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v*7tfw^/| e ,::;>v vt"*" (Bsmna) £ ̂ LDmrnamâ rM i OME, TTALY. --For years -: I have been American correspondent In this city, but until the disaster •which befell Cala­ bria and Sicily, when, on he rooming of December 28, 1»08, the worst earthquake or other disaster which the world has ever known kiilea scores of thousands, it bad never been my lot to even shudder *^^?vsr . . . in Lombar^.'witif step­ ping at the Hotel Trina cria- Kin.J<essi"a' THE MAN LAY J/t TN/S POSlTIO/f FOR FIVE HOUfiS* was buried under the •> J THE DESIGNATION Of N5W YORK'S WATER FRONT. over ft calamity. Hardened as I ^as to catastro­ phes, the piteous sights which met my gaze at Messina, Reggio and other cities more than oace drew tears to my eyes. It was my good fortune to be one of the mem­ bers of the party of King Victor Emmanuel and • Queen Helena, when the ruler visited the stricken" district, and many times both the monarch and his consort broke down completely upon "viewing the awful sights which followed the earthquakes, fires and tidal wave. Survivors were raving maniacs said they roved the brick-strewn streets, in many instances nude. The stories told by unfortunate refugees who retained their senses were almost unbelievable. 'A soldier named Emilio de Castro was in the He was awakened by a tre- le felt himself falling Structure fef Steal and Concrete Which i lWiil Give the Eastern Metropolis ' Great Steamship Termini '.v . Along the Hudson. By next* October New York city ex- pects to see completed one of the most important municipal improvements ever undertaken, namely, the develop­ ment of the water front along the Hud­ son river, which, when finished, will provide pier accommodations for' 16 vessels of the Lusitania type. Aside from its vast commercial value it has an asthetic one. Hitherto new­ comers to these shores have gained their first impressions of New York from the rather tawdry surroundings on which they and their baggage had been dumped* Whatever else it may claim, that section of West street which extends northward from Twelfth to Twenty-third has never put for­ ward any claim • to riparian beauty. And the piers which had lined that section of the river seemed to cry alcucl for the intervention, of archi­ tectural police. : . - But no more in tha£ section exists such disorderly conduct in architecture, and come next October, there will be a water front so imposing that the foreign visitor wjjl no longer find false impressions of the great city--no taw- drlness in the Way of piers, no narrow, cluttered up thoroughfares across which he must perforce make his way to the arteries of the town. It was about ten years ago that the department of docks and ferries was confronted with the serious condition of having no room in which to extend the piers along the North river. Such extension was necessary to accommo­ date the increased length Of steam* ships, then building, for the trans­ atlantic trade. These projected ves­ sels included such giantesses as the Lusitania and the Mauretania and the great leviathans of the White Star service. If these great vessels were to have their termini in New York it was es­ sential that some steps be taken look­ ing- to increased terminal facilities. Prom Twelfth to Twenty-third street will extend in an unbroken and archi­ tecturally imposing line a t bplkhead three-fourths of a mile in length of the renaissance order, masculine, simple, relieved only by pediments, the key­ stones of which represent the figure­ heads of old-time ships--Aphrodite, Neptune, etc. Upon the pediments will repose trophies representing the commerce of the nations. A11 of the piers are to be of the two- deck type. The upper d^cks will have a clean, clear, wide open space, devoid of pillars. On these the passengers will be landed. At the end of each of these double-decked piers will be a terrace from which the home stayers may wave handkerchiefs and greetings to the in­ comers* or. may be. The lower decks of these new piers are consecrated to baggage and freight. The piers are built on piles and are of structural steel. The doors are of corrugated iron and the floors are of asphalt. The piers and their approaches will have several notable innovations. In­ stead of making their way through archways, as at present, passengers m End of One of the Piers. will find access through ornate bulk­ heads, leading to bronze elevators which will carry them to the upper decks of the piers. On these will be superbly fitted waiting rooms. One