VOL. XXIV.
WELDON, N. C.f THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1893.
NO. 23
A SIAMESE EXECUTION. TOOK OFF THEIR COATS
STARTLING DESCRIPTION OF A WIFE
MURDERER BEING BEHEADED.
N.Y.Sun.
A Siamese named Al Yong, who mur
dered his wife because she had forsaken
bio for a lover, was executed by decapi
tation, the method bearing a close re
semblance to the' Chinese and the specta
tors showing the same haste in quitting
the scene of blood the moment the vic
tim's head was looped off.
Al Yong was a young Siamese, who
lived Dear Phratoon with his wife.
About four months ago she soddenly de
camped with a handsomer man. The
husband tracked the pair like a blood-
bound, never leaving their trail till he
ran them down in a house where they
were hiding. The lover escaped, but the
woman was overhauled as she was fleeing
and was horribly slashed with a sharp
knife, do less than eighteen wounds being
made by the maddened husband. He
was caught red-handed and convicted.
He never showed any fear when sen
tenced, but he refused to see bis mother
because he said the sight of her grief
would unnerve him.
The execution was for 9 in the
morning. As early as 5 o'clock the
prisoner was let out, heavy manacled.
He formed the central figure in an im
posing procession of officials of the State
department dressed in their richest robes.
The whole party took boats and went up
the river to the execution grounds. The
condemned man was uuiong the coolest
I in the crowd, chewing betel and apparent-
", I J enjoying the early morning boat ride.
)lt On the grounds a temporary altar had
Ibcen erected, and before this the seven
superbly built executioners, with drawn
Jswords, made offerings of boars' heads,
fowls, rice, etc, and lighted large tapers.
Then the swords were anointed. The
condemned man meanwhile remained on
the funeral barge, where Buddhist priest
gave him the last rites. He smoked and
5 chatted after the ceremony and never
showed any sign of weakness.
i At last he was brought out in froDt
of the altar and placed on freshly cut
platain leaves. The executioner asked
his pardon for killing him, after they had
wound red sashes around their bodies
and placed red handkerchiefs about their
heads. A snow white cloth was wouod
around the condemned niuu's loins, his
ears were stopped with day so that he
should not hear the headman's footsteps
as became behind him. His neck chain
and handcuff were removed and his
-elbows were secured to a bamboo post,
while he was marked on his Deck as a
I guide to the swordsman.
I The executioner, a lusty young Samp
I son, now approached from behind, ad-
vancing with many fancy steps and
moving his sword like the baton of a band
master. His six associates ioruiea an
attentlxe group, and watched every
movement. For a moment the sword
' gleamed in the air. Then it descended
exactly upou the white line. Tho body
fell slightly to one side, the head dropped
but hung by a bit of skin, and the man's
life lioud leaped forth upon tho sand.
, One of tho attendants severed the head
1 completely, and another neatly placed it
on a pole and exposed it to a crowd of
Siamese and Chinese that rilled the en
N closure. Then the body was hurried to
the unmarked grave near at hand, aud
befdre five minutes all the large crowd
had vanished, and only the grisly head
and blood stained sand remained to mark
tie tragedy.
SHE WEARS SHOES.
I .There is said to be a woman in Pitts
, burgwhose businessis wearing shoes, and
, ihe always has on new ones tint do not
' ielorfg to her. She, her daughters and
, ome other young women, to whom she
, v jives a part uf her business, break in
t- hoes (or people who have teDdor feet aud
j -wiili-.g m piy sjiall fim to be re
ed of liie discomfort of nreaking a pair
if f-f'W The h4-W"iki!r H w!l H
" quite u comfortable income out o!'
, lovel occupation,
if
i
THEY WERE TWO LARGE PYTHONS, AND
WANTED NEW SUITS.
The two large pythons which were im
ported from India for the Zoological
Garden have made themselves at home in
their new quarters. They are said to be
the largest reptiles in this country and
and naturally attract considerable at
tention. They had only been here two
weeks when both snakes underwent a
change. They became droopy and it
was seen that they had began to Bhed
their skius,
The shedding process is about at an
end now, but the manner in which the
snakes accomplished the greater part of
the job is wonderful. The largest py
thon measures 16 feet and the other 12.
