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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17

States, went to Europe. taking with him in
his trunk this special uniform which he
had made, and which was covered with
more gold lace and braid than any uniform
ever made before or since. He found moth
ing in his pathway in Europe; he was
accredited to Lord Wolseley, the actual
Commander in Chief of the British army,
and was his guest at the annual maneuvers
at Wimbledon. A personal friend of mine
saw him one dav in full military rig, seated
at the right hand of Lord Wolseley, his
most honored guest, and heard atterward
compliment after compliment from English
officers who admired the correct knowledge,
the modesty of this officer of the United
States.
1t was great pity that he ever returned
Fortified as he was he might have remained
in Europe for years, but he came back to
his fate, which was, Of course, discovery
and exposure. Colonel Bacon had nothing
poetic in his nature. He could not appreci-
ate the. ideal character which the Colonel
had built up for himself, and so with coarse
rudeness he took upon himself, through
very proper military channels, to find out
just who the Colonel was. A friend of his,
distinguished ex-Confederate officer, then
in charge of the Bureau of Rebellion REQ
ords, was then engaged in making up the
roster of the Confederate army. Colonel
Bacon's attack upon the Colonel was very
indirect
The Rogus's Great Bunder.
He asked the chief Of this bureau to call
upon the Colonel to give his regiment and
the rank occupied by MIN in the Confed-
crate service, as he was then sending out to
every available ex-Confederate officer for
information necessary to complete the
roster The Colonel made the mistake of
giving definite and explicit answer 1t
was found after examination that there were
five men of his name in the Confederate
service, ard if he had been little more
careful in building he might have taken the
rank of one of these gentlemen without so
great chance of discovery, as three of
them were then dead But not knowing
this, he gave his former rank and position
as that OF Lieutenant Colonel of the Fourth
Arkansas Cavalry.
1 am at loss to account for this great
blunder on the part of the Colonel He had
been so artistic up to date that he should
have been better prepared. He made the
blunder of giving the former
rank and position of gentleman then liv-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
A DEv0TEE OF M0RPHEUa
The Duke of Devonshire Regularly Sleeps
In the House of Lords.

The Duke of Devonshire Regularly Sleeps
In the House of Lords
San Francisco CALL
1t Is said the Duke of Devonshire goes to
sleep in the House of Lords What else is
he to do should that august House sit late,
a. it does three or four times Q year? Be-
sides, it is the custom to 60 to sleep in Par
lament when you have mind to. The
rules forbid the perusal of newspaper, .
magazine or book. If peer or q member
OF the Commons desires to read he must 60
to the reading room or the library. There
fore, when bore is on his legs about 10 or
II o'clock, and his diffuse and uninteresting
commonplaces are running out in turgid
verboslty, what better thing can states
man do than 60 to sleep?
When in the Lower House as Lord Hart
ington the Duke was confirmed sleeper,
with his legs against the clerks table, his
hat tilted down over his eyes, his mouth
open and arms folded, ofbalancing his body
upon the seat. At times His Lordship was
guilty of an approach to snoring. People
who 20 to bed about or in the morning
must take their sleep somewhere.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
HOW THEY GO ON.
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATCH.l
Did ye ever take note NV the different way
That men an wimmin 60 on when they
Wake up an diskiver that luv Is gonef
Say, hev ye ever took note how they go ON 2
This here's what's struck me a right good
bit,
She tries ter remember, he tries ter fergit;
An the things she remembers they make
him cuss,
An say, Great Scott what fool wuz~
She keeps all his bicters an letscrs an
sich,
An hides 'em away in sum safe-like niche,
An brings 'em all out fer a quiet cry
Sum time when she kalkerlates no one
Then she ties 'em with ribands and puts 'em
Ter fetch good cry sum lone.um-like day,
An sez she, heavin' signs ez big eZ she can,
claw me! how did useter luv that there
man."
An he. when he's tossin thru collar and cuff
An necktie and kerchief an sock an sich
If he finds sum OIL curl er OIL riband er gluv
That wuz Civ by the woman he once useter
luv,
sez he, ez he givs 1t keerle ss-like ning,
"Why where ON earth did git that ther 9
An snigg rim. fool-like. ter hissslf, sez he,
"My land! how that woman did useter luv
mel"
Now that's bout the way that they both 60
When they wake and diskiver that fuv is
gone,
An this here's the main pint of difference,
We see,
See she. II luved himI' SEE he. "she luved
me!'
ANNE VIRGINIA CuLBERrsoN.
Note-The dialect will be recognized as
that of Southeastern Ohio.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17

