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EXECUTION OF MAXIMILIAN
Be
'SI
V?
Received Hift Sentence Calmly ana
Met Death Like a Hero.
The execution had been fixed for
June 16. At ll'o'olock on that day
sentence was read to the condemned,
who were told that it would be car
ried into effect at 3 o'clock on the
same afternoon.
Maximilian received the intelli
gence calmly and devoted the fol
lowing hours, which he deemed his
last, to dictating letters to Dr. Bssch
and to his Mexican secretary, Scnor
Blasio. He then confessed to^'dre
Soria and heard mass in General
Miramon's chamber, whe*5 the con
demned men received tl*5 sacra
ments, after which he his let
ters and took leaveJf those about
him. In removing "s wedding ring
and handing it tr^r*Basohlie said,
"You will tell ry mother that I did
my duty a« a tidier and died like a
Christian." After this he quietly
awaited de*4*1-
The ap'o*nt0d h°ur passed, how
ever w"»out summoned
to exe'ution-
After
pense
at 4
prolonged sus­
o'clock in the afternoon
nevs arrived that a reprieve of three
ditf had been granted by the presi
dent in ordir that the condemned
might have time to make their last
dispositions.
This vnexpected delay naturally
aroused topes among the friends of
the
doomid
men. These hopes, it is
said by tlose olosest to him at that
time, wee not shared by Maximil
ian. Hecontinued his preparations
with thesamecalm dignity that had
not onceforsiken him, but he sent
a telegriin tothe national govern
ment asking tat the lives of Gen
erals Mramo and Mejia, "who had
alreadyundejone
all the anguish
of deaih, bepawed" and that he
might be thenly victim. The re
quest was dead.
After inak? this supreme effort
on behalf of 3 generals he employ
ed his :einai)g hours in dictating
letters, andhen night came he
slept soindl
On th? niing of his execution
(June 19) bfose at 3 o'clock and
dressed cailly. At 4 o'clock
Padre Stritme and once more
gave him tlast sacrament. An
altar had biereoted for this pur
pose in a n'formed by a passage
way
to his This religious duty
having beeformed, he gave in
structions )r. Basch, sending
greetings ast tokens to friends.
At a quartfore 6 he breakfast
ed and wh| the stroke of 6, the
officer api who was to lead
him to exa he was ready, and
himself chis companions in
'2« death. Tlacks had been pro
'i* vided for t'demned. The prince
entered tbvith the priest, and,
escorted boldiery, the moUrn-
r,t
fUi proceinoved through a
dense croxhe place of execu
tion.
On arri1 the Cerro de las
Campanafi a month before he
had madet stand, the fallen
emperor
about him for a
friendly
i,
finding only his
servant, igarian Tudos, he
asked,''Iselse
here?" It is
said, howat Baron Magnus,
the Prustister, and Consul
Bahnsen sent, although out
of sight.
The get weakened under
the ordecelt faint, and the
prince hen smelling bottle
to his noi
Pollowenerals Miramon
and Mejiilian walked to
ward tbjuare, where an
adobe wai ereoted, against
which tbxpected to stand.
About t« position in the
middle, stopped and,
turning' Miramon, said:
"A bravtould be honored
even in lr. Permit me to
give yoipf honor." And
he madem.
An of^en men had been
detailed&adly work. The
prince the soldiers a
piece them to aim
carefulljart, and, taking
off his ^'Mexicans, may
my blooto be spilled for
the welfcuntry, and if it
should
thai its sons
should teirs may it flow
for
its gor by treason!
Long lipoe I Long live
Mexico]
He tl hands on his
breast itraight before
him. ,Fi at short range
piercedbh of them was
mortaljid as he still
moved icharge pointed
to his a sword, and a
soldier ard and fired a
last sliQlius Stevenson
in Cent
olnt.
Theysoulfully into
each otome time, but
Homehem to come to
the poienly he made
a disco
"Yoither's beauti
ful eyd.
Shete had come to
play hf I have also,"
she sailovely check
book. 'utes their en
gagemed.—London
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FANTASTIC TIMEPIECES.
Old Fashioned Watches Were Made In
Many Carious Shapes.
