The Great Falls leader. [volume], December 14, 1888, Morning, Image 2

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LA[GE[LATION.
A History of Flogglng as a
Punishment.
gl IN AS AN AXUSEIENT.
Wre ays of Applyiag the lash ian
tspe--The Ru.mia a nout-Whipplng
bally prevalent in the Old Wsmld.
be Fearlh pu ishmet otf M e. Lapa.
01.d teach the Ingenuous youth of ueatoes,
O France England, Germany or Spain,
aSaetem uina coeaions:
lpT eir moras; eer mid the pain.
When Byron wrote this, seventy years ago,
Sissaid that there was an epidemic of flog
gl all over the continent. - In the murk of
te gntientCO ma shico period which pro.
a.led on the continent during the first part
Sths century the custom of fsagllation had
be dispensed with' But when it was re
.jed, eltrly in the 'SOs, it was revived with
avengeance, and public flogging became so
cmon, especially in Spain and Germany,
that it wouldn't draw a crowd.
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WHIPPING IN DELAWARE.
The flogging here referred to does not mean
that domestic spanking administered with
the hbair brush or slipper. You have all
deubtless come home with your hair wet and
suspicious patches of mud on your jacket,
and have hbad a drum solo played upon acer.
tlain part of your anatomy with a hair brush
bys fond parent. Butof course you have
never been striped on the bare back in the
presence of a large audiencu3 of joyful spec
tators There is only one state in the United
States where flogging is administered to the
refractory, and that is Delaware.
FLOGGING NO NEW THING.
Flagellation is almost as ancient as the
world. History cannot trace the advent of
flogging. The Egyptians had the art of bas
tinadoing down to a fine point. The Chinese
were tremendously fond of tying an offender
up in an outrageous position and making
rainbows on different parts of his person,
and they dolt to this day, although in the
land of flowers the morenuique and exquisite
modes of torture have largely superseded the
bastinado.
When they want to punish a man in China
they have his ultimate deatn in viow-when
theyare through having fun with him.
5THE NOUTING or SNE. LAPUGHINE.
A momentous dispute agitated the learned
worldat one period as to whether whipping
as a penance or whipping as a punishment
was first introduced. The various methods
of doing penance were at first all compre
hended under the term "disciplines." Some
penitents bestowed the blows on the backs
and shoulders, which was called the "upper
discipline;" others preferred what was termed
the "lower discipline." The difference be
tween the two will be obvious.
The practice of flogging is dow generally
prevalent throughout Europe, but in Den
mark, in the Seveteenth century, it was
made amatter of amusement to the court.
At the end of every hunting match at court,
in order to whoop things up at the conclusion
of the entertainment, persons who had in
fringed the known game laws were brought
forth and made to kneel down between the
horasof the stag that had been killed; two of
the gentlemen removed the skirts of his coat,
when the king, taking a long, stout wand in
his hand, would everlastingly thump that
poron of the culprit where his coat tails
ong.tto have been.
What a humorous king! What a ghoulish
glee for L:ings!
Iu Turkey a verberotiou on the breach was
the common chastisnnent inflicted either on
the Janissaries or Spahis.
R.'O.N POST AND ROD, KNOUT AND BPATULA,
Among the Spaniards it was formerly com
mon for some good friar to answer for the
sns of the whole parish, and, according as
he had een feed for that purpose, flogged
himself, or at least told his customers that he
bad dons, so,
At the Cape of Good Hope the Dutch used
e flog for the offense cf smoking on the
streets.
Flagellation is frequently mentioned in
iblihcal history It is first mentioned in the
fith ehaptr of Eadius, where the sacred
nhistoiau informs us that Pharaoh flagellated
the Israelites Under the old law of Moses
alulterers were scourged, and there are fro
qaent passages in Scripture which tell how
"hipping with rods, whips, etc., wasuniversal
in times of old. Five hundred years after
Christ the Jews used to lash one another
with scOUrges.
WHIPPINo IN PRIsoN.
f.ogging in prisons was, until about a de
.e ego, universal throughout the world.
menlash was given as an additional punish
olpttoimprisonment. Throughout Europe
oldiers Used to run the gauntlet; immoral
omen were whipped at the corners of the
trets; women or girls of less bad character
the Whipped in houses of correction. in
.ebprousgalleys of the beginning of the
h ecreentury the cunlprits, naked to the
105"5wre frightfully flagellated with rods.
