slaughterhouse and la paying them a ; of all kingly oppreeslons and they pro­
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me uow of »hat the famous bronze
good Income They moved here aome posed to ao frame the conatltutlon founder tn Paris said of the death
time ago. He looks after the reser that no roan shonld hold the power of
Keep Them All Busy.
mask, that It «'as the moat beautiful
Inventor Well Rewu.aod,
▼otr. Mr». Lukins is » famous cook, bringing thia oppression upon us**
H a lf the world Is busy devising rem­
head and face he had ever seen. What
For hls Invention of babbitt metal, a
a . you will zee. We can stay here
The next year he .tumped Maaaa- shall I say of hla words rave that edies for this and that, while the other soft, anti friction alloy used for hear­
(Continued from page 1)
a . long a . we want to. We shWl And ehusett. for “Zach” Taylor and heard It seemed to me that the voice of God half la busy Inventing antidotes for
ings, Isaac Babbitt received a reward
everything we need la the welf. the Gov Seward deliver h l. remarkable was In them? The reporters forgot tba remedies.—Nashville Tennessean.
Tomorrow ia armistice day. Let’»
of *20,000 from congress.
chimney, the butt ry and the cellar I speech on slavery, which contained
have peace ou earth.
to report. It la a lost speech. There
And here Is the wedding supper all this striking utterance:
Is no record of It. I suppose It was
Only 7 per cent of the county
ready for ua and 1 as hungry as a
"Congress has no power to Inhibit scribbled with a pencil on scraps of
bear."
taxes are delinquent.
paper and on the backs of envelopes
any duty commanded by God on Mount
"In the words of Mrs. Lukina I t Is Sinai or by His Son on the Mount of at sundry times, agreeably with hls
A Masonic lodge was formed at
very ropasetlc,' and I begin to feel Olives.”
habit, and committed to memory. So
M
ill
City Saturday night.
that I have made some progress In the
On his return home Lincoln con­ this great speech, called by aome the
study of Him Kelso. Come, let’s have
Mrs
L, C Merriam left for A l­
Dohlest
effort
of
hls
life,
was
never
fessed that we had soon to deal with
our supper."
bany Saturday to spend the day.
printed. I remember one sentence, re­
that question.
"Not until you have broiled a piece
lating to the Nebraska bill.
I was In hla office when Herndon
Both parties wore denied decrees
of venison. It will take a lot of food said:
"Let us use ballots, not bullets,
! by the court in the Walton divorce
to satisfy me. I ’U get the cream and
against
the
weapons
of
violence,
which
"I tell yon that slavery must be
butter out of tne well and make a rooted out.”
case.
are those of kingcraft. Their fruits
pot of coffee. Hurry up, Harry. Pm
are the dying bed of the fearless Sum­
"What
makes
you
think
soT’
Mr
The county budget is being con­
starving.”
ner. the ruins of the Free State hotel,
Lincoln asked
structed
and au attemut made to
Darkness fell opon the busy lovers
the smoking timbers of the Herald of |
"I feel It In my boaes,” was Hern
•etreoch.
and soon the firelight and the gfow of
Freedom,
the
governor
of
Kansas
I
don's answer.
Mrs. E. E. Gormley and grand­
many candles filled the homely cabin
chained to a stake like a horse-thief.” ;
A fter.th at he used to speak with
with flickering shadows and a soft,
In June, 1858, he took the longest ’
child left for Hairiaburg Saturday
respect of "Bill Herndon’s bone phll
beautiful color.
step of all. The Republican state con- j
This it not cheap Aluminum ware, but
to spend Suuday.
osophy.r
ventlon had endorsed him for the Uni­
"Supper Is ready," she said, whert
County Commissioner Butler,
Hls
term
In
congress
having
ended,
ted States senate. It was then that
the venison steak had been deposited
he came back to the law In partner­
after seventeen years’ service, has
on the platter.
he wrote on envelope« and scraps
ship with William H. Herndon—a man
reeigwed, effective Jan, 7.
of paper at odd moments, when hls I
“Bim, I love you not as most men
of character and sound Judgment
mind was off duty, the speech begin­
love,” he said as they stood a moment
Earl Menear, from the south
5 0 0 useful articlra, such as C U P S , S T R A IN E R S .
