Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-02-14

and began to cut off her hair. Then be
threw heavy fur cape over her shoulders,
and the toilet for the scafold was complete.
He thereupon left her cell, and the next
visitor was the warden of the prisoner, who
asked her if she wished anything. only
a glass of wster,'' she said, drly. 1t was
then about halfpast one, and her last mo.
mept rapidly drawing nigh. Ten minutes
afterward the Judge and clerk of the crimi-
nal court appeared before her. and the
death. warrant was read to her the last time
The presiding judge urged her in feeling
words to confess her crimes, and make her
peace with her God. She responded BY
shaking her head impatiently. They left
her, and then the headsman and his assis.
tants took her to the scaffold. When she
appeared in the open air the biting cold
caused her to SILVER; bnt she bore TIE
glance Of thousands Of eyes, which the null
titude riveted upon her, without finching.
The scaffold was a coarse wooden slruc-
ture abeut eight feet in diameter. Wilhel-
nina WoltmoD assembled it with firm step.
walked to the fatal block on it without be-
traying any nervousness The warden of
the prison asked her if she had anything to
say mo! no! she answered apgrily,
MAKE haste make haste The next mo-
ment two assistants of the execu'oner caused
her to kneel in front of the block. They
took the fur cape from her shoulders. and
pressed her head upon the top of the block.
to which they fastened it by means Of a
leather strap. She shook convusivtly for
msmeDt or two, until the executioner, who
had meanwhile taken his flashing axe from
sort Of scabbard, hastily stepped up to her.
He took bis position at the LETT side of the
block, lifted up his axe, and struck heavily
upon the beautiful white neck Of the wo.
man. He had done his work we'll fer the
head fell down in front of the block, whle
the trunk raised itself couvulsvely, stream
Of dark red blood spouting in the air The
headsmap and his assistants sprang to one
side Of the soaffold in order not to be stain
ed by the blood of the murderess.
EGYPTIAN JUGGLERs. : Expert as are such
performers as Blits, Anderson and Others,
who have astonished thousands upon thou
sands with their adroit management of eggs
in bag, the transfer Of seeds from one
locked box to another. packed away in the
center of half dozen dove tailed caskets
one within another, the bare legged exhibi-
tions in the open squares of Cairo, in broad
daylight, put the mysterious legerdemain OF
those light fingered gentlemen quite il the
back ground.
We have personally contemplated their
matchless performances till it saved all fur
Their effort IN the way Of accounting for their
extraordinary receptions by admitting with
out argument, the devil must have been at
their elbow.
On one bright morning fellow had gath
cred a crowd by blowing couch she'll
An oval area was formed by compact mass
of wonder watching spectators. Women and
children sat on the sand up to the prescribed
line, while strangers from all over the earth,
supported in the rear by various officials,
completed the arrangement. At one end Of
the open space common salt mortar was
placed Opposite, at the other extremity o,
the oval. perhaps two rods off, Moham d
Kaser 81 Mesber marched forward with
serpent about yard long held by the neck,
wriggling and squrming for liberty. Tail
first the reptile was gradually lowered into
the mortar by winding in the body corkscrew
fashion up to the head. He then took up his
former position at distance. Addressing
the assembled multitude with the volubility Of
a mock auctioneer on Broadway, be said
Now look. for the snake will disappear.
While thus vociferating, the snake frequent.
ly stretched up out of the vessel several
inches, but fell back again at reluks from
the orator. Oace twice three times and.
sure enough, the frig tful creature was gone!
An examination of the mortar satisfied all
there we're no reception rooms within. How
was the feat accomplished
News OF THE DAY-Mr Paul Bert, a
French physolegist, has succeeded ia ma.
king an artificial pair of Siamese twins by
joining two young white rats. He cut
away strip Of skin from each, sewed the
two together by the edges Of the wounds,
and nature united them by the healing pro-
cess. They we're not amiable toward each
other. therefore he killed both by pois oning
one.
1t is rumored in London that the Rev.
Dr. Hayman, Head Master of Rugby will
be compelled to resign his position Ap