BOLT OF SILVER MEN
IVALK OUT WHEN GOLD
IS ADOPTED
PLANK
Republicans Adopt a Plutform Advo
cating the Single Gold Standard
Free Coinage Delegates Sever Their
Connection with Former Associates
Leave the Hall
The third days session of the Republi
can national convention was called to
order by Chairman Thurston at 1030
oclock Thursday forenoon Five thou
sand people stood outside the convention
hall clamoring for admission and quarrel
ing with doorkeepers Inside the hall
there was a restless activity among the
delegates and visitors and an eager desire
to see the wheels move
Chairman Thurston without any pre
liminaries plunged into business by an
nouncing that the first thing on the pro
gram was the report of the committee on
resolutions Senator elect Joseph B For
aker of Ohio crowded to the front clinib
ed the steps and presented the platform
while the audience and delegates follow
ed the reading with intense interest
The preamble refers to four years of
Democratic rule compared to thirty years
of Republican rule as good grounds to ap
peal to the American people The four
years of unrestricted rule of the Demo
cratic party is denounced us a calamity
and a record of incapacity The adverse
balance of trade the deficit in the treas
ury and the piling up of the public debt
and menace to the redemption fund are de
clared We are not pledged to any par
ticular schedule but the question of rates
should be governed by conditions The
restoration of discriminating duties for
the upbuilding of the merchant marine is
favored The money plank which caused
so much discussion and over which arose
the contention reads as follows We are
unalterably opposed to everymeasure cal
culated to debase our currency or impair
the credit of our country We are there
fore opposed to the free coinage of silver
except by international agreement with
the leading commercial nations of the
world which we pledge ourselves to pro
mote and until such agreement can be ob
tained we believe the existing gold stand-
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SENATOR HEXBT M TEILEB
ard must be preserved All our silver
-and paper currency now in circulation
must be maintained at a parity with gold
and we favor all measures designed to
maintain inviolable the obligations of the
United States and all our money whether
of coin or paper at the present standard
the standard of the most enlightened na
tions of the earth A plank favoring
liberal reciprocity is incorporated and the
repeal of the reciprocity agreements is
condemned The plank on foreign affairs
favors the independence of Cuba and con
trol of Hawaii by the United States and
indorses the Monroe doctrine There are
planks favoring the extension of civil service-reform
a declaration against the
nse of the public money for sectarian
purposes in favor of arbitration
for liberal pensions and the building of
the Nicaraguan canal by the United
States Government
At the conclusion of the reading Senator
Teller presented a silver substitute for
the gold plank in the platform and made
a strong speech in defense of the bimetal
lic views of the white metal men After
he had spoken to the resolution Foraker
moved to lay it on the table The gold
men voted 518 to a total silver repre
sentation of 105 Foraker then moved
the previous question on the adoption of
ihe platform and the platform was adopt
ed a separate vote being taken on the
financial plank resulting Yeas S12
nays 110
As soon as the platform with the gold
plank was adopted the silver men from
Colorado Idaho Montana and Utah
beaded by their leaders arose and march
ed out of the convention hall renouncing
the Republican party and its declaration
of principles
Notes of Current Events
Walter T Hatch senior member of the
firm of Walter T Hatch Son bankers
and brokers of New York died at his
-home in Brooklyn
Eugene Barnett and Jepps Wenar rail
Toad ticket speculators doing business at
New Orleans were convicted of forging
tickets of the Southern Pacific Railway
Company
H J Smith general superintendent of
the t Edison electric light plant in New
York and president of the recent electrical
exhibition was fatally injured by a fall
at Washingtonville N J
The famous collection of violins owned
by the late R D Hawley of Hartford
has been sold to Ralph Granger of San
Diego Cal The price paid is said to be
in the neighborhood of 20000
Charles Tillotson aged 23 a student in
the New York Medical College commit
ted suicide in Hartford Conn by taking
laudanum Despondency over the mor
phine habit is the alleged cause
Much surprise was manifested at In
dianapolis by the announcement that Gen
