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Show A MAN OF THE PEOPLE (By Frances Bellamy.) INCOLN, tbou I'Y' siiouldst be living at this hour; America hath need of thee! Thus to apply the lines of opening Wordsworths famous Sonnet to Milton to the great President whose birthday falls this week seem3 a not unpardonable violence at this peculiar period of our history. England, at the time Wordsworth wrote, a century ago, was a fen of stagnant waters; the true English, spirit, which Milton a century and a half before had voiced at ifs best, was paralyzed by commercialism; the plain people were down, Toryism was up. The closing years of this present century in American politics seem in some respects not unlike that unhappy, unillumined period in England. Abraham Lincoln embodied the growth of the people. The pictures of his early hogies and haunts are vocal with suggestion of whence his impulses were drawn. He grew with the people through the varied stages of their growth, from the humblest poverty known amid the poverty of the frontier to a mastery of the most bewildering financial complications that have ever confronted this nation. But he was the man of the people to the end. He never lost the initial impulse. He never was uncertain how the common man would regard a measure. The common man knew that his opinion had weight with the homely President. Lincoln w'as no faster than the plain people could follow. Herein again he embodied their history. He and they seemed to develop He held back till he felt together. their impulse unmistakably pushing him. Radical men complained at his slowness. Wendell Phillips raged at him with frenzied abusiveness. But libert- y-loving them so well that tney stood before him, with all their variations, as one individual. because of this he led them from the start to the end, not once them, not once losing patience, yet steadily drawing them on while they believed they were themselvs the leaders and were pushing him. They trusted him through the blind era because they saw that he was obeying them. But this implied no deceit by him. As a man in his solely individual relations he had decidedly individual convictions. But as a man who stood as the representative of the people he hal As the seranother consciousness. vant of his countrjmen he enveloped himself with their convictions as they out-paci- grew. Consequently he did not rule them. Clothed with new and almost dictatorial power, he used it solely at thlr own unquestionable pressure upon him. Never have we had so strong a President; never was one who ruled less. It may not be fair, altogether, to compare present leaders with him and to condemn them for falling below hi3 standard. No other statesman in the world has possessed such fineness of human instinct coupied with such unsurpassed experience of men and such extraordinary judgment of values as constituted the outfit of Lincoln. But on the other hand no such confusion of circumstances surrounds our modern executives. What we have right to demand in this day no less than in 1861 is leaders who, without hypocrisy, love the people, know the people, obey the people. ONE OF LINCOLN'S STORIfA. The Fate of the Man Who Tried to Advertise Uiupowder at The following anecdote by Lincoln is recounted by General Horace Porter. It was told during Lincoln's visit to the front at City Point: In the course of the conversation that evening he spoke of the improvement in arms and ammunition, and of the new powder prepared for the fifteen-inc- h guns. He said he had never seen the latter article, but he understood it differed very much from any other powder that had ever been used. 1 told him that I happened to have in my tent a specimen which had been sent to headquarters as a curiosity, and that I would bring it to him. When I returned with a grain of the powder about the size of a walnut, he took it, turned it over in his hand, and after Well, examining it carefully, said: its rather larger than the powder we used to buy in my shooting days. It reminds me of what occurred once in in Sangamon a country meeting-hous- e county. You see, there were very few newspapers then, and the country storekeepers had to resort to some other means of advertising their wares. If, for instance, the preacher happened g to be late in coming to a of an evening, the shopkeepers would often put in the time while the people were waiting by notifying them of any new arrival of an attractive line Prayer-Meetlni- :. From the ipics, Pa tr Patt , 111. A resident of this town who has lost two children during the past bix years, ly vio1 of goods. One evening a man rose up and said: Brethren, let me take occasion that I to say, while were have jest received a new invice of sportin powder. The grains are so small you kin scacely see em with the naked eye, and polished up so fine you kin stand up and comb yer har in front of one o them grains jest like it was a lookin-glas- s. Hope youll come down to my store at the cross- powder-mercha- Marriage is a crime, punishable with life iniprionsnant. lent deaths has been utteily prostrated by the shot k, and seiiously skL as a result of it. One child (aged V) was killed by a cyclone in 00 while at bihool: another, three years later was run over by a Burlington K. R. tram. That griefs aud misfortunes may bo ptey on the mind as to lead to serious physical disorders has beeu well demonstrated m this case. As aresu.t of them, her health was shattered aud sh haa beeu a constaut sufferer since Dot). Her principal trouble has beeu neuralgia ot the stomach which was very painful, and exhibited all the sv mptoms of ordinary neuralgia, nervousness aud indigestion. did her no good whatever, She was discourage I and abandoned ail hope of getting well hmaily, however, a certain well known pill was reoommen led (Dr. A llhams' Pink Bills tor iale People ) Mho supplied herself with a quantity of OKT55 them and bad not taken them two weeks Doth the method and results when w hen she noticed a marked improvement Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta lhy-nciat- ts ENJOYO l prayer-meetin- Webster on Secession While freedom lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise! When my eyes shall be turned roads and examine that powder