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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-19
A WARN GAME
COLuRED TEAM OF PADUCAH
DEFEATS ST. LOUIS.

Piducah's srsck oolored baseball
team. played colored team from st.
Louis at the park yesterday afternoon,
and many white people were among
the Spectators They say that the col
orsd club puts up abo1t the swiftest
game ever witnessed here, and that
the fun is fast and furious, the ball
hardly ever hitting the ground.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-19
TO USE Pig SKINS.
INSTEAD OF RUBBER FOR We
HICLE TIRES.

Colorado Springs, Colo, May 10
John Muir, head of John Muir Sons,
Beth, Scotland, who was here for a
brief vacation, says that pig skins will
soon displace rubber for cushion tires
for vehicles of all kinds. He is the
inventor of q process for tanning
which makss the skins harder and
equally satisfactory as tires. He is
here direct from New York, where he
sold American rights to a syndicate
Of capitalists, who will erect demon
strating plant Immediately and after
ward factory to supply the market.
Similar rights have been sold for Ger
many, Switzerland and Austro- Hun
gary. Muir is confident If the speedy
and general recognition of the merits
of his invention.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-19
LIGHTYING's DAMAGE.

Fulton, May l9-The residence Of
Benjamin Landlord, farmer on the
state line, was struck by lightning and
his daughter was seriously injured.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-19
SPRING AILMENTS.

There Is an aching and tired feel
ing the liver. bowels and kidneys be-
come sluggish and inactive, the diges'
ton impaired, with little or no Ape
title, no ambition for anything, and a
feeling that the whole body and mind
needs toning up. The trouble is that
during winter there has been an ac-
cumulaticn of waste matter in the sys-
sem. Hesbine win remove it, secure
70 she secFetions right exit, and by
i've tonic effect fully restore the vast
ed tissues and give strength in place
of weakness. 800 &C Dubois, Rolb &
Co
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
TEMPERED JUSTICE WITH MERCY.

When Mr.. Lincoln's death occurred
he had served little more than a
month on his second term as presi-
dent, and was just beginning to see
the dawn of peace, the coming of
brighter days for the dark ones
through which he had passed. New
er had chief magistrate of the ma
ton faced graver responsibilities or
more perpleXing questions, and yet
never was duty more fully or more
conscientiously performed. He
proved equal to the emergency. He
gave his strong mind and great heart
TO the service of his country-iust
always. but tempering that Justice
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
ELECTED PRESIDENT.

In 1860, when the democratic ma
tional convention met at Charleston,
S. c., and, after protracted and bit
ter struggle, nominated Stephen A.
Douglas for the presidency, and the
boilers, dissatisfied with the result,
met afterwards and nominated John
c. Breckenridge, and union party
convention nominated John c. Bell, it
seemed evident that whoever the re-
publicans nominated for president
would be elected. Their convention
met at Chicago. William II. Seward
and Mr.. Lincoln were the two strong
est candidates. On the third ballot
the latter was nominated amidst the
widest enthusiasm.
Mr.. Lincoln was sitting in his law
office at Springfield with some
friends when the telegram ANNOUNCE
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21

mouth to every city, town, village and
hamlet in the north, bringing intense
excitement and almost universal sor-
row.
1t was on the night of the 14th OF
April, 1865, that the deed that ended
the presidents life was done. Four
years of bloody civil war had passed
The secessionists were routed. but
not entirely defeated. The union
forces had entered the city of Rich
mnd, the capital of the confederacy:
Lee, with the army of Virginia, had
surrendered, but the rebels fur
Their south were still in the field.
retreating, however, before the
triumphant advances of the bows
IN blue. Despair seized the heart
OF the south, and plot was formed
among few bold conspirators at
Washington, doubtless never sane
toned by any of the real leaders in
the south, to take the lives of the
president, Secretaries Seward and
Stanton and Gen. Grant, in the belief
that such a stroke would throw the
north into CONSERVATION and revive
the lost courage of the soldiery of
the south.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
HIS INNATE HONESTY.

