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r. CAROLINA

kinston Daily Free Press: Secretary r
G Dunn received q check yesterday from
Richmond for SDp stock in the kinst0r
cotton mills. So far a little over &5.oc
stock IN this enterprise has been paid
up.
Durham Sun: Irwin Mason. a colorei
boy. was playing around the Southern
raiIroad track yesterday afternoon and
trled 70 jump on a passing freight train
and rae He got on several times and
got on. and from what We could learn
was trying himself TO see how well he
could do around a moving train. Fin
ally ne fell and broke his right leg and
bruised his shoulder.
Raleigh News and Observer: Captain
BRADSHAW. who has charge OF the grad
ing OF the new railroad from Rafeign TO
hdinngton; was in the city yesterday.
he says the bed has now been completed
as lar ms gay as Caraleigh mills. and
the camp VIII be moved five miles fur
ther south today. Seventy-six hands are
now actively engaged in the work and
the entire road will be ready for the rails
by the lst Of July.
Lumberton R~obesonian: "A little son OF
Mrs. Jessup. whose home is at Dufie
on the Red Springs and Bowmore rail-
road, came near being killed one day
last week by jumping from the train
while in mQIion. The train had stopped
Tor lumber near the station where the
little fellow succeeded in climbing upon
the engine, and in passing his home. the
train yet running slow. ne jumped 10 the
ground. Striking a post he was thrown
under the wheels. crushing his legs and
both feet to a pulp. At last accounts he
was alive, but suffering great agony
Charlotte Observer: Major Clement
Dowd breather his last this morning at
eight minutes to ? O'Clock, at his resi-
dence on North Tryon street. He had
been an acute sufferer with Bright's dis
ease for a year. Clement Dowd was born
three miles from Carthage, Moore coun-
ty, n. C. August q. 1882. He was of
Scotch-Irish decent. His father, Will
lis d. Dowd. was a farmer by occupa-
ton, a man of prominence and a mem
Der of the legislature. Major Dowd was
reared on the farm and learned the les
sons of industry. He attended the old
field schools and began teaching at Il.
He entered the university in 1852 and
graduated in 1856. For two years he
taught in Carthage Academy, and in the
meantime studied law. He was admitted
to the bar in 1859, and began to practice
at Carthage. In 1851 he married Miss
Lydia Bruce, OF Moore. In April 1861 he
entered the confederate army and was
made first lieutenant of Ompan H,
Twenty-sixth North Carolina state
troops. After the battle of New Bern
he was made captain of the company
Subsequently he was made major, but in
1862 his health failed and he was re-
turned TO his home.
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| have Been TOO BUSY

For the past two weeks to change my
ad in The Messenger, but I will tell
you Of tn few specially cheap things I
am running on this week.
Fine Gilt Edge Bleaching 3ac per
yard. Fine Smooth Unbleached Cotton
at PIC per yard. Nice Checks at Sc
per yard. Nice Shallie at 3kc, Calico
at &c and &c, Fine Colored Lawn at 4c.
White Lawn at 4c, Cross Bar Lawn at
&c, Beautiful Bookfo1d Lawn at SC,
Linen Crash at &c. Foolard Cloth worth
10c for &c. Dimity at SC. All styles
Of fine goods in Percale at &c. Sea Is
land best Percale at 10c. White Swiss
at 121@c up to 35c. Black Nuns Veilinr
all wool, a job at &c. Cashmeres, Ser
es, Flanpels and Muslin, all prices.
Beautiful Mohairs at 35c and soc per
yard Lace Curtains from 48 to $1.O0
and up. Fine Lace Curtain Swiss at
from 12c to 15c per yard.
Mems black suits Of Clothes from
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$500 to 1915. Clay Worsted from $500
up to $1,000. Fine Suits from $4.25 to
$1,000. d Pants at n price from
29c up to so and up. Overalls from 25c
to 75c a pair. Jumpers at same prices.
Boys odd Pants at 25c a pair. Boys
Suits from 69c to $500 and up.
We have a complete stock of Sum-
mer Goods and I can safely say they
are cheaper than ever before.
Come to us and bring your card and
get it punched with every cash pur-
chase. You will find here everything
that is kept in a first-class dry goods
store, covering 5000 square feet of
floor room, with an electric elevator
connecting the three floors, with all the
up-to-date system. Send us your Or
ders. We guarantee satisfaction or
none refunded, at Wilmington's Big
Racket Store, 112 North Front Street,
opposite the orion Hotel, near the
Postofficc.
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THE YUKON RIVER.

