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Doth an eternal vigil keep Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep" .
VOL. XVII. GOLDSBORO, N. C.. THURSDAY MARCH 25, 1897. " . NO 129
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LOCAL BRIEFS
It is strange where all the
horses go that are annually sold
in Goldsboro. Is it because our
dealers sell cheaper than do the
horsemen elsewhere ? There must
be some good reason.
A large list of names has
been secured to a petition, which
was mailed today to the Post
master General at Washington.
aking that Mr. W. E. Ham be
appointed postmaster at Pike
ville.
On Tuesday nigrht, just as the
youag people of the neighbjrs
hood had gathered in a school
house near Fremont to witness a
home entertainment, one of the
lamps ex p loped and the school
house and fixtures were soon in
ashes.
. Mr. and Mrs. 11. B. Davis an
nounce with handsome invitations
the marriage of their niece Miss
Etfie E. Davis, to Mr. Hugh G.
Maxwell, on Thursday, March the
25th, to take place at their home
in this city on Boundary street, at
8ao'clock p. m.
that
having
POUP
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated for its great leavening
strength and heathfulness Assures the
food against alum and all forms of adul
teration common to the cheap brands.
Royal Baking Powder Co.,
New York.
The frame store house
Mr. Jno. W. Edwards is
erected on tne valuable proper
ty that be has leased from Mr.
L. M. Humphrey on Wa'nut
street, will be a cleyer imitation
of a brick building when the
brick shaped sheet iron is put on
the outside.
Mr. and Mrs. II. Dannenburg,
of ISewbern, have ivsued hand
some invitations to the marriage
of theii daughter, Miss Susie, to
M r. Leopold Cohn, of ihis city, to
take place at their home on Fif
teen Broad street, at high noon, on
Wednesday, April the 7th.
Mr. Oscar Sutton, of the
Whitehall section, was here Fri
day. Mr. Sutton is eugaged in
the poultry business he uses
large incubators. He will make
his first, shipment of Spring
chickens within the next few
days. The shipment will be about
two hundred. More and more the
farmers are learning that it is
best not to place their stle re
liance on King Cotton.
The marriage of Mr. Geo. W.
Street, son of our townsman Mr.
J. J. Street, and Miss Lula Shoff
ner, occurred Friday night at the
residence of Dr. T. II. Merritt,
where the bride was making her
home. The ceremony was per
formed by Kev. J. T. Kendall, and
was witnessed by a few invited
guests. The happy couple have
the best wishes of their friends
for a long life of happiness and
prosperity .
With the warm sunlight stream
ing down upon us, and the tender
buds bursting forth from the bare
limbs of the trees, and the plum,
apple and peach trees gaily be
decktd with beautiful blossoms,
and old mother earth covered
with carpets of green, it seems
to- day that ' 'Springtime has come,
gentle Annie," but as we have
seen nothing of'the annual effusion
of our Spring poet, ,SJ, M. H.,"
we cannot predict that it will stay
with us.
The handsome horse shoe
shaped sign of the Goldsboro
Hardware Company, erected just
over the door of their place of
business on West Centre street,
is a thing of beauty. The gold
monogram "J. & S." represent
ing the first two letters of the
names of the firm, Jenkins and
Sutton, is placed in centre of the
sign and is surrounded by a sil
ver chain, and the whole is par
tially surrounded by a larger
horse shoe, on which appears, in
gold letters the business name of
the-firm. "The Goldsboro Hard
ware Co."
Messrs. E. A. Humphrey and
Sam Meredith have fiust leased
to Dr. GV.r. Blacknail, of Ral
eigh, their Atlantic Hotel prop
erty at. Morebead City. The out-
look for a large and successful
season is more encouraging than
it has been for a number of years
nr. .iac.nan is wen Known as
the most popular and genial ho
tel manager in the State, and his
host of friends from far and near,
will learn with pleasure, that he
will handle the ribbons incident to
unraing a first class - hotel in
very and all spreects.
