wed the visitors into the White
House to gratify their curiosity. They passed around from room to room,
and were hastening through the reception-room, with some trepidation,
when the President called to them:

"Little girls, are you going to pass me without shaking hands?"

Then he bent his tall, awkward form down, and shook each little girl
warmly by the hand. Everybody in the apartment was spellbound by the
incident, so simple in itself.

"DON'T SWAP HORSES"

Uncle Sam was pretty well satisfied with his horse, "Old Abe," and, as
shown at the Presidential election of 1864, made up his mind to keep
him, and not "swap" the tried and true animal for a strange one.
"Harper's Weekly" of November 12th, 1864, had a cartoon which
illustrated how the people of the United States felt about the matter
better than anything published at the time. We reproduce it on this
page. Beneath the picture was this text:

JOHN BULL: "Why don't you ride the other horse a bit? He's the best
animal." (Pointing to McClellan in the bushes at the rear.)

BROTHER JONATHAN: "Well, that may be; but the fact is, OLD ABE is just
where I can put my finger on him; and as for the other--though they say
he's some when out in the scrub yonder--I never know where to find him."

MOST VALUABLE POLITICAL ATTRIBUTE.

"One time I remember I asked Mr. Lincoln what attribute he considered
most valuable to the successful politician," said Captain T. W. S. Kidd,
of Springfield.

"He laid his hand on my shoulder and said, very earnestly:

"'To be able to raise a cause which shall produce an effect, and then
fight the effect.'

"The more you think about it, the more profound does it become."

"ABE" RESENTED THE INSULT.

A cashiered officer, seeking to be restored through the power of the
executive, became insolent, because the President, who believed the man
guilty, would not accede to his repeated requests, at last said, "Well,
Mr. President, I see you are fully determined not to do me justice!"

This was too aggravating even for Mr. Lincoln; rising he suddenly seized
the disgraced officer by the coat collar, and marched him forcibly to
the door, saying as he ejected him into the passage:

"Sir, I give you fair warning never to show your face in this room
again. I can bear censure, but not insult. I never wish to see your face
again."

ONE MAN ISN'T MISSED.

Salmon P. Chase, when Secretary of the Treasury, had a disagreement