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ANOTHER LINCOLN STORY.

Special Correspondence,

Especial CorTrSpondcnce.l
WAUPECA, Wis, Oct. 24.-There are
many fictitious anecdotes atloat, and
many quaint doings and sayings are at
tributed to "Old Abe" which, without
being fixed upon somebody, would soon
die.
A few of them, however, are genuine.
When duly corroborated, they should be
preserved, while the spawn that tries to
live by attaching itself by dishonest
means to an eminent name, should be
permitted to so the way of all flesh, to
wit, To grass.
have the honor of having discovered
thoroughly genuine one, and to prove
its integrity, ! propose to give it as
heard it with all the names and facts.
dropped sometime ago into the office
ogudge Broadwell and Col (also judge
Gross, in Springfield, Ills, and heard
the story as it was being told in an ex-
ceedingly witty vein by the veteran hu-
moriSt, Noah Divelbiss.
The name is not by any means the
least attractive part of Mr. Divelbiss,
who has been in and about the Illinois
state house for more than forty years.
His memory of certain things which took
place in the early day is intensely keen,
and his style of delineating events is in
imitable. A thin face, close clipped,
gray mustache, bright, dancing eye,
and a nervous energy. make his utter
anccs extremely attractive, aud | will
emdcavor To give, in his own language,
the scene and the method by which Lin
coin converted layman into lawyer
one day in lSiI.
The story teller sat astride the corner
of table with one hand on top the
other, and the other on top a cane, and
addressed the little group of law digs
who sat before him:
/ say, judge, speaking of McDougall,
you mean Jim, don't you, James A., the
one from Morgan county? Yes,
thought SO. lie afterwards went west,
and turned up in California. Imust tell
you how he and Abe Lincoln admitted a
fellow 10 the bar once. Ii was Bill
Hacker. When he afterward became
prominent in the political world, he was
the Hon. William A. Hacker, Esq, but
when he was pitching into his law.
studies he was simply Bill. Twas deputy
clerk of the supreme court at the time,
and every candidate for admission TO the
bar was obliged to make his application
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to that court. The eminent court an
pointed pair OF examiners ~ q COM
mittee TO examine the applicant, and TO
them the candidate went. In Hackers
case McDougall and Lincoln were ap-
pointed, and at the time Of the examine
ton both happened to he in the clerks
Office, where Bill found them, and the
examination was held right there.
Bill had read mighty little law, but he
was bright, and had a knack Of getting
to the end somehow. A little Chitty,
and little Graham, and little Black
stone, read in our office, where he had
made his headquarters, wasal he had
tackled; but he had the effrontery to go
In. So he went i'm, and lie won.
DISCRIMINATION was as follows: Heck
er handed the examiners commission to
Lincoln. Lincoln looked it over and
said: "Well, Bill, sit down here;" then,
turning around. said. "McDougall, you
question him."
Nc. took him in hand with the ques-
tion, "What is law, Billy'
Bill promptly answered. Rule of &C.
tion."
Lincoln winled with his weather eye
and began to grin.
The next question was: "Ilow many
kinds of law are therel' and In the an
swer Bill ran the gamut something
as follows: statutory. common, eccie-
siastical. municipal. supreme and crimi-
nal."
Lincoln began to swing his legs and
look wise.
"Who made the constitution Of the
United States.''
The answer came out like the pop Of
'irecracker, Congress"
Nc. looked at him doubtfully and
said: ibid congress make it, Billy" And
Bill corrected himself just as promptly
by saying: mo. committee Of delega-
tion."
"What Is lawyers first duty, BillT'
ITO take care >f the fees"
Correct, Bill" said McDougall, "and
now, Bill, let me give you some good ad-
vice, for we must not let you go without
some good advice, Bill. A lawyer owes
three great debts, the first to his God,
second to his country, and the third to
himself. But you'll find. Bill, in the
practice of law, that God and your coun-
try will be forgotten, and you'll find
yourself coming in frs; all the time.
Take him, Lincoln"
Then Abe said: "Bill. hand over your
certificate and we'll sign It,"
Bill had already prepared It. The pa
per only wanted the signatures, and he
was ready to go before the court aud 10
sworn In. And he was.
CHARLES RoLLIN BRAINARD.
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ABOUT canieis ana dromedaries," added
the admiral, "and I must say that my
respect for the animal was greatly In.
creased by familiarity. In all my ex.
periencs invariably found them The
same enduring. uncomplaining. gentle
creatures. They labor on from day to
DAY, under brutal drivers, and kneel
down at night. after hard days work,
tlc pictures Of meekness, to chew theit
small allowance Of food, always ready to
start at n moments notice, and rarely
exhibiting signs Of fatigue. There are
two kinds OF camels--the Bactrian, OF
two bumped, found In Tartary and the
northern portions Of Central Asia, and
the Arabian, or camel with one hump
Tho dromedary Is simply Il one hump
"a burden camel can carry more than
half ton Of load, though OF course not
at great speed. ! have frequently seen
them loaded with 1900 or 1000 pounds
and moving OF at fair gait. An aver.
age load, under favorable circumstances,
is about 900 pounds, and this camel
will carry easily, without pushing, twcn.
ty-flve or thirty miles day. Col. Mo
Mindo told Maj. Wayne that In Gen.
Napier's campaign against Sinde they
had an efficient corps OF 1000 men
mounted o. 600 dromedaries, two men
TO each dromedary, both armed with
rifles and sabres. In battle the animals
were made to kneel in q square, under
the charge of 500 OF the men, forming
base of operations from which the Other
600 operated as infantry.
"In case Of extremity the thousand men
could find shelter behind the animals
which were prevented from rising by q
hobble on the fore leg. This corps FIRE.
quently marched seventy miles in twelve
hours. ! have heard some remarkable
tales OF the speed Ct dromedaries. An
Arab told me he had travelled 600 miles
in week on the back OF his delool, but
this was simply an example of the ori
entail habit of am plification. All, what
liars they arc in tho east. 1t Is true,
however, that while horse can outrun
a dromedary in a short race, tho latter
will take n load of four or five hundred
pounds and make his fifty miles day
for month.
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1ldE UNITED STATED MAtHbNE GUN DAl-
Terry MOUNTED ON CAMEL.
'sThat Is an old story" said the ad
miral, lighting another Of the little
cigars of which he has smoked twenty
or moro day for quarter Of a century.
s'Those pictures recall one Of the
strangest incidents of my career, an in
cident in which Jefferson Davis bore
prominent part. In March, 1865, con-
