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GRAVE OF NANCY HANKS LINCOLN.

GRAVE OF NANCY HANKS LINCOLN.
oped. AS late as the year 1874. when
the Rockport and Southwestern railroad
penetrated that region, the grave Of
Nancy Hanks Lincoln was still in a pri-
meval forest-possibly the only forest in
southern Indiana where nature still pre-
sented the identical aspect shown to the
pioneers.
Seventeen miles north northeast of
Rockport is a way station called Lincoln,
in the narrow valley of Little Pigeon
creek--a valley distinguished in early
days for it's fertility and its extraordinary
capacity, 50 to speak. for all kinds of
epidemics. The milk sickness, which
wrought havoc among the Hankses and
Sparrows and caused the death of
Abraham Lincoln's mother was but a
beginning. Ague was a yearly visitant.
Fevers of nearly all kinds followed. and
when the railroad company attempted
to make city of Lincoln the typhoid
fever defeated the plan.
A few hundred yards southwest Of
the station the land rises to a timbered
ridge. On the summit of that ridge, In
a forest where every native tree still
stood, visitors were pointed to four
magnificent oaks forming a small quad
rangle. Exactly in the center of that
quadrangle, said the old citizens, Lin
coins mother was buried, but down to
1870 there was not sign to distinguish
it from any other spot in the forest In
that year, according to Messrs. Nicolay
and Hay, Mr.. p. e. Studebaker, of South
Bend, Ind, placed there a monument
with this inscription:
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some of his friends to cast their eyes
over these interrogations, and they said
to him, Don't ask him this question,
Mr.. Lincoln. because if you do he will
answer it in such a way as to make his
reelection to the senate certain"
"Ahr' replied Lincoln, with a twinkle
in his eye. Yes, that is true, but if he
takes that shoot he never can be presi-
dent" The friends who heard this were
amazed that Lincoln should be willing
thus to let Douglas defeat him for the
senate, but they perceived afterward
that Lincoln was entirely willing to let
Douglas resume his oratorical flights in
the senate if thereby he would be able
to defeat his presidential aspirations.
These anecdotes Judge Davis men
toned to illustrate that higher power as
a politician which enabled Lincoln to
win the greatest triumph of politics.
1t was a great game he played, SO great
that it was not understood by the ordi-
nary politician until results were accom-
plished
The "Skeered" Merchants.
Chauncey M. Depew tells a story of
Lincoln which illustrates this quality
which enabled him to appear at ease,
and also to demonstrate his mastery
when in the presence of great men. 1t
was at the time that the ironclad Mer-
rimac was being built. The story was
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THE GRAVE OF LINcoLN's MOTHER.

The Desolate Spot Where Rest the Rc-
mains OF Nancy Hanks Lincoln.
1t adds but one more to the many sad
dening facts in the early boyhood Of
Abraham Lincoln to state that the loca-
tion selected by his father in Indiana
was in many respects almost the poor
est he could have found in the new
state. Spencer county is, it is true, a
region Of great natural wealth, and is
today inhabited by very intelligent
and prosperous people, but Thomas
Lincoln located in district which was
not only the most unhealthy in the
county, but certain to be the last devel-
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nominated for presi-
dent" Lincoln took
the slip, unfolded it,
read it through slowly
and then passed it to
some of his friends.
They arose to coagra-
tulate him, and after
a moment he said,
"There is a little wo-
man down at my house
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do nothing during the
campaign that would
imperil the canvass.
| knew that if | could
not handle him it was
not likely that any
other politician in our
party would be able
to do so. His self reli-
ance, his intellectual
quiekness and his in
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pre-elninent genius.
He was carrying on
that debate with
Stephen A. Douglas
which is now one Of
the great traditions Of
politics. He prepared
a series Of questions
which he proposed to
ask Dougla- on the
stumn He pernittpd
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The "skeered" Merchants.