$olland culprits were put in the pillory
nd Co ed in the open market ulace with
rods made of Long broom corn. t is only re
cently that the stern Dutch abolished the
public whipping of women. In Germany and
Switzerland the magistrates ordered whip
ping with a cane for the slightest offense. In
the Sixteenth century the tenets of the
Quakers were so obnoxious to the church
party that "the Friends" were frequently
flogged in the public squares of London.
Thes whippings were extremely cruel, the
victims frequently dying under the lash.
Whipping men and women tied to the end of
a moving cart was also very frequent in the
Eighteenth century.
WrrPPIN As A sEDICL.E.
In some countries it used to be thought
that the rod was possessed of valuable heal
ing properties! An eccentric old doctor in
the Eighteenth century declared that there
was nothing like the rod as a universal
speciflo, that it stirred up the stagnating
juices, dissolved the precipitating salts, puri
fied the coagulating humors of the body,
cleared the brain, purged the stomach, and
was, in fact, a cure-all.
Russia, the land of the unspeakable czar,
despotic and semi-barbaric country as it has
ever been, was par excellence the land of the
whip and rod, for, from time immemorial,
the Russians have been governed by the lash.
Not only this, but they have the "peet,"
which is a piece of iron made hot and put
into a heated iron box, to be taken up and
held by the victim. Then they have the
knont, a Tartar invention, and the most
formidable punisher ever invented by the
ingenuity of man. It is a heavy leather
thong about eight feet long, attached to
a handle two feet long, the lash being
about the breadth of a broad tape, and
curved so as togive two sharp edges along its
entire length; it is sometimes bound with a
wire thread, the end terminating in a little
hook. At each blow the sharp edges cut into
the fleshb like a flexible double edged sword,
and as the lash is drawn away the hook at
the end tears out a thin strip of flesh. When
Elizabeth was empress of Russia she ordered
the beautiful lady of the court, MIme. Lapu
chine, knouted. Not only was the skin taken
from her back, but her tongue was cut out,
and she was then banished to Siberia. She
survived these horrors-tortures that have
often killed men of the strongest constitu
tions.
THE SLAYER OF KING.
Portrait of Elizabeth Beechler, Who Re
fused to Be Discarded.
Following is the graphic account of the
shooting at Omaha of H. W. King, Jr.,
given by Miss Elizabeth Beechler, the woman
who killed him and with whom he had lived.
She made the statement immediately after
she had committed the murder. The por
t ait herewith presented is from The Chicago
Tribune:
"I left Chicago yesterday," she said, "with
the best of intentions in my heart. Arriving
in Omaha, I inquired where Harry was liv
ing, and was told he was boarding at the
Paxton. I had been told by a lady on the
train whom I happened to meet that Harry
was married, but supposed that I was the
only wife. I then went to the hotel and
registered as Mrs. Elizabeth M. King, and
asked for Harry's room. The clerk told me
that it was No. 63, and I went upstairs,
I think to the third floor. In the meantime
I had asked for a
room adjoining
Harry's, but was
told that I could
not have it until
later in the day. I
wanted to be close
to them, or on the
same floor at least,
so I could watch
their movements I
supposed that his
wife was with him,
but when I rapped
at his door I did ELIZABETH DEECHLES.
not hear any voices
or talking on the inside. I rapped several
times before there was a response. Finally
Harry came to the door in his night clothes,
and sticking his head out asked what was
wanted. I said: 'Good morning, Harry; you
were not expecting to see me, were you?' He
replied: 'No, and I don't care to see you,' and
shut the door in my face.
"My heart sank for a moment, and 1 did
not know what to do. Again I said that ]
must see him, and he said: 'Go down in the
parlor and wait until I get dressed.' I re
plied that I would wait there, and I did. In
about twenty minutes he came out, and we
walked to the elevator together. Getting in
the elevator, we descended to the parlor floor,
where we had a conversation. At first we
were seated. I asked Harry to take me down
to breakfast.. He said he did not want any
breakfast, and for me to go on downl
to the dining room alone, as he had
to go to the store. I insisted on his
going to breakfast with me, but he
blankly refused and arose to his feet to
go. I said: 'Harry, you are my lawful hus
Laud, and I have a right to demand your
company to breakfast.' He said: 'Shut upl
There's a girl and she'll hear you.' I said: 'I
don't care who hears me.' At this he grasped
at my throat and, grating his teeth, said: 'I
could choke you off right here.' I then
shoved him back and fired. The first shot I
fired took effect in his side, I think, for he
turned pale and clasped his hand on his hip.
