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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

ears. There are also hat and cap stores,
and places where fur ear-tabs are sold.
Hot water PeddIed.
One Of the queerest of the Mukden street
sounds Is a shrill whistle which may be
heard in almost every block. 1t is long
and loud and continuous. Still is took me
some time to learn whence it came. At
first l thought 1t might be the whistles
these people tie to the tails Of their pig
cons to scare off the hawks. but I after
ward learned It was the advertising cry
of tire hot water peddler. Think of selling
hot water on the streets as a BUSINESS!
This is the occupation of many men in
Mukden. They have great Tartar samovars
made like gigantic tea kettles. These ket-
ties have a stove pipe in the middle, con-
Meeting with another pipe which runs in
from the side near the bottom. In the
latter pipe some charcoal is lighted. AS 1t
burns the pipe warns the water and the
steam is forced out. not through the spout,
but through an opening on top in which
is a whistle, of the same shape as the tin
two-penny affair used by our school boys.
The steam blows the whistle and the boil
ing water thus advertises itself. The peo-
pie come to such men with their tea kettles
and Cruel. They pay a fraction of a cent
Tor enough 10 make tea Tor a tamlly ana
thus save the expense of keeping a fire.
A great many of the Manchu cooking
utensils are made of brass or copper. Not
far from the Drum Tower is a long street
devoted to the brass-smiths. Here are
blocks of brass stores, in each OF which a
half dozen men in blue Jackets and trou-
sers sit before low anvils and pound out
brass pots, wash basins and dishes. They
make brass chatting boxes with holes below
them for charcoal incense burners, candle
sticks and the great brass gongs which
are used by the mandarins to warn the
common people to get out Of their way
when they ride through the town. Beyond
this is a street of silversmiths' shops,
where one can find most gorgeous hair
pins and bracelets of silver decorated with
enamel. Such wares are sold by weight,
The extra charge over the actual weight Of
the silver being for the workmanship.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Quaint Features of Everyday Life

the bait. She headed for home, dragging
the line and fish. 1t was not until DR.. +.
L. Olmstead had performed an operation
and removed the hook that tabby was re-
lieved of her finny burden.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Everybody on Mothers Side.

II see that you have company at your
house, Tommy"
Yep; aunt from the country"
Aunt, Ell? On your fathers slde2"
mot by a jugful. Everybody in this
house has to be on mothers side or there'd
be trouble"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Japanese Speculation in Dogs.

The people here look upon dogs as so
much live stock, and bitterly resent their
being killed on the ground of hydrophobia
or for sanitary reasons. At the close of
the Russian war When the Japanese took
possession of Mukden they cornered the
dog market, and made something like $780,
600 in selling the skins. The scheme was
originated by a party Of japanese traders
who are charged with bribing certain or
their military officials into passing an or
der that all the dogs of the city should
be destroyed on the grounds OF hydropho-
bia. This order enabled their own killers
to accompany them and thus they got pos
session of the skins, which numbered some
20, 900 or so. Among these were many pet
dogs. The people would not stand such
an outrage today.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
some Queer Medicines.

Connected with the fur business are GER
tain drugs, which come in as a by-product.
Among these are tigers bones and claws.
Several thousand pounds OF tigers bones
are annually exported from Manchuria TO
China, and the deer horns used for the
same purpose numbered LOCO pairs in one
year. A good pair Of such horns Is worth
S25. and one with many antlers will bring
as much as 500.
The Mauchus use dog meat as medicine,
and as a rule the flesh Of a black dog is
considered the best. Not long ago a Ger
man consul came here bringing two pct
dachshuuds along. One was brown AUD
the other black. At about the same time
a Chinese doctor had a Manchu mandarin
as one Of his patients and was trying "a
cure him. The Mandarin had the droEsy,
against which the doctors tiger bones 9nd
cats claws did not avail, one day the
doctor saw the German consul going along
with his puppies, and he ~straightway told
his patient that the only medicines that
would really cure his dropslcal legs were
two long-barTeled short-legged dogs with
dropping ears.
What you need" said he, rs to get q
black dog Of that species for your right
leg, and a brown dog Of the same breed
for your left leg. Cook their meat into
stews and the rich broth will flow down
your legs and drive out the dropsy."
The Mandarin thereupon sent out his
servants and the dachshunds were soon In
the soup. When the consul came TO loot
them up he was told that ne would nna
them IN the right and left legs Of the OF.
fender. FRANK q. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
(CopYrighl

