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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-09-29

Arthur's middle man is Abel. Hap
PLY, Cain is dead.
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VOL %

The Garfield fund reached $4,000
yesterday.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-09-29

Will some wide-awake newspaper
now urge the completion of the Wash
ington monument?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-09-29

It is probable goodly number VIII
attend the Huntsville fair from Pulaski.
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From Col a. ID. Bull & Capt. Jas. Abernothy

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popularity with the riffraff.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
Yankt0n Again Flooded.

ST. PAUL, MINI, April A Pioneer
Press special says A l5.foot rise occurred
at Yankton last night and the town is
again flooded from G TO feet deep in tho
lower part of the city, which is entirely de-
serted Six feet of the rise came from
above and the balance was caused by n
gorge below the city AT O O'Clock this
evening the water was rising slowly and Is
now above the highest point reached last
week. The town Of Gayvlle, twelve miles
below, is overhowed, but the buildings still
stand. The entire City of Vcrmilion, OK.
ccpt the depot and one other building on
the bluff, ia swept away. No lives were
lost, but much stock was drowned, a large
number Of cattle ON the bottoms being lost
The City of Elkhart is entirely surround
ed, and the current from the
Missouri running across the country
is so strong boat cannot be rowed against
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06

Everybody, even to the steamboat
men themselves watches the river with
more than usual interest. I'VE are going
to have very big water, sure" is the uaiver'
sal belief. The river has been somewhat
iickle In its movements at st. Louis Tor two
days, rising and falling and rising again.
1t was on the rise there Yesterday morning
with an improvement of five inches since
dark the night before. The gauge read
1913 feet, being only 6G feet below the top
OF the gauge or crest of the lcvee Most Of
the new water comes from the Missouri
with plenty more following after The re-
cent cold snap delays general thaw which
is now likely to come all at once along the
water sheds Of the Missouri and Mississippi,
melting the great banks and drifts of snow
lying between here and the Rockies. With
rs feet now above low water, the heavy
volume thaw is sure to add will more
than fill the banks of the Mississippi.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
NEW SERIES--.NO. 241

it, Between Jefferson and,Vermillion the
water has been rising steadily all day.
There is no probability OF the gorges Civ
ing way until the weather changes, and ar
rangemcnts are being made to blast them
with dynamite. Some of the gorges are
ten miles long and twenty to thirty feet
deep, formed of ice three feet thick, and
not much faith is felt in the experiment.
The river at Yankton is ten miles wide and
thrty-three feet above low water mark.
There have been no more losses of boats.
The inhabitants of Green Island left the
town before the great flood came, and no
lives we're lost The bodies OF two men
have been found in the river, but were not
identified.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
Illinois Canital Notes.

SPRINGFIELD, H., April 1.-The score.
tary of state to-day licensed the hex Silver
Mining company, Of Chicago; capital stock
100000; incorporators, Alfred G. Schloes-
ser, Samuel Locke and Walter B. Scott.
Also, the st. Jacobs Institute, Of Chicago,
capitol stock, 100000; object, the cure OF
all nervous, private and chronic diseases
This is the kind ol institutions the state
board of health has been warning against
during the past IHo years.
The governor refused to interfere in the
railroad troubles at Rockford, To all APP
pications for troops he always replies,
Call on your sheriff; ne is the recognized
peace-officer
The mud blockade still continues in
Springfield, and in consequence there IS a
general coal famine. Dealers refuse to
venture into the streets with their teams,
but deliver what they can with wheel. bar.
rows aud hand.sleds.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
CHURCHES.

<>AIRu BAPTIST Temperance hall on Tenth
I street; preaching fret and third sundhye IN
eecS month II a m. ard 1880 p. m. prayer meet
inc Thursday, :S0p. IN. sunday echool, g;3O am
'Os Rev. A. j. HESS, Pastor.
CHURCH or THE tEPiscopaO
u Fourteenth street; Sunday Morning prayers
1890 a. M; evening prayers, 1880 p m sunday
school 80 a. m. Friday evening prayer 13o p N.
INIRsT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Il Preaching at 1880 a. m, p. m, and 7'3O p M
Sabbath school at T:30 y, III Rev T. d. Shores
pastor
UTHERAN-Th street; services Sab
bath 1 40 a. nj, Sunday school2 m Roy
Knsppc, pastor.
nIETHODIST-Co Cor. Eighth and Walnut streets
M Preaching Sabbath 1890 a. m. and Z p. m
PRAYER meeting Wednesday 1880 p, M; Sunday
School, a. IN. Rev. Whitaker pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN. Eighth street; preaching on
/ Sabbath at II 100 a, m and 7:3Dp. m; prayer
meeting Wednesday at 7:Sp p, m; sunday School
at3p m. Rev. b. Y George, pastor
CT. JosEPH's-- (Roman Catholiel Corner Cross
y and Walnut streets; services sabbath lO'Ma.
~ Sunday School at p m; Vespers p in ser
vces every day atsp. m
CT PATRlCK'S-(R Roman Catholic) Corner Ninth
y street and Washington avenue services pan,
oath and 10 a. IN, Vespers 3 p IN. sunuay school
2p m. services every day AT ! p m Kew Mas'e'so''
priest
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
REAL ESTATE RECORD.

