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Onr goet's Corner -Seletted
YES OR NO.
B Y JASMINE.

| know you loved me once,
l read it in your eyes,
l saw it by your glance.
| knew it by your sighs-
l heard it in the tone
OF every word you spake;
And everything you did,
You did it for my sake.
l know you loved me once,
BY many little ways;
By many little gifts,
Which love alone repays,
BY every anxious care,
By every tender name;
And very soon | found
How dear l then became.
But do you love me now,
AS you did long ago?
'Tis but simple word,
And that word, yes or no.
The reason why / ask,
Because l cannot tell,
But all these many signs
l understood so we'll.
For now in vain l try
TO read it in your eyes;
10 see it by your glance,
10 know it by your signs.
And when l look for words,
Which once did freely flow,
l fail to get one now,
Not even yes Or no.
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DIR. Tut has been en-.
gagged in the practice Of
medicine thirty years, and
forliong timcwas demon.
strator OF anatomy in the
Medical College OF Gcor-
gin, hence persons using
his Pills have the guaran-
tee that they are prepared
on sci, ntilic principles,
and arc .tce from all
qnackcry.
lie has succeeded in
conf ming III them The
heretofore antagonist,
qralilirs Of 4 >kyeNS!AeH-
ing. fnrgai!pe, aaan fN,-
iJ'Eg 5f,@'t.
T! heir tlrSt apparent e..
icCt is 10 increase the ap
petite Ivy causing the foo,
to properly assfntilatc
Thus the system is uour
isiicd, and by their toni,
action on the digestive OF
ga'is, regular and i:c:llJh,
vvaCualinEs are produced
Thcrapi,iity with w!ii,,'
tsrsoHS inks on fs'Sh
willie under tic iiliiut ne
Of i!lesc pills, 81 itself il
dicatcs thcir atlaptahiii,
To nourisil the body, al,
hence g.huir efficacy in CIR
ing Tc1vous tCniiity.mr'
anclioly, dyspepsia, vast.
ing OF the muscles, s!u1
gishness Of the liver
chronic constipation, Al.
myth to the system. S"l>
IN ray Street, New Yo'k.
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SHEREFF'S SALE.

ARTHUR : EDWARD, No. 1928.
L.. w. MARTIN.
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CoURr-PAR-
IsH OF RAPIDEs.
10y VIRTUE OF AND TO Salts
d fly a writ of Fieri Facias issued
and to me directed in the above enti-
tied and numbered suit, l have seized
and will offer for sale at public auc-
ton, in front of the Court House door,
in the Town of Alexandria, La, be-
tween the hours prescribed by law, on
SATURDAY, the 4th day of AUGUST,
1877,
the following described property, to-
wit -
All the right, title and interest in the
Railroad from Alexandria to Lecomte,
in the Parish of Rapides, Louisiana,
known as the Red River Rail Road
Company, under its Charter and amen
ded Charters, as we'll as the right of
way granted Ralph S. Smith as owner
of said road. Also all the rights and
privileges appertaining to said Road
under its Charter and amended Char
ters; also the bed of said Road and en-
bapkments thereon. Also abont six
acres of land at Lamourie, formerly
belonging to said Road, except two
acres on portion of said six acres,
bounded as follows: in front by Bayou
Lamourie, on the right by Back Bay
in the rear by a line one hundred and
fifty feet from the Railroad bed, and
the. other boundary to he run so as to
include the two acres, said two acres
being reserved by said Smith-all of
said property being situated in the Pa
IRISH of Rapides, Louisiana.
TERMS OF SALE:-CASH, subject to
appraisement.
H. NJ. ROBINSON,
July 4, 1877. Sheriff.
Printers Fees 5000.
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ESTIMATE
OF
PARISH TAX FOR THE YEAR 1877
Ell A Y! I'll A Y !!

TINE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE
l. ready and prepared to deliver
HAY of this season, in Town for
$500 per ton, and at the Hay Shed
for Sl400 per ton, Cash.
A. w. MCLAURINE.
Nav 80. IS77-2m.
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NOING BUSINESS WITHOUT AID
~ VERTISING IS LIKE WINKING
AT A PRETTY GIRL IN THE DARK
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING,
BUT NO ONE ELSE DOES.
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: NO. So.
Domestic Story.

