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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14
Passing of the Lilly.

Bermuda lilies are becoming scarce
IL means are not soon adopted on be-
half Of this branch of the lily family
1t will soon, like the buffalo, practically
disappear. Although native of Japan.
the Easter lily is best known to Ameri-
cans as being common in Bermuda The
soil Of the island is of peculiar compost
ton, coral dust being an important con-
stituent 1t was at one time very rich,
but the production of the bulbs of the
Bermuda lily has exhausted it to
great extent, hence the danger that the
flower will disappear. But the cxhaus-
ton of the soil is not the only thing
that threatens the lily. The flower it
self is suffering from exhaustion. Flori-
culturists have not yet been able to hit
upon name for the disease The bulbs
are getting smaller year by year.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14
INTERIOR OF FORD'S THEATER.

eral." Remembering the high esteem IN
which Mcclellan. Burnside, Hooker and
Meade had been held Mr.. Stoddard ask
ed Lincoln to explain, and this is what
he said:
You see, when any Of the rest set out
on a campaign they'd look over matters
and pick out some one thing they were
short Of and they knew | couldn't give
EN-, and tell me they couldn't hope TO
win unless they had it; and it was most
generally cavalry. Now, when Grant
fook hold, l was waiting to see what his
t impossibility would be, and | reck
led it would be cavalry, as matter of
course, for we hadn't horses enough to
mount even what men we had. There
were $4,000 or thereabouts up near Har-
per's Ferry, and no horses to put them
on. Well, the other day, just as l ex-
pected, Grant sent to me for those very
men; but what he wanted to know was
whether he could disband EN- or turn
'em into infantry. He doesn't ask me to
do impossibilities for him, and he's the
first general I've had that didn't. "-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14
Cost of Living in Parin.

"To prove that we are economical
young women shall tell you how much
we pay at the pension?" writes a girl
in the Ladies' Home Journal who, with
a girl companion. is travelling in France
and giving the benefit Of her experience
to girls who may go to the Paris Expo
sition this year. '"rhe tariff card, tackled
on the wall of my rose-twined Marie
Antoinette room, says the price is nine
francs. Then how do come to be pay
ing only seven? One learns over here
to marchander-'to haggle, to bargain
If madame's prices read from seven
francs, and you write to her asking il
she can let you have room and at that
price, she will pobably reply that the
only rooms she has unrented cost ten
francs. But If you are wise enough to
ask her IL she has a room for seven
francs the answer will be yes We
are, Of course, beyond the pale of the
bathtub, electric lights and big tips; the
maid who cares for our room is salts
fed to receive a modest fee, and 1t Is
with thrill Of delight that we pick up
our candlesticks and say goodnight
just as they do in novels We are COM
Portable and happy on two dollars per
day. The fact that we are alone does
not bring us moments annoyance, nor
subject us to any unreasonable re-
straints."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14

~ N April IA just thirty-three years
O win have passed since President s.s,t
" Lincoln was shot down IN ford
Theater, Washington, by John Wilkes
Booth. The excitement all over the Unit
ed States to-day, caused by the war scare,
brings to mind the thrill of horror ana
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
coins assassination.
Announcements had been mace III
Washington papers that President I'm
coin and Gen. Grant, accompanied by
their wives. would visit Ford's Iheater
NOW a pension Office on the evening OF
April IA.
Gen. Grant found It necessary to VISIT
Burlington, N j.. on that memorable
14th of April, and he accordingly sent TO
President Lincoln note of regret at MS
inability to accompany him to the the
alter that evening, leaving Washington on
the D. m. train.
To Schuyler Colfax, then Speaker OF
the House, the President extended an in
yitation to attend the theater as late as
S:15 u. m., for it was not until then that
the Presidents party left the White
House. President Lincoln manifested a
curious reluctance to going, but stated
that the papers had advertised that MIN
self and 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.
Hbr crowded The box
reserved for the presidential party was
the double box forming the second tier on
the right-hand side of the stage. The
front of the box was decorated with flags
and in the center, on the outside, hung
an engraving of Washington.
As the Grants had declined an invita-
ton to attend, Mrs. Lincoln invited in
their stead, Miss Harris, daughter of Sen
ator Ira Harris, and Maj. Henry X.
Rathbone, the Senator's stepson.
The play presented was the original
version of Tom Taylor's Our American
Cousin" as it was always given before
the late Il. A. Sothern's changes in it,
afterwards made to elaborate his still
remembered character of Lord Dun
dreary.
The assassin. Booth. familiar with the
theater, visited the box about s. p. n
looking in for a last survey of the yario
positions of its occupants. 1t was SUI
posed at the time, that it was due to n
mistake or the exercise of an imperti-
'nent curiosity. Unknown to the presi-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14

