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Show EARTHQUAKES Ft.LT IN AMERICA Two Beside That at Charleston One of Them Swallowed a River. Besides the Charleston earthquake of 1886, in which forty-one lives were lost and about $5,000,000 worth of property was destroyed, there have been two other notable earthquakes in the United States within historic times one near the head of the Mississippi Mis-sissippi delta fn 1811-12, and one in the Inyo Valley, Cal., in 1872. The former, known as thi, new Madrid Mad-rid earthquake, was remarkable for the length of time which its phenomena phenom-ena covered. There were several shocks at short intervals for several months, and the whole series of shocks lasted about two years. The country was sparsely settled! and no scientific records of the disturbance dis-turbance were made, but it is related that the alluvial land of the river bottoms bot-toms was traversed by visible waves, which rocked the trees to and fro and uprooted many. Huge fissures were opened, and lakes were drained by the escape of their waters into them. The largest sunken area is said to have been sixty or eighty miles long and nearly half as broad. The Inyo Valley earthquake was caused by a renewed movement along the groat, fault plain at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada. The chief shock lasted only a few minutes, but others of less violence continued for two or tli roc months. A tremendous fissure was formed along the base of the mountain range for about forty miles. The land west of the fissure rose, and the land east of it foil, several feet. Owens river was temporarily swallowed swal-lowed up. In the village of Inyo all the houses were thrown down and one-tenth of the inhabitants were killed. Care of Consumption. Nearly every state and large city in the country Is making some movement to aid In stamping out consumption. Massachusetts has a well-established sanitarium at Rutland, in that state. Vermont is considering a project of the same kind. The New York legislature has made two appropriations aggregating aggregat-ing $15,000 for the construction of a consumptives' sanitarium in the Adirondack Adi-rondack region. The New Jersey legislature leg-islature at its recent session voted $50,-000 $50,-000 for a similar purpose. The appropriation ap-propriation of $100,000 by the Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania legislature in 1001 In aid of the White Haven sanitarium places this state by the side of other commonwealths common-wealths In the fight against consumption. consump-tion. Dr. Rothrock's scheme to use the state forest reservations for the same purpose will doubtless realize good results re-sults In time. His knowledge on the subject Is valuable, as he is the state commissioner of forestry. . That great good work cau be accomplished accom-plished by country sanitariums for the open and pure air treatment, especiallyi in pine forests, has been demonstrated. At Rutland, In Massachusetts, the percentage per-centage of cured patients has steadily risen. In tho first year 37 per cent of all cases of the disease in all its stages were cured; in the second year 45 per cent, and in the third year 50 per cent. The record of other sanitariums will probably show as good results. Pittsburg Pitts-burg Post. |