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these needless atrocities will - eisgnsn-
ased fEeszs the sew administration OF
this punishment Much importance is
attachsi by the humane societies
Throughout the country 10 the tsali now
before the legislature OF TIE Empire
state. For efforts are being made 10
iegalizs the pssiory in eight ether
states. and tfa fate of the Gerry bali
viii settle that os all the Others with
similar intent
The very p~osnt raised against the in
t-o<iaefson OF the whipping post said
Commodore Gerry. when he MAS asked
70 give his views OF tks controversy,
rs the oae we ds-era nrust weighsy in
its favor. Ii is pointed out that whip
ping a human hsaing Is most inhurnan
ami harharous. II tends, we arc snsd.
10 destroy all sentiments Of humanity
and 10 hFutalize us by familiarity with
tbs degrading form Of suffering. Ex-
actiy. Now wive are beaten daily BY
ruffianiy husbands. and we find that
no ordinary form OF punishment avalls
10 wipe our the evil Here. then. we
have the very condition against which
the opponents Of the whipping post
complain. Clearly. then. II nehooves
Us 20 end this as speedily as possible.
Is can be ended only. we think. by
giving these nlalefaescrs a taste Of
their own medicine We deny that the
whipping post tends 10 degrade or
hT1ItAlfze any community. 1t is the
crisze punished by the piIhory that Is
the brutaizing Influence. We are as
sured thai 1t is not consideration for
the criminal that prompts opposition
10 the piiiory. 1t is dread that the
community will deteriorate in al.ruism
as a result OF the spectacles afforded
by legalized chastisement- These argu-
ments. which are advanced In the best
faith and from the highest motives.
am sure. do not regard the brutalizing
influence of that Illegal beating now
on the increase That is the beating
we must put an end TO on the princi-
pie OF fighting for peace when IL Is
necessary"
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WHAT WE MAY YET SEE.

long reiegation TO the domain OF obso-
lete things, promise TO become again
familiar objects. The commodore has
received unexpected support In this
new crusade OF his. From every state
in the Union have come resolutions by
humane societies expressing hearty
sympathy with the object OF the bill.
In spite of the experience of the little
state OF Delaware, which has MAIN
tanned a whipping post from Colonial
days, the country knows nothing OF
the operations of an institution which
Is a return to the methods of our an
cestors. Whipping in the colonies. ac-
cording to our chronlclers. was very
familiar mode of penal correction. New
England particularly favored 1t, the
less heinous. offences against society
being visited by the lash with inflexi-
hility rather than severity. The stocks.
the pillory and the whipping post were
things as commonplace as bread and
butter In Massachusetts, whipping was
daily practised, but Commodore Gerry.
OF course, does not propose to employ
1t as a theological argument against
ireresy, after the good old Bay State
fashion. In the staunch commonwealth
OF John Adams IL was found that fines
and ifuprfsonnents were imperative as
a preventive OF various minor offellses
This Is the very argument employed by
Commodore Gerry in support of this
position OF his. Whipping was the
usual punishment for Quakers in New
England without distinction of age or
sex. and here again the commodore
makes a variation on the ancient plan.
for only men viii be placed In his pill
lory. Men and women were tied To the
carts tail and courged from town 20
town. Now they will be scoaIrged in
prison. Nor will the new scourging be
as drastic as that Of former times was.
For women were driven through sew
eral settlements in the fin de steele Of
the seventeen hundred years. receiving
ten lashes at intervals on their barred
backs, though the weather was biting
cold and the snow deep" At one place
two byStandevs. expressing sympathy
for the poor women. ware put into the
stocks 10 suppress their ardo-. Nay.
we read that in Cambridge. Mass. a
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library and study at his house In II
street, Washington City. Retaining my
hand. he drew me into a seat on a small
civan, the only piece of furniture not
entirely used as q receptacle Of books
and manuscripts. Books and foIfos on
shelves covered the wallis from the floor
TO the ceiling, books lay on all the chairs
and tables. even occupying most parts OF
the floors Books and papers were here.
there and everywhere. A few years be-
fore l had had occasion to visit Leopold
Won Ranke. the great German historian,
at Berlin, where among number of por-
traits i saw one that particularly inter-
ested me. representing an extremely
noble and intellectual head and snowy
white hair and beard. the first portrait
had ever seen OF George Bancroft. 1 did
not think then / should ever be so for
tunase as to paint portrait OF this great
man. George Bancroft was an intimate
friend and an ardent admirer of Leopold
Won Ranke. and Alexander Won Humboldt,
Schleiermacher and yarnhagen Won
Enke were all of them his friends,
teachers and advisers, when. during the
early part OF the century. Bancroft as
young student first went 10 Europe In
SN"A1H W haHeitAkS. many anu iuteI-
esting were hts "reminiscences.