The mouth OF the Yukon Is ab-ou. a
hundre miles broad-that Is, from one
side 10 the other side; but there Is moth
ing TO suggest a river about at-noth-
ing but small streams, sloughs, islands.
and d-isconcertlng. IL "a
like being brought face 10 face with a
hundred gates. only one Of which opens
the way which you are seeking. while
the others lead 70 destruction. This Is
the difficulty in navigating at the start
ing point. n the sort of thing en-
countered al. the way TO Circle CITY.
IL Is touch and 60, or touch and not
go; and o may get through, OF may
stick on a bar and not bulge an inch
for many days or weeks. Eighteen
hundred and fifty miles OF river are be-
fore you on your way up 10 Dawson:
and It takes about fifteen days, IL you
nee with no accidents, days OF vast.
wonderful and ever changing scenery;
nights OF silent grandeur. when YOU
seem TO be all alone. surrounded Nv an
untrodden wilderness. silent, awesome.
mysterious.-John Sidney Webb IN the
Century.
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POINTED

WheeImen toll and they also spin
yarns
The average fish story IS a romance
OF reel life.
Writer'S cramp may effect either the
wrist or stomach.
False teeth are never perfect unless
they appear imperfect.
1t makes a man feel cheap when a
woman calls him dear in public.
1t is often hard to bring a girl OF the
period to a full stop.
More than a fair profit is realized on
the articles sold at a church fair.
After a girl marries h begins to
dose interest in curl paper and o
stories.
Some politicians, like corkscrews, are
more or less crooked, but they have a
strong pull.
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Conts SITS at h University-The Carolina
Virginia Game q Tie.
Messenger Bureau

Virginia Game q Tie.
(Special to The Messenger.)
: Chapel Hill, N. c., April 16.-The re-
suit of the contests between the pre-
paratory schools of this state which
took place here today are as follows:
Fifty yard dash-Carter, of Oak
Ridge. Time ga seconds.
Running high jump-Linville, of Oak
Ridge, height 4 feet 1OA inches.
Putting 12-pound shot-Reid, of Will
liam Bingham, distance 50 feet 2 in
ches.
Running broad jump-Linville, of
Oak Ridge, distance Is feet s inches.
One hundred yard dash--Carter, of Oak
Ridge, time 10A seconds.
Putting 12-pound hammer-Brake, of
Oak Ridge, distance Sc feet 10 inches.
Pole vault-Linville, of Oak Ridge,
height I feet s inches .
Two hundred and twenty yard low
hurdle-Oldham, of William Bingham,
time 30 seconds.
One mile relay race-Won by Oak
Ridge team.
Five mile road bicycle race-Turren-
tine, of Horner.
Base ball throwing-Reid, of William
Bingham, distance 316 feet 4 inches.
There were many visitors. The
prizes were awarded at base ball game
this afternoon.
The base ball game in the afternoon
between Harvard and Carolina result
ed at the end of the ninth inning in a
tie score-10 to 10.
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Open. High. Low. Clos.

