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The Chanute times., 1908-02-07

seven, and remaining in Indiana until
1889 he spent IA years of his life in
Indiana, or until he was 81 years of
age.
After 1920 Spencer county had, at
Roekport, its county seat, public
library OF several hundred volumes of
the standard works of the day.
Thomas Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln
were at Rockport at least two times dur
ing the year, but the name of Abraham
Lincoln does not appear as borrower
Of books at the library. The field from
which Abraham Lincoln could CLEAN
knowledge in that neighborhood was
very limited. though he borrowed
every book that he could get.
During Abraham Lincoln's 16 years
of life in Indiana he had read and re-
read this list of literary and histori-
cal books over and over again. His
good nature among Lincoln City peo-
ple was not unnoticed; all agreed to
his honesty and good nature. Ques-
tions Of dispute and petty differences
were at first submitted to him in a
iokink way, and later on in a sincere
wav. until he was complimented for
his honest and just way in settling
disputes and differences. He was told
more times than once that some day
he would turn out to be lawyer
Having read all the literary books
and what few there were Of law in and
around Boonville, Lincoln heard of the
court at Boonville. He resolved to go
down to that place, 20 miles distant,
and learn what he could in the real
couyt which was in session there sew
eral times during the year. The court
house in Boonville, then a small ham
let of less than 300 inhabitants, in
The Chanute times., 1908-02-07

strong contrast to the beautiful
new structure that now adorns the
beautiful little town, stood in the very
spot where the new one now stands,
in the center of large court square.
1t was a frame building; the archltec'
ture was, to say the least, very novel.
A ditch, two feet wide and two feet
deep, was filled with smoothly hewn
logs, on which was built stone wall
1S inches high. This furnished the
foundation upon which the building
proper rested. The building itself
was never entirely completed. 1t was
weather boarded, but neither plastered
nor lathed. 1t remained in this condi-
ton until 1886, which was after the
Lincoln family had moved to Illinois.
1t was capable of holding only hun
dred people and could only be used in
the summer. In the night the cattle
which grazed about town would go
there for shelter. Such was the struc-
ture where President Lincoln received
his first impulse to become lawyer.
IlcIc IL was IudJ hC lOSCi'Ou iiio IL ioS
rudimentary practice in pleading cases
that afterward aided in making him
the lawyer of the reputation he had
1t was to attend court in this rudely
constructed building that the young
man walled 20 miles from Lincoln
City to Eoonville, Ind. He was an
ardent listener and the lessons that he
painted uron his memory at this place
are the cces that inspired the great
man to Lccome the lawyer he after
ward became And, from this fact
the little town of Boonville claims the
distinction of furnishing to him the
material that aided in his after sue
cess.
To claim so great a distinction if it
could not be verified would be false
and unfair; but from the history of
young Lincoln while he was visitor
here attending court, and from the as
surance that he received the knowl.
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Effective Fog shifter.

A very effective fog shifter, by the
way. is a good snowstorm. Last boxing
day the snow that fell on the roof of
the Lancet office was aPalyzed. and
the result compared with a similar
analysis of snow that fell in Kent. The
result showed that the London snow.
which was chiefly made up of sulphur,
tar and organic ammonia, fetched
down with it a large percentage of the
coal smoke that is a chief constituent
Of London fog. while the Kent snow
when melted was like distilled water.
London Daily News.
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ago, Abraham Lincoln, one of the
merely give the celebration a thought,
but those who have made the life of
Abraham Lincoln a study, and those
people who live in Kentucky Indiana
and Illinois look upon the birthday an
niversary as something more than the
mere passing of milestone. Each
of these states claims right to being
the home of the man who has made
for himself an immortal name in the
history Of the worlds greatest men.
Historians say that Lincoln was
born in Hardin county, Kentucky. In
fact, he was born in La Rue county,
which, however, is a subdivision of
Hardin county. Chroniclers continue
with their biographies and say that
he, together with his father, mother
and sister, went to Indiana and en-
tered claim to a piece of land in
Spencer county. AS matter of fact,
he entered a claim to piece of land
in Warrick county, but which has been
set aside and named Spencer county.
The Lincolns went to Indiana in 1916,
the same year that Indiana was ad-
mitted to the union as a state. He
entered a quarter section of land, built
a log cabin and lived there until 1880.
It was known that Thomas Lincoln,
father of Abraham Lincoln, was in
poor circumstances. To say that Abra-
ham Lincoln was the son of a poor
carpenter and farmer gives an insight
into hard conditions that little Abe
had to face when he was youngster.
When he went to Indiana he was just
The Chanute times., 1908-02-07
The Eternal Tip.

