The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-24

Loss of life and loss of soul
Crown his loss who loves the bowl.
Thoughts on Wash ngton and Lincoln.
The fact that those who have lived
before us have, in the face of poverty and
discouragements, striyen and worked and
won praises and encomium from their
fellow-men is cause for encouragement
to everyone who is just at the threshold
of life.
This month, though the shortest in
the year, brings the birthdays of two
men whose lives have had: more influence
in the history of our country than others,
that of George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln. George made good use of his
was industrious, accurate and obedient.
s Had it not been for this latter trait in
his character we might never have had
him to lead our armies in the war for
our country's freedom. He obeyed his
mother and did not go into the British
navy.
Washington was born into the best
society the country afforded at that early
period and his life was worthy of his
birth. Lincoln's early life in the beech
woods of Indiana was very different
His thirst for knowledge as a means of
rising in the world was innate in him.
His studies were his delight
Do you know when Lincoln's birthday
comes? The twelfth of February; he
was just as true and brave boy as
Washington was, and loved his mother
just as devotedly. He had no rich and
influential friends as Washington had :;
his home in Kentucky was a yerv poor
one, but even as child he showed those
traits which won for him, as man, the
title of "Honest Abe" l wish you
would all read the story of his boyhood,
and see what true, loving, noble fellow
he was. | can never read the story of
his mothers death and his walking so
many weary mile afterward to have a
minister come and preach the funeral
sermon, without crying.
Do you know that the first speech
Lincoln ever made was Temperance
address? 1t was, and a grand one.
Next week we will give you parts of it.
He never would drink even wine, nor
have 1t in his house. When he was
nominated for president and committee
of great men were coming to his house
in Springfield to notify him of it, his
friends thought it would not be polite for
him not to have any wine to offer the
committee, so they bought some and
brought it to the house. But Lincoln
would not touch it; he thanked his
friends for their kindness. but sent for
pure, cold water, in which he drank to
their health.
What the Children Should be Taught.
Mr.. EDITOR: Our wise Miss Willard,
with her usual sprudent forecast and
judicious planning has urged school
house on every hill top and national
flag on every school-house.
Why? That the questioning minds of
childhood may learn the value of Ameri-
can institutions and the great principles
that insure their perpetuity. Believing
it the duty of our American schools to
instruct our youth in the grand and
broad truth of our national constitution,
THAT all men are created equal; that
they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights; that among
them are life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.
That in each little heart should be
rooted the great thoughts of our noblest
statesman, ''That if we would preserve
the union the people must be educated,
not simply in reading, writing and
arithmetic, but in American politics
and economy and in that higher thought
that American laws and institutions rest
on Gods laws and their careful obsery-
ance."
They must be taught the freedom
symbolized by the national flag, is not
license to practice selfishness, lawless-
| ness, anarchy, socialism and vice but on
the contrary frugality, industry, patriot
ism and virtue.
That every child should prepare him
self for any position of trust in the gift of
the nation and an intelligent use of all
the privileges of citizen of America.
The local w. c. T. U. is thinking of
securing flag for our public schools
some time in the near future for we de-
sire our little ones to take rank with the
foremost of the nation in patriotism, in
telligence and virtue.
SEC. W. c. t. U.
Nobody's business.
'.It's nobody's business but mine; L