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ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The boor wu on os; where the maal The fateful uodi unfaltering ran, And op the war of tears Be came into the years. Oar pastoral captain. Forth he cume, As one that answers to his name; Nor dreamed how blk'h his charge. Ills work bow fair and Urge To set the stones back In the wall Lest the divided house should fall, And peace from men depart, Hope and tbe childlike heart. We looked on him; " 'TIs be." we said, "'Come crownlesa and unheralded. The shepherd who will keep The flocks, will told the sheep." TJoknlghtly, yes; yet 'twas the mien Presaging the Immortal scene, Some battle of His wars Who sealeth up tbe stars. Nor would be take the past between His bands, wipe Talor's tablets clean, Commanding greatness wait Till be stand at the gate; Not be would cramp to one small bead Tbe awful laurels of the dead, Time's mighty vlntuge cup. And drink all honor up. ; No flutter of the banners bold Borne by the lusty sons of old. The baugbty conquerors Set forward to their wars; Not his their blare, their pageantries, Their goal, their glory, was not his; . Humbly he came to keep Tbe flocks, to fold tbe sheep. Tbe need comes not without the man: Tbe prescient hours unceasing ran. And up tbe way of tears He came Into the years, Our pastoral captain, skilled to crook Tbe spear Into the pruning book. The simple, kindly man, Lincoln, American. New Tork Independent. Aunt Selina's Valentine fTTTTTTT OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Eeqqers and Charity. A CLERGYMAN In an Iowa town tried an experiment not long ago. t returning from his summer vaca tion he determined that before shaving the beard which formed an effectual disguise for hla features, be would further disguise hlniBelf and go calling as a tramp. He put on a suit of very old and ragged clothes and went from one house to another among hla parishion ers, asking for food. The resulta were discouraging. Then he went home, shaved himself, put on ms proper uiti and preached a sermon on the lack of Christian charity In hla poncrresratlon. .'' . There was a time when the wayside beggar had some reason to accuse those who refused him aid of being un true to the name of Christian citizens. Fifty or .seventy five years ago, In this country, the poor and helpless had wo tn anvB themselves from starvation but by begging. if thi wnnted to eo from one place to another they had to walk, and depend for food on the charity of people who inni tha road. This charity could be dispensed with little tax on the giver, because the people lived on their farms, and could often give work as well as rooa. The modern tramp is too often a aenueraie parage. -ith nn ptip for his vaeabondage. Times nave so fiORN FEBRUARY 12, 1809. " Let us have faith that rleht makes mlsrhti and In that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand It." changed that it is easy for the undeserving to prey on so Motv it is true that in a Christian community It should be . . . i uue impossible for any wortny person to auuer fc phlladelpnla Public Ledger, tne necessaries oi me, nuu ecu - be taken care of somehow, but private charity is not equal to the task. At any rate, the way to extend private cnaruy Is not to give Indiscriminately to anybody wno comes uy and neglect those whom one knows to be really helpless, and most people have not money enough to minister to both classes of dependents. Washington limes. f-'-pHB postman's whistle was ' clear and shrill that morning, the 14th of ca February, and as he lifted the knocker on Aunt Selina's narrow green door the sound echoed through the house .and reached the ears of the little ludy, who hastily threw aside the brash she was using and. slinking the dust from her long print apron, opened the door with a pleasant smile, The smile vanished, however, and a look of surprise took Its place as she was given a large square envelope, pure white, and tied with dainty pink ribbons and quaint little bows, which even her .nimble fingers found it hard to untie; hut a little later it was spread out on the table before her, a valentine, all lace and flowers and satin bows, with two angels bearing up a line of love. Aunt Selina's face was a study. In deed, she made a picture sitting there by the old fireside trying to Solve this mys .tery, and when evening came and when .