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16 —— ner et ATOM WR, THE EVENING STAR, SATUR NOT ALL CANDIDATES Pen Pictures of Men Who Will Be Prominent in Chicago, POSSIBSE = PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER Who the Men Are and Why They Are Talked About. ‘AND ANTI-SILVER + SILVER R. CLEVELAND must be included among the candi- dates for the presi- dential nomination at the national demo- etatic conyention, which meets in Chi- cago July 7, as long as his friends con- tinue, even In an in- direct manner, to work to that end, while he refrains from taking himself If there were a close con- old men slightly in the tt Is believed, would be r lidate. It is believed that up to the time whea it became absolutely cer- tain that the silvér men would be in con- trol, Mr. Cleveland’s friends harbored the hope that he might be made thelr Moses. Even today there are some who will not give vu hope that something may turn up. r the condition of affairs as they ar, Mr. Cleveland is least likely, of ndidates mentioned, all th to get the democrat omination. He has twice been elected Fresident by a combination of dem- cratic und independent republican votes, and at one time appeared to be one of the most popular men in America. When elected President the first time Many democrats were dissatisfied with him Aci Ex-Gov. Boies. of his apparent devotion to eform and his close relations snent republicans. or mug- agonism ¢ this score rather diminished during the fi in high favor orm element in without regard to close of his term, how- ated, or rather for the ished in favor with aggre: e and de- assemed the tariff > hira, new theory ith the protective as far as possible, he at n of the so-called An on sorbed his attention, and » reform was more or less neg- independent civil service re- E -r independents, who y been his allies, grew cold to- ward him, and all the protective sentiment of the country was aroused against him. He became strong in the democratic party, end, for a time, weak in the country at fie was renowinated and defeated. the period of his retirement his Ex-Representative Bland. mame was on the tongue of every democrat; with the masses he became an idol. Some Qf the leading politicians continued in their distrust of him, but they were compelled to yield to popular clamor. All resistance to Eis nomiration a third time when the con- Yention period rolled around was useles: He was renominated and re-elected. Dur- ing his enti scend term he has been at war with the leaders of the democratic party, and there has been no evidence of the return of the strong independent re- n element to his support. On the financial question he has had the sympathy of some of the most extreme gold repub- leans, but he cannot be said to have their suppo: willt . for the reason that they are not © to indorse his methods, and do not with him on other questions. In the between him and the democratic Party leaders he has not shown that Strength among the masses which he has here tisplayed, and a majority of the plate conventions of the democratic party ave gone against him. Silver Dick Bland. “Dick” Bland was one of the first cham- pions of silver in the field. For many years his name has been associated with this issue, and it is not surprising that he should be spoken of prominently as a pres- idential candidates, now that the silver men control the democratic party and finance made the issue of the campaign. His name is associated with the act of ‘78 for the purchase of from two million to four million ounces of silver each month, which was the first step toward the re- habilitation of silver after its demonetiza- tion in The act became known as the Bland-Allison act, and the silver dollars coined under it are known as the Bland dollar. He has been an extreme free silver man, 16 to i, during his long term in pub- lic life, and he has not only held to the faith at all times, but has fought for it @gainst all odds. He has suffered ridicule William R. Morrison. syed praise equally unmoved. The jemand for the restoration has ever been pon his tongue, until he has come to be geo throughout the country as “Silver ick Bland.” He is a sturdy, honest, hard- headed, plain-mannered man, with con- tempt for all display and affectation. The great slump which turned the House of Representatives over to the republicans at the last election threw Bland out of Con- gress. During his retirement he has been a farmer, and he has been looked on in parts of the west as a hermit and a prophet of the silver cause. Many have gone to the abode of his solitude to find wisdom, and as the cause of silver has grown they have proclaimed his name more loudly. He is thoroughly In the can- s, and is quite confident of the success oP