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THE CAIRO BULLETIN.
PART II.
PAGES
L,
CAIRO ILL. SATURDAY
.. - i,
I TU'l
"WE WILL FIND A
WAY OR MAKE ONE."
(Continued from pan Bight)
There is no such thin. a.; limiting
the achievement i of an Indomitable
win. When Napoleon was told that
the Alps would bar I ho progress ol
his Invincible army, lie said :There
Nhaii be iu Alps," ami the result was
.the building qfl those roads which
landed him and hi- forces safe in tho
ricli Italian valleys beyond.
There is something hi the very act
of off on anil endeavor which strength
ana, and he whose difficulties can
forth the tvroatest exottlon will de
velop the greatest capacity. Tfile ex
plains whv tho poor hoy at) freoueint
l.v fle Lo idaees of nMmr anH In.
with adversity develops the will and
the aroused win takes hold or the
powers Which so many of 'is allow to
drift and waste and seta Iheni In theli
proper place, and thus builds thi
structure of that drone and forceful
character which sweeps difficult
aiel doubt, audi
Olareh along the
ttent. We ail h.ivi
ent ami noaalhllll
THE NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF
CLARK'S CONQUEST OF THE
NORTHWEST.
The exploration, tonquest, ainl Set
tlement of (he country northwest of
the Ohio river forma a moat important
part id the history of our great Am
erican nation. Thi'- va territory
lying In tin
irivalleil Byt
migration
hany ridgi
b valley between the
ippl livers and bor
eal Lakes may well
earl of North Am
' locate,,, nnsnrpas
nous wealth of Its
, and possessing an
of navigable water
euk of the revolu-
ngnard of western
rossed the Alio
soon pushed westward luto Texas, tin
a Mexi-an pos sasion. Growing n
live under Mexico's oppressive ml
these liberty-hwlng settlers sougl
American protection, and in isi" ti
"Lone Star Stan' wa annexed
'In' I tiion. I hi:; act precipitated he
tilltles with Mexleo. hut at the end of
that war the Pacific ocean marked
ih" western boundary of the tfnlted
States. Alaska was purchased in
lS(i7 on account bi her valuable seal
fisheries, while Hawaii m ,..,nnv,',i
raliroad or
'In coiintr
ar, have e
the Pacific
' ' ; were
"rMr" their
conveniently reached by
river, from any point of
. Cairo has nron.'i-R- i,
railed the "Gateway ol the West."
In the year ot 1vis, William Bird,
of attssouri, obtained a patent from
the President of the United States
for a grant of three hundred and six
ty acres of land, ami entered this ex
treme point for settlement From
this ownership ihe locality took the
name of Bird's Point which it retained
for nearly twenty years. The sons
d William Pird. John and Thompson,
the first to build a house here,
j having been erected abotil
-live feet south of the present
. 1 " I HI I I M.I II
good financial management, mfiuen
tial eiti.eus, and industrious inhald
tantft
KATIE KICSSLER
A PLEA FOR BETTER EDUCATION.
e in its triumphant
avenues of achtflVe-
an opalenoe or tnl
y: so few ihr will
and moral courage to use them. Few
men, it may ho said, have the pow t
W play the piano like Paderewski.
Frw men. It may he relied, have tin
pcracrvance and patience to nraetlce
a I many hours per day lor as many
years as did the great Polish pianist
Brven ihe weak and s ntlmental
high Ideals, the appeals of great as
pirations and the still anal voice ot
conscience calling to a higher and
purer plane of life ami Influence, and
mediate
ful a.lh
realisation of the ideal ttrfltian
success in life is always attribute.'
to geniUS. The so called genius j.
usually credited with being a favositj
Child of nature, richly endowed, an
deserving as an individual, i i specta
eulogy in his behalf, r.ui if you wir
ttfdy the history of the fortunate
CeniUS vou will lie -ml 01 Rn,l .!,.,, i,
days' "who through long days o
labor ami nights devoid of ox r, .sii!
heard in his wni the ihualc ot wondai
till melodit s " And then perhaps yoi
ui!i agree with William Win thai
Dltu Is usually aothlng imt unusual
capacity for work.
