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ST. VALENTINE’S DAY.

•t Valentln«'a day! And midst old recollections That rush to my heart with an echoing . Joy. I remember once more the old hopes and dejections, Wheh you were a girl, dear, and I was a boy; When I sent yon a rose on that February morning. And with It a passionate, rhyme-halting I*T, And met your reproaches and well-gcted scorning By whispering; “Sweet, 'tls St. Valen- — tine's day f* And the sky was so blue, and the sunshine so yellow, Zbd the soft southern wind blew so shrilly and sweet, And each tiny bird sung so loud to Its fellow, , While the snowdrops and crocuses bloomed at your feet, ■mall wonder our hearts broke to tremulous beating As we learned In the wonderful, old-fash-ioned way What the earth and the sky and the air were repeating In mystical cadence of Valentine’s day. And now that the crazy-sweet babble and laughter Of golden-haired children hare rung In our ears. And brought us the hope of a tender hereafter To link to the thought of those far-away years— Once more In the words of the happy boylover, I rail deeper meaning In whimsical war; A meaning your heart will be quick to dlseorer—• By whispering: “Sweet, 'tls St Valentine's day !" v —-The Housekeeper.

LincoIn's Specific Life Work.

One often thinks of hia life as cut off, but no great man sines Cmsar baa teen his life work ended aa did Lincoln. Napoleon died upon a desert rock, but not until Anaterlits and Wagram had become memories, and the dust of the empire even aa all dust. Cromwell knew that England had not at heart materially altered. Washington did qot know that he had created one of the great, perhaps the greatest, empires to be known to man. Bat Lincoln bad a aped lie taak to do—to save bis country and to make it free —and on that fateful 14th of April he knew that be had accomplished both things. There are those who would say that chance put this man where he waa to do this work. To the thoughtful mind It was not chance, however, but design, and that the design of which all greatneaa is a part. War is indeed the crudble of the nations. It is the stndgnt of ■ century hence who shall properly place the Civil War In American history. But, whatever tbit place be, there can be no doubt of the position In It of the war President. Like William the Silent, bis domination of all about him was a matter not. of personal desire, txtf of absolute and constant growth. Thar* are few

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more Interesting characters in history than Lincoln. There is none who in quite the same manner fits himself so absolutely into his circumstances. It is the highest form of genius that so produces as to make production seem effortless, and it is perhaps the greatest of all tributes to Lincoln that what he did seems sometimes only what the average man would have done in his place.

His Time to Get Even.

“Say, old fellow,” said Brown, as he laid his hand familiarly- on Putter’s Slßratder, “didn’t I see you in the stationer’s a day or two ago looking at valentines?” “You probably did, aa I waa in there,” was the answer. “Buying for some sister or niece?” “No —for my wife.” “But you are over 50 years old and have been married a quarter of a century. You don’t say tliat you are still romantic?” “I say this —that my wife can beat me at argument or scolding or doing as- she pleases whether I like It or not. She’s obstinate and pig-headed and touchy, and «A--< nr-

i, -—■— h-: the only way L can yet even with hm is ao Valentine's day. Then I get 100 of the meanest burlesque, valentines I can find and send them ter her, and for the next three months die's wondering who sent ’em and treats me fairly well. Try it once. It is a good deal better than threatening her with the family ax.”

Hia Valentine. My Valentina! I seize my pen To write to you the yearly Terse; I shall not tune my lyre again To raptures which my soul -Immerse! I shall not praise your sapphire eyes, Nor sing the archness of your look— Ah, no! I chant your bread and My Valentine, for you can cook I My Valentine, I lore the glow— The ruby glow so softly spread Upon your tempting velvet dheek When you have been a baking bread. Tour hair is golden, thick, and fine. In gleaming coll, and curl and loop. And best of all, oh, one divine, I never find it in my soup. My Valentine! Let others write Their lyrics to your hands and bnrif. Tour biscuits are as feathers light, Tour cakes are tempting, anyhow. Let others sing your charms so awcet, With poetaster’s gentle art For me, the things you make to eat Have won the highway to my heart. —What to Eat.

An Anecdote of Lincoln.

At one period during the rebellion then were no less than seventy-four major generals and 276 brigadiers On the rolls,

which was far more than there was any use for. President Lincoln recognized this mistake before anybody else, but he consoled himself by joking about it. It is recalled that on one occasion, when one of these superfluous generals was captured by the enemy, with a number of men and horses, somebody undertook to condole with the President on the subject, remarking that the loss of the captured general’s services was a great misfortune to the government. “Pooh!” replied Lincoln, “it’s the horses I’m thinking about. I can make another brigadier general in two minutes, bat horses are scarce, and cost S2OO apiece.”—Kansas City Journal.