During the war young man in
East Tennessee babe farewell to his
wife and child and joined the army.
Upon his return lie found bis wife
and her father were bitterly opposed
to him in politics, and politely gave
him to understand that his room was
better than his company. He left
them and went to Atlanta, hoping to
earn enough to furnish comfortable
home where he could at last enjoy
the company of his loved ones. But
suddenly the word came that both
wife and child were dead Almost
crazed, he wandered about until he
came to Nashville. There he pros
pered in business, and married
widow with a little daughter. lie
lived happily until, not long ago, a
lawyer in Nashville received letter
from a lady asking if her husband
had not died in that city and left
some money. The lawyer in reply
told her the truth, that, instead Of
being dead, he was married. Wife
the first Immediately commenced
suit for divorce and alimony. When
the writ was served upon him he was
shocked as if by lightning. His
wife and child living, and he married
again, seemed beyond his compre-
hension; but, wild as was his agony,
his thoughts were occupied with the
pain that must be felt by the two in
nocent women who would thus be in
jured. His second wife was dying of
consumption. The lawyer saw
way out of the trouble. He stayed
proceedings until death should do
its work. The loving, gentle wo.
man, was told all. She begged her
husband--for so she still called him
Ito go to the rightful wife and pro-
vide for her. This he did; and now
the shadow from his heart and home
is slowly lifting indianapolis Sen
tiDel.
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STATE or LOUISIANA.
Parish C0urt-PariSf Of RapideS.

No. 1913.
WHERE'S, MRS. FANNIE D.
w Goodman, has made application
to this Court to be appointed Admin
istratrix of the Succession of Julius
Goodman, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all whom
it doth or may concern, to show cause
within ten (l0) days from the date
hereof, why the same should not be
granted.
By order of the Court.
Clerks Office, Alexandria, La, this
Oath day of July, 1877.
JAMES II. RANSDELL,
July 25-2t. Clerk.
p, F's Sl.5O,
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ASKS ANNExATroN.--The Chicago
Times wants to be annexed to the
dominion of Canada, and as reasons
therefor says:
The constitution of Canada is the
best political constitution of an An
glo-Saxon people that exists on the
whole earth. The constitution of
the United States is without excep.
ton the worst political constitution
of an Anglo Saxon people that was
ever devised or set upin the world.
The constitution of Canada is a re-
sponsible republic. Theyconstitu-
ton of this country is as irresponsi-
BILE elective monarchy. To propose
the annexation Of Canada to America
is to propose that the Canadians
shall give up the best Republican
constitution in the world for that Of
an elective monarchy, with all its in
herent causes and inevitable infa-
mics of the spoils disease grown
chronic. The Canadians will never
assent to such a proposition. They
would be perfect idiots to do SO.
\ X If Mr.. Blaine or any other
man who thinks it desirable to an
mex Canada be aetuated by an hon
est purpose, let him reverse the
terms of the proposition and address
himself to the work of forwarding
that rapidly growing opinion in this
country which favors the annexation
of America to Canada, but which is
as hostile as the Canadians are land
for the same ample reason) to any
possible proposition to annex Canada
to America.
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Fl E NR Y ST. JOHN.
July A, 1877.
SHERIFPS SALE.

SHiRIff'S SALE.
JAMES F. GARNER
Mrs. VIRGINIA BIossAT -'o' --f''
and husband
Ninth Judicial District Court-Parisll
of Rapides.
DY VIRTUE OF AND TO SATISFY
~ Il writ of seizure and sale issued aud
to me direcied in the above entitled
and numbered snit, have seized and
will offer for sale at Public Auction in
front Of the Court House door, in the
Town of Alexandria,, La, between the
hours prescribed by law, on
SATURDAY, the 18th day of AUGUST,
A. d. 1877,
the following described property, to.
wit
A part OF lot No. (3) three in square
No. seven ~ of the upper suburbs of
the Town of Alexandria in Rapidps Pa
IRISH, thus designated on the plat of that
Town, being at the corner of Second
from the River by the Warehouse to
DR.. Casson's residence, and fronting OH
that cross street, (Beauregard street,
with front of ninety-tive feet, and
running back in parallel lines to the
property of J. Orsborn, the depth of
half a square, together with all the
buildings and Improvements thereon :;
bounded by the Warehouse property,
Second street and j. Orsborn and Beau
regard street.
TERMs-CASH, subject to appraise-
ment. II. M. ROBINSON,
July Is, 1877. Sheriff.
Printers Fees 5000.
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A TRAMP's PHILosopnY.-I amt
no drunken loafer. No, sir. l got
my red face out in the sun. I
wouldn' a had it if I'd stuck to the
pulpit or literature. hadn't done q
hands turn O work for ten years,
and I'm strong as an OK, and only
thirty. What makes me laze round
and beg victuals, and sleep in barns.
and put up with suspicious and in
suits, and wear ragged clotbes?-
Don't you know9 S'poseI was to ask
you what makes hundreds of young
fellows laze round your hotels and
wait for invitations to dinner and To
drink, and to put up with the suspi-
cions and insults of the fathers and
mothers in the houses where they
go? What makes able bodied fellows
that you call gentlemen, marry mon
ey before they'll work for it, and
then spend their lives loaang round
Europe? Does it make any differ
ence what kind of clothes a man
wears when he goes in for Sinking
tue disagreeables? Seems to me we
all go in for dodging the old curse if
we can, and getting our bread with
out the sweating of our brows, and !,
for one, stand up to it square and
say that's my little game; what's
yourn?
, 1877-09-15
NOTES AND NEWS,

