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FRIGHT RESTORES SPEECH
Flames In Boom of Dumb and) Fu>
alyzed Man So Scare Him
That He Begins to Talk.
Thomas Herring, a dumb and part
alyzed old man living with his son-in
law, E. Moss, in London, was so over
come with fright when a fire broke oul
in his bedroom recently that he sud
denly began to speak.
Herring, who is 71 years old, was i
robust man, and up to a short time age
was enjoying good health, even work
ing at a small blacksmith’s forge. One
day he suffered a stroke of paralysis
which also left him speechless.
The other evening two men rushed
in shouting that one of the uppei
rooms was on fire. Running up stain
to the chamber of his father-in-la-w
Moss saw that the window curtains
were ablaze and the woodwork was
alight The wind had blown open the
window and this had knocked over «
lamp** causing the fire
The paralyzed man lay on the bed
helpless, unable to stir band or fool
or raise a cry of alarm. The agonized
look on bis face showed, however, tbal
he realized the terrible nature of hii
position. The flames were smotherec
before they had made much progress
•od the patient escaped unhurt.
Shortly after the family were sur
prised to hear the voice of the par
alyzed father. He was able to speal
distinctly a few words and his speed
was coherent The next days his pow
ers of speech were still further restored
and be regained the complete use of hit
voice and was able easily to converse
with the family.
The restoration of the lost faculty
was evidently the outcome of the shod
which his system experienced on thi
outbreak of the fire.
Although the paralysis of the limbi
remains, Mr. Herring’s health has lm
proved so much that he has been re
moved from the house to a hospital
where It la the opinion that he maj
live a long time.
EXTOLS MARTIAL SPIRIT.
Gen. Sickles Deolares War Was Or
dained by God and We Will
Always Hava It.
The cornerstone of a monument t»
be erected in Salem Fields cemetery
Cypress Hills, L. I., in honor of Jew:
who lost their Hves in defense of thi
anion was laid recently. Nathan Straus
chairman of the auxiliary committee o
the Hebrew Union Veteran association
presided. In the course of his remark
: Mr. Straus referred to “A time whei
war will be reckoned a survival of bar
barism." This brought a protest fron
Haj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, retired
who lost a leg at Gettysburg.
“Although we are assembled In i
cemetery," said Gen. Sickles, “this 1
not a funeral occasion. No death i
more glorious than death for one’
country. I know many think that was
are dreadful, but we have had ou
wars since the world began, and w
shall always have wars. In the provl
dence of God war was ordained, am
the human race will always light fo
what it loves. This nation was found
ed through war. Would George III
have agreed to arbitration to let u
found an independent government? Nc
We have liberty because our father
fought seven years for independence
| and we will always have to fight t
I maintain our freedom.
| "I hope the time will never com
when we shall cease to be a martia
people, or be unwilling to take up ai m
in defense of our country. In the da;
i we are unwilling to fight for our lib
erties we shall surely lose the respec
of the world.”
HORSE FALLS IN CISTERN
Then Battles with a Water Xoccasii
for Life—Rescued by
Firemen.
A horse belonging to William Scales
; of Kansas City, Kan., fell in an unuse
| cistern the other day. The animal wa
almost submerged, nothing but his hea
and neck remaining above the watei
When the hoee company from fire head
Quarters arrived a large water mocoasii
about five feet long had w apped itse!
about the horse’s neck and had bittei
the animal several time*.
The snake was an ugly looking reptils
and for a few moments the firemen heal
tated about going down in the well. Vo]
unteers were called for, and some of th
men, more venturesome than the real
climbed down on a ladder and with
large stick killed the-snake. The hors
was then lifted from the cistern end
veterinary surgeon applied antidote
for the snake’s bite. Although the horn
suffered considerably from the com
bined effects of the fall and the snak
bites, It will recover.
Unearths Petrified Dinosaur.
i W. H. Utterbeck, representing th
' Carnegie museum at Pittsburg, Pa., ha
f In his possession portions of a petrifle
dinosaur, called the triceratope, whic
I were exhumed on Hell creek, in Dawso
county, Montana. The load weighe
j 2,500 pounds. The remaining portion
! will weigh about the same, and it wi
I take until fall to excavate them.
'
Chickens Find Lost Diamond.
I A diamond ring valued at $150, whic
was lost by Miss Rebecca Rannoagh a
the home of Wright Griffen, in Gref
Barrington, Mass., 14 years ago. wa
unearthed by chickens vigorous;
scratching in the soil the other day. Th
Jewel was found by Frederick Bun
hardt, who has notified Miss Reonougl
The ring is in perfect condition.
