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Bargains without parallel in Ladies'
CIoaks. Suits, Waists, Children's Cloaks,
&C., &c
Owing 10 trade conditions we find ourselves
overstocksd in our Ladies' ready made wear
department. and in order TO reduce the stock
we shall make liberal price concessions right
now. when you are n ost in need OF such gar
ments.
SOS Ladies' plain cloth toD shirts reduced
TO 50 9S. IL,
s. sS Ladies' fancy cloth plaid top skirts,
reduced 10 $2.9S.
Si4.es Ladies' all-woOl cheviot suits, re-
duced to S10.SS.
as IS Ladies' broadcloth suits. reduced TO
sl2 9s. 40 90
$500 Black silk pettieoats, reduced to sS.ss.
Sc qS Black silk petticOats, reduced 70 S4.So'
Sses Children's coats, reduced to $2.4g,
7.95 ladies' tan jackets, silk lined reduced
TO $s.93.
s7.9S Ladies' SO inch tan coats, reduced to
s.. .sS Ladies' 81 inch black coats, reduced
ss.9s Ladies' short black jackets. satin
| lined, reduced to S6.9S.
$40 eS Ladies 50 inch tan coats. reduced to
1888 oo
a. 90 Panama dress skirts. reduced 70 S';sS.
$500 Broadeloth dress skirts, reduced 70
3,es Children's bear skin and ast.skAn
coats, reduced TO S2.9S. .oos
sizes Ladies' rain coats, reduced to ss.sS.
soc BLACK satine waists, reduced to 49,.
6ac Flannelette Waists reduced to aye.
Sl.9s Fancy plaid waists. reduced 70 u: :4s'
s1 50 White madras waists. reduced 70 CSC.
81. eS Silk waists. reduced to SAP
81 90 Black petticoats, reduced TO I5c:
soc Flsnnelette wrappers, reduced to foc'
sec short kimouss, reduced to 25c.
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very limited, though he borrowed every
book he could get. The list is a short one,
and the following books include most OF
those available: Robinson Crusoe,'
Aesops Fables, Bunyans Pilgrims
Progress" Weems' Life of Washington"
and history OF the United States. Dur
ing his life in Indiana he read and reread
these books over and over again.
Having read all the books in and around
Boonville. Lincoln heard of the court at
Boonville. He resolved to go to that place,
twenty miles distant, and learn what he
could Of law practice. The court house in
Boonville, then village of less than 800
Inhabitants, stood on the site of the present
building.
1t was a frame building. A ditch two
feet wide and two feet deep was filled
with smoothly hewn logs, on which was
built stone wall eighteen inches high.
This constituted the foundation upon which
the building rested.
The building was never completed. 1t
was weatherboarded. but neither lathed nor
plastered. 1t remained in this condition
until 1896, after the Lincoln family had
moved to Illinois. 1t was capable of hold
ing only 100 people and could not be used
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in the summer. At night cattle would seek
shelter under the structure ~ ~
Such was the structure where Lincoln
received his first practice in law.
1t was to attend court in this building
that he walked twenty miles through a
wilderness between Lincoln City and Boon
VILE From this fact the little town Of
Boonville claims the distinction of fur
nishing to him material that aided in his
after success.
John A. Breckenridge, then the ablest
lawyer in southern Indiana and a prac-
titioner In the court of Boonville, noticed
the eagerness and the earnestness of this
young man in the Boonville court room.
He inquired into his purposes and from
what part OF the country he hailed.
He found by conversing with him that
he ives a reader of books, was interested in
law and even had some laundering to study
It some day.
Accordingly Mr.. Breckenridge invited the
young man to his home to stay all night.
He also told MIN that he had some books
OF interest to beginners, and that he would
only be too glad to lend them to him TO
read.
Breckenridge lived three miles west of
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Boonville on a farm. His homestead still
stands. and though century old has been
used as tenants house until very re-
Gently.
In his Office he had what was at that
time the best library In southern Indiana.
The room is but eight by ten feet, and
being pressed for room, Mr.. Breckenridge
had his books placed upon shelves above
two windows of his room. When Lincoln
first saw the library he was astonished at
so great collection Of books, for nowhere
in southern Indiana was there similar
library. The first night he spent in this
house Lincoln sat up till midnight before
the open fireplace reading by the glare Of
the burning log.
Many days after this found Lincoln at
tending court at Boonville. He spent many
nights reading books in the library OF
Breckenridge. The latter showed deep in
terest in him and did all he could to fur
ther the education of Mr.. Lincoln as a
lawyer.
The greater part of the Breckenridge
library is still in existence. The books are
owned by various lawyers in Boonville and
are valued highly. Some of them have
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of the tribes of the Rift mountains near
here. They do not go out with large ships
and attack the vessels of the Mediter-
ranean. as they did at the beginning of
the last century. but they rob and some
when the bad seas drive them upon the
shore. Not long ago the whole of Morocco
was filled with pirates, and there were
pirates all the way from the Strait Of
Gibraltar to TripoI. Just before entering
the strait one sees on the north coast the
town of Tarifa, with its old Moorish forts,
from where the Moors swooped down upon
all vessels going through the strait and
made them pay tribute. From that town
and custom came our word tariff"
About that same time the Moors of Mo-
rocco and Algeria were preying on all the
commerce OF the Mediterranean, and nearly
every great nation submitted to their ex-
actions. We did so for time, but In 1915
we declared war upon these pirates and
were the first to bring them to time. We
had trouble with the dey of AlEiers. and
sent Commodore Decatur over to tell him
that Americans would pay him tribute no
longer. The dey insisted until Decatur
pointed his guns at the city of Algiers,
when he began to weaken. He then sent
out word to our commodore suggesting that
IL he would pretend to storm the town,
using powder only. the tribute might be
omitted. Commodore Decatur replied that
cannon balls always went with American
powder and that If the dey received the
one he must take the other. Soon after
ward Decatur captured some of the AL
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Spanish Africa.

