The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1878-04-03
Horrors of the siberian QuicksiIVer.
Mine>.


The exiles who I've il the mines are convic,s
Of the worst type aad political OFeoiers of the
best TIE Murderer for bis villainy, the iutelli-
gent Polish rebel for bis patriotism. are deemed
euozlly worthy OF the Punishment Of slow death
Ines neTer see the iigh, of day. bat work aud
sleep s The year round 10 the depths of The earth
extracting silver o. quicksilver under the eyes Of
tssk-r1zslers VITO have orders not TO spare them
Iron CRATES, gu2riej by seoiries. close to the
l0iss. or streeis ST the bottom Of the shafts and
the miDeis are rallied Of from one another 10
gangs OF twenty. They sleep within reeesses
heEn oai OF the rock-yery kenoels-into which
they mast creep Oh snfours- Prnce Joseph
Laeouioski who was Authorized 10 visit one OF
he Dines OF The 0arzl at tine when il E2s rot
suspected be would ever pOb.Ish an account Of
bis explorations in French, has gwen an sppal-
Ing scco1nt Of what De saw. COuvIcis racked
Win the j5Ini-psins Ehich Quicksilver proiuces ;
men whose hair and eye-broEs bad dropped Of.
and who we're gsant az skeletons, were Kept TO
hard lzbor under tie Asn- They have only two
holidays yesr, Easter sni Christmas and all
other days, Sundays ioeiciei. they must toll un-
I'll exhausted nature r3as them Of the ase Of their
limbs shea Hey ere hauled up TO die 10 the 10
5rnsry.
Five years ia the quicksilver pits are enough
TO iuF0 mzn Of thirty into sn apparent se1s-
geu4riaG. but some have been knO~n to struggle
% for ten years. No man Who has served in
the mines i ever allowed TO return home; the
most be can obtain in the way OF grace Is the
leave TO come up sud work N the road gangs.
and Il i the promise Of This favor IS reward Tor
iB5usiry which operates even more than the lash
10 maintain discipline Women are employed II
The ulnss as siftsrs. and get 10 better treatment
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been sent down 70 rot and die. while the ST.
Petersburg journals were declaring that they
we're living - free colonlsls and. more recently
ladies' connected with the Nibilist conspir4cies
have teen consigned to the mines 10 por-
su2nce of 3 sentence Of hard labor. Il must al
Kzys b understood that sentence OF Siberian
hard labor means desih. The Russian Govern.
menf Vel knoKs that to live for years il the
stroeio-s t0nlgres Of the mines Il hgmsnly I'M
possible. and consequently the use Of sn eaphem-
isG 10 replace The term capital punishment Is
more q piece Nth the hypocrisy Of al ofi-isl
statements 10 Rossis. Once week 3 pope
himself 81 exile. goes d0%n into the mines TO
bear the eoBs0lzgiOns Of religion, under the form
Of 8 sefnon. sHj0iniug patience. By the same
occasion be DIVES lively trade IN vOdki.
TIE miners. who five hsbitusliy OF tebi and
black bread. are sliosej kOpeck for good days
work aud this sun Invariably GOES in drink
Perhsps the raw, rancid spirit serves to keep up
their strength; Sngh0E the intoxiezti0n il bring:
on s5gr5s the onforlanstes the only drez Of CON
E fort they can expect on this earth. One sbod
ders 70 tbiDkxof the state Of tie better educated
men sbo rsfsss the consolation Of occasiOnslly
7 dr0Euing their s0rr0ss II hQaOr- What must
% The plght Of professors jOoruslists. lsad-oS q
srs. =bo have been condemned 70 die By inchs;
for The crime Of emitting liberal opinions. which
( 10 England brIog a nsn to great honor and con-
I fort On every SIDE Pal Mall Gsz=tte-