MercolizedWax
Keeps Skin Young
Qel as ounce And ueo a* directed. Floe per tide* of il*4
akm phI off until *11 detect* curb ee pttnpUa B»*f
■put* ten ond freckleA diaappcAi Skin ie then eeft
ted velvety. Your *noe look* yeera youn«*r Mereu!Ue4
Wu briny* out tbe hiddaa beauty of your akte. T*
rawieve wrinkle* »*e. oo« ounce Powdered Saxolito
cd in one-half pint witch ha eel. At dray stores.
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Rock Oddly Carved by
Erosion of Centuries
If there is any character that pre
dominates iu the Infinite variety of
form and outline among the smaller
Galapagos islands. It Is perpendicu
larity. They seem to specialize Iu it.
On some of them the rock walls,
rising directly out of deep water, are
so nearly vertical that ■ landing
could be made upon them only with
great difficulty, If at ail. On some
I imagine no human foot has ever
trod
In many cases the waves have cut
the shore line inward in a deep
groove, so that at ten or twenty feet
above low water the rock actually
overhangs, and one walks or crawls,
If he can keep his feet ac all, under
a SiTt of stone portico whose roof is
carved into innumerable coigns and
arches and inverted pinnacles of the
most fantastic form.
Not seldom the unceasing erosion
of the waves has worn the rock away
lute huge caverns and flying but
tresses and natural bridges, and here
and there a great promontory or a
whole Island, like Watson island or
Kicker rock, lias been pierced clear
through from side to side in a pas
sage high ami wide enough to take
a boat—Gifford I’inchot in the Sat
urday Evening Post.
CHILD need
REGULATING?
CASTORIA WILL
OO ITI
When your child needs regulating,
remember this: the organs of babies
and children are delicate. Littls
bowels must be gently urged—never
forced. That’s why Castoria la used
by bo many doctors and mothers. It
i* specially made for children’s ail
ments; contains no harsh, harmful
drugs, no narcotics. You can safely
give it to young infants for colic
pains. Yet it Is an equally effective
regulator for older children. The next
time your child has a little cold or
fever, or a digestive upset, give him
the help of Castoria, the children’s
own remedy. Genuine Castoria al
ways has the name:
CASTORIA
I HililBli
Lioness Followed Girls
Escaping from her cage In Earl
Shilton, England, Zenita, seven-year
old lioness, quietly followed a crowd
of well fed girls Just returning from
dinner to a hosiery factory. The
girls scattered, but Zenita raided a
vegetable garden and was captured
later in the factory yard.
RHEUMATIC
PAINS
relieved this
quick way
H the stabbing pains of rheumatism
are crippling you, rub on good old
St. Jacobs Oil. Relief comes in a min
ute)'This famous remedy draw* out
pain and inflammation. It’s the quick,
safe way to stop aches and pains of
Rheumatism, Neuritis, Lumbago or
Backache, Neuralgia or swollen Joints.
No blistering. No burning. Get a small
bottle at any drug store.
Brain Model in Neon Tubes
An illuminated model of the hu
man brain and central nerve system
has been made by two physicians of
Vienna, Austria. One hundred pieces
of neon tube were used. The glass
construction enables the showing of
both exterior and Interior parts, each
particular section being Illuminated
ns desired during lectures.
It never kjlls a law to execute It.
IfclLL COLD GERMS I
Sioux City Ptj Co., Ns, 7-1S32
idid ddAcSl
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
__ J
EARLY SPRING WORK
Have you had to replace a single
tree (broken nearly a year before)
on the cultivator the first day of
corn plowing, or a worn "dog” on the
corn planter (noted 350 days before)
when planting time was here? Have
you spent a half-day getting a new
bearing and putting it on the disk
when it was time to put in oats?
Have you had to stop the seeder
or binder or make a hurried trip
to town to get a new drive chain
to replace that worn out the year i
before? Have you found the har
ness short several needed straps,
rings and buckles, as well as with a
lot of badly worn and weakened !
parts the first spring day. when
every horse and harness was needed?
