The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-01-29
CRUELT|ES N CHINA,
Torture of Prisoners Carried to
Point of Refinement.
HOME OF THE WATER DEATH.
A Worse infection Than That Ct Being
Tied to a Beam by the Thumbs ard
Eiq Tocs-The Bastinado and Flos-
cling With Split Bamboo.


mysteries 1t bristles with surprises
The phIcgmatic nature Of its natives
Is In marked contrast to their Inherent
cruelty.
What a poor. weak looking baby"
YOU might say to Chinamnn about
his offspring. and he will merely shrug
his shoulders in reply. Meet him in
months time and ask him how the
youuGstcr is getting on.
"Thc disease was Il fatal one" lie
will answer. with another significant
shruc If the child were q girl you
could safely draw your own conclu-
slons rs to It's fate. John Chinaman
has 40 use for dpformcd or very sick
~ children. particularly girls.
Torture Of prisoners has been car
ried To Il point of refinement One OF
the most terrible was surely the cage
IN mich Il man was placed so that bis
head just protruded at the top. while
his toes only touched the ground suf-
tcicntly to prevent diSlocation Of the
neck.
His hands were bound behind him
and he was left to be jccrcd at by the
public until hunger and exhaustion put
an end 10 his sufferings
The day of the baStinado too. IS by
no means over, The prisoner IL strung
up in n reverse condition, and the
naked soles of his feet are pounded
with n cane. with the result that the
victim seldom RECEIVERS
Eut the more common form of fog
cling is to beat the thighs with the
conCave side Of n split bamboo. which
cuts at every stroke into the flesh.
China. by the way, was the home Of
that terrible death by water drops.
The Victims head was placed on n
low hard. block. and drops Of water
1T short intervals were allowed to fall
from height on to his forehead-a
far, far worse inllction than that Of
being tied to a beam by the thumbs
| and big toes
The cangue is regarded as n COM
paratively mild sort OF punishment.
| This consists Of Il 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 offcnse Is also
attached to the victims body. and rs
he cannot feed himself he has to rely
on the public for sustenance.
Conservative to a degree, II Is not
surprising to find that the Whcclbar-
| row as passenger conveyance Is still
IN vogue, as, too, is the ferry, consist
Ing Of a light canoe. towed across the
water by number OF swimmers.
Machinery for the most part Is de
spised. and the min, still used for win
moving the staple diet rice. is OF the
simplest and most out Of date descrip
ton possible.
The rice Is placed In Il cement basin,
over which Is heavy stone at the end
Of Il long lever This IS worked up and
down by two boards. In the form OF a
cross. attached to the axle OF huge
hand turned wheel
For simplicity Of keeping city In
formed Of the time Canton would be
hard to beat In one OF the temples
are four large earthen jars on success
slve shelves
Water descends by slow drops from
one to the other, a brass scale on a
float In the bottom one indicating as IT
rises the hour OF the day
AZ 3 o'clock every afternoon the low
est jar is emptied and the upper one
-aIS # hA
city are displayed boards with the
number OF the hour on them, SO that
all may see And this has gone on
without a break since 1921.
Funerals appear almost mockery TO
the visitor II money can be freely
spent manager is appointed, and
from the highways and the byways
street boys and besgars are collected,
dressed up IL amazing costumes, sup
piled with dazzling umbrellas, stand,
ards and boards. which are carried
over their shoulders In long struggle.
Others carry small houses and carts
made OF card paper. horses, men, won
en-, etc, indicative OF the dead ones
treasures, and these. with heaps OF pa
per coins and paper money. are burn
ed at the grave SO that they may be
enjoyed In the life beyond
Hired mourners with cymbals. gonss
aud wind instruments keep up con
tinuous series Of bowls aud noises, &c
which Is added the boohoo boohoo
of au ear racking horn worked some
, thing Ike garden hose.
Women are regarded as nothing ii
China They are brought up In TX
noranCe Of the world outside, the on,
object Of their life being 10 get mar
: ried aud have sons 10 follow the IA
theirs 4 girl Is not even allowed t,
look upon her husband until she + &c
tuully welded. London Ladies' Field.