is an important discovery in his example: 'The art of being paid for
what one eats, instead of having to pay for it.' Hereafter, if any
nice man shall owe a bill which he cannot pay, he can just board it
out!"--(Speech, House of Representatives, July 27, 1848.)

(A tilt at a general drawing rations for himself and staff.)


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A VICE NOT TO SAY "NO!"

Mr. Lincoln said to General Viele: "If I have got one vice, it is not
being able to say 'No.' And I consider it a vice. Thank God for not
making me a woman! I presume if He had, He would have made me just as
homely as I am, and nobody would have ever tempted me!"


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THE BEST CAR!

From his previous sojourn in the capital, President Lincoln had a fund
of good stories upon his predecessors. Among them was the following
tale about President Tyler, one of the weakest chiefs the republic has
ever known, with the exception of Franklin Pierce. Lincoln said that
this President's son "Bob" was sent by his father to arrange about
a special train for an excursion. The railroad agent happened to be