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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-11
HOW LINCOLN BECAME PRES
IDENT.

As the time drew near for the meet.
ing of the Republican National Con.
vention Of 1860, all signs seemed to
point to the choice OF William II. Sc
ward Of New York, and Lincoln's NOM
nation for President remains one OF
the mysteries of politics.
A large majority Of the representa-.
tive men OF the Republican party
throughout the country favored Sc.
ward. Wealth and influence were en-.
listed on his side. He was easily the
foremost member of the party. State
after State, in the West as well as In
the East, declared for him. Indeed.
no other candidate had succeeded In
winning any open support beyond the
borders of his own state. His OppO-
nents were regarded merely as favor.
tie sons"
IL has been estimated that nearly II
not quite two.thirds Of the delegates
went to the National Convention with
the expectation Of voting for Seward
and nominating him. At least eight
Of the twenty-five delegates from iii.
nois favored him, while he left his
place In the Senate and went home to
be In readiness to receive the commit.
tee Of notification.
The nominating day came. The Sc.
ward clubs marched the streets AZ In
| irinn1nb Whi1A thnu InI hnu
ever, the shouters for Lincoln
swarmed into the wigwam and the
proud paraders, when they came, found
awaiting them standing room only,
and little even of that. Many a parti.
san of Seward was left to waste his
cheers in the outer air.
In those days no speeches were
made In placing candidates in nomin.
alton. Their names were merely pro.
posed and seconded without remarks.
The motions for Seward were wildly
Iapplaudcd. When, however, Lincoln i
nomination was moved, II was seized
upon as the signal for such an uproar
as never had been heard In a Nation,
al NpHNtHtlpH' lthutT Hdu DptT
carefully chosen for tho purpose, q
man of extraordinary vocal power, and
he had summoned from the prairies a
lusty.throated lieutenant, who, though
a Democrat, so delighted to hear him
self roar that he did not object tC
lending his lungs to the enemy.
At the close of these vOciferous ex
ercises, men held their breath Will,
the roll of the States was called.
On the third ballot, Lincoln com
manded a majority Of the Rhode islam,
and New Jersey votes. The Ohloan
forsook their candidate, and most O
them went to Lincoln, who. at tn
close of the call, stood within yot
and half of victory. A delegate frou
Ohio leaped up and announced tn
change of four votes In that delegation
to Lincoln. This was more tina
enough.
a clerk, not waiting for the ofiicia
announcement Of the result, waved
tally sheet in the air and shouted "Ab
Lincoln TO a man on the roof, VIII
was anXiously peering through tn
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-11
LINCOLN IN CONGRESS.

Lincoln was thirty.eight when he
took his seat in Congress and entered
upon another grade In the university
of life.
The time was well chosen for him.
The elOqucncc of Webster still con,
tended with the philosophy of Calhoun
for the mastery of Il Senate, In which
sat many other noted men, among
them, Benton and Cass, Tom Corwin
Sam Houston in his Navajo blanket
jefferson Davis and Simon Cameron
Hannibal Hamlin, and John a. Dix
Stephen A. Douglas received his pro-
motion to the upper chamber the day
Lincoln entered the lower.
Robert c. Winthrop was the Speak
or of the House, and under him sal
Alexander H. SpArsfehs. Robert
Toombs, Collamer of Vermont, and An
drew Johnson. Horace Greeley was
added TO the membership by spec
ial election. Above all, the name Of
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-11
New Pictures
INCIDENTS IN LIFE OF LINCOLN

skylight and who now cried the news
TO the crowd in the street The mad
cheering within was instantly caught
up without, while the echoes Of a
booming cannon rolled over the waters
of Lake Michigan.
a huge and horrible picture Of the
strange looking man Of destiny WIS
hurried into the hall, where dclCga
tions, in an eagcrnoss to change then
votes to the credit Of the winning side
were frantically striving to make them
selves heard above the fierce din. New
York and Massachusetts dOlefully
bowed to the will Of the majority. Mcr
staggered from the exciting scene al
II drunk, the victors overcome by {
sensation of joy. the yanquIshed b!
the burden Of their disappointment,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-11
GURREY'S
FORT ST, below KING

