Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 11, 1891, Page 12

THE KENTUCKY GLADIATOR. General Cassing M, Olay in His Home at White Hall, Talks of His Duels. HOW HE FOUGHT,DECLAREY AND MARSHALL The Bowie Knife va. the Pistol-Clay's Fight With Sam. The Tar Fight at Faxtow Terrible Brown er Ricuwosn, Ky., Octy pondence of Tur Ber, Cassius M. Clay has one of coustant fighting. Kentucky has always veen a hot blooded state. Here a word is always fol- Jowed by a blow and an insult has to be wiped out in death. Life is of less account here than in the nortb, and it was of still less value the days of General Clay's youth, nearly two generations ago. It is sixty years now since he delivered the Wash fogton centennial oration at Yale college, in which he espoused the cause of Lhe nexro and , became the most hated man in Kentucky among the slave holders. All his life he has had to fight for his ideas, and tne stories of his personal encounters read like a romance. It was during the latter part of my visit to “White Hall" this week whilo wo were sit ting, one evening, before the coals of his i brary fire that I drew General Clay on to talk of some of these tights and [ coula almost #ee the combats in the coals, as in but graphic language he brought thewm back from the memories of the past. Suid he: ©I have never courigd trouble with anyone, but | have never gone ouf, of the way to avoid it. I have had a number of encounters and I have never been whipped in my life, except by my mother and ‘by my older brother. 1 remember the fivst and only whipping I got from my vrother. He was older than I was aud a great deal strongér, and I was accustomed to tease him and play tricks upon him, until one day we were out trimming some tress in the orchard. The trees were rather high and my brother had made a little ladder to eaable him to get up 1uto them. He took one row of trees and I took another and I would put away his lad- der and take it over to my row so that he had to jump down and get it when he wanted to 80 to a new tree. He oBjected several times, notwithstanding this, I stili ket at it and he caught me und threw me down and whipped me with some of the long sprouts or trim- mings of the trees, These sprouts were very aud 1 can almost feel thoir stings yet. poreciated, however, the justico of “the whipping and did not cry. 1 rose laughing, but from that time I did not take my brothor’s ladder aud I stopped teasing him. General Clay's First Duel. “When did you have your first duel, Gen- erat?” I asked “My first duel,” replicd minated without either party firing & single shot. It occurred when 1 was twenty- one, fifty-cight years ago. 1 was engaged to be married and T had a rival suitor who, in spite of my success, wrote @ letter to my sweethcart’s mother in which he made a numoer of vory obnoxious charges concern- ing me. The letter should never have been shown me, but the mother of my afianced wife did hand it to me and asked me to ex- plain it. I explained it by going to Louisyille on the bunt for the man who had written it. He was a doctor apd his name was Declarey. A friend of mine went witn me, and a5 soon as we got tothe city I wentintoa cooper shop and got a good tough hickory cane about us bie round as your finger. I saw Dectarey on the street and went up to him and asked him if his name was Declarey. Ho replicd that it was and I then told him L would like to have a talk with him. This was on one of the main streets of Louisvilie, and though I intended to cane him, I did not want to do it_where a erowd would rush in and provent.my giving him tho punishment he deserved, so I quictly turned our promen- ade off iuto a side street. In the meantime my friend, James S. Rollins, afterwards noted during the war as General Rollius, walked along the other side ot the streat and watched me. When 1 had gotten Declarey Intoa stde street, Fsaid: *Dr. Declarey, 1 am Cassius M. Clay, about whom you have taken the trouble to ' write in this letter, and [ would iike to know whether you can give me any explanation of your action.’ I then showed him the lotter, but he said nothing. I then raised my cane'and began to cane him, He cried out and acrowd soon collected, but Rollins, by spreading out. his arms and run ning in again ana again pretending to separ- ate us. actually kept back the crowd until 1 was able to give him a good caning. I ex pected that Declarey would challenge me and I had brought Rollins along to act as my second. 