George Bancroft was one Of the best
rounded characters / ever met. Before
We, began our sittings he showed me an
excellent portrait of himself. painted by
Prof. Gustaye Richter at the time Ban
croft was minister at Berlin. expressed
the fear that I could scarcely hope to
equal this exquisite painting, but de-
clared would do my best TO deserve the
confidence placed in my ability by my
royal patron. l intended TO paint the
historian at work among his books and
manuscripts. and as the light in the
library permitted my doing so there L
arranged my easel, obtaining good view
or his fine profile as he was bending over
his working table bus!ly writing. George
bancroft was one OF those men who, well
aware OF their own worth, was yet with
out the slightest affectation or conceit.
putting everybody with whom he came
In contact at ease. Ny stay at his house
and the considerable kindness he extended
10 me have made the recollection thereof
ono of the pieasantest In my experience
as portrait painter.
CARL J. BECKER.
copyrighted 1895
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II was cured by DR.. Sanders Electric
Bait after l had spent slVe on mssncanes
without benefit. writes Charles Aans.
Sexuai ami nervous strength are MOTH
ing more nor less than electricity III you
are weak. 1t Is the proper remedy and
Will cure.
ID you wish to feel yourself a MAN
among men. proud OF your manhood an
stead OF shame at your want or II
Do Sou amagine that your friends and
below their level nsentsaaiy and passi-
Does fear OF failure ami dire. disaster
prevent your taking 10 yourself a help
mate?
Are YOU confused and dizzy. when IN
The presence Of ladies and feed yourself
These are all ordinary symptoms.
which follow the loss OF vital force.
sexual and physical manhood. and they
are removed when yot renew the cleo
trscity which has been wasted
Il was completely impotent and your
Belt cured me in seven weeks. IL was
In yhe fall OF 1888. and my sexual power
has been perfect ever since" writes john
Fleutsch, Deer Park. Wash. January
10. 1895.
Are you The man YOU should be- II
book. Three Classes OF Mem" and see
the proof See the eyisfence OF your
nasg.hburs who have been made new mem
Must not a mans gratitude tie strong
when he viii permit tife use OF his
name in this advertisement See what
Herold says; What cares ne for any
his physical body bsfi,ba4ng over with
suppressed vital force and his mind a
wellsisrines OF Joy,
IL YOU have used electric belts ESQ
caleb which were worthless. or II you
have been deceived by quacks, all the
more reason why YOU siiotHld avail your
81 men .S ma nave 8 BEEN cured by Dr. San.
denis Electric Bait after having failed
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ne admiral sss = great smoker. an m
srs~r@sf smoker. As soYn as a cigar srax
n@ar MS End fresh one was iixntsst "a
Lake It's place. He always carried a tn
eras sappsy IN his vest pockets. AID even
curing The sf1or: maps Re wcuis fuda1xe
y during our sssstnxs ne he'd n4s cigar
firmly between bis llsss.
once took tie liberty 10 asE sern II re
did not think frceseans srrsoxsrx snturt-
Gus. TO which interrogation he answered
Perhaps Bat wsen you hear that ina
a1rnsrzi has ceasex susoksnx you saay
safely eonciuse that the assniras IS dead
fei. ne aides. when I was ia ccrzg.a nj
81 the naval academy at Annapolis
ssopTsed smoking for fully swo years TIE
nanif OF cigarette smoking xas ln5uring
many Of the cadets One dag when they
were All Assembled I addressed them.
pointing out sf1a dangers og this evil Gus
TOM ~ tfe time I was speaking I was
smoking cigar myself, witch 10 MY
hearers MIST have appeared Inconsistent
with my exhorsassons Eventually I took
the cigar from between nay HIPS. dashed
Il On the floor. crushing IL under my foot,
and announced that from that moment I
would give Up the sise OF tobacco for one
year. Then | asked tbs cadets to Join me
IN ms resolution. Every one did SO. ard
faithfully kept MS pronGse .