John Quincy Adams still illuminated
the roster of the House, and II was
while Lincoln was member that the
"old man eloquent" fell, MORALLY
stricken at his post of duty in the hall
of Representatives worn out by life
of service to the Republic.
The new Congressman from Illinois
was totally unknown to his fellow
members. As the only Wing from his
States, however, he received a special
welcome from his party associates.
and this, with his natural gift Of win.
ming men. soon marked him out from
the crowd. He attracted the favor Of
Daniel Webster and was a guest at
several of the great eXpounder's Sat.
urday breakfasts. He needed only to
tell his first story in the lounging room
at the Capitol to gain attention there,
and within a few weeks he was the
recognized champion of the story.tcll'
! ers of Congress.
The Congressional Library, and the
Library of the Supreme Court. with
their great stores of books. were like
"A gold mine in his eyes. More than
once the attendants were amused to
see him tie up lot of books In his
bandanna handkerchief, stick his cane
through the knot, and go forth to his
boarding house with the bundle over
his shoulder, just as in other days he
had carried his wardrobe while tramp
ing from job to job.
, Fortune never served Lincoln bet
ter than when. at the end of his two
years In Congress. she led his stepi
up the old stairway to the bare an,
,dingy law Office of Lincoln and Hern
don In the back room Of twOstor,
brick building on the Square In Spring
field.
) II was not a spacious office. nor evei
, a clean one, for in neglected corne
of 1t, where packages Of government
/ seeds were tossed, the seeds foun,
enough earth in which to take roo
. and sprout. Here. however, Lincoll
was his own master, free to think hi
own thoughts and to speak them. II
I would have been far more cramped II
( the lofty and extensive quarters Of tn
Commissioner Of the General Land o.
fee at Washington than within thes
Z narrow and dusty walls.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-11
CHAMBERLIN IS
ALL FOR HAWAII
EXPIRES. Of American
Association Of
Scientists
BELIEVES HONOLULU SHOULD
Be 1910 CONVENTION CITY
What He Says Of Place - He Has
Joined Boomers for Greater
Honolulu-Points of
Interest

DR.. T. c. Chamberlin who passed
through Honolulu recently. and who
was entertained while here by +. G.
Anterior and others. has Joined the
ranks Of boomers for Honolulu as n
convention city. As he is Just re-
firing from the Presidency of the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science, his word on
the ground will have much influence
among the members. The committee
are to be congratulated on getting
this bit OF heavy ammunition for
their guns. which they are about to
train on the Association.
II was heartily in favor Of holding
thp summer meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science in Honolulu before | had the
pleasure OF short visit last week in
need tell you now that | feel that n
great opportunity will be lost II the
plan is not carried out.
Il could not visit the supreme OBJ
jcct of geologic interest. the great
volcanoes, but even Oahu Is full OF
interest and instruction in this field.
while In botany. zoology, anthrOpolO-
gy. and ClimatolOGy. II Is full of fas-
cinating objects of study. | never
saw vegetation more charming than
that which graces the valleys. hill-
sides and homes OF Honolulu. ! new
er saw fishes which could rival In
beauty and coloratIon and grace OF
form those Of your aquarium. IL
would be hard to find a collection of
POlynesian art more suggestive aud
Instructive than that gathered in the
Bishop Museum.
But that which seems to me to
surpass In deep interest all the spe-
cial scientific field. is the Contribu-
tiCn which is now being made TO the
solution OF the great humanitarian
problem of the relations OF the East
and the West. and of the Monaghan
and Caucasian races. by tho COM
mingling OF the Oriental and occi-
dental races and civilizations under
the NhlfS vi the
Islands. Schools in which children
OF "A dozen or more nationalities are
gathered and are tremendously unit
ing in developing their higher ma
lures on common ground and by
common means, constitute laborator-
les OF civilization, peculiarly. worthy
Of critical study at the present time.
, THE educational, industrial, and
, philanthropic institutions Of Homo
/ lulu, placed as they are midway be-
!. tween oldest Orient and newest Oc-
j. cident, in wonderfully congenial
climate, form a transition station
4 whose evolutionary functions are un'
3 surpassed In interest. II is well
worth crossing half the American
continent and half the Pacific ocear
to witness the unique combination
h of conditions and functions present
L ed by the Hawaiian Islands, particu
5 larry as the crossing is JOY in II
:, self"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-11
The Truth About
kidney Trouble
PHYSICAL WEAKNEss)

