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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

of English? Some OF his uferahces
have become classics. How did he,
with but a few weeks schooling in his
entire life, learn to write gems as du-
rable as the language?
He himself has answered the cues
ton. He read Bunyan, Aesop, Shake
speare, Burns and the Bible. He could
scarcely have had better models. He
did more. When the travelling politi-
clans stopped at his fathers house
they talked of the questions then agi-
tating the country. The child had
difficulty in understanding them and
after climbing the ladder to his bed of
leaves in the loft would lie awake for
hours seeking to puzzle out what they
meant Then he would try to phrase
their sentiments in simpler and clear
er language, in words that any child
could understand. Does not that shed
flood Of light on the marvellous terse-
ness, simplicity and clearness of his
style? l know of nothing more in
spring except Benjamin Franklin's at
tempt to reproduce the thoughts of
Joseph Addison without memorizing
the language in order that by means
Of the comparison he might improve
his own style.
Whenever he heard sermon young
Abraham would come home and try to
reproduce it for the benefit of the fam
lily. Whenever there was lull in the
bayfield, he would mount stump and
deliver speech. At home he would
write on the wooden shovel and shave
it off, repeating the performance until
the shovel was all shaved away. His
means of expression were so limited he
had to be terse. It would be a public
blessing if all authors were forced to
learn the same fine economy Of words
Lincoln even tried to write verse,
but why detract from his fame by re.
producing his poetry? It was about
as bad as it could have been. Never.
theless he had poets soul, even
!! though he was nota success at jingline
his words and chopping them off al
certain machine lengths. Few Amer
lean poems contain more poetry thar
some Of Lincoln's prose:
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20
TILLMAN's SECOND NAME.
Why the Senator Aroused by Presi-
dent Roosevelt Was Named Ryan,

Why the Senator Aroused by Presi-
dent Roosevelt Was Named Ryan.
How Ryan was Incorporated into
Senator Benjamin R. Tillmans baptis-
NAL name was thus told a few years
ago by the South Carolina statesman
who is charged by President Roosevelt
with using his position as senator to
!. further his interest in Oregon land
cases and other private affairs:
"The Ryan in my name came from
an old Wing captain who served in
the Revolutionary war; he said. He
was a neighbor Of my grandfather
and terrible man against the Tories.
/ There were many Tories in South
Carolina. They were third of the
population, guess. Ryan was ter
ror in all that region. The Tories fed
to the timber, with him in pursuit.
After the British captured Charleston
the Wings and old Ryan took to the
woods
"a party of English caught up with
Ryan unexpectedly and made him
prisoner There were an inclination and
/ a purpose to butcher him on the spot
but he was a colonial officer, soldier
under the laws of war and entitled to
be treated as such. 1t was finally
agreed, therefore, that he should be
tied and taken to the nearest British
post. But there was no rope. Al
young man named Booth, a Tory. said
he would go home and get a pair of
cotton lines used in those days for
| blowing. I'D give and he grinned at
Ryan, "a whole season in the cornfeld
to see that old tied He brought
the lines, and Ryan was sent off. In
some way he got loose; was rescued
maybe. The first thing he did was to
notify Booth that he meant to kill
| him. Booth hid in the woods. and
| Ryan couldn't find him.
1T was late in the spring when one
morning before the break of day Ryan
buried his musket in a pile of dead
leaves and climbed bushy poplar
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

