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PRESIDENTIAL IjUMOR
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Some Anecdotes Showing the Tendency
of Oar Chief Magistrates to Joke.
O President of tlic
United States, it ie snfo
to say, has boon with
out tho power of appro
ciHtiiis humor, though
they have diflVrod con
siderably in llio matter
of its production.
Applicants for office,
though uuablo to ap
preciate tho joko in all
cases, have iu instances
discovered l!r. llnr.
f?
Si -
,7s 'p
Xison to possess a docidodly facotious turn. Jlr.
Child, of Ohio, -will doubtless recall tho Presi
dent s remark that ho had promised not to
commit hiimolf in regard to the position
Fought, to any man, woman or child ; and
after the failure iu certain municipal elections
to Rive .Republican majorities, Mr. Hanison's
comment seems decidedly iu point, that from
tLe number of ofii co-seek ersiu Washington the
re u.t was not surprising.
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PjiEsrEKT Harrison Receiving a Caller.
"Mr. Harrison lias always had a good deal of
quiet humor shoot hixa," said Secretary Hal
lord, in discussing this subject; " though I do
Ed rem amber special instances at this time."
Tijc French have a Buying that it is unneces
sary for a celebrity to make joko?, as onough
wj.l 1e attiibtited to him by the public to in
ture his reputation as a humorist. In pome
cscs the wit attributed to our Presidents may
Lue leeu actually produced by other persons,
yet the humorous quality can be denied none
of them.
Jf-hn Auxins, tbouph a man of rreat dignity
and very precise in bis methods, was exceed-i-1
'J gfcttial at heart, lie was not a pessimist;
Ie would bave lived his life ovor again if he
cou.d. though he is not recorded as po&osaiug
the power some of the other Prosidonts
pcM esod f bringing ont in other persons, yet
lie humorous phases of things.
Ji-'iu Qaiacy Adas surpassed his father
probably in this respect Ho was verv clover
an makiug humorous verses. " Wants of Man,"
is .he tiUeof oae of bis published productions
cf tins character, containing much that is
ca:ug, though Gov. De Witt Clinton pro
Euuucwl it " bombafttic nonfense." 31 r. Adams
is ..-' credited with constructing the tnagram on
the Embargo Bill, spelling the word backward
so as to make it tlie " 0 Grab Me Bill." J t was
bectuee of this act, however, that ho resigned
lis -at in the Senate, informing the President
tlat " If the measure were persisted in, .Now
ngi:jd would separate frofa the Union until
lh,s obstacle to ber commerce wero rcuiocd."
Ht did itot take very kindly oither, to tho
fctorv which Henrv Qav wax smiiinmnil f ti i
of an occurrence "when be aud Jo'-n Quincy
Adams wore Peace Commissioners at Ghent in
A very pretty voting girl had charge of the
room of Uc Peace Commission, and one day
Jir. C.Tay. i-oing a Keatsckiaa, qHite naturally
attempted 1 kite ber. Sbe refHiked Hra. " I
sa.d to ber." mid Xr. Clay, in relacing the
t.ry, "1 prcsene ytw would not douy Mr.
Aiiams the Hvrr
" Indeed I would." abc exclaimed. " I have
just don &e and loft kirn with tears in his
C3U5.'
V.a-hingto ha4 soe degree of the humor
ous in his ooapoation, and was not of an un
sympathetic Harare. This is thought to be
dtmoi.btrated byaoch inddonts as b.s taking
the two yeg children of Oliver Ellsworth on
h,' .up and sitting to them "The Derby Earn."
Ir, i- notcs Liobcr ie authority for an anec
dote of WatJtiugton which wag reported in
I ranee and gives jH a lecture by Eaboulayc,
k .cL i-i both witty and shows a fclicitious
pewr rof illustrating truth.
.' tfersoa, on hi return irom Franee, one day
atcumer waexpstBlatiMg with Washington
si.mt the need of two JJoufee of Congress.
- You, yourself, have proved the excellence
cftr,o Houses this very moment," said Wash
ington. 'I, bow is that, General?"
'You have toraodyoar hot tea from the cup
luto the saucer U, got it oool. It is the same
th.tg we desire of the two Houses."
"Im apt illastration is also attributed to
JtfiVrsoii; d, iideod, with more consistency,
e.t rf it is not known tliat he ovor opposed the
ft nation of two Houses, and jb fully in accord
w-.tij Li6 qaickuoss at reply:
' You replace if. Franklin, I hoar," said
t'utit de Vergenaes, the celebrated French
Mm'Ster.
"iHicoeod hia'saM Mr. Jefferson with a
tow; " so wsc caa replace him."
Tiiougb of oo esthetic a mental organization
t at ht never could tolerate anything broad,
cilhtr in sj.ech or act, in his presence, owing
to i.s fros-thmking proclivities Jefferson was
regarded as a terrible monster by many during
L.a rt canpatga for the Presidency.
"IfaeCfaristHui Bibles will be collected and
Lcriied if this man be elected 1 " said the cam
pa.j!B orators of tlc of.poition. And such was
tLe f.r of this ju cenain quartors that Bibles
trc said to have be.n actuallv buried to prc-v-ul
feucfa sscriloge. One old lady in Conuoc
tcut, xaviag earned her quarto Bible to the
bouse of a Jemoeratfc iricnd, he remonstrated
Vitu ber, M My good woman, they wiil be quite
ts j ktly to Mwrch my house as yours."
i 4(,h' ?'flie 1P,Jd. "Jefferson will never
tLii,K of looking ia Uie bowse of a Democrat
-cr a IiibJe, a statement that was appreciated,
rrr,u y, by no one more than by the fc'sso of
MbMicelie. "
A-ide from seek dry jokes on foreign powers
se approviag the doelsratfon of war against
Grt BHUtia, aad the intimation that "to
txt'tid tboir system to any portion or this
biosphere woaid be regarded by the Uuitod
bt&ti-s x dangerons to oar peace and safoty,"
tLtre it Hale of the humorous recorded of
t.tbtr Mr. Madtsoa or Mr. Monroe, though
boi'i are said to have boon very genial gentlo
Jiitn. A wording to the trsdiUone of Salisbury, N C
Aii :rcw Jackson wm thentostroaring, rollick'
iuy , iranie-cocking, horseracing, cardplaying,
w .i u voas fellow thatevor lived in Kalishury!
He did not trouble the law books much. Ho
was more ia the stable than In the office. He
Kzluc bead of all the rowdies hereabouts "
' .fTnyJBVaUk yoa" mii Jackson,
wi.en President, to a friend who was expecting
n ault, "J knowhowyou'il fight him; with
tf at Ljjr black stick of yours. You'll aim r:ht
fur xiis bead. Well, sir, ten chances to one he
v,.,i w id it off: and. if Tr. An ,u i.t. ....
