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
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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.)
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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
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Before he became famous in motion
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For Meditation
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By LEONARD A. BARRETT
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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?
(3 1920, Western Newspaper Union.)
eration manent elimin
ymic methods,
claimed that it won 1d be
Carry
metals
on war without
and minerals,
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rH ine ‘
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spoonful
The Usual Winner
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upon
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he digestive
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