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VOLUME XXXIV;
QHAELOTTE, N. C THURSDAY AUGUST; 27,. 1885.
PRICEETVE CENTS.
Butterick's Fashion . Sheets and Catalogues
for fall and winter. v' 4
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Some new Fall Prints and';Satteens,; in winter .styles .
AT 2c. PER YARD.
Look at ;Our Bytterfly
Princess Ida
Cprhfort Hip
it
50c. Corset
75c
$1,00
Adjustable; Hip
1.00
1.00
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- JUSTICE I? PERSIA-
Punishments - Inflicted ' on the
Subjects of the King of Kings. :
St. James Gazette. ', - x !
.The judicial punishments of Persia i
certainljrsseem very cruel; bucJihe
most enlightened rulers of the coun
try Insist that they are not vindic
tive; they, are simply deterrents The
robbers, and, those guilty of crimes of
violence, and on the sectaries of the
tsaab; it is also' the penalty for hieh
treason In some cases men of i hieh
rank. Condemned for the latter crime.
are either poisoned or strangled. In
my time, Kohrab Khan,4 who could
not pay his revenue to the Crown
and therefore revolted, had bis throat
cud in ;Kturaz - Me naa surrendered
upon a sworn promise that his life
would oe spared ; but the Muschirul-
Molk, his personal enemy , was actual
ly, present reading an order; for his
death when Zohrab Khan was exe-
cuted 'at the back of the Governor's
palace; ; . Within' the last three years
tiussem ikuii Lnan, cmet ot tne
Bakhtians, was " offered , , a cup of
poisoned coffee when the guest' of the
Zik-esSiiltan : on his refusing it -two
farrashes stepped forward and stran
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Persia are blowiner from suns or mof
tars, crucifixion walling up or bury
ing alive,' burning alive, and in the
few capital punishments of. women,
lato Sissamu-Sultaneh, uncle of the Tan nrtT
Unc w An a nf i t.h i. aWa nf Pe(i UP-P a ana jumped upon,
well. jAIl theses -punishments have
been inflicted within the , ; writer's
Our Grand Summer Clearance Sale, as I veliias our
g!6?! tS? ?hG oniy prime of Hussein Weekly Special Offerings, have proven to us that there is lot's
Kull Khan, a noble and enlightened n Tfrti vu- ' i. 1 u : j.
man.-w.aatHat'hea uc dcu, h cuuugu aiiuuubiikjul. is uuei tu.
xuo : exceptional Dumsnments in
This is Wot the Time
provincial governors j yet, as he him
self triumpnaptiy pointed out to me.-
he shed less bloodi hrstand last, than
his rivals," while the provinces under
his f government were remarkably
free from crimes of violence, I,"
he remarked, "take the great crimi
nal red-handed, and I punish him in
aiirh a wftf.har hia TMiniKhinAnti will
Cnm o oTtrfnl imVionVi crnnt S Pnm P n n A SPP I not be: forgotten and that his fate will
oumc v-r . . Y , be a terror fb evil doers. Unlike you
them,
knowledge rUnepoor-feiiowwice To. stand upon ceremonies; iust now, when we must make
He was led out to be blown from a room tor Jb all ijrooas, we can not attord to stop and. think
guni A fellow culprit had just been whether it is nrudent to sell an article whicri nosta ffil 95 fnr
90c Wise or unwise as it may " be. we must make sacrifices
Truly,
Europeans, I don't ; snut tne ,raan up
for years; I have no grudge ; my pun
ishmen ts are policy--1 commenced
The - executioners prepared .to -lash
him; to the muzzle of the gun ; but as
he was a little man they": had to get
some bricks for him to stand on.
When all was ready the priming was .
fired, but in the hurry the artillery
men nad.rorgotten to load tne gun.
in order to accommodate the Fall Stock,1
121c
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manufacturers'
25 S. CHARLES STREET, BAUTI MORE, MD.
URE OAK LEftTHER BELTING
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Ajid Dealers in ITUBBER BELTING, PACKING , HOSE &e. - , -
COTTON, WOOLEN find SAW MII.I4 SUPPLIES, &e.
gents :
Boston Belting Co.' s ;
II HoVt's Leather Beit. :
M t. Vernon Beltincr.