W".
t bniig him down. Ko, sir," (taking the
Bt'..,
VOB ItOid Lllfe BlifV- en on1 .,....!. I.....
in ti.f- ,touch, Md yoa'll drop him. I'll tell
y&a ion I found that out. When I was a
young wait, practicing law in Tennessee, there
as a b.g IrtiliyiMg fdlow who wanted to pick
a fliurrtl with me, and so trod on my loos
fcLPHOsiiHj ; it accidental, I said nothing. Soon
all- r he did it again ; and I began to suspect
Ls.bjfct. In a few miautes he came by a
third lime, rMisiiiag agi,t uw violently, and
cwdeutly xoeaniMg fijjbt. He was a follow of
iiUitiisc siae. one of the vory biggest men I
ttt. bw-. As quick as a flash I snatched a
nt-ii rail from the t of the fence, and gavo
Liu tho poH of it f . in the stomach. 8,r,
it doused him up. He fell at my feet and I
sutLI-cd wi him. Sooh Jjo t g
aj; about to fly at me like a tiger. The by
EULdv ra made as though thoy would Interfere
S' ' 'IVJt,eme"'J8tttnd bHck K'verae room!
tbats all I ask. and Pil manage him.' With
-t J stood roady, with the rail pointed. Ho
gaw iul oae look, and turned away a whinned
aim. and ieeHugJtke one. Sot sir, I eay to you,
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f any villain assaults you, givo him tho point
in u is uoiiy."
Jackson's humor was not nlwnys of a rofincd
character, and much of it partook of the snmo
sarcastic, pugnacious qualities which character
ized his remarks when tho British rogimcuts
wuro advancing at Now Orleans.
"Stand toyourgunsl Don't wasto your am
munition ! Sco that every shot tolls I Lot us
finish tho business!''
Meanwhile rogimonls of tho advancing col
umns of barc-bosomed British 'wore stricken
down before the munlniousfiro "as if tho earth
had opened and swallowed them up" tho
words of a Biitish officer.
That Gon. Jackson was warm hoaitod to
familiarity, however, goes without saying.
"Malty" was the ondonring epithet by which
ho was accustomed to address Mr. Van Huron ;
to ollior.s ho spoke ol him as " Van."
The former nickname afterwards appeared in
the campaign epic:
"Old Tip, lie wenrx bia dolbinir plain,
Ho mcmm no milled nliir-nir-tir!,
lint Malty ' wears u k1Iuii chain,
And is a little sqiiir-riir-url."
Gon. William Henry Harrison possessed tho
humorous spirit, though of n somewhat gentler
mold than Jackson.
Ju tho famous inarch to retake Detroit after
Hull's surrender, a scone is described which
illustrates his humorous appreciation of ad verso
ci renin stances.
Tho little army was groping through tho
forest on tho hanks of tho All Glnise. Night
anno on, dink, 6tormy, and with sheets of rain.
The low ground was hoon Hooded. They hnd
no axes, could build no fires; and, as they had
got ahead of their baggage, they hnd no food.
Some look their snridlos and sat upon thorn;
others found logs; otheis stood iu tho wator
and leaned against the trunks of trees. Thus
tllOV IWlbSed tho lllisnr.nhln lllfllf. Him TTurri.
son shared all thoso discomforts with hi3 men.
As he sat iu tho pouring rain, wrapped in his
cloak, with his staff around him, he called upon
ono of hisoflh'ors, who had a lino voiuo, to sing
a humorous Irish song, with tho chorus
" Noiv's tho time for mirthful kIco,
.Siiik ami laugh and dance with inc."
The troops joined in tho refrain, and thug, iu
that black night of storm and Hood, the forest
echoed with sounds of merriment.
That dan. Harrison was not devoid of tho
power of satire is shown in his reply to John
Bandolph, who, in a virulent attack, had ac
cused him in tho Senate of being an associate
of " black-cockade Federalists." Mr. Harrison
baid:
"I am soriously charged with the heinous
offenso of associating with Federal gentlemen.
I plead guilty. I respected tho Revolutionary
Ferviees of President John Adams, and have
paid him that courtesy which win duo to him
as a man and as Chief Magistrate. 1 havo also
associated with such uion as John Marshall
and James A. Bayard. Is tho acknowledgment
of such ctiilt to throw me out of the nnlnnf nn.
litical salvation?
"On the other hand, I am on intimate terms
with Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Gallatin, and tho wholo
Virginia delegation, among whom I havo many
kinsmou and dear friends. Thcfo wore my
principal associates iu Philadelphia, in whoso
ujcc j uavo oucu met mo gentleman who is
now my accusor, and with whom 1 havo spoilt
some of the happiest hours of 1113' life. It is
not in my uature to bo a violent or proscriptivo
partisan; but I have given a ilrni support to
the Kepublicsn administrations of Jefferson,
Madison, and Monroe. J hope tho Senator from
Virginia is antwerod."
Noilher Tyler. Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, nor
Buchanan have ever boon accused of being hu
morists, though Chier-Justlce Carttor is au
thority for the statement that the inhabitants
of tho District of CTumbia havo only boon
recognized once in an oilicial document when
President Taylor spoko of "all tho world and
the r"St of mankind." That. trn wiiitr m.
mark, loo, at Iiucna Vista, when tho old Gen
eral saw a row of Mexicans knocked over by a
shot from Bragg's battery: " Good hit, Cap'n
Bragg, by Jings! Set 'em tip again." His fa
mous order in tho tamo battle to tho same bat
tery of "A little more grape, Captain Bragg,"
has been disputed by tho latter.
"I knew Gen. Bragg intimately during our
life as cadets at West Point and during his
after soiourn on earth." nld n mnn nr n.mi
memory, now 6G years old, a boldier iu Gen.
Taylors army at the battle of Uuona Vista.
"Shortly after the conquest of Moxieo he dined
at my table iu New York, when the topic of
conversation very naturally turned upon tho
recent uuuleasautnoss with our fistorftepubllc
'Braxton,' said I, 'what is tho truth about tho
" little more grape " story ? ' 4 The story, as told,'
replisd he, 'is not true.' Old Zaeii told me, iu
his slight stammering way, 'Gi-gl-givo 'ern
h I, Capt. Bragg.' He did not mention tho
fruit of the vine at all."
From au old acquaintance of Gen. Pierce wc
have an anecdote which would indicate that ho
was on occasion a humorist, if not a civil serv
ice reformer. After his election to tho Presi
dency, Win. F. Colcock was t: candidate for Col
lector of the Port of Charleston, S. C, but was
opposed by tho ontiie State delegation.
"Colcock will bo appointed just the same,"
Eid Venablc, of North Carolina, who knew them
both.
"Why so?"
" Well," said he, "some ti mo ago, whon Picrco
and Colcock were Merahors of the House, com
ing home on foot one night togothor, they had
to cross the little stream known as tho Tiber,
or Gnoso Crook. Pierce got across all right, but
Colcock vufi inired in the mud.
"'Hero, I'ierce!' he yelled, 'como hack and
help me out.'
