The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-31
GREAT EMERGENCIES.
The Surest Way of Being Ready for Then
Is to Meet Small Ones Calmly

The Surest Way OF Being Ready for Them
Is to Meet Small Ones Calmly.
The knowledge Of what to do in case
oi sudden calamity does not generals
come on the spur of the moment or bt
inspiratiOn-it is already in store and
waiting summons into action. Those
who keep their eyes and ears open very
readily learn what is best to be done in
case OF fire, or burning, or sunstroke, or
broken limb, or fainting fit, or a Sc
we're cut, or sudden and severe illness,
until professional assistance can be
brought to their aid. A commonplace
book in which modes of treatment in
various maladies and accidents are noted
down is very useful in helping one to
remember what to do.
The surest way of being ready for the
great emergencies of life is to meet all
it's small ones not only with calmness,
but with masterful spirit, resolved tc
turn defeat and disaster, however
5rifiing, to good account, by learning
from them the secret of victory. ''To
be weak is miserable doing or suffering -
and they who cultivate weakness, by
refusing to use even the smallest means
Of overcoming obstacles in their way,
cultivate misery. These unhappy souls,
when called upon to confront sudden
and terrible emergencies, cringe and
faint and know not which way to turn,
while those who with fearless courage
md indomitable will fight the lesser
battles of life, are strengthened thereby
for those mightier conflicts that call out
all their skill and resource, and make
them SaviOrs and benefactOrs to their
associates in trouble.
Young mothers envy the unruffled
composure observed in elderly women
who have reared large families of chill
dren, and who have learned that broken
bones will heal, that bruises get we'll.
that there are ways of managing and
preventing disease, and that it is al
ways best to keep possession of ones
wits. ''All things come alike to all, y
and as Milton says Of the affliction
which at once darkened and frightened
his life: ''It is not so wretched to be
blind as it is not to be capable of en-
during blindness. But why should no,
endure misfortune which it behooves
every one to be prepared to endure if il
should happen, which may in the com
mon course Of things happen to every
man, and which has been known to hap.
pen to the most distinguished and Writ
uous persons in history. N. Y. Chris.
tian Advocate.
"A horticultural jourLaf ADVISE;
PLANT an onion beside rosebush and
Increase its OdOr." But who wants the
odor of the onion increased? That escu-
lent is fragrant enough for culinary
purposes.-N. Y. Ledger.
"A Hebrew Bible in the Vatican is
said to be the most valuable book in the
world. 1t weighs more than 800 pounds
and its weight in gold, or 1926, 900, has
been refused for it, when gold was worth
three times what it is now. This was
in the days of Pope julius. or in 1912.
The query: docs lightning rod
nrotect?" is answered from Ohio. Oh
Inc AS buildings struck by lightning
md burned last year, 351 were barns
which had this protection" and of the
whole number only sixty were without
rods.-Detroit Free Press.
Whales will be more plenty than
porpoises in few years, now that the
low prices of oil make it less profitable
to destroy them. Professor True. of the
National Museum, who makes whales a
speciality, says they are fast multiplying
and that their numbers will increase in
definitely unless some new nse for them
should be discovered