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MACON, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1868.
{VOL. XLII.—NO. 36.
be shot as a spy.
jV CRAWFORD VERXF.Y.
rt.in the year 1834, while the civ
P^-en Don Carlos and Queen Is
-wring in Spain, that 1 was sei
i by oar;.:"
10:
-aging in onmn, unw i was sent
:et mission by our government to
: _ ;1 try. I had not long received
.ointment to tho position I have
£1(1, and was not n little proud of
..,fof the confidence reposed ii
'litre were many French agent
,td by our government to watch
upon the progress of affairs,
sen, who passed under assumed
moved to and fro upon various
.. never staying long at one. place
fere always kept in communication
Pin* by means of travelers, who,
irself, were from time to time de-
. io meet them, ns though accidently,
iillask why they did not communi
st!, our Minister at Madrid. That
it have been laid open to suspicion
by the system adopted all dispatches
[jocumenis were dispensed with, and
"traveler who seemed to meet them
fuallv at the hotel or in the dilligence,
ine the pass-sign, received their infer-
lion verbal}', and carried it in his
gs ivcll a'i he could back again to
I..)
f® were especially cautioned to en-
Ser ourselves with as little luggage
.-iible, and each one before he started
^td tho name by which he was to
: in—always an assumed one—and
iaracter ho was to represent.—
•sene on this occasion was to be
ii Brissot, agriculturist,” the town of
urth being given as my place of resi-
. I was to be in search of a younger
:tt who was supposed to have ven-
t l in one of 1 the contending armies;
those immediato return to France
required most urgeutly, owing to the
of a near relative possessed of much
>- My passport duly vi*ed, set
tie necessary particulars. I need
•fll you that before storting I carc-
t divested myself of every tiling that
! traces of my real name and address,
clothes were all new, and my linen
icuously marked with my adopted
istion; not a scrap of paper ora note
fany kind could attest my real
it avocation. I was on the point
■iling when a little noto from my
; r, containing just her blessing and
3 jer for my safety, was put into my
ii I was yet reading it when a sum-
>une to attend the Minister to re-
■last instructions. The little note
.ished into my breast pocket, and
it lay unheeded if not forgotten,
bid not long crossed the frontier
;mj troubles Began. A party of tho
guerillas had established tliem-
fe>ou the road to Madrid, and no con-
Hrtee would venture for any money I
i offer. So for a week, till the guer-
wre dispersed or had chosen another
tfor their exploits, I was kept a close
aer at the little frontier of F .
tube some place was staying, an old
I'-fmau who entered warmly into my
Kyd object in visiting Spain, and
ae much good advice as to thenvoid-
. of the many dangers to which an un
it traveler might be exposed. I was
~ : D,he said to be watched—efforts
aid be made everywhere to draw mo
-conversation on political affairs; but
Indued my life, I must avoid all
d temptations. At the end of the
k, I accepted the offer of a person who
isd a conveyance for himself, to proceed
Aer stage or two on my journey.—
ode putting on my traveling coat,
: for days past had hung .in my apart-
d, 1 recollected my mother’s parting
e, hut wheu I put my hand in my pocket
find it, lo! it was gone. This was alto-
« inexplicable. Moreover it was a
we of danger, for was not ray own
written upon it, while the contents
! directly connected with my journey?
[be was I travelling as Jeau Brissot,
*fo the note was addressed to Jules
I taxed my recollection to dis-
rifpossible that I had myself re-
N it, but was certain that since my
% interview with the Minister in
(1 bad not seen it. However, it
then in my haste have been
i, and I tried to argue myself into a
of security,
fct there was no doubt that I was
for surely, ns the old gentleman
Earned me, ai no hotel did I stop
pMaecommunicntivopersonago sought
•lighten mo on the state of public
with the obvious purpose of ox-
some opinion of my own thereon,
toi so overwhelmed, however, with
:yfor the late of my lost brother,
"Q eager to discover that beloved
oi imagination, that I had no
•for political controversy. So I
‘ '«d the snare thus daily set before
Meeting in my course two of the
’*• with whom I was to communicate,
*>y the apparently accidental char-
r*r of our interview, escaping detection,
I supposed, su-picion. I reacchd
^drid,executed ono or two oificial com-
'Hons there, and left again, intending
Yf* slight detour to return once more
On the third day after quitting
*®*piUl, provided with a pass from
•commanding general that would pro-
~ toe in my search while among the
W forces, I entered the diligence at
’little town of S , mv face onco
turned Uoinoward. There were
*• °ther passengers in the coach. One
, ln English offices of tlie Spanish
lummoned honie suddenly and
tovoring to leave Spain by this route,
the® had the appearance of mili-
ulso hut were evidently
just as we were crossing a bridge, the
coach was suddenly brought to a stand
by a loud command to the driver to stop.
