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BBS An Accomplished English Hangman. Calcraft, the hangman in England for manv years, has become superannuated, and has retired with a pension. He was a curiously reticent man, and the re- S orters and others who tried to interview im never succeeded in getting anything out of him. He had a habit, however, of always whispering in the ear of his victim just before the supreme moment, and various gloomy stories went about as to what this last message was. Some people said it was a curse: “ Down, down io hell, and say I sent you there! ” Others pretended that Calcraft always whispered, “Stand firm! Good news for you! Your pardon has come, and you will hear the sheriff read it in a mo ment !” Others, still, said that Calcraft was a spiritualist, and that his whispered farewell message was an injunction to the victim to visit him that night and bring him news from the other world. Another of his habits w T as always to shake hands with the condemned person at the moment of whispering in his ear; but it was observed that his nerves were never strong after the execution of Margaret Walter at Newgate, an unhappy women who was hung for the murder of some infants consigned to her care. She seized his hand with so much force that it was with the utmost difficulty that he disen gaged himself, and as he hastened to pull the bolt his face was observed to be fearfully pale. Calcraft’s successor is a man named Marwood; and a correspond ent who traveled with him in a third- class car a few days ago thus describes the man: Marwood carried with him in a black oilskin wrapper, fastened by a leathern strap, articles which I afterward discov erect to bo the implements of his call ing. Sentence of death on several crim inals had been carried out that morning, and Marwood, after performing his dread es, was returning to his home in Lincolnshire. In general appearance, Marwood was not unlike a decent work ingman, just passing the prime of life, His shoulders are broad; his chest deep; his back straight and hard; his arms are long and sinewy; his hand bony and powerful, and set upon thick muscular wrists; and his legs, slightly bowed at the calves and at the thighs, gave additional power to the wljole frame, A casual glance at his countenance would rather give the idea that he was a simple, mild disposition; but a more careful examination discov ers in it little of pity and much of quiet self-approval. We had been running a few minutes when I engaged him in con versation, which was carried on with difficulty amid the din of the mail train. Sometimes, so loud was the noise, he placed his ears close to my lips to hear the observations I had to offer. These were generally applied to himself rather than to the hornet details of any partic ular execution in which he had taken part. So far as I could gather, Mar- wood, up to within the last four or five years, led an unenviable life. He car ried on the business of master shoemaker in Horncastle and employed several workmen. He was a well-known local character and was in his way respected. It was when the old man (meaning Cal craft) began to decline that the idea of becoming a hangman entered his mind. “ He felt lie could do it,” and irnmedi ately applied himself to the study of the hanging frame in order that he might, by the introduction of improved meth ods, “ work off” condemned criminals with dispatch and dexterity. Two or three jobs came in this way, and acquit ting himself satisfactorially, he became an officer of the crown. For long it was not discovered in Horncastle that he had entered upon a fresh avocation. Even his wife was kept in ignorance as to what his business could be when called away on her majesty’s service. In answer to her inquiries he would say, “I’m going on a little law business, my dear,” and would tell her when to expect his return. When the truth did come out nobody would believe the retiring William Mar wood, master shoemaker, Churehlane, Horncastle, could have been equal to the hanging of his fellows. But (this to me aside) “ I am always there when I am wanted; manly, firm, honorable! ” Of course he was in favor of capital punishment; the law, person and prop erty must be respected, and it was^with strong feelings on these points that he had taken np his present “ profession.” Pay was nothing, though he had no cause of complaint in that respect. It had been his endeavor—and he thought he had succeeded—to put those who c ame under his attentions out of pain as quick as possible. On one occasion a murderer, who was hardened to the last, asked to be “snapped off quickly,” and he was snapped off quickly, the words scarcely going out of the culprit’s mouth when life was extinct. Indeed, he had brought his system to a state of perfec tion; he defied any improvements to be made upon it. There was Heap, the quack doctor at Liverpool, who had caused the death of a young woman; and Hill, at Bristol, who had cut his wife’s throat—his “ working off” in the case of these two men might be classed among the most expeditious and satis factory of his