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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD: DAKOTA CITY. NEBRASKA.
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THREE DEM),SC0RE
HURT IN TORNADO
PROPERTY LOSS WILL EXCn
$250,000 SANBORN NEARLT
WRECKED.
STORM PLAYS MANY PRANKS
Letters In Sanborn Postofflce Scat
tered Over Town Patrick Dougher
ty, James Dumlstra and Son of John
Island Are Dead.
VFMrtwn Ntwipiftr Union Ntwt BwtIm.
Sanborn, la. A proporty loss reach
ing nearly a quarter of a million Col
lars, three fatalities and a score In4
Jurod, is the result of a tornado that
formed In the vicinity of Sheldon and
Sanborn Friday night
Patrick Dougherty and Jamos Du
mlstra were killed at Sanborn and
tho 2-year-old child of John Btsland
was killed whtlo in tho arms of its
mother on the Btsland farm, Are and
one-half miles southeast of Sheldon.
Dougborty leaves a wlfo and two chil
dren. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Fink of Sanborn
aro both in tho hospital at Sheldon,
and Mrs. Fink is not expected to live.
Sho, with bor baby in, her arms, was
blown through tho window. Tho baby
wan uninjured, but Mrs. Fink was
thrown on a barb wiro fence. Her
body was torn by tho barbs from her
neck across tho breast to tho hips,
tho barbs making diagonal lacerations
about four Inches apart. Her sister
and Mr. Fink were seriously Injured.
-. Hurt In Saving Family.
M. O. Finch, living two nilloa east
of Sheldon, Is in tho hospital at Shel
don, with servoro injuries about the
head and sldo. Finch had sent his
family to tho collar and was Just going
down himself when tho houso was
blown from around him, dropping him
into tho collar. Pieces of tho wreck
ago struck him. Tho collar was filled
with debris except tho corner whoro
tho family crouched.
The action of the storm in Sanborn
was remarkable in that tho entlro east
sido of tho town was wrecked and so
few fatalities resulted. Tho fact that
tho storm broko whIJo yot light was
probably rospouslblo for this condi
tion, as most of tho people sought rof
ugo in cellars and caves.
Patrick Dougherty, tho clothing
v merchant, who was killed by tho
"btorm, was Just leaving his store to go
to Bupper when tho tornado struck
him. Ho was blown ovor a block from
tho store. Friends Bearchod for his
body throughout tho night, but it was
not found until 7 o'clock in tho morn
ing, Ono sldo was crushed in and hla
head severely bruised.
Boy Killed Whllo Milking Cow.
James Dumlstra, an 18-year-old boy,
Just ovor from Holland, was killed on
tho Howard farm north of Sanborn
Ho was milking d cow when ho was
struck. Tho wreckage or tho barn
was piled ovor him, and a scantling
was" driven clear through tho cow by
tho forco of tho wind. Tho child of
John Blsland was killed by a' cement
block that was blown from tho founda
jtion of tho house,- striking tho child
fro in tho arms of its mother.
Storm Played Many Pranks.
Tho storm played many pranks in
and about Sanborn. A large trco ovor
a foot in alamo tor "was blown roots
foremost through tho back door of tho
Peter Velio residence. Across the
streot a six-Inch plank six foot long
was driven through tho wall of tho li
brary, projecting half on oaqh sido of
tho wall. . Tho end inside ponotratod
a throo-ply oak bookcase without dis
turbing the brac-a-brac. Tho end of
tho plank was not splintered. Tho
plaster knocked out. was shot into tho
vafntah of a piano across tho room as
It from a gun. A Btoveplpo was drivon
into a tree In tho park, remaining un
bent and projecting from tho trunk at
right angles,
On the Allen ranch near Hospers a
horse ttod to tho manger In tho barn
was sovcrod In two, his hoad remain
ing tlod to tho plank and his body
being fifty foot away. A 300-pound
hog was lifted by tho storm and drop
ped Into tho crotch of a treo twenty
feet above tho ground.