when the deal was made with Mr.. HAYES
whereby the Southern people were given
their State governments in the three dis
puted States in the South in return for their
yielding their claims on the Presidential
count This alone made the Electoral Com
mission compromise possible.
The Colonel had by this time so allied
himself to the strongest men in the South
and had to such an extent even the conf
dence of Mr.. Lamar, now Justice of the
Supreme Court, that he was able to go to
Mr.. Murat Halstead in Cincinnati, who was
then a spokesman for Mr.. Hayes, as the
fully accredited representative of the South
ern Brigadiers. Then he went to Mr.
Hayes at Columbus.
He Took In MIR. Hayes Completely.
To what extent Mr.. Hayes gave him his
confidence can be judged only by the fact
that the Colonel went back to the Southern
Brigadiers the accredited representative of
Mr.. HAYES. OF course he had no docu-
mentarv credentials, but from the conver-
sation had with him then he was able to
prove that he was in active communication
with the future President Everything
now was easy. He would return to Mr..
Hayes as the representative of the South
ern people, and then in the shortest posi-
BILE time would return to them again as the
agent of Mr.. Hayes. In this way he played
a most important part Neither side dis
credited him, and when the agreement was
actually made in Wormley's Hotel by Mr..
Foster with the Southern leaders to de-
liver to them their State Governments un-
doubtedly the ColoEel is to be credited with
the preliminary work which led up to this
meeting and agreement.
8 Up to this time his deceptions had harmed
no one. do not think underneath the
Colonel was a man OF bad propenslties
Within a very short time al ter Mr. HAYES
Inauguration the Colonel was appointed to
one of the best civilian appointments in the
War Department. Here, if he had been
quiet and content with the good fortune
thus far secured, he might have remained
undisturbed until the end OF his life But
his actually being in the service of the War
Department revived all of his military fc-
tions and he sought at once the right to wear
the uniform OF an officer of the United
States army. He now went to the Governor
Of Louisiana and through his newspaper
connections obtained staff appointment
Tie Colonel then went to work and had a
uniform devised, copied after one of the
most brilliant in the Austrian army. He
appeared in 1t upon manv public occasions
and in SO doing excited the attention of an
army officer, Colonel Bacon, then q member
of the staff of General Sherman, but the
Colonel captured fully the regard and es-
TEEN of Townsend, the Adjutant General of
the army.
The Favored Guest of L ord WolseIey.
7. was about this time that the Colonel
had the happiest period of his romantic ca
reer. He had obtained leave of absence
OF two months from the War Department,
and, armed with q letter of introduction
from the Adjutant General of the United
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17

Lb Dcu0 WAS. anu as llko rs uOt
have your days fishing spoiled. That is,
If. your wildcat should happen to have
. disposition like the one my friend
Harry Cavanaugh hooked the time he was
fishing in those dead waters. He was az the
time in charge of a gang of men who were
at work constructing one of the tram roads
that the big lumber operators of the hem
lock belt had then just begun to build in
the isolated and mountainous forest tracts.
81 had heard" says he, "a good deal
about the dead water of Alder run and the
big trout that had their home there, and
which were likely to always have their
home there, because of the difficulties that
lay in the way Of anyone who sought to
fish those waters The dead waters extend
for nearly mile over a level stretch OF the
streams bed, and were nowhere less than
four feet deep.
One of Natures Widest Spots.
''They were bordered on each side by an
almost impenetrable thicket of alders grow
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17

