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all his heart attacks came before mar
riage, which is not invariably the case
in these days Of afiinities and divorce
courts.
There must be no mistake made in
one regard. Abraham Lincoln was q
society man. In Springfield his name
was on most Of the committees that
got up functions, and he was well
come guest at all houses. The same
was true in Washington the two years
he served in congress. While he was
not exactly a ladies' man for the rea-
son that he was forever telling stories
and so got all the men around him, he
was not insensible to feminine charms
and was as ready to fall in love as any
young man with strong passions and
an eye for beauty. ...
This seems so much matter Of
course that It is strange Mr.. Lincoln's
biographers should dwell on it at such
length. It is on a par with referring
80 constantly to his height, to his
LONELINESS and to the fact that he
told broad stories. It is as though we
should say that Abraham Lincoln is
chiefly noted for his ugliness, his love
affairs, his risque anecdotes and his
great length and not that he Is cele-
brated for liberating race. for saving
q. nation, for being merciful. demo-
cratic, truth loving and white Of soul.
In other words, we put forward his
nonessentials at the expense Of his es-
sentials. We emphasize those things
in which he was not distinguished
from his kind to the exclusion Of those
things in which he was so distin-
guished. Other men have had love az
fairs not essentially different from
those Of Lincoln; others have been as
ugly or as tall, and others have told
az many stories, but nobody else ever
issued an emancipation proclamation;
no one else ever held together the
worlds greatest republic in the hour
Of her supreme trial: no one else, with
one exception, ever combined such
meekness and greatness, and few 9TH
ers have been more tender hearted.
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.. . WIN 4LluCOiI Is uIucTCut.
His courtships are magnified. torn to
pieces, paraded before the world, his
tenderest emotions being dissected and
laid bare In a manner the most cal
lous. His despair over the death Of
one sweetheart, his letters to another
his Misunderstanding with a third,
who finally became Mrs. Lincoln-all
are set forth to the last detail. They
are only such experiences as occur to
most men, with variations, Of course,
to fit each individual case. With 9TH
ers they are considered sacred, how
ever, and If mentioned at all it is with
delicacy which one would wish
shown to his own love affairs. 1t
seems to be the price of greatness that
nothing is sacred. If the future i'm
mortal whispers tender nothings I'm a
corner they are afterward bawled
from the housetops. If he so much as
casts melting glance at some fair
one it is photographed for the inspec-
tion of future ages.
There are three affairs in the life of
the martyr president, and fourth is
hinted at by at least one biographer.
The average man can remember an
equal number and perhaps several
more. The beauty with Lincoln is that
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charms.

