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AUGUSTA TORN UP.
A TWISTING WHIRLWIND STRIKES
THE CITY A BROADSIDE.
Many Houses Blown Down. A Number of
Persons Injured, But None Seyerely.
Several Negro Families Buried
lUnder Debris.
AUGUSTA, GA., Mch. 20.-—-At9 o'clock
¢his morning a tornado struck Augusta
hack of the old Lafayette race course.
So far as is learned, it seems that it
did not descend to the danger point be
fore it reached the city proper.
The first house struck was hurled
across McKinnie street and thrown
against the house on the opposite side of
#he thoroughfare. Its occupant, a col
ozed woman, was badly but not fatally
hurt. Nothing but the floor of the house
was left.
In the next house demolished a negro
woman and five children were buried
übder the wreck, but after an hour’s
hard work were ex:ricated alive, though
some of them were badly bruised.
Jumping over into the central portion
of the southern part of the city, a dozen
houses were wrecked.
Along the route of the storm trees,
feucing, outhouses, ete., were leveled.
The tornad > was capricious, taking a
zig-zag and up and down course.
A small house was hurled through the
roof and into one of the big rooms of the
Miller flour mill.
The Central rai'road round _house and
paint shops were badly wrecked and one
engine was smashed under the debris.
It is miraculous that no persons were
killed and that so few were hurt.
Policemen, firemen and the street force
are at work vpon the ruined houses ,and
those who have been hurt are being
cared for at the hospital.
THIS IS FROM ATLANTA.
‘Fhat City May Be Blown Up £t Any Mo
ment.
According to letter which an Alaba
mian has written for the pubiic prints,
the goodly citizens of Atlanta may start
upward, temporarily, at any minute, and
wjithout warning.
This communication imparts the start
ling information that there is a regular
mine of munitions of war beneath some
portion or other of the Gate City, with
the springs, which will touch the whole
Jbusiness off, ready to be sprung.
The Alabamian is now endeavoring to
negotiate with the War Department for
a contracc to remove the combustibles
and explosives. The following is his let
ter] referred to:
“‘I belong to the Seventh Mississippi
Regiment, a part of Polk’s old corps.
After having participated in a great
many battles in 1864 we, on May 15,
commenced our campaign in G:orgia, at
Dalton., That was a hot and swift cam
paign,
“Day and night we fought untii abou*
#eptember 5, when the Yankees com
maenced tc harass our left wing, compos
ed of Hardee's corps. We were in
Atlanta then, My reciment in Polk’s
<orps was left to hold the center [of the
army at Atlanta. But on the night I
wvefer to we were ordered to get ready to
march out from the Gate City.
“QOne of the first things to be done by
way of preparation was to bury all the
large cannon, bombshells and torpedoes
that we had on hand. This we, did as
expeditiously as possible, and the whole
deposit made a big heap. \ith all the
torpedoes we fixed the springs ready
for exploding. :
+‘] have often thought of this day’s
work. Ijhave not seen Atlanta since
the war, and [ sometimes think that
maybe some large and costly buildings
have been fbuilt over the spct where
these explosives are buried. I am the
ouly man living that helped bury these
things or that knows where they are
Huried, and my desire to dig them all
map again is therefore easy o be under
stoed.” :
Two Lives Saved.
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Jupction
jity, 111., was told by her doctors she
had Consumption and that there was no
Hope for her, but two beitles Dr. King’s
New Discovery completely cured herand
she says it saved her life. Mrs. Thos.
Hgoers, 139 Florida St. San Francisco,
suffered from a dreadful cold, approach
ing Consumption, tried without result
everything else then bought one bottle
of Dr. King’s New Discovery and in two
weeks was cured. He is naturally thank
ful. Ivissuch results, of which these
are samples, that prove the wonderful
efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and
Colds. Free trial bottles at Sale-Davis
Drug Co’s. Regular size 50c. and $l.OO.
Am ingenious Scotchman has devised
7 thread-spinning apparatus that is
operated by two trained mice. In driving
the little mill with their paws the ani
mals daily perform work equivalent to
#&raveling ten and one-half miles.
A QUEER STORY. .
Fred Douglass Said to Have Had Designs
on the Presidency.
A queer story of Fred Douglass’ am
bition has come to light since his death.
