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ing to Mrs. Pinkham for Help:
“ DbabMm. Pinkham : — Ihavelieen
wniler Boston doctors’ treatment for a
long time without any relief. They
fell me I have a fibroid tumor. I can
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aud front. My abdomen is swollen,
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“ The symptoms of Fibroid Tumor
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252 Dudley St (Itosbury), Boston, Mass.
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“Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—Sometime
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A great many writers in the last few
years have written short sketches of
Mr. Lincoln's birth and early history,
none of which agree in all particu
lars. For the want of proper informa
tion many of these writers have
jumped at conclusions.
First of all was the shameful, dam
aging report that Thomas Lincoln and
Nancy Hanks were never married.
They lived in Hardin county, Ky.,
now Lauer county, ar.d were supposed
to have been married there. No mar
riage license could be found on rec
ord, hence the false report—no mar
riage.
The article appearing in the Larue
Herald says:
“Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks
were married In Washington county,
Ky., came to I^artie from Washington
county, and their oldest child, Sullie.
was probably born there.”
So far so good. It also says Thomas
Lincoln and Nancy Hanks lived in
Laura county “until Abe was about 13
years old.”
Frequent mention lias been made,
too, In artic les or sketches referred to
of Mr. Lincoln's associates in Larue
county. These could bate been true—
but for facts in history. Mr. Lincoln
was born in 1809, and his parents
moved to Indiana in lSlti. There was
an uncertainty about Mr. Lincoln's
birthplace, claimed in Larue county,
and on inquiry of Mr. Lincoln about
it he said he was not born at the
place suggested in letter; was told
by his parents it occurred at another
place, and his recollection was of the
Knob Creek place.
An article of recent date about “Lin
coln's Neglected Birthplace” says:
“There never would have been any
question about the plaee if it had not
been for a fact which is perhaps gen
erally unknown. There is tto record
in Hardin county or Larue of Thomas
Lincoln as a land owner.”
It says they claim a document in
the form of a bond for $1*H) from
Thomas Lincoln for the support of
Nancy Hanks.
Now the facts are these as related
by Mr. W. F. Broker and William
Hardesty—Thomas Lincoln and Nancy
Hanks were married in Washington
county. Ky., dune 10,1800, at the home
of Richard Berry. Thomas Lincoln
did not realize the importance this
marriage could he to his son and failed
to impress upon him the date and
place. It had been forgotten and the
prominence of Mr. Lincoln brought it
to the recollection of the few living
when it came to be a matter of great
moment.
To Mrs. C. if. Vawter of Indianap
olis, lnd„ must beloug all the honor
for the finding of the marriage license
of Thos. Lincoln and Nancy Hanks.
First she visited an old lady, Mrs.
Litsey, living near Buchland P. O. and
got a statement from her of the mar
riage of Thomas Lincoln to Nancy
Hanks. Thl6 was the first statement
ever published in regard to the mar
riage. Mrs. Vawter, then Miss Char
lotte Hobart, boarding in my father’s
house and teaching school in Wash
ington county, continued her plead
ing for a search in the clerk's office
for said license until they were found.
Mrs. Vawter wrote the first article
in vindication of Nancy Hanks when
it was stated she was never married.
Twenty years after this she received
a letter from a lady in Cambridge,
Mass., saying she had done more to
vindicate Nancy Hanks than any one.
In a letter to me last fall she says:
I
This information was furnished by
Wm. Hardesty, an old man living near
the Lincoln home, lie told of the
year In which the marriage took place
between Thus. Lincoln and Nancy
Hanks, ami Dr. Graham, whose state
ment has been published, says Mr.
Hardesty was present at the wedding.
During Mr. Lincoln's presidency
this Mr. Hardesty and a great grand
daughter of Richard Berry, Miss Jen
nie Redding, were passing the old
Lincoln home, talking of the Presi
dent. and Miss Jennie said: “Mr.
Hardesty, history says Mr. Lincoln
was born in Larue county.” He re
plied, saying: “I don't care what his
tory says—I know better.”
I concerned about what his grandson
j would be.”
Mr. Lincoln had a mission to per
form. and he seemed conscious of it.
