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Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20
A Bows Argument

'You must not eat any more of II rat cake,
my son.
why not, popT'
Because it win rive you dyspepsia and make
you sick"
We'll, pop, you know it's better or children
to have those troubles when they're young
Workers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

Africa, covering nearly every road that
Is passable in that section.
From Africa our route takes us to
Europe, and we will traverse every
European country at least one way.
1t will take us nearly three years be-
fore we finish with Africa and Europe,
after which we will go to Turkey.
Palestine, Jerusalem and other portions
of the Holy Land will be the places We
will visit there. On account Of poor
roads in the Holy Land 1t will be inn
practical for us to drive over as much
of that section as we would like. From
there we will ship to the coast and
proceed to Egypt. The only road in
Egypt is from SueZ to Cairo, and that
will be the extent of our travels there.
From Suez we will go by ship TO
Bombay and travel over a considerable
part of India. The fine military roads
of that country that have been built by
the English government make travel
easy and pleasant. There is one stretch
of road there 700 miles long that has
no appreciable grade. having been laid
out by army engineers for military pur-
poses. Along that road are many she,-
tiers built by the government, to which
any one has access. There is one large
room with frames for mattresses, but
no other furniture.
Plenty of Shelter Found
At times one may have the whole
place to ones self and again there may
be a number of natives to share 1t with
you. The one big room allows of no
privacy whatever, and there are miles
where there are no other places with
shelter where stop can be made.
The Lamar register., 1908-02-05

terday is to-day forgotten while we
rush to rend the veil that hides to-
morrow We have made life SO ephem-
eral. like that of the iitse golden
winged moth. that it is born at sun
rise only to die at dusk
So it is healthy that We should stop
a moment or two and think, some
times. of our great men. our noble
souls, our heroes dead and gone.
Troublous times have a way OF
creating unusual men So was Abra-
ham Lincoln created. As simple as a
child, unselfsh, free from every faint
of arrogance or egotlsm. as a friend
unfailing. as foe fearful. as a pa
triot unfiinching. he had a heart that
reached out over all the country be-
cause it was his country, and he wept
for the sorrovs of the South as sim
cerely as he ioyed in the triumphs
of the North
Had he had his own way he might
have been the savior of a united
country without the shedding of
brothers blood, and when he fell the
assassin's bullet sped as straight to
the heart of a stricken South as it
did to the heart of her once unyieId-
ing foe
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measure of content had come in its
place. until the letter had come from
the. states attorney up in Kemah
county:
Ny Dear Miss Dale; The eighteenth of
August is, the date set for the prelinin-
AIRY hearing Of Jesse Black Will you
come and take the testimony ! am very
anxious that the testimony be taken by
competent rcporfer and shall be CRATE
tnr 10 you II Soa decide 10 come ne o-
accommodations Let me recommend to
your considera tinn some good friends Of
ter. They live three miles northwest OF
Nemeh. The judge will remember VIII
nston- George wiliiston Of the Lazy $
They arss cultur-df pscpi.. fhough tneir
way Of living is necessarily primitive
am sure you will like II better there than
at our shabby little hotel. which is q
rendezvous for pretty rough class OF
men. especially at court time
II you decide TO come. Mary winston
Know '' YOUR de- Se.ison. Errv sincereiy.
RICHARD GORDON
So here she was. going into the In
dian country at last A big state
South Dakota. and the phases of its
civilization manifold Having come
so far, to refuse to go on seemed like
turning hack with her hand already on
the pillow. SO with stout heart she had
wired Richard Gordon that she would
go. But it was pretty hard now. TO
be sure, and pretty dreary. comins
into velpen knowing that she would
see no one she knew in all the wide,
wide world. The thought choked her
and the impish demon. loneliness. he
of the smirk and horns and devil :
eyes. doomed leeringly before her
again. Bllrdly. she picked up her UNI
brella. suit case and rain coat
"Homesicks~ asked the kindly brake
man. with a consolatory grin as he
came to assist her with her bag
gage.
She bit her lip in modification &c
/ think she had carried her feelings 81
palpably on her sleeve But she nod
/ ded honestly.
Maybe 1t won't be so bad. sym
/ pathized the brakeman His rougi
heart had gone out to the slim fair
haired creature with the vague trou
BILE in her eyes
Thank you said Louise, crate
fully
There was a moments bewiidermen
on the station platform There wa
no one anywhere who seemed TO b
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had flashed upon her that tins strange
uncouth man had come to take this
place of Mary The boldness and Ii
cense of the cowboys" her aunt had
argued. There could be no doubt o.
the holiness. Would the rest of the
statement hold goods
Il think maybe | am. though ! an
Louise Dale. the new court reporter
l expected Miss Mary Williston &c
meet me"
Then you are her" said the ma,
with renewed cheerfulness. SEEKING hei
suit case and striding OF. CONF
along. Well git some supper afort
We start You're dead tired, more'r
likely. tn be moonlight so't won
matter eff We are late a-gittin' home
Court reporter, I'll be doggoned,
muttered the brakeman The new
girl from down east A pore little
white lamb among a pack o. wolve.
and coyotes. and homesick Already NJ
wonder. I'll be takin, you back to
morrow. I'm thinkin'. young lady.
He didn't know the little Whit
lamb who had come to help Pau
I.angford and Dick Gordon in their BIZ
fight
TO pr ~ONTINV-FDl
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Mary-no one who might be looking To-
her. 1t was evening. too, the lone
some evening to those away from
home, when thoughts stab and memo
ries sap the courage. Some one push
ed her rudely aside. She was in the
way of the trucks.
Chuck it, None o your sass, my
lad! There's my fist. Heft 1t II you
don't put no stock in its looks. Git
out O. this. l say!'
The voice was big and convincing
The man wasn't SO big. but some way
he looked convincing. too. The truck
man stepped aside, but with plucky
temerity answered back:
Get out yourself. Think you own
the whole cattle country. jest cause
you herd few ornery. pink-eyed.
slab-sided critters for your salt :
Well. the railroad amt, the range.
le' me tell you that Jest you run
your own affairs. will you?"
"Thanky. Glad to. And as my at.
fairs is at present lady. I'll thank
you to just trundle this here railroad
offspring to the back o this here lady
the back. say-back amt front.
is 1t? Wasn't where | was dedicated.
That's better. And eff you amt sat
isied. why, belong to the Three
Bars. Ever hear o the Three Bars ?
Eff I'm out. Jest leave word with the
boss. will you? He'll see l git thd
word. Yes. sir. you oil boss thief, Z
belong to the Three Bars
The encounter was not without in
teresting spectators. Louise's brake
man was grinning broadly at he dis
comfiture of his fellow employee. Louis }
herself had forgotten her predicament
in the sudden whirlwind of which she
was the innocent storm center.
The cowboy with the temper. having
completely routed the enemy to the
immense satisfaction of the onlook.
ers. though why. no one knew exact
ly. nor what the merits of the case.
turned abruptly to Louise.
Are you herr" he asked. with per
ceptible cooling of his assertive bra.
vado.
Il don't know" said Louise smiling
fearlessly at her champion. though in
wardly quaking at the intuition that
The Lamar register., 1908-02-05
Z Birthplace of
Great President to Be
Converted Into Public Park

