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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-07
The Bust OF Lincoln
n the spring of 1876. having been
elected alternate delegate from Ne

n the spring of 1875, having been
/ elected alternate delegate from Ne
vada in place of the late Hon. w E.
Sharon to the national republican con-
vention. to meet in Cincinnati that year,
| paid visit to Lincoln's tomb while
en- route and was there April Il. 1875.
the eleventh anniversary of his assassi-
nation and death. His remains were
rested on low trestles i'm the catacomb
at the north end of the monument |
did not consider this safe. as was sub
seuuently proven. In the memorial hall
at the south end was a life size bust of
Abraham Lincoln. l inquired of Mr.
Power. the custodian, Who made ii p
He replied: "Leonard w. VoIk, the
sculptor in Chicago. and it was made
Just before Mr.. Lincoln went to Wash
ington to be inaugurated president for
the first time, and the only one ever
/ said. II am going to Chicago and will
YOU please give me letter of introduc-
ton TO him?" He replied: You don't
need any Go and introduce yourself" f"
For some months previous to that Jour
new / had been reading very intently
]. Lothrop Motley's work, The Rise
and Fall of the Dutch Republic" which
contained the account of the assassina-
ton of William the Silent, and I was
deeply inbued with the spirit or that
work.
On my arrival In Chicago L at once
went to find the studio of Leonard volk
/ saw the name on the door, gave two
or three raps, when l heard a voice
saving Come in" l entered and saw
man with square paper hat on his
head and in his hands chisel and NAL
let standing beside a heroic statue
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contlnned from Preceding Pae.

late Governor Richard !. OgIesby was
chosen president and the late DIR. S. II.
Melvin. who afterward removed to
Oakland. Cal. was a director (The
latter's son. Hon. Harry A.. Melvin. is
ore of the supreme Judges now on the
bench of California; The funds for
this purpose had to be raised by con-
tribution. The legislature of Illinois
appropriated s5o,0o0. and there was a
grand total of $1S0,f2O90 raised. of
which the public schools of California
contributed s1.7S0.44. The late Hon. +. b.
Blaisdell of Oakland. Cal. when gov
ernor of Nevada. contributed $500 and
the members of that legislature 800
more.
Soon after celebrating the seventy
fifth anniversary Of Lincolns birth in
Starr Kings church in Geary street.
san Francisco. February II, 1884. a
modest but enthusiastic German. a car
penter by trade. who had attended the
celebration, died; and when his will was
found and fled with the clerk of the
probate court. he had wiIIed the sum
of $4,000 to the Lincoln monument as
sociation at Springfield, Ill, which was
sent to that association there by decree
of Judge Coffey, the heirs in Germany
insisting that his Will be complied with
In every respect.
The monument itself when completed
with all the bronze statuary in piaca
cost the sum of s173,2s2.70, leaving a
balance OF s6.S3S.20 for the improve
=zsnt and care of the grounds. covering
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SIX acres It Is a grand monument, 20
feet from north to south and - feet
wide from east to west, like the bas
toned citadel of fortress. and the top
IF the obelisk 100 feet above the
ground In front of it stands the ped
estal and statue of Abraham Lincoln.
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SHEETS RROM

SHEETS FROM
NUSTER ROLL OF
NA0KFIAWK War
INAINYOLN'S HAND
WRITINe. THIS Roll
HROU9HT WEST II
The OONfIER Party,
IS NOW NOK0uANDi
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-30
KANSAS KIDS TO Be
TAUGHT CENT|uTY
Will Be Given Thorough In.
structions in Morals and
Manners.
Manners.

Topeka, Kan. Special: An effort to
change the ways of the Kansas small
boy and girl by providing for a ourse
in morals n manner is to be made
winter. The state board OF education
has decreed that In all schools a GER
tain period must be devoted to a study
OF ethics. During this time the boys
and girls are to be taught what is
right and what is wrong and an effort
made to arouse their conscience.
No longer will the small boy be al
lowed to play marbles for keeps or
trade knives sight-unseen. because he
will be told that 1t is contrary to the
moral law CT h land. It will be in
stilled into the mind Of the young
folk that 1t is very bad form to oil q
hunk OF paper into a ball and chew 1t.
Fletcherizing until the ball is stick and
soft, and then paste" some girl with
1t. Stealing apples from an orchard.
lighting. putting pins on the teachers
chair. pulling another boys hair or
eating an apple in school hours, will
be shown to be the height of i'll man
ners.
The girls are to have special in
notes in school, chew gun, eat candy
or whisper when the teacher isn't
looking.
The course in ethics also includes
special instruction in address, so that
the small boy will not say Yep" or
Mop" hen asked a question. MAX
ing faces at teacher when repri-
manded will be discouraged n the
tattletale will be driven from the land.
The new course of stdy is to be
more or less Of an experiment. Tho
board Of education will insist on spe-
cial instruction each day and on an
honest effort being made to see If the
Kansas school children cannot be more
refined than the school children OF
other states.
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New York Society Women Talk "cul.
ture" Too Much, Says Mrs. Gorst.

