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THE MCVRNIXG OREGONTAN. TUESDAY, JTOE 5, 1900.
TWENTY LESSONS IN FRENCH CONVERSATION
(Copyright. 1000, by Seymour Baton.)
THE OREGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE: DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON
Note. These lessons have been prepared for
The Oregonlan's Home Study ClrcJe by Protes
tor Benno Klrschbaura. of Philadelphia. Tbey
are. Intended primarily for Americans tvho pur
pose attending the Paris exposition. The lea
eons will Include U) common French -words and
phrases, (2) easy conversation and (3) simple
reading lessons.
1.ESSO KO. 1.
eCATOnZtfilME LECON. KAH-MR-
ZEE-TAME .
TsUti Betweea a Gesttlesaam .
ITotol Clerk.
Conversation eatre un monsieur et an
coramlu d'hflrel; konfvair sta-see-yoBg
n&na-tranff mus-see-yuh ey.
unr konvmee do-tel.
3toB8leur--Bonjour, monsieur.
bonp zjoor inus-see-yub.
Good-morning, sir.
Comtals-Qu'j a-t-11 a Totro aerrlcot
kee iah teal ab To-tr salr-vec-co.
Whit can I do for yon t
Monslear Je xocdrtUxivolr des ren-se-Ifaements
a l'ijrard deSwbftt!s de
Paris.
Too-drayra-vwar ron-saya-mon
B lay ear-day zob-tell .
I -would like to bare Information con
cernlnff hotels la Paris.
Commls Jo roe feral tin plslslr da vons
dormer tout los renstlpnements en
mon pourolr.
play-eer too-lay oa moaj
poo-vwar.
It will afford mo pleasure to (Ire all tbe
Information I can.
Xoailenr Cltei-niol s'll tous platt lea&
tels princlpaux de cette tIHo.
see-tar-mws, lay zo-tel prsn-see-
po da sett-vIlL
Tftll aie which are tbe principal hotels
here, please.
Cawzals Eh blen, lstwbotels las plus cofi
ttax et les pins freqaentes sont:
Hfttel Continental. Rue de Rlroll fen
face flu jardln des Tnllarlns ; 1'HOtel
da Louvre, Rue de Rlroll fen face
du e5te nord du LouTre) ; Le Grandw
Bfltel. Boulerard des Capuclnes (pres
de l'Opera).
y byaa lay o-tel koo-tuuh et les
plat fray kanatay soap: lo-tel kon? teo
' saun-tabl rona dub ree-ro-lee onir fats
dan sjar-danfrdaytweel-ree; lo-teldun
laa-Tr , oa: fass dau co-tty nor
lab srraan-to-tel, bodl-Tar day
kaa-ptm-ceea, pray dab lo-psy-rsh.
Well, tbe best and tnoit erpensrre here
arc: Continental hotel. Rtvoll street
ifsctetr the Tnllertet. gardens);
.onrre hotel. RItoII street (opposite
BOrtbera side of the Louvre): tbe
Grand hotel, tbe Onpuclno boalerard
(aeer the Opera honsa).
Jtweiour Soot-Co la les mollleur&widtelst
aaan-ce lab lay may-ynbr zot-elL
Are these the best hotels!
Oeaimlj Onl, moaileur, oe aont deswhdtels
dt premier ordre.
taa-soa prasMnee-ya .
Tea, clr. they are first-class hotaU.
ateailenr Q&els aoat les prlz de chambrest
toil we tbaam-br.
Waal are the price of the rooms!
Casamle Oa demands pcraruna cbambra
de rix.1 tract francs.
oat-dsh-iaacndo tees ah traunt
T&ey ask for a room from 6 to 80 francs
fll.20toW.00).
Maztleur Six franca, e'ost la pins bas prlxt
lab ploa bal-pree.
Is ft franc the lowest price!
Dennis A 1'htMel du Louvre oa eaa
qaatre francSwet au dessus.
ah-loh-tell dna loo-vr on an-nab katra
o-dus-suu.
At the Louvre tbey hare them at 4 franca
up.
Moailear Kt quant aax repast
ay-kaun-toe rah-pah.
And what about tbe mealst
EAST SIDE AFFAIRS.
Completion of Factory Plant Other
Matters.
It is thought that the Doernbecher fur
niture factors- will be In running order
within 30- days. Work of construction is
being pushed rapidly, and the roofing of
the structure will bo completed by the
end of the week. Brickwork for the
boilers is being put in, and the founda
tion for the machinery will coon be ready.
By the middle of the week the factors
at Chehalis will close down, and the
entire plant will be removed to Portland.
It is expected that there will be 30 freight
cars of the machinery and equipment.
About 200 men will be employed at the
plant, of whom 40 have families. Ac
commodations will be provided for them,
and five six-room cottages, costing $1300
each, will Te constructed.