life of any man are beautiful and are
his development. With man of Lin
coins tender heart and sensibilities
such things would be sacred and holy,
not to be profaned by light references
or prying eyes. A mans public life
belongs to the public. His private and
domestic affairs are his own. The
mere fact that one is prominent does
not make him the legitimate prey of
the merely curious. Many great men
have had unhappy home lives. Poor
Lincoln was none too fortunate in this
regard. But he is at least entitled to
respect, even though he was denied
his full measure Of happiness. Such
respect would shield him from a pry-
ing scrutiny after death that would
never have been given his affairs dur
ing life. With all due respect to
Messrs. Lamon and Herndon. who.
having been his law partners. should
have been his devoted friends, 1t must
be said that they have dragged his
purely private affairs to light In very
tactless II not an indelicate manner.
Moreover. many Of their conclusions
rejecting on his parents and some re-
garding his wife have been shown by
thorough investigation to be untrue.
For example, Herndon says that Lin
coin absented himself on his wedding
night. AS careful biographer as Ida
N. Tarbell denies this and gives the
word Of numerous personal friends OF
both Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln to prove
her statement. In the same manner
several Of Herndon's allegations con-
cerning Thomas and Nancy Hanks
Lincoln have been proved untrue by
the actual records brought to light.
The simple facts are that Lincoln's
parents, his early life. his education,
his courtships and his domestic life
were about such as fall to the lot Of
the average man born, reared and liv-
ing his adult life in similar environ.
ment. His stories were about such as
were told by other frontiersmen, law
yers and politicians in his day. except
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By James A. Edgerton
Copyright. 1905, by the
American Press Association
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was withheld from him. Think about
. trusting, famishing, eager eyed boy
being turned loose to wander in that
desert!
There Is one other advantage in the
Lincoln style Of education. 1t at least
left his individuality unimpaired. he
was not put into a hopper and ground
into the semblance Of every other
young man that went through the
same mill. He remained as God made
him, not as some board of trustees
and professors tried to make him over.
He was not subjected to the deaden-
ing process Of educational uniformity.
If there is anything that has made
this Anglo-Saxon civilization worth
while 1t has been the work Of those
who dared to protest and revolt, the
Independent, the revolutionist and the
nonconformist. We have stood up for
our individuality, the dearest gift of
God to man: Variety makes life bear
able. The whole movement of art, of
civilization, of progress, is away from
the stupidity regular, spiritlessly uni
form. deadeningly monotonous, that
would make all men on the same intel
iectual pattern. That all who go
through the average university hopper
do not have the divine spark quenched
is due to the fact that their God-made
individuality is stronger than the man
made molds in which they are placed.
II one may order suit Of clothes to
fit his individual shape. why may he
not order an education also fitted to
his needs? Why is an embryo poet
and merchant in the making fed the
same mental food? The elective sys-
tenn in education has a small start.
thank God, and that beginning will
grow, let us hope, until public schools
and universities will try to deyelor
and bring out the peculiar difference
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genius and individuality Of pupils rath.
er than seek to dwarf and repress.
The revolt against this dead level Of
uniformity In education is the same as
that against straight lines and geo.
metrical figures in landscape garden
ing. against the severely regular in art
and against the stiff, the unnatural and
the artificial in all departments Of life.
There Is nothing so hideous as row
Of houses made on the same pattern
except row of men made the same
way. God gives us infinite variety,
and we shall have very much more
interesting, creative and worth while
world when we get sense enough to
follow Gods lead. The internal world
Of the individual is the most real, the
most precious and the most holy thing
we know. 1t is time that we learned
to respect and venerate this thing fresh
from God and made in his image. II
the gardener is delicate in his treat
ment Of the flower, how much more
delicate should we be in our treatment
Of the individuality which is the flower
Of the soul.
Lincoln's form Of self impaired edu-
cation may have left him lacking in
polish and in some sorts Of culture,
but it still left him Lincoln with all
his virility and pianant personality. and
the world is infinitely thankful for the
result.
According to the omniscient Dennis
Hanks. what little schooling young Abe
got was due to his mother and after
ward to his stepmother. "Abe was
som'ers round nine years DID," says
Dennis, -but he never got over the
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NH been college men. The great
IV est Of them, Washington ami
Lincoln, were not. Lincoln
indeed had little formal schooling OF
lny sort. And those who taught him
we're better fitted for mauling rails
and boys-than they were for teaching.
According to his own wArd, there was
less than a year all told of even this
Indifferent instruction. As matter OF
fact. however, Abraham Lincoln went
10 school all his life, and he had bet
ter teacher than any of these-himself
He was as hungry for knowledge as
the average growing boy is for food.
He literally devoured, books, any kind
of books, including the Bible and the
dictionary. Books were as scarce then
as new novels worth reading are now.
As a result this lad with the starving
mind read and reread many times ev-
cry book he could procure. AS Shake
speare, Aesop,s the ARABIAN Nights
and the prophets were among his au-
thors, it can be seen how much better
of he was than those who are flooded
by latter day fustian.
Indeed, the meagerness Of the future
presidents schooling was by no means
an unmixed evil. What he did get he
digested. Like Franklin, he tried to
reproduce it, thus gaining style. OF
his own. Such mental appetite had
he that be:even devOured the statutes
Of Indiana with as much eagerness
as the schoolgirl of today reads Laura
Jean Libbey. At least l presume that
schoolgirls read her. Somebody must
or she would not write.
1t is said that Lincoln also read that
impossible book, "Weems' Life OF
Washington" which has spread more
misinformation about the Father of
His Country than is told about most
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lSO9-The Lincoln Centenary 1909
Lincoln's Education

He Actually Walked Miles
to Borrow a Grammar
and Went to School All
His Life - .I -
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1909 The Lincoln Centenary 1909
Courtships of Lincoln
Death Of Ann Rutledfe.
The Mary Owens Affair.
Lincoln and Douglas as
Rivals In Love - ~

