Nebraska Newspapers

    10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE5T SUNDAY , FEBRUAUY 9 , 1890.
"Getting Rid of Our Surplus/ '
We got rid of a deal of it yesterday , and last night wasn't it a crowd though We told you tliere'd be a lot of people to take advantage
of it , for a sale in which the
Are interested is bound to bs success from the word go this one especially as getting rid of the stock is of much more importance than
getting a fair price. There never have and never will be again such shoe bargains as these.
° We have engaged more help for Monday and the sale is for cash ,
Men's $0 heavy winter tnn
Sizes 2 , 3 , 3 , regular $5.00 Shoes , shoe * for $ H.f > 0. The box They nrc in sbcs C. S } , 0 , 7 , nntl n sprinkling
in lace or button , calf on which wo have of 7 } , nearly till of them our regular $7 ii
hitil such n run f jp two shoo and none of them below So ; Inco ,
winters in the lot.
plain or tipped nro
Double solo , enif lined , oniiRicbB , button , pointed , square and
pointed too , JO shoo for round too , cloth nqil kid top ,
Ladies'$6 patent leathers , cloth top , medium fclfiO cash.
pointed toe , button , best quality ' French
$3.5O
patent calf .
Ladies'
Our 85 JiOlh century Ladies' Enam"
that can't bo Lace
els , bought anywhere
for less than $0 , go lor $4 > also the OUP box calf $1.00
French calf and red ( fjt A QQ Shoes si
20th
tnn 20th Century J Vicli
Shoes go for < - „ "T lilbll Century In narrow square tecs , Our men'scorK solo
Ladles Spring heel 75 Shoe $2.50 kind for shoes in cordovan
Shoes cut $1 ; or calf skinwide OP 25O
from $2.75 to . Cash nro only $1.50 nappow pointed Cash
toes , the $5 ones fop
Lmlioa * 89.00 Paris Kid $1.98 82. CO.
, * * slices , very latest HI yle ci-Mash
- ' die or narrow bquuro -
V7o hnvo botwcen
. " 00 and -100 pairs of
We will all kinds of sixes
and widths.of boys'
give a J1.75.,11 . , solid lutitlicr
silo" * with liu iVy soles Men s 82.30 pointed or
' of coo I qu.illty polo narro v too
La-lies S2 fur irirameiltR DISCOUNT . . square
Misses' ' Kid 4ft luntliut logout fl.uu.
host
The or
' or' B shoos , with heavy dou-
Cloth Top Shoo in the beaver slippers , red bio solo. $1.7. ) cash.
world , worth $2.COuny where All our ladk-s'$4.00 black , high or low c it of ten
box calf 20th Ct > iitu- $298
ry alioes cat to cent
las ! ) per
' on all our boys'
quiited bottom
shoes
during „ ,
this > salc.
All * Uo White Kid .00 A11 the lndi03 $2-00 $1 . 00 All our ladies $1.60 Armenian AM our Indies * 4 t in 1 All OUP hoys rot- All Hunan & Sons $7 und Edwin Clapp's celebrated Euatnols , < C 6O Our Men's JO Ho ivy Bolu
| UL | | S1'Oliitect or I ul.ir S'.VHentlier ' , nil nnd
Knii'iicls In
, with or without n fur trimmed - , menian bedroom slippers - with vfbible and invisible cork solus , , lace , razor , now round or1 . K res
Sltppers A h * narrow S > | 48 iinct foielus ' 5 i WU lis. Inco nnd pointed
USU Gash
Btrap , for . USfl | Juliets./ . pers in red , black & tun | scuaiotoes | ' dish | roy leggings "Cash London toe , widths AAA up and all sires ho timn wo cun fit anybody tooi , go at
The sale is fen cashfstrictly. ; no goods' will.be charged un-
Drexel Shoe Co derany circumstance ajidwe will "not ship goods C. O. D. or rJDrexel Shoe Co. !
, pay express , charg'e--'f > i-asMjJta-ajiJiitterim3pO3sibility to lose.any .
more pn these pue.es. Ai l.'fls wo want , to reduce our surplWwo must also decline I
to lav aside shoes. Ailg.ods mtiht ba taken away.
