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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1906)
REPUGNANT MEALS. What People Can Live cn Under the Stress of Circumstances. The inhabitants of Paris once liv ed under Henry IV. during a siege on the most repugnant meals. All which could be found, even that growing between the -tones of the pavement, was cooked into soups. In a field oven erected espe ciallv for this purpose “delicious pastries of ground bones were made up during a period of three weex-, and the necessary bones were ob tained from a nearby cemetery. What occurred during the siege of Faris in 1871 is stiil in mind. Peo ple ate almost all the animals of the zoological garden. One of the butchers sold monkey and urchin meat, and canal rat as well as dog meat became “classical.” A baker’s family consumed during the siege their entire shop—i. e., all their goods—and an aged tradeswoman stayed in her basement for l id days, living during all that time on noth ing but cheese. The polar explor ers knew even worse meals. The pioneers of the pole considered raw fish and polar bear meat delicacies, and Nansen is authority for the statement that he and his men were exceedingly delighted when they succeeded in baking cakes with il luminating oil. From tarred rigging of the ship and from the lichens which were found on the desolate rocks not infrequently the strangest soups were made. In the year 1901 the well digger Simon of Bonneval, near Chartres, was entombed by fallen sand and remained so for five days, having nothing to eat or to drink. In 1897 some miners in Wales were rescued from an entirely flooded mine after ten days, still alive. The water had already risen to their chins. There are, however, still more re markable eases. The London Phil osophical Transactions told of a man who had stayed in a cellar, cov ered by the debris of the building, twenty-four days without eating and drinking. Italy, too, presents an in stance. It is reported by Somio, the fhysician of the king of Sardinia, n Piedmont three women had been overtaken by an avalanche and had been living, when they were rescued on March 19, 1755, under the debris of a stable for thirty-seven days.— Harper’s Weekly. Well Set Up. “So you’re going to be married, Jenny?” said the village philan thropist to one of her favorites. “Yes, mum,” said Jenny, all smiles and blushes; “the wedding day is fixed, and we are looking for ward to a happy and prosperous fu ture.” “Well, my girl, I trust you real ize what it means. I hope your young man is careful and has saved up a little money to set up house keeping.” “Oh, yes, mum; he’s been most careful about ’aving somethin’ to fall back upon in ease of a rainy day. Why, mum,” she went on, with an air of conscious pride, “I’ve got a pair of ornaments, and Bill, why, Bill’s got a clock what he won for runnin’. I think me and my young man are very lucky. We ain’t got nothin’ to fear.”—London An swers. A Rustic Critic. One day while Millais was en gaged in painting his famous pic ture, “Chill October,” among the reeds and rushes on the banks of the Tav, near Perth, a voice came from over the hedge: '“Man, did ye never try photog raphy?” “No, never,” replied Millais, painting slowly. A pause. “It’s a hantle quicker,” 6aid the voice. “Y r e-es, I suppose so.” Another pause. The final thrust was: “An’ it’s mair liker the place.” A Poor Passport. A sheriff of Edinburgh had for gotten his twopenny ticket. Asked for fare, he said, “I have paid it.” “Then where’s your ticket?’ “I have lost it.” “Then you must pay again.” “Come, now, rny friend,” said the sheriff, “just look into my face and tell me do I look like a man who would tell you a lie for Buch a trifle as twopence?” The cash taker inspected the counte nance thus offered as a guarantee for its owner’s integrity and then dryly said, “I’ll just thank you for the twopence.” Asserting Himself. "I’m anxious to get the names of all present,” said the reporter. “\V ill you oblige me” — “Oh,” said the meek little man, “you may put down Mrs. Henry Peck and husband.” “You mean Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peck, don’t you ?” “I would prefer that,” he replied, with a furtive glance over his shoul der, “but for goodness’ sake don’t say I gave it to you that wav.” CATS AND DOGS. Moods, Tempers and Natures of the Canines and Felines. Cats do not take punishment as dogs do. Their tempers rise, and if struck they are apt to strike back, but beyond