The Daily Gazette. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 225, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1901 Page: 4 of 4
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WANTED LITERARY PRILLS.
Csidmitd Hegro Waa Nat tot
Ufled with What the Tela-
craph Would Tell.
**N ture is very kind to us," said th«
•Id reporter, relates the Jiew Or lea m
fTlmes-Dciiiociiit, "and makes it easy
!<or man to submit to the inevitable,
ttwen if the inevitable is death. Thii
j#ubniission is frequently confounded
[with courage by the historians of exe«
jCUtions. With them the condemned
Always 'die game,' when, as a mattei
•f fact, most criminals are cowards*
And don't make a scene simply because
jt&ey submit to what they know they
4-annot prevent. When 1 was young in
the business I frequently fell into thii
•common error, an !. now that I come
to think of it, I cannot recall writing
top an execution where J did not devote
* considerable amount of space toa de-
scription of the nerve of the principal
actor. The last execution I reported
was in one of the adjoining1 parishes
At that time much space was devoted
to executions. Tin* crime had to ba
■rehashed, the particulars of the trial
warmed over and seifed smoking hot,
and the last night of the condemned
■done up in the most harrowing man-
ner. This last night business afforded
opportunities for descriptive writing
The roaches playing catch on the ] l is-
floor, the crafty jail rat, gray and
rheumatic, eating lunch from the con- !
diet's hand, and the jailer's rusty key
■that always grated harshly in the pon- |
dennis lock, were never overlook* d—
And the dawn. AVhen I remembei
those descriptions of the awakening
of the felon on his last day on earth I
can almost weep. The little rays oj
•unlight that chased each othei
through the barred windows and over
♦he bare floor, lingering caressingly
on the brow of the man who was sa
•oon to die, and who slept so peaer ful-
(iy were sure to be in the message, ]
iwas very fond of those rays, and j
worked them in whenever it did not
rain.
"Well, on this particular occasion ]
o^voted most, of the night to writing
♦he description, and must say I was
well pleased with my work. According
to "the death warrant, the execution
was to take place between the hours
of 11 a. m. and two p. m., and the sheriff,
• kind-hearted man, so as to let his
charge live,as l#ng as possible, had
fixed the hour fur the actual hanging
at 1.'.10 o clock. This was unfortunate,
as the train for Xew Orleans passed at
one, and the carrying out of hisi pro-
jgTamme meant my remaining another
jtiight in the town and the 'cutting' o}
[my report so that 1 could send it bv
wire. I tried to get the sheriff to •<]>
vance the execution a bit, but he would
not move an inch, and in a moment
of desperation X appointed myself a
committee of one to discuss the propo-
sition with the condemned. We talked
the matter over very calmly. The man
who was so soon to die whs perfectly
reconciled to his fate, lie knew he had
city for breach oi < uci.
In the case of a ch-ik in the Indian-
apolis post oflice, the Washington au-
thorities have ruled that when a fe-
male employe gets married she must
resign and leave the government serv
lee.
It remains to be seen whether th«
general adoption of Mich a rule will
miiJjn Hill «u '.in a i
no show of a respite, was proud of the j tend to discourage matrimony or <11-
act that had been sent from the minish the fervor of woman's desire
puat utj to (Ie.,.ii the particulars of to do man's work in the world, observes
II S tilLihir nfl' l iil f,,i< .il' il,.,t i u ' 11
the Philadelphia Xoitli \ineriean.
Surely not all women could be induced
by the prospect rn' a small salary to
divorce their husbands or to remain
spinsters all their Ihes.
Tlint
his taking off. but for all that heoould
not see why he should give up an hour
of his very valuable- time, llis argu-
ment was unanswt iable, and I was
about to give iijT. when an idea occurred
to me. I read him my report of the ex-
ecution up to and including that de-
scription of the dawn of his last da*.
lie was as proud as Punch, and his van-
ity was tickled to the last degree to
think that lie should be the central fig-
ure in such a bigaffair. I then proceed-
ed to explain that if hisexccution took t„ n r iir i- i 'ti
place at the appointed hour it would ' fasl"on,,(l !ll,"vs Kltoh*
be neops^u-v * t t it 1 en settles maybe found stored away
n< necess.u \ 1o telegraph the report. i i ♦ , ' , , ,
and. in that event, all the descriptive " A" fT"-'
part would have to be cut out and the 1 T', " , " ■ "
hare facts only wired, whereas if the hy ""'ns ""
execution was advanced an hour J , *«■ >•
could bring in my own copv and write T,I,0|,,,lar' . Ju 'V'"
an additional column or two descrin- k,td,e,1,s tl,e irom,,K labl'' se,tl'' 11:11
tive of his death and the courage he ,U'V''r ' "S P°P",arit.v and is as il
displayed at the crucial moment TW eVer. \vas' s".vs the W Vo, k Trih
THE KITCHEN SETTLE.
laood Fixture
Hum Not Vet l,o*t It*
l'o| u lu lit y\
displayed at the crucial moment. That,
fettled it. The sheriff was called, and
at the urgent request of the con-
demned the execution was completed
4" time to permit me to catch the train.