MIT OF LIN
Characteristic Incidents in tbe Early Life
of the Great President.
BREATHING LIFE INTO REPUBLICANISM
SUrrltiK Featured of Slate , Senatorial
und I'rvNlrii-iitiiil CiiiiilinlKiiH Hc-
Heii-
by Ex-ConBroHHiiimi
tliTNOH , u 1'artldiiaut.
The first tlmo I remember to have seen
Abraham Lincoln was during the memorable
campaign of 1840 , w hen I was a boy 15
years of age. It was at an immense whig
mass meeting held at Springfield , 111. , in
the.month of Juno of that year.
There were n number of able and dis
tinguished speakers of the whig party of the
Etato of Illinois present. And while I was
too young to be n Judgeof their speeches ,
yet I thought them all to be great men ,
and nonp of them greater than Abraham
Lincoln. ,
Although Mr. Lincoln was then but 3t
years of age- , still ho had already taken a
prominent position among the leading men
of the stale of Illinois. He was , at that
time , serving bis third term as a representa
tive In the state legislature , having been first
elected In 1834 , when but 25 years of age- .
lie was re-elected for a fourth term In 1840.
In November , 1840 , my father , being a
member of the state legislature , took me *
with Iilin to Springfield , and there I saw
Mr. Lincoln when the house of representa
tives wau In session , almost every day , for
several weeks , and heard him speak
a number of times. And while there
were many able men In the house ,
such as John J. Hardln , afterward a member
of congress/ , Thomas Drummond , afterward
and for many years Judge of the United
States district court for the northern district
ot Illinois , and then a Judge ot the United
States circuit court , and Lyman Trumbul ) ,
afterward a Judge of the supreme court of
Illinois , und then for many years a United
States benator , yet the Impression made upon
my mind at that time was that Abraham
Lincoln was one ot the ablest members of
the house. Ho certainly was ono of the
leading members , and I think was regarded
as the equal of any member of the house In
dcbtae and In ability. Ho was awkward In
manner when speaking. He- had a swaying
motion ot body and a swinging of his long
armp that were somewhat ungraceful. And
I remember to have heard some of the mem
bers laughing and talking about appointing a
committee to hold his coat-tails when be
was speaking , and keep him still ,
FILIBUSTERING BALKED.
When I went with my father to Spring
field In No\ember , 1840 , tbe governor had
called on extra session of the legislature to
meet tome two weeks or more prior to the
meeting of the regular session , which at that
lime under the constitution ot the state met
on the first Monday of December , biennially ,
I do not now remember for what put pose
this extra cession of the legislature was con
vened , But I do remember that at that
time the State Bank of'Illinois had SUE-
peuded specie payments , and that under the
law , unless It resumed such payments before
the adjournment sine die of the next sesMon
ot the legislature , following the suspension ,
It would forfeit Its charter. And u cmitro-
\ersy arose between the democratic and
whig members ot the house o\er the ques
tion ot adjourning the extra sesa'on slno die.
The whlgi being friendly to the bank , op-
posej sued adjournment , while the dcmo-
rriiU favprcd It , desiring to compel tlio brink
to reiunio specie payments or forfeit Its
charier. The democrats were In a majority
In the house , but were/ not all present , and
( bo whlga undertook to prevent an adjourn
ment , slno die , by absenting themsehcs
from ( ho house , and thereby leave It with
out a quorum. Abraham Lincoln and Joseph
Qlllesple were lett In the house to watch the
prvceedlngu and to ralie the question of
"no quorum" whenever un attempt should
bo made by the democrats to adjourn the
bouse sine die. And all the rest of the whig
members absented tht-mielvci. Th r nan
great excitement , while the doorkeeper of
the house and a posse were running around
the city hunting for delinquent members seas
as to compel their attendance.
