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Der westbote. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1872-1918, 1894-11-22

yn etnem Dorfe Sci
3midau bat iiinsit Elm paar. baa
Die Se93iger ldneft iiberi1ritten bai
ben Buno fiir's 2eben geidloKen. @o
gang felten 1T ia Elm folder Gau nun
9erabe ni1t, uno es perlobnte tpobl
faum, ibn belonbers berporsubebe1,
tpenn ibn nidt bic begleitenben Neben=
umffdnbe bo9lt merttpiirbig mahten.
Ser iebise riunee Gbemann" lit ndm.
LID erft i'm porisen Sabre aus benz =
3udtbaufe entlefen uorben, mo- ct 80
Sabre leines Qebens augebra9t bat.
Oils iunger Burl9e bate er i'm Sabre
1868 i'm gereine nit etnem Mnberen
bel eine1n @ortlue6iel einen @enbar.
men get0otet. Shon oamals itano bic
6od3eit Der jebt Neuoermablten nabe
bepor, fonute aber ni6t itattiinoen,
neil Der Brdutisam infolse feiner un-
iiberlesten Shat auf 80 Sabre Der
6reibeit beraubt tpurbe. Qlq bic lan-
gen Sabre binourd bat ibm feline 9raut
bic 5reue beipabrt unb lit nun nod
tangent 0arkn bel ieiner GntlaHung
feline Gbefrau setporoen.
Gin f@mterises % I.
Berliner : r9err G0riter, mas baben
sic benn ba fir einen merftpiirbigen
aruabedel9" "-6Oriter: rDas 1T Elm
@amsfrideltriiaeloedel!" Sadie :
.6d. bG! Grams - @amssidlfridl,
redl!"-Berliner: rsSb tpob!.... Gebr
eenfan: eyemsirideliriiiel
Seine 9anb fret. 9err:
WiHen sic, es 1T gerabeau fhredl;e5
anaub0ren, ipenn Sic benz GrGulein
nebenan unterriat eeben!" - @e>
fanglebrer: 9rOiten sic iih nit mir.
i9 m1ate mir ia AUDI man9mal bic
Sbren 3ubalten, aber t4 tann ni9t.
neil ia auf benz Glapier besleiten
u,ub.
= sm MilttdrsefGngnib
in Stirling (@nglanb) lit bic Gnt=
beduns genra4t iporben. bab piele Der
@sfansenen bss Selegrapbirens md9s
tie iino unb ii9 infolse beKen Bel Der
Mrbeit iouobl, no lie Steine 3u bres
hen baben, als in ben 3ellen babur9
unterbalten, oab iie nah Morie'f@em
Hbptbmus flopfen.
@inneues mort. u. 0ein
flaDier aeisenb): rDa baben mir uns
u4 mas Neues angeidafft. -" -
B.: uNba, ieb' i4on - Nerpenreibei,
en-"
8osbaft. Weinpirtb: Sd
fonnte niat aneers, i4 muBte ipm
reinen Wein einf4enten! = @aft:
Neinen Wein2 Was sic iagenl Z
s5ubren Sie iol4en auhg
Der westbote. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1872-1918, 1894-11-22