Tho greatest problem confronting
tho citizens of Sanborn is tho water
supply, Tho steel tower standplpo 110
feet high was twisted and crushed to
tho ground In a hoap of stool wreck
age. Tho only wator nvallablo is from
a fow seldom used wells with a mea
ger flow that will supply but a small
percentage of tho people. Tho town
in uttorly without any llro protection.
Tho tolephono plant and electric light
ing systom will havo to bo rebuilt, as
their lines aro a Jumbled moss.
Mall Scattered Over Town.
One of tho freaks of tho storm as
Sanborn was tho gutting of tho post
offlce. All tho furniture and mall was
FOUR HURT IN CYCLONE.
Twister Does Heavy Damago Near
Canistota.
Canistota S. D. A dlsastorua cy
clono struck tho vicinity of Canistota,
S. D Sunday night, doing 'much dam
ago to farm property and injuring
tour people. A largo, funnel shaped
cloud appoarod six miles southwest of
Canistota about 10 o'clock after Iho
wind has blown a hard galo all ovo
cilng. Tho cyclone formed In th'o
neighborhood of Frod Henthorn'a
Woman Is Killed.
Hurm, S, D. Lightning killed Mrs.
0. M. South, wife of a farmer living
near Weaalagton, S. D., Thursday ovo
slag as she was driving homo from
tewa with her two children. Mrs.
8ta teld her 4-moatbs-old baby In
tar lap and th other child, a girl of
t, at beelde aw on the seat Neither
wild waa injured, though being stun
i4 somewhat by the shock. Beth
tone were knocked dowa, but were
,-, Ifeto to xet ujb ia a afaart Urn.
scattered over tho town, letters woro
found as far as a mllo north.
Kobort Powers was blown through
tho Crandell hardware otoro and
grasped a stovo which stood in tho
rear. Whon tho tall of tho twister
struck tho second tlmo ho was blown
back out again and was found by his
friends wrapped In a colLof ropo. Ho
was released uninjured.
John Hurd, an employo of tho Fred
Nolson fnrm, two miles cast of Shot
don, saw tho approaching storm and
covered himself in tho oat bin. Tho
bam was blown from around him,
leaving him In tho pllo of oats. Tho
rest of tho farm buildings were de
stroyed. Lightning struck tho barn of Henry
Honspetor, cast of Archer, burning It
to tho ground. Tho storm mowed a
path six miles along tho section lines,
north and west of Archer, taking ev
erything in Its path. Tho Woods farm,
near Sheldon, was completely wrock
ed. Tho Ed Dagcl farm, north of San
born, was swopt as clear ns a baseball
diamond, not even a wiro fenco re
maining. Buildings valued at $15,000
woro loved on tho Burt Watson farm
north of Sanborn. Tho O'Brien Coun
ty Farm Insurance company carried
tho risks on nearly all tho buildings
and animals destroyed in tho county.
Hundreds Visit Tornado District.
Trains Into Sanborn wero crowded
with slghtBoores. Many who had prop,
erty Interests In and about Sanborn
camo for hundreds of miles. No outo
moblle traffic was pooBlblo, as tho
roads were flooded by tho cloudburst
which accompanied tho storm.
A completo list of tho buildings de
stroyed in Sanborn nnd vicinity could
not bo compiled, as tho streotB wero
almost lmpassabl ewith wreckago, and
tho homeless families woro busily en
gage'd transferring what fow belong
ings tlioy had left to tho homes of oth
er moro fortunato neighbors. More
than thirty buIldlngH woro dostroyed
r so badly damaged that thoy win
havo to be torn down.
8anborn Buildings Destroyed.
A partial list follows: James Daly
residence, valuo $10,000; postofflco;
Western Elovator company, value ?G,
000; Huntington Elevntor company,
valuo $7,000. J. W. McKlnloy drug
store; Patrick Dougherty's clothing
storo, building to tho rear of Stato
Savings bank. Boyd Flint implemont
Btoro, Martin Cuppet's realdonco. Ed
son Crandell rcsldcnco, Charles Gla
zier residence, Poter Velio farm resi
dence, Mrs. Burnt Hanson residence
farm buildings Howard farm, Earl
Leary residence, D. Plppengor, mllll
nory store, Alex Amorllng comont gar
ago, II. F. Addy resldonco, Edson
Crandall resldonco, Consumera lum
ber yards, Alfrod West residence, Mil
waukee roundhouse.
