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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05
LUKE

.c Blessed be ye
.r poor. for yours is
the Kingdom OF
God
ST. Blessed are ye
,r that hunger now:
. for yc shall be hll-
cd
L. Blessed are yc
s. that weep now: for
.e|ye shall laugh.
Blessed are yo.
81 when men shall
n hate you and when
.r they shall separate
.r you from their
J company and shall
p reproach you, and
3. east out your name
, las evil. for the son
o. OF mans sake.
.r Rejoice In that
3 day. and leap for
81 fpN. for behold
....H a.
Pc great IA heaven
r. for in the like man
liner did their faith
crs unto the pro
, uhsts. Luke 500
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In way AN messenger boys are
night Crrands.
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Marry in Pennington and repent at
leisure.
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poor lu uirit for
theirs is the king
dom of heaven
Blessed are they
that mOuru for
they shall be CONE
furtc1
Blessed are the
meek FOR they
shall inherit the
earth.
blessed are they
which dp hunger
and thirst after
riEhteDusucsa f0r
they shall be filled
Blessed are the
Wcrcitul tor they
shall obtain mercy
Blessed ore the
pure boo heart for
they shall see God.
Blessed arc they
which are uerse-
cutod for righto-
business sake for
theirs is the king
dom of heaven.
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and carried down by the action Of the
water. with the inevitable result that the
'ntire village, was overwhelmed. Tor
rents Of mud poured down IN. hills and
spread over the solitary street The
mud and water gradlis lily invaded the
houses on each side OF the street and
many collapsed. The stones and rubbish
naturally fell over the mud and formed
barriers which the torrent could not
pass over The mud rosa higher and
higher until il reached the second stories
OF the houses tina, had rezis'ed tho shock
In a short time the en- ire village vas
under mud and water. and rho unfortunate
occupants Of the houses. who could not
possibly excapc. were buried alive and
drowned This explains the fact that
so few bodies have been recovered The
dried mud acquired the consistency Of
cement and il has to be broken with
pickaxes, hut IL cannot be removed lest
the houses fall down and bury under
their ruins IN. soldiers engaged in re-
moving IN. bodies of The victims
Some time in the near future the ruins
Of Ce,arn NAV be excavafed like those 81
Pompcii Several bodies were found
floating in the sea far away from the coast
An old man and a woman were rescued
ali~e from under the ruins three days after
the disaster. but IL il unlikely that other
victims are still living. a. nearly all the
bodies found 80 far were Of persons who
had died from drowning. Naiori and
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and almost naked. The aqueducts wers
broken and drinking water could not b.
had Bodies Were seen floating in tho
mud torrents and several were WASHED
out to -ea. II was NOT until the ba',leshIp
Napoli. commanded by Capt. Cagnl of
north pole fame. reached Ceiara that any
organized rescue was attempted. Capt,
Cagni landed TOD men and set them to wor1
dikins the river. which still continued I"
food the village and thus he saved tho
place from further damage.
When tbs. King visited Cetara. Major
and Amslfi last Thursday the inhabitants
were drying their clothes and bedding in
the sun. while many who had lost every
thing assembled round the dead bodies
recovered from the ruins and sang dirg.s
in their characteristic dialect. which
sounds much like Arabic. There were
no funeral services at Cetara. as one 81
tn. two churches Of the village. ths
cathedral. was converted into n hospital
and barracks where the soldiers slept
at night and the other was full OF water
and surrounded with mud. From ons
Of tn. windows in the cupola the wooden
image Of the patron saint. shorn Of its
bright gliding was seen floating in tn"
black water The dead could not bss
buried at Cetara. where tho soil waA
still moist. 80 they were carried in fishing
boats 10 Salerno and inferred Their.
Three boatloads of dead bodies towsd
by a torpedo boat crossed the destroyer
with the King on board and the survivors
from the seashore. with their eyes still
wet from tears and their voices hoarsa
from singing dirges. forgot the dead and
cheered the King. The King waved his
hand 70 stop them but the cheering and
applause continued throughout his visit.