Valuable Hone Killed.
A valuable mare -belonging- to Robert
Iudwlg met with a serious accident yes
terday, and the owner was obliged to
ehoot her. The boy driving her had
stopped on Grand avenue, near Haw
thorne, at the water trough, when the
mare became frightened at someth'ng
and began kicking and plunging. After
pitching the driver out. she tore north
down Grand avenue to East Yamhill,
where sh plunged forward and fell,
breaking her left leg. She was immedi
ately shot to end her suffering. The
mare was a very fine one. and valued
"by her owner at $100.
! Came Home to Vote. ,
Joseph D. Lee. superintendent of the
Oregon State Penitentiary, arrived in
Portland yesterday morning for the pur
pose of casting his vote in the Ninth
"Word. H stated that the average num
ber of inmates at the penitentiary' was
diminishing, there being an average of
20 less than last year. At present there
are 301 Inmates. The general health Is
good. On Memorial day they dedicated a
rww flagstaff, and Claud Gatch made
an interesting and patriotic address. Mr.
Lee will return to Salem this evening.
Took the Tent Down.
Yesterday the Brooklyn Republican
Club removed the fine large tent they
had on Beacon, near Milwaukie street.
The club has done the public a service
In having the tent there, as It was the
only place in the vicinity where large
gatherings could be hif The public is
Indebted to it. and also the Brook
lyn School, which held two entertain
ments there.
Kfldt Sitle Noten.
Mrs. O. II. Bellinger, wife of the
Democratic candidate for City Engineer,
has been suffering a week with an at
tack of tonsllitis.
The sum of $15 was netted by the re
cent entertainment given by the Brook
lyn School. It will fce used to Increase
the library fund.
E. M. Van Slyck. Assistant Deputy Col
lector of Customs, who has been making
e short visit o Eastern Oregon, returned
to Xome last Saturday.
Prom Portland to Woodstock the City
& Suburban Railway is improving its
lines by stringing new poles. This is
being done because of the decayed con
dition of the old poles.
A VERY LOW RATE.
On the occasion of the Republican Na
tional Convention, to be held at Phila
delphia: June 19. the O. R. & N. will put
In effect a special low rate of $$ :0 for
the round trip. Tickets irold June 12 and
IS. and good until August ZL
The choice of many routes to the East
offered by the O. R. & X. Co. makes thai
road an espKially desirable one to patron
ize. Ticket office, 80 Third street, corner of
Oak.
Commit Leabeufcset les prlx dea repas
rsrlent.
lay-zubr ray Tar-ree.
Tbe bours and tbe prices of tbe meals
differ.
Monsieur A quelle henra dejeaae-t-
oaordlnairerue&tt
dar-zjubn-ton or-dee na'r-raong.
At what hour do tbey usually take
breakfast?
Commit On sen le premier dejeunereatre
teatheures et nenf-beuret.
Le piixenwcst de 1 1 2 francs.
on salr lab prrm-yalr ontr-iett ay
BUT-ubr.
lab pree zoag-nsyduh un ab dub freun.
Tbe first breakfast Js served between 7
and?.
Tbe cost la I to S franca.
Monsieur Et Je second I
ay lab izon
And the second!
Comml Lo rerond dejeuner qal equl
TautIau lunch amdrlraln estserride
llwhe-ureswa 2wheures.
kee ay kee-To-tob salr-vee dub
ann ah dubzuhr.
Tbe second breakfast, which Is equiva
lent to the American lunch. Is served
from 11 toS.
Monsieur Comment-ct repsestcll nom
ine! kom-monc; ruh-ruh-pah ay-teel nom
may. What Is the name of this meal!
Commit On l'cpelle "de'jeunerwA la four
cbette." onff lap-pel day-zjah-aty ab lab foor-
shett.
"We call It "dijeuaer a la fourchetta"
(luncheon).
MoasV ur Que cote ca repist
kuh koot euh ruh-pab.
What Is the cost of this meal 1
Commls 11 coute ils clnqwkbu'.t francs,
r- 'tank-ah weet.
It costs from f to 8 francs.
Monsieur Je tous remercle. Dtne-t-oa
tard!
deen-toa-tar.
1 thank you. Do tbey bare late dinners!
Commls Ily a "Table d'hota" a lout
leshdtels de 8a Sbeures du solr.
eel-ec-anahbMota ah too-lay zo-te dub
seee ab weet dub swar.
There Is dinner at the public tables frara
fl to 6 In all the hotels.
Monsieur Et le prlx!
And the price!
Commit Les prlx tont de sept, bult et 10
francs rc4p:ctlrement.
set weetaydeeco res-peet-tee-
Tub-munj.
The prices are 7, 8 and 10 francs accord
lnjly. Monsieur-Y a-Ml dos "i parti"
-ah-tel dav-zs-par.
Are there any extras!