1t is as foolish to attempt to stop
tipping as to oppose the ocean tide.
Tips will never be suppressed. The
word may be changed. but the thing
will not disappear. II is so human
to be generous.-Paris Journal.
The Chanute times., 1908-02-07

Hon. Thos. Gale, who was elected to
Congress from Alaska, is well known on
the Pacific slope, where he has resided.
His Washington address is 1912 9th St.,
N. W., Washington, d. G.
Washington, d. c.
Peruna Drug Co.. Columbus, Ohio.
GenHemeG: can cheerfuHy reCOn1-
mend Peruna as a very efficient rem-
edy for coughs and colds.
Thomas Gale.
Hon G. Slemp, Congressman from
Virginia, writes: 81 have used your val
liable remedy, Peruna, with beneficial
results, and can unhesitatingly recon-
mend your remedy as an invigorating
tonic and an effective and permanent
cure for catarrh."
Man-a-Iin the Ideal Laxative.
The Chanute times., 1908-02-07

Sympathy is the grandest word in
the world. It overcomes evil and
strengthens good; it disarms resis-
tance, melts the hardest hearts and
draws out the better part of human
George Moore, 49,
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In These Reckless paxs.

1T costs so. much more to educate
a boy now than it did when 1 was a
kid" sighed Mr. Phroogle, reluctant
ly buying another pair of shoes for
Tommy. That's the second pair he's
had since school opened"
The Chanute times., 1908-02-07

Kansas centenarian Dead. - Mrs.
Angelina Ruggles, who celebrated
her Tooth anniversary December 80.
died at the home of her daughter
near Kingman.
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Latitude Tor crlminaIs.

Criminals in Beunos Ayres who are
sentenced to long terms of penal serv-
itude are frequently released on pa
role for certain hours each day. so
that their private business will not
suffer.
The Chanute times., 1908-02-07
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
what is Being Done by our Representatives.
During the Special Session.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 25.-The special
committee appointed last night to
frame a guaranty bill for state bank
deposits completed a measure today.
The fund is to be termed the bank
depositors' indemnity fund.- so as TO
entirely divorce it from ideas, that
the state is the guarantor. A mil
lion dollars is to be raised by an as
sessment of one-fifth of ! per cent
upon the average daily deposits ac-
cording to the last called statement
of the bank commissioner. Paruci-
patton is to be optional and national
banks are invited to join if they care
to and can do So.
The bank commissioner has sole
charge of the fund, and the money is
to be in the custody of the state
treasurer. Whenever a participating
bank fails the bank commissioner
takes charge and pays the liabilities
up to where they meet the available
assets. The bank can then be clos
ed or reorganized. The fund can be
loaned out at per cent interest sub
ject to call, the interest returning tt
the fund. Penalties are provided as
punishment for banks who advertise
that the state guarantees their de
posits.
The committee also framed UP the
Wells bill providing that Bank may
give the bank commissioner bono
for the deposits in excess of it's capi
tai stock.
The Chanute times., 1908-02-07

February IL of
every year the
mind of every
American loyal cit
izen is momen-
tarily turned to
the thought that
upon that day, just
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-02
PAsTIMEs OF MADMEN.
Cunning and Ingenuity Displayed BY
the Insane.

