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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

condition of public affairs. The true in
depreciation of the national constitution
as to the power of the nation over a re-
cusant state had often been mooted, but
was now to be settled by the argu-
ment of last resort-battle. Constrained
by his position to maintain complete re-
serve, Lincoln had to think the matter
out In almost total mental solitude. 1t
was then that his countenance took on
permanently that deep cast of melan-
choly which had before been only occa-
sional, an appearance which caused an
eminent lady to remark:
"Mr. Lincoln had the saddest coun.
tenance, in repose, ever looked upon. "
The last scene in which his old humor
reasserted itself is thus portrayed by the
southern historian, Edward A. Polard:
A vast concourse of people assembled
at the presidents house to make the pop
uhr congratulations to Mr.. Lincoln.
There was music, Nominations; the
ground was ablaze with triumphal lights;
and the vast crowd called impatiently
for response from the president. 1t
was grand historical occasion; one of
great thoughts and imposing circum-
stances; one of noble and memorable ut
terances. The president of the United
States came forward and called for the
rebel song of Dixie He said: l have
always thought that Dixie was one of
the best songs l ever heard. Our adver-
saries over the way, know, have at
tempted to appropriate it; but 1 insist
that on yesterday we fairly captured it.
l referred the question to the attorney
general, and he gave it as his legal opin-
ion that it is now our property. laugh
ter and loud applausel. l now ask the
band to give us good turn upon it. 1t
was characteristic speech and the last
joke of Abraham Lincoln"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

Thomas Lincoln, father of the Hber-
ator, moved many times, and was gen.
orally poorer after each remove. On the
9th OF October, 1918. his first wife, the
mother OF Abraham Lincoln, died at
their new home in Spencer county, in
diana. Sixty years later her grave was
still unmarked, and the people only
knew its location because 1t had been re-
corded as in the center of a square
formed by four large trees in what was
still native forest. In 1879 Mr.. p. e.
Stakeholder, of South Bend, Ind, caused
q small. handsome monument, with a
suitable inscription, to be placed over It.
Late in 1919, Thomas Lincoln married a
widow, Sarah Bush Johnston, who. by
all accounts, Reconstructed the family"
Her son ana two daughters, with
Abraham and his sister Sarah, consti-
tuted the little family, to which was
afterwards added Lincoln's cousins, John
and Dennis Hanks.
The stepmother was mother indeed
to the future president. and he never
ceased to love and revere her She out
lived her famous stepson and died at an
advanced age. Thomas Lincoln died in
1861, at the age of 20, and his grave, near
Pennington, Ills, remained unmarked
till his grandson, Hon. Robert T. Lincoln,
placed an appropriate stone over it. The
life of the boy Abe Lincoln in Indiana
and the man in Illinois did not differ
materially from that of other pioneers,
except in his great love of reading and
earnestness of inquiry into everything
that excited his curiosity. 1t is not until
we reach that period of Abraham Lin
coins life that he began to practice law
that we find many well authenticated
anecdotes of him. Then his wonderful
native powers began TO be recognized.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

cence but one is preserved. That one
has not been published often enough to
become stale, SO an extract is herewith
presented:
chr. Lamborn refers to the late cleo
tions In the states, and from their results
confidently predicts every state in the
Union will vote for Mr.. Van Buren, at
the next presidential election. Address
that argument to towards and knaves;
with the free and the brave it will affect
nothing. 1t may be true; if it must be,
let it. Many free countries have lost
their liberty, and ours may lose hers;
but If it shall, be it my prondest plume
not that was the last to desert, but that
never deserted her. / know that the
great volcano at Washington, aroused
and directed by the evil spirit that reigns
there, Is belching forth the lava Of polit-
ical corruption in n current broad and
deep, which is sweeping with frightful
velocity over the length and breadth of
the land, bidding fair to leave unscathed
no green spot or living thing; while on
Its bosom are riding, like demons on the
wave of hell, the imps of the evil spirit,
and hendishly haunting an those who dare
TO resist its destroying course with the
hopelessness of their efforts; and knowing
this, cannot deny that all may be swept
away. Broken by it l, too, may be; bow
to 1t, / never will The probability that
we may fall in the struggle ought not to
deter us from the support of a cause we
believe to be just. 1t shall not deter me-
IL over j feel the soul within me elevate
and expand to those dimensions not
wholly unworthy of its almighty archi-
tect, 1t Is when / contemplate the cause
Of my country, deserted by all the world
beside, and standing up boldly alone,
hurting defiance at her victorious op-
pressors. Here, without contemplating
consequences, before heaven, and in the
face Of the world, swear eternal fealty
to the just cause, as l deem it, of the
land of my life, my liberty and my love-"
By comparing this with the speeches
OF Mr.. Lincoln's last year the reader will
find abundant proof of the fact SO often
stated that intellectually he never ceased
70 grow. The speech is on the very
verge Of absurdity. One more flower Of
southwestern rhetoric would have passed
it over to the class best known by the
alleged speeches of Davy Crockett and
the Preacher Of Hepsidam." Yet this
sort OF oratory may still be heard in
some sections,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
Burlesques of 1860.

