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Once upon a iii.i'■ thoro waa a willow
who hail a beauMful daughter. Tim
mother waa ieoi "-t and humble; the
daughter, Mine-nun, uaa priao Itself.
She bad suitois limn all -ides but none
satisfied her; i m >re they tried to
please her, the n oi.-she disdained them.
One night, wb-n "ie pour mother could
•not sleep, she too .li ! >-ads and began
to pray for hot d.'ar child, who gave her
more than one cure. Mari-uka was asleep
■ by her side. As the mother gazed lov
ingly at her neucitlful daughter, Marlenkn
laughed In he.- deep.
a "What a bountiful dream she must
Save to laugh In this ay," said the
mother. Then she finished her prayer,
bung her beads un th- wall, 1 dd hor head
, on the same pillow with her daughter and
i fell asleep.
"My dear child," --ho said in the morn
ing, "what did you dioam last night that
. you laughed so' 1
"What did I dream, mamma? I
dreamed that, a nobleman oame here for
' me in a coppm tt.ach and that he put a
ring on my lln r set with a stone that
sparkled like th- siars, and when I en.
tered the chuiuii die people had eyes foi
no one but the Blessed Virgin and me."
"My daughor, my daughter, that wa<
a proud dream,' said the mother, shak
ing her head, but Mariouka went 0:1
singing.
The same day a wagon entered tin
yard. A handsome young farmer in
good ciroum - ane.es came u> a-1.
Marienka to share a peasant's biead wi h
, him. The mother was plea-ed with the
suitor, but the proud Marienka refused
him, saying, "Though you should corn--
in a copper coach, and put a ring on on
finger set with a s'.one that sparkled like
the stars, I would not have you for a
husband." And tho far mer went away
storming at Marlenku's pride.
The next night the mother waked, took
her beads, and prayed still more
earnestly for her daughter, when behold
Marienka laughed uguin us she whs
Bleeping.
"1 wonder what she is dreaming." -aid
the mother, who prayed, liable to -lee: .
"My dear child." she said tho m-xi
morning, "what did you dream last
' night that yon luughed aloud? '
"What did I dieain, luamma? i
dreamed that a nobleman came heic '"i
me In a silver coach, and he offered ine
a golden diadem. And when I entered
the church, ibe people looked a iii"
more than they did at the Blesse.
Virgin."
"Hush! you are blaspheming Pri
my daughter, pray that 3-0,. may not la.:
into temptation."
But Marienka ran away to escape hi .
mother's sermon.
The same day a carriage entered the
* yard. A-young lord came to cn'rea:
Marienka; to share a noolemun s bread
with him:
"It is a grea' honor," said tho mother:
but vanity is blind.
"i'hougii you -ho :!.i come in a silver
coach," raid "Mm :i-ii,;u 10 the new sultoi,
"and should o, ,r m • a golden diadem, 1
would not have . ...i .0. a iiu.b unl.'
"Take care. y child," said tho poo
mother; •-pride is a device of the i.\?.
One.'
• Mothers never know what they at
saying," thought Marienka, uud si;
went out, sli. u„ n iUgher sltouldei-.
The tin d nigot the mother could u
Bleep fo. anxiety. As she ley awake.
" praying ior ln-r daughter, ' belioel
Marienka burst into a loud lit < '
laught-r.
"Oh!" said the mother, "what can tie
unhappy child bo dreaming now . " And
she continue., to prav till daylight.
"My dear child," said she in the morn-
Ilng, "what did 3 - ou dreaui 111 st night?"
"\'ou will be angry agui.i it I tell you,"
Baid Maiienka.
"No, no," repliod the mother; "tell
1 me."
"I dreamed that a noble lord, with e
f great traiu of attendants, came to a -k me
in marriage. He was in a goia n coach
and ho I roughl ni" a .fuss of golu i.n-e.
" And when I eutered lite ctnirett t.'ie ;en •
pie looked at nooody but m-."
The mother clasped her hands. Mai
ienka, half dressed, sprang e m the b-id
and ran into the next room to avoid a lec
ture that was tiresome to her.
The same day three coaches entered
the yard, one of copper, one of silver and
one of gold, t he first drawn by t wo horses,
the second by four and the third by eight,
all caparisoned with gold and pearl-.
From the copper and silver couch- •
alighted pages dressed in cadet b: ecoin-s
and green jackets and cloaks, while .1..
tno golden coach stepped a bandsotu
nobleman all dressed in gold, lie entered
the house, and, bending one knee on tin
ground, asked the mother for her daugh
ter's hand.
Mil h
ml'm.
'mm
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AT HF.lt HUSBAND'S HOME.
, "What an honor!" thought the mother.
"My dream has come to pass," baid
Marit* nka. -foil .-ee, inolii'i, mat, us :
usuil, I was r'ght and vmi were wrong.' !
She ran to her chamber, tied the be- |
f fen •• .. 1, f ■• S<l|!li'llglV
■ -l! .-->1 t-l " 111-! I- 11,.
