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Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-02
NJ Me. TAFT,

Palmlst and Clairvoyant Truthful In
her predictions. reliable IN her advice.
no matt3r what troubles YOU may have
with yourself 81 others. Come ana sha
will guide YOU she advises you with
a certainly - 8 higher than human
power For . short tire only at b
Union street New London g0tSd
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-02
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Norwich Warriors.
FOWLER won MARATHON

453 442 439-1334
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
Target Practice Under Sea.

The second submarine hotilla. con-
sisting of the Octopus, Tarantula, vi
per and Cuttlefish, under command
of Lieutenant Charles E. Courtney.
has been smashing target records
from twenty to fifty feet under the
sea in Gardeners Bay. The new peril
scopes have been used to excellent
advantage by the helnismen, and the
new additions, it is said, have ad-
vanced the value of submarines
largely.
Under the sea the submarines have
been firing with Whitehead torpedoes
at from 1000 to 1900 yards distance
against targets made of woven nets
about sixty-tive feet long. The SUBJ
marines were run at full speed. When
the submarines become attached to
Commander Marsh's training SQUAD
ron more extensive drills, with both
night and day attacks, will be held
Newport Dispatch toNew York Times.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
He USEFULNESS
OF lcEBERcS

When an iceberg is launched unon
its long Journey Its bottom parts are
Darnacled with sand, bowlders and
otner detritus gathered from the land
surface over which 1t has made its
tedious march to the sea. This bur-
den It. gradually! casts off as it-meits
while drifting down along our conti-
mental seaboard.. AS a result OF the
deposits thus made through countless
centuries, combined with the products
OF erosion carried seaward by the
rivers, the seabed for many miles OF
shore has been gradually filled up.
creating those vast, submerged pla-
teaus known as banks" which ex-
tend from Labrador to the Bay of
FundY. and form tho breedIne
grounds of innumerable shoals Of
cod, herring and other valuable food
fishes. In this way the bergs have
performed an economic service of In
calculable value, laying the founda-
ton for one of the worlds most inn
portant productive industries, and af-
fording means Of livelihood to those
hardy bands of captains courageous,
who each year reap the harvests OF
the sea. The bergs serve a further
economic purpose in that to their
tempering influence are largely due
the climatic conditions prevailing
over a great part of the interior of
North America.-Alfred Sidney John,
son, in The World To-day.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07

$4,000 Next to Palermo, it is thu
chief commercial town Of Sicily and
lis .narbor, which is formed by a
peninsula, Is the busiest in Italy from
the standpoint of steamboat traffic
me principal object OF interest to
tourists. apart from the scenic attrac-
tlons OF the place, Is the cathedral.
Whlcn was begun in 1898, at the time
OF Norman occupation of the island
and parts Of which are still standing
as originally constructed with the ex-
cept1on OF the evidences Of damage
wrought Dy the frequent earthquakes.
Inc town Is one OF great antiquity.
and derived its first known name
Zanole "a sickle), from the shape Of
the harbor. It was founded by Cn-
maen pirates and Chalcidians In rag
B. g, and was governed by the laws
of Charondas. :
In 396 B. c. the town was de-
slroyed by the Carthag aginians, but was
rebuilt few years later by Dionysins
OF syracuse, only to fall again into
the hands Of the Carthaginians under
Hannibal in 269. The first Punic
war however, left the place In the
hands OF the Romans, and the place
was OF Importance second only to that
OF Syracuse and Lilybaeum in Sicily
during period of Roman occupation
lasting for several centuries.
In S31 A. D. the town was taken
Dy the Saracens, but in 1861 It was
taken from them by the Normans.
The city prospered greatly during the
Crusades, being favorite rendezvous
for soldiers from the continent en-
route to the Holy Land. In the Mid
die Ages also it became a flourishfne
commercial city.
It's commercial Importance disaD-
peared after bitter struggle between
the aristocratic faction, or Merli. and
the democratic faction, or Mavfzzi. in
1874. The democratic faction ap-
pealed to the French and the other to
the Spaniards. The former faction
were at first victorious, but eventual
1y were deserted by the French. the
city was taken by the Spaniards. and
when the struggle was over the popu-
latlon was reduced from 10000 to
about tenth of that number,
The town never fully recovered
from this disaster. Whatever recov-
cry was made was neutralized in the
eighteenth century by a series of dis
asters. In 1740 about "a, 900 persons
died OF the plague, and n 1888 the
: town was almost entirely overthrown
by the great earthquake of that year.
Great damage was caused by bonn
bardment in September, 1848. The
cholera carried Off no fewer than 16..
900 victims in 1854 and EARTHQUAKES
in 1894 and 1905 also caused loss Of
life and property. In 1880 the town
was occupied by Garibaldi. It be-
came a part Of united Italy the fol-
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE
REGION IN ITALY DEVASTATED BY
EARTHQUAKES AND TIDAL WA VEe
Messina the Ruined City, 200 Years and Has Had
Many Masters and Catasfrophes.