Commie Oul, monsieur, dans tout lea
hotels le aerriea estA part.
lay-ao-tel luh salr-veece ate ab pr.
Yes, In all hotels tbe service Is an extra.
Monsieur Et quelest le pourbolre ordl-
nalre, a'll tous plattt
poor.bwabr or-dee nalr .
And wht Is the ordinary tip, please!
Commls On donne trenernlcmont un pour-
polre au domeitique qnl nettole les
chambres,,au broiseuret au ;arcon.
oa? don Jey-nay ral-mon vnz totr-
bwnhr au cmesteek kee net-twa Uy
sbnnvbro-bros-flutr gar-onc.
Tbey usually tip tbe sorvant who cleaas
tbe rooms, the boots and tbs waiter.
Monsieur Combian a checun!
kom-bee-yan sl-a-kuhn.
How much each I
Commls Deux francs au dessua.
dnh zo des-fiuuh.
Prom S franco np.
HISTORY AND SLAVERY.
Incidents! Quoted for the Instruc
tion of Dr. Ulnckbarn.
PORTLAND, June 2. To the Editor.)
Reading from The Morning Oregonlac of
May 31 I see that Dr. Alexander Black
burn went out of his way to give a slap
In the face to the Tcople of the South la
his memorial sermon at the First Pres
byterian Church in this city. He thus
betrayed an unfraternal. not to say un
christian, epirlt, and at the same time
j perverted history to give sanction to a
icemit mm contravenes me purpose oi
the utterance of the hero of Appomat
tox as he lay In the shadow of his tomb
at Mount McGregor "Let us have
peace."
Dr. Blackburn, like most other mis
guided men on the eubject, attempts to
shift the odium of alavery upon these with
whom It ended. Instead of these with
whom it began. The South was not re
sponsible for elavery, and with exceptions
here and there the negroes of the South
were humanely treated, and en effort was
'made to Christianize them. Southern
Methodism alpne hod In her communion
207,763 negroco in 1SC0, and 1SO.O0O negro
children were glcn catechetical Instruc
tion. And how many negro adherents of
the great Bapt'et church there were ;n
the South I have not now the means of
knowing, but certainly a very larje num
ber, and so of the other churches. But.
on the other hand, the people of New Eng
land and the North, so long as they wero
directly and personally engaged In the
traffic of African slavery, were governed
by lucre, which engendered cruelty.
I will not charge Dr. Blackburn with
willful misrepresentation, but charitably
hope that Ignorance of the true facts of
history suggested the untenable position
he assumed In his memorial discourse.
I and hence I presume to inform him that
the South was the first to propose the
emancipation of African slaves in the
United States, and that It would have been
an accomplished fact not later than IMS
had not the plan been blocked and pre
vented by New England and the North.
On August 8, 17S7. at the Constitutional
Convention in Philadelphia the question of
slavery was submitted to two committees
successively. The majority of the first
committee were Northern men, and they
recommended that the clave trade bo le
galized perpetually. This committee was
composed of five persons Rutledge, Ran
dolph. Gorman, Ellsworth and Wilson
the first two from the South, the last
three from the North. The majority of
1 the eocond committee were from the
South, and they recommended that slav
ery should not be extended beyond the
year 1SQ0. Thki committee was composed
of 11 persons Langdon, King, Johnson,
Livingston, CJymcr, Dickenson. Martin,
Williams. Pincknoy. Baldwin and Madi
son. Thua. had Massachusetts, New
Hampshire or Connecticut stood by Del
aware and Virginia, and. like them, vot
ed against extension, the Infamous traffic
In chattel slavery under Constitutional
authority would not have survived the
first years of the past century: whereao.
Northern selfishness and greet? perpetuat
ed African slavery in the United States
' CO years beyond the time ct which the
South had declared by official authority
it should stop. (See Stiles' "Modern Re
form"). And why should Dr. Blackburn encak
I of the Emancipation Proclaraat'on of
President Lincoln as If It had been made
upon the basis of a great moral Issue,
or had the sanction of the American Con
stitution? It is a perversion of history
to do so, and eurely no minister of the
gospel of as high character as Dr.
Blackburn would for a moment think
of such a thing. While L'ncoln as an
Individual looked upon slavery as a great
moral evil, the Emancipation Proclama
tion was not based on this Idea. Ar.d
as to the Constitutional right of elavery,
Lincoln never questioned for one moment
In all his life and up to the hour of his
lamented death that the South was Jus
tified and protected "by the Constitution
In her ownership of slaves. His great
speech in Cooper Institute in 1S60 es
tablishes this Tlew. And while he was
President end struggling with tha great
problem of how to end the war. he said:
"My paramount object In this struggle
Is to save the Union, and Is not either to
eavo or destroy slavery." And whentht
supreme moment bad arrived, which Jus
tified the Emancipation Proclamation the
reason given by Lincoln fcr lzsuing It
was: "A fit and necessary military neces
a'ty." And does Dr. Blackburn know
that there were slaveholders In the North
at the time emancipation was proclaimed'.
