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The Exeter Times, 1884-5-15, Page 3tlhinese Prison.. As we entered. Clift j:ui-pard, fifty or sixty men swarmed ottt front the, dark doorways Which led into their done, , all heavily chainett,with lour, coat.,,., ma- ted hair hanging in \visits, or st titling on anti round their death -like Meese ase in filthy rags,. with :emaciated foruts raked with dirt, and bearing marlin of the tor- ture; and nearly all with sore eves, swelled and bre drug lilt , skiu diseases, and putrefying sores, These surround- ed us closely, and as, out without a sliutider, I pessedthroughthem and one of their diens, they pressed upon us, blocking out the light, utteringj .. cordant cries, and clangoring with one voice, "kuiu sha"—that 1, 1+ ac ksl ecsil; looking more like demons than living hien, a:, bet and depraved as crime, despair mut cruelty elm make them. Within, the bl:.c kneas, the filth, the ver- min, the etenel, overpowering, even ill this cool weather—the rubbish of rives and potsherds,. eanuut be described, Herta in semi- tarvatlttn and misery, with uamelese cruelties practiced upon thein without cta ;traint. festering in one depraved tease, are the tried and un- tried, the r:i,ilelclnnt'd, tate guilty and the innoeent (''f, tile tear lever and the pirate; the theater :roti the petty thief. all huddled together; without now of exit, except to the adjacent judgment- seat, with its horrors of "the question by torture," or to "this field of Woolf" not far away, On earth ears otter" be seen a .Ieeettwle mora hideous than that t,f tlneete altj.•et w•ret(ehes, with their heavy fetters eating into the ilei;:: of their Jle.t.'p and inion a(if on their wast- ed kelr-teo •, covered -with vermin and running sore , there 1; a ° flesh left), their thick, matted, bristly ,l:tt(ic hair-- eontr:tstin*rwitlt the 41tavi n heads of the r• tial,---thxe long, broken rebates on their fingers and toes, the. hungry loot in rheic• t!rnttiei::tett feee-=, anti their Rees, lsiiiu-'ltal Ittuneshat They, throtlge laround us t'l:rttt'ring their chains, one lead sa%•ing. that they had so little rice they haat to "tiring the foul water to till i'i. ms It eses ;mother shrieked,- "would 1 \,.eeo in a at' prison in Rang -Now," nett t'it+ \..t> a ,t,rn..•,,.i 1)y teeny vole -.4 "t ; :<",' In L'ttul• prison in tiring -Kong they bare fish and vows tables, and: more lie.' than they can eat, anti baths, and bells to sleep on; good, roti is they 1•riaun of your (Omen!" But lighter siveelled the en cif ktlttl-sits; and fa; the i•ould not give aims to severs al hundreds, we eluded them, though with dtel nit and as we squeezedut»rei through the narrow el(ior, exe rations followed us; and high above the heavy t•lang of the fetters and the general din rose the. ery, "Foreign ort ign Deyils," (Fan- Kwai), as we passed out into sunshine and iifte'rty, and the i%y was Owned upon theist and their tui ery.