Considering the present greatness of
Illinois, and the wonderful galaxy of
great men she has furnished the nation
since 1860, the young reader can scarcely
conceive the comparative obscurity of
the state when Abraham Lincoln first
became nationally prominent. Indeed,
1860 was the first year in which the
northwest determinedly asserted itself in
political conventions as the dominating
power. Though Stephen A. Douglas had
been the leader of the northern Democ-
racy since 1856, even his prominence was
matter of ridicule, and the persistence of
his friends at Charleston and Baltimore
was pronounced offensive by some eastern
and southern men. How much more the
prominence given to Abraham Lincoln,
who only logan to be known nationally
in 1858.
The political satires and caricatures of
1860 abound in illusions to the rail
splitter" the Sucker" the frontier vii
lage lawyer, etc. One who then studied
American life in the illustrated papers
might have concluded that the average
Illinois or Indiana man put in one-third
of his time shaking with the ague, and a
good deal of the other two-thirds in swal-
lowing quinine and whisky to ward it
off. The following are caricatures from
Harper's Weekly of Oct. 81, 1860:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
Lincoln and Col. Baker.

A member of the Lincoln family for a
time, in 1861, says thai though the presi-
dent often grieved deeply and silently
for the lives sacrificed in the war, he
wept aloud but once, and that was for
the death of Col. E. L. Baker at Balls
Bluff. There were many reasons for
this. They had been associates at the
bar in Illinois and warm friends, though
political rivals; and when Baker, who
had beaten Lincoln fer the nomination
and been elected to congress, resigned
his seat to go to the Mexican war, it
reused all the admiring enthusiasm of
Lincoln's nature. Col. Baker came back
from Mexico with dispatches before re-
signing his seat, and made speech in
congress defining the true position of the
Wings. Every step of his subsequent
chivalrous career increased Lincoln's
affection for him, and he gave it as his
opinion that no other man in Illinois had
such various talents and so much of the
national orator as EDWARD Dickinson
BAKER
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
LINCOLN'S ORATORY.
THE "SoPHoMoRIcAL" STAGE OF
PUBLIC SPEAKING IN THE WEST.

IL Is Perhaps Quite as Wen That the
Earliest Speeches of Lincoia Were Not
Preserved-A Sample Speech by Uncle
Abe"
OF Abraham Lincoln's acuteness as an
lawyer many amusing and some pathetic
stories are told; but the remarkable
change In the style of his speeches be-
tween 1910 and 1855 has not been well
understood in the eastern states. AS
forensic orator his life presents three
very distinct phases: First, the time
when he spoke hesitatingly and with
abrupt changes from one point to another
the common style of the unframed
speaker; second, having acquired conf
dence, he changed rather suddenly to
that forid and perfervid style then COM
mon in the west, but now heard only
on the burlesque stage; and, finally,
after forming his partnership with the
eminent Judge Stephen I. Logan, he
studied his cases infinitely and began to
cultivate a terse style, the result being
manifest in that wonderful combination
of strong Saxon words, directness of
statement and aptness of illustration, yet
glowing with the pure poetry of emo
ton, in which style Abraham Lincoln
surpassed all other men of his time.
The explanation of the second stage
of his progress is to be found in the
character of the people whom he ad-
dressed. Southern Indiana, Ohio and
Illinois were settled almost entirely by
people from the border slave states, and
as late as 1910 Yankee" was a rarity
in the interior counties. Among these
people oratory began with limitations Of
Patrick Henry, was continued with imi-
tations of Henry Clay, and tended rap
idly to subordinate logic to rhetoric, till
it reached state of turgidity that was
simply ridiculous. Every phenomenon
OF nature, every emotion Of humanity,
all the acts of all the heroes of ANTIQUITY,
and all the battles in which 1--WE licked
the British" were raw material, to be
wildly ranged in rampant periods by the
fervent speaker; flags and chains, de-
mons and angels, masks, racks, hatchets
and vipers danced through his speech in
may confusion, as he successfully re-
moved coat, vest, cravat and collar, till at
the close he crushed the Hessians sword
and "Injun's tommyhawk," the BLUE
light Federalists" and Julius Caesar, with
as many local heroes and Scripture
phrases as he could remember, into an
awful peroration, and hurled it at his
admiring audience.
1t is just as well for Lincoln's fame
that OF the many speeches he made while
In this fiorid season of oratorical pubes-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
IL ConsumpIicn Incurabef