If none of these or of the other 113
things that have to be repaired or
replaced about farm machinery and
equipment for its anual period of use
during the field work season have
ever delayed work, then you don’t
need to spend part of January and
February doing such jobs. Otherwise,
better get at it. With saving of time
md material a sharp necessity, sand
wiching systematic overhauling of
machinery, equipment and harness
in between daily chores ton days
when other winter work is not press
ing) is economical and also very
saving on temper and nerves during
the rush of spring and summer work.
The beginning of the new year is
the time to consider whether the
field planning and arrangement on
the home farm is the best for most
efficient operation and rotation. On
a majority of corn belt farms, the
present farm arrangement, like Top
sy in Uncle Tom's Cabin, "just
growed” or Is approximately' the
same as when the present operator
began to run the farm. What would
be the best arrangement of your
farm as to size of neias, eonsiaering
the rotation you have found best
fitted to your soil, livestock handled,
location of buildings, and so forth?
Should you have all the fields about
the same size, or a group of three
or more large fields and another
group of smaller ones, or even three
different groups as to size, each
adapted to the use to which it is
put? Why not work out a plan—or
perhaps two or three of them—for
the farm layout? Put them on pa
per, Talk to others who have
worked on this problem. Perhaps
you won’t arrive at a conclusion and
start carrying it out this year, but
studying this problem can often be
profitably carried out for a year or
two. Better field arrangement is
one of the most common needs of
corn belt farms. Keeping a financial
record of the farm doesn’t in itself
make or even save money. Only a
bare record of income and expenses
may give a new importance to some
sources of income and some sur
prises as to which are the chief ex
penditures. When the year’s record
of income and expenses is supple
mented by an inventory on January
1, March 1, or some convenient date
between, and another inventory a
year later, one’s progress financially
is known. Of course, the inventory
must include not only what is found
on the farm, but also be complete
as to bills and obligations to others
and owed to the farm operator. If
these records are kept in one of
the very convenient forms worked
out by the farm management folks
at the agricultural college, one is
much more likely to get it com
plete than when an ordinary note
book or some old-time account
book is used. If it is posible to have
the record book totaled, analyzed
and compared with records kept by
others in your county or area, as is
being done on a large number of
western farms by the extension ser
vice, the record will be of particular
value. The efficiency, economy and
plan of operation can be compared
with that of other farms and far
mers. January is the ideal time to
start keeping books on the farm
business. In theory, January 1 is
the time to start, though in practice
folks can commonly begin two or
three weeks later (checking back on
transactions if they so desire to
January 1), with no loss in the value
or accuracy of the records. Putting
paper or screening around the
trunks of young trees, or painting
them with a rodent paint in late
fall or early winter isn't enough. The
job should be checked in January,
to see if it is 100 per cent effec
tive. Snow and winter weather
sometimes make it possible for niice
or rabbits to get in and do then
destructive work. Occasionally, a bit
of hurry or carelessness in doing
the job also shows up, and a check
in January will reveal exposed
places that should be taken care
of. January or early February is an
excellent time to do orchard prun
ing for both young and old trees—
a fine time to remove broken,
diseased or twisted branches, as well
as surplus wood. This is the month
to get equipment and houses ready
for early pigs—also those not so
early, since field work is generally
pressing when April comes. If you
use a nog nouse navmg
to three pens in which to farrow
the pigs, tnere is always some check
ing and repairing to do. A little
patching and repairing may save a
whole litter or two if they farrow
during a cold snap in late February
or early March. Roofs, outside walls,
partitions and safety fails have a
habit of getting loose or broken.
Troughs and feeding equipment
have a practice of disappearing,
getting mislaid or being used for j
other things during the season the
sows and pigs don't need them. If
the farrowing houses, whether large
or small, are not in use during the
winter, one of the best jobs for the
warm days of a January thaw is
to give them the needed cleaning,
that is, a cleaning that ends up
with plenty of hot lye water and a
scrubbing brush used on floors,
walls, partitions and troughs. This
will make it easy to complete the
lob of Riving the pigs a clean, fair
start by washing the sow when she
is put in the maternity room, a few
days before farrowing.
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The mother of Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow was a descendant of
Priscilla, the Puritan maid.
DI G SELF OUT OF GRAVE
Benton, 111. — 'UP) — The mere
fact that he was knocked uncon
scious and later buried by his assail
ant meant nothing to Raymond
Tackett. Tackett proceeded to dig
! himself out of his grave after re
gaining consciousness. He then
brought charges against Dan Hoff
man, who recently was convicted on
a charge of assault and battery, and
ined $100 and costs.
