THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M. BICE , I'ubll her.
YJLLENTINE , NEBRASKA.
Experience that is giren away IB sel
Horn appreciated.
Many a man ties up his dog at night
nd lets his children run around loose
Hobson will probably begin his po
litical career by kissing all the ba-
fcles.
Nothing pleases a man so much as
the Inability of others to get on to his
curves.
Any man who pays spot cash misses
ft lot of worthless cigars on the 1st of
each month.
A woman's idea of good luck is to
find a pair of hose in the wash that
don't need darning.
The greatness that is thrust upon
.aome men lias a hard time finding
ifiomething to stick to.
One difference between Hie meek-
looking mule and the volcano is that
Ihc latter generally gives warning.
A man is always wondering what his
neighbor thinks of him and his neigh
bor is probably wondering likewise.
Order Is heaven's first law. but many
& man never thinks of obeying it until
he is called upon to enact the star role
In a deathbed scone.
Spain is buying goods of us in large
Quantities. We'll get back that $ 'JO.-
000,000 we paid for the Philippines if
this keeps on.
A dispatch says that it is feared "the
hole in the exclusion act is such that
Chinamen may come in through other
countries. " Why not through the hole
In the act ?
There appears to be a general dispo
sition on the part of the public to for
get that it is Samuel L. Clemens and
not Mark Twain who has been made
an LL. D.
The fact that the British losses by
deaths from disease during the Boer
war were IS.LMO. compared with 7.7 ! )
killed or fatally wounded in battle ,
shows how much more fataly disease-
is than shot and shell under the con
ditions of climate in South Africa. Not
even the terrible havoc wrought by the
.Boers in their ambuscades was so fatal
as the enervating climate and the per
ils incident rjiereto.
Marcellus Hartley Dodge , who is heir
to a fortune of $150,000.000 , walks two
or three miles to save car fare. If
.Marcellus adheres to these admirable
principles of economy we presume lie
will not only preserve a considerable
portion of his estate , but willsucceed
Jtussell sage in the esteem and affec
tion of his countrymen. Five cents a
day will amount in a year fo tfl7/J. > .
and a simple calculation will show that
If Marcellus does not get tired or reck [
less he is now 'Jo years of age by the
time he is ( ill he will have saved enough
to buy an aeolian or an automobile.
Marcellus is a pretty youth , and there
are certain tilings about him. chiefly in
-the way of securities , which may make
him popular with the ladies : but we
cannot commend him as a matrimonial
proposition. A man with an income of
$5.000,000 a year , who walks to save
car fare , would be inclined to go to bed
at 8 o'clock to save fuel and light.
That is a remarkable declaration
which comes by the way of London
from the Canary Islands. It is to the
effect that a scientist has discovered
Nature's great secret how to extract
-electricity from the air and store it
for use as power. Since the days of
Benjamin Franklin this lias been the
dream of all men who have experi
mented with the wonderful aireny
which for lack of a better term has
been called a iluid. If it be true , as
stated in the cablegram mentioned
above , then the dawn of an industrial
and commercial revolution is at hand
a revolution so mighty that no man
can foresee the outcome. Coal , oil
and wood will no longer be in demand ;
the manner of work of million. , will be
changed. In looking ahead at tln pos
sibilities one might wish that the sci
entist may be mistaken in his premises.
Such a decided , sudden change would
necessitate a readjustment of every
thing. [
If there were no otner evidences that
;
we are in an era of strenuous industrial
expansion the unusual activity of the
Dig carrier corporations in furnishing
faster passenger service to all sections
of the Union would suffice to show the
Quickened pace of American industrial
movement The railroads , being the
great arteries of trade , must reflect the
increased business activity of the cen
ters of commerce. The rivalry of the
earners in the matter of fast train ser
vice Is in response to i public demand.
Cutting a few lours out of the trans
continental schedules , bringing the sea
boards closer to Chicago , the distrib
uting center of the continent , may seem
a small matter to those outside the in-
4ustrUl warfare , but to men who are
ta the thick o the commercial battle
tl is of great value and importance.