AlilidS "bo pNih
that she should sail
upon the ocean and
into the harbor of
New York and either
lombard the city or
exact enormous trib-
ute. A committee of
New York merchants
appoin tie d by the
C h a m b er of com
merce was sent TO
w to inn
o1,,,o NJ I.ipcnlp tp
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dlIADoIONE. vi IudHucIs tSy i
have changed my opinion. always re-
garded Lincoln as good man and an
able man, but in these days of my re-
tirement, as | look back upon my ac-
qua;ntance with him, see him as not
only good and an able man, but as the
purest, the most unselfish, and, all things
considered, the ablest man our country
has produced since it was established.
And that message was almost the last
characterization of Lincoln which Mr..
Hamlin made, for he died few months
later.
If one seeks today an impression from
men who knew Lincoln or have studied
his life, the most significant comment
which is made is this-that it is more
and more realized that his greatest
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tive body of New
York bankers early in
Lincoln's administra-
ton. These bankers
had, after a secret
meeting in which
Secretary Chase had
most earnestly and
a xiously declared
that the need Of the
federal government
was not men, but
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who were conspicuous
with the politics with
which he was so pre-
eminently associated
perhaps only William
VI. Evarts aud David
Dudley Field are left.
Field had gained fame
while Lincoln was an
awkward legislator in
rho Jllipoic bn,1so uiv-
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Those intimate with Lincoln knew
that he greatly disliked his name Abra-
ham; nevertheless 1t was very appro-
pirate. for its meaning, In Hebrew, 10
Father Of the Multitude.
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had changed his esti-
mate Of Lincoln's g
character at all. The
old gentleman did not
reply on the instant.
He seemed to be
weighing the words
with which he should
make answer, but he
said at last, speaking
with great solemnity
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these two cases ne q part Of his plan for
obtaining the nomination and election"
Judge Davis then went on to- say iat
Lincoln realized what nobody else ut
that time seemed 70 understand that
seat In the senate was nm almost iusru.r.
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allie obstacle IN tho
path of preeidal-
tial ambition COnk-
ling afterward ex-
pressed chat idea IN n
speech in the senate,
in which he said.
"The senate breeds
unhealthy candidates
for the presidency"
An exciting political
canvass took place in
Illinois partyii Buch-
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w. II. SEWARD. sight into other mems
motives were something marvellous, and
] was ready to admit that the party
had made no mistake in selecting this
man whom we thought green country
man as its candidate.
"After his election | went to see him
again to talk with him about his cabinet
and his measures. He then told me that
he expected to ask Mr.. Seward to be-
come secretary Of state and Mr.. Chase
secretary of the treasury. But that was
all the positive information | could get
out of him. | saw that he understood
the public men of the country just as
well as did, although most Of them he
had never seen. He had an understand
ing of mems character as intuitive as a
woman's. He played with me, and that
was a new experience, for had been
accustomed 10 play with others, and l
realized that this man was the master OF
the politicians in his party
At the Head Of tile Table.
Mr.. Weed used 10 tell ths story Of
how Mr.. Lincoln demQnstrated to his
cabinet that whore he eat was the head
Of the table. When his cabinet met
there was no man Of them who had not
been more conspicuous than Lincoln mp
-
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power perhaps was
his mastery over great
men, and the aston
ishment which this
understanding gives
is that an obscure
man, one who had no
advantages, whose life
was circumscribed by
a little prairie town,
who had no schooling,
scarcely any inter-
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course with the great HANNIBAL HAhLlN'
men of his day before he became presi-
dent, who was timid, diffident and in
some respects painfully modest, should
nevertheless, when he came in contact
with the greatest men of the land, have
subordinated them to his purposes and
compelled them to acknowledge his in
tellectual power and his superior judg-
ment. 1t has been possible to obtain
some anecdotes which, if they are N 1t
new, have not been widely circulated,
and which illustrate this pre-eminent
quality of Abraham Lincoln.
His Political Mastery.
David Davis, who was one of Lincolns
earliest friends, and was perhaps the
first to predi 4 for him the probability OF
a great career, once said to the writer:
IL believe that as time passes and MIR.
Lincoln's life is impartially studied he
will be esteemed as the ablest politician
that political life in the United States
has developed. Yet he was not poll
tician in the ordinary sense.
"Mr. Lincoln never managed caucus,
never urged candidate for Office never
pulled wire, never created follow
ing or machine, and he had little pa
rience OF understanding when such
things were discussed in his presence.
Yet he had a wider knowledge OF the
effect of moral influences upon masses
and deeper understanding Of the pow
er of moral and intellectual impulse as
a political agent than any other man of
his time. This was shown in two cases,
which. as look back now. convince me
that he expected TO be Q candidate for
the presidency and did what hs did IN
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Cilutieuien, evyr eiuUs I naye come
Into this Office have heard great deal
about fcerdnce Men come here and
talk TO fne by the hour about fceBunce
and about Jcopupcim policy. ltcaf one
eide and then hear the other. Inst ne
have heard you this morning, and now
I'll tell you what my conclusion Is. |
don't understand anything about this
matter of feeuunce. and | don't think
ent body else does either, Chase says he
does. You'd better go aud talk with him
But If you get talking feendnce with
him or with congress you're going TO
get all mixed up. This country Is rich
enough to pay all our bills. and TO pay
back with interest The money that we
borrow, and that is my feeHduciui creed"
Thus he dismissed the bankers, and
while they thought his doctrine crude,
yet they admitted that 1t was in essence
sound.
what wendell Phillips said.
Wendell Phillips agitator. imprecator
and possessed If the
most dazzling and fas- LllNf%
einating rhetorical WY
eloquence that ever eiA% WgH
graced the English ga AN
tongue, went to Wash M <NN
6: 6: !: Z =; 4; ! ;: !; i: s.; 8: s: @
well. Mr., Phillips,
what do you think of O. W. CURTIS
Lincolng' "rll tell you, Curtis. Lin
coin seems to move little slow. but he
always gets there"
This was an anecdote Curtis was fond
of telling, having repeated it to gen.
tleman only a few weeks before his
death. E. JAY EDWARDS.
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them patiently as they talked learnedly
Of stocks and bonds and markets and
credits. After they were all through and
were awaiting his answer he arose and
with some seriousness Of mannar said,
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the same age. were geniuses rs great as
the world has ever SEEN and each Of
thom will be remembered as long as the
English language is spoken or read"
1t is little strange that this same
thought should have occurred to others
rs distinguished rs DR.. Holmes, for the
English newspapers and some of the
English statesmen, in speaking of Ten
nyson's life, saw fit to couple his name
with that Of Lincoln and of Gladstone
as those of men who were the choicest
gift to the human race of the year 1909
During the past year some of those
who were close to President Lincoln
have died, and Of all the number of men
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-11

