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THE HENRI COUNTY WEEKLY.
VO) . XIII.
P WIER
Absolutely Pure.
This riowdi'r never varies. A marvel of
purify, strength and wlioh someness. More
economical Ilian (lie ordinary kinds, and
eannof lie sold in competition with the mul
titude of low test, short weight alum or
phosphate powders. Sold only in cans.
)■' l vai . Raking Pownmi Co., 106 Wall street,
Xew York. norl3-lv
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DENTIST.
McDonough, Ga.
Anv one desiring work done can be ac
•onimodaled either lyv calling on me in per
son or addressing me through the mails.
Terms cash, unless special arrangements
a; e otherwise made.
(luo. \V. I'ny'.N j Wm. T. Dicken
UKIAA A. niCKI'.A,
•A’i ’I ObNE> S AT I AW.
Me lIIINUI (111. if A .
nraeliee ii. the counties composing
he Flint .Indicia l Circuit, the Supreme Court
denrgiii and the Itnito/i States District
Court. api-27-1v
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ATTORN h.V AT LAW,
MrDovoi on. 11 a.
Will nraeliee ill tile counties composing
■he Flint Cits nit, the Supreme Court oi
feurgiu, and the United States District
Court. marlH-ly
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDonough, (sa.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
>ereiai nil ulion given to commercial and
duel collections. Will attend all the Courts
it Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
Schaefer’s warehouse. janl-ly
l 5.’. WAI.Is
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
given to collections. oets-’79
A. EtROWX.
* ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will yu-icfice in a’l the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
ISeorgi. and the United States District
Court. janl-ly
j j c. a»i:i:i»i.s:w,
ATT TONEY AT LAW,
Hamiton, (sa,
Will practice in all (lie counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circnit, t he Supreme Court
of Georgia and the DisUict Court of the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Oet 8, 1888
Jxo. D. Stewart. | R.T. Daniel.
MT«w inr -v iia\ii:i„
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Guifkin, Ga.
LA I! CA It I).
1 have opened a law office in Atlanta, but
wil! continue my practice in Henry county,
attending all Courts regular')’, as heretofore.
Correspondence solicited. Will be in Mc-
Donough on si! public days.
Office—Room 20. (fate City Bank Build
ing, Alabama street, Atlanta, Ga.
JOHN L. TYE.
January Ist, 1885.
McDoioil Made Ms
AND
•BRASS FOUNDRY.^
\V r e nniiounce to the public that we arc
♦ i now ready to d« all kinds of Machine
Repairing, such as
Mleam lingiiirs, ('ot lon 4iiiiis,
Kepnrater and itlill Macliin
erv. C'ilincc anti (gumming;
lain Minis si Speelalty.
We keep constantly on hand all kinds of
Brass Fittings, Insoirators (of :,n_v size),
Iron l’ipingand Pipe Fittings ; Pipping Cut
and Threaded any Size and Length, We are
prepared to repair your machinery cheaper
than you can have it done in Atlanta. All
work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
J J SMITH
May 24, 1888
GRIFFIN FuOJlltY
AND
Machine Works.
n’c announce to the Public that we are
! 1 prepared to ''.minuiacture Engine Boil
rrs : wiP taki <id - tor all kinds of Boil
ers. We are ntep.tr. d to d<> all kinds of
repairing Uli 1.-'gines, Boilers and Machin
eti. g iTera'lv. We keep in stock Brass
Fittings «f all kinds; also Inspirators, In
jectors. Safety Valves, Steam (fuage9,
Pipe and Pipe Fittings and.lron and Brass
Ci-uings of everv Description.
os how > a wtuorr,
THE STRANGLERS OF INDIA.
Among the many theories advanced
concerning the identity of the author
of fife V h tecliapel butcheries is the
peculiar one that tie is a Thug or l’lian
s'tgar; imt the fallacy of such a ntio
is clearly proven by thfc following liis
torical fac s :
Comparatively few person; ■ >
speak lightly of “Thug-”—supposing
the term to i e sym>; •• 1 !;!i
“rough,” “tough” ■ r ' fordj oi” .re
acquainted with the true t ‘gnifi ition
of the word, or tvlio know t! at at one
time the mere mention of it c ! a
panic among the law-abiding in!; ’’
tail's of India, who were fully cognize,
of the horrible atrocities commute I by
these con cienceless muiderers.
