The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-30
FEATURES OF CHINA.
a .SlT 70 The INMATES or 4
GOVERNMENT Prison.

Prisoners Who Get a Great Deal Of
Pleasure Cat % LIfe-Csar, Of Justice.
Punishment Of P-Ejarefs-CeinAse Of
the Umpire
Having rainy lay % Yae kave sTen:
pr Z i IN visit O. tn government. pri.ln
Why th- lnHIatss rsraaia Lere IoH.er than
Thy wsh 4 ItIzzle have ~ . solve, fas
e-tilh7 ut ssEns the easss: thing In tie
VOL y snail Zee D. tie man IN eharge
tok u all sLGs the place an bss one
guard AMI he vas 0uni sSssp, sl.A IN out
, ne ftF IN king opium tsssie him n.Fvas
at'e Es-kS'i 'i'"r, AMI tia; a ha' pss,h EoaLi
have .isiisili>As'L The IFl~oners hal chains
ah.a' thar f-t, ami were PERMITTED %
ram s'sst Thy were playing esarls ami
sinking, AMI s.snls-i % d. getting a. much
P.asslre out Of life a. Shi tn worii o1tssla
Ti@y ali wantsi -,zn.staw,r nal as one
CAL 81 80 -casa' fex a Nfuan s!aIlAr,
Oh cah fss Ike prime THROWN, hanis.ul
Il Isasry fr a. llitl. a,tual exI.n~r a. IN
any Ilae 0a Earth, A sll1 I.kecfnl %
c,in fF an AnAfi an twenty five CENT psse
all ~ i1ng way in China A fee Il the
sors, Isis1uers ser sa;s,i by tL.in-.lyss.
xtih I'llar Insie e square Ilanking eY-
tfsiin. thrss. fs,.t either way aisput their
-, tls.-e ver, the only oIs> who could no.
have 'siartsi ~tssh ,hey yer tirsi II Gun
fin"nieht Tn ~sa<n's dsyartner,t was IL
ti- sans tyie as that u the mn, AMI they
tD l.jk~i a, II they hal founl u comfortable
Il'Ss AMI sant,i b. ks,p IL Every day or
tso few prisoners arr iecaIlta,-i, AMI thus
the psisun Is KEPT fran t.in, oyerrSad,-i
INA COURT % JUSTICE
Ihe nhrt sas Ia session not far away, and
W walked in 10 eve how JUSTLY Is aininis-
trsl issre Dnc man Vas i.ing examin.,iby
the m1uSlarin AMI four 81 five more were
being tprtun-i The gukl' toll w that they
~ sisak truth" W. found that they were
witnss- With tls truth II who's t>tinlony
the judge was hot satisfied A little torture
h th.al.ht suuLi extract the truth This
tnrtar Was simple y plank h pia,sl on eni,
anil at thu top AMI luttnfn two other l,ie,,s u
wf..l are fastened at night an-h-, making a
franz s'fsthing like a car1shters -hora"
Ih" khs> of the unhappy prjurr arr iirst
i.-ti"n Ia make them t'n.ier, b. l. then PLACED
ia knpling I'sition with thu arms drawn
straight lshnI him and kept there by q
string whtrh /, tied about each thumb AMI
then drawn up tant, the string icing sus-
panl,i from tho sticks AT the top Of the
planf Othr conis hnli up his feet, ising
fast, ~ tightly u thu great d" ami then
draw np ~ that the lrg /, bent behind him
AMI heti In the air-the weight ~ the holy
Of coure GINNING partly on tie trnter knee
AMI lartly M the great tss a hole + male
in t'e plank just ishind bis head, and through
this the cue is drawn and fastened b. little
wDlktss, this Icing slowly revoh al no.
81" pl'-asan, result u pull,,l hair Is obtainet
Fearful were the yclls II one II uhuse men;
II u half hour ~ that would MT bring the
truth nothing woull Two oi the mn were
softly p'aning. AMI two others hal fals, like
Stpi'-', and not-a murmer came from them
They esiien'ly believed that liz well stuck
Ia was a. gv.l rs the truth The sight was
not pleasant, and We caigc away with great
r~IsV't Tor the law a. administered in China.
This n~th"iof preventing perjury recon.
lneni Ia the notice of our law makers, for II
l. mil b. bring about the required result IL
kept up hing enough. The only flaw SEEMS to
b. that Tho mandarin alone has D. H. satisfied,
AMI IL is just possible that h. might h. mis-
taken nj times.