- •^1sahala I,"ir+!. iifsltt y It et e.l,ti Its'ife Tiite world tut,v, Intl \•.try slowly; how slowly, we were shown, tiro tither (lay, lir acopy ofthe New York Sun of ltt.ttl. h was very anelent and musty paper. looking its full tt'e of 34 years; but had 11 13e1'n deem 811(1 clean, it might intro been handed to .nearly any one anti been read through and through without hi' discovering that they hewer in It ]w:t more than '1 century alt!. The leading. editorial is 1)11 "Our Na - 6t. whi •h department ilk Sall at- tacks \'i ettrunnly its utterly 11n+:ttiSfttC- t•)ry and inefficient, ;111(1 t stlA.tin;: of ft lot of "old tubs." The article might i,.r rt'pt(1dlaced ire .lay bisill lit the t1l:l11gt. of a ,word, a:.1 no one would tl(°tl'et the anllrlt1U 1iti. Tee fent len ems aliIU'st idt'utieal with that published iu the Times -Demo - crag this morning. with only a few changes needed in the names. From It'e1:11nd axles the story of destitution and starvation --it was soon :after the great Irish famine—of plots against Great Britain, of revolutionary socie- ties organized,. and Half-starved Irish- men being shipped to America by the British Government, seeking to stop the famine by depopulating the country. In Franttlt-. it Was (Wring the clays of the second republic—there is the same story of quarrels and abuse among the various factions of the Republicans, the same hostility of the Reds to the Con- servative Republicans, and the same imperialistic plots against the govern- ment. A revolution fills op the South .Am- erican column, while hone affairs - con- sist of the usual damages to life and property from spring floods, and the usual exciting. election news, with a large vote polled and big majorities for the Democracy. The world certanly moves. During this period of thirty-four years the geog- raphy of Europe has been materially changed. Two united nations, Ger- many and Italy, have sprung into life. France has Changed .her government twice, and yet Europe has got around to pretty much the sante condition she occupied then. In this country a mighty civil war has been waged, a race has been freed and made citizens, and the 111)01e constitution of the coun- try has been changed; and yet so does "history repeat itself" the San furnish- es t.•tlay pretty mnch the seine news as in 1549.,—New Orleans Time*-1?cillocrat. . -sc..-- A telegraph wire is like a mustache. It is of no use when it is down. Alexander H. 'Mitchell, of Milwau- kee, is said to be worth $15,000,000, and he has in Scotland, whence he came, a schoolmate; who is said to be worth ,$40, 000,000. It is related that the two met in France a few years ago and spent the day,together. The Glasgow man paid all the bills. At thesclose° of the day, when the two sat down to dinner, the Glasgow banker pulled out a' card, and turning to Mitchell be said: "Sandy, you owe me $1,6:i." This' was Sandy's share of the exp, nse of the day. Trip A Bowers dealer in clothing gothold of a chap the other day whohad a knowing look in his eyes,d who strongly objected to paying $ for a coat hell he h41 tried on. "VItel1,, I don't. say dot it is worth $7,'t' replied the dealer. "Then why du you ask it?" "Vhell, my eyes haf got so poor dot anypody can pass badt money on me now. I l I Sold dot goat for $7 khould es)C>tuglL S1inu onntCrfait money anti 4$2 silver clot vbas plugged oop." "I guess I'll take it," said the stran- ger, after a pause, and he scraped the bottoms of his pockets and hunted his , wallet over for bills. Dot is right, ?young man, and I know you wouldn't sheat an ole mats Iemit sore eyes. Tito coat was bundled up and the stranger disappeared in a lively man- ( ner, The dealer turned to the cash on I the counter, caretatly exatu?eied each piece, and the!.,t• was a heavenly smile on Ids face as he eitnekled out: "Only ninety cents of badt money, uuil some of dot blenty good enough to put in tho shildren's saving banks" -- Walt Strca News, %T