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THE EPIC OF DEMOCRACY A Lincoln Chronology 1806—Marriage of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks June 12, Washing ton county, Ky. 1809—Abraham born Feb. 12, Hardin (now La Rue county), Ky. 1816—Family moved to Perry county, Ind. 1818— Death of Lincoln’s mother. 1819— Second marriage of Hioraas Lincoln to Sally Bush Johnston, Dec. 2, at Elizabethtown. Ky. 1830—Lincoln fam- _ lly moved to Ma con county. 111. 1831— Abraham Lincoln located at New Salem. 1832 Abraham a captain in Black Hawk war. 1835 —Love ro mance with Anne Rutledge. 183 G—Second elec tion to legisla ture. 1837—Licensed to prnctice law. 1837—Third elec tion to legisla ture. /T"Wk HIS RESIDENCE ih. SPRINGFIELD TIME ADDS TO LINCOLN’S FAME Passing Years Bring In creased Acknowledgment of His Wise States manship. N the mere recital of the facts of Lincoln’s life there Is little to account for his being the only American except Washington I whose birthday has been made a na tional holiday. His origin was Eng lish. as he descended from English Quakers who settled in Pennsylvania. His own branch of the family went to Virginia, and thence to Kentucky, In diana and Illinois. His birthplace, though rude, was not unlike those about him, the one roomed cabin of the Western pioneer, situated in a wild region and with only the rudest necessities. There was little In his boyhood to mark It out from his fellows save In the thorough use he made of his scanty opportunities for improvement. He possessed only a handful of books — the Bible. “Aesop’s Fables,” Pilgrim’s Progress,” “Robinson Crusoe.” the lives of Washington and Henry Clay—but of these, by continual study, he made himself complete master. Meanwhile the difficulties of his daily life made him strong and vigorous, stimulating a wholesome grow’th of body and mind. The Importance of this foundation of health can hardly be overestimated, in view of the strain he was to bear In later life. That he retained this early vigor is evident from anecdotes of his delight in feats of strength even after he attained the presidency. By means of farm work that in those days included every form of bodily exercise, by a short experience as a country storekeeper, by an almost ri diculous military training. Lincoln saw in essence something of every form of life and saw each form In its barest simplicity. From these crudest facts he drew the homely directness of thinking, a readiness in analysis, a simplicity of view and a keenness of humor that tinctured his whole mind. Hla Early Studies. There Is nothing that gives us a bet ter insight into the origin of his great ness than the story he tells of his early methods of study. Even as a hoy, he says, he was accustomed to hear discussed public questions of every sort. The language and rhetoric of his elders was far beyond his com prehension, but with the true pioneer spirit the boy Lincoln, educated to overcome difficulties by his dolly life, not tired by a multiplicity of subjects, was never willing to nhandon n sub ject without understanding It. He would, after hearing a knotty debate, go over the whole controversy by him self until he was satisfied that he had extracted from It every root and gist of the matter. This done. Lincoln says, he strove to put Into the simplest language what he had learned. In or der that It might be within the under standing of any hearer. Thus it was that he learned to an alyse and solve political questions, and. having solved them, to present the matters in such form as to be under stood by the simplest of his hear ers. In the days when personal su BIRTHPLACE c/LINCOLN/ \ /a KENTUCKY* / WHITE' HOUSET at WASHINGTON"^ premacy came mainly from the power of oratory or convincing speech there was no surer road to leadership. Sure to Become a Power. With a mind thus self-trained and kept from the world until manhood. Lincoln was sure to come into prom inence as soon ns he could in any way secure a public hearing. As Woodrow Wilson puts it. “He had had the in stinct of the student in the midst of afTairs, and hud made himself a mas ter of ideas and of language ns an Instrument of mastery. He had de vised for himself straight thrusts of speech and the use of words that acted always like the application of light." Such a man will ever be put forward as champion by any party to which he lends his services. When, there fore, In the days of controversy be tween North and South over the great issue of whether the new territories should be slave or free, the Dred Scott decision declared that the people