Special Df'potch 70 sae Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Sept. 1+-Er-5ecretary
Zack Chandler is hero for few days on nr,yato
hustnc.s n, ,nva In rav,r folt I,o,tor T., III.
,,ss ~. ,.,t. ~. ~ A.s' ~, s "s't.' :" 1lo
NE. oat aect'ncs 10 taiK on pol''tes. IL 10 easy
enough TO see. however, that he IL not 1t heart
a yerY earnest supporter OF tho Administration.
NOT JEhnxoN1ntYa
Tim A,,,nf,,,t rot,or hs. M .rooos;,oa I, a.-
49,. ...''n s"1a,' "s0 w. sueeesoso ~ VI
eAua.'"B 1!s"'oetNso s1ste1n WHICH III mar
nlo''1ous III tho u'tiercne departments OF tho
sunni notions of Ciyll.Scrytcc in theory
on1 nr,cttre nr. Radically ,1Incr.r, f-,,,,
49, .n p'as'"o ass '".. uea. o'1.'enI 't."!
t"ose o1 secretary ecaafz' IL Is aae
probably to this difference OF oplnton
that number OF the TREASURY c1c.ks from, UhIo
, 1877-09-15

to answer to the proper authority for hs acts
while IN South Carolina. lie then mats' tho
,".owsrE sta,ement Which, he said, was nit no
" Niles II. l'arkcr, during my term OF nfIlco
n Governor, wAs Fslcd by the Stats Of South
carolina tn recover fur large nntH,nt Of ttWl-
rons which hc WAS charged with atcnng, anil
astcrWarl converting Into Statu lk,lll!s. In this
fl'lt he wns arrested and held IN hall, which ia
was unabic tn gtve. The rnse was tried In JInc,
~ .s,3, ant1 verdict rendered against farkrr for
*t'aUo. lie vas finally released from jail on
State and l,as ncger returned. Since that tino
nc lIas tillttcntly sought TO fnp1Icntc me, In
oracr t9 ohtatn money. and immunity for him
eslt. itis agents and attorneys have visited
through one Of them, Parker now nctuslv co,,.
lssscs, he ao!d certain paprrs, to bc used against
me politically, Tor ${.1o. knnw, also, that lis
wnres were offered to tlnsc Republicans mllowcrc
werc likewise offered 10 tic Democratic com On,
tn,ttccs Inst fail, md, 1 am Glad to kay, tlcy
found no market there. / ilavc also it, isi Gcst
reasons for stating TINT .ho has over and over
Of tic preses, ad@lsstate IN e soat % s csro5 9fsas
and can only conclude that they found 1t ns
unwnrtiiy a. did othurs. -
"iiayinE facd to realize further upon his
stoeE & "f &sSana ana heins himself ooE under
in IT, fresl. effort 10 palm pff lis budget uln1,
tho general public. Nov, fnr one, ,lo nut feel
cn[ctl upon to n0t[ce Parker Or his statements,
further than 10 Eye the foregoing facts. and 4,
t,robuncc Ills charges against nc, one nttl ali,
rlalieiously faise. :None Ut then, are, In fact,
new, except tho eEargs that hi hrl!,c,t
inc with $9 ,WN 10 do something whr1l
was 50 basc that even he coul,l not name It,
With this extcpttnn, thcy have all bcen repeat.
ctily published In South Carolina for political
effect tn she last fo,,r years. II anyboly demand
Of me that sl,utlA du more now tfIan deny
:.1cll charges, put forward BY surl, a man IA
t'arkcr etlfesscs himself to BE-, lie will not bc
gratfcd by me. ! atn anlcnablc to the laws OF
South Earotinn at ut1 lines for my nets, and
whenever thc officers Of the inv In Tint State
wish 10 call Tic tu account, shall respond md
tncet my nccnscrs. In the nIcatflnU, shall
trust tu the evidence havo given to the cnu.,-
try that hare been tic friend of gan1 Enycr,f.
nent nta the fou OF dishonest men nf nil parties
in South CaEolina,- evidences which, less than
ono year ngo, men Ut all ctassra aud partios In
that State acccuted rs conelnsive,--tu protect
my character with those whose guud opinion Is
, 1877-09-15
SUBURBAN NEWS.