It will not p ove aini-s, d.trelore, to
give the rea ers of The Free Press a
brief hi-lory of these robbers, tvlio, up
to 1837, overran every district of India,
committing the mast detestable mimes
chronicled in modern history .
They were known variously as
“Thugs” or “Pliansigars,” hut the lat
ter appellation seems the most appro
priate, as it fully expresses tiie peculi -r
manner in which they carried out their
atrocious schemes.
“Phausigar” takes its origin from the
instrument with which the members of
these outlawed band accomplished their
double crime of murder and robbey.
It signifies “a strangleK” from the
word pliausi. a noose, which was sud
denly thrown over the head of each vic
tim, and then by a dextrous twist drawn
about his neck, resulting in almost im
mediate strangulation Asa matter of
course, the noose prevented the slight
est outcry.
The Pliansigars belonged to no par
ticular caste, being recruited Lorn the
Hindoos, Mohammedans, pariahs, or
outcasts, and even the Brahmins. In
the case of the latter they were invaria
bly those hho had been ostracized by
their fellows for some very cogent rea
son and being shunned by all self-res
pecting members of the ether caste-,
gladly joined the ranks of the “>tiang
lers.”
They traveled in bands varying from
twelve to sixty or even 800 in number,
and invariably carried on their Idoody
work at a distance from any thickly
settled community.
Each company had a chie', or juna
dor, to whom was yielded the most im
plicit obedience, and who directed all
their movements. Like the modern
leader of strikes, however, this chief
seldom placed himself in any actual
danger. Usually he acted us a spy up
on the movements of the intended vic
tims, and then from a safe vantage
ground planned their destruction, with
out actively participating in the resul
tant murder. That part of the pro
gramme was delegated to certain of his
followers selected because of their fit
ness.
When iu active service each band
was generally separated into parties
consisting of eight or t'-ii members, win
in turn divided into twos and threes,
closely following each other, in or b r
to render immediate assistance should
it be required by those selected to first
strike the quarry.
They had a very par ent code, of se
cret signals to be used on such occa
sions, and also to communicate with
their chief whenever or wherever he
desired information regarding their
movements.
Their modes of beguiling napless vic
tims into their power where both ingen
ious and numerous. In the majority
of instances they assumed tho garb of
pilgrims, or represented themselves to
be families removing to sumo remote
portion of the country. In order to
more fully impress the traveler with
the seeming truthfulness of these state
ments and give color to their
assumed characters, it was customary
for each company to be accompanied
by a number of young children. These
latter were kept in ignorance of the
practices of their elders, and therefore
were unable to betray them. Very of-;
ten their ar.less prattle disarmed my
suspicion that might have been roused j
in the mind of the, one whose li e would j
sooner or later pay forfeit to th greed
o’f the human fiends. Immediately pr - j
or to this butchery, however, theyoung
steis were invariably removed to some |
spot where they would not he likely to i
prove criminating witnesses.
The robbery and murder of a lone j
traveler was never done single-handed,
two Phansigars always taking part in
it. Of course, when a party of four or
five was attacked it required a propor
tionate number to dispatch them. I‘
any resistance was shown—a very rare
occurrence, so well drilled were the ex
ecutors—they were joined by others,
and thus the crime was quickly consum
mated.
Generally speaking, their inode of
perpetrating the murder was as follows:
When the victim was lulled into per
fect security bv the means already des
cribed, one of the parties quickly passed
a noose, formed of a twisted handker
chief or a strip of thin muslin, over his
■ head and drawing it deftly about bis
neck, tightened it. This be
ing done, an accomplice struck the
smuggling victim o:i the joint of his
knees behind, which caused hitn to fall
forward, thus accelerating this process
of strangulation.
Unlike the ordinary highwaymen,
who, if ba'ked of their game, usually
; relinquish it and lie in wait for some
; one else, the {‘strangles” would follow
their victim <r victims for weeks u til
ihe desired opportunity presented it
self.
if interrupted in th ir bloody work
by a passer-by, they would immediately
throw a clo'h over the corpse, and in
dulge in dofe ul lamentations, as though
it were that of some beloved relative.
