The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-01
-rpK1sH PUNIsHMENTS.
esuinals Do Not Receive Such
severe Sentences as in Former
Times.

times.
I, Turkey twenty years ago men were
,..ged for tritlcS; trHdcsmen who sold
p1rt weight might ! nailed by the ear
Their own doorpo,ts; and petty thieves,
W~eIl As men who were impertinent to
s.;,l, or who refused to pay their
I go twice over. were bastinadocd on
- coles of their feet This last punish
S.,t by the way, was light or cruel ac-
ding a. the patient was accustomed to
~hrefootcd or to spend his life in ba-
t,aches. The water carriers, porters,
,,.ct fruit sellers. and peasants generally.
sIo.e soles were like horn, cared little
q, twenty five cuts with bamboo; but
- ,ra.Icsmcn, clerks. and women the
v.,1De. were eycruciatingly painful, and
1,,rpht weeks of lamcness.
The present Sultan has abolished the
.,tinado in the European part of his do
.iuions, and practically done away with
auital punishment. except for brigandage
od for attempts of assassinating high Off
s,s Even brigands, however. are only
hanged when they have laid hands on for
,ipncrs and caused an outcry in the Euro
yau press. Genuine Turks seldom find
heir way into Jail. saving for murder or
Inability to pay taxes, and the murders
are often committed under the influence of
rIrious fanaticism. when the Mussul-
man, driven mad by the fast of the Ra-
MAIDEN or by the rcjoicings of the Bairam
belidays. runs amuck with knife among
crowd of Giaours. Such offenders,
however, are Away leniently dealt with
by the Pashas, unless, of course. they
hippcn to kill a foreign Christian having
an Ambassador to avenge him.
In Turkish prisons the Mussulmans and
Christians are kept apart, and the former,
Ia grave and gcntlemanlike-looking set of
| men. bask in the sun most of the day.
mOking, and they perform frequent ablu-
hons at the trickling fountain in the mid
de of their airing yard. They give no
trouble, and wait with the utmost patience
until it shall please Allah to open the
prison doors for them. The Christians,
herd of Greeks, Bulgarians and Mace
domains, with the most villainous faces.
morals and manners imaginable, have 10
be ruled with a tight hand to be kept
from strangling one another. When it
becomes necessary to hang one of these
gentry, the Greek goes to his punishment
smuggling and bowling: the Turk makes
10 more ado about the matter than if he
we're going to have his head shaved. As
the Turkish cxchequer provides no hang
nan or ropes for executions. some curious
things occasionally happen. Not long
ago Turk, who had to be hanged a,
Kird ioli, walked about the town for al
hour with two soldiers who had been or
dered to execute him. These soldier,
did not mean to buy rope with their
own money, and they failed to borrow
one Eventually they broke into stable,
stole rope, and hanged their man from
ANAL over the door Temple Bar.
After the hawk had been there three
weeks or so the rats became scarce.
Then Mr. Baldwin set wire trap in his
ganary and caught an old settler. 1t
was big and vicious old rat, and il
BIZ the wires of the trap and squcaled
hard to get out. Mr.. Baldwin carried
the trap into the cellar. intending to lib
crate the rat and let the hawk go fol
IT,
When he got there the hawk was
srched on the apple-rack, apparently
half asleep. . He held the trap up toward
the hungry bird. the rat squealed with
terror at sight of the hawk, and the hawk
vaked right up and was ready for bust
ness. Going to q corner of the cellar, iif-
teen feet from the hawk, Mr.. Baldwin
nised the trap to a level with his Shout
ders, and got ready to lift the lid. With
It's neck stretched out ut full length, tho
eager hawk watched every movement o!
the slucallng rat from its perch. 1t was
prepared to spring at an instant's notice,
and Mr. Baldwin quickly opened the
tap. The rat made a jump for freedom.
and the hawk darted ut it like flash and
caught it before it touched the floor
For moment the rat squealed louder
Tan ever, and tried to bite the hawk, but
the bird handled it as though it were Il
paything, flying up to its perch before
The rat was dead.
Several more rats were caught in the
barn and let loose in the same way, and
not once did the hawk fail to grab ono
before it had reached the cellar bottom.
After spell the fun got to be stale. and
etew days ago MIR. Baldwin killed the
hawk with chloroform. and is having d
scranton taXidermist stuif the skin
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