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MY VALENTINE.
A valentine for fathor.
And one, I think, will Uc
, For mother and for grandpa.
And for Hrother Willie, too.
Z know that dear old grandma
Would ask for three or four.
And Slater Noll and Cousin Ned
Would say they wanted more.
And then there's someone else I know
Would prize It quite as well,
Mow can't you guess my valentine.
Or must I really tell?
Ko envelope contains It:
It bears no tell-talo line. .
Although two Hps have sealed It
No postal clerk may fine.
It has no gleaming golden hearts,
Sly Cupid's tempting bait;
Kor has it got the feathered shaft
With which he shoots so straight.
And yet It brings, this valontine,
A thousand times the bliss.
Vow can't you guess? Of course you
can
My vulentine's a kiss.
LTNCOLN THE MERCIFUL."
A characteristic story of Lincoln's kind
1 Interference in behalf of young men
who had rendered themselves amenable
is the law, but in whose case there was
tMuin to hoDe for reformation, is told
In the Portland Orceonian by Mr. J. B,
Montaromerv. who was a witness to the
circumstances.
Ons Michael Lehman of Williamsport,
I'd., had a contract for carrying the mail
frnm the railroad station. He was the
nersonitication of integrity, but his son,
Michael, Jr., 16 years old, who drove the
mail waaon. was Induced by evil asaoci
ates to take a letter from the mail bag,
and was detected In the act of removing
m check from it. He was sentenced to
Imurisonment.
Great sympathy was felt with the fath
r. and a delegation of citizens, headed
by Judge Halo, a member of Congress,
lncludiug Mr. Montgomery, and accom
nanied bv1 the elder Lehman, went to
Washington to see the President. Mr,
Montgomery tells what followed :
"As we entered the executive chamber.
President Lincoln came sauntering in. He
had on a faded and much-worn dressing
gown. His slippers were run down at the
heel. The President, as soon as we were
seated, said :
" 'Well, gentlemen, what is it you
want?' Judge Hule handed him the pe
tition, lie sranned it carefully, names
ami all, and possessed himself of all the
ciri'iiinstani-es. He then said to Judge
Hale:
" 'Judjje, can I do so and so?' stating
legal proposition as to ills power to do
a certain thine. Judpe Hale, after a mo
ment's reflection, replied:
"'Mr. President, I don't think you
ran.'
"Lincoln then said, 'I know I cannot,
but I wanted to sne if you knew. Hut,'
he went on, 'I can do something else.'
"He whs sitting by his desk, and every
on: except this man, who 'swallowed all
formulas." would have written on It, hut
he twisted his two long legs together Ilk
whiplash, placid the petition on his
kuee and wrote these words, as near as
1 can recollec' "
VALENTINE
'To the United States District Attor
ney for the Western DiHtrict of Pennsyl
vania : You are hereby directed to enter
a nolle prosequi In the case of the United
States vs. Michael Ijehman. Jr., in con
sideration that the ttaid Michael Lehman,
Jr.. enlist In the army of the United
States and serve three years, unless soon
er honorably discharged.
'A. LINCOLN.
" 'What do you think of that?' he said,
hauding it to Judge Hale. It was all that
was wanted.
"Lincoln got tip out of his chair, shook
hands with us all, telliug us, 'A dozen
Senators are waiting outside to see me,
but this gives me more pleasure than
talking to them about offices.' Then, hold
ing Lehman by tbo hand, he said :
" 'Tell your son never to be tempted
aeain. to be a cood soldier, ana now
happy it baa made me to get bim out of
his scrape.' "
The old Dutchman, who was short and
fat, made a pathetic figure. He was be
yond the ability to express himself, or
even to weep, lie stood suent, nis eyes
almost bulging out of his head. His boy
was saved.
A Genuine Lincoln Anecdote.
The following anecdote is vouched for
by the editor of Leslie's Monthly, who
has it from a very old lady, Mrs. II. A.
Baldwin, now living in Ia Angeles. Cal.,
who was a close neighbor of the Lincoln
family when they resided in Springfield,
111.
"I can remember clearly a little inci
dent which occurred one very hot Sunday
morning in summer. It was Just about
the time Mr. Lincoln bad received the
nomination for Senator. My husband had
gone to church alone that morning, as I
was not feeling well. I was sitting at the
window looking out on the street, when
I espied little Tad' Lincoln trotting down
the walk past our house as fast as his
little legs could carry him. He was be
tween two and three years of age at that
time and was the sharpest little chap im
aginable. His father had nicknamed him
Tadpole,' soon shortened to 'Tad,' as all
the neighbors knew.
