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Clinton New Era, 1894-09-28, Page 3ifla"' 01,x,1' iTO,?' Se i 017.1:60 ::fir 1$04 MUSICAL EXCELLENCE; ARTISTIC DESIGN DURABLE CONSTRUCTION CA1AL000Es SINT FRE$ ON APPLIOATAON. Morris-Feild -Rogers-Co LISTOWEL. BESSIE'S FAITH. Little Bessie's papa Is an advertising man Who talks hie business everywhere Everywhere he can. Little Bessie heard him, Heard him talking ads, And became a loyal oonvert To that theory of herded's. And like her good papa, Believed that everything desired, Could be had by advertising When properly inspired. One day there oame a babe, To fib the house with joy, A great big bouncing baby, A ten -pound baby boy. And when Bessie saw her brother, .As she tip -toed on the mat And saw the baby, she said, "Mammo, Did you advertise for that?" The Crimes of Corea, -- PUNISHMENT METED OUT TO TRAITORS. Treason is no where so terribly re- warded as in Corea. My blood runs cold when I think of the punishment which will be meted out to those who have rebelled against the king, should the Chinese become victorious, and his majesty's corrupt officials be allowed to carry out the laws which now exist. HOW THIEVES ARE TREATED. All sorts of crimes are terribly pun- isked in Corea. The truth about such matters is kept, as far as possible, from the foreigners, and you will find little information about prisons and punish- ment in any of the hooks on Corea. I am, I believe, the first American who has visited the Corean prisons. They s ate as had almost as the hells into which I looked in some of the interior cities of China. I can't reconcile the cruelties I saw with the many noble qualities which I find among the Core- ans. They are in some ways the most polite and most refined people. They are lovers of poetry and flowers. They are particular as to.etiquette, and their souls in most ways are as refined as ours. Still, these punishments are such that they would be 'a disgrace to the most ignorant and savage na- tions of the African wilds. Corean thieves are decapitated for their crimes. They are only cut into two pieces, however, and the law provides that their bodies need not lie on the execu- tion grounds longer than two days be- fore their relatives can take them away and bury them. The thief,when be is first taken, is flogged by the offic- ers. He is then asked as to his crime, and after this is taken to the house of the judge. The judge demands what he has done with the property, and if the thief replies that it has been sold, and gives the name of the party who - has it, it is confiscated. He is then taken to jail and kept there for 100 days. At the end of this time the po- lice give him the option of life or death. If he accepts life ,he becomes a servant of the jail for the rest of his existence; if death, he is strangled. QUEER METHODS OF STRANGLING. This strangling is done in a curious way. There is a hole in the door of the' cell just large enough for a piece of rope about the size of a clothes line to pass through. A noose is made at the end of the rope, and this noose is placed around the criminal's neck. The other end of the rope is put through the hole of the door or the wall, and the police pull at the rope until they bring the man's chest and neck above and below the hole, and until the neck breaks and the man is dead., The queetion as to whether a thief be strangled or decapitated de- pends upon the nature of the offense. Strangling is much the more respect- able way of dying. Sometimes this is brought about by hanging. The thief's neck and hands are tied to a post, so that his feet are some distance above the ground. About his ankles a stout rope is then' fastened, and to this a stone, several times as heavy as his body, is hung. Of course the man dies. KILLED BY A SHEET OF PAPER. Another method of execution is by suffocation, and this, strange to say, is done with parer. The man is laid flat upon his back, and a sheet of Corean paper is spread over his face. This has been soaked in water, and fits over the man's face, being pressed down so that it makes a veritable death mask, shutting out every bitof air, and the man dies. And one who has seen the paper of Corea will appreciate how easily this form of execution could he carried out. It