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Show LINCOLN AS A CANDIDATE. How He Swung the Cradle to Win Votes. (Chicago News.) - In Silas G. Pratt's new book, "Lincoln in Story," Js related how Abraham Lincoln, Lin-coln, when a candidate for "the Illinois legislature in 18U-., gained some votes. R. Herndon of New Salem says: "He came to my house near Island Grove during the harvest; there were some thirty men in the field. He got his dinner and went into the field where the men were at work. I gave him an introduction, intro-duction, and the boys said they could not vote for a man unless he could make a hand (that Is, take a scythe or cradle and mow). 'Well, boys,' Said Lincoln, 'if that's all. I am sure of your votes.' He then took the cradle and led the way all the round of the field with pertect ease. The boys were satisfied, and 1 don't think he lost a vote in the entire crowd." Another story is as tollows: "One afternoon aft-ernoon Lincoln and his opponent rode up to a farmer's house on horses, which they put out in the barn themselves, the husband hus-band being away in a distant field at work. The good farmer s wire Invited them to take supper and stay over night, as was customary. Finally came time to milk the cows, and the woman, taking her pail, started for the barnyard. Mr. Ewing (Lincoln's companion and opponent), oppon-ent), following quickly, took the pail from her hand and insisted upon milking the cow himself. He thought by thus helping the woman to do her work he would surely win her good will; and so he sat down and commenced milkins, chuckling to himself how he had got. the better ot Abe Lincoln. Once in awhile he would speak to the lady, who stood by the fence, looking on; but, after a time, receiving no reply from her, he looked around, only to see the woman and Lincoln leaning comfortably on the fence and talking in a most friendly manner. When Mr. Ewing finished, the farmer s wife 'added insult to injury' by thanking him most heartily, not only for milking the cow, but also for "giving her a chance to have such a pleasant talk with Mr. Lincoln.' " sels and serve to establish bonds of union between the BelKian court and the Belgian Bel-gian r.o'jllity. which have- liee-ti lacking I'ntil now. i;irgely owinij; to the difter-etK'.- between King Ij-opnM and his tueei The younR couple are still without with-out children, ami inasmuch as Prince Al-; Al-; bcrt is, next to-his stone-doaf father, tiw : oniy heir to tin- throne and the only prince of his house, it ts a matter of extreme ex-treme importance that his charming consort con-sort should assure the succession to the noljriau crown by presenting her husband hus-band and the nation with a boy. The prince and princess have been staying with the parents of the princess in Ba-j Ba-j varia. and while the princess returned by j rail, the prince inadv the entire- trip : from Munich to Brussels by automobile, j most of the route being over an exceedingly exceed-ingly hilly 'country. |