THE RED STORM
Or the Days of Daniel Boone
M
By JOEL ROBINSON
The ensuing nlfht set In dark n
stormy. A fine mlaty rain f" eontln
u.mslv on the earth. The enemy, fa
tigued with their part efforta, had reaaed
to maka koatlle deroonstretlone. and wara
evidently resolved on reating ntll morn
ln Captain Boone, having placed a guard,
ha 1 prevailed on the weary defenders of
Hunrsborough to 11a down to eleep. to
strengthen tham for tha contingencies of
the morrow. 'Tha pioneer hail laid ninv
aelf down for coupla of taoura, but at
11 o'clock aroaa and walked around tha
work to ace that all waa aafa, and
taka rare that tha fiiard waa duly re
lieve 1 and vigilant. Aa h waa paaalng
tha gate ha heard a gentle knocking on
tha outside.
"It ia aome Indian trick." thought
Pan lei; "hut I am too old a bird to ba
canirlit with chaff. "Who knocks?"
"Bland Italian!. Thera ara threa of
ua." added the vole.
"Let the other two apeak." returned
the Pioneer.
"Simon Kenton." aald another voice.
"Allan Norwood." added a thirl.
"It'a all right," aald Boone, undoing
tha fastenings of the gate. "No three
men were ever more welcome to any
place," ha continued, aa tha party an
tered.
"You'Te had a fine time of It here, I
reckon," aald Ballard.
"The hand of Borrow baa pressed hear
lly upon us," replied Boone, aadly.
"I knew In the eourae of natur' that
aome roufounded thing or other would
break V added the scout, aentlmentally.
"How baa It fared with you, my lade?
What newa of Miss Alston?"
"It haa fared but Indifferently with
na," replied Allan. "Mlaa Alaton, we
bare reaaona to suppose, la aafa, although
In the power of La Wand."
Mr. Alaton, who had alao been walk
ing about tha worda, head tha name
of hla daughter mentioned, and haatened
to join the party.
"It appeara," continued Allan, "that
your daughter waa carried away by
Jealoua Indian maiden, who Intended her
no serious harm."
"But where la ahe? Where hare yon
left her? Why hare yon not restored
her to my arma?" exclaimed Alaton,
deeply moved.
"Softly! aoftly!" aald tha aeout "We
bare done all that men could do. W
haven't been afeard to riak our Uvea In
her aervice."
"The Cherokee girl," reaumed our
kero, "had witnessed an Interview be
tween her lover and your daughter,
which excited all her Jealousy and ha
tred, anil waa the cauaa of her audden
and myaterloua disappearance."
"But who waa tha I ml Ian malden'a
lover?" aaked Alaton, new light stream
lug In upon hla brain.
"lie viii called while here La Bland,
Before I made thla Important discovery
Miss Alston had been found by La Bland
and carried away. We pursued him
with haste, but he reached hla friends,
who are keeping you besieged here, be
fore wa could effect rescue," aald Nor
wood. "Tlila young man haa acted nobly,"
added the acont, with great warmth.
"He haa aaved my life, and Kenton'a
also. I abused him at the outset, and
am aorry for It. Ho'a aa brave a young
feller aa ever walked, and I'll make my
word good agin a doaen, armed with any
kind o' weapona whatever. If there
ahould be any aort o' hlnme attached to
hla name, now or hereafter, thla year or
next, or the year arter, I don't care
when, I warn everybody In partlc'lar
that In courae o' natur' eomethlu' will
breakl"
"It la no more than what Justice de
manda to any that all the auccesa that
haa attendeil thla enterprise la due to
Mr. Norwood." aald Simon Kenton, with
manly frankness. "We've got good newa
for you all. Otter-Lifter ia coming to
your aid at the head of hia warrlora.
nd la now close at hand."
"And we called at Harrodshurgh,"
added Allen, "on our return, and Colonel
llarrod la coming with two pieces of
cannon. I think we ahall not only be
able to make good the defense, but de
feat the enemy and rescue Miae Alston."
A "We have only bail newa to tell you In
return for theae glorious tidings," re
turned Boone, "Matilda Fleming and
your Bister Eliaa, Mr. Ballard, have been
carried off by Sllaa Glrty and ara now
In hla hands."
"If we can git them two cannon Into
thla place afore sunrise, and Otter-Lifter
reachea ua with hia warrlora, It'a uiy
opinion there'll be confounded break
age!" exclaimed Ballard, knitting hla
brow ami grasping his rifle nervously.
