1 . NOLAN CREEK, WHERE A3 A yJPERIl Squire Joslah Crawford was seated on the porch of his house In Gentry vllle, Indiana, one spring afternoon when a small boy called to see him. The Squire was a testy old man, not very fond of boys, nnd he glanced up over his book; Impatient and annoyed at the Interruption. " "What do you want here?" he de manded. !- J ' A 1.1. J"rr. '(it',V ... SARAH HUSH. Lincoln's Stepmother. The boy had pulled off his uoon Bkln cap, and stood holding It In his hand while he eyed the old man. "They say down at the store, sir," said the boy, "that you have a 'Life of George Washington.' I'd like very much to read It." The Squire peered closer at his visitor, surprised out of his annoyance at the words. He looked over the boy, carefully examining his long, lank figure, the tangled mass of black hair, his deep-set eyes nnd large mouth. He was evidently from some poor country family. His clothes were made of skins, and the trousers were shrunk until they barely reached below his knees. "What's your name, boy?" asked the Squire. "Abraham Lincoln, son of Thomas Lincoln, down on Pidgeon Creek." The Squire said to himself: "It must be that Tom Lincoln, who, folks Bay, is a ne'er-do-well and moves from place to place every year because he can't make his farm support him." Then he said, aloud, to the boy: "What do you want with my 'Life of Washington?' " "I've been learning about him at school, and I'd like to know more." The old man studied the boy in silence for some moments; something about the lad seemed to attract him. Finally he said: "Can I trust you to take good care of the book if I lend it to you?" "As good care," said the boy, "as If It was made of gold, If you'd only please let me have it for a week." His eyes were so eager that the old man could not withstand them. "Walt here a minute," he said, and went into the house. When he returned he brought the coveted volume with him and handed it to the boy. "There it is," said he, "I'm going to let you have it, but bo sure it doesn't come to harm down on Pidgeon Creek." The boy, with the precious volume tucked tightly under his arm, went down the single street of Gentryvllle with the Joy of anticipation in his face. He could hardly wait to open the book and plunge into It. He stopped for a moment at the village store to buy some calico his step mother had ordered, and then struck f 'frjf ffft LITTLE BOY LINCOLN FISHED. V7ILDERNE Into the road through the woods that led to his home. The house which he found at the end of his trail was a very primitive affair. The first home Tom Lincoln had built on the Creek when he moved there from Kentucky hnd been merely a "pole-shack," four poles driven into the ground with forked ends at the top, other poles laid cross wise in the fork3, and a roof of poles built on this square. There had been no chimney, only an open p'ace for a window, and another for a door, and strips of bark nnd patches cf clay to keep the rain out. The new house was a little better, It had an attic, and the first floor was divided Into several rooms. It was very primitive, however, in reality only p. big log cabin. The boy came out of the woods, crorscd the clearing about the house, and went in at the door. Ho held up the volume for her to see. "I've got it!" ho cried. "It's the 'Llf.: of Wash ington,' and now I'm going to learn all aboui him." He had barely time to put the book In the woman's hands before his father's voice was henrd calling him out of doors. There was work to be done on the farm, and the rest of that afternoon Abe was kept busily employed, and as soon as sup per was finished his father set him to work mending harness. At dawn the next day the boy was up and out in the fields, the "Life of Washington" In one pocket, the other pocket filled with corn dodgers. Ho could hot read and run a straight fur row. When It was noontime he sat t ' i 1 TO, If J) 1 ? (Pit1" x 1 1 1 V LINCOLN AS LAWYER. Mr. Robert T. Lincoln Is of the Opinion That This Portrait Was Taken Be tween December, 1847, and March, 1849, During HU Father's One Term in Congress. , under a tree, munching the cakes, and plunged Into the first chapter of tho book. For half an hour he rend and ate, then he had to go on with his work until sundown. When he got home he had his supper standing up so