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the HatWe
On February 12, 100 years will
have passed since Abraham Lincoln,
considered by many the greatest fig
ure In American history, came Into
the world. It is an old story, the Hie
cl Abraham Lincoln, yet an ever fas
cinating one. To the younger gener
ation Abraham Lincoln has already
become a half mythical figure, which,
In the haze of historic distance, grows
to more and more heroic proportions,
hut also loses In distinctness of out
line and feature. This is indeed the
common lot of popular heroes. As
the state of society In which Abra
ham Lincoln grew up passes away,
the world will read with Increasing
wonder of the man, who, not only
of the humblest origin, but remain
ing the simplest and most unpretend
ing of citizens, .was raised to a posl-
HOUSE IN WHICH
It was situated in what
tlon of unprecedented power In our
history; who was the gentlest and
most peace loving of mortals, unable
to see any creature suffer without a
pang in his own heart, and suddenly
found himself called to conduct the
greatest and bloodiest of our wars;
and who, in bis heart the best friend
of the defeated South, was murdered
because a crazy fanatic took him for
Its most cruel enemy.
It is almost needless to rehearse
the events In the life of this Illus
trious hero. He was born in what
Is now La Rue County, Ky., on Feb
ruary 12, 1809, and all readers are
familiar with his early life in that
Statu and in Indiana and Illinois, his
career as a rail splitter, soldier in the
Black Hawk War, as student, store
keeper, postmaster, surveyor, lawyer
and statesman.
As time passes the character of
Lincoln becomes mellowed and al
most sanctified by the growing gen
eration, and it is interesting to record
the estimates placed upon him by as
sociates and those who had been
from time to time brought into per
sonal contact with the great Ameri
can. The tributes found below are
from men who had occasion to view
the character of Lincoln from various
standpoints, and it is notable that in
all these separate views of it, there
Is nothing that breaks the harmony
of the whole. From every side at
which we are called to look upon his
character we see something noble.
He is small nowhere.
A Wonder of History.
"Whether it was in the small
things or in the great things with
which he had to deal," said the Hon.
Henry L. Dawes, former United
States Senator from Massachusetts,
"he was equally matchless. And all
this was born in him. Neither edu
cation nor experience nor example
had anything to do with the produc
tion of this great central, controlling
force In the greatest of all the crises
that ever came upon the nation. He
grew wiser and broader and stronger
vas difficulties thickened and perils
multiplied, till the end found him
the wonder in our history."
From His Law Associate.
From Mr. Herndon, for twenty-five
Tears Mr. Lincoln's law partner:
"Mr. Lincoln was conscientious, Just,
truthful and honest, and hence
thought that every other person was
Just, truthful and honest; but in this
belief he was often sorely disappoint
ed." He had an Infinite fa'th trust
In the people, and in their instinct
of, and mental insight Into, the fun
damentals of government. He trust
ed the people and saw no creature
made purposely to rule them without
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gfreateet Bcfo,
their consent. As a politician and a
(statesman ho took no bteps in nd
vnnce of the great mass of our peo
ple. At times 1 thought that he was
timid, over-cautious; but In the end
he was right and I was wrong."
From an address delivered by Jos
eph H. Choate, before the Edinburgh
Philosophical Institution, November
13, 1900: "lie was born great, as
distinguished from those who achieve
greatness or have it thrust upon
them, and his Inherent capacity, men
tal, moral and physical, having been
recognized by the educational intelli
gence of a free people, they happily
chose him for their ruler In a day of
deadly peril."
A Man of True Greatness.
Hon. George E. Boutwell, ei-Sec-retary
of the Treasury: "His chief
-ess.
LINCOLN WAS DORN.
is now La Rue County, Ky.
title to enduring fame must rest upon
his service, his pre-eminent service,
in the causes of liberty and the
Union. It is not enough to say that
in his office as President the oppor
tunity came to him to save the Union
and to emancipate millions from
slavery. Another man as President
might have done as much; but Mr.
Lincoln so conducted affairs during
the period of war that no stain rests
upon him, so conducted affairs that
the nation is not called upon to make
explanations, nor to Invent apolo
gies." Hon. Thomas L. James, ex-Postmaster-General:
"Mr. Lincoln looked
forth upon the world, as we of to-day
realize, with almost Shakespeare's
eyes; and It was, perhaps, that great
er quality of his, that subtle capacity
to fathom the human heart, to under
stand its weakness and its capacities,
and so understanding to be guided
by them In his own direction of af
fairs, and in the discipline which
made it possible for him in great
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EASTMAN JOHNSON'S PASTEL, "THE BOY LINCOLN,"
Presented to Berea College by Mrs. Mary Billings French.
emergencies to stand forth as a man
of true greatness, which makes the
consideration of him as fresh, invig
orating and timely as it was. when
those great affairs of which he was
the master were occupying the coun
try's eye."
