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LINcoLN's NARROW ESCAPE.
Fiendish Plot to Inoculate Him with
the Smallpox.


The demand for an additional body
guard around the White House recalls an
incident of the civil war within the men,
DRY of many residents. During the excit-
ing period of 81 great fears were enter
tanned for the safety of the President,
and every precaution was taken to insure
his personal protection.
One morning there appeared at the
White House a woman, closely yelled,
demanding an immediate interview with
Mr.. Lincoln. Approaching Messenger
Perkins, who guarded the door of Mr..
Lincoln's private office, the visitor made
known her request and pleaded earnestly
that she be admitted to personal inter
view. The doorkeepers orders were, how
ever, very strict, and finding her eloquence
all in vain, she finally compromised by
conhding her message to the courteous
but firm employee. Taking him to one
side, the yelled lady took both his hands
in hers and tenderly rubbed them as she
extracted promise that he would imme-
diately deliver her request 10 the Presi-
dent. Perkins was almost overcome by a
most peculiar odor that appeared to ema-
nate from his companion, and FASTENED to
get rid of her without creating a scene
No sooner had he accomplished this than
he confided to one of the household the
effect produced upon him while in con-
versation with the importunate visitor
a physician who was present promptly d.
vined the truth and instituted a search
for the woman. when it was learned that
she had driven rapidly away in carriage,
and all trace was lost. Perkins was i'm
mediately ordered to return TO his home
and await developments.
Within the usual period he was taken
i'll with one of the worst cases of viru-
lent smallpox on record. and for weeks
lay at the point of death. Upon his re-
covery the faithful messenger. whose de-
votion TO duty doubtless saved the life OF
the President, was appointed by Mr.. Lin
coin to a permanent position on the cleri-
cal force of the War Department, which
Office he has continued to hold up to date.
being one OF the most efficient clerks on
the rolls
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
The Old Wood Fire.

After the evening chores were done
my father would appear in the door
way with the big black log coated with
snow, often of ampler girth than him
self, and fully breast-high to him as he
held it upright, canting it one way
and another, and walking it before
him on its wedge-shaped end. He
would perhaps stand it against the
chimney while he took breathing
spell and planned his campaign. Then.
the and-irons hauled forward on the
hearth, and the bed of half-burnt
brands and live Goals raked open, the
icy log was walked into the chimney.
where a skillful turn would lay it over,
kissing and streaming, in its lair of
hot embers. 1t seemed q thing alive.
and it's vehement suffering and pro-
testing made dramatic moment for
at least one small spectator. The
stout shovel and tongs, or perhaps
piece OF frewood used as a lever
would force it against the chimney
back; then good-sized stick, called
a "back-stick," was laid on top of it,
and the and-irons were set in place.
Across the and-irons another good
sized stick was laid. called fore
stick" and in the interspace smaller
sticks were crossed and thrust ant
piled, all quickly kindled by the live
Goals and brands. In very cold
weather a fire was kept burning all
night, our father getting up once or
twice to replenish it. Even in sum-
mer the Goals rarely became extinct
A good heap of them, covered with
embers at bedtime. would be found
alive when raked open in the morn
ing.-J T. Trowbridge. in the Allan
tic.
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NOW HE'S A CATTLE KING.

A Few Years Ago This Young Fellow
Was Messenger Boy.
In 1897 a uniformed messenger aged
Is; six months later tramp with %
cents in his pocket; In 1902, aged %,
a young cattle king. on the high road
to wealth, is the history In a nutshell
of Bert Moore. who reached the stock
yards at South Omaha few days
ago. bringing with him several car
loads of fat steers from his Wyoming
ranch. After disposing of his cattle
at good price he walked Up to the
Western Union telegraph office in
Omaha to inspect the place where he
had worked as an ordinary messenger
boy
For three years Bert was a messeng-
er boy in the employ OF the Western
Union Telegraph Company at Omaha.
His true name was Moore. but he went
by the name of his foster parent. Nc
Cune. One day he walked up to the
manager and asked for his time, say
ing that he was determined to go to
Wyoming and become a cattle king.
He homesteaded 100 acres of land
In the Big Horn Basin, and induced
two cowboys to do the same When
ever he got sufficient money TO pur-
chase COW he did so. until he had
quite a bunch of cattle. Eighteen
months after entering the Basin he
made his first shipment to market
A year ago Bert secured possession
of the homesteads of the two cow
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BILLION FOR INDIANS.
Immense Sum Spent for Educating
Wards of Nation.