reineni ~ :;nce~ seeing in the Offices
OF the New York World this motto:
Accuracy. ferseness, accuracy. J. P"
On the next post it occurred again:
Accuracy, terseness. accuracy. j. p"
1t was hung all over the reporters
rooms. 1t was one of the secrets Of
Joseph Pulitzer's power in building
up the World and his other papers.
Mr.. Lincoln's style answers that test
perfectly. He was accurate because
he could not be otherwise. He had to
state even his opponents position fully,
fairly and completely. He could not
be vague and uncertain in his use Of
facts. His logical mind would not per-
nit him to wander from the truth. He
was just as accurate in the statement
of principle as in the statement Of a
fact. He reduced everything to its
primary elements. His arguments thus
were as clear as sunlight Accuracy
was in his mental constitution. Terse-
ness he imposed on himself.
The address at Cooper Union is an
excellent example of his longer eff
forts. An examination of it gives a
good idea of Lincoln's methods. It is
compacted of facts. There is no fam
boyant oratory, no appeal to prejudice
or passion, no cheap parade of Ian
guage or tricks of phrase He takes
the one theme of the attitude Of the
country's founders on the subject of
slavery and proves it, demonstrates it,
until there is scarcely another word to
be said on the subject He shows be
| yond any question Of doubt that they
had in view the gradual limitation and
ultimate extinction of the peculiar in
stitution" With Lincoln it was facts
facts, facts, logic, logic, logic. He
gestured little, his chief gesture being
a downright sledge hammer blow. he
was terribly in earnest. His voice was
high and penetrating, but not unpleas
ant. At first he was awkward, but
soon forgot himself and all awkward
ness left him He dealt with the sub
stance of things, and that gave him
his power.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

Lincoln quoting Shakespeare with such
power that he suggested the president
had missed his calling and should
have taken to the stage. Lincoln,
however, played on larger stage,
with the ages for his audience.
Terseness, clearness, unity, are the
most prominent characteristics of the
martyr presidents style. Where did
this child Of the frontier learn his use
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

tree near BOOTHS house. he wa1reu
all day. Women went to the spring,
to get water, balancing the buckets on
their heads, as is the practice in the.
south, and one Of them put out wash
Ryan kept on watching there in the
tree.
"About an hour before shutdown a
sister of Booth went along the grass:
bordered path to the spring. She had
a wooden bucket in her hand, and
Ryan. right above her among the
branches, saw something in it. When
she got, to the spring she looked eau
tiously about. Seeing nothing, hearing
nothing, she took tin bucket out of
the wooden one and started off into
the forest. Ryan slid from the tree,
found his gun and stalked her as he
would a deer.
"She came to a log, where her broth
er met her. He ate, and she talked.
Ryan purposely made a noise, and
they looked and saw him, musket in
hand, only few feet away. They fell
on their knees and pleaded, but Ryan
killed Booth right there in the pres
ence of his sister. My grandfather
named his son after Ryan, and the
son. my father, gave the name to me. !"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

Lincoln In ae3 had q
a poet. He loved
Shakespeare and
Burns, whom he
quoted by rote,
and had in his
memory many fu-
gitive pieces to
be brought forth
as S u i t e d b i S
mood. The IA
yorite of all these
was one he him
self ~ a d e IA
nous beginning,
aOh, why should
the spirit Of NOR.
tai be prou d 2
Holmes 81 a S |
Leaf was also
frequently on his
II p s, a S were
many others in 9
similar vein.
Frank B. Car.
rnrEor fo1Jo ~
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

great OCCdSAOu.
It has as it's object the advancement
of justice, truth or liberty. 1t is the
utterance of some friend of man in op-
position to tyranny or in favor of a
forward step of the race. AS such it is
divine instrument of good. There
will always be place for this sort of
elOquence. 1t will ever form a part of
the literary treasures Of the race.
The oratory Of Abrah ham Lincoln was
of this character. It came from his
heart-aye, deeper, from his soul. Its
mainsprings were hatred Of slavery,
contempt Of shams, love of country
and Of mankind. No man can under
stand Lincoln who does not see his i'm
patience with empty forms, shows,
pretense and lip service. Only the real,
the basic, the fundamental and the
true made any appeal to his intellect
or heart. He knew nothing Of mere
rhetoric. He was utterly logical. His
merciless ridicule stripped off every at
fectation and sophistry. His simplicity
made him put every proposition in it's
plainest terms. His democracy caused
him to phrase his arguments for the
understanding Of the common mind.
His humor and good sense appealed at
once to the masses. But, despite the
humble forms in which his sentiments
were dressed, Lincoln's ideals were
ever lofty, and through his utterances
runs moral undertone, note Of gen.
uine faith in God that has scarcely
been as conspicuous in any ruler since
Oliver Cromwell
The most famous addresses of Mr..
Lincoln were perhaps the one at
Bloomington known as the '1ost
speech" the debates with Douglas, the
Cooper Union speech, the two inaugu-
raj addresses and the Gettysburg ad-
dress. These efforts were scattered
over a period of nearly ten years,
from the formation of the Republican
party almost to Lincoln's assassina-
ton. The last in point of time was
the immortal second inaugural, the
malice toward none, charity for all''
utterance which, considered from
every standpoint, is Mr.. Lincoln's
greatest. There has been nothing in
human speech quite like that second
inaugural since the golden words that
fell from the lips of the Nazarene
nineteen hundred years ago. The
divine justice, the moral quality, the
largeness Of view and the lack OF
bitterness, the forgiveness and the
providence for those left helpless by
the war, all these, coupled with the
occasion and the mansmake the sec
ond inaugural Of Lincoln transcend
any mere state paper, with the single
exception Of the Declaration of indie
pendence.> This may seem extrava
CANT praise, but an examination OF
other state papers will reveal that il
is not. OF course it must be under
stood that this estimate relates only
to oratorical and literary quality.
The Gettysburg address ranks with
the second inaugural, and the two will
ever remain Abraham Lincoln's chief
contributions to literature.
Lincoln was like no other speaker in
history. His style is peculiarly his
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

