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1 t JC "V tmr. "Jv. The Kind Ton Hare Always in use for ovei 30 years, and J7!, sonal supervision since its infancy, f'G6CCc&0 A Unw nn nn a 1 npm'TA vnn in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just -as-good." are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment What is CASTORI A Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare- -fforic, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. 16 contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind ' Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation , and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates th Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural Sleep The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS S7 Bears the The KM You Baye Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CCNTaoH CMMIIV, T MUMMY TRCCT. NEW VORR CfTV. s4l te 'pr 6M1 PER ACRE. if you h.v 125 loads of manure to spread and you are eoine to plant 25 acres "of corn or wheat, or have a 25 acre meadow we will tell you howr you can increase '.he vaiua rf your rdp this year from $4.00 to $8.00 per acre or more than enough to pay for a spreader. We issued a 48-page booi( entitled "Practical Experience With Barnyard Manirres." which explains the whole situation. Our Plan is not a theory. 'It is an actual faqt, backed op by actual experiments extending over period of 18 years. To gjve you an idea of what this book contains, we show results of experi ments made with various crops where 5 loads of manure were spread per acre by the old method, and 5 loads by the new method, on corn ground. The latter shows a train of $4.80 per acre. On another field and in another state, it shows a eain oi $5.60 per ode, and on a clover and timothy meadow, a gain of $8.00 per acre. : , " This Book will be sent free to anyone writing us. It is worth $100.00 to yon, bat It won't cost yon a cent. If it doesn't do you any cood, it won't do you aajr fearm. Write us now and let us mail it to you. It is brimming full of valuable information. i Eitdiess Apron Hanure Spreader Spread, all kinds of manure, straw stack bot toms andoommercial fertilizer regardless of 'their condition. Spreads as much in a day as I.r men can by hand. Spreads the largest loi-d in 2 to 4 minutes. Makes the same amount of munure go three times as ft.r and produce tetter results; makes all manure one and immediately avail able tor nlant life. Mon-BuncK&ble Rake forms a hopper, holds all bard chunks in contact with beater until thoroughly pulverized. Eikdlec. Apron is one continuous apron, (not a M apron titerenre always rrtdy to load. You don't have to drive a certain distance to pull it back into position after each load or wind it back by hand ; it u a great advantage in making long hauls. There la no Gearing about our Endless Apron to break and cause trouble, it is always up out of the way of obstructions as it does not extend below axle. Spreads evenly from start to finish and cleans out perfectly clean. Hood and End Gate keeps manure away from beater while loadint -. prevents choking of beat er and throwing out a bunch when starting and acts as wind shield when spreading. It has a graduating lever and can be regulated while in mtctiou (a sfrroxi thick or thin, 3 to 3S load per acre. Lijht Draft because the load is nearly equally Write Just these words on a postal card or in a letter "Send me your book "Practical Ex perience with Barnyard Manures' and catalogue No.l775S " They will be mailed to .yon free. Do it now before you haul your manure or prepare for any crop. Smith Manufacturing Co., 162 Harrison St., Chicago Hidden away among the ware bouses and sheds on Railroad av enue south of Moran's shipyards is the only cannery in Seattle, says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In speaking of the work of the cannery, Superintendent E. B. Dutton said: "This cannery was installed here more as an experiment than as a purely business proposition, but every one connected with it had full faith in its ultimate suc cess. The short time that it has been running has demonstrated that it is one of the safest and best investments that could have been made; in fact, it has exceed ed the hopes of the most sanguine. Since the opening of the season we have been canning on an aver age of 30..000 fish daily, not count ing a large number of halibut that were packed fresh. "The run this year, although not as large as that of 1901, or the run of four years before that date, is very good. Last week we had more salmon than we could han dle. ,We are confident that onr season's pack will reach 60,000 cases. tWe emploj about 100 fiso- 'Bought, and which has been. nas borne the signature of has been made under his per Signature of That's what a Spreader will do If ... used as it should be. bnlsnced on front and rear axles. The team is as near the load as it can work. Front and rear axles are tut Sums length and wheels track; beater shaft runs in tall and socket tearings, therefore no friction. Beater is 23 inches in di ameter, seat turns over when loading. Machine turns in its own length. Simplicity. There are only two levers on our machine. t" which raises the hood, locks it and throws iio m: chine in g-ar at the same time. It can then be thrown in and cut of gear without lowering the hood. One lever which changes feed to spread thick or thin, making it so simple that a boy who can drive a team can handle it. Strength and Durability is one of the most important points to be considered in a manure spreader. The Great Western has a good, strong, durable wheel. Extra strong spoke and rim, heavy steel tires. Strong, well braced bos with heavy oak