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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06
GETTING SCARED.
Small Towns Appeal for Government
Protection.


Protection.
Many applications are being receiv-
ed at the engineers Office of the war
department from small towns along
the coast for the erection of some
means of defense to withstand the as
saults of foreign ships in the event of
war. The Office is, however, power
less to comply with the requests as
there are no funds available Cor the
purpose.
The allotments so far received are
being expended mainly on number
of Notifications already under way, as
a result of the recommendations of the
Endicott board made many years ago.
In this connection the officials of the
engineer corps call attention to the
fact that for twenty-five years urgent
appeals have been made to congress
for money to construct defense works,
but in many instances these requests
have been ignored. They believe that
all the money available should be ex-
pended on the large cities as the prob
ability of attacks on the smaller towns
where the commercial interests are
not great is reasonably small.
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who served in Company K, Second
Indiana cavalry, resides at 529 w.
Lynn ST., Springfield, Mo-, and has
lived in that city for thirteen years,
and has not been absent from home
this winter. THEo BoTKINs,
Department Commander, GAR.
The Populist state central commit
tee has made the apportionment of
delegates to the coming convention.
The apportionment is based upon the
vote for Secretary of State Bush in
1896. 1t gives one delegate to every
$50 votes cast and provides that no
county shall have less than tNo o. The
total number of delegates is 704, and
is apportioned af follows by counties.
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been a creature of wild impulse,
reigning supreme and motherless over
her father-a1l the plantation. Mar
riage had made no change beyond
giving her, in her husband, slave
more devotedly daring than all the
rest. Yet here or there came a flash
of nobility through her naughty un-
discipline. Though she had had low
ers galore, and had delighted to make
the countryside cape and stare over
them, until Archy Gordon crossed her
path she had given to none so much
as thought inconsistent with the
m ost stainless wife1y honor.
He was so unlike the rest-gent1e-
man, man of the world, soldier, with
genius for love-making developed
by long practice. He had taken honors
at West Point, then gone rowing about
the world, to waste his substance in
foreign lands. Yet at call of drum he
was back, eagerly ready to fight and
| die for his state.
Annette came of fighting strain.
Aside from the redoubtab1e Hawkins
blood, not less than three Lynns had
died with their boots on, elbow to ell
bow, in the fight at Kings Mountain.
One of them was her grandfather.
He had marched to battle, leaving be
hind young wifewith child at breast.
The child throve, came to mans es-
tate, prospered, grew gray, then sur
prised his world by marrying the
belle and beauty of his county.
In year she was dead, leaving to
her child the Hawkins beauty, the
Hawkins name, the dauntless Haw-
kins soul! Like magic tropic flower
In temperate green pastures the child
had grown up, there in the rich mid
land, hating books and book-learning
yet absorbing almost intuitively from
her aunt Annette the culture of con-
tact that is so much more vital, and
the high-bred air normal to her birth.
For all her gay hauteur, she had
nourished in secret an ideal. Of
course her husband had not come near
it. She had married him mainly to
pique her dearest enemy, who aspired
to captivate him. Nor had any lover
ever given her a sentimental thrill,
until Archy came to change all her
life. Yet Archy had been weighed no
less critically than the rest. The pair
had, indeed, at the outset, played out
a very pretty comedy OF Indifferent
friendliness. Then had come delic-
ious weeks of thrilling over a yelled
dawning alteration so unlike the bold,
hot wooing of earlier victims to her
charms. Yes, from the first she had
known her danger, and had courted it.
Life had given her much, but nothing
OF 1t all was to be over set against
the worth of this new sensation.
Still she had not dropped her guard,
nor ceased from the fence of eve
beams till they stood thus face to face
in the woods green silence. Why
was it Joe's face, shrewd, gatint, hui
morously ugly, came to her in that su-
preme minute with entreaty in the
pale eyes? Poor Joe! She had still a
great friendliness for him. She could
not bear to think how he would look
when he came again, burdened with
rich gifts for her, and found his home
deso1ate.
Continued next week.
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DAnAGING FLOODS.
The Wabash and the Ohio are on the
Rampage.

