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The Lamar register., 1905-02-08
LINCOLN'S SUMNER HOME.
House in Which the President Spent tho Summer
Months Still Stands Near Washington

Mr.. Lincoln then instructed his
driver to drive beneath the tree, and.
pulling off one Of the persimmons, he
handed it to the minister. who bit it
vigorously. AS his teeth sank into the
fruit his mouth was puckered out of
shape, while Mr.. Lincoln roared with
laughter at the joke he had perpe-
trated on his friend and guest.
At that time there was splendid
orchard Of pears at the home on the
ground where now stands the library.
theater and other buildings. 1t was a
habit of Mr.. Lincoln to go to the or
chard. gather large basket OF pears
and then stationing himself at the
Eagle gate give the fruit to the pass
ing school children.
Then, as now, too. the grounds OF
the home were the feeding place OF
thousands of crows. and 1t is said that
Mr.. Lincoln delighted in feeding the
birds, many of them being SO tame
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watermelons. Every available spot
seemed piled with them, huge speci-
mems. at from to 10 cents apiece.
They were bought for refreshing seats,
to slake thirst, and the seeds and pulp
rinds made walking exceedingly pre-
carious. as much SO as a highway of
banana skins. Rubber boots were a
necessity If one would have dry feet.
1t must have been the banner season
for the esculent. the people having
largely planted the prairies for crop.
having got an inkling somehow that
there would be gredt demand for
campaign purposes. In any event,
they were a godsend in this emer-
gency. and. while they were not very
nourishing. they kept the blood thin
and the stomach distended. thus pre-
venting an utter collapse.
After breakfast of crackers. cheese
and melon, went to Lincoln's home.
which was not thronged at that early
hour. was usbered into his unpreten-
tious two-story house. was warmly
welcomed by the future president. and
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08
ST. VALENTINE

We welcome the first of the spring
festivals. 1t may not be one of the
highest rank. St. Valentine, holy man
that he was. does not have his day
associated with any ecclesiastical cy-
Gle or with any point of departure in
the astron> round of the year. He
comes in esthetically, as it were, as a
holiday-maker in the midst of more
serious affairs. Lent is close at hand.
Its shadow precedes it. We are al
ready in the tenebre of the ecclesias-
tical year. And now, just on the edge
of the penitential period. here is the
Joyous celebration of st. Valentines
day.
We need not go back to prehistoric
periods to find justification for this
celebration. 1t has persevered to this
da, through all the iconoclastic in
fluences of the later civilization. 1t
is the day for the interchange of those
expressions of mutual regard which
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One Of LineoIn,s Stories.

Did you ever hear Mr.. Lincoln's s
lightning-rod story?" asked Speaker
Cannon of some friends who were
spinning yarns. We'll, it's a good
one.
M. Lincoln said he had attended
meeting at a country church where
one of the stingiest creatures on
Gods footstool went through the
make-me-good idea he was Worship
ing the Savior. The minister asked
for free contribution to enable the
church fathers to buy lightning rod
for the edifice.
"Surely you are willing to lend to
the Lord said the minister. is he
not the owner of the cattle on a thou
sand hills? Will he not repay"
This was the chance for the old
miser to get in his work by giving a
reason for not contributing. Rising in
his seat, he said:
You say the Lord is the owner
of the cattle on thousand hills.
Then. why can't he sell some of the
cattle and buy a lightning rod?'"-
Washington Times.
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08
ONE OF LiNcoLN's PARDoNs.
Kindliness and Good Sense Equally
Mixed in Transaction.

