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THE SCRANTON TBUUJNE- WEDNESDAY MORJflNG, MAY 3, 1896.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
AND HIS CABIrwT
Portion of hutractive Lecture by
Hot. Charles A. Dana.
THE SAVIORS OF THE UNION
Am Estimate of the Me Who Advised
Ike War Presides! During the Great
cot Emergency of Modern Timet,
with Illattrative Anecdotes.
Following; are some ot the more In
teresting portions of Charles A. Dana's
recently delivered lecture on "Lincoln
and His Cabinet." although there Is
nothing in the lecture, as published In
the Sun. that Is uninteresting: When
Mr. Lincoln was Inaugurated as Presi
dent his first act was to name his cabi
net; and It was a common remark at
the time that he had put Into the cabi
net every man who had competed with
him for the nomination in the Repub
lican National convention. The first In
Importance, In consequence, was Wil
liam H. Seward, of New York. He had
leen the most 'prominent competitor
wlih Mr. Lincoln. It had been feared
by many of those who were opposed to
Mr. Seward's friends he had no per
sonal opposition, but some of his friend
had a eood deal It was feared by those
who were opposed to his friends that if
he became president his menus wouiu
run the covernment. and run it for pur-
Doses that all mlcht not approve. He
was made secretary of state.
It la worlh while to notice this: the
srreat oDnosltlon uaralnst Mr. Seward
was because he was a New Yorker, and
the Republican party in New York was
under the control, more or less decided,
of what Is called a boss. And they said
there shouldn't be any boss, but that
the Darty should direct Itself.. Well,
exactly what that means, I have not
been able to understand. An army with
out a general Is of no use, and a ship
without a cantain doesn't set navigated
safely. I notice, too, that the class of
politicians who are most strenuous
against bosses are those who are not
able to control for themselves the boss
who happens to be In power In their dis
trict or their state. At any rate, that
objection, managed by skilful politic
ians, and aided by Mr. Lincoln's per
sonal DODUlarlty in the West, availed
sufficiently to deprive Mr. Seward of the
nomination.
f The second man In importance to be
( put Into the cabinet was Mr. Chase, of
Ohio. He was a very able, noble and
spotless statesman: a man who would
have been worthy of the best days ot
the old Roman republic. He had been
a candidate, though less conspicuous
than Seward; and he was also a candi
date against whom the opposition that
had been raised against Mr. Seward
would not have availed, because while
Mr. Seward had a friend who was the
boss of the Republican party In New
York, Mr. Chase bossed It himself in
Ohio.
JUSTICE TO CAMERON.
Then there was Mr. Cameron,
Pennsylvania. He was made secretnry
of war. A very able man; a practical
politician of Immense knowledge and
resource; in earlier days a friend of
Ueneral Jackson; one of the lirst and
. most decided statesmen to embrace the
I Republican cause and to advocate the
Keuubllran rinctrfna. Hp hnhl the office
of secretary of war only a little over a
, year, I think, and there was un outcry
'-'against him because, they said, he was
buying too many guns, too many arms
she was spending too much money. And
t.lose who were acalnst bosses were
against this expenditure, because, they
aid, they didn't think it could be quite
correct. But all these things were In
vestlgated afterward and nothing was
ever proved against Simon Cameron ex
cept this, that he was a man with a
" Ttlanly heart In his bosom, that he ap
predated the magnitude of the contest
that was upon us, ana preparea lor it
accordingly. - His preparations were
equal to the danger at hand; and, In
tead of being decried, he ought to have
had, and finally obtain, the full credit
that waa entitled to him as a wise, pa
trlotlc, and provident statesman.
I Next. Mr. Bates, of Missouri, was
made attorney-general. He also had
been run a good deal as a candidate for
the presidential nomination against Mr.
Howard, but there had never been any
gneat probability that he would get it,
He was a most eloquent speaker and a
very fair lawyer, and he served out his
time in the cabinet until the end of the
administration. He was. an amiable
and a gifted ma' f entirely creditable
and 8?Jaefoy without possessing
anyfextraordlnm. ' genius or any un
Naval force of cmracter. Then, there
was Mr. C. B. Sfwth, of Indiana, who
waa secretary of till Interior, and Mont
gomery Flair, of Maryland, a Democrat
of the old school, was postmaster-gen
eral; all eminent, ablex useful men.
I must not forget, In this rapid review
of the assistants ot Mr. Lincoln, the
members of the cabinet, to speak of th
Connecticut .member, Gideon Welles,
He was secretary of the navy: and I am
happy at this distance to testify to the
truth that he was an excellent aecre
tary. He was a man of no decorations,
There was no noise in the street when
he went along; but he understood his
duty, and he did It efficiently, contln
uaiiy, ana unvaryingly, other men
were more conspicuous because they
were prougni more immediately in con
tact with the people. The navy Is off
at sea, and we don't see all the time
what It Is doing. I am able to testify
tnat Mr. weues was a perfect faithful
able, and successful public officer. The
navy under his control was far more
efficient it is true It was larger and
It was more energetic than It had ever
been before In our day. He was a sat
, Isfactory. and substantial member ot
the government, and was always cred
itable to the state that sent him forth.
