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The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-02-07
lineoln's usual Swear Word.

On one occasion Lincoln, when on
tering the telegraph office, was heard
to remark to Secretary Seward, by
jings. governor. we are here nj last. y
Turning to him in a roproving man
ner, Mr., Sc ward said: Mr.. President
where did you learn that inelegant eX
prcssionT" Without replying 10 the
secretary Lincoln addressed the oper
ators, saying: Young gentlemen. ex,
cuse me for swearing before you. by
jings' IL swearing, for my good old
mother taught me that anything that
had by before IL was swearing y
The only time. however, that Lincoln
was ever heard really TO swear was
on the occasion OF his receiving tele,
gram from Burnside. who had been
ordered week before to so on 10 the
relief of Rosecrans at Chattanooga
who was In great danger OF an attack
from Bragg On that day Burnside
telegraphed from Joncsboro, further
away from Rosecrans than he was
when he received the order TO hurry
toward him. When Burnsides telegram
was placed in Lincolns hands he said
"D-n JonesbOro." He then tele.
graphed Burnside as follows:
September n, 1868.
III you are to do any good to Rose
Grams It will not do to waste time q
Jonesboro. A. LINCOLN"
-DeviA Homer Bates. in ~ Cen
WIZ 4
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Concerning the Liyina Lincoln.

IT was my pleasure TO have known
President Lincoln personally" said
,lcyandor Mcdowell. clerk OF the
rouse. u talked with him on several
occasions, in Washington and AT the
iront, and while ! knew him well
do not fiatter myself that hc knew me
we'll. for there was only one OF him
and there were Iorty millions of me.
What struck me above all else was his
simplicity and everyday common
Gcnse.
Ne met all men as equals. not In
" patronizing way. but In a way that
"cil as plain as words. We are all
al one blood, and brothers, He was
I, great man and he was the only one
in al the land that did not know II.
HE always remembered his early
struggles and poverty, and with sym.
pathy born of them was ever ready to
give helping hand to those compelled
to travel the road that he had been
compelled to travel in his youth and
early manhood.
HE was Il Christian, not Il church
momber--and did by his actions what
20 many do by their professions only.
Ills life was the golden rule in action,
He loved and had faith in his fellow.
man. and stood at all times ready to
hold the ladder firm while they as,
ccnded and no jealous envy ever en-.
tered his mind. no matter how high
the ascent.
HE was a Republican and a parti.
san. but above all patriot and lover
OF his country. We need today par
tisan Republicans and partisan Demo.
Gratis. men who believe In their duty
and the principles OF their parties and
not so many guerrlllas that feed be.
tween the lines, now on one side and
then on the other
"In his death the south lost q sin.
cere. honest friend and the nation .
patriot. Joe Mitchell Chapple. In
"Affairs at Washington" In National
Magazine.
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teton goou ".'"' ~. convention al
j.ph %" Lincoln N1H nominated,
.Li .Ln' a." original phu'urragh was
ft'u at iL" gpu,". o' w Mcdill C!
'h.Darp. Tor cumu'Isu jgrposcs. lie
aid iur'i, thai when Mr.. Lincoln
wont 10 to he phutoeraphcr's to sit
.Dr IA" picture To- had Just come from
b" 'rtbCrr, auJ his hair VAS plaster.
. wuJ'n.! down upon his forehead
hrt thHi hGpponing 10 catch sight OF
himself IN glass. Mr.. Lincoln re.
mar. ID that no one would know him
with his hair so smooth as that. aud
rIu his hands through II, giving It the
[ ,h"yolcd appearance" OF the p0r.
''nit.
III said further that in making the
enlargement for the Autograph the
portrait vas somewhat idealizcd. and
much of the natural ruggedness of
Mr.. I.incoln's features were smooth.
I'd out.
Whether this man was correct la
his belief as to the origin OF the por,
trait, II IL undoubtedly true that II IL
considerably idealized, as will be seen
from the copy, the portrait, while re-
tanning the essential features which
are SO well known, nevertheless max.
ing him far handsomer man than
he is currently reported TO have been.
And yet Mrs. Read who has seen
him often AZ u young man, always
said that II was an excellent like
ness. and that II looked Just as Mr.,
Lincoln did at the time he made his
speech at Quincy. in the course Of the
famous debates with stephen A. Doug.
las on October 49, 1858.
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formed as to the career Of this patri.
otto and distinguished soldier boy.
There are several people stlll liv
ing In Stroudsburg who knew sta.
pies and remember that to him be-.
longed the unique distinction OF rep.
rescnting Lincoln on the Acid of bat.
tie. Among their number are j r.
Palmer, postmaster and principal OF
the public school: G. l.. Drake, editor
OF the Stroudsburg Times. and Rep
resentative A. Mitchell Palmer OF
Pennsylvania, u was characteristic
OF Lincoln that he kept the matter
from the public press. and a like mod
esty seems TO have imposed silence
on the young soldier.
One does not have to make a very
exhaustive study OF Lincoln's charac.
ter In order to understand the motive
which led him to send q substitute
to represent him In the scenes of the
bloody drama then being enacted
throughout the land. His conscience
was not Of thu, easily-satisned variety
which contents itself with allowing
things 10 remain rs they are, without
indulging in oyertion for the common
good. His was the hand which was
steering the Ship of State through
tempest and crush of hostile guns, yet
great os was the task assigned him.
he perceived with the eagle eye that
watched the course OF action, a post
still untitled, an unoccupied niche
where 4 combatant could be placed to
strike In behalf of the Union. To that
post he resolved to appoint a repre-
sentative. that he might be practical.
iy In personals he was already In
spirit--on the red field of carnage.
1t was done quietly, In that simple.
unostentatious manner that distin.
guished all Of Lincoln's acts, whether
In oficial or private life. He never
played to the gallery. and the verdict
OF bic own conscience was all hs caseA
about.
cospvrisht. ~ ". q. cAaenaa,>
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let inside records.
among other things.
that the tower was
built in common.
Grafton OF the abo.
lition of slavery If.
fected by President
Lincoln. and as u
token Of interna
tional brotherhood. -
Ono of the two
large rooms in the
tower IL nam ~ q
Washington.
When first erect.
cd. and before tn"
smoke of London
hlG blended all in
uniform blacknoss.
there could be seer
ON he spirC of the
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New York Editor and Statesman
Shown TO Have Had His
Complete Confidence.
AIDED IN SELECTING CABINET
As Leader In Politics Of the Empire
State Mr.. Weed Was invited
to Springfield to Talk Over
the Coming Presl.
dent's Advisers.

