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DENTIST,
McDonowgh, Ga.
Any one desiring work done can he ac
commodated either by calling on me in per
son or addressing me through the mails.
Trims cash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
Geo W. Bryan j W.T. Dicken.
BRYAN A DK KliN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
ihc Flint. .1 udicia'l Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United States District
Court. apr27-ly
| AS. 11. TI RNUK,
attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court oi
Georgia, and the United States District
Court. marl 6-1 v
A. REAGAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections. Will attend all the Courts
at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
Schaefer’s warehouse. janl-ly
| r. wa i.ij,
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. octs-’7!)
-yy A. ItKOAVA.
’ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District.
Court. janl-ly
j j A. PEEI’I,ES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga*
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court of the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Oct. 8, 1888
Jjto. D. Stewart. j R.T. Daniel.
XTIIWAIT A I»AAIi:i.,
attorneys at law,
Griffin, Ga.
J|lt. It. AI6AOIAK
Hampton. Ga.
I hereby tender my perfessional service to
the pecple of Hampton and surrounding
country. Will attend all calls night and
day.
TjA If CARD.
I have opened a law office in Atlanta, but
will continue my practice in Henry county,
attending all Courts regular 1 ?, as heretofore.
Correspondence solicited. Will lie in Mc-
Donough public days.
Office —Room 516, Gate City Bank Build
ing, Alabama street, Atlanta, Ga.
JOHN L. TYE.
January Ist, 1885.
McElree’s Wine of Cardul
and THEDFORD'S BLACK-DRAUGHT are
for sale by the following merchants in
Henry County:
D. Knott & Co. McDonough.
Hill & Parker, Lovejov.
A. Y. McVicker, Babb.
Berry & Brannan, Flippen.
Dr. W. H. 11. Peek, Locust Grove.
J. C. Bostwick, Peeksville.
J. W. Hale, Sandy Ridge.
W. H. Gilbert & Co. Stockbridge.
B. F. Harlow. Tunis
GRIFFIN FOUNDRY
AND ‘
MaehineW orks.
T'lfe announce to the Public that we are
\\ prepared to manufacture Engine Boil
ers ; will taV orders for all kiuds of Boil
ers. Wo are prepared to do all kinds of
repairing on Engines, Boilers :'*id MaeLiii
ery, generally. We keep in stock Brass
fittings of all kinds; also In?| irators, In
jectors, SnjVtv Valves, Steam Uuages,
Pipe and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass
Castings of everv Description.
OMItOUA Ac WALCOTT,
Terrible I!aili-oa«l I'.yperience
c
I have been for years a sufferer with
asthma. At times when tln> spasms
get very bad nothing seems to a fiord
any relief but a hyp. lermic injection
of morphine Sometimes when nearly
choked by the terrible disease, w boss
worst feature seems to be that it is not
immediately fatal, a hypodermic in
jection at once giveyelief. Often at
, ter taking the morphine and falling
asleep 1 have had a terrible time with
the after effects •of the drug. 1 have
to be watched at those times lor fear I
shall do harm to myself or to others. I
spent a couple of months in Colorado
hoping to get lid of the asthma .Thu
climate there did me so much good that
I almost fancied I was cured. On
coming home I Lad no trouble until I
reached Chicago. Business kept me
for a da_v in that city, and the weather
turned out to be as bad as it pos
sibly could he for asthma. Towards
night 1 could hardly breathe, and 1
went to the office of a physician and
asked for a strong hypodermic injec
tion of morphine. This gave me al
most instant relief. When I got to the
train I said to the porter of the Pull
man car : “1 have just had to take a
strong drug, and I am afraid that dur
ing the night 1 may be delirious, or I
may get up aud attempt to go off the
train. Now, if you will look after me
and see that 1 am not allowed to leave
my berth, 1 will fix it a l l right with
you in the morning.,’ The porter an
swered that as there were very few in
the train, he would make mo a berth,
if I liked, in the drawing room, and
would lock me in, if that would be a
greater protection. This seemed to be
a very good idea, and I agreed to it.
