Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 October 1891 — Page 13

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1891

LINCOLN'S TENDER HEART

Stories, Kew and Old, Which Illustrate .His Kindness and Gentleness. Lincoln at llf wcrth'i Coffin Tha Hospital at Alexandria Th Farmer and the President -The "Balj Did It," and Uow It Did It. L. E. Chittf nden. In New York Sun. . Anions the many extracts from my recently published "Kecollections of President Lincoln," republished by the newspaper press, by far the moat numerous are those which illustrate President Lincoln's deep' sympathies and kindness of heart. ".The natural inference is that these were "the beautiful traits its is character which made him so extremely popular while he lived and of which the American people are now most pleased to hear. '.' There are no pathetic incidents referred to" in the "Recollections" that were not 7m ore or less within my personal knowl- . ' edge, and they are few in number. But 'those who lived in Washington during the war will remember that these moidents "were very common, and ultimately became . to frequent as scarcely to attract attention. "Officers of the army often complained of him, because they said he would not permit - the sentence of a court-martial in a capital -case to be carried into effect until no had himself examined the case and read every page of the evidence. They also claimed that unless the crime proved involved depravity or intentional wicked Bess on tho part of the culprit he invariably -r commuted the sentence. This was . held to be au improper and very damaging 'interference with military discipline. - Casting a retrospective glance through the mist of nearly thirty years back to those times when we seemed to live ten years in one I am able to recall a number of ' these incidents, showing the kind and gentle heart of Mr. Lincoln, and although 1 cannot testify to many of them ;from personal knowledge I havo no doubt whatever of their authenticity. It is Dot at all unlikely that some of them are mentioned in Mr. Carpenter's "Six Months in the "White House," for ne was ' very thorough in collecting all the anecdotes of Mr. Lincoln which at that time - could be found. I write them out in the hope that they may interest the readers of the Sun. The first incident which I remember that attracted attention to the peculiarly sym- ' pathetic character of the President, occurred in connection with the death of Colonel Ellsworth at the lirst invasion of . Virginia, on the morning of the 25th of May, ISol. Ellsworth was an acquaintance and in some seuse a protege of President Lincoln's, and I think came to Washington In his company. I shall not recall the cruel and barbarous circumstances connected with his death, for they are a part of familiar history. Ills body was brought from Alexandria . to the navy-yard in Washington early in the morning. The excitement produced by this invasion of Virginia and the death of Ellsworth was 1 almost as great aa any that I saw in Washington during the war. We were on the very threshold of the conflict and bad not then got used to the bulletins of thousands killed, and tens of thousands wounded. - As soon as the President heard of the calamity he directed the body of Colonel EUs- ' worth to be brought from the navy-yard to . the White House, where it lay, with opportunity for the pnblie to see it until the day , of his funeral. Tne President made no effort to conceal his sorrow. Sometimes his face was the saddest that I ever saw upon a human being, so melancholy that it impressed every spectator. The first time I ever saw this melancholy expression was when he stood, a strong man, shaken with emotion, by the side of Ellsworth's body. It made an impression upon - my memory which will never be effaced, deepened it may be by the satirical obser- . nation of an old secession resident of the city, who sneeringly wanted to know 'whetheror not the Presidentof the United Butea was a woman." IIE STOOD BY TTIE SURGEON. Not many months afterward, and, I think. . before the first battle of Bull Run, there was another current story of some interest. Alexandria was the home of many old citVy proud of the name of Virginia Vyy contemptuous in their treatment of the Northern troops. The surgeon of a regiment who had not the fear of these citizens before his eyes, finding the largest church in the city most .convenient for his Fiurposes, had taken possession and fitted t op for a hospital for sick and , wounded soldiers. His act was much ' talked abont by sympathizers with seces- . sion as a gross outrage and a piece of wicked vandalism. Adelegation of elderly and aristocratie ladies of the church called upon the President and in a very cool and independent manner informed him thatthe church was wanted for the conduct of religious services, and- they had come to him for an order npon the surgeon to surrender It. "There were not many sick soldiers .: there," tbey said, "who could be brought . .-. tip to Washington or, if necessary, placed : in other buildings in Alexandria." Why did you not make your application to the surgeon!"' said the President, "lie knows all the facts, and is sent there for the very purpose of taking care of hisde- - partment. Why should I. who know noth- . ing about it, interfere with itf" We have been to the surgeon' said the . lady, "and he wonld not have a word to say to us, not even." said the lady, with great dignity, when we tola him we should complain to the President of the United States." Then." said the President, "J don't seo how yon are going to get any relief. If the surgeon treated you in that waj' it is evidently his oniniou that the Almighty has greater need of that church as a hospital lor sick soldiers than for secesh worship. I shall neither overrule the surgeon nor oppose the will of the Almighty." , - Very soon after this a clerk in the Treasury called my attention to the following .. facts: A loyal old farmer and his wife, living near Harper's Ferry, had a eon who enlisted in the first loyal regiment raised in Maryland. In one of the skirmishes near Harper's Ferry ho wa severely wounded. The old couple had found him in a temporary hospital far np the valley, hovering .between life and death. They were powr--less to procure his discbarge, and had now como to Washington in the . Lopes of getting an order for his discbarge from the President. But they had no acquaintances or iniluential friends, and all they could do was to watch in the President's ante-room in the hope of attracting his attention. This they bad coutinned to do for somedays.un- . til their, money, was spent, and this clerk had taken them to hisnome out of charity. . One day the President saw them as ho was passing through the ante-room, and, attracted br their plain, homely appearance, directed a messenger to bring them into bis presence. They were both embarrassed the old farmer so that he could not utter a word. The mother, assisted by the President's kind appearance, finally managed to tell her story in brief and modest terms. "Let me see' said the President, "is this -what you sieanT That your " son enlisted in the Union army from Maryland; that he is badly wounded; that you wish to take ttm home, cure him, and make hlra strong so that he can go back to the army and again fight for his country." Tes." exclaimed t the old farmer, "that's . it -exactly; aud if you will let ns have bim I will take his place in the army until he is cured." ".No." said the Prestdent. "there should be one rain in every family left at home, but you shall have your on," and he drew and gave them an order to permit them to search any hospital and for the delivery to them of their son whenever he should be iound. As the war became general the pressure upon the time ot members of the Cabinet and other oiucera was so great that it seemed absolutely necessary to assign certain hours and on not more than one day in the week when personal application could be made to them, but I do not believe that any man or womau ever failed to get acceHS to President Lincoln if their cane or request was one which outiht to have been brought to his attention. The mens-ngers and employe; of the White House soon became, experts in thene meritorious casex, which they always brought to the President's attention. One of his Biisaecgers had a stock story which went

