Georgia Historic Newspapers

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KING OF HORSE TAMERS.
PROF. GLEASON WHITES ON HOW
TO HANDLE HOKSES.
He Also Gives Some Valuable Sug
gestions About Riding The Saddle,
the Whip, the Spurs and Other
Accoutrements That Are Used—Ths
Bight and the Wrong Way to Handle
a Refractory Horse--What to Do in
Case of Accident.
{Copyright 1890.)
New York, June 21. —The horse is one of
the most intelligent of animals. He can be
taught to do almost anything but speak.
During an experience of fifteen years I
have handled over 17,000 of the most vicious
kickers, balkers, strikers, plungers, biters,
bolters, shyers and horses possessing all
other vicious habits known. I have yet to
find the horse I could not by my methods
conquer, subdue and make docile in a short
time. It is gratifying, and with some feeling
of pride that I mention the fact that I have
not injured a single horse during my long
and successful career. And it is a source of
happiness to know that 1 have not ever
been cruel to one of the noblest of dumb
animals. My methods are simple and per
fect. It is recorded in history that Alexan
der was the first to rido and tame his steed
Bucephalus. He did it by mastering the
horse, and not by sheer brutality. There is
a big distinction between mastering a horse
and eowiug the animal by cruel brutality.
Many horses have more Sense than their
riders. The equine knows when he is at the
mercy of some inexperienced rider, and it
only renders the animal restive and appre
hensive. A horse should never be deceived
by words or action. When a driver or
rider pulls the reius and says “whoa,” ho
should mean it and stick to it. But to crv
“whoa,” jerk the reins and lash the horse at
the same time is confusing and means noth-
ing.
Equestrian pastime, I notice, is becoming
a fad, and a < ommondablo one, too, among
ladies. Hundreds of them ride daily in the
park and on the boulevard. 1 have often
Been asked what kind of saddles ladies
should use, and how they should carry
themselves in the saddle. A lady's saddle
should be carefully fitted to the horse, and
there should al ays be a third crutch. An
extra leather girth should be used to keep
the flaps of the saddle in their places. The
stirrup may be either like a man's,
with a lining of leather or velvet,
or it may be a slipper, which is safer and
also easier to the foot. Asa rule the lady’s
whip is light, and it should be carried
more to threaten than to actually give
punishment. If a lady desires a spur could
be used, and no doubt it would help to ani
mate the horse at the right moment. lam
in favor of no instrument of torture, how
ever, as the spur is often made when used
By the reckless and cruel. It should be
buckled on to ttie boat and a small opening
made in the habit with a string attached
to the inside, which is tied around the
ankle, thus keeping the spur always
projecting beyond the folds of the habit.
■Sometimes a nose martingale is added for
ornament, but no horse that throws his head
up should bo ridden by ladies. The mistake
often made is in selecting the most stupid
animal, lit only for a dray, for ladies to
ride, when the most perfect goer should be
chosen. Asa rule the idea seems to prevail
that a horse with a beautiful outline will
carry a lady, but it is an egregrious mistake.
If it were left to the ladies to decide, they
would soon select suitable horses. Ladies
ore usually light, and a horse that will
easily carry them is generally unfit to
mount the average man, because he is so
much heavier. Few ladies who ride weigh
more than 130 pounds, and, in fact, most of
them weigh considerably less. It is
shameful and ungallant to attempt
mako the scrub horse essentially a
lady’s horse. Now, my idea is
that in point of soundness, action, mouth
and temper the lady’s horse should be
unimpeachable. A gentleman’s horse
may be good, yet wholly unable to canter,
and so formed that ho cannot be taught,
therefore he is totally unsulted to a lady.
On the other band every lady’s horse should
do his paces well. I know that many ladies
never trot-, but they should not be furnished
with the excuse that they cannot because
their horses will not. In size, the lady’s
horse should be about 15 hands high or from
1434 t° 1534, f° r less than this allows
the habit to trail in the dirt, and
more makes the horse too lofty and un
wieldy for a lady’s use. In breaking a lady’s
horse, if he is of good temper and fine
mouth, little need be done to make him can
ter easily and with the right leg foremost.