Some time in the night I woke. 1
never felt better in my life. I raised
the curtain of the window and looked
out at the flying scenery’, for it was a
clear moonlight night, almost as bright
as day. As 1 lay there propped up
with pillows I noticed that we were
j going at frightful rate of speed, very
j much faster than is usual on even the
fastest express trains. The car sway
ed back sideways in a manner that was
exceedingly terrifying, i rose and
I tried to get out to see what the reason
was that we were running so fast,
when I found the door locked, and 1
remembered then the arrangement 1
had made with the porter. • I rapped
at the doer, hut there was no answer.
The porter was evidently’ !n another
part of the car. I again lay down, but
the speed of the train terrified me.
We seemed to be going down a heavy 7
grade, and going down with all steam
on. I thought what a frightlul thing
it would be if a wheel should break; or
if there should be a misplaced switch
in onr way. The thought seemed :*>
|be prophetic. In going around a
heavy curve the car suddently lurched
to one side and I heard bolts crack aud
the next instant the end of the sleeper
was on the ground and it seemed to me
that the coach went clear over, end
!over s tnd. After the terrific cratsh
there was an instant of intense silence,
and then I heard the wails and cries ot
the wouuded and a loud roar of escap
ing steam. I tried my b p st to open
the locked door, buf it was impossible
to move it. Even if I could have
brokeu the lock, I found the door was
jammed that it was hardly possible
that I could open it. The car was
lying on its side with the window un
derneath. The glass shattered, but as
it lay on the ground I realized that
there was no possibility of escaping
that way. 1 was naturally very much
excited, but I realized that very soon I
would be searched for and found and
that now practically all danger was
over. Just as I was consoling myself
with this thought 1 heard the crackle
of the flames and smelt something
burning. It was a moment before I
realized the full horror of my situation.
The car was on fire and had doubtless
caught from the lamps. The window
above me, which led into the passage
way of the Pullman car, had been
completely shattered by the concus
sion, as well as the lower window,
and so with the energy of despair 1
mounted on the edge of the berth,
caught the ragged sides of the open
ings, and although my hands w ere lac
erated by the jagged glass, I man
aged to crawl through and come out
iuto the passageway, which|was full of
suffocating smoke. From there it was
an easy matter to get through the side
window and out ou the side of the
car which there occupied the place of
the roof. I then saw for the first time
the magnitude of the wreck. Two of
the cars were ablaze, and the employ
ees were doing what they could to
put them out and to save those who
were pinioned in the wrecked cars.
Standing on one side I saw the porter
who had locked mo in and forgotten
all about me. His face was the pict
j ure of hopeless terror. I went up to
! him and said :
“Doyou know me?”
“Yes,” he answered, “you are the
gentleman I locked in the drawing
room.”
“No,” 1 said, “the gentleman is kill
ed. lam his ghost and shall forever
haunt you for forgetting me.”
For a moment the negro 'ooked ter
ror-stricken, and th'ji he -aid:
“I know something that keeps off
ghost*. ”
“What ; s that ?” I asked.
“Twenty minutes io Detroit.” he
said.
“I don’t understand y n.”
“Twenty minutes to Detroit,” he
repeated.
“I di n't see w hat effect that will
have.” 1 said.
“Twenty minutes to Detroit,” he re
peated. As he said this bis face seem
ed to change, and entirely lost its look
MCDONOUGH, GA.. FIUDAY.SEPTEMBI-.il. 27,188!).
of terror. I found that the magic
words had had sdrue ellect eu myself,
for I could not speak as fluently as T
did the moment before. 1 uotieed
then that gradually a frame of wood
work seemed to he forming around the
negro, and 1 watched him with faseina
tion. Bit after hit of the framework
seemed to be finished and polished and
finally there were hangings and cur
lain* here and there, and at last a
window appeared aud then 1 found
myself lying on a couch with the negro
bending over me, and the roar of the
train in my ears,
“Twenty miles to Detioit, sir,’ - said
th i negro. "I hope you have had “a
good sleep, sir.”
