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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-10-31

and less painful bambooing, . brfbe
will induce the Whipper to hold the
bamboo stiff, causing much less pain
than If allowed to bend and spring.
The captain of British barque lying
off Canton described the execution OF
20 pirates who had attacked a tug
manned by coolies and slaughtered the
greater part of them. AS all execu.
lions are free to the public there was
a general request by the crew of the
barque for a holiday, and permission
being granted by the captain, there
was general exodus to the shore.
1t appeared that only those of the
criminals who could not purchase RAM
som were executed. Those who had
$50, or friends that could supply that
sum, were liberated on payment OF the
same to the mandarin Of the district.
The luckless 29 had apparently Meth
er friends nor money. So they were
marshaled out of prison under
strong guard of soldiers; and, like the
prisoners In our Sing Sing who are al
lowed for their last meal the best that
the prison cuisine affords, these male
factors were furnished any mode OF
conveyance at the disposal Of the au-
thorities to convey them to the place
of execution.
The condemned were marshaled in
line, and required to kneel on "all
fours" before the mandarin and his
suite. All knew the procedure, and
there was no confusion. The heads
man, armed with keen, broad-bladed
sword, stepped out. If this gentleman
should fail to sever the head of his
victim in three blows, his own would
10 forfeit. But in this instance he did
his work with both certainty and &C.
lerity. Approaching the first in line,
he gave a swift, swinging blow on the
back of the neck and decapitated
head rolled onto the sword.
This dreadful system of bribery and
Squeezing" is the canker at the heart
Of China. Everyone expects it from
everyone else; even the children are
not to be trusted. A Chinese woman
sends her child to chow shop, and
weighs the food when 1t is brought
home to see that her own child is not
squeezing her.
In making change, the smallest boy, as
salesman, will keep back two or three
cash" Should you say: How fash
ion you steal my cash? You b'long
alice same as t'ief," he will indignant
ly answer: My no b'long t'ief: my
ketchie you watch, then b'long t'ief,
but my just make little squeeze"
It would seem as IL all the horrible
punishments so publicly administered
would effectually prevent even the
most reckless and hardened from
committing crime, but it doesn't seem
to do so, and the courts go on flourish
ing on the blfbes extorted and the
money paid by innocent people to
keep out OF court, for it is openly
averred that a Chinese court of Jus.
tice, among other de1inuuencies, is not
even above blackmail
1t is not surprising that among the
people are such sayings as Tigers and
snakes are kinder than judges or run,
ners,' or In life, beware of courts; In
J death, beware of hell"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-10-31

sides being very heavy and uncona-
Portable, is considered great dis
grace, for it has the prisoners name
and crime pasted on it. In order to
make the punishment more severe, the
prisoner is often condemned to be
taken to the place where the crime
was committed, and made to stand
near the store or house where the ma
ture of his crime, as well as his name
are plainly to be read by every passer-
by. This is a terrible punishment for
them, for the Chinese are very sensi-
tive about being publicly shamed,
losing face" they call it.
In the afternoon l went back to the
mixed court and saw some men bam-
booed. It was done in a different
place from where the trials take
place, being at one side of an open
court, where desk was placed, be-
hind which the assistant magistrate
sat.
The prisoner throws himself on a
piece of mating laid on the top step
leading to the magistrates desk, his
trousers are pushed down, exposing
his thighs, and two men in ridiculous
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-10-31
THE MYSTERY OF THE
LAWS IN CHINA
~.
Copyright, by Joseph B. BoWIes.)

Shanghai has IL precinct police sta
lions and one court, known as the
MIXED Court" because some repre-
sentative of the several consulates
sits each day with the Chinese magis-
trate.
by DR.. Barchet, and found him very
gracious, and possessing fair supply
of English. He was dressed in full
mandarin dress, brown satin coat,
beautifully embroidered, and black
velvet hat turned up about the edge,
and decorated with the button, the
horse-tail and the peacocks feathers
that indicate mandarin's rank.
We went into the courtroom,
everyone quickly took their places and
the hearings began. All prisoners
when brought before the magistrate
must kneel during the entire proceed
ing.
Though all the prisoners were Chi
nese, and the cases were conducted in
that language, I could follow most OF
them, as the English sergeants pre-
ferred their charges to DR.. Burchet,
who is a proficient Chinese scholar,
and he in turn translated them to the
magistrate.
When policeman brings man be-
fore the court he drives him by his
cue, and when he takes him
away. he pulls him by 1t, or If there
are several prisoners, he knots their
cues together and pulls them
along In bunch. With such persua-
sion, prisoner is not apt to hesitate
long.
For thieving, prisoners are sen.
fenced to a certain number of strokes
with the bamboo, or the cangue for
so many hours day-sometimes both
together.
The cangue is large square board
that fits about their necks, and be
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-10-31
Woman Inventor Has Submitted Mill
tary Corset to War Department.

