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Show "hat thepresidencu Did..s to . Lincoln rh. Conqressman "The president-LiecL-" " . from Illinois" ThcyTcolnUouglay l86o l 1848 .1858 TS7 r-t- l, By ELMO 8C0TT WATSON ?,,nN. " "lirA PRIL 14 Is the anniver-sary X, T x .W" of one of the great , ft 5 - ' ' A tragedies In American "V A fv"- - y T history. For it was on ' .. ' f YY f ff' I VI that date Just 63 years & " . - I,-- : r'-V" ago that the bullet of - : ' 1 VJ John Wilkes Booth " H " struck down Abraham is f s ' sMaSSf Lincoln and plunged a whole nation, X, f v 'v ,' rejoicing that four years of war was " fyfffS ft ------- Jr . t last ended, Into the deepest sorrow. I fe I , ,.1 I' " Jd i 1 - Ever since that day there has been X " t , , " $1 g J f ' . endless speculation as to "what might V" ' ' ill i "'! " "l4- have been" If he had been spared. ''J Smr jK y J jfj"lt ' f 4 Would the North bare been a more I ,s " l generous victor and the South have XC lT''flljV' 'v s been spared the ruin and despair of Sl ; J? C2,, 1 - AiliJfJ the Reconstruction era? Would the E&rS Vtut wounds of the most terrible civil war 0JrS In TZrtTTZltl The SpeSettysburg" 'TtaJtarfW mentons years if there h.id been at the r tH. luh uhcowJ head of the nation the man who hnd Courtiv LtrTw,ow HCu said "With malice toward none; wltb charity for all; with firmness In the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are In," No one Can answer those questions positively, but there can be but little doubt In anyone's mind that the answer In each case Is "Yes." Useless though such speculation may be, It suggests another lnterest-- log possibility. Suppose John Wilkes Booth had been balked In trying to carry out his mad scheme and the tragedy of that terrible night In Ford's theater bad been averted. Might not death In some other guise than the assassin's bullet have prevented Abraham Lincoln from realizing his To that Ludwlg adds this com-ment: "There be stands burdened with things which bis fashionable wife must have forced upon him, too ele-gantly attired, lest he should look like a backwoodsman a man used to wearing his clothes Just anyhow, decked out with a useless walking stick, transformed into a comedy fig-ure and all the more a mark of silent sarcasm. There he stands for the first time he Is to speak to the nation as a whole, for be is embarrassed by this fine new stick wltb a gold knob, and the terribly shiny top hat What Is he to do? Dreadful moments, but fate has sent him bis longtime enemy, who, as If in irony, is watching bis plight at close hand. Douglas it Is who sunken far under his enormous brows. , . . There was over his whole face an expression of sadness, and a far-away look In his eyes, which were ut-terly unlike the Lincoln of former days." The wonder Is that the war Presi-dent did not break nnder the strain. For, says Ludwlg, "For blm, private life had ceased to exist Work, agita-tions, enemies at home, reverses sbroad, danger threatening to undo the work done by tbe fathers of the country and to frustrate the activities of his own career such bad been bis lot for three or four years, almost without cessation. The tree-feller-tall body had been attacked from with-in, mined as It were and weakened ambition "to finish the work we are In"? For such a possibility Is not so Lj Improbable as It may seem at first thought It has become almost axiomatic that the Presidency of the United States Is a "man-killin- g Job." For the average length of life after turn-ing over the reins to their successors bas been a little over 11 years. But when there Is added to the heavy du-- ' ties of tbe Presidency, the crushing burden of leading the nation In a great war even that span of years Is greatly reduced. Woodrow Wilson, the World war President, left the White House in 1921, a broken, prematurely-age- d man who was In his grave three years later. So with this recent tragic example before us, it is not beyond the realm of belief that a similar fate might have awaited Abraham Lincoln, who was called upon to bear the most crushing load of responsibility and sorrow ever placed upon the shoulders of any American, not even excepting those of George Washington In the darkest days of the Revolution, Some interesting evidence of the heartbreaking task which was Lin-coln's and of tbe fact that not even bis great strength' could have much longer endured It Is presented In the reproduction of photographs which Illustrate Emll Ludwlg's "Lincoln," published recently by Little, Brown comes to his rescue; Douglas as a valet, Douglas who stretches out his short arm to take the hat and hold It for half an hour, like a footman, till