CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, OCTOHKR 25, ib.
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HE CMIUEL A REVOLVER
AN ARMED AME.IICAN NEWSPAPER
MAN'S EXPERIENCE IN IRELAND.
The Aiillitti Itlcs Allntttxl 1 1 1 tii tn Kp
Ills UYiiuu Under Abmirtl Cumlltloiia.
A I'ollrit Spy Wlin HuccmnWd to (lie
KeilnrtJuii of I'ntfrn.
OopyrlKht ly American Pre Association.)
Tho visit of Mr, William O'llrleti to thin
country reminds mo of (ho time 1 llrst met
hint In tho Inicrlul hotel in Dublin, when,
in tho person of n si ruder, quiet gentleman
with the maimer of n student. I saw the
"Firebrand of tho hand l,eaKUe." Therein
ft story connected with my vlilt to Irehin.il
which is wonderfully characteristic of the
methods which Mr O'Mrlcii so fiercely le
tiounccd.
It wjih in 1883 Hint Mr. William Henry
Ilurlburt, then the editor of The New York
World, decided to wend monbroml to write
TIIK OFFICniS KXCtTKll.
up tho Inud Icakuu agitation. At thnt
time A mill Hey -afterward Ambl I'.ishn
wim milking things lively for tho KiikIIsIi
in KKM't, fttic Mr. Ilurlburt bud home Iden
of ordering me to the sent of war. As the
result of thlM when I packed my valise I
placed In It my Colt's navy with n box of
cartridges.
The steamship Ecytbla, of the CiiihiiiI
line, anchored below Qucctistnvvii about I
o'clock in the morning. A curious look
lug tug with osclllatlngeiiKliK's nod puddle
wheels was waiting for the malls, and the
three passengers lx-sldes myself who were
going ashore climbed down to her deck
The morning was cold and raw, and t la
bour's run to tho town was n bout us mi
comfortable In the stuffy little cabin as It
well could Ihj. When wo reached the laud
inn stage the custom bouse nftlclitls uxnm
ined nud passed the luggage of my com
panlonsln misery we were all cold, damp
nud extremely hungry before opening my
valise
As nothing in the trunks was dlsturlied
I wits somewhat surprised to Mud a pound
of tobacco which I bad promptly confls
cated. This I afterward got back on a pay
merit of two shillings Hut it was when
the revolver and cartridges were found
that the ollleers became excited. They
were at onco taken and hastily carried olT
to an Inner room, where they were locked
up. A conference was had to which a con
stnbulary inspector with a bad temper was
summoned, and It was seriously debated
whether I should not be requested to oe
cupy a chair in the police station until my
case could l)a presented ton resident inngls
trnto I was asked whether I bad any
tuoru arms, and to make things certain
my clothes were searched I need scarcely
say to any newspaper man that, so far
from being offended at all this, the Incl
dent was to the last degree interesting.
Nothing would have pleased me more than
being locked up. However, after examln
ing my credentials and taking possession
of my valise, I was allowed to go on my
own recognizance, upon a prumiso to visit
the resident magistrate asuoon as possible
It was It o'clock before I could see, Mr
Daly, tho resident magistrate in charge. I
found him to bo a very pleasant gentle
man, living In one of tho prettiest houses I
ever saw. I told Mr. Daly my story and
produced my credentials, as well its a niim
ber of letters of Introduction which Mr
Ilurlburt had given mo. As I talked I no
ticcd that ho referred to a paper on his
desk from time to tlmo, which was evi
dently a police report of tho arrival of a
dangerous American. Finally Mr. Daly
seemed to bo convinced that It was safe to
let mo fly with a string and hu gave me
tho following permit, which I have kept
as a curious memento
Tho bearer of this, Sir. Alfred llulcti, n corro
spondi-nt of Tlio Now York World, In hereby nl
lowed to carry ono ruolver nnd cartridges
from Queenstown to Dublin on Ills promise to ru
port tho samo to tho Dublin police so hood as lie
shall arrlvo In that city Sir. llnlcli declares hlx
Intention of proceeding to Dublin direct. Should
bo leave thu train at any placo on route ho prom
tVcs to report tho said revolver nnd cartridges at
once to tho nearest pollco ofllclat.
J. V. Daly, Itcsklcnt Magistrate
Armed with this permit I visited the
constabulary ofllccr who had my valise
and showed it to him. When I asked for
the things he very kindly offered to send
them up by ouc of his men to tho train, to
which proposition I naturally assented. It
was not until afterward that it occurred to
me that this courtesy on his part secured
the custody of the "gun" until I got on
the cars Tlun valise was duly delivered
nnd demanded that itu entry of my visit
should 1h made. This Mug done I volun
teered to leave the revolver and cartridges
whero they wero until I left tho country.