The design for q soldiers corset,
which will make fat soldiers slim
and keep slim soldiers from getting
too fat, has been submitted to Surgeon
General O'Reilly of the United States
army by the woman inventor, says the
New York Times.
This same enterprising person has
also informed the surgeon-generalt that
the corset, if adopted, will make the
American army officer the most ath-
letic-looking and spryest military man
on earth. The surgeon-general, ac-
cording to information received by
army officers in New York, is disin-
clined to consider the corset question
seriously, but the inventor is not with
mat influential support. The inventor
OF the military corset is a French
woman, who In now in Washington
pressing her claims for recognition
before the war department.
On Governors island, at the Army
and Navy club. at the cast artillery
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-10-31
FOR KEEPING SOLDIERS SLIM.

posts hereabouts everybody was talk.
ing corset. The slim officers thought
the matter huge joke, but it was ex.
actly the opposite with the portly
ones.
They could be detected every now
and then taking a squirt at them.
selves in the mirror. 1t was plain to
see that they were trying to frame
mental picture of themselves when
remodeled by the corset.
az do not to be retired just yet"
said an officer whose waist measure.
ment does not tend to- decrease the
price of clothes, "but if anybody tries
to get me into one of those things.
we'll. it's the cinder path for mine"
me, too," a sympathetic brother an,
swered, who was almost as portIy.
THE ve;y idea of such a thing! /
may be a little above the average
when 1t comes to weight, but what
l have got is mine, and / don't in
tend to insult nature by losing it with
the aid of a thing that only Tomen
are supposed to Wean"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-10-31

red sugar-loaf hats trimmed with blue,
seat themselves on the prisoners feet
and shoulders, the latter one clutching
his cue.
Two men with little fat bamboo
rods about yard long squat each
side, when one begins and delivers
about 25 lashcs-then rests, and the
other takes it up, counting aloud as
they beat. The prisoner bowls and
cries and begs, tears streaming from
his eyes, for though it does not break
the skin, it is extremely painful.
The men sitting On the prisoner joke
and laugh, the officers standing about
carry on animated conversations, and
as this all takes place in a courtyard,
open to the street, children run in and
out, playing and laughing, mothers
with babies in their arms look stolidly
on, the babies blinking solemnly,
while a little crowd of curious men
stand about the entrance.
The mixed court, being jointly un-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-10-31
New Idea In Addressing Letters.

A new kink in addressing envelopes
has been noticed recently by some of
the post Office clerks. Instead Of the
word personal on these envelopes to
indicate that the letter is intended
only for the eye of the person adj
dressed has been written Himself"
In each case these letters had been
sent from England. In some parts Of
ireland the head of the household is
always referred to by the members Of
the family as himself" and the infu-
ence of that custom may have had its
effect on the English writer's, or pos
sibly the writer's were Irishmen living
in Englaud.-N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-10-31

der the Jurisdiction of foreigners. is
necessarily more merciful and lenient
than an unmixed Chinese court.
A gentleman told me of witnessing
a courtroom scene in the interior of
China, where a man who refused to
confess was struck on the ankle bone
with a mallet until he tainted from
the hideous pain-the bone being
crushed to a jelly.
The most dreadful of all executions
in China is the ling chez, or hundred
cuts, where the condemned man Is
given SO cuts on different parts of the
body, contrived with such devilish
cunning that death does not come
until the last cut, reaching the heart,
puts them out of their agony.
This execution is only administered
for three crimes; attempted assassina-
ton of the emperor or empress, the
killing of father or mother or the kill
ing of a husband by wife. The killing
of a wife by husband is not so seri-
Gus matter.
In China a man must sign his own
death warrant by linking his thumb
and making the impression of It on the
paper. Chinese law, when once 1t has
a man in its clutches, is loath to. give
him up whether he be innocent or
guilty. So If he does not sign the war
rant willingly he is tortured until ha
does it in sheer desperation.
Political prisoners, who are SEN
fenced to Punishment, seldom reach
the place of their destination, for after
such sentence there is almost always
an accident. either by the chair In
which he is carried being tipped while
on a bridge by one of the coolies
stumbling and thrown into the river,
where there is no hope Of escape from
the clumsy, tightly-closed affair, Or
else the banished one is mysteriously
attacked by highwaymen and muir
dered.
All executions of any sort are free
for anyone, man, woman or child, to
witness. And the effect of that uni
versal and deadly system of bribery is
only too apparent, system that saps
the strength and ability of China tc
become great country, for from one
end of the kingdom to the other there
is no disinterested desire for ad
vancement; only case of the big fish
eating up the little ones-and no mar
so great that he cannot be bought.
II q prisoner condemned to be be
headed will pay the executioner fai
bribe he may expect to be sent. out o.
existence with neatness and dispatch
after being heavily drugged witt
opium. But If he refuses, he must sui
fer q clumsy execution that will be at
tended by torture and pain before thl
! end finally comes. Even in the simple
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-10-31

