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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-05
SKETCHES OF LINCOLN.
He Is Mentioned as a Presiden-
tial Candidate.
HIS COOPER INSTITUTE SPEECH

Speaking In New England-Two Historic
Rails-How He Received His Nomina-
tion-Deep and Unusual Emotion-Evo
luton of the Backwoodsman.
rFrom "The Life of Lincoln" by William b.
Herndon and Jesse W. Weik. Copyright, 1888,
by Jesse W. Weik. Copyright, 1892, by D. APP
pleton 6 Co..
The opening of the year 1860 found
Mr.. Lincoln S name freely mentioned in
connection with the Republican nomi-
nation for the presidency. To be classed
with Seward, Chase, Mclean and other
celebrities was enough to stimulate any
Illinois lawyers pride, but in Mr.. Lin
ooln's case, if it had any such effect, he
was most artful in concealing it. Now
and then some ardent friend, an editor,
for example, would run his name up to
the masthead, but in all cases he dis
couraged the attempt. I'm regard to the
matter you spoke Of" he answered one
man who proposed his name, 81 beg
eAoO yOu WILL hOu S1fO ~ q LII OhOA hiOh
tion. Seriously, do not think I am fit
for the presidency"
The first effort in his behalf as presi-
Dental aspirant was the action taken by
his friends at meeting held in the
statehouse early in 1860 in the rooms of
o. M. Hatch, then secretary of state.
Besides Hatch there were present Nor
man B. Judd, chairman of the Repub-
ican state committee; Ebenezer Peck,
Jackson Grimshaw and others of equal
prominence in the party. "We all ex-
pressed personal preference for Mr..
Lincoln" relates one who was par
ticipant in the meeting, ''as the Illinois
candidate for the presidency and asked
him if his name might be used at once
in connection with the nomination and
election. With his characteristic mod
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-05

fFrom ''The Life of Lincoln" by William 81
Herndon and Jesse W. Weik Copyright, 1888
by Jesse W. Weik. Copyright. 1892, by D. Ap
pleton & Col
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-05

The farmer in the vicinity of Yank
ton, S. D., estimate the wheat yield
in that section at 80 bushels per acre,
and oats at 100. 1t is to be hoped
their estimate will hold out.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-05
Lincoln to a Friend.

douglas and I, for the first time
this canvass, crossed swords here yes
terday. The fire few some, and am
glad to know I am yet alive"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-05
OPENED BIDS.

Bids were opened Saturday at
Smiths Mills for a residence to be
built for L. f. Silky in Jamestown,
two mills west of Smiths Mills. The
building is to be large frame house,
and the foundation is already in. The
bids for the structure above the
foundation were as follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-05

Nothing has ever been produced to
equal or compare with Humphreys
Witch Hazel Oil as a CURATIVE and

equal or compare with Humphreys
Witch Hazel Oil as a CURATIVE and
HEALING APPLICATION. 1t has been
used 40 years and always affords relief
and always gives satisfaction.
1t Cures PILES or HEMoRRHoIDs, External
or Internal, Blind or Bleeding-I Itching and
Burning; Cracks or Fissures and Fistulas.
Relief immediate-cure certain.
1t Cures BURNS, Scalds and liberation and
Contraction from Burns. Relief instant.
1t Cures TORN, Cut and Lacerated
Wounds and Bruises.
1t Cures BoILs, Hot Tumors, Ulcers, Old
Sores, Itching Eruptions, Scurfy or Scald
Head. 1t is Infallible.
1t Cures INFLAMED or CAKED BREASTS
and Sore Nipples. 1t is invaluable.
1t Cures SALT RHEUM, letters, Scurfy
Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Blisters,
Sore Lips or Nostrils, Corns and Bunions,
Sore and Chafed Feet, Stings of Insects.
Three Sizes, 25c., soc. and 500.
Sold byDruggists sent postpaid receiptofpric
HUMPHREYS MID. CO., III 11s william St., New York.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
Tho Grcu,c.l sc.nin.rY,

