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Show People who lead of tailing and fcatheilng know that the punishment Is a very unpleasant one, but few imaglnc'hovv tenlbly painful and dan-geious dan-geious it Is. In Wjomlng 1 once saw a man who had been tarred and feathered, feath-ered, and, although he fully deserved the discipline, 1 could not help pitying pity-ing him. Haidcned tar Is very haul to remove from the skin, and when feathers arc added It forms a kind of cement that sticks closer than a biother. Ab soon as the tar sets the victim's suffering begins. It contracts as It cools, and every ono of tho little veins on tho body is pulled, causing the most exquisite agony. The per-sphatlon per-sphatlon Is entirely stopped, and unless un-less tho tar Is removed death Is certain to ensue. But tho removal Is no easy task and requires several dajs. Tho tar can not bo softened by tho application of heat and must bo peeled olf bit by bit, sweet oil being used to mako the process proc-ess less painful. The Irritation to the skin Is very great, as the hairs can not be disengaged, but must bo pulled out or cut oil. No mancan be cleaned of tar in a single day, as tho pain of tho operation would lie too excruciating for endurance, and until this is done ho has to suffer from a pain like that of ten thousand pen pricks. Numbers of men havo died undo? the torture, and nono who havo gonn through it regard tar and feathering as anything but a mosMcarful Inflctlon. Ex. |