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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26
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Copyright, 1913. by Frank G. Car
penter.)
Washington. D. c.
IHAvE already told you something of
the wonderful collection of man.
j uscripts relating to American his
torv which are now being gathered to-
zether in the manuscript division OIL
the library of Congress at washington
This collection is steadily increasing,
and it will soon be the largest reser-
voir of the raw material OF history
known to the world. l have spent the
greater part of the week in going
through the collection, and II Is impos-
xibIe to exaggerate its extent ana
value. During my visit to the library
today / had a most interesting chat
with Mr.. Gail1ard Hunt, the American
historian and architect in charge OF
the division, about the papers OF the
Presidents. Said he:
erhe Washington papers which we
now have in hand are the largest col
lection relating to any individual. II
is larger than any collection OF papers
concerning any British statesman or
any famous man of any other country.
Washington became famous when
very young and he was prolific let
ter writer. From 1775 on people began
TO save his letters, so that now new
Washington letters are always appear
ing, and almost any collector of conse-
quence has one or more OF Washing
toms letters. He wrote the most of his
correspondence with his own hand,
and he was so methodical that he ac-
compIished a great lot of work. 1t was
his habit to rise at o'clock every
morning and to write until breakfast
time. We have ourselves here in the
manuscript division, about $4,000 let
ters Of Washington and the collection,
including the letters to him, numbers
considerably over 100000.
"Where did these papers come from p
From various sources. A great many
came from his heirs When Washing
ton died, his estate at Mount Vernon
came to Gen. Bushrod Washington.
Later on a number of the heirs sold
the papers which they had inherited
TO the government. Others of the heirs
kept theirs and left them at Mount Yer
non, and when Mount Vernon was sold
by Colonel Washington, the father of
Lawrence Washington. the papers We're
taken to Alexandria and were deposited
in bank. There Must have been about
a dozen barrels of them. AT the opening
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26
Photo Taken in Manu-

These papers are separate and apart
from our government archives, are
they not?'
YES These are private papers and
letters. The official archives are the
papers of the government. AS far as
they are concerned We are lamentably
wanting Not single department of
our government has all of Its archives,
and not one of them knows as to what
1t has or what 1t has lost. An in
ventory has never been taken. In
deed, there Is not country of Europe
that does not keep It's official docu-
ments In better shape than We do"
What is the Oldest official document
in existence?"
1T Is not so very, very old. People
did not begin to write until modern
times, and the earliest written English
document dates back only to the thir-
teenth century The first English au-
thor who wrote was Chaucer. He lived
in the fourteenth century, and that Is
not long ago. The earliest modern Of
fetal document in any modern LAM
guage is in the archives at Milan. Italy.
This was written on parchment paper
about A ID. S23 by King Otho and
Queen Agatha. There is another docu-
ment written just little later in the
archives of Dresden, and another in
those of Madgeburg''
tiA ihc SoihClhiiiS dDOui tlc fdt~
lean collection"
The Vatican is library OF itself.
1t is composed exclusively OF manu-
scripts-that is, of manuscript books
written mostly before the age of print
ing. These books are chiefly religious
and are not manuscripts The Vatican
has the oldest written manuscript 1t
long antedates the oldest official docs
ment which, as l have said, was Y
the ninth century The oldest piece of
writing on paper dates back to the,
second century, and there is one fronu
the third century. Both of these are
in perfect state of preservation. One
of them is copy of some of Virgirs
poems, and the other is Transcripts
of a prayer"
In addition to the Vatican library
Italy has number of other valuable
manuscript collections. The Library Of
Florence has the Papers of Galileo,
most of which were written before he
went blind and a few afterward In
the archives. there they have also the
papers of Dante. have seen them all
and they are wonderfully preserved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26
One OF Andrew Jacksons Receipts for Pew
O

