The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-07-08
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Chinese Mode of Torture.

put on a wooden rack, fiat on his back--and
| his neck, wrists and ankles are fastened
1 down BY boards having curves made. large
enough for the purpose. These Instruments
are pressed down on the parts of the body
to which they are fitted, and are then tiet.
under the bcdstead Besides all this, some
times pole is fastened at right angles to
bar of wood placed across his ankles--the
pole extending to his chin and pressing
against Il. SO that his head will be thrown
backward and upward In this position he
is made to pass the night, unless the Jallors
relent. or he GENES to their terms. Nh one
is willing to sleep the second night on such
n betlstead, if he can arrange matters with
the keepers.
The tortures of the frame of the flowery
eyebrow require the aid of the pencil for
an intelligent description. One mode is to
tic up the victim by one wrist and one ankle,
his head turned upwards; another is to tie
both wrists and both ankles. with the head
downward; by either method the weight
of the body Is brought 20 bear upon those
delicate portions of tile human frame. The
punishment occasions intense agony.
The torture called "the monkey grasping
peach" is employed by the Mandarins to
compel prisoner to confess his guilt. The
weight Of the body is wholly sustained by
one arm, which isplaced overa slender lior-
izontal pole several feet from the earth, while
the other arm, and this, are passed under
the legs and tied together by the thumbs
below the knees. No part of the body is
permitted to touch the ground. Let the
reader suffer his thumbs to be tied in this
way, even with his feet on the floor; and he
will soon realize the terrors of this frightful
torture
The torture of the cage is caused by CON-
pelling the culprit to stand on tiptoe with
| his head portruding through the top of it.
| The hole is Just large enough for his neck,
and if he attempts to rest himself by draw
| ing up his legs, the weight of his body is
| brought to bear on his neck. During the
latter part of the reign of the Emperor who
| died i'm 1850, noted robber was compelled
to stand in public in such cage in the sub
| burbs of Fuchau, until lie died in agony.
| The torture of the tube is caused by put
| ting large tube of bamboo, or a small tub
| or pail turned bottom side up, upon the
head of tile culprit; incense is then lighted
| and so placed that the smoke shall ascend
| into the prisoners head cover As the smoke
cannot escape through the top, the victim
| endures Undesirable agony, or is suffoca-
| ted, unless the instrument is removed.
Another mode of torture is to compel the
| prisoner to kneel on chains or bits Of crock
| ery. His arms are outstretched, and he is
severely whipped if he dares to lower them,
| Again, he may be made to kneel on these
! sharp and uneven substances with his hands
tied behind his back. The Chinese say that
in the case of stubborn criminals, it happens
quite often that several hundred blows, in
hicted with rattan thong are laid on the
| prisoner, while he is in this painful position
A fendish mode of torture occasionally
used upon state prisoners is called the hot
water snake. Hollow pewter tubs, made in
| form of snakes, are so constructed that they
can be wound round the arms of the prison
err Another, and the third coil, is some
times wound round the body. Boiling hot
| water is then poured into the mouths of
| these snakes, and as it runs through the hol-
| low tubes it burns into the unhappy victims
! flesh, and occasions the most exquisite tor
| ment This devilish continuance is still oc-
casionally used at the capital on State pris-
| Oners. 'f' go
The torture of the shirt of iron wire is
even more diabolical than the boiling of
snakes. A shirt-like garment made of very
| fine iron wire, with interstices something
| like those of a fishing net is put upon the
| prisoner, the clothing from the upper of the
body having been removed. A cord is at
| tached to it in such a way that when pulled
the shirt will press down closely on the body,
and the skin and flesh will protrude more
or less through the ,interstices A knife
litu met 10 fhap fl,o,,
on the outside, cutting or rasping off the
protruding skin flesh. The operation is re-
peated at the option of the dispenser of JUS
| tice. 800
The torture of the whip of hooks is no
less inhuman. A large number of very fine
hooks are securely fastened to a handful of
the fibres of hemp. The whole is then used
as aTwhip with which to beat the prisoner
| in order to elicit a confession. When blow
is given with this whip, many of the hooks
will stick to the body of the victim, and I'M
less a satisfactory confession is forthcoming
the whip is pulled or jerked by main force,
and another blow given. 4Phe operation is
repeated according to the dictation of the
| presiding officer s. ~ s7ihls z
J. sAbFAcT WORTH PRINTING. AT second
class hotel. at Frankfort, KY, "A few days
since, little girl entered the bar-room and
in pitiful tones told the bar keeper that her
mother sent her there to get eight cents.
Eight cents 2" said the bar keeper.
Yes, SIR = .ga.sr5 aaoC : fs ha
What does your mother want of eight
cents? | don't owe her anything"
Well" said the child, :. father spends all
his money here for rum and we have no
bread to-day. Mother wants to buy loaf
of bread" .e.se.,, - # d
A loafer suggested to the bar keeper to
kick her out. atu.t.f n 4 5,s..s-. -. IA,
mo-" said the bar keeper, IN give her
mother the money. and if her father comes
back here again, TIL kick him out.",
Such circumstance never happened be-
fore and may never happen again. Human
ity owes that bar keep keeper vote of
thanks. n &Il4 RI 4tF,
Seventeen things in which young people
render themselves very impolite =
1. Loud laughter. '> ii@.i's ~
Q. Reading when Others are talking. .l'
8. Cutting finger nails in company
4. Leaving meeting before it is closed, !,
| 5. Whispering in meeting. -. s5i..5
AZ 9. Gazing at strangers. Y,s .tsd ls.b 4 tai
2. Leaving a stranger without a seat "
8. Want of reverence for supcriors. e ~
8. Reading aloud in company without be-
\ ing asked. $3.50 i ,fi.6slBl iy4llI q i-if, -
10. Receiving q present without some
manifestation of gratitude i'l e3ts' 2
II. Making yourself the topic OF CONVEX
sation ,55ti5.,' 5o4r
-. Laughing at mistakes of Others. 4i d