RADIO ‘TONE CONTROL"
Chicago— (UP) —Someone found
a new lone oontttR ter l( « .T<n*U
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GIVE PLENTY LITTEK
Exercise isn't necessary lor iiealth
or egg production where everything
else is ideal, the experiment stations
tell us. Hence, plenty of straw or
shredded corn fodder or crushed
corn cobs or other litter would ap
grain in order to make the hens
pear to be a matter of little impor
tance. As a place to bury the scratch
work to eat, it isn't important.
Nevertheless, sufficient litter is one
of the essentials. First, the hens
must have something to do. With
8 or 10 inches of good dry litter,
they will busy themselves here dur
ing the months of confinement.
Without it, it is surprising how much
trouble they get into. They fight,
pull feathers, learn to eat eggs and
each other, try to turn the mash
hoppers into dusting boxes, and pick
at the droppings. Enough litter
means a dry and a warm floor un
less the house is all wrong in con
struction and location. Lots of litter
means that there will be few, if
any, loot or body injuries due to
drops from roosts or other places.
This is a frequent cause of loss, es
pecially with the heavier breeds.
Plenty of litter means tliat the wa
ter and feed will be cleaner, pro
vided containers are raised from
the floor as they should be. Bare
floors mean dirty feet, and dirty
feet mean more soiled eggs.
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BEWARE OF NAILS
As the season approaches tor the
cattle to spend more time In and
around the barn, the danger lrom
nails or other foreign metal getting
into their systems increases. At one
United States Dairy Experiment
Station 46 per cent of the deaths
among cattle over a year old was
from foreign bodies taken in with
the feed. Tnis trouble is no respecter
of animals and frequently it is the
finest animal that is stricken. The
foreign material may be taken in
the grain or hay or may be picked
up out of sheer curosity by tiie
animal. The better manufactured
feed is run over magnets to remove
all metal. Extreme care should be
taken in unbailing hay to see that
no small piece of wire breaks oif
and the bailing wire should be care
fully doubled up and put into a
receptacle used especially for dis
carded wire. Cattle should never be
permitted where a building is under
construction. Frequently the symp
toms of foreign bodies develop after
some severe exertion as at calving
time. Owing to the fact that the
foreign body may be lodged almost
anywhere in the vital organs the
symptoms are not uniformly alike.
Frequently, however, the cow stands
in one position for a long time,
looks distressed, breathes cuutiously,
and moves around slowly and stiffly.
Sometimes the symptoms come and
go at intervals of a few days. Pre
vention is about the only remedy.
THE COW AND CALF
The cow that has been dry for
six weeks to two months, and that
has been liberally fed while milking,
as well as during the dry period,
should be in good flesh at calving
time. Several days before the cow
calves, reduce the quantity oi silage
and hay slightly, and if any grain
is being fed, cut it down to three
or four pounds daily. Ground oats
mixed with wheat bran and linseed
meal is a good feed at this time.
The drinking water should not be
too cold. For several hours befere
calving, feed the cow very little hay
or silage. A warm bran mash at
this time Is very beneficial. For a
few days after calving, continue to
feed sparingly. This will help to
prevent digestive disturbances n.nd
to reduce the swelling in the udder.
In general, after calving, the appa^
tite of a thin cow is somewhat
keener than that of a fat cow, and
the udder reaches normal sizo in a
shorter time. For these reasons, thin
cows may gradually be put on full
feed in about two weeks, as com
pared with four or more weeks for
fat cows.
FEEDING IN TROUGHS
Putting the grain fed to the hens
in deep litter, so that they will have
to scratch for it, has been proved
useless and unnecessary so lar as
adding to egg production or health
is concerned. In fact, from the
standpoint of health, this practice
is doubtless undesirable, because
litter rather commonly contains con
siderable dirt and manure. Feeding
grain in troughs is to be recom
mended for two reasons. The grain
is cleaner when eaten. Also, it is
1 much easier to check as to whether
; enough grain is being fed. The lay
! lng flock should go to roost with
crops well filled, largely of grain,
| during the winter season. Enough
| grain so that a little is left in the
| troughs when the flock is through
eating for the day is the ideal meth
j od of handling. Hens laying from 25
! to 60 per cent during the winter
months need a well-balanced nash,
| but they can not keep up egg pro
duction and weight without plenty
! of grain. The grain mixture should
| be at least 50 per cent yellow corn.
