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Smyrna times., 1869-06-02
UNITED STATES
Internal Revenue.

Notice is hereby given that the ANNUAL ~, ~ HI
TAXES fer Divisions Nos. 3, (, 5, and D. lncluO's
whole of
KENT AND SUSSEX COCNIILS'
will be in the hands of The Deputy CoIley.5,day .5 day
ready for collection on and aiiGr Monday Ins
Of June. 1869
DIR. WILLIAM C. DAFIDSOA , ..
the Deputy Collector for both these counties rs said
tend al The following times and places 10 ie''''
tsXes
KENT COUNTY. -.
AT SMYRNA, on Monday and Tuesday 'u''
and 9Th. 1oos yin
Al DOVER, on "Wednesday and Thursday' JUN
and 10th. lima lllh
At MILFORD, on Friday and Saturday june
and 18th.
SUSSEX COUNTY ra
At GEORGETOWN, on Monday and Tu''o''
18th and 18Th. ...I.v JuH
AT SEAFoRD, on Wednesday and Thui'u'"
10th and l7lh ,., trrnGl
The annual list comprises Special Taxes THxs, Pis
called Lcenses0 Income. Carriages So
Gold Watches, Billiard fables Hachls Q, a. and ion
0or Office hours from ga. NJ, to I'm '"
till 4P. Nj, 49,. Il Nsion'
U. s. Treasury Notes, or the Notes o.
Banks will be required. -. the l-h dsy
Upon all taxes not paid on or before ,'S al one Ps
of June, 1869, Five per cent. and esocred is 81
cent per month will be added and eAaooTmolIy pay
cases. Let taxpayers take notice ana 6 Def cen
their taxes if they desire TO avoid lhe
penalty. -, psvpnue, VIE
Office of the Collector Of Internal Ke''''
mington, DEL, May goth, 1869 c,lsctor.
ie2 1t }. ). PREI IL "H'
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L. u. LOFLAND,
w. Secretary, pro tenn.

ASSESSORS AND COLLECTORS OF STATE TAx
The following is a complete list of the off.
GERS appointed to execute the new State Taz
Law; Assessors, James Springer, of New
Castle county, John Green of Kent countv
and William Hitch, of Sussex county. ColIec'
tors, W.. r. Lyman, N. B. Ochcltree. and
Thomas l.. Talley, of New Castle county, VIM,
NJ Jester Of Kent county, and Henry G.. Hearn.
OF Sussex county. TIE former were appointed
by the Governor, the latter by the State Treas.
urer.
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STANDIsH has just laid in lot of twenty
thousand clans, and is now waiting for the
first run Of black fish, crabs, etc. He's bound
to have the most and the best of every thing
in his line, and spares no reasonable expense
or pains to do it; in fact, he takes pride in
doing anything that will keep up the reputa-
tion of his fine restaurant. Every thing, ell
ther at table or bar, is served in the best man.
nGr.
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STRAWBERRY SHIPMENTS. About seventy
crates 1880 quartsl ofStrawberries were ship.
ped from l5renford Station on the Delaware
Railroad Monday afternoon by the through
freight train for New York. which should have
arrived az IN time for Tuesday morning market.
arrive till Wednesday morning. Owing 70 the
delay the shippers will sustain the loss of their
fruit. This is the first shipment of the season
to New York from this neighborhood.
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AREMARKABLE A CURIOSITY. COW belong
ing to Eli Yarnall, OF Middletown, recently
gave birth to calf with head resembling that
Of a seal or ground hog, with body like that of
an ordinary calf, and with tail like that of a
ground-hog. Its legs were but six inches long,
and the feet were like those of a calf. This GU
riosity has been stuffed for preservation. Co.
zefIp
Smyrna times., 1869-06-02