The maby friends in this city
of ex -Sheriff Jno. C. Rhodes
will learn with sorrow of his
death, which occurred at his
Home in Dudley Wednesday at 10
o'clock. He was about 70 years
of age, was well known through
out this county and his friends
embraced the number of his ac
quaiatances. His death now leaves
only seven ex Sheriffs of the
county still living. The inter
ment took place to-day at the
old family burying ground Dear
Dudley and was witnessed by
host of sorrowing relatives and
friends.
Mr. F. W. Hilkcr, the clever
agent of Robert Portner Brewing
Company in this city, will move
his bottling establishment from
the present stand on Walnut St.
to the store of Mr. I. Edwards on
East Centre St., as soon as the
place can be properly fixed up.
Mr. Edwards has rented the old
stand of Mr. Ililker and will soon
open a stock of dry goods aud
gents' furnishings.
Mr. E. L. Edmundson has pur
chased the old store building on
Morth Boundary street in which
Mr. Erastus Edwards at one time
did business, and which has stood
on that corner for the past thirty
years. Mr. Edmundson pur
chased the property from Mr.
Allen Smith, and has had the old
buildings torn down, and will
erect handsome cottages in their
stead, which will add greatly to
the appearance of that part of the
city.
Since the Legislature has ad
journed, the coming and going
to Raleigh has dropped off great
ly. It would be interesting to
know how many men went to
Raleigh d uring the session of the
Legislature for the purpose of
getting an office. Early in the
session we saw a man passing
through on his return from the
State capital He felt certain of
a good position, "there was no
doubt of it," but the famous old
slip hetwpen the cup aud the lip
has added another name to its
long, loDg list, and the caudidate
is still a candidate and nothing
more.
Thieves entered the rep3ir
shop of Mr. F. O. Durand, the
gun and locksmith, Fridav night,
and took therefrom several valu
able, pistols that had been left
for repairs and a number of
tools and other things that could
be conveniently carried away, all
amounting to more than !f100
They prized the door open with
a piece of railroad iron and left
no trace by which the police can
secure their identity. A lady who
lives next door to the shop step
ped out in the backyard while
the thieves were at work and
was ordered to go rack in the
house by the thief who was on
watch. She gave the alarm and
the gang fled.
A letter from Mr. W. E
liecton, uisai K, ai k., to ins un
cle Col. I. T. Kennedy, informing
him of the death of his father,
John E. Becton on the 23d of
Feb., was received last week.
He was a highly respected citizen
of this county until after the late
war, when he removed to -the
West to be near his children who
had preceded him. He was over
85 years old, and -was living with
his son William, temporarily, and
was enjoying as good neaitn as
usual for one of his age. He ate
a harty dinner and was taken with
;ruciating pain in the breast
soon after, and died before medi
cal aid could be procured. He
has many relatives in Jones, Le
noir and in this county, who will
mourn his death. He was buriet
in uisarK, ana tne services were
conducted by White River Lodge
No. 37, F. &- A . M. He was
good farmer and mechanic of high
est order, in his palmv days. The
Court House and jail of Goldsboro,
are his work. He was an active
member of the Presbyterian church
at his death. .
There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable
Cor a great -many years doctors pro
nounced it a local disease, and pre
scribed local remedies, and by con
Btantly failing to cure by local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be a constitu
tlonai disoase and tnereiore requires
constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca
tarrh cure, manufactured by P. J
Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. It is
taken iuternally in doses from 10 drops
to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the
mucous snrf aces oi the system.
We olter One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of deafness, (caused
by Catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure,
F. J. Cheney & C0.7 Props., Toledo, O
Qoiu oy uiuggisus iti,
FITZ WINS.
The pght Lasted Foar-
'"V.
teen Rounds. .
torfoelt the Aggressor up to the
8th Round When the Tide
Takes a Sudden Change in
Fitzsimmons' Favor The
Fight a Lively One-Fitz
Rushes Corbett and Knocks
II iiu Out in the Fourteenth
Round With a Heavy Blow
Over the Heart
Daily Argus, March 17.
