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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1895)
THE RUSSIAN KNOUT. BARBAROUS INFLICTIONS OP THfc WORST TOIITURBS. Ill in (Mm a a Ian an »l«ll«na ll»lf I alalr 4 In Ihn I Mi l •'«> ■wains Cruel Inairumml ««••<•»»»•-— I’nlltlae of Kaliiklraril Retain XPANDINO clvlll Mtlon abed* very *lowly it* fouua o( legal cruelly. Eng land, leu Ilian a century ago. uvd lo hang men lot Hilling crimen again*! Hie ascred right* of prope, ty, Huerta only ju*t lately ha* ahollahed the u*e of il>e Knout, though lb* father of th< pre*ent C/.ar favored the retnov ,i| of ihi* blood-*taIn from KummImu ru!« Alexander II Invited all the governor, of province* and penal nelih-iiient* io report upon their experience with tb< knout. Without exception ih-y had favored It* abolition. In many pla It wa* revealed Him I the local pole< reaortad to 11 on iba allghteal provoca tlon; Himt Ilo-y pared neiiher aye n<-t u.«. II deli* I,Ie women ami I* I*<i i children won frequently maimed for life by It* u*e Nor waa lltl* oil. Htn il*tle* were Nubmltled which allowed that within the pari ten year* p<v coo*, convicted of petty often***, had died from It* effect*, Tlie knout I* flr*l heard of In the reign of »van III. Thla w** toward the < lo*> ef^,c fifteenth century. It wa* an in airument evmi more iiiu«on* than any thing now known In ftmoda a whlii with n handle nltie Inch** long, and a very eomple* l»*h comp<wcd of *lx piece* held together by two metal rlflp and ending In a beak like hook, Th* edge* of the !**h were aharpened to a tlno point, Kvery hldw cut ar with a two-edged aword. To heighten the effect, the trained executioner, by r deft nod atllNlle motion, pulled the J», I' toward him while recovering, *« lb»i the cunningly defined hook brought off a long, thin atrip of fl#*h at every blow The trou***au of the gentleman who waa being operated upon, < onalaied only of a pair of drawer*, lie wn* faatetu"; flat on III* belly on an Inclined frnn" the hand* and feet extended at full lenglh and tlimly bound 10 It on ring* a< the extremity of thfl frame, Wlih a r< flnoinent of Ingenuity, the bend of tin aufferer wa* often no eloaely coolin' <! that, he eonld not get rflllcf fnr III* feel Inga In howling, Not every one could handle the knoul euceeaafully. it rci|ulr*d a nice comic nation of qnalllle*, native nod acquire'* Having flr*l leu horn, the execution't roulit. be made, A cold and cruel xplrh an iron nerve and greai Mlrettgib Iheae Were Hie glfta Will'll eouie trie * godmother riiuat have ahowered upon him In bla cradle, A long apprentice «hlp would be nceeaaary to develop the*r exeflllonl aitrlbuiew, t'aually tJi» chief executioner waa come criminal who bad hlmaclf been condemned ’« the punlahmctil be wa* ravd to ad mini* ter. During bl« momcttl* of lelriue from active employment It wax bl* Irualum-* to give Irj*truction* to puplla, A *on of lay figure waa need for praclb c, Tin » III' I 99 199 ll ll' i willing ai liolura In the art of dealing their blown an III At the Injury might ie graduated according in the nature «,i the crime nr the altte of Ibe lirlhe which the executioner might have niirreptl tloualy received. If the executioner wei« inclined in mercy he could Inflict Immediate death hy unking Ihe victim dlahi Me Ida own neck, Or he could protract tin agony tor an hour or ao by cutting into tin lolna. With the original knout, a aontence of from Ion lo 120 laahea waa eipilvalont to ii aenteuce of deiith, Indeed, lo many caaea the victim died under the opera tlon long before the number waa com