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ORIGIN OF LYNCHING.] CHAMP CLARK ENTERTAINING- I LY PRESENTS IT. CXI! Lrnlonrj Town ml the .fn*t and lTn J«st Caused tli« I'roplo to Turn to tho Itope nud Hough—A Cuntailouit tAlllRMlt i i VERYTHINQ has r jy IV» ?! « i :ufo. The reign I of lynch law m Kentucky had a ^ queer origin. It was started by the mer ■KJt elfulness of one t w* man. HT Thomas E. Dram Ictt was a big hearted Kentuck ■L Ian, who bore a brigadier's commission in the Federal army, and was elected governor in 18C:t at the same time that John M. Harlan, now a Justice of lint Supreme court of the United States, was elected attorney general. In Kentucky, un der the old constitution, tho governor could pardon before conviction aa well ns after. Governor Hramlett took the position that during and Immediately succeeding the war men had done many unlawful things which ordinarily they ^'Wotild not have done. He treated the ex-Confederates and ex-Union men with perfect impartiality. Ilia clem eney, like the rain and dew of heaven, fell equally upon the Just and the un just. Once the sheriff of my county took six men to the penitentiary and they all got homo before he did. That night four of them were hanged to a limb of a tree, and the only reason why their two companions did not travel tho hemp route to tho eternal bonfire WITNESSING THE MURDER. , was because they could not be caught. I The wholesale pardon mill emboldened criminals and produced a veritable reign of horror. Murder, robbery, lar |t.c>iiv. rape, arson and every species of deviltry abounded on every band. At imp, last the people grew weary of this V elate of things and took the law Into their own hands, and executed It iu K*,. piost vigorous fashion. H j The lynch business began on a piece ; (Of historic ground. Oct. 8, 1862, the v j. Heft wing of Hud's army and Bragg's army fought the battle of Perryville. This was one of the bloodiest battles Wm of the war. Part of the battlefield was what was known as the “Bottom b Farm.’’ On this farm was an old one 1 etory log house, with a loft sometimes used for sleeping purposes. This loft bad a loose hoard floor in It. In this house the old widow Bottom lived by herself. Some time about 18G5 or 1866, two Pattersons robbed the old woman, They were indicted for It. As the court was coming on and as Mrs. Bottom was the sole witness against the Pattersons, they concluded that the best way to clear themselves was to murder her, and as she lived alone, they concluded that this could be done easily a"hd without fear of detection. Bo they proceeded to murder her at night in her own home. Unfortunate ly for their scheme, however, her little 9-years-old granddaughter, who was sleeping in the loft, looked down through the cracks iu the lloor, saw m , v A hit, ee r AS COMMON AM WKIHHNOH. th«-u» munitfr her Brao.lm .th. r, noil a* mm.n it* ti .y lest, went to the m it neighbor* blot Bare the aUiUl. ‘there were so mil) l*:»lter»oo» tn the Brlga hort ixt th.i! tt>.-* »>!•» oi 'li u»m. .1, the ohl*r wise .4 tHU worth* pair feeing cult*.I “tvgltt fe'wot " They were nrreat #4 ant put In Jail Thi* outrage *w lerrli . l the 0 iipte of tfe* COMMUtOl?* that the *«nr fe«-I *IHB*ne »ith...i npect to politic* or relight* feouml tNutitn together feeatll* gn4 form- I theme#tree lot * h •«- '*■f of t»«ul *• * lore. ft. in. t. ■ *• . i ■ «>■ t. I the nib- whe.e tfe-* 1*1 lemon* « * e*»oitn*4 for the pMfpgao of hanging them the* f«wn4 n o-*r« pee*- b.*r tn fft«« with them on • charge of hog •>.<.(.ag *»4 tfe. * *<MO’ia4e4 to feaog fetm. toe bo oiih ' gfetu >W h*4 hi- aeo an-i the pren, tfe * pro. •*4*4 to n tll'fe feeeeh w o..-’ They at long til three of tfe* to op oa • limb. "Split Foot's” rope broke, and In the excitement he escaped. This was the beginning. A peculiar ity of the lynch business is that It is more contagious than the smallpox or the black plague, and therein lies one of the dangers of the system. Lynchlngs became as common in that part of the country almost as wed dings. In eight or ten counties they hanged something like 100 men; horse whipped probably twice as many, and drove that many out of the state. In deed. so prevalent was the idea of lynching that it came to pass that a man riding through the woods would Instinctively pick out a good limb to hang a.fellow on. From being the most lawless county perhaps In the United States, that por tion of Kentucky suddenly became the most orderly. 