is made by hand. It is as thick as a sheet of blotting paper, and ulrnost as strong as leather. When rnoistu e is applied to it it becomes ex- ceedin_•ly soft, but does not lose its strengt' , and it would make an excel- lent mo ding material. A FAMILY BURIED ALIVE. Amon the most terrible of Corean crimes a •e those against your parents or altcestors. There is a prison in Seoul th t is devoted entirely to pris- oners w o commit crimes against their par nts. If a rich son refuses to support a is father he can he sent to jail, and t e boy who strikes his father can be wh pped to death. The parri- cide Is bu ed to death, and it is in Children Cry for Pit heir's Caetorla. ()ores much, the same as in China, where the killing of one's parents sat?- jects the child to be sliced into thirty- ' Odd pieces, Or carved up by inches. 1= A certain -tttlhgiutrate- bad his aneea• tral tablets stolen, an ohtense some- what similar to the stealing of a man's grandfather's gravestone to A.caerica, but a really terrible thing to this su- persaitious land of Corea, : The megie trate arrested the auspectea Isla n and" charged him with the robbery. He, re- pliedd'4drat he liad had nothing to do with it. He was put to Nature. Ilia hands were tied behind' biblaand he was hung up by his elhtwe, while his feet are whipped. He refused to con- fess. The magistrate became angry, and he had the man's whole family brought out and stoned. The man still refused to confess, and he actually buried the man and his family alive. This was such a horrible outrage that the people complained of the matter to the Government. The magistrate, however, had a friend at court, and through the influence of the Prime Minister nothing waaa doue to him. ALL MEN Young, old or middle-aged, who find them- selves nervous, weak and exhausted, who are broken down from excess or over -work, resulting in many, of the following, symp• tome :—Mental depression, premature old age, lose of vitality, loss of memory, bad dreams, dimness of eight, palpitation of the heart, emissions, lack of energy, pain in the kidneys, headache, pimples on the face and body, itching or peculiar sensation about the scrotum, wasting of the organs, dizzi- ness, specks before the eyes, twitching of the muscles, eyelids and elsewhere, bash- fulness, deposits in the urine, loss of will power, tenderness of the soalp and spine, weak and flabby muscles, desire to sleep, failure to be rested by eleep, constipation, dullness of hearing, loss voice, desire for solitude, excitability of temper, sunken eyes, surrounded with LEADEN CIRCLES, oily looking skin, etc., are all symptoms of ner- vous debility, that lead to inaanity, unless cured. The spring or vital force having lost its tension, every fuuotion wanes in oonsequen3e. Those who through abuse committed in ignorance, may be perma- nently cured. Send your address and 10o i t stamps for book on diseases peouliar to man, sent sealed. Address M.V. LUBON, 24 Macdonnell Ave., Toronto, Ont., Canada. Fl ase mention this paper. QUEER NAME COINCIDENCES. A recent competition in London, Eng., has brought to light some re- markable instances of a curious con- nection in idea or meaning between the names of persons and the occupa- tions they pursue. An additional in- terest is attached to the accompanying. list, in that each set of names have been duly vouched for, and may, there- fore be taken as quite authentic : Henry John Stump, artificial leg and arm maker, London, W.; A. J. Bunn, baker and confectioner, Weymouth; Wrn. Hitchem, harness maker, Vaux- hall; Mr Stiff, starch manufacturer, London; Mr Rumfit, tailor, Preston; J. Barefoot, boot and shoe maker, Lin- coln; Messrs Steel & Cleaver, butchers, Cheshire; Mr Aikman,consulting chem- ist, Glasgow. Mr Grubb, bread seller, Oxford; Messrs Lamb & Bullock, butchers, Dublin; P. Brandy, innkeeper, Vaux- hall; Arthur Roe, fishmonger, Chis- wick; Mrs Moth, wardrobe dealer, Act- on; R. Drinkall, lemonade manufac- turer, Hull; David Beard, hairdresser, Manchester; E. Wilburn, coal mer- chant, Hull; J. Gash, horse slaughterer,, Cardiff. Mr Watchem, police constable, Chelmsford; Messrs Hosegood, clothi- ers, Woolwich; Harry. Veal, butcher, Gloucester; W. Stuffin, pork butcher, Maidstone; Miss Pinchbeck, dressmak- er, Greenwich; Mr