Immense Sum Spent for Educating
Wards of Nation.
The nations wards have cost the cOun-
try large sum of money, according to
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones,
who, in Els annual report. estimates that
from Che founding OF the government
until 1890, $s45. 275. 800 was spent in
subdung and controlling the Indians and
500. O00k000 for the education end care
Of their echildren THE extent and de-
moralizing effects of the ration system
evil so - the commissioner, in explain
ing his policy Of abolishing that system,
were generally recognized and univer-
sally condemned, except. perhaps. by
mistaken philanthropist, which, ignoring
the natural law that man must earn his
living by the sweat of his brow, would
exempt the Indian from labor and carry
him upward on flowery beds Of ease. 1t
was felt that ii was time for change.
Heretofore the dealing had been with
the tribe, it is now with the individual.
His manhood is appealed to, and he Is
to be taught self-reliance and sefre-
spect, and to put his hands to the plow
IL he would work. As a first result.
over 1900 have been dropped from rhe
ration rosl being wholly self-supporting.
As n second result, large number of
Indians have been put to work. or work
has been found for them"
Concerning the order directing the
agents 20 encourage the discontinuance
Of the Indian custom Of wearing long
hair. painting. etc. Mr.. Jones says the
reports en- the subject by the agents are
all in. and that the consensus of opin-
ion expressed is that il is step for
ward ard in the right direction"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
THOROUGHLY DOMESTicATEo.
Mrs. WaEtung Thankful She Is MOI

Mrs. waGtunG Thankful She Is Not
Like other Women.
F'Well for my part, / don't see how
in the wide world some women find
time to CAD around the way they do"
said Mrs. Wagtung to her husband, at
the supper table the other evening.
Il never go downtown without run
ming across Mrs. Smythe. ! met her
this afternoon, and on Monday l met
her at the Art Club exhibition. And
then there is Mrs. Jaynes. How that
woman finds time to go out so much is
a mystery to me- / met her on Tues
day at Prof Smart's lecture, and again
en- Wednesday at bargain SALE And
when it comes to Mrs. Bright, why,
den't believe that that woman makes
any pretense Of ever staying at home.
l met her on Thursday at Brs. Brig.
hams when / was out calling. and she
was the first person saw that | knew
at the flower show on Friday after
noon. and | dare say that I'll see her
at the matinee on Saturday after
noon.
You can thank your lucky stars.
George Wagtung. that you have a
wife who isn't given to gadding eter-
nally, or l don't know what would be-
come Of your domestic affairs. How
some women can be on the go as they
are is a mystery to me; isn't 1t to
your
And George said that 1t was, but he
thought some things that he was too
wise to say.-New York News.
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GRASS HOUSE OF THE wIcHITAs.
Ingenious indian Architecture That
L.~ Raoan.o , 80 -

