— — ac ———— LINCOLN’S DEATH. NOAH BROOKS' RECOLLECTION OF THE GREAT TRAGEDY, to the Theater, but Would Not Disappoint the Public. The afternoon and evening of April 14, 1865, were cold, raw and gusty. Dark clouds enveloped the capital, and the air was chilly with occasion- al showers. Late in the afternoon I filled an appointment by calling on the President at the White House, and was told by him that he *' hud a notion’ of sending for me to go to the theater that evening with him and Mrs. Lincoln; but, he added, that Mrs. Lincoln had already made up a party to take the place of General and Mrs, Grant, who had somewhat unexpectedly left the city for Bur- lington, New Jersey. The party was originally planned for the purpose of taking General! and Mrs. Grant to gee ‘Our American Cousin,’ at Ford's Theater, ard when Grant had decided to leave Washington, he (the President) had ** felt inclined to give up the whole thing’*; but as it had been announced in the morning pa- pers that this distinguished party would go to tha theater that night Mrs. Lincoln hud rather insisted that they ought to in order that the expectant public should not be whol- ly disappointed. On my way home I met Schuyler Colfax, who w for California, and who t me on the sidewalk a lit talk- ing about the trip, and the people whom [ knew in San Francisco and sacramento w he wished to meet. Mr. Lincoln often talked with me about the yasibilities his eventually tal up his residence in California after his term He thouzht, ntry would 20, as about leaving arried with tle while Hom 3 of office } OD 'K ; . i Keen an ion would note country which h Colfs was -mate away the time About attra cards. tention was ¢ { on New Y restored sleeping-room I'he next in the early lise, “Wake. wake 3 ’ fro 11l né# ATEL it 0 that the Presider. President loli bers of in led, and t le tha to my bed horror, and rat e it though the end of all thi was by the cone i rotine of my ¢ who had not weeping of my Who had no part of the seamed as igs had aroused ymrade f i x 1 - ’ + ks t his bed, in another 1 weit ro 13 tH NAA ah cienty collected ire<s and goout of doors cheerless April an | were | ih people-—men found in the streets extraordinary spectacle. They we suddenly crowded wit and hild pavements and darkenin «eemed as i It the thor- ug everybody wis in tears streaming eves with now and again an angry, frowning countenance, were on every Men and women who were st accosted one another with distressed looks and tearful inquiries for the welfare of the President and Mr. Seward s family. The President still lived, but at hall-past seven o'clock in the morning the tolling of the bells announced to the lamenting people that he had cease i to breathe, His great and loving heart was still. The bulletin from the War Department stated that he died at twenty-two minules past seven o'clock, on the morning of April 15. Instantly flags were raised at half- mast all over the city, the bells tolled solemnly, and with incredible swift- ness Washington went into deep, uni- versul mourning. All stores, govern- | ment departments, and private offices i ’ women crowding » he or the ‘ ¢ oughfiares. { Pale faces side angers last official were closed, and everywhere, on the most pretentious residences and on | the humblest hovels, were the black badges of grief. Nature seemed to sympathize in the general lamenta- | tion, and tears of rain fell from the | moist and somber sky. The wind | sighed mournfully through streets | erowded with sad facel people, and | brond folds of funereal drapery | flapped heavily in the wind over the | decorations of the day before. | Wandering aimlessly up F strezt | toward Ford's Theatre we met a tragical procession. It was headed by a group of army officers walking bureheaded, and behind them, car- ried tenderly by a company of sol- diers, was the bier of the dead Presi- dent, covered with the flag of the Union, and accompanied by an escort of soldiers who had been on duty at the house where Lincoln died. As the little cortege passed down the street to the White House every head was uncovered, and the pro- found silence which prevailed was broken only by sobs and by the sound ® fof the measured tread of those who | bore the martyred President back to { the home which ne hud lately | quitted fuliof life, hope and courage. si) Stevenson's Last Prayer. The Literary Digest lowing swect and expressive para graph as the lust prayer of Robert Louis Stevenson, composed und read to