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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-02-08
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DOUGLAS
Incidents of the Famous Political
Campaign Debate of 1858.
BY CHARLES =. BUTTON

copyright. 1902. by Hamilton Musk.l
6PIIE rival senatorial candidates,
Lincoln and Douglas. did not
travel in company, but occasion
y ally met on the way bound for
the same destination. Once, each with
a large following myself among them
in the Douglas crowd, they steamed
down the Mississippi on IL little stern
wheeler belonging on White river.
AS we went down stream Mr.. Lin
coin took his stand In the bow of the
boat. seeming to look intently ahead,
though from the speculation in his eye
| saw he was thinking deeply. He did
not rouse until some one called out,
"Say. Mr.. Lincoln. doesn't this remind
you of old times?" He smiled remi-
niscently and nodded. saying, with SLY
look at Judge Douglas Yes. 1t was on
this river | learned how to keep from
striking SnaSS." We understood that
he meant the argumcntative pitfalls
Douglas had so often set for him.
The debate was wearing, all allevia-
tiOnS of chance and change and per-
sOnal encounters to the contrary not
withStanding. The dcbatcrS themselves
felt it more, think. than any of their
immediate followers. On one notable
occasion. when it fell to Douglas lot
to close, | saw Mr.. Lincoln during the
last speech slip almost unnoticcd from
the platform. met him at the steps.
Douglas had just said something
which caught the crowd ana set it yell
Ing its lOudeSt. This seems to be
something of Il Douglas crowd" Mr..
Lincoln said as he SAW me. I'm
going to steal off for little rest. as
am tar from feeling we'll"
"Let me go with YOU" | answered.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-02-08
Copyright. 1902. by w. l.. Vail.

adler generals and Il lot Of army mules,
he lamcntcd the loss of the mules. eX
planning that he could replace the gen
erals by Il dash of the pen, but that
the mules would cost well on to IL hun
dred dollars apiece.
But his sarcasm was so infrequent
and withal so mild as to scarcely de-
serve that appcllation. Once in Cham
paign county we had jury out in a
murder case, which we fondly hoped
would disagree. as there was no hope
Of acuuittal. and while we We're on the
anxious seat il noisy young orator
whom Lincoln had known from child
hood. being a stanch friend Of his fa-
ther. was making a loud speech in Il
"whisky" cnse, when Lincoln. bored
beyond endurance. said. IL wish he
would quit. for I'm afraid the jury
will agree. so rs to get here to hear
that Speech" But this bit OF sarcasm
was richly deserved.
In like manner during the war the
persistent claims Of some pretended
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his solitary THE long procession
friend, each of them being over six
feet tall. But there was no meeting.
The town. being composed chiefly OF
Kentuckians, rejected his political ide-
ais and by preconcert Systematically
and unitedly kept away.
| will now afford glimpse at the
diverse face of the medal. Within a
few days after the Inauguration OF
March 1, 1860, | sat with the great
president ana Il young friend in front
of the fireplace, in which was 4
hearth fire. in the executive office ut
Washington. | had called to ask that
he give our mutual young friend the
secretaryship to sign land patents.
Strange to relate he had been in office
but a few days and yet he appeared
the 9th Of January, 1859, heretofore
narrated. lie had been unreaSOnably
found fault with by the press and
politicians for the alleged improper
DcstoWmcnt of some early appoint
mcnts, and his sensitive nature was
stirred to its profoundest depths. 1t
was singular that so virile and cOur-
aGcouS Il nature in grave matters
should have been so supcrsensitivc
about comparative tritiCS. lie cOnClud-
ed our interview in these identical
words: "lt is an awful thing to say,
but | wish | was back home in peace
and some one else was here in my
nlDcp''
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BY n. G. WHITNEY


