THE AMERICAN
MAINE'S LAST HANGING.
MEDIATIZED GERMAN NOBLES.
Tha VtoUa a MlnUlM Wfc M Aflvr
nU ra4 laaatwal.
William IKmikIm an laor In th
Methodist denomination an I aa abla
pracher. aa iho man whoso life a
cat abort by judicial murder, for lull
a what the execution really a
This preachor had loot bis if by
daaAtk and was regarded aa a siq
cr mourner.
11a had procured Iho services of a
wotnaa about hi own ugo to keep hia
houa. a being a clergyman aud hi
bouao much visited, bo did not fool
like intrusting the lull earn to hia
young and luoporieucod daughter.
AfUMT waking a Uur among tho
churches and attend tug a quarterly
nncUng. Iho elder reached homo
quit late at nigut; not wUbing to
dtalurb hi housekoopor or any one of
the household, ho entorod bis dwell
ing quietly and panned into hi aludy
to dopoalt some book. At thi point
ha wa detected by a daughter, who.
hat log boon arounoU. opeuod tho door
ot her room and looked out just as
her father was panning tho door of
tho room loading Into the apartment
occupied by tho housekeeper. A
friendly alutalion passed botweoa
tha father and child, and both re
tired for tho remainder of tho night
Io tho morning the abtiongo of tho
housekeeper led soma one to enter
her bedroom, and there found her
dead in her bed, her throat having
boon out from ear to ear.
Tha daughter, innocently enough,
told tho experience of the night bo
fore to those who came to the house.
When the shocking now spread
abroad that a murdor had boon com
mitted at the house of Klder Douglaa.
tha anemic of the church and those
who always delight at the downfall of
a preaoher of the gospel, charged him
with the murdor. It wa too lato for
tha daughter to retract hor word
and the suspicion at onco contored
upon him.
The eldor was- arreotod and ar
raigned, ohargod with the murdor of
hia housekeeper. When the time for
tha trial arrived people flockod from
far and near, tor they bad sat under
his preaching and hud learned to love
him.
All expected that some clow to the
mystery would be developod at the
trial. But tlioy sat day after any. and
no relief camo tor the preacher or tho
many who loved him and believod
him innocent -1 ,
It appeared In evidence Unit the
alder had indioated a desire to make
hi housekeeper hi wile, and that he
had a rival, but the evidence given so
Innocently by tho daughter of the
aider was the strong poloA and it
oould not bo explained away. Two
days ot the most dreadful anxiety
passed bofore the jury was ready to
rander Its verdict and probably poo
pie were never more saddened than
when It was announced that the eldor
wa found guilty. . "
Few expected that the sentence
would be carried out; they looked for
some explanation ot the horror, but
months pushed and none ciimo.
It was customary then a half ecu
tury ago to have executions tako
place In the open country, where the
populace might witness them and titke
warning. When the lumber was
brought and, tho hummuriug com
menced In the erection of the scaffold,
tha most hopeful lost courage.
The sceuo about Tbomaston at
early dawn ot tho day set for the ex
ecution wa not unlike that ot a cir-
eus day; the vender ot small wares
waa en route and the dispenser ot
- hard gingerbread wa loaded down
with his stock.
Long before tho hour arrived for
' tha final act the crowd was surging
back and forth within sight of the
noose. The eldor ctme upon the
platform with somewhat of the confi
dence that characterized the early
martyrs a they saw tha torch touched
to the fagots or ware stretched upon
tha rack. Frienda and those who
did not waver in their belief that their
favorite preacher was innocent of the
awful (.rime, said they seemed to see
bout hi head a halo of light
In about two years the man who
had sought for the affections of the
woman and housekeeper of the
preacher on hi death-bed confessed
that he had become convinced that
tha lady whom he loved was to bo the
wife of Klder Douglaa sod knowing
ot the absence of the preacher, had
gone to the house, climbed up and
into the housekeeper's room and there
committed the awful deed for which
the elder had been hanged.
