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The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26
Cor Gues;s.

Mrs s. B. Carey entertained with
a six o'clock dinner last evening for
Mrs. Hihbitt's house guests. This
Terminated the round of delightful en-
tertainments given in honor of tue
guests. the past week.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26
Thursday.

The Sigma Della lis will inert
with Miss Laura Ciendene.,
The Schiller Glib will meet vita
Mrs Merger.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26

Sol Dawson mas announced that he
would be a candidate ror mayor OF
Mounds He hes resided in PULASKI
county nearly all his life and in
Mounds for a number of years.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26

We will clean and finish ten ladies
suits or dresses free OF charge and
without any obligations whateevr on
the owners part for the privilege or
using same for display purposes for
one week. Garments not to cost less
than $4,000 per suit for which we
will be responsible. First come mrs,
served.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26
Annual Election.

The Cairo Woman's Club will hold
their annual election of officers at the
Library Wednesday afternoon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26
Saturday.

The Rock Club viii feet with Miss
ssuth Werner.
The Sextette Club will meet with
Hiss Alberta Blattean
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26
For Mrs. kimmer.

Miss Madge Zimmerman will en-
tertai1 Monday afternoon in honor Of
AIRS. Travis kimmel a winter bride
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26

her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. SUI
therland.
Mrs. |. W. Crabtree and daughter,
Miss Pansy, left last night for ST.
Louis where they viii MAZE their fu-
tire home.
Mr.. aud Mrs. ]. L. Wolff and son,
of Paducah, are the week end guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. B. Wearen of
upper Walnut street.
James Hoffman left yesterday rcr
Jackson, Tenn. to visit his daughter,
Mrs. Duncan. formerly Miss Amanda
Hoffman, of this city.
Miss Pruden Malone win return
home the first of next month from an
, extended visit TO Miss August a
Wright in Orlando. g1a
}. u. IerreH and FAMILY OF Earlow
visited in the city few hours yesjer-
day. en- route TO their home after :
visit with relatives in Missouri.
Mrs. Force Eain and daughter, Nj S
Van Neese, of Seventh street, are Wis
iting the formers parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Price, at Marion, III.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26

her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. H su-
therland.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26

Miss Edith Sutherland VINO has
been in Asheyile. Y, c., for some
time for the benefit dis health, a.
rived Friday night tor a visit with
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26

E. r. Cunningham OF Paducah, was
in the city on business yeterday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26

P. H. Haag of Poplar Bluff. No., is
the guest OF friends in tie city.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26

Mrs. Mare Antpony OF Paducah was
a Cairo visitor yesterday,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26

H. T. McCrea, OF Alton, H., was
here on business yesterday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-26

Walter Alvey of Columbus, KY wa
up yesterday.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01
The Stars Ten Minute
Rapid-Fire Short Story

graphed, and dined by medical men,
and the sales of the Elixia increased
one thousand fold. Then came a re-
port that a scientific society was about
to investigate the medicine. Two days
Inter Mccormick appeared lin San
Francisco.
6 It's all up he said pathetically,
They say the remedy is common
water, doctored with few herbs. OF
course it's false, but the people like
to be humbugged. They'll believe it.
We had better move.
There were tears in his eyes, sir,
tears of genuine regret. While he re-
manned in the office l went to the diff
ferent banks and drew out our money.
In all, there was forty thousand dol
lars. l gave it to him for safekeeping,
and he came to my hotel to spend the
night.
When / awoke in the morning, Nc
Cormick Ryan was gone, but a note
was on my pillow. He had been robbed
during the night, he wrote; he did not
have the courage to face me. Grief
was eating away his heart.
las l read, in imagination l could
see him going down the years to come,
his spirit broken, his philanthropic
soul torn by anguish. That my loss
would be the principal cause of his
regret l did not doubt. He was a man,
sir, admirable in his triumphs, but
glorious in his defeats. This was one
Of his defeats.
1.-TWO years ago l learned that he
was dead, and, bowling my head,
shed tear in memory of the noblest,
most self-sacrificing man l have ever
known. Rockefeller is only million
aire. If Mccormick Ryan had had his
opportunities he would have owned the
earth. He was a financial genius"
The tower clock struck eleven. Ma
jor Ike Gleason rose to 60
He was shrewd," l admitted.
"Shrewd!" Major Ike turned to stare.
Cad, I should say he was! He was
forty thousand dollars shrewd, twenty
of which was mine"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01
JEFFERSON DAVIS AS HIS
NEGRO SERVANT SAW HIM
OLD sERVToR-NoT sLAVE-TELLs IN QUAINT LANGUAGE THE
STORY OF THE CONFEDERATE PRESIDENTS CAPTURE AND
HOW THE "HooPsKRT" STORY AROSE - SENATOR
BAILEY INTRODUCES HIM TO THE SOUTHERN
VETERANS, SHAKE HIS HAND.