EDWIN M. STANTON.
WTien Mr. Cameron went out of the
cabinet, Mr. Lincoln following the ad'
vice botn or uameron ana of Charles
Sumner, selected ns his successor in the
war department Mr. Edwin M. Stanton,
Stanton was an oia state's right Demo
crat. He had never voted anything but
the Democrat ticket up to that time. He
was a very extraordinary man, and It
was through him that I came to be put
Into the War department, and had the
ODDortunittes of acquiring the varlou
information that I hope to lay before
you this evening.
Mr. Stanton was a short, thick, dark
man, with a very large head and a mass
of black hair.- He was very intense,
and one of the most eloquent men thut
I ever met. He was entirely absorbed
In his duties. His energy was something
almost superhuman, and when he took
hold of the War department the armies
seemed to grow, and they certainly
gained In force ana vim ana thorough
ness. The time or preparation wnio
to us had before seemed so long an
tedious that w were almost losing
hope, that time came to an end, and the
time of action began, i earn tnat Mr.
Stanton was a very eloquent man. In
order to Illustrate that, if you will al
low me. I will tell a little story. In the
last year of the war, the Army of the
Potomac had hanging around It a man
a sort of peddler I think his name may
have been Morse. He wouia go aow
into the rebel lines and then he would
come back. When he went down, he
went In the character of a man who had
entirely hoodwinked the Washington
authorities and deluded them; and. In
spite of them, or by some corruption or
other, he always brought witn mm into
the Confederate lines something that
he people wanted down there, sonw
dresses M the ladles, or some little lux
unr that they couldn't get otherwise,
These things that ho took with him
wars always supervised by Government
agents before he went away. Then he
would come back again and bring us n
lot of valuable Information. As you
ass, ha was a kind of spy (or both sides.
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So he found a good thing in It. and we
found a good thing In it, because in tnat
ay we got a great deal of Information
about the strength ot armies, about the
preparation, about the movements or
the enemy, and so on: and It was
thought to be sufficiently useful to allow
this thing to go on. Well, at last ne
came back and -went to Baltimore and
got his outfit to take down South, and
when he came up, the chief detective of
the War department examined nls gooas
carefully, and found that he had got
lots of things that we could not allow
him to take. We had all his bills tell
ing where he had bought these things
in Baltimore. They amounted to per
haps 120.000 or $25,000, or more. A good
deal of his stuff was military goods and
uniforms, and .this, we said, is alto
gether too contraband. So we confis
cated the contraband goods and put
Morse In orison: and one afternoon coi.
Taylor, a very valuable military officer
and a nenhew of President Taylor, went
over to Baltimore and arrested the prin
cipal merchants of that town who liad
sold these goods to Morse, the chief dry
goods dealers and fancy merchants, ro
that no lady could get out and buy even
a ralr of gloves the next day, for the
shops were all shut. , . ( .
STANTON'S ELOQUENCE. !
Presently a deputation from' Balti
more came over to see President Lin
coln to say that this was a great out
rage, and, these gentlemen, most re
spectable merchants, faultless cltS
sens, ought all to be set Instantly at
liberty and damaaea Da id them. Mr.
.lncoln sent the deputation over to the
War department, and Mr. Ktanton
sent for me. He said: "All Baltimore
lit coming here. Sit down here and
hear the discussion we shall have.
So they came In. the bank presidents
the boss merchants of Baltimore.
There must have been at least fifty
millions of dollars in the deputation..
The gentlemen sat down around the
fire of the secretary's office, and began
to make their speeches detailing the
circumstances and the wickedness of
this outrage. There was no ground
for It, no Justification. After half a
dozen of them had spoken, Mr. Stan
ton began and delivered the most elo--
quent speech that I ever listened to.
He described the beginning of the war,
for which ho said there was no Justifi
cation. Being beaten in an election
was no reason for destroying the gov-
rnment. Then he went on to the fact
that half a million of bur young men
had been laid In untimely graves by
this conspiracy of the slave Interest.
He described the whole conspiracy In
the most solemn and Impressive terms,
and then he depicted the offence that
this man Morse, aided by these sev
eral merchants, had committed. He
said: "Gentlemen, If you would like
to examine the bills of what he was
taking to the enemy, here they are."
And when he finished, these gentle
men, without answering a word, got
up, and one by one went away. That
was the only speech I ever listened to
that cleared out the entire audience. .
Well, that's the sort of man Stanton
was. He was Impulsive, warm-blood
ed, very quick In execution, perhaps
not always Infallible in judgment. I
never knew n. man who could do so
much work In a given time. He was
a nervous man; a man of Imagination:
man utterly absorbed In the idea of
the republic one and Indivisible: and he
lived for it, wore himself out in the
service, and shortly after he ceased to
serve in that office, he passed Into
another world entirely exhausted, con
sumed by his devotion to public duties.
mat was tne kind or men Mr. Lincoln
had around him. Not all like Stanton;
not all like Cameron: not all' like
Chase; but all faithful to their duty.
all Amrlcans, all patriots.