Dr. Blackburn further die-courses, and
again gives evidence of als blundering lg
noranco of the facta of history: "The
Emancipation Proclamation not only set
free the slaves, but It went Into the
South and eet free the Institutions of lib
erty. There was no free press south of
the Mason and Dixon line before the war.
Tbe man who dared to publish the truth
was ostracised. Where we go and where
the flag gors henceforth there shall be
free speech, a free press, free schools
and free Institutions." I dare say Dr.
Blackburn was never In the South but
once; that was when he wore the uniform
of a soldier and went on a mission of
coercion and not of brotherly love. I
dare say. further, that up to th's period
In his life he had never read a rtpresenta
tlve Southern newspaper. I dare y.
further, that he cannot name a single
representative newspaper In the South be
fore the war that was not a free news
paper, nor can he name a single repre
Bentatlve Southern newviapcr prior to 1S60
that was ostracised because of a consci
entious, dlrro-'slonatc and truthful ex
pression of views entertained upon any"
subject. And lf'by chance he should find
such an inctanco, I think he will have
little trouble In duplicating the zamc north
of the Mason and Dixon line. The motto
of one Southern newspaper of promi
nence before the -war, and which was al
ways printed at the head of the paper.
:yped ell the newspaper? of the Southland,
so far as we know, and It reads thus:
Here shall ths press tbe people's rights .main
tain. Unawed by inZucnce and anbribd by gain.
S. W. BARBEE.
KIPLING AT THE FRONT.
He Goes Oat on the Veldt and Is
Shelled by the Boers.
London letter to New Tork Tribune.
Bennett Burleigh, in the Dai.y Tele
graph, recount Rudyard Kir-lings first
experience of being under fir. The au
thor accompanied the war correspendenta
to Karee biding. Mr. Burleigh says:
As there was fair promise of a fight,
Rudyard Kipling, who was in town and
Glaring at the same hotel, paid me the
compliment of expressing a desire to ac
company me. In my Cape cart, to the field.
We had an early, and, an Is usually the
case, a light, breakfast before starting to
catch the -oopa As there was a ghost of
a risk that .re might have to camp out
upon the kopjes or veldt, I laid in a suit
able supply of eatables and drinkables
enough for vigorous open air or campaign
thlrut and appetite. Mr. Kipling Is a
very active man, mentally and physically,
and both of us felt before starting that
tho provision question was no insignifi
cant trifle, and we proved the psundness
of our capacity and Judgment
Although knowing tho British soldiers
like tome of themselves, and familiar with
Thomas Atklny" many-rfdedntrs. Mr. Kli
llng had not previously had the luck to
find opportunity to .'ollow the drums to
battle. Ah. and It it something worth
having had experience of. to have
marched Into action, going forward
thrilled and exalted. Into the harvesting
of Death, keeping step rfde by side with
the Indomitable British infantry. To go
voiuntarliy where shells arc bursting,
scattering Are. hall of murderous mlrolles
and viperish bullets dart through the air,
snap, burn and whip upon the ground,
demands purpose and resolution. Mr.
Klplirg had both, and went forward. Fate
and chance, with a little guiding, granted
hli desire, yielding a not .too brusque first
experience to the brilliant poet and au
thor. We drove out of Bloemfontetn, briskly
bumping along the northward tracks
toward Glen Station. 12 miles by rail or
road. About 10 A. M. I caught night of
Co'onel Le GallalsT Brigade, lying care
fully screened upon the side of a long,
low ridge of rich upland. His scouts were
going about like ants, searching the
ranges and pointed kopjes to our front.
Four of them galloped up to us In pairs
from different points of the 'compass to
Inquire who we were and to examine our
paaw Tho equipage excited their sharp
est curiosity, but once given the name of
Rudyard Klpilng. with the observation,
"A pass from 'Bobs to go anywhere." U
was "open sesame."
Arriving near Karee Kloof, where there
was good grazing, I outspanned, leaving
the how's knee haltered In charge of my
"boy," -while Mr. Kipling and I clambered
over the rocks to t- Tn of the kopje. At
an altitude of over KOO feet, as It were,
climbing became a puffing performance.
Under the shadow of the scrub trees we
rented, able to see, but ourselves unseen
to Boers and friend. alike, who were hold
ing not remote hills and crests. We were
Ju.t: In time for the overture of the little
drama which followed. The Australians
who were dashing, Intelligent fellows,
supported by a handful of the C. I. Vj
and Nesblt's Horse, a Grahamtown colo
nial contingent advanced and drove In
tho Boer outponts. holding the nearest
kopjes and -ridges.