A new way of obviating the necessity for
the carrying around by commercial travel
ers in the boot and shoe business Of the
cumbersome samples of their wares has re-
Gently been patented. The inventor claims
that by his invention all the samples that
carried in q small case, and that by its
mesns he will DE able to convey 200 or 300
different designs, showing shapes Of toes,
designs OF 1 zoe Cps, wei.s, colors OF uppers,
manufacturer of 20 to 80 per cent IL
effected in clearing on his samples at the
end Of the season. Another Improvements
lately adopted in the shoe industry il o web
for increasing the ease of putting on and
taking on the shoe. This web 10 made
much on the same principle as satin cloth,
and has q very fine and close texture, and
much more elasticity than the web ordt-
narily used.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
A Glass ofLIou.ned Air.

Prof. Devar, in 1ecturing before the Royal
Institution, London, handed around to the
audience an entirely new thing in the way
of tipples, in the shape Of claret glasses
filled with liquefied air. The boiling point
of liquid air is 1920 centigraue. or 100 lower
than that of oxygen. After hquefying oxy-
gen, Prot. Dewar said that it is not true, az
has been supposed. that the oxygen in the
air liQufnes before the other elements in the
air; on the contrary, the air.liquefies as air,
and Is not resolved into its elements before
liuuefying. II this globe were cooled down
to 2OOo below zero of centir"ade it would be
covered with a sea of Equeueu gas IS feet
deep, of which about seven feet would bo
LIQUID oxygen.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
Cats In Their Drea ms.

A lady in Portland, Me-, relates a curious
experience in regard to dreams that both
she and her father had dreamed several
times She would wake in the morning with
the memory of hideous, snarling cats This
happened occasionally for some time, and
the same was true of her father. Finally,
when travelling long way from home, she
entered picture gallery and there were the
cats of her dream. She recognized the pic
ture Immediately, though she had never
seen it before and did not know that it
existed. Soon after her father saw it and
exclaimed: "There are the cats of my
dreamP'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
'ORY OF A ROGUE,
e Man Without a Record
Who Made Himself a
National Character.
) WHOLE LIFE A LIE.
the Prestige of Rank Invented a
Birthplace for Himself
lCK WITH THE BRIGADIERS
Became the Medium for Their Dealings
With General Hayes
UNIFORM CAUSED HIS DOWNFALL
) WHOLE LIFE A LIE.
ICK WITH THE BRIGADIERS
Became the Medium for Their Dealings
With General Hayes
UNIFORM CAUSED HIS DOWNFALL
lwRIrrEN FOR THE pIsPATcH.I

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH-l
is story of rogue has never been told.
rogue was never discovered to the
eral public. Skilled in the art of de-
ion, he made a great place for himself
at one time was a historical figure at
national capital. He had much
gination, fair address and q good
aory. He was not satisfied with his
tion in life nor his own history. By
force of will and his powers of
gination he crea ted for himself new
-tlon, based entirely upon talsehood,
through his adroitness he reached a
idential position under the Government
was accredited abroad with letters of
highest officials, so that the most ex-
i've circles of Europe were open to him.
he other day I saw him, broken, gray
worn, on one of the back streets of
shington. He is now in the last stages
lvalidism and has been under treatment
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
A Possible Blessing in Disguise.

The average Londonerfs fairly case hard
a matter of course. They are, in fact, regarded
as q necessary evil 1t is now asserted. how
ever, and by no less an authority than the
President Of the Institute of Civil Engineers,
that log Is the chief cause Of the low death
by sulphur emanating from combustion Of
soft coal: that in London about $50 tons arc
thrown in the air on one winters day, and
that it is this large quantity Of sulphur
which counteracts the effects or the deadly
germs discharged from refuse heaps and
sewers, by its deodorizing and antiseptio
properties.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
HOOKED A WILD CAT.
Adventure of q Trout Fisherman in
the Pennsylvania Hemlock Belt.
he MADE AN UNLUCKY CAST,
And 1t Cost Him Terrific Struggle in Six
Feet of Cold Water.
IT WAS A MATTER OF LUNG POWER.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArcH.1

F you should ever
60 trout fishing on
the "dead water 4" of
Alder run, in the
Pennsylvania hem
lock belt, be careful,
as you, make your
casts, and don't
hook a wild cat, for
If you do you may
be put to a good
deal of annoyance,
and as like as not
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
Anew Ouick Firing Gun.