thing was DELI
mite, stated with an exactness that adj
united Of but one Interpretation. Never
did an orator combine so perfectly the
logical, the moral and the poetical.
His example proves once more that
at their highest these qualities coincide.
There was nothing of the ford about
lincoln. He talked in a conversational
way, and his most conspicuous quality
was common sense
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

w s snsH sa
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

he the ey ! i :
m a Y S a y,
neither real ora
tory nor real po-
etry can ever
pa 8 s out Of
vogue. It is only
the second rate
varieties, the i'm
itations and the
counterfeits that
come into disre-
pute. The high
est eloquencea and
the greatest Tyr
les and epics are
the voices Of the
immortal in man,
and to the i'm
mortal in man
they make their
appeal. Great Or
atory is almost
always connect
ed with some
rrook 111o~s1r
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20
Lincoln as a
Literary Man
18O9-The Lincoln Centenary-l9O9 |
BY JAMES A. EDGERTON

Copyright 1909. by American Press Asso-
cio atom
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20
6he
Lincoln Centenary
Lincoln the Orator
BY JAMES A. EDGERT0N

copyright 1909, by American Press Assoc
ciatiOn.l
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

lOc Cotton Gloves and Mittens. Sc
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

own. Not only are
there no surplus
words, but no
surplus thoughts.
Throwing aside
every nonessen-
tial, he d row e
straight to the
heart Of his SUBJ
ject. He was i'm
PEELED to get at
the very center
Of the thing, at
it's soul. But with
painstaking care,
even if in the
fe west possible
words, he made
every step Of his
reasoning plain.
There was moth
ing loose or vague
in the thought
Of Lincoln. He
was the seyerest
lcgician. Every
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-20

Admiral Robley Evans tells the fol-
lowing story against himself. He had
congressman for a guest: and, hay-
ing run out of his favorite brand of
whisky, made up with some he could
not guarantee. He explained this, and
added:
Here, however, issome brandythat
I've kept untouched for good deal
more than twenty years.
Hand me over the whisky ocean
ter was the rejoinder
!" Why /? " asked the admiral.
Whats the matter with the brandy,
That's what I want to know, Bob, =
said the guest; ;bnt if you have had it
untouched in your possession for more
than twenty years there must be some
thing pretty bad the matter with it. e
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-16
WILL IMPROVE
THE APPEARANCES
OF That Locality, and Another of the
..city's Landmarks viii Be Relegated
To the Things That Have Been and
Are No More.

