. St. Nicholas [serial]. a military fixed places where horses were kept in readi-ness to facilitate rapid traveling during the times of theRoman Empire were thus called posts, and thence thewhole system of arrangement for the conveyance ofpersons or news came to be called the posts. The name has retained to the present day an exactlysimilar meaning in most parts of Europe, and we stilluse it in post-chaise, post-boy, and so forth. The meaning most closely associated with the wordat present is the system of post conveyance for letters,organized all over the world ; therefore such expre
. St. Nicholas [serial]. a military fixed places where horses were kept in readi-ness to facilitate rapid traveling during the times of theRoman Empire were thus called posts, and thence thewhole system of arrangement for the conveyance ofpersons or news came to be called the posts. The name has retained to the present day an exactlysimilar meaning in most parts of Europe, and we stilluse it in post-chaise, post-boy, and so forth. The meaning most closely associated with the wordat present is the system of post conveyance for letters,organized all over the world ; therefore such expressionshave arisen as post-office, postage, postman, etc. Curiously enough, we now have iron letterposts, inwhich the word post is restored exactly to its ori-ginal meaning. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. BY SHIRLEY WILLIS (AGE 15).{Silver Badge). Our Lincoln was a man who did not claimTo come of noble birth or high estate; His parents were unknown to wealth or fame,Yet he was born to rule a nation great. 372 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. [ FOX. BY LAWRENCE PALMER, AGE 15. (FIRST PRIZE,WILD-ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPH.) He sought no title but an honest name, Was faithful in each duty great or small,Strove not to win mens praise nor feared their blame, But did what he deemed right and just toward all. He brought the shattered Union back to life; He safely led through gloomy days of warA country torn and wrecked by civil strife, And joined the parted hands and hearts once more. Though Lincoln perished by a traitors hand, His sacred memory can never honored name, revered in evry land, Grows dearer as the fleeting years roll by. THE STORY OF A WORD. BY GLADYS HODSON (AGE 14).(Silver Badge.) Ages ago, on Mount Olympus, Jupiter, the king ofgods and men, and his wife, Juno, quarreled. I do notknow what they quarreled about, but Jupiter becamevery angry. He took Juno out of heaven and fastenedher between earth and sky. There she hung till night, when her son Vulcan re-leased her. When Jupiter found this ou
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