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KEW LIKE OF EDI f ATIOXAL RE
SEARCH TAKER IP IX
IOWA
IT IS PRACTICAL CHILD STUDY
ICroivlo«lrc Obtained n Great Help
to Teachers, Knalvlln^ Them to
Avoid Overburdening the
Childly Mirid.
DES MOINES, Dec. IC—The lowa Child
Btudy society, in co-operation with the
department of psychology of the state
university, has started an original line
<>: educational investigation «n Jowi, the
explanation and illustration of which will
• eeupy nearly the. entire time of the
Bcciety in its meeting here Dec. i>\ at
she time of the autumn meeting of tho
State Teachers' association.
For many years since the lise of the
widespread interest in child study among
teachers and psychologists, supe.rintend
dents of school have felt the need of a
definite system of simple and practical
tests, which could be used by the average
tf acher, . which should not involve the
use of expensive and unprocurable ap
paratus and which sho-uld. determine the '-i
physical and in. nnl eoadition o: the pupil j
In his relation to normal hygienic etand
a rds. _
Th:s is the work which the Child Study
society is seeking to have taken up. A
committee was appointed a year ago to
prepare a series of practical tests for
this purpose and to secure the nScessaryj
apparatus. The "committee consists of
Prof. G, T. \Y. Patrick, of ih<>. state uni
versity, Supt. 11. B. Hayden and Supt.
C. 8.. Findlay. The department Vo£ psy
ahology in the state university, of which
Prof. Patrick is the head, had been work
ing along this line for more Than a year
previously. A class in child study in
this department hod made tests of about
200 children In the public schools In lowa
City in the spring of 1898. About the
*time number were tested in the.spring
of 1900.
METHOD PROVES SUCCESSFCb.
The plan of this series of tents has been
■worked out by Dr. C. E. Seashore, of the
department of psychology, who invented
many of the new instruments now being
used in the tests. The instruments and
methods have all been thoroughly testi I
in the psychological laboratory of the
state university, and the trials of the
tests referred to led to many Improve
ments, which are now embodied in a
Berles of tests of about 1,030 children in
the schools of West Dcs Moines. The
lest in brief are a follows:
1. Registration and Observation—
includes (1) the recording of data ob
tained from the teachers and the school
registers In regard to age, grade, stand
big, physical condition and mental abil
ity, and (2) systematic observation In le
pard to condition of throat and nose,
developmental defects, signs of defective
nutrition, balance, motility, irritability,
steadiness, speech and breathing, man
ners, etc.
2. Physical Measurements and Statis
tics-—The height, weight, pulse, cnest
measure, chest expansion and ■ lunp: ca
pacity are measured. Then statistics are
collected to determine the distribution of
the child's time in mental and. physical
work, 'play and sleep. Notes are also
m ide on diseases that the child may have i
liß«2p aml on the present apparent condi
tion of health. -
3. Fatigue—A so-called fatigue curve
is. obtained by means of a new instru
ment called the cgrograph. This Instru
menl gives a graphic record of the
amount of work that can be done by a !
particular sot o£ muscle*. The fatigue i
curve' sivc^; an exact answer to the fol- i
1. wing questions: How strong is the
j'hild? What is his power of endurance? >
and how good is his control over his !
bodily movements?
4 Bight—There is nothing new in this 1
Ifst. Examination is made for riear- I
sightecmess, astigmatism, errors in tho ]
rye muscles and other signs of c\e weak
ness. .
':. Hearing—The child's hearing ability
is tested for each ear. The tost is made
with an audiometer, a new and delicate
Instrument invented by Dr. Seashore.
C Musical Ability—'One of the condi
tions for the enjoyment and production of
musii is the ability to notice differences
in pitch. The child's ability to detect
differences in pitch Is measured by means
uf a graded series of tuning forks.
7. Attention and Volition—ln this test
r. new instrument, called tho psycliera<.
meter is used. It is an instrument by
which capacity for mental work may be
measured. The child is required to !
ir.ake 100 discriminations and selective vo- I
litions, all of the same kind and vi der
ihe same conditions. The record Bhows
<■) how long it takes to do it. (2) how
accurately it is done, (3) the degree of
Tontinuous application of attention, and
<4) control of voluntary movements.
VALUE OF THE TESTS.
"These experiments have a threefold
value," said Prof. Patrick. "First, they
are practical tests of direct advantage
lo the individual children, revealing 10
them any deviation from normal develop
ment in respect to height, weight, fa
t:gue. sight hearing, etc.; second, they
Kive to the university students instruc
tion in child study and training In the
i.se of methods and aparatus; third,
they furnish a collecfon of data of great
value to the sciences of teach'ng and
psychology. Could these studies be made
upon a larger number of children in
many < iti^s of the state, the scientific
value of the data thus gathered would
he exceedingly great. The present series
« f" tests is, however, somewhat experi
mental. Its aim is to determine how
many of these exercises are of practical
value and how much of this kr.v.l oZ work
51 may be possible and profitable for
teachers In the public schools to under
take.
