Lima founded by Colet, and in conjunction with Erasmus he edited the Eton Latin Grammar. Lima. (1.) Maritime dep. of Peru, bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the w., the dep. Junin on the E., Ancachs on the N., and Huancavelica on the s. Pop. (1896) 298,106. Area, 13,310 sq. m. The surface is mountainous, with fertile valleys on the w. slope. (2.) Capital of Peru and of above province, 7 m. from the port of Callao on the Pacific, in the valley of the Rimac. The cathedral is the most imposing building in the city; overthrown by the earthquake of 1746, which destroyed the greater part of the city, it has only recently been completely restored. Lima is the commercial centre of the country. Manufactures include pottery, iron, copper, and furniture. More than half of the inhabitants are Indians, half-breeds, negroes, and Chinese. Lima (a corruption of Rimac) was founded in 1535 by Pizzaro. Pop. over 120,000. (3.) City, Ohio, the co. seat of Allen Co., 125 m. N.E. of Cincinnati. It is situated in the oil-belt of the state on the Ottawa R. and on the Cin., Hamilton and Dayton, the Pa., the Erie and other R. Rs. It is the seat of Lima College (Lutheran). The chief manufactures are locomotives, structural iron and bridges, cigars, roofing tile, handles, etc. Among the public institutions are the City Hospital and the Carnegie Uibrary. The state obtained a site here in 1906 for a new insane hospital. Pop. (1900) 21,723; est. (1903) 25,445. (4.) Vil., Livingstone co., N. Y., 18 m. s. of Rochester, on the Rochester branch of the Lehigh Valley R. R. The Genesee Wesleyan Seminary is situated here. Pop. (1905) 972. Limassol, or LIMASOL, seapt. on s. coast of Cyprus, 38 m. s.w. of Larnaca; chief seat of wine and carob trade. Plaster of Paris is exported, and salt is obtained in abundance from the salt lakes in the vicinity. Pop. 8,298. Lima-wood. See BRAZIL WOOD. Limbach, tn. in Saxony, Germany, 12 m. W.N.w. of Chemnitz; manufactures hoisery, gloves, silk, and knitting-machines. Pop. (1900) 12,241. Limbourg, or LIMBURG, prov. of N.E. Belgium, bordered on the E. by the Meuse. It is flat, infertile in the N.W., but fertile in the E., and produces beetroot sugar, horses, and poultry. Chief minerals are iron, coal, and calamine. Area, 931 sq. m. Pop. (1900) 240,796. Chief tn. Hasselt. Limburg, prov. of the Netherlands, between the Prussian Rhine prov. (on the E.) and the Belgium prov. of Limburg (on the w.). It 329 is drained by the Maas (Meuse). The marshy district of Peel occupies a large portion of the north of the province. Agriculture is at a high level, the cattle being famous. Coal is mined. Cap., Maastricht. Area, 851 sq. m. Pop. (1899) 281,934. Limburg on - the Lahn, walled tn. in Hesse-Nassau prov., Prussia, on the Lahn, 32 m. E. of Koblenz; manufactures tobacco and machinery. The Limburger Chronik is an important historical record. Pop. (1900) 8,465. Limbus (Lat. 'edge'), in the scholastic theology, the border of hell. It was the abode of those for whom, in the nature of things, the merits of the Redeemer could not avail, but who were nevertheless not without natural goodness, either actual or possible. In Dante's Inferno, canto iv., Limbo appears as the uppermost of the nine circles which subdivide the place of final expiation and doom, and contains the spirits of unbaptized infants and the virtuous heathen; and the scholastics distinguished in it the Limbus infantium and the Limbus patrum, for each of these two classes respectively. They suffered no torment save the pain of loss, hopelessness, and desire. See PURGATORY. Lime. When calcium carbonate is strongly heated, in such a way that the carbon dioxide can escape, it decomposes, calcium oxide or quicklime remaining, CaCO3 CaO + CO2. The calcium carbonate used is chiefly limestone or chalk, and yields a purer or 'fatter' lime the smaller the amount of sandy or earthy impurities present. The process is carried out in kilns, into which the calcium carbonate is regularly charged along with coal, which in burning gives out the heat required to bring about the decomposition, the lime being withdrawn periodically at the bottom. The firing may also be done by the combustion of producer gas. Quicklime is extremely infusible, and when wetted crumbles down into a voluminous white powder of calcium hydroxide or 'slaked lime,' much heat being evolved in the process. It is used for the manufacture of the refractory crucibles employed for melting platinum, and is the substance which, when intensely heated, produces the lime light. Slaked lime is slightly soluble in water, forming an alkaline solution known as lime water, used as a test for carbon dioxide (with which it yields a milky precipitate of calcium carbonate) and in medicine. (See LIME WATER.) 