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suaded the people that he was one of them the
moment he made his appearance the plat
form-his homeliness and his intimate and apt
use of the simple speech they could understand.
There are anecdotes which are intended to show
that even in community of persons not noted
for manly beauty he was considered preeminently
the reverse. Yet although this the subject
of tests at his expense, no one thought any the
less OF him for 1t. This homeliness-call 1t ug-
Illness II you will-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
fly 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
ttivey handsome AS years afterward old
man who knowed" him said:
Lots Of em 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 no mistake. The folks that don't tell you
nuthin but that never knowed Mr. Lincoln. Meb-
be they'd him, but they never knowed him.
He want homely. There's no denyin he was
long and lean and he didn't always stand straight.
and he wasn't pertikeer about his clothes, but
that night up to Bloomington in ten minutes after
he struck the platform. tell you he was the
handsomest man ever see."
The month after his first election the publica-
tion Once Week in London printed the follow
ing personal sketch Of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is 9aunt giant more than
six feet high, strong and long limbed. Hewaks slow.
and. like many thoughtful men s(Wordsworth and
Napoleon, for example). keeps his head inclined
forward and downward. His hair is wiry black,
his eyes dark gray. his smile is frank, sin
cere and winning. Like most American gentle
men, he is loose and careless In dress. turns down
his Mapping white collars. and wears habitually
what We consider evening dress. His head is
massive, his brow full and wide. his nose large
and heshy. his mouth coarse and full; his eyes
are sunken, his bronzed face is thin and drawn
down into strong corded lines, that disclose the
machinery that moves the broad Jaw This great
leader Of the Republican party-this abolitionist
this terror of the Democrats'-this honest old
lawyer. with face half-Roman. halfIndian. 10
wasted by climate so SCARED by LIES 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 tinnc only six years old. Poor and
struggling. his mother could only AFFORD him some
efght months rough schooliks; and in the clear
inss Of that new and unsettled country the
healthy STRIPPING went to work to hew hickory
and gum trees to grapple With remonstrating
Aears and 70 look out TOR the too frequent rattle
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snake. Tall, strong 1.-the and smiling. Abe toiled
farm laborer mule driver. sheep FEEDER
deer killer, woodcutter, and. lastly, as boatman
on the waters of the Wabash and the Mississippi"
Another English writer in describing the pres
ident is still more realistic than his countryman
when he says:
ITO say that he is ugly is nothing; to add that
his figure is grotesque is to convey no adequate
impression. Fancy 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
long shaggy neck and chest too narrow for
the great arms at its side.
add to this figure head cocoanut shaped
and somewhat too small for such stature, Gov
cred with rough uncombed and uncombable hair.
that stands out in every direction at once; face
furrowed, wrinkled and indented, though 1t
had been SCARED by vitrio; high narrow fore
head; and sunk deep beneath bushy eyebrows two
bright, dreamy eyes that seem to gaze through
you without looking at you; few irregular
botches of black bristly hair in the place where
beard and whiskers ought to grow; close set
thin Tipped, stern mouth, with two rows of large
white teeth, and and which have
been taken by mistake from a head twice the
size
"Clothe this figure, then, in long tight, badly
fitting suit of black, creased, soed and puckered
up at every salient point of the figure (and ev-
cry point of this figure is salient), put on large
illftting boots. gloves too long for the long bony
fingers, and funy hat, covered to the top with
dusty, puffy Grape: and then add to this an air
of strength. physical well moral and
strange look of dignity coupled with all this gro
tesqueness. and you will have the impression left
upon by Abraham Lincoln
Ward Lamon. who knew him intimately goes
more into details. He says: Mr. Lincoln was
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 average man. measuring from
the chair to the crown OF his head: but his knees
rose high in 'front.' and marble placed on the
cap of one would roll down steep descent to
the hip. He weighed about 1S0 pounds but he
was thin through the breast, 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 over the arms Of the
chair as the most convenient mode of disposing
OF them. His head long and tall from the
base of the brain and the eyebrow" his fore
head big and narrow but inclintng backward a.
1t rose
The diameter Of his head from ear to ear was
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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main He was a plain, homely, sad weary. looking
man. to whom ones heart warmed involuntarliy'
because he seemed at once miserable and kind.
James h Fry, who became intimately acquaint-
ed with Lincoln early in the latters political ca
reer says: Lincoln was tall and thin; his long
bones were united by large joints and he had long
neck and an angular face and head Many ike
nesses represent his face we'll enough but none
that have seen do Justice to the awkward
and ungainliness of his figure HIS ieet,
hanging loosely to his ankles. were prominent
objects but his hands were more conspicuous even
than his feet-due perhaps to the fact that cere-
mony at times compelled him to clothe them In
white kid gloves. which always fitted loosely.
Both in the height of conversation and In the depth
of reflection his hand now and then ran over or
supported his head. giving his hair habitualy dis
ordered aspect.
His expression in repose was sad and dull but
his ever-recurrng humor at short intervals. flashed
forth with the brilliancy of an electric light. l
observed but two well defined expressions In his
countenance; that of pure. thoughtful. hon
est man. absorbed by sense OF duty and respon-
sibIlity: other that of humorist so full OF fun
that he could not keep 1t all in His power OF
analysis wonderful He strengthened every
case he stated and no anecdote or joke ever lost
force or effect from his telling.
Apropos of his large feet there is anecdote
told of Lincoln when he was In the legislature
He had walked his hundred miles to Vandalia, in
1886, as he had in 1884 and when the session
closed he walked home again. A gentleman OF
Menard county remembers meeting him and de-
tachment OF the long nine on thelr way nome.
They were all mounted except Lincoln who had
thus far kept up with them on foot. II he had any
money he was boarding 1t for more important pur-
poses than that of saving leg wearness and
leather The weather raw and Lincoln 8
clothing was none of the warmest.
Complaining of being cold to one Of his COM
panions this irreverent member of the long nine'
told his future president that 1t was no wonder
that he was cold-"there was much of him on
the ground" None of the party appreciated this
homely Joke at the expense Of his feet (they were
doubtless able to bear it) more thoroughly than
Lincoln did. We imagine the cross fires Of wit
and humor by which the way was enivened during
this cold and tedious journey.
The scene was certainly rude one and seems
more like q dream than reality when we re-
member that it occurred not many years ago. in
a state which now contains hardly less than three
millions Of people and 1900 miles of railway.
Cassus M. Clay in describing an address which
he delivered at Springfield in 1856 says: Lincoln
and Browning lay upon the ground whiting sticks
and heard me throughout with marked attention
Hurrying on to my appointments saw him then
no more I never shall forget his long, ungainly
person and plain but then sad and thoughtful
features"
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The Miserable Villain.

