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"WHY snorr,i TIIKY
BABV r
KILL MY
! (Tlic sijrt'il motlierof Hie i'roilent isrejiort
! ed to have exclaimed as above ihhih lctirn
S iiigtlie neuMf l)iKnt:empU'dassas.sinatioii.)
! Why should they kill my bahy? for ho
Kfoins the same to me
. when, in the morning twilight, 1 tossed
him on my knee.
And oettT-d for him hojics to hlosstiin when
he tdiould become a man,
And dream for him stu b a future as only a
mother can.
I looked ahead to the iiomiliiiif Willi pniinl
but trembling joy ;
I had a vision of uplendor for my sweet,
j bright-eyed boy ;
j Hut little enough I fancied that when be
j had iaineil renown
i Ilase Knvy's poisoned biillet would strike
! him down.
Why should they want to kill him ? . ior
cause ho bad cut his way
Thinnuli I'overly's tiliMiiny villaiil out
into the ii.-ni day.
And sent a shout of good cheer to those
who were yet within,
That honor is born of si riving, and bunosty
j yet can win ?
: ir ; it because from boyhoal be niaii
j le.i:y bared bis breast
To light for the oor and lowiy and aid tlic
sore depressed?
I Ah me! the world is working tiHin a treach
erous plan
When be who has struck for mankind is
stricken flown by man !
Or did they begrudge bill mother the band
he reached her still.
No odds how high he clamlered up For
tune's glittering hill?
For in bis iruudit life-day be turned from
the honors of earth.
And came and tenderly kissed ine the
mother who gave him birth.
Shame to the wretch that struck liiin, and
jrricves that it did not kill !
And pity for his poor mother, if she he liv
ing still.
May :od in mercy help hii.i his black crime
to alone,
And help me to forgive iiiin for 1 cannot
do it alone! .
Will OlfU-tun in llirjirr's M'rtili;.
THAT LITTI.K 1 U1G1IT.
'For my part," FaiJ Harry .Sin
ton, "I'm not particular ; a good lit
tle hoart, fair sense and good tem
per ; after that, 'her liair b!i:U1 he
what color heaven pleases.' Not
that I am afraid of beauty I like a
pretty girl as well as anyone but 1
don't insist on it as something I am
entitled to."
The elegant IJert Dean emiled a
smile of contempt.
"My good fellow," said he, "your
powers of comparison must be very
limited if you propose exchanging
your thousand bachelor privileges
lor such a trifling consideration."
"What do you want ? Let us
hear."
"I don't know tliat I want any
thing ; I am very well contented as
I am."
"Hut what would induce you to
become a lienedict ?"
"Ixt me see ; I don't wish to be
unreasonable. Beauty is, of course,
the first requisite ; wouldn't look at
an heiregs without it. Mere beauty,
however, is a very slight matter. 1
must not be afraid of my wife's
opening her lips. Of course she
must sing, speak several languages.
Given all these, and a suitable in
come say twelve to fifteen thous
and a year and 1 might thint of it
then."
"What, nothing more?'' asked the
other, ironically, "I am afraid you
go to cheap."
"IJert Dean," said Harry, solemn
ly, you are a conceited fop ! A good
looking one, I admit, and not origi
nally destitute of brains ; but eaten;
up, devoured by inordinate van ity ;
and I firmly expect to see you
knocked down, some day, to a girl
with red ringlets."
Iiert Dean shrugged his shoul
ders. "May will expect me early," ho
said, and retired to his dressing
room. lie emerged from it an hour or so
later, in the most scrupulously ex
quisite condition. He had some ex
cuse for making extravagant de
mands about a wife. His Cousin
May, called him when all things
were considered the first young man
in Bociety, and was casting her eyes
around for a suitable match for him.
When he entered her well-lighted
rooms, they were already quite full.
He made a tour of the apartments,
bestowing a little languid notice on
two or three favored ones, and pres
ently subsided into a chat with Airs.
Miller. This lady was neither very
yountr nor particularly pretty, but
he liked to talk to her, and so he re
mained at her side.
"Mr. Dean." she said, when half
an hour or more had elapsed, "I am
afraid the young ladies will hardly
forgive me for absorbing your atten
tion so long. See there is a young
lady quite alone ; pray go and make
yourself charming."
Bert turned his head.
"What !" he exclaimed, "That lit
tle fright ? Mrs. Miller, do be merci
ful !"
Cut Mrs. Miller did not smile.
"I beg your pardon," he said, po
litely. "It was very wrong to speak
asrdid."
"It was indeed. lam afraid she
heard you, too."
"That is not possible !" he baid,
with real mortiiication.
Mrs. Miller relented at the sight of
his vexed countenance.