'Milk of lime' is a thick liquid consisting of slaked lime suspended in water, and is the source Lime Light of the hydroxide radical; for example, sodium hydroxide is obtained by boiling sodium carbonate with milk of lime. Slaked lime, mixed with about three times as much sand or ashes, is used for mortar and plaster-the setting, chiefly depending on loss of water followed by hardening caused by the action of carbon dioxide. For agricultural purposes, on most soils, from 50 to 100 bushels of lime per acre is an adequate dressing. Lime Fruit (Citrus medica, var. acida) is a valuable small, sour fruit of the orange and lemon tribe, and can be grown in poorer and more exposed, though not in colder, situations than either oranges or lemons. The commonest variety is the small West Indian-other well Lime Fruit (Citrus medica). 1, Section. known sorts being the mandarin lime, or sour Rangpur, and the Tahiti. The sweet lime (C. Limetta) is a distinct variety of C. medica, and is said to occur wild in the Nilgiri Hills of India. Limes are very useful as the source of citric acid, and of limejuice, an invaluable antiscorbutic. Lime Light. The oxides of certain metals, such as of calcium (quicklime), magnesium, thorium, zirconium, and cerium, which are white, bad conductors of heat, and practically infusible and nonvolatile, possess the property of emitting an intense light when heated. This property was first utilized by Drummond in 1824; and besides its special application in the lime light, it is also enployed in the mantles of incandescent gas lamps. For the ordinary lime light, the calcium oxide, Lime Light which should be as pure as possible, is cut into small cylinders, called 'limes,' of about the dimensions of a stout wine cork. One side of such a lime is heated white hot by projecting against it a very hot and narrow tongue of flame. Suitable flames are those produced by burning hydrogen, coal gas, ether, benzoline, or alcohol with oxygen, the latter of which, as well as hydrogen, and frequently coal gas, is compressed for use in cylinders of mild steel. As the nice adjustment of the quantity of gas issuing is troublesome when the pressure is so high, automatic regulators 330 the flame used for a lime light be kept constantly directed at one portion of the lime, it is found that, the temperature remaining the same, the light rapidly falls off in intensity, and does not become constant till after half an hour. On account of this, and to prevent pitting, the position of the lime is changed every few minutes, so that a fresh surface is continually being exposed. Limerick. (1.) County, prov. of Munster, Ireland, s. of the Shannon. The soil is in general fertile, especially in the district of the Golden Vale, stretching from about the mouth of the Maigue Limestone bor., 46,170. See Lenihan's Limerick: Its History and Antiquities (1884). Limestone. Limestones consist essentially of calcium carbonate, but are rarely altogether pure. They frequently contain silica, as quartz, flint, or chert; carbonate or oxide of iron; carbon, and other organic matters, such as bitumen or asphalt. When there is an admixture of clay they pass into marls; many of them have a considerable percentage of magnesium carbonate, and are known as magnesian limestones; by increase of this impurity they become dolomites. All lime are usually attached, which reduce the pressure to one which is but little above that of the atmosphere. The light produced differs in name and effectiveness according to the method of application of the oxygen. Thus in the 'blowthrough' jet the oxygen is delivered by the inner of two concentric tubes, coal gas or hydrogen being supplied by the outer, as in the gas blowpipe; whilst in the 'mixed jet' the hottest flame of all is produced by mixing the gases in a small chamber before they arrive at the nozzle, where they are burnt. The oxyhydrogen jet, though it pits holes in the lime quicker than the other flames, gives the brighter light, which also has the advantage, from an optical point of view, of being emitted from a smaller area. into Tipperary. Agriculture and dairy-farming are important. Co. tn. is Limerick. Area, 1,062 sq. m. Pop. (1901) 146,098. (2.) Municipal and parl. bor. and city, cap. of above co., on the Shannon, 77 m. N.w. of Waterford. The city comprises three partsIrish Town, English Town, and Newtown Perry, the last being the modern and fashionable quarter. The principal buildings are the cathedral of St. Mary, a Gothic edifice