TEKAMAH QET8 SCARE.
Dangerous Storm Cloud Passes Over
the Town.
Tokamah, Nob. A largo tornado
cloud passed ovor this city at 0:45
Friday evening, nnd It Is believed tho
only thing which saved the city from
destruction was the chnln of high hills
which surround It on throo sldoi. Tho
storm was first soen coming ovor tho
highost of theso hills. "Rororvolr Hill,"
where tho roservolr containing tho
city water supply 1b located, and Is
185 feet abovo tho lovel of tho main
part of town. It Just missed tho rosor
volr nnd picked up tons of dirt from
tho hill's crest closo by, which It car
ried up Into tho nlr, making a most
terrifying spectacle It then voored
to tho west and moved ovor the city.
A strong wind of hurricano velocity
followed tho twister and blow down
numorous trees In town, and moved
several barns and a houso. from their
foundations. It camo with such sud
denness thnt only Uiobo who woro In
plain view of tho big hill to tho south
could soo tho twister, although many
hoard the roar, but mistook It for a
train or thundor.
BASEMENT8 FLOODED.
Considerable Damage Is Done by the
Rain at Huron.
Huron, S. D. Tho rain of Thursday
night amounted to 3.59 lnchos and a
consltlornblo amount of troublo with
water In tho basementa of tho busi
ness s'octlon nnd resldonco part of
town was oxperloncod. J. A, Sauer
sufforod a considerable loss from wa
tor In tho basomont of his cigar fac
tory, tho second loss this phlng, nnd
many others sustained soma loss. Tho
Huron Horald office was flooded and.
tho papor had to bo printed at the Hu
ronlto offlco. Tho biggest loser was
tho contractor of tho now City Na
tional bank building, n largo pnrt of
tho weBt wall of which was washed
out.
Storm Near Drldgewater.
Brldgowater, S. D. A dostructlvo
hall and wind storm visited tho sec
tion of country flvo mllos southwest
of bore Friday night, causing almost
a total loss on tho Jacob J. Tschottar,
Joseph B. Glnnzor nnd Josoph Hofor
and other farms. With tho exception
of ryo It Is thought that tho small
grain and corn will again rovlvo nnd
yield at least a part of a normal crop.
place, travoled In a direction almost
duo north and swopt everything in
its path for nearly eight mllos. All
of the barns and outbuildings on tho
Hcnthom and James Graham farms
woro blown down. No buildings hap
pened to be In tho nath of tho storm
until it struck the Fred Harms place,
two miles northwoat of CanUtota,
Whoro a flno set of farm buildings
was completely demolished and tho
ruins scattered for a mile In every
direction. Four members of tho Harms
family woro Borlously Injured.
Whit's to Be DonoT
An Innuranco official declares spin
sters live longor than married women,
Marrlod men are also said to llro
longer than bachalots. But If all mon
wre marrlod, there would bo very
fow spinsters, and If all women were
splasters, there wouldn't bo any mar
ried mon. What aro we going to do
about it? Now York World.
"Was It a quiet -wedding?" "Decid
edly! oBth the bride and the groom
were so scared they could hardl
peak above a whisper."
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(Copyright. 1914, by A. S. Cray)
EUGENICS.
Lcator Ward declares that aversion
In tho relations between man and
woman means that their union will re
sult In somo defect or imperfection In
tho offspring. And our knowledge of
tho laws of heredity nnd of environ
ment provo this must bo truo.
Environment counts for fully 90 per
cent In tho development of tho Indi
vidual, and a family distraught by
bickering, misunderstanding, and tho
lack of mutual consideration and for
bearance, cannot well be considered
favorable environment ln.whlch to do
velop normal children.