"The results are private and are com
piled and ariaylzed by the instuctor and
i rincij.al of the school. If defect? are
discovered, for instance, of sight, henr
itig. nervous condition or muscular con
trol; the principal may advise the par
< nis of the chiid and proper attention be
Kiven to '■ the ' remedying of the defect.
Nothing, however, is compulsory or ofii
rial. Valuable data arc collected which
may be used if desired by pupils, teach
ers or parents. In some cases a yhysi
cian's examination may be recommended.
In others, special kinds of exercise, rest,
excuse from certain forms of strain,
change of seat, etc., may be found ad
j'isable."
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The tests now being ma-io in D«'s
Moines will cover only the children in
ihe grades io the number of about 1.000.
'Phis work is under the direction of Dr.
Marian A. Howe, and is a part of her
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work as a candidate for the degree of
doctor of philosophy iiv'.the * state: univer
sity. Only about 200 eUP'lren have bean
tested thus, far," so thatTno_- dS-Sl^L? re
bult£ can Ue ylVch.' No child is "compelled
against its will or the . objection of its
parents to undergo the test.g, but there
has been no objection to it from any one,
and the liveliest interest '.E felt in the
work by the parents, the children and the
teachers, all of whom are- benfited. by
the information thus gained. Eight of
tho kindergarten teachers assist Dr.
Howe in making the tests. The tests r.re
made two days in each veek,. and, ten
children are tested each' time.' It requires
about forty minutes for^each individual.
One of the most interesting tests ii
that of musical ability. Recent discov
eries have demonstrated that many chil
dren fire physically incapable of^lsarn
ing or understanding music ' because of
inability to distingui?!} difference in pitch.
"To such children as the£C,"r»ays Prof.
Patrick, "musical training is v.oie-e than
useless. It is cruel:" 'The"child who can
distinguish a difference of,.' three vibra
tions per second in pitch is .the excep
tion. Many children .who have had from
one to three years of piano teachinpr are
shown to be unable to distinguish differ
ences of from tlfteeu to thirty vibrations
a second in pitch, which means .that they
are altogether unable to appreciate mu
sic; that is, to eoniprehend what n^usi
cians term harmony. They may enjoy
meiody because the . differences. in plt?h
are very great, but the higher" cla?s of
music is wasted upon them.
FEW CASES OP 1 DEFECTIVE ETE-
BIGHT.
Dr. Howe says that she has been sur
prised to find the'excellent conaraon <f
the eyesight of the chi'dren. Tlie;e is
very little defective eysight among the
children tested thus far, and they repre
sent all classes and ages. Another thi.Tg
she has discovered is that chest expan
sion is not necessarily an indication of
lung power, since the.chevt may be ex
panded by muscular means alria!* without a
corresponding inflation of the lungs.
A very interesting and curious probem
is brought out in the muscular test? by
the fact that several children can distin
guish a greater difference in pitch with
one ea r than with the other. If tViis is a
brain power, it is asked, does one sidd of
the brain act (independently of the other
in this respect, cr is the difference in ap
prehension due to the more delicate con
struction of one ear as compared with thj
other?
In the meeting of th> Ch'ld Study so
ciety Dec. 26 Dr. Seashore will explain ths
methods and apparatus used in these
tests, and the apparatus will be on exhibi
tion. Prof. Patrick will also give an al
-dress on the subject, and Dr. Howe will
explain the work now in progress In Das
Moines. Miss Amelia Morton, principal
of the Irving Fchool In this city, will
speak on "The Practical Use Resulting
From These Experiments."
SEEKIXG HER CHILDBEX."
Mrs. I slier Wants to Locate Three
:.i.d Care for Them.
ST. CI.OUD. Mian.. Dec. 16,—(Special.)
—Mrs. Mary U«?her, of Seattle. Wash., is
in St. Cloud en a strange mission. She is
endeavoring to find her children. Nine
years ago Mrs. Usher was living in St.
Cloud. She has been bereaved of her
husband and was making a losing fi.^ht
against poverty to support her four
chiidren. Finally, almost worn out by the
struggle, she placed her three mialler
children in the hands of her brother,
Isrreal Pfaff, of this city and hoping
to better her conditions went to Minn
eapolis to find work. There she found
employment and contributed regularly to
the maintenance of the children until
sickness overpowered her. Pfaff had a
family of his own and eventually ap
pealed to the city for relief. Judge
Bruener, vn Sept. 11, 38SI, ordered the
children sent to the state school at
Owatonna. As is the usual custom child
ren sent to this school are found homes
for by the state in good families and this
seems to have been done in this case,
for when Mrs. Usher and her attorney,
of Seattle, visited the state school In
the early part of the week, she found
the children no longer in the institution.
Mrs. Usher and her attorney, Mr. liobin
son, spent the day in copying the records
in the case. Mr. Robinson gave out that
Mrs. Usher is now In circumstances
amply sufficient Io care for her children,
and is very anxious indeed to secure
them, as is evident from the fact that
Bhe came all the way from Seattle to
secure them.