Copyright, 1909, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
n- UKDEN, Manchuria, 1909. -
AA Especial Correspondent of The
IWR Bee)-I am in Mukden, the
urvu.~um capital Of Manchuria. 1t Is a
hESSSHu city Of 100000, lying twelve
S hours by express train almost
due north OF Dalny, and twenty hours or
more south of the Russian frontier. By
the Imperial Chinese railway 1t is twenty
six hours from Picking and just twelve
hours from Shanhaikwan, at the eastern
end Of the great Chinese wall. 1t is the
biggest city Of Asia, lying north of Picking,
and is one OF the most important of the
whole Chinese empire. 1t is the home Of
the Manchus, and the birthplace Of the
dynasty which now rules the 400, 900, 900
Chinese. 1t has scores Of noble Manchu
families, and it furnishes a large proper
ton of the Chinese officials.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

cult. The meat consumed each day is some
where near 1000 pounds. Such provisions
as celery, young onions, strawberries, rad
ishes, melons etc, are bought in each
town, often cleaning out the entire mar
ket. An advance agent of the commissary
department keeps well in advance Of the
show, contracting for its supplies. for man
and beast.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Judge Sentenced old schooImate.

Judge Raymond Maxwell OF the criminal
court Of Clarksburg, W. Va, sentenced
Fred B.. Wood, former cashier of the West
Virginia bank, to serve six years in the
state penitentiary at Moundsville. In
passing sentence, Judge Maxwell said:
Il do not know of a more painful duty
a judge could be called upon to discharge
than to pronounce the judgment of the
law upon a conviction for a felony against
a friend, his neighbor, his one-time school
companion, roommate, and bedfellow."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Look over Mukden.

l should like to give you a view OF Muk-
den from the great Drum tower which cuts
the two main streets at one corner. This
tower is about 100 feet high. II rises from
a pedestal fifty feet wide, through which
two tunnel-like roadways cross at right
angles, In passing II this morning l no.
ticed the wicket gate open and without
asking permission ] slipped In, l found
two flights OF stairs with high, narrow
steps, up which l climbed slowly to a
great drum which is hung among the
pigeon roosts under the roof.
Suppose you stand there beside me aud
look over the city. Below us, extending
out 20 the wall on all sides, is a gray mass
Of low One-story brick buildings. which
cover at least 1000 acres, Through 1t run
wide streets, cutting each other at right
angles. and over the whole rise the red
walls and yellow roofs of the imperial
palaces,
The common buildings are Of the same
architecture. They are of gray brick, with
ridge roofs of black tiles, the round comb
OF each roof sloping up into little horns
Of the ends. The wider streets are lined
with stores, and these have double roofs.
so regularly fitted from house to house
that they form a sharp valley, banked with
tiles, running through the air along the
roadway from one end OF the city to the
other.
Flowing up and down the street is a
wide stream OF white, blue and black
made by the clothes OF the people as they
SO back and forth. There are carts and
horses by scores, and the scenes are as
busy as in the busiest cities in China
Mukden is one Of the richest places OF the
whole empire. It has a vast trade, and it'
people are on the go from daylight TO dark
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

In the northern parts Of Manchurla II Ii
said that. dog farming Is carried on much
after the manner OF sheep farming in Aus
tralia. In some places the dogs are reared
in connection with goats, and a single farm
may have a hundred or so. In such re-
gions dogs are often given as wedding
presents, and a girl may receive a half
dozen as her dowry. Inasmuch as a dog
is ready to breed In eight months It will be
seen that a fortune could easily arise from
such a beginning. Such dogs are fed upon
millct, and they have also what they can
get by foraging outside. The flesh Of the
enimal is used for food, dog meat being
Largely eaten in both Manchuria and Korea
In Seoul there are certain seasons when
the flesh OF these animals is considered
the sweetest, l have tasted dog roast in
Seoul and In Canton l once visited a res
taurant where d dog stew was cooking.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Caps and shoes.

Mukden has a large trade in hats, caps
and shoes. There are winter shoes and
summer shoes, shoes for workingmen and
shoes for officials. There are mems boots
Of leather, mems boots of felt, and crea-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
New Government Buildings.