of a territory had no power to keep a slave owner from bringing his "prop erty" into their community, and this became the burning question of the day around which gathered those who were opposed as well on a dozen oth er grounds. Lincoln was put forward as the champion of the Free Soil party against Senator Douglas, who upheld the constitutional sanction of slavery. Lincoln's plain way of putting things was evident in his famous declara tion, "A house divided against Itself cannot stand. I believe this country cannot endure half slave and half free. Ido not expect the house to fall, but I do expect It will cense to be di vided.” Put Douglas In Dilemma. By a clever set of questions Lincoln put Douglas Into a dilemma that re quired him to lose either his following in Illinois or his following among the southern party. Douglas made his choice, antagonized the South, won the senatorshlp against Lincoln, hut put himself out of the running for the presidency. Then came the Insurrec tion led by John Brown, and the feel ing excited by this event still ran high during the next presidential elec tion. Douglas had been forced to stand for the right of the people of a territory to exclude slavery, and thus set himself against the Dred Scott de cision permitting slave owners to bring their property Into the territories. Up on this question the Democratic party split. The Republicans met In Chica go. and here the Illinois men so ably presented and advocated their new champion, Lincoln, that Seward lost the nomination and Lincoln won It. In the following election Lincoln succeeded over hIH rival by ii narrow majority, and really represented, so far as votes were concerned, a minority of the nation. Having staked upon this election the whole doctrine of state rights and the extension of slavery, the leading southern states looked up on Lincoln's election as a defiance of the whole course of legislation looking to the upholding of the southern view. Determined on Secession. The war followed, for the South con sidered state rights and slave lubor as the foundation of their prosperity and power, especially since the invention of the cotton gin hnd made, as they phrased It. cotton the king of the world of commerce. Woodrow Wil son points ont that In the northern opposition to slavery the South felt a keen sense of Injustice. They believed that the worst side of the Institution was willfully presented, that Its neces sities and Its better side were willfully suppressed. In the election of Lincoln they saw the beginning of an attempt to dominate them completely. It 1842 — Married Nov. 4 to Mary Todd. "Duel" with Gen. Shields. 1843 Birth of Robert Todd, Aug. 1L 1846—Election to congress. Birth of Edward Baker, March 10. 1848 —Delegate to Philadelphia na tional convention. 1850—Birth of William Wallace, Dec. 2. 1853 —Birth of Thomas, April 4. 1856—Assists in formation Republican party. % 1868—Joint debate with Stephen A. Douglas. Defeated for United States senate. 1860—Elected t • presidency. 1861 — Inaugurated as president on March 4. 1863. —Issued Em ancipation Proc lamation freeing lXiur million slaves. 1804—Re-elected to presidency. 1865 —* Assassinat ed by John Wilkes Booth April 14. Died April 15. Re mains Interred at Springfield, 111., May 4. seemed the outcome of a continual bat tle against them and their institutions, and they saw no escape except by se cession from the Union. As president. Lincoln disappointed the abolitionists and the more rabid opponents of the South. He waited until he believed that there was armed resistance to the federal laws, but when this crisis came acted promptly and effectively. The long conflict fol lowed and belongs to history. Ever since those days Lincoln’s fame has been growing, and the best students agree that Ills was the broad est statesmanship and the wisest brain of nil tested in those troubled times. More and more the country has come to see that he best understood the problems and best solved them. His assassination was. a blunder for which the country, both North and South, paid dear. His speeches. Ills public doc uments, ills state papers, reveul a greater man as they are studied more deeply, and today the leaders of thought, both North and South, pay to his memory due meed of reverence. TOLD GOOD JOKE ON HIMSELF Lincoln Appreciated Humor In Remark Made by Exceedingly Frank, Outspoken Lady. When Mr. Lincoln was presented by the toastmaster of a banquet of Illinois editors In 1856, he began with an apology for his presence, speaking of himself as an interloper, and then he said he was reminded