The women threw flowers from the win
dows and the men shouted that they
wanted bread and money The Kings
aid. Gen. Brusati. distributed five franc
bills.
The Ministers OF Marine and Public
Works who spent four days in the devas-
tated area and visited every town and
village. realized that unless some at tempt
at anorestation was made a repetition of.
the disaster was inevitable. so now /,
has been decided TO plant trees on the
hills around Meanwhile the able bodied
men have been engaged by the Govern
ment to clear the roads and streets
and rebuild the ruined houses. II takes
long time to repair damage in
southern Italy and the earthquake sur
vivors at .Mcssina and in Calabria are
still living in wooden huts while their
cities. towns and villages are in ruins
The Government intends TO build wooden
huts At Ischia and along the coast Of
Amalf too.
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sickly an everybody on the boat took
notice how her servant was lookin out
10 her ev'ry minute. an they took notice
too now the gal was nigh about a. white
az her mistress an was a. beautiful rs q
bunch o flowers. An ono o them . Z
took p'tic'lar notice Of her was Jack
Richmond
We didn't know il till later. but pears
this Mia Tolliver's coiored gal was her
own foster sister an had been her own
property sine. she was q little baby. but
long o. some family tiealin = her husband
had took title 10 all the niggars an hadn't
never decided Mandy back tn her MISTRESS,
80 l"gally sl. b'longei to him. an he was
-r'tIr in the game with JACK Richmond.
Veil tho game was big right I'm tho
start OF They made ths ante dollar.
but there want no limit and the three
planters was ali high rollers. Bill Tolliver
special though his brother Jim was
most a. bad. and Vernon Davis. th. other
planter. was the same sort
-Pixlcy and yickers. the other two
Professionals. was partners. an they didn Z
like il mono too well TO have Richmond in
th.. game. bus there want no kick made
an hichmond don" about as well as them
AL through. though % co - Re dsdnt try
no tricks on them. nor they on him.
First I knowed q what sort OF game
it was come in the s'loon long in tho
middle % the nighs 10 see IL business
was over an I seen EN- plAyin'. 10 l come
up behind EN- To look on. Pretty much
, every body had gone 10 bed. an there was
only two others standin round watchin'
The first not ! seen was the one Z
dT1Iv Jim TDlliyrr an Davis oIten the
game. an Richmond want in IL. Jim
1oIliver dealt an - co.'s. they knowed
the deal WA square. but there WAS some
big hands out Richmond had the age.
bui ater Bill Tolliver come in an Pixl-v
rosa. il Davis rose him, an yIckers give IL
another hoost. an Jim Tolliver made II
500 mo 20 play
Richmond A@sn twa'nt no place To-
hirn an him an Bill Tolliver both dropped.
b'It them other players all KEEP raisin'
till there waa mo n $1,000 in the pot.
Then Davis called. an Vickers he made 10
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was ar"r him. an comm TO New Orleans
with no1hln hit a ton dollar bill wont
into 4 faro bank an Wit somepin like
n thousand dollars III on. rIEh'. Feared
lik" THAI -.-tl"i him TO life. To- nobody
ever knOwed him 10 do any'hin else but
play guards s't"r that
He was on" - th. best players there
was too. az haviu too much .an-. to
play ag bank all IN. timn ne took mp
poker an h"ln' na"huily gifted h" stuck
10 thai Till he died Bcln = ho were pies
sional there was nobody looked 10 h,m
10 bs nowaya decent. but Their. was one
thing told about him what made even
m other p'f"s.ionals lock ON him ~
some wliA- n tn usual run. He Wa
al'ays n-bnyin' qUatroOlis an oCtoroons.
an they want never boys. but ai'ays
the test lopkin' wenChes tn was 10 he
bought ~ rp'sc want nobody. bust
ness blt them that know.'d about it,
even Professionals. got 80 they wouldn't
have nothin' ia do with him ouisid. Of
a game Of poker
He cosn" on tn old Prairie Bell. one
trip Just a. "" vas leavrn New Orleans.
