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The Washington times., 1907-02-24

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-01
LlNcoLNs ASSASSINATION.
The Long Night of "5lack Friday 1
 the War Telegraph Offices.

From David Homer Batess "Lincolnt
 Last Days" in the September Century. remember the long night of Fri- day, April 14, that black day in our countrys history when the hate and cruelty embodied in four years OF bloody war eliminated in one stroke of madness, aimed at the life of ono who himself had only charity for all, with malice toward none." Although I was on duty in the cipher room that evening. I have no distinct remem- brance of anything that occurred prior to the moment when some one rushed into the office with blanched face saving "There is a rumor below that President Lincoln has been shot In Ford's theater" Before we could fully take in the awful import, other rumors reached us. horror following fast upon horror; the savage attack upon Secretary Seward, and the rus trated efforts to reach and Kill vice. President Johnson. Secretary stanton and other members Of the govern ment. As the successive accounts crystallized fearful dread filled our hearts lest 1t should be found that the entire cabinet had been murdered. An hour of this awful suspense, ana then we received word from Major Eckert, who had gone quickly to Sec retary Stantons house on K street, and from there with the secretary 10 the house on Tenth street, opposite the theater. to which the president had been carried after having been shot by John Wilkes Booth. This message merely assured us of the present safety of Stanton, while con urming our worst fears concerning the president
 A relay of mounted messengers was at once established by Major Eckert, and all night long they carried bulle- tins in the handwriting of Secretary Stanton addressed to Gen. Dix, New York city which were at once given 10 the press and sent over the wires throughout the country. As these bull letins were selled out in the Morse telegraph characters. our hearts were stunned and yet seemed to be on fire. Tn awfulness of the tragedy hushed us into silence. As the hours slowly passed hope revived ftfully as some sentence offered faint encouragement that the precious life might perhaps be spared to complete it's chosen work: but at last about 7S0 a. m.. April 15. the tension gave away and we knew that our beloved president was gone from us forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-01
kIE BY

what new misfortune they had in store
 for him. He found Newman Noggs with
 them.
 Newman was dressed like a gentleman
 and was completely sober He confront
 ed Ralph with the evidence he had col
 leeted of his misdseds and told of his
 knowledge of his conspiracy with the
 tools who were now deserting him.
 "Humph" sneered Ralph. This
 drunken vagabond! This discharged clerk
 whom l employed out of charity Is 1t
 with such evidence that you would eX- pect to COW me-" He put on a bold front but his heart was quaking. And
 we had some awful news for you-per-
 sonal news. MT. Niekleby" said one of the brothers. Your son Is dead. "I have no son." said Ralph. The door opened and q man appeared who gaHeu at Ralph with fixed eye. You know
 me. Ralph NicSleby." said the stranger Ralph could not speak.
 'This man" continued the stranger,
 was secretly married and had one son. When his wife died he employed me to bring the son to London where he was kept for time in the garret Of his ta- ther's house Then l was told To place him in school at Yorkshire. Out Of re- venge.-for this man had ruined mel re- ported to him that the boy had died on the way and forged q death certihca,s-
 
 Yorkshire school under the name OF Smike A while ago l thought that | might exact money from this man pJ revealing to him that his son still llNea-
 I found however that the boy had oeen taken from the school l traced him out. but he died few days after l had found him. and the young man who rescueo him from the school where [ had left hlm | Is even now on his way back to Lonooh' H.. will he here to morrow.
 Ralph arose from his chair still out | wardly calm. "A lie he said; "a piack- | mailing scheme. ..S But" said one of the brothers tne other charges? If you would leave the country now q.
 "come and see me tomorrow and It l shau be arranged" said Ralph, and he | named the hour at which they were 10 wait upon him. "I will leave the coun- 1 try.' said the money lender, 'yes, VIII | leave it." l When they kept the appointment with l the money lender next day they founu l hin, hanging to beam in the attic or ms house. close to that scuttle on which lhe | eyes of his boy had so often rested when
 he was imprisoned there
 when Frank Cheeryble married Kate l Nlckleby there was douDle Weoui"s' | for Nicholas married Madeline pray on 1 the same day. The Ncklebys refused to
 ,,ol,a any claim for the estate left by l Ralrh md 20 the money for which tne l nnonev lender had toiled all these days l and which had burdened his soul With so l many crimes, was kept at last into the l coffers of the state. and did nobody any 1 good As for Newman Noggs, MICROBES 1 saw that his last years were HAppy ""u l nrosperoua
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-01
They All Believed It.

