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ldest When life Is at Its bleakest
And meekest
And weakest,
•alentlne. Then cometh good St. Valentine,
burning To show that love Is rosy
rning. And wistful-eyed and cosy,
wintry earth his And breathes on every torpid heart his
tenderness divine.
—Good Housekeeping.
FRIEND
or THE
Joule
ÔNEtS
WONDERFUL
y, the four
enth of Febru
It Is so won
erful that It
ireads Its charm
week and the
r. For days and
n sneaks Into the
unhealthy and
ing queer shaped
der her coat or
e innermost cav
little muff. The
'erywhere in the
brush disappears
found in a state
k-bottle. You see
~r that looks like
it up and It is a
tile you are look
Person trots into
one mysterious
separates you
and scampers
ce under the din
she sits for three
billowy pool of
white envelopes
les of scissors,
charming hours
ration, the great
mail man is the
anta Claus, the
ded shoulders he
, while the Small
glued so tightly
hat there Is con
hether or not It
thout the aid of
The bell rings,
f catching every
> a spanking the
out of the front
is into the mail
ing like a young
tent, nothing bat
and middle sized,
scurry she blows
and opens up her
paper trees filled
roses, and be
s sit little cuplds
i at all," just as
ruary and chilly,
white swan cars
n than a new au
ed out of their
! when you touch
ewhere the swan
flowers and all
xquislte, beautiful
d jewels and lov
Is very, very de
ild on St. Valen
itement is beating
«sphere Into qulv
n a far-away cor
e time when you
'erhaps you didn't
tion as the Small
ings didn't some
—and perhaps it's
o little that you
any sacrifice so
son shall have
deprivations that
things mean and
n.
me strange whis
lentine. You won
e man who came
the orchard. It
to you. because
and you had so
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HIS ONE DAY TO GET EVEN.
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much to get acquainted with in a big
strange world.
The other children talked knowing
ly about a St. Valentine's box. Next
day they filed In one after another,
and into a big wooden box they
dropped white envelopes. When
school was about to be dismissed the
Beautiful Lady who took care of all
the children opened up the mysterious
affair and took out the envelopes one
by one, calling the name of the little
boy or girl.
You held your breath. When would
yours come? Ah! exquisite moment
of anticipation! Your heart—such a
tiny little silly, lovable heart, too—
fairly ceased to beat, for every mo
ment you expected that your name
would be spoken. The other children
were busy showing their white lacs
valentines, and never noticed the wist
ful little face in a far-back seat.
It was all over. The box was empty.
The Beautiful Lady closed her desk.
The children ran for their hats and
coats. You placed two soiled fat lit
tle hands to two very moisty-misty
eyes and felt your first great sorrow.
You did, didn't you? Well, if you
didn't, I did.
The heart of a child is so sensitive
a flower. A thought will crush it—a
tear will bruise it.
Husband Sent Burlesque Valentines
and Had His Wife Guessing.
"Say, old fellow," said Brown,
he laid his hand familiarly on Potter's
shoulder, "didn't I see you in the
stationer's a day or two ago looking at
valentines?"
"You probably did, as I was 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 cen
"1 Get a Hundred of the Meanest Bur
lesque Valentines I Can Find."
tury. You don't say that 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 pigheaded and
touchy, and the only way 1 can get
even with her is on Valentine's day.
Then I get 100 of the meanest bur
lesque valentines 1 can find and send
them to her, and for the next three
months she'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."
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
This man whose homely face you look upon,
Was one of Nature's masterful. great men;
Born with strong arms, that unfought battles won,
Direct of speech, and cunning with the pen.
Chosen for large designs, he had the art
Of winning with his humor, and he went
Straight to his mark, which was the human heart;
Wise, too, for what he could not break he benL
Upon his back a more than Atlas load,
The burden of the commonwealth, was laid;
He stooped, and rose up to it; though the road
Shot suddenly downward, not a whit dismayed.
Hold, warriors, councilors, kings! All now give place
To this dead Benefactor of the race!
—Richard Henry Stoddard.