The question as to what was to be
done with the old depot of the New
Orleans and Northeastern railroad is
one which has been agitating the
minds of number of citizens since
the old building was abandoned Oh
October l, and with the view to re-
lieving the anxiety a News man has
taken pains to inquire of Agent c..
w. Hassell just what was proposed to
be done with the old building.
Mr.. Hassell stated that ever since
the old building was abandoned nego-
tiations for its removal have been
pending, several contractors having
bid on the job, and he thought now
it would be safe to say that before
another week has ended there would
not be the least sign of the old struct.
ure to be seen on the present site.
The building will be torn down and
hauled off, and the ground where it
now stands filled in and levelled. and
not a sing,e thing will remain to tell
the tale Of what has been on the spot.
The removal of this old building will
serve to improve the appearance Of
things in that vicinity and many cit
liens will be sratified to know that it
is soon TO be removed
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-16
WOODMAN CAMP
STILL GROWING

Sixteen new members were added
to the roll of Hattiesburg Camp No
449, Woodmen of the World, at their
meeting Thursday night, and these
represent only small per centage OF
what has been done in that camp re-
Gently.
Deputy Russell, who has been do
ing special work for the two Hatties-
burg lodges during the past few
weeks, has brought in more than two
hundred applications for membership
to No. 449, quite a number of whom
have already been received into the
lodge. while others yet remain to be
acted upon.
This lodge is said to be in splendid
condition and is taking on new life
as result of the splendid success of
Sovereign Russell.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-16
To Minimize The
BOIL WEEVIL PEST
Proposed Statute Will Make Burn
ing of Cotton Stalks Before Novem-
Der CompuIsory-Southwestern
Members Solid for Law.

A law will be proposed at the ap-
preaching legislative session giving
boards of supervisors power to make
it compulsory upon farmers in districts
infested by the boil deevil to burn
their cotton stalks before the 1st of
November each year.
1t is understood that the meas
tlre will be given the solid backing of
members from the southwestern coun-
ties where the boil weevil now exists,
and where it is generally recognized
that the most efficient way to minim-
lie the pest is to burn the cotton stalks
Immediately after he seasons crop is
harvested.
Hon. G. H. Afford, member of the
lower house of he legislature from
Pike county, and who is now serving
as special agent of the United States
department of agriculture, has been
selected to frame the bill and present
it for introduction.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-16
WOULD REOPEN
THE GRANT CASE
Original Complainant is Still Kicking
On Action Taken by General
Grant in Recent Parade.
b. Associated Press

CHICAGO. october 16.-W. r. Mich
aelis, OF this city, who recently pro-
tested to Secretary of War Dickinson
against Gen Frederick d. Grant ap-
pearing in a importance parade in the
uniform of the United States army
and was informed by the Secretary
that Gen. Grant had violated no rule
of the War department. in so doing,
has addressed another open letter to
the Secretary upon the subject
Mr.. Michaelis takes issue with the
statement made by Gen. Grant and
others that the parade was not pro-
hfbition parade, but a Temperance
and law enforcement parade" He al
80 declares that, in his opinion, the
parade was not one Of temperance and
law enforcement but one 'alcula.ed
to inspire intemperance and disorder. +"
He says : Without intending any
personal reflection upon Gen. Grant,
/ believe the incident should receive
effectual inquiry"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-16
A Mississippi Menu.

The menu will not he announced
until the night Of the banquet. It is
understood. however, that the caterers
have been instructed to have the ban
uuot prepared wholly from Mississippi
meats. vegetables and other edibles,
insofar. and this instruction wilt lie
carried out.
Owing to the fact that President
Taft may desire to retire from the ban
uuet room an hour or SO prior to the
departure of his train at 1915 a. M,
the banquet will start promptly 7
II. m, and the speeches of the evening,
except those of the President and
members of his cabinet, will be limited
TO ten minutes each. There will be
no impromptu peeches-that is, the
program as originally planned by the
committee marks the limit of the
evenings oratory.
The decorative scheme has been
fully planned. and will be highly ar
tistic in conception and execution The
only flowers to be used will be huge
chrysanthemLms donated to the COM
mittee on entertainment by two Ia
dies of Woodville, through Mrs.
Charles B. Galloway.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-16
Crime ON WANE
IN DRY" TINES
Fewer Arrests Were Made During the
Past Fiscal Year in City of
Montgomery.
Special TO The Mems

