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BILL AYE AS A DUELIST.
The Humorist Resents Some Re
marks Made Upon Hid Hair—A
Fierce Cry For Gore,
rhe following copy of a letterhas been
—ided to the New York World with a
-view to publicity t ' VL;
IT/ 4 . George W. Tidd. Editor Cranberry
Palladium.
Sib: My attention has just bren called
to a printed statement made over your
own.signaturc some time ago, in which
you spoke la a light and flippsut manner
of my hair. The remark was carefully
worded, lyrt cnljjulitcd to cos; cbloqaj
and reproach upon me in the eyes of the
public. I have spoken to several friends
m relation to it, .and they are of oiue opin
ion in the matter. They unite in saying
that the term “Mexican hairless humor
ist” demands a challenge, to say nothing
of the statement that “while on board a
train which was robbed in Nebraska” I
succeeded ia “concealing my jewelry in
my hair until tho danger had jta&scd.”
For this., sir, I beg to state that my ad
dress is No. 231$ Rue de Bowery, oppo
site the Place du Rahway Mystcrie, and
to aak that you will tend me your own
address. I forward this by the hands of
a slow messenger boy, who will bring me
your answer as rfbon as he gets thoroughly
rested. I need not add that ho is my
friend and will act aa my second, should
you refuse to retract the statements re
ferred to. You may also settle with him
for this message ana your own.
I will settle with you.
I hope, sir, that you will excuse any
thing that
t may seem coarse or brutal
Municipal Officers.
Mayor—W. J. Smith.
Councilman—Warren Lott, E. P. McCall,
Geo. R. Youmans, D. A. Williams.
Treasurer—W. M. Mallon.
Clerk of the Council—J. 8. Williams.
Tax Assessor and Collector—J. E. Butler.
Marshal—J. P, Cason.
Night Wafbhman—S. H. Hinuant.
County Officers.
Clerk of tho Superior Court—W.
Wilson.
Ordinary—Warren Lott.
Sheriff—T. B. Henderson.
Tax Collector—J. A. Cason.
Tox Receivei^-J. J. Wilkinson.
County Treasurer—W. S. B.iiloy.
County Surrogate—Jasper Eunice.
Coroner—J. T. Halo.
SOCIETIES.
Waycross Lodgo 305, F. 6 A. M.
JIccts in their hall 2nd and 4th Wednes
days at 7 p. m. Visiting brethren in the
town are cordially invited.
Pierce. Lodge No. 07, L. 0.0. F.
Meets at their hall in Waycross every
1st and 3rd Thursday evening at 8 o'clock
p. m. . G. P. Folks, N. G.
W. J. Carswell, Seo’y*
Knights of Pythias.
Moeth Cvery Monday night in Lott's
Hall opposite Methodist Church.
Warren L»tt, C. C. .
Joint R. Franklin, K. of R. S.
Iron Hall.
Local 'Branch, 301, O. I. H., meets
every Tuesday night in Uhifeldcr & Co.’s
Hall. \ William- Noble, C. J.
John p. Cason, Accountant.
A VISITATION OF CIOD.
IFrom the Atlanta ConatituUon.1
Douglas, Ga., Jan. 4.—“ I hope that
God may paralyse me, * were tho words
spoken by William Burkett. At on -e
Jus hands dropped to his side, his leg*
refused to move, and his eye* rolled
wildly around. His prayer was answered
a • he stood paralyzed on tho spot, where
but a few moments before ho was a id
nificent type of physical manhood,
tried to speak, but his tongue vro
not move. Half a dozen men, who were
present were render© motionless by the
evident visitation of tho hands of God.
When Miss Rhody Burke t saw the con
dition iu which her father was brought
home she screamed and fainted, and
died a few days later.
For years Mr. Burket had been a ferry
man at the Hawkinsville road crossing
of the Ocmulgce river. He was of giant
your life without giving you anjr offense,
and I want to be polite like other duel
ists. May I. ask, therefore, that at your
earliest convenience you will name a quiet
place, as free from malaria as possible,
where we may kill each other undis
turbed.