u. S. CoURT.-A session ofthe United States
District Court will be held in Wilmington ON
the Sth inst, and the following named persons
have been summonsed from this town to serve
as Grand and Petit Jurors: James r. Glenn
ents, DR.. VIM. Cummins and John Anthony as
Grand Jurymen. Walter McMuIlen, Thomas
Carrow and r. H. Cummins, Petit Jurors
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INTERNAL REvENUE.-By reference to our
advertising columns it viii be seen that DR.. w,
Z. Davidson. Deputy Collector for Kent and
Sussex counties, will be in this town next Mon
day and TreSd lay, 9th and Sth) to receive the
Incomes 10r the present year. Parties inter
ested should read the advertisement
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STRAwBERRY FEsTIvAL-A strawberry fes-
tival will be held in Lepsic on Saturday after
noon and evening, June 5th, under the auspi-
ces Of Fountain Lodge, indie pendent Order of
Good Templars Several. able speakers have
been invited to deliver addresses on the occa-
sion. Music by sting band.
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A woman was before Police Justice in Ruf-
talo on Thursday charged with malicious mis-
chief, In removing flowers from the grave of
her own husband, contrary to the wishes of his
relatives. Her arrest was caused by these rel
atives; and the Judge, after hearing the eyi.
dence on both sides, discharged the defendant
and admonshed all parties.
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A man died recently in the Illinois Peniten-
tlary, and was placed in a coffin. A convict
who wanted to escape slinned the corns ont ~
and himselfin hefuneral procession moved cj'
but the air being close, the would be dead man
cried out for help, causing a panic during
which the pall-bearers dropped their load, and
some ran away. One or two who remained
opened the coffin, and the convict was sent back
to iail 1' '''O
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I'd - DEAF NESS, Blindness and CATARRH treat
%sn tne utmost success by J. IsAAcs, M D., and
cal College OF PennsyIvana 70 vears
ppGSrnery OF Leydon, HOlland) No sos Arch Street
d;co, testimonials can be seen at his office. The
,;en,s m iaeulty are invited to accompany their pa
,' as ne mas no secrets in his practice Artificial
syg' inserted without pain No charge for examina
jeI7-ly
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A protest and call for Convention agains.
the Rituaistic movements, of portion of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, appears in the
Philadelphia papers. 1t is signed by num-
ber of Evangelical " Presbyters'; of the church.
and asks that convention be held at Chicago
on the 10th day of June next. The call has
been made out and will be held accordingly
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TIL, MARKETS.
DEATHS.

MARY JONES, departed this life April 2jh' l'S He' n',
vile, Kent county, Delaware in her 6l>t year She
with cancer on the breast for some months previous
death and conscious all the while that she was near
cold waters of Jordan. yet she calm and ieSsn7
grace which had kept her for forty was Suhcrh
tion and in DEATH She has left behind comp an'n '
children but they do not mourn as those having no %
body sleeps in the church ward at Union WImln-on
ence, Wyoming circuit her spirit is associated Will ~
deemed in Heaven May we all meet her there
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ii you want 10 be in good humOr all the week,
get your wushlng nicely done by 10 o'clock Monday
morning and have the clothes Ironed and put away
before night. Now. if you don't know how 10 do
ms just enquire of Moore y Bro, who manufacture
the famous &" Wilmington Civ Soap" inne
Smyrna times., 1869-06-02

lake Superior 4 Mississippi r. r. Bonds,
a first class First Mortgage Sinking Fund, :
per cent gold loan, interest payable semi-an-
nually, given in exchange for 5-2Os'. I0-4O's
1881 $, Delaware State Bonds, and all other
stocks, at best market rates, by John McLear
Il Son, Bankers, No COZ Market st., and
agents for Jay Cooke & Co.
Smyrna times., 1869-06-02

A majority of the Connecticut farmers were
in debt twenty years ago. Now most of them
are laying up money, made by selling lamb, veal,
eggs, butter, chickens and potatoes in the fac
tory Villages.
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THE TINES is published Wednesday afternoon Inv
JOSEPH H. HoFFEcKER, Editor and Proprietor at Smyrna
Delaware
year 5000 in advance or 50
not paid till the end year No paper
all arrears are paidOny the option of the Publisher
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate Of Son
ane Tor the first insertion; subsequent Threeand
a-ha cents liberal discount to quarterly semi
nual and yearly advertisers
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Gold, Silver, $50 coupons, due May |, and
500 coupons, due July /, wanted at the high
est market rates, by John McI4ear e. Son.
Bankers, No. COZ Market street. WilmingtonI
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SURPRISE THEM.