that he could read the book by the candle that stood on the shelf. After Bupper he lay down In front of the fire, still, reading, and oblivious to everything about him. Gradually the fire burned out, the family went to bed, and young Abe was obliged to go to his room in the attic. He put the book on a ledge on the wall close to the head of his bed in order that nothing might bap pen it. During the night a violent storm arose, and the, iain came through a chink in the log-wall3. When the boy woke he found that tho book was a mass of wet paper, the type blurred, and the cover be yond repair. He was heartbroken at the discovery. He could Imagine how angry the old Squire would be when he saw the Btnte of the book. The next Sunday morning found a small boy standing on the Squire's porch with the remains of the book In his hand. When the Squire learned what had happened he spoke his mind freely. He told Abe that he was as worthless as his father, that he didn't know how to take care of valuable property, and that He would never loan him another book as long as he lived. The boy faced the music, and when the angry tirade' was over. Bald that he would like to shuck corn for j tUa Squire, and in that way pay him the value of the ruined volume. Mr. Crawford accepted' the offer and named a price far greater than any possible value of the book, nnd Abe set to work, spending all his spare time in .the next two weeks shucking the corn and working as chore-boy. So he finally succeeded in paying back the full value of the ruined "Life of Washington." This was only one of many adven tures that befell Abraham Lincoln while he was trying to get an educa tion. His mother had taught him to read and write, and ever Blnce he had learned ho had longed for books' to read. He said to his cousin, Dennis Hanks, one day, "Denny, the things I want to know are In books. My best friend Is the man who Will get me one." Dennis was very fond of his younger cousin, and as soon as he could save up the money he went to town, and bought a copy of the "Arabian Nights." He gave this to Abe, and the latter at once started to read It aloud by the wood-fire in the evenings. His mother, his sister Sally and Dennis were his audience. His father thought the reading only waste of time and said, "Abe, your mother can't work with you pestering her like that," but Mrs. Lincoln said the stories helped her, and so the reading went on. When he came to the story of how Slndbad the Sailor went too close to the magic rock and lost all the nails out of the bottom of his boat, Abe laughed until he cried. 5 sic. 'ttetoiklESfM Ml&. LINCOLN IN HER WKDD1NG GOWN. Dennis, however, couldn't see the humor. "Why, Abe," said he, "that yarn's just a He." "P'raps so," answered the small boy, "but if It is, it's a mighty good lie." - The few books he was able to get made the keen-witted country boy anxious to find people who could an swer his questions for him. In those days many men, clergymen, judges and lawyers roda on circuit, stopping overnight at any farm-houss they might happen upon. When such a man would ri.io up to the Lincoln clearing he wca usually met by a small boy who would fire questions at blm before'he could dismount from his horse. The visitor would be amused, but Tom Lincoln thought that a poor sort of hospitality. He would come running out of the house and say, "Stop that, Abe. ' What's happened to your manners?" Then ho would turn to the traveler, "You must excuse film. 'Light, stranger, and come in to supper." Then Abe would go away whistling to show that he didn't care. When he found Den nis he said, "Pa says it'a not polite to ask questions, but I guess I wasn't meant to be polite. . There's such a lot of things to know, and how am I going to know them It I don't ask questions?" He : imply stored them away until a later time, and when supper was over he usually found his chance to make use of the visitor. In that day Indiana was still part of the wilderness. Primeval woods stood close to Pidgeon Creek, and not far away were roving bands of Sacs and Sioux, and also wild animals bears, wildcats and lynx. The set tlers fought the Indians and made nse of the wild creatures for clothing and m 'V&vS fill W-itll)iulliiliit'tt""'MJi'i'''' ABRAHAM LINCOLN. In Chicago and Has Been Called "One of the