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Show oiit milium ii un. Yisri nnAV w rtit Ived a call from an lntelllgent-lookliiK tcllltr, of the Kurt Douglas garrison. Tho oljiit of hli vl.lt waa t) nquttt ui to publlili n fact which might bu of uio to wU suffering from a malady of which he had reoiitly been rure.1. He had Uun terribly afllltled with rhcuuia. tlmi from which hu had eiiiluml the ni'a exuuclatlug agony. In tho hope of obtaining relief lie paid frnpionl vltltt to the Warm Hirlni, In which ho not only bathtd, but alio drank freely of tho water. Tho remit Mitt that lu two weeks Hie thru. liutlam lial dltii ptared. Not only had ho Wen benefited In that regard, but dj ipeptla aud ntrrouin at with which he had alto been U tome extent alTected, ranUheil at well and his health was as sound at at any time lu hit life. In addition to lilt detlro to luJuce poophtanilctodaahohad boon to try a remedy so slmpla and enicaclons, ho tletlred tba Nmi and other Jourmls to urge tho retention by Ilia clly of tho Warm Hprlngi proporty, that It might lw tolerated asa aibllolneflt, to bo used by Uio eoplo ffvo or for a nominal rlco. We tieedi-d no convincing upon tho point male by the visitor. Wo havo alwaya been opposed to tho sale of the Warm Strings iroperly or oven to hating It for iooro than a brief rlod. The Intimation of Mayor Bcotl that tho clly llnaucra wire atauclilow tbbtatlt might be necotsary to tell that valuable properly U replenish the treasury Is absolutely appalling. Tha preM-tit) administration administra-tion went Into power a yetr agj, with a round sum on hand, lift by their predecessors In ofllce; the taxation has Un it higher by from two to flvu times what It ever .t at tufore, and tho expenditure ex-penditure hare been so lavish, largely through the lucreaw of official, uulll they havo becoius a multllude, and yet mote money la called for. Thu "Liberal" admlalitritlou has been a vetlUblu quicksand Into which the funds of Ihejieopla havu been sucked and swallowed. The visit of the soldier brought up another phosu of tho muu!clal gov. irnment of Hilt Ikc, llu said ho was In this city thirteen ears ago. It was at thattlmu tho most retiH'CUble, orderly and moral city hu had uver becu In, HI uco tin n a revoltlug change Inid occurrt-il. He had only beuu hi ro n short lime, but ll had Urn tufllilent to n.ve to hhu that the place hod It-en coinplttily trantformed, liecatise now dins of view of the most debasing lharacleroxUteicry where. Hildhes "rilncomy arrival hue I havo written to my relallM-a that when 1 first vlallcd Halt I.nke It tnmedrt ally Ilk a illy tf Haluls, but now It It mora like a clly wherudoillshatobeeu Billing lu their woik. lam not un angel mix If, Lnl 1 havo lui ttruik and disgusted with this change for tho worse." In this recognition of the fearful transition from comtrllvu order and morality to the ) rot nt ntxinilnatiln at. t t of alftlrs and the n-gri t the tltua tloii Insplirt, this hiiinblu and thought ful soldier lint lots of i-ouiaiiy. The Uttir rUment of svclit; hrro It In tyniptlhy Willi his views anil ft lings He expressed a hope that the Nntu would cuiitliiuu to lulllo ngslnst the etlltthat urn rapidly corrupllngKicltly In Hilt unco must nuratnud orderly clly lu the United Ktitis. This Is oue of the (millions of thlt Journal and thniild wtti-tosolo extMMHi ulckeilnett, i in. I virtue and rautinl for truth no would not Ihi In acooril with Ibu hlglutt aud nobhitduly of mau. |