It has been circulated to some extent
that there are hundreds of cases of small
pox in this city, while the truth of the
matter is that there is only eleven cases
in all, and those strictly quarantined
in the western part of the city.
The normal school closed on Friday for
lt-3 Christmas vacation.
Mrs. ErVin arrived in the city today and
will spend the winter here visiting her
son, 11. C. Ervin.
E. C. Hogan. New Paynesville, repre
sentative-elect in the Fifty-fourth dis
trict, was in town Saturday. Mr. Ho
gan says he is constantly receiving in
quiries as to his position on the senatorial
situation, be he has not declared his pref
erences as 3"et.
NORTHWEST XEWS IX BRIEF.
Hokah. Minn.—Mrs. Susiana Buntzledt,
of South Ridge, is dead at eighty-six
years.
Veblen. S. D.—B. O. Stoutland was call
ed to Brooten, Minn., last Friday by a
telegram announcing the sudden death of
his father. He returned Tuesday.
Lakefield. Minn.—On Thursday, while
seme of the local shots were practicing
for the tournament, Dennis Minard, a
young man from lowa, was accidentally
shot in the back.
Appleton, Wift,—A man arrived in this
city last night who claimed to be a
wealthy ranchman from Montana, search
ing- for a wife. He exhibited 51.500;' half
of which is to go to his wife on the
wedding day. At Neenah he spent sev
eral days In a vain effort to find a wife.
Faribault, Minn.—Geo. IT. Kni-ht. the
first superintendent and organizer of the
State Sc-hool for Feeble-Minded, has been
appointed surgeon geneial of Connecti
cut. Dr. Knight since leaving Faribault
about nineteen years ago. has been su
perintendent of the 'School for Feeble-
Minded at Lakeville, Conn.
Olivia. Minn.—F. B. Thompson, of St
Paul, the gentleman who has (he con
tract for putting in the electric light
plant at this p%ce. was in town ihe foie
part of the week. The'plant is finished
and all but accepted. It is with >ut
doubt, one of the best plants for Its .;iz.e
in the state and Olivia can well feel
proud of it.
East Grand Forks, Minn.—Dr. W. K.
Stacy, the veterinary surgeon, met with
a most painful accident last evening at
the Great Northern station, where hr> had
gone to take the train for Merrilield, in
response to a summons for his Drofes
sionai services. He slipped and fell,
injuring his right lej;-.
Lanesboro. Minn.—Lewis Rubedo died
on the <iltl homestead six miles south of
Chatfleld, Dfe. 5, after an illness of two
weeks, aged ninety-one years, • four
months. Deceased was born in Montreal,
Can., and had been a resident of Minne
sota since 1554. His wife and five children
died several years ago and seven children
remain to mourn the loss of a "kind and
loving- father.
Marinette, AY is.—Sheriff Durfee, of
Wausaukee, killed a wild stoer n. ar
that place this week. It was a bull calf,
which strayed away from a farm \vh« n
only two weeks old. It became wild, and
was often seen by farmers and hunters
running with deer. When killed it was
with a doe ajjd faw_n. and being ict black,
Mr. Durfee thought he had killed a buf
falo.
I Borup, Minn.—Borup had a disastrous
j fire Tuesday nia-ht. WU'en it was dis
covered about midnight the whole inter
ior of Melberg's general store was a blase
and it rapidly spread to Anderson lit
I Pepples general store and their hard-
I ware store and Olson & Matteson's hard
j ware store. There was almost a total
loss. Mcl berg had $4,000 insurance and
had applied lor more. Anderson Sz
Pepple had $3,900 insurance. Olson &Mat
| teson liad applied for insuranoe anc! ihe
i application may be binding. It is under-
I stood all will rebuild.
Dell Ftapids. S: D.—H.. S. Barbour, ono
oi the old and respected. citizens oi Deil
Rapids, died suddenly of heart failure.
Mr. Barbour was on his way oown'tiwn
■.*«;. i ifli on the f-idewalk and in a minute
or tv/(. breatheil his hist. The deceased
was a pioneer ir-sideiu of this section ard
for many years had been engaged in busi
ness here with his fpn. ; He vyai a mem
ber of the G A, R. and the Masonic' ioJg-f
and known by everybody as a good and
upright man. The »ieei:ased leaves t \T
children, P. \v. liurbour ana Ivir x» \
Bri'.cy. •' "- - ■■ ■ ■
Hastings, Minn.—Hastings Camp No. 50,
Woodmen of tlw World, has elected the
following officers: Consul commander,
Peter Hinkery Jr.; advisory lieutenant,
Henry Reid; banker, A. fi. Uubbardi past
consul commander, Dayton Robinson
clerk, Earl B. Dotec; escort, Nicholas Mc-
Grce; physicians. Drs. A. M. Adsit and
11. G. Van Beeck; watchman, Andrew
Miller; sentry, J. W. Downs; managers,
alichael Qi-a.ua. Clarenoe Pennock, Charles
Chelgrrcen; ffeputy, John Rettlnger; dele
pte, Peter Hlnker Jr.; alternate, Nicho
las MuGree
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1900.
