Five-Minute Chats About Our Presidents By JAMES MORGAN. LINCOLN AWAKENED A GREAT FRIEND 1861~~March 4, Abranam Lincoln Inaugurated sixteenth pres. ident, age fifty-two, April 14, Fort Sumter sur. rendered, April 15, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers. 1862—Sept. 22, emancipation proclamation, 1863—Nov. 19, Lincoln's Gettys. burg address. 1864—Nov. 8, Re.clected presi. dent 1865—April 14, shot by John Wilkes Booth. | April 15, died, aged fifty- 1 five. | € | 1 HE stone House 1809—Feb. 12, Abraham Lincoln born to Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, near Hod- genville, Hardin County, Ky. 1816-—Moved to Indiana, 1830—Moved to Illinois. 1835.43—In the Illinois lature. 1847.9—In Congress. 1858—Ju'y 24, challenged Doug- jas to the great debate, November, defeated for the Senate, 1860—May 18, nominated for President by the Repub. lican national convention at Chicago. Legis Q the White in walls of no more shut Lincoln O RD navy yard, breaking |and sorrows and pride, than did the the stillness of a March dawn in 1854) unhewn logs behind which he shivered with its 100 exultant roars over the | in the cabin home of his youth. One repeal of the Missouri compromise, | "1ght he dreamed that he was in a awakened Lincoln to the great mis-|crowd, when some one recognized him sion for which his whole life had been | as the president gnd exclaimed an unconscious preparation. After g{suipiser tHe 13 a very common look- single term in congress, where his erit- | ing man.’ Whereupon he answered: jelsm of the Mexican war in the midst | “Friend, the Lord prefers of that conflict had left him unavall- | looking people. That is the reason he uble for a second term, and after | makes so many of them.” provi lentially falling to obtain the snug | berth of commissioner of the general | land office, he had retired to his dingy | law office in Springfield. The out the dead line |country thinking. He against the spread of slavery aroused | the source. him from his indifference to political| As he fi | senators and ? ari kept in touch with the mass, not have to take the word of | clans or newspapers about what ¢ was went of wiping the bigwigs, he plur " Seated in thrown over its ar +} opinion t ath. 1 { with one leg received the motley crowd of his door y «1 at ease iin through the wide open office. The who ap him Ee awe found themselves in of a friend, sald to every speech to a regi porarily to House, I am any one of your childs here my father's The man fairly exhaled fraternity, equality. e that Lincoln man he ever met who consciously or nnconsci occup fn n | come as lag said the did not usly that white SNOW recognized his color, Sympathy a | stream from its fountain in this great heart. A flowed in mother's tears, a baby's ory, | sleeve never failed move Lincoln. to he said as he stopped the shooting of under sentence i ia soldier, martial Lincoln in 1850, £3 oo. die ¥ iM hier s ler ht n . drew who pleaded for the life « ner, and from his re tirement. “I know there is a God and that he hates he said shinply to storm coming know hi it. i he and \ me—and I ie has, I believe I am H ont j ready.” incol The his duty questions you have com and slavery,” “1 see the hand work and trut - ind wear hoops A TH fot and I'll be arilan fry * mrdon hin ¢ aos twin i 8 Of © neh four mrey, party. 3 n Illinois; came to his in the vice president in date for nator phen A. peal. While L’/ncoln campaig ining the at nce {ts leade own surprise, the second balloting for 1856, in R50 suglas, the author of man its for 1808 against made ready for that as always in every honr of He no hint of decision, he retired within himself. united no one and his line of attack called to gether a dozen friends and read to them his opening speech, which began with those immortal words: *A house divided against itself ceonot stahd. | believe that this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free It will become all one the other.” Every man in the little group warn- ed him that if he delivered the speech it would him for the senate, “If I had to draw a pen Across my record and erase my whole life from sight,” he quietly replied, “and I had one poor gift or cholee left as to what 1 should save from the wreck, I should choose that wpeech and leave it to the | world unercsed.” i Douglas carried a few more legisla- | "PON him, and often he joined the tive districts and was re-elected, put | Children in their boisterous games In Lincoin iA] in the aggregate popular | 1° White House grounds, vote. i In the dark days when the nation Lincoln had met his Bunker im, | self was at death’s door, one of the The great mnknown, who had dared to boys “died. For weeks the grieving cross swords with the foremost cham- father strove in vain to win a spirit of pion of “he repeal, piqued the curios. | Tesignation, dropping his work for a ity of the country. Accepting an inyi- | 90Y t a time and surrendering to his tation to spenk In New York, bls | HOETOW. Doubtless the fortitude he Cooper union address established his guined ot last ie deh intellectual and moral right to lead | rich lifted him above the general the nation. Nevertheless, when A ich {despair when the fortunes of the : as, en zealous neigh: ppjon sank lowest. bory ad first entered hil a8 # CW: | After Willie's death, the other boy date for president, he protested that|,.,..ivaq a double share of paternal af- he Was hot fit for the place. Until the of 1900 actually met in Chi fection. Tad was in the habit of going 4 T No n'y me n i to his father In the evening and mak. a ise ah ra mentioned | ne q report of all that had happened for the honor outside his own state.