This is necessary, bocauso the other leg is
uncomfortable to the rider from her side
position in the saddle. The breaker should,
therefore, get the horse accustomed to start
off with the right leg. He should also band
him thoroughly, so as to make him canter
well in his Lind legs and not with the dis
turbed action which we so often see.
The curb must be used for this purpose,
but without bearing too heavily upon it.
And the horse must be brought to his pace
by flue handling rather than by force, and
by occasional pressure, which he will yield
to and play with if allowed, rather than by
a dead pull In this way, by taking ad
vantage of every inch yielded, and yet not
going too far, the head ii gradually brought
in and the hind legs as gradually are thrust
forward, so as instinctively to steady the
mouth and prevent the pressure which is
feared. When this “sitting on the
haunches” is accomplished, a norse cloth
may be strapped on the near side of the sad
dle to accustom him to the flapping of the
habit; but I have always found in an ordi
nary good-tempered horse that, if the paces
and mouth were all perfect, the habit is
sure to be borne.
Many gentlemen make the excuse that
their horses have never carried a lady; but
my answer is that if they will quietly
carry a gentleman they will carry a lady
lu the same style, though they may not be
suitable to her seat or hand. Many ladies
hold the reins as in driving, and it is in
some respects better, because it allows tbe
hand to be lower than the gentleman’s
mode, and the end of the reins fall better
over the habit. In mounting, the horse
should be held as steadily as for a gentle
man's use, taking care to keep him well up
to the place where the lady stauds, from
which he is very apt to slide away.
The gentleman assistant then places his
hand on his right knee, or a little below it.
and receives the lady’s left foot. Previously
to this she should have taken the rein in her
right hand, which is placed on the middle
crutch, then with her left hand on the
gentleman’s shoulder and her foot iu his
hand, she should mako a spring from the
ground and immediately stiffen her left leg,
using his hand, steadied by his knee, as a
second foundation for a spring,
aud then she can be easily lifted
up to her seat by the hand following and
finishing her spring with what little
force is required. As she rises hor hand
should still keep hold of the crutch, which
throws the body sideways in the saddle, and
then she lifts her right knee over the middle
crutch. After this graceful mount she
should lift herself up from the saddle, so the
gentleman can draw her habit from uuder
her until smooth. He should then place her
left foot in the stirrup, including with it a
foid of her habit, and when she is firmly
seated she should take her reins aud use
them the same as a gentleman.
It is difficult to mako every one perfect,
aud the mistake that is constantly being
made in mounting is in the use of the laay’s
knee, which should be carefully straightened
the moment it can be effected, for if kept
bent it requires a great power to lift a lady
into the saddle, whereas with a good spring
and a straight knee she ought to weigh but
a fe w pounds in tbe hand.
Some popular fallacies exist about a lady’s
Beat, and many suppose that it is a very
weak one, depending entirely upon balance.
This is the greatest mistake imaginable, for
there can be no doubt, from what is seen in
private as well as in the circus, that it re
quires as great an effort of the horse to dis
lodge a good female rider as it does a gen-
tlemaD. When the old single crutch was in
use it gave a good hold to the leg, but now
that the third is added, the grip is really a
firm one. When this is not used ihe crutch
is laid hold of by the right leg and pinched
between the calf of the leg and the thigh,
so a- to afford a firm and steady hold for
the whole body, especially when aided by
the stirrups. But the latter support merely
preserves the balance and is useful also in
trotting. It does not at all give a firm,
steady seat, though it adds to one already
obtained by the knee. When two crutches
are used the leg should t>e brought back so
far as to grasp the crutch as i efore, but
lietween the two knees the two crutches are
firmly laid hold of, the tipper one being un
der the right knee and the lower one above
the left. The right fcuee hooked over the
crutch keeps the body from slipping back
ward while the left keeps it from a for
ward motion, and thus the proper position
is maintained. In every instance the right
foot should lie kept back and the poiut of
the toe should scarcely be visible.
