The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-08-16

-;tob back that runs IN sPral lOrNn'
beer gardens have a stage at one
the Won can sit down, order'a glass
emu, cigar, or if a Prohibitionist, a
OIOo If iced milk, and while you drink
Sl0 n,oke. can see a very good theatre
performance, concert or dance. All
q" things run on Sunday as well as
nolt~rdav. Another hotel on the island
"hTi1t of all colors of glass. At night,
hon lighted up, it presents a beauti-
vi annearance. An after dark ride
t~or Coney on a boat is a rare treat.
Tbo millions of lights in New York,
prooklvn. Jersey City, Hoboken and
Harlem, make a scene of dazzling
beauty.
Among the numerous places of in
4orost the Eden Museum is worthy of
IGNITION. 1t has the finest wax figures
IN earth. Here you see military men
If note in wax, almost as natural as
life, Some of the figures required
months of patient toll to complete.
Every hair on the head of the figures
vas stuck in one at a time. You see
fpnres of the crowned heads of Europe,
famous Americans, notorious criminals.
There are parlor scenes with, perhaps,
a young lady playing on a piano and
the family apparently listening. You
feel almost sure you hear the music, so
nprfect are the wax figures. In one
Mace a scout has been caught and con-
demned to death. The soldiers are
standing with guns ready to fire. You
wait and expect the roa of the mus
kets. At the main entrance a wax
policeman stands guard. The first is
anotice, 8 Look out for Pickpockets. ="
An old man and his daughter are read
ing the notice while a dapper looking
fellow has just relieved the old man of
his pocketbook. You feel like seizing
the pickpocket. In another apart
ment you see Kemmeler, the murderer
who became quite famous a year or
more g and was the first man killed
by electricity Is an experiment. There
is the inside of the court house, the
Judge is passing the sentence of death.
Further on you see Kemmeler just
before he leaves the cell, attended by
a Priest. In the next room he is slit
ing in the fatal chair, the real battery is
there and the death dealing wires are
connected. Severalfamous electricians
are standing gazing intently to see
every result of the new system of dis
posing of criminals sentenced to death,
known as "electrocution," which, by
the way, has not been a success. In
another place you e the Cluster
Massacre" Gen, Custer and compan-
ions are in a hand to hand struggle
with the Black Hill Indians. The
blood is flowing from the wounds, as
natural as can be, even if it is red
paint. In another a Malay has cut
off the head of another with a cutlass.
The figures are as natural as life; the
black brute is holding the head in one
hand and the bloody cutlass in the
other. A puddle of blood is on the
ground, as it flows from the headless
body. Another realistic scene is a
widow weeping beside the coffin of her
husband. Others are standing around
with sad countenances. Perhaps the
most natural figure is that of a man
lying on the ground asleep. His shirt
bosom is open, By ONE mechanical
eontrivance he appears to be breath
ing, his bosom heaving as natural as
life. Another man is standing on a
rock a few feet away, agun in his hand
ready to fire. You wait in vain to
hear the crack of the gun. The Eden
Museum is worth going miles to see.
There are hundreds of summer re
sorts in easy reach of New York, but
still many cannot 60. The parks are
their only refuge. Most of them are
small. However, Central Park, mid
way of the city, is several hundred
acres in extent. 1t is a magnificent
place. Streams of water run through,
there are bridges, drives, walks, trees,
rocks, flowers, statues-everything
pleasing to the eye. In the menagerie
can be seen, free of charge, ever ami
nal and bird that can be found on
earth. Millions of dollars have been
spent on this park, which is the finest
and largest in the world. One million
people go into Central Park daily dur.
ing the summer.
New York funerals are very odd to
rural people. About two hundred
people de in the city every day. In
excessively hot weather the death rate
runs as high as 300 daily. Generally