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Lincoln, Master of Men
CoftyrlSlu, 191. by American Pi-cm Associativa.
Wisdom -no school ever taught;
Justice rib court ever knew;
Humble and mighty, God's man,
paradox
Lincoln, the stalwart, the true!
Love beyond power of speech,
Greatness beyond mortal ken,
Truth beyond power of the sages
1 to teach , ; - -.
Lincoln, master of men.
- , Rose VenB. Speecc.
NO NEWS l NOT ALWAYS GOOD
NEWS, ACCORDING TO A
STORY TOLD BY ABRA-
HAM LINCOLN.
On of the) stories persistently attrib
uted to Lincoln was that referring to
the brand of General Grant's whisky.
That was disowned by Lincoln, who
referred to Its prototype when George
IX " remarked,' upon being tola that
General Wolfe, then In command of
lh English forces in Canada,' 'was
oad. that he wished Wolfe would bite
me of his other generals. ' :"
'a the fall Of 1861 Lincoln entered
telegraph office where Mr. Bates,
1 writes these reminiscences i in
Vs ' Weekly," was employed and
for news from the front ' Mana
fllson replied,' "Good news,' toe
Voue, whereupon Lincoln said,
young friend, that role does
Vs bold good, for fisherman
Vnsider It good Inck -when be
AV blte. Daria TJouer Bates' ,
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LINCOLN'S ADDRESS TO THE
CITIZENS OF SPRINGFIELD
ON LEAVING FOR
WASHINGTON,
- My friends, no ens not' in my pew
sitien can appreoiate the sadness I
feel at this parting. To thie people
I owe all that I am. Here I have ,
lived more than a quarter of a oen
tury. Here my children were born,
and here one of them lie burled.
I know not how eoon I ehall eee you ,
. again. A duty develvea upon me
which Is greater, perhaps, than any
that has devolved upon any ether
man einee the daye of Washington. -He
never would have eucceeded ox
cap t for tha aid of divine Providence,
upon which he at all timea relied.
. feel that t cannot suoceod without
the eame divine aid which sustain
ed him, and upon the eame Al
mighty Being I place my reliance)
for support and hope you, my
friends, will pray that t may re--ceive
the divine aaaiatanoo without
whloh I cannot succeed. Again I
bid you all an affectionate farowolL
III AA A iViiiMMWS
Kill ' irnii . . m HFHTtii hi i ' ii r
VI I I I I 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 MfH'll Ml
Lincoln's Strange Dream f
Before His Death
M..H.-M"M Mil I 1 111 I'M l"hl
T noon of the day on which Lin-
coin was shot a cabinet meet
A"jA ing was held, which the presi
dent attended, accompanied by
General Grant The meeting was thus
described by one of the men who were
present Gideon Welles, secretary of
the navy.
"Congratulations were Interchanged
and earnest inquiry was made wheth
er any information bud been received
from General Sherman. General Grant,
who was Invited to remain, said ' he
was expecting hourly to1 hear from
Sherman and bad a good deal of anxie
ty on the subject of the movements of
bis army. .
"The president remarked that news
Would come soon, and come favorably,
he had no doubt for he bad last night
his usual dream which bad preceded
nearly every important event of the
war. I inquired the particulars of this
remarkable dream. He said It was in
my department it related to the wa
ter; that be seemed to be In a singular
and indescribable 'vessel, but always
the same, and that be was moving with
great rapidity toward a dark and in
definite shore: that be had bad this
singular dream preceding tbe firing od
"THE NEWS WILL COME," 8AIP LINCOLN.
Sumter, tbe buttles of Bull Run. Antie-
tam. Gettysburg, Stone River. Vlcks
burg. WllmiriKton and many other im
portant events of tbe war.
"""General Grant remarked with some
emphasis and asperity that Stone Rlv
er was no victory, that a few such vic
tories would have ruined tbe country,
and be knew of no important results
from It. The president said that per
hops be should not altogether agree
with him, but whatever mis tit be tbe
fnctq bis singular dream preceded that
fight . '
"Victpry did not always follow his
dream, but the event and results were
important Be bad no doubt that a
battle hud taken place or was being
fought, 'and Johnston will be beaten,
for I bad this strange dream again last
night It must relate to Sherman; my
thoughts are in that direction, and I
know of no other very important event
Which is likely just now to occur."' '
$ HOW LINCOLN AMUSED EX-
PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
N J one. J842. relates "The
I Everyday Life of Abraham
Lincoln." ex-President Van
Buren was Journeying through
Illinois with; a company of f
friends. When near Springfield ?
iney were ueiuyeu vt unu u i,
4 and were compelled to spend the
nigbt at Rochester, some miles I
out The accommodations at ?
this place were very poor, and a J
few of tbe ex-president's Spring-
Old friends proposed to go out
to meet him and try to aid in en- f
tertalning him. Knowing Lin- f
coin's ability as a talker and
story teller, they begged him to
go witb them and aid in making
their guest at the country Inn
pass the evening as pleasantly
bb possible. Lincoln, witb bis
usual good nature, went witb
them and entertained the party
for hours with 'graphic descrip
tions of western life, anecdotes
and witty stories. ; Judge Peck,
who was of the party and a
warm friend of the ex-president
says that Lincoln was at his best
and declares, "I never passed a
more joyous night" There was
a constant succession of brilliant
anecdotes and funny stories, ac
companied by loud laughter, in
which Van Buren bore his full
share. "He also," says the
Judge, "gave us Incidents . and
anecdotes of Ellsha Williams
and other leading members of
the New York bar and going
back to the days of Hamilton
and Burr. Altogether there was
a right merry time, and Mr. Van
Buren said tbe only drawback
upon his enjoyment was that his
sides were tore from laughing at
Lincoln's stories for a week
thereafter."
