Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 7, 1890, Page 5

. 1 i NUM AS T0 APPOINTMENTS, Mayor Cushing, However, Will Look for Competent Mea. NOT A SECOND-TERMER. Justices to Take Their Seats Under the New Law Today, Whiln Jundge Berka Retires to Private Life, hing Outside the Combine. Mayor-elect Custing took the oath of of- fice last week. He will enter upon the dis- charge of his duties as mayor of Omaha to- day, his term beginning last night at 19 o'clock. “Iam not ready to outline my policy yet," smd Mr. Cushing, *‘and, so far as appoint- ments are concerned, none have been mude. *Jt would be imvolitic and a source of great annoyance to me should I indicate who my solection for any office is likoly tobe. So far as the conneil is concorned, I have noth- ing to say regarding its organization.' *‘But you might desire & combination on legislative mutters as nearly in harmony with your administration us possible unde! the circumstances |’ “Of course Lam anxious that the mayor and council shall be harmonious, but. hav no voice in the matter andam notgiving my- any anxiety or worriment about it.” Do you propose to be strictly partisan and sclect none biuk democrats for Appointment? No. Any man in_ofice well qualified to fill the position will not be removed for political reasons, and 1 have considered seri- ously the appointment of some men whose political affiliations are unknown to me. Naturaily, all important places will be given to democrats, *In accordance with the provision of our charter, I expect 10 lay my policy and cer- tain appoiutments beforo the council one week from tomorrow night. It was my in- tention urovlounl{ to address that body at its first meeting, but by the time a president is elected and such other bustess as requires attention is transacted, I presume the mem- bers wiil feel like adjourning.” “You cannot be induced, then, to intimate who any of your appcint i1l ‘bot” “No, uud for the very simple reason that it I were to doso my office here would be besieged every bour by delegations from the various factions asking me to change them and appoint somebody else, 1 have made no promises and proose to act according (o the dictates of my own judgment.” “It is currently’ reported, Mr. Cushing, that you fortunately occupy a peculiuriy i dependent_position, having been nominated and elected against your wishes 1" “That 18 @ fact, I neither asked for nor wanted the office, Financially it will be a detriment to me, though I intend to do the very best [ can. However, there will be no trimming of sails with a view to securing s re-election in two year: “What course do you propose to pursue regarding the opening and closing of saloons?’ “I bave already defined my position on that question. 1t would be detrimental to the best interests of Omaha to be less actiye undermy administration in_enforcing the luw governing saloons than my prede- cessor has been. In that respect there will be 1p change from the present state of aftairs ““There are only two classes ot men,” assertod Mr. Cushiog, as he reverted to the volitical features of his position, *‘who should e elected to office, those independently rich and those Having no money at all. The for- mer can take office for amusement and the datter as a means of support. 1 would not seck the mayoralty if it was worth $15,000.” NEW JUSTICES. They Enter Upon Their Duties This Morning. Justices of the peace elected at the county eleéction assume office today. The change will be very slight, but one new jus- tice having been elected. The new law re- duced the number of justices from eighteen 10 six, and five of the old justices were re- elected. They are Gustave Anderson, J. S, Morrison, EQ Shaw, George Holmes and C. Brandics. The only new man clected is A. J. Hart. The justices re-clected remain at their old locations. Mr. Hart tas furnished neat rooms over Raymoud’s jewclrv store, opposite the former office of R. D. A. Wade. The only peculiarity of the new justice law is that while the number of the justices is redu from eighteen to aix, no pro- vision is made for the disposition of the dockets of the retiring justices. Of course, the five justices re-elected retain their dook: ets, lelvlnF the dockets of the thirteen men ‘who were legislated out of office to be scram- bled for. Justice Hart has the docketsof A, C. Reed and R. D, A, Wade. Justice Shaw is mak- ing an effort to secure all of the old dockets. Kach docket 18 considered worth $100 or so for the fees that may be obtained for executions issued on old judgments, While the new law reduces the number of Justices, the effect is not expected to be greatly noticed in the receipts of the ofce,as under the old_law