8 THE ( XMATtA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , TTEnilTrYBY 12 , 1809.
GIANT AMONG LOCOMOTIVES.
S lorgcst and Heaviest Engine In the World Just Completed.
A monster mountain climbing locomotive ,
built to nacond the steep grades of the Lc-
hlgh Valley railroad , ha Just been com
pleted at the Dnldwln Locomotive Works ,
Philadelphia. This engine , which Is claimed
to bo the largest locomotive ever con
structed In the United States , Is known as
a compound consolidation onglno , and
weighs 11C tons.
It Is so long that when It was finished II
xvas discovered that It could not turn the
curves ot the siding lending from the shops
whcra It wan built to tbo main line of the
Heading railroad and the workmen were
compelled to Jack it up several times In
order to overcome this unforeseen difficulty.
Hundreds of persons watched with great In
terest this novel work of lifting It over the
curves. It has been numbered GSl nnd Is
guaranteed to pull a train of 1,000 tons sev
enteen miles per hour over the steepest
Krndcs of the Lchlgh Vnlloy. This glanl
nmoiiR locomotives will use buckwheat coa\ \
for fuel.
Its general dimensions nro as follows : Tin
cylinders are IS inches In diameter high
prcssuro nnd 80 inches In diameter low
ho can tell 'the ' name of nearly every part
of Iho United States battleship In sight , and
while our late war wag In progress he could
nnmo all ot our generals , admirals- and
commanders.
"Ono of my objects In training- Hugh waste
to show parent * nnd children themselves
what can bo accomplished In the mental edu
cation of a small child by n llttlo attention
and patience without the slightest Injury to
the pupil.
"It docs not appear to to any task for
Hugh to learn. At tlmca ho becomw a
llttlo restless ami frisky and wants to play ,
and ns soon as I notice this I never insist
on his continuing the lesson , but always say
to him , go and play , nnd when you nrq
through wo will try ngnln.
"If ho does anything wrong I never scold
him , but point out to him his fault In a
kind manner and obtain his promise to do
bettor the next time. The result Is that he
has no fear of mo and I have never known
him to tell n lie. Indeed , I sometimes think
ho rather enjoys , boy-like , perhaps , - totell
of his llttlo wrongdoings.
"Hla sister , who is two years older , also
to twenty-five , BO that rule will not always
work. The most accurate method and the
most in use by experienced railroad men late
to count the number ot rail Joints the train
pnsses over In twenty seconds. The rails on ;
nearly nil roads are thirty feet In length
nnd the number passed over In twenty seconds
ends is the speed per hour a train Is run
ning.
For Instance , If a passenger can count
thirty clicks on n rail Joint In twenty seconds
ends , the train Is running at a epced of
thirty miles nn hour. Actually , this method
falls n llttlo short , ns In tbo example given
above the speed would bo nenrcr thirty-ono
thnn thirty miles , but It Is near enough for
nil practical purposes.
ST. VAMJXT1N1VS SHIMilXOS.
A .lolly Il lt lllijino Hint Often
Win * a ItrlKlit IMi-ec of Money.
This year St. Valentino's nnd Shrove Tues
day fall upon the same day , and a double-
round ot gnycty Is therefore In order ,
Apropos to this the flrst Sunday In Lent
was commonly celebrated as St. Valentino's
day ; Indeed , it was known ns Lo Jour lies
Valentines , when the maidens selected their
valentines as gallants or future husbands , or
n happy youth drew by lot the nnmo of some
maiden whom he wn bound , by nil the rules
of St. Valentine , to ecrvo as her lover for a
year.
Kngllsh children use the opportunity af
forded by St. Valentino day to collect small
bribes , repeating the following rhyme :
Knock the kittle ngln the pan ,
Glo us a , plenty If 'o can ;
A STUDY IN CONTRASTS.
pressure. The boiler Is SO Inches In diame
ter nnd contains 511 tubes 2 Inches lu di
ameter. There are four driving wheels on
each side Co Inches in diameter. The boiler
and fire box nro of steel , while tbo total
weight of the engine In pounds Is 125,083. !
This weight added to that of the tender
amounts to the enormous total of 316,000
pounds. The tender has a tank capacity of
7,000 gallons and the engine Is guaranteed
to run for a considerable distance , namely ,
from Coxton to Falrvlow , two stations on
the Lohlgh Valley , without taking water.
When compared with a regulation locomo
tive , some idea ot the monster proportions
ot this giant locomotive can be obtained.
An ordinary shifting engine , as seen In the
illustrations , looks like a child's toy when
drawn up alongside.
YOUTIIFUIj KX
Only Three Ynr of ARC n.nd Cult
Handle i Locomotive.
Children who evince remarkable meatal
attainments which promise to bo of great
practical benefit to them In after llfo arc
by no means , so common , and In this respect
llttlo 3-yoar old Hugh Gibson Richards of
Larnmlo , Wyo. , Is probably without a rival
in the United" States , If not In the world.
Llttlo Illcbaa-ds is said to bo the youngest
railroad engineer on record , and , although
his knowledge of n locomotive and its man
agement Is only at the moment a pastime ,
ho is perfectly competent to take charge of
the running of nn engine nnd thus make
nn honest living for himself.
