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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10

tered store as clerk in the little
town of Salem. Here he made many
friends. His ambition to rise above
the position of a clerk in country
store steadily increased and he spent
all of his spare time i'm reading and
studytng 1t is recorded that he
walked eight or nine miles to at
tend debating clubs that he might
fit himself for public speaking. He
walkedsix miles to borrow a gram
mar and poured over the book when
ever he could, and when only twen-
ty-two years of age announced him
self as candidate for office i'm the
General Assembly of the State of
Illinois. This was the beginning of
the political career which made him
President of the United States.
In 1887 he was licensed to prac-
tice law and little by little rose to
prominence. He lacked all the
graces OF an orator, but his clear and
torcetul statements impressed his
hearel, of the conviction of an hon
est mind, sound logic, broad sympa-
thies, genial humor; all these made
him great tavorite in Illinois. In
lS42 he was married to Mary Todd.
OF this union three children were
born, two died in infancy, and the
surviving son is Robert L. Lincoln of
CT icago, who s president of the
Pullman Company and who has had
a successful business career.
1t was not until the publication of
the Lincoln Douglas Debates in 1859
that Lincoln became we'll known
thruout the states. 1t was about
this time that an Illinois editor
wrote to Lincoln asking permission
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
Lncoln's Favonte Poem, Which He Knew by I Heart

ABRAHAM LINCOLN knew every
word and line of it, and he often took
occasion, in his meditative moods,
to repeat the following verses:
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal
be proud?
Lilse fast-hitting meteor, a fast fly
ing cloud,
A flash of the lightning, a break of
the wave,
Man passes from life to his rest in the
grave.
The leaves of the oak and the willow
shall fade.
Be scattered around and together be
laid;
And the young and the old, and the
the low and the high,
Shall moulder to dust and together
shall lie.
The child that mother attended and
loved,
The mother that infants affection
that proved,
The husband that mother and infant
that blessed,
Each, all are away to their dwelling
of rest.
The maid on whose cheek, on whose
brow, in whose eye,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10

Shone beauty and pleasure-her tri
jumps are by;
And the memory of those that beloved
her and praised,
Are alike from the minds of The living
erased
The hand of the king that the scepter
hath borne,
The brow Of the priest that the miter
hath worn,
The eye of the sage, and the heart of
the brave,
Are hidden and lost in the depths of
the grave.
The peasant whose lot was to SOW and
to reap,
The herdsman who climbed with his
goats to the steep,
The beggar that wandered in search
of his bread
Have faded away like the grass that
we tread.
The saint that enjoyed the communion
of heaven,
The sinner that dared to remain un-
forgiven,
The wise and the foolish, the guilty
and just
Have quietly mingled their bones in
the dust
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
ABRAHAM
LINCOLN

The centennial of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln on the twelfth of
February. 1909, is one of the most
important events in the early part of
this year, and an event that creates,
annually, a new interest in one of
the greatest men of the last century.
In all the years of the history of our
country one could not find man of
more surprising interest in some re-
spects than Abraham Lincoln. The
story of his life is the story of great
achievements in the face of great
! Obsl acles that a man of less strength
Of character would not have tried to
overcome. Very few of our boys of
today are SO handicapped as was
Abraham Lincoln throughout all the
years of his childhood and early man
hood. Lincoln's ancestors were
men of real force of character and in
some of them we find recorded many
of the traits chat characterized Abra-
ham Lincoln and helped to make
him what he was. His mother,
whose name was Nancy Hanks Lin
coin was God-fearing woman whose
ancestors came from England and
took up their residence in Plymouth,
Mass, in 1899. Lincoln's father
was Thomas Lincoln.
Pictures of the cabin in which
Lincoln was born show that it was
about as crude cabin as it could
we'll be, but the boy was not troubled
by its crudeness nor by anything
else. His inherited good constitution
and the abundant fresh air of
the cabin and the plain and
wholesome food he had to eat made
him strong and hearty. When four
years of age he had his first exper-
ience of going to school. The peo-
pie of those days put very little value
on education and the teachers were
somewhat illiterate. Lincoln said
in his later life that he never attend
ed school more than six months.
His mother who could read and
write taught him what she could at
home.
"A great sorrow came into his life
when he was nine years old for it
was then that his go d mother who
wasin such close sympathy with allhis
best aspirations was taken from him
and the little cabin in the Indiana
wilderness was a place of great des-
olation. About year later Abraham
came into the possession of a step
mother with a warm and tender
heart, his father having married
widow Sally Bush Johnston from
Kentucky and bringing with her
three children; boy and two girls.
The boy Lincoln had the fullest ap-
probation of the good qualities of his
step-mother and she was keen
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10

