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ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Abraham Lincoln was one Of the
greatest presidents Of America.
He was born February IL, 1909. He
had one sister who was older than he
was. Her name was Sarah. His moth
er taught him how to read the Bible,
while he was very young. The neigh
bors thought that 1t was very wonder
full for a boy SO young.
At the age of 10 he was nearly six
feet and four inches In height. He
had no bad habits. He was elected
president March 4, 1851. He was also
the thirteenth president. At the end
of the war Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln went
to theatre. A few moments after
10 o'clock John Wilkes Booth went
near the president and shot him. The
he jumped upon the stage and waving
his pistol shouted: "Sic Semper Tyran.
MIS-" $50 it be always to tyrants.) AS
he jumped the American flag that
hung from the stage caught the spur
on his heel throwing him and break
ing his leg. He escaped on a horse
but was captured afterward.
Yours truly,
vern Cottrell.
Dudley. Ia. r. R. No. 1. Box ~.
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WASHINGTON.

just honor to Washington can only
be rendered by observing his precepts
and initiating his example. He has
built his own monument. We, and
those who come after us in successive
generations, are its appointed, it's
privileged guardians. The wide.
spread republic is the future monu-
ment to Washington. Maintain It's In
dependence. Uphold its constitution.
Preserve It's union. Defend its liberty.
Let it stand, the world in all It's orig.
inal strength and beauty, securing
peace, order, equality and freedom to
all within its boundaries, and shedding
light, and hope, and Joy upon the path.
way OF human liberty throughout the
world. and Washington needs no other
monument. Other structures may full
ly testify our generation for him; this,
this alone can adequately illustrate his
services to mankind.
Walter Terrell, Age IL.
Eddyyille, Iowa
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THE GENERAL AND THE COR.
PoRAL.

If such a man as George Washing
ton should walk the streets today. yo,,
would stop and look at him. everybody
would stop and ask. WHO is he ~
For his race and form and manner
would tell all who saw him that he
was no common man. George wash.
ington was a tall man, more than six
feet in height. He was well shaped
and strong. His hands were very
large; his face was such as you see.
It was he who led the armies OF our
country into long war, which give us
Independence. and made us free peo-
pie.
In time Of danger there was ON one
more brave than her. And in all the
land there was no man to whom the
people looked up with SO much love
and faith. nd SO It is truly said Of
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Carl Elmer Falk, aged r..
lO2l HackberrY street.

February second is Grounding day.
II the Grounding sees his shadow he
is afraid and will go In and stay six
weeks, and we will have cold weather.
He did not see his shadow this year.
He saw his shadow for four or Ave
years before this. February twelfth
Is Abraham Lincoln's birthday He
was a poor boy. He lived in a log
house. He was an honest man, and
people called him Honest Old Abe"
He was a rail splitter in his youth.
One day an old lady bought some tea
from him. He charged her too much
for 1T and he went miles to give her
back the change.
February fourteenth is st. valen-
tines day. 1t is the day when people
get pretty valentines from other peo-
pie. February twenty second is
Washington's birthday. He was a
good man. He chopped down his faith
er's cherry tree. He never told q lie
In his life. He was our first president
He sailed on the Delaware river. He
was first In war and first in peace.
February twenty-seventh is Longfel-
lows birthday. He wrote poems for
children. Longfellow had a beautiful
face and a kind expression.
Forest Paul Michaels, aged 10.
b36 Center avenue.
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came up, "Heave no" cried the little
corporal. up with 1t men, up with It,"
But he did not put hand to 1t him
self. The men lifted with all their
might, the log was almost to its place
but it was SO heavy they could not
move 1t any further. The corporal
cried again, "Heave no, up with 1t
men," but the men were not able to
do more than their strength was al
most to fail.
Then Washington ran up and with
his strong arms gave them the help
they 30 much needed, the big log was
lifted upon the breastwork and the
men looked their thanks at the tall
stranger who had been SO kind. And
as my story is getting long will close.
Flossie Bath,
Hamilton, Ia, Marion Co. Box, 100.
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know much but he learned all he
could and he was very hol.sst, and
soon got the name of Honest Abe"
Lincoln was six feet four inches
tall, lean In flesh, weighing about 100
pounds; with dark complexion and
coarse black hair and grey eyes.
He set the slaves free and made his
first inaugural address March 4, 1861,
Lincoln was the sixteenth president
and all the people liked him.
when he was at an opera. What Lin
coin learned he learned himself and
he was kind, generous and honest.
He studied law sitting on wood
pile and he became a great lawyer.
Nellie M. Whitfield,
304 S. Ward ST., Ottumwa, Ia.
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LINCOLN.

