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The morning times., 1896-10-11
KING GTOM-sAM-H0 HERE
Otherwise Called Jim Bowie,
Although the Real Article.
POTOMAC FLATS PALACE
Queer Habitation Of a Queer
Old Fellow Who Dresses
Himself Quantity.

Down ON the Potomac flats, within the
shadow OF the Washington Monument. is
the strangcst habitation that IL September
sun ever Struggled to shine upon.
1t is stranger far than the tcpec of
red man, or the DircI-Dark leIii-Join wnicn
The Canadian fisherman bides the passage
of the short Northern summer days. 1t is
remarkable. notnierely from an architectural
palace OF Il king.
Several days ago a gunner Laying in his
skiff along the rock-walled edge OF that
portion OF the flats which begin directly
where Seventeenth street gets weary aud
wanders into the tidal reservoir, fired at a
hen-hawk soaring above him. and saw it
fall into the dense vegetation a hundred
yards from shore.
In the attempt to reach the prize he
discovered the subject of this sketch
Jim Bowie-an old darkey. who claims to
be king, by right of his descent from All
ancient African ruler, with a name utterly
refusing to lend itself to pronunciati on by
anyone other than Bowie. An idea cf Its
nature can best be conveyed through the
operation Of placing an apple between ones
teeth, and in thea attempting to articulate
thus: .'Tom Sam hobo" completing the
effect by rolling the eyes until the whites
alone are visible. and otherwise abuse the
countenance. as Bowie does.
Yet jim Bowie is rot mad. On all other
subjects except that involving hisimaginary
lineage he is rational aud quantity philo-
sophical.
IL you should ever experience a desire TO
see this droll domain where Bowie Ia king
you are charitably directed to go TO the
top OF the Monument. and then O the south
window.
Directly at your feet and stretching south
you will see u narrow reach of land. de.
lightfully green and inviting. you think.
appearing from that height like a erass.
ravished meadow, or a smooth, wellkept
lawn. On either side the sparkling waters
of the grand old Potomac appear dimpled
aud dancing, wondrous, serene, or any other
adjective you may fancy.
If you will carefully use your vision on
this bit of green parking below you, which
is Bowie's Kingdom-in his right by in
heritancc, and lin his mind by fearful
play of ms imagiuation-you may discern
what appears to be small bare spot
winch is the seat OF imperial government.
Should you see some one moving about on
it, be sure that's His Highuess.
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the regime, and it has been year since
the self-coronation, Jim has stolen out in
the still hours OF the morning. stealthily
crossed the northern border and brought to
the market n half dozen willow baskets Of
his own making. These were found to be
excellent specimens of willow weaving,
and he has never had any trouble to dis
pose OF them at quarter each, and no
questions asked.
No one ever knew from whence he came,
who he was, or WHITTIER he went. None
was bothered to inquire. No one remembers
to have seen him in the neighborhood of
his home, and, In fact, he has never here
tofore incited any more inquiry than any
one of 10000 more dark atoms Of his
species.
1t was on one of these excursions that
The Times man met and begged an audi
ence with his highness.
Jim was very reluctant at first, SEEM
ingly suspicious OF foreigners. The po-
iiceInen Of the bathing beach are con-
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rHEpAruLEss JUNGLE.