the business was nearly all done by a half dozen justices, the number now in oftice. It is estimated, however, that the business of a justice in a gooa locution will, undor the present arrangement,amount to about §3,500 a year, 1,000 better than the salary of a district judes e A Pleasant Scone in Folice Court, On behalf of the ofticers of the police court Assistant Attorney Smith presented Judge Berka with 8 handsome gold headed, ebony 'walkTng stick yesterday atternoon. General Smith made quitea leagthy snd very hap- pily worded speech, in which he referred to the fact that during the two years and more that the retiring judge had been in office he had missed but_two half days from duty, while, on the other hand, he bad put in many @ loug extra hour; also that during these two had handied between The recipient was o thoroughly surprised man and replied in wordg which told that he deepty and thoroughly uppnmhud the gift. He referred to his relati while on the po- lice bench as having bnn among the happi- est of his life, and felt warranted in sayin, that he would miss tne duily association of ~many & real and true friend which haa been . made during bis term as police magistrate of " this ciiy. He was sincerely happy that he was velto remain a citizen of Omaha, and ‘would not be compelled 1o break any of the many acquaintances so pleasantly formea. ——— Burdette is Arraigned, .Yewrdw afterncon Samuel Burdette, on the charge of alleged embezaloment, was _arraigned in the Unitea States court. There were two counts against him in which h charged with embezzling 5 at one time and $125 ot avother. ‘The penalty for the offense alleged ia a fine twice the amount charged and imprison- went of not more thun five yeurs, the addi. tienal punishwent being at the discretion of the court. Burdette said he was not ready for trial,as his ul.larn'! was out of the oity. The ]udn then continued the case until Thursd when Mr. Burdette said he woula be rcn:fy for triul, Hu.? ‘Wills of Perkins county, was ar- before Judge Dundy yesterday to auawer 1o two charges. First, selling liquor without & lcense; . second, not keepin m-fmnont lle-nu puu«‘l upin a D‘o— is place of business. Lie v‘: t0 the first count and g'lll{ o the neonll. As ho has retired from uor business, he thought that the ouunt 1o bo easy with bim. ink I ought to five you 5001 'No, “‘lMu T will fl“i " said the judge, ! hink l-hll- h fair P It must be if you say so," replied WIlll. and 8 lsugh went uround the court room which l.hu Judge himself joined, Yeste tv l'nm‘nluil the arguments were heard in the case of Herbert White, who charged with giving a bottle of whisky to an dudian on July #0. “The state had two wit- uesses, only ove of whom saw White give u:uw isky to the red man. nn-h ree Wittesses who swore Lhu on that date h was not in H»mur. The judge, however, lnlruulad the jury to pny no uunthm to the ‘::‘M- 48 10 Prove the omnml the -uuw ol hmluuau. THE OMAHA DAII BEE:. " TUESDAY, JANUARY 7. 1890. no matter whether the date was proved or not. In regard to the arguments of the efense, that the Indian recoiving thy whisky had severed his tribal relations and was an American citizen and a voter, the jury was instructed by the judge not to take this matter into consideration, but to pass on the merits of the case from the testimo Privately, the judge expressed the hope that the jury could conviet or acquit from the evidence produced, as ho did not wish to pass an opinion on the pomt whether a civilized, voting Indian was to be regarded tho same as an uncivitized savage, At 11 & m. the case was given to the jury and the members retired for consideration of the mutter, District Court, In June, 1887, Henry Epley horrowed from W. R. Crofts, giving him a note for §7 secured by mortgage on his household goods @\ his house on Fourteenth street, near Vin- ton. Since that timo he bus paid Crofts $08 75 on the note, and he now asks the district court to declaro the note paid in tull and cance! the mortgage. County Cowrt. The will of Henry D. Smith was admitted to probate yesterdayv and Emeline J, Smith appointed administratrix. B. P. Knight has brought suit against the Briggs Place Building association to recover $878.77 on a note and a check. Tn tho case of Hunt va Kremmer jude- meut was rendored for plaintift in the sum of 7 Judge Shields heard the case yesterday of Dr, Beckel against James Cosgrove, a suit for £50 for professional scrvices, Defendant set up the claim of malpractice, The patient was the defondant's son, who fell from a velooipede, injuring his elbow. The physi- cian attended the boy and the arm is now suff. Defendant set up the counter claim of $1,000 damages, The case