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America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-11-12

Izic. Daca vad ca NO sd sc fndrep-
teze sa staruiesc pc langa el sd
mearga la BucureSti intr'un SO.
natoriu. LA tara, orr ce s'ar zice
nu poate sd alba 1ngrijire ca Ia
oras, zise Hinca, Gu . usoara
nuanta de tristete in vocea eli.
'Da, asa-i. HIM, Imi pare rau,
Am auzit ca are voce minunata.
Am VENT sal aud cAntand macar
f4data,t' raspunse TrAndafirescu.
''Sa mergem sal 7edem, 8 / zise
Vioreanu, ridicandn-se.
':Asteptati 50 luati dejunul.
Mere 81 Gu ca eri, cu treburi nu
N am putqt duce sal vad," zise
ninca, Il Ell 81 pregzteasca al,
junul.
Qua Gu zeama, unit proaspat,
smantana 81 cafea, Gu alt ceva nu
" pot servi y. dejun, De amiazG
ayem mel, . timpul lor u pui,
sunt cam mici inch, Il nan Moi
m gust zise uinca ximbind
sand 4 'au pus d masa. Il
Sofia " fntretines mai mutt cll.
Vioreanu, vorbind d9 ufs efeisI
q ehei cre M yaai, " y pel
.pnl 4 ei 81 rpeonsts Iires ospo..
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America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-11-12

In numele Parochiei ''Sfanta
Cruce" multumim la toti fratii
care au participat la aceasta pc
trecere.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-11-12

Lungu $1.O0; Nick Calm membru
soc. P. Nicolae $1.0O; loan Ca
prita membru soc. Invierea $1.0O;
Nick Baia $1.OO; Lascu Foresea
$1.OO; Axente Toma $1.O0; Ha-
riton Caprita membru al soc. P.
Nicolae $10O; Nick Forsea men,
bru soc. P. Nicolae $1.OO; Noise
Puscas membru soc. P. Nicolae
$l.OO; Axente Caprita membru
soc. Invierea $1.00; Sam Milea
$500; d-soara Elisabeth Banceu
$3.50; loan Neamtu, guardianul
soc. P. Nicolae $1.OO; Ilarie Bote-
zan pres. al soc. ReInvierea. $1.0O; !;
Vasile Baciu membru soc. Rein
vierea $1.OO; loan Opris $1.OO;
Geo. Muntean membru soc. Invie.
rea $l.OO; Geo. COstariu membru
soc. P. Nicolae $1.OO; Nick Stan
membru soc. p. Nicolae $1.OO;
Aron Clan membru soc. Mihai
Viteazul din Folanssbee, w. Va
Nick Dragosin membru Soc P.
Nicolae $1.OO; loan Giurgiu
membru soc. Coroanaf Romaniei
$500; loan Negriu $1.0O; Victor
Leabu pres. aranjator 5000;
Nick Salasky $1.00; Geo. Banceu
1925; Achim Blajan $1.OO; Ar
ghir Boeri membru soc. Invierea
$1.OO; Adam Luca membru SOC
P. Nicolae $1.75; Geo. B. Gava
$1.OO;
Mai urmeaza inca alti donatori
Gu ceva daruri, pentru a Sc vindc
in lOc de lunciuri.
/. Jinga ceva in suma de $500:
Mihai Jinga suma de $500; Vic
tor Leabu suma de 5000; Petru
Stan $500; Nick Berindea $500;
loan Dobrin $500; Noise Puscas
(pita) de 5000; Axente Toma
20 sunca) de $500; George Ban
ecu au mai daruit inca ceva $500
Arghir Boeriu $500; George
Oancea $500.
Multumita Sc aduce din partea
parochiei, la fratele Victor Leabu
find ca presedinte aranjator la
aceea petrecere, ii multumim din
lnlma pentru silinta 81 munca ca
re au depus-o pentru acest scop.
Totodata multamim frateste 81 Ia
Societatea Printul Nicolae, ca
ne-au lasat hala gratis pc aceea
seara, 81 speram ca 81 moi ne vom
tinea de datoria noastra.
In general multumim la toti
acela care si-au dat Obolul Dior
pentru 81 numai la Biserica noa-
stra adevarat romaneasca 81 spe-
ram ca 81 pc viitor ne yeti da tot
aceea ocaziune.
lntratele 1852. 20
Esitele -. 4535.
VENT curat . $1O6 *
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-11-12
DoINA...