1 was. not disappointed. A fow Bours after the caning I gota challenge. Wo fixed a place in Indiana, just over the viver and the time was the next day. When we got there wo found that thero waa a great mob of Declarey’s friends thero on the ground, und General Rollins rofused to allow the fight to wo on. We thereupon chose another place, but Declarey’s mob followed us there. ‘T'he next day was tohave been my wedding day, and I had 1o go 10 meet it. Deé- claroy wanted me to come back after [ was married, but I decidedly objectod to brewk- ing up my honeymoon in this way. He after- wards said that he intended to cowhide me tho noxt time he saw me, and I went to Louisville to give him a chanre. 1 went to his hotel, but he was not iu the drawing- room and had not yet come in to dinner. I waited for an hour, but he aid not come, I then went into the dining-room and léaned against the pillar, intending to wait for him, As I st00d there I heard someone rise behind me. I turned and saw Declarey. Ho was as alo as death and I saw the Dominick in him, He did not hold my eye but got up and went out. I staid for a short time longer, but finding that by did not intend to fizht, went back home. A man who acted in_this way, could not at that time be vespected in Ken tucky, and Declaroy committed suicide the noxt evening by cutting,his arteries,’ ‘the Clay-Marshall Fued. NIt is o curious thing." mused General Clay, as be poked up the dying embers of the fira into a glow, “that a man will have the bravery to commit suicide and still not bave enough physical courage to fight. I have bad a number of such instances n my hfe. It was 50 with Tom Marshall wijo was so famous as an crator in Kentucky. Thore has beon for years a fued botween tho Clays and the Marshalls, Henry Clay, vou know, had a duel with Humpbrey Mavsnall, and Tom Mashall aud myseif were enemies for years, My first trouble with him was ut the fime was the editor of the *“True American,” and Marshall headed the mob which was ratsed to kil me and dgmolish the puper. I got two four pound brass cannons and put thom up in my office and londed them with shot and nails. | bad them on a tavle and their mouths were Just as high as a man's breast, and they faced the door. 1f amob attempted to enter I expected 10 shoot right into it, and 1 had inside of the office also o keg of powvder which I expected to blow up with & mateh, and send wy onemies to otermty if they suc ceoded in capturing the office, Well, the mob attacked me, but I was not killed, Some time after tis, [ went to the Mexican war as captain of acompany. Tom Marshall was captain of another company of the same regimeut, and I decided to settlo my trouble with bim before we got through the war. He was drunk about half tho time,and I belioved he often cultivated drunkenness in order to enable him to say mean things and not be callod to account for them. 1| expected 10 have a duel with himaud 1 got & stono aud sbarpened my sword until it shone like sl ver and had an edge like a razor. 1 gave Lim oue or two chances to challenge we. but bo did not do so, and at lastone day when we were pitching camp, Marshall rode down lnto my quarters. He may aave boon drunk, and he may have mistaken my compauy for bis. At auy rate he came up to me and made some insulting romark. 1 rose and suid, ‘“Tom Marshail, we may us well settle our feud, and now is us good a time as any. Get down from your horse and we will fight it out.’ He replied, ‘Not now. Some other time.' 1 here drew my sword aud waid, ‘The time for men who wear swords is now. You ehose your own time to mob me at Loxington, and you are a coward if you re- frain on uccount of your surroundings.’ Mar. shall bereupon rode over to his tont. In a few moments he came back with his pistol. 1 saw him, and went iato wy teut and got mine. 1 Ao out with oue in each band. They were Ihe life of General beer in cool, General Clay, THE OMAHA DAILY I am ready for you, was_afraid to’ tire. cocked, and 1 snid was 4 coward and he turned his horse and rode back to his That same ovenine he tried 1o drown self in the Rio Grande river, but the men saw B pre him, o was afrai fight, but ne was not afrald to commit sui ci Had wo fought with swords | would nave carved bim up like a pancake Clay's Fight with san owin. nber any o eral Ciay, is a curious f on he rem could give others, I even o brave man w hates to encounter the same man a 1 can only explain the fact that I was n lenged by Sam Brown aiter our ferrible fizht on these grounds ‘What was tho fight, gener: “It roso ont of a congress plied General Clag, fnst a man named Wickliffe, and Wick Iiffe introduced my wife uto one of tis spenches. 