all Is over, and the new President can take it back from the senator wltb a friendly nod." A tragically-comi- c figure this, and a pathetic figure this backwoodsman thus thrust upon the stage of national affairs before the scornful gaze of off-icial Washington. But the sneers of the snobbish are the least of the wor-ries of this Man of Destiny. For al-most immediately there comes to htm the overwhelming knowledge of the task before blm. "lie is a stranger; he has never held executive olllce be-fore, and now he has been suddenly thrust Into the highest position In the Union ; he has to cope with a situation unprecedented In the history of the country; alone, unaided, without con-gress, and with an unwilling cabinet, he has to make the gravest decision ever made by a President of the Union." ' That decision Is to make war upon the states which have withdrawn from the Union, And when he makes It sorrow begins to carve the first lines in the face which Is never again to be wholly free from those signs of suffer-ing such as few men have ever been called upon to endure. "Then comes the first brush with the Southerners, here and there; he was laid up for awhile by a modified smallpox, caught In a visit to the front ; be complained that his legs were always cold, but he would not give way; very rarely In-deed, after a sleepless night wonld he He down on Welles' sofa, or say that he was too tired to receive vis-itors. 'I hardly know how to rest It may be good for the body. But what is tired in me lies within, and can't be got at' "As the years went by, the tensions Increased rather than diminished. If things were going well in the field, he would be harassed by the violence of the political factions; when all was quiet In that quarter, the result would be a decline In recruiting; and If, for a moment matters really seemed to be milking progress everywhere, he would still be perturbed by the mutual Jealousies of the members of the cab-inet or the governors. In addition be was distressed by tbe dally sight of sufferings caused by the war, for hos-pitals abounded In Washington, and the surrounding bills were sprinkled with tents for the temporary accom-modation of the sick and wounded, while the stretchers seemed to pass In unending succession whenever the President went out for air or exercise. Riding was about his only exercise," But even this was not safe for once he was fired upon by a hidden assassin. Ills horse bolted and quickly bore him away from the spot and a soldier who and company. Five of these are shown above and they, more vividly than words, tell that story. Although It Is a familiar story which the distinguished German writer tells In his biography of Lin-coln, It bas a particular Interest at this time when the anniversary of the Great Emancipator's death recalls to Americans the tragedy of his whole life, "Lincoln's career, more than thnt of any other man in history, is so grandly conceived by Fate that the first act Is illuminated by the last, and every scene Is bound together by dra-matic Intensity," writes Ludwlg. In one of the word pictures of Lin-coln which Ludwlg presents, he Is a "comedy figure," albeit a tragic-comi- c one. The scene is the inauguration on March 4, 1800, on a platform tn front of the east portico of the Cap-itol. "What do the audience see? They look up at the speaker, but his friends are little pleased by his as-pect" writes Ludwlg, who then quotes the words of one who witnessed that scene and wrote as follows: "His newly grown beard was short and stubby like a shoe brush : grizzled, stiff, and hideous; disfiguring a face that without it expressed power and deep feeling. He wore a brand-ne-suit with a swallow-tal- l Instead of the customary frock coat; he had a very shiny stovepipe hat, evidently Just taken out of the bandbox, and a huge ebony stick, with a gold head as large as an egg. In this unusual rig-ou- t he looked so uncomfortable that It was quite pathetic. Matters were even worse when he reached the platform for he did not know what on earth to do with his hat and his stick. There be stood, a target for thousands of eyes, holding these two encumbrances, the image of hopeless perplexity. After a little hesitation, he leaned his stick against the rail, but could not find any place except the floor for his awsk. bat, and, as I saw, be did not wish to put It there, Douglas, who noted his T embarrassment, came to the help of 1 bis old rival, relieved blm of the hat and wounded are borne back on stretchers through the streets on their way to the Cnpltol. It Is the blood of his brothers that Lincoln for the first time sees oozing through the hastily improvised