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and | was badly scared. I rolled and
pounded him in good earnest. Then 1 got
him by the arms and shook him, the water
meanwhile pouring out of his mouth. By
this means succeeded in bringing him to,
and he was soon all right.
Abraham Lincoln had q sister. Her
name was Sallie, and she was a very pretty
girl. She went to school when she could.
which was not often.
"Yes, if you must know, Sallie Lincoln
was my sweetheart. She was about nv
age. l loved her and claimed her, as boys
do. suppose that was one reason for nv
warm regard for A be.''
In 1916 Thomas Lincoln moved with his
family and little Abe, then years old, to
Spencer County, Indiana. On arriving at
The new farm an ak was put into the bows
hands and he helped build the "haIf-face
camp" There were few more primitive
homes in the wilderness of Indiana in 1916
than this of young Lincoln's, and there
were few families, even in that day, who
were forced to practice more makeshifts to
get living. These pretty pinching
times" as Abraham Lincoln onces de-
scribed the early days in Indiana,
lasted until 1919. The year before
many months no more forlorn place could
be conceived than the bereft household :;
but finally Thomas Lincoln went back to
Kentucky and returned with a new wife
Sally Bush Johnston, a widow with three
children, John, Sarah and Matilda. The
new mother came well provided with
household furniture things unheard of
before by little Abraham-"one fine bu-
reau, one table, one set of chairs, one large
clothes chest, cooking utensils, knives,
| forks, bedding and other articles" She at
once made the cabin habitabIe and taught
the children habits of cleanliness and COM
| fort.
BY this time Abraham had become an
| important member of the family. He was
| remarkably strong for his years, and the
| work he could do in a day was q decided
advantage to Thomas Lincoln. The ak
| which had been put into his hand to help
in making the first clearing he had never
been allowed to drop. Thomas Lincoln
also taught him the rudiments of carpen-
try and cabinet-maklng, and kept him
busy some of the time as his assistant in
| his trade.
With all his hard living and hard work
Lincoln was getting in this period desul-
| tory kind of education. He once told
friend that he "read through every book
he had ever heard of in that country for
circuit of fifty miles" From everything
be read he made long extracts, using tur-
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flowing with life. There was Abraham
and his sister, his stepbrother and two
slepsisters and Dennis Hanks. Young
Abe was not often allowed to take part in
the spelling-match, for the one who '.chose
first" always chose Abe Lincoln, and that
was equivalent to winning, as the others
knew that "he would stand up the longest.
The nearest approach to sentiment at
this time of which we know is story he
once told to an acquaintance in Spring
field. 1t was rainy day and he was sit
ting with his feet on the woodsill his
eyes on the street, watching the rain.
Suddenly he looked up and said:
did you ever write out a story in your
mind? [ did when l was a little codger.
One day wagon with lady and two girls
and man broke down near US, and while
they were fixing up they cooked in our
kitchen. The woman had books and read
us stories, and they were the first 1 ever
had heard. [ took a great fancy to one of
the girls, and when they were gone
thought of her great deal, and
one day when | was sitting out in the
sun by the house l wrote out story in
my mind. | thought l took my father S
horse and followed the wagon, and finally
L found 1t, and they were surprised to see
me- L talked with the girl, and persuaded
her TO elope with me; and that night |
put her on my horse and we started off
across the prairie. After several hours we
came to camp; and when we rode up we
found it was the one we had left few
hours before, and we went in. The next
night we tried again, and the same thing
happened-the horse came back to the
same place; and then we concluded that
we ought not to elope. 1 stayed until /
had persuaded her father to give her to
me. L always meant to write that story
out and publish it, and began once; but
l concluded it was not much of a story.
But think that was the beginning OF
love with me-"
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lumbus Graham, who was present at this
wedding. II was out hunting roots fer
my medicines" he told an interviewer,
land just went to the wedding to get a
GOOD supper, and got it. l saw Nancy
Hanks Lincoln at her wedding, fresh
looking girl, l should say over twenty.