Abraham Lincoln
BORN 1809—DIED 1865.
ull«rt
T O all but a few—certainly
not more than a score,
perhaps not more than a
dozen—It is news that
Abraham Lincoln was hit
by a bullet fired by a
"Johnny Reb" In battle. The histor
ies do not record It, nor the biograph
ies. Those who saw the occurrence
thought little of it at the time, so
pressing was the work they had in
hand, and the president is not known
ever to have mentioned the incident.
Concerned only with the welfare of
a sundered nation and its suffering
millions, and least of all with self, it
Is probable that no thought of the
experience recurred to him at any
time in the period of stress and anx
iety and important occupation that
followed another bullet, less honest,
that took away his life.
On the morning of July 12, 1S64,
a young lieutenant-colonel of the Six
ty-flfth New York volunteers, standing
just outside Fort Stevens, one of the
series of forts that completely sur
rounded and guarded Washington,
saw President Lincoln walking fear
lessly among his soldiers, discussing
the conditions and circumstances of
the then impending attack upon the
city by Gen. Early and his confeder
ate forces, while a battle raged out
side the ^breast works.
When the bombardment of Sumter
was in progress Walker, the confed
erate secretary of war, making a fiery
speech at Montgomery, Ala., declared:
"The flag which now ■ flaunts the
breeze here will float over the dome
of the old capitol at Washington be
fore the first of May."
That boast appeared In the same
issue of the newspaper that printed
President Lincoln s call for troops,
and intensified the fears for the se
curity of the capital already great
because of the probable secession of
Virginia and the doubt as to the po
sition of Maryland.
President Lincoln realized how
much depended on his holding Wash
ington. The loss of the capital doubt
less would result In European recog
nition of the confederacy: the spirit
of the North would be broken, despair
would follow, discouragement, defeat.
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WHEN LINCOLN WAS KILLED.
Long Night of "Black Friday" in the
War Telegraph Offices.
I remember the long night of Friday,
April 14. that black day In our coun
try's history when the hate and cruelty
embodied in four years of bloody war
culminated In one stroke of madness,
aimed at the life of one who himself
bad only "charity for ail." with "malice
toward none." Although I was on duty
in the cipher room that evening. I
have no distinct remembrance of any
thing that occurred prior to the mo
ment when some one rushed into the
office with blanched face, saying:
"There is a rumor below that Presi
dent Lincoln has been shot In Ford's
theater." Bjfore we could fully take
in the awful import, other rum. rs
reached us, horror following fast u^.-t
horror; the savage attack upon Secre
tary Seward, and the frustrated ef
forts to react and kill Vice-President
.inb-«nn. °_v.reiary t, —.~o rtrd -'»her
members of the government An hour
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So he bent his first efforts to de
fending the seat of government from
those who would set up there a new
nation not conceived in liberty.
His deep anxiety in those days be
fore the troops arrived and when
Beauregard's army was said to be ap
proaching. will be recalled by all who
have read the story of the war. Af
ter the arrival of the Seventh New
York regiment of "dandies," who
dined at Delmonlco'B before departing
and the Massachusetts and Rhode
Island regiments of farmers, mechan
ics and tradespeople, the capital was
in no danger until the attack of Gen.
Early, when the Incident of Col.
Roome's story occurred.
When the fortifications were thrown
up around the capital Lincoln knew of
every detail of the work, consulted
with tho men In charge, informed and
advised them. It was. therefore, no
occasion of comment when he left
the White House on this July 12 and
walked among the yoldlers. They
stood, ready for action, behind the
walls while from the plain below came
the sound of conflict.
Gen. Early's own story of his move
ment tqion Washington shows the
situation in the confederate ranks on
that day. He had approached Wash
ington from the north. Having heard
that the outer works were feebly
manned, he meant to take them by
surprise, but before his first divis
ion could be brought up, he says, ho
saw a cloud of dust in the rear of the
works and soon a column of men
In blue filed Into them on the right
and left. Then skirmishers were
thrown out in front, while an artil
lery fire was opened on the confeder
ates from a number of batteries.
