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Show or Lincoln Pnev Are 5 till fo is Fomvd aivdltcreAre Some Good Oies Gathered Tcxm V&rious Sources JIAJOR MOSES VEALE tells a story of Lincoln which has not before be-fore been printed, and it shows again the great humane heart of the great martyr. A colonel came one day to Stanton Stan-ton to get a permit per-mit to carry north for burial the body of his wife. She had been with the regiment down south and was accidentally killed. Stanton immediately refused to give '.ho permit and the colonel went to ?ee Lincoln. The president was very much depressed de-pressed by some adverse event and old the colonel very bluntly that such i request could not be entertained for -l moment. The colonel was in terrible irrief at t--e idea of not being able to bury Lis wife at home. All the wmolalica that Lincoln gave him was :o remark: "Sadness is the common heritage of is o.'.I, and we must all take our ,liare." The colonel in despair left the president pres-ident and went to his rooms. Need- COL. W. H. CROCK. ' i 1 S 7 iff Lincoln's Famous Bodyguard With Violin of Which He Was So Fond. ess to say, he did not sleep a wink til night. But he did not suspect that Lincoln was in the same wakeful condition. con-dition. In the morning the colonel was surprised sur-prised to hear a knock at his door. Going to open it, he found, to his sur-, prise, that his caller was Lincoln. "Colonel," said the president, "yesterday "yes-terday I was harsh and unkind to you and have been unable all night to sleep; come with me." And they both called upon Stanton, and Lincoln saw that the per.t was given to the colonel. And here are some more stories, new in the sense-tuat they have never before apry-ared in print: Didn't Tell Congress. "7 "2FARMER in Maine had two I IT ' 0ns servinS in tne army .-I Vac, . . a and in their absence he ?j tended to all the labor aoout the farm himself. By :-ome accident or other he was incapacitated inca-pacitated for further manual work and 'lis farm was about to go to waste. He bethought, himself of his two sons ind "wished eagerly that at least one of them were now with him. He determined de-termined to go to Lincoln and ask for the release of one of his sons. Most of his friends told him that his efforts would be fruitless. Nevertheless he went. He explained his dilemma to the president, who seemed rather uncertain. un-certain. He also knew that Stanton would grow angry and resent such an action. Finally he said: "All right, I'll let you keep one son and we will keep :he other. Ycu can tell Stanton that I have given all the .members of congress con-gress the privilege of discharging one soldier, but don't tell it to the members mem-bers of congress." The boy was discharged, and need-loss need-loss to say none of the members of congress exercised their supposed light of discharging soldiers, of which right they were unaware. Had Not .Studied. 2r,INC0LN'3 gen-,e method of 'iXfy $ I refusing people's requests i-'f .- I which he did not see fit to srant U illustrated by the following: a very ignorant man, whom it was necessary to repulse, asked Lincoln for the pest of doorkeeper to the 7vhite House. Lincoln took advantage c-f the man's stupidity without hurting tii feelings. 'Ho you want to be doorkeeper of the house, eh?" "Yes, II r. President." "Well, have you ever had any experience expe-rience in doorkeeping?" "Weil, no no. actual experience, sir." "Any theoretical experience? Any instructions in the duties and ethics Of doorkeeping?" "Tmpk no." ' lave you ever a' tended lectures on ''No, sir." "Have you ever read any text on tta subject?" UliJU-iiiB n I" M i 1 1 1 mi II ii inn inn in hi i iii ii iiinm u "No." "Have you conversed with anyone who has read such a book?" "No, sir; I'm afraid not, sir." "Well, then, my friend, don't you see that you haven't a single qualification qualifi-cation for that important post?" said Lincoln in a reproachful tone. "Yes, I do," said the applicant, and he took leave humbly, almost gratefully. grate-fully. "One War at a Tims." ' ERHAPS no single sentence iTJN. f Lincoln's had a more per- 'IXjli' vasive influence than one of five words, uttered at a time ' " when the' country was seeth ing with indignation over the course of the administration in yielding to the demand of England for the return of the Confederate commissioners, Mason Ma-son and Slidell, taken by an American man of war from a British vessel on the high 6eas, which demand, though insolent, was in accord with international interna-tional law. To the perspiring patriots, who were vexing the air w:ith clamorous clamor-ous protests, the careworn magistrate simply replied: "One war at a time." That calmed the storm. The country interpreted his words to mean: "Be patient, fellow citizens, and we'll get even with that big bully later on." Lincoln Lin-coln knew human nature. Had Enough Generals. j ""INCOLN enjoyed telling sto-JyTipSyi sto-JyTipSyi ! ries showing the soldiers' j M 'S! seon"ing at rank and preten-3&fJ preten-3&fJ sion. A picket challenged a tug going up Broad river, South Carolina, with : "Who goes ther.?" "The secretary of war and Major General Foster," was the pompous reply. re-ply. "Ay! We've got major generals enough up here. Why don't you bring us up" some hardtack?" Here is a story showing the strong ly emotional side of Lincoln's nature: The president paid a visit to what was supposed to be the deathbed of young and brave Major Charles H. Houghton. The president asked to see the wound which was taking away so noble a life. The bandages were removed and then Lincoln groaned out aloud: , "Oh, this war! This awful, awful war ! " He sobbed like a child and shamelessly shame-lessly let the hot tears trickle down his cheeks. They made furrows in his dusty, travel-stained face and fell upon the spotless white sheets. He then took the pale face of this hoy of twenty between his hands and kissed it just below the damp, tangled hair. "My boy," he cried out, weeping, "you must live! You must live!" The first gleam of real throbbing life came into the dull eyes of the boy major.- He recognized the president and managed to drag his hand to his forehead as if in salute. "I intend to, sir," were the words faintly uttered by the boy. And strangely enough, though all hope had been given up by the physicians, physi-cians, he lived. Concerning Lies. r 7JOAH BROOKS reVtas that if) ! when he had been at some IIJ pains' one day t0 show the 1. 1 President how a California politician had been coerced into telling the truth without knowing it, Lincoln said it reminded him of a black barber in Illinois, notorious for lying, who, hearing some of his customers cus-tomers admiring the planet Jupiter, then shining in the evening sky, said: "Sho, I've seen that star before. I seen him 'way down in Georgy." The president continued: "Like your Cali- OWNED AND U&ED BY LINCOLN. Cup and Sai.'cer Treasured as a Relic in Washington. crnia friend, he told the truth, but hought he was lying." Lincoln has been censured for indulging in-dulging too much in his pastime of ftory telling. But his own view of the matter is seen in his remarks to some one' who on:o asked him to tell one of his good stories. "I believe." said the president, "I ve the popular reputation of being ' story teller, but I do not deserve "J n:lme in its general sense, for it s noc the story itself, but its purpose -r its effect that interests me. I often ivoid a long and useless discussion 7 others, or a laborious explanation n my own part, by a short story that illustrates my point of view. So, too, the sharpness of a refusal or the edge of a rebuke may be blunted by an appropriate story, so as to save wounded wound-ed feelings and yet serve the purpose. No, I am not simply a story teKer, but story telling as an emollient saves me much friction and distress." |