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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-21

airy were picketed before each WINDOW
and door of every building on the place
Jack Garrett, when awakened, without
hesitation informed the soldiers Where
they would find the two men. whose
true names of course he did not know;
and was directed to go into the barn.
and tell the men to surrender. ne
aroused the assassins, who were asleep
on the straw; and when be communl-
Gated the message as directed, Booth
turned on him angrily and said, Young
man, your life is in danger. Get out
Of here" Young Garrett did not waste
any time in retreating. Booth was soon
called upon to surrender, which he re-
fused TO do; and when informed that
if he did not the barn would be fired,
he remarked But there is man In
here who does want to surrender
pretty bad" whereupon lierold present
ed himself at the door.
In the meantime Jack Garrett had
been induced to pile brush about the
barn. While doing so ne was discovered
, by Booth, who, putting his mouth to
crack where the young man was, Wills
pcred, Il advise you to keep away from
here for your own safety
A few minutes afterward the barn
was fired by one of the detectives in the
party, and a soldier, Boston Corbett. in
direct disturbance of orders. shot
Booth through enc of the cracks in the
barn while the assassin was standing IN
the full light of the flames. which then
cncircled him completely. The bullet
entered in almost the same spot as the
shot he had fired two weeks before at
the president. Corbett was afterward
court -martialed for his INSTRUMENTATION.
i For this interesting account OF the
assassins movements on Tuesday and
| Wednesday, the writer is indebted to
| Mr.. Jack Garrett, who now lives within
: few miles of his fathers old home.
! The cid homestead still remains in the
hands of the Garrett family.-CFour
Lincoln Conspiracies,' by Victor Louis
Mason, in the Century,
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Ballet Girls at Balls.

Most of the girls in tights, short
dresses and bizarre costumes at the
French and Arion balls and at the mas
Querade affairs OF the "Cuckoos," early
Birds" and Might Hawks" are paid
ballet dancers, and chorus girls from
the theatrical attractions playing in the
city.
For the better class balls the girls
receive $40 each. They usually do a
fancy dance and appear in the grand
march. AS the fun does not begin much
before midnight, they can easily ar
range to appear at the theater and 20
to the ball later.
The ballet dancers at the Metropoli-
tan opera house and at the Olympia
are in greatest demand. They possess
the personal beauty and physical quail
fications of the chorus girl and in
addition, as trained dancers, are more
graceful than chorus or extra" girls
who have only been taught to walk
and carry spear in parade of ANA
zons.-New York Journal
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An English statistician has demon.
strated the fact that music has a di-
rect and wonderful influence upon the
growth of the hair. Among the COM
posers the percentage of badness is -
per cent. which is about the average
of people generally. Performers on the
piano, violin or other string instru-
ments retain their hair up to a late
period in life. In the case OF piano.
players especially the hirsute growth
Is aggressive. and violiniats are close
second. Recall the shocks worn by
many of the eminent pian,sts and vio-
linists of the past twenty-five years.
Performing on brass instruments. no.
tably the cornet, French horn, from
bone or tuba. is demonstrated" to SUI
perinduce badness, and massive brows
that reach around to the back of the
neck are so general in the regimental
bands of European armies as to have
given rise to the diagnosis OF trumpet
badness"
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SAVED BY A WOLF.
The Strange story That an Old Penn
syIvania Hunter Told.

