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Show 'BBi RECENT DISASTER AT AMALFI. I The Uncertainties of Life in Volcanic Italy. The unrertalntlis of life In the volcanic vol-canic districts of Italy are ngaln forcibly forci-bly inlled to mind by the Amntn ills-aster ills-aster one of the most remarkable that hae occurred In the yenr Just closed Part of n great rock upon which stool the Capuchin hotel and the Hotel Santa Calerlna slid bodily Into tho sen on tho afternoon uf Dec 21. corning the hotel nnd other buildings The hotel tho white building In tho center cen-ter of tho atone picture Thirteen lives nro known to hao been lost but had It not been for warnings rnused by preliminary earth tremors the destruction destruc-tion would have been much greater Owing to tho tremendous noise nnd the great crack In the surfare of the tnrth, which suddenly vanned, It waa it first feared that many moro had perished Some persona who were In tho vicinltv aro still unaccounted for nnd their namea majr be added to the list of del Amain la twenty miles southeast of Naples and but n few mile from tho tile of ancient Pompeii with Ita dreaded neighbor, esiilus Itesldents of tho town nro taught from childhood to fear landslides and volcanic eruptions erup-tions At tho first sign of danger most ot them temporarily abandon ihelr homes, hut, as Is usual In such tnses, there nro some who do not tako precautions. pre-cautions. This was Illustrated forcibly forci-bly at Amaltl Among tho killed waa ! Miss Weir a daughter of Janus (lillo-way (lillo-way Weir, n member of tho lirltlah house of commons She was with her governess They had escaped, but returned re-turned for their valuables nnd were killed together One of the buildings that waa damaged was n venerable xJfcjy i iff $&& I -" - tir J &ini lil V i .iM i sssssb monastery founded In 1212 A D rho building, which has been uncd for n naval school nnd other purposes In the course ot its existence, hns One cloisters clois-ters nnd a charming veranda. Amain now has about 10 000 Inhabitants In 'be daya of Ita prosperity It rivaled Genoa as a seaport and had CO 000 population, pop-ulation, but Its Importance has long been on tho decline It Is surrounded by Imposing mountains nnd plctur-eaquo plctur-eaquo rocks. HANDY WITH THE 0LOVE8. Tears Ao llolli Mild anil Wr.lon Vf.r. Famous as tlr lloim Think of the commanding general ot tho army nnd tbe commissary general gen-eral ot aubalatenco ns tho best boxers In the nrmy. dm Miles has used the gloves with great effect upon many of his fellow-officers, but he met his match In Oen Weston, and mora than his match In Drlg den Leonard A Wood, now commanding tho department depart-ment ot Santiago The fight with Uen Weaton waa declared a draw, while In the "acrap" with (Ion Wood, Oen Mllea got a crack on tbo Jaw which caused him to bo counted out Uen Miles and Oen Weston have always prided themselves upon their athletic accomplishments Though both bad seen hard service In Hie civil war, and one of them had been wounded more than once in the Wilderness, and the other had been through several ar duoua Indian campaigns on the frontier, fron-tier, they were at tbe time of tbe fight, which la historic In the annals of tbe rmy, uctlve and quick, in fact, "fit" for tho work cut out for them. Both were known ni the crack boxers of the army. Which waa tho better of tbe two waa the question One bright, frosty morning, after a deal of palavering palaver-ing at the Officers' club, Oen. Miles and CapL Weaton, accompanied by six bottle-holders, tbelr seconds, two time-beepers, time-beepers, oncers and tbe chaplain, who rolunteercd to act na referee, wended I their way to a barranca, a mile or two j from the post nnd stripped for action No enlisted man wna pcrmlt'ed to bo present It waa remarked by several of the onlookers that "Nelson waa trained u bit too fine," but "John stripped beautifully " After tho chaplain chap-lain had Instructed tho principals in the renter of tho ring they were gloved and ordered to tbelr corners As thero waa no gong It was agreed that the referee should clap his hands nnd cry ' Quit! at tho end of every three minutes, min-utes, then the principals were to retire re-tire each to hla corner for refreshment and rest ' llentlcmcn, let her go, ' raid the referee, ' but gintly gentlemendo gentle-mendo not, 1 beg of )mi. eiclla your-selves your-selves He calm gentlemen 'I he ruund ended tho chaplain clapped his bands, shouted ' tjultl" and tbe principals prin-cipals retired each to his corner Again the principals advanced to tho rentrr ot the ring nnd after n rare ot hlbltlon of sparring Mllee mnde a tre mentions effort and uppercut hut the blow missed Weston who wheeled around to deliver n pivot blow, which Mites dodged but tho Impetus