Having the range, the enemy's flr
swelled In volume, and was promptly fur
ther augmented by shells .from three
Creusot seven o- nine-pounders. The cav
alry were already "miles about." We
were afoot upon rather a bare upland,
without a stone any bigger than a marble,
as Mr. Kipling declared, and truly It was
no place for two unarmed noncombatants.
So we turned and walked south, toward
where I had left the cart. At first the
enemy were too busy fi'h the cavalry to
pay special attention to this. but.
tho horsemen coon getting under
cover, the enemy began to prove
to us what excellent long-range shots
thev are when nobody Is disturbing their
aim by firing back. Still, we did not suf
fer, except that they hurt our feelings.
Then they took to shelling us two poor
wayfarcm. and I altered my tactics by
moving zigzag to the east. and. though
once or twice thej- got near, all way well
and by and by we walked down the o'ope
ami so out of sight.
Into the cart we bundled, and set our
faces' toward Bloemfonteln. We got Into
town, shaken, but complete, and, as I
foretold, without being stopped, chal
lenged or called upon for the countersign.
Whether Mr. Kipling will ever really for
give mo for the horrible Jolting on the
way back In my cart, and the lateness of
our return. I shall for long remain un
certain. But I think he enjoyed himself
upon the veldt, otherwise he would not
have taken to making and humming over
new verses; like Robert Burns was wont
to do.
"Coratn' Thro' the Rye."
PORTLAND. June A. (To the Editor.)
The writer-up of the "Giant Rye" item In
Saturday's Oregon'an has fallen Into the
generally accepted but erroneous Inter
pretation of "Coming Through the Rye."
He says: "Lads and lasses will be likely
to experience difficulty in coming through
that path of rye." It does not. as It
commonly supposed, refer to a field of
standing grain, but. Instead, to crossing
or 'coming through the River Rye on
the stpplng-stones placed at certain
f-rds for the convenience of pedestrian.
By an unwritten law. a laddie who is
fortunate enough to meet a lassie In m'd
stream on the stepping-stones has1 the
right to exact "toll" as they swing past
each other, the lassie usually preferring
to submit rather than step down Into the
water to avoid the penalty, barefoot
though she be. while with "dralglet pettl
coatle" and shoes her hands are occu
pied. Robbie Burns asks, and it must be
admitted, with some show of reason:
If a bodr meet a bodr
Cotnin through the rye.
Gin & bodr kiss a body.
Need a body cry?"
LINCOLN FARM A MECCA
GRAVE OF ritESIDEXTTS MOTHER
TO SB MADE BEAITTIFUL.
Movement Recall Records and Rec
ollections of the Fazally's Life
Dart as Pioneer Day.
The arrangements which are now being
perfected by the Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Monument Association for clearing away
tho undergrowth and beautifying the si o
of the grave of the mother of Abraham
Lincoln, says an Indianapolis special to
tbe Chicago Times-Herald, have awak- ,
cned interest in one of the moat roman
tic spots in Indiana, and led to some
pleasant, as well as some sorrowful, rec
ollections In connH:tlon with the resi
dence of the Lincoln family In the then
Infant State of Indiana.
The site of Mrs. Lincoln's grave Is the
top of a steep hill a short distance from
Lincoln City, Spencer County, and but a
few hundred feet from" the spot where
once stood the Lincoln cabin, a rude log
structure which Thomas Lincoln and h's
son Abe, .assisted by earlier emigrants,
erected in ISIS
The association wh'ch bas undertaken
the work of redeeming the site of the
grave and converting the 16-acre tract
which surrounds It Into a slrhtfy -nark
Is composed of members of the Grand !
Army of the Republic, the Sons of Vet
erans, the Loyal Legion and the Llnco'n
Lca-ue. while Governor Mount Is presi
dent, and one of the most active per
sons engaged.
Butldlnr; the Pioneer Home.
Thomas Lincoln, his wife, Nnny Hanks
Lincoln, and his son, Abe. found Indiana
a veritable wilderness when they came
here from Kentucky, but with the spirit
that characterized the p'oneer parents,
they went to work to clear away the
forest and erect a home. The father was
a carpenter by trade, and the rudo domi
cile was soon completed. The family was
even poorer than was usual In those days,
and tradition says they brought wl.h
them practlcalls' nothing from their home
in Kentucky, acd that their neighbors
supplied them at first with some things
that were absolutely necessary to bod.iy
comfort.
They had been In their new home but
a short time when the wife and mother
fell sick. and. after lingering a 'short
time. died. Her disease was probably
malarial fever, but was called at the
time "the milk s'ek." for wart or t
better name. The fath-r and son r'ved
the bocrds out of which the rude burlil
casket was made, and less tban a half
dozen persons attended the burial, the
renin 'ns being carried to the top of the
hill by four men.