for to behold for the last time the sun in yourselves. heaven, may I not see him shining on "When we had got about this far a the broken and dishonored fragments rival in the meeting of a once glorious Union, on states, who had been boiling over with indigdissevered, discordant, belligerent; on nation at the amount of advertising a land rent with civil feuds, or drench- - the opposition powder was getting, Lincolns Indiana home AFFLICTED MOTHER. AN A Constant Sufferer, her condition. Shecoutinuedtakingthe pills until seven or eight boxes had beeu enf consumed aud she considered tirely cured. Fhe can now eat all kinds of food, which is something she has not been able to do for v ears, bne is not troubled in the least with nervousness as she was trout) es during the time of her stomach she is now well and all I cause of Dr. Wi.linius Pink Pills for Pale People a complete iuie has leen made. If any one would like to hear more of the details of her suffering and relief gained by the use of Dr. Wilburns Pink Pills for Pale People they may be obtained probably, by writing the lady direct. She is one of our residents, Mrs. Ellen A. Oderkirk, Paw Paw, 111. The Denver cigarette license is $1,000. yn her-ei- gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Dowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste and acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in ita effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to ail and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. n well-know- CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCiSCO, CAL. NEW YORK, LOUISVILLE, K f. nt IK AFTER NEARLY . The record is unbroken. The record still goes on. r fr ST. JACOBS OSL A y tc Is the Master Cure for LINCOLN'S tl.f. BIRTHPLACE.. LINCOLN'S FIRST HOME X RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, LU LIB AGO. IN K ILLINOIS. TTp Use only one heap- ing teaspoonful of Schilling s Best Baking Powder to a quart of flour. , JOSIAH CRAWFORD'S HOUSE LINCOLN WORKED AS A WHERE FARMHAND. Lincoln could not move until his people were ready to move with him. What profound leadership was in this leaning back against the people! For Lincoln was leading most when he seemed to be moving forward least. He hated slavery no less during his senatorial fight with Douglas than when he signed the Emancipation procBut during those exciting lamation. debates before the voters of Illinois he the asserted rudimentary only that a house divided principle not stand. against itself can was by His regarded position the abolitionists as pitifully inadequate. But it set the people to thinking and reasoning, while the vehement abolition leaders had been chiefly successful in arousing them to rancor. When inaugurated as President, amid the unutterable gloom and fear, while state after state was passing its ordinance of secession, he seemed to many as willing to sacrifice the main idea which had lifted his party to power if the South would consent to return. Nothing so plaintive, yet so manly, was before heard in a speech by the head of the nation. The Northern radicals called it weakness, and groaned for the stronger tones of Seward. But it won the people. It broke down party walls and almost created unanimity. Republican and Democrat as names were, dropped for a time and men called themselves only Unionists. Out of a divided North, so divided that the Southern leaders calculated upon its inaction, Lincoln made a compact mass. The success of the war hung upon this judicious leadership of the people. Sewards high hand w'ould have made a gulf where Lincolns subtle sympathy made a nation of a single heart. His secret was that he loved the people from whom he sprung, and knew WELL DUG- - BY LINCOLN ON CRAWFORD PLACE . ed, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing for its motto, no such miserable Interrogatory as What is this worth? nor those other wrords of delusion and folly, Liberty first, and Union afterwards; but everywhere, spread all over In characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and STORE. AT SALEM ILL., KEPT BY LINCOLN . jumped up and cried out: Brethren, I hope youll not believe a single word Brother Jones has been sayin about that powder. Ive been down thar and seen it for myself, and I pledge you my word that the grains is bigger than the lumps in a and any one of you, brethren, ef you was in youf future state, could put a barl o that powder on your shoulder and march squar through the sulphurious flames surroundin you without the least danger of an explosion. coal-pil- IN 1833. (Brody, Wash.) over the land, and in every wind under the whole heaven, that other senti- ment, dear to every true American heart: Libeity and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable! There is a tavern in Switzerland to every 132 inhabitants. other baking powder. Jr BMKKR9MMB3nB3SaBBB 3 tf JV fISB , BRKV-- P ! i & fc I . -- CAT!!"!iT!3 a Pnrolf hilable f taute. J'erltmie Hie breath, Heavant ol action, S'ovverlul yet mlid, lament hut Serio t laxative, Positively guaranteed to vp-eta- ble, y ilia Leaving Did he leave his wife much when he died? Well, I dont know as to that, but he used to leave her about every night when lie was alive. A mathematician has computed the movement of a riders feet while woik-in- g a bicycle, and ha3 demonstrated that it requires less exertiin to trave-fifteemiles on a bicycle taaa to walk three miles. You must use tivo teaspoonfuls of e; Poor John Brown. John Brown belongs to that rare class of men whose names grow with history. His life commanded respect and honor. His death was marked by a singular pathos, a sadness that won the sympathy of the people. Excepting Lincoln and Grant he remains the best remembered man of half a century. They hung him up between heaven and earth as a sign that justice must be done; but they did not dream that the future would speedily take them at their word, and visit upon them the penalty of their own philosophy. History has disclosed the truth and completed the story of his desperate exploit and his willing and pathetic sacrifice. He lost his life, but he gained his object. to-da- LINCOLN ONCE V. " II Sj J with a m i Dont he or rut her coat. 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