Young Washington's
Behavior Rules
A rimed version of those he put In his
copybook when he was fourteen years
old
Copyright, 1S14, by American Press Asso
ciation. -
Wear not your clothes foul, ripped or
dusty.
Speak not when others speak.
At times when you should hold your
peace "
To talk you must not seek. , '
Walk not when others would stop walk-
' ing.
Pay men no compliment
In flattery, yet honest praise
Bestow with good intent.
In time of mirth be never doleful
In what you have to say.
Whene'er your mouth is full of meat
Your speech you must delay.
In company read not your letters
Except in case of need,
And then ask leave of every one
Ere you the letters read.
When some one in the room is writing
You must not then come near
To read his lines, unless he bids,
Nor with him interfere.
. Grace McKinstry.
Two Stories of !
Washington
Edward Everett Hale's Character
istic Anecdotes of the
Great General.
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Before bis death the late Edward Ev
erett Hale prepared for-the Outlook
Magazine a series of papers entitled
"Menimles of a Hundred Years." Nat
urally tbey were not all bis own mem
ories, but included those of his father
and other intimates. In one install
ment he told these two stories of
Washington:
"An old parishioner of mine once
told me that tbe day when Washing
ton entered Boston in triumph that is.
on the 17tb of March,' 1776 he took
up his headquarters at the best public
house in Boston, which was at tbe
bead of State street, until then called
King street According to my old
friend's account, General Howe had
occupied the same Inn. Tbe mother
of my informant was the daughter of
tbe keeper of the inn and was a little
girl playing about tbe bouse and; of
course, ' interested in all that passed
Washington, with bis usual kindness
to children, called tbe child to him and
said: 'You have seen tbe soldiers on
both sides. Which do you like best?
The little girl could not tell a lie any
more than he could, and with a child
"TBS, UT DBAS, THB REDCOATS 10 LOOK
THE BEST, BUT IT TAKES THK KAUUBU
BOYS TO DO THB FIGHTING." -
tsb frankness she said she liked the
redcoats best Washington laughed,
according to my friend's story, and
said to her, 'Yes, my dear, the redcoats
do look the best but it takes the rag
Bed boys to do the fighting.' This is
one of many well authenticated anec
dotes which disprove the old demigod
theory that Washington never smiled.
"When I was in college Jared Sparks.
always a near friend, was lecturing
on American history. I stopped aftei
the lecture to ask him some question.
and be told me this story of the bat
tie of frlnceton. ,1 dare not call It my
personal touch with the Revolution,
but It removes me from it by only one
gap. Sparks told me of the Massachu
setts officer, wnose name he did not
give me, who was at .Princeton on
the day of the battle. There is a cer
tain bridge, which the well Informed
reader will remember. which . It was
Important to destroy. Washington in
structed this Massachusetts captain to
take a Die of men and destroy the
bridge. The captain touched h's hat
and saM. 'Are there enough men?" and
Washington said, "Enough to be cut to
pieces.' TMs gentleman told - Dr.
Sparks afterward that as be went back
to his men be pinched his cheeks for
r that they should see that he was
pale, and tbey destroyed be bridge." -
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WASHINGTON is dead; This great man struggled against
tyranny. He has achieved the liberty of his country. His
memory will be cherished forever bv the French oeoole. as
by all freemen of the
the French soldiers, who, like Washington and the American soldiers,
fought for equality and liberty. Therefore the First Consul directs
that for ten days crape be hung on all the flags and guidons of the
republic. Napoleon (Order to the Army, Champs de Mars, 1800).
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THEY WON PRIZES
FROM WASHINGTON.
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. The Washington headquarters
house, containing many relics of
tbe Revolution, in now the chief
feature of Interest at Valley
Forge. One of the relics is a
powderhorn tlie history of.
which serves to Indicate the piti
ful poverty of the army. During
the winter the ramp butcher sav
ed the horns of the cattle be
slaughtered. Many of the men
needed powderborns. When he
had thirty horns in his collection
there were so nmti.v boruless pa
triots that a small civil war
arose In camp over tbe distribu- S
tion of the prizes Jeneral Wash- J
Injjton said: ' '
. "I shall write mi this paper a j
certain number Itetween 1.500
ami "2.rtH, The thirty men guess- ,J
'ing nearest to the number shall $
receive horns:"' f
One long headed patriot guess- ?
ed 1770. the year of the Declare-
tion. He hit the nail square on
the head nn.1 got his pick of the
horns. , '
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WHAT THEY THOUGHT
ABOUT WASHINGTON.
Few men who have earned for
themselves a celebrated name in
the history of tha world exhibit
such a harmony, such a con
cordant symmetry of all tha
qualities calculated to render
himself and btners happy, as
Washington, and it has been
very appropriately observed
that, like the masterpieces of
ancient art, he must be the more
admired in the aggregate the
more cloaely he is examined in
detail. George von Raumer
(Holland).
Thou hast a name whose character
' of light shall ne'er depart;
'TIs stamped upon the dullest brain
and warms the coldest heart,
A warcry fit for any land where
freedom's to be won.
"Land of the west I It stands stone
it 1 thy Washington." .
:-ElliaCook England).
The talents and the great ao
tions . of . General Washington
have secured to him in the eyes
of all Europe the truly sublime
'itle .ef the "Liberator of Ameri
ca." -Count d'Estaing (France).
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