General Egbert L. Viele: Mr. Lin
coln was a man of the highest de
gree of self-culture, in so far as re
gards a knowledge of the most beau
tiful and sublime writings in the
English language. His memory was
photographic In character. He could
repeat from memory almost any pas
sage after he had read It once, and
nothing delighted him so much as to
sit down of an evening among bis im
mediate friends and repeat whole
stanzas' from Byron or Browning or
the plays of Shakespeare. Most of
the grand sublime passages In litera
ture were familiar to him. And yet,
so strong was his sense, of humor that
no ridiculous event or situation es
caped his notice."
Hon. John T. Morgan, United
States Senator from Alnbama, and an
ox-Confederate general: "The char
acter of Mr. Lincoln was clearly dis
played in his conduct of the war, but
ho was deprived of the opportunity
for jts full development in a period
of peace and security. His most con
spicuous virtue, as commanuer-ln-chlef
of the army and navy, was the
absence of a spirit of resentment, or
oppression, toward the enemy, and
the self-imposed restraint under
which he exercised the really abso
lute powers within his grasp. For
this all his countrymen revere his
memory, rejoice In the excellence of
his fame, and those who failed In the
great struggle hold him in grateful
esteem."
Carl Schurz: "There never has
been a President in Buch constant and
active contact with the public opin
ion of the country as there never has
been a Presldeut who, while at the
head of the Government, remained
so near to the people. Beyond the
circle of those who had long known
him, the feeling steadily grew that
the man in the White House was
'honest Abe Lincoln still, and that
every citizen might approach with
complaint, expostulation or advice,
without danger of meeting a rebuff
from powef-proud authority, or hu
miliating condescentton, and this
privilege was used by so many and
with such unsparing freedom that
only superhuman patience conld have
endured It all."
General Hhcrmnn's Tribute.
General Sherman: "Lincoln was
the purest, the most generous, the
most magnanimous of men. He will
hold a place in the world's history
loftier than that of any king or con
queror. It Is no wonder that the par
liaments of Europe, that the people
throughout the civilized world should
everywhere speak of him with rev
erence; for his work was ono of the
greatest labors a human Intellect ever
sustained. I have seen and heard
many of the famous orators of our
country, ' but Lincoln's unstudied
speeches surpassed all that I ever
heard. I have never seen them
equalled, or even imitated. It was
not scholarship; it was rhetoric it
was not elocution; it was the unaf
fected and spontaneous eloquence of
the heart. There was nothing of the
mountain torrent in his manner It
was rather the calm flow of the riv
er." Henry Watterson, at the recent
banquet of the Confederate veterans,
held at New York: "His was the
genius of common sense. Of yerfect
Intellectual aplomb, he sprang from
a Virginia pedigree, and was bom in
Kentucky. He knew all about the
South, its institutions, its traditions
and its peculiarities. From first to
last throughout the angry debates
preceding the war, amid all the pas
Eions of the war itself, not one vin
dictive, proscriptlve word fell from
his tongue or pen, whilst during its
progress there was scarcely a day
when he did not project his great per
sonality between some Southern man
or woman and danger. Yet the South
does not know, except as a kind of
hearsay, than this big brained, big
Si ,V . i?f I'-v
1 .
souled man was a friend, a friend at
court, when friends were mcst in
need, having the Will and tha nnwer
to rescue it from the wolves of bru
tality and rapine whom the history
of all wars tell us the lust of victory,
the very smell of battle, lures from
their hiding to prey upon the help
less, the dying and the dead."
From a public address by Ralph
Waldo Emerson: "He Is the true
history of the American people in his
time. Step by step he walked before
them; slow with their slowness,
quickening his march by theirs; the
true representative of tho continent;
an entirely public man; father of hlB
country, the pulse of twenty millions
throbbing in his heart, the thought of
their minds articulated ly hli
tongue."
14
Two Cakes.
A lot of Hour and sugar,
MoIuhhcs, rulslnfl, nilce;
A lot of ecss nnd butter,
And evcrythliiK thiit's nice)
A lot of tlix'sioma stlrrlnK
That isn't any fun;
An liour of careful baking
Ami Jlrldgut'8 iiika Is uune!