was at the infare, too, given by John H
Parrott, her guardian. and only girls
with money had guardians appointed by
the court. We had bear meat, n n
yenlson, wild turkey and ducks, eggs wild
and tame-so common thatyou could buy
swung on a string to bite off for coffee or
whisky, syrup in big gourds, peach and
honey, sheep that the two families bar
Decued Whole over Goals of wood burned in
pit and covered with green boughs to
Keep, the juices in and race for the
whisky bottle. Our table was of
the puncheons cut from solid logs"
Marriage compelled the restless Thomas
to locate at last. His first home was a
poor little cabin in Elizabethtown, and
here he remained until after 1.-THE birth of
his iirst child, daughter, when he took
land for farm on big South Fork of No
Ian Creek, in what is now La Rue County,
three miles from Hodgensville. Here he
was living when, on February II, 1909, his
newcomer was called Abraham, after his
grandfather. and he afterward became
the great abe Lincoln"
The home into which the child came
was Door one. 1t was not the picturesque
vine-clad cabin of the story books. At the
time of Abrahams birth his father was
away from home, and his mother was
destitute of everything in the nature of
food. But this is only one of the pictures,
and the restitution of the family was only
temporary, and partly due to the absence
of Mr. Lincoln's father at the time. AS he
grew up, young Lincoln had many COM
panions among the girls and boys of his
own age. One of the latter, Austin Col
laher, still tells with pleasure of how he
hunted coons and ran the woods with
young Lincoln, and once even saved his
life
Yes" said Mr.. Gollaher; "the story
that once saved Abraham Lincoln's life
is true, but it Is MOI correct as generally
related.
Abraham Lincoln and had been going
to school together for year or more, and
had become greatly attached to each other.
Then school disbanded on account of
there being so few scholars, and we did
not see each other much for a long
while. One Sunday my mother visited
the Lincolns, and [ was taken along.
Abe ana l played around all day.
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the last century fell under the spell OF the
adventurous spirit of his friend Daniel
Boone, and left his home in Rockingham
County, Va. in 1880 or Whereabouts, to
move into Kentucky, where he took up 400
acres of land in Jefferson County, twenty
miles east OF Louisville. In 1874 Abraham
Lincoln was killed by Indians, leaving his
wife and five children to shift for them
selves. The youngest of these children, a
lad of six years at that time, was called
Thomas.
The death of the father was sad for this
child, for it turned him adrift to become a
wandering laboring-boy" before he had
learned even to read. For twenty-five
years he went about from place to place,
doing many kinds of rough farm work. as
we'll as learning indifferently well the
trade OF carpenter and cabinet-maker;
though undoubtedly he was, as one OF his
old acquaintance SAID, ga good carpenter
for those days, when a cabin was built
mainly with the ak, and not nail or
bolt-hinge in it; only feathers and pins
to the door, and no glass, except
in watches and spectacles and bottles.
Tom mad the best set of tools in what
was then and now Washington County"
He never became a thrifty or ambitious
man. 'He would work energetlcallY
enough when a job was brought to him."
said one OF his old aeqaintances "but he
would never seek job" He was abso-
lutely illiterate, never doing more sin the
way of writing than to bunglingly write
his own name" Nevertheless, he had the
reputation of having, as one of his
nephews, j. L. Nall, says, good, strong
horse sense; and Dennis Hanks declares
he was a man of the strongest determine
ton when his mind was made up; be-
sides, he was good-natured and obliging,
"a very quiet sort of man." says Mr. Nall.
When % years old Thomas Lincoln
married. His wife, Nancy Hanks by
name, was like her husband Virginian,
and, like him, of & "second-rate family"
But it was only in her surroundings and
her family that Nancy Hanks was
like Thomas Lincoln. In nature,
in education and in ambition she
was, if tradition is to be believed, quite
another person. Certainly a fair and
delicate woman, who could read and
write who had ideas of refinement and a
desire to get more from life than fortune
had allotted her, was hardly enough like
Thomas Lincoln to be a suitable wife for
him. She was still more unfit to be his
wife because of a sensitive nature, which
MADE her brood over her situation-a stu
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THEIR CREDENTIALS.