plated. That waa it pity, The kindly Huaalnn hear), with klndtteaa tempered hy a aeverc aenae of Jnnllce, looked on the criminal na a cheat If he died without receiving Ida entire nanidii", Therefore, from time to time the aevrrl tvWt the knout waa modified until the offender could receive a aontence of 2.non laahea. The luat knout In tiae the kiiotd which Ini a Juat been ithollahed waa all ordinary throe lhonged leah tipped with leaden on!la, and known na ii pletol, ft la only lair lo any Hint alnee the gecee alon of Alexander 11. even Hda bed hern need only In certain penal aettlemonia noluldy In Hlberln, The horror of the preaent day, how ever, la mn oothlna to the horror of the < peal, hut atorioa of exeiutloiia hy the knout In eouipurallvely recent tlmow are horrible enough, Teke foi example Hie leAllmony of a Hr It laii merrhant, realdeot In Ituaala In IN.'itl. The condemned crlmlnel wna a murderer, Iwcniy-flve yeera of age lie waa gtflpped to Ida trommra ami bool* end faatennd lo Ihn atage. The knout In tide lualauee eottalated uf u handle u foot long, wllh a piece of twlaled hide of almllnr length. Tn Hda wna attached liy a ring a piece nf llioua of uliimal me till*! hardneaa, perfectly Hal, about nu ch broad and four or f1v« feet long, After every aevenlh blow Ihe thong wax changed leal ll might have Inal nouiw of Ita haidneaa hy tiae, The execolloiter aloud aome live feet from the victim, lie alowlv retard Hie Xlimit till !( had •Haloed the proper elevation, then ha brought II down wllh awful force upon Ihe middle of the eiilptiCa Inn k, A deep, erlmaoii murk nearly mi luclt In bregdlh and extending front Hie neck lo Hie wuletluuid uf tlm trouMun allowed when* Ihe horrid Ihoug had hit, A aereaiti, or rather a yell, of agony rang through the ulr, livery nine of the [„ or »r< i h h body wmxiI in a (of Vidicnt and Inaianiaiieous contortion. Whack! whack! whack! >am«* III" hlowa In quick »u<I'ctMilon (III the eighth bad n r»-a bed. Kaeh blow wu* fnllowid by lb" same frightlul yell and shudder. Thin the chief executioner gave plain to an assistant. and o one relieved the I eth"r until Hie tale waa completed. Th" screams of the victim became weaker until alwut the fiftieth blow when the criminal's head fell to one aide and he i Mi med unconscious of any further pain. , W hen all waa over hla lurk preaented a bldeoiia apertarlc. It w»* one mangl'd, bloated maaa of deep crimaon hue. He waa returned to the prison, where he died next day. Kven more frightful are the accounts of the punishment known is running the gauntlet, which waa practiced until i a comparatively recent period In the i Russian army. One cannot help but shuddering at reading the aceounta of eye witnesses to these hideous proceed ing*. DEATH Of THE BIRDS. Tbe fiarful IJrri nl tli» | elsruary I lull *OB|> >0 III* SlHltll. The readers of "Our Hoy# and Olrla" bate been told of the areat damage dom to tbe orang"-groves and the llg free# of the south by the cold "snap" of Inst f’enruary, but there Is another loss lhai *<• who live there have suffered, about wh!< h very llltle has been said. Th*' w<u ■< weather not only billed our trie* but ihe Ibouaanda of bright plumed l birds that have heretofore enlivened our forcers and groves with their beau ilfiil coals and their swee, songs, The bluebird, lhat harbinger of the early spring, did not give us his merry greeting Mil* year, ills* nrignt nine jacket an<1 brown-rod breaat, were «,!