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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-20
Highest of all Leavening Pow-Laes u s. Govt Report
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J.. ABSOLUTELY PURE
SHOT TO DEATH.
Correspondent in Divorce Suit
Killed by the Enraged Husband.
Bu The Associated Pren

Appeal, in a
special fro m
Pine Bluff, Ark,
says: DIR. &. Nc
Intosh, the CO.
respondent in a
sensational di-
vorce suit, in
which j. Jenkins
Of Shsrrill, Ark,
is the plaintiff,
was last night
filled with buck
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Editor Stephens OF the Freie Presse, to
mortal combat and the latter has accepted
the challenge. The preliIninaries have
not yet been arranged, but Editor Reid
sam was bound TO fight, and Editor
stephens asserts that Mr.. Reidsam
has come to the proper shop and that
he will be given the fight his nature
Graves. The trouble originated out OF an
old time fight in the ranks Of the German
Press Club of this city.
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Bows and Girls shoes

For Dress and school Wear. New styles just
in. THOS. L. PIERCE Il son,
Westminster and Dorrance Sts.
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Thos. f. Pierce a Son,
Westminster, corner DorraRce ST., wish TO an
nounce the arrival of their Fall styles |
Shoes.
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roo LArE ron cLassIFICArIoN.

NNANTED 4 GENTLEMAN. CONNECTED
w with a Providence hrm but who ia in the
city only portion of each week, desires "a fur
nshed room, having modern conyenences. Pri-
Nate family First class reference. Address Box
M. News. sept20-3t
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EDITORS TO FIGHT

I'd they viii fight
unless police in
terfere or the ardor
OF two journalists
OF Chicago cools.
There may be any
minute bright red
blood spilled. An
Associated Press
dispatch states
that Editor Reid
sam OF the Abcnd
Post has defisd
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l43 CANAL ST.. LARGE ARRIVAL

Plumst Plumsl Plumsl Grab them quick
Short Season
AARyEY PRODUCE co.
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They Hold Their Color

And give satisfaction. Wood q Watson's 81
Hats, 80 Westminster street.
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That murder story In the NEWS pleased me
very much the other day. understand thas
use Bloodgood's PuriAsr" vas b. Dietskn
left on the end. Next time nlsssss bue @Ps(A
her ia great shaver - - Ea4y etssst3 Zee =
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The Window

OF Wood a. Watson displays the Finest Line
of S2 Hats seen in the city.
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GOVERNORS DAY.
Thirty-five thousand Per-
sons at The State Fair.

The NEWS Fair Bureau,
Narragansett Park,
September 20.
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\ Buy
street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-20

[ THE Rhode Is
land State Fair
today everything
is most propiti-
Gus. For once
the sun shone
brig h tly and
there was every
indication Of a
big day. The
majority Of the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-20

Clarkc's Oyster Soups and Stews
Tickle your palate. 90 Dorrancc Street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10

stay in Seoul, with q Korean noble to
the execution grounds. They are sit
uated just outside of the west gate of
the city, at a point where the main
roads crossing Korea from the north
to the south meet, and at spot which
is considered the most public place in
the whole hermit kingdom. There is
quite a city surrounding it, though it
Is outside of the walls of the city, and
3 big business is done by the shop.
keepers with the travellers who cross it
On their way through the country.
This west gate is the lowest and least
honorable of any of the entrances to
the Korean capital. 1t is through
this that all cofins are carried out of
the ciry for burial, and it is by this
way that criminals must go on their
way to execution. The Korean who
went with me was well versed in the
laws of the country, and he showed
me just how traitors are executed.
They are brought from the prisons in
rude carts drawn by bullocks, and
their last days are filed with the re-
6nements of torture. The carts have
no springs, and the street through
which they are carried is so full Of
stones that it compares with the cor
duroy roads of the Black Swamp of
Ohio. The criminals not allowed to
stand or sit in the cart. He is tied to
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tentionaIly arrests an innocent man ID

tentionally arrests an innocent man is
liable to this treatment. -
Among the most terrible of Korean
crimes are those against your parents
or ancestors. There is q prison in
Seoul that is devoted entirely to pris-
oners who commit crimes against their
parents. If a rich son refuses to sup
port his father he can be sent to jail,
and the boy who strikes his father can
be whipped to death. The parricide
is burned to death, and it is in Korea
much the same as in China, where the
killing of ones parents subjects the
child to be sliced into thirty odd pieces
or carved up by inches.
The torturing Of prisoners to make
them confess is common in Korea, and
it is wonderful what inventions of tor
ture are sometimes in use. Think OF
tying q mans bare feet to stake in
the ground and burning his toes with
powder. Think Of all sorts of fog.
ging and pinching and cutting, and
you can get some idea of the powers OF
Korean magistrate. In the prisons
you will find iron chains, stocks and
all sorts of manacles. These Koreans
know how to whip 80 that the flesh is
rayeled off of the bones, and have a
photograph Of man tied in q chair.
with his knees bare, and jailer whip
ping his bare shins. In one Of the
prisons which I visited / saw three
men fastened in stocks. The stocks
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
China as q Great Power.

