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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-13
PERSONALS.

Miss Fern Allen who has been
die guest of Mrs. +. NJ, Dncker Of
apwer Washington avenue has re-
turned to her home in Sikeston, Mo.
Mrs. Jacob Klein and her guest
Mrs. Anna Wiles of st. Louis, have
returned FROM a week end visit with
Mrs. r. B. EnGitott Ct Villa Rllge.
Mrs. Marion C. Wright and
daughter Miss Augusta, of Orlando,
Fla. are the guests of the formers
sister, Mrs. Oliver MrNulty.
Mrs. George Magee Of Tenth
street has returned from a visit in
Deyter, Mo.
County Superintendent Fanny p
Hacker has returned from Mcclure
where she has been holding a
teachers meeting.
Mrs, William White Of Barlow
Ky. has returned to her home after
week end visit with friends in
Cairo.
Miss Wayne Stapleton of Tenth
street, attended the funeral of John
Forester.
Mrs. Edward Brown and son Rex,
of Twenty-ninth street, visited the
family Of Mrs John Vaughn of An
niston, Mo, Sunday.
Pete Holdson of indianapolis, Ind
IL making business trip here.
Frank c. Sweet. of st. Louis,
western agent for the ~ C. & st.
l.. Railroad was in the cit.' yester-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Williams
spent Sunday visiting in Paducah.
Victor Hume of Chicago. is the
guest OF his cousin, Mrs. w. H. Will
Jams.
Rev. Father Bernard OF Maiden,
Mo, will arrive Wednesday for a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs X. II. Allen
Of Tucnty-seveDth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan G. Wood will
arrive home tomorrow from their
wedding journey at St. Louis, Chi
cage and Milwaukee.
Mrs. Richard Cokley and little
son Richard who have been the
quests of the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs, James Mems of Center
street, have returned to their nome
in Chicago They were accompanied
home by Miss Edith Mems
Mrs. Harold pills of Walnut
street. has returned from visit in
Chicago.
Mrs. M, Longenctker and baby o
Robinson, ILL.,, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. w L. Bristol Of Walnu
street, en- route to Memphis Tenn.
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-13

Mrs. Harold pills of Walnut
street, has returned from visit in
Chicago.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Seelinger
, have returned 20 their home in Tay-
llo4,ille, H., after a visit here with
Mrs. Iva Seelinger and family of
Twelfth street. -, ~,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Baker OF
l'arasould, Ark, who have been the
guests of Hrs Mae freeman d
Twelfth stree. have returned homo.
Mrs. Thomas Everett aad Mrs.
Robert Everett have returned to
their homes at La Center. Ky. hav-
ing been called here on account of
the illness of their sister, Mrs. W.
D. Fri7elle. ID 49,
Miss Marie Gahill who has been
TIC guest of Miss Jennie Stack, has
returned to he: home in Mound
r.;y.
Arthur Kaha of Mount Carmel.
is the guest Of lis parents. ar, and
Mrs L. II. Kaha of Cross street.
Among the cut Of town visitors
yesterday were Mr. and Mrs John
Ryal of Miller CITY. Mrs. John Lane
and Mrs. Henry Turner aud chill
dren of WicklifCe, Ky.
Mrs Ben I. Brittcn and son and
Mrs. Frank Block of Mounds, were
Cairo visitors yesterday,
The Ladies Aid Of the Presby
terrain church will have dime so
cial In the church basement Thurs
Gay evening, oct Is. Refreshments
will be served and a fine program
given. All are cordially invited.
1915
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-13

Rev Father Bernard OF Maiden,
Mo, will arrive Wednesday for a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Allen
of TWcnty-sevepth street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-13

Mrs. Richard Cokley and little
son Richard who have been the
quests of the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Mems of Center
street, have returned to their nome
in Chicago. They were accompanied
home by Miss Edith Mems
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Dan G. Wood will
arrive home tomorrow from their
wedding Journey at st. Louis, Chi
cage and Milwaukee.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-13

Victor Hume of Chicago, is the
guest OF his cousin, Mrs. w. H. Will
Jams.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-13

Mr.. and Mrs. w II. Williams
spent Sunday visiting in Paducah
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-13

Frank c. Sweet, of st. Louis,
western agent for the N. C. & st
i. Railroad was in the cit. yester-
day.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-13

