The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-18


x Al, starry Hope, that didst ariSe
eT. But TO be overcast
oe''e' O.. W. HOMES.
-..j A Persian STORY
Three centuries, ago. says .Abou Ben AID.
hem in bis advice, there was kingd0m 10
nc north of what Is now Persia-the inaao-
;tants of which were with the present Per-
which these things of which you
conplaiu very seldom occurred. 10 that
blessed land there was no crime to speak OF,
no accidents, no mistakes. no nothing. Life
there was like calmly.foating river. The
people lived happily and died regretfully,
dislikipg very much to leave; which Is quite
different here. We had in Koamud, which
was the name of the Kingdom, no peniten:
tiaries, 30 reform schools, no eivil-seryice
examinations; DO boards Of any kind-no.
thing Of the sort. II the Government want
ed postmaster, we will say, it did not go
bothering about qualifications or anything of
that SORT. It simply posted mp on the door
OF the yacantpest-offi eatpfinted statement
OF what would be required Of the postmas:
ter. . Then the irst man who said be wanted
the place was appointed.
"Were not bonds required Of him ?" 4l
aNo..a He took the place aud went on
with his duties" - d. &. 80. ~ {. -. 49,,
"Bu, suppose he proved a defaulter?"
ale wasirnmediately caught aHd hanged"
aHuug for iefaication {? ~ =. -.
@CertainIy, and for mistake as well. il
there was an error In hisaccounts by 50 much
a. pound Of wrapping-twiae he was hung
out of hand."'u p!sz aaa55 ttn3.. !,
"But suppe sc his Irregularities were the
result of bad business qualities?" .4-...t
"Then he was hung for being bad bust-
ness.mau. What we wanted was honesty
and capacityil; and as; we did with postmas-
tiers We did with every body else. Suppose Q
railroad train was OF the track-a coroner's
s;efsy, was convened over the bodies Of the
killed. Suppose they discovered the fact
that a rail was out of order, or chat the road
was not patrolled, we hung one president,
director. and superintendent. Ii the acci.
dent was caused by any neglect on the part
of the conductor he was hung, and so on.
Once we hung all the officers or the Teheran
and Ispabam road, end from that time there
was no accident on that line. Their sue.
cessors were tolersbly careful; and the com.
papy hung up miniature gallows in the cab
OF every locomotive to remind the engineer
of bis certain fate Ia the event of trouble.
WTben We carried the same rule into
everything. The people deposited with the
First National Bank OF Pically. Very good.
The bank suspended one morning. Exactly.
The authorities took the president, cashier,
and board Of directors all out and hung them
because they bad been guilty of suspension.
81 didn't steal a dollar Of this money"
said the president. cit was lost in specu'
atipg ia Persian Gulf Mai" '..,
"Never difference" said the judge,
"where it was lost. You haven't got it,"
"But you won't hang man who has not
stolen, will you?" says the president.
81 will hang you, my jooel, for bein' an
idiot. shall hang you for riskin' money
that was not yours to risk" 49,
"And up be went.
"In fact, they have hung them more mer.
cilessly for being fools than for any other
crime. If 9 man said i stole it, they felt
a sort Of pity for him. If be said Il lost
it, they fel5 none at all, and strung him up
in minute"
"Did they hang always for murder?"
"Certainly; all they wanted to know was
that the killing took place." ...... .....,. Ii.
"Did they never admit the plea of irsan.
itys" ..... ...~., 80
"Not any of that. If man put in that
plea they hung him for being insane. They
were wont to remark that it was not sale to
have insane men running about loose with
reyolvers, and clubs, and such things, SO they
hug them for fear they might endanger
some one else's life."
sWhat, pray, was the effect OF this Vfgor-
ous hanging oE things In general z"
Z 'tSpiendid." Bank officials made no mis-
takes in their figures and none In their ousi.
ness. The officers of the G0gernmen6HWe
rather careful about their accounts. or.they
were hung for mistakes as well as Tor thiev.
ing. The presidents and directors Of rail-
roads kept their. tracks up, and more
watchful or careful set of men tnan; the CON
;ductors, engineers, 'andG switchmen you
never saw. There being no plea OF any kfno
permitted, the fact being all that was con-
sidered, there was wholesome care useu ~
a|l'departments of llfe.pa. ky; :: .glI.' 20
"Tha effect was good In announcer way
This SYSTEM reduced the population terribly,
but It made a magnificent race OF men a ano
women. You see, the vicious and the care
less-wbich is to say, the naturally depraved
and Observation-Disclosures all hung, leaving
only the Industrious and elear.headed to live
and perpetuate the species. Consequently il
was splendid people, am, perhaps, q
fair specimen. There were no lunatics,
idiots. triaers, or dishonest men left to spread
mischief and danger. The, population was
sorted and sifted:"
aIst that. Government still in existence ~
:, /" Alas! no. There sprang up a classic
5sesple who got to plying criminals. They
got into way Of visiting them just before
they were stretched, and. sending them
bouquets, and begging the Governor to par.
don them s. they get up sympathy for them,
and finally some escaped. Then the game
was up, The nomen there was any doubt
as to the certalnty OF. punishDent, men be.
.cane almost rs they are here. Then Ref
the country. ,JPif5..1 { asTlf5tf s'eaG:iJE,
The clinging ofaan intoxicated man for
support to tree; the sudden appearance In
the opposite doorway cf q confirmed som.
nambuiist, ailin whites the drunkard on his
knees before the supposed ,spp arition shrek
ing for mercy and the police; o policeman
iercey rapping for assistance to DO he did
not know what.-Bueh were the Fidiculous