“Sleep 1” I cried. “Were there
many killed in the accident ?”
“Didn’t hear of any accident sir,”
said the negro, with a smile. “We'll
be in Detroit in twefity minutes. 1
guess you must have had a good sleep
for yoit have been the hardest man to
waken 1 ever tried.”
And sure enough in twenty minutes
we were in Detroit,
lVilHain 31. Melcmar Killed.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 19—[Special.]
—There was a tragedy in the East
Tennesse yards last night about 11
o’clock.
And W. M. Delemar, a white man
and former employe of the road, lost
his life.
Mr. J. S. Etheridge is the watchman
at the East Tennessee shops. Last
night he was on duty and about 10
o’clock saw a white man attempting to
break the seal on a loaded lreight
car.
Etheridge had a double barrel shot
gun and bringing it to bear upon the
burglar asked him what he was do
ing.''
A STRUGGLE WITH THE BURGLAR.
Instead of answering, the burglar
sprang upon the watchman and at
tempted to wrest the gun from his
hands. A fearful struggle followed, and
the burglar got possession of the gun
aud fired it at the watchman.
Etheridge pushed the muzzle to one
side and at the same time jerked the
gun out of the burglar’s hands. An
other struggle ensued, anil the watch
man got the gun with the muzzle away
from him, and pulled the trigger.
i TORE THE BURGLAR'S ARM TOV PIECES.
I The load of buckshot tore the flesh
; from the burglar’s left arm from the
| wrist to the elbow.
The wounded man ran away and j
I was tracked by the blood ou the j
ground. When found he had nearly
j bled to death, and was taken to his j
! home on Gate City street.
His name was tv M..Delemar and
Ihe was an ex-employe of the road,
! having at one time been watchmau in
I the yards.
j* DIED FROM LOSS OF BLOOD.
j About 12 o’clock to-day Delemar
: died from loss of blood.
| Etheridge surrendered himself at
! police headquarters and was ahowed
to go on his own recognizance.
Delemar was well known in the
city and had many fiiends who do not
believe he attempted to burglat ize the
car.
Policeman Cason says before Dole
mar died he corroborated Etheridge’s
ac< ount of the shooting.
The affair has created quite a sensa
tion in railroad circles.—Macon Tele
graph.
THE COXOS’ER INVESTIGATING.
Coroner A vary is investigating the
killing of W. M. Delemarg liy .T. T.
Etheridge, a railroad watchman in the
East Tennessee yards, the particulars
of which were published in yesterday’s
Journal.
Etheridge and another watchman
who was with him testified that Dele
mar was with two other men and
broke off the seal of a loaded car; and
that Delemar tried to shoot Ether
idge with a pistol.
Delemar’s wife stated that he said
that evening that he intended to steal
a ride to McDonough in order to bor
row some money from friends there,
as he wanted enough cash for change
in order to get a position as a st T eet
car driver.
Delemar stated before he died that
he was not attempting to burglarize
car, hut was trying to get inside so as
to steal a ride to McDonough.
The coroner will resume his investi
gation this afternoon.—Atlanta Journ
al,
Gov. Foraker expected to formally
open his campaign for re election with
a speech in Xenia Saturday night. It
may be stated with confidence that he
will wave the bloody shirt for all it is
worth, and it seems to be worth a good
deal to the republicans of Ohio. Mr.
Campbell, the democratic candidate,
will make his opening speech to-night.
Mr. Campbell isn’t as noisy on the
stump as Foraker, but he has a very
neat wav of getting at the bottom facts.
He says that there is no reasonable
doubt that the democrats will carry
the legislature and thus insure a demo
cratic successor to Senator Payne, and
that his chances for being elected gov
err,or are excellent. Ohio has been
known to go democratic i.i off years,
and it is to be, hoped that it will this
year.
