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Show BUILDS A HOUSE Woman Erocta Chicago FOR XaXSXSX3X3XSXSXftXXSXX$ CATS! LINCOLNS Sovon-Roo- Structure for Valuable Feline Pete to Live In. Bodyguard & His Relics Chicago. Chicago may claim the diatinctlon of having probably the moat remarkable cr.t fancier In the world. Mra. W. Eames Colburn, wife of the firm ol head of the banking W. E. Colburn ft Co., hae built a modern aeven room houae for her feline peta and provided her 35 price cate with all the luxurlea of urban Ufa. A liking for cats forbade her giving up one of her peta, but Impels her to frequently add to their number. Gradually the house grew to be overrun By Russell Woodard xxxxexx&xx$x&x4xaxax j during the 'otter's famous visit to City point, and who, when refused adrnia-slon, made threats against the president. At the time the man gave the name of Smith, but Crook has always been confident that It was none other than the notorious 8urrat, with whose appearance under normal conditions he was familiar through having lived In the same county in Maryland before the war. The Lome of Col Crook in the city of Waahlngton Is a veritable museum of relics and mementoes of Lincoln and other presldenta Probably the most prized of all the keepsakes Is a card In Lincoln's handwriting which the president addressed to the provost marshal general when Crook and another bodyguard, Alexander 8inltb, were drafted lor service In the army. The president wrote that be could not spare the men and asked the official to "please fix" the matter. This precious bit of paper reposed for years In the war depart- HERE are yet living from half a dozen to a dozen men who may be said to have known Abraham Lincoln Intimately and personally. Of all these former associates of the martyr president, however, none can rival Col. William H. Crook in the possession of vivid and unique recollections of the war president Moreover, Col. Crook's reminiscences of the moat interesting portion of hla long public career have been kept ever fresh In his memory by continuous service at the White House In Washington, of which he has been e an attache for more than years, and where he constantly sees objects and incidents that remind him of the kindly executive who occupied the presidential mansion when he first took up his duties there. Col. Crook, who Is now In his seventieth year, has been for a long time past the disbursing officer of the presidential business establishment, but during the Lincoln administration he was the president's bodyguard, and thus, naturally, came more closely and with them and the time came for her continuously In contact with the great to some of her friends. American than did almost any other to say good-bThis she refused to do, and but one Individual. Crook was little more than alternative remained. A seven room twenty years of age when the civil house was built adjoining her home at war broke out, and as soon as he was 21 he enlisted In the union army. At 7308 Bond avenue. The feline doml expiration of bis term of enlistdie was built with the same care and the ment he secured a position on the poas owner herself though the expense lice force at the national capital, and It were to live In it The entire front of the home Is a was while serving In this capacity that he was chosen as the principal bodylarge library, fitted with upholstered of the chief magistrate. couches, silk draperies, lace curtains guard Under present conditions the presiSteam and and heavy rugs. heat gas as well as a modern bathroom were dent of the United States need scarcely exchange a word with his secret Included for kitty's comfort The 85 members of the cat family service protectors, who usually walk share six bedrooms, each fitted with or ride some little distance behind him, little brass cots, mirrors and costly but Lincoln was wont to Insist that his walk by hla side, after the hangings. Each pet has Its own bed. bodyguard with silk spreads and downy blankets. manner of a personal friend rather than an official protector. The presiHead of the household Is Lord a large white 1,000 Angora, dent took quite a fancy to Crook, who who rules with an Iron hand," set- was young and, as be confesses, a tling all disputes and brooking no In- trifle bashful at the outset In his subordination. His mate, Connie Lock. walks about the capital and his nightly Is the pride of his life, and might well tramps from the White House to the make his rivals Jealous. She Is a pure war department there was no telewhite Persian with large brown eyes graph office at the White House In The only militant member of the these days and the president went to colony has precipitated so many rows the department to get the war news at In the home that he now lives In the first hand Lincoln talked .on a variety family home with Mrs. Colburn. This of subjects with bodyguard Crook, and Siam- even discussed at times the possibility Is Kee Kee Vita, a short-haire- d ese with pretty, innocent blue eyes, of some person attempting to do him but possessed of a violent temper. He harm. Col. Crook's recollections of the left the marks of his disposition on president on these night