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a6n o Jittle Jibe Becomes Motion's Shrine
A homely hero bora of star and sod :
A peasant Prince a masterpiece of God,
jla Qther places throughout toe world
were holding Llnooln celebrations last Friday)
February 12th, yet the only real, genuine cen
tenary exercises took place, at tbo birthplace
of th$ groat patriot at the "Lincoln Farm" In
1.iniA jtAimlt. nn ftiaf mAmnaYila flair Ttia
acenewasone'of the mo.t Impressive and .p. trAcklosa forest. dwelt thoi-nrent-pioneors who
... .. , . ....... . Have a real hero to tho world.
prcpmte over witnessea in any country, ana -i ... . , A , .. ,
marked, now ora tn the annals of this State A lhoa?h tho Llnoo,a & ia po0r' !t ,S
Mi,V Arn.n T.tu . .),. ,M J0"1? famously Jeslgnatea as
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Is thousands of elite and places in the
United States the Lincoln centenary ceremo
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.AilovlMa In oxoloitloe tho history and th
V toes of one of tho purest and moat eminent of .
all Americans. But at the humble log cabin
where little Aha Lincoln Drat saw the light of
day thera wore gathered together six thousand
people from every sphere of citizenship to d
honor to tho only American who, by destiny
andno'Dla achievements, Is entitled to rank with
George V aahtngton in the galaxy of exaltod
Amorlcin patriotism, wisdom and human en
dearer.
George Washington was the father and
founder of his country
Abraham Lincoln was the architect of the
Indissoluble Union of the United States, and bi
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Bsrtyr-Siooa -in sora.or nana iuo nacres
altars of American Liberty. f
Thus the bumble log cabin in which Llncolh
was born hocomea the second National ebrjo.o
of Amorlcaa patriotism, dividing honor? with
Mt. Vorooo, the stately home of Washington.
The placo of Lincoln's nativity ia swathed
about in all the runic poverty of the humblest
of nature's settings One cannot picture a
more humble spot than that occupied by the
lonely cabin boms of Thomas and Nancy Hanks
Lincoln, near llodgonvlUo It is lonely now,
What mast it buvo been a hundrod years ago
when llttlo Abe was born? In the conter of
Kentucky, oo a email eminence, in the then
While the Lincoln birtbotace is in tho very
poorest yellow soil section of Larue county,
yet the Farm is prettily situated. The land is
rolling and has a rustic plctut,esquenos and n
poverty of unadornment, except a lone
some garniture of scrubby eWgroen cedars
here nnd there peculiar to tho poorest sections
of Kentucky. '
Here in the vry arms of nature Lincoln was
bora and lived for nearly seven'ye'ars. That lo
cality Is rife aod ripe with "LiWoln stories,"
nnd one could write u volumo oS'tbo folklore
dealt out to him bv many of tW natives as
sembled urjund the cabin last Friday. Tho
occasion was one long to be remembered and
to our mind was without a patallel in this
country. Hodgenville, the count seat of La
rue county, Is three miles from (the Lincoln
Farm, and is a modest little? city of a
thousand people. Its public square encloses
a County Courthouse of no pretentions to
architectural beauty; the streets are muddy
thoroughfares, hut thereara somo nice homes
and somo new concrete pavements. It has a
"County Fair," and, with the Lincoln Farm to
make it famous, henceforth Hodgenville
P(wbich should be called "Lincoln") is to domi-
Date the ontiro map of that remote section
ho land around Hodgenville is rolling and lays
Ice and the country seems prosperous They
raise stock aod grain, but grow very little to
bacco. 1
The "Lincoln Farm," in its present Jtate of
cultivation, grows corn and squashes, IM s It
Unusual Bargains
In Women's Patent
Leather Shoes.
In going through our etook we have! taken all our oil da and end a in
Patent Leather Bhoea and have placed them on a "Cheap Table " .
$3, $4 and $5 SHOES, to make
them go
we are going to sell them for
Soe'our window for tho biggest bargains ofthp season,.
$1.99
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THE STATE NATIONAL BANK
MAYSV1LLE, KY.
fapital $100,000
Surplus and Profits $30,000
Designated Depository for the U. S. Treasury, State of
- Kentucky and Mason County.
