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D. c, showing that Mir. Lincoln believed in patronizing home industries.
 Mir. Lincoln's hat played very im- Portant part in his career, when he was postmaster of New Salem. 1t was be- fore the days of the railway mail service on steam or street cars. There was no special delivery" car riers at that time. But Lincoln was equal to the demands of the situation, and became a peripatetic post office. As soon as the letters were received each day he would put them in his hat, and stroll through the town. His tall, eaunt form could easily be described from all quarters, and everybody was more or less concerned in the contents of the hat Upon being questioned as to what the mail had brought. Lincoln would remove his tile and carefully look over the lot of letters. In this way he not only became acquainted with lis neighbors. but his unique and utilitarian hat became almost an ob- .ieet of reverence.
 1t was, however, on the night of his election to the presidency that the noble tile served to bring about q football game, which for genuine eeNcitementand tho prominence of the parties engaged, has never been surpassed. The news had just come to the old homestead in Illinois that Lincoln was elected. Here is the story as told by an eyewitness:
 "A few of us ladies went over and helped Mrs. Lincoln prepare little sup per for friends who had been invited in to hear the returns. Every half hour or so we would pass around the coffee and cakes. About one o'clock in the morn- ing enough had been learned to warrant the belief that the Rail Splitter" had been elected. I think it was when we heard the news from New York The men rushed on MT. Lincoln and shook his hands, while the women actually hugged him, and, might as well admit it, l kissed him. Then some one went into the hall and took from the rack that old silk hat which he wore, as long as q joint of stove-pipe and about as shapely to my mind, and it was thrown up to the ceiling. As iteame down some one gave it Q kick; then we women joined in the fun, and we played football with thas hat until itwas an unreeognizable mass. We were simply beyond control. What ridiculous scene it would have been to one looking in without knowing what prompted it!
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Isaac Newton and HIs Servant.

A good story is told of Sir Isaac New ton. It seems that one day, feeling chilly, he ordered his servant to build a roaring fire in the grate, and when his orders had been obeyed he drew his chair up and enjoyed the cheerful warmth. In a short while he dropped into deep thought and became unmind- ful of the heat of the fire until it grew so intense that he was compelled to notice it. He rang the bell violently for the servant, and when he came or dered him to move the grate. The servant scratched his head in puzzled silence, and Newton, becoming thor oughly exasperated with the heat and the servants disobedience, shouted: "Will you move that grate?" The serv- ant jumped this way and that in terror, and finally, coming to his senses, said: "Would it not be better, sir, for you to move your chair?" "Well well! well" said Newton. Upon my word, I never thought of that" - Harper's Round Table.
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derby as the distinctive Yankee head gear, and in ''The Senator" a sort of slouch hat to typify the western style; but neither is as picturesque as the Lin coin tile.
 In his debates with Douglas the hat fairly loomed into space. The snallness of the stature of the latter is well known, and when Lincoln stood beside him with his hat on, the appearance they presented was that of boy and q giant standing together. And curiously enough, when Lincoln came to be inau- gurated at Washington, Douglas held the high hat in his own hand, that no careless person might put his foot in it.
 The reader can readily imagine the ap- pearance of Lincoln when arrayed in his favorite plug, if a few well-known facts are borne in mind. The president had q gaunt and grotesque frame, and stood six feet four inches in his stocking feet. His strength equaled his length, for he could lift cask full of beer and drink out of the bung hole. It was such her eulean feats as this that made him the hero he was in the eyes of the Clary Grove boys.
