The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

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" Francisco We have contendeds all along that
a boy is earthquake proof.
Evidence of this fact given in New York last
month, when Raymond Nelson fell off sixstory house
and struck the pavement very hard. When the boy
was brought into Roosevelt hospital March 25 his
little body terribly crushed Both the lads legs
had received compound fractures three ribs brok
en- and his skull crushed in. His body covered
with bruises and Commissions. -.2<
Surgeons marveled that he had lived thru the jour
ney to the hospital and the best hope that could be
extended to his Sents was that he might survive for
few thu po a Sns ssd W sfn
street. to the pavement, while playing with his pet
pigeons the roof. .~... p 81" .ss#
He fell for sheer sixty feet, turning over and
over in the air and striking the pavement in little
hudded ball. A cloud of pigeons flew down after
the little fellow, and swarmed about the little limp
form, murmuring their dove notes of distress. The
ambulance surgeons had to brush the birds away to
get the boy in the ambulance.
Raymond unconscious when he was laid on
O. cot to die But he did not die. He remained in a
profound for almost two weeks The only sound
he made during this period of Inconsistencies the
peculiar whistle he used in calling his doves. He
whistled the SOFT high notes of this call while the
surgeons trepannng his skull and setting the
breaks in his bones. When he finally out of his
long sleep he the road to recovery.
Surprised doctors into the hospital looked
over the patient shook their heads sagey and went
away again few medical students surveyed the
wonder and put it down in their notebooks never to
give up a boy
Not only have the bones knit together clearly,
but there is no cloud the boys mind result
of the crushing of the skull In appearance he will
90 out of the hospital the same sturdy little chap
he was before tumbed from the roof If you think
earthquake can get boy, you have second
thought due you.
At the Lady Warwick agricultural college,
where in dear old England, IA hens have been
gagged in laying match for sixteen weeks.
The birds divided into pens, each pen
tanning four birds of the breed, in order that
test as to the best laying strain might be ap
piled
The winning team consisted of four White Leg
horns. who laid between then Psi eggs. Buff Or
pington team was second with 236 eggs and team
of the breed-among them the champion Bird
third with go eggs.
The champion hen, Buff Orpington, spit on her
wings and threw off seventy-fve eggs in that time
with noticeable strain.
MI. Trestrail the eighth ward chicken fancier, is
understood to have four tight little birds that he is
anxious to match against the Lady Warwick giants.
Bliss Carman, the noted Canadian poet, has filed
petition in bankruptcy in New York. He testified
that he lived $500 per year. His personal property
he valued at $50 The Halifax Chronicle says this
is Carman $ idea of bohemianism The Chronicle then
goes to lecture the poet thus:
= "a velvet coat, lost haircut and thou-beside-m
singing wilderness is Carman's idea of Bliss.
There is doubt whatever that if he down from
his high Pegasus to the common Shank's mare of
newspaper work, Bliss Carman could make good
honest living, pay his debts, and perhaps find
time worship his occasionally in private, but
that wouldn't be art with big A. He would dearly
love die like Chatterton, in his garrett if he could
only be around IN the hesh afterWard to enjoy the
sensation he had created Come again to Canada
Bliss, and start again at fifteen week and let art
rip
Better let Carman alone. He Is having good
time and little, smalsized poetic bankruptcy, such
as he pull off, will not hurt his creditors much
and it reads mighty well in biography. Next to
starving to death and being unappreciated bank
ruptcy is of the finest things that happen
| to poets
Of course, except the Boston school of poets
The Boston harp twangers are thrifty and lay up
money in the savings bank
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u Edward A. Hall, formerly president of the Pal.
metto Pharmacy company of Charleston, s. c.. ar
rived at Los Angeles the other day 80 years old