"The only atonement you can of
fer," she said, "is to seek an intro
duction and make yourself as agree
able as possible. Perhaps she will
forgive you, or think she did not
hear aright."
"Must I ? Will you pardon me on
no other terms ?"
"Certainly not When I sec the
young lady emilinc upon you you
shall le restored to my esteem, and
not till then."
"Cruel ! but I am obedient"
And he went in search of introduc
tion. I-.-. '-
Mr. Sinton chanced to be near at
hand, and opened his eves slightly
when he learned his friend's de
sire. "Know her ?" he s.v.d. "Of course
I do 1 Prophesied concerning her
before we came, red ringlets and
all. Didn't think, though, that
onier
your fate would be down on you 'ho
soon."
.Nonsense I rv.nton, pr.iv ne seri
ous." '
"Because it is such iv serious mat
ter with you ! erv thing I was
saying , how unreasonable you are !
But come on." And Miss Tierce
and Mr. Dean were presently ex
changing opinions on the staple
partv-comg subject
To do Bert justice, he sincerely re-
cretted his thoughtless exclama
tion. He was ungentlcmanly, he
knew, and he had, besides so great
a horror of female ugliness as to re-
card all subjects to it with a painful
compassion. The dread that Miss
Pierce had overheard his remark
sravc him just that sting of self re
proach that one would feel had he
alluded to the infirmity of a deform
ed person in his presence. Ho de
termined to be so agreeable and def
erential that eIic should imagine her
ears had deceived her.
. Conversation progressed very
pleasantly between the two.
"Nice girl to talk to," Mr. Dean
decided. "Sweet voice, no giggle,
no affectation.
Just as he ".made this reflection,
he encountered the eyes of I larry
Sinton. and fancied he saw m them
satirical amusement Awakened by
this dance to the conviction that he
was makins himself the subject of
mirth, he sought the side of an ac
knowledged belle, ami saw tiO., more
of Irene Pierce until dancing be
gan. She was standing opposite him, in
a set where the fashionable Miss
Bently was his partner. This young
lady was considered a very elegant
personage. She wore a Paris dress,
and the costliest ornaments of any
one in the room. Bert Dean's glance
rested with satisfaction on Irene
Pierce. Her face, undeniably pret
ty, her dress was a stranger to Paris,
and had, perhaps, been made at
home : but it was accompanied by
a smooth white neck and a pair of
rounded arms. As Bert made these
comments, and listened dissatisfied
to his campanion's common-place
remarks, he decided to engage his
tis-a-rh for the next set. lie found
himself repaid for his daring, for
Irene Pierce could speak of her own
sex without malice. Her conversa
tion was intelligent, which assured
him she was familiar with the best
books, and her choice language
pleased him so well that he lingered
at her side rather longer than mere
politeness demanded when the set
was over.
On his homeward way, in com
pany with his friend Sinton, he had
encountered s-ome raillery. He an
nounced himself to have found in
Miss Pierce the most agreeable girl
he had found in a longtime, truly
ladylike and intelligent.
"You can't deny that her hair is
red," said Harry.
"Certainly not ; but it was taste
fully arranged."
The next day, in the afternoon,
found liert Dean standing on the
steps of the house which belonged
to Miss Pierce's father. He did not
tell his friend that he had asked per
mission to call, but he did.
He found Mrs. Pierce and her
daughter sitting together in the back
parlor, with their work. Irene was
braidinsr a sacque for her little sis
ter : and her mother was employed
on something more practical. She
had not been well schooled, as the
idea to leave the room did not occur
to her. Irene did not look as plain
aa she had done last eveuing, as her
animated conversation dazzled him.
There was an affectionate confidence
between mother and daughter that,
he had not met in the best society,
and he found it, or something else,
, . .i . ,1 i .
so pleasant mat ne largely out
stayed the limits of a fashionable
call.
I had better not call again," he
thought as he went home; but
what a delightful companion she
would be !"
A week or two went by, and Bert
adhered to his new resolution of not
calling, but was unable to prevent
himself irora watching her.
"Maj'," he asked carelessly of his
cousin, one evening, who are tnose
Pierces r
"Old friends of mine," she an
swered ; "excellent, substantial peo
ple ; but why do you ask ?"
"I have met them but here, and
that is the last time I have heard of
them," he said.
"Mrs. Pierce thinks home is the
best place for girls, so she does not
go out much."
If Irene 1'ierce went out so nuic,
there was scarcely a chance that
they should meet except at her own
house. And did he really care
enough about the acquaintance
was it valuable enough for him to
take troubte to seek it ?