1 believe it to be true that within twelve months after the initial hanging near Porryvllle, a man could have left ills porketbook In the b!g road without any reasonable fears of It being picked up and carried off. Now, three men can hang a man Just as well as 300. Usually the first man that is lynched in a community richly deserves It. Hut, as I said be fore, it is contagious, und it finally conics to pass that If two or three men have a grudge against another and lynching Is prevalent, they are liable to take him out and hang him und charge It up to the lynchers. Ho one day, some years afterwards, p very handsome scapegrace by the name of Hum Lambert, went to a little vil lage called Cornlshvllle, in Mercer county, and became engaged in a poker game with some of tlie resident play ers. Finally they got Into a fight and the Cornlshvllle fellows shot Lambert and killed him. Not knowing precisely what ,to do with him, they concluded to take him to the woods and swing him up, thinking that hiH death would iinnn thn lvnr*hr»rp. This l.llOV proceeded to do. Hy this time, how ever. the people had grown weary of the lynch business, and one man of In quiring turn of mind noticed that while Lambert’s corpse was hanging to the tree, his hair was standing straight up, and had blood on It. Further in vestigation showed that he had been riddled with bullets, and was dead be fore lie was hanged. CHAMPION CLARK. Turkey Cftckcd ll«r II11>*. Mrs. Kleanor Hess, an elderly lady I'v.ng in Hlack Hole valley, near Mont gomery, Pa., Its suffering from a pecu liar accident, and a big black turkey gobbler is responsible for the fracture of a couple of her ribs. A few days ago a man went to the residence of Mrs. Hess to purchase some turkeys. Tho gobbler In question had always been tame and a regular pet, but the sight of a stranger and the thoughts of speedy decapitation caused it to take to flight. So it hopped upon the top board of the barnyard gate. The good lady of the house moved cautiously toward it and just as her fingers closed around the sturdy limbs of the fowl he made a Jump for the other side, almost Jerking Mrs. Hess across the fence. She struck quite forcibly with her side across the gate, and from the intense pains and soreness she has since experienced it is very evident that one, if not more, ribs have been cracked. MuNkrat » Milk Thief. Farmer Young, of Harmony, Pa., has noticed that his cows come up at night with the appearance of having been milked. He got tired of it, and sent Ills hired man to the pasture to eaten the thief. Ho spent" tho day near enough to the cow's to watch them, he thought, but at night It was still evi dent that the cows had been milked .. Ha nr n n HAtiei m nlwlcifl nn<l uailt back with them the next day. At about 11 o'clock he says, a cow went into sonic brush near a small lake. He crept through the grass and caught the thief in the act, and he proved to he a large muskrat. The muskrat was hanging on to the cow's udder, und seemed to ho enjoying his dinner im mensely. When the rat disappeared into the swamp the cow was angry, and was driven back Into the pasture with great difficulty.—Ex. Shot by 111« Rteptoo. Wesley Webb, a 16-year-old lad, shot his stepfather the other day at Roches ter, N. V. Wesley is a sensitive, pas sionate youth. Some time ago his mother, a widow, married John Smith, a Nlnndon farmer. Stepson and step father did not get along well together. Smith and his wife quarreled over a trivial mutter. The argument became heuted und young Webb interfered.Put was promptly knocked down by Ills stepfather. The boy t)WI drew a re volver ami fired, the bullet taking ef fect lu Smlih's right arm. Smith rushed toward We ley. and the latter, retreating, fired twice, one bullet sink ing Smith lu the ties by part of the neck. The stepfather sunk la the 0<e;r and the boy fled. A warrant has been htuetl fur Webb's arrest, and a deputy Is looking fur him. Kid Is lurrvvl. A Caldwell, Mu., man tl-ked a neigh* I bur the other day fur referring to his child aa a ' kid." He didn't know that the word ' hid," as applied to n child, was proper, according 10 Wnfintnr [ .