was given to the Jury at 5 o'clock, with instructions to return a sealed verdict, Salt Kheum With its intense itchiog, dry, hot skin, often broken into painful cracks, and the little watery pimples, often causes indescribable suffering. Hood’s Sav- saparilla has wonderful power over this disease. [t purifies the blood and ex- pels the humor, and the skin heals without o scar. Send for vook coatain- ing many statoements ot cures, to C. I. Hood & Co.,Apothecaries, Lowell,M; — AHE BUILDERS' CRANG Organization Perfected by the Elec- tion of Officera. The Builders’ and Traders’ exchavge held an animated meeting yesterday afternoon. ‘There was a large attendance and business was lively. The report of the secretary was presented and stated among other things that the ex- change now has fifty-eight members and has been admitted to the national boay, which meets at St. Paul on the 27th, 28th and 20th of this month. Messrs. Richard Smith and John Harte are delegates to this meeting, Application has been made to the supervis- ing architect of the United States to make the excuange one of the poiuts where gov- ornment work is advertised and bids re- ceived, ‘The report also stated that the at- titude of the exchange on the labor question isto be far and impartial. A standing committee on arbitration will be appointed to confer with committees from tne labor unions, 80 that strikes may beavertod by mutuul consent and arbitration. The uniform contract, which has been pre- pared by the national body, was presented 0 the exchange for consideration and luid over for thirty days in order to allow mem- bers to thoroughly consider it. he exchange then procoeded to the election of officers, with the following re- suits: President, Richard Smith; vice presi- dent, John H. Harte; treasurer, Martin Ittner; directors, Albert Fall, from the stone contractors; A. J. Vierling of the iron workers; Fred Ruemping, galvanized iron cornice worker; Peter Windheim, painter; John Rowe, plumber; W. A, Howland, plasterer. The delegates to the national convention were instructed to invite J. J. Hannan, presi- dent of the National Western Plumbers' association, to visit Omaha after the meeting at St. Paul and address the exchange, as welkns any others who wished to attend. A Good Gne. Mr. W. H. Baldridge, druggist, Fs- condido, California, says:- “Chamber- lain’s Cough Remedy is the best selling medicine I handle. In fact I sell more of it than all other cough medicines combined. Every onc who has used it speaks in glowing terms of its efficien- cy.” Tor sale by all deuggists, The L A. C. E. Literary Session. The L. A. C. £, the hiterary society of the Congregation of Israel, held its semi-month- ly session in the parlors of the synagogue last evening, The opening feature was a waltz from Mazsowsky, which was played by Miss Addia Newman in a_very creditable manner. A duet by Miss Lizzie Isaucs and Miss Rooney followed. Although the latter lady was almost too sick to appear, she revertheless would not disappoint the icuce and acquitted herself well. The soilx was renuered in & very pleasing man- ner. Miss Isaacs, although a musician of long experience, has becn deterred in the coltivation of her voico by ill- bealth, Within the last three months ner voice has doveloped mar- velously, and sbe bLas astonished not only her friends but herself with the strength, purity and sweotuess of her tones. Mr. Julius Festner, of local fame ns a zither player, rendered an air on his favorite instrument. The wouderfully plaiative tones of his zither never spoke more eloquently under the touch of his flagers than they did last evening, sod the gmlnugud avplause that Tollowed only with his appeur- @nce the third'time. Mr. Charles Elgutter presented a very interesting essay on the 1ife and works of Miss Emma Lazarus, the 1ato poetess of New York, who devoted con- siderable space in Ler writings to & descrip- tion of the Jewish relizion and its ceremo- uies, besides saying a great deal in favor of the Hebrew race. Mrs. Simon Goetz ren- dered *‘Robert toi que j'aime” in her usual excellent manner, showing a voice well cul- tivated and naturally musical, A number of new members joined the society, among them being Max Meyer. r. (G0e1z made & motion that the society have s budget or paper to be read at every weeting, the contributions to be from the members of the society. This created con- siderable discussion, some of the members imagining that the' inteotion of Mr. Goetz was 10 have the paper published, After the natureof the proposed paver was explained there was but little opposition. Speeches favoring the schome were made by Mr, Gootz, Miss Liwis Isaacs and Mr. Max Meyer,.and the