He started in the race with a heavy
burden upon him. He was never rid
of it. There were those who cculd
have given him relief, but he knew
them not. He was looking forward,
not backward—mindful all the while
of "what the grandson should be."
Mr. Lincoln was making history—
not writing it. He did not live to see
the end, but few, if any, great leaders
ever do. They leave names to he
honored and places in history of re
membrance. Washington county, Ken
tucky, comes in for a large share in
. ■—
LINCOLN S BIRTHPLACE.
Mr. Broker, now living and clerk
of Washington county, says: “It has
been a disputed question between
Washington county and Larue in re
gard to the birthplace of Mr. Lincoln,
but from the record evidence in office
and the statement made by Mr. Hard
esty, there were two children born
to Thomas Lincoln aud Nancy Hanks
in the cabin now standing in this
county. The first was a girl, who died
in her infancy, and the second was a
boy. This would bring it up to about
1809, the year A. Lincoln was born,
and that Thomas Lincoln moved to
Hardin county when this boy was
about 18 months old.”
Richard Berry, whoso name is con
nected with a history of Thomas Lin
coln and Nancy Hanks, was uncle to
Nancy Hanks, and she was living in
his house when she was married, and
his name is signed to the marriage
certificate as guardian of Nancy
Hanks.
There have been many statements
made concerning Mr. Lincoln's school
and boyhood days in Kentucky—not
intentionally overdrawn, but seeming
ly impossible. Mr. Lincoln was born
In 1809, and In 181H bis father with
family moved to Indiana.
It has been said Mr. Lincoln never
had anything to say of his early life
and history. lie never knew. What
- r t
connection with Mr. Lincoln when the
facts are all known.—Evan Rogers, in
Boston Globe.
LINCOLN AND THE WHETSTONE.
Incident Remembered Well, Though
Fifteen Years Had Elapsed.
Concerning the great height of
Abraham Lincoln, the following story
is told, which is said to be new. When
a candidate for the Illinois legisla
ture and while making a personal
canvass of his district, he one day
took dinner with a farmer who also
loaned him a whetstone with which
to sharpen his knife. Yeai'3 after
ward. when Mr. Lincoln had become
President, a soldier came to call on
him at the White House. At the first
glance, the chief executive said:
"Yes. I remember you; you used to
live on the Danville road. 1 took din
ner with you when I was running for
the legislature. 1 recollect that we
stood talking out at the barnyard
gate, while I sharpened my jack
knife."
“Y-a-a-s," drawled the soldier; "you
did. But, say. wherever did you put
that whetstone? I looked for It a
dozen times, but I never could find it
after the day you used It. We ’lowed
as now, mebby, you took it 'long with
| you."
“No,” said Lincoln, looking serious
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HIS HOME AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
“Mr. W. F. Booker gives the best
reasons ever given for believing t hat
, A. Lincoln was born in that old cabin
in Washington county, Ky.—a lact
which she never heard disputed until
about thirty years after Mr. Lincoln's
deatn."
Mr. W. F. Booker was clerk of
Washington county, Ky.. when Mr.
Lincoln first came into prominelfce, j
has held the office continuously since, I
and probably there Is uo man now ;
living more familiar with the early
history of Thos. Lincoln, his marriage
and the birthplace of A. Lincoln. The
records in the clerk's office were not
kept then as now—there wore no dates
and the great question was: When
and where did marriage occur.” |
pleasure it would have given him to
have known it ali, we can only im
agine.
Who he was and what he was came
too late when the marriage license,
solemnized and returned by Jesse
Head, were brought to light from their
long resting place In the clerk’s office
of Washington county. Even some,
claiming great intimacy with Air. Lin
coln when a boy in Kentucky, claimed
tlie widow Johnson, his stepmother, as
his real mother.
To correct this mistake Mr. Lin
coln wrote from Illinois saying his
father's name was Thos. Lircoln and
his mother’s maiden name was Nancy
Hard s. Again he said he rover knew
who his grandfather was "was more
and pushing away a lot of documents
of state from the desk in front of
him. "No, I put it on top of the gate
jiost—that high one.”