nearly sightless eyes flashing with en-
thusiasm from beneath their snow
white brows, and his whole frame
trembling as he recalled the events
of half a century ago, James II.
Jones, Jefferson Davis old body
servant, described to a Public Ledger
correspondent the capture of the Con-
federacy's chief.
Jones, more Indian than African,
proud of the fact that he was born
free" and never was slave, yet still
more proud of the circumstances
that attracted him to the Davis fam
lily during the tragic last days of the
Lost Cause, is now spending the
evening of his life at the home of his
son, physician, at Deanwoo1
Heights, a little settlement on the
outskirts of Washington. For the
last eighteen years, until couple OF
years ago, he was employed in the
stationery room Of the United States
Senate, and is still we'll taken care
of by number of the Senators.
Last Monday evening, when the
Confederate veterans celebrated the
birthday of Jefferson Davis, Senator
Bailey of Texas escorted the old man
to the hall, introducing him to the
assemblage, and during the course OF
a fine eulogy upon the memory of the
President of the Confederate States
dwelt at some length upon the faith
fulness of the servant who had fol
lowed him through the fortunes OF
war. And the old Southerners came
up and shook hands with the negro
,"And l want to tell you about thai
mean story they told on Mr.. Davis
that story about the woman''
clothes" continued Jones, droppinf
his bony hand to the table with
resounding blow. TT was all lie
that's what it was, mean, contempt
ible lie, for wasn't l standing righ
there when he was arrested, am
wasn't l taken away with him am
Mrs. Davis when they were taken Z
Macon and then to Fortress Monroe
I'll tell you how it started.
when the enemy came down Of
us and captured us, it was fou
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01
Proposed Revision of
The Ten Commandments

thought from the many distinguished
gentlemen before whom the Dean OF
Wholesalers idea must pass.
Whether it is best to make these
radical changes in view of the an
tiquity and holiness of the Ten Com
mandments, is debatable.
The Second Commandment lends
itself to change most readily The
essence of the thought is incorpor-
ated in the first two sentences. The
modern idea of God is qualified III
the line, 81, the Lord thy God, am
jealous God" Surely, jealousy is not
a divine attribute. Then, moreover,
the visiting of the sins of the fathers
has always been questioned-its JUS
tice and its truth. OF course, we
have the trace in diseases and sinful
habits, but it is not popular BELIEF
that the guiltless should suffer for
the guilty.
The Fourth Commandment is very
archaic. 1t is needlessly long, and
there are very many who do not ac-
cept the creation of the world in SIX
days.
The Tenth Commandment seems
equally faulty l cannot see why the
possession of house should have
precedence over the possession OF a
wife, and the terse sentence-"Thou
shalt not covet'-embrace every
thing. Placing a mans OK and MS
ass on a level with his wife is re-
pugnant to civilized modern people
and must be especially so to the
woman Suffragists. The other Cont
mandments, which are of equal ana
perhaps greater Importance, have not
the elaborate details, for instance
''Thou shalt not steal" Thou shalt
do no murder" etc. In fact, ! agree
that the brevity of these Command
ments is intensifying, and if good
taste can be reconciled to the
abridged Commandments, I approve
of the plan.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01

CBy the Ven William Macdonald Sim
clair, Archdeacon of London, Canon
Of st. Paul's Cathedral)
It has been proposed by DR.. Fur
neaux, Dean of Winchester, to revise
the Ten Commandments as they now
appear in our Book of Common
Prayer The Commandments to be
modified are the Second, Fourth and
Tenth.
The Second Commandment now
reads: Thou shalt not make TO
myself any craven image, nor the
likeness of anything that is in Heav-
en- above, or in the earth beneath, or
in the water under the earth; thou
shalt not bow down to them, nor
worship them for I the Lord thy God
am a jealous God, and visit the sins
of the fathers upon the children unto
the third and fourth generation Of
them that hate me, and show mercy
unto thousands of them that love me
and keep my commandments"
The proposed amendment of this
commandment is:
"Thou shalt not make to myself
any craven. image to bow down to
and to worship
The Fourth commandment now
reads: Remember that thou keep
holy the Sabbath day. Six days shalt
thou labor and do all that thou hast
to do; but the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In u
thou shalt do no manner of work;
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01