Few who hae lived ti. years of ni.i
turity imi can recount to vuii in I
stances proving this, it is no uncon
tiion thins In see two brother" lien
to the ...one .
i.tear Britain m 1778, large bands oi
hostile Indians, incited hy the com
manders Of the British posts in the
Northwest, descended from the Illin
ois country and attacked the Ameri
can pioneers, massarreing men. wo
men and children It was during
these dark days thai tin1 "man of the
hour" arose Oeorge n.igers Clark
then a room man ot iniv.
mething was done the Virgin
lonists would he captured ur dri
Ck across the AM ghanies hy
liish or their hirelings, the Indi;
ti-h posts
revolution
roads, telegraph lines, and navigable
waterways, unsurpassed in the vast
wealth of their natural resources, al
ums! unrivalled in the output of aaVi-
s. hogs, sheep and
ompai
much
Bngtit hmen, who
several million dot-
item 'his timi
Cain
nn
HOIS ('
1 on t
on th
iun d.
cultural produc
post.
the European
bread. The
nation;
Mince
Mic!
with ni"at
n! products
s surpasses
large quatttittc
igan boasts oft hi
ir, Cairo wa
seen t lie norm in
IS also a great
of sol-
while
.., nmjij uiiiie pass,,, rnrongn here, times
In fac; the civil war really advertised
Cairo as an Important place.
through here. In fact (he civil war
really advertised Cairo as an impor
ter thousand
Here stationed in the city,
nv more nisse I rttmnarfc
Any common mechanic knows that
a chain is no stronger than its weak
est link, but when this is used in ror
erence to anything lmt a chain very
few people apply it. Suppose we
make the same application to the hu
man body an 1 rail each organ n link.
Imagine then a person with every link
in his body perfect and strong except
one near the center, and call the weak
link the heart. Imagine another with
every link perfect except the stomach.
SAOther with every link perfect except
'In' tight lung, and another with every
link perfect except the nerves, and so
oir. Now if any extra strain he put
on these weak links what will he the
result.' We all know there will be
great danger of its breaking. You
the break will amount to hut lit
perhaps. Yes. ami perhaps it will
unt to a great deal. The break
of a tendon, muscle na ten,..
other more vital organ oftentimes
makes a cripple or an invalid for life.
to say nothing of death that somi
follow. Yes, ,, Invalid r
cripple to be in everybody's way and
not aide to take care of one's self,
but dependent on others for susten
ance, and often suffering for the real !
sai
; lerem teacher lor each study, and
'.o h l.-son given Is of such length
i as to require three or four hours
i of hard work to prepare it thoroughly
j and understanding, and he is sup
; posed t carry fiv( or Mx stll(liea
, Mow, just think what a hard time that
student will have. Long before the
; tour years high school course is end
ed many such students have become
discouraged, failed t nuke passing
grades, dropped out an,l KOne nobody
knows where, or have taken what
they call a job at four or live dollars
per week.
Let one picture to yon something
better. Take the child when he enters
School and make him comfortable
first. Then teach ami develop him
gradually by precept anil example
along mental, moral and phvsical
lines, through the gra-ien. anil he will
come out a thinkiug. pure minded,
well developed student ready for high
school work. And when he enters
make him comfortable again by giv
ing him pleasant rooms, a pure moral
atmosphere, and plenty of practical
and sensible mental and nhvsical
work. I'ut him through a rigid course
in mathematics and be sure not to tie
gleet the same rigid course in physi
cal cultures. Isn't his bod lol mm
; important to him and to ihe commu
nity as his knowledge of tuathe
'inatics? What good is mathematical
knowledge if you haven't a body that
will enable you to put if to practical
You can't get any pleasure out
way and Cairo wa
much damage wa
try of- the I'nifi
reduced results
upon than the
d States which lias
of greater IWtlosal
conquest from the
I lieu
morx
and
With
witnessed p
Ih the might
than unci
IO SWVI II
:;i
II
the
e
r fully recovered
is city has never
h a calamity, til
rivers have tried
to break tho levees
away the town but
And there is prob-
necessities of life. Think of the poor 1 01 wc" knowledge or reap any bone
cripples and weaklings you have seen W l'",n II without n strong healthy
On our Streets, begging those who body. It is not only thus in mathe
pass for only a few pennies! How I Rtttlca, but in all ihings. The win
tiers of honors in scholarships are
nearly always those who attend the
gymnasiums as faithfully an they do
" IMS rooms, Statistics show that
a man is in his nrime nlivie.illv fr.mi
'he age e twenty lo Iwemv-oiirlu. Hv
would you like to be. or see your
loved ones in their stead'.' In order
to avoid such conditions for ourselves
and others we should try from early
Childhood to make every link or or
fin in our bodies perfect and strontr.
