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WHEN STARCH WAS NEW.
1t Used TO BE Made In CoIors So no 60
Tint the Fabric.

1t Used TO BE Made In CoIors So az 60
Tint the Fabric.
"A package of starchr' asked the In.
telligent and learned grocer, and as he
wrapped the package up he talked.
Starch originated" he said, 'in
Flanders. 1t was introduced into Eng
land, with the big ruff in the time Of
Queen Elizabeth. 1t was like our starch
colors-red, yellow, green. blue. The
effect of this was TO tint Gcicately the
white linen to which the starch might
he applied
Before Queen Elizabcth's time ruff.
feS anu -utfS were made Of fine hol-
land, which required no stiffcning.
Then the ruffs OF cambric came, and
these must Of necessity be starclled"
The grocer consulting his ;ncmoran.
DUN book. resumed:
1T is recorded that when the queen
had ruffs made Of lawn and cambric
for her OWN princcly wearing there was
none in England could tell how 10
starch thom; but the queen made sDc-
ella! means for some women that could
starcn, and Mrs. Gullham, wife Of the
royal coachmaI, was the first starch
err
'In 1864 Il Flanders woman, Frau
Van der Plassc, came to London and
established there school for the
teaching OF starching. The school sue.
cecdcd. The Flanders frau got rich.
She charged f5 lesson and an extra
20 shillings for q recipe for the making
Of starc! out Of wheat flour, bran and
roots.
yellow was the most fashionable
color in starch among the nobility. The
Puritans used blue starch, though at
first they had been against the stuff al
together, clubbing it a certaine kinde Of
liquide matter which they call starch,
wherein the devil hath willed them to
wash and dive their ruffes, which,
when they be dry. will then stand stiffe
and inheXible about their necks.'
"Starch is made from wheat, corn
and potatoes, and starving men have
often subsisted on it; finding It nonr-
tshing, though not tasty."-London
Graphic
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The Brand OF Cain no Shame.

Murder in this State is increasing at
such an alarming extent that Judges,
in their charge to the grand jury, are
calling special attention to it. Judge
Bryan is quoted as saying at Fayette-
Vile:
Il have it on the best authority that
in North and South Carolina for the
past few years, there were more MUIR
ders in proportion to population than
elsewhere in the United States, and
that If the same average were main
tanned all over the United States the
number Of murders for the past year
in this country, would have been If
teen thousand more people than were
killed in the Philippines and Cuba dur
ing the late war"
Judge Brown, in his charge to the
Durham grand jury, stated, "There
were 225 homicides in this State last
year. Monroe, N. c., Enquirer.
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- A preacher came at a newspaper
man in this way: you editors do not
tell the truth. If you did you could
not live; your newspapers would be q
failure" The editor replied: "You
are right, and the minister who Sill
at all times and under all circum-
stances tell the whole truth about his
members, alive or dead, will net osou-
py his pulpit more than one SUNDAY.
and then he will fud il: necessary TO
leave town in q hurry. The press
and the pulpit go hand in hand, with
whitewash brushes and pleasant words
magnifyipg little virtues into big ones.
The pulpit, the pen and the grave
stone are the great ssint-makiDg
triumvirate." And the great ministep
went away looking very thoughtful.
while the editor turned 10 hiy worki
and told Of the surpassing beauty Of
his bride, while in fact she was as
homely aa<a mud fence. ST..
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Breaking in New Engines.

The Southern Railway was also
handicapped by not being able TO se-
cure locomotives ordered long ago.
The shops had more than they could
do and our orders were delayed.
Many new engines have been deliver
ed, however, and as these are broken
in we are able to make better time.
You know new engine is like 4 colt
that has never been trained. 1t must
be broken. 1t has got to be acquain.
ted with every stitch Of the track,
it must know the curves and the
grades and they are never assigned to
passenger ruus until they are ready to
DO the work Of veterans. Col. w. A.
Turk in interview with Charlotte News
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Fairy Tale About 1'iLIman.