' Mr. Pierce, roturniug to tho batik, perceived
through the darkness his friend floundering in
the treacherous slime, and said :
" Colcock, I confess my inability to help you
out, but if it will do you any good I'll como iu
there and lio with you.'
" Pierce stands by his friends, gontlcmen."
And so it proved; Colcock got the appoint
ment. All of the later Presidents teem to havo
evinced something of the humorous in their
natures. President Johnson may sometimes
have done w uncoiiHciousIy. His famous
remark to Clergyman Moody, whon Na&liville
was threatened, will bo remembered:
"Oh, Moody, I don't want you to think that
I have become a religious muu because I asked
you to pray. I am sorry to eay it, hut I am
not, and never pretended to be religious. No
one knows this better than you. But, Moody,
there is one thing about it. I do boliovo in
Almighty God, and I believe also iu the Bible
arid I say d me if Nushville shall ho sur
rendered." Gen. Grant's humor was usually of that quiet
character rather suggested than actually ex
pressed. " General," said a citizen stranger, who hap.
penod to be with the Union command atSpott
ByJvania,"if you flank Lee, and get between
mgton, and leave it exposed to tho enemy?"
.... ..w,,iUwU niiiuu jjumiicover Wxutfi
xos; 1 recKou so," was the General's quiet
reply.
"Do you not think, Goueral," the stranger
continued, "that Lee can detach siiflicirmtfoico
to re-enforce Beauregaid at Kichmoud, and
overwhelm Butler."
"I have uot a doubt of it," Grant replied.
, J? Ul?r? tJ01 duKr," the stranger
added, that Johnston may come up and re
enforce Leo, so that the latter will swing round,
and cut off your communications, and bcIzc
your supplies?"
"Very likely," was the unconcerned response.
But the twinkle iu the General's eye was
the positive eleuiciilof fun in the conversation.
A letter of President. ArMm.. -;,... ;.. tu
just after ho had engaged to teach a district
cciiooi uk 9iu per moiiui, gives unmistakable
evidence of his fun-appreciative qualities.
"The committeeman soon arrived to tians
for me to the scone of my future labors. Tho
committee was a puny man, and, as afterward
appeared, everything had been spared iu his
mechanism, ethically as well as corporeally.
,"' ,,'"". ,wlrs were ins lool, which,
like all iaukeos, wero blacked only on tho
frontispiece, he not wishing to invest any
thing where he could not seo the benefit. Ho
had tremendous lurid soles, probably to keep
up the equilibrium between his moral and
physical system. Just imagine a young man,
with hope and expectation beaming on his
rfinti(i-nimrv with n ..ol...i ...i... r ,
low wagon striped with green, like all Down
cast vehicles.
" Before me, and attached to the concern, was
a vertehratcd quadruped, an amalgamated
specimen of comparative anatomy and animal
manikiuism. From its size it seemed lo havo
been bought by weight, and from its condi
tion its present owner must havo had charco
of it before the sale, with an eye to its pur
chase. It seemed to havo lived In carnivorous
timos, for all its flesh had departed and each
moment, aa it passed, had taken a hair as a me
mento. Bui now tbeso raemoutoa were gone
aud tho wind could only moan a piece to its
maue(s)."
Of all our Presidential humorists, however,
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Lincoln was facilo princops tho champion ond
lnan of tho lino.
Sometimes sarcastic, his storlca were nlwaya
pal.
"Don't go, don't go," said holo awoll-known
writer in war llnio; "yon havo bocn at tho
front. Sit down and toll mo all you know. It
won't lake you long."
Tho samo author was onco urging Lincoln fo
send a certain army ollicor upon a dolicato
mission.
"No, 110;" I havo known him fop 20 years.
He would novor do; ho is too honest; but if
Homo 0110 like you wero to go, tho thing might
bo accomplished."
Balling, the artist, while engaged on a sketch
of Mr. Lincoln, onco heard a funny conversa
tion between him and tho Governor of Ohio.
"Lincoln took jno for a German, and hence
his significant look at mo when ho was chat
ting away humorously with tho Govornor of
Ohio, who was invited by Lincoln to sit on that
chair out of my way.
"I was, of course, no attoulivo listonor, as I
had enough to attend to, hut 1 houid Mr. Lin
coln speak somo Gorman words, and then I
hoard tho Governor say, Why, Mr. President,
you aro quito a scholar in tho Gorman lan
guage' 'Ah!' said Lincoln, 'no wonder. I
onco took a wholo ovening to study that lan-
IMlilL'O. I CIW1 Kill-Ilk wlmln ntir!!ca fn. i...
btanco, "Gohoii sic mir ciu gins lager beer."'
This ho spoko vory correctly, and ho looked at
1110 in astonishment, whon I dropped by brush
and said, with all politeness, ' Mr. President,
that is wrong.'
"His expression was vory curious, and I
iiovorcnu forget it. 'What?' Jioaniri, Ms that
wrong?' 'Most certainly; your Excellency
ought to say: ' Geben sio mir zwoi lager.'
'"What is that?' ho said; 'zwoi lagor!
zwoi lager! What does that moan?' I an
swered: 'Zwoi lngor moans two glasses of boor
ouo for you and ono for tho Governor.' I
never shall forgot tho good humor and tho
hoorty laugh over what ho called a splendid
improvement on his uso of Gorman social
phrases.'
" They won ton talking and I working, when
I suddenly heard the President say, in rosponso
to something tho Governor had said: 'That,
Governor, reminds mo of an uiifortunalo slory
toller who once had a splendid audiencoaround
him ; and ho told them about a smart young
farmer, who was mowing hay right neforo his
cabin door, and scared up a rabbit. Quick as a
nasii no ran into tho cabin, -and, as you know,
thoso fellows always keep thoir gtins'loadod and
ovor tho door, ho soon grasped it, cocked it and
wns out again but tho rabbit was gono; yet
ho coiild trace him easy enough, because thoro
was about half an inch of snow on tho ground.
'Hollo I ' shouted ono of tho audience; 'you
Riiid ho was mowing hay, and now yon say
there was half au inch of snow on tho ground ;
how is that? ' 'Ah, excuso mo,' said the story
teller; 'I got parts of two stories mixed to
gether.' "
Perhaps as pointed a joko as Mr. Lincoln
ovor perpetrated is to bo found in his rcplv to
Gen. McClellan, whom ho had asked to explain
why ho had made-such strong fortifications to
the north of Washington.
Gen. McClellan replied: "Why, Mr. Presi
dent, according to military science, It is our
duty to gmrd against ovry possible orsuppos
ablo contingency that may arise. For example,
if under any circumstances, however fortuitous,
tho enemy, by any chnnco or freak, should, iu
a last resort, get in bohiud Washingtou, in his
efforts to capturo tho city, why, there tho fort
is to defond it."