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-g’S.e Iterculrs Wl*<» I* rlMonUin
i«»!i ili«‘ Hiilillotn I,onlion.
Tli. ie arc many Delilah's, hut only
one Samson, aud he performing a
the Royal Aquarium at present, where
his feats of strength -are certainly o'
an original and marvelous character.
The spectator as he watches feels that
it is better to be friendly with such a
man ; with a blow of his (Ist he breaks
an iron chain that will boar a pressure
of 3,1)00 pounds. With his two hands
grasping a short chain of 2,500 pounds
ascertained pressure, Re makes a mo
mentary effort and pulls the iron chain
to bits, and in what 'Seim the most
wonderful feat-— namely, fastening two
tight iron chain bracelets or armlets
round his biceps —the spectator may
view the process from beginning to end.
One hears the strong uvtn t ake a long
breath, sees the musclcte of Ins arm
growing bigger and brnfen’ the cord*
of his nock swelliiiM|HMf||liyyp>tnumd
criJßl : ’i'fFwT the!:,
in the silence, those nearest the stage
can hear a curious little sundering snap;
it is the double chain armlet that has
broken, and that the next second falls
to the floor. When Samson’s list is
clenched and he is ready to strike the
measurement of his upper arm round
biceps and triceps is liH inches, which,
we may casually remark, is consider
ed a tolerable waist ior a young lady.
Among some of his minor feats—if
such displays chii be called minor —
Samson took a penny piece from one
of the audience and at one trial bent it
with his lingers as one may bend a
railroad ticket, held it up to view for a
second and then deliberately broke in
half and returned the pieces to the
owner. A very little practice will con
vince amateurs of the, hopelessness of
breaking pennies with finger and thumb.
The strong man next bent a 4 foot
iron gas pipe round his neck and cheer
fully straightened it again by repeated
blows on his left arm, such are being
for the nonce a species of anvil. Four
teen men came upon the stage by invi
tation, to pull against him, but Samson,
not deeming them euough or sizing up
their athletic capabilities with a pro
fessional eye, expressed a wish for four
more. These men he divided into nine j
a side, the two sides nearly the width ;
of a man’s stretch apart, and each side. I
being provided with and graspiug a
strong and lengthy iron rod. Before, j
placing himself between them, Samp-j
son stimulated their ardor by promis
ing £ 10’ ■to them if he failed to move
them, and apparently there was a
determination on the men’s faces to
win the poitrboiro. Then there was a
j short, sharp struggle ; the men held
I their ground for a brief space, were
! pulled together aud the next moment
thrust apart, and finally swaying as
they went, were carriad awny by the
intensity of one straining man in their
midst.
I’ul it. in Iti a Law.
There is one other thing that ought, ■
to he made a penal offense, with a min
imum fine of at least §2OO, with im
prisomnent tor not less than six months.
It is that of doubting the statements of i
a man who has been a-fishing. Fish
hooks were invented. The fish were
made to be caught. They rather ex
pect it. It is no trick at all to catch
fish. And yet i s Jones returns from
his vacation he is met and asked :
“Been away ?”
“Yes.”
“Up north ?”
“Yes.” .
“Went fishing, I suppose?”
“Yes.”
“Catch anything ?”
“Certainly.”
“IPm ! < ’aright some four-pounders
I presume ?”
“Yes ; 1 caught one which weighed
seven pounds.”
“Il’m 1 Good-bye!”
Jones not only caught one weighing
seven pounds, hut a number which
weighed five and six pounds apiece, but
he dared not speak of it. Even with
what he did say lie felt that the other
man believed him to he a liar. As lie
walked on he felt belittled and degrad
ed, and he made up his mind to tell a
bold lie on the next occasion and de
clare that he did not even see a fish
while he was gone. Something should
be done in this matter, and it cannot be
done too soon. A man should be pro
tected in telling the truth as well as in
life and limb
Si** According.