Giner nit yYafter gela=
oenen Yiltole bebiente iid Der 21 Sabre
alte &unlttilbler Gmil 5oepfe in ger=
lin sur Musfiibruns zines Selbitmor=
oes, Den ct 9fa1ts UNI Die elite Stunoe
in ieiner in Der Ssii6erftrabe selesenen
@pbnung pollfiibrt bate. Ser Selbit=
morber 1T Der Sobn zines betannten
Mobeltiidlers in Der GbarlottenitraBe,
uno mar i'm 8esriff, our6 gtablirans
zines Gigarrengeihdftes li9 ielbititdn=
big gu MAIDEN. Gr mar perlobt nit
Der yDitt,pe zines 8eamten, Der ebeli=
den 0erbinouns itelten li6 jeoo9 Sim
bernilje entsegen, unb oas bat ben iun=
gen Mann tpobl in ben Sob 9etrieben.
Oils feline Wirtbsleute in 5olse bes
&naaes in oas 3immer oes s. li6 be-
gaben, fanben lie oenielben nit grdB=
LID peritiimmeltem&op auf benz Sopba
bereits als 2eide por; er batte ben
SduB lid in ben Muno sefeuert.
- yfeuli1 Mor9ens be-
mertte in Qunel (0ep. 0erault) Der
Siener bes rei6en Grunobelibers Me=
barb, Der auf ieinen 9Deinbersen CUR
grnte tpeilt, beim 0eimtommen. oab
bic duBere 5biir Der Wobnuns se=
ipren9t mar. Sm Snnern Der Wob-
nuns iparen idmmtli9e S9ublaben se=
leert unb bic &aile erbroden uno ge-
pliinbert. 0err Mebarb, Der burh bic
BebOrben iofort telesrapbiib bena4z
ri4tist muroe, itellte ben Nbsans elmer
Summe bon nibt tueniser als 1,8OO,=
900 6ranes in Wertbpapieren fet;
nebit ben anoern geraubten @e9enltdn=
ben biirfte Der 9iebitabl ettpa 3tpei
Millionen 6rancs betra9en. Ser Gut
bruh 3eugt BON elmer I'm 10 9r0Bern
aiibnbeit Der Sbdter, ais bic Wobnun9
bes 0errn Meoaro in Der Nsitte Der
Gtaot lieat.
Der westbote. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1872-1918, 1894-11-22


einiste ii9 i9Iie6lin bobin, etn @ubai-
tut 6es S,errn Yerfins aus Cincinnati
ansunebmen, mel9es BON Der 1efiirmor-
tuns irgenb elmer ipeciellen Moute obs
1ebt unb nnr mebr 3eit unb @elb pom
&onereB gum 3tued Der 0ornobme tpei.
terer 8ermefungen perlanst, UNI bic
bette Moute fei3uitelen.
Die Meiolution, tuel9e Ct befiirmortet,
bab Bel Gintlagun9 BON S9ulbforbe.
rungen Bis 3u $50 bic gnti9eibuns Der
6riebensri9ter enbsiltis lein ioq, putbe
an bas Qegislatur.g gomite per,pieIen.
Die meilten Der on,pelenoen Oelegaten
ihienen gegen bieIe 5teuerung gu lein.
I'm baslelbe Gomite perlpieien uurbe
sic Me1olution Der Mebina'er 1onbels.
TANNER besigIi9 Der Bei9rdntuns Der
goncurren3 swii&en 3u&tbaus- unb
freier Mrbeit.
9err Weatberbee BON poinesbille ent.
tpidelte einen obenteuerlt9en Nlan 3ur
06iung Der @dbrunssfrase, Der i'm ue.
lentli1en nit ben pppuliitii9en Sbeen
in bieler 9inli9t iibereinitimmte. st
perlarste, Sebermann ioqe ermddtist
merben, auf elm Depoiit BON tpirtlidem
gisentbum bin @eIb sur Aussabe gu
brinsen. Die san3e Anselesenbett
mur6e an bas Gomite fur Bantmeien
unb umlaufsmittel Dermieien.
Die &elolutton, lpel4e &eform Der
County, unb Wfunicipal. Wertpaltungen
perlanst, tpurbe lebbaft bisfutirt. 9err
5. Yort Mleganber, tpel9er 6 Sabr lang
Mitslieb Der 2esislatur mar, befiiruor.
tete Elm slei9mdbises Spitem fur alle
Wunicipal-Nerm in Ohio, mas
ben Beifall Der Oelesaten fanb. Die
@a1e tpurbe ldliebli1 an bas gomite
fir Observation-Disclosures bernie.
fen unb basielbe inftrurirt, m69li9it i'm
Sinne 9errn Mleranber ;u tpirfen.
Die Beamtenmabl er9ab folsenbes
&elultat: Gum prdioenten ,purbe ein-
itimmis 9err 9enrp Yertins BON Mtron
errpdblt (; Nieeprdioenten Nfron, Dr.
u. M. Cole; Canton, W. u. 2pn9
Cincinnati, 8. 6. &oobale. $. M. 3en-
nebp, M. 6. gperiole, Mi1iam McMl-
litter, W. s. Yerfins; glepelanb, s. u. |
@ri1eae, W. M. Dop; Columbus, 6.
$. 6iretone; Sronton. See ebert ;
2ima, g. g. Wbeeler 9orain, 6. M. |
Yierce; MoNilon, 6. M. @ates; M,-
bino, u. Wfunion Bainespille, 6. g. |
@eotber6ee 9ortsmoutb, $. @.l
Grimes; Sprinsiielb, 6. M. gartnell /; |
&. 8. Go4ran, Mr. Bellman !; |
6. s., @. $. Dople !; !
@oolter, 8. 9. Oblige. SIZE iibrigen |
our4 Delegaten pertretenen Orsanilos
tionen perben ibr 8ieepralioenten ldrift-
LID nambait MAIDEN.
Na1bem Die Organization bem aus-
ldeioenben Yrdlioenten, Der GoIumbuier |
6anoelstammer unb Der Golumbuler |
prelle ibren Oant uotirt batte, trat Wer=
tagung elm.
Sn elmer ipdteren 8erlammluns oes |
6anoelsratbs muroen bic 9errn @oob |
BON Cincinnati, 2pn9 BON Canton,
&itdie BON glepelanb unb Gireitone
bon Columbus 3u MitgIiebern bes |
cutiu.Gomite's (Yrdiibent pertins |
0orfber) semdblt. Die Grludblune
eines Setretdrs purbe binausgel6oben. |
5oqte Columbus Yorort Der OrganiIa. |
tion luerben, 10 ,piro elmer Der bielisen
Mitslieber ooer Elm folder erlpdblt rper.
ben, Der ieinen Mobniig nad Columbus
perlesen fann.
Der westbote. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1872-1918, 1894-11-22

