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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-31
ST. Joseph's Sewing Circle.

The Sewing Circle OF st. Joseph's
church will meet this afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Brankle, of Wasa-
ingfon avenue. bel
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lutheran Aid Society.

The Ladies Aid Society OF the Im-
manuel Lutheran church viii meet
this afternoon with Mrs. Fred
sticher. 22I Nineteenth street.
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Luther Aid Society.

The Lutheran Ladies Aid society
will meet at the home of Mrs Fred
sticher, 221 Nineteenth street. Fri
day afternoon.
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/ wo,,,a,, : Guild.

The Woman's Guild OF the Church
of the Redeemer will meet this after
noon with Mrs. T. J. Sloo, 27l1
Washington avenue.
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Calvsrv Hantist Aid Society.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Cal
vary Baptist church will meet this
afternoon with Mrs. w. G.. Taylor,
331e Sycamore street.
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Cheerful Workers.

The Cheerful Workers of the Cairo
Baptist church will meet in the
lower anneNAof the church this af-
ternoon.
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Tuesday Card CIuh

Miss Laura Clehdenen will enter
tain the Tuesday Card Club at her
home on Twenty-sixth street this
afternoon. y
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Ct Patrick Sewing Circle.

The Sewing Circle OF 81. Patrick's
church will meet this afternoon with
Mrs. Dan Fitzgerald, Of Fifth and
Washington.
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Ninth street J

Ninth street yesterday afternoon.
During the afternoon Songs OF
Goethe" were read by the members
of this club, after which a delicious
two-course luncheon was served.
Mrs. H. C. Steinel will entertain
this club next Thursday afternoon.
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Mrs. ]. 7. Engstrom Speaks.

Mrs. j. T. Engstrom, Field Secre.
tary OF the Womans Board or Mis-
sins, of Chicago, has arrived and
will speak in the Presbyterian
church at 1880 o'clock this evening.
She win deliver . popular address.
She comes highly recommended as a
lecturer, and an interesting hour is
assured to all who hear her. The
general public is cordially invited.
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Entertain Today

The Misses CarAy will give a card
party this afternoon at their home
on Elm street.
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COME

Thursday evening from $3.50 to
500 to the oyster Supper in the
lower annex of the Cairo Baptist
church. supper ssc. 1266 II
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Gave Card PARTY.

Mrs. Ada E Carey entertained
yesterday afternoon at her home on
Elm street with a card party. The
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NJ, S. Carter has returned from a
trip to points in Wisconsin. While
there he had the pleasure of witness
ing Ski tournament in which one
OF the contestants covered dis
lance of 1913 feet. Tournaments OF
this kind are becoming very popu ar
In the north and draw many people
to witness them.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-31

The ladies of st. Joseph church
will hold coffee and delicatessen
at the residence of Mrs. Thos. T.
Keefe. 5i0 Twenty-first street, Mon
day, February Ord. 1-23-eod-td
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Schiller Club.

Mrs HeFmina SCHULTZ entertained
the schiller@c Club ut her home on
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been quite III is improving.
Mrs. w. H. Russo of Memphis,
Tenn, and Mrs. Frank II. Carter OF
Indianapo is. Ind, are the guests OF
Mrs. George T. Carnes.
Bert n. Ellis and his assistant q.
T, Davidson are making business
trip through Kentucky and Tennes-
see.
Mrs B. A. Royal who has been Wis
iting friends here returned to her
home a; Hickman, Ky. yesterday.
Mrs. Frank Grain OF Mounds was
in the city shopping yesterday
Mrs. John L. Parham of Mem
phis is visiting her sister Mrs AL
bert F. staehle and other relatives
fer several days
o. B. Archibald will return from
Alton today where he attended the
annual convention OF the Lumber
mems association
Mrs Maggie Gray of ST. Louis is
visiting her cousin Mrs. stephen
Bird.
Miss Anna Doris Crenshaw and
Miss Iraura Steele of Charleston,
visited relatives here yesterday.
Edwin 7. Aisthorpe is in st, Louis
on a business trip.
William e. Stevenson OF Poplar
street has returned from a business
"trip at yfla Ridge,
Edwin Bond. district manager OF
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.,
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-31

The Ladies' Circle Of the First
Methodist church will meet this af-
terneon with Mrs. Voorhees, Coombes,
3I4s washington avenue.
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Ray Grimm left yesterday for
Salisbury. N. c., where he has ac-
|cepted position with McCabe 4
Steem, contractors.
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PERSONALS.