bandages; the blood of In-nocent youngsters, who have no In-terest in politics, and are neither for slavery or against it; men who have only rallied to the colors In response to tbe cry: "The Union bas been broken." The story of what Lincoln endured during the first two years of the war his struggle to secure the of a wrangling, discordant cabinet, his repeated disappointments in bis gen-erals who either wouldn't fight or who fought only to be defeated disastrous-ly and all the other factors which thwarted him at every turn Is matched as a record of despair only by what followed. For when he Issued the Emancipa-tion Proclamation "the effect was catastrophic. Confusion was wide-spread throughout the North, there was a slump on the stock exchange; the elections were adverse ; the Demo-crats declared that thousands of whites were being forced to give their blood in order that their fellow coun-trymen might be Illegally deprived of property. . . . When congress was sitting In December, the President's unceasing personal struggle on two fronts, the near approach of the mo-mentous date fixed for the enforce-ment of the proclamation, tbe varying and for the most part unfavorable for-tunes of war, the skepticism of friends regarding the new measure and the scorn In which it was held by enemies, made blm weary and dispirited as well." An unforgettable picture of the Lin-coln of this period is given by an old friend who bad not seen him for six years and whose description of him Is cited by Ludwlg as follows: "The change . . . was simply appalling Ills whiskers bad grown and had given additional cadaverousnegs to his face, . . . Tbe light seemed to have gone out of bis eyes, which were went to the place found his tint lying on the ground with a bullet hole through the crown. "Sometimes after riding into Washington in the small hours he would spend the rest of the night at the White Ilouse, writing or reading, and would ride back to the Soldiers' home when morning cume, depressed In mood. Such depression was common enough, for Lincoln was Incapable of taking much delight In victory or of feeling hatred for the enemy, and civil war was doubly to him, since the enemies were his brothers. 'The war" be said In a Bpeech during the Inst year of his life, 'has carried mourning to almost every home, until It can almost be said that the heavens are hung in black I'" Nor did the gloom lift when tbe end of the war finally came and Appomat-tox silenced the four-yea- r clamor of the guns. For, as Lincoln looked back upon those four years, he could see naught but tragedy personal as well as national. "Where, now, is Douglas, who had been so full of life and activity? Where Is old friend Baker? Where are his little boys, wilted and perished like half-ope- buds nipped by the frost? Death was grin-ning at him from every corner I Would history speak, of him only as the Lord of Death; would history be Justly en-titled to give him such a name?" Such are the thoughts which Lud-wlg puts In his mind as he enters Ford's theater that night of April 14. Then the shot, the cry of "Sic sem-per tyrannis!" the scream of Mary Lincoln and In a little house across the street the next morning "he dies at seven o'clock ; in a strange bed like a pilgrim, slain on Good Friday like a prophet." And the tragedy of Abra-ham Lincoln's whole life was summed up by his little son, Tad, who "when he stood beside the coffin In the White House, said 'Is father In heaven now? Yes? Then I am glad, for be was not really bappy here.'" 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DwMter at PubH rbiha Cdimtiaa, Slaw, at Ptaatrlvaala. t Handle With Care h been dellned ADTOMORIUNQ sport no earth. And there seeius to he a large amount of evidence to sustain thnt point, (to the oilier hand, like everything e!. there are two sides to the question, for example, In the United States within the last twelve months there have hoen more than thirty thonsand deuths which were directly attributed to the motor cnr. Not to mention the many times that number of accident whic h did not result fatally. It should, therefore, be quite plain that gasoline can do much damage well as create much pleasure. With the use of the automobile prac-tically universal, and tourist travel growing by leaps and hounds. It Is logical to warn the man at the wheel. It Is only natural that by rolling along on a line nlghwny the operator will develop a keen enthusiasm. Rut the zest and fascination associated with this sort of thing can very quickly dull one's Judgment, which tnfortunate-l-frequently occurs. When this hap-pens, selfishness and recklessness step In and many drivers and