- OST men have several affairs
Of the heart, and little or
nothing Is said about them.
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R OST of the presidents Lave
VI been college men. The great
= est of them, Washington anu
Lincoln, were not. Lincoln
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from biographers without murmur en-
title her to our charity and respect
She was a woman, wife and mother
She is dead. Common chivalry and
common humanity would at least die
tate that nothing should be said OF
her now except in loving tenderness
il not that, silence.
For one I am tired of much Of the
utterly trivial stuff written about
Abraham Lincoln. He was greaI
enough man to be treated in a great
manner. He had an innate, dignity
and fineness that call for respect from
those who would show his true spirit
to the world
His domestic life was utterly white
The same high honor, the same thought
fulness for the happiness Of others, the
same patience and forbearance, the
same great love nature, are found in
his courtships and his home that ap
pear In all his other relations and
deeds. He was SO much greater than
his early environment and associates
that there is little gained by dwelling
upon them.
Abraham Lincoln as we have come
to know him appeals to all men be-
cause he is SO like what all men want
to be. He appeals to all boys because
he shows them their possibilities. he
appeals to all women because be 10 30
much the lover and because he proves
that the strongest manhood may be as
tender as the gentlest wonaanhnnd-
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CHAPLAIN ON
NEW ARMORY
Champions Cause OF National
Guard in Requests for
Legislation.

Editor Advertiser: ] am glad to
find that a good deal of interest is be-
ing awakened by the proposal to pro-
vide a suitable armory for the Nation
nj Guard. The present defective and
unattraetive drillshed offers no facili-
ties either for adequate military train
ing or for that physical, mental, moral
and social welfare of the men without
Ehich their highest efficiency as SOL
aiers or citizens is impossible. Of this
drillshed. former United States Quar-
sermaster said several years ago that
il was "unft for any purpose but the
temporary storage of articles practical
ly unaffected by the weather. and
that cit ought to be condemned and
torn down" Practically nothing has
been done since those words were
spoken to improve its condition, and it
remains today source Of damage to
the property stored in it: and of loss
to the treasures of the United States
and of the Territory, So defective is
the roof that in stormy weather the
ianitor often has to spend a good part
of the night in moving valuable prop
erty from place to place to protect it
from the incoming rain. The rifles have
to be kept SO creased that handling
them is not only unpleasant, but det-
rimental to the uniforms of the men.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

The undersigned having been duly
appointed Executor under the will of
Ida Schatfer, late of Honolulu, Oahu,
deceased, notice is hereby given to all
persons having claims against said Es-
tate to present the same, with proper
vouchers, if any exist, whether secured
by mortgage or otherwise, to him at the
office of VIM. Savidge, ~ Merchant
Street. Honolulu, within six months
from the date of this notice or they will
be forever barred. And all persons in
debted to said Estate are hereby re-
quested to make immediate payment to
the undersigned.
Dated, Honolulu, February /, 1909.
HERMAN. STARKLOFF.
Executor under the VIII of Ida
Schaffer, deceased
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, executor of the will of Robert
William Martinoff, late of Honolulu, de-
ceased, to all persons having claims
against the Estate of said decedent, to
present the same to him at his office
No. 20 Queen Street, in Honolulu. Oahu
T. H., within six months from date OF
the first publication of this notice, oil
they will be forever barred
Dated, Honolulu. February Is. 1909
CHARLES BON,
Executor of the VIII of Robert Will
liam Martinoff, Deceased.
S275-Feb. 16, %, March ., 9, 16
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The Pacific Guano and Fertilizer &C

The Pacific Guano and Fertilizer CO.
By order of the Board of Directors
the Annual Meeting of the stockholders
of The Pacific Guano and Fertilizer Co.
will be held at the office of H. Hackfeld
& Co, Ltd, Honolulu, r. H, on Thurs
day, February 18th, 1909, at II o. clock
a. m, for the purpose of electing Off
GERS and transacting such other business
as may be brought befofe the meeting
The stock transfer books of the Com
pany will be closed from February 23rd,
to February 10Th. both dates inclusive.
f. KLAMP, Secretary.
S275-Feb 16 90 81
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MoRTGAGEE's NOTICE OF INTEN-
TON TO FoRECLOsE AND OF
FORECLOSURE SALE.