Then we were surrounded by armed men
in uniform, bearing lanterns, the door
was opened, and we were one and all
peremtorily ordered to alight. In an in
stant a second party of soldiers led off the
tho two Spaniards, leaving the English
man and myself with a guard standing
over us on the bridge. In less than ten
minutes we heard the report of musketry,
and shortly afterwards the party rejoined
us, and a conference was held, apparently
TEE LIVE SOFA.
Mr. Lundy was a pe
ul 1
eculiar-looking man
with a thin face, and long, straight hair,
that he fancied never needed cutting. He
bad, at one time, been very unfortunate
in his business; but, though made rich
since, by a large legacy, he was not in a
condition to enjoy it The fact is, Mr.
Lundy was a confirmed hypochondriac.
For many years Mrs. L. had staid at
placed with me under guard. We con
versed together as to our condition and
prospects, and he pressed me closely to
take him into my confidence. As his
manner impressed me favorably; and he
seemed to bo Letter in favor than myself,
I went so far as to avow a secret govern
ment mission, though carefully conceal
ing particulars. He was summoned to
the presence of Don Carlos in the course
of the day. On his return he told me he ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
had discovered that there existed a strong home and humored his vhims, but one
suspicion unfavorable to myself. “Here,” season her pretty daughter wanted to go
said lie, “are you traveling under a false to a watering place, not for any disease
in particular, but to see the world aud
the young folks in it.
Behold them, then, comfortably estab-
.. . , .. , . _ - lished in a sea-side hotel. For two days
sat with us; others took the driver under description had been forwarded at once Mr Lundy bad beer all rid T bu f one
their care, turn to headquarters, though the letter itself morning his poor wife knew what was
had been sent to another place, which coming, by the peculiarity of his looks
you were expected to visit, and where you I and motions. Her book fell from her
certainly have been captured,” hand; Minnie turned pale. '
i.ien, lie went on to say, “you were “He’s been flighty all the morning,”
found in a diligence m company with 1 said Mrs. L. “Dear, dear, see him whirl-
two young men, of whose fato I think j w hat is it, Lundy ?”
there can be no doubt, and who most “A feather, my dear—a feather; catch
nave been guilty, I imagine, of some of- me—hold me. Don’t you see the wind is
fence that in these times^ knows but one blowing me everywhere. It will take me
punishment. However, he added, “1 1 out to sea, and I shall get saturated—yes,
have offered to go on parole to Madrid, i wet through, Mrs. Lundy. I b<gyou to
partly to^ effect my own exchange, for my J catch me; pin me to your bonnet; I shall
business is urgent, but also, if you will • be safe there. Just see how frightfully I
n]Imr jwa tn *nt/>r/w?A with Go TTVon^L m xi.. a.* _ ..tr ./* • . •« '. .
about, their two remaining prisoners—for name—your mother’s letter was abstracted
I had no doubt as to what had been the by an agent of the Carlists, who was em-
fato of the others. After a time we were ployed to keep an eye on travelers corn-
ordered to re-enter the coach; two soldiers | ing from France bythat route—and your
out of the road we were traveling, and
proceed at once to a town some few miles
to;our right, which I had already heard
was in possession of the Carlists forces.—
We arrived just at daybreak, and were at
once taken to the headquarters of the gen
eral in command to be examined.
My fellow-traveler, who made no at
tempt at concealment, was treated with
great courtesy, and, whilst informed that
ho would be detained as a prisoner of war,
was assigned to the charge of an officer,
to share his quarters, his parole being
readily taken to the effect that he would j alhrir me, to intercede with the French ruffle; the slightest puff of a if igitates
make no attempt to escape. My own re-1 Minister on your behalf.” I accepted his l me throughout. I’d rather be anything
slight smile passed over the face of the precise nature. Kobe departed on “his . long,” muttered the exasperated wife] “ if
General when he heard my earnest j word of honor, pledging himself to return ' you cut up capers. Come into the hotel,
declarations of fraternal affection and ' j n four days, at the end of which time, if Mr. Lundy.”