AS indicative of his honesty during
the time that he was 'storekeeping"
trait which afterwards won him
the title of Honest Old Abe" these
stories are related: In settling an
account with a woman one day for
goods sold her, he charged her six
pence too much, which he did not
discover until he was footing up his
sales in the evening. Then, after
closing the store, he walked to her
home, a mile distant, and returned
the over-charged amount to her. On
another occasion, in making a sale,
by defect in the scales, he gave a
customer scant weight by four
ounces. 1t was late at night when he
made the sale. The next morning,
when ne discovered the trouble in
the scales. he weighed out the four
ounces, closed the store, and took the
merchandise to the customer.
As was usual in country towns in
those days, he was often troubled
with loafers in the store and some
times they became offensive by their
boisterous conduct. One day n big,
clustering bully entered and seemed
bent on provoking a fight with some
body. Lincoln stood his rowdyism
for some time. and then, going over
TO where he was standing. said:
well, if you must be whipped. L
suppose | may as well he the one to
do it,
And he seized the bully with his
long arms. threw him to the floor.
and taking some smartweed which
was lying near. rubbed il over his
face until the man cried like a baby
and begged for mercy. After that
the bully was gentleman whenever
he entered the store.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21

with mercy. Instances of this trait
in his character are numerous.
At one time "a deserters from the
union army had been ordered to be
shot, after court-martial was held.
When the warrants for their execu-
ton was presented to Lincoln he re-
fused TO sign them. The command
ing officer, indignant at the action of
the president, said to him: "Mr.
President, unless these men are made
an example of, the army itself is in
danger. Mercy to the few is cruelty
to the many"
General" said the president in re-
ply, there are already too many
weeping widows and mothers in the
United States. Do not ask me to
add to their number. 1 will not do
it,
1t is a fact not generally known
that the last official act of President
Lincoln's life was the signing of a
pardon of rebel spy. He had fin
ished an examination of the case dur
ing the evening, and, not long before
going to the theater where the fatal
shot was fired that ended his own
life, the pardon was signed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21

joined the regiment of which Zach
ariah Taylor, afterwards president,
was colonel, and. although the war
only lasted for a short time, Lincoln
proved his efficiency and bravery and
showed that as a soldier he would
have been a good one, had destiny
called him to that vocation as a life
profession. After his return home
he was nominated by the wings as
their candidate for state representa-
tive, and this is the first speech he
delivered during the campaign, his
maiden speech in politics:
Gentlemen and Fellow Citizens:
presume you all know VINO 1 am.
am humble Abraham Lincoln. / have
been selected by my friends as
candidate fer the Legislature. My
politics are short and sweet. L am
in favor of a national bank, / am in
favor of the internal Improvement
system and a high protective tariff.
These are my sentiments and politi-
cal principles. If l am elected shall
be thanllful; if not, it will be all the
same"
He was not elected, and, with
partner, he again entered the store
keeping business. 1t proved a fail
ure, and he lost every dollar he had
before managed to save. Gen Jack
son was then president, and he APP
pointed Lincoln as postmaster at New.
Salem. The Office was such a small
one that it is said he used TO carry
all the letters received around in his
hat and deliver them to those to
whom they were addressed as he
CHANGED to meet them on the street.
Although the salary paid was insig-
nificant, he managed to live by also
acting as surveyor, the qualifications
for which he had acquired
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21

later, and the CONSERVATION near the
presidents box, revealed the mean
ing. Lincoln had been shot, AS the
awful intelligence flew from mouth
to mouth the audience was Mortified
and Immediately everything was ex-
element and confusion. Women
shrieked and men crowded around
the presidents box, while others
leaped on the stage in the hope of
arresting the murderer. But Booth
was beyond their reach, He had left
the theater by rear door, mounted
fast horse that was in waiting for
him on the street and escaped, for
the time being safe,
Surgeons were soon at the presi-
dents side. 1t was found that he had
been shot in the back of the neck,
just beneath the base of the brain.
1t was a fatal wound. The helpless
form, bleeding and unconscious. was
borne across the street to a private
house, and at seven o'clock the next
morning, without having regained
consciousness, the heart of this great
man ceased TO beat.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21