founded in the 12th century; St. Mainchin's, and the castle built by King John, a fine example of Norman architecture. The treaty stone' is preserved on a pedestal beside Thomond Bridge. Bacon-curing, flour-milling, and the manufacture of army and police clothing are the principal industries. Pop. (1901) parl. stones are soft rocks, and when attacked by cold dilute mineral acids they dissolve readily, giving off carbon dioxide with effervescence. A number of varieties of limestone are recognized, differing in texture, chemical composition or mode of origin. The crystalline variety, composed of interlocking grains of calcite, is known as marble. Chalk is a fine, white limestone formed from the accumulated shells of minute foraminifera. Marl is a soft variety deposited in lakes and ponds. Tufa, a cellular limestone, formed by springs. Hydraulic limestone, an aluminous variety, which, when burned, has the property of hardening under water. Exten sive beds of limestone occur which are composed almost entirely of organic remains, and these are Lime Tree commonly distinguished by prefixing the names of the predominant fossil type, as coral limestone, crinoidal limestone, nummulitic limestone, etc. Lime stones are readily soluble in waters containing carbon dioxide; hence in limestone districts the underground water circulating eats out caves and tunnels, and swallow holes and dolinas mark the surface. For the same reason limestone weathers readily, especially when exposed to the smoky atmosphere of towns containing sulphuric and other acids. Limestones are much used in building, in the preparation of lime and cement, and as a flux in metallurgical operations. Lime Tree. See LINDEN. Lime Water, or LIQUOR CALCIS, is prepared by shaking up pure slaked lime in distilled It conwater, and decanting. tains half a grain of calcium oxide (CaO) in one fluid ounce. It is of service in rickets and other diseases of malnutrition. Externally lime water dissolves false membranes, and checks the discharges from inflammatory skin Mixed with diseases and sores. an equal quantity of olive oil, lime water forms Carron oil, which is probably the best and most soothing application for burns. In Limfjord. See LIIMFJORD, Limitation of Estates. English law real property cannot be made the subject of absolute ownership, but only of estates of varying duration or quantum. The words used in any instrument to denote the quantum or duration of the estate granted are called words of limitation. Thus a grant of land 'to A B and his heirs' conveys an estate in fee simple, which is the largest estate known to the law, while a grant 'to A B and the heirs of his body' conveys an estate tail, and a grant 'to A B' merely conveys an estate for life. In the United States practically all the land is held allodially, that is absolutely, against every one but the state in the exercise of its right of eminent domain. See ESTATES, PERPETUITIES, RULES AGAINST. Limitation, Statutes of. Statutes prescribing the period after which the remedy on a right of action is barred by lapse of time. 331 cumstances the defendant could Limnæus sons, and in some states married women, provision being made that it shall commence immediately upon the termination of the disability. Where the defendant remains absent from the state the running of the statute is generally postponed until his return, but in some states the plaintiff must make an effort to commence the action by placing process in the hands of the sheriff or other officer for service. The right of action is revived after the expiration of the statutory period by a new promise to pay the claim, or an acknowledgment of the debt from which a new promise may be inferred. In many states this must be in writing. The consideration is the original debt which had not been extinguished. Part payment of a debt after the statutory period will also start the statute anew. The following are the periods of limitation of actions on open accounts in the various states: Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, and Wisconsin, six years; Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Virginia, West Virginia, five vears; Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, four years; Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Indian Territory, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Washington, three years; California, Florida, Kentucky and Virginia in certain cases, Texas, two years. On notes and contracts most states have a longer period than on open accounts, and on judgments and sealed instruments the periods range from five to twenty years. Consult