[ f. g-r-e, villi . r.ui.' iia . aik • ••
1 e .11- a • p.-e -.| ?|.< v.- Hi
III I",a . . , i-..,- g llla •
!'„• .1 gin •" h - i-i- 11 i"
dr.'- I 'or -II- .-.'r -111 n . srllde h'
t mo n • -ill -ii., 1. 110 •-• l rid
; g e- • v -lit - r whit .read do
| you •r 11 : !"
..g 1 . ail t|", "the 1 read is of
| vrtp.i-v -I 1 ani gold. She can t*„
h u- v|:r> .... "
■'•Vlnii ,Vi '* tills t" rulf* thought the
mother. B.t Maiwak.i h d 10 anxie y.
She returned as beautiful as the sun.
took her lover's arm and set out for the
Ohurch without asking her mother's
blessing. The poor woman was left to
pray alone on the threshold; and wheil
Marienka roturned and entered the car
riage she did not even turn around to
look at her mother or to bid her a lasA
farewell.
The eight horses set off at a gallop,
and did not stop till they readied a
hugh rock, in which there was a hole as
large as tho gate of aeh y. The horses
plunged into the darkness, the cartb
trembled, and the rock cracaed aud
crumbled. Marienka seized her hue
hand's hand.
"Don't be alarmed, my fair one; in a
moment It will be light."
All at once a thousand lights waved in
t*o air. The dwarfs of the mountain,
each with a torch in his hand, came to
salute their lord, the king of tho mines.
Marienka learned for the first time hor 1
husband's name. Whether he was a 1
spirit of good or evil, at least ho was so !
rich that she did not regret hor choice.
They emerged from the darkness, and |
advanced through bleached forests and .
mountains that raised their pale and
gloomy summits to the skies. Firs,
beeches, birches, oaks, rocks, all were of
lead. At tho end of the forest stretched
a vast meadow, the grass of which was
of silver, and at the bottom of the
meadow was a castlo of gold, inlaid with
diamonds and rubies. Tho carriage
stopped before the door and tho king of
the mines offered his hand to his bride,
saying: "My fair one, all that you see is
yours."
Marienka was delighted. But it is im
possible to make so long a journey with
out being hungry, and it was with
pleasure, therefore, that she saw tho
mountain dwarfs bring in a table, evry
thing of which glittered with gold, sliver
and precious stones. The dishes were
marvelous—side dishes of emerald and
roasts of gold on silver salvers. Every
one ate heartily except tho bride, who
begged her husband for a little bread.
MARIENKA SEEKING BREAD AND PITY.
"Bring the copper bread," said iuv
lag of the mines.
Marienka could not eat it.
-•Bring the silver bread," said he.
Marienka eould not eat it.
"Bring the gold bread," said he, at
length.
Marienka could not eat it.
"My fair one,' said the king of the
nines, "I am very sorry; but what eau i
•fier you? We have no other bread."
The bride burst in o tears. Her hus
land laughed aloud ; his heart was of
nutitl, liko his kingdom.
"Weep, if you like, ' he cried, "it will
103-011 no good. What 3-011 wished lor
pou possess; eat the bread that 3-011 have
llinsen. '
it was thus that the rich Marienka
ived in her castle, dying of hunger and
ducking in vain for a root to alia,, liio
torture that was consuming her. God
iad humbled hor b3' granting her prayer.
'1 hree days in the year, tho litigation
lays, when the ground liaif opens u> ro
eive tho fruitful 111:11 sent liy the Lo-d,
Marienka returns to the earth. Die -e;i
.n rags, pale .ilnt wrinkled, she bog 1 In .
ioor to door, too happy when any 1.110
brows her a lew eni.->ts, and when sue
eceives as aim from tiie poor wliai sue
.aeks in her palace o! gold—a little tuead
ind a little pitv.—From Labcuiuyo's
•Fairy Tales of All Nations," Cop, right,
!Bt;ts, bv Harper & Brothers.
A Nouiilalii Rlei-tric Railway.
One of the laosi Interesuu.; tn-uiove
ueiitMin uio lorn en gmeering uan le. t.O
Mountain rat. way re • ml - ope a-u to v.lO
laiibe at the Jin. gen oak, no ir 1..; -n;..
it'lle rails •wser.be one grand c rve
termed cpo-i un angle at .-J 1. „r ee,
and ihc syr dim is s ion ilia i.ie |ourney
is made as .-.L adlly and smo . lily as
upon any of the straight fann-Udii lines.
Tin- liur..en-u vk is almo •• ; e i; .en ho
ular —trom tie shore of Jake La .-tue
the Burgensio.-k is 1,!i3 1 feel, uu-i it is
i.nOJ feet above til • level oi the sou.
The to al length of the line is 933 ]
meters, un i it commences wrh a
gradient of 32 per on" which is
lhemi-'d 10 Is per cent, alier the
ho first -FT) meters, this being main
lained for the rest of the Journey. A
singl-- pair o. rai.s is used throughout,
and tiie motiv • p.over, elevtri.-iiy 1- gen
erated by tno d.vuaaios, ea.'h o; Ivveniy
five iioiso | ovver, whieii a- o wr.cke I In a
water wiieel of nnmimilly 12.1 ho e
power, elected tip -n the r.vor Am-at ,ts
nioilth at Buoch-, tlii o miles aa .3 Die
sle irb- i-urrent beng co-.ii,.cDd by
means of iu-ulateil copp -r •■ires. The
loss in transmission i- estimated at 11
; per l-er.t. — i.e.ail' l'eir.l-1.