In the summer of 1864 David Levy.
private soldier. was sent to one of
the army hospitals while suffering
from some small ailment. which. how
ever, was sufficient to incapacitate him
for duty. One day he disappeared from
the hospital. It was found later that he
had deserted and gone home, his later
explanation being that he thought he
could recover his health quicker If he
was among his own people. In due
time he was apprehended by the mill
tary authorities and returned to the
front. going by way of Washington.
While in Washington under guard
and awaiting trial for desertion he
managed to bring his case to the at
'uention OF President Lincoln. The
president sent for him, heard his story
and closed the incident by giving him
pardon, and from here the story
skips some thirty-eight years.
In December last the pension depart
ment received an application for pen
sion from David Levy. In looking up
the records in the adjutant generals
office 1t was discovered that David
Levy was carried with the word de
serter" opposite his name. He was in
| formed by the pension officials that
pensions were not for deserters. He
replied that 1t was true that he had
been a deserter, but that he had been
pardoned by the president and had
served faithfully until the end of the
war. The pension authorities an
swered in turn that If he had pardon
he must produce it. as the records bore
no evidence of the existence of such
document. And thereupon Levy sent
the pardon. Just as written by the
president
The pardon Is written on bit of
pasteboard about the size of an ordi-
| nary visiting card. The writing. though
dimmed by age. is clearly legible, and
would be recognized at once by those
familiar with the angular hand of the
martyred president There is no cir
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08
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lures. which in repose had not a Inca
ment Of anything but sadness. If ever
an invoking spirit came to the sur
face. it was the spirit of Abraham Lin
coin. The recollection of those few
minutes when he was addressing the
multitude is a treasured remembrance.
All through the afternoon and even
ing store boxes. steps and pcrches
were utilized by spellbinders. polit-
ically bubbling over. and, as lodging
quarters for the host were out of the
question. speechmaking. at sporadic in
tervals, broke out until the morning
hour. BY chance, deemed good luck,
| climbed to the top of a tanning mill
standing on the platform at the sta
ton, and curled up in the hopper. out
of all danger of being stumbled over
or stepped on. 1t was not exactly of
the shape to fit the human form. so
the form had to assume n shape to fit
it. 1t was a coveted place to rest.
however, but when / awoke in broad
daylight there was an excruciating
stiffness in the joints of my frost-cov-
cred body which made 1t exceedingly
hard to get off the perch. and some
time elapsed before normal shape was
assumed. cast. as had been, in hop
per mold Not until Chicago was
reached was the delight of a square
meal experienced. fast of nearly four
days. in which time no boots or gar
ments had been shufiled off. no face
washed save in watermelon juice; but
as in the economy of our nature pains
are not remembered, the recollection
of that excursion with its collateral de-
! lights, is pleasant to recall.
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08

Rumors that the Anderson house. at
Soldiers home. Washington, known as
president Lincoln's summer home"
was to be torn down to make room for
new buildings provided for at the last
session of congress. brought forth pro-
tests from all over the country.
Persons familiar with the history of
the splendid old residence were earn
est in their wishes that it be not dis
turbed. and so strong was this feeling
that 1t was determined by the COM
mission that should ii be found ad-
visable and necessary to utilize por-
tlon or all of the site on which the
building stands. the building itself Will
be moved to another part of the
grounds. which include 5O3 acres.
Anderson house was on the tract of
land when 1t was purchased. and 1t
was remodeled and fitted up for sum
mer residence for the president. it be-
ing first occupied by President Blu
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state and adjoining states planned ex-
cursions, offering extremely low rates
the round trip from Chicago being
but SO. ! concluded to be among the
axcursionists.
Three long passenger trains start
ed from the city and it was our mis-
fortune to board the last one. Mis-
fortune. l say. fer the other two trains
seemed filled with patriotic gluttOns
on foraging expedition. for the trains
followed each other so closely that the
eating houses did not have time to re-
cuperate or replenish. so they were as
bare, when our train arrived. as the
cupboard of Old Mother Hubbard-not
bone left. The day was delightful. the
air Just keen enough to whet our ap-
petite to an edge which would not
have questioned the quality of any
spread obtainable-even breakfast
food half sawdust would have been
relished. Our train missed but very
few of the side tracks. and fingered
for while on most of them. So a
day and a night were consumed before
Springfield hove in sight. The city
was but an insignificant one compared
to what 1t is now. and was pervaded
by the spirit of the sluggish, turbid
Sangamon on whose banks it reposed.
and was in no way prepared to take
care of such n congested mass of hu-
manity. estimated at over 100. 900 peo-
pie. Square meals and lodgings were
out of the question and fortunate was
he who could get crackers. stale
sandwich or secondhand cup of
coffee.
The only thing. except people. was
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08

