St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-30

was trying to blaclmail him. He wen
on to tell all about the contents Of tn,
letters. and the inspector began to fee
greatly interested in the case, which h,
realized was difficult At length HI
said:
II can see only one wsy. We mus,
bring this woman face to face with
I your wife"
mo, no." said the merchant, ''tha,
would never do You see my wife Is q
wonderful woman. She can read peo
ple's thoughts. She can look right into
my mind and see what is going ON
there. AL she has to do is to take hold
Of my great toe. Then she reads my
thoughts"
The inspector caught on at once and
remarked that this was strong obiec-
tion. He got rid of the man rs soon as
possible and never saw him again. As
he is still doing business it is supposed
that he keeps his craze to himself and
carefully guards his feet from his wife,
One day . man rushed into police
headquarters much excited. He was
deaf and dumb. He seemed almost
Frustrated with terror. After they had
calmed him q little, he explained that
he had been robbed Of four thousand
dollars BY some men. who had thrown
him down and nearly choke1l him to
death. The inspector had q searching
examination made, and after day or
two proved conclusivcly by the mans
friends that he had not been robbed,
and that he was not even deaf and
dumb. Tho Inspector was not pleased
Mt having this sort of o trick played
upon him. So he. sat the man down in
a chair and engaged him in converse.
tion. Ono of the. detective scrgeants
slipped up behind him and jabbed pin
into his back about two inches The
deaf and dumb man rose straight up
and yelled:
Great God. inspector, what was
that?"
That" said the inspector. sis my
cure for dumbness. Git!"
He was gone. and seems to have been
permanently cured.
Captain Reilly tells of q man who
called on him short time ago with m
odd complaint He was . quiet, gen.
tlcmanly person. we'll advanced in
years. He said: Il am much troubled
with large steamboats, plowing mp and
down near my house at night They
mako great whistling and blowing.
and l cannot sleep for them" /
Captain Reilly supposed the man
lived near the water front, and said:
''Wherc Is your homer" 4
II live ON Scvcnteecnth street.
tween Seventh and Eighth ave-
nues, /" saidh he. Tho steamboats, 90 up |
md down Seventeenth street. It is |
very annoying"
''lt must be-" said Captain Reilly.
'I'll have It stopped"
The next day he sent around and told |
he man that he had had the steamboats,
stopped A few days sfterward the
nan called and thanked him. ''They
,avc stopped entirely" said he, ''and
m never repay you"
''That's\all right" said the police
'fficcr. Seventeenth street Is not q
water thoroughfarc and we never could
How It You will not be disturbed
ny more"
Dr.. Douglas, Of the insane board It
he Bellevuc hospital says that these
ases are generally difficult to detect A
ew days ago young German woman
7as brought to the asylum to be exam
,cd as to her sanity. They watched
or night and day for Eve days. and she
either said nor did anything out Of the
'ay. The sixth day she told the nursa
that God had appeared to
CT in o vision, and had told her to 60 and
larry certain white-haired oldman
'ho would meet her In . certain place.
he complained bitterly of tho hardness
q lot which would compel her to
'astc her youthful charms, but She
lid she must do as the Lord badc her.
N. Y. Sun.