The fresidc Is seminary Of intInlt,
Importance. 1t is important because
IL is universal. and because Of the
education 1t bestows being woven in
with tho wool OF childhood. give.
form and color to the whole texture
of life.
Thoro are few who can receive the
hOnOrs Of q college, but all are grad.
yates Of the hearth. The learning OF
the university may fade from the
rco0lleoti0u; It's Classic lore may
nloulder IN the halls of memory. But
the ample lessons|of home, enamellcd
upoh the heart of childhood, defy the
rust OF year,, and oUtlive the more
mature but less vivid pictures Of ate,
days.
So deep 30 lasting, indeed. are the
expressions Of early lie, that you
often see mao In the imbecility Of
age holding, fresh in his recollection
the svents Of childhood, while all the
wide space between that and the
present hour is 4 blasted AID for.
gotten waste You have perchance
seen an old and half-obliterated por.
trait, and tn the attempt to have II
cleaned and restored you would have
seen 1t fade away, while brighte'
and more perfect. picture. painted be
meath, Is revealed to view.
This portrait first drawn upon tn
canvass, is no lnapt illustration Of
youth; and though it may be CON
cealed by some otter design, still the
original traits will shine through the
outward picture, giNng It tone while
fresh, and surviving it in decay. Such
Is the fre.fde-the great institution
furnished 10y Providence for the edU-
cation Of man.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
Similarity of Proverbs.

The following are familiar specimen,
II Chinese proverbs. The English yer
sion II given also in each instance:
ITO cut OF . hens head with a bat
tle-ax. (Much ado about nothicg)
ut thunders loudly. but little rair
falls" Ciuch cry and little wool.)
"A thousand chiefs, q thousand
plans." Goo many cooks will spoil
the broth.)
There's Q time to fish and a tim,
10 dry meta" eThere's 4 time for al
things.)
"One strand Of silk doesn't make 4
thread" Zone swallow doesn't make
summer.)
III you don't enter the tigers de-,
700 cannot obtain her young" CNoth.
ing venture, nothing w1n.)
THE court 10 like ship at sea-ev
srything depends ON the wind" Pu,
not your trust in princes)
"Time hies like an arrow, DAYS and
months like q weaver's shuttle" (Time
and tide wait for no man.)
"For him who does everything In II,
proper time. one day Is worth three. /"
"a stitch In time saves nine.)
Virtue IL the surest road to lonsev
ity, but vice meets with An early doom. !"
Virtue is IT. own reward.)
The truths which We least wish h
hear are those most to our advantass
to know" CHE truth Il disagreeable.) }
Abstain from false accusing. that
The good and honest may be In safety" "
Bear not false witness against thy
neighbor.)
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
Robert Collyer's Supreme Moment

RobSFt Collyer'S supreme Momena
Thirty years ago next summer went
over to my old home In England, after
an absence Of fifteen years, to find "the
woman who most Influenced me''-my
mother, writes the Rev. Robert Collyer,
D. D., in the series Of "The Woman
Who Most Influenced Me-" in the La
dies Home Journal. She was sitting
In the old rocking-chair where she had
nursed all her children, but could not
rise at once, because the sudden shock
Of her JOY held her there some mo-
ments. and the years had wrought such
q change in me that she looked up with
touch Of wonder, but when I said
mother" she held out her arms ant
cried. my lad, did not know thy face
but I know thy voice."
There were only q few threads O,
silver In her hair when left home, but
now It had grown all white. noticed
the threads coming soon after my fa-
ther died suddenly while he was work
Ing at his anvil on a blazing July day
twenty-one years before this time, and
she was much changed now. but not al
all for the worse with the years, only,
thought, as a sound rosy apple change
toward the perfect ripeness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
cccc-,i n. t>oco.

AscCC III Z T. ut s>nCos
We were I'LL telling AZ .siuito stories
st New Jersey summer resort, when
one particularly audacious man said:
AOh, that's nothing. l was off the
coast at Barnegat last summer on q
fishing trip, and while we were out on
deck early in the evening, smoking and
chatting, great cloud Of mosquitoes,
all Of them monstrous birds, came out
from shore and settled on the boat;
and do you know, in fifteen minutes
they had stripped it of every inch Of
canvas, and left the masts bare as
bean-polesr'
We held up our hands in depreciation
1t this tale, when another Of the party
exclaimed: "Well, don't be aston
ished. I can vouch for that. 1t was
only q week after that was on a trip
along the coast, and the same swarm OF
mosquitoes came out after U.S."
The first speaker didn't seem to ap
preciate this unexpected support, for
muttered: "Humph! They did, ehf
Well, how did you know they were the
same mosquitoes, eh?"
"How did I knowf" repeated tn.
other, with a chuckle. allow did
knowf Why they all had ON canvas
overalls."-Harper's Magazine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
Hoods
S arS parilla
Tyrian Glass.