Mukden is the seat of the viceroy Of
Manchuria. The palaces of this man are
larger than those OF the emperor. They
cover, / should say, a half dozen acres
and contain hundreds Of officials in addi-
tton to the viceroy himself, Tartar soldiers
with guns In their hands stand at the
gates and richly dressed Manchus may be
seen going In and out at any hour of the
day. The vlceroy's palaces are Of modern
construction. They are immense one and
two-story buildings, surrounded by walls
twenty-five feet in height. They are of
ohocolate-colored brick, well constructed,
and are among the finest buildings north
Of the Himalaya mountains.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

~ @IO AlM
49, clever ruse. He was up against
the law and as he was something Of a
black sheep even among the Sikhs it
looked as if 1t would go hard with MIN.
He had had a bad record in Hong Kong
and this was known to other Slkhs and
to the prosecuting lawyer. So he arranged
to have an unfriendly Sikh informed that
for a crime in Hong Kong he had been
branded on the left arm. The unfriendly
Sikh lost no time in passing the Informal
ton to the prosecutor.
The lawyer held the information until he
wanted to make a telling point at the
trial. Then he pointed an accusing finger
at the Six and called out sternly:
Pull up the sleeve on your left arm and
let the court see the brand placed there
by Hong Kong Justice.
The Sikh obeyed. His arm was without
blemish. The unfriendly Sikh and the law
yer did not know that branding criminals
is not in fashion in Hong Kong. The point
was so telling that the accused Sikh got
off.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Some Of the latter are odd, as, for in
stance, the peddlers selling false pigtails.
Each of these has a white cotton sheet
stretched taut over a framework of bam-
boo. This is leaned against the wall of
a house where the crowd is the thickest.
Upon It are pinned many long black
switches Of human hair Of the length OF
ones arm. Each switch is divided into
three strands, so that they can easily be
braided together, forming a beautiful
queue. Many Chinese men are inclined to
badness, and they buy this hair to braid
into their few remaining locks, thus
making a false pigtail of luXurlant growth.
Sometimes black silk is used for this pur-
pose.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
street Traffic.

But let us crawl down the steps and take
a walk through the streets. The Manchus
are quiet. and we can go where we please,
We shall nave 20 pick our way, however,
ana must now and then jump into the
stores TO Keep from being crushed by the
crowd. In addition TO the freight carts
carrying bean cakes, coal, grain and all
sorts Of merchandise. hauled by donkeys
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

HERE is a Sikh out in Victoria,
B. c., where Sikhs are about as
popular as japanese in San
Francisco, who got himself out
of a serious predicament by a
clever ruse. He wa nm aPainst
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-06


otesS'd an insulting epithet to the
crowd. The five youths stopped
iheir horses ~ learn mo eanse ror a.
tt..t,, ur.r,.n -
t'"i''Hse" h'ea I" 2 Ilkht' reminding
him of a former occurrence. IN which
tie hAd asked liaca I" accommodate
him with q scrap. ana declaring TINT
the latter had declined to fight Rac4
aFain declined and Zamora then adj
dressed jeering remarks 10 Armijo,
who is q Young man about ~ years
at age ic lives with his parents at
40 West Huuing avenuc and Is mn
nloYed NJ Fees feed store Armiio also
refused 70 scrap. de- IarinR that Iam-
ora vas "funh. h'ihtrhs passed nor
ma NAVY n'iW''n Aii''J" an" N7ln-
"f'' Na1 me ANN lssA" mat NIln'l'
t"' '""n from n'8 Morse an" h'R'n
~ "'ii'p N'Ni"i" ".sf ln' i'"l WIN
I n'"'S q"Ii'. ih's' VINO So" th'
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-06
Gieht,-four ship, hi, Ycnr

Washington. Sept 5.-Eight-Iour
sail and steam vessels with q total
gross tonnage of 1861 were built
within the bounds of the United
states and officially numbered during
August. according to 81 report made
puhlic todaN ht t1e bureau 1T nu,ira-
uon OF thc department of commerce
and labor.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-06

Many people delude themselves by
saying ct viii wear away when
they notice symptoms Of kidney and
bladder trouble This is a mistake
Take Foley.s Kidney Remedy, and
stop tho drain on Che vitality. It cures
backachc, rheumatism, kidney and
bladder trouble. and makes every
trace of pain, weakness ana urinary
trouble disappear. j. II. O'Reilly x
co.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-06

Davidson. amy imperfections in them
can BE- used by astronomers TO deter
mine their general credibilitN'
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-06
COOK CALMLY BIDES TIME
TO PROVE CLAIMS

ecou'inad from rige ono column
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-06
PERUNA EDITORIAL NO. I.