FOR ALEXANDER COUNTY APRIL Urn, 1881
James Elsley and wife to Ellen McCar.
thy; special warranty deed, dated MarcI
Goth, 1881, for lot numbered four IN block
numbered thirty, in the city OF Cairo. Con.
sideration, three hundred dollars.
Jairus c. Mears to Daniel ". Mum
warranty deed, dated August 18th, 1880
for lots numbered one, two, three, four
twenty-five to forty inclusive, in
block numbered tifty-seven, in the First
addition to the City of Cairo. Considera.
ton, two thousand dollars
Warren F. Russell to Peter Saup; war
ranty deed, dated April 9Th, 1881, for lots
numbered three and four, in block mum
bered ffty-one, in the City of Cairo. Con-
sideration, two thousand, five hundred
dollars.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
Before Parting.

While the creek is gently gushing. onward
rushing
Through the trees that nestle round thy home,
Come along It's shores tO wander and To ponder
On the happy hours yet to come.
What tho DER this sylvan bower clouds may
lower,
Warning us the time doth come TO partt
All thoughts of it from us thrusting, Wen be
trusting
in the affection Of each others heart.
Other hearts perchance are grieving for those
leaving
And the tears roll sadly from their eyes
Ours are tears Of Joy that glsten while we
listen
To the laughter Of the one we prize.
Come, then, cast away thy sorrows till the NOR
row,
While we revel in each Others love;
Let no single trace Of grieving for my leaving
Pain US as we wander thro this grove.
CECIL HARcoURT.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
How English Wives Keen House.

English wives, high and low, keep
household accounts in II way that would
surprise many American women Every
penny spent In the house goes down in
the 'housekeeper's book" with which
every mistress Of household is provid-
ed. Every bill is fled away carefully
when receipted. In fact, q perfect sys-
tenn of order prevails, which enables
every man to know exactly what II costs
him TO keep his home. In that country
every expenditure is made to bear rs
proper relation TO the income received
House rent must be. only such aper cent,
age table outlay so much, servants
wages so much, chIidren's schooling so
much, aims giving so much, and II at
Tho end of q year IL Is found that the
income has been exceeded these people
Immediately proceed to reduce items IN
every department Tho general style
Of their living remains about the same,
but 10 Is necessarily not quite so genu-
inc.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
Hannibal in Peril.

HANNIBAL, Mo, April 1.-The river at
this point is very high and still rising. 1t
lacks but one foot on the Illinois side Of
being over the bank, and that much more
of a rise would clear out the large ice house
belonging to A. c. Graham, and which con-
tains about 5000 tons Of ice. Great fears
are entertained that sudden rise may
come and create another break in the Sny
levee, though every prccaution will BE-
taken to prevent such a calamity, There
has been no ice running to-day.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
A Higb-Flown Plea.

Ladies can wax wonderfully grandi-
loquent when in the mind, says an ex-
change A Kentucky victim of mans
Inconsistency thus sets forth her plant in
petition for divorce: Ozark clouds
of discord began to lower over the sky
of a welded felicity, and the minacious
lightning of disunion began to dart its
lurid flames across gloomy clouds of q
tramental blackness, obscuring every
star OF hope of happiness, whose res
plendent glory illuminated the dawn Of
the first few brief years of her welded
life, when she gave her hand and an
undivided heart to the defendant, who
in the sultry month of July. 1879, after
having been warmly and Suugly win
tered within the fond embraces of her
loving arms and closely nestled TO q
heart that beat alone for the defendant,
showed his base, black ingrattude by.
abandoning her without cause whatev-
or, except the Unsuitable thirst for nov
city, which Is the predominatng char
acter of defendants nature
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06

