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"Tlipy'rc talking uowadnys right
mart about the great Napolvuii." nai'l
Undo Dun, "hut when t'otlior day th
boysoHked me who 1 thought the grentt'Ht
uuin, I says 'I dou't know. There's Wash
ington, mi' Alexander, uu' Xnpoleon. nn'
lots of others, but, my wuy uf tliinklii',
Old Abe Lincoln Is abend of 'era all.'
"Greatness Isn't jest n belli' stern anil
solemn-like. Now, Uncle Abraham could
hoe his row with any of 'em iirgyin', on'
yet some way lie lind the swing of them
old prupheis. That struck mv when the
war broke out, uu' ufore I knew it I
caught the fever, curried coal oil lumps
around with the rest of the crowd, gut
howliu' about .loliu Brown's body niobler
lug in the gi'iiiiiiil, and 'My .links,' says I,
'I'll jiiie!'
"Of course. Hilly must stay at home to
plow unil sow iinil make the corn ami bay.
He'd jiiKt l uriied lll'tecii. hut as I nmrclieil
uway, blt'Ht if there uiihii'i inn cry in' in
his linns, uu' Hilly yelliu' like mud. 'I
want a chance to strike for liberty!' I IIchs
me again! in Ions than u year if 1 didn't
hear one iln.v lliat Hilly bail enlisted, too.
"How I wiilched that boy! Sometimes
firuying when lie kept by my nidi' in but
tle, KonicliuicH Hwcuriiig, loo. uiiiylic,
when lie exponcd himself Ion carelessly.
At Vickslioih' lie fell buck, crushed iiml
miliini'd by the parnpet tire, mid 1 tooU
bini ill my nrnis and Imre him hack, uu',
half crazy wiih fears, dnsheil at the fort
llgslll. ell, he rallied t'roin tile wniilid,
but souieliow he never seemed so sound us
before. There was a wundcring struuge
1 1 ess In his manlier, like lie didn't 'smelly
know his mind, and one night, when skir
mishes were daily, an' Sherman uu' Hood
was trying to get the elm nee for a win
ning light. Hilly was placed on picket duty
where thinner hovered thick. 1 told him
to keep his eyes wide open, but utter I'd
got into my bliiuket in camp I couldn't
sleep. 1 took my gun and hurried silent
ly to the outposts, reached a spot close
uuderuenlh the hill, and my heart stopped,
for there was a scullle, u cry, and 1 suw
the forms of half a hundred men. It
wan't no time to think. 1 ruined my gun.
The good old musket rang out the alarm,
the rebels turned and ran. The boy?
There he lay, his form stretched out upon
the ground, asleep at his post!
"Ho turned to me an' put his arm
around me lovlni;!'. '1 couldn't help it,
dad,' lie said, smiling his old boyish smile.
" TOOK HIM IX MY ARMS AND DORK HIU
BACK."
and marched away between the guards.
1 begged, I plesd, I swore that Hilly
wasn't like himself. No use. The sen
tence came. I appealed to the generals.
I got only one answer: The death acn
tence of the court haa been approved.'
Then I went to Washington to sea the
President
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by him for mesoldieri nd sailors fair!
"It was my last hope. They wouldn't
let me In. They even pushed me back as
a carriage drove up. 1 saw who got out;
I tried to attract bis attention. 'Who la
this man?' says he. 'Only a soldier after
nn Interview,' says tho officer. 'Only a
soldier?' says he, musingly. 'Periling his
life! Only a soldier, fighting the battles
of this awful war! Thank God! to speak
to me you need no other name. Only a
soldier? Come in, my man.' And he led
me up the stairs, while ministers nud gen
erals, waited outside.
"I told him, with sobs half choking me,
the story of my (,-rief. His face was sad
and furrowed, and he bowed his head
us he listened. lie looked over the pa
pers carefully. Then he turned, and
smiling gently, said, 'We'll let the other
fellows do the killing. I think the coun
try will get along with this young fellow
running 'round alive.' And then he wrote:
'This sentence disapproved. Restored to
his company. A. Lincoln." Just there I
lost my grip. I only cried like a baby.
'You tell your boy,' says he, 'I count on
him to tight.'