From the Catholic Standard and Times. One Bible truth there is in which
 Girls have abiding trust; Our wives. especially, believe
 That man Is made of dust
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-03-01

deep until at last tie major part of
the splendid city was submerged. It's
disappearance was not sudden, like
that Of Port Royal, and due to some
convulsion of nature, but Balae went
down to its death gradually, as Venice
is said to be going.
In Holland the subsistence OF the
land has brought 1t about that many
towns once populous are now covered
NY the sea. The old Roman camp at
Brittenburg, after sinking beneath the
waves, emerged again In 1920, only to
disappear, and It's remains now lie in
deep water opposite the town OF Kat
wijk. The original Katwijk Itself now
Is beneath tho waters, as also are the
original towns of Scheveningen, Dom.
burg and Egmond. In fact, success
sion OF towns bearing these names Is
now at the bottom of the sea, for they
repeatedly ave been rebuilt farther
inland as the land sunk and the waves
come in TO take possession.
The Goodwin sands, large and dan
gcrous shoals OFF the southeast coast
of England, were once above the wa
ter and formed n flourlshing estate,
the property of Earl Goodwin. There
was no city on the Goodwin estate when
1t surslded beneath the sea. but sew
eral small village5 went down to the
deep when no tract OF country grad
ually dlsapr narcd beneath the waters.
There are legends which may or may
not be true Of lost cities sunk at the
bottom of Swiss lakes. - New Iork
Mnil
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-03-01
FEMININE INFLUENCE.
Nowhere Is 1t More Felt mad Les,
Recognized Than In France.

Nowhere Is 1t More Felt mad Less
Recognized Than In France.
There Is still in every Frenchman a
great deal of the oriental way of look
ing at woman.
And the French wife knows 1t, but
she goes on helping her man." be she
duchess or mldinette. She will forgive
again and again; she will let him
squander her dot and will learn how
to do with fewer frocks dhe delight
OF every Frenchwoman) in an ever
pltiful attempt to patch up the fortune
and happiness he has wrecked. If she
happen to be a shopman's wife he
needs no bookkeeper or manager; she
will be there from morning till night,
the slave of the ledger, careful of ev-
cry centime, while he, too, often will
leave the heavier part of the business
in her capable hands and turn his at
tent!on to domino party at the near.
est cafe. If she be a peasants wife
no one on the farm will slave harder
than she. There Is scarcely any labor
which she will not undertake.
In every sphere woman is too often
the man of the house Nowhere Is
feminine influence more active, more
felt and less recognized than in France,
and nowhere among the civilized ma
tons Is man more dependent on wom-
an, more attached to her and less re-
spectfnl.-London Mail.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-03-01
SACRED THREADS.
The Cords Worn by the Three Castles
of the Hindoos.

Ih6 worn the ShBtes
of the Hindoos.
The sacred thread of the Brahmans Is
well known. 1t is n caste distinction
assumed at an early age and never
parted with. 1t must be made by a
Brahman and should consist of three
strands, each of a different color. for
ty-eight yards In length. doubled and
twisted together twice, the ends tied
In knots. 1t must be worn next the
skin, over the left shoulder, hanging
down to the thigh on the right side.
The three castles of the Hindoos are
distinguished by the material of these
threads-cotton for the Brahmans,
hemp for the warriors and wool for the
artisans. The Parsees also wear the
sacred thread, and boys of seven or
nine are invested with it, the threads
used being made always Of flbers of
the suru tree. Monier Williams de-
scribes the sacred grdle of the Par
sees as made of seventy-two woolen
threads, forming fiat band, which is
twined three times around the body
and tied in two peculiar knots, the Sc
cret of which is known only to the
Parsees.
The use OF "medicine cords" is COM
mon among North American Indians
Mr.. Bourke describes those worn by
the Apaches. These consist of one
two, three and four strands, to which
are attached shells, feathers, beads
rock crystal, sacred green stones and
other articles. doubtless employed SYM
bolically.-Chambers Journal.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-03-01