by the name of "The Baby Did It," which may be worth repeating. CASE IS WHICH A BABY FIGURED. One day there came to the President through the half-open door of hit anteroom tho wail of a feeble infant. Calling his messenger, the President made inquiry about it. "It is a poor woman," said tho messenger, "who has been here two or three days. She comes from a long distance, and has to bring her child because she knows no one in Washington, and has no place where she can leave it." He ordered the woman to be brought into his presence. She was very plainly dressed, and bore every indication of sorrow and grief, and not a few indications of poverty. 1 do not recall the precise facts of her application, but they ran somewhat after this fashion: Her husband, a Union soldier, had been reported on the rolls of his regiment several months before as a deserter. In fact, he had been captured by the rebels, lie made bis escape, and. after gTeat privations, succeeded in gaining our lines. He had caught a fever in the swamps, with which he was sutl'ering when he came in. He was in the hospital delirious for many days. Finally the fever left him and he was able to dictate a letter to his wife, who. assisted by the neighbors, had managed to reach the hospital, only to find that her h unhand, as soon as he got well. enough, was to be tried for desertion. Like many others, failing to get relief elsewhere, she had come to the President. The President must have been impressed by her story to accept the whole of it on her statement alone. "Vou shall have your husband." he said, "and he shall have bis pay, with leave of absence and transportation to his home." As he turned to his desk to write the order, the poor woman absolutely lost consciousness ofiier surroundings in her joy and gratitude. According to the xuettseoger, she stood by the Pieoident's side, holding the babe on one arm, while with ner disengaged hand she gently stroked the President's ru tiled hair, murmuring: "God bless you! God bless you." The i'resident was most devotedly attached to Col. Edward 11. Baker, who lost his life somewhat recklessly, we thought, at Ball's Blutf. They had been old friends, it was Colonel Baker who introduced the President to the people on the occasion of his first inaugural. Colonel Baker's body was also brought to the White House, where it lay in state for several days. No one who saw tho President during those days could have doubted his tenderness of heart or his deep sorrow. Upon such distressing occasions he appeared to make no ell'ort to control his feelings. How a man of such a tender heart and so little capacity to throw otf trouble and anxiety could have possibly survived through all those dreadful years of war was a marvel to all his intimate friends. I could multiply these stories, showing how readily his attention was called to individual cases by the score. Theso he could relieve, and in each case could make a few people happy, but the number was infinitely small in comparison with those for which no relief was possible. His responsibilities and anxieties were greater than any other o nicer of the government, yet there were many of them physically stronger than the President, who was literally worn out and fell by the way. The President appeared to maintain his health and vigor under all circumstances. Ho seldom took a vacation. 1 doubt whether he was ever for a day separated from his duties. Others were comEelled to take vacations or perish. My own elief at the time was, and I still. retain it, that the President's courage, hope, and health' were maintained and constantly upheld by his profound and absolute conviction that there was a Providence over all which had. irresistibly decreed the success of the loyal armies and tho restoration of the Union, and that he was certain that no disaster could possibly occur which would materially and permanently weaken the United States forces or indefinitely postpone the hour of their final victory.