Willie Washington was trying to be
conversational. but the young woman
wore glasses and looked severe. and
her mother surveyed the scene with an
expression of austere tolemtion VIII
lie ought to have known better than to
call on Monday, wash day, anyhow.
Have you read any books lately?'
asked Willie, with the inane grin which
he uses In society.
YES" answered the girl
Been some pretty good ones written
lately, don't you Think
Il haven't read any recent novels"
she answered.
You ought 10 read some"
II find ample entertainment In the
classics" was the rejoinder, while her
mother looked on with an approving
smile.
"Oh, yes: Shakespeare suppose.
He's n good old classic
Il read Shakespeare occasionally
when read English. | also read Cor
nellie and Moliere and Goethe and
Schiller, but only for aversion. Philo-
sophie studies are my especial occupa-
tion at present
by Jove" exclaimed Willie admir-
ingly. You're getting to be a regular
bluestocking. aren't youY"
"A what" repeated the young wo-
mans mother grimly as she rose TO
her feet,
why, a bluestocking, you know
that is
Amelia. | am going TO tell the servant
to take In the clotheslne at once.
I Hereafter neither of us will he AZ home
To Mr.. Washington. "-Washington Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14

striking her on the hand with his own,
still holding the dagger. As he crossed
the stage Booth cried out, dramatically,
Sic semper tyrannis~ and Il have done
itm Once through the side scenes Booth
Quickly escaped by the rear door OF the
theater, where horse awaited him, It's
bride held by an employee of the theater
whom Booth rewarded with a kick, his
agony from his broken leg being Intense
Meanwhile the shrieks of Mrs. Lincoln
made clear to the audience the nature OF
he horrible crime that had just been per
rated. Pandemonium reigned. Won
cried. men followed and childrer
screamed. Miss Laura Keene advanced
TO the footlights and called OUT For
Gods sake, have presence of mind! Keep
your places and all will be wel1'
Miss Harris called to Miss keene to
bring seme water, which the actress did,
and afterwards accompanied Mrs. Lin
coin to the house opposite, 10 which the
unconscious President was at once re-
moved. 1t was found that he had been
shot through the head, above the back of
the temporal bone, and that some of the
brain was oozing out and that death was
inevitable.
Within n comparatively short time the
terrible news had spread all over Wash
ington, and by midnight every member
of the cabinet, except Seward, whose own
life was attempted, had gathered at the
bedside of their dying chief. Mrs | jim
coin was present, Frustrated with grief,
and other members of the family, Sena-
tor Sumner, Speaker Colfax, military of
ficials of the War Department, several
generals and physicians, the latter in
Guiding Surgeon General Barnes. who
had from the first assisted DIR. Stone
the Presidents family physician.
President Lincoln never recovered con-
sciousness. As day dawned his pulse
failed aud a look of perfect peace over
spread his features. At 1922 a. m. he
ceased to breathe. Rev. DIR. Gurley knelt
down and prayed and Secretary Stanton
broke the silence which followed with the
remark; ''Now he belongs to the ages"
| The South lost, in Lincoln, one who
would have proved to be its best friend,
as is, perhaps, now realized. In letter
written 10 Gen. Van Allen on the last day
of his life, Lincoln wrote words that
strike the keynote of his character. In
it he said:
Il thank you for the assurance you give
me that shall be supported by conserva-
tive men like yourself in the efforts |
may make to restore the Union so as to
make il, to use your language, union
of hearts and hands as well as of States. a"
Over ali the members of that presi-
dental theater party black and awful
fate hung menacingly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14
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A wholesaler in this city had one of
the brightest and most impressive lee
tures on advertising read to him by
country merchant last week that he has
ever heard In his life. This country
merchant is not one OF the ordinary
merchants. He is character In his
way. a Hibernian, and with his fuil
share of the proyerbial wit. This mer-
chant lives in small city of the State,
and buys the better part of his goods
in this city. He was on buying trip,
and passing wholesale house, he OBJ
served paper napkins in the windows,
He went in to look at them, for he had
sale for such things in his store.
An do We have paper napkins TO
sell?' he asked of the wholesaler He
did have them. he said. An how the
divil do be KNOWN that We have pa
per napkins to sell, If | don't come
down here and happen to see them In
the windy? Why don't We till man
We have paper napkins? Why don't ye
advertise in the Commercial Bulletin:
Thin we'd know what ye had to sell
The merchant told him that he did ad-
vertise in the Bulletin, which was true.
"Ah. yis," said the merchant. An
how do We advertise? fe put cut of
yer buidin' IN the paper. Now, what
the dlvil do be wantin' to see the cut
O. yer buildin' for? | don't care for
yer old buildin'. It's what's in yer
buildin' that interests me. If We have
paper napkins, say We have paper nap
kins and don't be shown' us pie
ture of your big store. That's the way
I'm goln to sell these paper napkins
| am buyin' of We. | put an advertise
ment in me paper at home to tell the
people of me town tibet | have paper
napkins to sell and the price they have
to pay for them. and be the powers
they come and buy Thin" This whole
saler told me that he had more good
advertising sense rubbed into him in
ten minutes by this merchant than he
Lad found In books in the past ten
years.-Hardware Trade.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14