The Lake Shore had already demon
strated the possibility of a twenty-hour
train between New York and Chicago
4uring the World's Fr r , and when it
put on a regular twory-hour passenger
service it was quickly followed by the
Pennsylvania. Following these cam
the announcement of faster time to th
West and Northwest by the Chicag
and Northwestern , Burlington and Rod
Island. The Michigan Central also an
nounces changes in running time o
passenger trailis , which will shov
fister time to New York City. Th
speed rivalry is now shifting to th
South. The Pennsylvania and the Bij
Four will put on trains that will cu
the time from Cincinnati to New York
the former having arranged a schedul
for seventeen and one-quarter hours
which calls for a speed of forty-foui
miles an hour , Including stops.
It is currently reported that a lead
Ing railway corporation will introduci
a system of accident and death insur
ance for its employes as a substituti
for the pension plan that so many oth
er railway corporations have success
fully a'dopted. Without comparing rlu
efficacy of either plan as the best pro
vision for permanent and faithful rail
way employes it is noteworthy tha
both plans contemplate a certain draf
upon the corporation treasuries as I
free-will offering by the stockholders
In several Industrial as well as railwaj
corporations a plan has been adoprec
under which the employes contrlbut <
out of their earnings to the mainte
nance of a permanent pension fund 01
an insurance fund. It has been founc
by experiece that this plan of creating
funds which shall be controlled by tin
employes themselves is successful to i
degree. The more recent departure ol
creating pension or insurance funds tc
be maintained exclusively out of tin
corporation's surplus earnings lias ye
to have its success demonstrated Ir
practice. Under either system the ul
timate benefits to the employes maj
be the same , but there Is a vastly dif
fereiit principle involved. Where rail
way or other corporations provide foi
their faithful employes out of theii
surplHS revenues , without taxing th <
latter's more or less meager earnings
they adopt a principle that is not ma
terially different from that known IE
economics as profit sharing. They givt
to the employes the added incentive
to permanent and faithful labor thai
comes from a knowledge that the ser
vices rendered are not measured whol
ly by the stipends paid. They alsc
foster a wholesome belief that corpora
tions under wise and prudent manage
meiit are not soulless , and that the in
dividuals who create a corporation' !
wealth are not considered mere cog !
in a machine to be displaced withou
further recompense when worn out
Probably it will be found in practice
hat tlie most successful method of
Maintaining pension or insurance
'unds for corporation employes will be
one in which the corporation treasury
uid the earnings of employes are joint
y taxed. In this way there will be a
community of interests created and 2
loser bond of mutual regard estab
ished between employer and employe
VESSELS SHAPED LIKE ANIMALS.
Skilled potters are the Kadieuo In
Jians of Paraguay , and nowhere if
Lheir skill more strikingly shown than
311 the vessels which they use to carry !
water.
These vessels are formed to resemble
certain animals , and most of them are
ike armadillos , tortoises and stags.
After the vessels are molded into these
Conns they are richly decorated , and
xcept in the case of the large ones. ,
ivhich are sometimes rousrhly handled ,
ire treated with great care and are re-
WORK OF SKILLED POTTERS.
: arded as specially valuable property ,
he largest being used for the purpose
> f bringing water from brooks and riv-
rs. and the smallest as drinking cups ,
> r as vases , in which pearls and other
rinkets may be kept. Those of inter-
ermediate size are frequently kept in
lets , as in that way they can be carried
nore easily , and when nets are not
ised they are fastened to cordswhich
erve a similar purpose. .
While some vessels are decorated
nth symbolical figures which have a
eligious significance , others are orna-
iicnted with flowers and leaves , the
Cadieuos having been taught by mis-
ionaries some years ago to eml > ellisb
heir i > ottery in this manner. v
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Wluit Puzzled Tommy.