original mouon carried. It was decided to have two editors, to be chosen by the predident. It was decided to appoint the president to look after the entertain- ment of Rabbi Henry Berkowitz of Kansus City, who will lecture before the society January 138, The Lauzhing Piant ofearab’a, Palgrave, in his work on central and eastern Arabia, mentions a plant, the seeds ol which produce effects analo- gous to those of hmghlnn 8. The plant isa native of Arabia, buta similar species has been founa in Turkey and Hindoostan, as well as Kasum and Oinan, the former being a dwarl variety attainiog o height of from three to four feet. Iu has woody brauches, wide- spreading and of a light green and pro- duces the yellow flowers in large clus- ters. The seed pod contains three bluck seeds about the size of common white beans. These have the flavor ot opium, & sweet, sickening taste,ana when pulverized give off an odor slightly offensive. If the powder of these small seeds 1s takon in small doses the effeot is curious. The person very 8000 begins to luugh very loudly an t sing and dance and cut all manner of odd capers, the sKul\ continuing for about an hour, en the excitement censes the individual fulls into a deep sleep, and when he awakeus remem- bers nnlhlnf of the demonstration made dby him while under the influence of the rug. [HERE IS YOUR HOSPITAL. The Homs for the County Siok is at Length Completed. BUT WHO WILL ACCEPT IT? The Contractors Want to Get Paid for Their Work and the Com« missioners are Walting for Achitect Meyers. Ready, One Hospital, The commissioners visited the county hos- pital on a tour of inspoction. The party was composed of Messrs. Mount, Anderson, Tur- ner and, Corrigan, Comiissioner-cloct Ber- lin, Superintondont Coots, Clerk Webb, Ed Brennan and repressntatives of the press. ‘The visit was made at the request of Ryan & Walsh, the contractors of the hospital, who re to formally turn the building over to the commissioners. Both of the gentlemen were present o re- ceive the board upon their arrival and Den- nis Cunningham soon put in an appearance. The party went through the builaing from basement to garret, carefully examining the work in overy particular. Commissioner Anderson onrried his note book with him and carcfuliy jotted down noticeable and im- aginary defects which will form subjects for dissertations at future meotings of the board, Commissioner Mount was careful in his examination of the structure but did not offer any comments, as the acceptance or rejoction of the building will not ocour dur- ing his term of office. Commissioner Turne as satisfied with the buildiog, buc said he was equally conviuced that it was not the province of the board to accept it from any nands but those ot Architect Meyers, from whom the board had been unable ! get any word, Commissioner Andorson sald nothing but chewed gum. The party, under the chaporonage of the gontractors ityun & Walsh, made a tour of the building examining the hospital and sick wards, and the various departments of the institution. The building has been completed, requir- ing now but the making of the conbections for the steam heating. It has 8 much wmore presentablo appearanco than was expected could have been secured. ‘Lhe re eighty wards for sick vatients and an equat number for insane patients, all arranged in departmonts caiculated to sep arate from cach other und yel con- venient of access. The wmatron’s apartments and the rooms for the officers, surgeons and attendants of the iustitution were given especial atteution by the commis- sioners. Contraotor Ryan stated that he was very anxious to huve the board do something in the matter, either accept the hospital or reject it 8o the contractors would know what to expect. ‘The contractors, he claims, have done their work according to specifications and want the building taken oft their hands and the balanco due on the job put up. It Architec Meyers does not appear to accept the work they want Superintendent Ccots or somebody else authorized to take the bulding of of their hands. Commissioner O'Keeffe did wnot accom- pany the party ou account of sickness in his family. The commissioners held a brief meeting vesterday afternoon for the purpose of con— sidering the hospital matter. Superintend- ent Coots had not submitted his report and nothing could be done in the matter. A numberof claims were allowed and the board adjourned until this afternoon at 2 o'clock. BARS AS LOA :G PLACES. oxpressed himself They Will Not be Allowed to be so Used. There was another meeting of the liquor license board gyesterday morning. Mr. Hartman presided and members Beanets and Gilbert made up the remainder of the fttendance. The