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OUTSIDElthof vindow-the Btiow camel steadily down; in great soft flakes, Awhile ' inside the hickory lif -"blazed In the ide chimney,. nor and; then throwing ut' sparks across" the hearth rug where Teddf Trnesdal e lay," jwith iCeepJthe curly haired'collie." ; ."- 'Ti-i.t "Holidays '. is awfu I stupid,' said the little--hoy .presently, ."if people won't let vyou go out or make snow tails of anything. An the big boys Is out. j I'd rather learn'lessons than tay in the house." .- ,- ' - ; ' '. "Do you know what holiday this Is?" asked Grandpa Halsey, who was xeading near the window. - - t- ; - "Just Lincoln'B t Birthday? an dBwered the little boy, carelessly, "and he wasn't anything but " President. Presidents happen . most -- any J day. . "Wish I was at school . - i, -Grandpa Halsey smiled as he laid: -down hi3 ' book. "Presidents. ;may. happen jevery day," he said, ?hut lAn ccolns don't. -.' Let ine tell yon some- MRS. LINCOLN. (From a War-time llcture.) - .... -thing a,hout him, ' and : then -1-- think jrou'll be glad to. have" him-, remem iered by a holiday, even if he does keep you in the house." - .. " ' Teddy was interested .at ohce. "Tell me 'bout .when; he was a little hoy," he said. . :- "Very well,"' answered grandpa, "though I didn't know him then." The first time I ever saw' him I went" with a n umber of ;f rlends to Washington to consult the President about a cer tain man for an office In. our "State. But we all had to wait until the great man had finished a . picture - he; was drawing for the little daughter of one of the j laboring ; people . about " the White House. He had started to put her down f rom , his knee when our party was announced, . but she begged so hardjto have him finishT.'just. that one doggie,' that he smilingly' said he hoped we wouldn't, care, and sent the little maiden away-happy in f the Lincoln's Happiest Days, v i ,; Abraham Lincoln often said In, af L years that, the 'days at the rock ih ?S 'farm near Hodgenville" were J.ne happiest of his life, for they were , f only play days, j After the family jeu there and moved Into Indiana hei wrSi l 0nly nine years old.-began.to worx on the farm. 1 There! he. became t.!?V fplitter, using his momqhts of Via,the workof. study.. After the wvuuavu UJ MbUUM .... - . ' ' ' ' - r-- r - - . r:-?': SK''-' -iT4 possession of the-rude sketch.'.. He was never too busy,; this great heart ed man; to do a kind, thing, however small it seemed ven whe he- wasr,& ihoy ' he . was s on tne siaeoi tne -.'under. aog,. as we say, and sympathized: with all sufteringrfor;he had known so-much of It in his own Jlfe vHe was; very poor youknbw, ' and : Jiad '.torwork early and late and hard for the barest livelihood. ;:What ' would you .think of living ' In -a cabin-where the wind whistled " through th e chinks, rough leather . hinged ' boards took the place 6f window sashes and,. when visitors came, ; which ' happened only a few times In the year, raw potatoes were pared and washed and handed around for refreshments ? VThe .family were too 'poor to afford anything else. "Lincoln himself ne.ver had: any stockings until rhewas nearly a man gron:. Rough cowhide boots, deer skin leggings and-coonskin cap were the best hia boyhood, .ever knew. For pins he 'used the long thorns of the haw and bean locust; and ; his coffee was made of rye bread crusts. .. : r"Buti! Young Abe, as he was called In those days, was as, ambitious as he was poof. Hev wouJd"walk miles and miles after his hard day's work, was over to borrow some, boo k---agra,m-marof-an arithmetic or; a history- which he had heard of some neighbor possessing.