SO the multitude goes, like the flower
and the weed,
That wither away to let others sue
ceed;
SO the multitude comes, even those
we behold
TO repeat every tale that hath often
been told
For we are the same that our fathers
have been:
We see the same sights that our fa-
theirs have seem
We drink the same stream, and we
feel the same sun.
And we run the same course that OuI
fathers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking our ia
theirs would think;
From the death we are shrinking from,
They too would shrink;
To the life we are clinging to, they
too would cling;
But it speeds from the earth like a
bird on the wing.
They loved, but their story we can not
unfold;
They scorned, but the heart of the
naughty is cold;
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| to announce him as a candidate for
the residency, but Lincoln modest
ly refused saying: Il must in all
candor say that | do 1ot think my
self fit for the presidency" In the
Fall OF that same year, no Never, Lin
coins name was mentioned as a pos
sible candidate for President. Slav-
cry was the absorbing topic every
where and presidential candid tes
were chosen according to their stand
for or against it.
On May 10th, 1860, the Republi-
can convention was held in Chica-
90, where the great wigwam had
been built to ho4d 10000 people.
Few conventions have been so dem
onstrative. All seemed to realize
that a great historical event was
taking place. The outcome of this
convention was that Lincoln was
.electe that fall by IA plurality of ff-
ty-seven electoral votes. Abraham
Lincoln now entered upon career
unparalleled by that of any other
man in the history of our nation.
There is nothing more wonderful in
fiction than the contrast between
Lincoln with nothing to work with
or for, and Lincoln liberating with
the stroke of his pen l,OOO,O 900
slaves.
In the war that followed by his
vigor, frmness, and unshrinking de-
terminal on, Lincoln showed the
world, that he, and not another, was
President of the United States.
In the midst of the closing struggles
of the civil war Lincoln was rerom-
mated and reelected President by an
overwhelming majority. The forty
ter his Inauguration was crowded
with historic events. His Proclama-
ton of Emancipation was embodied
in an amendment to the constitution
adopte \! Congress, and submitted
to the stytes for ratification. Tn
dreadful scourge of war passed away
and the starry flag waved in peace
over the country he loved so we'll.
In the supreme hour of victory.
m madman hand took from the var
quished their best friend, and tt
human race lost one of it's noblest e,
amples, when Abrar am Lincoln W;
assassinated by j. Wilkes Booth. i
the Ford theater in Washingtcr
April 18th, 1865.
President elect Taft says of Lii
coin: Certain it is that we ha,
never had man in public life who's
sense of duty was stronger, whCa
bearing tCward those with whcm I.
came in contact, whether his trierf
or CIItreris, was characterized |,
greater sense of fairness than An,
ham Lincoln"
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Thomas Lowry, president of Il
Twin City Rapid Transit compal
and of the Minneapolis, st. lau' ,
Sault Ste. Marie railway, died il
Friday of tuberculosis, aged SO year
He wss NDy IlCn inent in tie re-
middle states.
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They grieved, but no wall from their
slumbers may come;
They joyed, but the voice of their
gladness is dumb.
They died-ay, they died: and we
things that are now,
Who walk on the turf that lies over
their brow,
Who make in their dwellings, a tran
sient abode,
Meet the changes they met on their
pilgrimage road.
Yea! hope and dependency, pleasure
and pain.
Are mingled together like sunshine
and rain;
And the smile and the tear and the
song and the dirge
Still follow each other like surge up
on surge.
'Tis the wink of an eye 'tis the
draught of breath,
From the blossom of health to the
paleness of death,
From the gilded saloon to the bier
and the ShrOud--
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal
be proud?
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-05
TARIFF HOT WORK
CONTINUED from Page one)