-she went to feed her chickens and dog Uover, her only companions, she was still .asking herself over and over: "Who In all the wide world can care enough for me to send me such a mes sage of love" Aunt Selina's life had been a quiet one; her mother had died while she was a child, and. with the help of an old nurse, jihe had been housekeeper for her father and one brother, older than berselt, una when this brother married she was Aunt Selina, not only to his children, but to their little friends as well, tor ner sunny nature made her a favorite with them .all. When her father died she whs left with the cottaee and little gardc-l and enough money to live comfortably In a .quiet way. But, though 30 years of age, she had never had a lover, so now as her mind .ran over the gentlemen whom she knew she could think of no one who would send her a valentine. Still there wsb the Baysville postmark, the town where she Jived, and once again she went through .her list of acquaintances. "There's Deacon Hayes but he Is so old and gray It can't be he. And Carlos Brown, he sits in the pew at my ngnt, HOUSE IN WHICH LINCOLN DIED GOING TO DECAY. - ja')jMHg m m immim m w ' fl("- - ' -c-vaawroi I II " --."'-'k fcto.. .... from interest In the labor at hand. What Is sheer drudgery to one man will be a delight to another; hard work in tho- form of recreation Is only play; and, therefore, tne im portance of choosing one's work wisely, so that It b la conformity with one's tastes, Inclination and capacities, la very great . But after every effort has been uiaae to seien. a pursuit wisely, it still remains a fact that the man who has made the wisest cholice will have to ao mucn uupir- . ant work; while for the vast majority freedom of choice la greatly restricted. Hard work must be done, and he who thinks or hopes that his days are to "flow on In ever-gentle current of enjoyment" Is generally doomed to disappoint ment ' Even the Idle are disappointed In attaining that kind of happiness, because they are deprived of the chief Interest of life, which comes from the consciousness of work well done, and are beset by the weariness which 1 called ennui. .. Happiness, in the modern view, does not consist in mere-pleasure-which the experience of the world teaches is more elusive the more esgerly and sedulously It Is pursued, but in the Improved circumstances, "in the development or new capacities of enjoyment and in the pleasure which active existence naturally gives." If this discontent takes the form of pessimism and unbridled ambition, it means mis ery; but the aim should be to attain reasoned and regulated discontent, which is the spur to endeavor, together with a due realization of the reasons which we have to be content f was he who had sent the valentine, bon ing the little messago would, in some way, help him to gain her love, for It was not true, the report which the gos sips of Baysville had brought against him, but more a reserved nature which had made him seem indifferent to those who would like to have been his friends. . Aunt Selina soon found that he was a noble, true-hearted man, one she could trust with her whole love ana mo, ami when he asked: "Will you share the home I have made ronrtv with the thought of you?" she did not refuse, but a little later went quiet ly into the church which the children had filled with flowers, and when she saw the sweet blossoms and realized that all this had been done for her, tears of hap piness filled her eyes and she ttiougnt: "How fair is lite ana an cumiseu iui me by the aid of a valeutine." Indian apolis Sun. LINCOLN'S LIFE. Characteristics of the Great Kmanci Dator as Told in Paragraphs. The familiar cabin of Lincoln's child hood could more properly be termed a enmn. for. Instead of being made of logs, It was built of poles, was about fourteen feet square and had no floor. " . In vouth he was an ardent advocate of temperance, and delivered discourses on cruelty to animals and the horrors of war. He liked stump-speaking much more than the ax he had to wield so often. Among the first situations he obtained after coming of age and striking out for himself was as a flat-boat hand to New Orleans. The slave auction he witness ed there bore the ripe fruit of after ypars. It Is snld that then and there, In May, 1831. the Iron against Blavery entered his soul. Tall, lanky, sallow, dark and slightly stooping he was in appearance, being a mimoiilnr 6 feet 4 at 17. His dress in kn ha In renllv too Door to think or I thnaa dnvB was all tanned deer niue, coat, taking a wife." trousers and moccasins. The luxury of For, some way, Aunt Selina felt that wearing garments of fur and wool, dyed -it mount that, else why Bbould one send .