A quorum was finally obtained and the
extra ssslon was adjourned sine die. Where
fore Lincoln and Qlllesple , disgusted at the
result , went Immediately to the door to
retire. But as the door was locked and no
order had been given to unlock It , the
officer In charge refused to let them out ,
and thprefore they went to a window of the
church In which the house was holding Its
sessions , and raising It Jumped out. I was
near by and saw them when they went out
at the window.
The democrats , however , as I remember ,
failed to accomplish their purpose , for the
bank , keeping close watch of the proceedings ,
resumed specie payments before the adjourn
ment , sine die , and then after the legislature
met on the following Monday , In regular ses
sion , again suspended.
Whllo In Springfield , during that session of
the legislature , I had nothing else to do ,
and spent much of my time In the gallery of
the house , watching the proceedings and lis
tening to the debates. And I saw Mr. Lin
coln and heard him speak often. He was
always an Interesting speaker , and my recol
lection Is that when he spoke he commanded
the attention of the house as closely as any
other member.
' AN EARLY BOOM.
A very Interesting and spicy debate oc
curred at one time during the sesilon be
tween Alfred Kltchcll , who was an old law
yer , and had been attorney general of the
state and Mr. Lincoln. In
, 1830-37 , I be-
llovo It was , the legislature entered upon an
extravagant scheme of Internal Improvements.
Railroads were to be constructed In various
parts of the state ; rivers' ' were to be Improved
for navigation ; the Illinois and Michigan
canal was to be constructed1 ; and If any
county In the state was so unfortunate as
not to share In any of these Improvements , a
bonus was to be paid to such county. In car
rying out these schemes an Immense public
debt had been contracted , and the state was
compelled to borrow money to meet Its obli
gations and maintain Its credit. Some of the
members of the legislature , Alfred Kltchcll
among tha number , were opposed to Issuing ,
or hypothecating state bonds , for that pur
pose , In fact , I think they fa\ored repudia
tion of the public debt. Mr. Lincoln , han-
evcr , In tha honesty of his nature , was op
posed to repudiation , and he strongly favored
meeting the legal obligations of the state ,
and for that purpose , I think , ho had Intro
duced a bill providing for the hypothecation
of state bondu. If not , ho was , at least , ad
vocating such bill , und had made an able
speech In favor of hypothecating bonds and
maintaining the public credit.
Mr , Kltchell opposed the hjpotliecatlon of
bonds and made a speech against It , and re
plying to Mr. Lincoln , said that he reminded
him ot a man who had drank brandy until he
had an attack of the delirium tremens and
was supposed to ba dying. A physician was
sent for , and after trying several remedies
without relief , he finally suggested that the
patient should be given some brandy. At
the mention of brandy the drunken man re
vived at cnce- , and said : "Brandy , yes ,
brandy ; brandy IB Iho thing ; glvo me some
brandy. " And so , Mr. Kltchell said , It was
with Mr. Lincoln. The state had been ruined
by the hypothecation of bonds. It had
hypothecated bonds until It was hopelessly
bankrupt. And still Mr , Lincoln was crying
for the hypothecation of mo-e bonds , As the
drunkard cried for "more brandy , " so Mr.
Llrcoln cried for "more hjpothecatlon of
bonds , "
Mr. Lincoln replied to Kltchcll In an able
speech end alluding to his ( KltcheH's ) pro-
pens ty to speak on any and all occuelons and
iftrn without any apparent object In view ,
said tint Mr. Kltchcll reminded him very
much of a story he had heard of two bachelor
brothers , who lived together. And ono day
one of them went out Into the woods to
shoot tvjulrrels , and altr-r ho had been out
come time bin brother hoard him firing his
gun back of their field , und he kept firing
one chot after another until hla brother con-
cluJed ho would go cut and tea what ho
could be shooting at. The brother found
him filing up Into a tree. And he kept loadIng -
Ing and firing away until his brother , not
being able to BOO an ) thing , asked him what
In the world ho wan shooting at. "At a
bqulrrol , " he replied. "Don't you see him
on that llmbt" And bo banged away again
The brother walked all around the tret ? , and
looked In every direction , but could see no
nqulrrtl. Thinking the other was laboring
under some ortlral Illusion , he examined his
md discovered t big loug * ou ono
of his eyebrows ; and tills was what lie had
fancied was at squirrel , and had been firing
at It for several hours. And so Mr. Lincoln
! ald it was with his frlcnJ KKchell.