the cause and of his own triumph. A Bunch of Candidates. ‘The candidacy of Campbell of Ohio is not so prominently to the fore since the Ohio convention. Campbell is a popular young man, possessing much ability and many traits that render him attractive. He has served in Congress and has been governor of Ohio. By both factions of the party he is personally held in favor. At one time it was thought that the silver democrats would take up with him as a candidate in spite of his conservatism as to the financial question with a leaning to- Ex-Secretary Whitney. wards gold, and it is still thought that Mr. Whitney may press him as a candidate who would consent to run on a silver platform, and would be acceptable to the geld democrats. ‘The candidacy of Russell, the “boy gov- ernor’’ of Massachusetts, of Patterson, whose name Harrity intends to have pre- sented from Pennsylvania, and of Morri- son, who has been regarded as a possible compromise—is not regarded as seriously as it was before the silver forces had de- veloped such great strength. Vice President Stevenson is regarded as the most serious possibility of all those men who are not strongly identified with radical silver people, and {t is not thought that any radical gold man, such as the €x-governors of Massachusetts and Penn- sylvania, can hope for anything. Boies of Iowa, Bland and Teller are re- garded as the leading probabilities. Boies is expected to develop considerable strength at the very start, though there will be an active fight against him in certain quar- ters. He has been a democrat of recent years on Though he has become more directly identified with the democratic party, he is not as prominent as a silver leader as Teller. Carlisle, Whitney and Blackburn. It is not expseted.that Garlisie will ap- Pear before the Chicago convention as a candidate. Before his defeat in Kentucky he was counted the candidate of the ad- ministration. Now, Kentucky has in- structed for free silver and Joe Blackburn, |and this is expected to eliminate the Sec- retary of the Treasury from the race. Everybody knows Senator Blackburn. Dashing, reckless, eloquent and in a way powerful, he has a certain amlability and spirit of good fellowship which has ren- dered him popular. The fact that he is a tearless fighter, neither asking nor giving quarter, has not detracted from the ed- miration in which he is held by his friend He is a brilliant, rather than a profound man. He does not, like Cassius and Car- . think too much; but he thinks quick- He is not a great student, but is a reasoner, and the treless cham- of any cause he espouse: + C. Whitney is not regarded as actu- ¥ a candidate for the democratic nomi- ration, but his name may be presented, If any hope is offered of that forming the ba- sis of a compromise. Personally, Whitney is well liked by democrats, whether they believe in silver or in gold, but his per- sonal popularity may not under the pres- ent circumstances give him the strength in the convention which friends would like. He goes to the convention with the Inten- tion of doing all he can to induce the sil- ver men to make cancessions and to ‘nduce harmony and hearty support of the ticket by all democrats. Since he was brought actually into national politics by selection by Cleveland for a cabinet position, he has been more or less active in national affairs, and has been able to keep tolerably closo tc all elements of the party. What marks him as the kcadergof the administration, relied on to make Whe figtit ‘against silver at this time, is his great success during the last democratic convention, where he organized the Cleveland forces, and swept everything. Whitney is himself rich and Nberal with his money, and knows where and how to raise the necessary campaign funds. It is in the want of campaign funds that a silver candidate of the party will necessarily be weak, and it is reckoned that Whitney's assistance will have to be sought. Mr. Teller’s Unique Place. Among silver men drawn from all par- ties Teller of Colorado is regarded as the greatest living champion of the silver cause. He has the reputation of all-around ability, a man of lofty ideas, a profound thinker, a close observer and a man whose sincerity is never questioned. Outside of the silver question, indced, in spite of his views on this question, he has held high standing in the Senate since he first ap- peared in that body. His colleagues who disagree with him hold him in respect, and his separation from the republican. party on the money question was a matter of gen- eral regret among the leading men of that _ Ex-Gov. Campbell. party. He is a fearless man and is very impressive in the presertation of his views. Beirg a great student, he takes a broad view of things according