The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-10
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northern Europe. He gave one OF
his famous bsnquets at Copenhagen.
All Of the dishes were prepared of
Indian corr, and in addition MIR.
Murphy introduced upon the table
fruits and wines from the United
States. The banqu excited the
inquiry tf DENIM ark, and even en-
issaries from Iceland talked with
the colonel abont the feasibility of
using corn as a food in that coun-
try. Corn cannot be raised in the
northern countries of Europe, and
it is especially suited to the needs
of people who live in cold climates.
The Episcopal church in Massa-
chusetts has taken long step
forward in the matter of the rela.
ton of women to the chu. ch. AT
it's recent convention it passed a
canon giving women the right Ito
vote in parish organizations. Says
the Boston Herald: If they had
claimed the right to be elected as
delegates to the Episcopal conven-
tion the resolution would have been
defeated; but when they claimed
only to assist in the direction of
parish affairs, where their interest
and service are often more helpful
and useful than that of men, they
seem to have a right to take part
in the proceedings and to help to
direct the work in parishes and
missions.
While the poet Riley was in New
York recently he met Rudyard Kip
ling for the first time The Hoosier
bard and the barrack room balladist
conceived great admiration for each
other and swopped number of
personal stories of adventure.
Doubtless Mr.. Kipling discoursed
about the baby, and if he did SO it
is certain that Mr.. Riley lent an at
tentive ear, for though bachelor,
he has declared that the man who
avoids matrimony loses half the
pleasure of existence. Some time
ago Mr.. Riley said to San Fran.
cisco reporter that one of the keen
est regrets of his life was that he
is not married. sit shocks me-"
he said, "that | have remained sin
gle. A man without wife and
children enjoys no life"
81 once saw a heavy executioner
in Turkey" says a foreign cores.
pondent, "slide down the rope and
fall on the suspended mans neck
with all his avoirdupois to break
the spinal column. OF course, it
was a barbarous proceeding. The
most careful and conscientious
executioner ! ever saw was near the
dividing line between Turkey and
Russia. was riding through some
woods when l suddenly found my.
in clearing before a cabin. A
man was at the door tying a red
thread around a sleeps neck. l
asked him why he was doing that.
He picked up oleaver and with a
quick blow cut off the sleeps head,
making the cut along the line of the
red thread" "You see now," he
said, "why l did it. l tied IL at
thread between the joints 80 that
there would be no bone of offer re.
sistance to the passage of the
blade" But who do you slaughter
sheep in thiswayf" asked. "Come
tomorrow to - Gaming nearby
town and you will see." Twas in
the town the next day, and met the
sheep-slayer. He was a public
executioner, and he had a man to
behead that day. saw him do it.
He had asword with curved blade.
The blade and hilt were hollow,
and there was quicksilver in the
space, so that when the weapon was
held aloft the quicksilver ran dow n
into the hilt and steadied the hand
and when the sword was swung
down the quicksilver ran into the
end of the blade and gave added
weight and impetus to the blow.
The doomed man knelt and bent
his head forward. The executioner
tied a red thread carefully around
the barred neck, and with one swing
of his weapon cut off the head. 1t
was a clean, scientific cut between
the vertebrae, and the unfortunate