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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12

sins. long roller towel and a coarse
comb for the guests.
After dinner Mr.. Lincoln superin-
tended the setting up Of the piano,
and even saw to II that Il stood square
in the center OF the wall space. He
received my thanks with a polite
bow. and asked. do you intend to
follow court and give coneerts7" The
immense relief expressed on his coun.
tenance when I assured him that he
would not be called upon to move
the piano again was very amusing.
Then may we have one tune be.
fore we go7" he asked. and played
'Rosin the Bow. with variations.
Some one shouted: Come on, boys,
the judge will be waitxingi" After i
had assured them that, II they de
sired II. would give my 'first and
only coacert on this circuit" when
they returned TO the hotel In the eve.
ming. the crowd dispersed.
That night played and aang nu.
merous songs. ali OF which met with
applause. As q sfinale sang sHe
Doeth All Things Well" after which
Mr. Lincoln, In . very grave manner,
thanked me Tor the evenings enter.
tainmeHt. and said Don't let Us spoil
that song By any other music to
night" Many times afterward sang
that song for Mr.. Lincoln: he was a.
ways fond Of it.-Mrs. ]. n. John's
Personal Recoiiectiona.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12

have frowned. and always poor, he
had been numbered with the greatest
Of the earth.
Never In his lifetime regarded a.
an orator. he IL enrolled among the
most gifted pleaders OF all ages.
Never educated, never widely read,
never q traveller. he 10 conceded 70
have been one OF the wisest Of men.
Never q trained soldier. he com
manded In war greater armies than
any monarch or general.
Never having had more than local
celebrity a. a lawyer, he had con.
ceptions OF justice that were unknown
to distinguished turists OF his time.
Never assuming to be statesman
or an economist, and never until his
call TO the presidency . successful
manager OF any enterprise. he became
ruler who win be celebrated for
ever for wisdom. sagacity and firm
ness
Never the author OF verse, he has
given US poetry In prose that is Inn
perishRbis.
The humblest. the least assertive Of
men, It fell to him In an hour OF
crushing responsibility as command
er-in-chief. by the sovereign stroke OF
a pen. to put human slavery In the
way Of extinction.
There Ii no. obscurity In the phil
osophy Of such life. II touches every
human being. high or low. rich or
poor. wise or simple. strong or weak.
It IL the flesh and blood life, the life
Of struggle. sorrow and achievement.
Its lessons are for all
What have Science. Reason and 70
condite Theory to offer In place Of
such lief Nothing but words. most
OF them meaningless!
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12
HIS LIBRARY A SMALL ONE


lHEN Abraham Lincoln was
IVAf small boy. says 81. Mich
olaa. he had very few
w books. There was no need
for him to consult list OF
the hundred best books. His earliest
possessions consisted Of less than half
q dozen Volumes pioneers library.
First, Of course. was the bible. q
whole library In itself. II properly un-
derstood. and containing every sort
Of literature poems. dramas.
addresses. orations. histories. some
simple enough for the youngest child.
others taxing the wisdom of the learn
ed. Second was Pilgrims Progress"
with its quaint characters and vivid
scenes related In simple. vigorous En-
glish. ~Aesop's Fables" was a third.
and introduced the iog-cabin boy to
wonderful range OF characters--
gods Of mythology. the different ranks
and classes Of mankind. and every
animal under the sun. Fourth was q
History Of the United States. IN
which there was the charm of truth
and q more modern tone, and from
which were learned the lessons OF
patriotism that Lincoln's manhood
put into action. Last came Weema
Life Of Washington" a queeR stilted
book. but one full OF detail that made
Washington seem q living example.
These ave books were the begin
ming OF hincoIn's education: and what
wise man has outgrown them all?
From the Bible, Pilgrims Progress.
and Aesop the boy Lincoln learned
the power and beauty OF plain Eng.
lish words. and saw that the grandest
thoughts and most poetic imaginings
needed only the strong little words
OF every day. When. therefore, In
later life he wished 70 be sure he nn-
derstood any matter. II became his
custom 10 translate II into words such
rs child can understand.
Read again the Gettysburg address
and second inaugural. and learn how
Lincoln could make the homenpun
words OF common use move the
hearts Of his feIIowmen.
Who win tell US what books were
read BY other great men and women
Of the past when they were .'young
readers7"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12

needed. AS proof OF a nations CRATE
full appreciation it was wise and gem
erous.
We hear much these days Of phil
osophy, most OF it not understandable.
There are societies that study pro-
foundly and profess to comprehend.
These circles are small and the re-
suits that they gain are uncer-
tain.
But the philosophy of a life like
Lincoln's takes hold upon millions: It
abides in the hearts and minds of
men; 1t influences nations; It inspires
whole races. In comparison with II
what other Is worth while?
Born in wretched poverty. an Ill
favored child upon whom and whose
parents our learned professors would
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12
Tn. er.a, Am.r,e.o.