Most Salient Statues of the World." food, and to sell at the country stores. Tim children Riient nractlcally all of their time cut of doors, and young Abe Lincoln learned the nanus oi me wild creatures, and explored the far recesses of the woods. He was fond of animals. One day at school some nf the bovs nut a lighted coal on a turtle's back In sport. Abe rescued the turtle, and when he got a chance wrote a composition In Bcliool aooul cruel jokes on animals. It was a good pnper, and the teacher had tho hnv read It. before the class. All the boys liked Abe, and they took to heart what he had to Say in the matter. It was a rouch sort of life that the children of the early settlers led, and the chances were all In lavor oi ine Lincoln boy growing up to be like his fnther. ft kind-hearted, ignorant and ne'er-do-well type of man. His moth er, however, who came of a good Vir irliilii famllv. had done her best to give him some, ambition. Once she had said to him, "Abo, learn all you nan. and crow un to be of some ac count. You've got just as good Vir ginia blood in you as George vvasn Ington had." Abe did not forget that. Soon after the family moved to Pidgeon Creek his mother died, and a little later a stepmother took her place. This woman soon learned that the boy was not the ordinary type, and kept encouraging him to make something of himself. She was al ways ready to listen when he read, to help him with his lessons, to en courage him. When he got too old to wear hia bearskin suit she told him that it he would earn enough money to get some muslin, she would make him some white shirts, so that he would not be ashamed to go to peo ple's houses. Abe earned the money, and Mrs. Lincoln purchased the cloth and made the shirts. After that Abe cut quite a figure in Gentryvllle, be cause he liked people, and knew bo many good stories tMat he-was always popular with a crowd. The time came when the boy could no longer stay In the small surround ings of Pidgeon Creek. He tried life on one of the river steamboats, .then served as a clerk in a store, at New Salem, where he began, In odd mo ments, to study law. A little later he knew enough law to become an at torney, and went to Springfield, and after that it was only a short time before he had won his clients. His cousin Denny came to hear him try one of his first cases. He watched the tall, lank young fellow, still as ungainly as In his early boyhood, and heard him tell the jury some of those same stories he had read aloud before the fire. When Abe had finished, his cousin said to him, "Why did you tell those people so many stories?" "Why, Denny," said Abe, "a story teaches- a lesson. God tells truth in parables, they are easier for common folks to-remember and recollect." Such was the simple boyhood of Abraham Lincoln, but its very sim plicity and the hardships he had to overcome to get an education, made him a strong man.. He knew people, and when he came later to be Presi dent and to guide the country through the greatest trial in its history it was those same qualities of perseverance and courage and trust in the people that made the simple-minded man the great helmsman of the Republic. "We all love great men love, ven erate and bow down submissive be fore great men; nay, can we honestly bow down to anything else? Ah, does not every true man feel that he is himself made higher by doing rev erence to what is really above him? No nobler or more blessed feeling dwells in man' heart" Thomas Carlyle. G 3p OOD kfOADS fl li Good Roads Movement Hears Fruit, Frequent evidence Is forthcoming of the fruit of the Georgia good roads automobile endurance contests inau gurated by The Constitution and hold Just a month ago. Not only Is it apparent along the routes over which these contests were held, but other counties are busy with a view to securing improved and con nected roadways which lead some whore, and which bring them into closer contact and communication with other trade centres. The routes themselves are now well established avenues of travel between Atlanta and Augusta, Savannah, Fitz gerald and Albany, as well as Inter mediate points, and are coming Into daily ana general use as such. -Realizing the Importance, not only of maintaining these routes, but of Improving them as rapidly as possl- j ble, the counties