May I trouble yon also, sir, to select
two as dangerous weapons as possible,
and also to bring with you the surgeon
who generally sews you up at such times I
Tho De Nyes have always been a hot-
blooded race ever since they lcfic France,
and they can none of them brook an in
sult or bear to be tfampedou.
When I first read your stinging insult
in tho paper 1 became delirious with pas
sion, and although I am not related to
the Knickerbockers, my breath came in
short pants.
The Do Nycs are pleasant people to
meet, but the man who infuriates one of
them is liable to'meander up the flume
in an oblique manner. Pardon anything,
sir, in this communication which may
sound harsh or clash with the smooth and
scholarly style of assassination peculiar
to tho Code. I desire to meet you in
mortal combat, but I want to do’it in a
polished way, and I (desire to word this
note so that it will read well in print,
like other challenges.
I have consulted several friends about
tljc prospect of our meeting in a duel at
no distaut day, and all of them seem to
be highly gratified. It affords me great
pleasure to note that I go into this thing
with the hearty indorsement and god
speed of all, without distinction. If you
would prefer to wait a few weeks, till the
weather is cooler, so that you can lie in
state longer, I will try to muzzle my
wrath, but would advise you not to cross
my trail in the meantime.
My second will no doubt inform you
that I am an expert and deadly swords
man and will try to convince you that it
will be best not to name the sword. Do
not be too proud to heed his advice. It
may save your life—and mine also.
■ I hope you will not treat this challenge
lightly, sir, and try still further to heap
ridicule upon an old and mildewed name
by suggesting soft gloves or watermelons
as weapons. Let us meet as gentlemen,
sir—fire and fall down, stagger to our
feet, lean heavily against a tree, mutter
a few* words in a*hoarse voice, gasp two
times,in rapid succession, put oa our
coats and go home.
I feel almost certain, sir, that you will
treat this note in a slighting and jaunty
manner, but 1 beg that you will not do
so. For tije sake of the Tidds, who were
always a plain but rather pleasant act of
people, and for the sake of the De Nyes,
whose only fault has been their fondness
for fresh, hot blued, furnished by other
parties; for the sake of all our ancestors,
sir, let me beg of you to assist in making
this duel a success.
If I have been brutal in the wording of
this challenge, sir, or violated the Code,
or misspelled any words, will you.please
have it corrected before you send it to the
printer? I ask this favor of you in all
sincerity and in as courteous a manner as
possible, hoping that you will grant it
promptly, and that you will Tose no op
portunity to do all the good you can
during the next few days.'
I have arranged all ray earthly affairs
with the exception of paying my poll-
tax' I have turned off the gas-met er and
am prepared for any accident, though
the police have promised to come iu and
arrest us at any time'we may agree upon.
In closing, sir, allow me to express the
hope that you will surely be at the duel
ami that you will bring your dinner.
My second will offer you the choice of
weapons, with an opportunity of rttrae-
tiqn. If you enter into life and.its en
joyments with ’ real zesf, I would advise
you to avail yourself of tho opportunity
. tc retract, for, although sir, I would.be
a gnat deal happier with your heart’s
blood, the retraction will do me just as
well and you need not humiliate yourself
in writing it I do not ask you, sir, to
grovel. You can write IT retraction
which will not compromise you at all
and y*.1 one that will give me much
pleasure.
In the meantime, sir, I shall remain at
the above address, awaiting your decis
ion, and whatever it may bo, sir, I beg
to remain your most obedient antagonist
aud well-wisher, Willtam Db Nye,
Formerly Duko of Sweetwater County
and" Referee during the Modoc War.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
uciuuuucu uuii> it iaft.es i.i. ui a »auuu
longer to heara sound than to see a sight,
ana 1.21 of a second longer to feel a touch
than to see a sight
Chemical decomposition has been pro
duced by pressnre in the experiments of
two Belgian chemists. Under a pressure
of G,000 atmospheres,at a temperature of
101 degrees, a pulverized acetate of
copper and'lime was slowly liquefied,
ana on removal of the pressure the sur
face of the instrument in contact with
salt was found coated with copper.