hurried to Hodgenyille in the fastest
conveyance he could hire.
On reaching Hodgenville the New
York man asked that the auction be
held as early as possible. and he
bought the farm for $1,000 about a
quarter of an hour before the whisky
man arrived.
The restoration of the log cabin to
its native state was a spectacle as i'm
posing as its consignment to a cellar
in New York was inglorious 1t was
placed on a special car and escorted
back to Kentucky by a squad of Ken
lucky militiamen. At Philadelphia,
Baltimore. Harrisburg. Altoona. Pitts
burg, Columbus and Indianapolis it
rested under military guard. Gov
errors and mayors met it at various
railroad stations and paid tribute to
the life that began within its rough
timbers. When the special train on
which it rode crossed the Ohio river
from Indiana into Kentucky. 1t was
met at the Louisville station with mill
itary honors. Col. Henry Watterson
and Adlai f. Stevenson made the
chief speeches of welcome.
The cost of making a park of the
Lincoln farm. Of erecting the mem
orial hall and of carrying out other
plans is being met by popular SUBJ
scriptions sent to Clarence II. Mac
kay, treasurer of the Lincoln Farm
association. Other officers of the as
sociation are Joseph w. Folk. presi-
dent; William H. Taft, Cardinal Glib
bons, Samuel l.. Clemens. August Bel
mont and Lyman J. Gage.
The movement to preserve the
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30 BE CONTINUED
Missed the roMrath.