ingenious indian Architecture That
Has Become Lost Art.
The finest house ever designed by a
redskin is the grass house of the
Wichitas, tribe that at present live
in southern Oklahoma They are the
only tribe that ever accomplished sue
cessfully the erection of a grass struc.
ture. Soon they are to abandon these
huts and take up their humdrum reser-
walton life in two room frame shacks,
which are being built for them by the
government The grass house, it is
claimed, is far from being healthful;
but it is certainly comfortable.
There are but about fifty old men of
the tribe alive today who understand
the art of building one of these houses
SO that it will stand And these re-
fuse to work. even for generous wages.
The government has offered these
grass house builders lucrative employ
ment to construct some houses that
may be preserved as models of an an
cient art. But they refuse, and the
grass huts that used to dot the prairies
of the Wichita reservation are now be-
ing torn down. The Wichitas are de-
termined that their huts shall not sur
vive them.
Appearances are often deceiving.
One can look upon a grass house and
imagine it an easy thing to build. But
not so. 1t is indeed most intricate.
The grass is gathered early in the
spring, when it is yet fresh. The sod
cutting usually takes place imme-
diately after rain, the sod being re-
moved to a thickness of about eight
inches. Buffalo grass sod is the only
kind that will answer the purpose of
the builder. He commences to lay the
foundation as does the stone mason.
digging away the earth to a depth of
about one foot The grass portion
of the chunks of sod is laid to the out
side, and the house is built to height
of twelve to fifteen feet. in the form of
a pointed dome. There is no hole
in the top for smoke to pass out, the
latter being carried away through a
pipe on the outside of the hut. The
door is usually in the south, and there
are no window Through each tuft
of sod is run glow reed string, and
these strings are bound clear around
the structure. TIE grass remains
green, and will grow if there is plenty
of rain. 1t is not at all uncommon to
see the sides of these grass housec
turn green as spring approaches, just
as do the pastures near them. The
houses are very warm in winter and
cool in summer. They never leak.
Often the Indians have barns made of
the same material. But in these days
the redskins are made to live in frame
snacks, and the once famous grass
house will soon be but recollection.
Scientific American.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Tho hour was on us; where the mani
The Hateful sands unfalterlng ran,
And up the way of tears
he came Into the years,
Our pastoral captain. Forth he came,
AZ one that answers TO his name;
Nor dreamed how high his charge,
His work how fair and large
TO set the stones back In the wall
Lest the divided house should fall,
And peace from men depart,
Hope and the childlike heart.
We looked on him; {" IT'S he" we said,
Come erownless and unheralded.
The shepherd who will keep
The 1oeks, VIII fold the sheep"
unknightly, yes; yet twas the mIen
Presaglng the immortal scene.
Some battle OF His wars
Who sealeth up the stars
Nor would he take the past between
His hands, wipe valcr's tablets clean,
Commanding greatness wait
TIL he stand at the gate;
Not he would cramp to one small head
The awful laurels of the dead,
Times mighty vintage cup,
And drink all honor up.
No futter of the banners bold
Borne by the lusty sons Of old.
The naughty cOnquerors
Set forward TO their wars;
Not his their blare, their pageantries,
Their goal. their glory, was not his;
Humbly he came to keep
The 1ocks, TO fold the sheep.
The need comes not without the man;
The president hours unceasing ran,
And up the way of tears
He came into the years,
Our pastoral captain. skilled to crook
The spear into the pruning hook,
The simple, kindly man,
Lincoln, American
New York Independent.
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AZ the White House.

Thanks 10 the laylshness Of former
Presidents and the durability of silver,
there is no scarcity Of silverware for
table use at the White House. There are
nearly a thousand forks OF solid silver
and three hundred plated ones Of all
sizes and kinds, an assortment Of over
three hundred and fifty knives, and
more than seven hundred solid silver
spoons and three hundred plated ones.
There is an abundance OF odd silver In
SOM tureens, butter disaes, platters,
plates, pitchers. teapots, coffeepots.
candle-snuffers. napkin rings, PEPPERS
and salts. sauceboats. and in fact ey-
erything most useful t. the most freak
ish ware imaginable.
There is in addition to this a silver
ship, representing 81 Mayfiower, and
a silver-bound mirror for II to stanG
upon. both of which were bought at the
Philadelphia Centennial Of 1876. and q
huge plateau Of French tilt and plate
glass used at state dinners. when thirs
tv-six beautiful French gilt figures are
used with II.
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III, rebuilt by George Nv ana. though
disliked by William ", at once adont-
ed by Queen Victoria as her London
residence, and now, the fixed head
quarters Of the king and the prospec-
tive headquarters, of our kings to be.
No wonder that foreign visitors are
puzzled by the unexplained retention
OF former and long irrevelant appel
lation. They ask for the Palais Royal
and are met with a blank stare.
shake of the head, or statement
which leaves a proportion of them
under the supposition that his majesty
Is the guest of the duke OF Bucking-
ham.
Scarcely less appropriate would be
a cancelling at last of the name of
Marlborough house as applied to the
new hereditary residence OF the heirs
apparent. Marlborough is a great
name. 1t Is true; but it Is name that
the present owner has a very natural
right to put up on the lintels Of the
new house he is building in Curzon
street. No disrespect, then. is implied
toward the great duke OF Marlborough
who built 1t in tie first decade of the
eighteenth century. and gave Sarah.
Duchess" the right to point over the
way to Buckingham palace and to
speak of "Neighbor George" In 1917
1t was bought from the Churchills for
the Princess Charlotte and Leopold.
afterward king of the Eelglans. Later
Queen Adelaide was its occupant. Her
name or his would be at least as ant
as that of Marlborough for the house
each had Inhabited But Alexandra
house-the name of the first princess
Of Wales to live under its roof-mlght
well give the house title. which
would also be a welcome private and
public commemoration. London
Chronicle.
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ne.