This Interesting little fellow resides with
LIs grandfather , II. T. Richards , who Is the
manager of a hotel at Laramlo. Mr. Rich
ards' profession , however , Is that of a rail
road engineer , nnd he has with great care
nnd much pains instructed his small grand-
Bon in a knowledge of his 'beloved ' occupa
tion. However , It is not by any means every
child of 3 years who is either capable or
willing to undertake a mastery of railroad
engineering , nnd grent credit Is accordingly
duo Master Hugh himself.
During the course of nn interview had
with Mr. Richards the other day regarding
Ills youthful pupil ho said :
"Tho photograph which you hnvo In your
liand shows Hugh at work oiling up his en-
Klnc. It Is 0110 of the Union Pacific monsters.
No. ICO , and Is used on the mountains of
this country. No. ICO Is able to dally mount
Sherman Hill with case , pulling a heavy
train. This mountain , it must bo remem
bered , is 8,240 feet above sea level.
"Of courBO It would not bo good policy
for the railroad to trust the management of
this engine to Hugh alone , although it ho
possessed the necessary muscular power to
properly manipulate the machinery I bellovo
ho is fully competent to do so. However ,
as yet , ho has only the Judgment of a child
ot his age and might moreover fall asleep
or become tired at his post , so ho accom
panies the regular engineer , and although
lie la an entirely competent man and has
Been years of service , ho frankly confesses
that Hugh can best him in an off-hand de
scription of the Iron borso under his caro.
"Hugh docs not make a business of tak
ing n dally run on this engine , but ho la a
frequent and nlwnys a welcome assistant.
"Tho llttlo follow \vno born in Chicago ,
111. , on July 13 , 1895 , and moved out here in
February last.
"Dcforo his third birthday arrived ho know
every pnrt ot a locomotive in sight nnd
its location , and could explain its use In the
running of an engine. So thorough Is his
knowledge ot every part of the steam horse
that I feel certain that ho could take ono
npart and put It together again without the
slightest mistake.
"When ho has nothing else to occupy time
lie delights to Hit by the hour nnd watch
the trains go by , nnd ho can , when called
upon , name tbo different kinds ot cars on a
passing train and explain their use ,
"He Is n general favorite with nil the rail-
Toad men out hero , who take great delight
in asking him dlfllcult questions regarding
railroading in general and locomotives In
particular , and seldom , let It be noted , are
they nblo to trip him up. And , moreover ,
ho often furnishes them with additional In
formation on the subject ,
"Hugh's knowledge ot a locomotive is not
by any means the limit ot his education , as
Happy piarriage ,
Healty , Energy
and long Lite.
A magically effective
appliance aud a month's
courto of reiterative rem
edies cent on trial and ap
proval , without expense.
fiat a dollar netJbepaul
until rtnMi are hiou-n to
kncrwUdgcd lu the pallfnt.
The Krlo Mfdlcal Cmurany'j Appliance and
RcMuUlc hate tacn talked of aud written about
Oi ! every man hu heard of them.
The hleliett medical authoiltln lu the world
nave utvly comucended them.
They IHMSOM marvellous power tovltillte , de-
Telop , rwtore.aud iu > taln.
They errata \\tor. \ heilthy tlEsue , new life.
They Hop dnl- ! that tap the energy.
They cure all effects of early evil bablU , ex.
ce set , overwork ,
They give full strength , development , and tone
to every portion and organ of the body ,
Falluro ImpotilWc , useno barrier.
Wo 0.0. I > . scliomc , nor deoeptlon ; no ezroinre
a clean builneji propoiUlou by a company ol
high ttaaacUl and prolesilenal tuiadlnf. Write
{ or tcaleU information.
ErieK@dlcaIGo..OuffaloBN.Y.
has n rcmarlmblo memory and Is exceed
ingly well posted. Locomotives , however ,
are not altogether in her line , as eho de
votes her attention to poetry and can recite
whole pages of poems -with great accuracy. "
YUUTItKUI * O13.MUS.
Ilciunrknlilo Talent of nil Eleven-
Vciii-.Qlil llrltoii.
Attention has been directed recently to a
llttlo 11-year-old boy named Alexander
Dowlcy , who lives In the quaint old town of
Hanflcld In Sussex , England.
The cause ot young Dowley's sudden fame
among men of learning , particularly these
Intended In higher mathematics , Is his re
markable talent for trigonometry Indeed ,
In this particular ho is one of the most pre
cocious youngsters of the nineteenth cen
tury. In all other rospccts young Bowley
Is simply a rollicking , mischievous English
boy , full of health and spirits , and rather
Inclined to bo cheeky.
Ho Is practically self-taught , as he has
never been to echool. And although his
father was able to help him at first , the boy
has 'becomo father to the man and long ago
passed the paternal mathematician. Ho has
keys to Todhunter's works on trigonometry ,
but not to any ether ot his text books.
Before ho was put to mathematics he was
forever puzzling his head over word squares ,
double acrostics , etc. , and at the ago of She
ho was found solving sentences In cipher
So ho was given a little Euclid. Ho is mnk-
I
PORTRAIT OK ALEXANDER BOWLEY.
. Ing fair headway in other studies.
As an Instance of his knowledge of
I trigonometry ho was recently given twenty-
'
six trigonometrical transformations , out of
which ho quickly solved eighteen , while out
of seven of the moro dlfllcult examples ot
functions of two angles from Todhunter's
largo work , ho solved six.