The feeling aroused oy tnis con
fession led to the legislation which
resulted in abolishing the death
penalty in the state of Maine.
41 (Iltt About she Itlver Nile.
The Nile has a fall of but six inches
- to the thousand miles. The over
flow commences in June every year
and continues until August, attaining
an elevation of from twenty-four to
twenty-six feet above low water mark
and ; owinff through the "Valley of
Kfirvni" in a turbulent body twelve
niik's wide. Durln? the last thous
and years thero has been but one sud
den rise of the Nile, that of 1829,
when 30. 000 people were drowned.
After the water recede each year the
exhalations from the mud are simply
intolerable to all except ' natives.
This mud deposit adds about eight
inches to the 9oil every century and
throws a muddy embankment from
twelve to sixteen feet into the sea
every year. This being the case It is
plain that the mouth of the river la
thousands of feet further north no
than it was in the time of the Ptole
mies and it is only a question of
time when the sediment will make
dam entirely across the Mediterranean
Sea.
Kind to tbe od trf jatloo.
I can't afford more than one flower
on niT bat." she Bald to the milliner.
'Well where will you have It?"
As I sit next to the wall in church
you may put it on the side next tha
Tbf rr marl f fimmit
Dismay and disgust prevail at pres
ent among wuat are known a ma
mediatized families of the Cermao
nobility. whoso names constitute part
11. of tn Almanach da (iottia." says
a wnlor In tbo New York I'.ecord'-r.
Kittle by Utile they are being shorn
of the extraordinary privileges and
linmunltii'S which they formerly pos
sessed, and. according to a recent de
cree enacted by the imperial parlia
ment they have been deprived of the
exemption from taxation which they
have hitherto enjoyed. It is true that
they receive a pecuniary compensa
tion, calculated at the rale of thirteen
and one-third limes the amount of the
Incomo tax, which thoy are hence-
forth to be called upon to pay along
with other i in post. Hut tbl compen
sation is ridiculously small as com
pared with tho sacriflco which they
are compelled to make. I'p to the
year 18iH they were not amenable to
theordlnary tribunal o( tne tana, even
when engaged in legal disputes wild
persona who did not belong to their
caste, but were only subject to a
tribunal of their peer espoclully or
ganized for the occasion. Kven to
this day they are not obliged to take
the ordinary form of oath in court
their own mere word beiog held to
be sufllclout They are likewise ex
empt from military service, and, lr
they enter tha army of their own ac
cord, they have a right to a commis
sion as an olllcer at once, instead of
having to go through the ordinary
procedure. These mediatized fami
lies, who also have tho r'.ght to con
tract morganatic murrlagoa consist
of houses which at one tlmeexeislsed
tho right of potty sovereign ome
of them are dukes, othors are prince
while others, again such as the Tap
penhulms, the l'ucklers and the l'lat
ens ii.e only counts. Their sway
came to an end when Germany was
overrun by Napoleon I., at the begin
ning of the century, and. as after the
restoration of peace It was found im
practicable to restore to them their
dominion they were declared media
tized by tho congress of Vienna and
accorded the privileges ot which they
are now being deprived.
APPEARANCES DECIEVING.
Tba riat
HIS LONGEVITY.
Tha t'olonel Was Witty but Wa no
I'ropliet.
' When the armyot the Totomao waa
encamped bofore Richmond, there was
in its ranks a certain colonel who al
though ho was considered a little
airy" by some of his brothor on cers.
as known as a wit Ibe colonel bad
with him an English coach dog of a
aluablo breed. According to the
oulh's Companion the dog had been
trained to run under a carriage, but
finding, in his presont station, no car
riage under which to run, he spent
most ot his lime under the feot of the
regiment to which his muster was at
tached. This arrangoment did not
ult the men particularly well but
the colonel kept the dog in spite ot all
tho grumbling remarks which he
heard.
