rfere, but when the lad had lost
his little authority in his boyish sleep, the Commander-in-Chief of the
Army and Navy of the United States went down and personally discharged
the sentries his son had put on the post.

DOUGLAS HELD LINCOLN'S HAT.

When Mr. Lincoln delivered his first inaugural he was introduced by his
friend, United States Senator E. D. Baker, of Oregon. He carried a cane
and a little roll--the manuscript of his inaugural address. There was
moment's pause after the introduction, as he vainly looked for a spot
where he might place his high silk hat.

Stephen A. Douglas, the political antagonist of his whole public life,
the man who had pressed him hardest in the campaign of 1860, was seated
just behind him. Douglas stepped forward quickly, and took the hat which
Mr. Lincoln held helplessly in his hand.

"If I can't be President," Douglas whispered smilingly to Mrs. Brown,
a cousin of Mrs. Lincoln and a member of the President's party, "I at
least can hold his hat."

THE DEAD MAN SPOKE.

Mr. Lincoln once said in a speech: "Fellow-citizens, my friend, Mr.
Douglas, made the startling announcement to-day that the Whigs are all
dead.

"If that be so, fellow-citizens, you will now experience the novelty of
hearing a speech from a dead man; and I suppose you might properly say,
in the language of the old hymn:

"'Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.'"

MILITARY SNAILS NOT SPEEDY.

President Lincoln--as he himself put it in conversation one day with a
friend--"fairly ached" for his generals to "get down to business." These
slow generals he termed "snails."

Grant, Sherman and Sheridan were his favorites, for they were
aggressive. They did not wait for the enemy to attack. Too many of the
others were "lingerers," as Lincoln called them. They were magnificent
in defense, and stubborn and brave, but their names figured too much on
the "waiting list."

The greatest fault Lincoln found with so many of the commanders on the
Union side was their unwillingness to move until everything was exactly
to their liking.

Lincoln could not understand why these leaders of Northern armies
hesitated.

OUTRAN THE JACK-RABBIT.

When the Union forces were routed in the first battle of Bull Run, there
were many civilians present, who had gone out from Washington to witness
the battle. Among the number were several Congressmen. One of these was
a tall, long-legged fellow, who wore a long-ta