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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
CYCLONE CELLARS IN ST. LOUIS.
Many Built Since the Terrible Storm
Two Years Ago.

Many Built Since tho Terrible Storm
Two Years Ago.
st. Louis Is full Of cyclone cellars.
Nearly all Of them have been built
since that terrible 9th Of May, 1896.
One of them has existed longer than
that 1t is in the home OF Mr.. d. l..
Parrish, in Babanne place. Mr..
Parrish was caught In the collapse Of
the old Belvidere hotel, on Washing
ton avenue. It was q never-to.be.
forgotten experience, and when he be-
gan to build his home he made up his
mind to provide against all emer-
gencies. This is how he comes to
have cyclone cellar older than the
cyclone.
While not q thing of beauty. Mr..
Parrish's ''hole in the ground" is one
Of comfort. 1t is as deep as the
foundation Of the house, and reared
in the southwest corner of the cellar.
It's walls are Of stone, three and one
half feet thick. Heavy crossbeams
form the roof Of this safety house
Two windows are open outwardly, one
to the south, the other to the north.
They were protected by iron gratings
at first, but Mr. Parrish has taken
these out in order to facilitate egress,
should such q necessity occur. A
heavy oaken door that can be barred
and locked makes the place burglar
proof
The floor is cemented and covered
with q carpet. A. couch is fitted into
one corner. In another are several
massive shelves filed with provisions.
These provisions are renewed every
time the sky looks suspiciously. Mr..
Parrish feels perfectly safe with his
cyclone cellar.
'Tt is very comfortable, and am
sure II the entire house blew away my
cellar would remain intact" says he.
'It Is protection for my wife and
children while I am away, and / can
bear the thought of another cyclone
calamity better down town by know
ing that they have place OF shelter.
During the season following the cy-
clone an architect friend OF mine had
at one time eight plans Of houses on
his boards, every one of which called
for cyclone cellar to match NINE"
Mr.. Parrish's cyclone cellar is the
coolest room in the house, and serves
another good turn in the Parrish
family. The little Parishes are ex.
cellent amateur photographers, and
use it for dark room.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
Hoods SarsapariIla
Hotel Clocks Always Truthful.

'When I am travelling never put
the slightest confidence In a household
clock" writes Robert j. Burdette In
the Ladies' Home Journal. "a hotel
clock I can depend upon. There are
too many watches In hote-good
watches, watches whose absolute cor
rectness means money to the CONNER
ciai man who regulate the travelling
life Of this country. A lying clock
would be spotted In quarter Of sec.
ond, and the unhappy clerk scourged
with pitlless sarcasms therefor. In
the course of my wanderings up and
down this part of the globe I missed
q few trains and lecture engagements
by depending upon clocks in the homes
OF my friends. Having thus paid for
the lesson-flfteen or twenty thousand
dollars, think-by my own computa-
tlon of the value Of my lectures (set
ahead a little bit, you know. 1t may be
tri1e fast; haven't time to look up
the exact fgures), I withdrew all my
trust from mantel clocks, especially
the highly ornamented marble-and.
gilt variety with silver bells or cathe.
dral chimes"
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
The Contradictions, Instinct.

