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snake. Tall. strong 1.-THE and smiling. Abe toiied
a farm laborer. mule driver sheep feeder.
deer killer. woodcutter. and. lastly. as boatman
on the waters of the Wabash and the MississippL"
Another English writer in describing the pres
ident is still more realistic than his countryman
when he says:
To say'that he is ugly is nothing: to add that
his figure Is grotesque is to convey no adequate
impression. Fancy a many six feet high, and
then out of proportion: with long bony arms and
legs. which somehow seem to be always In the
way: with great rugged. furrowed hands. which
grasp you like wise when shaking yours: with
a long Enaggy neck and a chest too narrow for
the great arms at its side.
Add to this figure a head cocoanut shaped
and somewhat too small for such a stature. COW
cred with rough. uncombed and uncombable hair.
that stands out in every direction at once; a face
furrowed. wrinkled and indented though It
had been SCARED by vitriol; n high. narrow fore
head: and sunk deep beneath bushy eyebrows two
bright, dreamy eyes that seem to gaze through
you without looking Mt you: n few irregular
blotches of black brstly hair in the place where
beard and whiskers ought to grow; a close set,
thin Tipped. stern mouth. with two rows of large
white teeth. and n nose and which have
been taken by mistake from a head twice the
size
"Clothe this figure. then in n long, tight, badly
fitting suit OF black. creased. soed and puckered
up at every salient point of the figure land ey-
cry point of this figure Is salienD. put on large
fllftting boots, gloves too long for the long, bony
fingers. and fuhy hat. covered to the top with
dusty. puffy Grape: and then add to this an air
of strength. physical well moral and a
strange look of dignity coupled with all this gro
tesqueness. and you will have the impression left
upon me by Abraham Lincoln
Ward Lamon. who knew him Intimately. goes
more Into details. He says: Mr.. Lincoln
about six feet four inches high. the length of his
legs being out Of all proportion to that OF his
body. When he sat down in chair he seemed
no taller than an average man. measuring from
the chair to the crown of his head but his knees
rose high IN front, and a marble placed on the
cap Of one would roll down n steep descent to
the hip. He weighed about $50 pounds. but he
thin through the breast. narrow across the
shoulders. and had the general appearance OF a
consumptive subject Standing up. he stopped
slightly forward sitting down. he usually crossed
his long legs or threw them the arms of the
chair as the most convenient mode OF disposing
Of them. His head was long and tall from the
base Of the brain and the eyebrow" his fore
head big and narrow. but incnng backward
II rose.
The diameter Of his head from ear to
6h inches and from front to back eight inches.
His ears were large standing out almost at right
angles from his head: his cheek bones high and
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suaded tho people that he was one Of them the
moment he made his appearance on the plat
form-his homeliness and his intimate and apt
Of the simple speech they could understand.
There anecdotes which are intended to show
that even In a community Of persons not noted
for manly beauty he was considered pre-eminently
the reverse. Yet. although this was the subject
Of jests at his expense. no one thought any the
less OF him for It. This homeliness-call II ug.
liness II you wi-of his face. the awkwardness
OF his form. and the ungainliness Of his gestures
and attitudes seemed to the people to go natu-
rally with his goodness Of heart and the simple
ity of his nature.
In their eyes when advocating the cause OF the
oppressed and when opposing the forces which
would destroy the nation he became to many pos
itivcly handsome. AS years afterward one old
man who knowed" him said:
Lots of EN- will tell you he was homely.
Seems to me that's about all some folks around
here has to tell about Abraham Lincoln. Yes.
knowed him. they say. He was the homeliest
man in Sangamon county Well, now. don't you
make mistake. The folks that don't tell you
nuthin' but that never knowed Mr.. Lincoln. Meb.
be they'd seen him. but they never knowed him.
He want homely. There's denyin' he
and he wasn't pertikeler about his clothes. but
that night up to Bloomington in ten minutes after
he struck the PLATFORM tell you he was the
handsomcst man ever see."
The month after his first election the publca-
tion Once a Week in London printed the follow
ing personal sketch Of Lincoln:
Abraham Lincoln Is a gaunt giant more than
six feet high strong and long limbed He walks SLOW
and. like many thoughtful men Wordsworth and
Napoleon. for example), keeps his head inclined
forward and downward. His hair is wiry black
his eyes are dark gray. his smile is frank. sim
cere and winning. Like most American gentle
men. he is loose and careless In dress. turns down
his tapping white collars. and wears habitually
what We consider evening dress. His head is
massive. his brow full and wide. his nose large
and feshy. his mouth coarse and full; his eyes
nkan ia nzed n fa
down into strong corded lines. that disclose the
machinery that moves the broad jaw. This great
leader of the Republican party-this abolitionst
this terror Of the Democrats'-ths honest old
lawyer with face hafRoman, halfIndian,
wasted by climate, SO SCARED by lifes struggle.
was born in 1909 in Kentucky. His grandfather.
who came from Virginia. was killed by the Indi.
ans His father died young. leaving widow and
several children. They removed to Indiana, Abe
being at the time only six years old. Poor and
struggling. his mother could only afford him some
eight months rough schooling: aud in the clear
ings OF that and unsettled country the
healthy stripping went to work to hew hickory
and gum trees to grapple with demonstrating
bears and to look out for the too frequent rattle
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RECOGNIZED the Inevitable.

