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- -Isoners Of Mar NeelInrs.

The FIRST aa4pG Reunion Of tho Ex. Prison.
ers OF Wae % es1aped from Libby Prison
through the celebrated tunue liz to be held nc
Libby Prison VIZ Museum, Chicago, Aug 6.
The meeting aii b held in tho afternoon and
will conclude wis banquet ut the Grand
Pacific Hotel. II IS desired that every living
comrade belonging % this class send his name
and place .pf residence to comrade Robert G.
Knaggs, Secretary libby Prison War Museum
Chicago.
The annual Convention Of the Northern
New Jersey Association will DO held July 81 at
the rooms Of Uzal D1dd Pos', No io, in Rey-
nods Hall. No. 253 Main street. Orange The
Convention will open at 10 a. IN. 1t is urged
that the members DO promptly On hand, as BUSH
ness of Importance will DO transacted. All
Union exprsoners Of war are cordially invited
to attend, by Jos. A. Pelonbet, Secretary, Bloom.
field n j.
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| powder, was arrested in New Haven on com
| plant of his wife, who charges him with
having deserted her.
GENERAL
The laying Of the cornerstone Of the first
building ever erected by the Grand United Or
der of Odd Fellows ia Boston was regarded as
nm important event in tho history of coored
Odd Fellowshp.--A bill to amend the
statutes SO that the lottery and similar concerns
may be shut off from tho use of tho mails, is
under consideration by the Post Office Commit
tees of Senate and House, and will be reported
shortly. Touching the school question, Card
inal Gibbons said that all that the Catholics
desire is to educate their children in good
Christian way and make them patriotic Ameri-
can ctizens.-The trustees of the sugar trust
have brought suit in Brooklyn, asking that
they BIO authorized to wind up the trust and
dispose of the property in their hands, with
view to eorganization.-Ch icago's City
Council have granted the use of the lake front
in That city MS the site for the Worlds Fair
Marcus Meyer, who bet with J. G, Williamson,
theatrical manager In Australia, that he
would travel from San Francisco to Paris in Is
days, has won the bet and Williamson began to
pay the wager to dine "a men "a times ut the
best restaurants in Paris-A resolution was
introduced into the Illinois House, declaring
against tho Worlds Fair Mt Chicago being
located on two sites-Jackson Park and the
l"ho iiout'--h AZ II meeting OF 6pltltualiSts NJ
Onset Bay, Mass, "a committee was appointed
to carry to tho United States Supreme Court
tho case of Walter Il. Reid, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, who was sent TO the pententary for
conducting Spiritualist letter -answoring bust
ness through the mails Tho publication of
the Boring Sea correspondence has had the
effect of strengthening sentiment in favor of n
liberal provision for defense in the Notifications
bill, aud may result in depriying Canadian rail-
roads OF the tlansshipping facilities they now
enjoy.
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A cyclone Al South Lawrence. Mass.

South Lawrence, Mas, was visited by a tor
rible cyclone Saturday morning about o'clock,
aud large tract Of territory was devasted and
number OF persons killed aud wounded The
wind came without moments notice, aud be-
fore there was a chance 10 escape the disaster
had occurred. The Buddenness Of the terrible
blow was awful. A dense cloud overshadowed
about ono.third Of South Lawrence and then
the honscs and trees were twisted about and
oYerthrown like so many tenpus. Houses
wero tipped from their foundation and tile
roots Of the trees came up with the trunks aud
the streets were almost GIlna With debris AT
tho time Of tho blow dying boards aud branches
were present in almost every direction, aud
pedestrians were in danger OF their lives.
There was little chance Of escape for them, as
they could not rush into the adjacent houses,
for thoy were tumbling about their heads aud
their only method Of escape lay in falling fat
upon the ground. Eleven persons arc reported
killed and 90 arc said to have been injured,
while the property damage will foot up over
100000 aud at least 600 people are rendered
homeless 1t was the worst wind-stOrm ever
known ia Massachusetts,. and equal in severity
70 those which have been devastating the
Northwest during the past Summer
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON o. THURSDAY JULY 81 1890

Referring to gambling IL goes on all over
the world. The Chinese, from the mandarin
who has an income of ten thousand dollars
year down to the coolie who works for five
cents a day, are invoterate players of all kinds
of games Of chance III coolie has two cents
to buy him q dinner, no will toss up as to
whether he is to get two or none. Every
peddler of cakes aud boiled - has dice
box, consisting of number of sticks with dots
on their ends in q tube. The man who wants
to buy of him bets on the number of dots and
pulls out stick. IL he wins he gets as many
cakes as are represented by that number, and
If not, he gets none. Fan-tan is played every
where in China, and nearly every other bust
ness house in Bangkok is given up to this
game. 1t is played with copper cash, or with
little shells, and it consists of betting as to the
number of such shells in pile. There are
four numbers on which money can DO placed,
labeled /, 2, 3, a. After the stakes arc put
down on these numbers, the man who runs
the game draws away from tho pile four shells
at n time. IL at tho last draw four shells are
left all the money on No. q gots four times the
amount put down, and all of those who bet on
Nos. 3, 2, and 1 lose. II, however, only three
shells are left mt the last, all who have bet on
No win, and so in case the number be 2 or l.