111 FIRST IK II
AFTER IT IS DISPOSED OF THFi
SEXATE WILD DISCUSS SUB
SIDIES FOR SHIPS
WILL BE QUIET IN THE HOUSE
Union* the River nnd Harbor Bill
Should Be Taken Up YVed
nt'Mla? or Thurs
day.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The senate
will devote the greater part of its time
this week to consideration of the Hay-
Pauncefote treaty if it should be neces^ary
to do so in order to get the ratification
resolution acted upon, and in case there
is any surplus time it will be devoted to
the consideration of the ship-subsidy
bill. None of the appropriation bills can
be reported to the senate in time for con
sideration during the week or until
after the holidays and the same may be
said of the army bill. There will be an
effort made to report the army bill dur
ing the week, and it may be successful,
but it cannot possibly be taken up before
the senate convenes after the holidays.
Senator Lodge is very hopeful of securing
an agreement tomorrow to vote upon
the treaty before the holiday adjourn
ment next Friday. The present program
of the opponents of the treaty is to have
Senator Money speak tomorrow and
other senators of the opposition in suc
cession. A number of speeches have been
promised on the subsidy bill if opportun
ity offers.
IN THE HOUSE.
Under the concurrent resolution already
passed the house will adjourn over the
holidays on Friday. The week in the
house is not likely to be important unless
the river and harber appropriation bills
be taken up Wednesday and Thursday.
There has been nothing done upon this
point, however, the bill not having yet
been reported from the committee. To
morrow is individual suspension day
under the rules, but only a brief time will
be occupied with suspension business.
Several bills to divide judicial districts
and the Lanham, Tex., claims bills wi'.l
probably be passed. The remainder of
the day under an order made yesterday
will be devoted to the consideration of
private pension bills. Tuesday has been
set aside for the consideration of District
of Columbia business.
SHE WAS TIRED OF LIFE.
liikuonn Woman Commits Suicide
in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, 0., Dec. 16.—A woman
calling herself Gladys Esmond committed
suicide here today. The suicide was care
fully planned. The bed upon which she
was found had been dragged from the
original position in order to bring it in
close proximity to the gas Jet. Over the
face of the suicide was a piece of mus
lin, upon which was stitched a quantity
of cotton batting. Fitted upon the gas
jet was a paper tube, the other end of
which was under the face covering. The
gas was then turned on. Examination of
the batting proved that it had been sat
urated with chloroform. On the bed and
within easy reach was a sharp knife.
The woman was about thirty years of
age, and it is believed she gave a ficti
tious name when she rented th e room
last Saturday. She was well dressed
and appeared to he cf considerable re
finement.
In a letter adressed to the coroner,
which was found In the room, the wom
an stated that she was an orphan and
usually made her home in Chicago; that
she had been in poor health and was
tired of life.
SOCIETY WOMEN SHOCKED.
Knrl liquuke at Santiago Interrupted
n Military Bull.
SANTIAGO, Cuba, Dec. 16.—A sharp
earthquake shock was felt here last night
about midnight. It was the most revere
that has been experienced in several
years, and almost created a panic at the
San Carlos club, where a giand ball was
in progress.
It was preceded by a dull sound Ike
a mine explosion. Two shocks followed,
the former being quite severe and the lat
ter scarcely perceptible.
At Morro castle a military ball was :n
progress, and the American women pres
ent had their first experience of an earth
quake. They expressed great interest,
but little fear.
WEATHER FOR TODAY.
Wisconsin and Minnesota—Partly cloudy
Monday and Tuesday: probably snow
Tuesday in northern portion; fresh south
erly winds, becoming brisk Tuesday.
Jowa —Fair Monday., except rain or snow
in nhe morning in e"xtreme eastern por
tion. Tuesday fair; southerly winds.
North and South Dakota—Fair Monday;
Tuesday colder and partly cloudy; prob
ably snow; south to west winds.
Montana—Fair Monday. Tuesday cold
er: probably pnow, south to west winds.
Note—The display of storm warnings
over the lake region for the season of
11MJ0 is now discontinued.
ST. PAUL.
Yesterday's observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau, St. Paul,
X F. Lyons, observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
—Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation.
Highest temperature 33
Lowest temperature 24
Average temperature 28
Doily range 9
Barometer .. .30.18
Humidity ; gg
Precipitation Trace
7 p. m. temperature 33
7 p. m. weather, cloudy; wind, south.
„ YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURES.
