CRUELTIES IN CHINA
Torture of Prisoners Carried to
Point of Refinement
HOME OF THE WATER DEATH
A Worse Infliction Than That of Being
Tied to a Beam by the Thumbs ana
Big Toes The Bastinado and Flog
ging With 8pit Bamboo
China in n land of contradictions and
mysteries Ir hiistles with surprise
The phlcniiatle nature of its natives
Is In marked contrast to their inherent
cruelty
What h pT weak looking baby
you inlrii tn h Chinaman ah iut
bis oflsfrnu ned he will nieiely shrti
bis sltOUKiet In teply Meet til 111 ill il
month rime nnd ask liiin how the
youngstei is etfing mi
The disease whs n fatal one he
will atisv e i with another sl ni lien ut
shrug if the child were a girl you
conld safel draw vom own eoneln
sions as to its fate lohn Chitiainan
has no use for deformed or very slek
Jy children particularly girls
Torture of prisoners has lieen par
ried to a point or relineuieiit One of
the most teiribie was surely the eae
in whii h a man wa plmed so that his
head just protruded at the top while
tils toes only touehed the ground suf
ficiently to prevent disloeation of the
net k
Hi hands were bnurd behind him
ho i Iff ne could not relieve hiiu e
and tie was hft to he leered at b the
public unMl hunger and exhaustion put
an nd to his Miffeiines
The dnj of the bastinado too Is hv
no means over The prisoner Is strung
up in unreverse eondition and the
naked soles of hi feet are pounded
with a ea ne with the rpsult that the
victim seldom recovers
Rut the on re eoinuiiin form of floi
ginj is to heat the thiirhs with the
connive side of a split bamboo which
cuts at even- stroke Into the flesh
China h the way was the home of
that terrible death by watei drops
The vji tlnf head was placed on a
low hard lilock and droits of water
at short intervals were allowed to tall
from a height mi to his forehead a
far far worse iiifli lion thanJSthat of
being tied to a beam by the thumbs
aud hi toes
The canine is regarded as a com-
paratie mild sort of punishment
Thi consists of a wooden collar about
foni feet square and tout inches thick
whi h is placed over the prisoners
bead so that its full weight falls on
the nulders
A description of the offense Is also
attached to the vie rims body and as
be cannot teed himself he has to ref
on the public tor sustenance
Conservative to a decree it is not
surprising to find that the wheelbar
row as a passenger conveyance Is still
In vogue as loo is the ferry consist
ing of a light canoe towed across the
water by u number of swimmers
Machinery for the most part is de
spised aud the mill still used foi win
owing the staple diet rice is of the
simplest and most out of date descrip
tion possible
The rice la placed in a cement basin
over which Is a heavy stone at the end
of a long lever This is worked up and
down by two boards in the form of a
cross attached to the axle of a huge
liand turned wheel
For simplicity of keeping a city In
formed of the time Canton would be
bard to beat In one of the temples
are four large earthen jars on succes
sive shelves
Water descends by slow drops from
one to tbe other a brass scale on a
float in tbe bottom one indicating as it
rises the uour of the day
At 5 oclock every afternoon the low
est jai Is emptied aud the upper one
refilled Uu the outside walls of the
city ate displaced boards with the
number of the hour on them so that
all may see And this has gone on
without a break since 1321
Funerals appear almost a mockery to
the visitor If money can be freely
spent a manager is appointed and
from tbe highways and the bjways
street boys aud beggars are collected
dressed up in amazing costumes sup
plied with dazzling umbrellas stand
ards and boards which are carried
ovei then shoulders in a long straggle
Oineis carry small houses aud cart
made ot caid papet horses men wom
en etc indicative ot the dead ones
treasures aud these with heaps ol pa
per coins aud paper money are burn
ed at the grave so that they may be
enjoyed in the life beyond
Hired mourners with cymbals gong
and vvlud instruments keep up a con
tinuous series of howls and nois e to
which is added the hoohoo boohoo
of aD eat racking noru worked some
thing like a uanlen tme
Women are regarded as nothing in
China They are brought up in ig
norance of the world outside the one
object of theti life being to get mar
rled and have sons to follow the fa
tbers A glr Is not pven allowed tc
look upon her husband until she i ac
tually wedded London Ladies Field
Not Very Neighborlike
Dugald Yon was not a verra neigh
borlike thitig to be doin Angus when
ron was telling the whole toon that
I was drunk aal the week that we was