One of them would prostrate himself
before or upon it and writhe about in
! well simulated agony, beat his head up
on the ground and in every po slide
manner counterfeit grief that would
mislead tho most skeptical and suspi
cious.
They usually chose as a fn and con
venient spot for th 3 commission of the
| murder the quiet of a jungle, in whose
k recesses the body was hastily bur
; ed. after rifling it of every movable
article. A grave, or more strictly
■•peaking, a deep ho e, was ha-lily ex
cavated, and then ill-corpse, after be
iug horribly mutilated, was cast into it,
head downward. It was gashed in
many place-, to prevent swelling, and
:lr.:s rai; lag a mound or causing cracks
in tlia earth, which might att;aet bca»ts
|or birds of | rey or perhaps reveal the
criine to some casual traveler passing
;in the vicinity On some occasions the
logs were disjointed at the knees and
Irps and turned backward upon the
body ; but this was seldom resorted to
except when, from fear of discovery,
: the • urderers were compelled to dig.
j a hole that in their haste was either too
small or too shallow. Instances are
j quoted in the hi tories of these men
where, fearing no immediate interrup
tion, they pitched a tent over the grave
and for several days indulged in wild
I orgies, singing ribald songs and lecount
ing with great gusto the death struggles
of the po r unfortunate entombed be
neatli their feet.
The reasons given by these fiends
for mutilating and burying the bodies
in the manner described is as follows : j
A certain goddess named Kali, their
patron saint, and to whom they paid the
j greatest adoration, used to relieve them
of the trouble of interring the corpses
by eating them—thus preventing any
chance of after diseovc-ty. One day,
however, after making way in th« usu
al manner with a traveler his body was
left unburied, and the Pliansigars retir
ed from the scene to allow Kali to en
joy her ghoulish feast in solitude. One
of their number, without giving a sec
ond thought, looked behind him and
discovered her lea-ting upon the body.
She was furious at this act <-f pre
sumption and registered a vow that
never again should a morsel of a human
I body offered by the ‘ stianglers” cross
j her lips. In addition to this she with
drew her divine protection from them,
and despite their earnest and pitiful ap
| peals refused torehabiliate them. Nev
| ertheless, as a slight equivalent for the
| withdrawal of tlrs priceless boon, she
| condescended to pluck one of the fangs
from her celestial mouth, with the as
surince that it might be used as a pick
ax to dig the graves of their victims,
with the guaranty that it would last
forever. Then frqm hey side sjie pull -
j ed one of her ribs, which she gave them
jas a knife. It was possessed of such a
j wonderfully keen elge that it could
never be broken nor blunted by any
| thing with which it might come in con
tact. Finally she tore r.ff the hem of
her garment, spun in Paradise on the
looms of the good spirits, and presented j
it to them for a noose which would nev
er fail to strangle any one about whose j
throat it should be cast.
SI ie then gave them strict orders to
mutilate and bury all bodies that fell
by their hands. This is also the rea- j
son why they claimed divine sanction
for committing the most frightful out
rages against their fellowmen.
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When they consumated a murder in |
a spot where it was impossible to se
crete the body of the victim, it was pla
ced in a suck and thrown into a well
or bidden away in a secluded spot in
the jungle, care being taken to secure
it from the ravages of roving carni
vora-. Then when a favorable oppor
tunity and place was found they inva
riably returned and disposed of it in the
regulation manner.
Should it so happen that they failed
in the perorinance of any of the par
ticulars quoted they considered that
Kali was mortally offended, and has
tened to propitiate her anger by offer
ing a large share of the gains of their
nefarious undertakings. This was con
sidered obligatory, for if overlooked or
forgotten it was sure to bring disaster on
all future undertakings. Therefore,
their blind belief that no crime was be
ing committed by following the dictates
of this divinity is not to be wondered at
and affords some extenuation for their
awful deeds.
