The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-17
o1T1sgMENTs, OLD AND NEW.
..,xG POST AND KNOUT STILL
IN USE.

soldiers in OId-Time Armies
no" punished - The Ducking
Employed in Georgia at One
>obIe Characters That suf-
nm -. Torture of the PiIIOry.
IN, me Chicago Chronicle.
..4.bments that are recognized by
l11 nations in these days as being
CIV .' '''1, r,si.aevai nor barbaric are death
pea -.,..-,de. transportation, imprison-
p7'.a- Twice in refornatories, police su-
l'-'' aDss and whipping. In England
Pc is srill used in prison discipline.
W of rhe schoolmaster still Yields
" ...t hut there are no Dotheboys'
N1 soueers' tolerated. Although
pa has never been abolished by
-'''' IL is practically never applied save
,b4re it is authorized by special
mstices in petty sessions may
boy under IA years OF age to re-
.-sl,s strokes of a bird rod for lar
~ for attempting TO upset train
..rsr enough penalty, surely for the
-fsnsa. Courts of Assizes may SEN
a,,- under IS years of age to be
IN .5 with birch for certain indietable
n a..-.s while men and boys may be or
o.bioped for assaulting or CARROT
Il -, person with purpose of robbery.
r ,srrie.5usly is this statute worded
ma 10 ~
-. does not call for the rod. But
- limitation Of whipping is quite an
Il +,.anr4 for England, where, until half
4 century ago. petty thieves were hosged
Numerically
q BEFORE the passage of the army disci-
II r~a ACT i'm 1881 the British soldier was in
Il 5nstant terror under the shadow OF the
Just before the Crimean
sgar there aye records OF where one So
~ ,s,fived 600 stripes. Limits of from
81 twenty-five 10 fifty blows We're made af-
.rrrarl until the total adjustment of
D.5ip7,ug in 1881, twenty years after the
,.te5 states had done away with similar
punishment in the army and thirty-one
ears after Uncle Sam had forbidden the
s. ,ato TO be used on the backs of the blue
n sckets The Biblical justification for this
hethod Of punishment was found in Deu-
geronomy. which, however, contained an
EDMONTON that not more than forty
ttrines he given lest thy brother should
keem vile unto thee.
81 Csot Maryat. in his great sea stories,
ad much to do with abolishing the cat"
b. the Ensiish navy.
lGnout Stiu Swings.
The terrible knout still swings in ser
"A lee in Russia, especially in the Siberian
kontict camps and prisons. Lately it has
been replaced to some extent by the pet
Nhch is argued to be less cruel by all
Except those who have felt its sting. The
"a astnado is still used in the Oriental
countries. to some extent in Spain and to
a lesser degree in Mexico, which received
as a legacy from the former mother
s. country The bastinado, or punishment
D. VIII piping the barred soles of the feet
a dreadful infiction. Still. it is used
h modified way by the police of Chi
tago and othel large cities on persons IN
conscious from drink The policemen
hhere call it the hot FOOT
Ed In the European continental countries
HRussia excepted, there is no record of per-
c7a chast sement, but it must make
Ehalser Wilhelm yawn with envy when
~ fingers over the Twelve Tables %
NNhch in the days of old Rome, prescribed
~ o2gins to death as the penalty of any
B pne found guilty of lese majestic.
"a 10 the SoGG2n while whipping is infre-
K fuent If is sometimes found necessary.
!. men a tremendous instrument of punish
.fnent-the courbash-is brought into play
81 is an Egyptian tool, a formidable
q eaVy whip. made of hippopotamus hide
" Aen the pashas had exclusive control OF
IL mars there, including the terrible cour-
"a ASH mat tool was in constant motion
N ms use IS now supervised by wiser
e'ds and more merciful hearts. Still
cases Of stern necessity, the hoppe
V'aihos hide Is brought into action. One
me Illustrations depicts its use in the
GENT campaigns in a case at the front
Nh the Egyptian army, on the Atbara
Heu culprlt was strung up and sound
"a thrashed
III kahgoon, India. where the natives are
extremely tanatical that death has nc
'iloIs Tor them while they hail imprison.
.'' without labor, as a grand oppor-
''''S LOT seeiuslOn and meditation with
.d.e 1or food or lodging, the British
'-i''s nave adopted system of punish.
"' "Weh they admit is barbarous. but
emu o." the ground of necessity. In the
" jan OF Rangoon a treadmill on a
Sldie as built in a shed, adjoining
vi Ue shops, whence motive power is
'55'A'led TO the wheel. Big wooden cy.
ABOUT seven feet in diameter are
.i51 WIN sharp-edged plank steps al
1l9' ABOVE the mills is an iron roc
81 ''-1'us clear across the shed. upor
"a ," ''e chains of the convicts assign.
"e mil are fastened When ali are
# PAGES the bolt holding the cylin.
IA w position is drawn, the mill starts
nd o ',[ '0ii'Itts must tread away for two
sa5, nan hours. If one OF. them step.
& .''''5 OF misses step he slips down as
E mo" MS eAain will permit, and there ht
,s.- WIN The sharp steps beatine
us s'n bones. bruising, tearing
e gs', iaP.Hs of the skin. This is exceed.
90, r''''luI' ana the convict loses no time
7'''i's INTO step again.
The Most Cruel of Punisbment
~. %' punishment Of the knout as prac.
ln Russia is probably the most crue
e Ian q. penalties, bur its adminisua
71or.. a."aFs attended with a certain
assss vi so.emnity and invariably wit
q ce-, my MY o'"er prisoners. Among the of
,,.,. 'S'ul are The chief of the prison
.sp5s anu O surgeon. Behind the hencl
n..5s ~. "ieiaer Of the knout, a convic
& ,e,s .. ms saro is intended to make tn,
a. MAJ "e more impressive. He wears 3
IA "'%e head covering. soft felt shoe.
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