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One is that it was ‘‘a member of his cabinet'? who uttered the protest against Grant's appointment because of his alleged intemperate Another is that ‘"‘a habits. clergymen" of delegation called on the President and asked him not to put the victor of Vicksburg in high comIn either case Linmand. coln's reply is essentially the same, and it has been quoted an endless number of times by banquet speakers, lecturers and others more concerned with ‘‘getting a laugh" than with historical accuracy. For the fact is that Lincoln never received any such protest against Grant's appointment for the reason given in the story and therefore did not make the reply Moreover, to him. attributed several times, after the yarn had been widely circulated, he disclaimed authorship of the quip. But he did so with such evident approval of its humor that his enial helped increase the popularity of the story. The real author of this story, was entirely fictitious, was a "‘son of St. Patrick,'' Irish-born Charles G. Halpine, a _ correspondent for the New York Herald during the Civil war, who signed his dispatches with the typical Irish name of ‘Miles O'Reilly."", Halpine was born near Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland, November 20, 1829, the son of an Episcopal clergyman cold-fighting resistance. So successful has Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery been that over 30,000,000 bottles have already been used. Proof of its reere gh emmy a Dr. Pierce's Golden iscovery from your ist today. Don't suffer unnecessarily f ean othe Right Beginning When the fight begins with himself a man's worth something.- Browning. Don't Sleep When as Crowds Heart If you toss in bed and can't sleep from con- Beene -_ - 8: ° ae B uicker must get DOUBLE ACTION. oo reli ou You must relieve the GAS, You must clear the bowels. Adlerika is just what you may it acts on the stomach and lerika is arminatives need because BOTH bowels, TH carminative and cat that m and the ic. the stomach and help expel GAS, Cathartics that quickly and er ae the bowels of waste matter ay have caused GAS BLOATsleepless nights and indidleri in less than two hours, f. No waiting for overe oes not gripe, is not Sold at all drug stores ULYSSES S. GRANT who was also editor of the Dublin Evening Mail. Entering Trinity college in Dublin while still a boy, young Halpine soon gave evidence of the literary ability that ran in his family. Although he began the study of medicine, after his graduation in 1846, he soon gave that up to enter the more congenial field of journalism. He began contributing to newspapers in Ireland and England, /married young and, believing that America offered better opportunities for success, emigrated to this country in 1849. He | went first to Boston where he ob| tained a position on the Boston Post. Then he sent for his young wife whom he had left in Ireland until he established himself in his | adopted country. Soon after her | arrival he became the leading editor of the Carpet-Bag, a hu| Morous magazine which had been established by Benjamin Shilla. ber of ‘"‘Mrs. Partington': fame _and Dr. Shepley. eer wey is ances C4 oT ' SA AE GOR 44 Sweep nn sats fae) a ea Hotel TEMPLE SQUARE Opposite Mormon Temple HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Rates $1.50 to $3.00 It's a mark of distinction to stop at this beautiful ERNEST C ROSSITER, Ser, ery Yet none of them has digestion improves; your body gets greater nourishment which helps nature build up your remem his drinking, if it was true that he was addicted to liquor. As the story gained currency, it occurred to some of Lincoln's friends to ask him if the story were true. Among them were the war department telegraphers, his ‘boys'? whom he saw nearly ev- WATSON SCOTT (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) which right after another, here'ssensationalnews! Mrs. Elizabeth Vickery Us One of Our Most Familiar Lincoln | But the Carpet-Bag proved to | be a failure and in 1852 Halpine moved to New York where he | wrote for the New York Tribune, | worked for a few months on the | New York Herald and then joined Henry Raymond on the New York Times. After a short stay on the Times he hecame a partner of John Clancy in the publication of the New York Leader for which he did his best work. political articles and Both his humorous writings were so popular that the circulation of the Leader increased tremendously and it soon became a political power in New York. Joins Union Army. By this time the young Irish immigrant was enjoying a large income, but at the outbreak of the Civil war he gave this up to accept a commission as a lieutenant in the sixty-ninth New York regiment, commanded by Colonel Corcoran. So rapidly did he master the details of military life that he was promoted to major and became adjutant on the staff of Gen. David Hunter. When Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck became commander-in-chief of the Union armies, Halpine was transferred to his staff and stationed in Washington. In