After collecting their plunder a di-!
visjpn was made, the best of all being
offered to Kali; then a double share
was allotted to the chief. Having pro
vided for these two most important
characters, the remainder was parceled
among them in certain proportions,
thus: To the person who cast the
noose and strangled the victim and the
one who mutila'ed the body a share and
a half was awarded, and to all the mem
bers who were present, but not actively
engaged, a share each. .The absent
members were rewarded with half a
share. Strange to say, there was no
quarreling over the allotments, and
there was no prescribed method of dis
p sing ' f the booty, each receiver being
dlowed to exercise his free will in the
matter. True to their secretive in
stincts, they got rid of it at some dis
tance from tfyt place where the murder
occurred.
Returning home with tie* proceeds,
they would spend their time in revelry
| and debauchery until their ill-gott'-u
■ money was exhausted, when each hand
would again take to the road in search
j of fresh victims.
As a matter of course each member
; of these bands serv' d a regular appreu
| ticcship, as otherwise he would have
! lieen unable to master all the details
; with such skilled deviltry.
Every Phausigar brought up bis
male chidren to his own profeision,
and from inf.iucy they wore taught to
j consider murder and rebery a* perfect-
mcdonougil ga.. Friday, march, i, who.
ly legitimate means of gaining » living.
In addition to this the idea that their
destiny reqniied the commission of such
crimes was carefully instilled into their
minds. If a child was weak, sickly or
deformed, he was allowed to follow the
bent of his natural inclination usually
to pass his life in laziness —as none but
the strong and vigorous were consider
ed worthy of membership.
The novitiate, upon attaining the ago
of 10 or 11 years, was allowed to ac
company a party of the Thugs upon a
plundering expedifion, and thus gives
a practical insight into their diabolicas
barbaritie-. One of his near relativel
acted as his tutor, or yuru, and as he
was taught to render him implicit obo
diance and deference. submitted
without questioning to any orders given
by that person. At first he acts the
part of lackey to his pr ceptors, carry
ing clothes, taking nii-ss*g (tropariug
his food, washing his cloth, s, and per
forming the other r that falls to
tho share of a menial syrvit r. In
many cases the yuru was tTw father of
the pupil.
lie was well (billed in answering
any queries that might be proppuwleu
by curious persons, and never betrayed
the slightest hint of the occupation of
the band. Instead of this he was
taugh to give a most plausible account
of their destination, and seeming so
truthful in all matters, invariably aver
ted suspicion.
At first, as we have pointed out. he
was not allowed to witness the' ae'ual j
murder, lest his childish nature should
revolt and have a tendency to cause aa
abhorrence of “phansigary” or “thug
gee.” After a time he was shown a
dead body, ami then step by step his
young mind was educated in the various
degrees of the horrible trade. To whet
hir appetite fi r murder lie was then al
lowed a small share of the plunder, and
as soon as he expressed a desire to en
gage in active work was permitted to
attend some minor details. Upon at
taining manhood and showing himself
possessed of prudence, nerve and bodi- i
ly strength, he whs allowed to cast the
fatal uoose.
Before being admitted to the ranks 1
as a full-fledged “strangler” each ap- 1
prentice was formerly presented by his i
preceptor with a phansi* This cere
mony was attended with great solem
nity, Kali being consulted in fixing an
auspicious day. Upon the occasion se
lected the yuru took his pupil aside,
and after solemnly admonishing him t%
use the instrument of death with skill
and discretion, nresauted him with a
new noose and dptnaim pressed upon his
mind that upottwWe exercise of tln-se
qualities depended all future success in
his chosen calling. ifpori receiving
thisj badge of his pro .css W* .former
restrictions upon his actions were re
moved and the journeyman murderer
was at liberty to strangle anyone un
lucky enough to fall into his relentless
clutches.
They entertain the greatest respect
for the tutor who had induced them in
to these horrible mysteries, and this
veneration last for life. Whenever
they met the pupil would prostrate
himself at the feet of the yuru as a
mark of respect, and when the latter
grew old and helpless provided for him
with all the care bestowed by a dutiful
child upon its loving parents.