THE old fellow turned as white as
sheet. You see, we did not know
at that time just what course the
United States government would pur-
sue toward the men who had fought in
the confederate army or held office
under the confederate government.
The old fellow broke the seal and took
out large document. portentous look.
ing indeed. He read hurriedly and
then laughed.
Its all right he said. and he
handed me the letter. 1t was ad.
dressed to Lieutenant Governor Price.
and signed by Abraham Lincoln. 1t
requested him to call the Virginia
legislature together at once to take
action regarding the changed condi-
tion of affairs in the state. In con.
clusion were these words, which |
shall always remember: Il want Won
people to come back and hang up your
hats on the sane old pegs
But on the very night that letter
was received, | think" said Major Al.
derson, the president was assassi-
mated. and his plans for the govern
ment of the states which secede' were
never carried out"
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08
LINCOLN AND VIRGINIA.
Agitation by Ex- Confederate Official
tte of

I'm April, 1865. just after the end
of the war" said Major Anderson. Il
was sitting on the porch of the resi-
dence of Lieutenant Governor Price in
Lewisburg. in Greenbrier county. had
just returned home from the army,
and you may well believe | was en-
Toying the rest and the company of
the prettiest girl in the world. Gov
ernor Prices daughter, who was on
the porch with me.
While we were talking" Major AL,
derson continued, "a soldier suddenly
galloped into sight and drew rein at
the door He asked ii that was Gov
ernor Prices house, and upon my tell
ing him that il was he said he brought
a letter for Governor Price from the
president Of the United States
II told him that the governor was
down on his farm two or three miles
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08

away and that as he seemed tired and
broken down would deliver the let
ter
Il found the old fellow at work in
the barn tanning wheat" Major Alder
son went on. with a reminiscent smile.
They had buried two or three sacks
of grain to keep it from falling into
the hands of the northern troops. and
now they had resurrected it and were
cleaning it to have some bread. A
negro was turning the wheat fan, an
other was scraping away the cleaned
wheat and Governor Price was stand
ing by the hopper working the grain
through to the riddles.
II jumped OF my horse and hurried
into the barn.
Governor | said in some exciEe-
ment. here is a letter for you fro IL
the president of the United States
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08

cumlocution or legal verbiage about
it. 1t goes straight to the point, as
follows:
"If David Levy shall enlist and serve
faithfully for one year, or until other
wise honorably discharged. l will par
don him for the past. A. Lincoln.
January 12, 1866"
1t will be observed that technically
considered this is not pardon. but
only the promise of pardon. How.
ever. David Levy was able to show
that he had faithfully carried out the
conditions fixed by the president. and
the pension department corrected the
records and granted him pension.
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08

perhaps carry more of a serious intent
than we imagine.
In the progress of the seasons ST
valentines day holds a place al, its
own 1t marks division of the vear
which, while not notable in eitber
temperature or weather, is vet readily
recognizable. We have passed tho
winter solstice. The vernal eouinox
is close at hand. Here comes St. Val.
entine to warn us of the change.
The back of winter is broken To,
it snow or freeze, on st. Valentines
day we put winter behind us. The
sun is high and ranging higher day bv
day White as the landscape NAV he
under its wintry shroud TODAY we
have promise of the revival of life
hidden underneath. And so we cele.
brate with the exchange of assurances
of affection. of quips and cranks of 10.
cose regard. and sometimes of those
OF deeper meaning. St Valentine is
not a back number. even in these re
mote, and, as some say, degenerate
days.
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08

