The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-01-22
CRUELT|ES IN CHINA,
Torture of Prisoners Carried to
Point of Refinement.
HOME OF THE WATER DEATH.
A Worse inf1icticn Than That Of BEING
Tied to a Beam by tho Thumbs and
Big Toes-Tho Bastinado and Floe.
ging With Split Bamboo.


( gins With Split Bamboo.
/ China is land OF contradictions ant
mysteries 1t bristles with surprises
The phlegmatic nature Of It's natives
! Is In marked contrast to their inheren
cruelty
What poor. weak looking baby"
you might say to Chinaman about
his offspring. and he will merely shrue
his shoulders in reply. Meet him In
months time and ask him how the
younEstcr is getting on.
THE disease was fatal one" be
viii answer with another significant
shrug II the child were q girl you
could safely draw your own conclu.
sIons as to ltS fate John China imam
has no use for deformed or very sick.
IS children. particularly girls.
Torture OF prisoners has been car
rird TO Il point OF refinement. one 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-
Ncienlly to prevent dislocntlon OF the
neck.
His hands were bound behind him
so that he could not relieve himself
and he was left to be jeercd at by the
public until hunger and exhaustion put
an end to his SufferingS.
The day of the baStinado. too. Is by
hn ri Go SJtr
up In reverse condition. and the
naked soles OF his feet are pounded
with cane. with the result that the
victim seldom RECEIVERS.
But the more common form of fog
ging Is to beat the thighs with the
concaye side of a split bamboo, which
cuts ut every stroke into the flesh.
China. Ivy the way, was the home Of
that terrible death by water drops
The victims head was placed on a
how hard block. and drops of water
at short intervals were allowed to fall
from n height on to his forehead-a
FAR, far worse innlction than that Of
being tied to a beam by the thumbs
and big toes.
The canGue IS regarded as COM
paratively mild sort OF punishment.
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.
description Of the offense is also
attached to the victims body, and as
he cannot feed himself he has to rely
on the public for sustenance
Conservative to degree, it Is not
surprising to find that the wheelbar-
row ns passenger conveyance Is still
IN vogue. as. too Is the ferry. consist
ing Of light canoe. towed across the
water by a number OF swimmers.
Machinery for the most part is de
spised. and the mill. 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 cement basin,
over which is a heavy stone at the end
OF long lever. This is worked up and
down by two boards. In the form Of a
cross. attached to the axle Of a 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
enc To the other, a brass scale on Il
float in the bottom one indicating as 1t
rises the hour OF the day
At O'Clock every afternoon the low
est jar Is emptied and the upper one
retiled On the outside walls OF the
city are displayed boards with the
number OF the hour on them. so that
all may see, And this has gone on
without break since 1921
Funerals appear almost mockery 10
the visitor II money can be freely
spent manager is appointed. and
from the highways and the byways
dressed up IN amazing costumes. sup
piled with dazzling umbrellas. stand
ards and boards which are carried
over their shoulders in long straggle.
Others carry small houses and carts
made OF card paper. horses. men. wom-
en-. etc, Indicative of the dead one s
treasures, aud these. with heaps of pa
per coins and paper money. are burn
ed NJ the grave 50 that they may be
enjoyed In the life beyond
Hired mourners with cymbals, gongs
and wind Instruments keep up con
tinuous series of howls and noises. 10
which Is added the boohoo. boohoo.
OF an ear racking horn worked some
thing like a garden hose.
Women are regarded as nothing in
China, They are brought up In *
norauce OF the world outside. the one
object OF their life being to get mar
ried and have sons to follow the IN,
theirs \ girl is not even allowed 70
look upon her husband until she A &C.
tually welded. -London Ladies' Field
Not Very Neighborlike.