Probablr these questions were an
swered in the aflirmative, as the
next day brought him to Miss
Pierce's door ; nor was that the on
ly occasion on which the neighbors
opposite had the privilege of seeing
him. Again ana again ne came,
but, as the time was going on, he
1 I - IV I T-V
grew strangely aimueni. urawn
day by day to Irene's side, happy
nowhere else, he could affirm even
to himself that she was more to him
than a friend. There had been a
time that, to declare himself a lover,
involved some sacrifice on his part ;
it seemed strange now that he should
be anxious to make such a sacrifice,
yet doubt, with anxiety whether
Irene would care to accept it.
Some weeks of suspense went by,
and he could wait no longer.- One
bright day, when favoring fate had
left them a little while alone, he
spoke not very eloquently, but
sufficiently coherently to make his
meaning plain. .
Irene colored deeply, and remsed
him. At this he grew a little more
self-possessed, and begged to know
her resons.
She declined to state them. He
iersistcd ; was there a previous at
tachment She blushed more vivid
ly, and said no Buch thing existed.
Was there not some nopes ior
him, then ? Might not her resolu
tions be overcome ? Might not these
resolutions cease to exist ?
Oh. no ! her resolution was unal
terable.. -Then
he nred an explanation,
and insisted on it as his right.
His
i:srriii;isiii:r), 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY;
suit vas pushed with ardor, and
Irene's agitation , proved that fch
was notjinsensiblc. But with a great
effort he coiripianded herstJf. .
"I fchould bo most unjust In you
and to myself, said she, "could I
allow a transient feeling to' set aside
niv judgment
"Transient ! O Irene H ". '. ' "
But she suenceu him; '
"Could I allow myself to gikc you
a wife whom everybody you most
of .til must i consider disagreea
ble ?" ' ?
She hesitated! a moment
"What do you mean?" cried Bert,
in amazement. :
. l ou cannot nave iorgtten our
first meeting," she said, more com
posediv : uo not oongo me to , re
peat your words that evening."
The room swam around Bert
Dean. "That little fright!" Oh!
the sacrilege, the horror, ol hat
speech ! Could he have made it
and about that angel? Overwhelmed
with mortiiication, lie strive to ex
plain, to sav how entirely, his feel-
i ngs were altered. . , , ,
"Enough, sir," said Miss Pierce,
with dignity. ' Spare vourself the
trouble of apologizing ; it is quite
unnecessary, and altogether useless."
And so slie lfMt Jam.
Surely this was an awkward situ
ation for a lover, particularly for
Bert, who had contemplated arang
ing matrimonial affairs in such a
quiet, well-bred way. He went
home in despair, touid any wo
man even Ireno, gentlest, dearest
of women forgive such an insult to
her vanity ? If she could only see
his heart, and know how long he
had ceased to regard her cs plain, in
how manv ways ehe was even beau
tiful to him ! But to explain this to
her it was impossible I He could
never obtain her pardon. And her
love ? That was too far and dear to
dream of.
Private life has its Napoleons,
however. They route impossibili
ties, and prove them to be the mer
est shams. A week from this dread
ful day, Bert was sitting very much
at home in the same parlor whence
he had withdrawn so ignominiously,
and Irene looked at him in a way
that clearly showed that she had re
linquished her "resolution and
riticed her judgment"
Lite's llri;hlc"st Hour.
sac-
Not long since I met a gallant gen
tleman who is assessed for more
than a million. Silver was in his
hair, beneatli his brow, and stopped
beneath his burden of wealth. We
were speaking of that period of life
when he had ralized the .most per
fect enjoyment, or, rather when he
had found the happiness to be unal
loyed. "I tell y ou l sajd lho nillion
aire, "when was the happiest of my
life. At the age of one and twenty.
I had saved up $800. I was earn
ing $-"j00 a year, and my lather did
not tike it frem me, only requiring
that I should pay my board. At
the age of twenty -two I had secured
a pretty cottage just outside the city.
1 was able.to pay two thirds of the
money down, and also to lurnish it
respectably. Iwas married on Sun-
lay a Sunday in June at my
father's house. My wife had come
to mo poor in purse, but rich in
wealth of womanhood. The Sab
bath and the Sabbath night we pass
ed beneatli my father's roof and on
Monday morning I went to work,
leaving my mother and sister to help
in repairing my home. On Monday
evening when the labors of the day
were done, I went not to the paren
tal shelter, as in the past, but to my
own home. The holy atmosphere
of that hour seems to surround me
now in memory, Iopened the door
of my cottige and entered. I laid
my hat upon the little 6tand in the
hall, and passed on to the kitchen
our kitchen and dining room were
all one then. I pushed open the
kitchen door and was in heaven.
The table was set against the wall
the evening meal ready prepared
by the hands ol her who had come
to be my helpmate iii dec d as well
as in name and by the table, with
a throbbing expectant look upon
her lovely and loving face, stood my
wife. I tried to speak but could not I
could only clasp the waiting angel to
my bosom, thus showing to her the
ecstatic burden of my heart The
years have passed long long years
and worldly wealth has flowed in
upon me, and I am honored and
envied ; but as true as heaven, I
would give it all, every dollar, for
the joy of the hour of that June even
ing, in the long, long ago."