H. u FIELD uOHty-BOlu W pay
the expenses necessary to arm and equip
and feed the soldiers-agreed to raise
$50 900, 600 in gold and lend it to the
government, and when they did this
Lincoln said that it was equal in its
moral effect to the raising of an army Of
500, COO men. Then they raised another
$50 900, 600, and for the third time did
the same thing. Lincoln therefore had
a very cordial regard for these New
York bankers and never tired Of speak
ing in words Of praise of these things
which they had done.
Something occurred in congress or
else some financial measure was under
consideration which did not meet the
views of the New York bankers. They
wanted a change in the law, and they
regarded it as of vital interest that Mr..
Lincoln's support should be given to
their views. So they named commit
tee, and there were men upon it who had
the power of raising millions, and who
had won great fame for achievements
that they had made as bankers. They
went to Washington. Lincoln received
them in his library. He had never
earned over $1,000 year. He was only
worth when be took the presidency
about a 900 in cash and his house in
Springfield, worth about $4,000 more.
He bad said a year before that If he
could gain fortune Of $4,000 he would
be content, for il would be sufficient for
his old age. and he was now in the pres
ence of men some Of whom had made as
much as $50, 900 in week.
In the presence OF great wealth even
great nnlificians are likely 10 ha somA-
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do something to protect New York har-
Dor. He received them courteously, but
there was very grave expression on his
face as he listened to the spokesman.
That man said: Mr.. Lincoln, we repre-
sent hundreds of millions of property.
New York is practically defenseless. If
the Merrimac comes into our harbor, 1T
can ruin us, and we implore you at once
to take measures to give us defense"
For minute or two Mr.. Lincoln did
not reply. He knew the government
was straining every nerve to prevent
depredations by the Merrimac. 1t could
do nothing more. 1t seemed for an in
slant as though there were suggestion
of anger in his glance, but If he had that
impulse he subdued it. That quaint
smile which anticipated humorous
story came to his face, and he said:
"Well, gentlemen, think if | had as
many millions at peril as you say you
have, and was as skeered' as you seem
to be about the coming of the Merrimac,
instead of coming down here and max
ing speeches about it would go home
and spend some of those millions in
making defenses myself" And that was
all he said to them. The New York mer-
chants were amazed, and yet as they
went away they confessed that common
sense was in his humorous advice, and
they also confessed their sense Of the
mastery of this man.
His simplicity at Great Moments.
Thurlow Weed in his old age was full
of anecdotes which he was fond Of tell
= a. sII......4.. thnA ci,rn r,linit,, nf 1rranf-
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what subdued in man
ner. Lincoln was as
easy with these men
as though they had
been chums Of his in
his old law Office
in Springfield. He
swung his long legs
over the arms Of his
chair and then asked
them 10 state their
...fa.t,u Ha baar1
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LIVER WEN
DELL HOLMES
reading the dis
patch announc.
ing the death OF
Tennyson, said,
"Only Gladstone
IL left Of the
great men born
IN the year 1909
Lincoln, Glad.
stone and Tenny.
SON v-hn xvpra ~
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ness which character
lied Lincoln perhaps
in a higher degree
than any other man
that astute politician,
Weed, ever met. Weed
was fond Of telling
one which suggested
strikingly that quail
ity OF simplicity. On
the day that the Chi
rago convention nom-
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TT WASA GREAT YEAR
LINCOLN, reNNYsoN AND GLAD
STONE WERE BORN IN 1909.