The shells are dipped up in double haEdfus,
and the game seems to be n fair one. | saw
the Chinese selling and buying lottery tickets
All alOuE the IaClic COAST anu lOunu tue Jap"
anese playing cards and gambling. j watched
the number of quiet games in Cairo aud i had
chance to bet once or twice on n horse-race
at the various ports. Tho Chinese will bet
upon anything. You have TO bargain with
them for everything you buy, and, if there is
any dispute about tho price, they will say,
" Toss up and take it for my price If you lose,
and for nothing If you win" They bet on
fights with crickets, and they have quail-fghts
and cock fights. even rs we used to have in
America crieket-fght takes place in a
wooden tub about the size of dish pam The
insects are weighed and groomed, aud their
masters tickle them with stTaws until they
fight each other. There is as much difference
in the strength of different crckets rs there is
between that of bulldogs, and good fighting
cricket is sometimes worth Sl00 It is the
same with quals and pigeons. Tho Chinaman
has thousand and one ways of betting which
the policy-loving, baseball-piayng Americans
do not dream Of FRANK CARPENTER.
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THE WEATHER.
Relative Climates OF the Polar and Temperate Re-
giOns.
BY LIEUT.. J. p. FINLEY, U. $. SIGNAL SERVICE

Correspondence invited suggestions desired
and information chcerfully furnished. Every OF.
unemployed to make this Bureau of practical use
to the readers Of The NATIONAL TRIBuNE All
communications should be addressed Weather,
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Office. Washington, ID. O.
In consequence of the interchange of equa-
torial and polar waters, especially in the South
ern hemisphere, the equatorial regions of the
globe are colder and the polar regions warmer
than they otherwise would be.
similar but perhaps smaller effect is pro-
duced by the interchange of the warm air of
the equatorial and the cold air of the polar re-
glsHs in the general circulation Of the atmOs-
phere. Although tho volume of air inter-
changed in given time is much greater than
that of the water of the ocean, yet the mass is
probably less, since the mass of the whole at
mosphero is only equal TO that of an ocean COW
ering the whole surface of the earth of about
10 meters in depth, and as the specific heat of
air is only 02375, the whole capacity of the at
mosphere for heat is only equal TO that of an
ocean OF % meters in depth. If we suppose the
ocean to have O uniform depth of 5000 meters
(3.l miles, tho inteTchanging velocity in the
case OF the atmosphere would have to be 1000
times as great MS that of the ocean for il must
be remembered that the motion Of the atmos.
phere. except at the earth's surface and at all
attitudes near the equator, is mostly easterly
or westerly, the polar and equatorial compO-
nents OF motion being generally small in COM
parlson with the east and west components. 1t
is probable therefore, that the amount of heat
transferred from tho equatorial to the polar re-
gions is less in the case of the atmosphere than
IN that OF tho ocean. There u.s. however, reason
TO think that the difference of temperature be-
tween the equator and the poles is very much
diminished by the latter, and therefore the
effect OF the former in the Same direction must
be Mt least quito sensible.
The relation between the hygrometric states
OF the lower and higher ATTITUDES is also affected
by the general vertical circulation of the atmos-
phere. In tho middle aud higher ATTITUDES
there IS gradual settling down of the atmos-
phere toward the earth's surface, whore the
temperature is higher than il is above 1t is here
that the relative humidity gradually becomes
less, ana being very small above it becomes
still less after having descended to the lower
strata.
In tho lower ATTITUDES, and especially near
the equator, where there is gradual ascent of
the AIR from the lower strata, the relative hui
Nudity is gradually increased, sometimes to the
point of complete saturation. OF course the
absolute amount of vapor in the higher lati-
tudes, on account Of the lowness of the tenn
perature, is much less than in the lower lati-
tudes. But if there was the same relative hui
nudity in both, the effect of the vertical crcu-
laton would be TO decrease that of the higher
latltudos aud to increase that Of the lower lati-
tudes.
