Star-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 December 1908 — Page 2

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Consisting of dolls, doll houses, doll carts, picture books, pianos, trunks, etc., for the small girls. Sleds, magic lanterns, small wagons, drums, engines, hobby horses and all sorts of toys for the boys. Toilet sets, manicure sets, smoking sets, cut glass, china ware, enamel ware, nickel-plated ware, carving sets, cutlery, 5 and 10 cents goods for the older. We also carry a complete line of ranges. Heaters, coal and wood, at one-fourth off jegular price.

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IN A CLASS WITH BUTCHERS Thought to Be Too Bloodthirsty to Calmly Pass on the Taking of Human Life—Executioners Performed Operations and Acted as Doctors. When Urout Urltalu's statute book was still iu the Draconian state from wbicb it was redeemed by Sir Samuel Komilly and tbe penalty of death was indicted for the most trivial offenses, surgeon' were exempted from serving on juries in capital cases. It must not be supposed, however, that this was because their profession was believed to make them too humane for such work as was then imposed on jurymen. We are sorry to say it was for the opposite reason. They were exempted on tlie same ground as butchers, whose occupation, it was thought, tended to make them too bloodthirsty. This ought not perhaps surprise us, since two or three centuries ago executioners not Infrequently performed surgical operations. This seems to have been particularly the case in I tenmark At any rate, we have more knowledge on this point in regard to that country than any other. In Janus some time ago Dr. K. Came of Copenhagen published a number of documents bearing on the subject. The most ancient of these bears date July ‘J4. 1570, and Is a license issued by Frederick II. to Anders Freimut, ex1 ecutiouer of Copenhagen, granting him the right to set I tones mid treat old wounds. He was expressly forbidden : to meddle with recent wounds. In 1000 it is recorded in the municipal archives of Copenhagen that Caspar, the hangman, had received four rigsdalers for the cure of two sick cliil dren In the infirmary. In 1038 Christian IV. summoned the executioner of (Jluckstadt, in Holstein, to examine the diseased foot of the crown prince, in a letter addressed to Ole Worm, a leading. Danish physician of the day, Henry Koster, physician in ordinary to the king, complains bitterly of the slight tints put upon i him He says that fi r two whole ; months the hangman, "who Is as lit to treat the case as an ass Is to play the lyre," had tlie case in hand, and tint doctor was not asked for ndvlee, and. although tlie case went steadily from bad to worse, the executioner received a fee of 200 rigsdalers and a large silver goblet -"rewards.” says the doctor plaintively, "which the greatest among us would not have received had lie succeeded in curing tlie prince according to the rules of art.” Again, in 1081. Christian V. gave a fee of 200 rigsdalers to tlie Copenhagen hangman for curing the leg of a page. In 1095 Andreas Llebknocht, tlie Copenhagen executioner, was In such repute or Ids treatment of disease that he wrote a book on tbe subject "in the name of the holy and ever blessed Trinity." In 1733 Bergen, an executioner in Norway, was authorized by royal decree to practice surgery. Even up to the early years of the nineteenth century this extraordinary association of surgery with the last penalty of the law continued. Erik Peterson, who was appointed public executioner at Trondlijetn In 17'Jti, served as surgeon to an infantry regl i nient iu tlie war with Sweden and retired In isl I with tlie rank of surgeon major. Frederick I. of Prussia chose Ids favorite hangman. Coblenz, to be his physicj.i a in ordinary It might be suspected that this pe- ! culiar combination of functions had its origin in a satirical view of the art of healing, but In tlie records we have quoted we can trace nothing of the kind. Perhaps the executioner drove

The Holiday Dream Soon to Be Fulfilled

This store has proved its advantages as a shopping place for Holiday Gifts. The various departmemts began months ago to bring together the vast collection. \\ hat you find here, too, is priced on close margin plan, be careful that you don’t chance to buy an article elsewhere and pay more for it. 1 wenty cents, fifty cents and one dollar savings are well worth looking after—whether the list is a long or short one. <■> To make Holiday Shopping easy you will be given a folder at the door containing a most complete list of the items suitable for presents handled in numerous depart, ments, and we trust it will be found helpful to all our customers in their Xmas Shopping.

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GENTLEMEN'S CLUB ELECTS

‘‘Painting the Town Red." "That expre.-sion, 'painting the town red,' is not." vx riios a correspondent, “the creation of some unknown cockney genius, as some would seem to infer. its birth has been traced to ‘The Divine Comedy ’ Dante, led by Virgil, comes to the cavernous depths of the place sxv pt by a miglux wind where i those are conflued who have been the prey of their passions Two faces arise from the mist—tlie faces of Francesca and Fuolo. ‘Who are ye?' cries Dante in alarm, and Francesca replies sadly, ‘We are those who have painted the world red with our sins.’”—London News

The following officers were elected by the Gentlemen’s Club at its session last night in the assembly room of i he city library: President lames T. Dennv Secretary lames P. Hughes These are the only elective officers of the club. An interesting paper was read by O. H. Smith upon the subject "Preaching ami Preachers of the Time." It was much dismissed and ably defended.

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