thou, and thy son, and thy daughter,
thy man-servant and thy maid-serv-
ant, thy cattle, and the stranger that
is within thy gates. For in six days
the Lord made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that in them is, and
rested the seventh day; wherefore
the Lord blessed the seventh day,
and hallowed it."
The proposed amendment of this
is: Remember that thou keep holy
the Sabbath day."
The Tenth Commandment now
reads Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbours house, thou shalt not
covet thy neighbors wife, nor his
servant, nor his maid, nor his OK, nor
his ass, nor anything that is his"
The proposed amendment of this
is simply:
"Thou shalt not covet."
Nothing beyond the proposition of
the Dean of Winchester has devel-
oped, and it is impossible to say
whether this attempt to abridge the
Ten Commandments will be success
full.
There are so many people who
consider that the sanctity of the Ten
Commandments forbids any altera-
ton, that I anticipate much opposi-
ton to the plan. Personally, I be.
lieve that the Second, Fourth and
Tenth Commandments might be re-
vised without sacrificing any Of the
strength or pungency of these divine
laws.
believe that to compete with the
new cults and the new religions, the
established churches should keep
abreast the times to a great extent
1 think moderation should be OBJ
served or otherwise there would be
vital changes with each decade Of
these rapidly moving times. This
vacillation would tend to destroy the
power of the church, but I am sure
that the Ten Commandments will no
be altered carelessly or without due
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01

o'clock in the morning, as / said be-
fore, and the heavy dew of night
had made it right cold. So as Mr.
and Mrs. Davis were ordered out oI
their tent. I grabbed up Mrs. Davis
raglan coat, thinking l had Mr..
Davis coat instead, and threw II
around his shoulders.
$50 when he stepped out OF the
tent he did have woman's coat on
for a moment, but it was only for
moment, because I saw the mistake
right away, and changed coats, put
ting Mr.. Davis on instead of the ono
belonging to Mrs. Davis that l haI
thrown on in the hurry and excite
ment of the time.
"Anybody that ever knew Jefer-
son Davis knows that he would not
have tried to disguise himself in
womans clothes. Anybody that ever
knew him knew that he didn't have
cowardly hair in his head
Gwen after they had captured MT
Davis the Union soldiers didn't know
they had him until I told them. The
officer that took charge of the party
said, Isn't this Davis camp" and l
answered, Yes, this is Mr.. Davis
camp
"Where is hep he asked then.
There he stands I said, point
ing to him, not three feet away.
"What made me feel bad about II
all was the fact that it was my camp
fire, the fire that I was using to wash
and dry the baby's clothes, which
gave the enemy's scouts the first
clue to our presence in the woods
If it hadn't been for that fire MT
Davis would have got away as sure
as you are standing there.
From where we were captureu
down in the woods near Irwin, Ga.
we were taken. as I said before, tf
Macon, where General Wilson hac
his headquarters. and then to Fort
ress Monroe. We stayed at Fortress
Monroe two weeks, and l was the
only one of the servants that was
kept with the family,
"And l tell you what the soldiers
treated me mighty mean at Fortress
Monroe, bootin me around and stick
in bayonets into me until I wa'
near dead. You see, some OF the
other servants told the soldiers tina
knew where Mr.. Davis had bidder
all his valuables, and they though
they could make me tell them wher'
they were located.
"But I wouldn't any more tel
them than I would have taken a pts
toll and killed Mr.. and Mrs. Davis
for they were the best friends l eve
had in this world, and when | com
q
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01
IMPORTANCE OF THE SEINE.