Paris Letter. A butcher, living In
Rue Daguerre, has often noticed that
first cuts Of meat disappeared from his
stall, but for tho life of him he could
not detect the thief until his attention
was attracted by a large dog that was
evidently on the watch for something
wbatp The butcher was attentive. The
dog waited until there was nobody in
the stall then he seized a piece Of the
veal worth ~ and quietly marched OIL,
MS digniied MS n nabob who had bought
q tit-bit for his table. The butcher as
quietly followed him, waited ut the door,
which was evidently that of his home,
for few moments then entered. He saw
the dogs mistress busily engaged cutting
mp the meat lie had her arrested,
She confessed that the dog had for n
year kept her supplied with meat with
out expense.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
NEW ADyE RTISEMENTS
(qticu:ra
Something Of Interest TO every Man,
Woman and Child.

ls your Blood Impure and loaded with the Poison
Of ScrOfule
Isyour Life Strength oozing ont through an in
durable Ulcer or Soref
lsyour Skncoyere with Itching, scaly and scrof
ui0ue HumOrs;
Il your Complexion disfgured with Unsightly
EruptiOns, or Bemisber;
IL your Hair thin, lfeless and rapidly falling out
and Scalp covered with Scales;
Is the Skin on your Hands Rough, Red, Cracked
or Bleeding:
lsyour Child growing mp with scrofuous HUI
mors busting from every pore'
Is Baby afflicted with scaId Head or any Scalp or
Skin Ilumor:
If 20, then no human agency can 50 speedily, per
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the Complexion and Skin, restore the Hair and
cure every species Of Itching, scaly and Scrofuous
Hnm0rs OF the Skin Scalp aud Blood ae the CuTl-
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/. Cnticura, the great Skin Cure, Medicinal Jel-
ly, arrests disease, allays inflammation, itching and
irritation, heals Ulcers and Sores eatF away Dead
Skin and Flesh an restores the Harwhen destroy.
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cents Large boxes $40
3 CuticHra Medicinal Toilet Soap, an exquisite
Toilet, Bath and Nursery Sanative. fragrant with
delicious Hover odors aud healing balsAns, soft
ems, heals, rcrcshes aud beauties the Com pleEion
and Skin. Price % cents. Prepared for shaving,
10 cents.
g. Cuticura Re-olvent the new Blood Purifier,
clcsnses the Blood through the Liver. Kidneys,
Bowels and Skin, and eradicates every trace Of
Soroiulous Humors or Hereditary Blood Poisons.
Price 800.
The Cutcura and Cuticura Soap externally and
the Cuticura Resolvent internally will positively
cure every species Of llumOr from common
Plmple 10 Scrofula
Inquire about them at your druggists Right here
10 this town yon may find evidence of their won.
derful cures
Send Stamp for Illustrated treatise on the Skin
containing the m, II remarkable testimonials ever
recorded in the annals OF medical practice.
Cuticura Remides are prepared by
WEEKS & POTTER Chemists and Druggists,
$50 Washn ton ST., Boston Mass.
tW-Cutcura Remedies mailed tree to any ad-
dress on receipt Of price.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
PERSONALS.

Captain Call, Of Ullen, His, was In Cairo
yesterday.
Mr.. o. Haythorn returned from his east
ern trip yesterday,
Mr.. c. A. Anderson, of Paducah, KY,
was at the Planters House yesterday
Alderman B. F. Blake went to st. Louis
Yesterday morning. He will return to-day.
Mr.. Frank Howe, one of our society gen
tlenen, left on the steamer Mary Houston
for Louisville on few days visit.
Mr., John F. Campbell representative Of
the cotton seed oil company, of Hickman,
KY arrived in town again yesterday
Judge ID. J, Foster, of the Tenth Judicial
circuit, of southeast Missouri, with his
wife and child, were guests at the Hotel
de Winter yesterday,
Dir, J. W. Hill has returned from Garth
age H., where he attended the sick bed Of
bis mother, who was dangerously ILL.
He reports her to be convalescent.
A dispatch from New Orleans received
here states that Young Harry Halliday,
son of Mr. Henry Halliday, who is down
with bilious fever there, is improving.
Messrs. o. W. Andrews, of Charleston,
Mo-; c. Wolfe, of Omstcd, Ills; James
| Hickman, Of ST. Louis, No; W. s. Cove,
Of Ashley, Ills, and T. w. Jefferson, of
Ullin, Ills, were registered at the Hote)
! de Winter Yesterday.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06

An Italian writer says that our mod
ern mllionaires are nowhere in COM
parison with some of his countrymen,
as follows Marc Antony spent $1,000
600 in merely sowing his wild oats; Ne
70 gave 800, 100000 in presents to his
friends; Heliogabalus gave n dinner
that cost 100000; the toilet of Agrip-
pima on special occasion footed up
81, 5O0,0 900, and her box Of jewels at
home was worth 5000, 0O0, 600
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
A Very Tough Customer.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April frank Hud-
son was arrested yesterday and lodged in
Jail. He is charged with breaking jail at
Benton, Franklin county, Ill.,, two years
ago, where be was incarcerated for horse
stealing. AT the time he made his escape
he released from the Jail six Of his confed-
crates, who had been captured along with
him. The gang is said to have been the
most notorious that ever cursed commun-
ity. Sheriff W. K, Jones, of Franklin
county, has been telegraphed for, and will
arrive tomorrow, and convey Hudson back
to Illinois. He only recently was released
from Jail for offenses committed in Tiptor
county, Tennessee, and is truly a vcry tough
customer.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
Shot Down in Cold Blood.

