2 WAS born in a oneroom
cabin In the backwoods of
Kentucky, and died In a
tiny bedroom in a boarding
house at the nation’s Cap-
ital, while President of the
United States,
He never had I-told
more than a year's school-
ing In the most elementary subjects,
yet he lived to write smpeccable Eng
lish, and to be judged by learned pro-
fessors as master of purest literary
style,
He grew up far removed from cul
tural influences and the niceties of ro
lite society, yet wooed and won in
marriage a Kentucky aristocrat, a so
ciety belle, and an accomplished lin
guist, Miss Mary Todd.
He never had the heart to kill any
Hving thing, looked with disfavor on
fire arms, but became by virtue of his
high office, the commander-in-chief of
the Union forces In a war which re
suited half a mi n slain.
He was smooth shaven for fifty-one
of his and grew a beard
the winter before his inauguration. In
good-natured compliance with the sug-
gestion of a little gir] who thought the
change might Improve his looks,
or
in
$17
y-8ix years,
Nn varaecions read ns Mn
bay and young man, borrowing many
a treasured volume, but he never
owned a library of as many as a hun-
dred volumes, excluding his law
books,
He did not unite with a church.
thongh he was a frequent attender
sometimes called a “free thinker,” he
He Was a Voracious Reader,
was unusually familiar with the Bible
and during his Presidency, on kis own
confession was a praying man.
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He was often of a melancholy mood,
subject to seasons of gloom and grief,
yet was as often buoyant, laughing
heartily over a good joke and told
droll stories inimitably.
He loved greatly all children, and
was most indulgent with his own, per-
mitting “Tad” to make a play room of
his office in the White House.
He never could wear gloves with
ease; formal society functions hored
him, and at his first inauguration he
was puzzled as to the disposal of his
gold-headed cane and high hat—until
his , great protagonist, Stephen A.
Douglas, came to his relief,
He wrote a neat hand, devised clear
and uninvolved sentences, avoided big
words, never padded his speeches, was
frequently laconic and pointedly brief,
He was fond of poetry, wrote verses
of a somber or pathetic appeal, as for
example, “The Last Leaf” and “0
Why Should the Spirit of Mortal be
Proud?”
He observed the faults and foibles
of his friends and associntes, hut sel
dom commented upon their shorteom.
for a notable in-
Herndon and his
in public or private;
stance—Willilam H.
intemperate habits.
He revered George Washington, ad-
mired Thomas Jefferson, at time
idolized Henry Clay, read with avidity
the speeches of Daniel Webster.
He numbered among his friends an
unusually large company of ministers
of the Gospel, yet when he ran for
President, only three of the twenty-odd
ministers in Springfield voted for him.
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oue
He loved to
thout the stove
winter
listen
hood,
tickled
sit with the
in the village store on
crack Jokes and
gossip the neighbor
istrel shows, was
“boys™
evenings,
to the
delighted in ni
by the antics of clowns and
lians, thought a traveling clrcus
as great fun.
had one
of
of the best “forgetter.
of all our public men, thus he
rgot” the shabby treatment he re
ceived at the hands of Edwin M. Stan
ton in Cincinnati, 1855, and appointed
him secretary of war in his cabinet,
He was Indifferent as to his per
sonal attire, yet was distinctive in his
of a high tapped hat, long tallied
coat, and a black bow tie, worn around
a low turned-down eollar,
He was In life merci
treacherously misrepresented,
maligned, and basely
in death he was all but dei
He was scrupulously honest,
and patient beyond
mortals, magnanimous and just,
giving, and a stranger to hate
He was not & demignd, but very
man; he made mistakes and profited
by them: lover of his kind
and made generous allowance for the
imperfections of humanity, and be
canse of these all too rare virtues
“Now he belongs to the ages." —De
troit News,
choice
ized,
eruelly
and
lessly critic
slandered,
fled
led,
long
suffering. most
for-
hn
he was n
Abraham Lincoln Always
Of, By and For the People
“8n long as is a man willing
to work, but unable to find employ-
ment, the hours of labor are too long.”
there
above are not
of a modern-day economist;
The words quoted
»ose
one who long ago had his finger on
the pulse of American affairs. He
came from the people and rose to high
and esteem by mere force of
character and indomitable will He
was more self-educnted than learned.