,... . ...... ......
Last evening occurred III event OF more than
usual interest 10 tho EvallAthu Methodist
Church. IA we'll N 10 others az Tin .,me ,,,o,n,
inv, In, ,hr,ngh,,,t norr n,v"- ro.s.'ss,'a 's.,
III !ao Eass, IL bcing nolght else thau the fare
well entertainment to Or. J. D. Wentworth, tho
,astor, and his cstl1nable family. For two years
]r. Xrntwortb has ncrformci ths mtnt.t,r,l
"a,'es to"a'u 'a's aock. a"a now aaV'nH rcsisn
ea n'a poalt'on' Is aIa'1lt 10 retarn 10 thc EaAt,
wtence l'o ea,ne. The entertainment was slg-
nlt!.ant leslnnnial VI tue eateeIu Ia which, thu
ionsrs ,ne "'' HIs oesu 's " nls pat1sn'
~, tne paslots " tha ehset being crowd
tu' anu the expressions 0t regret at hls depart
uFu being Numerous. Nor .ll.l tileee cxnrcasions
ca,lslst Of merely ,mtnutctial words. u Wor,t.
10 the heat vi ucfp tta, ,,,ld hycat ,,vce u NJ
10 tiyu pruplt fateriaIxri tha axntssj,,,,. ~. ~
their Ups ilr substantial uufsv ui xlTS. wheh
annroprlatu .4,lnI.,rutars. se'.co VIZ s"sn
, 1877-09-15
FAMINE,
III $FlF1N1
lHHEtktt0alitkrA fnatlan Tin


'pn""fsee 1o""'' 7f"ss
"Ap"Ast 4ang' Ut - now year elncc 1t
becaEne apparent That famine was imminent
over large ,Iart ut Houtbprn fpltn- Thc
southwest mnns<xm h,d hron . ,,,.+t.i r.u....
,ua tI,a ,,~.,,,. 49,, .1,'.' p".'s' 'au"'s'
no , '"' e1up. t''a@ "epe'Hiea on t'1o rams III
June au July were lnF l'e lnoat part wlthering,
Tbc severe pressure did lot Lcstn for two Or
three mouths later, for tn nust narts NJ tt,e
,o,,ntrv ,hcrr IN a,xnyx a st,.,., ~ .ss,.. w.
10, ,s,,. -. 49,, - " y. s5a'a w re-
ee'fo s""'t 'eht W ta't loF soaae time. These
we're months o1 oat1nnt expectation. The north-
rlst monsoon wYs mt far oil, and IL Il came Mt
The Usual time. aud of nyrravo a,n,,,,t ~,
,s<,,,t', 49,. ' ~, .r,,s .noaf"' ~
"oA'u 'et =" "e". t"e At@'e''5 "o"1d be ended
" tho 1ol1o"1he January or February, when
Tic ucxt erups would TO ready to he
rcapra. 10 strong was tI,o lopa That one ~
txn m ,lm g.mtt,~n ,1t,,rt,,. .,,,,,.,,s'' ~
- w. Wv ,,' ',1.l, "'l4ts s.n.'i"ea ex-
Po'f'ne gram aur'oe the hlohths VI August and
September, anl Ia sutle eates even later. o.
tulcr ca,nc, mud tEs usunl prcparatlons ,.crs
,n,t,e far thc rrn,c+,A tn-.t +rt, -, ~. ,w..s
49,, II, ...I,., ~. A"s WY
I"l ~ ''ol"tss w eieat'ns Tue numerous
thanntls or "ut'cts-so marked ~ characteristic
Vi Indian htrlway-by which tho water finds
xasy cxraDex The Master Atten,faut a. th, p,rt
,f H,t,r.s ,,1v ,tu,t ~. 49,, - s,~,ts.' ~"
.I - NV AAs w s,k"AJ ~ e'l
a"o Auaolf lnat tae monsoon haa eotns Or
Ought to lave cou'e, aud that thu surf was dan
Eefous. l'Fecautlons. al4sl Iii II needed. THO
, 1877-09-15
FRANCE.
0ANHKTTIfk CAEg.