passengers step outt It cannot be gainsaid that so to op-erate a car as to make a hospital case or worse of one's self or friends Is the height of folly. Tet by "beating" trains and In turn by being beaten by them, by falling to keep a Orm grasp on the steering wheel at all tiroes, by disregarding caution signs and lights, and by permitting Impatience to keep the car In high when caution demands less speed, many thousands of will conclude tbelr ride by adorning a hospital bed or by mak-ing business for the cemetery people. It seems a shame that with streets and highways' admirably marked to aid In careful operation, with water supplies In many Jurisdictions desig-nated safe by health officials, with adequate supervision of wayside stands and camping grounds and fi-nally, with all the health and pleasure which may be derived from the wide open spaces, so many drivers will put an untimely end to themselves and others by careless driving. Remember, that all the personal health In the world coupled with a life expectancy of many happy years will be of no avail whatever If caution on the road Is thoughtlessly tossed away. Therefore, at all times handle that automobile of yours with care. And live to drive another day I Forcing tbe Issue fJO ONE wants to grow old. But ' no one can prevent It Man Is born, lives and dies a sequence which the wisest can In no way avoid. Any worrying will not help matters In the least Intelligent living, on the other hand. Is of great value In post-poning the Inevitable old age condi-tion. One has but to look around to real-ize that young men and women, as well as older ones, are foolishly en-gaged In habits that tend 'to shorten life. The consequence Is that many a person who has actually only existed fifty or sixty years Is an septuage-narian from a physiological stand-point Where Is the sense to that? Continual worry, lack of the proper amount of rest or over-working, falling to exercise, excesses of all kinds, and In general, forgetting thnt the body as well n business re-quires intelligent direction, are the factors that prematurely hasten old age. It Is an established and scientific fact that careful living, barring acci-dents, will defer old age. Therefore, so conduct your life that when you look old you actually are that way. Why force the Issue? i(S. I. Wunern Newspaper Union.) Realities Now Jill "ITow's your romance with Peggy coming on?" Jack "It's gone. We were married last week." Cap-per's Weekly. la Training for Hereafter Ilev. Mr. Goodpatter Waa your lnte husband prepared to diet The Widow Gnysport I think so. He was chief of the fire department during his last two years. pSaysa i! ...YOU... ii With th Wtw Scitpcs tf SylUblc 0 By C. J. COFFMAN Dean f All the Enumerator J Helen Tour name, Helen, dlvlck-- e a little differently thsa the actual syllable would lead na to V The Brst' sylla-- f ble, HE, Is equlva- - lent to the fifth Helen's Wide-- '"' h ,H Set Eyes. brew alphabet HE, which really algnl-tie- s a window. Too do serve a pur-pose In life very much like a window, In that through you your friends often "see a light." Tou are more of an Inspiration than you have any Idea. Yoo are nearly certain to have a high, smooth forehead, wltb splendid development of the memory faculties between your eyes. Tour eyebrows are likely to be prominent, slgulfylns your strong character. Taking off the first letter of your name we find a syllable, KU To the ancients EL meant Ood and It was natural to couple up the Idea with the windows of heaven, thus Joining two sides of your nature togother, as He, the Window, end EU the God. Thus you can be not only an In-spiration humanly to your friends, but you can be the window of God. Tour last syllnble, LEN. means to tarry or abide. It suggests meditation and the thought fulness seen in your splendid, wide set eyes. Taking the syllable found In the last two letters, EN, we find the res son for your hold on people, yonr popularity. In the Greek, EN means In or among, and you will not only be "among those present," but yon are more likely to find that your charms will land you "In the swim," socially speaking. But you will have to remember your God-lik- e Inspiration In order to do these things. When snyoue offers you a superior position, or the better place, take It Never mind that old stuff about "somebody else more worthy," so long as you did not thrust yourself forward In any untoward manner. As an example of the qualities that 1 have mentioned here, Helen Hunt Jackson of another day, demonstrated them most beautifully. She It was, who wrote the beautiful story of en-chanting California, under the title, "Raraona." This title