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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06

possession of the rude sketch. He
was never too busy, this great heart.
ed man. to do kind thing, however
small 1t seemed.
Even when he was a boy he was
always on the side of the under dog,
as we say, and sympathized with all
suffering, for he had known so much
OF 1t In his own life. He was very
poor, you know, and had to work
early and late and hard for the barest
livelihood. What would you think
of living in cabin where the wind
whistled through the chlnks, rough
leather hinged boards took the place
of window sashes, and, when visitors
came, which happened only q few
times in the year, raw potatoes were
pared and washed and handed around
for refreshments? The family were
too poor to afford anything else.
Lincoln himself never had any
stockings until he was nearly a man
grown. Rough cowhide boots, deer
skin leggings and coonskin cap were
the best his boyhood ever knew. For
pins he used the long thorns of the
haw and bean locust, and his coffee
was made OF rye bread crusts.
But Young Abe as no was called
in those days, was as ambitious as he
was poor. He would walk miles and
miles after his hard days work was
over to borrow some book--a gram
mar or an arithmetic or q history
which he had heard of some neighbor
possessing. Then he would read and
re-read AID study 1t, until he had
mastered every word, sitting up far
into the night to work out examples
by the light of the pinewood fire.
Paper was too expensive in those
days for boy as poor as Lincoln to
think Of owning any. and states were
unheard of where he lived. But he
used smooth boards instead, and bite
of charcoal for pencils, planning the
boards off when the sides were all
covered with figures.
DO you think you would ever
want to learn enough to take so much
trouble?"
Teddy shook his curly head sober.
ly. He was very much interested by
this time, and one or two of the other
children, who had run In out of the
snow to get warm. had also stopped
to listen to grandpa's story.
"Often, too" the old man went on
they could not get their meal ground
at a mill. and Young Abe would
have to grind all the corn, ear after
ear, on a big iron crater. something
like those we use for nutmegs now
The only bed he had In those days
was one made of big slabs hewn from
trees and covered with hay or straw
and he paid for his first suit of blue
jeans at the rate OF 400 rails o
yard
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thing about him. and then think
you'll be glad to have him remem-
bered by a holiday, even If he does
keep you in the house."
Teddy was Interested at once.
Tell me bout when he was little
boy" he said.
Very WE'LL" answered grandpa,
though didn't know him then. The
first time ever saw him | went with
a number of friends to Washington
to consult the President about GER
tain man for an office in our State.
But we all had to walt until the great
man had finished a picture he was
drawing for the little daughter of one
OF the laboring people about the
White House He had started to put
her down from his knee when our
party was announced, but she begged
so hard to have him finish Just that
one doggie, that he smillngly said
he hoped we wouldn't care, and sent
the little maiden away happy in the
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BY the red Of the rose in the shadow,
BY the white Of the bloom in the gleam,
We stood her TO fathom with wonder
The glory and growth OF our dream;
And we marked on the vine where her
head came,
And then let the little tape fall
All the length Of her delicate figure
That had stood in its sweet by the wall
But what Of the. feet and the inches,
What matter for figures like thosef
She's as tall, let us say, as the lilies;
As high, let us say, as the rosel
For the sweetness that lives in her laughter
The mischief that dwells in her eyes,
All, that is beyond us to measure
AS well try to measure the skiesl
SO, there by the wall meath the blossoms,
With the birds singing sweet in the trees,
With the ripple of rivers that hastened
To the infinite depths of the seas,
We measured her grace beyond measure.
We reckoned her sweetness apart
And both Of them added together
Came just to the brim of our heartl
Baltimore Sun.
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The richest gold mine In the world
is the Robinson mine at Johannes
burg. 5. A. Milling operations were
begun in January, 1888. since which
time there have been 3.212, 200 tons
Of ore mined altogether and 2.6S6.-
800 tons milled. The total amount
Of gold produced has been 2.253.-
500 ounces fine. valued at about s46.-
100000 or S17.11 per ton. The work.
ing profit has been about $28.750.-
600 OF $10.7a per ton. 1t is esti-
mated that the niue will have Yield
cd net profit OF 10. .000. 900 tons by
1920. by which time It VIII be OK
hausted.--Philadeiphia Record
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Am Anecdote of I.incnln