New traits OF the character OF Abra.
ham Lincoln his appreciation Of
compliment. his own estimate OF his
inaugural address and his insistcncc
on telling the truth, oven though II
were not only unpopular but humili-
ating to himself. are revealed In a
letter OF n long correspondence be.
w, On him and Thurlow Weed. first
editor Of the Albany Evening Journal,
and for many years the Republican
leader OF the state.
Tho letter written by MIR Weed has
not boon preserved but Il was in
r,1lsc OF President iincoln's inaueu.
rnl adde's gHi ~ hls speech Of mott
cation 49,, ~" answer ~ In the
r.'rsoe,ion OF william rarncs. Jr, Of
'bauy. chglrmUE nr a." Republican
weed Ia Il President Lincoln go.
rrosa"s he oriu,or hat thc innuTural
ddross viii wear vs wrli ns or better
than anything else hr hs produced
T. Is not at all liNcly that tho pro
az generation win agree with hs 60.
address, Few persons row EHow, cN
copt In the most g"n'rri way VISA, ~
was about, while his Gettysburg al
dress HAS becom, one of the class !C.
of the English language.
Mr.. Weed was ono OF tho strong por.
sonalities OF the convention nj Chi.
cago which nominated Lincoln, the
head OF the New York delegation. and
In charge OF the campaign which had
for its purpose the nomination of
William H. Seward. generally regard
ed rs the leading candidate.
The defeat OF Governor Seward was
q great disappointment to MIR, Weed,
and as he was preparing to leave the
convention city he was asked TO visit
Mr.. Lincoln at Springfield, He did not
do 20 at that time. but went to Iowa,
where he had planned to rest. but on
his way back to Albany he did stop
and had five hour conversation with
the nominee OF mis- party.
II was that conversation that began
a friendship that lasted through the
life OF Mr. Lincoln. and this last letter
was one of many that passed between
the men. They were ordinarily In re.
lation to national matters, but not In.
frequently the personal element crept
in.
They did not meet again until after
the election. when Mr. Lincoln invited
the leader of the party In New York to
Springfield 10 talk over the makeup of
cabinet. Although Mr., Weed had So.
lected governors and their cabinets in
New York state. this was the first time
he had ever been apked by u president
for assistance of that kind, and he told
Mr., Lincoln SO. They discussed men
under consideration but Mr. Weed
admitted In his autobiography that
the men were MIR, Lincoln's selection
and when he objected to this one or
that one the presldent-elect would
turn the conversation by one OF his
inimitable stories.
Some of the letters showed that Mr..
Lincoln had grasp of political detail
with which he had not been credited
After his election and before his In
augural he used Mr. Weed to convey
to a convention OF editors his view
ON secession, and In one and another
the correspondence was kept up even
during the trying days OF the Civil
var.
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TOOK LINCOLN'S
PLACE IN army
Young Pennsylvania Sent to
Do Duty From Which Presi.
dent Was Declared.
GRAVE At sTRoUDsBURG. PA
J. sumerGeid Staples the Name Of
the Substitute Who Was In Person
at the Front While Great
Statesman Ruled at
Washington.

