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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-17
Geuerai ADVERTISEMENTS
National Cane Shredder
PATENTED UNDER THE LAWS OF
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

The attention of Planters
and Agents is called to the
following letter from Mr..
JOHN A. SooTT, Manager of
the Hilo Sugar Co., regarding
the working of the National
Cane Shredder, which he has
just introduced into the Mill
of that Company:
WAINAKU, HILo, HAWAII,
January 22d, 1S94.)
Hon. VIM. G. IRWIN, Honolulu, ii. 1.
DEAR SIR:-In reply to yours of the
18th inst, regarding the National Cane
Shredder furnished by the Universal
Mill Co. of New York, and erected by
the Hilo Sugar Co. this past season,
would beg to say, that it has now been
in operation day and night during the past
three weeks working on plant cane, and
also hard ratoons, and it is giving me the
greatest satisfaction. The more l see of
its capabilities, the better pleased 1 am
that L put it in, as 1 am satisfied that it
will repay the original outlay in a short
time, in saving of labor, higher extrac-
ton, etc.
1t is shredding from $50 to 400 tons of
cane every % hours with the greatest
ease, and it could shred much larger
quantity if necessary. 1t delivers the
shredded cane in an even uniform feed
to the three roller mill, which receives it
without the intervention of any labor,
and as the cane is thoroughly shredded
or disintegrated it relieves the mill of a
great deal of strain, thus reducing the
liability of broken shafts, gearing, etc.
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on the mill, as only one man Is required
to regulate the amount of cane delivered
by the carrier to the shredder. It has
increased the extraction from to
5 per cent.
The economical use of steam is gene
rally a serious consideration in adding
new machinery, as in most mills the
boiler power is taxed to its highest limit,
as it was in this mill, and any increased
demand necessitated an additional boil
er. But 1 find that the shredder and the
three roll mill engines combined use no
more steam than the three roll mill
engine did when working on whole cane,
while doing better work and more of it,
and owing to the uniform feed on the
mill, the engine demands very little
attention.
The Megass from the shredded cane
makes superior fuel, and the fremen
have less difficulty in maintaining uni
form pressure of steam than formerly.
1 will be pleased to have call from
parties interested, as it is necessary to
see the machine at work to fully appre-
ciata its capabilities.
I remain, very truly yours,
(Sig) JOHN A. SCOTT,
Manager Hilo Sugar Co.
W-Plans for erection of
these shredders may be seen
at the Office of the Agents,
where prices and other parti-
al ,ac. "a, q &, Lee L. ol4o.ol
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-17
Hawaiian
Electric
Company.
NOTICE TO Consumers!

The new works of the aa-
waiian Electric Go. being now
completed, notice is hereby
given that from and after jan
uary 18th the Company is
prepared to supply incandes-
cent electric lighting to
customers.
In few days the Company
will also be prepared TO tur-
nish electric motors for power.
and of which due notice will
be given.
The Company further an
nounce that they are prepared
to receive orders for interior
wiring and can furnish fixtures
and all fittings in connection
with new service.
Printed rules. regulations
and Company's rates can be
had Oh application to the
manager.
VIM q er"in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-17