There was 4 little girl, five years old
or so. living in an inland town up tbs
state. according TO the Philadelphia
Ledger. Near her home there was NJ
river. nor. in fact, any water but the
Erie canal
The child's mother made visit &c
New York. and on her return was tell
ing of her trip down the bay. and OF
how wonderful the sea had looked &c
her. Her little girl was listening
eagerly
Tell me just what the sea is Ike
mamma she said
Her mother made an effort
There's the beach. she said. al
smooth. white sand You stand on Il
and look out upon the ocean. and al
you can see is water. just moving wa
ter. waves coming in and breaking
nothing but water and sky.
The child sat trying TO picture +.
then. in an awed little whisper asked
oh mamma. isn't there q tor
path.-
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her father and mother as well. She re-
melnlered tho old spirit of fun ram.

her father and mother as well. She re-
meinbered the old spirit of fun ram
pant in her favorite uncle. and while
his vivid pictures took all the color
from her sensitive face, deep down in
her heart she recognized them for
what they were worth. The letters
were strange medley of grasshoppers,
billiards. and Indians. But ten-dol.
lar per diem was a great temptation
over five-dollar per diem. and times
were pretty hard on the old farm.
More than all. the inexplicable some
thing that had led her uncle to throw
tradition to the four winds of heaven
was calling her persistently and would
not be denied.
The dear hero of her childhood
was much changed to be sure: his
big joints had taken on more flesh
and he had gained in dignity of de
pertinent what he had lost in ease of
movement. His once merry eye had
grown keen with the years of just
judging. The lips that had laughed
so much in the old days were set in
lines of sternness- Judge Hammond
Dale WAS a man who would live up to
the tenets of his high calling without
fear or favor. through good and evil
report. Yet through all his gravity
of demeanor and the pride of his in.
tegrity. Louise instinctively felt his
kindness and loved him for il. The
loneliness fell away from her and a
The Lamar register., 1908-02-05

New York city he still finds way to
mylady's heart by going to her in a
dainty bit Of pasteboard. tissue paper.
tinsel and paint. all tucked way in a
scented envelope. In Berlin he has re-
Gently found a new means of wound
ing his victims in the cooling postals.
which are so constructed that when
squeezed they will initiate the plain
tive note of a dove In more prosaic
London cupid has abandoned the post
man for the telephone. and the up-to-
date London lover no longer sends his
sweetheart an ardent message by let
ter, but recites 1t over the wire into
her very ear
Yet the most picturesque st. Valen-
tine day customs are not to be found
in the big cities. but in out-of-the-
way regions, where human nature re-
tains much of its old-time simplicity.
In some of the rural villages of Eng
land, for example. the season is OBJ
served in much the same way as in
the time of Queen Elizabeth and many
a quaint superstition still survives.
In remote villages of Derbyshire the
custom still prevails OF maidens look
ing out of their windows in the early
morn of St. Valentines day to learn
who their lovers may be. Every girl
who wants to get married is supposed
to jump out of bed just at daybreak
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As it happened. whisky helped de-
feat whisky When 1t was publicly
announced that the long drawn-out
litigation in which the farms title
had, become entangied was at last
ended. and that it would be sold at
auction. on August IS. 1905. the Louis
willie disiiller sent a representative
Ito bid it in. no matter what the
figure The agent got as far as Eliza.
bethtown, Ky, some IL miles from
Hodgenville, where the auction was to
take place. and. as it was Sunday
and the sale was to- be- held in the
afternoon of the following day. he
put up at a hotel and took things
easy intending to drive over to
HodgenviIle the next morning But
although the trains do not run in
that part of Kentucky on Sunday. the
bottles do. and the whisky man drank
long and often in the barroom- Here
he made the acquaintance of young
man from New York. who had come
TO buy the farm for its preservation
as a park. and who is now secretary
of the Lincoln Farm association On
learning the purpose of the man from
Louisville and noticing that the tide
was coming in" the New Yorker got
up at daybreak the next morning and
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politics. Our neighbor closes the ar
sument: For he concludes. as
Lincoln says The minister IN the
church speaks Of patriotism Lineoln
is there The nation adopts this or
that policy; # is defended or con
demned in terms of Lincoln and MS
policy. The influence of the man Is
with us aIvays-not only on February
Il. but every day.
Yet it is wholesome that We should
remember days like this day We live
so fast Great events crowd one upon
another We are sa,ed with a wealth
Of sensations That which aroused
IL. turning interest of the nation yes
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and dressing hastily open a wondow
facing the street. There she must
wait until some man passes by, who
tips his hat and says to her: Good
morrow, tbs ST. Valentines day." In
reply she says: "Good-morrow. sir.
I'll be your valentine" AS a usual
thing. however. the passerby is not
stranger A Derbyshire girl usually
keeps the shutters closed until through
some crevice in them she espies the
man she wants.
OF all observances, however, the
most popular in England is that best
known IS sweeping the girls II
girl is not kissed by an admirer be-
fore nine o'clock on St. Valentines
morning she is said to be dusty" Ac-
cordingly all the young men of the
neighborhood on learning that some
young woman has remained unkissed
past the fatal hour make an attack
on her house with brooms, and after
sweeping her thoroughly. each Of her
callers kisses her.
Tie French province of Lorraine has
a custom somewhat similar. which is
called beating the ladies'" 1t dates
DdCh " lut SiAiCchth Oh
st. Valentines morning every mar
riageable daughter isaexpected to arise
at daybreak and bake heart-shaped
cake for the first young man who may
come for 1t. II she should oversleep.
however, and her lover should call to
find her all unmindful Of him and the
occasion which brought him to her
door then his rivals are privileged to
punish her in the following fashion:
Armed with wisps of hay they may In
wade her room and, compelling her to
get up. they may administer a not es-
pecially ungentle thrashing.
In the county of Norfolk. EnglNad.
there still survives a custom which
recalls the times when st. Valentines
day was observed throughout Great
Britain and the continent by the pre-
sentation of substantial gifts. In this
way not only lovers remembered their
mistresses. but parents their children.
husbands their wives. and in the mer-
ry days of Charles ii. husbands gave
presents to other mems wives.
The Lamar register., 1908-02-05
SYNOPSIS.