through which they pass have not been content simply j with putting them in shape for the ! contests; they are still at work upon them and will continue to better them. I A word of assurance and apprecla- , tion in this connection comes from Mayor P. H. Lovejoy, of Hawkins ville, who, in acknowledging receipt of the first prize of $200, awarded to Pulaski County for the best roads be tween Fitzgerald and Macon, says:' "Our people are ' greatly pleased with the result of the contest and your courteous treatment In tho mat ter. We not only appreciate the fact that Pulaski County won the prize, but we fee! gratified that our effort in building good roads through the county will bear fruit in the future. For myself and in behalf of tho citi zens of Pulaski County, I wish to thank The Constitution for Its noble effort in bringing about the good roads movement in the South, and se curing a route through thU section of our State." The good roads contests and their attendant prizes were but a second ary, a minor feature in the movement. The real prize Is what each county has achieved in the direction of bet ter roads. . Just to the extent that the compet ing counties have Improved the roads passing through them, and, more par tlcularly, those roads which give them access to the world beyond their own borders, in that measure are they en Joying a prize of lasting value, the fruits of their own effort. That tho contests, prizes and agita tions attendant upon them have, in many instances, stimulated to greater and more productive effort cannot be questioned; it is because of this good effect that The Constitution has de termined, as has been announced, to arrange other State good roads con tests next year, with a view to bring ing every section of Georgia into tho movement. We are, as yet, only upon the threshold. There isft monumental work to be done and all Georgia should have a shoulder at the wheel. Atlanta Con stitution. Modern Tload Construction. An address was delivered by Clif ford Richardson, Member American Society of Civil Engineers, before the Oneida Historical Society at Utica, N. Y., in which the subject of modern road construction and the present limitations of its effectiveness were set forth. "There are," says Mr. Richardson, "several points in connection with the road problem which have received too little and demand the most careful attention." "We are, apparently, expending to day very large sums of money in building a large extent of macadam and other improved forms of road way. But England and Wales, with a mileage of 149,759 expended in the year 1905-6 $63,316,874 upon her roads, principally In .their mainte nance, or at the rate of $415 per mile. The mileage is about twice as great as in the State of New York, but the area is only twenty-two and a half per cent, greater. The amount annually being expended in New York is, therefore, comparatively small, although relatively larger than in previous years." In commenting on the outcome of the International Good Roads Con gress at Parts, and the opportunities afforded for examining continental highways, Mr. Richardson expresses satisfaction in the knowledge ttmt American roads when opened to traf fic are in no sense inferior to those of Europe; that it was the damage to French roads caused by heavy motor traffic, and the problem of how to meet it, which caused the congress to be called. "From this point of view, It will be of Interest to determine whether the macadam roads of the State of New York that are now bting con structed are of the highest type, whether it Is wise to construct such roads where they are exposed to mo tor traffic, and whether they are being economically constructed. The gen eral opinions expressed at Paris by the ablest English and French nst I neers was that the road to meet mod j em motor traffic must be constructed with a more resistant surface, which is brought about by introducing Into the wearlner surface some bituminous cementing material." -Good Roads i MnirnzfnA Training the Servant. "Is your new girl getting so that he can understand English?" asked the caller. . ' "No," replied young Mrs. Keep ouse, "but I am learning Hungarian rapidly." Newark Evening News. BUSINESS IS EXPANDING Jobbers Report Better Orders, Facto ries Busy, Collections Improv