Now, these points should be carefully kept
in view by all lady riders, and they should
learn as soon as possible to steady them
selves by the grasp of the crutches without
reference to the stirrup iron. And another
point: in spite of her seat the body should
be square to the front, with the elbow easily
bent and preserved in its proper position by
the same precaution. Asa rule the whip
should be held in the right hand,
with the lash pointing forward and
toward the left, and by this position it
may be used on any part of the horse’s
body by reaching over to the left and cut
ting before or behind the saddle, or, with
equal ease, on the right side. Its use may,
therefore, in all cases be substituted for tbe
pressure of the leg in the description of the
modes of effecting the change of the leg,
turning to the left or right, or leading with
either leg. Ido not advise violent attempts
nt coercion, because I believe the fine hand
and delicate tact of the lady can be relied
upon solely, so that all the feats that man
can perform may well be imitated by her.
In dismounting, the horse should be
brought to a dead stop, and his head held by
an assistant. The lady then turns her knee
back again from the position between the
outside crutch, takes her foot out of the
stirrup and sits completely sideways. She
should then put her left hand on the gentle
man’s shoulder, who places his right arm
around her waist and lightly assises her to
the ground.
A word or two about the use of whips.
Always use a whip whether riding or driv
ing, and lot it be a good one. When it is
misused of course it is an instrument of
torture, but in its place it is commendable.
I often see the misuse of the whip in this
large city. A gentleman, driving his horse
through the streots, often has the equine
frightened at some street band, ana he
jerks the reins tightly until past the band.
Then he begin# to whip tae horse and say
that he will teach the animal how to shy.
Well, the horse does not understand the
reason for such treatment, and naturally
supposes that the object which had
frightened him is giving the punishment.
There is reason in everything, especially in
the treatment of dumb animals. The whip
is necessary, as a rule, but should always
be used with discretion, tempered with
mercy.
1 notice in the streets that the word
“whoa” is often misused, or rather used so
it does not mean anything. Now the word
“whoa” is the greatest command that we
have in horsemanship. Never utter it un
loss you desire your horse or horses to stop.
If in driving along the street you should
come to a bad place where you desire to
slack speed, do not say “whoa,” but “steady
there, ray boy.” If any ono will simply
pructice the proper command language he
can have his horses thoroughly trained in
two weeks. Nevor use one word with too
many meanings. And above all, never lie
to your horse, never deceive him
or make false motions, for if you
do you will never mako a success
asj a trainer of the horse. Men are too
apt to depond upon their own strength to
beat the horse without making use of the
reasoning powers to outgeneral him, and.
in many instances, such au exercise of
tyranny over the horse .only engenders a
rebellious spirit on the part of the animal.
Lay aside your strength and use your
reason.
Be moderate, be temperate. No man can
become a good horseman without first, hav
ing complete control over himself. Be firm,
be persevering, be honest. It is quite com
mon to say “whoa,” when it is only intended
to go slower, or when the horse has not
stirred a foot, to let him kuow of your
presence. One day, when your life mav de
pend upon a “whoa," you will find that
vour horse is not stopped by it because you
have entirely played it out of him. Speak
always in a natural tone of voice under all
circumstances. Always let your horse face
the object of his fear; and when frightened,
remember the slower you move your horse
the more power you have over him. There
are times when letting a horse trot is
ulinost as bad as lotting him run awav.
A parting word on the subject: Fear is
something a horseman should never exhibit
in his countenance or voice, as the horse is
a close obsorver, and soon learns to take ad
vantage of such indications to become
careless of control, if not indeed aggressive.
Let your lessons bo thorough, but not very
long. Be gentle and patient with the colt,
but make the willful, stubborn horse foel
the full extent of your power, until he sub
mits.