The nutritive value of mushrooms has
been investigated in Germany by .'C. T.
Hocrncr, who shows that' to get an
equivalent of on average hen’s egg a
person must eat ten and a half ounces of
Agariaa compatrU, or no less than four
poundsPdyportu otinut; and that nine
pounds of the former variety, or sixty-
seven of the latter, would bo needed to
equal a pound of beef.
Cotton, according to a scientific au
thority, is not a fibre, but a plant hair.
It holds to be spun in a thread because qf
peculiar twists in each hair, shown by
tho microscope, especially- in polarized.
light. Linen thread may be spun be
cause the flax fibers have certain rough
ness on their surfaces which enable them
to cling together. Hence it is impossi
ble to make as fine linen as cotton cloth,
but it is much, stronger.
Among the many masses of meteoric
iron which have been described, only
nine, according to Prof. W. E. Hidden,
have been seen to fall, the places and
dates being: Agram, Croatie, May 56,
17.31; Charlotte, Tenn., August 1, 1835;
Brauman, Bohemia, July 14, 1847;
Tabarz, Saxony, October 18, 1854; Vic
toria West, Africa, in 1832; Nejed,
Arabia, spring of 1865; Ncdagolla, India,
January 23, 1870; Rowton, Shropshire,
England, April 20, 1870; Mazapil,
Mexico, November 27, 1885.
Electric lanterns will, it is thought,
take the place, in course of time, of the
ordinary mining safety lamps. A port
able electric lamp can now be made,
* ig the following features:
about , three pounds; illuminat-
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Heavy Wagons and Harness.
For Mills and Turpentine Distilleries,
Buggies and Bugy Harness. Banges,
Stoves, and House-Furnish
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Blackshear & Mitchell,
light, ten hours; cost of repairs, charges
of battery, and materials, two cents for
ten hours; these facts showing that there
is nothing to prevent its adoption as a
substitute for the present lamps, and
even for candles in many mines where
they are still in use.
It has been laid down by M. Chevreul
that tho human eye cannot be long em
ployed in the prcception of a given color
without tending to become insensible and
to arouse an impression simular to that
S reduced by the perception of white
ght, Dr. Beclaid has also noticed that
when the eye is directed for a time upon
a colored field, tho other eye being
closed, if the eye which was open be in
turn closed and the other opened a
spectre of the. complementary color will
be perceived; thus, if the right eye has
observed a red disk, the left being shut,
a reversal of this state of things would
result in the perception of a green disk
by the freshly opened left eye. In virtue
of the same property of the eye, when
two tints are placed beside each other
the nearest edge of the one will appear
as though deprived of all the colored
rays which it may have in common with
the other. Analogous effect is produced
with grays non-colored, that is to say,
formed simply of white and black.
The Saltan's Harem,
harem consists of about one hun
dred women and girls. They are vari
ously bestowed in the palace. As a sign
of their belonging to this special ha
rem they wear a round of red cloth with
a small blue tassel hanging from it at the
back of the head. It is the symbol of
subjection, like the fez of an Ottoman.
From the observation made of this ha
rem, it is certain that its inmates are
kindly cared for, not merely in the every
day repasts, but in the amusements which
they improvise, writes 8. S. Cox in the
Chicago Time*.
The visitor at Constantinople who goes
on Friday noon to see the Sultan enter
the mosque at prayers may, if he keeps
his eyes alert, notice many servants bear
ing circular wooden trays going to or
coming from the Palace Yilaiz. these
trays are covered by a thick leather cap,
and the whole tied up in a woolen
cloth. They are borne upon the head
of some stout servitor. From them arc
furnished the meals of those who depeud
upon the Sultan or are connected with
him by blood. The viands are delicate,
and the Sultana receives her share of
them from the imperial kitchen at Dolma
Bartcbe. As the journey of the dishes
is sometimes many miles, the viands are
not always in the best condition ’ when
they arrive.