Sex selection and the survival of tho
Attest appears to havo been responsi
ble for tho course of human evolution
up to tho time of tho ancient Greeks,
and If tho fragments of that early civi
lization lndlcato anything, obviously
they Indicate a plane of pure and log
ical thought wo havo yet to attain.
Sox selection means the choice of
superior mates, and theroforo tho pro
duction of superior qualities In pos
terity. Frso, natural selection has
beon the uplifting powor that has de
veloped and conserved tho raco. Tho
primitive selection Inspired by natural
instinct and maintained by strong
arms and a stono club undoubtedly
bred men and women relatively superi
or to many of today, and vnstly superi
or to thoao' certain to result from n llko
number of generations with cholco
largely governed by tho power of
property accumulated through more or
leas devious methods. -
What 1b there In all recorded his
tory that wo can point to In evidence
of our ability to Improve on tho forces
that brought us from tho primal cell
to Thales, Anaxlmander, Hippocrates
and Euclid, Intellects that still actuate
tho minds of men after more than
twenty conturlea? v
Granting that bolngs vary among
themselves generation nfter genera
tion, granting only the fit survive,
granting the survivors tend to trans
mit their qualities, then It follows that
evolution Is now going on and that we
nro cither ascondlng or descending.
Wo know It to bo within our power
to go in either direction, and therefore
that wo can develop a vastly superior
and h happier raco In a fow genera
tions If wo will to do bo. But what
rational stops aro being taken to this
end 7 Wo laugh at tho childish ef
forts to stay natural forces by Im
perial or legislative edict recorded In
earlier ages; but aro recent legisla
tive enactments In tho name of ou
gonlcs any more logical or do thoy
promise to bo any moro effective than
Emperor Caligula's command that tho
tldo cease to rise?
Tho simple and disagreeable truth
Is that modern business has destroyed
the fundamental principle of natural
selection. Making women economic
ally dependent on men eliminates tho
lifting power of woman's cholco and
thoro can bo no cholco without free
dom and no freedom except It be
grounded In economic independence.
Because of woman's dependence and
humanity's mental, sympathetic and
social refinements, tho fundamental
principles of natural selection and tho
"survival of tho Attest" through tho
struggle for oxlBtPnco havo beon
forced Into tho background, creating an
artificial condition certain to bo cor
rected by self-destruction. Henco
this cry for eugenics.
Eugonlcs cannot bocomo a vital
powor In any nation until a sufficient
body of tho peoplo bocomo Imbued
with tho truo principles, and this Is a
condition Impossible to attain through
legislation, and is only to bo achieved
by Individual effort and mental and
physical development No sano par
ents will knowingly deliberately con
domn their chlldron or their children's
children to poverty, tho Insane asy
lum or worso; and the means of pre
vention lto In knowledge.
If every child woro given a prac
tical working knowledgo of physics,
chemlatry and biology, studloa that
furnish material for truo thought and
fundamental understanding, tho pres
ent unhealthy condition would auto
matically correct itself, and thero
would bo no moro talk of ouge'nlcs.
HEREDITY.
Irving Fisher In United States Ben
ato document No. 419, "National Vital
ity, Its Wastes and Conservation,"
says: "Human vitality depends upon
two primary conditions: heredity and
An Overcrowding.
Apropos of the pitiful overcrowding
of the slums, J. G. Pholps Stokes, tho
millionaire eoclnl worker. Bald In a
recent address In Now York:
"Lot mo Illustrate our overcrowding
with a story.
"Throo pretty girls of fourteon or
fifteen talked as thoy eat making arti
ficial flowers about what they'd do If
they each had a million dollars.
" 'I'd buy a houBo at Conoy and live
there all the year round,' said the
first girl.
" 'I'd buy automobiles and diamonds
and live In Europo,' said tho second.
"Tho third little girl girl, heaving
a sigh of divine content at the thought.
Bald:
" 'I'd Bleep alone.' "
Night Aeroplane Scouting.