" Yes, that's so, Gonoral," said tho President ;
tho precaution is doubtless a wiso ono, nnd
1 in glad to cot so clear im nTtilmifitimi far it
reminds mo of nn interesting question onco
discussed for sovoral weeks in our lycctim or
moot court at Springfield, HI,, soon after 1 be
gan reading Jaw."
"Ah !' says Gon. McClellan, " What question
was Hint, Mr. President?"
" Tho question," Mr. Lincoln replied, "wan.
' Why does man havo breasts?" and ho added
that after many evening' debate the question
was submitted to tho presiding Judge, who
wisely decided "That, if under any circum
stances, however fortuitous, or by uiy chnnco
or freak, no matter of what nature or by wlint
causo, a man should havo a baby, thoro would
he tho breasts to nurse it."
JUSTICEJMILL.ER DEAD.
The Srnlor JumIcp or the Unlfiil Stfcn Sonrrruo
Court qoliUy Vnknt-i Annr.
Associate Justice Samuel F. Miller, of tho
Supreme Court of the United States, wna
stricken with partial paralysis of tho leftside
about 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon. During
tho morning ho was feeling unusually well,
and walked part of tho way to tho Capitol.
After attonding to Bomo personal matter and
looking over various legal papers, ho went into
tho Chief Clerk's room and chatted and laughed
with the clerks for somo time, appenrlng to bo
in a happy frame of mind. Uo then took a car
for his homo on Massachusetts avenue, and
stopped at Thomas Circle and started to walk
to his residence, which was about GO yards from
the car track. Immediately after ho got off
tho car ho was hoon to htaggor and fall, and
upon trying to recover htmielf ho raided half
way up and thon lunged forward, striking hiu
face upon tho asphalt pavemeut slightly cut-
ting his forohcail nnd cauijiiiK an ahrasion of
the skin of tho iiohc. llo was plclcoil tip two
colorcil tnon ami carried to hin liomo, ami
medical aid hummoned. Ahout 10 o'clock p. m.
unfavorahlo BymptoniH dovclopod, tho v.-holo
loft sido hfcomiiig entirely umjIosh. lie lin
jjtirod uncoiiHcioua until 1L o'clock Monday
nlKht, when ho died without a HlriiKKlo.
JudKo Miller was horn in liichmoiid, Ky.,
April 5, 1810, aud graduated at tho University
of TraiiHylvanla. After taking tho degieoof
Doctor ol'Mulicinc, practiced tho profession a
few years, and then turned Iiin attention to tho
law. Having hcon from JfclH in favor of email
clpatlon, and though generally taking no part
jn politicH, iho couruoof puhlic ullaiis caused
him to rninovo from the 8tato in 18.)0, when ho
fcettled in Iowa and hecame one of tho lenders
of tho K-puhIlcan party iu that Btato. Desiring
no local or State ollices, and declining many
nominations, ho attended wholly to his pro.
fcftsion. In 1802 was appointed hy President
Lincoln a Justice of the Supreme Court of tho
United Slates, which position ho tilled to tho
end. He was tho nldcHt, limH.. in i,.,w,i. r
service on tho Supremo Uench.
JIurniletiM Toljurro.
The Jtluslratcd Avurknn,
And now cornea tho anilahlo, wcll-moaning
and benevolent crank. 1i!k fn.n wmmi....! 1.. .!
kindly smile, to teach us a method of making
our tohacco harmless. Dr. Oantrelet of VJchis
informs uBthata small piece of cotton-wool
steeped iu a 0 or 10 per cent, fiolution of pyro
gallic acid ami inserted in pipe or cigar-holder
will iioulralixo any possible ill eilects of tho
tohacco witliout destroying its Uavor. Not tho
historic youth who ruBhod to tench his grand
mother how to suck eggs could havo a moro
thankless mission than tho good doctor. That
youth meicly wanted to add to the sum of tho
dear old lady's pleasure, and was abashed to
find that Alio had long been acquainted with all
tho delights of tho process that he had just
dibcovercd. J
Ivxiilnliied.
Mold.
Mrs. Younghilde--IIow is it that you charge
a cent a quart moro than tho other milkmen?
Wutorjiotts Madame, you must remember
that all my milk is hand milked. That of
course, makes tlio price a little higher. '
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Wnnlcil to ho Jlaile Wholo.
" Yon must bear in mind at all limes, breth
ren, that faith will make you whole," said a
speaker at a religious meeting.
And just thon an old Bailor, with ono arm and
ono leg gono, stood up aud eald he'd try gome.
LINCOLN'S MELANCHOLY.
Ills Srnipnllictlc Nature atitY TIN Knrlv Jllsrorlunctf.
Thoso who saw mucli of Abraham Lincoln
during tho lutor years of lis life, woro grontly
impressed with the expression of profound mel
ancholy his f.ico ulwiiysVoYo in roposc.
Mr. Lincoln was of a "peculiarly sympathetic
and kindly uature. TlioSo strong characteris
tics influenced, vory happily,'as it proved, his
entire political careor. 'Thoy would not seem,
at first glance, to bo oiliciuut nids to political
success; but in tho peculiar emergency which
Lincoln, in the piovidonco of God, was called
iu-iiiuui, mi vussui ui tuiiiinuii eiay comu possi
bly havo hecomo tho "ilhosotpof tho Lord."
Thoso acquainted with him from boyhood
know that early griefs tlugod his wholo life
with sadness. JUb partner iu tho grocery busi
ness at Saloni was "UjicIo' Billy Groon, of
TaJIuIa, 111., who used at night, when tho cus
tomers wero few, to hold tho grammar while
Lincoln reuifod his lessons.
It was to his nympnthotic car Lincoln told
tho story of his love for swcot Ami Butlidgo;
and ho, in return, offered what com fort ho could
whon poor Ann died, and Lincoln's great heart
nearly broke.
"Aftor Ann died," says "Undo" Billy, "on
Btormy nights, when tho wind blow tho rain
against tho roof, Abe would set thai- in the
grocery, his elbows on his knocs, his face in
his hands, and tho tears runnin' through his
fingers. 1 hated to sen him fcol bad, an' I'd
say, 'Abo, don't cry'; an' he'd look up an' say,
I can't help it, Bill; tho rain's a fallin' on
her.' "
ThorO aro tiwnv whn ontl nrmnnlliWn tvlf.li
this overpowering griof, aH thoy think of a lost
loved one, when "tho rain's a fallin' on hor."
What adds poignancy to tho griof sometimes
is tho thought that tho lost 0110 might have
been saved.
Fortunate, indcod, ia William Johnson, of
Corona, L. L, a builder, who writes June 28,
185)0: "LllKt Kobrnnrv. OH rotllrninrr frfi.n
church 0110 night, my daughter complained of
having a pain In hor nnklo. Tho pain grad
ually extended until her entire limb was
swollen and vory painful lo tho touch. Wo
called a physician, who after careful examina
tion pronounced it disease of the kidneys of
longstanding. All wo could do did not uuoin
to honcfit her until wo triod Warner's Safe
Cure; from IhofirstKhecouimcnccd to improve.