Pyrrhus had just won his costly
victory over the Romans.
"Well!" he calculated. 81 suppose
I've got to say it-posterity will ex-
pect 1t OF me. But It's such moldy
old chestnut. Here goes: Another
such victory and"
But we shall be more considerate
than Pyrrhus was. We shall stop tho
quotation right there.-Chicago TriD-
une.
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The Miserable Villain.

Low Comedian-After all these
years Eggbert has at last succeeded
in making a hit with the audience.
Soubrette-So? How does he do 1t?
Low Comedian-You know he has
always played villain roles.
Soubrette-Yes.
Low Comedian-Wcll. in the last
act Of new play the author allows
him to repent and say, 1--WE been a
miserable villain" That confession in
variably brings down the house.-Bos-
ton Post.
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Where He Made IL.

''Hullo. Binks!" said Wobbles. q
hear you've been In the chicken busi-
ness"
Yep" said Binks.
Made anything out OF it," asked
Wobbles.
yep" said Binks. Ten thousand
dollars"
Ten thousand dollars In the chick
en- business?" demanded Wobbles.
Nope. Out of It," said Binks.-
Harpers Weekly.
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A Fellow Worker.

"Yore hands don't look as II yew
ever done any hard work." said tho
old farmer.
II work with my head instead OF
with my hands. sir" replied the city
boarder. haughtily.
Huh" calculated the o. (. Il don't
want no butters-in round here"
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How They Act, Some of Them.

Guest-I am amazed to hear you
sny that the delicate and refined
young lady is Miss Pert. | met her
at Fashion Grove last summer and
thought her the loudest. coarsest
commonest. most vulgarly hoidenish
creature l ever saw in my life.
Hostess-But that was in the coun.
try, you know.-New York Weekly.
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Now Amt That a Fact7

We beg to differ with the psycolog-
ist who announces that our dreams
are reproductions OF the actual events
in which the dreamer participated in
his waking hours. Even In the warm
est weather II not our practice to en-
ter n crowded drawing room clad In =
single garment OF no great length
Chicago Tribune.
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Accounted For.

Belle-I wonder why that cookbook
ing doctor avoids me so and Is 50
cool to me when We meet?
Nell I think IL Is because Ned
thoughtlessly told him what you said
about him.
Gelle-What did say that he didn't
like?
Nell-You said. don't you remem-
Der, that he had such killing ways.
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Ie-What did I say that he didn't
CeIebratinQ,

"And. you call that your master
piece?" asked the convivial friend.
Il do" replied the artist.
rs 1t dry yet?"
''It Is"
well. let's go out and wet it,
Yonkers Statesman.
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Drawing the Line.

"The fresh young man who always
wants to start something remarked
the Observer of Events and Things.
draws the line when 1t comes TO the
morning fire."-Yonkers Statesman.
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Surprised.

