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Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30
PERSONALS
PERSONAL
PROF. w. J. wHrTEFTELD
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PERSONAL
PROF. W. J. wHrTEFTELD
Dermatologist
Triple xxx Laft Freckles
Removes permanent freckies eczema, salt
rheum, ringworms, poison oak, erysipelas
and microbe skin diseases. poisonous
bites, tarantula. spider. centipedes. itch,
antiseptic-
Triple FFF-Prevents tan,- sunburn,
guaranteed not TO produce supernuous
hair, removing moles a speciality. Office
702 s. Spring, room 209. Scalp and mole
speciality. Hairdressing department 723
. S. Spring st. PROF. WHITEFIELD.
s-so-2
MONEY MADE DAILY. AND HERALD
want ads help to make IT. Let your wants
become known through Herald want ads.
Herald want ads destroy wants. b-1s-x
LADIES-DR. LaFRANCO's COMPOUND;
safe, speedy regulator, 25 cents Drug
gists or mail Booklet free. DR.. La
FRANCO, Philadelphia, Pa b-2-ttss
MRS. ANDERSON. FoRMERLY s2i 8 HILL,
now 1249h s. Flower St, near Pico. Treat
ments for colds, rheumatism and nervousness
F4752L S-27-3S
MRS. MORRISON OF PIrTsBURG, Pa,
masseuse. face and scalp treatment. 6zO g.
FLOWER ST Home phone F6164. S-1s-m
MRS. L. PENNRICH. SPECIAL RATES
scalp and facial massage. 738 s. BROAD
WAY. F167s. 6-2l-x
THE ONLY FIRST CLASS LADY BARBER
shop Is located at 205A s. Main, upstairs.
o-1I-t
ZEE LUNDEEN FOR HOMES. 282-S3 CEN
tral bldg. Sixth and Main sts 1901
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FOR EXCHANGES
After trying other agents
without success, CONSULT
EEAKzx q SON. sixth and Main sts,
a-an-A
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REAL ESTATE BARGAINS

sze2B. neat 4-room cottage In southwest; an
ideal home surrounded by beautiful resi-
dences; lot 6ox163: beautiful lawn. trees. etc.
Large barn. garden and shed; minute car
service; lot alone worth $1,000 Owner going
to Australia; will sacrifice For terms sec
LEAHY 4 SON.
$500 buys corner lot 45x14o. fronting Yer
mont square.
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$500 buys a meat market and grocery To-
Gated at a prominent beach resort This
place is fully worth $1,000 and doing aplen-
did business now averaging over $50 day.
Owner must go north and win make easy
terms This Is worth careful investigation.
Eaa LEAHY e SON
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$500 or invoice, maybe less. win pur-
chase a first class confectionery, stationery
and news business. located in large and
prosperous city in Arizona. Average bust
ness $1,000 per month; rent s<7sO; long lease.
This magnificent business opportunity open
only for short time. See LEAHY & SON.
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$25eO-Restaurant in the heart of the
busiest center; cost the owner $4,000 to nj
up; complete in every detail splendid
class Of trade and nice paying business;
owner afflicted and must sacrifice TO OBJ
tain change required See my agents.
LEAHY & SON.
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$500, restaurant; dining, meat, store. liv-
ing room. also kitchen and cellar; excellent
business location, which controls business Of
district; good prices secured and no kick
ing; rent $50; good lease; place clears $500
yearly; investigation solicited; owner sick;
must discontinue business. LEAHY g. SON.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30

$500. second hand store, best location IN
city; fully worth 500; everything in clean
and salabie condition; rent $50, including
store room and t-room cottage or store room
can be rented alone, reasonable: there are ex-
cepticnally good profits In second hand busi-
ness investigate this rare opportunity.
LEAHY 6 SON.
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s4oO0-Half interest in a general mer-
chandise business doing 5000 per day. in a
thriving near by suburban town; large
cash trade. a splendid chance for an ac-
tive man to engage in an old established
and remunerative business: owner desires
live man. See LEAHY & SON.
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REsTAURANTs

$3.50 restaurant; average yearly receipts
$4,000 to SO. 900; rent SIS: years lease; no
competition. This is absolutely one Of the
best bargains on the market which is open
for thorough Investigation. For full particu~
lars call on LEAHY & SON.
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FOR sALE-MUsr HAVE MONEY; IF YOU
are looking for a snap either for home
investment, see this property; 5-room cot
tage, new and modern; lot 40x135 to alley
lawn, flowers and trees: 3-room cabin, tool
house. wash house. chicken corral adJoin-
ing the alley: one block from Central ave;
price $1,000, 1000 cash. $1,000 on mortgage
See NJ. A. GOULD, 62s Maple ave., and he
will show you the property. 1903
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HAT STORE