DIR. w. III. Copeland is graduate OF
Bellevue Hospital Medical College OF
New York City, was preside nt of his class
in that famous institution, and, after
thorough hospital training and ex-
perience, devoted his time and attention
to special lines of practice. DIR. Neal and
DIR. Winn passed through a similar
course, and have for years been assoc
ciated with DR.. Copeland.
DIR. j. G. Neal won first honors in coll
Iege, and was appointed resident physi-
clan of the City Hospital. He filed the
position with honor and received the
hospital diploma. He also holds several
gold medals for special excellence in
various branches of medicine, and after
graduation was elected an adjunct
professor of his college.
DIR. A. G. Wnn is a graduate of Bellevue
Hospital Medical College, and of the
medical department. of tho University of
Missouri. They have devoted them
selves entirely to the treatment of their
specialties. Years of experience in these
special lines, preceded by extensive
hospital work, have fitted them in 8
notable degree for the practice of their
profession.
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ALEXANDER w1GmoRE, % PERRY STREET.

az am as happy a man as there is in San
francisco to-day, and the reason for IL is that
l have been cured of a chronic catarrhal
trouble which threatened my very life l sui
fered greatly for years. My nose was clogged
up SO that could not breathe through it. 1t
has been nearly twelve years since my nose
was perfectly clear. Naturally was compelled
TO breathe through my mouth. Ny mouth
was always open. Ny throat and mouth be-
came dry and parched. NV tongue would
swell up and feel too big for my mouth. 1
blew out considerable nasty mucus from my
nose and there was constant dripping in my
throat AT night would fall into a doZe only
TO wake up with a choking sensation in nv
throat, and would have TO hawk and spit up
lot OF yellowish phlegm mucus which
aole and all tired out. NY head would acne
fearfully at times Then there was dun
bridge OF my nose 1t would take me at least
thirty minutes every morning TO get all The
mucus out OF my throat. 1 had very little
appetite. The sight OF food made me feel sick
at the stomach. was always tired and never
seemed TO get rest enough. l lost all ambition
My hearing commenced to fail. L could feel
1S4 pounds, but I lost flesh until 1 only
weighed $50 pounds. l commenced to cough
great deal and noticed that the mucus 1
spit up was mixed with blood. My breath
smelled bad. l was very weak. could hardly
get one foot before the other. l had hot and
cold flashes over my body. Night sweats came
ton. was treated for my trouble, but got no
better. One day read of a man who had been
cured by the treatment of Drs. Copeland, Neal
and VIM. 1 decided to try them and did,
Since beginning treatment gained 16 pounds
in weight. l do not have those headaches
now. The night sweats, the cough, the drop
ping in my throat, the hawking and splitting,
all are gone. l wake up in the morning re-
freshed and ready for work. In short, | feel
strong and well; not a trace of my trouble re-
mains cannot say enough in praise OF the
conscientious, gentlemanly manner in which
was treated. am well man and l want to
recommend these DOCTORS"
NOW, READ THIS.
Mr.. Wigmore was interviewed during the
past week and said: "You can republish my
statement made nearly four years ago, and can
add that have not had even the slightest re-
turn of the trouble, showing conclusiYely that
the cure is permanent"
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From MeCIure's Magazin,

flnaily, we concluded to cross the creek to
hunt for some cartridges young Lincoln
mad seen the day before. The creek was
swollen by recent rain. and in crossing
on the narrow footlog, Abe fell IN. Neither
OF US could swim. got long pole and
n 7 II out to Abe, who grabbed it. Then
pulled him ashore. He was almost dead.
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alton made the more hopeless by the fact
that she had neither the force of character
nor strength of body to do ANYTHING to
improve it; if, indeed, she had any clear
notion of what it lacked
Thomas and Nancy Lincoln were mar
ried near Beechland, in Washington
County, Kentucky, on June 12, iSO6.
There was still living in 1884, in his hun
dredth year an old man, Christopher Co.
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majority have lived beyond the allotted

majority have lived beyond the allotted
age of three score and ten.
The short and simple annals of the
poor was Abraham Lincoln's own char
Attenuation of his early life. 1t is also
true as well of the lives of his father and
mother and all of his ancestors as far back
as we are able with any certainty to follow
them. For the present purpose it is not
necessary to trace these ancestors further
BACK than the paternal grandfather, one
Abraham Lincoln, who toward the close of
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COMPLETE HOME TREATMENT.