When a “strangler” became incapa
citated by age or other cause from ta
king active part with the younger mem
bers of the tribe he acted a; a watcher
or spy, and very often as decoy to lure
the unsuspecting traveler to his awful
doom. These old members also served
as waiters to the more able bed in I,
cooking their food or any little services
that might be commanded bv the lat
ter.
Occasionally persons of mature age
were admitted as membe s of these
tribe*, but not till they had served a
long and even severei apprenticeship
than that exact'd of the minors id
ready described.
By intermarriage the bond of union
between thy members was more c’oscly
cemented. The wives were fully
aware of the nature of th ■ avocation
of their husbands, and although they
never assisted them, enjoyed the pro
ceeds without expressing the slightest
repugnance for the manner in which
they were gained.
Sometimes, however women were al
lowed to become active members of this
1 bloodthirsty brotherhood, and oecasion
-1 ally enacted the role of a strangler. In
such cases a handsome fcmal e w r as se
lected to carry out their scheme of des
truction. She would select a conveni
ent spot, where her beauty and a well
told tail of distress would be sure to en
list the sympathy of the unsuspecting
traveler. She would beg to be assisted
on her way, and in the majority of in
stances would be taken up behind him.
Then at the first favorable opportunity
she would throw the noose over his
head, leap from the horse, (bag her
victen to the ground and strangle
him.
Europeans and females were seldom,
if ever, attacked ; principally through
fear of detection—rnose especially in
the case of the former, who. having
friends to note his absence, would in
all probability institute a search and
perhaps reveal his fate.
One fundamental law of the Phan
sigars was never to wittingly expose
themselves to any risk of detection, if
it could be safely avoided. The ob
se:ve this cautious regulation religious
ly, and no matter what might be the
prospects of gain they could never be
tempted to violate it, where there was
the slightest indication of their sin be
ing found out.
Prior to 1829 the native authorities
had feebly attempted to crush out these
murderers, but th -ir efforts proved fu
*ile. In the year named the first de
cided steps wer/taken with that end
in view, the British authorities ordering
the arrest of every thug or his relatives.
It was not till 1887, however that the
outrages of these outlaws were entire
ly stamped out. Many of the cheif
actors were executed and their follow
ers were colonized at Jubbulpore into
a trade settlement to be iustruetsd in
civilized arts and practices. Their
decendants are still under govenrment
protection and supervision and have
ftivon great promise of becoming good
citizens.
Much more could be written con
cerning those men, but it is hardly nec
essary to enter into any further details
than those given to refute the foolish
theory that “Jack the Ripper” is a
Phausigar who has escaped from India
and is prowling around London satis
fying his iuherited thirst for human
bio dby butchering the .Miserable out
casts of Whiiochappel. It lias been
couchuiuely proven that females wore
seldom, if ever attacked by them even
j in the palmiest day of “Thuggee,” and
as fifty-one years have elapsed since
I the organization received its quietus,
it. :. : cenis hardly possible that any of tho
“old Adam” remains in the descendants
of the original “Stranglers of India.”
MR. AND KPS. 30WSER.
At 3 o’clock the other afternoon I
accidentally caught sight’ of Mr. Bow
ser skulking about tho back yard. lie
had acted very restless at ilinuer-tinie,
and I at once felt that something was
wrong. A caller came and I could not
get out to the barn for half an hour,
and then it was too late. A horse stood
in the stall, and Mr. Bowser stood look
ing at the horse.
“Have vou—you I gasped.
“Have I what”
“Bought another horse, after those
two dreadful failures!”
“Dreadful failures! I bought one
horse and he objected to tbe neighbor
hood. The other liked the neighbor
hood, but you objected to his color.”
“Mr. don’t buy un
onier horse. \\a iion’t need one, you
know, and you surely " ill get swin
dled.”
“Swindled.!, i geL, swindled on a
horse! M rat Bowsers the man who
can swindle in# 6n a hdNb lias yet to
he born! I know, ’em from ears to
heels. I can read ’em like so many
books. \Ye need a horsei Here was
£ chaoaglor a great bargain and I im
*lpi')Ve *ti”'
“I’m 80-~-.sn sorry.!” »
That’ijjust like you; hut I can t help
it. 1 don't pJMflttfci to throw
dollars over, wiiaiMer.
that animal for time
Lo Leadplf a man wnwvwfcM have been
glim to pay if3oo. I wouldn’t take
8400 for him as he stands there."