"In six months Billy stood upon the roll
ns second corporal. Then he became color
bearer of the regiment. We marched
'ONLY A SOLDIER?
tliroiiKh Georgia until we faced the guns
of l'rt McAlister. A charge was order
ed, but at (irst the rebels lired at such a
rate thnt the ranks wavered. Hilly, with
face n flume, curried the Hag far up in the
advance. 'Bring back the colors to the
regiment!' cried the colonel. Amid the
crack and crash of the guns, the boy re
plied, 'You bring the regiment to the
colors!' Then, with shouts and cheers,
the brigade rushed madly on, and before
they fairly sensed it, the day was won.
"Hilly had gone down. They had to
pry his fingers loose from the Hug. There
was n smile on his face a thousand years
can't make nie forget. 'Redeemed at last.'
the general came and said, mid placed
his name among the heroes. They wrap
ped the Stars and Stripes iirnund my son.
When they put him in his new uniform
that night, they found his treasures, and
among the rest was a picture of Old Abe,
and written on its back were the words,
a prophecy, 'I've fought, great frieud,
and died for liberty!' " '
LINCOLN'S SWEETHEART.
She Was a I'coiitllul Kentucky Girl
and Had Mirny Suitors.
Lincoln first met Ann Mayes Rutledge
In 1S:2, when she wus 1!). She was a
beautiful girl and as bright as she wns
pretty. So fair a maid was not, of course,
without suitors. The most determined
of those who sought her band was on
John McNeill, a young man who had ar
rived In New Salem from New York soon
after the founding of the town. Ann be
came engaged to McNeill, but it was de
rided to put off marriage on account of
Anu'a youth. After a while McNeill left
for his borne In the Kast, saying that he
would return In time with his parents.
Then It came out that McNeill's real name
was McNanmr. The New Salem people
pronounced him an impostor. A few let
ters were received from him by Ann. but
finally the lover ceased to write to her.
In the spring of lffl Ann s greed to be
come Lincoln's wife. New Salem took a
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cordial Interest in the two lovers, and
presaged a happy life for them, and all
would undoubtedly hnve gone well if tho
young girl could have dismissed the haunt
ing memory of her old lover. The possl.
bility that she had wronged him, 'that he
might reappear, that be loved her still,
haunted her so persistently that she took
to her bed. Her death speedily followed.
Lincoln's grief was Intense. lie was seen
walking alone by the river aud through
the woods, muttering strange things to
himself, lie seemed to his friends to be
in the shadow of madness. Tbey kept
n close watch over him: and at Inst Bowl
ing Green, one of the most devoted friends
Lincoln then bad, took him home to his
little log cabin, half a mile north of New
Salem, under the brow of a big bluff.
Here, under the loving cure of Green and
his good wife, Nancy, Lincoln remained
until he was once more master of himself.
But though he hud regained self-control,
his grief was deep and bitter. Ann
Kutlcdge was buried in Concord Ceme
tery, a country burying ground, seven
miles northwest of New Salem. To this
lonely spot Lincoln frequently journeyed
to weep over her grave. "My heart Is
buried there," he said to one of his
COME IN, MY MAN."
friends. Strnnge to say, McNmnnr prov
ed to be nn honest umn uud a faithful
though cureless lover.
THE IMMORTAL LINCOLN.
An
Apotheosis in His Memorable
First lnnn'-nrnl.
In nn epoch of couvulsiuu and cataclysm
and chuos Abraham Lincoln wus intro
duced into presidential power, lie held
to the syllogistic aud spurned figurative
speech. No fustian found favor in bis
prejudices.
Coming to the end of his first inaugural,
Lincoln reached these words: "In your
hands, my fellow countrymen, and not in
mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.
The Government will not assail you. Y'ou
can have no conflict without being your
selves the aggressors. You have no with
registered in heaven to destroy the Gov
ernment, while I shall hnve the most sol
emn one to preserve, protect nud defend
it."
"I am loath to close. We are not ene
mies, but friends. We must not be ene
mies. Though passion may have strained,
it must not break our bonds of affection.
The mystic chords of memory, stretching
from every battlefield and patriot grave
to every living heart and hearthstone all
over this broad land, will yet swell the
chorus of the L'nion when again touched,
as surely they will be, by the better an
gels of our nature."
Lincoln's Trust In God.