Since timepieces have come with
in the reach of everybody and
watches are made large enough for
bicycle bars and small enough for
the lady's ring it is curiously inter
esting to recall some of the old fash
ioned ones that served our ancestors
so well generations ago. Long be
fore our time or that of our grand
fathers' watches were made in such
fantastic fashion that it is a marvel
that their owners managed to carry
them about.
No one seems to know the exact
date of the first timepiece, but the
middle of the fifteenth century
seems to have been the period when
"portable clocks" began to appear
in the different collections of anti
quaries there area few specimens of
the "Nuremberg eggs," or watches
made in oval shapes and coming
from the town after which they
were named.
In the possession of Lady Fitzger
ald of England there was one watch
which was shaped like an eagle
which had a small boy on its back.
This odd ornament was made to hint
at the story of Jupiter and Gany
mede. The breast of the bird open
ed to show the dial beneath it, and
the works were most elaborately or
namented. When the fair owner of
this treasure did not wish to wear it
on her girdle, she could stand it on
her table.
Gold and silver smiths seem to
have let their fancy run riot during
the sixteenth century, and watches
made in the form of ducks, acorns,
of cockleshells and of all possible
things made their appearance. Most
of them struck the hour, and one
notable invention fired a diminutive
pistol at certain intervals.
When Henry II of France fell in
love with Diana of Poitiers (about
1547), she was a widow and wore
mourning. Of course that offered
an opportunity to the extravagant
courtiers of the day, and the result
was that all the ornaments at court
were fashioned after such grewsome
ideas that the ridiculous was close
upon the sublime, to say the least.
Rings were formed like skeletons,
tiny coffins of gold were worn as or
naments, and they contained enam
eled figures of death, but the most
striking products of the hour were
the watches which dangled from
fair ladies' belts and which repre
sented grinning skulls, the tops of
which lifted to disclose the dial plate.
Of course the eyes were brilliant
jewels, and small fortunes were
spent in the elaborate ornamenta
tion of these funeral trinkets. But
the watches, the trinkets and the
people who wore them have all pass
ed away, and since 1620, or there
about, the flat oval or round time
piece has been the general favorite.
Time does not go so fantastically
with us as it did with those untutor
ed geniuses of earlier times, and
perhaps our plain, substantial
watches tell as much of our charac
ter as did those bizarre inventions of
earlier days about the men and
women who wore them.—Brooklyn
Eagle.
England's Food Supply.
Where would England be in case
of war? She gets her bread from
America, her butter from Denmark,
her cheese from Canada, eggs and
other trifles from the continent, and
—it has just been disoovered—now
gets much of her milk supply from
France.
Milk doesn't sound very warlike.
"As mild as milk" is a proverbial
phrase. Still it is necessary to the
fit nutrition of the future defenders
of Britain, and there is considerable
complaint in England about becom
ing dependent for such a prime ne
cessity of baby life upon a possible
enemy at war.
London's egg supply has long
come from France, and as her coffins
have come from the same lively
country it has been the grewsome
custom to import Parisian eggs in
Parisian coffins of he cheaper sort,
using the latter temporarily as pack
ing boxes.
The difficulty may be met by an
international agreement declaring
baby's milk can contraband of war.
so that the cheerful whoop of the
morning vender could be uninter
rupted by the *oar of combat.
A measure more in favor, how
ever, is the branding of every bottle
of foreign milk "made in France."
How to manage this isn't so easy to
decide.—New York World.
utieit Maine Rello.
One of the latest relics of the Maine
is a cigarette taken from the pocket of
Lieutenant Jenkins. The possessor
proodly exhibits it, and intends pre
serving it as long as paper and tobaooo
last. As long as the gun crews do not
take to the cigarette habit all the shots
will count.—Pittsburg Disp'atoh.
I was dreadfully nervous, and for
relief took Karl's Clover Root Tea. It
quieted my nerves and strengthened my
whole Nervous System. I was troubled with
Coustipation, Kidney and Bowel trouble.
Your tea soon cleansed my system so
thoroughly that I rapidly regained health a
strength. Mrs. 8. A. Sweet, Hartford, Conn
Sold by C. ,W. Houston.