John Adams, of Jamestown, Pa, was
it was his boast that he never harmed
a wolf. and his reason is given in the
following story from his own lips:
when was a little shaver, 10 years
old or tt erea bouts, | was out with my
older brother Sam, watching some cat
tie that were pastured near the river.
The Indians We're pretty peacaable
round where We lived, and We sup
posed ourselves safe. But that lay
war party came On us suddenly. They
fired and killed Sam. When | saw AIM
fall cut into the brush and ran into
"A dense laurel thicket where hid nigh
about frightened out OF nay senses.
was full ten miles from home, and |
knew the Indians would watch for Inc
along the road. | lay still in the laurel
till dark and then set off across the
mountains | was barelcaded ana bale-
footed, and soon my 1eet began to
bleed. | had not gone more than a
few miles when | heard the bowling OF
wolves on my track. This added le.-
the wolves gained on me. / did lot
dare climb tree. If | had done so
the wolves would have kept me lreeu
until morning, and then the lndllus
would have discovered me: and dre.d-
ed nothing SO much as falling into ;Aeir
hands. ! ran painting on, but the wolves
were better runners than | and tney
Al, .,,t Of ,nfI,
one Wolf. much larger than the rest. that
came near me-sO close that when it
shook its shaggy coat, wet with lew,
| water spattered in my face. This big
wolf snapped at and fought with the
others and kept them back, and finally
the pack dropped behind. For some
reason CT other the big wolf didn't seem
| to want to hurt me. 1t behaved more
| like q dog and trotted along beside
me. not near enough for me to touch
bur company-like, you know. 1t kept
along with me until daylight, and then
| could see the clearing of the settle
ment about home. When the wolf
finally left me it would stop now and
then and look back, as if a good mind
to keep on. l shall always think that
wolf was sent to me by Providence;
for | don't believe l ever should have
| Kept up and found my way that dark
night over the mountains without it,
And that's the reason l never hurt
wolf, but I've done them many a good
turn, let me tell you, and amt even
grudged them sheep or two out Of
my tiock"-Youth's Companion.
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the Las.

o,otiIes cross tho river, and showed him
:. photograph Of Booth. Rollins said the
T olOgIarh resemL,ed the man who bad
been there on the day previous. whom
to dcsari Cd accurately (of course h had
10 knowledge Of noorh's IDENTIFY. and
vas pressed to guide the troopers TO
BuwiinG Green, whittier, he stated, Jett,
e 10 seemed to be The guide of tAe as
c;..35ins. had gone.
Poor Rollins has lived q hcrmit's life
over since. His ncieh0ors charge him
with the betrayal Of Booth and have
consequently o5tT1ciZed him completely
during q period OF thirty years. The
claim was also made that he received
II oncy Tor his part in the transaction,
WIith Rollins standby denies; and the
records az the treasury department do
not substantiate the charge.
AS the body OF cAyalrymen passed the
gate leading to MIR. CARROTS residence,
on their way to Bowling Green, Booth
i.aiN!y saw them from the porch. but
exhibited no emotion whatever: and
LCrOld, who at this time was in the
lane leading from the road to the house,
law the soldiers and was seen by them.
As soon as they disappeared from
view, Booth left the porch of the house,
where he had been sitting, and Went to
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meet Herold, and in his conversation
with him. at a short distance from the
house, exhibited the only excitement
which he displayed while there.
That night the assassin attempted to
leave Mr.. CARROTS. Jack Garrett was
offered $3.50 for his horse, which he re-
fused to sell, but agreed to take the
two the next morning to Guinca's Sta
ton, a distance of about eighteen miles,
for which Booth paid his $40 in adj
vance Booth explained to Mr.. Gar
retts family that he had had "a little
brush with the Yankees over in Mary
land" to account for his excitement
after the cavalry rode by, and stated
that he and Herold would like to sleep
in the barn that night. The actions of
the fugitives had already aroused the
suspicious of Jack Garrett and his
brother Willie, and they interpreted the
wish Of the assasSins to sleep in the
barn as a ruse to secure their horses
during the night. After Booth and
Herold went to the barn. therefore. the
horses We're secretly led into the woods
halfapanile distant. and Jack and Willie
CarrettsafterQuietly locking Booth and
Herolds III the barn, slept en- their arms
in the corn-crib neAr by.
The cavalry. guided by Rollins. who
was not informed Of the name of the
man whom they were pursuing, rode
on to Bowling Green. which they
reached about ! O'clock Wednesday
morning. Jet awoke to see by the dim
light of a candle four men al his bed
side, each of whom held large cooked
pistol leveiled at his head A voice
grufllly demanded. ''Where did you
| leave those men? Tell Us quickly, or
we'll blow out your brains.r Only half
awake. and much frightened by the
| sight before him, Jet stated that he
had left them at CARROTS. Under the
| threat of death he was forced to lead
the soldiers back about twelve miles to
CARROTS, which was reached betv cen
! 3 and Wednesday morning. For Jett's
connection with this affair he was jilt-
ed by his sweetheart, ostracized by his
/ friends. outlawed by his family. and
finally obliged to leave the neighbor-
! hood. This was not because he guided
Booth, but because he betrayed" him.
He died in an insane asylum in Balti-
more.
Upon reaching CARROTS farm the cav.
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DUMAS AND NTH.
The Points OF Resemblance Between the
Two Writer'S