Night scouting by aeroplane which
baa never yot been attomptod, and Is
not likely to be effectively carried out
before 1915, is ono of tho posslbll
of tho early future, writes Br
General Stone In tho profes
nal of the Royal Art!
tho prize flights in
hygiene, or conditions during life."
And Mctchnlkoff points out that pnrt
of tho supposed Inheritance of longev
ity may not bo inheritance, but simil
arity of environment.
Naturo's movements aro on bo vast a
scale and contain so many complex
nnd never to bo understood forcet
that balanco and counteract each oth
er, that it now seems lncredlblo that
tho world for bo long should have ac
cepted tho authority of tho past in a
matter as vital to human happiness as
tho old Idea of heredity. Fortunately
wo havo finally evolved Into the un
derstanding thnt the Anal court of ap
peal Is observation and experiment,
nnd not authority, however eminent
it may havo been in Its day and gener
ation. Tho old axiom, "Llko produces
llko," is now known to bo incorrecL
No two things can be produced ex
actly alike, and we know that ability
to chango Is tho evldonco of life.
A farmer solects as a flno ear of
seed corn ono In which each kernel
conforms In general typo to a deBlrable
ancestor, and from this ear ho takes
tho seed for a now crop. Three factors
ontor Into tho results from tho plant
ing of this seed heredity, cllmato,
soil. Granting the Arst two factors to
be Ideal, thoro are ten elements re
quired in the soil to produce a de
velopment equal In type and vitality to
.tho parent seed. Oxygen, hydrogen,
nltrogon, carbon, phosphorus, calcium,
sulphur, potassium, Iron and magneBl
um are the necessary elements, and
tho absence of one of those ton chom
lcals in necessary amount will de
termine whether thero shall bo a par
tial or oven a total crop failure. Corn
can bo fed and bred up or starved and
run down. Ono community will aver
ago ten bushels per acre and another
will averago 100 bushels per acre. By
tho Intelligent adjustment of all the
factors, 239 bushels per aero have beon
produced.
Tho samo principles and factors ap
ply to tho animal kingdom, Including
man. Horedlty determines the type,
but environment governs what tho In
dividual shall be. In common with
tho corn of tho field nnd with all other
forms of Hfo mankind reacts to the
universal laws of change and modifica
tion; and this Is tho hope of humanity.
Thero being no spontaneous genera
tion of tho human spocloa, It follows
that all are of equally ancient lineage,
and investigation will show only a llt
tlo way back a material taint In the
lino of tho best, Judged by present day
standards. This Is proof that in all
Hfo there 1b an Inherent tendency to
adapt and advance.
Tho fundamental problem of man Is
to stay here on earth "We don't
know whore wo aro going, but wo'ro
on tho wny," and we might as well bo
comfortable about It. An intelligent
application of the lawB of heredity as
laid down by Mendel, coupled with a
rational adjustment of the Individual
to environment, could make a new
race in two generations. We may bo
ascendent or decade'nt Just as we see
fit.
Typo la a mattor of horodlty and
counts for about 5 per cent of tho In
dividual environment covers tho re
maining 95 per cent. A phono
graph record disk may be largo
or small, depending on tho typo of
mold selocted to mako It. Its ca
pacity Is determined by tho mold, but
whether It shall receive and glvo out
a meaningless Jangle of discord, a
masterpiece of harmony, or a soul
stirring call to human achievement, de
pends on the Impression received after
Its creation. Whether It be used with
Intelligent purpose or marred, cracked
and scratched by Indifferent handling
depends on unknown factors. And
man, too, Is the product of the sum
of tho Impressions received in bis ex
perience. Like the corn plant, man too Is the
product of threo factors covered by
tho term anthropological, telluric, so
cial, and granting tho flrat two to be
idoal, tho third Involves a complex
maBs easily accounting for most
break-downs. The human body is made
up of 14 eloments oxygen, hydrogen,
carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium,
sulpuW, chlorine, eodlum, Iron, potas
sium, magnesium, silica and fluorine,
and to attain perfect development
must bo supplied with all these elo
ments In suitablo quantity.