There is in France no other trunk
line waterway so important as the
River Seine between Havre and Paris,
a distance of 291 miles by river and
142 miles by rail. This river, connect
ing not only Paris, but the richest and
most fertile portions of interior
France with the seaport of Havre, is
striking example of a waterway in
which the services of canal and river
are directly combined. At Havre, and
from that port to Rouen, it has the
maritime aspect; from Rouen to Paris
it is the river; beyond Paris for APP
proximately 100 miles it is the canal
or canalzed river to Mery-sur-Seine,
the head of it's navigation. It's total
navigable length is 345 miles (563 kilo-
meters). The work on the Seine itself
has involved a total expenditure of
S25 600, 900.
While It is true that the railroad
rates and the rates on the canals and
rivers of France are fycd by the gov
eminent, and hence DO not show the
results Of natural competition, it is in
teresting to study the rail and water
rates between Paris and Havre; for
example, flour by water $1.93 per ton,
by rail S1.93; grain by water $1.93, by
rail $1.93; lumber by rail S1.64, and
1854 by water; wine, $405 by rail and
$347 by water. This traffic all passes
via the Tancarville canal.
The work on the Seine, together
with the construction of the great
Eastern canal Canal de TEst), was
undertaken shortly after the establish
ment of the republic upon the over
throw of Napoleon III. This Canal de
rEst is only nominally canal. It in
cludes the improved sections of the
Meuse and Saone connected by canal.
The entire route is 26S miles and the
work cost about 1OO,0OOOOO francs
($2O,OOO,OOO)
From Paris, traffic from the north
ern provinces and Belgium goes
through the Seine, as does the traffic
intended for the west via Rouen and
Hayre. The traffic of the Seine has
trebed with the last fifteen years
The waterways of northern France
handle the export and import business
, to and from Belgium, Holland and Ger
= many, as well as other foreign coun
tries reached through the French ports
along the English GRANDCHILDREN
l Bruce Fuller, in American Review O.
r Reviews for May.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01

After 3,4)O years modern progress
and scientific advance have caused
the dignitaries &C the Church of Eng
land to consider the abridgment of 50
fundamental a thing as the Ten COM
mandments.
The reason for this action, as given
here by the Ven. William Macdonald
Sinclair, the Archdeacon of London,
will be read with interest by all
Christendom.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01

l am the only man living that
knows where the great seal Of the
Confederacy was secreted, for bur-
led it myself and gave my word OF
honor to Mr.. Davis that l would
never tell. l kept my word to him
while he lived and am not going to
break it now that he is dead. On
the day that the Jefferson monu-
ment was dedicated at Richmond,
two men offered me $4,000 to tell
them where the great seal could be
found. / looked at that money hard,
for l am the poorest man you know,
but $4,000 wasn't enough to make
me break my word to Mr.. Davis.
There isn't money enough in the
United States to make me forget thar
pledge. JAMES HENRY JONES,
Jefferson Davis's Body Servant.
l had been up all night washing out
the baby's clothes-Miss WinnieS
clothes, you know-and I heard the
sound of horses feet a-comin'. Then
l knew that the enemy was on us,
and l ran down to Mr.. Harrison's tent
and woke him up.
"Im gointer wake up Mr.. Davis,
for the enemy is on us, l said to Mr..
Harrison, who was Mr.. Davis Sec
rotary.
Don't you do nothin' of the kind,
he said to me. You are always too
busy. You know he needs all the
rest he can get tonight
"'You know l wouldn't disturb him
for the world unless it was matter
of rightr but l tell you the enemy
on US, and so l went to the tent
where Mr.. Davis and Mrs. Davis was
sleepin' and woke them up. And
when Mr.. Davis was awake I gave
him his coffee and while he was
drinkin' it the enemy comes up ant
captures us all. I always gave Mr.
Davis his coffee at four o'clock in the
morning while he was travelling Sc
fast, and he drank it that morninS
just the same as though the enemy
wasn't there and all of us prisoners.
With his palsied hand held aloft t
command attention, his bright though
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01

Johanna SEVERN Svendson, the Nor
wegian composer, is dead.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01

Continued on page 2O)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-16
DEMING AND MIMBRES VALLEY
ENROLMENT OF DEMIAG SCHOOLS SHOWS INCREASE;
CAsAbA MELONS MAKE GOOD CROP RANCH IMPROVEMENTS

to raise the water level in the well
about nine feet. Mr.. Wheat has a so
horse power engine and a No. 6 pump.
and is preparing a large acreage for
cultivation next season.
New Melon Grown.
P. J.. Case, whose farm lies six miles
east Of Deming, is experimenting this
year with a half acre of casabas. Hav-
ing investigated the markets in Cali
fornia last season, and found that casa
bas good for from $50 to $3.50 per
dozen in Los Angeles. and having
further noticed hat this delicacy was
served on the Southern Pacific diners
in a green state frequently, and that
often they were not to be had at all
in season, Mr.. Case determined to find
put what this melon would do in the
Mimbres valley.
He selected for his experiment a rich
soil, being a mixture of sand and river
silt. He procured SEED in California of
several varieties Of the casaba. Now in
spite of the prevailing opinion to the
contrary. Mr. Case finds that the casaba
not only produces here, but produces
abundantly, and the melon has as fine
a flayor as the casaba ever attains.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-16