Mrs. j. W. Porter and daughter,
Miss Julia, left last night Tor st.
Louis to attend the funeral OF the
formers nephew Patrick Guiack.
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Miss Adelaide Rendleman who has
been quite i'll is improving.
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Edwin Bond. district manager of
the Metropolitan Lille Insurance Co.,
has returned from a business trip to
Buffalo, n. Y.
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Mrs. W. H. Russo of Memphis,
Tenn, and Mrs. Frank II. Carter OF
Indianapo is, Ind, are the guests OF
Mrs. George T. Carnes.
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William &. Stevenson OF Poplar
street has returned from a business
"trip at yfla Ridge.
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on horseback. in company with Merriheld'
without changing horses. on this coca
sion we did not travel fast We had been
coming back with the wagon from a
hunting trip i'm the Big Horn Mountains.
The team was tagged out, and We were
tired Of walking at a snaiFs pace beside
H. When we reached country that the
driver thoroughly knew we thought 1t safe
TO leave him. and we loped in one night
across a distance which ii took the wagon
the three following days to cover II was
a beautiful moonlight night. and the ride
was delightful. All day long we had
plodded at a walk. weary and hot. At
supper time we had rested two or three
hours. and the tough little riding horses
seemed as fresh as ever. 1t was in Sep
TENDER AS we rode out OF the circle OF
the freight the air was cool in our faces.
Under the bright moonlight and then I'M
der the starlight. we loped and cantered
mile after mile over the high prairie We
passed bands Of antelope and herds of
long horn Texas cattle, and at last. Just
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,as the first red beams OF the sun famed
over the bluffs in front of us. we rode
down into the valley Of the Little Mis-
souri, where our ranch house stood.
I never became a good roper, nor more
than an average rider. according to ranch
standards. OF course. a man on ranch
has to ride a good many bad horses. and
is bound TO encounter certain number
Of accidents. and Of these had my share,
at one time cracking a rib, and on an
other occasion the point of my shoulder
We were hundreds of miles from doctor
and each time. as / was on the roundup,
l had TO get through my work for the
next few weeks as best ! could until the
injury healed of itself. When | had the
opportunity | broke my own horses. do
ing il gently and gradually and spending
much time over II. and choosing the
horses that seemed gentle to begin with
With these horses ! never had any dim
Guilty. But frequently there was neither
time nor opportunity to handle our
mounts so deliberately. We might set a
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a STAN PEDE.

One night there was heavy storm. ana
all Of us who were at the wagons were
Obliged 10 turn out hastily to help the
night herders After while there was
terrific peal Of thunder. the lightning
struck right by the herd, and away all the
beasts went, heads and horns and tails IN
the air. For a minute or two | could
make out nothing except the dark forms
of the beasts running on every side OF me-
and I should have been very sorry If my
horse had stumbled, for those oehlnd
would have trodden me down. Then the
herd split, part going 10 one side while
the other part seemingly kept straight
ahead and ! galloped as hard as ever be-
side them / was trying TO reach the
point-the leading animals-in order 10
turn them when suddenly there was
tremendous splashing in front. l could
dimly make out that the cattle imme-
diately ahead and TO one side OF me were
disappearing, and the next moment the
horse and / went off cut bank INTO the
Little Missouri bent away back in the
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in his arms, and after some hazard I
Gus mannuvring. managed 10 get on his
horse, in spite Of the objections Of the
latter. and rode into the river. My calf.
was too big for such treatment so In.
despair / roped it, intending 10 drag it
over However. as soon as / roped IT, the
calf started bouncing and bleating. and,
owing to some lack OF dexterity on my
part, suddenly swung around the rear OF.
my horse, bringing the rope under his
tail. Down went the tail tight, and the
horse went into figures" as the cow
puncher phrase of that day was There
was cut bank about four feet high on
the hither side of the river and over,
this the horse bucked We went into the
water with a splash. With pluck" the
calf followed. described a parabola in the
air, and landed beside US. Fortunately,
this took the rope out from under the
horses tail, but left him thoroughly
frightened He could DO not much buck
ing in the stream. for there were one
or two places where we had 20 swim, and
the shadows were either sandy or
muddy; but across We went, at speed,
and the calf made a wake like PhsrsShs
army in the Red Sea.
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fighting mad. or a calf grow tired and
want to lie down. If In such case the
man steadily persists in doing the unat-
tractive thing, and after two hours Of
evaporation and harassment does finally
get the COW out, and keep her out, of
the burberry bushes. and drives her TO
the wagon, or finds some animals that
have been passed by In the fourth or fifth
patch of bad lands he hunts through or
gets the calf up on his saddle and takes
II In anyhow. the foreman soon grows to
treat him as having his uses and as
being an asset of worth I'M the roundup.
even though neither a fancy roper nor
fancy rider.
When at the Progressive convention
last August | met George Myer for the
first time In many years, and he recalled
TO me an incident on one roundup where
we happened to be thrown together while
driving some cows and calves TO camp
When the camp was only just across the
river two OF the calves positively refused
to go any further. He took one OF them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
THE STocKMEN.