II you want TO surprise neghhnrs and "cut dash
LhS summer Just go to Oak Hall and suit OF clothes
maze Oi material that is entirely never before sen in
ths part 81 the country and very height of tb
fashion, Cheap for cash and warranted to beat IL
Tor beauty Of STYLE and finish @ ~
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Errors Of Youth.

gentleman who suffered for years from N.-yrs i,.
Premature Decay and all the effects Of you,I f..
WILL for the sake OF suffering humanity sr tree s &
need It. the receipt and directions fornaklg The 49,
by which he cured. Sufferers wishing 10 Dr. n.
vertiSers experience, can do 50 by address ng IN prri
uehct. JOHN B. UGbEN
myl9-y No. i2 Ceia. street ", " Y.-.
In THE SPRING MONTHS the system naturally I'M.
dergOes change. and uELMBoLD's HIGHLY CoNcl,.
TRATED EXTRACT SARsAPARILLA is an assistant O, Nh,
greatest value.
Smyrna times., 1869-06-02

With the advent of the month of roses we have
been once more thrown into the of hay making
pIc-nIcs and pleasure excursions generally. The
farmers are busIly engaged in securing their early
hay crops, order that this branch NJ he husband
mans labor may be completed before the grain har.
vest sets IN The young folks seek recreation in The
woods or IN fishing parties, or in berryIng Excursions
rms Is also the season when early vegetables are
thrown into The market, causing arrangement Of the
internal improvement" of mankind, and rendering
medical aid a necessity. Just at this time the GreaI
Lingan Buffers step in as anlidote for the various
diseases arising from the too free use OF vegetables
or The numerous ills to which farmers are exposed
during their excessive field labor or to which pleas
ure parties are subjected by their efforts To obtain en-
JGyment IN the country: A supply Of these Bitters
should be kept hand for use at this DarticuIar
pc rOd when ell n Q xnnsed Il sicI.rosa
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MELMBOLD,S
CONCENTRATED FLUID EXTRACT
SARSA PARTLY

ERADIcATEs ERUPTIvE and ULcERArIvE DISEASES
THE
Ihroat' Nose, Eyes, Eyelids. Scalp and Skin,
Wnlch 50 dlshgure the appearance PURGlNG the evil
eHecis OF mercury and removing all taIDIs the rem
nd's n el DISEASES hereditary or otherwise and is
'aHen oy Adults and Children with perfect SA FETY
W. iaDle-spooniuls OF the Extract Of Sarsaparla
@uGea 10 pint OF waler is equal to the Lisbon Diet
Svrmn' az ana one bottle is equal TO a gallon of the
made. NV 0io" 10 uSu"iy
Il. AM INTERESTING LETTER is published in
me Chrurglcal Review on the subject of the
ana OF oarsaParla in certain affections by Ben.
eaSa o +. n s., &c. Speaking of those dis
ana diseases arising from the excess of mercury
lnat no remedy is equal the Extract OF
Its power is extraordinary more so than
any olner drug | am acquainted with. lis. in The
sh sense tonic with this invaluab Bile attribute
'at IL Is applicable TO a state of a system So snnkpn
et so irritable as renders other substances of the
ionic class unavailable or injurious.
HelmbOId's
CONCENTRATED EXTRACT SARsAPAR1LLA.
established upwards of Is years. Prepared nv
ID. I. HELMBOLD,
594 Broadway, NY.
Smyrna times., 1869-06-02

Mrs. jenkins is making, daily, Rich Creams
and Water Ices. at 40 cts per quart. Orders
for Plc-Nlcs and Families, at low prices.
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YOUNG LADIES BEw,pr,