The Grcatrot MUtake.
Everybody is making mistakes.
Everybody is finding out afterward
that he has made a mistake. But
there can be no greater mistake than
the stopping to worry over a mis
tike already made. The temptation
is irresistable when one has slipped
on an orange pet1!, or & banana skin,
to turn back and see just where and
liow he slipped. But if a man is in
a hurry to the depot, along the av
erage city sidewalk, he would do
better to look out for the next slip
ping place, and guard against it,
than to turn around and walk back
ward, with his eyes on the place
where he slipped last, and his mind
full of worry because he did slip
there. And a man would stand a
better chance of entering his train
by letting those slipping places
alone. "Forgetting those things
whicli are behind," includes the for
getting to worry over the irredeema
ble past," "Beaching forth unto
those things which are be
fore," is the "one thing" for every
child of God to do in spite of many
mistakes which at the best he has
certainly-made. S. S. Times.
" A Fearful Half Hour.
In the early days of the Cincinna
ti Southern, before it had attained
its present system, and immediately
after the road had been opened for
traffic to Somerset, occurred an event
the recollection of which even to
this day serves to bring out goose
grease on those who at the time were
cognizant of the impending disas
ter. ...,... .
Within a few days after passenger
travel began the officers of the
Southern Bent invitations for a trip
over the road to all Cincinnati s
AUGUST 17. 1S81.
wealthiest nicu and heaviest tax-'
payers, and on the morning of tbe j
excursion dozens of carnages left
the Burnett, house, the- pi. tee of
meeting, iul conveyed them ucrosa
tho river to Ludlow, where the
"special" leaded by No. 1, the crack
engine, with Mat. Combs at the le
ver, was in waiting. Miles N. Bcat
ty, now superintendent of the south
ern division, was cotductor. When
all the excursionists were on board
the engiueer and conductor went
into Train Dispatcher Cooledge's of
fice, where they read and signed l'ie
following order, and placed copies
in their pockets :
. "Meet and pass No. 2. north
bound passenger train at Williams
town;" To Williamstown for delivery to
the northbound passenger train, on
arrival, was sent the following or
der: -'Conductor: -
' ' "Meet and pass south-bound spec-
- -r . . ii..,,. . . ,, 1
i.-ii at williamstown.
So that the situation stood thus
either train reaching the place indi
cated first was to go on the siding
and wait there until the one coming
from the opposite direction had ar
rived and gone ahead on the cleared
track." Of the wealthy passenger
load some were seated chattinz,
others were standing on tho plat
forms, and still others on the sum
mer car, when, glancing up and
down his train, the conductor, find
ing everything in good order and
readiness, waved his hand to the
watching engineer, and the special
pulled out slowly at first, but a3 it
moved on the speed increased until
it went out of sight around the
curve a flying, and a little later a
rumbling sound told of its crossing
the trestle, and that it was well and
fairly started on the way south. It
was understood that extra fast time
was to be made, and to offer no ob
stacle tho track had been cleared of
everything save the passenger train
referred to.
One half hour after the start from
Ludlow, No. 2, fifteen minutes be
hind time, reached Williamstown,
at which place the standing rule
was imperative that conductors
should at all times stop and inquire
for orders. Stopping only long
enough to unload a passenger, in
the mud, the conductor, thinking
onlv of making up lost time, signal
ed tho engineer, and the train went
on.
The horrified operator from his
window saw No. 2, flashing north
ward to what seemed inevitable de
struction, as the telegraph line be
tween his room anil Ludlow was
unbroken by a single instrument
and that moment two trains at high
rates of speed were rapidly lessening
the distance between each other on
the single track. He telegraphed
at once to Ludlow that "No. 2 had
passed without stopping for or
ders."
11 color left the face of dispatch
er Cooledge as he received the mes
sage and as he communicated the
dire intelligence to Jack Ueumond.
master of transportation, that indi
viduals face assumed a similar hue.