Kiisl ltriowh <f Shavliigt
The only pe. son -n .i c -nl a lio did not
have to war for Ins nu nin u harbor shop \
was Seipio Alrioanas, for it was in the j
year dfifi li that the ltomans com- |
} ineat-o'i having, ami. according to Pliny, I
i-ip was the Hrs! of tin- Koutans to sub- :
! aii -• tiie razor. Alexander ttie great j
i.ati .1 I hi- soldiers shaved to pievent
i lie enemy fioiu carehing them by the •
| heard, i'e <•! Ihe Groat, after loliirn ug ;
! from one of his tours, is-ued a-i edict j
j ordering a compulsory obtervan -o 111 re-
I I .lion 10 tiie board. He tu od the hir
! -uli' appendage, and afterivu!"! or tered
| all tho e he lound heurded to have the
: hair plucked out with pincers or shaven
j .villi a b.unt razor.—Exchange.
The Sprait of Meteor*.
I A meteor was ro.-.-ni.,. -rved pass- 1
, ing over England, tho spec I of which was
<eii-)iil 1 11 l-v "I'-.o'ifM mi!"s per see- '
I.id All Li 1 ..." II" ie.| about the
-a Mine, a1 1 I'm He hi oia-r wno do
- .... d la-- • our-e soy- it move I leis
-1 •■!>• .liroigi ne In-a.-iiH. it- flight
neing oaieula --da' ?oiiri.ei-n and .av-half
nita-B p-r - in:, iii" spu-d "f fast
u re— i rain a-'s ill-igtil.li-uut
ho|i men- r # agn ns m- '-ors. but
In-ii Mi" l - - ei of 1.11 ii'ii ; loe -mo
(.tv-s pr-vaie- ..- or. liii" luid it least
:>n "M"i or ' • h-i-e be t lion per
form a in- •dl . i|.i aii|! -urpas- le-dis
tance a I'oaull hud i.y a real "iteor in
singie •.-eond. sail Frunels-o 1 b on
ol*.
A NEW RACE COURSE
The Westchester Track of the New York (
Jockey Club.
The scene of the racing drama has |
been shifted to the new track of the ;
New York Jockey club at Westchester. '
Westchester is one of the most pic- ,
turosque counties of New Y'ork state,
and the new course is situated in one of j
the most attractive portions of it, lying
midway between the Van Nest aud
Westchester stations of the Now Y'ork, i
New Haven and Hartford laiiroad. John ,
A. Morris, the owner, has spared no
money in making the new courso an i (
ideal "one in every respect. Probably ,
52.000,000 have been expended. ,
The now track is fast; the grade la !
down hill, and horses will be able to run ! (
60 fast as to amaze even their own train- i
ers. It is coniidently expected that ail j .
existing time records will be broken, for j (
a hoi so that cannot run a mile in 1.13 is
not able to run in 1.45 at Hheepshead bay.
The straightaway three-quarters is down
hill till an eighth of a mi e from home,
when it rises slightly for about a six
teenth, and then comes down again at j \
what might almost bo culled a sharp in- t .
cline.
The grand stand is a magnificent struc
ture, capable of soutlng 10,000 people
easily. Composed of brickwork and iron I
it is strong enough to serve us a fortress j
and graceful and beautiful to the eye as :
a delicate pavilion in a gentleman's pri- j
vac garden. Underneath it is the bet-;
ling ling, capable of accommodating 200
bookmakers, but the nuraboris to be lim
ited to lit), lint to see tne races it is
not necessary to mount the grand stand.
The lawn, which is beautifully sodden, is
laid on an incline from the base of the
grand stand to the outer rails of the
track proper. Prom any part of it a com
plete View of a race and all its details may
be got. The saddling padlock is a charm
ing inclosure, uud in time it will become
us beautiful us the fumous bird cage at
Chuntilly in France. There is stabling
enough for 1,000 horses, and altogether
n at a single detail has been overlooked to
make the course an ideal one.
Tho wind up of the championship in
the league aud the association promises
to bo without a parallel in the history of
the national game. The leaders in both
of these organizations are coming down
the track neck and neck, and the finish
will be close aud exciting. Tho home
stretch will not be reaehod lu the older
organization until seven weeks from to
day, while in the American association
the last battles are scheduled for Octo
ber 14. In the league the eastern clubs will
close the season on western fields of con
flict, and lu the as-ociatlon the clubs of
this section and those of the west meet
on their i ospectivo territories. The oiuh,
therefore, that plays the steadiest gume
at home and übroad is most likely to win
the neunant. New York has on this und
the last trip out west proved to be su
perior to its most formidable rival, but
at home the Hustons have shown up to
the greatest advantage. They have won
thirty-four of i lie forty-four games played
ou the South Put grounds. The giant-,
on the other hand, only won thirty-one
„ames audio.-l • ightal home.
