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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-18
Structures Demolished

Vedado. residential suburb, was ex-
posed TO the full fury of the storm.
The sea advanced some hundred yards
inland, demolishing many small struc-
lures and probably causing loss of life.
The rumor that the city had been
struck by a tidal wave added to the
general panic, which was allayed short
iy after o'clock when the wind
sbated and the water ceased to rise.
The jail at the foot of the Prado was
completely surrounded by water and
the prisoners, mad with fear. clung to
the bars. demanding to be taken to a
place of safety. 1t was feared for a
time that they would break loose, but
armed guards held them in check with
rifles until the waters began to recede.
At the height of the storm the great
waves broke clean over the ramparts
OF Morro castle. They rolled with ter
rife speed up the harbor. tumbling
over the seawalls. inundating the
streets in the lower part of the city
and swamping many lighters which es-
capped thefblow during the earlier
hours.
All the steamers in the harbor re-
msIned at anchor. with engines work
ing.
Practically ali communication with
the interior was cut of, and news of
the effects Of the storm in other parts
OF the island is lacking, but it is feared
the damage was enormous, especially in
Havana and Pinar del Rio provinces.
Small streams in the vicinity of this
city are over their banks, flooding the
lowlands and carrying off huts. barns
and cattle. Probably many people lost
their lives in these sections. A barge
containing all the outfit of the divers
working on the wreck of the battleship
Maine was carried away and stranded
on the rocks of Morro castle.
All of the divers buoys. stakes and
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-18
Money Need Realized

Every one is beginning to realize
more fully the need for money. The
practical use TO which it is being put
blythe sisters has made a direct appeal
to the public. There is hardly man
or woman so cold hearted that the
heIplessness of a child does not pro-
duce an answering tenderness. And now
the feelings of pity are SO easily ex-
pressed. 1t is done by means of a
checker cash is just as good Send
what you are able to The Call SUBJ
scription list and the money will go
directly to the Sisters Of Charity. who
have the orphans in their care.
The band of children, nearly 100, who
are at Santa Cruz, will come home
Thursday. Sister Helena is planning
to meet them at Third and Townsend
streets al they come in.
Sister to Meet Them
"They will feel more at home at
once if am there. she said.
workmen. sisters and children are
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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-18
Sea Begins to Rise

Then the wind shifted to the west
and the sea began to rise. the waves
sweeping in upon the city. Within an
hour the waters broke a breach
through the Malocon sea wall The
waves engulfed the Malocon driveway
and flooded the handsome residence
district for q distance Of mile.
The waters. still rising, invaded all
the sesward part of the city until 3
o'clock in the afternoon, when one sec
tion was several feet under water. The
residents of the lower floors were
forced to seek refuge on higher levels,
while detachments of soldiers and 9TH
ers with boats dragged from the har-
Dor hastened to the submerged district
and rescued hundreds from buildings
that threatened TO collapse
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-18
CUBA IS SWEPT
BY HURRICANES
And BIGFLOODS
island Sustains One of the
Greatest Disasters in Its
History
Waves Roll Through Havana
Streets and Great Damage
Done in Provinces
Loss VIII Run Into Millions and
Thousands of Peasants
Made Homeless

7 TAVANA, Oct. 1.-THE island Of
RI Cuba has probably sustained
the greatest material disaster
in its history in the practically con-
tinuous hurricane which began with
light rain Thursday morning, de-
veloped into torrential floods and hur-
ricanes and continued until this even
ing. The western half of the island
suffered more severely than the east
Three Provinces Swept
The first storm. of which there was
warning. had barely abated Sunday
night when suddenly the wind, which,
up to then, had been southeast,
changed TO southwest. Cyclonic blasts
swept over Matanzas, Pinar del Rio
and Havana provinces. completing the
destruction wrought by the first storm.
1t is impossible to estimate the
amount of the damage. which doubt
less will aggregate millions of dollars.
Many thousands Of peasants in the
three western provinces have been
rendered homeless. and it now seems
probable that the republic NAV be
compelled to request international aid.
communication Cut Off
While all communica tion with the
Interior has been cut off. there is rea-
son to hope that Oriente, Camaguey
and Santa Clara provinces have escaped
the greatest fury of the storm.
In the city of Havana the losses
probably viii exceed sl.ooo.ooo. mainly
sue 10 the destruction Of the custom
house sheds. which were filled with
perishable goods; TO the sinking of
scores Of lighters. many of them con-
taining valuable cargoes. which had
been unloaded from steamers. and to
the submerging OF about one square
nile Of the residential section of the
city.
For hours during the night and all
through this morning Cuba was in the
grip Of a storm which blew with great
violence from the southwest and at
tanned its greatest force shortly before
noon.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-18

