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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1900)
The Assassination of President Lincoln. N April 14 Just thirty-three years will haTe passed since l'rcsldent Lincoln was shof down In Ford's Theater, Washington, by John Wilkes Booth. The excitement all over the Unit ed States toilay; caused by the war scare, brines to mind the thrill of horror and excitement that passed over the country thirty-three years ago, when. Just as the minds of the people had become settled after four years of war, the country was startled by the announcement of Lin - coin's assassination. - Announcements bad been made in Washington papers 'that President Lin coln and Gen. Grant, accompanied by their wives, would visit Ford's Theater (now a pension otllce) on the evening of April 1,4. . .Ge'n.jGrant found it necessary to visit Burlington. N. J., on that memorable 14th of April, and he accordingly sent to President Lincoln o note of regret at his Inability to accompany him to the the ater that evening, leaving Washington on the (J p. m. train. To Schuyler Colfax, then Speaker of ' . the House, the President extended an In vitation to attend the theater as late as 8:15 p. m., for it was not until then that the President's party left the White House. President Lincoln manifested a curious reluctance to going, but stated that the papers had advertised that him fidfaml Gen. Grant would both attend, and, since Gen. Grant had left Washing ton, he did not want to have the audience disappointed, as the people would expect to see at least one of them. The theater was crowded. The box reserved for the presidential party was the double box forming the second tier on the right-band side of the stage. The front of the box was decorated with flags and in the center, on the outside, bung an engraving of Washington. As the Grnntg had declined an Invita tion to Attend, Mrs. Lincoln invited, In their stead. Miss Harris, daughter of Sen- ator Ira Harris, and Maj. Henry It. Allathbone, the Senator's stepson. ' The play presented was the original rerslon of Tom Taylor's "Our American Cousin," as It was always given before the late E. A. Sothern's changes In It, afterwards made to elaborate his still remembered character of Lord Dun- 1 dreary. The assassin, Booth, familiar with the JOH.V WII.KKS booth. , Jheater, visited the box about 0 p. m., looking In for a last survey of the various positions of lis occupants. It was sup. ppsedat the time, that it was due to a , 'Bjlstake' or the exercise of an Impertl " lent curiosity. Unknown to the presl lentlal party, Booth had, during the day, bored a hole through the door of the box .'or observation or perhaps to Are through. A p. m. Booth again entered the box, quietly holding a pistol In one band and a knife, or dirk, in the other. Maj. Itatbbone rose and asked this Intruder his business. Booth rushed past the Major without making a .reply and, plac ing his pistol close to the President's head, actually In contact with it. tired, and Instantly sprang upou the cushioned baluster of the box, when he made a backward plunge with bis knife, aimed at the face or breast of Mr. Lincoln. Maj. Itathbone, springing forward to pro tect the President, received the stab In his arm. It was towards the latter part of the play. Perfect stillness reigned through out the house. The nudlence listened to the dialogue between Florence Trenchnrd and May Meredith, when the pistol shot rang through the theater. It was appar- INTERIOB OF K ently fired behind the scenes on the right or rue stage, ana u was accepiea oy me audience as an introduction to some new passage, several of which 'bad been In terpolated In the early part of the play. Booth