to his philosophy, and there is the evidence of research in his utterances which commands respect, though his logic may not convince. It can hardly be said that his only difference with the republican party is on the silver question. He has differed with his colleagues on other questior:s, and it is an evidence of the esteem with which they regard him that he has so long held a high place in the party councils when his partisanship was in doubt. He fought against the Lodge- Hoar federal election bill, known as the force bill, in the face of the party demand for its passage, and was probably more ef- fective in his efforts for its defeat than it was possible for any democrat to be. Again when the democratic Congress made the ireome tax a part of their revenue plan, Teller, in the face of his party's opposi- tion, defended that feature, thus taking a position on the side of the most’ extreme scuthern and western democracy. Even back In the Fiftieth Congress he opposed the McKinley bill in his party caucuses, and,_as he has since stated publicly, was led to support the measure by the hope held out that the restoration of silver should follow as a part of the policy of building up American interests, in disre- gerd of the wishes of foreign government: His bolt from the republican national con- vention cn account of the gold plank and his recognized pre-eminence as a silver champion, associates his name among those which will be considered at Chicago. He cannot be properly spoken cf as a candi- date, but his nomination is strongly urged by many of the great silver leaders of all parties. A Pen Picture ef Altgeld. Governor Altgeld will figure prominently at the Chicago convenfion. He is the idol of the free silver democracy of Illinois, and has more or less of a following among labor unions outside of his own state. Altgeld was a judge on the bench at Chi- cago and was practicaliy unknown in poli- tics until he was taken up by the Chi- cago machine as the nominee for governor and carried Illinois for the democracy. His next appearance in the public eye was his pardoning of the Chicago anarchists. This action raised a storm of indignation against him in all sections of the coun- try, although he was applauded for it by seme. He next came to the front at the time of the great Chicago railway strike, when he opposed the sending of federal troops to queli the riot and engaged in a wordy warfare with President Cleveland. It is said that Governor Altgeld has never re- covered from the smart of the rebuke administered to him by the President and indorsed by many people in the east upon that occasion, and that on account of it he is the implacable enemy of President Cleveland. Governor Altgeld ig a man of considera- ble ability, and undoubtedly has a deep sympathy for the mass of the people, al- though by many it is cleimed that this sympathy approaches very closely to the verge of socialism. He retains a firm hold upon the Ilinols democracy, and is | jj without doubt the leader of a majority of his party in that state. He is a good talker on the stump and a man of considerable personal magnetism. | His manned is grave and serious, and he impresses one as being very much in earnest about the doctrines that he entertains. He is very sensitive to the criticism of the public upon his action in the case of the anarchists and the railroad strike. The visitor who calls upon him at the state house in Springfield finds upon a table in his ente room a stack of printed pamphlets in which he defends his course in the premises named. Leaders in the Free Silver Ranks. Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas will be one of the most conspicuous figures in the free silver ranks at Chicago. He will ‘| be in the front rank of the steering com- mittee and his advice will have strong weight in all questions affecting the policy and welfare of the silver democrats. Sen- ator Jones has been in Congress since the Forty-seventh Congress, and has occupied his seat in the Senate since 1885. He has always been prominent in the councils of the democratic party, and was especially so during the pendency of the Wilson Representative Bniley. tariff bill in the Senate. He virtually had charge of that measure and labored hard for it. He has been a co advocate of silver c: stent and persistent age, and has done a great deal to advance the movement for free silver in the Senate. Senator Jones is a man of the highest personal char- acter. In manner he is frank and out- spcken, and while he may be called the soul of dignity itself has a bluff, hearty ch attracts men to him. During his service in Congress his reputation has been that of the highest probit At Chi- cago he will be upon the scene early in ad- vance of the rank and