The story , told only as Mr. Lincoln could
tcllsuch _ a story , create-3 mUch merriment , "
and'had a quieting effect upon Mr. Kltdhcll's
disposition to talU for the balance of the
session.
CAPITAL REMOVAL.
Before I had ever seen him I heard my
father , who served with him In the legisla
tures of 1838-30 and of 1840-41 , relate an In
cident In Mr. Lincoln's life which illus
trates , hls character for Integrity and his1
firmness In maintaining what ho regarded
as right In his public acts In a marked man
ner. At the tlmo the Incident occurred the
capital of Illinois was located at Vandalla.
In the southern part of the state and far
wutli of not only the geographical center ,
but , I believe , south of the center of popula
tion of the state. At all events the people
cf Springfield and of the central and north
ern portions of the state were anxious to-
PORTRAIT OP LINCQLN AFTER A PHOTO GRAPH BYJBBADY.
liavo the capital removed from Vandalla to
Springfield , And Mr. Lincoln and Ma col
leagues from Sangamon county had been
elected with special reference to the re
moval of the capital. I do not now remember
whether this Incident occurred during the
session of the legislature In 1S3C-37 cr In
1838-39. but I think It way In that of 1830-37 ,
and when , it was Bald , there was a great
deal of log rolling going on among the mem-
born. But however that may be , according
to the story related by my father , an effort
was made to unite the friends of capital re
moval with the friends of some measure with
which Mr. Lincoln , for Mine reason , did not
approve. Hut those who desired the removal
of the capital to Springfield were very anx
ious to effect the proposed combination , and
a meeting was held to see It it could be ac
complished. The meeting continued In ses
sion nearly all night , when it adjourned
without accomplishing anything , Mr. Lin
coln refuting to yield his objections and
support the obnoxious measure. Another
meeting was called , and at this second incet-
nU a number of citizens , not members of
the legislature , from the central and north
ern parts of the state , among them my
father , were present by Invitation. The
meeting was lotie , protracted and earnest
u Ita deliberations. Every argument was
used ( hat could be to Induce Mr. Lincoln to
yield his objections and unite with his
friends and thus secure the removal of the
capital , tp his own city , but without effect :
Finally , after mldnlgiU , nhen everybody
teemed exhausted with the dtscuwlon and
when the candles were burning low In the
room , Mr. Lincoln arosa amid the silence
anil- solemnity which prevailed and , my
father said , made one of the most eloquent
and powerful speeches to which he had ever
listened , and he concluded his remarks by
saylngr
"You may burn my body to ashes and
scatter them to the winds of heaven ; you
may drag my soul down to the regions of
darltneca and despair to bo tormented by
friends of the damned forever , but you will
, never get me to support a measure which I
believe to be wrong , although by so doing I
may accomplish that hlch I believe to be
right. "
And the meeting adjourned.
LOOKING FOR THE SDNATORSHIP.
In 1854 the anti-Nebraska party carrlc.il
the leglelutuni of Illinois and secured a ma
jority on joint ballot.oand Mr. Lincoln be
came a candidate for i the United States
wnate. And as I tad b en elected a mem
ber cf the legislature ! ha addressed tbe fol
lowing letter to me :
SPRINGFIELD , Nov. 27. ' 1854 , T. J. Hen
derson , Esq. My Dear Sir : It has come
around that a whig m y possibly be elected
to the United States senate , and I want the
chance of being the man. You are a mem
ber of the legislature and have a vote to
give. Think over it and see- whether you
can do better thin go for me. Write mo ,
at all events , and let this be confidential.
Ypurs truly , A , LINCOLN.
To this letter I replied , but havo-io copy
of my reply. But from recollection and
from his reply to my letter I undoubtedly
said to him that I had als ) seen the name
of Archibald Williams , a distinguished whig
and one of the ablest lawyers In Illinois ,
mentioned as a candidate , and that between
two tiuch old friends of my father , as well
au of myself , It was hard for mo to chcose.