SOLICITS A SHARE OP YOUR BUSINESS.
Conservative. Courteous. Safe.
JjovePs Specials
SPOT
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Tlile wpek I am going
to give the trafle a
PIE SPECIAL
2 Cans Standard Blackberries 15 cents
2 Cans Standard Raspberries 15 cents
2 Cans Standard Gooseberries. 15 cents
2 Cans Standard Strawberries 15 cents
2 Cans Standard Pie Reaches 15 cents
2 Cans Standard Apples , 15 cents
2 Cans Standard Pumpkin 15 cents
All regain lOo jroort. And again this vfeck 1 Am going to soil
2 Cans Beat tofnatoes 1 ". 15 cents
-ti-. 2CaniP,rfckif.SlotHrtliititonCbrn . . . . . 15 bents
1 Gallon Fancy 'New Crop Molasses 48 cents
FerOB who may want dr aWadvAtttAge of these exceptionally low
9t and layJri a supply wi(l l nrlvllegecl .to buy as muotj a they may
fcav inlo: Wptft
.1mnk)i who nttrtifaAiSM mhoIi H Sit wnrthof thn above-named Oauned
QtKHlm atHi.Ufee Will be'eatltled kit ttne'-PUHnd aok ol'.JIavemeyer'a
OraaHtAted Stifer for one dbllarand iwinw'Uva cent, ONLY FlVK CKNT8
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produced "A Ifan" that ia enough, Oatsldo
of its lentimontal value, the farm ia worth
about $15 por acre, although tho land adja
cent ia worth from $25 to $50 per acra.
Hndgetivllle is 42 miles from Lnaitvillo by
the L. and N. and is 11 rollea from Elizabeth
town by tha branch Una railroad that Rives it
etoarn connection with the world. The little
railroad last Friday was giren its maximum
test and handled about 4,000 people without
incident or accident, rxcppt the slow motion
of palling up grade and a broken rail, which
delayed tbo train's returning for over an hour
at Tonejvlile, half way between E-town and
Hodgenville. The train of President Roose
oltnndtho Colller-Mackny special were both
on the sidetrack at Hodgenville. The big
crowd and the celebrities were conveyed over
the muddy highway In vehicles to tho Farm,
three miles There was not a single automo
bile at the doin's. Tho,ceremonles began at 1
o'clock under the canvas tent add the tempor
ary wooden structure built especially for the
occasion, right by the Bide of the Lincoln
cabin, which la to be houeed and sheltered in
a magnificent pink granite, lofty and fireproof
building which is to form the Lincoln Shrine
and Temple of Liberty for years to come. The
log cabin, which had been removed years ago
from its original site and conveyed about the
country, was taken back and rebuilt on the ex
act spot it formerly occupied. Through the
patriotic munificence of Mr. Robert J. Collier,
publisher of Collier's Weekly, the Lincoln Form
of 110 acres, together with the cabin and the
$150,000 Memorial Templo is to be the perpet
ual property of tbo Lincoln Farm Associations
a public gift to tha American people. Mr.
Collier was there in person lust Friday direct
ing the simple, bat inspiring ceremonies, and
it is but just to remark that to Mr. Collier be
longs the credit of having this enduring Na
tional Monument and shrine erected in Ken
tucky. The memorial is to bo completed within
a year and is to bs fittingly dedicated by Preni
dent Taf t.
There is no inspiring lake, river or stream
of water near tho Lincoln Farm, but there is
a fine and wonderful spring only sixty yards
below the cabin that affords a continuous
stream of pure water. This "rock spring" was
the Mecca of li visitors, and down under a
natural shelf of rock the people drank at the
stream that at one time quenched the thirst of
the little boy whose fame today rings through
out the world. It is said that a distillery
would hare been erected near this spring if
Mr. Collier had not "seen it first," purchased
it and given it to Kentucky.
With President Roosevelt as the honor guest
and the principal speaker, the ceremonies be
gan about 1 p. m. Seated on the platform
around the President were the many celeb
rities. Mrs. Roosevelt and daughter, Misa
Ethel, were seated by the President's side, and
Mrs. Willson, wife of the Governor, wai also
prerent
"The Man from Mtt)evilie" was very much
in evidence in tho persons of Governor A. E.