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
NEWTOWN.

A meeting of St Roses Drum Corps will be held Tuesday evening, May ,. at St. Mary's hall. Sandy Hook. All members are urged to be present at 7:30.
 MT. and Mrs William Stevens were guests of Bridgewater friends Friday evening, attending the large barn dance given by MT. and Mrs. Charles Northrop.
 Miss May Kelly of Bridgeport. has visited friends in town. Mir. and Mrs. Curtis P. Morris ana son were guests over Sunday at the home of MT. and Mrs. l.. c. Morris. Herbert Parsons of Frankfort. N. Y.. has been the guest of his sister, Mrs W. H. Stevens.
 Cecil Wright of Yale has been the guest of his parents. Rev. and Mrs. o. O. Wright. Sandy Hook. St. Roses Notes-Prayers were ot- fered Sunday for the repose of the soul of John Mcclure who died in Bridge port. Next Thursday the Feast of the Ascension. 8 holy day of obligation, masses will be celebrated at 5:30 and & o'clock Confessions Wednesday afternoon and evening. Friday, the first in the month, masses will be cele- brated at 5:30 and s. Confessions Thursday afternoon and evening and also before the o'clock mass Thurs day and Friday morning. A NoVena to the Holy Ghost will commence at the O'clOck mass Friday morning dlu will continue during mass each morn ing until PentacoSt Sunday. Rev. r. Fox will commence the census and an- nual collection at Zoar today. In structions for the children will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock All parents and guardians are urged to send the children in their charge as it is expected that the Bishop will soon visit the parish for confirmation.
 Trinity Notes.-Rev. J. H. George preached from John 14-S, the subject being ''St Phillip and St. James, the Revelation of God.'' Monday, Tues day and Wednesday are Rogation days, Thursday Ascension day. Morning prayer and Holy Communion at 10:30. The offering will be for the Church Scholarship Society.
 John J. Northrop spent Saturday in New Milford.
 The family of A. E. Brinton mourn the loss of pet terrier (black) weigh ing about lbs, and answers to the name of Buster" The animal stray ed away without it's collar
 Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Gale are enter taining her sisters. the Misses Ruth and Gertrude McCloud. of Boston, and niece, Miss Margaret Barnes. of Rox- bury, Mass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
A Great Relief.

An old organ blower lay on his deathbed. He was good old fellow, and everybody liked him. He had al ways been ready to do anything and everything connected with the church without complaining, but had evident ly had his own troubles which he had kept locked in his breast.
 The curate was with the old man, soothing and comforting him as best he could.
 "Would you mind, sir,' said the sick man, asking the organist to play the dead march over me? Lor',. but I just love that dead march,"
 Certainly, with pleasure, MT Jones'" replied the curate.
 ''Thank'ee, sir; none O that there tweedledum Beethoven, you know, but Handels.'
 'I can promise that much, my good man, said the curate
 The old man lay placidly for awhile and then exclaimed with fervor, ''How thankful I am that I shan't have to blow for him when he plays the loud part at the endv'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
A Bill Nye Story,

