San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-18
Noises and Nerves.

The most sensitive, delicate and easily in.
jured parts of the human system are the
nerves These can never become so accYS
toned to incesSant strain as to escape injury.
That which is unpleasant to the senses is
always-and, 50 far as the sense of hearing is
concerned, discordant noises always are-in-
furious to the nerves. The yelling of steam
whistles, the hiss Of steam pipes, the rattle and
clash of wheels on stone covered streets, the
rumble of street cars, the clangor of bells, the
bowling Of hucksters, keep up condition in
which healthful nervous system of natural
strength and sensitivenesS is impossible. And
there is not one Of these agencies that Is not
suppressed more or less completely in most OF
the great cities of the world.
In Berlin heavy wagons cannot run On Ger
tain streets In Paris any carload of rat
ting material must be fastened until it can.
not rattle Munich. allows no bells on street
cars In Philadelphia church bells have been
held nuisance in certain neiShborhoods by
judicial ruling Steam whistles are forbid
den in nearly all the larger cities of this coun-
try, and most of these noises ia our advanced
stage of civilization are utterly unnecessary
Clocks and watches are now so cheap aud
plentiful that steam whistles and bells to de
note the time are useless. Why should not
all useless noises, and nearly all are useless
be suppressed?-American Analyst
Gen. Harncy's Proves.
l have heard my father say Che served
under Harvey in the Seminole war and also
in Mexico) that he was the biggest, strongest,
most powerful soldier that has worn a uni
form since Frederick the Great He was
giant in stature, Hercules in strength. His
powers of endurance were phenomenal. In
the Seminole war he once went without food
for four days and nights, and at the end of the
time took Bill Bowlegs, whom had he caught
him in the swamps, by the nape of the neck
and threw him distance of ten feet. The
savage had an old bayonet pointed at his
heart at the time
Another time, when surrounded by In
dams, he cleaved his way through them with
sword, and when their arrows had him
weakened and almost helpless by loss of
blood, he made final rush, and, seizing ono
savage, hurled him against another with such
force that both were disabled That same
night he swan three miles, trudged nine
miles through swamp, and finally reached
an outpost in safety.
Indians were always afraid of Harvey. He
could shoot an arrow better than they. He
was dead shot with a rifle, and when it
came to physical violence, something that an
Indian has no taste for, he could throw their
mightiest athletes about like so many rubber
balls. 1t was no trick at all for him to knock
truculent savage down with one hand, and
with the other take his mate, lift him clear
Off the ground and dance his legs over his
fallen comrade The Indians up about Fort
Smelling, when Harvey was a captain at that
post, used to call him Thunder Buu"-who
roaTpd like thunder and was stronger than a
buffalo.
The old general was, even in 1861, when he
retired from tho service, the finest looking
man in tho army. He was six feet four
inches and built like an athlete.-San Fran.
cisco Examiner.