anxiety, and lie ordered me off to the ! he failed to mako his appearance, I was j “ Come into the hotel, madam; you
guard-house, to share soldier’s rations, and ■ politely informed that 1 should be shot, i talk as if I had legs. Did you ever seen
to rest as best I might on a hard board , You may suppose what was my anxi- feather walk? Why, I’m lighter than a
for a couch, if I preferred that to tho 1 e ty as day'bv day passed, and the very f snow-drift; I wish I had a brick in my
softer embraces of mother earth. By | last day of the Englishman’s parole drew liat to keep me down. OhI envy everv-
uc
conversatiou between two soldiers, of j to its close. My guards had much pleas- j thing stationary. Observe how I quiver;
which I understood a word here and ' ant conversation as they sat through the stick a pin in me, my dear, and fasten me
there, I gathered that a messenger had i long hours, vliile I lay awake, musing to the floor. Is there enough of me for a
been dispatched to the headquarters of as to the probability of my execution.— pen ? Am I a hen-feather, or a duck-
the Carllst chief for instructions as to my They did not know that I understood feather, or what?”
them; but here and there a few words [ “ Goose-feather, if anything, you tire-
caught my ear and added to my fears. I some mortal,” cried his wife. “I’m sick
was taken out soon after daylight, and 1 of your vagaries. First, you’re a cat on
once more stood in tho presence of Don the roof, mewing and keeping everybody
Carlos. ! awake; then you’re a glass bottle, full of
“The Englishman has not returned,” ; water, freezing and snapping; you’re any-
line 01
treatment. Three weary days passed,
and I began to feel nervously anxious as
0 my probable fate, when I was suddenly
ordered to prepare myself for a journey,
aud in an hour after was seated on a mule
between two mounted soldiers with drawn
abres, and carried off I know not j he said,
whither.
We traveled this way for a couple of (
days, one of the soldiers keeping guard,
while the other slept at night, and a new
mule and horses being pressed into our
sendee as often as a change seemed ne
cessary. At the close of the second day
I saw, by the numerous bodies of troops
we passeff'on the march or in camp, that
your business ?”
do you still refuse to reveal thing and everything but a reasonable
! man. I’m tired of it.”
Knowing that, once I began, I should j “Mre. Lundy, will you have the good-
betray the whole system of which I was 1 ness to put me in your pocket ? Squeeze
but ono member, I was bound to be me in your hand; anything, that I may
silent. | feel safe in your protecting care. I'm
“Shoot him in an hour!” said the ; afloat”—(singing),
chief; and I was ordered to withdraw. t “ I’m afloat, I’m afloat—ah—what’s
Expostulation would have been in vain, 1 tliat ?”
so I made no remonstrance. I was offered! “ Nothing, Mr. Lundy, but Joe’s whip,
we were approaching the headquarters of. the services of a priest to prepare me for I called him from the coach-house. Lay
the Carlist army. I was lodged for the death, but I preferred to remain alone, on, Joe.”
.11 hut, under a strong How I counted those sixty minutes of | “ But, my love, my legs.”
“ life! Ah, my mother! what agony your. “ Nonsense, Mr. Lundy; lay on, Joe.
man, biting his lip, for the sight was al
most to ludicrous for his gravity.
“ Upon my word,” he continued, “ ad
dressing tho deluded man, “what a mag
nificent creature. Why, his feathers are
a yard long. Where did you get such
splendid specimen ? Is he imported ?”
“Cock-a-doodle-doo 1” yelled the human
biped, strutting more than ever. “ That
woman has nothing to do with me, sir
nothing at all. I’m a rooster on my own
account—cock-a-doodle-doo!”
Here tho doctor gave order aside to one
of the servants, who went away grinning.
Then turning to the rooster, who was by
this time red in the face with exertion, he
said:
“I declare, it makes my mouth water
to think what a capital dinner that bird
would furnish. May I wring his neck
madam ? It will take but a few seconds, ‘
“ No, you don’t,” cried the other. “ I’m
tough—I’m very tough—I’m an old bird
not to be caught with chaff.”
“ But you are a rooster; what else are
you good for?”
“ Good to crow sir, good to crow,” after
which ensued the loudest screech of all :
succeeded by a summersault and a sensa
tion of suffocation. Another moment,
and the servant re-appeared with a dead
fo wl in his arms.
“ I assure you, sir, it hpd to be done, :
said the doctor, gravely, and Mr. Lundy
rubbed his face and pinched his throat.
“ Did you really wring my neck, sir ?”
the hypochondriac asked gravely.
“ When you were a rooster, certainly.”
“Did I die game?” asked the other,
with a manner of solemn importance.
“ You did—particularly game,” replied
the doctor.
“ Thank you, sir. If I should happen
to turn into a rooster again, I shall know
where to go.”
“ I shall be most happy to—to wring
your neok for you, sir, on any such in
teresting occasion.”
“ Vety kind, I’m sure. If you should
ever get into trouble, John Lundy will
stand your friend.”
“Do you promise me that sir?”