When there II pale, pasty complexion
that persists In spite OF diet and careful
living. or where there is physical weak
ness that likewise reslsts the usual treat
ment, the kidneys are to be suspected.
Food often does people with kidney
disease very little good.
Instead Of storing In the system tho
albumnn, starches and sugars that our
food releases the iniiamed kidneys de-
fleet them, and tests disclose them in
the Examinations unused. The patient
grows weaker and weaker, and as the
kidneys are not sensitive there Is usu-
ally no pain, and there appears TO be no
cause for the continued weakness. In
such cases a test for albumen may
| disclose a strong percentage OF the
| strength of the food IN the climinstions
unused, but, as albumen can not he seen
| and In only disclosed through chemical
| tests, the patient, unless he Is In the
hands OF a physician. often has no limo
cases grow unwlttingly into the sup
posed chronic, incurablc stage.
| In these cases Fultons Renal Com
pound acts definitely, but quite slowly.
| for the inflammation is usually OF con-
siderable standing and Permanence. As
the kidneys Medical Works have moth
| ing but diet and symptomatic treat
| ment, both Of which have proven futile
In these chronic cases,
As tulton's Renal Compound reduces
the Inflammation, the albumen will be
found TO be gradually decreasing and
| recovery slow but definite In about 81
per cent OF all cases
| Literature mailed free.
| JOHN ], FULTON co,
2l2 First Street. san Francisco
Honolulu Drug Co. Fort ST. are our
sole local agents, Ask FOR Bl Monthly
Bulletin or late reeOyories, 81.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-11
New Frames

bears and other wild animals still in
the woods. There ! grew up. There
we're some schools. so called. but no
qualification was ever required Of a
teacher beyond reading, writin', and
cipherin to the rule of three II Il
straggler supposed to understand Lat.
in happened &c, sojourn in the neighbor.
hood, he was looked upon as Il wizard.
There was absolutely nothing to excite
ambition for education. Abraham
Lincoln, in his own life sketch.
Nevertheless 1t was in those back.
woods of Indiana that the ambition Of
Lincoln was awakened. There, out Of
poverty and toll and sorrow, the sturdy
nature of the child was woven, and
there the man was born, sprung from
the very earth. The wild forest was
his university, and 1t taught him more
than many boys learn in academic
grooves, for II taught him to use his
hands as well as his head, and to think
and act for himself His mental growth
Twas slow and did not cease while he
, nNeu, DuI Inoldlls' NO 'uul d'N''
seemed to come almost to full statur,
in mere boyhood.
Already he stood apart and alone. ii,
was with, but not of, the backwoods
men, among whom he toiled and jest
ed. His thoughts and his dreams hat
borne him out Of their forest worl'
and far away from the tasks of hi
hands. His heart was not in hoeini
and wood-chopping. He slaughterc,
hogs, swung the axe and scythe, an,
welded the fail, but he could not pu
the man into the work. His employer
knew II and rightfully found fault.
say he was awfully lazy" one of ther
insisted nearly half century after
ward. "He worked for me, but he wa
always reading and thinking. II
said to me one day his father laugh
him to work. but he didn't teach hir
to love IT,"
This man did not take into his ca
citations the fact that his big laz
= hired hand would walk farther an
work harder to get an old book tina
any one else around him would wal
or work to get new dollar bill.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-11

Little Clarence-"Say, papa, do
mushrooms only grow in damp
places?"
Papa--"Ncs, my boy"
Little Clarence Is that why
they look like toy umbrellas
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-11
HOW LINCOLN BECAME LEADER

Lincoln's neighbors In Illinois. from
his first appearance among them. re.
|spected him for his strength Of char.
acter as well as for mis- strength of
body. If n wagon stalled in the crook.
ed, muddy lane, which was the only
street Of New Salem. he was among the
first to go to the aid Of the driver. II
n widow were In need of firewood. he
cut II for her. He watched with the
sick, and any chance for kindness, from
splitting a log to rocking cradle,
found his hand always ready to serve
II he made mistake In weight or
change across his counter, he did not
sleep until he had corrected the error,
though sometimes he tramped miles in
to the country In order to find the Gus.
toner whom he had innoccntly
wronged. All relied on his sincerity.
and thus, while hardly more than Il
boy, he came to be hailed as Honest
Abe" 100.
Upon his election to the Legislature,
borrowing the money with which tn
buy suitable clothing, he went To the
capital at the opening Of the session
and there entered upon the career for
which he had long been fitting himself
In the hard school OF experience. lie
was now approaching his twenty-sixth
birthday. He never had lived I'm a
town, but always in Lighthouses in the
woods. He never had lived where
there was church, He never had
been inside college, and had attend
ed school hardly more than six months
In ALL He welcomed the four dollars
n day, which was allowed members OF
the Legislature, as by far the biggest
pay he ever had received. In fact, hC
had not averaged four dollars week
His fellow members were frontier
solOns. pioneer farmers and village
lawyers, for there were no large towns
in Illinois. Chicago was yet mcr,
trading post In a swamp. There were
a few Frcnchmcn,. representing tn,
Surviving communities of the pcrOC
when Illinois was under the lilies o.
. the BOurbOns and the tricolOred flag %
! Revolutionary France; the rest of tn,
members generally were men of south
ern origin like Lincoln.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26

