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LINCOLN.
Upon thy tomb I also lay a flower,
No rose, but just a spray of goldenrod
Plucked from the soil whereon thy feet
have trod,
And thereof full of beauty and of power,
Untrained to decorate Ocecasion's hour;
Dropped from His garden by the hand of
God,
To find itself and glorify the sod,
To be to men an everlasting dower.
Intrepid Soul, as golden as this bloom,
Simplicity and innate light were thine—
Oh, surely thou wert born to set man free.
I lay this flower upon thy sacred tomb,
With love and gratitude; if not divine,
A comrade thou to Christ, and died as He.
“Laura Blackburn,” in Chicago Tribune.
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WORLD PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE
«GREATEST AMERICAN.”
On Fburary 12, everywhere over
this country—in its schools and its
public gatherings, or in the silent rev-
erence of the hearts of the hurrying
throngs—the people pay tribute to the
memory of Abraham Lincoln, on the
one hundred and fourteenth anniver-
sary of his birth. And I think that,
almost instinctively, will come the uni-
versal longing that he were with us
again today, with his sympathetic un-
derstanding of men, kindly philoso-
phy and far-seeing vision, to help
guide us through the problems and
dangers of the reconstruction period.
But as we do so, we should realize
that the reverence we now accord his
sainted memory has been the growth
of years, and that in his life, fully as
much as in his death, he suffered the
martyrdom which the world usually
accords its saints and seers. It is not
Abraham Lincoln who has grown, but
the nation which, with the passing
years, has come into a realization of
his true greatness. I am reminded, in
this connection, of the eloquent words
of Brand Whitlock, spoken regarding
Lincoln, in 1908, as follows:
“His beautiful dream was not to be.
Shrewd, logical realist though he was,
nevertheless he was essentially an
idealist, and his ideal was too high,
too far. Mutual forgiveness, immedi-
ate reconciliation, brotherly love, were
not for his contemporaries, and their
hatred bore its inevitable fruit in the
bitter days of reconstruction that fol-
lowed. Because they could not under-
stand him, the men of his time reviled
and ridiculed him, measured him by
the standards with which they meas-
ured themselves, and, in judging him,
judged only themselves. Themselves
impractical, they thought him imprac-
tical, who was the most practical of
men; thought him ignorant, who was
the wisest of men; sneered at him as
uneducated—him on whom degrees
and doctors’ hoods would have appear-
ed pinchbeck and ridiculous! As the
scenes of the great war receded, as
the perspective lengthened and pas-
sions cooled, men came to see how
great, how mighty, how original he
was. As slowly they grew In the na-
tional spirit he breathed into them, as
mankind in its upward striving reach-
ed toward his stature, they began to
recognize in him not only the first,
but the ideal American, realizing in
his life all that America is and
dreams. And more and more, as time
goes on, he grows upon the mind of
the world. The figure of Washington,
the first of American heroes, has tak-
en on the cold and classic isolation of
a marble statue. But Lincoln, even
though inevitable legend has envelop-
ed him in its refracting atmosphere,
remains dearly human, and the com-
mon man may look upon his sad and
homely face, and find in it that quality
of character which causes him to re-
vere and love him as a familiar friend
— ona of the common people whom, as
he once humorously said, God must
have loved ‘because he made SO many
of them.’ Thus he remains close to
the heart, just as if he had lived on
through the years, essentially and for-
ever human, not alone the possession
of our own people; not of a nation
only, but of the whole human brother-
hood he loved with such perfect devo-
tion, and that humanity to which he
gave his life.”
In connection with the above, Iam
reminded of another inspired and in-
spiring tribute to Lincoln, this one in
verse, written by James Russell Low-
ell, whose familiar stanzas run:
Nature, they say, doth dote,
And cannot make a man
Save on some worn-out plan,
Repeating us by rote:
For him her old-world mold aside she
threw,
And choosing sweet clay from the breast
Of the unexhausted West,
With stuff untainted, shaped a hero new.
Wise, steadfast in the strength of God,
and true.
His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind,
Thrusting to thin air o’er our cloudy bars,
A sear mark now—mnow lost in vapors
blind ;
Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined,
Fruitful and friendly for all human kind,
Yet also night to Heaven and the liftiest
stars.
The place of Abraham Lincoln in
history is not only secure, but it is
one which will grow from year to
year. His name stands first in the
Pantheon of this republic, and his star
will shine down the vista of the centu-
ries, a guiding light to all who follow.
To the cause of liberty and equality,
to the nation and all humanity he
gave himself in life and death, and a
Savior could do no more. That is
what constitutes his universal appeal
to the common people of all nations
and all decades, and that is why we
should pause in our busy, work-a-day
world on February 12th, to pay our
humble tribute to the greatest Amer-
ican.
