New-York tribune., 1909-01-18
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

Contemporary accounts of the great Calabrian
earthquake Of 1873 suggest that In the recent ones
history repeated itself in a remarkable way A
Naples correspondent wrote in The Belfast News
Letter" of March q. 1873:
"On the 9th Of this month February several
shocks Of earthquake were felt in Calabria and
Sicily, but on the two following days the shocks
were more violent and made most desperate havoc;
80 villages and hamlets entirely destroyed
The towns Of Palni and Senainara are no more
Geracia is destroyed andrthe Princess Of Grtrlaldi
was buried in the ruins. among many others The
town OF Scla is also swallowed up The place
where Pizzo stood Is no longer TO be found OF
the city of Reggie universally famed for its trade
and riches scarce vestige remains. All we can
learn from Messina present is that the town is
almost entirely destroyed
Little Williezsay. pa what is hyposrt.1 ,,,,,o,v
thanks the Lord for his success and then gets MAD
responsible for It Hirnsen~Chicago News.
A memorial window 10 the. Ia,e Isaac II. Wise
from designs by Sir Moses Ezekiel Will be IN
veiled at the Keneseth Israel Temple in Philadel-
phia on January 81. Among those who will de-
liver addresses at that time are the Rev Drs
Louis Grossman and Joseph Krauskopf. Oscar s.
Straus. Bernard Bettman, of Cincinnati: Jacob H
SchiT and DR. K KohIer. The central figure Of
the design represents heroic figure Of Judas
Maccabeus. typifying the militant spirit OF Dr.
Wise. At the back Of the figure are the ruins OF
a great city. On the side or the central ng-
ure is the representation sk woman bowed IN
grief indicating the destruction of Israel, and
on the other side, the regeneration Of Israel Is
depicted by male student poring over the SCROLLS
of the law At the top Of the picture Is the SUM-
the rays Of which illumine the figures on either
side Across the are the Hebrew Wordsi
Let There Be Light
De Tanque-oh. believe IN a short life and a
Wigwag-wen guess you'll get the be1sh5 Of
the drst half of your theory all
Record.
While excavating for q, building near "inneio'
Ill workmen uncovered the tomb OF an Indian
three feet below the surface In the tomb were q
number of stone axes. spears. htnt arro"heaos'
beads and other Indian relics. The skeleton Is In
a fair state OF preservation. and from the numoer
of Indian weapons and beads found 1t is thought
the bones are those of some former chief OF the
Pottawatonlie tribe
THE EXCEPTION
Darling: Tx Ike your your face ,o2, so o. swssf 1ssf
The The lover 1oselS saq qsrn@ y1pI auburn hair.
Your forehead, milky white and square;
Your our azure eyes-in fact with me
Just everything about you goes.
boston Transcript
tn. will Of Baron Gevaert who died recently at
Brussels gave strict directions TO the manner IN
which the funeral should be conducted He asked
that everything be 'as simple as possible" that
that the music good possible I wish
he wrote the nturgical songs OF the mass TO De
rendered in Gregorian style. without organ accom-
Danir,ent II possible accept the Dies lr4,
which wish rendered in the French form. with
alternating solo and chorus. wish the aosolvo 70
he sung by solo and the Domino Jesu
Christi by three four bassos- When the body Is
baInr carried out beg that De Profundis be sung
and this is the Only music wish TO be rendered at
my funeral"
AT certain school in Aberdeen teacher was
examining her class the Bible the lesson g Gelns
'sVhy did the serpent tempt Eve instead OF Adam
For some tine there silence. but at length
little boy held up his hand and rephed; fieaSe'
num- cause it's ladies' first Bits
Reading rooms for children were opened about
two weeks ago in Copenhagen The idea oris-
mated saws. correspondent in that city for
Vienna paper with the author, n. X Christensen
and has beer carried by School Inspector Nag-
ger 1--WE are interested in this unique movement
g.. ora NJ IFS supporters because experience has
taught that the twentieth century child Is not IN
crested as we were in fables, and demands better
raadin1 matter The child has become more mod
a-n and INSTEAD OF poetic and moral fairy tales
NJ the Hans Christian Andersen kind IT asks for
a,ci+ing reading Of the Buffalo Bill type. At the
sa,,eral reading rooms in various parts of the city
admits Will aid children in the selection OF
hooks and will discuss them with the readers
They will a so read for the children suitable plays
and tbe system will undoubtedly be the means or
cultIvating and developing good taste in reading
The time the place and the girl. How seldom
we see them together" - -
scheme and the coin. .'-Loulsvllle Courler-JouEndi