Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-27

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He stayed in the shop till the work
was done, and it did not suit him. The
second side did not fit snugly and tightly,
and he appealed TO the model maker.
Cant you make that fit tight ?" he
asked, and the model-maker thought a
moment and said eyes l can put i'll
an eccentric and a lever
This was done. and the invention was
complete. Lincoln showed 1t to his fore
man, thinking. and saying that he
thought he could get a few hundred dol
lars for it, aud the foreman told him not
TO sell it, for it WAS worth hundreds of
thousands OF dollars.
Lincoln had no money to push the
thing, but inside of forty-eight hours a
man had raid to him {: "You can have
ali the money you need. will furnish
it. Leave your situation. Put on your
good clothes, and go to work at this. "
He did so, and went at once to Wash
ingtOn. Ii may seem incredible TO many
inventors, but within a week he had a
batent. Now the new galley (Which can
be manufactured at 3 per cent. advance
on the old-fashioned kind) is eagerly
demanded in every composing room
where it has been seen, and it has been
in every daily newspaper Office in New
York.
MORE MONEY.
Luck ? Well, it was not altogether
luck. but il is rare indeed that all inventor
without money becomes independent
within a month. There is another chap
ter to the story, though.
Lincoln had almost forgotten his old
friend, tho German. His friendship
a pleasant memory enough. but he
had not heard OF him for many years,
and did net know whether he were liv-
lug or dead nor how he had prospered
after they had parted company. But,
lust 40 the success Of the new invention
WIS insured beyond a pe~radventure, a
letter came to Lincoln from the old
country, from a lawyer, informing him
that bis old partner WAS dead, and bad
left him Si2, 900 ont OF the moderate for
tune that had come from the Colorado
mining claims.
ACURIoUs STORY.
A story recently came to me from the
most reliable sources which must be in
cluded in the hitherto unpublished cum
ous happenings of this city. Dickens or
Thackeray would have delighted in just
such \ foundation for oaeot their quaint,
delicious Characterization, and IA |
heard it l could not help noticing
throughout the narrative the close re-
semblance that it bore 10 some Of Dick
ens's tales.
Mr.. David B. Churchill is a Wholesale
ieweller located inthe Aston House. He
is a tall, handsome, imprcssive-looking
man, who strikes one as being possessed
of uncommon strength. lie is married
and lives with his wife in a handsome
ihree-story building in the suburbs OF
Brooklyn. 1t seems that in spite of his
appearance Of health and strength, Mr..
Churchill is frequently in the care OF his
doctor, and at times his condition has
been so serious as to keep him in close
confinement for weeks. The trouble, my
informant said, is a constitutional weak
ness OF the heart.
Within the past year Mr.. Churchill
has been very close TO deaths door a
number of times, aud a few weeks ago
he lay in his bed apparently sinking
gradually into the mysterious realm OF
the unknown. The doctors held numer-
ous consultations, talked in hushed
whispers. shook their heads grsvely
and sighed when Mrs. Churchill inquired
"a 10 her husbands chances OF recovery.
MIR. Churchill grew worse and worse.
aud the doctors decided that the END had
come. They thought it might be a
lingering death, but there was no doubt.
they said, that the grim monster OF
death had secured another victim.
FUNERAL PREPARATIONS.
Mrs. Churchill is a woman with a
strong sense Of the prophecies OF lie.
informant, who saw the family daily,
poticed a change in her as soon as tue
doctors had decided positively that her
hu.b,nd must die. She began to look
forward 10 the funeral, aud mapped ont
in detail that ~lugubrious afisir: twas
a niece of cold-hearted indifference 10
liese lord ard master. bu a strong
feminine discrimination that TIE last
ceremonies should be such as to
demand respect. -
She called in the services OF her dress
maker and entered heart and soul into
Inc plans for her mourning dresses.
everything, she insisted, must be II the
best. The quality Of the Grape trimming.
Ne depth. the style of the dress. ell these
were carefully considered. de-
mon aud changed sdozen times.
E;seb dress was msds the subject OF hours
4 anxious thought. How many were
,rdsred / vas not informed: bnt there
ras : number Of, them. These were
sn.bed through and delivered. In the
time her husbands condition re-
unchanged
F,uEaps TO SEE HIM DIE.
Mr.. Cburchil cudgelled her head for
,orse ether . Of demonstrating 70 the
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