Mr. Seward, for Instance, possessed
great, subtle,, far-reaching intelli
gence. He was an optimist. He had
imagination. He was reaching out al
ways toward the future and dwelling
upon it. The treaty by which we ac
quired Alaska was his doing. He also
negotiated and arranged the treaty.
that congress would not approve, for
the acquisition of St. Thomas, In the
West Indies. He believed that North
America should be one and united; one
government, one flag, one power. He
understood that the Islands of the An
tilles, like the frozen regions ot the
Arctic ocean, should all live and grow
great with that beautiful emblem, the
Stars and Stripes, floating over them.
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Probably In the administration Mr.
Seward had the most cultivated and
comprehensive Intellect. He wasn't
equal to Mr. Lincoln, because, as I have
said, he was altogether an optimist.
He didn't believe any permanent Injury
could happen to anybody as long as the
stars and stripes were there. During
the war, It was always said that he ex
pected to bring back the seceding states
by a friendly act of congress, or soma
device of negotiation. That was prob-
ably a fault In his judgment; yet, take
him for all In all. it would be difficult
to match him among living statesmen.
or among the statesmen of the world.
He was an American In earnest. He
believed In that democracy which la
democracy Indeed. He believed In the
constitution of the United States, and
his one desire was that Its blessing
should be extended and made perpetual
over all this continent. I look back up
on him with Intense gratitude. He set
up the landmarks toward which we are
to come, the boundaries which we are
to attain to. He proclaimed the prin
ciple of continental unity, and that
unity he would found In freedom, in
progress, and in Improvement of every
nature. ,
Such were the principal men by whom
Mr. Lincoln was surrounded. They
were very independent men. They were
not always satisfied with his decisions,
with his action; but he was !-aya
master of the house. There was no pre
tension about Abraham Lincoln. He
didn't put on any airs, and I never heard
him say a harsh word to anybody. I
never heard him speak a word of com
plaint. These other gentlemen, the
members of the cabinet, like human be
ings In general, were not pleased with
everything. Much was Imperfect; much
was not ordered In the best way: much.
pernaps. mignt nave been done better
If they Individually had had charge of
It. Not so with the president. He was
most calm, equable, uncomplaining.
and, to my mind, one ot the happiest
men that I have ever known. He al
ways had a pleasant word for every
body. -What he said showed the pro
foundest thought, even when he was
joking. He seemed to see every side of
eveyfr question. He never was impa
tient; he never was In u hurry; and ho
never tried to hurry anybody else. To
every one he was pleasant and cordial;
yet they nil felt that it was his word
that went at last; and until he had de
cided, the case hadn't been decided and
the final orders not Issued yet.
LINCOLN'S APPEARANCE.
But before going further, let me en
deavor to give those In this audience
who never saw Mr. Lincoln, some Idea
of his personal appearance. He was a
very tall man 6 feet. 4 Inches. His com
plexion was dark,' his eyes and hair
black; and though he was of lean, spare
habit. I should suppose he must have
weighed about ,180 pounds. He was a
man of fine fibre, and thus a brain ot
superior power was contained In a small,
but rather elongated skull. Horatio
Seymour once spoke of him as n man
"who wore a No. 7 hat and a No. 14
boot." His movements were rather an
gular, but never awkward; and he was
never burdened with that frequent
curse of unfortunate genius, the dread
ful oppression of petty self-consciousness.
It was a most remarkable character.
most rooiLrehenstt. th most iudle.
1Ms mind: he waf ha least faulty In
his conclusions of any man that I have
ever Jknown.-'.- He. never stepped too
soon, and he, never stepped too late.'
Just consider. If you can, 'the problem
that-was .before him wnen he became
president. One-third of the country In
open rebellion. Not .merely In rebellion
on account of this peculiar property In
slaves that we have spoken of, but
KATHERINE ALICE TINGLEY,
The New Theoaophical Jtahatma...
' ' From the Chicago Times Harold.
Mrs.6Katherlne Alice Tlngley, the new
theosuphlcal muhalma, seems to be as -e-markable
a woman In many ways as was
the great Uluvatsky herself. Hur identity
was revealed through the talkativeness
of a woman who knew the secret and who
coul not keep It. .Mrs. Tingley, so the
esoterclsts .all say, is the great clairvoy
ant, who can roll back the centuries and
See herself In all the various Incarnation
through which her soul has passed from
the beginning. For instance, she knows
that she and Mme. Hlavatsky were bosom
friends In Egypt 1.2U0 years before Christ,
when they, together, mapped out the
pians ot the thcosophical society. They
knew each other in this life, too, althougn
lilavatsky never mentioned Mr. Ting
ley's name to anyone. This was due to
the fact that they conversed In "the as
tral" only. The new female mahatam re
sembles the Hlavatsky physically, but she
Is not an orutor. She la, in this life. Just
also because they had an Intellectual
conviction that they had a right under
the constitution to leave the union,
when they thought It was advantag
eous to do so.
