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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-04
OLD-TlME GAMBLING.

Some of the Card Parties That Were
Wont to Assemble in Washington.
In the old, old times, says the Minneapolis
Tribune, every body prominent in public
life was fond of cards. Washin gton was
flooded in those days with gamblers of the
professional sort. There were dozen faro
banks on the avenue within sight of
Gadsby's, Oh tho corner of Sixth street.
Members of Congress unhesitntingly en-
tered these places. Sergeant Smith Prem
ttss was said to have lost $50, 900 i'll his first
term in Congress.
1t was III one of these places that Henry
Clay won from Count Br0disco the corner
lot up near Lafayette square, which he
afterward traded for an Andausian lack
ass. Fox, the British Minister; General
Scott, Secretary Marcy and q score of
famous men played poker in those tunes.
President Tyler was fond OF ''loo," and
often made up q game al tho White House
and played all day. The stakes were never
large, but Mr.. Tyler was just as happy as if
he won his thousands. Atone time General
Scott, Henry Clay, Mr.. Fox and Count
Brodsco entered int 0 compact to play whist
once n week all winter and tho stake every
night was 800.
They played matched game Scott and
the Old Russian against Clay and the En-
ghShman. They were evenly matched, but
Clay and Fox came out ten games ahead
Scotts loss was said to be as much as 81. 200
In this little social amusement. Old Thad
Stevens i'll later days was famous man at
cards. He didn't hesitate TO go into the
worst gambling resorts TO get his sport
He played with frigid quiet and GOODNESS,
and in the course Of his play kept up a con.
slant fire of brilliant conversation Proba.
blY there are not twenty-five men now in
Congress who arc at all given to card-play-
ing.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-04
isuou, ,o.,unx eeo.,eo

Tho Playful Franks of q Boy Who Had Il
Pcnciinnt for Reptiles.
1t is universally admitted that the
small boy who has a penchant for
bugs, and insects, and reptiles is the
worst variety Of boy. There is one OF
this sort in Atlanta who is an orna-
ment TO his particular order of small
boy. He spends his afternoons and
all Of his spare time, of which he
seems to have q good supply, in
foraging in the country for bugs and
lizards. Every morning he takes in
his pockets 90 school the results of his
last raid. Monday the specimens of
his insectiferous and reptilian life that
he can fish up from the depths of his
trousers pockets are many and varied
and awful to touch and look at Last
week the teacher took an inventory OF
the bugs and beasts found in his poclc.
cts, Or that escaped therefrom and ter
rified the other children-and the
teacher There were several varieties
of beetles, pigeons with broken wings,
English sparrows. butterflies, devil
horses, slugs, snuils, earthworms, liz
ards, q snake or two, and an occa-
sional frog, damp and cold. Ono day
he slyly opened the flap of his pocket.
and then went on in his hard, reso-
lutte effort to make his teacher believe
he was studying. After awhile tho
teacher noticed a grasshopper hopping
agilely from desk 20 desk amid tho
litter and q tee-hee Of the scholars. A
chase was begun, when another grass
hopper was seen, then another, and
they were everywhere hopping all
over the room and sticking their sharp
feet into the little girls hair, fright
oning them half to death. Come
bere!" shouted the teacher to the ten
der lover of insects. as she reached for
ferrule. "Give mo your hand, SIR. {"
The naturalist held ou' his hand as if
he was q martyr to science. The teach
er WAS about to seizo it when she
caught sight Of two green eyes that
flashed at her from the boy s. hand and
n sharp forked tongue that seemed to
dart into her face The boy had a
snake coiled around his arm. He was
not ferrulcd and the teacher has not felt
we'll sinco.-Atlanta Journal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

twill facts that Needed
liver blood and lung
generally represented
But is which
FROM
guarantee! Ii
in the Ial To-
of
lin itscfu IL Supilr y ing
throughout civilized
wh
by
nd
uW
mean in TO all
tina t recomn o
Of
ScrofIa
is
all
is
feelings experienced by the detitate Especially has ii manifested
n
Goitre or licB Neck. Il
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
CHAPTER vi.
\ srFrMorHrR's CONFIDENCE


Madly, That was just i. l was mad
~ IL love III every sense Of the term
l had sUccumbed 1T once TO the pas
sion as many a letter man had done
lefore as many will continue TO do
until the end OF time
Whit was 10 come OF il? l wondered,
| sat Sc ohing II my room all through
the small hours. TIE girl was 1t least
as nuch in love with me IS l with
her; OF that ] had rot the least
doubt. She was of age: l. my own mas
ter: none could say Us nay. But, alas,
the mean>-the means most certainly
we're wanting Even supposing Mrs
Hargreaye approved of ME sufficiently TO
make h,r stepdaug ter a handsome al
lo~once, would my pride permit me to
live on thst2
/ ought to have left for Coaltown by
the earliest train on Monday morning,
but, Of course. under existing cIrcum-
stances. that was out of the question.
At 80. when | opened my door.
found q letter LYING letter addres sed
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
A Narrow Escape.
From the Chicago Tribune.