The new Nordenfeldt quick firing gun has
given good results of testing in France. By
o special mechanism the rscoil has been
almost entirely obviated. The breach Is
simple and easily worked, and 40 rounds q
minute can be fired. The stability and pre-
cision Of the piece are said to be SO greas
that several shots can be fred in succession
through the hole made by the first shos In
the target without repointing the gun. The
trajectory curve Is very slight, the initial
velocity being 2,l32 feet per second
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
Horse Feeding Experiments

ALI horsemsn will be interested in the re-
ports of feeding trial with horses, which
has been carried out by Professor J. w.
Sanborn. Horsemen have generally been in
the habit of believing that when grain,
especially meal and more especially such
meal as cornmeal, is fed the horses alone or
minced with hay, it tends to form a compact
mass in the stomach and produce indiges-
ton. Two lots of horses were fed for nearly
three months, one with hay and grain
mixed, the other with hay and grain sepa-
rately. At the end OF this period the food
was reversed. and the hosses were fed some
two months more. The division OF the hay
and grain into separate feeds gave better
results than the mixed hay and grain feeds.
on which the horses did not maintain their
weight so we'll. Prof. Sanborn accounted
for this by the tact that the timothy hay
when cut fine with its shaiF solid enfs frrf-
tated and made sore the mouths Of the
horses, and possibly induced too rapid
eating, and when the hay and grain were
moist, the animals would be likely to eat
more rapidly than when fed dry. In another
trial, which covered feeding cut against
whole hay to horses, the result was de-
cisively in favor of the cut hay. The differ
ence in weight Of the horses was It's pounds
in favor OF cut clover for the four months
and half of the test. Clover hay and
lucern, unlike timothy hay, do not present.
sharp, solid cutting edges.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
An Immense Eel

Harry Williamson, of Liverpool, Perry
county, O., recently caught an eel in the
Juniata river which measured ~ feet and
weighs between u and Is pounds. 1t has
been kept alive in q watering trough ever
since.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
A Variation In Messenger Service.

Major AIlatt, who is an authority on the
subject of carrier pigeons, warns the public
against prevalent stories OF long flights by
trained pigeons; notably that in which a
pigeon is recorded as having flown I5O0
miles in America. Major Allatt believes the
greatest distance pigeons have flown Of
which an accurate record has been made Is
in the races which have taken place two or
three times from Rome to Belgium, dis
tance OF between so and 900 miles. He also
suggests that if the present intention of the
Navy Departments of the different nations
is to be carried out, and q regular marine
carrier pigeon service is to be established,
ducks would be better for the service than
pigeons, because when q duck gets tired ne
drops and sits in the water until he Is rested
and then goes on again. Ducks, moreover,
Major Allatt thinks that sea gulls might
with advantage be trained for message bear
ing purposes.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-01-27
Peoples Theatre.

A very large and highly anus
audience witnessed Ray L. Royce's
company in q three-aet farce called
Toms Vacation" Mr.. Royce. as
Ton Eastwood gave . most anus
ing performance. especially in biz
character imlersOnations. lie is q
comedian quaint III bis way and lie
kept his audience conYa lsed Will,
be was on the stage. Oh rlcs HOr-
wiz was laughable a. the census
enunIeratJr aud gave some clever
limitations. The Kitty Perkins OF
Jessie Lindsay aas good and her
Spanish dance was we'll received,
The rest Of the east was satisfactory.
In fact, IT Is ole ~ the best per-
formances that has been given a.
the PEG, les since its opening. II
y not ont Of place TO compliment
the orchestra, kenyon Jones, DI.
rector. Tines Democrat, Dec. u,
1891. This play will be presented
AZ Stokes Hall next week, Thurs
day February lth.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-01-27

learn their correct names. Yester-
day morning, it is said, the mothers
applied the lash, and we are told they
dressed the kids down with a whip.
ping that made it exceedingly warm
for these little thieves.
We are informed that during the
castigation one Of them acknowl-
edged that it was not the first time
be was guilty Of stealing corn in this
way, and that he sold it to restaur-
ant on Parrish street, the proprietor
Of which paid him for all he carried
there.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-01-27
You Are Interested Why Not Read This.
Worst form Of LaGrippe Cured in "a hours.
NO, THEY ARE MOTOR SALE


