New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

At one OF the memorial meetings last night
man wore a badge bearing the portraits OF Ian
coin and Hannlin which his father had worn W''h
wide Awake uniform in the first Lincoln cam
oairn Next TO this, pinned on his coat, was an
emancipation souvenir in the form of white SIX
ribbon bearing picture OF Lincoln striking tne
chains from a slave. Thlsswas worn at meeting
in Albany soon after the Emancipation ProolaIna-
ton was issued The man wore also LAncoin
ard johnson campaign medal, bearing the por-
traits OF the two candidates. and the mourning
badge which his mother had fastened on his jacket
when he went to school few days after the as
sassinaton-
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Charles II. Dickinson. in The einghannton Re-
publican.
n env one hath doubt or fear
That this is Freedoms chosen CLINE
That God hath sown and planted heFs
rst ahS him n10te teSs Heart throw of hs fears.
AS he looks back a hundred years
Cities and fields and wealth untold.
With equal rights before the law
such as the old world never saw
And honor to those who made US free.
Our greatness did not happen so;
owe t ,sst n9t 70 bv ebsHSe bo% o0 or bio% doTs
were forged the things that make Us grsasI
And men st!u live who bore that heat
And felt those deadly hammers beat
Not in the pampered courts OF kings.
God calls His Davids with their sings.
or wakes His Samuels from their sleeps
But from the homes of toll and need
Calls those who serve as well as lead
Such was the hero OF our race;
Skilled in the school of common things
He felt the sweat on Labors face,
He knew the 4inon OF M Mant, 1hs uro5g JnS SSihsS
The weak had suffered from the strong
'PG And RIsspt Kept hir4 for our tins, qf need
To lead us with his courage high
To Ixa indeed
Then, that he be by none surpassed
God crowned him martyr at the last
Let speech and pen and song proclaim
Our grateful praise this natal morn;
Time hath preserved nobler name.
And generations yet unborn
Shall swell the pride of those who can
Claim Lincoln as their countryman
In Difference to complaints from their home
soians the Swedish Parliament last October passed
a law by which a tax OF per cent was imposed
on all foreign operatc, theatrical and other enter
tainments and OF 10 per cent on the salaries of
foreign artists The act has just gone into force,
and il Is causing much perturbation in Germany,
Cor in the past most OF the imported musicians in
Sweden have been Germans. If the parlaments OF
Norway and Denmark pass similar measures to
protect their native Iusicians-and fears enter
tanned that they wil-the prospect for minor Ger
man players1~ill indeed be bad
The automobile is great institution"
# It you pass friend 1sE ana
Louisville Courier-Journal
MANY lovers of seaweed have written-with the
conclusion that we need worry about the
wheat supply long there Is the sea-" says
The London Chronicle "a correspondent tells
US that South Wales finds particular sort OF
green seaweed on its coast After being washed,
It is boiled down and made up-generaily with
cakes. and eaten with bacon. 1t is
called laver-bread, and is considered a great
aelicacy So let paddle with our children on
our summer holiday and gather the years in
come"
''Some men, said Uncle Eben, has a way Of
keepin' deir conscieaces quiet by takin de minis
de res o. de week.''-Washington Star.
"A teacher in one of the schools of Berlin has
given to the papers OF that city composition
written by one OF the>pupils in hts school on the
subject, THE Kaiser. in the course of which the
young author says: Prince wilhelm was born
on the Kaiser's birthday. From the dome OF the
castle 101 salute shots were fired. The old grand
father and old Wrangel hoped into a cab and
went to the schloss. and old Wrangel said, The
boy is all right and the father made bow from
the balcony. and 1t awful cold. And when
the boy was baptized his father held his watch
IN front OF the little fellows nose. and he grabbed
t and never let go again. because he is a Hohen-
zollern"
Don't you think" said the landlord that a law
drinks with Sunday meals would be
no. Sue responded the guest addressed; "it
would ruin the public digestion No man could eat
! dozen meals Sunday and keep wen. sir."-Phila-
lephia Ledger.