Deming. n. n. Sept 16.-At the close
Of the first weeks enrolment in the
Deming public schools, there were $40
enrolled, an Increase of about
II percent over the number enrolled
during the first week last year. Seven
" students were enrolled in the high
school as against &c last year.
Building Hay Barn.
DIR. p. K Connaway is building a hay
barn on his farm 36x60 feet with q IA
foot wall. Dr.. Connaway has grown this
year on his place a tremendous crop Of
feedstuff, most Of which he will bale
and store away. Besides 40 acres Of
cane which turned out seven tons of
dry feed per acre, and as many acres
Of milo maize. the doctor has 60 acres
of frijole beans, the straw Of which he
win bale for feed The Importance of
bean straw as a ~rcughness for stock 10
poming more and more into use, some
farmers in the valley maintaining that
81 has a value as g food which pays
fully for the cost OF water used in irri-
gazing the crop
There is good shooting on many of
she irrigating bitches IN the valley, as
che ducks are coming in every day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-16

wick. British Columbia came in in
and the provinces of Manitoba, Al
berta and Saskatchewan were long
afterwards created out of territory ac-
quired from the hudson Bay COM
pany.
Federation Accomplished.
When federation vas actually ao-
complished, the plan was SO largely
that of sir John Macdonald, the leader
of the Tories, that many Liberals
were either opposed, or gave only
lukewarm support, to the federation
which, by the way, was accomplished
not by a vote of the people but by
passed in response to request of the
provincial governments,
In the first election, the Liberals
were badly worsted, the Conserva-
tives having three fourths of the
members of the first federal parlia-
ment. Party dissensions, dissatisfac-
ton with the federation. and the
handicap of the property qualifica-
ton for suffrage for q time prevented
the Liberal party gaining strength.
But, in 1873, a scandal connected with
the proposed Canadian Pacific railway
caused sir John Macdonald to resign,
and in the subsequent election the
Liberals gained a majority.
With Alexander Mackenzie as pre-
mier, they continued in power for five
years. The Mackenzie administration
was not a brilliant success, so far as
a national policy was concerned, but
it did result In the consolidation of
the various democratic factions into
the now dominant Liberal party and,
even more important. 1t established
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-16
Mr.. Case has now 5000 well developed

Mr.. Case has now 5000 well developed
melons on his half acre.
Many who have tried raising casabas
have failed for the reason that they
which it will net do. For Instance. the
improved hybrid casaba should be pick
ed when it has attained Its size. loses
its luster and assumes a grayish caste,
the time it is picked 1t is ready to eat.
Some varieties of the easaba can be
kept two months after picking with
perfect safety. Some varieties, the one
splendid shippers, having thick rinds
and capable Of standing hare treat
ment.
The Turkish Casaba.
The original Turkish casaba was i'm
ported into this country about 80 years
ago, and found an ideal home In south
ern California, where conditions are
tss nim lSsafiT Talle to T Mnat tru aesy ga ags Is
OF that region have experimental with
and improved the original stock, until
they have developed an article which
commands a fancy price In a fancy
market. They are really considered 2
great delicacy.
They hav been grown for years in
southern Italv and In Spain, and tour
lists to hat country have declared that
the tasteNo one of these melons was
sufficient 10 repay one for a trip to
that country. The American consul al
Maurld, Spdlns interested himself IL
this melon, and took the matter UP
with the secretary of agriculture al
Washington, and a number Of varieties
were sent to this country.
Mr.. Case expects to enlarge h area
planted to this product next year
R. L. Bateman, of Silver City, spent
Thursday and Friday in Deming on
business.
There were ~ guests registered at
the Harvey house Thursday.
Sam II. Connaway, of Dodge City,
Kans, is visiting his brother. DR.. p
K. Connawav this week S. II.
Connaway will 1ikelv locate here.
DR.. F. NJ. Brown has returned from
Chicago, having completed his medical
education there. The doctor will locate
in Phoenix. Ariz.. and will be associated
in practice with DIR. Giaze of that place.
Fire LOSS Adjusted.
The loss of A. Fl. Thompson by the
burning of the Commercial hotel a few
days ago. has been adjusted. Mr..
Thompson receiving the full amount of
his policy, $4,000.
F.. c. Pattberg received $3.50 for the
adobe store building which ~adjoined
the Commercial hotel. Pablo Ribera re-
ceived the full amount of the insur-
ance on his stock Of groceries in this
building, the amount being s1713.