gress appropriated $4,000 for the pur-
chase of camels and dromedaries TO he
employed for military purposes. Jeffer-
son Davis was then secretary Of war,
and II mistake not the idea was his.
At any rate, he entered heartily into the
experiment, for of course experiment it
was, and detailed Maj. Wayne to go to
& Asia for camels. / was detailed for
similar service, and Wayne and sailed
together in the steamship Supply, which
commanded. remember now that we
were much laughed at by our brother
officers, and they made many jokes at
our expense. Yet the novelty of tho ex-
pedition attracted us, and we went away
determined to do all in our power to
make the experiment success. We ex-
pected to have some fun, and had It,"
Here the oll ADMIRAL laughed heartily,
and after. procuring noiher match with
which to relight his cigar, proceeded to
! tell the story Of the expeditions:
early in August we arrived at Tunis,
and bought there camel, which we
wanted for the purpose of making
study of the best manner Of keeping the
animals on board ship. The hey of Tunis,
hearing Of the purpose OF our visit, pre-
sented two very fine animals to us. 1t
was at Tunis we first learned that in the
orient camel trade is o good deal like
horse trade in the occident. We bought
> camel Of a trader. The animal had
fne pedigree, and was warranted
sound and FREQ from disease. We had
mot had him long before we discovered
he was diseased, afflicted with tho itch
and lame. Wo finally gave him away,
and one Of those presented us by the hey
Of Tunis also went wrong, and we sold
him for song. 1t did not take us long
to get our eyes open on the camel busi-
ness, and before finishing our trip we be-
came pretty sharp traders ourselves.
IAN instance of this occurred at Alex
UuuIl1 uuIio VuI bcCOuu NISit 10 INC
orient. While we were in that part we
received word from our consul general
that the viceroy of Egypt desired to
show his esteem for the president Of the
United States by presenting us with six
fine dromedaries. We were naturally
much delighted at this, for we knew his
highness, the viceroy, had many fine
animals, and that he had been engaged in
drilling dromedary corps on the Per-
sian system, each animal to carry two
men armed with carbines. Wa were
I also aware of the fact TINT oriental po.
tentates, in making presents, take pride
In giving nothing but the choicest. Our
joy was, however. soon turned into
chagrin.
"When word camc that the six fine
dromedaries awaited our pleasure in the
palace yard sent an officer for them.
He came back in q few minutes and
told me the animals were SO wretched
In appearance and 80 rotten with
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the frencn 10 his support. As u is,
the annexed maps have deep interest.
The first shows the result OF the last
preceding election In 1885; the second of
the late election--Republican depart.
ments in white, opposition shaded. There
Is curious optical illusion In the two
At first view it looks as IL there was .
great deal moro white in the map of
1885. but that Is only because II Is con.
centrated. The opposition had ''solid
west almost. The old royaiist province
Of vendee, with Normandy, Brittany
and the valley Of the Dordognc and
lower Garonne, stood much as most of
them did in the first French revolution-aa
curious instance OF that persistence in
politics so often observed in many Sec
tions Of England and the United States.
Tho east and northeast was still Republi-
can. In 1880 the sectional division has
vanished. All parties are more truly
national, and that the fact will be vastly
better for France no American can doubt.
But, observe that the departments
nearest TO Germany, which were solidly
Republican In 1855, are about one-third
opposition now-and this does not look
so favorable. Perhaps they incline
strongly toward Boulangerism (Which
was not in issue in 1856 aud really want
TO maintain nm unfriendly attitude to
Germany. in fact, the Republicans
have gained very little In the country
outside of Paris, and that city is not
shown on the map, the scale being too
small. twas there the opposition made
their net gain, for In 1885 the city elected
80 Republicans, and this year but 22, to
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he went to the front with that regiment,
and began "A distinguished military ca
reer. lie was with I.osecrans in the
Mississippi campaign against Sterling
Price, in 1862. and AT the battle of Cor
NTH led charge against the encrny's
left which broke il and decided the bat
tie At Nicksburg he took 10 unimpor-
tant part, and after the fall of that
place went with the troops for
warded for the relief of Chatta-
nooga. and came in for severe wound
at the battle of Missionary Ridge.
During the Atlanta campaign he held
the line Of communication from Dalton
to Acworth and from Kingston to Rome.
Ga, When Hood turned back westward
he attacked Resaca Ga, and Raum. hav-
ing re-entorcsd the place. held it against
the enemy For his services during the
campaign he received great praise from
his superiors. Gen. Raum came out of
the service brevet major general of
volunteers.
In 1866 he obtained charter for the
Cairo and Nincennes Railroad company
and became its first president. He was
then elected to congress, serving one
term. from March a. 1867. to March 4,
1869. In 1875 he was president Of the
Illinois Republican convention and a
delegate to the National Republican con-
vention at Cincinnati In August Of the
same year President Grant appointed
him commissioner of internal revenue
This office he retained till 1888, having
brought it from a disorganized condition
to high state of efficiency. During his
administration he collected $3.50, ,O00, 900
and disbursed $50 100000 without any
loss.
Gen. Raum is the author of THE Ex-
citing Conflict Between Republican Gov
ernment and Southern Oligarchy." lie
is a lawyer in Washington, and promi-
nent Grand Army man.
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which was fol
lowed 10y other
similar addresses
a bly, sustaining
the Union cause.
But he soon
ceased his efforts
in oratory for a
more substantial
advocacy " 1t b
the sword BE.
ing com m ! S :
stoned major in
the Fifty-sixth II.
EaD,.
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lam somewhat surprised at the fact
that the London police insist that the
Whitechapel murderer is a man. Ny
impression is that the criminal is
woman, and that the identity of the
murderer has never been established is
because the authorities have been oper.
ating on the wrong theory. All the cir
cumstances point TO a woman as the per-
petrator-the location. the absence of
mcn preceding and subsequent 10 the
murders, and numerous ether facts.
Had the murderer been man he would
have been discovered long sgo,--.nter-
view in Globe Democrat
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CEN GREEN e. RAUM.
Sketch Of the New United statea Commits
sionrt Of Pensions.