**< d by everybody, Heven little blue form*, dried and decayed, were found In one old pool on our place, where the poor creature* lia/l fled In vain for •belter, The blue Jay allll atrut* about with Id* u»U*l dignity, but only here and there, allowing that. Ilia tribe haa atif fered fearful loa*e*. The peculiarly »au note of the turtle dove thla year acern* to mourn for the death of all her i family. The effect* upon the *evcral tribes of the oriole HM'in in he til' moat ctirlou*, They evidently look upon man a* the worker of all the evil they have *uf fered, Formerly It waa an eaay matter to find their swinging mod* near to nl moat any country hour", and they ap peared not to hn afraid of men. Now they have hidden their mao* far out I In the fore*!* and they ore ahy even of the breeze an It ro' ka the cradle of their young, Fven the few humming hlrd* that are left will not corn* to *urk the pot plant a* waa once their dally habit, The woodpecker, I hough only a aum no r vlaltor, la apendlng hi* vacation at oilier reeort* lltl* aeaxori. Mia lazy call and Ida con*tent drumming upon *ome j dead tree, *o common In Mummer be fore, ore eou*phuiou*ly ab»ent Mil* year. Hut tin fell dealroyer wa* no reapeder of peraon* or rank; tho royal family auccumhed »* well a* the pea** autry, The mocking bird, the queen of the hlrd race hy virtue of her genlui and Inheritance, la nlmo t ilealroyed, it ept along the Mexican Mnlf, A hun dred mile* ha k It I* hard in And one, The gntn-iree and It* herrlea, which have he<*n held a* her home arid her fettling ground a* far hack aa hlrd III* lory rune, I* now the feeding ground of her rummouert aubjecia, the *ap amk er and the yellow hammer. I have heard hut two »lng«r* Mil* year wllhln a t -op« where In former year* I have , heard 1200, In loolug a crop of orange*, fig* and , vegetable*, we 10*0 dollar* and a few j Fixurlet whore place may he supplied hy iIn* other *weet*, Tho tree* will , giow again after a few year*, Inti It will h* many year* before our grove* and fore*in are full of hlrd* again, fl, W II I t ( iimuiuiiiilm„ l.lf«>, The trouble le with you, my dear girl, I Him you rounl llllle tiling* a* of no worm, Where we ligve ow great ra nunrlatlon to make w<- have a thoii I l and Util* on*#, and life, which you arc i Inclined to call commonplace, la not 1 #«, for every dey ran he made rich In ! beautiful deed*, (tod, who I* Juat, l» merciful, and when temptation cornea to you, even If you fall, He remembera thof you tried lo do wliut wua right, and ao la tender In Hla Ihoughl of you, There la not one of iin w ho achieve*, ov**n for one day, what w« long lo. Hut, n»y dear, wo run ewaya try for It. Wo I can he ready for the trouble that la h« 1 fore ua and e*iul|i ourae|v**a hy prayer ' and good thuughla ao Dial we can moot It bravely, urid, poaalhly, overcome It, Of comae, that la whui we wlah lo do, and yet If we are not atrong enough, If we fall hy lh*< wayalde, w» moat gel I up and try again, and keep on trying, That, In llaolf, will give ua atrengih, And ua Ihe yeur* go oil and youth lie long* to ihe |iuui, II will alwaya, h< , uuae ot i Ilia ley lug, lie C ia|*u- lo dll Dial whh li ia rlghi and merit "tlint peace which piiaaelh all und«ratuiidlug," A III,,i,I Nan, An tnieuaely reaerved ill nil, I tie, p |> nol al ull fond of talking of hliliaclf or of hla work# Al u dinner ome lime ago Ihe wife of a well known urltal, being aealed hea|d« him, lii*l»ie,| on rnmliirlliig Ihe nniveraailon lo dial end and finally maintained <•' lengih mat hie "lleddn Oahler" *,«» uu Impoa •Ihle woman, "Hut, ill a Ua III" lie au awercit, "I drew her from Ihe life," "Yea, Heir Ihiklor, hill I oai a womun I I ehinitd know, I war again, H la Im { pom,Ihle that auch a woman ahoiiot »>» I let," Thie waa loo muoh for llcrr link I (or, like a Me«h he lurned on her ! idunt" he ejaculated. which wa* un' orally (he end nf that < onveraailoii. AN OPFCNOkD OSTRICH. Aa In........I lull••• MMluiih III* Ml* fur "ipllng* **•! 