They had come Into the union, they
had accepted the constitution, and
they couldn't admit that that was an
Irrevocable transaction. The right of
rebellion had been talked of In every
quarter. Every man has a right to re
bel, we are told. If only he Is willing to
take the consequences. That was the
doctrine of our seceding countrymen In
the south. They were defending their
property as we would defend ours, and
they were defending what they con
sidered to be an Inherent right, the
right of every freeman to say whether
he will submit to the government that
la over him, or rebel and take the con
sequences. And I am bound to de
clare that the most of them were just
as sincere In their purpose and their
passion as we were In ours.
Mr. Lincoln was not what we would
call an educated man. The college that
he had attended was that which a man
attends who gets up at daylight to hoe
the corn, and sits up at night to read
the best book he can find by the side of
a burning pine knot. What education
he had picked up In that way. He
had read a great many books; and all
the books that he had read, he knew.
He had a tenacious memory. Just as he
had the ability to see the essential
thing. He never took an unimportant
point and went off upon that: but he
always laid hold of the real thing, of
the real question, and attended to that
without attending to the others any
more than was Indispensably neces
sary. Thus, while we say that Mr. Lincoln
was an uneducated man, uneducated In
the sense that we recognize here in
New Haven, or at any other great col
lege town, he yet had singularly per
fect education In regard to everything
that concerns the practical affairs of
life. His judgment was excellent, and
his information was always accurate,
He knew what the thing was. He was a
man of genius, and, contrasted with
men of education, genius will always
carry the day. I remember very well
going Into Mr. Stanton's room In the
War department on the day of the
Gettysburg celebration, and he said:
"Have you seen the Gettysburg
speeches?"
"No," said I; "I didn't know you had
them."
He said: "Yes: and the people will
be delighted with them. Edward Ev
erett has made a speech that will make
three columns In the newspapers, and
Mr. Lincoln has made a speech ot per
haps forty or fifty lines. Everett's
is the speech of a scholar, polished to
the last possibility. It is elegant and
it is learned: but Mr. Lincoln's speech
will be read by a thousand men where
one reads Everett's and will be re
membered as long as anybody's
speeches are remembered who speaks
In the English language."
That was the truth. If you will take
those two speeches now, you will get an
idea how superior genius Is to educa
tion; how superior that Intellectual fac
ulty Is which sees the vitality of a ques
tion and knows how to state It: how
superior that intellectual faculty Is
which regards everything with the flr
of earnestness In the soul, with the re
lentless purpose of a heart devoted to
objeta beyond literature.
HAD NO ILLUSIONS. '
Another remarkable peculiarity of
Mr. Lincoln's was that he seemed to
have no illusions. He had no freakUh
notions that thlncs were so or might
be so, when they were not so. All his
thinking and all his reasoning, all his
mind. In short, was based continually
upon actual facts and upon facts of
which, as I said, he saw the essence. I
never heard him say anything that was
not so. I never heard him foretell
things. He told what they were. But
I never heard him Intimate that such
and such consequences were likely to
happen, without the consequences fol
lowing. I should say, perhaps, that hU
greatest quality was wisdom. And that
Is something superior to talent, super
ior to education. I do not think It con
be acquired. He had It. He was wise;
he was not mistaken; he saw things as
they were. All the advice that he gave
was wise: it was judicious; and it was
always timely. This wisdom,' It is
scarcely necessary to add, had Its ani
mating philosophy In his own famous
words: "With charity toward all: with
malice toward none." Or to afford a
more extended illustration, let me ouote
from Nlcolay and Hay's History (Vol
ume VI., p. 152,) the main part of his
most admirable letter of August 22, 1S32,
to Horace Greeley:
"If there bo thos who would not save
the union unless they could at the some
time save slavery, I do not agree with
them. If there be those who would not
save the union unless they could at the
, same time destroy slavery. I do not
npree with them. My paramount object
In this Btruggle Is to save the union,
arid is not either to save or destroy sla
very. If I could rave the union without
freeing any slave, I would do It;- and
If I could snvi- It by freeing all-, the
slaves, I would do it; and It T could save
It by freeing some and leaving others
alone, I would also do that., What I do,
By tha Courtesy of H. H. KotuYiat
Dlaln Mrs. Tineley. of Brooklyn. Mr.
Tlnirlev . tha mahatma's husband. Is a
ulsrlc In the Whits Star Bteamehlo com
pany's office in New York. He says ne
doesn't believe In theoaophy himself, and
for that reason will not talk about It to
outsiders, referring all inquiries to resi
dent Hararove. Mr. Tlngley Is Mrs.
TlnaMav'a apoond husband. Her first hus
band was George W. Parent, a detective
who passed into Devaohan about nine
years ago. She was born in Newberry-
Krt, Mass., about forty years ago, and
a three children, two boys and Floss!.;,
a girl of 15 years. Mrs. Tlngley was a
spirit medium, and is said to be a line
trance-reader. She has an Interesting face
and those who "sit" with her say she can
read the "sitter's" life from the cradle
to the grave. She will lead an expedi
tion of theosophlsts around the world.