interesting "Reminiscences Told By Con.
tempornries ~ the Great Emsncipstor.
side Ligiits on Lincoin's Character
Native wit nnd t,ussed Honesty.
Copyright. ieeo by American Press Associa
ttonI
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-11

THuKLOW WILD. cagO CONVENTION IOm'
mated Lincoln. he went 10 the ofice OF
the local newspaper in Springfield and
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"oss.crisisso werl adapted 10 children that
frecommcnd itss superior TO any prescription
known TO me" II. A. ARCHER, M. D.,
iii So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. Y.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-11-30
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a weight of 20 lbs. The strip is
stretched to three times its own
length, but it doesn't break. We do
this to show that the GoodycarGold
Seal Rubbers are the best in the
world and cost no more than other
makes. Look at the sample in our
window.
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ter the wedding, the bride and bride
groom started from Turin IN TINS
balloon, and descended at Piobesi,
where they were received by the in
habitants with great enthusiasm.
The following day Charbonnet, his
wife, and friend named Giuseppe
Ponta made a fresh ascent with the
intention OF passing the Alps and
descending on French territory
When near the Cairamella Peaks the
balloon was caught in hurricane
and dashed with great violence
against a glacier and broken up.
Strange to say, the occupants
escaped with comparatively trif'ng
injuries. They remained on the
snow and ice the first night, shelter
ing them selves as much as possible
beneath the remains of the balloon.
The next morning they decided to
attempt the descent Of the mountain,
although the weather was very
thick and bitterly cold. CharbJnnet
marched first, and the party had not
proceeded far when he suddenly dis
appeared in crevasse. Nine. Char
bonnet and Signor Ponta wandered
about the whole OF the day, and
towards evening the latter also fell,
and sustained serious injuries. The
couple passed the second night in the
snow, suffering terribly from the
cold. In the morning, the lady.
leaving her companion, who was I'M
able to move, managed to find her
way to mountaineer's hut, which
she reached in state of complete
exhaustion.
Acting upon her information, a
party of men assembled the noun
tain and discovered Ponta, whom
they carried down to the hut. On
the following day an expedition was
organized for the recovery of Capt.
Charbonnet's body, which was
ultimately found with the skull
smashed and limbs broken. The re-
mains were conveyed to the little
village of Balme and placed in San
Rocca Chapel, whence they were
subsequently removed to Ceres for
intcrmeut. Nine. Charbonnet and
Signor Ponta were sufficiently re-
covered in course of days to be re-
moved to Turin Westminster
Gazette.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-11-30
MONKEY LANGUAGE.