"Mrs. Lincoln had gone to church,
leaving the children at home in charge of
Mr. Lincoln, and the little fellow had es
caped from the yard in some way or
other. As I watched Tad' trotting past,
I beard some one calling him from up the
street. Glancing up. I saw Mr. Lincoln
comlntr as fast ns his long legs could
carry him. As I have said, it was an ex
ceedingly warm day, and people were
wearing their thinnest clothes. As long
as I live I shall never forget Mr. Lin
coin's appearance. He was costless, vest
less, bareheaded and barefooted ! Think
of it! The man who was later to be
President of the United States, actually
striding down the street barefooted after
his runaway child! It was the most
comical sight I have ever witnessed,
Tad' was soon overtaken, and Mr. Lin
coin, grasping his rebellious son around
the waist, tucked him under his long arm
like a sack of meal, with his head to the
rear, and started for home again. I n
fortunat Vy church services had Just clos
ed, and the streets were crowded with
reople. fashionably dressed, who stared
in astonishment and with merriment up
on the cowilcal sight. Little Tad was
screaming, kicking and squirming In
vain attempt to escape. His little anna
and legs were revolving in all directions
and the sight of Mr. Lincoln, barefooted
and half-dressed, with that boy under his
arm, would nave sent ins wue iuiu iniu
had she witnessed it. He, however, was
not embarrassed in the least, but ducked
and bowed right and left to acquaint
ances, resH)nding cheerily to their 'Why,
good morning. Mr. Lincoln,' with 'How
are you, Mrs. So-and-So,' or 'Fine day,
Mr. So-and-So,' all the time wearing a
pleasant smile, while the spectators were
nearly convulsed at the sight."
How Lincoln Plnre'd Watchman.
James Ktter, a doorkeeper in the War
Department, frequently occupies a chair
from which he could not be induced to
part, because it was onee occupied by
Abraham Lincoln when he was President
of the United States, although at the time
he acted as watchman with a badge pin
ned on the. lapel of his coot. Mr. Ettcr
explain the incident by saying: "One day
during the War I was sitting here, when
a tall, angular gentleman eniereu me
main door and asked if the secretary was
in. I told him that it was too early for
the secretary to be in his oflice.
1 'At what hour can I depend on find
ng him here?' he asked. I told him, and
with a ulensant Thank you he walked
away.
'Promptly on the hour the tall gentle
man ascended the steps, wameu in ine
door, and I was almost struck dumb when
he asked me if I would not go Into the
secretary's room and tell him to step out
n the hall. I could not leave my post
of duty, and even if I could I did not
nd when
Trir-
wlnd.be went down
About
If Jlnd K
in " T '1.
r
!Mn!t " sey wnnlil come rmt trt ses
him.
'lie replied: 'O. I gues he will, and si
for leaving your post, I Will lie personally
responsible for that. I am Mr. Lincoln,
mul I will simply take your pudge and
r-p door while yon step in for me.'
"Well. I couldn't doubt him. and h
linlled oil my badge, pinned it on his oost,
mil took my chair, just like an old tlmt
watchman.
'A smile played ovef his face n I left
him. and von can rt assured It wn
not long Is-fore he ami the secretary wrt
holding n quirt talk in an out of-the-waj
iiinicr in the hull." Washington Special,
Ills First Wight of Lincoln.
An Interesting nheaf of reminis
cences could be collected under trio
Reneral heading. "First Cillnipses of
oln." The first sight of a great
man is likely to pp recanej as more
vivid and more significant than any
other, except possibly the last. A Ren-
tleintin whose friendship with Lincoln
dated from 1S.".2. and lusted till the
vet day of his death, describes as fol
lows the beginning of their acquaint
ance: 1 had been Invited to make a speech
In the old Stnte House in Springfield,
111. Five minutes before I stepped on
the platform the committee asked me
to change my subject, the Maine tem
perance law, as they wished for some
reason to defer it to another occasion.
Under the spur of the moment, there
fore, I made a patriotic address.
After 1 had finished, the audience
called vociferously for "Lincoln! Lin
coin!"
He rose to respond, and 1 shall never
forget his appearance. Befora the
meetlnir he had been consulting some
law books in the basement of the build
ing, and the Janitor, whom he had re
quested to call hum, forRot his duty,
and at the last moment rushed In and
cried out to Mr. Lincoln that the
speaking: was going on.
Lincoln turned out the light and
grabbed the first coat he touched,
which proved to be that of the Janttol
himself, who was a short man. Lit
coin, on the contrary, was a very tan
man.