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WARM WATER FOR LAYERS
In one western state a large
number of farmers keep detailed
farm business records, that are
supervised and analyzed by ex
perienced accountants. Recently,
there was released some information
on a single item of poultry practice
that seems significant. Records of
the poultry flocks on 411 farms
were totaled. Of these. 338 flocks
got warm water all winter. They
averaged 95.G eggs. Forty-eight
flocks got warm water part oi the
time. They averaged 87.8 eggs,
eight eggs less per hen. Only cold
water was used with thirty-five
flocks. They averaged 80.8 eggs,
15 less than those getting warm
water all winter.
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No Advancement.
From the Detroit News.
A year after his coronation the
emperor of Abyssinia is still a mere
“King of Kings. Conquering Lion of
Judah. Elect of God and Light of
the World.” but maybe we oucht to
give the boy a little more time to
make good.
May’s $300 radio, which has been
keeping the neighbors on South
State street awake nights. It was
a “pineapole”—a black powder
bomb—and when it went off it de
stroyed the radio.
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AVERAC 1 AGE 18.63 YEARS
Cambrid , Mass. — iUP> — The
average a; ■ of this year’s Harvard
freshmen j 18.63 years. Half the
class is fro. i Massachusetts and the
remainder lroin three other states
three tetri; ories and seven foreign
oeuntriea.
is i ‘H'OfiU •*' .Mf#'
Desire for Peace
Dominated Addresses
Delivered by Lincoln
A love of peace, a recognition
that by peaceful methods the most
was to be gained, the loathsomeness
of war, a realization that through
war alone nothing permanent is
won—there are the thoughts which
dominate the addresses of Lincoln,
who in the midst of the Civil war
which was forced upon the nation
was ever looking for a lasting as
surance of peace.
More pertinent today perhaps
than on the occasion of their ut
terance are the words in Lincoln’s
first inaugural address in which he
made his appeal against war as a
means of settling the issue of seces
sion:
"It is impossible, then, to make
intercourse more advantageous or
more satisfactory after separation
than before. Can aliens make
treaties easier than friends can
make laws? Can treaties be more
faithfully enforced between aliens
than laws among friends? Suppose
you go to war you cannot fight al
ways, and when after much loss on
both sides and no gain on either
you cease fighting, the identical old
questions as to the terms of inter
course are again with you.”
And in the same address, in de
claring that the laws of the union
will be faiihlully executed in all
states, he adds: ,
“I trust tins will not be regarded
as a menace, but only as the de
clared purpose of the Union that
it will constitutionally defend and
maintain itself. In doing this there
need be no bloodshed or violence;
there shall be none unless it be
forced upon the national authority.
The power confided to me will be
used to hold, occupy, and possess
the property and places belonging
to the government, and to collect
the duties and imposts; but be
yond what may be necessary for
these objects, there will be no Inva
sion, no using of force against or
among the people anywhere ”
Addressing himself to those who
would disjoin the Union, President
Lincoln likewise found words of
peace, not of war:
“If it were admitted that you who
are dissatisfied hold the right sida
of this dispute, there is still not a
single good reason for precipitate
action. Intelligence, patriotism,
Christianity, and a firm reliance
on him who has never yet forsaken
this favored land are still compe
tent to adjust in the best way our
present difficulty. In your hands,
my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen,
and not in mine, are the momen
tous issues of the Civil war. The
government will not assail you.
You can have no conflict without
being yourselves the aggressors.
You have no oath registered , in
heaven to destroy the government,
while I shall have the most solemn
one to ‘preserve, protect, and de
fend’ it.
“We must not be enemies, but
friends. Though passion may have
strained, it must not break, our
honds of affection.’’
