When the f minors of the const Itut ion
decided that population should be the
basts of representation in the lower
bonne of Congress, provision for n sys
tematic nailoiml enumeration of the
people of the oountry became a neces
sity. The constitution ordered that this
enumeration should bo made, within
three years after the first meeting of
the first Congress and within every sub
sequent term of ton years. In such
manner as Congress should direct. Po
litical necessity thin forced utoii the
new republic the first national census
of modern times.
Among the ancient peoples It Is re
corded that Moses numbered the tribes
in the wilderness and that Satan pro
voked David to number Israel. The
vrord "census" conies from Home,
where, long lie fore the Christian era,
citizens and their property wore regis
tered for the purposes of taxation. In
England, William the Connieror. to
tuaki) more certain the collection of his
revenues, ordered great survey of his
Hew kingdom, the results of which wore
embodied in the "Domesday Hook." lint
the census of the United States,
taken In 1700, was the liist of mod
eru times. The results of the enumera
tion were transmitted to Congress by
President WashingU a Oct. -'7. 171(1, in
a small report containing fifty-six print
ed pages. It showed a population of
8,029,214. It cost the govcnii.l;'i:t $-!-,-S77
to learn that, with one representa
tive for vevory 3:i,()W people, its lower
house would be couiHised of lti" legis
lators. As early as 1S10 nn attempt to in
clude In the census Information per
taining to the manufactures of tti'c
conntry was made, though it met with
little sucoot-s. The act of !."(, which
gave the census work to the newly
created Department of the Interior and
census board composed of the Secre
tary of State, Attorney General nnd
rostmaster General, Increased the sub
jects of Inquiry to Include mines, man
ufactures and agriculture.
With each succeeding decade, writes
H. B. Chamberlain in the Chi-igo Ifec-ord-IIerald.
the scope of Inquiry was
enlarged until the mass of information
gathered became too lat-L'o to handle
nnd was out of date before it heciPn'
-, dJ'
Exact information is not one of Mo
rocco's exports. That Is no land of
facts and figures. It is a country of
Traditions and superstitions, on the one
hand; of dreams and rainbows, on the
other.
Language in Tangier forms a curious
study, not because so many tongues
are heard, but because so many of the
half dozen that nre spoken are used
by the same people. The mastery of
Arabic is a life study, but a vocabu
lary of a few hundred words Is ade
quate for discussion with tho natives.
When one is a loss to express himself,
he need only fill in the gap. It is said,
by "Allah Is the greatest," "Allah, con
found the Christians," or some such
pious phrase, the use of which makes
his conversation more, rather than less,
acceptable.
. It Is worth while to say a word
about the system of surveillance under
which a visitor in Tangier lives. Theo
retically he Is the freest creature im
aginable, but actually he Is a marked
tuau the minute he is spotted on the
deck of an arriving boat, and there
after no Central otiice shadowing could
be more effective, more batiliug. By a
system of wireless telegraphy among
them, your comings and goings are fol
lowed, and you soon discover that a
small army of Moors knows where you
are from, what you are there for, how
long you expect to stay, and more
abont your life, habits and affairs than
Kiine of your most Intimate friends at
Some.
One is constantly running ucross
oddities that illustrate the Oriental
character of Morocco. Take the steani-
t'oat -service between Tangier and
Gibraltar as an instance. It sounds
the height of progress when you hear
tnat there are three companies, each
with three sailings a week, but upon
further inquiry you discover that tha
boats of all throe go ou tho same three
days and at the same hour!