A famous steeple climber was ask
ell II he ever felt fear in his business.
"Of course | feel fear at times" he
answered. Fear Is common TO all
mankind Not To feel fear Is not eour-
age. TO overcome fear Is the true quail
ty of courage. | divide the nerve force
Of a man into two parasitic impelling
force and the restraining foree-the
same impelllng force that causes
body of recruits Mt first TO run under
fire aud the restraining force that
causes them to overcome for various
reasons the first natural fear. So, In
climbing. one unused to 1t is by the
natural impelling force of his nervous
system afraid, afraid that his legs. his
arms. his support, will give way and
plunge him down. Shakespeare. who
touched on all human emotions, touch
ed on this feeling of fear in high places
when In King Lear he pictured Ed
ward at the cliffs OF Dover
THE one way TO get over the natural
fear IL by some restraining force from
either within or without. remember
once when "A new boy at sea was or
dered aloft by the mate he trembled
with fear and begged to be let out OF
1t. Upon my soul, sir, | can't 90 up
there. This was his first impellng
impulse. But when the mate touched
him up with n ropes end he was at the
top OF the mast SO quick that the mate
could not follow him. The pain on his
outer nerves brought him to his senses
and made him exert his restraining
force. SO II you happen to be with
high place few smart slaps on the
face will bring him to himself The
right medicine for unconquerable fear
In high place is Immediate pain on
the outside nerves. Boston Tran
script.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14
script.
An Irnn Cxar.

In the Memoirs of Revolutionist,"
by Prince kropotkin, the author says
that Alexander III himself, for all he
was willing to emancipate the serfs,
was a man capable of singular harsh
ness and even brutality. When Kro-
potkin was promoted and was called
with other officers to the side of the
car, the latter congratulated them
quietly. speaking about military duty
and loyalty. But il any of you" he
went on. distinctly shouting out every
word, his face suddenly contorted with
anger-"but IL any of you-which God
preserve you from-should under any
circumstances prove disloyal to the
car. the throne and the fatherland,
take heed of what | say, he will be
treated with all the severity of the
laws. without the slightest com-mise-
ration"
His voice failed" says the author.
His face was peevish, full of that
rage which l saw in my childhood on
the faces of landlords when they
threatened to skin their serfs under
the rods He violently spurred his
horse and rode out of our circle. Next
morning, the 18th of June, by his or
ders. three officers were shot at Modlin,
ia Poland. and one soldier, Sur by
name, was killed under the rods"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14