Or THY INJURIOUS EFFECTS Of E,o,
Washes All such remedies close nn,hi o"der. a.,
SKIN ana IN short time destroy tho ""fe' OF h.
you would have a fresh, healthy ard "he'ioa,
pearanre' use ileimhOds Extract S1r.a y'o,hiVi a,
A CLEAR, SMOOTH SKIy and Roo,,,.,.,-.-------
follows the use of IiELMEoLp's C",l' C"''l' Nompel
TRACT SARsAPARILLA lHAtEb t.
the skin. '''' all srHpjmr,
Smyrna times., 1869-06-02

MAGNOLIA WATER-Superior to the best imported
'erman Cologne, and sold al half the price sep9ly
Smyrna times., 1869-06-02

HELMBOLD's EXTRACT SARsAPARfIt.c cre.,....
renovales the blood nslIs the yigor OF beo'is ,,,
the system, and purges Uul the humo that make d,
ease.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

A strapping fellow-the school master.
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1000 Delaware Railroad lst Mortgage Bonds,
2OQ0 Delaware r. r. Extension Bonds and
Delaware r. r. stock and Farmers Bank
stock tor sale by John McIear g. Son, Bank.
ers, No. COZ Market ST Wilminrtnn
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NOT a few OF the worst ,,,ur,ler. ,n..
Knu arise from corruption OF lie blonI n.
FIX TRACT SAKsAPARILLA is a remedy Of ',LNs ,- 'l.
value 10y VI lie uls e,
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1\ 1 L L IEp

HELMBoLD's Concentrated Extract Aa,.,...,
the Great BLoUU PURIFIER. ''P4his,
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TO CONSEMprrun..

The advertiser having Teen Restored .. he,,,l.
ny a very simple remedy after having 81 No.. 1. lev H
with severe lung attctuu, and tli I,,..l Ae ega
of ~ '''" >'lI lts ,.-. '.
To all who desire H. he will send a co,rc
nSrd Qree OF charE" with the tl,rc:or.. .- % ''-'t-
using the same, which thy VIII hni 81 c .' 'trs
SUMPTION, ASTHMA. BRONCHITIs. rtr ~ ht P..t
tlS"r IN sending the prescription is tn .u..
spread information which he coucriy,.s r E '' e.. s
he hopes every sufferer Will try remedy A.
not hing and prove a blessing "a " 81 Cost. ....
Parties wishing the prescription. will rl.o..,,
mayl9ly Williau>hurs HIp A. y iL'H
HELMRnI- ~ C.LLcn1lIrn1n.L L..
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THOSE "fo DESIRE BRILIIANCY or -
must purify and enrich the biuod. Which
Concentrated Extract Of Sarsaparllla 't'noo
Ask Tor HELMVoLD's' Take NO o,her 'U''aOlY tye,
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NeetIes. Compound Ifn,,.io-,--.,--

Never i;tl IN giving relief. ani ot,., ,,. . '''Ntety
acutc ca "l pam lntaIna,p ~ u. ~. ~ "a, rr
relieve khenInati>rI, Luuiu,go, Ktji.y /. d." '.
Inflammation at Lung~. PTutI,, -. ,.''.,. " p,
Asthma. 1''>'' WI NHIr5
\. bi-Ihc genuine come in yc,loy try.r. ''
n"hE t i, III lG .rir marx IAN "3'p. 3,,, ".'a --t
Made by e. H. NFFbI g.. ''.' --
For sale Iy best Drugg st, md b. ~ Il !..
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-01-06
The Lake of Death.