One duy the colonel bud occasion
to go to Grant s quarters and alter
transacting his private business the
talk turned upon Richmond, the time
tho army had been encamped before
and the likelihood of their finally
getting into it
At last Grant said, Ity tne way.
colonel, what are you going to do
with that dog of yours? Are you
planning to have him run under your
heels as you go into ItichmondP"
Ira yes I think so. replied the
colonel, gravely, surveying his favor
ite critically as he spoke; "he comes
of along-lived breed, you know!"
la tka lllll awl ladlratrd
t, lb Vl.
One day. says a writer In Die
Detroit Free l'rs I was sealed undor
a tree by a spring ou the banks of the
Cumberland river not far from whore
It breaks through tho l'.uo mounta n.
taking a resting spell when a young
farmer rode by with a buxom country
girl behind him on the same horse,
lie pulled up and asked me if I
wouldn't 'liaud the gal up a di ink of
water." and while I was doing the
gallant we talkel Fine weather
for gettln' married, an't It?" he said
with a grin that gave the procession
away, -bot up Jim." said the girl
giving himajerk. '-Ah. you re to
be married are your" I remarked
Yea" he said, wo and Callie has
about reckoned thar an't anylh.ug
better fcr us to da" 'Well. I admire
your taste." 1 ventured, with a siuilo
at the grL Fine iraL an'tshoF'ho
said admiringly. "Had mighty hard
work U git her. Every fellow on the
crick wanted hor. Had to coax fer
tlx month and Dually promise her
this boss we're on afore she shuck the
other chap an' tuck me. Mebbe she
uowed pore jedgment" aud he
laughed and chucked her under the
chin -but you can't alius tell what sort
of pertaters is in tha hill by the
look ot tho vine." I assured him
that both had done well and. wishing
thera joy, they rode on and I never
expected to soo them again, but I
did. One Sunday morning about
three months after that I started nut
from the place where I was abiding
for a week to a llillo church whore a
meeting wa to be hold. Half way
there 1 overtook my bridal party
oroltv much as they were at the first
meeting, only Callio was in front and
Jim behind. "Good morning, I said
really glad to see ihom. "How d'y?
How d'v?" they both replied, and we
went along to the meeting house,
chatting pleasantly, with Callie doing
the most ot it Arrived, wo hitched
our horse and before going in Jim
called me to oue sldo, "Is poso.
he said, "you noticed I was ridin'
behind this mornin." 1 admitted as
much, but t-aid I had not thought of
it especially. Ho shook his head
eravelv. Gettin' married an' bein'
married is doggoned different, mister.
he said sententiously. "If they
wu.n't I wouldn't be ridin' behind.
lioforo I had a chance to offer any
consolation Jim hurried along to
catch ud with Callio at the door, aud
I had something to think about be
sides the sermon.
ATE UP LITTLE PUSSY.
WHAT KOI TEACHES
n the Year 1900 Rome Will
Take This Country and
Keep It Hecker.
Shr Roasts That Krliglous Liberty Is Only
Endured Until the Opposite Side ran
lie I'ul Into EflW't Without In
Jury U the konian I hurt h.
How Opium la iaherd.
It is a sort ot a garden cultivation.
the poppy plants being grown in little
squares or bods Intersected oy tiny
ater channels lor irrigation wnerever
this is possible. The growth of the
plant is carefully tended, and at length
the time comes when they burst out
into flower, and tho field looks like a
sheet of silver aa the white petals of
the flowers glisten in the morning
dew.
The beautiful petals are the first
produce of the crop for the women
and the children of the cultivators'
families como forth and pick them off
one by one and carefully dry them, so
that they may serve aftorward as the
covering of the manufactured cakes
of opium. Then tho poppiea with
their bare capsule heads remain
standing in the open field until it is
considered that they are ripe for lanc
ing. The cultivators then come forth
in the evening, and. with an imple
ment not unlike the knives of a cup
ping instrument they scarify the cap
sule on its sides with deep incisions.
so that the juice may exude.