Whon she commenced taking it sho could not
turn ovor in bod, and could just movo hor
hands a little, but to-day she is as well as alio
ever was. I believe I owo the recovery of my
daughter to its use."
GEN. BELKNAP DEAD.
Fonml Demi In HIh HfiI on Now York Atciiiio In
Wnililiurton.
Gen. William Worth Belknap was found dead
In his rooms on Now Yorkaveuuo, in Washing
ton, on Mondny morning Inst. Ho died alono
and unattended, of heart disease, and had been
doad 21 hours before ho was discovered. His
family having been away for tho Summer, his
uimiiy resilience was cioseu and ho occupied
rooms adjoining his olllco. Ho was seen alivo
and well iu tho evening of Saturday and wti3 in
good spirits. At 11 o'clock on Sunday euvornl
people visited his oflico and found tho door be
tween hisoflicound bed-room locked, hut think
ing that the General had not yet arisen, mado
littloor no attempt to seo him. Ho wns evi
dently dead at this timo. Thu Goneral had had
a severe attack of the gout for several months,
hut for tho last two or thrco months ho hnd
been up, attending to his business affair", and
although considerably reduced in flesh was
looking halo and hearty. His death Is a shock
to tho community, whore ho was well known
nud universally liked.
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Gcu. Ilolknap was born in the town of Now
hurg, S. V., in 1820. Ho wns graduated from
Princeton College when 19 years of ago. MtnHod
law in Utiorgrtown, 1). C, mid after graduating
removed to Keokuk, Iowa, llnvlng spent it
considerable tlmo iu various fort of tho country,
his fatiier being a U. 8, Army ollicor, ho had n
strong disposition for military glory nud ho
organized tho City Hlllea, a crack military
com puny iu "Keokuk several years hefoio tho
war. In IBM ho wai couuniscloncil Major of
tho Ifith Iowa, and served in tlmtcapncity until
after the battle of Pittsburg Lauding. In April,
18(52, ho was promoted Lieutuiinnt-Coloneloftho
samo regiment, and became Colonel in April,
JbtiU. llo commanded his regiment In nil of Ha
skirmishes and battles until July. 1801, whon
ho was promoted Brlgadlcr-Gonoralon tho Hold
for gallantry and pt'rsonal bravery in action,
ho having with his own hands captured Col.
Lamnlev. of thn -tilth Aln imlliiiir htm n.r,uu
tho breastworks, his regiment capturing tho
ting of the -Iflth Ala.
From this time until tho clogo of tho war ho
was iu command of the Third Brigade, Kourth
Division, Seventeenth Corps, until the Spring
of 1805, wheu ho couiiimudud thu Fourth Di
vision. Ho was the last commander of tho
So ven teen th Corpa.
After tho war he was rnndo Collector of In
ternal Kevenuo for tho First District of Jowu
by President Johnson, and was continued in
the same capacity by President Grant. In 1800
ho was appointed Secretary of War hy (Jen.
Grant, and Mirved in that capacity until .March,
1870. when ho resigned. Hisalininistiationof
tho olllco and thu verdict of subsequent events
Buuw now wen 11 is uuiles wore performed. Ho
was impeached by tho House of Heprosontn.
lives, during a timo of great excitement and
bitterest political animosity, hut was acquitted
by tho Semite.
Gon. Ilolknap wan tho President of tho So
ciety of Crocker's Iowa Brigade, which ho com
manded nearly two years at the front, and was
beloved by eveiy man In tho organization. Ho
leaves a wifo and two children, son and daugh
ter. Ho will bo sadly misled by his many
friends in Washington and Keokuk, Iowa.
Stmiloi'n Stent TIllo lo Pniiic
frank J.tBlMa Popular Monthly.
Tho descent of tho Congo is Stanley's real
tlllo to fame. Thoro is tho insight of genius
in ills conviction that the Lnaljiba would lead
him to tho sea, and ho displayed, throughout
tho terrors and Iho privations' of thoso weary
months, all the resouices, tho endurance and
the steadfast will of a great leader. There is
nothing to mar tho uymuiutry"of tho exploit.
Jn his later achievements many things have a
dubious asnect. The energy and tho endur
ance nro tho same, but tho heroio slump is
gone. Ho is jealous of olhor explorers, und
illumes iiHiio inn. suDoruinaieit aim His Zanzi
baris. Thoro aio Implied' professions of dovo
tion to an jdoal, and of generous purpose, and
with theso, utterances abounding in unworthy
suggestion.
Tho founding of thu Cbm 'Froo Stato was
tlio outcome of Stanley's irrMfoKnlimiimn ?
will bo long boforo tho truo author of tho con
ception is known, but meaiitiuio tho King of
tho Ilelgmus is tho roputeiL fnflior. Ho closed
his unangemouls with Stanley, and in 1870 tho
beginning was made by tho Putin-national As
sociation. It was in clearing I'ho ground for
tlio town of Vivi that Stanley acquired tlio
name of Bula-matary (Stone-breaker), by which
ho ia known on tho Congo. Three yours woro
spent in making roads and establishing flVe
stations, tlio last being LeopoldviJlo, on 8tanloy
Pool, opposito to the French post of Brazzaville
which Savorgnan do Brasestn had secured iu 1880
by treaty with tho niitlvu chiefs, whilo Stanley
was on his way to tho spot.
11 " 1 1
Not a Ycirutiirlan.
Sl(tlnaa Translation.
Littlo boy (picking raspborrles) I say, ma,
have Bomo raspberries got logs ?
Ma Why, of courso not, my child : why do
you ask suck a foolish question?
Littlo hoy- If raspberries haven't got any
leg- then I swallowed a bug, that's all.
mi
"V &wzii&g&'r' 's
SCANDINAVIAN RAMBLES.
Tho FlorilRand Finlils of Norway Wonderful Mount
ain hrrnery Cnacmlps ad Libitum A Norncirlnn
L'liurch-Tiie (irent (lota Canal Visit to fojVnn-lina-nii
Hamlet's Tomb Illumiaatcil Waterr.tlln.
Editou National Tiudune: How much
I wish you had boon with us in our trip
through Norway, espocially between Oddo, on
tho Hardringor Fiord, and tho Hankelid Cca
tor, on top of tho Hankelid Fiold. It was ono
of tho grandost drives I ovor took. Almost
from tho very first wo woro in a narrow valloy,
with hardly room enough for more than tho
rushing, roaring mountain rivor, and our road,
which, by tho way, must havo cost a pretty
penny to build and keep it perfect repair,
livery bit of ground that can ho cultivated is
mado to yield its utmost. Where they can
only raise grass thoy tako caro of that, and in
many places tho ground is so stoop that I
should think tho people would fall off when
mowing, unless thoy tie themselves on. as thov
do thoir children iu some of tho mountain
houses. Thoy uso a much shorter scythe than
wo do, and havo racks which look like fences,
on which thoy dry tho hay. At a litllo dis
tance theso look liko immeiino caterpillars.