Morocco Is a country of many Sub
baths. Friday Is tl.c Mohammedan
Sabbath, followed by the Jewish 8al-
bath the Hebrew element In Tangier
Is considerable, and strict in religious
observance. Then comes the Christian
Sunday. Subsequent comparison, how
aver, revealed little difference between
ENS
available. The eleventh census, that of
1S00, was not published until seven
years after it was begun. The census
or 1880 appeared in 1889. For each
enormous sums of money were spent
that of 1890 cost more than $11,000,000
thousands of clerks were employed,
tons of literature were distributed, but
the necessity for reorganizing the ma
chinery for taking tl f census every ten
years, as though for the first time,
caused Insufferable delay. The director
of each census had to create the otiice
anew, secure quarters, collect and drill
an army of employes and attend to th.?
preparation and distribution of sched
ules before the actual work of enumera
tion could be undertaken.
The work falls naturally into three
stages the collection of material facts
by enumerators, the census takers, who
in 1!XK numbered more than r0,000,
under the direct charge of iUU) super
visors; the tabulation and analysis of
this material in the central otiice In
Washington, and Its publication.
On June 1, 1900, (be enumerators be
gan their bousc-to-house ennvass. They
any tiays of the wook. On the Mohani-
medau Sabbath a black flatf Is hoisted
on the miuarats at the prayer of dawn,
instead of the white Bag that an
nounces the time of devotion on other
days. It remains up until the middle
of the forenoou, by which time every
body Is supposed to have found lout
what day It is.
When you (Allah lengthen thine
age!) go to Morocco, you will hear
about some of the men you've read of
In a way that will upset previous
ideas. There Is Baisulu, for Instance,
whom Americans remember as captur
ing Ion PenJIcarls, and who more re
cently held for six months Sir Harry
Maclean, an Englishman nnd drilluias-
tor of the Sultan's army.
A bold, bad grlgaud that's how Rai-
suli is painted abroad. At Tangier, on
the contrary, he Is rated as a patriot
whom the Sultan misused when he de
posed him from the governorship of
the surrounding province. In any event,
it is true, at least, that he cares noth
ing for money, but only seeks to regain
his position. Such ransoms as be lias
secured have been distributed among
his followers, It is said, and as yet the
$100,000 given up for the release of
Maclean lies to Italsull's credit un
touched in the State Bank at Tangier.
Looked at in the large, Morocco is a
wonderful country, still largely un
known. At this time of war and fer
ment It is possible only to skim the
edges. The Interior, with the civiliza
tions of Fez and Marrakcsh, the life
of the mountains and plains. It Is ltn
IMisslbie for the "dog of a Christian"
to-see. Some day, perhaps, he may re
turn.
EATING TOO MUCH.
Overnulrlllon I Just aa Harmful aa
Malnutrition.
It Is an acknowledged fact that al
most every soul of us eats too much.
The digestive organs are constantly
overtrained and finally weakened.
When wisely followed, the practice of
fasting can bo most beneficial. An ex
pert on the fond question has said that
one should rise from the table with
the feeling of hunger, which Is nu ox
lerlonoe known to very few of us. ( u
the contrary, the majority of people
leuvo the board with a sense of burden
which only an hour's siesta can alle
viate. This Is not so much owing to
the fact that the food Is uncommonly
rich, for the rule of the simple life ob
tains now In the fashionable cuisine,
but it Is the quantity taken. There Is
a large community ut the present mo
ment which fusts from breakfast time
till dinner at night. It Is a question
ING ill
JX Jan. a nn ili-yn
THE
did not visit public Institutions, as In
these the ottlcials of the establishments
were required to collect information
concerning the Inmates. Special expert
agents were employed to gather data
relating to manufacturing and mechan
ical industries. City enumerators were
given two weeks in which to make
their rounds. Those in the country
were given a longer time. When enu
merators had finished their work they
delivered their portfolios to the dis
trict supervisors, who in turn sent them
to the central office at Washington,
where a clerical forco of 3,000, helped
by the automatic punching machine and
the electric tabulating machine, pre
pared copy for the printing press.
The four principal reports on popu
lation, agriculture, manufacturing and
vital statistics, when completed, filled
ten quarto volumes, 10,000 pages of
printed matter. With the special re
ports, which appeared Inter, they sus
tained the claim that in this matter
of census taking the United States
leads in scoo of Inquiry, combination
of facts nnd cost Incurred.