s. The greatest homogeneous nation
he world has ever known is now at
war, for no other nation known to
history could boast of the 420, 900, 900
inhabitants that Chinese statisticians
illot to their country. Now that the
problem is worked out before our
eyes we see that three-fourths of this
population is worthless for the present
war. 1t is quite probable that all the
forces used will be drawn from the
Two or three seacoast provinces A
general draft from the whole country
would bring together men of more di-
alects than the building Of Babel
brought on us.
The striking disparity of about
sleven to one in population between
China and Japan is not the controlling
factor. Still, the northern sea coast
provinces of China are quite populous
enough to sustain war with Japan on
equal terms. The Imperial Govern
ment is rich enough to enlist o swarm
Of European officers, arm its troops
with the best weapons and obtain sup
plies from foreign makers. During
the last five or six years the Chinese
have been going through one of their
periodical fits of egotism, economy
and dislike of the foreigner, and have
discharged as many of their foreign
servants as they could spare. All
that will now be changed, and ready
welcome will be given to the adven-
turous spirits of all countries.-New
York Advertiser!
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The National Library.

The annual report Of National Lii
bfarian Ainsworth R. .Spoford re.
veals the fact that the Congressional
Library now numbers 695,8S0 vol
umes and 223, 900 pamphlets. This is
the oak that has grown from the lit
tie acorn of Thomas Jeferson's Monti-
cello library Of 1000 books, purchased
afte- the Washington fire of 1914. A
disastrous conAsgration in 1851 also
reduced the library from $4,000 to
10000 volumes. Aside from small
yearly congressional appropriation
and the copyright income the only aid
received in all these years has been
the gift in 1882 Of the $4,000 books,
together with as many pamphlets, Of
DR.. Joseph M. Toner, of Washington.
This public.spirited example might
have been emulated by other donors
had it not been for the restrictions in
the use of the Congressional Library.
A million volumes and pamphlets
will require moving into the new Lii
brary Building two years. hence and
this vast labor is to be performed by
the means Of temporary railroad in q
tunnel, to be constructed from the
crypt Of the capitol to the vaults Of
the new library. This will be the
most remarkable transfer of books
since regiment of soldiers marched
and counter-marched with the multi
!udinous tomesaf the Library Of Ber-
lin, n,-Philadelph> -.
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q cross which is built up just over the
wheels and nailed to the cart. This
cross is so high that when his arms are
stretched out and tied his, toes are
still six inches from the bed of the
cart. A block is then put beneath
them, and this block is SO short that
the tips of his toes barely touch it.
The road grows rougher as it nears
the west gate, and from thence to the
execution ground it is filed with ruts
and great rocks. At the west gate the
block is knocked out from under the
prisoner, and he hangs by his arms
and his neck. The bullock is then
whipped by the driver, and the cart
bounces up and down over the rocky
way to the execution grounds. Here
the criminal is taken down from the
cross. He is stripped OF his clothes
and laid upon his back in the dust OF
the road. The executioner is always
q murderer, and his weapon is a
sword, which is so blunt that it mashes
rather than cuts the head from the
shoulders. There is one sword which
has been used for years for this pur-
pose. It is said, indeed, to be five
hundred years old, and it has hashed
up thousands of necks. The worst OF
the rebels are cut in six parts, as was
Kim Ok Kun. Men of less promi-
nence and of less serious offenses are
simply decapitated. But the bodies
of all must lie out in the sun for three
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
Tile Outside Cellar Stairs.