We ..lo oi hi no; aiiemnl in .1. .,...!., I t he time he irotn tlimuvii ,...!!.,,..,
military prowess
macy of i ; i i vow
ry northwest of th
lin two years, th
and skilful dip
; Virginian h:ui di
icarts d ihe French ami Indians, am
tained the staunch friendship of th
Spani. h governor of Louisiana.
lOU'el
ImasliK
in - greatest won
twentieth centurj
close of oar revolu
:ky pioneers dri vet
uid Ureal Britain in pot
lissi slppl valley, and
public further hemmed
BngllSh in Canada and
ivmg Spain
e-sioll III ttM
lie young re
in by l hi
Hie Roan I
e (lie real tel
asv absorptloi
will no Ibngi
p
.aim' university, perhaps, the om
urally brilliant and lending his
without effort, the ..ili, i . oa
pain taking, but withal an as
plodder who graduated somes
in. .i I I be middle of hi ; class.
them as they enter tin world ou
the College wall', win
commence ;. w here an
of fad ; 'oui tie ories
avail, but must be coupled with tin
great cardinal virtues of honesty
courage and will Here the race ii
not to the swift. RUCCOBS is no:
rem see at a single bound. Cllenti
perhaps come slowly to the office ol
ine .iiillianl young lawyer,
tires of his otflOD, I"'-' 8tudc
ful. and his effort frnilb
tOt BS his grasp of Ihe sltltS
seeks solace, perhaps, in tin
of revelr.v which are, in f.o i.
defeat and despair, Buf tin
an I le ; brilliant brother plods on.
Clients come slowly in him also, at
first. Maybe like peter Burling, he
ha to sit in tin office whose walls sn
leeii the ridges of tin Appalachian
Highland and. surrounded on all side
i.v foreign enemies, half a centur
nigni nave mark.. I the exiatenci
ho United Si. ties of America.
Cl.'irk's mililni'v ... .
"HI h
halls
Is ol
owei
b cosily bookshoivos
sheep bound ,b inks
be top of hi i plain
rack in I he wall foi
lis mill. I lo i in ineil
ort,unifjes Itegln ti
tin. I him slowly bll
d. As the years gi
leadlly grow Ine. ael
not furnished w
wen filled will
and g.re over
pine desk at a
hours at a tini".
bat ion Hut op
(nine, and Ihev
careful)) prennri
by We See hilll
tin i ov i reo'ue by the bilffii ilig of DC
csslonal adversitlos nor Intoxioatot
by Increasing trisuphs. He geei
fiom one posl ot iwefulue is to at
other, until a: hul lie feel i his ful
streagtb, am) rnir indomitable ploii
d i l eaches succe ss.
What we receive in this life and
the life beyond, no dmbt, Is measured
by what we give to if Call it what
yon will, in in , line to oneself, con
ct auction ot if., ii. p. r..'ii raucc
contiauity ami txedness f purpose,,
ti i matter what ou may RnsM 'In
method, we return to the ni.i mssHs
as true, "'hat life is ii.it we mal e it.
Or, to put it in tin: ourr. nt idom wMeh
niaiks the title. "The world Is thine
oyster -ope ii by thy effort.;." Said
Oliver Wendell Holmes
He firm, one constant elitmeal in luck
i : inline. soUd, obi Taetoalc pluck
iiee von tall shaft0 It (eh the earth
ipiake's thrill
Clung to i' I ' ... and
risw' still
BUcfe o ynar
will slip.
Rut only crow b.-ir , ,. t bulldogs
grip.
SomII as he look, the jaw that nevur
yields
Drag- down the bellowing monarch of
tbe field.