“Well," exclaimed the visitor, “meb
be you did. Couldn't nobody else have
put it there, and none of us ever
thought to look there for it.”
The soldier was then on his way
home. and when he got there the first
thing he did was to look for the whet
stone. And, sure enough, there it
was, just where Lincoln had laid it
fifteen years before. The honest fel
low wrote a letter to the chief magis
trate of the nation, telling him that
the whetstone had been found, and
would never be lost again.—Detroit
Tribune.
i SAVED LIFE OF LEE.
LINCOLN SPARED SON CF CON
FEDERATE CHIEFTAIN.
j Great-Hearted President, Touched by
the Heroism of Southern Officer, De
ferred Execution—War’s Ending
Settled the Matter for All Time.
President Lincoln’s magnanimous
disposition and kindly nature were
never better exemplified than in a
case during the Civil War in which
two sons of the Confederate chieftain,
Robert E. I.ce, were involved, says
the Washington Post. As narrated by
one of the most hospitable and typ
ical Virginians, himself a scion of a
family noted for the brave deeds and
heroic sacrifices, the story of iancoln
and the Lees reveals a depth of fra
ternal affection, chivalry and heroism
of which Americans may Justly be
proud, no matter what state may claim
their allegiance.
“It was after the battle of Brandy
station, in which Gen. W. H. F. Lee,
called by his father and family
‘Rooney’ l.ee, was not only badly
wounded, but captured by the Federal
forces. Upon being taken to the
headquarters of the Union army his
identity became known and there was
consequently great rejoicing over such
a capture. Subsequently a Federal
officer who had been captured by the
Confederates was shot under peculiar
circumstances and the captors of
Rooney Lee determined that he should
be executed by way of retaliation. A
day had been fixed when he was to be
shot at sunrise. In some manner
Gen. Washington Parke Custis Lee,
who once owned the Arlington estate,
which was subsequently made a na
tional cemetery by the United States
government, learned of hfs brother’s
peril. By means of a flag of truce,
Custis l.ee appeared at the headquar
ters of the Union eomniauder, who
cordially received him and inquired
the nature of his visit.
si bio.' was the reply, ‘and return him
to his wife and children. You must
know, general,’ continued Custis I^ee,
'1 am a bachelor, and not only that,
but i outrank my brother, who is a
brigadier-general, while I am a major
general. If any one is to suffer, for
the unfortunate occurrence by which
one of your officers forfeited his life,
let the blow fall upon me. There will
be no one to grieve and worry about
me. for 1 am a single man and a sol
dier. able and willing to abide by the
arbitrament of war. With my Lrother
it is different, tor lie is a man of fam
ily. with a wife and four little ones
awaiting him at home. He knows
nothing of my visit, neither does our
father—Gen. Robert E. Lee. Know
ing both of them as 1 do, it is my con
jecture that if my piiriio.se had been
communicated to either of them they
would have endeavored to dissuade
me frbm such an undertaking. Conse
quently I have come to your headquar
ters of my own volition, and without
any advice whatever, either from my
family or friends. Give me my broth
er’s life for his family's sake, and
take mine as a means of retaliation
for a regrettable and unlooked-for act
of wrar and its misery.’
“Moved by this appeal the Union
general pointed out to his visitor that
what he asked was not in his power
lo grant. ‘Lots were drawn for the
execution,’ he said, 'and fate willed it
♦bat your brother should draw the
fatal number. A time has been fixed
for the execution, the necessary or
ders have been given and it only re
mains to carry out the details. There
is nobody to help you in your ex
tremity unless President Lincoln at
Washington sees fit to interfere.’
“This suggestion, coming from the
source it did, aroused a gleam of hope
within the bosom of Custis Lee, and
he inquired of the Federal commander
whether it would lie possible to stay
the execution of the death sentence
until President Lincoln could be in
formed of the circumstances.