Abraham Lincoln’s Astuteness.

A leader of the Lincoln party told a story of the astuteness of Lincoln as a lawyer. “When Lincoln was practicing law," he said, “he had a case involving a disputed %i]l. The opposition claimed that the will was genuine, and for several hours adduced pipof of this. For Lincoln, who had to prove the will a forgeiy, things looked black. “Lincoln, however, called only one witness," a retired paper manufacturer, renowned the country over for his wealth and probity. * “‘Mr. Dash,’ said to tha witness, handing him tub*, disputed will, *pleaße hold that paper up to the light and tell us what is the watermark on it.’ “ The watermark of my own firm, Blank & Co.,’ the witness answered. “ ’When did your firm begin to manufacture paper?’ JfJln 1841.’ r—- “ ‘And what's the date of the documdht in your hands?’ “‘August 11, 1830.’ “ ‘That is enough. Gentlemen of the jury, our case is closed.’ ”

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Indiana State News

WAR RECORD OF CLAY COUNTY. *«rty Pe* Cent at tbe Promt in First ElKlileen Months. When the firsf draft of the war of the rebellion was ordered, in the fall of 1862, there were fifteen counties in tha State exempt, having full credit in volunteers to cover their quota: Brown, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Jennings, Lawrence, Newton, Parke, Perry, Scott, Spencer. Switzerland, Vermilion, Warren and White. The quota Co b’e made up, respectively, by the other seventy-seven counties rang, ed from one In Jasper to 597 in Allen. The enrollment throughout the State of men subject to military duty and of the number of volunteers already credited to lEe several counties, showed Clay county to have sent to the front Jor the first eighteen months of the war 40 per cent of its eligible and acceptable population. Sugar Ridge township, Clay county, was a banner township of the State, having at that time already contributed 51-per cent of its population subject to military service. FEEBLE OLD MAN ATTACKED. Harness Maker In North Salem Is Victim of Brutal Robber. E. Weekly, harnessmaker, 75 years old and feeble physically, while in the act of closing his shop in North Salem, for the night, was accosted by a stranger, who wanted to purchase a pair of leather shoestrings. As the old man turned to wait on the customer, he was struck twice, felling him to the floor, with two deep gashes in his head. The alarm was sounded, but the stranger escaped by a rear door, and pursuit was soon lost in the darkness. Bloodhounds were Called from Indianapolis, and they followed a trail to the C., 11. & D. railway. It is supposed the robber escaped to Indianapolis on a passing train. Mr. Weekly is a nervous wreck, because of the assault and injures sustained, and his condition is critical. THOUGHT HUSBAND ASLEEF. Wife failed to Notice He Had Committed Suicide. Despondent owing to long illness. John W. Duricholz, 50 years old, of Jackson township, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. He was in the sitting room at the time. The bullet took effect in his mouth and the weapon dropped Into his wife’s workbasket by the side of his chair. Mrs. Duricholz was busy with household cares and, although she passed through the room several times, she supposed her husband was asleep and did not discover what had happened until she called him to supper. Must Employ Registered Clerks. R. F. gala, secretary of the State Board of Registration and Examination for Pharmacists, has sent a word of warning to Columbus druggists who are not employing registered clerks. Secretary Saia cites the law which requires all druggists to employ clerks who are registered, and he says that if registered clerks are not employed within the next two or three weeks, prosecutions will follow. Union Chapel Dedicated. The United Brethren church, known as Union chapel, near St. Paul, was dedicated the other day, the Rev. H. H. Fout, D. D., of Dayton, Ohio, conducting services. The building was designed by the pastor, the Rev. E. P. Day, and it cost $3,500, all of which has been subscribed. Will Tour the World. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, the Presbyterian evangelist, it is announced in Warsaw, has associated himself with Charles M. Alexander,-.the distinguished leader in^ sacred mnaie -.-formerly -with Rev. Dr. Torrey. Messrs. Chapman and Alexander will tour the world, conducting simultaneous campaigns. • Youth Chloroforms Himself. Despondent because the parents of his sweetheart. Miss Myrtle Winebrenner, 10 years old, objected to his suit, Guy Bash, 21 years old, ended his life in Warsaw. He saturated the sheets of his bed with chroloroform, put them about his face, and turned on the gas.