DINA.
I.
Tu, duiosule copac
De la margine de lac,
Iubitor de zari senine,
Multi as yrea sa flu ca tine!
Sa flu Impede vioara
Care tainic Sc ''fioara
81 pc care firea canta
Dorurile Geo framanta
81 pc care firea spune
Soapta eli de rugaciune.
Multi as vrea sa pot canta
Cantece,
Descanteee,
Cum doineste frunza ia.
Multi as vrea sd flu ca tine
81 sd ma desbrac de mine:
Sa flu sfesnic
Unde vesnic
Ca 81 n trupul tau euminte -
Arde-al firii duh fierbinte.
II.
Tu, duiosule copac
De la margine de lac,
Iubitor de zdri senine,
Multi as vrea sa flu Gu tine:
Vanturile sd ma bata
Gu mamie ne'mpacata,
Ploaia sa ma biciuiasca
Gerul sa ma 'ncremeneasca
81 sd flu nepasator
81 sd les invingator! H..
Oar mi-e teama, multi
mi-e teama
Ca nu pot sa-ti flu de-o seama |:
Tu esti mare ca potopul,
Eu sunt mic cum este stropul.
Tu estl tare ca un 1nunte,
Eu imi plec smerita frunte.
lar in mine jalea
Isl croeste calea;
lar avantul meu
Doarme somnul greu,
lar gandirea mea
Licure abia..
George Dumitrescu.
Din 'Romania Viitoare"D.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-11-12

rile ce lie preda 81 face progrese
uimitoare, 81 Ilinca Gu Trandafi-
rescu, despre boala lui unchiu-su,
de fncapatinarea matuse-sei de a
null lasa sd mearga la spital, de
teama ca IL omoara doctorii ca
sal cioparteasca, de treburile gQs-
podariei 81 de munca campului,
de care are o deosebita tragere
de inima.
Inca nu Sc ridicasera de Ia
'masa cand sosi in goana un baiat
ca de vre-o optsprezece AMI, varul
llinchei, si ii spuse Gu vocea agi-
tata "a yina, mai repede Cd lui
tat-su lisa facut mai rau si~o
chiamA sal spuie ceya.
S'au ridicat repede de Ia masa
81 fau plecat Gu totii.
Preotul Mia era in prima faza
4 agoniei, De-abia 4 fost in stare
s. rosteasca cateya cuvinte.
De &c M mai chemat mai Gu
rfnd daca Al vazut "a ii merge
spre rau, Ti-am spus de Du-
q. -: = xse " Z Il !. - - q q a ~ 81 I, SSf - 4s
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-11-12
IUrnllarsl

Parintele Mia find consultat
de Ilinca fu de aceasi parere, fell.
citand pc Sofia pentru 'ideia 81
sfatul ei, 81 peste cateva zile dupa
sarbatorile Pastilor, mesterii 81
san pus pc lucru. 81 intro luna
curtea razaseasca Ilinchei ma
rita prin curtea lui mos Pirvu
seman1 IA toate privintele Gu 0
curte boereascS. Grajdul fu ma
III, hambarele si patulele muta-
III, locuinta argatilor durata lanea
glsjd, a casele spoite si vapsite,
xdeau aspectul unei gospodarii
nopi, cn chibsuintx alcatnitx, d
\ = - umbln ds viata 81 zgo-'
7 - t de mult dorit al
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-11-12
De INcHIRIAT

4 camere intr'un apartament.
1887 Hunt Ave. $14.00, intrebati
la Farmacia Gordon Square.
6425 Detroit Avenue Cleveland, o.
(264, 65-66).
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-11-12
De INCHIRIAT