A llttlt) bit of water,
A Utile lilt of Band,
A little bit of patting
With n clever little hand;
Then put It In a saticer,
And Bet It In the mm,
And watch It JuHt a minute
And Annie's cuke 1b done!
Ellen Manty, in "Little Folks.'
8allor.
' Sailor is a little terrier, who is very
fond of play. He is not my dog, but
he is at my home most of the time.
I am very fond of him and he is of
me. Ho is very smart.
When I was going to a small school
near my home Sailor would always be
waiting for me somewhere near the
Bchool when I was dismissed noons
and nights.
I go to a larger school now, which
is some distance from homo. The chil
dren that go to the li'Jle school tell
me that Sailor Is very often seen wan
dering' around the grounds or Bonie
where near It (looking) at dismissal.
I think he Is looking for me. It
seems as though he does not under
stand that I go to another school, but.
perhaps sometime he will. Bertha
Jcanlsson in tho New York Tribune.
How They Found Each Other.
Never were two people fonder of
each other than Baby and ft.amlfatber.
Therefore, you may know the conster
nation of Baby when ehe learned that
grandfather was lost; for didn't
mother look out of all the windows,
appear very worried, and say, "Dear
me! I wonder where grandfather can
be?"
When no one was looking, Baby
toddled through the sitting-room
door, crawled backward down tho
porch steps and set off "in a funny,
brisk little trot toward the hayfleld,
creeping under the fence when she
reached it. Small as she was, the un
derstood that some times grandfather
liked to work In the fields with the
men, alt: hough mother said he mustn't
do it.
"Baby'll find him!" she Eald, speak
ing plainly for such a little girl.
Half an hour later a colored boy
named Joshua ran down the lane,
leaped the fence into the hayfleld, and
came breathlessly up to an old man,
who was diligently raking hay.
"Mr. Billy," he gasped, "Miss Edith
'most scared to death; the baby's
lost!"
"The baby lost!" cried grandfather,
for it waa he. "You're sure she isn't
about the house?"
"Certain, sir."
Grandfather let the rake drop from
fils hands. "I'll search for her," he
said. "Go tell the men to come and
help hunt Baby."
Joehita said, "Yes, sir," and was
about to turn on his heel when Borne
thing' funny happened. Round the tall
pile of hay that grandfather had near
ly finished came Miss Baby at full tilt.
"I found him!" she screamed, glee
fully. Grandfather caucht Baby in his
arms, gave her a toss, and then he
perched the little maid on his shoul
der, and thus the two of them went
to the house.
Mother met them in the yard.
"Baby found him!" she said, shakr
ng her curls In triumph and bugging
grandfather with gusto.
"I'm very glad," said mother, kiss
ing them both, "for indeed, grandfath
er, it is too hot for you to be raking
hay."
Grandfather, resting in the shade
with Baby playing at his feet, realized
that it was surely a good thing that
he, as well as Baby, had been found
and brought home. Louise R. Baker.
A Boy's Sister.
Maud felt a glow of pleasure when
Mr. Winsor, who was rising to go, told
her how greatly he enjoyed the eve
nings he passed at her home. It was
flatteringly pleasant to know that her
society waa found agreeable by the
very Interesting young electrical en
gineer, who had recently come to town
as manager of the new trolley line of
which her father was part owner.
"I am a most domestic person," he
eald, "and It's a real privilege to me to
be allowed to visit -here informally."
He glanced appreciatively at the pret
ty pictures, quantities of books, and
vases of flowers. "Do you know, this
attractive room reminds me of our
old library at home, where by sister
und I passed some of the happiest eve
nings of our lives. We used to play
checkers, read aloud, and have all
sorts of good times together. I al
ways feel that I owe a worth of grati
tude to that dear Bister of mine, who
kept me so well entertained at home
that I was never tempted to Join the
boys who went down-town every night.
There's nothing like a good sister to
keep a lad out of mischief, is there?
I've never had the pleasure of meeting
your brother. He is out of town now,
Is he not?"
It was a caroless question, asked
with no motive other than polite in
terest, but it brought the color surg
ing into Maud's face quite unexpect
edly. "No, Arthur Isn't away. He Is out
a good deal. I hope he will be home
the next time you come."
A moment later, when Mauri stood I
alone, her cheeks ' were still burning,
and she felt uncomfortable, as If she
had been sharply reproved. She re
membered wllh painful clearness the
many evenings Arthur had fidgeted
restlessly about the room while she,
engrossed in a novel, had only looked
up long enough to inquire impatiently
wny he could not sit still. "Be
cause," he had replied that very eve
ning, "It makes a fellow nervous to sit
around with nothing to do or no one
to talk to. With father always busy
up-stalrs at his laboratory work, and
you with your everlasting reading, it's
a pretty dull house, and I think I'll
go out where there's something do
ing." He had gone, and Mr. Wlsner had
come and had been greeted with bright
vivacity which might have surprised
Arthur, who had left his sister too
absorbed In her book to notice his
sulky departure.