HtNKlE TOLSON
ion tiie forces which have rondcre.
possible the wonderful expansion am
leveloptni nt that has made our M
ion wiiat i is today. After COOqili i
ng tin northwest and winning tin
Indiana to the American enam, k
lmme,liately look pAssesainn of Ih
eriiiory lie had gained and slrongly
orlilied if. DeseendiBg the east hank
il Hie Mississippi liver lo a point live
alios below the mouth oi the Ohio, he
'here hUilt and garrisoned Fort .1. I
rerson, signed a treaty ol peace with
'he Spanish governor of Loui Isnt)
nnl when Begotlations ot peace wen
n progress ai Paris in 1 783, tbe Am
j .
in r ' inirwTT i i" - mn u
mm .1PPMPHIILv
Icq H
sK ' t-.vl
fflriiiitfiifiiiiiHiiiiiiliniiniiHiiii m Kmmmmmmm
rii'an forces wet in full
d' all British torrilor)
ippi allev. "I'.,. e.
'minis ,d the law." am
liter .ICkllllVV e.h'llll tl
lenee of IJie Jul
forced to relinquish
kisi ession
GRADUATING CLASS, 1904
Cairo High School.
iweniy-tnree or twenty-four he will
have to start in on bis profession and
have no lime to devote then to the
building up of his own pliyslque, Ix
Blues being too old to derive the best
benefits from a course in physical
1 training.
i .Make a list ot Ihe greatest men the
WOl Id has produced and you'll find
litem all or nearly all ,i ; i hong phy
; siealh as they were mentally. YV
look back to Creek art and civilian
Itlon as the "Golden Age." This agt
" 1 al Its highest point when athleth
exercise was moflf generally practised
and admired. Our conception of
I courage, chivalry, and patriotism
' carry with mem the idea of physical
strength. It Is a fact, and well known
too. that what we sow in youth wr
win roup m otu age. Then it we want
the children of oitr ago to be great
and inak. reputations that will In
handed down to generations an ex
amples ol what was noble timl virtu
mis we should train them from child
hoo.i to be sank,
The Bible leaches thai the body i
the temple e ihe -oul, and Christ said
that one soul was worth mote than
t world like this. Now, If you had
a jewel valued at more ihan thi
wnoie it una wouiii you not be vrj
particular about tha case in which
von Moron ii- lViost certainly von
Would be Well. SUCh is the case Willi
u.s all, and I not only Consider It pre
Mania bm aeooeaary thai wa give tin
MOM attention and training lo per
feeling the body flint We do lo cillll
rating the mind
JOHN HI NMIYANT.
Llass motto.
Sweat Pc
ster.
Ii u . i
Clai
i
d did Cold Clang flower
Th
in Hi"
ion i
Ureal
ie i
Mi h
i Mm
Britain
ml pi l;
all claim
valley eat I
to
II.
th
I i ump.tignv
M Vin
C'ahokia
the Might)
towar
In ITS i
States
Clark
as ih,
the mongrels hoi 1
vast and ferlili
M i - i -ippi
From Clark's sncct ISl
m tin -f the British pi.
senses, Kaehaskia, an
latcs the beginning of
march of AMertaaa pregress
he lands of Ihe "seti.n SUB."
Virginia ceded to the Cniiel
i he territory conquered hy
which then became Ihm
North wesl Territonr. in r vmi
I"- sturdy pioneers ol the yiuing re
iiiblic were ti mi l.v estshllnhed in th,
a. vv eoiintrv 'I'owns and VlHsgi
;pnum up on every side and Hie rag
niiy Inereastog poeakUkai tsmsgdnii
i mole estnhibifeed forai M govern
meal. AeeoMincly. this vast .Ionian.
was ev.tillially divided IMS Cue I erri
i ii ie . old... laMsaas (MMofa . Miehi
tan ami vv , aogdMfc feMMe the sMd
i n' nitieieeniii century ever)
me of idem had been admitted into
ih" union, and today they rank among
ihe greatest gates in the American
republic.
"Westward the itar of empire lake,
its way The influence of Clark'
campaigns upon our we. tern terrl
tonal eaaSM ion is of the greatest
national ignihc.nico. Suppose Ureal
r.niam conM has. carried om bei
latealioa ol ceding lo France the ter
ritory east of the Mississippi, then
hel l by i iie American forces, could
Thoanaa lefei am have purchase,'
I imlsiaai from ike First
(MM, had I'-inre aba pa
fertile valley StM of Ihe
This newlv piiTrtv !