rampage.
Floods are reported throughout the
state of Indiana, many important
towns are temporarily cut off from
communication and trains have been
entirely abandoned on some roads.
There have been thirteen rainy DAYS
in March, with total precipitation of
7.22 inches, of which 8 IS inches has
fallen since Sunday.
White river, Big Eagle and Fall
creeks are out of their banks and many
families here have been driven from
their homes. 1t is reported that $780,
600 damage has been done at Greens.
burg, where eight heavily laden pas
senger trains had been stalled for six
teen hours, owing to washouts.
At St. Paul, the Bickhart flouring
mills were washed away, and other
losses there will bring the total up to
$4,000.
Wrecks have been reported from diff
ferent parts of the state and railroad
traffic in Indiana, east of this city is
demoralized. Not a passenger train
reached indianapolis from the east
last night. All the bottem land out1y-
ing Indianapolis is covered with water
and White river is slowly rising, but
no great apprehension is felt.
GAINESVILLE, Ohio.-The Muskingum
and Licking rivers have risen Is feet
and all the Eighth ward and parts of
four other wards are submerged. Four
thousand people have been driven
from their homes and very few of them
have saved any of their household eff
fects. The current of Licking river
has turned down Lee street half mile
and is washing out everything in its
path. There have been a score of
hairbreadth escapes. The supply of
skiffs Yves wholly inadequate to rescue
the people.
The number of lives lost here is
matter of conjecture, the only bodies
so far recovered are those of Mrs.
Church and John Leach, drowned in
their homes before being rescued.
Columbus, Ohio.-Owing to the un-
precedented floods, only two of the
fifteen lines of railway centering here
were able to move trains out of the
city. The washouts were mostly in or
near the city. In the western part of
the city probably 1000 persons have
been driven out of their homes, or are
living in the upper stories.
Cincinnati, Ohio.-The Ohio river
is swollen by peculiar and remark
able flood, peculiar in that, while the
stage of water is phenomenal from
Wheeling to Cairo, no tributary on
the left bank of the river makes the
slightest contribution to the freshet.
Added to an unusually high stage of
water, at Pittsburg, there have been
treshets and floods throughout Ohio
and Indiana, and torrents are pouring
into the Ohio from the north.
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Asks For Help,

1t is reported in London, under date
of April 2, that japan has asked the
u. s. to join Great Britain in sup
porting Japan's refusal to withdraw
from Wei-Hai-Wei after the payment
of the Chinese war indemnity, in view
of the possibility of Russia seizing
that fort.
AT the Japan legation in Washing
ton it is stated that no advices have
been received on the line of the Lon
don rumor. The report is not credit.
ed at the legation.
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Lindsborg, Kan.-At the annual or
atorical contest at Bethany college,
Mr.. N. M. Nelson, '9s, took first prize,
and Miss Sarah Lund, 1900, took Sec
ond prize. Among the premiums
were several volumes donated by the
Rev. Bishop Won Scheele of Sweden.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06
American Wants an Agent
C+oo~ in every town in
OtSs>M Kansas.
Laundry. Write for terms.
TOPEKA, KANSAS.

Send cents in stamps to The Wrights.
Topeka, Kansas, and get copy Of the
"Free Silver Address" to Republicans. The
most concise statement Of the Silver ques-
ton in existence. A complete history of
Republican support of SiIver-r9 pages.
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Official Statutes Of Kansas.
MASHI NGTONIMN

A 4o-page Magazine, issued monthly,
highly interesting, up-to-date. A frst-class
home Magazine, descriptive of life in Wash
ington City. Elegantly Illustrated. Ten
cents in stamps for six months subscrip-
ton. Write 70 day.
TIE WEIGHTS, Topeka, Kan.
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People W. Gold Bugs.
People, or The Politicians.
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The weekly messenger., 1898-07-02

The planters in some sections
are having too much rains. The
cotton crop in those rainy sections
is very grassy.
Mr.. and Mrs. CASTOR de Las.
sus and Mr.. Edw. de Lassus, were
summoned by telegraph Wednes-
day, to the bedside of their father,
who is seriously sick in New Or
leans.
The weekly messenger., 1898-07-02