According to the Bookman, Bill Nye once made short speech at an au- thors' dinner in London that was much reiished by the bookmen pres ent, including the publishers, at whom it was indirectly aimed.
 "Just year ago." said Wye, "I was walking on the principal street of In- dianapolis when I met a man whose appearance showed that he was re duced to the very depths of poverty. His clothes were ragged, his face un- shaven, his hair long and matted and his feet unshod. As I passed him a look of recognition came into his eye.
 "'Nye, old fellow, dent you know me: Don't you know Abel P. Jones, who was your classmate at college!'
 "'What, Jones.S Is it really you: Well, we'll. What can do for you?
 ''For heavens sake, help me. I am starving. Lend me half a dollar
 T felt in my pockets. They were empty. l had no money myself. But a bright thought flashed through my mind.
 '''Abel, l can't lend you the half dollar. 1 haven't got it. But, look here, I'll tell you what will do--Tll let you publish my next book
 "Gentlemen, that was just a year ago, and this month Abel P. Jones sent me an invitation to go to Europe with him in his steam yacht"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
Edifh Had Overheard.

One Philadelphia newspaper man has a little daughter with whom he sometimes finds it necessary to be a trif1e severe. Particularly is this true when the hour for going to bed comes around each night.
 Last night the clock struck 8, and the father watched his three-year-old play on in a conscious effort to ap- pear unconcerned.
 Edith. do you know it is your bed time%' he asked.
 Edith dropped the playthings and walked over to her father with very sober mien.
 eff this thing is to continue night after night suppose I'll have to sub init to it." she said.
 The newspaper man waited until his offspring had climbed the stairs to be tucked away by her mother, and when the latter returned to the room where he was sitting he said:
 "Le have our little spats in private hereafter
 His wife agreed. Philadelphia Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
African Snakes,

The African cobra is regarded some what reverently by the natives of that country, who once a year kill a cobra de capellO and hang it's skin to the branch of a tree. tail downward. Then all the children born during the last year are brought out and made to touch the skin. This. the parents think. puts them under the serpent's protec- tion. The cobra de capello divides with the horned viper of Africa the ques- tionable honor of being the worm of the Nile,' to whose venomous tooth Cleopatra's death was due The Kaf- frs use the venom of this snakes cousin, the puff adder, to poison their arrows, and when they have any small quantity left they swallow it, having theory that it will protect them from the bad effects of future bites. The Snake tribe of the Punjab say that the bites of snakes do not hurt them, and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
Why an Alias?


 One afternoon, when the Duke o1 Edinburgh and Sir Arthur Sullivan having finished a duet, were sitting down to a hOmely dish of tea' pro yided by Mrs. Sullivan, the composers mother; it suddenly occurred to her to start the subject of family names and titles, which puzzled the good lady considerably.
 Sir she said, your family name is Guelph"
 My dear mother began Arthur. "But it is, isn't it?" she persisted. Certainly" replied the duke, much amused. Whats the matter with it, Mrs. Sullivan?"
 "Oh, nothing" returned the excellent old lady musingly. "Only I can't un- derstand why you don't call yourself by your proper name.'
 Arthur wanted to explain to her, but the duke would not allow him to-. There's nothing to be ashamed of in the name of Guelph, Mrs. Sullivan g he said gravely.
 "That's exactly what say,'' persist. ed Arthur's mother; nothing what ever as far aS I know, and, that being so why you should not call yourself by it I can't understand. ."-F. c. Bur hands Records and "Reminiscences"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
Circular Talk.

The judges son had just finished his course ir law and came home tri- umphantly with his sheepskin in a fine frame The old judge turned to his son with some wholesome advice. My son. when you have case in court and your opponent has the law on his side, you must talk facts, and when he has the facts on his side you must talk law The young man sat and pondered awhile and then asked, "Father, what must fellow do when his opponent has both the law and the facts on his side?' The judge looked wise and replied, "Just talk around and around. my son."-Success Maga- zine
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
Arabian Coffee,