Sttted b) immigrants from the east
and south, and our energetic pioneers
cb
Raj Abell
Robert Cantwell
tSunice Uoanal
Nick Cm
Mary DeBaaa
John Duanl vaal
VlrgMta I'aleoner
Craee Johnt Ion
Katie Ke lor
ora l.ee
Albert Nelson
Course Completed.
Blectlve.
Blectlve,
Latin.
Bll i live
Science.
Ell dive
Latin.
Science
Science
Elective.
Elective.
Valedictory, Mathematics, Rngll h,
salutatory Bugene Pennebsker.
luawing Mary Cope.
Mq ;" Eunice Honant, Zma Lee.
Manual framing -Nick Vox.
elocution -Katie KessH r.
Ili.torv
'b ster. Course Completed
Anna Vsttghafl Pell KteCtlVC
Bug I'ennebaki i Latin and Science
Jessie Perce elective.
Miry Pope elective
Bugene Sadler Elective
John Bheehaa Elective.
Herbert Dteinel Latin.
Ida Sutherland I'd. (live
Hearts ..l on l.alm and Si lenrt
losii vVMIer Science
Madge Zimmerman LI. etlve
Deport men I At eadaadi Hearts FoMea
EULOGY ON ETHAN ALLEN.
British
t in
CoaaM in
Ii ; i ;sippi '
r:'..y wa
mtrj aorthwi t .1
" no general of tin
.evolution. Washington alone sXCep
"-ii. are the poopk of this graal re
ptthtte more indebted tbas to (i n
Ceorge lingers t'lark." Mad Ibis DOS
ana 1 sever k 1 B made ine Altegba-
uies might still have been our we I
in boundary, find tke lei tii,. valley
t the ,Vliasip,l- to 1 hi.- hour a
.Sp.iTie ii. l';.-neh, of ' liriti h
ins. Tin '4nmisisea pnrclu . th.
idasMaiol M Texss, Rm acsjuli Itlon of
OaMornia ami the farther west, the
mirchase o AhudW, the ante atiou
of Hawaii, our recently acquired
pntseasiuiil of OaaM and (he Phil
'diines, are but the siiasi struct en .:
the great western expansion "I thi
Cnited Sta'e-.. The foundation v
'trmiy established by Clark's eoa
luesl of the Northwest Territory, ami
while this grand republic lin t;
imgresa, wealth sad arospertty of
'he five gr.-nt states cafrN from !"
cU domain noithwesi ,,t tie- Ohio
river, will ever land rf a moniimi it
o the energy and prowess nf t.neral
.IiTirg' Regefs Clark.
EtmttlfB ft I'KNNP.iiA KISR
THE GATEWAY OF THE WEST."
3Uatod in the extreme southern
part of Illinois, on the cnOuenc: ot
the two great rivers of this continent,
. i
along one or two line--, but along all
Me line that go to make up our be
aid) ie . danger of the h mi v, 1 so e ..
for Caiio now has ils line a system ot
leves as can b. found aai aam
BpeakMg ot let preaeal condition , ,' V,"' ..
- ., 1. 1, . I,,
'ii ma oaable inclinations the or. lin
'air. 1 has s, raihomls .,11..,.
educatkmsl advantages; j.; al well
applied with banking factHtles a
anj oilier i ity iii the mad. she , m
Imuum of lo r rhiirck edtftees; and b r
'nil. lints, which are WOOt replace.
new on. vv hen they ate ,e it ro veil
' 'aire i 1 rapMly com Ms to the from
nt manufacturing eater wise Her
advantages ar.- appreciate,! kv
it.ilists.for she Is at the head of all
Ihe venr round RSV Igltioa on the Ml
I ippi and Ohio river, and i; al .. a
v 11 lighted ci'v, A large bri I s .
co tint' four million dollars stmns :h"
Ohio, and more improvements. In th
of i htiL-e archway, n.i.l fa!
levee are in progress but not yet eon,
pMted
Th popehit j,,n a compered with
iSgfl hi greatly IncreajMd; in IMki
it wts '."no and r now MaMds l,M7
:,n Merease nf MMM n h y,.arK.
in Boavgariag GafsVa, agal M am
stance,: with h.T pre ,.n'ti fln, l,,
i; a rajsktry erowing fratewar for
ir.iin product - from the liekls of the
we-f to the consumer in th- .oieh
TH who a i)i doubt that In the future
. !
