The Arvada enterprise., 1910-10-14
Aryada Boy in
Germany.

middle ages and it really doesn' t
seem possible that humans and
especially those practicing the
Christian religion could have
been so cruel and heartless.
One of the most interesting
and terrible things is the iron Vir-
gin, a hollow figure of heavy iron
some six feet in height with iron
spikes on the inside of the door;
the victim was thrust inside then
the door was closed, when cries
were no longer heard the door
was opened and the body thrown
into the river.
There is a torture chair with
1000 sharp wooden points on
which the victim had to sit naked.
At that time the effectiveness
of the water cure was believed
in for one of the punishments
was to PROSTATE the victim,
force his mouth wide open with
an ironinstrument place funnel
in the mouth and water poured
in till the victim was dead.
A case is shown containing in
struments to cut out the tongue,
or the eyes.
The SO called Spanish Donkey
is one of the cruelest ways of
punishment; the victim was made
to straddle an arrangement SINH
lar to a carpenters horse with the
top sharpened, then two weights
each weighing from 25 to 80
pounds were suspended one from
each foot. Just imagine the tor
ture to the victim seated on the
Spanish Donkey.
The baker who sold under
weight was placed in a wooden
cage suspended on a long pole
then ducked into the water.
There are branding irons used
to brand the victims so that they
could be easily recognized. There
are iron pinchers used to pinch
the flesh. Tongue pillars of iron
to put in the mouth to prevent
the victim from screaming; head
bands of iron clamped round the
head and frightened. Then, too,
the feet and legs and fingers
were put in Vice like machines
and the screws frightened till the
bones were broken.
There is a cradle with the en-
tire inside lined with sharp pegs;
lin this the victim was rocked.
If a man misbehaved he was
placed in a heavy wooden churn
similar to a dasher churn, his
head and legs below the knees
were the only parts exposed, in
This he was made to walk around
the town with a sign making
known his fault. The scolding
wives and gossiping women were
made to go about wearing masks
representing donkeys, dragons,
etc. A rolling pin set with sharp
iron pegs was rolled over the
back. Neck collars with pointed
spikes on the inside were worn.
Victims were placed on a wooden
rack with hands and feet tied; a
handle was turned and the joints
Of arms and legs pulled apart.
A long sword was shown with
an inscription with the name
Jesus Christ and a figure repre-
senting justice on it: with this
sword over 300 people were killed.
On my way to Dresden | made
il most happy acquaintance.
The train had to stop at the sta
ton a half hour and | was walk
ing back and forth on the plat
form when a fine looking old gen
tleman spoke to me and said,
Isn't that Beta Theta Pi on
your fob?" Then l discovered
he was a Beta from Iowa Wes-
leyan, classmate of Judge
Whitford from Denver; enjoyed
the ride to Dresden with him and
his wife.
Dresden, the capitol of the
kingdom of Saxony is a city of
$4,000 inhabitants lying on the
banks of the river Elbe, it is a
beautiful city but to me its
greatestattraction is the magic
picture gallery one of the finest
in the world. l spent five or six
perfectly happy hours in this gal
lery.
The gem of the collection is
=. Raphal's "Sistine Madonna, a
masterly production showing the
Madonna with a solemn awe in
spring gaze seeming to take in
the whole world; a great master
piece of Correggio, 1.-The Adora-
tion of the Shepherds" or the
far famed Holy Night" is a
marvel of beauty in breadth of
subject, accuracy of perspective
harmony of colors and depth of