of the lines is making elaborate plans for mural decoration of its own waiting- room and the others are lik4|jr to emu­ late it. * But perhaps the chief feature is the bulkheads. These are of re-enforced concrete, with pink granite base, and extend the length of the improvement. The completion of the work, begun nearly ten years ago, ls*now under tho supervision of C. W. Staniford, en­ gineer in chief of the dock department. The official figures show that the sum of $4,794,644 had been placed as the amount necessary to build the piers. Mr. Staniford is gratified that the con­ tract price, let to the lowest bidders, is far below that sum, it being 14,505,540. The piers are to vary from 800 to 850 feet in length and are to have a width of 125 feet. • • grip of a nightmare, ad awakened in hell, nifying shrieks. He was happening. His d he was still on it. again precipitated, t this gave way at bed came down from to the ground. The military hospital. mendous roaring and thought he It seemed to him for the air was fil soon realized, how< bed struck the floo It paused a mome He struck the ne: once, and thus the the fifth floor of th soldier was not inj A druggist named Pulco relate# that at »fS minutes past five Monday morning he was on a ferryboat in the port of Messina going to Reggio. Suddenly a gale of wind arose, bringing a heavy sea with it. Then a great chasm seemed to open in the water and the boat went down and struck the^ bottom. But the waters closed in again and the* ferryboat floated safely on top of the suc­ ceeding wave. Most of the people on board, howeter, were swept off and drowjted. The boat was badly wrecked frnt it floated ashore. " Pulco was still on board. After the first panic he landed and found Reggio like a city of the dead. No­ body was moving in the Btreets, and the silence was broken only by the moans and groans and shrieks of the wounded. Pulco and several com­ panions tried to extricate some wounded from the wreckage, but this was almost impossible be­ cause of the crumbling ruins. In one of the squares Pulco found a group of people all com­ pletely naked. One old man was carrying a little girl in his arms. The child was covered with blood. "Is that your child ?" he was asked. "No," be replied. "Yesterday I found her on the pave­ ment in Messina. 1 picked her up and cared for her. No one claimed her and I could not abandon her. I have had her in my arms ever since." With this touching explanation the old man be- eame oblivious to his questioner and everything around him. The Serapln brought into the port of Naples rec­ ords of numberless tragedies. Families separated; mothers moaning and crying for their dead chil­ dren; husbands and wives lost to each other, or a sole survivor wishing that he had not been spared. There was one girl on board the steamer, her clothing tattered and torn, who had saved a canary bird. She was a music hall singer, and bad clung to her pet throughout the terrible scenes of devastation. The bird was the only happy thing on board the vessel. One of the Messina doctors was sleeping in a room on the third floor when the first shock came, fcW. *. and saved himself by gripping the roof of a /?/' w-"- JMrighborlng house. A ferryboat moored at one of the docks seemed * r ftiddenly to be thrown high into the air. It landed . ^ *" « oil top uf the dock safely. *4. f The nerves of the unfortunates were in such a Wndition that at the least noise they were prone m rush screaming from their rooms, seeking the .Open streets. Signor Blrot, the mayor of Brescia, ruins of the building for five hours. e Finally sev­ eral persons approached the place where he lay, but at that moment a fresh shock put them to flight. Eventually a body of sailors extricated him unconscious and took him aboard a shift. A young doctor named Rossa at Messina, gives a vivid account of his experiences. "Suddenly the profound silence was broken by an extraordi­ nary noise like the burst" ing of a thousand bombs," be says. "This was followed by a rush­ ing and torrential rain. Then I heard a sinister whistling sound that I can liken to a thousand i red hot iron rods hiss­ ing in water. Suddenly there came violent rhyth-1 mic movements of the earth and the crashing down of nearby walls made me realize the aw­ ful fact of the earth­ quake. Falling glass, bursting roofs and a thick cloud of dust add­ ed to the horror of tbe situation, while the ex­ traordinary double move­ ment, rising and falling at the same time, crumbled walls and Imperiled my life. I rushed into tbe room