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Send model, drawing, or photo, with .descrip tion.. We advise if patentable or not, free of charge. Oar fee not due till patent is secured. Abook."HowtoObtain Patents." with refer ences to actual clients in your state, connty or town, sent free. ' Address Opposite Patent'Office, Washington, . C. MEM MI ' in rr bBhSbS9h WESTERN COTTAGE OMAN MP "ES-js" a a a JVsnnnnnnnnnnnnT THE MARTYR PRESIDENT. fA ntPij .PKsnnnnnW. RMsjf SB k VaS nnnnnnnnnnnVnwHinnisnnnnnt arl Nssv i ''fjEZMaaT h ry talar ABRAHAM LINCOLN. From an early photograph. Tlie noblest soul of all ! When was there ever since our Washington, A man so pore, so wise, so patient one Who walked with this high goal alone In sight. To apeak, to do, to sanction only right. Though very heaven should fall? THE NOMINATION OF LINCOLN. One of Many Stories Relating; IIow Mr. Uncoln Received the News. In that presidential campaign which has had no parallel, and in which Abraham Lincoln was nominated for the presidency, May, 1860, the leading candidates besides Lincoln were Sewanl, Chase, Cameron and Bates. But it early became apparent that the contest was between SAYard and Lincoln. Seward was the acknowledged leader of the Republican party, and his position had been far more conspicuous than that of Lincoln. Lincoln had come into prominence, mainly, as the compet itor of Douglas in 1858, and was prin cipally known outside of the north west from this fact. His fa mous Coojier Union speech, delivered a few months before the convention, hod made him favorably known in the east, while the soubriquet of "Honest Abe" and "Railsplitter of Illinois," had ex tended throughout the free states. The Wigwam, the building in which the nomi nation took place, and which had been erected for the purpose, was filled with an excited throng numbering somo 12,000 souls. The scene that was enacted in the old Wigwam has been too many times de scribed to need repetition here. Suffice it to say, the nomination of Lincoln was hailed with enthusiasm, not only by the crowds in attendance and the northwest, but throughout the free states. TUE OLD CHICAGO WIGWAM. In the little city of Springfield, 200 miles away from the old Chicago Wigwam, sat Abraham Lincoln, awaiting one of the de cisive moments of his life. At last, in the midst of intense excitement, a messenger from the telegraph office entered with the expected dispatch in his hand. He made his way solemnly through a circle of friends to the side of Mr. Lincoln, and said: "The convention has made a nomi nation, and Mr. Seward is the second man on the list!" Then throwing aside all at tempts at dignity, he jumped upon the table and shouted: "Gentlemen, I propose three cheers for Abraham Lincoln the next president of the United States!" It need hardly be added that the call was boisterously responded to. The War Is Killing Me. It has been said, with some show of probability, that before Mr. Lincoln left Illinois he, as well as others, had a pre sentiment that he would fall by the hand of violence. "Thero would be small cause for wonder," says Mr. Stoddard, "if all that is related of this matter were minutely true; still smaller occasion would there be to regard bo very reason able an impression as at all prophetic or supernatural. The strong impression spoken of during the dark days that fol lowed was of another sort and was equally reasonable To one friend he said: "The springs of life are wearing away, and I shall not last." To another, in apology for telling a humorous story: "If it were not for this occasional rest I should die." To another: "I feel a presentiment that I shall not outlast the rebellion; when it Is over my work will bo done." To an other: "Whichever way it may end, I feel that I shall not last long after it is over." In 1864 Mrs. narrict Beecher Stowo asked him what policy he proposed to pursue after the war. With a mournful sort of smile he replied: "After the war? I shall not be troubled about that The war is killing me." Men looked into his face day by day and saw there something they could not understand. It gave them the idea of a man in suppressed pain, and they were apt to turn away with little inclina tion to find fault. Lincoln as a Horse Trader. Mr. I4ncoln once figured as a horse trader, and it need hardly be told that he came out ahead. He and a certain judge got to bantering one another about trad ing horses, and it was agreed that the next morning at 9 o'clock they should make a trade, the horses to be unseen up to that hour, and no backing out under a forfeit of $25. At the hour appointed, the judge came up, leading the sorriest looking specimen of a nag ever seen in those parts. In a few minutes Mr. Lin coln was seen approaching with a wooden sawhorse upon his shoulders. Great were tho shouts and the laughter of the crowd, and these