On this occasion he wore, as usual
a faded red woolen shirt, buttoned
neither at the neck nor at the wrist
bands. There was a space of eight ot
ten Inches between the top of hti
trousers and the lower edge of tb
coat, and his trousers were rolled up
at the bottom, so that there was a
space ot nearly a foot of bare leg be
tween them and the tops of his stock
lngs.
He had one suspender, and th
sleeves ot the coat reached little mor
than to his elbows. His hair looked
as if It had never been brushed oi
combed since he came from the wood!
of Kentucky.
He began to speak. His subject wai
law, Its design, Its essence, its mis
sion, Its power.
He spoke in a low, thin voice. 1
had heard Beeeher, Gough, Phillips,
Chapin, Starr King and Webster, bul
I had never before heard anythlnn
like this speech of Llncolu's. Nor d!u
I ever see an audience so scorched and
kindled so held breathless! rill
speech lasted twenty mlnuteB, and foi
fine logic and the most tcfuchtng pathos,
I have never heard its equal. When h
got through ha touched me on th
shoulder and said, "Come home wlta
me."
We talked all night, so oblivious ol
time that when light came I looked
out of the window and asked If then
was a fire. Mr. Lincoln replied, "It li
sunrise."
Mt-tlrllan' Talent.
President Lincoln one day remarket
to a number of personal friends wh
had called upon him at the Whlti
House:
"General McClellan's tardiness and
unwillingness to fight the enemy oi
follow up advantages gained remind
me of a man back In Illinois who knew
a few law phrases, but whose lawyet
lacked aggressiveness. During th
trial of the case, the man finally losl
all patience and springing to his feet
vociferated:
" 'Why don't you go at him with a
fl. fa., a demurrer, a capias, a sur
rebutter, or a ne exeat, or a nundatn
pactum, or a non est, or any old fool
thing?'
"I wish," said Mr. Lincoln, "McClel
lan would go at the enemy with some
thing; I don't care what. General Mo
Clellan Is a pleasant and scholarly gen
tleman. He Is an admirable engineer;
but he seems to have a special talent
for a stationary engine."
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IMllP Coast
Key West, Kla., wns for many years
ttie center of a prosperous fishery for
sea turtles, but. recently the business
has been rapidly dwindling owing to
the Improvident methods employed,
the young and the old and even the
egg being gathered In without
thought of the future.
Three species of turtle, the green,
the loggerhead and the hawksblll, are
caught and handled by the Key West
fishermen and dealers, according to
an article In tho Montreal Star. The
green turtle Is tho most highly prized
for food. This turtle Is found on the
Atlantic seaboard from Long Island to
Brazil, and at one time was especially
common on the keys along the Florida
coast.
The female turtle lays from 300 to
600 eggs In a season, burying them
in the sand and leaving them to hatch
without further attention. Owing to
heir many enemies It Is probable that
but few of the young turtles survive.
The loggerhead turtle occurs along
the Atlantic coast from Virginia to
Brazil and Is common on both the
east and the west coast of Florida. It
Is more common than the green tur
tle, which Is undoubtedly owing to the
fact that It Is tho least valuable of
the marine turtles and there Is little
demand for Its flesh. More eggs of
this species are taken for food, how
ever, than of any other.
Grona (o Enormous Nlme.
It attains an enormous size, far sur
passing the green turtle. Examples
weighing 1,600 pounds) have been cap
tured, but the average now Is prob
ably about 200 pounds.
The female of this species breeds
during the summer, the first eggs be
ing laid generally during the night of
full moon in June. A peculiar fea
ture ot the laying process la that noth
ing apparently disturbs the creature
or Is sufficient to drive her away.
Striking her with a stick or Jumping
up and down on her back produces
no effect. After finishing, however,
she Is very timid and flees for the
water at the slightest noise.
The hawksblll or tortoise shell tur
tle Is found on the southern coast of
Florida, and thence to the West In
dies, the Bermudas and South Amer
ica. The flesh is rarely eaten, al
though the eggs are gathered for food
and for the manufacture of oil. The
groat value of this species la In Its
horny covering, which Is the tortoise
shell of commerce.
The hawksblll does not grow very
large, the maximum weight not ex
ceeding 400 pounds. Those with a
greater weight than 100 pounds are
not now common on the Florida coast.
The shell of the smaller turtle Is
thin and of little use; It Increases In
thickness and value with the size of
the animal.
In turtllng gill nots and cast nets
are generally used. The former are
about 100 yards In length with a
GOLDEN WYANDOTTES.
I'rodart of Sailor with IS al oral Cilfl
fur Breeding; Fowls.