With him to think was to act. Step
ping to the station door he quickly
beckoned seven men to him and
composedly gave instructions to
each. One-half dozen ofthcrnwent
on the double quick in different di
rections for physicians. The store
keepers went into the warehouse
and gathered together sponges,
Baskets, materials for splints and
soft muslin for bandages. Mean
while other employees had run up
io the engine house, and starting a
fire under an idle locomotive had
hitched on a caboose and backed
down in front of the station where
the car was transformed at once into
a hospital coach. To all saye Red
mond and Cooledge the preparations
were mysterious. The relief train
was soon in readiness, but did not
start. Redmond, seated at the desk
and estimating the rate of speed at
which the trains were moving, cal
culated about where the collision
would take place. Some of the pas
sengers would escape unhurt, and
one of them would hasten at once
on horseback to Williamstown, the
nearest point for medical aid. Here
the operator would learn the exact
locality of the accident and send a
dispatch to Ludlow. Possessed of
this information licdinond could
send his waiting engine and car
with tho corps of physicians and
nurses, to the spot at the rate of
nearly a mile a minute. The other
and slower plan would be to let the
'relief start out and cautiously find
its way around the many curves.
He chose the wiser course. The
scene in the train dispatcher's office
was painful. Cooledge, leaning
over the silent instrument, watched
it with feverish eyes as if to read
its secret before transmission. On
another chair was Redmond, with
big globes of perspiration rolling
down his cheeks unheeded. Neither
man spoke. Five, ten, thirty min
utes that seemed like ages passed,
when came a sharp click. It was
Williamstown calling Ludlow.
Cooledge's hair rose up on end as
he gave the response. Redmond
stood up and placed a hand on the
door knob. The next moment Cool
edge fairly yelled, "Np collision.
No. 2 has just backed into Williams
town." The two men shook hands
with the same vigor as if they were
twin brothers and hadn't met for
years.
It was then ascertained that, by
the most fortunate of circumstmcfes,
the trains had simultaneously en
tered from opposite ends upon the
longest piece of straight track be
tween the two telegraph stations,
and in an instantaneous application
of the brakes had brought them to a
standstill within twenty feet of each
other. No. 2, recognizing the 'spe
cials" right of way, backed to Wil
liamstown, where" it went in on' the
siding, and Cincinnati's millionaires
and capitalists proceeded unhurt on
their journey.
At the change of every season
sluggishness 6f the blood should be
prevented by taking Peruna.
If you have chills take Peruna.
If pou expect or fear them take Peruna.
er
Tlio Martyr I'mNidrnt.
.. . , . x. .Jtlic Executive M.tusiou, which posi-
Iho attempted aaawination .,1 i tin pl;U;e(l U9 :tt .hout CqUaU!LUn
1 rer-ident (rarfield . recall to the .. mi iUr Tm,5Ury rtI,A St,tend
iiiind of ,Ir J.ilm . Niiiols,x-jW-aran.t N.iw Department.-. Jut-.t
4k Vl.4(.ll W Vi lillly Vi'llMll A llU 4 . fc-
ment, several thrilling episodes m
the career of Abraham Lincoln,
showing that more than one attempt
was made upon the life of the mar
tyred President. Mr. Nichols was
one of the body guard of President
Lincoln from the summer of 1W2
until 18G6. Mr. Nichols is a well
known citizen of Omaha, and the
following narrative, related to your
correspondent tho incidents of
which have never before lccn pub
lished may be relied on as true in
every particular :
"About the middle of August,
18G2, company K of the 105th Penn
sylvania Volunteers, of which I was
a private, was detailed as body
guard of President Lincoln, and
continued in that capacity until his
assassination in tho spring of lSt".
During the three years of my stay
in Washington, the most critical
period of tlic nation's history, I saw
and heard many things that have
never found their way into the pub
lic prints. Some of the body guard
were constantly With the President
and his family, whether at fashiona
ble levees, receptions to foreign lcga-
j tions, or private interviews, at alf of
which we were silent spectators of
all that transpired. We were al
ways treated with the highest re
spect by tho Lincoln family, who
regarded us as a part of the house
hold. Every private of tho guard
received the same attentions of cour
tesy as the moat famous statesman
or diplomat at the capital. We all
formed a strong personal attachment
for the President, and when the
grand old man laid down his life in
behalf of the cause that had been his
life work, we all felt as if we had
lost the dearest friend we ever had
"During the first two years of our
term ol service the most rigid disci
pline was enforced. Sometimes we
would be ordered to use extraordin
ary arigilance. and to let no one en
ter the grounds of the White House
without the proper passes, and to be
very particular a3 to who approach
ed the President. Often the order
would come for the guards on duty
to be doubled. It was seldom that
we knew the direct cause of these
extra precautions, but supposed the
officers of the secret service were in
possession of information of some
plot that brooded harm to the Pres
ident. Up to 1S'4, owing to our vigilance
and the over-ruling hand of Provi
dence, our beloved chief had escaped
the hands of violence. The back of
the Confederacy was broken, a good
feeling pervaded all Washington,
and consequently the strict watch
fulness that had prevailed grew into
laxity. This was the fatal period,
for it was at this time that conspira
cies were hatched, and rebels over
run the city comparatively unmo
lested. The President anJ family
spent the summer months at the
Soldier's Home, situated about three
miles north of the citv, and thither
the body guard always accompanied
them. It was in the summer of
1SG4, while we were up at the home,
that the accident happened that
came very near culminating in the
awful tragedy that occurred a few
months Liter in Ford's theatre. It
was the custom of the President to
remain at the War Department when
anything of great importance was
transpiring in the army, consulting
with the Secretary and transmitting
and receiving dispatches; and after
his work was finished he would
ride out to the home. That summer
he had persistently refused an escort,
imagining himself perfectly secure.
