Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1895 — No Obstacle At All. [ARTICLE]

No Obstacle At All.

A lieutenant, whose debts compelled him to leave his datherland and service, succeeded in being admitted to the late President Lincoln, and by reason of his commendable and winning deportment and intelligent appearance, was promised a lieutenant’s commissjon in a cavalry regiment. He was so enraptured with his success, that he deemed it a duty to inform tho President that he helonged to one of the oldest noble houses in Germany. “Oh never mind that,” said Mr. Lincoln; “you will not find that to be an obstacle to your advancement.”