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Show HAS CANE MADE BY LINCOLN Kansas City Man Ranks Memento Among the Most Precious of His Possessions. I.p. jRA HAWORTH of Kansas M City has a cane and a jfrJ$Ks gavel that were given to TJ him in 1S60 by Abraham Lincoln. They are made of the wood of a black walnut tree, ! which -was cut down by Lincoln himself. him-self. Around the top of the cane is a band of German silver, upon which is engraved: "To Ira Haworth from Abraham Lincoln, 1860." The cane was whittled out by Lincoln. Lin-coln. "Yes, Old Abe gave them to me," said Mr. Haworth as he drew the relics from a tin case in which he keeps them. "He gave them to me when I was chairman of the township committee in his home county. I used them during the campaign of Chair Eelongedto "Uncle Abe." 1S60. When gave tnem t0 me he said : ' tt irp, t-fS JJ?s gavel is to keep order. The Jfne is to use when you get old. I Know you will live old because the good die young.' "When Lincoln came back from congress he said to me: " 'They're too smart for nxe "up there, I don't feel at home.' "Lincoln and Douglas traveled the state in a buggy together. Both spoke at Paris, 111., one day and I heard them. I remember it well. Douglas had then veen talked of as a candidate candi-date for president, Lincoln had not. Douglas was a small man and he wore one of those long linen dusters, then in fashion; the duster touched his shoe tops. When Lincoln arose to ! PLATE USED BY LINCOLN mi mmi:M wK J Part of White House Furnishings, Now In the Collection of Col. W. H. Crook. speak it was hot and dusty and everybody every-body was tired. " 'You have heard people talk' of Douglas for president,' he said. 'He will never be president, however, and I'll tell ycu why. The people of the United States will never elect a man president, who wears a linen duster that trails the' ground. His ccs.t tail Is too long.' "This caused a great laugh and p'.it rrery one In a good humor." |