increased when Mr. Lincoln, surveying the jadge'a animal, set down his feawhorse and exclaimed: "WclL judge, this is the first time I ever got tho worst of it in a horse trade." "I'll Try to Steer Her Through." Gen. John A. Logan related the follow ing: "On the morning of President Lin coln's arrival in Washington I called upon him at Willard's hotel, in company with Mr. Lovcjoy, of Illinois. We both urged on the new president the necessity of a firm, vigorous policy. He listened to the end, and then said, very seriously, hut cheerfully: 'As the country has placed me at the helm of the ship, I'll try to steer her through.' VICTORY AND DEATH." How the Snrrender of Lee Was Fellow By Lincoln's Assassination. From the 9th to the 14th of April, 1855, Were eventful, memorable days a in the country's history days, neverto be for gotten. On the 9th of April the news of Lee's sarrender reached the president.' On the 11th an exultant throng ' went to the White House to congratulate him, and with Him to rejoice over the triumph. Fall of hope and happiness, with the con sciousness of difficulties overcome and du Um successfully performed, hji heajjwas filled with visions ot rest, peace ana Hap piness and yet there hovered a cloud over this hopeful, happy spirit. On the morning of the 14th, directlyafter break fasting with his family, and awhile await ing the secretary of war, Mr. Lincoln was observed to look very grave, and said to some members of the cabinet standing by: "Gentlemen, something serious is goiug to happen. I have had a .strange dream, and have a presentiment such as I have had several times before, and always just before some important event. But," he added, abruptly, "let us proceeed to busi ness." That same evening he was stricken down by the assassin's hand. wBTrnsa. He has done the work of a true man Crown him, honor him. lore him. Weep over him, tears of woman. Stoop manliest brows above him! Tor the warmest of hearts is frozen. The freest of hands is still: And the gap in our picked and chosen The long years may not fill. No duty could overtake him, " No need his will outrun; Or ever our lips could ask him. His hands the work bad done. "- -"" And he saw ere his eye was darkened " The sheaves of the harvest bringing: And knew while his ear yet hearkened Tho voice of the reapers singing. Never rode to the wrong's redressing A worthier paladin. Shall he not hear the blessing. "Good and faithful, enter in:" Mr. Uncoln and Jerry Smith. The Bev. Dr. Nourse is credited with having told tho following anecdote: The president was very much annoyed by the persistence of a certain member of con gress named Jerry Smith, who haunted him continually wherever he went with applications for office on behalf of his constitutents. One day a delegation of clergymen called upon Mr. Lincoln to pay their respects, and oneof them asked him if he ever sought counsel and guidance from tho Lord during that time of his great responsibility nnd anxiety. "Yes," replied Mr. Lincoln, "I pray every night before I retire. I think of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers camped in the south, the boys in bine as well as the boys in gray, and I pray that the one may be supported in their efforts to preserve the Union and the other shown the error of their unholy strife. I think of the thousands of deserted homes in the north, of the thousands of weeping women and fatherless children, and I pray God to give them strength to bear their bereavements and the wisdom to see that their husbands, sons and fathers have died fighting for the right. I think of my responsibility and pray for strength and wisdom. Then I look under the bed, and, finding that Jerry Smith is not there with an application for office, I thank the Lord for it, turn out the light, lock the door, jump in betweeu the sheets aud go to sleep instantly." The Old Sign, "Uncoln Herndon." A characteristic anecdote is told by Mr. Browne, showing Lincoln's enduring friendship and love of old associations. When he was about to leave Springfield for Washington ho went to the dingy littlo law office which "William H. Hern don and himself had occupied together for many years in a professional capacity. Ho sat down on a couch, and said to his law partner, Herndon: "Billy, you and I have been together more than twenty years, and have never 'passed a word.' Will you let my name stay on the old sign until I come back from Washington?" The tears started to Mr. Herudon's eyes. He put out his hand. "Mr. Lincoln," said he, "I will never have any other partner while you live;" aud to the day of the assassination all the doings of the firm were in the name of "Uncoln & Herndon." Cross ins Swords With Douglas. In 1854, while crossing swords with Douglas, after the passage of the Kansas and Nebraska bill, the power of repartee, for which Mr. Lincoln was so