One hundred and Ave years ago the
First Great American was born In q
cabin In Kentucky.
Great men were not lacking In
America before Lincoln. but they
we're not OF the coil OF our new land.
Washington was colonial country
gentleman; jefferson a cosmopolitan
revolutionist; Hamilton a reincarnats
patricIan OF old Rome.
II was left for Abraham Lincoln to
gather up and embody the character.
istics OF the nation he was born 70
save: boyish humor. homely wit. keen
vision and unfiinching purpose.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12
WORLDS JUDGMENT At FAULT
Writer Claims That Proper Apprecla
tIon Of Lincoln Has Never
Been Expressed.

T<1 RuLY Lincoln. one OF thu
IW Isl greatest of observers. was
IMro A himself least truly observed.
God had built him In the
backyard Of the nation. and
there. wrapped In homely gulse.
had preserved and matursd his
pure humanity. He was heard. bat
seems rarely. II ever. 70 have been truly
seen. The reports va have Of him do
not satisfy. do not justify themselves.
ara Inconsistent. The eastern, old.
world eye could not read beyond the
queer hat. bad tailoring and boots you
could not now give awRy--and he was
10 long he fairly had TO stoop to look
the little world IN the face.
Never have bad tailoring and home
". deferential manner 20 completely
hidden seer. jester, master OF men. as
did these simple aceoutermenta this
first great gift OF the west. The world
ever reads simple. deferentiaI manner
true evidence OF innate refinement
--as weakness. timidity and nde.
cision, just as II reads strength In
noise and power IN abuse. II Ia said
OF sound that volume will start tear
more quickly than quality OF tone. But
Il IL surprising that professional OBJ
servers. artists and writer's alike. have
drawn and redrawn an untrue picture
Of this man. Out Of the hundreds Of
Lincoin's pictures few are reliable.
even as records Of fact, and the hun
drada NJ eafsvrl Dhfad tfssan ~ him fn
their personal description. are largely
reiterated popular opinion and hear
say Everybody's Magazine.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12

Gen. Wilson began By telling Of his
FIRST meeting with Lincoln In Illinois
In October. 1858. He said:
We found Lincoln occupying .
shabby little uncarpeted once over a
grocery store. Something was said
about his FIRST ancestor. He said.
Well. my young friend. the first an
cestor that ] know anything about was
one Tom Lincoln. who come over In
1884 and settled At place, bingham
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12
TEAcHER- DIDN'T KNOW sHEEP.
City Woman Meets surpriss Ia
Teaching Farmers Daughter.

s$8Nt%asU +e-~N
A young city woman went out TO
teach q country school. The class In
arithmetic was before her. She said:
Now. children. n there are ten
sheep on one side of wall and one
sheep jumps over. how many sheep
win be left?
Then up piped the little tow-headed
daughter Of farmer:
No sheep, teacher. no sheep.
"Oh. OIL" cried the young city wo-
man, reproachfulsy. You are not so
stupid as thatl Think again. II there
were ten sheep on one side OF the
wall. and one sheep Jumped over, nine
sheep would be left. Don't you see
THAR"
mo. no, not" persisted the child
IF one sheep jumped over. sill the
others would jump after. My father
keeps sheep" Then. seeing the puz-
zled look on the teachers face. the
little towhead explained apologetical-
ly: you know mathematics. teacher.
but know sheep"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12

New and old Lincoln stories were
told At the meeting of the New York
Genealogical and Biographical society
By men who heard them originally
from Lineolnis own lips. The speak
srs were Gen James Grant Wilson.
Henry Clews. Coz Albert b. Chandler.
Charles A. Tinker and David Homer
Bafes The last three were connected
with the telegraph station at the war
department al Washingfon during the
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12

An attorney was cross-examining a
witness. You say you left Boston
ON the 16th?r
Yes. sir" replied the witness.
And returned on the 2sth?''
Yes, sir"
What were you doing, in the In
term"
Il never was in such a place." he
replied Indignantly. with heightened
color. Pittsburg Chronicle Tele-
graph.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12
James, Eeonomy.