Plaister, surgeon, Tottenham; J. Lugg, dentist, Sydney; Wm. Ball, Bat and Wicket Inn, Chat- ham. THE POST -OFFICE AT SEA. The system of Railway post -offices has been found so successful, and a means of saving so much valuable time, that it has been extended to the transatlantic steamships. This was begun under Mr Wanamaker's admin- istration as Postmaster -General, but so far mail clerks havejonly been placed on the American ships running to Southampton, and on the German ships that go to Bremen and Hamburg. On each of the vessels of the lines mentioned large staterooms have been set aside and fitted out for the use of postal clerks. Big racks of pigeon- holes stand up against the walls, and the mail -pouches hang from stands in the centre of the room. In these post - offices the clerks work from eight to ten hours a day during the entire voy- age, distributing the mails by cities and States, when coming this way, and by railroad lines when going to Ger- many. On each ship there is one American' clerk, one German clerk, and a German assistant, The Ameri- can is in charge going eastward, and the German has charge of things com- ing this way. . • These clerks, of course, are men of energy and intelligence. They are the best material taken from the postal services of both countries. The Ger- mans wear gaudy uniforms with mili- tary caps and swords, and are called by the high-sounding name of "Reichs Post Secretaer." The American calls himself a "sea post clerk." In spite of the lack of gold braid and side -arms, however, the Americans are the most reliable men. It is said that when the Eider went on the rocks on the coast of Ireland last year, the "Reichs Post Secretaer" grabbed his sword and made for the life -boats. The American stood to his business, and did not leave his post until he had overseen the trans- fer of the mails from the leaking ship to a tug. These sea post clerks handle about 140,000 letters and 60 sacks of papers each trip; but in December and January their work is almost doubled. Harpers Young People. Rufus Page, a general merchant of Bedford, IV. S., was killed on the In- tercolonial Railway while walking on the track Thursday. Yellow fever has been discovered on board the British barque Cambria, which arrived at Galveston, N. C., from Havana, on Tr'esday. Dr. Nettleton, the oculist in attend- ance on Mr Gladstone, believes no fur• thee operation will be needed. and says the condition of his illustrious patient's eyes is satisfactory. A unique trolley car fender is propos- ed by a Boston inventor. Ile has tak- en the large revolving brushes from a street sweeper and placed them in ends a position under the car so that a person who happens to fall in front of the car will be swept from the track. HERE, TUREAF1) EVERY- WHERE. digging. the- foundations fQr • housenear•the-church of St. Stephens, in Jerusalem, 'lately, a beautiful Ma- sonic pavement Was discovered which measu[ed 21 feet by 18, and contained an AmpVrah inscription. .Underneath ' was as meas.0 Its which were found bones, lamps and glass vases. "For years," says Cept. C.Mueller, "I have relied more upon Ayer's Pills than anything else in the meditate cheat, to reg- ulate my bowels, and those of the ship's crew. These pills are not severe in there action, bus do their work thoroughly." In Russia people may not wed the, fourth time, nor after they are 80 years old. In France, the wife whose hus- band objects seriously to het going on the stage, makes herself liable to di- vorce by persisting in her artistic de- sire. In Germany and Roumania "in- superable aversion" is enough. But in Portugal civilization touches the high water mark. There, if a wife publish- es literary works without the hus- band's consent, the law frees him at once. The New York Sun remarks that post office regulations against accept- ing foreign coins are disregarded along the Canadian boarder, where the Can- adian 25 cent piece has a wide and free circulation on this side the line and is accepted without hesitation by post- masters. They accept even Canadian bank notes, and there seems to prevail a thorough international comity as to money. Postmasters and nterchants are astonished when visitors from re- gions further south hesitate let accept- ing