The way to educate a horse not to be
afraid of things is to get him used to them
by bringing him into frequent contact with
them. If the horse is afraid of the report
of firearms only just throw him down and
fire off a pistol over him. Whenever he
makes a motion to get up pull the strap
that holds him down and fire off the pistol
again. This can be repeated and a lesson
should lost thirty or forty minutes.
The next day give him another lesson,
and in about three days the horse will
pay no attention to the discharge of
firearms. The theory of this is very
simple. All that you have to do is to con
vince a horse that you are his friend and ho
is not going to be harmed. A horse has to
gain confidence in any one, and then what
ever you ask him to do he will be willing to
perform. There is no secret way to juggle
with or hypnotize a horse. Rational meth
ods, resolution and firmness are the requi
sites necessary to assist in handbag, riding
and driving vicious horses. Extreme meas
ures have frequently to be adopted eveu
with men to keen them under proper sub
jection, but after that has been done gentle
ness and kindness are essential.
My idea has been and is now that the
government should establish a horse farm.
The United States government owns 10,000
horses and 5,000 mules, the great majority
of which are in the west on the frontier.
Every year the service buys hundreds of
horses, the greater number of which are
“bronchos,” or western-bred horses. They
cost the government on an average
sllß each, aud are only saddle
broken, which means that they have
been ridden two or possibly three times
each by a “broncho-buster.” These same
horses can be bought at an average price of
S4O per bead wild. What the government
needs is a government farm where first the
breeding of horses adapted to the uses of
the army should be carried on; second, the
training and education of such horses, aud
third, to provide a hospital and recuper
ating stable for government horses.
There are volumes that could be written
on this subject. In short, I advocate the
establishment of a government farm, of a
horse hospital, where horses that are con
demned can be sent, properly doctored and
handled, and allowed to recuperate their
strength and health. The government has
thrown away thousands and thousands of
dollars by having no such infirmary in the
past.
In my judgment congress will soon look
into the merits of this plan and adopt it, at
least in its leading particulars.
1 protest against the brutal way horses
are shipped. They are crowded aud
jammed into cars in a way. that ought to
kill them all before they have traveled
many huudred miles. Human beings could
not stand such crowding without fearful
mortality. Railroad companies should be
compelled by iaw to provide suitable cars
for the shipment of horses.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 1890—TWELVE PAGES.
The number of horses in the United States
in 185 b was 4,336,719. and in 1880, 10,357, -
448. It is interesting to compare the
statistics of railroads with the above. In
tbe past thirty years t e railroad mileage
has increased from 9,021 to 93,671. It was
thought that tbe iron horse would greatly
diminish in number the domestic animal,
but somehow the more miles of road built
the greater the increase in the number of
horses. Oscar R. Gleason,
King of Horse Tamers.
THE ALADAMA MIDLAND.
A Graphic Description of the Country
Tributary to It.
The Montgomery Advertiser has the fol
lowing description of the country through
which the Alabama Midland railroad runs
and the progress which the country is mak
ing. The road will be of vast importance
to Savannah:
The Alabama Midland railroad enters the
state of Alabama at Gordon, in Henry
county, some thirty-five miles above Bain
bndge, Oa., and before reaching Montgom
ery passes through the counties of Heury,
Dale, Barbour, Pike, Crenshaw aud Mont
gomery.
HENRY COUNTY.
The first county traversed is Henry,
which is the extreme southeastern county
of the state.
This county is watered by the Chatta
hoochee, which separates it from Georgia,
and the Choctawhatchie river iu the west,
the Abbey creeks and their tributaries in
the northern portion, and the Big, Cowart’s,
Rocky, Cedar and Bryan creeks in the
southern, and the beautiful Omersee, which
runs in an easterly direction through tbe
center of the county, arising from springs
in the county and emptying into the Chat
tahoochee one mile south of Columbia.
These streams are all of sufficient power to
turn countless wheels, and are all easily ac
cessible.