There was q look OF great disap-
pointment on the face Of the boy,
who was coming out OF the front
gate. His brother, slightly younger,
but with very aggressive and
tenacious disposition, was conspicu.
ously tattered. His garments bore
the marks Of conflict, but his face
showed no signs Of remprse.
''Come on in the house." said the
older boy.
"What for? I'm waiting for that
other Spanish boy to come out
swell, it's no use. We've made a
mistake and we've got TO apologize"
'To those two Spaniardsg"
They're not Spaniards. They only
look like Spaniards. They're Por'
tuguese."
"Portu- what?"
Portuguese"
"No, they're not. I'll take your
word for it about their not being
Spaniards, he added, reluctantly,
...but they're too little for Portuguese.
Aud, what's more, they never will be
Portuguese. They're nothing bat
Portugoslings now, and when they
grow up they'll be Portuganders. -
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Gravitation explains the movement
OF glaciers, just as it does that OF riv-
ers.
Sound Is vibration Of the dir.
some other gas or OF liquid or solid
set up by the vibration Of some sound
ing body.
The italian criminologist, DIR. Fer
riana, found that Of 1000 juvenile Grim
inals 1112 we're idlers. The prevail
ing crime was theft, being 1882 Of the
whole.
An artificial serum OF common salt
and cooking soda Sodium chloride and
sodium carbonate) is used by an Ital-
ian specialist, DR.. Tomasoli, for the
treatment Of extensive burns.
A case Of pulmonary tuberculosis In
goat upsets the belief In the immu-
nifty Of this animal, and shows that
the milk Of goats should be used with
the same care against infection as that
OF cows.
postage stamp seven-eighths Of an
inch long and three-fourths Of an inch
wide would carry 500, 000 900 OF the
typhoid-fever bacillus, and II the layer
were made n tenth of an inch deep,
there would be 100000, 900, 600.
According to Professor Agassiz,
there is sea worm or annelid, the
''Bololo," at Levuka, in Fiji, which
arrives in myriads on the coast on a
certain day. The waters are SO full OF
them as to resemble vermicolli soup.
After laying their eggs nothing is left
Of them but empty skins.
A singular accident at Herne, West
phalia, resulted from administering
chloroform near a gas-jet. The burn
1ng gas decomposed. the an@sthetic,
with the evolution OF clorinated vap.
ors which incapacitated the two sur
geons performing an amputation. and
resulted in the death OF one Of the
nurses on the following day.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
The Captsln.s IsolatIon.

The captain Of On American warship
leads a rather solitary life. The ward
room where the commissioned officers
live and mess is ON intimate sort OF
club, where every one has known
every one else pretty much all his
life. When q man steps upward from
the wardroom to the cabin, the old
companionships end so long as joint
service is to DO done. Discipline
makes this necessary. Further inter-
course can be agreeable but never
familiar; for the captain, 30 long as
he is captain, is never of duty. He
messes alone and has his own SER
wants, his own boat with the gold
arrow on the bow, and the ball or
star on the flagstaff, according as he
happens to be Of the higher or the
lower common grade. Occasionally
he invites the wardroom officers in
dividually to dinner or breakfast, and
cadet now and then, to the usual
disgust of that youth, who always
deems o sepulchral stiffness the prop
er, and, in fact, his safest line of be-
havior during the repast. At rare in
tervals he may accept bid to the
wardroom table, but most captains
fancy they perceive didactic and alb
normally mind-improving turn to the
conversation of the younger officers
on such occasions and do mol foster
them. New York independent
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
The Feeling a Lawyer outsrew.

"When was new, to the business
and had beautiful faith in the effica-,
cy of our jury system, tells veteran
OF the Detroit bar, 81 was employed
to defend burglar. The fellow was
guilty enough, and that, to my youth
full mind, was sufficient to insure his
conviction. He had wealthy friends
who retained me, and 1 worked with
the greatest zeal until satisfied that
the man had done the crime Of which
he was accused. Then I went'to him
and said that his wisest course would
be to plead guilty. l would make
strong talk for him and appeal to the
mercy Of the Court"
"'Young man, he said, looking me
over seornfully from head to foot.
you've been hired to defend me, and
been we'll paid. You take good money
to help me, and then ask me to save
you all the work and trouble by plead
ing guilty. Now you get right out Of
here, as he ratified the grating to call
the jailor, and IL you don't put up the
hottest kind of fight I'll announce
right in open court that you weakened
and wanted to get your money with
out earning it,"
"Did you let him bluff you that
way9"s
ooh, yes. I humored him and tried
the case"
SCOT life sentence, presume?"
"No; the jury acquitted him. De
troit Free Press.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

than better. In consulting Mrs. Pink
ham no hesitation need be felt, the
story is told to woman and is wholly
confidential. Mrs. Pinkham's address
is Lynn, Mass, she offers sick women
her advice without charge.
Her intimate knowledge OF women's
troubles makes her letter of advice q
wellspring of hope, and herwide expert
ence and skill point the way to health
~ suffered with ovarian trouble for
seven years, and no doctor knew what
was the matter with me. had spells
which would last for two days or more.
/ thought / would try Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. have
taken seven bottles of it, and am en-
tirely cured. Mrs. JOHN FOREMAN 20
n. woodberry Ave., Baltimore, Md.
The above letter from Mrs. Foreman
Is only one Of thousands
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
A sanitary Drinking Fountain.