"What I did I did after a very full de
liberation and under a very heavy and
solemn sense of responsibility," said Lin
coln with reference to the emancipation
proclamation. "I ran only trust in God
I have made no mistake. 1 shall make no
attempt on this occasion to sustain what
I have done or said by any comment. It
Is now for the country and the world to
pas judgment, and may be take action
upon IL"
Looking a difficulty square In the face
will of tan kill it dead.
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SAW LINCOLN SHOT.
ONE
WHO WITNESSED
GREAT TRAGEDY.
THE
Storr of tbe Man Who Wol the Flrt
to Reach the Bide of tbe Wounded
Presldent-Hla Clothing Stained bs
tbe Blood of the Martyr.
Our Nation's Darkent Day.
There now lives in 1'hlladelphia a gen
tleman who suw tbe whole scene of Lin
coln's assussiuation, and was the first to
reach tbe wounded man in tbe prevailing
panic. Willinm Flood is tbe gentleman's
name, and be gnve the following graphic
account, which is taken down In his ex
act words:
"At tbe time the President wns shot,"
said he in answer to a query, "1 was in the
United States navy and was acting en
sign and executive oilicer on board the
stenmship Teuzer. Cuptnin Silas Owen
was the commander, and the ship wns lo
cated at the navy yard on April 14. Tbut
evening Captain. Oweu, who had been
over in the city during the day, came
to the ship and suggested thnt we go to
the theater that evening, as Laura Keene
was to play 'Our American Cousin,' and
the President was to be there. We went
to the theater and secured seats in the
parquet or orchestra chairs. "The Presi
dent occupied the second box up from the
orchestra and second from the stage. Just
as the curtain fell on the first act I heard
a shot and saw a man jump from the
President's box to the stage. As he jump
ed his foot caught in the folds of the ting
thnt draped the box, and be fell sideways
on tbe stage. It was quite a good jump,
and he came very near falling back into
the orchestra. lie got up and limped
away across the stage, brandishing a
great long knife in bis' right baud, and
shouted, 'Sic semper tyrunniB.
"In less time than it takes to tell it I
was on tlie stiiKe. How I got there over
the heads of the orchestra I really don't
remember. Just ns I reached the stage
Mrs. Lincoln looked out of the box. She
was crying and wringing her hands and
said: 'They have shot papa; will no one
come?' I answered that I would come,
aud immediately climbed up the side of
the boxes to the one the President occu
pied. "The President was sitting ns If he
hnd fallen asleep. He was breathing,
however, and we nt once laid him on the
floor of the box. I looked for the wound,
but nt first did not discover it. Miss
Keene brought a pitcher of water aud 1
bathed his forehead with that so as to re
vive him. I then discovered the wound
in the back of his hend, where the ball hud
entered, and the blood ran out on my arm
and down the side of my coat. Some nrmy
officers brought in a stretcher and he wns
placed on that uud carried out. I then
went to the front of the box nnd motion
ed for tbe audience to remain quiet. Kvery
one was talking, and there was a general
uproar. As soon as it ceased for a minute
I told them thnt the President wns still
alive, but hail been shot, and wns no doubt
mortally wounded. Captain Owens nnd 1
then went out to the front of the building
and found a platoon of police in the
street. The sidewalks were so crowded
with people that we bud to get out in the
middle of the road to get down the street.
We went to the Nntioual Hotel, nnd by
the time we got there the mob wus so
dense we could get no further, so a couple
of police took us through the hotel to C
street, at the rear, and we got a cab and
were driven to tbe navy yard. I wns so
bloody from the wound, my right hand
and arm being covered, that it is a wonder
that I was not banged by that mob. They
were intensely excited at the time, nnd it
would have tnken very little to have
driven them into frenzy.
"The next day our ship went down the
river to bead Booth off, and did not return
until after be was killed. I was then
sent for to go down and identify him. I
recognized him very readily as he jumped
from the box as J. Wilkes Booth."
Talleyrand never was In love but
once, and that was when be was about
16 years old. When Napoleon ordered
bim to marry and picked out a wife for
him. be pleaded tbls youthful attach
ment, which was Immediately scoffed
at by tbe great match-maker as a piece
of nonsense.
MIRROR SET INTO A GLOVE.