IIOiI tut 1ulCaSO 1TlluDe.
Ex-GOv. Andrew Shuman entered the
smoking car on Chicago 4 Northwest
ern train the other afternoon, and took
a seat facing toward the engine. The
seat ahead OF him WIS turned over.
Mr.. Shuman was smoking good cigar
and had an evening paper III his hand.
As he settled back an ITishman with a
clay pipe IN his mouth entered the car.
Ills breath was redolent with bad
whisky and redeye tobacco.
"Good avenin', Misther Shuman,"
said the Irishman, as he sat down on the
seat opposite.
How are you, Pat?" said Mr.. Shu
man.
''Nocely, tank you," was the reply.
Pat had probably hoed the garden for
Gov. Shuman at some time, and he was
presuming an old acquaintance. He
leaned over, blew little bad breath
and worse tobacco smoke in Gov. Shu-
D1an's face, and asked:
How is things in Evanston, sor."
Very nicely" replied Gov. Shuman,
trying to open the window to get breath
OF fresh air.
Pat leaned over again and allowed
another Whit of red-eye to circle
around Gov. Shuman's head, as he
said:
Ol'm glad to hear it. sor. Now, ORD
ioike TO AK you
But Gov. Shuman was desperate.
Where are you going, Pat?' he asked
abruptly.
Evanston. sor," was the reply.
Evanston - exclaimed Gov. Shu-
man, why, you're going the wrong
way. Can't you see you're feed toward
chicago? Turn the seat over"
The lrishman gave start, turned
around and looked toward the en-
gine, and then glanced out Of the win
dow.
BE Hivens. you're roightr he
exclaimed, Dim faced the wrong way,
Tank you, Misther Shuman."
He turned his seat over. and Gov.
Shuman buried his head in his paper,
and enjoyed tie rest of the trip.
In fact, he was seen to smile once or
twice.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
Relics Of Better Days.

From the Nav York Tribune.
A LusIgnan descendant OF the Kings
of Jerusalem died miserahly lately in
a hospital in Milan. \ Marquis de
scendant from the Doges is selling
matches in the streets of Venice; in the
same city porter at one OF the most
splendid palaces keeps the door of the
house where he ought to be master. At
Naples, Due de Lerma, grandee Of
Spain, is q lawyers clerk At Palermo
the Due de Santa GrOce goes about the
streets picking up cigar ends and any
thing else TO be found. The Princess
PIgnatelli is a finger in cafe cbante in
Berlin. At Buenos Ayres there is a
lovely flower girl about 20, who, when
ked where she came from, replied
that she was g LON card, but that her
parents We're Romans OF the name of
Pecci The girl. whose name was
Ieonilda Pec,i, when asked If she was
relative OF His Holiness, said she did
rot know, bat ia her family il was be-
lieyed they we're nearly akin.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
Alphabet of Proverbs.

A grain OF produce is worth a pound
of craft.
Boosters are cousluS TO liars.
Confession Of fault makes half
amends.
DENYING fauls doubles it
Envy shoo:eth a. others and woundeth
herself
Foolish fear doubles danger
God reaches rs good things by our
hands
He has hard work who has nothing
t. do
1t costs more to revenge wrongs than to
bear them.
knavery is the worst trade
Learning nakca man lit company for
himself.
Nodesty i quad to virtue
Not to hear conscience Is the way to
silence 1t.
One hour TO-DAY IS worth two to-mor-
row.
Proud looks make foul work in fair
faces.
Quiet consciences give quiet sleep.
Richest is lie that wants least
Small faults INDUCED are little thieves
that let in greater.
The boughs that bear most hang low
est.
Upright walking Is sure walking
Virtue and happiness are mother and
daughter.
Wise men make more opportunities than
thev lind.
You never lose by doing a good act.
Zeal without knowledge is fire without
light.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
IOSh RiiIi.im,, phiIOsoHhy.