Canadian money in change. The long stiff' leaves of a pineapple plant are so formed that a heavy`tlewt or light rain will give nourishment to the roots. Each leaf is a conductor which leads the water to the heart of the plant, where it collects in a dimin- utive reservoir, allowing the plant to drink the fluid at its leisure. It is not rare tc see a small gteen frog sitting in this pool of water, and he gazes at the observer with a look of solid en- joyment, as if the whole arrangement was created for his special comfort. An unusual result of the drought was noticed in Stockbridge, Mass., the other day. Some workmen heard a robin uttering loud cries, and saw the bird darting from branch to branch of a tree in great excitement. Close ex- amination showed a red squirrel sit- ting on a branch close to the trunk, holding a young robin in its paws. The men threw stones at him to snake him drop the bird, but he moved around the tree. still bolding it. Fin- ally he let it drop to the ground and ran away. On picking the bird up it was found to be quite dead and almost drained of blood, the fierce little rodent having satisfied his thirst at the cost of the bird's life. Squirrels are known to eat birds' eggs, but the long drought is held responsible for this crime. 1 WREN J1 IMtiCCOMES HONE F1iO41 In • Whin-,1mmy -comes from school at four, Great hoot 1 bow things begin To whirl and buzz and bang and spin And brighten up from roof to floor! The dog that all day long has lain Upon the back porch, wage hie tail And leaps and barks and begs again The last sorap in the dinner pail, When iimmy comes from sobool. The cupboard latohes plink a tune, And mother front her knitting stirs To tell (bit hungry boy of hers That supper will be ready soon; And then a slab of pie he takes, A cooky and a quince or two, And for the breezy barn -yard breaks, Where everything cries, "How d'y do?" When Jimmy Domes from school, The rooster on the garden fenoe Struts up and down and crows and crows As if he knows, or think• he knows, Be, too, irof some consequence. The guineas join the chorus too, And just beside the window sill The red -bird swinging out of view, On his light peroh begins to trill, When Jimmy comes from sohool. When Jimmy Domes from school take oaret Our hearts begin to throb and quake With life and joy, and every ache. Is gone°before we are aware. The earth takes on a richer hue, A softer light falls on the flowers, And overhead a brighter bine Seems bent above this world of ours, When Jimmy comes from school. W. C. Caverhill, a genera merchant of North Bay, was drowned while crossing Lake 'Tallon on Wednesday night. Lily Sullivan, a Winnipeg woman, has disappeared, and is believed to have committed suicide. RIIEIJMATISS CURED Ili A DAr.-800th Am erica Rheumatic Cures for Rheumatism and Neurlgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the svetem is re- markable and mysterious. removes at once the cause, and the disease immediate ly disappears. The first dose greatly bone. fits. Sold by WATTS & Co., and ALLAN & WI.sos, druggists. Iure SiCK HEADACHE and Neuralgia n 20 MINUTES, also Coated Tongue, Dizzi- ness, Biliousness, Pain in the Side, Constipation, Torpid Liver Bad Breath• to stay cured also regulate the Vowels. VERY NIDE TO TAKE. PRIDE 28 Cigars AT DRUG STORgs. POWDERS CASH GROCERY! HAS THE ONLY STRICTLY FRESH STOCK OF GROCERIES IN TOWN, OUR STOCK CONSISTS OF THE FINEST LINES OF Teas,Sugars,CannedGoods,Fruits And in fact everything to be found in a first-class grocery store. We have an elegant assortment of Fancy -Crockery, °China and1Glassware, EVERYTHING FRESH AT THE NEW GROCERY OGLE COOPER & CO 1 door North of News -Record. • o..LERA MORBUS ALWAYS PROMPTLY CURED BY PERRY °Avis' PAI N -KILLER. DRESSMAKERS DIFFER About fashions in dresses, but everyone agrees that the best foundation for any cos- tume is the "HEALTH BRAND," Black tights, which allow the figure to be shewn to perfection and do away with over - stockings, bloomers, and unnecessary skirts, All ladies in Montreal wore them last fall and winter, ander during the coming season nothing else will be considered, they were such a success. • Send for our illustrated catalogue, free by post, if your own dealer has not got them. THE MONTREAL SILK MiLLS