W It Is wise to leave the stomach
entirely without food durlne all those
hours, but there is no question that the
lighter the lunch taken the better will
be the health of the Individual. By a
"light lunch" In this Instance la meant
what most people would not call a
lunch at all that Is to sny, a few
crackers with cheese (a much maligned
article of diet), n few nuts and a bit of
fruit or a cup of cocoa with dry toast
Such a "feast" prevents the craving for
food and in no way taxes the digestive
organs. Overnutrltlon Is Just as harm
ful ns malnutrition nnd Is far more
frequently the cnuse of maladies.
With Judicious fasting the system re
covers Its lost tone, and mental work
ers would find that the brain worked
with surprising lightness, for the brain
is one of the chief sufferers from over
eatlng. New Work Amerlcun.
Perpetual Youth.
The elixir of youth lies In thj mind
or nowhere. You cannot be young by
trying to appear so, by dressing youth
fully. You must first get rid of the
last vestige of thought, of belief, that
you are aging. As long as that Is iu
mind, cosmetics and youthful dress will
amount to very little in changing your
appearance. The conviction must first
be changed ; the thought which has pro
duced the aging condition must be re
versed. If we cun only establish tho perpet
ual youth mental attitude, so that we
feel young, we have won half the bat
tle against old age. Be sure of this:
that whatever you feel regarding your
age will i.e expressed in you.' body.
It Is a great aid to the perpetuation
of youth to learn to feel young, how
ever long we may have lived, becuuse
the body expresses habitual feeling,
habitual thought. Nothing In tho world
wilt make us look young as long as
wo are convinced that we. are aging.
Nothing else more effectually retards
age than keeping In mind tho bright,
cheerful, optimistic, hopeful, buoyant
picture of youth In nil Its splendor,
iiiiV.'iilflceiiee ; the alluring picture of
til glories which belong to voiilh
youthful dreams, ideals, hos and nil
the qualities which belong to young
life.
One groat trouble with us Is tluit
our Imaginations age prematurely. Ths
bard, exact lug conditions of our mod
ern, strenuous life tend to harden and
dry up the brain and nerve cells, and
thus seriously Injure tne power of the
Imagination, which suoiild be kept
fu-sh, buoyant, elastic. Orison Swett
X'anleii, In Success Magazine.
r'ouil llouea.
Williams You must eoct to work
if you ure going to be elected to public
otiice.
Walters Oh, yes. I expect to work
to get elected. But after that I won't
have to do much of anything. Somer
vllle Journal.
us
The twelfth census was taken under
the act of March 3, 1890, under which
the director of the census, W. II. Mcr
rlam, was given entire control of the
work. When he took charge of the
work all that he Inherited from the
eleventh census was a typewriter, a
horse, a wagon, a cart and some scat
tered papers and records. Ills was the
first census staff to be given a building
of its own. Ills pleadings for the pres
ervation of the plant which his work
necessitated undoubtedly helped the
passage of the act of 1902, establishing
the census bureau as a permanent part
of tho governmental organization. A
later act, approved Feb. 1, 1903, trans
ferred the census office from the De
partment of the Interior to the Depart
ment of Commerce nnd Labor. July 1,
1903, by order of the secretary of the
latter department, tho name "Bureau
of the Census" was adopted.
The bureau of th6 census Is charged
with the duty of taking the decennial
censuses, of collecting such special sta
tistics as Congress requires, Including
the collection in 1905 of the statistics
of manufacturing establishments con
ducted under tho factory system, and
the nnnuni collection of birth nnd death
statistics, statistics of cotton production
and cotton consumption, nnd statistics
of cities of 30,000 or more inhabitants.