I was much put out, and after a time
Mr. Bowser followed me into the house
and said :
“Just wait a week, and if he doesn’t
turn out all right I’ll sell him for the
8300 and give you the extra $100.”
Nothing further was said until the
next morning, though in the meantime
1 heard Mr. llowser telephoning about
condition powders, branmashes, too
weights, quarter bools, hand holders
and throat-sweaters. It seotned to me
that he ordered about 850 worth of
those things. Twice in the night he
cot up and raised tho hack window to ;
listen, and he was out of bed and out to j
the barn with the first beams of daylight.
He came iu to breakfast with a smile
all over his face and announced:
“Mrs. Bowser, yourself and your !
child ate invited to a sleigh ride after
beak fast.”
“You dou’t mean it!”
“But 1 do. Not only that, but I hope j
to show ymi a gait that will throw
snow in the eyes of all who follow
him.”
He had borrowed a neighbor’s cutter
and bells, and after breakfast I got
ready. Mr. Bowser said it was best to
make our start from the barn,and when
I got out there I found a lengthy, raw
boned, wild-eved equine pawing the
floor and working his ears and anxious
| to be off.
“lie lo >ks dangerous,” I said after
I a minute.
i “So does a stuffed lion, but lia isn’t.
However, if you are a coward I’ll a-k
Mrs. Johnson to go.”
“Mr. Bowser you are as pale as a
ghost and all in a tremble. You are
afraid.”
“W—what ’ Afraid of him, or any
other horse living ! You can’t go with
me, Mrs. Bowser ! Go right into the
house 1”
I held the horse while he shut the
barn door, and I sized the animal up as
a vicious brute. I fully expected a ca
lamity of some sort, hut 1 would not
back out nor let Mr. Bowser g p alone.
I entreated him to unhitch, but he
glared at me and replied :
“Have you gone clean daft! Ibis
horse is as gentle as a rabbit, and I d
a » goon let the baby drive him. Whoa,
Claudius. Now go.”
But Claudius didn’t go. He pawed
the earth and the air, stood on his feet
and seemed to have a circus.
“Is this a blooded horse?” I asked of
Mr. Bowser, who was looking puz
zled.
“Certainly he is. He is a rear
naught.”
“Then he doesn’t fear us does he .
And do Fearnaught horses always go
through these cunning tricks before they
start off?"
“Keep still! Go on here Claudi
us !” .
Claudius dropped down on »U tours
long enough to use his hind feet and
sent the dash-board of the cutter flying
high above our beads, and as I picked
the silvers out of my bonnet I asked
Mr. Bowser if he hadn’t better let the
baby drive. Just then the beast start-
ed. lle started \) ith a sort of bop skip
and jump which gave me the impres
sion that the cutter wanted to get over
the fence into tlm next yard. After
getting a start the horse laid himself
for a run, and as 1 icaliiud this I said
to Mr. Bowser, whose eves hung out
like onions :
“He was warranted perfectly docile,
wasn’t he. ? This is only his way of
getting down town, isn’t it ?”
“lie's running away !” shouted X .
Bowser, as tiis hat blew off and a great
clod of snow whizzed hv his ear.
“But you ain’t afraid of any horsi
living. you know? It’s probably some j
freak on the part of Claudius \\ hoi '
| a delightful pace! ”
\i hatever etse could ho said against
' the horse he was a runner. He had a
J contract to draw us at tin- rate of a
mile Ovurfy Jii/Yv ulinlitcs, and lie di-in’,
count the 00.-. U How we managed .o
do Igo street cat s, sleighs, cutlets and
tiueks, and to turn three corners in
safety I can’t explain, but it was per
haps becauso 1 had the linos and Mr.
1 Bowser was looking for a soft place to
i fall out on. The brute stopped after a
j two-mile dash, and when I brought him
!up to the curbstone a policeman had to
lift Mr. Bowser out and give him a
in swallow of cordial to brace him tip a
little.
“1 had him almost stopped when a
cramp caught me,” explained Mr. Bow
ser to the crowd.