In October of 1888 Lincoln met
Miss Mary Owens. and admired her,
though not extravagantly. From all
accounts she was an unusual woman.
She was tall, full in figure, had blue
eyes, dark hair and was well edu.
Gated. She returned to New Salem
IN 1896. and Lincoln at once began
to call upon her, enjoying her wit and
beauty. At thai time she was about
twenty-eight years old.
One day Miss Owens and another
woman were ascending a steep hill.
on the way to friends house, when
Lincoln Joined them. He walked be-
hind with Miss Owens, and talked
with her, quite oblivious of the fact
that her friend was carrying a very
cross and heavy baby. When they
reached the summit Miss Owens said,
laughing. you would not make a
good husband, Abe" - Woman's
Home Companion.
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sN1 THE WOOING OF MARINA NORMAN. /

Il wish you hadn't said this to ME
Marina"
Il am glad l said II, Philip. But
OF course, It mustn't make any differ.
ence in our friendship. You will
come here Just as you have been in
the habit Of coming. You must con.
sut with me just as you have always
consulted"
He arose. She followed Linn to the
door
Come as usual Saturday evening" .
she said. Good night"
She put out her slender hand. He
touched the cool fingers and hurried
away.
He would never go there again, he
told himself. 1t was shameless, the
way she treated him. No other man
was ever treated that way. She took
advantage of him because he was SO
infirm of purpose, so irresolute. II
was true that he had monopolized a
great deal of her society. No doubt
he had kept other men away by his
thoughtless attentions. He had never
NAOuhhe Va AhoA JAhS hOA VI ahy
The next day was Thursday, and
in the afternoon Philip received a
note from Marina.
please send that model of the at
tachment for governor to me by mes
senger. l may be able to utilize 1t.
viii explain Saturday night"
Philip sent the model, but with the
determination not to listen to any
explanation. Nevertheless when Sat
urday night came he sought the Nor
man home.
Il must tell you about my success
with the attachment" said Marina.
II know Mr.. Arthur Hope. / taught
his little girl. you know. And she
did SO we'll while In my charge that
her father felt grateful. He asked
me to call upon him at any time. and
said he would be glad to be of SER
vice to me. So / took the attach
ment to his Office in the big factory.
| told him had chance to invest
little money in an invention. and
then showed him the model"
That looks like good thing,
he said. What's the price?' told
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Then he remembered that he wab
getting deeper and deeper into Mar
mas debt. And he went back to his
lonesome lodging.
He was busy now, buster than he
had ever been. There we're new
orders secured through the orders
got by Marna. There was money
coming in. His dead ambition had
come back to life. And he owed It
ell to the girl.
One night he called on Marina.
"Marna," he said. II want to make a
partial settlement with you"
This is a strictly business trans
action, Philip? There is no senti-
ment about it?"
He flushed. II understand"
IL want the full amount due me-"
For the two months since you
secured the first attachment contract
the net profits have been 1926. This
will make your share 1913. Is that
satisfactory"
philip" she quietly said, under
the arrangement / proposed this
money would have remained in the
business"
He suddenly choked and turned
away.
Why did she persist In alluding to
that unfortunate proposal? She saw
1t hurt him. She knew 1t drove him
from the house every time she re-
ferred to 1t. 1t was so unwomanly.
And then he stopped. Was he not
fully as unmanly as Marna was un-
womanly? Here he was actually
building up bank account on the
profits she had earned for him. True,
he had given her half those profits,
but she had really earned them all.
Well, there would be no more of It.
