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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY. APEIL 29. 3884. TWELVE PAGPW
TRAVEL AND AD VENTURE
THRILLING EXPLOITS AND PIC
TURES OF S RANQE LANDS.
JIuntUf (ha nippapoKinoi-Falae PrcpbtU-Tfcs
A'amo-A Modern FuUia-i Cowboy la a
8Unpoc*-Kii??l>g a ?????????otlta-A
r.olrtSa SulQin???A Wl.d
Baa oa ??!??e Ball.
Hunting the Hippopotamus.???On the 17th
of June, says Mr. Cumming, buying found a
good drift I crossed the Limpopo with my
wagons, and drew them up in a green end
shady spot. I then rode a long way down
the eastern baukin queatoi hippopotami, and
late in the evening I found one, which I did
not molest, trusting to find him the next
day.
On the 18th a dense mist hung overlths river
all the morning. Ordering the wagons to fol
low in an hour, I rode ahead to seek the sea-
cow of the previous night, but after a long
search I gave it np as a bad job, and, kind
ling a fire to warm myself, awaited the
wagons, which presently came up. Here I
halted for two honrs, and then once more
rode ahead to seek hippopotami. The river
became more promising for sea-cows. At
every turn there occurred deep, still pools,
with occasional sandy islands densely clad
with lofty reeds, and yvitb banks covered with
reeds to a breadth of thirty yards. Above
and beyond these reeds stood trees of im
mense age and gigantie size, beneath which
grewaloDg and very rank description of
grass, on wnicb the sea-cow delights to pas
ture. '
1 soon fonnd fresh spoor, and after holding
on for several miles, just as the sun was go
ing down, and as J entcredadensereed cover,
1 came upon the fresh lairs of four hippopo
tami. They had been lying sleeping on the
S ' i of the river, sod, on hearing mo come
ng through the reeds, had plunged in
to the deep water. I at once ascertained they
were newly started, for the froth and bub
bles were still on the spot where they bed
plunged in. Next moment I heard them
blowing a little way down the river. 1 then
headed them, and with considerable diffl
cully, owing to the cover end the reeds, ai
length came right down above where they
were standing. It was a broad part of the
river, with a sandy bottom, and the water
, came half way up their sides. There were
four of them, three cows and an old bull
they stood in the middle of the river, and,
though alarmed, did not appear aware of the
extent of the impending danger.
I tdok the sea-cow next me, and with my
fint ball 1 gave her a mortal wound, knock
ing loose a great plate on the top ot her skull.
She at once commenced plnugiug round and
round, and then occasionally remained atiil,
sitting for a few minutes on the same spot.
Oa bearing tho report of my rifle two of tbe
Others took up stream, and tbe fourth dashed
down the river; they trotted along, like oxen,
at a smart pace, as long as tbe water was shal
low. I was now in a state ot very great anx
iety about my wounded sea-cow, for I feared
that ahe would get Into deep water, and be
lost like the last one; her struggles were
carrying her down stream, and tbe water was
becoming deeper. To settle tbe matter, 1 ac
cordingly fired a second shot from tbe back,
which entered the roof of her skull passed out
tbrough her eyes she kept continually
splashing ronnd and round iu a circle in
the middle o! the river. 1 bad great lean
of the crocodilee, snu did not know that the
sea-cow might not attack me. My anxiety
to secure her, however, overcame all hesita
tion; so, divesting myself Of my
leathers, and armed with a sharp knife, X
dashed into the wa:er, which at fint took
me up to my armpits, but in the middle was
shallower. . . , ,
As 1 approached Behemoth, her oyes look
ed very wicked. I waited for a moment
ready to dive under the water It she attacked
me; bat she was stunned, and did not know
what she was doing; to, running in npon
her, and seizlcg.her short tail, 1 attempted
toincllDeberconnetoland. It was extra
ordinary what enormous strength she still
had in tho water. I could not gnido her In
the slightest, and she continued to splash, and
plunge, and blow, and make her circular
course, carrying me along with her as if I
was a fly on her Util. Finding her tail gave
me but a poor hold, as the only means of
securing my prey, I took ont my knife and
cat two deep parallel incisions through the
akin on her ramp. Lifting this skin from tbe
flesh so that I could get in my two hands, I
made use of this as a handle; and after come
desperate hard work, aometimea pushing,
sometimes pulling, the sea-cow continuing
her circular coarse all the time, and I bold
ing on at her rump like grimdeath, eventual
ly I succeeded in bringing this gigantic and
most powerful animal to tho bank.
the buabmsn quiekly brought me a
' ??? jeck.w
Here
. stout
buffalo rheim trom my hone???s neck, which I
passed through the opening in the thick akin
and moored Behemoth to a tree. I then took
my rifle and aent a ba???l through the center
of her bead, and she waa numbered with the
dead. *
At this moment my wagons came np with
in a few hundred yards of the spot, where I
ontsponned, and by moonlight we look down
??? span of select oxen and a pair ot rheim
chains, and succeeded itudragging tbe sea-
cow high and dry. We were all astonished
at her enoTtnona size; she appeared to be about
five feet broad across the belly. I could see
ranch beauty in the animal, which nature
has admirably formed for the amphibious life
It was destined to panne.
We were occupied all the morning of the
10th catting up and salting tbe select parts
of the sea-cow; of tbe skull I took particular
charge. She was extremely 1st, more re
sembling a pig than a cow, or a hone. In the
evening I rode down the river, and ahot a
brace ot water-backs, after which I left the
river bank and rode to tbe commit ot an ad
jacent bill, from which I obtained a fine
view of tbesurronndingconntry. Many bold
bine mountain ranges stood to tho north and
northwest; to the east and southeast were al-
ao mountain ranges.