Coroner perbf bat 6rau Mlbert
Bunert in goriieana. 9egas, cine S9me.
fer be8 Selbftm6rbers gilbert Dittel-
bad, BON benz traeii&en Gnbe ibres
Brubers lin 2enntnib geiebt. llnier
seftriser Beri9t lit nod babtn au ersdn.
gen. baB Dittelba& et,pa IS Sabre alt
mar.
- Oie Wiitattonsbeb1rbe BON Broom
County empiieblt In ibrem Beri9t an
Sefretdr Bpers BON ber itaatlihen
Observation-Disclosures bic 9dn3li9e
Mbi1affuns bes Mrmenba sbireftoriums.
sic 19ldgt Dor, ben Superintenbenten
btreft unter bie gontrolle bes County
Coroner 3u itellen.
- Ser Emergency Boarb" belt
gefern cine 0erlammlun9 ab unb be.
I9loB, porberbono ni9t bic Mtttel fiir
ben @ieberoufbau bes Mrbeitsbeimes
fiir bic Blinben in Sberia gu betpinigen.
ITO Beuobner bes Ortes batten etne
petition on ben @ouDerneur 9eri9tet
unb barin entneber gdn3li9e Mufbebung
bes 9eims oher 8erlesuns na9 Golum-
bus als Beifanbtbeil bes biefeen Blin-
benoIpls, empfoblen. gs beibt In ber
Yetition. oab bas 9eim tpeber benz
Staat nod ben 8linben etpas niibe.
Ser unterbalt Der lebteren foite ben
Steuer3oblern pro Yerion 81 bic Mo9e.
Die 8eb0rbe autboriirte bic Musgobe
bon $3.50 fur bas llnter1uHun9sgeri9t,
ueI9es Elm urtbeil iiber bas 0erholten
bes Oberiten Goit abseben ioq.
Das nsue Snititut fir Mntbro-
pologie in glepelanb, tpurbe am Wlttt-
mod in Der Office bes Staatss@efretdrs
intorporirt. Nls Sntorporatoren, 1inb
19 Der betannteien 8irser in Glepelanb
genannt. 3med ber Mnitalt 1T bic Muf-
fldrung unb 8elebrung auf allen Sc
bieten bes MiHens in Werbinbune nit
Ybpliolosie, pip9oloeie unb Gtbno=
grapbie. Mls Snforporatoren Iino ge'
nannt: 5. s. @tepban, @. $. Drice,
ST., @. s.. &abriel. gbner &opce,
Maron Sobn, SO. s. @entmortb, Sbo.
mas u. Barter, Mntoinette Wtulhauier,
S. G. @pif. Gonrob Mi3er, 8. $.
Spmes, Sobn McDonousb, Charles
8. Gperett, 8. g. Millon, Sills Mbnett,
$. M. Rins, @eorse Martp uno @eor9e
gD. Manlope.
Der westbote. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1872-1918, 1894-11-22

