Tfie Ball Players.
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The quickest cleaner lor a sticky
i The Birthplace of Lincoln
7
No Other American Fsrm Srve Mount
Vernon Hit Produced Such t Wonder
ful Crop of Patriotism 0000
, By HORATIO BLISS
Copyright. 1909, by American Pratt AMoeittlon
em
1WO miles froit
Hodgenvlllo, Ky..
Is a one bundrcO
and ton anrr
farm tbnt nil.se;
little except pa
triotism. Tbt
cropu on It lire
for the mosl
part stunted
have 11 dlseour
need appearance
Perhaps this de
Jectlun c o 111 e f
from d o d k 1 11 s
about to nil si
the rocks or from
trying to And
fertility In the
soil, n hopelesi
task. Whutevei
the cn use, the
fact remains that
mncolr in 1802. the latest tenant
was unable to make enough from thr
place to meet the taxes, Just as tht
earllost one of record, a certain farmer
carpenter of the name of Thomas Lin
coin, failed' to get enough out of th
barren acres to pay for them.
YeV this atony, unproductive spot ol
earth la now one of the world'
ehrlnea. On Feb. 12 presidents, gov
ernors, Judges, cardinals and cabinet
ministers foregather there to orate unc
dedicate these rocks and sterile sol.
patches to the people for all the dnyf
to come. On one of the bills a white
memorial hall patterned after a GreeL
temple will likewise be consecrntee
and loft as a Mecca for future genera
tlons. Tho temple Incloses nn old on
room log cabin, with a stick chimney
ono door, oue window mid no floor nl
all. In this cnbln was born a mm.
child whom the world has taken to lti
heart Abraham Lincoln, war president
and liberator, mnn of meekness nnc
mercy, Htruugo compound of sorrow
MltS. LINCOLN IN 18lil.
und of laughter. He, the bube tlisti
came hero of parents poor ami almost
illiterate, Is the reason for the temple
for the crowds nnd for the oratory
He Is likewise the reason for the na
tlon exlstlug nt all In Its present form
So these humble acres are not all un
productive, even though they caiino'.
grow crops, for they brought forth
great soul to lead a people from bond
uge and to place bofore men's eyes
type of charity and forbearance tha
will make us all tenderer and bettoi
for having seen.
The Lincoln farm, after passing oil'
of the ownership of Thomas Lincoln
belonged for many years to n fnmllj
of the nnmeof Creal, after which I
was bought ly n New York capitalist
u Air. Dennett, who made some iiu
provciuents on It with the Idea o
changing It Into u uatloual purl;. Thin
was ubnndoned, however, because n
business reverses. The farm lieciiiti'
tied up In the litigation of the Dun
nctt estate and for years was neglect
etl. At hist It was sold at public auc
tion by the authorities of Larue coun
ty, Ky., when It was purchased i,
Itlchard Lloyd Jones as u rcpresentit
tlvc of Itobert J. Collier. A Llucoli.
farm association was formed, wltl
Governor Folk of Missouri at Its lieu '
nnd various distinguished men on Its
directorate. To this body Mr. Collliu
turned over the farm, popular sub
scrlptlous were raised, a nicmorta
building was erected, and other tin
provenientH were made. As a result
tho Lincoln birthplace farm on 1-Yli
12 will bo opened to the public as a
national park. From a scenic aspect
it Is a beautiful spot. Near to the
plaza frontlug the memorial building
is tho famous rock spring, and not fat
distant 1h a picturesque creek, on the
banks of which tho hoy Lincoln play
ed. In addition to the dedication of the
larm, a statue or Lincoln win no un
rolled in Ilodgouvlllo. More Important
still, It is now practically cortaln that
some form of memorial will bo erected
at Washington, a step that should
have been taken long ago.
Everything conneotod with Abra
ham Lincoln is held precious by tho
American j jople. His birthplace and
hie tomb, hie acta and his words, the
people with whom he associated, all
are object 'if a popular interest such
aa has been aroused by few men in
ib history of hatiou. Compared
with Lincoln's simple greatness most
of the ohkrac tere grouped' around him
offer by contrast This la true even
yVmiimfj. FeroMlMJttat Jus-
tlce has never been done Mrs. Lincoln.
She was not without a prophetic qual
ity In divining her husband's fill tiro
eminence, sho had spiritual Insight,
she suffered many sorrows, and de
spite her difference from Mr. Lincoln
In temperament and Inherited tnnnnent
and beliefs sho was loyal to him
throughout.