False PaoraiTs.???The false prophets of
whose comiDg Mohammed forewarned hla
disciples, and who have continued to appear
at intervals irom bis Ume down to that of ??1
Mahdi, bad begun to fulfill tbe prediction
even daring his own lifetime. In the year
631 an impottor named Moseilmah establish
ed himself on an oasis in the Arabian desert,
announced himself as a prophet, and gained
so many adherents that Mohammed was pre
paring to march against bis rival in Derson
when death overtook him. His favorite gen
eral, Khaled, however, took command of tbe
expedition, and one hard fought battle ended
tbe reign and life of the pretender.
About ISO years later another and more
formidable impostor appeared in the sooth of
Central Asia, whose career has become fa-
miUar to English readers in tbe psges of
Moore???s ghsstly epic. ???The Veiled prophet
of Khorasran." This was Hakim Ben Has-
chem, nicknamed ???Moksnnah" (the veiled)
from tbe veil of ailver gauze he always wore.
Fixing his capital at Merv in the Turcoman
desert (recently annexed by Boss is), he pro
claimed himself the last and greatest of
tbe profdBts, aent to free tbe world from
MoltmwgPhny. In mockery of the black
atandardof the AbbaaideCaliphs he arrayed
bis soldiers in wbits and displayed a snow-
white banner. He was at length assailed and
defeated by the Caliph Habadi, who panned
him across the Oxns and besieged him in Ns-
kshtb (tbe modern Ktnhi), rnich lie* about
ninety miles southeast ot tbe present city of
Bokhara. Here, finding himself hard press
ed,this arch-traitor poisoned all his surviving
warriors at a banquet, and then, according to
the historian d???Herbelot, flung blmrelf into
a cistern filled with horning drags, in order
that the total disappearance of his body
might give rise (as it actually did) to a belief
that he had atceuded iuto heaven.
Of a widelv difierent temper was tbe fiery
and fearless Al Karmaib, himself a dupe of
his own lmposinte. Like the Sikh prophet
Govind, he was the pupil of a gentle and
visionary master, who sought to give his doc-
trines a moral rather than a material supre
macy. But this was not enough for tbe tin-
peraous Karmatb, who raised tbe standard of
revolt against the Caliph himself, marched
upon Mecca with a powerful army, and
fought a three days??? battle there, which heap
ed around the sacred inclosureof the Kaabah
30.000 Moslem corpses. ???Tbe blood ran in
the Btreets of the noly city," said an eye-wit
ness. ???like water from a mountain spring."
The (caliph's troops, however, at length suc
ceeded in the Karmathites from the town;
but such was the savage tenacity of these
stern enthusiasts that, according to some
Arabian chroniclers, 100 battles were fought
before their resistance was completely over-
pom*. .
The long series of insignificant pretenders
that followed cniminated at length, early in
the eighteenth century, in the person of Abd???
Ei Wahab, the Luther of Islam, aud one of
the most striking fignres in oriental history.
After spendibg his whole life in vigorous and
not altogether unsuccessful attempts to re
form tbe corruptions of the Mohammedan
church, he brqaeathed his name and doc
trines to the Wahabi sect which is stillan im
portant element in the Moslem world. Among
the later Wahabis was an Arab chief of the
Sinai peninsula, who made himself conspicu
ous not many years ago by assembling a band
of native guerrillas among the Arabian moun
tains, patting forth pretensions similiur tc
those now arrogated by El Mqbdi, and de
nouncing tho sultan himself as a usurper,
Two successive expeditions were sent against
him in vain, bat he was at length hemmed
in, given up to the Turks by nis own men,
and imprisoned for life. Whether the mi.<
nor-theater Mohammed of Sondsn will be
more fortunate thah his predecessors remains
to be seen.???New York Times.
The AlaIio.???Fint the alamo, naxt the
$7,000 eet of furoitore. ia the order in which
the San Antonian classifies the tights to be
ehown the visitor. Tae garden wall, wbioh
formed the outer fortification where Davy
Crockett and his U0 companions held at bay
a Mexican army ot 10,000, is gone, and the
Alamo plaza extends to tbe doors of the
ancient buildings. The nunnery portion has
been transformed Into a wholesale grocery,
and the firm sign is spread across tbe front ot
tbe old walls. An imitation of a mansard
has been added to the two stories of tne con
vent, and above the roof at each end rises i
turret pierced with wooden gone, the modern
trlbnto to the structure's famous history.
Gne can hardly goamiss on a guide, for the
battle cry of the second Mexican war, ???Ke
member the Alamo!??? echoes in the Ban An
tonian's memory, and the details of the mas-
sacie aro as fresh in his mind as are those of
the killing of Ben Thompson and King Fish
er in the Vaudeville theater last week. A
little back, buj j oining on the end of the con
vent, stands the massive building in which
Crockett and his reduced band retired and
made their last figtit. The door stands wide
open, and the floor is covered with fragments
of evergreen wreaths and trimmings. A
church festival was the last use to which the
Alamc was put, and the lumber for the tables
has not been removed. Your guide will take
you into the dungeon just to tho left of the
main entrance and show you tbe cell sur
rounded by solid stone walls six feet thick.
This was tbe crematory where the Mexicans
found sweet reveage in roasting the bodies
of tbe men who had fought them off so long.
Then you go up to ths second story aud iu
to a little room twelve feet square with one
door and one window???theaame thick walls.
It was through iris window tint tho Texans
pointed their field piece, and with their few
remaining charges mowed awaths through tbe
Mexican ranks. Then when the last grain of
powder was burned they took their positions
where they conld work with their long knives
to tbe best advantage, and as the besiegers
pressed in the foremost dropped in their
tracks before the throats of the defenders.
Hers in this corner," slid Mr. C. J. Downes,
a former St. Louisan, wno took the Gtobe-
Democrat correspondent under his guidance,
"when the lost shots were fired from the
window, Crockett took np bis position with
his knife. You see he was sheltered from the
window and faced the door. He killed eeven-
teen Mexicans and their bodies piled np on
thie floor in front of him. Then they pinned
him to the wall with a long epear, aud he
had hacked that holf tbrough with qis knife
before they gave him his death wound.???
