Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-09-16
HARNESSER OF
DREAMS 5'' CHALONER
Further Revelations From
Hell Startle Newspaper
Men Yesterday.
WEIRD TALES TOLD.
Important Figures in History are
Used in Dramatic Story of He'll by
John Armstrong Chaloner.

Declaring that he had established
a strong hold in Alexandria from
which he would lombard the worlG
with month"; yrevelations direct from
He'll, John Armstrong Chaloner, of
Merry Mills, Va, who describes him
self as a "Harnesser of Dreams,'
opened a three hours seance in the
Office Of the Alexandria Gazette yes
terday afternoon and kept a score of
newspaper men amused and thrilled
with story from the regions of hi:
Satanic majesty which was more
weird than any found within the
covers of the Arabian Knights and
more startling than any conceived
by Baron Munchausen.
Mr.. Chaloner, before commencing
his interview, reiterated the fact that
he did not believe word of the reve-
lations, which are furnished by his
old friend, Thomas Jefferson Miller,
of New York, new supposed to be
sojourning in the Internal regions,
and which Mr.. Chaloner received
through his sub-conscious or N-fac.
utly.
Mr. Chaloner reached the Gazette
office at half-past three o'clock and i'm.
mediately plunged into the reading OF
the proof of his new book on He'll,
which will be published this week.
After describing the relief from
painand care which Mr.. Miller declar-
ed followed his passage of the Styx
he opened his eyes to find himself IN
the presence Of his Satanic majesty,
who was no other person than Ma
poleon Bonaparte. The following is
his description of Satan's throne and
his appearances:
"The throne was in shape like a bed
but such a bed. 1t was not less than
half a dozen yards long, and not less
than the same distance wide, and
stood not less than six feet off the
floor There were steps leading to the
side of the bed, which stood on the
floor, not on dais, or platform, as
thrones usually do. There were steps
onlv on one side Of the throne. On the
side of the bed was a barrier one yard
high rising perpendicular to the plane
of the bed. At the foot of the bed was
railing, over which was thrown a red
robe. The railing was highest in the
middle, and curved downwards there
from to either post at the foot of the
bed. The bed was Of pure gold, with
a canopy some six feet above it. Said
canopy was of scarlet cloth. The cloth
ing of said bed was Of white linen and
creamy woolen blankets. You should
know that the vulgar idea Of the heat
of He'll is utterly aside from the fact
There is heat here in certain, so to
speak, localities, but the general tenn
perature is the most perfect climate,
Of the nature of our temperate zone
From said canopy depended curtains
of azure silk shot with gold.
Napoleon was dressed in a garment
rather unknown among men OF your
world, it being of the nature OF a
shirt, resembling the ancient Greek
costume, sleeveless, and falling only a
short distance below the hips. On his
head was a cross between a helmet
and crown, by which / mean the eX-
act replica of the same headpiece sur
mounting the brow of Michael Ange-
los "The Thinker" over the tono Oh
the Medici in Florence. His flesh was
of the most dazzling whiteness, Dut'
withal, with a rosy hue, such as sno"
or marble take on at sunset. lhls was
noticeable in his arms which were Su-
perbIy muscular, but at the same tlme'
far from muscle bound, or Dra"ny
His face was rosy Of hue, upon daz-
zling white fond, as the French say
or base, of marble whiteness, without
it's pallor. His eyes were truly mar
velous, being like jewels in their deeF
fire and pearly beauty. That last may
seem strange as applied to eyes But
NAPOLEON Bonaparte's eyes are pre-
ciseIv the color-and with the mar
vellous orient-of gray pearls. mere
is a softness playing through the
fire, and at times, ana lof
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