The newa which Allan and hla com
panions had brought soon circulated
through the station, awakening new hope
In every heart. Tha mot experienced
of the pioneers doubted not but the kin
lion could he brought to the fort nuder
Cover of the darkness.
"We ahall have to go out and recon
noiter a little and aee which will he the
aafest way to bring In the big doga,"
aald the scout, referring to the cannon.
'It'a rather a delicate piece of work,"
added Kenton, "hut the darkness of the
night ia greatly In our favor. Be on the
watch, captain, to let ua In." With
these words the three men left tha ela
tion once more and gilded away.
In a little time Ballard came back to
ay that tha enemy had relaxed their
vigilance, being, doubtleaa, tired out with
the length of the alege; that twenty men
from Harrodshurgh were at ahort dis
tance from tha fort with ordnance,
i which they would now eudeaver to drag
Into the atatlon.
Tha rain descended In torrents, and
tha night, though mora Inclement, waa
mora favorable than ever to their pur
pose. After Incredible toil and exertion,
the efforta of Col. Harrod were crown
ed wit.'i auccesa, and the much coveted
cannon were at last aafely lodged In
the hlock-house. Every heart waa glad
dened by the eight of the formidable
engines of destruction and the brave
company that came with them. They
were Immediately loaded with grapeahot
The scout waa both surprised and
pleased when he discovered among the
female the pretty figure of Itinis Mc
Kee; and the particulars of her appear
ance at the etation, aa related by Joel
Ixigston, gave hi in genuine feelings of
dinlratioii and aatlsfactlon. He efflrnv
e l. In the hearing of Allan and others,
that aha waa without Question tha finest
g'.rl In tha whole world, and ha atood
ready, then and there, to make good tha
assertion.
Soon after Ballard freed hla mini) by
making thla Important statement, ha w-sa
observed In earnest conversation with
Mlaa McKee; that Is, as earnest sa his
embarrassment would allow of; (or Us
!
j scout on this occasion did appear to have
j lost hia usual boldness, and In tha esti
mation of Kenton and Elisabeth Boone,
ha waa really awkward at times, bashful
and hesitating. Before the dawn of
day, Allan and hla two friends bad re
lated their several adventurea since they
left tha fort; while those who remained,
In their turn, rehearsed what had trans
pired during the siege.
It msy be a fact worthy of note. In
this connection, that Simon Kenton had
much to aay to Elisabeth Boone; but
as nobody took ths trouble to listen, ws
regret that ws shall not ba sbls to ax
plain It all to the reader. It waa re
marked, however, by Joel that Mlaa
Boone'a pale cheeks thereupon assumed
a ruddier glow.
The euhjeet of Mlaa narrod's capturs
and singular return to Harrodshurgh
waa then apoken of, aa the newa of that
event had not reached the atatlon. Aa
Boon aa the name of Fanny Harrod waa
mentioned, the attention of young Reyn
olds waa Instantly 6xed upon the speak
er. With changing color and varying
emotions he listened to the tale, and ex
claimed: "Thank heaven!" In euch an emphatic
tone, when he heard the happy termina
tion of the affair, that all eyea were In
stantly turned toward him.
"She's aafa now, my lad!" aald Col
onel Harrod, In a low voles to tha young
man.
In anawer to thla sasuranc. Reynolds
preaaed ths colnnel'a hand warmly.
"It wujild have been Impossible to
have kept him hived up here, if he had
known that Fanny waa In danger," re
marked a man from Harrodshurgh, to
Allan.
"He's somewhat sentimental toward
the young woman, I suppose," obaerved
the latter.
"Sentimental don't eeem to be exactly
the word; but he'a very fond of her com
pany, and people aay that something
111 corns of It by-and-by," returned the
settler.
CnAITEIl XXVIII.
Ths morning ao anxiously expected by
the inmates of Booneaboronga dawned
brightly and clearly at length; anon a
few random allots from the enemy told
that they wers also astir. Presently tha
firing reaaed, and Glrty one mora hailed
the fort. Captain Du Queane, he went
on to state, had a few mora worda to
address to tha Infatuated people of
Booneahorough. Some of the young wom
en belonging to the station, had, unfor
tunately, fallen Into the hands of his
friends, the Mlamla; the names of theae
captives aa followa: Rosalthe Alaton,
Matilda Fleming and Eliza Ballard;
all of whom would be put to death,
providing the station did not Immediately
surrender unconditionally. Captain Iu
(Jueane had seen an intimate friend of
Mr. Alston, whoae name waa Le Bland,
who entreated him In moat earnest man
ner to advlae Captain Boone to yield
without delay.