quite an expense engaged band of
music, rang the bells and employed all
the means which enthusiasm and enter
prise could suggest in order To attract
large audience, including the then
primitive practice of blowing a horn.
The hall of the house of representatives
was lit up To its full capacity, and no
effort was omitted to insure success i'll
that enterprise. But the evening nd-
vanccd. and up to Il late hour but one
man came except Lincoln and his part
ncr, the ever faithful IIcrndon. Ian
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never saw any His own hostlcr and
man SO radi nan" wy
cally and thoroughly depressed, so
completely stepped in the bitter wa
ters Of hopeless despair. The sur
rOundingS even. We're eloquent of
fiat. prosaic failure. | found him ut
terly alone and sitting in an old rock
ing chair doing absolutely nothing but
brooding over his griefS and political
discontinue. He was in his office, one
Of the most neglected and ungarnished
offices in the state.
My feelings were In unison with his,
and our conversation was as cheerless
and dismal as the sOmber and melan-
choly surroundings and yet in twenty
two months from that doleful and
gloomy day this recipient Of fortunes 8
frowns had sounded the highest note
in the gamut Of Ostensible and appar
ent success for 1,S5I.G1O citizens, en-
bracing the elite of the nation, had
elected him to be the ruler of 10000
600 people.
And his early career as a politician
may be thus exhibited: On April 81,
1882. he was elected to his first office
that of captain of a company in the
Black Hawk war. In 1888 he ran for
the Legislature and was defeated, but
he was elected currently thereafter for
four successive legislative terms. In
1884 he was appointed by President
Jackson as postmaster of the incOn-
siderable hamlet of New Salem and
by John Calhoun to the inconsequen-
tial position of deputy surveyor of
Sangamon county. He was an unsuc-
cessful competitor for nomination for
congress in 1S44-if not also before
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HN' bOat, Tor We
lost my apple overboard!" Trivial mat
tiers amused him equally with those of
greater stamina. Al long experience with
wit and badinagc had not made callOus
or blunted his sense of the ludicrOuS
Thus mt the bloomington convention
he had occasion to introduce the court
ly. polite. exquisite Browning to the
C. arse. irrcverent Wentworth. I've
heard much of you" began the prig
Odd much against me. ! reckon.
blurtcd out the boor. Lincoln was
wont to laugh over this very often.
Many of his stories were comparisons
of the situation in hand with some
thing that happened down in some
where. "ThntS like the man down in
Indiana was n frequent Introduction.
Thus. when after n long interval of 81
lcncc he received news not altogether
favorable from Burnside. hclea%uered
mt Knoxville he neither lamcnted at
the untoward aspect Of the news nor
enthuSed at getting news at all, but
simply said. "That's like Sallie Ward.
who had thirteen children. that were
accustomed to stray out into the WOODS.
from the depths of which would occa-
sionally float an infantile cry Of disas
ter, when Sallie would eXclaim. Thank
heaven. there's one Of my children
what amt dead yeti"
In order to illustrate the moral un-
cleanliness OF certain unsavOry politi-
clans he was reminded Of Il "feller'
who applied to physician for advice
in and about a cutaneOus disease. He
needed a very simple remedy. So pre-
scription was given him somewhat
thus: "R. Sapon CASTLE or. 8. Aqun
pure gal. u. Misce Apply to all
parts OF the body with n sponge and
wipe dry with a towel" THAT simply
means washing me-" exclaimed the
dirty sufferer. ut certainly Is open to
that objection" replied the physician.
In similar vein he took the starch
out Of a vainglorous applicant for n
minor office who. In order to magnify
his importance, hove in quite unneces-
sarily the suggestion that he sprang
from one of the leading families of
Vermont. Never mind" said the jo-
cosc president: that won't be very
much against you"
So. in order to illustrate the well
known aphorism that the remedy pro-
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And yet another mas you. John ram.
come These are sad
times and seem out of joint. All seems
-dcad-dcad! But the age is not
dead. 1t lives as sure as our Maker
lives. Under all this seeming want of
life and motion the world does move,
nevertheless. BE hopeful, and now let
us adjourn to the people,
And thus. as has ofttimcs been dem
onStratcd in history, the aphorSm that
"a prophet is not without honor but
in his own country and among his own
kin and in his own house" WIS again
verified in this case, for this man.
whom in June, 1876, his own neigh
bors rejected, four years later the SOW
creign people of the nation made the
hcadStone of the corner.
This subject may be further Illus
trated by an incident which occurred
during that same year while the pollt-
ical canvass WAS at white heat y
Jealous Republican in Monticello, in
piatt county, wrote Lincoln several
earnest invitations to come there and
speak, assuring him of Il good turnout.
l.ltolll, Ill Ter HuuIPSSliS very l'' ~
meeting at bloomington. went To Mon
ticcllo to fulfill the ardent hopes of his
correspondent. Reaching town, he
sought out the residence of his cnthu-
siastic correspondent, where he found
him working with his dra wknife at
large and unwieldy fiagpolc. while his
wife was induStriouSly getting dinner
for their distinguished guest. After
dinner Lincoln and his imprOviscd
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but ii brilliant cxpcdient struck him. He
then placed his young son in the hogs
head. where his height just served to
keep the rccalcitrant heading in place.
when he adjusted the head properly,
and tie experiment seemed to be- sue
cess till the imprisoned boy yelled. Let
me out of here
Once he came in official contact with
Judge Baldwin, the author of the hu-
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How Lincoln Paid n Board Bill.