•Sp.m.Highi • •Sp.ra.High
Battleford ...38 Cheyenne .....48 50
Bismarck 32 44 Chicago .... 32 32
Calgany 36 4fi Cincinnati ....32 34
Duluth 2S 28 Cleveland ....18 24
Edmonton 3S 44Galveston ....58 60
Havre 46 54Marciuette 32 32
Helena 4S 50 Montgomery .54 CO
Huron 34 52Montj-eal .. .. 2 S
Medicine Hat.46 . 48 Nashville 50 56
Minnedosa ...20 34 New Orleans. s4 - C 2
Pr. Albert 16 22 New York ...20 26
Qu'Appelle ...28 32 Philadelphia .22 28
S. Current ...44 44 Pittsbun; ...'..24 26
Williston 32 .44 St. Louis ....48 48
Winnipeg .. ..26 34Salt Lake ....42 54
Buffalo ......12 IS '3. Ste. j Marie.24 ~ 24
♦Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
'" OCEAN LINERS;
NEW YORK—Sailed: Spaarndam, Rot
terdam. ■ >- ■ /• -
QUEENSTOWN—Arrived: Steamer Sax
onia. Boston for Liverpool, and proceed
ed; Campania, Liverpool for New York.
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Escursloii Rates to East Via Soo
Line.
- .For Christmas and New Year's Holi
o.ays the Soo Line will sell" round trip
tickets to all points In the East at very
lew rates. Inquire Ticket office, 379 Rob
ert street.
What Shall We
Have for Dessert?
This question arises in the family
f very day. Let us answer it to-day. Try
a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre
pared in two minutes. No boiling*! no
baking^! add boiling water and set to
cooi. Flavors:—Lemon, Orange.Rasp
berry and Strawberry. Get » pickaxe
at your grocers to-day, io cts.
I "I" Hill
NEIGHBOR TELLS STORIES OF HIS
AJRGIMBXTS BEJFORE A
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GREAT FUND OF INCIDENTS
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Law Firm of Logan & Lincoln, nn-J
',". How the Partner's Divided
Vp Their— I/effal
Business. ; c ,, .
Dr. D. B. Hill, who lived in Springfield, :
111., from 1836 to 1843, and was personally
acquainted with Abraham -*- Lincoln, is in
Kansas City visiting his son, J. c. Hill.
Dr. Hill is nearly nihety::years old. His
home is now in Abbot; Clay county,
Miss., where he has lived since 1843. He
came to Kansas City as a delegate to the
national convention of Allied Christian
Missionary societies, which held its con
vention here.
Dr. Hill has a great fund of stories to
tell about Lincoln, whom he greatly ad
mired. While living in Springfield Dr. Hill
was elected mayor of the town, and
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if you can tell me in what, part of Virginia the Rye valley is located.
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2—And then he got in his fine work.
among his duties was that of holding
mayor's court when the town jail was
full of law breakers. Lincoln practiced,
in his court. In speaking of Lincoln, Dr.
Hill said:
"When I went to Springfield, Lincoln
had not been living^ng there. He ha<l
come from the wosteWi part of the coun
ty, where he had been practicing law.
He went into partnership with Judge
Stephen T. Logan, an able lawyer. Lin
coln Avas a great mixer. He got ac
quainted with the people quickly. "When
not practicing in court he was at the
grocery stores and in the streets telling
stories. He always had .a crowd around
him listening to his yarns. There was
I never anything suggestive in his stories,
but they were funny. He captivated the
people. There was nothing he wanted in
the way of an office that the people were
not ready to give him. Lincoln treated
the rich and poor alike. No man was so
| poor that Lincoln could not stop and
I shake hands with him. Then, too, an
[ other thing which endeared: Lincoln to
Ihe people was that he was., the soul of
honor. He was always upright in his
dealings with his clients. He was not a
member of any church, but- his habits
and morals were good.
"Lincoln was not learned in the senso
of law, but he was a g^eat orator.
He told stories while arguiug in court,
and he would win the jury,. to his way
of thinking. Judge Logan, his partner,
was not an orator. Logan looked up the
law and Lincoln would do the arguing
before the jury. When an appeal was
' taken to a higher court, Lincoln would
j step out and L<ogan would see the case
through. There were some amusing fea
j tures about the law firm-of Logan and
i Lincoln. Logan had absolutely no re
j gard for dress. Why, I saw him come
into, court with his shirt on, back
side in front. Lincoln was awkward.
ungainly. He had the longest arms of
any man I ever saw.
A HORSE TRADE.
"I remember one case in the circuit
court of Springfield which caused a great
deal of laughter. A man named Jones
was trying to recover money he had paid
for a horse which proved worthless. He
insisted that he had been cheated. Lin
coln was attorney for the defendant, and
he was trying to show that the man had
injured the horse by hard riding. Squire
j Turley, one of Jones' neighbors, was put
on the witness stand by Lincoln. Now
Turley was a. queer sort of a man. Why,
if you'd ask him what his wife's rirst
name was he would stop and think awhile
before answering.
" 'Do you know Jones?' demanded Lin
coln.
"'I know him,' said Turley, after
studying for a long while.
" 'Tell the court how Jones rides.'