A. A. Bowley , Alexander's father , says :
"Alcxandqnvns born on the 20th of Novem
ber , 1887 , and almost from a baby baa
showed a remarkable aptitude for mathe
matics. At the present tlmo ho Is follow
ing , although not closely , the syllabus of
the science and nrt department of the South
Kensington museum. Ho passed the second
etago last May. Perhaps the secret of his
progress Is that ho so thoroughly enjoys
the thing.
"Frequently , In his own time , he will take
up his algebra or trigonometry and try his
band at advanced examples for pure love
the thing. Ho greatly risked his chance of
passing his last examination by spending
a lot of tlmo over a problem which be felt
ho could not solve , but which , he said , be
must try , as it 'looked so lovely. ' Many of
his exercises ho flnds anything but 'lovely , '
but ho knows that only toy patiently working
away nt all branches of the subject ho can
hope to master these grand problems which
lie ahead. "
DANCING AM ) MAHCHING.
CnlciilntloiiH n to the Spnce Covered
Wlu-n AVnUzliiK or AValUliiK.
A dancing master at Gardiner , Me. , has
calculated the distance a waltzer travels
during the course ot ono evening at seven
miles. Ho says that allowing six feet for
ono waltz step , and the waltz tempo sixty
measures a inlnuto and taking three steps
to the meabtiro , gives ISO steps In a min
ute. Giving ton minuter for each waltz and
ten waltzes In an evening , the wnltcr has
covered a distance of seven mllea In waltzes
alone during Iho evening.
A Frenchman with nn Impossible name
and n predilection for figures has estimated
the average length of a man's stride at
31V4 Inches , ami the distance an average
traveler can cover at this rate at 7,158 yards
an hour , or 119 yards n minute , The num
ber of strides would bo 7,500 an hour , or 125
n minute. The length of tbo stride In the
various European armies Is as follows : In
the German army It Is 3U/6 Inches , with a
cadence of 112 steps per minute ; In the Aus
trian army , 29V4 Inches , with a cadence of
from 115 > to 130 per mlnuto ; In the Italian
army , -9V-i Inchon , with a cadence of 120
per mlnuto ; in the French army , 2DV4 Inches ,
with a cadence of 115 per mlnuto ; In the
British army , 30 inches , with a cadence of
116 per mlnuto.
TIMING A TIl.UN.
AVaH of ] < MiuUiiK Out Jimt Wlmt
Tlmn n Train In Multlni ? .
Not one person In a hundred who travels
has nny Idea of the speed of a train , and
even a large percentage of the regular
trainmen cannot tell with any degree of
accuracy. Engineers use their driving wheel
as a gauge. They know its circumference and
by counting Its revolutions within a certain
tlmo can tell very accurately the speed at
which they are running.
A favorite method of timing among pas
sengers IB to count the telegraph poles. As
n rule these pales are planted thirty to tbo
mile , but In pralrlo countries where only a
single wire Is used the number diminishes
Wo be ragged , an * you bo vine ,
Plaze to file us a valentine.
Up wl' the kittle and down wl' the spout ,
Qle us n penny an' we'll gle out.
Bright now sixpences nre the gifts for the
children , nnd Valentine buns , called "skit
tles , " which nro lozengc-shnpcd nnd made
with currants and caraways , are distributed
In some English families to all the children
and old people.
PIIIDAY EVENTS.
Fniiioim IlniuiciiliiKH on it IJiiy Su'n-
piiHud to lie Unlucky.
Washington was married on Friday.
Queen Victoria wns married on Friday.
Napoleon Bonaparte wns born on Friday.
Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on Fri
day.
day.America
America was discovered on Friday.
Mayflower landed on Friday.
Joan of Arc was burned nt the stake on
Friday.
Battle of Waterloo was fought on Friday.
Bast lie destroyed on Friday.
Declaration of Independence signed on
Friday.
Julius Caesar assassinated on Friday.
Moscow burned on Friday.
Shakespeare "born on Friday.
King Charles beheaded on Friday.
Battle of New Orleans fought on Friday.
Lincoln assassinated on Friday.
PRATTLE OK THE YOUNGSTERS.
Johnny ( who has Just been scolded ) Am I
really so bnd , mamma ?
Mamma Yes , Johnny , you are a very bad
boy.
Johnny ( reflectively ) Well , anyhow , you
ought to bo glad I'm not twins.
Freddy's mamma had a caller ono day , who
several times during her stay said : "Now
I must go , " always resuming her seat , never
theless. Upon another repetition of the re
mark Freddy said , solemnly : "Don't you
believe it until she's gone , mamma. "
A Baltimore woman took her little girl to
Sunday school last Sunday. When all the
children marched up the nlslo singing a
processional -1-yonr-old followed and sang
with much unction , although the mother was
sure the child had never heard the hymn bo-
fore. After service the mother asked her
how she enjoyed it.
"Oh , I liked it ever so much , " the child
said.
said."What
"What were you singing ? You didn't
know the hymn , did you ? "
"Oh , no , ma'am , I didn't know the ono
they were elnging. but I wanted to sing ,
too , so I sang 'A Hot Tlmo In the Old Town
Tonight ! ' "
A bright girl In one ot the Now York
public schools applied to her teacher for
lca\o to bo absent half a day , on the pica
that her mother had received a telegram
which stated that company was on the way ,
says the Youth's Companion.