1T earantirt, bob es 9dmorrboiben unb
0eritopfuns furirt, ober bas @eIb pirb
5uriiderfattet. so Gents per S1a9tel.
S4idt 5tpei poftmarfen far GirfuIar
unb freie Droben on Martin Mubp, regi.
itrirter Mpotbefer. 9ancaiier, Ya. Refine
Nntwort auf poltt.rten. gu boben Bel
allen eriter &laiie Npotbefen iiberal1.
Orr, Bromn II. price unb @oufman.
0attimer Co., Wboleiale Nsentea, 60.
lumbus. 8. iept4 Ii mod
Der westbote. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1872-1918, 1894-11-22
Suhtbdus. udhrihten.

Muf Mnoronun9 bes @ouperneurs
McRinlep murbe am Mittmo9 Der le9s.
5ebnjdbrise Sobn 2ongneder BON Darfe
Gountp pom 3u9tbaule nod ber &e=
formi9ule transportirt.
3tpei Bunbesltrd fin9e murben am
Weittmo9 bur@ Elm @4reiben bes Yrd
Fbenten gleuelanb bealuft. giner ber.
Ielben, Mamens 8. 6. Yruitt, uurbe
beenabiet, unb bic @trobeit bes Mn-
beren, Namens 6. &. Nuelie, INN bic
QdIfte perminbert. Yruitt mar mesen
zines Ginbra9s in elmer 3ollipei9er in
Georsia am 8. Mdr3 bier eineeliefert
uorben. Ct 1T nur neunjebn Sabre alt
uno tpar 3ur Sbat BON einem Wanne
Namens 2anslep perleitet morben.
Au9lin uurbe bic Strafe BON $500 nod.
eelalIen unb feline StraBeit BON brei
Sabren auf adtjebn Mlonote rebu3irt.
wopon Ct nod ie9s Monate ab3ububen
tat. gr mar am II. Sanuar 1894 me.
gen Jall4miinaerei ein9eliefert worben.
i 6olsenbe @trafinse murben einse.
liefert: BON gtermont Gountp Wil-
liam Mpear ouf 4 Sabre peeen Naub,
unb BON Darfe gountp Der l6jdbri9e
Sobn 2onsneder uno Der 17jdbri9e
6oro Brandon. eriterer auf Elm Sa9r
, lesterer anf Is Monate uesen @rob'
!. oiebftabl.
h 6lora Me@roBen. cine i7.id6ris
I 4feroebiebin. tuuroe om Donneritag Dol
r @reen Gountp einseliefert. Sie 9eitanl
: auf benz 3euseuitanoe CUR 3eit ibre!
/ pro,e6es, oab lie ii@ in intereliantel
i umftdnben beiinbe unb nanute Same
/ 9onifan als Batter ibres su ermartenbe1
Ii ainoes. 9anifan 1T wesen oes ndmli
n den 0iebfabls, pie 6loro, onsetlaq
s. uno ermortet i'm Green gountp.@efGng
: n nib ieinen Yro3eb. Rad ibrer Mngab
i bate fe unb 9anifan bas Yferb seitot
!. len. um ii4 auf uao bapon 3u made
il unb fi4 5u perbeiratben.
Der westbote. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1872-1918, 1894-11-22