only particularly mew point raised was that no person who ran a ho- tel or Dboarding house coutd use uis barroom as a lonfiag place for the boarders on Sunday. Mr. Gilbertscemed to be the father of the idea. Ior this reason the applications of Matt Reuland, 1318 Leay. enworth strect; Vodan Tomensky, i Walnut street; Je 0O’Grady, 1024 Douglas street; John Buck, 1211 Douglas street, were passed, The applicants were notified to produce plans to the board showing where there was & partition dividing the ofice from the bar. Licenses were granted to the following persons; P. O. Hansen nnd R. P, Jonsen, 385 North Twenty-fourth street; Catherine Reuland, 801 North Sixteenth street; A .W. Olson, 1002 Douglas street: William Young, 416 South Fifteenth stree Vadan Lameu: sky, 8002 Walout street; Fred Stein, 1401 Jackson street; Christ Toft, 312 South Fif- teenth; A. Christofferson, 414 South ‘Tenth street; P. Desmond, 314 South Tenth stre: F. Effinger, 912 South Tenth street; I>, H. Green, 1801 St. Mary’s avenue; Haus Schuman, Thirtieth and Spaulding streets; In the afternoon the board met and heard protests, It was found that many of the protests considered were based on the charge of selling liquor on Sunday. Detectivo Vaughn played u star part as accusing wit- neas in several instances, A sample of the testimony given by Vaughn was shown in the case of Hans Peterson, who has been running an orderly littie boarding place and saloon at 1502 Webster sireet for three years past, There 18 only one front door to the place and this has to be used by all hands. Vaughn testified that he went in there on Sunday, bought a cigar, und saw a man sev down a glass and wipe his mouth. He also saw froth in the bottom of the glass, Peterson testified that Vaughn tried to buy whisky of him and he tola him he didn’t sell liguor on Sunday. Vuughn came forward again as the accus- ing-witness in the case of Henry Rolf, who keeps a saloon at the northeast corner of Twenty-second street anu Poppletor avenue. He heard men laughing and talking in the basement of Rolf’s place, but couldn’t get in tn see whether or not thero was any drink- ing going on. Rolfe testified there was not. Justius Kesaler was called forward to say whether there nad or had not been liquor sold at his place after mudnight at Kessler's nall. Hesaid no, When the dances there continue after mlflnllnl no drinks were sold after 12 o'clock, midnig] Byron Cluk, who run; ‘a litule place in the rear of 1512 Douglas street, was called to answer complaints. Oficers testified thau men were seen in thero nearly every Sun- day and that he kept opeu from 8 half to three-quarters of an hour after time every alght, Chief Seavey tostiied that he and another party were in there last election day and liquor was boing sold. Assistant Chicf Saulter was given a drink in there on the same day. Clark bimself said that he didn't know that anything he could or might say would do any good or any harm. He was then ex- cused and several other protests of minor importance were run through. fter hearing about fifteen protests the board proceeded to grant liconses to the fol- lowluz parties last evening: ter Brandes, 81) South Tenth street; H.nliy Weise, 1931 Pierce; Henry Ronlft, uplelun uvenua; Justice Kessler, 1214 and 1216 South ‘I'hirteenth street; Owen McCaffery, 111 South Sixteenth; Hans Pe- terson, 1502 Webster; John Gulk, 1814 Mili- tary avenue. Licenses wore refused John Wnlley ot VaRriamath nicas o hhb Rous ot keepimg open on Sunday; Byron rk. rear of 1512 Douglas, selling liquor on election day, er 8, and keeping back door os%on on Sunday; F. Henack 412 uth ‘Thirteenth, seiling on nday, August 5; Kelchmark & Ryan, near Fort Omaha, remonstrances from army ofcers; John Wright, 1018 Doug- las street, keeping a disorderly house fre- quented by prostitutes and desperate men. ‘The protests against Heory Hall, 1318 Sherman avonue, were taken up. Beveral witnessos wi exummed, aud their testi- mony went to show that Hall has been keep- ing @ noisy place and selling liquor to minors. After hearing protests in this case the board adjourned until today, when the re- mainder of the work that is before it will be taken up and, iv is expected, pushed to completion. e Mrs. Winslow’s Seothmfl Syrup is an unexcelled medicine for children while tecthing. 