Those days Lincoln wore black trou­ ning:
by the side of the table. “Prom the
fork of the Sanliam, got bounties
sers,
coat
and
stock,
a
walstcoast
of
S
A
L
T
A
N
D
P
E
P
P
E
R
S
H
A
K
E
R
S
,
etc,
etc.,
"A house divided against Itself must
bottom of my heart I do respflbt you
on six bobcats and a coyote last
faU. Our government can not long |
for your honor and good faith and satin and a Wellington high hat. He
week.
was wont to carry hls papers In his
endure part slave and part free.
when I think of that and of all you
Mary had wrought a great
have suffered for my sake, I bow my hat.
I was among the dozen friends
is to 2 ;
This iB the editor’s birthday.
change In hls external appearance.
whom he read that speech In the State
head and ask God to make me worthy
He is modest about statiug bis age,
They used to call him “a dead square
of such a helper.”
house library. One said of those first
but he became a voter fifty years
lawyer.” I remember that once Hern
sentences: “It Is s fool utterance."
They sat down to this unusual wed­
ago today.
don
had
drawn
up
a
fictitious
plea
Another: “It Is ahead of Its time."
ding feast, and as we leave them the
founded on a shrewd assumption. Lin­
Mark Uibson, brother of C. B.
Another declared that it would drive
windows of the little cabin fling their
coln carefuly examined the papers.
Gibson of this place, arrived Iroin
away the Democrats who had lately
light far out upon the level plain
“Is It founded on fact?" he asked.
Joined the party. Herndon and I were
tiugeue Saturday moruiug for a
we hear the sound of merry laughter
"No,” Herndon answered.
the only ones who approved It,
abort visit.
and of the tall grasses rustling and
Lincoln scratched hls head thought-
Lincoln had come to another fork In
reeling joyously In the breeze. The
Mr. McW illiam s,|taking a stitch
the road. For a moment I wondered
moon In mid-heaven and the Innum- fuly and asked:
ahead of time, has been laying
which
way
he
would
go.
“Billy,
hadn’t
we
better
withdraw
merable host around it seem to know
Teakettles including Tea Ball
new and meudiug sidewalk around
Immediately he rose and said with
what is passing on the edge of the that plea? You know,it’s a sham and
and Spring), Teapots Colonial,
i be poetoftice.
an emphasis that silenced opposition:
Grand Prairie and to be well pleased. generally that’s another name for a
shape
"Friends, this thing has been held
Surely there Is nothing thgt finds a lie. Don’t let It go on record. The
Mrs. R. I I . Cornelius, wife of
American Kettles
back long enough. The time has come
quicker echo In the great heart of the cursed thing may come staring us in
our genial depot ageut, and her
Double
Boilers
world than human happluessl
the face long after this suit has been when these sentiments should be ut­
taleuted son Clarence, spent Sat­
Drip Pans
forgotten.”
tered, and If It Is decreed that 1 shall
urday in Albany.
Saueepan Sets
go down because of this speech, then
On the whole he was not so com
CHAPTER XXV.
munlcatlve as he had been In hls young let me go down linked to the truth.”
Mrs. J, W- Bressler left Satur­
H ls * conscience prevailed.
The
manhood. He suffered days of deprez
day morning for Portland, where
Being a Brief Memoir by the Honor- slon when he said little. Often, in speech was delivered. Douglas, the
she will visit her daughter aud her
able and Venerable Man Known In good company, he seemed to be think
Democratic candidate, came on from
mother for several weeks.