Great Britain nnd France were the
first European countries to follow the
example of the United States. Each
took Its first census in 1801. In many
of the Eurojienn countries they have
a one-day enumeration. In Great Brit
ain and Wales schedules are left in
each house Saturday evening and are
called for Monday morning. The coun
try Is divided Into permanent districts
for the puriHse of registering births
and deaths and the registrar general Is
the census superintendent. In Ireland
the royal Irish constabulary and the
Dublin metropolitan police are tho
agents for distributing nnd collecting
the schedules. In Germany the count
covers the period between sunrise and
sunset and the police are utilized as
in Ireland. In ltussla the count be
gins at midnight. The British govern
ment makes provision for the cost of
the census taking, but in France and
other European countries the expense
Is borne by the municipality.
PATHOS OF THE INDIAN.
Betrayed and GlorMed In Marble by
the "White Man, He IHaanpeiira.
We are nccustoined to shed a few
eminently proper crocodile tears over
the fate of the Indian, but the Indian
has never pitied himself. No record
holds his plea for mercy for his race.
The negro continually exports quarter.
The Indian has not asked quarter. He
has taken his medicine like n man. No
concert of powers ever guarded his ter
ritorial rights. We call Leoiwld to
account In the Kongo. We district Af
rica into spheres of Influence, one Jeal
ous nation watching another, but here
in America we have the work of ex
termination all In our own hands. Tho
gladiators of Rome did not ask for
mercy; neither lias that stark fighting
man who, If he has not given us a
holidny, has at least given us an occa
sional bad quarter of an hour, says Em
erson Hough In a striking contribu
tion to Hampton's Magazine.
Tho fighting chance is the only one
which the red man has valued. He has
never set up any red republic in Im
itation of the white mun'a ways of gov
ernment. Sacred and classic llteratnn
tells us of beaten generals who lei! up
on tlieir swords, l here have been
scores of warriors of tho plains, brave
as WInkolrled, but hopeless, who have
gone against the machine guns, know
ing what their end must be. Beaten
at Inst by the upsetting of their en
vironment, they have gone to the res
ervations, still aloof and still distinct.
Here will bo their last stand. We fight
tuberculosis for the white race with
one hand, while with the other we
spread It apparently deliberately among
the red rnce. The reservation cabin Is
a death trap for the Indian. The old
tepees hnd an air space all around the
bottom, an air space high ns the head
between Hie lodge lining and the lodge
skin. Good nlr came In from below
and bad air went out with the smoke at
the lodge top. Of late we are taking up
tent life for consumptive patients, but
very often in this our doctors do not
know as much ns the Indians, and
have not learned that the wall tent Is
the worst ventilated dwelling In the
world, nlthoiigh the Indian lodge was
the best. There Is nu Idea for some
physician who really will stop to think
In his science. I have passed some hap
py winter days and nights In a tepee
In the Blackfoot country, but out there
the cabin Is supplanting tho lodge, and
as nt Intervals I see some of my red
friends In that country, more and more
1 see the finger nails of this or that
one beginning to thicken, the sign of
tho white plague with them. The rod
race cannot adjust, cannot assimilate
It Is doing, none the less, all that Is
asked or expected of It. - It Is dying.
Yet It raised men who could ride, walk,
shoot, hunt, eat, drink, speak, as well
as most of us. Tho red man could not
adjust; be could only fight
TOND OF FISHINO TRIPS.
Llaeola and the flora of ariea;nld
Often Went Together.
When William B. Thompson of the
E-t Louis bar was a boy he went fish
ing with Abraham Lincoln. That was
before Mr. Lincoln was a candidate
for President; earlier even than the
historic Lincoln-Douglas debates. It
was when Mr. Lincoln was practicing
law In Springfield a ad wanted a day
off. Then be would put the neighbors'
boys Into the family carry-all, aammy
as could be crowded in, and drive away
to the banks of the Sangamon. The
Lincoln whom William B. Thompson
remembers best was not the lawyer, the
orator, the candidate, the President,
but the friend and the associate of
every boy on the street where he lived
in Springfield.