f. alga kEar Ot1LU SA Y TO those wh Luteud purchasiut to d. so from the ulaaufacterer The dealer who bays to sell again hest exeoe4Sarity have a profit. \Ye elaini to givetho purohasors the beeeAt, which oaueot tail ' to meet the views of ttz'j Grangers. Our expenses are losstitan those ofaite Bad nulaeturerieons otrier i wea tt cell a cells /leaver A Man Sims iItt Mouse to Death. A New England lady writes: "Quite fate the other evening my husband was humming a lively air, playfully keeping time with his feet as he sat in his easy chair, when 11v suddenly stopped and said: '1/0 gee that mouse?' It was only about four feet away and it did not man - !fest any fear. I said it Is eharlute•t with your singing, He began egain.18111 go ing nearer sat down on the floor, rreeting itis hand on the carpet, The mouse first ran a little further away, then calve back and ran up his hand and arm, un- til he moved to prevent its going to itis neek. I took it from his shoulder, but it instantly jumped to the fluor and, ran away in another direction. Me. 1'. again sat down an the fluor fuel the rnuuet' tenni', running batik to hint,when. finding it injured icr\ttad reeovory, la put au out to its sufl\uings. We lave never before Se'eil tt 18(285e in that room. though troubled with them in the pane try and kitchen. It :ranged to have been attracted by the singing to color in untrue the (1'•+t• to 11 ct !alp or sym- pathy, else wltti Tuan:i. t. men a peeing• once for Mr. I'." Why He Didn't •As aciate with Bila. "Did I ever tell you how Dolph Jokes beat me out of $345?" "No, Murphy; how was It?" said the listener. "Why. I was sitlin' in the A.stoeuutch one night. tend in came Dolph, IIe walked up to the bat anti took a drink. There WIt' 8 lac+; trsh of third honied eggs at one. rend of the bar, and he !began go- ing for them. Ile pitkt'ti up an egg, erat'ked it on tilt bar, picked the shell oil, and ate it. 138t he didn't stop; he ate another, and another, until he had swallowed five. I was w•atehino maleMilli, and it male me real mall to sen him so greedy. So I silt 'Dolph. v8n had Better eat ' i ell ail, hadn't, yeti."' "'So I will, Charles, if yun'll pray fox 'em,' said he. "•(lo rigll't along,' I said; •I'll pity it dem finish the dish.' "He never :topped until he had eaten twenty -live more. Ho thea took a drink, ate an oyster sales, a plate of crackers, and finished the dish of eggs. There were twenty-three mare. Fifty-three ergs was what he ate, and they had the check to charge me five cents apiece fat 'enc --just $2.G3 I was out. I novel spoke to Dolph again. I wouldn't as. sooiate with hila after that."--'T'/te Gas- tronomer. • Capping the Climax, "Mr. Plumbottle," said an Austin man, "I hear from 'numerous parties around town that you are an awftrl.liar, one of those ,lumbo prevaricators who stretch the truth from Orient to Occi- dent without snapping it once. HOW is it?" "Well, well," meekly replied Mt Plumbottle, "I don't know about that. I never made any such extravagant claims as you speak of, and I haven't the least doubt in the world but that even yon could lay me out in the shade if I told the first story." "Well, so long as' you keep within the shadow of truth I might keep some, where in sight of you. Justgiveus one little lie for a starter." . "H'm! yes, well," replied the mild mannered Mr. Plumbottle, "let me see, I once sucked nineteen raw eggs at one sittin(r." "NTneteen!" answered the Austin