'TWAS "MOVING DAY."

Speed, who was a prosperous young merchant of Springfield, reports
that Lincoln's personal effects consisted of a pair of saddle-bags,
containing two or three lawbooks, and a few pieces of clothing. Riding
on a borrowed horse, he thus made his appearance in Springfield. When he
discovered that a single bedstead would cost seventeen dollars he said,
"It is probably cheap enough, but I have not enough money to pay for
it." When Speed offered to trust him, he said: "If I fail here as a
lawyer, I will probably never pay you at all." Then Speed offered to
share large double bed with him.

"Where is your room?" Lincoln asked.

"Upstairs," said Speed, pointing from the store leading to his room.

Without saying a word, he took his saddle-bags on his arm, went
upstairs, set them down on the floor, came down again, and with a face
beaming with pleasure and smiles, exclaimed: "Well, Speed, I'm moved."

"ABE'S" HAIR NEEDED COMBING.

"By the way," remarked President Lincoln one day to Colonel Cannon, a
close personal friend, "I can tell you a good story about my hair. When
I was nominated at Chicago, an enterprising fellow thought that a great
many people would like to see how 'Abe' Lincoln looked, and, as I had
not long before sat for a photograph, the fellow, having seen it, rushed
over and bought the negative.

"He at once got no end of wood-cuts, and so active was their circulation
they were soon selling in all parts of the country.

"Soon after they reached Springfield, I heard a boy crying them for sale
on the streets. 'Here's your likeness of "Abe" Lincoln!' he shouted.
'Buy one; price only two shillings! Will look a great deal better when
he gets his hair combed!"'

WOULD "TAKE TO THE WOODS."

Secretary of State Seward was bothered considerably regarding the
complication into which Spain had involved the United States government
in connection with San Domingo, and related his troubles to the
President. Negotiations were not proceeding satisfactorily, and things
were mixed generally. We wished to conciliate Spain, while the negroes
had appealed against Spanish oppression.

The President did not, to all appearances, look at the matter seriously,
but, instead of treating the situation as a grave one, remarked that
Seward's dilemma reminded him of an interview between two negroes in
Tennessee.

One was a preacher, who, with the crude and strange notions of his
ignorant race,