In those years the Stockmans Associa-
ton Of Montana was powerful body. 1
was the delegate TO il from the Little
Missouri. The meetings that / attended
were held i'm Miles city. at that time a
typical cow town. Stockmon of all kinds
attended, including the biggest men in
the stock business. men like old Conrad
Kohrs. who Was and IS the finest type OF
pioneer in an the Rocky Mountain coun-
try. and Granville Stewart who was
afterwards appointed Minister by Cleve-
land, 1 think to the Argentine; and
"Hashknife" simpson. Texan who had
brought his cattle. the HasHknife brand,
up the trail into our country lie and
grew 10 be great friends. / can see him
now the first time we met. grinning at
me as. none too comfortable, / sat half
broken horse at the edge Of a cattle herd
We were working. His son Sloan simpson
went n Harvard. was one of the first
class men in my regiment and after
wards held my commission as Postmaster
at Dallas.
At the stockmen's meeting in Miles
city in addition to the big stockmen,
there were always hundreds Of cowboys
Sauopug up and down the wide dusty
streets at every hour Of the day and
night. II was a picturesque sight during
the three days the meetings lasted There
was always at least one big dance at the
hotel There were few dress suits, but
there was perfect decorum at the dance,
and in the square dances most OF the
men knew the figures far better than
did. With such crowd in town, sleep
ing accommodations OF any sort were at
premium, and in the hotel there were
two men in every bed. on one occasion
had a roommate whom / never saw,
because he always went to bed much
later than | did and | always got Up
much earlier than he did. on the last
day. however, he rose at the same time
and / saw that he was a man / knew
named Carter and nicknamed "Modesty"
Carter. lie was a stalwart good-looking
fellow, ana | was sorry when later I
heard that he had been killed in a shoot
ing row.
The next instalment OF Mr. Roosevelt's
Chapters of Possible Autobiography" IL
entitled THE Western Spirit" lt will APP
pear in the issue of July.
Published by special arrangement with
is the contributing editor, through the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate. Copyright
1913. by The outlook Company. All rights
reserved, including rights OF translation.
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saddle. and though the horse almost went
down he just recovered himself. and
punging and struggling through water
and quicksand. we made the other side.
Here ! discovered that there was another
cowboy with the same part Of the herd
trat was with. but almost Immediately
We separated ! gailopcd hard through
bottom covered with big cottonwood trees.
and stopped the part of the herd that !
was with. but almost Immediately they
broke on me again, and repeated this
twice Finally, toward morning. the lew
had left came to a halt.
II had been raining hard for some time
! got off my horse and leaned against
tree. but before long the internal cattle
started on again. and / had TO ride after
them. Dawn came soon after this, ana
| was able TO make out where ! was and
head the cattle back. collecting other
little punches as / went. After while
! came on a cowboy on foot carrying ms
saddle on his head. lie was my com
panion Of the previous night His horse
had gone full speed into tree and
killed itself. the man, however, not being
hurt. I could not help him, as / had all
| could do TO handle the cattle. When
| got them to the wagon most Of the
other men mad already come In and the
riders were just starting on the long
circle. One of the men changed my
horse for me while / ate "A hasty break
fast. and then we were off for the day 8
work.
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WITH THE NIGHT HERD.