One night about the middle of Au
gust I was doing sentinel duty at the
large gate through which entrance
was had into the grounds of the home.
The grounds are situated adout a
quarter of a mile off the Bladensburg
road, and are reached by a devious
driveway. About 11 o'clock I heard
a rifle shot in tho direction of the
city, and shortly after could hear ap
proaching hoof-beats. In two or
three minutes the horse came near
enough so that in the dim moonlight
I recognized the rider as the belated
I'residcnt. The horse was verv spir
ited, and belonged to Lamon, the
Marshal of the District of Columbia.
He was Mr Lincoln's favorite sad
dle animal, and when he was in the
White House stables he always chose
him. As horse and rider apppoach
ed the gate I noticed the I'residcnt
was bareheaded. Afterassistinghim
in checking his steed the President
said to me: He came pretty neargct
ting away with me:, didn't he? He
got the bits much before I could
draw the rein. I then asked him
where his hat was, and he replied
that somebody had fired a gun off
down at the foot of the hill, which
scared his horse and jerked his hat
off. I led the animal to the Execu
tive Cottage, where the President dis
mounted and went in. Thinking
the proceeding a little strange, a cor
poral and myself started in the di
rection where we heard the shot, to
investigate. When we got to the
place where the driveway intersects
with the main road we found the
Presidents hat, and upon examining
it found a bullet hole through the
corner of the crown. The shot had
been fired upward, and it was evi
dent that the person who fired the
shot had secreted himself close to
the roadway. We listened and search
ed the locality thoroughly ,but to no
avail. The next day I gave Mr. Lin
coln his hat and called his attention
to me Dunet noie. tie rather un
concernedly remarked that it was
put there by some foolish gunner,
and was not intended for him. He
said, however, that he wanted the
matter kept quiet, and admonished
us to say nothing about it We all
knew it was an attempt to kill him,
and a well nigh successful one, too.
The affair was kept quiet and gained
no publicity. After that the Presi
dent never rode alone.
"The next fall, after we had taken
up our winter quarters at the White
House, a conspiracy to kidnap the
President was unknowingly frustrat
ed by us. Had the truth of the af
fair leaked out at the time, it doubt
less would have created irjreat excite
ment Oar quarters were immed-
WHOLE NO. 1571.
:..! r a i' . t . t
lately lu inni or me sihu.'i im.
r h of
u me eani ol the quarters was our
guard tent, where a portion of the
body guard remained when on duty.
The War and Navy Department are
situated at fie west endpfthe White
House Park, and t th'-sc buildings
Lincoln was culled oftoner than any
other place in the capital. A grav
el walk led from the west end of the
mansion through the park, which
was filled with trees and shrubbery,
to tho ar JJepartment, and over
this the President walked several
times a da', often unaccompanied.
t or reasons, at the time unknown
to us, we were ordered to move our
guard tent and place it at the end
of the gravel walk, directly in the
rear of the War Department. While
we stayed there nothing oceured to
arouse suspicion. Shortly afterward
we learned, however, that on the
very night after we moved the tent
the rebels had a plan laid to capture
the President The conspirators were
to hide in the shrubbery, and when
tho President came along over the
walk they were to seize, gag, tnd car
ry him to the house of one Green
a rank rebel, oa the bank of the Po
tomac, back of the White House
grounds, where he was to be secret
ed for a time, and then spirited
across the river into Virginia. Thence
he was to be taken to Richmond,
or some other confederate strong
hold, where he was to be held as a
hostage. The members of the guard
always supposed that the conspira
tors were frightened awav when
they saw our guard tent, and aban
doned the kidnapping.
Not long after the attempted kid
napping another episode occurred,
which was thought to have been
planned by a oand of assassins who
made their headquarters in the city, j
Bourke, the veteran coachman, who
had served at the White House
through Pierce and Buchanan,s ad
ministrations, and thus far through
Lincoln's, wa taken tick and com
pelled to bo off dutv. Immediate
ly a stranger applied at the White
House for Bourke'.s p!ao. He plead
ed his own cause, and t!ie result was
t hat he was employed as J 'residen
tial coachman. From the first he
was domineering, and ;tf;er a few
weeks became so impor'ant that he
was discharged and Bo kc reinstat
ed. He made threats, and was so
ugly that he was driven away. One
night shortly after the discharged
coachman was seen sne:. ng : round
the stables. Presently t. wu.de in
terior of the stable was found to be
on fire. The whole guard was called
out, and by dint of great exertion we
saved the President's coach and team,
but Tad Lincoln's ponies and Colo
nel Hav's carriage team perished.