pilgrimages to portray a tall figure, many a prize animal before separated the news center a In gray shawl and rough wrapped kin. from his Mrs. Colburn has always derived wearing a tall beaver hat Often the much pleasure from spending her time kindly, sympathetic chief magistrate his to his side tending the pets until her health would drawhand inbodyguard hand or arm In arm failed recently. A woman has now re- and walk lieved her of the cares of the cat fam- with the younger man. When Crook was on duty at night at ily and spends most of her time In the the White House he would take his cat home. station, after the president retired. In the corridor on the second floor of the MILITIA mansion upon which the presidents ILLINOIS HEADS two-scor- y Bar-Isfor- Frank 8. Dickson Is Appointed Adjutant General of 6tates Forces by Governor. Springfield, 111. Frank 8. Dickson, who has been appointed adjutant general of- - Illinois to succeed the late Thomas W. Scott, has been acting adjutant general since Scott's death, April 6, 1909. The new adjutant general was born at' Hillsboro, 111., October 8, 1876, and above-mentione- d - This Contractor got results. He knew how to feed his men. Some years ago a contractor building a railroad in a warm climate was troubled a great deal by sickness among the laborers. He turned his attention at once to their food and found that they were getting full rations of meat and were drinking water from a stream near by. He Issued orders to cut down the pmount of meat and to increase greatly the quantity of Quaker Oats fed to the men. He also boiled Quaker Oats and mixed the thin oatmeal water with their drinking water. Almost Instantly all signs of stomach disorders passed and hla men showed decided Improvement In strength and spirits. This contractor had experience that taught him the great value of good 53 oatmeal. Why His Mother Mourned. William M. lYgurty has a story about a good old Irish woman whose son was about to start for a trip around the world. She had wau-hehim prosper with pride. To her he was a great man. In her fond vision she could see all sorts of terrible tidings coming to him but she held her peace until he had started for the Journey. Then she began to cry. A neighbor tried to console her, but to no avail. 'Tm afraid he hasn't the money to get back," said the mother, weeping. He's got the money to go round the world all right, but how will be ever get back? Indianapolis Star. An Exploded Theory. Do you believe there Is anything In mental suggestion?" "Not a thing." Dont you think It Is possible if one person keeps his mind steadily fixed on a certain thing which be wishes another to do that the other will be influenced so that he will eventually do It? "No, I dont believe In the theory at all. Ive been wishing for a week Mrs. W. H. Crook. that youd pay me wbat you owe me ment files, hut when Robert T. Lin- without making It necessary for me coln, son of the martyr president, was to ask you for It." Sunday Magazine secretary of war, ha gave It to his of the Cleveland Leader. fathers old guard. Another of Col. Crook's souvenirs Is Teamsters Punishment Earned. a mahogany cane made from the rail Apparently It pays not to be cruel of the little spiral stairway whereby to horses out in Chicago. A teamster Lincoln reached his office on the sec- who admitted abandoning his horses ond floor of the White House a stair- for six hours on a recent stormy day way long since torn away. Col. Crook was fined $50 by a magistrate. The has some almost priceless specimens humane society prosecuted the case of the china service which Mrs. Linvigorously and promised to report the coln selected for the White House, and matter to the drivers employers. Prewhich Col. Crook declares to have sumably he will lose his Job, as he been more beautiful than any table- was unable to pay the fine and will ware purchased before or since for have to serve a Jail term. use on the presidential table. Among the pieces are a cup and saucer which Deafness Cannot Be Cured Lincoln used. These, like all of the br local ippUntloaa. m thry ran not rrarb tho dte lo purttua at the rar. Ilian k only out way pieces of this service, are ornamented ward deafma . and that la by mwaututionai la canaad by aa tu Hamad euaditna o Iha by a broad maroon band and adorned qp wauua lluluf of tha huaUebian Tube. Wbrn IMa with the American eagle and coat of tuba InSaiaad you bava a rumbling aound or a brarlna. aud wbm It la eaUrrty rkawd, arms In colors. v the h mult, and ualaaa ibr fcmaiumaUun ran ba Ha If you had positive proof that a certain remedy for female ills had made many remarkable cures, would you not feel like trying it? If during the last thirty years we have not succeeded In woman that Lydia E. Pink-haconvincing eveiy Vegetable Compound has cured thousands and thouof women of the ills peculiar to their sex, then we sands long far an opportunity to do so by direct correspondence. Meanwhile read the following letters which we guarantee to be genuine and truthful. II ad son, Ohio. I suffered for a lone: time from a weakness Inflammation, dreadful juiins eiu-l- i month aud suppression. I liad been doctoring and receiving only temporary relief, when a friend advised me to take Lydia 12. i'inkliaius1vegetable Comhave fait lif ully pound. 