put several Of them in the hands of
Washington physicians.
Clerks Suffer.
But Il is not only the members
that suffer from the constant grind.
The Official force OF reading clerks,
etc, and especially the stenographers
not TO mention the occupants OF
the press gallery-are feeling it too.
Every word that is uttered on the
floor Of the senate IL stenographically
reported and has to appear in type in
the Congressional Record next morn
ing, unless for some reason a senator
desires to withhold his speech for a
day or so. II is calculated that since
the tariff bill was reported to the SEN
ate. upwards Of 100, 900 words a day
have been uttered in discussion upon
It. This would make something like
1000 900 words to date and II Is
small wonder that Milton w. Blum
|enberg, one Of the official stenograph-
|ers-the man who single-handed
makes the report Of every national
convention of the Republican and
Democratic parties-has succumbed
under the strain and has been obllg-
ed to seek rest and recuperation at
the sea shore.
Summer Apparel.
Senators try to adapt themselves
TO the torrld heat In varying ways.
They are divided into three classes,
the vestless, the white vested and
those who continue TO wear the every
day sort of waistcoat. Senator Root
of New York, accustomed to Shirt
sleeve diplomacy through his exper-
fence at the head of the state depart
ment, was the first to appear on the
floor of the senate without a waist
coat. He was apparently a little du-
bious at first about its propriety for
he kept his coat buttoned. As thel
thermometer climbed upward, how
ever, he abandoned that subterfuge
and blazoned forth in a dark-blue
negllgee shirt with a tiny stripe Of
red running through It, and dark
leather belt. He was soon followed
by others and now there are twenty /,
six who daily appear in negligee and
without waistcoats.
The last TO succumb was Senator
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-05
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS
DO Not Endanger Life When a Pa
ducah Citizen Shows You
the Cure.

Why will people continue to suffer
the agonies of kidney complaint,
backache. urinary disorders, lame
ness, headaches, languor, why allow
themselves to become chronic in
Ivalids. when certain cure is offered
them?
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Ineys the help they need to perform
their work.
IL you have any, even one, of the
symptoms of kidney diseases, cure
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w. IL. Smith, 1909 S. Third
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Remember the name-Doan's-
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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-05
OFFICERS
ELECTED BY BARaCA AND PHIL
ATHEA CLASSES.
Two Enthusiastic Organizations OF
the Fountain Avenue Methodist
Church.

Officers have been elected by the
Baraca and the Philathea classes OF
the Fountain Avenue Methodist
church. The officers elected by the
Philathea class are: Mrs. j. l.. Bur
redell, president; Miss Leila Beadles
vice president; Mrs. George c. War
ner, teacher; Mrs. r. b. Baker, sec
Rotary; Mrs. Myrt Ratcliffe, treas
urer; Mrs Pearl Burnett, assistant
teacher. and Miss Nell Clayton. II
brarian. The officers of the Baraca
class are: A. ]. Bamberg, president
]. NJ Gentry. vice president; George
c. Warner, teaher; r. B. Baker. Sec
Rotary; Myrt Radcliffe. treasurer; E
r. Pierce, assistant teacher.
Both classes have large member
ships enrolled and much interest Is
taken in the meetings.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-05
OIL PYTHON HAS NEW GRIPS
Standard Dividends Said TO BE Going
Into Vast Retail Enterprises.