Your great man shines before the
populace in vain-without TIE news
paper. He spreadeagles the Conslilr-
ton in vain-without the newspaper.
His clarion voice wakes up the uni
verse in vain-wi.k5ut the newspaper.
His most astounding financial entel
prises serve him in vaiR-without the
newspaper. His scientific researches
and achievements are vain-without
the newspaper. His wireless tele-
graph would be an accomplishment of
small merit without me newspaper
His moving sermonz. rafting hell fire
in the faces Of sinners, are in vain
without the newspaper. His successes
in every walk of life are vain-with-
cut the newspar~cs The newspaper is
the fame-maker .Ae age. OF course
some OF the faz- &c ~seaD. but it sails
fes the living wearer of the cloak,
even though posterity may charge
it-New York Press.
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A Valentine.

The February sun Is coldly slipping
From ridge and frozen rill
A February wind is rudely whipping
The hedge-row on the hill.
But rude winds can not chill,
Nor cold suns blight. nor still
The newborn joy that through my heart
comes tripping
Full well / know that spring is Cupid S
playtime-
Rare mornings decked with dew
And scented eyes-While summer with its
daytime
Brings joy to lovSrs. too.
But, dear. my love for you
Shall flower all seasons through,
And find in each i summer and a May
time.
Tonight. aglow VITA royal winter roses,
Your radiant face | see
Beneath your wind-blown lashes love dis
closes
Its treasures, timtdly.
Dear. though the years should be
Unkind to you and me,
Joy can not die in hearts where love re-
poses.
-CrItarfou
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George Warburton. / got Lincoln, who
was at the race. to be judge of the
race. much against his will and after
hard persuasion. Lincoln decided cor
rectly; and the other judge said: Lin
coin is the fairest man l ever had to deal
with; if Lincoln is in this country when
l die, | want him to be my administra-
tor. for he is the only man | ever met
with that was wholly and unselsishly
honest" His ineffabe purity in deter
mining the result of scrub race had ac-
tually set his colleague to thinking Of
his latter end
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THE HUMAN PANORAMA.
A Picture of the Past and Glimpse of
the Future.