If, for any reason, patients cannot visit Drs.
Copeland, Neal and Winn's offices in person
they can, by sending their address and name,
get their symptom sheet. From it they can
easily describe their symptoms fully and salts
factorily. Then a diagnosis can be given and
the proper medicines sent with directions for
and using the medicines properly they can
obtain speedy relief at their homes. Patients
are required to write letters at frequent inter-
walls, so that the progress of the treatment can
be watched the same as if they called at the
Office. Every mail brings additional proof Of
the success OF the mail treatment.
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Emblems adorn Canova's Washington,
And sculpturd Justice holds aloft her scales;
Dantes sad brow the sacred laurel wells;
The king may need his scepter and his throne;
But here trace is OF symbolic art,
In the disdain OF trappIngs see him stand,
Eberty's champion when the troubled land
Had need of one with greatness in his heart.
His is the symmetry of noble deed.
o, furrOwed cheeks, we eloquently tell
OF toll and thought and suffering. the need
OF him who loved the people" passing we'll
Lincoln! be here a lesson evermnre,
While the lakessurf in hearing beats the shore.
r. A. SINCLAIR,
On Ltncoln's statue Chicago.
h X X 4 K
This bronze doth keep the very form and mold
OF our great martyrs face. Yes, this is he;
That brow all wisdom, all benignity:
That human, humorous mouth; those cheeks
that hold
Like some harsh landscape all the summers gold !;
That spirit fit for sorrow, as the sea
For storms TO beat on: the lone agony
Those silent, patient lips too well foretold.
Yes, this is he vino ruled world of men
AS might some prophet of the elder day
Brooding above the tempest and the fray
With a deep-eyed thought and more than mortal
ken.
A power was his beyond the touch OF art
Or armed strength; twas his mighty heart.
r. w. GILDER,
On the lifework Of Abraham Lincoln.
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AFTER NEARLY FOUR YEARS.
Mr.. Alexander Wigmore Repeats His
Statement and Adds That He Has
Never Had Any Return of
the SYMPTOMS.

Mr.. Alexander Wigmore, an employe of the
San Francisco Stove Works. resides at p Perry
street, and is well and favorably known. Four
years ago he made the following statement for
publication:
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DAVIS BONDS FORFEITED,
Il our of Them Turned In to Judge Bahr
Yesterday

The four bonds filed as surety for the ap-
pearance of ]. c. Davis to answer the
charge of forgery before Judge Bahrs have
been ordered forfeited, as Davis is out of
the State and has no intention of return
ing.
Jones and O'Donnell. the Citv's bond at
torneys, are going to sue the sureties, and
II me amounts cannot be recovered the
matter will be brought before the Gran
Jury. Two of the bonds have already been
reported upon unfavorahly by the 1olice
SO 1t Is not expected that the suit will do,
yelop much. The sureties are B. F. Kehr-
lein, on all four bonds, and P. Bebau. n.
Solomon and |. Solomon on one each
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AFTER faded ambrotype Of Mr.. Lincoln now in
the Lincoln Monument collection at Springfield
III. All that is known OF it is that it was taken at
bearostown in 1858. Mr.. Lincoln a linen
coat on the occasion. The picture is regarded as
GOOD likeness of him as he appeared during the
Lincoln Douglas campagn.l
From McCrure's Magazine
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well, if not intimately. Some of those who
have contributed their "reminiscences are
nearly centenarians at this time, and the
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Park Music To-Dav

Park Music To-Day.
Following is the attractive prorramno MO
pared for to-day's open-air concert in Golden
Gate Park:
March, " Fortuna"
Overture, F." Semramide" '''''''' 'iouIel9
Ballet de Coppella'' $500 D Dss,
Euphonium solo, Grand Polka de Concert >,
.composed and presented by w. IA Coiverd
ro'poufri' Musical Tour Through Europe
Overture, +" Rienzi" Eonradi
Horn 3 soio 1or horn with flute oblgato Till
Selection, LON bardi Noii'aiuo' s,
Waltz, 'Jolly Gfrls' '''''''''.. ~. V ef9t
40 0 JULIUS '-................G enee
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Tho llnish Of tho third trial heat saspr,