Fust impreshuns are sed tew be
lasting. Emmy man who haz only been
stung bi a hornet once will swear to
this
The safest way for most folks to do
IL to do az the rest do. Thare amt but
phew who kan navigate without a kom-
pass.
\ VIE man IL never konfounded hi
what he don't understand, but a phool
generally IL.
Yung man. don't grind Your scythe
all on one side.
1 don't know ov a more lamentable
sight than an old rake Even repent
ance looks like weakness III him.
Politeness IL often wasted, but it IL
a good and cheap mistake tew make
Our very best thoughts often come few
rs sudden, but seldum perfekt. They
require polishing them mp to make
them komplete.
Thare seems tew be- degree ov ex-
centricity attending all OF us; and WI
will notiss this. that while the excen-
tricitys ov clown are quite often
pleasant, the excentricitys or a CRATE
man are most always disagrerable.
Everybuddy in this world wants
watching, but none more than our
selves.
Cunning IL very apt few outwit it
self. The man who turned the boat
over and got under it tew keep ont ov
the rain waz one on this kind
\ weak constitushun kan be
strengthened. but a weak set ov branes
kant.
Vanity IL strange pashun. Rather
than he ont oy job. it will brag ov its
vices.
All phOols are poor listeners
About all it fakes tew make VIE
man IL tew civ other peoples opinyuns
az much weight az We do orr own.
Flattery IL like ice kream: to relish
it good we want il little at a time,
and often.
The more VI praZe man who don't
deserve il, the more You abuze him,
Iu kant fiatter truly VIE man; he
knows just how mulch praZe is due
him; that he takes and shaTges over
all the balance few the profit and loss
ackount
Once in a CRATE while Fortune will
acktually hunt for q man, but gener-
ally thoZe who are favored with her
smiles hav tew WOO them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

TIE complete suit OF plain self-col
ored cloth trimmed with as;rak an IS
very distinguished. Ii braided with
black IN geomefric designs or straight
lines above the aslrakhan borders, it is
more dressy, and If Well managed by a
fine artistic braid orker it is very
tasteful. The hat TO wear with such
suits must be of felt or cloth to match
the gown and bordered with the same
kind of sstrakhGn.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

ONE of the fire department horses at
Ann Arbor, Mich, during receLt sick
spell showed himself very game ami
NAL Every time an alarm was rung IL
he would stageer 10 his feet and make
q feeble but determined eff ri to reach
bis engine, until his strength gave out
and he fell exhausted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
An OLD Relic

The Original postofiice box used in
the town of Pomfret, Conn, 100 years
ago, Is now owned IN that town, beirg
the property of Benjamin Grosvenor,
one OF whose ancestors. Lemuel Gros-
venor, was the first postmaster appoint
ed between Hartford and Boston. He re-
ceived his appointment from President
Washington, and held the office until
the election Of Martin Van Buren,.
when the lnlirmities Of age demanded
his REIMBURSEMENT Of Office. The box
itself Is T. feet IN height and four feet in
length. There are two apartments at
the top, with five drawers beneath,
making a curious relic of the early postal
days and service III Connecticut
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
SIZE DREAMS he COMES AGAIN.
BY NARY T. FEArHERsroNHAUGH,

When the sweet sunshine softly falls
Athwart the golden grain,
And gentle summer smiles once more,
She dreams he comes again.
The music of his laughter rings
Around the homestead door,
And through the swinging garden gate
He comes just as of yore.
And then a sound Of signing wind
Breathes of the distant sea,
Where on ship through storm and mist
Is driven ruthlessly.
And there again the youthful face,
But blanched by fear and pain,
AS DER the seething foam he looked
And called his mothers name.
His mothers name she heard it then,
Though leagues between them lay
OF trackless sands and angry seas
And wreaths of mist and spray.
She knew il when her darling called
To her his last farewell;
Upon her sad foreboding heart
His tones distinctly fell.
And though her gentle lips may smile,
Her thoughts are far from home,
Beside his lonely sea- grit grave
Under the restless foam.
And ever when the winds low tone
Signs DER the blooming shore.
She listens to the plaintive sound
And dreams he comes once more.
LAKE. GENEVA, Wis.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
L. j. tEfNE4 4 90, Props, Iole'sr, ..
as Sold ~ tl'ligg SITS 7jc