They are males and have mouths like
cellar doors, that are filled with terrible
fangs. On Monday last the big snake
which had eaten nothing for three
weeks because he was shedding bis coat,
got a move on himself and climbed one
of the small trees and coiled all around
the limbs. Then he rubbed his head
and neck violently against the branches
in every direction and gradually loosened
the old cuticle from around his head,
mouth and neck.
HELPED HIM TAKE HIS COAT OFF.
In the meantime the other snake was
not idle. It, too, coiled around the tree
and raising its head took hold of its big
brother's neck, and by careful manipula
tion loosened the skin from tho head
and neck for about a foot down. Then it
took bold of the loosened skin and keeper
and spectators who were watching the
proceedings saw what was going to hap
pen. With its head and neck free the big
snake could he'p in the shedding opera
tion, and it twisted around tbo tree near
the top, and began to pull away from the
smaller snake at top speed. Inch by inch
the old skin was released, and the bright
colors of the new cuticle came in view. I
took nearly and hour to get about half of
the body free from the old covering, and
then both snakes rested. The old skin
was pulled back just as one would turn a
glove inside out, and gave the reptile a
a peculiar appearance.
When the snakes resumed their job
they employed different tactics.
The larger snake climbed higher and
the other made itself fast lower down the
tree. The smaller one took hold of the
skin and pulled for all it was worth until
all of the covering with the exception of
about two feet from the big snake's tail
was loose.
FINISHED THE JOB.
Then a most wonderful thing happen
ed. The big snake's head was at the top
of the tree and he hadn't been paying
much attention to the goings on at the
other end of his body. When the small
er snake stopped pulling the big one
looked down and saw that something was
wrong. His eyes glistened and reaching
down he grabbed a mouthful of his own
covering and proceeded to finish the job.
It was done with dispatch and ease. The
big snake seemed proud of his new suit
and wriggled all around the case and ad
mired himself for uuiuotimc. Then t the
astonishment of the watchers the smaller
snake clin.bed the tree and went through
the performance assisted by the larger one.
After both reptiles were free from the
old skins they made a wai of them and
each drank about a gallon of water to
wash down the repast. The keepers say
that it is no unusual thing for small snakes
to get rid of their old skias in this way,
but they never heard of large snakes like
the python or boarding it.
A QUEENLY HEAD
can never rest on a body frail from dis
ease any more than the lovely lily can
grow in the sterile soil. When consump
tion fastens it hold upon a victim, the
whole structure commences its decay. At
such a period, before the disease is too
far advanced, Dr. ricrcea U'Mocn fliedi
cal liC''rrv will arrest an t turc it. .So
certain u this, that an offer is mado to
refund thn uMtiey paid for it when a
failure can Im ('mud under the eonditiun
of a fair trial.
NATURE'S LOVE-MAKING.
VULGAR W03IEN.
BIRDS AND INSECTS MUST DO THEIR
PRETTIEST WHEN COURTING.
The wooing of birds is most refined
and graceful. Loves tunes their respective
pipes, says the Boston Globe, and they
seek to captivate their mates by their
sweetest notes and most varied warblings.
The wood pigeon charms his lady love
by a series of aerial evolutions and a cu
rious flapping of his strong wing feathers,
puffing his breast and tenderly cooing.
At mating time the plumage of male
birds is more handsome than at any other
period-indeed, some birds assume differ
ent colors in the spring.
Yellow hammers charm their mates by
displaying their tail feathers in the form
of a fan; starlings chatter in the sunshine
to show the metallic beauty of their breast
feathers, and swallows circle and double
in graceful flight before their lady loves.
Bright shells flowers, feathers and
grasses are laid by the bower bird at the
entrance of his partners retreat, and tiny
humming birds woo most assidously,
showing off their lovely hues and engag
ing in fierce combat with a possible rival,
even bringing nectar from ohoice flowers
for the delectation of their fairy brides.
Hen birds exhibit all the vagaries of
their sex, and pretend to be indifferent to
the exertions of tbeir admirers.