Indeed, all the land which Spain has left
outside its own boundaries is in Africa,
and even here its possessions are the rag
tag and bob-tail OF the continent. They
may cover perhaps 10000 or 100000 square
miles, but they are all desert, sand or
fever swamps, and the tillable lands suit
able for white men which they contain
are not as big as an Ohio county, and
their total population will hardly equal
that of Washington city.
In contrast with this the other great
powers Of Europe have been quietly COB
bling up tho fat things of this mighty con-
tinent. France has the biggest share, If we
include the island of Madagascar. 1t has
almost 1900 square miles, or more than
one-third of all Africa A vast deal of its
territory, however, is in the Desert of
Sahara; it is made up of stone and sand
which might form good building materials,
but which are Of no value where they lie
Great Britain comes next among the ma
uonal land owners. 1t has close to an
other third of the continent, il we con-
slider Egypt and its Soudan as a part of its
possessions. Germany has not quite one
eleventh Of the whole, and Portugal al
most one-thirteenth, while Turkey itself.
In Tripoli, has about as much land as
Spain.
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Features OF Abraham LinCons Life in Indiana

room rose to congratulate him and Lin
coin was among the number.
Lincoln pushed his long, slender frame
through the crowd up to the speaker, who
was being congratulated upon all sides by
the prominent men present. Lincoln
stretched out his hand as token Of his
appreciation OF the lawyers effort before
the jury only to have It brushed aside by
Mr.. Breckenridge.
Lincoln was hurt by this and always re-
membered the name Breckenridge Sew
eral years afterward at the Inauguration
of lincoln Mr.. Breckenridge was among
those who came to congratulate him.
Recognizing the man who snuffed him at
the Boonville court several years before,
Lincoln grasped the mans hand with
hearty shake and said:
II am more glad to see you than any
other man I know Of 1 have always
wanted to congratulate you on that speech
you made at Boonville several years ago."
Shortly after the assassination OF Abra-
ham Lincoln picnic party from the little
town OF Dale went up to Lincoln City and
to the Lincoln farm and spent the day
there. The Lincoln cabin was still stand
ing, and but short distance up the hill
side was a small marble slab that marked
the spot where the mother of Abraham
Lincoln was buried.
While there the picnickers went through
the house where Lincoln saw his mother
pass away and from which he returned TO
Kentucky to get minister to bury his
mother. A few relics were found. among
them being old knot maui and an old
fashioned mouldboard pillow, both OF which
had been left there when the Lincolns
moved to Illinois
The old pillow was brought outside and
an old man named Gabriel Medcalf stood
between the handles while one OF the party
made a sketch of the cabin. The sketch
Is here reproduced. The old man carrying
the pole was Joseph P. Haines, better
known as Uncle Porter Haines.
Emma T. Williams of Dale, Ind, a grand
daughter OF Dave Turnihan, the old con-
stable OF Lincoln City, who permitted Abra-
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Eighty Miles of runn.I..