It’s according to whose eye you
know. Some folks wpu’t raise much
of a row over it, and rather take it as
a compliment, but when a Cincinnati
grocer blacked a Cincinnati tailor’s left
eye the other week it cost him a law
suit and $350 in cold cash. Pick y«ur
man when you want to shoot out with
your left.
lCuiiroail kalfKiiai-d*.
A railroad conductor is ordered to
remain on a certain siding until three
trains pass. The second has barely
gone when he pulls out, meets the
third, and there is a collision and a
§40,000 wiedk. In the face of such
utter stupidity as this, what is the vse
of talking about automatic railroad
safeguards or the protection of Provi
dence ?
4
Tin; quality of the blood depends
much upon good or bad digestion and
assimilation. To make the blood rich
m life and strength-giving constituents
use I)r. J. y. McLea i’s Sarsaparilla.
It will nourish tie pioperties of the
blood, from which the elements of vi
tality are drawu.
TOO Nil 411 KTYMk
Any one could gee by the old man’s
manner us he entered the elegantly ap
pointed city barbershop that he was a
little taken hack by the splendarof the
place. He hesitated just inside the
door and glanced around in a bewilder
ed way at the dazzling decorations, the
marble floors, the rows of chairs am
mirrors and white-jacket barbers; am
when a porter took bis valise and hat
and hustled them away to the other j
side of the room his eyes followed i
them with an anxious and startled i
gaze, until ho saw that they went
properly cared for. Then he looked
around and saw that half a dozen bar
bers lied taken positi. ns by as many
vacant chairs and stood ready to tack
le him.
“Where shall I set ?" he asked.
“Take any chair, sir.” said tui at
tendant, and the old man got into the
one nearest him and settled back with
a solemn expression of countenance, as
though he had begun to wonder what
this thing was going to"cost.
“Shave or haircut?” asked the bar
ber.
“Well, 1 did w.mt both,” answered
the old man in a voice which might
indicate that he was uncertain whether
he still wanted both or not.
“All right., sir, I’ll cut your hair
first,” and adjusting his chair the bar
ber tucked cloths around the old man’s
ueck and commenced operations.
“How’ll you have it cut, sir?” he
asked.
“Hey?”
“How’ll you have it cut this time?”
“How?”
“Yes; want it short ?”
“Will, yes,” answered the old mail
as though he thought it would have
been a healthy idea to have it cut
long.
“Necked shaved?” tfskeJ the barber
after he had been clipping for a while.
“Hey ?”
“Will you have your ueck shaved?”
“Wal, you’re goin’ ter shave my
face, iiint yer? I aint particlar either
way about my neck; shave it if yer
wanter, though."
“Straight down, I suppose ?"
“O, straight’s yer etui; I ain’t par
ticular.”
“Shampoo?” asked the harbor a
moment later.
“1 ley ?”
“Will you have a head wash ?”
“Wal. 1 guess so; yes, wash it. out.”
“Stand 1” called the barber, and an
assistant went over and placed a seat
and towels beside the marble basin and
then put a couple of eggs on a shelf in
front of the barber’s ctiair.
“Hard biled eggs for lunch ?" asked
the old man, who had begun to feel
a little more at home.
“No,” answered the barber, “those
are raw eggs for the shampoo.”
“Does lie Cat ’em raw?"
“Who?”
“The shampoo.”
The gentlemanly barber explained
that the #ggs were for the Ijead-wasli;
that they were very much better than
ptepared alufl for that put pose; made
the hair nice and soft, and had no had
effect on the scalp. Then he took one
of the eggs, taped it gently on the coi
ner of the shelf, picked a little hole in
the end of it and begun to pour out
the contents slowly on the old man’s
head.