McLEANsBoRo, H., April 4.-There was
shooting scrape at Thompsonville, IN
Franklin county, on Saturday. Mr.. Raines
and son went to that place and there met
one Dr. Carter and his brother James. A
few days before this James was in Gal.
latia and got into fight with Raines son,
receiving a terrible beating. When DR..
Carter saw RaineS he asked him why he
had struck his brother. lie replied he had
right to. The doctor said, Cd d--n
you, | will Kill you" Dr.. Carter then
drew bis revolver and young Ranes his.
AT this point DR., Hamilton separated them
and they both went away. DR.. Carter pro-
ceeded to his home, returned with shot
gun and fired at young Raines, filling his
body with buckshot He will not live.
James Carter went up to the father and
struck him with a large club, knocking
him down and seriously injuying him.
After the ARRAY both of the Carriers mad e
their escape
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
DIED.

McKEE--At his residence on Fifteenth
and Cedar streets, in this city, jeremiah
Mckee, In the 10th year of his age, at so
a, m, yesterday.
Funeral services at the Presbyterian
church at ten o'clock a, IN. to-day, con q
Quoted by Rev. B. Y George. The remains
will be taken by the regular train at eleven
a. NJ, TO Beech Grove for interment.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
ASSURANCE,
THE TWENTY FIRST ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES, 100 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
HENRY B. HYDE, President.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 81, 1880.

From the undivided surplus. reyersionarY divi.
deDds WILDE declared, available on settlement Of
next annual premium, 10 ordinary participating
policies,
The valuation Of the policies outstanding has
been made Oh the American experience table, the
legal standard OF the state ofNew York
& W; PHILLIPS, Actuarjcs
j g. VAN CISE, H''""''s'
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
County Officers.
THE MAILS,

GENERAL DELIVERY open 80 s. m Closes
VI $50 pm. Sunday $40 . a. m
Money Order Department open al es M c'os''
St5 y. M, ,,.,o
Through Express Mails via Illinois central '''O
pm
Mis.i.sippi Central Railroads close at 3 p M
Cairo and Poplar Bluf Through and Way Mall
ci ses at p. IN.
vAy Mail via Illinois Central, Cairo and vim
eennes and Mississippi Central Railroads close AT
345 y. NJ.
Way Nail for Narrow Gauge Railroad closes al
$3.50 .. IN.
Cairo And Evansville River Route closes at 2'o
D. m daily Except friday
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
ELECTION NOTICE.
INJECTION NOTICE,
CITY CLrnK,s OrrIcE.

Cry CLERKS OFFICE,
CAIIo ILL.,, March 10th, 1881
Public notice is hereby given TINT on Tuesday
the 10th day Of April, A y lssi,a general elec.
ton will be held In the city OF Cairo, Alexander
county, state of lnos, fer the election ~ me
70 lowing named officers, viz; Mayor City tletk'
city Treasurer, City Attorney, Police Magistrate.
aud one Alderman from each OF the five wards OF
the city. For the purpose Of said election pollt
VIII be opened at tn following named places VIZ !,
In the First Ward, at the Athcneum buyng, on
streets In the Second Ward nj the engine house
81 lhe Tough and Ready brc company IN the
ahird ward at tho engine house of the llibern an
IRE company; IN the Fourth Ward, at the court
ing OF James Carroll, on tho northwest corner OF
IWehW'cighth street and Commercial avenue
SAID election VIII be opened at eight o'clock In the
the afternoon OF same dny,
BY order Of the City Council
ID, j FOLEY, City Clerk.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06

Bols, pimpIcs, aud all blood diseases arc
cured by "Dr Lindseys Blood searcher."
Sold by all druggists.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
DENTISTS.

a n ga week In your own town, 81 outfit nee. No
XOOrsk Render, II You want 4 business at
pay all the time they work. write for particulars 10
II. HALLETT h Co. Portland.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06