"It's my father's half-sister and thrco
boys , " said the pupil , anxiously , "and mother
doesn't see how eho can do without me ,
these boya always act so. "
The teacher referred her to the printed
list of reasons which Justify absence and
ashed if her case came under nny of them.
"I think It might come under this head ,
Miss Potter , " said the girl , pointing as she
epoko to the words , "Domestic affliction. "
SO.MI3 I.ATI3 IXVE.VI'IONS.
Holts of cloth cnn bo measured without
unrolling by using a simple device , havlnu
a hall of itwlno held In a. handled pockdt ,
with a small holls.w splndlo extending from
ono sldo of the pocket , to bo started at ono
end of the roll of cloth nnd unwind the cord
as It passes around the bolt.
An improved prospecting tool for miners
is formed of a central auger , flxe < l on a
handle , with a'tubular auger surrounding It ,
which can bo detached while- the hole Is
bolng bored and replaced to form a pocket
Into which the borlcigs are drawn to re
move them from the hole.
Fermented malt liquor Is changed Into a
nonltiitoxicatlng beverage by a new process ,
consisting In removing nil itho alcohol nnd
carbonic acid by heating , nfter which the
llauor receives a. small portion of kraeusea
ami Is fermented to restore the taste , ap
pearance and effervescence of beer ,
A Ithodo Island woman has patented a
neat skirt llftw , having pins arranged in
the under side of the skirt , with loops on
the pins , 'to ' which are attached stripe of
( tape , threaded back and forth from the
loops to the waistband , so that a pull on the
ends of the strips gathers up the skirt.
Incandescent mantles are protected from
breaking by a now antl-vlbratlon attach
ment , consisting of a number of arms ex
tending vertically from the bottom of the
burner to support a ring at the top of the
lamp .tho connection to the mantle being
formed by hair springs to prevent shocks.
To prevent wagons from twining the
wheels and breaking them in car tracks anew
now attachment Is formed of a curved bar ,
lying close to the rim of the wheel , with
the upper end hold by o shaft , to bo depressed -
pressed by the foot and throw the bar down
imto the ( track < to allow the wheel to turn
out.
out.An
An improved armor for ships Is made of
steel plates et vlrtteally along the sides of
the ship , the loucr ends of the plates being
bolted 1o the hull and 'tho ' upper ends stand
ing clear of the ehlp , BO that when a tihol
strikes ono the plato springs Instead ot
forming a rigid body , thus lemoning the Im
pact
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UXCOLN AND HIS GENERALS
What the President Did When Thora Wera
Bickerings nnd Disputes ,
HOW HE CALMED THE JEALOUSIES
Ill5i "VK\y \ Letter * ' nn Kliiilly Solicit-
on * nil the A lit lee nf a rutlicr
Ailvlee lu llooUor , llimi-
lilu nml Grant.
The president of the United Stated Is the
cominBndcr-ln-chlof of the array nnd navy.
H la his right , not only to cull out troops
nnd appoint olllcers , but to direct campaigns.
This military authority of the president has
not been conspicuous In the war juat ended ,
though If hostilities lirnl lasted longer It
might have been as necessary for Mr. McKinley -
Kinley to have exercised his power aa It wns
for Abrnham Lincoln In the civil war. It
wns several months after the war between
the north nnd south 'begun , a much longer
tlmo In fact thnn the entire war with Spain
has covered , before Mr. Lincoln found It
necessary to take- the military reins In hla
hands nnd to Issue orders directing move
ments. Ho shrank at first from nny such
action , because , as ho very frankly owned ,
ho know nothing nbout military matters , nnd
ho did not want to embarrass his generals.
Ho was rnado the moro sensitive on this
point because the flrst great battle of the
war that of Dull Run , nn unfortunate dis
aster was fought nt his -wish and ngalnst
the advlco of the comniamlor-ln-chlcC of the
army , Ocneral Scott. Kor several months
after Bull Hun the president g.avo no direct
orders , though ho would wrlto long letters
to hU generals of what ho called "sugges
tions. "
It was fully six months after lie appointed
McClollan to the command of the Army of
the Potomac before Mr. Lincoln could bo
persuaded to Issue a decisive order for that
general to move. It ono will try to picture
what would have happened to Mr. MoKlnlcy
last spring It he had had an nrmy of nearly
200,000 men lying within twenty miles erse
so of the Spaniards , for fully three months
nfter Itwas well equipped and pretty well
drilled , and had not ordered Its general to
attack , ho will have an idea of what Mr.
Lincoln endured In the winter of 1801 nnd
1S62 before ho compelled McClellau to uiovo
on Richmond ,
Lincoln Startled TnctlcH.
Mr. Lincoln stood all the angry prcssuro
of the country because he thought McClcllan
"knew his business. " When he began to
doubt that he would make no order for an
advancountilhohad practically mastered the
whole subject of military tactics. No mm
ov r studied harder for a couple of months
than Lincoln dkl before he assertiHl himself
as commandcr-ln-chlef. Ho crammed on
every military book ho could get bold of.
Ho knew his nrmy down to the last man.
Ho studied maps as Von Moltko did ,
down to the smallest stream and elevation.
Ho summoned every military expert within
reach and asked questions until his head
spun ana ho went away wondering how the
man had learned so much of thesubject. .