It's easy enough to recognize the
symptoms of poor paint, after 1t has
been on awhilc-after its inherent ten
dency to crack and peel and scale and
blister. etc. has developed into trouble.
You know these paint diseases" usu-
ally indicate adulteratiOn or substitu-
ton in the paint materials. And YOU
kuow the only remedy is ropainting.
\ little knowledge of paint and
painting requirements, and how to
make sure of the purity and quality
of materials, would prevent all trouble,
and save the big extra expense of re-
painting; just as II proper knowledge
of simple health-laws, and observance
Of them, prevents sickness.
\ complete painting guide, including
n book Of color schemes, specifications
for ali kinds Of painting work, and an
instrument for detecting ndultcration
In paint materials. with directions for
using it, can be had free by writing
National Lead Co.. 1902 Trinity Bldg.
New York. Il asking for llouseuwn-
er's Painting Outfit No. 40.
A very simple guide in the purchase
of white lead (the only sure and safe
paint materially IS the famous dutch
Boy Painter" trademark that trade
mark is all absolute guarantee of purity
and quality.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
MORO Grating WnX.

The best grating wax IS made from
four parts of resin. two parts beeswax
and one part tallow, all by weight,
melted together over a rather slow fire
in an iron vessel of some kind. The
resin. is melted first, then the beeswaX
is added, and subsequently the tallow.
The ingredients are gently stirred with
a small stick and thoroughly incOr-
poratod. This will take from twenty
minute to half an hour. being care
full in the meantime to avoid burning
the fluid. When properly mixed, a CON
Venient portiOn-not too mucll-is
poured into Il bucket Of cold water.
In a minute or less it will be cooled
sufficiently to be lifted out with the
hand and pulled like taffy. The hands
must be kept moderately creased with
tallOw to prevent sticking. When the
wax is pulled until it becomes pale
yellow it has been worked sufficiently
and may be made into rolls of con
vcnient sfze-three or four inches long
by about an inch in diameter-and
placed in another vessel Of cold water
to harden. More of the melted ma
terial is to be poured into the cold
water from time to time. and treated
as before, until the whole is worked
up. The rolls (when they become
hard, as they soon wild are to be
put away until required in grating.
This wax when applied to the trees
will not crack in cold weather, nor
melt and run dOwn in warm weather.
If grating IS lone in cool weather, the
wax may need to lie in warm water
for a time before applying to the
CRAFTS, in order to have 1t Of the
proper consistency to work we'll; If
used in warm weather It may need to
lie in cold water. Care is needed in
lifting it out to free it from the wa
ter as much as possible. In putting it
on the CRAFTS the hands must have q
little-very little-tallow. to prevent
the a from sticking to them. This
requires Judgment, for If the hands are
too greasy the wax will not adhere
properly to the cut surfaces Of the
CRAFTS. 1t should be pressed closely.
st. Louis Weekly Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26

