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A STRANGE COUNTRY.
THE THINGS THEY DO AND THE
THINGS THEY SAY IN FLORIDA.
Man Kills His Mother-in-law With a Cat.
Advertised a Lynching—Why One Wom
an Had a Man In Her House—An Odd
Qfedley.
Wo hear of many strange things in
Florida. They do more queer things in
Florida than in any other state, and yet
it is a small state as regards population,
and not especially opulent in anything
but sand. Florida is tiie last place to
which we shoujd look for novelties or
great achievements of the intellect or
imagination. The output of lies about
-alligators is voluminous, to be sure, but
that is chiefly the work of tourists. Ev
ery native knows that alligators do not
attack and devour living persons, and
not one of them ever had the ingenuity
to make up a story to the contrary until
the winter sojourner began to flock there
and to while away the ennui of his stay
in feats of Action. For all that, how
ever, Florida leads easily in queer
things.
Only a few years ago a farmer down
there killed his mother-in-law. Os
course men kill their mothers-in-law
everywhere. There is nothing original
in that. But this Florida man killed his
mother-in-law with a tomcat, and that
certainly is novel. They had some dis
agreement as to who should start the
kitchen Are one morning, and our
“cracker” picked up the tomcat, and,
using it as a bludgeon, struck his wife’s
mother so hard that he killed her. There
was an ax in the corner, and a shotgun
hanging on the wall, and several other
useful and effective agencies of homi
cide lying about conveniently and in
great profusion; but, no! this Florida
person refused to be conventional. He
took the tomcat, and the funeral oc
curred the following afternoon.
The other day they lynched a negro
in that same neighborhood. That again
is an old story. They lynch negroes
everywhere and whenever the negroes
seem to need it. But this lynching was
peculiar. The managers of the affair ad
vertised it. They did not act with pas
sion and precipitation. They met to
gether and solemnly announced, after
grave deliberation, that the lynching
would take place next day exactly at
noon. They wanted a crowd, and they
got one. No scrap lynching for them.
They insisted upon ceremony, eclat and
an audience.
And now comes the case of a Florida
gentleman—a Jacksonville gentleman,
to be explicit-—who returned to his home
quite unexpectedly on a recent Saturday
morning about 4 and found his wife in
a compromising situation with a neigh
bor. Such things have happened else
where, we know, and the same may be
said of the prompt killing of the neigh
bor by the astonished and indignant hus
band. But every one will admit that
the wife springs a novelty on us when
she claims that she had the neighbor in
her room to protect her from burglars
and not for any other purpose. Natural
ly the husband now regrets his haste,
but how could he be expected to think
about burglars at such a moment? Is it
not, in fact, difficult to get used to the
idea'even now?
Upon the whole, Florida strikes us as
a winner in a certain line of novelties.
Apart from its alligators, its sand, its
hotel charges, its governorsand its fleas,
Florida turns out about as many new
thoughts and odd conceits as any half
dozen states we can think of at this mo
ment. —Washington Post.
Found the Missing Word.
A hotel clerk told this story: Three men
from the country came into the hotel and
registered for lodging, and a, few minutes
later two of them went out to see the town.
“1 will stay hero,” said the third, “and
look at things, ” and he took a scat near
the door.
At 10 o’clock, a half hour later, the man
who was left went up to the clerk.
“I want to remain,” said he.
“All right, sir,” answered the clerk.
The man stood and looked at the clerk
and Anally went back to his chair near the
door.
He sat still another hour and returned
to the desk. “If you please, I’ll remain,”
he said.
“That’s all right, sir, ” was the response.
“We hope you’ll be with us some time.”
The man hesitated and went back to his
chair.
It was away after midnight when ho
went up to the clerk for the third time.
“I think I’ll remaijj, sir,” ho said.
“We have no objections,” answered the
man behind the desk.
The guest did not go back to his chair,
however, but stood still. Shortly after
ward another guest came up and asked the
clerk for his key, “and I'll retire”—
“Retire! Retire! That’s the word I’ve
been trying to think of for three hours.