famous, was admirably illustrated by a most laughable retort made by him to Douglas. Mr. llalph E. Hoyt, who was presen, tells tho story: "In the course of his speech Mr. Doug Los had said, 'The Whigs are all dead.' For some moments before speaking, Lin coln sat upon the platform with only his honest, homely face visible to the audi ence. On being introduced, he arose from his chair and proceeded to straighten him self up. For a few seconds I wondered when and where his head would cease its ascent; but at last it did stop, and 'honest old Abe' stood before us. He tegan;' HARK! FT.OM THE TOMCS A DOLEFUL SOCNP. Fellow citizens My friend, Mr. Douglas, made the startling. announcement today that the Whigs are all dead. If this be so, felloTOKritizens, you -will now experi ence the novelty of bearing a speech from a dead man, and I suppose you might properly say, in the language of the old hymn "Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound." ' This eet the audience fairly wild with delight, and at once brought them into full confidence with the speaker." "Honest Abe." It was while Lincoln was salesman for Mr. Offutt in Salem, that he acquired the sobriquet of "Honest Abe." Of many incidents illustrating his integrity at this time, one or two may be mentioned. One evening lie found his cash overran a little, and he discovered that in making change for his last customer, an old woman who had come in a little before sundown, he had made a mistake, not having given her quite enough. Although the amount was small, a few cents, he took the money, immediately walked to her house, and corrected the error. At another time, on his arrival at the store in the morning, he found on the scales a,weight which he re membered having used just before closing, but which was not the one he had intended to use. He had sold a parcel of tea, and in the hurry had placed the wrong weight on the. scales, so that the purchaser had a few ounces less of tea than had been paid for. He immediately sent the quantity required to make np the deficiency. These and many similar incidents are told, exhibiting his scrupulous honesty in the, most trifling mattes, and for these the people gave him the name which clung to him through' life. 'iv V 1 J It II ill LIGHTS AND SHADOWS. EVENTFUL EPISODES IN UNCOLN'S REMARKABLE CAREER. His Jxwly Birth nnd First Great Sorrow. Entertaining Iucldents of His Child hood His Courtship and Slarrlage The Lawyer nnd the President. nistory never furnished the record of any life that more fully exemplifies, than does that of Abraham Lincoln, tho truth of Burns' oft repeated couplet: The rank is but the guinea's stamp. The man's the gowd for a' that. In a forlorn log cabin, on a desolate spot now know as "Rock Spring Farm," in Hardin county. Ky., Abraham Lincoln was born Feb. 12, 1809, just seventy-nine years ago. Ho was not only born, but nurtured in penury, and the coarse food and scanty clothing that barely served the necessities ot existence were earned, after the age of infancy was passed, by the labor of his own hands. The stories of his privations are full of pathos, but these lead up to a lofty nnd unique career, the like of which will in all probability never be repeated. His father's name was Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks was his mother's maiden name. At the time of his birth Lincoln's parents had been married about three years, one child a daughter having been previously born to them. The mother was a slender, symmetrical woman of medium stature, a brunette, with dark hair, regular features and soft, sparkling hazel eyes. Her face accorded with her life, both bein ?ad. At the early ago of 23. when her son Abraham was born, hard labor, hard usage and the lack of sympathy between herself and husband, bad brought to her face tho mel ancholy expression which afterward dis tinguished the countenance of her son. Compared with the mental capacities of her husband, Naucy Lincoln's accom plishments were of a high order, for she could both read and write, nnd her home, humble though it was, indicated a degree of taste and refinement exceptional in the wild settlement iu which she lived. Her's wa3 a strong, self-reliant spirit, which commanded the respect as well as love of the rude people with whom she associ ated. Little Abe was only about 9 years old when his mother died, but her influence over him had been such during the few years of their companionship that it lasted always. She had found time, despite her trials and struggles, not only to teach him to read and write, but to impress upon his young iniud that love of truth and justice for which he was ever noted. Her death seriously affected him, being in fact his first great sorrow. It occurred Oct. 5, 1818; she left two children, Abra ham and Sarah, tho youngest child, Thomas, having previously died. Xancy Hanks