"Our skirmishers were all thrown
to the front," wrote Gen. Early, "driv
ing those of the enemy to the cover
of their works, and we proceeded to
examine the fortifications In order to
ascertain If it was practicable to car
ry them by assault. They were found
lo be exceedingly strong and consisted
of what appeared to be inclosed forts
for heavy artillery, with a tier of low
er works In front of each, pierced for
an immense number of guns, the
whole being connected by curtains
with ditches in front and strength
ened by palisades and abattis. The
timber had been felled within cannon
range all around and left on the
ground, making a formidable obstacle,
and every possible approach was
raked with artillery."
Thus it would seem that President
Lincoln Incurred little danger on the
day when he went about wltbln the
fortification wails. But that he wax
in some danger Is shown by Col
Roome's story.
of this awful suspense, and then we
received word from Maj. Eckert, who
had gone quickly to Secretary Stan
ton's house In K street, and from there
with the secretary to the house on
Tenth street, opposite the theater, to
which the president had h**en carried
after having been «hot by John Wilkes
Booth. This message merely assured
us of the present safety of Blanton,
while confirming our worst fears con
cerning the president.
A relay of mounted messengers was
at once established by Maj. Eckert,
and all night long they carried bulle
tins in the handwriting of Secretary
Stanton addressed to Gen Mi, New
York city, which were at once given
to the press and sent over the wires
throughout the country. The awful
ness of the t rag*vl y hushed us Into si
lence As the hours slowly passed,
hope revived fitfully as some sentence
offered faint encouragement that the
pi„-(rm«i Of«- might, ;«-rhaps. be jpax-J
to complete its chosen work ; but at
about 7:30 a. m„ April 15, the tension
gave away and we knew that our be
tm -d president was gone from us for
eve*.
HEAD OF KEEP COMMISSION
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Copyright by WaMon FfeWW**
Charles Hallam Kesp, formerly aesletant secretary of the treaeury, la
chairman of tha commlaalon appointed by the president to reorganize the
old-time methods In uea in practically alt of tha govarnmant departments.
Much of the red-tape has bean abolished by tha body and tha gevarnmant
eervica generally revolutionized. Before entering tha govarnmant service, Mr.
Keep was a Buffalo lawyer.
BOA T AND BALLOON
BROOKLYNITE INVENTS MACHINE
TO CONQUER AIR AND SEA.
Vessel Built with Wings Like a Bird
and Can Keep on Water for '
Days at a Tima—Craft Pat
ented in 8ix Countries.
Brooklyn.—A combination boat
and hnlloon—a thing that shall sail on
the water and then, by letting go a
little ballast, rise like a bird to any
height from which to drop lyddite
shells on vessels of an enemy's fleet,
a nautical freak, both fish and bird—
is what A. Perry Hllven of Brooklyn
claims to have Invented, lie declares
he has patented his Invention In six
countries, and says that if It were not
mechanically perfect patents would
not have been granted by so many
governments.
Mr. Bliven has been a working in
ventor for 40 years. He Is considered
an expert on boiler and marine en
gineering. He is also a yacht deslgn
PAR80NS PET 8ERMON 8TOLEN,
Pastor Must Scourge Money Changers
at 8ome Later Date.
Pittsburg, Pa —Rev. Dr. W. T Retd,
pastor of the First United Presby
terian church on Fifth avenue, the
largest church of that denomination In
the city, Is aa angry as hi* calling will
permit.
For two weeks he has been at work
on a sermon on the topic "Christ
Cleanse* the Temple," expecting to
deliver It and later to have it printed
in the United Presbyterian. He has
been much worked up over the finan
cial flurry, and decided to make It the
topic of his sermon. Despite the fact
that his congregation Includes many
wealthy persons, he handled the
money lenders severely
I)r. Reid had the manuscript In the
desk of his study and Intended to com
mit It to memory. Borne time during
the night robbers got into the church
through one of tb« memorial windows.
After robbing the collection boxes
they went to the pastor's study and
looted his desk A number of papers
were taken, among them the sermon.
Dr. Reid had to depend on a sermon
that has done duty before.
"I've only one consolation," he
sighed; "maybe the mlscreauts will
read the sermon and It may reform
them. Who can tell ?'*
As She Understood It.