LONDON, sept. IA ParIs dispatch shows
how Gainbctta, by taktuG advantage Of oil sis
technical rights. can prevent Judgment against
ltui from besotuing deAnttive until aftcr tho
confirmation Of hls election rs Deputy, which
would protect him from imprisonment. A cor
respondent, evidently replying to tho argument
of the daufou End Figure, that the jullctul de-
csslou sentencing 0atnbetta derrives him OF
civil rights for i've years, continues: II NH
perfectly aware that drrts en- app<s becomes de-
iIn!lfrc wfvn It IL delivered, II the Court uf
Casaatlon docs not quash the Judgment, aud
ihYiolabllfty c4n have no Retrospective effect.
afso know, NJ suon as 1t has tcen delivered,
t;a1nbctta may bc imprisoned Ill tho decision OF
the Court VI Cassat!ou, but will not do any
'1:c not even thoso Wlu are most guilty Of this
~ u Ministerial insanity, the Injury Of bolev.
-: tlas they would naks use Of their power IN
that Respect"
NEWSPAPER PROSECUTIONS.
fAHts, srpt. li.--Lcgal proceedings laye been
ennncnccd against Le Hen I'u!ite aud L.< TAU
toit lur rcpurtng uambctta's trial,
HIER.
LlsuoS. Scps. little Portuguese historian.
llercuano Tic CaFvalho, Is dead.
, 1877-09-15

TTEM4,
Mr.. William Colebsookc, formerly prominent
ly conncetcs! with tho ChIrngo press, md for the
last two years private secretary to indigo Beck
with, General Solicitor Of The Alton Roa,1, WAS
among the successful applicants Tor admission
to tho Bar Of illinois at the examination .at Ot.
towa ycstcrtlny. Air. Coiebrooko Is mn excta-
pIary young man Of very fine talent, anil ho casl-
not fail Of becoming ahinlng light In the pro-
fcsstnn he has chosen.
Mr. ". X. Ackcrman, Firat Vice.sresi.1ent Of
to hEs bctl by slckncss for some days 1t ia
stated, however, that he ts convatcsctug, autl
that he will soon 10 ablo again to attend TO his
duties.
Agent of The Pittsb,,rg, Fort Waync Il Chicago
Railroad, returned from n trip through Europe
last evening. mitch improved IN hcalttl.
, 1877-09-15
CANADIAN NEWS.
The Doctors-Tho Young aien's Chrtstlan
Association Of tho UoMlnlon Ia Sesslun At

The Doctors-The Young Mons Christian
Association Of Tho Dominlon la sesslon At
so.e,ai bupattA 10 n. Trthvns
.fovr,,s1, scnt iILrhn r,n.., .,.dto.,
'os 'n@" espt. Inv e.'a'A 'ieueai
Assoe'at1oh passeu RESOLUTIONS 10 Tue eNect thatt
eests the probability Of mental uasouudnes,.
3l,c are,,.ed s1ould ta n1.r,il urlrr ths .,,nar.
,,., ."a ~ ,'"..s - ~ ~ sa' .ups'
sls'oh ot eapc'ea 'oI y su'ncseht Inns 10 enable
Al tho time the crIuse wss comtatttoJ. DR.,
}Vnrkman. of Tnrnnto. was e,crtrt1 prsall.nt ri
49, ."a's..'s -. ~ ~. s Mas.o. y.
'"7 nssoctusoa !os .ue ensuing fss' 1"o 's1t
meeting will be held at Hamilton, Ont.
, 1877-09-15
THE NEW YORK POOL,