"I haven't the least Idea where Ar
thur went," she said to herself, dreari
ly. "I never know where he is eve
nings. Mother wouldn't have been so
neglectful; Bhe would have kept hlra
happy at home. I haven't done what
the would have expected of me."
Her eyes filled with tears as she
thought of that dear one, who, In
years gone by had filled the home with
the sunshine of love and harmony.
"Oh, mother, forgive me," she Bald
softly. "I'll try to do better; I'll try
to do better!" Kilbourne Cowles, in
The Advance.
The Man's Boot.
Ia a dark wood, where wild beasts
lived, there once lay a man's boot.
How It came there I cannot say, but
no man had been there; at least, the
wild beasts had not seen one In all
their lives. But there the boot was;
and, when the beasts saw It, they all
came round to find out what it was.
Such a thing was quite new to them;
biui they were not much at a loss, for
all that.
"Well, there Is no doubt as to what
It is, I say," said the bear.
"Oh, of course not," said the wolf
and tho goat and all the beasts and
birds in one breath.
"Of course," said the bear, "It is the
rind of some kind of fruit off a tTee,
the fruit of the cork, I should say.
This is cork, it Is plain to see," and
he showed the sole of the boot.
"Oh, Just hear him, Just hear him!"
cried all the beasts and birds.
"It's not that at all," said the wolf,
with a glance of scorn at the bear.
"Of course, it Is some kind of nest.
Look! Here is the hole for the bird
to go in at, and here is the deep part
for the eggs and young ones to be
safe. No doubt at all, of course not!"
"Oh, oh!" cried the bear and the
goat and all the birds and beasts,
"Just hear what he says. It Is not
that at all."
"I should think not," said the goat.
"It is quite a plain case. Look at this
long root!" and he showed the string
at the side of the boot. "It is the
root of a plant, of course."
"Not a bit of it! A root! How
can you say so? It is not that, we can
all see."
"If I might speak," said an old owl,
who sat In a tree near, "I think I can
tell you what It Is. I have been In
a land where there are more of such
things than you could count. It is a
man's boot."
"A whr,t?" cried all the beasts and
birds. "What Is a man? and what is
a boot?"
"A man," Bald the owl, "Is a thing
with two legs, that can walk and eat
and talk, like us; but he can do much
more than we can."
"Pooh, pooh!" cried they all.
"That- can't bo true," said the
beasts. "How can a thing' with two
legs do more than we can who have
four? It is false, of course."
"Of course it Is, if they have no
wings," said the birds.
"Well," went on the owl, "they have
no wings, and yet it is true. And
they can make things like this; and
they call them boots; and put them on
their feet."
"Oh, oh!" cried all the beasts and
birds at once. "How can you? For
shame! Fie on you! That Is not true,
of course. If cannot be."
"A likely story!" said the bear.
"Wear things on their feet!" cried
they all. "On the face of it, your story
is not true. We know that such things
are not worn on the feet. How could
they be?"
"Of course, they could not," said
the bear. "It ia false."
"It must be false," cried the birds
and beasts. "You must leave the
wood," they said to the owl. "What
you say cannot be true. You are not
fit to live with us. You have said
what you know Is false. It must be,
of course."
And they chased the poor old owl
out of the wood, and would not let him
come back.
"It is true for all that," said the
owl.
And so It was. The Nursery.
Star Boarder's Reflection.
Landlady Mr. Star, now that we
are seated about the board to partake
of our Christmas turkey, does it not
occur to you that there were only two
turkeys on the Ark with Noah?
Mr. Star Indeed! I Blncerely nope
that this one Is the last of the two.
Circle Magazine.
BuaiNesa cards. .
JU8TTCE OF THE PEACE,
Pension Attorney and Roal'EsUt Agest.
RAYMOND E. BROWN,
attorney at law,
Brook villh, Pa.
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real estate agent, pntnts secured, col
lections muds promptly. Office In 8y ndlcaM
SMtlUlug, lteynoldsvllle, Pa.
JMIT H M. M0CRE1GHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Notary public and real estate aseni. OoU
lections will rece ve prompt attention. Offioa
in the Koynoldsvllle Hardware Co. bulldloft
tlatn streot Koyuoldsvlllo, Pa.
rjR. B. E. HOOVER,
DENTIST,
Resident dentist In tbe Hoover buildlni
Uain street. Oentleness In operating.
