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THE CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 7 1886
THE QUAKING EARTH.
(Continued from Tklrd hie.]
ftljjht and la now naming around the wooda
wild); laofblujt and ahontlng hy.torlctlly.
In Aneuila two ladlea lie at tho point of death
flrem fright.
The damage to property at Beanfort la a lit
tle in adranco of tho naual destruction, but
notofen alarmlna character. The phoaphate
werha, near Port Rojal. are badly wrecked,
and will require w«ka to repair toe damage,
TKRBiriur JUKIBOCR.
The negnra of Bcaofort'aounty, 8. C., hare
been aaaembled In their churches the entire
day, walllnp, aobbing and anpplleatlng. They
aspect (he Anal shock tonight, and then the
dawn of Judgment day. Their actions, whlla
ridiculous in the extreme, are pitiable. They
xeltoae to be comforted, and prominent white
gentleman who have heretofore been their ad.
sietre in all kind of trouble., now fall to ex
ert an influence. No work of any kind la be
ing dose, and negroes trod the ground aa
weald a blindfolded peraou. The women are
aartsenlarly demonstrative, and their crlea for
mercy and the bewailingi of
their expected fete can be heard
red, and Is
a to eater their hate, am
meal for tsrenty-four honra. When not In
their bourn of wonhlp, they huddle together
la gronpa, but not a word la apoken
except in prayer or auppllcatlon.
Their terror It complete, and
wteka will pars over before they settle down
® ln. They refuse potltely to handle a brick
ken down by the earthquake, or replace
a plank or article displaced by the Jar,
Thar any the ahock waa a warning from Uol
to prepare to snret Him on the morrow,
Wotda can’t deacrlbe their conatematlon and
terror.
Ho tnch accne waa over wltneeaed aa the one
that waa teen on Broad atreet—ladioa In
Mother Hnbbarda and other gowna, wringing
handa atd crying, clinging to mothera, fath
erland brother., The acene waa one that
aould not fall to affect the etrong men, who
tried to asanretbedlatreaaed once that It waa
all ovtr. Hardly had they become quieted
before the aecond ahock occurred, and then
the whole of llroad atreet waa lined with la
dlea and children-famillea who had all
rushed from their homes. The acone on
Xroad street beggared description, ladlea and
children, uncontrollable, still crying and
praying to (lod to Bare them.
Atlhejali the prisoners cried, prayed and
people In the
heartrending.
Jailor Collin, felt for the prisoners, but had
noway ol taking themontofJail, llosaysbo
never had anrli feelings In bis life.
ncstnait or shocks a ten Tistr.
The enact number of chocks was thirteen—
the Diet one at 039, (city time) and tha laat at
lS-JS, (city time.)
Tha following ere the tlmm of the dlffcient
fihochc: The one at 0:81 being tha severest,
and tba one at 10:27 next In severity; at 0:M,
0182, 0:80, 10.01, 10 07, 10.21, 10 211, lll: >7. 10:21),
JT):3i, 10:38,10:1.8,1:03, seventy-filth meridian
Avodsta, Ha, September 3.—[Special.]—
lamentable occurrences growing out of the
•arthqnake shock come to light todsy. Mag,
gie Steal, a factory operative’s daughter, has
lost her mind, and la hopelessly Insane, roam
ing about tho boose and crying aloud for help.
She amma to experience ahock after ahock,
J. (I. Oakman, collector of thla cityjs erased
and roama the atresia In a wild way, speaking of
tha eroodrdneaa of the earth, and the terrible
warnlngteent by the Almighty. Hia friends
are caring for him.
C. H. Morphy, ot N. W. Morphy A Co,
wheleialannd retail ahoa dealers, waa terri
bly frightened by tbo Tneiday shock, and has
alnan be on proeiraUd. Tiday ho sat on tba
floor of hla room, coolly loaded a thirty-eight
calibre | l-to', and deliberately blow out hia
brains. Hla mother waa the only parson In
tbo honao at tha time, and thla abode, together
with the earthquake leare, will and
her Ufa In all probability.
Bearing of tbla euloldi
lOwn, went to hla henae, told
he, too, would end hla angulah by death, and
than locking hlmeelf inside hla room, rnado
attempt, to hang himself, but a pollco oflloor
burst into tho room anil pulled blmdown.
Jlr^ however, will hardly live during tha
*^An excited stranger rushed Into the Ohronl-
ulo cfllco tonight, hurriedly, and told of a fam
ily of thro# negroes, man, wife and danghter,
Having bound themselves together on Home
creek and Jumped in tha crack, all three
drowning. Thla stranger's name la unkuowu.
| A maun rmvtn nxan cooaaw uinba.
Avgusta, September 3.—A special to tho
Chronicle from Bean (bit say a near Coosa nr
■laea than la a crack In tho earth tiro hnn-
drrd fiat loan and ala Inches wide at tho
top. On St. Helena Island, off Beaufort coast,
several openings wars made and piles of mud
and mad wars forced up.
Macon, do., August SI.—(Speolal.l—At 8:10
tonight poor correspondent wal sluing near
tha city hall when the ffiat ebook of an earth.