Cash quotations were as follows. FlSu-
steaay: winter patents 81 SsfS strs.xhts
spring specials S.ysrSs 81: spring
patents A.ssf5.io. stralght- AtsflGA.
No. > red $l.S. No. . corn S,a.@95ic. 40. !,
oats Skc; No. : white fob 9mGc: No. =
white oh. SaG5oac. mess pork per bar
rel &.ssraS lard per 10 pounds G,I7I-.
short ribs sides Ooosel SGti. ~. dry
sailed shoulders Cboxed) Ase,-al. -: shorc
clear sides CboxedD S.En6.S. whtskcy
distllers finished goods per gallon $50
New York. April ls.-F1our stronger but
quotably higher: city mill patents SIS
as.co.
wheat-spo, stronger: No. . rel s.. 70:
options opened strong and higher on sur
p~rasingly firm Liverpool cables: shorts
We're heavy buyers most OF the forenoon,
covering yesterdays sales and Influenced
also by renewal OF war ak. closed %Sfr
2s.c net higher; May closed S.6A July
closed ae1c.
Lard-Steady; western steamed closed
at S.47le: city ISIS: May closed SIS:
ncminal refined firm.
Pork-Steady: mess 87sTr@: short
clear Si2 @'rl25o; family sif@.
were bulliShly affected by strong cables
and big clcarances. advanced all the fore
noon and closed re net higher: May
closed Shc: July ",esed 2s,.c
Oats-Spot firm: No. >. JJS.a3lc: on
tons quiet but firmcr with the other Dc
partments, closing isc higher; May clos
ed S7sc.
Eggs-Steady: State and Pennsylvania
49, - - AAN"fA
9i&d924c.
| Cotton Seed OIL Dull. prime crude l9i.c:
prime yellow 22i. n21ac
Petroleum duh; United closed no mar
ket: refined New York S.D: Philadelphia
and Baltimore S.s5: DO. in bulk N.l6.
Rice-Stcady; domestic fair to extra
iA66aC.
Molasses-Quiet: New Orleans open
kettle good to choice 2Sd33c.
Cofee-Options opened steady with
prices unchanged 10 5 points higher.
ruled quiet with April showing relative
| strength IN short covering and ~ COZ
fee firm on buying; bears nervous owing
10 threatened break OF war cloud and
marked falling Off I'm visible supply July
s5.75: Spot Rio steady; No. I invoice 65sc;
No. : pobbing 1Ac.
| Sugar-Raw quiet; fair refining ; e-i6c:
Centrifugal 81 test 4 Lie: refined quiet.
mould A 5 1-l6c: granulated : 3-l6c.
NAVAL STORES.
| New York-Rosin easy: strained com
mon TO good 81 i2i&n1. ~. Spirits turpcn-
| tine steady at 3H 30laC.
| Savannah-Spirfts turpcntine firm at
| 25l4c: sales 47S: receipts l.2ol. Resin firm
and unchanged: sales GO: receipts 500
| Charleston-Spirits turp"ntine market
| firm at 26i2c: sales none. Rosin firm AMI
| unchanged. sales none.
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COTTON

Liverpool. April 16-1 p. m.-Spot cotton
good demand. but business only moder-
ate; prices hardening: American middling
3 15-32d. The sales of the day were 1900
bales. of which 1000 were for speculation
and export and included 1890 American;
receipts II, 600 bales. including 10, 100 Am
erican. Futures opened steady with a
moderate demand and closed firm.
American middling, low middling clause:
April 3 27-64d, sellers; April and May
3 27-64d. sellers; May and June 3 27-64d.
sellers; June and July 27-6id, buyers
July and August 3 27-64d, buyers; August
and September 3 o6-e+d, 3 27-6td, buyers;
September and October 8 2s-64d. buyers:
October and November 3 25-64d. 3 26-6+d
sellers: November and December 3 24-64d
3 2-s4d, buyers: December and January
February 3 24-S4d, &-64d, buyers.
New York, April 1s-Cotton steady:
midding 8 5-16c: net receipts 5c7; gross re-
spinners 500; stock IS, 800.
Total today and Consolidated-Net re-
ceipts 11S,1S: exports TO Great Britain
400; to France 500; to the continent 1904;
Total since September 1st-Net receipts
sos. 139; Exports to Great Britain 1906.
COS: to France 754,3e; TO the continent
2.61s, pos.
Futures closed steady: sales IL. %
bales: April 6.0; May sos: June 600; July
6.12: August GA: September s.12: October
6.12; November 6.13; December els; Janu-
airy b.1L.
Spot cotton closed steady: middling up
lands 6 5-16c; middling gulf 6 9-16c; sales
Jos bales.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Quiet at sac; net receipts
2,349.
Norfolk-Ffrm at SIC; net receipts IA.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at Csc; gross re-
Boston-ouiet at sac: net receipts 2.3I2.
Wilmington-Firn at sac; net receipts
13S.
Philadelphia-Firm at S 9-16c.
Savannah-Steady al SIC; net receipts
1,63s.
New Orleans-Firm at SIC; net receipts
ASH.
M~obil-Steady at sac; net receipts CO.
Memphis-Steady at 5nc; net receipts
1oe.
Augusta-F:rm at &c; net receipts 10;
gross receipts $50
Charleston-Steady at SIC: net receipts
Cincinnati-ouiet at SAC; net receipts
Louisville-Quiet at sac.
ST. Louis-Steady at ; 1i-1Sc: net re
ceipts {oa; gross. receipts 1.Gl.
Houston-Steady al 5Ac net receipt:
43s.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago. April ls.-The leading future.
were as follows:
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SAD END OF A coLoNEL's CAREER