An uncommonly interesting collec.
tion of Tyrian glass has come to town.
1t resembles in most particulars the
collection of the same glass In the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and IS
supposed to belong to the period OF
300 years before Christ. Some OF the
pieces stiA bear the stains of rust
which they held when buried with
the Tyrians Kings. and Others show
the scratches made by knives of cop
per and bronze. 1t is even asserted
that some show aces Of the per-
fumes with which The Tryians were
accustomed to enrich their wines. but
as to this Sthere, is room for skep-
ticism. The glass is marvelously
light, and some Of the vessels are
beautiful in form, but the presence
of air bubbles in even the fluest speci-
mems seem to show that the Tyrians
had not fully conquered the art Of
glass blowing. A skilled glass-blower
who saw the collection says, however,
that some of the effects obtained are
beyond the power Of his craft to-day
New York Sun.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
why the Eagles Live.

Two eagles have built their nest FOL
gears In an old tree which stands MOI
far from the st. Lawrence River il
Lisbon, at spot about eight milet
north of Ogdensburg, n. Y. The spo,
is slightly one and the tall trees in
this bit of the old forest where the
birds make their summer home j.
known by the dwellefs for miles
around. Each year the eagles come.
and their arrival is-as much expected
and talked about as is the date whom
the ice will break up in the river which
aows near by. Two essiets have been
hatched each year, time out Of mind.
and it is one Of the interesting Incl
dents in the netghborhood when the
old birds "shske out" the young ones
and give them their first lessons in
flying. The birds never 60 far from
home in summer. Almost every
bright day one of them may be seen
sailing high above the blue st. Law
renoe on the watch for fish, and then,
falling like an arrow, to bury its claws
in tho back of its prey and sail home
ward for fish dinner with It's mate.
All summer they are there, and when
the autumn colors come upon the trees
they go away, to como again next
pring. No one harms them.
One day last September, as q re
porter for the New York Times was
driving near the eagles home, one of
them WAS seen circling slowly several
hundred feet above the river. A
farmer near by called attention to the
bird With evident pride.
':Does no one try to shoot them 2"
ne was asked, after telling how they
>ame there every year.
NO." he said, never"
"Why not?" he was asked.
''The people here know the birds 80
<ell that they would not allow it, I
reckon" was the reply. eff anybody
was to hurt one of them birds II would
make q powerful sight Of talk In this
,eighborhood."
Another farmer Q short distance OF
also fell to discussing the eagle, and
he was asked if no ono ever tried to
shoot them.
"No," he said. ''Not once. Il
Touldnt do. Nobody wants to harm
them. It sort O. makes everybody
feel good to see the Nations bird
fyin' near by. There amt no danger
of anybody's ever trying to kill eagles
IN this part of the country"
A few miles further on, smother
hrmer, who had the reputation of
being q hunter, fell to talking about
this noble pair Of birds, which seemed
to be regarded with about the same
patriotic sentiment a. the flag or the
Goddess of Liberty.
"Why doesn't somebody shoot
hem?" the old hunter was asked.
"Wa'al." he replied, foroibly, ga
sood many would like to take crack
It them, and some have on the sly.
But, hang it, they fly pretty high,
and OF late years there's o biz 6ne
or killin' eagles in this State,"-
gex York Times
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
His Opinion.