his family the evening prior to his | death: : “We beseech Thee, Lord, to benold us with favor, folk and nations, gathered together in the place of this roof—weak men and women, subsisting under the cover of Thy patience. le pa- tient still, suffer us yet a while longer, with our broken promises of good, with our idle endeavors against evil; suffer us a while longer to en- dure, and (if it may be) help us to do better. Bless to us our extraordinary mercies: if the day come when these must be tuken, have us play the man under affliction. Be with our friends; be with ourselves. Go with each of us to rest; if any wake, tem- per to them the dark hours of watch- ing, and when the day returns to our sun and comforter, call us with morning faces and with hearts, eager to labor, happy, il happiness shail portion; if the day be with sorrow, strong to endure it thank Thee and praise Thee; gives the fol of many families ius morning eager to be be our 5 i 2 i 1 ¥ is sacred, close our oblation Weighs Even a Pencil Mark. Scales are adjustment anything to the sma from the eo) yf mechani nmnh iii 132A ziass cases as soonas t the balances ‘he balance made ready for even und part i a } Om Ils perper . D r 11i0 proved ines r 0 yundredth How to Walk. sarte teacier A Del in knowing somet system ol can im women you don iid er ive May 48 the step? t i1ld — that is important f OW You m yur tape and foot and the other rig y of those 181 flannel. letting he fig el ust under the toes Ant! Do this out very well from the thigh, and swing your ieg ¥ the road to a and you are far beautiful walk. on Hypnotized Into Buying. It needless to outside the ranks of the gentlemen who peddle commodities through the country towns to find experts in the hypnotic or mesmeric arts. The story is told of a Corinna man, in the Lewiston (Me.} Journal, that after receiving a visit from an apple tree azent recently he asked a neighbor to examine him and see if he was in his richt mind. The neighbor looked at him in astonishment, “What in thunder do you want to know that for?’ he asked. “Well,” said the vietim, *'I haven't got any land nor chance to set out an apple tree if I had one, and Lord knows 1 don't want any. Jat hers I've just been and ordered enough trees to stock a twenty acre lot of an agent that made me believe I couldnt get along without them. That's what | want to know if I'm in my | right mind for.” is oo M ane Chinese Proverbs, “‘ Tt thunders loudly, but little rain falls.” (Much ery and little wool.) “There's a time to fish and a time to dry nets”! (There's a time for all things.) “Time flies like an arrow; days and months like a weavers shuttle.’ (Time and tide wait for no man.) ““ For him who does everything in | its proper time one day is worth three.” (A stitch in time saves nine.) “*Virtne is the surest road to longevity, but vice meets with an early doom.” (Virtue is its own re ward.) ** The truths which we least wish to hear are those which are most to our advantage to know.’ (The truth is disagreeable.) ** Abstain from false accusing, that the good and honest may be in safety.’ (Bear not false witness against thy neighbor.) I Ses water contain silver in considerable NOTES ANDCOMMENTS. ALREADY there have been more train robberies in 1895 thun for the year in either 1890, 1801 or A. J. BLACKWELL the rich and erratic Indian who owns the cities of Biackwell and David in the Indian Territory, announces that he will build a $300,000 temple at David City, Okla., for the perpetuation of Indian religions. entire 1802, Tue indications of reviving busi- ness continue. The New York World publishes interviews with leading men in almost department ot business, and without exception they represent conditions as hopeful and improving, every Tue Examiner states that for each convert made in foreign fields during the last year it has cost the Board (Congregational Missionary Union (Baptist Methodist Church $285, the pal Church ¥1.884, and the terian Board $278. American $260, the $55, the Epise ye Presby- THe Engineering and Mining Jour- nal un in of staple articles estimated at to 25 per cent. as compared 4 prices of the beginning Oli notes rouse quantities, I'he ar silver, corn wi! meta otton, wo and a ie iron a while in markets there is eat, i! I'nited China of tate THs States Consul at kow, ment has sent tot an elaborate report the tea trade of iast year slief that there it aLing camp or viiia 1a is] delphia this summer be of a standard | n itself, with