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Tommy had been worrying papa with
he usual number of unanswerable
f
iiestions. and bad been threatened
vith condign punWiment if lie did not
eep quiet. He fidgeted about in si-
[ nee for some time , but at lemrtli ) .
iroke out :
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"Pa. they say the rain falls alike
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ipon the just and the unjust doesn't
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"Yes. yes. Don't ask silly ques-
ions. "
"And it isn't just to steal another
nan's umbrella , is it ? "
'Certainly not. If you ask any
11 ore-
"But pa. the rain doesn't fall upon ;
he man that steals the umbrella , a d
t does on the man that had his stolen
'unny , ain't it pa ? " London Answers :
Jjiviit Expenses in Japan. :
Six dollars to $8 a month buys food c
uel and clothing for a family of five
ersons in Japan. ;
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After a man once gets married , the
iw allows him to kiss no other women ;
ut his wife , his mother and his sisters >
When people die , and when they gc
rroug , they are all "prominent. "
Science
AV
=
vention
The ear is found by M. Paul Bonnier
to have a sense of altitude in addition
to that of hearing. It depends on
change of barometric pressure due to
altitude , and he has proven its exist
ence by his sensations during a balloon
ascent. It is believed to be more highly
developed , and more useful in such ani
mals as birds than in man.
A new French refrigerator consists
of closed metallic cylinders surrounded
by a freezing mixture , being designed
for keeping fruit at a fixed temperature
with a restricted amount of air and an
absence of light. Thawing must be
gradual. After two months peaches
were in perfect condition , and the meth
od is adapted for transporting soft
fruits , including bananas.
Dr. Elliot Smith , professor of anat
omy in the Medical School at Cairo , is
reported to have obtained two months'
leave of absence in order to investigate
a remarkable discovery of ancient hu
man remains at Girgeh , in Upper
Egypt. It is said that the series of
graves unearthed extends over an in
terval of at least 8,000 years , represent
ing the most archaic of prehistoric per
iods. The bodies , owing to the dryness
of the climate , and perhaps the excel
lence of the methods employed in rm-
balining , are in a surprising state of
preservation , and In two cases the eyes
remain so perfect that the lenses are in
good condition.
Prof. R. II. Thurston of Cornell Uni
versity sneaks of recent experiments
-with a "double-decked" aviator , by the
Messrs. Wright of Dayton , as having
distinctly contributed to our knowledge
in the field of aerial light. The Wright
apparatus , carrying one man who as
sumes a nearly horizontal position , has
a total spread of 308 feet of canvas , the
length of the machine being 22 feet.
The planes have a curvature copied
from that of a pigeon's wing. Gliding or
soaring was successfully accomplished
In winds ranging from 11 to 27 miles
per hour. Starting from a slight eleva
tion , the longest flight was 400 feet. No
motor was used. The operator found no
difficulty in steering and balancing.
The recurrent alarm about the ap
proaching exhaustion of the coal supply
in Great Britain has been fanned a lit
tle by the recent appointment of a
royal commission to inquire into the
matter. About thirty years ago a sim
ilar commission investigated the Brit
ish coal supply , but since then , it is
said , unexpected changes in the coal
trade have taken place , which affect the
question. At present Great Britain pro
duces one-third of the Avorld's entire
supply of coal. No immediate danger
of exhaustion is feared , but among the
duties of the new commission is to in
quire into the possible substitution of
other fuel , or the employment of kinds
of power not depending upon the use
of coal. J.TI $
Twenty years ago a lightning rod
conference , representing several of the
leading scientific societies of Great
Britain , made an elaborate report rec
ommending a system of protection of
buildings against thunderstorms. Ex
perience has since shown that further
study of the effects of lightning , and
of the means of guarding against them ,
is needed , and a new lightning research
committe is now at work in England ,
with the assistance of many observers
scattered over the British islands and
colonies , and of several branches of
the British government , while the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture
has promised to furnish data gathered
in this country. Photography offers an
important aid in these new researches.
DON'T JUMP OFF CARS.
Nervous Disorders Said to Result
from Practice.
Jumping off moving trains and
street cars as practiced to-day is a .
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fruitful source of nervous disorders
ina one not fully recognized for its im
portance by any school except osteo-
paths. Yet the facts are easily compre-
iiended. Certain it is that nervousness
in all its protean forms , from irritabil
ity , neurasthenia and general nervous
ollapse to paralysis , is so caused , and
that _ the careless habit of so many peo
ple of bowling off moving cars stiff-leg
ged lays the foundation for these disor-
1
lers every hour of the day.