For heaven’s sake let me retire,” inter
rupted the man who had so desired to re
main, and he was at last happy.—Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
No Thieves In the Honse.
“When I was a member of the general
assembly, the Sixty-ninth,” said Major
William M. Day, “every funny thing that
ever occurred was attributed to John
Rooney, the statesman from Cincinnati.
You remember the story ho told on him
self. Ho had returned from his arduous
duties to spend a Sunday at home, and
during the night a noise alarmed his wife.
‘Get up, John, ’ she cried, ‘there are thieves
in the house.'
“‘You are mistaken, my dear,’ said
John complacently, rolling over. ‘No
thieves in the house. They’re all in the
senate.'
“When the regular session had been
completed and wo wore all really to return
to our admiring constituencies, Bill Gear,
who was at the head of the railroad com
mittee, of which Rooney also had the hon
or to be a member, happened to flash a
pretty good sized roll in Rooney’s presence.
“ ‘Where did you get the dough?’ in
quired Rooney/ '
“ ‘Oh, I just sold a carload of hogs,’ re
plied Gear carelessly.
“John hesitated just a moment. ‘I bet
I was one of the hogs,’ ho suddenly retort
ed, with some emphasis. If ho was, Gear
never told him.' ’—Cincinnati Commercial-
Gazette
STORIES OF THE DAY.
The Man With the Jag Wanted His Cat,
but Preferred His Ride.
He was irreproachably dressed in a
dark gray frock coat aild trousers, white
waistcoat and patent leather shoes. A
tall white hat and a large but dignifled
jag completed his outfit. He boarded an
up town Broadway car near Canal street,
New York, a few nights ago. The car
was not crowded, and nearly every one
took a good look at the new passenger.
He was a man of 50. His Dundreary
whiskers were carefully trimmed, but
he wore his hat at a somewhat rakish
angle. It was not so much his appear
ance as the sociable, pleasant way in
which he greeted his fellow passengers
that caused him to be the center of at
traction. A mangy looking old tramp
tabby cat, which he carried fondly in
his arms, was what caught the eye of
the passengers. In a very few moments
after he had raised his hat and said,
“ ’Ev’nin, ladies and gen’lemen,” and
flopped into a seat, the conductor was
alongside.
“You can’t carry that animal on this
car,” said he of the brass cheek and but
tons.
“Hie—why?” asked the owner of the
cat.
“ ’Cause it’s agin the rules. That’s
why, ’ ’ was the answer.
‘ ‘ What do I care for the rules ? It’s my
cat, and she goes with me. ”
“Then you’ll have to get off the car,”
said the conductor.
An Englishman then volunteered the
information that the rules did not apply
to cats, but only to dogs.
“It applies to all live stock,” insisted
the conductor.
“How about this?” said a man, pro
ducing a small turtle.
Then the Englishman settled the dis
pute, as he thought, in the way. He
said, “Dogs is dogs, and cats is dogs,
but turtles is hinsects. ”
By this time the car had reached
Houston street. The conductor then sig
naled to an inspector. The inspector said
that the cat would have to be put off
tho car.
“C:in I ride without the cat?” queried
the owner of the animal. “Yes,” was
tho ready response. “Well, then, that’s
easily settled,” and with that the man
who had caused all the trouble flung the
offending cat through an open window
into the street.—New York Sun.
How to Quit Cigarettes.
“Did I ever tell you how I managed
to cure myself of the cigarette habit?”
asked a cholly the other day. I told him
he had never explained the mystery to
me, and that I had spent many sleepless
nights in consequence. “Now, you are
joking,” he said, with his neat little
lisp, “but really, on the extremely de
ceased, I have stopped entirely, and it
was the easiest thing in the, world. I
used to smoke from four to Ave packages
a day and sometimes more.
“One day I made up my mind that I
would quit. I do not mean that I would
quit smoking, but I meant that I would
stop buying them. I smoked those of my
friends. Finally it became a bore to my
friends to have me always asking for
cigarettes, and they sometimes said they
didn’t have them. Thus my charity
smokes gradually became quite seldom.