n Glescow Angus I never said no
sicb word oot o my lips Dugald Mae
kay Aal I said was that you was
perfect sober on the Sabbath day
London Opinion
Though von drive Nature out with a
pitchfork she always comes back
German Proverb
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What the Professor Wanted
The professor hteps lino the barber
chair and assumes an attitude of pre
meditation
Huh- ctd sir
Please The barber cuts his hair
Like u shampoo
Uni please He gets the shampoo
Shave you sir
Urn yes One shave
Massage lie nods assent nnd
consequently Is mnssued The barber
removes the towel the professor arises
and mechanically takes the proffered
check
Whats till-
Your check sir
My cheek
Certainly sir hair cut shampoo
shave and
Tbe rubs his hand over
race aid h d
Md I get all that
Surely r
Its ipie r very queer most ex
trannllnarilji queer A mot wonder
ful example of philosophical phenom
ena V
Whats queer nsks fhe barber in
dismay
Why the working of the human
mind Win I came in for was to gel
my razor honed Puck
What Constitutes Baseball
The est c i apparatus of basoba
Is simple and inexpensive All that Is
required is a Held a stick the ball it
self and police protection for the uni
pire One advantave of the trame as
played professionally is that those sit
ting in the irrand stand can play the
game a great deal better than the
eighteen men on the diamond It is
also true that any one of the specta
tors even though perched on a tele
phene pole across the street or looking
through a knothole In the feive be
youd right Held can jtidco of the pitch
ers skill or the runners tioetuess
much more intelligently than the ar
biter who stands behind the battery
The great merit of the game Is that
tiie people can participate in It It Is
not like bridge whist Its science is
not synonymous with silence The
thing to do is to take off your coat
nnd root as long and as loudly as you
can even If you dont know what is
happening Philadelphia Ledger
Taking It Out In Trade
The proprietor of a certain Turkish
bath establishment seeing a strong
looking young man working in a
butchers shop and being impressed by
his magnificent muscles told him to
resisu and take a rubbers position
with him
Ill give you more than you are get
ting now he said
The young butcher resigning In good
faith turned up the nest morning at
the bath house
Well said the proprietor to him
Ill put you on at ouce What did
you get at fhe butchers
Six dollars and my weeks meat
returned the young man
What did that amount to
About S3
Well said the proprietor I of
fered you more to come here didnt I
Ill give you SO In money and 4 worth
of baths weekly That is a dollar more
than you got at your old place
Dutch Engagements
A custom among the Dutch is the
exchanging of engagement rings which
are narrow bands of plaiu gold with
the initials of the betrothed and tbe
day of the betrothal engraved on the
inside They are worn on the left
hand before and on the right after
marriage Dutch engagements extend
over a period of from two to five years
During this time the young woman
fiance does not participate If he is
not of the dancing sort she refrains
from that recreation however much
she may desire to engage in it She
never goes iu company anywhere if he
is not present and when they go to
gether to a ball no gentleman will ever
ask her to dance without formally
gaining his permission London
Scraps
The Sure Thing
A theatrical manager once offered
a famous actress 1000 a week to
make a tour of the world She insist
ed on 1500 But the manager said
1000 was all he could give and he
reminded her of the fabulous jewels
that South American millionaires
Russian grand dukes and Indian ra
jahs are wont to lavish on the ladies
of the stage when they are touring
Go home said the manager think
the matter over and let me kuow your
decision in the morning
In the morning the actress sent the
manager this message
Give me my terms and you can have
the jewels
Little Barbaras Complaint
Four-year-old Barbara went to church
with her two sisters and came home
crying
What is the matter dear inquired
her mother
He preached a Whole s sermon
about M Mary and Martha sobbed
Barbara and never said a w word
about me Lippincotts
Work Fascinating
There is an indescribable fascination
about work The laziest man in town
will stand watching with evident en
joyment the labors of a street gang
laying pavement Fort Worth Record
Suits the Case
That prisoner over yonder warden
has rather a mischievous look
Do you think so
Yes quite a roguish expression
Baltimore American
To me the meanest flower that blows