And after the war President Lin
coln’s thoughts turned to welding
together the people of the country
with ties of friendship^ Probably
his most memorable remark in this
connection is the closing paragraph
of his second inaugural address:
“With malice toward none, with
charity for all, with firmness in the
right as God gives us to see the
right, let us finish the work we are
in to bind up the nation’s wounds,
to care for him who shall have
borne the battle, and for his widow ;
and his orphans, to do all which
may achieve and cherish a just and
a lasting peace among ourselves
and with all nations.”
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COMPETITION
Competition is the order of the
day in this thoroughly commercial
ized world—competition for trade
between producing nations, between
country stores in the villages, and
between seekers for profit in every
trade, vocation and profession.
Youth coming from high schools,
academies, colleges and universities
have to meet competition on all
sides. They rise or fall only as they
meet or fail to meet competition.
Every factory, f-ollege, church,
institution, business, and human ac
tivity for gain, faces competition.
There is no escape from this test.
But there are certain qualities in
men who are in the minority that
surely win ocer the competition of
the multitudes who have them not.
They are industry, intelligence,
honesty. courage, sound principles,
loyal ' to employers, willingness to
save at the cost of self-denials, to
maintain < cod habits, to avoid evil
associations, to respect all good
thin:-s. and to do with little when
necessary.
Ev. cy man must have a firm
foundation on which to build. The
liar, llie dodger, the crcok, have no
chance. The good man, the clean
man, the honorable man, is the one
who rises above the shifty, uncer
tain. untrustworthy multitude. He
may go slow, very slow, at first;
but he will go. and go in the right
di ection, and finally “get there.”
That ’s demonstrated every day.
— \V. G. Sibley in Chicago Journal
of Commerce.
FRIGHTFUL SIGHT
When angered, a Queensland
lizard opens a large cape-like frill
from i's neck and distends Its jaws.
The frill is a foot wide and. with
he gaping jaw3, preesnts a terrify
ing picture to an enemy.
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SPRINGS MAY GO DRY
Crawford. Colo. — (UP)—Cattle
men with foresight erected troughs
to conserve water from the springs,
which has been running low during
tne hot weather. The springs dot
the Black Mesa range land.
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At an English seaport where the
tide levels sometime* change as
much as 30 feet an inventor ob
tains from 30 to 250 horsepower
by capturing the water in tanks
and using i;s fall to operate a
luzhlne.
A Child Neighbor's Memories
Of Lincoln in Springfield
Maty Todd Melvin Dewing tells
ner recollections of Abraham Lin
coln as a Springfield neighbor.
My father and mother were very
close friends of the Lincolns. My
mother was so fond of Mrs. Lin
coln that It was decided before I
came into this world that if I
should prove to be a girl I should
bear her name.
The Lincolns lived Just a block
from us in Springfield. 111., and the
night before I was born Mrs. Lin
coln gave a party. The following
morning she sent her centerpiece to
my mother and me. I was unable
to enjoy either the sight or taste of
it. but mother told me it was a
large pyramid of macaroons. Per
sonally, I remember just two in
cidents touching the Lincolns, but
I have heard father and mother
and my older brothers speak of
them so much that I feel as though
I had been personally acquainted
with the family.
My father. Dr. Samuel Melvin,
kept a store in Springfield. In the
back room he had a rosewood chess
table, and whenever Mr. Lincoln
had an hour of leisure he would
drop in. and if father was not busy
the two of them would go back
there and play chess. They were
both good players and pretty evenlv
matched. It was in these intimate
moments that father learned to
know and appreciate Abraham Lin
coln. Father often said:
"Lincoln is not a show man—he
does not impress one greatly at first
sight, or even after a slight ac
quaintance. It is only when one
really knows the quiet, sincere, per
sonal side of him, that his superi
ority is grasped.”
The Little Boy Cheer*
Mr. Lincoln must pass both the
store and our home every day to
reach his own house. Mv little
brother Charles was devoted to Lin
coln. and one of his daily joys was
to mount the gate post and greet
Mr. Lincoln as the latter passed
But one dav Mr. Lincoln was much
engrossed in conversation with a
companion and did not hear
Charles’ ‘ Hello, Misser Lincoln.
The child was much offended. He
called louder, but still Lincoln did
not hear. The third time he falrlv
screamed. "Misser Lincoln. Misser
Lincoln!" Lincoln whirled suddenly
and asked, . „„
"Why. what is it. Charlie?