If YOU are Still dissatisfied come down and
walk around to the back Of the shaft and
then in the direction OF the bathing beach,
which marks the northern boundary OF the
possession after reaching which you turn
south aud continue-if you think you can.
Unless you have none of the Stanleyism
10 your make up you will not turn back be-
cause the erstwhilc appearing meadow land
is suddeDly transformed into a trackless,
pathless Jungle, utterly impenetrable
You swear you have been misdirected; de-
clare you have never seen the place before,
butas youturu and look back andup towhere
the fair fame and name of Washington is
piercing the very heavens, you argue that
you have started right, the old truism about
distance lending enchantmcnt vaguely sug-
gests itself; your resolution to see and know
comes back to you and with 1t better judg-
meDt, when you decide TO confine your ex-
ploratiou tn strolling al ong tue rocky
breakwater. This extend along the waters S
edge for mile or moro, forming an ad-
mirahlc pathway, and permitting you
to view the western border of this, you are
now thinking, inhospitaJ Die. dreary and
altogether uninN V abiding place.
The scenery, it strikes you, IL your tired
vision has succeeded in penetrating the
dusky vegetation which savagely bears
down upon the waters edge, and of which
tile uoxious sage-weed here growing in rank
disorder to tile proportions and pre-
tensions Of forest oak is queen, las GER
tainly depressing effect
Your clothing is literally covered with
the tenacious cookie burr; the ear wearies
of the mouotonous raspings of never-tiring
aud numerous insect orciiestras, the nose
is assailed by odors running through all
the shade, from the evanescent balm of
putrefyiug fish to the indescribable odor
which is only born of a spot the sunlight
shuns, where there are pools of slime-cov-
cred ooze avoided alike by the unfastidious
bittern and brach-trochian.
The breeze that comes from the com
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plaining river has something decidedly
chill In 1t thtse late September days. but
II fondles you with its touch and seeks to
cheer you with its voice and Iassipg on it
strives to enter the desoiation Lcfore ycu,
struggles for while ard then GENES lack
to you with half wintry moan despairing.
You are thinking CT the Object Of your
curiosity. You strive TO Eieture him in
tbs primitive innecence Ii,ng in another
world. Your heart aches for Lin ard with
sei'se cf loneliness 50 utter.
Jim Rowie, quite as keen as the weapon
his name suggests, asks for and expects
none or the outer, worlds sympa thy. If
he can Come into 1t thrice a month and
carry from 1t the blt of "co'n meal. 'taters
and salt poke" sufficient to Tide him an
other month he is surIemeiy content.
Beg? Not King Eowie! The idea OF
king "goin' achuckin'" would suffice .,
bring forth from the royal anatomy in a
single upheaval all the latest merriment Of
a lifetime.
Thrice Month, since tire tcginning of
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TREATMENT THAT CURES.

Doctor McCoy's treatment, that
has nited the daIxDess ana DIght OF the
word ''tncurable" from hundreds of thou
sands Of these cases OF Catarrh in the
Ears. Bronchial Tubes and Lungs, works
its curative action for two reasons:
(1J. 1t reaches every sore spot from the
orifice OF the nose to the deepest part OF
the lungs, to the inneImost recesses of the
middle ear.
(2). Instead OF irritating, inflanling and
feeding the fires of the disease, It sootbes,
Quiets, heals and cures
What is this treatment that cures these
conditions once regarded incur able? By
what process does IL restore the diseased
membrane, remove the poison and relieve
the soreness OF disease? Let the expert.
ence OF patients cured and being cured
tell.
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How 1t Cures Common Catarrh.

Here is a patient taking treatment for
Caiarrh OF the Head. He breathes the
soothing medication through his nostrils,
and the nasal channels open up, the stuff
cd-up feeling in the head leaves, and ne
can breathe naturally through the nose
again. The dull pains across the front Of
the head fade away, and the nasal mem
brane is soothed until the inflammation
and soreness are all gone The bad odor
Of the breath passes away, and the lost
sense of smell returns. The dropping in
the throat is checked, the nose does not
stop up toward night any more, the
sneeZing and snuffing have ceased, and
the discharge from the nose grows lesa
and less, and finally stops altogether. The
disease has been checked and eradicated
from the system before IT even reached
his throat. 1t had not been driven down
into ms throat, or into his lungs, OF into
his ears, as SO often is done by otheI
treat IHents
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A Housekeeping Inhgbitant.

Lived here thirty years, and yet never
saw the city," - s.......
Never
.'Did you ever have desire 10, 60, to
town."
''Well. yes. I reckon has. But you see,
fore the railroad come hit wuz too fur ter
travel on foot, an the mule was too busy
plowin': an arter the railroad come. they
went ter chargin' people fer traveiin'; an
S, I jest thought I'd stay. home an NOT
bother bout seein' the world But what
do you reck on happened to US 'tother
day?"
Don't know!" r.s .-'-'
''WeI, sir, my son John ackchully bought
a ticket, jumped aboard o. the railroad
went ter the city, an subscribed fer a
newspaperi"-Atlanta Constitution
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From an Impending Dictionary

