Hancock seated. Behind them, The President and Genera! Gen. William Sherman, Gen. Thomas Phil Sheridan, Lincoln’s Struggle For an Education The temperament of a student and cogtinuous and hard persopal study made Lincoln an educated man, but his actual schooling was very meager. He went to school, altogether, for than a vear, Albert J. Beveridge tells us in his “Abraham Lincoln, 1800- 1808." The time was divided schools. The first were in Kentucky, Thomas Lincoln and his family were living In a Knob creek. Sometime during sojourn of the Lincoln famil creek a cinity by . i Catholic, less among several where cabin on the y on Knob was opened in the vi. Zachariah Riney, a and Sarah accompanied by her little brother went to this sch for a few weeks. Later, another school, taught by Caleb Haz vas attended by the Lincoln chi an even briefer period. . . . ‘It that place (Knob creel Hayeraft to Hern don, ng Abraham commenced trudg to Caleb Haze iinted and spe ii *a ng schoo! one ool one \ dren from writes his way to school tog whom I was could perhaps teach and indifferent wr iy perhaps rould cipher to the rule of three, but he had no othe ualification of a teacher except large size and bodily strength to thrash that came to his school.” Schonti~g in Indiana, well acqus iting, boy or youth Che where the leat schooling was in family had moved, empt to better fortune which ways been bad. “When th enough children in lement to justify the starting school, An- drew Crawford epened one in a cabin of unhewn logs, two or three mil the hut of Thomas L others of the time It was a suhscrip tion Bihool, the his Say in skins or farm produce, far more valuable than the ‘wil which then was the The went to Andrew CO during the school was held with hue gncheons and i made by leaving Indiana, in an at had al- ere were the sett of a oR from incoln. Like all or teacher taking d-cat’ paper form of Lincoln children only money. rawford's school for INIS INTO u while winter in ‘a rude out a | often keep Zz. reading, writ on th je admit the covered with greased out the wind.’ ing and ‘eiphering to single «+ no further’ were taught in the hazard manner of the period and re gion. It was a ‘blab’ or hool.’ the children studying vocally, Punish- ment was administered by whipping or making the child wear the ‘dunce cap.’ ‘When we went to Crawford he tried to learn us manners,” relates Nathan fel Grigsby, showing the pupils how fo enter a room, the formalities of In- troduction and the like, . . . jut the teacher gave up after one season, it appears, as frontier school promot: ers sometimes did. Thereafter An drew Crawford disappears from the chronicles of Pigeon Creek pedagogy. Lincoln was then in his tenth year urd he did not again go to schoo! un- tit he was about fourteen or fifteen What he learned from Crawford we do not know; a little simple reading, sidle to light, paper to Spellin . rule O03 s 3 Tf Lap oud s« perhaps, and how to form words with a quill pen—certainly not could not write or five years later.” Few School Books. Lincoln's last school was also at the Indiana settlement. “A year or two after the coming of Sarah Lincoln (the stepmother), another school, about four miles away, started by Azel W. Dorsey, It was exactly like that of Andrew Crawford except that Dorsey did not try to “learn wanners' to the children. Abraham went to this school for a short time, The school books from which the teaclier gave out his lessons were the Webster's, or Dilworth's spelling book, Plke's arithmetic and a song It was at Dorsey's school that he per- fected that clear, distinct chirography, so like that of Washington and Jeffer- son: and here, too, he with that accuracy tradit all the writing much well more, until since he four Wis one Bible, learned to spell to be. borhood. fami! which was come a ion In the neight for the more im s the fact 1 ease at d flu So ended the edi far a short 1826 at Lincoln in and broker similar S ndance taught thie weeney, ! longer they ‘co he wen Only Bare Walls Left of House of Tragedy Ford's the Washington, Is direct! the street from the little brick house which Lincoln This house the fa Oldroyd col lection of Lincoln relics which the federal ment purchased at £50.00 ter, at LOPONS contains mous govern a cost of The Yates bill pro vides for the trans fer of these bits te the remodeled the ater, Only the shell of remains. The bal stage were removed many years ago, and it is pow prop erly a dusty rellc of history. Row upon row of files filled with mysteri. ous government charts about patents and other matter that have accumu lated through the years are here, the theater now conics, seats and The leading rule for man is diligence, Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be dose today. Never let your work fall beh nd. Lincoln, Faith in Almighty satisfied that when the Al wants me to do or not to de I am mighty any of letting me know it.