Abraham Lincoln had a substitutes
who served as a defender OF the
Union through the bloody and epoch.
making period of the Civil war. This
assertion has been made many times
before II has aroused bitter contro-
vcrsy In various quarters: II has
given birth to columns Of print. both
In support and denial OF It's truth.
The exemption Of the president Of
tho United states from the taking up
~ arms. or serving on an actual field
Of battle. Is provided for BY spe.
cinl statute drawn up to meet such a
contingency Hut there is nothing
to prevent the nations CHIEF execu.
tive IRON sending forth a substitute
to tight In his place. although Lin.
coin was the only occupant Of the
White House who ever took advan.
tagc OF ,his fact. writes Prof. bernard
j Cigrand. The man who represent
ed IN hia person that OF the martyrcc
president was John Summeriield sta.
pies. whose body lies ut rest in a
little cemetery ut Stroudsburg. Pa.
The tombstone above his grave pho
tograph Of which liz here reproduced
tcstiiics not only to Staples war rec.
ord. bu. states IN granite letters tn.
fact of his having served az Abraham
Lincoln's substitute. The inscrip.
ton In question reads aG follows
81 Summarized staples.
a Private nf
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, abraham Lincoln
BY HAMPTON
|"I//HYCH reminds me-
w he iored sunshine
And through the d,eod.
Jui night
That held this land
In lis bloody hand
He uas the beacon light
OF Freedom and of Union,
And sad. though brave and
strong.
He held The Nation faithful
To right instead Of torong.
(which reminds me"-fhoithe
glory
of Lincoln shall mol fade.
And uhdt he gaze
To freeman and siaoe ,
ForUcrmorc has made
This Nation ore in spirit.
The spirit That shall hold
Our Fiag unfricd
Tothc uhoic uide uorH
IN a story God has told
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london's Tribute to Abraham
Lincoln in Appropriate Spot
Tower Erected BY American and Eng.
iish Admirers Of the Great
emaneipator Not a. Well
Known - II Mioht Be.

Among the American visitors who
throng London each summer there
are few who know that In South Lon.
don there is memorial to Abraham
Lincoln. II Is a graceful tower and
spire attached to Christ Church. an
independent non.conformist church. In
Southwark
Over the entrance are the words,
Lincoln Tower" A large stone tab.
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FROM lINCOLN'S
GREAT SPEECHES

had not provided the Gag: had
not made the arrangements for Gle.
waiting u TO Its place. I had applied
but a very small portion Of my feeble
strength in raising Il. IN the whole
transaction was IN the hands Of
the people who had arranged IT,
And " I can have the same generous
cooperation Of the people Of tn.
nation. ! think the flag Of our
country may still be kept floating
seriously.
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towor stars and stripes In red and
white stone
The Lincoln Tower was iuaugur.
ated July 1. 1876. The cwspapers 0f
thc time were crowded with account
of the great centennial celebration so
that II H. not strange That the ccrc.
inony Oi opening the tower was over
locked
The idea Of the memorial originated
with ia, lion william r. Dodge Of
New York who AT the time vas visit
ing the Rev. Newman Hall. widely
known a. the diasonters bishop
one Of the most popular English
preachers OF the day Except for tn"
first thousand dollars, the whole cost
of the tower, which amounted to
thirty.nvo thousand dollars. was con.
tributod. half in English sixpences and
half In American dimes. entirely
through III" efforts OF Mr. Hall. who
counted the work all Joy for the love
that he bore To Lincoln.
Southwark liz "A district Of modest
homes. its inhabitants are people OF
small means. II not actually poor
just the kind of plain people whom
Lincoln especially loved and trusted.
II would please the great president
that his memorial should stand among
more conspicuous situation or more
fashionable rrighborhood Youths
ComrAr'ou
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The importance for man and beast
Of the prescribed weekly rest, the
sacred rights Of Christian soid'crs
and sailors, a becoming Difference
to the beat sentiments Of a Chrio,lar
people, and due regard -. tie
Divine viii, demand that Sunday
labor in the army and navy be re.
ducee TO the measure of strict re-
eesuity.
Ii"nrrsi ORDERS, November H. lSGa.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
NOT
To MIX XW|TH
JOHNSON
By EDDIE GEIGER