Some Of the inventions of the insane
are of scientific value. A patient at
Villejuif invented a 'pani6cation ma
chine by combining bottle plank
and small metallic tubes, to which he
had fitted faucets. Having set up his
machine. he produced loaves of bread
the size of a mans head The bread
was good--so good that it was decided
to make the machine known. One day
when it was In action the doctor sug-
gested taking a photograph of it. The
Inventor watched him as if petrified
for a moment; then he fell upon the
machine, wrenched it apart and tram
pied it underfoot The invention, an
exceedingly useful one. was lost, be
cause no one had seen him make it.
and no one dares speak of it to him
To allude to it is to bring on furious
attack.
Most lunatics, no matter how content.
ed they may be, generally cherish a
furtive longing to escape. They col
lect wax from the polished floors take
the impressions of locks and make keys
aAoAA Giui'ls SatilliS DUNES. spoon nam
dies or anything to be found. DR.. Ma
rie's museum includes collection of
knives of strange and unhearl of
shapes. Some of them have blades
made from pieces of glass or slate and
set in handles of corset stee!!s. Objects
harmless in themselves become dan
gerous weapons through the ingenuity
of madman
Insane sculptors are as common as
insane painters. The insane sculptor
hews out coarse st;tuettes fantastic
animals. ferocious .iistt..e horned and
grimacins devil: IN ex-mechanic
carves all his soup bones. That his old
trade is still in his memory is shown
by the little screws that he makes out
of tie smaller pieces of bone. He
works all Oh. at bis senseless and
ridiculous task. Another luna.ic. who
believes be is the Incarnation OF the
soul of Eeel.e1ub. passes bis time
carving toy nlen out OF wood. Each
pair Of his creations are joined to.
gether now at the nec:s. now at the
shouldcrs.-Haien E. Meyer in Har.
pers Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-02
A HUMAN MACHINE.
He Was Able to Correct Language
He Did Not Understand.

He Did Not Understand.
When Max Muller was preparing his
edition of the Rigveda he had, SO the
story goes, an illustration of the in
stinctive wisdom of the compositor.
In providing the manuscript for about
5000 sheets Of print the author nat.
urally tripped from time to time
Whenever be did trip, there on his
proof was the error queried in care
full hand. Surely, he thought, some
unknown scholar in the university
must be overlooking his proofs with
kindly interest and making the correc.
lions for him. Inquiry showed that
this was not the fact. The corrections
were the corrections Of the man who
set up the type. did this man, then
know Sanskrit?" Muller asked. Not a
bit of it Use and wont enabled him
to detect the errors as hungry child
scents a cooking dinner. The discov-
cry originated through his arm rather
than from any intellectual doubt, and
that arm was palsied!
This printer had sustained an acct.
dent, leaving him with an arm partly
paralyzed. and as this made him -low.
er with his setting his masters turned
him on to Sanskrit. with which he had
had no previous acquaintance. He had
to learn upward of 300 types for the
work, but he learned them and accus-
toned himself to the work. Now,
many of the letters in Sanskrit cannot
follow each other or. If they do. must
be modified. In writing Muller some
times forgot these notifications. but
they were all marked on the proof.
Muller was SO interested that he sought
out the printer to ask him how be
was able to correct a language which
he did not understand The explana.
ton was remarkable: 'You see. sir,
my arm gets into regular swing
from one compartment of types to
another. and there are movements that
never occur. So if l suddenly have to
take up types which entail new
movement l feel it and put query"
What dogs life the "nu speling," or
Artemus Wards. which is the same.
thing, would have caused that marvel
GUS human machiae!-St. James Ga.
Zette.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-02
NATIONAL coNVzWT!cs.s.
They Succeeded the sys.sm Of Nomi
nation By Caucus.