Frogs have an original way of love
making, and as soon as evening shades
fall, commence to croak loudly to their
mates, sometimes great numbers of them
combining in one unmusical chorus.
Courting among insects is often a very
elaborate affair. A male spider will ap
proach a female and amuse her for some
time with his antics. It is said that he
twirls around and around, crosses his legs,
erects his body and executes a sort of
many dance to excite her admiration.
She is a very vicious lady, and not al
ways pleased with his lovemaking; some
times he finds himself obliged to ward her
off, for she has a very painful mode of
showing her displeasure, and if she en
tirely disapproves of his attention, will
fall upon him and rend him to pieces.
One species of spider is said to have a
novel way of making love, the sexes com
municating by means of strands of web
stretching from one retreat to another a
sort of telephone, so to speak.
Glow-worms, according tosome natural
ists, use their luminaries as love-signals.
The females of one species seat thim
selves among the grass, while the males
attracted by the light, dance attendance
around them.
Concerning fishes, the sticklebacks oc
casionally resort to harsh treatment, at
tacking the females with open mouths
and erected spines As husbaods their
behavior is certainly ecoentric, for after
the female has deposited her eggs within
the nest that he has prepared for her her
lord and master drives her away and
preceeds to hatch them himself.
Vulgar women like to attract attention;
they are loud in their dress and talk; they
can be seen and beard at a distance; they
are numerous, generally annoying and
often offensive.
Vulgar women walk like grenadiers; they
come down on their heels with force
enough to shake anything from an "L,'
road station to a summer hotel piazza.
Vulgar women discuss private affairs in
public; their conversation is audible to
passers-by; they invite the observation of
strangers, and they are flattered by the
familiar comments of flunkies, flirts, fakirs
gutter merchants and Broadway loafers.
Vulgar women appear in public wear
ing brilliant colors, brilliant cheeks and
audible perfumes, jewelry and sensational
styles.
Vulgar women may win admiration,
but they never win respect; before an
individual is respected by others she must
respect herself.
Women who wear doll baby tresses and
powder their faces like clowns may come
of very good families, but they are vulgar
is.
Women who bear tales, who betray
confidence and make mischief with their
tongues are vulgarians of the most despi
cable type.
Vulgar women are dangerous; they
Dot only corrupt good manners, but they
are a bad example for the ignorant and
innocent, and a disturbing element among
refined people. New York World.
By using Hall's hair Kenewer, gray
faded or discolored hair assumes tho nat
ural color of youth, and grows luxuriant
and strong, pleasing everybody.
A NEW MARRIAGE SERVICE
Concord Standard,
A justice of the peace in Sandcrsville,
Ga , being called upon to perform a
marriage ceremony, is accused of conclud
ing with: By the authority vested, in
me as an officer of the State of Georgia,
which is sometime called the empire state
of the South; by the fields of cotton that
lie spread out on snowy whiteness around
us; by the howl of the coon dog, and tho
gourd vine whose clingiug tondrils will
shade the entrance to your humble dwell
ing place; by the red and lucious heart
with joy; by tho hoaveas and earth, in
the presence of these witnesses, I pro
nounce you man and wife.
Many people, not aware of the dangers
of constipation, neglect the proper remo
dv till t'l.) h ibit becom 's eliroijie, or in -
flauimation or stoppage result. A do
ov two of Ay er's-Pills in- t!i bjinuin
would have prevented all this.
HOW THEY OFFEND A SORROWFUL
AND LONG SUFFERING WORLD.
A SHOWER OF ANTS.
A curious phenomenon has just oc
curred at the village of Gamlingay, in
Cambridgeshire, Eng. A dense cloud
was observed to be passing over, which
suddenly burst, and to the astonishment
of the villagers, it was seen to be a show
er of ants and similar winged insects.
People and the ground became smothered
with them, and they swarmed in millions.
Every step takeu is said to have crush
ed hundreds of then.
DISCOURAGING NEWS.
THE STEAMER SAID TO HAVE BEEN DE
LAYED A MONTH.
St. John's, N. F. Dispatch, 28th.