While Mr.. Lincoln was studying law
AT Petersburg. ILL.,, he and Il friend
named Hanks, also II law student,
boarded ut Alfred Gordon's house. He
was an old friend of the Lincoln fam
lily. and as he did not charge the young
men anything for board they under
took to make rails enough for his two
farms.
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posed by the
situation was
worse than the
exigency 1t
was proposed
to cure. he was
reminded of
the man down
in Danville
who had Occa-
sion to head up
q nOgSneau, DuC
did not clearly
discern how to
keep the head
In sitiOn
while he tight
ened the slaves
by driving the
haAnu Inun
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aptly says that the essence of humor
is SCnsibility-warm,t tender fellow feel
ing, with all forms of existence.
Unless seasoned and purified by humor
senSibilty will readily corrupt
into disease. falSchOOd or scnti-
mentality"
And Mr.. Lincoln's pcnchant for hui
NOR was not an inanc diversion, but
was the fringe and pasSemcntcrie of Il
great crisis in government.
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a huge OvercOat.
Said he SOttO
VQcc to Seward.
Did You ever
see such a little
nubbin in Suc.,
Il big shuck -
So. too. during
the progress of
[ hat famous
on fcre ce,
when X. Nj. L.
Hunter urged
the president to
treat with the
COnfederates,
citing the exam
pla of Charles
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III Us IL uepelluS
entirely on the
manner of its
II a + T. Il t o n,
while wit de-
pcnls on the
essence of the
matter. \ II d
this distinction
is not pedantic
u applied to
I-.ncOl II, Tor
even his stories
need the inspi-
ration Of his
a C t | o n t o
achieve their
crOwning mcr-
it, and, as to
the essence of
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alone with Mr..
Lincoln from =
O'Clock till late
bedtime. and |
feel auth riZcd
to say that no
m a n in t h @
state was so
gloomy. defect
ed and diSpirit-
'cd and no man
so surely and
heartily deem
ed his life to
have been an
abject and lam
entable failure
as he then con
Sidered his TO
have been. |
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-02-08

Lincoln WAS as unusual in personal
appearance as in character. lie was
muscular In frame, q feet inches tall
and weighed about $50 pounds. His
hair was black and luXur'ant. eyes
brown, nose long and mouth large.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-02-08

mon men for
forage, etc, TAX
en- by the army
reminded him of
Captain j Il X
Chase. who used
to pilot Il small
boat t through
the rapids of the
Illinois river.
W lille in I he
very midst OF
the boiling cur
rent II small u v
tuggcd ut the
pilots coattail
and shouted,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-02-08

