TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. NOVEMBER 18, 1900
1HE SLAYER OF MARAT
Charlotte Cordas and the Act
That Made Her Famous.
HER PLANS FOR THE MURDER
The Wav They Were Worked Out and
How They Were Put Into Execution.
Her Own Tragic End and the Final
Act of the Brutal Headsman.
Among I he in*tu tn-e* of fnnat!<■ zeal
for coiiutry and people the act of
Charlotte Corday. who was born at
M Saturnln. France. July 27. 17U8.
and who wav tieheailed ut Paris July
17. 17113. stand« out lu tragic force.
tier childhood and early youth Were
full of privation, although she was of
h noble family. She was educated at
a convent in I'neii and then went to
live with hii aunt In the same old town
of Xormnndy
She had a serene and lofty beauty.
miis mil mid graceful, and her manner
was toll of dignity
She spi nt all her leisure in reading,
anil her books were always those that
refilled to tiemlsni and devotion to
country
When the revolution broke
llfsin Frame. Charlotte eagerly took
tip the reading of politics and public
ipiestlons When the Girondists were
obliged to tty from Paris they went to
Caen amt la-gaii Io hold meetings and
form plans tor future operations lu
I 'll ris.
Tbe Girondists were the true repub
licans and get their name from Gi
ronde. as It was the deputlM from
Ibis district that had formed the Re
publican party lu the natloaal assem-
My The ivrsvwiv had terrified them,
and they had tried to stop the violent
lueasures In th“ reign of terror.
Charhgte felt a very maduess of en
thusiasm ns she listened to the fiery
eloquence of these men who de
nounced Marat. Panto» and Robe
spierre ewnped much of the censure
tine for their share In the frightful
work of cruelty and death. It was
upon Marat that the Glrortdlats poured
their eloquence, for It was be who bad
pursued and ordered the death of their
lenders In Carls. In tile depths of her
heart a purpose was formed to save
her people trmn ibis monster and at
any cost Io herself.
Into Cbaiiowet» life a tender and re-
spe< tfill love hud come to add its in
fluence In these days of strange tumult
ant) calm purpose. She and a young
mint named Franquellu had been writ
ing each other, and she bud given blm
Iter portrait and told blm that he might
at least love that. When this lover
marched away to Paris with the Giron
dists and the neighboring volunteers,
she hade him a calm farewell, for she
knew she was going to save blm.
After her execution Frauquelln went
home to bls native village In Nor
mandy In tbe teuder care of his moth
er he gradually failed, for bis heart
was broken the day bls love perished.
When be came to die be requested that
Charlotte'» portrait and letters be
burled with blm. and bls grave bolds
them sacredly.
Charlotte begau fo prepare for her
Journey to Paris and the tragedy she
had planned. Every effort was made
to hide the appearance of a concealed
purpose. When she arrived at Parts
site nt once set about her plans to find
Marat. As a preparation she went to
one of the shops of the Pillais Royal
tuid bought a dagger shaped kulfe. pay
ing for It tiO ceuts. Tills she bld In the
folds of her dress. Uer plau bad been
to kill llarat In the very convention,
where she thought the deed would be
uvepged by killlug Iter on the spot.
Cut Murat m> longer went to the con
vention. lie was III with a disease that
was slowly killing him. and life body
was In a state of disorder and irrup
tion that gave him an agony of suf
fering lie was only comfortable when
in the warm waler of bls bath. He
lived ou the first floor of a bouse in
the Rue des t ordellers. and connected
with Ills home were all the affairs of
Ills Journalistic work and from here all
Ills pamphlets and Journals were sent
out
After writing two letters asking for
an Interview. In which sbe would give
him some li»|ivrtant news about-aue-
pe< ted persons, site gpt-oo aeply. Then
she took ber way to the house, InsUisd
Hint stir must see blm. and when ftc-
bidiiea eiuraucfV» Marat's wife Me
stilt urged the Importance of her ar-
rand Marat heard the sound of their
voices and shouted out for a rer.son of
Hie noise that bothered him
When
told that It was Hie woman who bed
tw l< e written him ba hade her coin« I*.