q Studied with maps and accounts Of
the more recent or the great earth
quake disasters OF Italy, 1t is seen
that in the latest catastrophe the dis
turbance reached the surface on the
northern border, close to Swiss terri
tory. BomodOssolO is among the
Alps, and the mountain range seems
to have been the route of the earth
quake. 1t passed to the southwark,
following the Apennines. There is a
twenty minutes difference between
the time of the shocks reported in
upper and lower Italy.
In Calabria, which has been laid
waste again and again by such dis
turbances, this earthquake first
touched the surface with it's full
effect. Lofty signal posts Of disaster
marked it's way, for it struck with
full force at the extinct volcano of
San Giovanni, spread it's devastation
across the Strait of Messina to, Sicily
and rolled un another score of death
and ruin. all about the slopes of
Mount Etna, reducing to ruins the
ancient and famous city of Messina
and tum bling the buildings of Catania,
fifty-nine miles farther south, only
soon afterward with great tidal
wave.
The spread of the earthquake In
Sicily and Southern Italy, according
to the cable dispatches, was through
very much the. same area as that Of
the earthquake of 1878, which was
the most destructive in the history
OF Italy. Then, as now, the earth
quake caused enormous damage on
both sides Of the Strait OF Messina,
which separates the toe OF the So
called boot" Of italy from Sicily
The historic disaster completely
wrecked the populous seaport Of Mes
sina in Sicily near the northern end
of the Strait and destroyed many
smaller cities and towns in Southern
Italy and Sicily.
The loss of life in this disaster of
1888 was estimated at 10000, Mes
sina, city which is for the most part
but little above the level Of the sea,
suffering terribly--then, as now, from
tidal wave. The region to the
south Of Messina has also been often
overwhelmed by eruptions from
Mount Etna. The southeastern and
eastern portion Of the island has been
damaged time and again by eruptions
Of Etna and very little by earth
Quakes, while the northeastern por-
ton has sustained heavy loss of life
and property from earthquakes and
very little from volcanic eruption.
Messina, which as in 1888 suffered
the greatest loss OF life and property
from this earthquake, Is a city and
seaport Of upwards of $4,000 inhab-
itants, while in the commune en-
bracing the city, suburbs and adjacent
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07

Mr.. Brown caught sigI,f 81 AZ. 80.
sci, which. OF course. mnvad -, MI, .,,.,,
every active spring which Mrs. brown NJ,
made, and down upon 1t he made :, :
furious descent. 111''-e :
MRS. Brown jumped out Of the wav.
ana, OF course, the rat iumned too
ana then began Wild race arcnra
the bathroom-Mrs. Brown f,rst the
rat after her, and Mr.. Brown afta,.
the rat, making desperate lnnpas -
the herce littleSanimal. without seem
ing to hurt it. = aSe4.1-
declare. I never saw snchs :
rat! Re painted, breathless1v .I
know I've hit it dozen times ana y
Jumps as lively as ever. Marvi Nav,
Jump up into the bathtub. He ean.t
iolloW you there! Jump, quick,n
Almost exhausted with her strup-
sies' poor Mary made a desperate at
tempt TO leap into the bathtuh and
succeeded in tumbling safely into s.
But that wonderful rat did follow.
and Just as it went over the edge Mr.
broWn dropped his stick. and with
frantic energy made prah a. -
with his hands. -
: And the next moment, firmly clinr-
ing TO his prisoner, Mr.. Brown
dropped himself on the floor: and
such roar of laughter as he broke
into never shook the walls Of that
bathroom before.
oh! hold me-, somebody! Hold
me, or shall BURST" he yelled roll-
Ing on the floor in paroxysm Of
mirth. Here, Mary, here's your rati
on my gracious. know I shall
burst! Here's your rat, look. he
won't hurt you!" And Mr., Brown
held up the soft, silken tasseL which
had been the cause of all their woes
to the astonished eyes Of his wife
Wen! 1t was too bad, after all Mrs.
Browns fright. that there was no
rat IN the case-though to this day
sne declares that there was one. and
That she first set her bare foot upon
q real, genuine rat. and, after he got
away, she mistook the tassel for him
She begged Mr.. Brown not to tell
the I story. but 1t was too good for q
fun-loving man to keep, SO he often
entertains his friends with the story
OF Mary's terrible rat.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
Coal and ProsceritY.