•aaka shook tho building. Fur anlnatant
these waa a calm, and then a severer ohook,
lasting neatly a minute, whloh eausod tha
bnlldiag to rook poroopUbly, Too ground
rambltd and n queer roaring nolrn
seemed to pass under tha elty from out to
west. The elty council sras In eeaeion In the
aecond story, and they ruahsd down, thinking
tha balldlng seat felling. Tha prisoners in
the barracks in tba tsar ware terribly fright-
aned, and one old man pleaded earnestly to ba
Danin*, Go., August 31.—(Spaclal.)—Font
tremendous shocks of earthquake ware felt at
*30 tonight. Tha entire population was
alarmed. Tho largest brick buildings in tha
city threatened to fell crumbling to tha ground.
Tropic, half erased, were running around
almusily and cattle mowing pitoonaty, and
glassware and other articles sotashod. Tha
shock lasted fully a minute. Yonr correspon
dent feels It nnaafe to stay In the telegraph
eMce building.
Women and children half naked ata wildly
bnplerlag the Almighty to eava them, llorroe
reigns tapreme now at 10.4.3. Tha sank la
totmbUujL though lias violently. Tho clUaons
nave gathered In gronpa In an open ennaro,
determined to stay out of the buildings nil
night
THKOVOUOVT TUB COUMTHV.
Tho Shock General la All tha Statoo-Tha
WAtaiaoTox, August 31.—At 0-.58 tonight
a very decided vibration of the north was felt
in Washington and in a few minutes advices
began to arrive that tha disturbance covered
almost tha entire country.
Two shocks occurred, tha second ahock of
loagtr dotation amt more severe than tba flnt
and n few seconds Inter. It waa felt la nil
parts of tho city, and created considerable
consternation. Several meeting* la program
In various parts of tho city vrere broken up by
thefrighleacd member*, thinking tbo build
ings nere falling, racking from tha holla into
the attest. At tho Alhaagh opera house tha
large audience became frightened by tha shak
ing of the bnlldiag sad stampeded. Tho
nf the gailorleo, mainly gentlemen,
iHiptd to their feet at aooa aatho shaking
hexaa and rushed pell mall down tha outre,
falling over one another in their efforts to
mopo from tbo building, and stopped for
nothing until they leeched tha Meat
Tho audience In tba lower part of tho
bonae, which was composed principally of
ladies, ware tarn frightened than tba
gallanea sad afaw lift their seats. Tea per.
formers want on with tholr plow and quiet
waa soon restored. No one waa inland.
People on Ike street did not fwl the aOarks
and the first knowledge they had of tha or-
rairrr.ee waa obtained from tha sight of tho
<Hgktrned;tomaUo of the houses rnahlna fro a
them Into tbs stneta. Tho Western futon
operator at toxic, Md., about twenty ruilei
Iron Mlegnphsd, that tho cart hqoakecnckod
b« walla of hla eialiun and stopped tha
Jocks
Profeseor£Imon Newcomb, of the Nautical
Aloacac, ftornUhrathe fsllowisg dgurair*
yarding tbseaetbgnsk*. Tho flnt sheck oo
nmd at 9.5&90; second sebocke about 9.5150.
J« laatrd soul 9:59. No report* of miy serious
damage in I bo efty hove been received.
Is Jtetoff b, JI.C.p ahodi were felt, beginning ,
at 0:50, tad continuing nearly aix minutes.
Boildiaga rocked, walla croaked, floors broke
loos# from (hair supports, chimneys fall aod
lamps ware overturned. Tbo shocks last id
ovar five minute*. Tbo motion of the earth
was very decided. Tho streets rapidly Ailed
with people. Tho screams of frightened per*
sons could bo heard. Tba negroes were in
great feir. Such decided shocks
were never felt here Wore.
Reports show that shocks were felt
all over the state. At Wilmington they were
very severe, and came near wrecking several
buildings. It is safe to say that no sach ex
citement war ever known hero ae this earth<
quake tea esuaed.
The shock rang the church bells. It also
threw down plastering and rang door bells in
the bonces. A second shock came at 10:04 and
lasted about a half minute. A third shock
did not come until 10:30 and was very slight.
It shook the bouses very sensibly. The movo*
ment of earth from the weet waa very perce
Ible. Houses soon acquired a swinging
oscillating movamont, tho steadiness or which
was remarkable. In the News Observer of
flee, shaking was similar to that felt in press
room where engines and presses are running.
There waa a nauie of a quarter of a minute in
tbo first shock, when the earth seemed a a. if
the phrase can bo used, to balance itself. The
excitement at this hour, 10:45, is not at all
abated. Very few persons are asleep. Nearly
all the bouses are deserted. fljmo people wtU
if main out of doors all night, no doubt
through pure fear. The* westhor today has
fine. There gras rain at eight o'clock. but at
keen the time the shock caiuetho sky wm un
clouded.
In Memphis a violent shock waa expo*
rltnccd at 8:50, p. m. Its motion was from
north to south and lasted full ten aeeonds.
It had a rapid oscillating movement. Great
consternation waa felt. Many who ware
within their offices and residences fled Into
the streets. Numbers who had retired,feeling
the sensation, rushed out of their dwellings,
not waiting to dress 'themselves. The guest*
at the Peabody hotel hurried down stairs,
thinking the building was falling. It was the
■•me slluver the city, and many women went
into hysterics. It was the severest shock over
ex i>ei fenced in this section of the country.