All this ho forced himself to da before ho
would order McClelfan to advance.
Even after ho began to give positive orders
lie allowed the largest latitude In their ex
ecution. Indeed , Lincoln never became per
emptory with hia generals. His office as
coramander-ln-clilcf seems to have aroused a
kind of paternal feeling In him towards all
these under him. Ho was their father and
must be kind and just to them. Again and
again , this feeling came out. Nothing kinder
and at the same tlmo franker was ever
written tea subordinate than the letter
which the president sent General Hooker in
January , 1863 , when ho appointed him com
mander of the Army of the Potomac :
"Executive Mansion , Washington , D. C. ,
Jan. 20 , 1SG3. Major General Hooker :
"Generar I have placed you at the head
of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I
have done- this upon what appear to mo to
bo sufficient reasons , and yet I think it best
for you to know that there are some things
In regard to which I am not qulto Batlsfied
with you. I believe you to be a bravo and
skillful soldier , which of course I like. I
also believe you do not mix politics with
your profession , in which you are right.
You have confidence in yourself , which Is a
valuable if not an indispensable quality.
You are ambitious , which , within reasonable
bounds , docs good rather than harm ; but I
think that during General Burnsldes' com
mand ot the army you have taken counsel of
your ambition nnd thwarted him as much as
you courd , In which you did a great wrong
to the country and to a most meritorious anil
honorable brother officer. I have heard , In
such a way as to believe it , of your recently
saying that both the army and the govern
ment needed a dictator.
"Of course , It was not for this , but in
spite ot It , that I have given you the com
mand. Only these generals who gain suc
cesses can set up dictators. What I now
ask of you Is military success , and I will
risk the dictatorship. The government will
support you to the utmost of Its ability ,
which is neither more nor less than it has
done and will do for all commanders. I
much fear that the spirit which you have
aided to Infuse Into the army , ot criticising
their commander and withholding confidence
from him , will now turn upon you. I shall
assist you as far as I can to put it down.
Neither you nor Napoleon , If ho were allvo
again , could get any good out ot on army
while such a spirit prevails In It ; nnd now
beware of rashness. Bownro of rashness ,
but with energy nnd sleepless vigilance go
forward and glvo us victories. Youra very
truly , A. LINCOLN. "
"I Love the Mini , " Sulil Hooker.
Hooker had a manly heart and the presi
dent's words appealed to the best that was
In him. Noah Brooks tells how ho heard
the general rend the letter soon nfter Its
receipt. "Ho finished reading It. " writes
Brooks , "almost with tears in his eyes , nnd
as he folded It and put It back in the breast
of his coat ho Bald , 'That Is Just such a
letter as a father might write to n eon. It
Is a beautiful letter , and although I think
ho was harder on me than I deserved , I
will say that I love the man who wrote
It. ' "
Throughout the war Mr. Lincoln was
beset by his generals to right their
wrongs and gratify their ambitions , Ho
was quick to BOO the motives at the
bottom of complaints and pleas and
when ho thought them petty ho bluntly
said so , at the same tlmo reminding the
applicants that winning battles , not hag
gling for honors , was a soldier's business
just then. Thus In March. 1803 , Rosccrnns
became disturbed because Grant outranked
him and ho wrote Lincoln asking that his
commission bo dated earlier. Lincoln at
once saw the reason of tbo request and ho
replied ;
"Now as to your request that your com
mission should date from December , 1SGI.
Of course , you expected to gain something
by this ; but you should remember that pre
cisely BO much as you should gain by It
others would lose by It. If the thing you
sought had been exclusively ours , wo would
have given It cheerfully ; but , being the
right of other men , we having a merely
arbitrary power over It , the taking it from
them and giving it to you becomes a more
delicate matter and moro deserving of con
sideration. Truth to speak , I do not appro ,
elate this matter of rank on paper as you
oflicers do. The world will not forget that
you fought the battle of Stone river , and It
will never cnro a flg whether you rank
General Grant on paper , or he o ranks
you , "
When It happened , as it sometimes did ,
that the Jealousies between generals became
open conflicts , and Lincoln was called upon
by ono or the ether to Interfere , ho never
hesitated to refuse It ho felt that his Inter
ference would complicate matters , Gener
ally ho managed to put Into his refusal n
word of good eenso which If it had been
heeded would have saved the * country much
disagreeable scandal And often would have
saved the contcetnnt his reputation. A case
to the point occurred In January , 1S63 , when
McClernnnd nnd Hnlleck were having trouble
and McClcrnatul appealed to Lincoln. The
president's reply was terse but stifnclent :
" 1 hftve too many family controversies , BO
to speak , already on my hands to voluntarily ,
or eo long as I can mold It , take up another.
You are now doing well well for the
country and well for yourself much bettor
than you coufd possibly be It engaged In open
war with General Hnlleck. Allow me to
beg that , for your sake , for my snko and for
the country's sake , you give your whole at
tention to the better work. "
llotr Lincoln Wrote III * I.cltrr * .