Gen. Pelham stood at the office win
low and listened to the crisp fiutter'
Ing of the few dry leaves overhead.
Any hour and all weathers the gen
eral might be seen looking out that
open window to the grave on the lawn
where wild grass and bluets grew.
The grave always seemed fresh and
new to the general. though to the rest
of the world it was forty years old.
This widow 'Lamont"-the general
walked with the light. alert tread OF
the military man back and forth from
the window to his stout plantation
homemade desk-"seems a cheerful
soul; woman of parts; a very pretty
wit. Doubtless very pleasant eyes be-
hind her glasses-ahem! A woman of
wealth, of great wealth."
He handled the letters laid out on
his desk. letters showing a very pretty
wit.
"Joscelyn Pelham"-he stopped
short in his walking to and fro. and
addressed himself in stern arraign-
ment-"do 1 find you a seeker after
paltry lucre? Do find you marring
mans finest sensibilities-"
But what are the antique sensibil-
tiles of age against the pressing ne
cessities of youth and the present?
"But-those children-Edith, so like
her"-an involuntary turn to the open
window-"her grandchild-they are
her grandchildren as well as
mine-"
Grandchildren! For that golden
haired darling of re twenty years out
under the bluets.
Il ,mont? Lamont?" unused the gen
eral. Il recall no statesman, no great
deed -ahem,-connected with that
nam-Lamont. Wealth. even great
wealth without-somewhat of promi-
nence-a name of honorable repute-
perhaps is not by the discerning
deemed wholly sufficient"
With that he reached to the row of
encyclopedias above his desk. He
chose out that stout leather volume
XVII: "Pag-Pug."
Turning the leaves midway, read
ing: pelham, Joscelyn, Gen. B. 1S-
(ahemD Led famous charge, etc,
splendid military achieve
ments. etc.
Replacing the volume-"A liis-
three lines-only. But. then--who to-
day has three lines in the American
Universal? Many better man, per-
haps, has not. True! Every resource
a,r them-for her grandchildren as
we'll as mine.
And tonight she comes. the widow
Lamont. to visit us here at Prairie
Lodge. And tomorrow unless-per-
haps-the foreclosure of Prairie
Lodges mortgage will be advertised.
Every resource"
He touched up his white hair and
mustache before the tiny mirror that
hung on the office wall, and stepped
lightly across from the office to the
house.
"And so, Edith" the old man seated
himself stifiy. but elegantly. near the
cracking wood blazes. ''and so the
widow Lamont is to come this even
ing"
1.-The widow Lamont, as we and the
world have long called her." with a
ripple of laughter. ''is already here.
and, oh, dear grandpapa. you don't
know how I hope you will love her."
Love her!"
Were his secret designings penetrat-
ed? Were these with the callousness
of youth hurrying him to the sacrifice?
Stop. No gentleman would so desig-
nate 1.-THE expedlent adjustment.
Yes, dear grandpapa, for she says
she has already learned to love you"
BLESS my soul!" The old command
er sprang from his chair. This was
courtship approached along no daily
ing path, but pressed on by short
marches.
From your kind letters. grandpapa
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08

that they would eat from his hands.
One day visitor asked him where so
many crows came from.
They come over here from Vir-
ginia to get something to eat" was
the reply of the president. Il have
heard it said that If the crows re-
mained in Virginia they would starve
to death. Over there the people tie
knots in the tails of their pigs to keep
them from getting through the cracks
in the pens. I suppose the pigs would
come over here, too. II they could
swim the Potomac"
A large painted sign on the Ander-
son house bears these words:
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08

Congress has appropriated 100000
for improvements and repairs at the
Soldiers home-new mess hall and
dormitories. 100000; addition to hos
pital. 100000. and $4,000 for the ad
ministration building.
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08

Love may laugh at locksmiths. but
he doesn't dare laugh at wodlock
The Lamar register., 1905-02-08
HEARD LINCOLN IN 1860.

of Listened
to Speech hfronth of he
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01
Beware of ointments for catarrh

That Contain Mercury, As mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely de range the whole system when enter ing it through the mucuous surfaces Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputa- ble physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mu- cuous surfaces of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken in- terDally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Go. Testimon ials free.
 Sold by druggists. Price, 75c per bottle.
 Take Halls Family Pills for consti- patton.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01

Ugly Weapon-A Mexican stagger- ing along Naco Road was arrested at an early hour yesterday morning by Officer White. When searched the man was found to have the butt end of a crowbar concealed beneath his coat. Later in the day he was given fifteen days in jail by Justice Mur- phy. While the Mexican is serving his term the officers will investigate to ascertain if they can not connect him with some of the holdups of sev- eral weeks ago on the Naco Road. There is a suspicion that the man car ried the iron for a well defined pur- pose, and that the latter was rot far removed from the hold-up class.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

Notice is hereby given: That the partnership lately subsisting between the undersigned, Geo. F. Roberts and Sidney Harris, carrying on business at the Hermitage Saloon, in the City of Bisbee. was on the 23rd day of Febru- ary, 1905, dissolved by mutual con sent, and that the business in future will be carried on by the said Geo. F. Roberts, who will pay and discharge all debts and liabilities and receive all money payable to the said late firm.
 GEO. F. ROBERTS.
 SIDNEY HARRIS.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01
THE oRNpoRFF HOTEL.