In Pittsburg, at ten o’clock, an earthquake
shock was felt in all parts of the city and
Alleghany. Tbo shock lasted aboat U) seconds
and crested the greatest com tfrnatlon in hotels
end lerge buildings. In Hotel Anderson end
Hotel Duqucanc, tho guests ran Into the streets
panic stricken and in the opper stories of tho
Western Union telegraph building the swaying
cf structure was quite perceptible.
Dewitt (J. fiyllsby, of Media Paquette,
Hotel Doquesne, was sitting in a room of the
flflh story with hia son and daughter. He aaye
the rocking of the building mado him sick at
the stomach. Looking out # of
the window he plainly saw tho
city hall, sn Immense atono structure just
opposite, tremble and sway hack and forth.
Oo tha tooth side the ahock seems to hsvo
been mote severe. Dishea wara thrown from
■helves, clocks stopped, and the ocauoante of
houses lushed out. scraamlng with terror. On
Buuth Nineteenth street, the Lotus dub.
which was holding a meeting, quiekly ad*
joorned and tha members, who wore greatly
Hlghtincd, lost no time in leaving tho build
ing. Surrounding towns In all directions re
port a distinct vibration of tho earth at about
isino brur. As far as hoard from there waa
no set low damage.
In Jacksonville, FIs., a severe earthquake
shock was felt here at 8:51 p m., shaking
buildings so that tho pcoplo ran Into the street*
iu alarm. The oscillations wore perfectly
rcgslar, lasting more than a mlnuto. They
seemed lo come from the northwest with a
veiy distinct rumble. A second alight tremor
was felt at 9:03, No damage reported.
In Nashville, Tcnn., two distinct shocks
weie felt, the longer one at 8:544 and tbo
shorter one at 8:57ft. It was vsry percsptlblo
to all In tell buildings, but not felt by a ma
jority of the people.
hepai
In the elgnal office In Chicago, eausod the eer
grant Ju charge to pause In tho middle of an
observation. Hla hands, ho noticed, trembled
violently and for a moment he thought him*
self 111. The rooking of a largo chair la tho
middle of the room quiekly brought him to
the realisation that a quake of earth was In
{ >rogress. The first wave began at exactly
kQl p. m. and lasted six or seven seeonds. Iu
motion was from west to east, and there were
about tbrea or four vibratlona to tho socond.
The barometer went upono hundredth of an
inch in seven minutes soon after tho shock it
marked 30:17 and continued to rise rapidly.
The effects of tba shock were not generally
noticed In Chicago, except In the uppor stories
of tel) buildings. Persona who happened to
be conversing by telephone at tha time sud
denly found themselves “cut or' for tho
time.
A severe shook of earthquake occurred at
Kroxvllle,Tenn., at 8:51, rattling glass and
driving people from homes. A second shock
was felt at 9:03, and a third shook at 9.07 In
tba direction of oast to weet.
Distinct shocks of earthquake was felt in
Selma, Ala., at nine o’olock. Hulldinga of
more than one story rocked back and forth
•rd the Inmates rushsd wildly In the streets.
No actual damage was dons.
In Lynchburg, Va., a very pronounced
shock or earthquake was felt at 10 o’elook p.
Houses swayed, brlcka were shaken frmu
<nrye, and a great manyneople ran from
r btds Into the street. The shock lasted
fully one minute. Only one shock was distlu
golabrd. A heavy rumbliog noise accompa
nied tho shook.
At 8:45 p. m. Montgomery, Ala, was con
siderably shaken up by an earthquake. The
shock was plainly felt all over the city and
trlrgrapbh* reports are to the effect that It was
perceptibly felt through the southsrn portion
of Alabama. The heaviest and stoutest atruc -
turf a In this elty rocked and people ran out of
housea to tbo street#. It ie not probable that
■ny damage wae done, but the whole city is in
a fever of excttemei.t. The earthquake teem
ed to pass east to west and ahock tested a half
minute or more.
Richmond, Va., August 31.—A shook of
earthquake waa felt h« re at 9:55 p. m. Houses
weie shaken and In some Instances severely.
Many nersona ran into the streeta. some half
dtested. The shock was generally felt
tbiooghout tho city, and tha excitement was
Intense. It Is said by many parsons to have
been a heavier shock than tha one which cm-
t uned here on the night of December iWod,
1875. To incrftua the excitement, tha pru-
cnets In penitentiary (about 800 la number)
tx came Male stricken and began a great out
life. He said that he was used to earth
quakes. Replying to questions, he said
“I have passed through many
ruth shocks, on)/ severer,
but never have I known of such long dura
tion. It is unprecedented."
There were sixteen distinct shocks from
esitbousko hero last night, and up to five
o’clock this morning. Tho first shock was
fesiful and houses were shaken as though
made of pasteboard. It seemed ai if every
thing must topple. The rumbling in the earth
was loud and horrifying in the extreme,
decks stopped, bells were rung and dam*
age done to some buildings, principally
by the toppling of chimneys. Two
looms in tbo governor's mansion
were wrecked. There were a n amber of cases
of nervous prostration and doctors were in
demand for frightened people.