The plan was to have this man fire
the stables, and thus throw us off our
guard, and during the excitement
some of the conspirators were to rush
into the White House and murder
the President. But instead of re
maining in the house, Mr. Lincoln
ran out among us, and thus, in all
probability frustrated another at
tempt at assassination."
The Xorth Pole.
Another expedition is getting
ready to start from San Francisco.
This one has adopted a novel plan.
iinr iiui,y tuuaipis ui ciul acienunc
men under command of Lieutenant
Ray of the eighth infantry. The
plan to be adopted as explained by
Mr. Ray is to charter the vessel, af
ter loaded with t wo years' stores
of fuel and provisions, and proceed
directly to Point Bairow, northwest
point of Alaska coast. They hope
to be enabled to make there this sea
son, and the vessel, after leaving the
party will return to San Francisco.
They will carry with them building
material to obstruct a substantial
house and observatory, and will have
the necessary buildings, established a
permanent signal station. The step
is part of the extended expedition
undertaken by (Jen. Hazen, and the
operation vill embrace regular me
teorelogical, tidal, magnetic, astrono-'
mical and auroral observations, and
all those correlative observations
usual in United States scientific ex
peditions, it is understood that the
United States coast and goetic sur
vey will send a representative with
the expedition for the purpose of
making pendulum experiments at
this high altitude. Point Barrow is
inhabited only by a small colony of
native Esquimaux, but the country
adjacent offers a large supply of
game and fish. Lieut Kay, inspir
ing of the expedition, says the main
object during the first season will be
to harden the men and accustom
them to the climate. Point Barrow
will be the base of operations and
explorations will be carried on by!
sea and land to discover the North
Pole. lie wishes to demonstrate'
that the only feasible way to reach j
the I ole is by a plan of gradual ap- i
proach md permanent stations.
.jienmers ot the party M ill each keen
in addition to
uih regular OlllCiai :
record, a diary of his private expe
rience, and their diaries will be at
the service of the government upon
their return. They will carefully
collect specimens "of the mineral,
vegetable and mineral kingdoms
forjpreservation in the National Mu
seum. Photograph or sketches wul ;
be mide of unusual scenes and !
phenomena of remarkable natural
characteristics of the country. Sup- :
pnes win oe sent irom below everv
1 - .1 -S - I
year, and those of the party who are
desirous of returning will probably
be recalled in 1S3-1 1835. their place's
to be filled by others.
Cured of arinkinjr.
"A young friend of mine was cur-!
ed of an insatiable thrist for liquor, plaints, pam or weakness m me
which had so prostrated him that back and kidneys, and other tron
he was unable to do any business, bles peculiar to the sex. Uo.ne
He was entirely cured bv the use of: JovrnnL See adv.
Hop Bitters. It allayed all that;
burning thirst ; took away the appe
titefor liquor; made his nerves
steady, and he has remained a sober
and steady man for more than two
Jears, and has no desire to return to
is cups ; I know of a number of
others that have been cured of drink
ine by it" From a leading R. R.,
Official, Chicago, 111. Tones.
How' Well b TorfM-docd.
But few people of the oil country
have a r.eaionably clear idea 6f the
manner in which aa oil well is tor
pedoed, and that uch a utate of af
fairs should exist is ntt strange,
considering the great ; amount of
danger involved in th haudling f
nitroglycerine. To give our read
ers r.n idea of how the operation U
performer, a special reporter of the
M'tif, spent one day rwently with
Mr. John -U. Jvuiiii,- agent ui - tlic
Roberts Torpolo Cmipaiiv jtl th;
Warren district, and sitf tfire'e v't !!
shot. Nitroglycerine in frozen state is
kept in six qunvt tl i x cans in an iron
safe called the mng.-iitn?. Th". mag
azine is r ueraily : itti.ik'l in ; .piia
ep'.t a mile or so away from human
habitation. When glycerin-' is
wanted tu tc-rpedc a .v;f it haul
ed fiotn the m-v;j.ine in AV.jgon,
and id cither pacLed in boxcjuadc
fr tho purpose orrollfidiu blanket.
Arrived at the well the can3 are
placed in hot water and the glycer
ine thawed so that ii can be toured
from the can into the torpedo shell
without trouble.