5000, hat store and factory; old established
business; first class trade: centrally located;
busy street; heavy shopping travel: up to
room; factory complete in full operation;
easy terms; owner invites investigation. See
1EAHY 6 SON.
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MRS. ANDERSON, FORMERLY s21 s. HILL,
now 1249h s. Flower ST., near Pico. Treat
ments for colds, rheumatism and nervousness.
F4752. S-27-3S
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$4oOo-Haif interest in the best paying res
taurant in the city, doing now a business
of $50 per day. and will exceed that very
much work for one man; must have assist
ance Of an active partner. See my agents,
LEAHY & SON.
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MAGNETIC AND ELECTRICAL TREAT
ments; tub baths. alcohol and oil rubs for
nervousness and rheumatism S48 SOUTH
BROADWAY. No signs. Sam
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WANTED

We buy high-class ladies' and mems
street s~d evening clothes Highest
prices paid s12 S. SPRING. Main 35s7.
6-25-2m
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so NEW IMPROVED HILo 5-CENT PEANUT
vending machines will earn $500 weekly for
you and not interfere with your other work;
$3.50 yearly profit on $500 investment; beware
OF unscrupulous innitators. a. & H. MEX
CAMILLE CO.. III Market St, San Fran
cisco, Cal. BIOL
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GREAT EASTERN STEAM CARPET
Cleaning works, lit San Julian. Tel
Broadway 4473. F6514. ]. BRENTON,
Prop. Cleaning fne rugs a speciality.
8-16-so-z
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sPrCIAL--FOR eALE-MY HIGH CLASS
down town cash grocery store also carry
good line Of cigars and fruits; IL you are
looking to get into an established, prohtahte
business this is your opportunity; ] can
prove to your satisfaction that this is no
run down business, and that / am making
good money; sickness Is my only reason for
selling; price $4,000; might trade for clear lots
IN city. els CENTRAL BLDG, s. W. cor:
9Th and Main. S-SO-I
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FOR sALE-MODERN 5-ROoM COTTAGE
on West Avenue 54. Highland Park; all I'M
provements complete and paid for; good
street, etc.; lot 40x140 IT.; cost over $1,000;
will sell for $1,000; X cash. balance small
monthly payments. See owner, AUGUST
WALLACE S0S Union Trust bldg. Main
AGES: Home F6620. Regular commission to
agents. e-5O-l
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Doke Stock Food Co. and Pioneer Hatch
cry has removed to 10S to 112 e. Eighth.
Lowest prices in city on all poultry sup
plies. S-S-e-o-d-2s
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HOMELESS CHILDREN RECEIVED AND
placed in homes for adoption. Apply REV.
O. v. RICE. superintendent Children's
Home society, 2414 Griffin ave- blk
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MONEY MADR DAILY. AND HERALD
want ads help to make 1t. Let your wants
become known through Herald want. ads
Herald want ads destroy wants. b-13-x
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MEDICAL BATHS, ELECTRICITY FOR
rheumatism, colds. etc.; physicians ref
erences; a IN. to IL p. m; open Sunday.
Suite s, 61sh s. SPRING ST. S-14-m
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FOR sALE-S-RooM MODERN. NEW COT
tage lot 40x1s5 to alley; lawn, flowers and
everything up to date; located on Bast 6sth
$500 cash, balance $25 per month, including
interest See NJ. A. GOULD, 62s Maple ave.
S-3O-s
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eET4s~ DR. A. POLAsKY. OCULIsT AND
eI'ssE optican. formerly Of Des MotneA
Ia, is now permanently located In
this city. with office at 317 W. THIRD ST.
40 yearsp experfeuce 5-1-x
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MONEY MADE DAILY. AND HERALD
want ads help to make It. Let your wants
become known through Herald want ads.
Herald want ads destroy wants. b-19-x
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MRS. MORRISON OF PITTSBURG. Pa,
masseuse. face and scalp treatment. GO s.
FLOWER ST. Home phone Fs164. s-1s-m
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30