Sketch Of the New United States Commits
sionrt Ot Pensions.
Gen Green Is Raum. who has been
appointed to succeed Corporal Tanner
as pension COMMISSIONER. was born In
GolcOiitla. Ills. IL 1929 After receiving
a common school education he studied
law. and in 1853 was admitted to the
bar In 1875 he removed to Kansas
City lie was Free Soilcr, hut at the
same time Democrat, This did not
prevent him from being driven out by
the pro-savery element. and he took
refuge at Harrisburg. In southern Hi.
nois. commonly called Egypt" where
he practiced law.
When the war broke out Raum was
attending court at Metropolis, Ills. he
made Union speech as war Democrat,
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~
Miss. , In 1899. He
did not, however,
get his title in
Ia Confederate
but in the Union
n I'm y. His pa
rents were re.
siding Temporal
rily at Vicksburg
W hen he W a 5
born, and after.
wards returned
to the fathers ma
tive state, Penn
sylvania. YounT
Bobyslssll-w as
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states govern.
ment, is the pres
ent minister and
delegate to the in
ternational con
gress, Dr, llora.
ito CiuZnan. lie
was born in Gran
ada, on Lake Mic
araGua, a cit y
somewhat noted
as tho headquar.
ters Of Gen. VIII
liam Walker. the
hibuster Il and
s.I
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ure to cross the room without the help
of one or two assistants. In addition to
such instruments of torture the Chinese
religiously devoted themselves to dwarf
ing the feet 9f tleir-Momen. This oar:-
barous custom existed for centuries, and
it has only been withia the past few
years that the custom has begun to die
out.
France has ever been prolific in unique
and ornate designs for footgear. Copied
from the Romans, they were first con-
tent with leather Of bright color and
ornamcnted with rich embroidery. PAT
this did not long suffice, First, atten-
tion was given to style and ornamental
tion of the toes. These shoes grew in
favor and in length until the poulaine
(O, rs it was called, reached such length
that it was necessary to fasten it to the
knee with chain Of gold or silver. The
poulaine was often bedccked with jew
els, and shoes valued at 1000 louis were
not uncommon. At last the papal au-
thorities condemned the poulaine as ex-
travagance, and finally the government,
took the matter in hand and forbade the
shoemakers from making, and fined the
wearer, imposing heavy penalties.
From the poulaine, fashion ran TO the
opposite extreme-what was desired in
length was added TO the breadth. Fur
thermore, as the toe grew shorter and
broader the heel grew higher (s). Duke
de Montmorency wore shoes Of black
leather, ornamented with gold embroid-
cry and with high red heels. As fashion
kept apace the duke added TO the height
of his heels that he might excel his fol-
lowers.
Nor did the ladies allow the gallants Of
the day TO outdo them in SO small q mat
ter a. height Of heel Although heels
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Me Felt Its MeIall.