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bravery. Suicide is a common method for cap
ital punishment in China and when the En-
peror wants a man killed in a respectable way
be sends him a silkcn cord and tells him 10 tie
mp his windpipe The man who gets the cord
has his hair dressed, and puts on his finest silks
for he believes that he viii wear the same gar
ments in the next world in which he died in
this, and he FAR prefers choking to death rather
than losing his head. Suicide by drowning is
very common, and when 3 man wishes to re-
Tenge himself upon his neighbor, he cuts his
own throat on ibis neighbours front-door step,
with the idea that his ghost viii remain there
20 haunt him. Within the past few years, how
ever, suicide has been largely done away with
IN Japan, and japanese punishments are much
the same as those in use in this country.
There is no more boiling in OIL no mere tor
turing OF witnesses TO make them testify, and
the japanese resent with indignation the
charge that they sometimes pour melted lead
into criminals ears. The crucifxions which
we're IN vogue years ago. have passed away, and
was able, during my stay in japan, 10 get
photograph Of the last man cFucifed. Ii was
taAen from life by photographer at Yoke
hama, and il is a most horrible picture. II is
no worse, however, than the scenes which one
witnesses IN China to-day, and the Chinese are
the cruelest OF al nations
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HE greatest gamblers,
the most expert thieves,
the vilest sensualists
aud the greatest num-
Der ofsuicides are found
in the Orient. Suicide
is still tn e popular
method Of taking ones
self OF in Japan, and
hari-kari has its regular
rules and etiquet. For
'ages any japanese no
bic who has disgraced
himself has committed
suicide, and japanese
literature is filled with
the stories of such
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insanity is 10 excuse for crime IN China. and
man was sliced 70 death whom the courts dc.
eiared was mad during my stay in China. Tie
hanging Of man by the thumbs IL a common
means u Chinese punishment, and ID 4 not
uncommon 10 tie man by his wrists or his
tOea 70 make him confess The use Of the
eangue have already described in these letters
The eaHgHe 10 heavy board about four feet
square with hoie just large enough around In
tie center 70 admit the neck Of man. II Is
made 1.-TWO pieces and Il locked together about
the criminals neck. You see pe0ple all over
China wearing these cangues, and in nearly
every city visited Isaw one or more criminals
With these wooden collars. ia some cases the
eangues were loaded with iron, and saw some
between the boards Of which were great iron
bars which made the collars weigh "a much as
100 pounds, and which 1 was told when the
prisoner received a long sentence fre1neutIv
caused their death. i am told that II is not
uncommon Tor some Chinese Judges 10 Wran
TIE bngcFs Of criminals with cotton, and then
10 set tue cotton on fire, and one Of the most
horrible punishments have heard Of Is that ~
TIE living bamboo. The bamboo Is a GOOD deal
Ike JoHah's gOurd or Jacks bean stalk. n
grows very FAST and men are sometimes tied
over bamboo shoots 50 that the plant ployys It's
way through their bodies. The story sounds
rather hshy, but ! have seen such horrible
things IN China that am ready 70 believe apv-
thing.
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CRIME INTBEFAREBST
all About the Thieves, Gamblers and
MurdererS of the Orient.

EalcIde In China and 5apsn-A Photograph or a
CrueIRxiOn-SIIcing 20 Death In China. and Some
thing as 20 the Horrible Punishments OF the Ce-
iestlhls-Insanity No Excuse for Crime-The
Caugue and It's Use-A Chat With an Executionor
The Opium Vice OF ChiHa-HeW Women are
Sold In Further IndIa-A Lock al Burmese Crime
and q Word About the Thugs, the Professional
Hurderers OF India-Nice In Egypt, and Some
Items About Gambling In q Dozen Different
Countries OF the World.