The now prevailing standard of food
values which measures the heat units
produced from food and completely
Ignores all other elements and factors.
Is not only woefully inadequate in tho
light of modorn science, but consti
tutes a grave menace to tho health, to
tho morals, to tho sanity, and to tho
Ufa of any peoplo.
Dainty Dish,
She was a young missionary to
China, not yet quite proficient In tho
languago of tho country, and was giv
ing a little dinner to some friends.
During tho course of the meal, sho
asked tho servant to bring In some
fruit at least she thought she did.
Ho objected; sho Insisted; ho re
fused; sho grew angry. At last ho
left the room.
Presently ho roturnod, carrying a
large platter, which ho placed before
her with an air of supremo contompt.
On It, carofully arrnngod, wero her
husband's evory-dny trousers 1
Youth's Companion.
havo had to bo competed for between
sunrise nnd sunsot, a very necessary
limitation; but In Germany this re
striction was withdrawn last year, and
its withdrawal resulted In a good deal
of night flying, and also In many acci
dents. Tho present yenr will seo many
Interesting night flying competitions,
which will doubtlesB furnish useful"
data for regularizing night Hying for
military purposes. Apart from tho
necessity foreknowing what ono's ene
my Is doing during tho hours of dark
ness, thoro is ono very important point
to remember about night scouting,
and that Is that the Bcout can come
very much noarer to the ground with
out bolng seen. N
Unsatisfactory Ingredients.
Twamly Hollo, Gadsby, back so
soon; you didn't stay long at the
Springs. Are you cured already?
GadBby No.' I sent some of the wa
ter to my physician for analysis and
nls report: Mud, 33 per cent;
47 per cent; tadpoles, 10 per
5 por cent; scum, 3 per
per cent; modlclnnl
er cent.
FAMOUS
In this old castle of San Juan de Ulua, on a rocky lBlet hnlf a mile off Vera Cruz, the Americans found a
large number of political prisoners whose condition was deplorable. Tho fortress has been used as a prison by the
Mexicans for many years.
WORLD CONTAINS NO COUNTRY SO
FULL OF CONTRASTS AS MEXICO
Although a University Was Established There Before John Har
vard, Elihu Yale or William and Mary Were Born, the
Masses of Its People Are Hopelessly Ignorant
Parks Victim of Poisoned Cigarette.
Washington. "Perhaps nowhere
else In tho world is thero a country
so full of contrasts as Mexico," writes
William JoBeph Showaltor to tho Na
tional Geographic society, at Wash
ington, D. C. "WJth a university es
tablished before John Harvard, Ellhu
Yale, or William and Mary were born,
the masses of Its peoplo are hopeless
ly Ignorant With a hospital founded
boforo Jamestown was ever dreamed
of, It Is one of tho most backward
regions of tho earth In a modlcal way.
With natural riches greater than those
of a thousand Mldases, Its masses are
Just as poor as the proverbial church
mouso. With a constitution as per
fect as any organic law In tho civil
ized world, it Is a nation whoso rulers
8tatue of Columbus, City of Mexico.
always nave been a law unto them
selves. "Hero you will seo a Mexican half
breed, barefooted,' wearing a dollar
pair of trousers, a fifty-cent shirt, and
a ten-dollar sombrero. There, at a
single glance and within the length of
a single city block, you -may see an
Indian cargador, a donkey, an ox-cart,
a carriage, a railroad train, a street
car, and an automobllo almost every
typo of locomotion since Adam. You
may tread tho burning sands of a
tropical desert with the wet of tho
perpetual snow of towering mountains
still upon your shoes. You may take
a single railway Journey of 36 hours
in which tho pooployou see at the
railroad station will bo dressed in four
different weights of clothing. Every
where you turn there Is contrast, high
lights and deep shadows.