Fred Knefiler for four years United
States pension agent for Indiana had
been disbarred from practice in the Pen
sion Department
Dr James W Cox died at Albany N
Y aged 6S years He was a member of
the county and State medical societies
and was also senior member of the Ameri
can Institute of Homeopathy He was a
thirty second degree Mason He was also
one of the founders of the Fort Orange
Club
Capt William J Mobley aged 54 drop
peddead from apoplexy on a train neaj
Washington D C
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COSTLY LUNCH OF AN OSTRICH
It Took a Surgical Operation to Get a
Purse froin His Stomach
B C Wallace a wealthy gentleman
from the East has been making a tour
of Southern Canifornia during the past
winter and about a month ago came to
this city A short time after his arrival
he went out to visit the ostrich farm
and spent several hours in inspecting
the queer birds which seemed to inter
est him very much There was one big
male ostrich in particular that struck
Wallaces fancy his plumage was so
beautiful and his carriage so grand
After admiring and commenting on the
big fellows many good points Wallace
turned to get an orange from a bag
which his wife was holding thinkiug to
present it to the ostrich
Feeling something tugging at his
pocket Wallace jumped around just
in time to see his well filled leather
puree slowly disappear into the birds
mouth Wallace frankly confesses that
he was completely dazed for a moment
but the case was a serious one and
when the purse showed itself slowly
sliding down making a big protuber
ance on the side of the birds neck he
felt that the time for action had ar
rived Leaning over the board fence
as far as he could reach Wallace grab
bed the bird about the throat and tried
with all his might to choke his purse
up but one upward kick of the big fel
lows hoof settled any further effort in
that way Wallace was almost willing
to feel grateful for the small favor of an
unbroken arm but there was money in
the purse and he could not see the
ostrich making food of his worldly
goods with impunity Meanwhile Mrs
Wallace had called the keeper
By this time the purse had made the
passage and was no doubt comfortably
stored away in the birds stomach
awaiting the process of digestion
Nothing for it sir Im afraid said
the keeper Was there much money
in the purse5
My lord man theres thousands in
it besides bonds notes etc exclaim
ed Wallace Can nothing be done
Not unless you buy the bird kill him
and rob his stomach answered the
keeper
Great Scott I dont want an ostrich
dead or alive but name your figure
said Wallace
The keeper told him the bird was
worth i5G0
Prerty costly but theres ten times
that amount inside him and I guess this
will be one time it will pay to kill the
goose for the golden egg
The bargain was almost struck but
at Mrs Wallaces suggestion it was
decided to get a surgeon to come out
from ihe city and operate on the bird
and try to extract the purse without
killing him outright This plan was
immediately acted upon the operatien
being performed by one of our young
surgeons and resulting most happily
The purse was found intact with its
valuable contents unhurt It is now
three weeks since and the ostrich has
entirely recovered so that Wallace had
merely to pay the surgeons fee and a
slight bonus to the keeper who in turn
presented Mrs Wallace with a fine
plume from the bird which came very
near costing her husband so dear
Los Angeles Letter to Philadelphia
Times
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He Knew Her
Postoffice clerks no doubt possess a
larger amount of general information
than they are sometimes credited with
but the Irish World tells of one con
cerning whom the exact opposite is
true
I had occasion to go to the postoffice
to solicit aid in tracing a package that
had failed to be delivered in season for
Christmas The politeness of the clerks
reminded me of a friend of ours who
was a postoffice clerk and one of the
most polite of Irishmen He was born
in County Kildare and emigrated to
New York at 10 years of age At 25
LAB0ES OF C0MRESS
RECENT SESSION THESHORTEST
FOR THIRTY YEARS
Bills that Have Become Lawa 3Iany
Measures Introduced but Few of
Importance Added to the Laws of
the Country Pending Legislation
Done at Washington
The Fifty fourth Congress was the
shortest lonir session in Mrf p
and one of the shortest in the history of
toe Government Of the measures which
have become laws the most important
from an international standpoint was
the bill creating the commission to deter
mine the true divisional line between Ven
ezuela and British Guiana Of scarcely
less general interest were the bills pro