"I have letters from fifty veterans Of
my old command" said the Colonel.
signifying their willingness to fight
under my leadership onc more"
You'll form q company. then. in
case of war;"
NO" said the Colonel, sadly, II feel
my fighting days are over. My eye
sight is failing me. Why only last
week I tried to shoot a man who
wasn't twenty steps away, and I miss
ed him entirely-didn't even scratch
him-and I wore spectacles too!"-At-
lanta Constitution.
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Same day last year. &c.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits turpentine steady; maca.ae bar
rels gao: country barrels 5h4c.
Rosin dull at s1o5 and sl.l0.
Tar firm at Sc.
Crude turpentine quiet: hard II: soft
$50 and s.. -.
Prices same day last year-Spirits tur-
pentine 2.Lc and 56Ac; rosin SS and
$40: tar 3c: crude ~surpentine $50. SLS
and $3.50.
Receipts tojay-l2 casks spirits tur-
pentine. I,i62 barrels rosin. los barrels
tar.
Receipts same day last year-5s casks
spirits ~turpentine. 69 barrels rosin. ~
barrels tar. 5 barrels crude turpentiue.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-Nerth Carolina. prime 55dSoc
per bushel: extra prime. sc: fancy. 72hc-
Virginia-Extra prime. +0l4oe.
Rlce-Uplands. 6QSc: ~lowlands. N.led
$l.15.
Corn-7kG5oc.
North Carolina Bacon-Hams, loGl1c:
shoulders, 666ikc; sides. 11ISc.
ChickenS-FTrm; spring 104lSc; hens
1sd25c; ROSTERS. 1SG22c.
Turkeys-CLive). Z to loc per pound.
Eggs-Slow at &C.
Shingles-Per 1000 five inch. hearts and
saps. sL.50d2. 10: six inch, s.. SO.
Timber at $500 to $500 per 1000 feet.
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There are a million reasons why a
man can love an heires and each one
Of them is the size of a dollar.
A law suit is apt to wear out at the
pockets first.
The man who always pays cash often
sleeps on tick.
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BONDS.

United States New As Registered llSi2
United States New As Coupon 119.
United States As Registered 1854.
United States As Coupon 1917.
United States rs 90.
United States SIS Registered 1924.
United States SIS Coupon III.
Alabama Glass A 1882.
Alabama Glass II 1G.
Alabama Glass Cos.
Alabama Currency 50.
Louisiana New Coupon As 97l2.
Louisville and Nashville Cnied As -.
Missouri 6's 100.
New Jersey Central 6s Ill.,.
North Carolina 6s 100.
North Carolina As 102.
Pennsylvania 6s of 80 103.
South Carolina nOn-fund -.
Southern Railway 50.
Tennessee New Set IS s..
Virginia Centuries 66l2.
Virginia deferred :.
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The Telephone girl has a speaking ac-
quaintance with a great many people
thai she don't recognise.
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The middle aisle Of a church Is often
used as a bridal path.
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WILMINGTON MARKETS. E
COTTUN