In the rear of this old chapel ia ehown tbe
courtyard, where the single male survivor of
tbe Alamo ganlson mingled with tho attack
ing forces and escaped to tell tbe e;ory of
that awful day; and then a room ia abown
where, under a green hide, a woman conceal
ed herself and her babe when the Mexican
soldiers made their Arab wild search Intent on
slaughtering every human being, regardless
of age and sex. Ai r hiding place was not dis
covered until tbe thirst for blood was some
what abated, and then the interference of an
officer eaved her.
A Mopjrh Ponux.???Tbe following ia an
account of an adventure which occurred to
Frank Forrester, lu America. A large bear
was traced lo a cavern in the Hound moun
tain, and every effort made for three days
without auccess to smoke or bum him out.
At length a bold hunter, familiar with the
spot, volunteered to beard tbe bearln his den.
The well aperture, which, alone could be
seen from without, descended for about eight
feet, then turned off at right angles, running
nearly horizontally forabont six feat, beyonc
which itopened intoasmsll circular chamber,
where tbe bear bad taken up his quarters.
The man determined to descend, to worm
himself, feet forward, on his back, and to
???hoot at the eyes of the bear, as they would
be vieible in the dark. Two narrow laths of
pine wood were accordingly procured, and
pierced with boles in which candles were
???laced and lighted. A rope was next made
ast about his chest, a batcher's knife disposed
in readiness for hie grasp, and his musket
loaded with two good ounce bullets, well
wrapped in greased buckskin. Gradually he
disappeared throating tbe lights before him
with nis feet, and holding the musKct ready
cocknd iu hie hand. A few anxiona moments
???a low savage growl was ha mi???then a
loud, bellowing, crashing report, followed by
a loud and fearful bowl, half anguish, half
furious rage. Tbe men above .wildly and
eagerly hauled up the rope, aud the sturdy
hunter wn whirled into the air uninjnred,
and retaining in hie grasp his good weapon;
while the fierce brute rushed tearing after
him even to the cavern's mouth. As soon ss
tbe man had entered tbe smalt chamber, be
icrceived the glaring eyeballs of the hear,
iad taken steady aim, at them, aud had, he
believed, lodged hla bullets fairly. Painful
moanings were soon heard from within, and
then all was still I Again tbe bold man de
termined to seek the monster; again he
vanished, aud his musket shot roared from
tbe recesses of the rock. Up ho waa whirled;
but this time, the bear, streaming with gore,
and furious with pain, rushed after him, and
with a mighty bonsd, cleared tbe confines of
the cavern! A baity and harmlesi volley was
fired, wnlle the bear glared around as it un
decided npon which of tbe group to wreak
his vengeance. Tom, tbe hunter, coolly
railed his piece, but enap! no epark followed
the blow of the hammer! With a cam Tom
threw down the musket, and, drawiag bis
knife, rushed forward to encounter the bear
tingle beaded. What would have been hie
Me bad the beer folded him in bis deadly
hog, we may be pretty sure; but are tbu
could happen, the fonr bullets did their
work, end be fwll; a convulsive shudder pass
ed through h!s frame, aud all V, 4 still. Six
hundred odd pounds did he weigh, and great
were the rejoicing! tt his distraction.
A Cowboy is a Stamvids.???"One of tbe
slickest things I saw in my travels." said a
passenger from the west, ???was a cowboy stop
ping a cattle stampede. A herd of about six
or eight hundred had got frightened at some
thing and broke away pell-mell, with their
tails in the air and the bulls et the head of
the procession. But Mr. Cowboy didn???t get
excited at all when he saw tbe herd was go
ing straight for a high bluff, where they
would certainly tumble down into the canyon
and be killed. You know that when a herd
liko that gets to going they can???t atop, no
matter whether they rush to deatn or not.
Those iu the rear crowd tboee ahead, and
away they go. I wouldn???thavegivcna dollar
ahead for that herd, but tbecowboy spurred
up his mustang, mude a little detour, came
iu r-ght in front of the herd, cat across their
pstn at a right angle and then galloped
leisurely ou to the edge of that bluff, 'halted
aud looked around at that wild mass of beef
coming right toward him. He was as cool as
a cucumber, though I expected to see him
killed and was so excited I could not speak.
Well, air, when the leaders had got within
about a quarter of a mile of him 1 saw them
try to alack up, though they could not do it
very quick. But the whole herd seemed to
waut to atop, and when the cows and steers
in the rear got about where tbe cowboy had
cut across their path I was surprised to see
them stop and commence to nibble at tho
grass. Then the whole herd stopped, wheel
ed, alaggled back and went to fighting for a
chance to eat where the rear guard was.
"You see, the cowboy had opened a big bag
of salt be had brought out from the ranch to
give tbe cal tie, galloped across tho herd's
course and emplied the bag. Every critter
auiffed that line of salt, and of course that
broke up the stampede. ??? But I tell you it was
a queer sight to see that cuss out tberoon the
edge of tbe bluff quietly rolling a cigarette,
when it seemed as if he???d bo lying under two
huudred tons of beef in about a minute and
a naif."???Chicago Herald.
A Wild Ken oit the Kail.???An incident
which we believe has never had a parallel In
railroad history occareed on lastTnursday on
the Burlington and Missouri railroad between
this ci'y and Denver. At Akron the tornado
on Thursday unnoted the round hoose aud
did some other damage. About five o'clock
in the evening, when the wind was at its
strongest, it started a train of eight box cars,
loaded with coal, that were standing on the
side track at that place. Two brakes were
set, bnt they were not enough to hold it, and
it ran tbrough the split switch without being
derailed and started east. Tho track was
nearly level where the train started, butting
la down grade this side of Akron. The wiB
was so strong that It took tue train more rap-" 1
idly than the passenger trains over the line
move, even ou tho levol track, and when it
reached a down grada of coarse the speed be
came something fearful. The operator at
Akron noticed the runaway train eoon after
it broke loose and Sent the alarm down the
line. Everything was ordered side-lraokod.
and the crazy train had the right of way.