Columbia, 8. C„ September 3.—[Special.]—
At precisely II o’clock tonight a very severe
shock of earthquake was felt in all porta of
this city. Buildings swayed perceptibly. The
shock fasted twenty seconds, and was more
vigoioua than any which has occurred here
since the first motion on Tueeday night. The
inhabitants bad generally recovered from their
flight, and but for this new cause of alarm all
would be tranquil In Colombia tonight. But
this fresh disturbance has produced a sensation
which It will be hard to allay. Consternation
now breods over the city, and the stieeti are
filled with appalled refugees who will spend
tho night In the open air. The Grand Central
hotel waa to fiercely shaken that the guests
atsmpcdcd, lushing out pell mcll into the
streets. Throngs of affrighted women ami
children are grouped in small parties at the
Intemction of the principal streets. Very
few people in Columbia will get a wink of
sleep this night. It is now twenty minutes
past midnight, and the gravest fears are ex
pressed of another ccmmotion.
The Queen's Condolence.
Washington, September 3.—The following
dispatch was received by cable today from
Queen Victoria:
lo (be President of I he Uiilted States: I desire
lo expma my profound sympathy with the suffer-
cis by the Info earthquakes and await with anxie
ty Inner Jnu-Ihgrnri', which I hope tr ay show the
fleets (o have been lew disastrous than reported."
Tiib Quick,
An Kurthqiutke In Spain.
London, September 2 —A severe shock of
earthquake • sa felt at Antequeru. mar Malaga,
qhe Inhabitants fieri jmtilc-atrlckuu
insroc] —-_
to each other, while the far off coart of Sweden
trembled, and the towns of northern Africa tum
bled into heaps of debris. In Bohemia the warm
springs o« Tepfltx were swallowed np, and when
they reappeared they proceeded to paint the sur-
rounding country with their ochre stained waters.
The Scottish lakes rase . two feet
shove tbelr . ordlnery. . level. and
the great volcano of Kotluggia in Iceland belched
forth a flood of fiery lava. Throughout the mouth
Europe and America felt earthquake waves,
all supposed to proceed from tho central disturb’
snee at Lisbon.
SOUTH AMXBICANSHOCKS.
~ antral
by eartiquskes.
again, In some Instances burying the lower ex<
tr< milks of persons while their bodies were
left above the earth. . At San hat*
vadorla succession of earthquakes continued foi
ie verst months in 1770 and a volcano made Its ap<
pearance emitting Uva, sines, smoke sad Usme.
Finally, Ban Salvador was utterly destroyed. Toe
Inhabitants bad been pot on notice by the warning
noises and shocks, and escaped with a loss of about
600 lives.
Hexleosufleredadlfasterlnl&v?. It extended
through the valley, doing great damage sod des
troying the immense acqucduct which supplied
the city with water.
In 1812 the city of Caracas, Venexuela, wm en
tlrcly destroyed by three shocks, lasting fifty sec
onda The earth opened In many places aud en-
R ulfcd buildings and inhabitants. Tooussnds of
vea were tort. Quito, in Ecuador, was neariv de
stroyed in March, Dv<9. In l«Wnearly all of Sens
ation In 1861 killed 12,000 pem.ua.
AXCIKXT KABTIIQUAKBS.
Passing over the bon of earthquakes In the Esst
Indies. China and Japan, as well as those of the
part few years in Greece, Italy and Egypt, a glance
at some of the oldest ahano-ups will be of Interest.
There were earthquakes iu Syria about 900 B.
and agaiu about £00 B. C. Judea was devastated
by one at the lime of tho battle of Acilttra and
10.000 persons were killed. Antioch was visited
several times, once losing 250,000 lives, and at an-
oUur time 80,000.
TUX EXPLANATION.
From the beginning of the world ail aorta of
earthquake theories hare been advanced. The pro-
guards on duty endeavored lo umet them
without effect, whereupon tha fire alarm was
turned In to arouse the dtisensand soon there
after, a call for military waa sounded by the
fire bells. The call waa promptly responded
to, and in a few mtnutea soldiers
were hastening to the scene. Company
after company reported for duty in
rapid succession, one colored company being
flut on the ground. While this was going on,
tl e stieets leading to the penitentiary were
crowded with people, excited to an in tonne de
pict by exaggerated reports that one of the
walla of the penitentiary had fallen and killed
a number of convicte, and that many of them
had gotten out of their cells, aod the guards
were unable to control them, all of which,
however, proved to bo unfounded. In a half
hour’s time from 8 000 to 10,000 people were
lu the vicinity of the penitentiary. At 11:10
Governor Lee drove out to the eoeoe, but be*
fere he arrived everything had become quiet,
the military being on duty and tho prisonere
in their cells. When the panic first occurred
fif teeo prisoners got out of their cells by break
ing it secure bare of transoms over the
cell dcort, but they were aoon secured without
much trouble, the guard firing several shots in
the air to bring them under subjection.
Telegrams from Danville. Petersburg, Nor-
folk and Ashland and other points, state that
the shock waa similar iu most respects to the
one felt here. The time of duration la re
ported from 30 seconds to 3 minutes and the
nsme fn m east to weet.
Columbia, a l\, September 1.—[Special.] -
OI« atl Washington, of San Francisco, waa in
Colombia last night and felt the foil vigor of
the shocks la tha courthouse. When asked if
he had ever eyperieaoed anything like It ba
ft to, ho replied that ho bad on navarwl oew>
liens in California narrowly escaped with his
KAltTBQUAKKS IN GENERAL.
Something About Their ITIatory—'What the
Scientists Say.
An earthquake is nature in a state of an
archy
It Is the wreck of matter and thecimh of world*.
Nothing itrlkes greater terror to tbo heart of
man than an earthquake; nothing renders him so
completely helpless.