A:
mirror ou tbc lmliu of a glove la
(lie lutiwt novelty. With IIh
glHtuuoe Ita owut-r Ih cnnbli'd to
bo ture iliut her lxiuin-t s on Btrn Ipht,
and also that tier curln are In perfect
order. She cnn HUewlne accrtiilii if
her bow Ih at the most becoming angle
at the proper time. All tliene thlugH and
u hundred others. Importunt from the
feminine point of view, she can find out
on the street without attracting the at
tentlon of pasMero-by, with the aid of
this simple contrivance. The Inventor
of this device has so arranged the little
looklug-glastf In the palm of the glove
as not to interfere with the shuttles of
the hand. lie has likewise taken tbe
precaution of putting It la tbe left-hand
glove, so that when Its owner shakes
bauds with a friend It will not be ob
served. It is not the fair sex nlotie
that will find this Ingenious contrivance
useful. Men are quite as vain os worn
en, so the latter clnlm, and will be seen
by any observer to look at themselves
In every mirror they pass ou the streets.
A Hoy's Kiisay on Girls. '
"Girls Is a queer kind of varmint.
Girls is the only thing that bus their
own way every time. Girls Is of several
thousand kinds, and sometimes one girl
can be like severul thousands other
girls, if she want you to do anything.
Girls Is all alike one way; tbey are all
like cats. If you rub 'em the right way
of the hair they'll purr and look sweet
at you. but If you rub 'em the wrong
way they'll claw you. STong as you let
a girl have her own way she's nice and
sweet, but Just cross her and she'll spit
at you worse nor a cat. Girls Is also
like mules; they're headstrong. If a
girl don't want to believe anything you
can't make her. If she knows It's so
she won't say so. Girls Is little women
If they're good, and If tbey ain't good
then, nor when they get big, they're
ebe-devils. That's what father said
mamma was once, when she fixed a hot
flat-Iron In tbe cbair so he'd set down
on It, 'cause she was mad at him.
Brother Joe says be don't like big girls,
but he does like little ones, and when I
saw him kissing Jenny Jones lust Sun
day and told bini what he'd said he said
he was bltlug her, 'cause he didn't like
her. I think he hurt her, for she holler
ed nnd run, and there was a big red
spot over both of her cheeks. This Is
all I know about girls, and father says
the less I know about 'em the better off
1 am."
fnlm for the Ccmp'rxlon.
Both as a benliug lotion and ns a cos
metic, milk Juice of the lettuce has Ion.?
been highly esteemed by French wom
en. Lettuce cream of absolutely whole
some character may be niudu as fol
lows: IV.:r it quart of boiling water
1 over half a peck of the full-grown out
side green leaves of several heads of
lettuce. After the lettuce bus stpod a
moment, drain off the water aud chop
the lettuce line. Put It lu a clean towrl
nnd wring out all the juice that can be
extracted only the dry pulp will be
left in the towel. Put this Juice lu ;i
email saucepan of bright tin aud boil it
down for two or three minutes. There
' should be about three tablespoonfuls of
the green liquor. Set this aside. Pro
cure half an ounce each of white wax
and of spermaceti and four ounces of
oil of almonds from n thoroughly trust
worthy druggist. Put the materials In
a large cup aud set the cup In a pan of
boiling water. Tbe water should reach
to the same depth as the materials In
the cup. Let the vax and spermaceti
slowly melt Into the oil. Stir it occa
sionally. When the mixture is perfect
ly smooth and no lumps remain, add
the lettuce Juice and stir the mixture
thoroughly. Let the cream cool in the
pan that you Intend to keep it in. Set
this jar in cold water while It Is cooling.
If the cream Is not a delicate green
when hard, me'.t It and add a few drops
of French vegetable green. These col
ors cost about 25 cents a bottle, and
will keep a long time If they are corked
carefully. No balm Is more healing to
a complexion that has suffered rough
usage from tbe winds of midwinter.
No Loneer "..ot at Horn:"
Perhaps it hi luerely a fashionable
whim, perhaps it Is a wave of sincerity
and common sense which dictates that
the venerable polite fiction "not at
home" Is out of date. The woman of so
ciety now sends word by her servant
that she is "much engaged," thus pro
tecting her own conscience and that
of her maid. The well-bred visitor will
'accept this graciously, knowing from
experience bow Impossible it often
proves under existing circumstances to
set aside pressing duties for the chance
caller. Formal visiting is now limited to
afternoon hours as less liable to conflict
wltb necessary appointments of daily
life. Tbe latcbstring of hospitality still
remain out for close friends, who drop
in at all times according to impulse and
convenience.