Nos >, 1 :. Il, :, and 9-weck days TO- H.
II. E}, II. Ii. III and l,-SundayS only.
On th'.atre nights when admission tickets are
sod b, agent. leave Cumberland at close of
performance
Trains will stop at W. S'crrpOr CRchS.l
Frank in. MorriSonS, Homecoming water station
Gllih mt. II, Allcgany, AMI VT. savage Junction
only to take on or let of passengers. TralnS
Nos and make usual stops at Midlothian
and New Switch. f. =. NICK EMMA.
General Passenger Agent,
NOV 10 Cumberland, Md.
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and in the year
1916 he was both
nOmina ted for
and elected to Il
seat in congress.
On May 20,
1856. Mr.. Lin
coin made his
renowned speech
befOrethe Bloom
ingtOn cOnve H.
ton, known to
n high fame as
the" lost speech"
which was the
highest oratoric-
al triumph that
had been cXhib-
tied in the pO-
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that date. 1t placed him on the high
est pinnacle Gf fame as IN impa SSiOncd
and effective orator. Three days there
after he ami HerndOn. his law part
ner, deemed it proper to ratify the pro-
ceedings of the convention at which
such a marvel of political oratory had
been achieved. and accordingly at
Springfield. Lincoln's own home, Hern-
den got out huge posters and at
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story, story. story, and the country
going to HI! 1t amt n mile from HI
this minute Just the distance to
the capitol" said the amused president
us the iratc senator rushed out, trying
to put his hat on the floor and his cane
on his head.
As to the form of humor, Mark Twain
In his essay OH "Ilow to Tell Il Story
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host started for
the grove which
was to be I he
scene Of the meet
ing. their way
leading through
the village. The
man was almost
staggering under
the weight of the
flag and its staff,
and Lincoln did
not realize the
righteousness of
the situation un-
til he heard some
of the town peO-
pie commenting
upon the long
procession" it be-
ing Lincoln and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-02-08

| tllHI Illt career OF tHe ultl-
mately successful man is an
uninterrupted and unbroken
series of current successes
from zero to atiluence or re-
nown. In practice, however, it ap-
pears that the progress of the success
full and unsuccessful alike is strewn
with current misfortunes, humiliatiOns,
checks and disasters. and that the ad-
vcnturer who shall have attained the
goal of ultimate defeat may nevcrthe-
less have been highly favored of for
tune in life's journey, while the laurel
cd victor may have trodden the wine
press of humiliation and defeat all of
his days but the last.
Mr.. Lincolns career as business
man may be thus summarized: After
practicng law and living in the most
frugal and economical manner for Il
quarter of century, being meantime
his own hostler and errand boy and at
tending to his own woodpile, cowyard
and pgpen himself, he had accumu-
lated $4,000 worth of property when
he was elected as president of the Unit
ed States, and having consumed his
capital for current uses in living during
the months preceding the Inauguration
he was compelled to borrow every cent
of money which he had in his pocket
when he started to Washington and
which he repaid out of the earliest re-
ceipts from the presidential salary.
On Jan. >, 1859. the day of Douglas
lne OIL, ~
ate by the Illinois legislature, was
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-02-08

coin. SOlncWha
amused and quite
cha Srined, made
a brief speech,
thus: "Gentlc-
men, this meet
Ing is larger than
| knew it would
be. | knew that
Ilcrndon and my
self would come,
but | did not
know that any
one else would be
here, and yet an
other has come
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Special Notices.
NJ OTICE-