The wife, against her will, let her pa*
Marat was In his bath, wrapped tn
an Ink stained sheet, and was writing
on a board laid across the bath. Ask
Ing her errand, he took down all tbe
details she gave him. Whop he bag
Hie name ef each tltrvndiat who n,
at work la Oen he told her that in a
week they would be brengfit to tbe
guillotine Then as sbe stood bee*»
tie batA Rbe plunge* the knlffe IMo
his heart, and be itted with a «y to
his wife to come to Mtn.
Just liefore her execution sbe wrote
to th* Girondist» at Caen that eba an
tic quMed happiness "with Brutus in
tbe Elysian Ucld»" aQer her death, and
she also wrote tender and loving farw
we|| letters to ber relatives snd
friends
"beu sbe had suffered death tbs si-
«* urtoner lifted up ber head by the
hair and struck It a brutal blow with
his 1st Just at that moment a gleans
of the sun so fell upon it that then»
sin the effect of a blush upon ths
dead face.-Boston Globo.
Propsrty has Its duties as well as its
rights.—Drummond.
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THE DEER’S HORNS.
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BEING SICK IN CHINA.
What Happen« When a Devil Jump
Down a Patient’s Throat.
It lx tbe cum U mu for a Chinaman to
visit tbe barber every week to have a
general over ha it ling. First, tbe bead
arid tare are shaved: second. the ear»
are xt-ruped and cleansed with a small
brush made of durk’x hair; third, lue
ijp|»er and lower eyelids are scr»|>ed
with a dull edged knife, ail grauula-
tlons lieiug *Ht»o<»tUed away, and then
an application lx made with a dn< k x
hair brush of salt soiutiou.
Thia is the reaxuu why you will rind
so much blindness in China. t hey
take no antiseptic measures whatever.
Finally lhe patient’» buck is mas-
anged. and ufter paying a lee of 3 cents
ami no tip he leaves tbe shop, feeling
denn outside. but now must cuuault
bis regular physician.
After going through tbe usual exam
ination. which i* a form of military In
spection. the doctor diagnose* the case
and treat* It utiles* a devil happen* to
Jump down the patient's throat. If
this ha* happened the doctor can do
the patient no good until he promise*
to set off a hundred firecracker* and
to make a daily visit to the joss house.
This done, lie receive* the usual pill*
for those vin-ated by Hie devil.
These pills may consist of spotted
rhinoceros horns. said to lie a wonder
ful cure for Intestinal troubles. The
spotted rliims-erus born* come from
southern China, and in the market at
Singapore a atugle specimen will bring
»25
Tiger bone* when ground to a pon
der and mixed with Chinese wme
make a great blood tonic which i*
used b.v all classes of Chinese In north
ern China. Tbe recipe I* held liy a
I (Irra In Shanghai that ha* become very
| wealthy b.v the sale of this tonic.
Old deer boms are boiled down to
make tbe medicinal glue which binds
tbe fifty ingredieuts composing the
average Chinese pills. As In these you
may get anything from a pinch of
SAT IN THE SENATE.
gunpowder to powdered cobra tall
dust It Is not the fault of Wong Ylk
An Out.ider Who Innocently Mede Cbee If Just tile right kind of specific
Himself at Home.
escapes Hie patient.