file of the silver men, and will be the leader of the forces. Jir, Bailey of Texas. Representative Bailey of Texas, although one of the yeung men in the party, is ex- pected to take a prominent part in the de- Lberations of the silver men at Chicago. Mr. Bailey is a good lawyer and one of the best parliamentarians in the House. He wiil sit in the convention and see that his foillowcrs make no mistake in parlia- mentary practices. Mr. Bailey has made a great many friends at the national capital Senator Teller. since he has been in Congress. His youth- fulness and inexperience in public life have not proven a bar to the formation of strong ties of friendship and esteem with the old- er members of the House. His judgment is regarded as good. He is cool and unim- pessioned, and a very effective talker. Mr. Bailey was one of the few men on the dem- ceratic side who enjoyed the esteem of Speaker Reed. Mr. McLean as a Candidate. John R. McLean is regarded as the Ohio cerdidate for the presidency, and the theo- ry is held that if he does not get that place he may be placed second on the ticket. Mr. McLean has not interested him- self in politics with any constancy. While his influence has been great where he has felt disposed to exert it, his disposition has gererally appeared to be to devote himself to his newspaper and to his business inter- ests, making his influence felt indirectly. He has displayed ability in every undertak- ing he has thought worthy of his efforts, ond in the present fight in Ohio he has met with triamphs on every hand. His rest- dence and business connections in Wash- ington give a local interest to his candi- Gacy. —_e—______ The Cook Had Left. From the Chicago Record. “Our new ccok has gone already.” “What was the matter?” “When she found we had a gas stove she left; she had burned a ton of coal a week in each of her former places, end she said she had to live up to her record.” Customer—‘Tsn’t it strange, waiter, that I find so many files in my beer?” ‘aiter—“Well, no, sir, considering the ttme of year. If you were to find ‘em at Christmas, It would be strange,” BEHIND =FHE SCENES With Lincoln‘ the Telegraph Office of the War: Department. A CHAT WITH 2DNTOR ROSEWATER He Tells About Some Exciting Experiencés as an Operator. ON THE BATTLEFIELD ——————— (Copyrighted, 1896, by Frank G. Carpenter.) OMAHA, June 25, 1896. NE OF THE greatest nerve cen- ters of the late civil war was the tele- graph office at the War Departement at (Washingwn.Through it passed all the dis- patches which came from the field, and by it were sent out the orders from Presi- dent Lincoln and Secretary Stanton to the generals com- manding. A corps of the best ope- raters of the country were kept at work ranipulating the keys, and the most rapid telegraphers of the United States were in charge. General Anson Stager, who had been superintendent of the Western Union telegraph, was the head, and next to him was General Thomas T. Eckert, who is now the president of the Western Union telegraph lines. General Eckert sustained the closest of relations to President Lin- con, and Linco used to chat by the hour with him in the telegraph office. Eckert was also a good story teller, and some cf the best of Lincoln's stories were uttered je the operators were tlicking out mes- sages of war. Under these chiefs there were a number of very fast telezraphers, among the brightest of whom was Edward Rosewater, mow proprietor of the Omaha Ree. During the war Mr. Rosewater was for a time a telegrapher in the field. After the second battle of Bull Run he was brovght to Washington to act as one of the confidential operators of the War Depart- ment. During his stay in Washington he kept a diary, and he has a number of most interesting stories of his experiences of the incidents of that time which have never been given to the public. I chatted with him the other night about the telegraph of- fice of the War Department. Said he: “The War Department during the time of President Lincoin was in the old War Department building. This was a three- story structure just above the White House. The telegraph office adjoined the office of Secretary Stanton, It consisted of two rcoms, one of which was devoted to the receiving and delivering of cipher me es, and another in which less confidential tele- graphing was done. In the cipher room sat a very fast operator and General Eckert. | There were two cipher operators and the most important 6f our news came in this shepe. The outer room contained about tén Tuwrble tables, upon,each of which was a egraphic instrument of the latest pat- We had, you know, the t ma- chinery known at that time, and the opera- ters were chosen fer their expert work. had to be fine penmen, and one of the on Was to be