Ana to my letter 1 received the following
reply :
bPRINQFIELD , Dec. 15 , 1854 , Hon. T. J ,
Henderson Dear Sir : Yours of the Uth was
received hfct night , and for which I thank
you. Of courto I prefer myself to all otters ,
yet It Is neither In my hr.ift nor my con
science to tuy I am any better man than Mr ,
Williams. We shall have a terrible- struggle
with our adversaries. They are despsratc
and bsn ( on desperate deeds. I accldentAlly
learned of one cf the members here writing
to one of the members south of here In about
the following language :
"We nro beaten ; they have a clear major
ity of at least nine en joint billot. They
outnumbar us , but wo must outmanage them.
Douglas mu = t be sartalned. We must elect
the speaker ; find wo must elect a Nebraska
United Stales senator , or elect none at all. "
Similar letters , no doubt , were written to
Nebraska members. Be considering how we
can best meet and foil and beat them.
I send you by this mall ,1 copy of my Peorla
speech. You may have seen It before or
you may not think It worth seeing now.
Do not speak of the Nebraska letters men
tioned above. I do not wish It to become
public that I received such Information.
Yours truly , A. LINCOLN.
A GREAT SPEECH.
I was a member of the sttite convention
held at Bloomlngton , 111. , in 185G , when the
republican party was organize J In the state ,
and \rheard the great speech of Mr. Lincoln
addressed , tothe , convention. It was a mas
terly speech"and seemed to be an Inspiration.
, It was-'undoubtedly the greatest speech of
Mr. Lincoln's life , and it IB to Vimented
that no report was made of It. I have never
heard a greater spceqh made by any man on
any occasion , noonq which had a gre-iter
'
effect upon thosewh'o heard It. It created
the republican party in the state of Illinois ,
itnd breathed into it , not only the breath of
life , but a living soul ; If I may so speak.
Often during the delivery of this speech the
applause was so great and eo prolonged that
Mr , Lincoln wan compelled to suspend speak
ing for some minutes. One part of his
speech , It teems to me , no one who heard It
can ever forget. Ho referred to the charge
made against those who oppcacd the repeal
of the Missouri compromise , and the further
extension of human y'livcry , that they were
"dlsunlonlsts , " and as he concluded that portion
tion cf hjBlrcmarks he rose to his full height ,
and with wonderful power and effect , said ,
addressing thosa who preferred the charge :
"We do not Intend to dle-solve the union , nor
do wo intend to permit you to'dlssplve It. "
At this conclusion cvfry person In the con
vention , I think , rose to their feet , and for
some minutes I never heard t-uch applause
and never raw- such emotion as prevailed
throughout the convention.
In 1858 Mr. Lincoln was nominated by the
republican cYito convention of Illinois au a
candidate for theUnited States senate , and
upon his nomination he made the -speech in
which ho quoted th6 words , "A house divided
agiliut Itself cannot stand1 and then expressed -
pressed his belief that the government could
not endure permanently half slave and half
free. This speech I heard delivered by Mr.
Lincoln. It was a very carefully prepared
cpcech , and the only one I over hoard him
read from manuscript.
CAMPING ON THC DOUGLAS TRAIL.
During the campaign of 1858 both Douglas
and Lincoln madn speeches In Toulon , Stark
county , where I then resided. It was ar
ranged fcr Lincoln to apeak on the next day
after the D6uglas meeting. Being acquainted
wlh ( Mr. Lincoln , It devolved upon me to
arrange for the meeting , and also to meet
him at Kewanco , the nearest railroad station ,
fourteen miles distant , with a carriage and
accompany him to Toulon. This I did , and
( iy we drove to Toulon I reported to him
what Douglas had said in lilo speech the day
before , as fully as I could remember It.
Among other things , I told him that Mr.
Douglas , to catch the old whig vote of the
county , hid charged him with having always
been unfriendly to Henry Clay. Mr. Lincoln
said It was a strange charge for Mr. Doug-
Vis to make against him , for he knew It was
untrue.