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saw punishments in China which reminded
me Of the InquisitiOn, and in Canton / wit
messed the Furnishing Of a woman with piece
Of leather as thick as q harness tug on one
cheek and then on the other until the blood
came from her mouth. / saw man stripped
half-naked and stretched down TO the floor and
pounded with bamboo rods until he howled
Justify and until great welts rose upon his
thighs, and j almost tainted when the man was
TIED up by his thumbs and made 70 kneel OH
sharpened chains. At Shanghai / saw wooden
eases or crates, inside of which man was put
These wooden crates were from Eve to six feet
high. They were made OF heavy bars Of iron,
ana were Just big enough around to inclose the
mans body. Their tops consisted Of boards
about two Feet square, with a hole Just big
enough around for the mans neck ia the cen
Ter These tops were in two pieces. and they
were opened 10 allow the neck of the criminal
= be inserted. The man then had his body in
sioe the crate and his head above the top. The
distance between the floor and the top was so
great that the man had 20 stand on his toes
and u he tried 10 rest upon his heels he found
himself suspended by his neck. His hands
were tied, and In some cases his toes rested upon
bars At the side Of the crate. IL was a horri-
bic torture but / was told that men were kept
m these IA the hot sun FOR hours ] saw other
cages beside these IN which man could not
81 upright and IN which he had 10 lie at full
length Tor the term o. his punishment.
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A look al the Picking Gazette gives some idea
q tie terrible punishments IN vogue IN the
interior OF China. While / was ia the country
noted number OF items stating that such a
man had been killed by the slow process.
ssKed what this was, and was told that il con-
sisted OF siiclng him 10 death ] afterward
met an English military officer at Hong Kong
WHO had seen criminal sliced. He said:
was on a roof outside the execution
grounds, and there was such q crowd around
that could not get away. Il took full half
hour 10 cut the man to pieces. He was tied on
cross such as you may see in every execution
GROUNDS, aHd the cutting was done with sword
HE 1rst cut sliced Of the checks and then a
moment later the eyebrows were cut Of. The
next cot took out the muscles between the
hAnd ane the elbow, and as soon as this was
Gone the arteries were tied Up, in order that the
man might not bleed 70 death too quickly. and
thus not feel the rest Of the slicing. Then the
nesh OF the thighs aud the calves OF the LEGS
were cut, and the last cut removed the head
from the body. The man was gagged and he
could not cry out His whole BODY seemed 10
be IN continued conyulsiop Of pain. and his
lace AZ the end o. tie first cut was horrible
Alter this could not sec his features for a fan
was held before them by al assistant Of the
sxccntoncE Such executions take place ia
ease o. PARTICLES OF motricides, and the worst
taing man can do ia China is to Kill his father
az mother"
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tooFYE1GHTED BY FRANK G. CARPENTER, 1901
special Correspondence NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, 1890.
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had a talk with Chinese exeeutioner IN
the execution grounds Al Canton. He was a
surly-iooking devil, with a sword as long as
my leg, aud he pointed with greedy ewes al nv
neck o. he explained his business. At one side
OF INC execution grounds j noticed a number
q Big clay pots with lids On them, and asked
The man what these were for. He rcplied bv
pulling on one Of the lids and yanked ont q
ghastly head, holding it mp by long blacl,
cue II was cut OF, my guide told me, three
eays before, and all Of these pots were. he SAID
hiled with heads in a greater or less degree Of
accom- position. ln the prisons at Shanghai /
saw men chained 10 the walls like wild beasts.
and they scOwIed at me fercely rs / loole al
through the bars Of the door. 1 wanted b.
enter The prison, but the iailer would not nor
nit d. BE said that some men who had gone
10 few days before Lad Lad their clothes torn
from their bodies by the prisoners, and ii was
by no means safe for foreigner to enter.
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! found plenty Of vice in Egypt and am
ashamed 10 say that great part Of it comes
from Europe. The Mahomctan villages of
the far interior Of Turkey, Syria, and Egypt
arc models Of morality and order. Drunken
ness ig forbidden by Mahomet. aud these viii
lagos go on from year 10 year without a brgwI
or a street fight. ii is different In Alexandria.
Cairo, and Constantinople. The French, the
Italians and the Greeks have brought in all
the refined vices Of Europe, and you will find
young Mahometans patronizing the cafes chan
tants, playing roulet, and engaging In those
reYels which they imagine to be q part Of
Christian civilization. The loose women of
Egypt arc confined to a certain tribe who make
this business their profession, and who, aside
from IL, have husbands and lead respectable
lives. The dancing-girls OF Egypt belong to
this class. and l am told that the ladies of the
harem are as a rule true 10 their lords The
Mahdl, just after the revolution Of Arab Pasha,
brought his murderous hordes into Upper
Egypt, and for time crime here reigned
supreme,
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Chinese prisons are the worst IN the world.
1he men are crowded In without regard TO sani-
tary regulations and If they do not find enough
money 70 buy something Of their jailer they
ere IN danger Of starvation. The Law requires
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