~
From the New York Herald.
will you tell me one thing" said
MRS. Harold E. Gorst. a recent visitor
Of distinction from London. "Why is II
mat American women refuse to 'frivol?'
Do they think that it is silly and a
waste OF time? I have been made to
fee hopelessly unintellectual and
trivial almost everywhere I have been
IN New York by the culture CONVERSE
ton going on around me. There seems
to be a culture conversation fad on.
You go to culture teas, culture lunch
cons and culture dinners. and the per-
son who does not look Intellectual and
talk culture is openly frowned unon.
We English women simply love rot
ting as we call 1t, and we never think
that the greatest lion does not eniov
a little frivoling. I know that all men
like it and it does not hurt any woman.
may be, to frivol. I do wish thev wo MIA
try 1t. The relief to us would he tra-
mendous.
II have seen a New York hostess
glare at her husband because he was
rotting, with me and really finding a
great pleasure in telling me about his
Babaism, -Ibsenism and pragmatism
were adding their little contribution to
the culture conversation and not one
had the least glimmer OF originality in
It. Why not be human, say I; be our
selves? OF course we modern Eng
lfshwomen read, think and study. but
when we gather together socially we
amuse ourselves and each other ana
we have no silly feeling that we have
wasted time. We like frivolling and
frivolling is a very entertaining and
delightful pastime. And I might add
that there is just as great an art IN
knowing how to frivol as in knowine
how to discuss culture subjects"
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Full and Curly Hirshute Attach
ments Once Popular on the
Baseball Diamond.
BUT THEY WERE FATAL