Miss THKTY-EIGHT (coyly)-"Wha
pity 1t seems, Mr.. Somerset, that man
like you should be bachelor" Mr..
Somerset Yes, Mis- Thirty eight, it
does seem pity, but l can't help it.
You know was born so. "-.SoDtrrWe
i.LLirunI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
A MAN who has practiced medicine for forty
years ought to know salt from sugar. Read
what lie saws:

TOLEDO, OHIO, Jan. 10 1887.
Messrs F. j. Cheney & Co-Gentlemen Il
have been il the general practice of medicine
for most forty yeaIs and would say that in all
my practice and experience have never seen q
preparation that could prescribe with rs much
confidence OF success as | can Halls Catarrh
Cure. manufactured hy yoI. Have prescribed
1t great many times and il effect is wonderful
and would say in conclusion hat l have Yet 10
find q case Of Catarrh that il would no. cure, if
they would take il according 20 iir, ctions
Yours truly, l.. J. GOEJ she. NJ. d,
Office 2Ij summit street.
We Will give 500 for any case OF Catarrh that
can not be cured WITH Hail. CatarrtI Cure.
! AIKEN internally.
+. }. CHENEY /, CO., Props, Tole?r 0.
RS-Sold - druggists 7jc.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
Begging.

My poor man, why are YOU begging
in this lonely. dark place."
I'm ashamed to beg anywhere else,
sir
And you want help"
Yes, sir: a dollar or two. If YOU
please, am very poor, sir. All I've
got in the world is this revolver, SIR
Chicago Ledger.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

'boESN'T Mrs. Maxwell believe IN CO.
education of the sexes ." "Co-educa-
ton? | should say not Why, she be-
lleves that girl ought 10 be raised so
carefully that when she sees man she
Will say, hat is that, mamma ?'"-Lije.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
What We are Coming To.

from the boston courier
"Ha come in, old man. I'm glad to
see you. Come down into the kitchen
and have a smoke. Wife's gone
over TO her mothers, and Pm all
alone"
But hear the piano"
ooh, the servant girl has company
tonight, and we had to give up the par
Tor. That's the reason my wife went
out. Come right down to the kitchen.
Pm mighty glad you called"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

WHEN DObbins' Electric soap was iirSt
made III 1864 il cost 20 e HtS Il bar. 1t is
precisely the same ingredients and quality
H0", and doesn't cost hdif. Buy it of
your grocer and preserve Your clothes. Ii
he NASH! | it. he viii get it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

HAlsEED-'I hear vou're weather
prophet. Now what's going to be the
weather this week 2" Old Prob
Rainy, followed by fair" Havseed-
Wal, did you ever know it Ter rain
without clearin' off a forwards ?'- Lcr-
II N0H.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

STAMMERER-'I have b-been t-toid,
d-d-doctor, that you h-haye q sure
c-cure flor s-stuttering." Or. Hum
bugh-' Yes; for an advance Zee OF go
| viii let you into the secret Of it,
"N well, here's the t-tenner. Now,
how c-can ] s-stop Mummy stut-tut-er-
ing" Don't talk. Good lay, sir ~
Laurence llufFicnn.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

WHILE an ounce of wisdom may be
worth a pound Of wit, it doesn't follow
that the foot o! the man-who -knows-it-
all carries any weight.-THme.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

'bRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCIEs' are
excellent for the relief of IIoarseness or
Sore Threat. They are exceedingly eff
1ectiYC. IT Christina UOFId L0}s3oi Enn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

$500 Reward offered for an incurable
cas- OF Catarrh by the proprirtOrs of Dr.
Sage S kemedN. 30 cts. BY drNg%ists.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

Mss LANEoE, who recently died at the
oId-fashioned seat OF Tachbrook, War
wickshire, England, was niece of the
poet Waiter Savage Landor. Her house
was filled with curious old Byzantine
and pre- Eaphaelite pictures which Ian
dor bought in Italy before the invasion
OF that country by Napoleon /.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

Il. BAILEY AIrRfCu. who is recent
victim fthe grippe, compares the sensa-
ton to that OF "A mist;t skull. that is too
tight across the forehead and that
pfnehps behind tine ears"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
Hateful Blood Relations.

