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move 1t and I replied as usual to let 1t
alone and that in a short time it would dis
appear. This. however. was but little COM
fort to the lady, who said the child little
boy of four years. was, she thought, In con-
slant pain from it. l then told her that If
she wished the wart from the little fellow
and on to herself 1t would likely change
places and that it would be- necessary for
her to wish very hard to make q sure
transfer. I had forgotten all abeut-it until
Tuesday last, when visited the lady again.
Strange as it may sound the wart had left
the Srandchild's finger and was on her
own. and giving her a great deal of trouble,
too"
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newspapers and newspaper men, OBJ
served an old journalist. 'are not given as
much credit as they are entitled to. Too
often persons who read newspaper ar
ticles are apt to think and say that the
ideas expressed in their articles are the
ideas of others. Thus, a legal article is
supposed to be the work of some legal
gentleman, an article of scientific char
acter the thoughts of a scientist, and so
on. 1t is not generally known, but it is a
fact nevertheless. that the first time an
amendment to the Constitution doing away
with slavery was ever mentioned was by
James Gordon Bennett the elder. The abo-
litionists, the free soilers, the lawyers and
politicians had been earnestly discussing
the matter for years. The shareholders
answered all of their arguments by citing
the fact that the Constitution did not pro-
hibit slavery, and the most enthusiastic
lover of freedom had to admit the truth
of the statement. This thing had run
along for years. when James Gordon Ben
nett announced that the whole thing could
be fixed in legal and thorough manner
by simply amending the Constitution 1t
solved the whole problem. The amend
ment was offered by Charles Summer, and
1t became the law of the land by the ac-
ton of Congress, ratified by two-thirds of
the states. The Gordian knot was cut
easily when the proper one had the knife
L can put my hand on the article with a
little trouble, and defy the abolitionists
and huma nitarians of that day, or the de-
scendants of them, to disprove the aSser-
tion. This is of interest not alone for the
fact itself, which was one of the grandeSt
achievements of any time, but for the
other fact that the proper way of doing
what nine-tenths of the people north of Ma
son and Dixon's line thought should be done
was indicated by newspaper man, though
the man in question had never been sup
posed to be an abolitiOniSt. He was not,
and never claimed to be. All he claimed
was that if slavery should be abolished it
was best that it should be abolished in a
proper, legal manner, and If the Constitu-
tion or anything else was in the way that
the Constitution. by way of an amendment,
should be gotten out of the way. Horace
Greeley, later on, gave the bankers. finan-
cial people. the lawyers and every one else
who had got into terrible tangle as to
now TO resume specie payments at the
close of the war, the secret which uu-
tangled everything when he wrote that the
proper way to resume specie payments
was to resume specie payments and lose
no time about 1t. Simple as this key to
the situation was, none of the legal or
financial minds of the country who were
most interested had been able before that
to grasp it,
Andrew Jackson was the first President
inaugurated from the portico of the Capt.
tol, March 4, 1S29," volunteered a local
istorian. "all the previous Inauguration
ceremonies in this city having taken place
inside of the Capitol building. Washington
was inaugurated first in the Senate cham
took place in the Senate chamber In Phila-
delphia, Congress having removed there.
John Adams was, likewise, inaugurated in
Thomas jefferson was the
first President inaugurated in Washington,
the ceremony taking place in the Senate
chamber, now the room of the United
States Supreme Court. His second inausu-
ration ceremonies took place in the same
room. James Madison was inaugurated in
the hall of the House Of Representatives,
row the statuary hall. So was President
Monroe. for his second term. His first in
auguration in 1917, took place at the old
Capitol, the Capitol having been burned
ing in took place inside the old Capitol
the inaugural address was delivered in the
open air. John Quincy Adams. who fol-
lowed him as President, was inaugurated
in the House of Representatives The
style set by Andrew Jackson has been fol-
lowed by all Presidents since"
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81 am thoroughly convinced" said the
H. l1~0o r%vr &c fIot
there should be physician employed in
each of the departments and large bureau
buildings to attend cases of sudden illness
and emergencies generally. There is hard
ly day when the services of a physician
are not needed in the departments The
gcvernn ent would save money by it, for
time and time again the physician could
attend minor cases of illness and relieve
the sufferer. AS it is now, the slightest
illness causes the employees to go to their
homes for treatment, and their time Is lost
to the government. The clerk. too, is put
to ar expense that would be saved If there
was a physician in each of the depart
n,ents. / had intended treating of this
matter in my last annual report, in No
vember last. but 1 was so much engaged in
other matters that it escaped my mind.
It was my desire to do so for the benefit
of the clerks themselves as well as the in
terest of the government. l mentioned the
matter several times to the heads OF the
other departments, and found that they
were as well satisfied as am that 1t was
q necessary innovation. / do not think /
shall make any move in the matter now,
as the administration will change SO short
ly. but / hope that some attention will be
paid the matter by those who are to sue
ceed U.S.. ..--
That reminded another buckeye states
man of "Old Nick Longworth." Long
worth said he. was an eccentric old
man. He was a millionaire and owned a
palatiai residence in Cincinnati, but car
ried simplicity of dress and manner to an
extreme. One warm evening in summer
after walking to his home the heat was
so great that he was glad to sit on the
lower step of his residence and catch his
breath. Nothing was more natural than
that he should remove his hat so that the
breeze from over the Rhine might fan his
brow. So he sat with his upturned hat
resting on his knees. when two kind-heart-
ed girls passed by. See the poor old man.
said one. Let us give him something
They stopped. and dropping several small
coins in his hat. went on their way think
Ing they had performed q worthy deed In
relieving distress and destitution."
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