Much of the tobacco grown in east
ern Bengal is marketed in Calcutta.
whence it is shipped to Burma, where
it is manufactured into cheroots.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-10-31

The mixed court. being Jointly un-
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
BASEBALL GAME FOR CHARITY
Metropolitan and Chevy Chase Clubs
Matched to Play.
Contest Under Auspices OF Ladies'
Auxiliary of Providence Hospital
for Bement of Free Wards.

The undefeated Chevy Chase Club base.
ball team will tackle the nine represent
ing the Metropolitan Club at American
League Park on Wednesday, April %,
starting at 4:30 o'clock
The game will be played under the au-
spices OF the Ladies' Auxiliary OF Provi-
dence Hospital for the benefit OF the free
wards OF the hospital. Music will be fur
nished by WARNS Band.
The teams will probably lineup as fol-
lows:
Metropolitan team--Ned Mitchell Henri de Sibosur,
F1enine Newbold. Horace westoott, Jack Story,
Evans. William Hit, Billy Merriam. Murray Co0b.
HuidOkofcr, Owens. and Mccoy.
Chevy Chase Club-Ned Mclean. Beak Bloogner,
DIR. j. h. Bayne. Dr. James +. Mitchell Dr Bills
Mason Dr. GlA1sbrook Newbold. Britton Brown,
ChaubCrlin. Faulkner and Brooks
Iatronesscs-Mrs Huh. Mrs Gaff. Miss Cannon.
Mrs White, Mrs Roland Cotton smith Mrs.
Sciey Airs. Sands, Nine siortes, mrs. Chauncey
Dcpew. Miss Mathilde Townsend, Mrs y. A. NJ.
Hopkins. Mrs. Alfred Hopkins Mrs Mccartney,
Mrs Lincoln, Mrs. Dewey Mrs Hannis Taylor.
Mrs, ChatArd. Baroness M0pcheur. sonora Godoy,
baroness Mayer dea Planches. HARDNESS Hrngcl-
muller. Mrs Taft. Mrs Oscar Strans, Baroness
Spcck Stenbcrg, Mrs. Bourne Cochran, Mrs.
George Hamilton, the Misses Merrick Mrs. Webb,
Mrs. Ekins Mrs James r. Barbour, Mime. Nabuco,
Mime. Jusscrand, Mrs Murray Cobb. Mr< FfOulke.
Mrs James Il. Mitchell, Mrs Charles w. Richard
SON, Miss Acosta-
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

Special to The Washington Herald.
Cincinnati, Ohio April 1S.-Joe Cam
tillon manager OF the Washington
American League team, Is slated TO be
toasted on the griddle OF the national
baseball commission for his alleged
sharp practice in the case OF Bert Kee-
ley, who pitched AT New York tod day
Keeley asked Ban Johnson's advice
and now Chairman Hermann, of the SUI
preme court OF baseball, Is investi-
eating.
"On it's face, the case bears the APP
pearance of sharp practice" said he.
"Cantllon tried TO place Keeley where
he could draw him back any time. BY not
asking for waivers, ne did not attract
the attention of other managers 20 the
youngster, and had KeeIey gone TO the
Logan Squares quietly, the Washington
club would have escaped paying him a
salary and at the same time have had
a string attached TO the player. Kee-
ley signed with Washington. and he
cannot be released to any other team
until waivers have been asked The
national commission won't stand for
any trickery, and il II is found that
Cantillon and Callahan are trying to
hoodwink us, there viii be some fur
flying"
Just what action viii be taken by
the commission is not stated.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
SCORING BASE STEALING.
President PulllRm Agrees thRt Com
mon sense Must Be Used.