During one of the Napoleonic cam
paigns Frenchman was trlpped up by
a spent cannon ball. but without being
injured In any way. He thought both
his legs had been carried Off and lay
on the ground all night, suffering ex-
fear OF encouraging the bleeding. Next
day the medical officer coming around.
said TO him. What has happened to
you. comrade?" All" he answered.
please touch me gently. A cannon
ball has carried off both my legs!'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14
VALENTINES OUT OF DATE.
Original Verse, Flowers or Candy Are
Now the Proper Gifts-

Now the Proper Gifts.
Valentines are out Of date. That is
the ediet of society. When the 14th OF
February comes around now the proper
caper is to write to your lady fair few
choice stanzas of valentine verse. or in
case OF your inability to construct proper
rhyme send around few punches OF vio-
lets or sweet roses or nice box of candy
IA heart shaped box preferred. of course
all tied up with pretty silk ribbons. The
flowers and the candy may not last as
long as the poetry, but the flowers VIII
he prettier, the candy will taste better ana
both will be more appreciated.
When it is said that valentines are out
of date the statement has to be made, OF
course. with some reservation. They are
out of date as gifts between fashionable
adults, but among children they are popu-
lar still. Every little lad and lassie
watches for the postman on the morning
of st. Valentines day, Of course, and Is
disappointed if the mail brings no love
message no little embossed and painted
Cupid. What is meant by the statement
that valentines are out of date is that the
day of the three story, fused and fuzzy,
hand-painted, lint and nonsense creation,
over which young ladies used to go into
ecstasies of delight and young men USED
to go into bankruptcy, has long been pass
ed. The custom OF sending that sort OF
remembrance is as dead as the custom OF
New Years calling 1t was never SEN
sible custom anyway, for no young man
felt really repaid in putting weeks sal
airy into gift to young lady when, be-
cause of the mystery and secrecy that
have to be observed in sending valentines,
he could not accompany it with his card.
1t was altogether too discouraging to
rave his hated rival get the credit for
sending a sentimental lot Of poetry all
done up in fluffy expensveness for which
he had cheerfully emptied his pockets and
gone broke" Valentines of that sort
have had their day and belong now to the
swaetly remembered past.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14
Using Unemployed Land,

For two years and more Columbus,
Ohio, has tried the Pingree plan of
using unemployed land as gardens for
the poor, and has found it practical and
eagerly adopted by those who are In
need Of help. Last year the number
OF families who tried it was more than
double that of the year before. Sixty
widows were among those who prefer
red the potato patch to the dashboard.
Every city would be the better for al
lowing Its waste and unemployed land
TO furnish food for those who are poor,
and who are glad to work in the fields
for their support.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14
Three No.,ed scbooner,.

1t was on the great lakes that the
appearance. The unique character OF
lake navigation created the necessity
for this type Of sailing craft because of
the fact that with this class of vessel
sailors could handle the sheets from
the deck at times when it was impossi
BILE to go aloft In one of those Sudden
storms which make the life OF the lake
skipper an uncertain aud anxious one
--Ainslee's Magazine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14

out the house. The audience listened to
the dialogue between Florence Trenchard
and May Meredith, when the pistol shot
rang through the theater. 1t was appar-
emily fred behind the scenes on the right
of the stage, and it was accepted by the
audience as an introduction to some new
passage, several of which had been in
terpolated in the early part of the play.
Booth had been noted as a leaper. hav-
ing become habtuated to sensational
leaps in his repertoire of characters. lie
leaped nine feet down on the stage, but
his spur caught in the flag decorating the
front of the presidential box and as he
reached the stage he fell, recovering him
self in a wonderful way, though his leg
was broken He bounded across the
stage, pushing past Miss Laura keene,
who stood near the prompter's desk,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14