He held no degree from a great oni
versity ; he discovered no new planets:
he flew no oceans: he amassed no
collogal fortune. Yet he did, at a time
estate
rare In history, stand firmn for his con-
victions, Class meant little to him
beyond a division set aside for self-
centered ends, He was of, by and
for the people.
He had visions, yet was not vision
ary. His Judgment may not have been
Infallible, yet it was based on logie
and foresight, His work was ardn-
ous, yet he never turned aside, Hard
choice later.
to heights never dreamed of. Out-
wardly uncouth, perhaps, but polished
as the finest steel beneath, Rough at
to those In distress, he who spoke the
words quoted saw far into the future
and the thought eame from the heart.
He was the workers’ friend.
He is so still. As long as the world
exists, down through the ages will re
verberate Abraham Lincoln's forceful
words of consolation and encourage
ment to all who earn a livelihood by
the sweat of the brow. The world
many never see his like again, but his
memory will never perish,
Stand with anybody that stands right.
Stand with him while he is right ard part
with him when he goes wrong. Lincoln.
BASS,
Slaves Freed January 1, 1863
The proclamation of emancipation,
which freed all the negro slnves, wus
proclaimed by Lincoln, September 22,
1842, and became effective January 1,
.
7 LINCOLN
By MINNA IRVING
BEACON on the mountain height
Where Freedom waves her ban-
ner bright,
A clear, serene and steady light.
A hand that reaches from the dust
And writes for us in God to trust,
And be both merciful and just.
A soul that lives to cheer and bless
The student in his loneliness
And point the pathway to success.
A spirit humble, yet divine,
That poured its essence superfine
Unstintedly at Freedom's shrine.
broad humanity to all,
love embracing great and small,
sword, a flame, a bugle call
heart of faith inviolate,
voice immortal in debate,
lighthouse to the ship of state,
name undimmed as years go by,
glory that will never die,
star eternal in the sky.
For Lincoln and his memory.
-—N. Y. Herald.
Mary Todd Lincoln,
Wife of Emancipator
This newly discovered portralt study
of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abra
linm Lincoln, Is the work of Daniel
Huntington and constitutes a distinct
contribution 8 Lincoln
lana the daughter of
Iohert 1s horn In 1518
at Lexington, Ky. and died In
seventeen years after the
tion of the President,
to the nation
Mrs. Lincoln,
Smith Todd, =
1882,
ARKN88ina
Fort Stevens, Where
Lincoln Saw Battle
In Georgian avenue, near Walter
Reed hospital and not many miles
from the White House, is a small but
neatly kept cemetery it is a grim
reminder of the trying period during
the Civil war when the Confederates
were almost in sight of the Capitol.
Fort Stevens Cemetery.
Here rest 40 soldiers who fell In the
Stevens on that ocea-
Fort Stevens, which stood not
far from this cemetery, was one of the
thrown up chain of amall forts
which encircled the city. It was the
only one of the local forts that fig-
ured in a battle during the War of the
Rebellion. It was here that President
Lincoln exposed himself to fire to
He exercised
his prerogative ag commander-in-chief
of the army to do so after General
Wright ordered him to retire from
danger.
LINCOLN'S IDEA ON
HOLDING PROPERTY
ROPERTY is the fruit of labor.
Property is desirable, It is a
positive good to the world, That
some should be rick shows that
others may become rich, and
hence is just encouragement to
industry and enterprise. Let not
him who is houseless pull down
the house of another, but let him
work diligently and build one for
himself, thus by example assuring
that his own shall be safe from
violence when built.—Abraham
Lineoln,
Improperly Fitted
Collars on Horses
Harness Too Tight Stops
Normal Breathing.
By R H REED, Department of Agricul.
tural Engineering, University of
IHinois—-WNU Service,
How long can a horse hold its
breath?
The question isn't as pointless and
useless as it would seem at first
With the improperly fitted col
lars now used on far too many horses,
explained.
ted at nu-
Con-
demonstra
pul
gervice
This has been
and
extension
horse mule ling
which the
the auricultural college
the state to det
size, type, soundness,
ing, driving,
what relat
litlon, train-
and style and fit
ermine
Con
shoeing
ability of horses.