Ing, Says Bradstreet. R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: t.nf i . i. v . i clearings nnd railroad' earnings, there Is no visible diminution In the volume of Industrial and mercantile transac tions; and yet, with such happenings as the English elections, the Paris flood, tho agitation over tho high prices and the rather violent break in the New York market, it would ( be strange If the trades did not in solme degree feel the effect of these dis turbances. V This Irregularity was displayed td-v enma ovtpnt tn fh Irnn nnrl etpnl trade, although an event of the week was the declaration of an extra divi dend by the principal producer. "Dry goods jobbers report an im provement in hous trade. Fall cot tons, such as flannelettes, have -been priced close by the largest produjers at advances of and c per yard, and business tendered Is large. Print cloth trading is light, with some re cessions In the open market on wide goods. Export trade continues light, but shipments on old orders are sub stantial. Business booked on men a wear staples and semi-staples by the largest producer for fall has been large, and advances of 2e per yard on eome numbers were announced. Dress goods trado Is very moder ate, although the large corporations have booked fall orders. Cotton yarns are easy. Hrknlaonla rtafllara In BhncS OTA placing Initial fall contracts for later delivery with New EJigland footwear, bIbo with supplementary spring con tracts." MARKETS. PITT8BURC. ty Wbant No. t red I Ryn No. 2 Corn No 2 follow, nar 7) 71 No. yellow, shelled 72 7S Ml.-ed ear 07 18 Oats No. whit M r-2 No. S whit 60 M Floor Winter patont 6 25 6 30 Fancy straight winters Hay No. 1 Timothy 20 SI SI 0) Clorer No. 1 17 5) is 60 Feed No. 1 white mid. ton 82.10 f 8 - i Brown mlddllnga 27,1 1 2S 00 Bran, hulk 2'ftl 28 M Straw wheat - 901 9 5) Oat... 9ou 9 50 Dairy Product!. Batter ElRln creamery I 89 40 Ohlocreamory 8 84 Fancy country roll 6 2t Chene Ohio, new 1) 19 New York, new 18 1 Poultry, Etc. Hens per lb I 17 19 C'hlokene lrened ) 22 Efga Pa. and Ohio, fresh it V7 Fruits and Vegetable!. Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... M 7 Cabbage per ton 12 Ji U 01 Onions per barrel 18) X 25 BALTIMORE. Flour Winter Patent f 8 60 5 70 Wheat No. 2 rod 1 OS Corn Mixed 70 71 Eggs Z 2 Butter Ohio creamery 2o 2s PHILADELPHIA. Flour Winter Patent I S 60 8 75 Wheat No. 2 red 1 " Corn No. 2 nilxod 01 19 Oats No. whllo Butter Creamory l 27 Eggs Pennsylvania firsts 27 NEW YORK. Flour-Patents A ) s w Wheat No. 8 rod 1' .,, Corn-No. 2 8 Oats No. 2 white " Buttor -Creamery " tgg State and Pennsylvania.... " LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. CATTLE Ultra, 14W to 1000 pounds 6 50 4 8C5 Prime, 1300 to 14O0 pounds 625 oou Good, vmi to IKK) puunds 5 9J M5 Tidy, ltloO to 1159 pounds. 5i 0 8 75 Fair, DOM to 110J rounds 4 5) e) 25 C'nmnmn Ttlil mnn nnnmi, H TO 4 4 40 Buns r " " " i cows i 80 00 4681O j BOOS Prime, heavy 8 6) Prime, medium weight 86 Bost heavy Vorkors 8M i 80 tight Yorkers. 881 e 8 Pltcs eld 4 8 2) Boughs. 70 j 81 Blags 6 60 i 7i0 BHEEF Prime wethers 69) 610 boou mixed f-4 9 6i& Pair mixed ewes and wethers....... 475 :& Culls and oommou.... 25v'4 4 0 bprlng lambs 5 J 8 84 Veal ualves 80) 19 9 75 heavy to thin calves.. o00 7CD BUSINESS CKRDSi v E. N15"' JUSTICK OF THK PEACE, Oi stem Attorney and Roal Estats Acaa. JA Y.MOND E. BIIOWN, ' ATTORNEY AT LAT, j BltOOKVILLK, PJu rrM. McDOMALD, 1 j ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, I Keel estate suent., patents secured, roW I ertlmis matin pronptlv. OlUce la byndlr.aM vmtiiug, Ki:yiiiiisvine, r. SMITH M. MoCKEIGUT, ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW, Notary public and real estate sinus. OoW lections will reoe ve pr.cnut attention. Offlos) 111 the Koviiulrisvllln Hard ware Oo. building, Ualo street Keyuoldsvtll, pa. Qlt. li. li. HOOVER, DENTIST, Resident dsntlst. In the Hoorer buildlkf Wain street. Gentleness la operating. JJrt. L. L. MEANS, DENTIST. " . OITVe on second floor of '.be first Natloasi bank building, Main street. )P. El. DeVEKEKINQ, DENTIST, offl-e on second floor of the Syndic- ball nit. Main street, Keynolilsvllla, Pa. ENUY PKIESTER UNDERTAKER. Black and whits funeral can. Mala s trees, EeynoldsvUle, Pa.
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