Hateful kindred are those sprung from the
parent Is m malaria. They chills and
RIVER, bilious retnittent fever, ddmb ague and
asHe cake. These foes to bodily peace are all
blood relations. there is no doubt that these
endemic nPlalnt> produced by contami-
nation # The blood by the minsasGtt existent in
bofh air and water III malarious regions. Hos
letter stomach Rtters eNpeIs from the blood
tie yiras with which missms iafects. but il does
more than this, il neutralizes the atmospheric
and aqueous poison and lis germs before they
have permanently frueliGed in the >ys. EN-. and
thu. et'eetaal.y protect against it he fierce in
roa.ls of his eiiaholic brotherho cd Of di>, ases
Tins il IS mt only remedy, lu also prevent
i've. prompt in relieving. lasting in effect per
ieetlv efficient. Nertou ness, hiliousness dys-
peEsia AMI kidney trouble also succumb TO it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

S>opGRAss Ito grocer - Those apples,
! got from YOU We're not half bad"
liked them" les, only about third
Of them were bad ''-LTt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
At DRrGGI-Ts AND DrALLRs

- ar a MONTH AND EOlED PAID,
FA EAsA or highest comm j. ana 50 DAYS
Sas SS CKEblT to sGEETS on our NEW eClR
j. y. sEE 81 Co, o. Icy Il DIX. CLIcay0 III
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

BIsHoP GrLLEN-''I believe it is WIS
consin clergyman who has finally sue
csated in converting water into fuel"
Miss Penelope Pe8chblow-"That's
very well for this world, but for the next
il might add 10 our COMFORT if the clergy
could devise some means Of converting
fuel into water.-LiJe.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
Oregon. the Paradise of Farmers

Mid, eQEahlc climate certain and abundant
CToIs. Est fruit, grain, grass and stock country
III the world / I'll information free. Address the
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

y lGC. smoke for %. "TanSiIl's Punch:
MIeL, Won - tcl T,n,.lI. sn,r-See nm ,l .a--
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

BEoNCHlrIs IS cured hy frequent small
doses OF Piso's cure for Consumption.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
The Remedy Tor the Influenza.

! remedy commended for patients
afflicted with the influenza Is Kemp's Bal
sam. the Specific for coughs and colds.
which is especially adapted To diseases Of
the throat and lungs. Do not wait for the
first symptoms Of The disease before secur-
ing the reuedy, but CT a bottle and keep
II 81 haad I'll Use the moment il is needed.
II neglected the influenza las Il tendency
to bring on pneumonia. All druggists sell
Lie hnlsanL
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
The --latest Feminine Fad.

Two young and pretty women entered
Broa way car. each carrying in her
arms 4 little parcel in tie most tender
and Ii o,herly fashion. says the New
York Nor d. 50 solicitous were they
over tHSIr respective parcels that a lul-
lahy seemed almost bursting rom heir
lips. They were not nurse giris, so they
must he mothers, although it waF appar-
ent Trey were Young mothers, and very
handsome ones wlthal
Hal, a dozen men jumped up to offer
them seats. The girls giggled as they
sat dow no wonder, for the bun
dies they carried in such m0therlv
fashion hid been deftlv improvIsed un
der sudden Inspiration to represent
babies. There was little Of them except
crook Q the arm and a lace hand
kerchief 70 cover Il suppositious babe,
but enough TO deceive poor. trustful
man The CYCLE WAS general, TOR the
girls Ind obtained seats on a new and
original plan.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01

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sy*Ea Users please say yo1 cav the
AdVer tisement IN this paper.
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cured by DR. sAGEs REMEDY cents by druggists
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
TRACKS WASHED OUT.
Floods Interrupt Railroad Traffic
at Cairo.

CAIRO, ILL.,, March 12.-TO-night the
river is forty-nine feet and still rising
slowly. The weather is cloudy and
turning cold. There have been no
trains arriving for the past two
days over the Iron Mountain
or the st. Louis. Arkansas and
Texas roads, the tracks being overfiOwed
for several miles from Birds Point
south in Missouri. The Illinois Central
has not had a train from the north since
yesterday afternoon on account of the
Washout at Ullin. The Mobile IL Ohio
is still cut off from Cairo north
on account of the landslide
at the old tunnel near Jones'
boro, and the Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Columbus IL st. Louis is in the same
condition on account of the washOut at
Vienna. The Illinois Central and Gin
einnati. Cleveland. Columbus IL St.
Louis expect to get in running order by
tomorrow morning. The Mobile &
Ohio and illinois Central are sending
trains out from here south regu-
larry. The reports from above on
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
are not so encouraging to-day, yet 1t is
the general opinion that the river will
not 90 over ffty-One feet. This will be
one foot and three-tenths lower than the
high water mark of 1882. There has
been 10 fear expressed so far as to the
safety of levees, and business in the
city continues the same as usual. The
surrounding country is all under water,
but no loss of life or suffering has been
reported.