Found Dead Beside Railroad Track. Jacob Lyons of, Peru was. found dead beside tbe railroad track with a leg severed. As it bad been several hours since a train bad passed ami as the body was warm when found, it is thought Lyons could not summon help after being injured and bled to death. School Building In Ashes. The public school building in Goodland was totally destroyed by fire, caused by a gusoline engine in the basement exploding. The loss is 118,000, with SIO,OOO insurance. It will be replaced with a modern building as soon as possible. Two Women Burned h j Gasoline. The overturning of a gasoline stove in Hhelbyville caused Mrs. Barbara Scliroeder and her daughter, Mis* Katherine, both to be severely burned about the hands, arms and face, and their hair to be b*dly singed. Flour Mill Rnrnrd. Fite at Kings destroyed tb» 11. P. Moors Milling Company's flour mill, three residences, a store building and n. number of other small buildings. Los* $»,• 000, partly covered by insurance. MOTOR STATE ITEMS. The convention of the mine workers of America at Indianapolis voted, retiring President John Mitcb-ll half a year's ;>ay. ' Tbs Henry Coburn storage warehouse, 213 to 233 West Georgia street. Indianapolis, burned. Tbs loss is estimated at $200,000. -f After dreaming for tbe last year that he would meet a sudden death Dr. W. T. Varner dropped unconscious at a sick child’s bedside in Evansville and expired to a short time »

GREAT CHICAGO FIRE, LOSS IS $1,700,000.

Flames Jump from Wabash to Michigan Avenue and Do Enormous Damage. BIG STORES ABE DESTROYED. Alfred Feats & Co., John A. Colby, ac 4 Edison Keith & Co. Are the Chief Sufferers. One.of the most disastrous fires that have afflicted the towntown district of Chicago since 1874 occurred Tuesday evening In the block bounded by Wa bash and Michigan avenues and Madison and Monroe streets. Beginning at 6 o’clock and raging in full fury until 9:30, it practically de stroyed the buildings occupied by Alfred Peats & Co., John A. Colby & Son, and Edson Keith & Co., besides doing large damage to adjacent structures in both avenues. The loss is estimated at $1,700,000, In great part covered by Insurance. The fire was by no means extinguished at 9:30. It required all night fighting to prevent it from spreading. At 2a. m. it was under control. The Keith house and the adjoining business houses of Gage Bros. & Co. and Theo. Ascher Company, all of them millinery establishments, are especially heavy losers, because the salvage on such stocks Is considered nothing, and they arc able on Insure to lesfi than half full value.

Sixty Fire Enginen There. In point of number of engines at work and additional alarms the fire was the largest in Chicago since the summer of 1894. Tuesday night there were sixty steamers engaged In pumping water for the scores of streams thrown Into the burning buildings. The fire of 1894, which held the record until Tuesday night, was a lumber yard blaze which swept the district about Ashland avenue, Wood and 22d streets. Firemen declared the fire Tuesday night the largest within the loop district, In the matter of property loss, siuce the fire of 1874. The fire throughout was spectacular and attracted tens of thousands of persons to view It. The four elevated railroad systems of the city were paralyzed in their loop terminals, and the Cottage Grove and Indiana avenue surface lines were blocked for five hours. Theaters in the vicinity of the fire were almost deserted during the earlier acts of the plays. The fire started in the rear of the Alfred Peats Company’s building, climbed rapidly from floor to floor, and within a few minutes after It had been discovered the flames were on Wabash avenue, which the building faces, while trains crowded with people going to their homes rushed through the roaring furnace. One fireman was slightly injured, bat otherwise the record Is free from casualties, In spite of the terrific sweep of the flames and the sharp cold of tbe night, made more bitter by a northwest gale. / Fire Losses and lasaranee. The huildlngg yrhlch were destroyed by the Are and the firms which occupied them are aa follows: Alfred Peats Company, wall paper, 144 Wabash avenue, five floors; total loss, $250,000. John A* Gel by & Sons, furniture, 148 Wabash avenue, six floors; loss, $200,000.

Edson Keith & Co., wholesale milliners, 132-134 Michigan avenue, seven floors; loss, $600,000. Other firms which suffered losses, principally from smoke and water, are: Ynwman A Erbe Company, J3B Wabash avenue, letter files and cabinet*; loss, $5,000. The Frank Morris Book Shop. 152 Wabash avenue; loss, $3,000. Gage Bros., 129 Michigan arena*, wholesale milliners; loss, $25,000. Theodore Ascher Company, 130 Michigan avenue, wholesale milliners ? loss, $25,000. John A. Bryant Company, pianos, second floor, 140 Wabash avenue; loa*, $5,000. - Carl Netacliert, artificial flowers, 140 Wabash avenue; loss, $5,000. Powers building, Monroe and Wabash avenue; loss, SLOOO. Remington Typewriter Company, Aral floor, 154 Wabash avenue; loan, $5,000 Home Club lunchroom, first floor, 154 Wabash avenue; loss. $2,000. Except In the three structure# which were destroyed by the fire, the other losses were by smoke and water.