Abraham Lincoln was born Febru-
airy IL, 1909. The birthday Of Lincoln
Is remembered with loving admiration
throughout the world. The world
loves Lincoln for his purity of char
very little education for his father was
very poor. When Lincoln's grand
father died, his father was but six
years old and he grew up without an
education.
He removed from Kentucky to
what is now called Spencer county
Indiana, when Lincoln was years old.
1t was a wild region and here Lincoln
grew up.
There were some schools, but all
that was taught was reading, writing
and ciphering to the rule of three.
When Lincoln was of age he did not
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aAxlMs OF YOUNG WASHINGTON

When George Washington was lad
he wrote in little book number of
IInaxims which. 1t is said, he tried to
3ollow.
Here are four Of them:
THE opinion and advice Of friends
receive at all times, as proof Of
heir friendship. and am thankful when
hey are offered"
BE courteous to all, but intimate
nth few. and let those few be well
ried before you give them your con-
denee."
ut is easy to make acquaintance,
nut difficult to shake them off,
"1t is better to be alone than in bad
1npany."
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first president. He was brave boy.
He was very good to his mother. He
never told a lie. His father bought
George a Ratchet. He went out in the
yard and while chopping sticks, he
saw his fathers cherry tree. He cut
II down. His father asked him about
It and George said, Father I can't
tell lie. did 1t with my little
hatchet''
Longfeliow was a great poet. His
birthday Is on the twenty seventh of
FEBRUARY. He wrote the song Of Hia-
Watha. He was one Of our best poets.
Arthur Johnson, aged IL.
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Mystic. Iowa.
Eldon. Iowa.

Mystic, Iowa
Dear Editor: thought / would
send my school piece in early, because
1t will soon be examination week and
l will be busy studying, SO as you said
any one could send their school piece
In l thought I would send my piece
In for Feb. %.
In seventeen hundred and thirty-two. !
This very month and day,
Winking and blinking at the light,
A little baby lay.
No doubt they thought the little man.
A goodly child enough;
But time has proved that he was
made,
OF most uncommon stuff
The little babe became man,
That everybody knew,
Would finish we'll what he began
And prove both firm and true.
So when the revolution came.
That made our nation free.
They couldn't find better man.
For general, you see.
AS general he never failed.
Or faltered, SO they thought.
He ought to be the president,
And so I'm sure he ought.
And then he did his part so we'll
AS president-t'was plain
They couldn't do better thing
Than to choose him yet again.
Through all his life they loved him
we'll,
And mourned him when he died,
And ever nee his noble name
Has been our nations pride.
The lesson Of his life is clear,
And easy quite to guess.
Be firm and true. IL you would mako
Your life a grand success
-Madge Barrett, Mystic. Iowa.
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forgot to jump down and help him.

forgot to jump down and help him.
Abe, as he was generally called, al
ways said children should be very
careful what books they read. His
favorite books from which he studied
were the Bible Pilgrims Progress, .
Burns Poems" and "Weem's Life of
Washington" He was very fond of
reading, and one day, he borrowed a
book which his mother did not wish
him to read. At night he placed 1t
somewhere on the wall 1t rained dur
ing the night and got ruined. He was
very sorry and had to work a long
time cutting wood to pay for it, Lin
coin had a son named Tad. And thus
did Abe Lincoln work his way to the
White House.
Malta Raronr
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Erie Wilson, aged 9.