Tho wind blowing through tho grass dries it
muon qtuciccr than it would on tho ground,
which is desirable in a country where thoy
havo so much rain. Thoy make a pile of about
GO kilograms, or 100 pounds, which thoy fasten
up with a ropo. A man thon sits down, passes
his arms through tho loops, and carries his
loud down tho mountain to the barn. In
fioveral places wo saw wire ropes running up
tho mountains to send dowu bundles of hay
and wood by. Theso como down with such
Bpoctl that tho sparks fly. Wo drove all day in
ino midst ot this wild sconery. Ahout noon
wo reached the snow lino and my friends had
a game of snow-ball. Think of that in tho
middlo of July! The valley was so narrow
that iu ono placo a watorfall on tho opposito
Bido threw its spray clear across our rond.
Ahont 10 p. m. wo camo to a snowslido across
tho road, and had to got out of our vohiclo and
walk across it. It was very cold, aud 1 was glad
when wo got to onr designation.
Wo had rooms in a sinbur bouse, built in imi
tation of their storehouses, with tho tippor story
overhanging the lower ono. It was now, nnd
built of Norway pine, varnished, tho rooms
roiled, and what furniture there vas mado of
tho samo material. Our room was not more
than 7 by 8, but it was i3 neat as wax, and 50
wo woro happy, though thoro was a roaring fire
nnd wo wero very much crowded. The next
morning wo breakfasted on reindeer steak,
potatoes and onions. They live on potatoes in
Norway. Indeed, I toll my.youug pcoplo that
I don't seo why thoy don't havo them for des
sert, as thoy aro present in all tho other courses.
But I shall nover get ovor that day or tho
scenery. Tho latter was indescribably grand.
Norwegian scenery is fierce, but not frowning.
In many places tho hugo rocks hung over as
though longing to crush tho man who dared
invade thoir solitude. Wo woro more than two
weeks in this delightful country, sailing on tho
fiords, nnd driving ovor their perfect roads,
which are ctinal to thoso in tho nnrku 5n
America. I can not mv so much for thoir
trains
1, which nro wearisomely slow. Tho ox-
nress trains run at the rati: of 1 1 milnonn lmnr
aud wait so long at tho stations that all thopaH
fiengors get out and walk around visiting their
friends, who aro in tho other compartments.
Ono day wo wont to tho Gcirangor Fiord,
which, with Nearo and Lyngan, aro considered
the finest fiords in Norway. Itia not very long,
is quito nnrrow, with high mountains on cithor
side, running almost straight up from tho wator
to tho clouds. Not a pleasant placo for a ship
wreck or a fire. On one mountniu-sido wo
counted .J5 waterfalls. Ono noted series of
walorfall3 is called tho "Seven Sistors," though
there nro really nine, Bide by side. Wo thought
them vory beautiful, until wc turned and saw
a vory largo ono on tho other sido of tho fiord,
which scorned to como right out of tho earth,
and which rmhed down with such force and
volume that tho noise could bo heard a long
distance
Near the top of ono of tho highest mount
ains wo found a farm, and on it a woman
about 20 yours old, who had never como down
IlltO tho VlllhiV Until flint U-nn innrrlixl T tvnn-
dered how I should havo liked to stay in such
n place all my life. For her it may havo mado
no UiiToroucb, for sho know no other place, and
may havo been averse to climbing those steeps.
Wo spent ono Sunday at Vosso Vugon, aud
attended tho church. Tho peasant worshipers
wero very interesting, especially tho women in
their quaint coatumes. Thoy all soemed to
want to got into ono pow,and after all tho seats
wero jammed full tho others would crowd in
In front of thoso sitting. They sang n great
deal In a na?al monotone, nnd In vory had time.
Tho minister read a good doal, and delivered a
long sermon, all in monotone, and without a
single gesture. Wo staid until tho first iuter-
miMioii iu tho services nud then camo out.
Thov Iteilt it tin tllltil Into in tho nfliTimnn
Wo wont to Stockholm, but found it so warm
thoro that wo did not enjoy it, and soon left.
Wo wont part of tho way to Copetihngen on tho
famous Gota Canal, a very curious and inter
esting work. In alliwo made an ascont of 3' 5
feet, each lock raising us 10 feet. Sometimes
wo would go through fivuorsix locks at a time,
and thoy looked like great stairs.
We remained at Copenhagen from Saturday
afternoon till Wednesday morning, and becamu
very fond of tho Danish Capital. Ono day wo
took tho train up to Helsignor, or Klsiuore, nud
went to tho Castlo Kronberg, and up onto tho
Flag Battery, which commands tho Sound.
From thoro wo hnd n vory fino view of tlio
Sound, and saw the German licet sail in a
very grand sight. It was ou this battery that
nm 11 uost appeared lo lliuulet, and under it is
supposed to ho buried tho man of whom Hans
Christian Anderson speaks, aud who will rise
to wain tho Danos of any coining danger.
Wo next walked to the grave of Hamlet. It
is in a lonely corner of a garden, on a small
hill; above it is a pile of stones nut togothor
with mortar, and covered with a rough slab, on
which nro cut tho words 'Hamlofs Grave."
Wo came down through Germany to grand
old Switzerland, One of our first visits was to
Mont Pilatus, so nnmed because of tho legend
that Pilate tied thoro after thn dnnth nf ni.rier
and, tortured by remorse, finally Bought peace
by drowning himsolf in tho lako. The mount
ain is over 0.000 feet high, and is climbed by a
railroad, which Is a vory brilliant piece of en
gineering. In many places thu angle of Nova
tion is -18 degrees. I don't seo why we didn't
spill oil". Tho train is forced upbyacojr-wheol
111 tho con tor. It was vory cold on the summit,
and wo were glad to got down again, but wo
cartied away tho memory of a wonderfully
grand viuw. Tlio next day, while wc wore
having a rain-storm below, wo wero treated to
tho sight of a magnificent snow-storm on the
mountain. Wo noxt wont to Goissbach, whore,
In apito of a pouring rain, wo saw the cele
brated falls illuminated. It was fairyland.
Thoro were seven cascades illuminated at onco
first in white, thon red, and then ono iu
white, another rod, a third blue, a fourth vio
let, and so ou. Tho elleefc was magnificent.
M. F. W., Lucerne, Switzerland.
A Victory non 'loo Late.
Detroit free i'rcis.J
A Detroit wholesale house sent an agent into
one of tho northern counties tho other day to
iuvestiifalo and icnnrt on thn inilnrn r n .!..
goods man whoso assets wore below zero. Tho
bankrupt was perfectly willing to oxplain how
it all happened.
" You see," liesuhl, "T gotmnrriod about two
yours ago. Up to that timo the postmaster and
his wife had been at tho head of society hero
and run tho ranch. He had tho only swallow
tall coat and she tho only silk dress Iu tho
town."