bas more lately furnished us also a beautiful song. a e Jane Although bar people named her Jane Which some eay stand for mourning She live beyond tbl earthly plane A higher realm adorning." The key-wor- d of your name Is Indi-cated by Its first letter, J. That word is Justice. People .. soon learn to know the frank outspok- - K&iffitybri enness of you and UrS?i5wJ thereby learn to MJ trust you. Jl Some day yon yt will find, when you JaMi!sssJi have searched the greater part of life, Jane's Honest that most unhappl- - Face, ness of mind It caused by greed and strife. No doubt rhymsters in your child-hood days tedged you by rhyming Jane with "plain." But you may take It now as an asset that you are plain and simple, direct and honest In your attitude toward life. It Is going to attract to you things that you will always be glad of It may even attract the great around you. Whoever Is attracted to you will be so through the plain honesty that shows out of you. But with all this you are not too solemn. For one thing you are a very acceptable dancer. Too are fond of music, though I do not think you would become an artist In music. At least It Is not likely. A few of the Janes who have done big things are Jane Addams and Jnne Austin, a novelist of former days. Your library can furnish you a very Inspiring history of Jane Addams and her work, and I am sure thut you can readily believe, "what Jane has done, Jane can do." I'erhnps, though. If John shall seek his Jane, and the path of life shall change a bit it will not be a less happy one, (Q. 1130, Western Newepaper Union ) Tbe Con la Boatoa "Little Waldo seems Impressed with the Ice cream stand." "Yes; they serve It In such Inter-.jtln-g comic sections." Capper's Weekly. Mean Thing Plump Girl "Mother says Tm growing beautiful." Young Man "You mean beautifully, don't you?" Plntermnrltzburg, South Africa, received Its name from the two Boer leaders who founded It Ple-te-r Relief and Goert Maritz. "Retarder" le Popular In this day of hurry and speed, a retarder seems out of place, yet nat-urally occurring anhydrite, which is similar to gypsum but lacks Its water of crystallization. Is In demand to re-tard the setting of cement - The rate of solution of the retarder Is much slower than that of gypsum, and this determines how quickly the cement burdens. Revelation Put Beau in Unfavorable Light P.utler Gluenzer, critic and poet, was lulklng about a biography of George Washington that does not flutter the Father of his Country. "Few men's lives at that," he said, "can stiind the searchlight as well us Washington's stands it A girl turned the searchlight on her beau once, and If the poor fellow came out badly In one way well, we'd all come out badly in another. "This poor fellow I'm speaking of gave his girl an umbrella on her birth-day. She didn't like the umbrella any too well, and since the ticket of the department store where It bad been bought was tied to the handle, she decided to exchange it without Buying anything to anybody before-hand. "So she trotted to the department store, went to the exchnnge man and suld : " i'd like to exchange this umbrella, please, for another at the same price.' "'With pleasure, madam,' said the man. He wus all smiles and bows. But after he'd unwrapped the umbrel-la he looked very stern. "This umbrella,' he said, "wasn't bought from us, madam.' "'Oh. yes. It was,' said the girl. 'Look, there's your ticket on It' "'Ah, yes,' said the man, that's our ticket our ticket for " Detroit Free Press, Negro Babiee The pigment which gives the typical African his dark color does not de-velop fully for several weeks after birth. New born Infants of this race are usually reddish chocolate or cop-per in color. Odd Tax Payment Among the peculiar local taxes In Sark, one of the Channel Islands, Is one which is paid in chickens by each house according to the number of chimneys It possesses. Geographical DUtance The difference in the distance around the earth at the equator and the distance going around through the poles is 42 miles. The equatorial cir-cumference of the earth Is 24.896 miles; the meridional circumference 24.S54 miles. No Doubt "Tears contain a chemical, lydozime, said to be one of the strongest germi-cides known to science." No doubt some one will now undertake to pro-duce the stuff commercially from tbe snp of the weeping willow. New Or-leans Times-Picayun- Safe end Sana After alt fishing Is the less cruel sport Sou never heard of a fisher-man mistaking another for a deer. Morri8town Jerseyman. Undisputed Title Canadians are the world's greatest outter eaters, but the American peo-ple may still lay claim to tbe championship. |