The Oldest Christian structure in Ire
land Is a remarkable building. evident
ly very ancient. but wonderfully well
preserved, at Dlngle. in County Kerry.
of Gallerus." Who Gallerus was his
tory does not say. but as the oratory
has stood practically uninjured for
more than thousand years he was
probably one of the converts OF St
Patrick
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14

The fate OF the assassin. John wilkes
Booth. is too well known for repeu'ion
shot down like dog, as ne was ]"
burning barn.
Many have NOT followed the end Oh ON
ers indirectly associated with the rageuy
The stricken widow Of the mar'yreu
President passed the balance OF ner uays
in melancholia and madness. VI 'pe
guests who were with her in the box tnat
night. one slew the other and ended his
own life a maniac.
BY curious coincidence, even sers''
Boston Corbett, who shot Booth IN tne
barn, became insane . nd was afterwards
confined in Kansas asylum.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14

dental party, Booth had, during the day
bored a hole through the door of the box
for observation or perhaps TO fire through.
At 10 p. m. Booth again entered the
box. quietly holding pistol in one hand
and knife, or dirk, in the other. Maj.
Rathbone rose aud asked this intruder
his business. Booth rushed past the
Major without making a reply and, pac-
ing his pistol close TO the Presidents
head, actually in contact with il, fired.
and instantly sprang upon the cushioned
baluster OF the box, when he made a
backward plunge with his knife. aimed
at the face or breast of Mr.. Lincoln.
Mai. Rathbone. springing forward to pro-
tect the President, received the stab in
his arm.
It was towards the latter part OF the
play. Perfect stiffness reigned through
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14
Trick of the sIeight of Hand Man.

The Anne Psychologique has an in.
teresting article by NJ. Binet. the we'll
known French psychologist. on mental
suggestion and prestidigitation. in
which he shows that sleight OF hand
and clever tricks do not make Il pres
tidigitateur without power of "sug-
gestion" on the spectator A skilled
performer has n marvellous power of
acting on the secret springs of the
will. Thus he can generally make u
person choose a figure below ten by
the way he asks for 1t. II he wishes
the person to choose five, he runs rap
idly over the first figures and dwells
little on five" to suggest ii to the
memory. 1t is also curious that OF
such figures seven" Is the most likely
TO be chosen and lone" the least likely.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14
IinooIn's Fondncss for Graut.

An amusing and possibly instructive an
ecdote, in which Lincoln and Grant fg-
ure, and showing the latter's estimate OF
cavalry. is related by Mr.. William y.
Stoddard. for some time one OF the for
mer's private secretaries. The general
had not long been i'll command or the
Army of the Potomac, when one day
Mr.. Stoddard asked Lincoln's opinion OF
him. Grant" replied the President, is
the first general I've had. He's the gen
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14

According to the New York police
most OF the successful beggars in that
city belong to trust The beggars'
trust is said to own a large house In
Brooklyn, which provides every de-
scription OF beggars' supplies, including
bogus wooden arms, legs. humpbacks,
pitiful placards for alleged blind men
and cripples, etc. The beggars pay the
trust certain percentage of their earn
ings' and the trust regulates the hours
OF their labor, selects the districts. fur
hlshes list of charitably disposed peo-
pie and looks after members when III.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14

GOOD fortune seldom travels around
III an automobile looking for you.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-14

Charity is religion with lts coat or.
Evening journal., 1900-09-07
sIv ola Commodore.

"When Commodore Vanderbilt was
alive" says a New York Central ofii-
cial, "the board Of directors Of the
New York Central used to find their
work all cut out for them when they
met. All they had TO do was to ratify
his plans and adjourn. Yet they had
their uses. Occasionally n man would
come to him with some scheme which
he did not care to refuse outright.
"'My directors are a difficult body
Of men to handle he would say. nj
submit it to 'em, but warn you that
they are hard 10 manage
"The matter would be submitted 10
the board when it assembled and
promptly rejected.
There, the commodore would
say when his visitor came TO learn the
result. L did the best could. but |
told you in advance that my directors
were an obstinate lot."-New York
Herald.