SOCIALIST ADDRESS THIS EVENING AT
Burbank hall. bt2 s. Main; speaker, National
Organizer John w. Brown. Also at Howell
hall. s14 s. Main; speaker, Rev.; Edwaro
Adams Cantrell Live topics will be dis
cussed Admission free. Good music. oues-
tions invited. S-SV-1
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I,ADIEs-AsK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR
Chichesters pills, the Diamond brand; for
rs years known as best, safest, always re-
liable. Buy of your druggist; take no
other Chichssters Diamond brand pills
are sold by druggists everywhere B-s-tts
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LADIES-DR LaFRANCOs CoMPoUND;
safe, speedy regulator, rs cents Drug
gists mail Booklet free. DR.. La
FRANCO, Philadelphia, Pa 6-2-ttss
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Personal, - ELECTRIC, vIBRAToRY.
facial and scalp treatmenti manieurtng
and ohiropody. Office hours, a. m to ~
D. m. 254 SOUTH BROADWAY, room
1O7. A4513 s-aS-m
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AuToMoRILEs. oTHER VEHICLES

HAVE MOVED FROM
ia to 115s South Main street. New building
and hreproof. FRED CORNELL, automobile
broker. buying selling and renting new and
second hand autos. Special prices on repair
work. Painting and building and rubber
goods. 1853 s. MAIN ST., Los Angeles, Cal.
Phone Main S7o5. If buying or selling come
and see me. SOL
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KARMA
Dead Trance CIairvoyant

PERsoNAL-MRs. MASON, THE NOTED
palmist Of London. England. is at s22
South Spring street Readings are care
full. conscientious and absolutely reliable
HIGH CLASS PATRONAGE SOLICITED
s-30-w
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MRS. L. PENNRICH. SPECIAL RATES
scalp and facial massage 7S8 s. BROAD
WAY E1676. 6-21-x
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BUSINESS PERSONALS

ZEE LUNDEEN FOR HOMES. 2s2-Ss CEN
tral bldg. Sixth and Main SITS. 800
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MRS. WESLEY, RELIABLE LIFE READ
er and medium Advice on all affairs of
life, business. love or journeys. 331h 8.
SPRING ST. Parlors IL and IL. S-12-25
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WE HAVE TRACT THAT IS JUST BEING
opened to the public In one Of the most
fashionable suburbs Of Los Angeles; beauti-
fuf lots can be secured on easy terms and
time payments; special Inducements and ad-
vsntages offered to homeseekers; within one
block Of car line: for further information
see DANIEL DAKE, 1N s. Broadway:
Phones, A504e. Main s5S5. s-So-1
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30

PERSONALLY IS BETTER TO TRY MY
electric vibratory treatments than TO wish
you had; two years experience in New York
Doctors office; highest recommendations;
wonderful results. Office 3l6h SOUTH
SPRING ST. 6-30-w
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SPECIAL NOTICES

SEE OUR PATENTED $50 SANITARY FoUN-
tains. others at cut prices. PACIFIC COAST
FOUNTAIN FACTORY. 133 n. 4th. 6-26-6e
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HERE is A RARE CHANCE FOR RELIABLE
man with good references and $3.50 to buy
half interest In up to date general brokerage,
handling all kinds OF property, renting all
kinds real estate. and fire insurance busi-
ness; only block of here. See PHOENIX,
202 Grant bldg. s-30-b
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-16
ApnroraI on AH Sides.

Immediately when it was known
what the Lincoln Farm Association
intended to accomplish American citi-
zens. nigh and low. FASTENED TO ex-
press their approval
Saving the birthplace OF Abraham
lincoln. declared James Tanner. OF
this city, past commander-in-chief OF
the Grand Army Of the Republic,
from the group of sordid specula-
tive greed is as purely a patriotic
deed as has been performed In this
country for years. In the name OF
tie 90. 900 members of the organiza-
ton at the head of which I have the
honor TO stand, I thank ne founder
most heartily.
we, % the war days, stood IL
measure too close TO Mr.. Lincolnslnd
his time to properly gauge the mighty
stret 9Th and grandeur of his char
actef But the years as they have
rec9ded, have given as a better per-
spective as our minds anu power 10
view and measure life and It's real
import have alike enlarged, TIL now
we bow with all indulgens mankind
reverentiy at his shrine. and view as
almost sacred scenes and the material
matters with which he was intimate
~ associated BY all means. let us
dedicate TO eltriotism for evermOre
the fields so familiar to his youth.
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leges and model farms 10 teach the
are OF raising more corn and squashes.
In the present political. moral. and
social atmosphere OF the American
people there is nothing in that line
that can compare with this little
model farm that raised a man
It vas considered Of primary inn
pOrtance that the original cabin be Sc
cured. and Mr.. Pierce. general mana
ger OF the association, first traced Il
10 Nashville, where, several years ago.
a Methodist minister had the logs on
exhibit At that me several prop@si-
tons were made for utilizing the farm,
one 70 erect thereon a home for de-
creplt ex-slaves; smother TO establish
e home for Confederate soldiers or for
widows and orphans. But all these
plans ended In TEX and interest COM
pletely died uItiI Mr.. Pierce as
covered the calm IN a warehouse eel
lar al Stamford. Conn. The Spectator
who had purchased It in Nashville.
was holding out for a ransom.
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Simplicity of Lincoln.