February is the last winter month
February 2, is Grounding day It
was very cloudy Grounding day I
do not think he saw his shadow. 1
hope not. We have not had much cold
weather.
February - is Lincoln's birthday
He was one Of our presidents. He was
the sixteenth president. He was a
very good and honest man. He had
kind heart. He was poor man.
February IA is st. Valentine day.
We get valentines on that day If
people like you, they will send YOU
pretty valentines. If they do not like
you. they will send you ugly ones.
Sometimes they send you funny or
upl-- ones for fun.
February "a is Washington's birth
day. He was our first president He
February, e Ell is ii'l Mr.. Longfel1ow,s
birthday He was a great poet.
He liked children and wrote
stories for them. and about them. He
was an American poet
l like February for all these things
and 1T being the last month Of the win
ter l like 1T especially. The birds will
soon be back when February goes.
The grass will come UP and everything
beautiful. think we have had our
last snow. and am not one bit sorry
for it. We are having a great deal Of
mud at present
The second of February is Groun-
hog day. Mr.. Grounding is a funny
little fellow. On the second of Feb
ruary he will come out Of his hole and
If he sees his shadow he is afraid Of It
and he will run back and stay hidden
six weeks, and then we may expect
cold weather If he don't see his
shadow he will stay out awhile and
that is sign of warm weather
Lincoln's birthday comes February
u. He was shot in. theatre. He used
to be our president. He has been dead
over forty years. Flags We're put up
III his honor ion every school house.
On February IA, is st. Valentine day.
We had valentines in our room at
school,
George Washington's birthday
comes on February 20. He was our
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EBRUARY.

February has many birthdays. All
them are very celebrated. The sec
q is Grounding day. The hog comes
I and IL he sees his shadow, he goes
ok and stays six weeks. If he does
I see it, 1t is a sign Of good weather.
e twelfth Is Lincoln's birthday. He
ed the negroes. He was very hon
man, and was often called, Hon
II Old Abe" The fourteenth is st.
Ientine,s day, and we send valen-
ses to one another. The twenty
,ond Is Washington's birthday. His
tiles and capture of CORVALLIS were
nous. The twenty seventh Is Long
lows birthday, the great poet. NY
orite poem is Hiawatha.
February is generally sloppy, wet
cold. 1t Is the second month of
year, and the last month of win
s. We have had but little snow this
1ruary. It has been sloppy, wet and
| some showers. There are rabbit
cks In our garden in the mud. The
bits have been eating our peach
IS. A year ago couple Of DAYS
1t was twenty-four degrees below
Q.
Robert Hughes, aged 8.
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I hope all boys and girls know that
there are many birthdays this month.
There Is Lowell's, Washington's
Longfellow's and Lincoln's. Some put
flags on the school houses. We al
ways celebrate their birthdays, I hope
all children know that it Is st. VAL
entine's day on the fourteenth.
We had 9 valentine box in our room at
school. I have always received many
valentines. Pretty ones and ugly ones.
But don't get mad like some foolish
children do. like ugly ones as well
as pretty ones. have many ugly and
many pretty ones, and hope you shall
have many more than I do.
we celebrate Lincoln's, Washing
TONS and Longfellow's birthdays at
school. Lincoln was one of our presi-
dents and freed the slaves. Washing
ton was our first president and the
father OF his country, and Longfellow
was one Of our greatest poets. He
wrote. "Hiawatha," and many poems
for children.
Carl Elmer F'alk, aged IL.
1921 HnrLHarrxx
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february is the second month of the
r.. 1t has twenty eight days al
vs. except in leap year. when it has
nty-nine. February is the month
birthdays. February End is Groun-
day. The twelfth of February is
coins birthday. Abraham Lincoln
I, a good boy. He was very poor
did not get to go to school very
III He had to help his father
k Abraham was a strong boy.
rybody liked him.
he fourteenth of February is ST.
sntine's day. This is a day of fun
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-27