where my moth­ er and sister were and with a rope, which for­ tunately I had with me, I succeeded in rescuing them. I was also successful in getting out of the house ti number of other persons Who had given themselves up for lost. Then some soldiers came and helped me, and together we dragged forth several women and children from the tottering walls of a half destroyed palace near by. A few seconds later this building was entirely destroyed. , There were scenes of indescribable horror In the streets and squares through which my party made its way. We finally gained the open country." ,,A „ . Another survivor of Messina said: "The first thing 1 knew I was thrown out of bed. Then the floor of my room collapsed and I fell into the apartment under me. Here I found a distracted woman searching for her sis­ ter and son, whom she found dead. We remained in the ruins for 24 hours, entirely alone, without food or drink. We made a rough shelter of boards to keep the rain off. Our ears were assailed with the cries and moans of the wounded. These sounds abated somewhat during Monday night, gtill no one came to our assistance. We were as in a tomb, with the dead bodies of our chil­ dren beside us. We could see no one, but every time sounds were heard from the street there would come an outburst of piercing cries for help from the injured hidden and pinned down in the wreckage." This refugee lost bis two children. He arrived in Rome half clad and covered with dust and barns. His wife was clothed in little else than an old counterpane. LOTS OF TIMBER YET REVIEW OF PRESENT CONDITION OF OUR jfOflfLST RESOURCE^. > The Country riot as Near a Tlrrifiir Famine as Some Have I3een Led to Believe -- Government Gives Facts. » V FELL INTO THE APARTMENT UrtDER ME. ItHe -station master at Reggio says that imme­ diately after the first shock a chasm 80 feet wide was opened in the earth. From this there gushed forth a flood of boiling water, some jets rifling to the height of an ordinary house. Many Injtfred persons who were in this vicinity were horribly scalded by the flowing stream. Paolo Rizo, the mayor of Caprlolo, 'was in Messi­ na on a pleasure trip that fateful Monday morn­ ing. He was awakened by the fearful roar of the first shock. The floor of his room fell, and, half unconscious, he was precipitated into a mass of rubbish. His body lodged in a niche in a wall, and he was pinned down by a heavy beam, his face being covered by a carpet that threatened to suffocate him. He managed to move the carpet with his teeth until he made an opening in the folds through which he could breathe. The man lay in this position for five hours, expecting death at any moment. Had it been possible, he says, he would have committed suicide. The Marquis Vincenzo Genoese of Palmi ^vas awakened by a tremendous roar and a severe shock. It seemed as though the house was whirling round, like the wings of,a windmill. At Messina a frightful scene occurred amid the ruins of the customs house. The first of the search­ ers who were successful were attacked by others with revolvers and knives, ahd were obliged to "defend their finds literally with their lives. The struggle was fierce. The famished men tfcrew themselves upon each other like wolves and several fell disemboweled in defending a handful of dry beans or a few ounces of flour. One of the unfor­ tunates was pinned to a plank by a knife, ^Jille clinging to his hand was hit little chiM, for whom he had sought food. :M .i-- ^ BREAKFAST, SOCIAL FUNCTION It- One Time, Particularly : English ' Form of Entertainment. customary breakfast given at {he opening of the legal term by* the lord chancellor in the house of lords ,to about three hundred guests is an Institution which goes back to the days of the' versatile Brougham. For tbe last 40 years it has been held i* date it was given In the lord chan­ cellor's residence.' It is a relic of the times when breakfast was a great so­ cial function- Many other great men had what may be termed the, breakfast habit. Thus Mr. Gladstone was a regular giver of breakfasts and a constant at­ tendant at them when given by other#. Of rfeceni years, .however, the break- tbe bouse of lords, but at an earlier i f^st has fallen into desuetude as a so­ cial function, except at the universi­ ties, where young men are still found who are capable of consuming three Or four courses and the while maintain­ ing a genial flow of elegant conversa­ tion. ! Recently an attempt has been made to revive tho breakfast. Thus the king in 1907, &t Newmarket, Issued several invitations to breakfast parties. To our aocest&rs the meal was a solid one, of many dishes of meat, qualified by sac^k possets or small beer, the an­ cient equivalent J Tea was not known, and coffee wis only to be found in the medieval aaalogu*. the modern museum.