In leading the strenuous life of our
ities men and women seem unable to
kvait to get to their journey's end. Be-
'ore trains come to a half stop at cross-
ngs and platforms fidgety pedestrians
rt'itli muscles tense drop from plat
forms , and. almost before their bodies
iave recovered from the forward mo
nentum. are stalking a mad foot race
igainst time in the opposite direction ,
riiis enterprise saves ton seconds , of
-oiirse , for that particular errand , but
ossibly it hastens by many months
iie's journey to the grave. Positive
njury is thereby done to the spine and
lurvous system which must gather in
umulative effect until one day the
kvhole nervous organism may go to
lieces. Then more or less innocent
hings will be blamed for the collapse. $
I'he doctors may even analyze the vic-
im of these innumerable concussions
liecemeal in the laboratories to find
hat he is being preyed upon by ubiqui-
ous microbes , yet the origin of his
roubles is a simple spinal disorder.
Caused by oft-repeated joltings , somr of
kVhich proved by chance more vicious
han the rest , throwing one or more of
lis vertebral segments out of perfect
illgnment. Once that has come about
he foundation has been laid as oste-
pathy shows for nearly all the ills : n
he calendar of medicine.
It is not to be understood that such
concussions produce dislocations of
spinal vertebrae in the sense that they
are thrown out of joint , as occurs In a
"broken neck. " That is no more the
case than that chlnaware must shat
ter from every simple jar before it
cracks. The lesser injuries come be
fore the greater , and happen with a
thousandfold greater frequency. Mere
slips of the vertebrae from their true
positions one upon the other and the
strains brought to bear in consequence
upon the ligaments and muscles bind
ing them together , are what first occur
from these sudden innumerable pound
ings of hard heels against adamant
pavements. These seemingly trivial
mishaps to the body are productive of
the most far-reaching consequences.
At every point in the spine where
such a concussion spends its force a de
fective spot develops. It becomes a
weak point anatomically , and a point
of congestion , blockade and impaired
work physiologically. Osteopathic
Health.
ONE LOST MINE IS FOUND.
Chain of Unsuccessful Searches Seems
Broken in Oregon.
An interesting but true story of a
lost mine being found has been
brought to light at Grant's Pass , Ore.
A rich mine discovered and left fifty
years ago has been found again , the
jubilant discoverer coming into
Grant's Pass with a bag of gold dust
and nuggets that he had removed from
the treasure.
S. D. Johnson , a mining man from
Iowa , arrived in Grant's Pass , bring
ing with him a rough sketch or map of
the Josephine mining districts that
had been drawn for him by a capitalist
of Colorado Springs. This capitalist
was a close friend of Johnson , and in
the pioneer days had been in southern
Oregon prospecting and mining. He
made a good stake near Grant's Pass ,
and among others , made a very rich
discovery on Jack Creek , of the Jump-
Off-Joe district , Northern Josephine
County. This find was in the nature
of an auriferous gravel bed , the yellow
grains being distributed through it in
a most remarkable quantity. He had
hardly begun work upon his bonanza
when he and his companions were at
tacked by the Indians and forced to
flee for their lives. The bloody Rogue
River Indian war came on and the
prospector left southern Oregon.
He made many later fortunes in Col
orado , but did not forget his bonanza
on Jack Creek , Jump-Off-Joe. Fifty-
years passed by , and his friend John
son came to him and wanted a grub
stake to Oregon. The capitalist agreed
to put up all the money required if
Johnson would come to Josephine
County and search for the lost treas
ure on Jack Creek. Johnson agreed
to do so , and with nothing but the
rough sketch to guide him came to
Grant's Pass.
He found Jack Creek and began
prospecting. On one gravel bar he dug
three shallow prospect holes and took
out ? 20 in coarse gold. He kept on
scratching around and uncovered sev
eral big nuggets. He nearly went wild
Avith delight. He came into Grant's
Pass with his bag of gold , a much ex
cited man. He had found the lost
mine. Investigation proved that the
claim had been since located by H.