- ' Then' he would read and re-read and study i it, until ' he had mastered every word, sitting up far Into the night to work out examples hy the light i of . the" pinewood fire. Paper was "too expensive In ' those days for a boy as poor as Lincoln to think, of owning any, and slates were unheard ' of : where . he lived. ",. But he used smooth boards instead, and bits bf; charcoal for pencils," planing the bokrds off when the sides were all covered with figures. ; rl;-. ' I -"Do you i th ink you r woul d " ever want to learn enough to take so much . trouble?" ; c-: " -" Teddy shook hlsr nrly head sober ly. ' He was very auch interested by this time, and one or two of the other children who had run In out of the snow, to get warm, had also stopped to listen to grandpa's story. : , . ' . "Often, too," the old mariwent on "they could not get their meal ground at ,a; mill, "and 'Young Abe would) have to grind all the corn, ear " after, ear, on a big iron grater,- something liko . those we use for nutmegs now; The only bed. he had in "those days. was,one made of big slabs hewn from trees, and covered with hay or straw,, and he paid for h Is first uit'bf Jblue jeans ' at the rate of 4 '400 rails a'. yard Ueylf to an Oface Seeker; . - An ofllce.-seeker "onco claim ed .that he .had made Lincoln President. - ; --.vtXbu made L me President,- 5 .-.did' yon?" said Lincoln.with a: twinkle in his eye; ' V:;"I think I did said the' applicant.-rC- Then a nrecious mess you've "got me into, that's all replied the Presl- dent, and cibsed.the.dlscusslon. :; .Very tn li nTv-roet fallen "thA . annllwint : de- j parted and. af terward wrote apologiei 7? Grandpa Talks -."But I thought Presidents had lots of money," spoke up - one of grand pa's listeners. .- '.'How could, he ever get tp be. President when he was so poor?" - "."I think what really made Lincoln the sort of man that was most need ed Just at that time for President of our big country' grandpa- answered, "was Jhis simple truthfulness. Even when he was a little -boy, living in the shadow of 'Blue Ball and 'Shiney Mountain in his old Kentucky home, his word could always be - depended on. ' Once when he was clerking In a store ' he made a mistake of a.- few 4 The Did Millstone Used by" Lincoln Now a Doorstep on the . Old ; Kentucky Farm. cents in giving an old woman her change. Neither he nor. the wofttan noticed it at the time, but that night, when Lincoln was gojng over the ac counts, he discovered the -error.-Fear ing his - customer might need the money he walked several miles to her cottage to return the amount before he went to bed; - If any one found him out In the wrong he wasalwa'ys ready to. admit it, which is often, you know, about the hardest thing a ."boy, or even a man, has to do. All these seem little things, but- it was just such little things that . day. by day ' a j miiiif ' 'V '' t f .T. , i:w:w.JM!.iM.WBK.gg?-j 5 1 1 9 - This cabin,' in which LincQln was1 bbrn7 was "removed "f roin'Kentucky several years ago for exposition purp oses." It is. to beT restored to its orig- inal place by the Lincoln Farm Association. - i A Bucket Drowned Cow. --In Linn County. a'cow was drowned In a jgallon "bucket. The cow put her nose Vato the bucket,: which contained, salt, and - got 4he bucket -firmly wedged on her muzzle. Being .un able to : free, herself she v went to ; a pond 'and : plunged- her; nose": in over the bucket which fiired with water and"drowned her. She Is dead, al though it can hardly be said that she kicked . .tho bucketKansas ' City Journat 0 ;- ' - C v n 4- About Lincoln. built up tha character of the rough country - boy info that of the man whom a whole nation could- trust at a time when everything looked dark. "Lincoln's" hahit of -thoroughness even as."a little boy helped -him more than anything else in the responsibiK itles and -Important affairs of his later life.--.' No matter what he did, jwheth er ' sweeping r floors ;or platting : corn or studying lessons he - always went to the root of things, and did them thoroughly, leaving no loose end3 to trip, up; later on. Afterward, in his public speaking, he often won the day over anopponent just because he had thoroughly mastered every detaiLol the subject on which they .were to speak. The many disappointments, too, which Abraham Lincoln's : early life hadknown made him always "very kind - and courteous" - to others who were struggling and he never .let his. discouragements keep him from try ing once more. - Over and "againhis business ventures failed, and he was many .times defeated for political offices -before he -filled that at the head, of, this toig country, of , ours. But each; time he failed -he learned some thing that was of. use to him in his next effort." . He used to say that he, would never have knQwn hows to be President if he hadn't had to. learn so. often and over how not .to be many other things. - 1 - r r ' "The sadness and t poverty: of his own boyhood, too, made him ; very gentle and: indulgent with- all . chil dren. - He waa. never. . impatient . with them, no matter what they did, ortOO tired or busy to give them a pleasure. In' fact," now I -come . to think of It, Lincoln was perhaps , more of a chil dren's President than any we have had,1 and there Is no holiday children ought to be happier to have than the one that marks his birthday An Anecdote of Lincoln. ; . ;- .. -j.1 V . --- - .:.. ,--..