“‘Most assuredly,’ was the reply,
'ami, furthermore, he shall be In
formed of your heroic and brotherly
offer of sacrifice immediately.’
inis olllcer Kept faith to the let
ter,” continued the narrator, “and
sent a detailed account of his inter
view with Custis Lee to the President
of the United States. Abraham Lin
coln. Within a few hours after the
message was received at Washington
there came a reply from President
Lincoln to the Federal commander,
saying: ‘1 know Custis Lee means
what he says. Defer the execution of
his brother until you receive further
orders from me.’
“These orders never came,” con
cluded the host, "for shortly after
ward W. 11. F. Lee was exchanged for
a Federal oflicer of the rank of a
brigadier general and at once set out
to rejoin his family. His devoted wife
in the meanwhile learning the story
of liis capture and sentence and hav
ing no means for ascertaining his
subsequent whereabouts had pined
away and died. Scarlet fever had car
ried off ills four children, so that it
was to a darkened and desolate fire
side that Rooney Lee returned out of
the jaws of death. He knew nothing
at this time of the offer made by his
brother to take his place and it was
not until long after the Civil War had
ended that he learned what the big
hearted Abraham Lincoln had done.
"Is it any wonder,” continued the
narrator, "that men of the south
revere the memory of Lincoln? It
was the darkest day in our history
when he fell by an assassin's act, and
none deplored his untimely end more
than brave Old Marse Robert’ and his
sons Custis and Rooney Lee, the last
named afterward a congressman at
Washington. A son of Rooney I^ee,
by a subsequent marriage, is now a
member of the Virginia legislature.
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cup of butter; add a cup of sour cream
or milk and two beaten eggs. Mix a
teaspoonful of baking soda with a cup
of flour; add to the mixture with
enough more flour to make a dough
that will roll out easily. Keep dough
as cold as possible while cutting and
rolling. Bake in a quick oven.
These Who Have Tried It
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tuin only 12 oz,
Something Beyond It.
1 he lawyer had advertised for a
typewriter girl, and when a very styl
ish young lady presented herself in
answer h*> said; “My advertisement
toad that I should only pay six dollars
a week for the work.” "Yes, I know,”
she replied. “And you will come fo^
that?” “It's a very small salary, of
course, but as I shall expect to marry
you before the year is out. I’ll take it
and be along tomorrow morning.”
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Some people hang outside like
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Ten cents worth of help will make
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Maple Hard Sauce.
Crush and roll as fine an possible a
cup of maple sugar, then beat It up
with a cun of butter until creamy and
light. Then add the white of an egy
and beat again until foamy. Add a tiny
pinch of salt, a teaspoonful of vanilla
or a little brandy, or a grating of nut
meg. IMle tii) in a small gla: . dish and
set on ice to harden. This is a delicious
sauce to serve with Indian puddings.
rifi.nn per M. Lewis’ “Sing! > Binder,”
straight 5c cigar, costs the dealer some
more than other 5c cigars, but lhe higher
price enables this factory to use higher
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Maple Custard.
Break four eggs into a bowl or sauce
pan and beat them a few minutes, then
add a cup of tolled niapie . agar, one
tabiespoontul of corn starch, a pinch
of salt and a grating of nutmeg, beat
all together until smooth ami thick
then atld two quarts of warmed milk
and when thoroughly mixed turn inti
a baking dish, set. this in a pan ol
hot water and bake in a mod ••ate oven
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In tbitKe Htarch you obtain bel’ r results
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Maple ougar Cake.
Beat a cup of fine granuia’od sugar
to a cream with two ounces of butter,
add tne beaten yolks of two eggs, and
then the beaten white of one. Silt two
teaspoontuls of baaing powder with
two scant cups of sifted flour. Add to
the other materials, alternating with
half a cup cf milk. Bake in two lay
ers and tint together with the follow
ing: Boil a cup of inaple syrup until
it will spin a thread and laen pour
gradually into the beaten whites of
iwo eggs, continue to beat until thick
enough to spread.
To Cure a Cohl in One (lay.
Take Luxativo Uromo Quluine 1' ibiets. AU
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Frederick the Great’s Snuff Boxes.
Thirteen snuffboxes in a"ate and
jasper, ornamented with gold and
precious stones, and formerly the
property of Frederick the Great, have
been presented by the ka -r to the
Iiohen/.ollern museum.
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shell, free, by sending to
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