that l persuaded that society to sell
them to me. The heads of the society
We're business men. They thought that
the Madison collection rightly belonged
to the National library, and they gave it
to us at just what 1t cost them These
Madison papers comprised ITO volumes.
ana the items In our Madison documents
altogether are in the neighborhood of
$4,000"
we nave also some papers of Mon
roe and some which were bought from
the descendants of John Quincy Adams
Many of these have not been bound as
yet. We have large collection of doc
uments relating to Andrew Jackson. The
chief collection left by Jackson was
given by General Jackson's adopted son
to his friend, Francis p Blair, and
Blalr's descendants turned them all over
to the government about five years ago
How about your collections of Van
Buren, Tyler and Polk?''
Van Buren, did not leave a great
many papers," said Mr.. Hunt HE was
very cautious man and he destroyed
many of his letters. Still we have q
large collection which was presented to
tho library about six years ago by his
descendants. We have very many papers
of Jamns K. Polk which the government
bought from his descendants. Polk was
careful and methodical. He saved letters
or 10000 of his documents Among these
is his diary, which we bought from the
Chicago Historical society. AS to the
Tyler papers the most of them are in
the hands of his descendants at Will
liamsburg and l have no doubt but that
they will in time come to the library
Lyon G. Tyler, the president of William
and Mary college, has charge of them
and he has promised to give them to
US"
What other collections of presiden-
tial papers have your?
I'VE have scattering papers OF william
Henry Harrison, Zach Taylor and Millard
Fillmore, but we have no collections of
these Presidents The Fillmore papers are
in the custody of the Buffalo Historical
society and they will probably be sent
here after a while. They are not very
important but Fillmore himself was not
important He was not. nearly as strong
as Tyler. John Tyler was a personality.
Fillmore was In many respects nonenity.
As to the papers of Zachary Taylor after
his death they remained in the hands of
his son on the old Taylor plantation in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26

L remembered that 1t was here Tycho
Brahe in 1872 discovered the most bril-
liant temporary star on record. The new-
conner was identified as the Star Of Beth
lehem and said to appear only every 300
years, but it has not been seen since
Tycbo's day, though it has successor
known as AL Araaf and sung by Edgar
Allan Poe as so dim that "angel eyes
alone could see the phantom in the skies"
In my revery my gaze sought Taurus
with the Hyads upon the head and the
familiar Pleiades on the shoulder of the
charging bull. This constellation has
been the object of worship since the birth
of mankind; in fact in Egypt 1t is be-
lieved that the human race sprang into
being at time when the sun was in
Taurus and in Mexico it was declared
that the world was once destroyed when
the Pleades eliminated at midnight. He
is the white bull which carried off Euro
pa, the bull god of the Nile known be-.
fore the pyramids were built, the Apis
whose cult Is called the festival of the
dead. the Candlemass Bull of the Gets,
the object of Druidic veneration, the
White Tiger Of ancient China and the
Golden Ok of the later Monaghan. But
tiger or bull, he was always white and
the whitest of consultations he remains
to this day.
Aideberan Is his lucida (brightest starr
and the Pleiades his greatest wonder.
Concerning the latter the Onondaga In
dams called them group of merry chill
dren who once with shouting and laugh
ter danced away into the sky and could
never find their way back again to earth !.
but the Greeks present the prettiest leg
end anent these seven daughters of Atlas.
One of them, Electra was the mother of
Dardanos, the founder of Troy. and upon
the destruction of that city she covered
her face through grief and has never
shone SO brightly since. Merope, an
other sister, is said to have once faded
in shame because she had married NOR
tai. but Taygeta must also have been
welded to mortal, for she was the
mother of Lacedaemon, the founder Of
Sparta. 1t is, however, now generally
accepted that the Lost Pleiad (for the
are now only seven where there was
originally eight is Pleione. the mother
Of the seven sisters.
These stars shine in poetry as they
shine In the sky, for Job sang of their
astral beauty and we find their praise in
fragments of Sappho, the poetess of pas
sion.
But there Is a great mystery surround
ing this famous group, for they have
always been connected in most re-
manner with legends Of del
uge or some great calamity which over
the human race at some period
In the remote past when they occupied a
position In the heavens. One
of the mysterious passages in the great
pyramid of Cheops was so constructed as
10 point to the Pleiades at the moment
when they passed their elimination at
and the Japanese Feast of
Lanterns is q survival of an ancient rite
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-10-10
OF LEGAL
AID SOCIETIES