- Samuel Dore, Der Dor eini9er
3eit burA cine Mdbmoi4ine uerlebt unb
infolse beiien bierber nod ben, Wt.
Carmel 9olpital sebro@t uuroe, mo-
ibm Elm Bein aniputirt meroen mubte,
wurbe seftern nod ieinem 9eim in 9ieu
Gerinston sei&idt.
- Der an 6. Jiopember ermd6Ite
Yroieeuiine Attornep Soiep6 $. Dper
bot on9etiinbiSt, BOP tr 9snrp u. Bil.
liums in ieinem eriten unb gbiparb 8.
oowarb 5u seinem jueiten afiiitenten e.
nennen merbe.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-15
THE WHITE RUBBER GOAT.

Lord Byron looks with naughty stare
Straight out from the shelf at me,
With the handsomest wave to his smooth
bisque hair
That an artist would care to see,
And the proudest curl to his silent lip,
And the coolest and iOitiest smile,
With his head set back at lordly tip
Ger that collar of aaring style.
And down in the corner of that same shelf
As meek as goat might be,
A white rubber goat-ashamed of himself
Stands wabbling his beard at me.
a white rubber goat that | happened to know
Has wonderful whistle somewhere
Concealed in the region that's hid below
The wealth Of his rubber hair
The white rubber goat is a homely goat,
With eyes that are boOdshot and red,
And lumpy whiskers that hang from his throat
In a bunch like a beard of lead,
And the voice that he shrieks from his stomach
is shrill
And his figure is awkward and squat,
An errand which Byron cannot.
Oh, Byron, look down with your cold, bisque
eye
And scorn the white goat If you will!
You never can quiet my baby's cry
With that countenance naughty and chill.
This critic of art with her rosy fist
Will pass you all scornfully by
For the goat whose red mouth into white has
been kissed
And whose voice is a squeeze whistles cry.
Ladies' Home Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-15
SATURDAY.
SEpTEMBERl5, "a.
BATTLING BURGLARS
SAFES AND LOCKS WHICH ARE PROOF
AGAINST TAMPERERS.

Each Bank of England Lock Costs 1915
and Has 362, $50 Different Combinations.
Elaborate Mechanism to Protect Treasure
Vaults.
There is no denying the fact that the
burglar Of today, who aims at high
game, displays amazing ingenuity in
the manufacture of scientific tools and
apparatus and also in the practical work
ing of the same.
But he is completely out of the run
ming when pitted against our safemak-
ers and locksmiths, even though he peri
odically buys their wares for expert
mental purposes.
While the present writer was being
personally conducted" over the prem
Uses of the greatest firm of lockmakers
in the world he acquired much interest
ing information concerning those Won
drous pieces of mechanism which pro-
tect the vast riches of palaces, banks
and strongrooms, and which render it
absolutely impossible for thieves to
Perhaps the most interesting depart
ment was that one in which an exhibit
ton of the highest form of the burglars
craft was being given. Skilled workmen
were seated before locked safes and
were using the almost irresistible fusing
apparatus on the door in order to reach
the locks or were forcing gunpowder
through the keyholes by means of tiny
pair of bellows.
Others were squirting corrosive chem
icals into the locks and noting the eff
feet, while sturdy artisans were using
the drill and the wedge with scientific
force and skill that showed they could
be dangerous enemies to society if they
were criminally inclined.
The fusing apparatus consists of a
cylinder of compressed oxygen gas,
which supplies short section of pipe
terminating in an iron cup. The latter
is pressed firmly against the door after
light has been applied, and stream
of fame issues from the end of the pipe
in its bottom. So fierce is this flame
that it melts the metal in the safe door
and eats a Jagged hole through it in a
remarkably short space of time.
1--WE turn out about 2SS, 900 locks ev-
cry year. remarked the manager of the
works, land they range in weight from
quarter of an ounce-including key
to 22S pounds the respective values Of
these extremes being IL cents and ST.,
500.
Foremost among those locks which
protect enormous wealth come those on
the treasury doors of the Bank of Eng
land. The making of each of these mar
wells of mechanism occupies three men
for six weeks and costs 1915.
'Those little f1uted pieces of steel in
the head of the key-technically called
'steps'-are nine III number and are ca
pable of 1862, $50 different combinations
IF banker whose safe was fitted
with this lock CHANGED to lose his key, or
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-15
A Perfect Leaf.