As usually constructed, the outside
cellar stairs become very much dilapi.
dated after a few years of use, and
many serious accidents occur by fall
ing or slipping from and upon the de-
caying steps. If stones of the right
length can be obtained, they are the
best possible material for the steps,
the next best being plank, though
neither can be depended upon unless
the whole space underneath the steps,
down to the level Of the cellar floor,
be laid up in masonry. Where only
small stone, either round or fiat, is at
hand, lay up the stairs Of this material
thoroughly Embedded in mortar, max
ing the steps of the needed height.
When this is done cut plank step OF
the proper width and length for each
step and place them on top OF the
stone step, as shown in. the accom-.
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As these executioners drag it Of, they
rub it into the sand, pressing 1t there
until the kesos again cry La-hoo.aa-
hoo-oo. Then the paddles ere raised
again, and as they are brought down
this time, they are covered with
sand. They pound the particles into
the flesh, and as the men drag them
off they take away the skin as though
it were sandpapered. can give you
no conception of the punishment, and
when you remember that any official
has the right to paddle any man be-
low him, and almost any one of prom
inence can paddle those of lower rank,
you can get some idea of the condi-
tion of affairs in this country. Ibe-
lieve the people must be naturally
kind, or life here would be hell to
the masses. As it is, sometimes men
are killed by padding. Fifty blows
would surely do it, and the ordinary
dose is about twelve strokes. Much
padding will reduce the flesh to a
jelly, and even after slight punish.
ment men have to be lifted up and car
ried away. They cannot rise Of them
selves. This padding goes on in the
army, and general or colonel can
paddle q private, and the priyates
paddle the citizens, and 30 it goes,
There is such thing as bribing the
paddlers, SO that they pretend to kill
the man, but moderate the stroke as
it comes down and only punish him
slightly. In fact, bribery is possible
from the top to the bottom OF Korean
official life, and there will have to be
an entire reorganization of the whole
system of government here before the
people can have prosperity or peace.
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books on Korea. There is, in feet,
but little published on the country,
and the information which I give you
was only accessible to me on account
of the letters of introduction which I
carried and the risks which I took in
going right in among the people and
persisting in my questions and in
vestigations, Notwithstanding the OBJ
jections of the officials. I am, I be-
lieve, the first American who has ever
visited the Korean prisons. I can't
reconcile the cruelties I saw with the
many noble qualities which I find
among the Koreans. They are in
some ways the most polite and most
refined people. They are lovers Of
poetry and flowers They are particu-
lar as to etiquette, and their souls in
most ways are as refined as ours. Still,
these punishments are such that they
would be disgrace to the most
ignorant and savage nations Of the
African wilds.
Korea is practically feudal nation
to-day, and it is in fact in the same
state that China was about four hun
dred years back. Korean thieves are
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
4 Lion on the Locomotive.

Last winter when the snow storms
were so fearful throughout the noun
'tains in Utah and the earth was cov-
cred with snow to the depth Of five to
ten feet and remained hidden so long
the ;wild animals were forced to des-
tperation. The wolves were starved
and weak, and what is known as the
mountain lion almost perished from
starvation. Its great strength failed
at and man with knife could soon
take the life of an animal that short
time before could hold a powerful OK
or horse and make meal of his flesh.
The hungry animals after q while
discovered that food was to be had
along the railroad track, where pas.
sengers threw bones and scraps of
vlctuals from passing trains. Often
two starving coyotes would engage in
deadly combat over q chicken bone
that had short time before been rid.
den Of the last vestige of nourishment
by some economical person who did
not care to pay seventy-five cents for
Q meal. This was the condition of
things.
Engineer Cast had charge of engine
No. 151, which was known as sthe
helper, from the fact that g helped
trains up the mountain and when at
the summit cut off and dropped back
down to the bottom ready to help an.
other. One night when business on
the road was slack Cast noticed some
thing wrong with the gearing under
the tender and remarked to the fire.
man that they would get off and re-
pair it: When half way down the
mountain side he brought the engine
to standstil, and the two men went
to work at what proved to be q twenty
minutes job packing hot box on the
tender. The tallow pot was left at the
boilers head.
After completing the repairs the
men were mounting the engine again,
only to see huge mountain lion de-
youring the tallow and holding full
possession of the engine cab. It was
Q cold night and the snow drifting.
The men had already remained out
side until they were very cold, and the
chances of dispossessing Mr.. Lion
were very meagre, as he snapped his
teeth and flashed his eyes and fast
stored the tallow out of sight. The
only consolation the men had was that
the tallow would not last long at that
rate, and even this thought was not
entirely satisfying, as they had no
way Of determining that one of them
would not 20 the same way at the con-
clusion of the tallow feast. Finally,
after fifteen minutes further delay
the tallow pot was empty, and giving
. growl, as much as to say, 81 am very
thankful, gentlemen, and you ought
to be-" the animal lesped from the
cab and disappeared in the hills
Detroit Free Press.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced. in tho
remedy, Syrup Of Figs. -: -
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas.
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect Lax.
ative; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance. .
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but It is man.
1factured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF tigs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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The Most Original Wedding Present.

By way of London paper it is
learned that an American woman has
lately received what must be termed
the most original of wedding presents.
It is q musical dinner service, of which
each plate begins to play q tune when
put upon the table. The soup plates
are accredited with marches as suit
ing the temper of the guests at that
moment of solemnity, but as dinner
progresses and the courses do their
enlivening work, the harmonies
brighten accordingly, till at dessert
the covers are ringing out the mad
dest of polkas and galops.-New York
Dispatch.
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The Salt Flood Helped Peach Trees.


