L. Burnett as an Independent.
The Republicans of several counties
have endorsed him, so if he runs
they will not put out a man.
[ will quit before I worry you too
much. A FRIEND.
P. ST would like to know what
Mr.. Roosevelt's religion is. Have
heard he was Methodist I don't
want to vote for man for Presi-
dent who is too thick with the Ro-
man Catholics won't do it if I
know it.
(Teddy belongs to the Dutch Re-
formed Church, but he is not famous
for piety.-T. e. W.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-21
is INTERESTED IN RESURREC-
TION OF WATSON.

Dear Sir:-Your Magazine comes
to my house every month and The
Jeffersonian every week, notwith-
standing other interesting reading
matter, but on their arrival all are
laid aside until I get through with
them
On the eighth page of The Jeffer-
sOnian of this weeks issue, Read
This and Tell Six Others etc., I
was especially interested, refreshing
my memory of our political wrangles
in the tenth district, and especially
in Augusta, where they thought to
have buried Thos. e. Watson; ignor-
ant of the fact that it was only
preparation for more noble resur-
rection.
And grateful am I to have lived
to see his form and noble spirit on
the top round of the ladder in both
the political and Foreign Mission
world while many of his opponents
have died in both Church and State,
and scores of others dying and in the
last thrOes of death, to be no more.
| have six sons and one son-in-
law in business in this county (Bul-
loch) and two sons of my last wife,
Thos. E. w. and David, and you may
depend upon the whole push as strong
advocates of the cause and princi-
pies you have espoused the many
years we have known you, and all are
readers after YOU
Our children are all in this county,
and it has been an annual custom
with them to celebrate my birthday,
Wy T tn
-2Sth of June
At our last we had with us our
friend, Rev. J. J. Pennington, who
spent the week visiting and preach
ing around for us; hope he will turn
up again. God bless you and the
cause for which you are fighting.
JERE HOWARD
Statesboro, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-21
PAGE TWENTY TWO
WHAT'S BECOME OF THE LIBE-
RIA COMMISSION?

Dear Sir:-I am a subscriber to
both weekly and monthly Jeffs.
Can't we'll do without them.
But, look here, Mr.. Watson, I beg
your pardon, but did you ever get
report Of the commission that was
sent to Liberia to look after that
"cullud' republic? You promised to
publish it, and if you ever have l
have failed to see it. | think it
would be interesting reading.
MARTIN NEWLIN.
West York Lee. Ga.
P. S.-Since writing the above ]
have received a copy of the ''Wo-
mans National Daily, from which
I send clippings, There are papers
all over the United States that will
publish such items, but never
comment-but you are not that
kind. M. N.
Comment.
The Commission has reported. We
are asked to become Guardian and
Wet-nurse to Liberia. Taft has so
recommended in special Message to
Congress. Speak to your Congress-
man, and pledge him against it.
We've got coons enough, already.
T. E. w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-21
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST

College, Macon, Ga.

81 had curiosity to see
whether the Primitive Baptist
was as unfair, hide-bound, ar
rogant and abusive as the pa
pers run by missionary IA
natics. To my agreeable
surprise found that the
whole build and spirit of the
paper was up to my ideal Of
Christian paper. {. In choos-
ing your religious reading,
you might give the Primitive
Baptist a trial, even though
you are not of that faith and
order. You'll get some really
religious literature, If you
do."-Thos. e. Watson in The
JeffersOnian Of February II,
1910.
THE JEFFERSONIAN So weeks
or WATSON'S MAGAZINE 12
months. $500
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST. 1.2S
1925
OUR PRICE FOR BOTH S1.75.
THE JEFFERSONIAKS, Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-21
THE JEFFS ARE DOING GOOD
WORK.

Dear Sir:-As sit in my country
home, | wish to extend to you my
sincere and heartfelt congratulations
on the success you have made with
your pen, through the medium of the
two Jeffersonians, in extending the
true principles of our great reforma-
ton. With best wishes to you and
family and all co-workers,
am, as ever, yours sincerely,
B. N. BROWN.
Flowery Branch, Ca, Rt 1.