After that I was so excited that I hardly re
member just what did take place. I shot
several times more, but don't know ex
actly how many. After the first shot
Harry ran around the corner of the ele
vator and started down stairs At this
time we were standing at the platform of the
elevator. As Harry reached the head of the
stairs I was close behind him, and shot i-o
peatedly. When I saw him fall on the stair
way and saw the blood oozing froln his
mouth, I rushed to aim and laid his head in
my arms, where he breathed his last. Just
before leaving Chicago," continued Miss
Beechler, "I telegraphed Miss Duffy's mother
the situation her daughter was in. The tele
gram cost me $38.50. The poor girl's mother
will be heartbroken when she hears the sad
news," and here the woman broke completely
down in tears and sobs.
A Climbing Maine Belle.
Miss Belle Meader came down to Skow
hbegan from Norridgewack county recently
for the especial purpose of climbing to the
top of the water works stand pipe. The dis
tance to the top is seventy-five feet, as
cended by means of an iron ladder fixed per
pendicularly on the side. The young lady
safely accomplished the feat, which shows,
when it is considered t sat she looked down
to Water street, 175 fees below, that she pos
sessed a rcmarkably cool and clear head.
Lewiston Journal.
She Meant to Compliment.
They were talking about photographs, and
some one ventured the opinion that, as a rule,
very homely people took a fairly good pic
ture, and vice versa.
"Now, 1l1iss lBrighteye," said De Jones,
"tell mo honestly what kind of a picture do
you think I'd take?"
Miss Brighteye (who has not heard the dis
cussion)-Oh, Mr. De Jones, I think you'd
take a perfectly lovely picture.-Yankee
Blade.
Very Easy.
Blobson-Did you ever meet Biggun?
Dumpsey-Yes.
"Is he easy of approach?"
"Yes."
"' ow easy?"
"Did you ever see a big mud puddle at the
foot of an icy flight of stairs?"
"Yes."
"Well, easy as that."-Burlington Free
Press.
A Husband's Faultfinding.
"Wives in these days are very negligent
about their household duties," said Young
husband.
"So I have heard."
"Yes, take my own case, for example. I
come home at all hours and still my wife
never has the dinner ready."-New York
Evenin7 Sun.
a' a chamber is without a woolen carpet,
be sure to have a woolen mat or rug or hit
' if carpeting near the bed on which to stand
THEY WORSHIP THE DEVIL
A Queer Armenian Sect Who Bays Wam
dered Away from Christianlty.
"Devil Worshipers" is a name given. a
cording to the accounts of Herr Gustave
Pauli, who has recently been among these
sarvilee, by the Westorians to a number of
communities scattered along the valley of
the Tigris in Russian and Turkish Armenia.
Ba-Hasani, the holy city of these devil wor
ahipers or Jesids, lies near Mosul, on the
borders of Kurdistan, and contains the tem
ple and mausoleum of their patron saint,
SBheikh AdL The village of Bashiyka, a lit
tle distance off, is the residence of their civil
and religious head. They claim to have de
scended from certain apostate members of
the Armenian church, but into their faith
has been incorporated so much froslother
earlier and later religions, from Zoroaster to
Mohammed, that its resemblance to Chris
tianity is insignificant. They pray to the
rising sun and kiss the place first touched by
its beams. They warm the fingers of their
right hands at a holy taper, draw them over
their right eyebrows and kiss them. They
call God Allah, and Mohammed a prophet.
Christ they name Ben Isai Nurani, Jesus,
Son of the Light, and worship him as a great
angel who will come one day to rule the
world.
But Shaitan,bthe devil, is their great deity.
To live in good understanding with the evil
one is the chief aim of their religion. They
venture not to pronounce his name, but call
him "Melek-Taup," and honor him symbol
ically as a light giver and in the figure of a
bird. Their Sabbath is Thursday. They
have a forty days' fast, like Lent, in the
spring, but one member of each family can
do the fasting for all. There is a holyspring
at the grave of Sheikh Adi, and all children
must be baptized immediately after birth in
water from this spring. The water is borne
to all parts of the country by mendicant
monks, Kawal, all descendants of one family.
Half the money which these monks gather
goes to the mausoleum of Adi, one-quarterto
the head of the sect, and the rest to the monk
himself. Besides these there are high priests,
servants about the temple called fakeers,
and Djirs, or presbyters. The latter are
held especially in respect on account of a
pretended power to curediseases. The priests
teach that he who gives abundant alms is
sure of eternal happiness. Circumcision is
not strictly required, and the will of the
head of the family governs as to it. One pe
culiarity of the sect is a popular abhorrence
for blue.