" 'Generally rides astraddle.'
"'Oh, I mean how fast..does he rid©
when he is in company*?' a^ked Lincoln,
who was getting embarrassed.
" 'Generally keeps up.*
" 'I mean how fast docs he ride when
he Is alone.'
"Turley studied awhile and said: 'I de
clare, Mr. Lincoln, I never as with him
when he was by himself.'
"Lincoln sat down defeated. The crowd
had the laugh on him who. so loved to
tell funny yarns at other people's ex
pense.
"Lincoln did love to get bOW of a funny
witness. He once appeared a doctor
who sued an Irishman on amount of pro
fessional services rend6Mt4l. When the
Irishman iook the standCLincoln stamped
on the floor for sinlence and demanded
of the witness: 'Wha£\!did' the doctor
give you?'
" 'Hot tay,' said the Irishman.
" 'What eise?' m
" 'Hot tay.' a
" 'And what else?'
" 'More hot lay.'
" 'Gentlemen,' said Lincoln, turning to
the jury, 'the doctor gave this man
enough tea to cure him. He should have
pay for the tea.'
"Once Lincoln was defending a man
who was accused of cheating another
ms" in a business deal," said Dr. Hill.
"Lincoln was arguing before the jury
that his client had no intention to de
fraud when the transaction occurred;
in fact, that he never thought he was
cheating the man. Pointing his finger
at Judge Logan, his partner, Lincoln
said: 'Any boy you meet in the street
knows how to put on his clothes. You
all know that Judge Logan is learned in
the law, and nohody would accuse him
of doing wrong. You will observe he has
his shirt on with the wrong side in front.
Now, the judge never Intended to do
that when he put his shirt on. You. see,
people do wrong without intending to do
so. If my client has done anything wrong
he never intended to do any more than
Judge Logan intended to put on his shirt
with the backside in front."
"Sure enough, Judge Logan had his
shirt on wrong, and the use Lincoln
made of his partner's mistake in dress
caused his client to get off free.
HARD TO BEAR DEFEAT.
"Notwithstanding h's love of stories,
*+.»:ncoln took life very seriously. lie
could not stand to be defeated. When I
was in Springfield, Lincoln and Gen.
Baker, who was killed at Leesburg,
Va., during the Civil war. made the race
for congress. Both were Whigs, and both
were keen for the nomination. Both had
a strong personal following, and if both
ran the Democrat would win in the dis
trict. So a primary election was neces
sary to settle the contest. Baker won.
Both men were at Springfield when the
news came. Lincoln was depressed.
The crowd, to cheer him up, called on
RYE ALL AROUND.
him for a speech. Getting up, he said:
'Gentlemen, I'd like to comply with your
request, but I can't make a speech now.
I expected to receive the nomination, but
failed. If 1 had won, Baker would
have got up here and so charmed you
with hs e'oquence as to make you be
lieve you had done him a favor by nom
inating me. But I can't do it.'
"Lincoln was not a Republican. He was
a Whig. The Eighteenth congressional
district. In which he lived, was the only
Whig district in Illinois. Lincoln was not
an abolitionist. He was opposed to the
extension of slavery, but he was not in
favor of interfering with the South In its
slavery questions. A squad of Yankees
moved into our town. They were very
bitter anti-slavery advocate?. I often
heard Lincoln denounce and ridicule their
views.
"I was not in Springfield when Lin
coln and Douglas had their celebrated de
bate. But I knew Douglas well. He lived
in the county west of ours, and visited
our town often. He was a short, small
man, with a very large head. He al
ways wore his hair long. I saw Douglas
whip the editor of the local paper in
Springfield because the editor had print
ed an article denouncing him.
"] don't think it is generally known
that Lincoln once went out to light a
due] with Gen. James Shields, ;who was
a Democrat, but who served in the Union
army when the war br"oke out. 'Shields
challenged Lincoln to fight because of
some remark Lincoln had made in a
political speee'n. "• Being the one chal
lenged, Lincoln had the rie-ht' to select
■weapons, and he chose broadswords.
They were afraid to light in Illi-neis. so
they all went across the river into Mis
souri above Alton, 111. I didn't g-o along,
but I talked with the men who went
when they got back. Well, they we*it
over into Missouri, and finding a nice
spot, they inserted a long board edge
ways into the ground. Neither of the
combatants was to cro^s this. Aiv.urd
the men was drawn a circle. If either
man was to go outside of this he was to
be disgraced. "When they were ready to
start, Shields' seconds discovered t'nat.
Lincoln had the advantage of their man.
Shields had short arms, while Lincoln's
were extraordinnrily long. Shields couM
not get anywhere inside of the • ring
where Lincoln could not reach him. In
stead Lincoln could steti bick near the
edge of his sdde of the ring and be out
of reach of Shields. /\V>l], Shields re
fused to light with . such \ odds agaii;s t
him. and the crowd returred " without
spilling any blood. There was a strong
fet-ling in Springfield for a long time
against Shields because 'ne refused to
fight Lincoln. Ne-ariy everybody wanted
to whip him when he returned .to town.