can give thoughts that do often lie too
deep for tears Wordsworth
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A GRAND OLD MAN
The Career nno Work of the Late Dr
Edvard Everett Hale
The late ltev Dr Edward Everett
Hale wrote a series of articles for the
Outlook not long ago In which he de
scribed some of his travels in his own
country People who write on such
subjects usually describe their travels
In other countries But Dr Hale be
lieved in being first of all familiar with
ones own country and well informeI
on the men and movements aud Inci
dents of Its history and his life work
In writing lecturing and reaching in
lie pulpit tended toward popular edu
cation along this line and iu conse
quence in the development of intelli
gent patriotism It has been said of
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KKV Dlt EDWAKD EVK11ETT HALE
his The Man Without a Country
that it is piobably the uiot popular
shoit story written iu America Cer
tainly it has taughtji deep and lasting
lessoil in piuriotism Dr Utiles writ
ings were so simple anil intelligible
that while they coiniuendou tueiu
selres to adults they especially inlet
the young and helped nuicii u
train them in right ways oi thinking
and living Boru on April o 1S22 and
therefore eighty seven years old at the
time of his death he was active in
public life and iu literature to the
very last and held the post of chaplain
of the United States senate when his
summons came Only a tew days be
foie his demise he was present at til
celebration in honor of the ninetieth
birthday of Mrs Julia Ward Howe
his contemporary in many of tiie re
form movements with which he had
been identified for fifty years
Born in Boston Dr Hales career
was associated largely with tint cit
yet his reputation was international
and his sympathies knew no bounds
of state or even of nation ECis grand
father Enoch Hale was a brother of
Captain Nathan Hale the patriot
spy and Dr Hale had given much
study to the history of that Revolu
tionary hero whose tragic death no
doubt had much influence over his
own life in view of the family relation
ship His father bore the name Na
than and his mother was a sister of
the great orator Fdward Everett and
a woman of much force and character
He married a niece of Henry Ward
Beecher He told the story of lib
childhood and his student days -it the
Boston Latin school and Harvard co
lege in his A New England Boyhood
published in 1S03 Something of the
fame of the incendiary who set fire to
the temple of Ephesus came near to
being the distinction of his college
course Two of the waiers at com
mons had gone to sleep shut up will
a pan of charonl President Quiucy
gives up all amusements in which her j calle1 for men wuo cmm mnle oxv
gen and Rale volunteered enlisting
two or three other Ore man was
saved but they drove their furnace so
hard that the chimney set a timber of
1720 on fire and old Massachusetts
hal was threatened with destruction
The boys could not arrest the flames
but the fire department came just in
time
Dr Halo became a minister of the
Unitarian cluin h in 15M0 and in lS5fi
be -a me pirr of the South Congrega
tional fUeitarbn church of Boston
holdins this relation thereafter till the
rime of his detfh since lSO having
had the services of an assistant pas
tor lie had received many honorary
decrees anil his published works mini
her neirlv fifty volumes including such
anbjects as romance theology history
sociology and reminiscences of his con
temporaries
FREAK OF NATURE
In the Form of a Hand Re
cently Exhibited
The freaks of nature in the vegetable
world are often queer and sometimes
quite hard to explain A potato in the
form of a hand was recently shown at
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A POTATO IK THE FOIIM OF A HAND
a fair in Europe It was raised by
Declo Yenturini at Buja In the Italian
province of Cdlne Of course it took
a bandsome prize
IHE riAflD
It Will Livf
OUUHSH
t c r ioui Out of Its
iivt tiltmeni
A mail Met Had Mopped at a stand j
In Fulton market io tni a flesh fish j
pointed hN tinuei at a lish that pteuol
his fiii j being aliout two reel lony
and ueiLliini admit live pounds
Thai look ii nice tili to me
he mi id whereupon tiie dealei pr ked
the fish up in pill it mi tiie scale
The uiiMifUi he puked it up the fish
began to wriggle and the next mo
ment It had slipped out of the dealers
grasp and fallen on the sidewalk
As the lish went down Hie customer
turned to the -land and puked nut
another which tiie dealer picked up
and this fish stayed quiet until Ii had
been put on the scale bill the instant