In Rochester, N. Y.,,it is proposed
to introduce drinking fountain whose
water supply will be delivered as a
short, vertical jet or fountain. Tho
person using it places the mouth over
the jet and drinks without touching
anything but the water itself. This
avoids contamination from other users
of the fountain.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
GRIEVANCES OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Why tho Natives Hate. Their whilom
.ia spanish Masters.

| NN'rNHNSIo VI iHE rHittrtNOS'
| Why tho Natives Hate Their whiiom
| spanish Masters.
Native PHILIPPINES, residing In Mad.
rid, expressed their grievances in an
address to the Spanish people. II
contains extracts from the last Philip
pine budget for the last adininistra-
tive year (1896-'97), and enumerates
the following crying complaints.
Quoting from the budget IL states that
the Philippine treasury pays heavy
contribution to the general expenses
Of the government at Madrid; pays
pensions, to the Duke de Verague Tour
guest during the Columbian EXPOSE
tion), and to Marquis Of Bedmar; be-
sides those OF the sultans and native
chiefs Of the islands Of Sulu and Min
danas; IL provides for the entire cost
Of the Spanish consulates at Pekin,
Tokyo, Hongkong, Singapore, Saigon,
Yokohama, and Melbourne; for the
staff and material OF the minister of
the colonies, including the purely
ornamental council OF the Philippines;
the expenses Of supporting the colony
Of Fernando Pc, in Africa, and all the
pensions and retiring allowances of
the civil and military employees who
have served In the Philippines,
amounting to the sum Of 1850, 900
year.
What mich COW these islands
have been to the Spaniardsl What O
host Of ignorant, idle hidalgos have
fattened upon large sums diverted
from the unfortunate workers.
And what has Spain done in return?
The document from which I translate
this states the facts with scathing
bluntness: More than $4,000, 600 is
the amount consigned in the Philip
Pine budget for that year, but not
penny is allowed for public works,
highways, bridges, or public build
ings, and only $4,000 for scientific
studies, indispensable repairs, rivers
and canals, while the amount set
apart for religious purposes and clergy
amounts to nearly 81, 400, 900. This
sum does not include the amounts
paid to the clergy for baptisms, mar
riages, etc., which exceeds the govern.
ment allowances. The magnificent
sum of $40, 900 is set apart as sub
vention to railway companies. aud new
projects Of railways, but the College
for Franciscan Monks, in Spain. aud
the transportation Of priests comes in
for $50, 1000.
II seems really as II the world had
gone back three centuries, and as II
we were living In the time Of bloody
Philip II, after whom these most un-
fortunate islands were named. Six
thousand dollars for all new improve.
ments, yet the choir OF the Manila
cathedral receives $4,000, and $50, 1000
are set apart for the support Of the
cathedral. Public instruction, in
Guiding naval, scientific, technical,
and art schools must be maintained ct
q gross expense Of $50, 900, and. from
this pittance museums, libraries, the
observatory, and special chair in the
University OF Madrid must be paid.
Add to this the squeezing and pecula-
tion Of every Spanish official from the
governor-general down to the lowest
alguacil, and it is no wonder that these
people, robbed right and left Of the
fruits Of their toll, hate the Spaniard,
and will have no more of Spanish
rule. Manila Correspondence, Balti-
more Sun.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
Has not slept for Five Years.

tits reported that man in Indiana has not
had an hours sleep for Ave years. He con-
SANITY walks about, unable TO rest. and Is
VOW little moro than Q skeleton. There are
hN>usands OF men and women who are unable
70 sleep more than an hour or two a night
because OF nervousness, weakness, dyspepsia,
headache aud consi patton. A certain remedy
for these disorders Is Hostetter's Stomach
Mttors. All druggists sell IL.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
what Went On.