The cannon-nail train barely escaped.
Marvelous as it may seem, those lunaway
can ran one hundred miles, passing eight sta
tions, orer a track which is lor agreat part of
the distance Almost perfectly level, with no
propelling power buc tho wind. They ran
the one nundred miles in less than three
hours, and statiou agents and others who
witnessed the strange train held their breath
with awe as it whirled oy at the rate of near
ly a mile a minnte. It passed Halger at the
rate of forty miles on hour end is said to
have run the twenty miles of down grade this
side of Akron in eighteen minutes.
At Bsnkleman, ninety-five miles this side
of Akron, a freight was standing on the side
track. As the runaway train passed tbe en
gineer ran hie engine ont, wito a brakeman
on the tender to make the coupliog, and gave
chase. It was au exciting chase, bat the en
gine, which brought io the aid of the wind
the power of the steam cbtste, soon clu.'cil
the gap between ilaelf and tho flying train.
About half way between Brukieinan and
Max thefugitive was overtaken, the coupling
???uccesifiMki made and the cars, after pulling
the eueluSsome distance, brought toastand-
stlll.???Glebo Democrat.
Kiisino a Sexoiuta.??????Senorlta, I kiss your
feet, adols!??? This is tho parting sslute con
tained iu a note just finished to a young
Mexican friend. Of coarse I do not fit tend
to kits her fcet.Mhut it Is the proper caper
here, and I havSEonformed to it. By the
way, the senoritas have but a .faint idea of
kissing???that art from which so few posse's
the capacity of extracting tho most available
ecstaey???and I one day offered toshowadark-
eyed, raven-haired yoUDg lady how los Amer
icanos performed the not. Sho Inughtngly
agreed???it la unnecessary for mo to eay that
tue male members and duenna were ont of
tbe way???and I advanced upoB her; my loft
arm encircled ner waist, extending over the
tight shoulder downward; my right arm
bent at tho elbow, afforded iny hand an op
portunity of accumulating her dimpled
chin.. Gently folding back her head and
throwing a look, or rather a rapid scales of
looks of unutterable nothings Into my oyes,
I gazed clean through her???a for a moment,
and then with a long breath I tapped her
lips. It was a revelation to her; she quivered
visibly, bnt insteod of returning my Kiss, sho
broke away from my embrace and ran off to
lock herself up, frightened, pleased, but as
tounded. I was satisfied that I had done
myself and country proud, although, to bo
candid, it was merely a mechanical opera
tion with me, done for the lake of effect, as
f did not really care for the girl, 1 think ahe
remained in maiden meditation for two dans,
but at last I eaw her, and she told me, with a
deep blush, that she wished she had been
born in America, to be kissed like that.
A FLOEtDA Burma. ???According toaccounts
. picturesque criminal has been cangbt in
southern Florida. Ralph Willingham lias
for years bean a ruffian ruler in the vicinity
of Kissimmee and ran things in his own way.
He is a eattle king, lives in a castle and made
fast friends of all tbe poor. His life was like
that-of a feudal lord, and the story went that
he had two large chests fall of Spanish doub
loons bidden in one of his fortified lodges in
the wilderness. When he got tired of seeing
a man arouod he went and killed him, and
at length five murders were laid tobis charge.
A reward of $2 600 was offered for the capture
Willinglmn, dead or alive, aud thus out
lawed he had enough followers to guard his
outposts and makeliim secure in hie Kissim
mee domain. Ralph Willingham is a power
ful man, ot heroic proportions. He had no
tear of any man in Florida in a single con
test. He finally became reckless and then he
fell. He, in company with bis wife, boarded
a steamer which traded on Kiseimmee river
and tbe adjscent lakes, to meke a short trip,
and in a spirit of bravado got op a quarrel
with the skipper, who suddenly came out of
the cabin and gave a general alarm. Wil
lingham was overpowered and taked prison
er.
A Japanese Funeeau???The first indication
of the death of a Japanese ft by the turning
bottom up of all movable things in tbe boose
and by tbe turning inside ont of all his
clothe*. A priest arrives on tbe scene and
prays, while friends of the deceased attend to
the detail! of grave digging, etc., while one
friend in robes of ceremony stands at thedoor
to receive visits cf condolence from all
comers. When the corpse is washed it lsclad
in awhile (brood and placed in a sitting
posture in one of the peculiar coffins of the
country, on which is painted bis free pass to
heaven. The precision then forms, beaded
by torch bearere, and mores to tbe Inclosure
of a temple, where a grave has been dug big
enough for two, if the deceased be married,
and. after a lot of clap-trap, is lowered to its
final resting place. A mournful dirge is then
executed on wbat looks like copper wash
bowls, and every one goes borne to pray for
the eonl of tbe departed.???Cincinnati En
quire.
?? ??" TH * Katzsi.???Mrs.
Ieabeila Jamieson Marshall, formerly a
teacher In onr high school, is spending a few
in this city. She lives oa an Island in
tbe Ohio river, near Wheeling. Daring tbe
recent flood in that aectloa some of her
neighbors found theircowon the veranda one
morning. The houso was surrounded with
water, aud when they opened the door the
cow walked into the house, whers she was
permitted to remain. They elept in the
chambers, aau when rl????y eame down iu the
morning a foot of * ??i,, covered their first
floor. As soon as ttu-. a,.or was opened the
row at oneo inverted tor heaii in the stair
way and walked up muirs. The ) lovisions
iu the house being eiih. r In the cellar or
spoiled by water, the tamuy hail no lood for
two days except milk from liiecow, who thus
proved a welcome though uninvited guest.
