Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1890-11-29
TIE WHIPPING POST.
Romaos Usad the Lash More Than
Any Other Nation.
whipping In nae~n EiGshrth's T1ms-
FtaE~iiatisa In france Hnd Fioliaad-Uss
ef ths Rad "a Russia and the orient.

whipplag In 0ae~n EHash-ts's time
TlAg~IIatios IN france Hsa FIoliasd-Uss
ot ths Rod "a Russia and the OFtent.
The Grst nIeHtioa Of whipping as a
punishment ocears In the Gfth chapter
Of Exodas, where Ec find that Pharaoh
whipped the officers of the Israelites
,khen they did not furnish the required
Number Of bricks which they we're COM
Pelled to make every day.
In ancient times says a writer in
American NstFs and Queries, the ROM
ans carried whipping ss punishment
farther tlltsst ny other nation, aud their
judges Keza surrounded E5tis "A array
of diT.Fs EfsdS ~ whips Wt.ll calculated
70 stiSig'ir IAe offau4rzwao might be
brought bsfsri thCusy Tue rnildest form
Of wiiIp was EaI feather strap called
the trra3a, aasi >6n- Of she most severe
was the fsgf'Ja,a which was made OF
plated OK hide and almost as hard as
iron.
From ancient times the use Of whip
ping car he traced through the Middle
Ages down 70, comparatively speaking,
morc modern times. when IL IS easier
70 fin.s record eE the gse Of tic rcd.
In 4geea ElizabetL's tinle tie whip.
ping-post was an established institution
in almost every village in England. the
municipal records Of she time informing
Us that the usual fee 70 tho exevutioneE
for administering the punishment was
flour pencc head" In addition TO
Whipping being thought an excellent
eorrektivc for crime, the authorities Of
certain tosn in liantiagdonSbire must
have considered the Use of the lash as
sort Of universal snceiiic as we'll, for the
corporation rcrer5s ef this town mem
tiOn that they paid eigat-penee tn
Thomas Hawkins for whipping two peO-
pie IT had the small pax
In Franco and Holland whipping does
not seem 10 haze heen 50 generally
practical The ls..t seH4aa wlse vas
puhliely whipped in France By jadieial
decree was Jeanne st. Eetni do valois,
comtessc dc Ia Motto. for her share in
the abstraction Of I;,st diamond neck
lace which has given point 10 so many
stories
In connection with the history Of flag
ellation in Franco may be mentioned
the custom which prevailed there land
atso IN ttztyT IN sfdoH times OF ladies
visiting their ae91aintanees while still
IN bed on tsac morning OF the : FESTIVAL
of tho Innocents.- and whipping them
for any injnries. either real or faneied,
which tAe.xacaans nAy hare done 70 the
xsag ageiiasAss 6 urins the past year.
Anor& the Eastern nations fhe rod In
various forms played prominent part,
SD from Ehat We read China might be
saad p ee almost governed BY IL Ja-
pan y sanga4arly tree nom the practice
q Whipping. but make up for 1t by haT-
sag remarkably sansuinaEy criminal
esae.
Bassia is-=heseEeE par excellence .
hDn1e Of the whip and the rod. the Rus
saans having been governed fron time
iaamenorial By the aseef the lash
Aaaay Of the Russian soonarehs were
Adepts In TIM use q the whip. and were
also paEtsculariy Ingenious In asaking
tAtngs unpleasant fer these aFoand
them. Catherine II. vas 80 particu-
iasiy fond q this variety Of punishment
tWhaeh abe sfeen aamiaisteeed IN per
senl, that II amounted almost 10 a pas
sson With her. lt Is related thai she car
Elad this eraze 20 tSF that one time the
ladtea % ths court bad 10 coHae 70 the
winter ealAee with tlseifS dresses 80 ad-
fHssf1 that the Emuress could shin ae