“Rats !” called half a dozen voices in
chorus.
“Say. "Id man, you aren’t fit to drive
no suMi horse as that.”
“Nobody but a fool would buy such
a brute !”
“Pardner, is your head still swim
ming !”
“Come off, old man, mid buy you a
hobby borne!”
“Mr. Bowser and 1 went home on the
ear. We didn’t say much until we
reached the bouse. I wasn’t going to
say much then, but Mr. Bowser turned
on rue with:
Now, then, explain your conduct
please.”
“ What? ”
“In snatching those lines out of my
hand and trying to make a heroine of
yours 1 If! Mrs. Bowser, there is a limit
to all things. You have reached that
limit! I may not be back home again
this week !”
Blit he was. Indeed, lie has been
very luimhle ever since, lie got rid of
tii" horse next day, gave me money fora
spring bonnet, and it is mutually under
stood that wo do not refer to tbe past.
CURRENCY*.
m — <•
It Ins now been discovered thak (itc
Albany espitol building is not mrgn
enough, although it, was only a year
ago that a State Senator gut lost and
walked around for two days before he
reached civilization.
Mrs. Langtry says she hasn’t had a
sound night’s sleep m eight years, and
it isn’t owing to cats, citl w* She
sticks her head under the pillow and
thinks, thiiik;;, thinks.
All Em ope,-in governments acknowl- j
edge tin! Uncle Sam lias the strongest i
weapon of war in the dynamite gun. A ;
French paper says every o m such gun !
in equal to five iron dads.
Mrs. J. Kellogg lias not only been |
admitted to practice before tho courts!
of Kansas, hut has outgeneraled some of I
the best lawyers in the state and so- ■
cur (1 an income of 85,000 per year.
About one half of tho paper money
circulated in South America is counter- \
feit, but that is a matter no South I
American worries about. The genu
ine is about as bad as money can be.
No less than four women in different
parts of tlie country claim to be Amelia
Rives, wbilu the genuine and only
Amelia bus been criticised so much that
! -ho is fain to deny her identity.
The St. Louis Dispatch wants a law
1 in that state to prevent any one from
i blowing a dinner horn except for le
'! gitimate purposes the dinner hour.
They take to music in Missouri.
•
A Californian claims to have seen
j wild geese so th’ck on a field of wheat
j that a snow-flake could not have pass
ed between them. That’s right, toll a
whopper if your are going to lie at
all.
“Ten years hence,” said a member
of the New York Assembly, “the fact
of an adult sending a valentine will be
taken as evidence th ;t lie is not the
proper person to act as a guardian or
trustee.”
A theif in Carlisle, Fa., steals noth
ing but Bibles, and he has taken ninety
one from the people of that town with
out being discovered. If he keeps on
they will have to buy tin boxes to keep
their receipts in.
An American quack doctor sold
some liquid on the streets of Paris
which lie warrented to relieve pain in
one minute. Some of those who were
not relieved made complaint and he
was sent up for a year.
Dr. Le Baron, an eminent physician
of France, says that such a thing as a
person having a snake or lizzard in his
stomach was never known and never
i will lie. All such cases have been im
| aginary.
The ‘■owntrj <: >
"When the average man liu--» >
his fust rurnl cigar ho cannot h-.;Ir»
immagining, if lie have any palate,
that cigar was grown in th country, tor
country consumption.
There are different Mads os country
cigars, but each one r presents a <ll
ent kind of viltsiuv s. They <■ a •
boxes decorated with spread cage s, s. ■
vandersaiul other combination a • i . hit .
eanuou balls, suasi . anu l-altdi.;
got losses, after the manner ef the •
of the various State* of tli : Uutot*.
The Mauds are eijiisll v iuc ■■■/. ten'
and misleading. \\
he called ‘"The 2.10” is a my .terv, un
less it means that they ato tvoil’n '.2.10
a thousand or that the man who smoke.-
two of them never lives longer tliat: tv.
years.
• In country cigar*! tl < nr l ur ‘
moist” specimen and the. ‘•hard 0, ..
When you bite tho end < .' ;!.
[you leavo it like the edge of a
anti when you light it it ta ft like.