Mr. Htubb (with illustrated weekly)
—Martha, here Is a picture entitled.
"Docking an Ocean Greyhound."
Mrs. Btubb (flaring up)—1 just don't
want to see it. I think there should
be a law against clipping off a poor
dog's tall.—Chicago Hally News.
Providing for th* Future.
Mike—Ol'm goin t' git me lolf in
sured, Nat.
Pat—Pfwat's thot for?
Mike—So Oi'll have somethin' C
live on afther Ol'ni dead, b' gorry! —
Chicago I>aJly News.
ODD RECOVERY OF COSILY GEMS.
Woman Gets from Old-Clothes Men
Necklace Lost by Carelessness.
New York.—Mr# William D. Little
bas recovered a $12.000 p«-arl neck
lore in a manner little short of mirant
lous. A fortnight ago Mr and Mrs
Lfttie went to an opera In leaving
the opera house the n«*ekla<-e, a wed
ding gift to Mr» Little from her hus
band, became unhooked and. taking
It off. she thrust It into the pocket of
her opera cloak A day or two later
Mrs. Little gave the cloak to her
maid, having no further use for it
The maid not being able to wear the
cloak, sold it to an establishment
where women's castoff clothes are
dealt In.
That was two weeks ago. A day or
two ago the woman who runs the
clothes shop got the cloak out of a
basket, where it had been thrown
with other garments, for the purpose
of renovating it. in the pocket she
found the Btricg of pearls. She
thought at first they were imitation,
but when a jeweler next door told her
the value of (he necklace she nearly
er. and proteases to have sold two
steamship patents for $200,000 each.
Mr. Bliven says that he has refuged
an offer of $750,000 for tho airship pat
ent und that negotiations aro now
pending between the ayndicate of own
er* and European capitalists for the
sale of the foreign patenta for $1,760,
000 , or a pro rata value for each coun
try, while the North American patents
are being put Into a trust, at a valu
ation of $500,000.
The ship consista of a huge egg
shaped silk bag, containing hydrogen
raa, encased in an aluminum cover.
This rests on a small hull, shat>ed like
u boat, though with twice the amount
of beam generally allowed a boat.
Propellers on the side of the hydro
gen hag and a propeller at the stern
of the hull drive the bird boa! forward.
Illuminating gas la used for fuel, and
the propellers are reversible, so that
the boat can he turned quickly.
As all the weight of the craft Is In
the hull and the lifting pwer Is aloft,
the airship should keep right side up
SECRETARY OF WAR WILLIAM H. TAFT
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(.»sorte** o Waldo* rowed«.
The cabinet member who undoubtedly etande closer to President Roose
velt than any of the others I* th# secretary of war, and according to thoaa
who are supposed to know he is the president's choice as his successor In
the White House. He recently returned from a trip around the world.
CORN LIKE CENTURIES AGO.
CORN LIKE
Ear Similar to That of Ancients Grown
by Freak of Nature.
Dos Moines, la.— Natur«- forgot Ita
centuries of education near Adel last
fall, and by some strange freak pro
iluced corn as it was originally found
In Its wild state. The ear of corn Is
the most remarkable ever shown In
the corn belt At sbout the middle of
one side of the ear a little sprig came
out. extending about four Inches long.
At first glance It looks like a por
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the shop showed the name of the
maid from whom the cloak had been
purchased and the jewels were re
turned t«J Mrs Little, who, believing
them sately docked up In her Jewel
safe, had not missed them.
Fire at Her Funeral.
Brockton. Mars.—While the funeral
of Mr*. Fannie Melsel. who dl«td from
burns received recently, was taking
place the wlad blew a curtain into the
flame cf a candle at the head of the
coffin a:id It caught fire. During the
«xrBemont among th>- mourner» on« ,
of them rushed out and pulled lu box !
21. the same box that previously sum
mimed the department to the fire at
which the woman was burned
The curtain was torn form Its
fastenings and the fire put out. and
when the firemen arrived they found
the mourner* leaving the house and
the coffin being borne down stairs.