It would not bo difficult to extend these
quotations to great length , for throughout the
war thf > president showed the snmo patience
and good sense In cases where It seemed to
him that his counsels might bo useful. Ho
never spared these to whom ho wrote ; lie
never hesitated to lay bare their oflcnses
and their bnso motives , but he did It with
an luslght and a great-heartedness which
softened > the unreasoning nnd Impetuous nnd
for th6 tlmo at least made them better sol
diers and wiser men. Though ho wrote so
largo a number of these letters of counsel , ho
never wrote one thoughtlessly , nor , indeed ,
it ho could help It. He realized thoroughly
the delicacy of giving unsought advice , nnd
only when he felt It bis duty did ho write.
Uven. nfter he had written he sometimes
was a long time In sending. Not long ago
the War department secured an admirable
letter of good counsel which the president
wrote in December , 1861 , to- General David
Hunter , who was dissatisfied with his place
in the west and was Inundating the War
department with what Mr. Lincoln callc-d
"usFy" letters. On the back of the letter In
question General Htuitor had written : "Tho
president's reply to my 'ugly letter. ' This
lay on his table a month after It was written ,
and when finally Bent was by a special con
veyance , with the direction that it was only
to bo given to mo when I was In a good
humor. "
There Is In existence a draft of a letter
dated September 25 , 1863 , and addressed to
General A. E. Burnslde , In which Lincoln
reviews the dally promises that the general
had been making to move to the aid of Roso-
crnns , then shut up In Chattanooga , and his
steady move "tho contrary way. " When
the president wrote the document ho evi
dently felt that Burnsldo's own reports were
the severest witnesses ngalnst him , for In
his opening sentence he declared that Burn
sldo's conduct made him "doubt whether
ho was awnko or dreaming. " Yet ju tltlod
as ho undoubtedly felt ho was when ho
wrote the letter , ho never sent It. Ho held
It , hoping ns ho always did that something
would happen to make It unnecessary. The
events ot the next tow weeks outlawed this
particular document and It exists today sim
ply as a proof of Lincoln's unwillingness to
criticise nnd advise unnecessarily.
SureiiHiii for McClellan.
Although so uniformly kind even In his rebukes -
bukes , there Is more than one case on record
whore President Lincoln's patience failed
nnd ho sent n telegram of bitter sarcasm
to a general. Such wes his message to Mc
Clellan on October 24 , 1SC2 , when that gen
eral , after five Idle weeks , refused to pursue
the enemy because his cavalry horses had
sere tongues. It was a drop too much for
Lincoln.
"I have just read your dispatch atxmt
sere tongued and fatigued honses , " he wired.
"Will you not pardon me for asking vrtiat
the horses of your army have done since the
battle of Antletam that fatigues anything ? "
Yet even for this telegram , ho half apolo
gized two days later :
"Most certainly I intend no injustice to
nny , nnd if I have done any I deeply regret
It. To be told , after more than flvo weeks'
total inaction of the army , and during which
period wo have sent to the army every fresh
horse wo possibly could , amounting In thft
whole to 7,918 , that the cavalry horses were
too much fatigued to move , presents a rery
cheerless , almcst hopeless , prospect for tha
future , nnd It may have forced something :
of Impatience In my dispatch. "
AVnriii ] < fc Ki > ltIou of nnint.
Ono pleasant feature of Mr. Lincoln's re
lations to bis generals was the heartiness
vlth which ho acknowledged every ndvpuce.
"God bless you and your army , " was Urn
glet of many a telegram , many a verbal
n > ssago which ho sent. Perhaps of all
these congratulatory messages none Is pleasanter -
anter reading In the light of later events
than the president's letter to General Grant
after Vlcksburg. In a way it may bo called
Lincoln's first recognition of Grant :
"Major General Grant :
"My Dear General I do not remember
that you and I 'have ' ever met personally. I
wrlto this now as a grateful acknowledg
ment for the almost Inestimable service you
have done the country. I wUh 1o say a word
further. Whe.i you first reached the vicinity
of Vicksburg I thought you would do what
> ou finally did march the 'troops ' across the
neck , run the batteries with the transports ,
nml thus go below ; and I never bad any
faith , except n general hope that you knew
better than I , that the Yazoo Pass expedi
tion and the like could succeed. When you
got below nnd took Port Gibson , Grand Gulf
and vicinity , I thought you should go down
the river nnd Join General Banks , nnd when
you turned northward , east of the Big Black ,
I feared It was a mistake. I now wish to
make the personal acknowledgment that you
were right and I was wrong. Yours very
tnily , A. LINCOLN. "
Comparatively llttlo ot these close rela
tion of Lincoln with his generals was
known to the public during the war. It
v.as not -until twenty years after Ills death ,
when his secretaries , Messrs , NIcolay and
Hay , published their great work , which must
remain through all tlmo the most important
source for the history of Abraham Lincoln ,
that the -greater number of these wise , keen ,
kind letters were given to the public. It
remains to .bo . seen whether twenty years
from now Mr. McKlnloy's choaen biographer
will'bo able to lay before the world any
corresponding documents.
IDA M. TAHBBLL.
American champagnes nro faat driving out
the Imported article. At the head of the
list Is Cook's Imperial.
A Texan has patented a folding bed which
is suspended from the celling by four pul
leys , the ropes running to a central shaft ,
which to turned by pulling a rope wound m
n wheel carried by the HhaJt. thus drawing
the bed up to tbo celling and holding it out
of the way.
WHAT PHYSICIANS SAY ,
nisri.vitm.vG TIIU TiinATMH.vr on
CATAHIIII.
TRV fiAUSS' OATAUHH TAIII.BTS.