One Of the Democratic leaders from
South Carolina passed through Wash
ington this week on his way to Sara
toga for his annual vacation. He was
formerly an anti-Tillman Democrat,
but recently he has buried the hatch
ct in an endeavor to bring about har-
mony in the party. This same gen.
tleman related an incident to show
that Senator Tillman takes more
conservative view Of State politics
than he did few years ago. At re.
cent political gathering the subject
under consideration was the adoption
of certain party principles. There
were Tillman and anti-Tillman fac
tions present. One of Senator Till
mans lieutenants presented g resolu-
tion which, to the surprise of Sena-
tor Tillman, received the endorsement
Of man who had, previously been one
of Senator Tillman's most outspoken
opponents. With tinge Of satisfao.
tion and shadow of sarcasm in his
manner, Senator Tillman expressed
his surprise that the gentleman from
- County could bring himself to
support measure or proposition
| which he, Tillman, favored.
II have heard the same gentleman
| say" continued Senator Tillmap.
"that he would rather vote fer the
devil than give his sanction to Till.
man proposition. Now, what pussles
me ia how can the gentleman be con.
sistent after that declaration and yet
favor the pending psoposition2"
In reply the gentleman addressed
said: II admit that T said would
vote for the devil before I would vote
for Tillman, and in iustifisstion OF
Ismy present oourse'I / desire, TO state
that you are the nearest approach 10
tho devil ever expsctsto see. hence
| I am prepared 20 vote with you shis
time" q, ~
This retort oonvulsed che conyen.
| tion with laughter at the expsnse Of
Senator Nllasn. When tie latter
could make himself 1,sard he added
good.natusadly, With charsoterissio
| shake OF tho head end arsas: s'Yoa,ro
. good fellow aad / sm not going %
quarrel With you"
The resolution was carried, the two
men sho0k hands aud are now consid.
cred fass fsieH Washing special TO
] News q Courier. q q s,
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Cotton OyercOats.

The telegraphic Announcement the
present week that well known New
England WOODEN mills are about to ex-
tend the use of mercerized cotton in
their manufactures will cause no sur
prise to those who have followed the
trend of affairs in wool and worsted
manufacture of late years. The use
Of combed and carded cotton yarns
that have been treated with caustic
soda, which is the basic principle in
meroerizing, er lustering, to take the
place Of the elk stripes in nfancy goods
as well as q substitute for worsted in
making the entire fabric, has grown
apace the past two years, and is evil
dently meeting want that has been
unsupplied heretofore. Mention was
made in these columns some years ego
Of consignment OF Clay worsteds 8
that we're sent here by the Bradford
manufacturers in which there was no
particle OF wool, werp aud filing alike
consisting of long staple cotton, SO
manipulated il the weaving and
finishing as to deceive even the expert
buyer.
Large numbers Of lightweight over
coats were said 70 have been made
from the material, and found ready
sale in this and other markets. The
domesti, manufacturers are doing now
what the English makers did then,
but are extending their field into the
lighter weight goods for mems wear.
The coming fall and winter will wit
ness larger output than ever of these
cotton fabrics, designed for the cloth
ing rade.-Boston Transcript.
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His Second Thought.