|g... morning, usually falling asleep Two-thirds of the delegates really fa- |, wo niidet of his prattle. Laying vorad the nomination of William H. the Hite fellow on the floor by the Sevard, but as so-tften happens in side of his desk, Lincoln returned to Bultic, the rors Dre aa 1, GAY SASks Sati be ow long Gay mle. In the end Lincoln was nomi ows Jong, when Ho tak Ms Sideping pated largely because he was the least shou off to bed, known man ov the lst of candidates. (Croyright, 1920, by James Morgan) Cons gn ve until he thing all or defeat Abraham Lincoln. & THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA a a i Se En a ns i, AA, OA ——— II Rann-dom Reels THE FALL SKIRT ——— of the American woman, the fall skirt will have the same kind of lining us the silk stocking, but the latter will contain g trifle more mmterial (Copyright) HE fall skirt {8 a neat garment which looks a good deal like the spring skirt, but costs more, owing to the European war, which has caused a grent scarcity of everything except campaign bunk. The fall skirt was gotten up last February in the heart of Paris, Frunce, and sent over here to be sold to women who do not care to look like any of their neighbors. To the duil and unpracticed eye of man it is hard to tell a new fall skirt of the 1917 mod- ei from the one his wife wore twice in the early spring and discarded aft- er making the horrifying discovery that it was three-quarters of an Inch too long to be strictly nu fait. There nothing more depressing than =a new skirt which is only 75 per cent au fait and folds carelessly about both ankles, instead of tilting back rakish- ly and blinding the innocent bystand- er In both eyes, Memories - By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS > T IS the faculty of Remembering and constantly calling to mind what has gone before, that makes it possible for us to tread Forward It is what saves us from becoming fos- sllized. It is what enables us to throw off the decaying shell of Self and to renew our strength in Effort and En thusiasm and in Achievement, : All that you now have of the Old | Year are its Memories, How ure you going to use them? Every single life has its Stumbling Times. Every single life has its Climb- Hours. It is the Memory of the thrilling moments, that fairly sur whole consciousness glow with | power and satisfaction, that make mi feel we are worthy as fighters in the! game and as aspirers for a portion of | he Joy of this world. All that you have of the Ol4 | Year ure its Memories. How are you going to use them? Why not resolve here and now that | vou will just let slide, silent from you, unple Great care has been taken, accord- ing to the fashion periodicals, to muke the full skirt so that it be | ing long Cun made You'ng weicome TO Tus. F Suck A LoKG Seals MEANS ANYTHING tn YOUR Youné now asaht memory of the past, gathering up tying to | while, every Pleasant Memory | past has giv Make! and make vou bolder, braver and bigger. For | All you of the Old! Year Years Memories. | How them? wna securely * the vou that then th the en to you? spurs incentives to tint now have and are its Pid Aare you going to use Just Folks By EDGAR A. GUEST EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA. Not somewhere in America, but every- where today, Where snow-crowned mountains hold their heads, the vales where chil- dren play, Beside the bench and whirring lathe, on every luke and stream And in the depths of earth below, med | of freedom und of right, | And once sgain in honor's cause, they | rally and unite, | Not somewhere In America 1s love of | country found i But east und west and north and south | once more the bugles sound And once again, us one, men stand to : break their brother's chains make the world a better place, | where only justice reigns, The patriotism that is here, 1s echoed | over there And everywhere, O'er humble home and the starry banner flies And far and sear throughout the land the men of valor rise. mansion rich The flag that flutters o'er your home | is fluttering far nway Ixes sway in tnnt states, white and blue The same fmpu souls of men red, the Means to one hundred t means to you, courage resolute dis he on strong. what . you ing Discovery That It Was Three. Quarters of inch Too Long to Be Strictly au Fait h wit ¥ it to trip over one of ano player. The thing winter, b ski will that costs m ut 4 defects be mn than | be wor ore lid last wili not ranted agninst of ship o material, Stripes will be worn a great | deal by women who woul ook better | some solid, The ninld pinic in taffeta. Scotch vives whose Hor in gl he DID YOU DREAM OF FIRE? HBGARD to fire sitirely agreed that slmply nof an bi a favorable omen re i 4 ’ woe of them atla ivorable ‘ Tly fime Copyright to different circumstances arise in nny with them predict 3 conflagration iieh your house or your place of 1 connection fire. Many of favorable while bummed, a one. | authorities agree that 10 down. you sill bave | dream of fire,;is a promise of good : | tuck, it also means that you are likely te have n quarrel with a friend, though some declare that you must see the fire start suddenly to be sure of al quarrel, and all agree that the dispute | willbe over a trifle. If you extinguish