An ordinary mortal may try to rep
resent himself as an angel who
ptiancoil tn « 1 ' h J
when in flight. Also the aids pro
filers have a ateadylog effect—based
m the mechanical principle of the
-yro wheel.
The boat can be made to rite by
-rtlng out water ballast, for hull and
tag weigh less than the air displaced
Die ship can be brought back to the
va ter by letting out some of the hy
lrogen gas in the bag.
The upper part or egg shaped
iluminum balloon, according to the
!eta!!s of construction, contains hydro
ten gas of a lifting power 15 per cent,
{rester than Is required to raise the
velght of the boat. The balloon la put
nto the aluminum frame through
nanholea while in a state of collapse.
When the gas has been pumped in the
t pertu res the aluminum covert are
sealed so that no gaa can escape.
Below the aluminum body la the
hull which contains a cabin, engine
room. two apartments for kerosene,
two for water ballast, and 30,000 cubic
feet of Illuminating gas. As this Il
luminating gas also has great lifting
power, the work of the hydrogen bag
la made easier. In order not to make
the boat too light, the water ballast la
carried in sufficient quantity to offset
the lifting power of the Illuminating
gaa. As the gaa Is used up. the water
ballast Is allowed to run out.
The kerosene la kept on hand In
order that fuel will If ready should
the Illuminating gaa escape. The hull
of the boat la made watertight and
seaworthy. Ua supporting power be
ing five time* the weight of the bag.
cabin, engines, ballast, and other
parts.
Directly over the side propeller«
and attached to the aluminum egg, are
wide wluga, sloping ns those of a bird
This, the Inventor contends, If the
hydrogen gas should escape, would
serve aa a parachute, and prevent tho
boat front falling with dangerous ve
locity.
The inventor claims tho following
special advantages for the lillven air
ship:
It can let driven over the surface
of the water for days at a time, and
then he made to rise by letting out
the witter ballast
The form of the ship Is such that It
can l>e driven through the air with the
maximum amount of apeed attainable
by Us engines.
By the arrangement of Its screws It
can lie handled In air as readily as a
modern «team yacht on the water.
It can tako flights of many dBys,
owing to Its space for crew, provi
sions, etc.
It can be constructed In any jjze
up lo 600 feet in length, having a
carrying capacity ranging from 500 to
100,000 pouud*. Independent of It*
weight, which moans that Its passen
ger capacity may be from three to
300 men.
• As an engine of war It would bo ter
ribly effective, and for meteorological
und geographical observations B
would be Invaluable.
The Inventor has proved ail hla
Ideas, he says, on a model airship five
feet long. He has obtained (talent«
In the United Mates, Canada, Great
Britain. France, and Italy, so far, and
ho has made requisitions for patent«
In other lands.
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lion of the tassel bearing corn. Bui
It Is not a tassel It Is a head like
thut of any small grain, having little
cutis. In some of which perfect grains
of corn have formed
It Is claimed this was the original
form of corn by agronomists who
have si-en It and that centuries of cul
tivation has brought It to the present
form.
To Be Hidden from the World.
A man's folly ought to be his great
est secret.—Chinese Proverb.
MAN OLD AS HIS ARTERIES.
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Test Plan Adopted for Retiring Mem
bers of Chicago Police Fores.
Chicago.—Policemen lu Chicago are
to be retired In the order of the hard
ness of their arteries
"It has been determined beyond dis
pute that a man U as old as his ar
teries," said Health Commissioner
Evans, in explaining the plan on
which the retiring board will work
While It is a universal rule that as
a man grows older hi* arteries harden,
yet the process of hardening does not
move evenly with the years. The ar
tterles of a man of 50 may be harder
than those of anulher man of 65. It
dei-ende on the way be has lived."
The machine for testing the arteries
is a hollow rubber band put around
the biceps of tbe arm and connecting
with a rubber tube which runs to a
common putnp bulb in the haud. By
working the bulb tbe person being ex
amined forces air Into the band around
tbe arm until It swells enough to stop
the pulse. A mercury standard at
tached Indicates hus much pressure
this takes.