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A son of a Portland ( Ore. ) p11y-
clan has created a sensation by the
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startling method of living which ho
, Jas adopted and which he advises all
I :0 : adopt who desire perfect health.
He advocates a return to the prlml-
I .lve way of living without clothing.
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\ Ernest W. Darling , son of Dr. J.
I W. Darling , Is the man who advocates
: he return to ways primeval. Until
L year / ago he lived In Portland , but
was compelled to seek a sunnier
: lIme on account of his health. For
: he last year he has lived on the summit .
nit : of a hill on the outskirts of Los
Angeles , Cal. He does not occupy a
'louse , nor even a tent. The sale hab-
tatton : Is about seven by four feet and
WO feet In depUI. In that peculiar
lace , wrapped In blankets , he seeks
-est. He Is an ardent lover of na-
ture : and believes that by his method
of living he Is able to commune more
: losely with Its Invisible forms and .
it the same time build up his oonft- !
tutlon , which was shattered by l1s-
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case.
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0 < "Good health Is the first requisite
for religion or anything : else , " he says ,
when questioned concerning his novel
J Ideas. "I firmly believe that If we
, . take perfect care of our health , avoid-
Ing all accidents or dlsmse , we shall
live eternally In these bodies of ours. ,
Every person should learn gradually
to live outdoors and to live on natural .
ural food-that Is , food just as it. .
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: II Flagged by a Cow . I
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' . "Those people sleeping comfortably ,
' rDack In the Pullmans little know how I '
often the engineer grasps the air
brake valve thinking that the next
minute his widow and fatherless chil-
dren will be eligible to rarticlpate In
the division of the Carnegie hero
fund , " said the fat engineer. "In most .
cases there's no cause for alarm , but
my hair has stood on end so often '
that It has fallen out and now I'm
totally blind.
, "One night last week I was coming
east on No. 44 , and , though I do say
It myself , we were hlUtng the trail
at a rate that would make the Empire
State express look like a stationary
englno. I was pretty sure we'd come
under the wire on time all right , when
' out of the gloom ahead sudde.ly
flashed a red light comln' at me wav-
I . In' violently at right angles with the
track-the usual flag signal.
"Hem , " I says to myself , "another
freight hog laid down ahead , and It's
up to us to do the Good Samaritan
act and push 'em out. Gettln' a train
over this pipe on time makes that
stunt of the camel gain' through the
needle's eye look like falling out of a
hay loft. But why In goldarnatlon
don't that wooden headed flagman step
out of the middle of the track and let
s pass ? lIe can take the steps on
.
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GOOD WORK OF FILIPINOS. ! .
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Faithful and Industrious In an Unac-
I customed Climate.
Sixty Flllpinos on the United states
cable ship Burnside did excellent
work on the rough seas off the coast
' VAlaska last year. Twenty of them
were detailed for laying and repair-
ing cables. They were thus engaged
for three months , during which time
they experienced a great deal of
rough weather , one voyage having
been so trying that the Burnside nar-
rowlly escaped destruction. The Filipinos -
pines , however , In spite of the severe
climate and the difficult nature of the
work , proved 00 efficient and trust-
worthy that Lieut.-Col. Allen of th"
United States signal corps : says : n his
official report : "The work was always -
X ways cheerfully performed by them
and In no case during Ute entire trll
was any sort of punishment Ildmlnl ! :
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comes from the hand of nalurl Personally .
sonnlly I prater the fruit of the tropics
-bananas , persimmons , figs , dates-
which have been proved to give as
great strength and endurance as docs
any mixed diet.
"The objects in living on natural
food are :
"First-To make us more natural in
thought and In action
"Second - From an economical
standpoint , It Is far cheaper where
these fruits grow. It i9 well known
lIy travelers In the tropics that we
can live on $ I a month 01' less.
"Thli ' d-There Is a very decided hu-
manlatrlan Issue In this diet. No animal .
mal has to suffer imprisonment and
fintll slaughter In order to feed the
frultarian. The fruitarian will take
his meal directly from the tree and
cat. "
Mr. Darling has evidently found
these results In his mode of life , for
ho has built himself up wonderfully.
When he left Portland a year ago he
weighed ninety pounds , while now he
weighs about one hundred and sev-
ent ' -five pounds. It was done without -
out a. . drop of medicIne.
He rises at daylight , takes a cold
shower bath , then runs half a mile or .
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so. Then he goes through calisthenIc
exercises before eating breakfast . of
fruit. He eats regularly three times
each day and always has a good ap-
petite.
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the tank when we go by and tell me
what's the matter.
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rlut nothing must do but we stop
dead and lose mar time , for the object .
I ject behind the red light was still
comln' up the center of the track with
the Intern 6wlngln' vlclo\1sh' I'd
have to stop dead or run over the
cuss. ; !
tIny this time I was 'most ready to
take passage in an aerial grayhol1nd ,
and I made the mistake of reversln'
her to avoid hittIn' the man. Dang !
went the cylinder head on the right
side.
"With the noise of the explosion
the thing behind the red light gave a
jump and cleared both tracks ; : , landin'
In a ditch. I knew that no human
beht' could make a leap like that , so
I started : to Investigate
"And what do you : suppose I found
In the bitch ? A cow. A cow with her
crumpled horn passed through the ball
of a red order lantern. Evidently she
had broken through some farm fence
a little further down the line and In
rubbing her nose against an order ,
lamp had stuck her horn through the
lantern on the post and brought It
away with her.