of an Inci dent. He did not sny that he was giving a personnl experience of his own, but the editors surmised as much and were greatly amused. Mr. Lincoln said that the man of whom he was speaking possessed feat ures which the ladies could not call handsome. This man. while riding through the woods, met n lady on horseback. He turned out of the path ami waited for her to pass. She stopped and looked at the man a few moments. Then she said : "Well for lund sake, you ure the homeliest man I ever saw." "Yes, mndnme." the man replied; "but I can’t help It." "No, I suppose not," the lady said; "but you might stay at home." Lincoln's Task. Mr. Lincoln’s perilous task has been to carry a rather shaky craft through the rapids, making fast the unrulier logs as he could snatch opportunity, and the country Is to he congratulated that he did not think It his duty to run straight at nil hazards, hut cau tiously to assure himself with ids setting pole where the main current wus, and keep steadily to that. He Is still In wild water, hut we have faith that Ills skill and'sureties* of she will bring him right ut last.— Lowell (1864). Lincoln's Blessing. Lincoln attended a woman’s fair given in 1864 for the benefit of the soldiers. In his speech he praised the soldiers and then added: "If all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world In praise of women were applied to the women of America It would not do them Justice for their conduct dur ing the war. God bless the women of America.” Pointed Out Safety’s Path. Abraham Lincoln said: "Teach rev erence and obedience to the Constitu tion and luws of our country und we are safe; otherwise there’s danger ahead.” fHE GILPIN OBSERVER. If You Need a Medicine You Should Have the Best Have you ever stopped to reason why It is that so many products that are ex tensively advertised, all at once drop out of sight and are soon forgotten? The reason is plain—the article did not fulfill the promises of the manufacturer. This applies more particularly to a medicine. A medicinal preparation that has real curative value almost sells itself, as like an endless chain system the remedy is recommended by those who have been benefited, to those who are in need of it. A prominent druggist says "Take for example Dr. Kilmer's, Swamp-Root, a preparation I have sold for many years and never hesitate to recommend, for in almost every case it shows excellent re sults, as many of my customers testify. No other kidney remedy has so large a sale." According to sworn statements and verified testimony of thousands who have used the preparation, the success of Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root is due to the fact, so many people claim, that it fulfills al most every wish in overcoming kidney, liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri nary troubles and neutralizes the uric acid which causes rheumatism. You may receive a sample bottle of Swamp-Uoot by Parcels Post. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., and enclose ten cents; also mention this paper. Large and medium size bottles tor sale at all drug stores. —Adv. Horace—Did any limn ever kiss you Defore I did? Helen—Yes, dear. Horace —Tell me his name so I can beat him up! Helen—l’m afraid that he might be too many for you. Every department of housekeeping needs Red Cross Bag Blue. Equally good for kitchen towels, table linen, sheets and pillowcases, etc. Steel Needles Chinese Invention. The Chinese were the first people In the world to use steel needles. The Chinese needles slowly made their way westward until they were brought into Europe by the Moors. WOMEN WONDER AT HER MANY CLOTHES w Diamond Dyes" Make Faded, Old, Shabby Garments New. Don’t worry about perfect results. Use "Diamond Dyes,” guaranteed to give n new, rich, fadeless color to any fabric, whether It be wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods,—dresses, blouses, stockings, skirts, children’s coats, feathers —everything! Direction Book In package tells how to diamond dye over any color. To match any material, have denier show you "Diamond Dye" Color Card.