1 challenged him and we at ton paces. Both of us missed, I raised my pistol up into air and _ domanded second The seconds would not it this and we Ioft the grouna withont a reconciliation or an g+ on either side. As I look over the matter now, [ don’t believe that our seconds oad londed the pistols with balls, and i did not see how I could have missea. 1was an ex cellent shot and was accustomed to shooting with a rifle and revolver. Oue of my favor. ite amusements was squirrel shooting, ana I could snoot the heads off of eleven out of twelve squirrels wnen out hunting. You know if a squirrel sees you and runs up tree, and you remain quiet, as s00n as b into whatever it considers’ a safe plac will poke his head out and look to see where you are, and the skil in squirrel shooting 1 to shoot off the head of the squirrel I suppose | v that is once beaten al contest,’ didate o Howie Knite vs the Pistol. Well, Wickliffe here had the worst of the fight, and during the canvass for congress | making a_very good opnosition to him to the disgust of the pro-slavery party. ad a hanabill which he read during his We nad our speeches together and when hie brougkt out this bill I aiways rose and asked if I might interrupt nim. Ho would politely conse and I would then say tho handbill he had read was untrue, and had been proven-so. The pro-slavery men got tired of this and they decided fo kill we. I'hey seat for Sam Brown, wh> was one of the " most noted bullies of Kentucky. 1t is said that he had bad torty fights and had never lost a battle. Brown came and he and Wicklife, a fellow named Jacob Ashton, and Ben Wooc, a police bully, held a consultation at which they louded a pistol which Brown was o use upon me the next day. -1 knew nothing of this and I had not my duelling pistols with me. Interruptea Wickliffe as usual and as I did 50 Browu struck me with his umbrella and told mo that my statement was a d——d lie. 1 saw at ouco that it ity and when I recognized Brown I kuew it_meanta fizht to the death. 1 bad a long sharp bowie kuife in the breast of my coat and I jerked this out, but before [ could strike Brown’s triends grabbec my arms from benind und bauled me back about fifteen feet from Brown. Brown now pulled his revolver and told them to get out of the way and to lot him kill me. The crowd wot back and I stood alone Erown had his pistol pointed at mo and [ started towards him. 1 could see nim looking aloug tne barrel of the revolver. He took aim and waited nntil ho thought I was close enough to give him a sure shot and then fired. I felt the ball strike mo in the breast und I thought it had gone through me, and 1 determined to kiil him if I could before Idied. Icame down on his head with a tremendous blow with the powie knife, but did not split open his skull. I struck aeain and again and stunned him so_that he was not able to fire. With one cut of the knife I sliced his nose right in two, so_that it separ- ated in the midole and came out ns flat as a pancake. With another blow 1 cut off his ear so that it hung by a shred, and with a third I put out his oye. The conspirators now seized mo ana [ was struck with hickory sticks and chairs. Some of the blows of which L still feel. I broke loose from my captors and again made for Brown, and they, to keep him out of my way, picked bim up and threw him over a stono fenco seven feet high and this ended the ficht. ‘Though I was the assaulted party, they afterwards tried me for maybem, and at this trial Brown confessed the conspira and Heory Clay defended me. Of c was not convicted, but I felt very friendly to Brown and wrote him a noto thanking him for his evidence and telling him I was willing 10 be friends with him if he cared to oe so. He refused, however, to bury the harchet, and when I remembered bis condition I aid not wouder atit. The doctors had patched him up pretty well, bat he was & horribie looking object, and I