The commercial Importance of the
hen and her product has fonmed the
theme ot many a comment since Secre
tary Coburn of the Kansas State Board
tt Agriculture gave cackling feminin
ity her due a few years ago In a book
entitled "The Helpful lieu," but the
hen as an object of the breeder's fan
cy Is less considered by the great,
thoughtless, chicken-eating public.
Breeding chickens Is less expensive
than breeding trotting horses, for the
animals cost less on the hoof, the gen
erations are shorter about one-third
is long and variations are more eas
ily Becured, the St. Louis Republic
lays. There are no pedigreed chick
ens. The identification of a suckling
colt as the offspring of a registered
mare Is simple and easy, but Into the
sase of the chicken there are obvious
Jlfflcultles. Not the least of these Is
the division of maternal labor. In the
icconiplishment of which it comes
Ibout that scarcely any hen of birth
ind consideration Is permitted to sit
n her own eggs. A freedom la there
tore allowed to breeders In the intro
duction of fresh and alien blood Into
ell-known strains of fowls which
make the breeder of dogs or horses
itare and gasp.
For example, the Golden Wyandotte
fowl, as originally bred, has not a
drop of Wyandotte blood in its veins.
Joseph McKeen, a Wyandotte breeder
Df Omro, Wis., conceived the Idea of a
golden-colored Wyandotte fowl. Mr.
McKeen was an old sailor with a nat
ural gift for breeding fowls. He had
done of tbo paraphernalia considered
accessary for the modern breeder; h5
:ould accomplish more with a few old
loxes, a sack of cornnieal and a few
bens than can the average fancier with
ill his costly apparatus. A common
barnyard hen In Mr. MiKeen's flock
seemed to his eye to possess certain
lualltles of size and shape which
marked her for experiment. She was
crossed with the Seebrlght bantam.
This gave the rose cotnb and the laced
feather. A further cross with the
partriilse cochin fixed the color and
Increased the size, while an admix
ture ot Plymouth Hock helped In the
e.s! ! listiriient ot the general type and
hi lightened the laying qualities. The
fowl; thu.s produced were golden Wy-
indottcs, with rose ciwnb, clean legs
.Mid feathers laced with bla'ik on a
'old mound: but they had not one
(2ro: Vjaadotte blood. They v,ere
ifeilii life tii ui- iiiiii,
stretch mesh or from 24 to 26 Inches.
They are either anchored or drifted
at night, and the turtles swimming
along get tangled up In them and fall
an easy prey.
As the hawksblll turtles spend most
of their tlmo at the bottom In deep
water, different apparatus must be
used to catch them. The turtler first
discovers their location by means of
a water telescope, which Is an ordi
nary water bucket with a wooden
bottom removed and a pane of glass
substituted. By putting this on the
surface bottom down and placing the
head In the upper part the bottom Is
clearly visible.
When found a round Iron hoop with
a bag ot coarse twine is lowered over
the animal and as he struggles upward
he becomes entangled In It and
Is brought to the surface and drawn
Into the boat. A three tooth grapnel
Is also used at times. This Is lowered
and the animal Is caught by the shoul
der. Kerning Tardea Allvo After Cap-
tare.
Turtlos generally have Hpeclal spots
In shallow water close to shore to
which they return every night, and
each animal has Its own wallow or
burrow, where It remains when not
eating or traveling. It Is In these
places that they are generally sought.
In pegging the aim la to drive the
peg In the chimes of the carapace of
the turtle, as thts offers the beat hold
Ing part and does the least damage to
tho animal. When a turtle Is seen the
peggcr stands erect on the forward
thwart with his miniature harpoon
poised for a prompt throw at the right
moment.
As soon as the animal Is hit it dives
and drags the boat forward at a rapid
rate. It la very soon compelled to
come to the surface to breathe and Is
then easily secured by means of a
rope, If too large to be taken Into the
boat.
When landed at Key West the tur
tles which have been kept alive all
that die are thrown away as worthless
are placed In small, square pens of
wattled stakes, called kraals, built In
the water, close to shore and In staked
compartments under wharves, and
subsequently crossed with the white
Wyandottes to Increase the stability
of the type.
A CLOCK FOE, THE BLIND.
The clock shown in this illustration
la a rather ingenious assembling of
an ordinary alarm clock minus lta
case, a discarded frying pan, and a
circular sheet of copper, to form a
timepiece by which the blind can tell
the exact time. The copper sheet Is
the dial, and upon It are stamped the
dots which form the numbers of the
Braille system of letters and figures.
It was made In the Missouri School for
the Blind. Popular Mechanics.