Dack in the good old days when
nerves and railroads were little known
an old stage road ran from Lake
Champlain 20 Ogdcnsburg, y. Y,
passing through the little town of So.
dom. This village nestled in valley
between two great hills, over which
the white ribbon of the road wound
stceply.
Upon one Of the trips Of the stage
the regular driver, who had been at
home for some weeks recovering from
an illness, was riding inside, while
the red haired, mild featured, big
honcd lrishman acting a. his substi-
tutc occupied the driver seat upon
the box. The day was beautiful
one, and the passengers were enjoying
their drive kccnly, their appct!.es in
crcasing as the distance icssencd be-
tween them and the town Of Sodom,
with its promised pause for refresh
mcnt.
Suddenly as the heavy stage lumber
ed over the brow Of the hill, down
which the road plunged at Il sharp an
gle, running through the little town at
its foot and ascendinr the hill be-
yond, the passengers became conscious
that their pace had been rccklcssly in
| creased. Faster and faster they went,
Iashing down the hill at a rate rapid
~ becoming furious one. Trees anc
bushes at last became but dizzying
bl1r along the road. All clung to the
reeling stage and held their breath in
terror, while on the stage raced, down
the hill with ever increasing speed,
into the town, past the hostelry with
the waiting host left standing il
amaze at the door, past the postoffice
without pause and out upon the road
leading up the face Of the hill beyond.
There the pace slackencd, and as the
incline grew more steep at last the
smoking horses came to q standstill.
With one accord the dazed passengers
tumbled out and surrounded the driv-
er, who now stood at the head of his
reeking leaders.
''What is it, Pat? What is it2 Did
they get away from you?" came the
questions.
"Nope," replied Pat with set face.
1T wor that" pointing grimly before
him. There lay the stage tongue
dragging uselessly on the ground at
the heels of the horses and complete
ly severed from the coach. At q
glance the regular driver comprehend
ed the meaning Of the danger to which
the passengers of that stage, deprived
of it's sole means Of guidance, had
been exposed, and realizing The mira
Gle Of their escape, he turned sick and
tainted where he stood.
Later, back at the inn, when the
excitement had somewhat subsided
and fresh horses were being put to the
repaired coach, some one turned to
Pat and atked:
Pat, what was your first ti.oneht
when the pole dropped?"
swell, sor," he answered, settling
the squid more comfortably in his
cheek, 'me furst thought wor, Lord
hab mercy on our sowlsl' Then think
I to meself, 'Confound horse that
can't outfun o wagoni' and licked
the poor nastes all the way down the
hillT--Lippincott's.
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= "After ALL" remarked the man
who was given to moralizing, "expe-
rience is the greatest Of all schools. -
"Tbat may be" replied the grumbler,
''but very few Of US live long enough
70 graduate"
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A hundred and twenty.sisht
miles In one hundred aud twenty five
minutes on the Baltimefe and Ohio
rsilrosd, would seem to lessen the da.
mand for flying machines. Nobody
will care 30 travel faster than this,
aud fall from . balloon would not
insure greater disaster than an scsi-
dent on . train travelling moro shan Q
mile . minute. e.--Augusta Chronicle,
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New York, Sept. l2.-With ,h,
putting to death, on July Z, 1871, OF
four murdcrcrs the death chamber
in Sing Sing Prison began its tragic
history.
The execution Of the sentences took
place after midday with an interval of
twelve minutes after each death.
The hills in front Of the prison were
covered with people.
AS each victim was led to the chair
and died signal was waved from the
window to man at the flagstaff Oh
the Warden house, who sent up :,
flag to inform the impatient crowd
that the new agent Of justice was
working all right and had successfully
slain man.
The people being thus made party
to the dreadful ceremony, waved back
their congratulations, and even raised
a cheer which died away as the sec
ond flag was broken loose, and the
awful gromptncss and seriousness of
the business going forward in the
little brick house under its tin roof
forced itself upon them.
The four victims on that day were
Harris A. Smiler, James j. Slocum,
Jos. Wood and Sherbrick Juggio, a
Japanese, all covicted Of murder in
the first degree.
Since then thirty-four men have sat
in that chair and in the condemned
cells in room adjoining it seven
prisoners under sentence now await
zte fnal Offices.
The opening day in it's history has
not been repeated with respect to the
aumber OF victims.
On April %, 1896, it lad double
task to perform, and again on July 81,
1880, by killing ON the first named
date Lewis Hartman and Charles
Pustolka and on the second Lewis
Pnllerson and Miohae! Mcdonald.
One Of it's victims was q woman,
Martha Place, Brooklyn murderese.
z has in every case done it's work
we'll.
There has been no serious mishap,
and in supplantiog the gallows and
the rope it has justified IT'S adoption
and by the method of it's use deprived
capital punishment Of it's revolving
features without weakening thereby
the position held by those who op-
pose the death penalty upon other
grounds.
The quartet that went to their
death in 1891 were not. however, the
FIRST victims of the execution cham
ber.
The horse was the first sacrificed to
sest the machinery and to gather
data upon which to base the voltage
and amperage necessary to kill q hu-
man being.
They have the further distinction
of being the only subjects for whom
any sort OF plea Of innocence could be
made. They were old inmates Of
che prison, and had laborsd long on
che farm, 80 that their usefulness was
nearly il not quite exhausted.
Both were slain with less than 2, 900
volts Of electricity, the dynamo
being se-enforced by other machines,
wherefore the standard voltage to
slsy man was fixed at 100 which
is the measure Of the current applied
ever since.
Other tests, however, are applied
before each execution.
Although electricians profess to bo
able to measure their currents up to
81 or SO per cent. the fact is that
under varying meteorological condi-
tions the measure is untrustworthy
aud mysterious potentialities assert
themselves.
In an execution at Columbus, o.,
the voltage was registered At 100,
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ELECTRIC DEATH CHAIR.
Tests that Applied Before Each E,xecu.
ton


