The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02

Eugene 4 leiQ.
A runaway horse is ant to do as much,
IL not more. harm to others than to him
self or his owner and the fond mammas
who send out their little ones with what
they consider a safe pony, and dismiss
anxiety on that account, forget that dan
ger turks in every corner on account of
the spirited steeds belong ng to their neigh
bors A man who was driving a pair of
mettlesome horses last summer related the
following experience, TO a New York Trib-
une writer.
my horses became frightened by the
sudden braying of a donkey in field, and
in a moment were entirely beyond my con-
troll on they dashed madly, l holding onto
the reins like grim death. The lane We
were in was quite narrow, and suddenly,
to my horror, 1 saw ahead of me a lum-
boring pony wagon, driven by little girl
with a nurse holding a baby in the next
seat I tugged wildly at the left rein,
without avail. An accident seemed .nevita-
BILE when suddenly the child, who could
not have been over seven, hearing my
shouts, turned her head, took in the sit
uation, and qiuck as a flash calmly turned
her pony into the fence while we shot by
within an ace of the cart.
1T was some time before got my mad
dened animals under control. | never saw
the child again, but l have often thought
with admiration of her GOODNESS and mat
ter-of-fact air as she saved herself and
the baby and nurse from what might have
been an awful death, and me from the hor-
ror of such a terrible accident
Presence of mind is quality that should
be Impressed upon children although 1t
is more or less instructive. Still, there are
certain rules that might be instilled with
advantage. A clever woman has what she
calls a danger catechism which she
teaches like a lesson to each of her chill
dren, requiring them to repeat il every
now and then, to make sure that they re-
member its precepts.
What would you do in case you caught
on fire." is one question, and the answer
is obvious Il must not run, but pick up
the nearest and thickest thing within
reach, a rug or blanket If possible and
wrap myself up in It," and so on. All the
possible contingencies are thought of and
provided for as far as possible.
The idea Is an excellent one and if the
children ever forget their instructions in
time of need it will certainly not be the
mothers fault. 1t would be a good plan
at this season, when the country roads
are crowded with vehicles for parents to
impress upon the small drivers that they
should at once seek the safety of the gut
ter in case of a runaway, and in turning
corners TO keep a wide sweep to the right.
"Talk about conductors having nervous
pros ration because the women riding on
their cars will persist in risking life and
limb in getting off wrong way to-" said
the Doctor. to the New York Times, "they
are not in il with the dry goods men. A
conductor, ! find, after a time, gets his
temper up and says to himself: Well If
those fool women want to kill themselves.
let them And then they cease to trouble
themselves very much about whether the
women get hurt or not. had a conductor
for a patient a one time. He was a young
man. tender hearted. and he had not been
on the cars very long and his nerves got
into the state of an Aeoiian harp in a good
position to catch every breeze. The
slightest thing upset him. 1t was all the
strain of seeing people constantly run the
risk of killing or manning themselves on
his car when he knew he would be held
responsible for it II they did l know he
got the reputation those first few months
he was on the car of being a busybody,
because he was always giving people. par
ticularly the women, advice as to how to
get on or off the car
"Well, didn't know but what he would
break down altogether, either become a
physical wreck or go to an insane asylum.
I gave his some good, strong nerve tonic.
something to brace him up physically and
told MIN 10 get as much rest as he posi-
bly, could. But he was not much more
than a skeleton. He was finely organiz-