These Pages as Josiah Traylor, Who
Ing of things in no way connected Washington to answer IL That led
1OOO
Saw the Great Procesaion of Events
Joseph Davidson Morse, U years,
with the talk. Mary called him a to Lincoln's challenge to a Joint de­
Between Andrew Jaokson and Wood- rather “shut-mouthed man.'
fell off a woodpile last Friday while
bate. I was with him through that
row Wilson and Especially the Mak­
at school aud broke his left arm.
Herndon uaed to say that the only long campaign. Douglas was the more
ing and the End of Lincoln.
thing he had against Lincoln was hl.- finished orator. Lincoln siibke as he
Dr. Marks was called audiagiviug
spilt rails. Hls conscience was hit
habit of coming In mornings and
It his attention.
Now, as I have done often sitting
In the chimney corner at the day’s sprawling on the lounge and reading beetle. He drove hls arguments deep
Mrs. M. A. Kump and daughter
Into the souls of hls hearer». The
end, I look back at my youth and aloud from the newspaper.
Niua
left Saturday for Junction
great thing about him wag hls con­
The people of the town loved him
manhood and tell, with one eye upon
City to spend the week end with
science.
Unless
hls
theme
were
big
One
day,
as
we
»’ere
walking
along
the clock, of those years of fulfillment
Mrs. K um p’s brother, who lives
the street together, we came upon a enough to give It play In noble words
In the progress of our beloved pilgrim.
about seveu miles west of that city.
he could he as commonplace as any
girl dressed up and crying In front
There are fohr and twenty of diem
415-421 W EST F IR S T ST., ALB A N Y, ORB.
one. He »as built for a tool of God
that I shall try to review In as many of her father’s door.
Mr». George Maxwell returned
In tremendous moral Issues. He was
“What's the matter?” Lincoln asked
minutes. At this distance I see only
to her home Saturday morning
“I want to take the train and the
the high places—one looming above
iroin a trip to Tacoma, where she
«•agon hasn't come for my trunk,” said
another like steps In a stair»aft.
had been caring for her daughter,
she.
The years of building and sentiment
who had undergone an operation«
Lincoln went In and got the trunk
ended on the fourth of November,
George has quit baching.
1842, when he and Mary Todd were and carried It to the station on hls
Joined In marriage. Now, like one hav­ back, with people laughing and throw­
Say, you sponging skinflint,
ing taken uoteAif the storm clouds, he ing Jokes at him as he strode along
aien’t you ashamed to borrow your
When
I
think
of
him,
hls
chivalry
and
strengthens the structure.
unighbor’s paper every week, when
Mary tried to teach him fine man­ kindness come first to mind.
be frequently wants to refer to it?
He read much, but hls days of book
ners. It was a difficult undertaking.
Us a white man aud offer to pay
study
were
nearly
ended.
Hls
learn
Often, as might have been expected,
him half the subscription price.
Ing
was
now
got
mostly
In
the
school
she lost her patience. Mary was an
excellent girl, but rather klndlesome of experience. Herndon says, and 1
Mrs. A. H. Quimby aud daugh­
We have a fine assortment of Boston all- leather bags, 13, 14 and 15-
and pragmatic. Like mqst of the prai­ think It Is true, that he never read
ters Ruth and Irene were passen­
inch,
from
$2.75
to
$5
05.
to the end of a law book those days.
rie folk, for Instance, Abe Lincoln had
gers to Albany Saturday.
Tbe
T
C rT,II7,l? <22 F irit street.
been accustomed to reach for the but­ The study of authorities was left to
ALBANY
irla were to join Mr. and M is­
the
junior
partner.
Hls
reading
was
ter with his own knife, and to find
t i Davidson Sunday and mo­
rest In attitudes extremely Indolent mostly outside the law. Hls knowl­
tor to Portland to take their part
and unbecoming. He enjoyed sprawl­ edge of science was derived from
in the Live Stock exposition.