berths as may be requ be supp iavator ks for fair weather, and a oat for landing stvie of boat parts of Europe, espec ttern as rooms They + sore many red itchien ed with k ea with oven and visiting Is common ally in in LUon Tue Czar of Russia has rejected a petition which was recently ed to him by seven literary men in favor of modificat of the Inws A commission consisting of the ministers of justice and of the interior and the procura- tor of the holy synod, to jocument was referred, reported ad- versely upon it, poins out th the presentation of collective peti- tions is logically prohibited, and also that the press not juated, but that they been peatedly amended. added that private hibited from calling upon the srnment to change the laws :ountry and are especially prohibited from criticising them BIreEnt pres Mirnaiists Dress which the nl or ing AWS are anti- re. The commission pers NS are pro- ave OV. of the AT Dashour, twenty miles south of Cairio, the graves of two princesses of the Twelfth Dynasty, more than §, 000 years ago, were discovered in- tact a little while ago. The coffins had decayed and the mummies crum- bled to dust as soon as an attempt was made to remove them, but on the head of each was a golden coronet looking as fresh as the day it was made. One was a wreath of forget-me- | nots with Maltese crosses at inter- | vals made ol precious stones; the | other coronet contained a socket in which was inserted a spray of flow. ers made of jewels, with leaves and stems of gold. Beside these were necklaces, bracelets, armlets, ank- lets, daggers and charms, Tue United States Patent Office will make a good showing at the At- lanta Fair. The collection made for the Chicago Fair puts it in a position to do so within the rather meagre ap- propriation, $6,000. The display will #un mostly to the cotton industry and general agriculture. The cotton gin of Eli Whitney may occupy a separate case, lows will range from that of Daniel Webgtor to the latest approved model. recent ac. quisition just received from Massa. chusetts is the first patent granted | fn what is now the United States. was issued in Massachusetts. ‘At a generall Courto at Boston the 6th of the 1646," to Joseph Jenkes, of Hounslow, County Middle- sex, England, and declared *' yt no othr shall set up or use any such new inventino or trade for four- teen yeare® without ye license of him ye said Joseph Jenkes.'’ It Sth mo, pson JAPAN, campaign l has thrashed China terms of peace that are extremely galling. In other words, a nation of 10,000,000 of people has put under subjection a of 400,000, O00 It isinteresting and profitable to con- gider the causes that led to this markable achievement, remarks New York Journal. A good deal the mystery is cleared away when we assert that the both patriotic and self sacrificing. The on the other hand, are MH indulgent and have little or no of countr». From the outset of strugele civilized nations sxtended their sympathy to Japan, It seemed piain any improvement China's nation roe ne Japanese are Chinese, 80 love the viint in be brought treatment EF reaiized ! stutus about by heroic Li Hung « 8 now acknowledge mst nang interests of subserved off of Lhe of the of with on o do Lack of cattle may to put u ttie thar reason for he number her the yf cattl y fencing in and closing ui ths ranges settiement of by small farmera is Stock nd ie as ng in great herds Jess and it is said that the in. tt not nearly kept Crease iD cats nerease in population made stock rais profitailne le has pace with the of the country. Aquatic Sports at Wellesley. Wellesley girls show no diminution in their fondness for aquatic sports There has just been shipped from the works of cut boat builder a fine eight-oared barge, intended for of the of The barge is described as forty-five feet long, three feet beam, and structed throughout of cedar, Iap-streaked, with fastenings. The fittings are made up of patent roller swivel row- locks, and adjustable foot braces. It sounds like a racing boat, but it has not been built for that purpose, as the students are not permitted to race on the lake near the college, but it is safe to say there will be some pleasant and not too slow spins taken in the new barge, un Connect class 07 the use 18 ¢con- Spanish copper slides A Mystery in a Tree. Mr. J. B. Blair, who lives six miles from Villa Riea, was in town Tuesday, says the Carrollton (Ga.) Free Press, with a mystery in the shape of a man in i% It was shown to five