- .. v' :r-' , ' In October of 1833 Lincoln met Miss Mary Owehs, ,and admired her, thought not;' extravagantly. -Prom all accounts she wasan unusual woman; She was tall, -f ull-in figure, had bluT eyes, darjet lteir; and j was well edu cated. She returned to - New Sal.em ! ja 1836, and Lincoln at once began to call upon her, enjoying her wit and vbeauty At that time she. was about twenty-eight years old. : 1 - One day Miss Owens and another woman v were :aseending a. steep hill, on the way to a friend's -house,' when Lincoln joined them. ' He walked be hind with- Miss , Owens, and talked with her quite oblivious of the -fact that her; friend was carrying- a very cross and "heavy baby. -When they" reached-the summit Miss Owens said, laughing "Ybu would not ma"ko. a rood husband. Abe." . Woman's Home. Companion. i r - - His Apt Retort. l"When 'there- .was considerable grumbling about" the delay In 'for warding to the troops the; money due them, a "Western paymaster was in troduced at a .public reception. - ' 1 Being here Mr." Lincoln said he. I thought, I would "all "and pay, ray r- respects." - ' I - " -1 ; "From the:ompiaints of the sol el Isr-V-'v responded the President; : "I gueBir .that Is abou tr all any "of you dt pay .r l:- ss - r- For February festivities that take place on or near the fourteenth of the month, there are tfi'is year-a"host of charming novelties The old-fashioned Valentines ,are,'of course out of date foir everybody but' children, l yet the sentiment of , thet day .still lingers in" the hearts and - darts , and paste board Cupids used online new, candy boxes. . What,, f or instance could be a prettier remembrance for. any young man to' gfve his ." best girl," oreven a young womaii; f or whonr he iuad no particular regard out. to whose family he "was; indebted for invitationsto dinner or tea, dances or: other func tions of the season, than one of these candy-boxed? Two ? different " tltyles are shown on this page one covered -with bright-red paper ? and decorated with a big bow of red ribbon having in the? centre Cupid himself,, with his bow and arrows; -the other simpler, but. just as : effective, . covered with white crepe paper and decorated with a gilt arrow pierced- through two hearts. - If "these boxes are wanted. j for souvenirs, at luncheons or parties they can easily be made at home by ! a' clever girl, for the crepe paper is very simple to-manipulate. The heart shaped pasteboard boxes" can - be bought ready-made at most stationery stores, and the hearts and arrows cut out of red and "gold paper respec tively, declares McCall's Magazine i ; Even easier to make is .the lktle round box shown t at . th'e top o- the left-hand cornerlof this groups r Any tr-CRE:An 6R CrtARLOTTt-RU55t O0Xi - HEART CANDU round pasteboard box; can be used as a foundation for this.. .It.iscovered with -white crepe paper and a big red heart pasted in the centre, v It adds to the appearance if the edges of the hox are touched upwith a line of gold paint, as shown In our illustration.. For" serving refreshments at a val entine party, there is nothing more effective; than ' heart and arrow ice cream or charlotte russe'boxes, 5nd the best thing about them is that they can be so easily and quickly made. Buy ome rather thin bright-red pasteboard at a stationery store, and also ' a sheets of white pasteboard. Then get some of the ordinary pleated paper cases that are used for. char lotte russe, bisquit . glace, etc. An arrow ls cut out of the white paste board, rj?ainted gold or covered-with gilt paper and pasted across the large heart that has just been cut from the red pasteboard. - A circle is then cut out of the heart; through arrow, and all, the Ice-cream box inserted in the opening and held in place with a little paste. . 