1 did so, and wrote to you for advice. followed your directions and now, after taking only live bottles of the Vegetable Compound, I have every reason to (relieve I am a well woman. I give you f ull irenmisitlou to use my test imonlaL' Mrs. Lena Carmocino, Hudson, Ohio. It. F, J. No. 7, St. Itegls Falls, N. Y. Two years ago I was so bad that I had to take to my bed every month, and It would hist from two to three weeks. I wrote to you for ml vice and took Lydia 12. Fink-haVegetable Compound in dry form. I am nppy to say that 1 am cured, thanks to your medicine and good advice. You may use my Mrs. J If letter for the good of otliers. lircyere, St. llegls Falls, N. Y. There is absolutely no doubt about the ability of this grand old remedy, made from the roots and herbs of our fields, to cure emale diseases. We possess volumes of proof of this fact, enough to convince the most skeptical. For 30 years Lydia 12. Plnkfmm's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills. No sick woman does justice to herself who will not try this famous medicine. Made exclusively from roots and herbs, and has thousands of cures to Its credit. Mrs. IMnkham invites all side women li-tto write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health free of charge. Address Sirs IMnkham, Lynn, Mass fair-mind- ed ms ms A Certain Curetor Sore.weak ft Inflamed Eyes. mm-Ufca- Draf-nra- MAKES THE USE OF DRUGS UNNECESSARY! Price. 25 Cents Druggists. The Living Lincoln. How well I remember when Lincoln lived at Petersburg, 111., carrying the chain for a surveyor's party and working for 75 cents a day. The surveyor's wife told me that she often saw him f studying at night, seated on the cellar The Cagey Bachelor, door, reading Blackstone often until The woman who wanted the j by the light of the moon. conie to dinner called him up ejor Lincoln always took note of the t j,8 rooms. light and dark of the moons, as Is shown by an Incident which occurred during hla early practice of law. A murder waa committed In the neighborhood of the village, and the son ol the surveyors wife was arrested on suspicion from the testimony of an eye witness. In the meantime Lincoln had swung out bin shingle aa a lawyer, at Springfield, and on this occasion nobly did he prove that the kindness of the surveyor was not by the student who. read Black-stonby the moonlight He went to the Jail and questioned the young prisoner, who asserted bis Innocence, and Lincoln took up the caae. At the trial the witness swore that he saw the mjirder committed. Might you not be mistaken?" asked A dim light Is deceptive, Lincoln. la a powder made from pure native alabaater. It cornea In all aorta of rick, to ft, and it was a dark nlghL velvety ihadca that enable you, at amall coat, to decorate your walla in tbo aarne The witness hastened to reiterate otyle as the handoome city home that It was bright moonlight, whereAlobootiaa adheres to tha wall of It own cementing qualities It naeria no dirty ouduo AUbaatiaa-yor put aa with ketamine or wall paper. Anyone ru dmnw with directions upon Lincoln promptly pulled from wall truth Simple printed just mil it with eold vitcf And apply with a flat among his books an almanac, and said on every package. In redecorating, just put a now coot over the old. That HVM a and money. ot trouble lot work, calmly: After a man has been married three Our Astounding Free Offer It Is not necessary for me to make years his bump of hope becomes a .Matt-Th- b color plan for the CduporvJodAy: We will oend Frewa complete a plea, for no Jury can place any re-Wo will furmah Fro walla of yuur homo. J llance on a witness who will swear j' mak to lentil help you ymir homo beautiful. Aiobutlao Ca., , W will md a cm.n in own you atone I'm, a book about that It waa a moonlight night when Tut. to , him deeuration, W Graadvilla At.., l.AZATIVM HKHMO quinineday Thl oampta of Alabaotina color Grand Rapid Mi.h, , twmry if it fn t cure. x. w information to Col. W. H. Crook Llncolne Body- - the almanac provea that it was the uniuiMnn-funoend par I effect and complete valuable m to no cait At ptaae W. Ayers, you mak o your hum c boorful. etan and dark of the moon'-Da- nlel Ahbantina buuk and tell moaboutymir I help guard. handaum In the National Magazine. Fm offer Some local celebrities are famous To Sot oil lb!.. Mad ihn ooapaa or n I bedroom opened. Often as he paced some are notorious. and postal card at oaoa. I up and down he could hear the great Alabastine Company Lincolns Repartee. man sigh or moan In hla sleep after a Sira. Winoinw'l Soothing Xyran. tw ndacco lofteni tlio ebtldraa teething, gun 782 Grandvilln Avenue J Uncle Joe Cannon tells this new and For P.O. Say of unusual anguish and anxiety. Koa liotUa, ZoraaioUoa. alley pom. earaowlodeollo Grand Rapid Mich, Occasionally he would have to awake. characteristic one on Honest Abe" are responsible for Slot Pompadours It was the Illinois state Ctmnlg the sleeper to deliver some Important Uncoln: a high-brotelegram, but Crook'fieclares that Lin- convention at Decatur, held to name many coln