Fresh meat is only occasionally OBJ
tainable on the farm when situated
any distance from a large city. Dur
ing its Investigations Of life on the
farm by the country life commission
this problem was one frequently met
with. Products Of the big packing
hOusts Y reach small country vii
lagos, consequently fresh beef IS scarce
in the rural communities. In the
neighborhood Of Clarinda, Iowa, and
in northern Missouri some 300 German
and Swedish farmers have solved the
problem, in fact have for several years
been feasting regularly on the very
best Of fresh beef. There are, in these
sections, at least a score Of Country
beef clubs Usually each club is COM
posed Of sixteen members, because a
beef carcass is easily divided into that
number Of cuts. These cuts alternate
so that no farmer gets the same cut
oftencr than every sixteenth time.
According to the plans Of all these
clubs, one good fat beef animal Is
contributed each week by one Of the
farmers. The killing Is lone by the
butcher in the nearest town or ham
let and the beef dealt out to the mem
bers Of the club, some of whom super
intend the dressing of the animal each
week. The animal contributed must
be satisfactory to every member of the
club. No lean or lumDy iawed ami
NAL is ever run in, expulsion from the
club being the penalty. In this way
farmers who would otherwise find it
impossible to get fresh. edible beef
regularly and in sufficient quantity for
their needs have an adequate supply.
These clubs are made necessary by
| the fact that the best beef cattle are
Railways shipped to the great packing
houses. The packers want all the
fancy beeves available n they pay
much better prices for them than the
provincial butcher can afford to give.
The result is that the butchers in the
little towns get nothing but the poor
est grade of stock, some Of it really I'M
desirable for killing.
More than that. these little town
slaughter houses are, in fact. a menace
to the health of all who eat the prod
ucts. It is rarely an inspector bothers
about visiting one. and they go from
year to year and from worse to worse.
Many of these rural town butchers
peddle meats in the farming districts.
purpose. In summer the meat Is
| spoiled before it reaches the farmer
! and In no season is It clean.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26

SPanielS We're SO called because {


Spaniels were SO called because the
original breed of this type came from
Spain. The Blenheim spaniel got his
name from Blenheim palace, where
this dog first gained popularity in he
time of the great Duke of Marlborough
In the same way the King Charles
spaniel owes its name to the merry
monarch. Fox terriers did not gain
their names from a likeness to the fox,
but from the fact that formerly they
were used in hunting foxes. Many
years ago they were sent by their mas
tiers down the fox's burrow to draw
and kill their quarry. 1t was in those
days a saying that a good fox terrier
never came out of 4 burrow without
the fox. He either brought out his
prey dead or never came out alive him.
self.
The bulldog used to drive cattle and
was trained to meet the rushes Of his
enormous charges by gripping them in
their most vulnerable spot-the nose.
Thus in time he became known as the
bulldog. The dachshund is a German
dog, and, as his name indicates when
translated, was used for hunting
badgers. Hence his name-badger dog.
Among hunter. in hi Fatherland this
breed is still popular, although, as a
rule, they are now too delicate to face
such a ferocious fighter as the badger.
Spitz dogs are so named owing to
their sharp noses. This is also a Ger
man name, spitz meaning sharp
pointed. Another ma me for this breed
is Dalmatian dog, because his native
home was in Dalmatia.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
WITH HIVES.

Child "a Mass of Dreadful Sore, Itch
ing, Irritating HumOr for Tw"
Months-Little Sufferer in Terri
BILE PIight-Curcd by Cuticura.
My six year old daughter had the
dreadful disease called hives for two
months. She became affected by play
ing with children who had IT.. By
scratching she caused large sores
which were irritating. Her body was
n complete sore, but it was worse on
her arms and back. We employed Il
physician who left medicine, but it did
not help her n l tried several RENE
dies, but without avail. Seeing the
Cuticura Remedies advertised, |
thought | would try them. l gave her
a hot bath daily with Cuticura Soap
and anointed her body with Cuticura
Ointment. The first treatment relieved
the itching and in a short time the dis
ease disappeared. Mrs. G.. l.. Fridhoff,
Warren, Mich, June 80 and July IS, 'OS."
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. Of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26


When the COW Is not comfortable she
will not produce milk protitably.
Neat farm houses and good barns are
generally signs of good dairying.
Don't use cheap salt in making but
ter. Use table salt, as the barrel kin
is too coarse.
At present high prices the dairyman
should raise as much of his OWL feed
as possible.
Fresh, clean, solid butter always
brings a better price on the market
than the soft kind.
Dairy COWS should not be too fat.
They should not rob the milk pail to
put on flesh.
The most successful dairymen are
those who are willing to begin with
small capital and work up.
In building up the herd it will be
found the fall fresh COW is the best,
and so is the fail calf the best to buy.
If COWS that are well fed and prop
erly cared for do not prove profitable
dispose Of them and get others.
When rearing a heifer calf for the
dairy the object is to secure rapid
growth of muscle and bone. and not fat.
Keep the stables clean and comfort
able, and the wife and daughter will
be glad to lend a hand in the dairy
work.