Bradley (who prices himself on his
ability to read facosJ-Iy man, il ! ana
not very much mistaken, you have had
a leavy responsibility resting ON your
shoulders
tasry tNhO Las heen Gddrcefa1l- Yi~
sur oiye carried TIA hod r!,A ,u e.,
twiGty years. -LpCcl
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EVOLUTION OF TIE SHOE.
FASHIONABLE fAps. eANcies AND
FoLLIEs m FOOT COVERS.

Frt che nasS seis roushessd 70 rts
Tssk-rhsa shine Pvosectea III Also
Wood snd lrsa-wid Estrsvssasssa
solss Two Feet fiseh--sfoderu Hsodsrsslss
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PORTER AND Ills CAMELS.
INTERESTING HEMINlscENcEs ey
THE ADMIRAL OF THE NAVY.
1he Rxrerimcnt Made BY the unIted States
Bsosss the Civil war--lusuitins Conduct
= sssAs African Potentates-Ths Pecu-
Z Ilssitiss q Camels.
fspeclal Corrcspondence.l !

t1icSts4s tScfrotfuchSr-l
WASHINGTON. Oct. 24.--Admiral Por-
~ occupies one of the most interesting
o0lcss in Washington. It is a large
room. about 20 by 80 feet. built over the
carriage gate at his home on II street.
Among the thousands Of souvenirs OF the
admiral's career here preserved, repre-.
seating every stage Of his public services
during the past sixty years, none are
more Interesting than series of pictures
Of cainels hanging upon the walls amid
pictures Of ships and guns. Curious to
know what a naval officer could have
had to do with animals which no stretch
Of the Imagination could associate with
the navy, questioned the old admiral
about them while paying him visit sew
eral months ago,
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HORATlO GUlMAN.