executions. They were both heavy men, and each fell without a muscle quivering. The best Manilla hemp, he said, formed the rope he used, and in one end of it he had inserted an iron ring, so that the noose might slip freely when the body fell. His sole ob ject was dispatch, and it was always his aim to snap the spinal cord. By the improved system which he had intro duced, all from the pointing to the final “cast off,” could be accomplished in less than three minutes. He never spoke to the condemned, nor did he ever shake hands with them unless they wished, because he considered shaking hands brought on weakness. He did every thing “manly, straight and firm; stir about it.” It was a good “fall,” he considered, when the noose was drawn so tight that the neck was compressed three or four inches. Death was then in stantaneous. Tile Fever Tree. A writer says: Among his other great public enterprises Garibaldi, the famous Italian hero, is engaged in plant ing the Eucalyptus or blue gum tree about Rome, to prevent the malarial fever with which tne inhabitants of that city are afflicted. As this tree is little known in our country, some account may not be uninteresting. According to the best authorities it is an Australian pro duction, and was first discovered by the French scientist, La Nillardiere, who visited Yan Dieman’s Land in 1792. It was brought into the south of France about the beginning of the present cen tury, and noble specimens of it are now growing in the promenades and public gardens of Nice, Cannes, Hyeres, and Algiers. Its medicinal qualities, how ever, did not bedome known until about thirty years ago. The Spaniards first discovered that it was a jireventive of fever and the colonists of Tasmania used its leaves for a variety of purposes. It was not until 1860 its full power became known, and, as a hygienic measure, it was introduced in the Spanish realm as an antisetic. The people of Valentia were suffering from malarial fever; Eucaloptus trees were planted about the city, and a marked improvement in the healthfulness of the locality followed. So popular did it become that the trees had to be guarded, the inhabitants steal ing the leaves every opportunity they had, to make decoctions to drink. The Spaniards named the Eucalyptus the “ fever tree,” and soon afterwards it was introduced into Algeria. It next trav eled to the Cape of Good Hope, Corsica, Sicily, South America and California. Garibaldi’s attempt to introduce it into Rome is not entirely new. Some years ago a few dozen specimens were planted about the walls, and although nearly all of the trees lived but very few of them are vigorous. After a trial of many years in Southern France it has failed to become hardy or suck up and destroy the poison-y ous vapors of the swamps in wnich it n was planted. The trappist monks of the Tre Fontane have recently set out large plantations of the Eucalyptus trees, and are tending them with the utmost care. This may be looked upon as a decisive experiment. The record of the Euca lyptus tree as an antisetic and disinfec tant is excellent. The districts in which it is indigenous are healthy, and those into which it has been introduced and thriven have become healthy. A few miles from Algiers is a farm which was once noted for its deadly fevers. Life on it in summer months was almost impos sible. In the year 1867 the owner planted 1,600 Eucalyptus trees, and they grew nine feet in tnirteen months, ana not a single case of fever appeared, nor has there been any fever there since. TUB NEW REMINGTON. rilHE NKW REKIMGTON A 8BWINO MAOHINK has sprung rapidly into favor > atpos-osing ‘lie be i combi-’ nation of good quailt'e-. viz: Light ro. mug Mnoo.h. n.Iso less, rapid, durable, with per fect lo.-k s Itch, It l, a shuttle Machine with Automatic Drop Feea, Design beautiful aadcojslrjCiloa the very best. Remington No. 1 Machine for lam ly use, In the third year of its existence, naa met with a more tapM increase of ratio of s tie, man any Ma chine oo the market. Remington No. 2 Machine, for manur'actorlng «n1 family' use,—leady for delivery only since June, la's,—for range, peri-ctloo and Vftrlmv nr work, is without a rival iu family or work-shop. E VRKY araemoe t„ jaliy wairanted lor live years. JgJ by one of the mou re sponsible tompanUs In the United vtate*. Fnli satisfaction is gtiaran. |tee<* In every In.tanca or the 'money win be returned to the purchaser. 