*t i h was (he proof la man, and the [ ind'.gnant parent was fined It and [ towtfi K* Hoilsi Scenes s Util vm l**e*S p *11# Her ray. aged I? a Chicago girl, I -i d of a ,h « h • tweed by »■•!«,ng t. tv face with a burglar in her room at Midnight. The man ihrearewe.l her life and rotated a tevoleer at her* j the seresort'd agd fell M u> <0*4. loo dpi ritualists tig the table hot the in us who tips the waller whan fa*as j >.*«*# JOHN RANDOLPH. A PICTURESQUE PUBLIC FIG URE IN HISTORY. Typical Virginia stntfimun On« of tl»« Mont Krinarkahlft anil Talented Char* actcri Ever Pro<lurn<t In America — A Marvelonv Potter of Eloquence. (Special Letter.) OHN RANDOLPH of Roanoke was one of the meat re markable charac ters ever produced by this country. There are yet, after all these years, numbers of anec dotes told and printed of the ec centricity, the pow er of sarcasm and the wonderful elo quence of the man who v.c.i perhaps, the most unique figure of this cen tury. For more than thirty years Ran dolph was constantly in public life, serving as congressman, senator, and minister to Russia, during which time he was called the political meteor of his day, and attracted tho attention of the public in a way that no other man ever did. He was known by many, but comprehended by none; his bril liancy was equaled only by Ills eccen tricity; and his mirth mingled with a sadness not untouched by bitterness. His whole life was tinged with that morbid uiiluippincss and love of soli tude which characterized his later years. Ho believed himself to be the child of destiny, and would often as sert In tones of anguish that he felt "the curse" cleaving lo him. In early j youth lie acquired great knowledge of polities and an extensive acquaintance with the leading characters of the country which served him well in 1799, when he found himself elected to coil gross. Ho became during the next 11 years the most prominent figure in congress. Crowds flocked to the house whenever it was announced he would speak, and a lasting impression was made upon them ky the tall, gaunt man who, with dark eyes flashing and sallow face lighted up by his wonder i ful eloquence, emphasized with ids long, bony forefinger some of the most cutting bnrbs of Irony and sarcasm which ever fell from mortal lip*- Monte times, but not often, he made use of the wonderful power of pathos he pos sessed and swayed his audience which soever way he would. In 1N13 he re i tired from congress and returned to j his estate on the Staunton river, ’he celebrated itoanoke, whleli Is never [ separated from the mention of his name Here he dwelt alone, save f ir I his slaves, In a bouse built of logs. It i veottld l>e difficult. Indeed, to discover ! a more lonely spot, where day alter | day not a sound was heard but the rustling and sighing of *h« wind j through the trees. He never permitted a twig to be rut on the place ai d the | Iso** undergrowth and unpruned Ir a ' teemed to form a tilling retreat for ih> witd nature of this descendant of |*»r rahoniss Humble as hta dwelling ploco was In appearance, It contain- t i tonic Sew painting* and wngravtnww, and a ntaanlttraal library uf more lb *u a thousand volume*. n*«>*t of wbt* b he had imported from fcnghmd Many of tbasw boobs w«r« rare edtitoo*. b#<*>» ; t'fully bound, sad in aumbwra of them I ware marginal autos, svidwnuring pro ton nd thought an I r-eud l>f a (usontih* nature Haadoipb stung 1 to lb# tradition* of b>* as- sat**#*, »m» I : trwtwlsd la a »*a«*b and four long af » otb* • * bad abaa b>a«l that *tui«»» mod* of two motion la bta draw*, too h* a i it*rod to lb* taatloaa of tb* past .