Abd yet we have always had them. They have
vklted every quarter of the globe in almost every
age.
EARTHQUAKES IN TUB COUNTRY.
Earthquakes have always been rather common
occurrences on (ho Pacific coast. In California lu
1f&2 a violent thock destroyed one of the old
hpi-nhh mUdloo stations in tho southern part of
the state. Iu 1872 Ban Francisco was visited by
several very severe shocks, and tho walls of many
of tho finest and rornt substantial public buildings
were seriously cracked and damaged. At various
oiler times tho atato baa suffered similar
visitations, but they were generally of a light char
acter. Other parts of the west hsvo had their sharo
of >c broJc disturbances. In Nevada, lo 1871, Lono
Pine and several other settlements wero destroyed.
The mtnea were shaken up, and for a time a gen
eral exodus seemed imminent.
In 18lt occurred tho moat famous of all tbo
American earthquakes, with tho exception of tho
Charleston calamity. This great natural convul
sion kept the Mississippi valley for three hundred
miles south of the mouth of the Ohio river in an
upheaval for many months. Humboldt in his
works calls attention to It as one of tho vsry few
Instances on record where tho ground waa lncos-
santly quaking for several months at a great dis
tance from any volcano. The ground
ROSX AND SANK,
undulating like tho waves of theses. Men and
cattle weao furious!] dashed to tbo earth, houses
weie wrecked and tho town of New Madrid in
Mbrourt waa entirely destroyed.
Great fissures appeared In tho ground running
from the northeast to the southwest Some of theso
were more than half a mile long. They seemed to
bo tottomlcm and emitted not steam. Sometime*
n od and waU r were thrown from them aa high as
the neighboring tree tops. Tho wells and.sprlugs
dried up, streams changed their course, and great
lak« s were formed only to disappear In the course
ofa few weeks.
Fcr telly aix mouths tho lower MlsaMppl valley
waa In constant movement, and chaos seemed to
tiMvaa rftirn ■•tin. Tho Inhabitants lied in every
the few who remained gave np all
that had long been regarded as a landmark. Fi
nally the ahocka ceased, but U ta a noteworthy
fact that they did not atop until the great earth
quake at Caracaa occurred.
IN THE EASTERN STATES
In the early history of tho country there were nu
ll emus canhqurtkc*. One of tho worst on record
occurred November 18th. 17,VS. At that time there
wets quaking* from Iceland to the Meditera-
nran. hut the shock felt In New Knglaud waa sup
posed to be a wave from the great central convul
sion which had destroyed I.t*bon nearly throe
wteka rarllcr. In Ma-Machusetts tame of the
severest effscis were experienced. Thore was Am
a sullen roar like that of thunder. This lasted a
minute and was followed by a sevete shock with
a smell like that of a long rolling sea. The earth
swayed so violently that men out in the open
fields ran to btohea and trees to catch hold of
them In order not to be thrown down.
Two or three smaller shocks
succeeded, ana then camo a quick
horlrontal tremor, with sudden Jerks and
wrenches. Aftrr two mtnntea this filed away.
and chimneys were thrown down, dislocated or
twisted. In the country the stone wall fences of
bled up and others disappeared. Even
sell In the harbor were bum wd snout. Stranger
than all, large numbers of fUh were killed and
Heated on (he surface ot tho water. A tidal wave
twsnty feet high, supposed to have been earned
by tbr source of this earthquake, rolled into the
baibcr ol St Martin's. In the West Indies,
or lats yba as
very few disturbances have been reported on the
At sutic slope. Iu 1870 the middle and eastern
tiates felt a heavy shock. Thu was a wavefront
the volcanic region northeast of Quebec. It
spread to Bt. Jubu, New Brunswick, westward to
Chicago and southward to New York, at a speed of
about H.COO feet to the aecond. Montreal received
telegraphic infoimation from Quebec of the ap
proach of the earthquake thirty seconds before tha
shot b reached the city.
fp IN* and 1S7& tho Fonth Atlantic states felt
slight earth movimenta, and from time to time
sb< cks and tremor* have occurred in various Io
cs lltlis, but nothing on a large scale. Iu fact the
t'nlitd States has nevixbccn rtf anted a* an earth
quake country, and with the exception of the New
Madrid visitation our arUmlc trouble* have not
attracted much attention from the acimti-u,
MEMORABLE CAI.AM1T1IX
In fTiry century southern Italy au.l Sicily have
D (ti subject to these convulsions. From 17?J to
1776 they weie disturbvd almost Continuously. lo
177:l not fewer thaif 917 shock* wero experienced,
lu 17M au upheaval fn Calabria killed 1U0,000 pert
set a. Tbo shock appeared to originate uuder the
centre rI Calabria, ai d passing under the act It
reacted tbr nnpotlte eosrt of airily and destroyed
Ucrlty of Messina. This disturbance was felt
the gre au r part of Europe
upg tbo earliest earthquakes In central Italy
itch arytblrg Is krown. was the one which tn
.ear A. 1>. (3. partially destroyed the cute*of
lleicular.tum or d Ihxnrell some sixteen y*»an be
fore they were overwhelmed with Uva anda*het
fu m Vom luv In 1837 the kingdom of Naples re
ceived a severe shaking. The destruction was
rhU fly tn the provinces, the damage to the city be
lt g rotr relatively slight. In in',l fiwiuerland was
Wile* bj a great earthquake, the waves ot which
seriously affected man) of tbo artesian well* in
Butt pc.