25 cents a bottle, LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION, A The Awlol Tragedy Described b Nicolay and Hay. From the “History of Lincoln” by Nicolay and Hay, "now drawing to a close in the Centut¥, is taken the fol- lowing: ‘“No on#, not even the come- dian on the stageycould ever remember the last words of the piece that were uttered that nigh{—the last Abraham Liacoln heurd upth earth., The whole performance remains in the memory of those who heard it a vague phantas- magoria, the actows the thinnest of specters. The awful tragedy in the box makes overything else seem pale and unreal. Here were five human beings in a narrow space—the greatest man of his time, in the glory of the most stupen- dous success in our history, the idolized chief of a nation already mighty, with illimitable vistas of grandeur to come, his beloved wife, proud and happy; & pair of botrothed lovers, with all the promise of felicity that youth, sociai position, and wealth could give them, and this young_ actor, handsome as En- dymion upon Latmos, the pet ol his little world. The glitter of fame, hap- piness and ease was upon the entire group, but in an_instant everything Was to be changed with the blinding swiltness of enchantment. was to come on the central figure of that company—the central figure, we believe,of the great and good men of the century. Over all the rest the blackest futes hovered menncingly ; fates from which a mether might pray that kindly death would save her chil- dren in their infan One was to wander with the stain murder on his soul, with the curse of a world upou his nume, with a_price set upon his head, in frightful physical pain, till he died a dog’s death in a burning barn; the stricken wife was to pass the rest of her days in melancholy and madness; of those two voun lovers, one was to slay the other,and then end his life.a raving maniac. “The murderer seemed to himself to be taking pact in a play. The fumes of Dbrandy and partisan hate had for weeks kept his brain in a morbid state. He felt as if he weore playing Brutus off the boards; ho posed, expectiog applause. Holding a pistol in one hand and o kuife in the other, he opened the door. put the pistol to the president head and fired; dropping the weapon, he took the kife in his right hand, and when Major Rathbone sprang to se him he struck savagely at him. Major Ruthbone received the blow on his left arm, suffering & wiae and deep wound. Booth, rushing forward, then placed his left hand on the railing of tha box and vaulted lightly over to the stage. It was a high leap, but nothing to such a trained athlete. He was in the habit of introducing what actors ecall sensational leaps in his plays. In ‘Macbeth,” where he met the woird sis- ters, he louped from u rock twelve fect high. He wouli have got safely away but for his spur catéhing in the folds of the union flag with:which the front of the box was dvaped. He fell on tho stage, the torn flag trailing on his spur, but instantly rose as it he had received no .hurt, though f§n fact the fall haa broken his leg, turnéd to the audience, brandishing his dripping knife and shouting the state motto of Virgima, *Sie Sempe T\qum, and fled rapull' across the stage and out of sight. Major Rathbone had sholited, *Stop him!” The cry wentout, ‘He his shot the president.’ From the audience, at first stupid with surprise and afterwards wild with ex- citement and horror, or three men jumped upon the sfage in pursuit of the Hying assassin; but he ran throygh the familfar passages,”’leaped 'upon his horse, which was in ' waiting in the alley behind, rewarded*with a kick and a curse the call boy who had held him, and rode rapidly away in the light of the just risen mooun. ‘*The president scarcely moved: his head dropped forward slightly, his eyes closed. Colonel Rathbone, at first not regarding hisown grievous hurt, rushed to the door of the box to summon aid. He found itbarred and on the outside some one was beating and clamoring for entrance. He opened the door; ayoung officer named Crawford entered; one or two army surgeons soon followed, who hastily examined the wound. It was at once seen to be mortal. It was after- wards nscertained that alarge derringer bullet hud entered the back of the head on the left side and passing through the brain had lodged just behind the left eye. By direction “of Rathbone and Crawford ‘the president was carried to a house ucross. the street and laid upon @ bed in a smull room at the rear of the hall and on the ground floor. Mrs. Lincoln followed, half distracted—tenderly cared for for by Miss Harris. Rathbone, ex- hausted by loss of blood, fainted, and wus carvied home. Messengers were sent for the members of the cabinet, for the surgeon-general, for Dr. Stone, the president’s family physician: a crowd of people rushed i v to the white Loum and, bursting through the doors, shouted the dveadful news to Robert Lincoln and Major Huy, who sut gos- siping in an upper room. They ran downstairs. Finding a carringe ut the door, they entered it to go to Tenti street. “As