Item - What Punishment by the Knout Means

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Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University
Series:	Good News — v. 12 no. 311 — page 4966
Subject / Tag:	Sketch
Part of:	Good News, v. 12, no. 311, April 18, 1896 (Issue)
Date:	April 18, 1896
First Sentence:	We read of crimes and cruelties perpetrated in days long, long gone by, and, with a pitying sigh for the wretched sufferers, we thank Heaven that the blessed light of civilization illuminates the nineteenth century.
Last Sentence:	The letters "Vor"--meaning thief or malefactor--are printed in sharp pointed letters on a stamp, which the executioner drives into the forehead, and into both cheeks, and while the blood runs, a black mixture, of which gunpowder is an ingredient, is rubbed into the wounds; they heal, but the bluish scar remains for life.