—Lincoln, ABOUT . BLACK PIG’S PARTY I'TTLE BLACK SQUEALER cided he would have a party. “Will you come, squeal, squeal?’ he asked Miss Ham, “Thank you, grunt, grunt,” Miss Ham. “I'l be pleased.” “Will yon come, Grandfather Porky Pig, squeal, squeal?’ he asked, “Ah, ves, grunt, grunt,” sald Grand- father Porky, “your dear old grand- father will do you the great honor of de- sald “Will you come, asked Little Black Pink Pilg and Master Pink of his father “Squeal, squeal, grunt, grunt,” they all sald, “we will come with pleasure. squeal, Squealer squeal?” of Mrs. Pilg and . Z wnrang We Name a Date for You?™ Asked Grandfather Porky. “We will be with you, and you can as people say.” “Will come, Sir Benjamin Bacon ™ “Grunt, you grunt, sald You come, I accept your kind Sir Benjamin. Sir Percival? Squealer asked. il come” sald yes, 1 will invitation™ “Will Hack "yw Pork. “Yes, ort gran “Will Little squeal, Lit Per come, grunt, Sir ival you come, Brother Bacon? Black Squealer asked. will you Brother Bacon sald: “With delight, oe jueal, come?" twisted his tall, and with deligh delight.” come, grunt, with Will you San wage?’ “Indeed 1 will, ny Sausage, And Pinky Pig. how about *I'm pig gentleman when {it comes to a pig party.” he answered ut.” said Miss Ham, “when Is the my Sa grunt, your CENTRE HALL. party to take place? I'd like to know.” “Oh, yes, Little Bluck Squealer, when are you going to have your party?" asked Grandfather Porky Pig “You forgot to tell us the date,” sald Mrs. Pink Pig “You didn't mention Master Pink Pig. “We must know,” Pig's mother, “I hope It is to be soon,” Jamin Bacon. “That would be pleasant,” Percival Pork. “When Is the big asked Brother Bacon “Yes, when Is the off 7" asked Sammy “1 must keep the day go to market that day Pig's mother, and Pinky “I'l come and bring my tle appetite, But when Is of your party?” “Well,” he sald, “1 decided 1 would bave a party. But 1 haven't just when my party would t “Bur that is the most all the pigs sald “Of course it Is the most Important,” eald Little Black Squealer. “Shall we name a date for you? asked Grandfather Porky. “lI think it would be nice to have it soon, then all the other pigs should return your hospitality save myself “wor an old grandfather is doing enough of an honor to come to functions.” “Well, 1 thought of having sou all name the day for me,” sald Little Squealer, that,” sald sald Master Pink said Ben sald Sir event party to come Sausage, free and not sald Pinky Pig said: merry lt the date decided uke place. important,” arming ~~] these Hack “1 thought name the day wh for all of you to bring the food. thought It would be one where everyone entered into the spirit of the thin E. brought something--a regu in other words “But I'll be the plenie party, an part of the “Why, the very Ham, * going t the party.” And she wal { 3 you couid all ich would be convenient and euch lar picnic the chief one WE d off. rd of such nerve,” y Sausage. ‘Never have | hea 81 Samm aid “Well, he can't sort of a thing with us” “The chile ed Grand ted of looked of his And “Of all the Everyone hs nerve 1d walke was off, the party Loo NSquealers the pen. How It Started By JEAN NEWTON 0000000000000 0000L SCISSORS cur FRIENDSHIP "LL. give you a cent for them, or they'll cut our friendship” said the recipient of a palr of exquisite gold embroidery scissors. For It Is written or rather cut into the pages of super. stition that a gift of knife or scissors cutteth in twain the love or friendship between him that giveth and him that receiveth! Such a gift was once as popular as it is now taboo! For among the mid dle classes during the reign of Eliz abeth In England, a pair of scissors was 8 common, we might almost say the staple for wedding gifis! As the modern bridal couple receives vases and candle sticks, those who ventured then Into the bonds of matrimony were bombarded with scissors! Let us hope they were good dodgers. The purpose of this gift was to arm the prospective husband and wife with a weapon for severing the knot, should it become painful. In the language of the day: Fortune doth to you, To cut the thread of love If It be untrue. (Copyright) give these palre of knives (® by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) amma) Perhaps