In certain respects one can question
whether that sort of intellectual cult
ure be not more penetrating than any
other, and if it be not more particularly
suited in the development of a gifted
mind to preserve its native originality.
These reflections may serve to ex
plain Mr. Lincoln's talent as an orator.
His incisive speech found its way to the
very depths of the soul; his short and
clear sentences would captivate tne
audiences on which they fell. To him
was given to see nearly all his defini
tiosn pass into daily proverb. It is he
who, better than anyone, stamped the
character of the war in these well
known words, spoken some years be
fore it broke out: “A house divided
against itself cannot stand; this govern
ment cannot continue to exist half free
and half slave.” —Scribner.
The Klectrlcal Ilicycle.
The electrical bicycle is again crop
ping up. This time it is in England, and
its inventor promises to give the public
a machine that can go from the most
northerly to the southern extremity of
I Great Britain without stopping to have
Its batteries refilled. The weight of the
I batteries when filled with liquid Is to be
forty-four pounds, and tbe whole weight
j of the apparatus is Cos be 155 pounds.
The Sporer brothers, who were ar
rested at Oconto on a charge of at
tempting to murder Mr. Staler, keeper
of a hotel at Menominee, Mich., were
bound over to the circuit court in $2,000
bonds each.
It is said that large and valuable de
posits of nickel have been discovered
h the Blade Hills country.
WOS’T BE BULLIED.!
Uncle Sam Will Not Let Eng
land Carry a High
Hand.
National Honor Must be Pre
served at Honolulu Despite
Naval Weakness.