When the Buioklyns first encountered |
their rivals the Browns in the last series .
they were much closer rivals of the j
champions thau they now are. Three of i
the most remarkable games ever playe i
by the St. Louis team were those in
which they took till the pluck out of iln-
Grooms. Xltey not only defeated them,
but tlioy wiped tho field up with tlimr
remains, and then sent them to Kan a
Lit.v feeling that they could only battle
with the tail-enders. Even with the
cowboys us opponents the Brooklyns
lia\e hud tho hardest time to win. From
t his series of games it is easily seen
that the Grooms have lost heart, Bt.
Louis has won most of its games from
weak clubs, while the case is just the
icxerso with tho Brooklyns. They are
fully able to cope with the leaders, but
a -trange fatality overtakes them when
playing with the inil-enders. Hail ti, not j
been for tli s one feature they would |
have been in the lead ere this.
Horace Phillips, manager of tho Pitts
burg club, who recently showed symp
toms of insanity, is a native of Phila
delphia, and 35 years of ago. lie was a
player and manager of an amateur club
during the eeu'ennial year and for three
years afterward, lu 1871 lie organized
the HornellsVille (N. Y.) club, ami ibis
was his first professional venture. He
took Fred Dutilap and several other
players fnm Philadelphia to Hoiuell
ville. His club was strong, and Phillips
beenme known as a ••hustler,' Phillips
tiiif ed into ihe theatrical busines-, and j
acteu a< tin advance agent for tho next
two y ears, and then settled down as a
clerk in tic Gteal Western hotel in
Philadelphia, which was then the base
ball qtlai ieis.
In ire 1 anil 1832 Phillips was the man
ager of til • Atliieticclub, and he worked
hard for he success of the American!
association, of which lie was one
of the o'gui'izers. In 18t>2 he !
left li.e At iletics and organized j
the present Philadelphia club, lie soon |
left on uccount of falling out with tlm j
officers, and in 1883 he became man- |
agcr of- (lie Columbus elub. In 18s41
. ItiUlps drifted to Grand Bapids and or j
gnnizoii a eb.li for that city m tue North- |
western 1 -ague. In 1885 the hustler took j
charge ot lie- PP.t burg club, and he has |
boeiitheie 111 ton foxvi'ays sin e. Phillips' |
en ooi ie been very event (lit. He ha- i
been married ;bi' -e times, and his pres
ent wile i- .lie only child of Dr. San- j
Hereof Giani li-pids, Mich. Phillips
was ulvuy.s po m'seed of a very vivid I
| Imagination, and many a inl > of the |
Munchausen order has been no a ted bv
him to n uspaper menus alisol to trmh.
] lie has two Ino' b rs, one ii\ in..• in l'liila
delphia and < tie in Salem, Ohio. Seetv
; lary Seandrett i- temporary manager of
I the Pitt b rg eluii.
>—t\ 'J he "Blup Jiib
/t? / \ i'On ' of the lUlto
, . ,V Kanges, tor the
j,''" a last time on
\sB a Wimbledon Com
s*?! nioii. was won,
W \ on Tuesday, July
Wi I I'd by a pteady
eyed Scotchman,
\lV_ J Sergeant lteid, oi
aa '3. the Ist Laniuuvk
(Engineersi Klrto
VolunteerK, who
(\ " -A gained the Gold
, Io| Medal of the Na-
J tional lvlfle As-
I social ion, the Gold Badge of the Chain-
I |>i<>nslii|iof tlm United King lorn for 1 -s),
,-lti .eon's 1 ri/e of ; - 'se. His
liii.it be - iiinl -lug". a lie- .attf
ii mi g . a" t.'ie •*> -yard- uugt—
making a ginlid t.-cill of 2 i. lie iiihilo
1 -,o l..:l! -<y iii Tie siiisyufi 1 - range.
'I'll" fl-lll|l"l I'ion Wits vety " (•■■• ),• Wi..J|
Be. .-ant lli 1 I and Ma j. Pilil-i' of lie
4th D-von ]. ill— Yoliiii!"' rs, he ii..||
Meiin'lis' -.f !-75 who Ilia leatotal -core
of 2 u, im-li d-iig 48 at tue -ii". mii|.
ran-e. be genu' lleid i* a 'eh grant)
clerk at - In guv. The pornoit is riom
a i holograph lv Messrs. Kit-sell uud j
Son-, 11 YVi bit tii n..
FOUR HANGED AT ONCE.
THE GREAT QUADRUPLE EXECUTION
IN NEW YOUR ( ITT.
Wltli Firm Steps, but us If Walking lit
a Dream tire Condemned 32en iteuet*
the tinilowf—-Vo Time is U'a terl in
Ceremony, and In a Prw Seconds Tliey
are In htrrulty.
The American public has grown so used
to star ling things that a little <tifa.tr like
the hanging ot four murduri rs makes
comparatively little stir. Everybody is
now familiar with the details (if the re
cent wholesale execution in New York,
aud while most people have thought o: it
with a passing shiver the majority have
consoled themselves with the icllection,
'•Weil, they deserved it," uud turned
their minds on plea-anter things.
A description of this hanging must be
like many others that have been read
and forgotten, but if words could repro
duce a scene of which the very routine
and lack of incident form : he most dread
ful features, if the people a-a body could
be made to feel what ex en the most
m. H U
•I HE TOMi'S DEATH WATCH,
hardened looker-on In tho Tombs prison
y rd felt, an end would soon oorac to tI;C
habit of vindicating the law by tying hu
man beings luto he pless parcel- and'
then killing them as sheep-stealing dogs
are killed te warn their fellows.