this i r.-nox PtSABTcn
The earthquake of November 1st, 1733. at Lisbon,
Donegal, waa cue of the most memorable tu hls-
l«.iy. It wm prcctdtd by the rumbling round that
geuerallv gives the note of warning, and was tin-
miClai* ly follow* d by atremendons shock which
threw down the grra*er portion of the city. The
s«a rolled bark frrm the shore, bntlna moment
t» turned in the shape of a moreter wave fifty feel
high. W Itbln the space of die ml nut* * 60,000 peo
ple were overwhelmncd and killed. The furious
waters dashed them against the building* and
breught the stately structure)* down upon the
•tinggHng mesa ererehfng the victims beyond re-
ergot lion. One portion of the city wa* covered by
aster to tke deprh of 100fe,L aod ha* since re
walneJ ctgulphcd. Humboldt estimated that
this earthquake covered an area four times greater
than that ci Europe. The tell saotr alad peaks of
vailing ore, stripped of all tool nicAl jargon is
simply this: The Interior of the globe la liquid
fire. Somewhere water percolates tliroigh the
earth's crust and reaches tne Interior inoliun
mas*. This generates steam and the expanding
vapor escapes either through such safety valve* as
volcanoes offer, .or lifts the crust and passes off
through the fissures. When the upward pressure
of the vapor cracks through the solid crust there
is a concussion glvlag rise to waves of shock and
sound. Mallet, ono of the best authorities, be
lieves in tho theory that tho sudden ex
pansion of steam uuder high pres
sure Is the Immediate cause of '.he tarthquaku,
and this cxplauaiion has been more favor*sly ro
celved than any other, and the New Madrid eirth-
quake acemi to bear it out.
roiaia AXD PARAGRAPHS.
Since the creation of the world 13,000,930 people
have been killed by earthquakes
There Is an earthquake every day In the year
somewhere. At least one hundred were recorded
laat year, and during some recent years six hund
red wero recorded. In 1880 twelve hundred
shocks occurred In Japan.
Earthquakes do not result from volcanoes. Fre
quently vo'canoer are formed by earthquake*. The
rica, belong to ono of the throe great earthquake
millions of people, Its beautiful elite*, and It*
bright civilization being annihilated by oue mon
itor shock.
Earthquakes Increase In number towards the
ually rising, while In tbla country the coast from
Cape Cod to <Mpe Haliers* la sinking at the rate of
two feet In a century. It is only a question oliluxs
u to when New York will be under water.
Earthquakes occur at all hours of tho day and
night, on land and sea, In the lowlands and In tho
hlthlanda, on the seaboard and In tho Interior.
Pometlmes one shock Is all. Sometimes the shocks
continue for a year. W. F. R.
Net Result of Fast Earthquakes.
742—Syria, Palestine and Asia: 500 towns
destroyed.
1137—Ficlly; 15,0(0 persons burled.
UbM-In Syria; 20,000 perished.
12C8—In drills; 50,000perished.
1455, December 6— At Naples;-10,000perished.
1509, September 14—Constantinople; thousands
perished.
1531, February 26—At Lisbon; 1,500 houses and
30 000 persons burled,
UVi6, July 30—Naples; 30 towns and 70,003 Urea
1067. April C—Ragusa ruined: 6.000 perished.
lC07-Schmaki; tested three mouths; 80,000 per
ished.
1672, April 14—At Rimini; above 1.500 perished.
1192, June?—Island of Jamaica; whole or Port
Royal tngulphcd 40 fathoms deep and 3,000 par
ish* d.
li'UJ, September- r »I cities and tawa* and more
than 100 000 lives were lust.
1718, May and June—At Algier*; 20.000 perished.
1726, September 1-Palermo; 6.000 lives lost.
1731, November 30-Chlua; loo,ow) pcoplo swal*
1755, November 1—Tho great earthquake at Lis-
U *1759, October 30—By rl
17M1 -Tauris, r> 000 hi
people buried in ouc second,
lrt>5, July 26—Krosoloue, Naples. C 000 live*.
1812, March 16— U Caracas 12 COO perished.
1819, June 16— Kntch sunk; 2.000 person* burled.
‘ have 20.000 peri* hod.
lost.
1822- Aleppo dv*t roved; shave 20,000 per
1W6, February 14—Teouatc. thousand* li .
1M2. May 7—Cape Hay lion, St. Lumlugu, between
4 000 and 5.000 lives.
1851, August 11—South Italy, 14,000 lives lost.
1856, March 2- Hand of Great Saugvr, 3,000 lives
lort
1839, March 22-Quito, 5,000 persons killed.
1861, March 20—Mendoza, South America, 7.000
lives lost.
1*3, July 2 and 3—Manilla, riillUpine I*lc*, 10,.
000 pereonr perhhej
1868. A
loa. and
estimated at 8300.000,000.
1875. May 10-18—Lan Jose da Cucta, Colombia,
shock.
18*1, April 3-Pela, 4.000 pert'h.
18831 July 23— Island cf hcbla. In the bay of Na
ples. destroyed; 1,990 lives
1883, August 26—Java blond was shattered and
rank aod sixteen others ratted their beads above
the ranouudlng water* Nearly 100,ono people wero
buried beneath volcanic debri* or swept off the face
of the land hy the volcanic ware.
lured and 17,000 buildings
1885—Sarinigtir and numerous villages alattt
destroyed.