i the fire, a surprise is In store for you. | To see a sparkling fire on a hearth or | in a stove, denotes plenty of money. If a woman builds a fire without any trouble, she will be happy and have children. not most Tyger 113 f renin of a ost them all right you Others say | see a fire in which the | have fallen down It} most favorable omen and not so good a one If the houses still stand. | The consensus of opinion 1s that to! see nny fire and not get burned by it! denotes health, fortune and happiness. that if houses To burn yourself In your dreams Is | not a favorable prognostication, but to | dream that you touch the fire and are | many If she has difficulty in making the fire burn, the omen Is the reverse. The selentists regard the fire dream glmply as a reminiscence from nursery days when we were warned | not to play with matches and schedule this dream of the typical or standard ones, As the scientists don’t entirely agree our ns one entirely agree among themselves with regard to the significance of dreamn- fire, It would seein to be a case where ench of the rest of us wae entitled to his own opinion, (Copyright) Serve chilled, with any de MOTHER'S ‘a COOK BOOK by Pertie Mor wal The art of cooking cannot be learned | baked In layers: Take one-half a can out of a book any more Juan he rt ot | of pineapple, add one cupful of sugar a 1 pros Phrded the Best guide is and the yolks of two eggs with a sentiment. ~Louls XV. tablespoonful of corn starch. Cook | all. together, except the eggs. for an few minutes, then cool, add the eggs What to Eat. and finish cooking; add when thick a For a change in serving potatoes | ¢anjespoonful of butter and cool be. | try: ’ * fore spreading. io! Sauted Potato Balls. preading. , Cut balls from ‘potatoes with a French cutter. Cook ten minutes in boiling water, slightly salted. Drain, put into an omelet pan with n table spoonful of butter, a sprinkling of pa- prika, cover and place on the back of the range and cook until delicately browned. Shake the pan occasionally so that the balls will brown evenly. Use the left-over pleces for mashed potatoes. Pineapple Filling for Cake. Any layer cake recipe may be used with this filling or a sponge cake ——- Noodles. Break two eggs into a bowl, beat and then add as much flour as can be stirred Into them. Roll out Into » very thin sheet, cut In strips and dry ! for. half an hour, then cook io the | soup ten to fifteen minutes. « Tomato and Pepper Salad. : Secald the tomatoes, peel and cut in | halves, Place on a lettnce leaf cur | side up. Scoop out some of the pulp and piace four or five aspasagus tips | In the center of ench tomato. Cut | rings from peppers and adinst for’ Southern Steak. Roll beef or veal In seasoned flour and fry In a little butter until brown cover with milk and bake until the niflk ts absorbed. Cover the pau while baking. (F) 1920, Western Newspaper Union) sss, Pesssmanisamsssis ~MILITANT-MARY ~ ro AS AN AIS EALTH IN WEST Canadian Farmers Confident of / Record Grain Crop. Boston Banker, Returning From Trip Through the Country, Telis of Rich Yields of Great Northwestern Wheat Fields. A Poston banker, desiring to. re- cuperate from a season of strenuous work, did what most bankers or should do, took a holiday, from the confines of the city Ul Canada wis In his mind, He would make the trip, learn something of the country, breathe of its ozone and return ex. hilarated both In mind sand body. On his return a few dave ago, he told the reporter of the Wall Street Journal of the richness of the vast flelds of én groin that he saw through the Canadian ¥ he broke his jour Canadian Rockies Jong enon an help It, as from the car t soe do, AWAY fe goid- on his trip x? ent, Doubts lews ney into the 1 to make could Were inspection of them to he miles ranged the or Ir gonaen BLOOKS Away ba rst row upon row horizon? He got £8 tn is have done buck to the H usinsm over } with § its, Canada for a chased Canada has never known in Crome fail ahonl : the country ich There are districts zg ® » partial have been. but sideration he giver the that wi n the prese » is from sever length by oR In — a ee -. 2 breadth arkahle great deal of gt proport 31 fre POI Wit or attention developin pment of this Indust sn adaptable to the count federal Advertisement. nnd provincial governn Where She Erred. Miss Gerty Gad called tartly the new mi and sald “If you don’t improve, Maria have to dispense with your ser “But 1 Maria “Yesterday afternoon you a fri { mine.” “Why, 1 never even— “When Mr. Gumson with his golf g. ammed the door “Was that a gotfbag be had?” “Yes” “I'm sorry, miss, but d was an umbrella mender” do my hest” ww called for me he said you in his face.” inh thought he “Eatonic, in Four Days Did Me $20 Worth of Good” So writes Mr. Edward W. Bragg of Mecca, Ind. who suffered . from stomach troubles for a long time but eatonlec a test. It quickly removed appeared. Of course, when the cause must get well, Eatonle is quick, sure and safe, and the lasting benefits come in pew strength, life and pep. Your druggist will supply you with entonie at a trifling cost and every all ing person should get it today. Adv, Hard to Tell. “Why do women cry at a wedding?” “I don't know. I can't make up my mind If it's the bride or the groom they are sorry for" Thinking over our own faults makes us talk less about those of other peo- ple. y . UR ght > bi 8 ~ Keepour BXes
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