“ I do, and I never break my word.”
night in a sma
guard, and all unable to guess for what _ . „ ,
purpose all this fuss was madeabout Jean loving words inflicted on your son! At Feathers haven’t got legs.”
Brissct, agriculturalist, etc., seeking his last I heard the tramp of the guard, ii “ True,Mrs. L., but they have marrow,
lost"brother in one or other of the Span- was led cut and at a quick pace conduct- and that’4 what feels. Pray, beg Joe to
:.i. A.iLi_n» mwninni ed to. where , i£y execution was to take stop.”
place, but we liad hardly reached it when I Just then ran up little Tom, the only
a messenger brought counter orders, and male hope of the Lundy family—and,
I was returned to the guard-house. strange to say, in his hand a handsome
There I found the Englishman just ar- hen’s feather. A triumphant smile illu-
rived from Madrid, and holding in his 1 mined the face of Lundy the elder,
hand. an order for my release. Need I j “ Now, my dear,” he said gravely, tak-
tell you what were my emotions at thus ing the feather in his hand, “ I hope you’ll
ish armies. On the following morning
I was taken into the presence of the great
revolutionary chief. He sat at one end
of a large and nearly empty room, writ
ing, scarcely looking up as I entered in
charge of an officer. One of his staff im
mediately proceeded to examine me, and
I gave him my story as substantially as I
could, dwelling again with emphasis on
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being suddenly snatched from death ? In believe me. My child, look on that
:nv earnest longing to find the lost Fran-1 a few hours we were on our way again, ; feather, and be thankful; that was me. 1
° and escaped further molestation. I could j And little Tom, chuckling at the idea,
never induce my companion to tell me ran up and down the piazza, repeating
how he had managed so successfully. We merrily—
parted in Paris. | “ Pa was a hen once. Dear me, how
Five years afterward I sent over to; funny.”
London to communicate with the police j Minnie Lundy was captivating; there
respecting some extensive mercantile . is no doubt about that. In pink, blue,
frauds that were being perpetrated on . whita or green, she looked equally charm-
French houses by persons in England, jng. There were rich men there who
After an interview with the chief of your j would have been glad to possess her, and
detective force, I was promised the assist- nice men, and silly to that extent that
ance of a clever officer who spoke French they were fools and didn’t know it. But
well, as my colleague in my inquiries, it happened that a young physician was
When I had answered a long series of
questions, the chief, writing away all the
while, apparently inattentive to the pro
ceedings, suddenly looked up, and in a
voice ordered an aide to “bring in the
Englishman.” I was surprised to see my
late fellow-traveller immediately enter
the room. Don Carlos deigned, however,
to notice him with some degree of courte
sy, and the Englishman, with a lrank,
easy, manner, returned his bow. He v.as
then questioned as to his knowledge of me,
but as I had told i
had just imparted
incriminating chara.,^.. — n
and I began to hope for tlie best. But, | “C 10
alas! my hopes were soon dashed rudely
to piece's. As the questioning of the
Englishman ended, an orderly, booted and
purred and covered with dust; entered the.
room, and placed in the hands uiihechief
a small packet. He opened it deliberately,
and glancing at the contents, took up
one paper and scanned it closely. My
heart beat violently, my knees shook
under me, I felt sick and faint and—must I
confess it?—terribly frightened, for in that
small sheet I recognized my mother’s
parting letter. Don Carlos turned to
ward me, and a grim look passed oyer
his dark face as he saw the fright which
out his hand. He said, nothing, : wished that she had a fever. Probably
however, till we reached his lodgings, and be saw Minnie through the back of his
then opening a drawer took out tho uni- head, for ho was always looking out of
form of an officer of the Spanish Legion.! the window when she came in, and al-
He was the man to whom I had owed my j ways blushed violently,
deliverance from tho Carlists. Like my-1 One day Minnie followed her mother
self he had been sent on a secret mission into the parlor. As usual, Dr. Stag was
by bis government, and after executing it there.
at Madrid, adopted the character ho had I “My dear,” cried Mrs. Lundy, who had
acted so perfectly as a protection in the just come from the garden, “you look ex
event of capture. But unlike myself, he 1 cited.”
was able to appeal at once to the repre-1 “ O, mamma!” and her voice was so
sentative of tho English Government,! sweetly low, so softly agitated—“ we shall
who knew the importance of his speedy have to leave this place, indeed we shall,
return to England with information, and Father is taking on terribly; some of the
by his influence obtained the release of a boarders are laughing—others are shock-
friend of Don Carlos, then in the hands ed.”