expected that he would insist upon a duel with me or would attack mo and have his reveage. | met him several times afterwards, however, and he never touched me. | have no doubt_that he stayed in Lexington intending to kill me, but the probavility is that he bad uot the courage to attack me,” “Where did Brown's ball strike you, gan- eral suid 1. *It struck mo just over the heart,” replied General Clay, “and 1 would have been killed but for one’ thing. The scabburd of my bowie-knife was tipped with silver, and in jerking the kuife I pulied this scabbard up so that it was just over my heart. Brown's bullet struck the scabbard and imbedded itself in the silver and we found: tho ball there. There was a red spot just over my heart, and the whole scemed almost prov dential.”! Within an Ace of Death. After Genoral Clay said this, he leaned his head on his haud and looked for some mo- ments into the fire in deep thought. Ho was apparently living the fight over again, and I interrupted him and asked bim if he had ever been 50 cl0se to doath sinca that time. He veplied; “1 don’t know, but I think 1 have been within anace of death a half dozen times since my fight with Brown. I was nearly killed within a mil of this house al ifoxtown, the cross roads, where vou turned off from the pike to come’ into White Hall. This was during one of tho political cam- vaigns during 1349, and when 1 was having o sortofa political discussion with a wman named Turner. We spoke tozether and 1 was against slavery and Turner was for it, All the slaveholders wero with Turner, and I knew that my situation was a aangerous oue. I carried my pistols with me every- where, but at Foxtown I left them in my carpet-bag aud was armed only with my bowie kuifo. At this meeting, our debate grew very hot, and Turner's sou rushed iu ard struck me and told me I lied. I know this meant a fight and thav there wus a conspiracy against me. | drew my bowie knife, but was seized by about twenty o? the conspirators and bauled back and my kmfe was jerked from me. 1 first thought that the men were only trying to p veut a fight and I did not make auy rosistance, as soon as I lost my kuife, they began to pound me with clubs and someone behind mo st b- bed mein the breast reaching around in frout. ‘The kuife entered my lung. It cut apart my breast bono and | bled like a stuck vig. 1 thougnt I was killed, but I dotermined 10 kil the man who had incited the mob. I grabbed my bowie knifo iu my fingers, catching it by tho blade and the handle and cutting tho flesh through to the bone. You can_seo the sears now"’ —and with thatGoneral Clay bold out his hand on the two fingors of which was 54 great white scars where the bLowie knife bad cut them, * Well. 1 kot tho kuife and I flourished it around 1y bead with my bloody hanas. The owd disappeared as I cried out, “got out of the way,” and I rushed for Turner. I cut him in the abdomen, butas | drew the kuife from bim, I almost {ainted from the loss of blood, any fell suying I died for the libertios of my country. At this time my boy ran in wath iy revolvers but it was too late and I could not use them. Tue crowd tnought 1 was dead and this saved my hfe. They car ried me home aud 1 lay between life and death for some days. I did not think 1 was going to die, and I would nat let tte doctor topeh me. I would not let them change mv elothes, aud I lay for days drenched in blood. After some time, however, 1 beguu to mend, my wounds healed and I got well again. As for Turner, ho died. This affray caused much discssion among the abolitionists of the north, and not a few of them criticised we not u little severely for fighting. Thoy thought | ought to have submitted and let them will me, and Lr. Bailey, the editor of paper in Washington said I would have doae & great deal of good 1o the causo it I had died, and remarked; ‘That tho biood of the faithful s the seed of the chure As ho said this, rather @ humorous bui vindictivo smile spread over General Clay's face, and be paid his respects to the New abalitionists in lauguage that was phatic aud grapnic. Ho refor ingratitude of the negro for the kindoesses which were done to them by the whites, and Lasked him as to the killing of Perry White K d in Self Defense. Genera! Clay has perhaps done wore for muc He spee od also to the | | | 1 | tion of slavory, whenmo ot BEE the