it tni bed it It heuitti to flop vigorous
nnd finally Mopped itself out of the
scale pun to tall on the tand below
Codlih these two lively and vigor
ous fish wre the cod being a lish that
will live out ot the water three or tour
hours a good deal longer than most
fish At Fulton market live cod can
almost always be found The dealers
keep iheii stock in fish cars id the
East river just across South Jtret
and for retail trade bring over maybe
lifrv or a bundled pounds at a dip
enough to last half an hour or an
hour and when the stock runs low
thej bring over another lot fresh out
of the fish car
The cod though n salt water lish
will live for hours In fresh water An
angler who goes occasionally to the
fishing banks tells of carrying home a
codfish caught in the afternoon and
placing it in a bathtub to find it alive
the next morning New York Sun
TOOK no chances
Young Bessemer Was Cautious as Well
as Inventive
The most trivial incidents have often
originated the fortunes of our richest
men Take for example the fortune
made out of Bessemer steel This gen
ius young Bessemer had some idea of
making steel out of iron but a poor
newly married voting man has no
means of experimenting on a large
s ale The story I must tell as I have
heard it from an intimate friend of
Bessemer and is a true tale After
Bessemer had In bis small laboratory
experimented with the metals and at
last obtained the desired result by
blowing air through melted iron he
found in the bottom of the crucible a
little lump of the famous steel Now
The Holdup Man In Mexico
Now as a matter of fa r life and
property are as safe In Mexico as in
Chicago and nnes lite Is a great deal
safei Mexico has her plckpm kets
and her sneak thieves and burglars
are not unknown but the holdup man
is an individual with whom tbe police
are not well acquainted This cannot
be said of Chicatro Kansas fity St
Louis or Nev York It may be be
cause the criminal element m Mexico
iacks the bravery necessary for fol
lowing the holdups profession or it
may hp because the city is extraordi
naiily well guarded by police It cer
tainly is well guarded by rhe police
but it matters not what the reason is
ihe fact is that the man who relieves
you of your money in Mexico does so
in the manner calculated to chupp you
the least inconvenience Mexico Rec
ord
There Was a Limit In Liking
Little Victor had been naughty and
his father had seen bt to administer a
spanking A few minutes later when
his papa had left rhe room and tbe
little fellow was alone with mamma he
exclaimed between his sobs I dont
like papa Ells mother of course told
him that was very wronc and that he
would tune to be punished again if he
talked like that Well be added
looking up quickly I like papa all
right but I dont like his acts De
lineator
Cause For Haste
Wot are jou breathin so hard for
Dusty
A shoemaker run me out o town
for most a mile
Wot riled him
He runs a quick repair shop an
he got mad cause I handed him a
couple of boot heels an a shoestring
en told him Id call for de shoes in
balf n hour -Cleveland Plain Dealer
He Went Early That Night
He calling Im here promptly Miss
Fannie She Yes Mr Stay late He
I never like to keep people waiting
She significantly- Waiting for you to
come you mean of course Washing
ton Post
No Need of a Bargain
Beggar Kind sir give me a penny
for my two children Kind Sir That
isnt dear rertainly but 1 dont think
Ill take them I have four already at
home Stray Stories
PAZTC3FrJ
For breakiast we have buckwheat Ral
ston and Advo pancake flours and maple
syrup and mapleine to go with them
HUBER
Dinrrboea cholera morbus and cramps
are speedily stopped witb MuConnells
Blackberry Balsam tne sure relief for
bowel troubles 2o cents
The W C Bullard lumber yard at
Palis toe has been purchtidwd by C G
Hamilton f rmerly of the Burr Ham
ilton Lumber Co Benkelmnn
This is the season to freshen up the
furniture mhke the floors glossy and
the woodwork fresh and clean Perma
Lac will do it ber Sold by tbe Stan--bury
Lumber Co McCook Neb
Do you want to sell or exchange your
business The Omaha Bee will run an
advertisement for you at one cent a
word per day There will be many out
of their 40000 readers who will answer
your advertisement Write today
The financial report of tbe Carneeie
library at Holdrege discloses that they
spent a total of 3195165 as against a
total spent by the MeCock Carnagie
library of S1609 25 In point of number
of books issued during the year Mc
Cooks report is much more satisfactory
than Holdreges
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF DAY SERVICE