George Wllliston. poor ranchman.
high minded and cultured. searches for
cattle missing from his ranch-the Lazy
s." On "A wooded spot in the rivers bed
that would have been an. island had tue
Missouri been at high wHter. Ire discovers
"A band of horse thieves engaged In work
ing over brands cattieIs HeN Greeps
near enough to note the changing of the
-'Three Bars" brand on one steer to the
-. r." brand. Paul I.angford. the rich
owner OF the Three Bars ranch, Is sent
for by Wilston and is Informed of the
operations OF the gang OF cattle thieves :
a band of outlaws Reafi~d by Jesse Black.
who long have defied tlr.s'law and iauthor-
with impunity. but who. heretofore, had
not dared to modest any of the property
of the great Three Bars ranch. Wills
ton shows his reluctancy In opposing
band so powerful I'm politics and SO dread,
cd by all the community l.angford
pledges williston his friendship II he
will assist In bringing Jesse Black and
his gang to Justice. I.angford is struck
WITH the beauty OF injury. commonly
known as 'willlstons little girl"
The Lamar register., 1908-02-05

scenes of the earliest years of Lin
coins life has revived unusual inter.
est in all the associations of his youth.
The graybeards of Hodgenville. the
hamlet which is situated about tvs
miles from the Lincoln farm. ever
since they were aroused by its sale
at auction. have been telling many a
story about Little Abe" when a lad !;
about Tom" his father. and Nancy.
The Lamar register., 1908-02-05

his mother. Abe" lived on the farm.
they say. until he was four and a
half years old. when, because Of the
scant produce. of its ITO acres, the
family was forced to move to a house
in the village, where Tom" Lincoln
barely supported his family by work
ing at odd jobs as carpenter. There
they lived until the boy was nearly
ten. when the Lincolns moved to In
diana
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TO LIVE IN MEMORY FOREVER.
Lincoln's Birthday Brings to Mind
the Greatest of Our Great.

HE birthday of
of Abraham Lin
colni But If one
day is his birth
day. the other
3e4 are his life
, days and his in
huence days
We di sc u S S
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<T(
~ dedicated to the American
people as a national park
Its ITO rocky acres in the heart OF
the Blue Grass state have been pur-
chased. and an association has been
organized to restore its many natural
beauties.
The log cabin in which the future
president was born was recently res
cued from cellar at College Point.
Long Island. where it had been igno-
miniously dumped after travelling
about the country as show. With
imposing ceremonies. it was carried
back to its native soil. and restored
to the very spot where Tom" Lin
coin, the father. put its rough tim
bers together. On another part of the
farm. as an antithesis to the hut, and
as illustrative of the height to
which the son attained from such a
humble origin. it is planned to erect
a memorial structure which will be
an exact reproduction of the White
House at the time Lincoln lived there.
Within its walls will be preserved all
the available historical treasures as
sociated with his name and fame.
The date chosen for the dedication
of the Lincoln farm is especially APP
YDropriate, for 1t marks the Tooth ami
versary of the birth of the martyred
president. Prominent Americans from
the north. south, east and west are
expected TO be present at the exer-
cises. President Roosevelt has &C.
The Lamar register., 1908-02-05
THE HUT IN WHICH LINCOLN
WAS BORN,
~