hibiting prize fighting in the territories
permitting uppointments in the army and
navy of former United States officers who
had served in the rebellion and making
one years residence in a territory a pre
requisite to obtaining a divorce there
Excepting these however the remainder
of the 225 bills and resolutions which
received the Presidents approval were not
of a character to warrant special mention
The more important were the bills in
corporating the National Society of the
Daughters ofthe Revolution opening the
forest reservations in Colorado for the
location of mining claims regulating
proof of death in pension cases providing
for a naval training station in San Fran
cisco harbor making it unlawful to shoot
at any railway train or any person there
on or to throw missiles into such train
and repealing clause Gl of the tariff law
providing for a rebate on alcohol used in
the arts The session however conspicu
ous by reason of its brevity resulted in
the introduction of a larger number of
bills in the House than during any similar
period for a quarter of a century The
total number of bills introduced during
the entire Fifty third Congress was S9S7
of which 4405 were introduced during the
first session which corresponds to the
session just closed and in which latter
the aggregate is swollen to 9300
Status of Cuban Legislation
The popular interest in the Cuban revo
lution was shown in the large number of
resolutions more than fifty in all that
was introduced and referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs After careful
consideration a concurrent resolution was
reported for which was subsequently sub
stituted in conference the Senate resolu
tion expressing the sympathy of the Unit
ed States with the insurgents recognizing
their belligerency and calling unon th
President to use his good offices to secure
the independence of the island Being a
concurrent and not a joint resolution it
did not call for the Presidents signature
and its only effect was to express the sen
timent of the American people as reflected
m tne two houses of Congress Measures
for which there has been a widespread
demand include the bankruptcy bill the
McCall bill providing an educational test
for immigrants the labor commission and
labor arbitration bills and the bill sim
plifying the rules of the pension office so
as to facilitate the adjustment of private
pension cases
The Finance Committee to which was
referred 105 different measures succeed
ed in getting through the Senate but three
of any importance that have become laws
the filled cheese bill the amendment to
the administrative feature of the tariff
act permitting express companies to pay
the duty on packages valued at more
than 500 and deliver it to the residence
of the importer direct and the bill to
repeal the free alcohol clause of the tariff
law The Dingley bill came out of com
mittee with a free coinage amendment
which prevailed in the Senate and this
proposition was rejected by the House
Bills Placed on the Calendar
Some of the most important bills pre
pared by the committees were not given
a hearing in either house or passed but
one house and will be on the calendar for
consideration during the short session if
their supporters are able to secure time
for them Among the most important of
these are the Lodge McCall bill for an ed
ucational test for immigrants with the
Corliss amendment to prevent the inva
sion of Canadian day laborers the Phil
ips industrial commission bill the Curtis
bill to lessen the number of crimes for
he had attained a six foot physique a
wWch the death caQ be ed
Dig macs oeara ana a ciurimp m uu efay United gtates courts the bankrupt
up town postomce suiuou
He told me gleefully that one da
looking through the little brass bars of k
the general delivery he saw approach
ing a Mr Barney McGuftin a tine old
Irish gentleman he had known at home
The old man was unchanged but the
boy had outgrown Mr McGuffins re
membrance
Is it too late for the steamer said
Mr McGuffin as he poked a letter
through the bars for
THE WIDOW OBRIEN
Curragh of Kildare
Kildare Co Ireland
tvhoin Tom had also known as his fath
ers neighbor at home
Is this to the Widow OBrien who
lives on the Bally wink Road asked
Tom
And how did you know she lived on
the Bally wink Road
What would I be doing in the pose
office if I dont know that the Widow
OBrien lived on the Ballywink Road
Tom said that frequently after thai
he saw the old man gazing at him with
awe and wonder as he explained to
some companion
Thats the man what knows every
body in Ireland
Wood for Pillows
Most Mongolian beauties do not know