Teacher-When man goes about
and talks a good deal, what Is he
called?
TOmmie-An orator, ma'am.
That's right. And when woman
goes around and talks a good deal,
what Is she called?"
"a isance."-Yonkers Statesman.
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Were the commencement exercises
Interesting"
VERY. The time was divided be-
tween advice from public men on tho
selection OF n career and suggestions
from graduates on how to run the gov
ernment"
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IS N3J7DJ 17T z0l00 mn

prominent; his eyebrows heavy and
jutting forward over small. sunken
blue eyes: his nose long. large and
blunt, the tip of It rather ruddy and
slightly awry towards the right hand
side; his chin. projecting far and
sharp, curved upward to meet a
thick. material lower lip. which
hung downward; his cheeks were
fabby, and the loose skin fell In
wrinkles or folds: there was large
mole on his right cheek and an un'
commonly prominent Adams apple
on his throat: his hair was dark
brown In color. stiff. unkempt. and
as yet showing little or no sign OF
advancing age or trouble: his com
plexion was very dark. his skin yell
low. shriyeled and ''lcathery.' In
short. to use the language OF Mr.
Herndon. "he was n thin. tall. wiry.
grisly. raw.boned man." looking
voe.struck." His countenance was
baggard and careworn. exhibiting all
the marks OF deep and protracted
suffering.
Every feature OF the mnn-the
hollow eyes, with the dark rings be-
meath; the long. sallow. cadaverous
face. intersected by those peculiar
deep lines: his whole air. his walk
his long. silent reveries. broken at
long intervals by sudden and start
ling exclamations. rs II to confound
an observer who might suspect the
nature Of his thought-showed he
was a man OF sorrows-not sorrows
of today or yesterday. but long treas
ured and deep-bearing with him
n continual sense Of WEAKNESS and
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Her Bait.

"You have to have different bait for
different fish, don't you, MAJ"
II guess so; l know l caught lob
ster with mistletoe."
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A loafer,

Mrs. Hoyle-My husband Is trou.
bled by perspiration' Of the hands.
Mrs. Doyle-Mine, too, and 1t Is all
the manual labor he does.
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lily, but tell them of my good friend,
your Vegetable Compound, and that
there will be no backache and bearing
down pains for them if they will take
1t as l have. I am scarcely ever with
out it in the house.
will say also that think there is
no better medicine to be found for
young girls to build them up and make
them strong and well. My eldest
daughter has taken Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for pain.
full periods and irregularity, and 1t has
always helped her.
II am always ready and willing to
speak a good word for the Lydia E.
Pinkham's Remedies. tell every one
i meet that owe my health and hap
piness to these wonderful medicines"
Mrs. j. G. JOHNSON, Scottville, Mich,
RID. 8.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs. and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
Of female diseases.
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Hix-Suffering from digestion, chi
What have you been eating?
Dix-I think l ate too much health
food.
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KInNEV Is n deceptive disease
thousands have 1t and
n. don't know 1t. II you
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can mako no mistake by using DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp Root. the great kidney rem
edy. At druggists In Nifty cent and dol
lar sizes. Sample bottle by mail free.
also pamphlet telling you how to find out
II you have kidney trouble.
Address, DR.. Kilmer d Co., BInghamton N. Y.
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pl1EN1 YOUR IDEAS. ,Thcy, may bring you
I'M SWu wealth. 6I-pnge Book frrr. Esf. f,eQ-
fitzgerald Co.. fAt-Attys BOX X Washington. .DA
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OWES
HER
HEALTH
To Lydia e. Pinkham' s
Vegetable Compound

u ~ sAAes AIsA AhA0AAtsAA =
v ge table Com
pound and Sanative
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| I live on a farm and
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five years old, and
am the mother Of
thirteen children.
Many people think
1t strange that l am
mot broken dow n
with hard work and
Il
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-17
Insrs.,e IN ssesl Cars.

All who travel by rail are interested
introducing steel cars on American
railways. In the space Of the thirteen
years since the Introduction Of tho
steel car 1t Is estimated that approxi.
mately 325,O00 all-steel cars and PAS.
600 steel underframe cars have bsen
built, involving an expenditure by the
railroads OF possibly more than $780,
00O,0 900. The construction Of the last
twelve years has developed a car Of
about 10000 pounds from the averages
pressed steel car Of $4,000 pounds at
the beginning of the period. The de-
signer Of the original pressed ccr. who
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-17
EsREPUB1ICAH IOWA, JANUARY A.

