The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-09
CRUELT|ES IN CHINA.
Torture of Prisoners Carried to
Point of Refinement.
HOME OF THE WATER DEATH.
A Worse infection Than That Of Being
Tied to . Beam by tho Thumbs and
Big Toes-rhs sastinado and Floa.
eins With Split Bamboo.

Tied to q Beam by tho Thumbs and
Big Toes-rhs sastinado and FIos.
sins With Split Bamboo.
China is land Of contradictions and
mysteries. 1t bristles with surprises.
The phlesmatic nature of its natives
Is In marked contrast to their Inherent
cruelty.
What a poor. weak looking babyv'
you might say to Chinaman about
his offspring. and he will merely shrug
his shoulders in reply. Meet him in
months time and ask him how the
younSster II getting on.
THE disease was fatal one" be
will answer. with another significant
shrug. II the child were girl you
could safely draw your own conclu-
sions as to its fate. John Chinaman
has no use for deformed or very sick
~ children. particularly girls.
Torture of prisoners has been car
ried to a point Of refinement Que OF
the most terrible was surely the cage
In which man was placed so that his
head Just protruded mt the top. while
his toes only touched the ground suf-
iciently to prevent dislocation Of the
neck
His hands were bound behind him
so that he could not relieve himself.
and he was left TO he jeered at by the
public until hunger and exhaustion put
an end to his sufferincs.
The day Of the ba<tinado. too. In by
no means over. The prisoner IN strung
up in n reverse condition. and the
naked soles Of his feet are pounded
with a cane. with the result that the
victim seldom RECEIVERS.
But the more common form OF dog
concave side Of a split bamboo which
cuts at every stroke into the desh.
China. by the way. was the home Of
that terrible death by water drops.
The victims head was placed on 4
low hard. block. and drops OF water
1t short intervals were allowed to fall
from a height on to bis forehead-a
far. far worse indictiou than that Of
being tied to q beam By the thumbs
and big toes
The cangue Is regarded as q COM
poi 0t1SCiy OOAS Vi puU1SOUSu1
This consists Of a wooden collar, about
four feet square and four inches thick.
which Is placed over the prisoners
head. so that its full weight falls on
the shoulders.
A description Of the o1ense IS also
attached to the victims body. and as
be cannot feed himself be has to rely
an fha ,uhlje FIR SnsfousorA
Conservative to degree. II Is not
surprising to ind that the wheelbar-
row as q passenger conveyance is still
In vogue. as. too. Is the ferry. consist
Ing OF a light canoe. lowed across the
water by q number OF swimmers.
Machinery for the most part il de-
spised. and the mill. still used for win
rowing the staple diet. rice. In Of the
simplest and most out Of date descrip-
don possible
The rice Is placed in . cement basin.
over which Is 4 heavy stone at the end
Of long lever. This IS worked up and
down by two boards. In the form OF Z
cross. attached to the axle OF q huge
hand turned wheel
For simplicity OF keepinx . city In
formed Of the time Canton would be
bard TO beat In one Of the temples
ars four large earthen jars on success
styo shelves.
Water. descenda h1. slQy .srqus fro4