It is useless to try to remember at
such a moment that they had brutally
killed women and were sttfl'eriug de
served punishment; nothing is visible to
the eye or mind as the procession moves
out of the prison to the fatal spot but t he
doomed men. helpless and nneompiu.n
ing. each with a noose arouu'i his neek,
going to death.
The hangman is at the sldo of his vic
tims, anxious, but ready and eager, sur
veying carefully bis work as un* men
slowly pace the few yards tliut .-eparates
them from the gallows.
Everything is perfect around each
man's neck, the uqoso hangs properly.
Daiigllng at the end is tli" patent clasp,
corresponding withtlieone banging from
the ropes on the gallows.
The men's arms are pinioned tightly to
tfc-!r -M s, giving the Hi pre -inn of a
soldlerln an exaggerated sorrec ue*s of
attitude en d ill. Fastened a: iie back
of n"!i man's neck is a 100-e Ida k sack,
with long black ribbons ;lr,tiering from
it. 'lhose death caps a o soon to cunt"
in tie. No s, 1 i" or drug ha- oeen used
to dull he s.-tixis of llt -si- men. Tltelr
eves are clear, their step linn, and their
bearing upright. But the men s-eiu
walking in a dream.
The awful wrechedness wht"h iiad
been creeping upon them for d iy- has
now coiue, bet '.he n arness and h'H'.or
of it awake-no outward struggle again-1
destiny. Jioth men's lip- are moving.
They arrive under the fatal beam xvi'h
out seeuiiug to -6" it. Ktt bis put. right
beneath a dangling tope. For a lew
.inadful seconds the hangman and an
assistant are busied tying each man's
legs together below the knees with thin
, while lope, tho clasp n' the mil of each
, noo-i- is snapped into the coi" sponding
cia r- nr. the eml of the dangling r .pes, the
I bc k "tips are ha°tilv pulled up over :he
iu' %- of tbi men's he. iN ami do vn • v r
th"ir a-hy faces,one iiuii k.genoial s ny
-i tlu- hangman, men nines a vi. ic
on- • o\v of his fist twice repeated on 'ho
ye! ow boarding that hides tho big weight,
the blow of an axe is heart!, utmost at
th< .-sma iitant a dull crack. Par 1 of u
second !a1 er comes the heavy tall of the
1,00 -■ o-.i.i! ."eight on ll,e thick st'inv
imitirc-s und 'lie active wo k of law,
judge, jury and hangman is over.
oilier !:*••( tisiuiiM in Mew York.
! I'ii- viotis to tln* executions of Frith#",
| Augii- t -3. ;!i • lugbest- number luingc.i
togciicc ii Ne" lurk was three, uud
I thai was o.i IsMuMiji" r ;,, 107., when
W.ioam Tbouip-ou, YVilliam Ellis and
t hai cs Wernil. nl.as Cbavicg Weston, all
coin ed, we e executed in the Tombs for
killing a Hebrew peddler in the upper part
| o hci'iiy.
i . tb" ioiTv.-i! of the first s tticson
Jt. • 11 ii ii isian i save.a! iiumbcd iave
In-. - "X.-ue.l within the teriv.ory , om
| pii-,pg ~" piesen city limits, Tli"
nco ii- el' i.e hangings pi New Ams'i r
ilam iiielci tne J Utcli "veniiii"iil an I
| oi Feu Y'o k uiplci he English are jp.
| cici plct , i-tit luce anil ticic in the
I arch v. sac to i' lolinit COP - ot exccii
j (iocs "Tile i-aiTi•• s, one hut i-i c-.ril--d
is ii.at. ( f John Wry. in itiNi, on * charge
j| „ |
| IL: skn*rjC"'TniE3o<R3r tj ATA'J
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THE TOMBS PRISON.
of being u li'otnuu Catholic. The next
execution that it was thought worth
while making a note of was tli t of .lu. Ob
Leislcr and his son-in-law, Milliourne.
for treason In rcfu-lng to rec.p inv.e the
authority of tho governor n|i| oit:to-l by
YVlllinm I'rlnee of Grange, nn-l holding
! lb" govern • en' u.'ill* si ''dri.
MI 11, ."i ced p|-* II- t..;'C|rt(! S'll
p.. •,• cc eg tli ■ e*. i . I" ' . V
hu. . c . wh* H'llb - V|o-'.Vf •- 'he
ii.-g|.• ; 1 ' (' " al'-d h- '•••■. to •* •■• mi
Wei* - . "-ed in '** ui . " • .-.I (-• r
ciiii.e. d ■■ a' 1 au . • •! • •' ate
il. .1 X. ley he wee-.. " |, ! oi 'I ... P
-I e o ||| o| I ( 111 tliltlll I ||M I' • . .'la
lnr.r'p hi ii . u h'w* •• .• ■ •(• .-ill
Biiret'ii st 'U-'s 'i.-r • tmti "i (eie
look obe'e fn . >.i *-I M't ■ ward
The first i.ann tli it s .*•• . red
I 111 I -1. W li"l: l a'lTifa Fn- ell , a* MX*
1 eutttfl. but in 17 iUvooieu. .oi.ttHlggini
und John Anderson, paid the penalty of
their crime, wdiich was the passing of
! counterfeit motley, on the site of the
! present city prison. As far as known,
i only three women hure been hanged in
this city, and they wore Diana Stlleok, a
t murderess, who was hanged in 181fi on a
| gallows erected at the Intersection of
Bleeckerand Mercer str. ets. Rose llut
ler, who was executed for arson in 1820
, in Potter's Field, now Washington
square, and Catherine Coshear, a ncgi ess,
who was hanged at the northern end of
I Blackwell's Island on May 7, 1829, for
the murder oi Susan Saltus.