In accordance with the provisions of
certain mortgage made by William
c. Achi to William r. Castle, Trustee,
dated October 4th, 1899, recorded Liber
1876, page 1913, notice is hereby given
that the mortgage intends to fore
close the same for condition broken,
to wit; non-payment of both interest
and principal.
Notice is likewise given that after
the expiration of three weeks from the
date of this notice, the property cover
ed by said mortgage will be advertised
for sale and will be sold at public auc-
ton, at the auction rooms of James F.
Morgan, on kaahumanu street, in Ho-
nolulu, on Saturday, the 27th day of
February, 1909, at II noon of said day.
Dated, Honolulu, T. H., January 90,
1909.
WILLIAM r. CASTLE, Trustee,
Mortgagee.
The premises covered by said mort
gage, and which will be offered for
sale, consist of:
All of that parcel of land at Mokau-
ca, in Kalihi, Oahu, known as the
"Kaiulani Tract comprising 154.5
acres of apana >, L. c. A. 6450, r. P.
2509, to Kaunuohua no Moehonua, as
set out in deed of the Kapiolani Estate
to W. c. Achi, recorded Liber 200, page
rs, excepting therefrom, however, the
house-lots and other parcels sold and
expressly released from said mortgage,
as follows:
(Heavy black figures and letters
| refer to blocks of said tract.)
| Numbered blocks as follows: la. lots
to 7; 1, to 19; =, to 5, s to H. IA and
Is; 3, TO II; 4, 4 to II, Is, IA and II;
| 5, 5, 7 to g, 10. IS TO 20; 6, to 4, to g,
i II to Is, Is to IS, 20 and Il; Z, i to 5, Is
to IS, IS, 19, q and "a; 3. to 10, IS and
ii; 9, to 5; 10. to 6, 9, II to Is, Is to
IS; ! 1, to II; 12, to 7, II; 13, to ],
"a; 4, to 7, 9 to IA; 10, to 3, IL; IS,
to II; IT, ! to !, Is, IA. 10 to q; IS,
s to 10; 80, to 20; 20, to 3, 6, IL tc
IA; 21, Is to 20; 22. l, 2; 2:S, l to 5:
20, l to 4, and NV. OF a line drawn
through and 6; ;S3, q, p; "a, to e
and along road to top OF pail.
Lettered blocks, as follows
A, to 8; B, to +; c, to 6, 9
10; D, +. 5, 10, IL; E, l to y; F, l t.
10; G, l, 2; H, /; I, / to 6; j, l to 8;
K, 2 TO 5, Z to 8; L, l to 5, to 10:
o, to 6; P, to 6; Q, l to 9; r, l t.
10; S, , to 4; T, to 5.
Also the portion of the foregoing traet
known as "Kaiulani Park
Maps of the property and furthe
particulars can be had of Castle {
| Wilmington. attorneys for mOrtgapee
S260-Jan. %; Feb. 5. u, 10, % to .;
inclusive.
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ANNUAL, MEETING.
Waialua Agricultural Company, Ltd.

Notice is hereby given that the An
nual Meeting Of the shareholders of the
Waialua Agricultural Company, Limit
ed, will be held at the office of Castle
& Cooke, Limited, in the Stangenwald
Building, Honolulu, on Friday, February
Goth, 1909, at ten o clock a. III.
T. H. PETRIE,
Secretary, Waialua Agricultural Co.,
Ltd.
Honolulu, February 10, 1909. S271
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ANNUAL MEETING.
Kekaha Sugar Company. Ltd.

BY order of the Board of Directors.
the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Kekaha Sugar Co. Ltd. viii be
held at the Office of H. Hackfeld &
Co. Ltd, Honolulu, T. H. on Wednes-
dav. February y. 1900. at 10 a. M,
for the purpose Of electing officers and
transacting such other business as may
be brought before the meeting.
The stock transfa~ hooks cf the COM
panv will he closed from February %
to February "a, both dates inclusive.
F. KLAMP,
Secretary.
s274-Feb. Is. 70, p.
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ANNUAL MEETING.
The Koloa Sugar Co.

BY order of the Board of Directors,
the annual meeting of the stockholders
of The Koloa Sugar Co. will be held at
the office of H. Hackfeld & Co., Ltd,
Honolulu. T. H., on Wednesday, Febru-
AIRY "a, 1909, at $3.50 p. M, for the
purpose of electing officers and trans
acting such other business as may be
brought before the meeting
The stock transfer books of the com
panv viii be closed from February %
to February "A, both dates inclusive.
f. KLAMP.
Secretary.
s274-Feb. Is. 10. "a
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LOST.