south. aboli- ed to the negro than any other man in He froed his slaves and fought for the ev man da e the war was cky and lived fevoting his chief with him his adopted son, Launey Clay, u littie voy of four whom ne had hrought with bim from Russiu, and he lived alone with Launey and his ser at Waite Hall. His servants robbed right nua left. They stole his furnitu and systematic his plantation I'hev noisoned his attempted to poiscn Lim, and when charged thew one of them th murder bim, Clay warned him to the place, \Vhite left, but sent lett ing he intended to kill Clay, One when ont ridif, General Clay his plantation, conc 4 in the woods. Gen- eral Clay jumped from his horse and believ- ing that the negro intended to kill him, drew his revolver, got the drop on him and told him to throw up his hands. He then bega to give him a lecturs and to him why he ircatened bis life, when Porry White put down his hands and jorked outhis pistol General Clay then fired and struck the negro in the nock. Hoe fired a secona time and shot bim through the heart. He was tried for the shooting, but was acquitted on the ground of solf-aofense. [ walked with General Cla over the place where the shooting ocuried. It was within a stone's throw of the house, and the Gieneral said that hé had no doubt that ho wonla have been a dead man if ho had not killed White. spoak or uct for them fotly at White Hall mo to study. He ha nim son and he dis- tened to cep off ' say- orning bim_on k How Julian Hawthorne Duel. General Clay is now nearly $2 years of age. But he is still'a dangerous man to fool with, Quiet in his mien and gentle in his conversa- tion he would resent an insult as quickly today as when he was in his prime, #na _in self-defense, | am sure that he would be equal 1o Lwo ave men of half nis y It is now only a few vears ago since he very near having a duel with Julian Haw- thorne, the novelist. Hawthorne had re viewed acopy of Goneral Clay’s memoirs, and in his review had criticised Clay severely and had discussed the subject of the chastity of his wife. Said Genernl Clay: “I was ver asgry. (did not believe that [ could make anything out ot the man U uing bim, and I determin to make him apologize or fight. Iwrote to Colonel W. G. Terrill of Washington asking him to act as my second, and I also wroteto Whitelaw Reid, enclosing a letter to Hawthorne, which I asked him to publish 12 his relations towards Hawthorna were such that ho coutd do so without affe ing them. [u this letter I tola Mr. Haw thorue that the article ho had published con- erning mo in which ho had used the name of my wife was ralse, and that he had at- tributed languago in that articlo to me which I bad never uttered, and that I demanded an unequivocal retraction of everything ho had aid about her in the article, and that this retraction should beso published that it would have as wide a circulation as his ar- ticle bad had. I told him that I would give him an opportunity of withdrawing his allo tions, und my letter was so writton_that be- tween the lines you could see that I meant ho would have to fight if he did not withdraw them. Well, I sent this letter to Mr. Reid. He replied that be was a friend of Haw- thorne’s and that he could not publish the letter, but that ho would refer it to Haw- thorne. Hawthorae got the lotter aud ap- preciated the situation. He wrote a re traction that was perfectly satisfactory and published it. This ended tho matter. Had he not doue s0, I would have challenged bim, and if he had refused toaccopt the chullence, 1 would have shot him on the streets. As to what s article said about me 1 did not care. 1t was bitter and unjost.but [ am accustomed to such attacks. I did object, however, to what ho said about my family., and I mado him retract bis remarks concerning my wife,” By this time the firo had burned low in the great open tire place. Thehands of the cloc on the mantel pointed to the hour of I and the general arose and gave moa light, teiling me that he thought it was time for us to retive. Before leaving I asked him what he thought of the code duclio, He replied: ““Iam opposed to it on principle, and I thiak it is a savage way of setfling a dificulty, but tiiere aro soma cases for wiich it scems 0 bo the only remedy, and | don’t know whether itis a good thing or not. Iu allmy lifel ave never courted a quarrel, and in the case of Tom Marshall, he began the feud by attackiug me at Lexington. 