; Since the Tombs was opened, in 1838,
forty-six men have paid the death pen
alty within its walls. On but three oc
-1 eusions have two men been hanged to
! gcther, and only once was there a triple
; execution.
Three scaffolds have been In use since
, the construction of tho prison. The first
. was built in 1841, und was in use until
capital punishment was abolished in this
state. This law was made especially to
cover the case of Mrs. Hartford, who
was sentenced to be executed iu 1858 for
the murder of her husband. The sym
pathy for the woman resulted In the
j abolition of cHpital punishment. The
I old scaffold was then destroyed.
In 18110, when capital punishment was
once inoro in force, a new gallows was
built. This did duty till May 19. 1882,
: Augustus D.T.eighton belng tho last mun
: hanged on it. In Maroh, 1883, tho pres
ent scaffold was built and Pusquale Ma
jone and .Michael F. AicGloin were ex
ecuted on it together on the 9th of that
i month. Seven men have been hanged
on this gallows, the last being Daniel
1 Lyons, on August 21, 1888.
About a sco:o of men and one woman
have escaped being hanged In tho Tombs
| through executive clemency and throe
; men have chp.ited the hangman by com-
I mitting suicide. These were John 0.
I Colt, who killed himself on November 18,
184.', tho day set for his execution ; Rob
ert C. McDonald, in Isj t, and John Car
penter, the wife tnuideier, in April, 1888.
CAPTAIN .MINNIE lIILL.
A tl:)iiit-nme Young Matron Who U Man*
t-r of a Pftrtftp Coast Steamer.
The lady commander of the Columbia
was bom In Albany, 0.e., in 18(15, and
lived a! iha' piaoe until a short time be
fore her marriage
/H. Charles Hill,
Cxj&'ttJM which took plaoe
In 1883. Mr. llill
was ut that time
purser of the
x ' ff.jfrA steamer, Joseph
ntm£ Kellogg. He con-
V tinned in this
Viy// po-ition for three
\\i \ \'J years, uoing as-
YMy ', V sis to d 1 n his
| duliesbyhis
young wife. Liv
l.ixxlK HILT), ing ( conoiuicallv
ill tin- time, they managed to save
fl.b'iO. With tins money they purchased
an old schooner, und converted iier in:o
u trading boat, putting a small engine
Into her. Mrs. Hill's next step was to
take ou a,sennii'i-clasx master's licen-e.
She had studied navigation and hud
thoroughly learned the Co umbla and
Willameita rivers wide assisting her
husband, and -he passed her examiua- j
tion without any trouble. Her husband
obtained an eng.rieor's license in Decem
ber, 18d0, fertile steamer Minnie Hiil to
run Coin Portland to Astoria, a distance
of HO miles. They then bought a stock
of go< ds on credit, and launched into a
trad eg business at the various points
i on th- Columbia river.
| Their ven.ure was crowned with suc
j cess, and in tho -econd year their busi
ness had assumed such proportions that |
they were obliged to get a larger'steamer, '
I for which th"y paid 53.0- (I, money which i
| had been made by them during their first '
year of trading, besides paying off all in- |
! debtedness. They bought the Cluisap !
Chief, and on November 20, 1887. Mrs. J
I tV.i-'a.n Dili applied for and was granted j
I a master ami phot's license, ami on (hat '
, I day she entered on tier duGes as com- !
, ! raander of the (jntsap Chief, while her !
husimnd went on as engineer. A larger |
' stock of goods was put on board, as (hey I
i foiiitd it profitable to branch ou' and take |
, ' in more territory. Another war fol- j
| lowed and their oi tuu- v: - e- iiiilished. ;
; Captain Minnie Hill an I i—r husband !
i and their trading were known all over |
vhe Columbia and Willamette rivers, j
'iie* captain bad won the heart of every j
one by her happy di-. o-fiion, her kindly j
heart, and charming manners, while the ,
engineer was equally w* It liked for his
upright ami mutily qualities. In another j
year :liev boip.bt tlm steaine:' General i
1 New .e for 57,0dd. The steamer i 3 \
■ lii - i feet In long Ii _'U 5-12 feet imam,
( un lias a (h'[itli oi li-dd liV" f-v;. 'i heir j
I ; l u- nis- is flouri-lnng gie..u r liun cvei.
! Tiiey now cany marly v.e. v ar'iole that -
r can be louud in a general merchandise i
, store.