The party will mart next month and will
be gone one year.
about slavery and the colored race. I
do because I believe It helps to save the
union; and what I forbear, I forbear
because 1 do not belteve it would help
to save the union. I shall do less when
ever I shall believe what 1 am aoing
to save the union, I shall do less when
ever I shall believe doing more will help
the cause. I shall try to correct errorH
when shown to be errors, and I shall
adopt new views so fast as they shall
appear to be true views. I have here
stated my purpose according to my view
of official duty; and I Intend no modifi
cation of my oft-expressed personal
wish that all men everywhere could be
free."
Another remarkable quality was hln
personal kindness. He was kind at
heart, not from mere politeness. As I
said, I never heard him say an unkind
thing about anybody. Now and then
he would laugh at something Jocose or
satirical that somebody had done or
said, but It was always pleasant humor.
I noticed his sweetness of nature par
ticularly with his little son, a child at
that time perhaps six or eight years jld.
who used to roam the departments, and
whom everybody called Tad. He had a
defective palate and couldn't speak very
plainly. Often I have sat by his father
reporting to him about some Important
matter that I had been ordered to In
quire into, and he would have this boy
on his knee: and, while he would per
fectly understand the report, the strik
ing thing about him was his affection
for his child. He was good to every
body. Once there was a great gather
ing at the White House on New Year's
Day, and all the diplomats came In their
uniforms, and all the officers of the
army and navy In Washington were In
full costume. A little girl of mine Bald:
"Papa, couldn't you take me over to see
that?" I said yes; so. I took her over,
and put her in a corner where she be
held this gorgeous show. When it was
finished, I went up to Mr. Lincoln and
said: "I have a little girl here who
wants to shake hands with you." He
went over to her and took her up and
kissed her and talked to her. She will
never forget it If she lives to be a thou
sand years old. That was the nature of
the man. I must tell another story to
Illustrate the same point.
A CONSIDERATE MAN.
Whenever an Important campaign of
the armies began, Mr. Lincoln liked to
send me, because when I went, with my
newspaper experience, ho got a clear re
port of everything that happened. The
generals didn't like to sit down, after
fighting all day, and write, a report, and
they were always glad to have me come
to them. Well, when Gen. Grant went
out for the campaign in the Wilderness
that was the last campaign wnicn
ended in the surrender of Richmond
for two days we had no reports. One
evening I got a message to come to the
War department. There I found the
President and Mr. Stanton. Mr. Lin
coin said: "We are troubled about this
business down In the Wilderness. We
don't know what Is going on.. I would
like you to go down." I said: "Cer
tainly."
"How soon can you be ready?" said
he. I said: "It will take twenty minutes
to go home and change my clothes and
get the things that I want to take, and
get my horae saddled, and then It will
take twenty minutes to get a train. Be
sides, we must have an escort."
"Well," said he, "you are willing to
go?"
'Why, yea, I paid; "I am delighted
I want to see It." So I went and order
ed a train, got my things all ready,
and got an escort provided to defend
the train after we had got out beyond
our lines, and then went down and got
Into a car. Somehow we didn't start,
and presently there came a man on
horseback, who said to . me: "The
president wants you at the War de
partment." So I rode back to the War
department, and there was Mr. Lin
coin with Mr. Stanton.. The president
said:
- "I1 have been thinking about this,
Dana, and I don't like to send you.
There Is Jeb Stuart with his calvary
roaming over the region that you will
have to cross, and I am afraid to have
you go." Said I: "Mr. Lincoln, is that
the reason you caned me back here?
"Yes," he said. "I don't like to have
you go." I said: "I don't think that
Is a very good reason, because I have
a good horse and forty troopers, and
we are able to run If they are too many
for ut, and If they are not, we can
fight." "Well," said ho, "I am glad to
hear you say that, because I really
want you to go, but I couldn't send
you out until I felt sure thnt you were
entirely willing to go. Well, I an
swered, "you are the first general that
ever gave orders In that way, I guess.'
That was the man kindly and afrec
tlonate to everybody. I don't believe
he ever spoke a ci'obs word to his wife.
That is saying a good deal, Isn't It,
gentlemen?
These are amiable and loving per
sonal qualities, but the great thing
was tne ract jnai ne succeeded: that
the civil war was ended under his
rule. He succeeded, with the forces of
the a;itl-slavery . states, In putting
down a renemon in wnicn twelve mil
lions of people were concerned, de
termined people, educated people,
ngnting tor tnetr ideas ana tneir prop
erty. fighting to the last, flghtag to
the death. I don't think there ts any
thing els In history to compare with
that achievement
LINCOLN'S GREATNESS.
How did ho do It? In the first place.
he never was in haste. As 1 said, he
never took a sup loo soon, and arno hi
never took a step too late. When the
ht4t uuithirn country sictntd to be
cluniuring ur hint to i,u- a pivumra-
lu.n aUiiaiuu sluv. ly, lie man t do it.
LHi.utftilua aiur C utuuoii uiiu to
Washington. 1 rt-r..k.iiiler once a hun
dred Evnilemcn curr.e, dresstd in biack
coats, inosti clcigymen. Irom Massa
chusetts, 'l hey appealed to him tu pro
claim the abolition of slavery, but he
didn't do It He allowed Mr. Cameron
and Gen. Butler to execute their great
Idea of treating slaves as contraband of
war and of protecting those who had
got into our lines against being recap
tured by their Southern owners. But
he would not prematurely make the
proclamation that was so much desired.