Theae, Glrty added, were the last of-
fars lu (Juesne would make, and he
would allow them half an hour to think
of them.
Captain Boone replied that they did
not wish to think of such a proposition
for a moment, and Captain Du Queane
waa at liberty to do hia worst without
delay. Moreover If ho (flirty) appeared
before thera again he would be Instantly
shot down, If he atood under aa many
Units aa ha could hold up.
Thla reply sent the notorious whits
man off In a great rage, and the pio
neers perceived by tha unusual bustle
that preparations were being made for
a grand assault.
"I wish to apeak a few worda to Dn
Quesne before the attack la tnace," aald
Alaton.
"You ara at liberty to do so," replied
the captain.
Mr. Alston Immediately availed him
self of the permission, and with the flag
which Reynolds had used, presented
himself to the enamy In a conspicuous
place and algnlfled hia desire to commu
nicate peraonaly with Du Queane, the
leader of the expedition. After aoms
demurring and a multitude of excuses
Du Queans reluctantly apepared and de
manded to know what waa wanted,
alnce all hla merciful overturea had been
rejected.
"I wlah to say that I know you. and
knowing you, hold you In the deepest
abhorrence," replied Alston. "You came
under my roof like a villain aa you are,
under an assumed name and In an as
sumed character. You won my confi
dence, and thereby had It In your power
to do me the greateat possible Injury.
Henceforth the name of Le Bland will
ever be aasnclated with all that la ln
famoua. Aa the only reparation which
you can make to a deeply Injured father,
I aak the restoration of my daughter and
those young women whoae names have
already been mentioned."
"live your resentment to the winds
and attend to the safety of yourself and
family. Come over to me with your
wife, and instead of a dreadful scene of
slaughter, there shall ensue a wedding.
Your daughter shall become Madame
I Ml Quesne, and you ahall own half the
landa on the southern hank of the Ken
tucky Itiver all that portion Included in
the purchase of Major Henderson," re
turned I il Quesne.
"I would rather aee my daughter alaln
In the manner already threatened than
to wltnesa such a consummation aa you
have the hardihood to apeak of."
"Come In! come In!" exclaimed Boon
"I.t ua waste no mora time!"
IU Queane now attended to tha ar
rangement of hla forces without further
delay. The present disposition of hla
army waa moat favorable for the use of
the two pieces of ordnance.
"Heja dividing hia red raacala Into two
large partlea In order to attack na at two
points at tha sams time, said Colonel
Harrod.
"I think It would te well to open fire
nnon them while they are so compact,"
said Boone.
"Otter-Lifter, who la doubtleaa con
ceiled In the forest yonder, will attack
them the moment he heara our fire, ob
served Allan.
"Let me point one of thoae guns. It
yon please; I belonged to an artillery
company once." said Alston.
"He stands right at tha head of the
column there," whispered Joel Logston
In hla ear. "Bring down the eight fair
and acinars upon him, aa yon would level
a rtfle."
Mr. Alston looked deliberately along
the gun, and Joel, obeying ths motions
of his hand, adjusted It to his satis
faction. Reynolds stood near, holding
a biasing brand. Alaton Stepped back
and gar him a significant look. Tha
next Instant tha block-house shook and
trembled, to tha thunder of tha cannon,
and tha head of tha column sank down,
while yells of consternation aroaa from
many ssvage thr-.ata.
Tba pieces had been well aimed and
did terrible execution. Before tha ena
my had time to recover from their first
panic both of the cannon had been die
charged the second time, while tha sound
of musketry on ths left tcld tkst Otter
Llfter had commenced the attack.
To the rescue of the maldene!" shout
sd Allan Norwood, sod. followed by thir
ty gallant Kentucklana, ha rushed from
the fort.
Du Queens hsd fallen at tha first fire,
and Girtv was trying to rally tha In
dians. The quick eyea of Joel Logston
singled him out.
"Here's for you! cried Joel, and tha
crack of hla rifle reverberated op and
down the green banks of Old Kentucky,
The Infamous renegade ataggered and
fell, to rise no mora till the trump of
doom summons a 11 men to judgment.
Ths tall figure of Otter-Llf Per with hla
warriors waa seen struggling for a brief
period in the midst of the flying ssvsges.
snd then. Joined by the Kentucklana, ths
enemy were routed In all directions.
Ths siege of Rooneahorongh waa end
ed, aud Otter-Lifter announced In a loud
voice that the maldene were rescued.