There were about 50,-000 vis-
ltors in Carson, iNev., to-day to
witness the great contest between
Corbctt and Fitzsimmons.
They entered the ring at 11
o'clock, Pacific time, which makes
it 2 o'clock Eastern time.
The honors were about even up
to the sixth round, when Corbett
drew the hrst blood by a Heavy
blow on the nose. In the same
round Corbett delivers heavy
blows on Fitzsimmons and has
him literally covered with blood
and down on one knee.
In the 7th round Corbett gets
.-ome heavy upper cuts on
Fitz and he is bleeding again,
but is still fighting like a lion.
In the eighth round Fitz is
lifted off his feet by a strong
right from Corbett on the neck.
Corbett is very tired. Filz looks
like a stuck bullock, but is as
troug as the other man.
In the ninth round Fitz rushes
Corbett, but does very little dam
He is landing more often
than Corbett at the end of this
ound.
In the 10th round Fitz came
back with left and right on Jim's
body and is very much cooler than
Corbett, Fitz is bleeding rapidly,
but forces Corbett back. He is
apparently the strongest man now.
Iitz grabs Corbett by the neck
and draws him to the rope. Both
are fighting hard, but Corbett' s
blows are lacking in strength..
In round 11 Corbett lands his
right on the ribs and is counter.
ed by a left jab on the chin.
Fitz fights Ccrbettlo his corner
and bas him weak as the gong
sounds.
In the 12th round Fitz tries to
-ush Corbett and gets the worst
of it. Corbett forces Fitz to the
ropes and smashes him hard on
the short ribs, Corbett rushes
and lands right and left, but is
met by Fitz.
In the 13th round Corbett jabs
Fitz lightly on the head and is met
by some heavy blows. At -the
end of this round Corbett is duck
ing some dangerous blows .
In the 14th round Corbett' s
The Fountain of Youth.
re all remember
story of Porice
Leon seeking
fountain , xf
eternal youth ; and
we all sympathize"
with, hini in his
search. Youth
means so much. It
means more than
life for sometimes
life becomes a
weariness. But
youth with
its abounding
health and vigor,
elastic step,
glowing cheeks,
and sparkling
eves we all
covet genu
ine youth.
The weakness-
or dis
ease whi"1i
ages people
before their
time, is not the result of accumulated years;
it is the effect of wrong living and unhealthy
blood. When the blood is pure and fresh
the body will be full of youth. .
. Thousands of people who seemed to have
lost their youth by disease and suffering
have found it again through the use of Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, the
most perfectly natural and scientific rejuve
nator of the physical forces ever known to
medical science.
It gives the blood-making organs power to
make new blood, full of the life-giving red
corpuscles which drive out disease, build
up fresh tissue, solid muscular flesh and
healthy nerve force. It gives constitutional
power, deep and full and strong; rounds
out hollow cheeks and emaciated forms;
gives plumpness, color and animation.
It does not make flabby fat like cod 1 er
oil. On this account, it is a perfect tonic
for corpulent people.
It aids digestion and the natural action of
the liver, and by feeding the nerves with
highly vitalized blood banishes nervous
ness, neuralgia and 'insomnia.
Where a constipated condition exists, the
"Discovery " should be used in conjunction
with Dr. Pierce s Pleasant Pellets, which are
the most perfect, mild and natural laxative
in the world. There is nothing else "just
as good." There is nothing that will do the
work so thoroughly, surely and comfortably.
Sam Jones on the
"Second Bless
5?
eads are blocked. Corbett land
the left jab again on Fitz's head,
but Fitz counters with that tcr
ic right swing on Corbett' s heck
and has him going back. Fitz
ands a terrible left hand jab on
Corbett' s stomach and Corbett
goes to his knees with a frightful
ook of agony on his face.