Cincinnati. April 1S.-President Pulliam.
OF the National League who was here to-
day. said:
when two base runners negotiate a
double steal each should be credited with
a stolen base but IL the catcher throws
one OF the two out the other should not be
credited with a stolen base, as he reaches
his destination on put-out.
Il hardly think II fair TO the catcher to
credit one runner with a stolen base II he
nips the other when the pair try for a
double steal" said PuIlam. 'EIe certainly
cannot throw Out both base runners and
should be protected to that extent. OF
course. there may be some who differ
with me- but that is my opinion.
You can't imagine how many inquiries
/ receive about different plays that come
pp during a season. There are hundreds
OF them and 1 suppose in many cases my
opinion differs radically from that Of some
one else. Scoring is. to great extent,
matter OF Judgment.
''At present / cannot think OF any plan
by which a universal system OF scoring
every play can be decided upon. l have
known OF instances where half the scoT-
ers in a press box have credited player
with hit, while the other half gave
fielder an error
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
PENN STATE BEATS VIRGINIA
Change of Pitchers Proves Fatal to
Charlottesville Team.
Douglas, who Followed Morrison fn
the BOX, Unable TO Locate Plate,
and Visitors PHle Up Six Runs.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special TO The Washington HeFald
Charlottesville, Va, April lS.-Virginia
had Pennsylvania State College beaten up
TO the seventh, when a change of pitchers
was tried Freshman Douglas who sue
ceeded Morrison, was as wild as a March
hare, sending the first four men who
faced him TO first hurry call was sent
for Walker, but before he could warm up
five additional runs had been scored, al
though only two hits were made in the
inning. In the three innings be Off
ciated, Walker famed six.
Both teams batted freely. sending out
good clean drives. Vorhis put up a
superb game at backstop.
The score:
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

Left on -Penusylvania State. l6; Virginia, 7.
First base on baIls-of Vorhs. 8 of Douglas 2
Hits madc--Od Morrison. in innings: of
Walker. 5 in ; irnines Struck Ont-By VOrhia, s;
hg Morrison. 2; by Walker. g. Sacrifice hits
Haycrstick l.. Yorhis Hoh. Stolen bases-Cree.
Hume q Cabaniss Thom. Double plays-R Vohis
TO Hirshman; COulson Kelly Hit by pitcher
BY Vorhs 2; by Douglas. 2; BY Walker ;.
Passed halls-L. Vorhis. Umpire -HoffDer. Time
Of gane-2 hours and Is minutes.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
HANS WAGNER rs HAPPY.
Great shorstOp Realizes that lie Cam
not Quit Diamond at This Time.

Cincinnati. April 1S.-Hans Wagner
rejoined the Pittsburg team to-day.
II have been convinced" said Wag-
ner that the team needs my serV-
ices and decided to get back into the
game.
There was no financial trouble or
any other misunderstanding between
the club and myself I simply thought
/ was tired OF the game and wanted a
rest but I guess 1 was wrong"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
LEHIGH BADLY BEATEN.
Washington and Lee Rolls up score
of to 4 at Lexington.
eciaI to ~ Washington nerAld.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Lexington, Va, April 1S.-The strong
aggregation from Lehigh University suf-
fered defeat to-day at the hands Of Wash
ington and Lee University by to /.
Hard hitting. clever pitching. and good
fielding won the game for the locals.
Paredes pitched "A good game and tho
visitors had difficulty i'm finding him. Luhn
at first played his usual steady game.
Lehigh made several errors at critical
times. Score:
r. H. y.
w I. U............e 0 o O , x-6 /
Iehizn ...............O o o 0-l
Batteries-W. T.. L., Parcdcs and Hood Lehigh.
Flip ln and StcrnCr. Struck Out-By iaredes, 10;
nv FIippin g. Bases on hals-On parcdos q on
F1ippn l. Umpres-Ar. Dalton. University Of
Virginia and MT Mahry, North Carolina League
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
The Score.

First base BY erurs-Brooklyn, B. New York, 1.
Left ON bascs-BrookSn, 10; New York 7. FIRST
base balls-Oh passoriis s. of Mathewson /.
Struck out-Ry Mathewson. ". Two-base hits
Brszsnahan. Bergen Sacrifice hit-Donltn. Stolen
bases-Iattee, Tenney. Bnrch. Hit by pitcher
By rast0Tius B. Umpires Ersssie and RuCldcr
ham. Time Of game-l hour and 40 minutes.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

AZ indianapolis indianapolis g. Kansas City, g.
60 innings, called acCount ~ darSness.l
AZ Louisville Aiilw ankee. g. Louisville l.
At Columbus Columbus. 6: st. Paul T.
Toledo Minneapolis game postponed wet grounds
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
MATHEWSON In FORM
Shuts Out Brooklyn Despite
Errors by Giants.
WINNERS BAT OPPORTUNITY

Land ON TSastOrfous I'm First and Sew
enth Innings and score Twice tn
Each ROund-TeRney aRd Bresna-
amn WELD Bi& stick, Getting Two
Hits ApIece--'Matty' Fans Twelve.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