1 ' j . The paper baskets 1 can be even more quickly made, the foundation being the same sort of pleated paper caseuln making the red paper basket, thia Js -given a- handle - formed of wire, with red crepe paper. twisted around it ,and , a heart - and ari-ow pasted at the top. The paper Itself Is simply covered with a frill of k red paper, held in place by just a touch r A Modern Custom." Frequently it -happens, that the modern valentine is nt by men as an expression of courtesy or to'show ap1 preciation of social favors Creceived For' this purpose a rpot of growing flowers, a. daintily, bound 'volume a basket of glaced or tropical fruif 'or bon-bons iii7 elahorate receptacles of satin, jorceiain or, crystal, are all welcome tokens to -most women, who gracefully: accept-: them Inr the same spirit la which they weresent. j "- ' ' -J ' Decorated with hwrts ,1. AHDmov rot cupjo . - t- I4&&mv 1 "",'i' 1 " xis :;-W -J.. 1 nf no era -nnr1 a tm'ot nf - hahv rfhhnn? v The white ice cream basket ismado IH exactly' the same" way 'with th - suhstitution-bf-white paper fo red ; arid , a little, pasteboard Cupldstuc5:! .on": he handle in , place , of tbP heart - r andarrow. The favbrg for a yalea. tfne 'dancer children's parly orrcct2 lion are vslmply fancy v paper j liearta . fastened -on" slender A sticks; wound -.-with paper and decorated w'ith'rlbboa streamers. - The; candle shade .makea ,. a most; effective 'table, decoration t A, Is- of white paper, decorated; with , red hearts and .gold arrows, and the top and, bottom of the 'shade- are 'fin -. t. iphed vlth twists of the, paper totfehed! up.?ith ,gbld palhC " r ; - fx. Valentine's "Day-Vas1 originally : thf. day dedicated td the Incoming of sprr&0 The Romans kept It In honor . of. Pan and Juno; and' rthe 'festival- . vMch lasted 88 veral daysiwas calldd " ; Jupercalia. " " The . early. - Christian -cTl arch; desiring to Effect- exchange In.;.- tbls muchrabused feast, ycry adroitly Voconstitutedthe. old practice d th'tD' lottery -oX oyers5 names. In placo cf;; ' i' the names ofsJealnyoutua. and, naii ens, .whose" appellations, -t!wrUten.c3 . slips of paper; were drawn ' by ,the .rourig people of the time, the. church - v y substituted the names of the -saints. The Idea had Us' own. beauty and tha . -notion of dedication was -thus 'pre served in a more spiritual sense -than in the-old Roman festival. This feast, and ' not the existence of-the real St -Valentine, 4s the. origin of the gallant - 3tW ' observances of the day; for it wou.d be very hard to say which of'thethrea. ear ly Cfi rlstlan bishops so -named th 0 j 14th of -February is "intended to com-" memorate. " - - Some St.' Valentine "Don'ts.- Remember that rou want'to enjoy -the - St. -Valentine party.; as . well : aa - ' your guests; therefore observe these rulesr ' - -. Don't fret and worry every hour of ' the preceding day until you are ner- : vous and sensitive to, everything .that,. goes wrongl - Vr" -'1 Don't rush your. emes too close on -each other's heels. Young people--like to talk. "V ; ' ' Don't" seem to be making an effort " k to entertain them at every moment. Suggest the games when the talking grows a little less spirited. v ' " - That Little-Valentine Boy. ; His other name Cupid. That is what the- old Romans called-? him. He had still another name given-him by the early Greeks, Eros. . But what ever he may be called, he is the sama jolly little sprite that you paint, draw or paste on your valentines - as th love fairy. . ' - . He looks very harmless with hia chubby-baby . cheeks "and his loving eyes., ButMook at him" closely and J you r will find In those .eyes sparks -of mischief glinting - through - the love. like points of .mica in a quartz rock. is. , , Jn Shakespeare's r. 'r- In Shakespeare'stlma t 3 wrl ! practice -.o,'. greeting - the peiw.: - by saying, "Good morning, 'tis entine's Dayj and the ohe .who rr.aia the-salutation first was Tentltled ;to"a . present. ; Atthi3 time the element ot choice; appears to have joined force3 . with.lchance, for;ir. is written that divers young porsonscoatrlved to ac- ... pldentally see eachother before they saw- anybody else on -the mornlns cZ Sis Valentine's Day. . . I V :-s) v
Rockingham Post-Dispatch (Rockingham, N.C.)
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