man. "why that isn't a circumstance to what I did 011Ce on a wager when I was a boy. Down back of my father's barn I once sucked twenty-two raw eggs, and did it easy, too." "Sucked twenty-two, eh. I knew I stood no show if you made me tell the first story, hn, ha. That's pretty good Sure you sucked then]?,' "Yes, sir, twenty -tiro hen's eggs." • "O, hen's eggs, eh, well, I forgot to mention my nineteen \vere ostrieheegs, holding ,about three, quarts apiece, fifty- seven quarts, about fourteen (rations end a quarter. Figures won't lie, you .know. Good -day, I must drift along down town.)' — Texas ,Sping�s. ''Can you give sue 10 cents, sir?" implored a ragged chap, accosting a gentleman on the street; "I haven't ate anything for a week." "i•Vbat do you mean . by telling such a 'story as that?" asked the gentleman: "I saw you at dinner in the eating -house not an hour ado." "Ah, but you nrisende1- stood me, replied the tatterdemalion;, "when I said I hadn't ate anything foto a week I meant next week' He go$ bra 10 pinta,. .. .... S. GIULIO, �ltlr3 il nature Mawal rAttrea� Y y' B WOULD oal1"apeeialatttesit to our 'undertaking depart aiont,w(Ifehi4 more cgml, pietethartarer,as we have Added soveralstew designs of tato The best coMne caskets'abxt:uds,ctnel every uneral requisite at the!, lonest'price'. Our new Rears* to proucuneedby competent. iudget. to bf iffoond to noes to the. provineois 666, Emblems of all the Different Societies, UNDERAKER 11b) Funerals furuished:t," conducted (t the very lew. est rates' Id "Stook 01 II ri ekilte goodsle Largo. complete and wesassorted, and any person !egairing anythlnp iu thielwe \till Qadit tc tbeira trentage to eiv a WI C oail Cud extttntuo tot themselves. CABINET-MAKER. 1 have just reco vett e urge steel: tt al1ut And Ito esvootl Caskets; also iloffine of every descrip- tion. d. carapleto stock of Robes and Tritnrnings alway on bend. the latest et `Ies of Chamber And Parlor Suits AM kinds of Furniture at the lowest rates. Tf&F l3I s1'11t1:A1lt'1t us TtltnC'OUN'i:'Y Remember they pettt:e_.1eerly opposite Kemp's Tubscen Store, ttain.street, Exeter. (TORN S ,A. . ITCHING PILES SF:1IPTOIIS ANDC1.T1tE The symptoms are mai Atlu'c, like l•crspir- 1 mien, intense Belling iucieased liy matching: e very distressnii', particular at night; Ffenis as 1 If pin-wu:ws \Trite brawhn in and about the i rectnut, the prorate parts ate stauet!tncs feeted. if allewe(1 to continue very serious re. soltsmayfollow. ...SW ,Y.Ki:'S of\Tali: v'i *• Is a, pleasant, aura cure. Also for Fetter: Jell, Salla-itltenen, Se:ild-11(2(4. l:rt'silziel,ls\, . Barbers' Iteh, U1(eteltat, all se)d .erne: Skin Diseases.. Ilex, by Datil, 51) t t• .; a for $1,24. Addre:•r•. DR, :l\V Y` elI'ltiia.. t'ee. Sold by Dr ug,tiyta, :torte: TO MOT111 lig. A▪ re you disturbed at night alai bre, :.cu of your rest byastekehihl suffering ansl erying nidi pain of e1 ttil y tt.r:,' if 2.a. ,•eleet:nd • get a bottle of Mit:; i\i.t.,1i.((1 ..:i.:uTUmSs gent " Rarebits i•+turaleulabte. It will re. Ueve the peer little sufferer ienutedintelp. Do. pend ulx itftmaniere, there igloo mist; he about it. It dares dy lass/very and dialrboea, regulates t h0 AtoInac1l end- l. Y inti COO finitc'ui• the l,un.(, z••t. \, t tai±:sole'^tion. and styes tont. ant ole. rf•y to the Abele 14ste81.1 Mits. WISRLt,w'.-ii.•OTI2,.