Standard Oil men, with Standard
Oil dividends. are reaching out for
the larger retail trade
For more than year the work of
absorbing or, at any rate, gaining a
controlling interest in enterprises,
which in many instances seem to
have no connection with the produc-
ton of oil, has been going on quiet
ly but actively. and the complete
roster probably would make interest
ing reading. Some of these con-
Germs in which individual stockhold-
ers of the Standard Oil company are
heavily interested are the Hegeman
Drug company, Child's chain of res
taurants, the Corn Products Refining
company, the New York Glucose
compan and the National Starch
company. But there are more to
come. Reports which bear every evil
dence of verify are current that a
great candy establishment with many
branches in New York and other
cities has recently passed into the
control of Standard Oil interests.
All these transactions are the out
come of what is known as the Gin
vestment department of the Stand
ard Oil company. This is entirely
for the benefit of the large stock
holders and the work is conducted in
an unobstrusive manner.
SO thoroughly does the Standard
Oil company now cover the ground
and the earth that IL has all the
capital that it needs and IT is prac-
tically impossible to put more money
back into the industry, which yields
annual millions in profits. Stand
ard Oil dividends, therefore, are
constantly seeking investment, for il
is one of the anioms of John ID.
Rockefeller himself that money
muit not be idle. The head of the
investment department or bureau
was until recently a man who is now
lanker and broker IN Wall street.
There has been a reorganization
Lately, but the search for good OPP
portunities is under the general di-
rection of an accomplished financial
scout who has a corps of trained as
sistants.-New York Herald.
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Aldrlch, chairman Of the finance
committee. who has been bearing the
brunt Of the great tariff fight. Day
after day he appeared cool. calm and
unruffled either by the personal on
slaughts on himself. by the attacks
on his bill, or by the weather, wear
ing a tightly buttoned vest. There
were two days when the THERMOMETERS
reached nearly up to the one hun
dred mark this week. and on the
third he succumbed and Joined the
yestless class. II Is quite a disting-
ulshed class. too, for among It's mem
bers are the following: Dillingham;
VT: DUPONT. Del Clark, Wyo. ;
Bailey. Tex: Clapp and Nelson,
Mimi: Cummins. Ia: Carter. Mont. (;
Switzerland. Utah. Paynter, Ky; Nc
Laurin. Miss; oyerman, \. c.;
Smith, Mich: Brandegee, Conn. f;
Foster. La. simmons. y. c.; Jones
Wash; Buckley. Conn; Stone. Mo /;
Curtis. Kan: Kean. ~ j.; oliver
Pa; Dixon. Mont; Taliaferro, Fla
and Deliver, Iowa
Senator Stone approached the Gues
ton Of summer apparel I'm gradual
manner. First he discarded his vest
Then a day or so later he appeared
with a dark coat but a light pair OF
trousers. But when the THERMOMETERS
was rushing up in the nlneties. he
blossomed out in a two-piece suit of
very flmsy-!ooklng llghtcolored
fabric.
The only suit to compare with Il in
the senate is that worn by Senator
Bacon. OF Georgia, which is a light
colored linen throughout. But Bacon
belongs to the white-vested class.
not yet having been able to induce
his dignity to appear yest-less But
there are others or some of them
perhaps not quite so dignified-who
also cling to their white waistcoats.
For instance, this class includes Gal
Ilinger, n. H.: Perkins. Cal; War
ner. Mo. Johnston. Ala; Hepburn.
Idaho: Tillman. S. c.; Smith, Nd;
Hale. Me-. Scott, w. Va Nixon,
New, and Bristow. Kan. But per-
haps It should be noted that with
the exception OF the last named. all
OF these are portly OF paunch, which
may explain their modesty
Bicycle Cops.
Brown and Davis, the bicycle po-
licemen who follow the president 9
automobile about the District Of Co
lumbia. are becoming expert riders
on their new motors and. unless the
roads are very bad. manage to keep
up with the big car that carries the
Executive.
When the bike cops first got
their motor cycles a few weeks ago
they we're frequently left far behind
and had more than one ugly spill
along the road while trying to keep
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-05