"I see."
" Wo had to nmlco n lcad'Yor tho head, and I
bought my wifo a $12 bonnet and a diamond
ring."
" Yes."
liThopostmnstor bought his wifo a broncho
pony and a pair of diamond ear-rings."
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I cs.
"Then I subscribed $200 to a now church,
gavo two lawn parties, and bought u top carri
age aud a pacer."
" Yes."
"Ho camo up smilingly with n now brick
houso, a progiosslve oucliro party, and gave
$250 to tho heathon of Africa."
"Isoe."
" Well, I had gone hi to smash him or loso a
lling. mid SOl llluduud lllYS0lf for thn nrnni.ii ...-'a
salary for a year, lost $100 on a deal iu wheat,
kept two hired girls, bought throoPorslan rugs,
backed a barbershop, took a half iutorcst in our
homo newspaper, aud presented ovory church
in town with a hull."
"That must have laid him."
"It did. Uu throw up his bauds and surren
dered, but when you follows in Detroit drew
on mo at three days' sight I was dialled. I'm
sorry it happened, but you can't blamo 1110. If
that Po8tmustor hadn't mado a fool of himself
I'd havo bceu able to pay 150 cents ou tho dol-kir."
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OHTRIALTO
Ueutlou 'Ilii- National Trlbaoa.
AGTION OF DEAF MUTES.
Resolutions I'sert at tlio Kfccnt Session In Re-K.-ml
to tho Totnlly Ilpaf Veterans.
Editor Natiokal Tiubunk: Tho inclosed
resolutions wero passed by the Association of
Doaf Mutes which recently closed a week's
session iu Indianapolis. Sorno dozen States
wero represented in the assembly. Tho reso
lutions woro ordered published in the principal
denf mute papers, and will, through them, be
placed beforo 50,000 or 00,000 deaf mutes
throughout tho Uuitcd States. They have
takon up tho cudgel for tho totally-deaf soldier
whoso rato of pcusion, when compared with
certain largo classes receiving $100 aud $72
ratos, shows that our legislators do not com
prehend, or disregard, tho degree of disability
produced by total deafneso. Hi3 pension, until
recently, was but $17, and is now only $30.
Iho pending bill, which passed tho Senate in
April and was indorsed and urged by tho Honso
Committee, has been withheld from submission
in tho House, through dread of tho soldier
hating olomcntg or tho scare about tho Treasury
surplus. It matters littlo whether a deaf man
is able to perform manual labor or not, if he is
totally unablo to obtniu employment.
While tho other clasdos are deprived of none
or their social privilogos, it is a fact that a
National, State. County or town ticket is re
garded a3 incomplete without a good represent
ation of our crippled soldiors upon it, and they
are sought in business pursuits and employed
as clerks, etc.
Tho able ronort bv tho TTnn Q pM; p
the H01130 Committee, tersely presents the
iumiur iu luc juousc 111 a truo light. Oueextract
reads:
Without in the least Inthnnling Hint any of these
nro Kctlliig enough, the fact is that the beuoil
clnritM hi severnl of iheno classes do moro or leas
constantly occupy positions tw business men, doe
tors, lawyers, editors, preachers, teachers, con
tractor, elective and appointed County, fetntc. and
National otlici-s, every one ol which occupations or
pror.Hioiirt, n nd many others, nre entirely und for
ever closed to tho totully-deiif Holdicr. It ia the los
or ono of tho tnosl important of tho live senses, and,
leaving out of the count the loss of ccial enjoy
ments, the acute bufferings peculmr to dsufiieas
mid tho cowitnnt dnnger to life nnd limb, tho
utinollily of this oin.w win not be measured by tho
usiinl nlnndnrd inability to porform raanunl labor-but
rather upon the ground of their practical
Inability tpobtuiii it. At tlrst thought appearance
U against them; they Imve hands nnd feet, but ex
perience, extend oil acquaintance, nnd nctunl cn
vnm of tho liviug totiiliy denf boldters ahow thnt
not three per cent, of them can gat employment.
I hey nroiihunned. avoided, nnd refused by employ-
v., mm uuuiirreu irom nino-icntlis or the gainful
occupations of life. This results from n strange
anlinutliy among most men. or lndipoaition to
employ them because of ditrlcultv of communica
tion wlih them nnd their inability to be useful in
so ninny ways, nnd their liubtiity to accident nnd
Uhtigor from denfuejw. No man, unless an nctunl
KuuVrcr himself, can npprecinto the awful silent
louollne-i nud profound sullerings and depriva
tions of the totully-deaf soldier.
Whilo tho Government is paying tho bonds
in advance, appropriating money for new pub
lic buildings, and devising ways how to curtail
the annual revenues, justico w'ould seom tosuv
that, if neccs9!irv. now hiiHiltnira or..i.i ...:- Z,
tow years on theso old soldiers, who aro dying
OVOrV dnV. Illld Tl hif. Inso rmlnnlinn ,;i. l.
made in tho annual revenue. Asquad of totally
deaf soldiors is an unfortunate placo to draw
tho line. Lot justico bo done.
COPY OF ItnaOLUTION".
1 ,)y,,crcn there la now ponding before Congress n
bil. providing for tho pensioning of totnlly-denf
soldiers and Miilors of the Union nrmy and navy of
tho war of Utfl. nnd ll.xmg the rate at SiO pur month
for such deafness; and whereas snid bill has been
passed by tlio Senate and is now pen. ling before
the II01110 of Representatives for iu notion thereon :
Therefore, be it
Heao'ted, That we. members of the Association
of Graduates and Former Pupils of the Indiana In
stitution for tho Doaf, sympathizing with onr deaf
holtlit-ri nnd sailors, nnd believing thnt tlieircnu.se
Is u most righteous one, do most oarneily request
tho l.'uprct-utatives now iu Congress to give their
most earnest support to hind bill; and Unit they
use ail honorable moans to get tho Committee on
Holes lo et apart n day for tho consideration of
said bill (Senate Ko. 717) for said increase of peu
slon to snid deaf soldiers and sailors.
What Arkansas Veterans Think.
Editok National Tkibune: Tho Kaura
Refrigerator Investigation attracted great in
torost in this hoction of the country, ifr.
Cooper assumos to poao as tho watch-dog of thu
Treasury, anil in Unit attitude seeks applause
from tho masses. Hut down horo wo read be
tween tho Hues quite diil'erently. Wo seo in
stead of a self-advertised patriot, striving only
for the good of tho people, an extensively ad
vertised demagog;, troubled sadly with worms,
to whom wo would honestly rocommoiui a
bottle of .Mrs. W.'s Soothing Sirup. Now this
is a uharitable construction of his present posi
tion, for, back of it all, wo believe that Mr.