Poster-A picture in dialect.
Newspapcr-The walking delegate of
civilization.
Crauk-A person who does not see things
as we do
Courtship-The process by which an ideal
is changed into an idea.
Artist--A member Of that fraternity in
Which the men wear their hair long and the
women wear their hair short
Marriagc--A game of euchre iu which
either hearts or diamonds are trumps and in
which one party always fails TO score.
Orthodoxy-A perfectly justjudgmentthat
condemns a woman TO everlasting punish
mentor thesi which, in tn cease OF a man.
is eDtered on tue recording angels books as
wild oats: uolle prossc."-Judge
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In spite Of the throngs OF patients
taxing advantage or this opportunity,
the renewal Of the offer will be- maint aimed
l" "allduriDg October. None Will be slig ghted
OF turned away. 1t probably does not
eAdSSerate the truth To- say that during
the past six weeks Doctors Mccoy and
etWeen have Consulted with more patients
than In The same length Of time were ever
received IN I. doctor oiiice in this city
The hundreds who are applying know
well that they are receiving the skill
Of the master ana the treatment that has
attracted the attention OF the whole
world at the smallest fee rate ever given.
They understand the splendid purpose that
actuatea the offer. Doctor Mccoy appre-
ciates this, and will, at any cost, Inaintain
the integrity of the offer up To the time
limit, that is, November /. He desires
1t 10 be understood, however, that the
offer cannot be ana Will no { be inde rinit..iy
extended, that IL expires November /.
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TR[ALS.0F a CONSTABLE
-seG5s~A-

dinner was being cooked. He carried away
the stove, also the pots and pans after
dumping out the half-cooked food.
,.Seycraldsys ago swinburn seized horse
in srcnt of the courthouse. The animal was
attached to a market wagon and he had
a, seyere struggle with the owner before
lie could unhitch the equine.
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He Went Up Head.

Teachef-Anything is called transparent
that can bo. seen through. What scholar
can give an example?
Bobby-De hole in de fence round de
baseball park.-Norristown Herald.
The morning times., 1896-10-11

ALL NEW PATIENTS WHO AP-
PLY BEFORE NOVEMBER ISL, AND
ALI. OLD PATIENTS WHO RENEW
BEFORE NOVEMBER IST, WILL
BE TREATED UNTIL CURED AT
h r UNIFORM RATE OF S3 A
MONTH, MEDICINES INCLUDED.
HIS APPLiES TO ALL PATIENTS
AND ALL DISEASES, INCLUDING
DEAFN ESS
The morning times., 1896-10-11
Emory A. storrs Saw the Difficulty.

The late Emory A. storrs, In address
ing the court, in reply to an eloquent op-
ponent. said: "Your Honor, am called
upon to reply to tanning MILL How
can man answer n tanning mill? Does
not every farmers boy know that fan
ming mill makes the most noise when it
is eInptiest? How can q man answer n
song?'' The application OF Mr. Stcrrs'
reply Is obvious.-Chicago Tribune.
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PLENTY OF LIBERTY.

The young soldiers are allowed three
nights liberty in each week, that is. they
are allowed outside, TO visit their friends or
families. as "a good many boys in tl. ser
vice are Washington lads.
Once during every enlistment the lads
are sent TO sea on foreign cruise. While
on board ship the boys are used as guards
or buglers, according to their age They
generally search the Jack Tar when lie
comes aboard to see that he has nothing
concealed about him; as, for instance, a
bortie of grog. Some save what they
make while in the service. These are the
boys which the service Eenefit, and who
will some day be oon-commissioned officers
in tile United States Navy, as that is rs
high as an enlisted boy can go.
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How 1t Cures Rronchial Catarrh.

Here is another patient who was always
sensitive to the weather. He contracted
catarrh of the head, and it passed to his
throat, then down the windpipe and into
bronchial tubes. He coughed at night
so that he could not sleep; there was pain
behind his breast bone and under the shout
der blades. Wien he coughed lie brought
up a frothy, grayish material streaked with
blood. He lost appetite and strength. he
tried cough syrups and different medicines
TO no avail. He now breathes in with full
Inspirations the restoring and soothing medi-
cine. The sore spots along the bronchial
tubes heal, the cough ceases, the pain leaves.
the appetite and strength return. He is
again IA well and happy man.
The morning times., 1896-10-11
HOW 1t Cures Cntarrh of the Lungs.

Here is another pitiful case. He had all
the history OF colds and Catarrh, extend
ing downward from the nose TO throat. to
glottis, to wiDdpipc 10 tie bronchial tubes
and then into the small tubes OF the lungs
His cough always troubled him. He raised
large quantities OF vile looking material,
he had fever every a Afternoon and could not
sleep at night. He had no appetite, and his
strength and ambition failed. He had
night sweats every once in while. and
feared that his end was near.
See him after four months of treatment
A new man! The healing and soothing
medication has time after time sought
out every nook OF the disease. even to tie
extreme depth OF the lung lis, and
bathed aud coated and healed the mem
brane- There is no more OF the nasty
discharges. no more cough. no more lever.
no more pain, no more night sweats The
appetite returns, and with it comes back
strength and ambition. The cheeks III
out and regain their color. The step be-
comes buoyant. He has been saved from
a lingering but absolutely sure DEATH
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How 1t Cures Catarrhal Deafness.