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dom comes to any man during his
earthly sojourn, so that it is only
rarely that even a great man gets a
true vision of the estimation in which
the future will hold him.
Fame is a possession that wll
So
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
A little philosophy inclineth a man’s
mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy
bringeth men's minds about to religion.—
Dacon.
It i= surprising how much amusement
can be had with the aid of a pair of
scissors from the discarded magazine.
Take the advertising game. Even
the men-folk entered with zest into a
game so alive and up-to-date. Cut
from an old magazine various well-
known pictorial advertisements that
bear no tell-tale names directly upon
the pictures. Mount these cut-outs
upon stiff paper or card. Upon the
back of each mark the name of the
firm by which it is issued or the pro-
duet which it boosts. The object then
is to see who can guess tle firms and
products for which the advertisements
stand. If the game is played at a par-
ty, give a prize to the perscn neming
the greatest number. As many ad
vertisements as you wish to use are
permitted in the game, but to keep it
always interesting and timely add the
newest as they come out and eliminate
the “back numbers” from the collec-
tion.
“Jig-saw” puzzles (those in which
irregular pieces are fitted together to
form a complete picture) made from
cut-up magazine covers are amusing
to young and old, especially to con-
valescents who need unexciting occu-
pation during long idle hours. To
make the puzzle sufficiently interest-
ing to adults, clip the picture into
smaller pieces to make the fitting to-
gether more difficult. The smaller the
child, however, the larger the puzzle
pieces should be.
Bead stringing has for generations
been a favorite pastime for children.
Add to it the art of bead-making and
the play becomes doubly fascinating.
Pretty, colorful beads can be made by
cutting brightly colored magazine
covers or illustrations into strips
about five inches long and as wide as
the length that the maker wishes the
beads to be when finished. The bead
is made by rolling the strip very
tightly about a hatpin, beginning at
one end. Fasten the final end with a
bit of paste to keep the little cylinder
from unwinding. When the hatpin is
withdrawn there will remain the
“threading hole,” and the bead is com-
plete. Slightly point the paper strips
at each end when cutting them, so
that no uneven edges will extend be-
yond the ends of the beads.
Any wide-awake little girl can find
between the covers of the average
magazine for women entire furnish-
ings for a doll’s house. Moreover, if
she be not sufficiently fortunate as to
have a doll’s house, the pages of the
magazine torn out and pinned togeth-
er will form at least the four walls
and roof; and if the child be invent-
ive, the paper-walled house can even
be divided into rooms and floors by
means of paper partitions.
The floors can be rugged with the
costliest of Orientals, clipped from
rug ads, and the walls adorned with
pictures that have been clipped fram-
ed and ready for hanging from art-
shop ads. Even the doli-house kitch-
en and bath-room need suffer no
dearth of the very latest equipment
and improvements, for there are many
ads showing kitchen cabinets, fireless
cookers, patent dish-washers, plumb-
ers’ supplies, ete.
Similarly, paper furniture from the
most exclusive stores and of the most
exquisite design, pictured in the shops’
own ads, can be clipped and will help
to make the little paper rooms real
works of art, which besides delighting
ciples of good taste and interior deco-
rating and the distinguishing charac-
teristics of period furniture.
From the magaiznes of outdoor life
boys can clip paper farms. One bright
lad interested in pedigreed stock and
having the climbing habit has made a
stock farm of thoroughbred cattle—
all from magazine cut-outs. His
brother is interested in thoroughbred
dogs, and he, in his turn, clips every
conceivable variety from the kennel
ads and magazine articles pertaining
to canines. Every once in a while he
holds a paper dog show for the chil-
dren of the neighborhood. His show
has given himself and his friends an
excellent idea of breeds in general, in-
formation about his and their own
dogs in particular and how to care for
them properly—on all of which the
young showman is well informed.
While the price of admission to one
of his shows is usually fifteen pins,
flesh and blood canine needed a new
colar, a tonic, or some other expen-
sive necessity.
Chocolate Filling for Layer Cake.—
One and one-half cups of confection-
pot), in which has been melted butter
size of a walnut. Pour this hot upon
the sugar and add about two table-
spoonfuls of powdered chocolate and
one teaspoonful of vanilla extract.
Beat all well until very smooth and
creamy and spread between layers and
on top of the cake.
A line on the ironing problem. Fold
the sheets the size of the ironing ta-
ble and lay them upon the top of it,
then press flat clothes, such as pillow
cases, lunch napkins and handker-
chiefs upon them; you will be ironing
the sheets and the other articles at
the same time, but you must not for-
get they are beneath and use them for
an ironing sheet and perhaps scorch
them. The scheme has often been
practiced and it has worked well.