There was no one present who was
qualified to deliver a funeral dls-oui-e.
and that ceremonv was dispensed with,
but several month later, when an Itin
erant mlnlsrr enme a'onr. the father
and son attended him to the grav of the
deceased w!f. whrro a 'iort nraver was
offered for the rocse rf the dead, and a
hnmolv lesson drawn from the life she
had lived.
Flrat Mnrlilnjc of the Grave.
Thomas Lincoln went back to Kentucky
some IS months later, and coon returned
with another wife, "the angel mother,"
as the martyred President was wont to
call her in after years. He had not pros
pered well here, and In a few years he sold
his small possessions and went to Illinois.
The site of the grave was neglc;t.d. Tiie
bramble and the briar gre;v over It and
hid it from view, but more than 40 ytais
after, when the son's name began to be a
synonym of fearless regard for duty and
the eyes of the Nation were turned upon
him. -some one remembered that his
mother was burled on the top of tat
hill a short distance from the old Lin
coln cabin.
Then some one cleared away the bushes
nnrf lAt thA enn china In nn fn,. riACTsktf.tkf1
grave. The war came, and then the
. J . -r- .!- rr .- t... .,-- 1 .
irsj I" roru a xjieuicr, uui iiic uus.es
had grown over the grave again, ana
j'ears went by before any one thought
to attempt to redeem the spot from the
wilderness of undergrowth which cov
ered It,
Clem Studebaker. he wagon manufac
turer, of South Bend, visited the spot
one day. and bluihcd that It should
have been neglected all those years. He
caused the briars and brambles to be
cleared away, and then ordered a stone
to be placed at the head of the grave, and
a neat Iron fence was erected around It.
On the stone was placed this Inscription:
: NANCY H INKS-LINCOLN. :
: Mnth-r of :
! PRESIDENT LINCOLN. :
: Died Oct. 5 A. D. ISIS. :
: Aged 35 Teats. :
: Erected by a Frlnd of Her :
: Martyred Son. :
President 3IcKInley Interested.
Mr. Studebaker paid an occasional visit
to the grave and made- provision for keep
ing the Immediate site In order, but tho
surroundings were unsightly, and nearly
two years ago some one wrote to Presi
dent McKlnley. calling attention to the
neglected spot, and suggesting that the
grave of a martyred President's mother
should have better care. The letter was
forwarded to Governor Mount by the
President, and steps were at once taken
to fcrm a monument association and pro
vide for keeping the site In such a way
hereafter as not to be a reflection upon
the state. The Commlr-sloners of Soen
cer County have arranged to purchase
the 16 acres In the field in which the grave
Is located, and the association will con
vert It Into a park and cause a more
s'ghtly monument to be erected ovec the
grave.
Captain John Lamar, of Snencer County.
' the only person now living who Is known
to have been associated with the Llnrolns
durlne their residence in Indiana. The
Captain was five years voungcr than Abe.
but he has a very distinct recMlfctlon
of how the future President whittled rff
the surfaces of bonrds that h,mlcht
have something to figure on. and how he
sat up nights and strained his eves b
foro the old fireplace In the leg cabin
reading from the few book that the re
tlement afforded and which ths young
Lincoln hod borrowed.
When asked about his reading by
young Lamar, the future President ra'd:
"I wouldn't give a cent for a boy who
didn't know more today .than he did yes
terday." The Lamars and tbe Llncolns lived near
each other, and the Cantaln re-alls that
he and Abe often played together and
had often slept In the same bed.
Mrs. Lincoln's Activity. .
Little Is known abou1 Mrs. L'ncoln ex
cept what has come down from the rec
ords of the Little Pigeon Baptist church,
ords of the Little Pigeon Baptist Church,
and had helped to organize It soon after
they came to Spencer County from Ken
tucky. Mrs. Lincoln Is descr'bed as be
ing" of a slender form, of middle size and
with black hair and hazel eyes. She was
regarded as a woman of more than ord'
nary Intelligence, and tradition credits
her with being energetic and untiring.
Both of the parents were members of
Little Pigeon Baptist Church, and In 1S20.
when the organization, which had met
from house to house when It met for
worship at all. which was seldom, got
strong enough to build a mee'lnrihoue,
the elder Lincoln and his son assisted In
the work, and both were regular attend
ants upon Its services. The church was
bul't of hewed logs, was 20x30 feet on th
Inside, and had a chimney at each end.
The names of the Llncolns appear In all
of the councils of the organlzat'on, from
the time the erection of tbe church till
they left the state.
The landmarks around Lincoln City stl 1
bear the Lincoln name, and one can stand
at the site of the grave on the top of the
hill and see many places which tradition
now connects with the son. At Anderson
Creek is pointed out the place whera
young Abe ran the ferry boat "for nine
months at $6 per month, and the Incident
In his life 1? being kept green by naming
the place "Lincoln's ford."