The time keepers count ten
seconds and Corbett comes to
his feet. He rushes to Fitz and
endeavors to strike him. Fitz
ands a terriffic blow over Cor-
bett'a heart and he collapses.
Geo Siler decides that Filz wins.
The last round lasted just one
ur inute and forty seconds.
A Texas Wind Storm.
Dallas, March 19. Special
legrams received this morning
state that Northern lexas was
swept by a wind storm last night
that at times developed the pro
portions of a cyclone. The worst
damage reported so far occurred
at Denton, where one hundred
houses were struck by the storm
and all more or less damaged. It
is beHeved that the storm in Den
ton has caused damage to" the ex
tent of f 100, 000. The storm also
swept over the towns of Hatchins
and Itasca, unroofing houses and
wrecking small buildings..
At Fort Worth the power house
of the Electric Railway was un
roofed and traffic suspended. On
Harding and Boaz streets six or
seven frame dwellings were blown
down. "
At Piano the gale leveled the
sheds of the Cottou, Belt and Ceh
tral roads, blew over freight cars
and unroofed several residences.
I carry a full line of Dr. ,JCarle
S. Sloan's great Remedies, which are
perfectly reliable. Sloan's Liniment
cures Rheumatism, H. C Shamir
iDruggiist, Uoldsboro, N, Ct' ia
lllg
The American Outlook.
At tne First Presbyterian
Churcb, Nashville, Kev, Sam P.
Jones preached a sermon of great
power on Friuy, the lL'tii inst. ,
on Psalm 15:i! ; "And spiikketh
the truth in his heart." iiro.
Jones said:
A man is never better than his
heart. A. clean heart is thn need
of every Christian man and wo
man. This should be the cry and
the piea and the earnest object
of every believing child of God :
"Create in me a clean heart, O
God!" Thank God that many peo
ple seek and obtain it. I don't
care what you call i, whether
the second, the third or the
thousandth blessing, it cleans
out and cleans up purifies the
heart, cleans up the life, and,
thank God, so benign and won
drous and so needed a work of
grace can be possessed by men
and women. I welcome it under
any name, aud have a profound
contempt for the spirit which
would depreciate the people who
possess it or the great grace
which has come to them.
You may say what you please
about the holiness people, but I
want to say this: I haye never
seen a holiness man that was not
a Prohibitionist from his hat to
his heeis. I have never seen one
who did not vote for prohibition
always and everywhere. I have
never seen one that didn t fight
liquor, card playing, and every
phase and form of worldliness in
i he church. 1 have never seen a
second blessing man or woman
that believed in or gaye card
parties, indulged in punch sling
lag, went to the theatre or danc-
ug parties, or engaged 4n or en
couraged any phaze or form of
ihe deviltry that is cursing the
church to day. I have never
seen a second blessing man or
woman that wouldn't pray any
where and everywhere when
called on, and that wasn't ready
te stand up and testify for the
Jjord whenever opportunity of
fered. I never saw a second
blessing person in my life, man
or woman,, at the nead ot a fami
ly, that didn't get down night
and morning and pray for the
children in that home and for
God's guiding hand in all things
pertaining to their sacred home
responsibilities.
1 will tell you another thing
v
x never saw a preacner in mv
lite tnat was lighting the holi
ness crowd that wasn't a dead
dog in his pulpit can't bite.
Yon may watch it. Every little
preacher that you may hear
lighting the holiness people is a
ieiiow that hasn t had a reviva
or conversion in nis ministry in
years unless he got somebody
else to hold his meeting. ' God
i j i .
just won b nonor any sued a
preacher. Yoa-aever see a man
in the church who tights the ho
liness people but what if.you'wil
search dowu far enough you will
una him wrong in his life or rot
ten in his character.
I will tell you another thing
Whenever you -hear one of the
sisters in the church just pitch
ing into these -secoud blessing
r l i i ...
lauabicss, as sne cans mem, you
may set it down she is one of
them old gals that" either has
punch bowl in her house or she
slips across to her neighbor and
just "takes a little," or leads in
some form of worldliness.