what a feather pillow means and the
Japanese pillow consists of a lump of
wood about the size of a loaf of bread
with a piece of soft paper tied on top ol
it so that it will just fit into Yum
lums neck and prop her head off the
floor
Lawn Tennis
Lawn tennis was invented by Majoi
Walter Wingfield who brought out the
game under another name in 1S74 Th6
first public game was played in 1S75
Signers of the Declaration
Thirty nine of the fifty six men who
signed the Declaration of Independ
ence were college graduates
bill and the Pickler pension bill all of
which were passed by the House Among
those passed by neither house are the
statehood bills for Arizona New Mexico
and Oklahoma that for a territorial form
of government for Alaska the Pacific
railroad funding bill the Nicaragua canal
and Pacific cable bills the plan for the
reorganization of the Indian territory gov
ernment for which the Dawes commis
sion and Representative Curtis of Kan
sas are joint sponsors the Loud bill to
reduce the scope of the fourth class mail
matter and bills to reorganize the reve
nue marine personnel to increase the
salaries of railway mail clerks to revive
the grade of lieutenant general for Gen
Miles A iarge fraction of the sessions
business related to the public lands and
important amendments were made to the
public land laws
Miscellaneous Bills
Among the miscellaneous acts passed
during the session were the following
For the detail of revenue cutters to en
force order at regattas and yacht races
and insure the safety of the spectators
and participants
To reconvene the United States dele
gates to the international marine confer
ence for the destruction of the income tax
returns
For the deputation of refugee Canadian
Creek Indians from Montana
To establish the government of Greer
County as a county of Oklahoma after
the decision by the Supreme Court that
Greer County was not a part of Texas
Forbidding divorces in territories unless
the parties applying have been residents
for one year before the applications
Authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to distribute medals and diplomas
awarded by the Worlds Columbian Com
mission
Authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to remit fines penalties and forfeit
ures in laws relating to vessels and to dis
continue prosecutions
Giving the use of the White lot and
Washington monument to the Christian
Endeavor convention of 1890
To allow the return duty free of all
articles sent from the United States for
expositions and fairs
Fixing time for vessels to unload
WOMEN WASH FOR GOLD
North Carolina Dames Bear Their
Part in the Mining Operations
Among the inhabitants of the south
ern mountains among those strange
left over people whose customs have
little changed from what they were 20C
years ago women bear a large share of
the burdens of existence and they
dont call themselves new women
In the South mountains of North Car
olina lying to the south of the old town
of Morganton the poorer residents ob
tain a small amount of money by pan
ning gold in the branches as the little
streams are called It was told that by
far the greater part of this work was
done by women and I was invited to
make a journey through the mountains
with one of these women to act as guide
and preceptor
As we stood the next morning before
a log hut the door opened and a woman
stood before us She was introduced
by my friend as Tine Hank About
30 years old rather small slight dress
ed in a coarse gown of nondescript col
or and material her eyes were of the
most beautiful brown while her glossy
biack hair was done into a simple knot
atthe back of her head Her feet were
bare and brown as the soil which form
ed the floor of the cabin
Tine had been forewarned of out
coming and was ready to start at once
with her gold pan under her arm In a
commanding tone she called to a man
who sat by the fireplace telling him to
get a shovel and follow We took our
way down a crooked trail which ran
alongside one of the branches If
it had been a pleasure to see the grace
and beauty of this woman in repose it
was a marvel to observe her gliding
aiong the forest path with every mus
cle in play every motion adjusted to
the needs of the moment now stepping
deftly from one stone to another now
grasping the small limb of a tree to aid
her in a steep part of the path
When we reached a place wher
heaps of gravel and sand showed that
panning had been done Tine assured
us she could obtain a color Taking
the shovel from the mountaineer she
drove it into the bed of the shallow
stream pushing it down by placing her
naked foot on the edge of the blade
Having carefully chosen a panful of