had been noted as a leaper, hav ing become habituated to sensational leaps in his repertoire of characters. He leaped nine feet down on the stage, but his spur caught In the flag decorating the front of the presidential box and as be reached the stage he fell, recovering Mm self in a wonderful way, though bis leg was broken. He bounded across the stage, pushing past Miss Laura Keene, who stood near the prompter's desk, striking her on the band with his own, still holding the dagger. As be crossed the stage Booth cried out, dramatically, "Sic semper tyrannls!" nnd "I have done It I" Once through the side scenes Booth quickly escaped by the rear door of the theater, where a horse awaited him, its bridle held by an employe of the theater whom Booth rewarded with a kick, his agony from his broken leg being Intense. Meanwhile the Bbrleks of Mrs. Lincoln made clear to the audience the nature of the horrible crime that bad just been per petrated. Pandemonium reigned. Wom en cried, men hollowed and children screamed. Miss Laura Keene advanced to the footlights and called out: "For God'a sake, have presence of mind I Keep your places and all will bo well!" Miss Harris called Mo Miss Keene to bring some water, which the actress did, and afterwards accompanied Mrs. Lin coln to the house opposite, to which the unconscious President was nt once re moved. It was found that he had been shot through the bead, above tho back of the temporal bone, and that some of tho brain was oozlg out and that death -was inevitable. Within a comparatively short time the terrible news had spread all over Wash ington, and by midnight every member of the cabinet, except Seward, whoBe owu life was attempted, had gathered at the bedside of their dying chief. Mrs. Lin- coln was nrcKcnl, prostrated with grift niul other members of the family, St tor Simmer, Speaker Colfax, nillllnry of He lu s of the War iJciinrtuient. Severn generals mid physicians, the latter In eluding Surgeon General Humes, win hud from the Unit assisted Dr. Stone the President's family physician. President Lincoln never recovered eon scloimicss. As day dawned Ills pulsi fill Icil nud a look of perfect peace over spread his features. At 7:-'. a. in. Ii censed to brenthe. ltev. Dr. (liirley kuet down nud prnyed and Secretary Slnutoi broke the silence which followed with tin reinnru: "ftovt he belongs to the ages." The South lost, In Lincoln, one win would have proved to be Its best friend us Is, perhaps, now rcnlUcd. In n leltci written to Gen. Van Aleii on the last dnj or his life, Lincoln wrote words tint strike the keynote of his character. It It he said: "1 thank you for the assurance you glvi nie that I shall be stiliiiortcd br eonservn tlve men like yourself In the efforts I may make to restore the Union so its ti make It, to use your liiiiciiiiire. n unloi or Hearts and hands ns well as of Stales.' Over all the members of lliitl nr,il dentlal theater party u black and awfu rate Hung menacingly. Many have not followed the end of nth ers Indirectly associated with the tragedy ine striCKeu widow of the miirtyrc i resilient passed the bit ante of ut ilavi lu melancholia nnd mildness. Of thi guests who were with her lu the box thai nignt, one slew the other nnd mi,!,., I hli owu life a maiilnc. VALENTINES OUT OF DATE. Orlulnnl Vcr.r, I'loncra orfuitdy An -uw iiu i-roper tiirtn. Valentines nre out nf ilni.. Ti,..t i. the edict of society. When the Ulh ol reurtinry comes around nun- il,,. ,,,,,, enier is to write to your lady fnlr u few choice stanza of vulentlne verse, or, Ii case of your Inability to construct proci rhyme, send around n f..u- tiim.