Willson, Lieutenant-Governor W. II. Cox, Mr.
Hamlet C. Sharp, while on the honor platform
were Dr.vVllllam Bowman and Captain Charles
C. Degman of our neighborhood, who wero two
of the twelve special G. A. R. guards and
twelve Confederates who formed the Presi
dential escort. In the crowd also wero Mr.
aod Mrs. P. II. King, Charles E. Curran and
the Editor of The Puduc Ledger, all of Uays
yilln, and Judge George W. Dye of tho county.
Deeidoi, the ceremonies wero opened with an
eloquent prayer by that distinguished divine,
tARev. E. L. Powell, formerly of Maysvllle,
aijjVow the popular Pastor of the First Chris
tbT, Chnrcb, Louisville.
!rneaeeches of Governor Willson of Ken
ky,V)vernor Folk of Missouri, President
.. the Ltccoln Farm Association, President
Ro5seveltoretary of War Wright and See
retiiry ofl Aviculture Wilton were words
of tunely iippo" eloquence.
The addiV333 of Pveident Roosevelt wrs one
of the moatl earnest 5 eloquent tributes ever
paid to tholmenry 01ha groat President.
Of all men ?lbe,odore Rooarelt was the proper
person to dedicate the nc'e shrine to be
erected to A(raDaR Lincoln. It was expected
that Mr. Roolerelt'a Lincoln day spoech would
be princSpalljfdevoted to a ecathlqg denuncia
tion of his empoi! not the President devoted
bis remarks tov the great subject matter of
the day and war ' his moat radiant aid beam
ing mood. -
It was a treat to listen to the heartfelt
words of Th,eoiVre Rootorelt; It was the
voice of the grtftdlt Urine American patriot
uttering a lnirnHg nd truthful eulogy of Lin
coln, the greatc ' all Americana save (ieorg
Washington,
Paralellini; Wihlngton' and Lincoln, Mr,
fyxxevolt said:
"In- all the Mry of mankind there have
neve been two giod men a great nor two
great men ivs fcood"
tNOOLN'i PBOKUBnC VI8JON
Lincoln' aWlitiF i"ae event Jar; la tha
future tad to ken the balance bjiwrfes Mm
CHRONIC COUGH
Mr! Gray of lwood. Ind.,
Declares Vinol Cured His
Daughter's Chronic Cough
After AH Other Means Had
Failed.
SAYS SHE OWES LIFE TO VJNOL
"My fourteen-year-old daughter had a very
bad cough, was weak, emaciated and had no
appetite. Two of our best physicians had
done ber no good. On advice I procured for
her a bottle of Vinol and she soon began to
improve. She continued until she had taken
Beveral bottles of it, and she haa completely
recovered her health.
"We undoubtedly owe her life to Vinol, as I
am certain that if it had not been for It she
would have been dead ere this. We never
miss the opportunity of saying a good word
for Vinol." Jamea Gra), Elwood, Ind.
Many cases like the above are constantly
coming to onr attention where this cod-liver-and-iron
preparation, Vinol, has curod chronic
coughs, colds and bronchitis and built op
health and strength for old people, delicato
children, run-down, weak and debilitated peo
ple after all other moans had failed.
Try Vinol. If it does you no good we will
return your money. That's your guarantee,
but we know it will benefit you.
John C. Peoor, Druggist, Maysville.
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Was never decorated with auch wallpapers as tbe
simplest room of today shows when papered witfe4
an Inexpensive, dainty and Prenchy effect, as"iB-
shown at this time. Washington's Birthday will
remind you that housecleaning time is near, 00 we
beg to announce to our patrons and prospective,,
ones that we handle
&
Wallpaper $ Paints'
Of all kinds. Floor Oil 35c per gallon. Big 4 and
Mica Axle Grease 6c per box. Respectfully, , ,
The RYDER PAINT STORE
MAYSVILLE, KY.
18691909.
REAL
Lumber.!
In 40 years we have had no better stock
Weather-Boarding, Flooring, Ceiling, Shing
les and Piece Stuff. We do not deal ia;
"promises," "prospects" or "proposition"
W. B. MATHEWS & CO-
ington to Lincoln again, he said that while tho
Virginia landed gentleman and the Kentucky
rail-splitter differed widely in externals, they
were alike in essentials. "Each possessed in
delible courage in adversity," he said, "and a
soul wholly unspoiled by prosperity."