Mother: "What was going on in the
parlor last night, Madge?" Madgc
(shyly) "Only the engagement ring,
ma. boston Traveller.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
Apehtor,s ra,e IN Siam.

As soon as man falls into debt in
Sism, the creditor can seize his per-
son and keep him RS a slave. Should
the debtor run away, his wife and chill.
drcn, his father, or other relatives are
liable to be seized.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

The longest fence in the world is q
wire-netting fence in Australia, 1886
miles long, its object being TO keep the
rabbits from the cultivated fields.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

Lyon q Cos s'Pick Leaf" smoLins Tobacco
gives the consumers the very best Tobacco
they can get. 2ounces for 10 cents Il Is fast
winning It's way to public favor. Try IT,
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
The proportion Of foreigners 10 English In
England Is about In $50.

Dost Tobacco Spit and ssnoks Your rife Awsy.
10 Qult tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic full OF llfe, nervo aud vigor take No-To
Bac, the wonderworkep that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 800 or o.. Cure guaran-
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

Houses In the West End OF London are not
letting we'll this year. The only places that
are letting well arc shootings In the high
lands, which are snapped up very rapidly.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

Mrs wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. softens the gums, red uces In famms-
ton, allays palm cures wind colo. $50. o bottle
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

James Balfour-Melville, who had been
member OF the Royal and Ancient Golf Club
since 1919 and had won It's gold medal; was
dinner recently.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 100 or $50.
IfC, c. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after frst days use Of DIR. Klines Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treat free
DIR. r. II. KLINE, Ltd. al Arch st., Phila., Pa.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02
CONSULTING A WOMAN.
Mrs.. Pinkham's Advice Inspires
:, Confidence and Hope.

Examination by male physician is
a hard trial to a delicately organized
woman.
She puts 1t off as long as she dare,
and is only driven TO it by fear OF can
Ger, polypus, or some dreadful i'll.
Most frequently such woman leaves
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

To Cure Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money II II lis to cure. &c.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

/. No fewer than liza persons have been
buried In England In Westminster Abbey.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

! physicians office
where she has un-
iergone a critical
examination with
,nimpression more
,r less, OF discour.
agement.
This condi-
ton of tho
.minddestroys
the effect Of
advice; and
she grows
y worse rather
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-02

Over sixty thousand oil wells have been
sunk In the United States.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-27
LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE.
q. oicnt Scenes Between English and Rus
sian ministers.

" oient Scenes Between English and Rus
sian Ministers.
<SeOndon, August 27.-A special despatch
ffbTa Shanghai says:
''Wiolent scenes are reported to have
occurred between Sir Claude Mcdonald,
the british minister and N. Pavloff the
Russian charge d affairs owing to the lat
ter's demanding the Tsung Lii 1amen to
break it's agreement with the Hong
Kong bank under pain of the Cars
strong displeasure. The Chinese are in
clined to obey NJ. Pavloff
"The position is now worse than ever.
All the Russian ships have returned to
Port Arthur, while the British vessels
are assembling at Wei Hal Wei ana
Chefoo Extreme activity prevails ashore
at Port Arthur.
"The action Of the Russians at New
Chwang indicates an intention On their
part to remain in there in strong force
whether they build the Tien Using rail-
way CT not.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-27