A Klnv'a Old Clotliea.
The posthumous sale of the ward
robe of King George IV. of England
realized 175,000. Grevllle, who at
tended the sale, says that the king
hardly ever gave anything awav ex
cept his linen, which was distributed
every year. There are all the coats
he has ever had for fifty years, 200
whips, canes without number, every
sort of uniform, the costumes of all
the orders In Europe, splendid furs,
pelisses, hunting coats and breeches.
Ills profusion In these articles was un
bounded because he never paid for
thein, and his memory was so accurate
that one of his pages told me he recol-
h-cted every article of dress, no matter
how old, and that they were alwavs
liable to be called on to produce some
particular coat or other article of ap
parel of years gone by."
Someone has defined Faith as be
lief in what we know to be unlrv.
there kept until sale days or until
they have recovered from the voyage.
Here they are fed on a marine plant
known as turtle grass, sweet potato
vines, morning glory vines, mangrove
leaves, etc. When a sufficient number
of turtles have accumulated an auc
tion sale la held.
The upper shell of the hawksblll Is
covered with thirteen plates, called
collectively In the trade the head.
The plates vary In thickness from an
eighth to a quarter of an Inch, accord
ing to the age and size of the animal.
and weigh collectively from four to
six pounds. These plates form the
tortoise shell ot commerce and bring
about $3 a pound.
In . securing the plates the animal
must be handled while still alive. The
shell Is first cut loose from the tur
tle with a knife. It Is then put Into
a boiler of boiling water, and In
about Ave minutes the plates can bo
ripped off with a knife. If allowed
to remain a little longer In the water
tho plates would drop off of their owa
accord, but they would be Injured by
too long submersion In the hot water.
The Cubans use a knife heated al
most white and with this tear off the
plates and let the still living animal
go. Formerly the plates were de
tached from the bony framework by
laying the animal while alive on a
hot fire or sometimes by soaking It
while alive in boiling water. Fortu
nately these Inhuman methods are
rarely practised now.
The under shell of the hawksblll.
called In the trade yellow belly and
by the fishermen calipee, la also saved.
After being dissolved by means of
chemicals it la used In tho manufac
ture ot meerschaum pipes. The up
per shell of the loggerhead Is em
ployed in the manufacture of cheap
combs, glue, etc.
The proverbial nine lives of the cat
are well known, but the cat is not in
it with a turtle whea it comes to
hanging onto life. Slgnor Rodl of
Italy ,once cut a turtle's head off and
noted that it lived for twenty-three
days without a head, and another
whose brain he removed lived for six
months, apparently unconscious that
It had suffered any loss.
ISLAND COMES AND GOES.
Illaea In Arnmat and D I nap pear a
Ilea-olarlr In February.
One ot Michigan's unsolved mvsrf.
rles Is the Island that every summer
comes to the surface of Lake Orion
and every winter goes back again to
the depths from whence it arose.
Its periods of appearance and dinn.
pearance are nearly regular. It cornea
to the surface about the middle of Au
gust and goes down again about Feb.
15. What causes it to act thus strange
ly Is a conundrum that none has been
able to solve, but to keen, it above
water or compel it to remain in th
depths have been alike without re
sults. On one occasion a number of farm
ers and teamsters resolved to put the
Island out of moving business. In
their eftorU to do bon they hauled
many loads of stone and deposited
them on It during the early part of
winter. bellevlnK that when It went
down In February it would go down
for good, weighted as it was with the
stones. But the following Aueust saw
It bob up serenely from below mlaua
its load of stones.
At another time an effort was mada
to keep it on the surface, and it was
chained to the surrounding country
with heavy log chains. When its time
for departure came it departed, and
the log chains departed with IL Th
log chains were never recovered.
The Island is composed of Boft mud
and rushes, and there are some skentl-
cal souls who attribute I la formation
and appearance and disappearance to
the gathering of vegetation in one spot
by the currents of the lake and lta
subsequent decay. Boston Herald.
A UiacoaraKlna; Theory.
"Why do those critics say such dis
agreeable things?" asked the unhappy
actress.
"You mustn't blame them," answered
the manager. "Probably they want to
avoid being overlooked In the struggle
fpr attention."
"But can't they attract attention by
saying pleasant things?"
"Not so much. When I was out west
I learned that the man who pulls a
gun on you Is remembered twice as
long as the one who offers you s
cigar." Washington Star.
We don't care whether people Hk
music or not, but we object to peopla
calllug 'coon songs music,
Many a man's morality doesn't begin
to work until he discovers that be 1
being shadowed by a detective