w.wv.-.-iu "J ujj i,IVhnt nq n ( of the Royalists, whilst not forgetful of 1 “ What is the freak now, my dear?”
c i< cnee agauu- t Ill °- ° : . , , his promise, he had used this circumstance “O! he’s a rooster, aud crows till he’s
spy .euned to bo written " f I , s a P , ncans if conciliating that pcrooimgc black in the face."
j P,m***<*g* £ -a m «
• fT , r r mv ■ - 'are—not a doctor we know
government am/country as to confess mv tiF"A German journal gives the following Somebody wheeled round from the
true character and errand. The FrenA -dialogue between two eneak tb.eves "T^am fI heard youspeakingof-the
Minister at Madrid would not have known Berlin: , a Arv.tnr
me, and had references been made to Peter--TVell, tilings kavo got so there is - • • •• -
Paris, which was not possible, it was ! no tras’.ing anybody,
quite certain that, for reasons of policy,
After that, Minnie walked in the garden
sometimes; and Minnie was not alone—
not she.
“ I love violets best,” said the doctor to
her one day.
“And I roses.” So Minnie, being the
least bit sentimental, quoted Pope on
roses—something about dew. And the
doctor went on Shakespeare, very bad, in
deed, till somehow, in some way—he never
could tell how, nor in what way, neither
could she)—he said it.
See dictionary for “ it.”
“ Indeed, I must not listen to this,”
murmured Minnie, dying to hear it again.
“ My father, if he knew—”
“ Would disapprove perhaps,” cried tho
young doctor. “ And why ? Because I
am poor. And you, too, perhaps—”
“No, no; I—I—you know—I—love
—you—but—”
“ Hark 1 Who calls ?”
Enter Tommy.
“ Oh, sis! pa’s took again, he’s going it
awful!”
“ What is it now, dear ?” asked Minnie,
with the face of an angel; but perhaps
she was not a little cross at the interrup
tion.
“ Oh, he’s a sofa, and ma says please
somebody come and smash him all to
bits.”
“ Capital sofa, this,” he said, keeping and as it runs through the lioilow tubes
Iris position in spite of his victim’s strug- it bums into the unhappy victim’s flesh,
0es. _ j and occasions the most exquisite torment.
till occa-
“ Get up. I’m cracking in six places. • This devilish, contrivance is
Good heavens! you’ll ruin me—you’ll sionally used at the capital on state pris-
break my back! Get up till I’m properly f oners.
mended, for pity’s sake,
“Upon my word,” said the doctor
calmly, “ this piece of furniture acts as if
it was alive. It kicks, and wriggles, and
makes me laugh at its antics. What a
ridiculous sofa!”
“ I tell you I’m second hand,” cried the
The torture of the shirt of iron wire is
even more diabolical than the boiling
snakes. A shirt-like garment, made of
very fine iron wire, with interstices some
thing like those of a fishing net, is put
upon the prisoner, the clothing from the
upper part of the body having been re
hypochondriac more faintly than before, j moved. A cord is attached tcT it in sucli
for 130 pounds, dead weight, was no light i a way that when pulled the shirt will
infliction. “ I’m brass tacked—old—very
old—full of cracks—one roller gone. 0!
pray, don’t lean your weight on me.”
The doctor lifted himself cautiously.
The sofa gave one deep inspiration.
The doctor looked serious.
“ Are you sure you are a sofa ?”
“ Of course I am.”
“Then you are no longer Mr. Lundy?”
“ Can you keep a secret ?”
“Certainly, I can.”
“ Do you know old Lundy’s daughter ?
“ I guess I do.”
“ Won’t you let on to the old fellow 'if
I tell you something ?”
“Not if you say no.”
“Well, I’ve just married her; she’s my
■wife.”
Off went the sofa like a gun.
“What? You villain!”
“Take care you’ll break!” cried the
doctor.
“ You young rascal!”
“ You old sofa!”
“ You desperate young thief!”
“You rickety old sofa, with your head
full of brass tacks, I tell you,” cried the
doctor, “ if you had not been a feather,
and a rooster, and a sofa, and the cats
know what, you’d look after your daugh
ter better than you have. But come, let’s
be friends, and thank me for curing you.
You’ll never be a hypochondriac again—
I’ll take good care of that—for you see
it’s a nice thing to have a medical adviser
in the family. Besides, you promised me
once that if I was in trouble you’d help
me through. Come, come, let’s be quits.”
“ I see I can’t help myself,” said the old
man, gravely; “but I tell you what, I
shall consider you a thief until you are
able to support your wife in the style she
is accustomed to.”
“ And I, sir, shall consider you a sofa
until you revoke that decision.”