Cooper is an obstructionist of the worst possi
ble charaotor iu that by his inano attack upon
Gen. Jiiuuu ho not only doos not injuro that
otiicnil 111 the estimation ot tho people, but ho
dofm far worst) tlnin thnt- lu inl-,u ,. t.;t,.i
-. . ---.., ..w u....... 4. ...lit
blow at tho personal interests of thousands of
old battlo-scarrod voteraua who havo been
looking fondly forward to an oarly adjustment
of their pension claims, that thoy might mako
themselves anil thoso dependent upon them
comfortablo during tho rapidly-approaching
rigid Winter. J5y his unjustifiable actions in
this matter Air. Cooper has greatly retarded
work iu tho Pension Department with the
baleful results intimated above. Gon. liaum
is personally well-known by many of 'us hero,
and it Will tako much moro than tho vaporing
of Mr. Cooper to mako us bcliovo thnt Gon.
Iviiuin is any other than tho patriotic, noblo
hoarted, honest man and oilicial that wo havo
always known him to bo in times, past; and
thu sooner Mr. Cooper understands this tho
bettor for him wheu ho comes beforo his ox
soldier constituents for political honors.
Fidks.
A Strunco Truntnirmntlon.
Thoro was onco a torriblo Nihilist in New
York named Sorvius Sheviteh. For sovoral
years ho was always on tlio platform of ovory
Socialist meeting, shrieking for tho blood of
nil monarehs and tyrants, denying the exist
ence of u God, denouncing mnrriago, nnd show
ing, by personal oxample, nn absoluto contempt
for the bath. Bat six mouths ago he sailed for
Europe, and latest advices indicate that he has
sit fibred a sea change into something well oil',
if not rich, anil vory, very strange. In Purts
ho not only got married, but got married
in tho Russian-Greek Catholic Chnrch. Thon
ho went to Russia wtih Mrs. Sboviteh, and
there accepted a Government positiou at Riga.
His brother, who probably know him well, as
sured tho Czar that Sergius is absolutely harin
jess, which ia undoubtedly truo.
A TRADE SECRFT ! "'nito drat direct with cninnn-n. We glv 70a the OmUnf prs aid ,
fice our s.orf. Xake Kiiifrghotrn her"; citlsex.ictsizc; two blaile, wirrantl. priw hc ,b.i Tfl rwwline -
rff .r'l'ii1 '.Li 1 1 ,. j'Je 1,1-2l,e'1 '" -f 4Sc.. Ti for S'2. T-.THfo
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2t roor.oTit a (iantleraan 3U1I
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irum Minium uravo
Thro' the Kjo
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th OKI Caint Ground 10 Poor OIU Med
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31JT.I8 Five OntSlMT
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KuUe, but I'll Kors.Ta
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a Yi!utT Kam f ; eaaa
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3MKar:iey McCoy
8f7 Jfoun'n in 0a Air
mm II nwn the Blind
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IXIWX WJIXT MCHIMTY
n thaKones
3Jl.irri.ri A.N.N IX KOOHXTt
Ir Fii' "' -nu. 1'iofe gonss ior lO-ent?; any twenty 0e songs I t 13 eeU:
Or wo will sen.i nil tho above m.ng.. p. tt paia ror -SO cfci. Kemember. we win set seed
&&?S& New Music Co, 107 Nassau St, 11 Y.
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NEW SUBSCRIBE
WEEKS,
FOR
CENTS.
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m
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Strong and Excellent to Every Way; .
Stylish, and Cut by the Best Talent,1
FASHIONABLE PATTERNS.:
AV thwe thine ae tm of the Faicoua PtonMin
Eock I'antf . Sons ami Overcoats. rwsmmmia
Prlce3, S3.00 to S8.2S for Pant3.
3.25 to 33.00 ror Suits.
i.w to oa.w ror uvercoats. -. .
A book of Samples
See how tadiaesa
grows.
Address oil stl to
headquarters
by mail to any address 3
In U.S. i
Plymouth Rock Pants Co ,
Uto 23
EHot Street.
3IUCH srosxs:
635 Tssin St., azi !K3 73&bg!c Si-, Seats, Xuj.
S73 Broadway. Sew York. &tf Penna. Ave.."WwitxJ
ton. D.C. 73 Allans Mre-t. Cbicxgo, TH. 3M ifate SsL
lOchrnoiv. a. 217 18th dtrret. Birmingham. Aln. muH
sldUalkllng. W-oreeater. Maw. 70 Rer street, Tt;;
Ji. Y. Hotel Gtlmore. brinvrtkkl. ila. MS WestmtR
ter Street, l'lwl-voc. K. J. 110 Cmal Street. Xew
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btreet. Alhntn.Oa. SJ Sn'h Maia Mr?f. Wjrbary,
kSSH:? A ' Imac Stret-1, 3Jaacher. X. H. K&
Aorth Mainitrtt, Concord. . If. MA MuatsonaarT St.,
r x l17'5 Cliapel se.. yew Haws, (fatal
nmore fct.. EvaasrtSK icl Kch-irdn Bolktins. Cfeat
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SOLDIERS AHD SAILORS1 RI8HTSI
PROTECTED.
Briefs prepared.
Land patents procured.
Bounty lands obtained.
Notke given of cancellation,
Contents rosdncted t a final decision. ' -
Motions for re vie .r filed and arjroed. . '
Errors or defects la papen remMkd.
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FILLED
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HUNTING CASE
Gent's oriady'sSize
FOR
ith ELGIN, WALTHAM. or .ny
POPULAR BRAND OF AMERICAN MOVEMENT
We will end o any addre-s jine of ihwe bnUfaL
well-nniaheu w atchas. with a fall snaranieo that thej
will ven r we 1 1 at leart 30 yoara, you to haw tho Ht
raof riiruinntinn brfort-you puy fort,aad
not portecily Nntiifnctorr to bo returned to aa
at our eapensn. o snob oCer has eer beeu snada
by anr oae, lae Quality ia aa good aa n
Generally sold for 38 to $40.
We feel sure that your Watch will eH many etken tor
us i( yoa will ohow it and speak a neHlesrTed wonl
of prai!o for ns to your f rwnda. and thua ty wry larzo
Jtt4 wa wiljbo ponmtted to contiaua Uta saitt at tiUs
low price We will rivo yoa ample endeaca ol 0C3
ability onvl miention to maie pocd oar
WRITTEN GUARANTEE,
uhfr aeeompam, w h m h. We are manafacterera
and save you all middlemen's profits. Ia orderis. stato
the inae of movement preferred, and sia m aa Idea t
tha style of cao,andvrowdl do our best ti pleaeio yon.
Wnta ua for any fuller information, references, de.
PENN WATCH CO.,
'3S. THIRD ST. PHILADELPHIA.
Uemiou lUe Natluoal Xrltuack
Will fllrfrtlf th. olvWi a-n. nn 1 t ., .
tlooii fecial Li Uio beat remedy In tho world for tlo
sieedy and permanent cure of IndiSftion. Djt-!i-lHin,
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