When a team which Is
collurs which are too tight
at a load which is lighter, not heavier,
than its real ability, the dynamometer
is pulled about the sar
of the three trials at
load, If a which
manner is observed ¢ , It becomes
evident that the collars he ave hindered
or stopped normal breathing, and that
pulled as long as they
ir breath,
gts ©
the tear
fitted with
distance each
the particular
team pulls in this
lose
the horses have
could hold the
At
have examined
that as many of four
were equipped wit rs which pre
vented the horses from pulling to the
best advantage,
The
team
load e
null
pul
some mpetent
men
18 and found
conte
As three out
hn collin
harnessed
to pull a
4 shitite wil}
its ability will
average
which Is
properly
attempting
ven greater than
the dynamometer a shorter dis
» trials
nsidered
This
that
ust be expend
vhen it
if energy
: the
Packing in L ard Cool
Way to Keep Sausage
To keot
(ire metho
gs follows:
iar
wh
oven (IX)
alf hours
crocks,
1
i"
t twoquanrt
hg meat d«
nd solidi.
flex ! hie8 thick,
add a little hot lard This
gterilizes the cot ooks the meat
for seal
tor
top
if the fa
method
and renders some
ing Migs
sausage
» lard
Chile autions that
1 be ghly enoked.
interesting © for
shoule
Same sansnge,
snrzested hy Miss ‘hild, Include:
B aked squash stuffed with
or green peppers Ted with
with sausage,
by placing the
King dish, cov
pota and
or until the
are tl! ighly
sausage,
Kan
sage, cottage
or
Cottage ple is
cooked san
ering It
brow ning
sage ir
with
in
and
i toes
the oven,
usage OTOL
heated,
potato
atch Growing Pigs
to pigs suffer from a
protein and minerals in their rations
than is generally realized. Thid wonid
not be the case If more attention were
paid to their feed, A pig that is self.
fed—and all pigs intended for the mar.
ket should be self-fed—a ration of
corn or other farm grains, supplement.
ed with a mixture of tankage, soybean
meal and linseed or cottonseed
meal, and given free access to salt and
a simple mineral mixture, will not
suffer from mineral deficiencies,
Where skimmilk and huttermilk Is
available for supplementing the farm
grown grains, consider that two gal
oll
content to one pound of the usnal
trinity protein mixture,
for balancing a grain ration,
very high nutritive value, but never
forget that milk carries only 13 per
of solid matter, — Wallaces'
Should Keep Books
For those who shy at the idea of
keeping books on the entire farm busi-
to check the income and outgo
on the malin farm enterprise, such as
hog raising. One of the main essen
tinls Is a scale, although this 1s not ab
solutely necessary. Keep track of
number of bushels of feed put into
for purchased feed.—Wallaces' Farmer,
Agricultural Notes
The amount of flour from a bushel
of wheat is enough to make from 48
to 57 one-pound loaves of bread,
. * =»
The average farm family accumu.
Intes more wenlth and lives longer
than does the average city family.
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New York city used a greater bulk
of vegetables than of any other food
Inst year, or 220808 carloads of vege
tables compared to 148.318 carloads of
milk.
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It Is related of one of the
lustrious German
whenever he entered the
sick person, he sniffed the
that he detected the
fliness infallibly by this me
The fineness of the sense
mechanical
among the
haps the
residents of eit
growth of the toba
Yet we must
sense of smell
granted to few,
cians are as highly
respect as are
These can tell by the |
their mas
are,
It seems
adinit,
in its
Not
100,
mar
some breeds
{ers now
well es
1 the fret that
ter is going to dle, This is
dog Cin sn
f ysteriously
masters,
There ig the cnge of a
#] a mat
and before
OW ni
her,
net
many days
the measles. ‘When she recovered,
the monkey returned,
Bome men have the scent of a
hound. They can tell merely by
smelling an overcoat in the hall, who
has come for a visit—C, G. von
Maasen, in the Deutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung (Berlin).
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iy physi-
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