The teacher of large class in one of
the New York schools once said to the
pupils who were leaving for the sum-
mer: II want each of You to search for
a perfect leaf and bring it to me when
school reopens Remember it must be
perfect-every tooth right, not to speak
of mold or blight or discoloration, not
a vein broken. " They searched faithful
ly, but none found perfect leaf, though
they learned a great deal about leaves
while they examined them thus careful
ly.-New York Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-15

if he had reason to suppose that a wax
impression Of it had been made, all
that would be necessary in order to baf
f1e burglarious designs would be to I'M
lock the safe with the duplicate key,
unscrew the head and change the posi-
ton of the steps and then relock the safe
or strongroom.
1.-The mechanism of the lock would
instantly adapt itself to the changed
combination and could never be I'M
locked by the former key.
"This, however, is not an unmixed
blessing. One afternoon certain city
merchant was amusing himself by I'M
screwing the steps of both his keys
when it suddenly occurred to him that
he had forgotten the combination.
"As the keys in question were capa-
BILE of thousands of combinations, there
was nothing for it but to set to work on
a system of numbered tables and tick
off each combination as it We're tried.
But that may take months, OBJ
jected the merchant ruefully. Well, as
the only other alternative was to build
a furnace round the door Of the safe it
was decided to try the combination first.
1--WE sent two men and an apprentice
with the printed tables-great sheets of
paper several yards long-and after nine
days labor, during which about Is, 600
different combinations We're arranged
and tried, the right one was hit upon by
accident, and the door opened. Needless
TO say, there was pretty big bill
against the customer who gave us all
this troable
1.-The treasury doors at the Bank of
England measure feet 3 and weigh
about ~ tons. Besides being fitted
with the above mentioned changeable
locks they have violence locks feet
long, each of which weighs 200 pounds,
and gunpowder proof locks, having
blowholes on every side, even through
the massive bolt These blow holes al
low the gunpowder pumped in to escape
and reduce the force of possible explo-
sion to a mere harmless puff.
1T is worthy of note that there are
more than 10000 locks fitted in the
Bank of England. Then comes the Sa-
voy hotel with 100, controlled by one
master key. The manager of each of the
six floors at the Savoy, however, has a
master key which controls the lock of
every room under his supervision.
Her majesty's safe at Windsor cas-
tie in which the gold plate is kept
weighs eight tons and is protected by
a violence lock Is inches long, change
able lock and gunpowder lock, all of
which can be mechanically covered by
an undrillable steel plate, which rem
ders it impossible to insert even a hair
pin into any of the keyholes London
Answers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-15
Blood Stains.

To the present day the superstition is
out. During the French revolution so
priests We're massacred in the Carmelite
chapel at Paris, and the stains, so called,
of their blood are pointed out today.
Sir Walter Scott, in his Tales of a
Grandfather, declares that the blood
stains of David Rizzio, the Italian pri-
vate secretary of Mary, queen of Scots,
who was stabbed at Hollywood palace by
certain Protestant leaders of her court,
aided by her husband, Darnley, are still
to be seen.
In Lancashire the natives show a.
stone called the "bloody stone" which
was so marked to show heavens dis
pleasure at some of Cromwell's soldiers
atrocities at Gallows Croft. In MAC
beth, " act 5, scene /, Shakespeare al
ludes to the idea, "Yet here's a spot.
The truth is blood cannot be cas-
lily expunged. In the first place, if that
of a murdered person, it is not attempt
ed. In the next place, blood contains
oxide of iron, which sinks deep into the
fiber of wood and proves indelible to or
binary washing. Thus it is true that
stones of porous nature and wood not
of the hardest kind are susceptible tot
the stain of blood produced by the oxide
of iron which the blood contains. Butt
the blood of pig is as good as that of
murdered man.-Pearson' Weekly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-15
A shower of Wheat.