Afterward a supply of eatables was brought
them in small buaia. Tbe high water kept
them in the upper story upward of a week,
during wbioh time the cow was fed with
corn-husks which were taken from the mat
tresses ot their beds???Hartford Couraut.
little brass red jacket.
A Coaredamla Canso* Itil lpa Made a Main
New Terk Tor Teere.
From tho New York Bun.
Thellitto brass howitiar known al "Bed Jacket,
which has beeu used by Hr. Jamoa W. Godfrey,
arms and ammunition manufacturer, of 71 Calha-
rluo street, lu flrlng salutes at tho cliy hall
every public demonstration slaeolSM, has sudden
ly loomed luto historical promluence tbrough
paragraph prluted lu the Sun
Its account of tho celebration of lut evacuation
day. Tbe paragraph Is as follows:
???All the salutes were duly retponed to by a little
pony howitzer aboard the Bam Bloau, concerning
which tbe story Is told that It Wes, after tho war,
Ashed up on the fluke ot an anchor lu the Chatta
hoochee river, where It had beeu thrown by the
fleeing Columbus Guardi ol Columbus, Oa??? to
whom It hsd been presented." ggjg
This paragraph was read away down In Georgia,
and Lleuieuaut Chappell ot the Guards wrote lo
the aswcUdeu ol owuers ana agents of steam and
sail vtstelsof tho port of New York, asking forlu-
formsdon concerning the gun. Commander aud
Secretary D. If. (lunger besau au Investigation,
and found the gua lu the poasessfou of Mr. Ood
frey. It waa readily Identified by the following In-
acriptlon:
! ??? It KG JACKET.
! Presented to me Columbus Guardi by
Lieut. Clemenu,
July, M61.
The Inscription wi| nearly effaced, but could be
trated with a megiilf, II g glass. Commander
Hunger reported to tbe Columbus Guards, aud
wrote thst Mr. Godfrey wav wilting to restore tho
rello to Ita proper owners. Ansaer waa duly re-
turned from the captain of the Guards It enclosed
a resolution ot the common council of tbe city of
ColurabuB, thanking Mr. Godfrey for bis offer to
restore the guu, and offered to defray aft expenses
for purchase and sending.
A Sun reporter called upon Ur. Godfrey yester
day, aud from him learned Um> history olMe
Jacket. ???I bought the howlUjr,- 1 he said, ??????from
Captain George II. Whiteside lu IMS. Captain
Wnltesldewas then oummsuder of the Shamrock,
and afterward commanded the Rebecca Kvcrlng-
ham, recently burned oa (he Chattahoochee river.
I purchased u fora mere long In a general Invoice
cl old Junk, Itwasccatcd with verdigris,and uol
until It waScleaned, some time afterward, was the
lurerlpUou decipherable. CapUlu Whiteside drew
the gun and carriage from tho bottom of tholhat-
tahoochco river on tbs fluke of ths anchor of tho
Shamrock and hod no fdoa of Its historical record.
Red Jacket began firing salutes lu lWl at the
Inauguration of Jefferson Haris as president of tho
cojtnc-ru confederacy at Moutgomcry, ala. Ou
that occasion It was handled by tho Columbus
Guards who ware sUUOnud ou Capitol bill, and
llrud 100 times, Warn tho Guards w, rj ordered to
the Irout aud bcoamo company G of the Second
Georgia regiment, aud Joiued Toombs's brigade,
Red Jacket was left lu the cars
citizens of Columbus aud did duty
In firing salutes fur coufeJente victories. At tho
close of the war, when General Cauby penetrated
through Alabama to Columbus, the Columbians
who-nad not heard of General Leo's surrender,
planted Red Jacket upou tbe bank of tho Chain,-,
hoochco river aud prepirod to beat back tue In
vader. They were soon convinced of this error,
save their little howitzer thoy (piked'it suit
tumbled It to the bottoul'of tho stream.
Blueo Red Jacket has been lu Now York it has
belched forth salutes for iho Inauguration of czch
president ol the United States, beginning with
licit. Grant,??? ???except," said Ur. Godfrey, ???tbe In
augurat/bu of Mr. Hayes. I fired 110 guns In the
City hall rquaro on receipt of the news of Presi
dent TJlden's election, and I trust ths little gun
will fire another salute for bis election this year.???
The Columbus Guards will colebnto their fiftieth
anniversary on April 28th. Ou that day ths how.
User will bo reatored to them by J. W. Woodford,
predict of the board of trade of Columbus, lu
behalf of Mr. Godfrey, wbo has engraved upon the
howitzer this inscription: "Restored lo ths Colum
bus Guards, April 2s, ISM, by James W. Godfrey,
of Now York.??? t
The apparent deflofoucy of exvChtmbcrialn
Chinch, ol Troy, N, Y??? which was Aral supposed lo
bo 177,0(10, la placed by the mayor In bla annual
ues-Mge to tho common council at #01,000.
In tho contcatod election caae of Maaaey va. Wise,
of Virginia, tba home committee on tltctiona do-
touched him ho opened his eyas, and with dim.
mo uuuh auu rare Jinn on roe puren, nnen
he again apoke and aaked for hla father???wbo waa
tbeu hurrying toward him, and arrived ]uat in
lime to sco hla poor child gasp the lait time and
sink into tho peacelnt iteop of death, and bla her.
rlblo suffering* were ended. It la hollered several
dnga attacked tbe boy, and (he ground around
where be laf 4 ;'??? ???> v??d sigaa of a fearful struggle,
the dogs ha U( draggod blm over Urn ploughed
ground loge . .mpe, eto. for fully fifty Tarda.
Mr. Mullls surrendered hla dog???a rather small yel-
lowcur???and Mr Dtrlow took hla shotgun and aent
him whirling luto eternity,
Leet tho Vain.
From the Fort Valley, Ga., Mirror.