Cabin. Lenr Since Fallen.
From the hilltop, too, can be seen tha
site of the Lincoln cabin, but tbe cabin
Itself has long since ceased to exist.
Around the field is a rail "fence, and p aces
are pointed out where the youth got ex
ercise as a rail splitter and whers he cut
down many large trees for firewood and
to make logs from which he construc.ed
fiatboats, and afterward floated down the
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
Abraham Lincoln was IS years of age
when he left Indiana for Illinois, and the
last act remembered of him is h ghly
creditable to his warm heart. The people
of the neighborhood had assemb'ed at the
Lmcojn cabin to bid tho family farswell
jine oxcarts, in wnicn the housenoia
- goods were to be moved, were iosded.
and everything was in readiness for start
ing. Mr. and Mrs, Lincoln had shak n
hands with th:lr old friends for the last
time, and the latter had taken her seat
In one of the wagons ready for tha Jour
ney. At that moment Abe was musd,
and inquiry was made for him. Several
minutes passed by and his father ca l d
him by name at the top of his vo cc.
There was no respors?, but a few minutes
later his tall form was seen coming down
from the brow of the hl.l, whero h s
mother was burled nine years befor. His
eyes were red. and his head was bowed.
He had been to his mother's g-ave to pay
the tribute of a tear ere he lift the scene
of her resting place, perhaps torcver.
Over niKhty Years Have Pnsned.
More than SO jears have piss'd since
.the father and son whlpsawed- tbe roujh
boards out of which the rude coffin was
made, and there is doubtless ro.hlrg left
of the woman who gave beln? to on wto
left i'uch a marked imp es? upva his
.country's history. Indeed .t .s ques'Icn
ab.e if the stone which Mr. Studebaker
caused ta be erected really marks tbe ex
act spot where Mrs. LlncolVs remain?
were laid to rest. Many yea a after that
event the bodies of Lit. Cessna and Ms.
Gentry were burled on top of the hill anl
In clore proximity to the grave of Mn.
L'ncoln.
As the time passed by and ;h site was
given over to undergrowth. p-o-."e xorgot
which was the grave of Mr?. Lincoln rnd
which the graves of tbe lattnr bur a s.
There has been an effort to lociie hi
former certainly, and it is b'L'evcd .hit
the monument which Mr. Studcbake;
erected may be on the exa-t r-pot. but this
Is conjecture rather tban fact, lor no en
can positively say which la ire g.a.e that
it is now desired to more approp 1 tie y
mark.
The monument, however, w 11 represent
a sentiment rather than the rerlng p ace
j of the dead, and all the surroundings are
so pregnant with memories of the wa 'hat
tbe exact spot of the mo h:r's ."ast bd
is of little consequence.
WEATHER FOR MAY.
The United States Department cf Agri
culture, Weather Bureau, furnishes the
following monthly metcoro ogical sum
mary for the station at Portland, Or.,
during the month of May, 1900:
Temperature. I-sn
5
op
;
H.2-3
DATE.
S 'ns--'
O ", 3"f"
B --
C.3"t
-l
3
c
3
"f2
70
7S
GS
62
GO
C9
67
5S
54
63
70
70
C2
67
C9
66
62
61
62
5
J9
59
53
5T
6S
7
71
: St 3
1...
(Cloudy
Pt cioudy
Pt clouiy
ICloudy
IPt c ou3y
Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Clou.3y
ICloudy
C oi'dy
iCloudy
(2
f6
CO
56
55
61
fO
5S
59
53
48
57
59
62
56
57
61
50
56
55
54
54
52
51
51
3....
4....
5....
6..r.
.S2
.03
.70
.'9
.0?
s...
9...
10...
I .04
U...
12...
13...
.o
.02 ICloudy
iPt cl-iudv
I J-
I
Ft clouay
Pt cl-uly
iPt cloudy
IPt cloudy
Clear
Pt cloudy
iPt c oudy
P- cloud v
IPt ciouay
ICloudy
iCloudy
IPt cloudy
""loudy
!Pt cloudy
IC'eir
IPt cloudy
IClear
is....
.03
17....
IS....
19....
20....
21....
22....
23....
24....
25....
2C....
27....
30....
31....
.G4
.C4
.07
J K
r.oi
Mean ,
64.4 49.2
55.S
Trace of precipitation.
Mean atmospheric pressure. C0.03; Tilgh
cst pressure. 30.2S, on the 17th; lowest,
29.C9. on the 10th.
Mean temperature. 57 deg.; highest, 7S.
on the 3d; lowest, 41. on the 12th; great
est dally range of temperature. To deg..
on the 3d; leaet dally range, S deg., on
the 9th.