It is needless to add, that was the last
of the trouble.
press down closely on the body, and the
skin and flesh will protrude more or less
through the interstices. A knife-like in
strument is then passed over the wire on
the outside, cutting or rasping off the pro
truding skin and flesh. The operation is
repeated at the option of the dispenser of
justice.
The torture of the whip of hooks is no
less inhuman. A large number of very
fine hooks are securely fastened to a
handful of the fibres of hemp. The
whole is then used as a whip with which
to beat the prisoner in order to elicit a
confession. Wheu a blow is given with
this whip, many of the hooks will stick
to the body of the victim, and unless a
satisfactory confession is forthcoming,
the whip is pulled or jerked back by main
force, aud another blow given. The
operation is repeated according to the dic
tation of the presiding officer.
A BLUE HOUSE,
CHINESE MODE OFTORTURE.
The torture of the bedstead is resorted
to in order to extort money. The victim
is put on a wooden rack—flat on his
back—and his neck, wrists and ankles
are fastened down by boards having curves
made large enough for the purpose.—
These instruments are pressed down
the parts of the body to which, they are
fitted, and are then tied under the bed
stead. Besides all this, sometimes a pole
is fastened at right angles to a bar of
wood placed across his ankles—the pole
extending to his chin and pressing
against it, so. that his head will be thrown
backward and upward. In this position
he is made to pass the night, unless the
jailors relent, or he comes to their terms.
No one is willing to sleep the second
night on such a bedstead, if he can ar
range matters with his keepers.
The tortures of the frame of the flowery
“ What shall we do?”^ sighed Minnie j I eyebrow require the aid of the pencil for
. _ | --- 1 - "an intelligible description. One mode is
There is now on exhibition in Lon
don a “bine horse,” which is fourteen and
a half hands high, and has no trace of
hair or roots of hair on any part of its
body. Its skin is smooth and delicate,
feeling to the touch like india rubber, and"
very warm, and forms in curious wrinkles
when the animal moves. It is. of a pur-
pleish gray color over a greater part of
its body; its face is buff, and there is a
large patch of the same color extending
over half of the back, with numerous
blotches; the tail resembles that of a pig.
At a distance it looks as if formed of some
variety of rare oriental marble. It was
obtained by Mr. Lasmer, a merchant, in
1860, on the Gaboon river, from a lierd
of quaggas, and sent to the Cape. It was
taken to England in 1863, broken in at
Astley’s, and afterwards ridden three
parts of a season with Lord Stanford’s
hounds. It has been examined by Pro
fessor Spooner, of the veterinary college,
who pronounced it to be eight years old,
and who also delivered a lecture on it to
liis pupils. Tt does well in harness, but,
being entirely naked, requires warm
clothing. It is symmetrically formed.
When first captured it was blue all over,
with the exception of one foot; but the
blue color gradually diminished after it
was brought to England, and the owner
on thinks in time it will lose it entirely. He
washes it daily in cold water, which he
says is necessary to keep it in health.
'•■MiL, and sat wrapped up in their
in perfect silence, as though
? 'I' itlier conversation nor recog-
, r two stages were passed without
.‘ ! “-'i<lent of importance. K lght came
've W ere to travel through the
“■> Sl > it caused no interruption in our
, J “. v It was pitch dark, and I feared
,/Ming 0 f t no crazy old diligence
v ' r any other catastrophe, when,
;' no mis'*.in "'anybody. 0 Now, the other clay I forwarduess—but I am a physician."
< r ets into a house and there f s never a soul at Of course Sfinriy was more beautiful
home. I goes into the first story and finds a than ever in her confusion.
heap of picc things—spoons and clothes an' “My poor husband has an unfortunate
fau;„“ " jT‘ ~
! Vm convenient to carry, i nen. i goes uj» : j ljm;
] steers to inspcctionRte around a bit, and
■ mm,.!! down and finds some scallnwag has
AlAJ JJVAM UUOUUUU **•* -•*•*«*
bundle, and puts tendency that annoys everybody near
Then I goes up (, . „
my business and connection with the
government would have been disavowed;
All this occurred to me, as the Don sat
eyeing me with ihc letter in his hand.—
“You know this.” he said at hist, holding
,,ut the tinv s!. 1 I >f paper. I cenfessccj I.con:, in thr.w.gh my window, and stole my
fnnklv it was mine: a lie would not have j bundle, and got off with it.
availed anythin-, and I felt too near Fr.ur, Well, that is d-d dishonest-
gffggfahSk “Your «*;■““ fcr .n T «»n B
Simm’tclliirliciul,led, sternly. Bull j °' v - — . oflv hell, him
was silent “You are n spy,” ho went on, ^““Sambo, . can you tel! me in what omy neip nim.