On the road to Toulon I said to Mr , Lin
coln that I had been chosen to pretlde at the
meeting and to Introduce him , and that It
was rather a new experience for me. And I
asked him , If on Introducing him , ho desired
me to say anything personal cr compli
mentary aa to himself. He replied : "Well.
Tom , If yom have any pretty little speech
prepared that you would like to get off , do It.
Hut if you hive not , I would a great deal
rather have the time. " And lie hod the tlmo ,
Jor I bad no speech prepared.
We were met on the prairie uome two
tulle * north of Touloo by an Immense pro
cession of men and women , with music and
banners , who had com out to meet Mr
Lincoln and escort him Into the town. They
formed on the open prairie In a sort of circle
where Mr. Lincoln was received and where i
delegation of women crowned him with a
wrrath of moirt beautiful flowers. He seemed
to be somewhat embarrassed by the demon-
Mratlon , and especially by the act of the
women. He said to me ho did not like so
much nonsense , but he- supposed ho had to
submit to it. But the event of that recep
tion of Abraham Lincoln Is still talked about
by those who were present on the occasion
as one of the most Interesting of their lives.
The speech of Mr. Lincoln at Toulon was a
masterly one , , -ind the meeting was , in every
way , a great success. I never heard a speech
In my life that was listened to more at
tentively. Mr. Lincoln was , I think , very
anxious to bo nominated for the presidency.
I saw him come tlmo before the convention
met and had a conversation with him , In
which I said to him that I had seen his name
mentioned In A number df papers for the
vice presidency end I asked him , In case of
his failure to become the nominee for presi
dent , whether ho would accept , a nomination
for vice president. He replied : "No , Tom ;
the truth 10 my name has been mentioned
rather too prominently for the first place on
the ticket for mo to think of accepting the
recond , "
ILLUMINATED BY A STORY.
I saw Mr. Lincoln In Springfield some
time after his election as president and was
present when a. number of people were call
ing ! on him from various parts of the coun
try. I remember that a gentleman from
New England asked him If he felt any
alarm over the situation In the south. He
replied , "No , I dri not know- that I do. At
least , " bo said , "it has not reached my
nerves as yet. In that respect I am like
an old preacher I once heard of , who was
a passenger In a stage coach with a number
of other persons. They were approaching
a river somewhat dangerous to cross , and all
of the passengers , as they drew near the
river , were worrying and fretting about crossIng -
Ing It and dreading the danger except * the
old preacher , who sat In one corner of the
stage very quietly and saying nothing.
Finally ono of the passengers , addrcbslng
him , said : 'Sir , you do not seem to bo
tioubllng yourself about crossing this river.
Are you not afraid ? ' 'Oh , no , ' replied the
old preacher , 'I have been In the habit for
a. great many years of never crossing a river
till I got to It. ' "
The last time I ever saw Abraham Lin
coln to have any donvcrsatlon with him was
at his home In Springfield , but a short tlmo
before ho loft for Washington City to be In
augurated president of the United States.
I called at his house to pay my respects to
him and to fay goodby. I found him olcno
and wo had a very Interesting and pleas
ant conversation , during which two other
gentlemen called , I do not now remember
their names , but they were old friends of
Mr , Lincoln's , at least , and when wo were
about to take our leave , lie suddenly said ;
"Hold on and sit down a moment longer.
I want to say a few words more before wo
part. We have been friends a long
tlmo and have fought many political battles
together. And now \ want to say to you
that we are going to have a severe struggle ,
and I may not survive It , Hut I do not be-
llovo that the contest In which we are en
gaged is to bo settled after all by a conflict
of arms. It will bo settled by the ballot ,
Wo polled at the presidential election 1,857-
C10 votes , and now If I shall fall In the conflict
wo arc going to have I want you , a old
friends , to pledge mo hero Out you will
carry on the contest and that you will utrlvo
to double that vota at the next election. "
With a feeling of solemnity Innplred by
his earnest and Impressive manner wo bade
him goodby , and as It turned oiu , It was tome
mo a goodby forever.
THOMAS J. HUNDKRSON.
