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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1904)
" ' ; : " ' 0 ; ' : : Lj I , IL 1 IT .l. = : iii . - - - - - _ . - . - . - . . - . " . - _ . - - - . IS FREAK OF NATURE - Man In England a Peculiar Case of Arrested Development , There Is n young man In England who ut mho ago of 2'1 . Is doveloplng I1t the rate of only one ' sixth of that of the average humnn Iwlng. At present jmo ' 18 learning his alphabet and can count up to ten onh' During the last nlnotoen years he has eaten hut three menls n week , has slept twenty.four hours and played twenty.four hours , without the slightest variation In spite or his twonty.four years ho looks no older than II boy of tour or five and Is only thlrty.slx Inches In holght. For the same period his dc' velopmont physically and mentally has heen at only one - slxth the ordinary . nary rate , while absolutely regular and pt , rfoct In every other wa ) ' , At his birth this child weighed ten pounds and In no way differed from any ether chili ) , lie grow and thrived In the usual way until ho attained the ago of fi vo , Then his progress was IIIIldenly and mysteriously ar rested , and since then six years have been line bamo to him as one year to the normal Ilorson Ho has attracted the attention of many medical and Hcl onLinc men , more than one of whom hnh expressed the convIction that this remarkable man will live to he no less than three centuries old.-New Yorlc Ilorald . For Baby's Safety. . I ( . - - - ' - : - . I 1. 1 t 3 . ' r rrd \ \ This Ingenious arrangement is found In many Englsh ! country cot tages , says the LOllllon Mail The ring Is nnovable and the little one Is quite free to romp without danger of getting near the open fire . I Dog Had Charmed 'lIfe. A peculiar Incident was witnessed on the Admiralty pier , Dover England - land , the other day. A dog belonging to a local tradesman ran barking at the engine of the boat express Ho was caught twice by the engine , and the second time the whole train passed over him ns he lay between the rul1I But to the owner's surprise - lrlse , however ho proved to bo only stunned , and In n short time recov- ered his usual frlsldnoss Mosquito Lore 1 I I ! I i , , I I 'A'NOPHELES CULE The malaria bearing mosquito attaches - taches itself to n wall with this stand off nil' The harmless variety ot mosquito clings close to the - wall. ' I . " . . . . . , . . . . , . w . KOREAN BELL HAS HISTORY. - Child Cruelly Sacrificed to Give Mel. low Tone. A queerly shaped gong , which occu pies IL position of honor in the con her of the city of seoul , Korea , Is Said to he one of the largest In the world , and Is called "the hell with the wail of n child In its \'olco. " When first cast the hell sounded with a harsh and cracked note , and the simper- stltlous emperor , fearing an ill omen , consulted with his magicians. These gentlemen held a long confab , and finally stated that the bell would , , c II J y , i-:1 : : ! , ; never sound right until a live child was given to it. The mass was then molt 011 again and a live baby was thrown into the molten metal The wall of pony uttered by the little tot as the bronze engulfed It seemed to ho repeated every time the bell was tolled , und today the Koreans still claim that the wall of a child can bo heard In the voice of the metal Ancient British Stronghold for Sale. Dunstanburg castle Is about to be offered for sale br auction It was first a British stronghold , then a Roman . man fortress , and at n much later pe nod was garrisoned for Queen Margaret . garot , after the battle of Hexham , when It was besieged and taken after m assault lasting three l1a's. The legend } of "Sir Guy , the Seeker , " told , In a ballad by M , G , Lewis , is connected . nocted with the castle "Dunstan dia- monds" art crystals found In the nolghborhood A deep chasm in the rock at the east of the castle Is icr..Jwn as the "Rumblo Churn " In rough weather the sea rushes In . and great clouds of spray are thrown up-Lon. don Chronicle. Hen Hatches Out Hawk. A hen near East Hampton , Conn. , recently hatched out a red.talled haw ] from nn egg which hal ] been placed in her nest. The hen shows motherly affection for the hawk , but she may turn against It when she discovers , its nature - Add Gamey Flavor. - : ' j. ; . . > . " ' ' ; ' " . ' . .111 : ; ; " ' ' ' ' r . . ' : 11 . I . , . , . . . . .J. . . . , ' . q20' . . , A. J M _ . r. - ' " - . . - . . . : , ' - - - - - - - .I' . : _ . I I . . . . . . - ; , J .f - . $ : " . " \ J . . _ - - . . " \ . , . ' , . . , P' 0 ; 'til h- .e1'r . . . 01 A' , 1 ' . ; I.:0 ' . . . ' I" ' , : , - . ' of7 Srf , r , . . ' . . : . - . . . , ' - . , 't , , " .if I. . . * , . , . . , : , , - - . . ! - , j - .I ' . . . . - . ! . , I The game flavor of the meat is gained by the bacteria feeding upon it Those develop ) within an hour after food Is exposed on pantry shelves , and long before the flavor 13 appreci ale to the senses the bacteria that produce them are abunllrlt' - ' - " - - ' - - : . SHELLS MADE CATS FIGHT. - Laughable Incident During Bombard. ment of Port 'Arthur. A fatly who was In Port Arthur dur. 