“or why this concealment ?” But by this building people are most likely to take
had come hack. “1 1 co 'd J” ,
“Why, no, me a stranger tn de towD and
can’t tell dat. - ’
“Well, I will tell you; it is de bank/'
hypochondriac. • I
Where is he, mad-
“ Perhaps he is
think J’vc seen him
am?”
“ On the north porch,” said Minnie.
“And I am sure we are very much ob
liged,” added the mother, “ if you can
tune my courage
have business, secret business,” I said,
“but I cannot reveal it. My companion
here knows tliat 1 was journeying pcace-
ablv enough on the high road, and in a
publi-. conveyance', without n>- iterant
at concealm ot, when we us n »• J: cap
tured.” The Don sat a moment in
thought, then, with “Take him away,” ^ , . , h ,,,
turned to his writing, and I was led out ' \ _
of his presence. To my great satisfaction ggy The Charleston Mercury says: “The
the En-lishman, with whom I could con- prospects for a good peach crop this year are
verse sfightly in his own tongue, was magnificent.
“How is that Y
“Because, there are so many drafts in it."
“Put -s "i.fid. On- ean you tell me, sail,
hat makes dare be so many drafts in it ?
“No,”
Because so many go dare to raise de wind.
The first sound that struck their ears,
as they issued from the door was a grand
and sonorous “ cock-a-doodle-doo J”
“John—Mr. Lurdy,” cried his wife,
“what a s.ul spectacle you are making of
yourself.”
“ I’m not a spectacle, good woman; I’m
a rooster. Get oat of my way—do you
not notice the expanse of my wings?
Cock-a-doodle-doo!”
“ What shall we do ?” cried the poor
wife, turning to the doctor. “Oh, sir,
can you stop this ridiculous exhibition ?”
“ Trust me, madam,” said the young
“ that is the most ridiculous feat of all
“Don’t be frightened, my love,” said
the doctor. “Tommy, run right home
and tell your mother, I will be there in
five minutes. Now, Minnie, there is but
one way I know of to cure your father at
once, and that is by giving him a shock.”
“What! of electricity?”
“No, dear—far more powerful than
that. You must go to the little brown
house over there and be married.”
“ Oh, never; my father would kill me.”
“ Does he ever break his word?”
“ I never knew him to.”
“ All right. He promised me that if I
should ever get into trouble he would
help me out.”
“ Did he, really? Then he will.”
“ But it is necessary that we give him
the shock first. Delay not, my darling ;
you shall never regret it.”
Of course they went.
“All I ask is that nobody’ll sit on me;
I’m cracked. Beside, I’m j ust varnished,
and not quite dry yet. Do, my dear,
stand at the door and tell people as they
come in that I cannot be sat on, or in any
way meddled with. I’m so flimsily fas
tened together.” ,
This was the speech that greeted Dr.
Stag as he entered Mr. Lundy’s parlor
with Minnie. Mrs. L. was in tears.
“ Doctor, as soon as ever I get home I’ll
have that ridiculous man carried directly
to the hospital—indeed, I will,” cried the
poor woman. “ I’ve borne it long enough,
and I’m completely worn out.”
“ So am I, my dear,” piped up her hus
band ; “I expect I’m second hand;
shouldn’t wonder in the least, my legs
feel so shaky. Pray, don’t touch me.
Isn’t one roller gone, my dear ?”
“Roller gone—your wits are gone. I
wish I was a man. I’d varnish you in
such a way that you’d never want to be a
sofa again or any piece of furniture."
ooa net
to tie up the victim by one wrist and one
ankle, his head turned upward; another
is to tie both wrists and both ankles, with
the head downward; by either method the
entire weight of the body is brought to
bear upon those delicate portions of the
human frame. The punishment occa
sions intense agony.
The torture called “the monkey grasp
ing a peach” is employed by Mandarins
to compel a prisoner to confess his guilt.
The weight of the body is wholly sus
tained by one arm, which is placed over
a slender horizontal pole several feet from
the earth; while the other arm, and this,
are passed under the legs and tied together
by the thumbs below the knees. No part
of the body is permitted to touch the
ground. Let the reader suffer his thumbs
to be tied in this way, even with bis feet
on the floor; and he will soon realize the
terrors of this frightful torture.
The torture of the cage is caused by
compelling tlie culprit to stand on tiptoe
with his head protruding through the top
of it. The hole is just large enough for
his neck, and if he attempts to rest him
self by drawing up bis legs, the weight of
his body is brought to bear on his neck.