DR. Hartman Offering Pna the public regular harmaceu
product 1t ethical compound for the medical
profession strang medical ethics find fault with it. THE
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS prominently incorporated the
the people that the claims made for Peruna
have true justification
The only departure medical the conduct Of
shall continue advertise and
sell product TO THE PEOPLE
would sell doctors only advertise for doctors only
fraternity would obliged recognize Peruna being
entirely within their approval
BUT WE SHALL NOT DO THIS.
We shall continue offer Peruna to the people We shall continue to
claims household remedy We shall
teaching them
teaching avoid disease teaching them things
benefit the home We shall continue do this whether the medical
profession like it or not
We proposing this take the public into confidence
will be attempting
something which they consider just good are
allow exactly
OF WHAT PERUEA is COMPOSED.
This ought criticism We expect however that crit
icm who of the
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-06
People Who Object to
Liquid Medicines Can
Now Secure Peruna
Tablets.

foreign until the all the world supplied with this valu
able household remedy.
WE CLAIN CATARRH REMEDY Buy bottle and
try helps honest and acknowledge that has helped
will publish statement exactly furnish 1t
will add words take words If wish to will
publish portrait connection with We will not do this without
written request, without your entire consent
Of people Of chronic catarh phases
ct least that what the people through unsolicited
testimonials will thousand in spite fabricated
SANDERS the contrary. =
WE GUARANTEES EVERY BOTTLE PERUNA TO CONTAIN THE
INGREDIENTS PRINTED ON THE LABEL
guarantee that testimonial use absolutely true-n the
exact language Of the tstifer.
that every word of testimonial author
lied by the hand that signed it.
opponents by being rer than they
dealing than they dare We are to meet eho0d
with truth duplcy with candor nncety with sincerity.
Pna will appreciate stand We believe
that viii applaud We expect
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-06
THREE ARRESTED
FOR MURDER
MeIghbOrs Of Slain Farmer
Charged With Crime.
TWO HAVE CONFESSED

Two Oxuor1 Entereo inc rfouue "
Rob Mailman, and Shot Him Down
At sedsIde Of Sick wIfe-suspeeted
Of Other Crimes.
,r Aston, Paul Fornwalt and
Bel ssmin Aston, all three residing in
the neighborhood Of where the crime
:, as committed, were arrested for the
murder OF the aged farmer. Alfred
Mailman. who on Sunday night was
shot down by masked robbers while
at the bedside Of his sick wife at his
home In Pequea township. Lancaster
county. Pa. Jacob Hinsey, hotel
keeper. was also arrested. Fornwal'
and Ben Aston say he planned the
robbery and was to receive IS from
each Of the participants. Fornwalt was
caught in Lancaster. where he had
gone. It Is believed. to escape the
Astons, as they had threatened to
shoot hirc't he told Before he had
been s-e"ey the police station Walter
ASH. Gray'ngs Up at that place to in
QWash., SO, Walt had been arrested
Ems Cougand there. Benjamin Aston
::."Idht yo' at his home in Pequea
tcV withhold brought to jail at Ian.
-easE ledu "
Fornwalt told all about the murder
after his arrest. He said the two AS
tons had persuaded him to go along to
do the Job. but he had no idea there
was to be any shooting. They were
TO rob Mailman. Walter Aston entered
the house first. and while he tForn-
waltz was In the door Walter began
shooting. They then ran away. Ben
Aston. he said. had stood guard outside
with q shotgun.
Walter Aston, when confronted with
the confession of Fornwalt. denied be-
ing there. but was very nervous and
mixed in his story. Later he also
confessed.
Ben Aston az first denied all con-
nectioA with the crime. but said he
knew Walter and Fornwalt had gone
from his house to do II. Later he
broke down under severe questioning.
admitted he had been with the other
two and had stood outside while the
others went In, and corroborated Form.
waits story In every important fea-
ture. He also told Of other crimes
that had been committed in the neigh.
borhooA and connected his cousin,
Walter. with the murder. as well as
another man. whose arrest will likely
follow.
The two Astons have bad reputa-
lions In the neighborhood and the law
abiding citizens feared them. Walter
10 q young man. while Ben. his cousin,
% married ana has two haif-gruwn
children. Young Fornwalt says his
home is at Middletown. Pa.
Fornwalt told the officers that after
the shooting Walter Aston had given
him the pistol he had used. and he had
taken II home and put It on the wall
In the barn. II was recovered there by
the officers. In his confession Form
wait told Of . number Of persons who
bad met them as they were running
away from the place Of the crime. and
evidence will be worked up to cor.
roborte Fornwalt's story.
Lincoln Highway to Gettysburg Sure.
without any amendment the United
States senate passed the house bill
making Feb. ~. 1909. the Tooth ami
versary Of the birth Of Abriham Lin
coin. legal holiday and recommend
ing its celebration throughout the
United States. for which purpose the
president Is authorized to issue a spe-
efaI nrncla mation
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-06
Editor Hurt BY Train.