of our doctors and they say it is either Bat how it got there is a mystery, as it was near the center of the tree, the tree being over two feet through, and was found four feet from the ground. Mr. Blair was offered $500 for a half interest in it to show at tho Atlanta exposition. He says he would not take $2,000 for it, as he proposes to exhibit. it throughout the United States and at the coming exposition in Atlanta. THE JOKERS’ BUDGET. JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Appearances Are Often Deceptive~~ The Only One Doing Anything «= Experience ~~ That Him, Cte., Ete. APPEARANCES OFTEN DECEPTIVE, Tramp—Please, mum, I'm almost starved Housekeeper—1I saw you enter half un dozen houses before you got to this one, and you staid a good while | each. Tramp—Yes, all boardin’ in but mun houses. they was THE ONLY ONE DOING ANYTHING. ‘* How's all the boys makin’ out now?" “None of ‘em a of Jim. ““An’ what's “Loafin’ doin’ ’ ' ceptin Jim a doin’ of? around!”’ EXPERIENCE. He-—=Now, darling, 1 shall ask your father for you She—He won't He-—How do She——Because tried orf BY give his consent it before you. THAT REMI Farmer P the paper they's a man out yore—Marindy, hha t wn 8 that 8 wal Rapid any bral LE nil ns. Poore THE Wadsworth—Well : n't Billy Br anyway NEW MAN we wi. DITIXCTION, “In all nent my career,”’ statesman, have never done . ‘You mean,”’ sneered the “that you have never done eynie anything AX OKLAHOMA COURTSHIP, Miss Gladys Mork—How did you ame Lo accept Alkali Ike? Miss Birdie Slade— Because he was 10 brave and fearless. Why, when | asked him to do something heroic to | prove his love for me he whooped and swore and kicked the chairs over till paw got out of bed and came downstairs, as mad as a hornet, to quiet the uproar. And then Ike | jumped on to him and licked him in iess than three minutes. And you | know paw has always been consid- | ered one of the hardest men in the | county to handle. MARRIED YOUNG. He~You think you are too young to marry? Why, my mother married at 14. She-—-That's nothing: my mother married before I was born, A QUESTION OF CLUBS, Miss Beacon Street—Then, you know, we have our Browning clubs, Miss Manhattan (contemptuously) ~{)h, our cooking clubs go a little further than the proper coloring of baked beans. : A NION, Daughter~I wouldn't be surprised it Mr. Lingerly proposed this even. ing. 1 just got a lovely note from him. Mother—Did you? Did he ask if you would be at home? Daughter—-No. He asked if pa would be, TOO COOL FOR COMFORT, She—Tell me: when you were in the army were you cool in the hour of danger? He—Cool? 1 actually shivered. EQUAL TO IRVING. Amateur Actor (to friend)—~What did you think of my Hamlet, Char ey? In play you were equal Dear Friend--Immense, part of the Irving. Amateur one to Actor--What that, Charley? part was Dear Friend--Where Polonius gives his parting advice to Laertes Amateur Actor—But I was the behind scenes then Dear Friend—80 is Irvin v HOW TO GROW THIN. for Stout Persons to Reduce Fiesh. | Instruction It Oreevere Snakes Which Feign Death. § habit } observed in ers have as been and ot} Ket ture ¢ fainting’ of recently des RKe fing i¢ threshe to widest from side to de its exten After a few con- vulsive movements the body becomes It may about anima remain even be stroked or carried withoutshowing any signs of The body wouid was placed its natural po were thus placed it rolled over o ition snake could be reanimated by plunged in water, or if it would after time own accord. tafe * iDiL 8 i revive She Managed Iron Works. Lady Charlotte Schreiber just died in England, was distin- guished not only in London society butwiso in many charitable under. takings. She managed the Dowlais Iron Works all through her son's mi. nority and shared with Baroness Burdette-Coutts the distinction of being a free woman of the city of London and a member of a city guild A married woman cannot, by rales and regulations of these ancient guilds, attain this honor, and it was before her marriage to Ashmead Bartlett that the baroness received the freedoom of the Turners’ and Haberdashers’companies. Lady Char. lotte, who was about the same age as the baroness—that is, in her SOth year-—was elected a member of the guild of fanmakers on becoming a widow and her collection of fans is one of the most complete and cele- brated in the world. Australia grows one-fourth of the total wool production of the world. who has
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