they were driving away, a friend came up and told them that Mr. Seward avd most of the cabinet had been murdered. The news was all so improbuble that they could not help hoping it was all untrue. But when they got to Tenth street and found every thoroughfare blocked by the swiftly gathering thousands, agitated by tumultuous excitement, they were prepared for the worst. ln a few min- utes all who had been sent forand many others,were gathered in the littie cham- ber whem the chief of the state lay in his agony. His son was met at the door by Dr. Stone, who with grave ten- derness intormed him thav there was no hope. After a nataral outburst of grief young Lincoln devotad himself the rest of the night to uonlhiug and comforting his mother. +“The president hml been shot a few minutes past 10. The wound would have hrought 1nstant deattt to most men, but his vital tenacity was extraordinary. He was of course Undonscious from the first moment, but e breathed with slow and regular a'n}:irnuun through- out the night. 1HAs the dawn came and the lamplight grew pale in the fresher ,,beams, his pulse began to fail; but his face even then was scarcely more haggard than those of the forrowing graup of statesmen and generals around . His automatic moaning, which had coutinued through the night, ceased; Tl'wk of unspeakablo peace came upon his worn features, At i he died. Stanton broke the silence bv saying: tNow he belongs to the ages.” Dr. Gurley kneeled by the bedside and prayed fervently, = The widow cawe in from the adjoining room, supported by her son, and cast herself, witn loud outery, on the dead body."” it At R ochatet Try the imperial champague, Its boguet is delicious: it is perfectly pure. A boutle (\;um your dinner vllll lnvigorate you for a ny. —_—— A Stuay of Finger Nails, Phrenology and chiromancy have long ago become established branches of tueudo—ulence and books and pamph- ts on the -ub;uuz are within the reach of everybody. There is, however, anew branch of the curious methods of physi- cal research iuto character which is as yet very little developed. It is the Quick death | study of tho finger nails, the shape and color of which are said to indicate cer- tain traits of character. Finger nails according to the experts of the new [ad, if long and slender, denote imagination and poetic feelings, love of art and laz n If long and flat they are the signs of prudence, good sense and grave men= Irll fr\culhm if wide and short thoy i indicate hlah tomper, rudeness, a desire and obstinancy. A pink color signifies virtue, liborality and courage: dry, brittle nails belong to wurderers and other cruel persons; curved in shape of claws as bad or worse than the last named. Soft nails indicate feebleness of both body and mind, and nails gnawed close to the flesh signify stillness and dissipation. s ROMANCE OF A VIOLIN. How Remenyl Discovered a Priceless Stradivarins, Natal Advertiser: *You were going to tell us, Mr. Remenyi, how you dis- covered your Titan Steadivarius in Grahamstown. " “Certainly. T was concerting in hamstown in September, 188 Among my visitors was a hale old gentleman named Dr. Guybon Atherstone, an old colonist and a scientific man. Durin our conversation, after inspecting my grand Lupotand my Joseph Guarnerius, he mentioned that he had inherited from his uncle, Edwin Atherstone, two i Joseph Guarnerins (called nd the other a stainer. T could ot understand how it was possible that such gems could be in Geahams- MEDIGINE and Swolling after M rhm o Brogth, Cout nd Trombl lll no. nrflnn. l lr n | (Tor acknowled, ne lh ¥ aro “facts ” admitted by thousands, In all class Prepared only by THOS, Sold by Druggists generally. Bovos (JPERa HoUSE Threo Nights, Commen i Monday, Jan. 6 NIVERSAL FAVORITES JOSEPH DAVIES. town without being noticed. “There were no strings on either the violins, I took out first the Guarn- erius, and I stured atitin amazement, at its perfect workmanship. The second violin is also beautiful, but in the pres- ence of the giant it is simply childlike. The doctor then, in the most ovdinary 3 ed that there was anothe violin in the room, and nsked me to ex- amine all three instruments while he went away a few minutes to attend a patient. So I remained alone with the three violins, one of which 1 had not vet scen. 1 opened the second case auite megligent! und without any feeling of o or expectation. There was o nd of silk rag thrown over violin—that was all. Tlifted the rag—for rag it ws and there in the case was lying a violin without auy strings, and to the best of my recollecidon there were only two pegs in the scroll. At the first glance I saw that a grand seigneur was lying there unnoticed, like a