-ith thn luice of the butternut or white .so costly a valentine to an old maid? walnut, was Just being adopted in his Once Bhe thought of asking the post- neighborhood, and Lincoln was not a man, and then laughed at tne laea. as person to take the lead in elegance. if he would know. He was a bachelor ..., Perkins, who guarded the door of Mr. conderogo, though he did other notable of middle age, and rumor said that he Lincoln had very little actual school t. ,it. tn.H ..mo. th novnlntlnn Pro- New Wheat and Cotton fields. MONO the most remarkable movements of our time on the nart of the principal Industrial and commer cial nations of Europe are their efforts to free them selves from dependence on outsiders for their food sunulles and the raw materials for manufacturing. Chief among these are wheat and cotton, and the two coun tries that are giving the most attention to me suujeci nro A' Canada Very Much Alive. FiTfl Pnnndlnns would make very good Americans if Wninli nml Uermanv they were not so obstinately uanauian. xuis b Vor golne tinle xndla arroraea a respeciuuiu nuiy shown by the present wonderful prosperity of the cotton t0 increase the revenue the Indian government Dominion. In ten years her trade has increased by put an iml)ort duty of 5 per cent on manufactured cotton, nonrlv S200.000.000. In a single year the increase is h t thn nnt(...v raBed In Lancashire brought pressure from idnnonooo. Exnorts of manufactures are io,ouu,uw iu tiHtish eovernuient ana a o per cent exiiun umjr u 1902, against S7,000,000 in 18U3. in ine same peiiou ugn- imposea 0n Indlnn-made cotton, wun disastrous icsu.ib i. cultural exports have doubled. The tremendous energy and the In(ilnn cotton-mlll owners, ninny of whom have had 'to success of the Canadian workers are Indicated in the fact gQ lnt0 liquidation. The increase of raw cotton exports that dpnnsits in savines banks have doubled in four years. fr.m ,Ildin lB therefore, probable. . Assets of Canadian bnnks grew in that time from S243,- The BrltiHh Colonial Office has been turning Its attention inn noo to S448.300.000. the note circulation showing a like tn ,,nttnn lrrowinc In Its east and west African crown colo- increase. Six years ago Canada was thought to be losing n,egi m all whch the conditions for the production or population by emigration to the united states, wassacnu- tnftt Btnpie are eminently favorable, inen, on tne imib. setts was complaining of the influx of peasants from Can- gr(?at expectations are formed from the exploitation of the ada, and all along the line to Oregon there was said to be new terrltory to be brought under irrigation through tha an Incoming current. Now this Is all changed. Immigrants new d(im ftt Assouan, and to assure that the output of raw nrp flocking into Canada from the United States farmers, ttnn fronl Eevnt shall not be diverted, an export duty of ranchmen, miners and other active classes. From 11,000 g per cent on manufactured cottons has been Imposed by in 1R97 the lnimlcrants havje Increased to 75,000 in 1002, RrittHh-Ecvotlan administration, the duty on imported one-third of these being active workers from tho United cottong beIng the same. The export duty on raw cotton Is States. As respects the creation of needed railways across , cent New York Sun. the continent and in tne rar rsormwesi, uimuu vcij The rapid decay of the house in Wash ington in which Abraham Lincoln died is attracting public attention, and it is proD able that something will be done to pre serve It. It contains the Oldroyd col lection of Lincoln relics, and until re cently was in the care of private tenants, who charged a small admission reo to visitors. Now it Is in the cure of a so ciety, but nothing has been done to pre serve or repair the walls or the Interior. The house Is directly across the street from the Bite of Ford's Theater, where