We, the undersigned, have in person carefully
examined the accounts, and counted and examined
IN detail the assets OF the society and certify that
the foregoing statement thereof II correct.
BENNINGTON Y. RANDOLPH,
JAMES NJ HALSTED,
THOMAS A CUMMINS,
HENRY S. TERRELL
JOHN SLOANE,
Special Committee OF the Board Of Directors,
appointed Oct, "a 1880, to examine the asse.e
aud accounts at the close Of the year.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Henry d Hyde, John A. Stewart,
George d. Morgan, john Jones,
George 7. Adee, Robert Lcnox Kennedy,
Henry a. Hurlbut, Chsuncy NJ. Depew,
Henry r Spaulding Dlamln williamson,
William II. Fogg, Henry n. Alexander,
William A. WhoelOck, William Walker,
Parker Handy, Henry Day,
William q. Lambert, f. BOudinot Colt
IIenryG Maryland Thomas A. Biddle,
James W. Alexander, George W. Carleton,
Henry 5 Terbel George G.. Kellogg,
Thomas Young, Josc 7. Navarro,
Thomas Cnmmns, John j. McCook,
Robert Bllss, W. Whitcwright,
Daniel ID. Lord, Stephen II. Phillips,
James NJ Halsted, Samuel W Torrey,
Horace Porter, Charles g. LAndOs.
Edward W Lambert, Samuel Holmes,
b. Y. Randolph, Theodore Weston,
Alnusnu Trask Alexander / Irwin,
John sloane, I. De Witt Cuyer,
Arhhel Grcen, Louis Fitzgerald,
Samuel BOrrowe William ". Blisp,
Henry V. Butler, William Alexander,
George II Stewart, Samuel q Goodrich,
JAMES w. ALEXANDER, Vice Pres't
SAMUEL BORR0WE, I'd Vice Pres't.
Medical Examiners:
+. w Lambert, NJ. D., Edw'd Curtis NJ. d.
f. W Scott, Superintendent OF Agencies.
North Western Department.
los Dearborn Street, Chicago.
W. \. CRANE, General Manager.
+. A. BURNETT, Agent,
Cairo Illinois.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
City 0hcers.

City 0fhcers.
Mayor-N Il. ThistlewoOd.
TreaHurer-Edward DeZonis.
Clerk-Dennis. j, Foley.
Counselor -Wm b. Gilbert.
Marshall. II. Robinson.
Attorney-Willism Hendricks
BOARD Or ALDERMEN.
First ward-M. Aowley. Peter saup.
Second Ward-Dayid 7. Linegar, Jesse hlnkle
Third wsrd-Rgbert smith b. 2, Blake
Fourth Ward-Charles o. Pauer, Adolph s"o
bods. ,p po,.,,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-06

AMOUNT or LEDGER ASSETS, Jan, !.
lboO 8,,eSO,NG w
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-11-26

uvnUIUTU IH1iDInh w.
orrtCE At DIR. wIGHT's STORE
n Inndad frnm the SteameI
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-11-26
Destruction OF Forests.

There are numbers Of people who think that,
owing to the peculiar geographical conformation
Of the country, we can afford 10 dispense with
forests. These people argue that in any case
the westerly winds will deposit their moisture on
the mountains which they first strike, and that,
InsuIarly situated as is New Zealand. it would
be next TO impossible FOR il to be afflicted with
extensive drOughts. Nothing can be more
erroneous than such an idea. Inc New lea
land Herald, in treating on this subject, draws
out a list OF islands that have become almost
barren through their forests being destroyed.
st. Helena, for instance. when discovered IN 1902
was an island covered with yerdurc. The settlers
however cut down the woods, and in the 18th
century there were " periodical yisitatiOns Of
very severe drought, OeeasiOning ruinOus losses Of
cattle and crops. By the commencement Of the
present century st. Helena was little more than
a burnt-up rock" Bot the East Indian Com
pauy soon took the matter IN hand, and planted
extensively, and by lS47 the rainfall had be-
come double what 10 was when Napoleon was
there. All thfs happened on a small island, a
mere speck m the middle Of the ocean, where
misunderstanding winds might have been eI-
pected 10 deposit their burden IN any case. The
Cape Verde Islands too, 0nc1 green and pleasant,
have been for more than . century des0lated by
terrible droughts Occasi1ned by the same cause.
And 80 with other Islands, il has in all cases
been found that, when the timber j. destroyed,
the country becomes dry and barren. And not
only this, but in the case Of mountainous
countries, Il often becomes impossible 20 plant
the hills again, for the rain washes the soil of
the slopes when once they are deprived Of their
lcafy shelter. Those tL-n that fancy that New
Zealand il under q specially fay1rably dispensa-
tion with regard 70 it. rainfall and is qniie IN