He would let her understand that he
had little manliness left. He would
shift for himself hereafter. He wait
ed three days before he put this re-
solve into execution. And when he
made the momentous call he wore a
new look on his face that meant COM
plete self-reliance.
Marna seemed very quiet. Pres
emily she spoke.
Philip" she said, II have a little
news for you"
News. Marna?"
eyes. Mother and I have decided
to go away. We are offered a pleas
ant cottage at Hereford, the prop
erty of my Uncle Edward. 1 have
given up my school and we expect
to start next Tuesday"
"Going away. Marna?"
"Yes, Philip. It seems like a great
change-we have lived here so long
and have felt quite blue over it
all day."
And then Philip suddenly realized
with sickening sensation what this
meant for him.
"This is very sudden" Marna."
"Yes. We received my uncle's let
ter yesterday. He was anxious to
have us come as soon as possible"
Philip leaned forward.
81 can't really believe you are
going to leave us. Marna. It-well,
1t breaks me up a good deal"
Her clear eyes were regarding him
intently. There was a gentle smile
on her face.
I'm sorry to go, Philip, but it
seems to be the right thing for us to
do"
He drew long breath.
"Why. Marna," he said. and his
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built up the character of the rough
country boy into that of the mar
whom whole nation could trust al
time when everything looked dark.
Lincoln's habit of thoroughness
even as little boy helped him more
than anything else in the responsible.
tiles and important affairs of his later
life. No matter what he did, wheth.
er sweeping floors or planting corn
or studying lessons. he always went
to the root of things, and did them
thoroughly, leaving no loose ends TO
trip up later on. Afterward, in his
public speaking, he often won the day
over an opponent Just because he had
thoroughly mastered every detail OF
the subject on which they were to
speak. The many disappointments,
too. which Abraham Lincoln's early
life had known made him always very
kind and courteous to others who
were struggling, and he never let his
discouragements keep him from try.
ing once more. Over and again HIS
business ventures failed, and he was
many times defeated for political
offices before he filled that at the
head of this big country of ours. But
each time he failed he learned some
thing that was of use to him in his
next effort. He used to say that he
would never have known how to be
President II he hadn't had to learn Sc
often and over how not to be many
other things.
THE sadness and poverty Of Isis
own boyhood, too, made him very
gentle and indulgent with all chill.
dren. He was never impatient with
them, no matter what they did, or toe
tired or busy to give them pleasure.
In fact, now l come to think of It.
Lincoln was perhaps more of a chill.
dren's President than any we have
had, and there is no holiday children
ought to be happier to have than the
one that marks his birthday"
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BY the wall where che wild rose clam
bers.
The shadows and sunbeams played,
We stood her while taking her measure,
The height OF our little maid.
The glory Of gold was around her,
The sunbeams dappled her hair,
And the joy Of her rollicking laughter
Made ripples Of cong in the air.
Now, how shall we measure her mischief
And how shall we measure, we said,
The dreams and the delicate fapcies
OF childhood that circle her heady
And how shall we measure the glory
That Hoods every hour that we dwell
Under the gleam Of her spirit.
Under the grace of her spell!
Earth compasses not in its standards
These measures Of infinite sweet;
Earth figures her only by inches
So many from head unto feeti
The blue Of her eyes and the glory,
The sweet Of her lips when they smile,
How can we count them in units,
In figures that glow on dial?
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A Skunk story.