CHICAGO. Nov. 25.-Gunboat Smith,
who recently defeated Sam Langford
In Boston, and Jack johnson are not
likely to meet In the near future.
Jim Buckley, en- route to San Fran
cisco with Smith and Tommy Murphy,
made this statement in Chicago.
Buckley had been negotiating with
Promoter vienne of Paris for a Smith
johnson match. and 1t looked for a
time as though it would go through
But just before leaving New York a
letter from vienne informed him that
the French government had asked the
boxing federation of France to bar
Johnson from the ring.
Only few weeks ago the boxing
federation stripped Johnson of his
championship title. with England
and Australia closed to Johnson, there
is little hope of Smith and Johnson
getting together. Vienne's letter also
said that there was no truth in the
report that Johnson was to fight
Frank Moran in Paris.
There is strong possibility that
Smith will go to England in Febru-
ary. Buckley is negotiating with the
London Sporting club for two matches
Tor his heavy weight One is to be
with Bombardier Wells and the other
with Georges Carpenter. On the out
come of Smiths fight with Pelkey de-
pends the trip.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
Hope to Settle the
Rugby TangIe Today

The board of directors OF the San
will meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock
to act on the Rugby situation At
its last meeting the board caused
Lowell, Cogsweli and Lick to play off
for the championship, which has been
done. Lick defeating both teams.
Then the subleague ordered Lick to
play Lowell again, which the school
of mechanical arts refused to do. A
hot session can be looked forward to
when the rivalry between the two
schools aserts itself this afternoon.
Whatever the decision, the team
that is decided the winner will meet
the Pa1o Alto high school for the
A. A. l. championship next Saturday.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
Football Tangle Is
Up to Officials of
Subleague Today

Lick and Cogswell football mana
gers and captains have appealed to
A higher tribunal than the San Fran
cisco subleague, when they decided
that which ever team won the game
last Saturday would be the champions
OF the league and would refuse to
play Lowell as the league has sched-
uled.
The result of the deliberations OF
these four school officials is bound to
create a rumpus IN the subleague that
has never before been exploded in
local circles.
If this league Is to amount to any
ratng." said President Rogers yester-
day. we must remember that the
majority rules and we must always
keep law and order in our ranks and
each Individual Of the league must
zee that the other members live up
10 the majority rule instead OF trying
to create misrule and disturbance.
The league delegates will meet this
afternoon and final action will be
taken on the football situation.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
HILL LEAVES
FOR HOME
I D DAY
By WILLIAM UNMACK