This log cabin was removed from
the Lincoln farm, in Kentucky. and
carried about the country for some
time by a Snowman. Later IL was
dumped isnominiously Into a cellar
in New York city, from which Il
was rescued and restored to its ma
tive state.
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Die when may. l want it said of
me by those who know me best. that I
always plucked a thistle and planted
a flower when l thought a flower
would grow.-Ab-aham Lincoln.
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Tactics of
the Little
Pagan God


IOUGH the little pagan god
who nearly always &C.
companies st. Valentine
ON February IA has the
same purpose wherever
he goes, yet he Goes not
everywhere employ the
same methods for it's &C.
complishment. His tao
tics differ in different
places. He is as versatile
as he Is canricious. In
The Lamar register., 1908-02-05

LINCOLN RYE
Made from the PUREST MALT.
combined with the crystal waters
of the famous LINCOLN SPRING.
which gushes out Of the rock with
in few feet Of the place where
Abraham Lincoln Was Born.
Visit our distillery at Lincoln's
birthplace and
See and Taste for Yourself.
Can genuine Lincoln WHISKY
snows portrait of Lincoln drinking
from the spring.
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cepted the invitation to make the
principal address of the day
Had the farm not been purchased
when it was for a national park. 1t
might. even now have been the site
for a distillery. Because of spring
on the farm, famous throughout Ken
lucky for the purity of its waters, a
wealthy Louisville whisky manufac-
turer Lad sought to buy the property
that he might advertise his product
in some such way as this:
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N February IL. 1909, the
Kentucky farm where Abra-
] ham Lincoln was born.
will. If all goes we'll. be
dedicated to the American
people as a national park
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-01-04
HON. W. A. JONES
His Speech Before the xOhonk confSsne.

The Daily Sun, Lewiston. Maine. in a
recent issue published 2S columns of
extracts from the much admired i'd
dress OF Congressman VIM. A Jones. of
virginia, before the Mohonk Conference
and comments editorially as follows:
Read the extracts We give this morn.
ing from the address OF Congressman
Jones OF Virginia on Philippine indepen.
dence.
Recall the struggle of our ances .ors for
Independence. Recall the sympathy
aroused In this country eighty wears ago
Tor Greece when she was struggling for
Independence from Turkey. And recall the
sympathy of this country for Hungary
sixty years ago when her great strug-
gle Tor Independence from Austria was so
cruelty crushed out by the army OF the
Russian Autocrat.
The greatest thing in the world il
liberty. As great TO "A Filipino as 10 an
American
Remember that in all the acquisition OF
territory down to this purchase of the
Philippines for $50, 900 there was
special provision for giving the people of
the acquired territory the same rights
and liberties and local self-government
we ourselves were enjoying We ought
never TO have taken the Philippines
Having taken them we ought TO give
them their independence.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-01-04
PROGRESSIVE EUcHRs
IN KING GEORGE

King George, c. a.. Va. Jan. 2nd, 1905.
On December 2Sth. the Misses Lewis.
OF "Narmion.' gave progressive euchre
party In honor ~ M aud Mrs Herman
Darling. The fine old 60 ouial house was
tastefully decorated With holly. mistle-
toe. etc. and presented a pretty holiday
appearance. Among those present We're
Misses Susie and Eva Tyler. # Freder-
lck>burg; Rebecc8 Dickinson. of Carolin.;
Natalie jenkins, of Maryland; Mamie q.
aud Ann Turner, Mollie Billiugsley, Min
ME Smith. frankie Arnold. Charlotte
Tay lOe, ROsAlie Smith. Edith and Josie
Brown, Stella Dickinson. Lucy. Ellen
and imOgen Lewis. Margaret Stuart.
Mary and Resale Grymes Carrie Hunter.
Mrs Jno. ;. Dickinson aud Mrs Allen
Smith; Messrs. b. +. aud Geo o Tayloe.
Jno. Pollock. VIM. Smith. r. T. ". b.
and Frank TAYLOR, 10. Billngsley, Otis
Quesenborry, Julien and Percy Brown.
Thos. 4. largest. W. d Grymes. Z. C.
) and I l. Hunter. Thornton Turner.
Richard Stuart. Dand idge Sale. The
first prizi for ladies WAS won by Miss
Susie T., Ter, and the first prize for men
by MIR. F & 5. Hunter.