'ng ' the bombardments by Admiral To. go's fleet has described the curious Dffeet on cats hy the cmnonado "I was nt my window . during each bom bardment , " she relates , "but only through h the day , because nt night I did not dare stir out of bed In front pf me there was a little roof on which five or six cats of the neighborhood collected. Each time there was a born- bardment the cats duly arrived , and , having observed them , I on the second occasion proceeded to watch them. With my family we passed the hours fooling at them. At each gunshot the cats arched their backs ] and stiff. cued their legs and seemed both torn- lied and furious Then when a hissing - Ing shell arrived It gave the signal for a frightful battle. They jumped at each other , raging like tigers , and seemed to hold each other responsible for what was taking place. The effect was so comical that we could not help laughing although the occasion did not 'Inspire gayety After having fought , the cats retired for a while , as though bewildered , but as soon as the bombardment began again they went through the same huslness Each time it was always the same. Term of Happlnein. . , I iN { iJi I I r , ' ' , N1'i : f ' : ; ! I 5 8 I ' : . . " ; ' : : ' \ ' ( " " : " ; " ' \ \ " 28 [ ; . . : ; ii1i ; rio-l r"'N ; i ; ; : 4 , \\1\i \ \ \ f\\ \ ( Married life on the average lasts twenty.elght years , or almost haH of the flfty-elght which make up the allotted - lotted span. Is World's Biggest Clam. Rhode Island , "whose- - clams are still one of its proudest monuments , " lS : an orator recently expressed it , has produced the record..quahaug this week. It was taken from Greenwich bay. It weights one ounce over two 1)ounds. [ . The shells are five and a half Inches long and four and three-quarter Inches wide and when closed natur lily : the circumference Is thirteen and a half inches This is not a "fish story , " for the quahaug has been pre. served for exhibition purposes Aged Wall Street Speculater. Edward D. Wesley , the oldest speculator - later In Wall ] ) street is 93 years old , but five days a week nearly ] all the year around he Is found In his office watching the tape Hat on Cap Conceit. . St. St.P . , . . ' XR ' V The hat.cap' of today is patterned after the fashion of long ago , when aH women wore caps and placed their hats over them on doing outdoors. _ - _ . A RIDE IN - THE DEEP. ) . - Boston Man Has Devised New Form of Entertainment o . Now there comes a Boston Jules Verne who grimly promises the amuse ment . lo , ing public a rare "treat" in he way of entertainment. In truth , it would appear that the most fastidious . . .c , : : ould find _ no cause for complaint after , trying this thing. In brief , the affair Is a fort of "shoot - the chutes , " except that the car In I which the victims have paid to ride Is wholly submerged in the water. To add ! to the excitement there is no top , to the car boat , the theory being that t . - . - % - - d f : . . , t- * - - - - _ - . ; : ; : IFH . : . - - : / : : . . - - - . - = - , The Submarine Boat. It will dash through the pond so fast that the water will not have time to get in ou the occupants. The inven tor promises to take the first ride In the thing If his wife will Jet him CURES WROUGHT BY MUSIC. - . . . \tflJ . m Notable Cases Where Sweet Sounds I Were Beneficial. From the days of Saul and David music has no doubt been the means of alleviating , if not actually curing , many serious cases of mental disease Modern experience has proved this conclusively ] , and many instances may be quoted from ancient histor ) ' . Pythagoras commended music In the treatment of the insane , and Thales , when a pestilence ravaged Sparta , found in music ' his most powerful means of combating it. Henocrates soothed maniacs by It , and Theophras tus held that even the bites of venomous - mous reptiles were rendered less fatal by subjecting victims to the Influence of melody When Philip of Spain was in a morbid & bid and desponding condition , Fari. f j' nem , the vocalist , was sent for by the 1 , queen , with a party of musicians , to sing and play in the adjoining room The effect was a spee'1) and rapid cure Both Buckman and Hafeland relate Lnstances in which music has cured cases ot St. Vitus' dance and Becker and Schneider demonstrated practi cally its influence in different cases ot ' . . hysteria. Sir Henry Halford has chronicled the case of a mad York " mhireman who was restored to sanity by the use of the violin six weeks after its introduc' tion.-Montreal Herald ' . . . . . ' 1 I A Flrst . Aid Motor. ' ,4 ; . ltfliVaj'Im " iVaj'Im hIt I It is a three-wheeled car , clad id . bullet-proof steel. Closed it can travel at the rate of six miles an hour. When ; . its wings are opened , as shown In the Ma' ' picture , it Is a miniature steel fort.