BY this time / would have been accept
ed as one OF the rest OF the outfit and all
strangeness would have passed of, the
attitude of my fellow cow-punchers being
one of friendly forgiveness even toward
my spectacles. Night guards for the cat
tie herd were then assigned by the cap
tain of the wagon, or perhaps by the
roundup foreman, according to the needs
Of the case. the guards standing for two
hours Al time from s in the evening
I'LL 4 in the morning. The first and last
watches were preferable. because sleep
was not broken as In both Of the other
two. II things went well the cattle would
soon bed down and nothing further would
occur until morning. when there was a
repetition OF the work the wagon moving
each day eight or ten miles to some APP
pointed camping place.
Each man would picket his night horse
near the wagon. usually choosing the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
FIGHTING FIRE.

on several occasions we had TO Aght
fire. In the geography books Of my
youth prairie fires were always por-
trayed as taking place in long grass.
and all living things ran before them on
the Northern cattle plains the grass was.
never long enough 20 be source OF
danger 10 man or beast The fires were
nothing like the forest fires in the.
Northern woods. But they destroyed
large quantities of feed and we had to
stop them where possible. The process
we usually followed was 10 Kill a steer,
split il IN two lengthwise. and then have
two riders dag each half-steer the rope
Of one running from his saddle-horn TO
the front leg. and that OF the other to
the hind leg. One OF the men would spur
his horse over or through the line OF
fire. and the two would then ride for
ward, dragging the steer bloody sidg
downward along the line Of fame, men
following on foot with slickers or wet
horse-blankers 10 beat out any flicker
ing blaze that was still left II was
exciting work, for the fire and the witch
ing and plucking Of the OK carcass over
the uneven ground maddened the fierce
little horses so that il was necessary 20
do some riding in order 10 keep them 20
their work. After a while II also be-
came very eXhausting. the thirst and
fatigue being great as. with parched lips
and backened from head % foot, we
toiled at our task. "
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LEARNING THE CATTLE.

Then. one soon got to know the cattle
Of marked individuality. the ones that lea
the others into mischief. and one also
crew TO recognize the traits they all pos
scsscd i'm common, and the impulses
which, for instance, made whole herd
get M toward midnight. each beast turn
Ing around and then lying down again
But by the end Of the watch each rider
had studied the cattle until 1t grew mo-
notonous, and heartily welcomed his relief
guard s newcomer. Of course, had any
amount to Learn, and sometimes the sim
pl,st things were those which brought
him 10 grief
One night early in my career | failed
satisfactorily to identify the direction in
which was TO 20 i'm order to reach the
night herd. 1t was a pitch-dark night. !
managed 10 get started wrong. and l
never found either the herd or the wagon
again until sunrise. when | was greeted
with whitening scorn by the injured cow
puncher who had been obliged TO stand
double guard because ! failed to relieve
him.
There were other misadventures that !
met with where the excuse was greater.
The puncherc on night guard usually rode
round the cattle in reverse directions.
calling and singing TO them If the beasts
seemed restless. 10 keep them quiet ON
rare occasions something happened that
made the cattle stampede, and then the
duty Of the riders was to keep with them
as long as possible and try gradually TO
get control Of them.
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FORTY HOURS IN THE SADDLE.

As only about half Of the night herd
had been brought back. the circle riding
was particularly heavy. and it was ten
hours before we were back at the wagon.
We then changed horses again and
worked the whole herd until after sun
set finishing just as it grew too dark to
do anything more. BY this time | had
been nearly forty hours in the saddle.
changing horses five times, and my
clothes had thoroughly dried on me, and
] fell asleep as soon as | touched the
bedding Fortunately some men who
had gotten in late in the morning had
had their sleep during the daytime, so
that the rest OF us escaped night guard
and were not called until 4 next morn
ing. Nobody ever gets enough sleep on
roundup.
The above was the longest time for con-
secutive hours | ever had TO be i'm the
saddle. But. as / have said. | changed
horses five times. and 1t is a great tighten
ing OF labor for a rider to have fresh
horse once when with Sylvane Ferris
I spent about sixteen hours on one horse,
riding seventy or eighty miles. The
roundup had reached place called the
ox-bow Of the Little Missouri. and we
had 10 ride there. do some work around
the cattle and ride back.
Another time / was twenty-four hours
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29