—Adv. "I hope you didn’t take a second piece of cake, Ethel?" said the mother to tin* young daughter, who had been visiting a friend for tea. “Yes, I did, mother,” replied the child. "You told me never to contra dict. and the lady said : *1 know you’ll have another piece of cake;’ so what could I suy?" GREEN’S AUGUST FLOWER. Constipation invites other troubles which come speedily unless quickly checked and overcome by Green’s August Flower which Is a gentle laxa tive, regulates digestion both in stomach and intestines, cleans and sweetens the stomach and alimentary canal, stimulates the liver to secrete the bile and impurities from the blood. It is a sovereign remedy used In many thousands of households all over the civilized world for more than half a century by those who have suffered with indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, sluggish liver, coming up of food, pal pitation, constipation and other in testinal troubles. Sold by druggists and dealers everywhere. Try a bottle, take no substitute.—Adv. "The war sobered some people." "Yes?" "But not Mrs. Gadder.” "No?" "She’s going to Europe soon and she Is asking everybody what would he the proper costume to wear when viewing a battlefield."—Birmingham Age-Her ald. CREAM FOR CATARRH OPENS UP NOSTRILS Tells How to Get Quick Relief from Head-Colds. It’s Splendid! In on** minute your clogged nostrils will open, the air passages of your head will clear and you can hrenthe freely. No more hawking, snuffling, blowing, headache, dryness. No strug gling for breath at night; your cold or catarrh will be gone. Get a small bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm from your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic, healing cream In your nostrils. It pen ertates through every air passage of the head, soothes the inflamed or swollen mucous membrane and relief comes Instantly. It’s Just fine. Don’t stay stufTed-up with n cold or nasty catarrh —Relief ceities so quickly.—Adv. "She says she’s going to give sing ing lessons,” “She’ll have to. Nobody’d ever pay her for them.” What has become of the old-fash toned girl who, when a love affair went wrong, pined awuy and died? A Number of Them. Unanswerable. Still Frivolous. His Only Chance. EXCHANGETAKES ANOTHER DROP SENSATIONAL SLUMP IN FOR EIGN EXCHANGE CAUSES ALARM. SITUATION DISQUIETING BANKERS ADMIT CONDITIONS BAD IN BOTH LONDON AND PARIS. Woßtern Newnpaix r I’nion Nvwr Serv.lc»*. New York, Feb. 4. —Another sensa tioual slump iu foreign exchange un settled prices on the stock exchange and the various commodity markets, especially those trading in foodstuffs and cotton. The decline was the most severe in the long-sustained reaction of international credits and was at tended by many disquieting rumors, especially as to the probable effect on the country’s foreign trade. There Is no way by which the ex tent of operations in the exchange market can lie computed, hut the ag gregate sales probably return to hun dreds of millions of dollars, British and French bills providing the bulk of offerings. Some dealers in exchanges, prob ably as a measure of precaution, de clined to accept bills on any European center except subject to collection rates. This policy was not adopted by the larger dealers and banking in stitutions, however, where outright purchases continued tin* rule. The re versal, which established new low rec ords for London, Baris, Rome, Ant werp and many less important centers also took in one or more of the Brit ish dominions. As an instance of the movement’s ramifications, exchange on New York at Montreal was quoted at premium of 13Vfe cents, or one cent over the previous high rate. The reverse side of the exchange situation was presented by a with drawal of about $17,000,000 gold from the subtreusury for shipment to South Americu, which continues to be fa vored by trade conditions. In the stock market there were heavy dealings at declines In Ameri can securities, presumably by foreign owners. It was assured these stocks were being sold here because this market offered almost the only me dium for their conversion Into money at anything like reasonable prices. Bankers in close touch with condi tions in Ixmdon and Paris acknowl edged that the exchange situation hud taken on more ominous aspects, hut in no high quarter was uny immediate readjustment regarded as probable. The lowest rate was 3.33, against a parity of 4.86%, or a discount of al most 33 per cent. French and Belgian francs fell to new low levels at 14.44, 14.50, respectively, to the dollar. Murderers Probably Paid Penalty. El Paso, Texas. —Grim details of the killing of his son hy Mexican ban dits were related to the Senate sub committee investigating the Mexican situation when It resumed its hear ings here hy E. E. Eeke, who at the time of the murder was a contractor employed on a Mexican railway. Ills story was concluded with the hint that all members of the gang who hnd killed the boy and his two com panions had paid the supreme penalty, although unimposed hy Mexican au thorities. Get Second Set of Triplets. Albany, Ala. —Six children—two sets of triplets—within fifteen months Is the birth record in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Posey Livingstone of Albany. The second trio of children was born this week and all are well. Says Government Paid Too Much. Washington.