Mrs Ben l. Brittcn and son and
Mrs. Frank Block Of Mounds, were
Cairo visitors yesterday
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-13

Miss Fern Allen who has been
dEe guest of Mrs. +. N. Dncker Of
aower Washington avenue has re-
1urned to her home in Siheston, Mo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-13

Pete Holdson of indianapolis, Ind.
is making a business trip here.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-13

Mrs. Jacob Klein and her guest
Mrs. Anna Wiles of st. Louis, have
returned FROM A week end visit with
Mrs. r. B. EnGiCctt Ct Villa Rllge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26

The Wonderful Devotion
edge the Brain of Andrew Started Him of
Most Remarkable Law Making Ameica History
and Led to Presden of the

about the task of planting the seeds of
knowledge that were to flower in the
garden Of his brain. While he stitched
on cloth or fashioned garments, she, on
a rude bit of blackboard. prepared his
lessons for him. Then she took the
needle and he struggled to write simple
words or to add or subtract or to multi
ply. Great was their JOY when success
crowned his effort. He would resume
his work with the needle with redoubled
energy while she would prepare new
lessons for him to learn. Never did
pupil have a more patient or loving
teacher; never did teacher have more
earnest or willing pupil.
Hard as they worked at the studies in
daylight, they worked harder at night
BY candle light. for hours after the
people of the town had gone to slumber
these lovers-teacher and pupil-toiled
together.
For girl who had never been out OF
the mountains Eliza was unusually well
educated. Within year she had taught
her husband nearly all she knew and
he was hungry for more Four miles
away there was the Greenville Acad-
envy. Books were treasures. over the
hills they would tramp in the hope Of
borrowing some books from the libra
rian that would advance them in their
studies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26
"OldeSt Book in the World"

GGTHIS is the oldest book in the
world" said the wise woman.
of the party of card players,y
indicating the pack of cards held in hert
hands. Its leaves have been called
playing cards since the fourteenth CEN
fury, but they were known a. far back
as history reaches, by the Chinese, Per-
slams and Egyptians, not to name theI
ancients of prehistoric times. A pack oil
cards said to be thousand years old
Is preserved in the museum Of the
Royal Asiatic Society"
THE women who play bridge all the
morning and then all the afternoon, and
after that go to bridge parties in theI
evening" said another of the party,
little think what ancient things they
are playing with. But what was thaI
purpose of this book in the time beforel
1t became a game?"
THE mystic book" answered the wise
woman. held the hidden wisdom Of the
ancient world. 1t was used by thel
priests in their temples when time was
young. can its origin Egyptian or what
YOU will, it is full of astronomical SYM
holism, and the wisdom of numbers:
such learning as men had of old was
carefully concealed from the uninitiated
But to those who could read il th.
mystic test book was a Veritable book OF
fate
The cards for one thing, are all
symbols of the astrological art. Each
one is an emblem. 1t would tire you 4:
! should attempt to go into the subject.
deeply. | can only glance along the
top waves Of the deep ocean. But notice
few particulars which lie upon the
surface.
"The tifty-two emblems or pages Of
this book represent the fifty-two weeks
in the year. The twelve court emblems
are the twelve months, and thirteen
cards in each suit represent the sun
and the twelve signs of the zodiac. the
! four suit figures the four seasons.
"Furthcr-hut this you can easily see
the heart is the emblem of spring and
love, the trcfoil or clover leaf-we call
il cluh-pf summer and knowledge, the
diamond of autumn and wealth, and the
acorn or spade, of winter, labor and
death.
The pages of this book are In red
and black. White was once used in
place of red. These Culors in the cards
| symhollze nIeht and day. astronomically.
and the lights and shades of life as
applied to man.
Look closely at the court cards and
notice the omhcms carried. These all
survive from the ancient forms. The
queens hold the lotus flower, supplies
| mcntcd in the case of the oueen nj
spades by the dlstaff emblem of in
dustry, kept through all the long cen-
turtles The king and queen of clubs
bear symbols Of wisdom, the king still
plainly showing the winged globe.
| Each suit has It's mystic symbolism.
corresponding to the planets in both
| suit ana spots. Venus and Mercury rule
hearts, Mars and the Earth rule clubs.
Jupiter ana Neptune diamonds, Saturn
and Uranus spades. But l am becom.
ing too astrological | must close this
fascinating book"
No, no. the others protested And
then some one asked, What about the
iokrr?"
ooh, the joker Is a modern invention
IL" docs not count in any serious game
OF III" or OF cards. Vet there was Ia
the days Of old always "A court Jester
So this new card is not really out OF
place among queens and kings"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26