Engineer H I! run- tlie lower deck; he
, look niter the men's .Mints, ana the
, eaj laiti dickers with the women on the
; uppcrdeck, and i • aid to be an excellent
| hum! a' making a- i.e. d bargain. She j
stpcr* their chip of life, uud ho; huxhaud
j I gallantly respond-to the belts, and "poos ;
■ aceii l" or "slow- down''as she directs,
, i and a happier couple is unknown. When I
' not on die river heir homo is In Port- !
I iiml. • Iterc it is said they have acctt- j
, ic 11 ed pro 'Ort.y to tne amount of about
( uptaln Hill Is a handsome bru-
I nei i", ao'jiit, live ami a half feet iu height,
| aud '..cigiiing about l td pound-. She liik j
! tlie happy .acuity of making ft lends, and j
no one is more high y t : igiu of among ;
j her larg" circle oi acquaintances thau is j
! : Mrs. Captain Minnie Hill.
"Bugled" IV lli His I'lstot.
Zugonyi. too commander of Gen. Fre
j mont s oo I;, 'guard, was a Hungarian !
' refugee, ami a man of most gallantspirit;
! not at. all the man to overlook in-übot-I
I ilination or the afipearanco of it. He ;
i obeyed orders himself and exacted obe- i
| diertce from other-. Just before the '
i final charge at. Springfield, Mo., Zngonyi
; direc ed one ip tlie icigiers. a Frenchman, ,
| to nnund a signal. Tlie bugler seemingly ,
! paid no alien ion I" the order, but
' darted off -vplt Lie.it. Ma taenyi.
A few iiiinu "S afterward he was ob
serve)', in another par' of the field vigor
! ouslv purstiiug the dying Infantry. When
| tlm I tie was bellied in the city square <
' aftet ttieciigngcm-'iitZago yi noticod the
bugler, and. aiipi'oncliitlg liiin, suid : "lu
b rle ml'lst of the battie joii disobeyed ray
'• j order. You are unworthy to be a mem
'' i Wer of the guard. I dismiss you." For
.v ' replv the bugler held up his bugle and
s 1 -howel the mouthpiece shot entirely
' awav. "I'll" OIO'P Bp|e-e was -hoi off,"
'> sill'l ll" i '' "lid h". illl.ie Vlt moil b'l
! g '". • lid ->I ni. e \ I'. I iron .'i- ot an •
" i' i un .--a:y '<i<,-fii thio tlie
" sentehc of 'ii mimwi was willnli*>vc.
i! " We— lire 'ilti'lu< 1.41,1.
" 'l'll ' A 'Stfill'l gov "II 11-'ll , Which COB
t.roi- t- •• •(•'-• ■ ii I ■ . .rout fin
t Hiiciti i" Ii iiil • to- •• of cigars,
s li- .i -ni ii (I-ii ( •'). . .ixvercigc*
1- iiax-e .|""!| ■ , A'li'i I sp -11 t • ti
ll ore.ism pi I, -.i iii.A eg:* *• es
"■ and p.pe . In r ns i->-s aiao in "i to ,
is 710. on fiorius. Ex.
CRUISE OF THE ELECTRON.
The Trial Trip •>< me 11 ret Electrical
Yacht.
A tidy lltlio b a. ~oKod her sharp
white Iron nose out pant the end of the
Pennsylvania lailmad pier at Jersey City
the other afieiuoon aittl swung around to
the sou hwat.il. *t>ho sat, high out ot the
water and I;i< lot! up very littlo wash as
. she ran away towards Liberty Isiauti,
keeping wvo lusiio; .< f<r easy laveling.
There wa-ii't a ninone- ueit or tunnel
or pipe of un.v kind showing, not even
tie gruutiug brass rube that makes
naphtha launches smelly ami musical.
N'o sailor man who saw her could take
his eyes ott from tier. They all seemed
to have fallen in the trance-like state of
llm Chinaman, who. when he first saw a
ruble car, murmured in his artless sing
song way : "No pushee, no pullee, ail
futmee go like liellee!" Now tho Elec
tron passed under Castle Williams' brown
walls, grey with moss unit llaky with
age. and headed straight for the Nar
rows. Tho only visiblu thing about her
that suggested machinery was a sot of
switches such as you may see in any big
electric light outtlt. These switches
were on tho wall of tho little pilot house
perched over the wheel anil took up very
little room. They started, stopped,
backed or slowed the boat just as the
pilot wished. As for sound of
machinery, thoie was nono, not even the
faint June-bug hum of the naphtha
launch. There wasn't a ghost of a spar
or bit of canvas about her.
The Electron moved through tho water
as noiselessly as a swan.
"What makes her go?" asked a tug
mun of Electrician Buillard.
"Oh, she has a patent keel," was his
answer.
"Well," after a long pause— "Well.
I'll be ,' said the mariner. He then
and there, to all appearances, made up
l.is mind that the Electron must move
by springs like a clock and then-tore
must quit going as soon as the springs
ran down. Whereupon he climbed up
Into his pilot-house, rang the jingle bell
and lollowed the little white magic boat
down ihe bay. How he would sock It to
' lie men aboard of her and make them
ay a big price to be towed home!
l'reak down? Of course they'd break
down. The Electron sailed uloug and
'ho tug followed her. When they got
.iiiif way to Sandy Hook i..j tug ranged
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THE ELECTRON.
alongside and her captain yelled, "Don't
you wunt a tow?"
