Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-09
HEROES.

| been the guests OF MIR. and Mrs. Joseph w.
| Sipe, have returned home.
HEROES.
| How happy, could but IN any measure, in
| such times as these make manifest to you
the meaning of heroism.-Carlyle.
1t isn't often that a Chinaman figures
as the hero OF a brave rescue, yet an Incl
| dent occurred at Minnetonka on re-
cent Sunday which goes to show that
even the much-abused and despised
Chinaman can, if the occasion demands,
| show the very people from whom most
| of the sneers come a thing ortwo worth
knowing. Sunday afternoon Mr.. and
| Mrs. Kraft, of Villisca, Ia, who, during
that day, were guests at the big hotel,
left for stroll along the banks, accom-
panied by their daughter, o young lady
about seventeen years old. With the
party was young fellow from Des
Moines, friend of the family, who,
after much persuasion, induced the
young lady to venture q sail on the lake
in his company. The usual formula by
the old party who rents the boats, "Do
swered in the affirmative by the young
Iowan, the couple embarked amid warn
ings from the. old folks ashore to be
very careful. Warnings could not
control the winds that blow, how
ever, and ere the amateur sailor
had gone dozen boat lengths n
sudden squall struck the craft broadside
and capsized her. The young man from
Iowa came TO the surface first and SEEM
ed to forget all about the girl in his
charge, striking out for the shore at
lively rate. Silent witnesses of the
scene had been three bloused and pig
tailal nr,a nl yub Sfppl ph
Relying on the bravery of the lady's es-
cort to rescue her, the Cinnamon eX-
hibited but a passing interest in the
proceedings, but on witnessing the cow
ardly behavior of her escort the big
gest of the three jumped out of his
blouse quicker than tightening, shook
his hooked toed shoes from his feet, and
was alongside the capsized craft before
the other bystapders realized what had
happened. The young lady was rescued
with nothing worse than a wettlng, and
amid profuse expressions of gratitude,
OF which he could not understand n
word, the rescuer and his friends de-
parted. There was arevulson of feeling
in favor of the Mongol among the peo-
pie who witnessed the occurrence, and
expressions OF surprise at the bravery
exhibited and disgust at the cowardice
of the Hawkeye native were heard on
all sides.
AT the breaking out of the war of the
rebellion there lived in New York city
an old lady by the name of Hall. She
had one Son-ThomaS by name. He
being her only child, all her hopes and
prayers were centered on him. With
them lived her nephew, Thomas cousin.
The two young men were of an age and
looked so much alike that they were
frequently taken for twins, and as fre-
quently taken for each other. AT the
commencement of the war John Hall
for that was his cousins name-enlisted
in volunteer regiment and went to the
front for three years. When the draft
came Thomas was drafted and was
forced to perform IL duty which he did
not relish. One day, in quarreling
with his captain, he shot and killed
him, then fed as a deserter. He was
traced to his home by a detail from his
regiment, and when they surrounded
the house and demanded him to
surrender his Cousin John, who had just
been discharged, gave the discharge
papers to Thomas and surrendered him
self to the squad as the deserter. His
aunt had always been as kind as a
mother to him, and he knew that the
shock of having her son shot as a de-
serter would break her heart; also, that
he had no one to love him, as Tom had,
so he decided to sacrifice his life that
they two might live together. He was
then taken back and bore the punish
ment of death for his Cousins crime.
A large party ofpeople from Williams
port, Pa, was recently on visit to
Nippone Park. The bathing there was
excellent, and many Of the visitors took
advantage of it, Among those in the
water was Miss Cora Shelter. about
twenty years OF age, daughter OF Mr..
Lewis Shelter, OF Pine street, Philadel-
phia. The young lady, who is unable to
swim, was caught in n swift current
and borne down to where the water
was about nine feet in depth. Her
brother. Elmer Shelter, who is about
eighteen years of age, and IL fine swim
mer, was quite distance from her at
the time teaching another young lady
how to swim. Miss Shelter made but
one outcry, heard by those on the shore,
but not by her brother. The spectators
seemed to be so horror stricken thatthey
could not cry out for help. There wasa
dead silence, and this attracted the at
tention of Elmer. He instantly got to
the shore wich his companion, and no
ticed that at "a certain point there was
a swirl in the water, indicating that
some one nau gone uOWu. lie ran 10
the place, plunged in and dived to the
bottom, bringing up with ann his sister,
but without knowing who she was until
he got her to shore. The young lady
was unconscious, but in a short time re-
vived. She had gone down five times.
AT johnson, S. c., the other day, a
colored boy was bitten by a rattlesnake
while in the woods. The boy screamed
for help, aud his brother, who was cut
ting wood near by, ran TO him. He
sucked the poison out of his brothers.
leg, splitting it out, and continued the
sucking aud splitting until their father
arrived with some whisky. AT this
hour the leg which was bitten is
scarcely swollen, and the boy is likely
to recover without any great inconven-
fence. The rattlesnake was killed.
The boy who sucked the poison out
said he heard an old man say that there
was no danger in sucking out rattle
snake poison, and that in every case il
would afford immediate relief to the
person bitten, and that ii this process
were tried in time, ii would always
effect certain cure. He rinsed his
mouth out thoroughly with whisky.