DR. L.- I MEANS,
DENTIS1;;
Office on second floor of tbe First National
bank building, Main street.
DR. R. DEVERE KINO,
DENTIST,
otBce on second floor of tbe Syndicate bulU -Bg,
Main street, Keynoldsvllle, Pa.
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UNDERTAKER.
Black and white funeral can. Main street,
BeynoldsrlUe, Pa.
WEEKLY NEWS SUMMARY
Stocks Greatly Depleted, but Mer
chants Hesitate to Place Orders.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says:
"Some lrregudarilty continues In
Industrial and mercantile activity. A
fundamental factor of strength is the
seadily multiplying evidence that
stocks are so depleted as to render
a large and general resumption of
the Nation's Industries inevitable and '
measurably nearer as confidence is
restored. '
"There are numerous reports of
enlarged industrial activity at wide
ly scattered points throughout tho
West and South and distributers of
merchandise in all lines anticipate &
slow but steady return to the normal
volume of transactions.
"Uncertainty regarding the ulti
mate tendency of prices of finished
Iron and steel restricts improvement
in the general trade and the volume
of new business Is still disappointing,
although January Is usually a dull
month. Concessions In quotations are
not large, but. the fact that they are
becoming more general has a disturb
ing effect. Reports are generally
conflicting, some branches of the in
dustry noting a slight improvement
In demand while in other diversions
business is smaller than during the
latter part of 1908. The railroads
are not entering the markets to any
extent and Bales of rails continue un
important. Current business In
structural material 13 not large, but
prospects are considered good.
"In the dry goods markets traders
are apparently more convinced of the
stability of the situation and are anx
ious to cover some of the future re
quirements. There Is still some con "
servatlsm but buyers have discovered
that orders are sometimes subjected
to vexatious delays because of Ina
bility to obtain shipments of mer
chandise, and this has induced more
freedom in purchasing ahead.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURC.
Wbeat Nn. 3 rod V ii )
Kye No. 2
Corn No 2 yellow, ear 7) 71
No. a yellow, shelled B7 6-
Mlxod esr CI iS
Oats No. 9 white 61 S"
No. 3 white 1 51
Flour Winter patent 5 8)
Fancy straight winters...:....
Hay No. 1 Timothy 13 W MSI
Clover No. 1 11 i 1 1 7 V
Feed No. 1 white mid. ton ! i) W no
Brown middlings SfiOl 27 01
Bran, bulk 24 0) itl 1)
8: raw Whoat 8 0) 8 s
Oat 8)0 8 ft)
Dairy Products.
Butter Elgin creamery I 31 35
Ohio creamery 21 S8
Fancy country loll l'.l 2-.
Cheese Ohio, new 14 li
Hew York, new It 16
Pouliry, Etc.
Bens per lb t II 18
Chickens dressed 18 20
Eggs Fa. and Ohio, fresh 81 88
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes Fancy white per bo.... . 50
Cabbage per ton 8 0 ) 88 0)
Onions per barrel 140 l,j
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent f 8 7D 0 9
Wheat No. red 1 c5
Corn Mixed 7 1 75
Eggs 81 8i
Butter Ohio creamery aj aj
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent $ j j) 5 7S
Wheat No. red or
Corn No. 2 mixed ii
Oats No. 8 white ii M
Butter Creamery 83 8t
Eggs Pennsylvania firsts 3 84
NEW YORK.
Flour Patents 4 5 SO 9 3)
Wheat No. 8 red 1 Ii
Corn No. 8 9) ill
Oats No. 8 wblto 54 M
Butter -Creamery .'13 34
Kg titate and Pennsylvania.... 84 40 .
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Plttsbura.
CATTLl
Extra, MM to 1000 pound" 881 H 4 B)
Prime, 1310 to 1100 pounds 1) 4 8 8
Good, 12UU to 1W0 pound t8 6 09
Tidy, 1060 to 1150 pounds. 6 .i -4 6 8
Fair, UM to 1100 pounds 465 6 60
Common, 700 to 800 pounds. 4 M ft 4 '0
Bulls soi 0)
Cows 100) lajOCQ
noos
Prime, heavy 8 85 s 0 71
Prime, medium weight tt 60 6 5
Best heavy Yorkers 8 4) 4"
Light Yorkers. V..... 60'. ,4 8 11
Figs 5 4) 10
Roughs. 5 :4 ,4 00
Blaps. 46 4 7
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