Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-03
Execution,

lubec. Cguyi!tei 0! murdcrin: John iVIsou, IL
6 sao,r il this ely Oh the night Of Dc. lob,
1878, Was haaail htr. this morliIg. The
priicpcr las b1tu ia coed Lcallh aud eaten
heartily turicg Lis c0Li2cmeut. S-Veral
times during he past week Eo Sad he was
reads to de, tCi that he Cever iatcndcd 10 Kill
Ivis3n. liz slept we'll las. Tight, and arose at
M early hour this uorriog. Father kaufman st
/ 'cIUck catered the ell and prayed with the
rriscncr uall 1898. whtn the sheriff and dep.
uties cauc into The cell aud ntoru cd SpattcD.
huber TO prepare Ter the gsllcps. The prizes!
and Spateohuber at once arose. The prisoacr
asked Tor glass Of wter, watch was given him.
lie trcntlod slightly aad tearS filled bis clcs
tu! thy were freed back by clear dcernlna'
ton, ard he then walked steadily to the gall
Iows. caltyirg cruciiy The c.ranory ca
tie saiIows lasted abou. ten mioutc9, Spatten
hubtr kucelicg NEST OF the time. The shcr!f
then r!.ced The rope about his NICK, aGd
uumj,r 0t Officials an! his c0u0scl babe the
prisoner good bye. Ills grasp was weak and
his voie, cot above whisper. All then iett the
sc.ff Id except tho shlr.tf who, at 1915 looscd
the knot Of the trap. The falt Was avery shori
one and after having three sec0nis The BODY
nrrvcu,!y tHichcd, but there Was an aoStrco
nf ell srascoGis movement. lIlid vas pro
poupccd cy,ipct nftur hanging L. ml0utcs, and
after hcDpigg % minutes the body WAS taken
down aud handed over TO the undertaken. The
toIy was placed in q c2ilin acd ccrs pntd TO The
BASEMENT IF tho CatLo!ic Church. from where
the funeral wlil take pisc3 70 GiOrr1w. Sphttcr-
huber utck Was not btCkcn.
AZuLU IN LonDOE.-There is y pleasant ro-
Sur! for Chiaese in = plhc3 which visited lsst
week This was the Home Cor Aslstic SesInen.
Among tho myriads Has:snE, Mah0mc!s, lbn
Achb.rs, MuIis, kudrst Ulas, Wing king.
Wcs and Ais enlisted on The books, observed
doctors. waters. ms2iclsns, cooks, teachers and
dancers. Thinking that masicisEs must Ee
strange folk TO bosrd, inquired rs to them and
Was told that two who had been thcro were
snake charmers and that they had had nicn
little job OF work provided for them, having
been employed TO draw tho teeth OF TITO cobra:
and other 'pHng ssrpeEts' in the Loologlca!
Gardens.
Apropos Of tho "Zoo," if proposed ID tako
unto myself = man Of color for waiter should
secure the Zulu whom l found spreading ard
cleaning the dining tSb;e5. Ia Is a iiac looking
young fellow Of twenty, with frank, pleasant
high. vel! formed head. His c1or is brown,
not black, but lis hair is the real wool. TIE
laugh or that Zulu WAS something worth hoar-
ing, end he laughed often. Firstly, with delight
81 seeing company; SO ondly, at being talked to
by guiitlcmen and thirdly, he Ioared in ecstss;cs
ut our intellectual Il ,rta to utter Zulu words ard
imiialo the clicks lad never heard these
clicks bsicro, and having head th8n, can oAly
say tbs. before them The fourteen intonstion: o!
every word III Ciilcss appear rs y contemplate
tr n).
Tho clici; is Eouni occasionally resembling
the twans of a banio string, we'll down III Inc
throat, BIT moro frequently tho nci3e uttered to
encourage y ho!sn and it is introduced IN
startling manner into the middle OF the solides.
and bas. bu. words whore 10 ono would
imagine there IVES hole for il 10 hide. This
lIu had holes in his osrs--l moan artificial
perioralcna-t through which liager might be
passed. Whether these had anything 10 do with
the clicks know not. When no WAS young
his father had IL ID from Ce.ewayo-pronOunced
ktch. (clcb) .chowsyo-and tsken refuge among
the English. 7 he superintendent reported this
Zl'u rs clever ard handy. Ho had learned 10
Read and write in short time. On departing
we each gave the Xllu sixpence. With vi.
Glen. effort he repressed his delight; but as we
reached tho door he burst into q tremendous
peal of laughter, and kicking up orc foot in tho
air, exhibited his sixponces. one in each hand,
to tho Chinese cook, grinning ''childliSo ard
bland" through the window in tho wsll.-LoE.
Ion Letter.