Wood, Limitations of Actions (3d ed. 1901). Oregon, verse The necessity for such statutes was apparent early in the history of the English law. Persons having doubtful claims, to sustain which they were able to make out a prima facie case, but to which there was a good defense, frequently waited until the defendant's witnesses died or disappeared, documents and other means of evidence in the defendant's favor had been destroyed, and then commenced their actions. Under such cir or twenty years, claiming title against Limited Liability. In law, this phrase refers to the limitation of a person's liability for debts and business. obligations in The liability of stockholders of corporations, and special members of limited partnerships,' is limited by statute in most states. See CORPORATION; PARTNERSHIP. Limnæus, a genus of airbreathing gasteropod mollusks to which belong some very common pond snails. They dwell in still waters, rising to the surface to breathe at intervals, and have elongated, spirally coiled shells, which are of thin and horny texture. They feed upon vegetation, and are commonly kept in freshwater aquaria to eat the minute growth which clouds the glass. The largest form is L. stagnalis, to be found everywhere in ponds. Limnanthemum ditches, and slow-running streams in both Europe and N. America, but there are scores of lesser Limnaus. species, some of which are the intermediate hosts of important parasites, as the liver-fluke. Limnanthemum. A genus of aquatic plants of the buck-bean family, with cordate leaves and beautiful white yellow flowers. The indigenous American species (L. lacunosum and L. aquaticum) are called 'floating-heart,' and are found in ponds. The long stems (stolons) are buoyed at the surface each by a single cordate leaf, and bear at their summits umbels of star-shaped flowers, and, also, clusters of root-like tubers. Indicum, the water-snowflake, has pure white flowers, and is useful in aquatic gardening.. L. Limnanthes, a genus of hardy Californian annual plants, order Geraniaceæ. They have solitary regular flowers, usually white or pinkish in color. The only species commonly cultivated is L. Douglasii, which has a prostrate habit, and bears yellowishwhite fragrant flowers throughout the summer. Limnoria lignorum, or the GRIBBLE, a small (about one-sixth of an inch long) marine isopod crustacean which is very destructive to wharf-piles and the like in most parts of the world. See ISOPODA. Limoges (anc. Lemovicum), cap. dep. Haute Vienne, France on r. bk. of Vienne, 51 m. N.E. of Perigueux. In the middle ages it was celebrated for its enamelwork. It is now the principal seat of the porcelain manufacture, employing over 6,000 hands. Other manufactures are cloths and druggets, nails, knives, gloves, and paper. The cathedral of St. Etienne dates from 1273. There are also remains of a Roman fountain and amphitheatre. Pop. (1901) 84,121. Limon, or PORT LIMON, seapt., Costa Rica, Central America, an E. terminus of railway to Puntarenas, 72 m. E. of San José; has an excellent harbor. Exports coffee, tropical fruits, rubber, and dyewood. Pop. 4,000. Limonia, a genus of tropical Asiatic shrubs, order Rutaceæ. The best known species is L. acidissima, an Indian shrub, very spiny, bearing racemes of white 332 fragrant flowers, followed by red, globose berries. The pulp of these berries is occasionally used by the natives as a substitute for soap. Limonite, or brown hematite, the hydrated oxide of iron (2FerO33H2O), carrying when pure, about 60 per cent. iron. It never occurs crystallized, although considerable evidence of a crypto crystalline tendency similar to that of chalcedony is shown under the microscope. It occurs in fibrous, earthy, stalactitic, mammillary, porous, or concretionary masses, and often as pseudomorphs formed by weathering of other minerals, such as pyrites or marcasite. Its color is black or hair-brown, and the streak or fine powder is yellow, distinguishing it from hematite; sp. gr. 3.8, h.