a gentle eulf to a kitten now and then 1 find a scolding or an exclamation of rebuke enough. Thev are also less intelligent and forgiving than a dog if unintention ally kicked or trodden on. There is no more beautiful expression in a dog’s face than the look he turns to the friend who has Involuntarily hurt him before there is time to ex plain. His whole demeanor express es the highest magnanimity, not on- j ly the foregone pardon, but the | eager desire that the olfender shall think no more of the matter. In many respects cats are more ; like men and women than dogs are. ; They have moods, and their nature is complex. A dog is very much of a piece. He is a good dog or a bad dog, brave or cowardly, honest or a sneak. The canine intelligence is much higher than the feline, hut the disposition is simpler. Cats are exceedingly irritable by temperament, sensitive to changes of the weather, to frost, to thunder. They are excitable and naturally dis posed to bite and scratch when at | play. There is a curious tendency in them, as in ill balanced or over strung human beings, to lose their j heads when in high spirits, and the self command most of them show when full grown in resisting these impulses is a striking proof of con scious responsibility. A full grown pet cat scarcely ever scratches a young child, no matter how much mauled by it. Besides being irrita | hie oats are moody and subject to depression, probably a physical re action from the former-condition. With one exception all the cats 1 have known are captious. Their in stinct when ill or sad is to be alone, but this is entirely neutralized bv petting. They become as dependent on caresses and sympathy as chil dren and much wiser than children when they are ill or injured, as they apply for relief with the most un mistakable suggestions, sometimes \ indicating plainly where they are in i pain and presenting the suffering j member for treatment. They are ! not so patient as dogs in taking medicine or submitting to surgical I care, but show their recognition of j its benefit by coming back for it un- ; der similar circumstances.—Temple Bar. An Unlucky Bungle. On the 21st of December, 1885, : Admiral Dundns gave up the com- ] mand of the fleet and returned to England. lie was succeeded by Ad miral Lyons, between whom and Dundas a signal parting took place which will long lie remembered as a standing joke in the navy. As Admiral Dundas loft the fleet at Ivamiesch the crews of both Eng- i lish and French ships maimed the J yards and gave him a parting I cheer. At the same moment, by tiro J desire of Dundas, a signal was run . up to Sir E. Lyons on board the I Agamemnon, “May success attend I you,” to which Sir E. Lyons ordered to be hoisted in reply, “May liappi -ness await you.” But though in real life hanging and happiness are generally consid ered to have no very close connec tion, yet in the signal code they are very much alike. Unfortunately, in the hurry to reply to Admiral Dun das, the flag for the former instead of the latter word was hoisted, and what was worse the stupid blunder was not discovered and hauled down till the whole fleet had seen and read it.—Pearson’s Weekly. A Good Excute. An officer of a certain regiment was one morning inspecting his company on parade when he came to an Irishman who had evidently not shaved for some days. Halting in front of the man, he said, “Doyle, how is it you have not shaved this morning?” “Oi have, sorr,” was the reply. “How dare you tell me that,” said the officer, “with a beard on you like that?” “Well, sorr,” said Paddy, “it’s loike this: There’s only one shaving glass in our room, and there was nine of us shaving at the same time, and maybe Oi shaved some other chap’s" face.” Pearson’s Weekly. A Step Saver. When Mrs. Flatleigh chose the j refrigerator with the mirror in the front door of it Flatleigh laughed, j “Os course,” exclaimed Mrs. Flat ' leigh, bridling at once, “a man has no interest in saving his wife’s I steps.” | “Steps, my”— “But possibly he can appreciate the advantage of her being able to get dinner half again quicker through not having to run to some other part of the house every time she wonders how her hair is looking or her apron behind or something!” 