Further discouraging news concerning
the Peary expedition comes from Labra
dor by the mail steamer arriving here lu:t
night-
According to the last report Peary was
at Davis Inlet on August 2nd and on the
5th had reached Nain. There he tried
again to purchase dogs, but failed.
He offered the Esquimaux forty cents
for dogs, but as tbey are worth $ or 35
each, the Esquimaux woul not sell, so Pea
ry left for Okkak, the next Moravian set
tlement.
As he would not pay greater prices
there either he could not get dogs. ' Then
he announced bis intention of going to
Hebron, Ramah and other settlements
further north, making every other eff rt
to secure dogs at these places and if un
successful would depend on getting dogs
at Disco, Greenland, as a last resort.
Dogs are now doubly necessary to
Peary, as the burros all perished bef ie
the Nain was reached, and consequeu ly
it is impossible for (be expedition tu ac
complish anything without a far greater
number of dogs than at first was consid
ered necessary.
It is believed here that Peary's actions
are suicidal, and that if he was determin
ed to wreck the whole expedition he could
not adopt better means.
Hie steamer has been delayed a month
behind her regular time rendering it pro
blematical if she reaches her destination
at all and it is almost certain that she will
be frozen up before the supplies are un
loaded. The prospect is a very black one indeed.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CONSTIPATION
Is called the "Father of Diseases."
It is caused by a Torpid Liver,
and is generally accompanied with
LOSS OF APPETITE,
SICK HEADACHE,
BAD BREATH, Etc.
To treat constipation successfully
TO THE WORLD'S FAIR
VIA THE li. & O.
GOING VIA WASHINGTON AND RETURN
ING VIA NIAGARA FALLS.
REMARKABLE BUT TRUE.
'When you see it in the Messenger, it's
so.' We mentioned in Tues day's issue
that the salt spray drive from the ocean
by the hurricane had killed leaves on the
trees all tho way to the city. The state
ment was fully verifid by observations by
many people. It was conceded that the
salt spray burned the leaves close to the
ocean, but some thought the leaves here
were withered because of tho terrible
beating they were subjected to. The
fact, however, that from Wrightsville to
Wilmington tho leaves of the trees are
withered and burned only on the side of
the tree from which the spray cauie.shows
that it was salt spay that did it.
Again, we arc assured that the leaves
of trees a half mile inland from Wrights
ville S.iund is covered with salt cbrystals,
and in tho city a lady will vouch for the
fact that salt cbrystals formed on her win
dow panes. A gentleman who uses spec
tacles also noticed that salt chrystuls form
ed on the eye glasses .so that he had to
constantly wipe them off.
Oa tho Sound dining the Iimvt blw
on Monday morning, salt cbrystals felllik"
sluut and was at first thought to be i-lect.
Wilmington Messenger.
HOUSE IN A BOTTLE.
Tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
placed on sale at its offices throughout the
East excursion tickets to Chicago, good
goiDg via Washington and returning via
Niagara Falls, with the privilege of stop
over at each point. These tickets arc
valid for return journey until November
15th, and are not restricted to certain
trains, but are good on sill B. l 0. trains,
and permit holders to travel via Pitts
burgh or via Graftou. By either route
passengers cross the Allegheny mountains
3000 feet above the sea level, amid the
most picturesque scenery iu America.
Sleeping car accommodations may be re
served in advance upon application to
nearest B. & 0. ticket office.
It is a mild laxative and a tonic to
the digestive organs. By taking
Simmons Liver Regulator you
promote digestion, bring on a reg
ular habit of body and prevent
Biliousness and Indigestion.
"My wife wu lorely distressed with Constitu
tion and coughing, followed with Bleeding Piles.
After four months use of Simmons Liver Regulator
she Is almost entirely relieved, gaining strength
and flesh." W. B. Lufir, Delaware, Ohio.