In a dialogue entitled THE End OF
1t ALL" Mr.. ]. X. Jerome contributes
to the Windsor Magazine panorama
of the human race as it has been, is
and will be. He says:
What is the picture that presents
itself? Scattered here and there over
the wild, voiceless desert, first the
holes and caves, next the rude-buil:
huts. the wigwams, the lake dwellings
of primitive man. Lonely solitary.
followed by his cam and brood. he
creeps through the tall grass. ever
with watchful, terror-haunted eyes:
satisfies his few desires: comnuni-
Gates. by means of few gruns and
signs, his tiny store of knowledge t.
his offspring: then, crawling beneath
a stone. or into some tangled corner
of the jungle, died and disappears. We
look again A thousand centuries
have flashed and faded. The surface
of the earth is fecked with strange
Quivering patches; here. where the
sun shines on the wood and sea, close
together, almost touching one another:
eh~->. among the shadows, far apart.
The tribe has formca -Self. The
whole tiny mass moves forward. halts,
runs backward, stirred always by one
common impulse Man has learnt the
secret OF combination. of mutual help
The city rises From its stone centre
spreads its power: the nation leaps to
life: civilization springs from leisure:
no longer is each mans life devoted TO
his mere animal necessities The
artihcer. the thinker-his fellows shall
protect him Socrates dreams. Phidias
carves the marble, while rericles
exclI, "a
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DR.. H. W. WILEY. the coloring mat
ter used In this oleaginous indispensa-
BILE Is menace to the delicate coating
OF the stomach. For the preservation
of meat boric acid and formaldehydc
are used. Both of these. 1t is asserted
are enemies Of good digestion. Alum,
one of the ingredients of the leavening
powder of many bakers. is also claim
ed &c be provocative of dyspepsia and
Its myriad attendants evils. But these
are lot all the adulterants which the
average human stomach Is asked to
Gardle daily. The list is a long one
and, besides the above list of cheml-
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the maelstrom of
Haytian politics for
several years He
comes from the
northern part of the
country, near Cape
Haytien, and is
about So years old.
The dream Of this
old negro's life has
been to be president
Of the black repub-
lie. and in this ann
bition he has been
relentlessly snurred
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The birthday Of Abraham Lincoln nay
we'll recall the PRINCIPLES which he rep
resented. for which he labored and for
which be endured martyrs death.
There is no more popular figure in Amer
;csn history than that OF Abraham Lin
sclp. He was pre-eminently man OF
the people. Sprung from tae people, he
always remained one OF them. Men add
mired George Washington, but IL wss
an admiration mingled with awe. lie
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gov ern m e Mt to
take a hand" in
order that legisla-
ton of practical
value may be form
ulated. One of the
food products the
a d u | t e r alton of
which has raised
the greatest pro-
test is butter. 1t
Is contehded that
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boy friends, and now has $50 acres of
fine grazing land. and at the age OF
%. after five years in the cattle bus
mess, he is the owner of fine ranch,
several hundred head Of cattle. a num-
Der of horses and has a good bank
account. He is known among the
cowmen as the Canon Kid"
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ang to his numerous
friends throughout
the country, He
succeeded tie late
Rev. J. II. Burrows,
ID. D., who was
dean cf tie college.
President King was
born in hillshoro,
Mic - in 1853, and
was graduated from
'Oberlin Theological
Seminary. Later he
took post graduate
, courses at Harvard
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Being raised in a community supersti-
tious in the extreme. Lincoln believed in
supernatural portents all his life. Fri
day he considered fatal TO every enter
prise. and as it turned out. well he
might. He hal many dreams which he
considered forecasts of coming events,
once sending telegram TO his wife TO
take away "Tqd's" pistol. as he had had
bad dream kbout him. A good dream
preaaged the Victories of AnTietam. Muc-
freesboro. Gettysburg and Vickshurg. He
related an i'll one just before his assas-
siuatiop
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rneierzto,d

gaecn-Did you understand the Ian
guage when you Were Ia Paris las
summer
Egbert--syeIl- when | salked to me
self did New York Evening Sun.
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tersary, the prim-
acy of all England.
is at present bishop
of Winchester. a
post he has occupied
since 1895. He was
born in Edinburgh
in 1913 and was
curate of hartford
in 1874. In 1891 he
was made honorary
chaplain to Queen
Victoria and in 1891
bishop of Rochester.
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of military imperial
ism in the United
States and who says
that by the admis-
sion of the spirit of
militarism America
is raising obstacles
to the entrance Of
emigrants, is celc-
brated for his writ
ings. He was edu-
Gated at the Royal
University in Buda.
pest and then Sind
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Lincoin.s sterling Honesty.

Lincoln possessed the judicial quality
OF mind in a 3egrel, SO eminent. and il
was so universally recognized that he
ReYer could attend horse race without
bcsng importnned 10 act as judge. or
witness a bet without assuming the re
Spinsibility of a stakeholder. In the
spring or simmer of 1SS2. says Henry
McHenrys II had horse race with
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PALACES or EDWARD VII.

Some Facts About HE Farmer and
Present Homes in London
To the many changes lately zaade at
Buckingham palace one other might
well. one thinks. be added And that
Is a change Of nam. Irue the site
was once occupied by the house a
duke Of Buckingham built therein in
1908. But that occupation does not
seem to impose the name Of subject
Epon a residence bought by George
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University and ut Berlin Germany Uni
,versity. In 1897 he became professor
of theology in the Oberlin Seminary,
which position he held up to the present.
80
Mary Hartwell Catherwood, the nov
elist, died at her home in Chicago, after
an illness of three months duration. Mrs.
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is the second daughter of the late Arch
bishop TAFT of Canterbury.
-
Churchill king. ID. d., as president vt
Oberlm COLLAGE. Ohio. was very grntifY-
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people both loved and revered Lincoln
President or rail splitter, he was the same
plain American citizen, in whom hon.
esty was an instinct. and whose patriot
ism was part of his very soul.-Charles
A. Dana.