The Arabian coffee maker, having pre- pared his fire of charcoal and placed near it a huge pot containing wa ter, takes few ha<Ifuls of green cof- fee berries. carefully culls out all inn perfect berries and foreign substances and then places the best of the berries in an iron ladle held over the fire. The berries are permitted to roast un- til they begin to smoke and are then, while still uncharred, placed in small mortar and carefully prayed with a pestle closely fitting the cup of the mortar. The berries are not, however, reduced to a dust. While this process has been going on small pot has been half filled with tepid water from the large pot and placed over the fire. When the water in the small pot has begun to boil the broken coffee berries are thrown in. and the boiling is per mitted to go on for short time, the decoction being stirred with spoon when it shows signs tf boiling over. The coffee is then served in small cups without cream or sugar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
Beards In Endiand

It was about 1855 that the beard movement took hold of the English people. The Crimean war had much to do with 1t. The soldiers were per mitted to forego the use of the razor, as the hair on the face protected them from the cold and attacks of neural gia. About this period only one civil ian of position in England had the hardihood to wear a mustache. This was George F. Muntz, member of par liament for Birmingham. The enlight- ened electors. however, did not take kindly to the bearded politician. An officer candidate on one occasion re- ceived an intimation from the leader of his party that his mustache might prejudice him in the eyes of the rural population. The candidate replied that he was determined to face it out."- Westminster Gazette
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
Needed an Explanation.

A little boy was often whipped by his father for lying. He usually took it as matter of course, but on one oc- casiOn it seemed to excite him to re f1ection. After it was all over he stood before his father in a thoughtful way, which attracted that worthy's atten- tion.
 My son. said the father, what are you thinking about?'
 Father said the son, "when you was little boy, did you use to tell lies?'
 "No, my son. When I was a little boy did not tell lies"
 Father" returned the son, "when mother was little girl, did she use to tell lies?"
 "No, my son." replied the father. "When your mother was a little girl she did not tell lies. But why do you ask me these questions?
 "Well," said the little fellow. draw ing long sigh, ''it is the most mys- terious thing in the world to me that a father who never told lies when he was little boy and a mother who never told lies when she was a little girl could have a boy that tells as many as dO.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
The EnsIishman In a Groove,

In England nine-tenths of the lads Of the middle classes look forward to nothing more than seat at an office desk with a certain number of shil- liDgs a week for certain number of years. To attempt t6 do anything else would be to run the risk of social os- traciSm. A young man may loaf re- specially on his family, but he must on no account start a business if it involves selling anything or producing anything with his hands. That would be bad form. It would be getting out side the groove Thus for the great mass of the people England holds no romance. The lad who thinks he could do something is discouraged. Every thing is so cut and dried. Every class distinction is so definitely marked The whole weight of public opinion is against the smallest divergence from the ordinary rule.-Manchester (Eng- land> Mail
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE.

If Canada's wheat crop last year lad been shipped by rail, each car ,olding Is tons. it would have made a continuous train l 1865 miles long.
 The Navy Department has arranged plans whereby torpedo boats may be employed as wireless stations to relay messages from larger vessels far at tea.
 More than 5000 gardens are maintain d in connection with Austrian schools, he pupils being instructed by horti- .ultural experts at government eX- ,ense.
 II grindstone be left exposed to he sun the side held uppermost by he Weight of the handle will harden anI the whce! will be ground out of a .The circle.
 <Se-eral English railroads have built freight cars especially for aeroplanes, he ends having double doors which open to the fuii height and width of she car.
 A Californian has done away with he horn fors photographs by invent ng cabinet with a lid which, when saised. opens bellowSlike affair to implify the sound.
 Soft paint brushes will not be de- formed if they are suspended in 2 .leansing liquids by clamps made of .ioihespins instead of being allowed 70 stand on the bristles.
 A mummy found in Egypt and pre- seated to the English Royal College of Surgeons in 1892 recently was decided oy experts to be the oldest known, iating from about 5000 c
 lamp adapted for places where It $ liable to be struck by other objects S made with a semi-globular base, =eighted so that it returns to an up- tight position if tipped over.
 The Australian government is con- sidering plans for a tranScontinental railroad from east to west, to develop inaccessible country, to expedite the mails and for military purposes.
 To make it possible to reach the bottom of a trunk without stopping over, an Illinois man has patented a trunk with metal legs which slide in Elideways on the corners to raise it.
 A familiar shaving paste known IS cream of almonds is made by melting one part of caustic potash in 70 three parts of lard, with enough es- renee of almonds added to give it a favor.
 In Nuremberg, Germany, there still ire in use more than HOO houses that were built in the Sixteenth century md more than $500 erected in the eS,
 To save the trouble of turning bar rel first on one end and then on the other to brand the heads an Ohio man aas patented a machine which brands both heads at once as 1t lies on it's tide
 The French military authorities in Africa are bending every effort to in crease the number of a species of samel which can travel more than twice as swiftly as the ordinary camel If commerce.
 To mark goods in laundry in a uniform manner a machine has been invented in which type is set by a keyboard, after which the articles to be marked are run through the ma- shine and printed.
 Because the native two-wheeled OK sarts of Porto Rico are destructive to he modern stone roads, the island legislature is considering a bill to pro- hibit their use on the main highways liter 1914.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
Plaid and Tartan.