Lincoln was shot. LINCOLN'S NARROW ESCAPE. Fiendish Plot to Inoculate Him with the Smallpox. The demand for an additional body' guard around the White House recalls an incident of the civil war witnm tne mem ory of many residents. During the excit ing period of '01 great fears were enter tained for the safety of the President, and every precaution was taken to Insure his personal protection. One morning there appeared at the White House a woman, closely veiled, demanding an immediate interview with Mr. Lincoln. Approaching Messenger progressive, as also in establishing transoceanic steamship j ltnpfi and submarine cables to connect wun auruiie uu uuc or, A Bin nnd Australia on the other. Our Northern neighbor seems to be very much alive. Baltimore Sun. I Monotony and Work. T . No Use for Bachelors. HE Argentine Eepubllc, or, rather, one of the small States that compose it, has no use for bachelors. The law holds that a man Is marriageable in Argen tina when he Is 20. The Exchequer gives point to the opinion by taxing all bachelors of between 20 T is only natural in the busiest age the world has ever and 30 a nionth. fter80, - P "? seen that there should be munuurings or discontent at creases ii ..-". ; , . fl,.K the burdens of life, and that, while all the world Is at costs S20 a "-th. From hU fi J ety-flnh work, the workers should find occasionally their un- year a Dacneior - """""" 1 " varying toll In fixed occupations in some degree monot- in $30 a monin. tuu. yu,... ...... ... vaijin ui ' .'...., , r..,fl., t th mna ct nn unmarried man of between 75 nnd 80 is con- sinrmn TUB COmiUUllll Ul lliuuuiuuv id w l ... n w ..... . auip.u ... OnOUH. tuiuv'""". - r .ll-J V a nairinont nt nnlv $20 A VInP. workers In any craft, profession or pursuit. Tne lawyer, siderea to u y - " 7 the doctor, the mechanic, the factory worKer, tne rarmer, ana wneu mo ..Buc,u - 2 Sousfe. the day laborer, are at times disturbed by finally ceases from A . the Questioning whether, after all, they are getting oae- years in wuicu w uiu... , .. ouate return not merely In money, but In happiness and who can prove that he has proposed and been refused thre quaie iiiiuu, ui j t . m.lHpnj ta have earned immunitv. human satisfaction, from tneir ent.eavors. " - ' r ' ,m, tho Iaw Mere task work is harder to do tnan tnai wnicn is riere, one wuu.u ......., . undertaken with enthusiasm, and this enthusiasm comes said to act like a charm.-London Chronicle. ONE OF ETHAN ALLEN'S EXPLOITS Ethan Allen will always be remem bered as the man who took Fort Tl- &rMo. iesoc, owjgto ed-XD, STarSVolS - th S uSTh 1 .ome experience before coming to Bays- '"S Av iniJ- ?S$!Z "T vine. tiazei forsejr. . . . . vow. Thp donrkppnprs orders were, how- . . i n A.,nt Rpllna tboueht that his manner D,.i,nr,l to work or hire out. At 1 ne , uoro uui iuid Lv ....... . . - weui uaiu iu -" - - 1 nooi All Revolution. Pro- an article in ' y" o ' , fto tvn from lnBl Bne ue aauu" lu i"-""' - the Century Magazine, "ine rroiogue "r "I .,t At 14. h view. The doorkeeper's orders were, how- . t, Amerlt. Uevolutlon." tells of ew Vjrnniuiu a oi.iiuvi, 1 nt 1 1 c 11 1 j l- a icon luiuutui uutvuiuic vm. o. fpw friends and seemed not to care for and at 17 he saw the last of his school ..Tr"? Ethan Allen was a large specimen of he cheerful "Good morning" which she dayB under a man named Swaney. All emnlove Takine him to one a man, with a big heart. He was a pa- gave him whenever ne sioppea at ner the education he oDtainea aiterwHru . hand fl nKuterj rashi given to swagger, door. through his own exertions. .aucauou tpndorlv rnhhed them as she hut verv far Indeed from witless. After It must be confessed that when the defective" was his own dennltlon given - nU . I ., ., mext Sunday came, Aunt Selina was un- to the compiler of the Dictionary of Con- tne 1 tuu s . usually careful of her dress She wora gres., although it was not a PM Pkta almort your bayonet into my breast U any body's. They would have done noth ing but for me." The commandant hesitated, but final ly told the prisoners he would let them live to grace the halter at Tyburn. Allen's courage saved both bis own life and thnt of his men. It won the admiration even of Sir Guy Carleton, tho Governor of Quebec. MI8SOURI IS ANCIENT. hor new black silk, and her wavy brown thourht to him. liair was neatly coiled beneath the small I .,.1..) hnnnet. which she had freshened I Ttoln rnisod in a community supersti- up with a new satin bow, for she felt tlous In the extreme, Lincoln believed In .