, Not Very Popular.
The Chicago Tribune remarks th:
the Brooklyn man who lived on gras
for six months seems to have succeeds
in reducing a meat diet to its first prlna
NEED ALL-ROUND EDUCATION
_
Desire for Physical Development
Comes to Parents Slowly—The
Views of One Mother.
—
It Is a curious fact that the desire for
physical development for their children
comes to many parents more slowly than
that for Intellectual development, says
Youth’s Companion. It is pretty well
acknowledged now by everybody—from
■ the illiterate immigrant to the “poor
1 white”—that “book-learning” Is a good
thing for the children. But the schools
' in England meet the same opposition as
those in America when they try to put
the development of muscle on the same
j basis as that of memory. Many a school
principal has listened to protests sub
stantially like that of the good woman
who carried her views of education to
the grammar school-teacher:
1 “I want ye to teach me girl readln’,
writin’, and ’rithmetic," said she, “but
she ain’t t’ larn anny more of this j
physical torture. If it’s jumpin’ she
needs, I c’n teach her jumpin' meself!”
Presently we shall make good our re
turn to the Greek system, which tn
■ eluded music and gymnastics as essen
1 tials to education, and bo produced a
wonderfully balanced creature—with
i body, mind and spirit in such due pro
portion that no one could overtop the
■ | other. The professional athlete, the
1 puny scholar and the religious tecluae
: are each the result of the separation of
i one department of education from the
1 others. The symmetrical man is the re
i | suit of the well-considered nnlon of all
i the departments.
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INCUBATOR ON DESERT.
: Birds in Vast Wastes Cool Their Eggs
1 Instead of Giving Them
Warmth.
i _
Many a person who has watched • i
' mother robin nestling patiently on her
i eggs in a blossoming apple tree has
’ wondered how the little creature or her '
ancestors ever learned that the long I
process would cause the eggs to hatch.
A greater puzzle is set for them, says
the author of “The Land of Little Rain,"
In the great desert, where the same birds
have learned to cool their eggs instead
of warming them. In the unsheltered
nests of the sandy plains it becomes neo
i essary to keep the eggs from eooking.
| One hot, stifling spring in the Little An
! telope, a traveler had occasion to pass
! and repass the nest of a pair of meadow
i larks located unhappily In the shade of a
I very slender weed. The birds were never
sitting except at night, but at midday
they stood or drooped above the nest,
half- fainting, with pitifully parted bills,
spreading their wings between the sun
and the eggB. Sometimes both of them
together, with wings spread and half
lifted, maintained a spot of shade in a
terrific temperature. Their patienee
was in this case rewarded, for the com
passionate traveler at last spared them
a bit of canvas, which she mounted over
the nest as a permanent shelter.
JAP COMPANY FOR ARMY.
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i Majority of Sandwich Islanders Hail
from Far East—Are Organising
Militia Command.
| It may not be generally known that
! the United States army of the future
! will include a command of Japanese
soldiers, but this is a fact, claims the
New York Herald. They will not come
from the armies which are fighting in
the far east, but will be enrolled from
our Japanese citizens in the Sandwich
islands. It is needless to say that a
l very large portion of the population of
i the islands, and especially of Honolulu,
is composed Of this nation. They are
found among the bankers, merchants
and professional men, and are included
among the wealthiest residents of the
city. One of the principal schools of
i Honolulu Is attended exclusively by
Japanese children, and here has been
enrolled a command of cadets which is
to be mustered into the United States
, militia as soon as its members are old
1 enough. It is drilled by a former Japan
a ese army officer, and although organ
I lzed but a few years ago, this battalion
! has already attained a high standard of
-; efficiency. It is frequently seen on
> | parade in Honolulu and attracts much
t' attention.
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| “SMART SET” AT RAT RTS
t! -
■ ! fashionable Society Women at french
Resort Enjoy Revolting
1 Spectacles.
1 The latest attraction for the “smart
* set” at Aix-les-Bains, Prance, is a rat pit
1 where fashionable foreigners gather on
* Sunday afternoons to witness rat and
6 dog fights. At a recent fight the grand
' j stand facing the ring was packed with
* | screaming women, who seemed to
! revel in the proceedings. Inside the
j wired ring was a man who let out so
many rats for each dog. Some of the
* rats were already so feeble that they
* could scarcely crawl, and had to be kicked
* toward the dog that killed them. Scores ,
of rats were left half dead, and lay !
