The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-01-10
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The negro died bs1oss anoG.ing, bat
lived loae snoagh - ssalit asaiast III
murder. o. Tie ts1nl ~ pistol ~
produced and al ~ fAcaspsovsA The
Judge, afssr hsaring I'll ~ testimoay,
including The statsmsa4 d Ne stndsnt
himsslf, dsciasa tAat ths hws Of VII.
ginia have alvays rscsgnisd the di1sr-
encs between the white IAN and ths
black; that . white man may protsct
himself ftum nagSo Insults lhat though
the dsed was casAsiy proved Il We the
result Of the insa1S anA -, thsrs6acs,
he should dischaags The ds1lDdant foa
esstody. 81
"TAs sNbct oe this asse11sSk b justi-
II shaotins . negro In 80 haosA who
endeavozs to save any a ~ bsalalss et
hi raos ftom injury or ruinn
The @anltaas sa;ssss;iS, !: - ,ssS I iissaa
Nbsss ssch ~ The suling efc6srts The
negroes have not the least pDtsd4iDn. -
Any man may murder thsuG witt I'm
punity BY setting up the ciaiIA Of insult.
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Curious Chinese Dtoedes.
There 10 . well known Grssk story Of
. penniless man who, gong 0At with .
rope In his hand 70 hang himself, found
purse Of money, which indueed him TO
throw the rope away, whereas the owner
Of the purse, coming hack "a l0Dk for his
property, and finding only the rope In
stead, straightway hangvd hiAself. A
still moro curioo0 tA1o, 0fa a01ar kind,
II told by the China pepsrA In the
native city Of Shanghai the PARENTS Of 4
young lady lately married, laving fallen
Into distressed circnmstance2 applied TO
lowed her to give them tc6at for The
ter, however, being anxious % render
further aid without her hua6and's know
ledge secrsated $40 il the pocket Of the
coat The old man did not disoover
this, and took II to the pawrhroker, who,
noticing the money on uh1bldine the
garment, kept his counsel and quietly
advanced 2. Soon after the husband
discovered that the wife hAd eivea the
$16 to her father, and made b much poise
about II that the young lady disposed Of
herself BY hanging. In thiS Wy the
news Of the robbery eommit1od ~ the
pawnbroker became known O. the
parents, and the old m0thAR took The
matter 20 much to heart that she poison.
cd herself with opium. IAstly, the
pAwnbr0ker, getting alarmed n hearing
that his dishonesty had already caused
two deaths, drowned himself Ia we'll.
This story is very Characteristic Of the
Chinese feelings In regard to Me, and
similar incidents not unfFUqusntly occur.
Some years ago, for instance, an &C.
complished young lady ct Canton, who
had been unfortunately married to 6
coarse and stupid husband, was bewail.
ing her fate to party Of sisters and
female cousins, npd deaiared1 1hsr i1tsa-
ton t, Of. OF committing % g,;u suicide: de- on thus
since such was married life, they would
die too; and SO the whole bevy OF them
joined hands together, and walking into
= fish pond deliberately drowned them.
selves. Again, three men imprisoned
In Hong Kong jail, on q charge Of piracy,
determined to make away with them.
selves, rather than to have the bother ol
. trial. At some height in the cell
where they were imprisoned, was small
window guarded by two iron bars, and
the problem which these worthies had
to solve was how the three ofthem were
to be hanged upon the two bars. From
the position in which they were found
in the morning, It would seem that the
third man had assisted the two other
in hanging themselves from the bars by
their tails; that then he had cut down
one Of them by gnawing through the
tail with his teeth; and, using the dead
over, he had contrived to suspend him
self. All this, too, was done 20 quietly
- not to attract the notice of sentry
who was pacing out side beneath thu
window.