Finally the time came; and of that he
was the judge. Nobody else decided it;
nobody commanded It; the proclama
tion was Issued as he thought best; and
It was efficnolorfs. The people of the
north, who during the long contest over
slavery had always stood strenuously
by the compromises of the constitution,
might themselves have become half reb
els if this proclamation had been Issued
loo soon. They at last were tired of
waiting, tired of endeavoring to pre
serve even a show of regard for what
was called the, compromise of the con
stitution when they believed the consti
tution Itself was in danger. Thus pub
lic opinion was ripe when the procla
mation came, and that was the begin
ning of the end.
This unerring Judgment, this ptulence
which waited and which k'-v when the
right time had arrived; those were intel
lectual qualities that I do not find exer
cised upon any BUch scale by any other
man in history, and with such unerr
ing precision. This proves Abraham
Lincoln to have been Intellectually onu
of the greatest of rulers. If we look
through the recced of great men, where
has there ever been one to be matched
alongside of him? I don't know. He
could have Issued thlB proclamation two
years before, perhaps, end tha conse
quence of It might have been our entire
defeat; but when it came It did its work,
and It did ut no harm whatever. No
body protested against It, not even the
confederates themselves. But they felt
it deeply.
Another Interesting fact about Abra
ham Lincoln was that he developed Into
a great military man, that Is to say, a
man of supreme military judgment. I
do not risk anything In saying that If
you will study the records of the war.
and study the writings relating to it.
you will agree with me that the great
est general we had. greater than Grant
or Thomas, was Abraham Lincoln. It
was not no at the beginning; but after
three or four years of constant practice
In tho science and art of war, he ar
rived at thli extraordinary knowledge
of It, so that Von Moltke was not a bet
ter general or an abler planner or ex
pounder of a campaign than President
Lincoln was. He was, to sum It up, a
born leader of men. He knew human
nature: he knew what chord to strike,
and he was never afraid to strike It
when he believed that tho time had ar
rived. HEALTH HINTS.
In order to have a beautiful skin one
must take care of it. Keep it clean;
bathe, scrub with water (hot, warm or
cold) and soap from top to toe every day
of one's life. Unfortunately we are not
all sent Into the world with soft, fine
grained pink and white skins. Some of us
are coarse-arained. yellow-tinaed. leath
ery-looking from the start, and so must
remain until tne close or our uvea, uut
the human skin, be it ever so ugly, is
bound to improve in appearance if It be
kept scrupulously clean. Medicine im
proves the blood, regulates the functions
or the Dooy. Kepairs must be made,
waste removed. Whatever disturbs the
function of an orian, or lessens the vi
tality of the system Interferes with the
rebuilding processes. A large proportion
of the waste products are eliminated by
the skin; and In certain Internal disturb
ances the skin does the work for other
waste channels. It requires no thought
to see how much trouble may be averted
bv keeDlna the skin clean. To neslect
cleaning the skin Is more dangerous to
one's health than to live In a community
wnere sewers are dammed ud. To soften
and whiten the hands apply the following
after Washing the hands and before dry
ing mem;
R Tine, benzoin 1 oz.
Glycerine 3 oz.
Aq. ros 8 oz.
M. Slg. Apply several times dally.
Seasickness can be relieved In several
ways, and one doctor, after four years
experience, says that there Is no remedy
like Worcestershire sauce. In teaspoon
ful doses, given without water for both
preventing and curing seasickness. It
should be supplemented In some canes by
tne application oi a tiEntiy-appiied Danj-
age, and resting on the right side, taking
trenuentiy small quantities or nuid rood.
such as good beef tea with cayenne pep
per in ii. iso siimuiants must oe taken,
and the feet should be kept warm with hot
brick or bottle. This treatment is very ef
fective. As a remedy for warding off
the evil, apply with a brush collodion in
three successive layers on the epigastric
region over the stomach and neighboring
parts, it acts as a powerful antl-emetlc,
The diet and sts.te of health should be
looked after for a week before the trip j
ur u voyage on ine gi'uun, rusiry ana cu
rich foods should be avoided, and a coursa
of cooling mpillcine taken to cleanse and
purify the blood. A strong cup of pure
black, unsweetened coffee, taken an hour
after a substantial but easily-digested
meal Is also a great preventive.
After throe and one-Tialf years of nga
a child should eat eggs lightly boiled,
poached or scrambled. Dlaln omelette.
white meat of fowl, roasted or broiled meat
(cut into small pieces), fresh fish, oat meal,
milk, bread and butter, hominy; plain
macaroni, peas, string beans, spinach,
cauliflower and clear soup, fresh, sound
fruits may he eaten before nd after
meals. Do net allow H to swallow the
seeds or pulp of any fruit not to eat any
thing not even bread between . meals,
(live it no sweets, no tea, coffee, wine nor
beer; filtered or boiled water should be
Its only drink. It may eat plain, light pud.
dinps, nnd Ice cream occasionally for des
sert. Do no: force It to take food. So
Ion as It keeps well milk will be enough
for It. Give It to It regularly a cupful of
two (or more) every three or four hours.