ut is :. great piece Of folly to try 20
attempt to make anything out OF me
or nv early life" answered Lincoln
when some one asked him for an auto
biography. ct can all be condensed into
n single sentence. and that sentence
YOU will hnd IN GTay's eleEy. The
short and simple annals of the poor.
That's my life. and that's all you OF
anyone else can make Of It,
The tull force OF this comes when
one looks at that rude, little, one
room cabin with a huge outside chin
ney, a single window. and rude door
swung on leather hinges.
I vas born there" wrote Lincoln.
when pressed for some account OF
himself. My parents were both born
in Virginia. OF Wi6istinguished famil-
les. second families, perhaps / should
say. NV moth r. who died in my
tenth year, was Of a family OF the
name Of Hanks, some OF whom now
reside in Adams, and Others IN Macon
county. III Ny parental grandfather
Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from
Rockingham county. Va, 20 kentucky
about ISL. 4 year or two later he
was killed by Indians, not in battle,
but by stealth. when he was laboring
TO open a farm in the forest. His
ancestors, who were Quakers. went to
Virginia from Berks county. Pa An
EFFORT II identity them with the New
England farniIy Of the same name
ended in nothing more definite than a
similarity of Christian names, such
as Enoeh, Levi. Mordecai. Solomon,
Abraham and the like.
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YIneoln Renaissance.

And now began the genuine Lincoln
renaissance. Kentucky sent five stall
wart nilitiamen-CaP NeEille s. Bull
lit Lieut.. ". s CORN. Sergeant
Green. Corporal Harry T Fisher. and
Private J. p. Bagley-as guard OF hon
or 10 conduct the hOmely relic back
20 its original site. Bullitts father
was a gallant officer under the famous
Confederate raider. General Morgan;
THE other guards were also descend
ants Of heroes IN gray, and II was not
tie least inspiring sight 10 note With
what zeal and reverence these men pro-
tected an Abraham Lincoln souvenir.
Baltimore. Harrisburg. Pittsburg, IN
Annapolis We'd with one another in
doing homage 70 a pile OF logs trans
ported on a fright car. and when
Louisville was reached vast con-
course OF southerners turned out to
hear Henry Watterson's speech in
which he portrayed Lincoln as one OF
Gods anolnted" chosen for a great
purpose and nightly sustained through
its workings out into its fulfillment;
then. having been vouchsafed vi
sion OF the Promised Land, taken, like
Moses. into his reward Of undying fame
and eternal glory.
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4 Secret long Kent.

rolled and pounded him in good
earnest was the narrative. Then
got him by The arms and shook him.
the water pouring out his mouth
After a while he came 70 and then a
new difficulty confronted us. We
knew that II our mothers discovered
our wet clothes it would mean a good
whipping. So. as IL was June. the sun
very warm, we stripped, dried our
clothes on the rocks about US We
promised never % tell the story. and
never did undl after LAncoln's tragic
death"
The Kentucky lad OF those pioneer
days wore eanned deer skin breecbes
homemade nIoccasins, coon-skin cans.
linseS -wolsey shirt Like others
Thomas Lincoln and his wife. who
was Nancy Hanks. raised their own
corn dried their own fruit. hunted
their own game. raised their own
pork and beef No doubt Thomas Lin
coin made Abraham's cradle. Nancy
Lincoln spun the cloth for his first
garments. AT the age of seven little
Abe helped his mother make SOAP.
carried water from the @pring, whose
delicious waters sim how; worked on
the turnpike that bisects the farm;
hauled grain 20 the old Mill which was
but recently torn down.
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Not Lacking in Sentlm5nt.

The length OF time that elapsed be-
tween Idncoln's death and a project 70
honor his memory IN a visible manner
does not indicate. as foreign nations
seem to believe. that America is with
out sentiment or ideals. It was not
until 1858 that the Mt. Vernon As
ISOLATION purchased, for $200. coo, the
property on the banks OF our own Po-
tomac, where Washington was born
and died. The original estate. com
prisiug two hundred acres. the mansion
and tomb, was then sold to John A
Washington. a nephew of the nations
first President. the design OF the asso-
citation being to hold it in perpetuity as
a place OF public resort and pilgrimage. "
Washington died in 1888 so that the
American people were even tardier in
honoring the Father OF His Country
than the emancipation OF slaves.
1t is. however. a national repToach
that Lincolns cabin was permitted to
be haWlSed about by a Spectator as a
side show with a Here you are. 10
cents-one dlme-to see the little log
cabin where Abe Lincoln was born.
It's the real thing. ladies' and tents,
and it costs only a dime. And another
stigma that the farm itself should
have barely escaped passing into the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-16