Read the following: Mr.. G. H. Nor
ris, Newark, Ark, says: WAS down
with Abscess of Lungs. and friends and
physicians pronounced me an Incurable
Consumptive. Began taking DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, am
now on my third bottle. and able to over
see the work on my farm. 1t is the finest
medicine ever made
Sesse MIddlewart, Decatur. Ohio. says:
Had it not been for Dr. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption l would have
died of lung troubles. Was given up by
doctors. Am now in best of health. E"
Try it. Sample bottles free at Hartz &
Bahnsen's drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
ELECTRIC BI1TEBs

This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special men,
ton. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of rraise.-A purer
medicine does not exist and it is guaran-
teed to do all that rs claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the liver
and kidneys. will remove pimples. boils.
salt Theum and other affections caused by
impure blood. Will drive Malaria from
the system and prevent IS we'll as cure
all Malarial fevers.-For cure of head.
ache. constipation and indigestion try
Electric Bitters-Entire satisfaction guar
anteed, or money refunded. Price so
cents and 800 per bottle at Hartz &
Bahnsen's drug store
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
$500 Reward.

We will pay the above reward for any
case Of liver complaint. dyspepsia, sick
headache, indigestion, constipation or
costiveness we cannot cure with Vests
Vegetable Liver Pills, when the directions
are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable. aDd never fail to give
satisfaction. Large boxes containing 80
sugar coated pills. csc. For sale by all
druggists. Beware of counterfeits and
limitations. The genuine manufactured
emily by John c. West & Co.. s82 W
Madison ST. Chicago, III.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

MIR. Puffer at this moment is Mortified
to find that his friend and informant has
assumed very peculiar form and ac-
ton, scratching gravel and kicking up q
t dust generally neral looking like a small
For mercy's sake, stranger, wyatt
till / g-git Through this ager shake an
I'll t-t-tell you all a-a-bout it."
that Illinoy earthquakes interfere fear
fully with information on matters and
things generally.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
Coma Fooliah peopia

Allow cough to run until 1t gets beyond
the reach of medicine. They often say,
oh, 1t will wear away" but in most
cases 1t wears them away. Could they be
induced to try the successful medicine
called Kemn's Bslsam. which is sold on a
positive guarantee to cure, they would
Immediately see the excellent effect after
taking the first dose. Price SO cents and
81. Trial size free. At all druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

Who of US are without trouble be tb ey
small or larger The blessings Of health
are best appreciated when we are SIGH
and in pain. A hacking cough, a severk
cold, or any throat or lung disease are
very troublesome; but all of these may be
quickly and permanently cured by DR..
Bigelow's Cure. Safe and pleasant for
children. Price 30 cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
BUCKLEN's ARNICA sALvE.

The best salve In the world for cats,
bruises. sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter. chspped hands. chilblains.
corns and all skin erupiions. and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale 5y Hartz & Bahnsen
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
The Handsomsst Lady IN Rock Island

Remarked to friend the other day that
she knew Kemp's Balssm for the throat
and lungs was a superior remedy, as 1t
stopped her cough instantly when other
cough remedies mad no effect whatever.
So TO prove this and convince you of its
merit, any druggist will give you sample
bottle free. Large size soc and 81.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

The hest on earth can truly be said OF
Gngg's Glycerine Salve, which is q sure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts. bruises,
scalds, burns wounds and all other sores
Will positively cure piles, letter and all
skin eruption. Try this wonder healer
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refund
ed. Only 25 cents. Sold bv druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

ing arrived here in August, they erected
o log cabin and plowed some land for a
crop the coming year. When about to
become 81 years of age the next Febru-
airy, his father gave him his time, and
his stepmother. kind, good mother to
him, tied all his earthly possessions In a
pack, and Lincoln, running a stick
through where the knot was tied. started
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
Dyspspsia