M Joseph, Noones'i Sons
j Roller Slasher and
; 6 Clearer Cloth. .,
Tx;K. Earle's Card .V
Clothing, &c
who they had to deal with. It is true
I then mercilessly executed some of
them : but there are no i more crimes
of violence,, duriner my tenure vof
office; no more unsafe roads, na bur-
glaries. Murders mostly unpremeds
itated murders there certainly are,
as there will be in all countries ; I exs
ecute these men in a simple wayw So
do Europeans." These are the ideas
of a ereat Persian statesman. . The
result in Persia hundoubtedlr what
the Sissam stated: The province is
quiet, criminals . are afraid, . honest
men are sate. , ; V i : ;
The ordinaryr punishments are
the bastinado; . fines, imprisonment
(simple coutmement), imprisonment
PER YARD ONLY FOR
a lot ot Broaaaed ur?sy
Gooaa which never sold for less
than 20 cents. - ,
'25c
A PAIR FOR A REGULAR
made Solid Colored Ladles'
Hose which- bring 85c in the
largest cities in the world. r ,
made to the Governor, . he refused to
spare the man, and the poor fellow
was v unbound, the" gun was loaded,
and the cul prit blown away.:; The
first part of this tragedy I myself
witnessed. Crucifixion in Persia is
done against s a wall l the sufferers
occasionally live many hours. ' The
crime of one man so ' executed was
that of having stolen the golden neck
let of ithe Prince Governor's horse :
this was looked on as a sort of high
treaspii. Some highway robbers who,
among many other " achievements,
had looted and carried off the writer
of this article he fortunately escaped
from them and murdered a flvud or
holy man, were walled tip alive near glll?' '4TaMM KSJSS
THESE
PRICES
OAn PER YARD ONLY FOR A
L), lot ol All-Wool Albatross
VeWngs !n evening shades. They
are worth 85 cents. -
CiCin PER YARD FOR A 21 Inch
Ul BlaokSilk which Is worth
$1 20 per yard. We have only tour
pieces left.
FOR
THIS
WEEK
ONLY;
25c
A PAIR FOR A LINE OF
Ladies' Black Hose, which
sold readily up to this day at 35c a
pair.' ' ; .
1 C PER YARD ; FOR A
, ijp 1 1 0 very heavy Gros Grain
, Black Silk, worth $1.60. Quantity
f limited.' ,.. i
the scene of their crimes in hollow
brick pillars.: Eleven other highway
robbers in one batch were thus buried.
alive in Shiraz in 1879-' while a priest
was burned to death in. the public
m irons (the chain gang), maiming,
death. The bastinado is administered
upon the bare soles of the feet Save
by the King's express order, it is
never nowaaays carneu bo aai wxxzM Shiraz X, before my ar
issue; itf twi3nty years I"ner nrd- rjvi fnlpersia ; he was an exception-
oi: latai ucdvuig. . xuo uium jr F , al y atrocious criminal.
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A BEAUTIFUL LOT OF
TRECOTS
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OUR LINE OF,
bastinado 5 means
what we should term a 4good hiding''
nothing more.' ". In the eyes of a
Jrersian mere is novning uegrauiug m
having 'eaten stick." . Within - the
last ten years the Muschir-ul-Molk,
the then wealthiest man in Fars (the
richest province in Persia), was se
verely bastinadoed ; he was over 70
years old. . The bastinado is usually
administered to all small delinquents
who are not fined. It is the punish
ment of piccadilloe8. The accoms
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'.;', A, Gambler's Find.
Cincinnati Enquirer. v
'Talkins: about finding money,
said Old Sport, "would you believe
me if I told you I found '$1,000 one
timer -:3v-.: ; . r--;
"No; but tell it, anyway."
"It was in Washington, Dee " See.
The occasion was the inauguration of
Grant and there were 200,000: people
in the street.- 1 saw a small green
New WesbtvLve,
Extends a cordial invitation to all ladies, especially those who take an inter
est m Fancy Work. Wecarry full ; linesot uoiors.
PLAIN "CHENILLE CORDS' at 7 cents per yard.
CHENILLE AND GOLD-COKDS at 20 cents per yard. -PLAIN
PLUSH TASSELS at 12i cents per tassel. ,
PLUSH AND GOLD TASSELS at 15 cents per Tassel. ' ;. :
72-INCH EXTRA HEAVY FELT IN LEADING SHADES at $1.25 per yard.
meni oi piccauu uen thing lying .on: the pavement and
phces of criminals a?e usually basti- somln.prompted my to r pick it
Trunks
nadoed to obtain
inals of the minor class are generally
bastinadoed and discharged. The
sticks used are not, as in Turkey,
heavy batons, but sticks tapering to
a noint. The best criterion of the
real value of a bastinadoing may be
arrived at from the reply ..of a soldier
who.-when I asked him which h e
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WE FILL ALL MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY.
time I thought-Pd chance it: fter- - - . . .
Jersey Cloths,
OGnT WEIGHT SUITINGS
, DRIP A ALMAS.
Also a beautiful line of
Black Cashmeres
In all grades at very close prices.
i loung ladies making preparations for boarding
schools willfindmystock ln excellent condition
1. h. SEffiSILK.
picking the green thing up I thought
it' was a patent medicine advertise
ment, and I was on the point of
throwing it away, but I ! wasn't very
busy just then, so Lunrolled it, and
when l saw it was a iouu Dili 1 was
WHITttdDWSISI & M1WJ
would prefer, an ordinary- beating on- d death. I was dealing bank
Aad;Valises is, Complete.