President Lincoln, ,once replied to
a deputation asking him to change
the entire Cabinet because he had
retired General Cameron from the
War Department:
Gentlemen, your request reminds
me OF story once heard in Illinois
OF farmer who was much troubled
by skuDks.
"one moonlight night he loaded
his old shotgun and stationed himself
In the back yard TO watch for the in
truders. After some time his wife
heard the shotgun go OFF. and In a
few minutes the farmer entered the
house.
What luck had your said she.
II hid myself behind the wood
pile said the old man, and before
long there appeared not one skunk
but seven. took aim. blased away,
killed one. and there was such an aw-
ful stink raised that l concluded to
let the other six co.
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The lincoln Treatment

Abraham Lincoln and an Illinois
farmer had long been friends, and the
latter had written an everyday sort Of
letter In which he said, among other
things. that he had been IN poor
health. Out In Illinois they are able
to this day TO quote what is called
"Lincoln's prescription" sent to the
farmer In reply by the President.
DO not worry" II read. EAT
three square meals day. Say your
prayers. Think of your wife. Be
courteous to your creditors. Keen
your digestion good. Steer clear OF
biiliousness. Exercise. Go slow an0
go easy. Maybe there are other
things that your especial case re-
Quires to make you happy. but. my
dear friend. these. reckon. win give
you a good lift. ~ Philadelphia Timos.
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him the price you mentioned. and he
said could send him dozen to
equip their factory engines"
Johns eyes sparkled.
That's fine," he said. "The at
tachment couldn't have better ad-
yertiser than Hope & Co..
THAT isn't all. Philip. Mr.. Hops
called man into his room and intro.
duced him as the representative Og
a big Eastern supply house. And
the man looked at the attachmen.
with critical eye and asked the
price to the trade. When told him
he said l might send him 500 IL
could ship them in sixty days.
said ! could. and here's the order"
Philip drew a long breath.
you're a wonder, Marna," he
cried. And then he remembered her
proposal and suddenly stopped with
q flushed face.
"And now" said Marna hastily.
II want you to draft for me detail
OF that automobile brake clutch that
you told me about last month. Here's
the table and paper"
Philip was good draughtsman
and soon finished the drawing and
the description.
"And the price and the time you
will require to get them out in guam
titles"
Philip did so.
II have tried that device ON the
Monarch Company" he said; they
couldn't see anything In It,"
Probably you didn't know that
the Monarch Company makes a
clutch OF its own" said Marna. "The
head OF the Clifford Runabout Com
pany is an old friend of my father.
| am going to show your drawing to
him."
A few nights later he was there
again. He was very anxious to hear
what Marina had done with the
clutch.
Handed an order she told him.
"Mr. Clifford called It the best thing
he had seen" She passed a slip OF
paper to Philip. III you can deliver
them a. needed and bill them at that
price he will take 5000"
"splendid!" cried Philip. "There's
beautiful proit In III"
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cents in giving an old woman her
change. Neither he nor the woman
noticed 1t at the time. but that night,
when Lincoln was going over the ac-
counts, he discovered the error Fear
Ing his customer might need the
money he walked several miles to her
cottage to return the amount before
he went to bed. If any one found
him out in the wrong he was always
ready to admit It. which is often, you
know, about the hardest thing a boy,
o. even man. has TO do. All these
seem little things, but 1t was just
such little things that day by day
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Lincoln Family History.

Thomas Lincoln settled on the
farm near Hodgenville in March,
1906. On the 10th of the following
June he brought to his new cabin a
bride, Nancy Hanks, and three years
later there was born to them a child,
whose name was to belong 10 the
ages. The child grew In strength, for
the sweet air Of these Kentucky hills
could bring only a healthful glow to
baby cheeks. A sister was born to
be a companion to the boy. and they
played around the cabin door and
down by the rock spring.
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Temperature in Fishes.

The interesting question as to
whether fishes have any temperature
worth mentioning was discussed the
other day at the Edinburgh Royal
Society in paper on the Body
Temperature of Marine Animals" It
may be taken as established by tests
that In the larger fishes (cod, ling,
etc.), the body temperature is slight
ly higher than that Of the water, In
dicating feeble attempt at heat reg
ulation and slight development of
heat regulating mechanism. but in
the smaller species there is practical
iy no difference. --PhiIadelphia Rec.
ord.
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words came fast, II can't see how
I'm going 20 do without you. You
have done everything for me. You've
set me iu the right direction, and
now you are going to desert me.
never realized before what / owe to
you. And never realized before
what selfish, ungrateful fool l have
been in accepting the favors you have
done for me. Now that / am going
To lose you my blind eyes are open"
He put out his hands with an ap-
pealing gesture. "Marna, dear Mar
nx, I want you for a partner-and
Ill gladly take you on any terms!"
She suddenly laughed.
II think the partnership can be
satisfactorily arranged. Philip, dear"
she softly said. - w. II. Rose, IL
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Strco(t1