*» *w*h a d«gr « tbat bta gu«*r Sgors * u ' oft*w lb# *uhj**t of mb maturity I big aanuyd blot but bad no rfm in tndatag sa ihtrtUH «f rmua* II* advocated the English law of primo geniture. and believed so firmly In ! keeping property intact that he could ! never be persuaded to part with a foot J of his large landed estates. Randolph's habit of withdrawing fror. his fellow- 1 men caused him to make few friends, : but those friends felt for him a depth of attachment seldom equaled. One of them was Francis Scott Key, author of the "Star Spangled Banner." with whom he kept up a long and volumin ous correspondence, which was pub lished some time since. In the life cf John Randolph was a romance, around which lias always hovered a mystery quito In accord with the rest of Ills strange career. On a plantation near bis mother's home lived Marla Ward, a young girl of wonderful beauty,famed as the hello of her day iu the state. All the wild devotion In Randolph's nature was concentrated on this beau- \ tlful neighbor, and finally they be- ! catno betrothed. One day, however, they parted nfter a long, solemn Inter view, and from that time never met when possible to avoid it, though tin Ir interest In each oth‘-r seemed unabat ed. Neither of them could ever bo In duced to explain the strange occur rence. In nfter years Miss Ward mar ried his cousin, Peyton Randolph, and at her death loft a seated package of letters, with solemn Injunctions that it should bn kept unopened and given to her daughter, then three years Old, when she should he of age. This pack age, It Is thought, explained the rriu on of Ike broken engagement, but the ex ecutors concluded the papers were too sacred to chance the uncertainties of so many y< ars and burned them un opened, destroying at the sumo time all chances of ever solving the mystery. John Randolph re-entered Congress In 1815, arid though the Ill-health from which he suffered nil his life had in t reasr d to an alarming < xtect, he took a prominent part In politic . Ho op posed the national bank bill, the tariff, the Missouri compromise and numerous other Important measures which wore / THE TOME OP RANDOLPH. brought forward. He upheld his opin ions in defiance of everyone, caring little for the approval or disapproval of those around him. The sentiment which ruled him was a passionate de votion to his state, which even his en emies could but admire; his chief polit ical efforts were exerted for state's rights in opposition to most of (he party leaders of the day. who favored strong central government. In study ing his life one finds that his most fiery shafts und bitterest tauuis were directed not so much against his own enemies as against those whom he con sidered the foes of his state. Neither flattery nor threat nor favor could \' ^ j«»nv i-women or hoanoki; Inra ktin (rum hit alMN»rblR« (Mnituiith t. .It a hrtlliAkl |*art la tl,» *»• «*>« Vlf!..i. v( la„*. wh»r* ik* «**•<«•«* t( ki* ia(*li*#i ah I *k«|w *»• • »» <mw« »*»t» la •« ■»••••»** WPW< at Mtrk «k«n M W in*, Mw. * **4 Jiika Uarakall A h» *«•>«• ht Uh,m k * 4»»tk ik« wmairjr *** lkr*»n laiw «r«*( <**•« kr ImIm'i |U u«a i« •*(•*«* »k* tariff la* Hmv 4»>«A ik« **h Ut la k»4 *1 ik* ilaw. «kk***<4 Iki* aw killart* Ik*I k* l*M*'*4 on being lifted Into his coach and ; driven from county to county. whrre he addressed the peoplo with all the earnestness of a dying man. His dis trict Immediately adopted resolutions condemning the proclamation as an infringement upon the rights of tho state*, and the effect of his eloquence spreading nbroad had great Influence in bringing about the compromise bill of 1833. This last powerful stroke for the rn".:;e for which the power* of his genius and eloquence had been so constantly exerted seemed to form a fitting end to the life o? John Ran dolph. He died June 24. 1833. at the City Hotel In Philadelphia, where lie had gone to set sail for England. On hl-i way lie passed through Waahlng,iei. and dragging hlu emaciated body with difficulty to the senate chamber again met Henry Clay. The former cnemle had ft touching Interview and parted, for the Inst time, In pea c and good will. Randolph was carried to Vir ginia and bin inf under the pines of Roanoke In the midr.t of that solitude which he had always crnv< d In life Many years later tils remains wero v moved to Hollywood cemetery in Rich mond. and a handsome moimni'nt placed over them by John Randolph Bryan. In making the removal It va found that his body was burled no less than light feet In the ground; the ..'