Judge David Terrence of Derby,
Conn.," said New Haven man. ''ut-
tered many an epigram from the bench.
In case concerning n noise nuisance
a scientist was once testifying before
him about the speed of sound.
Sound said the man, travels at
the rate of 400 yards second
"'All soundF asked Judge florence.
"'All,' replied the scientist.
"The judge smiled.
"Tm sure you're wrong he said. L
have noticed great difference be-
tween the speed of certain kinds of
sound. Thus, slander travels at the
rate of quite 1000 yards a second; fat
terry, 800 yards, while truth makes on.
ly few feet a second, and, slow as Its
progress is, truth often fails to reach
the goal, no matter how short the dis
tance.' indianapolis Star.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-03-01
Trespass notices for sale at this
Office. Two for sc, or 25c a dozen.
THE STAR MIRA.
sun of Great Size That Is Strug-
CLING For Existence.

Cling For Existence.
For the greater part of the time the
variable Mira, which has been known
to astronomers for 300 years, is alto
gether unnotlceable and indeed invis
lble except with telescopes. 1t once
disappeared entirely for a period OF
four years, but afterward attained eX
traordlnaly splendor, only to fade
again to invisibllity. 1t ls sun OF
great size, brighter than our sun when
II shines at its brightest, but some
trouble, some solar disease, seems ts
be sapping its vitality, and it resem
bles q patient almost at the last gasp
Once in about 331 days-hut the pc
riod is irregular-it has a sudden ac.
cession OF energy and flares up for a
little while with several hundredfold
brilliancy only to sink back into o
dull red point that nearly escapes the
ken of the telescope. One Interesting
explanation that has been suggested
is that the surface OF Mira periodical,
ly bursts into vast fame Of burning
hydrogen. so great and powerful that
1t IS visible across millions Of millions
of miles of space. 1t is star for the
Imagination Of a Dante, yet there is
reason to believe that the time Is
coming when every star in the sky,
not excepting the sun, will have to
confront similar struggle for exist
ence, just as every mortal being must
some time see death.-Garrett p. Ser
viss In New York American.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-03-01
THE STRANGLING FIG.
A Curious Tropical Tree That Lives
Upon Other Trees.


Visitors to Mexico and other tropical
countries often have their attention
called to "the strangling fg"-a tree
that commences its growth as an cpl
phytc-that is, one form of plant life
that grows perched on another-far up
on the trunk or among the branches of
another tree, usually on o palmetto or
some of the kinds of palms. The roots
of the strangling tree extend down
ward around the host tree to the
ground gradually Joining together.
making tubelke mass of roots some.
times as much as six feet or more in
diameter
When the attacked tree Is a palm
death to it is caused not so much by the
binding around the trunk as by shad-
ing out its branches by the attacking
tree.
When the attacked tree Is an eXogeD
that Is, one with wood and bark-the
attacking roots bind so tightly as to
cause stoppage of the flow of the sap,
AS the sap of tree is really Its food
Changed by the leaves so that it can
be used and the flow Of the food Is
thus stopped, the attacked tree Is real.
ly STARVED" to death. So death to the
attacked tree is caused either by
smotherlng or by starvation or by both.
The peculiar manner in which the
fattened roots extend down and around
the tree give them the appearance of
some thick, slow flowing material run
ming down the trce.-St. Nicholas.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-03-01
A FEAT OF MEMORY.
ZanswiII's knowledge of the Famous
Trials of History.