Nuremberg, Germany Oct, g.
The international convention Of Le-
cal Aid societies opentd here today
The United States is represented by
Mr., Alfred Won Briesen, President Of
the National Alliance OF Legal Aid
societies of the United States. This
movement has spread until 1t has
become world vide, nearly all Of
the principal cities of the world now
having established societies where
the poor may receive legal advice
without cost One of the questions
to be considered is the divorce prob
lem. As yet the legal aid societies
have not gone into the matter TO
any extent, though it is realized
that many persons without means
deserve such help. The difficulty
seems TO find a way to help the de-
serving without encouraging the
unworthy
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-10-10
FINE RACES planned.

Media. Pa, Oct. 9.--The autumn
meeting of the Rose Tree hunting
club began today on the clubs
picturesque course near here.
The races of the Rose Tree club
have been run over the same his
.oric course since its foundation in
1859, which makes ii one of the
oldest in this country At each meet
these races grow more popular.
One of the primary objects of the
meet has always been to entertain
the farmers over whose ground the
willy fox is run to earth. The first
race on both today and Saturday
will be exclusively for horses owned
by bona fde farmers in Delaware,
Chester and Montgomery counties.
These horses must be ridden by far
mers or farmers sons who have
never won races except those given
TOR farmers horses.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-10-10
GIRLS THICKEN AND
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Bring back its gloss, lustre, charm
and get rid of dandruff-Try
the moist cloth.

To be possessed of a head OF heavy
beautiful hair; soft; lustrous, FUZZY,
wavy and free from dandruff is
merely a matter o. using little
Danderine.
It is easy and inexpensive to have
nice, soft hair and lots of 1t. Just
get q ascent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine now-all drug stores rec
ommend it-appiy little as direct
ed and within ten minutes there
will be an appearance of abundance:
freshness, fiuffiness and an incom-
parable gloss and lustre, and try as
you will you cannot find trace CT
dandruff or falling hair but your
real surprise will be after about two
weeks use, when YOU will see new
hair-hne and downy at first ves
but really new hair Fronting
out all over your scalp-Dandcrine
is we believe, the only sure hair
grower; destroyer OF dandruH ana
cure for itchy scalp and it never
fails to stop falling hair at once.
If you want TO prove how pretty
and soft your hair really is, moisten
cloth with little Danderine and
carefully draw it through your hair
taking one small strand at time.
Your hair will be soft glossy and
beautiful in just a few Moments
delightful surprise awaits everyone
who tries this-Adyt.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-10-10
MOUND CITY

John /. Hurst, 4e years old, died
at his home In Mt. Carmel, H., yes
terday morning of cirrhosis of the
liver of which he had been Ill the
past few months. He was formerly
a resident of Pulaski and was we'll
known in this county. His mother,
Mrs. NJ. j Hurst, and sisters, Mrs.
II. v. Handley and Miss Lulu Hurst
we're at his bedside when death
came H. V. Handley will leave
this morning for Mt Carmel where
interment viii be Saturday. Mr.,
Hurst is survived by his wife and
daughter, Miss Essie, his mother
Mrs. NJ. I. Hurst, three sisters, Mrs.
II. A. Nelms Of Cairo, Mrs. Fl. V.
Hadnley and Miss Lulu Hurst Of this
city, and three brothers, William OF
Mt. Carmel and Robert and Samuel
of Pulaski.
The Ladies of st. Mary's Catholic
church concluded very successful
fair and festival "Wednesday even
ing from which they realized about
$4,000 They served supper both
Tuesday and "Wednesday evening"
and had large line of novelties and
fancy work on sale
Miss Lottie Chittick is the guest
OF Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Mertz in st.
Louis.
Mrs. Stella Burt and children OF
Algora. Ark. are visiting her father
Thos. Rodgers, of Main street They
will remain here two weeks and viii
then probably visit at Evansville
Ind, before returning home.
w. T. Hayden of Main street
who has been i'll the past few weeks
is unimproyed
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r Harris, Mrs
May Anterior. Mrs. Porter and Mis-
Eunice Flunkett of Mounds. hav
returned home from a trip through
Kentucky which included Bard
we'll, Mayfield and Arlington, Ky
They made the trip in an auto true
and were accompanied home by Mis-
Georgia Jones and VIM. Coyle c
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-10-10
Hooray! Baby To
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No Longer Do Women Fear The Great
est of All Human Blessings.