Tbe American people otiee elected a
Equal tn medli'lnnl efficacy to the
tailor to the pre*iduncy, and doubt- above are three high grade tiger reme
leaa many manipulator» of tbe shear* dies. the eyeball, liver and blood. A*
atid goose have sat in tbe seats of tbe may be Imagined, tiger eyeball, tbe
mighty by elevtlou. but only ouce did genuine article, can be prescribed for
a tailor make himself at borne on ibe only the exceedingly wealthy Chinese.
floor of Hie United States senate «lieu Similarly tbe liver, when dried and re
ue bad no eonstitueney to represent.
duced to a powder, la worth It» weight
Tbe tailor was Hermann Moritz io gold all over China. Tiger blood,
Riedel of I'bIhidelpbia, wbo visited when evaporated to a solid at a tem
Wasblugtou lu April. 18118, to attend perature of 110 degrees and taken as
tbe exciting scenes during the im a powder. I> believed by Asiatic* to
peachment proceedings against Au
transform a craven luto a hero.—Med
drew Jobnson, a fellow craftsman. ical Record.
And this is the account of bow ue
witnessed these proceedings as pub
The Politic»! Millennium.
lished in tbe Washington Republican
Two Kansas farmers, oue of them a
of that day:
| Republican and tbe other a Democrat,
"A good looking Teutonic friend of were quarreling over their political be
ours a day or two since made an ear liefs. Tbe more they argued the fur
nest appeal to our Muggins for a tick ther apart they drifted. Finally they
et to tbe senate to listen to wbat was called in a neighbor to settle the dis
going forward at tbe impeachment pute. This neighbor was a man wbo
trial. Muggins, as Is bis wont, iu tbe seldom said anything, who went about
kindness of bls soul consented to fur bis business, was u good citizen and
nish Teuton with tbe tallsmauic paste- substantial in every way.
board wbl< b effects tbe open sesame to
“Well." be replied after both had
tbe senate chamber and also assured stated their sides, "my son and I have
our friend that be would accompany been hauling wheat nearly forty years
blm to the gallery and find him an now. There are two roads leading to
eligible seat.
Muggins and Teuton tbe mill. One Is tbe valley road and
started to work tbelr way in. but Mug- the other leads over the bill. But never
glus was detained outside of tbe door yet bits tbe miller asked me which
for a few moments, and our German road we came. He always asks, 'is
friend went on aud passed tbe vigilant the wheat good?’’’—Kansas City Jour
sentinels at tbe outer door aud went nal.
directly to tbe entrance of tbe senate
Making It Plain.
cbainlier and was admitted by tbe
gentlemanly ushers under tbe belief
The following simple and explicit di
probably that be was a member of rections are posted up In a hotel on the
cougress and passed through tbe vesti Nordfjord:
bule and took bls seat in the first va
"The fire escape! Directions for use
cant chair aud there reuialued during Tbe one end of the rope Is to be fixed
tbe entire session in the confident be at the book In the window frame, the
other is to turn out of tbe window. The
lief that be was entitled to tbe seal."
The descendant* of Hermann Riedel plaited snotter. which I* fixed nt the log
lire living In Washington now. Tbe | of wood. Is to be put under your arm*,
tailor, wbo was a "top uoteber" at bls 1 whereupon you may safely let yourself
trade, according to all accounts, dual slide down. You may regulate the hur
In 1877. having declined a pension after , ry by keeping tbe rope under the log
serving as a marine during tbe civil If more persons are to be saved you
have to pull up the contrary end of the
war. —Washington Post.
rope, tlx this at tbe hook and go on so
till nobody is left.”—London Punch.
Kumiss.
Kumiss Is a valuable beverage for
Foravar Dry.
use In tbe sk'kroom. lleat one quart
There is n youngster In college who
of milk Io 75 degrees F.. add one and
one half tablespooufuls of sugar aud combines the poetic Instinct wlih n
one-fourth of n yeast cake dissolved In keen sense of humor, lie is not n close
our lalilesiMsmtul of lukewarm water. student. In fact, be regards books a* 1
Fill sterilized bottles to within oue aud instruments of torture. Oue of tbe pro
one-bait Indies of tbe top. Cork and feasors picked up a text book Iteloiigtag
shake. Place tbe bottles inverted to blm the other day and found on the
w^u-re they may remain at a tempera flyleaf this bit of verse, which no doubt
nrre of 70 degrees F. for ten hour», expressed tbe student's opinion of It:
Should there be another hood
then put in tbe Icebox or a col* place
For refuge hither liy.
aud let stand forty-elgbt hours, shak
And should the whole world be sub
ing occasionally to preveut the cream
merged
from clogging tbe mouth of tbe bottle.