“Hold on there! Hold on!” ex
claimed the old gentleman excitedly,
Hitting up straight. “1 guess this thing’s
gone ’bout fur enough now It’s all
right ter he askin’ me fool questions
about wnother I want m’ hair cut short
er long, V whether I want m’ neck
shaved V in’ head washed. It’s all
right ter try an’ make a fool of an old
man in that way ef yer wanter, but by
gosh ! ef yer think you're goin’ ter
send me out o’ here ’tli m’ hair all
stuck up with aig- . I low much
do I owe yer?” he asked, standing up
and trying to pull the cloth from
around his neck.
The proprietor of the shop labored a
long time to convince the old man that
they had not been making game of him,
but it was not until a good-natured
customer in one of the chairs ordered
an egg shampoo and allowed the eggs
to be poured into his hair that the old
geutlemau became sa'isfied. Then he
meekly climbed back into the chair and
told the barber to go ahead.
The baiber rubbed and rubbed and
worked up a lather, led £he old man
like a lamb, over to the basin, squirted
: hot and cold water over his head and
into his ears, led him hack to the chair,
shvacd him, spatted him with wet tow
els, molded and kneaded his face, dug
out bis ears, oiled his hair and combed
it barber stvle; and through it all the
old man never opened his mouth or ut
tered a sound; but. when the boy had
slapped him’all over with a whisk
broom, and he had paid Ills bill of
ninety cent* and walked solemnly out
it was apparent that ho was doing a
heap of thinking.
2*l itiii Conundrums.
Why should a barber be a plane
man ? Because be draw's a shave.
Might lie run a pawnbroker’s shop to
advantage? Certainly, he’s used to
skinning people. *
Why should a carpenter lie good
in mathematics ? Because he’s used to
the adz.
Why ought a carpenter to make
money in running a sailor s boarding
house ? Because he keeps a jack plain
and is great at working the gouge.
Fon rheumatic and neuralgic pains,
ruti in Dr. »f- H. IkieLea« s sars»pu
rii;,t. You will not suffer long, but will
be gratified with a speedy and effective
cure.
A Diamond trust is proposed,
In I «i|»iil>li«lie<l I it icrv less
NY nil Niipolcon.
From an article in the September
Century on ‘Napoleon in Exile,” de
scribed iu unpublished letters by Brit
ish officers, we quote the following:
••When I was presented he said that
he was once a great enemy to England,
but now he was n sincere friend. He
said that we were a great and gener
ous nation, lie asked me about the
wind, weather, distance to Elba, and
other nautical questions; he then bow
ed aud retired. He was very dignified
still the empuror. I received his
command to dine with him. There
was at table all the commissioners and
the grand marshal; the conversation
was most interesting.
“He laughed when 1 tiskad him if he
did not issue his Milan decree for the
purpose of forcing America to quarrel
with us. This he did not deny. He
said ‘all his plans were on uti immense
scale,' and would have been finished in
four or five years. Liiave not time u>
repeat all his interesting conversation.
“That night we embarked all his nu
merous baggage. In the morning he
sent for me. He asked how the wind
was, and said he had made up his mind
to embark al S o'clock in the evening.
At 7 o’clock he sent for me, and I
remained half an hour alone with him
(an immense mob had gathered round
his hotel. His sivord was on the table,
and ho appeared very thoughtful; there
was a very great noise in tho street.'
1 stiid to him, ‘The French ntob are
tho worst I have seen.’ He answered,
'They area fickle people,’ He appear
ed in deep thought; but, recovering
himself, rang the bell, and ordering the
grand marshal to be sent for, ho asked
if till wtis ready. Being answered in
the affirmative, he turned to me and
said in Ins usual quick way, “Allons.’
“The stairs wore lined at. each side
with ladies and gentlemen. He stop
ped a moment, and said something to
the ladies which I could not hear. He
walked to his carriage and called for
me (not a safe berth); lie then called
the Austrian commissioner and the
grand marshal. I sat, opposite to him
in the carriage, and wo drove otf. My
boats were almost two miles from the
town. We were accompanied by a *
Ilungaiia i regiment of cavalry. It t
was a delightful moonlight night, tho j
country we pat sed through a panuliso. j
Then the carriage stopped, the tingle I
sounded and the regiment was drawn j
UP
"An interesting scene now opened!