Roosevelt liked the weather IN pro-
portion to it, upnoariousncss. II q
was raining cats and dogs. sheets and
mattresses. THAI was the DAY ho went
Tor the hike out to Great Falls and
back II IL was showing and blow
ing a forty mile gale. that was she
time he preferred for a run out
around the naval observatory. over TO
Fort Myor and through the icy wa
iers Of any creeks ne found In his
way There might be bridge in
sight hat who caredf u was short
cr to wade and swim right through
IN a direct line. aud those who hap
pcned TO be the presidents compau
Ions that day followed him n they
wanted 90 keep his regard.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-05
why Is Sugar sweet7

Ifsugar did not dissolve In the mouta
you could not taste the sweet
GROVES TAsTELEsS CHILL TON.
&c is as strong as the strongest bit
ter tonic, but you do not taste the
bitter because the ingredients do not
dissolve in the mouth, but do dissolve
eadily in the acids of the stomach,
q just as good for Grown People az
or Children. The First and Original
'asteless Chill Tonic. The STANDARD
or 30 years. Soc.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-05

When the death of George Mere
dith was announced a group of Lon
don newspaper hoys quarreled as to
his identity. One held that he was
an amateur champion cyclist, another
maintained that he was the boss
over the biscuit firm" but they finally
agreed to the argument of the third.
that he was the "bloke what played
in the cup final at the Crystal palace. !"
News.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-05
Century,s UNNATURAL CORN.

f. p. House. the dry farm plant
experimenter. has received from T.
J. Scone, of Sidell, ILL.,. one seed OF
cobless corn grown by the Illinois
man. House asked for three seeds
to plant in hill, but only one could
be spared and IL VIII be carefully
tended. The cobless corn grown by
the Illinois man resembles very
closely the primitive husk" corn
Each kernel grows on a parent stem
and each enveloped in one large
husk The Illinois man has succeed
ed in eliminating the stem and by
taking the very tiptop kernel of the
present variety expects ultimatel ia
evolve a perfect cobless corn. The
Illinois agricultural college is foster
ing the experiment and believes in
its success, Denver Republican.
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NntIcc.

Paducah. Ky. June 90. 1909.
Since the Introduction OF HAYS spe-
elhc In Paduoah IA has been steady
seller al our store. We always keep
a liberal supply on hand IN order 10
meet demands We frequently find
customers who want six bottles for
$500. J. ID. BACON.
Seventh aud Jackson SITS.
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Congress.

Congress continues to be a subject
of uncertainty. The tariff debate is
practically closed, but final action
seems likely to be delayed another
month or six weeks owing to discus
sion regarding the corporation tax.
At this writing 1t is impossible to
forecast what form of taxation will
be adopted in order to make good the
governments present deficient reve-
niue. 1t is not expected that the tariff
Twill materially increase the latter, be-
cause the proposed advances in sched-
Jules will tend to check imports, and
lessen rather than increase revenue.
It is an important and rather an I'M
pheasant fact that the present treas
Jury situation is anything but satisfae-
tory. OF late the treasury deficit has
diminished temporarily owing to the
increase of customs revenue arising
from a rush of importations made TO
Anticipate the new tariff. When the
latter is finally passed, the tendency
viii be to restrict imports. although
the increase % business activity will
on the other hand tend TO stimulate
our purchases of foreign products.
The treasury situation is further en-
lbarrassed by the fact that July will
be a month of very heavy expendi-
lures and relatively light receipts.
Secretary MacVeagh has already Is
sued a call for $4,000. 900 from the
Repositories, and the amount OF funds
now in banks may be further lowered
during the next few months. Reliable
estimates are to the effect that the
Treasury may find itself with not
more than s5O.OOO.OOO cash at end
of July. Some unusual steps will UNI
questionably have to be taken to as
sist the treasury, possibly in the form
lof a bond. issue. The situation is fur
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-05

NOMINATE YOUR CHURCH IN
M'PHERSON's ANNIVERSARY
CONTEST. THE BALLOT PRINT
ED ELsEWHARE Is GOOD FOR
FIVE THOUSAND VOTES. CLIP
THE SLIP AND MAIL 1T IN.
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CHEAP WOOD.

Rest and cheapest wood In the city
p cents per load at MILL. Third and
Elizabeth streets.
FERGUSON PALMER 90.