The President compared tho problems of the
present day, social aod industrial, with those
that confronted Lincoln and said that Lincoln's
method furnished a guide for the men who
are today striving for reform The most won
derful thing of all connected with Lincoln, he
said, was tho wny in which be could fight val
iantly against what he considered wrong and
yet preserve undiminished his love and respect
for the brother from whom he differed. Ue
saw clearly that the same courage aod willing
ness for self sacrifice and dovotion to the
right as it was given to them to seo the right,
belonged both to the men of the North and the
men of the South.
The address of the grizzled old Confederate
veteran, General Luke E. Wright, voiced the
Southern tribute of praise for Lincoln as the
South's best friend. He declared that It was
for the best that the Union was preserved and
that slavery was suppressed.
Then tha band played "Dixie" and the crowd
went wild.
Then the President laid the corner-Btone of
the Lincoln Memorial Templo and tho impres
sive ceremonies were ended. It was a sig
nificant fact that the corner-stone waa lower
ed into its place by a Negro man, and the tab
lean was complote nnd peculiarly appropriate
to the man who freed 5,000,000 Negro slave.".
Among the sights witnessed at tho Farm
was the five miles of vehicles of every kind
which were on hand to convey the 6,000
people. It cost a dollar the round trip of
3 miles from Hodgenville to the Lincoln Farm,
and many of tho country people made money
from the ovont.
All the scboiil djye that Lincoln ever passed
wore in a little lug cabin school house two
miles from his home. UU teacher was
Zachariah P.itoy, who was Lincoln's first and
only instructor. Tha little school bouse is still
in existence and la now uaed as a corn crib by
a Larue county farmer.
While at the Farm.we were told that "Little
Abe" had several narrow escapes from death:
Once ha waa kicked on the' head by his
father's little old mule, and the party remarked
that the future President was "unconscious for
three weeks." Another time Abe fell in Itoll
ing Fork creek and was pulled out half drowned
by n neighbor. So it will be seen that Abra
ham had all sorts of narrow escapes aa well as
poverty, privations and. hardships. Aa Mr.
Koosevelt said, "lie never knew pleasure, but
pain." Ilia career was as sad as it was great,
and In all the world's history we find no equal
to tho life of the little ragged boy,who, seeming
ly the child of destiny, reached the imperial
height of fame through such a record of unfav
orable circumstances and conditions as eclipses
the most vivid narrative of fiction. Seven
childhood yeara in bis bumble Kentuoiy home,
then to Indiana wbero toil and privation and
the death of his good mother occurred: thence
to Illinois where hi wobderful political careor
bgan, which ended tn his death In a brilliant
Washington' theater, n't .the. very climax of his
fame, by the hand of h fanatical asassiin.
Thus closes the life of the"rail-splitter,"hose
sslf-nttalned knowledge gre to he inspired
and almost espsrnatnral. ilia knowledge of
men and statecraft were Intuitive, and his vision
that of a political oeor.
What a legion and moral can be drawn fromu
the aan whose origin and parentage were as
bumble atfet of Jesus. Both the son of a
carpciScricM Vers is-sssgsr, tht cthar Id
a eiVi, ai poor. Md fewuMe m the MBger.
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Feed he- SUGREKE DAIRY FEED.
greatest milk producer.
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WE HAVE IN STOCK
Balmwort,
Plnexp
Lcxanlca,
Torts Compound,
Cordial,
Kargen,
Virgin Oil of Pine,
Olapcpsln.
You have seen these ndvcrtlnrd in tho paper at various times,
can fill them any time for yon.
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Cftrax,
Jttften Seatf.
THIRD STREET
RUI STORE.
He tried to turn his band at everything in
those crude M'mea. lie split rails, built cabins
and barns, sold whisky, r.nd kept a store and
Postofilce, learned surveying and studied law
and fell in love with every pretty girl he met.
He was a tender-hearted sap-head, and sucb a
homely, ungainly fellow and so sincere and
quaint in his person and demeanor that he was
an especial favorite among the gentler sex.
