Show 1 1 AK AKE TELEGRAM SA SATUR TU By the Way e Compensated Slavery Abolishment March arch 6 1862 Lincoln in a I Im m message Mag to congress recommended the tha follow- follow in tn joint resolution which vas Was passed passed- Resolved That the United States ought to c cooperate with any state which Jl may y yc adopt gradual ad a abolishment giving v n to such state pecuniary aid to hs lf r be bC used C by such state In Its discretion c io to compensate for the Inconveniences Inconvenience j public or private produced by such change In system Lincoln Y proposed ES to Delaware a which he re remained loyal that the government j. j pay each or a P. total of for freedom of slaves In that state slate but the Delaware legislature refused to consider r the proposal Similar offers offer were made to other states with similar results In December 1862 1062 Lincoln recommended that congress propose an amendment to the Constitution providing compensation I In bonds for every state which should abolish slavery slav slav- ery cry before the year 1900 But the slave states statE's showed no willingness to accept such auch an offer and the matter was dropped In the same year an act passed congre con- con gre greet for the Immediate abolishment of slavery In the District of Columbia Compensation wan waa distributed by com corn mission The whole amount paid owners In the district did not exceed an average of for each slave Theorists who try to abolish poverty seldom are able to see that a lot of other things must be first Boston Boston Shoe and Leather Reporter Wesley Owned Only 4 Silver T Teaspoons ea John Wesley Vesley founder of or Methodism Meth Meth- was ls a pattern of diligence of 01 self denial a and generosity C I When 1 he was past 70 years of age and his his' Methodism had become triumphant through the kingdom of or Great Britain Brit Brit- ain am an order passed passed- the house of oi lords that the commissioners of excise ex cx- else cise send out letters to all an persons suspected of possessing plate and to tc toe those e who had not regularly ar pale paid I duty 0 on the same Wesley received cef euch h a a a. letter This was his reply Sir I 1 I have two sliver silver teaspoons In London and two In Bristol This Is all the plate I have at present and I shall shan not buy any more while so many around me want bread One Is reminded of the tender tender- heartedness of a like minded man Ch Charles rles Kingsley who when the fa famous famous famous fa- fa famine was raging In India pushed his plate aside AS ns headlines of a newspaper fell under his eye ee and exclaimed Take It away Take It t away I cannot eat while my brothers mothers are dying by thousands of huner hunker Another explanation of the modern modem childs child's manners Is that too many woodsheds have been converted Into garages Associated Editors Englishman Reached Age of An extraordinary Instance of longevity longevity lon Ion Is that concerning an agriculturist named Thoma Thomas Parr born In England Jn tn 1483 He was engaged In agricultural pursuits and worked in the field till after hI his birthday At he married a second time and had the the responsibilities of ot another family his wife presenting him with offspring At he was wa introduced to the court Of Charles I by the Earl of ot Arundel as a remarkable prodigy but the change of air all and new mode of livIng liv liv- ing caused his death A postmortem examination of his body was made but no internal symptoms of decay could be discovered A grandson of ot Thomas Parr died In at atthe atthe atthe the age of Russia is hardly in shape t to ts-go ts go goto o oto to war with tenths nine-tenths of or her fighting population over here dancing In vaudeville New York NewYork York American Giant Mapmaking Camera in W Washington The United States geological survey survey survey sur- sur sur sur- vey In Washington boasts one of the biggest cameras In the world It was specially designed by experts of the thed survey bureau ur a and fd Is used e for r re reproducing producing d ln maps ups of which Ic thousands hl a j of ot copies are required It weighs three and a a. half halt tons being made almost wholly of steel to Insure rig rig- The focal length of its lens Is Isy two forty Inches c and it c cap can take a y t ai hr hrc t picture three feet square The EIs E frame m Is suspended by springs to absorb vi vl- vl It is operated altogether I Ia by electricity 11 Y Yal al The big plate 1 e holder er la a built in part of 1 t the dark room i With this instrument exceptionally fine tine reproductions of maps can can be II made because guesswork Is eliminated eliminated I and the numerous accidents which may mav spoil results results' where ordinary ordinary ordinary nary cameras are used are made practically impossible I I Wedding Cake O Once ce Only Barley Bread Among ancient writers on the subJect subject sub sub- of the Wedding Cake Cak Curtius rt Is probably the e most d reliable JKr definite and for he q quotes clearly the laws of RomuluS based upon those of the Etruscans Etruscan and theother the theother theother other races whose advent preceded the foundations of Rome Koine In those days It appe appears rs to have ha been customary cus cus- tomary tomar for the families of the young people to enter into certain prenuptial prenuptial pre- pre nuptial agreements for the future provision of their eon Con and daughter daughter- much as showers are given to lo a bride at the present time These agreements were ratified at the marriage marriage mar festival and accompanied b by a a. lavish outpouring of corn cornS oil and other kinds of food a a. ceremony which practically aUY constituted the wedding itself Romulus devised de a 0 simpler method known S I as whereby the contracting parties simply are a lost loaf of barley bread together and solemnized solemnized sol aol their thelI union at once Gradually Grad Grad- r with t the spread of more effete civilization the e loaf haf of barley bread fee was as transformed into a cake of or a amore amore amore more delicate texture and finally Into the elaborately Iced structure Pinckney Didn't Say bay Millions lillions for Defense The expression Millions for de defense de- de tense but not one cent for tribute Is popularly ascribed be to Charles h C. C Pr gk Pinckney ln k Pinckney John Johp Marshall and Elbrdge Gerry were in Paris In 1798 to negotiate with the French government government- The rhe directory refused to recognize the commission but Talleyrand Intimated they would talk lk business If the United States would pay a a bribe to the French Funch officials It was then tha that Pinckney is supposed to have uttered the tho historic his his- expression But Pinckney de denied denied denied de- de nied saying It According to his o own story stor his his reply was No o not a sixpence six six- pence Albert J. J Be In his bis Life of Marshall explains that the author au au- nu- nu thor is unknown He says when Marshall r returned from Paris he was very verv popular among the Federalists Federalist Millions for defense defrise but not nat one cent for tribute says Beveridge was given eKen In a a. toast to Marshall at a banquet in his honor at Philadelphia Pinckney did not even en hear of i it un til UI after alter he ho left feet Paris |