BY all means, let us have the Lin
coin Farm, said Archbishop Ireland,
the land upon which Abraham Lin
coin was born, and upon which he
spent his early youth, is too sacred
to be turned over 10 vulgar everyday
purposes. 1t must be for all time one
of Americas venerated shrines, over
which the spirit of America shall
hold undisputed sway. and whittier
WOrshipers shall come from every
cline to honor Il and inhale its s.Ib-
lime and purifying life. Let it be the
free-willed Offering Of the people OF
America, the gtft Of their hearts, the
generous effusion and expansion Of
their very souls Patriotism allows
naught else, by naUght else win pa
tTiotism be nurtured into best and
sweetest Towering
President Roosevelt practically voiced
the expression OF all State and ma
tional legislative bodies with.
Il heartily approve OF the move
ment TO make the birthplace OF Abra-
ham Lincoln a national park so that
the building III which ne was born
may be preserved 70 illustrate the real
conditions OF his birth and childhood.
am glad that the scheme OF pres
ervation contempiates an appeal TO
individual Americans. Ldncoln's mem
DRY. like Wsshington's is one Of the
hallowed and priceless heritages OF
all our people Most assureGly his
birthplace should be preserved in
such shape as viii enable us. as a
nation, to realize wildly the condi-
tions from which the second OF our
great Presidents sprang to mold our
destiny for rood
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The Kind Of Man He Was.

II was the man born in such lowIy
onditiOns-contrastin oh, how
strangely, with the extravagance Of
today-who could say when North and
South were at each others throats.
we are not enemies. but friends.
The mystic chords OF memory, stretch
ing from every battlefield and patriot
grave. TO every living heart and
hesrthstone all over this broad land.
viii yet swell the chorus OF the
Union. when again touched, a. surely
they win be, by the better angels OF
our nature"
In proportion to population New
York State aus far leads the van in
contributors TO the Lincoln Farm
Memorial. Next e1mes Massachusetts,
then Pennsylvania. Boston has given
more than P'tls 4elphia or Brooklyn.
Philadelphia Ssis doubled Pittsburg's
donation. Pttshurg Is ahead OF Buff
falo. Clevelflna, Cincinnati. or st.
Louis. or toe Southern cities Bait-
more is in the lead Nearly every city
and village IN America is represented.
Gifts OF 3 cents-the least amount re-
ceived-far predominating. The total
cost viii be more than $4,000, OF
which one-fourth has now been con-
tributed.
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diana, In my eighth year We reached
state came into the Union. II was a
wild region. with many bears and
other wild animals stllI IN the woods
There I grew up. There we're some
schools. 50 called, but no quaiihca-
ion was ever required Of a teacher
beyond readin' writin'. and ciphering
TO the rule Of three. IL a straggler,
supposed 10 understand Latin. hap
pened 10 sojourn in the neighborhood,
he was looked upon az a wizard.
There was absolutely nothing 10
excite ambition for edrcation. OF
course. when came OF age I did not
know much stiil, somehow, I could
read end write s-ad cipher, but that
was all I nave not been to school
since. The Htz'e advance I now have
upon this stone of education / have
picked up from time 10 time under
the pressure OF necessity was
raised 70 farm YORK. which / contin-
ued TIL I was Twenty-Five"
Until a few years since there were
old men living near Rock Spring
Farm. as the Lincoln place used 10
be called, who played with ABE" and
learned the 4. B. C's with him. one
or these was accustomed to relate
cow he and ABB Fen in the creek
which adjOins Lincoln Farm as they
we're out hunting partridges one sun
day Lincoln was almost drowned.
when his COMPANION pulled him ashore
with a pole.
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How It Was Sold.

Not so She other would-bs pur-
chasers among whom were G. A.
r. veteran OF Racine. Wis, Mil
wsukee newspaper man. a New York
lawyer, and a Louisville gentleman.
Hundred by hundred the price ad-
vanced. while Mr.. Jones nearly col
lapsed with anxiety, keeping one eye
fixed on the turnpike, where every mo-
ment h expected TO see the whisky
and department store agent approach
ing in a cloud OF dust. his other eye
on the auetioneer.
Finally, when each second was criu-
cal Mr. Jones had the satisfaction Of
bidding in for $1,000, about one-sixty-
NTH Of the amount aaid for Mt Yer
non. and upon returnit & from Hodgen-
Vile he had the additio lal relish of re-