In the early morning the cultivators
reappear with a scraping knife and
their earthenwaro pots, and they
scrape off the exuded juice and col
lect it in their pots. And this is
crude opium. Blackwood's Maga
zine. Why tkbe Didn't Lanith.
Mrs. Harlem Heights You must
not laugh and make fun of everybody.
Mamie.
Mamie I don't mamma. The other
dav a little eirl fell off a board fence
and all the other children laughed,
but I didn't
That was right"
Yea I was the little girl that fell
off the fence. I cried." Texas Mft-
irgs. .
' A Lock of the Duke'a Hair.
In a current review Lionel Tollo-
macke tells an interesting anecdote
concerning the duke of Wellington'i
son. Lord Charles Wellesley. Lord
Charles waa often troubled by impor
tunate acquaintances who begged for
soma of the Iron Duke's bair. On
such occasions he would say to an old
servant whose hair was much like
tha duke's: 'it down, John; I mutt
The Admiral Make 111 Cook I'nliappy
, and SuflYr In Hrturn.
At a recent meetini; in one ot the
nrincimil hotels of i'hiladelphia o
o i cers who served in the rebellion.
uftor those in the army hud tola o
hair breadth csranes from the wily
nnd blood-thirsty Indians of the wild
ami woolly west the funniest one in
tho entire list was tho experience ot
an admiral whose fluff ship la,- for
some voars otl tha harbor of San
Francisco.
The gentleman who told tho story
ser eu under tue oiu sea uog at uie
time and enjoyed a good laugh while
relating it
Admiral had at the head or
hi culinary department a rrencli
Reward, celebrated for the many dif
ferent kluds of dishes be served, l or
some reason tne 01a aumirai nau
taken a dislike to the cook, and was
by no means averse to showing his
spite whenever opportunity 01 ored.
Everything went along smootniy.
however, until one cay when the
liriiish consul and other distinguished
personages were present at a dinner
given on board by the admiral.
The rrenchman who had an along
borne quietly the insults and abuse,
decided at this meal to get even with
the Admiral. Before preparing din
ner he had cone ashore and hired a
boatman to come alongside the ship
and remain closo to the gangway lad
der. In the course of the feast when
a dish which he had specially pre
pared for the occasion had been eaten.
he poked his head tnrougn tne aoor-
way and asked the superior oflicer how
be had relished that dish.
The Admiral who, as well as his
guests, was much pleased, replied that
it was the finest suecimen 01 tne cut
inary art ever set on his table, and
wanted to know what it waa
"Oh!" replied the cook, 'it was only
vour me-ouw. me-ouw. you 01a 1001
He had prepared tne Admiral 9 pei
missy in artistic siyio. ine 1
made for the gangway ana was rowcu
olT to the city. He never came baelt
and thereafter the Admiral was never
known to find fault with his cook.
A Hard Bird to Kill.
During the month of July. 18S7, be
fore leaving the ciiy. I sent up my
1'oily to the bird fancier. Wilkins.
Broadway and Thirth-ninth street to
board. The following month the
Metrouolitan .Storage Warehouse.
Thirty-ninth street and Broadway,
and the adjoining buildings burned
down, among them Wilkins' store.
Three days afterward workmen
rhile digging among the ruins were
surprised by hearing cries of "Help
Pollv! HelD Polly! Polly sickP' lb
brick, lumber, etc.. had formed
complete canopy over the badly
broken cage. Polly's bill and feathers
were burnt and he was a most pitiful
sight Whenover he hears an engine
now. and at no other titne. he will
cry and call out: "Polly sick! Polly
sick! Help Polly f N. Y. Recorder.
Education outside or tne Catholic
Church la a damnable heresy. rope
Plus IX. . .
Education must be controlled oy
Catholic authorities, even to war and
bloodshed. Catholic World.
I frankly confess that the Catholics
stand before the country aa tne ene
mies of the public echoou. amer
Pbelan.