[ loosens your teeth and make; yr-.a
i teeth feel as tli a
The hard 'dry cigar you
squeese like the soft ono without hav-,
ut liavi. g it cl in ■■•
Von bito on it and you ihi ik • ;
biting a pretzel, it is so !>rf-: :<•. A
when you bito the end o;T t I.g . ;d
--ter usually comes out of tn : weed, and
the outside wrapper au
like a shaving and silently deals at.ay.
As soon as you draw mi r, silvers oi
tobacco got into your throat and no. e.
and when you light it burn all tie w, j
down one aide, while the < t’a r r ... .
intact.
Sometimes a country cigar will lo
its outside wrapper, and as von inw .
smoke will pass through ; abmi
inch in front of your mouth. This wii!
not satisfy yon if you art .-*•.<! of s:i’.n' -
ing, it w ill <; • it 1 t
or rather husband it. ft mates little
difference which ond of one of the e:-
gars you light it will smok. id out t!
same. Many a country man will carry
oik! of these cigars— spelled with an
—around in his vest poekt awaiting
the arrival of Sunday, liy 1 '
the cigar is so dry that it i a-,
and in trying to straighten it. it n._ d
and ho is obliged to fa tun a ie-.v ,m|
wrapper about it with ■ ..
and then lie sn, 1 es it w. b
while reading the dry goods adwrii •
ment that enwrap it.
The rural grocer hands < at r
these “lutinanls” to every -
when ha settles his bill t ami it i
lieved that tho roai>s>n most --i.no
pie do not nay the grocer 1 tn.
K-ish to escape tho ciga. which •
o classed wit If green gr,. ri j u« .i
parsley and cabba, e.
The country fcipflwhi no doiib:. t- - -
thing that drives most long-la ad,
countrymen to tho pipe, for the long
headed countryman doesn’t w rut a cigar
that lias no nicotine in it. Ho likes cow
hide well enough on h'.s foot, but
doesn’t care for it or its lii \ irina -
The country cigar doe not . oml
or duve away a dull car -, or throw on
into a vision full of languishing la;
scape and Persian pomp, and t.. p . .
cr place for it is in the ho.v, that .; may
not put the smoker into oik .
Oh, while the weeds hold out to
Thu average man may get
Divinar joy if he hut turn *
To the (loudly r.!;. .11i *•.
For while the countryman icum
the country cigar to asho , tiio eouu
cigar also reduces him t->
troit Free Press.
M’lie Itill was
“I’ll sco about it,” lie said, as h :
ded the hill back to tho collector.
‘•lt’s onlv *.>, and ”
“I’ll see about it, 1 told you
“And we need money, it will be
groat favor.”
“Didn't I suv 1 would see 1' ,
it?”
“Yes ; hut when ?”
“Look heresaid the d btor, :
rose up, do you want to in uit me
“No, sir. 1 mean to go down to
papers and get them to put m .1 notic;
that you will soon depuit I;r :
Good day.”
“Come back here! There s v
money! Do you suppose 1 want
collectors making a rush a my oi l .
Please receipt the bill. Sorry i
your folks wating so long.” »
Just lliw w ay.
“There goes a singular man,” ob
served a Woodward av> nuc grocer a
an old man passed out with ;k;;■
under his aim.
“How?”
“He always begins busme by asking
if wc have any strawburri e in sea
son we sav yes, and out of season wo
say no. If we have ’em lie do n’t b
if we don’t have ’em he looks d; ; p|u .
ted for a minut • and then gives ins
her. His trade is worth -/to r. .
I lost it ouco and had to apologise
him.”
“How?”
“I had a smart Aleck of a derk v
replied that we had uo sttawla.rrk- ' :
lots of chestnuts, and the old /nan
ed as stiff as a ramrod. I* apolo
gized, discharged the clerk, and he re
turned. lie’s my strawberry as low
we use him well.”
k—.
In digging among the ruins of Poo
1 peii tlmy have found a piece of hr
made to fit over human check. The
modern cheek needs none.
New York has a law again-; in
on elections. Therefore halt 1 m
b ts were made last fall.
Memory is a net.
no.