1 believe it is man’s duty to defend himself when attacked, and such rencounters as [ have nad have been brought about by my enemies.’ Frasg G. Canpey -——— Dr. Birney cures catarrh. Bee bldg. dhe Perfect Man. Clothier ant Furnisher. His trousers are immaculate, No bag disturbs their faultless knees; T'he pattern, too, is up to date, Ana always just the one to please. Escaped a ER His coat is simply “out of sight,” No wrinkle, bulge or crease appears ; The collar sits exactly right, No “junping tail’ its benity “‘queers.” His waistcoat is the proper thing, His linen and his four-in-hand; The gauntlet to Perfection fling. His figure what the girls call Ho has a weal but pretty “phi He uc'er was known to dissipate; And this exquisite mortal is The fellow in the Fashion Plate. Working Nights Affected Him. He got home late, but his ittlo daughter was still up, and was as inquisitive as usual says the Chicago Tribune, 1o lifted her up and ki put her down sho said : “Papa, do you have to work nights " “Sometimes, my dear,”” he repli ) she asked. et money to buy clothes,” he repiiod. +And toys " she went on. “Yes: and toys. *‘She thought the matter over for a moment. ‘Chen she said : “Idon't believo it's good for you to work nights, papa.” “Why not ! he askea, “Ii always make your bad.” d her, and as he my little girl broath smell so Knowledge of Power. Rochester Post: “*Bobby, vou seem anxions to begiu school. Why is 1t Mo and Jimmy Larkin is goin’ 10 lick the teacher or know why." Cincinnati Commercial: “How do you keep from getting tanued, Bobby " askea bis sister, looking askauce at her sunburnt hands. “1ou’t sass teacher none,” said Robert. Van Houten's Cocoa omicai, Pure, soluble econ- - - MONTANA COPPER, Statistics of the Output Show a Steady 1 1se. Tho wonderful and increasing coppor out put of Moutana has already astouished the mining magnates of the world. The produc fou of the precious miueral bearing ore of all kinas has bees climbing righi up into lavger figures every year, until Montana stands at the head of the mining states. The Inter Mouutain caleulates that the copper output of the Bulte mines this year will'crowd 50,000,000 pounds, that it certainly will not fall below 75,000,000 and will give Michigan a closo race, despite tie fact that the Ana conda plant bas been closed for maif tho vear. This prediction is Lased upon the ostimate (bat the Boston & Mon- tan, though working with an awke ward and _expensive plant, will dro duce about 25,000,000 pounds of copper. ¥ho Butte and production for the year is likely 3,000 & month, or 15,000,000 in all. The Parrott will produce not less than 12,000,000 and perhaps pounds. ‘The Butte reduction works will reach 0,000,000 pounds before the end of tho year, The Colorado smelter, which troats wostly silver orps, will aad 1,000,000 to the preduct. The Anagonda ran' three mouths and may bo estimated us having produced 15,000,000 pounds. Is1t any wonder, in the ce of such figures us theso, that tho perty owners and peovle of DButte bhave n conflaence that is unflinching, even though oue of the big plants which has contributed largely to its prosperity is temporarily idie! . oy Dr. Birney cures catarrh Bee bldg, SUNDAY OCTOBER THE EARTHGUAKE'S TERRORS. Consul J. W. Lovs at San toribas Its Hav.o and Ruin Salvador, D STREETS FULL OF TERRIFIED PEOPLE. The Natives Momentarily Expecting the Fifteenth Total Destruction ot Salvador—A Good Placo to Avoid. SAN Sarvanon, Contral America, Sept. 15, Special Correspondence of Tir Ber I have secured the most reliable data and ds of the earthquakes of this strangely destined city. Tooy begin with its record history and come o the prosent time. Ihey have oceurred at all hours of the day, but the quict hours of the night appear to securs a preference for uature's internal efforts in this city's destruction. I mention only the earthquakes that have totally destroyed this fair capital First, in second, M fourih. 