1 lie lor)Ciio reei it heavy iron
reel is fastened to the crunk of tbe
band wheel and tV line carried to
the derrick and padded over an iron
pulley susjiended directly over the
hole, and to the hook in the end of
this line is hitched the lower section
of the shell. A forty quart shell is
twelve feet long and four and one
halt inches ia diameter, and is di
vided into four sections. Tin tubes
about an inch in diameter and as
long as wanted are fastened together
and attached to the lower end of the
shell for the purpose of anchoring
the torpedo at the exact spot wished
for the explosion. Thus if the tor
pedo was to be exploded twenty
seven feet from the bottom of the
hole, there would be t .venty-seven
feet of anchor attached to the
When the glycerine is melted it
is poured through a crooked funnel
into the shell while the shell is
hanging at the top of the hole, sus
pended by the reel line. The tilled
shell is then lowered until the an
chor touches bottom, when the hook
in the end of the lino is detached
with a quick jerk and drawn up to
the surface. The second section of
the shell is filled and lowered in a
similar manner, the lower end of
the upper shell fitting closely into
the top of the lower shell by means of
its conicd shape. The top of the
upper shell is provided with a 'head'
and three percussion caps. An iron
weight called a 'go-deviL' falling on
an iron disk to a spindle of which
the caps are attached, explodes the
caps and so explodes the torpedo.
When the second shell is lowered
and the rope drawn up again, the
'go-devil' is dropped into the hole
and in about forty seconds a shock
is felt and a sound hear similar to
that produced by the discharge of a
large revolver. In three or four
seconds or longer oil begins to spout
from the hole and in another sec
ond or two a column of oil i3 flow
ing high above the derrick, accom
panied by a deafening roar of escap
ing gas. When the bright, golden
colored flow of oil has ceased a col
umn of dirty, black oil and sand
shoots up, the immediate result of
the explosion. There is a smell of
burnt glycerince in the air and the
derrick drips with fresh oil from
sam3on post to crown pulley. The
glycerine man than picks up hi3
tools and leaves the well ready for
tubeing.
The torpedoes exploded by the
Roberts Company are exploded un
der several hundred feet of oil or
'fluid tamping.' A 'dry shot is one
made without fluid in the hole.
The Robeits patent is on the fluid
tamping, as the fluid acts in the well
as a tight wad does in a cannon.
The explosion opens up the oil-bearing
rock and causes the well to Mow.
Trcadiitic Water.
Mr. Henry MacCormac, who re
cently urged in yature, "treading
water' to prevent drowning, thus re
plies to correspondents who recom
mend teaching swimming in prefer
ence : Let those who will go in for
swimming, and I wish sincerely
that everybody could swim. Tread
ing water, however, conducts at
once to swimming. Everyone can
tred water who likes. It is just as
easy, if we only knew it, to tread
water as to tread the earth, anil
proximately just as safe. Men and
women might walk into the deep
sea and out again when they pleas
ed. Nature has not been so niggard
with us as some people imagine.
Why are not we as safe in water as
a dog? It is simply because he
treads water and we do not. In
treading water the body is erect, or
nearly so ; in swimming we sprawl,
and are comparatively helpless.
The admirals, both of them, have
given valuable testimony as regards
the efficacy of treading water. Be
fore the present pier at the Cape
was built, vessels in bad weather
could not communicate with the
shore, even by boats. Men, then,
treading water amid the mountain
seas, carried communication to and
fro ia oilskin caps. I have heard it
was the same at Madras. Young
Gordon, apprentice to the sea, fell
into mid ocean while fixing a sail.
The poor fellow's heart sank when
he saw the ship sailing away. But,
as he afterward told me, he trod
water, and kept up until the boat
reached him.
I have trodden water again and
again with a big boy on my back.
Anyone might do the same. Not
nKin jn a thousand, I suppose,
can swim. They do not know thev
one woman in ten tnousanu, not
can tread water when they fall in,
o ti 1 1 rf imiraA 1 rf-TA-n Kilt, la-ncw
An. r.rp mhee ca
ranee and prejudice cannot always
rule, and the dav will surely come,
when human beings, better instruct
ed, shall enjoy the same- immunity
in the water that other animals nut
human beings now enjoy.
Kxpericnre the lies (.aide.
The constant practice most wo
mpn hare in carina for the sick
makes thera often more skillful
i than physicians in selecting medi
i cine. The reason why women are
everywhere using and recommend
ing Parker's Ginger Tonic is, be
cause they have learned by that
best of guides experience that
this excellent family medicine spced-ilo-
nvorrntnpilesT)ondencv. periodi-
cal headache, indigestion, liver corn
A MarMbatl lUJdled.
Nfw York, March 3. A dispatch
from Marion, Ala., says: "King, ex
Marshal of Marion, on entering hi.'
gate early this morning, had si
shots fired at him. His body -r
riddled with bullets. Death t
instantaneous. Six negroes h
been arrested. '