The body of Du Queane waa found
among tha alaln. The victory was com
plete, and the Joy consequent upon the
successful termination, though subdued
by the remembrance of their losses, was
deep and hearjfelt. Rosalthe and the
other maidens unexpectedly restored to
the arma of their anxloua friends, ex
pressed their thanks to their dellverere
with grateful, eloquent looks and tearful,
expressive eyes.
Allan Norwood grew rapidly In tha
good opinion of Mr. Alston, and an In
timacy of the most tender and Interest
ing nature soon became apparent be
tween him and ths fair Roaalthe.
Early In tha following apriug, Jnat as
the flowers were expanding, she con,
sented to maka him the happleat of men.
And thua, blest to tha summit of their
hopes, we leave them to glide calmly
and bllsfully down tha ever-rolling
atream of life,
Star-Light gave her heart finally to
Otter-Lifter, and kept thereafter bis
lodge firs bright. Among Norwood's
visitors none were more truly welcome
thsn tha humane chieftain and his Star
Light As for young Reynolds, Is it not writ
ten In the annals of old Kentucky that
he waa ao fortunate aa to persuade
Fanny Harrod to become Mrs. Reyn
olds? And upon the next page Is It
not also written that Bland Ballard, tha
scout, offered hla hand and varying for
tunes to Inula McKey. It la very cer
tain that something of this kind should
have been made a matter of authentic
record, If It waa not; and poasibly It was
lost, with other important missing
archlvea of the "dark and bloody
ground."
Joel Logston did not long defer hla
happiness, but was wedded to Elixa Bal
lard. McKee was never heard of after
the alege, aud waa probably among the
alaln.
Of Daniel Boons we feel that It la not
necessary to add more. Hla name la so
Intimately associated with tha history
of that flourishing State, where ba spent
a great part of hia remarkable life, that
It needs no eulogy from our pen to add
to Ita renown. He waa tha first and
moat distinguished among tha l'loueera
of Kentucky.
(THE END.)
RANCH FOR SNARING GAME.
Where Elk, IlalTalo and Deer Were
t'smarht (or Zoological Gardens.
Ttie Dick Rock rnnch at Henry's
Lake, In this State;, hna been aoKl. Tha
ranch was located by Vlv Smith, of
Anaconda, and bis partner, Dlek Rock,
In ISM, anys the Butte correspondence
of the Seattle Times.
Smith was In at the death of the
race of buffulo on the plains of Mon
tana anil Dnkota, and at the time be
came acquainted with Rock, who was
probably the fastest man on the rlalns
with a skinning knife. Rock tbougni
nothing of taking off the skins of from
fifty to alxty buffalo In one day, with
no tackle or facilities whatever save
hla knife and two swift hands, backed
by brawny anna. With the passing of
the buffalo and after the Indian trou
bles had been settled the two men
found their occupation gone, aud had
to seek new fields.
Smith made a trip east, and In the
parks and zoos there saw many of the
animals he was accustomed to see
running wild, lie waa astonished to
learn of the fabulous sums paid by
the collectors of game for aliow pur
poaea and gnme preaervea. Then he
conceived the Idea of supplying this
market, and with Rock he took up the
ranch at Henry'a Lake.
The plnn they tried the first winter
was to run down the elk in the deep
snow, the hunters being upborne by
the Norweglnn skis. Though a suc
cess. It wns attended with great hard
ship and labor, not only in capturing
the elk and roping them, but also in
getting them buck to the ranch after
they w ere once taken.
Then they lilt on a more wily plnn.
High corrnls were built during the
summer. When winter came they
placed wild bay and tempting food In
the Inclosures. They left down tho
bars on one aide. Then Vic and his
partner, on skis, would locate a herd
of elk and drive them ahead like cat
tle, as the animals were unable to
mako speed In the snow. The elk were
steered Into the traps and bars put up.
Then It was only necessary to feed
them until sold. They were shlppod
to all parts of the country, but the
beat market waa found among the rich
men of New York, who stocked their
preserves In the Adlrondacks from the
Rocky Mountain ranch. Elk sold for
from $83 to $100; mountain aheep,
$250; bears, $50; deer, $.10 each, and
the purchasers paid the freight and
bore the expense of getting the ani
mals to the railroad.
During their five years of partner
ship they captured in all 807 elk, 300
deer, 20 mountain goats, 12 bears and
a few moose. Iist of all, they took In
three buffulo calves. Then Vic sold out
and Rook continued the business alone.