Miss Susie Fesler will open q
private school in st. Martinville
July 9Th. All parents desiring to
send their children and have not
seen her, please report at Tertrou
Hotel. Terms reasonable"
Oats, OATS, at sl.65 per
sack at L. G. Duchsmp.
The railroad authorities thought
that the excursion next Monday
would carry 200 persons to st.
Martinville, they figured on rs
from Arpaudville, rs from Breaux
Bridge and so to be picked up on
the line. This shows that the
railroad officials have no idea of
the population of the country
through which this road passes.
We we're figuring on nothing less
than 1000 persons to take advan-
tage of this excursion and visit St.
Martinville.
Supt. Owens and other Off
cials of the Southern Pacific Com
pany were here Wednesday, and
went over the branch road as far
as Arnsudville; they found the
road almost overAooded at the
other end, caused by the heavy
rains of the beginning of the
week. The superintendent says
with the wet and rocky condition
of the track, tits almost impossi-
bic TO carry on the FREQ excursion
of July 4th., more than six or So
ven hundred persons, in consider
alton of this fact, only those per-
sons holding tickets will be allow
ed to board the excursion. The
committee of the Board of Trade
had prepared to take two thou
sand persons, but on account Of
the wet condition of the road only
an ordinary train can be allowed.
The weekly messenger., 1898-07-02
Texas Heal th Resort.

As health resort, TT Davis fMarfs) on
the line Of the Southern Pacific Sunset
Route, is rapidly coming into proni-
nence. The climate Ia unexcelled for
those ailments where pure and whole.
some air is prescribed.
In order to present an opportunity to
those wishing to visit this delightful
spot, the Sunset Route has announced q
rate of and one-third fare for the round
trip, good to return until October 3lst.
Call on any local agent of the Company.
or address L. J. Parks, A. G. p. & T. A.,
Southern Paci6c-Sunset Route. H0us-
ton, Texas.
The weekly messenger., 1898-07-02
LOCAL NEWS.

-OAlO, OA1O, at %l.OC per
sack at L. c. Duchamp.
Mr.. M. Polingue visited his
relatives at Grand Coteau this
this week.
Miss Sarah Berry of New Iberia
was in town this week on q visit
to her friends.
Mr.. Felix Bienvenu returned
home Monday, after having spent
three weeks in New Orleans.
Miss Dassie Romero, of New
Iberia, is visiting friends here.
She is the guest of Miss Aida
Mouton.
Miss Marie Renoudet, of New
Iberia, is spending few days in
st. Martinville, the guest of Mrs.
Alfred DeLaureal.
Mr.. George Eastin request
thoso who wish fresh groceries to
give him a call. All goods are
fresh, nice and cheap.
DIR. J. S. Martin has bought
the Domengeaux property Corner
Bridge street and Catfish Alley;
he will repair and improve the
property to make it his home.
Mr.. Z. j. Olivier has bought
the property of Catherine Leroux.
Corner Main and Jefferson streets.
He will tear down the old land
mark and build store and resi-
dence.
Some planters say they are
having too mdch rain, others
would take a little more. In some
sections the rain is more frequent
than in others. However, the
crops in general are very fine and
promising.
Mr.. Alexandra Delhommer, of
the Fourth ward Of st. Martin pa
rish, died at his home Sunday
evening, at the age of As years.
His remains were buried in the
Catholic cemetery in st. Martin
vile Monday evening.
We understand that the butch
ers Of this town will come to an
understanding, and on account of
the high price of cattle, to raise
the price of meat to Is cents
per pound. At this price meat
will become q luxury.
Masters Maurice Durand, Chas.
Gauthier and Albert Bienvenu ar
rived home Tuesday evening, hav-
ing been forced, on account OF
quarantine, to make trip north
before they could reach home,
They arrived safe aud sound.
Mr.. George Eastin opens this
day, a grocery store, at his old
stand, in Pinaudville, where he in
vites his friends and the public to
give him call.
The branch road to Arnaud.
Vile will be in operation on Tues
day the 5th inst. The excursion
Monday will be the opening OF
the road, and thereafter that Sec
tion will for ever be blessed with
easy and rapid communication
with the outside world.
The weekly messenger., 1898-07-02
TIVE WHOLE system feels the
] effect Of Hoods Sarsaparilla-stom-
ach, liver, kidneys, heart, nerves are
strengthened and oUo1A0NE0s