Columbia has a population of 2,000, which
is daily increasing. It has a fine high school,
with a splendid faculty, and over 100 at
tendants, besides one or two small private
schools; a beautiful Baptist church, built
of brick, that would do credit to a city; a
neat commodious Methodist church; Epis
copal and Presbyterian church.
The other towns of the county are: Abbe
ville, with a population of about 700; Gor
don, situated on the river, eleven miles south
of Columbia, with a population of 300,
Headland, situated near tbe center of the
county on the western border, with 400:
Dothan, the prospective crossing point of
the two roads now in contemplation, is in a
beautiful level pine country’, eight miles
south of Headland; with a population of
200; LawrenceviUe. situated in the extreme
northern portion of the county,
is noted for its fine schools and healthy
locality, has a population of 150: Shorter
ville, twenty miles north of Columbia, two
miles from the rivor and five miles from
Fort Gaines, the present terminus of ono
branch of the Central railroad, is in a fine
farming section, with a population of 150.
The soil is fertile, the climate delightful,
being especially suited to consumptives.
The principal products are cotton, corn,
oats aud sugar-cane.
THE COUNTY OF DALE.
Lying next to Henry county, of which it
was once a portion, is the county of Dale,
which is the second Alabama county
touched by the Midland.
This county, which is one of the queens of
the wiregrass region, is twenty-nine miles
long north and south, and twenty-two
miles wide oast aud west. The climate is
open and healthy. Tne county abounds in
au abundance of pure, clear freestone
water.
This county is physically divided into
two parts, northern and southern, the for
mer containing n .out three-fifths and the
latter two-fifths of the whole area. The
northern part is undulating and hilly along
the streams, with valleys and bottoms, and
divided by ridges between the streams.
The soil of the creek and hilly lands is
mostly of a grayish loam, and wheu fresh
produces great crops. That of the ridges
is sandy and less productive, but is
free and more easily cultivated. The
timbers in this part are the various
species of oak, with hickory, black
jack, gum, chestnut, pine, ash
aud poplar, and along tbo streams beech,
magnolia, bay, holly and the like. The
southern part is more level aud less hilly,
but, like the northern part, is broken along
the streams. Of late the more desirable
lands in this section are the elevated level
pine lands, which have a red and gray stiff
sandy soii, and produce abundant crops,
and are susceptible to a high state of fer
tilization. It is mostly in this part where
the yellow pine, which is of so much com
mercial value, crows in the greatest abund
ance, and which is interspersed with black
jack, oak and hickory, and in places on the
streams, cedar, and in damp places cypress.
The towns and places of note are Ozark,
Newton, Skipperville, Daleville, Clopton,
Echo, Rocky Head, Barnes Cross Roads,
Beaver Creek, Gilley’s Store and Strickland.
Ozark is the county site, and is located in
the northern half of the county, within a
few miles of its center and about 370 feet
above the level of the sea, aud has a popu
lation of 1,500.
PIKE COUNTY.
Pike is one of the substantial counties of
the state. The lands are generally level,
with sufficient undulation for proper drain
age. Except in a few localities in the
northern and central portions of the county,
there is no land unsuitod for cultivation oa
account of the abruptness of those undula
tions. The character of the soil varies, em
bodying rod clay, black hammock and
sandy soils. Iu the northwestern aud
southeastern portions of the county
are large bodies of fine red lands,
which are very productive and lasting. In
the northeastern and southwestern portions
it is generally sandy, with a sufficient ad
mixture of lime to render them very pro
ductive when first brought into cultivation;
but within five years their productive
capacity exhausts itself unless aided by
fertilizers. In the central portion of the
county every character of soil above enu
merated can be found. The close proximity
of a clay foundation renders all of these
lands susceptible of the highest improve
ment by fertilization.