February has twenty-eight days and
every four years leap year gives it
twenty nine. There are usually a few
cold days In February, and generally
speaking the. weather is very unpleas-
ant The twelfth of February is Alb
raham Lincoln's birthday. He was a
poor boy and lived in a little log house.
The fourteenth lis st. Valentines day.
l sent many pretty valentines and got
many sent to me. The twenty second
IS Washington's birthday. He was a
brave boy He never told a lie they
say, but don't believe it. Washing
ton was not SO poor as Abraham Lin
coin. Abraham used to borrow books
to read. He lived all by himself part
of the time.
The twenty seventh is Longfellow's
birthday. He was poet. He wrote
the poem, 'Hiawatha.' do not know
many of his works, except the few
poems we have had in school.
Mollie Anderson, aged 10.
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for everybody. The twenty second Of
February is Washington's birthday
He fought great battles. He crossed
seas and bays. He crossed the Della
ware river when 1t was filled with
floating ioe.
The twenty seventh day Of Febru-
airy Is Longfellow's birthday. He was
q great poet. He wrote many stories
and poems for children He loved the
children. He was very kind. ] have
read a great many poems which Long
fellow wrote about children.
Cecil Richards, aged 10.
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Illinois and became lawyer and be-
fore he died the whole world had
heard of him.
Lincoln was murdered in Fords the
atre at Washington, April IA, 1865.
Ruth Ireland,
Fairfield, Route 5.
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The Courier Junior
2 Published by
1.-THE COURIER PRINTING co,
u oTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEvEREAues.
EDITOR.
ROLL or HONOR.

NARY ELIZABETH WELLMAN
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JENNIE PRMvo,
NAB CHAMP,
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February second is Grounding day
February is the second month Of the
year. It Is the shortest month Of the
year. The twelfth is Abraham Lin
coins birthday. He was a very poor
boy. He lived in a little log house.
The fourteenth day is st. Valentines
day. That is the day we give val
entines. The twenty second is Wash
ir-gton's birthday. He was the first
president. The twenty-seventh is
Longfellow's birthday. February has
only twenty-eight days. Every four
years Is leap year. That year always
gives 1t one day MORE The Grounding
hog never saw his shadow. That is
the sign of an early spring. The birds
will come back and the flowers will
come out and the days will get longer
and the nights shorter. The trees will
leaf out and make shadows We will
get rugs and sit under the shadows of
the trees. Longfellow's poems we learn
in school.
Erie Wilson aped
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PRIZE WINNERS.
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I Miss Mae Thompson Of Agency and
saster Erie Wilson of Ottumwa are
varded the first prizes.
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JUNIOR ESSAYS.
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The following nice essays on Febru-
~, the birthday month";. were writ
by pupils Of the Garfield school,
ade v, Or. /.
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WAsHlNaToN's LIFE.

Dudley, Ia. r. R. No. 1. Box ~.
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LoNGFELLoW's BIRTHDAY.

Kirksville, Mo. 80 -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-20
The Arctic for Climate.

Commander Peary, in Youths Companion.
In the far north, when winter settleQ
down in earnest. the very air seems frozen,
and is filled with tiny little frost crystals,
Tempered steel and seasoned oak and hlck-
DRY become brittle. soft iron becomes hard
as steel. molasses and lard are cut with q
Ratchet petroleum turns white and grows
thick like ice cream. and ones breath turns
instantly to ice. Yet my readers should un-
derstand that the cold alone is not the
greatest hardship of the Arctic regions. nor
is 1t thing which alone should interfere
with Arctic work.
Heat and cold. as you know, are relative,
and the climate of New England may seem
as uncomfortable and great a terror to q
native of the tropics does the winter cold
of the Arctic regions to the native of New
England.
A well, sound man. woman or child, IL
properly fed and properly clothed, can live
and endure the severest cold of the Arctic
regions just as comfortably as we live and
endure the cold of our northern winters
here at home. =
1t is only when the cold joins forces with
an Arctic blizzard. the drifting snow and
the wind the winter demons of the north,
that all attempts to work or travel must be
given up, and men and animals are COM
PEELED to burrow in their snow shelters uns
til the storm Is over.
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Old-Time Stage Enthusiasm.