* writhing, while the well-dressed sight
seers shrieked with excitement. H. V.
® Barnett, an Englishman, who was pres
1 ent, ventured to protest against the cru
elty of the affair, and was promptly
turned out by the police.
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,t Mountain Air to Blame,
t A new guest arrived at a New Ham
a shire farmhouse where a Boston gentle
s' man happened to be holding forth on
e the piazza, says the Rochester Herald.
The newcomer was mnch impressed by
l the speaker's fluency. “I declare,” he
remarked to the landlord, "that man has
an extensive vocabulary, hasn’t he?”
The landlord was mightily pleased,
d “That’s so,” he said. “That’s what
8 mountain air will do for a man. He
d ain’t been boardin’ with me but two
r weeks, and I know he must have let hi*
waistband out much as four tUnaa.”
LOCAL TESTIMONIALS.
—
Newport, Ark.. March 20. 1905.
To the International Correspondence Schools,
Scranton, Pa.,
Gentlemen: 1 have taken two courses in
your schools—Electrical Engineering and Gas
Engines. The reference library furnished with
these courses is very complete, and alone worth
the price paid for the scholarships. I heartily
recommend the schools to all who wish to im
prove their business or technical education.
Respectfully.
J. W. McCarty.
INDEPENDENCE COUNTY BANK.
Batesville. Ark., March 16, 1905. |
To the Public:
This is to certify that I have taken a course,
or am taking one, in Spanish with the Interna
tional Correpondence Schools of Scranton, Pa.,
using the phonograph, and from my previous
knowledge of this language and the help derived
through this method of study can say that I un
hesitatingly endorse same. Respectfully,
C. H. Hocan, Cashier.
Jonesboro, Ark., March 13, ’05.
International Correspondence Schools.
Scranton, Pa.,
Gentlemen: I have taken a course in Me
chanical Drawing in your schools and can recom
mend the school courses as first class in every
respect, and a great help to anyone wishing to
advance themselves. Yours truly,
W. E. Baumgardner,
Foreman St. L. S. W. (Cotton Belt) R. R. Shops.
Batesville, Ark., March 16, 1905.
International Correspondence Schools,
Scranton, Pa.,
Gentlemen: This is to certify, that three
courses of your studies, Window Trimming,
Show-card Writing ant Advertising, are being
studied by members of our firm and employes and
from an examination of the instruction papers
and outfit sent us we can unhesitatingly recom
mend your schools as being first class and all that
they are represented to be.
| Very respectfully,
Barnett Bros. Mercantile Co.
MR. E. SNEARLY, the representative of the
INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE j!
SCHOOLS, of Scranton, Pa., for this section is
giving a j
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few days, commencing Tuesday, March 2if 1905.
Open Evenings till 8:30.
The text books and outfits furnished with the
many courses of study will be displayed for your j:
inspection.
A demonstration in French, German and
Spanish, with the aid of the special repeating
Phonograph, as successfully taught by the I. C. S.
The International Library of Technology,
concise, clear and practical, will be shown to
those interested.
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Headache
When your head aches, there
is a storm in the nervous sys
tem, centering in the brain.
This irritation produces pain
in the head, and the turbulent
nerve current sent to the stom
ach causes nausea, vomiting.
This is sick headache, and
is dangerous, as frequent and
prolonged attacks weaken the
brain, resulting in loss of
memory, inflammation, epi
lepsy, fits, dizziness, etc.
Allay this stormy, irritated,
aching condition by taking
Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills.
They stop the pain by sooth
ing, strengthening and reliev
ing the tension upon the nerves
—not by paralyzing them, as
do most headache remedies.
Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills do
not contain opium, morphine,
chloral.cocaine or similar drugs.
“SI 3k headache is hereditary In my
family. My father suffered a great
deal, and for many years I have had
Bpells that were so severe that X was
unable to attend to my business affairs
for a day or so at a time. During a
very severe attack of headache, I took
Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills and they
relieved me almost Immediately. Since
then I take them when I feel the spell
coming on and it stops it at once.’
JOHN J. McERI-AIN.
Pres. S. B. Eng. Co., South Bend, Ind.
Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills are sold by
your druggist, who will guarantee that
the first package will benefit. If It
falls he will return your money.
25 doses, 25 cents. Never sold In bulk.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
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