gravel she crouched down and com
menced the operation of panning I
have seen this delicate task performed
many times but never before with such
rapidity and dexterity In an incred
ibly short time she gave the final twist
to the iron pan and exhibited it to us
with the small remaining amount of
gravel collected in its lower edge while
the tiny yellow scales the colors
were arranged in a sort of line in the
tipper part
Then she jumped to the opposite side
of the branch digging with her hands
at some loosened pieces of quartz in the
opposite bank She returned carrying
three or four pieces in her hands One
of the fragments she held out trium
phantly saying Itll carry right smart
gold while her bright eyes shone with
pleasure
Placing her trophies on a fiat stone
she proceeded to beat the quartz to a
fine powder Scraping the crushed ma
terial into the pan she proceeded to a
small pool in the stream and went to
work as deftly as before
A pretty picture it was and a novel
one this delicate featured barefooted
woman bending over the edge of the
stream whih rushed along among the
gray rocks taking its path down the
slope of the mountain under the big
pine trees When the pan was present
ed for inspection there indeed was
right smart gold Instead of a few
flakes a yellow streak showed on the
black surface of the pan almost a
pennyweight as the mountaineers in
formed us This being placed in a
sharpened quill brought along for the
purpose we left the branch and
5tarte for other profitable workings
During the day we encountered sev
sral women usually in small parties
engaged either in panning or in beating
up the loose vein rock after the primi
tive method which Tine had employ
ed They told us they averaged about
1 a day when they worked hard and
there was of course always the chance
of striking a pocket which might
give them 20 or 30 in a lump They
were able to turn their winnings at
once into cash by selling the gold to the
local storekeepers New York Herald
His Liberal Reward
The champion mean man up town
seems to be a young man who recently
advertised in the papers offering a
liberal reward for the return of a
pocketbook containing 30 in cash anci
some valuable papers Two young men
found the pocketbook in Norristown
and called at the losers house to return
it He handed one of them fifty cents
The finders protested saying that ti
had cost them 65 cents to come down
from Norristown and that they hadnt
enough money to get home again The
fortunate owner of the pocketbook dis
missed them with the remark that he
couldnt help that Philadelphia Rec
ord
Insanity and Divorce
The lunacy statistics of the kingdom
of Wurtemberg show that out of 1000
000 people the lunstics number 113
married women 224 girls 338 widows
1540 divorcees 140 husbands 2 35
bachelors 33S widowers and 1484 men
living apart from their wives The
moral of this for married people seems
to be Dont rush to the divorce court-
Coal in Minnesota
Several excellent deposits of anthra
cite coal have been discovered in Min
nesota recently The veins thus far
discovered are only about five feet in
thickness but the coal is of excellent
ouality
As a rule there is most justice in ta
side of the story that is not told
SiRnr
IMSKEaSWCyH J3m
BLUE AND THE GEAY
GRAVE MEN WHO MET ON THE
FIELD OF BATTLE
Thrilling Stories of the Rebellion Old
Soldiers and Sailors Relate Interesting
Reminiscences of Life in Camp and oil
tiim field Incidents of the TVar
The Andrews Haiders
Rev W D Cole of Milwaukee while
at Atlanta last fall made the acquaint
ance of Capt W A Fuller who was
conductor of the passenger train seized
at Big Shanty by the famous Andrews
raiders in 1862 There was no more
thrilling adventure during the war
than Andrews raid into Georgia Like
Gettysburg and Franklin everything
written about it it is read with deep
interest It was a part of the plan of
the dauntless raiders to capture Chat
tanooga then considered the key to the
Southern situation In Buells aruy
was Gen Sills brigade in which were
the Second Twenty first and Thirty
third Ohio From these regiments
came the volunteers who took part in
the daring raid The plan was to pen
etrate 200 miles within the Confederate
lines to Marietta where the raiding
party was to board the train and at
Big Shanty now called Kenesaw Sta
tion the capture was to be made Big
Shanty was a military camp There
were 3000 Confederate soldiers there
when the raiders arrived When the
train stopped at the station the Con
federate guards were only a short dis
tance away
While the trainmen and the passen
gers were at the eating house break
fasting the capture was made and the