OI IunneIos
The rock Of Gibraltar lies at the end OF
a narrow neck OF land which connects n
with the Spanish peninsula. One could
walk across this neck in a few minutes.
The town of Gibraltar, which contains
something like 10000 people, is situated upon
it, and It's houses extend from II along
the lower sides Of the rock itself
This rock is gigantic piece of solid lime
stone, which rises almost straight from the
water on the side facing the Mediterranean
sea to a height almost as great as that of
the Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia II
you could put two Washington monuments
one on the top of the other. and on the
top of these a spire as tall as the dome Of
the capitol you have just about the height
OF Gibraltar. The rock is about three miles
long and less than mile wide at its widest
part.
AS one approaches IT from the sea one
sees many port holes here and there along
the sides. They come from the tunnels
within. The whole rock has been tunneled
1t has eighty miles of galleries burrowed
through 1t and II is n honeycomb OF cham
bers. The fortihcations have. of course,
the finest OF modern guns and other war
machinery. Only few parts Of them are
shown to visitors. and only the British SOL
diers and War office know just how the
works are constructed and defended. There
are undoubtedly some big twelve-inch guns
and some which could probably land shot
I'm Africa across the way. The strait is
something like twelve miles wide at that
point. and there are modern guns which
Will shoot twelve or thirteen miles. Among
the guns known to be at Gibraltar are two
Of 100 tons each, so heavy that II would
take about 200 horses TO haul one OF them.
Those guns are each thirty-two feet long,
and each will throw a shot weighing a ton
a distance Of eight miles.
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Gibraltar is practically a free port. and
tobacco and everything else is cheaper
there than in Spain, which is only two miles
away across the isthmus. The land be-
tween is called the neutral ground" and
there is now a high en-wire fence
across 1t. which Is guarded day and night
by the Spanish custom officers. The fence
was put up in order to prevent tobaccS
being carried across without paying duty
The smugglers had trained dogs to carry
parcels from one side to the other. The pup
soon learned that all men In uniform were
his enemies and he naturally gave them
a wide berth. The dogs were brought from
the Spanish side Of Gibraltar and there
loaded with tobacco. They would start
home on the run and no customs official
could get within a mile Of them until this
fence was erected.
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naming IN Indiana until 1850 he spent
fourteen years OF his life In this state.
Lincoln in Indiana saw hardships, had
meager clothing, coarse food and no ad-
vAntages in the way OF securing an educa-
ton All that knew him agreed that he
was unlike other boys. He was not fully
understood.
He was not fond OF work, but whether
from laziness or because lie was fonder of
mental exercise in reading or otherwise is
not clear. He enjoyed books and is known
20 have borrowed much OF the reading
matter OF the neighborhood.
After 1890 Spencer county had, at Rock
port. its county seat, a public library Of
several hundred volumes of the standard
works OF that day. Thomas Lincoln and
Abraham Lincoln were in Roekport at
least twice during the year, but the name
OF Abraham Lincoln does not appsar on
record as a borrower OF books At the
library.
The field from which Abraham. could
CLEAN knowledge In that neighborho0a was
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Blinded for Stealing.

/ saw blind beggar going through the
streets here this morning. His eyes had
been burned out with redhot pokers by one
of the Berber chiefs of the mountains near
by, and he presented a horrible sight. l
am told that this was done as a punish
ment for stealing and that 1t is not UNI
common in certain parts of Morocco. At
the first theft the mans hand is cut of
and at the second his eyes are burned out.
Sometimes foot is also cut of, after
which the thief must move about upon
crutches with boy to lead him.
During my stay in Tangier 1 rode one
day ,out into the country and made some
photographs of a village which had taken
summary vengeance upon an under official
who had been unjust and oppressive In
collecting taxes for the basha who held
office prior to the present governor This
official was caught as he passed through
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HIgh-PrIced omeiaIs.

The British have now 5000 soldiers at
Gibraltar. The place is a crown colony
and It has a governor general who 10 also
commander in-chief. In proportion to the
area which he rules the governor Of
Gibraltar is one OF the best paid officials on
earth. His principality covers about two
square miles and his salary Is $500 a
year. That is half as much as President
Roosevelt gets. and he governs about
100000 square miles. II our president was
paid at the same rate per square mile h
would be receiving $4,000 10000 year.
FRANK q. 0AAaK0Qwfaa
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ham Lincoln TO read his copy OF the re-
vised statutes. has the original picture Of
this cabin The cabin was torn down some
months ago, but the old cedar tree still
stands, ard is the only landmark that
locates definitely the exact place where the
Lincoln cabin stood.
The Nancy Hanks Lincoln monument.
erected to the memory OF the mother OF
Abraham lincoln. IL near this place. The
school house OF Lincoln city stands upon
the spot where the cabin stood, but every
boy knows the tree.
So far as is known there still remains
in Spencer county but one man who knew
Abraham Lincoln when he was a boy.
This is Redmond Grisgsby. who Lives in
chrlsney. He u now %
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Sailed to Death.

