Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-03
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To save Life.
It Is remarkable how often most trivial
matter stands between Us and the most
serious thing In life. The writer has had
cause, Indeed, to think no. for willis, wan.
dorlng on the clfta OF acaaldc resort.
prcoocuplcd with thought. he stcppcd over
ana wont down A sunto1 little trou
growing out Of the rock caught In his coat,
aud ere II gave way he TAD managed to
secure himself. ana few minutes after.
ward was rescued from his pcrllous post
tlOn by some pasBcrHby,
General Gordon used often to relate tho
story OF private soldier who wan serving
Under him In one Of his Chinese campaigns,
The soldier wan struck by q bullet directly
oyer the henrt. hut ANAL Testament he
carried there diverted tho course of tho
death-ronyoying lump Of lead, and apart
from an unpleasant shock, be suffered no
hurt THIS could hardly have been said
were II not for the fortunate presence VI
the Scriptures,
A Wcll.to.do farmer not Ions since met
with most unpleasant experience, al
though II ended happily enough llo was
inspecting splendid hull he had lust pur-
chased, when tho animal turned upon him
In rage and attempted 10 gore him Down
went the animals head and tremendous
thump nuuE the farmer on his back. but
vns r,c,i,rd no mo farm hnndg looi,lnr on
IN tnyrslyniton tbc nprlcuturirt was
fn,,nl Ia be only ntunned. hut hia watch
u peculiarly heavy hunter, wan battered al
most nat, one OF tho bull's horns had
caught him In the stomach aud struck tho
watch the other horn missing hts body,
Annrl from disabled watch an unploaH-
mi frl,,hi ana n hcnyy brulao. the farmer
yos nn,,n thn ,ynrso far his adventure nut
IL ,t,,ht ha,I. h,nr ynrv dlncrcnt
S,mrWi, ar,umrnt Tor Tho antl.eoraot
advoeate Ia controvcrt IN 10 be found IN
Ina foliowing Incident recorded IN the
,,vs,,,,nr., married. man waa inspect,
In,, r.yniycr witch mad bcon intruatrd
bis .,rc Inv a friend. and hts wife waR
inoi'in, on suddenly the Woapun went
al nnl the horrot-Rtrurk husband beheld
hIa wife luon tho floor Naturally his first
thought wap that he had been the unhappy
cause of her death, hut he discovered that
tho bullet had atruclt onr Of tho stoolu
of which the correct was composed, and
einnpIne on inflicted no worse damage
fhnn a ecyere fright
one VI tho most miraculous escapes from
dcnth ON record lg that " a policeman who
entered house In pursuit vi burglar
The room In which the apostle Of probation
had hidden was quite DARK ana, W eh'SI'
Ing, The constable throlehAlN 'ulh"u Wv ~.
lnntorn. The burglar 0rcd, and tho NEXT
moment tho olilc0r ot the law felt a Rhafp'
AilnglnE gonsatlon at HIS hrunnl, lie crap
MED with his opponent, however, ana ulh'
mattly effected his arrest lllh oIamhy was
considerable ON submitting himself 10 thp
dlyleional surgeon who was AZ NV htatiuh
TO ind his shirt aud tunlc covered WIN
blood Ito soon had cause 10 eohRrAtu,hn
himself however, whom tho HuiRoon tol1
him that the bullet had struck nla llph aNl
n0wn on at Il tangent mercy pluukuiHh
furrnw In the ncHh, llhd VIC l",V'nV,
been nrod at any other ahEle inc uu'iu,
would have penetrated ms lunb.; "'" Nv
would probably have hlod TO- ueNln 49,.
Some VI the escapes when heppoh y" tnvHv
who suffer shpwrcck are almost neyuuu tnnu
bounds " oredlbllly. HnlllnH No1h'i Nn,'H
was making for llalliaN' N ~ 'nvu'l'v,on
a heavy gale In tho nay ot Funuy ana H',uVN
on rock, Heavy seas washed owe, VIC puN'
and II was evident she would NOT lalt WE
10 attempt to sWlm aHhoIo was l"P' ,','J'',
and all the boats were losI w 'u'"s
chance the captain had uh' l''rioN'r w
board and, aH last resource. 'ul" NY
was attached To his collar and no was ,r al-
rooted by his maatpr to swim aHhol'' lho
noble animal sectncd by almost human uh'
Discriminating, TO comprehend what was re-
aurcl OF him. aud plunged from tue deck
Into the raginE wators'
For Time which seemed almaN, an
eternity tho unfortunate CROW aWhllou lnc
result. No slgn " tho don could Dc Hoe.l,
hut every nov and thon falht iuR woulu
be felt at tho line whether Tue Anlln"l wa.
hy thn wavos Nas only a mrmiso. AZ last
a decided pull was glyon 10 the cord ana q