PRINCE KS KAJULANL Sitter of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii and Pro' pectire Ueir to the Crown. The heiress prospective to the crown of Hawaii is Princess Victoria Kajulani Cleghorn, only child of the late Princess Likelike, sister of Queen Liliuokalani. Her father is the Hon. Archibald Cleahorn. long collector-general. Mr. Cieehorn has very judiciously placed his daughter under suitable Instruction in England. She is a very attractive youug lady of nearly sixteen. The Princess is looked apon as wholly under English influence. The Reason Why. Columbus Toat. "I havo been wondering." said a man from the country at the Davidson Hotel corner this morning, "why the electric cars kept up such a clattering of bells while passing each other." "That's an easy problem," replied a traveling man. "How so!" "They do it for tho same reason that a railroader nbouts 'look out!' when a car is entering a bridge." "Well, what is that for!" "To give an inquisitive fool a chance to get his head knocked off!" And the drummer smoked his cigar with exasperating coolness. m m The Washerwoman's Revenge. New Ycrk Weekly. Mr. De Sharp (anxiously) I inadvertantly sent my cntl'-buttons to the wash last week. Did you tiud them? Washerwoman Sure. Oi saw a couple in th' tub, but 1 have no time to be iishin' around fur brass cull-buttons' an' Oi t'rew thim away. Mr. De Sharp (in horrified accents) Threw them away! Those buttons were pure gold. Washerwoman Moy! moy! That's too bad. Oi never thought a young man wot was always beatin' down a poor washerwoman's prices cud allord to wear gooid. Preferred Weekly Payments. New York Weekly. Mr. Skinflint (manufacturer) Well, what's the matter now? Workmgman (spokesman of delegation) We want to be paid every week instead of every mouth. "Hugh! You get all that's due vou, don't you?" "Yes. sir." "And promptly, to a day!" "Yes, sir." "Then why do yon want to be paid weekly instead ot monthly! "Please, Mr, it's so we won't be gettin the lumbago carryin' home our wages. Heard !u the Night. "Mamma, p'ease gimrae a drink of water; I'm so thirsty." "No; you are not thirsty. Turn over and go to sleep." (A pause.) "Mamma, won't vou please gimme a drink! I'm so thirsty." "If you don't turn over aud go to sleep, I'll get up and spank. vou." (Another pause.! "Mamma, won't you please siuttne a drink when you get up to fepauk uio." That Horrid lly. f bc a Week. Tommy Mr. Fmith, can you swim? Clara (impatiently) Tommy, leave the room! Yn are annoying Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith (graciously) Oh, that question does not annoy me. Miss Heartsease! Yes, Tommy. 1 can swim. Whv do you ask? Tommy (edging toward the dor) 'Cause I heard Clara tell sister Kate she was golug tothrow you overboard!