Lincoln was buried in an opening in the timber, a short distance from the "V "IT WAS JUST A HUT WITH CIHMNEi' I.TDE." Lincoln home, in Spencer county, Ind., to which place the family had moved in 181C. The spot selected was the summit of a wooded knoll, beneath a wide spreading tree. This grave is now inclosed with a high iron fence, and at its head stands a white marble stone on which is inscribed tho following: "Xancy Hanks Lincoln, who died Oct. 5, 1818, aged 35 years. Erected in 1879 by n friend of her martyred son." In the absence of a clergyman to per form the usual religious rites, the burial service was brief, consisting of the sincere prayers offered by sympathizing friends. But simple as was the ceremony, it was solemn withal, for nowhere does death seem so impressive as in such a solitude. It is not often accorded to a child to have two tender, loving mothers; but this was the boy Abe's good fortune. Thirteen months after his own mother died, a step mother, who was as kind as she was sensi ble, was introduced into tho Lincoln household. She was a Mrs. Sally John son, a widow with three children, but her heart was a capacious one, as Abe and his sister Sarah soon discovered. The second Mrs. Lincoln soon exhibited a special fondness for little Abraham, whoso pre cocious talents and enduring qualities she was quick to apprehend. He was en couraged by her to study day by day and night by night. She wa3 building better than she knew, and our country today owes a debt of gratitude to Mrs. Lincoln's womanly perception of her stepson's capacity and her unselfish efforts to afford him every opportunity her narrow means permitted. Notwithstanding her gener ous assistance, his advantages were, how ever, extremely limited. All his school days added together, says as trustworthy authority as Lnmon, would not make a single year in the aggregate. Abe at an early age became a proficient speller, and enjoyed using his knowledge not only to secure honors for himself, but to assist his less fortunate schoolmates; and it is told that he was exceedingly in genious in the selection of expedients for conveying prohibited hints. The follow ing anecdote illustrates his kindness and readiness of invention: A Miss Roby, supposed to have been quite pretty for we are assured Abo was half in love with her was also extremely diffident and withal not a proficient scholar. She had spelled defied with a "y," and was threat ened nnd frightened by the impatient teacher. Abe, seated at a rude desk in one corner of tho room, with a significant look placed one of his long fingers to his eye, thereby enabling her to change tho letter in time to escape the infliction of tho rod, held in the firm grasp of the irate master. Young Lincoln's attire at this period of his life is described as consisting of buckskin breeches, much too short tc meet the low, coarse shoes he'wore, and a linsey woolsey shirt. His cap was made of the skin of a coon. Books were scarce in the settlements in which Abe lived as a lad. Xumbered with the few volumes he succeeded in ob taining were the Bible, "Pilgrim's Prog ress," the poems of Burns and "Weem's Life of Washington. " These he read over and over again, until their contents be came as familiar as household words. Following the plow, rolling logs, splitting rails or clerking in a country grocery store, the boy pondered over the infor mation thus gained, the stories of Wash ington and other heroes having a special fascination for him. He longed to imi tate them, and there remains not a doubt but that at nn early age he marked out an ambitions career for himself aad began to devise ways and means by which to reach the coveted goal. In after days, when pronouncing a eulogy on Henry Clay, whose opportuni ties for education at schools were little better than his own. Lincoln said: "His jSgl&AjBsfrr atkSgS3sET?Jr sWssV-V-Ssnnst n :&LllliRnnnll& wnEsPlglnIAJ yS?gnnnnwwSnT -- AbsI t?? jjtGl" Ts Msnwfcr ir& example teaches us that one can scarcely be so poor but that if he will he can ac quire sufficient education to get through the world respectably.' A truth of which lie himself furnished a still more striking illnstration. In 1830 the Lincoln family, with their personal effects, removed from Indiana to Illinois. A team consisting of four yoke of oxen, driven by the future president, was their means of transportation. In 1833 Lincoln, who was then residing aj New Salem, resolved to make law his pro fession, and began to lay the foundation of a good lawyer's education in earnest. Although devoted to his work, he found time to meet the requirements of social life, the pleasures of which he enjoyed with peculiar zst. ABE ASSISTS PI.ETTY MISS EOBV TO SPEIL Lincoln did not grow up to manhood without tho usual experiences of the tender passion. While residing at New Salem he became very much attached