After some consultation between tho olll
dais I was told that I might take tho re
volver to tho hotel provided I would have
It locked up and would report when 1
moved it, 1 drove to thoShorlsiurnu houso
and gave tho revolver to thu clerk to keep
for mo.
Hut the fun 1 had out of that revolver
nnd the Dublin pollco passes words.
Whenever I left tho city to travel to Kng
land I reported tliuerit nnd the return of
that Colt's navy Kneli time, too, I Insist
ix'.on being glvon a v 'It ten receipt for my
report. This scheme worked so well that
when I went on an excursion to lllack
Itock or took a trip to the Vale of Avoca 1
lugged that load of Iron simply for thu
pleasure It gave me to report It, I think
every inspector In Dubliu got to know me
nud my revolvcr.nnd I think I contrived
to make them nil heartily sick of It,
It was not until iird Spencer, then the
lord lieutenant of Ireland, took his trip
through Contmught thnt tho cream of the
Joke began to get skimmed. 1 had secured
permission from Mr. Courtney lloyle, the
private secretary, to go with the party, and
of course my revolver was to go along
When I Informed tho central olllce men
that, I wits going with Ird Spencer, and
wished to report thu departure of the
weapon, they luntiifimtcd some excitement.
They urged that I did not need anything
of tho kind In Ireland, nud offered to take
charge of It for mo. I told them I would
as soon go without my trotiserH its my ro
volver when I was traveling, and they
promptly swallowed this fiction. An Irish
olllclul believes thnt nn American carrivs a
deck load of weapons all the tlmo As up
to that date I had not manifested any mur
dcrous desire to slaughter the government
the could not think of any reason why I
should not carry thu revolver, and so I left
on the train.
Hut we had not stopped at more than
three stations In order that the addresses
might Is- presented to his lordship before
I noticed u man In a brown suit of clothes
who nlwnys seemed to be near mu Dur
ing the second day I became convinced that
I wus the object of tho brown suit's spe
clnl attention, nud that evening, 1 mu
sorry to say, the wearer fell from grace
Irish whisky did it, and it cost me two hot
ties of Jamison before he went under; but
during the time he Is-cninc very affection
ato and confidential, nud after gelling full
directions as to tho method of securing n
place on the New York force he told mc
Ills business was to look after mc especial
ly. It seems thnt the addle paled ollkluU
In Dublin had made up their alleged ml tide
that my extreme openness nlxSut the re
volver was merely n blind, nud thnt sonic
thing they did not know exactly what
was behind it all. Not only was I honored
by having this detective at my heels, but
myself and my revolver were reported to
nil tho police along the route, Thnt night
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AFFIXTIONATK AND CONFIDENTIAL
I packed tho revolver nnd cartridges up,
nnd early in thu morning mailed them by
piuccls post to the landlord of the Slier
bourne house in Dublin. The amount ol
satisfaction which I got out of pollco at
tentions ufter that may easily be Imagined.
When I went back to Dublin I called on
my fi lends at the central olllce and told
them my experience In thu west I thanked
them for thu police protection I had en
Joyed, told them tho iinuiu of my own de
tective us well ns those of the others whe
had watched me for after begot drunk
the brown suit wits as wax In my hands
nnd informed thuin thnt the revolver was
at the Sherbouruu. Thereat Inspector
Heahe rose in wrath.
"On me soul," hu said, "'tis you that hat
been making game of us tills whilul"
"Inspector," suld I, "the revolver is at
the hotel, but I expect to take It to Kng
laud to-morrow. Shall I report it again,
then, or will this dor"
"List to me," replied he, '"TIs but a
step to Mickey I'lielaii's, and Mickey baa
tho best whisky In all Ireland. Comu an'
linvu n drink wi' me an' I'll have mercy on
ye."
"Hut the ruvolver"
'If Iver ye mention thnt revolver to me
again I'll transport yu for life Now, will
ye come to Mickey's"
Ai.nii:n ISai.ch.
Mil. IIALV CONVINCKIl
and thu policeman gave It to thu railroad
porter himself. What wus myaina.emeut
when I left the train in Dublin and got my
vallse to rvcoguic this man standing u
iittlu way from the Jaunting car which I
had hired. I begun toexpcrlcnceuiU'llclous
sense of conspiracy and felt that uiv rend
Ing of Ciuhoriuu was not in vain
I drove at once to the Central I'ollce
hui'cuu, and taking the valise In prod 'ceil
thu revolver nud cartridges, as well us Mr
Daly's permit. The inspector lti charge
teemed 'it llrst a little puv.lod over the
case and did not seem to know iptlte what
to flu with it. I, told my stury, produced
my credential and letters of Introduction
American Labels on French flood.