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TELEPHONE TO THE SKIES

Gift of 100,000 Francs lo the First Man Yiho Gets a "Hello" from a Planet. Prof. Davidson Explains the Sahara Triangle Scheme to Attract the Attention of tlielDilltantsof Mars-CtnltBeDone? 8sn Francisco Examiner. When Professor George Davidson, of the .Davidson Observatory and the Coast and Geodetic Survey, was shown the Pariscablegram. saying that an old lady had just died at Spa, leaving 100,000 francs as a prizeto the astronomer, French or foreign, whov within ten years, shall be able to communicate with any planet or star, he read it through slowly once, then he read it twice more rapidly. Finally he picked it up, held it at the proper distance from his eyes, and squinted at it just as he would eqcint at Mercury through his telescope if he wanted to find tho big tortoise-shaped spot on its northern hemisphere "An old lady an old lady!" the veteran astronomer finally exclaimed. "Now, isn't that a pretty way to treat such a piece of philanthropy as that? An old lady, indeed! Now, why under the sun do you, suppose they keep back her name? I am inclined to believe that some good-looking young man one of these smooth talkers has been getting close to her and talking a let of astronomy into her ear. "From the very form her bequest takes I am awaro that somebody Fiammanon or some other man has been talkiug to her about the proposed triangle. The project is a very curious one, but can be explained quite easily." I'xofessor Davidson picked up a blue pencil and drew on a white sheet of paper a right-angled triangle. "This that 1 havo drawn." he said, "is the old triangle of Pythagoras. That triangle has a right angel, and the square built npon tho side opposite the right ansle is equal to the sum of the squares built upon the other two sides. The proposition is said to be the fundamental one of geometry. It has been proposed to draw such a figure as that in the desert of Sahara, or some other great plain, the lines, of course, to be hundreds of miles long, and made so they would be distinct on the desert sand. One way would be to plant palm trees so that the forests would take the shape of lines in the figure. Certainly the green of the palms would be so bright in contrast with the white of the sand that the drawing when completed would be plain enough. MARS IS INHABITED. "These are the suppositious that go along with the idea. It is supposed that there are people on some of the planets, at least on Mars. It is supposed that people on that planet are civilized and capable of looking through telescopes, and it is concluded that, if this is so, they must know the Pythagorean proposition. "So, if the people of Mars look through their telescopes at the earth, they will be sure to Bee that enormous figure on the desert, and seing it, tbey will realize that the earth is inhabited by men of knowledge, and that the drawing is a signal. Then, of course, they will set to work to answer it, by building just such a figure cn Mars. That will be talking from star to star. "But all this is bosh and nonsense to me, and I dare say was bosb and nonsense to the man who wheedled this French woman into setting aside her 100.000 francs. But whoever he was he knew on whioh side his bread was buttered, and knew that such a trust, for whatever purpose, would bear interest. "But even supposing that the Desert of Sahara is one great plain and that it is large enough for the purpose, and even supposing that it was possible to make such an enormous figure, l am in doubt whether the people on Mars, with such telescopes as we use, would he able to see it. "At certain times Mars is but S4.000.000 miles from the earth, but it gets further and furtheraway, until the distance is til,bOO.OOO milei This is a good ways off to see triangles. But if Mars is inhabited I am inclined to believe that the inhabitants are not fools. If they saw a triangle-shaped object on the face of the earth they would not jump to the chimerical conclusion that there were idiots enough down here to build such an atlair. "The trnth is. we do not know whether any of the planets besides the earth are inhabited. We think we know that it might be possible for men to live on Mercury. The situation and condition of things on the other planets are altogether different from those on the earth.. So. when we talk abont the inhabitants of the planets we enter the realm of surmise, and Jules Yerne has a better chance than the scientist. MUCH HOTTER THAN ARIZONA. "Tho four planets nearest the sun are Mercury, Venus, the earth and Mars. Mercury is only S5,592.000 miles from tho sun, which isn't very far when you take trie heat into consideration. . Canaequently we believe it is a good many times hotter than Arizona on Mercury. There are other disadvantages, such as lack of space, enormous mountains, and no certainty of atmosphere. Mercury is only 3,0'M) miles in diameter, yet there are mountains on its surface over twelve miles high. "Venus is C,13i,000 miles from the sun and is plenty hot enough, although nearly twice as (far ns Mercury from the great heater. Then thero is some question about the atmosphere, as yet, and theyear is only J4 days long. "The earth comes next, being 91.430.000 miles from the sun. After this planet is Mars. 139,311,010 miles from the lumiuary. "All astronomers admit that if people liko those on the earth live on auy of the other planets Mars Is probably the one. The reason why is easy to tell. Although Mars is further from the suu than the earth, his orbit is so eccentric that at certain times he is only 16,318,000 miles away, consequently the temperatures are, likely, merely a little more moderate than those on the earth. Then, too. the diurnal motion of the two planets is about the same, so that from one year's end to another the distance from the earth to Mars varies only from S.SOO.OOO to 61.N00,000 miles. Mars has its seasons and its polar ice just liko the earth. "Through the telescone we can watch ice-fields at the poles get larger as winter approaches and see them get smaller again in the summer. Mars has an atmosphere and clouds like those on earth. There are continents and oceans on Mars, so that altogether the analogy between the planet and the earth is very close, the striking difference being that Mars is much the smaller. "Astronomers are moro and more disposed to believe that Mars is inhabited. You ask mo if we know, however, and I promptly tell you we do net An astronomer named Schiapparclli claims he is able to see a double line of canals on Mars. Theso must be enormous works if he can sco them, and must represent a stupendous amount of work on tho part of an almost countless number of people. 1 cannot see them through my telescope, and many others fail. After all, these canals may be iu Schiapparelli's eye. People get what they call astigmatism nowadays, and see two pencils where there is only one. Perhaps that is wfiat ijchiapparelii has. "But even if there are people on Mars, and even if they have built canals, as for talking with them," and the Professor repeated the (statement to make it moro positive, "as lor talking with them, nonsense!" Answered the Same Purpose. Boston Journal. An exchange says that a Missouri man bought two pills and put them in his vest pocket. He also bought a small pearl button aud put it in the same pocket. When it came time to take a pill he opened his mouth, shut his eye and gulped one down. Ho was relieved of his headache and went on his wny rejoicing. Afterward, having use for the collar button, he felt in his pocket and found two pills but no button. Complaiulug Still. Gazzp.m I don't see how any fanner can be unhappy with the present piice for wheat. Meddergrass Stranger, I only sowed niuety-eigbt acres, when I might have put in an even hundred just as welL

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