CO., Montreal. WAR IN THE EAST, STRIKES IN THE WEST, PEACE AND PLENTY IN CANADA Business during harvest was quiet, but now that harvest is over, it has improved, and we are looking for still better. In order to help, we will give all purchasers of goods very close prices, and in several lines of BOOTSS & SHOES will sell at or even under cost. Also special values in DryGoods & Groceries. (le/nu; fall stocks are comicps in and are excel- ' lent values. We expect h lot of Croekttvy direct from En:;,and in a short time, the prices of which will be very low. Any quantity cf BUTTER and EGGS wanted—Highest Price for good quality. ADA MMS' L:,IPI>ILIUM, R. A DA. vIS. LONDESBORO RH U MAT! S Mi s .tiJNE1siLAR PAIN N IDELANE STIFFNESS, ioi W aa MENTHOL PLASTER do ,., •4c i , caatoria IS Dr, Salami Pitcher's prereription lint Wadi and Children. It contains netlike! opium, Morphine see other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. J It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty rare u r bir i Millions of Mothers. Caaatoria destroys Wormer, andall yi feverishness. Caatastoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Caatoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulent*. Contorts assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural's:jeep. Cid toria is the Children's Panacea—the Mother's itlicaid. Castoria. "(arstoti* is an excellent medicine for c>ril- dren. Mothers have repeatedly bold me of its good 'Beet upon their children." Ds. G. Ca. OaaooD, Lowell, Mase. "Castor%fa the 1/S7—remedy for children of which 1 era acquainted. I hope the day V not tar distant when mothers willoomdderthe real Interest of their children, and use Contorts in- stead of the veriousquack neet+vauswbioh are destroying their loved ones, byfo,ehtrgptnrn, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature gnus:" Da. J. !. Knecuslas, Conway, Ark. Castoria. "Ca rteria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it aranpeciorteeny pfasaMptiou known to ma" H. A. Amnon, IL D., 11180. Oxford Bt.,,Brooklyn, X.Y. " Our physiciast l& the dhildrea'I dopiet7 , meat have spoken highly of their aped. enoe in their outside practice with Costorli, and' although we only brave among cur medical supplies what is kaowa as regular products, yet we are tree to confess tisk the merits of Custor:ta has won ea to look wt* favor upon it." Dimon Soernrru. AND Dnressartr, Boston, Mai. £Ltnr.C. sarin, Pros., Th• C.atsur Clonpnay, TI Murray Street, Noir York Cllty. Long Waist, Correct Shape, Best Material, „yr Combined with the best filling in the world, makes the " Featherbona Corset " unequalled. TRY .A l=.22LZR. Hub Grocery �- Just arrived, a consignment of the celebrated BEE BRAND TEA, put in ball pound and pound packages. This is the only package Tea put up where it is grown. The Bee Brand Tea is grown in the Palamoottaa Gardens, Ceylon, and is no mixture, but a pure Tea of very fine flavor and strength. This Tea took the first place at the World's Fair, Chicago. We have the sole agency for this town. Come, and_gel es eample..and-try it • (SFO SWAILA LCI, W, Clinton, People Must Live • • -1 ad in order to do so they want the very best they can get. We have anticipated their desire by purchasing the choicest GROCERIES, TEAS, SUGARS, CANNED GOODS, FRUITS, &c, Having had 35 years experience, think we know the wants of the people pretty well. Our stook embraces everything found in a first-class grocery, and we will not be undersold.. We have a Beautiful Assortment of FANCY GLASSWARE and CROCKERY. Special Cuts on SUGARS and TEAS in large lots J W. Irwin, Grocer a �' MACKAY BLOCK, .- - - CLINTON. BINDER TWINE ! xa- A full stock and prices away down. It you want 100 lbs 50 lbs., or one ball, we can supply~°'' you. The best is the cheapest X -- New Store Cld Stand,,, MackayBlock����.aN s Brick Rl<► is BBOS 4' OF ALL SHAMS The Business College Sham is the most to be despised. riot every institution dubbed Business College is worthy of your support. You will in all likelihooi�'', take a Business Course but once, therefore, why not select a School that hot', earned a reputation for practical conscientious work. The SA' s. Forest stands head ty BItsioesy & Shorth nd,shonlders above' t avei'i everywhere su s carefully J