THE NEW YORK POOL.
Tho New York Tribune speaks ~ follows Of
the weakening Of tho Sew York poul on West
bound bxslneas:
Atshs TINS tho plan went Into operation. July
from ksw York. lls Now York Contra! And KrlB
ltoads should each carry II per cent. then Penn.
sylsanlA 70 pcF cent, nal ths baltimore / fIhIu
per cent. Tbs rcsutt has been tl,a1 the New York
Syn.ral has BEEN ol!!sYd; eae, ~sss. 10 turn oscr
The staten.clt II made, by ttluse intimately &C.
quAntsd with The freight husincss Ut this CITY, that
tia gfratcst Imposition to the apport,u,ne,It
scheMe Law cotc from tic E4txc kant4 lltl
make very heavy shipments to lie Wesi. For tlu
hrr Ut these merchants a;rect atnut<s thcm4elvta
that. 10 f.t A. practicable. they wuald order all
their goods to 10 sent BY onc line, and by ,hs
nlcans crcAts tho iHlpstas lnn. II uossIble AHons
the uc'as Of tAa fasosite line That IT,
was too low. aud II It were nut fur thu agreement
the other roads II wHu1d b4 duIM: u much larger
business. The New fukx t.rutfal Was lhc road se.
lecttl, ana old merchants Wu for years hal ntea
srnulnx their goods hy olhef road. 4uilrnly atup.
ped thctf pld ftiend& and BEGAN shipping ay tho
Central.
The sequel indicates that the nlcrchanls may
have succeeded tn lhcIs elInrts to create trouble
anon: thu ncmbeFt II the eaYlpact. Al sh4 meet
luz af tho Executive COMMITTEE having chsrgs of
sppattouu,ent oustncss, WHICH va held In Eon,-
Wat g1ten BY the representatives Of the Central
Railroad thai it, mauayefs were nut xatis6ed with
ths percentage SLOWED them, and lA1t they should
fnslat upon Ill fnctea4s. Friends Of the Erle and
the fsnusyltanLs Companies wsse potitt.t ~ theft
assertions Yesterday that tae raaaaYeEs Of those
Fuats Will not cousent 10 any reduction IL Tho pro-
p1stton carried BY them, and further trouble uaa
consequently apptshended.
, 1877-09-15

brutal punisimrnt Ut rrlsoncrs In a Cor.
Acctlcnt jail.
.ffle NapfM F.iItudft,,n

brutal Punishment pf prlaoncrs In a Con.
ucctlcht jail.
4yts HapfN RIltudtu.a.
Keeper Brakeman, Of the Lttchtlcld Jal,
who hal prisoner strung up by the thumb,
Aug. 15, to punish him, Baya In reference to ths
casc:
1.-THE JUL is vcrT snail, and There ars near.
y double the number VI prisoners oil the time
that tsere Ii capacity fur. We could not tuks
Uirtntngtinn obey tbs rules, and at last, 10 p.c-
scrve dIsctpliae, we strung him up. Ilc mad
been sereatnlng aud shouting beiore tbts, anI
those SCREAMS were What the crowd heard. At
arst be- cursed and swore at us all the more, but
i llnaliy brought HIN to terms. Since then hu
llas been perfectly quiet and well behaved. We
Tied fIlm I'd by his thumbs and allowed the toes
to remain ~ tho ground. The puniahtncutts Is
that there was conspiracy TO club Mr.. Elwe!i,
from hln,, and break out. ons 81 tho parties
.squealed.' Then We took the seven that wers
Il H. op ap Il ftfnE 1sh ths up unf ta'y confessed
Following Is 3 description Of tho mode Of
punishment:
tbs coils In tho jail face tho stone area whesa
tho punisnment y inflicted, 50 that the Enrl:on.
ers must SEQ the torture and III eifuct. TAiats
uone a. an example,, aud 1t il e1fectuAl. tt5
no prtsoner who LAS seen q man strung up
has becn 80 refractory that = threat Of similar
punishment viii not suoduc htn,. The gcntlo-
tTuu H1,o knew Of the use Ut tho punishment to
extort confession from the seven mcu sad
that thcse wore p1aced IN a row, ono by one.
Then stout but small cord waa tied about tha
tt!umbs just below tue irst jo!ut, aud 10 tighten
other eud OF each cord was tied to nm iron bat,
the atns being stretched out, md the whole
weight ut tile body, coming on tho Joint, mals
the ANAL cord cut deeply into the itesh. Tho
stone floor, and this only a1ds to the agony, tor
tllcr0 IL always desperate elfuFk tnaie to brtuK