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Show 'RomaiiH trnod tlio Lnsb IIoro Than Any Othor NntlotL Whltmlnr In Qarru lUUnWth'4 Tlmn , riHKelUtiuQ In I'runce una Uulinml-Uia or tli Itutl lu liumlit and tlio Orient. Tho flrst mention of whipping as a punlahmiint occurs In tlio fifth chapter of Exodus, wbcro wo find that Tharaoh "hipped tho officers of tho Israelites when they did not furnish tho required number of bricks which thoy woro com-polled com-polled to make ovory day. In ancient times, says a writer In .American Notes and Queries, tho Horn-anstcarrlod Horn-anstcarrlod whlpplnir as a punlshmont .farther than any othor nation, and tholr 'judges woro sarroundod with an array of divers kinds of whips well calculated to affright tho olTunder who mlfrht bo brouRht boforo thorn, Tho mltdost form of whip was a flat leather strap called thocrud. and one of tho most envero was tho flaofUum, whlrh was mado of plaited ox hldo and almost as hard as Iron. 1'rnm nnoont times tho use of whip-plnimn whip-plnimn bnfraced thrnuch tho Mlddlo. A(fisdown to, rompiratlvoly speaklnir. morotnodnm times, whon It Is castor to find record of tho ue of Iho rod. Tn Qunen nilraboth'R ttnin tho whipping whip-ping jHist was an established Institution In almmt every vlllneo In Entrhnd. tbo-i innnlrlpal records of tho tlmo Infurmlnjr ' us that Iho usual feo to tho executioner for administering tho punlshmont was "four ponro a head." In addition to whipping bolnjr thought an oxcollont mrrreilvofor rrlmoi tho authorities of irertaln town In Huntingdonshire must" 'i-vvo considered tho uso of tho laih as a ortof universal spoclflo as well, for tho corporation rocords of this town mention men-tion that thoy paid olht-ponco "to Thomas ITawklns for whipping two poo-plo poo-plo yt had tho small pox." In Franco and Holland whipping docs not seora to ha-ro been so Ronoraily, practiced. Tho last woman who was1! publicly whipped In Franco by Judicial1 decree was iloanno St. Komi do Valols,' ComtcSRndo la Motto, for her sbaro In tho Abstraction of that diamond neck-Jaco neck-Jaco which has given point to so many stories tn connection with tho history of flag-ellailon flag-ellailon In Kranco may bo mentioned tho custom which prevailed thoro (and also In Ilaly) In olden times of ladies lsHlnc tholr acquaintances whllo still In bed on tho morning of tho "Festival of tho Innoconts," and whipping thorn fur any injuries, either real or fancied, vrblcu tho victims may bavo dono to tho f.ilr flagellants during tho past jear Among tho Eastern nations tho rod in various forms playod a prominent part, and from what wo read China might bo said lo bo almost govorned by It. Japan Ja-pan is singularly freo from tho practlco of whipping, hut mako.up for It by having hav-ing a remarkably sangulnarycrlmlnal code. Itussla Is. however, par oxcellonco a homo of tho whip and tho rod. tho llus-filans llus-filans having boon govorned from tlmo Immemorial Jy tho usfiof tho lash, 'uhl.o In tho Senile, henator Thurman, nlcitnamcd tho "Old noa.an," was ery "much liko him. |