V. of Milo on the outside by-r What a sight it wus to behold! and my of nothing but the beliy and a part of ‘the scroll. But it was quite enough to overawe me. I scarcely dared to touch it, 1t was such a sacred sight, and most certainly I did not know whether 1 was wide ke orin dr [ | tum‘hcll myself again and th at m watch and asked myself if my name was Remenyi and il I was not nlng, and not at Dr. Atherstone’s house and concertizing in Grahamstown. After many such questions 1 took the violin out of its caze. hack I de- “What ribs and what a tected! Jiverything vanished before my eyes, even the great Guarnerius, which is a much more beautiful one than my own. After staving at it for some time [ went out under the veranda with it. Theve it was in my hands, a thing of eternal beauty, intact, as it came out of the bands of the divine master. And now an important thought came to my mind. What if it be patched up in the interior? I took the violin further to the light and let the sun shine into the I holes. I looked in where the -bottom . is attached over the tail-piece and saw the interior as plainly as the exterior, and there it was, unblemished, mwagnificent, the inner parts as glorious as the outside. Tt was complete. The sight was simply heavenly. Ihad been on the lookout for the last twenty-five years for such & violin and had quite given up all hope of ever coming across such a treasure. But now I had in my hand the much dreamed of and much coveted instrument. And all this in Grahawstown in south Africa. I scarcely could believ On atriving at home with the grand [ at once setto work. I pro- slowly, as the violins hav- ing had no pressure on them for ye.rs I was obliged to he very cautious. When 1 tuned up the GiantGuarneriusand the coming Titan Stradivavius, instead of two minutes it took me an hour **At last the violin was in perfect or- der. T vesined my bow and played first on the Giunt. It had a lovely grand tone. Then with the greutest expectation [ tried the Titan Stradivarius, the vir- ginal violin. Its tone was extraordinary s0 sweet and so powerful that the Giant wag put in the shade completely. *1 never will part with him at any price, Five thousand pounds stevliug would not tempt me any more than £5, and the word ‘priceless’ exactly de- scribes the value of the violin, It has but one drawback. The Titan puts all my other excellent violins, of which I have thirty, so completely in the shade that I never play on any of them,whereas before I found the Titan I used four or five of them during a fortnight or three weeks, and sometimes three of them at a concert, Now the Titan does all the wool und he is strong e“nugh for any ency. Until now, Speaking meta- phorically, I killed every violin; now the Titan kills me. I hope he will have agood time until he succeeds com- This is the ena of the violin AN L Cook's Extra Dry imperial Cham- pagne, The extraordinary success of this wine is due to the excelienca of the article. Kstab- lished 80 years ago its proprietors have con- stantly endeavored to improve it. It 1s sec- ond to no sparkling wine in the world, as evidence of this fact an extract from a letter of Lord Chief Justioe Coleredge of Kngland : “Send me 15 dozen of your sparkling wine, I tried it while in your country and found it @ superior article.”” Thousands and thou- sands could be added if lpu(‘n permitted. ety Kopes Made of Women's Halr. Speaking before a meeting of Metho- dist ministers, Bishop Fowler told of a new heathen temple in the northern part of Japan. It is of enormous size and the ropes were hauled o and placed in their present position by ropes made from hair of the women of the province. An edict went forth call- ing for the long hair of the women, and enough was obtained to make two monster ropes—one 17 inches in circum- ference and 1,400 feet long, and the other 10 to 11 inchesaround and 2,000 loet lung. Sflmecfi.sm' Anesy a‘"Snnflfinumb W SWELLINGS "‘%&numm- AND nm.n -.y Ws CHAS.AVQGELER Co, mlo. AND T R OWN COMPANY, In the allowlng Repertolre: . ““The Tigress")| heWorldAgainstHer| “‘Forgiven®, Boms PERA HoUusE e iaar JAN 9, 10 axd 1l. TURDAY MATINEE,—— l-?ll}:t-m' hompkins® Boston Theatre Co, In an Blaborate Production ot the ENSATIONAL DOVESTIC DRAMA-—- IMANKIND | The Mob, The Rescue, Strong Cast,Fine Scenery The Great Sleanship. The Grand Banks Fog, Prices must g0 to Bermuda. not L will the _oconse: SCOTT% | E MULSION OF PURE NORWECIAN COD LIVER OIL. I sometimes eall it Bermuda Bot- ases of tled, and ma CONSUMPTION, Bronchitis, Cough or Severe Cold I have CURED with it; and the advantage is that the most sensi« tive stomach can take it. 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