-5. Limonite is formed from the decomposition or alteration of other minerals containing iron. Impure limonite is found in moorfand clay soils, and also in meadows and bogs in spongy nodules, this variety is hence known as bog iron ore. In freshwater lakes it is often deposited as a brownish slime by the action of plants on the ferrous carbonate, and in Sweden and Norway this lake ore is periodically collected by raking the bottom of the shallow pools. In time, by the combined action of heat and pressure this loose, earthy material is transformed into a bed of compact limonite. Earthy limonite, or limonite mixed with clay, is known as yellow ocher. It is found in veins, especially in their oxidized upper parts; and where it can be obtained sufficiently pure, it is extensively used as an iron ore. Much of this impure limionite is also ground for paint and furnishes the pigments ocher and sienna. Limonite is extensively mined in Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Col Linares are plentiful between tide-marks on all coasts. Limpets breed in spring, and the young are ciliated free-swimming larvæ, devoid of shells. The foot is an almost circular mass of muscle, enabling the animal to cling to its seat with amazing strength; around it is visible the mantle, lining the shell, and bearing a circlet of vascular folds which functionally replace the missing gills. The mouth is at the end of a short proboscis; within it lies the very long radula, by means of which the limpet rasps its vegetable food from the surface of the rocks. At either side of the mouth are the tentacles, bearing each an eye at its base. The limpet is used in Europe as bait, and is sometimes eaten as food; and in this country the name is extended to some allied mollusks, as the key-hole limpets (Fissurella) as slipper limpets (Crepidula). See Cooke, 'Mollusks' (1895). Limpopo, INNAMPURA, or CROCODILE, riv. of S. Africa. Rising in the Magaliesberg, w. of Pretoria, and flowing N.W. to Marico Drift, it describes a winding course N.E. and E. between Rhodesia and the Transvaal. At the Limvuba confluence it enters Portuguese E. Africa, through which it flows S.E., receiving the Olifants or Lipalule 120 m. from its mouth, and discharges, after a total course of about 1,500 m., into the Indian Ocean. The river is navigable for small craft for 200 m., but its mouth is obstructed by sandbars. Linaceæ, an order of herbs and shrubs, marked by bearing regular, hermaphrodite flowers with persistent sepals, and petals which fall soon after expansion. They are herbaceous plants, with very tough fibrous stems and oily seeds, which render soine members of the order of economic importance. The genus Linum, flax, is the source of most of the linseed-oil and linen of commerce. Linacre, or LYNAKER, THOMAS (c. 1460-1524), English physician and humanist, born at Canterbury; studied at Oxford, Bologna, and Padua. When he returned to England he was made court physician to Henry VII., and also served under Henry VIII. and Mary. In 1509 he gave up practice to become rector of Mersham and prebend of Wells, and in 1518 prebend of York. He founded the London College of Physicians and was president 1518-1524. He translated the works of Galen into choice Latin, and was among the first to teach Greek at Oxford, where Erasmus and Sir Thomas More were among his pupils. See Life by Johnson (1835). Linares. (1.) City of prov. Jaen, Spain, 134 m. from Jaen; is Linaria the centre of a great silver-lead mining district, which produces over 80,000 tons of silver and copper ore annually. Manufactures sheet lead, pipes, dynamite, and rope. Pop. (1900) 38,245. (2.) Province of Chile, bounded on the s. by Nuble, on the w. by Maule, on the N. by Talca, and on the E. by the Andes. Area, 3,589 sq. m. Industries, stockraising and viticulture. Cap. Linares. Pop. (1895) 101,859. Linaria, a genus of hardy plants belonging to the order Scrophulariaceæ. Their flowers are characterized by a personate corolla with a bearded palate which does not close the mouth, spurred at the base. There are Linaria vulgaris. 1, Section of flower. four stamens, two being longer than the others. A common species along roadsides is the yellow toad-flax, L. vulgaris; L. cymbalaria, the Kenilworth Ivy. Among the garden species are the annual L. spartea, which bears deep yellow flowers; and the beautiful little perennial L. alpina, bearing yellow and blue flowers. Linas or Lynas Point, headland in N. of Anglesey, North Wales, with a lighthouse visible 16 m. Signalling station for Liverpool vessels. Lincei, ACCADEMIA DEI. See ACADEMY. Lincoln. (1.) Municipal, county, and parl. bor. and city, cap. of Lincolnshire, England, on the Witham. The special industry is the manufacture of agricultural implements; there are also important horse and cattle fairs, 333 and race meetings held annually. Lincoln Cathedral is a noble pile, doubly cruciform, with central tower (271 ft.) and two western towers. The castle was erected by William the Conqueror; the principal remains are the gateway and two towers. Other buildings of special interest are the Stone Bow, a 15th-century town gate, the High Bridge with houses thereon, the site of John of Gaunt's Palace, St. Mary's Conduit (16th century), and the Jews' House (12th century). Lincoln was an important Roman station and a colony, Lindum colonia, established on the site of a British stronghold. Pop. of bor. (1901) 48,784. See Venables's A Walk through Lincoln (1883); Kendrick's The Cathedral of Lincoln (1898); Freeman and Farren's Cathedral Cities (1899). (2.) City and cap. of Neb., co. seat of Lancaster co., on the Union Pac., Chi., Rock I. and Pac., the Mo. Pac., the Chi. and N.