Mono Lake lies ten miles sou thwest
of the dividing line between California
and Nevada, and is about fourteen
miles long and nine wide. It has
never been sounded, but a trial said
to have been made with line three
hundred feet long failed to reach bot
tom. By chemical analysis gallon
of the water weighed eight pounds
was found to contain 200 grains of
solid matmatter, consisting principally
of chlOrid of sodium, carbonate of soda
sulphate of soda, borax and sill cia.
These substances render the water so
acrid and nauseating that it is unfit
for drinking or even bathing. Leath-
er immersed in it is soon destroyed
by its corrosive properties, and no an
imal, not even fish or a frog, can
exist in the water for more than y
short time. The only thing able to
live within or upon the waters of this
lake is a species of fly, which springs
from lar@ bred In its bosom, after an
ephemeral life, dies, and, collecting
on the surface, is drifted to the shore,
where the remains collect in vast
quantities, and are fed upon by the
ducks or gathered by the Indians,
with whom they are staple article
of food. Nesting under the eastern
watershed of the Sierra, Mono Lake
receives several consid erable tribut-
aries; and although destitute of any
outlet, such is the aidity of the atmo-
sphere that it is always kept at nearly
a uniform level by the process of evap-
Grafton. So dense and sluggish is the
water rendered through supersaturat-
ion with various salts and other for
eign matters, that only the strongest
winds raise ripple on its surface.
AS the Sierra in this neighborhood
reaches nearly its greatest altitude,
the scenery above Mono Lake is
varied and majestic, some parts of it
being at the same time marked by a
most cherries and desolate aspect.
The bitter and fatal waters Of this lake
render it literally dead sea, and its
surroundings-wild, gloomy and fore
boding-are suggestive of sterirlity
and death. The decomposing action
of the waters is shown by its effects
upon the bodies of a company of In
dians, twenty or thirty in number,
who, while seeking to escape from
their white pursuers, took refuge in
the lake, where they were shot by
their enemies, who left them in the
water. In the course Of a few weeks
not a Yestige of their bodies were to
be seen, even their bones having been
decon posed in this powerful solvent.
Mineral curiositIes abound in the
neighhorhood Of Mono Lake. among
which are numberIess dispositions in
the shape Of tiny piue trees. Iil
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-01-06
Poor But Honest.

The World speaking of Senator
Doolittle says he retlres from the Sen
ate where he has so long and so ably
represented Wisconsin, on the ap-
preaching 4th of March, and will re-
sumo the practices of his profession,
in the United States courts excIu-
sively.
He leaves Washington poor, where
so many members of Congress have
made fortunes. He closes, for the
present at least, political
career which a little subserviency,
little less rigid adherence
to his oath of Office and to the
convictions of his. conscience, would
have enabled him to protract as long
as he pleased. And the country loses
in its national councils that which no
government can afford to lose-politi-
cal independence, personal integrity,
and moral courage.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-01-06
sscAHDEL LANE.
ny MRS NJ 4! xrDDEn.

i- .-- 80 -- go =JaLi
It is not on the signboard, sir,
Go search both far and wide;
Or to the town directory,
The map o- railroad guide; ~ I
And if you pump your neighbors, sir, .
You pump, alas I in vain, 10.
For no one e'er acknowledged yet
He lived in Scandal Lanei /
1t is fearful neighborhood, ~
So secret and 50 slyS ..4
Although the tenants oftentimes
Include the rich and high.
I'm told they're even cannibals,
And when they dine or sup,
By way of change they'll turn shout,
And eat each other upl
They much prefer the youthful, sir,
The beautiful and rare;
They grind up character and all,
And call il wholesome fare
And should the helpless victim vince,
They heed not cries Of pain
These very bloody cannibals rtaa
That liye in Scandal Lane
If you should chance TO dine with them,
Pray never be deceived, pa /.
When they seem most ike bosom friend:
They're least to be believed. - l I
Their claws are sheathed in velvet, sir,
Their teeth are hid by smiles,
And woe betide the innocent
Who fall beneath their Wilesi .,..
When they have singled out their prey,
They make cat-like spring;
Or hug them like q serpent, ere
They plant the fatal stingi
And then they wash their guilty hands,
But don't effaee the stain, .rr
These very greedy cannibals
That live in Scandal Lanel
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-01-06
A CoPPERHEAD POEM.
BIZ wnL1AH HUBBARD.