sill. Oak tongue, hickory doubletrees, malleable castings, gears and sprockets all keyed on. Galvanised hood. Every part is made extra strong, regardless of Co-t. It is made for the man who wants the test, made in four sixes, 3s, so, IO and MOO bushel capacity. Guarantee Should any part break, wear out or get out of order withi- one year we replace free of charee. Send for free catalof, showing latest improvements. I' tells how 10 apply manure to secure best results. pie, but during the heavy run we have almost double that number. Most of our 'cannery hands are Chinese and Japanese. The Chi-, nese make the best men for, tin delicate testing of the cans after they have been soldered and boiled. All our. overseers are white men, and, of course, are old fishermen. "Our new fish-cleaning machine is the latest addition to the plant. This machine is one of the most marvelous inventions I ever saw. It scales and cleans the fish and also cuts off the heads and fins and washes the body ready for the cans. From that machine thev slide down a chute, where they are caught by another cleverly ar ranged mechanism that cuts them into pieces that just fit the cans. Another machine puts the pieces in the cans, and by means of an endless chain they are passed along to where the cans are auto matically covered and soldered. From the time the fish is put in the cleaning machine it is nevefr touched by the hand of any. man. The use of machines injures per fetf cleanliness. : incoln?s Lincoln's , " lIie nuuust universal uiscouieni or me men at noon for refreshments, when five or clined to do, averring that it was im had, grown so manifest and so ominous six Sac and Fox Indians came near. DOssible to be elected. It was suscest- l n, l01Lbe lafely dl8Pe arardedJ Thev loneed "for the flpRhnnts garded. They longed "for the fleshpots of Egypt?' and fiercely demanded their discharge. Although their time had not expired, it was determined to march them by way of. Paw-Paw Grove to Ottawa and there concede what' the governor feared, he had no nower to withhold. "While on. our march from Dixon to Fox river," says -Mr. Orwin, "one night while in camp, which was formed in a square inclosing about forty acres, our horses, outside grazing, got scared about 9 o'clock, and a grand stampede took place. They ran right through out lines in spite of us and ran over many of us. No man knows what noise a thousand horses make running unless he has been there. It beats a young earthquake, especially among scared men, and certain they were 'scared then. We expected the Indians to be on us that night. ' Fire was thrown, drums beat, fifes played, which added addi tional fright to the horses. We saw no real enemy that night, but a "line of battle was formed. There were no eyes , . , . . . , m-rr . . ror sieep mat mgnt. we stooa to our posts in line, and what frightened the horses is yet unknown.- s ' "During this short Indian campaign," continues the same gentleman, "we had some hard times, often hungry, but we had a great deal of sport; especially of nights, foot racing, some horse facing, jumping, telling anecdotes, in 1 which Lincoln beat all,- keeping up a constant laughter and good humor all "the time; among the soldiers some card plSying and wrestling, in which Lincoln 'took a prominent part. I think it saf er to say he i was never thrown in a wrestle. Mr. Irwin, it seems, still regards the Thompson affair as 'a dog fall.' Whilt in the army .tie kept a haridlerchiei tied around him nearly all the tims for wrestling purposes and. loved the sport as well as any one couJda He w:as seldom ever beat jumping.., D(ming the campaign Lincoln himself yas al ways ready for an emergency, en dured hardships like a good .soldier. He never complained, nor did he fear, dan ger. When fighting was expected, or danger apprehended Lincoln was the first to .say, 'Let's go.' He had, the con fidence nf every man of his company, and they strictly obeyed his orders at a word. His company was all young men and full of sport. A Wise Hog. "One night in Warren county a white nog, a young sow, came into our lines which showed more gqod sense, to my mind, than any bog I ever saw. This hog swam creeks and rivers and went I with us clear through, to, I think-, the 1 mouth of Fox river, and there theboye killed It, or it would doubtless have come home with us. If it got behind in daylight as we were marching, which it did sometimes, It would follow on the track and come to us at night. It was naturally the cleverest, friendliest disposed hog any man ever saw, and its untimely death was by many of us greatly deplored, for we all liked the hog for Its friendly disposition and -good manners, for it never molested anything and kept in its proper place." On the 28th of May the volunteers were discharged. The governor had al-1 ready called for 2.000 more men to take ' their places, but iu the me-miline he made the most strenuous efforts to or-; ganize a small force out of the recently discharged to protect the frontiers until the new levies were ready for service. He succeeded in raising one regiment and a spy company. Many officers of distinction, among them General White side himself, enlisted as private sol diers and served in that capacity to the end of the war. Captain Lincoln bo came Private Lincoln of the Independ ent Spy company. After Lincoln became a private, al though he was never in an engagement, he saw some hard service in scouting and trailing, as well as in carrying messages and reports. We fortunately possess a narrative of Lincoln's Individual experience cov ering the whole of that period from the pen of George W. Harrison, his friend, companion and messmate. It is given in part: The new company thus formed was called the "Independent Spy company," not being under the control of any regi ment or brigade, but receiving orders di rectly from the commander In chief. Dr. j Karly of Bprlmrfleld was elected captain. Five members constituted - a tent, or ( "messed" tonther. Our mesa consist! of Mr. Lincoln.