Tile assertion, often made and generally
accepted as true, that the French bought
larguipuitntitles of American wine, recitskcd
nnd rolKUtlcd It ils a French product nud
shlppcfPIt back 'to the United States, la
fully disproved by the last report of the
bureau of statistics For thu year ending
witli last June the total exports of Ameri
can wines were DTU.tXK) gallons Of this
quantity only 1,000 gallons went to Franco
It must therefore lie concluded that tho
client Involved in putting foreign labels on
domestic products Is one for which dealer
this side of thu ocean are responsible. What
thu Frenchman really is doing, according
to lute advices, is to mark his wares with
American brands, thnt I hoy may find sale
Is American stores, tor example, excel
lent California prunes grown In Franco
nro now on sale. It is only within n year
or two that California prunes huvo been
offered tor eastern consumption. Hut so
popular have they liecome that a struggle
Is going on between California and Franco
for tho American market, ami It is alleged
the Frenchman now sends to the United
States the product of his orchards put up
in thu most attractive packages, which bear
nil thu apponmnco of fancy brands of thu
genuine California article.
Hoiun SiiggiiKtliins for .Mnnuinentn.
As the good people of Massachusetts are
showing just now some activity In the
monument building line, It may not Ik;
out of place to suggest tn them the pro
priety of erecting memorials to such wor
thies as Miles Stanillih, Cotton Mather,
John ltohiusou, John Wiuthrop, Mu-i
suit, Jonathan KdvviinU, John A. Andrew,
Hawthorne, Longfellow anil Sumner.
Ncnrl) nil the.se names are umi'M famous,
lull their dead and gouu owners do not live
In "I'm inn marble or enduring hrou.e," at
lea.1l within the limits of the common
wealth they loved
THE PRODUCTION OF QUININE.
A Cllln-n of 4'nliiiiililii Nn) UN Country
i:iulta No Hurls,
I't Is a fact nut generally known outside
th'i trade circles Immediately Interested
that most of thu ftiiulno used nowndas
comes from the far east and not from
South America. Thu exportation of cin
chona bark from Colombia bus ceased.
"Ten or tvvolxe yearsngo," says Mr. CllKm
elf ('alderiiu, "the production of cinchona
was a kind of monopoly with sonm coun
tries of tho northern part of South Amerl
en, where the Iris- producing the bark
grows wild in surprising profusion. Hut
the caielessuess, luck of method anil sjs
tern In the collection of the bark gave rise
to the fear that the production of so neces
sary mi article would greatly decline, nnd
perhaps even become exhausted, nnd, ae
t tinted b) this four, I ho governments of llol
land nud (ircul llrituiu decided to attempt
the cultivation of theclnchona tree In their
colonics of Java and the Hast Indies. The
llrst seeds and plants were carried thither
from South America In INll, ami the
llrst cx'Mirtnt lou of hark from that region
to Kurope, consisting of only twenty eight
ounces, wus inado In INK). The production
of It in the Island of Ceylon wus growing
so enormously from year to year that in
thu years of I88U-8II 0,lC),000 pounds of It
wuru exported from that place; from IKS-'I
to I88I, H.fKXI.OOO pounds, nnd from IKS., to
im, ln,mvi,U!2 pounds. The expiirtntluus
fif Java have been smaller In (plant lly, but
not less Important, since In IbS? they e
ceeded 'J.'JOO.OOO pounds. The necessary ri
suit of such an Immense production was
the rapid decllno In the price of this raw
material anil of the article extracted from
It. To this depreciation further coutrlb
uted two other causer., the Influence of
which It is impossible to Ignore. In the
llrst place, tho South American bark gen
orally yielded but 'J per cent, of sulphate
while that of Ceylon and Java, due to the
cultivation of thu tree, produced from 8 tn
IS per cent In the second pluce, hecuu.
of tho discovery and employment of new
mill more economic processes, there can
actually be obtained, with lessexpeuse and
In thu course of throe or live days, a greater
quantity of quinine than was before ex
traded In twenty dajs by means of the
processes which weru then employed."
STACKPOLE'S WORLD'S FAIR IDEA.
lie Pric the Ciinstriit'tlini of i Huge
lli-mlaphei Icul llul Id Ing.