Daily Advertiser, so cents per
delivered carrier.
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the country districts. and 1t is by no means
mild instrument of torture.
Padding and fiogging are the most COM
mon punishment. This prevails every
where, and the official is very low indeed
who cannot order the common man down
to be padded. Every magistrate has his
professional paddlers, and many officials,
when they go about. have officers who 60
with them. carrying these instruments of
torture. In passing the front gate of the
palace one afternoon l saw a number of
these kesos. as they are called, with their
paddles beside them. Their masters had
probably gone in to see the king. and they
were waiting outside. These paddles are
about six feet long, five inches wide, and
perhaps an inch thick in the center, taper
ing down to a thickness of perhaps three
eighths Of an inch at the end. They have
small handles, and they are made
Of white, hard wood, which is
very flexible and elastic. These padding
kesos have regular guild of their own,
and the business often descends from
father to son. They are wonderfully ex-
pert in the use of the paddle. and the
officers carry from two to a hundred of
them with them, according to their rank.
l had one or two with me during large
part of my tours, but l, of course, did not
use them. 1 can't describe the horrors of
this padding. Many foreigners have wit
messed it, but few have been able to get
photograph Of it. have taken two; one
was of one of Observation-Disclosures. whom had
my keso tie to the rock to show me Just
now the padding was done. He was, of
course. not struck, but be was very angry
at being placed in what he called a COM
promising position, and we had quite a
row about the matter after we returned
home.
The other picture represents the pad
ding actually going on. The man is tied
up to board, which lies On the ground on
two small blocks Of wood. His body is
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barred from the waist TO his ankles, aud he
lies upon his belly on the plank. There
is rope around his waist which is
fastened through a hold in the board,
and there are also ropes around his feet,
which bind him so tightly that he cannot
move. The keso stands behind him with
his paddle, and the officers look on to see
that he Is properly whipped. Often half a
dozen men are padded at the same time
in this way. If there are 10 planks INDY,
they are laid fiat on the ground on their
faces. and their feet are sometimes
fastened in this position in wooden stocks,
so that they cannot move. They
are laid out in rows and each man has his
paddler beside him. Each paddler's arms
are bare 10 the shoulder. and they work in
unison. They have their paddles raised
back over their heads as far as their arms
can reach, when they are ready for action,
and they bring them down at the cry of
the under officials, who, with swords at
their sides, stand at the head of the line of
half-naked men and yell out a sort of
chant which sounds something like this: {:
La-hoo-aa-hoo-oo. The paddles are raised
at the first Ia, and as the final oo-oo is
uttered they are brought down with a
crack like pist tol on the bare skin of the
men, and the executioners grunt with the
exertion. They have a way of pressing
the paddle down on the Quivering flesh
and of pulling il off with rub before they
raise il.
The first strike usually makes a blister,
and at the close of the second the paddle
is wet with water or blood. AS these exc
cutioners drag it off they rub il into the
sand. pressing it there until the kes0s
again cry La-hoo-aa-hoo-oo. Then the pad
dies are raised again, and, as they are
brought down this time, they are covered
with sand. They pound the PARTICLES into
the flesh, and as the men drag them off
they take away the skin as though it were
sandpapered. l can give you nc concep-
tion OF the punishment, and when you re-
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trate at once arrested the suspected man
and charged him with the robbery. He
replied that he had nothing to do with il.
He was put to torture. His hands were
tied behind him and he was hung up bv
the elbows while his feet were whipped. He
refused to confess. The magistrate be-
came angry, and he had the mans whole
family brought out and stoned. The man
still refused to confess, and he actually
buried the man and his family alive.
This was such horrible outrage that the
people complained of the matter to the
Government. The magistrate however.
had friend at court, and through the in
fence or the Prime Minister nothing was
done to him.
The torturing of prisoners to make them
confess is common in Korea, and it is
wonderful what inventions of torture ara
sometimes in use. Think of tying mans
bare feet to stake in the ground and
burning his toes with powder. Think of
all sorts of flogging and pinching and cut
ting, and you can get some idea of the
powers of a Korean magistrate. In the
prisons you will find iron chains, stocks
and all sorts of manacles. These Koreans
know how to whip so that the flesh is
iNfOiOU VII VIC DOuCos duu 4 udV6 q DlOtO-
graph Of man tied in chair, with his
knees bare, and jailer whipping his bare
shins.
In one of the prisons which visited I
saw three men fastened in stocks. The
stocks consisted of log of wood about
fifteen feet long and at least a foot in
diameter. This had been split in two. and
holes had been bored through 1t Just large
enough to hold the bare ankle of a man.
The three criminals each had one foot
fastened in this log. and the jailers, when
| appeared with my soldiers and photog-
rapher. tried to move them out into the
sun so that might get good photograph
of them. AS they pulled them along /
heard one of them utter cry of pain, and
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member that any official has the right to
paddle any man below him, aud almost any
one of prominence can paddle those of lowe er
rank. you can get some idea of the condi-
ton of affairs in this country. l believe
the people must be naturally kind or life
here would be hell to the masses. As it
is, sometimes men are killed by padding.
Fifty blows would surely do it, and the
ordinary dose is about twelve strokes.
Much padding will reduce tha flesh to a
jelly, and even after slight punishment
men have to be lifted up and carried away
They cannot rise of themselves. This
padding goes on In the army. and a gen.
eral or a colonel can paddle private, and
the privstes paddle the cItizeus, and so it
goes. There is such thing as bribiDg
the paddlers. so that they pretend to kill
the nan, but moderate the stroke as 1t
comes down and only punish him slightly
In fact. hgibery is possible from the top
to the bottom of Korean official life, and
there will have TO be an entire reorgan-
ization of the whole system of government
here before the people can have prosperity
or peace. The King. it must be remem-
bered knows but little OF the horrors
which 60 on under his Government. He
has been doing the best he could for his
people, and the rebellion has been against
the officials and not against him.
Frs~a< 4. CaI.4,,,.~
Copyright. 1894.
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II saw that the features of all were
contorted with agony. II made me
sick, and l dessted. L told the jaiiers
TO let the men be, and that l would
not take their pictures. l took a photo
graph, however, of one of the prisoners,
who was wearing the Korean cangue. This
is different from the articles used in China,
and have never heard it described nor
read of it anywhere. You will find no
description of it in the books OF travel.
do not suppose that many know of its ex-
istence. The Chinese cangue consists of
square framework or board, in the center
of which a mans head is fixed. and which
rests upon his shoulders, jutting about two
feet out from his neck on every side. The
Korean cangue Is a plank. often longer
than the man himself. with hole In one
end of il, in which the neck can be locked.
If the man wishes TO move about he must
hold up this plank with his hands, and
when he sits down its heavy weight rests
upon his neck. / found 1t is the iails of
many of the magistrates which I visited in
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common in feudaliSm would be disgraceful
now. Korea is practically feudal nation
to-day, and it is in fact in the same state
that China was about 400 years back.
Korean thieves are decapitated for their
crimes. They are only cut into two
pieces, however, and the law provides that
their bodies need not lie on the execution
grounds longer than two days before their
relatives can take them away and bury
them. The THIEF, when be is first taken,
is hogged by the officers. BE is then asked
as to his crime and after this is taken to
the house of the Judge. The Judge de-
mands what he has done with the prop
ertv, and if the thief replies that it has
been sold and gives the name OF the party
who has it it is cOnfscated. He is then
taken to Jail and kept there for 100 days.
At the end of this time the police give him
the option of life OF death. If be accepts
life. he bee mes servant of tie Jail for
the rest of his existence; if death. he is
strangled.
This strangling is done in a curious
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the imperial stamps, and which are prob
ably unaware of their existence. 1t was
the original intention of the Minister of
the Interior, who has charge of all postal
matters, to extend the use of the imperial
stamps to even the most remote districts
of the empire, but lack OF funds ulli-
mately induced him to so far modify his
plans as to practically limit the use of the
imperial stamps to the imperial ostoffices,
which are established only in the more i'm
portant and accessible points of the Cars
domain.
1t was found that the delivery of mail
in the thinly settled provinces of Northern
and Eastern Russia could only be under
taken at an enormous cost. which the Gov
eminent did not think Itself justified in
assuming. considering the very small
amount Of correspondence indulged in by
the unlettered Inhabitants of those re-
gions.
The more enterprising of the interior
population, thus deprived of all but the
crude mail facilities which had been in use
for century back, and which were. to say
the least, utterly unreliable, did not relish
the stand taken by the Central Govern
ment. They began, therefore, TO cast
around for some means of improving the
situation, and had resort TO local or pro-
vincial postal systems. Before this system
was in operation letters intended for points
in the provinces to which the imperial sys-
tenn did not operate were forwarded to the
imperial Office nearest their destination,
and there left to perform the remainder Of
their Journey as best they could. Under
these circumstances the rural districts re-
ceiyed mall about once a year from the
hands of courier or runner, who charged
for the delivery of letter sum substan-
tial enough to financially em barrass a
Russian peasant for some time afterward
1t is, therefore, small wonder that corre-
spondence languished in rural Russia, and
that those Of the peasantry who had man.
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NOVEL DINING CARDS.
The Result of Clever Girls Original
Idea.