A good story Is told Of @s way In
Rhich one Of the sturdy admirers Of
| Abraham Lincoln paid his tribute tc
The great mans memery.
1t was in q Western hotel. and OWNS
o the overcrowdins Of the city. Incl
dent to a session Of a great religious
organization. the Lincoln adherent was
forced to room with a somewhat irpsci-
BILE and exceedingly plain-spoken
clergyman from a distant city.
The New England man bore with pa
ience many slurring references to va
rious persons and things dear to his
boul. but when the clergyman spoke in
sighting terms Of Abraham Lincoln.
his ire was reused.
Il assure you," said the minister. IL
tone Of great decision. that I speak
II what know. was acquainted
with Mr.. Lincoln personally, and he
was a very ordinary man. sir. Honest
enough, admit but Of no talents. sir. 4"
"Well," said the New Enslander. with
| As much calmness as he could COM
mand under the circumstances, II must
say your estimate Of Lincoln differs re-
narkably from that Of most other peo-
pie. 1t Is strange that people Of all
classes should have been 50 mistaken.
Most people regard him as the savior
Of our government"
"Sir," roared the clergyman, "that'A
4 sin! God Almighty saved the coun-
try. It would have been the same no
matter who had been President at the
time"
IL know that" returned the other
neekly, but with q twinkle In his eye.
"but then think 1t must have required
less divine power to. save It through
Lincoln than It would have In case
some other men had occupied the Pres
ldential chair at tie timet"-Youth's
Companion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
THE PASSING YEAR

Are you rich in the years Of bright gold
Yet untold2
Do they leisureiy go,
Like a dream that is fair
Or I prayer2
o. be wise use them WE'LL You shall know
How the years growing shorter, with good
can increase,
and life a. the end be transagured with
peace.
Caes the thought that so many few years re-
Give you pain?
o, be glad that your quest
Brings you into the light,
From the night
And the worker at last has his resti
In the homeland above are no sorrows, nc
fears,
And the life they live there Is not measured
By years.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
THE SIGN PAINTER.
ut HE Daub on Fort Sumter, Su
the Bees Routed Him.

ut HE Daub ON Fort Sumter, but
the Bees Routed Him.
The experience Of . sign painter at
ort Sumter makes q diverting story:
You see, got a donkey to take me
,ver from Charleston In one of those
title boats that they sail down there
loser to the wind than anything I
.ver saw before. The fort was ua-
coupled. except by an old soldier, who
Ihowed me all over the place. Have
drink, Corporalr said to him, after
while. NO objections said he, and
Ne walked and talked a little further.
Pretty lonesome here, eh, Sergeantr
Very, indeed answered the old duck,
warming to me. as breveted him a
yrade higher every two or three min
ltes. 'Ah,' said I. It's q tough old
biz, the army. amt II, Leutenantr
Faith, an 1t is, upon me life,' said he.
Well, brought my dask out again and
pressed 1t upon him. Now, look here.
Captain said I, you don't mind me
painting a sign around the old fort, do
Your Not a bit, my son; paint a. much
- 70 pthLCp AC o4D 40ASO "AsA
ngly, and away I went to work, I'm.
shing the lettering before sundown.
THAT little business nearly got ma
nto trouble, and I left Charleston in
/ hurry. Nearly as bad as the time I
vas painting DR.. Didler's Elixir Of
Life on a beehive. I was walking
llong the railway tracks with my pots
md brushes. and saw the hive, which
was in A No. 1 position, bound to be
Ieen by everybody in the trains. l
Itole up to It and slathered on the
paint taking care not to make much
,oise. Buz-z-z! one little fellow came
o look at me. then another, and then
! score or more all at once. They
iidn't seem to object-in fact, seemed
o admire the richness Of the coloring;
but in singing my leg over the top Of
he hive I upset my can Of turpentine.
md not one bee In that crowd would
listen to a word Of reason. I was laid
Up for a week or two after that; but
can't be quiet long; 1t amt In me to
De still; I'm an out and out Yankee,
Ind 1t warns my heart to be of with
he paints-and 1t amt incumbent upon
No now."-Chicago Times-Herald.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14