COTTUN REPORT.
Wilmington. ". c. April Is.
Receipts OF cotton today-IS bales.
Receipts anne day last year-lS bales.
This seasons receipts to da;e-sI3.SS
bales.
Receipts TO same date last year-I1 ~
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to
day at the exchange:
Cotton firm.
Ordinary. ..-.... .--......-.... , Sis
Good ordinary ~
Low middiing s Sis
s1AIuIills 1900 -----~---- "a
Good middling ........ ......---.. s
Sauna day last year &c
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AtchlSOn ia.
Baltimore and Ohio 1612.
Chesapeake and Ohio 1Sl4.
Chicago and Alton Ia.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 91s.
and Hudson 1852.
Delaware, L~ackawanna and Western
1AA
Fort Wayne les.
Illinois Central 9S&.
Louisville and Nashville As.
Manhattan l. 94&.
Mobile and Ohio q.
New Jersey Central 90.
New York Central 1925.
Pittsburg 168.
Reading 1913.
Southern Railway ~.
Southern Railway, preferred, 2SR.
Texas and Pacific 10.
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf 6hs.
Wabash. preferred, 15A.
Wheeling and Lake Erie ia.
Wheeling and Lake Erie, preferred, SIS
Adams Express SO.
American Express 10.
United States Express SO.
Wells Fargo Express ia.
American Cotton Oil 10.
American Cotton OIL, preferred, 612.
American Tobacco 1904.
American Tobacco, preferred, 112.
Peoples Gas 90A.
Consolidated Gas la.
General Electric 317s.
Lead %.
National Linseed Oil IA.
Pacific Mail 1872.
Pullman Palac 10.
Silver Certificates 5o&4.
Sugar 1852.
Tennessee Coal and Iron 1912.
Western Union, e~X-dividend, 1914.
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH


FINANCIAL.
New York, April 16.-Money on call
steady at , per cent, last loan at , per
cent. Prime mercantile paper 5hdS per
cent. Sterling exchanges steady with &C
tual business in bankers bills at A:S3AI
s4.S311 for demand and at 81. T924 l. for
sixty days. Posted rates at $iS02I4Sl
and S4.S+d4.S i1a. Commercial bills at
s.. 796479la. Silver certificates 5524d56l2c.
Bar silver $3.50. Mexican dollars RLc.
State bonds dull; government bonds
weak.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-29
SENDS MONEY TO SICK.
Sir Thomas Upton Contributes
Ten Thousand Dollars.

Sir Thomas Upton Contributes
Ten Thousand Dollars.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2S.-From Sir
Thomas Upton, the challenger for the
Americas cup, there has been received
In this city a cable message stating
that he had contributed $4,000 for re-
nevlng the sick and wounded American
soldiers. This dispatch was received
by Lawyer Edward A. Summer, who
some time ago established intimate
friendly relations with Sir Thomas, and
1t came in answer to a suggestion from
Mr.. Sumner that such a donation
would be gratefully appreciated by the
Empire State Society of Sons of the
American Revolution, which has al
for the same cause.
Mr. Summer expected a favorable re-
sponse, but he did not look for so large
a benefaction, and his gratitude was
mixed with astonishment when he read
the message, although he we'll remem-
bered Sir Thomas generous gift of
Sl25,O0O to the Princess Of Wales din
ner to the poor people ON the occasion
OF the queens Jubilee, and knew that
Sir Thomas in his own country has on
many other occasions come forward
with liberal aid for all sorts of public
necessities.
When Sir Thomas was in New York
in June he expressed great deal Of
solfcitude for the illnesses and disease
that American soldiers and sailors
would be subjected to in Cuba, as his
business interests had made him more
or less familiar with the conditions
that he knew the warriors would have
to face AT that time he told Mr.. Sum-
ner that he would be glad to render
what assistance he could.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-29
AT CAMP HENRY CLAY.
News of Company e, of the Twelfth
Minnesota.