Nicara:,unn Minister and Delegate to tho
International American Congress.
One of the most ardent friends and
promoters of the Nicaraguan canal, TO
be constructed exclusively by the United
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superintendent of the Mint.

Col. Oliver Q. Bobyshell, the new SUI
perintendent of the United States mint
at Philadelphia, was born nj Vicksburo,
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Pan-American Congress.

= Here is picture from a photograph
Of the meetipT rOorof the r,nsz,merr'' g,
can congress that has been making q
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L. neiis Fraues q . Mighty 0osa Piacs
for the Professional Sournaiist, bat res Ne
eises ~ An for the Hardwsrkiss Nsws-
paper Man, Thialks Ailsn Fornsu.
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e N ED1CT s A n.
BOUTIi, one Of tho
most learned men OF
the Sixteenth century.
a shoemaker by trade,
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lIFN NAnE NEIGHBOkS.

I fnd another ray of the dawn IN the
compression of the worlds distances.
What slow, snail like, almost impossio,i.e
thing would have been the worlds rectin'
cation with fourteen hundred millions Of
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A SUNDAY FIGHT

In Which a Plano Beater, Three white
Men, a Revolver and Beer Bottles Take
Part.
About 11:3O o'clock yesterday morning
dizzy fight occurred in Ida Walton'i
house of illfame on Nineteenth street
Three strangers, named II. II. Phillips, A
France and Harry Hill were in the place
and in some way they got into a racket
with the black faced piano FOUNDER,
George Ridgly The latter commenced
firing empty beer bottles at tine white
men, and Phillips pulled out his pop and
began fring cold lead at George.
Every time he fired Rdgly dropped
hack as il be was shot, then be would let
fl another beer bottle, Philips returning
il with a shot. Toe police were
summoned and Officer Frohme ran down
E5n' street. He saw Phillips coming
toward him with a revolver in his hand,
and remembering his former experience
with a man and pop, he pulled his re-
volver and pointing it at Phillips head he
shouted:
drop that gunp
Phillips dropped it too quick and he was
taken TO the lookup, where be was soon
followed by the rest Of the gang in charge
of Officer Carney. Charges of disorderly
we're placed against all Of the men, and
Phillips had two other charges added
carrying concealed weapons and shooting
in the city limits. II may be unnecessary
to state that no one was hurt.
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TANNERS SUCCESSOR.
Warner May Get tho Place whom the
Corporal Goes.

Warner May Get tho Place whom the
Corporal Goes.
WASHINGTON, September 8-The Tan
ner question is gradually resolving itself
into who shall succeed the present Com
missioner rather than to the length Of time
the Corporal will continue to discharge the
duties of his present office. Tonight there
are sundry hints going around that ex-
Congressman Warner, Of Kansas City, late
Commander-in-C Chief Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic, will be called upon to sue
ceed the Corporal. How this report start
ed uobody seems to know. Il is one Of
those queer thingI that spring up in front
of you and nobody can tell where it came
from. The report is being canvassed
freely and a great many people high in
official life are rather inclined to think that
there is some basis for it, There Is no
longer much doubt that the Corporal will
have to 20. He will have to 90 before the
Ohio election. Either the Corporal must
20 or Secretary Noble will go. This is the
situation now.
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DEADLY FIRE DAMP.
Mine Explosion IN Which Three Men are
Badly Burned.

Mine Explosion IN Which Three Men are
Badly Burned.
Special Telegram 20 the Rogister
M0BGANroWN, W. Va, September 8. .-
A shocking accident occurred in a ocal
hank al Um1gton yesterday, resulting IN
the burning of three men almost fatally.
Joha Einssy, William Kirby aud John
kirk went into an old coal bank on the
farm Of Frank johnson to reopen it, the
mine having tesn abandoned for twenty
years past They lit their miners lamps
and hsd proceeded bat distauce Of thirty
feet when an explosion took place present
ly of ire damp The explosion was bu.
an immense q lsh, but the clothes were
burned Of the men and themselves
sc0rched terribly.
40 this time Ku5y's condition is very
critical and his recovery is doubtful The
Others are not SO seriously injured, but
viii bs laid up fer months. After the ex-
pl0si0n the men Crawlsd out of the mine
where they were found an hour after IN
an unconscious condition. Ellington is a
small town oa the 3. * o. four miles from
here