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 Mex-i-cans caught him and shot him. The U-ni-ted States sent a plea to them to spare him, but they would not do it. His wife, Car-lot-ta, then lost her mind through grief.

In 1866 the At-lan-tic Tel-e-graph Line, a rope of wires 'neath the sea, was laid. This great work had been tried in times past, but things went wrong and the wires broke. Since that time more wires have been put down. The way to do it is so well known now that word will not cease thus to pass from land to land.

LAYING THE ATLANTIC CABLE.

In 1867 we bought A-las-ka from Rus-sia for what men thought a large sum, but since then they have found A-las-ka to be a land rich in gold, and that the price was small.

When John-son's term was out he went back to Ten-nes-see. That state sent him to the Sen-ate in 1875, but he died that same year.