NEW VIEW OF MATRIMONY.
line. It is not. as a practical piece of
furniture, but as a picturesque seat
Sn thg hall that the kitchen table now
claims our attention. Artistic deco-
That negro went down in his't'orv as't'll'e •rators huve ,]lat lhis is ;i
gamest man who ever trod a scaffold " ■ ">ry |,ri?tty l)lr,p ot When
it can be found in the attic, made of
hard wood, as it formerly was, it is
luore desirable than in plain deals se-
ornelal Opinion* Tlint It is Womu'i lected in a house-furnishing store,
Proper nnd Particular j where if. is kept for a kitchen table, j
l'rofeKNlon. J Old fashioned hardwood settles are
well made, and need only to lio j
School boards and the post office Scraped and refurnished to be uphol-
partment f.gree in holding that matri. etered for use. A pretty way to pre-
mony is woman's profession and voca- ipare a pine or a hardwood settle
tion, and that when a woman marries which has been scraped free from its
she secures means of livelihood and old finish is to enamel it. Paint it
has no right to engage in other pur- with two or three coats of zinc white,
*uits to the exclusion of men or ol which will till in all the cracks and
women who are not married. leave an even, smooth surface, which
In Norfolk, Va.. a woman employed can be sandpapered down to satiny
as a teacher, being aware of tlie rule Kmoothness before the final coat of
excluding women having husbands t<| enamel is put on. White enamel, in a
support them, married secretly, an* creamy tone, is still popular; so aro
when the fact was discovered she wan 1 pale yellow and olive green tints,
forced to resign. J!ut she decided Corduroy in an olive or some other
that she would rather teach than artistic tone of color is very mucli
be a wife, and she offered to obtain a j used for upholstering these" settles,
divorce in order to retain her place j The back is upholstered in smooth
This remarkable offer was rejected by | finish, without any tufting, and a
the school board, which may or may j cushion of the same material, with-
not have won thereby the gratitude of ' out valance or ruffle, covers the seat,
the gentleman who has the happiness' Morris tapestries of jute in faded ar-
to be the lady's husband, and she! tistic pattern are also used. The
nromptlv wrtnlover' ■ to swtl'.s mechanism which converted these
settles at will into a table is never
interfered with, so they may serve ns
a table when it is desirable, though
ns an article of furniture in the hall
its use is generally that of a scat.
This is a cheap and very pretty hall
seat. In an old fashioned hall it.
would be very pretty to enamel it
cream white and upholster it with an
j oldtinie blue and white coverlet, such
as our grandmothers possessed, which
are often used to-day for portieres.
It is a good plan to have a drawei in
the bottom of the scat, to keep indin
rubbers in. I'or this purpose the
drawer should be lined with zinc or
very carefully painted and varnished,
so it could be brushed and wiped freu
from dust.
jii jo- long tiecn the fad with mei
in the navy to have tattoo marks
madis on their arms, hands or body
Why the desire for indelible disfig-
urements is hard to explain and prob
ably it is a mere matter of mar.nr
tradition, says an eastern exchange.
Every sailor usually exercises hii
Ingenuity to hear the grandest and
most unique tattoo. Consequently tlit
designs are multifarious u'ld often
remarkably well executed. The meth
od of ordinary tifctooing requires nc
unconnn.il skill, and the kit used ii
extremely simple. \ sharp-pointed
stick or quill pen, some India ink ant*
Chinese vermilion, five or six smal!
needles inserted in a small cleft stick
with their points even nnd l*>unc
firmly in place by thread, conipris*
the entire outfit.
The design to be tattooed is firsl
drawn in ink on the skin with the
pointed stick or quill and then piercec
with the row of needles until blood
appears. The ink is then absorbed
by the skin through its minute punc-
tures. The scab whji-h usually coven
the spot after the operation soon dis
appears and the tattoo is left in
del'ble.