After the completion OF the portrait,
among the many who came TO vlew II
vas an nd friend OF the admiral. Justice
Miller, OF the United States supreme
court He sat long and silersly consem-
plating the pictare. while was some v hat
anxicusly waiting his opinion. At last.
after the admiral had repeatedly asked
him for his judgment, rising from his
chair. coaFteoasiy and kindly. he said,
Admiral. the court finds that this por-
trait is more Ike you than you are your
self"
During my stay In Washington City /
was commissioned 20 paint the portraits
OF two other great men. these OF Lfeut.
Gen. Phil Sheridan and Of George Ban
croft. Americas greatest historian. To
assert that my first reception BY Gen.
Sheridan MS a particularly cordial one
would be devisting from the path of
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sorry to Part with Mr.. Smarte,

"Mr Snsarte.' said the hsss9 81 the firm,
Il happened 20 overhear your criticisms
tbs morning ~ the manner IN which hlzt-
ness Is carried on here. You appear 20
- lasariag under a mistaken idea. As A
matter Of fact. We are not running .sas
house to make money. Not az all Ne
carry On this business akspsy as a school
for the instruction q young men. But
as yon seem 20 know 50 much more aby,us
business than We DO. II wouls ba oaly
wasting your ;ine 70 keep yoa tere. IRE
cashier Will settle With yen What Is our
toss IS ycur gain"
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children In home where IL Is prac-
ticed are utterly deriBorahzed. They
can respect neither father nor mother.
The commodore does not find wife
beating practicei in the households OF
the respectable poor. II Is surprising
to md that men of means and even
OF influence are found who beat their
wives brutality. II the bin becomes
a law there may be general astontsh-
ment AT the character of the cilprfts.
The piiksry and stocks will not vary,
10 any great extent. frosn the prevail
ent ,atterus OF colonial days. There is
10 be a fiageilator connected with the
prisons. and punishment will be in
ficted by means Of a leather thonged
whip. The number OF strokes viii av-
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require, but" with a twinkle In lsis keen
penetrating eyes, -undsr the condition
that u ! do not like the picture / may
send a bullet right through it,
agreed
Well. then let first look over the
house. and you may choose any room yo,,
fhiak most suitable for your purpose. as
yoa viii have 20 paint me ut home.
The large music room adjoining the al
nirsls house (which was added by I<srs
Lyons al the time II was occupied bv the
British Iegation), was well adapted 10
make good studio, having one very
large window facing due north. The
house. by the way. since the aa9.iral.s
death. Is again occupied BY foreign en-
bassy this time. that OF the French re-
public. The admiral. who was then In
his 18th year, was certainly one Of the
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The commodore did not determine to
champion the whipping post without
first making thorough study OF the
subject He found that the ili-treat-
ment OF women Is on the increase as
a consequence OF the practical inlnun-
ity enjoyed by these malefactors. There
is practically no legal way OF getting
at them Nor does the commodore
propose any halfway measures. He
would piliory a wife beater whether he
be pauper or a millionaire. In his
opinion, wife beating is prolific source
of the destruction OF family life. The
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woman S. years OF age was cast snio
Jan without food ard with nothing TO
he upon This WIS her preparation for
tlsa agsny OF the scouTge A friend
brought her some milk, when he was
fined ard pat Snto The same Jail This
old woman was whipped through three
towns. Il SEEMS she was a nsofher~ln-
law
Now numerous Efforts are making 20
bead ofY she eorTgnoecre's crusade ey
circulating thrilling acccglH s OF these
horrors and by dwelling uTscsn the aus
fertties OF the pgsvitanscal blue laws
Ru< the numerous advocates Of the
whipping past are pointing cut THAI Al
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eraga ten, and they viii not be sortur-
ing. bsnoEs- bringing blows. although in
filcteyi on the bare hack. The idea ~
that the sting Of tfss whip VIII effesss
a cure by arxssSsssg In the mind OF the
cuiprit "A s@Erse ~ shame and humiiia-
ton. There is 20 b. 90 great publicity.