I would as soon administer sacra
ment to a doe as to Catholics wno
send their children to public schools.
Father Walker.
The public schools have produced
nothing but a godless generation 01
thieves and blackguards. Father
Schaner.
It will be a glorious flay in tnis
country when nnder the laws tne
school system will be sniverea to
pieces. Catholic Telegraph.
The tmbllc schools are nurseries 01
vice; they are godless and unless sup
pressed will prove the damnation of
this country. Father Walker.
We must take part in the elections.
move in a SOlia mass in every niam
against the party pledged to sustain
the Integrity or tne pumic scnoois.
McCloskey.
The common schools or this country
are sinks of moral pollution and nur
series of hell. Chicago Tablet
The time is not far away when tne
Roman Catholic Church of the Re
public of the United States, at tne
order of the Pope, will refuse to pay
their school tax. and will send bullets
to the breasts of the government
aeents rather than pay lu It will
come quickly at the click of a trigger,
and will be obeyed, or course, as com
ing from Almighty God. Mgr. Capel.
"We hate Protestantism; we detest
It with our whole heart and soul."
Catholic Visitor.
"No man has a right to choose his
religion." Archbishop Hughes In
Freeman's Journal, Jan. 29, 1852.
"If Catholics ever gain sufficient nu
merical maiorlty in this country, re-
llelous freedom is at an end." Cath
olic Shepherd ot the Valley, Nov. 23,
1851.
"Protestantism, of every form, has
not. and never can have any rleht
where Catholicity Is triumphant" Dr,
0. A. Brownson's Catholic Review,
June, 1851.
"We have taken this principle for a
basis: That the Catholic religion with
all its rights, ought to be exclusively
dominant, In such sort, that every
other worship shall be banished and
Interdicted." Plus IX. in his allocu
tion to a Consistory of Cardinals,
September. 1851.
"Protestantism why, we should
draw and quarter it, and hang up the
crow's meet. We would tear It with
pincers and fire it with hot Irons! Fill
It with molten leaa and sink it in hell
fire one hundred fathoms defp."
Father Phelan, Editor Western Watch
man.
"Religious liberty Is merely endur
ed until the opposite side can be car
ried into effect, without peril to the
Catholic Church." Bishop O'Connor.
The Roman Catholic is to wield his
vote for the purpose of securing Cath
olic ascendency in this country."
Father Hecker, in the Catholic World,
July. 1870, -
"Undoubtedly it Is the intention of
the Pope to possess thts country. In
this intention he is aided by the Jes
uits and Catholic prelates and priests."
Brownson's Catholic Review, July,
1864.
When a Catholic candidate Is on a
ticket and his opponent Is a non
Catholic, let the Catholic candidate
have the vote, no matter what he rep
resents." Catholic Review, July, 1894.
"In case of conflicting laws between
the two powers, the laws of the
church must prevail over the state."
Plus IX, Syllabus 1864.
"We hold the state to oe only an
inferior court, receiving its authority
from the church and liable to have its
decrees reversed upon appeal."
Brownson's Essays, p. 282.
"We do not accept this government
or hold It to be any government at all,
or as capable of performing any of tha
proper functions of government If
the American government is to be sus
tained and preserved at all, it must
be by the rejection of the principles
of the Reformation (that is, the gov
ernment by the people), and the ac
ceptance of the Catholic wtncinle,
which is the government of the pope.'
Catholic World, September. 1871.
I acknowledge no civil power.
Cardinal Manning, speaking in the
name of the Pope. S. R. S.. 1873.
"The Pope, as the head and mouth
piece of the Catholic Church, admin
isters its discipline and Issues orders
to which every Catholic nnder pain
of sin must yield obedle: ." Cath
ollc World, of August, 1868.
In 1900 Rome will take this coun
try and keep it" Priest Hecker.
"The will of the Pope is the supreme
law of all lands." rchbishop Ire
land.
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