Charlie didn't know what he
wanted himself except to be no
ticed, and thus confronted he could
think of nothing to say except to
raise his little hand and shout.
"Hurrah for you!” It was just aft
er the political campaign and that
phrase had flown to the boys llpa
Lincoln laughed, came back and
caught the boy from his post
squeezed him and set him on the
sidewalk as he said— ....
“That’s right, Charlie, thats
right.” Patting the bov on the
shoulder, he hastened off to catch
his companion. „ _
Mr. Lincoln’s love for his own
children and other peoples chil
dren as well, was much remarked
nb0Ut "Are Mv Boys Here?”
I had five brothers older than
mvself. Two of them were the ages
of Robert and Willie Lincoln, and
our old nurse. Mary, claimed that
she had as much to do with bring
ing up the Lincoln boys as their
mother and father did..^nu^tok
and Willie were always in our oacK
vard and Mr Lincoln stopped In
two or three times a dav to collect
hU children and take them home.
Should he RO home at noon and
not find them there, it was.
"Mary, where are the boys.
“Over at Melvin’s.” would be the
invariable reply, and Lincolnwould
hasten back to our place and Ret
them After a time he learned to
stop on his way home and ask. Arc
mv bovs here?” and takong one bv
each hand, he would lead them
home, only to repeat the perform
^The^inoolns at that time had no
servant, and as mother never a -
lowed our boys to go out of the
vard. and as our Mary was always
near, watching the play. Mrs. Lin
coln felt it was a safe place tor her
older boys to be, and she would in
turn plan some treat for my broth
ers.
One time she wished to make
some calls, and for the purpose
hired a hack from the city livery
stable. She asked mother if two or
my brothers might go with her. as
was taking Robert and Willie.
It Is needless to say the four boys
enjoyed the ride, and enjoyed as .
much playing in the hack while she
went in to make her calls.
Playing Nursemaid
Tad was a little youngster at the
time, and the following story was
told by the carpenter in question
Mrs. Lincoln desired to eo .down
town and do some shopping. Mr
Lincoln volunteered to look after
Tad, as some carpenter work was
being done on the house and he
said he would like to be home to
oversee it. After a while the carpen
ter called Mr. Lincoln out into the
back yard to ask advice concerning
some alteration, and Lincoln put
Tad on the Poor. Immediately the
child set up a howl, and Mrs. Lin
coln came in at that inopportune
time. She had rather a hasty tem
Der and at once she sought her
husband and berated him soundly
for letting the child sit on the floor
and cry.
“Why, Mary, he’s just been there
a minute." soothed Lincoln, and
then In his quiet, gentle way. he
took the child in his arms, and
snuggling him elese sat down in an
cld rocking chair and sang to quiet
him, that old hymn. "Jesus, my all,
to heaven has gone."
After Lincoln was elected presi
dent, the family made preparations
to move to Washington and decided
to sell the greater part of their fur
niture. My father bought a number
of pieces, and I still have the bill
of sale. Aside from the pieces men
Civil Service
In Porto Rico
Prom Good Government.
A comprehensive modern person
nel system for the Insular govern
ment of Porto Rico, based on mer
it and fitness to be determined aft
er competitive tests, has been
adopted by the Porto Rican legisla
ture and will become effective
about August 1. 1931. A reorganiza
tion of the public service of the
Po to Rican Insular government
had been urged by Gov. Gen. Theo
dore Ter, jyelt for a number of
! > H jl ; * (Sii i: >7i-> ; ■) J -iYit 0<"//
il to H-jfiilt W'hn adt
tioned. we acquired from them a buj
four-poster; this furniture was used
in the great bedroom in which my
father and mother and I slept.
The Literary Bureau
A few evenings before Mr. Lin
coln left for Washington, Mrs
Grimsley, the only daughter of Dr.
Todd, who was Mrs. Lincoln’s uncle
invited a few of Lincoln's intimate
friends to the home of Dr. Todd to
a little farewell party. They were all
assembled, and Lincoln was late.
When he came, he brought with him
a little black satchel This was bulg
ing with something heavy. He gave
it to Mrs. Grimsley, and with a
smile explained:
“Gentlemen, this is my literary
Dureau.