—The government ni trate plant ut Toledo, Ohio, built at an^‘sl hunted cost of $20,000,000, could have been duplicated, land and all, for $5,500,000, Henry <5. Tyrrell of New York, formerly an appraiser in the War Depurlmeiit, testified before a House war Investigating committee. Adopted Daughter Gets $1,000,000. Wilmington, Del.—The entire estate of Mrs. Alfred I. DuPont, admitted to probate, was left to Miss Alicia Mad dox, daughter by a former marriuge, at whose death It is to revert to Miss t’ainlJle DuPont, an adopted daughter. The estate Is supposed to he worth more than $1,000,000. Must Increase Production. Washington.—lncreased production, more efficient distribution and stabil ization of prices are necessary to re duce* the price of clothing, dealers in men's wear informed Howard Figg, who 1s in charge of the Department of Justice campaign to reduce the cost of living. Whisky Liner Seized. New York. —The Black Star steam ship Yarmouth, which sailed for Ha vana lust month with a $-1,800,000 car go of whisky, only to put hack for re pairs, has been seized by the govern ment today. Federal Prohibition In spector Shevlin formally notified the captuin that the liquor will lie unload ed Into bonded warehouses. Counsel for the owners announced they would apply to the Federal Court for an In Junction restraining Shevlin from In terferlng with the ship or Its cargo. 112 Milliens^^Jt\ used last to KILL BILL’S CASCARAbHIIININE Standard cold remedy for 20 year* —in tablet form—safe, sure, no opiates—breaks up a cold in 24 hours—relieves grip in 3 days. Money back if it fails. The Pennine box has a Red t°p with Mr. Hill’s At All Drug Sturm* Healthy Liver Healthy Life Your liver —healthy or clogged, active or sluggish makes all the difference between a vigorous, cheerful life and low spirits and fail- I a flfrn’r ure. To subdue (J\K ltK%> a stubborn Imutti gr liver; over- "ET" a w cr r> come conati- A Hqei |aC pation, dizzi- ness, bilious- !■■■■■■■■— ness, indigestion, headache and the blues there is nothing on earth so good as Carter’s Little Liver Pills. Purely vegetable. Small Pill—Small Dose—Small Price DR. CARTER'S IRON PILLS, Nature’s great nerve and blood tonic for Anemia, Rheumatism, Nervousness, Sleeplessness and Female Weakness. detail* hear slttaltrt Cuticura Soap ls Ideal for The Complexion Soap 25c, Oiatnent 25 tad 50c, Talc am 25c. BRAZIL, SOUTH AMERICA Reliable information for those desiring to locate there. Address 808 Berks Trust Bldg., Reeding, Penn. He Wasn't So Much. Giles’ grandmother, with whom he lived, was ill and the little fellow was left uncared for except for his owu childish efforts. One day he came home very dirty and shabby in ap pearance and with Ills stockings down. His grandmother bewailed the fact that she was unable to take proper care of him. "Gee, grandmother," said Giles, “you don’t know the world. You ought to see the other guys." Cautiously Stated. The American officers who came to the courts at Cannes to compete for the army tennis championship were re quired on their arrival to report to Colonel Johnson, the organizer. When one competitor came in. Colonel John son, according to American Lawn Ten nis, looked up and said: "Are you a tennis player?" The lieutenant looked a little bash ful and replied: “Well, I think I # am—at least, I have orders to prove it." 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Arid-Stomach may cause yon a lot of aerloua trouble It leads to ner vousness. headaches, Insomnia, melancholia, rheumatism, sciatica, heart trouble, ulcer and cancer of the atomach. It makes Its millions of victims weak and miserable, llatless. lacking In energy, all tired out. It often brlnga about chronic Invalldlain. pre mature old age, a shortening of one's days. You need the help that BATONIC can give you If you are not feeling aa strong and well as you should. You will be surprised to see how much better you will feel just as soon as you begin tsklng this wonderful stomach remedy. Get a big 60 cent boa from your druggist today. He will return your money If you are not satisfied. F ATONIC Ml C rO* Y6blTAQt>-STOMAri*' PATENTS RtMts.ji'.saisaEs f W H.O. Advice and bookfru*. Rates reasonable. Highest references. Bsstsorvloun. 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