Take only the Genuine,
Which has on the Wrapper the red SB Trad,
aurk and Signature of ZEILIX COs
TO THE LADIES OF
WESTEKN HALF OF HALIFAX CO-
I know Dr. J. A. -flcfiill's ORANGE
BLOSSOM 10 1)6 a Verv Sreat blessing to
our sex. We have long needed some
thing which we could use ourselves aad
which could conquer the stubborn forme
of chronic inflammation and congestion
which lie at the foundation of all female
troubles. That Dr. JcUill's treatment
meets the demand of this long felt want
is shown by the fact that many caeee
which have baffled tho skill of our best
physicians, are being cured by it. I have
pledged myself to let my suffering sisters
in the above Counties know of this simple,
entirely safe, yet wonderful cure. To
accomplish this I must havo the help of
some good Christian lady in each township.
There aro not less than one thousand ladies
in each of the above Counties to whom thin
cure would be of inestimable value, many
of them mothers who need stiengtu that
thev may train their little ones; then there
e so many voting uirls whose trouble is
not considered serious, but nevertheless
need attention, as only little time will
he required for it take the color from tho
checkR aud all the joy from their glad
young lives us it lias done in thousands ot
cases. Write lor inhumation. 1 answer
all questions. I will also send Township's
Agent's Terms to those who will assist me.
JIISS LIZZIE K. DAVIS,
Areola, Warren Co., N. C.
l-'JU-ly
INTERRUPTEI) MARRIAGE,
Some years ago a blind b y residing iu
Chicago construated a miniature house
inside an ordinary fourounue bottle. The
building was m ido up of 43 pieces of
wood, neatly fitted and glu;J tog tthisr. As
wonderful as this ni iy seem, it is only a
part of the wonders of this su'utl s lud.
After c imputing tho Inuse an 1 giving it
"fluishin toiwh-j.s" to hih irt's o intent,
ho set iibdit tatftniiitrw e irk in the hot
tie, but how he accomplish, the start
ling feat is a mystery.
D i vnit rend tn testimonials published
in itui.i.l ot' Hood's Sirsiiparilla? Tii.y
nre thoroughly reliab'o atil worthy . ycur
coulidencc.
Miles Overcash lives at China Grove.
He has a wife there, says the Concord
Times, but he evid ently thought one wife
was not cnought so he came to Co u cord to
try to get another. He paid assiduous
attention to a young lady at Forest Hill,
who did not know he was married, and the
wedding wasset for last Saturday In tho
meantime the young lady found out that
Ovcrcash was already married. However
she said uoihiug to him but coiiiiuuni
cated with his wife, informing her of the
date of tho proposed marriage. Every
thing wask ipf q lite, an 1 0 A-reisli cun e
down Saturday to get in trriel His i(e
came also, unkuow to him, and when ho
stepp.-d ititu i Tie room where he thought
he was to wed his wife c une in also, and
folks do say that ho got tho worst tongue
lashing tliey ever saw a man get yiute a
crowd had collected, evidently with the
purposj of giving Oorcash a first class
whipping, liir ho managed to slip out the
back door, when he took to his heels, and
i supposed to be running yet.
- Ayer's Sarsaparilia U one of (ho fiw
rem dies which are roeomm--nJed by ev
ery school of mud;'"ni. Irs strength,
puritv. -id etti . ,h too Well establish
ed to -.lout, ot d.n.jt as to its suprriMiin
over all other bino 1 purifiers whatever.
A el' s Saisjjjuraiu loads ail,
J5ST THE TALK OF St
tetr THE TOWN im
feT NOW IS u
Have YOU Seen
The pretty goods at
lillers Store!
Dress Goods of all Kinds;
Aud trimruiugs to match,
EVERYBODY
says they arc the prettiest iu town, i A
nobby line of Gents' Furnishings A large
line of sample goods to be sold at
NEW YORK WHOLESALE PRICES.
and if you can't get a suit of clothes it
stock you can select a pattern and the
fit is guaranteed; it takes only five days
to make a suit.
TT A rPQ. A big line of the
JHxA L L). Newest styles straw
aud felt hats just opened.
I nin always glad to chow goods, and
prices shall -tinpete with the lowest that
good good.- tan be sold at.
rcspcct!'uMy,
VV. 8. TILLERY,
l) -I'd tf.
Weldon, N, C.