 Hon. Robert R. Hit, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs of the house of representatives, was the off, cial stenographer in the famous debates already mentioned, and from him gained the following information re garding his famous tile:
 sYes, I remember that Mir. Lincolns hat was very large. He was man of large head, and the style at that time was to wear high and full crown silk hats. The one he wore toward the last of his life, which is preserved in the mu- scum here, looks enormous as compared with the hats seen nowadays. When he was making speeches in the cam paign of 5s, he often had papers-news- paper clippings chiehy-which were caught just behind the lining of the hat and easily taken out I recollect his taking from his hat, as we were in the cars, clipping from the Charleston Mercury, then one from the Charles ton Courier, which he afterwards used in speaking"
 The hat referred to is preserved in the Oldroyd museum at Washington; it is that which Mir. Lincoln wore on the night of his assassination. It stands under . big glass case, and suggests that worn by ex-President Harrison's grandfather. tried it on recently, and found it very heavy and cumbersome. It fitted me loosely, and was good ri in size. In addition to the heavy black band around it, was another tiny band with dainty buckle. This hat is in q remarkable state of preservation, and the makers name on the lining in side shows it to have been manu- factured by J. I. Davis, CT Washington,
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Tn what followed I can never quite settle Ii Chin's share in the programme. Ihls was how we were after we had fixed all tight again: Lii Chin was lean ing through the eccentric rods with the lamp; 1 was half in, half out the crank pit, and the chief was at my back. He had the spanner. All in breath he dragged me backwards, fiat, my head cracking on the plates, and I saw the spanner go spit through the standards. It didn't hit any metal, but something soft. Then he clapped his hand on my face and held me stone tight, and some thing came down and rubbed by my chest, scratching me-no more-and through his fingers I could see the crank moving, but it had passed me. If any one believes that engines haven't souls, just you stick him in the crank pit and iet her go. only dead slow and just to clear him. That converted me.
 He dragged me right out, hissing in my eaz Whip up on deck; tell 'em to
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loon at old Cremorne. A mean, stagger- ing swell had set in, so oily that 1t had fio more go to it than the slush In greaser's bucket. We were all pretty we'll hipped and morose, being company for no one except the sea, and that well, that looked as if it wanted to be sick and couldn't. Lii Chin, who was de- cent for g. heathen, was in charge De low. My chief was sitting on the ralis' and somehow he went over the slae- You know pretty well how things llke that galvanize everybody. Lose him No. The oily swell saved him, TOT the old man ran the boat straight pacK Ill her own wake, which was marked out like a dusty road at night through d ailiy country. Well, we came to where ne was yelling and got him out Dy all law the old man ought to have got into a splutter, but instead of that ne said: Look here, MT. GamwelP-that was my chiefs name-I knew some thing had to happen in this cock-eyea no-side-up-looking weather, but don believe this is the only thing tonight.
 And we ell said together: That's
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da 5es. ,,ll what ! was thinking, sir, as they oosr .r, church when the parson pines ',,e o,,9
 at Then II send her ahead again and and ,et. D4s. set 7. u. U done with, he said N Give her steam, Ii Chin, sbon+a, oo~n 0 the skylight. Ii Chin looked m :, ana eh,ttered: Hi! no taIl<ee tall.es. e him. - went down to Il was pretty green in those days ana , whatever came within q ba;r,s breadth of happening made me feeI l as . sqpeainlsh as if it had come off Of course you grow out of that but then ieit my hair creep. Our high-pressnre connecting rod was on the down ,nrow' ,1 with only a single nut on! She aad the old style of engines, remember ana when they went on a bnrst tba,' went handsomely-no tinl<erinp mn. ne" engines, perhaps new shin: mavbe even new hands. However. we beoan 'o screw up, at least the chief did. he'd only trust himself. Presently he showed d nut under my nose. That vonr trade iharkY he asked. The nut was cbinned ana seribed with bad spanner marks Which l repudiated.
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An Adventure in the Sahara.

Tartarin narrated his latest exploits in the desert: ''. -. was sinking deeper and deeper in the sand, and I owe my preservation solely to the fact of my being prematurely and com pletely bald"
 "You are jesting."
 "Not at all. The sun was shining fercely, a strong wind was blowing at the time; the sand drifted about my feet and rose gradually higher until it reached my chest-in short, there was nothing to be seen of me above the sand but 8 slight elevation as round as an egg; that was my skull. An ostrich, happening to pass that way, closely pursued by the hunters, came and squatted on my head. It was begin ming to hatch me when it's pursuers came to ny rescue. .-Le Fanfare.