able ite out thé dispatches us rapidly as y came from the wires. This is done by many operators toflay. It was not so ¢bm- mon then,” Our War Telegraph. “Who organizef our war telegraph, Mr. Rosewater?” I asked. en. Anson Stager and Gen. Eckert,” was the reply. “Gen. Stager was, you know, superintendent of the Western Union tele- graph before the war began. He was called to Washington to take charge of the telegraph system and organize a military telegraph. The first wire built was that which ran from the War Department to the navy yard. ‘Then a system of communica- tion was made with the camps lying within ten or twelve miles of the White House, and the itol building was connected with the Navy Department by a loop. The lines were soon extended to the Chain bridge, then over into Virginia, and finally they had direct communication with all parts of the country. Gen, Stager originat- ed the cipher code used in the department. He was an experi operator himself, and one time when riding on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago road the train broke down within nine miles of any tele- graph office. Gen. Stager cut the wires and by holding one above and one below his tongue was able to receive the mes- sages by watching its movements caused by the electric shocks passing through it. By this means he received a reply that another engine would be sent to him at once. Gen. Eckert wes also an expert teleg- rapher. His relations with President Lin- coln were very close, and he can, I ven- ture, tell more good stories of Lincoln than any other man now living. President Lin- coln often ‘came into the telegraph office and he frequently sent messages through me. He gererally came in early in the morning and he often remained in the office at night when serious operations were going on in the field.” A Story of Halleck. “What were your arrangements for de- livering messages at night, Mr. Rosewa- ter?” “There was, as a rule, not a great deal of work to be done at night,” replied Mr. Rosewater, “though at times the wires were kept hot. During a great part of 1863 I was the night chief of the office. I had in the corridor outside the operating rooms a half dozen cavalrymen, who were on hand to carry such dispatches as were im- portant. I remember once during the win- ter of 1863 that a telegram came urging that reinforcements be sent at once to Columbus, Ky. This was then a very im- pertant military point, and the rebels were moving upon it in large force, and the Union general commanding had in this dis- patch asked for reinforcements. The mes- Sage came to me between midnight and 1 a.m. I handed it over to one of the order- lies, and told him to take it at once to Gen- eral Halleck. I expected very naturally a prompt order from Halleck as to the rein- forcemerts. An hour passed by, nothinj came. A second hour went by, and stil no order. I was anxious, for I feared that the wires might be cut and broken be- fore morning, and in this case no relief could be gotten to our forces at Co- lumbus. TI remained on duty all night, but no message came from Halleck. Be- tween 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning I went out for my brgakfast, and upon re- turning 4sked if Gener#! Halleck had not yet crdered reinforcements. I found that he had not, and I went out and asked the orderly if he had delivered my message, and, if so, whyche hed not brought an answer. He replied that General Halleck had given directions that he was never to be disturbed after midnight. This state- ment made me very angry. The idea of the commanding general of the great army giving orders that he was to be awakened under no circumstances when such vital in- terests were under His charge seemed to me simply awful. I 8o wrought up over the matter that I tho#@ht I would go to the Pgesident and tell him about the Hal- leck order. In thef first place, how- ever, I decided to ask Gereral Stager, who was, you know! my superior of- ficer. I did 9, told him that I was going to he President.- He replied by asking._me what business it was of mine whether the order was sent or mot. Said he: ‘My boy, you have nothing to do with General Halleck's orders. We have done our duty. It is our business to receive and deliver dispatches, and that is all we can do.’ I was still angry, but after Gen- oral Stager's making such a rermark 1 could do nothing. He was my superior offi- cer, and his answer was in the nature of an order. Gen. Burnside’s Vigilance. “Was this the case with the other off- cers?” I asked. Cea “No,” replied Mr. Rosewater. ‘Many of the officers watched things ‘more carefully. Take General Burnside, for instance. He often remained up all night. 