1886. Aur
Atlantic i oa»t Isrtulaht to the edges of the great
trough of the Mbatelppl vatey can scarcely be
disposed of as waa the shock of August 12. uwi.
That was generally attributed by geologltts to the
‘slip" of comparatively shallow strata tn the read
iostment In protreas tracer the slow depression of
the Atlantic ccaar. Tha long oval, extending from
lVrtland to Washington, within which that earth
quake waa chUfiy felt, suggested Its ewentUUy
littoral chsracter. The fragmentary reporta of last
night’s shock Indicate that It extended father tn-
ominuua In this except tbs grim suggestion that
the giant forces which caused the gigantic faults ot
the Alleshentea and bent like paper the achtsu to
be seen fn any aft* mon drive to Fafrmoant park
are still ut work and to be reckoned with lathe
building of a country which piles iu stories with
out reference to s» lsmlc disturbance.
Ja«lah ItavU'a Trouble.
Josinh Davi*, North Middletown. Ky..writes:
"I am now using n box of yonr H-nry’s Car
bolic Salve upon an ulcer which, for th« part
ton days has given me gre at pain. This *alvo
is the only "re medy I |mve found that has given
me any ease. My ulcer waa entuted by varicose
veins and was pronounced tncnrablc by tnr
medico) adviser*. I find*however, that Henry**
Carbolic Halve is effecting n cure.’ Beware* of
ifllilatioiif.
CONFEDERATE SAL.
'Confederate Ball’’ . „ _ .
The name struck me as it fell from the Up* o' *
veteran who was exchanging war reminlscenca*
with two or three friends. I watched my oppor
tunity, and soon bad the satisfaction of seeing the
group disperse, with the exception of the man
who bad attracted my attention. Wo casually
drifted lute a conversation, and I remarked that
the mention of "Confederate Sal" had excited my
curiority.
"Was she one of the heroines of the war? 1 ’ I
asked.
"Well, no," waa the reply, "It would take a con
siderable stretch of the Imagination to make hers
heroine, but she waa a right lively character iu
her day."
"Tell me the story," said I, aa I tendered a fresh
cigar to my acquaintance.
"Story, bless jou, there Is none to tell," answer
ed the old soldier, striking a match. "Sbe waa Just
Confederate Bal, and that la all there is In it She
was a woman, you know, who was np in Tennes
see with the army, knocking around In the camps.
We simply conldn’t stand her any longer, and we
put her out of the way."
"Put her out of the way."
"Yes, and It Is a rather remarkable thing that
although I waa in the war four years I do not know
that I had a hand in the killing of any human be
ing with the exception of Confederate Sal."
"Who was she?"
"The lord knows. She first made her appear-,
anco as a tort of peddler, selling stationery and
other little trieks. She was rather good looking
and had some dash about her. Before long we
found that sbe wouldn’t da Several times she
wa* ordered off, but the first thing we knew she
would tnm op again in a new way, sometimes
wcarirg a private’s uniform. She was determined
(o tilck to us and we couldn't get rid ot her."
"Was the a spy?"
"I don't think she was. I think that loyalty to
the confederacy was the one solitary virtue that
she po»screed. In several skirmishes 1 aaw her
pick up a musket and fight like a tigress. No, I
don't think she ever played us false."
■And ytt she seemed to bo specially obaox-
loos-"
the was, air; and there waa a good roason for
it. That woman, sir, was drunk half tbo time. I
have krown her to break np a council of war by
forcing her way into the general's tent when she
waa howling drunk. She not only drank henelf,
but smuggled liquor into camp and made the
soldiers drunk. Ob, she waa a terror!"
"Sbe went on from bad to worse," continuel my
companion, ' and made herself a most unbearable
nuisance. No doubt the liquor she drank affected
her brain; It certainly made her a physical wreck
and dcstmied what little beauty she had, To
wards the last sbe developed a wonderful cunning
the ahrewdneas, perhaps, of insanity, but I did not
think of such an explanation at the time, or I
mb hi have been more merciful. Sometimes,
when wc were In qnartcra for weeks at a time, the
gcteral’a wife wonld come to visit him and atop
at some convenient farm house within theCllnes,
When Confederate Sol found It out tho tried a new
racket. How she got her money waa
xnistety, but ' sbe would rldo
very nicely dressed to a house and tell the kimatci
that she waa thegeneral'i wife and desired board
for a few days, as the wished to bo a* near as pos
sible to her husband. Of course she would bo giv
en t jo best room and the family would do their
best to make her comfortable. Next day she would
rldo off to camp and corooback gloriously boozy.
Then the ladlea of tbo family would put their
heads together and say that it waa an outrageous
shame for the general to give the poor lady Uqttor
when she went to tee him, that of course she
wasn't used to strong drink and couldn't stand It.
After another day or two the woman would ap
pear at the bouse In a state of beastly intoxication,
and use inch language as to shake the inmates.
Then our officers would be . approached and asked
how our general came to have such a wife, and,
you understand, the whole truth would come
out."
"Did sho ran that schedule often?'