soon as the men had mounted, the
" whole outfit started on the long
4 n circle. the morning circle. Usually
the ranch foreman who bossed given
wagon was put i'm charge of the men OF
one group by the roundup foreman he
might keep his men together until they
had gone some ten or fifteen miles from
camp. and then drop them IN couples al
different points Each couple made it's
way toward the wagon, gathering all the
cattle it could find The mornings RIDE
might last six or eight hours. and II was
s,iU longer before some OF the men got IN.
Sinely and in twos and three they APP
reared from every quarter Of the horizon,
the dust rising from the hoofs Of the
steers and bulls, the COWS and calves
they had collected. Two or three Of the
mon were left 20 take care Of the herd
willie the others changed horses. ate
hastv dinner and then came out 10 the
afternoon work. This consisted Of each
man in succession being sent into the
herd. usually with a companion, TO cut
out the COWS OF his brand or mands'
which were followed by unbranded calves,
and also 10 cut out any mavericks or un-
branded yearlinCs We worked each AMI
nal gently out to the edge of the herd
and then with,a sudden dash took 1t OF
az a run. It was always desperately anN-
ious 10 break back and rejoin the herd.
There vas much breakneck saloping ana
twisting and turning before its desire was
thwarted and It was driven 10 join the
rest Of the cut-that is, the other animals
which had been cut out and which were
being held by one or two other men.
Cattle hate being alone. and it was no
easy matter TO hold the first one or two
that were cut out; but soon they got
little herd Of their own, and then they
we're contented When the cutting out
had all been done. the calves were brand
ed. and all misadventures Of the "caif
Wrestlers," the men who seized, throw
and held each calf when roped by the
mounted roper were hailed with yelling
laughter. Then the animals which for one
reason or another II was desired TO drive
along with the roundup were put into one
herd and left i'm charge Of a couple OF
night guards, and the rest Of us would
loaf back 10 the wagon for supper and
he'd
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band Of horses. each having been bridled
and saddled two or three times. but none
Of them having been broken beyond the
extent implied IN this bridling and sad
ding. Then each Of us in succession
would choose a horse for his string,
as owner Of the ranch being given the
first choice on each round, so to speak
The first time I was ever on roundup
Sylvane Ferris, Merriield, Myer and
each chose his string In this fashion.
Three or four Of tfe animals / got were
not easy to ride. The effort both 10 ride
them and TO look as II ! enjoyed doing so,
on some cool morning, when my grinning
cowboy friends had gathered round TO
see whether the high headed bay could
buck the boss off" doubtless was Of bene-
Mt 10 me. but lacked much Of being en-
joyable. The time l smashed my rib
was bUckod off on a stone. The time !
hurt the point OF my shoulder / was rid
ing big. sulky horse named Ben Butter,
which went over backward with me.
When we got up il still refused to go
anywhere: so. while ! sat it, Sylyane
Ferris and George Myer got their ropes
on it's neck and dragged IT a few hum
bred yards. choking but stubborn, all four
feet firmly planted and ploughing the
ground When they released the ropes 1t
lay down and wouldn't gel up. The round
up had started. so Sylvane gave me mis-
horse. Badly. which sometimes bucked
but never went over backward, and he
got on the now re-arison Ben Butler. To
nv discontinue Ben started quietly be-
side us. while Sylvaue remarked: Why
there's nothing the matter with this
horse. he's plumb gentle horse Then
Ben fell slightly behind, and l heard
Sylvane again. That's all right! Come
along, Here. you, Go on, you. H. H.
fellows. help me out! He's lying on me-!
Sure enough. he was; and when we
dragged Sylvane from under him the first
thing the rescued Sylyane did was 10
execute war dance. spurs and all on
the niduitous Ben. We could DO nothing
with him that day, subsequently we got
hin. so that We could ride him, but he
never became a nice saddle horse.
As with an other forms of work, so
on the roundup. man Of ordinary
power. who nevertheless does not shirk
things merely because they are disagree
able or irkSome. soon earns his place
There were crack riders and ropers who
just because they felt such overweening
pride In their own proves. were not
really very valuable men. Continually on
the circles, a COW or a calf would get
into some thick patch of burberry bush
and refuse 10 come out. or when It was
getting late we would pass some bad
lands that would probably not contain
cattle. but might. or steer would turn