The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-04-15


some little time.
Regarding my heroism in saving the
life of a slender and beautiful dining
room girl, or doughnut lady, will say
that the press, especially of Omaha and
Beatrice, has erred in its enthusiasm
and haste to do me a favor altogether
out of proportion to the act of courage
and heroism itself.
l always, while stopping at a hotel,
very early decide in my own mind which
of the dining room girls l would save IN
case of fire. This do invariably while
| am perfectly cool, knowing that should
a fire break out might in the wild ex-
citement of the moment rescue right
and left without any discretion or sense.
Once rescued shrouded figure in the
darkness and uncertainty of night, and
when | took her to the light and got
three reporters there to take down what
she might say by way of thanks, found
when it was too late that she was lit
tie colored bootblack who could neither
read nor write.
The dining room girl whom rescued
at Beatrice was heavier than l had sup
posed, and | had not more than half
rescued her before l regretted it. How
ever, as reached the foot of the first
fire escape she returned to conscious
ness and sprang out of my arms with a
CRY of horror. Gained her, however
so that her fears at last vanished, and
with a deep drawn sigh, having already
noticed that l was very much out OF
breath, she took me over her shoulder
and carried me to the foot of the FIRE es
cape.
Inotice recently that King Humber
of Italy has severely criticised the Ro
man fire department, and agree with
him that it needs a thorough overhaul
ing. Having seen the Roman fire de
partment myself, l would say that the
insurance company that would take {
risk in Rome would deserve to die IL
want.
In the first place, the Roman hose Ii
decayed. 1t would not hold railroad
ties or hoop poles. l did not get to SCI
Humbert while l was there, but l wrote
him a we'll timed note regarding his tirC
department, and in that note | said tina
if he would give less attention to hi
personal appearance and more to thu
question of the Roman fire department
he would make hit.
This winter has proven what ! said Il
be true. l wrote a piece also for tn
Roman morning paper-The Roman
| Candle, it was called--a piece which
signed ''Veritas," and in which said
was time to call halt. The piece wa
never published, and l had to leav
Rome before had got my visit out o.
account of it. There were some goo
points in it too. managed TO midi
roast Humbert in it, and got of two o
three good local hits IN the piece; then
got it put into good Italian by the res
taurant where stopped while in Rome
This winter Humbert was out to see
Roman fire, and the department did nc
reach the scene for an hour and hal
! Over 1000 900 francs worth OF propert
was destroyed. One engine tipped owe
on the way to the fire, and the Other
might as we'll have done so, for the hos
would not hold water-even the coars
and impregnable water OF Fsome.
The water of Rome is in many respect
like that of Mexico, Mo. We stOppe
there for lunch not long ago. Mexic'
Mo, is one of the thriving and tho
oughly prosperous towns of that pro
porous and now rapidly growing stat
But the waters of Mexico, Mo-, like tt
board bill of man who boarded at OIL
house once while engaged in upbuildln
his fellow man, still remains unsettled
The water of Mexico tastes some
jefferson City, hut has strong nav
of Galloway county. We went TO u
wash basin at the eating works an
turned on the faucet, but soon had
poke out the water with stick. A
table asked for glass of water an
the colored man and brother went
this same faucet to get my glass hlle'
a man in Mexico who had been drinl
ing considerably, and was said to haN
his skates on great deal of the tim
told me while steadied him up again
the depot that his only reason for dr1nl
ing was that he had to cut away Il
sandbars in his system every few da.
or run aground.
Mexico is at the confluence of the A
ton branch with the Wabash railroa
The branch. as it is called, Is a ros
which runs from Cedar City, opposi
jefferson City, or JEFF, as it is called,
| MEXICO. III LTOh OCA VIC 3
! on a four horse bus at the hotel, flli1
it inside and elm bling to the deck al
covering the entire outside to depth
four feet
We rode some distance to the fer
across the Missouri, sometimes ridi1
on four wheels and then gayly tooli1
along on one. 1 could feel my late ha
turning gray.
On the way we passed the humble
of a colored woman who lives on t
corner and who is the mother of ty
bright little twins known as Eyeth
and Nyether. Each passenger had SOL
bright little episode to get off at the
pense of the broad and massive motht
but she took our sallieS good natured
and replied with many n little esprit
corps of her own.
When we approached the boat we ga
Al once that it was not the City Of Ne
York. Even the novice could detect {
little points of difference. can tru
say that never saw q sadder sight
the nautical line than the steamer whit
treads the dusty road between JEFF al
Cedar City. AS we approached the ml
pie which is used as Q landing o.
driver sounded the sackbut - sign
Tor the old coloeed inebt4Ate who @