But Shields wa,s uo coward, and nobody
whipped him.
"I have listened to Lincoln tell anec
dotes hundreds of times. Usually- in tho
evening he would go down to the
grocery store and .tell stories until bel
time- to t'ne crowd which was always
waiting: for him."
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:. Chauneey's Wnnl Is Betrothed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—A dinner
given last night by Senator Depew and
Miss Paulding in honor of Gov.-elect
Odell, of New York, and Mrs. Odell, the
senator announced the engagement of
Miss Paulding to Mr. John Ediie. U. S. N.
Miss Paiilding is the niece of Senator
Depew, and has been the mistress of his
home in Washington. Mr. Edie is the son
of the ; late John Edie, of this cily, and
a graduate of the naval academy in the
class of IS9O V : \ ■
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BURGLAR'S BOOTY WAS MADE THE
COMPEXSATIOX, FOR AN ,
ACQUITTAL. ,
ANOTHER ODD REMUNERATION
Woman Did a -Lawyer*. Washing;
Half n Year to Pay Him
for Securing a
Sometimes there are fabulously large
fees paid to attorneys for services which
seem trifling in comparison, but it i:;
only sometimes, not always, that such
fees are paid, says the Milwaukee Senti
nel. The boy who is educated for the
law, who thinks that within a year after
he "hangs out his shingle" he will have
a practice which will insure him a com
petence, will find that We is "up against'
an entirely different proposition when he
enters on his chosen career.
Even the old lawyers do not always
got cash fees, and the stories of queer
fees that have been paid to Milwaukee
lawyers a!one would fill a volume. Bur
glars' loot, farm produce, labor of all
descriptions, almost everything imagin
able, would appear on the list.
The story of a fee told by one young
lawyer is one of the kind where a law
yer does not like to have his name men
tioned, but it probably wasn't his fault.
A visitor was In the bachelor's den of
the young lawyer, when he noticed an
engraved spoon hanging by a ribbon
among some photographs, as though it
might be a relic of some sentimental
collegian's love affair.
"That spoon is my fee for clearing a
client one time," said the owner of the
decoration. "I had that given to me after
I defended old Bill Bradley, the burglar.
Bradley had been arrested charged with
having robbed a house up In the fash
ionable part of town, and among other
things it was charged that he had made
way with a set of silverware. He sent
for me and from the way he told his
etory I thought he was right and hud
not mixed up fa the burglary.
BURGLARS BOOT!'.
"Well, he told me he had no money,
but said he would make it ( <tfl 4jht with
me some day if 1 did get liim out of his
trouble, so I went In and worked hard,
and anally cleared him. A few days
after he had thanked me, and gore
clear, without paying me, he dirfted into
my office, and said he had been frying
to scrape up some money for me, but
couldn't. Then he reached Into his poc
ket and gave me that spoon, one ot the
set I had just acquitted him of stealing.
If I took the spoon back I would convict
myself of having defended a man I knew
to be guilty, so I left it there where you
see it. I think something of it, too,
especially as old Bill was kilTe* while
stealing a ride toward Chicago a few
days afterward.
"When I was practicing up North," said
Judge W. 11. Halsey, "I had a fee in kind
that I appreciated as much as I have
$500 fees at other times. T had defended
an old farmer in a small suit, though 1
did not expect to get any pay from him.
The suit was decided in our favor and
the old farmer and his wife went home.
Some months afterwarfi.s the £»?"% came
ilno my office with a package, and a
bundle tied up in a handkerchief. The
package was a roll of busier, the hand
kerchief bundle was hazelnuts, and from
gS.gi B R HWfil VfISSS "Finest new nuis, 5 differant kinis—Almonds, Walnuts, Ei;;i:s,
pl ra Pecans and Filberts—MJxaa for 15 cants lb. 7100 lbs mixed
NB @l~ —"':" '' Finest new Roberts' "Christmas Trade" brand, crop 1900, fine
flffC^^ Pecins and Filberts— Mixed for 15 cents lb. 7100 Iba mixed
Nuts. T. M. Roberts' "Christmas Trade" brand, crop 1900, fine
11 cHI liLjlS ma tf^Z^9 selection, in fancy cartoons, c:>:-.ta:.r.ins 5 lbj , Per i or., 75
E^J «9 ''SKS* H cents. We have everything in the velocipeds a^d toy car! line.
"- • - Also special bargains in silverware, razors, pocker knives,.carv
fe^yjqj&ciilßMJig&ife^ftTaaiagg^ knives and forks, and guns—in fact thousands of 'ariiebs •'.'.?