One other character has been mini
mised much in the same way William
H. Bewurd, Lincoln's chief conipctltoi
for the presidential nomination and
afterward his socrotary of state. Ono
thing that can be said for Seward I
that he was man enough to acknowl
edge Lincoln's greatness when he saw
it He refused to plot against hit
chief, as did some of his fellow mem
bers of the cabinet. He was a wise
counselor and unselfish statesman. He
had enough foresight to buy Alaska
when the publte scoffed at him for the
act Tho truth about Seward Is that
he was of a very high type, but not
withstanding his height was over
shadowed. Mr. Lincoln's life falls Into twe
great divisions that preceding there
peal of the Missouri compromise and
the formation of the "Republican par
ty and that following these twin
events. His one term in congress was
the last Important public service in
the first period. Following this were
five or six years of law with little 01
no politics. In congress Lincoln bad
gained a reputation as a story tellei
and wit, had made one or two cam
paign speeches, had Introduced a
measure to abolish slavery In the Dis
trict of Columbia nnd had refused tc
say that the Mexican war was right
eous. Following his term he had ap
plied for the ofllco of land commission
er, to which he had not been appoint
ed, and bad been offered the governor
ship of Oregon, which he declined. Ir
1860 he refused another nomination
to congress and In 1852 delivered a
eulogy on Henry Glay. It was In 18iH
that he really re-entered politics, be
ing stirred thereto by the repeal ol
the 'Missouri compromise. That yeni
he was elected to the legislature, bill
refused to serve. He was also a can
didate for United States senator, com
Ing within n few votes of winning
With rare unselfishness he threw nl!
his strength to Lyman Trumbull and
elected him. For Lincoln to go tc
Trumbull, who had but n handful ol
supporters, was like the tall wngglnp
the dog, but It 'prevented the election
of a proslnvery mnn.
'in 1850 Mr. Lincoln participated In
the formation of the Republican party
making h.s great "lost speech" al
Bloonilngton. Ho also received 11C
votes for vice president in the Repub
lican natlonnl convention nnd ran foi
elector on the Fremont ticket. Twc
years Inter came his great debates
with Douglas, which were held at Ot
tawn, Freeport, Jonesboro, Charleston.
Gnlesliurg, Qnlncy and Alton. As n
result lie had n popular majority, but
was beaten by holdover senators and
a gerrymander.
Following the struggle with Doug
las Mr. Lincoln inudo speeches in Ohio
Kansas, New England and the famous
address In Cooper Union, New York
Early In 1800 the Illinois state conven
tion Instructed for hlra for president
und in the national convention thai
met at Chicago, May 10-10, ho was
nominated on the third ballot. In the
following cnmpalgn Mr. Lincoln re
mained nt home and declined to maki
speeches. The Democratic party splil
on slavery, which made his election
possible. Following the aiinouiieuiiieii!
of the result ninny of the southern
states seceded, but the president elect
refused to be drawn Into any public
utterance as to his policy. On Feb. 11
1801, ho started to Washington, mak
ing a few short addresses on the way
and secretly passing through Haiti
more because of minors of possible
An Appreciation of Lincoln
COPYRIGHT, 1009. BY ROBERTUS LOV1
S0MEWHAE down thar round Hodgenvillo, Kaintabky,
Or tharabouts, a hundred year ago,
Was born a boy ye wouldn' thought was lucky;
Looked like he never wonldn' have a show.
But I don' know.
That boy was started middlin' well, I'm thinkin.
His name? W'y, it was Abraham Abe Lincoln.
P0EE whites his folks was! Yes, aa pore as any.
Them pioneers, they wa'n't no plutocrats;
Belonged right down among the humble many,
And no more property than dogs or oats. .'
But maybe that's
As good a way as any for a startin'.
Abe Lincoln, he riz middlin' high, for sartinl
SOMEHOW I've always had a sort o' snealdn'
Idee that peddygrees is purty much
Like monkeys' tails so long they're apt to weaken
The yap that drags 'em round. Ho use for iuobI
But beats the Dutoh
How now and then a lad like Little Aby
Grows up a president or guvnor, maybe.
WILLIAM n, BBwxnn.
assassination. After his inauguration
his history became that of tho country
lu nor rnotft gigantic strugglo. Tho su
nruae events of his administration as
they affect bis fume-woro the Issuance
of tbo emancipation proclamation on
Bopt. 22, 1802, and its official promul
gatlon on the 1st of January following,
vlcksburg and Gettysburg on July
1-4, 1803; the Gettysburg address on
Nov, 10, 18081 the second election to
the-jpresideney and second inaugural,
and the assassination on April 14,
1MB, five days after Appomattox.
j
$ ' ' A, BE LINCOLN never had no reg'lar schoolin' ;
JLJ He never quarterbacked nor pulled stroke oar,
t Nor never spent his time and money foolin'
-' With buried langwidges and ancient lore.