Troy is the county site of the county and
is located near its center. It has a popula
tion of 4 000. Its annual business aggre
gates about $3,000,000. Its cotton receipts
average 40,000 bales per annum, which * is
over ton bales to every man, woman and
child in the city—s44o each year from this
source alone. Its sales of fertilizers aver
age 10,000 tons per annum. It is the mar
ket for nearly half of the people of the
counties of Crenshaw, Covington, Coffee
aud Dale, besides controlling the whole of
the trade of Pike county. Its wagon trade
is larger than that of any town of equal
population in the south. It is located 1.2J0
feet above the level of the sea, has excel
lent freestone water and is remarkably
healthy. The average mortality of the city
within the past three years has been 13 to
1,000 population. There are six churches
in the city, five of which are in charge of
able and faithful pastors. The state nor
mal school for male3 aud females, for south
east Alabama, is located in it. In connec
tion with the normal school a city graded
school is conducted, the two having au at
tendance of 320 pupils. The faculty of this
institution will compare favorably with
any in the state. The city graded school is
supported by taxation of property in the
city, and tuition is free to residents. There
are two fertilizer factories, two wagon and
buggy factories, a lumber, plauing and
grist mill, aud a half dozen other smaller
industries in the city, besides two weekly
newspapers.
CRENSHAW COUNTY.
The surface of Crenshaw is undulating.
In the northern portion is found a reddish
lime laud, which is productive, and upon
which are seen many of the excellent farms
of the county. The lands upon the upper
surface are good, but along the bottoms they
increase very much in fertility, having the
benefit of the washing of the hills. In the
central portion of the county they are de
cidedly limy.
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■ta.o points oi interest in tne county are
Rutledge, the county seat, with a popula
tion of 500; Luverne, on the Alabama
Midland; Rocky Mount, Honoraville, New
Providence, Bullock, Mount Ida, Leon and
Highland Home.
Good schools exist at most of these places,
but the most prominent educational inter
ests are found at Rocky Mount, Rutledge
ana Highland Home. At the last named
point is a school of considerable distinction
for both sexes.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Leaving Crenshaw county the Alabama
Midland enters the county of Montgomery.
.Montgomery was one of the first counties
organized in the state, being created by an
act of the legislature of the territory of
Mississippi, bearing date Dec. 6, 1816.
Originally this county was formed from
Monroe count}*, and comprised almost the
whole of Central Alabama, south of the
mountains of Blount county, to the
Cahaba river, from the watershed
between Tomoigbee and Warrior rivers
on the west to the lands of the
Creak Indiaus on the east. From the orig
inal territory of Montgomery tbe following
counties have bean wholly taken: Autauga,
Bibb, Dallas and Shelby. St Clair was
formed entirely of the latter county. The
following counties were formed in portion
from the area of Montgomery directly;
Bullock, Elmore, Lowndes and Perry, while
other counties have been formed from coun
ties which were c instituted out of the terri
tory taken from Montgomery county.
Montgomery county is in tho southeast
quarter of the state, south of Elmore, west
of Macon and Bullock, north of Pike and
Crenshaw, aid east of Lowndes.
The principal products of the countv are
cotton and corn. Of late years considerable
attention is being paid to the production of
oats and gras es, while stock-raising is noted
as growing, and tho profits in this branch
tends to the belief that it will become gen
eral within the next few years. Fruits aud
e: rly vegetables do well iu this county, and
largely increasing quantities of the latter
are shipped north every year.
BARBOUR COUNTY.
The county of Barbour, through one cor
ner of which the Midland passes, is one of
the most prosperous in the state. It has
given to Alabama such men as Henry D.
Clayton, Jobn Gill, Henry R. and Clement
C. Shorter, John M. McKleroy, and a whole
host of illustrious names whose bearers
have made history.
The county of Barbour originally in
cluded all that territory which is now the
county of Russell, and has been in existence
since Alabama was carved out of the
wilderness and creatod a state. It is larger
in area than the county of Montgomery,
and its soils are as productive as are to bo
found in the state. Its principal city, Eu
faula, with a population of 10,000 or 12,000,
is rapidly growing as a manufacturing
point and center of trade. Clayton, the
county seat, is also a prosperous town.