to a prairie beauty of the name of Annie Rut ledge. She is described as n blonde, with golden hair, red lips and cheeks, blue eyes, and manners and temper swi-et nnd gentle. Lincoln was among her many suitors, and they wcro engaged to be married as soon as he should have finished his legal studies, but in August, 1835, she died. Her beauty and attrac tive character, together with her early death, made a very deep impression upon him. With all his love of fun and frolic, Lincoln, from his youth, was a person of deep feeling, and thero was always mingled with his mirth, sadness. He idolized the memory of Annie Rutledge, aud in his recollections of her there was a poetry of sentiment. Ho associated with the memory of his first love, th plaintive poem which in his hours of melancholy he so often repeated. Fol lowing are the first stanzas: Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud, A flash of tho lightning, a l:rak of the wavo, He passes from life to bis rest in the grave. Tea. hope aud despondency, pleasure and pain, Aro miiigktl together In sunshine and rain; And the smile and the tear, the song and the dirge Still follow each other like surge upon surgo. 'Tls tho wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath From the blossom of health to the paleness of death. From tho gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud. Oh! v;hy should tho spirit of mortal be proud? An old friend of Lincoln's, Isaac Cogs well, long years afterward ventured to refer to this early attachment, and in the conversation that followed the introduc tion of Annie Rutledge's name, he said: "I loved her dearly. She was a handsome girl, and would bnvo made a good, lovinp wife. She was natural nnd quite intelli gent, though not highly educated." At the age of 25 years Lincoln, tho plain, sturdy son of aa illiterate pioneer, found himself a member of the Illinois legislature and ono of the most popular men in Saginaw county. The road lead ing thus far into his life had been an up hill one, but he whs beginning to realizo some of his ambitions, and felt rewarded for past struggles and encouraged to press onward. In 1839 ho met Miss Mary Todd, daughter of the Hon. Robert S. Todd, of Kentucky, who afterward became his wife. Miss Todd, then 21 years of age, possessed a bright mind, with ready wit and qidckness at satire. She was comely, too, having abundant, dark hair, rosy checks nnd a round, plnmp figure. That this Lexington bello, early in her acquaintance, decided to favor Lincoln as a suitor, historians generally agree. She was ambitious to marry a man who would be president, and meeting Lincoln at this period of his bright political pros pects, selected him as that man. There appears to be no doubt, either, about Lincoln's having been fascinated with Miss Todd, for he was soon a devoted fol lower and afterward an accepted suitor. From this point historians vary the story somewhat that tides over the time inter vening between tho engagement and the marriage. Arnold, in his "Lifo of Lin coln," makes no allusion to the fit of mel ancholy or temporary insanity th.it afflicted Mr. Lincoln during this interval. Lamon, in his "Life of Lincoln," affirms that "it was one Miss Matilda Edwards wrrn my worldly goods i thee e:;dow. ' ' who brought havoc iu her train and in terrupted the smooth flow of Mr. Lin coln's love affair with Mary Todd." He says: "No sooner did Lincoln know the fair Mis Edwards, who became a reign ing belle in Springfield, than he felt his heart change." The otlrer affair, according to the Edwardses, according to Stuart, according to Herndon, according to Lin coln and everybody else, was a "policy match," but this was love. Poor Lincoln never made known his passion to the fair Miss Edwards; his sense of honor pre vented that He did write a gentle letter to Miss Todd, telling her he did not love her, and she released him from his en gagement. Some parting endearments took place between them, and then came a reconciliation. "For a year after this," says the au thority quoted from, "Lincoln was under a crazy spell." Mr. Herndon, Lincoln's partner in business and an intimate per sonal friend, believed that this melan choly or insanity grew out of a complica tion of feelings aversion to the marriage proposed, a counter attachment to Miss Edwards (who, by the by, afterward mar ried Mr. Schuyler Strong) and a new ac cess of tenderness for the memory of Annie Rutledge. Lincoln's health, how ever, was soon regained, and Xov. 4, 1842, the marriage between himself and Miss Todd was celebrated. Up to the time of Lincoln's wedding it appears that marriages in Springfield had l)een rather commonplace affairs, his be ing among the first ever performed with all the requirements of the Episcopal ceremony. Judge Matheny, who was present with a large number of other friends, relates the following