White Velvet Cream.—Six small
lemons or four large ones. Use
enough sugar to make a thick batter
—three or four cups; three pints of
milk, one-half teaspoonful of lemon
| extract. Freeze as you would any
| ice cream.
Cold baths should not be lengthy.
To stay in longer than one minute is
dangerous. When the skin is thor-
oughly warm is the time to take a cold
| bath. It is invigorating, bracing and
an axeellent thine for early merning.
the child will teach her the first prin- |
the admission has been known to soar !
to a penny when the manager’s one |
ers’ sugar, one-quarter teacup of boil- |
ing hot coffee, (from the breakfast
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
LANDMARK PRESERVED
One of Pennsylvania’s historic landmarks has been perpetuated thru the use of
Portland cement stucco.
It is one of the chain of forty blockhouses erected under
the direction of Colonel Benjamin Franklin in 1756 for the protection of settlers
against Indians.
CEMENT STUCCO PRESERVES
PENNSYLVANIA BLOCKHOUSE OF 1756
One of Chain of Forty Built by Franklin at
Northampton Kept Intact
By the Rev. John Baer Stout
The oldest building in the borough of
Northampton, Pa., is the octagonal block-
house, standing amid the busy scenes of
the Atlas Portland Cement plant, on the
western bank of the Hokendauqua creek,
near Howell's mill, another of the town’s
old landmarks,
This miniature fort is thought to have
been erected by Thomas Wilson soon after
his return to his home from Bethlehem,
whither he had fled with his family in “the
runaway” from Lehigh, Allen and neighbor-
ing townships, which followed the massacre
by the Indians of eleven persons at Gnaden
Huetten on the Mahoning, now Weissport,
November 24, 1756.
The following day couriers rode through
the townsships announcing the massacre
and warning all to abandon their homes
and seek safety as best they could. The
result was that practically the whole of
western Northampton county was aban-
doned, all fleeing to Bethlehem for safety.
The provincial government immediately
took steps to protect its frontier by the
erection of a chain of forts and block-
houses and commissioned Colonel Benjamin
Franklin to take charge of the work. Be-
fore Franklin reached the scene several
additional atrocities had been committed.
On January 14, 1756, as Colonel Franklin
approached Bethlehem, he found everything
in confusion, In a letter to Governor
Morris he thus informs him of the state of
affairs:
“Sir:—As we drew near this place we
met a number of wagons and many people
moving off with their effects and families
from the Irish settlement and Lehigh towne
ship, being terrified by the defeat of Hays’
company and the burnings and murders
committed in the townships on New Year’s
day. We found this place filled with
refugees, the workmen’s shops and even
cellars being crowded with women and
children; and we learned that Lehigh town-
ship is almost entirely abandoned by the
inhabitants.
“Soon after my arrival here the principal
people from the Irish settiement—Wilson,
Elder, Craig, etc.—came to me and de-
manded an addition of thirty men to Craig's
company or threatening they would imme=
diately, one znd all, leave their country to
the enemy.
‘“Hays’ company was reduced to eighteen
men (and those without shoes, stockings,
blankets and arms), partly by the loss of
Gnaden Huetten and partly desertion.
Trump and Aston had made slow progress
in building the first fort, complaining for
want of tools which, it was thought, the
people in those parts might have supplied
them.
“Wayne's company we found posted at
Nazareth. Agreeable to your honor’s or-
ders, I ordered Hays to complete his com-
pany, and he went down to Bucks with
Mr. (Rev.) Beatty, who promised to assist
him in recruiting. His lieutenant lies here
lame, with frozen feet, and unfit for action,
but the ensign, with eighteen men, is posted
among the present frontier inhabitants, to
give some satisfaction to the settlement
people, as I refused to increase Craig's
company. On my return, I have threat-
ened to disband or remove the companies
already posted, for the security of particu-
lar townships, if the people would not stay
on their places, behave like men, do some.
thing for themselves, and assist the prov-
ince soldiers.”
January 15, Franklin, escorted by Foulk’s
company of forty-six men; McLaughlin's
detachment of twenty and Wayne's com-
mand of fifty-five and seven wagons laden
with provisions and stores, set out for
Gnaden Huetten. Upon his arrival there he
immediately began the erection of a fort,
which he named Fort Allen in honor of his
“old friend,” William Allen.
Other blockhouses, forts and stockades
were speedily erected on the frontier at
strategic points, so that in a short time
there was to be found a chain of forty of
such buildings stretching from the Dela-
ware Water Gap to and beyond Sunbury on
the Susquehanna river.