In the year 1896 or Whereabouts it was
a report in Bristol and thereabouts that
it rained wheat about this Town and
six or seven Miles round and many be-
lieved it. One Mr.. Cole being curious
to find out the Truth of the odd Phae-
nomenon procured several Parcels of it,
and upon diligent Examination of them
with magnifying Glasses, judged from
the Taste, Figure, Size and Smell that
they were seeds of Ivy berries, driven
by strong Wind from the Holes and
Chinks of Houses, Churches and other
Buildings, where Starlings and other
Birds had laid or dropped them, but if
so it's strange that they should fall in
so great Quantities in so many Places
-Cox's magma Britannia"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-15

tion"-Franklln and the FIies-Work the
Heart Does-Recent Experiment In the
Partial Vegetarian System.
Among the various fantastic theories
for prolonging life one of the most popu-
lar at the end of the eighteenth century
was what was called ''retarding vital
consumption. Maupertuis fancied that
a complete suspension of vital activity,
a sort Of Rip Van Wrinkle sleep, might
be produced so as to check self consump
ton. Bodies in this state could be laid
away and then resuscitated after a lapse
of two or three centuries. BENJAMIN
Franklin even, while living in France,
seems TO have had faith in this. One
day he received some bottles of wine
from Virginia. In one of them-only
one-were a few dead flies, which the
great philosopher resolved TO utilize in
an experiment. The month was July,
and these imported flies, which had
been on spree in Virginia, had fallen
into the native wine and had been in
this state shipped TO France, where they
We're exposed to the heat of the French
sun. Three hours passed, and the winged
Virginians came TO life after an appar-
ent death of many weeks. AT first q
sort of convulsive movement seized
them. They began then to use their
legs, walked around awhile, and SEEM
ing to be aware that they We're in
France Immediately concluded to make
their toilet by rubbing their eyes with
their fore feet, using their hind legs to
smooth out their wings. They then flew
away to associate with Paris flies.
Franklin wrote of the incident:
''Since by such complete suspension
of all internal as well as external con
sumption it is possible to produce
pause of life and at the same time TO
preserve the vital principle, might not
such process be employed in regard to
man? l can imagine no greater pleasure
than to cause myself to be immersed,
along with few good friends, in wine
and to be again called back to life at the
end of 80 or more years by the genial
SOlI rays VI my udJiNS Souutly, Ohly
that may see what improvement the
state has made and what changes time
has brought with it. y"
1t was once thought. that people died
from lack of what physicians called
1.-THE vital principle. " 1t is a phrase that
has fine, vague, mysterious sound, but
it really means little or nothing. Or, in
other words, it is now conceded that
death comes from disintegration, very
gradual often, it is true, in all the bod
lily organs, brought about by the all i'm
portant blood being blocked up by &C.
cretfons which close the channels lead
ing from the heart Most magnificent
and most wonderful muscle as the
human heart is, it may get clogged in
such a way by the earthly salts in the
blood as to be unable tOperform its reg
ular functions. Then the life fluid can
not be kept in proper circulation. Al
lowing SO or 20 pulsatiOns of the heart
the usual average-every minute, one
person has 100, 600 heart beats in the
space of one day. This means, of course,
that the heart and arteries are contracted
with such power as to keep so or 60
pounds of blood in healthy movement
Really it is wonder that one does not
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yer, a fever to the plague, fear into de-
spair, anger into rage, loss into madness
and soyrow to amazement. Jeremy
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