Il is Joy and comfort TO know that
those mueh-tslked-of pains and other dis.
tresscs that are said TO precede child bear
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This is most grateful, penetrating, ex.
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spells. but there is an entire freedom from
nausea. discomfort, sleeplessness and dread
that so ottea leave their impress upon the
5abe
The occasion Is therefore enc Of un-
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stress cen not be laid upon the remarkable
influence which mothers happy, prenatal
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tunes of the generation 10 come.
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There is wealth Of Instruction and
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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-10-10

BardwelI. Mrs. Pink Dunsworth o.
this city, who stayed at the Harrii
home during their absence returned
home yesterday.
Miss Anna Maxwell and ]. w.
Dishinger, of America were married
at 1880 O'Clock last evening at the
Methodist Episcopal parsonage oy
Rev. NJ. B. Baker. They were &C
eompanieG by the grooms mother,
Mrs. ]. NJ. Dishinger OF America
and his cousins Misses Ruth and
Helen Wilson of this city Word
had been received here that the
couple were on the train, and they
were met at the station by the band,
which escorted them to the minis
ter's home. Following the eere'
mony the party went to the inter
urban station, and gave the couple
a noisy send off TO Cairo on arrival
OF the S;10 car.
The Friendly Bible class OF the
CONGREGATIONS Sunday school met
Tuesday evening at the home Of Mrs.
A. F. Koontz on Main street, Miss
Anna Williams was the leader for
the evening and the subject "as
Ruth aud Naomi. Papers on the
subject were read by two OF th'
members, and there were severa
very interesting impromptu talkS
Mrs. Koontz, assisted by Mrs Lly
esay. served sherbet and cake, The
members present were Mesdames }
r. Fullerton, Joseph Buie, w, II
Grain, A. F. Koontz, c. s. Miller
Robert Arnold Charles Livesay and
Carrie Spencer and Misses Cora Full
lerton and Myrtle and Anna VIII
liams
Mrs. Lee Fitzgerald, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Fitzgerald, Mrs. John Grea
pey and Misses Maude Kennedy
M7llie Moran and Reta German Of
cairo attended the Catholic fair and
festival here last evening.
Rev. and Mrs. Allen Farrell of
Mounds and Mr.. and Mrs w. S
Lewis OF this city and their guest
Mrs. ]. R. Murray, Of Taylorvillc
spent Tuesday evening in Cairo.
Flora Slack is seriously i'll Of Ty
phoid fever at the home Of her mo
Their. Mrs. Mable Slack on Walnut
street.
Mrs. William Parker Of Valley Re-
cluse, who has been seriously Ill il
| improving
The official board Of the Method
ist Episcopal church has Instructed
Rev. NJ B. Baker TO secure the ser
vices CT Miss Lillian Dillin of Cos.
lhocton, Ohio to conduct series Of
reyival meetings in the church be
ginning November O. Miss Dillin Il
reported to be fluent talker and ar
accomplished singer.
The members of the ladies aid so
ciety of the Congregational churcl
and of the Loyal Daughters Sunda,
School class surprised Mrs. A, p
Clark at her home on High stree
last evening. Mrs Clarke expect
TO leave in the near future for Dan
vile, H., where she will reside
The aid society presented her will
"a souvenir spoon. one which was en-
| graved IL A and the date
lwlth Mrs Clark's monogram. Tn
Sunday school class of which Mrs
Clark is teacher. gave her a beauti
full book Of poems. At the conclus
ion Of the evening. Mrs. Clarke serv
ed light refreshments.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-10-10
OCTOBER 10 IN HISTORY.