-sure that her valentine friend would be supernatural portents all his life. Frl- at church that morning, and as she en- dy he considered, fatal to every enter- tho oolor rose in her fair face, for nd. as It turned out. well be he felt that the deacon had spoken I might He had many dreams which he dent. UlUfc I peculiar UUU1 luni niinrairu iu cm.- ... . ...(,.,. ..f. mm hi. onmnnninn nd hHtPnpd tn brilliant reputation. irpt rid of her without creatine a scene. He planned an attack on Montreal in No sooner had he accomplished this than the fall of 1775. Through the failure he confided to one of the household the 0f his fellow plotter to come to his effect produced upon him while in con- BaHtnnce. Allen and his handful of versatlon witn tne importunate visitor. 1 th.n n.n.1 . .hp P.m. 7 .J A I........ pf pnmlnir events. I A IUJ.BH;iu wuu wo yiiroruL jiuuiitij ur more "m'''Z-.rC.Alummim,. V. i.7. if tn vined the truth and insOtuted a search " .tte.rr'i.wJ."--"S" r"u.r on.ce iSrZ " r: u Z .5 for the woman, when It was learned that n ner nana " BWB, 'nX"vl,Z' V 1 i PTJ. she had driven rapidly away in a carriage, kins, her iaiu . u.u xwcuu, ,u- a Daa oream aiwui u.ui. and all trace wag logt. Terkins was im- ulrea ior um uc.n.". presagea id iv.wic. u. .....v, -- As sha went back to her quiet home I freesboro, Gettysburg and Vlcksburg. He ahe wondered If a brighter future were related an ill one Just before hU assas- ln store for her, sometning Desmes tne slnatlon. loneliness that naa Been ner lot ior many Too Many Bills. men were captured after a daring but futile resistance, and led before Gen eral Prescott in the barrack yard at Montreal. It was an extraordinary scene, on mediately ordered to return to his homs one side stood a British officer, hand and await developments. I somely uniformed, sword at side. On Within the usual period he was taken th other was Allen, a son of the for- 111 with one of the worst cases of viru- , pprnkln lacket cowhide boots. t U " vpnrs. Time passed, and at length, hearing inthlns more from the sender of her val entine, she decided that either he did not wish to be known, or had not the. cour age to carry the matter farther, so the little token was laid away, the one ro ,.,. of Aunt Sallna's life. One day a boy came running to her a, with a message, which read: "I am very sick; will you come to me? -your postman. JUttiM aiuunui. "Bleak House, Baysville." Yes, Aunt Salina would go, she was always ready to help the suffering, but whpn she entered tha room where John Mnnra lav. the nurse cajne quickly to- , ward her, telling her that he had not i tn live, and she thought the same when Bhe saw what a wreck the fever t,. m.dp of the once strong man. Perhaps it was his constitution that ,.,,.ht him through, or It may have been Aunt Selina's cheerful face and gen- . 4nr .Tnhn Moore did not die. although' it was many weeks before he could be my .. T vi. in .nil Hnr-I "And Toil told blm "I-a "selin.Te.rnea how That thar. w f much post.,, do. ,. h. h.d P.iwl for her. ts4 that it on him." lent smallpox on record, and for weeks lay at the point of death. Upon his re covery the faithful messenger, whose de votion to duty doubtless saved the life of the President, was appointed by Mr. Lin coln to a permanent position on the cleri cal force of the War Department, which office he has continued to hold up to date, being one of the most efficient clerks oa the rolls. a red woolen cap on his unruly hair all stained with mire and smoke. "Who are you?" demanded Prescott, In a tone, to make the most courageous quail. "My name is Allen. "Are you the Allen who took iicon- deroga?" 