It has been computed that In 1910
the production and consumption of
coal in the United States amounted to
a quarter of a ton per head for the
entire population; in 1860 the ratio
had risen to half a ton per head; in
1880 it was one ton, and in 1890 five
tons. AS the population itself was
increasing enormously all this time,
the increase in the amount Of coal
produced and consumed was, of
course, vastly greater than these ra-
tios per head would indicate. The
Increase has gone hand in hand with
the growth of manufactures and In
dustries-P philadelphia Record.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
Problem For Farmers.

The assessed valuation of all the
property Of the State of Illinois Is
$1,250, 900, of which less than
$4OO,O00,00O is farm property.
Cook County pays more than forty
per cent. OF all State taxes.
II Illinois should follow the lead OF
New York and Pennsylvania, and pay
one-half the cost of road building out
OF general tax levies the farmers
would get by far the better end OF
the bargain. It this State should fol-
low the New York plan of issuing
bonds, and provide, say $4,000, 900.
to be spent on highways within ten
years, 1t would add about $4,000
miles Of hard roads to the 1900 miles
now built. This would leave one
third Of all the States highways per-
manently improved.
TO raise $50,0O0,000 in ten years,
at tre rate Of $1,000, goo a year, -one-
half to be paid by the State and the
other half by local bond issues would
require a State tax levy OF two mills.
This tax on each farm would be ex-
actly 81 per year, or $40 for the ten
year period. In other words, a farm
would pay only $40 into the tax fund,
while Cook County corporations and
the State railroads would pay large
proportions Of the entire levy.
During the ten years the owner of
a farm would pay slightly over 500
for bond interest. Including the $40
direct tax for good roads, the maxi.
mum charge to each farm for the
ten-year period would be about $3.50.
This is about ten cents per acre per
year.
The increased value Of Illinois
farms, as the result of such policy,
would hardly be less than SO per
acre, or ten times the amount of dis
rect State taxation for good roads
William ]. Shanks.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
DEATH AT MORNING.
By CHARLES HANSON TowNr.

By CHARLES HANSON TowNE.
She died when dawn was sweeping Ger
When en' morning glories lit the cleaning
wall;
Whispered, ALAS! that she should miss
it all!
Tho early sun, risen from his dark NIGHT.
p famed his great banners when she went
And one said. "Lo! at coming Of the light
She has gone forth, and lost the beau
toous day"
But she. from her poor mortal house of
pain
Gladly released, went singing to Gods
And tr;ed' Dear Lord, after the bleak
worId-rain,
p. cannot bear the brightness of Thy
face."
From The Quiet Singer, &c. w. Dodge
& Co..
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
Stitch in Time.

According to the Scientific Ameri-
can the fact that our macadamized
roads don't wear as well as those in
Europe IS because We don't apply the
theory of the stitch In time. Euro
pean highway departments watch the
roads and mend them wherever and
whenever they need it without allow.
Ing the damage to become important.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
Skirt Manufacturers Decree
Complete New Spring Outfits.

Toledo, Ohio.-Husbands, take no.
tice! The makers Of Womens styles
decree that you must buy your wife
complete new outfit for spring.
There's noschance to save by making
over clothes, for it cannot be done,
they say. It must be three piece
suit with hipless effect aud in one
of these colors: Ashes Of roses, green,
taupe, electric blue, reseda, stone
gray, catawba, cedar or Wistaria.
This edict was issued by the Ma.
tional Cloak, Suit and Skirt Makers.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
PREHISTORIC City Being Tn
carfhed Near Florence.

Washington, D. C.-An American n
Pompsii is gradually being brought
TO light, according to the annual re-
port OF Charles B. Walcott, secretary
OF the Smithsonian Institution. The
work is the excavating of a buried
city at Casa Grande, near Flor
enee, Ariz. Already a number of
structures have been discovered. but
the largest one escayated during the
year was building 200 feet long.
WITH eleven rooms, the massive walls
inclosing a plaza. ,.e'''
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
The Right Place For II.

