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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
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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. The eucalyptus,
pecan and black walnut, cherry andniany
other varieties have a quick growth, and
are very remunerative to the planter.
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The free library at Leeds, England, con
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