exception of Andrew jackson, was
more so, for he was born in a log
cabin, and had few CT the comforts,
none of the luxuries of life.
This event took place on the 18th
of February, 1909, in sparseIy set
tied section of Kentucky. His father
was a poor, but honest and hard
working man, farmer in a small
way, and from his earliest years
young Lincoln's life was a struggle
with poverty. 1t was with great diff
ficulty shat he was given even suf-
ficient education to read and write,
and this he gained mostly without the
aid of teacher. He assisted his
father in his work and spent what
leisure time he had in working out
by the day among the neighbors. His
evenings and part of the winter
months, when work was scarce, were
devoted to study and the reading of
such books as he could obtain.
Thus, with little to change it's mo-
notony, passed his life until he was
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21

ing his nomination was received. He
read the message aloud, and then,
picking up his nat, arose and said:
Excuse me, gentlemen, but there is
a little lady on Eighth street who has
some interest in this matter" and he
hastily left the Office to tell the news
to his wife.
The next day n committee from
the convention waited upon him at
his home to notify him of his nom
nation. AS il was known they were
coming, some of his friends had sent
him several hampers of wine, which
he returned with kindest words of
regard for the motive that prompt
ed the gift. At the close of the mott
fication ceremony, Mr.. Lincoln had
his servant girl bring into the room
pitcher of water and several
glasses, which she placed on the cen
ter table, and then Mr.. Lincoln arose
and said:
Gentlemen, we must pledge our
mutual healths in the most healthy
beverage God ever gave to man. 1t
is the only beverage / have ever used
in my family, and cannot conscien-
tiously depart from it on this occa-
sion. II is pure Adams ale, from the
spring"
He took a. tumbler from the table,
touched it to his lips, and the diff
fersnt members of the committee
followed his example.
The election following the nomina-
ton resulted in his overwhelming
triumph. Long before his Inaugural
ton the southern states had seeded
and war was a certainty. When he
took his Office as president he at
once began a vigorous attempt to
crush out the rebellion. The history
of that gigantic struggle is written
in blood. The foes of the union were
strong men and brave. Lincoln did
not live to see the end-the success
of his efforts. He saw the near an
proach, but before the final close of
the war came his eyes were sealed
in death.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21

larations on the subject brought him
into contact with Stephen A. Doug
las, then one of the most brilliant
democratic orators in Illinois, and
series of debates between the two
was arranged. They. drew upon both
men the attention of the nation, 1T
being understood that one of them
would be elected United States SEN
ator by the Legislature of Illinois.
The democrats carried the legisla-
ture, and Douglas was chosen sena-
tor. After the election Mr. Lincoln
was met by one of his friends and
asked how, he felt. His reply, illus
trative of the humor that character
lied his whole life, was:
Il feel like boy who has stubbed
his toe-too mad to laugh, and too
big to cry"
The contest for the senatorship
and the debates had, however, given
him national reputation, and in the
political campaigns that followed he
was wanted everywhere as speaker.
He visited Kansas, Ohio, New York,
and other states, and was received
with unbounded enthusiasm.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
ESTIMATE OF HIS WORTH.

The circumstances attending the
death of Abraham lincoln, and the
fact that he was president during
the most trying ordeal through
which the nation has ever passed,
have undoubtedly had much to do
with endearing him to the people of
the country, but that he was great
great in mind and heart and deeds
his life record shows. He had those
elements of character, sterling hon
esty, disinterested patriotism, and
love of human kind, that made him
so, and, with the exception of Wash
ington, perhaps, he was the best
loved and most popular of our presi-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21