About the only reason why things are not
in worse condition than they are now is
the mildness of the present sultan. He is
more of a boy than anything else, and he
tends TO western ways in that he is not at
all bloodthirsty. His father. Mulai Hassan,
was just the reverse, and he had some pun
ishments which were horrible to an extreme.
One Of these might be called sailing to
death" 1t consisted of cutting four great
gashes out of the palms of the hands Of the
offender and of filling them with salt The
fingers were then bent inward and fitted
tightly into the holes or cuts. After that
each hand was sewed up in green raw
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markings supposed to have been made by
Lincoln. Among those which have mark
ings and were read by him are the follow
ing: Locke's "Bssays." Brackenridge's
Law Mlscellanies." containing an intro
ducton to the study of law; Coke's In
stitutes Abridged" Blackstones Common
taries"
Upon one occasion Lincoln attended
murder trial at Boonville and heard the
ase from beginning TO end The trial
seemed interesting to him, but the most
exciting feature of the case was the argu-
ment before the jury.
The most eloquent plea was made by
Kentucky lawyer named Breckenridge,
relative OF John A. Breckenridge OF In
diana Altar his Argument the whole court
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gerian ships and the dey finally had to
pay him damages to the amount of about
100000 and to conclude a treaty which re-
nounced all tribute from Americans for the
future.
AT this time they not only seized the
ships, but they enslaved their captives.
Captain John Smith served as such slave,
Shortly after our refusal to pay tribute
tho English did likewise and bombarded
Algiers The French followed in a war
with the pirates. and in 1890 they threw
the dey from his throne and captured
s10Oo0.OOO of gold and silver which they
found in his treasury.
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Copyright. 1907, by Frank @. Carpenter.)
- ELILLA, Spanish North Africa,
M Feb. A.-(Speoial Correspondence
III of The Bee.)-I am in what is
IEsSXfpd about the last of Spains colonial
S3eS possessions. In the sixteenth
anu seventeenth centuries 1t owned the best
part of the new world. 1t had the cream
Of North America, IL we include the Louis
lana purchase, which we got by way Of
France, and It had almost the whole of
South America excepting Brazil. The best
Of the West Indies was its. Cortez poured
the treasures of Montezuma into it's royal
Golfers, and Pizarro, shoeing his horses
with solid silver, robbed the Incas of
Peru of their gold by the shipload. The
Philippines added to these sources Of
wealth, and for a long time two great
golden streams rolled across the Atlantic
and Pacific to benefit the Spaniards Spain
was then the richest of all the powers in
its colonial possessions. Today by mis-
management and oppression It has become
the poorest and since its war with us.
when 1t lost Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines, there have been none 80 poor
to do 1t reverence.
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49, u...e is of special significance, for each
of these states was in turn Lncolns home.
1t is often stated that Lincoln was born
In Hardin county, Kentucky. In fact, he
was born in Lerue county, which, however,
is subdivision of Hardin county II is
also stated commonly that the family, in
Guiding his father, his mother and a sister,
came to Indiana and entered claim to
piece Of land in Spencer county. The fact
Is that the piece of land, then in Warrick
county, is included in the region which has
since been set aside and named Spencer
county.
1t was in 1876 that the family came to
the Indiana slde the same year that In
diana was admitted to the union as
state. The family entered quarter sec
tion OF land and built a log cabin, and
Lincoln lived there until 1880.
Thomas Lincoln, father OF Abraham Lin
coin, was in poor circumstances. He was
a carpenter and farmer. When Lincoln
came to Indiana he was just Z, and, re-
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stoned by the spnniard-.

have not found the natives here any
too friendly, and I am glad to be back on
the little steamship Emir, far out in the
harbor. where 1 am writing this letter.
When we landed and showed our passports
describing us as Americans the soldiers
scowled and were none too pleasant, al
though l succeeded in getting some excel
lent photographs of them during my stay.
In the town 1t became known that we were
Americans and the boys and men gath
cred around us with no friendly air. One
of them threw a rock and narrowly escaped
hitting me. AS it was, it struck the door
handle and bent it. Our coachman jumped
down and ran after the boy. but we con-
cluded not to give the offender over to the
police, and indeed were rather glad when
we were safe out OF the town.