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Show UfCOLSTI JXLA--CnoLr. III. SJrmrHsttietle Xatorei ' Eulr -tllarortnaeo. Thoso whosaw much of Abraha m Lincoln during the later J-"0 bis life. Were greatly r'mPJJS with the expression "tj melancholy his face always wore In "MT'Llncolnwas 'Peca"" sympathetic and kindly nature. These strong characteristics influenced, influ-enced, very happily, as It proved, his entire political career. They would not seem, at first glance, to beefflclentaldato political success; but In the peculiar emergency which Lincoln, In the providence or God, was called to meet, no vessel of common clay could possibly have become the "chosen of the Lord." Those acquainted with him from boyhood knew that early griefs tinged hts whole life with sadness. His partner In the grocery business at Salem, was "Uncle" Billy Green, of TalluU, lib, who used at night, when the customers were few, to hold the grammar while Lincoln recited his lessons. It was to his sympathetic ear Lincoln told the story of his love for sweet Ann Rutlldge; and he, in return, offered what comfort he could when poor Ann died, and Lincoln's great heart nearly broke. "After Ann died," says "Uncle" Billy "on stormy nights, when the wind blew the rain agalust the roof, Abe would set tbar In the grocery, his elbows on his knees, his face In his hands, and the tears runnln' through his fingers. I hated to tee him feel bad, an' I'd say Abo don't err,' an' he'd look up an' say "I cau't help It, BUI, the rain's a falUn' on her.'" , . There aro many who can sympathize sym-pathize with this overpowering grief, as they think of a lost loved one, when "the rain's a fallln' on her." What adds joignancy to the grief sometimes Is the thought that Uie lost one might have been "I-ortunate, Indeed, Is WlllUm Johnson, of Ctoroiia, t-J , , buUJtr who writes June 23, 1S90 "Last Fcbruary.on returning from church one night, my daughter complalneu ofhavlngapalninherankle. n,e palngradually extended until Her entire limb was swollen and very painful to the touch. We called a physician, who after careful care-ful examination, pronounced it uls ease of the kidneys of long standing All we could do,dIJ not seem to lnefit her until we tried Warner's Safe Cure; from tho first she commenced com-menced to imrrove. When she commenced taking It sho could not turn ovtr in bed, and could Just move her liands a little, but tndsy she Is as well as she ever a. I believe be-lieve I owe the recovery of my daughter to lis use." |