The object - fssss bill is % put a
Stop 90 wife heaxing, rather than TO
pssnEsh II It wons3 ast0nfsa the aver
age man 10 iszarn how CRAFTY the hab-
IL OF wkfe-teassng has Increased IN
recent years The police courts 81 CIR
large cities are daily crowded by
MANNED and tsYlssea women. who. when
they succeed n having their recrsars
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much with his WORK Gen. sneTa'saa VAS
: silent bat excellent sitter, never enarg-
snw even the expression q bis face. watch
MAS always stern and tsgra- Still crcA-
ssaratss re would converse sSstsres' sEssssy-
conveying hfs IDEAS clearly ard precisely
sn a. few words as possible.
ssos* ssstsrs NIL book n, thetr portrait
during IT'S pror-ess. stsevissan newer DID
~ sis Indifference was assumed cannon
saw. During nay last sitting. in August.
fSSs. Informed him shat sasS seventeen
wears ago saw and met him when. DIR
inx the FTanco-ssermar war, az the bat
,,s OF 81. rrsvai. as the military repre-
sentative OF the Uai;ed States. he rocs
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ADNfRAT

Ia h3S private secretary. informed h3n
.aa' a c.3 s83sc- who claimed 10 have
ssssei oa ;Ae atullTars flagship. the Hss-
- Lane, roaeessc1 u hearing 30 obtain
- aileeace foy sdmsttance 20 the saii-
- aa11c Tals man was at once adj
sc, aa3 proved his olaim 10 tie ed
'ais satisfaction. although in a very
80 ana rambling fsshloa. TIE admiral
,-,ssaeS patiently. interpreting OCCASION
! some toco-ag remark. ana 3isgnssstns
= mAn wtth The promise gaat his claim
,..' h sooa Be considered. AS shs man
- tae rae,a Re pressed ls,o his hand
-'es-sirE walch would provide for the
IVY 90 ic..9w immediate wan,a
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spo1Ses punished. ssns that a week N
jail never susffces Ia SECURE them inn
inssnlsy fEessn their degradation HUI
ssarsfsTian societies threuigheut the
cosrst-y have graapseSs vaiai,s with the
problem for years ard have caused 10
te collected the slsSnsenS sf experienced
committing magistrates and lnstfces 81
the peaSse N all the great sstes. The
Consensus OF opinion is that wlfs~besr-
ing is every where increasing. and that
existing penalties are ali very made
.uafe
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Having used Chamlxrlain's' Cough Rem
cay in my family and found IL % be frss-
class article, take pleasure in recomnaersi-
ing il to my friends ]. v. FosrEg, West
cert. Gal
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PAINTING PORTRAIT.
Admiral Porter Submitted to
the Ordeal Very Kindly.
GENERAL SHERIDAN WAS cRuFF.
historian Bancroft In His study REM
fnisceaees by Carl Becker,
The Artist.

DAfRAT., / have
been e o m m Is
stoned TO paint
your portrait. to
be engraved as a
frontispiece for
your forthcoming
naval history of
the war"
$50 1 have been
Informed, an
suered Admiral
Porter. .and /
am ready TO give
you ali the sit
fksxxsn 49,
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THE WHIPPING POST.
Commodore Gerry Wants Ii Es-
tablished in New York.
THE LASH FOR wIFE-sgArERs.
Women and Religious Heresfcs TO BE
Spared. Though Mercy Was Not
shown in the Puritan DAYS.

-W YORK. Feb.
q. Special
Correspo pond
ene.l - Few
propositions Of
a legislative
nature have
aroused mere
interest than
the ore for
which Com
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-03
steyenson's Literary Life in Samoa.