He Didn't Dare To Mrs. Jabbs-<Mr., Van Shrimp says be has never found an imperfection in his wife. Mr. Jabbs—Well-—er-she hans dared him to, 1 suppose~New Bedford Sandard, (THE WHY of SUPERSTITIONS By H. IRVING KI NG MAGPIES one magpie is not so bad, may expect no good time thereafter To some Te! SEE though you fuck for some see two magpies is a sign that enterprise you are engaged in is iy to have an unfortunate ending, or at least that its success will hang a jong time in the balance. Three mag ples seen together is a most unfavor able omen, This is a common superstition in northern Europe, Including the Brit ish Isles. and in this country Sailors on shore have gloomy forbodings when they see three magples Sir Walter Scott tells of a seaman who said to him, *1 never saw three magpies but twice, One of those times 1 nearly lost my vessel and the other time | fell off my horse and was badly hurt All the world knows that one magpie is bad, two are worse and three the very devil” Our superstition in this country re garding magpies is an inheritance from German and Seandinavian folk. fore. In the days when witches flour. ished they were accustomed to hold high carnival on Walpurgis night— the night before the first of May and at that time the said witches used to transform themselves into magples and-—according to the Sean dinavian mythology-—fly to Blakulle to consult the devil, In fact these birds are suspected of having rela. tions with the Spirit of Evil at other times and today when the magples molt, the Swedish peasants will say that they have been to Blakulle to help the devil get In his hay and his yoke has worn the feathers off their necks, Much water has passed over the dam since the magpies flew to Bla. kulle: of the thousands who view the omen of three magplies askance how many ever heard of the place of the legend? Yet this most reprehensible custom of the birds In the dim days of old has given them an evil reputa- tion which, apparently, they will never be able to shake off, (5 by McClure Newhnapar Byndicate.) - mt Of to a Bad Start When a child grows ap without an appreciation of the connection between work and money, he frequently catches that deadly fover, the desire for quick returns. Woman's Home Companion. like Ronald Colman GRP LUPUVBNE NBR Before he became famous in motion pictures, Ronald Colman had much stage experience. He was born at Richmond, Surrey, England. His first experience was in amateur theatricals during his school days. His motion picture work has been much to his credit as a star. “Raffles” was Col. man's third all talking pleture, waiver] Youn - IDOCTBOOBOOOODO0D SOOBBOL0s For Meditation 000000 By LEONARD A. BARRETT G00G000000000000000000000D THE ECONOMIC APPEAL suggestions have heen mac N ANY + for the attainment of Iinterua- tional peace. A wiarless condition world is an wished for just how to now men the ideal devoutly But ideal Is a by every person. realize that question receiving astute consideration by who hold responsible positions in business and political worl: Organized eflor of international peac might be di- three {wo sinment ippeal is Joubtliess he ( important ind ective, It oeks through intary ‘Ani z reate vol- peace or- ations to “a will to through cul- tivating public in favor of peace. That pub inion very vital factor, no Such organizations, inattached to any political party, are free from governmental control. he endeavors through docu ete, to agreements with Many of these take the igreements to reduce the size of the navy and war The third effort lz comparatively new t is the Econcmic appeal. The international Chamber of Commerce before it for serious consid the per war through econ peace” L. A Barrett is a ill deny. legislative appeal compacts, official ments, enter into peace other nations form of materials, has now ation of it is impossible to the use of basie such as steel, nickel, mercury, ete. The argument is that those In control of the arkets for these things should agree together that any use of them for other than industrial purposes would constitute a violation of trust, and at no time should they be sold for war purposes. Mercury for instance is indispensable in warfare. If the sale of mercury could be so controlled as to make it unattainable for war purposes, the re. sult wonld be self evident, The same may be said of iron ore, coal and other raw materials. May we not expect a very valuable contribution to be made through the Economic appeal for the abolishing of war? 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