It is alleged that he had designs upon
the presidency. His plans were concur
red in and supported by very nearly
every prominent colored politician in
the country. They contem»lated that
the blacks should withdiaw from all
other political affiliations and become a
disticet party to themseives. Douglass
calculated that, as the census put the
black population at 10,000,000, there
must be 2,000,000 black voters who
would vote for him .for president. He
believed the campaign of 1896 would
bring out at least five presidential can
didates to divide the white vote—the
democratic, the republican, the populist,
the prohibition and the free silverites.
With the whites so divided and the
blacks polling a practically solid vote,
he believed tbe black partyy would be
able to captuie a number of states, pos
sibly not enough to secare the presiden
¢y, but certainly enough to bring him
into greater prominence than he had
ever enjoyed. It is asserted that he
would certainly have made a presidential
campaign if his plans had not been cut
short by death,
A Murderm:s Nation.
According to recent statistics, we had
in the United States last year 9,800
criminal homicides against about 500 in
Great Britain.
Now, there zan be no reasonable ex
case for such a black record for this
country. The reproach falls Ipon every
section. In the north most of the blame
is laid on the foreign element, and in the
south is laid on the negroes.
This explanation does not satisfy.
These wholesale murders should be stop
ped, and if educational methods fail we
should remodel our penal codes and
make justice more certrin and speedy in
our courts, It is a ridiculous boast tv
claim that ours is a Christian and a law
abiding nation when we have nearly
10,000 criminal homicides a year, to say
nothing of the fact that there is hardiy
a month in the year when the militia or
the federal troops are not ordered out in
some locality to suppress various Kkinds
of disorder.
The trouble is that in eyery state in
the union there is an impression that a
murderer has about nine chances in ten
of securing an acquittal, or a light sen
tence with a commutation or a pardon.
This is the cause of so many lynching:.
When we remove the cause the result
will go with it.
When we add to our murders other
crimes, it is plain that our criminal per
centage is altgether too large. We
must turn over a new leaf or take a back
seit among Clhristian nations.—Atlanta
Constitution.
The Pomegranate Cocktail.
From the 2hiladelphia Record.
A few clubmen who are on the “‘insid.”
are just at present writing sonnets to and
making close connections with a new
drink, which is said to have spruang up
in the trail of the Duke of Verazua, or
to have been given ia strict secrecy by
him to one or two of the largest Ameri
can subscribers to his bankruptcy fund.
It has been christened ‘‘pomegranate
cocktail,”” and a man with a deckload on
is warned against calling for it, lest he
should bite the t)ngue or take lockjaw
in the attempt. One of the oddest of
Spanish fruits, the pomegranite, is cut in
halves, and the juice squeezed into a
glass filled with ice. Whisky in triple
proportion to the juice is added, and the
result, after vigorous stirring, is a most
delightful and refreshing beyerage.
Can Sympathize With the Hen.
From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
William Godson, of Albuquerque, has
given up his attempt to sit in a chair
perfectly quiet for twelve consecutive
hours for seven days, and loses a bet of
$lOO. When he left the chair last night
at midnight he was petty nigh played
ouf,
His limbs were swollen and it was
painful £ r him to move his arms ard
neck. His eyes were badly strained and
hie presented a worn-out appearance.
He sent word to his backer that he
was more dead than alive—in faect, is
now un ler a doctor. He stood the test
for tive days, making sixty hours.
—_— e O
“Perhaps you would not think so, but
a very large pioportion of diseases in
New York corses from carelessness about
catching cold,” says Dr. Syrus Edson.
“It is such a simple thing and so common
that very few people, unless it 1s a case
of pneumomnia, pay any attention to a
cold. New York is one of the healthiest
places on the Atlantic Coast, and yet
there are a great many cases of catarrh
and consumption which have theirorigin
in this neglect of the simplest precaution
cf every day life. The most sensible
adyice is, when you have one get rid of
it as soon as poss ble. By all means do
not neglect it.,”” Dr. Edson does not tell
you how to cure a cold, but we will.
Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It
will relieve the lungs, aid, expectoration,
open the secretions and soon’ effect a
permanent cure. 25 and 50 cent bottles
forsale by Farrar & Farrar.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
World’s Fair Highest Award. .
A NEGRO HACKMAN’S OFFENSE,
A Lady Left on the Read for Refusing an
Extortionate Demand for Money.