First base on bas-Of Fromme. or Reulbach.
g; on Pfester. I. Struck oUt-By Frpmme by
Reulbach. by Phester. l. Two-base hit-rinker.
Donbe pnys-Tukcr 70 Evera 10 Chance; Hostetter
20 konetchy Hit by pitcher-By Reulbach !.
Passed hall Hosteter. Umpire Mr. Riglcr.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
ST. LOUIS, 8; CHICAGO, 2.
Cardinals score Their First victory
of the Regular Season.

st. Louis, April 1S.-The Cardinals to-
day won their first game of the season,
taking il from the Cubs. Reulbach was
taken out Of the box, because OF Wild
ness. Score:
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
Fordham wins from Harvard.

Cambridge Mass, April iS.-The
Fordham College nine, which started
this season by beating Yale, won from
Harvard this afternoon by TO z.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
TO-DAY,s GAMES.
PRttsburr Mt CINCINNATI.
Chfcago at So. Louis.

Brooklyn, N. ", April 1s.--Opportune
hitting in the first and seventh innings,
aided by Mathewson's good pitching, en-
abled the New York Nationals to shut
out Brooklyn to-day.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
AFTER BERT KELLEY
National Commission InveS-
tigates His Standing.
CHARGES OF SHARP PRACTICE

Chairman Hermann Declares that
He VIII Make ID Hot for CantiHIOn
Trying TO HOOdwink the Supreme
COurt OF the Baseball world.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
YEsTIlRDAY's REsULTs.

New York, Al BrOOiSlyn, q.
st. Louis, 80 Chicago, =.
Philadelphia, 81 Boston, z.
bmrE-CtRcsmnntf train).
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
MINOR LEAGUES.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.

AT Memphis Memphis l. Little Rock. o
AZ Montgomery Montgomery, Birmingham, 2
Al New Orleans Mobile 2; New Orleans, I.
At Nash villc-Rain.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
Wet Grounds at CINCINNATI.

Cincinnati. April ts.-The game between
the Pittsburg and Cincinnati Nationals
was postponed to-day on account OF wet
grounds.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
PHILADELPHIA, 8; BOSTON, 2.
RS WRldness Proves Fatal.
AcQ utIlan Is InvtncibIe.

Philadelphia April 1S.-Dorners Wild
ness gave the Philadelphia Nationals the
game over Boston to-day McQuilIan was
invincible with men on bases. Score:
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

Left ON baScs-Boston. l, Philadelphia, T. First
base On balls-On Domers l. Struck ont-By Nc
Quiin, L. Three-base hits-Sweeney TNgobase hits
-Dahien, Masee. Double plays Dahlen, Richey and
McGann l2l. Umpire-Mr. klam. Time Of game
1 hour and 30 minutes.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
COTTON STATES LEAGUE.

At Vicksburr -vicksburg. S; Gulfport. l.
Al Columbus Meridian, 2. Columbus. O.
At Monroe Jackson, G Monroe S.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-22
CHINESE OBJECT To
nORTGAGIHG THE JOSS

There are many mutterings Of dissatis-
faction against the officers of the
Kwoek On Society among the society
members and it IS predicted that there
win be q serious outbreak and faction
fight in the society before long. As
nearly as can be learned the officers are
anxious to square of the debt existing
against the new society hall on Kukui
street and are about to mortgage the
hall and the sacred joss TO raise the
money. The majority of the members
are opposed to any such mortgage
and want to wait until after the annual
election of officers, when they propose
to put in new men and raise the money
needed by subscription
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-22
THE KILTIES.

The performance given by the
s'Kltfes is not only band concert
but big vaudeville show as well.
The Clan tombstone troupe of dane,
ers. the Royal Bagpipers, vocal soloists
and vocal choir, to say nothing OF the
instrumental soIoists, viii combine with
the great military band in giving an
entertainment that has seldom oeen
equaled here.
This band has created furore wher-
ever it has appeared, and the public
of Honolulu are, indeed, fortunate IN
having the opportunity OF hearing tins
monster musical organization.
The parade TO be given Immediately
after the arrival of the S. s. Mariana
will no doubt attract the entire pop
ulaee and create Eush for seats at the
hox-offiee.
It may then be too late to get good
Jones. so don't procrastinate, but get
aboard the band wagon at once and
see Wall. Nichols Co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-22
S25 Reward

WIN be paid by the HAWAIIAN GA
KETTE CO.. LTD, for the arrest and
sonviction CT any person found stealing
eoptez OF the Advertiser from adj
dresses OF subscribers.
c. 8. CRANE.
Manager.