The Points OF Resemblance Between the
Two Writers.
Dumas the elder had not few points
of resemblance to Oliver Goldsmith,
says the Century. He could not help
running into debt, giving aims largely
to every one who demanded them, with
out stopping to inquire whether the
mendicant were an impostor or an hon
orable man, being prey to sharp deal
ers and PARISHES, and living from hand
to mouth. He was also boastful, from
fear of being forgotten or underrated,
though without grain of envy in his
genial soul, was fond of the excitement
and adventures of the Old-fashioned
modes of travelling, and had an INDY
ing love for the place in which he spent
his youth. Throughout his long and
varied literary career he nursed the
hope of ending his days in the forest
girdled town OF VillersC otterets in the
ancient province of Valois, where he
was born and reared. If ever the
thought Of saving any of his earnings
traversed his brain, the father to 1t was
his lifelong desire Ito there return ana
die at home at last" He often talked
of buying, when he had the means, the
house in the Rue de Lorimer in when
he was born as day dawned on a July
morning, in the second year OF TINS
century. Villers-Cotterets was written
on his heart. and reacted on most OF
his after-life impressions. When ne re-
visited the town he was lionlzed ny
great and small and found that boylsh
escapades and venial sins of adolescence
were still held in kindly remembrance
by the old folks. Dumas was man
of warm and ready sympathies. JoVia'
of temperament, and sparkling WIN
ready wit. His Impressions were VIVA
| cious the fountains were near his eyes
and after laughing and crying or rather
numbering for sheer Joy at the welcome
he received, he lent himself to con-
! vivial demonstrations and delighteu an
who sat down with him at ;ahle D!
his high spirits and the brilliancy "a
his conversation.
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land THERE ARE OTHERS"
of my proclivities. Joined us. and with
her came her sister, Mrs. Hilman. a
matronly woman OF 80. to whom l was
formally presented.
I confess to an admiration OF Mrs.
Hilman as soon as l saw her: not that
Mrs Rascom wasn't admirable. but that
her sister was older and more substan-
tial TO my mind. In fact. Mrs. Hilman
was of that pleasing rotundity of per-
son which seems to appeal to an I'M
romantic man of so. while Mrs. Bas-
comb was rather spirituelle and re-
minded one more of angels than Of
good housekeepers. In addition to her
other attractions, Mrs. Hilman was of
the laughing, jolly kind of women. who
seem to carry surplus OF sunshine
with them for general distribution. and
l always had a kind of sneaking fond
ness for that kind of woman.
went to bed early, as is the custom
in the country, and though l was Ill
good sleeping trim and my conscience
was in perfect order. somehow l lay
awake thinking what lonesome sort
OF life a bachelors life was. and how
much cozier and pleasanter woman
could make a mans life, even II she
hadn't more than half the chance.
After a long time slept and dreamed
dreams in which there were summer
girls and other disturbing elements,
and when l awoke in the morning. in
response to Bascom's knock. was my
old self again and laughed at the very
idea of a woman as life companion.
During Sunday l had several very
Interesting talks with Mrs. Hilman, AMI
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-21
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.