•t, S\In'P POI t'inl.l).' RC1( I81.r1I1::0 is 1pitiltedr t to Me tear, anti is the prrsordptiouof one of the uielef foul beat tunlele:;urges acid felt} it i ,t,u it. tree' L'Littal States, and is for stela 1 t 1211.1ruggist:I throltt;h- out the world. price la :ruts a LOtti,•• ARNICA and OIL LINIMENT CURES ALL Pains and Aches AND 15 THE MOST PERFECT rA I y MDDICINg in rho WORLD! SOLD BY All. DEMOS. ?RICE, 25 AND E3 C;,i1TS P ltiuh` r zc Co., of rho Sell:Brinle Aalrnrcav eec- Urinototivt u, eo dlcit•Hns for P.1 .a.,, (*.treats. iTrade Marta. Copyright,. for the Vetted States, Canada. England, A rear•.', ttermmnv, etc. Hand Book about Patents sent free. Thirty-seven years' experience. Patents obtained through 3MSUNN St Co. arenoticed ;tithe SerF.NT/PIO ASiERICAN the largest, best, and moat widely pDeireulated scientiiepeper. $5.20 a year, esspecii enccopyoftbeScichtifeAmin- formation.r lean sent free. Address MUNN h CO. ScinNr'a AntzmcAN Office. 2G1 Broadway, Now pTI Tett. Will be mailed FREE to all applicants and to customers of last year without ordering it. It contains illustratiops, ores, descriptions and directions for planting all Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Plants; etc. Invaluable to alt. D. M. FERRY & CO`1"' off: Health & Happiness for" all. WILL CURE OR RELIEVE Biliousness, Headache,„ Dys- pepsia,' indigestion, Diziness, Jaundice. Dropsy. Fluttering of the heart, Ane' every} species of 3'1 sse 44I1_In:2, Lott Impure Blood, .lr, e_ kine AXR. FY 132 Climax Cit„ tnic -1 (.o17 ZION?ri R,.EI N-S'A LL PORK PA CK/IV G OUSE Having duat1ultnemi bnsinesIteritte Pall and lilrinter Trade \1aa•'t e 4 It 1 e 1! ar sit k i, met :foie t I any t! 1 °, N a lti t\ t I t ,,,. Ii 1 YI , it, Iblecttr the fulicmnt rr alCtioliR We will take off twupounds per huudredif dry .,cud threepound11 soft. Shoulderteacit 1 WILL CURE OR RELIEVE E ILIDYS'NESS, DIZZINESS, D:'w'p P.SIA, - DROPSY, I ',?/c'LSTION, FL1.TTERINO J,4W1010E QF THE HEARiT `r ERYSIPELAS, ACIDITY OF E AT RHEUM, THE STOMACH, I:(Als'TOVRN, DRYNESS HEADACHE, OF THE SKIN, es.ery ;peeled of clise„se ,erisin fro c:;rd(rad OVER, MONEYS, STOMACH, �t li11�I BOWELS:OR SLOOP, i.#s,. .. Lil iDI1 18 U2Uy.J Prapr e0RG11T'•1.. 11, IA 111 1,04 0 Year J) SARSAPARILLA -:,11 et J.21. .eaus ft Y 1 # t Nd rt 6i, st i;: kntt ter (Purifying the Blood. It ball roll, I.1 n>>for ^l, en2S, end ha., prosc4 to hs tees 1 •'t ort e\arztion (n the liarl.ctt-er . iaitees walla'eels if; Ti(D 11I(1111 Eirt 1 +Cie, LIVER COM- PLAINT. 1'Isl.'1' 3 (CA TIT F,,. FAte1l, I3ktiPEP •IA, 1,11 ^,, and rat Diseases that arise S...ADA 3 iC,Irder.Ptiist:«e or an («:i targe l t• v l 'I , f area of our hest E.,0' F :tit to r..rcb(i• 112- . , n.ela' it tftaitl tdt`, xt ly in lei from ` h'!rR Dace;:, II01K11.1- rna Fatiapacial. 1, . i4t.Yrry,Sr)1li*uiia Ia*lut !'nn, 1?,i afrw Wintergreen, Rut; e.t.a* we leeasevat 5:: 9*Z* . 1tt u/S SSA Earle+ It lit, rss:tly+r. r route cited can. 6t) -^,k4 the nit • 1: &LA,. c .t,ssautien. tileanefOle I. •:medicate., le tt fulatlnfrthe1*o,v 1w o-,. is t +•i 17 tcau beton, erbiz".a°t. rfoe d.. 1‘,..<-1 ( . r^' ', fse', r , -,-On C 1,Nttatf il.; r _...r t0 ty P.M 4 :,;i CSC .,: t\ve:.ty.ffwte cents. natty of the 1 aria gats are left le, 3L a entsoxtrawill be de ducted. No prole will be bought at any price if warm. We sant all Hogs t:litting right tbrsngh breast topes 1, and 1pplarnsopeeueedll out to tall G &, J. PETTY- VEGETABLE s ETTY- VEGETABLE i CURE Loss of' Appetite, •i indigestion, Sour Stomach, Habitual Costiveness) Sick Headache and Biliousness, FOR nice OS. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. AYER'S Sarsaparilla cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Rheumatic Gout, General Debility, Catarrh, and all disorders caused by a thin and impoverished, or corrupted, condition of the blood; expelling the blood -poisons from the system, enrielting and renewing the blood, and restoring its vital- ising power. During a long period of unparalleled useful- ness, Manes SARSAPARILLA leas proven its perfect adaptation to the cure of alitdiscuses originating in poor blood and a wcahene`I vitality. Itis a highly concentrated extract of Sarsa- parilla and other blood -purifying roots, combined with Iodide of Potassium and Iron, and is the safest, Most reliable, and most ecouomical blood -!purifier and blood -food that .an be used. Iullammatory Rheumatism Cured. "AvER's SARSAPARILLA. ]las cured IIie of the Inflammatory Rheumatism, with whieh 1 have suffered for many years. W. Lt. Mouser." Durham, la.,' March 2, 1882. "Eight years agol had an attack of Rheuma- tism so severe thatl could not move from the bed, or dress, without help. I tried several remedies without much if any relief, until I took Arum's SansarAnILLA, by the use of two bottles of which I was completely cured. I have not been troubled with the Rheumatism since. Ilave sold large quantities of your SAltsAr AIt3I.LA, and it still retains its wonderful popularity. The many notable cures it has effected in this vicinity con- vince me that it is the best blood medicine ever offered to the pubilc. E. F. Minos." River St., Buckland, Mass., May 13, 18r:'. "Last March 1 was so weak from general de -- Witty that I could not walk without help. Fol - towing the advice of a friend,1 commence takinig Avian s SARSAPARILLA, and before 'I had used three bottles I felt as well as I ever did in my life. I have been at work now for two, months, and think your SARSAPARILLA the greatest blood medicine in the world. JAMES 1\fMylrAuh." 520 West 425 St., New York, July 141,1882. Aran's SARSAPARILLA cures Scrofula and all Scrofulous Complaints, Erysipelas, Re - sauna, Ringworm, Blotches, Sores, Botta, Tumors, and Eruptions of the Skin. It elvers the blood of all impurities, aids digestion, adieu - fates the action of the bowels, and taus restoree vitality and strengthens the whole system. PREP.EED By Dr. J. C. Ayer &, Co., Lowell, Mase, Said by all Druggists; price $1, six bottles, ES. y. 1e £1V .+fi\a i',s,Z.i 33 NV0>31V.T. POW :). t;;ea Aro ploaat.ntt:)tate. 1' sit..1`,the ieown Purgative. In a PIA. ; ' rt..1 4'4:Waal {oatro7co of wove: in tl 1 xetter,idults. f"1»:F1 DUEHOIJr ■■ It ' • .ij�..: is •AEIINOWLEOGEO EVERYWHERE: -. A'+tiOt+r:'Ar¢1�I •�' TNT $fMPI ESt.MDSI AXAI41 M MONO o N su TION. 1hove a posItive remedy Tor the above E11381040:o; by its 11.2 thousamhouhaad8 aura of the worst kind and of coat; nRhave beaneencured. Indeed. so strong is my faith in its to its eaten that I will send Two BOTTLES FREE, ingather with s VA LITABLE ffliffartSE on this disease, is any sufferer. Olvo Exyressz}preu and 1'. O. address. DR. P. A. SLOCUII, 1.1 1'earlSt.,iew York. WHO 1S UNACQUAINTED. WITH THE 0EOGrAPHY OF 14413 c0Un^ TRY WILL SEE BY EXAh11NIH n THIS (AAP THAT THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R. ¥ 133rtheand the Westsbyyy the shortest route.aand car- ries passenger,. without change of cars, between Chicago and Romans City. 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