Low Comedian-After all these
years Eggbert has at last succeeded
in making 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-Well, in the last
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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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
fiabby, 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 ol
advancing age or trouble; his com
plexion was very dark. his skin yell
low, shriveled and ''leathery." In
short. to use the language of Mr.
Herndon, "he was thin. tall, wiry,
Rrisly, raw-boned man." looking
voe.struck." His countenance was
haggard and careworn. exhibiting all
the marks of deep and protracted
suffering.
Every feature of the mantle
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 al
long intervals by sudden and start
ling ordinations, as 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
q continual sense of weariness and
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A Fellow Worker.

"Yore hands don't look as If yew
ever done any hard work." said the
old farmer.
81 work with my head instead of
with my hands, sir" replied the city
boarder, haughtily.
Huh" calculated the o. I. "I don't
want no butters-in round here"
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Recognized the Inevitable

Pyrrhus had just won his costly
victory over the Romans.
"Well!" he calculated. II suppose
I've got to say it-posterity will ex-
pect it 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 the
quotation right there.-Chicago Trib-
une.
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Now AlnY That a Faet7

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 1t not our practice to en-
ter a crowded drawing room clad in a
single garment of no great length
Chicago Tribune.
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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 I have. I am scarcely ever with
out it in the house.
II 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. Ny eldest
daughter has taken Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for pain.
full periods and irregularity, and 1t has
always helped her.
"I am always ready and willing to
speak q good word for the Lydia E.
Pinkham's Remedies. / tell every one
/ meet that I owe my health and hap.
piness to these wonderful medicines" "
Mrs. ]. G. JOHNSON, Scottville, Mich,
RID. 8.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics OF harm
ful drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number Of actual cures
Of femala diseases.
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Where He Made II.

''Hullo, Binks!" said Wobbles. 81
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.-
Harper's Weekly.
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How They Act, Some Of Them.

Guest-I am amazed to hear you
say 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 ever saw in my life.
Hostess-But that was in the couny
try, you know.-New York Weekly.
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"were the commencement exercises
interesting?"
every. The time was divided be-
tween advice from public men on the
selection OF a career and suggestions
from graduates on how to run the gov
ernment."
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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 sance."-Yonkers Statesman.
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CELEBRATING.

"And you call that your master
piece?" asked the convivial friend.
"I do," replied the artist.
SIS it dry YETI"
''It Isl
"well, let's go out and wet it,
Yonkers Statesman.
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DRAWING the Line,

1.-THE fresh young man who always
wants to start something" remarked
the Observer Of Events and Things.
draws the line when it comes to the
morning fire."-Yonksrs Statesman.
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Accounted For,

Belle-I wonder why that good-look-
ing doctor avoids me SO and Is so
cool to me when we meet?
Nell think 1t is because Ned
thoughtless1y told him what you said
about him.
Gelle-what did say that he didn;h
like? v
Nell-You said. don't you remem-
ber, that he had such killing ways.
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A l-oafer.