--Tit-Bi'A. Armenia is a country of stftng con trasts, of opposite extremes, vf heat; and cold, light and shade, drovght and moisture, and contains many myster­ ies awaiting solution. The eUmologis is still in doubt as to what branch o.. the great European family f«w Ar­ menian people belong to; tho philolo­ gist has not yet classified their lan­ guage, the antiquarian knows next t* nothing of their early history. Few people have anything like a ; clear idea of the amount of forest | wealth left in this country. Those who think at all about this natural re­ source which has assisted in material development since the landing of the first settlers are usually too much In­ fluenced by the condition of that par- j ticular state or section in jvhich they I are most familiar. j If they live in a much deforested or a treeless region, the people usually imagine that the country's timber sup­ ply is even more limited than is act­ ually the fact; on the other hand, with those whose homes are located in a section where a pinch in timber has not been experienced, the feeling is likely to be altogether the other way, and some become so indifferent at times as to think that there Is really not much reason to worry abcut a timber problem. Both can profit by a reading of the actual facta. The forests of the United States now cover about 550,000,000 acres, or about one-fourth of the land of the whole country. The original forests covered not less than 850,000,000 acres, or near­ ly one-half. Tbe forests owned by the govern­ ment cover one-fourth of tbe total for­ est area, and contain one-fifth of all timber standing. Forests " privately owned cover three-fo*irths of the area, and contain four-fifths of the standing timber. Besides having three times the area and four times the forests, the timberland privately owned Is gen­ erally more valuable. Forestry, or conservative lumbering, is practiced on 70 per cent, of the forests publicly owned and on less thftn one per cent, of the forests pri­ vately owned. This covers the coun- THE PERFECT FUTURB. > A problem pla* in four aeta and a few thinks.. - , ;:.v Time.--Now and then. Plaoe.--Here and there. Scene.--Conservatory full et^*alms and sentimental gloom. He kisses her and the plot starts off with a rush. Act I. This Is In pantomime and consists of what she thinks and what she says; what she thinks he thinks, what she says she thinks; what she thinks he thinks she thinks. His thoughts are of no material Interest. He did his part when he kissed her. Act II. Man entering). Oh! (eatit man). 4 Here follows more pantomime con­ sisting of what they think, what they say, and what they think they say. Act HI. Both are now trying to occupy tbe same chair at the same time. Neither speaks nor thinks. Act IV. * ' '-f Scene changes to four room flat. 3fo room for conversation, Gas bill on try's forest resources as they stand to-day. ,, Senator Smoot, chairman of fithe section of forests of the National Conservation commission, in outlining the future, has said: "By reasonable thrift, we can pro­ duce a constant timber supply beyond our present need, and with it con­ serve the usefulness of our streams for Irrigation, water supply, naviga­ tion and power. "Under right management, our for­ ests will yield over four times as fnuch as now. We can reduce waste in the woods and in the mill at least one-third, with present as well as fu­ ture profit. We can perpetuate the naval stores industry. Preservative treatment will reduce by one-fifth the quantity of timber used in the water or in the ground. We can practically stop foreBt fires at a total yearly coat of one-fifth the value of the stand­ ing timber burned each year, not count­ ing young growth. "We shall suffer for timber to meet our needs, until our forests have had time to grow again. But if we act vigorously and at once, we shall es­ cape permanent timber scarcity." OFTEN THE CASE. WgpMfc Straggle HejseleMly, Suffering Backache, Olaey Spell* * S Languor, Etc/ Women have so much to gothrougli in Ufe that it's a pity there is so much Suffering from back­ ache and* other con* mon curable kidney Ills. If yon suffer profit by this wom­ an's example: Mm Martin Douglass, 68 Cedar St., Kingston, N. Y., says: "I had ^ lame, aching back, '* dizxy spells, head­ aches, and a feeling of languor. Part of the time I could not attend to my work and irregularity of the kidhejr secretions was anqoying. 