an W." hndu got = fur = Baton Rouge
afo' there was oH" . IN" biggest poker
games eyer s"''u started, AN Jack Rich
mOnd au' rwo Other p'f"-' ,"nals wis INTO
II II yrro ak handed EluI" an the
O'h"- three was uiani"rs I'm some r"-
mp ia Arkansl- on their way HON" Two
on EN- VIA brnth'.-- an r'Oth"r WA "a
n"iEhbor Z" rh"'rn. an al ihr"" on '"n
had been 10 S"w Orleans 70 "A pleasure
trIp. 'tlin their wives along with EN-
Lord bln~s 20 th" ladies all knowed well
enough them days what their husbands
i,lay"d poker bui they kn"wcd too much
- try to stop 'cn, even " th"y didn';
liE" o.
-Ihp..' p'tic lar thr"" 'r"are'i 70 be n
close friends as their husbands was an
they went IN together som. rex u 'ts.r
supper leayIn the mon IN deck smokin
an want long afn' the Professionals
roped 'sm IN. One o the ladies was some
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another 81 90. 80 Jim Tollivsr went Dig
gin an brought up 5000 an he called 10
all he had
-Pixicy seen there want no use soin >
drawed cards Pixley took one, an
Davis an vicker~ stood pat. an Jim
Toliiyer took one. sd IL looked like there
was some fo's out. even II they didn't
all held EN-. but o GO 49, there want
no mo bettin' 20 be did except atween
ri xlry an vickers. the Others on'y havin'
a show TO what they had in. an when
PixIev bet a dollar yickers rose him 500,
Just 10 the looks. l reckon. an Pisley
called
TolIivsr had 70 sevens, an Pixley had
TO tens. but yickers showed down TO
kings an a ace, which % CO - couldn' Z
hs beat them days. bein' as Their want
no such hand a. a straight flush played.
ras ' ss. s ss. s"Sush oSn ,heS
didnt make no boiler, bat Bill Tolliver
had 81 HO or $4,000 in front OF him. an
he KEEP on playin'. He was a spot all
right. an h, offered TO loan his brother
'peared to have mo sense n he had. an
they wouldn't borry nothin' 40 ] seen
what Bill Tollivsr's finish was liable To be
We'll. Richmond dealt next. an Pix
ley put up the reg lar ante. but ! reckon
him an fickers both knowed what was
them no winnin' hands. an they want
liable 10 make no break. even IL they
seen him stack the guards on Tollivrr
like I reckon he done.
$50 Vickers passed. an when Tolliver
came I'm an Richmond rose him. Pixley
left his ante. an tbs two played il out
They boosted each other back an forth
till there was mon 81 900 in the pot. an
thcn Richmond trailed. clOsin' the pot.
-Toiliver stood pat. an Richmond
p tended to look mighty anxious. but he
took two guards an folliver pushed 81 900
for ard. Then Richmond made out he
was studyin'. like he'd made small
fun an Want noways confident. hut
fInn lily he made Il 81 ms mo
-Tolllyer counted up the money he had
In front NJ him. but there want over saDO
that was empty. He hadn't no mo money.
an he looked mad.
~ can't play this hand NO harder he
sAys. 'thO'itsn yo'n take my L o. u.
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roads and tho rebuilding Of houses end
the inhabitants are naturally fed AZ tn"
public expense When IN. King visited
ia" island hc was surprised that 40 many
able bodied men were idle, wat ching the
soldiers repairing th. - Gets and CLEARING
away n. mud n. -S- told that they
n al lost their prop"rtr. their fields had
been destroyed and their houses damaged.