"De - rs1s1lsr how I TOLD you
eaoe tAae Q nan IKE your father WAS
woeth Q wAolo Paradise Of aagels?
Wen, ! want - b . man, Jeanne, -
aeag - possible such . man - hs
was. A1A I wat 70 walk besj1o you
alWayO."
A shin g wiud from astern OVER.
took tAsn - he grsak ensign dap
pa forWara, 0sroening them tor Q mo.
ment who're hey stood. from tie view
OF IL root q The deck. With Q sud
den Daosaoo Of Understanding che
olasD>d hin close ana kissed hin,
THE END.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-17
Axstuda.

AxoS0Hos
At the end Of the hard work In the
fally q number OF cases Of asoturia de-
velop. This disease 10 also called
Monday morning disease Fourth OF
July Disease and haevnaSlobinuria
The cause of axoturia may be as
cribed to the fact that horGes in good.
hard flesh. and being fed oats and good
hay while working. are rested for a
day or two on the same amount OF
feed AZ when at work. While the horse
10 idle the nourishment from the feed
IL not used by muscular exertion. but
ii stored in the liver. Nothing Will be
noticed in regard to the patient being
sick until after it IL moved. say. half
a mile or SO. The horse usually comes
out Of the barn feeling unusually well:
will jump and play for quarter OF n
mile. Then he becomes dull and stupid.
laxs back and gets lame In one or both
hind legs. II allowed to stop he may
recover in one or two hours so he can
b.. taken back to the barn. II COM
PEELED to keep moving. ne will sooner
or later drop in the harness.
The explanation Of the symptoms
seems to be that the nourishment
which Is stored in the liver Is thrown
onto the muscles all at once and
causes Il congestion. that the
muscles can not take care OF it: hence
the stiffness. The muscles over the
rump and hind legs are usually hard
or boardlike. The urine Is coffee col
ored. and in a great many cases, is AS
black as blood. The coloring matte.
of the blood comes thru in the urine.
For treatment the first thing to do is
to stop the animal as soon as the
symptoms appear. Then draw tho
urine. Rub the muscles over the az
fected parts. Give the horse some
form of laxative. Keep the horse on
his feet. if possible Give him assist
ance when he makes an effort to rise.
or otherwise the horses loses courage
and will remain down until he dies
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-17

KsS rsesltly gives lutAsatiS figures
"a this nnaftse, Aas suggested that b
the BUILDING a he stronger ear OF 70.
day The central fundamental idsa q
saving n lsal weight he's been lost
sight OF. He anticipates that ct the
rate steel cars are being built today
the number viii be treblsd In the
next ton or flfteen years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-17

Wanted q Professional Opinion.
The golden haired song bird had Just
bowed to her audience when man
rushed frantically upon the stage and
cried:
lis there physician in the house?"
A young man in the third row. blush
ing with embarrassment. arose.
Say. doc" asked the man on the
stage. with jerk Of his thumb to-
ward the singer. '.ain't sue beautY'-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-17
VALUATION OF OUR RAILWAYS
Interstate Commerce cou,mlss,en
Places Total for Lest Wear q
Over 81, ooo, 600 900

Figures pr pared by the interstate
commerce commission for tho fiscal
year ending June 30. give the total
single track railway mileage In the
United States ~ 236.s6s miles. An in
crease over the previous year Of 3.21S
miles. The total aunbsr Of employees
on the payrolls Of the steam railroads
Of the country was 1909. S23, an I'm
crease Of 6e.6l3 over the previous
year.
The par value Of railroad property
was $17.4s7, s6s.s35. OF this amount
$l3.711.S67. 1888 was outstanding in the
hands Of the public. representing .
capitalization Of $ss.25s . mile of line.
OF the capital outstanding there es.
listed as stock. 37.ss6.27s.545. Of which
$6.21e. 1872 ,4S5 was common and $l,467.-
$4,000 was preferred: the remaining
part. 3s.so1 so. $50. represented fund
ed debt.
The number Of passengers carried
during the year ended juno 80, 1909.
was ss1.471.436. The corresponding
number for the year ended June 30,
1905. was S90.00s.674. The number Of
tons Of freight WAS l $50, $50. TAI. while
tho corresponding figure for the pre-.
vious year vas 1855. sSl, 100. the IN.
crease being 3s,577. 961 tons.
The operating revenues Of the rail-.
ways in the United States were $3,lls-
677.63S: their operating expenses were
1883. 1890. The corresponding 70.
turns for 1903 were: Operating rsve-
MUGS. $2.Ss3. 1901. $50. and operating Ell.
penses, 1865. 647.S 76. Operating e1.
penses averaged t6Se6 mile Of Hno.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-17
He Popped.

