Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-09

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In recent years it has begun to -four
ish again and now has a population
close to 10000 made up of Tartars,
Armenians, Greeks and Russians. Their
principal occupations are fishing, the
preparation of caviar, and the exporta-
ton of wheat, wool, hides and salt.
NOVOROSSYSK-A town in the Rus
sian province of Caucasia, on the
northeast coast of the Black Sea, 25
miles southeast of Anapa, and almost
opposite Theodosia, 12O miles away. In
1922, the Turks built the fortress Sod
jouk-Kaleh on the site of the present
town. This was destroyed by Russia
in 1912 and in 1886 the fortified vii
lage was founded which withstood
siege by the Allies in 1855. Norvoros-
sysq has become an important com
mercial point, with the shipping of
petroleum as it's chief industry. The
population today is about $4,000.
POLANGER-An extreme north
western town of Russia, on the Baltic
Sea, Is miles due north of Germany's
northernmost town, Memel. The place
is but eight miles from the Prussian
frontier with which country it has un-
til recent years carried on an extensive
commerce. 1t has excellent bathing ia
cilities, and is noted for it's yellow am
Der. 1t exports hides and cattle, and
receives in return cloth, sugar and az
ricultural machinery. Just to the
south of the town is Mount Merouta
celebrated because of the magnificent
temple to the Lithuania Goddess Pra-
ourima, which was destroyed by the
Knights of Porte-Galives. It's wooden
chapel, which still stands, is venerated
by the people in that part of Russia.
The population is about $500
MARIANOFKA-A Russian town, ten
miles south of southwest of Warsaw.
with population of about $500. In
the surrounding neighborhood there
are numerous mounds, in one of which,
in 1S45, was found huge tomb which
contained many human skeletons. Scat
tered around the caravan were pieces
or armour and numerous other objects,
many of them made of clay, which dat
ed from the earliest days of Russia.
KAZIMIERE-A town in Russian Po-
land, on the Vistula River, 80 miles
west of Lublin, about 40 miles east of
Radon and 40 miles north of the Gal
ician frontier, with a population close
to 1000. 1t was here that a sanguinary
battle between the Poles and Russians
took place on April 10, 1881. A beauti-
full cathedral 600 years old is in an
excellent state of preservation. 1t was
founded by Casmlr the Great, from
whom the town got it's name.
PENANG-A British possession in
the Straits Settlement to the west of
the Malay Peninsular and separated
from it by channel from two to ten
miles wide. The territory is Is miles
long and has an area of 107 square
miles. It's climate is healthy, although
hot; it is mountainous in the north,
and in it's other portions wooded and
picturesque, Pepper, incigo, cotton,
coffee, sugar, tobacco, cocoanuts and
rice are produced, and tin is mined
near the base of it's mountains. The
capital, of the same name, has an Eu-
ropean aspect, with pretty houses sur
r2undned by Shady fruit arbors. 1t has
an excellent harbor, an arsenal and
barracks, and civil, leper and convict
hospitals. Fort CORVALLIS is just to
the mort of the town.
PERVYSE-A small town of West
Flanders, Belgium, bordering the User
River, on the line from Newport to
Dixmude, nine miles from the former
place. Oil and grain-mills and several
breweries are located there. The popu-
lation is approximately 1000.
JANOWIEC-A small place in Rus
sian Poland, 80 miles south of east Of
Radon, near the Vistula River, with a