In Mr. L. A. McCarty's yard, In Crawford county
la a well which has furnlahed an unfailing supply
of excellent water to many generations, at no time
having lesa than ten feet of water. Recently Mr
Me found It necetrary (b have ft cleaned out, and
when tho water was drawn out. ft remained out,
Nono coming In a deeper depth waa sought
and twenty or thirty feet dug down and still
there It no water. This well was famous In Ibe
life's time of Mr. Jonathan Ron, who resided for
a long lime at tho place, and miny a weary way
farcr, after pulllog through the sand beda and up
the sand hills bas rsjoleed to null up at tbe well
to enjoy a cooling draught. What eay the water
witches lo this?
(jiticura
POSITIVE CURE
for every form of
SKIN &BLOOD
DISEASE.
PIMPU3 le SCHOfOU
I V. S???WA.V. owip, IUU DIOUU Ol
Itching, Scaly, Piinnly, Copper Colored,
Hcrnfulou*, Inherited, ana Contagions Hnniotf,
Blood Poison*. Ulcer*. Altec****. and Infantile
if la Torture*,ihe Cut cuba Bemidjks ere infeilltole.
Years ago _
Intonie and
A Dangereni Cam.
, Jane 1, 1882. ???Tern
???M Al AOOA*.
_e??wlth the
pshis la mr book sad
???Kidneys,
???Extending to the end of my toes and to
mybratnl .
???Whloh mode me dellnonal
???From agony!
* ???It took three men to hold me on my bed
at times!
???The Doctors tried in vain to. relisve me,
bat to no purpose.
???Morphine and other opiates
???Had no effect I
???After two months I was given np to dlel
???When my wife
heard a neighbor tell what Hop Bitten had
done for her, she at once got and gave me
some. The first dovo eased my brain and
seemed to go hunting through my eyatem
for the psin.
???The second dote eased me so much that 1
slept twe hours, wmisthing I had not done
for two months. Before I had used five bot
tles, I was well and nt woik, as hard as any
man ooitlcl,for over three week*; but I worked
too herd far my strength, and taking a'hsrtl
cold, I was taken with tits most acute and
painful rheumatism alt tbrough my system
that was ever known/ I called tbe doctor!
again, and after so,oral weeks, they left me i
cripple on crutches for life, its they said. I
met a friend and told blm my case, and be
said Hop Bitton bod cored him and would
core me. Ipoohedat him, bat he was zo
earnrie I sms induced to use them again. Is
lew than fonr weeks I threw away my
crutch t a and went to work lightly and kepi
on using the bitters for five week!, until 1
became as well os any tnan living, and havi
beeu eo for six years since. It also cured my
wife, who hod been so tor years; and has
kept her and my children well and hearty
with from two to three bottles per .year,
Thors is no need to be elek at all if these bit,
teraara nsetL J. J. fires, Ex-Supervisor.
"That poor invalid wlfs.
???Mother!
"Or daughtcrl
"(Hn be made the picture of healthl
???With a few bottles of Hop Bittonl
Will yon let them suffer????
Cnllenra Resolvent, tho new Blood Purifier,
Diuretic, and Aperient, rxpels di??riue germ, from
the blood ??nd perscltr/iou, and thu, reniovee the
cam*. CsnctmA, the greet Bkfn Cure, fmt.ntlr ??1-
)eTS Itch Inzer,d f- fl??n,mat!ou, clears the Skin and
hcAlp, heals Uln r, aud sores, restore the Complex-
Ion. CtmcuaA-.-o.tr, au exquisite Hklu BeauUfler
and Toilet Requisite, Is Indispensable In treetlnff
skin discuses, and for rough, chapped, or greaay
skin, blackheads, blotches, ???nd baby humors, Cu*
ticura RuiSDizatra the only Infallible blood purl-
Here aad skin brautlfiers.
?????? -???- ?????? ten years, which covered the
patient's body and ltmt s. and to which all known
methods of treatment had bran applied without
benefit which waa completely cured solely by the
CUTteuaA Rxhzdixs. leaving a dean end healthy
Mr. and sin Everett Ntrhblns, Belcher-
teyu. Mss., write: Our little boy wso terribly
afflicted with Scrofula, Balt Rheum, and BrestM*
Us ever tluco tie was horn, and notbhu that we
could give him helped him until we tried Cun-
cuaa Bzhidiu. which gradually cured him, until
be la now ss fair IS Any child. -
??? TOR p, D BOWELS,
DISORDERED LIVER,
jand MALARIA.
uS???.? eonroea artao three fourths of
tuo UUoasos of tljo Luomn roco. 'i'lioso
OTAPtomfImlioaU thoirMutenco:L0..0I
flEeSS.il'S costive, Nick Used.
??ebs, ntunass outer eating, nversion to
exertion or Iwtly or mlntf, Jtructeilnri
or food, Irrllnblijiy D r temper, I???ow
Inme???l A ^0 !",^ " f , ; nv,n ?? neRlccted
some duty IHzxluin., I-Jiltt.rlnKnttho
Heart, t,???i, before Hr', eye., I.lirlriy col
ored Ifrlno, *-Oi??NT*J , .t???l-IOIV, anil lloA
mam, tliuiisa o/a remedy t i int nctsrllivmhV
onthoUver. As a Urur medicine TUTT-s
(???VyS? cjlttal- Tliolr notion on the
Kidneys end Bkln la xlso proinn,; removing
all Impurities through tneso tluco *??? srov-
engers or lire system," producing nppe,
tttu,aoond digestion, regnlar stools, wit?
skin nn-ln vigorous body. TCTT'B PILIJ9
wltb*dsny woriMurd sireaperfeot
ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA.
TIE FEELS LIKE A JVEYV MAW.
Hon?????^,,Snr?ri^. 1 Sn t &
kinds of pills, ami TUTT'S are tho first
tuat Imye douo.mo nny good. Thoy hnvo
Bold every whtr??,age. Offleo,??Mnn??y8t..N.T.