-' . would pay you to look over before buying your Xmas (foods> Wo
have the goods, and we hava % the prices. Send fcr our special Holiday and Xrr.as catalogue, \' yci live cut
rf the city, and in sending for" it, state what go:ds you wish prices of in addition to ths Xmas cstafqzue. as
we issue a great many special- catalo&u&s, and 1 are in a position to save you money on Xmas got|d& V.>
buy our goods in csrloads for cash, and sell Xrr.as artic'.sscn the cams basis of margin as other peorje sell
regular goods. TT^/Vl. ROBERTS' SUPPLY t-.OUSt;, Minneapolis, Minn.
_I~ have sold Ripans Tabules for about
seven years "and in that time have sold thou
sands of packages, and not in one instance
have I heard of any who have not been greatly
benefited. Could you but hear some of the
unsolicited testimonials it would do you lots
of good.
A new gtyl« |uu-fcet «mt«j»(nr rnt Ktaxb Tistru* In « paper carton (wlthsnt gUv«) Is now' tor sale at son;* -
orujrstores-Fon nvx ckntb. Thla lcw-prioea aort te intended for th» poor au<l the ecouoD>ie«l. Ca« do*e>. of
I the fire-cent cartons (120 tabnlea} o.ui he had bjr mail by sending -e'erhr c*>nts to. the Kzpavg ('hfmic*l Ccv
; roiY.No. 18 Sprn-*« Street, Kbw Tort- or ft. rinyle carton (Tin: TiiTurai" wJII I* wilt. f.>r Bv.<ceiiU>. Kipv.no Takulxj
*ujr «lao bo bad ci grcccrs, g«Mral mankatDK* unutsti tad at liauor Blare* tad l»r'o*r *uoci.
the old farmer's pocket came tiro big
rosy-cheeked apples. That butter, apples
and ruts foe was as satisfactory to me
as any 1 had ever received.
John F. Donovan has a picture, entitled,
"My After the Carnival Dream," which
was drawn for him in the county ja ) by
J. Malt Aubery last summer. The sketch
had some typical carnival ones surround
ed by some of the types the artist saw.
Mr. Donovan had the sketch Iramed as a
real work of art, to represent the appre
ciation of his services that one client felt.
"For ten years I have neve- 7,;. M to
have an umbrella mended," sarfi one law
yer. "The rich landlord of the story
book style wanted the store the <Id rip
pled umbrella man was usin^ to? ;i shop,
and started to force the old follow out.
I fixed him so that he was allowed to stay
and ever since that I hare taken my r ;; in
shields to him for free mending. That
was all the fee I received for that case,
too."
"I had the secrets of my own lodgn
offered to me as payment for a serv
ice," said one attorney who belongs to
several secret orders. "I was sitting
in my office one day when a well-dress* .]
woman came in and wanted advice. Ihr
husband, to whom she was but recently
married, was a member of a secret so
ciety.
WASHED FOR A DIVORCE.
" 'I think it's perfectly horrid of him,
too,' she said, 'to have secrets and not to
tell them to me. When he married me
he said he would share every thing with
me, and the first thing I ask. almost,
he won't do. Can't you make him?'
"I asked her to what lodge he be
longed, and she told me the name of -mi
order of which I myself was a member.
Then she went on:
" 'I tell you what, if you will make
him tell them to me, I will tell them to
you, to pay you for making him <i"> what
I want. That's fair, isn't it. I Should
think you would like to know Buch
things. ' Need them in your business,
you know."
"I didn't accept that fee."
"I had a good offer from one woman,
that I did accept," continued this at
torney, "for it was too good to refuse,
although it was not in cash. t ha«l
represented her in an action i\n- dlvo'rc'ei
and after the teuit had been won she
wanted me to accent part payment in
hand-made lace. The samples of lace
she showed me. were exquisite, so I told
her it would be all right if she gave me
about ten yards of the lac^. and it was
worth every cent of what w.ts credited
her for it "
"I was i>aid in Washlrig for a divorce T
secured," said J. IT. Paul. "A woman
came to me one time with a tale of woe
about her husband, and wanted me jo
get a divorce fcr her. She said thai she
didn't want any work done for her for
nothing-, but that she was not able to
pay money. She would Jo .ny ivatfhln£
for twenty-five weeks, though, if I
wcu'd free her from her husbsntl. She
refused to let me act in charity for her,
ancl as she wanted a divorce so she
could marry another man I accepted hor
offer, and she washed awny, lit" r;.ily,
her mc.rriage ties."
"I'll tell you one of my fe>..s." said
Tl. E. Chaplri. "J was defending a man
who was charged with baying killed a.
dog, out in Colombia county. The ' rat
action brought against him was defec<
tive and while the plnintifTs counsel
was writing: out a warrant T took my
man to the door and told hir-i to get
out of the county—the justice's office
was on the border line—as qr.u-k as he
could. In my hurry to get him oul of
the county Iforpot to colled my fee,
and I never saw him again."
T.akefield. Minn.—l>r. J. C. Curryer, of
! Mankato. assistant superintendent of the
1 State Farmers' Institute, writes that an
i institute will be lu^i.l In Lakefield on
! Tl'.ursday and Friday, Jan. 17 and IS.
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