Devising punishments to "ft the crime" the sublime object of Gilbert's Mikado, but there seems to be a tendency among modern law-givers to follow the example set by that ingenious ruler and administer justice with originality, At one time it was the practice to mark criminals by cutting off their ears. News comes from Rumania of an attempt to revive, not indeed the practice, but the principle behind it, and the same organs are involved. The Bucharest Chief of Police proposes to let the public recognize the habitual criminal on sight by painting the unfortunate wrongdoer's ears red after the second conviction.
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