ILL., persons are hereby warned agalI st
shnhing or tr,Spa>>ing for the purpose
of shonting, on the meadows, pastures or
cleared Ia lds of the Consolidation Goal t"m-
nnny. except the rifle range of the FroStbug &
Rifle Association.
Persons disregariing this notice will be
prosecuted. b. ;. RANDOLPH
March 81 Mining Superintendent.
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For leaving time see same Express numbers
ca>tborind on Main Line
WESTGoIND.
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For arriving time see same Express num-
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berland
Through tickets, east and west, for sale at
Cumberland. NJ. e. CLARKE,
g. l.. POTTER, Ticket Agent.
General Manager ID. B. MARTIN,
Nov 30 Manager Passenger Traffic.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30

Farmers will now be flooded with cat
alogues from department stores in the
cities that will sell shOddy goods at high
lrices. The wise farmer, however, will
use the catalogue for kindling and buy
his goods OF the home merchant who
pays taxes and builds towns and furn-
ishes a market for his grain and produce.
The wise farmer in these days OF pros
peritv, will trade with the home merch-
ant who sold him necessities on time
when he didn't have money to send
away for goods. The wise farmer viii
stand by the merchant, who helped him
build churches, who helped him in time
past, whose purse was ever open tc
charitable deeds, and not send hi.
money away to houses that do not share
the burden of taxation.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
PATRONlZE THE FAIR.

While the Washington Fair is a state
institution it also belongs to Yakima,
onsequently should be literally patro-
nized by our home people. The COM
missioners have show this year OF
which they and the state also should
EEL proud. The exhibit of live stock,
poultry and the fruit of the orchards and
gardens would be credit to any state
n the union. 1t is now up to our home
veople to show their appreciation of the
effects of the commission which they can
DO by turning out literally. The ticket
seller will take your money just the
same il you attend once or five times
and the fair needs it. THE HERALD
hopes to see it more literally patron
zed by the home people.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30

THE HERALD is tritle late this week
and also is not up to its usual standard
as to local news matters. The reason is
chat arran yements were made to issue
during fair week much larger paper
chan usual, but the publishers did not
Squire on such tremendous increase of
commercial job work The three presses
4 THE HERALD have been running night
and day for the past two weeks without
'eing able to keep up with the volume
oi work. In consequence of which a
number Of fine illustrated articles, our
county correspondence and much local
news matter has been eliminated. The
srticles referred to, specially prepared
sor this edition, will be published later.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
ANCSE NENTS.
BELLE OF GEORGIA.

Last night Larson's theater was crowd
ed and the audience delighted with the
colored people known as the Belle OF
Georgia company. When the curtain
was rung up the thirty ladies and gentle
men We're arranged in the conventional
semi-circle but the moment they sang
the opening chorus the entire audience
was in good humor Nine. Plato, the
talented prima donna, is one OF the few
women OF her race who has really Gull
tivated voice and her solos were admir-
ably rendered. Her "Toreader" duo
with c. \. Hughes, the baritone, called
forth vociferous encores. The Carter
Bros. are certainly the greatest colored
acrobats ever seen in this city. \ num-
Der on the program that cannot possibly
be overlooked was the singing Of the inn
mensely popular please Let Me Sleep"
song, by Geo. Jones and Jas. TAYLOR. In
fact every number on the program was
one o. merit. The comedians are very
funny and the chorus contains some
really handsome girls. The company
holds the boards the entire week and
the prices are -, 30 and 20 cents.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30

The Peary Arctic expedition has re-.
.urned. The steamer Windward ar
rived at Sidney, y. $, last Thursday
morning from Cape Sabine with Lieut..
Peary and all the members OF the ex.
edition on board. Lieut.. Peary said !:
The Arctic expedition did not reach
he north pole, but we made most i'm
portant scientific discoveries. We are
all well and glad to get back to civilil-
alton.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30

An exchange invites the public to try
Il bottle OF "Barbwire Liniment.' That
Is certainly the best use that could pos
sibly be made OF barbed wire Ever
since the tiendish stuff was first in
vented its only practicabity has been to
mutilate valuable stock; and now
according to the advertisement it is to be
converted into healing liniment to re
pair the gaping wounds OF its own cut
tine
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
Reduced Rates.

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