"Several times. As the general s wife she made
bills in the neighboring towns, borrowing money,
bought hones, and boarded with the nicest peo
pie In that part of Tennessee. Well, sir, the qlcer
est rumors imaginable got ont about the general
Hia character waa nearly ruined In Richmond on
acccunt of thete rumors, and his wile, one of the
noblest ladlea that ever walked the earth, became
an object of suipldon among strangers who were
not acquainted with the facta."
"You raid that Confederate 8al was killed?'
"Certainly, so she was. Yon know those were
rough times, and human life waa not very valua
ble. One day we found that £al had been cutting
up In a particularly disgraceful way atagentlcman'i
home near the river. Hhe had paued herself offj
the general's wife, and the very first night
Into tho parlor drunk as a bllcd owl and
the company by dancing the can-can. She waa
put out of the house and fell Into tho hands of
seme of the boys who wero passing. 1 waa along
with the crowd. We saw that there was all sorts of
a row in progress, and, after stopping tong enough
to get the drift of It, we took Confederate Sol and
bustled her to the river bank. Wo told be? that
we were going to throw her in, and If sba wan us I
to live sho must stria o for the opposite shore. If
she came bark on our side wo would kill her. Sal
just gritted her teeth and swore Uko a trooper, but
wc pushed her Into the water.
The night was dark and wc could not
We watched and waited a while, and
choking cry for help. But there
that crowd. Either the woman couhpffot swim or
ahe was too drunk. Anyway, she treat uuder, and
the strong current swept her down the river. And
that waa the test of Confederate Sail’*
TOE LENGTH OF GIRLS' ARSIS.
A QUESTION ABOUT
Browns Iron
Bitters
answered.
iNy bMnukcd thouuad,
HOMES WITHOUT CAPITAL
c. *£71255 J?cSluT»"°a!n. A £^ffl
ractafUrunulNUluucut only^SoM on credit ol
Dnt to ten yean. Tobacco, Frail, all Gralna,
3rnf»gTowi. ,30,000 lo two monUUjlowprioy
Beikcne—Intcrwt only torfiroraaim. conjMifl.
Om. riada nbooli, market., oo Watorm H. O. Bali-
road. AdDrcm lot clltnian C. WUITT1KB, Wttlli
Jer, N. a, with flame Ventlon toll .paper.
i,„i--whylr
fHE'6ATE CITY NATIONAL Bill
OF ATLANTA, GA.
A Street Philosopher Explains Why One la
Longer Than the Other.
From the St. Paul Glebe.
"Thai explains a theory of mine," said
middle-aged man, as he directed attention to
matron and her Rule four-year old daughter, who,
band In hand, were coming down Wabasha streei
The matron waa quite stout, aal found
difficulty In reaching down to hold the
the Utile toddler. The matron waa evld<
hurry, and aha walked along the street
uary rate speed. Her little daughter foi
possible to keep np with the procession,
regular intervals tripped and fell over, or at least
would have fallen out for the intervention of the
mother. She bad the child by the hand, and at
every trip ahe tightened her grip, and by main
strength Jerked the child on her feet The child’s
left atm waa being elongated.
•T have always heard," continued the speaker,
'That a woman's left arm Is longer than her right;
that her h ft shoulder is higher than her right, and
have been frying to solve the problem, or at tout
explain It In some way. Seeing that woman
dragging that little girl by her left arm explain* it
all. Mothers uraallystart out holding their chil
dren's lift handa why not bora the same way?
I'll explain that Boys can usually ran as fart os a
woman can walk, even when they are little fel
low s, and ro don't have to be dragged. Little
girls trip «»d the dragging process begins."
A False* Tragedy,
From the London Academy.
M. If aspero added aa Incident of a peculiarly
horrible character to tbs story of the unwrapping
royal mummies of Dcir-el Bahari. Anting them
was found the body of a young man between twen
ty five and thirty years of age, bearing neither
name nor Inscription ot any kind, which is by it-
►tirsn extraordinary circumstance, instead of
ho* iug bet-n embalmed in the usual way. the b>iy
hsd merel) teen dried by some skilful process,
without removing any of the Internal organ*, and
bad teen rove red with a thick layer of some mixt
ure at once fatty and caustic. Above all. the atti
tude ol the corps*, its bent tog*, its feet turn*>d
stains: each other, Us clercbed bonds, the ex-
pretrten of Its face—all combined to Indicate that
(be unknown uerjoo bad died to extreme agony.
At first* |M. Maspbro was tempted to «u»pect that
he had come sen** a case of the embalmment ofa
living man—a form of murder which it is n<* diffi
cult te reconcile with Egyptian usage. Medical
m*n. however, who bad been consulted, were 4U*
t oeed rather to recognize (be symptom* of potan-
leg Id any rase, we are brought fore to face with
•- * * ■*”*'^ found among the royal
can hardly be otbzr
n. s. depository;
C&oilalandSurD
Hm* per cent per annum If left four months.
Four per cent per anuum if left aix months.
(}% per cent per annum if left twelve months*
L. J. HILL, President.
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whom It may coi>ccrn, A. K. Stokes, adminis
trator of Netty A. Banks, deceased, ho* in due
bum applied to the undersigned for leave to sell
the land belonging to the estate of said deceased,
srd laid application will be heard on the flni
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ccar« d, have in due form applied to tho under
signed for leave to rail a part of tbo lands be-
lci git g to tbs estate of drcea«cd, and said appli
cation will he heard «»n the flret Monday in Octo
ber next. This, September the 3d, issfi.
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