Abraham Lincoln was one of nature's chef
d'ouvre, a lreak among the human race, but
god-like in all his uncouth awkwardness and
ugliness, and yet Lincoln had the heart of a
little child the heart of Cupid, the body of a
Satyr and the brow of Jove.
The Declaration of American Independence
was bis compendium of patriotism and the doc
ument became a part ssd parol of his political
religion.
When one thinks of Lincoln's obscure origin,
and that he was born of "po' white trash" par
ents, one marvels at his magnificent apotheosis.
One must remember, too, that Lincoln's 'or
bears, on both his paternal and maternal sides,
sprang from Anglo Saxon blood that was
among the best in Eogland.
"But this we know, that from what we might
have called the poorest stock the descendant
of rude peasants, the son of a shiftless, inert,
and incapable father and of a mother too weak
to cope with the conditions of the life her
child lived to maalor sprang Abraham Lin
coln. The common lot was his only school; its
standard, its uims, its hopes, and joys, and
sorrows were and remained his. Yet from
these humble things he won tho profoundest
wisdom, and ever sufficing power, a patience
never surpassed, breadth of vision, and an ex
alted selflessness which carried him through
stress and temptation such aa few men have
ever overcome.
"This perhaps is the greater mystery, that in
Lincoln's genius there was no alchemy. From
the simple chemistry of the common thought
rwe its clear and steady and life-giving flame."
And be the little boy, born and nurtured on
Kentucky soil, hardened for life's conflict ia
the wilderness of Indians, and then to Illinois,
which becamo the main theater of bis unparal
el led achievements.
Is it not moot to rear a Doric Templw as a
fit memorial, honoring for all time the came
and the nativity of such a man?
UeildetbU corpse, that be&r for wludlng sheet
Tn Stars and Stripes he lived to re ar anew,
Between the mourners at his head and feet,
'Sajitcarrll Jester, Is them room tor youf
Td old world and the now, from te to sen,
Utter one voice of sympathy and ttitme
Sura ln'ttt, so stopped when U at Ust bt high,
Swt life, out ahort Just as Its triumph came.
Then why should the spirit of inotUl bo proudf
Like . swift falling meteor, a tut fljlnr cloud,
A fUshottho lightning, a brsak of the.wav,
AodheptisoaironVllfs tq hU test in tha grav
am-uuwu. it 1 1 i;r 1 i.i 1 .-g
New Waists. New York Store.
County Attorney Thomas D, Slattery wait
confined to his bed all day yesterday. sufTerlEZ.--with
a bad cold.
Mr. James II. Grops, the genial steward'oC
the steamer Courier, has been laid off the boat
for several days on account of the deatis of
his sister.
Captain Alec Calhoun of Market street,
who has boos sick with typhoid fever for tine
past four weeks, is improving nicely and. r
able to sit np.
In the County Court yesterday Rev. Rocer1
L. Clark, Pastor of the Christian Church, this .
citv. was granted license to sclcssiso ssr
riages, with George II Frank surety on bond,
TUROCKMORTON SCURUGGS.
Mr. William Throckmorton, aged 21, ardl
Uiss Elizabeth Schrugg, agei 24, both, oi'
Fleming county, were nurried in this city yes
terday. BEAN WRBSTER
Mr. Frank Bean, aged 23, nui hint Ccxa '
Webster, aged 18, both of Mason connty, were
married in the County Clerk's office jesterdsjc
"FRAUDS UPON THE PUBLIC" '
Is what some physicians have called patent '
medicines, and it b nn4eni3bly true that som
are frauds and some are even worse, beoavse
they are injorioue. Oa the other hand, tWn
are many patent medicines, such as Lydia. G.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and attaib,
which aro of real worth and are recomraes&d
by physicians of recognized standing. ,
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nearly every disease. Cleanse your jst aa
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Commissioner of Agriculture Rankia an
nounces that a serum has been discovert st
the Experiment Station at Lexington that viltt
be a preventative and positive, euro fori U;
cholera. .,'
A conference between Mr. Rukla MtHVo',
M, A. ScoviUe of the ExperiiSffH)trw wrt'
held Tuesday for the purpose of pmWiujr. tW-i
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