—bugles sounding, drums beating, hor
ses neighing, and people of every na
i tion in Europe witnessing the embark
ation of this mail who had caused them
i so much misery.
“I informed him that thu boat was
l ready, aud we walked to whoro she
I was. He was handed into the boat by
a nephew of Sir Sidney Smith’s, who
I is my fourth lieutenant—rather an odd
'coincidence, Lieut. Smith had been
confined in prison for seven or eight
yearn. I introduced him. Tho eni
perur seemed to feel his conscience
prick him ; lie only said, ‘Nephew to
Sir Sidney Smith; I met him in
Egypt*’
“When we got, on hoard he walked
round the ship. My people crowded
about him, and ho said, ‘for the first
time ri his life he felt confidence in a
mob.’ His spirits seemed to revive,
and he told me next morning that be
ha<l never slept better. Next day lie
asked me a thousand questions and
seemed quite initiated in nautical mat
ters. At breakfast and dinner there
was a great deal of conversation. He
spoke of the Kcheltd expedition. I
asked him if he had ever thought we
should succeed. He said, UNever’ ;
and turning a little toward tho Austri
an commissioner, he said, 1 wrote from
Vienna that the expedition was intend
ed against Antwerp.’ He told me this
motive for annexing Holland to France
was for a naval purpose, and that lie
thought the Zuvder Zee particularly
well adapted for exercising his con
scripts.
■‘At breakfast one morning he asked
me to bring to a neutral brig that was
passing. 1 said, laughing, that i was
astonished his majesty should give
such an order, as it was contrary to his
system to denationalize. He turned
round and gave me a pretty iiard rap,
saying, ‘All, captaine !’
“When we wore sailing by the Alps
lie leaned on my arm for half an hour,
looking earnestly at them. I said he
had once passed them with better for
tune. He laughed land liked the com
pliment. lie told me he had been on
ly once wounded ; it was in the knee,
and by an English sergeant, lie looks
uncommonly well and young, and is
much changed for the better, being
now very stout. He showed me a por
trait of the King of liome; he is very
pruch like his father. lie likewise
showed me one of the empress, which
. rathei pretty. We had a smart gale
when oil Corsica ; he asked me to an
• hor at Ajaccio, the place of his birth;
but the wind changing made it impos
sible. In the gale I told him that I
more had confidence than Caesar’s
pilot; the compliment pleased him.
“He dresses very plain, wearing a
green coat with the Legion of Honor.
Ihe portrait of him with the cocked
bat and folded arms is the strongest
likeness I have seen.”
(Here a sheet of the letter appears
to be lost, and we find ourselves at El
ba.)
I have been subject to painful boils
and carbuncles over my body during
the spring season, and after much suf
fering and much useless doctoring I
found a permanent cure iu Swift’s
Specific. It is the monarch of blood
medicines. K. .1. Willis, Augusta, Ar
kansas.
mi: ARIZONA KICKIIK.
We extract the following from the
last issue of 'The Arizona Kicker:
Don’t Blame Him.—Last Tuesday
night the City Treasurer of this town
jumped oat with all the public moneys
he could lay hands on. The aggregate
sum was only SO2, but no one should
blame him for skipping out with that
small sum. It wus ail he could get,
and he bad become so disgusted at hav
ing to associate with the members of
the Common Council that he would
have probably gone with s2o.
Fin Ahead.—Aid. O’Grady didn’t
take our remarks of last week in the
fight spirit. We called him a thief,
liar and drunkard and instead of ad
mitting the charges like a gentleman
ho indulges in threats of personal vio
lence. Como ou Mr. O'Grady ! Wo’ll
try and make it lively for you.