"Mexico probably has a greater
range of remarkable vegetation than
any othor country In the world. Tho
parrot fruit treo produces an odd
Bhapod fruit, bearing a close resem
bianco to groan parakeets. When the
parakeet is frightened It makes a dash
for tho parrot tree, where It assumes
a position which makes it look llko
tho fruit Itself. So close 1b the re
Bomblanco that their enemies, the
hawks, occasionally fly by a tree on
which n dozen or moro of theso birds
aro sitting, apparently unaware of
tholr presonco. Anothor remarkable
treo Is tho 'Arbol do Dlnamlto' dyna
mite tree whose fruit, if kept in a
warm place, bursts with considerable
forco and a loud report, scattering its
flat soeds to a surprising distance. Ono
of tho most Interesting fruits In Mex
ico Is known as tho melon zapoto, or
papaya. It contains conslderabe pep
sin, which reacts against both acid
and alkallno conditions of tho stom
ach, and It is said that a diet which
Includes papaya precludes dyspepsia.
Both tho fruit and tho leavos possess
tho singular property of rendoring
tough meat tender. When tho pulp
of tho fruit la rubbed over a piece
.WORK TWO HOURS AT A TIME
Efficiency Speaker In Chicago
We Lose In Long Periods
of Labor.
8ld
Chicago. Are you "efficiently care
less?" Then road the Dollle dialogues
and cultlvato the feeling of abandon.
In a "ploa for carelessness" before
tho Chicago Ethical society, Horace J,
Bridges rocommonded these diver
sions; "To bo efficiently careless U to be
PRISON OF SAN JUAN
of tough meat tho Julco attacks the
fiber and softena it.
"No other country south of tho Rio
Grando Is so well supplied with rail
roads. Prior to the Madero revolution
It had 20,000 miles of up-to-date Ameri
can railroad, which carried 11,000,000
passengers annually and handled
about 11,000,000 tons of freight Their
total revenues amounted to about $40.-
000,000. Tho government owns a con
trolling Interest In the major portion
of tho mileage of tho railroads.
"Mexico produces one-third of the
world's silver, a considerable percent
age of Its gold, one-ninth of lta lead,
nd one-twentieth of Its copper. Tho
country s mineral production, exclu
sive of iron, coal and petroleum
amounted to J158.000.000 In 1910. The
famous iron mountain at Durango is
estimated to contain 600 million tons
of iron ore, which is worth seven times
tho value of all tho gold and silver
rained in Mexico In two centuries. The
Santa Mario graphite mines are the
largest and most imDortant In tho
Western world. Tho reelon around
tho Gulf of Mexico Is very rich In pe
troleum. One company at Poterl del
Llano struck a gusher which flowed
100,000 barrels of oil a day.
"The drawn-work of tho Mexican
Indian Is Justly famed throughout the
world, and deserves to rank with the
finest of Spanish and Italian laces.
Tho Indians make all sorts of small
objects to attract the centavos of tho
tourist. Tho little dolls of Cuerna
vaca, a half-lnch tall and dressed In
finely embroidered raiment, aro tJie
admiration of every ono who sees
them. Tho small clay animals, per
fectly fashioned and ranging from the
peaceful dog to tho charging bull and
the bucking mule, would do credit to
the genius of many a sculptor whoBO
namo figures In tho art publications
of the world. But perhaps the most
wonderful of all are the tiny dressed
fleas, which may be bought In Mexico
City. Another wonderful work of the
Indians Is the making of feather pic
tures from the( plumage of humming
birds, now almost a lost art
"The Indians of Mexico eat many
curious foods. One of the most re
markable of theso Is made of tho eggs
of a species of marsh fly. This fly de-
Picturesque Old Mexican Church.
posits Its eggs In Incredible quantities
upon flags and rushes. Tho eggs are
gathered and mado into cakes which
are sold In the markets. The Indians
call tho eggs water-wheat Thoy re
Bomblo flno flBh roe, and when mixed
with corn meal and fowl oggs form a
staplo article of diet, particularly dur
ing Lent Tho insects themselves,
which are about the slzo of the house
fly, are captured, pounded Into a paste,
boiled In corn husks in much tho same
efficiently careful," said Mr. Bridges.