II hillside In eastern Tennessee
= would not seem very good
setting for historic love
affair but 1t served the purpose well
The cabin was only ten feet square: its
walls were rough, unfinished lumber.
and as for furniture, the shack had
none except two stools, bed and q
talors platform. To Andrew Johnson,
however. it was home-the first real
home he ever had known. There he took
Eliza McCardle when they married in
1926. He was IS and she II. He was
"poor white trash; she was farmers
daughter.
The tiny cabin was in the town OF
Greenvile. Johnson had come across
the mountains from North Carolina a
few months before and opened a tailor
shop in the cabin. Young people did
not take long to exchange condolences,
and it was but natural that when
Johnson and the McCardle girl came to
love each other he should tell his life
story.
What Johnson told Eliza McCardle
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26

sands of them in the mountain Sec
ton of Tennessee. They visited their
wrath upon JOhnson's family in ways
that it is not pleasant to read about.
Mrs. Johnson and her children We're
driven out of their home and forced
to seek shelter where they could. For
many months they were unable to join
the Governor. For a time they were
held prisoners by Forrest and it was
only through the intervention of Isham
G. Harris. who appealed to jefferson
Davis in their behalf, that they were
released.
The experiences before and during the
war had made Andrew johnson a stern,
grim. austere. irritable man, but all his
sternness, austerity and irritability dis
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26

Books such as they sought were not
always to be had. but the scholars had
a debating society and one day the town
tailor was permitted to take part. He
spoke with an ease, n grace and brill
fancy that astonished all who heard
him. Their wonder was the greater be-
cause they knew. or thought they knew,
his educational limitations. Thereafter
he was the principal figure in all de-
bates whether in the academy or In the
town.
Oratory had a fascination for Andrew
Johnson. Unconsciously, from the hun
dreds Of readings he had given to the
volume he obtained in the tailor shop in
Raleigh, he had acquired the vehement.
imprisoned style of Charles James Fox.
His young wife, intensely proud of the
progress he was making and the atten-
ton he was attracting. corrected him in
pronunciation, coached him in express
sion. and, in order to give good practice
| to him in penmanship made him write
out in full everything he was to say in
debate or speech.
The girl wife, who was criticised at
first for marrying beneath her, soon
found that sentiment had changed in
Greenville. Men never thought of pass
ing the tailor's door without stopping
for a few words of greeting. Citizens
| Of prominence who a year before, would
not have noticed the tailor, now came
| to ask his opinion on subjects Of in
| terest.
All this was pleasant, but 1t was
| nothing to the pride Eliza Johnson felt
| in 1928 when her husband was elected
| Alderman. He was only twenty years
| old and should have been ineligible on
that account. Two years later the
| highest honor the town could bestow
upon him was his. He. who at II had
| come to Greenvllle a penniless and il
literate stranger was Ave years later
its chief magistrate, and all through the
| love Of woman.
The shabby little cabin was proving
| too small for the Johnsons. The family
was growing in size as the father was
| growing in intellect and the business
was increasing In proportion to the
propretor's popularity. The cabin re-
manned the tailor shop, but the family
| took better home. and thereafter
| Andrew Johnson came to know some OF
the creature comforts of life.
| Election to the Mayoralty decided
johnson as to his future. He and his
| wife took up the study or history as
| fully as the libraries and colleges OF
Tennessee would permit them. lie
also began to study the science of
government. Most OF all he delighted
| In studying the art OF Oratory. Learn
ing became almost an obsession with
him. He was reluctant to give as many
hours to sleep as nature demanded, and
! II was only by following the strict rules
| hi A,if 1ni
saved from running his health,
Three times he was elected Mayor
Then he was nominated for the Legis-
laturc. His opponent was one or tn
ablcst and most popular politicians n
the State. Johnson was known In th'
hill country, but the bulk OF the popu'
lation was In the rich lands below r.
was not supposed to have any chance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26