Here is another who for years had been
q sufferer. Every fresh cold seemed to
stay longer than former colds, and he no
ticed that his ears got stopped up and his
bearing became duller and duIler, and
there were ringing and buzzing noises in
his ears The Catarrh had passed upward
and backward from the throat along the
eHstachian tube leading from the throat
into the car. He had visited throat doctors
and ear doctors and catarrh doctors with
out relief. In this condition we find him
inhalng the never-failing medication, and
soon he notices a change The noises in
the ears stop, there is no more discharge.
the hearing gets better and finally the
tubes OF the ears open up and something
seems to give way in his head. His hear
ing had completely returned. No wonder
be considers the result marvel.
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DURING
OCTOBER.
The So Opportunity is
Open to ALI.

The Renewal of the So Offer Made
by Doctors Mccoy and Cow den VIII
BE, in spite of the Throngs of Pa
tIents, Conscientiously Maintained
Until November LIST.
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The property was never recovered from
the women, but they were arrested and
Tined. When the constable informed them
that he was an officer OF the Ia W, before
entering their premises, one of them
shouted.
We defythe law, and its officers, too."
Several months ago the doughty little
constable went TO the rooms of a manu-
factoring ieweler on Pennsylvania ave
nue., between Sixth and Seventh streets
northwest, 10 serve an attachment to sat
isfy debt of 81 so on which judgnenthad
been secured. The apartments were on The
second floor.
Swinburn left his assistant on the side
walk with several colored men he had en-
ployed to help load the seized goods into a
furniture wagon which was in waiting.
After entering the rooms, the jewcler al q
his wife, a small ard very pretty woman,
both drew loaded revolvers. While the
woman covered Swinburn with her gun
and held him prisoner, the husband stood
NJ the head OF fhe stairs, pistol in hand. to
hold back any reinforcements that might
have sought to come to the constabir's as
sistance 'ri-'
His deputy, q weakened little old man,
with full gray wliiskers, started up the
stairs, hu was driven do wn at the point of
he jewelers. revolver. He then sent for
the police
Lieut. Kelly and several patrolmep ap-
pcared in front OF the house. but declined
"a interfere unless there was a breach of
tlle peace. Finally the aged deputy. be-
coming alarmed about the safety OF Coa-
stable Swinburn, tri i to climb up the rain
spout to the secondstory portico. and thus
/ get into the room where his employer was
| a prisoner. He managed to shiny haif
lxay up the spout, when his strength gave
| out, and lie descended like a meteor. THIS
| knocked alt the agility ont of him, and he
did not again try to climb the pip.. a few
minutes later the constable came out. He
had compromised the matter by giving the
| ieweler twenty-folr hours in which to can
| eel his indebtedness
THE TWO RIVALS.
On another occasion Mr.. Swinburn and
| a rival cunStable each had an attachment
| 10 serve on some property in Dowlings auc-
I tiOn house on L street, between Sixth and
| Seventh streets. 1t was understood that
| the constable who got there first and made
| the levy was to receive the fee. Swinburu
was on foot, while the other fellow had a
| horse and buggy
The rival sp:ang into his vehicle and
Iashed the horse into a gallop, while Swim
| burn, with the fltetaess OF a deer, started
| across lots on run that would have done
| credit to professional spriDter. Swim
| burn won by several lengths and made the
| levy before his rival had gotten out of til
buggy.
ON several occasions Constable Swim
| burn has been drenched with water and
scalded, while his Lody bears MANY scars
| received in lire cf duty while carrying out
| the cdicts IF the law. Before coming to this
City TO serve as constable he was employed
| in the revenue service in California rs
detective and did Gccd work in bringing
[ Illicit distillers' I'D other vioiators OF the
law to Justice.
y story is told at the city hall ahout
| capitol Hill cot static who levied upon
aud seized red hot cook stove on which
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Not to he Expected ;.