This booK would still be dry.
— rbiladelphhi Record
It la refreshing and nourishing.—Wo
man's Home Companion.
They Present All the Phenomena of
Animal and Vegetable Growth.
Why anti Imw in lUv d**er n »> prviiltar*
I ly unlike any other ui the lM»vhie rat-e.
the born differing n *> materially from
ail the horned « aitle iu 11 n «•<»ii*p*»Nhn»ii,
growth, wiaiurlis ami decline? It pre
sent» all tbe ptieiioineun of animal uud
| vegetal»!* growth IT sprout» front the
j brain w I bout any prolongation of tbe
froulul boue.
it rises and breaks
through tbe sinews and takes root on
, tbe bone, growing, the same us a vege
table. It is t.onrished by and aerrelea
1 Hlboi*en upin (tie surface and dlspiseH
of the fibrin Hie same as an animal.
It Is clothed with a skin and hairy
coat very different front those on tbe
I rest of tbe I mm I. v This covering and
hair possess u property unknown In
other animal bodies— that of being a
styptic to stanch its own hkx»d when
wounded. It carries utarks of the age
on the buck by putting out an extra
i branch each year, which shows an ad
ditional power each year to produce
them. And this power does not exist
In the female. So this difference is
more dixtln«*tly marked than In any
other « lass of animals. Again, the bom
possesses properties unknown in any
other animal matter. It Is entirely In
odorous, capable of resisting putrefac
tion and almost Impcrvjinjs to the ef-
fe< ts of the atmosphere.
And still water al 300 degrees F.
will dissolve these horns readily, even
though they are not soluble In alcohol
and resist the action of acids and alka
lis. It Is tbe only vegeto animal sub
stance that we know of that does not
perpetuate Itself by procreutlon.
The male and the female are sus
tained by the same nutrition and ele
ments. and only the male produces
horns. This phenomenon is quite as
idik ^ v of a curiosity as the absence of
tbe horn in the buck after shedding.—
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HOLiSTEIHS-FRlESlflHS,
A Suspicious 8ilence.
Howard was only tweuty months '
Firm Friends.
"Friendship, boys and girls.” said n older than tbe baby. He find somehow ;
member of a provincial education com come lo realize that KI wood, wbo was (
mittee. "Is a thing to be cultivated and creeping, was more likely to be In mis
practiced by all of us. Read and poo- chief when quiet. One day be called to
der the stories of tbe great friendships bls mother with a great deal of anx
of sacred amt profane history. Take iety tn his HtNe voice. "Mstnm» I hear
them for your models— David and Jon Elwood keeping atm."—Delineator.
athan, Damon and Pythias and Scyllw
No Fault of His.
and Charybdis!"—London Telegraph.
“Why. Johnny! Your little sister is
shelling two quarts of peas to your
Plenty of Jaw.
Two cockney “Ildles" were discuss oue."
"Well. I told tbe darn little cbuatp
Ing each other publicly
One said
something about tbe other's "Jaw." or about It. but It didn't do no good."—
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"Jure." "Garn." answered her oppo Cleveland 1 .cader
nent. "you've got euougb Jaw for two
Poor Tests.
sets of teeth, you 'are."
Little Edna (resd'.sgi—Say. mamma,
wbat Is a lack of artistic taste? Mam 4
Theory and Practice.
Geraldine—A rose by any other name ma—It is tbe feeling, my dear, that 4
would smell as sweet. Gerald—I hare prompts a tmidbeaded man with red
never been able to make you believe It whiskers to wear a black wig —Chi 4
when I brought you flowers. — New cago News.
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York Press.
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A cottage. If goodness be there, will
We rise tn glory as wa sink to pride. hold as much happiness as a palace — 4
Haariltou.
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