raiders started for Chattanooga in
tending to burn the bridges behind
them thus cutting off re enforcements
from below and making it possible for
Buell to capture Chattanooga But a
series of mishaps caused a failure and
the capture of the dauntless raiders
In partial retirement in the city of
Atlanta said Mr Cole there live3
a man to whose daring and devotion to
the Confederacy the capture of An
drews and his company was due This
man is Cant W A Fuller who was
the conductor of the stolen train The
energy and the fearlessness of the pur
suit which Fuller commanded was sim
ply astonishing and gave evidence of
his courage and determination Not
one man in ten thousand would have
been capable of such a pursuit During
a recent visit to Atlanta I was a guest
of Capt Fuller and his gentle wife for
a time and from him heard the thrill
ing story of the pursuit and capture
History telfs the story as Capt Fuller
does
After many months in prison An
drews and seven of the company were
executed in Atlanta Andrews was
hanged just off Peach Tree street the
other seven at a point now included in
Oakland Cemetery Eight of the party
broke jail in Atlanta and after weeks
of privation and untold suffering reach
ed the Union lines The remaining
six were removed from Atlanta to Cas
tle Thunder Richmond from which
prison they were exchanged in March
1863 after eleven months of imprison
ment Four years after their execution
the bodies of the eight were removed
to the national cemetery at Chattanoo
ga where they now lie At their graves
Ohio has erected a fitting monument
upon which is a facsimile of the Gen
eral the engine which they captured
The engine itself is among the prized
possessions of the Georgia State Road
and was part of the exhibition in the
Transportation Building at the Colum
bian Exposition It has been at several
national encampments of the Grand
Army and is to be at St Paul next
September when the national encamp
ment meets there
Capt Fuller was in command of an
independent battalion detained to
guard the rolling stock of the Georgia
State Road and keep it from being cap
tured by Shermans army He left
Chattanooga with 550 freight cars 120
passenger coaches and fifty or more lo
comotives These were all surrendered
In April 1865 with the loss of only
twenty seven cars In dodging Sher
mans men Capt Fuller had his rolling
stock on all of the roads in Georgia
North and South Carolina and on some
of the Virginia roads
The scene at the fall of Atlanta
said Capt Fuller beggars description
Panic stricken people with streaming
hair fled along the streets The gath
ering darkness of the night was light
ed with the flash of siege guns and
the lurid flames of the blazing city It
was at this time that the Confederates
determined to explode 120 carloads of
powder to prevent its capture by the
Union army It was simply awful
The thunderous roar of the successive
explosions shook the foundations of
the burning city and each explosion
sounded like the clap of doom It seem
ed as though the day of judgment had
come
The next morning the conquering
files of blue clad soldiers marched along
the desolated streets of the surrendered
city Upon the ruins of the old a fairer
city has arisen We hail thee fairer
Atlanta queen city of the empire State
ia new South I
Mr Cole was not old enough to be
a soldier but his father was it may be
doubted if there is a soldier who takes
more interest in the armies and their
work Last summer he rode over bat
tlefields from Chattanooga to Atlanta
on a bicycle and next year he will visit
some of the fields in Virginia and spend
several days at Gettysburg J A
Watrous in Chicago Times Herald
A Story of the War
CoL Sidney G Cooke of Herrington
Kan and a possible candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor
of Kansas is probably the only man in
the world who ever sneezed a bullet
out of his head Col Cooke was badly
Wounded at the Battle of the Wilder
nest y ball from a Confederate rifle
having penetrated hlv train His com
rades left him on the field where he fell
for he was dead to all Intents and pur
poses and the newspapers published
his name with the list of those who
yielded up their lives in the conflict
All day and until long after nightfall
Sidney G Cooke who was yet a lad
lay in a clump of bushes on a ridge The
Federal skirmish line was broken early
in the day by a Confederate detach
ment but not routed The contending
forces surged back and forth for hours
and when both armies retired from the
field at sunset the ridge was strewn
with a thousand lifeless forms
The night was very dark A lone
Confederate crept about the field unob