never displayed any Irritation at delegates to tha national convention uch Interruptions. On one occasion, that nominated Lincoln for the presiwhen he entered the president's room dency. After the prayer a cry waa Do Come In, started on the platform: Open a In response to the usual ' find Lincoln to be waa surprised busily passage vay? Open a passageway! Do you feel all tired out? Do you sometime engaged in sewing a button on hla Let Demrts'Hanka and Dick Oglesby think you just cant work away at your profei-io- n "I have been using Cascarets for InJust repairing damages, trousers. or trade sny longer ? Do you have s poor ape through! They have some rails that with which I have been afflicted somnia, tite, and lay awaks at nights unable to deep? Ara explained the droll president, with a Dennis Hanks and Abe Lincoln made for twenty yean, and I can say that Casin 1880.' your nerves all gone, and your stomach too ? Has amhalf smile. carets have given me more relief than any bition to forgo ahead in tin world left you? If so, you Crook, who had been on duty all other remedy I have ever tried. I shall They came up with the rails, which if it wall You aa a can do to put atop your misery. might certainly recommend them to my friends day with the president, did not accom- had a piece of cotton cloth rolled Golden will Dr. Medical will. fierce you Discovery aa being all that they are represented. pany Lincoln to Ford's theater on the round them bearing the legend: different individual. a liver will make It set you your lar.y Tbos. Gillard, Elgin, 111. will night of the aaaaaalnatlon. He always These ralla were made by Don n la act in and It to work. thing right your stomach, Potent. Tests Good. Pleasant Palatable, will refers to his absence on this occasion Hanks and Abraham Lincoln In 1830.' come back. It will purify your blood. your appetite Do Good. Never SlcksnJWeakea or Grip If there i any tendency in your family toward consumption, o with deep regret, for be bad s special They were walnut rails, such br lUc, ZSc, 50c. Never sold In bulk. Tb tablet stamped C O C, tiusrameoil to it will keep that dreed destroyer away. Even after con system o- - his own for guarding the would be hard to find now, but there Sit back. monar can ot root sumption has almost gained a foothold in the form of president or. such public appearances, waa plenty of that kind of fine bard lingering cough, bronchitis, or bleeding at the lungs, it will bring about a and he lz convinced to this day that if wood In those days. cure in 98 per cent, of all case. It is a remedy prepared by Dr. K. V. fierce, RAW FURS At this atage of the proceeding be had been at hla usual station at the of Buffalo, N. Y., whose ndvict ft given fret to all who wish to write him. His price liM aod out: the did fellow Booth box, some you of Abe, presidents yelled door lllgheM price paid and ailfarUirj return s. wide his and success from varied come has great experience practice. 'Dciiiiih Jr wool t o. Clly, , M.I.UT2 limn could never have passed him. There split them rails T Said he: g dealer into taking inferior euboti Dont be wheedled by a an Ira. te. la. I., Dr. be would seem to be some ground for Hanks Bays I split those rails. I dont medicine as recommended to for Dr. lutes fierces "just good." . to nr rido ban. It. I 1 for or have alnmn the but WlHTPfl did whether xnown Their not, Pierces medicines are or bodyguard know Cook's confidence, every ingredient printed composition. non I LI iims big Then the on their wrapper. Made from roots without alcohol. Contain no habitMk SUM JSWKLB1 , SO Mqa aUS-- l did frustrate the plans of a man who made many a better one I forming drugs. Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. rcught to gain audience with Lincoln crowd relied. W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. normal eundl lakaa out and thin tuba rnkon-- to branny will ba drauuyad furrvrr: atom rnara bn, out o( tan an eauard by Catarrh, which la noUilof but ua biSanad auedlUnn of Iha mueout aurlarra W'a will Kira Ona Hundred Dollar Sir any eaaa at Daarnraa Inward by ralarrh) that cannot ba rurad Hnid Cura. hr rtmitara frra. by Hail Calairh r. i. CHKXLr co.. tom BnM by DnanMw Tte. aka Hall Family rim tor coeatlpaOoa. a bach-midnigh- n e I The Sanitary Wall Coating j ; i (trr rWa his present home Is at Ramsey. He entered the Illinois National Guard In 1897 and was made quartermaster ol the Fourth Infantry In 1900. He wsi appointed assistant adjutant general May 6, 1907. Gen. Dickson saw service In the Spanish American war, serving a year in Cuba as a private In Company 1, Fourth Illinois Infantry. New Miners Safety Lamp. lamp for miners hsa been Invented, comprising a battery and a metal filament lamp which are completely Incased. The circuit of the lamp Is kept closed by means of a rod bearing against s spring-presselight ring on the glass casing of the lamp. Should the glass be broken, the ring would be sure to break or be displaced, opening the circuit of the lamp, so that there would be no danger of Igniting the gases with the Incandescent filament A new safety d You Feel This Way? saiii gen-uiu- IffiSJISISfi I,. penny-grabbin- Ax-nt- r, |