Prick nutmeg with pin and II 1t
is fresh and good oil will instantly
spread around the puncture.
To ascertain If an egg is fresh put 1t
in pail of water If good it will sink
Immediately; if it floats ii is doubtful
Silver spoons that have become dis
colored by eggs may be cleaned readily
by rubbing with soft cloth and lit
tie dry salt.
To extract the juice from an onion
Gu, the onion in half and press it
against and move 1t slowly over graf
er. The juice will run off the poin, Of
the crater.
To bronze a plaster CT paris figure
cover 1t with a coating of shellac var
nish. When this is dry mix some
bronze powder with the varnish and
apply to the figure. then cover with an
other coat OF clear varni5h.
An c, cellent cure for hoarseness Is
to roast lemon until il is soft al!
through; do not allow it 10 burst. While
still hot cut piece from the end and
fill the lemon with as much granulated
sugar as it will hold. Then eat 1t while
hot.
Palms, rubber plants and all foliage
plants used in the house should have
a weekly wash day. Using soft cloth
or sponge, each leaf should receive a
light washing With lukewarm water
and the soil should be loosenei abou,
the roots Plants breathe through their
leaves. and cannot grow well unless
they are kept free from dust.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-21
A WINDOW MIRROR.
Transparent From the Inside. Eut a
Looking Glass Outside.


Looking Glass Outside.
A transparent mirror was brought
from Germany to this country few
months ago by a New York firm and the
perplexing properties OF the glass eX-
cited much curiosity. 1t was at once
in demand for many purposes and the
same firm is now engaged in importing
it in large quantities. 1t is still nov
city, and some screens. made of this
glass have recently been placed on
sale at one of the local stores. They
are probably the first to be viewed in
this city. The coating is placed on one
side of the glass just the same as The
silvering on the mirror and has the
same properties of rejecting the rays Of
light and color The difference, how
ever, Is that when looked at from the
back the coating is entirely transpar
ent. To one sitting indoors the view
without is not obstructaa in the least,
but pedestrian peering into the Win
dow or doorway is greeted by his own
reflection. The glass Is used largely in
lieu Of screens where privacy is de-
sired without obstruction OF light from
the outside or barring the vision of
those inside. 1t was introduced with
effect first in New York club window
Behind 1t the chappies could sit and
ogle the girls and view the passing
throng without being themselves OBJ
served. Its use was also resorted to in
cafes, where it offered privacy to those
lcunging inside, while the latter had
an undisturbed view of the street.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-21
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

No gift offered by love is ever w
small
Men run to the devil and creep W
ward God .
Little troubles are big troubles "
little men.
There is no sin that dies haTaS'
death than pride. -,,,.
The loafer never blames the
man for his bad luck. s
To know Christ well. is to oe'''1'
n magnet for him. al,
The man who is a slave to h''1'''''
has hard master. c,d
Our friends may leave us o"'
will still be very close. u.,o
There are too many peoi''e
have more religion than love, ling
Great things are done by 'e'''
not to slight little ones. ss
To those who know Gods 'o''''
is always telling his love. han.
We are walking with rhe de'.i
ever we are in bad company -,
If your work seems hare,
make it easy by doing ii for Ch''s"
The old serpent has not god
quarter on AN inch since ne ''
Adam. ..,.o
1t is only the man WHO is fai'olu .,,.
God. who is a true friend 10 col
To bring out the very best '..-' ,oye.
, has put in us, the motive must % =,
Many a rose-lined path Is ,,ve,
| tracks that were made by Tic
! foot.-Rams' Horn.
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On this page we show an illustration
of . Banyan tree. This is peculiar to
India. The leaves are heart-shaped,
and arc pointed at the tips. This vege-
table is weak in itself, but has the quail
ity OF making itself supported by 9TH
ors. 1t may be that from this quality
it derives it's name, as the word banyan
in India means a trader, and especially
trader with foreigners. These trees,
like the traders, develop with the as
sistance of others.
A banyan tree will send down root
let's from every branch. These little
filaments increase in size till they
reach the ground. They then send out
strong roots and the filament that came
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-21
Two TelegrAmA,