Scientific research has proven that Ca
tarrh , like all other diseases nnd complica
tions , requires an Internal and constitutional
remedy and the most prominent physicians
are adopting this means of treatment In
place ot the time worn nasal douche , snuffs ,
salves , etc. Dr. Roberta says : "In the
treatment o catarrh > ou are confronted with
tlio manifestations ot a constitutional dls-
aso and its elimination dfinanda an Internal
and constitutional remedy and there in no
motllclne that I bavo found no effective a
Gauss' Catarrh Tablets. They ore taken In
ternally , thus acting Immediately upon the
mucous surfaces and membranes. Aa the
tablets cost but 50c you can well afford to
make a trial and convince yourself of their
marvelous action. At druggists or by mail.
Our book on Catarrh mailed free , Address
C. B. Gauss , Marshall , Mich. j
Onio and Education of tbo Little Ones it
St. Jamei1 Orphanage.
HOW THE INSTITUTION IS SUPPORTED
XrtMt of IMnnncInt AftwUtnttcp
to lloclueo UN Iliirilcn of Dolit
Interesting ; FiiutH for
Charitable l'e tilc.
Friend * nnd benefactors of St. James'
orphanage ot this city arc making earnest ,
united efforts to reduce the burden of that
charitable institution. About three years
ago Hov. 3. P. Carroll wns given charge ot
Us financial affairs and has since devoted
his energies to that end , nud with consider
able success. All the floating debt and old
accounts have been Battled , the running ex
penses provided for , as well ns Interest pay
ments , nut In order to reduce the present
mortgage debt of 1-10,000 It Is necessary to
supplement Iho monthly payments to the
fund created for that purpose. The promot
ers hnvo decided to hold a fair tor the bene
fit ot the fund , aouio time In October , and
the plan has received the sanction of Itt ,
Hov. Ulshop Scnnncll.
Rov. Father Carroll , manager of tbo or
phanage , speaking of the Work of the insti
tution In providing for the motherless nnd
fatherless little ones , gave many facts that
will appeal strongly to the generous people
ot this city. Ho said :
"Tho orphanage was established at Don-
son Place in 1890 , and opcnod In the summer
of 1891 , It depends almost entirely for Its
maintenance on the generosity of the people -
plo of Nebraska , and although it has shel
tered , educated nnd provided for over 700
children since 1891 , It has not received ono
penny from either state , county or city.
"For many years prior to 1891 the Sisters
ot Mercy shared their own convent homo
with the orphans. On account of the many
requests made for admission nnd not having
the room nnd accommodations it was deemed
advisable to erect an orphanage hence , St.
James orphanage , Benson , Neb.
IMan to Reduce Ilolitii.
"Throo years ago St. Vincent's union was
organized so as to systematize the chari
table contributions of the benefactors. It has
already done much to lighten the burden of
current expenses. It Is expected that in the
near future the revenue from this source
will fully meet the ordinary current ex
penses.
"In order to wipe out the debt and In the
meantime to meet the Interest a perpetual
membership in the union wns formed to con
sist of 2,000 members , each to contribute
the sum ot $25. Already 627 members have
subscribed their names , and it is hoped that
the number of subscribers will reach 1,000
before the end of 1S99. I would like to pay
off $5,000 of the debt In April next , and will
be able to do eo if these who have already
subscribed will pay In the full amount ot
their subscriptions.
"The average number of children in the
orphanage during the last year was in the
neighborhood of eighty. The number ot
children in the orphanage January 1 , 1898 ,
was sixty-five. During the year elghty-ona
were admitted , some remaining only a few
months. During the year twenty children
were placed in families and forty-seven were
sent to their friends , leaving seventy-nine
children In the orphanage January 1 , 1899.
"Tho total expenses for the last twelve
months , Including amounts paid on out
standing bills of preceding years , amounted
to $4,683.60 , while the balance on hand Jan
uary 1 , 1898 , together with the receipts for
the year 1898 , amounted to $4.605.67 , so
that there remained a balance of $22.01 on
January 1 , 1S99.
"The orphanage depends for its complete
support on the payment ot small amounts
for board for half orphans by parents , for
orphans by guardian or friends , where pos
sible ; donations from friends of the orphan-
nge : annual collection In the churches ot the
Jloccso and on St. Vincent's union. "
Dr. Theodore X. Morrison ( Episcopal ) ot
Chicago will ho consecrated blshU-v of Io 4
on February 22.
Hlshon Whlpple of Minnesota , will repro-
ncnt the American Kpiscopnl church nt tlio
centennial anniversary of 'tho ' Kngllsh
Church Missionary society next April.
Hov. I'oter MncQuccn slates In the Con-
gresatlonnllst that there IR but ono Prot
estant 'church In the Spanish \V > ! t Indies ;
that Is the Kplsoopal church at l\iict' , and
thAt Is closed.
There nre nbout 200 societies vhoso work
Is to bo represented nt the ecumenical conference -
forenco o i missions to bo held In New York
City In April , 1900. The plans for this oVm-
fcrcnce liavo Ueeii maturing for three years.
Hov. Dr. William Uutler of Newton Center ,
Mass. , now SI years old , Is ono of the moot
famous Mothodlnt missionaries living , hav
ing labored heroically for many ywirs in.
India , and Mexico.