II V (fold develop, Won e ful v in n
ft a raw both mentally ami pin i
caBy However, moat rtlliisn saMn
bed sboul ihe age of nix, where
they are apposed 10 gg a ,a,,
eat, from which oftemime the tee'
dsagle, Ut1.1l.le to reach the floor, to
be veiv nnlel indeed. aaJ Ma4a all
the time, at h i t. sever IikiK tip. .fur
itig ehiNil hours, which continue th
greatai part ! the lay Poor little
"in ' It they could only have the
window! thrown open, stand in th"
j ai des and tike light gymnastics for
'"n minutes at the close of everv
hour, what a relief it would lie to
their tired lifflo brains and eramiw I
and often aching todies And. oh,
" better etrta and msya they'd
Bui Hois ii goes "ti ftom ynar to Si u
TMmm b Mas not 1 lie learned, and
'H, inve ajpdet tun 1 n igs if npine- tf
grow cT'siked !. .'l. rs round, heail
and Maw wen, ahd eyes ga out.
TMH .1 11,, 1. 1 until the ehlM is
about fifteen an t eaters the Mt,,
chud, tbe leajorrfy of the eMTdres
tirog, overworked, poorly de.el-
( air . slmll ft... : I
' ... in., 11, in,.. 1. , . . . . . .
r I'lici iiiiiot-; an.i .rain" in the hist
City to IRktmta, fg u takes -but tes SmM the child generally ha aT-
The American revolution called
forth the latent energies ,,t many In
MvMaaM who, in ,nor(, peaceful
'ate of political affairs would hav.
Ismbeeaif in oMwurit) ami aoas
down to the grave unhoiiorel and 1111
known. Peaeefully engaged in the
affairs of civil life, they would have
passed their days, than slept In dark
aaaa and Boas to their eternal resting
places without the honors that now
ate bestowed upon Maw. The oolicv
ot Great BrttaM toward the American
colonies, tyrannies! and oppressive
aroused the mativ friends of liberty
into immediate action. To the at
tempt 1 made to deprive the peaceful
COtoalSM of tlndr newly gained rights
to the efeatge of treason ami the
threats of death, thousands of citi
Mas made answer: "No consequence 1
are so dreadful to a free people
that of being made slaves." Thank
'o the spirit which prevailnd among
out fathers; thanks to the patriotem
which then warmed the hearts of the
peopi... Baglant with her sMrssaaris
as eaaajagl to Me task of robbing
tiee.lom loving people of theii lights
tad their liberties.
True hearted were the volunteers
who re ponded to the raJto of th.11
country They knew by Inheritance
if not by actual vH-rience, the tac
tics of the Indian" Thev could make
a fortress of a rock or a tree, could
-hoot and vanish, or fall, as It seem
Sd, from the empty air into the midt
or the unsuspecting foe. They were
effective not only in bodins. but in
llvfdaally, and in the heart of each
as h faced the foe. would tw not onlv
the rpsolve to conquer, but the holv
thought or wif,. and children, and of
liberty. Tber Were as flt til tie ln.l
hv an Ethan Allen or a Washington
as were these men to lead them
thee valiant sons of Columbia
t iiitrht and conquered and by thi
eed of heroism, privation and suf
f 'ting. . the country for which they
Irugsted , Inwg and a' Each fearful
scrUkea was ma ie free, and the
people prosperous and happy.
Among the younger leaders In our
r-.ubjtiunary struggle for liberty no
tabhshment of the Independence
- 'tiii j ji luui rvttvii, r iixm
"f 1 -tr'tntf. natural endowmenti
hi".' I'tirv h.i iokill. -1 a. a j . I
linrnlt uroH . 1 .
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"n. mi Kiniu 11 iiM MJirt'lJU'
1Tli1 f !, , ( ' tm I inantol . V .v. t t7tUi
vuufticoo. Iitliau
A )lPI) iI a niniiiPAnn,.n Atu a
nnmnary war.
Unh is known of the early life of
r-man Aikn, s;ivo that he was a na
tivo ('onn-tirut. Thf ymall vll-
m
"l wTtruiry, wunsrarceiy m
score nf tiwelitngs, was his birthplace,
ami also that of Nathan Hale, tho
martyr .pv. Allen ftrnt eoraes into
'I ' Mill i l l I' IIS H rHUhUinf III i,o K'.itmm
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Hampshire (Iratits. now the state of
Vermont, and we find him taking s
prominent part in the controversies
which arose between New Hamnshira
and New York.
