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=Electrical and Other Beautifiers.=  So far as is known to the writer, none of these contrivances or concoctions possess any merit, other than what may be obtained by ordinary massage or rubbing. ELECTRICAL AND OTHER BEAUTIFIES SO FAR AS IS KNOWN TO THE WRITER NONE OF THESE CONTRIVANCES OR CONCOCTIONS POSSESS ANY MERIT OTHER THAN WHAT MAY BE OBTAINED BY ORDINARY MASSAGE OR RUBBING
ndia 813 Japan 27,562 Africa 179 Atlantic islands 1,704 United States, Pacific coast 4,467 Atlantic coast 937 Mexico 5,586 Central America 2,739 West Indies 2,561 South America 8,081 Java 2,155 Australia and Tasmania 83 New Zealand 1,925 The most shaken countries of the world are Italy, Japan, Greece, South America (the Pacific coast), Java, Sicily, and Asia Minor. The lands most free from these convulsions are Africa, Australia, Russia, Siberia, Scandinavia, and Canada. As a rule, where earthquakes are most frequent they are most severe. But to this general statement there are exceptions--Indian shocks, though less numerous, being often very disastrous. Loss of life in many cases depends, however, on density of population rather than on the intensity of the earth movement. Numerically, also, France has registered more seismic tremors than Spain and Portugal, but France in historic times has experienced no earthquake disaster approaching the havoc wrought by the one calamity at Lisbon. USAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE WEST INDIES TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE SOUTH AMERICA EIGHT THOUSAND AND EIGHTY ONE JAVA TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE AUSTRALIA AND TASMANIA EIGHTY THREE NEW ZEALAND ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THE MOST SHAKEN COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD ARE ITALY JAPAN GREECE SOUTH AMERICA THE PACIFIC COAST JAVA SICILY AND ASIA MINOR THE LANDS MOST FREE FROM THESE CONVULSIONS ARE AFRICA AUSTRALIA RUSSIA SIBERIA SCANDINAVIA AND CANADA AS A RULE WHERE EARTHQUAKES ARE MOST FREQUENT THEY ARE MOST SEVERE BUT TO THIS GENERAL STATEMENT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS INDIAN SHOCKS THOUGH LESS NUMEROUS BEING OFTEN VERY DISASTROUS LOSS OF LIFE IN MANY CASES DEPENDS HOWEVER ON DENSITY OF POPULATION RATHER THAN ON THE INTENSITY OF THE EARTH MOVEMENT NUMERICALLY ALSO FRANCE HAS REGISTERED MORE SESMIC TREMORS THAN SPAIN AND PORTICAL BUT FRANCE IN HISTORIC TIMES HAS EXPERIENCED NO EARTHQUAKE DISASTER APPROACHING THE HAVOC WROUGHT BY THE ONE CALAMITY AT LISBON
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