8PEC7IAL TRRns TO DASH CUSTOMERS. Active agents wanted in every, county, and town In Kentucky and Tennessee. . Fastest selling machine, and best term* ever ofleied to agents, send stamp for cir culars and special terms. J, CLARY A CO„ Gen'i. AgU No. S3 North Summer 8t, t Nashville, Tenn.. and 258 West Jefferson Si. Louisvilla, Ky. A kind gentleman prevented some boys from stoning a pigeon fastened by the leg, and extricated it with much trouble, putting it tenderly into his bosom. The next day he remarked that it made a much nicer pie than he ex pected. The Heroine of Newport. Ida Lewis’ latest exploit in pulling out from Lime Rock light-house in the lower Newport harbor Thursday, and rescuing a man from drowning, recalls the earlier achievements which have given her the title of “the Grace Darling of America.” She first came into prominence in 1866, when on one of the coldest and most blus tering days ever known in this latitude, she saved the life of a soldier who had started for a sail on the harbor in a light skiff. One day, in thef autumn of 1867, while a terrible gale was raging, two men set out to cross the harbor with several sheep, and in trying to rescue one that had fallen overboard, came near swamp ing their boat; seeing their peril from the window of her father’s light-house, Miss Lewis went to their aid, and, after land ing them safely, went back and rescued the sheep. But her greatest exploit was performed on the 29th of March, 1869, when a boat containing two young sol diers and a boy was struck by a squall on the harbor and overturned. Though ill at the time, Ida rushed out of the house, launched her life-boat, sprang in, with neither hat on her head nor shoes on her feet, reached the wreck just in time to save the two sailors as they were about loosing their hold from exhaustion, the boy having meanwhile perished, and rowed them to the light-house. Miss Lewis should be among the first to receive the new decoration to be bestowed by. congress for herdic-'deeds in saving life. —Springfield Republican. An Argument for Religious Tol erance.—The following is a character istic incident in the life of Deacon Bollea, who was an eminent type of tho age in which he lived, for personal and private worth, both as a man and Christian. When the Baptists of Hartford began to hold public service, an over zealous member of Dr. strong’s society called upon him and asked him if he knew that John Rollcs had started an opposition meeting. “ No,” said he, “ when, where?” “Why, at the old court-house.” “ Oh yes, I know it,” the doctor care lessly replied, “but it is not an opposi tion meeting. They arc Baptists, to be sure, but they preach the same doctrines that I do. You had better go and hear them. “ No, said the man, “ I am a Presbyterian.” “ So am I,” rejoined Dr. Strong; “but that need not prevent us from wishing them well. You had better go.” “ No,” said the man with energy, “ I shan’t go near them. Dr. Strong ain’t you going to do something about it?” “What?” “Stop it, can’t you?” “My friend,” said the doctor, seri ously, “John Bolles is a good man, and will surely go to heaven. If you and I get there we shall meet him, and we had better, therefore, cultivate a pleasant acquaintance with him here.” Ve would not recommend the frequent or constant use of any medicine. It is Important to tako even a good article Judiciously. Parsons’ Pur gative Pills are sale, prompt and reliable as a lax ative or catlmrtic. Base ball is undoubtedly good exer cise and capital amusement, but It often occasions bunged eyes, broken skins and blistered hands. Wo can tell you that In all such cases, if Johnson’s Ano dyne Liniment is resorted to, it will reduce the swelling mid stop tho pain. DR. TUTT’S LIVER PILLS increase tho power of digestion, excite tiu absorbents to actlou and re move nil Impurities t orn the system. Sohenck’s Pulmonic byrun, for tho curs of Consumption, Coughs and Colds. The great virtue or this medicine Is that M ripens the matter and throws It out of the sj sttffif, purities the blood, and thus ellects a cuie. eCHKNCK’S "** WBED TOVJO, FOR THE CORK OS’ Dyspepsia, Inliokstion, kto. The Tonlo pr^du-es a healthy action of the stomach, creating an appetite, forming chyle and curing the most obstinate cates or Indigestion. PCH.JSNCK’fl MANDRAKE PILLS. FOR THU CORK OF Liver Complaint, utc. These pills are alterallvo and produce n healthy action ot the liver without the least danger as they are free irom calomel a> d yet more effica cious In restoring a healthy action of the liver These remedies are a certain euro for coasti nip- tlon, as the Pulmonic eyrup ripens iho matter and purlHos the b’ood. Iho Mandrake Pins »ct upon the liver, create a healthy bile, and remove all diseases of the llv. r, often a cause or i otmimp- tlon. The sea Weed ronlc gives tone and sueugtU to the stomach, mi ke a good dlg-Btlon, anu en ables the organs to form good blood, and thus cre ates a healthy dronlstlon of healthy blood. Tho combined action of these medicine*, as thus ex plained will cure every case of i onsnmptlon, If taken In time, and i he use of the medicines perse vered in. i Dr. fcchenck Is professionally at his prlnc’pal of fice, corner elxth and Arch streets.Philadelphia,, evory M onday’/where • slf letters lor advice must be addressed. Sehenck’S medicines fo sale by all Druggists. dOt. t. Illtt t, ll ,:i,u uu, WLVER TIPPED Show for tliolr children, and thereby loseen their shoo hills two-thirds. Also try Wire Quilted Soles. As the several coatings to tho Atlantic Cable, so are opalr of CAULK SCREW WIRE Boots or Shoes to the feet. A sure protection from all the elements, except tiro. Also try Wire Quilted Soles. JEW Per cent, profit to Agents. Por- traits, Ac., drawn ky Machinery. 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