Draft No. 1888. dated November %,
1908. for $1077, drawn by Hutchinson
Sugar Plantation Company, Naalehu,
on the undersigned, in favor of Post
master, Honolulu. has been lost and
payment stopped. All persons are
hereby warned not to negotiate above
draft.
VIM. G. IRWIN & CO, LTD,
Agents, Hutchinson Sugar Plantation
Company. 800
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ANNUAL MEETING.
Oahu Sugar Co.. Ltd.

By order of the Board of Directors
the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Oahu Sugar Company, Limited,
will be held at the office of H. Hack
field & Company, Limited, Honolulu,
T. H., on Saturday, February Goth,
1909, at 9 o'clock a. m, for the pur-
pose of electing officers and transact
ing such other business as may be
brought before the meeting.
The Stock Transfer books of the
Company will be closed from February
18th to February Goth, both dates in,
elusive.
F. KLAMP.
S266 Secretary
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ANNUAL MEETING.
Waikiki Sugar Company.

The annual meeting of shareholders
of the Wailuku Sugar Company will
be held at the Office of C. Brewer &
Co., Ltd, in Honolulu, on Tuesday,
February %, 1909, at 10 o'clock a. m.
E. F. BISHOP,
Secretary.
Dated, Honolulu, T. H, February 8,
1909. 1851
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ANNUAL, MEETING.
Hawaiian Agricultural Company.

Hawaiian Agricultural Company.
The annual meeting OF shareholders
of the Hawaiian Agricultural Co. viii
be held at the office of &. Brewer g.
Co., Ltd, in Honolulu, on Thursday,
February 25. 1909, at 10 clock a. m.
E. F. BISHOP,
Secretary.
Dated, Honolulu, T. H, February 6,
1909. S267
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ANNUAL MEETING.
Onomea Sugar COMPANY.

The annual meeting of shareholders
of the Onomaa Sugar Company will be
lald at the Office IF .. 2rewe; & Co.,
Ltd, in Honolulu, n WedLeoday, Feb
ruary "A, 1909, at il clock a. m.
E. F. BISHOP.
Secretary.
Dated, Honolulu, T. H., February G.,
1909 1857
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MEETING NOTICE.

Waiohinu Agricultural g. Grazing Co.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Waiohinu Agricul-
tural & Grazing Go. will be held at
the office of it's agents, VIM. G. Irwin
& CO., Ltd, Honolulu, on Wednesday.
February "a, at p. m.
r. IVERS.
Secretary.
Honolulu, February 9. 1909. S270
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ANNUAL MEETING.
Pioneer Mill Co.. Ltd.
F. KLAMP.
Secretary,

By order of the Board of Directors
the annual meeting of stockholders of
the Pioneer Mill Company, Limited,
will be held at the office of H. Hack
field & Company, Limited, Honolulu,
T. H., on Saturday, February Goth,
1909, at 1880 O'Clock a. m, for the
purpose of electing oncers and trans
acting such other business as may be
brought before the meeting.
The Stock Transfer books of the
Company will be closed from February
18th to February Goth, both dates in
elusive
F. KLAMP,
S266 Secretary.
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ANNUAL MEETING.
Makaha Coffee Co. Ltd.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Makaha Coffee Co, Ltd,
will be held at the office of J. NJ. Dow
sett, Merchant street, on Tuesday, Feb
ruary %, 1909, at clock p. m.
]. NJ. DOWSETT.
Secretary, Makaha Coffee Co, Ltd.
Honolulu, February 16, 1909. s275
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NOTICE OF MEETING.
Kahului cailroad Co.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Kahuiui Railroad
Co. will be held at its office, in the
Stangenwald building, Honolulu, on
Wednesday, the Gath day of February,
1909, at 2 p. IN,
E. E. PAXTON.
Secretary.
Honolulu, February II, 1909. S272
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ANNUAL MEETING.
Pacific Sugar Mill.

The Annual Meeting of the stock
holders Of Pacific Sugar Mill will be
held at the office of F. 4. Schaefer &
Co., Ltd, in Honolulu, on Thursday,
February 25th, 1909, at clock p. m
J. W. WALDRON,
Secretary.
Honolulu, February 10, 1909. 1915
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MEETING NOTICE.
Kalopa Agricultural Co., Ltd.

Kalopa Agricultural Co., Ltd.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Kalopa Agricul-
tural Co., Ltd, will be held at the
Office of its agents, VIM. G. Irwin &
Co., Ltd, Honolulu, on Wednesday,
February "a. at $3.50 p. m.
r. IVERS,
Secretary
Honolulu, February 9, 1909. 1910