4 l.ml.ra I i*. 'Ironi the Phi lade! phis I’r* * I The oatrbh at lhn Zoological Harden atood In (tic long yard adjoining It* cago In the d*cr hour* yemerday. It gazed contemplatively through 'be liar* of ih" feme al the world beyond and ablvered every once In a while aa the cool breeze* awept down upon It. It waa thinking of the difference in cj|* males and wondering whether If It burled one of fla egga aa It used to do In Ibe long Ki.o.m during aiw-li weather tbe cool wave would hatch out an Ice cream churn. While It waa revolving the question In It a mind a playful kitten came through tbe fence Inio the yard. It waa a pretty kitten pure white, ex cept for a few blotches that looked a* If aomehody hud thrown an Ink bottle at If. affer carefully removing Ibe cork The kitten went running along the yard until It came to tbe ox'rlch. Thinking II* long, thick legs were young sup lings the playful kitten gave a run and quickly climbed up them and was aoofi on top of the oKirlcir»i bai k, The huge bltd did not know what to make of It at first, ond went cantering around the yard an though ihe plague were nfit-r It, Hound and round It went uniII red In toe fgio || came to a and den Mlop The kllleu never moved, li bad taken a Arm bold of I lie ostrich and did not propose to be shaken. "I stood the eiMhqcake this morn* Ing," said lb" klHcn, "I gue*ta I <an stand ihla," finding that the siiange beast if fused In be ihiia a immarlly disposed of the oat rich became leas scared and more 11 iiwi v It eiuleil Its neck and twisted IM head mo iim In get a fall look al the kit ten, The kitten never winced. It began to think It had burked tip the wrong tree, but It waa determined to nee the matter out. The OMtrlrh aimed a blow at the undealrable rider with lt» beak, but It dodged. It triad It ugalo, but, tin reaiilt wuh the name. Again and again the agile head and long neck rallied Hedge.hammer blown at ilie tricky lit tle kitten. It eaeaped them all, though ►,ome were too near for comfort. Finally the kitten got m-ared. It ran out on the oNlrlcb'a neck to get out of the way. Then If entiled, The oatrleh couldn’t hit It there, Il'a amlle did not hir.t long, however. With a midden movement the oatrleh atretebed Iim neck backward, encircled the kitten round the wal-it, and *qUooy,ed it until It waa dead, Then It, unwound Iteelf and placidly looked at the dead animal, After a moment or iwo of coniempla Hon It pl< ked up Ha victim and dung II att far at It. could. Then It calmly re atimed the medltailona that had been mo ruthlcMMly Interrupted, 'fill* frM!» r##n#« Niirgrofi. Police Hergeant Im the man danger oiiMly wounded? Irleh Police Hurgeon Two of the woundM arc mortal, hut the third can be cured provided the man keep* ncr fcetly quiet for at l«aal alx week*, NOTKt* OP THP, IJAY. A Maine paper claim* to hove a cor roMpondcnt 4 year* old the youngem In the world. A naphtha aprlng haa been opened at (lro«nl, in the Chuoukum, which throw* Jala of the Hold to a great height, A l,owHl man, while on a hunting trip recently, aucrredod In performing Hie re mar It able fcnl of killing two foge* el one eliot Tin' dtle* of lauulon, Hlaagow end Manchester ere considering II.<• iju«* lion of ceinlillalilng n ayatem of miinli !