A good portion of the people of Val
dosta have been considerably stirred up
over the action of a negro hackman,
who has fled the city to escape the pun
ishment which, in all probability, he will
yet have to suffer. William Hollisis his
name. During the last few years he has
accumulated a considerable amount of
property. He isone of the best known
negroes of that city.- On Thursday's noon
train from S vannah, Mrs. Ratcliff, wife
of a section master of the Plant system,
came to the city to visit her parents,
who live a fev miles above here. She
employed Hollis to carry her and two
children to her father’s home, and the
negro told her that he would do so for
$1.50 When they had gotten about two
miles from town the Legro told her she
would have to pay him more money, as
the distance was farther than he expect
ed. Mrs. Rateliff added fifty cents to
what she had already vaid him. They
had driven nearly five miles from town
when they came to Cherry creek which
was sonsiderably swollen by the recent
rains, and the negro stopped s team
and demanded of her more money., She
had no more and he began firing a pistol
to frichten her. She jumped from the
hack with her two children, and at this
juncture two wagons came over the hill
toward them. Hollis turned his team
roward town and returned to the city,
leaving Mrs. Radcliff and her children
on the roadside by the swollen stream.
She was taken up by one of the farm
wagons and carried tu her home. News
of the affair was broucht here late Fri
day and fuller reports were received yes
terday. Aneffort was made to capture
Hollis, but he had lett the city. His
house was guarded last nighbt, it is said,
by a detachment from the vigilant com
mittee, and should he return, it is rea
sonably certain that he will catch the
worst thrashing a negro ever had in this
county in an age. The city council will
revoke his license and he will be given
a few hours after the cowhiding in which
to leave town,
'ny ;\"al;{ed Home.
Messrs. R. L. Hart and M. W. Cox an:l
your correspondent went over to Dawson
last Thursday to hear the trial of J. T.
McAllister, of Fort Gines, for the kill
ing Judson Hyatt, who was ordered to
Dawson by Juidge Griggs. The train
which we lookel f r to return home on
never came—or at least not until next
day. So atabout 11:30 o’clock we were
p :rsuaded vo join “Cox’§ army’’ and be
gan to count the crossties between Daw
son and Shellmain. I won't tell how
many ties there are for fear some one
vlse will decide that several thousand
don’t rexch far and will get waterbound
by dirt road and no prospe:zts of a train,
with imperative business at home, will be
as big geese—[ belizve I'll say fools--to
undertake such a trip. Uader no other
circumstances than a life and death case
will we do so again.—Shellman Corres
pondence Cathbert Leader.
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Saved from St. Vitus Dance.
“Our daughter, Blanche, now fif
teen years of age, had been terribly
afflicted with nervousness, and had
lost the entire use of her right arm.
We feared St. Vitus dance, and tried
the best physicians, with no benefit.
She has taken three bottles of Dr.
Miles’ Nervine and has gained 31
pounds. Her nervousness and symp
toms of St. Vitus dance are entirely
gone, she attends school regularly,
and has recovered complete use of
her arm, her appetite is splendid.”
MRS. R. R. BULLOCK, Brighton, N. Y.
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Dr. Miles’ Nervine
Cures.
Dr. Miles® Nervine is sold on a gogitive
guarantee that the first bottle wi'l benefit.
All druggists sell it at 81,6 bottles for §, or
it will be sent, prepaid, on recvi{:t of price
by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
—SO0" D BY
Farrar & Flarrar
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OTHERS, Do You Know .. ..,
Bateman's Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, many so-called Soothing Syryp &n;
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most remedies for ehildren are composed of opium or morphine ?
Do You Know that opium and morphine are stupefying narcotic poisons ?
Do You Know that in most countries druggists are not permitted to sel] narcotics
without labeling them poisons ?
D» You Know that you should not permit any medicine to be given your child
unless you or your physician know of what it is composed ?
Do You Know that Castoria is a purely vegetable preparation, and that g list of
its ingredients is published with every bottle ?
Do You Know that Castoria is the prescription of the famous Dr. Samuel Pitcher
That it has been in use for nearly thirty years, and that more Casteria is now sold thag
of all other remedies for children combined ?
Do You Know that the Patent Office Department of the United States, and of
other countries, have issued exclusive right to Dr. Pitcher and his assigns to use the worq
“ Castoria’ and its formula, and that to imitate them is a state prison offense ¢
Do You Know that one of the reasons for granting this government protection wag
because Castoria had been proven to be absolutely harmless?
Do You Know that 35 average doses of Castoria are furnished for 35
cents, or one cent a dose ?
Do You Know that when possessed of this perfect preparaticn, your children may
be kept well, and that you may have unbroken rest ?
Well, these things are worth knowing. They are facts.
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