but when tic dead man was carried tc
the dissectlng table it was found tha. Z
current Of muoh higher p :r had
been passed through him.
10 avoid any such revolving mishaI
in this State, the current is tested
upon raw meat short time before it
is applied to a human victim.
As soon as the meat has been taken
OF the chair new connection is
made with a group of sixteen candle
power incandescent lamps which rests
on board placed on the chair. The
witnesses OF an execution on entering
the death chamber find these lamps
lighted
'hcy testify that the big dynamo,
si'uatco across the prison grounds and
distant about Zoo yards, IS all ready
TO 90 It's work.
AS the condemned man enters the
room these test lights are turned off
ana whlskcd away. In twcnt" sec
ohos ne IS seated ID his place and
the current OF electricity resumes It's
way bringing darkness instead of
ilgnt.
Inc legislation that provided for
inniclng she death penalty by cleo
trlclty IN this State was enacted in
1855.
Dill looking to that end had been
oeiote the house at three previoue
SESSIONS. Twice 1t had been lost in
committee and once defeated on its
second reading in the Senate largely
through the efforts OF Senator,
now Judge, John +. Smith OF Madison
county
But 1t was the day Of the electric
craze. Everything previously done
by steam and gas was to be done by
electricity. We were to live by it and
1t was fitting to die by it, and so its
adaptation to the extreme penalty was
inevitable.
"he electrical promoters willingly
lent their support, as the adoption Of
the method was in o sense an in-
doTsement OF their assertions Of the
omnipotence of the nev energy az ap-
piled to all schemes, commercial and
social.
Notwithstanding their support by
testimony OF the feasibility Of the
scheme, however, the manufacturers
OF dynamos and their necessary ap-
paratus were loath to furnish the ma
chinery.
They based their disinolinetion upon
the high grounds Of conscientious
scruples at being a party even in
directly to taking human life, although
it should be done legally.
AS matter OF fact, they were ap-
prehensive that their machinery would
not do it's work decently, for although
they were coafident that it would in
aict death they did not know what
further it might do to the victim
perhaps rend him, or reduce him to a
oinder.
After the first machinery was bought
h. u
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Men OF OAK

Timbers of oak keep the old
homestead standing through
the years. It pays to use the
right stuff.
"Men of oak" are men in
rugged health, men whose
bodies are made of the sound.
est materials.
Childhood is the time to lay
the foundation for a sturdy con.
stitution that will last for years.
SCOTS Emulsion is right
stuff,
SCOTS Emulsion stimulates
she growing powers Of children.
helps them build a firm
Foundation for a sturdy consti-
sutton.
send for free eannpie.
scorr q BOVINE. Chemists.
39o.aJ6 Psari street, New Yorie.
... aH1 9i.05s eH aruansss. 4
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-30
Valuable Curios.

DR.. Stewart Culin, curator of ethnol-
ogy in the Brooklyn institute museum,
is a guest of Manager Switzer, of the
Harvey curio. The doctor, who is one
of the first authorities on the manners
and customs of the American Indian,
finds that there are many valuable and
rare curios in the stock at Albuquer-
que. The four peculiar South Sea Isl
and boat heads, which are on exhibi-
ton in the general display room, at
tracted the favorable attention of DR..
Culin, who states that these boat heads
are between 500 and 1,200 years old.
He offered Manager Switzer a hand
some sum for them, but they are not
for sale.
Mr.. Culin will leave tonight for the
Navajo reservation and Will spend
some time studying the conditions of
the Indians of the southwest, in whom
he is deeply interested.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-30
Denver Cooks and Walters.