Hall , of this county. .Mr. Hall , not
knowing of the discovery , sold the
churn to Johnson , together with all
water rights he had taken up. for
§ 1.500.
Johnson has left for Colorado
Springs , but will return in a short
time with his capitalist partner. They
will equip the mine with a complete
and extensive hydraulic plant and put
It in shape for work on a big scale.
The gravel of the property is such as
to make it one of the richest placer
propositions in southern Oregon. Port
land Telegram.
WHAT THE INSECTS COST US.
Losses to Crops Caused by the
nicious Little Pests.
The chinch-bug caused a loss of ? 30.-
000,000 in 1871 , upward of $100.000.000
in 1874 , and in 1887. $ ( X,000,000. The
Rocky Mountain locust , or grasshop
per , in 1S74 destroyed $100.000.000 of
the crops of Kansas. Missouri. Nebras
ka , and Iowa , and the indirect loss
was probably as much more. For many
years the cotton caterpillar caused an
annual average loss in the Southern
States of $10.000,000 , while in 18US and
187 : ; the loss reached $ : JO,000,0)0. ( ) The
fly-weevil , our most destructive enemy
to stored grains , particularly through
out the South , inflicts an annual loss
in the whole country of $40,000.000.
The codling-moth , the chief ravager of
the apple and pear crops , destroys
every year fruit valued at $3U.)00UOO ( )
to $40.000.000. The damage to live
stock inflicted by the ox-bot. or ox-
warble , amounts to $ : JC.OOO,000.
These are fair samples of the enor
mous money losses produced in one
country by a few of the pigmy cap
tains of pernicious industry whose
hosts operate in the granaries , fields ,
stock farms , and the stock yards of
our country. What is the grand total ?
B. D. Walsh , one of the best entomolo
gists of his day , in 1SU7 , estimated the
total yearly loss in the United States
from injects to be from M3uo.OtiO.000 to (
$400.000.000. In 1800. C. V. Riley , long
chief of the division of entomology ,
estimated the loss at $300.000.000. Dr.
James Fletcher , in 1801. footed up the
1
la s to about one-tenth of our agricul
tural products $330,000.000 ! In ISO ! ) , '
E , Dwight Sanderson , after careful
consideration of the whole field , put
the annual loss at $309,000.000. Har- l
;
per's Magazine.
A woman who ever taught school
tvill hate a school board twenty years
ifterward.
No difference how well you play the
game of life , you are sure to lose.
A HEROIC CHINAMAN.
Hia Bravery Attracted the Attention
of Congress.
Charley Tong Sing , * whose home Is in
Los Angeles , Gal. , Is the only Chinaman
who ever received a medal from Con
gress for bra very.
He is a naturalized
citizen of the
United States , and
as thoroughly
Americanized a s
his thirty years'
residence heivj jnn
nj ke him. Charley
was a member of
the Greely relief
expedition of 1884 ,
TONO SING. commanded by
Captain ( now Rear Admiral ) Schley ,
but he has a greater distinction than
having been a member of this expedi
tion. He is one of the three survivors
of the Jeannette expedition. He was
steward of that ill-fated vessel when ,
in 1879 , she sailed on a voyage of ex
ploration in the Arctic seas. His splen
did physique and natural hardness were
all that brought him safely through the
hardships , exposures and horrors of
that terrible experience.
Charley joined the Jeaimette expedi
tion at San Francisco. He was then
an experienced sailor , having served
aboard American merchant ships in
various capacities. He acted the part
of a hero during this t'and when
he returned the Navy btrpurtr .it , in
recognition of his services , presented
Charley with a handsome medal. Upon
it is Inscribed : "Charley Tong Sing ,
Arctic Steamer Jeannette ; Fidelity.
Zeal , Obedience. " On the reverse side
is a picture of the old frigate Constitu
tion , and the words , "United States
Navy. " By special act of Congress ,
September 30 , 1890 , another medalw.is
presented. It bet rs the date upon which
tae act was approved by the President ,
and around it the words , "Jeannette
Arctic Expedition , 187SJ-1882. " On the
reverse side is presented the Jeannette
in the ice , with the crewwaving her a
farewell. The medal depends from a
clasp held In the beak of a silver eagle.