Billy Hill. secretary of the New
South Wales Rugby union, who made
the long trip to this city to referee
the California-Stanford game, leaves
for his home this afternoon on the
steamer Honolulan. Hill, who is ac-
companied by his wife. is taking back
nothing but the most pleasant recol-
lections OF the trip. and through the
press desires to thank the various
universities and other organizations
that have made his stay such pleas
ant one. Hill will board the steamer
Niagara at Honolulu. The New Zea-
land ALL Blacks leave Vancouver on
the Niagara today.
Brickley's remarkable feat Of kick
ing five goals in the game against
Yale has established a new mark for
goal kicking by an individual The
previous record was held by Walter
Eckersall, who dropped four goals
over the bar against wisconsin sew
eral years ago.
The University of California team
leaves for Los Angeles tonight. On
Thursday the team plays the Univer-
sfty of Southern California team.
Coaches Jimmy Schaeffer and Ced
Cert and Trainer Charlie volz will
accompany the team on the southern
invasion. Coach Schaeffer Is taking
practically his varsity team south for
the game.
The men making the trip are: Bo-
gardus. fullback; Hunt, Sharp, Hayes,
three-q quarters; Witter Garfield, five
eigbths; Montgomery, halfback: Nc
Kim, Abrams, Fenstermacher, Lock
hardt, Saunders, Fleming, King Nom
son forwards. The four reserve mn
will be: Shaw and Douglas, forwards;
Smith and Hale, backs.
y =
Another Stanford California Rugby
contest went to the Cardinal team
yesterday. when the Stanford Delta
Chi fraternity defeated the California
Delta Chi by q score of to 0. Need
ham and Griffin tailed the necessary
points for the Stanford outfit.
X x
The Southern California All-Star
interscholastic team which will play
the northern California team of all
stars on Thanksgiving day has been
made public. The team is the pick of
the southlands and has been got to-
gether by Now Mitchell and Tom
Sanborn, both of Los Angeles. The
northern stars Will arrive on the
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
Yankee Bike Riders
Select Australians
For Their Partners

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-Jimmy Moran.
Eddie Root, Joe Fogler and John Be-
dell. all American riders, have teamed
up with Australians for the coming
six day bicycle races. Moran is to ride
with Grenda, Root with Mcnamara.
rogier with Goullet and BedeIl with
Cory.
me Australian riders are going to
nave pattle royal against the Amer
leans on Sunday. December ths
night preceding the start of the grind
Grenda, Goullet and Mcnamara are n
race In pursuit event against Root
Goullet and Moran. Jackie Clark has
also been entered in the four cornered
international sprinting Championship
with Kramer, Verri and Perchicot
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
ZONES HAS A NEW ONE

Tom Jones, we'll known as man.
ager Of Ad Wolgast, has new pro-
tege. Matte McCue of Racine, wis.
who has been something of SEN
sation In the middle west. has been
taken under the wing OF the veteran
fight manager, who announces that he
will campaign the youngster against
the good ones on the Pacific coast. He
Is q feather weight
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
RdmbIerS Too Fast
For Soldiers Five

The Ramblers defeated the One
Hundred and Sixty-first company
basket ballers at Fort Barry on Sun
day by the score of so to II. Board
man and Rodgers starred for the
Ramblers, and McKeon for the army
boys. The score was 29 to IL in
favor of the Ramblers at half time.
The lineup was as follows.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
BASKET BALL AT VALLEJO

VALLEJO, Nov. 70 The famous
Lakeport basket ball team, which
holds the championship of northern
California, is to come here in the
near future to play series OF games
with the Baracas and the All-Valleio
fives. The Lakeport five has been
playing together for a number of
years past. and basket ball experts
say the team is one of the best in
California
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
CHANCE FOR CHANCE

"Why don't they give Frank Chance
winner in New York;" voices a New
York scribe. About the only way to
do it would be for Chance to swap
keams with Connie Mack
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
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ELLEN BEACH fAW. the Famous Prima
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Evening prices, Zoe. 25c. J0c. 75c. Box seats.
81. Matinee prices Except Sunday and holi-
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The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25

MILAN TO WED
Another athlete is going to sign a
life contract. Clyde Milan of the Ma
tionals, champion stealer of the A L..
will marry girl from Texas.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
EASY VICTORY GIVES
WILLIE RITCHIE HIS
START AS A FIGHTER
Ritchie's Second Chapter
He Gets His Nickname

Only few of the
pion know how he the nickname of Willie
an he became famous did the world large that the
little champion fighting Today
he tells how the Willie Richie Dream
land ring when broke his first fight
by knockout the The holder tells of the
cidents which led he
peared before big of his four
round experiences in Thursdays Call
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25

"Well that easily enough" Baker I'VE will
you in phoney Nobody will you
and take
have been boxing
Anyhow, make long short, finally fell for Bakers
advice He rushed into the dressing dug Of trunks
of shoes then when nobody looking
took aside and few pointers which will forget
long / live.
Harry final jab my
left and with my right every got
nodded. he
talking
They finally got ready up ring
the bouts the card the gallery grabbing
hear them yelling Bring
What did we dough for? Get busy there feow
Baker and frankie Edwards, me
the Then learned that the boy fight los
named Monk Enoc only weighed 90
make difference
really would jumped Of
Baker Edwards kept pattng
theh haHLa de1inn III Ennch H.