-W., and the Chi., Burl. and Quin. R. Rs., 54 m. s.w. of Omaha. It occupies an almost level site, rising gradually from Salt creek to the s. and E. Its prominent buildings are the capitol, Federal building, county court house, city hall, penitentiary, insane asylum, Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, and the Carnegie Library. It is the seat of the University of Nebraska and the State Agricultural College. Other educational institutions are the Wesleyan University (M. E.), Union College (Advent.), and Cotner University (Christian). Lincoln is the market and shipping point of a fertile agricultural and dairying region. According to the census report on manufactures, the value of the products in 1905 was $5,222,620. The chief items were printing and publishing, saddlery and harness, flour and grist mill products, railroad cars and repair work, lumber, confectionery, foundry- and machine-shop products, bakery products, cigars and tobacco. The first settlement was made in 1859, the place being called Lancaster. Its growth at first was very slow. In 1867 it was named in honor of Abraham Lincoln. Pop. (1900) 40,169; est. (1903) 44,243. (3.) City, Ill., the co. seat of Logan co., on the Ill. Cent., the Chi. and Alt., the Peor. and Evans., and Champaign and Havana R. Rs., 28 m. N.E. of Springfield. Its manufactures are horse collars, mattresses, caskets, brick and tile, etc. There are extensive deposits of bituminous coal in the district and mining is an important industry. It is the seat of Lincoln College (Cumb. Presb.). The State Asylum for Feeble-minded_Children and the Illinois Odd Fellows' Orphans' Home are situated here. Other Lincoln public institutions are the Deaconess Home and Hospital, Saint Clara's Hospital and a Carnegie library. It was settled in 1835. Pop. (1900) 8,962. (4.) City, Kan., co. seat of Lincoln co., on the U. Pac. R. R., 25 m. N. of Ellsworth. It is the seat of Kansas Christian College. The district is fertile and has deposits of coal and marble. The water-works and electric lighting system are owned and operated by the municipality. Pop. (1905) 1,322. (5.) Mountain (14,296 ft.), N. H., in the White Mts., 67 m. N.w. of Concord. Lincoln, ABRAHAM (1809-65), the sixteenth president of the U.S., born in what is now Larue (then Hardin) co., Ky., on Feb. 12, 1809. He seems to have been descended from Samuel Lincoln, who emigrated to Hingham, Mass., from England, probably from the county of Norfolk, in 1637. Abraham's father, Thomas Lincoln, a carpenter by trade, was a shiftless, thriftless, decidedly migratory, and very ignorant, almost illiterate man; his mother, whose maiden name was Nancy Hanks (d. 1818), was the illegitimate daughter of one Lucy Hanks, but seems to have had qualities that raised her above the unexalted social class into which she was born. Abraham's boyhood was passed in surroundings rough, crude, coarse, and poverty-stricken. His father removed in 1816 to Indiana (the third removal after the boy's birth); in 1819 he married Mrs. Sally Johnston, a widow; and about Feb., 1830, he removed once more, this time to the banks of the north fork of the Sangamon river in Illinois. During all this time Abraham had received altogether probably less than a year's schooling; and he had had access to few books, but these were among the best and he more than read them-he absorbed them; among them were the Bible, Esop's Fables, Robinson Crusoe, Pilgrim's Progress, and Shakespeare's plays. He also read Weems's Washington, and a history of the United States. In Illinois Abraham (now of age) turned his hand to various tasks: by splitting rails he earned 'jeans yed with white walnut baik' to be used in making for him a pair of trousers; with two companions he transported some merchandise down the Mississippi River to New Orleans; he kept a 'general store' in the ephemeral town of New Salem; for a short time, as junior partner, he kept a grocery store, which after a year's fitful existence, expired, leaving a legacy of debts; and from 1833 to 1836 he was postmaster of New Salem, his hat serving him in lieu of mail bags in the distribution of letters. Among his fellows, with whom he freely mixed, he was popular, and was known for his |
