Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-04

To THE DAUGHTERS OF THE Hot sEIIOLD
| WILL GIVE LEAF FROM MY EXPERI-
ENCE.
| All at once and without sign of warn
ing | realized a strange, reeling sensation.
as if swaying to and fro. felt the blood
leave my face and saw my hands tremble
AS they grasp the sides of my desk.
heard strange, smothered sound, and
thought there WAS series trouble with the
team, which would end in nothing short
of "A terrible explosion. What to do with
the precious liyes-but instantly there
came warning thought, and | remem-
bered the sad accident that occurred in a
distant city only short time before.
when a grand rush for the starways fol
lowed ,n alarm of fire in the school build
| ing. The force was too much for the
strength of the ratings and down went
scores Of sweet-faced, beautiful children,
never 70 rise again. Every eye in the
room was upon me. | felt the power of
| my example and resolved to die if need be
with those !i.n9ttrusted to my care. The
courd passed off but was &iif-
other worse sensation and stronger,
gurgling, rubbing sound, which increased
10 force sufficient actually to sway the
great fhree-stOried building With lips
compressed and faces like marble every
scholar maintained the most perfect order
to Tue end. 1t ceased, and our hearts beat
again, as it were. In a moment, our
principal-one of the noblest men ever
knew-cam. in, and after hasty glance
over the room, he asked few hurried
questions, and passed on until he had
visited every room in the building TWEEN
ty-fOur in ALTO see if all were safe
We were not long in learning that our
city had been visited by heavy earth
quake. After school Oui principal told
us that as he sat in his private room in
he west tower, he began to reel, and
finally swayed back and forth in his chair.
kn)Wing that something must be wrong,
he sprang at once to his feet and started
IN the round of hasty calls above men,
Isned, to check, If possible, a general
rush or panic which he feared would fol-
low tins strange occurrence. But am
nappy to state that not Il teacher xerved,
not scholar tainted, and the saddest
hing that anyone had to relate was, that
the teachers and all were terribly fright
ened." Do you wonder?
While everyday exercise in the open air
becomes rs it were part of ones life
exercise taken only when coaxed or over
persuaded to breathe in few puffs of good
fresh air, not unfrequently produces ex-
IRENE lassitude. For this reason do 40
many abandon the idea, that morning
walk or ride is in the least beneficial-sim-
oily because they are not benefited by
single trial. Persons accustomed for years
to go regularly TO their places of business
egardless of the elements in all their
fury, would if compelled to stop in, miss
their morning walk AS much as their morn
ing meal. hey whose business it IL to
each, to tend or TO sew could scarcely do
the work that is expected of them from
lay to day should the renewing of their
strength, gained from regular daily walk
to and from their work be denied them
How soon would earth's fullest vertlure
droop and die surrounded by an atmos-
phsre as impure and unwholesome as that
oreathed over and over again in the sleep
ing apartments and in the general living
rooms of hundreds of homes today. And
yet there are hundreds of women who be
gin their days work without even letting
in the fresh air, 40 pure, so plentiful and
80 free-who do not think of taking run
the open air. but wonder why their col
or has paled, why their cheeks are so
'unken. and why such a weary, tired feel
ing! Go out into the fresh air, Not to
the door simply, by which act you consider
that you have done your whole duty, but
way out into the air, forgetting what your
friends will say to see you out so early.
neither caring should one he so unchris-
tian as to wonder why you go 80 often.
We shall give prize to the mother who
will write the best letter in favor Of
keeping our Promises to our Children
To the daughters of the household.
over eighteen years of age.-we offer
prize for the best story from your own
experience. 1t must be of sufficient
length to fill four pages of common letter
paper.
All letters to be in by Feb. LIST.