touched her heart He was an orphan
and had been born in Raleigh. For some
years he had lived about as did the
town cat. When he was 10 years old
tailor took him as an apprentice and
the boy was taught to sew and cut,
haste and hem. OF childhood joys and
childhood games he knew little or
nothing, From daylight until dark he
was in the sewing room, sitting cross
legged working. BY the terms OF his
indenture he was to give his services
to the tailor until he was q years old.
An odd sort of man who loved the
sound Of his own voice got habit OF
visiting the shop and reading aloud to
the men while they worked. The boy
had never been to a school. Every word
the reader uttered sank into the boys
memory. The men. after a while, got
tired Of the visitor and he came no
more but when he quit his readings he
gave his book to the lad.
somehow Andrew johnson picked
out the alphabet. Possibly one OF the
talors helped him. 1t was very hard,
Tor the book was old worn and torn.
Then. laborlously, he made out the
words and peced together the sem
t'nC's. All this he did at night or on
Sunday, 1t was the work OF years, but
when Ne was 16 he could read the book
from cover to cover and repeat 1t line
FOR line.
], was a good book for such lad
AMI 1t made a profound impression
upon Ann. 1t had the speeches Of the
great prators OF the Georgian period
Cha ham, Burke, Erskine. Fox, &c.
Then there came a day Of .woe In
Shy 1r"ing or in fight with other boys
one Sht he broke window. That
ga. ~'r.ous, 1t meant arrest, perhaps
an fine, and then a beating from his
M so he fled
wa years he was a wanderer
T.! hc returned. His master had
m" ana had advertised that the boy
runaway and should be appre-
A'" Johnson walked twenty miles
10 ho country to see his old master
"hI ''I to make arrangements to bt
Zee from the remaining time OF his
.h'' Jrr The man refused unless the
,iI give a bond for money he de-
N.l for the boys time. This was
Ii'i Die, 50 to escape arrest John
pm" westward over the mountains
AR ncssec.
d.. IA McCardle's gentle heart the
F' '- II the orphan boy were tragic
49, IN him qualities no other per-
discovered and, after they were
lie set to work to educate him
read but not write. or arith
knew nothing. History wa'
* Ia him. OF science, art, re
knew nothing.
"hrefuly aid well she wen
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26

appeared in the presence OF his wife.
Although obstinate as "A mule in his
dealings with men great and small her
slightest wish was a command to him.
Anything she said he never questioned.
She was mother, wife, sweetheart and
teacher to him, and time and trouble
only intensified the love and alteration
in which he held her.
How great an influence she had over
this talented and positive man the public
never knew. She had tact, sweetness
and tenderness. He was tactless and
bitter in his arguments and antagonism
She of all human beings alone could
sway him.
Washington had little charm for her,
and it was with regret that she left
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26

Tennessee and went to the national
capital when her husband was elected
icc-President. Her health was shat
tered and one of her sons had turned
out badly and brought many sorrows
to her. She longed TO return to her
mountain home and there spend her re-
naming days in peace and quietude
after all the turmoil and fury of the
spent years.
But it was not to be. She went to
Washington. and when Lincoln was
killed and her husband became Presi-
dent she became first lady of the land
one of her daughters became the wife
of Senator of the United States and
another married almost as brilliantly.
But to Eliza johnson the simple
virtues of the housewife We're greater
than those of social position. So long
as she was able To manage affairs her
self she conducted the White House
household as she did that of her Green
willie home. She had her own chickens.
her own cows and her own vegetable
garden. She made her own butter and
never had to buy cream or milk or
eggs outside. What surplus there was
from her little White House farm
went each day to the poor of Wash
ington.
The President had much to worry
him with affairs of state. but greater
worry came to him within the first year
of his life in the White House. His
wife became So i'll that her life was
despaired of. Eminent physicians said
she had suffered a complete breakdown.
Her lungs had become affected. She
might live year or ten years or she
might die in a day or week. From
the day Andrew johnson heard the
verdict of the doctors he never was
known to smile.
The history of the nation records
what he did while President; his strug-
giles with Congress; hi Impeachment
and his work for the reunion of the
States.
He was not great President. but he
was better one than the chroniclers
of the time Were willing to admit. And
II the world had known of the anguish
of mind and the bodily pains under
which he bore up through the four wears
of his occupancy of the White House
they would have had deep sympathy for
the brave, honest, sturdy man.
Never in his waking hours was h,
free from pain. only through the fore,
Of iron will was he able to keep up
When he stood he had some relief from
pain so he remained ON his feet as long
as he could, He asked sympathy of II,
| one, but bore his burden of pain and
su. ering with Spartan fortitude. \
fragment that has escaped the eyes OF
| most biographcrs gives IA vivid picttIr,
OF the johnson of those days. 1t /,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26

Greater men than Andrew Johnson
have been President but never a more
devoted lover.
Copyright, 1914, by The Wheeler Syndi-
cate, Inc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26
ny NOBERT STEPHENS.