The calves grew up. Dick thought
they hnd become reconciled to their life
of Imprisonment. One day, In an un
guanbsl moment, he ventured too near
one of the buffaloes. It attacked hi in
and gored him to death. The animals
were afterward sold to United States
Senator Clark of Montana, and are
now pointed out as one of the attrac
tions at Columbia gardens In Butte.
British Columbia promises to be
come a dangerous rival of Oregon as
aa apple-growtrg region. During last
lecson 800,000 trees were planted.
COAST QUAKE UNIQUE
FLAMES add AWFUL HORROR
T0 DESTRUCTION.
! Fart ( Gok
Earth's Ikks rarlloae.
However, Ar Mor Liable la -aula
Uliiu,,,, lias Olaere.
Among the great dlaaaters recorded
in history there have been few In
which earth...... . ....I flea have Colli -
--"Hutt&v aw
blued to destruy life and property aa
In 8au FraacUeo. Volcanic eruptions
have beeu fr,lueBt accompanlnienta of
esrthiHinliua ... i tl recent ca-
, sua, mm ---
taatrophe aruuud Naples, have been
. ...
rvspoiismie fur g(gt aesiruciiou, um
t)wre Is nn n... ,. .1 ... h found for the
i a 1 in iu vw
calamity which descended upon the
city or the (i.en (ite. There nature
worked with vengeance, first over
throwlns rh. v..,. u snd then mnk-
-- iiuiiuii'a-
lug futile tin efforta of man to sub
due the flini which attacked the
ruined structure.
No ruirr!..f. r scientists
a ...uu ut l itw -' -
declare, la absolutely Immune from
earthquakes, but there are clrcum
sorlld regiona in which the surface Is
llubie to be iimken which are de-
scrlr1 a, ...,. ....bo runs" San
... - oiriu'juHv
Francisco It iitUateil within one of
these arena, md has experienced nu
merous sliisia Q the past sixty or
seventy jean. .
Itflle h-a I - ...a Kaon nACIlllArlV
subject to thro seliiulc disturbances.
Ita recent ejirlence In connection
with the eruption of Vesuvius being
one of scores occurring In the last cen
tury. Japaji, China, India and the
western coam of South America all
hare Iimii v, snnalllnir
earthquakes, hundreds of thousands of
human being, losing their Uvea.
Compared with other countries, the
FnltMl Ktt h.. KfTnnvt hut little
from earthquakes, the moat notable
disturbances of the earth's surfhee 00-
TKMHITORI I!f EABTIlgl'AKC AUf.X.
currlng In IS 3-112 near the head of
the Miaslalpp delta, la Inyo Valley.
California, ia 1S7J. and at Charleston,
8. C, In 1WL The earthquake at
Charleston destroyed a large numlier
of buildings and killed twenty-seven
persons outright, others dying later
from Injuries, Fight or ten villages lo
cated In" Inyo Valley were destroyed
and one-tenth of the population was
killed. Tho New Madrid earthquake of
1811-1812 affected a dogen or more
counties la southern Missouri and
northern Alabama.
1OO.000 Die la Quake.
Most disastrous of all earthquakes,
so far as authentic records show, was
that which occurred In Calnbra, Italy.
In 1783, and which killed 100.000 per
sona. It originated in the center of
the province, and extending to the
eastern const of Sicily destroyed the
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VIEW OF MARKET STREET, HAN FRANCISCO.
city of Messina, a tremendous tidal
wave engulang the greater portion 01
the city.
Among the earthquakes of early date
In Italy was that of A. D. 03. which
wrecked tha cities of Tompell and Her
culaneum. Hit eon years before they
were burled under the ashes and lava
thrown out by Vesuvius. The most
notable earthquake In Italy In the last
century, preceding the one which swept
over the northern part of the country
In 18l5 and caused tremendous dam
age, took place In 1857 la the kingdom
of Nttplea,
The earthquake which visited Lisbon.
rortug.il, Nor. 1, 17W. was one of the
most appalling and remarkable mani
festations in the hlst iry of modern
times. Sixty thousand lives are be
lieved to hive teen Vat In six minutes.
It wns All Saints' dny. and the
churches Were filled w'tn rorshljsjrs,
when the m;iiM!iig noise which Invarl
ably prece,h8 an earthquake was
hoard. A few moments passed, and
then cnnie , great shock which threw
down ths greater portion of the city
before t'i rople had a chance to es
cap from the buildings. The sea re
al red, leaving the bar dry, and then
rushed back In a wave fifty feet high,
tngulflng p,rt of the city permanently
to a depth &f (TO feet Tbe shock waa
felt In th Alps and on the coast of
Iweden. The waves of the shock reach
sal at far north aa Scotland.
ulap op ths Bumrr wsraicT in san feakcisco.