Here Is true story of coincidence,
which may be regarded AS remarkable:
Mr.. w. of one Of Boston's suburbs. who,
with his partner. Mr.. S., had intended
to take business trip to New York,
was unable, on account Of slight &C.
cident. to keep his engagement. A
telegram was therefore sent to Mr.. S.:
Slipped on ice; strained back. Meet
you in New York Wednesday.-W
What was the Amusement OF Mr.. W.
to receive, while his messenger was on
the way to the Office. dispatch from
his partner, as follows:
Lame back; slipped on ice. Meet
you in New York Wednesdays.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-21
WISE WOMEN MARRY LATE.
In America the Sex Has Gained Advan-
tag.s. but Not in MatriInony.


The strides which The movement
among American women 70 secure lor
themselves an independent livelihood
has made during the last two or three
decades are simply astounding NOUN
ing car illustrate this better than the
following figures, which have reference
to the number of women in the Cnlted
States in each profession in lo9o, 'lia
figures in Darentheses being the cor
responding figures for 1870. In 1851
there were 49, female doctors 'ozp'
2337 female dentists (2N; 24O femaie
lawyers o.: 1926 female preachers
go: $50 female engineers and lana
surveyors (none); % female archltect5
%: II 900 lady painters and scuip'ors
C412): 5000 female authors n39)' 1888 re-
male journalists G5); 3t,51o female mu-
scians 5.735): 3.949 actresses '6s2l; oo4
female theatrical managers con; 2llSo
shorthand writer's 90; 6f,N4S clerks,
secretaries, etc, tS,106); ;21,1T ielhaie
bookkeepers tnOnel.
Last year l. sos women visited II"
universities, of whom "a left them as
fully trained doctors. and abo1t dozen
respectively as lawyers. preachers and
Journalists OF the above 1,S0> female
students 2S2 per cent have married.
American women, however, do not. as
a rule marry till they have completed
their twentieth year. and OF these 1,SD7
as many as SS7 were still under 90
years. Of women who hold diplomas
as doctors between - ana 30 years only
80 per cent marry: Of those between st
and 80 years tho percentage OF those
who marry has rison 10 A3.I per cont
Of those between 50 and 40. to 40 POI
cent and of those above 40 years. tC
5i.5 per cent From this 1t becomes
evident that women who have fire.
quented universities, at least in Amer
| lea, marry much later than others. II
| is. perhaps, a natural result Of this cir
| cumstance that divorces are virtually
thing unknown among those late
| marrying women studcnts.-New Yorl
| Press
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Idaho Rabbits,

In three rabbit drives this season in
Cassia county, Idaho, some 5000 rab-
bits have been killed. The animals are
astonishingly numerous and very
serious nuisance. A roundup hunt is
to be held every week IN the hope Of
extermirating the pest.
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school uniforms. These attracted the
attention of the urchins who were en-
gagged in freely criticislng the wedding
party as it entered the church.
Catch on to der kids wild der soldier
SUITS" yeAed one Of the youngsters de-
rsively.
"Ah! denis kidets," replied an un-
conscious punster with great pride in
his knOwledge.-New York Evening
Sun.
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down from the branch develops and be-
comes great trunk. Through this pro-
cess the single tree often becomes a
great forest. The admiral of Alexander
describes such one, and it is supposed
that it is standing today, though some
what cut away by floods that have made
great inroads on it.
A French traveller describes forest
that had all grown from a single tree,
all the roots and all the great branches
of the forest being united. Other trav-
elers say they have counted 5000 trunks
all originating and still connected with
the same trunk. Others describe groups
of trunks 1000 feet in circumference
Farmers Review.
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The Enl Of the World,

The earth and the heavens are to be
burned up. That is what the Bible
says. Science is gradually coming
around to believe with the Bible. Scien-
lists agree now that the Old earth must
be burned up. Unless it is recuperated
somehow this old world must go to
Smash.-Rev. C. NJ. Hall.