II E. Carpenter, Henderson, N Y..cur'd ol
rstnlMls or I. tirosy, of twenty yc*re??? standing, by
CufluusA ftrMznizs. Tbs meat wonderful euro or*
record. A dustpAOful of scales fell from hlmriilly,
PbyslrUns and bis friends thought ho must die.
Cure sworn to before a jnstlco of tho peace and
Uendonens's most prominent cltlsena
Mr*. H. E. Whipple, Decatur, Mich., writes
thu her face, head, end some pertaof Bur bod*
wors almost raw. Be*d covered with scabs and
anna suffered fi-sriully aud trlerl everything.
Pormsnrntty cured by ths CunousA Blxzpixs
from a iklu humor.
Bold by all druggists. Cuticuha, M cents; Ra-
Seml for ???HowtoTore Bkfn Dfasnas* ???
NOTICE.
I HAVK, Tins JUNE 27TI1, Wft.% BOLD AND
transferred my entire slor k In tho flank of the
Btate of Georgia of Atlanta, Oa.
l??nl nan Cm TOP IIKAKY
??????Mimnru*
Oorn-Milh and Millstones,
V. J v-_ ALL S1ZC3.
fivr*VkD TnE BE3TIN THE WORLD!
SAMPLES OF MEAL SENT
0N application.
' ?? Envloef.BAw Milli.End til
vludROf Machinery at lowest
try's pilcee. Addrow,
VKtlKWS BRO.V.. AttArtd. Ga.
I I can now Rraip A Foriane. New
Y I 1 I I lllimtriiird (>iiilde to Ituplit
*S \w W Wcnllhs.???IOOwiiynlitnuilifHolds
Free* J. Lynn A Co.. 7Q7 iiroadwaysNew York*
Fayette Baptrlur Court, September Tenn, 18SS-
Llbel for D1 force???8. F. Tamer va Charlea Turn sr.
I T APPRABINO FROM THB RKTURN OF THR
Sheriff that defendant does not reside in thia
county, and it farther appeArlu* that the d?Jvnd??
ant doca not reside within the state, it U ordered by
tho court that raid defendant appear at the next
term of (his court and put In deN???oee. if any he
has. Further ordered that publication of this nr Jet
bn h*d in The Atlanta ConaMtuiicn nccr * mov.h
for four months before tho next term of thia come
Heptembvr IV, lfk.il
By tho umrt 0. W. XIARRI0,
j.h a,ao.a
Georgia, Fayette County, Clerk'* Office. Superior
Conrt.% I. A. K. Stoke*, clerk of *ald court, do car*
tlfy that the a bore and foregoing h a tri*o and cor*
reel ropy, aa appear* of record in my office.
*Glvcn nnder my band aad *eal of nffi^ thf* Rep>
tenth* ??? ???.???J, JJUOL
A. PL HToJKlf*
1#xhX UV/uUo tfdjMtatc* at Boatoa Price* CAVA
i??uuni Rarer Faieg,a!*o when d|
???<r??'i Mmnlca of broa* Good*
flilka Woolen*, from the largeal
and nneatitoofela tbti country.
Write to
BY MAIL. JoioiiXAuir&Ca. B
cldefl Lot to consider spy testimony thst laixclujL nnsnsmin ,, .
???trciy original in character taken by Massey M f g III T S HAIR Oj C
Charles City,- Accomic, Goochland, Buckingham,
Bhcnoudonb, Washington and Norfolk counties
alter tho forty days allowed by the statute.
Oy tbe neglect of tbs telegraph operator at
Steubenville, o., to deliver Iho proper train <M:r>,
two freight trains ou tbe I???zu IIAudio rallroaafnl-
lldcd near Wheeling Junction yesterday morning.
Both engines and ten cars were completely wreck
anaBraktsmsnFl.beraodWrigbtand Fireman
Flaherty were seriously Injured.
Iu Worcester, Man., iho dam at North???s pond
has developed a startling weakness wltblo tho put
twenty hours, and a Urge gang ol men have been
work on It all ths morning eadcaroring to avoid
adltastrous flood.
The drouth west of the Nances river In Texas,
still continues. Ths damage to tbs stock Interest
locrczelDg dally.
A FHtOHTFUA, SCHISM.
rtesrs
Nias Year 014 May Vara
Do*v.
Fr*m tbe Cochran, Ga., Mirror.
It hecomsacur painful duty this week lo relate
one of tbs saddsat aud most horrible accidents that
waa arsr beard of. Last Thnrlday evoulog Mr.
Joab Horns came to town fora cclfln, which hs
Id was for Mr. Hurison Barlow's son, who bad
bean killed by a dog that morning. Wo Inquired
Into tba affair, aud jesterday met Mr. Barlow, tba
unfortunate bey's fathar, wbo gave us tba follow
ing particulars:
Mr. Harrison Barlow isa farmer, aod wJtotolhere,
tends Iks Orcrbty plantation beyond G JHf*arnp
settlement, about ten miles north wait of Ion town.
went lo hla work very early Thursday morning
and about cfgbl o'clock bla aon Henry came
to tbs field with breakfast for hu father, floury
waited until tho meal waa dispatched and relumed
???O the house with the dlahes. He waa a little puny
and lAriUllydeaf.ao waa col required to workany
tea
went
playad about the premises at pleasure. About
octock Ueury got hla bowsud grrowssnd
.. .t hack to the Held, but not near tbe
wotksaeo. About twelve o???clock Mr. Barlow cams
to ibe bouse, fed the stock and went flslodloner.
Mr* Barlow inquired after Henry aod waa told
that ha had not been seen since ba left ths field.