Mrs. Hoyle-My husband is trou.
bled by perspiration Of the hands.
Mrs. Doyle-Mine. too. and it is all
the manual labor he does.
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Her Bait,

"You have to have different bait fol
different fish, don't you. MAJ"
Il guess SO; I know I caught lob.
ster with mistletoe."
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DlfENT YOUR IDEAS. -Tney. may bring yer
tn En- wealth. 64-pago Book Free. Est. 1851.
g1txgerAld Co.. PAtAttJs-. Box xK.WaahinGton. DO
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Hix-Suffering from digestion. eh?
What have you been eating?
Dix-I think l ate too much health
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KTDNIEV Is a deceptive disease
thousands have 1t and
TR OTTRT r don't know it. II you
want good results you
can make 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 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
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OWES
HER
HEALTH
To Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Scottville, Mich.-"I want to tell
you how much good Lydia E. Pinkham's

v o S0 I'd v 10 OOm.
pound and Sanative
Wash have done me.
| ] live on a farm and
have worked very
hard. I am forty
five years old, and
am the mother OF
thirteen children.
Many people think
| 1t strange that I am
not broken dow n
with hard work and
The evening times., 1911-07-28

conveys the sentiment that the sue
cessful Wright aviator who has per-
formed such wonderful feats for the
North Dakota stste fir visitors this
week is right ready to take a turn
at the record breaking business
once more.
High winds prevailed today at the
state fair grounds, rendering early
flights impossible. although they will
be staged later in the day, Mccoy.
too. will. fly this evening, both ma
chimes being in perfect condition. the
illght trouble experienced by Nc
Goey last evening having been reme-
died.
Aviation gets the lions share of
attention at the fair this year. with
such excellent features attached to
1t. Parmalee's flights have been lit
tie short Of wonderful, while the sue
cessful flights made by Thomas Nc.
Goey have been of such o nature that
the local crowds have been entirely
.satisfied. McGoey II making good
and tonight and tomorrow will make
his last series Of fights for the fair
crowds.
The evening times., 1911-07-28

Parmalee will make his last flight
tomorrow evening and will leave the
city the same evening. going out on
No. 2 Of the Great Northern. He
makes his next flights at Colorado
Springs next week and will be there
in time to open up Monday. His ma
chinist, Herbert Hazard, preceded
him by several days and is engaged in
setting up the two machines that have
been shipped there. Two Of the
Wright men will aviate in Colorado
Springs.
st. Croix Johnstone. the Chicago
aviator, broke the American endur-
ance records for monoplanes and BIZ
planes yesterday when he remained in
the air for four hours, one minute and
fifty-three seconds, circling the avia-
ton course of about five miles, thir-
ty-nine times. He was compelled to
alight because Of engine trouble in his
all American Moissant. monoplane.
The previous aeroplane record was
made at San Francisco January 20,
this year by Parmalee, his record be-
ing three hours, thirty-nine minutes
and forty-nine seconds.
The evening times., 1911-07-28
FINANCING OF THE
SYNDICATE DENIED
1. O. Hanna Says Merger Pur.
pose Was to Develop
Resources

New York, July 2S.-That the
financing Of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron company syndicate in 1905 did
not cost as much. as a postage stamp"
was the declaration made today by
L. G. Hanna Of Cleveland, Ohio, be-
fore the Stanley trust investigating
committee. Hanna who was absorbed
by the United States Steel corporation
In 1907, also testified that the main
purpose of the men who took over
the Tennessee company In competi-
tion with the steel corporation was
to develop great mineral resources
rather than mechanical equipment OF
property. "In the organization OF
that syndicate" Stanley asked. "did
you employ Morgan or any other
financial syndicate to foot your
bonds7"
@The financing Of the Tennessee
company did not cost the price of q
postage stamp" Hanna said. "There
were no bankers employed.
L.. G. Hanna Of Cleveland" Ohio, IL
a brother of the late Mark A. Hanna
and today told his version Of the
events in 1907.
the Tennessee company before. the
merger. E. w. Oglbay Of Cleveland
who also was connected with the
Tennessee Coal and Iron syndicate,
will follow Hanna on the witness
stand. He now is director Of the Re-
public Iron and Steel company.
The evening times., 1911-07-28
BEING AN NEX-CFzAHlP/ON/ rs JUST
As EASYAS BEING THE WHOLE
THING; SAYS SPARANALEE TODAY

