The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-08-05
A japanese Execution,

A Japanese Execution.
While we had been making our tour
OF Inspection the doomed culprit had
been unIa>hed and dismouhted from his
horse mt the gate. But when set on his
feet he was unable to stand, owing TO
weakness aud the constrained and pnin-
ful position in which he had been kept
50 long, ana his guard were obliged to
carry him into the precincts Of the priS-
on. Here an ample break fast had been
provided, of which he ate heartily, and
with evident enjoyment. After full
half hour 1t was minated To him thar
/ his presence was expected. With the
assistance of an attendant on each side,
he walked slowly into the execution
! ground, and was placed kneeIing and
sitting Oh his heels in the universal
Japanese POSTURE, behind small hole
dug out for the reception of his head.
Some ten yards in front of him, aud sep
aratrd toy n rope running across the
square, sat the presiding yakonin aud
the PRISON authorities, calmly fanning
themselves; and beyond these sgain
were the six or eight foreigners who had
been admitted.
The prisoners arms We're then pinion-
ed behind his back; but before the cloth
was tied over his eyes, lie requested thaS
minutes grace "iiyh, be allowed him.
This beng granted, he raised u weak,
quaverng voice to its highest pitch, aud
screamed out. My Friends lmmedi-
ately All uncurthiy chorus Of walls n'.-
sWcred the poor wretch from his friends
outside the walls, none of whom could
He seen fiom the interior. This wns
followed 10y "Syonara' tgood-byl, aud
, by deeper and more prolonged wall
titI no, al
then signaiizrd to his guards that he
was ready, md submitted quietly to the
operation OF biindlo,dng: the execution
or stepped up, and rarefuiiy adjusting
the Nictlm's head Il liitle on one side, ~
as /" hang exactly over The hole prepar-
eel to receive it. Siyniiicd that all WAS
ready; the word was given when, with
ont raising his weapon more than u foot
above the neck OF the condemned, the
rN"cutioner brought down his heavy
| blade with an audible thud which sever
ca the head Instantly from the body
! lmm, ateiy the head fell it was svized,
/ carefully washed and cleaned, the pro-
ccssion was re formed as beiure-except
that the horse previously y ridden by tho
deceased now carried the eNecutioncr in
charge of the llfcIess head--aild Wcndeu
It's way 10 Il raised mound at the side Ut
the highway quarter of II mile distant.
llcIea kind of rallows had been erected,
aud on this Wa, placed the dead mans
head, supported in its position by clay,
| there To remain for six days, in sight Of
all passers by, and warning to all evil
doors. Nulr''s Nogu=ine for 1,tgust.
J THE NATIONS WITIIor'r FrpE.- A"-
unknown to the ancient Egyptians, aud
when Exodus the celebrated astronO-
merj showed it to them, they were abso-
| iute!y in rapture. The persians, fhoe-
| nicIans, Checks, and several other ma
| tons, acknowledged that their ancestors
were once without the usc Of fire, aud
! tn. Chinese confess the same OF their
! prugenitorS. rompanlon, Mola, Plu-
larch, and other ancients, speak OF
! nations who. at the time they wrote,
| knew not the use of fire, or had just
| learned ii. Facts Of the same kind are
also attcstrd 10y several modern nations.
The inhabitants oiihe Marian Islands,
which were discovered in 1851, had no
! idea of fire. y, yer was establishment
greater than theirs when they saw 1t on
the desert of Magellan, in one of their
! islands. At first they believed 1t was
some kind of an animal that fixed 10
aud fed upon wood. The inhabitants Of
the Philippine and Canary islands were
formerly equally ignorant. Africa pre-
sents even in our own day: nations in
this deplorabIe state.
pIoUs SHREWDNEs -Appleton's
Magazine tells the following good story:
the Chu;ch of En- ,lan has congre-
cation in Florence, the EXPENSE, VI
! which are paid by an admission fee Of
TWO paui., demanded of all who enter
the church. The receipts from this
source being insufficient TO provide tor
! the support OF the minister and sexton
the vc,trymcn (all English) had to
make it up out of their own purses
One Of the ves.ry resigned, and an
American gentleman was requested to
take his place. Knowing very well the
object OF the proposition. the New York.
er determined at least to make the best
bargain he could, and consented to serve
on condition that prayers be said for the
President with those for the Queen.-
Tie terms were accepted, the new ves-
irynau was duly Installed, the worthy
clergyman and vigilant beadle are pro-
vided for, and prayer i, constantly made
for the President Of the United States on
the banks of the classic old Arno--Ali
the result Vt IA good Yankee bargain"
In Richmond, Va, is a negro, who,
wears ago, bought his freedom OF his
master, and, working bard, early aud
late soon was able to buy his wife. lie
has been p'o.perins since, and he now
owns the finest livery stable and hack
t stand III the State, and Is said 10 be
worth $50, 900. His old master, when
zee evacuated Richmond, in April, 1860,
Was worth halfa million dollars. Thor
, sands upon thousands were destroyed
/ 10y fire, money went this way and that
! and not long after that he came back
| to Richmond. broken in spirit, ruined
e in property and tired of his troublesome
- life. Ills old slave found him, took
/ him to his house, gave him the best med
i irnl skin money could buy, and every
y luxury. Presently the old man died
peacefully, happily. His funeral was ;
large aud expensive one, and he wa
borne to a lot in the cemetery paid TO
by his old slave, who also paid for tin
> funeral outlay. Over him was raised |
- handsome monument, paid for with TIL
y negro'S moaeN. The widow of the dc
'. ceased s!ave-owner lives in Il house pre-
), seuted by the negro, who also supple
= her with every comfort.
% ACCoMMoDATlNG.--T have con
u ductor Oh the st. Joseph and Denve
,, Railroad who is the most obiiging mA
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