gfield lawyer came to Chicago. Mr. Lincoln heard of Moulton's
attitude, but did not see Moulton until after the election, when the
President-elect came to Chicago and was tendered a reception at one of
the big hotels.

Moulton went up in the line to pay his respects to the newly-elected
chief magistrate, purely as a formality, he explained to his companions.
As Moulton came along the line Mr. Lincoln grasped Moulton's hand with
his right, and with his left took the master of chancery by the shoulder
and pulled him out of the line.

"You don't belong in that line, Moulton," said Mr. Lincoln. "You belong
here by me."

Everyone at the reception was a witness to the honoring of Moulton. From
that hour every faculty that Moulton possessed was at the service of the
President. A little act of kindness, skillfully bestowed, had won him;
and he stayed on to the end.

NEVER SUED A CLIENT.

If a client did not pay, Lincoln did not believe in suing for the fee.
When a fee was paid him his custom was to divide the money into two
equal parts, put one part into his pocket, and the other into an
envelope labeled "Herndon's share."

THE LINCOLN HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

It is recorded that when "Abe" was born, the household goods of his
father consisted of a few cooking utensils, a little bedding, some
carpenter tools, and four hundred gallons of the fierce product of the
mountain still.

RUNNING THE MACHINE.

One of the cartoon-posters issued by the Democratic National Campaign
Committee in the fall of 1864 is given here. It had the legend, "Running
the Machine," printed beneath; the "machine" was Secretary Chase's
"Greenback Mill," and the mill was turning out paper money by the
million to satisfy the demands of greedy contractors. "Uncle Abe" is
pictured as about to tell one of his funny stories, of which the scene
"reminds" him; Secretary of War Stanton is receiving a message from the
front, describing a great victory, in which one prisoner and one gun
were taken; Secretary of State Seward is handing an order to a messenger
for the arrest of a man who had called him a "humbug," the habeas corpus
being suspended throughout the Union at that period; Secretary of
the Navy Welles--the long-haired, long-bearded man at the head of
the table--is figuring out a naval problem; at the side of the table,
opposite "Uncle Abe," are seated two Government contractors, shouting
for "more greenbacks," and at the extreme left is