Hip Di
Was My Little Girl's Trouble —Ab
scess on One of Her Limbs
Hood's Sarsaparilla Healed the
Wound and Built Up Her System.
"Years ago my little girl fell and dis
located her hip. Doctors set the bone, but
it worked out again and an abscess came on
one of her limbs. The doctor said it was
caused by dead boue, and he took out four
inches of bone. He came to see her every
day and washed the wound, but it would
not heal. Finally the doctor gave up
coming. Then I gave her Hood's Sarsapa
rilla and it proved to be worth its weight
in gold. It built up her system, healed
the wound and she is now able to walk.
She has gained 15 pounds in weight since
taking Hood's Sarsaparilla." MRS. SYLVIA
RICHARDS, Rogers, Michigan.
Hood's
parilla
Is the best—in fact the The Blood Purifier.
Sold by all druggists. Be sure to get Hood's.
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Liver ills easy to
nOOQ S "lllS take. easy to operate. 250.
SIGNS IN THE SALT.
Omens and Superstitions Connected With
the Universal Condiment.
Salt is probably the only article of
food which has been used by every
nation and in every age since the
beginning of civilization. More su
perstitions are naturally connected
with it than with any other article
of food.
In ancient times, before trade was
as well organized as it is now, salt
was very scarce and costly. From
this gradually grew up the eastern
custom that whoever should eat salt
together—the most precious posses
sion—must be friends for life.
The belief that it is unlucky to
spill salt at table is of similar origin
and equal age. There is an allusion
to it in Leonardo da Vinci's great
painting of "The Last Supper,"
which represents Judas as knocking
over the salt cellar while reaching
out his hand. The Romans had this
superstition and took extreme pre
cautions to avoid spilling salt.
Many fierce battles have been
waged for the possession of saline
springs by animals as well as men.
The Big Bone Lick, a Kentucky salt
spring, was in the early days of the
settlement surrounded by many
tons of bones, some
of extinct beasts,
that had been killed there fighting
for a taste. Most of these were de
stroyed, but Jefferson and others
rescued many specimens. The In
dians got salt from the same spring
and in central New York and traded
It far and wide among the tribes.
Many nations held salt sacred.
The Germans believed that soil
made salt by saline springs was pe
culiarly holy. The Scriptures speak
frequently of "the covenant of
salt." The Mexicans had a goddess
of salt whose more or less musical
name was Huixtocilmatl.
There is an eastern tale of a man
who went to rob a house by night.
Stumbling upon an object in the
dark, he put his tongue to it to as
certain its nature. It was a bit of
rock salt. The man gave up his
idea of robbing a house whose own
er's salt he had eaten. Cogia Hous
sain of "The Forty Thieves" was
more wily. He would not eat in
his intended viotim's house lest
there might be salt in some of the
dishes.
Some of the "tacky whites" of the
south put salt in their shoes to keep
off witches. The Chinese, in observ
ing the last festival of the year,
throw salt upon the fresh built fire
in front of the ancestral tablets. In
many remote parts of the world
eakes or blocks of rock salt have
been used as money, and a man who
was not "worth his salt" was a
pretty poor fellow.—New York
Wdrld.
Bad management keeps more people
in poor circumstances tnan any other
one cause. To be successful one must
look ahead and plan ahead so that
when a favorite opportunity presents
itself he is ready to take advantage of
it. A little forethought will also save
much expense and valuable time. A
Eottle
rudent and careful man will keep a
of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house,
the shiftless fellow will wait until
necessity compels it and then ruin his
best horse going for a doctor and have
a big doctor bill to pay, besides one
pays out 25c, the other is out a hund
red dollars and then wonders why his
neighbor is getting richer while he is
getting poorer. For sale by C. W. Hous
ton, Exira: A. H. Roberts, Audubon.
Blue Barred
PLYMOUTH ROCK
Per Setting
of 15.
eggs at 50 cents per setting
of 15. Good hatch guaran
teed. Have but one breed.
MRS. L. 0. KOPP.
4-14-8w
One mile north of Ross, Iowa. I
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