The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-03
"HYDRAPoLLUSIS.
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Most everything we Se; noW comes from Franee-and suppose We may mex. eSpec, io have France here lsSelf. by a sort of geographical habeas corpus. When l saw he above novel word n d paper the other day. l instantly said :: s~Tha.'s from Gael. ! 5e;
 / casually took up the paper. which fortunately had not been des Fescd ..ud aseertained ,ha: he meaning cf tiYdra po.i9sis \ gs ,ll..f EI. yt.e --T.t1 ri I-y..i \. D. soSe. the Vas, quantities ot ice which have accumulated u ;Ae North Fo.e. since the se.c We.tae; se, n there wi!i break bose ..ad ,3sfTati T :ae wor.o n toia. destruction. fhs Ha, e. taia.v an astonishing p.cCc If news out l. diG not m:l.e ulc ne1yees as icii conadent that by the tune tae ,2.t .tltae.3e occurred should be n ean3.cn nas 10 be sensib,y affected Ay .ae ..saal.v But what dla safpE5se iae Nas me an nonncement ,ha; ,h!S die psophe, \ em- enated from N AGhemar. an eminent, Trench ma,hema.,elan. kIev the name a: oaee. II was ,ha. 6F an old friend oi mine. who. some years ago. becoming amorously embarrassed IT ,his country. weat 10 Europe ard turned Fteachu4an. lie was I man for whom had alWay> entertained the h.shes; rcspect-and 10 see his name thus n the public prints connected with sGch q esagy idea. patned ne more than woyGs ean ;eil. had m doubt that | was ] typostaphieal effof or the base sander ot some designing person. My naIad 3ts iaade un at eEce wlia, 70 do ~eai,l t..isll4 ..s.i,,s,e wlth him instantly andres ..,. n ,..,ho-i.a,i1e denial ot ihe report
 The following query .astci through the ocean cable; ".Ate Yaa sac as,uag df Hyarapo,lass:. !. F.. Inc answer me ia flye minutes .'l all. stsaez ua4Glz- ulars by mal. \.
 Gine mo.n.nz. on l4e.ns . .he 5pes =" tha, q rl.l.i pz.-,c. i.,.z. ..rI5ss5.. ha1 TON wA.:ea - aese: .va @ee' ,. anu surely ;H3s sscsBcf uzaz; have h,easa! my le.s-,, Inc lay p3>>e# ,n ore terrible s,fala - aRNlety. ae sun SCI Gpen me a lei:esless man.
 mixed another giass oi pensh. ana my thoughts very naturally winged the.f way 10 France. While they were ramb- ling over ,il1, beautiful co;:fssr, Y, sea,eii of my mathematical friend. they were suddenly called baeS by the presence ot the servant ia the room, who. placing letter n my hauJ, quietly elded O.: of the room and lett lae alone. You mAy be sure was TO, ionS n getting ,o the inside of that cp.s;.g. :, Contnncd ,hcs { few lines:
 The bosom ef 5.e,;rg -@os MI hcs.a is dreadful work to-n:or5ow. to It wish you to fall 5ic:im in ,he p4it ef the Hydrapoilusls. safety .s ,iIf.!le with me. Take the fist san and rep8r; ,o me a, the Grand Hotel in Pans. ,s soon as possible.
 l, was signed by Adhcnag. and was dated March. i9. Sose
 The year startled ne iittle but onlv transi,orily concluded ;ha, had been waiting ever since 1885 for that letter. and it had just come. No though, of how old nigh, be entered my head | fei; all right, and fog the present had enough to do to attend 10 my iriend', re quest without botherlng my head about chronology. The phrase Take the first gun puzzled me somewhat. bu, all doubts as to its meaning was removed by an advertisement, paragraph which my eyes a; ,ha, moment fell upon in a copy of 7h< Eofrr Hai'-Honr. which lay upon my table. |. stated that Guns for Europe are discharged every two minutes from Central Park. Fare as low as by any other route" Ali. though, l, this is bu, one oi the evidences of how the world has progressed while l have been sleeping. Travel is more ex- peditious now than Il was way back in the old fogy times of the nineteenth cen tGry.
 Nl.hou, waiting ;O make any preplra- .lons. set out. and w.,hou; knowing cx- ac,ly how got there. l found ray self on high elevation m the park. This beau- iiful rHs iE ar6s was transformed .uto ! noisy. busy depot, filed wl,h' n. sor.s If people, coming and going and cho,;cr.ng l.ke another B,oei crowd. l ha4 ra. much opportunity fae paserVat.os iot wltAl.. n .'sei a1y aET5tal v.s oTsmmed 1o@s ,#e #.de of haze eolau1olaa w} G .a.cd eastward 4' sH angle of ior.s-a.e degrees. How the sunEeTs AneA&a here wanted ta : i don't know; G1S -t.r,o2icd !; ;o inc Wen- ceriul s:atc Ci advancement; oi evet} thleg. mental and mater 4. had reached n the eishty-nFst century. Ny trip was very expeditions, and afforded inc no ir-lle to take any notes of the tourney. 4 sharp detonation. followed by a slight sense of warmth m the lower part of my back, sudden shock. and the next mo- men, was ID the arms of Parsian eabman, by whom l was directly taken ion his back 10 the Grand Hotel. where had the pleasure of meeting Mir Ad- hemar. We had so much to say abou, old times tha, the subject of Hydrapoi- ff3SsS fnrrrAssR-, and q morning tha, mentioned l, 10 him
 T am glad" sad he. you spoke about +. for we must go Flsh; odf 10 Noun, kuachinginga- The fun begins this afternoon al half-pas, .hrce
 We Teached our place of dcsuaa ion by the Condensed Eiec;uc.;y Line Ae seated ourselves O. ,ue poe of gal vansc battery n the company otfsce 4; Paris. swallowed an electric capsai. apiece. and arrived a. the top oi the