Case Gu cinci camere 1876 Hunt
Avenue. $500, intrebati la Far.
macia Gordon Square.
6425 Detroit Ave. Cleveland, O.
(264, 65-66).
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
RENO, PLANNING
HIGH JINKS FOR
FOURTH OF JULY

With the intent Of making her the
regal sponsor of the biggest Fourth
of July celebration in the country
,his year, the Nevada Roundup com
mittee has just secured the assur-
ance of Miss Viola Dana, famous
motion picture star that she will
come to Reno from Los Angeles to
preside as queen over the multitude
Of festivities that open there on July
, for the big four-day celebration. As
in the past, the annual rodeo will
be the stellar attraction. However,
the night entertainment in town will
be Of unprecedented magnitude, with
an automobile and industrial show,
a big 49 camp, carnival concessions
and elaborate free street entertain
ment all programmed.
The committee is striving particu-
larly to make the roundup a thor
oughly allNevada affair with every
section of the state equally interest
ed with Reno in it, To promote this
purpose a statewide election of maids
Of honor to attend Miss Dana during
her stay in Reno has been instituted
The state has been divided into 10
districts, each of which is asked to
elect a maid of honor, who will be
lust as royalty entertained as Miss
Dana. whom they will attend in the
dfspensation of her regal offices, and
with her. will be guests of honor at
the most elaborate banquet ever
planned for Reno. The maids of
honor will have all expenses paid
by the roundup committee.
Several innovations are being made
this year in the interest Of keener
and more representative comptition
in tn rodeo events out at the track.
The prize list has been generally in
creased and special awards for the
best Nevada cowboy and the best
Nevada-owned bucking horse to make
strong appeal to talent from this
state
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
BIG PROFIT MADE
SPECULATING IN
CROWN EXCHANGE


BUDAPEST. June IA remark
able story of how young Hungar-
ian made a profit Of 100000 crowns
by specializing with his wifes dowry
and then sending her and her dow
ry back to her father, has just come
to light here.
Four months ago Joseph Klein, a
young merchant of Budapest of small
means, married a Pennsylvania girl
and received with her dowry Of
100000 Rumanian lei, worth at pres
ent exchange rates about IA GEMS
per lei
The bridegroom quickly changed
his wife's dowry into Hungarian cur
rency and received in exchange A.
100000 crowns, the crown then being
quoted seven to the lei.
After the honeymoon the young
husband found that his good opinion
Of both the Rumanian currency and
of his wife had declined, and that
the crown was now only five to the
lei
Mr. Klein thereupon bought back
his wife's dowry for 10.00O,O00
crowns and sent her and her dOwry
back to her father. By that trans
action Klein made a clear profit of
100000 crowns and is now said to
be on the lookout for another wife.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
SEARCH FOR LOST
RIVER Of GOLD
IS UNDERTAKEN

\
ED#DNTO,. Alberta. June /.
Search for lost river a river u
..GH wu be- undertaken this yalr
bs several rrosnactors. including old
timers from the Yukon and Alaska,
who aro now here outdumg for the
ing Journey into the north country.
This Lost river bel. where the Peace
r.ycr once flowed is somewhere in
.1c big bend Of the Peace. bisectel
ly line drawn from Fort ST. John
ro the mouth OF the Battle river
Some wears ago an Indian brought
into Fort ST. John a fatr-stzed gold
nugget which. according to the tale
.al1 m cld-tmors of the north. he
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
Will MANIPULATE
ALL CITIES AS AN
AID TO AVIATORS
CBy Associated Press)

OLYMPIA, Wash, June Huge
nameplates" with letters large
enough to be read 1000 feet in the
air, will be erected in all parts of
Washington if the cities of the state
follow the recommendations Of T. H.
Hill, director of the state develop
ment bureau here.
Mr. Hill has started campaign to
have cities erect the signs so that
aviators who have lost their bearings
may readily locate themselves. A
number Of commercial clubs have
already taken up the suggestion, so
that 'ho who flies may read"
The huge letters. spelling the
names Of the cities, would be located
near landing fields.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
START SEARCH
FOR OLD SEAL
OF WASHINGTON