Papa" asked James. wouldn't
you be glad If | saved a dollar for
you?"
Certainly. my son" said Papa, so
delighted at this evidence of budding
business ability that he handed the
youth dime
We'll. ! saved II. all right" said
James. disappearing. You said II ]
brought good report from my teach
err you would give me dollar; but !
didn't. Ladies Home Journal.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12
LINCOLN'S LIFE
AN INSPIRATION
Why He win for All Time Be Num-
bered With the Greatest Of
the Earth.

here are charac.
tiers 80 great that
their memorials
are tributes 20
those who read
them. It IL 30
with Abraham
Lincoln. To pre-
serve q fame that
is undying. the
appropriation by
congress of 81
600 fl00 was nof
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12
A Woman's Way.

Il see the women are going to wear
medieval costumes In that suffragette
parade" remarked Mr.. Wombat.
pleasantly. What are you going to
wear, my dearf"
MY medieval hat" said Mrs. Won
bat, significantly
And there were no further re-
marks.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12
DodsIns.

win you give me your name.
please?"
Pardon me. miss. but this isn't
leap year."
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12

bizzer.-What's the matter. old
i You look worried.
kzer.-I have cause to. hired
an to trace my pedigree.
pizzer.-Well, what's the trouble?
pit he been successful?
<zzer.-Successfuli I should say
hasl I'm paying him hush.mon-
Judge.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12
Perhaps.

Pernape.
see where a Chicago professor Of
hematics has been arrested for
hing at a bathing resort"
Yell, ] guess he told the Judge
'Fas merely looking over the fig
to see IL they were correct
ida Times-Union.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12

trade. Excellent opportunities open
for you. Tools furnished and COM
Pm paid while learning. Only eight weeks
red. Call or write for particulars and cat
Is Commercial Street. Salt Lake City. Utah
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12

Nobody must underestimate the
worth OF the event known AZ the
PROCLAMATION OF emancipation. BY
Abraham Lincoln. II was the newt
sSIs and. therefore. timely manifesto
ton Of . worId-wide evolutionary
process in the realm Of human ideas
and sentiment II Washington made
real the Declaration OF Independence
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12

/ In the form OF constitutional govern
ment. with the help OF bis mighty
compatriots. and thus surpassed
Cromwell. be also marks for AZ .
stage In the evolutionary process By
which q Lincoln. with his emaneipa-
ton proclamation. is an immediate
prophecy Carl sehurz in Meciure's
Magazine
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12

there is any hog in man. travel
reveal his bristles.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12
EVER READY TO
DO KINDLY ACT
Concert Singer Tells How Abra-
ham Lincoln Helped to Move
Her Piano.

-~ p HEN court was In
" J J" !: !. J J ! !. !: ]: !
session in Deca-
ENs Nu&Wt tnr. ILL.,. Judge Da-
ENSW tN vi presided.
4gWfWdH Court week was
G-17W always looked for
IUHWH with great inter
L - &lsl est by the people
w. - OF the county
4 ~ <~1 seat. 1t was Gus
"a al tomary for the
&6&@sA entire bar Of the
district 70 fol-
low the court from county TO county;
but although most Of the lawyers
travelled to only three or four coun-
ties. Judge Davis. Mr.. Lincoln. and
Leonard SWEET went the whole cir
cult; Davis because he had to. LIN
coin because hs loved Il, and SWEET
because he loved thsir company.
II was In court week that my pi-
ano arrived In Decatur. The wagon
backed up TO the steps Of the Ma
con house, where I was staying. but
the question how 70 unload II puxzIed
the landlord. Just then the court
adjourned and . crowd appeared. The
men gathered euriously around the
wagon that blocked the entrance.
There il . piano In that boz that
this woman here wants some one TO
help unload" explained the landlord.
who win lend . handgs
A tall gentleman stepped forward.
and throwing OF a gray Scotch shawl.
said. Come on. SWEET. you are the
next biggest man
That Sas my first meeting with
Abraham Lincoln
Mr.. Lincclc went into the basement
where the landlord had q carpenter
shop. and returned with two heavy
timbers across his shoulders With
them be made q slide between the
wagon and the front doorsteps. He
got the piano unloaded. with the az
sistanee Of Mr.. Linder and Mr.. SWEET.
amid the jokes Of the crowd
Before they had screwed the legs
into place. dinner was announced. ana
the men hurried TO the back porch.
where there we're two tin wesh g.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12

few are musicians. Others mere
Have taken lessons.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
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By LEE PAPE

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
WILL THE PENDULUM TURN
BACK?