1S54-Danish government voted TO
impeach government.
1s6S-Klu Klux plan disturbances
in Arkansas.
lS74-W William H. Wickham unani-
mously nominated for Mayor
of New York by Tammny
Hall.
1ss9-Transvaa government sent
its ultimatum to Great Brit
ain.
1904-Japanese compelled to fall
back before Russian advances
at Yental.
1909-Civii war began in Mica
ragua.
1911-Woman sucrage adopted In
1911-Woman suffrage adopted in
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-10-10
TAFT TO LAY CORNERSTONE

Boston, Oct. 9.-Ex-President
Taft laid the cornerstone OF the new
Boston City club house at Somerset
street and Ashburton place today
He was assisted by Governor Foss
Mayor Fitzgerald. Cardinal O'Con-
nell, Bishop Hamilton. the Rev
George A. Gordon and the Rev.
Harry Levi. The exercises will be
followed by a dinner and reception
at Hotel Somerset, at which dis
tinguished men will speak.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-10-10

The Bulletin is authorized to
announce Oscar Taylor as the Demo-
cratic candidate for the office OF
County Commissioner. Election Oc-
tober 4th, 1913
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-10-10
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Bulletin is authorized to an
uounce II. II. Halliday as the Re-
publican candidate for the Office OF
county commissioner Election No
vember 4th. 1913.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-10-10

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YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND OUR
PRINTzESS FASHION RECEPTION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18th, z to Pm
KIMMEL THEATRE
SEE the Styles Your Great Grandmother Wore
Ten Thousand Dollar Moving Picture Film, Three
Thousand Feet in length, portraying by Motion Photo
gaphy the Styles of the Century in contrast with those
of today will be shown to our friends and customers.
The title of the film is Mrs Carter Worhing-
tons Dlema" 1t portrays in an interesting and faSci
mating way the difficulties that our women friends
encounter in their efforts to procure costumes, gowns
and tailored suits that meet the approval of those who
know style, fit and tailoring.
Mrs WOrthington has an annoying experience in
search for new costume in which to attend The
Annual Costume Pageant of the Delaware Society
and her troubles are solved by her bosom friend,
Mrs. Lila Laskerfield who has discovered the merits
of PRINTZESS
During the Costume Pageant we will introduce
on film the styles OF the last century beginning win
the girl of 1900 and proceeding by 10 year periods
up to the present day
The third reel will portray the visit of Mrs Lila
Laskerfeld to the home of PRlNTZESS and just what
she saw while watching the making of PRlNTZESS
garment On the last reel we show parade of living
models wearing the styles of the season, the very
garments that you will see in our department.
Come-be our guest, admission is by ticket only
and no children will be admitted unless accompanied
by their parents or guardians.
TICKETS ARE GRATIS
and can be obtained only in our garment department
ticket distribution will begin on Thursday October y,
and continue until the seating capacity of the Theatre
is exhausted.
Make this gala occasion, call up your friends,
have them meet YOU in our department make up a
party to attend this Fashion Exhibit in body-and
know what the styles for Fall really are.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-08-13
ANNOUNCEMENT!
TO OUR FRIENDS:

We are now located the Coulter Building and have added CON-
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mns Grocery and Feed Stock making one OF the most uptooae lines
General Merchandise carried by any concern in Central Texas
This new building as you perhaps know Of the best and largest
Bryan and erected for special pains nor expense being spared
make comfortable and convenient have and modern fixtures and are %
oughy prepared to handle large volume OF BUSINESS
Our Dry Goods department will consist we'll selected stock Of the best
merchandise onab all Of which absolutely and OF the latest styles and
patterns We will carry all the standard brands Of goods found the markets.
We have exclusive agency Bryan for the Peters Shoes which nsures
that patrons will have no shoe troubles
The Grocery Department will the future the past be kept up to the
qhest Standard the stock will be fresh and well kept modern sanitary methods
being used in the handling of same.
We will also continue handle Feed this part Of the business will all times
be found complete and buying large quantities nses to our customers that
prices are right.
We have been very fortunate securing the John Deere Pow mpanys FULL
line Of Farming Implements Wagons and Bugges With the farmer the name John
Deere household word any implement vehicle bearing this name looked
upon as being the best that money can buy
We will all times buy and sell country produce at market prices
We are also prepared handle cotton most satisfactory and will give
special attention to same
Now we have mentioned the above briefly possible and want wad
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Thanking wu and hoping to you soon, we are
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