/ Suppose" said the pretty ribbon
saleslady to the energetic dry goods
saleslady, the foorwalker issues an
order that the ladies must not accept
attention from the gentlemen clerks.
what shall we do?''
We must make counter demon
stration," promptly answered the drH
goods lady.-Raltimore American.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07

Characteristics Of the Great.
Napoleon used to pull mans ear
when he liked him.
Roosevelt takes him on twenty
mile hike through brambles and
briars. Kansas City Journal
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07

EARTHQUAKE LOSSES.
Losses OF life
Island of Yeddo. Japan, 1903; 10000 lives lost
100000. : - ~ M os'' ua"ase' S1oo.- :
Krakatoa. August 26 1885, so 900 lives lost
Charleston, lives lost: DAMAGE
$1,000 - - - ~ 'o@'' 0anaase' !
Japan, June 1896: 10000 live. lost :
81 Pierre Martinique May g. 1902 IS,
Caabra 1906 people Killed 20 town.
ll ~1' ~ so"As
Mount vesuvius believed to have ner
- 1 ~ nave per Z
San Francisco. 1906; earthquake and FIRE 5oo
killed: damage $50O000,0OO. - ~ :
Valparaiso Chile August IT. killed. 40 small
towns destroyed. ~' - -a.' =
Kingston Jamaica,
Calabra October, 1907; estimated killed =
karatagh, Russian
there and in adjoining 8; 0~ =
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
An Attractive Offer.

Genial Clerk-"Now it is not the
limpid purity of its tone, nor the.
superb quality of its case which
makes us certain you will be pleased
with one of our pianos, but the fact
that when you remove the wrappings,
Oh delivery, you will find inside 1000
all ifferent-souyenir post cArdg
of New York and vicinity. Puck.
About the Size of It.
IIyker-. Money is conundrum.'' -
Pyker-''What's the ansWer?''
Hyker-" Everybody has to give It
IN. Chicago News.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
Expensive to Mankind.
Great Magniflers.

He-These glasses give me yerv
intellectual appearance, don't vn,
think?'. '1
sne-Yes- Aren't they power
tui! BOSTON Transcript.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
A SLIGHT Mistake.

A Slight Mistake.
I | see eggs are quoted at So a ke-
rat.
Are they selling eggs by the ka-
rat now?"
Pshaw! I read 1t wrong. It's Sc
9 crate. Kansas City Journal.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
The Bold Bad Pirates.

What! No promenade deck on
your old tub?" Indignantly exclaimed
one of the latest captiyes-a bluster-
ing Britisher. Where do you ex-
pect a man to stretch his 1egs?"
Don't worry, your 'ighness, .
chuckled Captain Kydd. After
luncheon I'll show you the board
walk. Puck.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07

Precisely So.
There are 10,ooo.ooo microbe.
constantly preying upon your sys-
tenn"
Then 40 wonder I feel bad at
times. The competition must be
something fierce. Washington Her.
aid.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
just Provooation.

Judge-"Why did you strike this
man?'
Prisoner =" What would you do.
Judge. It you kept grocery store and
man came In and asked il he could
take q moving picture of your
cneese? ?"-Harper's Weekly.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
The Wreck of the Royal George.

George III. was wondering how tho
apple got into~th dumping.
That's nothing" they cried. aHow
did the peaches get into the House
Of Commons?"
Herewith his mind gave way before
the surfragette problem.-New York
Sun.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
The Morning Quarrel.

The Morning Quarrel.
Say" called his wife from the
window. you forgot something"
He came back. s
What did forget?'
You forgot to slam the door,"
He slammed it.-Washington Her
aid.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
The ReIationshfn-

noticed she bowed to you. Il,
she an old acquaintance?r
Yves; we're slightly acquainted.
In faet, she's sort Of distant rela-
ton. She was the first wife of my
second wife's first husband. ."-Chica,
go Tribune.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
A Loud Suit.

Hewitt-What do you think OF
this suit?''
Jewett-'I think I should always
wear it with an overcoat."
HeWitt-"What for?"
Jewett-"So as to have something
to deaden the sound. New York
Press.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
Not Operate.

Yes; we are disappointed in the
peasantry.'
As to how"
They always seemed to be work
Ing. We never found them dancing
or singing In chorus" - Pittsbure
Post.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07