Makes the lives Of many people misera-
BILE and often leads to self destruction.
We know of no remedy for dyspepsia
more successful than Hoods Sarsaparilla.
1t acts gently. yet surely and efficiently.
tones the stomach and other organs, re-
moves the faint feeling. creates a good
appetite. cures headache. and refreshes
the burdened mind. Give Hoods Sarsa,
prilla fair trial. 1t will do you good.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
THE RAIL CAMPAIGN.
Abraham Lincoln Did Split Rails, but Not

Abraham Lincoln Did Split Rails, but Not
Long.
All old voters remember the prominent
part the Lincoln rails" played in the
campaign of 1860. Mr.. Lincoln was rep
resented in one caricature in the act of
charging at his opponents with rail, in
another as hamnering with a maui
upon a very knotty 'cut" labeled to rep
resent the Democracy Of that day, and
in many other attitudes. Of course, the
other party sought to turn all this into
ridicu1e and boldly denied that Lincoln
ever split rails. This period Of his life is
eloquently sketched by the Hon. Leonard
SWEET:
When he thus left Indiana he had been
to school in a log school house but six
weeks, and this period constitutes hL en-
tire education received at school. Hav-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

read what he says:
TOLEDO. o., Jan. 10, 1887.
Messrs. F. j. Cheney & Co.-Gentle-
men:--I have been in the general
practice of medicine for most 40 years.
and would say that in all my practice and
experience. have never seen q prepare
ton that could prescribe with as much
confidence Of success as l can Halls
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by you.
Have prescribed it great many times
and its effect is wonderful, and would
say in conclusion that I have yet to find
case Of catarrh that 1t would not cure,
IL they would take it according to direc,
tions. Yours truly.
L. L. GoRsucE, NJ. D.,
Office, 215 81 mmit street.
We will give 800 for any case Of
catarrh that can not be cured with Hall
Catarrh Cure. Taken internally.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co.. Props, Toledo. O.
~Sold by druggists. 7tc.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
President Lincolu.

No American statesman ever passed
through such season of mental agony
as did Abraham Lincoln in the four
months between his election and inaugu-
ration. Chaos but family describes the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

sCENE-SUMEWHEItE IN ILLINOY.
Peleg Puffer, ESQ.,, in search of mate
rial for "New Life of Lincoln" encoun-
tiers a native. 80, my dear sir, you say
you are we'll acquainted with the Illus
trious Abraham-honest old Abe-eh?"
"Ya-as, stranger, ever since '3S l
knowed him. know it was IS COS the
ager got a holt on me jest about
tha-a-a"-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

Canada's trade with England has fallen
off about 100000 during the last ten
months. while the aggregate trade of the
country has slightly increased.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
For Sale.

A good two-story brick house for sale
cheap, in good repair In 10 wer part of the
city. Also vacant lot in name locality
Enquire of E. e. PARAE sTER, lawyer.
Postof1ce block.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

1t is said that after fifteen or twenty
more intermerts are allowed in West.
minister Abbey, the room will all be oc-
cupied
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

1t is reported that 100 of the leading
business men of Denver will attend the
Inauguration dressed as COWBOYS.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

All hemorrhages, are quickly controlled
by that household remedy, Ponds Elk
tract.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

Over a thousand women and girls are
employed in making barbed wire In the
Pittsburg iron mills.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

A correspondent urges that the ordi-
nary doctrines of law be taught in the
public schools
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

A Santa Rosa (Cal.) winemsker sold
1900 gallons few weeks ago at II
cents per gallon.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

THE MOST WONDERFUL ART OF THE
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Ladies are cordially invited To call and see sam.
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Taught by Mrs. Mari Of the y ationsl Art Co., New
York city. Lady agents wanted: can make from
$40 TO $40 90 q week. Commercial Hotel Third
avenue nd Seventeenth street. TAT
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

A man who has practiced medicine fof
40 years. ought to know alt from sugar
read what he says:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

TITANTED-FARM MAN GERS FARM
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and shop men We guarantee satisfactory position
or refund, L 6 East Second street. Davenport
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12
Intelligence Column.

EOR sALE-FIFTEEN HUNDRED TONS OF
= good clear Ice. II to II inches thick. Inquire
of F. M Sinnet Fl
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-12

Arsry charge of little orphan boy about
years Of age, would like to iud permanent home
for him. Enquire at 414 Forty st. f1a-tf
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