• pal fire Inaiiriiiiee. Tilde la a lien at Banbury, Conn,, that inual lie going In for n < in nee of callatlicnlca, Hho hea Jnai Juld en egg In the ahape of n diiuibln'll, In Turkey even object* of prime n« ceaally arc aold on credit, and III Dial country, UN well aa In Itnnalu, Hie Dili" allowed In, la moat caaea, twelve montlia. In Hpiilii four filllia or llin Iranaac Ilona are done on it curb Imala, while in I'ortngul great llhcrcllty la ahown and ipille long credit la generally allowed, The lulu drouth In New liumpahlre Iiiin killed thousand* of young trout, many of Hie email breeding brook* having dried entirely up thla season that ware nover dry before, MIEN or MAHK. An Ohio man him alarteil a nickel popular gubecrlptlon for Mark Twain, Uvorga land of Man Bernardino, Cal,, la auld to he the world'* oldeat Maaon, Ilia age la UN yeara, ICx-l’l'SSldcnt Harrison expect* lo apend the month* of November and Harem her at Haraioga, CungrcHNunin lleatwole'of Minnesota will he the liHiidaonieal member of III* next House of IteprcecnlslIves, Clixgerald Murphy, uiilhor of "The Hllv«r l.liilng," Hie grant free silver play, began life aa a reporter en H,e New York World, He la not yet HO, A Wuahlngion Market, New York, butcher I* known as "The MwccHirend King," and doe* die large*! Inialnuea In Hull edible delicacy of all) Ilian III Hie country, hi* imumil aulca being ahuul 1100,000 pair*, II I* a curious fad Hiul 1,1 Hung Chang, who la mil a lohacco amoker, lm* one uf Hie lineal ciitlecllona of aiiioklng utenalla In the world, lie hua pipe* uf all age* and from all purl* of lbe world, lie keep* adding conalanily lo hl« ireaaurca In Ihla line. U list nurd Mhaw, author of "Arm* and ihe Mail," lia* been a ilaure of aom* prouilheiice In lileiary lenidmi lor live >e.na, during which time lie haa at* lernalely alirncied uiieiniuii as art crlllc, uuvellal, auclallat sad play wrlght, lie la a tail and rallier elender young Irishman of perlmpa UN yeara, a uoo simikvr, a wll and a vegetarian 'To i.ih. \'i i \itiai,. BEAUTIFUL HOME THERE FOR MRB. G. W. CHILDS. Widow of III* 1*1# .!»• fiiulUl Will l'»o til* 1C* mi ttMiler of IIrr |K|)« IihmI C oitgrni il lnirrf»iiN(|liig* I »». U«lill. Washington Correvpondenc*. UK middle of Octo ber will we a tew addition to lb* man) famou* will ow* who have ehow-n the capital for lltelr home, and the lose of I’blla delpbia will In* Washington* gain, for at that date Mr*. < htld* will take up b<-i p' ri«at.*-ut »<**ld**iu** In this i lly. ih-lug pO**e»*rd of great Wealth li wa* natural that Mr* Child* should I net the capital, and It l» now about seven month* n 1 tie** the hulldllig In-gun to rise from It* foundation* Tint *itnation I* a fine one. being In the renter of th« block on K atret. Juki between Fifteenth and Hlxteenth *tre*t.*( and In a moat faxhlonabie nelghlun bond, but au equally eonvep h*nt one to the central part of the eliy. The While lloti*e I* only tbr*e blot k» Mil*. Cl, W, CHI Mi*. unity, on lli** next *<iuer* ere tin* hornet of Quuy, Madame llonaperte end *«•'• retary lloka Htnlih, while on the aam< •<|tmre and Juat at Ihe left of the Chtldi boo** la the huge home of Henulor Hale To ihe right are the houaea of Ihe Aral aeneiary of ihe Argeullue legation urn ihe apaclotia grouuda of the home u Jtepreaentatlve Hitt. The houae la four atorlea high, eount lug the eellar, which la » moat com nmdloua one, The material la a email pale yellow hitch and the alone wort around the bottom la Avondale rock 01 granite from J'ennaylvunlo, There ar< about, forty room* In the whole imltd lug, and all ure la litre proportion The entrance la on Ihe right aide of th< manalou and la a large doorway, ovei