William J.. Woodson. the editor OF
the American Press. while trying to
board a train at the Glenwood sta.
ton of the New York Central railroad
at yonkers. N. Y. fell and was in
jured by the moving wheels. His right
foot was amputated at the railroad
station. and at st. Johns Riverside
hospital to which he was taken. II
was found that amputation OF the leg
below the knee was necessary
Mr.. Woodson was badly hurt about
the head and sustained other injuries.
He displayed wonderful fortitu1e,
which his physicians say will mater
tally assist him in recovering from the
effects OF his injuries.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-06
f1s.vsar-old Man Killed BY Fall.

Henderson Cremeans. known to be
the Oldest man in the state OF West
Virginia. and probably the oldest per
SON In the United States. died at the
home OF his grandson. Clark Cremeans
near Point Pleasant. Mason county
w. Va. aged lis years. He was
strong and hearty to the time of his
death. falling on the roadside on his
way home from the grocery store. He
was removed to his home and died a
few minutes later. His mother died
ut 100; his wife at 101. He was one oil
the FIRST settlers in the Ohio valley
coming here from Virginia at the age
OF eighteen. He has seventy g,and
children. 131 great-grandchildre and
nineteen Observation-Disclosures. lie
never tasted liquor or tobacco in his
life.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-06
A Trust Cannot Collect Debts.

The case OF the Continental Wall Pa
per Co. VS.. Lewis vought 4 Sons. OF
Cincinnati. was decided by the supreme
court OF the United States In favor OF
the voights. The suit was brought by
the company on a debt OF $4,000. the
payment of which was resisted on the
ground that the paper company is a
trust.
In effect the decision holds that a
trust. organized contrary to the Sher
man antitrust law. cannot use the
court to collect debts.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-06
For Rent or Sale.

The large. two-story brick store house
in Berlin, next to the Postofiice, and
recently occupied by the Berlin Hard
ware Co.. is for rent for 1909, or for
sale. Apply to r. B. Adams. Ocean
City. Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-06
Tried to Sell Stolen Bonds.

A clew to the numerous postofice
robberies that have occurred In this
state during the past eighteen months
may result from the arrest In Phila'
delhpia of Oliver p. Hazard. bond
broker in that city. The warrant for
his arrest was sworn out In Allen,
town. after he had attempted to dis
pose OF four bonds which had been
stolen from the postoffice building at
East Texas on Dec. 81. He claims that
he secured the bonds from brokers in
New York In the usual course Of his
business.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-06
Explosion Kills Seventeen Miners.

Seventeen men are dead as a result
Of an explosion in the No. Sko-t
Creek mines OF the Birmingham Gala
Coal & Iron company. Five OF the dead
are white and twelve are negroes
The explosion is supposed to have
been caused by a windy shot The
mine itself is practically uninjured.
Ambulances were sent from Ensley
to the scene and cofiins will be rushed
to the Inflated mine. which was run
ming on short force.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-06
Mother Saw Lion Eating Her Baby.

Mother Saw Lion Eating Her Baby.
A mountain lion crunching the life
less and mangled body OF her two
year-old boy was the sight that
greeted Mrs. Chris Brown when she
entered the family tent. -four miles
from the Hotel Delmar. at Balboa
Cal. after a short walk. The mother
in despair. rushed screaming at the
beastly slayer OF her child. The lion
growled savagely and backed slowly
out of the rear OF the tent. its mouth
dripping with the baby's blood. and
disappeared The lion had partly dis
membered the child after Staying IT,
The Brown family arrived from Della
ware two weeks ago.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-06
Hunter Found Dead.

Howard Summerell. aged sixteen.
the son of Rev. J. NJ. II. Summerell,
OF Newburne. N. c., who went out
hunting alone. was discovered near
the county home with the top of his
head shot of. When he did not return
home. a large searching party secured
the country looking for him.