St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-09-02

of the "blood for blood system and he
was directed not to abolish the system
vet. but to manage it. The law Moses
had to issue was this ''Life shall 90 for
life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
for hand, foot for foot" Deut. xix. u. J
But to prevent excess of life going for
life, the refuge cities were fixed Then
if anybody killed a person unawares he
might flee to Hebron or Shechem or any
of the seven, and be safe, shut if the re-
vengcr of blood find him without the
borders Of the city and the revenger OF
blood kill him, then he shall not be
guilty of blood" Blood for blood still,
limited not by the fifth generation but by
the walls of seven cities. The 35th
chapter of Numbers tells all about it.
We find the same rule also, in the Ko-
ran OF Mohammed. 80 true believers
the law of retaliation is ordained YOU
for the slain; the free shall die for the
free, and servant for servant, and Il
woman for woman" Cal Koran, chap
ii. Untitled, The Cow
Now although the TXar seems to us Il
very bloody sort of arrangement, there
is no doubt that as things are on the des-
ert, it is the best. Burkhardt who knew
more of the Bedouin than any man of
his time, once said that nothing but the
law of Blood Revenge kept them from
long ago discriminating each other
Without this there would be universal
war among them. There is killing
enough as it is, think, but there would
be hardly anything else, except for this
We in this country endorse capital pun
ishment. The Bedouins % a little fur
ther and kill anybody within the fifth
degree of relationship to the man who
ought TO be killed, and then call the ac-
CouIt stttIcu. IHlS II ike our system OF
modern warfare. The French say that
those cowardly Prussans are plundering
certain villages on the sacred soil of
France. But as they can't get hold of
the villains who do it, they do the next
best thing, /. e. send orders to their fleet
to plumber us many villages ON the BAL
tie coast, being very confident that these
villages harbor Just as cowardIy and VIII
famous prusslans as the ones they want.
but can't get. This also, is like the i'm
memorial systems of collegiate usage. Ii
"A pair of Freshmen are smoked ont
some winter evening they do not trouble
themselves 10 return the compliment
upon the SophomorcS, but after a wear
waiting they pay visit to tie incorniu.
class. 1t Is not difficult to find tuucLc,
OF our common humanity the world
over, and don't think the Hc,luuin SIS
TEN will suffer II great deal in compar-
l>on with some Other, nearer home.
1t sometimes happens that matter OF
blood between two parties on the desert.
Is settled by a bag of money. \ pric,
OF blood is accepted, but il this be, the
overture must always he from the slayer.
BY the law of Moses this was not al
lowed, (Numb. xxxv. 1892 and by
Bedouin law at this day it /. held rather
a cnwarlly way. The affair !, usually
arranged by some Ic.crec, but | believe
among the An"zeh, which i ARE
tribe, the price l. regulated by the tribe
and set (wherc an .Nuazeh
has slain an Anazch) at - Sh,-camcl-,
dromedlry, / are, black slave.
cat ct armor, and l gun-hui in this
tariff a camel may be RENTED for a
smart slave and two or three of them
for pretty young girl. f. T. /.