A gentleman who had been in Chi.
cago only three days, but who had
been paying attention to q prominent
Chicago belle. wanted to propose. but
was afraid he would be thought toe
hasty. He delicateiy broached the
subject AZ follows:
III were to speak to you Of mar.
rage. after having only made your &c.
quaintance three days ago. what would
you say Of it?' ~.
well. should say never put OF till
tomorrow that which should have been
done the day hefnre Yesterday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-17
A Mean Revenge.

The Monday ministers meeting has
yielded new story. A clergyman in
order to avoid unnecessary calls with
drew his name from the telephone
book. Soon q lumber merchant with
. similar name complained that the
calls came to him. The clergyman re-
GREETED his inability to do anything in
the matter. The next parishioner who
called UP the lumberman was request
ed to so to another climate and not
interrupt my sermon"
The clergyman's name is now print
ed In the book.-New York Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-17
enasa the Dispute.

enaea the Dispute.
Two ladies at tea party got quar-
relinE about their respective ages. At
last 20 end the dispute one Of them
said In conciliatory tone Of voice:
Don't let us quarrel over tho matter
any more. dear. l. at least, have not
the heart to do It, never knew who
my mother was. for she deserted mo
when was baby, and who knows
but that you may have been that
heareIeSs parcntv
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-17
Air.


Air seems to spoil easily. Air trav.
cling through shafts aud special aif
chambers, in fact. air going through
anything that cuts 1t OF from the
ocean Of atmosphere, loses some Of ito
indescribable vitalizing qualities and
II liable TO cause weariness and
feeling Of depression to those who ha.
bitually breathe In artincially venti.
lated houses. Scientific examination
may show such air absolutely pure.
but all the same 1t Is poor stuff TO
take into the lungs. This also OK.
plains the real rock bottom difference
between town and country air. High
" artificial food and highly artificial
air. no matter how good they seem.
aro not the real stuffs themselves.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-17
RAILROADS AND MOTOR CARS


Not Q littls has BEEN said a1A writ
ten Of late shout IL various effects Of
the automobile demand IN connoction
with ths livsss5oa 70 purchases Of cars
OF fun1s which e&hssvtse might be
added 70 tie capital held In savings
banks aod 0AllaS Institutions Or de-
voted to Tie purchase q securities q
the incoms.yisldtng class.
It II now gravsly reported that Ger.
tafa railway omclals are disposed to
regard the automobile - having an ad.
verse effect on the passenger traf,c
OF the roads. No figures are adduced
to chow 10 what sxtsnt the motor de-
prtves tho railways Of businsss, and,
on the other hand. there are railroad
men who are quoted as saying that the
companies derive positive benefit from
the multiplication pf autos. apart from
the freight earnings which are the re.
sutl Of the transportation Of the raw
material and the product when fln.
ished Of the factories manufacturing
such vehicles.
Furthermore. Il r. held that bust.
ness is actually brought to the
railroads, particularly through the
increased employment Of auto trucks.
which haul four times the tonnage
that can b carried By wagons with
horses and In frrm one-half to one
third the time which the latter 70.
quire 20 bring goods Of all descrip-
ton TO the freight stations for ship.
ment BY rail.
The disposition Of the farming pop.
ulation throughout the country to use
autos in Transporting their product
renders them able 70 chip the same
with much more Independence, while
II also stimulates the Countrywide
demand for better roads. the latter
being something which all intelligent
railroad operating ofncials appreciate
In it's beneficial effects on commerce
and Observation-Disclosures.