TACOMA. Wash, June Am Off
cial search has been started by Sec
retary of State Grant Hinkle of
Washington for the old territorial
seal Of Washington which was made
in 1853 and disappeared in 1862. II
found the seal will be placed in a
public museum
Pioneer residents Of the state are
to be interviewed by officials of the
secretary of states office in an eff
fort to get trace Of the seal.
Stories handed down at the capitol
at Olympia say the seal vanished
when a secretary of the territory was
removed from office and it was
thought he made away with it in
anger over his removal An impro-
vised territorial seal was made by a
blacksmith and it was used until
statehood came in 1889
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
MooNsHINE cONFlscATEo
NEAR PINE TREE CAMP

Twenty gaU10s Of mc0n3NiDe whis
key is reported 10 have been confs
Gated by sta rn..ra officer. .n the
vicinity Of Manhattan Monday after
noon. The ownership Of the fire
water has not been fully determined
Il was taken from young man
thought to have been in the employ
Of another party No arrests have
been made.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01

POLES DEFEATED
BY THE GERMANS
EAST OF THE ODER

thy Associated Press)
ANNABERG, SiIesia. June Pol.
ish insurgents who attacked German
defense organizations in this little
village, about II miles southeast of
Oppeln and east of the Oder river,
have been defeated, and were retreat
ing northeastward during the night.
Following the repulse of the Polish
attack the Germans launched a
counter offensive, driving the Poles
as far as Kalinow, about three miles
to the northeast.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
ELECTED SUPERINTENDENT
OF ELKo GRAMMAR SCHOOL

The board of trustees Of the Elko
public schools at their meeting last
Friday elected c. w Smith of Fal-
lon as superintendent OF Elko gram
mar schools for the ensuing year
Mr. Smith was at one time superin.
tendent of the Tonopah schools
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
HARDWOOD ASSN.
LOSES ITS FIGHT


WASHINGTON, D. c., June 1.-The
supreme court refused the petition
of the American Hardwood Manufac-
turers' association for a writ of su-
persedas to serve as a stay against
an injunction obtained by the gov
ernment to prevent members eX-
changing price information.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
VOLSTEAD BEER
BILL REPORTED

WASHINGTON. d. c. June l.
The house judiciary committee has
agreed to report ont the Volstead
bin which would prohibit sale Of beer
on a physicians prescription for use
by the sick.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
ANOTHER AMERICAN
KILLED IN MEXICO

WASHINGTON, u c. June l.
Emmett Bohaunan, American. was
killed by bandits at his home in
Tamnico. Mexico, the night of May
30. The American consulate at Tam
pleo reported to the state depart
meut. No details were given.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
rs PERSONS REPORTED
KILLED IN FIGHTING;
DECLARE MARTIAL LAW