President Tucker of Dartmouth Bays tlio
beat criticism of a sermon he ever received
came from a discerning friend , who eald
"You seem < t3 mo to bo moro concerned ,
about the truth ( than about men. "
Fully 00.000,000 of Protestant Christians
nre > represented In the petition pnviented to
the president through the Alllnnco of 1lu >
lloformed churches , asking tlio 4 n flu once ot
the government In favor of International
arbitration nnd disarmament.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the con
secration of Hlsliop McLaren ( Kplscopal ) ot
Chicago will bo celebrated next December.
The event will bc > marked by the raisinR
of the Episcopal endowment fund to $200,000
ami by electing a coadjutor bishop ,
Flvo years ngo there wan not a slnglo
Cahollc ! priest In the country who consid
ered It his special duty to preach to 11011-
Cathollcs. Now the Catholic Missionary
union , with < he Puullst fathers , have over
twenty priests whoso tlmo Is entirely occu
pied in buchork. .
Illsbop Cheshire of North Carolina , who is
nt present working among the Kplscopallati
churches of the north to secure funds in aid
of his work lu the south , says : "It would
probably nstonlsh a great ninny northern
people to kti'ow ' that the only town In North
Carolina where no negro may eltlier live or
own n foot of ground Is settled entirely by
Now UnglanJers. nnd that there Is not a
southern-born adult among Its citizens. So ,
too , the only protest that I happen < o know
of agnlnst the establishment of a school for
negro children In ono of , tbo towns tt > the
stnto was signed by men ot northern birth.
Not a man of southern birth would sign it "
"la a recent Issue of the Tribune , " Ba > a
a. Nebraska correspondent , writing to the
New York Tribune , "mention Is made of the
call ot Dr. Hlllls to the pulpit of Plymouth
church to succeed Dr. Lymnn Abbott. Tins
same mention contains tlu < statement that
Dr. Hlllla Is a , native of Iowa. This la-Hcr
Is erroneous , for Nebraska claims him. Dr.
llillls was born 1n Pawnee county , ono of
the earliest &ctitled counties in the state.
There are many In Nebraska who know
him , and they tire generally proud of It.
His early llfo ns a student In preparing
tor the pulpit was full of vicissitudes , and
whatever ho has accomplished Is certainly
merited. Dr. Hlllls is n typical Belf-inado
man. "
What is commonly known ns heart dls-
ease la frequently nn aggravated form of
dyspepsia. Like all other diseases resulting
from indigestion , it can bo cured by Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. It cures the worst forms
of dyspepsia. It digests what you eat ,
AVhyn.
Chicago News : Why should well water
ever bo unhealthy ?
\Vhy Isn't a quack physician a skin doc
tor ?
I Why doesn't a tall man live longer than
, < a short ono ?
Why isn't a combination ot whisky nnd
I water a mixed evli ?
Why docs old age tear d'OTvn ' the circus
bills stuck up by youth ?
, Why does a prohibitionist kick when ho
flnds water in the milk ?
Why doesn't the man who la hunting
trouble shoot folly as it files ?
Why is silence golden when silver will
shut a man's mouth Jus.t . ns effectively ?
Why Isn't the- patient in danger as long ns
the doctor continues to visit him ?
Why does the average man prefer to win a
dollar on a honso race to earning flvo by
honest labor ?
A Poor Way to
Treat Catarrh
Is to Rely Upon the Sprays ,
Washes , Etc. ,
Which form the basis of many
"methods" now BO prevalent.
Such treatment might avail some
thing if Catarrh was only a local
irritation of the membranes. But
the disease is not on the surface
the discomforting irritation of the
lining of the throat is not the dis
ease itself , but simply a mani
festation of it. Catarrh is a
deep-seated , constitutional blood
disease , and it is as easy to put
out fire with a sheet of paper as to
hope to cure it with local applica
tions. Don't mistake temporary
relief for benefit. These who last
season thought themselves bene
fited by this treatment will see
their mistake as soon as the first
chilling blast of winter is felt.
"TJio sprays nd washes prescribed by
the doctors relieved me only temporarily
rily , and though I used thorn ooiiBtiint-
Jy for ten years , the disease had a
firmer hold thnn ever. I was in a
liiincntnblc condition when I decided
to try S. 8. S. I nt once bepnn to im-
provn , nnd after tnking it for three
months I wns cured completely , the
dreadful disease was eradicated from
my system , and I hare had no return
of it. Miss JOSIB OTVEN ,
"Montpeller , 0. "
Swift's Specific ( S. S. S. ) is the
only euro for Catarrh , for it goes
direct to the cause of the trouble
the blood forcing the disease
from the system. Those who have
had Catarrh for any length of time
know that each winter finds thorn
moro firmly in the grasp of the
disease than before. Their expe
rience teaches them that local
treatment can do them no good.
A trial of S. S. S.
will convince
thorn that it is the
proper remedy.
If you are just
feeling the first
of th is
disease ,
. should begin
treatment promptly , for its sever
ity increases each year ; but bo
sure to begin right. If you treat
only the surface , relying upon
sprays , washes and inhalations ,
you may bo sure that a mild case
will be a bnd one next year and
a worse ono the year later. Begin
promptly to take S. S. S. and bo
cured.
Books mailed free by Swift
Specific Company , Atlanta , Qa ,
ARE CONTAINED IN
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