| Wit fbe Fttn,,xt
e "a +
: $
The Autos Record.
VI course it's not coss;n h,<
NO gossip in the town
Is better than Browns auto in
At running people down.
-Lippincott's. \
Expensive to Mankind.
What was this Pandora's box that
contained SO much trouble?"
a bandbox, my son."-Pittsbnre
Post. -''sours
Great Magniflers.
These glasses give me a varv
intellectual appearance, don't yon
think?'. ~"
She-"Yes. Aren't they power
tui!''-Boston Transcript.
characteristics Of the Great.
Napoleon used to pull mans ear
when he liked him.
Roosevelt takes him on a twentv.
mile hike through brambles and
priars. Kansas City Journal.
A Slight Mistake.
I see eggs are quoted at So ka-
rat ~
Are they selling eggs by the ka-
rat now?"
Pshaw! I read 1t wrong. It's s3
crate Kansas City Journal.
Precisely So.
There are 10000 microbe.
constantly preying upon your sys-
tenn"
Then no wonder feel bad at
times. The competition must be
something fierce. - Washington Her,
aid.
The Morning Quarrel.
Say called his wife from the
window. you forgot something"
He came back.
What did forget?'.
You forgot to slam the door"
He slammed Washington Her
aid.
Not operate.
Yes; we are disappointed in the
As to how"
They always seemed to be work
Ing. We never found them dancing
or singing in chorus" - Pittsbure
Post.
' The Relationship.
noticed she bowed to You. II
she an old acquaittance?s
Yves; we're slightly acquainted.
In fact, she's sort of distant rela-
ton. She was the first wife of my
second wife's first husband.
go Tribune.
just Provocation.
Judge-'Why did you strike this
Prisoner What would you do.
Judge. it you kept grocery store and
! man came In and asked IL he could
AXE a moving picture of your
sneese ?"-Harper's Weekly.
!.
The Wreck of the Royal George.
George III. was wondering how tho
apple got into~the dumping.
That's nothing" they cried. aHow
lid the peaches get into the House
II Commons?"
Herewith his mind gave way before
he suffragette problem.-New York
Sun.
A Loud Suit.
Hewitt-''What do you think OF
his suit?''
Jewett think 1 should always
year it with an overcoat."
Hewitt-''What for?'
Jewett-"So as to have something
o deaden the sound. New York
'ress.
1t =
told her that admired her for
Ter noble qualities of heart and mind.
Or hQr n fo1loot onA a '1o%
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07

1t Is.
I told her that admired her for
her noble qualities of heart and mind.
for her intellect and a lot more or
the same reel
Make a hit?.
dunno. I think the best plan is
to tell 'em they're pretty. kansas
City Journal
Love.
Howard-@And how did the. plain
widow Perkins capture the fastidious
MaWker?"
Coward-3Oh, took him out in her
car and showed him few hundred
of her building lots. "
Howard-4Ah, 1 sea case OF
love at first site. .n-Harper's Weekly.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
The Autos Record

better than Browns auto ia
at running people down.
Lippincott's. \
Expensive to Mankind.
Wnat was this Pandora's box that
contained SO much trouble?"
Pest.
Orange County observer., 1909-01-07
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4 MIDNIGHT ENCOUNTER,
By MATTE DYER BRITTS.

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Valdez daily prospector., 1909-04-06

John Frame has just issued hand- some 16-page folder to boom Cordo- va. It has an aurora borealis cover and is illustrated with numerous handsome cuts.
Valdez daily prospector., 1909-04-06
Pennsylvania Departs

Steamship Pennsylvania of the Alaska Steamship Company's fleet departed for Seattle at midnight, taking the following passengers: w. Ii. Mendham, Miss A. Anderson, Mrs. 5. Magnuson, E. E. Hayes and wife, Mrs. H. M. Davis, Ed Nelson and wife, J. $. Antonelle, J. B. New comb, and three second class.
Valdez daily prospector., 1909-04-06
P0RCUPINE BUNkS
 WITH PASSENGER

Because a porcupine passenger got into the bunk of an Italian traveller in the steerage of the Pennsylvania and made a rough house for the dago, Billy Young, steward of the steamer, threatens a lawsuit for damages against Senator Hill of the Valdez bar, who induced Young to transport the porcupine to Seattle.
 The porcupine was riding in box in the steerage and one night escaped from his dungeon and found his way into the Italians bunk. He was ly- ing peacefully on top of the blanket when the dago awoke and began to stir around. The porcupine followed suit and according to the custom of his tribe switched his tail violently, filling the blanket with quills. The man jumped out of bed and in so do- ing stuck a few quills to his hide and got one firmly fastened in toe. Then he danced and yelled and final ly sought the steward and inquired:
 "Whattahella you do to me? You puttadamma thistle in my bed. I cutta you damn heart out!'
 It took all the rest of the night to get the porcupine back in his box and the quills out of the Italian and his bed, and every night after that until the porcupine was delivered to Dave Blake in Seattle Young rode nightmare with a porcupine for saddle.
Valdez daily prospector., 1909-04-06

A few quiet furnished Rooms for rent at Rose Johnson's. Hot water, heat, Electric light. Phone 67