(By Associated PressD
TULSA Okla, June 1.-Nearly II
souare blocks of the south side ne
gro section of Tulsa. where an arm
cd conflict has been in progress
between white men and negroes since
early last night, resulting in the re
rorred deaths of sir whites and 81
negroes. we're in flames today. The
fire is reported to be spreading anC
is threatening to wipe out the white
residence section.
Detachments of guardsmen scatter
ed throughout the city are prepared
to meet all emergencies with machine
guns Guards surrounded the ar
morv while others assisted in round
ing up the negroes and segregating
thom in jail. The convention hall
baseball park and other places have
been turned into prison camps. The
trouble started with the arrest OF
DIX Rowland, a negro, charged with
assault
State troops, under command OF
Adjutaut General Barrett arrived at
9 o'clock this morning to take
charge Of the situation, augmentine
local units Of guardsmen who were
called out last night At this time
there we're reports Of sporadic
shooting and the situation seemed to
be easing. The trouble is reported
to have started as a result Of the ar
rest Of Dick Rowland, a negro, al
legged to have assaulted an orphaned
white girl
The first attempts to fire the negro
quarter started at 1:3O a m, Fire
men who attempted to lay a hose
on two burning houses used as a
garrison by about so negroes, we're
turned back by the whites About
6:4O a. m. fires in negro shacks
along Archer street were started. AS
the flames spread the negroes with
upraised hands and crying Don't
shoot" fed from the blazing houses
and we're rounded up and placed in
prison camps.
Martial law was declared to be in
effect in the city and county about
noon by Adjutant General Barrett
following receipt of orders from Gov
ernor Robertson directing the mill
tary to take over the situation.
The fires continued to rage all
morning in the negro section, but at
ll:3O a. m. it was believed that the
white residence districts would es
cape. 1T would mean the fremens
lives to turn a stream Of water on
one of those negro buildings Fire
Chief Alder asserted earlier in the
day
Nine white men are known to have
been killed in the race clash and
Police Chief Gustafson estimated the
negro dead at 65, In addition scores
Wore wounded. approximately 5000
negroes are under guard in deten
ton camps. Guardsmen are station
ed at strategic points throughout the
city and the trouble is believed tC
be over Major Charles w. Daley
Of the police force this afternoon es'
timated the dead at IT'S. His opinion
is that a number of negroes were
burned to death when their homes
were swept by the fire.
A military commission, composed
Of seven city officials and business
men, to pass upon the status OF the
5000 negroes held under guard, has
been formed by Mayor Evans ant
Chief of Police Gustafson with thu
approval Of General Barrett.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
APPEAL FOR CUT
IN FREIGHT RATES

WASHINGTON, d C, June l.
Signed by the entire California con-
grassional delegation, an appeal Tor
reduction In trans continental
freight rates was sent TO the presi-
dent today
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
ACTION ON NAVY
BILL REAFFIRMED

WASHINGTON, H. c., June l.
The senate today reatdrmed its ac-
tion on the navy appropriations bill
providing for 10000 men instead Of
100 900 as voted by the house.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
CHANCELLOR MAYR
RESIGNS HIS POST

VIENNA, June L. Cabinet Chancet
lor Mayr has resigned because Of the
plehlseite on the question OF fusion
with Germany
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
Nnr AssncInteh Pre.sl

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, June I
Seventy-ive persons have been
killed in the Tulsa race outbreak
says a telephone message to Cover
nor Robertson from the Tulsa chief
Of police today,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-06-01
THE WEATHER

Tonight and Thursday
Fair and warmer
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-09
Beoone Dull Facts.

Two friendly little neighbors, aged
respectively Az and 5 years, recently
seated themselves on the curbstone
near my windows for q religious dis
cussion. 1t seemed they had over
heard some grown-ups repeating a
recent prophecy of certain sect as to
the imminent end of the world and
were greatly exercised at the report.
The elder child, a fair-haired skeptic
from a northern state, scornfully de-
clared that he didn't believe the story
but the swarthy, dark-eyed little Texan
solemnly asserted: "Yes, It's true;
know it's true; foh this mo'nin' l
read it in nah Bible" The midget
doesn't know one letter Of the alpha
bet from another, but he refuses to be
pinned down to vulgar facts when his
spirit wishes to soar. Are children
of the period brighter than their pred
ecessors? At his age / am sure l
could not have fibbed with so solemn
and convincing an air.-Los Angeles
Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-09
NATIONS DEBT TO PILGRIMS
Their Famous Compact of Government
Rightly Treasured as Great
State Document.