Buf why do they not work now. asked
IN "A whisper that sine. the Government
provided them with food they thought
u was ,Is"Iess 20 work To them II seems
quite natural thai IN. Government should
provide them with food. build cir
houses. abat" taxes and distribute relief
ard to show their gratitude they applaud
and cheer IN. King who represents rhe
Government Conditions along the
Amalf coast arr much worse than nj
Ischia Thew the damage ~ greater
II - estimated thar over 3n1 persons
pori-hcd at Cetarn alone. n small fishing
village % about ? 600 inhabitants. which
has been destroyed
Cetara must have been originally n
Snraccn" settlement which IN time he
came fishing village II II built along
the bottom OF "A narrow ravIns down
which "A harmless brook descended from
the mountains and fell into the sea The
hills surrounding the village were laid
our ~ terraces and cultivated. while the
waters Of The brook served for irriga-
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received to the project Of the city. The
message was signed by cGrbneer. or
military policeman. who had walked
across tho island Of Ischia To the port and
there crossed over to procida IN an open
boat. risking his We owing - til. rough
sea IN the cnannel between the two islands
in tho hope that from Proc,da he could
telegraph 10 Naples The telegraph AT
Procida. however. was broken. so tn"
carbineer used the ssmaphors and re-
ported thar the. island had been partly
submerged
Almost simultaneously a similar mes
sage reached Naples from SSlerno. Amalfi
Cetara. AIinori. Maiori and Vietri wer"
reported destroyed by T. hurricane and
ur gent rslirt was invoked The project
Of Naples wired Il Rome that n great
disaster had happened, thar hundreds
Of persons had been killed aud that many
towns had been destroyed. and az rh,
same tim" he organized the so-called
rescue work Ono would naturally think
that in a country like Italy. whore in-
fortunately earthquakes. eruptiors and
similar catastrophcs are frequent. th.,
experience gained in former disasters
would at least have proved profitable
and that the authorities would have set
to work organizing relief " ith calmness
Instead the same confusion and INDIGESTION
that characterized the DAYS immediately
after the great Messina earthquake pre-
vailed The prefect Of Naples ordered
several ships 90 60 To lschia and com
panics Of soldiers were hastily embarked
on them. It was lace when the ship.
left Naples and owing e. the rough sea
they we're a long tim" IN reaching th..
island Th"r" were no boats to land tho
men and finally when til" ships boats
were lop .r"d and some Of the soldiers
conveyed ashore u was dark Naturally
the electric light plant AZ Ischla Vas dam
aged and the island was in utter darkness
The soldiers had not been provided
with torches and they could not render
any assistance 20 the inha bitants, who
still chung 20 the roofs of their houses
out Of reach 81 the water and mud Tn.
soldiers were left shivsring on shore
until IN" morning. when IL was discovered
that In the hurry OF departure the author
ties had forgotten TO provide them with
shoveis and spades.
The towns Of Casamicciola. Ischia
Lacco. AMEND. Porto d Ischia and Forio
have been all greatly damaged. Entire
districts have been destroyed roaInly
owing To tn" huge blocks Of lava detached
from the extinct volcano Noun Fpom"N.
which IS > 35s feet high; torrents 81 water
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an III boats was f,oatin' palaces. Their.
was more things did on n trip I'm New
Orleans to st Louis m back nor you'll
see in years travel thesDsirne-.
I've seen mo n one man start ont
mebbe 10 pleasant trip. with his pockets
full o money an no end o prop'ty at
home. act in With bunch o. p'fessionals
an lose tol'abl. nigh all he had in IN
world afo' we'd get to Memphis ~ oo'sc
them things didn't happen every trip.