The Chattahoochee river divides the
county of Barbour from the state of Geor
gia, and is navigable the year round, giving
Eufaula trade opportunities along its banks
not possessed by any other city. The
climate is salubrious and it is abundantly
watered.
CRUCIFIED HIS SON.
Little Jako Ackerman Tortured by His
Inhuman Father.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Wilkesbap.re. June 14.—This commu
nity was thrown into a state of great excite
ment to-day,which culminated in the arrest
of Jacob Ackerman, a farmer of Sugar Loaf,
township, near this city, who had been
guilty of a most inhuman and diabolical
outrage upon his 11-year-old son, Jake,
which will probably result in the boy’s
death.
Mr. Ackerman has a violent and ungov
ernable temper, aud when he becomes en
raged he is an object of terror to all around
him. Yesterday ho became angered at some
trifling act of disobedience on the part of the
little follow, and as his passion found vont
in violent language he became almost be
side himself in a frenzy of wrath. He was
not satisfied to castigate the child. Ha de
termined upon torture. He therefore went
out to his barn, and obtained two pieces of
scantling and fastened them firmly together
in the form of a saw-buck cross. Then
when he had thoroughly tested it, to see
that it would withstan 1 heavy pressure, ho
ordered his son to go down into tho cellar of
his house, and then followed the little fel
low with his implement of torture.
He then caught hold of Jake, and laying
tho cross down oil the floor, took the boy in
his arms and placed him upon it. Ho
strapped the child's arms to the top parts
of the uprights and pinioned his legs to the
bottom parts, and then, with refinement of
cruelty, affixed the boy’s neck immovably
to the structure. Then he lifted child and
cross upright, and regarded the work of
crucifixion with diabolical complacency.
The poor little follow, in his agony, cried
for relief, and its mother and the rest of the
family pleaded with the inhuman man to
release the child, but their e .treaties only
seemed to intensify his frenzied rage.
He wont at them furiously, turoatening
their livos and milking menacing move
ments toward them. Fiually he procured
a hatchet and drove them all out of the
house. They fled away i 1 terror, with the
cries of the little sufferer ringing in their
ears. Then, with the hatchet still in his
hand, he returned to the collar and stood
guard over the suffering boy, threatening
to kill anybody who should come near.
Finally, w.ien the little fellow ceased his
struggles through sheer weakness, finding
no one was about to disturb him or release
the child, ho sauntered away, leaving the
crucified child to its fate.
Toward evening a little daughter came
hojne from the snk mill, where she had
been at work during the day. f. o heard
groans emanating from the cohar. Sue
went down ar.d found her Door brother in
his awful agony and position. For seven
hours his body had been suspended on the
frame work. He was rescued more dead than
ahv'e. It is not expected he can live.
These facts were brought out before a
justice of the peace, who - issued a warrant
lor Ackerman’s arrest, and to-day he was
lodged in jail. The neighbors were on the
point of organizing a posse to lynch the
inhuman father, when the officers of the law
interfered and locked him in the county
jail.
HIE FlillZ MAUSOLEUM.
HIS BODY REMOVED TO THE FINAL
RESTING PLACE.
He Now Lies Side by Side With the
Old Emperor Wilhelm and Other
Great Prince3 of Germany—The
Mausoleum Described—His Tbmb
Modeled After a Little Chapel in the
Tyrol—A Solemn Ceremonial.
(.Copyright.)
Berlin, June 18.—The second anniver
sary of the death of Germany’s unforgotten
“Fritz,” which occurred yesterday, was
fitly chosen for the consecration of tho
mausoleum roared to his memory near the
old Friedrickskirehe of Potsdam. Here the
gallant kaiser finds his last earthly resting
place. Until now the casket containing
the emperor’s remains stood in tho vault of
the Friedrichskirche, side by side with
those of Emperor Wilhelm, Prince Sigis
mund, who died in 1866, and Prince IV ,1-
demar, who died forty-two years ago. All
four were yesterday transferred with ap
propriate ceremonies to the new mauso
leum.