Designs inuumv'iible for structures ol
all sorts of shapes nnd dimensions have
reached the managers of the World's fair
at Chicago One of iIiimo Is the work ol
Mr. William Thompson Stuckpole, He
p
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b-rzr '-. r-t-JAv-v-r tb,
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tin-: urn C01.UMIIIAN IKIVIIL
suggests the crcctiouuf nColumblandome.
to lest upon a solid foundation, but a III
tie above the level of the streets "As I
have planned It," says Mr. Stuckpole, "the
structure Is to bo an exact circle on the
ground plan, and an exact half circle In
elevation, arch and roof. Thus It will be
a perfect hemisphere. An exact half
sphere, it will glvu the strength of the
principle of the nrch, trebled in prnctl
cat and slmplu form. Hence there can he
no doubt of more than ample strength to
sustain a suitable and handsome tower,
springing from ample bearings, resting
evenly on Its broad summit The plan
contemplates as its si.e a dome of -(00 feet
In diameter and 200 feet in height above Its
rock foundation, and this surmounted by
a tower lr feet abovo the summit of the
dome, and this ngnlti by n ball or globe ol
say !ii feet in diameter. Then a llagstall
would complete all and make the whole
structure symmetrical. The height would
be 400 feet to the top of the hall."
Heligoland' Oerinan (Inventor.
The people of Heligoland, thu queer little
Island in the North sen which was ceded
to (iertnuny recently by Great Hrltain, ac
cording to Into ad
vices are in u c h
pleascil with thu
administration of
the governor ap
pointed to ru lo
over them by Km
peror William.
Ills name Is Wll
hclniGoiselcr, and
until his promo
tiou ho was u cap
tain In the Impe
rial marine serv
Ice, and hail charge CAI'T. OCISF.I.KK.
of tho artillery depot at Wilbelmsbavcn
Capt, Gelscler is the sun of a merchant, and
was Isirn In Stettin thirty-eight years ago
Hu entered thu navy when u lad, and has
had mi exceptionally honorable and sua
cessful career.
A Wealthy. Htuilont of History.
George Vauderbilt's studios arc In the ill
rectinu of history, iMith sacred and profane
lie is nlso interested in theological contro
versy, as well as scientific record. Darwin
Is one of his fnvorlto authors, and he has
as choice a collection of all that lias boon
written upon the subject of evolution and
natural selection as can lie found In this
country, perhaps anywhere, iio is not
much of u haunter of hook stores, although
there is one publishing house in New York
city where he sometimes calls, and onco lu
awhile he looks over old libraries collected
by tine of the best known of tho old book
sellers. He is not u bibliophile, as Drayton
Ives, late president of thu Stock F.xchaugu.
nnil some other wealthy men are, hut he
buys a book for what is in It, rather than
on account of Its age, exquisite binding or
liny other peculiarity which makes books
sought for by bibliophiles When thure
are new pii lil lent Ions which the publisher
with whom he deals thinks he would likt
they ure sent to him for inspection, and he
Isnueof the rich men In New York to whom
the dealer In old bonks sends a private and
special catalogue when something choice
has been received nud Is for snlu.
Hie Pets of Actrouii.
A good many singers and actresses lavish
their superfluous affection on birds or aui
mills Minnie Hunk's pel Is a parrot that
says "lirnvo, Minnie Hank," when she
slugs "Halmnero." Kiln Russell's favorite
is u black and tan collie named Otullo
I'nttludot'Mii parrot, and Scilch I and Klenu
Sail, lavidi attentions upon paroquets.
F.uiinu F.aines loves a Iluv.iuese dog. and
Mad 'ue !-tol. a tamo sual.i-
THE YEOMEN OF ENGLAND.
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Published tfirouifi The .imru'n Prrsn Association,
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Tlit'n hopo tho farmors' cures hoguiloi!,
nis (locks wero on tho hill,
Ilia crops aroitntl tho vulloy smil'd,
And niorry wont tho mill ;
Then tho peasant sang till tho echoes rang,
Aa he rcap'tl thu golden grain,
For a feust to cotno was tho harvest-home
May wo soon sec tho liko again !
I'oi a feast to como was tho hiirvest-hoino
May wo soon seo tho liko again !
Mny pcaco ho still tho yeoman's lot,
His garners well ho stored ;
May joy ho in tho peasant's cot,
And plonty crown his board !
May ovor ho ho glad and free,
And long know plenty's roign,
And tho good old ways of tho by-gone days
May wo soon hco tho like again !
And tho good old ways of tho by-gono duya
May wo soon eon tho liko iiiruin 1
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