- Johnrton (a half brother of ! his), raachler. Wratt and xnxself. The STfo'cLmeato Jani to -SfESnd toLrStSn ; fact, z nwoMtteMtnit w ww to 1 detos battle w at Oiatlor Qrora. near Boyhood WARD HILL LAMON, His Friend. Partner n.nd Bodyguard Birthplace thrbrlsadrwhen it stopped in the grove TheinaSTs decoy them fbout two The Indians decoyed tnem aDout two miles from the little cabins in the grove, when suddenly up sprang from the tall prairie grass 250 painted warriors and raised such a yell that our friends sup posed them to be more numerous than Black Hawk's whole clan and, instantly filled with consternation, commenced to retreat. But the savages soon began to spear them, making it necessary to halt In the flight and give them a Are, at which time they killed two Indians, one of them being a young chief gayly appareled. Again in the utmost horror, such as sav age yells alone can produce, they fled for the little fort in the grove. Having arrived, they found the balance of their company. The field of this action Is the greatest battleground we saw. The dead still lay unburied until after we arrived at sunrise tho next day. The forted men, fifty strong, had not venture to go out until they saw us, when they rejoiced greatly that friends and not dreaded enemies had come. They looked like men just out of cholera having passed through the cramping stage. The only part we could then act was to seek the lost men and with hatchets and hands to bury them. . Lincoln Walks Home. ,v fcfui itu nil. niiii. iucu aiiu LiailCU LUC dcad oung i chief where he had been drawn cn the. grass half a mile and con cealed in the thicket. Those who trailed' this once noble warrior and found him were Lincoln, I think, Wyatt and myself. By order of General Atkinson our com pany 'started on this expedition one even ing, traveled all night and reached Gra tiot's at sunrise. A few hours after Gen eral Posey came up 'to the fort with his brigade of nearly a thousand men, when ! he positively refused to pursue the In dians, being strongly solicited by Captain Early, Lincoln and others, squads of In dians still showing themselves in a men acing manner 'one and a half miles dis tant. ' ' '; . Our company was disbanded at White water, "Wis., a short time before the mas sacre at Bad Axe "by General Henry, and most of .our. men started for home on he following morning, ' but it so happened that the night previous to starting on this long trip Lincoln's horse and mine were stolen, . probably by soldiers of our own army,., and we were thus compelled to start outside' the cavalcade, but I laughed at our fate, and he joked at it, and we all' started off merrily, but the rode by turns with us, and we fared about equal with the rest. Thus we came to Peoria. Here we bought a canoe In which we two paddled our way to Fekin. The other, members of our company, separating in various di rections, stimulated by the proximity of home, could never- have consented to travel at our usual tardy mode. At'Pekin Lincoln made an oar with which to row our Uttle boat. One of us pulled away at the one bar while the other sat astern to steer or prevent circling. On the next day after we left Pekin we overhauled a raft of saw logs, with two men afloat on it to urge it on with poles and to guide it in the channel. We pulled up to them and went on the raft, where we were made welcome by various dem onstrations, especially by that of an in vitation to a feast on fish,' corn bread, eggs, butter and coffee, just prepared for our benefit. Of these good things we ate almost immoderately, for it was the only warm meal we had made for several days. While preparing it and after dinner Lin coln entertained them, and they enter tained us for a couple of hours very amusingly. This slow mode of travel was at the time a new mode, and the novelty made it for a short time agreeable. We descended the Illinois to Havana, where we sold oui boat and again set out the old way, over the sand ridges for Petersburg. As we drew near-home the impulse became stronger and urged us on amazingly. The long strides of Lincoln, often slipping back in the loose sand six Inches every step, were just right for me, and he was Creatly diverted when he noticed me be hind him stepping along in his tracks to keep from slipping. CHAPTER VL Lincoln Becomes a Candidate For the Legislature. HE volunteers from Sangamon returned to their homes shortly I! before the state election, at which, among other officers, as semblymen were to be chosen. Lin coln's popularity had been greatly en hanced by his service in the war, and some of his friends urged him with warm solicitations to become a candi date at the coming election. He pru dently resisted and declined to consent, alleging in excuse his limited acquaint ance in the county at large, until Mr. James Rutledge, the founder of New Salem, added the weight of his advice to the nearly unanimous desire of the neighborhood. It is quite likely that Lincoln's recent military career was thought to furnish high promise of usefulness in civil affairs, but Mr. Rut ledge. was sure that he" saw another proof of his great abilities in a speech which Abe was induced to make, just about this time, before the New Salem Literary society. The following is an account of this speech by R. B. Rut ledge, the son of James: "About the year 1832 or 1833, Mr. Lincoln made his first effort at public speaking. A