•fVa <1 i Ht mi 11 tr moved, as the roots 01 an old oak lia 1 buret It asunder and wrapped round and round his body, holding him In a long embrace clone to the stale lie had loved bo well. SAll.ORS FOND OF COUNTRY. fnVfftriul’Iy Itpon Untiring Tlicy Neele n ■ arm to roil Tlitlr llayii From I ho Washington Star: "Naval officers always rettlo In the country when they can,*’ remarked a promi nent officer to n Star reporter. "Dur ing their active careers that Is, dur ing the time they are at sea :liey are necessarily cramped for room, and while Rome of them on the large, mod rrn ships have elegant and sumptuous (luartera there Is neccwartly a limit to It. This thing grows on a man to such an extent that the first thing lie does when ho Is retired, and In hun dreds of cases long be fore retirement, he hunts up a farm. Three of the ad mirals on the retired list, headed by Admiral Ammen, are th<- owners of farms In the Immediate vicinity of Washington, and u number of other officers tiro similarly provided for though their farms are not extensive;. They seem to want stretching room, and It will bo noticed that when they do they secure big places. Thclt minds run Into stock and chicken ral. ing. The officers of the marine corpr have been noted for years as the owners of the speediest horses owned or driven about Washington, and they have been always prominent In con neetlon with our racing association* or organizations. Naval officers hav* been similarly prominent. It Is dif ferent with army officers. Their am bition seems to he for nice houses in the cities. The naval officers’ Idea all run toward the country. I don’t like to give names, but I could give dozens of Illustrations to prove what 1 say, if It were necessary. Take a look at. the Incoming cars from any of the suburban places around Wash. i. .... .. ...... o / I xo III bo sufficient proof of what I Hay." HAVE FAITH IN FETISHES. Many Colored IVopiw llolleve Thut Snake Hkin Will Ward oil !•:vll. From the Philadelphia Record: Be lief In the efficacy of fetishes is still prevalent among a certain clasu of colored people in this city, and prob ably no one has the superstition brought so forcibly to his attention as Head Keeper Mauley of the Zoo. Con stant applications are made to him for materials for love charms by both sexes. Most often the request is for a little piece of snake skin, which, when powdered by a witch doctor and put In a locket, to be suspended from the possessor's neck, Is considered to lie a Hiiro winner of affections. To supply tlie demand a number of skins tuken from Hie reptiles thut die in cap tivity are always kept ou hand. The soft breast feathers front the African gray parrots are saved for other woo ers, who prize them just as highly. Keeper Manley is t ailed upon to sup ply fetishes to insure success In com bat as well ub In love. Keveral negro prize fighters well known in the local ring carry a little hunch of hair dip ped from the tuft on the end of the old | lion's lull. These bristles are thought to give the wearer unbounded courage and strength. lVi'MiHl'l !*«>« tirt*. I,allies fifty years sgo, when going on a Journal hy stage n ut It, carried their cask lit their and* rporkets j There were no railways opened in Wales then, mid people who bad not a dose carriage either went In the malt conch or in a post these. Farm- I ere' wiv a end market wcut> n wore i them large under pockets, I reiuetu- j tier my Welsh nutM tied one, wherein ! If »h« took m i out cowslip picking, or ! nutting, or lihdtlwrry gathering, she ; retried n bottle of milk amt a tot of ; h: > olts or n pan#) of tsb lst> beg. pf itii g (teen p natore ss well Her pocket on iksr occasions was like n [ big bag I was very proud when aha 1 stitched up a wee pocket for me to wear under my frock, wi of some •tuff like hedttehing. •ttniktr to that •>f which she made her own big pock* •U Note* and Huertas. fed hi •wep. Kangsrvo talk* lor aoup hare been •< »t to InMidwn fr»m Amiwlia A shipment of twstny*gm hundred weight w«s sold at the rata of |S a *b s>n talk In Awetmtta they are stw* •tdsmd * grtal delicacy. THE ECOLE BRAILLE • FRENCH SCHOOL WHERE BLIND CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED. Iftirn ('hiefly iiy observation— PatlictlA Mlffhi I’rf^irnted by h I'Iam In Nntnrftl HUtory Hoys ft net OIrU llrrmne Nkillc<l In tueriil Tratleti. (Paris Letter.) 