tho anish Of the third trial heat satur-
day, ReRults;
Two mile handicap, class B, special
b b. Bird, St Paul, (l5O), Ii A. ii:
barnett, PlainGeld, (ls0), 2; J. Fred
Barry, Syracuse, (l2O), 8; J, Coburn,
Syracuse, (lSQ), 4; timo, | ;84 80.
Half mile, open, class A, liual--H. 7.
MoSher, Harlem. !; II, IL. Mccall, Dem
YER 2; W. L, TonseIer, Rockville, s.;
time, liza 20.
One mile, open, class b, 6nal-A.
Gardiner, Chicago, !; Angns Mcleod,
Brantford, 2; +. ]. Titus. New York, 81;
time, l:27 l,5.
One mile, open, class A, Anal-H, P.
Mosher, Harlem !; Joe Harrison, As
bury Park, q O. Hoeier St Paul, 81
time, 2;20.
II was announced that II. II. Mad
dox 10 physically unable to give his
proposed fve.mile exhibition with
paCemakerG this afternoon.
Two-milo, open, ClGst !, Anal-F ].
Titus, New York, ]; II, II. Maddox, AS
bury Park, q Fred II. Allen, Syracuse,
8; time, $3.50 So
One mile special, opon to oil first and
second men in class A races during the
meet, paced by tandem--Jos Harrison,
Asbury Park, l; Il, P. Alosher, lIar'
lem, 2; W. A. Brown, New York, 81
time, 2;l4.
Fred Titus did not go for the one.
hour record, but took the place OF Mad.
dox for q fvs.nile exhibition against
time, with pacelnRksEs. lie started OF
paced BY Earl aud Murphy on tandem
for tho first mile. First mile. 2;07 l.5,
The quad team, composed OF SeAvey,
Mcleod, Barnett and Mayo, picked him
up on the second mile. Time, end OF
second mile, 4:00 3.5. The tandem
paced him for tho third mile which was
finished in 600 4'5. Then tho quad
team went out ahead and Titus gamely
stuck to them, Time, end Of fourth
mile, S:lG As. The fifth mile was com
plstOd in 1922 So, which Just equals j,
S, Johnson's record for the distance
made at Louisville Last November,
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SAGINAW. MICm., July l5.-Tho Gran,4
Circuit races began hero to-day Will,
fno weather aud good track. Tho
2.3O trot was won by Niinnn Wilkes, nj.
tor good contest Of four bOata against
Augusta, ". and SAcasa. Z
In tho $3.50 pace, sandy Boy, owned
BY Sutherland & BCnjamin, Of this city,
anrprIscd tho talent by winning tho
arst, fourth ard At.h heats, making q
record Of 2,lGi, which IL considered a
very good performance for thrcO.yOnr.
old. Summaries.
,lhroc minute trot for two.yONr odds
purse $500 litOd =. Moody =; Trophy 2
'Timo, 2i39 2'3Oi.
2.36 ttot, pursO $l,0OO-Mlna Wilkes
Augustus W. q SnOasA g. Cora WilkOa
I. lime 2!2l4 2!2li 9!22ti 2i25k
$3.50 pnce, purse $1,000; Sandy boy Ii
Eilly 9 Old Hutch 81 L. \. MIchOner Al
NslIo X. b; Lou Armstrong O, Time,
2,lGl, 2:l5H 2i2l, 2.lDi, 2i2it,
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wIrn man nnMLEns.
brownies aud DsWIsra wsr" the Success.
fol Tanna Lnat Night.

Last evening In tho MuSaO league So
rios the Brownies thrice defeated tho
Eldoradoa and Are not great deal in the
rear OF the leaders, NRmeleSs, but not
quite near enough 10 catch tho latter
unless tho Carenbauer boys drop dead
or are hypnotized. Tho scores:
Eldorados-W eitzel. lG2, l0S, 100;
Henderson, las, l2g, l47; Hamilton, l44,
l25, 1852; Dllworth, l4S, 1872, 1875; Hall,
lG5, l2G, l40i Blind, liz, lug, l4Oi totals,
BroWnies-Horvoy, 1893, 100, 40;
Brown, l2S, 1l5. l0l; Richards, 1870, 1853,
10; Dahinden, 1877, llj. 1888; 0'NeIll,
1856. III, l7G; Blind. l59, l20. l47i totals,
s77, 100. g2S.
Tho Bowlera defeated Americas three
straights aud send the latter down to
sure place in the seconddivision, on q
level with tho II. G. Richards team
which may yet boat out the Pom and
Pencils who have been hanging on 10
fifth place on a very slender margin for
several weeks. The scores:
Observation-Disclosures, III, los, 1871;
Wagner l39, 1875, 1856; shaier, l9i, 1876,
l2i; Jackson. ll5. l27, ~; Dahnenberg,
III, III, l4li Blind, liz, 1853, l4li totals,
rs, 7Bs, 100.
Observation-Disclosures, 1873, ll9. 1873;
statlor, 1865, los, l47i RthOldNaer, 1888,
l4j, 1877; Ebsling, lG2, 1874, 1870, SCOTT,
1863, l49, l27; Blind, 1866, lal, 1885, totals,
OO3, $40, 49,,