The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-06
al EXECUTION M Moaocco.
An English Traveller ZEN. Of "a. r,.nd

An English TraveIer Tens OF the Fiend.
lshness OF the 81oors.
Two products OF the barbarous ap-
plication Of their savage law are the
murder eairn and the Zaouia, or sane
tunry One and the other are to be
found all through the country The
murder cairn Is but heap of stones
over the spot where a murder was
committed, to which every passer by
adds one. The sanctuary Is refuge,
in which the criminal who reaches ii
Is for time perfectly safe. II IS not
necessary to enlarge ON the utility OF
the sanctuary IN country suffering
from a government like that Of Mo
rocco
All this cruelty, as practiced accord
ing 70 the law OF the land. has pro
duced IN the Moors an Indifference TO
life more eallous than that evinced by
most Orientals- The following story,
related by an EngIishman, who was
an eye witness of the events, Is hoF-
Tible illustration of this fatalism and
Of the absolute reverence IN which the
sultan's decree Is held.
An Engiishman, resident in Taneier,
seeking one morning to leave the town
Dl OlAt- VI Afc EtALt7, iOuuQ the B4lc
closed and n large crowd assembled
before II. BE also saw a number Of
soldiers. and in their midst couple of
prisoners with their hands bound to
their sides. One was mountaineer
from the Riff, the other a tall and
handsome young fellow, a native Of
Bic asked what crime these men had
committed
The sultan" was the answer
may God prolong his days-has
oFlierCd their heads 70 be struck off be-
cause they have been engaged IN
smuggling on the Riff coast.
1T IS u very severe punishment,
urged the Englishman.
do not argue with me, Nazarine,
said the officer. Il have received my
orders and must obey"
The execution was TO take place in
the Jewish slaughter house. A Moor,
repulsive IN appearance and dressed as
a butcher, was there awaiting the con-
demncl His weapon was a small
knife with blade some six inches
long. lie was a stranger, and had
offered his services because all the
MOhanlmetlan butchers of Tangier had
taken refuge in a sanctuary.
a heated discussion arose between
this wretch and the officer in charge as
10 the blood money he was to receive
for the job. The two victims stood by
and listened The butcher demanded 20
francs a head. The officer finally
agreed. though with i'll grace Then the
butcher seized the Rifiian, threw him
on the ground, and knelt OH his chest.
Tic ETSliShman turned away his
heal He heard sounds of horrible
struggle, in the midst of which a
hoaTse voice cried, Give me another
knife mine docs not cut" Another
knife WIS brought and the head hewn
from tile body. The soldiers cried
family. God prolong the life of our
lord and master"
Then came the second victim. He
hsd watched the operation. Again
they wr2ngled over his blood, the
officer refused to remember his prom
ise and said he would only give 20
francs for both heads. The butcher
accepted The prisoner begged that
his hands might be unbound He
gave his cloak to one soldier, saying,
I'VE shall meet in the next world"
He threw his turban to another He
cried, IN a clear voice, ''There is no
God but God, and Mohammed is his
prophet and taking off his belt gave
~ I'N "t'tSiLo[I Say ing; AdAo IT. anu
for the love of God deal more quickly
with NE than with My brother Then
lie stretched himself on the earth in
the blood and the executioner knelt on
him.
IA reprieve-stopI' cried the Eng
lishInan. a horseman gaIloped to
waEIi them. The butcher held his
knife.
1T is only the governors son, " said
a soldier, .'come to see the execution;
wait for him"
They waited.
The incident occurred some wears
ago. but since then neither the GUS
toms nor the characters nor the
methods of administering the law of
the MOors have undergone any
change. No change indeed is pos
sible so long as the country is gov
crIied by the Shereefs; and so long as
Morocco remains in the hands of the
AOors no other form of government is
possible. and no-attempt can be made,
with any hope Of success, to arrest the
decadsaree of q people who, from being
foremost among the pioneers of civil
izatT1zs ln the past, have Now sunk
into II state of brutal degradation only
Surp;cEeGk by that of the semi cannibal
savagcs of the Niam-Niam and kindred
tribes OF Central Africa The pity OF
this IS bat the greater that the Moorish
PeasantEy, apart from their fanaticism,
are sill u frugal, upright and warlike
race WHO retain TO this day, in spite of
all the evil agencies that have SO long
been ut work to destroy them, many
of tlc honorablea and soldicrly instincts
that n;ldc their ancestors SO great
nation.-LOndon Times.
A shrewd Patient.
Every community has its quacks,
who pretend to cure the incurable, and
TO DO everything else short of raising
the dead The WHITEHALL Reviepz re-