1 —Puck. Montgomery Monitor—TilliksDAY, our. n, mult. CHOOSING A BRIDE. A Gay Custom In Russia That Has It j Merry and Sad Aspects. An ancient custom is yet main tained in Russia at the Christmas season, in which the festivities of the day are made to play a perma nent part in the lives of those who are chief in the frolicking. Some person of importance in the district announces that the annual fete will be held at his house. Thither, at the appointed time, hasten the young men of the coun tryside; thither come, no less eager ly, but with decorous tardiness, the maidens of the place. There are dances and songs, games and feast ing, but all else is but the prelude to the great event, when chance is made the handmaid of love. At the arrival of the proper hour the host ess gives a signal and withdraws into an apartment, accompanied by all the girls. The lasses are ranged upon long benches, where they pose, a tittering phalanx of freshness and beauty, with naught in their smiling affability to suggest that a scratch on blooming check might reveal the tartar. The hostess is supplied with long strips of broad cloth, and with this she straightway muffles each and every maiden. She twists it deftly over and about the head until hair and features are hopelessly veiled; she winds it about the neck, the shoulders, the waist and on until the sprightly and lissom figure of the girl is merged in the rude out lines of a papoose. This is the preparation. The ac tion follows, when one by one, in an order determined by lot, the young men of the party enter the room. Each in turn approaches the veiled row of loveliness and examines it. Eves and ears are useless; touch is everything. The puzzled suitor seeks to penetrate the baffling folds and locate the personality of his idol. When at last he lias made his choice he is privileged to remove the swaddling clothes and behold the identity of his prize. Then is the consummation—the moment of rapture or despair when soul an swers soul in the love light of the eyes or when disappointment speaks in the stifled sigh or show's in the averted eye. It is the law of custom that this twain should become man and wife. If the custom is broken a heavy for feit must be paid by the unwilling person. But it is rarely that happi ness fails in the result. Chance, it is well known, is open to a bribe. And the lovers who would fail to offer her bribes would hardly de serve happiness. In their whispers before the hour of trial ainorous conspiracies for the cheating of ill fortune are made, and the lover may depend upon his ingenious in amorata to convey to him the con certed signal whereby will be de termined her identity and their mu tual happiness. Turning tho Tables. “A Fort Dodge physician, a Dr. Pitcoe,” said an lowa man, “once had a grave dug for a patient, sup posed to be dying, who afterward recovered, and over this error of judgment the doctor was joked for many years. Once he attended, in consultation with three conferees, another patient. This patient real ly died. After the death, as the physicians discussed the case to gether, one of them said: “ ‘Since quick burial is necessary, we might inter the body temporari ly. I understand our brother hero has a vacant grave on hand.’ “Dr. Pitcoe smiled. “‘Yes,’ he said, ‘I believe I am the only physician present whose graves are not all filled.’ ”—Phila delphia Bulletin. The Spider Tree. In the country about Cape Negro, in Africa, there is a curious plant called the spider tree. It grows on windy plains, its stem attaining a diameter of four feet, although it does not exceed one foot in height. It puts out two leaves six or eight feet in length, and these are split by the whiffing of the wind into a number of stiff, narrow ribbons bearing no little resemblance to the legs of a gigantic spider. This re semblance becomes startling when a strong breeze puts the leglike leaves into rapid motion, and the negroes shiveringly exclaim that the great spider is struggling to get loose. t ■ Macaulay’s Wit. Macaulay, who was in the habit of shaving himself, and badly, too, it would seem, once patronized a first class barber. After obtaining an easy shave he turned to the ton sorial artist and inquired: “How much do I owe you?” “What ever you have been in the habit of giving the man who shaves you, sir,” replied the barber. “I generally give him two cuts on each check,” replied the celebrated English historian, “but you, sir, be ing a superior workman, deserve to fare better.” » v\%tvt\iWA%%i4tv%%vw II IMMEDIATE 111 I reduction I S ALE! II !|j| fc^jaßwagwawiMßEaaanmrß^ j:jj Wc Have Decided to Close Out a Large Part of Our Stock. I iif If Selling Hoods at. 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