Binson-Do YOU call thar bedIam Just let
loose by the crowd, music?
kennotc-No. sir, that a campaign Gong.
--Phii;tdelphia North American.
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slant source of wo-riment to him. He
fears that some day they will swoup down
ON him, and, dragged from his throne, he
would be forced 10 endure an indefinite
period of exile on the farm as vag.
The audience, as he.insistcd on calling 1t,
was satisfactorily arranged for the after
noon OF the next day, and as q speciaIacto OF
courtesy the reporter was intrusted with
the secret OF a hidden pathway, one that
could be followed easily, and 'as the bee
flies." leading directly to the domicile.
THE HIDDEN PATHWAY.
In finding this path, which has always
been used by Jim, it was necessary to
plunge into the density of veritabie
jungle, and, on hands, and knees. proceed
for nearly fifty yards, when wcll-defined
passageway hewn through the vegetation
presents itself, and then to advance is COM
paratively easy. But the heat, even ON a
chilly day, was terrific. And the mosuui-
toes, those tormenting little buglers of an
insect army, were legion.
After walking a bit and crawling a bit
and swearing a bit, perhaps, The Times
ma n grew weary of it all and cried Justify:
''Jim!' BOWEL" and then Mister RowieI''
but no response rewarded the exertion,
until in despair and to test the effect he
yelled: Hello! where is the king at?''
The effect was instantaneous, delightful
and picturesque in the extreme. There was
terrific sound, likcthat which might have
been produced by u mighty fusilatic of
tincans, the dense foliage ahead parted, and
there stood H.sE. H., King Tomsam hobo,
Second" as he chooses to be known.
The visit w;.s attended with a formality
which raised it almost to the dignity OF a
ceremonial, and was picturesque and almost
uncanny. al
Bowie stoodtin the center of a little clear
ing. like the being OF his Imagination, an
| old African citieE about to receive an EN-
bassy. He was arrayed with great care in
] q style tntended TO he symboiical OF ap.
The morning times., 1896-10-11
How 1, Cures Catarrh In the Throat.

Here is another patient who had Ca
tarrh or the Head He caught cold after
cold, and the disease spread down into his
throat He brcathes and drinks in the dis
ease -banisIing medication. 1t bathes the
membranes OF his head and throat. The
soreness OF the head and throat become less.
and the desire to hawk and spit is disap-
pearing, the sense OF taste is returning.
and tie voice again becomes soft and N eIo-
dious. There is no more gaggIng and vom-
itIng in the morning. No longer does every
exposure to the weather result in Il stuffed
up throat, that becomes sore and inflamed.
and no longer does he find his throat and
tongue dry as chips when he wakes from
an undressing sleep.
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How 1t Cures catarrh of Vocal Chords

Here Is another patient VINO contracted
Catarrh that extended from the throat
into the giUttis, the gateway that opens
TO the windpipe and lungs. The disease
attacks The vocal chords, this sensitive
Instrument Of the human voice, and soon
mars its sweet tones or destroys them al
together. Here sits lady inhaling the
soothing preparation. She had teen ten
rnonthS silent. and the treatment has al
ready restored her voice. Who can say
what Joy she feels in being restored to
the usefulness and the pleasure of CONVEX
Sation?
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The women then returned into the house,
and while the Officers Were trying to get
the back door open went upstairs and
poured buckctful of slop water over the
constabies. The door finally swung open,
and the law Officers Were fighting to retain
possession of the opening, when the women
returned to the assault, armed with hot
water and ffatirons.
This was too much for Constable S win
buns assistant. He weakened and quickly
made his escape by clambering over the
rear fence with the agility of a monkey.
Left alone to battle against odds, the con-
stable concluded that discretion was the
better part OF yalor, and he therefore re-
tired In good onderin the face Of the enemy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-30
ENTERPRISE.

Enterprise is l6 to 1-sixteen Re-
publicans to one Demo-Pop.
Miss Sophia Seider has been i'll for
the last few days.
Mrs. AL Reed is on the sick list.
Rev. Laird of Horace, who has been
in the city for the last few days, left
Friday for home.
G. NJ. Randall arrived home Satur-
day from an eight weeks stay at
Enid, Okla.
Rev. George Beltz is conducting a
series Of meetings at Longford.
Fred Haines possesses very sore
limb, the result Of bite from dog.
Miss Lulu Osborn Of Leavenworth
is spending few days in town with
friends.
A number Of children were enter
tanned at the home Of c. V. Topping
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hummel Of Herington
were the guests Of Mrs. Haines the
latter part Of last week.
The Epworth League gave a very
interesting program Sunday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Terrell Of Chicago are
to spent the winter with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. c. F. Lindstrom.