The Result of Clever Girls Original
Idea.
The very latest device in dinner cards is
the result of a clever girls original idea
and requires only the smallest camera to
insure success, says the Times of Chicago.
Views taken here, there and everywhere
are printed in one corner of the card, and
so provide entertainment for the silent
guest, topics for those who long to talk
but whose supply of subjects is a limited
one, and decoration for the card all at one
and the same time.
The idea once suggested it is all. ex-
tremely prolific one and it is easy to
imagine developments without end. The
original thought came from a much-tray-
eled source and the dinner at which the
unique cards appeared might have been
known as a Venetian one, for all the
scenes were taken in that picturesque CITY
and showed all the varying possibilities of
it's canals and its gondolas as we'll as its
magnificent buildings. On that occasion
at least cou@ersation failed to flag and it
was remarked that there was not even the
dreaded interval of silence that so gener-
ally comes witt the oysters.
Other functions have been given since
and the notion of utilizing the photo
graphic mania has taken firm hold, but
no one has been more brilliantly success
full than the first. Just now, with cameras
in the hands of nearly every woman one
meets, there is brilliant opportunity to
provide for the cards for many months to
come. Mountain scenes, sea scenes and
those fascin ating snap pictures which per-
petuate the group of the minute can all he
collected and turned 10 excellent account.
The lucky photographer who crosses the
sea may have a wider range of subjects
from which to choose. but the soiourner
in our own lovely noun tains and along our
own varied shore need make no complaint,
II she is at all wise, as we'll as clever, she
can arrange a multitude OF coed things.
and can give her guests a series of cards
each telling the story of some especial
place, time or episode.
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postal arrangements of Uncle Sam. The
only nation having a domain that can
compare in area to that of the United
States is Russia, but her facilities for the
proper and prompt handling of CORE
spondence is of a character that can only
be paralleled in half civilized countries
like China; even Japan is far in advance
of that modern anomaly among civilized
nations that is ruled over by the Gar.
Despite the remarkable advance made
in ntercommunication between the citi-
zens of nearly all civilized coun tries sine g
the adoption of postage stamps for the
prepayment Of postal fees Russia Is appar-
emily an incorrigible laggard in this line.
To-day her mail service, directly under
control of the General Government pro-
vides only for the needs of the largest
cities; whole districts, embracing thou
sands of square miles, and including many
wealthy cities Of considerable size, are
without postal service such as even our
smallest hamlets enjoy, as far as the postal
administration of the Cars kingdom is
concerned.
This peculiar and unaccountabIe condi-
ton nf affairs has evolved a system of To-
cal postal service that stands alone, and
has led to the creation of a series of
stamps that are of more than ordinary in
terest TO the uninitiated as we'll as to the
veteran stamp-collector.
The Russian mail service. ever since it
was established, has been more or less un-
satisfactory. The vast extent of Russia s
territory and the comparatively small
amount of money available for postal ex-
pendture has prevented the imperial
pOstoffics from extending Its mail facili-
ties to many of the more sparsely popu-
lated provinces distant from the centers OF
commercial activity.
Although the postage stamp was intro
duced in Russia In 1857 its use was for a
long time restricted to the most important
cities. There are many rural districts in
Russia whose Inhabitants have never seen
The morning call., 1894-09-09