The burnt district of San Francisco Is shown on the map, the numbered
sections showing the devastating progress of the fire on the first, second, third
and fourth days of the conflagration. The boundary aa given la drawn from
a description by representatives of the Associated Tress, who made a tour
around the district and who estimate the circumference at twenty-six miles.
The boundary of the district la so Irregular that It Is Impossible to give an
accurate estimate of the area, but It Is said to be something leas than five
miles square.
The Chicago Are, Oct 0, 18T1, burned over a district that wns about four
miles In extreme length from south to north, the width being averaged at
about two-thlrda of a mile. There were some 2.100 acrea In the burnt territory,
or about three and one-third square miles. The fire started at 9 o'clock p. m.,
or near that hour, Oct 8, and reached Its boundary on the extreme north
about midnight of the following day. The number of buildings burned Is
placed at 17.4J50, the deatha by the fire estimated at H and some 70,000
people were made homeless. Estimates on the total loss of property yary, but
$100,000,000 may be taken aa a fairly accurate figure. The Insurance written
was $100,223,000 and the amount paid $3O,17a025.
The Baltimore fire, Feb. 7, 1004, burned for thirty -six hours and covered
an area of 140 acrea, extreme length 8,800 feet breadth 2.000 feet Seventy
three city blocks were destroyed, besides certain isolated sections on the water
front Property w as Insured for $50,000,000 and $32,000,000 waa .paid.
The Boston fire, Nov. 0, 1872, burned for aeventeen hours over an area
of slxty-flve acres- and destroyed 800 buildings. The total property loss Is
estimated at $80,000,000 and the Insurance was $52,7tl,00a Fifteen lives were
lost by this fire.
South America has been subjected to
many severe earthquakes. The city of
Caracaa, Venezuela, was destroyed by
three shocks within a minute In 1812.
Quito, Ecuador, waa almost obliterated
by an earthquake In 1859. The city of
Lima, I'eru. and Ita harbor. Callao,
were destroyed by an earthquake In
1710. The latest of the great seismic
upheavals In South America occurred
In lSiiH, on the western coaat of the
mountain region of the Andes from
Chile to Ecuador, a distance . of over
1,1x10 miles.
This earthquake leveled the cities of
Arlca and Arequlpa, Teru, to the
ground In a few minutes. Thousands
were killed, and many other thousand
were left starving amid the ruins. The
city of Caloocha, In the Andes of Ecua
dor, and Ita Inhabitants were literally
swallowed up by a gnplng mouth open
ed by volcanic forces, and a lake now
covers the spot where the city stood.
Tho cities of Ibra and Ottovalla shared
the same fate, not one of their 10,000
Inhabitants escaping.
During this tremendous upheaval the
actions of the sen were no less marvel
ous than those of the earth. At Arlca
tho sea retreated from the shore line
beyond the low tide water mark, car
rying with It five ships, which were In
the harbor, and then, returning In a
great tidal wave, dashed four of the
ships to pieces on the coaat and carried
the fifth, the American ship Wateree,
two miles Inland. The tidal waves
created by this earthquake reached to
the shores of Australia, and caused
v.
consternation on all the Islands of the
I'aclfle.
Oreal Ana Is Lifted.
In 1822 an earthqunke permanently
raised 100,000 square miles - of land
from two to seven feet The city of
Conception was destroyed in 1S33 for
the fourth time, and 300 shocks were
felt within three weeks. In 1801 the
city of Mendosa, Argentine Republic,
was destroyed, and 12,000 persons were
killed.
The Mississippi Valley earthquake of
1811-12, known as the New Madrid
earthquake, was characterized by the
great prolongation of Its phenomena.
Severe shocks occurred at short Inter
vals for several months, and the entire
series of shocks covered a period of
about two year. As tlie country was
sparsely settled little Is known of the
distance to which the vibrations ex
tended, but In the central tract the
phenomena were of a moat Impressive
character. It Is related that alluvial
land was traversed by visible waves,
which rocked the forest trees to and
fro, uprooted some, and permanently
entangled the branches of others. An
area between sixty and eighty miles
long and half aa broad sunk from six
to ten feet below Its former level.