Students of the, time are wondering
how much farther the pendulum will
swing on this beat before it stops and
turns back. Apparently everything
goes'' now What will things be like
if the pendulum goes much higher and
farther?
So completely have things changed
from q few years ago that women are
no longer the conservative sex. The
women are setting the pace and the
men are holding back. The sexes
have changed roles and it Is now the
men who are the conservatives.
Close observers agree that the pen
dulum is not yet ready to turn back.
The foolishness in fashions, politics,
diplomacy, business, dancing, amuse-
ments and ways Of life generally has
not yet run it's course. We are to see
worse before we see better.
However, the American people are
sensible at the bottom, no matter how
greatly appearances may at times belle
them. So, some day, we will all come
to a sudden realization of the foolish
ness of our present ways.
And then the pendulum will hesitate,
stop and turn back toward sane, safe
and sober ways of life.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
GOVERNOR CORRECTED.

Tax payers of Mitchell county, Iowa,
held a three days session at Usage
for discussion and study of the taxa
ton increase, which is causing so
much agitation over the state at the
present time.
Governor Clarke was invited to pre-
sent his views on the subject at this
meeting and duly responded. AS. in
addresses made at other points. Gov
ernor Clarke stated that the principal
trouble could be traced to the failure
of the local taxing boards to reduce
their levies in conformity with the in.
crea sed valuations esta blished by the
executive council .-
It 50 happens that the county board
in Mitchell county had reduced it's lev
les to the absolute limit, but the in
creased levy for state purposes, in
creased minimum established by state
law on some old funds, new local levies
established by state law and the in
creased valuation imposed by the ex-
ecutive council had resulted in big
taxation boost just the same.-Sioux
City Tribune.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
FREE BEEF FAILURE.

A news dispatch from Washington in
last nights Courier gave figures and
facts from federal report on the beet
situation. 1t is presumed that these
figures are reliable, in which case 1t
has remained for the government TO
show the fallacy of free trade as a
means for reducing the high cost or
living. The report says that the meat
that is being brought into this country
is packed, transported and sold by the
same interests that control the big
packing plants in Chicago. In other
words the big packers have simply
been given an additional weapon for
beating down the price paid to the far-
mer and cattle raiser in this country.
There is no new competition for the
sale to the consumer and there is no
reason to believe that the price will
be materially or even slightly reduced
to the man who buys one. two or ten
pounds a day But there is added
competi tion among those with cattle
to sell to the packers. Every raiser
of beef in Argentina and Canada is
competito Of the American farmer in
the cattle market and the American
farmer has already learned. the extent
of the cost of that competition to him.
He has seen his cattle decrease In
value without seeing the retail price
fall any. s .S.-.
That is what free trade insofar as
meat is concerned has accomplished.
1t is we'll that the government has fur
nished the figures to prove 1t. ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
knowledge that is not capable Of a
practical application
A PLACE FOR BOYS.

The Humboldt Iowa, Republican
has it figured out that a hoy is worth
going pretty far to save and proposes
plan which it thinks would keep
numerous youths from forming evil
companionships and habits. The Re-
publican says:
Humboldt needs place where the
boys of the town may loaf. There 1T
is, put roughly. Where the boys can
loaf .......
You know that the average boy will
not spend every evening at home. 1t
be with other boys. He wants to do
the things they do, And in Humboldt
he finds the other boys at the restaur-
ants.
They are the only places open to the
boys. The library is closed to boys
who want to talk and romp. The
church parlors are closed All the
business houses are closed. Even the
pool rooms will not admit the minors.
So they go to the restaurants. Some
of them go to old barns and back
rooms over the business houses and be-
ing alone and permitted to do whatever
they can think Of, they play games
and in playing learn to bet and swear
an6 smoke. Then some boy drops in
with tale of something else and with
the curiosity Of boys, they go to see.
And the boys 60 to the bad just be-
cause the churches have no place for
them (outside the regular hours OF
wo, ship. the library must be kept
quiet and clean, and few homes IRE
OF prnMH
of boys.
Why can't there be place fixed
where the boys may congregate. play
cards if they want to, smoke it they
want to- box, wrestle, play handball,
or indoor baseball? 1t should not be
a 6enominational building, for no de-
nomination in Humboldt is strong
enough to support one. 1t should not
be identified with any organization, for
this is subject on which we must
all agree, and in which we must all
push 1t should be something of gym
nasium, reading and restroom, Smok-
Ing; should be discouraged not forbid,
den. To forbid the smoker will drive
him away, and he is the boy you want
to save. 1t might do to add games
that are Objectionable in some forms,
for by them other boys will be drawn,
and seeing a better way. can be saved.
1t will never do to make it goody-
goody place. No, never. 1t must be
something of hurly-burly affair that
is attractive to all sorts, for it Is from
the highways and bywsys that you
garner the wheat. Such room, man
aged by good. kindly man, will do
wonders.