Denver March oo.-All union cooks
and walters in the down to wn restaur.
ants went on a strike today, as the
consequence of disagreement be-
keepers association. The trouble arose
over the employment of non-union
cooks In two restaurants belonging to
the association. At least 10000 per-
sons are inconvenienced by the strike
Seventeen restaurants were forced to
close their doors on account of the
strike an dabout 500 restaurants en-
ployes are out.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-30
Train Derajted.

Cleveland, Ohio, March 30,-The fast
west bound New York and Cleveland
express on the Erie, due in this city al
IL o'clock, noon, was derailed at Con
cord, near Cory, Pa. while running at
reduced rate of speed early today. So
far as reported no passengers were
killed or seriously injured, although
every one on the train was severely
shaken up and a few sustained severe
bruises, The cause of the accident Is
not yet known.
A Cory, Pa, special says the entire
train, consisting of combination bag
gage and cafe car, two Pullman sleep
ers, a parlor car and two day coaches
went over the embankment. Twenty
five persons are reported seriously in
jured and one old lady from Cleveland
fatally.
The injured will be brought to the
hospital here. No names have beer
secured yet. A train was made vi
and the passengers continued on thei
journey. Wrecking crews are clearin!
the tracks which are blocked.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-30
FAKIRS FOLLOW
Gang Of Them TO Follow the
President.
OLDEST LIVING ODD FELLOW
Trial Trip Of a Great German Ocean
Steamer.
MEMPHIS SPRING RACES BEGla

= New York, March 30.-An idea y
= of the extent and resources of an =
= industry with which the general =
y public is little acquainted is about =
= to he furnished in connection with y
y the tour of President Roosevelt =
y and party across the continent. =
= Persons who have noticed the y
y street vendors who line the curbs =
y on the occasion of any public =
= gathering and dispose of cheap =
y badges and other gaudy souvenirs =
y to the crowd would hardly believe =
= that these ubiquitous and noisy =
= gentry represent calling that of =
y late years has reached vast pro- =
y portions in America and is backed =
y by resourceful brains and vast =
= capital. =
y That such is fact, however, is =
y evidenced by plans that have been =
= perfected in this city whereby 1t :
= has been arranged that party of
= more than a score of these profes- :
= sional fakirs or hawkers shall ac- :
~ 'ohhpdhy thS PSSAuchtidi party =
y from the time 1t reaches Chicago
y day after tomorrow until it re- :
= turns to Washington in June
= after accomplishing a trip to the :
= far Pacific northwest. 1t being :
y impossible to travel in the presi-
= Dental train it is necessary that
= the vendors of souvenir canes, =
= etc, keep constar.ly jumping :
y ahead and waiting for the presi-
= Dental special to catch up. Thus :
= a party of ten will reach a city
= the day before the president and
y be on hand to supply the crowds, :
y while another party that has COW
y cred the preceding stop will be
= jumped to the second or third city
= and awaiting the coming of the
= distinguished tourists. Meanwhile ,
= other members of the syndicate"
= are to remain in New York to
y ship the souvenirs to points previ-
= ously agreed upon. The success
= of the project means large out
y lay of capital and incidentally a
= study of time tables and a map
y ping out of a route in the same
y careful manner as is done by a
y big circus on tour.
lNNN y = y - y = = = = = = y
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-30
Great Electric Railway system.

Morgantown, w. Va, March 30
With beginning of the construction
here last week OF the new Morgantown
electric railway a start was made on
what will be one of the biggest elec.
trio railway systems in the United
States, line between central West
Virginia and Pittsburg The Morgan
town street car line will be a link in
the gigantic system that will extend
from Buckhannon, w. Va, town ur
in the mountains of Upshur county
through the valleys to the great indus
trial center of western Pennsylvania
The road will be upward of 200 miles
long and considerable part of it has
been already completed or is in an ad
vanced stage of construction. The ag
gregate capital of the roads to be weld
ed into one continuous line between
the points indicated is over 100000,
900.