which la a pietty carving, Htepa leaf np lo the wide main hall, whh h la 01 the Kccond floor, The hall nine almoa the entire length of the hotiae, and 01 It face ihe rooma of (hat floor, whllt from II runa a broad aialrway up Inlt tha third alary, Aa one entera the ha I the flrat object which caiehea Ihe eyi la an Itiitnenae open fire place, over which la a mirror whoa* frame la oi anM'iuo oak ami whore work about flu lire la of redatone. The lergeat room In the houae la or thfa flour and H la Ih# llhrury, whirl extenda all acre** the front of 11<«. Imlld tag, The Chamber la III a mahogany known aa Haywood, which la a llgiil tint, almoat of a cherry ahede, Tin walla are flnled wllli a a.ige green, llu caaea, doora, mental aid cornice* er« of (he wood and the efftr I la very flto There are huge window* dial will main the room a delightful place for reading Adjoining the library la the parlor, oi drawing-room, aa It la now called In polite circle*, Till* room la mm li *,miller and coaler Ilian Hie library ami Til Id CltlUU* MANSION, will probably Ilf In a Uni of Ivory ami paid. Tlm grate In nuI In onyx and the ilollfHio l,oulN XI, mirror In already in place, 'I'llIn room, Win'll It In IlHlCd Mini furnlohed In nil Hi" graceful "I" ■Hio'rN uml wealth con command, win lie n gain of lioiinly, uml prolmlily one of Ho. moNi allractlv" parlora In Mila i lly ill magnlflceul bomaa, Neti to Ilia drawing room la Ilia illn Ina room, which la null" large In ill ni"iiNlonN, Tli" Hilling of ilila room will tm dmii brown willi golilcn trim minaa, At one «ml la a Iilgli maulcl ol dark wood, oak, which Iimn boon aUlnatl till It la almoat black and ihua Iimn an air of great anlliiully. Tin* lop la Ntirniunnicd by a large inlrroi, • >» Hie left band la a big bill!"! of Ilia anme wood, on wblib lb* Oliver ami ohlra will ba dlNpla)«d. and Ju»l oppiiNtla I* ihe piitie rat rtf site rt dark eel. tit J Which Hie rat' (•.*■'* ef plate will be .-bow it again*! a bar aground of rich | velvet. Adjoining the timing iooui le the butkt • pat try. I t.li. Mparlttitnt | I* flttrd up In ilttiijiie mile. A dumb waiter d«*'-*tul* into the i klb hen and alt* about the ruo.u* nr« < lo*ei* and thrive*. while arottntl the I toil of the chamber l« a balcony wlild. i allow* acceu to a aecond vet of doie-t* | up Mfh ugalnat the wall. A etalniue 1 uilmit* the *er»ant to the china whet, more I* needed and thua all of It la be j fore the • ye* of the mlilre**. but doe* not ot i-upy the floor of the room. Ju/t ut one Kitle |« a email cioeet with a Htrong i:t«l door thia la the lault for the protection of the halldaonii- allver Juat below the but lei * pantry la the i cold-atocage rot.in In which the edl i Me* are kept and into which th* <•*• I* ( put direct from the » agon. Thla room Ik on the ground floor. Ju*t below all , the apartment* before dwrlbed. Here la the huge kitchen with long rang' a extending ». re** one ride of the room. Next to It I* the laundry, which lu* handromc tiled tuba and n Mlg, ilit-lined room in which the cloth ing can in |> it when wet and dried by atcum. Aero** tin hall I* the lamp room and , adjoining la ih*- wine tellar. Thla I* Juat In low the malll entrance on the floor above and Iimh around the walla wooden rack* with little curve* cut In them, *o that the bottle* will lb aafely ion their aide*. Adjoining la Ilia afore room for gron nr*', and neat la the servant*' dining room, u large, cool, comfortable rhambi r All of the ground or collar door la to neat colora.Anlahod in llglit wood with a* much puina mm If It war* the drawing room, At the back