incident: "Among the guests was Judge T. C. and a quaint, rough character. Old Par- a auu uresaar, attired in canonical robes, was reading the beautiful Episcopal cere mony in an exceedingly solemn and im pressive manner. "He handed the ring to Mr. Lincoln, who placed it on the bride's finger, repeating the formula, 'With ttds ring I thee wed, and with all my worldly goods I thee en dow.' This last struck the old judgo us nonsense, and he cried out loud enough to be heard by everybody, 'Good gracious, Lincoln, the statute fixes all that I' The unexpected interruption completely flus tered the old parson, who had a keen sense of the ridiculous, and it was some seconds before he could proceed." In 1844 the house in Springfield was purchased, which became Mr. Lincoln's home from that time on until he occupied the White House as president of the United States. Hero he lived with his family in a quiet, unostentatious manner, dispensing to personal friends, sa well as to members of his profession, a ecrdia) but simple hospitality, in which Mrs. Lin coln heartily joined. In this home Rob ert Todd, the oldest child of Lincoln, was born Aug. 1, 1843. March 10, 1846, a second son was born Edward Baker. Dec. 21, 1850, a third son William Wal lac; was born to him, and April 4, 1853, a fourth and last child Thomas better known to the world as Little Tad. The tenderness of Lincoln's heart, so apparent in all the actions of his life, was especially shown in his own family. To his children he was warmly devoted, and to his wife- considerate and affectionate. He unquestionably appreciated her confi dence and pride in him, and treated any incongruous act or speech of herewith the same good natured indifference with which he regarded some inopportune antic of his boys. At the White House Mr. Lincoln was compelled by custom to adopt a life of con ventional form and ccremouy, which was less agreeable to him than the simple life ho previously led. He was, however, pa tient, just, consideiato and hopeful. He received every one, from the chief justice to tho humblest citizen. During the years of his administration, incessant labor, the care, anxiety and responsibility of his po sition, wore seriously upon his vigorous frame, and the laugh of old days became less frequent, as did the telling of humor ous stories. It was during one of the anxious periods of the war that he said to a friend, who commented on the deep lines of hi3 face, "I feel as though I shall never be glad any more." As all the world knows, his labors were finally crowned with complete success. The great work he started out to do he lived to achieve, although he was not permitted to enjoy, the peace which followed the struggle. Almost before the shouts of victory had ceased tho tolling of the bells began, am there was sorrow throughout the land, for Abraham Lincoln, the man of tho people, was no more. THE LINCOLN STATUE AT CHICAGO. The Colossal Monument That Perpetu ates In Bronzo His Fnce ami Torm. The new Lincoln statue in Lincoln park, Chicago, unveiled hist October, was executed by Augustus St. Gaudens, the well known sculptor, in pursuance of the bequest of Eli Bates, the lumber mer chaut, who left $40,000 with which to erect a heroic statue of Abraham Lincoln in one of the public parks of Chicago. The statue is of bronze is 11 1-2 feet in height und stands upon cubical pedestal of granite. COLOSSAL BRONZE BTATPE. This pedestal and its bases -tand in the center of a wide granite platform, ellipti cal in outline, 60x30 feet across. This platform is surrounded by a granite balustrade. The balustrade is open at the south, where a broad flight of steps leads into tho inclosure. Cut in tiie stone at one side of the entrance are the oft re peated words of Lincoln, "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it." On the other side appears this quota tion from the second inaugural address: "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to know the right, let us strive on." The pedestal is surrounded by stars, representative of the states. The statue and the chair behind it were cost in ono piece. As will be seen by the cut, Lincoln stands with the right foot a little in ad vance of the left, the right arm is Iiehind the back, the left hand holds the lapel of the coat, the head is inclined forward aud the eyes are cast down. This attitude was it very usual one with Lincoln after he was burdened with the responsibilities that came to him as chief magistrate cf tho United States. The strong, homely face reveals the honest, sincere and rugged nobility of the man. It is generally con ceded that Mr. St. Gaudens, in this statue, has succeeded in obtaining an udiairaLic likeness of Lincoln as he was, without idealized expression, theatrical pose or unnatural drapery. STATCE AND PEDESTAL. As many of our readers already know, Master Abraham