Sometimes folks have said that
I "fit" the second blessing peo
pie. " I want to say here and now
it is not true. I nSverv do any
juat trim them sometimes like I
do all the other gangs, and they
nved trimming just like the bal
ance of you folks need trimming;
and you will fiod that all the fel
ows that have got the blessing
don't mind the trimming. The
second blestbiug people are right
in hea.-t; some of them are wrong
in the head. There are black
shepp in that flock as well as in
your nock.
Some second blessing paople,
so called, haven't got the right
spirit, and maybe don't live right.
I can say this such fclks haveu't,
got the second blessing, and if
they ever had it they have lost
it. And I can say that some of
the crowd that is everlastingly
fighting the second blessing folks
may have had the first blessing
when they commenced the fight,
but they have fought and fought
until they have lost the first
blessing.
You have got to have a clean
heart if vou have a clean life.and
God desires both; and yet some
of you worldly gang in the
church are whining: '1 just can't
live without sin ; I just have to
sin every day ; I am just a poor
worm of the dust, aud poor hu
man nature is so frail that I just
can't live without sin."
Well, now, just tell me what
sin is it you are coccpelled to
commit every day? Just sit down
and write it out on a piece of pa
per aud look at it, and see which
of the commandments you have
got to break every day of your
life:
The fact is there are lots of
you folks that profess to make a
full consecration, who know that
there are tempers,, carnal pas
sions, aad a thousand things un
expelled from your nature wtnch
keep your Lord from a full and
absolute supremacy in your
hearts. And yst you profess to
have turned the whole thing over
to hiu. !
Oh, brethren aud sisters, you
have got to turu loose, laying
everything on the altar, and
sweep out into theocean of God s
nhnite love. Thank God that 1
ever did that. Some of the sweet
est memories of my life and the
profoundest experiences of my
Christian character are connect
ed with these holiness brethren.
irer shall I forget an associa
tion with a holiness preacher
down in a Georgia town a few
years ago. That brother had
preached this great blessing
with all the earnestness and
power ot his soul, rne tidal
wave of salvation was sweepin
over the people. He was urging
a full aud uncompromising con
secration of all t God, and that
accompanying supreme act of
faith which procurts the down
pour of the Spirit in all his ful
ness. We were walking alone
fter one of th services had
closed, and turning to me, he
said:
'Sam, why in the world,
brother, don't you turn loose
everything that lies between you
and God's fulness, and lay hold
on this great blessing?"
1 said: "Brother Jf., every-
thing that stands between me
affd my God and the uttermost
which he can do for me is not
worth more than a nickle. I
wouldn't give a nickle for any
thing under the burning sun that
I wouldn't turn loose in a second
that stands between me and God's
ulness."
Brother P. said :
"Then, Sam, you ' are just
within one nickel of the bless-
incr "
I replied, "Well, a nickel shan't
split such an important mat
ter."
When I got back to the church
at the next service the meeting
had commenced, and this brother
was praying as I entered the
church and knelt down, and he
truly had hold of the horns of
the altar. Such praying I never
heard since I was born in the
world. The very windows of
heaven seemed open. I felt the
very presence of my Grod
heaven and earth ';ame together.
It was a time of heart -searching,
heart-emptying, heart-surren
dering and heart-filling. At that
meeting, in that solemn and
never-tosbcs-Olgotlen hour, 1
turned loose the willows that
overhung the banks and swept
out into the very midst, of , the
ocean of God's infinite love; and
the joy of that moment lingers
sweetly-aud ineffacfably tosday.
Its mtmory and power have
swept over the lapse of years,
and it has beenmy solas', in a
thousand sorrows, my strength
in a thousand struggles, my star
of hope through a thousand
nights, and like a sheen of glory
will canopy with its light and
peace : and triumph my dying
hour. Thank God, there is water
enough ia the River of Life to
clean se-eve-ry heart .from all sin.