of Mr* Iioumo runa an elevator, which la uii Important feature of the eatabllah in out, On Mii third floor, tl,ai above the par lor and dining fooma, ui<- the chamber* of the nilatr«MM of tho nmr.alon and her giio»t, MImm Peletnon. who la a nloco of Mra, Ohllda, Tho flrat room on Mila floor la facing the i»fr- < f, and la a boun tiful and Mpru loua bath room, flnlMbod In Mm aofteat and moat Attractive tin<» of a delicate pirik ant! gold. A grace fully carved mantel la at one aide, rich tiling lloora a part of tho place and Mo tub In of porcelain and full of gleaming aplgola. Thin la Mra, Child*' own pi l vale bath room. Adjoining la her bod chamber, which la a apgeloua apart mont. It la light and airy and will la flnlahed In delicate tlnta of the aofteat ahadea. Opening Into her bed room la who! lr known or rather will bo known nr "Mra. Chllda’ don." It la a may little room. In which abe ran apend her time In reading and writing, and Juat In front of the window la a liny bnlronjr i * |j from which »he ran look down Into Monitor llulo'a yard. From thla "don" om< nlepa Into thr anting tooni of Mice I'rlrraon n rharnhcr which la much like that of Mra, t'hllda* mid will aim lm huudaomely furnlahrd, Adjoining, thla la I hr hod room of Mini I'rlrraon, und oral In that la n bright chamber which will ho uneil ua a rawing loom, On ihr fourth floor nrr arvoral lurg ■, haiidaomo rooina will'll will br oard m; puoal rlinmbrm, and uro furnlabod In ! luxurloiia alylr, At the back of the fine rooma, which face the rtrrot, will hr Ihr Iirul UCd eomfortuhle tjunrlri * of tlo | arrvunla, A amiill yard Ir on the left of Ihr manalon und at Ihr hm k la u pretty ala hie und carriage lion*«, II la anfc lo auy Ihut the t'hllda real* demo will heroin# one of the algbta of thr city and the aorta I world will wb"U the next region oprna And that the Quaker Ctty haa rent to Hie capital one or Ua moal attractive ornameuta, V\ nah luglon haa already within Ua galea many famoua woman, Mra, tjenrrul John A. l,oaan, Mra, (llnerol I'htl Mher Idan Mra, Nrlllo (Irant-Hurtoi la, Mra liluliir and Madame lioiiuiiarle, ar well ur Mra. Harriet L, Johnrton, nmoug the nu m her, • ■ * vviicr* the l.emoao Urea, Few Amerlcmr, agya Ihr New York 1 Tribune, are aware of the fait iliui If I II were not for the lllile Irland of Mlrlly , now llirre would hr no |oiuuu«. nor arc 1 many aware of me meal iIIIiumimn<»<■ 1 of Ihla commerce und of Itr m rioliv III llir Fulled HI ulra Thr prod Ml'I loll uf linionr lii America Ir mi limlird at llir preaenl time, hoih a* mgaida ijuuim ; i|t) und arnaona, that a!) of inllfornla'r and Flnrula'a prndin Ir do uni auppl) ( ill per rent of llir toiitiltya nerd* After llir tnuiUha of Augual ami Hep luiiih-r. when uur douiiailc lemon crop# mature, hut foi KUIjy we mould hr wllhoul uny Inuona whalroever, »■ uapl for u few i lie I Npaln amid* or, durlua the real uf Ilia year. Accuralt Hamea allow lhal from Hepiemliu Ul lo j April ito dmliig thr laal live yearn thr Itnpoi-tailonn from Hlelly have hem ! about I,<100.000 hokea every year, each containing :nai lemana, 'l M« la muul lo Mu.060,000 lemon*. T1IF SI NIIAY SCHOOL LkSSON IV SUNDAY. OCTOBER Ul THU CHILD SAMUEL f«uMr> Ini' lord fa# tlif ftHtmil lit* I «*it It i«* *1 IK* J*«* •! Ill* llmr of *»»• F*cM of 4*4|*« NTH ODUCTORT: The MCtiW In eludes ill* ttrst sn chapters of 1 Asm* lie I Til# two hooks of Hatnuel. Iik* th« j V> tin of Kings original!) funned an undivided whala All four w*r* callail Uy J era mo. Tbs Hooks of th* Kings, Tin hook* are rall< <1 ill • lawk* of S»ai url, because they word llf* ant