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Farmers and people in the rural dis­ tricts will find this Almanac almoat invaluable. 4 It will be sent to anyone absolut free on application to the MUNY REMEDY COMPANY, PHILAD1 PHIA. Childhood's Franknese. A little girl went visiting one and after a time was glvan the albui of family photographs to look at. She turned the leaves over carefully, and,, pretty soon closed the book. # "Well, dear," asked the hoste^f. "did you look at the album?" "Oh, yes," answered the little maid, brightly, "and we've got one 'zactijr it, only the pictures are prettier^- 1 : / $ 1 0 Q R e w a r d , < 1 0 0 * | The reader# of thla paper will be pleased to teem that there la at least one dreaded Uiiease that sciea## lias been able to cure In all Its eti»Kes. and that li Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure la tile only positive lure now known to the medical fraternity. C&t&nfe being a constitutional disease, requires A constltw* Uonal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken to- ternally, actliiR directly upon the blood and nracom lurfaees ot the system, thereby destroying the foundation ot the disease, and Rk'tnn the patiant •trength by building up the constitution and asaM* tog nature in dolni? its work.' The proprietors hiwe «d much faith in its curative powers that they oWHt One Hundred Dollars for any COM that It Ml* Vk lure. Send for list of testimonial* Address F. J. CHENEY <fc CO.. ToMdo, Ot Sold by all DruKnists, 75c. Wkte Hall'* Family JPiUa lor eoaatipfttloo. Have the Nails Well Set. In the moral and spiritual life, too, it is necessary, for safety, to have the nails well set. If right decisions have ben earnestly made, and right princi­ ples firmly established, they will, when the critical moment of sharp, unex­ pected sensation comes, hold firm, and so save the climber from the slipping back that may mean disaster, and is almost certain to bring danger and In­ jury both to himself and to those with him.--The Quiver. Woman Suffragists Want Battle Hymn A variety of verses of improved quality have reached the Municipal Suffrage league of Chicago, in the $100 prize contest offered for the best "battle hymn" to be used in the wom­ en's cause. A feature of the offering is a perponderance of women writers. table; baby on gas bill; frown on baby; tears OH frown. Noise! At last both think the same thing, aiMi say nothing.--New York Herald. Putting on Side. toll yez, Mary Ann," said Micky Detail, as he sat down to his supper, "it is not fer me to be oncharitable to me felly-man, but whin Dlnnis O'llrien wld his wood leg takes to carrytn' a cane besides, it looks to me lotke toe much shtoyle and extravagance, so M 4^. •; yrv • W'" : .. , Wet the Place for a '1 wondej^ why they put the suc­ cessful pugilist's picture at the bot­ tom of the page In this paper?" "Why not at the bottom?" "Because it would have been more el a delicate compliment to b|s skill to have made it an upper cut."--Balti­ more American. things Compensation. "W1»y; do we get. so many we don't want?" "They are given us to console us for the lack of so ma*p want."---Cleveland Leader Took It Out en the Bojfc^.'L.. **WBat, you want a dollar for spend­ ing money?" exclaimed Mr. Tytea. "Look here, young man, when I waa m boy tiiy father never g»Ts nss & d®4» lar to spend foolishly. I was taught to consider myself lucky if I got a nickel." "Well," protested Bobby, "you dont need to Jump on me about it. TeM your troubles to grandpa.". Prophecy Fulfilled. "That baby, madam," said the dOfr tor to the proud and happy mother* "will make his^mark in tbe world some day." Note the fulfillment of the predic­ tion. In less than 16 years that boy was tbe scoreboard artist in a great ba»e- ball park.--Chicago Tribune. Office Boy Instincts. Contributor--1 should like to leave those poems with your editor. What Is the usual procedure? I havettl done any magazine work before. Office Boy--Well, the usual custom Is to leave 'em an' call back in a day or so--and git 'em.--New York Her- •ML Where There'e a Will** Helen's mother passed her the eaka, and when the little one went to reach across the plate for the largest piece her mother said: "Always take piece nearest to you, dear." m "Well, then, turn the plate arouM» waa the answer.--Delineator. JOY WORK And the Other Kind. 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