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shoot on sight any who leave the stoke hole He slammed the iron door tween the boilers and us and turned on u Chin, who was still holding the lamp, and had him by the throat before he could finish mo bobbery, all samee white man. As I jumped past the start ing platform 1 saw one of the new stokers lying on his back, his face a ,hingof horror. That was the soft thing the spanner hit, and you know what size d connecting rod takes
 "Roth mates and the old man were on the bridge watching something ahead. All in sweat l sang out my p.essage, and the old man never asked why or wherefore, but popped ln the chart-room and slipped revolver In the second mates hand, saying; It's come to us then The mate didn'tmove, so the old man yelped at him: Why dye stand there, Mac? Are you white hvered?'
 "Now, Mac was a Greencock man, and he said: " ken, sir, want orders frae vou. and I'll shoot your air brother. lust in a quiet and matter of fact way
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began to cry. The good woman put her arms around me begged my pardon, and kissed me; and from that time we were both Lincoln women. She also took part in the football match"
 There are a good many stories afoat concerning the hat of the martyr presi- dent which are hard to verify at this late day. One is to the effect that Lincoln was saved from death some months be- fore his assassination by his tIusty tile. It was his wont to go horseback riding, on pleasant afternoons, from the white house. In the vicinity of the soldiers home, one day, his horse was startled by the report of 8 rife. Upon examining his silk hat, Lincoln discovered bullet mark at the top of the crown. Misled by it's height, the wouId-be assassin had oyershot his mark. It is needless to say that horseback riding vas discontinued after that.
 Lincoln once met with a mishap to Lis headgear. It was before the days of quorum hats" In order to prevent a quorum he leaped from window and crushed his tile beyond recognition. Had Lincoln lived and been a member of the Fifty-Iirst congress. ron' Reed would have had 10 troubie fn seeing and count ing tEat monumental plug.
 Judge SpriHger, ef Illinois. told ne
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William Blackman, the oldest resi- dent of sonoma county. Cal, died at Healdsburg recently. shortly after psss- ing his l0osh birthday
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of the noble tile. While Lincoln was on of the long time" in the Illinois legisla ture, not only was he guyed about there being ''so much of himself on Jhc ground, i" referring to the size of his feet. but he was also twitted about there be- ing so much of him towering above ground In the collection of Lincoln re- lies in Washington l saw some of the cartoons that were used in the carly pos litical campaigns. One sketch sets forth the advantages of the high hat. Mr. Lincoln is represented as being con cealed by his admirers on his trip to Washington The artist pictures the friends encircling him, and then DOT trays the towering tile somewhat after the fashion of the present Washington monument.
 Lincoln used to carry q good many 1 ideas under his hat which he would not always express OH public occasions. Some of these reveal the inner character of the man. l learned the other day i from Rev. Robert Gollyer. pastor of the Unitarian church, New York, that Lincoln was practically q Unitarian anu was very fond of reading Channing and ParlSer's works Ths accounts for his broadand liberal views optimistic to tse last degree.
 Two incidents in his career were strangely prophetic. In | speech deliv- cred in Philadel phia ia 1861 on Washing tons birthday, from notes earried IS usual in his silk tile, he pronounced this striking passage: sBut if this country cannot be saved without giving up Tne principle thatalI men are created equal, I would rather be assassinated than sur render if"
 Again, in 1s60 he was engaged on case involving the ownership of some land on the Chicago river. During the preceding autumn he had been defeated by Douglass in the canvass for the United States senate. In order to have q little quiet fun at his expense, tfe op- posing attorney, Mir. Arnold, took oc- casion to remark:
 "fhere have been great changes in this suit since it's commencement. Everything is possible in this life. For example, it is within the range of pos sibility that my learned friend, Abra- ham lincoln, may some time occupy the presidential chair"
 Theremarks caused greatdenl offHn at Lineoln's expense, and IS he walked away from court that evening he little dreamed that he was cne day 10 occupy pinnacle in the nations history as high as that of George Washington.
 Lincoln's hat was only typical of his character. He was generous and broad in all things. It is well-known fact that he would invariably throw up his brief when he had bad case. He would only undertake suits that he believed to aim at justice. What he would have car ried in his trusty tile in the way Of the reconstruction and regeneration of the south, had he lived, can only be conjec- tured. But 1t is safe to surmise that the . hat would have contained many good scheme for the welfare of the country
 FRANCIS LEON CHRIsMAr.