The earthquake which devastated
Charleston, B. C, la September, 188d,
waa preceded by minor tremors, to
which little attention waa paid by the
Inhabitants of the dty. Tbe disturb
ance covered a tract of country extend
ing from the Atlantic coast to the Mis
sissippi Valley, and from Alabama to
Lake Michigan. The principal shock
lasted about one minute, and other
shocks followed at Intervals with grad
ually diminishing violence. A large
number of houses were thrown down,
and nearly every building In the city
was damaged, the loss being estimated
at millions of dollars. For four days
tho population camped out afraid to
risk their lives within walla that might
be shaken down.
Of recent earthquakes, that which
occurred In Italy last September
throughout Calabria and Sicily was
one of the worst The shock came on
Sept 8, a few minutes before 3 a. m.,
and wns of brief duration. In that brief
time 400 persons were killed, about 000
were Injured, and thousands were left
homeless and destitute.
niar Flrea of History.
The great conflngratloiia of history,
recorded In the order of their Import
ance, begin with the deatructlon of
London In 1212 and the loss of thou
sands of lives. In ltttUI London again
was burned, and thousands more of
lives were lost. In 1779 a conflagra
tion In Constantinople caused the
death of 7,000 iiersons. These three
great fires were without rivals In their
extent until the Chicago fire of 1871, In
which 2.124 acres were devastated, 117.-
450 buildings reduced to ashes, 2O0
Uvea lost and 08,000 people were made
homeless.
Tho Baltimore fire In 1904 swept
away eighty blocks, covering 140 acres,
and destroyed projierty valued at more
than $."0,000,00. A fire In San Fran
cisco In 1851 leveled 2,500 buildings.
chleny small frame structures, and
scores of iieraona were burned to death.
Another city that practically was
wiped out was Troy, N. Y., which
burned In 18152, with considerable loss
of life. Another disastrous fire killed
2,000 persons In 18(53 at Santiago,
South America.
Considered from the standpoint of
lives lost however, the Iroquois Thea
ter fire In Chicago, Dc. 30, l!M)3, ranks
as the most destructive In the history
of this country, and has no rival In Its
horror elsewhere. In this awful disas
ter H52 lives were snuffed out In a few
minutes, with but slight damage to the
theater. Next to this fire, reckoning
Its attending loss of life, was the burn
ing of Conway's Theater In Bnxiklyn,
N. Y Dec 5, 187(1, when 250 persons
perished In the flames.
Toald Most ( sirs tha Trala.
There Is a man In Enfield. Conn.,
who drives a carriage to and Trora the
station for the accommodation (?) of
the public. He Is exceedingly slow,
nearly always being a little behlud
time. One day he was engnged to carry
a lady to a train which It was very Im
portant she should catch. She watched
and waited, with hat and coat on, until
It was nearly train time. At last Mr.
C. drove up, hurrying not an atom.
The lady's husband flew to the door,
and Impatiently shouted: "What's the
use of hurrying now? It's nearly train
time." "Wal." drawled the Immovable
hackman, "If your wife has her things
on and la ready to start I reckon I can
git her most there."
Her Mea-Mareaea.
"Yes, he actually had his wife ar
rested." "What did he charge her with?"
"Contributory negligence."
"How wns that?"
"Why, It seems that he struck at hei
fiercely, and she dodged, and he smash
ed his hand'agalnst the wall." Cleve
land rialn lHaler.
DaaMfal.
What's that feller hollerln' about?"
Tie ain't hollerln' he'a only prayln'
fer rain."
-Beckon bell gtt It?"
"Dun no. I ain't seen the weather
bulletin rttr Atlanta ConsUtatloav
Miss Bret Harte, with the aid of a
uumlier of her father's EnglUh friends,
has ojned a tyiiewrltuig uttlce in Ixu
don. Mark Twain says he has no personal
property In New York, but puys tux-
ou $5.ias) Jnt for tho fuu of SL Twalu's
reuse of humor Is unique.
Ira D. Suukey, the noted 'singing
evangelist wrote a book, which con
talus the story of the origin of all of
the most famous goal) hymns.
J. I'lerpont Morgan has paid $50,000
for a collection of manuscripts of Rob
ert Burns, the plowboy poet We has
tou for the benefit of the Indiana poets,
to add that Mr. Burua la dead. Chica
go Record-Herald.
Hall Calue haa discovered the "rit
ual" or code of conduct of the modern
man. It consists of three principles:
"To live exiH'uslvely ; cheat In business,
but never at cards; and always lie lu
defense of a woman." Hall uuist think
that men actually live like the crazy
folks lu his novels.