SHABBY cabin of two rooms on
~ hillside In eastern Tennessee
= would not seem very good
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26

EG"HlS is the oldest book in the
world" said the wise woman
of the party of card players,l
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-31
What War Is

The worlds horror at the dropping of bombs from
airships in night black sky sleeping women and
children does credit to it's humanity.
But this phase of warfare does not come as sur
prise. 1t has been foreseen and foretold. 1t was
part of the risk which Europe took when it entered
upon
We must remember that wars purpose is to kill
and terrorize. War is the product of mans worst
passions-THE PRODUCT OF GREED, SELFISH
AMBITION, JEALOUSY, HATE.
But for such passions there could not be war-na-
tions would settle their differences welbred men
settle private dfferences-by mutual concessions If
possible; else by arbitration.
Such phrases as 1.-THE rules of civilized warfare
robbed of meaning in proportion as war grows
desperate.
War ITSELF real war; is uncivilzed; its fierce heat
melts the restraints of civilization lightning melts
fuse.
The extent to which fighting power will resort to
extraordinary of wholesale butchery Is meas
ured only by its ability and its desperation. Below
his veneer man is still the savage.
While shuddering at the cruelty of the aerial bomb,
let try not to be hypocritcal. For should use
It. too if had to. BOOKSELLERS militia did worse
things in Colorado.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-31
EDTTORIAU,

When this erudite jour
nal first appeared we
solemRly assured our
readers that we would not
print war news. We did
this partly because we
are peacefully inclined
ourselves and dislike tales
of battles, bloody and
barbarie. But we must
yield. We must print war
news. II has become To-
cal; everybodys doing It.
So we shorten our editor
ial today to give space to
war news. We guarantee
every item TO be fresh,
true and exclusive. No
use In talking. to get the
live stuff you must get
the Smudge habit.
EDITOR.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-31
BIG FyENT

Next week. the Smudge
will begin q thrilling
serial entitled The I'm
derworld of Tacoma" We
promised to start this
two wks. ago, but we
found we did not have
enough material. Since
then we have gathered
the material, also q head
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-31
OUT OF TOWN
WAR NEWS

Washington.-Sec. Bry-
an of here will add two
new lectures to his Chau-
tauqua talks next year
When Is a Swiss Cheese
and How the Kaiser
Trained His Mustaehe. "
Both deal with the war in
Europe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-31

A. ID. Grafton is one of
the officers of the
new Anti Prohibition
league. Grape Juice and
lemonade, strange to OBJ
serve, are Arts favorits
drinks.
ID. Morgan, the dry
goodser, has got a white
vest, but he never wears
1t.
James Henry Dege has
got IL W. vests and wears
'em any old time he feels
like IL.
Chas. Drury was out of
town last wk. politieking.
Bob Montgomery, Puy-
allup's polite p. m, COM
plains that he hasn't been
mentioned by us for three
wks. Well, Bob, send in
your news and We will be
glad to print It.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-31

ache and q chill. not to
mention bitter, memory of
the same. Shocking de-
movements may be expect
ed-shocking. II you want
to be shocked, read the
Smudee next wk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-31
DRAMATIC NOTES

Harry Collier was a guest
of honor at the opening
of the new Princess thea
ter. He il one of the best
qualified chicken author
tiles in town, SO why not,
say we.
That new Empress sign
costs quite a Iotta money
to run, don't IL. Bro. Wis
ner7
w. J. Timmons sent
our wkly. pass up by a
messenger boy today. Big
town stuff. We suppose.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-31

Cambridge, Mass-Har-
ward university opened
here today and Prof.
Hugo Muensterberg re-
fused to allow any French
students In the room.
Great excitement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-31

Washington-The Brit
ish consul has received a
fresh supply of tea from
home. He was quite
worried about 1t, but ev-
erything Is o. K. now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-31

After Investigating, we
find that local war news
is kinder slow. so to
speak. Joe Bonds is
working for his father in
the grocery store. IL you
call that war news.