Chambers' Vestiges of the Natural
ing on the floor In his shirt-sleeves
and slippers with a pillow under his History of Creation.
H. C. Davis of this city left
He was still afraid of the Abolition
head and a book In hls hand. "He had
Monday morning in his car for Al­
Movement In 1852 and left town to
a liking for ample accommodation, not
bany, where he will store it while
avoid a convention of its adherents.
fully satisfied by a bed or a lounge.
he is absent on a lengthy trip. A t
He thought the effort to resist by
Mary undertook to turn him Into new
Milwaukee, Wis., he will make an
ways and naturally there was Irrita­ force the laws of Kansas was criminal
extended
visit with his son, Dr.
tion In the house, but I think they got and would hurt the cause of freedom.
IN SAVING BEG IN EA R LY
Carl H. Davis, and fam ily, then
"Let us have peace and revolutionize
along very well together for all that.
Compound interest exerts the strongest effect on money which has
through the ballot box,” he urged.
be will go to his daughter, Mrs.
Mary grew fond of him and proud
beeu in the bank the longest time.
In 1854. a little quarrel In New York
Jesse
Bond, of Grand Forks, N. D .,
of hls great talents and was a devoted
Two dollars a week w ill amount to $575.80 ia five years to $1,275.20
wife. Tor years she did the work of began to weave the thread of destiny.
for a visit.
ia
ten
years
and
to
$£.
169.68
in
twenty
yearn
if
depoaited
with
thia
the house and bora him children. He Seward, Weed and Greeley had wielded
Those announced ae draft evad­
strong bank.
milked the cow and took care of the decisive power In the party councils
ers from Linn county were lohn
4
of that state. Seward was a high-
horse when he was at home.
headed, popular Idol. Hls plans and Hs Was Built for a Tool of Qod In
Batteat, Floyd Filkins and Thomas
Annabel and I, having Just been
Greenwell of Albany, Earl W ili­
Tremendous Moral Issues.
married, went with him to Washing­ hls triumphant progress absorbed hls
thought. Weed was dazzled by the
am Swift of Harrisburg, Arthur
ton on our wedding tour In 1847. He
splendor of this great star. Neither awkwsrd-snd diffident In beginning a
was taking hls seat In congress that
Filkins of Tangent, Albert Wold
gave a thought to their able colleague speech. Often hla hands were locked
year. We were with him there when
of Lebanon and Howard Griggs of
behind him. He gesticulated more
he met Webster. Lincoln »as deeply —a poor man struggling to build up
M ill City.
If they haven’t got
with
hls
head
than
hla
hand».
He
a
great
newspaper
An
office,
with
Impressed by the quiet dignity of the
out of the reach of arrest during
stood square-toed always. He never
fair
pay,
would
have
been
a
help
In
great man. We went together to hear
the year or two the government
walked about on the platform. He
Emerson lecture. It was a motley au­ those days. But he got no recognition
has been promising to pubish the
dience— business
men,
fashionable of hls needs and talents and services. «cored his points with the long, bony,
list they are slower than snails.
ladles and gentlemen, statesmen, politi­ Suddenly he .wrote a letter to Weed index finger of hls right hand. Some­
times he would hang a hand on the
Our stock of Tires and Tubes is always fresh and complete. W ill
cians, women with their knitting and tn which he said:
Mrs, Raleigh Templeton spent
“The firm of Seward. Weed and lapel of hls coat as If to rest It. Per­
make special bargain prices on some of the larger sizes.
lion-hunters. The tall, awkward ora
several days in Eugene last week
spiration dripped from hls face. His
tor ascended the platform, took off Greeley la hereby dissolved by the res­
Our line of winter accessories includes Tire Chains, Windshield
voice, high pitched at first, mellowed
having her eyes tested. Mr. Tem ­
ignation of Its Junior member.”
hls top coat and drew a manuscript
Clqaners, Spotlights, Top Patching material, Top Dreaainga and Automo­
pleton is in Portland exhibiting bis
When Greeley had grown In power Into a pleasant sound.
from hls pocket. He had a narrow,
bile Paints.