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AT THE CHANGE OF WATCH
Story of an Adventure with cni- nese Pirates, by c. Hawley.
Treachery in the Engine Room-Deteotea Just in Time Three Chinese .,,nl. Full of Marauders Remorse-
 lessly Run Down.
[coPYRIGHT. 1898. I

Our steamer had just cleared Sinpa- pore. My duty in the engine room was done and was sitting with She mate on the bridge watching the downward sweep of the tropic dusk. Tt puts me in mind of a theater sunset," he was saying; they always go by the run. And that was a pretty theatrical bit you had in the engine room," he said to my chief, who had joined us. We had found all the nuts but one off the. connecting head; had another half turn been made our engines would have been a scrap heap.
 "0nly once has it happened befor. ;, said my chief, ''and there was grand
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Tt was the more so, so far as I was concerned, because 1 had been Seward woman. While the convention was in session it had been arranged to fire a cannon in case Lincoln received the nom nation. My nearest neighbor was Mrs Dubois, with whom l had had sey- eral friendly spats during thecampaign. 1 heard the cannon shot, and the next moment saw Mrs. Dubois running across the street. She had been making shirt for her husbaud-who was about the size of the late Judge David Davis, so you may gain some idea of the size of the garment she was waving. She rushed into the house and Haunted it in my face. It made me so mad that sat down and
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Admiral Jervis and Capt. HaIiowoIl

At 6:3o, 1t being then daylight, the leading British ship, the Gulloden, "A, reported five sail to the southward and westward, and a small sloop of war was sent ahead to reconnoiter, the fleet proceeding under moderate canvas. As it advanced, and more and more enemies loomed up out of the haze, the customary reports succeeded one an- other in monotonous yet somewhat ex- citing rotation. There are eight sail of the line, Sir John.' ''Very well, sir" There are 20 sail of the line, Sir John" Very well, sir" There are g sail of the line, Sir John.n "yery well, sir. . The admiral had by this time been joined by Capt. Hallowell, an officer of very distinguished merit, but of eccen- tric character. His ship had been lost during his temporary absence on other duty, ,twomonthsb before, and he was now present only as passenger. When the final report of 27 ships was made, the admira's chief Of staff yentured a remonstrance on the inequality of force. Enough of that, sir" retortcd the ad- mirai. If there are 50 sail, I will go through them" Jervis was not man with whom liberties could well be taken, but HalIowell was not to be re- strained. That's right, Sir Johni' cried he, batting him on the back; '.and 1 by , we'll give them d--d good liekingl"-capt. 4. T. Mahan. in Century.
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that Lincoln's hat was the most indis- pensable part of his whole outfit.
 "lt was, in fact, ! sort of file rack said the judge. Here were all the briefs of his various law cases. Curious ly enough. he carried the accounts in his head, and that is why he lost so much money Had he reversed the process, and kept his accounts in his hat and the cases in his head, he would have heen better off His hat served for his satchcl on a. journey, and all that was needed besides this was his saddle-bags and his horse.
 Cartoonists and correspondents of newspapers had good deaf of sport out
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M'KINLEY'S MOTHER.

valid, she makes and receives calls and
often goes on shopping tours. MIRA
Mckinley cares little for dress, al
though her toilets are always in excel
lent taste.
Her face betrays faint languor, sug-
gestive of the invalid, but it Is fair and
bears stamp of beauty, in spite OF the
40 years she carries. Her i'll health dates
from girlhood AS student she with
difficulty undertook the studies of tho
course, by reason of this condition, but
with constant care and frequent medical
attention she overcame all trouble SUI
ficiently to enjoy life and to taste of its
pleasures. Her actual invalidism dates
from the birth of their second child, in
1871. This child died in its infancy and
was followed by the first child, a daugh-
ter of years, short time afterward
Her mother also died about this time
These sorrows were more than she could
bear, and she has never recovered. At
present in appearance and in actual
health her condition is better than for
several years previous.
