, 1872-10-27

pellent anu 1GnomlntouS rs l9 this t0rm
OF legal murder, It is considered almost pangless.
The cord produces suffocation, unless the neck
be dislocated by the fall, and sutfocation begete
insensibility to pain. The instances are nu1ner-
GUS Of persons who have hanged themselves
and been resuscitated. They have declared
that, after brief discomfort, they had delightful
light and color, and beholding such blissful ris-
ions as never were Oh sea or land. Criminals
who hare escaped BY the breaking Of rope have
described marvellous phantasmagorie, such as
fash ia through g tn the iervid dreams Of 2 poet.
criminal vino :. had escaped complete
stranging by the fracture of a cord !;
but the condemned man had found
hanging go agreeable that he declared
pardon had become matter Of indifference,
Stories ara told OF Frenchmen who have 80
much enjoyed the aeneation Of hanging that
they suspended themselves frequently, having a
previous understanding with their servants as
to the exact moment when they should be cut
down; the strictest punctuality being required
to prevent the extinction of the vital spark.
have read Of q careless valet in Paris who. after
tying up bis master to the bed-post according t.
the prescribed regulations, stepped into IN adj
joining wine-shor, and forgot all about the de-
pendent gentleman until it was too late for the
repetition Of the peculiar experiment.
The garrote, the form Of capital punishment
in Spanish countries, and the guillotine, which
has done such bloody work in France, were in
vented US & mcrciful mode of execution. have
seen them tested, and should think TINT their
manner ofinfficting death revolving az it seems,
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man beings from an airy and grotesquely awful
hoov enectan,o - haa;1oss 1919 frIa 1r1,a
tIoor opo1 y, ~ ~
i;ns "a thc cntf,act;on of iTa To,sces s ~ tha
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tin1s nf +ha on;i1n};na '1'''e anffar H.
tansa1v ID mi esnato;,,oa hu ec;a,-
t;fc ;1,,yoet;r.t;n,, erc1, anto., ax',oii;a
arI IVY se1ao er.ar ~ 1a !aa.
aatah1;st al T., ts aa,ar,,.1 ~ H. a;ai oor5
a,a ~ tIa Observation-Disclosures g 10 ,,arrn,,s
sSs.em el tne orah. ls7x,.,
:: gue ~ VI tte most oteaulul anu appain4s qeaIns
ID ~ 11e; una nence l1e na!os ga T. Oh tne n
qulnito SUI snlno VIII paletu1 glate a1u tne
l, uoanpetlese atfoclties u ,ue Aluu!e ages. 9tiA
tne s aes!ructlon m OK H1e y PUTTING ls 1aT @ less
domination to the stake ls rhetorical horror not
answered by careful examination. Excruclntlng
ana lingering US suen oeath seems, II 1s 1eaay
bf'e1: anu comparatively exempt from poaliy
ANGUISH ., ne sao IS exposed 10 nre 5 necessarily &c
inhales the flame, putting an END TO sensl-
6ll1ty and the prlnc'pie OF EltaltIy at once.
Persons rescued from burning buildings nave
been touno A1elcss thouSn tneir boule8 nad
barely been s1n6ed proving that the $40" con,
Bunalng OF hesh, WHICH appears to US so awful
ana 30 aeonlzanS, taRos pace 700 late 70 pro-
duce pain. me victim We imagine TO pe "rltn-
ine IN untosd torture, is ae tnhe llo1nene oeyono
the reach OF payslcal narn, pe5ono tne capac1ty
TO suner 1ufther.
~ has 80 happened that nave seen many men
and women die Without design or disposition
when slck persons we're eopine 10 etefhliy. l
have seen men anu women, young anu old,
cultivated anu ignorant, orthodo1 ana
heterodox, in their last moments and, as
rule, all OF them passed away, II not without
regret, at least With entire res1gnntlon. None
Of them showed dread OF the future Their
thoughts we're fixed on what they were quitting,
not on what they we're gong 70. observed
that some OF them we're troubled, perhaps DIS
treseed, when they hrst thought they could not moi
recover, but that, the nearer their ond came, the
less apprehenssve and the ca1fner they grew:
Havlng once banlshed nope, tranaullney seemed
to descend upon them as a substitute, aud atter-
ward II free from physical pain, there WAS IN
rulhed peace: encouraged TO % Deaavo they they
might get well, or II they haa 1aVo1aple sn1n.
the old anxiety, With something OF tne former
apprehension, reappeared; proving tnat thelr
mental dispmesnoe was pofn OF thelI e4Pecta- P@3,:
ton OF NE, not OF 1neH 3ear " oeath. 1:ls 1nus
was estapnsheo cloar ana!ogy pet"een naaerlal oa
aha Spiritual anga1sn eus ter e ,rhn sas
stances. ~ We naH1 W eeen, tnss "no ~ pauis
hu1t OF seflons,y III. aapei1ence nunes at ~ ~
8olne pach W Hie' VINE a9mn"a.I ~ ..i pasn 9 ~
oentn, poIn 1or uie oouy unu 'no sou'' 10 pa'so
VIII ~ smootnness ana seIenits: ,4;
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aea.n ~as n Tue mlnta.y ptlson u oauso4ly' ~
North CaIohna, where, haslng M laAen py '4e . lot.
tunes Of war lnsotne han1s o. ene enemy, lspen5
nearly tweiVe months. 9nrlng Two years PASSED
IN tae nelu, anu .uo teilu yea1 ~ o!net glaeIs u
connnoneue II 1no oout1i, nau Aao aoua-
aan5 opporInnlty 70 see plhse 1cnoMs 4 FELL IN
na.tle ana perlsmng ey incnes. nne Sailspury
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