FROM the thlcag0 lrlDune-
The old-timer cannot understand the in.
difference. the inattention. and, sometimes,
the stoidity of the modern aud As
he looks back over the yester-years he res
members gilded youths fighting battles over
Sonntag's beauty. even crusty old Richard
Grant White raving over the velvet voice
of Pauline Markham. and a whole com.
munity hurting itself upon Jenny Lind in
wild frenzies of alteration. He remembers
audiences shouting with passionate delight
when Jack Bowler sang the Fair Land of
Poland" and Henri Drayton sang the "Pif
Par Of THE Huguenots," with the same
ferver he had displayed when he sang the
"Marseillaise" for Partisan barricade He
"Sher" Campbell sang The Heart Bowed
Down. Does any one remember when
more than 5000 people rose to their feet IN
the old wigwam where Abraham LincplR
was nominated and shouted braves until
they were hoarse after Amodo and Bellint
Il Puritani'? Never WAS tenor more
adored by the young ladies than Castle
when he sang "M'appari' from Martha
unless 1t were Brignoli. whose sivery voice
in La Donna Mobile" the Trovatore Mis-
erere." III Mo Tesoro" "Sprito Gentil,"
and Come Gentll" might have ''soothed
souls in purgatory." There is no enthu.
siasm today comparable with that which
Brlgnoli's bel canto was wont 10 arouse,
which displayed itself in braves from tho
threats of men and in handkerchiefs OF
women futtering all over the house likd
white doves. There Is more culture nowS
more learning, more problems for the STAGE
more motive music. but the old-tme freshs
ness. spontaneity and enthusiasm are nd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-20
The Year of the Awful Harvest.

From the Kansas City Times.
In the great southwest 1906 is still re-
membered as the year of the awful har-
vest" Anything the farmers happened to
have planted grew so far beyond expecta-
lions that all the usual farm harvest plans
were unavailing. Thousands of happy ag-
riculturists were driven from their houses
to hotels in the nearby cities or eastern re-
sorts. Where the wheat didn't push farm
buildings off their foundations the corn
completed the wreckage, spreading beyond
the lines and blockading the highways.
Secretary Coburn stayed to the last. 1t
was he who brought the news of the west
ern Kansas line having been bulged across
eastern Colorado as far as the mountains.
Unless there is a way to turn the awful
flood of wheat and corn into New Mexico"
he said, there's no telling when half
dozen states east of us will be buried. It's
awful-awful!' he said. crashing noises
came from Kansas Those sounds are
made by the cornstalks pushing against
each other, finding space to spread OUT
he explained.
1t was weeks before the farmers could dig
their way back to their houses, and night
and day work was necessary to clear the
farms for fall blowing. All the grain had
to be moved out of the state. the elevators
being used as banks
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FUTURE DAYS.
ADAM A. wEsCnLER, AUCTIoNEF

EXECUTORS SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
real. ESTATE. NO Ills NEW HAMP-
SHIRE AVENUE NORTHWEST.
Ply virtue OF authority in me vested by the last
will OF Mary Jane Thumlert. deceased, and the
codicil thereto. the undersigned will sell, at public
auction. in front Of the premises, on TUESDAY.
THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER, AID.
1906 AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM, all of lot % and
part of lot 10 in DuncansOns subdivision OF lots
in square II In the city Of Washington, ID. c., as
per plat N I.ber l3 folio 49, OF the office OF the
surveyor of said district. said part Of lot 10
being contained within the following metes and
bounds beginning for the same at point on the
dividing line between said lots 10 and %. eight
feet south from the north line Of said lots and
running thence south along said dividing line to
the south line of said lots, thence west two feet
along said south line OF lot TO- thence north in q
line parallel to said dividing line eight feet and
to said dir, iGing line and place OF beginning. to-
gefher with the improvements. consisting OF q
modern brick dwelling. No. Ills New Hampshire
avenue northwest.
Terms of sale: One third Of the purchase money
to be paid in cash. and the balance In two equal
Inst ailments payable in one and two years, With
interest at 6 per cent per annum, payable semi
annually. from day of sale. secured by deed OF
trust upon the property Sold or all cash. at the
option Of the purchaser. deposit of $500 will
be required of the purchaser at the time of sale.
All conveyancing, recording and notarfal fees at
the cost of the purchaser. Terms OF sale to be
complied with within fifteen days from day OF
sale otherwise the property Will be resold at the
risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after
FIVE days advertisement of such resale In The
Evening Star. a newspaper published in the city Of
ENoCH L. WHITE, Executor.
ocl1 dds xSu Pacific building.