According to Sam Crane. the veteran
player and critic. there was a time that
baseball ran to wliskers-full and curly
long and flowing, that collected hay
seed, burs and cactus with every wind,
every passing zephyr.
sJiggs Donohue was the last PLAYER
who dared to come out before the pub
lie on a baseball field wearing the ziz-
zizzers that the wind blew through.
The last time Jiggs was seer play
Ing with the a lingerie was in Nash
Vile. Tenn. when the Giants were on
a visit there about 10 years ago.
The evolution of baseball from the
wh:sker stage Of the past to the pres
ent day of clean-shaven. baby-faced
PLAYERS is interesting. It is not gener-
ally known what caused the sudden
change from the long, silky. flowing
hirsute appendages of. say a dozen or
Is years ago to the present ministerial
facial stage. Here is the real reason:
Contest Very Close.
Once upon a time Jim O'Rourke, the
oldest man now playing baseball. was
the left fielder of the Giants, and was
playing a game with the Giants against
the Chicago White Stockings. The
scene of the diamond battle was the
same old historical Polo grounds that
the present Giants call home. There
was the same old sun field in left and
Oil III IlOuIh6 ldCcQ IL, as nave
all of Jim's successors to the position.
The game had gone on to extra in
nings-about the fifth. Tim Keefe was
pitching for the Giants and John Clark
son for h Chicagos. 1t was the crucial
stage of a hotly CONTESTED struggle.
There We're three White Stockings on
the bases, two men out. and two strikes
on Captain Arson. who was at bat. The
score was two runs each. Could there
be a more interesting or exciting stage?
The fans, for there were fans in those
days, and. yes, bugs, too, were crazy
with anxiety, yelling and shouting, on
the verge OF nervous prostration. An
son was called baby" in those DAYS.
but how he could swat,
Then Il Happened.
Tim Keefe was in a hole. He had to
put the ball owe or else he would force
a run in by giving Anse a base ON
balls. So Tim put 1t right in the roo
Crack. h ball sailed high in the air
and was ordinarily an easy catch for
O'Rourke. There was a strong wind
blowing. but who thought that would
bother such a great fielder as
O'Rourke? He was set under the ball
with hands outstretched. The crowd
had already began to cheer the catch.
But. horror Of horrors! Just as the
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like to thank somebody for taking such
excellent are of me-" he answered
testify.
He closed his eyes YEARLY and with
an invalid's irritability he heard the
returning swish Of skirts with a NUT
tered imprecation.
The next moment some one stopped
over him. He almost tainted from
the subtle perfume Of a woman's hair
as 1t touched his forehead, old memo-
ries stirred so keenely that he felt that
he must call out in his agony-it
must be a return of delirium-and still
ne did no open his eyes,; at least, he
did not open them until a tender kiss
touched his lips. and then his startled
eye looked straight into those of-Lal,
his Lal. The sweet, earnest eyes as
clear as of old, the old-time love shin
ing from them as 1t did nine years ago.
Have I found you at last, dear; at
II think that I found you. Harry.
You have been here in my hospital for
quite a while now" she said, laugh
ing lightly.
Your hospital-then you are the
DR.. Cathcart, al your service"
He held her hand in silence for a mo-
ment, and then after lifting 1t feebly
to his lips. he said:
Laura, rye been such a fool"
Dearest, you have told me nothing
else-except that you still love me-
through all the long days and nights OF
your delirium. Perhaps I have thought
the same thing Of myself many. many
times during these years of u sepa-
ration. But Harry, out Of u folly has
been born such a wondrous, new rich
life for both Of Us. that VI can surely
afford to forgive each other"
The Morefield Settlement has two
physicians now instead Of one.
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I'm just about tired Of this sort Of
sni ig I-al. and l wish you would stor
dodging the issue and settle it now
once for ALL
You never asked anybody else to be
your wife quite so often, did YOU. Hal?.
queried the girl teasingly.
oh, hang 1t. I'm lot joking-"
Neither am I, my e. boy, and
a hoped that you would respect the
earnestness of my convictions on this
matter enough to do as 1 so strongly
want you to do
They were drifting idly along neal
n shore OF the French river. the boat
guided only by an occasional turn of
n mans paddle. Both were good to
look upon; full of life and vigor and of
singularly similar types. The firm
lines around the mouths of both of
them boded Ill for the giving in of
either, unless indeed love proved a
mighty argument.
Look here. old girl. don't be SO ut
seriy, SO absurdly quiSotic, it's a relic
OF barbarism, this idea of yours that
q man should work when he had no
need to. What is the earthly good of
drudging all ones days, or the best of
them, at any rate, simply to crafty a
whin1; won't you try to see it my way,
dear?" ~
Her eyes flashed an answer to the
dear" but she shook her head with a
sad little smile.
You see, Hal. it doesn't exactly ap-
peal to me in the light Of a whim. You
were all devotion to your profession.
You were anxious to leave varsity
with honors. To be a great surgeon
seemed to be the only worthy goal of
life-all this until you were interrupt
and since then-well, just nothing
all. h truth is I am afraid that
I'm a trifle disappointed in you"
Sorry. very" he said, stiffly, but
your point of view is perfectly incom-
to me. Most girls wouldn't
call two hundred and fifty. though, an
Interruption"
Wen, I am not most girls and I do
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Cdl1 IL 80, ana B. most n
at that" said the girl mutinously.
well. no matter what you choose to
call 1t, the whole thing SINNERS down
to this, will you marry me right away
mot at all, I uppose you are going
to say" she interrupted. We'll. per-
haps I was"
Then my answer is no. II you will
go on, finish your medical course and
map out your life according to the
plans we had made then I will marry
you. not as I first said when you had
gotten a good start, blu as soon as o
are through, as the money will obviate
h necessity for our waiting any long
er. But you must prove yourself q
man Of stability worthy Of my trust"
He beached the canoe with an angry
jerk and helped her gu with the
words:
This is final, I suppose? II you will
not speak of 1t again. I decline to be
dictated to as to what I shall or not
do with my life or with the money
Laura Cathcart had probed the weak
spot in her f1ance's armor N she was
a wise enough woman to realize 1t.
Herself possessed Of great strength OF
will. high ideals and a steadfastness
her years. h could not understand
how an inheritance of one wen a
considerable amount, could entirely d.
vert the current Of a mans life. Never
theless the counting of the cost Of liv-
Ing up to her convictions weighed
heavily upon her woman's heart. She
loved him-but because she loved him
she must demand the best Of him for
his own sake and hers, perhaps for their
children's.
They were both guests at q house
party by the northern river. At break
fast the next morning Harry asked her
for q few moments conversation with
such an amount Of Formally that their
hostess looked after their ~retreating
forms with considerable anxiety.
II do hope nothing serious Ia h mat
ter" she said. There seems to be
some GOODNESS between those two chill
dren-such a perfect match too. par
ticularly since Harry came into that
money-and now II they have quarrel
ed, and here, too"
Nothing in the world but q lovers
quarrel. Kate" put in her husband,
gcomfortingly, I'VE had lots OF 'em. you
know"
But Laura Cathcart was not the sort
OF girl to indulge In q lovers quarrel
Just for the fun Of making up and
Harry Sergeant, left ..Benvenuto" the
ext m~orntng-no longer an engaged
man.
He went to Europe and came to his
in England and Vienna and returned
to New York. a man whoSs had proved
himself-and still longing for his first
love. Upon inquiry he found that her
mothe- had died in the interim. TWAS =
current superstition that h had taken
up the study Of medicine and was prac-
ticing In connection with rome sSctal
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settlement in New York Brooklyn. but
as none of the old crowd ever saw her
no one had an definite information ia
offer. y
This was not the most hopeful In.
formation in the world, but at least
no one had heard of her marriage 40
there was still a possibility that she
was alive.
When he awoke he was lying in a
dainty room, filled with the unmistak-
able touches of a woman's hand. There
was a simplicity n purity about the
furnishings and a precision of neatness
which instantly claimed attention. As
ms dazed senses gradually cleared
themselves from the mists of fever he
wondered In that idle remote fashion
peculiar to people who have been lately
In the valley of the shades where he
was. He had lost consciousness In a
den of filth and misery; he regained Il
IN a heaven of exquisite purity. Just
tnen the entrance Of a nurse gave him
the opportunity of questioning her.
SO that brute didn't finish me after
all. more's the pity-still I don't know
there may be more for me to do. even
II I never find her. he added. half to
himself
Nurse, o haven't told me where I
am yet"
The girl smiled at him and said:
You are in very good hands, d. Ser
geant. You are at the Morefield Settle
ment hospital; you have been here five
weeks today and I don't mind telling
you that you have been a most trouble-
patient at times, but the doctor
here seemed to consider your case n
most interesting one.
How on earth did you come to be
here n Who is this doctor Of yours
takes such an interest in stran-
Il am not sure that you are a stran-
ger, DR.. Sergeant. However, you will
find out. l will send the doctor to
you now If you wish"
wish? Of course I wish it. 1 should
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-30
WHISPERS USED THE
LOSS or ONE PENNANT