All there was "a good manv o Nh old
travellers never seen -m. but ! don"
been on tn boats continual ever since
! was a boy. an tn amt many things ]
amt seen
An when one O tho quality got started
'peared like there want nothin ID stop
him II hs win he'd keep playin' 'I,l
ne lose. an il hs lose ha wouldn't quit
Till hs lose tOIable nigh everything hs
had. WANT often he'd go a. far
that. but done se.'n u did three, times
Their sharks t use'er travel ths river
as p'fe.-ionAl cyard players wouldn't
never give up - long = thor. was any
thin left 10 EN- TO win 'Twa'n't 10 ba
locke for = they would They wa out
laws an nobody had no pity To- them
when they was ruined There want
no reason 10 anybody to. but | reckon
mshbe 1t wa. knoWin how unpopular
they was Z helied max. 'nm = cruel s
they -ho' was when they had a chancet
"Thera was on. on '"'n named Rich
mond. Jack Richmond was what they
called him. what coris higher 20 bcin'
q two legged tiger n any man ever
knowed Their" wa'nr nobody know.d
what family ho com" from. 10 h.. dIdn Z
never talk about hi-s"lf 80 mo n h. had
IN: bun thsm = kn0wed him hest -aid h."
was sdicat"d ekl N anybody. an ih"rr
was some aid he'd b'sn lawyer afo'
ho took =" guards story was Z b. don"
shot man in cold blood aona're= ont
We~'. quar- lin over a woman. an come
nigh holm lynched.
Somehow he got away I'm them g
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CLAVE GIRL LOST AND
- WON IN FOkER GAME
An Incident Of High Play in the
Old Mississippi Steam
boat Days.

20 co'se N amt nobody Z lived South
afo' tn wah but what knows th' niggers
was n heap better oT afo they was all
sOr free n they ever will be again said
aleh Mix the veteran bartender on the
Mississippi River packet City Of hatcher:
but" he continued. there was things
happened sometime = made most any
body think whar some on EN- d been
n heap better Of "a they was II they'd
beioh ged 10 somebody else Even Thorn
Z had good masters d get in trouble
when their masters did. an most gen "
they'd get tn worst o. whatever hap
pened TwaD't az tn whites didn {
mean 20 treat 'ern we'll man II treat
his hose an his dog = wells he can II
he's anythin' Of a man an stands to reason
he'll treat his pigRer we'll Tn amt
noDody t. got sense IN goin 80 misuse
hts own prop'ty when it's val abls
But there was things happened what
u make yO feel sorry TO EN- even when
.vners want nobody To blame IN p'tio'lar
an somehow 70 felt wuss vi hen they
was part white n 20 did wben they was
all black Mo special VOID feel bad " hen
twas a gal Z was white enough 20 have
Gs.iin's sone ike tn whites
4 here " ~ a heap . trouble como to
SONS long o. tn poker = was played
m m boats 'h"rn days Pears like IN
am nobody got IN fever 70 RambIin
Nowadays what som" n tn quality use'"r
have hut mobile that's long y me- mt
ss"in' ~ In III old days. when IN glory
o. IN Mississippi hadp't faded away
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but II you u do that I'll raise 20 another

but II you II do that III raise 20 another
thousand
We'll. Richmond. ne says. very smooth
/ don't like 90 take no mans paper In
a poker game. but I'll tell yo' what IN
do. There's wench trav lin IN yo'
party what = worth 81 40 easy n yo'
want to put her up 10 that III cover the
bet
Il amt p'tendin' to say what Tolliver
wal fool tn listen to such talk. but he
sho' was sucker enough Ia think ha WIS
IN square game. an he had a queen full
on aces in his hand. an tbs. tempta ton
must a been mighty strong
He kind o swaller.d hard Oncet or
twice an then he says It's a go. an he
puts mp $500 an the gal. on'y % co Sc he
didn't put the gal on the table. He was
Southern gentleman. an his word was
enough.
Then Richmond he put up his money
an showed down four sizes.
Il never seen man turn a. white a.
Tolliver done when he realized what he'd
did But all's he said was: II yo'll let
Mandy stay with Mrs. Tolliver tiII we
reach Helena I'll buy her back from yo'
at yo' own price. sab
But Richmond. he says I want
reck min on goin' so fur's Helena IN
TO send TO her a'ter yo' get home IN
sell her To 20 10 what put up ag'in her.
| amt lookin' 10 no profit on no trans
action like that
An there couldn't nobody say no mo
He owned the gal. an he, took her asho'
at SicksburH. | dunno what TOlliver
done told his wife hut ] know she had To
be carried asho' when they come 20 Helenss
an ! never hes'rd no mo bout the gal
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THE ExCITABLE NAN.
ssss Trials tie Thinks lie Is .etting .