1 could not, in fact, tell when he slept, and I have often given him dispatch- es as late as 6 o'clock in the morning, I had known Burnside before I met Hal- leck, and I did not think much of a man who could not stay awake upon seat oc- Cc carpets and rare rugs require the greatest care to properly clean them without tearing. Our dry-air process removes dust, grit, moths without any in- jury whatever. 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Burn* side maintained that there was treachery iu the War Department, and that the rebels got the orders seit out from the War Department as soon as he did, and that in this way they were able to counter- act his proposed movements before he exe- cuted them, Preside: Lincoln in the Telegraph Office. “Was Lincoln in the offi the battle of Fredericksburg?” I asked. “Yes,” replied Mr. Rosewater. “He came into the office at 8 o'clock that morning, and remained there until long after dark. He came over from the White House in his slippers, I remember. It was Sunday, and the dispatches were going and coming all day. President Lincoln stood behind me much of the time and dictated the dis- Yatches tome, which I wrote and sent. I took the dnswers as they came from the wires and handed them to him. We were sending and receiving news all morning. at the time of E. Rosewnter. At noon the dispatches Were still coming, and instead of getting a lunch, Secretary Stanton sent his ice pitcher to the Winder building and had it filled with beer, and this beer, with some crackers, made up the lunch for the party, Gen. Eckert, Capt. Fox, the acting secretary of the navy all teking their turn at the pitcher. President Lincoln took his share of the beer, and I am, I venture, one of the few men who have ever taken a drink of beer with President Lincoin.” “How did President Lincoln act at such times?” “He was perfectly simple and unassum- ing,” replied Mr. Rosewater. “He did not seem at all nervous during the battle, though it was going against us. The result was, you know, an awful defeat, and we lost more than 13,00 in killed and wounded. Burnside did not want to make the attack, but he was overruled by Secretary Stanton and President Lincoln. After the battle it seemed to me that President Lincoln was very much depressed and worn. He was never, however, averse to a joke and a laugh seemed to relieve him. Shortly after the battle of Fredericksburg Burnside was released from command and Frank Leslie’s newspaper published an illustration in which Lincoln was represented as the high chief executicner with a great big ax in his hand chopping off heads. On the ground rear him in this picture lay McClellan's Gen. T. T. Eckert. head, which had just been chopped off. Be- side this was the head of Burnside and there were other heads at hand ready to be cut off. It wes not long after this fight that one of these papers was lying on one of the telegraph tables when President Lincoln came tn. As he was looking at it Gen. Burnside entered. They discussed the picture together and both laughed heartily over it.” Abe Lincoln and Tom Thumb. “I suppose there were many funny things happening even during the darkest days of the war, were there not?” “Yes,” replied Mr. Rosewater, “there were many little interesting things which seem- ea silly to me at the time. The war was to me 80 werious that I could not appreciate that great minds like that of President Lincoln must have relaxation. I remem- ber once when things looked the blackest Tom Thumb and Gen. Nutt were brought by P. T. Barnum to the White House. President Lircoln and his cabinet gave up business for an hour and spent it in being entertained by them. This at the time seemed to me outrageous. I thought it was @ very foolish proceeding to engross the V [bette tha DAY, JUNE 27, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. Empire Carpet Cleaning Works, Only Fireproof Establishment of the Kind in the District. ° 631-635 ass. Ave.=-630-634 K St. All Collections and Deliveries Free of Charge. Drop Postal or Telephone (425) for Wagon. 4 Sener pasar as YS ney Sart attention of the President at such a time; but it was perhaps a needed relaxation. I stw Tom Thumb afterward and he told me that he rode to the White House that day in a carriage which was given to him by Queen Vietorta. McClellan and His Horses’ Tongues. “Did President Lincoln really know much about the operations of the war?” I asked. “Yes, indeed. President LincoIn knew of every movement on the military chess board. He directed many of the operations himself. It was he who removed McClel- len, I don’t think the real story of this order Las ever been told. It was just af the battle of Antietam in September, 18 Both Lincoln and Stanton had }y McClellan tv move on after apture it. I sent for Presi age after message to M directing him to move on, and McClel- :n repeatedly replied that rapid movement was impossible. He heli back on various pretexts, and finally sent a message which capped the climax. This last tclegram was as follows: President Lincoln: ‘We are still delayed. tongu are sore. (Signed) ‘ “GEORGE B. McCLELLAN.’ “The idea of stop; my be- cause of the sorenes: s of the horses was more than Lincoln could stand. Within an hour after the telegram came | McClellan's head was off. An order was issued relieving him of the command of | the Army of the Potomac.” Fehind the Scenes With Stanton. “How did Secretary Stanten impress you?” I asked. “Edwin M. Stanton seemed to me a man of great force,” replied Editor Rosewater. “There was no joking about him, and he did an enormous amount of work. You must remember that there were no sten- ographers then to write telegraphic mes- Sages. Stanton wrote the most of his dis- | patehes, and many of those which I sent were in the hand of President Lincoln. I sent off many telegrams for Mrs. Lincoln, and it was a curious thing to me that Mri Lincoln's handwriting was so much like that of the President that you couid hardly tell them apart. As for Gen. Burnside, he Wrote a worse hand than Horace Greeley. Secretary Stanton’s penmanship was in a big, round hand.” Telegraphing During a Battle. ‘How about your work with the army, Mr. Rosewater? Telegraphing during a battle must be very exciting?” “Yes, it is," replied Mr. Rosewater. “I was in a number of minor engagements, and I did all the telegraphing that was done for our army at the second battle of Bull Run. I thought our army was going to move right on te Richmond at that time, and I asked that I might be made one of the telegraphers in order that I might be one of the first tc arrive at the rebel capi- tal. At Bull Run I had my instrument Placed on the ground among the dead horses. There was shooting going on around me, and I could not tell whether we were whipping the rebels or whether they were whipping us. General Pope was sending dispatches all day, stating that he was beating the enemy, while in fact he was really being defeated. At the first bat- tle of Bull Run, you know, there was a line of couriers, which brought the news to Fairfax Court House, from where it was telegraphed to Washington. The wire Was not carried to the battle itself, but the news was brought for ten miles to Fairfax Station, and then sent. On the day of the teiegraph office, desk, chair, etc., consisted of a railroad tie, upon which the instrument was placed. The operator Was a man named Rose. He sent dis- patches up until 4 o'clock, stating that everything was going well, and then for a tine. there was no rews, and finally came @ dispatch stating ‘Our army is in full re- treat.’ Presidert Lincoln and bis cabinat were In the War Department office at the time ard the news was a great shock to them. That same night, however, orders were telegraphed over the ccvntry for re- in.forcements, and you know 60,000 men en- listed within two Gays.” “What kind of machinery did y. with you to the field?” I asked. v@_Not much,” replied Mr. Rosewater. ‘During my service with General Fremont in West Virginia, as well as in the cam- paign with Gen. Pope, all I had wes a pocket instrument about three inches wide and six inches long. I could con- nect my instrument with any wire at any point, and could disconnect it when we were through telegraphing. Wherever the army was stationed for any length of time We would establish an office. Sometimes we had a board placed on the ground for the Instrument, and we sat on the ground to do our telegraphing. _The war ielegraphers were often watched by sharpshooters, and we had to be careful in selecting our po- sitions. Sometimes the telegraph instru- ment would be placed in front of the army and sometimes it would be away jn the rear. The day before the second battle of Bull Run the wires had been cut between us and Warrenton, Va., and I was sent out with a reconnoitering expedition to re-es- tablish the connection. We had three box cars and about 400 men. We were attack- ed by artillery and flanked by cavalry, but we were able, notwithstanding this, to’ con- nect the wire Stories of Lincoln. “Tell me how Abraham Lincoln looked when you saw him in the War Department at thet time.” “He was just like his pictures, only pos- sibly a dittle more worn. His eyes, you know, were brown. They were very lumi- nous eyes, and a peculiar thing about them was Rat ‘Fou could see them in the dark, as you can those Of some animal: They were deep-set eyes, and ih looked down upon you .from under heavy brows. They were different from any eyes I have ever seen, and were times full cf friendliness and good nz “Speaking of Lincoln's appearance,” con- tinued