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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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
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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.