"To retain a sound balance one muBt
not spread over too much area and
multiply spheres of attention. Few
havo the ability to attempt a range of
Interests.
"Tho relation of fatigue and effi
ciency has been studied scientifically,
and you cannot get 100 per cent of
efficiency longer than two hours at a
time. As soon as one works at a
longer stretch he loses. By listening
to music, reading, and relaxing at in
tervals, this efficiency la retained.
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fashion as tamales, and In this form
aro eaten."
The report that Private Parks waa
temporarily Insane from a poisoned
cigarette given him by a Mexican girl
when ho rode straight Into tho Mexi
can linos on the back of one blooded
horse and leading another, Is highly
credlblo to tboso who have traveled
In the "land of tho greasers." Tne
Mexican women havo often given this
poison to their lovers out of Jealousy.
This herb, Is neen, or toloachl, and
tho plants spread In many slightly dif
ferent species almost all over tho
earth. It Is our Jlmson weed. Tho
Private Samuel Parka.
Hindu women use It for tho samo
purpose as their Mexican sisters, to
cause their lovers to loso their minds.
Hindu robbers mix it in candy and
glvo it by some tricks to tho Inmates
of a house. Tho eaters of the candy
are thrown into a deep Bleep, under
cover of which tho burglars loot
Toloachl is a low-growing plant with
white floWers and curious seed vessels
projecting much like the htfrns of a
steer. The seeds are pounded and
mixed In the tobacco of a cigarette.
Usually melancholic ldocy and slum
ber are induced, but sometimes there
is violent madness and even quick
death. It has been used by Mexican
men to kill a rival.
ENGLISH AND CELTS TOP LIST
Mother Tongue Bulle'tln of Census
Bureau Shows Number. In
America In 1910.
Washington, D. C Of the 32,243,382
persona wf whlto stock In the United
States In 1910, the English and Celtic,
Including Irish Snli nnH ixr1.h
rhad tho largest representation, accord
ing to tho mother tongue bulletin 1b
sued by the census bureau.
As reported, the total foreign whlto
stock whoso mother tonguo was Eng
lish and Celtic numbered 10,037,420.
This represented 12.3 per cent of the
total whlto population of the United
States In 1910, which was 81,731,957.
Tho Gorman group numbered 8,817,271,
or 10.8 per cent; Italian, 2,151.422. or
2.66 per cent; Polish, 1,707,640, or 2.1
per cent; Yiddish and Hebrew, 1,676,
762, or 2.1 per cent; Swedish, 1,445,
869, or 1.8 per cent; French, 1,357,169,
or 1.7 per cent and Norwegians, 1,00$,
854, or 1.2 per cent
The number of persons In tho Unit
ed States of foreign whlto stock re
porting other principal mother tongues
wore: Bohemian and Moravian, 539,
392; Spanish. 448,198; Danish, 440,473;
Dutch and Frisian, 324,930; Magyar,
320,893; Slovak, 284,444; Lithuanian
and Lettish, 211,235; Finnish, 200,688;
Slovenian, 183,431; Portuguese, 141,
268; Greek, 130,379; Serbo-Croatian,
129,254 (Including Croatian, 93,036;
Servian, 36,752; Dalmatian, 5,505, and
Montenegrin, 3,961); Russian. 95,137;
Roumanian. 51,124; Syrian and Ara
bic, 46,727; Flemish, 44,806; Rutbe
nlnn, 35,359; Slavlp (not specified),
.35,196; Armenian, 30,021; Bulgarian.
19.380; Turkish. 5.441: Albanian. I,
366; all other and those whose mother
tongue was unknown, 813,834.
Then tho worker is able to control
the channels in which his attention la
directed. A man must have a center
of quiet within himself In which to
retire."
Bold Robbers Qet $870.
Chicago. In plain view of hundreds
of pedestrians, robbers carried a
1,000-pound safe from a window in a
loop restaurant to the basement
where it waa blows open and $870 If
currency obtained.
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