pa!i was about to settle in O'Rourke's
INIT ne was seen to brush something
away from his eyes. 1t was his long.
SILKY, blond mustache, one end of which
nag peen blown into his deep blue
oros by the wind. OF course, Jim fall
ed to catch the ball, and three elated.
the dish. V
The game was lost-and the cham
pionship vent with it. It was a most
disastrous error. Jim claimed that An
son should be credited with a three
base hit. jim escaped being charged
With an error.
But that one incident meant the
aealh OF the wniskers. Tim Keefe, who
wore a beautiful black mustache,
enough, n Duke Farrell, whose silk-
en- one OF inky blackness was a dream,
tel! Obliged to separate himself from
nls'n," 1t was a sad state Of affairs.
U necessary. From that day up to
now there have been few mustaches to
aecelve you, the last being worn until
lies. '"e "-
But to an old-timer who can go back
70 me days when whiskers were the
habit and when the umpires sat on an
easy chair, holding an umbrella over
tnelr neads, the change is more appar-
ent and startling thar to the present
generation.
Appendages Were Varied.
There were nearly as many varieties
OF whiskers as there were players in
the old days. Harry Wright, having
been born in England, clug to the Eng
llsn style OF wearing his facial adorn-
ment-a la Governor Hughes.
Asa Brainerd, the famous pitcher Of
the old Cincinnati Reds, was addicted
to Lord 'Dundrearys, but no one ever
heard of the ball getting tangled I'D in
them.
Dick Mcbride, the pitcher for the
original Athletics, Of Philadelphia.
wore closely trimmed Burnsides:
George Wright wore s%ideboards; Dave
Birdsall had those little dabs of whis-
kers growing on the side of his face
and so did Andy Jerome.
Charley Gould, an old first baseman.
wore a mustache and gcatee, the reg
ular baa baa kind. There were many
more players Who wore t little
bunch of whiskers on the chin"
Dtcky Pierce was too short to grow
the County Antrims. He was afraid
the ball would get tangled up in the al
Pat Dockney. the catcher of the old
Mutuals, who made the longest hit ever
made on the old Union grounds. in
Brooklyn. walloping Che ball far over
the pagoda in deep center, wore whis-
kers Of the good. old Irish cut.
And so have the baseball whiskers
to the baby-faced stage.
For the Congo a smelling plant to
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ATTRACTIONS OF
THE NORTH POLE