Below give the of the best in the
United States who voluntarily their testimonials Of
many chronic to twenty years standing
We refer the reader to any Of the given below.
Gen. Jas Longstreet Gainesville Ga Dyspepsia and Insomnia
REV r. Hawthorne b. D. Atlanta at4rr Twenty years standing
Gen G NJ Turner, Atty Gent Of Tenn, Rheumatism go years
ExGov r. Hubbard Mother cured Dyspepsia AMI General
G W. Armstead glenn LAGkIPPE and Nervous Debility
Rev Sam Jones' cartersyle Wife cured Of Nervous Headache
Dr. J. f. Pearson s. Louis No. stomach and Kidney Trouble
B. r. Small Atlanta Catarrh. Cwentysx years sandng)
Rev. Wright Chattanooga Tenn Son cured Of Epilepsy E(sx
T. ;; lsae Nsrfsk "a, Neuralgia I'm, and IAsRIpPE
Col l. ". Avery. Atlanta Kidney Troubles and Paralysis
lajor Charles W. Hubner, Atlanta Nervous PrOstration.
Rev. u Lawess Winchester, Kan, lniammaoy Rheumatism
5 BIaeknal Atlanta, aGRPpE worst FORM Cured ia "a
Hon Lyle Senator 9th District Ga wife cured Of Neuralgia
Mrs. Joe Davis, Texas. Coughs and Hemorrhage
Rev 4 Vaughan Canton Ga Neuralgia and Liver Trouble
Rev " r. Gwatney Greensboro N g. LAGRIPPE and Dyspepsia
m 10 S
]. B. Legg St Louis. Catarrh and LAGRlPPE
NJ Whitman St Louis, Eczema. ~. +..~-.
Rev W: g Cunningham D. D., Nashville Ed S. s. Literature La
D. G. MeAllser Chicago LAGaPPE Worst form.)
Rev. w. b Morris, Ashley, ILL.,, Spinal Meningitis.
Dr. j. Coleman Liberty hansa ana hheumatln Fery
SeEere.)
:. M. Setor, Chicago, LAGRIppE and Rheumatism
Rev. q Clark, McGrgor Txa hid cured # summer complaint
j. J. scrugQs sdon Miss Child cured Of Summer Complain
Hon H. Chamberlain Chicago LAGRlPPE and Dyspepsia
J. H. shawhan tynthana KY Paralys Eight years stand"g
7. GRAY, Pqua, Ohio, rheumatism and LAGRIPPE
John f. Gosman, Cincinnati oio, LARPPE aud RHEUMATISM
Rev. Samuel II Schwartz Ghrlgo Caarh and LAGRGnPE.
Rev. w. b. Wells, Birmingham, L iGRiPPE and Rheumatism.
Rev r. H. Rivers D. d., Louisville KY. Neuralgia and Dyps>i,
Rev. g. w Winn Nashville Tenn Dysyeps aud tGRIPPE
The lamented Henry W. Grady said of GERMETUER-"Ib
Iieye IT to be the Ultima Thue Of Medicines"
We could fill this paper with of people who have
been cured of diseases by the of KINGS ROYAL GERMETUER
but consider the above sufficient.
We having with and all the country the dreadful
scourge LAGRPPE Hundreds being cured right here
doors in few hours by taking of GER
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1t is pleasan take glass of lemonade.
For sale at 81 per bottle by all Druggists Manufactured by
KINGS RoYALcERMETUER CO., Atlanta, Ca
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-01-27

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