Grip an Himself Now.

Sometimes I wonder" said the "S-
citable man. IL am ever going to he able
TO learn 10 keep my head. not 10 Nv m
the handle and ramp and tear and swing
my arms and holler and generally blow
UP and make a gump OF myself every
time l get into a discussion. Will. the
other fellow keeps cool I get hot and
then the first thing know ] am shouting
and believing and tearing myself all 20
pieces, But think I am improving some
what. find that am able now 10 maze
the intervals between my explosions
longer and longer. and this adds to my
strength and inspires me with hope
II find that in this. IA IN so many other
things. it is the frs, step that counts II
unshackle AT all. why am lost II I per
init myself 90 make one sage. OF. a. som"
might think one foolish remark. II l"t
myself say just one little word smart OF
sharp the first thing ! know ] am gong
full tilt. Even though I may speak with
the soherest intent in the world. meaning
simply 10 say just that one thing and
then close up. though ! may have tive
very best intentions. yet II make so mich
"a "a peep I am Oh ! seeIn n; the sound
Of my own voice to open up automatically,
20 fly nj once beyond control. and th"r l
go tearing things up IN" hack and down
tine front and around tho middle cyr!od-
Ing all over, and then when I've hlown
myself out | realize that I've once move
made a spectacle of myself and ! think
III never never do IL again and then V
takes me hours Ia get hack again M
ANYTHING like a state Of fair tranquility
Bat ! am getting grip on mys"f
now | find now that wiTBt ] have To 30
when there's a discussion up ~ tn 100
my mouth closed altogether, keep out -
u entirely And that ia what ! am nrS
trying and trying hard TO do ~ ke~p nv
mouth shut totally and absolutely In
that conrs~ ElOn" appears to lie safety
for me. and that co'IrSs l am now reao-
lutely resolved 20 pursue"
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likely the loss Of life has been greater
and other bodies will be found under
the ruined houses and submerged streets
which are now being cleared by the
soldiers.
The Minister Of Marine arrived at
Ischia the day after the disaster and
assumed the direction of rescue work
Two men Of war landed their crews and
supplied the island with water Several
engineers were sent by the Government
10 undertake the necessary repairs OF
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and mud cover the streets and partly sub
merged houses. and the country around
the inha bited area. studded with vine
yards olive and lemon and orange groves.
has been reduced to a bare morass.
The loss Of life. however. has been com
paratively slight as 50 far only about
twenty bodies have been recovered from
the ruins. n fact which proves that the
inhabitants sought safety IN flight. In
fact many ran toward the higher parts
OF the towns or else mounted on the house
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Z Good Excuse.
FROM me Washington Star

Frow no WrshtnOf0n Star
TO the drpnknrd anything IL an c,rus.
for q drink
The speaker. Dr. ~ clay Winter. C,eve-
lands specialist IN dipromnnia. smiled and
Te-umsd
e found on" Of my worst pat entz in n
rnthSkeler one SATURDAY, night he
Sau"ers were stacked before il,m. and 30 M -
ing to the sIgcsrE FteTnIy said
Whit NinS large beer. sIrp adv ny hs1r
JObhins. think of your ten children
Thanks for the reminder. dOr tho din
somantac answered. Here, waiter bring
mo one more b90g.'"
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ton. Tho bed Of the small river con-
stituted the main street OF the village,
and some time ago the Mayor. who was
bent on improvements. had the street
paved and left q narrow channel under
meath for the water to how down 10 the
sea After the heavy rains on Sunday
night the waters Of the brook increased
so much that the pavement Of the street
was torn up and the torrent flooded the
village Meanwhile the soil on the sur
face OF the mountains was washed away