The closing entertainment of
Convent schools, which was post
poned from Sunday to Monday
evening on account of the rain,
was a complete success. The at
tendance was large, and all the
children performed their parts
we'll. The brass band was on the
programme, but it did not show
up Miss Lydia Lacaze, the only
graduate this year was awarded
deploms. Many of the children
were awarded medals and pre-
miums as compensation for their
studies. The Flag drill was the
most interesting feature of the en-
tertainment, and we are pleased
to know that the little girls will
drill OH the church green on July
Fourth. We are sure that the
drill will be appreciated by the
large number of persons who will
be present for this grand occasion.
OATS, OATS, at $1.65 per
sack at L. G. Duchamp.
There will be a grand excur-
sion on the Railroad, from Ar
naudville to st. Martinville, Mon
day, July 4th. The train furnish
ed by the Railroad Company free
of charge, and as this will be the
first trip carrying passengers on
the branch, we expect that fully
thousand persons will avail of
this excursion to visit st. Martin
Vile and witness the flag raising
that will take place on the church
green in the evening. The flag
raising is in the hands of the We
terans, headed by Lieut. P. d. Oil
vier. The excursion and barbecue
will be under the auspices of the
st. Martinville Board of Trade,
which body will spare no pains
for accommodation and comfort OF
their guests. They will provide
lunch and an abundance of ice wa
ter for those people who have no
acquaintance in town, or not the
means to stop at the hotels, there
fore, the poor people of the coun.
try have no reason not to come
and enjoy the trip and spend the
day with us. Our people will
make it a duty to entertain the ex'
cursionists, and make their stay
with us agreeable and pleasant.
The weekly messenger., 1898-07-02

The comfort and health OF the
soldiers and sailors are we'll look
ed to not only by the government,
but by many organizations of men
and women. In the Cuban feet
there is a hospital ship with an
ice plants and an ambulance ship,
both equippid with nurses and
doctors, in close connection with
hospitals at eligible and heslthful
places in the South Atlantic Sta
tes. As soon as either ship has
its complement of patients it pro-
ceeds to the nearest port to the
home hospitals. In addition, there
is a machinery repair ship, q water
distilling ship, a cold storage ship,
and so on. A New York lady has
raised $4,000 to provide q laundry
plant, and a steamship will be fit
ted out and sent to Santiago to
wash the fleets clothes. It is Gu
rious enough, no doubt, but it is
practical as we'll, and the gallant
tars who now have to wash their
own clothing will be the first to
applaud it as q relief to tho labors
of their service.-States.
The weekly messenger., 1898-07-02
L.C. DUCHHMP.
lNWIkNWi IN IN III III ~ ~

Mrs. Mortimer Brousssrd is
visiting her daughter in Beaumont,
Texas.
There will be races on the
Henry Beslin's race track on the
4th of July.
The Building and Loan Asso-
citation will sell money on Tues
day next, the 9th inst.
-Charbon has made its appear
anco in several parishes of this
State, causing an immense loss in
stock.
The committee of arrangement
for the Fourth have decided 70
use the Gary lot, next to the Court
House as the place where lunch
will be served to the excursionists.
All the stores and other bust
ness places should make find dis
plays Monday, because wo will
have a large number of persons
from above the parish who may
now, be expected to do q large
share of their business in st. Mar
tinville.
Prof. Greig has just received
a grand March entitled "Remem-
Der the Maine" which he has ar
ranged for the band. The March
is woried, and will be sang by the
boys of the band. This piece by
itself will be a treat.
The weekly messenger., 1898-07-02

So-roBac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makes weak
men strong, blood pure. Soc, 81. All druggists
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-16
DEAD LETTERS.
If Your Name is on the List, Call on
the Postmaster.