Hlaabaarroaat that hour wu unusual, and aa he
was a little sick some uneasiness was fell about
blm. After tailing klm and looking about tbs
bouse and yard without finding him they Logan
* ??? ' neighbors i-dnad them,
the Cel l. rs,!
end between one and two octoetMrJammMulliJ
found tha child lying lo an open field lo tba sun,
About three hundred yards from ths house. A nsw
roll of i-lolhei which the boy had worn wen torn
fato sbrada and scattered about .ha laid,
the child???s body wav che wed Into mine* meat from
tbe bead down and bloc! was spouting from tbs
Ttlcsand arteries Tbe dogs bad chewed through
???-ttoraat-aaii-l Into the eniratta, all the flesh waa
??OklY Han, oh WfllSKKBi cliangod In-
???UnUv to nGLossy Jilac/i by u sloglo up.
Plication of tlrla Dry.. Sold V Druggist*,
orient by exp res i on receipt off I.
OMon, 44 Murrey Street, New York.
TUTT'3 MAffil/U. QF USFCjil RirnPIX rHf>.
CLIMBING THE SPIRAL STAIRS.
IuvIXMIs Architecture In * Karr gag;
h??4 Psnossga
???Yes??? she said, ???our children are married and
gout, and my husband and lilt by our winter Art
much ss wa did bslors tba lltdo oars came to
widen tba circle. Life Is something Ilka a spiral
etalrcaae; wa are all tbs lime coming around oral
Ike spot wo storied from, only ouo degree furthar
up tbe stain.???
???Tbat Is a pretty lllnitritlon," remarked bit
blind, musingly, gating Into tbs glowing coals
wklch radlstsd a plosiant beat from ths many-
windowed store. "You know wa oannot nop
tolling up tho hill, t'-'-.-h."
"Surely wo cannot aoj for myself I don???t find
broil with tbat necessity provided the adranrola
Ufa U not attended with calamity or sufferlug
for Huts bad my share of that. Not long tinea
mr health utterly broke drtrti. My sji???em was
full of malaria My digestion became moron,]y
disordered and my nerves wan to a wretched
stole. 1 was langufd, ate little and tbat without
enjoying It. and Bad no strength or ambition to
periorm even ray light bouvchold duties. Medl. al
irettmtnt falle-'to resell tbs scat of the trouble.
Tbs dlsesM, which seemed lobs wasknrm of all
the vital oryaui, proxrejsed until I bad several
attache which my physicians pronounced to ba
acuta nongcartou of the etom-ch. Tha but of thra*
was a dupe rets strugcle aid I was given up lo dl*.
As tbs err Is baa partially puaed, my
husband heard of the mer!:s of
PARKEK???N TONIC .sen lurlrorant In just
auen caret as mis*. I took It and fall lu good
afficts at ohoa. It Appeared to pe.vado my body
as though tba blrrslnx of new Ilfs hsd corns to
me. Taking nootbermsdk'na Il' Or.llnuod totm-
proTs.fud am now In bettor bedllh thin 1 bare
bevn for a longtime."
. IKxtract from Intcrvl-w with ths wlfs of Rev.
Masascb" 7 I ???** t0,c, L*pUit church, Coldkrook,
T. MILES & SONS
MANUFACTURERS
CUSTOM-MADE l
SHOES
UAHq AND MACHINE SEWED WELTS
' AND PUMPS.
FINK SOFT UPPERS"* PLIABLE SOLES.
For sale at RETAIL, through Mall or Express, by
MILES BROS.,
No 92.1 Filbert Street, PhllMlrlpblo.
{ LAWN TEW* 18,
cuoirs?
CHICKK, AND
J31&YCLX SHOES.
DR. W. A. COOK.
(futtrofuraed Irom Nsw York Hospitals.)
Devotsa hlurolf to Iba treaiansn) ol o*no??rs. sVI-r
dl* aw*. ao(l t'-il'o-uilnarv umb ra. Ad-tr. n 43
Marietta s'rrej, m ar to -ba capital, silsntt, Ga.
Gossamer Garments Free
To ??nj retdtr of ibif t??s??r wbo will Agree to ??how
ourb'vw'h*r????i try toll Quote**ai<?? ??mong friend*
v* will i -iid pc*i[.*Id two full tlx* LtdicF Uoujner
OPIUM
: MORPHINE HAMT
III III I ??? till till IB I dllfl Mill IIIIHHlI HI 11 iflll III til Jll*l ???
nfc g.P.1 uo r*u???*c t *??w t??rai$
DR. STRONG???S PILLS
Tho Old, Well Tried,???"Wonderful
Health Ronowlng Komotllcas f
STRONG???S SANATIVE flUSStfSgCU
couiipaiiM ui dptcru*.
STMHG???S PECTORAL PILLS JSB&tfStt
Uoa. r*c??l4*str c( tb?? bow??U A mr* rtmtoh*mS
???4 ruama.iiwn. A nraatosa S??? la Salta*la
iMKiIni, tooth hir i3<i fcneui G>?? MnmivMaL ud
SaiaisjIiP"*"
IfjJjFaeh**,
tiaarl; 1.000,000 PLANTS ?????? ??
FRANCIS. MORAT,
#*??? twol M Ol ??? ibw A**.. LadMflk %???
FLORAL GIFTS!
50 WRDSBB.???KLSU23S
bum mU; iirtatid,! v.^ Ilhi *??. |U??Tv*^V *
Jorrnnmo tJtfSZ
?? 1 tO KG I A, JA8FRU COUN IT???ur.l???i.N A
IT Office, JttiBArj 14. 1*84 John tf. Htewtrt, *4-
Hiulmlor of Jara??* .Htewtrt, rtpr??MDt?? tbat bo
bu fully dbchxrged the duti??* of ht* mb ??trust,
and yr*y* for lotion of 4t*m I s*toa. THU U, t
loco, VomoUiy nil pornoo*eonc*rand, tonhowmon^
M nay thoy cam. oa or bofoco the trot Monday M
May coxt. wby mbA ad??taMf ft *oaid Mila
AafeupIlMiMMtnfll