With the frontier guarded and at the..
direct command of Benjamin Franklin, the
settlers again returned to their homes,
among them no doubt Thomas Wilson,
for surely his presence was needed in
the community, since he owned and oper-
ated the only grist mill in a big radius. It
was upon this mill and the mill at Howers-
ville, owned and operated by Jost Dreis-
bach, who was one of the first commis-
sioners of Northampton county and who in
1756 gave his excuse for non-attendance at
court, “I must grind wheat for the forts,”
that the settlers and the soldiers on the
frontier depended for flour. No doubt for
the protection of himself and family and
for the mill upon which the settlers de-
pended, the blockhouse was erected.
It is a small eight-cornered stone build-
ing; the wall is two feet thick. It had no
windows, but seven small portholes and a
door on the southern side; it is still in its
original condition.
When the Atlas Portland Cement Com-
pany acquired the mill property from
Captain Theodore Howell, they, through
tke superintendent, gave their word of
honor to preserve it. Portland cement,
used for the coat of stucco on this historic
landmark, makes certain its preservation.
This stucco coat and the retaining wall,
which has been built around it indicate how
jcalously they guard their trust, and how
reverently they hearken to the great
preacher Solomon, who saith, “Remove not
the old landmarks which thy fathers have
set.”
STATE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.
Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 6.—An en-
graved topographic map including
parts of Centre and Clearfield coun-
ties and covering an area of approxi-
mately 13% by 17% miles, or about 225
square miles, has just been complet-
ed by the Bureau of Topographic and
Geological Survey of the Pennsylva-
nia Department of Internal Affairs,
working in co-operation with the U. S.
Geological Survey. Philipsburg, the
town from which the quadrangle map
takes its name, is near the western
edge. Grass Flat lies on the northern
border, Martha Furnace near the east-
ern border, and Hannah one mile
north of the southern border. A small
area in the northwestern part of the
quadrangle, north of Moshannon
creek, is in Clearfield county and the
remainder of the quadrangle is in
Centre county.
The map is printed in three colors,
culture in black, drainage in blue, and
contour lines showing the shape and
elevation of the hills and valleys are
in brown. Bench marks give accu-
rate elevations at many points. The
map scale is one inch equals one mile.
Allegheny and Bald Eagle moun-
tains cross the southeastern part of
the quadrangle. The area northwest
of Allegheny mountain, comprising
fully three-fourths of the map, is a
much dissected peneplain. The high-
est point in the quadrangle is 2460
feet on Allegheny mountain two miles
est point, 1240 feet, is in Ferguson
township in the extreme southeastern
corner of the map.
The southeastern third of the quad-
rangle is drained by Bald Eagle and
Halfmoon creeks. The rest of the
adotranzic is drained by Moshannon
creek and its tributaries. The main
streams flow in rather broad food
plains. Their tributaries flow in V-
shaped valleys near their sources on
Allegheny mountain, but their valleys
widen out before reaching the main
streams.
The chief occupations in the quad-
rangle are coal mining and quarrying.
Fully one-third of the quadrangle on
the northwestern slope of Allegheny
mountain is a barren, uninhabited dis-
trict.
Copies of the new map can be ob-
tained from the Director, U. S. Geo-
logical Survey, Washington, D. C., or
from the Bureau of Topographic and
Geological Survey, Pennsylvania De-
partment of Internal Affairs, Harris-
burg, Pa., at ten cents per copy, the
printing cost.
A Close-Up of President Lincoln.
The President stood at the door of
the second parlor, with a secretary
beside him who gave him the names
of his callers. Ann’s first impression
was of his extraordinary height, for
he towered over the people about him,
and then the amazing charm of his
face caught her; tragic, humorous,
distinguished and kindly; she adored
him, at first sight. He was obviously
bored at the tiresome ceremony of
handshaking, but as obviously deter-
mined to go through with it with
painstaking courtesy; he h ad a routine
Va gma viiagly 4 dida channed to See Jou
here,” he said, over and over, with a
look of grave concern.—From “The
Cortlands of Washington Square,” by
Janet Fairbank.
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A gorgeous array of beautiful color-
ings, in the new spring dress fabrics, print-
ed and woven Swisses, Crepe Perle and
other new :
Voile Chalfonte and many
weaves.
CLEARANCE SALE. 3
Clearance sale of all winter goods still
at its best.
SILK SALE.
Yard-wide Silks, Taffetas, Messaline
and Fancy Silks at $1.00, $1.50, $1.75 per
yard.
See our rummage table. It is laden
with bargains.
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