One sentence In Lincoln's speech at
stock. H" took twelve first prizes
sloping forehead, a prominent nose, and wisdom until hla name was known
Ottawa
thrust
"The
Little
Giant"
of
and
honored
from
ocean
to
ocean,
they
at the state fair and six second
gray eyes and a skin of singular trans-
tried to make peace with him, but Illinois out of hls way forever. It was
parency. Hls voice was rich and mel-
prizee at the Linn county fair, and
this
pregnant
query:
in vela.
| low, but not strong. Lincoln listened
two grand champion prizes on one
"Can the people of a United States
Theo suddenly a new party and a.
with rapt attention to hls talk about
ewe and one ram.
H" left here
new Lincoln were born on the same territory In any lawful way and
Democracy.
It was a memorable
Thursday of last week with one
against
the
wish
of
any
citizen
of
the
day
In
1856,
at
a
great
meeting
In
night. He spoke of It often. Such
lozen bead of Cheviot sheep which
Bloomington. Illinois. There hla aonl United States exclude slavery from
contact with the great spirits of that
are on exhibition at the exposition
Its limy« prior to the formation of a
was to come Into Its stateliest man
time, of which he studiously availed
this week.
sloo out of It* lower vaulted past. state constitution?”
himself In Washington, was of great
Tor him the fulness of time had ar­
He knew that Dongles would an­
value to the statesman from Ullnols.
Harold Stevenson and wife of
rived. He was prepared for It. Hla swer yen and that, doing so. be would
Hla experiences on the floor were In
Brownsville were Sunday visitors
Intellect
had
also
reached
the
fulness
alienate
the
South
and
destroy
hls
no way Important to him, but since
in Halsey, coming over with Mrs.
of Its power. Now hls great right chance to be President two years later.
1014 I have thought often of what he
C.
W. Standish in her car and re­
upon
opening
a
bos
of
these
delicious
hand was ready for the thunderbolts That la exactly what came tn para
said there, regarding Polk’s invasion
turning with her that same even,
of Mexico, unauthorised by congress which hla spirit had been slowly forg­ "The Little Giant’«" answer was the
candies f The woaderfal assortment
ing.
Mrs. Standish was visiting
ing. God called him In tbe volt es of famou« ’Freejiort Heresy.” He was
as it w as:
various flavors and tempting appearance her foster father and other friends
the crowd. He was quick to answer. elected to the senate, but was no long­
"The provision of the Constitution
of these “ lump» of delight“ win to us here and the Stevensons were we),
giving the war making power to con­ He went up the steps to the platform. er possible as a candidate for the
all lovers of good sweets and judges of come guests in
I saw, at be came forward, that he presidency.
their parents'
gress was dictated, as I understand It,
confectionery excellence: Try them homes.
Mrs. Stevenson is one of
by the following reasons
Kings had had taken tba cross upon him. Oh,
(Continued
on
page
6)
always been involving and Impoverish­ It was a memorable thing to see the
once and aee if we exaggerate the per­ the Brownsville teachers and H ar­
smothered flame of hla spirit leaping
ing their people In wars, pretending
fection of these goods.
old ia a live druggist of that city.
generally that the good of the people Into hla face. Hla hands were on hls
J. J. Corcoran of thi» city «pent
hipe.
He
seemed
to
grow
taller
«a
he
was the object This our convention
C. 8. Shedd and wife of Albany
in
taking io
UE-Iyrstoud to be the moat oppressive advanced. Tha jo tf of N® rçmlads ,he
spent Tuesday of this week visit«
Jots and Tittles
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will also want delicious coffee, made in a fine
Nickel Percolator Coffeepot, sold at $5.75.
Aluminum Percolator Coffeepots, six and
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