A woman In a French hospital had a
hlecoUKh which had resisted all treat
ment for four days. She was asked to
show the itonrue, and It wrs noticed that
with the putting out of the tongue the
hiccough ceased. The same thing has been
since tried; and with success in other
cases. All that Is necessary apparently is
to strongly push the tongue out of the
mouth and hold It so for a minute or two.
It is also suggested now to try the same
thing In suffocative cough, as whooping
cough, and choking by ifrespirable gajes.
The best remedy for "the smokers
heart" is the tincture of mix vomica. Take
tun drops in a wlneglassful of cold water
before meals and at bedtime every .lay
for oiKht weeks. There Is no drug one can
take to make him stop smoking. Exer
cise your will. The nux vomica will
strengthen your nerves and give you good
control over yourself.
Warts will somr.tlmes drop off If they be
kept constantly wet with castor oil. A less
troubleoma treatment is to touch each
wart once with the acid nitrate of mer
cury. Lat dry without wiping. Be careful
that none of the acid flow onto the skin.
Apply w'.'.h absorbent cotton twisted en
the end of a wooden match stick or tooth
pick.
The averngo weight of the brain in mates
Is forty-nine ounces; In females, forty-four
ounces. The brain grows very rapldiy up
to the seventh year of age; from that Urn
until the fortieth year it Increases -very
slowly. It Is believed to have nttalnvd in
full urowth between 45 and DO years of
age. ...
So lonir as .one is exnosed to the aim
and wind he Is boimd to tan to remove
tan or sunuurn (arter one is removed from
the cause of ill rub the face or other burnt
parts with pure glycerine; rub It well Into
t no siin at ueuume and allow to dry with,
out wiping. ,
"To cere the shortness of breath and
Choking lenaatlon" take ten drops of the
tincture o nux vomica In two tablespoon
fuls of cold water before meals and at
oeuiituv every atr tor BIX weeKS.rAlla.
deiphla. Record. .. . , .. .
THINKS TWILL RUN
- 200 MILES AN HOUR
The Sseca dalaea for a New Electric
Bicycle Railway.
LINES ARB SOON TO BE OPERATED
From Washington to New York ia
Two llonrorhe Lines Mill Be
Elevated and There Will -Be No
Cinders or 8mokeA Revolution in
Railroading.
Washington Letter, Philadelphia Times.
That th railroad systems of the
country are about to be revolutionized
within a short time seems possible from
the developments which are taking
place at the capital. 'And It will be no
strange thing It we are able to rush
about at an Inconceivable speed within
a few months.
To New York in two hours from the
capital; to breakfast In Gotham and
lunch In Chicago, and to take our next
breakfast In View of the placid waters
of the Pacific, are what is promised us.
To spin to Baltimore In less than twen
ty minutes, to reach Philadelphia In
less than over an hour Is what is pos
sible, and to do all this without any
danger or any disagreeable feelings,
such as are Incident now to ordinary
travel. Is what Is claimed by the gen
tlemen who are about to astonish the
world with their enterprise.
The latest inven'on, and one which
Is to be put to practical use in a short
time, Is what is known as the Brott
rapid transit bicycle ' railway. ' It is
entirely different from the roads now
In use, and gives a vastly increased
speed without any of the dangers to be
encountered; now in surface travel. It
combines the principles of the most Im
proved electric motors, whose speed
can be accelerated to an almost Incal
culable point, and the trackway is con
structed with a single rail, the cars
having but one wheel, hence the name
ot bicycle.
SOON TO BE.
The Invention is the work of Colonel
George F. Brott. of this cltv. formerly
of New Orleans, and though he has
been laboring on the plans for some
years. It Is only now that he Is able to
1 say thnt the thing Is to become a real
ity. For within two months there are
lines to be erected, cars to be placed
on them and the road to be run Just as
claimed by the Incorporators. That
work Is to be begun on the construction
of the road is certain, and It Is also
certain that the first spade will be
stuck In the earth within the next sixty
days and the cars will be running be
fore the fall.
The directors of the new method of
"rapid transit are not Just yet decided
whether to build the first branch at
Washington or In New Jersey, but that
matter win oe settled within a few days.
After the first line la In running order,
which will be before cold weather, lines
win De continued north and south,
east ana" west till there Is an elevated
bicycle electric railway from the At
lantic to the Pacific, till It Is nosslble to
eross the continent on the wings of the
wina in a aay. unicago la also to begin
at once the construction of a line from
that city to Milwaukee. The plan
which it Is most likely will be followed
Is the one proposed by Colonel Brott,
which Is the building of a mile track In
Washington in July, the road to start
at the Bladensburg pike, which la the
terminus of the New York avenue line.
The reason for this line is that Brott
has purchased a lot of land at the bay's
shore about thirty miles down the river
and wishes to make It a summer resort,
his railroad taking passengers that dis
tance In fifteen minutes. After the
building of these lines the company will
parallel the tracks of the big surface
roads for most of the way between the
great cities and the new mode of travel
will ultimately end In the surface roads
being restricted to freight service only.