Conventions have not always nomi
mated our presidents and vice presi-
dents. For more than thirty Years
presidential candidates We're named by
caucus made up of members of the
house and the senate. This system
died when in 1924 the caucus insisted
upon by Martin Van Euren and other
friends Of William H. Crawford of
Georgia defeated Crawford. which
threw the election into the house on
account Of the. scattering electoral vote
caused by the entrance of Clay, Cal
houn. jackson and John Quincy Adams
IN the race. This fracas elected Adams
The campaign Of 1928 in consequence
was somewhat denoralized, and in
1881 the Republicans followed the ex-
ample the anti-Masonic party had set
the year before and met in conven-
tton in Baltimore to nominate Henry
Clay. The Democrats held their first
national convention in the same city
the following year. nominating Martin
Van Buren, for vice president. The
dominating figure of the party. Andrew
jackson. needed no Endorsement Of his
candidacy for the presidency.
The Democrats in 1885 and 1910
nominated Van Buren, for the presi-
dency in Baltimore. and the Wings
nominated Clay in the same place in
1874. when the Democrats named Polk
In 1888 Romulus NJ. Saunders intro
duced the two-thirds rule to the Demo
cratic convention. and it was adopted
The customs installed at these earlier
conventions which succeeded the tyran-
ny OF the caucus chamber have been
continued and added to from time to
time. and the conventions today are
merely the descendants of those that
nominated Clay and Van Buren,
Charles Wadsworth Camp in Metro
politan Magazine
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-02
Horizon.

a man calls it the horizon where the
earth and the sky seem to meet. but a
wonan's notion of the horizon is the
families she can see moving in from
behind her from, window curtains. IL.
further. they hang oat Their washing
In spirit OF ca.lor. they are. Of
course. al! the more so The horizon
is caused by number of things. chief
among them the :sregarious instinct.
Only for this next door would mean as
little as tariff revision or pure food or
international arbitration 1t takes a
star or something Of that SORT to rise
above the horizon. but IL very ordinary
woman may feel above il.-Life.
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RECKLESS AARON BURR.
The Dramatic Story Of His Marriage
In Old Ago.


In Old Ago.
The story Of Aaron Burr's marriage
IN his old age to the widow of Stephen
Jumel, who was we'll known in the
early history of New York city, is a
dramatic one.
Conceive, if you will, the picture Of
Burr, gifted adventurer that he was,
broken in health, branded in the popu-
lar mind as the murderer Of Alexander
Hamilton and returning from long
exile to find himself an outcast in the
city where he had once been the polit-
ical monarch of all he surveyed and n
distinguished figure in society and at
the bar Conceive, if you can. this
lamentable old man, Sinking through
his wrinkles, bowling and prancing
rather stiffly because of his rheumatic
joints and with his mouth full of pref
ty platitudes, paying court to the Wild
ow of Stephen JuElel, herself in the
prime of years and health. Remove
from the picture its surface incongrui-
ties, and you have bit of pure pathos
unequaled in the annals of foolish great
men.
But something of his old time DOW
err to charm the gentler sex must have
stood by him in his years of mental
and physical misery. for in his suit for
the widow Jumel's hand and fortune
be won gloriously, dramatically. Re-
buffed repeatedly, Burr finally de-
clared in passionate rage that on a
given day he would arrive at the Jumel
mansion accompanied by Clergyman,
who should marry them on the spot.
He would give his prospective bride no
quarter, no chance of escape from the
inevitable.
She was amused at the threat and
dismissed the old man with more than
her usual GOODNESS of demeanor. Burr
stuck to his avowal and one July day
rolled up in carriage. and with him
was minister, the same who fifty years
before performed the marriage cere-
mony for Burr and the mother of his
daughter, the beautiful Theodosia.
There was something Of scene in the
old house on this day. There were
tears Of anger on the part Of Burr.
lselatlVeS demonstrated; Burr remained
immovable. All feared scandal. The
minister. book in hand, stood unob-
trusively in the background There
We're more tears, more declarations of
undying love, and the widow Jumel
became Mrs Aaron Burr.
They We're married in the great
drawing room of the Jumel mansion.
Burr squandered with reckless hand
the wealth acquired by Stephen Jumel
and left for the enjoyment of his
marital partner. There were many bit.
ter quarrels between the i'll mated pair.
and they We're soon divorced. Burr
died in 1886. but madam lived until
1865. dying recluse and a miser, the
money received from the Jumel estate
boarded in an unused chamber.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-02
Mathematics at Oxford.