Fine line of Trunk and Va
lises for summer travel.
t.hft fet such as was -being given to
one of his; fellows, or the loss of a
month's pay, answered: .' Why, the
beating, of course.1' Criminals, Jwhen
offered the choice of a fine or the
bastinado, always choose the latter.,
It f must " be remembered tnat tne
lower classes in Persia walk much
l harp.footed and that their leet are
then, and I didn't know what to do'
with; the find, because I couldn't
fake up any excuse for the possesion
of so much of the filthy. The main
guy would swear that I was holding
out on him and there would be the
devil to pay ; and you can bet it would
take the whole of the thousand to
bill to my
aug23dtf
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
GOOD GOODS 1 LOW PRICES.
ait vueir xwu aie him Rrt t tnnk thfi 1
hard; Ut course, to a ; European a rding house and stuck it between
mm tshrrient. Mirza Abdul Wahab
TThftn l late . w Dh v sician to H. R H.
Zil es-Sultan, told me that hie i had
i seen 2.000 sticks fairly 4 broken over
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tne.; ieec 01 a- cnmmai a
blows. This was done bv the Shah's
the man survived. Fines
the covering of my trunk , and the
outside" Hooked at the paper for
several davs but couldn't see any ad
vertisement for the- lost thousand
dollar bill.. I didn't dare get it chang
ed in Washington, because it would
soon ha noised around that I had a
farrashes;- tne man surviyea. .xme b- u d the snap would be given
yary au ug ..w-.-w away , jj;Mn ay , l ; wouid recon-
nnrson j fined or the rapacity olv tne L "nA tu t-nnir bm' if
finer. Simple imprisonment is dealt . --o h .vnntrp. her
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Orders by mail Have prompt out to t nose wno are guu yirouuoijf f0m placed The fact that the. loss
wi w-vi-v. w r.- - . t -. was not advertise ieu, me w-.Huopcvu
oi not paying tueir. wjteav ,xuiyn&uu -ment
in a chain gang, or. imprison
ment in irons, is rrseryed for crimes
ot violence iburglaryf -coining; or
theft . from the person; - Maiming is
resorted to for- thieves from shops,
cut-purses and horse and cattle steal
Out: Sale
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attention.
that the blooming bill might be coun
terfeit, and I was in a terrible stow.
But I held on to it. . One day I went
ovei? to' NewiYork and took the bill i
with me. At last I screwed up my
courage-to slap the bill down on ."the
counter of a bank and asK to nave it
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Will contin .ueuntil stock is dis;
: posed of.
ALEXANQER & HARRIS.
fife Asia rule a- single lomt ot the , . mKa MuP nr rather
nnger cwu7i.aww, i cashier.? grabbed it up and squinted
hand for a'second. or the criminal is l
" . . - . ' : ' i Til i iir:i a.njuu ruiAt:n Jt au lhmm
lamed by removing; a portion ot tne med evervbodv in ithe .-world - was
Undo cwMts..Biinaing oj; one or at me. : -Mind; you, ;this was
both eyes is no w a, rare punishment. threemonths after. 1 had found the
Sometimes .the 'ears are cut ore or tne bm fter eveing the bill for a- few
nose slit, and the criminal , is led seconds the cashier laid it aside, and I !
through the bazaar by the execution- didn't know whether he was going to
er. -vo tuc"wuu B"vw " set the dog on me or wnat t ' duc r e i
everv execution the execuuoner i filinched on to a fist un fifty dol-
levies; as a right, atee ota tew cop- i bills and counted .out twenty.' of
pers from each mercnant and . SBop them. which he handed to me. So
keeper); J Amputation ot the tongue th t waa aii right. Well. I felt pretty
has not occurred, within. my knowi- gay a'nd .i went down to Sandy
edge during-the last twenty Tears. Hook, and from there to Long Brant h
strange to sav; m such cases the
ferer gradually regains th& power ot Philadelphia, and then once more to
intelligible speech, ;The Objection to shington. -That nighf I played ment everyason, aSd do not take cost into
surgical amputations in the JLastgen: r . and got broke."' . . . - purchaser. - '
erally, and especially in Persia, arises i ' - m - ,
from the terrible loss of caste to tnose Gents, to make a good appearance, snouid nave
who are maimea juuicid-uy . , , v .tnw5i on intififi tirtninis cover no defects.
Death painless and instantaneous and at tne same time develop ail the good points
io iicii-nl I v -intiiojfia nv tnroat-Culi. in one's ieei. , or tnese reasons, auureioauu
ting. Thesimple punishment of death
is mostly - executed on murderers, i & bbo. agents for charlotte
- " - - In order to'make room for our Pall and Winter Stock, which Is dally, arriving, ,
. v, :K we will offer this week at a groat sacrifice, -
100 Men's Suits at $5.00;
WORTH $10.00, $12.00 AND $13.50.
100 Boys' and Children's. Suits from 2.00 up..
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extraordinary bargains and cannot be gotten anywhere else for
But they must be closed out.
We dont Intend to carry any over.
consideration, aq
We make a clean sweep ot every gar- -early
call , will pay every economical
HAN AN"
A. ETBANKIN
feclldeod