The unusual floods of last year,
which resulted in great destruction Of
wharves and other property contigu-
GUS to the water courses of Kent
County, have resulted in very i'm
portant question being forced upon
the attention of the Kent County
peach growers. During these foods
hundreds of acres Of farming lands
were flooded, and many peach orchards
stood with their roots covered with the
salt waters of the overAowing streams.
With scarce an exception, or at least
in very many cases, the trees which
were flooded by the unusual tides are
the only trees in the county which
this year have any fruit on them. A
gentleman said that q portion Of his
orchard was under the tides, and that
to the very tree which stood under
water there is fruit. Any one, he
said, could mark the exact semic1rou.
lar outline of the water in his orchard
by the presence of fruit on the flooded
trees and the absence Of fruit on the
trees which the waters did not touch.
Similar results are reported, and these
circumstances force the question upon
peach growers, Do the trees need salt
An extensive peach grower proposes
to try the covering Of as much Of his
peach orchard as possible with the
grass and vegetation which accumu-
lates along the river shoresin immense
quantities during the late summer and
fall, and says that be is confident of
most satisfactory esults.-Baltimore
Sun.
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CRIME IN KOREA.
THE HORRIBLE PUNISHMENT OF
TRAITORS AND CRIMINALS.
The Prisons and Execution Grounds
Torture Of Witnesses and
Other Cruel Practices-Some
Inhuman Devices.
is nowhere so terri
bly, rewarded as in Korea,
writes Frank G.. Carpenter. in

T REASON ls nowhere so terri
bly, rewarded as in Korea,
writes Frank G. Carpenter, in
the Washington Star. 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 VIC
torious and His Majesty's corrupt Of
fcials be allowed to carry out the laws
which now exist. I have told how the
body of the dead rebel, Kim Ok Kun,
was brought to Korea, how it was cut
into six pieces, and how the bloody
head, the hands, the feet and the
trunk were carried over the country
and hung above the gates of the cities
as warning to rebels. Not only this
man himself was killed, but his whole
family and all of his relatives have
been terribly punished. His father
did all he could to prevent his boy
from rising against the King ten years
ago, and after his rebellion he went
into retirement. He was old and
blind, but after Kim's death he was
dragged out and his head was cut off.
The men of the family even of the
third and fourth generation were exc
cuted, and the women, including
Kim's seventeen-year-old daughter,
were given over to be the slaves of the
officials. After this rebellion, the
mothers, the wives and the daughters
of all who have taken up arms against
the King will become the common
property of the Government and of
the magistrates of the provinces in
which they live. They will be dragged
from their homes to be slaves. They
will have no rights that anybody will
be bound to respect, and their only
chance of happiness will be in death.
Iwent out, one morning during my
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
ShOrthOrns.

Shorthorns have done more to i'm
prove our herds of native cattle than
all the other breeds combined, and it
is with pleasure that wenote marked
revival of interest in them since tho
Columbian test demonstrated the pos
sibilities of the breed at the pail:
In England it has always been re-
garded as one of the principal dairy
breeds, being preferred very generally
to the Jersey, which it defeated at the
last English dairy show. In this
country shorthorn breeders have
hitherto improved the beef capacity
of the breed at the expense Of the dairy
qualities, SO that they have of recent
years fallen somewhat in the back
ground. That their milking qualities
could soon be regained there is every
reason to believe. If they were as
general in the breed as in England,
the shorthorn COW would soon become
the favorite dairy animal with thou
sands of American farmers.
Some judicious importations Of
shorthorns bred for dairy qualities
would greatly improve the breed. Our
illustration rep esents a choice speci-
men, Baron Lavender, 1O6324. This
grand bull was bred by William Duthie
Collynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
imported by John Miller & Son,
Brougham, Ont, and sold by them to
his present owner, the Kellogg Stock
Farm Company, Claridon, Ohio. He
is of noble ancestry, having been got
by Leonidas (59260), out of Lavender
46th, by Dunblane (47792); g. d.
Lavender Goth, by Pride of the Isles
(35O72), and when his grand confor.
nation and excellent quality are con.
sidered, it will be seen that he is q
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The New Guns Are Dangerous.

Some interesting articles have been
published by the Vossische Zeitung
on the small-calibre guns, and the re-.
searches of various professors as to the
effect ofwounds made. by these guns
at different distances-efects that are
horrible. The conclusion is that IN
any future battles there will be incom.
parably moredead and severely wound
ed than ever before in the worlds his
tory. And, as the new guns shoot far.
the treatment of the wounded on tho
battlefield and their transport to tho
hospitals will be much more slow, dif-
fcult and daagerous.-London News.
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Recipe tor Inducing Sleep.

Sleeplessness in people who work
hard, and especially in brain!workers,
is often due to their working up to
fhe last minute before bedtime. They
may cure themselves by allowing at
least an hours interval OF ease and
3repose, between sleep and ceasing to
work. A little light supper will often
aid sleep; and walk in the open air
before bed is also q good recipe for in
ducing sleep and promoting health. -
New York Dispatch.