There is an interesting story which
shows the disposition of Oxford to.
ward mathematics. A venerable don
who had bought half dozen books al
3s. Cd. each requested the bookseller
to give him piece of paper for the
purpose of arriving at the amount. He
then wrote down 3s. Cd. six times, one
under the other, and was slowly add
ing them up when the shopman ven.
tured to point out the shorter method
of multiplying one S. Cd. by G. "Dea,
me-" exclaimed the don. Really, that
is most ingenious. most ingenious."-
London Globe.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-02
PulIino That Hair.

What makes me really mad" said
the woman. lis to spend minutes. may.
be hours, trying to get hold Of white
hair which shows up on my head like q
dazzling light. yet which is tantalizing-
~ elusive when try to catch it, and
then when do finally separate it from
the brown hair and give it yigor.
GUS pull to find that have snatched
out a good brown hair. after all. and
left the white one still shining."-New
York Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-02
THE BIRD CLOWN.
A Queer Kind Of Fellow is the Yellow.
Breasted Chat,


Breasted Chat.
The oddities of the yellow breasted
chat begin even with his classification.
10 think of warbler the size Of q.
Baltimore oriole, u warbler with
song like hooking bird! Indeed,
there Is little about the chat that is
not remarkable. He goes In for the
weird and the spectacular. II Nature
designed him to show what she could
do in the way Of the unusual and the
eccentric. she had remarkable success.
This bird and not the catbird is the,
real Clown Of the woods" Clown OF
the thicket would be more apt, for. like
the catbird, he prefers the shrub and.
lower trees. A wild tangle of briers
and vines IS favorite haunt 1t is
only the better to survey such a re-
treat that he mounts to the top Of q;
tree. From his lofty perch he sings,
to the asnazement and bewilderment
OF the person that hears the song for
the first time. More likely than not
he will become invisible and silent
upon the first attempt to approach.
him. remaining quiet and hidden till
you move on again; then he chuckles
loudly and scolds and splits and SCOTS
till you are out of sight and hearing.
No bird is so fearful of being seen.
or such master of hide and seek. 1t
is worse than useless to try to steal a
march on him. He manages to be nj
ways on the wrong side of the next
bush. If you should find his nest,
which is pretty little basket Of straws
and weed stalks lined with fine grasses
and strips of soft bark or leaves placed
a foot or more above the ground among
tall weeds or bushes. the sitting bird
steals away and is at once lost to
sight. Take peep at the white. red
speckled eggs and then hide among
the bushes as far away from the nest
as you can while Still keeping it in
sight. You may have to wait for an
hour and even make other trips to the
spot. but this is the surest way to get
a. good look at this shy one.-St. Mich
olas.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-02
Stones and Glass Houses.

The origin of the saying. ''Those who
live in glass houses should not throw
stones" is as follows: At the time of
the union Of England and Scotland
London was inundated with Scotch.
men. and the London roughs used to
so about at night breaking their win.
dows. Buckingham being considered
the chief instigator of the mischief, a
party of Scotchmen smashed the win
COWS Of the dukes mansion. known as
the Glass House. The court fayorite
appealed to the king. who replied
"Steenie. Steenie. those who live in
glass houses should be careful how
they fling stones!"-New York Ameri.
can
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-02
Triumph Of Mind.

Victim Of Delusion-Doctor, I'm aw-
fully afraid I'm going to have brain
fever Doctor-Pooh. pooh. my dear
friend! That is all an illusion of the
senses. There is no such thing as
fever. You have no fever; you have
no br-h'm-no material substance upon
which such wholly imaginary and
supposititious thing as fever could
find any base of operation. Victim
Oh, doctor, what load you have tax
en- from my-from my-I have mind,
haven't l, octor?-Chicago Tribune.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-02
Tho Toast of an ,rishman.

Michael Meyers Shoemaker wrote
"Wanderings In Ireland" An old
Irishman read u fragment of it that
related to the readers neighborhood.
He asked the name of the author.
Mr.. Shoemaker, is it?" he comment
ed. "A nice gentleman. I'll go bail.
Ills a fine country he chose to travel
in too. May the heavens he his bed
for choosing it. and may every hair in
his honor's head be mold candle to
light his soul to glory"