dents. He was president of the ma
ton during its darkest hours, when
the passions of the Forth and south
were inflamed and criticism harsh
but now that time has assuaged
party prejudice and tempered this
criticism, his true character and
worth stand forth. Eulogies almost
without number have been spoken
and written of him, but none, per-
haps, more expressive than this trib
ute taken from the sermon of DR..
Gurley, who officiated at his fu-
neral in Washington, before the body
left the capital for it's resting place
in the cemetery at Springfield.
Ill.,:
Probably no man." said DR.. Cur
ley, "since the days of Washington,
was ever so deeply and firmly i'm
bedded in the hearts of the people
as Abraham Lincoln. Nor was it
mistaken confidence and love. He de-
served it, deserved it all. He merited
it by his character, by his acts, and
by the tenor and tone and spirit of
his life" FRANK DILDINE.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21

hundred miles away, and, with his
pack on his back, he walked the en-
tire distance to enter on his duties.
lie was Woodworking and faithful
member, and yet during the session
he began the study of law He was
reelected to the Legislature in 1886
and again in 1888, and was rapidly
becoming a speaker of renown. He
was admitted to the bar and began
the practice of law, proving himself
an able attorney and an effective jury
speaker. During the presidential con-
test of 1874 he took the stump for
his political idol, Henry Clay. and
acquired such celebrity as "A speaker
that in 1876 he was nominated and
elected to congress from his district,
serving only one term, however,
when he returned to Springfield, H..
and entered upon the practice of the
law.
In his practice he was one of the
most conscientious of lawyers He
would never take a case he did not
believe to be just, and, however I'M
popular it might be, could not be de-
tered from defending cause, if
that time few lawyers having polit-
zeal ambitions were willing to de-
fend anyone who had helped fugi-
tive slave on his way to Canada. A
man who was accused of that crime"
applied to one of the leading lawyers
of Springfield to act as his attorney,
but the latter declined, because it
would injure him politically. The ac-
cused man then went to a well-known
merchant for advice. 60" said the
latter, ''to Mr.. Lincoln. He is not
afraid of an unpopular cause" And
Mr.. Lincoln took the case.
In his practice Mr.. Lincoln was a
most successful jury lawyer. He al
ways tried case fairly. He never
misrepresented the evidence of wit
ness, the argument of an opponent,
or the law. Hence he always had the
confidence of the jury and the court.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
From Old Pung Tragedy Theater Apr H. t865

The assassination of President Lin
coin was assigned to John Wilkes
Booth, different type of man from
either Guiteau of Czolgosz. He. was
play actor of considerable ability
and notoriety, whose sympathies were
with the south, and, as events proved,
man of remarkable courage and
method, for he had arranged a plan
of escape after the commission of the.
crime that would have. been success
full had he not broken his leg in Jump.
ing to the stage. On the evenii,,- of the.
fourteenth the president, with Mrs.
Lincoln and two friends, Miss Har-
ris and Maj. Rathbone, accepting an
invitation from the manager, attend
ed Ford's theater in Washington to
witness the play OF the american
Cousin" 1t was this place. and time
that John Wilkes Booth chose for
his bold deed-in n crowded theater,
for il having been advertised that the
president would attend, every seat
was taken when the. presidential
party entered and took a box near
30 the stage. During the hour that
followed their entrance, Mr.. LincoIp's
attention seemed TO be, absorbed in
the play. In the midst of one of the
scenes in the third act, when but one
actor was on the stage, pistol shot
was heard and a man was seen to
leap from the presidents box to the
stage. Brandishing a dagger in the
air, he paused for a moment, shouted
in theatrical style the words "Sic
semper tyrannis," and then, rushing
across the stage, disappeared behiud
the scenes.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
SOLDIER AND POSTMASTER.

When the Black Hawk war with
the Indians broke out company of
volunteers was raised in the vicinity
where he lived, and Lincoln enlisted
as a private. Two names were pro-
posed as captain, that of Lincoln and
a Mr.. Kirkpatrick. To decide which
should be chosen it was arranged
that the candidates were to stand
apart a short distance from the COM
pany, and the men were to go to the
one they preferred as captain. Al
most all of the men soon gathered
around Lincoln, and he was made
their commander. The company
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21