-l letH or sweet roses or a nice box of caiulj n heart shnited box preferred, of courst "II tied up with pretty silk rlblMins. Tin flowers and the cmidr liinr not lnt oug as tue MK-try. but the flowers wll lie prettier, the candy will taste better and uotu will lie more appreciated. nen ii in sold tlint valentines are out f date the statement hat to be made. i course, wiin some reservnt on. Tber nri out of dnte as gifts Itetween fnahlonnblt adults, but among children they are iopu lar still. Every little lad nud wntches for the postman on the inornlnt of St. Valentine's day, of course, nnd Ii disappointed If the mail brings no lovt message, no little cmltosscd nud ttnlntcc Cupid. What Is meant by the statement that valentines are out of date Is that tin ay of the three-story, fussed and fuiiv. baud-painted, Hut and nonsense creation. over which young Indies used to go lute ecstasies of delight nud young men used to go Int v bankruptcy, tins long been pass ed. The custom of sending that sort ol remembrance is ns dend ns the custom ol I New Years calling. It was never a sen sihle custom anyway, for no young ma felt really repaid in putting a week's sa nry into a gift to a young lady when, be- ORD'S THEATER. cause of the mystery nnd secrecy that nave to be observed In sending valentines, lie could not accompany It with his card, It was altogether too discouraging to hare his hated rival get the credit for sending a sentimental lot of poetry all oone up In UulTy expensiveness for which he had cheerfully emptied his pockets and "gone broke." Valentines of that sort have bad their day and belong now to the sweetly remembered past. PRAYER TO ST. VALENTINE. e9 Hearts or dollars? ahr'to which Should my muldcn heart Incline! To be loved or to bok-n? Tell me, good St, Valentine. Should I scorn tho shining gold? Is a heart a richer mine? t Here I'm waiting to be told- Tell me, good St. Valentin. BGVUblNG OF GMSS. pnOCESS LITTLE UNDERSTOOD OV LAYMhN. How (ho ltduo of (llnss Is Cut Awny mid HcttuUlicd-A Very Hlmplo Pro but Ouo Itoiiiilrlnu Skill In It Jixt-i'iitlou, DU.llllI Kllinn ... ... ii I ' . . . ... . (.. ..... ....... ,1.1, It . . .... ...,..,.. I. ..III .IU.ll ll.tlil HOW llll I1IUIU UAltllBUll,; iinw. formerly. Twenty yearn hko huvolcd inlrioiH wcru eoiniiiuullvcly imo, now tliey arc common, mid in o soon In tunny Mini pes and sixes, llovolod plates, Iiu ixo niul small, mill both straight ami bout. mo used for vnr.oiu otnor purpose, Tho process of glass hoveling Ih very simple, but tlio work culls fur uU.lt on the part of tho opciuiors, Tho pluto to bo beveled goes first to tho roughing mill, which Is it solid, heavy steel wheel nboui two feet mid a liulf flit In d.nmutor, sot liiirixoutiilly, mid turtiltiBiit it Ii Ik Ii rntoof npueii. mo upper hi iv, or top of this wind, Ii sIlKlitly roughened. Suspended ovor tlio wheel is it nig noiiner column. nc mind, which Is fed tlown throiic.i n spout lnsiiclii..mitlty im limy be roijiilr . . ... . .. ., .1. en upon i iiu top it tuu ruiigii'iiicini Mteel wheel. Tlio grinder bohU tho pluto to ho ground In bis hniiilH, with the edge to tie ground nlT upou tho face of the i-ouRhlug mill; ho shifts tho p.nto along as the glass Is ground n way. Tlio cxpeit Krluder. Iioldlug n Hlicul of glans iigaliist the roughing uheel lu this man uer, will grind a true bevel, with a per fectly straight Hue along Its Inner edge. mid ho brings tho side bevels together with a perfectly true angle at tho cor uein. n tho roughing mill tho tiovel Is wrought to shape, hut Its face Is rough- looking nud feeling. In fact, llko wh it It Is, ground glass. The plate goes then to tho enemy wheel, also of steel and set liorlxoii'.ally. Sua. uudod over this wheel Ih ii little hopper tilled with emery, tho emery feeding down upon tho wheel. Upou this wheel tin; rough face