"I lived half a block from Mr. Lin-
coin's," said Mr. Thompson, In a talk
with Walter B. 8tevens of the St
Louis Globe-Democrat, "and visited at
the bouse, but more frequently I met
Mr. Lincoln on the street as I went to
and from school. Mr. Lincoln was not
an observant man on the street; In
fact, he hardly ever saw us unless we
spoke to blm. He walked along with
his bands behind him, gazing upward
and noticing nobody. But It was usual
for all of the boys In the neighborhood
to speak to blm as we met him. He
had endeared himself to all of us by
reason of the Interest he took la us.
When one of us spoke to him as he
ON E OF LINCOLN'S
was walking along In his absorbed
manner he would stop and acknowledge
the greeting pleasantly. If the boy
was small Mr. Lincoln would often
take him up In his arms and talk to
him. If the boy was larger Mr. Lin
coln would shake hands and talk with
him. If he didn't recall the face he
would ask the name, nnd If he recog
nized It he would sny, 'Oh, yes; I re
member you.' If the boy was a com
parative stranger Mr. Lincoln would
treat hhn so plensnntly thnt the boy
always wanted to spenk to Mr. Lincoln
after that whenever he met him.
"But besides showing Interest In us,
Mr. Lincoln was exceedingly popular
with the boys In the neighborhood be
cause of the fishing trips to the San
gamon River he took with us. He
owned n hay horse, which was called
a 'shnved-tall' horse. He had a 'cala'sh,'
ns the roomy vehicle was known. Into
the cnlosh Mr. Lincoln would put nil
of the boys of the neighborhood who
could crowd In, nnd drive out to the
Sangamon. We carried our lunches
nnd sK-nt the whole day. After we
were pretty well tired tramping about
we spread out the lunches. Mr. Lin
coln sat down with us. When v.e hnd
eaten he told us stories and entertained
us with his funny comments. No boy
who had accompanied Mr. Lincoln on
one of these fishing trips willingly
missed another."
Cul In ' Scotlnnd.
It was a custom In Scotland to
choose one's Valentino, if Sir Walter
Scott is to be trusted in his account
of the wooing of the Fair Maid of
Perth nnd Hal of the Wynd in the nov
el. The always amusing and ubiqui
tous Pepys, In his dlnry, which neglects
nothing under the sun apparently,
mentions St Valentine's day and its
customs in several places, and gives an
manning account of his wife, fearing
to open her eyes on St Valentine's
day while the painters and decorators
were at work In her room, lest she
should see one of these unsuitable per
sons first Instead of more comely val
entine. The genial Pepys himself, of
course, had to call upon one of his
friends on February 14 and entreat
her to become his valentine, and we
will hope that he sent a suitable gift
to the lady chosen.
Whatever the origin of the custom, It
has given rise to many quaint and
pretty fancies, and both poets and lov
ers have employed the legend and the
saint to good purpose. The sending of
litters and the more or less tawdry
cut paper valentines, which the chil
dren of the last generation were so fa
miliar with, undoubtedly gave rise to
tho modern fashion of Christmas cards
in this country and In England, which
bus grown to such astonishing, not to
say alarming, proportions, and the
comic valentine, that hideous and
dreadful creation, is presumably one
of the evils resulting from the custom.
However Cils may be, It Is exceedingly
agreeable to receive a gift of flowers,
oi fruit, or a dainty book usn this
midwinter festival, and if It take tho
form of u more useful present there is
a distinct authority for sending even
these, as one of the oldest customs con
sisted in sending a veil of tlsue or
gauze to the fortunate valentine which
was selected to be the recipient of the
retention.
Lincoln and Franklin.
There is nothing in human beings that
Is quite so Interesting to other human be
ings as their humanity. Franklin and
Lincoln were both chock full of humanity.
