Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . ution ofslavery. The dis-union leaders ex-erted themselvesto deepen thisconviction, andto arouse thefears of theSouth. The resultwas that theSouthern Statesleft the Unionand the greatCivil War follow-ed. After Mr. LIXCOI,N MONUMENT, FAIRMOUNT PARK, Liucolnhad bcCU President four years he was elected again. This was a great oifence to manyof his enemies and they hatched a plot to take his life. The ringleader ofthis band was John Wilkes Booth, a native of Maryland.
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . ution ofslavery. The dis-union leaders ex-erted themselvesto deepen thisconviction, andto arouse thefears of theSouth. The resultwas that theSouthern Statesleft the Unionand the greatCivil War follow-ed. After Mr. LIXCOI,N MONUMENT, FAIRMOUNT PARK, Liucolnhad bcCU President four years he was elected again. This was a great oifence to manyof his enemies and they hatched a plot to take his life. The ringleader ofthis band was John Wilkes Booth, a native of Maryland. Their first ideawas to make T^Ir. Lincoln a prisoner, but not being able to do this they re-solved to take his life. On the evening of the 14th of April, 1865, lie wasattending a place of amusement in Washington when Booth, who hadadmittance to the theatre on account of his being an actor, approachedhim from behind without being noticed and placing a pistol within a fewinches of the head of the President, shot him. The ball entered his brainand he sank slightly forward without uttering a sound. He continued to. ADMIRAL DEWEY. 165 breathe for several hours, but was totally unconscious and died tbe nextmorning at balf past seven oclock. Bootb was killed wbile resisting arrest and tbe otber conspiratorswere caugbt and banged. QUESTIONS. When was Mr. Lincoln inaugurated ? What is the meaning of in-auguration ? Why was he guarded on the way from the White Houseto the Capitol ? What can you tell me of Mr. Lincolns early history ?What was his personal appearance ? What were some of his peculiarities ?What can you say of his fund of humor ? How many States voted forhim ? What great struggle followed his election ? How did Mr. Lincolnlose his life ? What became of the conspirators ? ij^ ADMIEAL DEWEY THE HEEO OF MAISTH^A. UR country has had some famous naval heroes, saidUncle Frank, and to-day I will tell you of Admiral Dewey. I remember all about the battle of Manila, saidJames, and I
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