~ UTSIDE the window the snow
b came steadily down in great
~ soft flakes, while inside the
hickory fire blazed in the wide
chimney, now and then throwing out
sparks across the hearth rug where
Teddy Truesdale lay. with Keep, the
curly haired collie.
Holidays Is awful stupid" said
the little boy presently. 'if people
won't let you go out or make snow
balls or anything. An the big boys
Is out. I'd rather learn lessons than
stay In the house."
do you know what holiday this
is?' asked Grandpa Halsey, who was
reading near the window.
Just Lincoln's Birthday" an
swered the little boy, carelessly, "and
hc wasn't anything but President.
Presidents happen most any day.
Wish ] was at school,"
Grandpa Halsey smiled as he laid
down his book. Presidents may
happen every day." he said, but Lin
coins don't Let me tell you some
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POETRY.
PERCY BYssHE SHELLEY

Poetry the record Of the best and happes moments of
the happest minds We of vista
thought feeling sometimes associated with place
sometimes regarding mind
eevatng
lghtfu the interpenetra
diviner through its footsteps
a which the morning
remain only, the wrinkd sand which
it,
These corresponding conditions OF being
principally by those of the most delicate sensby and the most
the them
at with every base desire The enthusiasm Of virtue love-
tons and whilst they last self what 1t is
Poetry s most
in the vanishing apparions which
determinations life yelling them
mankind, bearing OF
their abide-abide
the
fnhabit things Poetry
the visitations of the divinity
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Grandpa Talks About Lincoln.

But thought Presidents had lots
OF money" spoke up one OF grand
pas listeners. How could he ever
get to be President when he was so
poor?"
Il think what really made Lincoln
the sort Of man that was most need
ed Just at that time for President of
our big country" grandpa answered,
was his simple truthfulness. Even
when he was little boy, living In
the shadow OF Blue Ball and 'Shiney
Mountain, in his OLD Kentucky home,
his word could always be depended
on. Once when he was clerking In a
store he made mistake OF a few
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All sick Men.

A delegation once waited upon Mr.
Lincoln to ask the appointment OF a
gentleman as Commissioners to the
Sandwich Islands.
Besides bis fitness for the place.
they urged hfs bad health. The Pres.
ident said;
"Gentlemen. ] am sorry to say that
there are eight other applicants for
that place. and they are all sicker
than your man"
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Thomas wolcott. Of smyrna. Neb..
owns 8 copy In Lincoln's own hand.
writing Of the first speech made By
Lincoln In court OF law. II had
been seyeral times completely rewrit-
ten, and is ROW so full OF corrections
as to be almost iilegible.
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Germany ships $4,000. .oOp feath-
ers to England In the course OF q
year for millinery purposes.
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Only Monument to Nancy Hanks.
II is a curious thing that Nancy
Hanks. the ex-trotter, Is the only
memorial America boests OF Nancy
Hanks. mother Of Lincoln.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-28
NOTED FEMALE GAMBLERS
CONTINUED from page 81

upon denizen of the For the first time in her
she began the of making up and appeared public
bedecked with cheap tnsel ewey
All through her she had carried the of being
puouy word had
bond Up until this time she had failed
obligation Misfortune however, had overtaen her and
deeply involved in debt Her inability
worked her mind until she became demened One night after
being penty dunned by creditor she from her home
The morning body found outside of the the
agebsh clear suicide the pistol with which she
had committed the rash her hand and the wound
bore every appearance of having been self inflicted.
She buried in the city the gambling fraternity rails
headStOne mark the What
1t thought
the
world of that city
Up of her DEATH which 1879 $780,
beyond doubt the female character of the
Gambling business crafty
with her
the underworld the the word though
aoa that she had her affairs de those who
believed the they
rather them down the rather questionable self gorcaton of
certain who infested the
may, of Madam Moustache go
the history of Nevada along with those who made the days of
the sagebrush famous.
Expert Kodak finishing Harry Shper Commercial Photog-
r.pher, Isl So. Main.
notify public
stock which, address given
below:
Company preferred stock certificate
number 1856 for shares certificate No 100 for five shares
Union Portland Cement Company Stock certificate No
1874 for shares and certificate No. 1873 for shares
Finder said stock JOHN O. CRITCHLOW,
"a F Street