served by the Union sentinels in search
of a brother supposed to have met
death in the bushes A rifle still
grasped in the apparently dead soldierV
hand attracted his attention Ha
stopped to appropriate the weapon for
himself when Cooke groaned The
rebel had a few drops of whisky in his
flask which he forced into the wound-
ed mans mouth and he revived The
rebel carried Cooke into his own camp
a prisoner
Cookes wound was dressed and he
Improved rapidly The bullet how
ever remained in his head In threo
weeks he was sent to Andersonvllle
where he remained about seven months
Arrangements having been made for
his exchange he was sent into the Un
ion lines He joined his company and
was placed on duty The lead in his
head did not bother him at all One
day while marching in the rain he con
tracted a severe cold and nearly sneez
ed himself to death He sneezed for
ten days With the last sneeze came
the bullet It had been in his head a
year Col Cooke now corresponds with
his Confederate friend Charles M
Jones a lawyer of Greensboro N C
V
Another Lincoln Story
Mr Lincoln was one of the rare talk
ers who could always point a moral
with an adorning tale taken out of his
own experience Everybody has ex
perience if he only knows it Most of
us are so much in the habit of taking
in wisdom and fun through the printed
page or the story as another man tells
it that we lack the capacity to see It
for ourselves
The story teller is the man who finds
his own material An old Southern
politician was moralizing thus a few
nights ago and eulogizing the man the
South used to dislike
When Lincoln first came to Wash
ington I went to see him so prejudiced
against him beforehand that no man
with less genius could have overcome
it I left that first interview his friend
No man ever came under the charm of
Lincolns personality without respect
ing him and if allowed loving him
One day after we had become fair
ly good friends I told him of my early
prejudice
Mr Lincoln I said I had heara
every mean thing on earth about you N
except one I never heard that you
were too fond of the pleasures of lif e
Mr Lincoln sat for a moment stroking
his long cheek thoughtfully and then
he drawled out in his peculiar West
ern voice
That reminds me of something that
a boy said to me when I was about ten
years old
Once in a while my mother used to
get some sorghum and some ginger and
mix us up a batch of gingerbread It
wasnt often and it was our biggest
treat
One day I smelled it and came Into
the house to get my share while it was
hot I found she had baked me three
gingeroreati men ana 1 tooK them out jl
under a hickory tree to eat them
There was a family near us that
was a little poorer than we were and
their boy came along as I sat down
Abe he said edging close gim
me a man
I gave him one He crammed it
into his mouth at two bites and looked
at me while I bit the legs from my first
one
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Abe
he said gimme that
othern
I wanted it but I gave it to him
and as it followed the first one I said
You seem to like gingerbread
Abe he said earnestly I dont
spose theres anybody on this earth
likes gingerbread as well I do and
drawing a sigh that brought np crumbs
I dont spose theres anybody gets
less of it
And the old politician said Mr Lin
coln looked as though the subject was
ended Burlington Iowa Hawkeye
Grants Offer to Gen Pickett
We all criticised Grant for that dras
tic war measure of his by which he dis
continued the exchange of prisoners
but he certainly behaved very hand
somely to Lee and Lees troops at Ap
pomattox And when he became Presi
dent he was kind in giving places to
ex Gonfederates Longstreet himself
profited by Grants friendship in that
way Grant offered to make Gen Pick
ett a United States Marshal for one of
the Virginia districts but Pickett de-
clined the office telling Grant that as
popular as Grant was with the people
he Grant could not afford to make
such an appointment This was as
much as to say that Pickett could not
change his affiliations and that for him
not to do so would be to injure Grant
in the view of the Northern public
President Davis spoke very kindly in
deed of Gen Grant in a letter publish
ed about the time of Grants death
Indeed Grant stands far higher in
the estimation of Southern veterans
than any other general of the war on
the Northern side Richmond Va
patch
The crater of Etna is a quarter of a
mile high on a plain three miles across
it falls in every 100 years In an erup
tion in the year 1693 the city of Catnia
was overturned in a moent and 18000
people perished in the ruins
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