This is a hard and interesting and bead
,,snI life that we lead now. Our place is
i'm a deem cleft OF Naea Mountain, some
six hundred feet above the sea, enlDo"el-
,.l in forest, which is our stranSllng ell
en,y. and which we combat with axes
and dollars. | went crazy over outdoor
work. and had at last to cOniine myseil
In the house, or literature must nave
gone by the board. Nothing Is 50 inter-
esting as wedding, clearing, ana PAIN
making; the oversight OF lduoIers oo'
comes a disease; IT Is quite an eltoit li"'
In drop into the farmer-anc IT does make
vou feel 80 well. To come down coFeiev
with mud. and Dir .nchcd with sweat ana
rain after some hours in the bush, change
rub down, and take A chair IN the We
rand5h, IS to taste quiet conscience
And the strange thing that | mark IL
mis-. If 20 out and make siX2elce, boss
ing nv laborers and plying the cutlass or
the spade. IDIOT conscience applauds me;
III I sit in the house and make twenty
mounds. idiot conscience walls over my
neglect and the day wasted.
have been hard at WORK since came
three chapters Of THE Wrecker," and
since that eight Of the South Sea book.
and along and about, and in between,
hatful of verses. Some day III send
the verse 10 you. and you'll say II any
of IL is any good. Il have got IN
better vein with the South Sea book.
I believe IN time, | shall get the whoie
thing in form. Now. up to date that Is
ali my design. and | beg TO warn 20.
ill We have tho whole Cor much), OF the
STUFF together. YOU can hardly judge-and
7 can hardly Judge Such "A mass OF stun
is TO be handled II possible, without re-
nstitfon-so much foreign matter 10 be m
troducel-if possible with perspicuity-and
az rnuoh as can DE, a spirit Of narrative
to be preserved. You will find that come
stronger as | proceed, and get the eNpla-
notions worked through. Problems OF
style are (as yeti, dirt under my feet;
my problem Is architectural creau'e
oct This stuff jointed and moving. II
I can do that | will trouble you for style
ANYBODY might write it. and It would be
splendid: well-engineered, the masses
right, the blooming thing travelling
twigl.--McClure's Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-03

Not long ago. In a small midland .oNn
I'm England. the widowed mother OF
little boy suddenly died, leaving him,
her only child. in the care Of relations.
Toward him, whilst they We're alton
tive. their sense OF duty was but little
tempered with that fond affection the
child had once known; by mis- mother
taught 10 be obedient and quiet the lit
tie fellows good behavior now received
no reward, and he WAS very lonely. one
evening, az the family were seated quiet
~ I'm their parlor. with wonder, they
heard In the room above them, where the
child had been laid to sleep. some one
talking earnestly but on examination,
except the child, who lay IN sound slum-
ber no one was there. After the lapse of
a week. this strange conversation was
heard again; with silent footsteps they
mounted the stairs. and eagerly looking
through the open door. they heard the
child excla!m:
us at 90 mother?-mc's 50 glad zoos
coined 90 tell God?'
There was long silence, broken by
few mufiied sounds, then he spoke again:
"P'ees mother dO-do ask God 20 let
zoos 'ickle boy come and live win Him
and 90"
Then no other sound was heard; and
at length with fearful eyes, they went
in, resolved to be kinder TO the poor lit
tie fellow in the future. bur his spirit had
flown, he was dead.-Unidentihed tx
change.
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Latin hexameters relating 10 bells. which
read as follows:
Laudo Deum verum. plebum voco. con-
gregg clerum;
Funora prango. fulgrra FRANCO. sabbath
pango.
This may be approximately. though not
conple<ely rendered by the quaint old
English Ines
ITO Gale We foldo attic meeting tyne.
We chyme:
when irfe snd myth are on ye wynge.
We rynge;
When la4cnto PASSING soule,
We tole"
IL will be noticed that great symmetry
has been attained BY this arrangement
The eagle Is opposite the tiara, and the
American flag to papal ensign; the seal
OF the United states corresponds TO that
OF Rome: and the same artistic balance Is
maintained In all the parts. The design
or is a Cincinnati man. Mr.. y Mund-
hcnk.
This Communication OF bells IS a peculiar
and difficult task The decorations must
be I'm relief TO avoid interfering with the
tone The medalions. for example, after
being designed by the artist and passing
through q whole series OF transforma-
tions must at last be accurately impress
ed upon the clay Of the mould-an opera
ton requiring great dexterity.
The general form OF the church-beIl
was perfected by medieval founders, and
no radical change from this has ever been
made with good results. II has Deem ar
gued by some that bells OF hemisphercal
shape. without the usual flare at the bot
tom. would give a purer tone; but this
theory IS not in accord with the facts.