'tSaddle Miss Laura's Pony. The up
start. Jay Cooke, in imitation, or rather in
advance of the aristocracy of Europe, keeps
q telegraph apparatus in his palace, with
wires running to the stable, and when his
young ones want to to take a swell over
honest peoples children, whose fathers did
not grow rich out of the distresses of the
country, special dispatches are sent t'Bring
young jays top-buggy, quick'' Not al
ways shall the popin-Jsy Cookies and their
young ones put on these airs at the cost of
honest people and their children.
SADDLE MISS LAURA's PoSY."
''Saddle Miss Laura's pony,
Bring jays top-buggy quick"
Oes word from palace to stable,
Conveyed by the telegraph's click.
The menial hurries to order,
Ard the clatter of wheels and feet,
Out of the Nabob's stable,
Is heard on the stony street
Young Jay from the palace hastens,
With the lordling's strut and stride;
Miss Laura mounts her pony,
And the twain are off for ride.
They HE by the wretched howell
The soldier-widow's home;
They dash by the ragged orphans
VINO, begging for pennies, come.
What care young Jay and Laurai
That widows husband died,
And those orphans gave their fathers life,
To pay for this evenings ride.
Away go Jay and Laura,
Nor heed they whom they meet;
The wretched, tatteI ed, toil-worn crowd
Who fill the busting street.
Nor think young Jay and Laura,
In this their hour of pride,
That the toll and tears of the works they
meet
Are the price of this evenings ride.
But list young jay and Laura
Rein each your galloplng steedl
I've word to whisper in your ears,
And if you are wise, you will heed
You are but common people
Your sires undoubtedly took
The name they bore, like the apron they
wore,
From the calling of cook.
Your blood is all plebeian =
You are no better Than they
The toiling, weeping, starving crowd,
Whom you drive through to day.
Theirs was the millions of money
Old Jay took from the till
| When the land was rent with terrible feuC
And the people were fighting to kill
| And tens on tens of thousands
Are hungry and cold to-day,
While you with top-buggy and pony
Drive poor people out of theWayl
Now hear me, Jay and Laura:
/ By the Heaven above swear
And thousands on thousands like me
Have sworn what l now declare
That the cooks and their kindred scullions,
Shall cease their internal reign;
And in the forsaken kitchen
Shall wrestle with pots againl
So when you seek your pillows
Have the wires ready to click;
''Saddle Miss Laura's pony
''Bring Jay's top=buggy quick ~
For there's wrath among the people,
And near may be the day
When the fleetness of your fleetest steeda
VIII be needed to bear you away!
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-01-06

THE beautiful city OF Alamos, the
pride of the State of Sonora, it seems
was almost entirely destroyed by the
remarkable storm of the middle of
October. For seventy-twO hours the
hoodgates of heaven were opened, and
the water poured down upon the de-
voted city; and then, as if the floods
were inadequate to the work of des-
truction, the force of a tornado was
added. During its continuance it ap-
peared as if no human being could
live within its reach. The Alamos
river was swollen to a great height,
and in its wild, headlong course car
RED everything before it. Houses
were swept away liks so many straws,
and whole blocks of buildings were
thrown down like so many rotten
trees. The wind was no less terrible
than the water. Houses were unroof-
ed and blown to skaters, tiles and
limbs of trees filled the air like chat,
and trees were torn up by the roots
like cornstalks. Language is made
quate 10 describe the horrors Wnlcn
surrounded seven thousand men, wO-
men and children for those ill-fated
three days and nights. After the
storm had passed away sixty dead
bodies, fear1ully mangled and almost
unacceptable, were found. There
were but part of the lost, the long
roll of which will never be called
except on the day of Resurrection
So complete is the destruction of bu
siness houses and residences, no at
tempt will be made to build up the
place again. And hence the "City
of Poplar Groves" may be considered
a city of the past, and the intelli'
gence of its society, the beauty of its
women, shall belong to traditionary
story.