tleman in that car evidently smelt no royalty in our
carriage."

HELL A MILE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

Ward Lamon told this story of President Lincoln, whom he found one day
in a particularly gloomy frame of mind. Lamon said:

"The President remarked, as I came in, 'I fear I have made Senator Wade,
of Ohio, my enemy for life.'

"'How?' I asked.

"'Well,' continued the President, 'Wade was here just now urging me
to dismiss Grant, and, in response to something he said, I remarked,
"Senator, that reminds me of a story."'

"'What did Wade say?' I inquired of the President.

"'He said, in a petulant way,' the President responded, '"It is with
you, sir, all story, story! You are the father of every military blunder
that has been made during the war. You are on your road to hell, sir,
with this government, by your obstinacy, and you are not a mile off this
minute."'

"'What did you say then?'

"I good-naturedly said to him,' the President replied, '"Senator, that
is just about from here to the Capitol, is it not?" He was very angry,
grabbed up his hat and cane, and went away.'"

HIS "GLASS HACK"

President Lincoln had not been in the White House very long before Mrs.
Lincoln became seized with the idea that a fine new barouche was about
the proper thing for "the first lady in the land." The President did not
care particularly about it one way or the other, and told his wife to
order whatever she wanted.

Lincoln forgot all about the new vehicle, and was overcome with
astonishment one afternoon when, having acceded to Mrs. Lincoln's desire
to go driving, he found a beautiful barouche standing in front of the
door of the White House.

His wife watched him with an amused smile, but the only remark he made
was, "Well, Mary, that's about the slickest 'glass hack' in town, isn't
it?"

LEAVE HIM KICKING.

Lincoln, in the days of his youth, was often unfaithful to his Quaker
traditions. On the day of election in 1840, word came to him that one
Radford, a Democratic contractor, had taken possession of one of the
polling places with his workmen, and was preventing the Whigs from
voting. Lincoln started off at a gait which showed his interest in the
matter in hand.

He went up to Radford and persuaded him to leave the polls, remarking
at the same time: "Radford, you'll spoil and blow, if you live much
longer."

Radford's prudence prevented an actual collision, which, it is said,
Lincoln regretted.