"No."
"Are you running by clock work?"
"No. electricity."
"Well—l'll—be—blamed 1"
So saying, the tug man put about, and
.-■in lor home, musing.
Out past the Scotland lightship, with
its twin cages at the mastheads, and then
away to the eastward ran the little yaent.
It was a risky thing to do, buffeting the
Atlantic waves, inviting Nop: uno t.oco.e
'.m and put up his hati .sail Ido ids best,
and see howucoupieol men with pencils
and paper and au electric current could
ti iumph over him. For heretofore it had
all been a matter of pencils an I paper.
Men nad talked about eleetr.ca. ships as
glibly as they talked of electrical bal
loons that would tako you from hero io
London in a day, hut the actual demon
stration of one seemed as far off as the
other, iieie at last was a little ship
dancing along with her nose pointed
nwaids England and not a thing was
ib iving her but the electric ourient. She
might break down at any moment—per-
I haps. It was all new, all strange. The
.Uiantiu shore isn't a parti,■;'a !v pleas
ant place to swim to from a given point,
with ail your clothes on, when the given
pain', is mile-out a; sea. but these men
iimi faith in the tractabiiity of the elec
tric current ami the accuracy of the work
of their pencils and paper, so they never
thought of swimming. 11l steamers you
can look in tlie eoui hunkers and in the
wnier tanks and tell how much further
you eau go. On the Elm r n the only
] "guide is your pencil and paper whore*
, with you set down tho amount of elec
trical foice used up and • alcula'.e the
; amount of energy still s:oivd.
rile Electron didn't misbehave one
1 :n-client. There wn* "ie> igh sea to
I make lerru.l it little, lu.t she skimmed
.ii ag w'l ho,p. a ski.' or al. eak. Even
u* journals vere no ie-ai d, and every-
I ;i ■ g w'ca• sinoii ' as coca! be. <iu*t
,\i ui: -vit l'lloi .1 od pressed a Utile
! ui >I.I a ad, pres'o! the tiny ship's pot,
| ai'.i s ai uoard lights shone out bravely
j ii ied and green. They wore big in -an
de-cciji gbiUCS behind c..lured scieeus nil
• sides of the pilot "Use. At 7.15
nek, after u vote. • o. 1 nee hours
■ nut llfteeti minutes, the Elec ion was
cui-lior din the little ha bor ack of the
! Avcne hotel, lb eioiwav. T c distance
■ tie bad traveled was iW 'nty-elght miles,
; and -he hadn't ben fl; iv n fur sp -ed.
i 'to say that. he- ja-..-ng- r end crew
1 were delighted with ilie > . of ihe
ihvi o-e.iu crnl-ie evet made by au
I •lectrit-ai yacht wo du ■ e pu ting it very
i mildly.
England's Pension List.
There are soiuo in" iv* ii;g ucms on
Englnli t' civil p n-.i ai s isir Richard
/.von lias had 51,1.11 ayi nr since 1(542,
I n ml Lord Tennveon th--aine sluei; RJ4S.
' i'he widow iif'iT'.to, the biblical m •yoio
i './ list, gets ttS'i.i, an- the widow of
i ilu.dn—of the "Die iouu vo, Dates'
1 >"0.1. The daughter of oiiglis •!crrold
j •"J'-il. Herald Mie-cv, 1.. .m.i-o h • is "a
i ri" poet spring from i.e e ople." gets
j iPaveitr; lb' -a.no -cm is awarded
! to William Alliiigbam, Mis. t'.i hant,
I Roboit Duchaiein. : widn-v of George
1 hit' erne ib', and the Kev. Ueorge Mae-
I Donald. Faiadav's nieis- gets $7-50, Mr.
' 1 upper SUMO, the wido.v of Charles
Kiugsley Sl.ttOO, two ladles directly de-
I seended from Dofoe ?>):."> each, tho
widow of Richard A. Fro -t r $-">00, tho
•-i-.lrof Keuta $4OO, Philip James Bailey
| s',oo, and t e daughter of Nelson's
adopted daughter fl.oOo.
Varinntti'a Magnificent Plantation*
i Ex-Governor Warmoih. who is col
lector of tho Fort of New Orleans, is an
Illinois man who found himself in New
Orleans after the war a- provost mar
shal II" 'er military rule. Me owns what
14 n.obablv th" llge-i iOmi lion in
America "i the ba 01 01 1 Missis*
si 11 1. about I'll mi <• from New
1 ilesn : 7.000 u-res ot is o i iii-'s are
I.' d r ••uMlva'.ion. miladoi"! •> moie
• .gar ion es turn ots; au uu iieu-e pro
duel ion •• IV veiir. Tim b-„i.,e 111 which
w'anu" It lives i- desei il> as mii Aruerl*
•nn ;>. ". "I'liis •uoi.er'v was inher
psl By ills wife, w :•*•• : 4'iiiiv are all
IN'Plo-rau. Mr* iVarmo h's live young
sons, she declares -ho i- rearing to be
good D-mocrats like their grandfather.
1 1— Pittsburg Dispatch,
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