AN ODD CONSTRUCTION.
The construction of the bicycle road is
peculiar. It Is as far ahead of the pres
ent methods aa the old postroada ot the
revolution are behind the flying loco
motives of the day, and it Is only tho
question of a few years before all travel
Ib done by the means of the electric cur
rent, which, shoots with lightning-like
velocity.
The roadway Is to be that of a single
rail, having elevated side rails above
the center one, side wheels fitting Into
tnese ana aiding in tne balancing or tne
car, and in rounding curves. When the
car is In motion the wheela will touch
but slightly on the side rails, but their
presence will prevent any accident or
any tendency to fly the track.
The rails will be of steel, the road be,
Ing slightly elevated above the sur
rounding country. The cars, which will
be devoted exclusively to passenger,
mail and express service, will be pecul
tar in shape, the front one being pointed
so as to reduce the resistance of the
air. Each car will seat from forty to
eighty passengers and the baggage will
be stored In the trucks beneath. Tho
cars will be vestlbtiled, so there will be
no danger In passing from one to lhs
other, there will be no smoke, for there
Is no coal, there will be no puffing of
an engine, no cinders, no noise of the
clicking of passing rails, but a contin
ual spin In a noiseless, clean, smooth
car, which can run with tho wind itself.
The power will be electricity, which
will be stored In the latest motors, one
In each car. No freights will be a'lowed
on the system. There will be two tracks,
one for each way, so there will be no
danger of head to head collisions, and
as to the trains running In the same
direction the appliances are such that,
on the approach, ot a second one, the
electric current ceases when It gets
within a certain distance of the one
ahead.
SKATES MADE OF GLASS.
Their Advantage Ovc Those of Meta
or Wood.
From the Baltimore American.
"I believe the death-knell of wooden
and metal skates has been rung," said
one of the largest skate manufacturer
to an English reporter. "Several prac
tical Inventors have been experimenting
on these articles for years past, and
the latest result is a skate made of
glass, hardened by a recently discov
ered process to the consistency of steel.
The entire skate Is of this substance, the
upper part resembling a slipper, open
behind, with a split leather 'lace-up'
heel-cap.
"Among several advantages stated
are that they are much faster than steel
blades and so extremely slippery that
they will run almost equally well over
rough.snow-covered Ice as upon smooth,
and also glide easily over Inequalities,
broken twigs and other obstruction.
They are made very sharp, and, owing
to their extreme hardness, It Is Impos
sible to blunt them; and, unlike steel
skates, they never want grinding, and
can not rust.
"These crystal skates are really beau
tiful In appearance, being nearly trans
parent, the substance has, also, while
In the liquid state, been variously col
ored. They huve already been pri
vately tested. A famous skating cham
pion recently tried a pair at the Niag
ara Ice Rink, using mahogany-colored
ones, to avoid attracting notice. A pri
vate trial has also been made In Purls
at an Ice rink exclusively hired for the
occasion,' several ladles among them a
celebrated lady continental skater
taking part; their skates wero colored
blue, crimson, brown, etc., to match
their costumes."
The Cornfcd Philosopher.
"Danger," says the cornfed philosopher,
"seems to exercise a never-ending fascin
ation over the minds of men. It leads some
to attempt the .conquest of hitherto In
accessible mountains and lends others to
commit matrimony." Indianapolis Journal.
Coughs,
Consumption.
The greatest cause of terror of
the present day, formerly cor '
sidered hopeless, is now conceded
by the best physicians as curable
under proper conditions. Its
cause a depleted condition of
the system ; a mal-assimilation of
food; a wasting away of tho .
tissues ; an impoverishment of the
blood. The result a diseased
condition of all the organs of the
body ; a formation of eating ulcers ;
and the result death from collapse :
or hemorrhage. But .the cure is :
Bovitiine
that greatest concentration into
the least possible bulk .of the
vital elements of lean, raw beef.
It is absorbed and nourishes with, '
the least possible effort on the '.
part of the stomach. It creates
new tissue, enriches the blood,
makes flesh, and by strengthening ,
the great vital centres of the '
body enables them to perform
their functions in a natural man
ner, and dispel disease. Thou- .
sands owe their life to its use.
;T$tbi$ what ails you?
Have TOM a fact
Ming of weight la
th Rtnarll
BlsaUsg afttr
eating fetch
ing of -Wind
VosjItlngofFoed
' Waterbrash
Heartburn-
-Bad Taste In the Mouth
in the Morning Paleltatioa f the
Heart, due to Distension of Stsuich
I Cankered Month Gas la the Bowels
i Loss of Pleah Fickle Appetite
) Depressed, Irritable Condition of the
i Mind Dixilness Headache Coa-
' stlpation or Diarrhoea? Thta jrov hare
DYSPEPSIA
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' York.un: "1 tiiffwad liomblf tram in
Ipeuala, bat Aoktr'a Tablets, takan atiar
meals, nave cured me. I
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