The McCook Electric Company
announces the starting on July 3
1909 and continuance of day
service for supplying current for
light power and heating
The public are invited to con
fer with us regarding electric fans
motors lor industrial and domes
tic purposes flat irons and all
kinds of heating and cooking ap
pliances
Respect fit ly
A R SCOTT
Everything in drucs McCmmell
Kodaks and Uoriak
L W McCorEi L Drugirit
Feed of all kind baled ha etc
McCook Flour and Feed Sture
The mi rubers of company M
ceived their pup tents TupsiIm
at
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We have fresh lettuce and celery every
Wednesday and Saturday HUBER
See Dr Warrick LheOcculist Tburs
day July 22 at rhe Coinnwcinl hotel
Theres is skin rt i every bov of
BY LO
L W Met ONNHLL DrUySilSt
Nothing more stylish than a dainty
sailor straw tint such as Rnzeil Bir
ger sell
First class pasture at Corwins ranch
3J J2 miles south of McCook Reference
St ve vVilsun
the question was how to make the for2S cents
discovery public He put the lump of
steel into his pocket and made his way
to Nasmyth of steam hammer tame
Placing the metal on Xasmyths desk
he told him that he had made this ex
traordinary discoverv which would
revolutionize the whole metal world
Them came a little incident which
shows what wonderful heads these
Scotch financieis possess What do
you think Nasmyth said to his excited
inventor
Kh mon Its varv risky to show
your worderful invention Tbe world
is vary dishonest
To which the aspiring inventor replied-
Right Mr Nasmyth I Jusf en Ion
ia ted whom I was enmins to see so
with my last half crown I registered
the invention n my way London
Strand Macazine
There is a chap waiting for you
Connells Vegetable Cold Cream is your
protection 35 cents
Hansons glovs a favorite with
many tried and tnn t R z ll it Uar
gers the leading clothiers
It you want a good pickle in sweet sour
or mixed we have them a quart jar full
HUBER
Manager
ISSSSflSSSSSsK
MeConuel fills prescriptions
Pit tu e framing The Ideal Store
Mar llarribou nurse Phone black 28G
White House Grocery for fresh vegetable-
Ihone 30
Of course you know Huber keeps the
Wedding Breakfast Coffee
Fink overalls tiie standard make
R z II it Burner the lending clothiers
Learn shorthand at McCook Business
Oolleo Opt tin 26ih
Staynek Williams
Apples PeBches Cherries and Black
heiriesin gallon cans White House
Grocery Phone 30
Patronize home industry by smoking
Commercial Club 10 cent cigar and
the Snike 5 cent cigar
We are now agents for the Famous Car
hartt Overalls and Jackets also for their
Mc- Gloves and Caps HUBER
We have a full line of California Canned
Goods in both the Advo and J M brands
Nothing superior HUBER
The missionary society of the Con
gregational church will meet with Mrs
G W Oampain next Thursday July
22nd at 230 oclock
There will be no preaching service at
the Congregational chinch next Sunday
July 18 owing to the absence of the
pastor Sunday School as usual
A hay rack ride an the hospitality of
Mrs E F Flircraft on the ranch west
of the city were enjoed by the young
ladies of the Awl Os club Monday
evening
If all the housps in this town were
painted with Bradley Vrooman Pure
Paint there would be no more painting
for five years Stansberry Lnmber Co
McCook Nebraska are tbe agents
Dr Warrick the Hastings Specialist
will meet eve ear nose and throat pa
tients and those that need glasses fittpd
at thp Commercial hotel in McCook
Thursday July 22 Eyes tested free
Get a hammock and take a little more
comfort this summer We have the
kind that lasts the comfortable kind
made for one a company or a crowd
the kind you want
L W McConnell Druggist
If you need belp of any kind tell as
many people as possible There are
more than 40000 people who subscribe
for the Omaha Bee You can tell them
all for one cent a word uer dav Write
I today
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It is comingthe small boy and the 4th of Julyso is
our volume of business
Where is one of the best places to buy lumber
From the Stansberry Lumber Co McCook Xebr
Where is one of the best places to buy coal
From the Stansberry Lumber Co McCook Xebr
Where is one of the best places to buy paint
From the Stansberry Lumber Co McCook Xebr
Why is the Stansberry Lumber Co a good place to trade
They make a specialty of buying the best
Quality is always first Our best recommendation is our
customers you ask them And the volume of business we have
picked up in the past five months make3 us feel that we make
no mistake when we put quality first
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