It was not a great while after the
Jeannette adventure when Charley
Tong Sing started with Capt. Schley on
the Greely relief expedition. After his
return from that voyage he served in
the navy on the Tennessee , and then he
decided to abandon the life of a sailor.
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AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE.
Ascertained Facts by Sherlock Holmes'
System of Deduction.
Sherlock Holmes has a promising ri
val in a barber known to the Philadel
phia Record. He astonished one of his
customers the other day by asking him
if he were not left-handed. The man
admitted that lie was. and suggested
that the barber had probably seen him
hang up his hat.
"No , " said the barber ; "I have other
ways of finding out such things. I see ,
to , that you are a bookkeeper. "
"Yes , " admitted the customer , "your
guesses are correct. How do you
"It's easy , " said the barber. "In
shampooing your bead I noticed ink on
3'our hair at the left temple. This ink ,
I concluded , must have got there from
a pen resting on your left ear. which in
dicated that you were a person who
used a pen a great deal , as only such
persons use their ears as pen-racks.
"That didn't convince me that you
were a bookkeeper , however , because a
literary man might stick his pen behind
his ear for convenience. I learned of
your profession when I applied the
lather. This made the ink on your hair
wasli out , and I discovered two shades
of ink red and black. Nobody but a
bookkeeper uses red and black ink , so
it was easy to class you as a bookkeep
er. J
"I knew you were left-handed be
cause the ink wa-s on the left side the
side that a left-handed writer would in
voluntarily use when sticking his pen
back of hi * ear. "
I
"Wonderful , wonderful ; " said the
customer. "Now , suppose you stop
talkiug-'for a while , and finish shaving
me. "
Died of Improvements.
An uptown physician tells of a Ger
man friend , a poor journeyman baker , -
who sent his wife to a local hospital
when she fell ill. The physician al
ways asked with interest after the con
dition of the sick woman when ke met
the German , and was told in reply :
"Well , doctor , they say at the hospital
there's improvement. " This reply did
not vary from day to day for a month >
or more , and was always spoken by
the German very stolidly , as tliouirh
he really did not see in the report any
grounds for hope. Then one morning.
meeting the physician and being asked
the usual question , he said :
"O , she's dead , doctor. "
"Dead ? " repeated the physician.
"What do they say she died of ? "
"They didn't say they didn't have
:
to , " answered the German. "I knew.
She died of too many improvements. " "
Philadelphia Times.
The European Plan.
Some queer customers are seen at
'
New York hotels. An old farmer from
the country tells how lie got ahead of
one of the clerks : "I walked in , " he
says , "asked the young man at the
desk : 'What are your prices ? ' 'Amer
ican or European ? ' lie asked me. Now
wasn't going to tell where I was from .
until I had seen the lay of the land.
'What difference does that make ? " says
I. 'If American. ' he answered , 'it's $4
per day ; if European. $1.0. ' I thought
i moment , a-nd then an idea struck me
HOW to get ahead of him. I walked up
boldly and registered from London ,
England. "
It almost turns a man from his
friends to hear a man he detests boom
ing them.
TEXAS STORM HEROINE.
Herself Torn and Bleedine , She Hew
cned Brothers and Sisters.
The heroine of the Goliad storm waj
Pur )
Bessie Purl , aged 19 years. The
river bridge an < >
home was near the
was probably the first house destroy
ed. The wind at this point had that pe
characteristic ol
culiar whirling motion
the Kansas tornado. A new wagon was-
seized and bereft of its wheels. Af
terward a wheel was found north , east ;
south and west of the house , showing
the peculiar effect of the wind.
The Purl family consisted of J. W.