addition to preparing all of Halleck's official correspondence, Halpine began writing again for the New York Herald. Under the nom de plume of ‘‘Miles O'Reilly,'' he assumed the character of a private in the forty-seventh New York regiment and began writing a series of amusing articles which became instantly popular. It was in one of these articles that Halpine started the Lincoln-Grant ‘‘whisky myth'"' which has persisted to this day. In its issue of November 26, 1863, the New York Herald carried a five-column article, signed by ‘Private Miles O'Reilly," which was given almost as much prominence in the paper as the news story of the victories near Chattanooga. It was captioned "Miles O'Reilly at the White House'"' and was a wholly fictitious account of O'Reilly's being made a guest of honor at a large function at the White House, attended by all the Washington notables, including President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General Halleck and Lord Lyons, the British ambassador. A Party at the White House. A part of Halpine's dispatch, describing the festivities at the White House, reads as follows: ***Colonel Bell, please touch the bell,' said Mr. Lincoln, ‘and let Burgdorff, my messenger, send us up the decanters and things. I have some French wines sent me from Paris by Secretary of Legation Pennington, whose tongue is so completely occupied in the business of tasting vintages that he has never had time to teach it French, though a resident in Paris many years. If you prefer whisky, I have some that can be relied upon-a present from Mr. Leslie Combs. I call it "Grant's Particular' and Halleck is about issuing an order that all his generals shall use it.' ‘‘ With the news we have today from Chattanooga,' said General Halleck gayly, ‘I think the country will indorse the order to which Mr. Lincoln has referred. For my own part, I'll take some of that whisky-just enough to drown a mosquito, Kelton-and, with the President's permission, our first toast will be the health of Ulysses Grant, the river-horse of the Mississippi.' "Secretary Stanton seconded the toast in a neat and spirited address, Mr. Lincoln frequently applauding. The health was received with all the honors, every one present standing up while the liquor went ‘down, and the company giving three cheers for General Grant, and then three more, and then three after that to top off with.'' The story spread all over the country and eventually ‘Private Miles O'Reilly's" part in it and his authorship of it were forgotten. People began telling it as "another good Abe Lincoln yarn." Naturally, the friends of General Grant, who troubled by rumors of perance, were glad to Story, since Lincoln's mark provided a good had been his intemspread the alleged reexcuse for day when at called he the telegraph office to get the latest One of news from the front. these was Albert B. Chandler, TelePostal the of later president graph company. Lincoln Denies Authorship. In 1895 Chandler attempted to dispel the myth by making this statement: ‘‘Major Eckert asked Mr. Lincoln if the story of his interview with the complainants against General Grant was true, viz. that he had inquired solicitously where the general got his liquor and, on being told that the information could not be given, replied that he the President would very much like to find out, so that he might get enough to send a barrel to each of his genMr. Lincoln said that he erals. had heard the story before, and that it would have been very good if he had said it but that he didn't. He supposed it was ‘charged to him' to give it currency. "He then said the original of the story was in King George's were Bitter complaints time. made to the king against his General Wolfe (victor over Montcalm at the Battle of Quebec which Indian and the French ended war), in which it was charged The king rethat he was mad. plied angrily, ‘I wish he would bite some of my other generals, then.' ‘He then mentioned a bright he had recently which saying heard during the draft riots in New York, in which the Irish figured most conspicuously-‘It is said that General Kilpatrick is going to New York to quell the riot; but his name has nothing to do with it.' "' Similar testimony is given by Chaplain James B. Merwin, who was commissioned by Lincoln to talk temperance to the soldiers. NOSIS was a which caused a great deal of discussion early in the Civil war. Of course, the Confederates were horrified and threatened all sorts ofof reprisals against Union ficers who enlisted or commanded Negroes. Even in the North there was to the opposition considerable idea, since it was held that ‘‘only white men should be allowed to Halpine fight for the Union." took notice of this discussion In one of his most famous poems: Sambo's Right to Be Kilt Some tell us 'tis a burnin' shame To make the naygers fight; An' that the thrade of bein' kilt Belongs but to the white: But as for me, upon my sowl! So liberal are we here, I'll let Sambo be murthered instead of myself, On every day of the year. On every day of the year, boys, And in