Fl Paso is enterraInIns maRy Of the people from Bisbee, Douglas. Can nee, and surrounding towns. It is suggested that when In the Pass Cir they try the orndorff hctel It has Handsomely furnished roomA. is 30 pleasantly situated on the Plaza, and the cuisine of the highest class, that visitors will be thoroughly sat iaeed with their rislt to the Or1dorff
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01
MINING APPLICATION NO. e61
 Survey No. 1892.
States Land Office,

United States Land Office,
 Tucson, Arizona, January g. 1905.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That in pursuance of Chapter Six of Title Thirty-two of the Revised Stat utes of the United States, COPPER QUEEN CONSOLIDAED MINING COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York, and having its principal place of business in the Territory of Arizona, at the City of Bisbee, in the County of Co., chise, in said Territory, and whose postoffice address Is Bisbee, Cochfse county. Arizona, by its Attorney in Fact, Walter Douglas, whose postofice address is Bisbee, Cochlse County, Arizona, has made application for
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01
COAL. 21o.

To the Ladies of Bisbee-Having just received a line of the latest pat tern hats from New York City, will open millinery parlors in Hughes block, on March l. Special attention given to order work. Mrs. J. P. Will liamson.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01

O'Hare Still sick-The case of Mar tin O'Hare against W. J. Lewis, the same embodying a difference of opin- ion between the gentlemen as to the ownership of town lot. was again postponed yesterday in the court Of Justice Murphy. MT. O'Hare's phy- sician sent in a certificate when the case was called advising the court that MT. O'Hare was still in condi- tion that would not allow of his con- ing out of doors without serious risk to health. The court put the case over until next Monday afternoon.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01

Miss HoiIister speaks-National w. c. T. U. Organizer Miss Hollister will deliver an address at the Presbyterian Church this afternoon at 2:30. lnvi- tation is extended to all to attend. Miss Hollister is an able woman, and her talks in the city have aroused much interest.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01

Again Wreeked-All streets in the city and roads leading from 1t are again in miserable condition as the result of the rains of the last two days. These have guttered the roadways and knocked things endways generally. Getting about without wading through mud and water is out of the range of possibility on any of the thorough fares.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01
s s s s !. s sE s H s s ss sst
 BUSINESS and LOCAL H . 1 sss Hs s = s . 1H H 1 E.
HAIR NATURALLY ABUNDANT.
When It Is Free of Dandruff, It Grows
 LuxurfantIy.

Hair preparations and dandruff cures. as a rule, are sticky or irritating affairs that do no earthly good. Hair, when not diseased, grows naturally, luxuriantly. Dandruff is the cause of nine-tenths of all hair trouble, and dandruff is caused by germ. The only way to cure dand- rufr is to kill the germ; and. so lar. the only hair preparation that will positively destroy the germ is Newbros Herpicide- absolutely harmless, free from grease. sediment. dye matter or dangerous drugs. It allays itching instantly; makes hair glossy and soft as silk. Destroy the cause. you remove the effect" Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. fin stamps for sample to The Herpiclde Co.. Detroit Mich
 The Bisbee Drug O.. Bisbes. Arizona
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01

Waiting on Weather-The contrac- tors who have the Medigovich build ing are ready to proceed with the erec- ton of the walls as soon as the weather will permit Brick for the walls has arrived and is on the ground ready for use. Mir. Medigo- Yich has made agreement to keep the walls out of the street, and if he com plies with the terms made will not be further interfered with by the city.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01

Get away from the stench. New MOON ADDITION LOTS must ALL GO! They are just what you want, and the prices will make you feel GLAD. CUT OUT THE RENT drain and build a HOME, SWEET HOME" in the healthy. clean smelling, NEW MOON ADDITION.
 SEE EDWARDS & WREN ABOUT IT.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01

A tooth brush that will get into the crannies and crevices of your teeth One that does not shed its bristles in hard use. 25c to 75c. Bisbee Drug Co.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01
BRIEF
 CITY
 NEWS

Benefit Danee-The members of the Rebecca Lodge of this city will give benefit dance in the Opera House Tuesday evening, March I.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-01

Table cutlery, carvrng sets, butch CT knives, bread knives, pocket cut lery, scissors, all going at sacrifice. Bisbee Trading Co.