of tho bevel ns It comes from tho roughing mill Is again ground, tlio pinto being held In tho same manner by a grinder, nnd the surface Is brought nearer to smoothness. From tho emery wheel the plate goes to tho smoothing stone, which In nl hi set to turu horizontal y. Tho smooth lug stone, which Is of mi extremely lino sandstone. Is made with Its upper Ntirface. that against which the glass Is brought, very slightly convex. This stone Is finished perfectly smooth mid It Is so lino grained that to tho touch It HeouiM almost to bo polished. A tiny stream of water, enough to keep thu fit co of tho stone wet, Ih tnndo to trickle tlown upon It and tho glass U held to tills wheel just an It wits to tho others, nnd bore tho hoveled edge Is brought dowu to a smooth surface, but not polished. Tho plate goes then to n polishing wheel made of wood ami sot to turn vertically; the bevel odgo of tho glass In held against tho edgo or face of thlH wowlen wheel us It rapidly ro- volves. Thefaceof the wheel Ih kept wet min constantly supplied witn puiveru- cil Htone. Uwn tlilmvhecl the beveled edgo gctH It llrst polish. Tho glnsii then takcH tlio final step In tho hoveling process. It rocs to another wheel, also of wood, and also turning vertically, whose fnco Ih of felt Tlio faco of thlx wheel also Is kept wet and It Ih suppll ed with a flno pollshluj; meterlnl called from Its color, rotigo. Hero, ns nt tho first pollshlni,- wheel, tho k'mh Is held with the hovel against tho edge, or faro of tho wheel. On tho rotigo wheel tho bovel gets Its final polish and flnlsUnnd the Htirfaco of tho bcreled edge, which hfter tho first operation was rough llko ground glass, Is now ns smooth mid as polished as tho tint surface of tho plate, (3 rent plates that nro too big to bo hold by hand aro locked Into n frame that can bo so moved as to bring tho edges to bo beveled against wheels ad- Justed for the purpose. Now York Sun, Gre.at Man's Toniler Heart, Lord Lawrence, viceroy of India, was a blunt man of action, Impatient of contradiction, mid thoroughly oelf-re- limit. Yet, like ninny of tlio trulv - - - v..inv, , v-n iiuiuni ivvzir great, bo lmd a heart oh tender nH n est llres In n most lutereHtliiK and rff woman's. Tho night on which ho inarkablo mnnner. For four nr fliUSt' fllnrtnrl frnm tyiniltui (n ......nn.. l...ll l. I i"'"u uum nu gathered nil his family in tho drawing, room ii nu iiniuo cncii ciinu repeat n favorlto hymn to him. Ills youngest son, 10 years old, nestled In his father's nrniH. Suddenly tho strong man burst Into tears. "I Hhall never," ho cried, "seo Bertlo ft child agalul" It was not of tho hardships lieforo him, or of his owu death ho thought, but of tho fact that Bertlo would uot oo a ciiiiu to him on his return. ....... On bourd tho steamer with tho gov- eriior generm or ilium was n lady with ber infant child. Sho neglected tho baby, which rovenged Itself by crying day mid night Tho passengers com- jniuiieu iu lunguogo moro rorciblo than JUIUO. "Stownrd, throw that baby over board!" was potulantly shouted from sleepless berths. At lust Lord Lawrence, HcelnB that rKKKtt t.ll,ll lldll ...MM ..ll.f...... 1 nivni i . .....ii. nDH "Why do yoti. my loni .... iiii. ..,j,i, KiiirnrnuiTH Htiu. a en inn u ivoriinr iriiiiniMi .. ,. .. " ' " Hi Hi. .... . . HIIIQP ' IICCIIIISII IU II, II llu, ...... i u Hwnrcil Lord Ln wi-i,n,-.. ...... ... . 