u tilt'i) of tbo atprnpaot sud Jildg' They ar« railed ho.tks of K>ug» U cause they rerot I ilia Introdnotion of royalty among the |*rnallt«s Johnson. It Is generally agreed lit it the book l« a compilation from different »oui lie hiding the writing'' of Mrnue' him self il Ham. 10 Jiit, ih* I took if Nath»« tin prepbet, and the boon if 4*; t ’•> ' ri«r il f'brnn, IMf.l19; t I'nton :•-H Haiiiunl tens linrti about IH< It. C, and th< dam of this |a« mii It tberofora twelve year*. Inter, IMS II C (In* - u I dales of this period are all of them somewhat uncertain,! I’lmm Shiloh, the religious enplinl of Israel, seven iii-ii miles north of Jerusalem and half ■/lip littlMfrhti I (ft l i • g • I :i ml #4 ft #*• * 11 f II. ftlfH or ion mile* from each Huinunl Twelve year* old; Kll, About 7* year* old, high prl«Jt and judge Today'* !**• aon Include* I Himtiel 3:1*12. 1. And (lie child Miunilrl m!dl*tar«'l unto the laird before Ktt, And the word of the Lord wee prclou* It* 'hoe* daye; there woe no open vision I d im uel wae now only 12 yarn old There wae no written word There was no recognised prophet "who** word .who lo all Israel,") 2, And II came to pu»* at lb a' llm«, when Kll won laid down In hie til mo, and hi* eye* hogan 10 WB* dim. that b> could not eve; 2, And ere the lump of Hod went oil In Hie i cm pie of the laird, wbero the ark of Hod wae, and dauiuvl wae lull down to Bleep; 4 That Hie laird called dminel; afl I he annwered, Here alii I | 6, And he ran unto Kit, and nan), Here am I; for thou cBll«d*i m* And lie eald,l called not; He down again. And he went and lay down, (And ho ran unto Kll, Itnacijualniad with the vlaion* of Hie Almighty, he look that to b« only Kll’e cull which waa really Hi* call of Hod, Hrndi hi I* take* ww mak" of oner than w*> think,) (I, And the laird called yt agalo, Haniuel, And Mamuel arose and wont to Kll, and eald, Here am I, for thou dldkt call me. Ami Im answered, I called not, my eon; li< down a* tin 7, Now Humuel did not yet know tiio laird, neliher wae the word of tu i lainl yet revealed unto him. k And Hie laird called gurauel again the third time. And he aro*** and want to Kll, and eald, Here urn l for thoo dldet call me. Amt Kll ..Ived that the laird had called Hie child, OIIkIi l'rl«*t.> 9, Th«r*forn Mil uuld unto Horn i«l, do, lln down: and II ahull In*. If ha all thcM, that thou aliali any, Mp*uk, Lord, for thy aarvant haurfth. Ho Xmm*l want and lay down In hi* plam It). And lha Lord earn*, and at»>», ttnd mllad aa at othar tlotaa, Maminl, Mttinual. Than Humual tiuwamd, Hpank: for thy aarvimt h«4r«ih. II, And Ilia Lord auld to Huronal, II* hold, I will do a ihluu III Uraal, 4’. wblah hoi h tha aara of ovary on* that haulath It ahall tin*!*. (Now Aoum*! did not yd know ilia Lord, It* ill not raiopnlaa III* mil, ha did not know 0 i» Hod mimmtinlmlud hi* • III to hi* pmphal* Till* w:< 1 III* rtr*l ««|>*rl*il m* I* ataiad In ill* U*t nuit of Mi* vai*a, N, Tha Ihlrd Hill* Hod U«p< i«,ioiitliiH hi* mil, for h* know it w m not froio iiiiwllllhknaaa to Itaar ml Ithay Hiui Honmal did not iiMwai Mat, lull from ln**p«i i*0‘* In land, turn oaC* prompt oliallaii,'* to MIT* uup po**d anil waa Hi* aauurah"* Hm< hr would unawar Hod * rail wn«d*¥#i )** ra *r.nl**d It, | KMI'HUNl'H f At.h 4, Miary itrlnk*r Itu* th* davit for (1. moaUr. An <4111 nit* I will Itul dluonay Hi* U*» *1 nntura, ; "InhHH Iota* a «liinin« murk," #0 1 w d«o» wliiaky, i hi boy or to day I* in* mutt of ' > mmrnu Ara mu **Hlhn him 4 4001 1 aampla* Tha davll will ***ur* you th«i HJo«t iitir drink will do you no h*r o " in* davil la a liar,