Another observation about this quasi
imperial harem—the Pasha who married
this Sultana is never allowed to seethe
rer slaves of the harem. They scat-
ice a convoy of quail on the oppear-
of a hunter. So, too, when the
Sultana’s brothers arrive. When the Sul
tan himself comes no concealment is nec
essary. Ho has the supreme right of.
gazing at any'of his subjects.
After the Battle.
Hundreds of bodies freshly smeared
with blood of men who, two hours pre
vious, had been filled with divers lofty
• petty hopes and desires, now lay with
iffened limbs in the dewy, flowery
valley which separated the bastion from
the trench and on the level floor of the
chapel for the dead in Sebastopol;
hundreds of men crawled, twisted and
groaned with curses and prayers on their
chcd lips, some amidst the corpses in
. _ flower-strewn vale, others on stretch
ers, on cots, and on the blood-stained
floor of the hospital; and still, as on tho
days preceding, the red dawn burned
over Mount Sapun, the twinkling stars
paled, the white mist spread abroad from
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GROCERIES.
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especially noted because of the brace qf
revolvers which he kept strapped to his
waist. He was a great hunter, and the
ferry being in the midst of a swamp, ho
was convenient to an abundance of game.
From those who lived around him it is
learned that he was fearfully profane.
■Whenever ho sighted game, and was
called off from it hy an alarm from the
ferry, ho would pour out such a volley
of oaths as would make the flesh of or
dinary men crawl. It was while in one
of these profane spells that he cursed his
Creator, and wound up with tho expres
sion above quoted.
The news soon spread through the
country, and scores of people called to
see the victim. He was at first com
pletely prostrated, but subsequently was
enabled to take a few steps, when he
would fall. When spoken to lie replies
■iu aa matriculate mumble, and acts in
the most idioti.-. manner. The physicians
.can ascribe no natural cause for his af
fliction, but admit that it is a visitation
of God. The preachcra in the neighbor
hood have used the incident in tneir. er*
moni with great effect.
own Anti-Poverty Society i
limes,'* and I guess he carries 1
out.—Aw York Neve.
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REDDING & WALKER,
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Tnrning Rags Into Rngs.
I was waiting for a train at Red Bank
last week when there came trudging
along a descendant of the law-giver with
a heavy bag on his back. It was full of
something knobby, and as he stopped to
rest I asked him if he had been raiding
a muskmeloa patch. He grinned and
opened his bag and showed me that it
was full of balls of carpet rags. Hu had
been gathering them up from the farm
houses. giving cheap trinkets, ribbons
and other favorite feminine gear^n ex
change. When lie took them home to
Essex street his sons would weave them
into rugs and sell them. There was
money in it, he said. There was a profit
on the trade and a profit on the sale of
the rugs. And having rested, he went
plodding off through the red dust, a type
of the paticut persistency of his race.
He proposed to walk as faT as Perth
Amboy and fill another sack if possible
before he wasted any money on a railway ward into tbe battle, glows with the true
” said he, “lias to fce his fervor of fighting ardor. There is a .
illuminated the East; long, crimson
cloudlets darted across the bright blue
horizon; 2nd still, as on days preceding,
the powerful, all-beautiful sun rose up;
Russian Comic Songs.
The Russian comic songs, says Archi
bald KoTbes, are full of “snap” and verve,
and they always have a rattling chorus,
in which every one within hearing joins,
while the singer accompanies the strains
of liis chorus with a ludicrously fantastic
breakdown, in which he seems to dislo
cate every bore in his body. The plain
tive melodies vibrate a strange pathos,
that swells the heart of the listener, even
although he may understand nothing of
the words. And the grand chant, with
which the ma&sive columns moved for-
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legend of a battle song so heartstiri
that it inspired Mennonites to violate
their tenets and fight like men possessed.
Orders for Fancy and Plain
Job Printing receive prompt at
tention at this office.
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