he said, reverently; and then,
hesitating a moment, he added, with strong emphasis, "and the people,
too, sir; and the people, too!"

A few moments later Mr. Lincoln remarked to his friend: "Great men
have various estimates. When Daniel Webster made his tour through the
West years ago, he visited Springfield among other places, where great
preparations had been made to receive him. As the procession was going
through the town, a barefooted little darkey boy pulled the sleeve of
a man named T., and asked:

"'What the folks were all doing down the street?'

"'Why, Jack,' was the reply, 'the biggest man in the world is
coming.'

"Now, there lived in Springfield a man by the name of G----, a very
corpulent man. Jack darted off down the street, but presently
returned, with a very disappointed air.

"'Well, did you see him?' inquired T.

"'Yees,' returned Jack; 'but laws, he ain't half as big as old G.'."

An Irish Soldier Who Wanted Something Stronger Than Soda Water.

Upon Mr. Lincoln's return to Washington, after the capture of
Richmond, a member of the Cabinet asked him if it would be proper to
permit Jacob Thompson to slip through Maine in disguise, and embark
from Portland. The President, as usual, was disposed to be merciful,
and to permit the arch-rebel to pass unmolested, but the Secretary
urged that he should be arrested as a traitor. "By permitting him to
escape the penalties of treason," persistently remarked the Secretary,
"you sanction it." "Well," replied Mr. Lincoln, "let me tell you a
story.

"There was an Irish soldier here last summer, who wanted something to
drink stronger than water, and stopped at a drug-shop, where he espied
a soda-fountain.

"'Mr. Doctor' said he, 'give me, plase, a glass of soda wather, an' if
yees can put in a few drops of whisky unbeknown to any one, I'll be
obleeged.'

"Now," said Mr. Lincoln, "if Jake Thompson is permitted to go through
Maine unbeknown to any one, what's the harm? So don't have him
arrested."

Looking Out for Breakers.

In a time of despondency, some visitors were telling the President of
the "breakers" so often seen ahead--"this time surely coming."
"That," said he, "suggests the story of the school-boy, who never
could pronounce the names 'Shadrach,' 'Meshach,' and 'Abednego.' He
had been repeatedly whipped for it without effect. Some times
afterwards he saw the names of the regular lesson for the day. Putting
his finger upon the place