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Show AMiiNr rtrini, rr.MsiiMr.M. Mil. HhM.NV, lu Amvrlcan aVvtViqml Qvtrin, glvea au account of tho four klndi of cupltal !iilehmcut which wero practlied among Iho auclent Jewa. Blonlug todtalli wai the i) item moat adopted. It wai not a iellmell caatlng of itonri at Iho victim, ai li commonly iupioaod. There waa au emlneuceor ralaed bank of llftcen fret, tu which the criminal wai 11 rat con-dueled. con-dueled. He w ai atrlpped of lite clothea If a man, an I thru hurled from the top of Iho eminence or wall. The flrat of the wltuuwei who had tritlrlrd agaluat tho condemned man acted aa eiriutlonrr. II the convict fell faio downward he wai turned on till back. A heavy itune w ai taki n lo tho wall whence the man had boeu thrown, thru the eecond wltnen roilid thu toiieiuai to fall on tho culprit be low. llurnlng aaa form of exi-iiitloii wai practiced, but not ai It wai In the middle agte In l.uropa aud Alia. A It two fit't drop wai dug. In thla the vklliu wai plaiwl In a ilaudlng Iwalllon. The larth waa throw n Im.-k aud tamped, uutll the man w in burrud up to lili kueca. A ro wai then placed around bliunk. Thelaowlt tieweipullKliittherope until funbea. Hon enmied. In the procoii the lower liwuiuillydropiaad, thui opening the mouth Into which a llghte.1 wick wai drvipnl. Thli conitltulod Ihe bnrn Inn DecaplUHon wai tho third form of caidlal punlihment. II wai conaldtr. e.t the nioit odioui form of death. II wai the inally Inflldnl for wilful murJer, aud on penaoni who roniorted wlthagni and llolaton. Slrangulatlon, Ihe ourlli form wai uaually eflectrd the lame aa In the burning penalty, but no lighted light-ed wick wae placed In the mouth. Thli wai the punMieieiil accorded Id falae pro beta, lo raoua who dlaolyrd the order ef Ihe Sauhe. drlm, to perroni guilty of ilrlklug parent, or atcallng a fcllow.rrllglonlit, orcommltllng crlinei ajalrut public rnorala. None of Ihenl ncotnmend thitnarlvc! to ni'deru thought or ad-vancral ad-vancral clvllltatlori. |