way. There is a hole in the door of the
cell, just large enough for piece of rope
ABOUT the size OF a clothes line to pass
through. A moose is made at the end of
the rope, and this moose is placed around
the criminals neck. The other end of the
rope is put through the hole in the door
or the wall. and the police pull at the rope
until they bring the mans chest and neck
above and below the hole and until the
neck breaks and the man is dead. The
question as to whether thief be straugled
or decapitated depends upon the nature of
the offense. Strangling is much the mere
respectable way of dying. Sometimes this
is brought about by hanging. The thief's
neck and hands are tied to a post. 40 that
his feet are for some distance above the
ground. About his ankles a stout rope is
then fastened, and to the end of this
stone. several times as heavy as his body.
Is hung. OF course the man dies.
Another method Of execution is by suffo-
cation, and this, strange 10 say, is done
with paper. The man is laid fiat upon his
back, and sheet of Korean paper is
spread over his face. This has been soaked
in water. and fits over the mans face, be-
ing pressed down so that it makes a YER
liable death mask. shutting out every bit
of air, and the man dies. Any one who
has seen the paper of Korea will appreciate
how easily this form of execution could be
carried out. 1t is made by hand. 1t is as
thick as a sheet of blotting paper and
almost as strong as leather. When moist
ure is applied TO it it becomes exceedingly
soft. but does not lose its strength. and it
would make an excellent moldlng material.
was told of a curious custom as TO DO
licemen who make false arrests. They
are terribly punished. and if something
similar was adopted as to our American
Sheriffs there would be fewer mistakes
made. The Korean policeman who ar
rests a man as thief when he knows him
to be innocent is liable to be caught by
The morning call., 1894-09-09