It was upon the courage of Ethan
Allen that the noble people of the
Green Mountains relied. He had been
tried in adversity and in prosperity;'
he had been weighed and nothing was
round wanting. Therefore his policy
toward the common cause of Amerl
Pan liberty found strong and suffici
ent supporters everywhere among his
ft Muds,
I '"torn the very beginning of tha
great struggle for liberty, when in
tar "IT Philadelphia the American
Congress had given the world a new
nation and liberty a home, during the
dark bourns of Valley Yrge. even
until victory crowned our bannera at
Yorktown, Kthan Alien proved an ar
dent and strenuoifs supporter of tbe
cause. While others werp In the ac
me service of their country. Ethan
Allen languished a captive In tbe
loatheaome prison-ships of the Hrltinh;
but when urged to desert the cause
fur ....,1 I,,. . , t ,...m . 1 ,
u na., nuueieu iinioiu Hard
ships his contempt for his would-be
seducers knew no boundB.
Washington, whom he visited at
Valley Forge, gives us this brief por
trait of the man: "His fortitude and
firmness seem to have placed him out
of the reach of misfortune. Then. 1
an original something about him that
commands admiration, and Mb long
captivity and sufferings have only
served to increase, if possdhin, his en
thusiastic zeal."
In the Held or In council, at home,
a freeman among the green hills of.
Vermont, or a prisoner In a foreign
Iniui, his spirit never failed him. An
enemj to oppression, he sought every
opportunity to redress the wronm of
the oppressed. Like other men he
bad his faults, his sins, his virtues and
his vices. The beaut leu and defnrmi-
Hes of his character stand out with
prominence and distinctness, and it
is necessary to consider all of these
in order to form a true estimate of
'be man lo those who look onlv at
Ins honesty, his bravery, his love of
freedom, he is a paragon with great
iiiul god like qualities; while to other
who look chiefly at his self-eonfl-
l"ii(". Ins personal vanity, and hla
vulgar profanity, he is a uersouilica.
Hon of vice and meanness. Allen's
character as a whole was like that of
our own native mountain forest scen-
ery. It was wild and uncultivated,
but exhibited llllieh ,if II, ., a,rHll-
1 1 . pi . 111 a
ami the beautiful. Is it we find much
to admire, but at the came time much
to deplore.
"I pen Wuionski's pleasant shore
Mrave Allen 'deeps.
And there beneath thu
pine
fn "loin s eoaget rated ihiMa
And every patriot heart will .-well
As bending o'er that lowly arave
111 DairS his llOllluire In thu
I tauaeh frMad, a brava soldier.
K'hxI citizen, an honest and lust
man Is ao more! Hut his fame sur-
v'M's! And when 1 felt 1' vi urn a f.
j " - . ami -
preadlng empiie republic shall hava
grown old. still will the glory of
Ethan Alien anfaded Mine, and will
not die ihili the loe of liberty shall
cease on iiartli.
IIKHHKKT C STEINKL.
OLYMPIAN GAMES.
Since the beginning of Ihe worl.l
then In , alwsvi been some form of
competition among men of muscle sad
' it was web this Idea that
lacteal Creks originated the
Olympic r imes which were one of ths
oldest f,m of games known to the
modern woild of athletics.
The first games that we have auy
record -.f oeeure 1 in the year 77 B.
c when the namm of the different
etaaefa were reeardsd and these
i nc. were roasMared u IniDortant
that the chronology of Oreeee ia
rrmn thi-i evevrf tt am at this
time that tie mm Olympian origi
nated in thHt;r-ek Calender and this
the -ri.d that elapsed be
tween two successful gaats. This
evenaually causal a defect la the
dates of Creek history because of fail
ure to name exact year Id the ollmp
pla.1 that the even' oeeured.
These garnet weve snreraed he
rigid laws which had to be observed
by per .sis entering the contest Foe
ciampl an athlete bad to spaasj Ma
month of the year training at on of
'he rarioaa gymaaaluaaa of that Uaam
rhts naming wan considered a part
of Meir education They wero also
requlre.1 to be of Hellenic blood and
from stu against tbe gads or
crime against the state The list of
events consisted of running. Jump-
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