08T visitors to Parts nnd other largo French towns have been in turns moved and disgust ed by the unsightly naan of beggars who crowd round the porch of each French < hurch and public building. M o r o particularly Is the French love of children shame fully explolttd, and the blrtll of a blind child Into a poverty-stricken family Is often balled with rejoicing, for the unfortunate will very noon be come a very profitable source of In come to all those conn' ted with httn. A well-known philanthropist, M. Pop* halt, made up his mind to provide a remedy for tills deplorable state of things. After many fruitless efforts, ho Interested the government, tn his scheme, nnd on Jan. J, 1SS3, was for mally opened the PJecle (school) Itraille, which, though originally founded tn Paris, has now been trans ferred to the pretty country town of Haltit Maude. Oner, however. that a blind child has the good fortune to tlud himself nn inmate of the Kcola lirallle, Ills lot may lie envied by his more fortunate brother or sister, for (•ill’ll M1111(1 t' - 110 J. 11 I* 11(11. (Ill 17 fully taught ell that the ordinary Krcncli child inruns In the primary government schools, hut also share* in the advantages of a splendid gymna sium and delightful playground. Most people have heard of the Braille sys tem of teaching th" blind, but prob ably few realize exactly In what It consists! The sense of touch or feel ing Is very highly developed among those who are without sight, and It Is i xtraordlnnry to what an extent this nonce ean he cultivated and increased. The Braille system simply consists of developing and applying the sense of touch till through It the pupil can ho taught everything, from the alphabet, to basket-making. In other words, al though It may seem paradoxical to say so, everything Is done to develop among the blind the sen e of observa tion. Indeed, in nome ways the in mates of the institution r/ottld scent to he even more Intelligent and quick than are ordinary children, and, as a rule, they reply to the questions put to them by their masters and mistresses quickly and accurately. Nothing can he more strange, and at the same time more pathetic, than the rpcctnrle of a natural history lesson nt the Kioto Braille. Before each pupils Is put (he ituwlf J nn unlmnl. I inn:,‘finitely a number of little hands nrr* seen rapid ly passing over the model, seeking out the eyes, the feet, the teeth, the tall. Then romes the answer In' chorus, "This is n dog,” or “This is a duck, teacher,” giving as clearly ns may he what has led each pupil to the right conclusion. The same system Is pur sued In every ease, and some extraor dinary results have been achieved with the help of raised maps anil ter restrial globes. Ah the visitor turns round the globe, he can m.k a pupil to Indicate to him a town In Asia, Eu rope or America, and uftcr a few mo neats, the right spot or raised dot. will be Indicated. Another excellent fashion of teaching geography is by the help of those wooden puzzles whir li, when completely lilted togeth er, form the section of a map. The blind child does not, as a rule, cure to play or run about. He has to be taught all the usual games, but after a very short time at Saint Mando a new pupil becomes as keenly anxious to take hla part in the playground as elsewhere. When eueh pupil, boy or girl, uttalnw the ago of 13, he or she Is apprenticed to a trade, brush-mak ing and all kinds of rouRh straw-work being taught to the beys, while the girls become artiflclal-flower makers or take part in the manufacture of those bundred-and-one articles which MAKING UASKETS •U-ligitt Ihn pamor* by In the rhl«f thorooghtaraa uf Pari*. It It eignill rant that, although both In bru.hmtk Irr ami kindred Iraibt many abarp lt> »t rutin tit* are ummI. a blind work man aaMtatn II aver *uU Inuortf A l«r«« trade la rhalr-ranlRg I* iktn* at tba grboot. tngi MmkoH «r«t. Tbrodur* K«t*' uatrtiH • bat Hr young coal »l»’*r of Coal Minor, wblta bluet lug In i ha Heuubler ulna, «.<* b;tclad up to bU ittuutb iu «ul Plena bt pi ne lt« gamut ad »b* mm \v‘»* •u*H> Ml it*d b* tallaM tw» help m<l ItlM*«d Moth lege W*r* bt. h- a a*4 be ttMUined •ertoue Internal Injuria* r«iii Mate a Hu Ou« An up- i-dete fnttut gut, AU «.term nf tea la tba bouea at PradarWb Mahl*. M- .M* M* , and rated tba ,ttea nl «b« katt| Tba bout* da*t»«t«J