WARNING.
We wish to caution all users of Simmons
Liver Regulator on a subject of the deepest
interest and importance to their health
perhaps their lives. The sole proprietors
and makers cf Simmons Liver Regulator
learn that customers are often deceived by
buying and taking some medicine of a
simitar appearance or taste, believing it to
be Simmons Liver Regulator. We warn
you that unless the word Regulator is on
the package or bottle, that it is not Simmons
Liver Regulator. No one else makes, or
ever has made Simmons Liver Regulator, or
anything called Simmons Liver Regulator,
but J. H. Zeilin & Co., and no medicine made
by anyone else is the same. We alone can
put it up, and we cannot be responsible, if
other medicines represented as the same do
not help you as you are led to expect they
will. Bear this fact well in mind, if you have
been in the habit of using a n,edicine which
you supposed tq he Simmons Liver Regula
tor, because the name was somewhat like
it, and the pvekage did not have the word
Regulator on it, you have been imposed
upon and have not been taking Simmons
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been favorably known for many years, and
all who use it know how necessary it is for
Fever and Ague, Bilious Fever, Constipa
tion, Headache, Dyspepsia, and all disordera
artstng from a Diseased Jiver.
We ask you to look for yourselves, and
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such thing. I don't tight them.
Nominations by the President.
Washington, March 18. The
President to-day sent to the Sem
ite the following nominations:
Powell Clayton of Arkansas, to
be Envoy Extraordinary and Min
ister Plenipotentiary ef the Un
ited States to Mexico.
William McKinley Osborne of
Massachusetts (cousin of the Pres
ident ), Consul-General of the Un
ited States at London.
John K. Gowdy of Indiana,
Consul-General of the United
States at Paris.
Joseph II. Bi igham of Ohio, to
be Assistant Secretary of Agri-
ulturo. -Perry
S. Heath of Indiana to
be First Assistant Post-master-General.
Interior Sylvester Peterson of
Minnesota to be llegister of the
Land OfHcc at Crookston, Minn.
v ar- Captain Charles Shaler,
Ordinance Department, to ' be
Major. Henry L. Marindin (an as
sistant in United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey), to be a mem
ber of the Mississippi River Commission.
Mr. Osborne, appoinU d Consul
General to London, is a cousin of
President McKinley. They were
boys together, and men close to
the President say it was a person
al appointment. Mr, Osborne was
very active during the preliminary
campaign before the nomination
last summei and traveled through
many States in the McKinley in
terest. He v as secretary of the
National committee during the
campaign, with headquarters in
New York. Mr. Osborne is prob
ably nearly 60 years old. He has
been a member of the board of
Police Commissioners of Boston.
Why will you buy bitter nauseating
tonics when Grove's Tasteless
Oliill Tonics is i.d "pleasant as
Lemon Syrup. Your druggist is au
thorized to rof id tho monoy'.n evory
cesa whure it fails to cure frice
Orece Expects War
London, March IS., The ob
scurity which has clouded the Cre
tan crisis from the first still con
tinues. Greek advices are all to
the effect that war is considered
inevitable, and it will be welcom
ed by the entire nation . Every
body in Athens is in hourly ex
pectation of the news that the first
shot has been fired on the north
ern frontier. The impression, even
in western Europe, is that noth-
inar short of a great naval de
monstration and the threatened
bombardment of some important
Greek town will prevent an out
break of hostilities against Turkey
It is difficult to believe that the
British Government, in any event,
will participate in or sanction
such an extreme measure.
'Ihc situation in England has beeh
changing rapidly during the last
twenty four hours. Sir William
Harcourt's speech last night has at
last arraved the Liberal party in
sharp opposition to Lord Salis:
bury 's policy in the East. Mi
Gladstone's letter will shape and
solidify public opinion. There are
indications, however, that the
question will rapidly become a
party one and that much confus
ion and bitterness will result. This
was plainly manifested in the House
of Commons to-night, where
there was a scene of the greatest
turmoil which has been witnessed
since the most rancorous days of
the Home Rule debates.