Mr. Rosewater,““he was by no means averse to joking ebout himself. At one Lincoln mes: le Cavalry horses’ oy carry at urkish and Persian rugs T no use or value in your eyes. can be made from old pieces of carpets that have $1 yard is our charge. oO" storage compartments are fireproof and abso- lutely We store carpets during the sum- mothproof. mer at moderate prices. ders to persons repre- senting themselves agents. We have no solicitors. e wish to warn every one against giving or- as our All orders should be sent here personally, by mail or tele- phone. wr tee Soe Gee NE an an aha an ain 4 time while he was in the telegraph off the newsboys outside were calling out papers. The Washington rewsboys have very funny pronunciation, i as Lincoln heard it he said to the operators ‘Did I ever tell you the joke the Chi- cago newsboys had on me?” the operators replied that they had not, and Lincoln went on: “It was but a short time ‘ore my first nomization, when I was at Chicago attending to some law business. The pho- tographer; had asked me to sit for a pic- ture, and I did so. I had just had my hai cut, and my head,which is ncne too smooth at best, looked especially rough through the new cutting. Just after my nomination some copies of this picttre were printed and sold by the newsboys, who, having noted the face, yelled out as their c “*“Here's your picture of old Abe look + ed.”" “As Lincoln told this he laughed over it as heortily as if it was a good joke om somebody else ir 4 of himself.” FRANK G. CARI THE FUTURE OF FARMING. He'll tter when he gets his hair comb- ‘TER. A Steady Decrease tion, From the Boston Transcript. Undeniably the best farmers produced was mer. forth these hardy young children of the soil to strengthen and energize all the higher forces of our civilization. It might be unjust to say that they are not doing it still, but it ts to a less extent, relatively, than in what are now called the good old days. The advantames’ef-education extend to the boys on the farm more than ever before, it ig true, and they grasp them more generally and more eagerly. But for what purpose? To escape from their humdrum the olf They sent crop that environment amd enter that larger a more active world where the prizes as well as the falures are greater. The passion to see and enjoy life as it is lived in the great centers of population and business is more intense than it ever was in the days that are past, and education rather stimulates it than otherwise. Even the farmers themselves have the infectio: if they do not encourage they only wea restrain their educated chiliren from t ing their acquirements them better account soil. Only a small prop’ graduates of our agricultural though given a special technical eq to what ment for that service, return to the farm. If they can gain fortune and reputation and experience in some other calling they fre- quently like to resume farming as ai cation, stanc avo- but only in comparatively rare in- is it adopted as a life work. These are hard facts, but we might as pnsus reports show uc well face them. The steady decrease of population and pre tion in the rural portions of the state, 3 educational opportunities were never 1 fore so general or available as now. It would be a sad confession that there was no remedy for this, but the remedy has not yet been found. Education benefits the farmer as much as the lawyer, both in his business and his citizenship, and it shoul not be held responsible for the depression in agricultural industry; but the social pace is such that the bushandman cannot fol- low it. There must enter into the business the elements that make success along other Ines—co-operation and capital—before it will become attractive to the educated and the ambitious. —__—_—_+oo——__ The Worth of a Good Song. From Chambers’ Journal. Other examples of the kind might be multiplied indefinitely. Everybody re- members “Gran@father’s Clock,” a song which was the “rage” for many a day. Thousands of pounds were made out of it by the music dealers, and the copy right sold only recently for £410, but the compeser got only a few shillings and ulti- mately died in destitution. The same thing happened in the case of Alexander Hume's beautiful setting of Burns’ “Afton Water.” It is said he did not receive even the traditional guinea. The composer of the “She Wore a Wreath of Roses” sold his copyright for A0s., and soon after had the doubtful pleasure of seeing it repurchased by a second publisher for i900. George Barker obtained only 40s. for “The White Squall,” though Messrs. Cramer afterward paid ‘him £1), and for that hamensely popular song, “Kathleen Mavourneen,” the composer, Mr. F. Crouch, received just £5. —-—__se— The proper door for uj-to-date women —Fliegende Blatten