From the Memphis Commercial APP
peal.
No pennant flying at the pole.
No train robberies.
No political platforms made to be
broken.
No betting on races.
No DRINKS and di~sorderlieS.
No Turkish baths.
No chop-suey joints.
No social clubs.
No union station.
No police.
No Salome dance.
No fire department.
No baseball fans.
No baby dolls and sheath gowns.
No bargain sales.
No undesirable citizens.
No strikers and strike-breakers.
No Thaw case.
No magazine poetry.
No bOok-wormS or bOL-Weevils.
No rear beer.
No night riders.
No grafters.
No hole in the treasury.
No automobile scorchinS.
Nc street a hogs. VI
No Merry Widow hats.
No Standard Oil wells.
Nc newspaper with the largest
circulation in the world.
No nature takers.
No Carnegie libraries.
No coal-smOke nuisance.
No chewing gum peroxides.
No complaints of the heat.
No steel or sugar trust.
No juicy divorce scandals.
No weather reports.
No Queenie with her hair in a
braid.
No Ultimate Consumer or Inno-
cent Bystander.
No pianolas or megaphones.
No color line or race war.
No Shakespeare-B2conian contro-
versy.
No liquor problem.
No jaEs, odorless or otherwise.
No political parsons.
No candidates for office.
No insurance solicitors.
No messenger boys on bicycles.
No cook ladies'.
No breakfast food or specialists. d,
No mosquitoes or f1eas.
No hazing. .
No pellaogar or artertosclerosis,
No market reports.
No tanglefoot soirees.
No dives or gambling hells.
No fear of invasion. .
No muck-rakers or mollycoddles.
No political pulls.
No hell. y. =.
No pole.
"A
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'Takina Tirns out.

ssal5 x1U4H gH0 ~0eIp RECORD.
A0ebottom was a roofer. He was
on g Mickle street house. one
g he was lunching. he was heard
10 tive 8 yell Of pain. A1
carpenter asked.
sI got ANAL In my foot. the roofer
said the carpenter.
In my dinner hour?p vel,ed
sRoebottom. reproachfully.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-30
Didn't We.r ,Em.
From Success

Jimmy giggled when tho teacher read
The story of the Roman who swan acro..
the Tiber three times before breakfast,
You do not doubt a trained wimma
could do that, do you, James?"
No. sir" answered Jimmy; but I won.
dered why he didn't make It four ana ret
back to the sid his clothes were on.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-30

In England n person in every I'm
70 unable to read n write: in Francs
two in every 100.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-30

Nevertheless. the woman VIII, c,,mh.
9aschsir 70 escape q mouse can be de-
Hsn KS upon TO climb q three-story
saGasr g save child from a burning
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-30

For the Congo a smelling plant to
treat 1000 tons OF copper ore daily has
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-30

o.750.o00.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-30
-her ldea,

Only sixteen to one hundred victims
Of Bright's disease are under 45 yssss
Of age. &
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-30

Eighty flights is about the life Of a
balloon. :"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-30
SEEING is BELIEVING.

sAh~.As 80 ""s0'ane ! can see themM nov
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-30

call it SO, and a most provoking one
at that" said the girl mutinously.
well, no matter what you choose to
call 1t, the whole thing SINNERS down
to this, will you marry me right away
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TIN just about tired OF this sort of
ching, L-al. and 1 wish you would ston
lodging the issue and settle it now,
once for all" ~