A little story Of McKinley's homo
acts while governor may be Of interest
No less than his attention to his wife,
his thought and care for his mother,
particularly since his fathers death In
1892, have attracted comment. 1t had
been his custom while at home in Can
ton TO take his mother to church each
Sunday morning. When he went to Co
lumbus as governor he determined u
keep up the practice as much as posi-
bic, and unless the press of public bust
ness was very great he always slipped
quietly over to Canton FROM the st4ts
capital on Sunday mornings and walkea
to church with his mother on his ann
The next train would carry him to Co
lumbus, where his wife awaited ni1
coming. Naturally the mother locls'
with pride ON such son, and she fox !,
lows with keen interest the progress OK I
his presidential canvass.
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regiment ,iuIy 20. ioVo. alt,I nioie 'AA..it
four years continuous service.
M'KINLFY AS A LAWYER.

When the war closed, Mckinley was
just 30 He was full Of youthful en-
thusiasm and ardor, and he returned to
his home in Ohio fully expecting to ac-
cept the f1atteriue offer made him Of a
commission in the regular army.
But to this his parents offered strong
opposition. They pointed out the small
rewards to honor and ambition that
come to the soldier in time Of peace. At
length he yielded to their persuasions
and reluctantly gave up his dreams of
martial glory and bent his mind upon
the pursuits of peace. The war had
made man of him and ended all
thought of collegiate career He cast
about for profession, and naturally,
considering the bent of his mind, he
chose the law. He became student in
the offices Of Charles f. Glidden and
David Wilson. then leaders of the Ma
honing county bar. He supplemented
his reading by taking the course at the
Albany Law school, and in 1867 was
admitted to the practice. He located at
Canton, where lie formed partnership
with Judge Belden.
He was an excellent advocate, even in
those early years, and made some Of the
best jury arguments ever made at the
Stark county bar At the time he was
first elected to congress he enjoyed one
OF the leading places and one Of the best
general practices i'll the county.
As IA lawyer Mr. Mckinley was al
ways thorough aud careful in the prcpa
ration of cases. lie had the confidence Of
everybody and soon became particularly
prominent rs an advocate. He prepared
himself 10y thorough courses of reading
for his public career He ia much rs
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GARRETT a. HOBART.
Sketch of the Republican Nominee for
Nice-President.

Nice-President.
Success as a lawyer, business non and
a politician has attended tic career OF
Gsrret A. Hobart. the repuii.oai, nunI-
inee for vice president. The fe history
of Carrot A. Hobart is q steEF q Ameri-
can energy He was born al Long
Branch, on June 8, 1874. Or b. fathers
side he is descended from the New
Hampshire family that achieved ,dlstine=
ton through Bishop Hobart. lie was .
bright scholar at the public sci ools and
before reaching the age Of Twenty years
he had been graduated from Rutgers
college.
Within the past week, i'll recognition
of his distinguished ability and his in
terest in education, his aim mater has
conferred upon him the degree of Ii. D.
and he has been elected trustee,
Soon after his grad Mr.. Hobart
began the study of law in Patterson. He
progressed rapidly, and was admitted to
the bar in 1866. Three years later he be-
came counselor. and in 1871 was chosen
city counsel of Patterson. To following
year he became counsel to the board of
chosen fire. holders.
In 49, Mr.. Hobart yielded to the at
fractions of political life and was
elected To the assembly. HIS record was
such thaf he was easily reelected IN 1871,
and he #a+ chosen speaker q th= HOUSE.
Two yeae- later was chosen - f. Ircac-~t
Pas~aic IN the Senate. II. froaress in
th'- tedr was as raf:3 es We rra'esh
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ian consul general to the United States.
The second son, James, died about four
years ago. There is another son. Abner.
younger than the major, who, although
citizen of Canton, spends most of his
time IN New York, where he is engaged
i'll business.
Mckinley's mother is now 81 years
OF age, but alert and vigorous, mentally
and physically. She sees much of her
distinguished son, and he waits on her
and walks with her each day he spends
In Canton. Even now, while his an1i-
cites are and should be on keenest edge.
playing. as he is, bold game for the
biggest stake on earth, he visits and
walks with his mother every afternoon.
They prefer the quiet streets Of the sub
urbs for these little excursions, and
Mckinley may be seen escorting the old
lady with the profoundest Difference and
affection, while the conversational in.
terchange between the two never flags