The reputation of the tribe for morality
and honesty is good. Polygamy is allowed
to chiefs, but common men can have but one
wife at a time, and must pay her mother for
that one. Women are held in such high es
teem that they are allowed even priestly dig
nity. Celibacy is not required of priests,
but they cannot marry out of their caste.
Widows dress in white, smear their faces
with clay and scatter dust on their heads.
Corpses are buried with the head toward the
north star. The Jesids cling stoutly to their
own faith, but refuse to admit outsiders into
the sect.-New York Sun.
The Familiar Masculine Habit.
Men generally cross their legs when there
is least pressure on their minds. You will
never find a man actually engaged in busi
ness with his legs crossed. The limbs at
those times are straighter than at any other,
because the mind and body work together.
A man engaged in auditing accounts will
never cross his legs, neither will a man who
is writing an article, or who is employed in
any manner where his brain is actually en
gaged. When at work in a sitting posture
the limbs naturally extend to the floor in a
perfectly straight line. A mas may cross
his legs if he is sitting in an office chair dis
cussing some proposition with another man,
but the instant he becomes really in earnest
and perceives something to be gained his
limbs uncross quick as a flash, he bends for
ward toward his neighbor and begins to use
his hands. Thatis a phase that I believeyou
I will always observe.
I Men often cross their legs at public meet
ings, because they go there to listen or to be
l entertained; they are not the factors in the
performance, and they naturally place them
I selves in the most comfortable position known
to them--namely, leaning well back in their
1 chairs and crossing their legs. A man alway s
crosses his lege when he reads a newspaper,
I but is more apt to lie down when he reads a
h book. He reads the paper, of course, to in
form himself, but at the same time the perusal
of its contents is recreation to him, and his
r body again seeks its position of relaxation.
r When a man is reading a newspaper and
waiting for his breakfast his legs are always
F crossed, but as soon as the breakfast is brought
I to him he puts the paper aside, straightens
f out his legs and goes to work; that is, he
f begins to eat, his mind now turning on
r the duties of the day before him.-Liverpool
Courier.
Discouraging Egg Dinners.
There is trouble in a certain uptown board
ing house whose breakfasts are more noted
for their ham and eggs than for their excel
lence. The funny man of the house a few
weeks ago bought one of the rubber canary
bird whistles and took it home with him. At
dinner when the landlady passed around the
eggs she and the boarders were sho'k p to
hear coming from the direction of teo eggs
sounds of a very jubilant chicken calling its
mates.
The boarders, after looking suspiciously at
their eggs, slowly and with expectation on
their faces, cracked them open. Fortunately
for the landlady a new cargo had been taken
in on that day." The boarders not discover
ing the expected chickens, distrustfully dis
posed of the eggs, and now they are jubilant
over the fact that egg dinners in the future
will be few and far between.-New York
Evening Sun.
An Improved Watch Dial.
The Journal des Debats describes a novelty
introduced in the watch by Armand Schwab.
Upon the ordinary dial is another smaller,
entirely similar. Its hands, however, can be
brought to zero by a pressure upon a small
spring in the stem. When, for instance, the
wearer takes a cab by the hour he brings the
hands to zero, and is then enabled to read off
the time consumed. In a railway the train
stops twenty-five minutes for dinner; bring
the hands to zero, and you know exactly how
much time to dally over the dinner. The
wife boils eggs to be done in threw minutes,
but after a while she forgets the time when
she began to count. It is also serviceablefor
the photographer and other like tradesmen.
-Chicago Herald.
Why Deadwood Was so Nalmed.
Many people have the impression that
Deadwood, in Dakota, was so called on ac
count of the lawlessness which prevailed in
the early days, but the name originated from
thb superabundance of dead timber-caused
presumably by Indian campfires-on the
mountains and along the streams above thl
city, and was so called by the miners who'
first discovered gold in 1875.-Boston Trce
Flag.
A Terrible Sentence.
New York Judge-Have you anything to
say in mitigation of your sentence!
Murderer-Nothing, your honor.
Judge-You know that executions are now
done by electricityl
Murderer-Yes, your honor.
Judge-Then it is my painful duty to sen
tence you to work as a lineman for the Over
head Wire Electric company until you are
dead, dead, dead.
Murderer faints.-Detroit Free Press.
Overheard at the Club.
Litewaite--ln mourning, Awthaw?
Ponsonby (mournfully)--Yaas, my Uncle
Benjamin
Litewaite-The rich East Indian nabob? Is
it possible he-
Ponsouby (gloomily)-You rave guessed it.
He has recovered.-Tho Idea.
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