We'll jvst have to 80 after that
fellow." was the only comment that
Phillip Parmalee had to make when
he was informed today that his en-
durance record had been broken in
New York yesterday by st. Croix
Johnstone.
Parmalee was engaged in reading
at the time. and only stopped for a
few moments to, hear the tidings., re-
marketing that he had seen john
stone fly once, and then returned to
his reading.
"Oh, just about the same" was the
manner In which Parmalee expressed
his own feelings when asked how 1t
felt to enter into the class Of the
"hss beens."
But then, Parmalee was probably
doing little thinking, confident that
the Johnstone record would not stand
long and that he himself might be the
one to break 1t. His ability to do 30
Ii not questioned and all 1t takes 10
the desire. Parmalee probably has
that, and his remark. "well just have
to 80 after that fellow" probably
The evening times., 1911-07-28
FIFTY INJURED IN
TRAIN WRECK
One Woman May Die-Three
Pullmans Went Down an
Embankment

New York, July 2s.-Ths Lehigh
Valley railroad received word from
Burdette, on Seneca lake in the CEN
trail part Of the state, that fifty pas
sengers had been injured when an
excursion train from western points
to Atlantic City was derailed. Most
Of the injuries are slight, and thus
far no deaths have been reported.
The accident occurred at 2:40 this
morning and was caused by broken
rail, about two miles west Of Bur-
dette. Three Pullmans left the track
and rolled down a ten-foot embank-
ment. All the injured were in these
cars. The rest of the train, consist
ing Of locomotive and tender, bag
gage car. four more Pullsmans, and
day coach, remained on the rails.
Most of the injured were able to
continue the journey in another
train. The others were taken to the
hospital at Sayre, Pa.
The most serious case is said to
be a woman whose spine was broken,
and who probably will die. She is in
the hospital at Sayre.
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Continued on Page 12.)
CA|LMS THE 7 THIRD
DEGREE vas USED
Clyde Sperry on Stand To-day
Says Fear Forced the
Confession

Lakota, N. D., July 2s-Clyde sper-
~, on trial for the murder of Ken
meth Mckenzie of Aneta, was the
main witness on the stand today. His
testimony given was to the effect that
the confession he had made to the
states attorney and the sheriff, was
forced out Of him by fear. The de-
fense is trying to show that a third
degree" was used on the boy.
Attorney General Miller spent the
morning In cross examining the boy
in regard to the confession and 9th
er points of the case. sperry was
also retained on the stand this after
noon and Is under q rapid fire Of
questions.
From the present outlook it is not
expected that the case will go to
the jury before the middle Of next
week.
Eugene Sperry. brother Of the ac-
cused boy, was the main witness on
the stand Thursday afternoon and
was put through close examina-
tion.
The evening times., 1911-07-28
MORE OPTIMISM |||||||||
N MOROCCAN
AFFAIR TO-DAY
Negotiations With Germany
Still Remain Difficult It Is
Admitted
the sts.., sll(i1,,,
HAs MODIFIED PROGRAM
Understood That I Conducting His
Negotiations Wit the French Am.
bassador He ssel Only Part Of the
French Congo C,sest.

Paris. July 2s- Greater optimism
prevailed at the apital today. It
was admitted that negotiations with
Germany regarding the Moroccan az
fair remained difach,t The statement
of Premier AsQuith in the British
house yesterday. and Premier Call
laux's advice to the French to keep
cool and be prudent relieved the ten
sion at the moment when relief was
most needed and the discreet military
preparations Of the. government were
giving rise to the apprehension that
war was not impossible These prep
arations included orders to cavalry
to be ready for the field at the first
signal. heavy proyisioning of forts on
the eastern frontier by special sup
ply trains run out of Paris at night
and the mastering of all regiments to
their quota.
It is understood that Baron Won
kiderln Waechter.s the German for
etgn secretary. who is conducting ne
gotiations with Jules Cambon. the
French ambassador at Berlin, has
modified his original program and is
now seeking for part instead of the
whole coast of the French Congo but
at the same time naming other con-
dttions which FraHe, would ind dif-
fcult i in achieving Nevertheless
there is strong feeling that solu-
ton will be found, s
The evening times., 1911-07-28

dents occurring yesterday in this city
as q result of the unusual crush be-
tween the city and the fair grounds,
are recovering satisfactorily. Robt.
Coulter of Riverside park received a
severe shock but his actual injuries
are not extensive.
This morning there was an automo-
bile accident several miles west of
the city in which the occupants were
badly shook up. The driver, reck-
less in making turn, sent the big
car into bad culvert, and one of
the women occupants of the machine
was thrown out, while the others
were badly shaken. The party was
westbound and names could not be
learned, the machine not being dam
aged.