The '.li6erty cap" that bas-shaped
neadgear SO often seen on the head OF
the Goddess of Liberty and which sur
mounts the National colors on nearly
al our silver coins, according to the
philsdelphia Press, owes its origin to
Che Roman empire. where 1t was given
to slaves as a sign of their manumis-
sion. The principal significance OF
the "liberty cap" to the American
mind is not, however. its Roman ori-
gin, but rather its use as the official
cap of the successive doges Of republi-
can Venice, that ''model of the most
stable Government ever framed by
man." In the Doge's Palace at Venice
there Is q gallery full of portraits of
the men who ruled the republic for
700 years, and the conspicuous place
occupied by the ''iberty cap" in these
portraits shows its Importance as Q Ma
tional symbol of freedom. It rather
heightens the Significance of this an-
cient symbol in the minds of good
Americans when it is remembered that
the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa
humbled himself before wearer of the
':liberty cap." and that Andrea Dam
dolo wore it on the fourth crusade and
1t the conquest Of Constantinople. It
occupied place in the forefront Of the
advancing hosts that in the early part
Of the fifteenth century swept the Dal.
matisn towns and conquered the entire
coast from the estuary Of the Po to the
Island of Corfu. While Columbus was
discovering America the wearers OF the
Liberty cap were acquiring Zante
and Cyprus, and when the first half OF
the hslf.starved settlements on the
Massachusetts, coast were battling for
existence the republic from which We
borrowed our "iberty cap" having
successfully resisted q league of all the
kings of Christendom, was at the zenith
Of its glory. The "liberty cap" is not
~ conspicuous in our National signs
and symbols as it was in those Of tho
rulers of the Adriatic, yet in . modest
way it immortalizes the greatest re-
public of early times.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
should He Enoush

did you hear that the daughter O,
he late Hon. Friendtoall. one Of the
founders Of this town, is suffering for
the necessities Of life7 The people
ought to subscribe fund for her SUD-
port"
"Wsll. that's too bad, but the towI
ias just built a $4,000 monument to
ner father. should think that ought
to satisfy her."-Bunalo Expresa
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
Getting Ready for N.

"Well have to put a mortgage on
our house." said MIR. Cumso. 'Oh,
why?" asked his wife In dismay.
HAS your business gone wrong?"
mo; but didn't you say that you
wanted to go to the Worlds Fair
when it was open?"- Free
PreSs
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
Soak Your Head.

For months he had tried to coax
The papers to print his joax,
But twas all IN vain:
10 his mammoth brain
In alcohol now no SOAK.
kansas Cisy Journal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
They Call Il Overwork.

Business requires a clear head; yet how few
business men-with all their ense-realize what
is the trouble with their heads. They call 1t over
work worry. anything but what it really is-in-
digestion. This stealthiest of ailments usually
comes disguised something else. Wouldn't
you be convinced If a box of Ripans Tabules
cleared your head and brIgAtened up the busi-
ness out lookf
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
Appropriate Exclamation,

Uncle Hays (scanning the paper)-l
tell yer this country's gattin' crowded.
The last Indian reservation Is bein'
thrown open and 10000 people waitin'
to rush in where there's only farms
enough for a quarter Of that number.
Aunt Mary with deep interest)-Fos
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
9Jl

o>>@ @X<JO -
Both tie method and results when
| Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys,
tenn efectually, dispeis colds; head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy cf its kind ever pro-
ducee, pleasing to the taste and ac.
ceptehle to the stomach, prompt in
its acton and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. M NEW YORx. AE
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
l'rOOE

She-I don't believe YOU love ME
Us you used to. He-That's just like
a woman. Do you suppose that
would bs staying at home, boring my.
self to death, night after night If l
did not love you?-Scrlbner's Maya,
zine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14

DR.. Park hurst on Woman's Rights.
Certain women are talking a good
deal about their rights. writes the Rev.
Charles n. Parkhurst d. D.. In q *efy
forcible article defining the position OF
women Without the Ballot" in the
Ladies' Home Journal. 1t seems to me
that one Of their most precious and
conspicuous rights Is to 20 in among
the down-trodden women Of our cities
and towns, who have even fewer rights
than they, and by the touch Of their
own womanly vigor create within them
the inspiration Of a clearer vision and
q larger hope. There will be no need
Of legislation or Of amended constitu.
ton in order to the extension to them
Of this opportunity. There are tens Of
thousands Of women In the city Of New
York who are as ignorant Of the true
genius Of American institutions and Of
the spirit Of American civilization as
though they were living >in another
century and under the pressure Of q
Russian or Turkish despotism. And
these women are sensitive to the touch
Of ameliorating influence. That wac
phenomenally demonstrated here last
autumn. I am not antagonizing fe-
male suffrage, but the fact remains that
women have q great many more rights
than they are using, and are standing
at the threshold Of innumerable doors
Of opportunity into which they have not
yet entered. The improvement Of 80
cial conditions Is q very serious and dis
courasing business 1t is to be effected
only by the medium Of personal agency
and for that kind Of ministry one WON
IN u the equivalent Of ten men.