The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-02
REVISED ARABIAN NIGHTS
The Ksng and The Physle.ar.
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 There Was - kia5 af t5feete aiIa Sas sorelt aftiiGed w;h | >e..>ts hieh L., phYslelan- pronounced neutabie hc king tncd al. tie tvcr lung. kidney. f..o, and other pads: al ;he ,l, ,fIs magnc:.6. a-sihc; and n.hei pl.stcfs. Balm Il fr. St l"mpN.ns ol, Ma.3t Ielc;> aid .sii't the other patent n.e,lif #f,=- 3saf,4ri,5! to go rtsht 'o the >f.si. tad se:. t, iJ4..f7 e. oGs 4s .llaY afpcz}f. tc ftntsHae# t grow worse EtctA llanHt. he found E., poS;ettce baN afaHiacd ~.a r5tGtall ;tiiif:s's:,- st'si ...zls;sF.. lr AH- other Iii saved, Beware af .aaf...ffCz.- '- And h. dee;rf hiti, atIt f,izhi;aI' tie refused ta se . tIefda far inc h.urr., af his health. prcieffng ie lRe lev narih, longer aud e..e ai A,4me. l he farc, nt hiS hetfs eestn ie aeif tess A,Aess cA- pfesslan. aud ihr t5Hal undertaken b4f- nished ID h's heafse and HcarA spllt h.> bran eper. t'sir,isl-s t.4+..i4, e,lc seInetf n new and rubhs n -oftin,.
 AbeC; th.> ;siue there came ie the kius> court A sif4Hs,e PhA >se...i. named nel.h.r. "he made d alaEna>i> oi the raNai pt- tent disease. -sHsfl5anliy remarked
 hamph and sad he odd eufe han wi'f1t'u eftifef itis,ts-- ..s; 5. ,sFs appiieAilone- he kns sad I the doc- Ter charges woaId noi sc>>.i4ic the sellIns ei h.> entlrc k!ngGam te pas ,he blll. he mteh; pre>orlbc faF him llouban then handed the klr1 1T. .tS and ssld
 Tn me hollow handle oi thi, l haae depesstea erialn dtass You Aill take ihi> implement and GU; a cord of hickory wood ;o-innrruw morning before break fast N then the drugs ~re heated thcl wiil peTmeate >oaI n1aaes;, ; ! a,.le ,fanlte then take bath and nap. and you WIl awake perfectly cured
 tle king took the aN and went o.. reNt moinins before breakfast and began te ~resilc wiih l cord ot hic kor1 wood as directed. \ friend camc along and >a- luted hm with: Iiailo. Have vou reached ise score year> that Nou essa> ,a perform the fea: ui the oldest inhah,ar,, And do You intend 10 carrss out the pro gfamme by plowlng len acres of land be- fore fteen -
 The slng was displcased with the man 's leNl'y. and mildly hin;ed that he would dr1fe hun inte the earth Ike a surSe SeNor's DIT T fle tcarf. TIT, f'1ere Q. il He e.ssiFat hear any more ot IL
 Aitef finishing the cnrd oi wo5 5d. inc king took ;. bath and nap. according to the doctors prescription. and amokt en- nrels free of his rnalady ,for sale al al respectable hardware stores. 0None gen rlne unless inc nam, of fIoGbar k blown m the handle. Contains no mercury
 The king decorated the phssiCian wilh the orders of the silver Shoe-huokle and the t'rcen-eyed Monster of the royal knee-ereee and invested him with so many gold medals beside. that he looked Ike Frnce Bismarck on dress parade. fe became A great taeerite with all ai court save the kings former phNslcians. heSe rcv1ied hIu. and lust no t,;,t~,rlarii- tH 10 excite dlsirus, of hln in the royal breast They reported that he was l graduate ot pr. Buchanan's Philadelphia bogus diploma college: ;ha; s.e was implicated n Shiphetd's Peruvian guano scheme. and wrote spring poetry. The king. albeit vers weak person. ,yran- meal and easily irri'a,ed. repellcd these lnsinuauons; but the superseded disciples of t-seuiaplus continued to circulate cam paign rumers and prin, Morey letters re- necrnE on the doctors character and in- tentons. and ultimately convinced the king that Douban was planning his death in order that he might succeed 10 the throne
 The ungratefsl and oredulous King commanded that Douban be sc.zed and put 10 death. The physician asked the King fl he didn't think ,ha. vas pretty rough. after having saved his life: The king said he was 70, good a, guessing oonundrums- and the physician vainlv plead for mercy. He now regretted that he didn't adopt the usual course of ,rea; ment-preseroe five dollars worth of bi,- fer medicine. and change the prescription six times day, and fool around him with an induction balance. and sink pus cayi- ties in him. and issue daily bulletins siy- ing the state of his respiration. perspira- ton and hallucina,ion. and probe him un- tl he died and send in bill for s,S.oo But il was too late to mourn over los, op- portunities. He begged and obtained a final interview with the King.
 .'I have in my library said the phy- sician- .' a book which would highly please your Malesgy-
 An responded the King. Does i, contain an account of the killing of Jesse