Special TO The Mems
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. 1G.-
Prohibitionists Of the city are point
ing to the police records of the past
fiscal year as indicative of the results
of prohibition.
During the fiscal year of 1907-0S.
when the city was wet" there were
6,096 arrests as compared to $500 ar
rests during the past fiscal year, un-
der the dry" regime. The nature of
the crimes were proportionately less.
For instance, during the wet fiscal
year there We're eight murders as op-
posed to five murders during tie last
year; 2S cases of assault to murder
as compared with s; 81 vagrancy
cases as compared with 260 last year;
4OS larceny cases as compared with
944; 2,2S4 disorderly conducts, as
compared with 1922 last year.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-16
Ur. Cook Will Have Friends C
Records He Lett on
Summit.
IN1IMATES BARRILL
HAS PERJURED SELF
Alleges That Latter Made Affidavit for
Money Paid Him by Explorers EN-
emies-Statement Made to the A.
socated Press.
By Associotea Press.

NEW YORK. October 15.-Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook, refuting the charges
that he had not ascended Mt. McKin-
ley in Alaska in 1906, came out with
staem4 4l- in New York last night az
ter a three-hour Inference with his
attorney, intinating that Edw. N.
Barrill, the guide who accompanied
him. had perjured himself in his re-
cent affidavit for a consideration Of
fered by his detractors.
To disprove Barrills statement. he
further announced that he had taken
preliminary steps to organize an ex-
pedition TO ascend Mt. Mckinley and
procure the records which he says he
left there. He has requested Anthony
Fiala' the Arctic explorer, to head tie
expedition, and has asked Prof. H. G.
Parker, of the Columbia University. to
accompany Fiala. Telegrams were
sent to both Fiala and Parker and
heir answers are expected oday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-16
May Sue Barrill.

DR.. Cook, as calm and as smiling az
ever, received the freedom OF the cfkr.
as conferred by the board OF alder
men, branded as lie the affidavit of
Barrill, and finally fired shot which
started a 24round automobile race
at Brighton Beach He will remain In
New York until Sunday night when
he will confer, with counsel over the
advisa5ility of Bringing action against
Barrill for alleged perjury
Or Cook made the following state
ment to the Associated Press:
Upon my return from Atlantic CITY
today, l conferred with confidential
agent whom l had sent to Montana to
investigate stories which had reached
me in Kansas City. to the effect that
strong inducements had been offered
Edw. n. Barrill, the guide, who accom-
panied me to the summit of Mt. Nc
kinley in the summer of 1906. This
confidential agent returned from Mon
tana this morning and for good rear
sons l don't care at the present time
to make eis name public
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-16
ALL VETERANS
ARE INVITED
To Attend Reunion of Hattiesburq
Camp Next Wednesday-Some
Special invitations.

1--WE thank you for the many kind
expressions about the local Confeder-
ate reunion next Wednesday," said
Capt. w. P. Chambers to a News rep
resentative this morning, "but you
have not made it clear enough that
every Confederate veteran, whether
identified with any camp or not, is
cordially invited to attend.
The News hastens to make amends
for not having made this point
clearer and does so now with great
pleasure. In this connection it may
be stated that the u. G. V. camps at
Seminary, Mt. Olive, Laurel and
Ellisville are especially invited ia at
tend the reunion.
All veterans will receive a most
cordial welcome.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-16
GAME ASSN Meets
ON MONDAY night
New Hunting Club Will Be Formally
Organized and Constitution Will
Be Adopted.

Another meeting of the Forrest
County Game and Protective Associa-
tion, the new organization of sports.
men recently organized in this city,
will be held at the city hall Monday
night, at which time a permanent or
ganization will be effected, bylaws
adopted and other matters of interest
to the club discussed.
1t is desired that all members at
tend this meeting, and those who
have not yet paid their subscriptions
to the game wardens salary fund will
be expected to take care Of same
Monday night. The clubs member
ship now numbers seventy five, prac-
tically every man who has been ap-
preached on the subject signifying a
desire to join.
The club expects to accomplish
much good in the way of preserving
the game of this county and seeing
that the laws are enforced, and all
the members are enthusiastic over
the'prospects of the new organization.