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UIIAVI2ST IIATTI.K KVIMl FOUGHT.
Jotuiuln Miller.
The bravest battle thnt ever was fought !
Sha.l I tell you where and when ?
On the maps of the world you will Ilnd It
not ;
'Twas fought by the mothers of men.
Nay , not with cannpn , or battle shot ,
Wl h sword , or nobler pen ;
Nay , not with eloquent wonl or thought.
From mouths of wonderful men ;
Hut ( let" ] ) In a walled-up woman's heart
Of woman that would not yield.
Rut bravely , silently bore her part
Lo ! there Is that battlefield.
No marshaling troops , no bivouac song' ,
No banner to gleam and wave ;
But , oh ! these battles they last BO long
From babyhood to the grave.
Yet , faithful still as a bridge of stars ,
She fights In her walled-up town
FlRhta on and on In the en < ] ie s vnra f
Then silent , unseen noes down. >
0 yo with banners and battle ahot , '
And soldiers to shout and praise , '
1 tell you the IclnRlleH victories fought
Were fought In those silent ways.
O , spotlcHfl woman In n world of shame ,
With Milendld and s'lent ' scorn.
Go back to God as white us you came ,
The klngllest warrior born !
OUT OF Till : OHI)1\AHY. I
The famous collection of coins which the
late Mr. William Bayno spent sixty years In
getting together Is to be raid at auction la
London.
Germany has a society which insures fami
lies against the occurrence of triplets.
The first book ever written In America was
Truo's "Relation of Such Things as Might
Have Happened In Virginia. " It was dated
1C07.
1C07.There
There Is a real death valley In Sonora ,
Mexico , which Is filled with hundreds of
small volcanoes , queer mineral lakes , spoutIng -
Ing geysers , etc. * *
Richard A , Proctor was authority for the
statement that our earth receives only the
one two-billionth of the sun's heat.
The latest watch Is a marvel ot Ingenuity.
It la the size of a small solitaire , and Is In
tended to bo worn as the button of a shirt or
sleeve ,
A ton of pure gold Is worth $007,799,21. und.
a ton of silver $37,704.84. A million * dollars
In gold weighs 3,085.8 pounds , In silver , C8- (
929.9 pound ! ) .
A German has computed that from 1802
until 1813 Napoleon I. "consumed" 6,800,000
men , or at the rate of half a .million a year.
Armenia , which Is now playing so Im
portant a part In the politics of the world , Is
an Indefinite extent of country Its boundaries
being variously estimated to contain all the
way from 50,000 to 150,000 square miles.
Part of U Is In Asiatic Turkey and part In
llucsla and Persia.
The grammar studied by Abraham Lincoln
when ho clerked In Dcnton Offutt's etoro at
Now Salem , In 1830 , la in North Dakota , In
the possession of the widow of Robert
Rutledgo of Casselton. In the Inside of ths
front cover Is a receipt for $30 , given with
nn order on James RutlodKo by OfTutt In
Lincoln's handwriting and over his signature ,
Ono of the public schools of Marmoutli ,
Mo. , has thirteen pupils , the oldest being 13
years old and this Is the teacher's thirteenth
term In the school. All the pupils of the
school arc well and doing well , und the
school is making a more than usually good
record , notwithstanding superstitions about
thirteen.
Commissioner Dowllng of the New York
ktate labor bureau has recently been In
vestigating certain tenements and alleged
sweat shops In New Yurk City , and had
photographs taken of eomo of the places h *
visited , The photographs were taken by
flesh light. Oie of the pictures Is of thi
nterlor of u clgarnmkiT'g working und living
room , Mr , Wood of the Clgarrnakcrs' union
s sitting on u chair In front of ono of the
windows of the room and ouUlde ot tha
window | ( u fire escape with Its customary
railing. The railing , the window aih , the
mck and the seat of the chulr on which
Mr. Wood nits can be eoen through his body
an plainly as If ho had not been present. H
* a curlou * picture and will have a plac t
n the commissioner's forthcoinlnc report.
For a purebwect cigarette try the latest
Sweet Momenta. None better ,