They both had, for one thing, first-rate
bodies. Franklin's powers as a swimmer
will be recalled and Lincoln's reputa
tion as a wrestler. In their youth they
were both athletes and built to endure
great tolls, physical and mental, and to
carry heavy responsibilities. - Etch of
them began life for himself with a mea
ger preliminary education am! no advan
tages of position or opportunity. Both of
them hnd tha precious gift ol lmmor and
both of them employed It as an aid to
tiemunslou and to facilitate transactions
of momentous Importance. Both of them
were untiring friends of peace and ready
to make eitreme concessions to avoid war.
Both were men of profound resolution,
untiring te prosecute an unavoidable war
once undertaken. They are heroes of ro
mance and of letters, these two, as well aa
of history. Writers will delight to write
about them as long as the triumph of
genius over circumstances continues to be
an engaging theme.
A I.lneoln Story.
Henry Haynie In his bonk, "Captains
and King," tells how he once had occa
sion to solicit from Abraham Lincoln a
subscription for the pun-base of a ho
cart for the Ore department In Spring
field, III., where the future President of
the United States was then living. "Hon
est Old Abe" agreed to give his aid, but
aid he would consult "a certain little
woman about It" that Is, as to the
amount. Said be :
"I'll do so, boys, when I go home for
sup.-er Mrs. Lincoln is always in a fine
humor then and I'll say to her over the
toast: 'My dear, there Is a subscription
paper being handed round to raise money
to buy a hose cart. Don't you think I
had better subscribe $50'' Then she will
look up quickly and exclaim: 'Oh, Abra
ham 1 Abraham! Fifty dollars I No,
Indeed ; we can't afford It. Twenty-flve
dollars Is enough.' "
Mr. Lincoln chuckled gleefully as he
FISHING TBIP8
added : "Bless her dear soul, she'll never
find out how I got the better of her, and
if she does she will forgive me. Come
around to-morrow and get your $25."
Quoting? "rrlnture.
Speech at Chicago, 111., July 10, ISoS:
"My friend has said that I am a poor
hand, to quote Scripture. I will try it
again, however. It is anid in one of the
admonitions of our Lord : 'As your Fath
er in Heaven is perfect, be ye also per
fect' The Saviour, I suppose, did not
expect any human creature could be per
fect as the Father In Heaven ; but He
said : 'As your Father in Heaven is per
fect, be ye also perfect.' He set that
up as a standard, and he who did mot
In reaching that standard attained the
highest degree of moral perfection. So I
say In relation to the principle that all
men are created equal, let It be as nearly
reached as we can. If we cannot give
freedom to every creature, let us do noth
ing to impose slavery upon any other
creature."
HE origin of the peculiar observances of St Valentine's day is
obscure. The saint, who according to some ecclesiastical writers
wus a bishop and according to others a presbyter of Rome, and
who wus martyred in the third century, hnd nothing whatever
to do with the matter beyond the accident of his day being
used. Tbe history, or rather the legend, of St. Valentine hat
been searched ' by old-time scholars and by modern students.
X
but no occurrence in his life could hove given use to the custom of observing
this day. Tbe following is believed to be about as true an account of tha
origin of the day as can be found, and It seems to be a very sensible ex
planation: It was tbe practice iu aaclent Rome during the greater part of Febru
ary to celebrate the feasts Hi honor of Pan and Juno. Ou this Joyous and
hilarious occasion, when no doubt Bacchus came in for his full share of at
tention, the names of young women were put into a box, from which they
were drawn by tbe young men. Tbe stalwart Roman lads then proceeded
to admire and pny great attention to their particular Roman lassies for
certain period. Now, tbe pastors of tbe early church were scandalized by
tbls behavior, and tbe young folks, as tbey have through all the centuries,
came In for a lot of good plain talk on the sin of being foolish. The custom
went right on and the Roman boys and girls held the upper hand. Tha
priests, who were trying by every possible means to eradicate the vestiges
of pagan superstition, substituted tbe names of particular saints Instead of
those of the girls. As the festival in honor of Pan and Juno had commenced
about the middle of February, they appear to have chosen St. Valentine's
day for celebrating tbe new feast becnuse it occurred at nearly tbe same
time. The priests had tbe names of the girls changed to those of saints
so that the men could have some ono to bouor and worship and thus make
them take life more seriously. But it was Just the same in the days of old
as it is now when the men got around to the saints their stock of worship
was about exhausted. It was impossible to extirpate any ceremony to which
the common run of people had become accustomed, aud accordingly the out
line of tho ancient observances was preserved, but modified to some extent
to the Christian system.