every hour of the day; The right to be kilt PU divide wid him, An' divil a word I'll say. In battle's wild commotion I shouldn't at all object If Sambo's body should stop a ball That was comin' for me direct; And the prod of a Southern bagnet, So ginerous are we here, I'll resign, and let Sambo take it On every day in the year. On every day in the year, boys, And wid none o' your nasty pride, All my right in a southern bagnet prod Wid Sambo I'll divide! The men who object to Sambo Should take his place and fight; And it's betther to have a nayger's hue Than a liver that's wake an' white. Though Sambo's black as the ace of spades, His finger a thrigger can pull, And his eye runs sthraight on the barrel-sights From undher its thatch of wool. So hear me all, boys darlin', Don't think I'm tippin' you chaff, The right to be kilt we'll divide wid him, And give him the largest half! Among Halpine's_ published works after the war were ‘‘Lyrics by the Letter H,'' ‘‘Life and Adventures, Songs, Services, and Speeches of Private Miles O'Reilly, 47th. Regiment, New York Volunteers'' and ‘‘Baked Meats of the Funeral: a Collection of Essays, Poems, Speeches, and Banquets by Private Miles O'Reilly."' Among the poems in the latter volume is one which has often been reprinted. In some respects, its theme was curiously prophetic of the ‘‘Last Man'' banquets held by Civil war veterans during recent years. It reads as follows: The Thousand and Thirty-Seven (April 20, 1864.) Three years ago, today, We raised our hands to Heaven, And, on the rolls of muster, Our names were thirty-seven; There were just a_ thousand bayonets, And the swords were thirtyseven, As we took With our the oath right of service hands raised to Heaven. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Merwin stated that Lincoln denied authorship of the quip about Grant and said that the joke was a hundred years old when he first heard it attributed to him. Athough Halpine's chief claim to fame seems to rest upon his authorship of this story which became a favorite ‘‘Lincoln myth," he had other distinctions which should make his name memorable. For, as the popularity of his ‘‘Private Miles O'Reilly at the White House'' demonstrated, he had a genius for imaginative writing. He had proved that early in his career as a New York journalist. To win a bet he produced a long account of the resuscitation of a pirate named Hicks, who had been executed on Bedloe's island, and this hoax, which was believed by many people, caused a great deal of excitement in New York. Upon his return to New York he served on the staff of Gen. John A. Dix and during that time wrote a series of articles exposing the corruption of the city government which attracted the attention of the Citizens' association. As a result he was offered the editorship of the Citizen, the organ of the reform movement which was inaugurated at that time. Soon afterwards he bought the paper and plunged into politics to fight "Boss" Tweed. He scored his first victory when a coalition of Democrats and Republicans elected him to county register by a large majority and this was followed by other political triumphs. During all this time, Halpi had continued with his Sterary labors and his constant writing made him subject to insomnia for which he took opiates. The result was a tragic end to his career-through the mistake of a druggist he took an overdose of chloroform, when attacked by a severe pain in his head, and died on August 3, 1868, Oh, 'twas a gallant day, In memory still adored, That day of our sun-bright nuptials With the musket and the sword! Shrill rang the fifes, the bugles blared, beneath a And cloudless heaven Far flashed a thousand bayonets, And the swords were thirtyseven. Of the thousand stalwart bayonets Two hundred march today; Hundreds lie in Virginia swamps, And hundreds in Maryland clay; While other hundreds-less hap- py-drag Their mangled limbs around, And envy the deep, calm, blessed sleep Of the battlefield's holy ground. For the swords-one night a week ago The remnant, just eleven- Gathered around a banqueting board With seats for thirty-seven. There were two came in on crutches, And two had each but a hand, To pour the wine and raise the cup As we toasted "Our Flag and Land!"' And the room seemed filled with whispers As we looked at the vacant seats, And with choking throats we pushed aside The rich but untasted meats: Then in silence we brimmed our glasses As we stood up-just eleven- And bowed as we drank to the Loved and the Dead Who had made us Thirty-seven! After Halpine's death which Robert B. Roosevelt, uncle of the President, called ‘a national calamity,'' Mr. Roosevelt edited a volume of his poems and issued them as "‘The Poetical Works of Charles G. Halpine.'' Smart Designs for Your Pillow Slips ‘The Nam e subject IsFamiliar- daffodils daisies, ILACS, pansies-a foursome of charm,in slips for pillow motifs ing Seay, smartly simple embroidery. a wigs BY or loped or crochet edges, set' solored border will effectively FELIX B. 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