The public library committee at
Gateshead, England, according to the
Saturday Review, has advised that
news of betting he blacked out of news
paiiers la the reading room owing to
the local vogue of wagering on foot
ball. We have no doubt the uabltuca
of the reading room would muke aide
bets on wbut waa under the bluck.
The valuable (iermaulc library of tho
Late I'rofesaor Richard Heluzel, of the
I'nlverslty of Vienna, haa been pur
chased by the George Washington Uni
versity. The library contains about
7.2oo volumes and pamphlets bearing
ou Germanic pholology, and a large
number of works and ierlodtcals In the
coguute branches, especially Anglo
Saxon. Mark Twain does not believe that the
project of the Carnegie ixlllng re
formers will succeed. "It won't hai
Kiii," be says, "aud I am sorry as 11
dog. For I do love revolutions and
violence." lie believes, however,- that
the reform could be made effective If It
were done "by a suddeu and compre
hensive ruah" ; but he doubts If the ef
fort at a slow aud gradual change Is
worth while. "It la," he says, "tho
audden changes In principle, morals,
religious, fashions, aud tastes that have
the best chance of winning lu our dny.
Suppose all the newspajHT and perlod
Icala ahould suddenly adopt a Canie
glau system of phonetic spelling what
would hnpien? We all kuow uulte well
what would hapjien. To begin with,
the nation would be In a rage ; It would
break Into a atorm of scoffs. Jeers, sar
casuia, cursings, vttuiieratlona, aud
keep It up for months but It would
have to read the papers; It couldn't
help Itself. By aud by, and gradually,
the offeiialve phonetics would lose
something of their strange and uncan
ny look; after another by and by they
would le all of It and begin to look
rather natural and pleasant; after a
couple of yenrs of this, the nation
would think them handsome, sane, anu
expressing, and would prefer them to
any other breed of iiclllng."
Tha Wane at Klaus.
By the death of King Christian, ths
new King of Denmark comes suddenly
Into un Income of Mi,l(H) ier annum.
This, however, Is by no menus extrav
ngant puy as compared with the grants
of other rulers.
The German Emperor receives 000,
000 a year the biggest allowance made
to any constitutional monarch. Our
own king rei-elvea only 470,000 a year,
although a separate grunt of .'0,000 Is
made to the 1'rlnce of Wales, one of
10,ooo to the I'rliKfHS of Wules, aud
another of 1,800 per annum to each of
the King's three daughters.
The King of Austria-Hungary figures
high on the list of handsomely-paid
rulers, receiving 382.202 a year. King
Alfonso, hoy though he Is, (1Ihmho of
338,000 uniiunlly, and even little Bel
glum spares 132,000 a year for t lie
glory of being a monarchy. Italy's
royal grant la f 157.000. Queen Wllhel
mlna of Holland lives quietly on iMl,
((Ml, the King of Greece struggles along
on 53.000, while the King of Servla
pour fellow Is reduced to poverty by ft
grunt of 48.000 a year, or leas than
1,000 a week. Answers.
All (ion.
The swlety editor of a pnjKr In
Richmond, Va., was prevented by sick
ness from attending the wedding of tlxi
daughter of a well known citizen, and
so was obliged to muke the beat she
could of a mitjml hand account of the
festivities.
Early In the morning after the wed
ding the young woman repaired to the
liome of the bride's parents. To the
darky who oietied the door slie said :
"I have calhil to get some of tho de
tails of the wedding."
An expression of Intense regret came
to the dusky counteiiam-e of the ser
vant "I'sa awful sorry, miss," she exclaim
ed, "but dey Is all gone. You oughter
come last night Ie company eat up
every scrap!"
The Ost Talaai Needfal.
Little Tommy had evlm-ed a distinct
liking for the birthday cake, and there
were unmistakable signs of his wish
ing for more, as he viewed the empty
plate.
"What more cake?" asked his moth
er, who added an awful description of
the end of all gluttons to her question.
The third serving, however, was
passed up to Tommy with the distinct
understanding that It was the last,
whereat Thomas burst Into tears,
"Whatever Is the matter with tho
indr ejaculated his father, "You've
got your cake; what more do you
want?"
"I want some more more room"
sobbed Tommy, "and I haven't haven'
got It ! 1
l'sleaal tort.
"Nice house, old man," aald Naggers
old friend, who waa visiting him, "but
haven't you any household pets?"
"Only thos my wife gets Into ore,,
ilonally," milled N.rfin......
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