1t is a pity that Darwin could not
have lived to meet the charming,
chatty chimpanzees who accepted
his invitation and are coming home
to America with Professor Garner
from Africa. They are conversations
alists of degree of cultivation
which assures the scientific mind of
their travelling companion that
monkey language is demonstrable
affair. The story of Mr.. Carriers
hundred days in a cage deep in
an African forest. 1t will be
wonderful tale when told, this tale
of monkeys interviewed upon their
native heath. How they must have
wondered at the looks of the man
who peered out at them and persist
ed in asking them questions sympa
thetically adapted by true-born in
terviewer, to their own mental con-
dition and their ambition. What a
commoton the appearance of pro-
lessor who could understand them
must have created in chimpanzee
society; what gatherings OF feml.
nine curiosity and what ponderous
discussions of masculine considera-
tons! On how many tree-boughs in
that African forest must talk have
waxed lively while the takers held
on to the subject and the trees !!
Other white men they had met had
bullied them or killed their friends
and relations Here was one who
understood them a little, and even
for a monkey it must be sweet to be
understand and appreciated The
professor does not pretend to have
established a particularly extended
system of communicate ton with these
imperfect fac Smiles of human be.
ings, but enough has been proved to
satisfy him and other scientific mer
of the connecting links between the
upper and lower orders of creation
And if man may have even fan
knowledge of what is going on ii
the consciousness OF lower phvSi
cal orders, science will not stop unit
she has proved that there is ais,
possibility of mental. or call it spir
itual, intercommunicaton between
S man and the next higher order c
. beings in the development of life
they who have no longer the powe
y of physical speech and have gone o
/ into the life which has always bee
a to science Though not to faith)
&c region more impenetrable than a
t. African forest. Professor Garner
n trip is Of incalculable Importance t
e. science. But, in spite OF all seriou
II ness,m is still the laughing anima
Il. and there is something that brinl
ID embarrassed smiles in the though
that monkeys really can talk as WI
lg as chatter, and that perhaps TIT
TO would not fail to feel at home at {
81 afternoon tea Boston Transcrir
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YHE BALLOON ACCIDENT IN THE
ALPS.

Mime. Charbonnet and Signor
ponta having arrived at Turin,
some particulars have now been re-
ccived respecting the extraordinary
fatal balloon accident last week in
the Alps. Capt. Cbarbonnet was an
aeronaut well known throughout
Italy, and during the past summ'r
he made at least three ascents from
Rome. He recently married at Turin
a young girl of good family, and the
couple had previously decided that
they would spend the honeymoon in
making balloon trips. Capt. Char
bonnet accordingly constructed a
new balloon, which he named the
Stella, and presented it to his bride
as wedding gift. Immediately af-
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ST. JOHNSBURY AND
LAKECHAMPLAIN R. R.
Winter Arrangement, Sept. IS, 1893.
Trains Leave 81. Johnsbury.

GOING WEST.
For Danville, West Danville, Walden, Green's
boro, East Hardwick, Hardwick Norris
vile and Hyde Park, 1882 a. m, $50
p. M, and 40 p. m.
For Johnson, Cambridge Junction. Burlng-
ton, Fletcher. Fairfield, Sheldon, Highgate
and Swanton, 1882 a. m. 3. 20 p. m.
For Stanbridgc, st. Johns and Montreal via
East Swanton, $50 p. m.
GOING EAST
For East st. Johnsbury, North Concord,
Miles Pond and Lunenburg, $50 a. M,
2.45 p. M, $50 p. m, (mixed)
For Whtefeld, Fabyans, Crawfords, Glen,
North Conway. Fryeburg, Portland,
Brunswick Lewiston, Augusta, Watervie,
Bangor and st. John, $50 a. m, PAS p. M.
For Boston via North Conway, 2.30 a. m.
II. Z. FOLSOM, ID. ]. FLANDERS,
Supt. Gen. Pass. Agt