1n 1 fifth, in 1¢ 3, authorities differ i third, May 18, 1370; 03 or 1504, authorities disagree: sixth, September 30, 1050; scy enth, in 1707; eighth, May 6, 1719; ninth, 'ebruar; , 1703 tenth, in 180 eleventh, in August, 1815: "uwelfth, in October, 1830 thirteenth, April 6, 1564 " fourteentn, March Natives feol now that the fifteenth de struction is near at hand. At 2 a. m. on Sep- tember 8, 1501, the city had a terrible shock. Many buildings were badly damaged and some totally destroyed, but few people in- jured, as a forewarning is always given and tho peopio aro out in the streets, parks or courts, out of the way of falling walls. We have had many shocks since the Sth, some quite severe, You will sce thero has been no regular in tervai for these destructions; still, you will hear from all parties that we are to have a total des.ruction every nineteen years. There is no authority for such assertions, Ouly once has tnat interval occurred. These peoplo are strangely suspicions, and adpt wild reports as absolute facts. In 1579 a lake some twelve miles distant, which 15 the crater of some dead voicano, had two huge rocks pushed up turough it. These rocks huge contortions, standing from thirty to eizhty feet high, and cf conside ablo area. F'rom the largest one hot sutphur fumes emit and at its northwest side the water is still boilin Tho smaller one_has become cool and is now the home of birds, but little vegetation has yet taken life oo them. This lake is accused of all these troubles and is being drained, or partly so. This _appears the wildest foolishness, as its waters vary with the rains and dry woather. When you come to know this country these quakes are not unnatural. 1t is all ofe vast ashe-bed, that hus been quite recently thrown out of theso fiery cones. Huge hol- lows and caverns must underlie most of trese western mountain ranges and an occasional caving-in or dropping-oft from the inner side causes these surface waves. They ave jntense from iwo causes: we are in the of an extensivo volcanic zone, the surface is most irr h huge conic mountains that cause a severer shock in the thinnef tabie lands and valleys, which are small. This city is in one of the largest table or basin lazds in the republic Now, a word as to the recont shock. [t is impossible to describe it. You must realizo it to know it. This city was:in its usual quict slumbers, not a sound disturbed is perfect rest. ‘I'he regular hourly screeching of that domesticated nocturnal torment that can make more noise than any bird of its sizo on earth, th# peretete, a cross between 4 stork and some other bird to this poor -scribe unknown; and an occasional Whiz-boom of the church skyrocket that must bo sent heavenwavd at every aeath or birth; such was the quict and peace of our city’s people at the early hours of morning on Sepfember 8. At 2 o'clock and 38 seconds our city was instantly thrown iito one violent rumble and quiver. The noise was intenso aud of that internal and cxter- nal mixture you must hear to know. It lasted but & fow seconds, but in that short time our people were all unhoused, hustily rushing into the strects, courts and purks with whatever covering they could suatch on in their doublo quick from falling walls and tile roofs, pictuves, glasses, lamps, furniture, bric-a-brac and loose housebold decorations, jowed a general heap upon the floor. People of all ages, nations, both color, and of o5, were forced to indifference as to You would see one set, another with a blanket, anothe with & counterpaue, towel, tablecloth, window curtain or pattatta thrown ubout them, many who held life so dear as to foret theirapparel, appeariug as nature clothed them, Detachments of police directions to report at once the killed, wounded and homeless. The president of the republic and bis chicf army oficials coum posed one brigade. It was soon learned that the destruction of lifo was not great, still a fow were killed and several injured, and L 1o homes save a crumbled neap The sicviss of the oxeited crowds were thrilling in the extreme. Iach one could seo that proviience had oxtended a helping hand in dispatching bim or her from the falling casa. Somo were struck dumb and were tongue-tied, acted wild and went velimell wherever wild rage directed. Soon vou could seo men, women and childreo leav ing their homes with a package in haad, on bead or back, Dbidding good-byo to death’s flling walls; and on that strango Central American face you could seo pic- tured the determined resolve to depart to the open field, whero naught save tie sinking cartn ur fulling beavens would cause destruc- tion. The houses were all desert, edeven the cats, dogs and parrots