"And there we were for an hour
while I disconnected and got the en-
gine fixed up so we could move on
slowly , using one side. "
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tercd to these nen. They continually
grew In strengtah , and with the exceptIon -
ceptIon of slight colds from exposure
they : were In excellent health through-
out. The point desired to bo made
prominent Is that these men taken
from the Phlllppine Islands and sent
directly Into the cold of Alaska were
able to perform all the duties required -
quired of them In the most satisfactory .
tory manner : ' Gen. Greely Ea1' :
"The marked success of the past
year has caused the chief signal offic ,
er of the army to engage a Flllpino
crew for the operations In Alaskan
waters for the coming summer. "
Medallion for Loubet.
The president of France Is to nt-
' : el\'e n gold medallion In honor ot tits
; 'ecent visit to Italy. A French so1l1 .
rose , Marcella Lancelot.Groco , Is the
. . .rUst chosen.
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SURGEONS USE TUNING FORK
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New Method by Which Fractures Arcs
, Located.
A very simple method of locating
fractures in bones , particularly In
long ones , by the aid of a tuning
fork , Is proposed lIy 0. Chicago sur-
geon.
A stethoscope Is placed over the
bone as near as possible to the point
of : : suspected fracture and on the side
where the skin Is thinnest. Then a
vibrating tuning fork Is placed against
the flesh near the bone , but on the
other side of the fracture fC possible.
H the bone Is continuous , n. distinct
clear sound will be heard in the stethoscope -
oscope , but If the break Is between ,
tween the two , this sound will bo
faint and Irregular , as the vibrations
will not be transmitted past the
brea }
Of course this method depends
upon the fact that hard bone Is an
excellent conductor of vibration , while
tissue Is not. Perhaps even a. more
valuable application of this idea
would be In finding out when a break
has knitted properly , for when the
joining Is again perfect the sound wlll
be as clear as that oC an unbroken
bone.-Colller's Weekly.
Curious Carving.
One of the most ancient bits of
carving in England Is a. quaint old
religious decoration at Bedford
church , \Vorcestershlre. . It dater
from early Norman times , although
Its exact age Is uncertain. The carv-
Ing Is on a fine old Norman arch In
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the front of the church. The accom-
pan'lng sketch shows the top of file
doorway ornamented with Saracens'
heads. The symbols In the tympanum
above are easily deciphered. The eyes
represent ' God the Father , the cross
the Son and the dove the Holy Spirit ,
thus comprising the Trinity. In the
sides , with their forelegs upraised , are
two animals probably Intended for an
ox and an ass.-New York Herald.
Uncomfortable Sheep's Talis.
A species of sheep common In Syria
Is so encumbered by the weight of Its
tall that the shepherds fix a piece of
thin board to the under part , where
It Is not covered with thick wool , to
prevent it from being torn by the
bushes , etc. Some have small wheels
affixed to facilitate the dragging of
these boards after them. The tall of
a common sheep of this sort usually
weighs 15 pounds or upwards , while
that of a larger species , after being
well fattened , will weigh 50 pounds.
Mohammed'a Signature.
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Mohammed's signature , which he In
said to have traced In the sand , was
made of a single unbroken line.
Watch , a Year In a Hose , Still Runs.
Fireman John Manson of the C.
and M. V. railroad , lost his watch a
year ago while working on Engine
8803 , In Lancaster. Since then he has
worked on several different engines ,
but to-day , while on No. 8803 again ,
the hose connecting the tank and engine .
gine became clogged , and , when un-
jointed , his watch fell out- He wound
It and the watch began to run -Cln. !
clnnatl Enquirer.
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SNAILS FOt\D OF MUSIC.
= ranch Nationalist Has Discovered
Their Peculiarity.
A German scientist recently pointed
nit that snails are able to draw 1m-
l1ensc weights , antI now a French nat-
uralist claims that there arc few , it
my , animals which have a higher appreciation -
preciation ot music than snails This
naturalist Is M. S. .Jourdaln , and his
views on the subject are expressed
nt length in a paper which he has addressed -
dressed to the French Biological so-
I clety. Place some snails on a pone
Df glass , .he says , and you will fad .
that as they move over It they will
make musical sounds similar to those
which a person can produce by wet-
ting his fingers and then rubbing it
around a glass tumbler. Complete airs ,
he points out , have been played on
tumblers In this way , and he expresses
the opinion that quite as good results -
sults can be obtained by using snails
Instead of fingers.
Designed by the Kaiser.
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This memorial card was specially
prepared lIy Emperor William of Germany
many for presentation to relatives of
men who died for "emperor and em-
pire" while fighting against the Hors
reros. This fact is duly Bet forth In
the inscription engraved on the card.
A Natural Aqllffrlum.
The spot In the world which offers
fishing of the greatest variety Is Free
mantle , Western Australia A man
fishing from a boat In that harbor
may catch two dozen varieties of fish
within an hour.
Ho may successively draw up It
snapper , a mackerel , a perch , an eel :
a hog fish , white grunts ; a hatchet
fish , a skate and all the rest.
Then ho may bolt over and sea -
the sandy bottom a hundred feet below -
low ns distinct as though covered
only by a faint blue mist , with one
or more specIes of fish In sight.
Plowing In Somali land.
Here Is a sample of the way In i
which primitive workers still till the
land In the heart of SomallJand.
It Is no fanciful sketch : ! , hut a photo'
graph made lIy a correspondent 01
. the London Sphere , who found tliia
I. strange and Ill.assorted pair of .
draught animals hauling the most
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primitive of plows In the arable low-
, lands.
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Golfing Feat.
At the recent Oxford and Cambridge -
bridge match nt Woklng one of the
: ompetltors-C H. Alison of Oxtord-
landed his ball on the top of the clubhouse .
house In approaching to the home
green. One might have Imagined that
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this would have been out ot bounds ,
but the player was allowed w get a
ladder and play the ban from the top
of the house. What Is more to the
point , he made a grand recovery and
holed out in ftvc.