And, by tho way, while on this sub
ject, we feel to observo that of all the
corrupt, dishonest, knavish, drunken
public bodies ever convened in a room
together our town council caps the cli
max. Next week we shall begin a
war of extermination of tbeso vipers,
and if the fur don’t fly it won’t be our
fault.
A Novici.tv.— We learn that Mr.
Jsmos Shields, of Omaha, lias purchas
ed a lot on Apache avenue ami intends
to build and open a hardware store
This will he a novelty. Not that we
haven’t a hardware store in town, but
tho idea of a man opening a store here
instead of a saloon will strike our peo
ple queerly. The saloon interest
needn’t ho alarmed, however. We
know of at least six now ones which
will open this fall to help control the
political campaign.
It Can’t be Done Now—Fora
year or more after we struck this town
we could he kicked and cuffed with
perfect impunity, even by a low-down
Indian. Wo were knocked down,
hooted up ami down the street, amt
had our nose pulled out of shape two
or three times per week, and we never
thought of resisting. We were a ten
derfoot of tne tenderfoot
odestsoit, and it was a question
whether wo should pull through or
not.
Let somoouo attempt to tweak our
nose to-day ! The oiler of a hundred
dollars iu cash wouldn’t tempt a man in
town to try it ou. We are no longer a
tenderfoot. The man who sets out to
| “lift” us now has got to beat chain
lightning. Every chap who has piled
into us for tho last ten mouths has had
to bo carried oft on a shutter, and two
of them, as the town records show sleep
j peacefully among the daisies.
It Mi:i.tki» Es. —lt is well known
! all over town wo have held a mortgage
for tire last three months on the entire
outfit of our contemporary. It covers
everything but his own worthless car
cass, and can be foreclosed any minute.
This being the case, wo are often ask
ed why we don’t take possession when
that blotch on journalism refers to us
such endearing terms as “jackass,” “li
ar,” “hypocrite,” and so forth.
We did go over one day last woek
calculating to turn him out on the sand
lulls, but he fell to weeping and melt
ed us. While it seems hard for a man
to ho abused by his own pioperty, we
haven’t the heart to kick away the
barrel. And, besides, he runs such an
abject apology for a weekly newspa
per, that The Kicker receives hosts of
compliments by comparison. We are
not going to bo mean with him—not
unless ho quits abusing us and tries to
publish a good paper.
A New Department —As will bo
noticed by all our subscribers we Add a
new department to The Kicker this
week—that of forecasting the weather.
Wo have arranged a signal office on
the roof of our own building, and shall
take observations hourly. We have
also purchased a map of the United
States, and have arranged a programme
by which we expect nine-tenths of our
predictions to ho verified. This has
been a long-felt want in this locality,
and the enterprise of The Kicker will
no doubt be duly appreciated.
We shall start out at a slow pace
and do no rushing until the harness
fits well. Our first prediction : “Clear
er ; warmer ; cloudy ; cool; may rain
and tuay not;” is a sort of a feeler,
and we do not advise any of our read
ers to give up a fishing excursion or a
Sunday school picnic on account of it,
We hope in time to get the hand of the
thing, and after we have we wi.l guar
antee to beat the government out of
sight or wear one 3birt all winter.
T he Skeleton Mini ket.
“The skeleton mat ket at present,”
said a dealer iu those gruesome com
modities. “is very dragging. You can
get a first-slass article now for $35,
while the price three years ago was
$65 and S7O. All the skeletons we
get now are imported. There is no du
ty ou them, and American makers
found that they could not compete-
Just outside of Pari? is a colony which
does nothing else but articulate skele
tons, and. they supply the world. Men,
women and children are employed in
jhe business at their homes. Eo, I
wouldn’t think it would be a pleasant
place to visit 1 unless one enjoyed the
ordors of a desiccating factory. The
bones have to boiled. There is a skull
there in that glass case for which we
have refused SIOO. Every tooth is iu
its place, and the smallest suture shows
perfectly.”
Ice houses containing 150,000 tons
of ice were destroyed by fire near La
Porte, Ind.
NO- 22.