Speculation as to the turn of
events at Athena ,and Constanti
nople is vain. No hint has yet been
piven wnicn aiiotus a -ciue to tne
motives and purposes of the great
game that the world is watching
with the keenest interest.
Number of Lives Lost Will Prob
ably N ever be known.
Memphis, March 19. A furth
er half inchrise in the Mississip
pi means the devastation of pro
perty and probably a loss of life
unequalled in the flood history of
this section. The rise is threat
ened because rain is still falling.
Seventeen persons are reported
drowned fifty miles below
Caruthersville, Mo. A stretch of
country oyer one hundred miles
long from a point seventy miles
north of Memphis to a point fifty
miles south of the Tennessee
metropolis is submerged in
places to the depth of ten feet.
She fertile vaiij o of Tennessee
and Arkansas are completely
inundated and many lives have
been lost and stock drowned,
fencing and dwellings swept
away, inhabitants destitute and
homeless and left to starve or
drown by the remorselessly ris
ing tide. Reports from tributary
streams show rains and rapidly
rising rivers, floods from which
will soon be emptied into the
Mississippi, adding to the dan
ger when, hurled against the
already weakened levees. The
levees are patrolled hourly by
armed and desperate naeu, pro
vided with sand-bags to streng
then weak places or to close
threatened crevices, and rifles to
shoot down any miscreant who
would venture to cut the embanks
ment and allow the waters on his
plantation to find vent into the
lowlands of his neighbor. The
floods now partake of the nature
of a deluge. As far as the eye can
see nothing but water, meets the
gaze. Six hundred people were
rescued yesterday on the Ark
ansas side of the river and taken
to Memphis, but there are flood
districts so situated that relief
boats con't reach the stricken
ones.
On Island No. 39 one hundred
sufferers and considerable live
tock were rescued by the
teamer Itasca Neither man nor
beast had tasted food for over
twenty four hours. Human be
ings and helpless brutes are hud
died together awaiting assis
tance, all along the Iron Moun
tain & Kansas City, Fort Scott
& Gulf tracks.
Five hundred people weie
forced to fl.ee from the floods in
Dyer and Obion county, Tenn.
Gavin, Ark., March IS. tor
1 .1 a - IT
many miles tne country is nooueci
and the water is up to the Iron
Mountain tracks. Hundred of sec
tion hands are striving te keep it
back with dirt bags. At every sta
tion the negrops are gathering,
waiting to be taken away. Many
get on the trains and are carried
without pay . The list of fatali
ties is said to be long and proba
bly never will be known. William
Cartwright and William Cox,
working on Juc'ge Hodges' farm
at Rosebud Island, lost their lives
Thursday by the upsetting of a
"dug-out." Jake Carty was
drowed at Gavin Thursday night
from the same cause. Amanda
Chipman, colored, just arrived
from below, reports the death of
six persons she could not name,
Chas. Burkley, also, was downed
near Gavin. He could not man
age a "dug out.' A mountain
of household geods is piled up at
every raiiroaa station, wnne ne
groes beg tor help from every
Bottled Dp !
train crew. Houses, along the road
are submerged Jx roof and cattle
and cattle are standing in the field
with only their heads above wa
ter. Many corpses of hogs and
cows are washed up by the water,
Whether in the form of nill nowrlpr
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blood diseases is always the same
mercury or potash. These drugs bottle
up the poison and dry it up in the
system, but they also dry up the marrow
iu the bones at the same time.
The suppleness and elasticity of the
joints give way to a stiffness, the rack
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decrepitude and helplessness prema
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it is but a short step to a pair ol
crutches., Then comes falling ol
the hair and decay of the bones, acon
ditlonjxuly horrible.
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San Francico, March 18. The
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terday, brings news that Prince
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news, however, was not officially
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it being thought besf to keep the
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