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I, I I. .'J uuk w. .ill', I (INlllIliia I ' FtM ( nilNKiiiniior,, uini iiihi iimimv vuii, nnv w "wiioiiiiT ii r" ii in lorr.t ,.r i... tut rori'o or iimni or or tippotii,, wnrii lens or two en cueim ,i-i, ,. it power iinconxnuiisiy el... ..it,,... .,i..i,i .i " 1 ' MIC P lights lit n ccrtiiin elty mnM,.,, uui, min niii'r n iiiuiiiii -:iuh. 0l rrt'ity noon mi ouor 1 iu t tit overcooKdi tinnier IIIIimI liuinw. nnd on cxiniiliiuiion it wnn. turn it coujiio or ru'cueim tmd t0, niul jjoiio to roost nu the mm, w)f ah went wen wiin uini, ,int wcicit. mm n mt iiihi m ii readied across to lvt n good niBbt - 1 to m miiuy. on iiu ,)iltr, jj I lflltlt llllltl IiIMm l.llll.li..,! .... moment tueir tuns ioik-ih- i tii of tlious'inds of volts huh shortdlfi cttltcd through their liiiilun anlHi U!si ended lu ii llglnti.i-g tlaii, mi burnt feitthers. fiov Mi S3 Sciences iijp fl'ventiois Sycosn, having n aweetening n,if KM I times greater than Hint f ,JW Is the newest substlttito offered laiffn belle conditions. H Ktaln of liaumin Juice Is alinont I JrnTi ble. It does not proceed from the iMf! or lnnt,btit exists lu the green f.jS ns well, from which, when cut hjyj bruised, It exudes lu the slmpo of t'jaP or crtsini-IIko drops. Monsieur Salome, n French inL0i mixes Ids colors with petroleum stead of turpentine mid drying oil. no tiuuKs iiu bus mailo nu HuprJ iiienr. iiio colors nm first grouM oil. nnd then rendered with petroM Tlio reason kettles sing Is n veryal plo one. An tho water gets hot, M nubbles of steam aro formed at iNittotii of tho kettle. These la u rush upwnrdH strike the sides of kettle, mid set tho inctnl It Is iiitdtl lu vibration, thus causing the li mlng hound wo call Hinging. You notlco that n largo copper kettlf, I sides of which nro thin, will emit much louder and more inimical t than n common Iron kettle. A new tlredge for use on the YtJ river, in Russia, has Just been built i Ih constructed lu two parts so m pnss through tho canal system leadJ from tho Ilaltlc. Each half Is JKJf, long, UVj feet wide mult) feet deep, 4 each half can bo oierntod sepnrali making a liotttiiii cut IC! feet wide. T dredge has Hteel litills and Is propel mid controlled by electrical maclilDi of Atnerlcau mimiifaettire. Steam I generated by American boilers with nnptithn. In the Bay of Plentv. Nmr '.onhu IH OIIO Of tlllt IIIOHt l.ltrn.r.llnnr. nnds In tint world tt lu ,.,.ti.i u-mW- Island, nnd consists mainly of stilnliH' mixed with irvtisum m.i n r.. ..ifcSM iiiliiernls. niw i-i -t. ista' about threo miles In circumference itffl which rises between SOO nmi (nVmH nuovo tlio sea, floats continually iSSI iiiuueiiHo ciotiu or elevation of 10,000 vapor attaining kSS feet. In tho eentjlPJ ' ncld-chnrged watj is n mining inko of ncld-chnrgei covering urty ncres. and HtirrouiiW with blowdiolcH from which steam aoUS sulphurous fumes nro omitted wlui! great forco and uoIho. With carets boat can bo navigated on tho lnkn TwlS sulphur from Whlto Islnnd Is very puiS but little effort has yet been uindekHp nrocuro It HyHteinatlcally. Ifii1 Young long-leaf pines, accordlne .nr. 1'iiicnot or the Department of Ai cnmmt iiritiwit tim,iiiniii.,.u .. i... ..m, .. m .... , . jllA m um nu-iiin ol IIIO I II TO III trCCS lrf tain n height of only ns many luclifpg nnovo tlio son. During this time thtsfti bark Is extraordlnarllv thini, .....i tiiJIl! nlono gives hoiiio protection. But ln nddltlon. tho long needles spring t ntmvn im ui, ,i .' . 38t nil sides "In n. L'r..n.i n,iu0...t.. wi,i3j fiiH t0 tho croninl In n oir..t iM seedling." This green barrier can wlfv dllllculty bo mailo to burn, whllo WM shado Hint It iMvtvuin llllilll bio crnsa from orowtn tected stem. Mr. Plneiu.t ti.i.,k. inmlii Is owing to this peculiar systom of sclJ protection which n, havo doveloped tbitt tho growth of ewl sreon oaks In Florida lins been restrlcll on in regions whero fires Imvo raj whllo our plno forests havo taken theW pluce. Ponrl Flslinrs of Cevlon. Tho pearl fishing season In Cejlo v. m.uB ma urougut t0 tM 8urfUC0 uy atty dlyoil.