News of Company e, of the Twelfth
Minnesota.
Special Correspondence The St. Paul Globe,
LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 25-The
boys are all satisfied with our new
camp. 1t is a great Improvement over
Chickamauga. The cir Is more like
Minnesota, cool and refreshing. Every
tent is provided with board floor and
extra lumber can be procured for
benches and tables.
Private Tony zaborocky has improv-
ed considerably in his picture-taking
art. He makes first class photos now
at reasonable prices.
Private Ant Blagic, known as excl
ly," has changed great deal in his
appearance. When the regiment was
mustered into the service he looked like
a young boy among the rest, but now
he looks like a man.
Terminates have been changed now
and enough tents issued to each COM
rany to give the boys plenty of room.
The reason the terminates were changed
was to have one nom commissioned Off
Ger in tent.
Company 3 street was the first street
laid out in the new camp This was
due to the forethought Of Capt. E. A
lie May.
Private John Blank is acting assis-
tant cook now.
Corporal Frank Michalowski has gone
to Winona on a ten days furlough, to
attend the funeral of his father.
Corporal Rick will not forget his
trade while in the army. There is
plenty Of carpenter work to do every
day.
Private Ant Guenther has been
chosen as Maj. Whitney's orderly to-
Gay.
Guard detail for today: Privates
Schrerber, Terry, McCargar, Goegen,
Bernac and Guenther. Supernumerary,
Miller
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-29
ONE OTHER LETTER.
Private of the Twelfth Has Very
Similar Views.

Private of the Twelfth Hos Very
Similar Views.
Special Correspondence The St. Paul Globe.
LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 25.-While
we were in camp at Chickamauga a
petition was started through the regi-
ment In each company desiring to find
out how many were desirous of doing
garrison duty or to be mustered out.
At once a big howl went up from the
commissioned officers, who informed
their men if they signed such a petit
ton they would rbe court-marttaled and
put in prison for the reason, they said,
Of starting a mutiny.
l ask you people of Minnesota as citi-
zen-sold1ers, can we not express our
opinion whether or not we want to do
garrison duty, and whether, one way or
the other, would it be called mutiny?
Lieut.. Col. Mccoy, Lieut.. bingham
and Lieut.. Benner are very anxious to
find out who started these petitions
men whose salaries at home were
very limited, while enlisted men whose
salaries run from $50 to s125 per month
desire, since we can not see active SER
vice, instead of doing police duty in
some foreign island, digging sinks,
picking up paper, ETC., bow want to
return to our homes as soon as peace
proposals are signed and resume our
avocation in life Can you blame us?
Will you help us to gain our ends
We have aIbided by orders from our
officers in everything in detail If they
had been as anxious to go to the front
about June % to 80 as they are now,
we would have had a chance to win
some honor, instead of lying in camp
with sick list of over $50 men.
We are not mutinous, but we want
to express our opinions before it Is too
late.
Ninety-nine per cent of the men in
this regiment voice the sentiment Of
this letter.
"A Private Of Twelfth Minnesota.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-29
"AIRQUAKE" IN ITALY.

Many Persons Made Homeless In the
Town of Riett.
From the New York Times
The earthquake that took place in
the Umbrian town of Rieti on the
Velino, in italy, the other day was ac-
companied by a phenomenon Of which
the first meager account of the shock
gave no mention. According to a cor
respondent of the Osservatore Romano
it was not an earthquake, but an "air-
quake" The air shook or vibrated like
a violently agitated liquid; great rents
were made In tall buildings and tow
ers, and walls were thrown to the
ground. The earth, however, seemed
to be undisturbed, and no shifting Of
the street pavement was noticed. From
the bishop down to the beggar, all
seemed frightened. 1t is said that many
felt the air vibrations and were thrown
to the ground: while others We're, al
most suffocated. A dense black cloud
hung over the town while the pl1enom-
enon was passing. The church steeples,
the saving bank. the theater, and no
fewer than six palaces were more or
less wrecked as well as eighty or one
hundred dwellings. Five hundred tents
have been sent to the place by the
government. The people, In the mean
time, are living in hastily built huts
and in the half-ruined postoffice and
the churches. Soldiers have been sent
from Rome to the scene of the dis
aster, and they, with the students, are
busy policing the ruins and trying to
save some Of the household goods
King Hun1bert has sent IS, 900 francs
from his private purse to relieve the
first necessities of the people. At the
time of the catastrophe a slight earth
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