debating club, of which James Rutledge was president; was organized and held regular meetings. As he arose to speak his tall form tow- ered above the little assembly, Both hnnrla wta , thrnst down deen in the PocketB of hia pantaloons. A perceptt- ble amile at once lit up the face, of the aodlenea. for mil antldnated the rata- w of some humorous story. But he styie; to tne innnite astonisnment of his friends. As he warmed with -his subject his hands would forsake i h$ pockets and would enforce his ideas by awkward gestures, but would very soon seek their easy resting places. He pursued the question with reason and argument so pithy and forcible that all were amazed. The president at his fireside after the meeting remarked to his wife that there was more in Abe's head" than wit and fun; that he was already a fine speaker; that all he lacked was culture to enable him to reach the high destiny which he knew was in store for him. From that time Mr. Rutledge took a deeper interest in him. " , , Yielded With Reluctance. "Soon after Air. Rutledge urged him to announce himself as a candidate for the legislature. This he at first de- d that a canvass of the county would , ' bring him prominently before the peo ple and in time would do him good. He reluctantly yielded to the solicita tions of his friends and made a partial canvass." In those days political animosities were fierce enough, but owing to the absence . of nominating conventions party lines were not, as yet, very dis tinctly drawn In Illinois. Candidates announced themselves, but usually it was done after full consultation with Influential friends or persons of con siderable power in the neighborhood of the candidate's residence. There were often secret combinations among a number of candidates, securing a mu tual support, but in Mr. Lincoln's case there is no trace of such an under standing. This (1S32) was the year of General Jackson's election. The Democrats stig matized their opponents as "Federal ists," while the latter were steadily struggling to shuffle off the odious name. For the present they called themselves Democratic Republicans, and it was not until 1833 or 1834 that they . formally took to themselves the tlesiguation of Whig. The Democrats vrcre known ; better as Jackson men than as Democrats and were inexpress ibly proud of either name. Since 1S2G every general election in , the state had resulted in a Democratic ! victory. The young men were mostly Democrats, and the most promising tal ; ems in the state were devoted to the ! ca-ise. which seemed destined to I achieve success wherever there was a contest. In a new country largely peo j pled with adventurers from older I states there were necessarily found J great numbers who would attach them selves to the - winning side merely be cause It was the winning side. It is unnecessary, to restate here the prevailing questions In national poli tics Jackson's stupendous; struggJ6 I W!th bank- hard money, ho mo i nopoly, internal improvements, the tar- iff and nullification or the personal and political relations of the chieftains, Jackson, Clay and Calhoun. Mr. Lin coin revealed in an address to the people of Sangamon county which ol those questions were of special interest to the people of Illinois and conse quently which of them principally oc cupied his own attention. The Democrats were divided into "whole hog men" and ""nominal Jack son men," the former being thoroughly devoted to the fortunes and principles of their leader, while the latter were willing to trim a little for the sake of popular support. . It Is probable that Mr. Lincoln might be fairly classed as a "nominal Jackson man," although the precise character of some of tne views he then held, or is supposed to have held, on national questions is In volved in considerable doubt. He had not wholly forgotten Jones or Jones' teachings. He still remembered his high disputes with Offutt In the shanty at Spring Creek, when he effectually defended Jackson against the "abuse" of his employer. He was not Whig, but "Whiggish," as Dennis Hanks ex presses it. It is not lke!y that a man who de ferred so habitually to the popular sen timent around him would have selected the occasion of his settlement In a new place to go over bodily to a hopelesa political minority. At all events we have at least three undisputed facts which make it plain that he then occu pied an intermediate position between the extremes of all parties. First, he received the votes of all parties at New Salem; second, he was the next year appointed postmaster by General Jack son; and, third, the Democrats ran him for the'' legislature two years after ward, and lie was elected by a larger majority than any other candidate. "Politics Short and Sweet" Mr. Lincoln's first appearance on the stump in the course of the canvass was at Pappsville, about eleven miles west of Springfield, upon the occasion of a public sale. The sale over, speechmak Ing was about to begin when Mr. Lin coln observed strong symptoms of in attention in his audience, who had tak en that particular moment to engage in. what Mr. James R. Herndon pro nounces "a general fight" Lincoln saw that one of his friends was suffering more than he liked in the melee, and, stepping into the crowd, he shouldered them" sternly away from his man until he met a fellow who refused to fall back; him he seized by the nape of the neck and the seat of his breeches and tossed him ten or twelve feet easily. After this episode, as characteristic of him as of the times, he mounted the platform and delivered, with awkward modestv. the followinjt sneech: (To be Continued.) Subscribe for the Gazette. 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