Maine boys were breathing the life Civ
ing air of home.
THE ARRIVAL IN BOSTON.
Maine Regiment Gets There After Some
/ Boston, August 26.-The first section
of the train bearing the main portion Of
the First Maine regiment, U. S. ", ar
rived in this city from Chickamauga at
i've O'Clock this. afternoon. This section
consisted of sixteen cars and carried $40
men, among them being COL Kendall,
Adjutant Davis and Surgeon O'Neil.
The command was made up of COM
panies I of Lewiston, commanded by
Captain Morairty; g of Biddeford, Second
Lieut.. Jeffrey; NJ of Westbrook, First
Lieut.. Chaplin and Fl of Rockland, Capt.
Bird.
The train came in over the Shore line
on the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad and was stopped at the
Park Square station Here the train was
boarded by tue New Haven road officials
and all hands except the officers were
given a substantial lunch. The officers
in spite Of the protest of the train officials
who wished to send the cars around to the
Boston and Maine tracks, insisted upon
eoing to the Park Square station where
they had lunch. -
During this walt of an hour, the
second section came in bearing companies
A. Captain Dow; B, Captain Baker; E,
Captain Hogan and l., all of Portland.
The first section started for the Boston
and Maine tracks at z O'Clock going over
the Boston and Albany railroad to Cot
tage Farm and then through Cam bridge
to Somerville. There was q long
delay at the latter station and at 1890
O'Clock, this section left for Portland.
The second section followed fifty min
utes later and had scarcely left when the
third and last section came In from Provi-
dence ut O'Clock and left 20 minutes
after the second over the Western. On this
latter train were companies G of Auburn.
Captain Barney; d of Norway, Lieut.
Nash; Of Augusta, Lieut.. Blockington
and K of Brunswick. Lieut.. Goodwin.
AS in the case uf the first section all the
men on the section and third were fed
and made as comfortable as possible.
All the men looked tired and worn with
the long trip from the South, greater
portion of which distance was made amid
torrid conditions The regiment left
Camp Thomas at six O'Clock Tuesday
morning and with the temperature Mt l02,
marched fourteen miles to Ringold where
directly North a long detour was made
through Atlanta, Ga, Augusta and
South Carolina.
There was an exasperating delay of six
hours in New York and another at New
Haven.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-27
LETTER FROM sTERNBERG.
Surgeon General Says He Didu't Object to
Female Nurses.

New York, August 26.-The following
letter from Surgeon General George M.
Srernberg was received by the Red Gross
officials here tdoay:
Washington. D. c., August 25.
Mr.. Stephen E Barton, Chairman TX.
eoutive COMMITTEES American National
Red Gross,
Sir:-Yotlr letter Of August 22d. enclos-
ing q letter from Rev. Alexander Kent
has been referred to me. shall refer 1T TO
the chief surgeon at Jacksonville for re-
port and q copy of this report will be sent
to you, when received the closing para
graph Of Mr.. Kent's letter, to which yon
call special attention, is as follows:
"Reports this morning reveal a
startling mortality among the typhoids;
division alone. Most of these in my
Judgment are due to the want Of proper
nourishing. In the first place the number
of nurses is insufficient and their hours
are too long. In the second place most OF
them are not skilled nurses. Effort has
been made to remedy this but the only
way it can be remedied Is one contrary to
the view of the Surgeon General and one
therefore, which his subordinates do not
feel at liberty to take. The he'd Cross has
on several occasions offered to furnish
skilled nurses at its own expense; but has
met uniformly with the reply: We are
abundantly supplied with such nurses
now Since that reply was made to Mr..
Cobb. however, the surgeon in chief has
dispatched gentleman to New York to
secure hundred and fifty nurses; but the
and, as no adequate supply OF trained
male nurses can be found. our boys must
continue to die for want OF intelligent
skillful nursing"
Mr.. Kent ts laboring under misappre-
hension to my views. have never OBJ
jeoted to sending trained female nurses te
our hospitals or to the field hospitals IN
which typhoid fever cases are treated,
We have now in the service more than SOC
trained female nurses. The health OF the
command at Jacksonville has been re.
ported to me as excellent until recently,
when, as I understand, considerable
number of typhoid fever cases were re-
ported. On August 20 the chief surgeon
applied to me for 80 trained female
nurses. Immediately upon receipt OF this
application requested the committee
to send as soon as possible 80 trained
female nurses to Jacksonville.
We have already many Red Cross nurses
in service at the various hospitals and
camps. These have been obtained through
the cooperation Of q committee of ladies
in this city of which Dr.. MoGee Is chair
man and the Red Cross society for the
maintenance of trained nurses auxiliary
to the American National Red Cross re-
lief committee. The arrangement made
have been entirely satisfactory to me Of
they ensure the supply of properly trained
nurses of good character and all applica-
tions from jacksonville or elsewhere fol
assistance of this kind have received
prompt attention.
Very respectfully,
(Signed)
GEORGE NJ. STERN BERG.
Surgeon General U. y. A.