Will the southron ever learn that "plaid'' is not a synonym for tartan p Not long ago an Englishman came into a hOsier's establishment in Glasgow and asked a man behind the counter to show him some "plaid ties" . The attendant, perhaps wondering what this new and weird article of wear ing apparel could be, was completely baff1ed until explanation elicited the fact that a necktie with tartan de- sign was required. Dickens, too, is a sinner in this respect, for he makes Bob Sawyer say with regard to wheth- CT his political proclivities are buff" or "blue'-'1'm a kind of plaid at present a compound of all sorts of cOlors." Moreover, an English dic- tionary gives an adjectival meaning of "plaid'' as >''colored in squares" !" Eve never heard such use in Scotland
 Has any one else ?-Scottish Field
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
Died In Place of a .Younaer Man.

A charge was made at wall lined with French infantry. Sergeant Nc Quade of an English regiment saw two Frenchmen level their muskets on rests against a gap in bank awaiting the appearance of an enemy. Sir George Brown. then a lad of sixteen, started to ascend at the fatal point. ''You are too young, sir. to be killed '' said McQuade. pulling him back and stepping into his place. He fell dead. pierced with both buIiets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
Takino a Chance on Him

What was you askin' for the wid der's bonnet. mun?''
 ''Well-er-I thought ninepence." "'E's very ill, mum. I think I'll risk it"-London Tatler.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02
Sarcastic,

Husband-After all, civilization has 4ts drawbacks. People in the savage state seldom get i'll. Wife (sweetly)- I wonder if that's the reason you're so healthy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02

if they find ;t dead serpent they dress it in clothes and give it a superb fu- neral,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-02

If man could have half his wishes he would double his trouble.-Frank- lin.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1910-10-18
CLEAR TRACK
LEFT FOR HARDIN
JUDGE STONE SAYS THAT He
WILL NOT MAKE RACE FOR
CIRCUIT JUDGE

Commemorative Attorney Charles
y Hardin. who is an announced can.
ddate for the democratic nomination
for Circuit Judge will in all PROBABLE.
" have no opposition. Judge George
+. Stone of Boyle county, stated 20
the Interior Journal Monday at Dan.
vile, that he had decided not TO make
the race for the nomination against
Mr.. Hardin, and this removes practi.
cally the only opposition which has
been thought of against Mr.. Hardin.
Judge Stone said that he was deep
" appreciative of the many kind wish
es OF his friends in the matter but
felt lhat he could not afford for many
reasons to sacrifice the time which
would be required to make an effec.
tive canvass Judge Stone had many
friends in this county who will regret
to learn that he is not to run, but
large number OF democrats feel that
Mr.. Hardin's record as Common.
wealth's Attorney has been such that
he deserves promotion to the higher
place and they are greatly pleased
that he will be able to step to the
bench without the necessity OF max.
ing hard fight in his party