ZangwilIs knowledge OF the Fnneus
Trials of History.
AS an Indication of the quality Of
ZangwilPs mental processes | may re-
late an incident that occurred while
we were producing "The Children Of
the Ghetto" Mr. Zangwill was seated
in my office, and we were going over
some of the details of the play. 1t was
the day that Labori, intimately con
nected with the Dreyfus case in Paris,
was assassinated. Knowing that Zang-
will had intimate knowledge Of the
case, New York newspaper sent Il
representative up to see him. The re
porter entered and after conveying the
news said:
"Mr Zangwill, we want from you n
history of all the famous trials you can
call to mind for our paper"
"Indeed?" said Mr. Eangwill. Il
think can prepare that for you. Come
TO see me in three or four days, and
will have it ready"
1--WE want it now," objected the
newspaper man. 1--WE want to print il
in our paper tomorrow morning"
But you surely don't expect me to
quote you dates and facts out of my
mind on the spur of the moment dc
your" asked Mr.. Zangwill in astonish
ment "Such thing is out of reason"
"I'm sorry, but it's the only way we
can make use of IT," replied the news
paper man firmly. Mr.. Zangwili thought
II moment and then asked if he could
have my stenographer for short time
He was called in, and Zangwill die
tated to him then and there two col
umn resume of all the famous trials OF
history, from Savonarola down, and
quoted every important date and his
torical feature connected with EACH
From Israel Zangwill," by George @
Tyler in Bohemian.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-03-01
THE HOUSE OF LORDS.


At first sight there is not much like
ness between the comfortable country
schtiemGn, retired lawyers, blase men
Of fashion and liberal subscribers to
party funds, who now drop into rath-
er than frequent their magnificent hall,
and "the mail covered barons, who
proudly to battle led their vassalS from
Europe to Palestine's plain" In the
days Of the Henrys and Edwards, but
In one point the house has always
maintained its character through cen
turies-it is an aristocracy of birth, but
1t is still more cmphatically one OF
wealth. The law of entail and primo
geniture has kept the landed estates to-
gethcr as far as the law can. Many
have passed by heiresses to new names
, or been sold by spendthrift lords, many
holders of ancient titles have lost the
wealth that gllded their ancestors cor
oncts, but new peers are almost al
ways rich, and title Is still an at
traction to an heiress. We sometimes
hear that the house Of lords represents
nothing. This Is false. 1t represents
property. TG4nyson's new lincolnshire
farmer whose horses hoofs trotted
'proputty, proputty proputty," Is the
type Of q vast number Of Engllshmen.
Such men are not only content, but
proud, to be represented by the house
of lords. They know that as long as
the lords have their say ''proputty"
will have a stanch body of organized
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-03-01
AN OLD GERMAN LEGEND.
The Skull With the Nail Driven
Through It's Temple.

The Skull With the Nail Driven
Through It's Temple.
At Freiburg, Baden, in front of an
old chapel rich in medieval painting
depicting the rewards of virtue and
the wages of sin, stands great cross,
at its foot a skull with a nail driven
into the temple.
A shoemaker of Freiburg, according
TO tradition, died suddenly In the good
old days before coroners and juries
were too inquisItive and was buried
near where the cross stands. Scarcely
had the earth upon his grave been wet
by the rains before his wife took Sec
ond husband
Neighbors talked, but that was ALL
One night the priest of the parish
awoke to find standing at the foot of
bis bed the ghost of the dead shoe
maker. The ghastly figure raised
CORY lock from its forehead and point
ed to nail driven in the temple.
The body was eXhumed, and there
was the evidence of the crime just as
the specter had indicated. The wife
confessed the murder and was eXecut-
ed. But the skull was placed at the
foot of the cross as warning.
"The effect was most wholesome"
relates the truthful chronicler. "for
eince then not wife of Freiburg has
murdered her husband"
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-03-01
SALES ARE ENORMOUS
Cooper Preparations Leading Topic in Cincin.
nati-Callers at Young Mans Head
quarters Interviewed.