taken from them by the occupants. ‘The balance of the night was spent_in wokofulness and fears of a more deadly shoclk. e all knew it was sure to come. The wiso (1) ones predicted it—even statod the hour it would come to pass—so far it hasu't como. I make no pre- dictions and will not be survrised at any- thing. Those peole still sieep in full dress with doors opon or in the couuts and outdoovs. Each day and night siuce, we have had quite severo shocks, such m fact that we have hastily dressed and prepared for out-door & pearance. [t is quite lke lightening, hard to dodge and escape, by the timo the thunder (shock) is fully'vealized tho anger is ov if a total destruction must occur, I will bo preseut and witness it ‘Tho climate is warm iu these parts, still this 13 our winter, and almost every night wo huve heavy rains. We have two seasons, tho wet, wintér, and the dry, summer. The' fer- mer begins about .Muy | and coutinues till October; the latter the balance of the vear. The roads are wsextreme as the weather, all mud or aust—tha worst roads I ever saw wheels pass over. ‘he carts are two-wheeled ox carts. These, mules und men convey the commerce of these: countries: women, on their heads, the localitraftic, were sent in all J. W. Love. Bee bldg. Birney cures catarrh, Envigonment, Edaar ¥ roeettein The Cosmopilitan ‘This earth, where sdmysteriously we came, Girds us with kinship: in robust oaks dwel Our fortitudes;7thé willows and ferns to well Qur foolish frailty-orphancy proclaim; The dawns aro our pure deeds; the erratic tiame Y Of lightvirg flaresour passions; the grave spell moonlight speuks scarce we teil O ir pictured lives from tneir terrestial framo, Dr. or our sorrow—and Wherefore the closlier thal we lean to look On those material and vot airy ties Which bind us to this orb turough fated yoars, We almoat feel as if great Nature took Our joys to weave her supshine with; our sighs To muke her winds, and tears for her rains our Notiee, Uuscrupulous dealers bave been sellme spurious Bitters under th ludia and-Inaian Bitters under the name of our “KKennedy's Fast India Bitters,” Wa shall prosecute ull such persons to the full extent of the law. Our “East ndia” Bitters are never sold in bulk. Call for the genulne, which are manufactured and botled only by oursalves and under our trude mark label Iusn & Co, me of 11, detected | Gonorrheea, Gleet and feucorvheoa, 1 money If it does Lot cure puckage, ¢ \ SPECIAL INDUGEMENT. Commencing Monday, Oct. 12th, and continuing for (tomorrow), TEN DAYS :FORE REMOV WE WILL MAKE AN EVEN from goods which sold during the NG KARBACH to our new location in the BLOCK, 200 SUFES week at LY, B2S, F30, B3 and 35 for & $B25.00. «Trimmings and workmanship guaranteed the best.” We use this means of advertising our new store. will have to see these goods to know their true value. sortment is complete. Many of them “NICOLL'S ORIGIGINAL A1 ONE THOUSAN *> PATTERNS FOR TROUSERS. #12 Trousers at $10. $10 Trousers at. $8. $9 Trousers at $7. $8 Trousers at $6. 47 Trousers at §5. 14909 DOUGLAS STREET. Blue Figures Annual Furniture and Carpet Sale. Our special Blue Figure sale will continue one week longer. Tomorrow we will add to the remaining assortment, 300 new pieces. one- These goods marked with Blue Figures are actually half their value. We malke this statement that customers may come and not be disappointed. The sale includes Furniture and Carpets of every descrip- tion, and an odd lot of Curtains and Portieres. 100 Hair Mattresses, $12.50. 200 Special Mattresses, best quality, $4.75. (3 ), Rockers, etc., in profusion. to $200.00. Chairs, Chamber Sets $12.50 “harles Shiverick & Co.. 1206, 1208, 1210 Farnam Stre FREE OUTFIT [ir'orsvery 104100 por i THOMPSON PUB. CO., ST, LOUIS, MO, ured in 2 days by the French e the KING. [T dissolvos a; sed into the inflamed parts nedy entit- alist and 18 ab Will refund OF eatses SEriture article. B McCor | WANTED | standing bave bean oured. nere Is a reliable ¢ 2 for $3 per mall prepuld ok & Lund, Oninba, ientiemen. ' As Slocuwm, M. C, Y()ll The as- DESIGNS.” GONSUMPTION. Thave a positive remedy for the shove diseass; by ita o thoussnds of easos of the worst kind and of long Tndved o strong is my faith 0 ita efficacy, that I will send Twe 8 VALUABLE TREATISE on t foror who will send me their Express aad P,0O, addn 1 Pearl Sty N,