Lincoln, a grandson of the president and son of Robert T. Lin coln, assisted in the unveiling of this statue. The immense figure was covered by a large national nag, so arranged that it could be quickly withdrawn. At the right moment the attendants loosened the cords that held the corners of the flag to the pedestal;- seizing the cord young Abraham gave it a pulL and the statue of his grandfather appeared unveiled. ja ft O 6 1 Thoiuu IJncolu'tt Dookkcepin;. Numbered with reminiscences of Thomas Lincoln, the father of Abraham Lincoln, is ono furnished by William G. Green. It is hero given in Mr. Green's own words: "In 1&6G I was going to Kentucky, and at the request of Abe Lincoln I carried a letter to his father, who lived in Coles county. Ills., at tho head of the Arnbraw river. When I got to tho place, tho old man's house looked so small and humble that I felt embarrassed, until he received mo with much heartiness, telling me what a handy house, he had, nnd how conven iently It was arranged. It was a log house, and somo of the logs stuck out two or threo feet from the wall r.t tho corners. no said that ho could dress his deer as he killed them, and hong them on the pro jecting logs, r,nd could, tie his hcrco to them. Tho eld man inquired how his son was getting along. Ho sail Abo was a good boy, but he was afraid he would nover amount to much; ho had taken a notion to study law, and theso men were generally "eddicated" to do wrong. THOMAS LINCOLN'S LEDGER. " 'Here now,' ho said, 'I cannot read or write a bit, bat I can leat any bookkeeper I over saw at making my accounts so easy and simplo that anybody cm understand them, just by taking my foro finger and rubbing out that black mark.' In the littlo cabin whero ho was living tho joists were about seven feet from tho lloor, and were, of course, unfinished. Tho old man had taken a fire coal and drawn four black marks on the face of a joist, some thing like the four bars of music. Ho then explained that he had been 'tending mill for a man down the river, and when he sold a customer a peck of meal ho 6imply reached up nnd drew his fingers through tho lower line, for two pecks ho rubbed a hole throuch two of tho lines, for three pecks, threo lines, and for a bushel four lines wei-e erased. Ho put a mark to irdicate tho customer right over his dues." "That reminds 3Io." Mr. JohnH. Littlefield, who studied law under Mr. Lincoln, is responsible for tho following: Several men urged Mr. Lincoln to re move Secretary of the Treasury Chose. They caid he was in the way of the ad ministration and hampered the president. A smilo played around the corners of the president's mouth, and he said: "That reminds me of a farmer out west. He was plowing with his old marc Xance, one hot summer day, nnd his son was fol lowing another plow in nn adjoining fur row. A horsefly got on Xnnco's nose, and tho son kept yelling to his daddy to stop and get tho ily off the mare's nose. The father paid no attention to his vociferous son for awhile. Finally the son kept yell ing uhout the ily on Xauce's nose until the old man answered: " 'Now, look a here, you jist keep quiet; that ere fly on Nance's nose makes her go faster.' " There was :i sudden collapse on tho part of those who wanted Secretary Chase re moved. Not a Latin Scholar. Mr. Lincoln was nsver ashamed to con fess the deficiencies in his early educa tion. A distinguished party, comprising Mr. George Thompson, the English anti slavery orator; the I!ev. John Pierpont, Oliver Johnson and Hon. Lewis Clepham onco called uion him. During the con versation Mr. Pierpont turned to Mr Johnson nnd repeated a Latin quotation front the classics. Mr. Lincoln, leaning forward in hi3 chair, looked from one to tho other inquiringly, and then remarked, with a smile: "Which, 1 suppose you are both aware, I do not understand." A State Stolon from the Republicans. On a fair election the Republicans could carry Louisiana by at least 15.000, -but in 1834 Cleveland scored a fraudulent major ity of of 15,737, nnd in the April previous Governor McEncry had two votes to one for his Republican opponent, Stevenson. No state in the Union has so vile a politi cal record as Loaisiana. It he?(n onrlv i nnd has continued to trampic oiif the ri-ht j of suffrage. As long ago as l&i ia Demo crat owed in part his election as president i of tho United States to Louisiana frauds' i James K. Polk was aided in reaching the , presidential chair by gross cheating in the angar state, o one denies this now. The carrying of partisan or factional animos ity to the length of defeating tne will of the majority is looked upon down there as quite a matter of conrse. Chicago Tri bune. liaising Forest Trees. The raising of forest trees is regarded as one cf tho most pro!itableMndustrie3 in southern California. 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