The following table shows the mean
temperature for the month of May In
the .years given:
1S71 61 I 1S79 ? 1S7 59 1S35 56
1S72 56 1SS0 54 1SSS G2 I 1S96 52
1R73 56 1RS1....-.57 1KS9 fO I lc97 61
1S74 60 1S2 FS 1530 fl ' 19? 57
1S75 55 1SS3 59 1S91 60 1S9 51
1876 55 1RS4 61 1592 59 I 1900 57
1S77 55 1SJ5 62 1S93 54 1
1S78 57 1 1SSC 59 1S94 56
Mean temperature for May for 30 years.
5S deg.; average deficiency of dally mean
temperature during month, 1 deg.; accu
mulated excess of dally mean tempera
ture since January 1, 279 deg.; average
dally excess since January 1, 2 deg.
Prevailing direction of wind, northwest;
total movement of wind, 5SSS miles; max
imum velocity, 42 miles, south, on the 2d.
Number of days with .01 Inch or more
of precipitation. 16.
The following tab'e shows total precipi
tation (In Inches) for the month of May
In the years given:
1S71...5.18 I 1S79...6.C0 I 1SS7...4.77
1S72...0.S0 i lSS0...3.fl I 1SSS...0.6S
1S73...2.1S t lESl.-.l.rS I 1SS9...4.02
1S74...2.3S I 1SS2...1.S4 1S90...1.0S
1S75...2.S7 I 1SS3...1.G7 i 1S91...1.S1
1S76...1.SS I 1SS4...1.S7 lc92...1.57
1S77...2.24 I lSS5...4.f9 I lS93...2.i0
1S78...2.17 1SS6...1.32 1S9I...1.CQ
lS9i...3.2
IK'S.. .3.55
1S97...0 90
1J9S...1.7S
1ST9...3.16
190)... 3.90
Average precipitation for May for 30
years. 2.53 Inches; total excess in precipi
tation during month, 1.37 Inches; total
precipitation from September 1. 1S99. to
date. 36.5S Inches; average precipitation
from September 1. to date, 39.27 inches;
total' deficiency from September 1, 1E93,
to date. 2.C3 inches; average precipitation
for 23 wet seasons. 44.03 inches.
Number of clear days. 3; partly cloudy
days, 15; cloudy days, 13.
Greatest precipitation In 24 hours, L35
Inches, on the 26-27th.
EDWARD A. BEALS,
Forecast Official, Weather Bureau.
President and Popular Votes.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In an article In the Atlantic Monthly
on "The Independence of the Executive."
ex-Prcsldent Cleveland argues that a way
should be devised to prevent the eelecllon
of a President by a minority vote, arid he
remarks that in some cases a minority of
all the voters in the land "actually have
determined who the President should be."
The assertion Is certainly true in the
arithmetical ser-ee. Mr. Cleveland him
self !a an example. When first elected.
In 1SS4. he received only 48.4S per cent of
the aggregate vote. In 1S92 he was again
elected, though hia percentage of the to
tal vote declined to 45.9S. McKlnley, how
ever, received a majority of 2S3.429 over all
other candidates combined, and that Is a
fact to be considered In the present cam
paign. There were. In addition, 133,590
votes for a Gold Democrat, and" these, on
the paramount Issue of the campaign, were
In sympathy with the Republicans.
Mr. Cleveland may well be asked If by
Gained
Pounds
"BEAR MRS, PINKHAN1
S vsts very thfrs and my
friends thought i wms is
ccssssmtptfonr
"Had oontffsiiai hemd
sohes, hsKskstoho sitdfall
ing of uterus, and nay eyes
wero affocieda
"Every ons no flood how
poorly looked and was
advised to take tydia Em
PSnfoham's Vegetable
Gompossnds
"One isottie relieved
me? and after taking eight
hoWos am now a healthy
vomzn? have gained in
weight from B5 pounds to
240$ averyona asks what
nsakos Esse so stoutm9'
MRS, A TOLLE, f946 Hil
ton St, Philadelphia, Pa,
Mrs, Pinkham has fifty
thousand such lettars
from grateful women.
popular vote he means the full, untram
meled expression of tha will of voters In
all the states. In 1E95 MIcsourl and Mis
sissippi gave Bryan almost an identical
plurality, respectively. 5S.727 and 5S.72D.
But the total vote of M'soLsslppt was but
70,543. Onlv 5130 votes were cast for Mc
Klnley. Mississippi's vote was largely
suppressed, but it counted for as much in
the popu'ar vote as Missouri, with a
total poll of C73.131. Mr. Cleveland will
never get rid of minority rule by traveling
this road. The states most unscrupulous
in disfranchising their citizens would
hold an overwhelming advantage. In an
other respect, Mr. Cleveland take a su
perficial view of what he call minority
Prrs'dentG. Lincoln was In that list, ac
cording tb figures, but the party of Doug
las largely came to his support during
the war. The majority of citizens pre
ferred L'ncoln to disunion, and in that
vital sense he was a majority President.
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