He asked Mrs. Grimsley to take
care of It until he should return to
Springfield, but added, that if h<?
should not return for it, she was to
make any disposition of it she
thought best. Mrs. Grimsley put it
away. Little did any of those pres
ent dream under wrhat circum
stances it was to be opened and the
contents revealed.
With a Little Cap
When the Lincolns had been in
Washington a month or so, Captain
Todd. Mrs, Lincoln’s brother, was
making a trip to Springfield, and
Mrs. Lincoln sent In his care a let
ter to my mother, and a little box
in which was a cap for me. Here is
the letter:
Washington. April 27, 1861.
My dear Mrs. Melvin:
Captain Todd leaves today fot
Springfield and I take the liberty of
enclosing some photographs of th*
boys, also, a little bonnet cap for my
sweet little namesake. Thousands of
soldiers are guarding us, and if ther*'
is safety in numbers we have every
reason to feel secure. We can onlv
hope for peace.
Our boys remember your dear lit
tle sons with much affection. I trust
the day may come when they will bo
reunited
I had intended requesting Mr.
Melvin to have given me a promise
that on our return to S we could be
able to secure our own particular
pew, to which I was very much at
tached, and which we occupied some
10 years. May I hope that he will be
able to do so.
With kind regards to your family
and all friends, I remain, ever sin
cerely, MARY LINCOLN
Lincoln's Gratitude
It was the following year when my
father and mother went up tw
Washington. My father went to call
on the president. After the first
greetings were over, and a few
words exchanged, Mr. Lincoln said:
‘‘Well, Dr. Melvin, and what can
I do for you?”
‘‘Not a thing; not a thing In tha
world, Mr. Lincoln,” replied father
“I just came in to make a little
friendly call like we used to do In
Springfield.”
Mr. Lincoln seemed a bit sur
prised, smiled, and then looked very
serious. In a moment he jumped
from his chair, crossed the room,
and again shook hands with my
father.
‘‘I have to shake hands with you
again. Dr. Melvin," he said heartily.
‘‘You’re the first man from Spring
field who has been to see me who
didn't have an ax to grind. Since
you haven’t asked any favors, I’m
going to reward you. The city is un
der military surveillance, as you
know, and you must have a pass to
get about. But I will send my car
riage for your use tomorrow. You
will take Mrs. Melvin and the other
Springfield friends who are with
you, and go where you wish, unques
tioned.”
Mr. Lincoln had so much appre
ciated the fact that an old neighbor
and friend should call just for
friendship's sake that he extended
this great courtesy to my parents
In turn, it was haid for thorn to ex
press their appreciation of his kinrf
act.
Mr. Lincoln loved his home and
friends in Springfield, and spoke ot
them with much feeling many time3.
He looked forward to returning and
taking his place amon; them after
his term of office should be over.
News of Assassination
I remember very well when the
news of the assassination came. I
was 5, and sleeping in my little
trundle bed becide the huge four
poster that had been the Lincolns.
Our nurse, Mary, had been to
market early in the morning and
she returned with the news. I re
member my father sitting straight
up in this big bed and exclaiming,
“Is it possible! Is it possible!
Who could think of killing so great
and good a man!”
Not long after, almost the same
company that had met at Mrs.
Grimsley’s that night to bid Lin
coln farewell, met again at the same
place. They talked of their friend,
and then someone remembered the
black bag that Lincoln had left.
Mrs Grimsley went to get it, and in
the presence of all it was opened. It
contained manuscripts of lectures,
some ot which he had delivered, and
some of which he had not used. But
these were prepared alter the Lin
coln-Douglas debates, and were giv
en in a lyceum lecture course.
Each of the men present put his
hand In the bag and drew forth a
manuscript. Father drew two, both
on the subject of "Science and In
vention.” One ot these he later dis
posed of, but the other is to remain
in our family.
years, and this year he made it
one of the major proposals in his
legislative program. At the present
time more than 15 per cent of the
employes in the Insular government
are serving under “temporary em
ployment.” The new law will speed
ily correct the situation and permit
a business-like administration of
the personnel system.
OI.D WHISTLER HOUSE SOLD
Springfield. Mass.—(UP)—A house
which once was the home of the
celebrated artist James McNetU
Whistler was auctioned recently tc
D F. B. Sweet for tia.OOi)
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