was such that Weston kept spinning llko n top until tho cbaplnln ngaln clapped bta hands nnd shouted ' Quit'" Weston went to his corner groggy After ne moro rounds tho ehnplaln after long consideration and much argument with the witnesses, eoletnnly announced an-nounced Hint It was n draw nnd declared de-clared all beta off This wna satisfactory, satisfac-tory, hut It was found that thn principals princi-pals were completely cxhnustcd by their efforts so much so, Indeed tint It was necessnry to send to tho post for a water wagon to convoy tbem to the hospital, where they remained under un-der the surgeons treatment for threo weeka New York Herald AS WISE AB PCAUTIFUL. I'alrkt NorUldf. I mnifli wllh III ril.n.l. '..n I . Inlertlooril Padcrcwskl la as wise as he Is beautiful beau-tiful Tbe Polo with the a"'i'Jrii hair dislikes to be Interviewed, nnd, after briefly expressing the compliments ot tho season on his arrival, ho escaped to tho srcliMon of his hotel, says tho New York Press Among his friends the pianist Is sociable enough, being possessed of a protty wit and n lively senso of humor but to tho general public pub-lic he la a melancholy, absorbed, romantic ro-mantic personality, which Is on Interesting Inter-esting pose and advantageous. Ihe domestic life ot great men howover decorous de-corous it may be, Is not revealed to their admirers without Imperiling their fame Tho nuthor of ' Vanity Fair" onre met at a dinner one o' Jits most enthusiastic worshipers Unconscious ot tho ecstiry with which alio gaied at him, he asked for n second helplug of potatoes Her Idol was dethroned by his appetite and crying with a shudder, shud-der, ' Ob, Mr Thackiray'" she left the table tn dlsmny at tho realization that hsr doll was stuffed with sawduiL Paderewskl must eat, and that his appetite ap-petite Is Tbackeraylan may be Judged from the fact that he has gained almost al-most 100 pounds sines he left us, but he eats In private and thus maintains the sentimental delusion ot his devotees devo-tees In his habit as he lives tbe pianist pi-anist Is an every-day young man who would llko to have his hair cut and enjoy life like his neighbors Hut secrecy, se-crecy, when It can be preserved, la tbe badge ot all the tribe of artists, and, by not knowing lis favorites, the public pub-lic exalts them Jenn do Resike refused re-fused all soclsl InVltntlona while he was singing In our opera, thougx among his familiars he waa full of (un Angustln Daly initstod on draw ing a veil ot mystery around Ada; H Kenan, who waa never allowed to ba IH Interviewed by newspaper men or to ikLB acsept social invitations aivo f-om her IssssE Intimates The aaroo system of sedu- sHI slon was practiced with remarkablo rtaaassr aueccss by Kleonorn Dusc and J M ShEM Hill established tho fame of Margnret IBnl Mather by keeping her sedulously hid- BtfA den except when she was on tho stage, kslawvS All I MliciiW-l'rnnf lalar. IsfcKJi An earthquake-resisting, steel- IrHl framed palace fur the crown prince of HsM Japan la now being designed, and the SvfiS foundations are being laid with the S3U view of ohtnlnlng tbo structural stool Kul In l'cbrunry The palace Itself will be HK built of granlto nnd marblo nround 3M9 the steel skeleton It will bo 20 by jMH 400 feel and the height will bo CO teet, MB nnd will bo built In tho French Itcnals- VHsi sanro style A Chicago engli.eer has HM been callod upon to design nn elaborate beating and ventilating plant An American Ire manufacturing nnd dec HB trie light system will also bo added, It la thought Hint ateel construction HB will revolutionize tho building Indus ry In Japan The new palaco will rest on four hundred deeply anchored steel columns embedded In concrete piers. Tha Carnegla company will furnish the HJ IK. Trek. HHJ At tbo outbreak of war between Franco an I England In 1(0. C'apa Colony belonged tn tho Netherlands, aaya Alleyne Ireland In tho current Hfl Atlantic In 1800 Units Napoleon waa mado King of the Netherlands, nnd In tho same year Kngland nttackrd tho Capo ns It waa then a French posses- " stun The colony capltulatoi on Jan- I uaiy 10, inoA The lirltlah occupation wax mido immanent by a convention, HJ signed In 1SH, between Ureal Hrltaln HH ' and tho Netherlands, by tho terms ot j which Kngland paid l"0 000,C00 for the I cession of tho Cape Colony and ot tbo HJ Dutch colonics of Dcmorara, Hcrblco Hjh and Hstequlbo, which now form tbs BH colony of Urltlth Oulina It waa hoped that the Dutch and the Kngllsh In the ( BH Cnpo Colony would llvo togothor In BH friendly Intercourse, and that eventu- Hfl ally by Intermarriage n fusion of tbe BH two racca would be effected Thla hops BBJ was doomed to disappointment, ror an BBJ antagonism gradually developed h. 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