Every man-of-war in the America!
navy has a few of her crew who ar«
skilled in tattoo work. The Japanese
are credited with being the best tat
tooers. Many of their designs ar<
beautiful and done in brilliant and
varied colors.
Stars, flags, coats-of-arms, full-
rigged ships, anchors and liberty
heads are the most popular tattoc
marks of the American sailor. Red
hearts, pictures of some sweetheart
and her name are frequently tattooed
on a sail.u-'s arm. These testimo-
nials of affection have figured prom-
inently in breach of promise suits in
tlia courts and have also proved
rather embarrassing when, as it some-
times happens, the sailor marries an-
other girl.
When the tar on the battleship
diana strip to bathe some strife- <
and interesting pictures are seen'"'
them. Some men are literally
ered with tattoo marks and are C°*
stable human picture galleries
one old salt a python is pictured '
true to life that it seems about ti '
crunch I lie man to death. ]ts „ |
scing head rests on the sail!!*
breast and its powerful folds tight/
circle his body to the ankles i„ such
a realistic manner as to li|| n,,. J
sophisticated observer with un
aide horror. Another of the civw u '
a hero of San Juan. On his
is tattooed a spread eagle, wliow
wing tips extend to his armpits. I>ft
neath the eagle are crossed cannoi
and framed by wreaths on either sid '
are seen the pictured fortresses «
San Juan. The wreck or the Maine
nnd above it a woman with gra^i,^*
dagger, signifying revenge, is a' s.,i
•enir of the Spanish war that 1 ■ >rija '
•he arm of another of our old <
Jogs.
Sailors who have visited .Tern ,10m
bear a souvenir tattoo. The s-.:, 0l
the east, the crowns of the t|irP<
apostles and crosses represent int.- th,
four mounds 011 which the holv eit,
S'C built nre grouped in tasteful dc-
sign.
One German nf religious p.-. lir|.
"es has his bnck covered with t|„
"ord's Prayer, tattooed in tiernmn
."-int. each letter of which is ilist:nP,
ind legible. Pictures of the T,ord*
supper, in many colors, and eneh
character easily recognizable, the lib
rrtv bell and the statue of liberty ars
also tattooed. Many of our naval nf.
ficers and hundreds of our men be-
hind the iruns bear a tBttoo of the
crucifixion. This Is extremely valu-
able to the wearers if they chance to
'all dead or injured into the hand-- 0!
hostile foreigners. Not only Chri.v
tians, but many superstitions nnti\ej
-Vi 11 aid and comfort the injured -in*
If he bears a picture of the c-r iri.
r.xion or if dead will give hi:n a dp-
?ent burial.
Tattoo marks are often fnvaluabld
'n identifying mangled sailors. s,,jr.
:uen bear an "apprentice mark" and
all tattoos on u sailor are car. full'
recorded and described in his en! -t-
*n«'nt papers.
The fact that I'ncle Sam's tar is nj
necessity physically strong. usunKt
exceptionally shrewd and Invariahl,
nf unquestioned courage verifies th:
familiar rhyme:
"li s all very true yon can bent a
tattoo, but you can't beat a tattooed
man."
Is the best Jhingthat comes west of the Mississippi
r- ^ ^
A, A
£
Hon. Ben R. Tillman,
U. S. Senator from South
Carolina.
"The Race Problem."
OCTOBER 23.
The Boston Ladies'
Symphony Orchestra
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The Lyceum Lecture Course is under
the auspicesofthe Stillwater Lyceum As-
sociation. The purpose of this associ-
ation is to bring to Stillwater enter-
tainment of the best class obtainable.
The lectures ate of an instructing and el-
evating character, and the musicales are
given by some of the best musical talent
i'i America, i hese attractions are under
the exclusive control of the lyceum bu-
reau, ana t£ r, rioi beobtair ed from any
other sou 1 ce. Season tickets may be
procured liom ar.y member of the as-
sociation at 5;2.CO each.
R. H. EWING, Pres.
C. R. DONART, Sec.
$! ii'- il- # i!? vj:- il? i|f s{? ij.- >);• i-.' -{{j $ j}-. jjj ^j ^ ,
Dr.jJas. T. Hedley,
I'lA/inrlnm'n InmnLrl
DECEMBER 5
The./Imperial Hand-
Bell Ringers,
JANUARY 'jo
Dr. Wm A. Quay'.e, "King Lear", FEBRUARY 13.^^
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