Finally there was not a young fellow
who knew me who would give me a
cigarette. Ey that time I had about got
ten rid of the habit,
“Oile day i xeit like 1 would enjoy
one, and I bought a package before I
thought. I lit one, and it actually tasted
so badly that I threw it and the package
away. Since then I have never smoked.
Ido not use tobacco in any form. You
may give this recipe to your friends if
you desire. It cured me, and did the job
quickly and effectively. ’ ’ —Louisville
Commercial.
Eager to Marry at Seventy-eight.
Seventy-eight years old and as impa
tient to get married as a youth of 20 is
the remarkable record of Charles Song
ster, a veteran inmate of the Naval
home on Gray’s Ferry road. His wife,
who had lived with him for 40 years,
died two years ago, and about a month
ago the old man began an active search
for a new partner. Through some friends
he heard of the Widow Robinson, child
less and 68 years old. He called on her
at 130 McClellan street a week ago, and
in a 15 minutes’ talk both agreed that
marriage was the only proper thing for
them.
When the ardent lover stated his age
to Marriage License Clerk Bird yester
day, that official hesitated and decided
it best to see the other of the contract
ing parties. Sangster was disappointed,
but insisted on paying the 50 cents in
advance and promised to return with
his wife to be next week. Sangster was
born in London in Octobdf, 1816, and
enlisted in the United States navy early
in the forties, serving through both the
Mexican war and the rebellion. Ho has
lived at the Naval home since 1808.—
Philadelphia Record.
Tliis Fa/mer Plows In the Shade.
Mr. George D. Orr of Cincinnati said
recently: “Though it’s said there is
nothing new under the sun, it seems
that in my rounds over the country I am
continually meeting with something
new. Last Saturday I was coming down
from Cleveland over the Big Four, and
while glancing out of the window I saw
a plow that was certainly a curiosity to
me. Originally it had been a common
plow, but tho fertile genius of some
farmer had been at work upon it. He
had attached an upright frame to the
plow beam and had covered the top of
this with a fancy colored cloth. Tho cov
ering extended far enough back to allow
him to walk under it and be completely
protected from the rays of the sun. ’’ —
Louisville Courier-JournaL
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Farmhands Scarce In Massachusetts.
Here’s the secretary of the state board
of agriculture reporting farm help scarce
and hard to get. Small wonder that the
eleemosynary potato patches are not
flourishing when farmhands can’t be
had for good wages.—Boston Herald.
THE HOME TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. JUNE 21. 1895.
New Dances Will Be Dignified.
With the passing of the twelfth an
nual convention of the National Associ
ation of Dancing Masters there is a feel
ing left among tho local devotees of
Terpsichore that the apotheosis iff danc
ing is at hand. The three new dances
adopted, and which* will bo seen at the
assemblies and balls of the coming win
ter, are suggestive of the days of Charles
11. They are full of statuesque poses,
and the gyrations are of the slow’, dig
nifled character of the “minuet a Poi
tou, ” or its progenitor, the “Pavane. ”
They aro thb ‘ ' Agathe, ” the “ Lorraine, ’ ’
and the “Ellsworth,” and they are en
tirely new’in every respect.—Philadel
phia Press.
This Boy Was Safe.
As the last boat drew away from the
old iron pier at Coney Island a woman’s
shrieks rang out from the main deck aft.
The pa*,eugers jumped to their feet,
and the deckhands sprang to the boats,
anticipating the cry of “Man over
board!” “Oh, me child!” shrieked the
woman. “Me bqy ! Me darling boy!
Where is he?” There was an agonizing
suspense of a few seconds, then a tough,
angry voice from tho middle of a coil of
hawser pierced the still air. “Aw, shet
yer face! See! Here I am. See! Close
yer trap!”—New’ York World.
Illinois’ a.« uw.siurs Calledfto Meet.
Chicago, June 18.—Governor Altgeld
has issued a call for a special session of
the assembly. The assembly will meet
next Tuesday.
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