A fine line of courtesy leads the vis
itor not to offer ber card to tbe servant.
NEWEST T1IINO IN OLOVBS.
but to Inquire If Mrs. Binnk Is reeelT
Ing. If answered In the ulllrmatlve,
nsks If she will see' Mrs. S . If lu
.the negative, then the enrd Is left a
evidence of the call. Cards are In a
measure falling Into disuse, tho English
method of announcing guests being
very generally accepted In the best cir
cle of society, n pasteboard only being
left when the lady Is out or not receiving.
Hons-bntd Words.
Under this heading the New
York
Sun offers the following:
Lctuine be.
D that collar button!
Did anybody see my hat?
Now I lay me down to sleep.
No, you can't have any more cake.
Oh, ninuima, Willie's pinching me.
Say,. John, ain't you boys up yet?
Who the deuce carried off that paper?
Where's that half dollar I gave you
last week?
Yes, dear, $10 will do, but $15 would
be better, ,
Oh, pupa, make Dick quit calling me
names.
Come on to your dinner before every
thing gets cold.
Come, now, It's time for you young
ones to be In bed.
Dou't forget to order a load of coal
sent up right away.
Good gracious, how much money do
you want, anyhow?
No, I shnn't have any young man
coming to see you until you aro out of
school. So there.
But, my dearsh, you sh' know I bad
encashment at tb' office till sho late I
cou'n't poshibly come.
Phyaicil Trnlnlnir.
An authority on physical training for
women gives the following directions
for securing the best results, which
naturally must be modified by Individ
ual characteristics and circumstances:
Sleep nine hours out of tbe twenty-
four, bathe In cold water, exercise five
minutes dully, drink a cup of hot liquid
before breakfast, spend half an hour
every day In outdoor exercise, make
the best of bad bargains, and alwayt
keep your temper." Womankind.
Uccoratlon for Dinner Table.
Skirls nnd Sleeves.
The latest cut In skirts has compara
tively no tlure around the bottom; yet
Is fairly wide and fits very closely
around the hips, with nil the fullness at
the back.
Paneled skirts are seen on some of
the newest evening gowns, and these
serve us a foundation for elaborate em
broidery lu jeweled designs, or for the
fashiouuble braidings iu Russian style.
Brussels net or the wide open, coarse
Russian lisli net, made over a change
able silk iu some brilliant hue, is much
iu vogue for evening wear. The skirt
is finished with a lull ruche, of tha
sumo material ut the hem uud another
at the knee.
A fancy of the moment is to wear
long sleeves with the low-cut bodice,
a boon to women whose urnis are not
their strong point. The most striking
novelty Is the long, transparent sleeve
of net or chiffon, gathered very full iu
mousquetaire fashion.
The simple leg-o'-iuutton sleeve haa
developed wonderful possibilities in the
bauds of the skillful modiste. Finish
ed nt the wrist with a flaring, open
cuff, and slashed to the elbow ,and
filled In with gathered lace tbe effect
Is novel nnd charming.
Plaid velvets are much In vogue for
house wear, and the woman who does
not own a blouse or tartan velour does
not consider her indoor wardrobe quite
complete. These are made decidedly
loose, a la Russe, aud ore belted with
the inevitable jeweled girdle.
For evening wear, sleeves resemble
miuiature lamp shades for ballet skirts,
as they are made of frills and tulle and
stand well out from the arm. Some
are draped close up to the shoulder,
nud so form a sort of butterfly effect,
decidedly chic and becoming.
Tbe very latest mode In skirts Is the
graceful Spauish flounce, a most be
coming style to tha tail, slender woman,
and that brings up the query why do
most fashions seem better adapted to
the "daughters of the gods divinely
tall" than to tbe petite morsels of fem
ininity? Among tbe most elegant materials for
dinner gowns is the lovely inirolr vel
vet, which falls in Graceful, clinging
folds, and has a sheen and luster all Its
own. Whole costumes are mate of this
effective fabric, which, when trimmt
with fur, seems peculiarly appropriate
for winter wear.
The greatest devotee was Buddha,
"The Light of Asia," "The Indian
Christ." So powerful was the Influ
ence of tbls remarkable character over
tbe human race that to-day It is esti
mated Buddha's followers number 480,.
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