the mans family. and his eyes may be
burned out by them with red-hot pOkers
or iron chOpsticks which have been heated
in the Goals. His eyes have not seen truly
in arresting the wrong man, and it is
thought 10 be just that they be put out.
Another way OF performing this punish
ment is by laying the policeman on the
ground with his face upward. A tube of
bamboo just about one inch in thickness
and as long as lead pencil is fitted over
the eye, ana the other end Of it is pounded
with mallet until the eyes are squeezed
up into the bamboo tubes. Such cases are
not common, but policeman who inten-
tiOnally arrests an innocent man is liable
to this trea tment.
Among the most terrible of Korean
crimes are those against your parents or
ancestors. There is prison in Seoul that
is devoted entirely to prisoners who COM
NIT crimes against their parents. If a
rich son refuses 10 support his father be
can be sent to jail, and the boy who strikes
his father can be whipped to death. The
parricide is burned TO death. and IL is in
Korea much the same as in China, where
the killing of ones parents subjects the
child to be sliced into thirty odd pieces or
caTVeu up Dy lncHeS. noaTQ OF curious
case which happened last spring in Korea,
which shows the power of the Of
ficials aud the terrible vengeance which
they sometimes visit upon those whom
they hate. A certain magistrate had
his ancestral tablets stolen, an offense
somewhat similar TO the stealing of mans
grandfatheTs gravestone in America, but a
really terrible thing in this superstitious
land of Korea. Shortly after the theft was
committed he received a notice that if he
| would 60 at certain time and leave a cer-
! tain amount Of money at a certain place
the tablets would be returned 10 him. He
followed the directions in the note, but in
stead of carrying load of copper cash be
filed mis- bags with stones and had men in
ambush to watch the thieves when they
came TO get the money. AS the robber
came forth these men sprang from theh
hiding places and attempted to catch them
! They did not succeed IN either recognizing
them or capturing them, but one of tht
thieves dropped his pipe as he ran. Thii
pipe was shown about to the people, uDti
finally one man said that it looked like
that OF a prominent noble. The magis
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Priceless Rubies.

Fine rubies of one carat are ten times
more valuable than diamonds Of similar
size and quality. In appraising rubies
four points are considered-first of all,
clearness; second, color; third. size, and
lastly, perfect formation. A perfect ruby
is rarely or never found; cracks, scratches
and flaws are Insignificant ii the color is
good and the brilliancy is strong. In ex-
amining these stones the judges hunt for
clouds of milk SCOT; if none is found a
pigeons blood," weighing fraction over
a carat, will bring the owner little for
-Globe-Democrat.
The morning call., 1894-09-09

Citizens of the United States, it is fair
to state, DO not realize how wonderfully
we'll they are served in the matter of mail
transmission and delivery. No other coun-
try In the world has service, considering
the extent of country which is covered. that
anywhere nearly approaches the efficient
The morning call., 1894-09-09

Europe has $50, 600 miles of track; Amer
lea, 91,010; Africa. $3.50; Asia. 1850;
Australia, 1910
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RUSSIAN RURAL STAMPS.

Copyright 1894.