EV\FEBPB. TR4.Pt EICRS 'VvU&OlSut'V
The Friediehskirchf is a structure of
beautiful design, simple, yet impressive in
its harmonious diindhsions. (3lie of its
chief charms is 'fhorwaldaon’s famous
statue of Christ, which stands in an atti
tude of greeting in the quiet cloisters that
surround this “Church of Peace,” as it was
called by Friedrich Wilhelm, its builder.
Near by, and, in fact, touching the church,
tho Empress Friedrich chose the place
where the mausoleum for her husband was,
aud as a model a little chapel at
lmiuhee, in the Tyrol, was chose:,
which, m former happy times, Emperor
Friedrich had much admired, expressing
tho wish “to have just such a last resting
place.” The empress adopted it as the
model with few alterations, and the beauti
ful building consecrated yesterday i3 an
almost exact reproduction of the other that
lies resting at the foot of tho Swiss hills.
The chapel in Potsdam is somewhat larger
than the original, for the empress also
wants to rest one day beside her husband
and her sons. Sh 9 herself superintended
all the artistic decorations and drew the
designs for the painted glass windows.
•All tho children of Empress Friedrich ox
prossly came to Potsdam to attend the con
secration oxcept the Princes Sophie of
Greece, the illness ol whose hus
band made tho long journey impossible.
Tho Empress Victoria arrived from Ham
burg with the Princesses Victoria and Mar
faretta; Priace Heinrica, with his wife, the
rincess Irene, returned from England, and
the emperor, wuth his family, some
time ago took up his summer
residence at the Neuo Palace at Pots
dam. The only sister of the 1 .to emperor,
the Grand Duchess of Baden, .came
accompanied by her husband and her son,
the Erb-Priuz of Baden. The regime its in
which the late emperor had pars >nal com
mand sent deputations of officers and
soldiers, while tbe friends and personal
attendants received invitations, as wall as
the resident generals and higher officers
from Berlin aud Potsdam. The other mem
bers of tho royal family were also present
—all the gontlemeu in gala-uuiforms and
the ladies in deep mourning.
OF AVTO&Oi.tU/^.
Early ia the morning of Thursday the
imperial party drove from the Neuo Palais
to the Friodrichsicirch in an open carriage
with four horses and outriders at carriage
following contained the three eldest princes,
Wilhelm, Eital-Fritz and Adalbert, with
their tutor, Herr von Falke.shayn. The
suite followed in several other carriages.
At the Friedrichskirche thoy were met by
the Erb-Prinz of Meiningen, and Princess
Charlotte, the favorite eldest daughter of
the late emperor. Empress Victoria
arrived s on after with her two daughters,
attended by Prince Heinrich and the prin
cess.
After a sad but tender greeting the
whole family entered the church, w bore a
service was celebrated. Meanwhile the
four coffins were transported by soldiers to
the new chapel and placed beside each
other there. Innumerable wroaths of
choicest flowers almost hid them from
view, and the subdued singing of ttiechoir of
the DomChor at Berlin greeted the mourn
ers ou their entrance. Court Chaplain
Kogel, assisted by the local clergyman.
Pastor Wiudel, then consecrated the chapel,
and a short address and prayer ended the
ceremony.
The imperial family soon afterward sepa
rated and returned to thoir palaces to spend
the day in solitude and retirement.
The residents of t e eastern section of
Reading were surprised to find their yards and
pavements in front of their houses covered with
small toads, which bad fallen from the clouds
during the uigut. At Fourteenth street and
Perkiomeu avenue the street car tracks vvre
covered with toads for a distance of half a
square. A number of Reading Ushermea visited
the place and seemed bucketsful of toads for
bait.
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