NEWS OF MINOR NOTE.

The' engagement of former United State* Senator Henry Gaiwawny Davis and Mim Maud Ashford lias been formally aunounced. Tbe coroner’s jury exonerated the Pittsburg Coal Crtxpany in its verdict on the recent terrible disaster in tbe Derr mine at Greens burg. Pa. v Tbe Western Stock Show Association is considering pinna for a stadium and site)■ for quartering animals at Denver, lb# whole to cunt $300,000.

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1533—Henry VIII. privately married to Ann Boleyn at Whitehall. 1571—Queen Elizabeth opeded the first Royal Exchange in London. 1786 —Virginia invited the States to • general conference to form a less restricted constitution. 1794—William Bradford of Pennsylvania became Attorney General of United States, 1807 —Congress officially informed of Aaron Burr’s conspiracy. 1814 — Pope Pius Vil. dismissed from Fontainbleau. 1815— Thanksgiving in New Orleans over Gen. Jackson’s victory. 1820—Peru evacuated by the Spanish. 1832 —Mazzini founded “Young Italy”... W. L. Marcy of New York declared in the Senate, “To the victors belong the spoils." 1834—St. Louis Castle, at Quebec,, destroyed by fire. 1845—Congress fixed the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November as tbe time for presidential election*. 1854—Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois i*trodiired the Kansas-Nebraska bill ia the Senate. 1850—Steamer Paeifie, with 186 pa—a gers, left Liverpool for New York and was never heard of again. 1865 — Library of the Smithsonian lastitution at Washington burned. 1866 At his own request, Gen. Hood relieved of his command. 1870 — Prince Arthur, third son of Queea Victoria, arrived in New York. 1871 — Statue of Abraham Lincoln aft Washington nnveiled. 1879—British entered Zululand and defeated the natives... .Zulus defeated the British at Isandula. 1881 — Egyptian obelisk placed in Central Park, New York. 1882— Charles A. Gnitean, the asaasaia of President Garfield, sentenced te - death. , -• 1894—Midwinter fair opened at Sea Francisco. 1890 —Fifty-five lives lost in colliery aa> plosion in South Wales. 1901 —Accession of King Edward VIL 1903 —German ships bombarded Sea Carlos over tbe Venezuelan affair. 1905 Samuel H. Piles elected United States Senator from Washington.... Atlantic coast swept by a terrific blizzard. 1906 Steamer Valencia wrecked off Vam couver island, with loas of 117 live*.

FARM FOREIGN

Count de Castellane and his cooskb Prince de Sagan, had another street fight in Paris, this time with canes, and Ml: count waa the victor. The most decisive defeat at the potto which the Liberal ministry of England has experienced since the general elections in 1900 occurred in Mid-Devonshire when the Unionist candidate for Parliament turned a majority of 1,283 for the Liberals into a minority of 550. The question of universal suffrage is Prussia was projected into the disena sions of the Reichstag by a skillful interpellation made by socialist asking on what ground the chancellor considered manhood suffrage as already granted for the Parliament elections, to be harmful to the interests of one of the federal States. Chancellor von Bads* showed great anger m his reply, which was virtually a threat that the men responsible for the recent socialist -“—runs strations in the streets of Berlin would be severely dealt with by the goranuusat. Owing to a constitutional crisis in Parsi a the Parliament at Teheran has issued a manifesto to the nations of the world which it informs them that “the screreign is violating his covenant with Iho people." and states that it makes the announcement to the nations of the wori4 “convinced that they will show brotherly love to the 10,000,000 Persians and aa* allow their rights to be trodden unde* foot.” The □ egotist loss between the £hah and Parliament have thus far been without result. The post office and all shops to Teheran were cloeed and the newspaper* temporarily suspended publication. The Russian and British embassies were working to harmony in an endeavor to arrange a settlement, and their efforts ware aaii to be meeting with some success. The report of last week from aa Prince, Ilaytl, that a body of revolutions ists was approaching that city under the leadership of Jean Juncou and other Me ilea has been confirmed by later advic** The landing had been made at Gonairso and the capture of that city and of St. Marc had followed with little resistance An attempt to overthrow the monarchy and proclaim Portugal a republic wo* nipped in the bud by the arrest of neweral persons charged with the conspiracy. Including the lender, Jeao Cfcagraa, a Republican journalist, who waa prosniaent to the Ropjblicaa revolt of t»L