than | have been for long time.
have come here to thank Mr.. Cooper
for what he has done for me-"
The statement of Mrs. NJ. f. EN-
erson living at $50 w. Court ST., was
as follows:
II have suffered with stomach trou-
bic and constipation for year OF so.
When | ate | would have bloated
spells, sour stomach, fermentation bad
taste in my mouth. In the morning,
| was as tired as when / went to bed.
| had dull pain in the lower part of
my back. | have taken almost one
bottle Of the New Discovery and |
am wonderfully improved that | have
come down here to thank Mr.. Cooper
in person and obtain more of the
medicine"
Another statement was made by Mr.
+. Luken living at 1905 Gcst St.
who said: 81 have been sufferer
with rheumatism for several years.
could not walk or stand on my feet
when Mr.. Cooper came to Cincinnati.
Nothing helped Inc in any way and |
despaired of finding relief. | was in
a general rundown condition, also,
and had some stomach trouble. Hear
ing Of his wonderful work my father
consulted him regarding my case and
purchased bottle of his New Discov-
cry. After | had finished that one
bottle | was able to walk down town
and see him myself"
81 have continued to take this Won
derful medicine and | am now with
out sign Of rheumatism. My gem
eral health is also greatly improved
and | have not felt so well for years.
| would not have believed that there
was medicine on earth that would
do what this has done for me. | am
so much happier that | am very CRATE
full to the man that has made it posi-
bic for me to regain my health. He
has the most wonderful medicine that
| know anything about"
Other statements taken from those
who had previously used the medi-
cines seem to prove that Cooper's sue
cess throughout the country is gem
uinc.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-03-01
ALMANACH DE GOTHA.
History of This Old and World Fa-
nous Institution.


The Almanach de Gotha is more than
an almanac. 1t is an institution.
Bravely arrayed in red and gold, 1t lies
on the table Of every diplomatist, Is In
constant request in the newspaper Of
fees Of all countries and makes wider
and more international appeal than any
other annual of reference in the world.
1t is to Europe what Burke and De-
brett and the other peerages are to the
British isles, and it Is also the lineal
ancestor and model Of such topical en-
cyclopedias as our Whitaker, our Ha-
zell and our Statesman's Yearbook.
A political and social history Of the
world for the last $50 years could
be written from its back numbers II
these were readily accessible to stu
dents. But they are not. The Alma
mach de Gotha began to appear In
1763, but the purchasers did not file it
for reference. The earliest numbers in
the British museum are those for 1774
and 1888, and complete set can be
consulted nowhere except in the edito-
rial office in Friedrlch's Alice In the
little Thuringian capital. Probably not
one in ten thousand of those who cur
rently use the almanac has any knowl-
edge of its interesting history.
1t had Of course Its predecessors.
The bibliographies Of almanacs are
ponderous tones, and the middle of
the eighteenth century was the golden
age of this kind Of literature. In Paris
alone as many as seventy-three alma
macs were published in the year 1T60,
including royal almanac, an almanac
for merchants, an almanac for Free
masons, an almanac of beasts, an al
manac of badinage, etc. The city Of
'Gotha itself had its own almanac from
n still earlier date in the shape of an
Improved Gotha genealogical and
writing calendar" the origin Of which
is lost in the mist Of antiquity, though
a copy dated 1740 survives.-Francis
Gribble in Scribner's.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-03-01
WORKS OF A WATCH.
All the Parts Are but the Expression
of One Iden.

of One Idea.
To one who has never studied the
mechanism of watch its handspring
or the balance wheel is a mere piece OF
metal He may have looked at the face
of the watch, and while he admires the
motions OF its hands and the time 1t
keeps he may have wondered in idle
amazement as to the character of the
machinery which is concealed within.
Take 1t to pieces and show him each
part separately, and he will recognize
neither design nor adaptation nor rela-
ton between them, but put them to
gether, set them to work, point out the
Offices of each spring, wheel and cog,
explain their movements and then
show him the result. Now he perceives
that 1t is all one design; that, notwith.
standing the number of parts, their di-
verse forms and various offices and the
agents concerned, the whole piece Is OF
one idea. He now rightly concludes
that when the handspring was fashion
ed and tempered Its relation 10 all the
other parts must have been consideredi
that the cogs on this wheel are cut and
egulated-adapted the ratchets on
that, etc, and LIS final conclusion will
be that such piece of mechanism
could not have been produced by
chance. for the adaptation Of the parts
is such as to show 1t to be according to
design and obedient to the will of one
intelligence. -e -----s;..--- =