Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19


4 Cleveland man awoke the other morn
Ing and did not aud his false teeth in their
accustomed place. Immediately no
thought he had swallowed them. He
visited an X-ray specialist. who averred
that he could see the store teeth reposiug
10 the mans acsophagus. A surgical oper-
alton followed. the teeth were not found
In the man and now be may die. subse-
quently the teeth we're discovered In the
bed where the man had slept. This incl
dent should suggest to all losers Of false
teeth to have the X-rays applied to the
bed before going to the hospital.
THE conditions Of the Hoffman school,
in the Thirty fourth ward. havs become 50
bad from overcruwding Of the children
said Assistant superintendent Jacobs to
the Philadelphia Record. that II has be-
come necessary to select slim teachers for
several OF the divisions. as even women Of
ordinary size cannot make their way
through the crowded aisles sufficiently to
attend to the work Of their classes"
This seemingly humorous statement
was made in all seriousness by the assist
ant superintendent in his onicial report to
the subcommittee on attendance. II was
decided that two additional divisions
should be granted to the Hoffman school.
both Of which will be half-tlme classes.
and for the new positions only really
slim teachers mecca apply.
The Doukhobors. that queer Russian set
In Canada, are vegetarians OF the first
water. 4 writer in the outlook says: one
OF the few English words they know IL
grease and upon my Offering them any
food. bread. for instance. they would look
at 1t suspiciously and inquire: Crease?
They were afraid that lard or tallow might
have been used In making the bread. and
II so they would not eat Il. Some OF the
Indians do not care to have the Doukhobors
visit them as they are regarded as queer
and | have seen a Cree Indian wave an
approaching Doukhobor away by holding up
a piece Of hammock in front Of his tent. with
a deprecating gesture and the word
Grease"
A wedding cake that can talk and play q
wedding march is being made by a Jersey
City baker. reports the New York Tribune.
This unique gift will be sent to Miss Bertha
Sunderson. a former resident Of Jersey City.
who is now in Heidelberg. Germany. she
is soon to become the bride OF Rudolph
Zollern and the ceremony will be performed
in Heidelberg. The cake will be a four
decker, about three feet high. 1t will be
decorated With sugar cupids and queer little
fat Germans holding stems aloft and look
ing as IL they were eXclaiming "Prostl"
There will also be sweet little flower
girls and wedding bells. On the top story
will be a bride and bridegroom in front
Of the officiating clergyman. The talking
arrangement will do its duty when the top
piece Of the cake is lifted of and the bride
- - -aa4- -..-s- al -
amazed. 4 little photograph will tell the
newly married couple just how much happi-
ness their Jersey City friends wish them.
after which it will play three bars Of the
wedding march from "Lohengrin."
NJ. A. p. tells a story of one OF the ad-
ventures Of Stanley Spencer. the English
aeronaut. 1t was at Hong Kong and the
balloon was rent in making the ascent.
However. rather than disappoint the
crowd, Mr.. Spencer determined to trust
to his luck and gave the order to let go.
The balloon shot up. the hot air pouring
from the assure. The aneroid soon marked
500 feet and the parachutist was beginning
to get ready. when the balloon suddenly
collapsed and. after a vain endesvor to
loosen the parachute, he fell like a stone.
During the whole Of that fall he was con-
scious and felt no fear, only a dim wonder
as to when he would strike. Twice he
turned completely over and then crashed
on to rocky cliffs $50 feet above the sea
level. Some Jack Tars among the Mortified
spectators rushed to pick up his remains
and found him not only alive, but con-
scious.
Are you hurt?" they asked, with the
faulty of men deeply moved.
"Only carried way a mainstay. boys
was the CHEEKY response. and then the
plucky man tainted. He had broken his
tibia, but that and some bruises were his
only injuries. A fall Of $50 feet onto
) rocks and lifel The explanation lies in the
I fac. that the p~arachutist struck the slopins
side of the cliff and slithered down to the
bottom.