The following is a list of dead let
tiers remaining in the postoffice at
Winston, NC, June 18th. 1898:
William Barnes, Archer Butler.
Williams, Bawn & Co., NJ Bowman.
Sam L Burgin, N c Case, Mrs Sarah
Clayton, Loney Cook, Anthony Dali
ton, Miss Rosa Deane, Nj c Dollar
Choir, Miss Vickie Foster. Minnie Har-
ris, E I Hartman, Miss Maggie Hard
grove, t B Hariston, B l. Hariston,
Miss Ruth Lash, Mrs Lottie Lee,
Mrs Wiley Lewis, L T Long, Alice
May, Lin Marshall, Clarence Muir
rail-, G A Owen, Miss Nelia Perry
man, Jno A Pierce, Clinton Rush.
Miss Fannie Smitherman, Miss Mary
Staples. Anderson Warren, Miss Sal
lie Whit, Henry Williams, Miss
Belle Williams.
When calling for the above letters
please say they were advertised
+. II. LYBROoK, Z. NJ.
SALEM.
List of letters remaining unclaimed
in Postoffice at Salem, N. c., at close
of business, Saturday, June IL, 1895:
June Cambell, Janey Hine, O. r..
Hopper.
When calling for above please call
for advertised letters.
w. Z. ORMSBY, Z. NJ.
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Beats the KlOndike.

Mr.. A. Q. Thomas, of Marysville.
Tex has found more valuable dis
covery than has yet been made in the
Klondike. Four years he suffered un-
told agony from consumption, accom-
panied by hemorrhages; and was ab-
sOlutely cured by DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. Coughs
and Colds. He declares that gold is
Of little value in comparison with this
marvellous cure: would have it even if
it cost a hundred dollars a bottle
Asthma, Bronchitis and all throat and
lung affections are positively cured by
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption. Trial bottles free at v O
Thompson's Drug Store. Regular
size SOC. and ST. 90. Guaranteed tC
cure or price refunded.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-16
No More whole Companies.

Those who are raising companies of
suspend. The First and Second Reg
iments are to be recruited to their full
strength under the new call for troops
and whatever is left after that will go
to make up colored battalion. There
will be no place for full companies of
white volunteers but 26 men will be
wanted for each of the "a companies OF
the First and Second Regiments. From
the Raleigh News and Observer we
learn that one officer and one private
from each company will be detailed to
go home and recruit the number of the
company to LOG.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-16
JUDGE DOUGLASS THE ORATOR.
AT this Guilford Battle Ground Cele-
bration on July 4th.

Invitations to the twelfth anniver-
sary of the Guilford Battle Ground
Company, which occurs on the his
toric battlefield of Guilford court
house July 4th, 1898, have been issued.
''The battle of Guilford courthouse
was fought on March 18th, I'LL. Corn
wallis was driven by General Greene,
from the State of North Carolina
The Guilford Battle Ground Company
was organized May 9th, 1886.
''The company owns 50 acres of the
battlefield. 1t has on it now twelve
monuments of beautiful granite; two
statues-One to William Hooper, one
to Major Joseph Winston. There are
five avenues, numerous springs, Lake
Wilfong and inviting groves. The
museum, handsome little fire proof
building, containing rare and inter-
esting revolutionary relics and'paint-
ings. The G. +. & Y. V. railroad
divides the ground and has station
there
The Grafton will this year be deliv-
cred by Hon. Il. NJ. Douglas. Assoc
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of
North Carolina.
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Painful Accident to Mrs. Henley.

A telephone message received here
Sarah Henley, of this city. who is Wis.
iting the family of DR.. L. Fulp, fell
Sunday afternoon and it was
thought that she had fractured her
hip. Her son, Mr.. John Henley, went
out Monday with DR.. Dalton. They
returned on Tuesday. While suffer
ing considerable pain, she was resting
fairly we'll when they left.
Mrs. Henley is 76 years old. She
attended service Sunday afternoon
at Salem Chapel and in coming out OF
the church she fell from the steps,
causing the injury noted above.