In England and Scotland.
At no very remote jn-rlod tho young folks In England and Scotland used
to get together on the eve of St. Valentine's day nud pass the time in an
Interesting way. Tliero was always an equal number of young men and
women ut these gatherings, nnd each wrote his or her name upou a billet
which was rolhd up. Then tho names were drawn by lets, tho men taking
the maids' billets and tbe maids the men's. Of course, by this means each
bad two valentines. "But," observes eu old writer who was present on sev
eral of these occasions, "the man sticks closer to tbe valentine that baa
fallen to blm than to tbe valentine to whom he has fallen." Chance baring
divided the company Into couples, tbe men gave balls and ail sorts of good
times in honor of their "valentines," and wore billets on their bosoms or
sleeves for several days. Naturally tbls sport often ended In real lova
In (lie reign of Charles II. married and single alike played at this gam
of hearts aud were alike liable to be chosen as "valentines."
Nowadays among children and very young ladles and gentlemen tha
paper valentine, with its gold lace, hearts and fat little cuplds, Is popular
and always will be. Among tbe "grown-ups," however, candy and flower
take the place of the gaudy paper affair. But la this prosaic age choice amft
not chanos holds good on 8t Valentine's da.
UNCOLN
In Commemoration of the 100th
Anniversary of His Birth.
' BT C W. rAIRRIXOTOlT.
Come, gallant muse, with armor cap-a-pia
tvitn Drain and Heart nign-tnroDDing vm
the task :
The task delightful, here to weave
wreath
For one who Is the gentlest memory
Of all who yet have trod the purpling
vats
Of the grim wine-press of this weary
world,
Except the meek Christ of Galilee,
The mountain doeth not so o'erwbelm tha
soul
While standing at its base as .Then afaa
Some leagues: and so with such colossal
ma a
As Lincoln. It has required fully
Fifty years to gain perspective of his
Matchless character: and now behold
A land tumultuous In his well-earae
praise.
Patient and strong and grand as Destiny,
He moved, majestic, to the supreme goal.
As some resistless avalanche of snow
That sweeps the gnarled oaks before Its
track,
But only bends with tender kiss the baby
twigs,
So he bore down upon tbe long-mUgulded
Southron. In his haughty lair, and broke
him
For his good, while his sad heart still
bled
For bairns, and blacks, and gentle wod
enfolk.
The crucial hour found the master mind
Where God has need of him.
Ere yet the Pilgrim Father, on his bend
ed knees,
Had finished the profound and holy
prayer
That consecrated this fair land to God,
The courts of Heaven, all ablase with
power,
Took up the vhal problem how to sava
A great republic when the time shoult
come
That her own sons should seek her over
throw ;
And there and then a mighty soul was
found,
Whom, later, men called Lincoln.
Thus panoplied, what wonder that this
war
Outgrew the confines of America
And nobly wrought for all the humaa
race.
Throughout the vast areas of this earth?
So now 'tis easier lor us mue ion
To drown our "malice" In the "love fot
all ;"
To cure a heartache with aA anecdote;
To even go as he did to his foes
The vilest foes who sought to ruin hla
While his great heart was torn with cares
of state,
And give them honor and promotios
large v
And do it In such meek, unselfish way
As though It was a favor to himself.
O grandest figure among mortal men :
Whose only fear was that of doing wrong!
Thou bast bullded high tbe standard foe
mankind.
And tanght us how this earth-life, here
and now.
May reach the hordnr land of tbe divine.