The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29

,hey can, if Necessary. ha cba
hoaep them at work. When was bar.
laSt saw $50 men clad onI,. IL
MANS, holding on to that bar snd
whaal Up up, up, turning the
Nheei as they did so. and So h,7 ~.
weight running the 49,
Gnu lhe Blaming mills. The maD IL
puiilshed were mostly ineorrioih,a.
MO mao committed terrible cTi,no.
lntA al had chains on their legs IN
cia. ehdihs We're tied to their waist
COINS 10 relieve their ankles SnrN
efal OF the convicts had 49,,
fastened 10 the bar overhead and IN
Were forced To keep treadina ia th.
~ uhhlusical Jingle of their IRON
bound legs.
The Canncu-Bau Drill
As taf rs | can learn, the prisoners
" Wen treated. ! saw no fog
slhs, and there is no cruelty worth
mentioning. one Of the seyarast nm
ishlnent5 | saw was a gang of fo1lr
lieH exercising with cannon ball.
ms IS imposed upon men who can
not be controlled in other ways. Each
man mad q cannon bali Weighing thir-
tS-tNo pounds in his hands, ard AT
the tap Of the gong went Trough
certain motions. The four men work
ed ~ unison. AS the guard ounde
II gong Nhey lifted the shot from
the ground. Another tap and they
11iN CioSc 70 J31tlr waists. another
and they raised it to their shoulders.
AND then it went as high up into the
ar as their TWO hands could reach.
Other signals caused them 20 lower il
slowly, until it again reached the
ground There was Il motion fOr each
tap OF the gong, and the work went
on for hours at q time. am told
that the fatigue soon becomes terrible,
and that the men will welcome any
other punishment to escape this.
4 Neii Managed Prison.
The RangOOn prison is eXceilently
planned and we'll managed. The build
ingS are great sheds of one and Two
stories, running out like the spokes OF
d wheel from a circle, in which the
guards stand 50 that they can inspect
Il half dozen or more shops at one
time. The dormitories are arranged
the same way. Everything is clean
and sanitary. the prison death rate
being only sixteen per thousand.
Among the jail Institutions is a large
garden, where anti-scorbutic vegeta-
bleS are raised for the prisoners.
nearly all such food being produced
inside the jail.
The prisoners have enough to eat to
keep them in perfect condition, and
their sleek. fat forms are in striking
contrast to the lean coolies from IN
dia. who are to be seen everywhere
upon the streets. The cOnvicts eat
three meals a day. ) and
6 a. m. before going to work, they
have rice and Vegetables, and a SINH
lar meal is given them between 9 and
10. They have their last meal about
4 o'clock. when they quit for the day
Their meals are served simply. They
squat out of doors IN long rows eacl
having Il tin wash basin before him
Into this the guards ladle the food
and the men use their fingers 70 con
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cording to the government reports
the average cost of feeding each man
is about 2 cents per day, or twO-thirds
Of 1 cent per meal. The cost here in
is IS per yea for each con
vict. The total charges for clothing
are likewise small, the average PEI
head being about 81 of our money
The prisoners | saw were clad in little
more than breech cloths. although :
few wore calico jackets as we'll.
Tattcoed Con,icts.
In this description. however. | nave
omitted A suit which nearly every
criminal has and which he wears al
his life. ] refer to his suit OF tattooing
This runs from his knees to his waist
1t contains of q pair of breeches made
IN of the figures of tigers. monkey
and other animals which have been
pricked into the skin with blue and
black ink. Each animal is surround
ed by Il tracery Of letters from the
Burmesc alphabet, and diamonds,
squares and triangles OF various sizes
fill up the vacant space. TINS has
been the custom with the Burmese
men and boys from time immemorlal.
1t is not confined to criminals, but Is
common to men and boys Of all class
es. In addition. the arms, chest and
back are often tattOOed with charms,
isolated figures done in red ink. Love
charms III red are sometimes tattcOed
around the eyes. and q quall tattooed
on the jaw means love.
The ink used for the brooches is us
uaUv a solution OF lamp black 3D.
tanned from the smoke Of sessanen
oil. understand that the boys Of
the cities are more or less giving up
the tattooing Of their legs, but those
of the lower classes, to which most OF
the criminals belong, still practice the