But Abe 1'arned more
To set him forrerd in the human film'
Than all the college fellers' kit and bilin.
ABE LINCOLN never did git hifalutin .
Not even thar in Washin'ton, D. C.
,v He jist kep' common, humble, ord'n'ry, suitin'
His backwoods corn patoh raisin' to a T.
But jiminy gee!
W'y, Abe was any statesman's peer and ekul
And wise as Solomon or old Ezekul.
I RECKON I'm a bit old fashioned, maybe,
But when I want a pattern for a man
I'm middlin' shore to measure Father Aby
And out to fit his homely human plan.
And long 's I can
I'm hootin' loud and rootin' proud, by huoky,
For that old boy from Hodgenville, Kaintuoky!
Ed Walsh, will be given a cbanco to
display his Idea of the national pas
time with the Chicago Americans next
spring.
Mr. Moudez, the Cuban pitcher, re
ported signed with Cincinnati, Is Bald
to be ns bind: as a coal scuttle. Now
some one will rise up nnd Insist on
drawing the color line.
Cleveland's Eastern league captures
don't look to amount to much. Barger
won thirteen nnd lost thirteen for Roch
ester, nnd Stanley won eleven nnd lost
twenty-one for Montreal.
Manager Joe Cnntlllon of the Wash
ington Americans says that whon the
Nationals meet the Detrolts lu a two
game series at San Antonio, Tex., he
will send Iturns nnd Johnson against
the league champions.
Cincinnati's new college pitcher, Tom
Cantwell, halls from Winchester, Vu..
nnd will not be of age until next year.
He weighs 200 pounds nnd Is six und
a half feet high. He Is now taking a
postgraduate course at Georgetown
university.
The Gettysburg Address
Remarks at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg,
November 10, 1863.
FOUESCORE and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon
this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated
to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great oivil war, testing whether that
nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedinatKA. nan inn
' " "J . vuuug,
We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedi
cate a portion of that field as a final resting plaoe for those who here
gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting
and proper that we should do this.
But in a larger sense we cannot dedioate, we cannot oonseorate,
wo cannot hallow, this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who
struggled here have consecrated it far above our power to add or de
tract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here
but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living,'
rather, to be dedloated here to ihe unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to
b here dedicated to ihe great task remaining before ns that from
these honored dead wb take increased devotion to that caeaa fev which
they gave the laat fall measure of aevetiaa; that m here highly re
wive that these lead than not have disi avail ; that Itkk uCer
Oed, shall have a new birth f fretfea, aal fflut jitmiwial if tho
ywBi, fcy tha jwepk art for tbe jafla Him aarth.
Snowless Lands.
Over two-thirds of the land surface
of the earth snow never falls.
bread or cake pan Is a crust of stale
bread.
A dish of water kept on the radiator
will Improve the nlr of a steam heated
room.
A scratch on polished furniture can
be almost obliterated by rubbing vig
orously with linseed oil.
Fringed dollies nrc kept in better
condition If the fringe Is brushed with
a small nail brush rather than with a
comb.
The darkest stain on mirror or win
dow pnne can generally be routed
with a flannel dipped In spirits of
camphor, nub until dry.
A good silence cloth for the dining
table enn be mnde with 'a double thick
ness of white flannel laid with the soft
side on the Inside nnd quilted on the
machine. "Edge with a binding of
white tape.
An Isle of Many Names.
The French island which was known
as Bourbon under the ancient reglmo
was named Reunion under the revolu
tion, He Bonaparte under the empire
and Bourbon under the restoration and
Is Reunion now.
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The Era of New Mixed Paints 1
This year opend with a deluge of new mixed paints. A con
dition brought about by our enterprising dealers somkiiid
of a mixef paint that would supplant CHILTON'S MIXED
PAINTS. Their compounds, being new and heavily advertised,
may find a sale with tne unwary.
Is JADWIN'S PHARMACY.
T here are reasons for the pre-eminence of CHILTON PAINTS:
1st No one can mix abetter mixed paint.
. 2d The painters declare that it works easily and has won
dorful covering qualities. . , . . . . .
8a Ohilton stands back oMt, and will agree to repaint, at ms
own expense, every surface painted with Ohilton rarao una
proves defective. . x, a-'ai..
4th Those -who have used it are perfectly Batiefted-withit,
and Tecofflmend its xm to others.