During the latter part of the reign of tlie
Emperor who died in 1850, a noted rob
ber was compelled to stand in public in
such a cage in the suburbs of Fuehau,
until ho died in agony.
The torture of the tube is caused by
A GRAVE ROMANCE.
From the Boston Post,}
Death laid his irresistible hand upon
a young shoemaker during the year 1867,
and the cordwainer of course “pegged
out,” as is said in the cheerful game of
crihbage. He left a widow and a nice
little property. I should have called him
a manufacturer, and not a maker. The
widow mourned long and loud, and drap
ed her person in expensive weeds. She
never should look upon his like again;
her grief could never be assuaged; as for
marrying again—commend her to a gen
erous dose of strychnine as the alterna
tive. She was a conscientious woman,
and, living in the country, she couldn't
spend all her income on purple and fine
linen and other traditional luxuries of
wealth. So she resolved to invest some of
her accumulating greenbacks in a “storied
urn,” or some such monumental mon
strosity, commemorative of her defunct
husband’s virtues. She called upon a
marble-worker of a neighboring town,
and took counsel with him. He was a
comely person, and plainly had a genius
for sympathetic sculpture. The bargian
was struck—for the monument, I mean.
In due season it was finished, and the
artist came to the village of the lady's
residence to superintend its erection. She
was a constant attendant at the cemetery,
watching the progress of the work. It
was slow progress for some reason. Day
after day she put in an appearance at the
melancdoly enclosure, and wept silently
while the work went on, except some
times when the deferential marble man
ventured to beg for her advice on some
doubtful point. Marble man though he
was, he had a tender heart, and that organ
was touched by the sight of her devotion.
He pitied and anon he -loved her, that
Niobe in bombazine. One day, as the two
stood contemplating the white memorial
of the departed, he spoke; she listened; »
Tlie doctor stood near, gravely consid
ering.
“ My dear, you are better as you are,
for I see in the last five minutes you have
come out a beautiful washbowl and pitch
er. But isn’t your nose a little cracked,
or do I see awry ? Shouldn't wonder, for
my head is full of brass tacks. I think
I’ve snufted them up my nose. It’s worse
than influenza.”
"Was ever poor creature so afflicted?”
murmured Mrs. Sofa—I mean Mrs. Lun-
dy.
“ Never, my love. I protest that I
couldn’t be anything else if I would—but
a sofa I am, and a poor one at that.”
At that moment the doctor sprang fos-
ward and planted himself upon the pros
trate body of Mr. Lundy.
putting a large tube of bamboo, or a h b * d ; ghe hcr bIack kid
small tub or pail turned bottom side up, - in his mu ’ acul J paIm , and to make
upon the bead of the culprit; incense is | f h , £ to be nlarried
then hghted and so placed that the smoke . *{ d n ’ t k * w Aether the
shall ascend into the prisoner s head -
As the smoke cannot escape
cover.
through the top, tlie victim endures inde
scribable agony, oris suffocated unless the
instrument is removed.
Another mode of torture is to compel 1
ble man got his pay for the monumet.
enlied the boy,
pgy The following dialogue recently oc
curred between a mistress of one of the
schools and a scholar :
“James, if you take three from five, how
the prisoner to kneel on chains or bits of j , cn V) :u ,!',
crockery. His arms are outstretched,; ^ ££ thumlTnaiL
and he is severely whipped if he dares to know ; if five birds were singing
lower them. Again, he may be made to ■ on a t reC) arK i a naughty boy should have a
kneel on these sharp and uneven sub- j g Un a nd kill three, how many would be
stances with his hands tied behind his left?”
back. The Chinese say that in the case “None,” was the prompt reply,
of stubborn criminals, it happens quite “Why, -yes,-there would be some left,
often tliat several hundred blows, inflicted Q 't,'cause theothers would
With a ratan thong, are laid on the pris- fl „
oner while he is in this painful position. y —
A fiendish mode of torture occasionally It is a curious fact that the ship Ma-
used upon state prisoners is called the ria, which lay in the Thames at London in
hot-water snake. Hollow pewter tubes, 1763, wh< u the A« -e-iraa flit- «••«« first raised
made in the form of snakes, are so con- there, i- st:P. ailo.it amt muse, ice Con
structed that they can be wound round federate cruisers forced the old^P ‘otake
7“ f refuge under the Chilian flag, ana an; SOW
the arms of the prisoner. Another, and 8ai)fl K from Ta)cahuaDft M a whaler.
the third coil, is sometimes wound round
the body. Boiling hot water is then fy Prentice invites Tinnle Ream to corn®
poured into the mouths of these snakes, to Louisville and go on a “bust” with him.
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