In the harbor at the tip Of Cape
Cod occurred the first birth and the
first death among the Pilgrims in
America. On board the Mayfower, as
she lay at anchor, was born Pere-
grine, son of William and Susanna
White. Here was another child for
the ships nursery, already occupied by
little oceanus Hopkins, who first saw
the light of day far out at sea.
The death was that Of Dorothy May,
wife of William Bradford, future gov
ernor of Plymouth colony. She was
drowned.
First of importance, however, Sf
all that occurred here, and also Yn
the sequence of events, was the draw
ing up and signing Of the famous COM
pact of government, originally desig-
mated by Bradford In his history as "a
combination" And so it was, in the
most literal sense, combination.
This agreement, made in writing by
a little group Of Englishmen who had
been dismissed by their mother coun-
try as good riddance to bad rubbish"
is now treasured by the nation In
America, to which they contributed as
much as one of three great documents.
The other two are the Declaration Of
Independence and the Constitution OF
the United States.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-09
MaIiqnant Ghost.

Last Christmas, house in Leeds
was visited by an amazing ghost. =
A woman, returning home, went into
the kitchen to warm herself at the
fire. Suddenly she was startled to see
two long white arms emerge from the
flames. Nearer and nearer they came,
until they gripped her arms above the
elbow.
The touch was like red hot iron, and
she fell fainting to the ground. When
she recovered she was surprised TO
find that there had been no fire in the
CRATE. She visited doctor, who ex-
amined her arms and found distinct
signs of burns. This was afterward
corroborated by another doctor.-Lon-
don Mail.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-09
CHRISTMAS DAY IN AFRICA
Pretty Picture of Charming Abode
In the Hills Above the Old
Town of Aleer.

Christmas day in Africa! And
what a dream of beauty and color,
blue sea, blue sky, groves of eucalyp-
tus and olive trees, climbing roses,
white-robed Arab women closely
yelled, their eyes only showing, bare
brown legs and feet, sometimes sill
yer bracelet on one leg, donkey boys
with nondescript, flowing garment,
red fez on their heads; color every
where. Our villa Is charming, stands
in a little wood of eucalyptus trees,
with big garden, balconies, terraces
and marble steps, large, high rooms
and lovely views on all sides, Nine.
Waddington writes from Algiers to
Scribner's. 1t is quite in the coun-
try, five or six kilometers from AL
giers very high up in the hills. Very
few people live in the town and the
whole hillside is studded with villas.
Moorish almost all, dazzling white, fiat
roofs and narrow windows. Quite at
the top, where we are, there are some
very CUllllGTluDlS EdSlclu uiOuCih
houses. I am writing at my window,
which gives on a terrace, from which
there is divine view Of the sea and
the snow mountains of the Djurjura,
miles away in Kabylie, and from one
corner through the faded dropping
leaves Of the eucalyptus l have a
glimpse of the town Of Algiers, lying
long, white streak far below.
The drawing-room is delightful
room-runs all the width of the house,
with windows on three sides, so that
we always have the sun. The furni-
ture is sketchy, not much of it, and
what there is is very ugly, but when
the Paris cases arrive, with few
tables and chairs and silver, the room
will look very different. There are
some carpets in the house, which are
absolutely necessary, as all the floors
are tiled. However, Charlotte has
done wonders with the. meager mate
rial she has.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-09
ABRAHAM . LINCOLN NEVER
SMOKED OR cHEWED TO.
BACCO.

A correspondent of the Boston
Herald expressing curiosity as to
whether Abraham Lincoln used tobac-
co.. William Sloane Kennedy volun-
teered the following information:
"I felt sure that in my valued copy
of Herndon's Lincoln the answer
would be found, and here it is, on p.
3O2 of vol. /: Lincoln was one day
riding in stage coach, the only
other occupant of which was a Ken
tuckian. The latter offered Abraham
a chew of tobacco. With a plain No,
sir, thank you, 1 never chew Lin
coin declined. Later in the day the
stranger, pulling from his pocket
leather covered case, offered Lincoln
a cigar, which he also politely declin-
ed on the ground that he never smok-
ed. When they separated, the Ken
tuckian, who had also offered Abe a
drink from his brandy flask, with the
same negative result, shook his head,
but frankly told him that, in his ex-
perience, he had found that "a man
who has no vices has id few vir-
tues Lincoln often told this anec-
dote on himself, says Herndon."