Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-11
THE LATE AMER
OF AFCHANlSTAN.
WHAT ne SAID OF HIMSELF
IN MS AUTOBIOGkAPh'

IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
nj. Habits OF Industry-His "" c,,.,,
H., II. Regarded H-A R"'er WI"
w.. rurop.an Ideas ana Ass"ac "s'
,,.,,. prac,lcss-One Trick Win r'
T..,h to Impose Oh Hts sub)sc'''
The death of the Amer OF Afghan
istan reported in our teleeraPn'' ,nuo.
Tuesday may rrecipitate inc p ,uu
threatened conflict bet"eeh ~ tho
ana Britain 10 the far East; rot W.
more than 90 years that apuur Ni ;th
man lborn Sc years ago. raleu Zoo
dpspotic sway over the iour VI .noS
millions Of ferocious Afghans; NC 90 s'1 nOo
With a regular army of only oG'ooo
warr;ors between the Russians anu 'uo
british and Kept them apart. ,,.,
A man of great stature ana coiosssi
strenptn with broad, massiva ceuI
tsnance. brilliant black eyes, dlgo iliea'
Commanding, hne bearing, great in.el
Iactual mower and of VIDE ransn "a
Information, Abdur RAhman controileu
a turbulent, wsrlike people with ro'
Not even the Autocrat OF All tne
prsS;as NOR the sultan of Turkey mas
haar more absolute in his authofiIs'
ga bis motto mas been 'Dne must W
a lion if he would govern wolves; =.
While be has been wise ruler io'
n, Asiatic and has advanced III;
corntry IN commerce, industry an,
GOOD order beyond his predecessor ioi
loving the Shah of Siam IN lDtroduc
inc good mary European icess, Wv
stories told of him are many OF the.i
IN line Nth what has from the reihot
est times characterized government u
Asia he caused manyssof his supIec.
, to be burapd alive and many hioi
' ;mprisoned half dozen years ago !
AZ of rage, because his second son
Nazrullah Khan, sent to England o
= noIiticsl mission, failed to arrang
q for a permanent AfghaLlstah ''p'o
{ sentative in London. - b;r
q A beggsr once asked aims u III
r 10 CBbul. ,;,;,oe,
q "Did you ever work for a living'
n the Ameer asked.
. ."Never, y Khan | am beggsl'
Then we can do without YOU e.
= claimed the ruler, and he had I'll
+ bepyar hanged forthwith. -,
- He was always hard worker mn
. self-rope in his kingdom wofke
), harder. In his autobiography he Wrol'
n ~ eat when | am hungry ana Fou
- DAYS do not remember that nay
NOT eaten my meals. Ny sorS' vi
work hard all day long generally sps,
ths evenings in their. harenf' WI
= their wives and children. In the ~
a. DAYS of my reign | used to pay va
- m INV barem twice week, tt' -
s crew more preoccupied with th"t
n n business and state these VISITS We
- ont down to one or two month,
~ nov nv time is SO full that ! on
= nav two or three visits in the year
y nv wives The had seyen) and fam !
The rest OF the year occupy, -,
=. same rooms in which | work both q
n. and night. "a. - l.
= MANY attempts we're made 10 X
-; i'm With weapons and with polso
- He declares in his life history.
'ra II am always ready as soldier
,a the march to battle in such ma
,s ner that | could start without
80 dslay in ease of emergency. Inc poe
eta of nv coats and trousers are
I'D wavs filled with loaded revolvers a
at one or two loaves of bread for
Id, davis food. Thi, bread is chanf
ort every day. Several guns snd s~o
md are always lying by the side OF
lth bed or the chair OF which am sea
led within reach Of my hand, and SAD
is. horses are kept ready in front or
loo office. On both sides of the sadoie
10 two revolvers.
ted He had false teeth, which he ma
res. fashion of taking out ard cleaning
1od his levees. in order, it IS supposed
the impress his superstitlous supit
AN with the belief that he was ape
ow take himself to pieces and put MN
req together again. :. :,
fir Kipling describes him thus IN :
ing Ameer's Ilomily':
'rk. ''Gholam Hyder, the commander
ime chief OF the Afghan army, Is lea
rms reasonably, for he can impsle; an
AGO. bul fears the governor of Caoui,
has mower of life and death thro
.ar- all the wards; but the Ameer OF
gbanistan, though outly ing tribes
rye tend otherwise when bis back
was turned, is dreaded beyond chlef
men governor together
day Ills word is red Law by the
iuu- of his passion falls the leaf OF %
men life. and his passion is terrible. -