'The very man. At this Prescott "put himself in a "Lord Needmonnelgh asked me Man of the People. The birthday of Abraham Lincoln may eat fury as Allen said afterward, well recall the principles which be rep- iran(1ighe(j hB cane over the prisoner's resented, for which he labored aad for , ... wlth hard wnica u. cmmu.vu . -j " ... ....... i ,,,,.a .. . a .... in . ... i 11.1 11 ... a. There 18 UO more uuyuiar ugure iu -rviin-i- I ... , , 4 inere . .K,u T in. I Al en shook his mighty fist at him co'n. He was pre-eminently . man of "Offer to strike, and that's the beetle the people. Sprung from the people, he of immortality for youl I'm not used always remained one of them. Men ad-1 to being caned!" mired George Washington, but it was I prescott turned his eye upon the enp an .dmlratioa mingled with awe. The I tured BOidters and ordered a guard to neoDle DOtn lovea aau rerercu liiul-uiu. i ... tvam I - . . . it.. 1 ... I ULIUUCI U .1.1 If he President or r.u.p.uter.n.w.. tne. am. Rtnlnir between his men and the ola n Amenc.n citiren, in wnom non-1 ..... . Vi. .i.t.t Irtr waa an instinct and whose patriot- British. Allen tore open hi. waistcoat ,.J ... n.rt of hi rr souL-Ch.rls. and shirt and cried to Prescott, I am A. Dna, I tbe one to blame, not theyt Throat Alps Are Infants Compared with the AifO of tbe uxarKs. Men speak in wonderful words of the beauty of Jura, of the grandeur of Everest, of the awe-lnsplrlng can yons of the West, of tbe Andes and the Alps; but no man has ever looked unon a scene more incltlve to thought and profound meditative Imagination than the rugged hills or tne lower ux arks. He who ciiuios tne jura stauus nnnn n neak of the modern world. but the man who stands upon the highlands of Ozark couuty looks upon land so old that the brain becomes weary In attempting to measure Its ages, though measurement be made in epochs not In thousands or years, says the St Louis ltepublic. ine Himalaya mountains have during some thousands or millions of years, poured their deposits into that body of water which we know as China sea, and by filling the basin of that sea have deposited so much alluvium that the empire of China, with Its untold population, now occupies the space over which the water once flowed un restrained. Look to your maps and note how large the lowlands of China are: conjecture the depth of the al luvlum deposit in those lowlands and then comprehend, if you can, the ages during which the Himalaya moun tains have been busy filling up the basin of the sea, and by wash of the tides and overflow of the river, build ing the land of China as we know it to-dar. The brain wearies or tne ei fort We are Incapable or compre hending auch almost lnflnlte time and yet we do know that the moun tain, of Asia are the youngest moun tain ranges on earth, and . that tbe lowland, of China belong to tha last by comparison, sometimes. If the- Himalayas are the youngest tne u arks are the oldest of the mountain ranges, and between the dates which gave them birth the Itocky moun tains, the Appalachians, the Apen nines, the Alps, the Andes, the Neva- das, the Circassians, the Caucusus, the greatl mountain ranges of Australia and Africa had birth. Yet these wer not reared suddenly by some conti nent creating explosion, but slowly. surely, tenderly, as It becomes mother earth to develop her giant children. dava. We may grasp a suggestion of facts Juvenile Gallantry. He was a tiny little fellow, surely not more than 5 years old, and as he called for his afternoon papers at th corner of 12th aud Market streets mnny people gazed nt him with min gled amusement and pity. He hail iong brown curls, wet with the drench ing rain, and his shrill little voica had a baby lisp. A very stout, elderly woman, apparently weighing close ti 200 pounds, paused at the south side of Market street and looked askancej at the miniature river of slush and water and at the passing procession, of wagons aud trolley cars. The littl newsboy was quick to size up the situ ation. Running up to her he exclaim ed: 'Don't be afraid, lady, I'll help youi across." lteacuing up nis tiny imiw hand he clutched her by the arm. and together the ridiculous pair threaded their way to the opposite curb. Then the stout woman opened her purse, gravely handed the little fellow a coin and disappeared Into th Heading Terminal. Iloyal Fads. "The papers say that Queen Alexan dra's hobby Is clocks." "Yes, and I noticed the other day . that one of her royal sisters is very fond of fine poultry." "Well, 1 fancy It requires a much. higher degree of Intelligence to set . hen than to set a clock." Cleveland, Plain Dealer. "Getting married," the women aay "means so much to a girl;" Intimating In a Blde-swlplng sort of a way that it doesn't mean more to a man thau gat-., ting shaved. UUVM WW