Purl , aged 44 , his wife , Mrs. Frank
Mart , Bessie , Walter , Maude , Alic < *
Hart , Maurice and the baby. Mrs
Hart and Maurice were in the country
it rhe time , the others being at boma
Walter was on the rear gallery when
eating a piece oi
the storm struck ,
cake. Stepping out to see what wa §
the matter , he was caught in the wind
tnd forced toward the river , a part of
lie time being forced along like a ball
m the ground , all the time receiving
. .lows from the flying c'-ebrls. When ha
reached the bridge he anight hold ol
something , but was hit with a miss4Ia
and his skull fractured. When he re
vived he was in the river and the wind
still forcing him on. The water evl
Jently had revived him from the stun
ning blow. He was forced on across
and escaped to the other side , an < 3
was soon in the hands of a neighbor ,
who took him to the court hoilse. He
is now about well. He said he still
had his mouth full of cake when hf
found himself in the river , but spit I *
nit as it was full of sand and dirt
His was , Indeed , a narrow escape.
When the wind struck the house .iB
* he other members of the family were
inside. Mr. Purl had his skull crushed
and lived more than a day , but neve *
regained consciousness. Mrs. Purl'
neck was broken and Maude wa
struck in the face as she was sitting
by a window and her head split almost
in twain.
Bessie , the heroine , clung to the chil
dren , Alice , Oscar and the baby , and
fortunately escaped with only severs
bruises and cuts. They were carried
several hundred feet from the home
ind Alice lost. Bessie at once started
; o the ruins of her home and en routo
round Alice , who was bleeding to death
Vom a deep gash across the wrist AVitb
great presence of mind she sought th <
amis of the severed artery and taking ,
.hem in her teeth , being unable to hold
.hem with her fingers , she tied a string ,
torn from her tattered dress around
It , but the string refused to hold and
she had to try again , this time being ,
successful , and the life of little Alici
was saved.
Returning to the house , she found
the bodies of her parents , pulled the
debris from them and laid them side
I > y side , not knowing that her fathel
was still alive. Oscar and the baby es
caped with severe bruises and cuts.
While performing these heroic deed ?
Bessie was covered with blood from
her own bruised and cut body , but
unmindful of her suffering and terror ,
she sought only the safety of her loved
ones. Cuero ( Texas ) Record.
JOHN BRIGHT AS A SPEAKER.
Planner in Which He Prepared Him
self for Public Oratory.
I have noticed a discussion In the
papers as to whether Mr. Bright was
in the habit of writing out his speech
es. I do not suppose that he ever did
write such a thing. But , although 1
nave often heard him speak well with
out a note , he generally had very copi
ous notes in his hand when he spoka
I remember once in 18(50 , sitting with Jril
nlin in the smoking room of the House
of Commons. He was going to mak
during the evening a set speech , and
tie had before him a bundle of sheets
of paper with which he had come pro-
vided. He happened to say that h
wished his speech was over , on which
asked him how far he prepared his
speeches. On this he handed me the
bundle and told me that I might read
liis notes if I pleased. They were very
copious , and every now and then a
lengthy phrase was inserted. This , be
told me. was his usual habit When
-peaking he held the bundle before
him in one hand and as soon as one
sheet was exhausted he threw it away.
There was no sort of concealment In
this , although he seemed to follow the
notes closely without apparently read
ing them.
He told me that in acquiring the art
f public speaking his greatest difficul
ty was to avoid a rapid utterance. A
speaker should not , he explained ,
pause between his words or his sylla
bles , but he should
pronounce each
syllable of a word more distinctly than
se would do in conversation. London
rruth.
Example.
"You ought not to smoke right be
ore the children , Henry , " expostulated
Mrs. Chirmer. "Can't
you see that
'
rou're setting tL < em a very bad exam-
ale ? "
"Oh , that's all right , my dear" re
ilied her husband , easily , "if thej
'ollow your example of carrying pin
n your mouth they'll never "live Ion ?
jnough to be
harmed by
my example/
-Syracuse Herald.
The Solution.
Mrs. Jaggs John
, what are you do-
ng down there , turning the doorknoi
oand and round ?
Jaggs DIIIHIO , nTdearest Can't find
my kesh-hole. Guesser mush be s
item-winder. New York Sun.
World's Largest Coral Reef.
The largest coral reef in the world Is
he Australian Barrier reef
, ivhich i
,100 miles in length.
How a girl enjoys having two lover *
after her !