United States senatorship, he said
in a speech delivered in the city of
Springfield, ILL.,:
"a house divided against itself
cannot stand. l believe this govern
ment cannot endure permanently
half slave and half free. Either the
opponents of slavery will arrest it's
further progress and place it where
the public mind shall rest in the be-
lief that it is in course of ultimate
extinction, or its advocates will push
it forward till it shall become lawful
alike in all the states, north as well
as south"
These were guarded, studied words,
but the south interpreted in them the
real meaning of the great states
mans heart-the abolition of slavery.
And yet before and after his election
as president, he declared, and so did
the platform upon which he was
elected, that the president had no
righG to interfere with slavery in the
states in which it then existed, and
in his inaugural address he repeated
this declaration. How slow he was
in receding from il, the history of
the early years of the war between
the states attests. The emancipa-
ton proclamation came only as a
war measure, to save the union by
crippling the resources of the south.
1t was signed on the 2Sd of Septem-
Der, 1862, and went into effect on the
list day of January, 1863. 1t was
one of the noblest documents in the
history of all nations, and placed
Lincoln's name among the roll of inn
mortals.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21

10 years of age, his father in the
meantime having moved to Spencer
county, lad, and afterwards to Ma
con county, Iii. Before this young
Lincoln engaged in rafting on the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers, which he
followed for awhile. and then joined
his father in Illinois. There he Sc
cured a position as clerk in a coun-
try store. He followed this for a
few years, still studying and reading
and rising, by his fair dealing and
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
Not FIattennE.

, II want my photograph to be q
natural likeness, without any re.
touching or embellishing. 1 suppose
you will charge less for it"
"On the contrary, madam, we
must charge more"
"More? Why is that?"
Madam, to let an exact likeness
of you go out of this gallery without
any improving work upon it would
cost us hundred customers at
least."--Cleve,and Plain Dealer.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21

The pursuit, the final shooting and
the death of Booth, and the almost
successful attempt of another one of
the daring conspirators on the life
OF Secretary Seward, together with
the arrest, trial, conviction and pun
lshment of the persons engaged in
this nefarious plot, are familiar to
every reader of the history of those
eventful times.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
A Possible Insinuation.

Naggsby-It's. funny how women
will change their minds. When I first
met the girl who eventually became
Mrs. N, she was. one of those who
declared she wouldn't marry the best
man in the world. Within year she
married me.
Waggsby--But what makes you
think she has changed her mind p
Baltimore American.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
sunriAe.

Mather-in-Law (who has called to
see her daughter)-You certainly live
IN a most outlandish and inconvenient
neighborhood, George. 1 wonder you
are not afraid of being attacked and
robbed on your way home from bust
ness of an evening.
Her Daughter--There is no fear of
that, mamma; he never comes home
until ali the bad characters have gone
to bed.-Ally SlGSer.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
Her Idea.

He strobe with a martial air." read
the little girl.
Now get the dictionary and look up
the meanings of the words" said the
teacher, "and then bring me a para
phrase of that sentence"
The little maid worked YEARLY over
her dictionary, and then brought the
Following paraphrase to her teacher:
HE took long strides with great
courage. N. Y. Times.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
NATIONS FIRST MARTYR.

How wildly memory recalls that
tragic event-the death of or FIST
martyred PRESIDENT 1t was over a
third of century ago that the an
nouncement of it was flashed over
the wires and carried by word of
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
She Obie,ct

Darling" whispered the young man
with the Bard of Avon" locks, would
that L were that Armenian rug-ever
at your feet"
Get out!" exclaimed the practical,
girl; Il don't want any man ever at myI
feet. want one that would go out and |
hustle and make a living for both of
us."-Chicago Daily News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
The Voice OF Experience.

Il don't care to marry-at least not
yet" said the flirt.
why not?" asked the matron.
because as matters are now I
have the attentions of half dozen
men, while if msrried, i would have
the attentions of only one"
"Huhi' exclaimed the matron,
you wouldn't have even that."-Chi
cago Post.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
To He Exact.

Il know what you want" said the
wrathful mother to disobedient Tom
my. You want a good, sound thrash
ing"
NO, / DON'T" walled Tommy, "I
may need one, but / don't want it,
Chicago Tribune.