Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-01

begun his sentence when Mrs. Greenberg
appeared With the requisite funds. the
news uf that upset the prisoners reason
and ne Is now In the state Asylum for
the Insane. Fourteen-yeur-old Louise
Hol2er OF THE SILK City" has gone Ajax
several better. a ball OF lightning en-
tered her home during a June thunder
storm but as Il passed the girl she Kicked
II so viclous,y as to put It out OF business
without so much as seriously lnjuring
even her shoe, which was scarcely
searched This tale Is vouched FOR by the
father J. NJ Holzer. VINO ls pastor Of an
Evangelical church.
Consider the weather.
With that electric storm as preface.
something is, Of course, to be said Of the
1871 weather; when not? In the July hot
spell the Items came thick and fast. Some
apples on Frank Sparin's farm a bit
north Of Brockport. n. Y. for instance.
were nicely baked on the stem. Then a
Nneland On, JD gentleman, II. y. Hud-
son by name, had the sun TO thank for
completing the Matching out OF a bakers
dozen Of chicken eggs which the mother
had deserted on account of the humidity.
Thirdly tthis from Columbus, Ind, the
eggs laid In the nests owned by H. l..
Rost were all quite purphsh--presumabl
from the heat, not the gentleman's name,
Tor this never happened before and.
finally, the high climbing mercury in Chi
cago operated TO set Off the automatic fire
eNtnguishers IN a big department store.
For long minutes the flood gates them
selves seemed open tin the half-drenched
employees could get At the stop cocks.
But. after all, little GAINESVILLE made
these look pale and lnsipd. Tho follow
Ing came from the mother OF presidents
under date Of July 8:
when standing on the Y bridge, prob
ably the hottest place In the county. Guy
Stevens was struck by glass from a Their
momcter which exploded from tho heat.
| Guy was commenting on the fact that the
tube registered 100 degrces-when Il just
went off like Il was mad at him for talk
ing So"
The reverse OF all this In that trag-
edy not comedy, now holds the stage,
came In a trio OF news briefs from san
Francisco, greensboro, Ky, and New
/ York City IN the one case a mint EN-
ploye who, not half an hour before,
had been to his superior TO see about "A
loan to help him out OF financial diff
Guilty, was buried beneath some bags OF
|
| died In the hospital. In the second in
stance n colored convict, playing poker
with some fellow prisoners. drew three
cards 20 a pair OF aces; caught the
other two; won pennies. matches, tobacco
and about everything else his opponents
could Stahe-but lost his mind In the eX-
element
Too Much OF Good Thing.
| The last item 10 no less pathetic merely
| because IL tells OF q horses death, not a
mans. For II was such a woe-begone.
| starved shrunken old animal when
Roundsman Lsderer of the Mornlngslde
district came upon It, trying TO find
something 10 nlbble In the January sod
~ the station house II stirred such pity
that Il was sent around to a nearby Iiv-
cry stable forthwith for a proper moal
and a few days rest and comfort. But
hardly had the hostler dumped the gen
erous oats into his bin when the new
conner fell dead. Who shall say but that
the bare sight OF food and the unknown
touch OF kindly hand had ended its
earthly career
Mans other friend, tried and true, the
dog, has something TO say for himself.
naturally. one OF him, down in Terrell.
Texas, arriving In the world with two
4
measure by n resourceflfl tax collector. A
little later he may himself pay off the
debt he thus unwittngly placed on the
shoulders OF his perplexed master. even
as dog did In TRrrytown. W. A.
! Towner owns this canine, and one morn
ing In the fall he showed Il a new collar
and chain he had bought him. After
some proper yelplngs and waggings 20
show his pleasure. the pet ran into the
yard, dug furlousy under a tree stump.
and brought TO light two silver dollars;
Just the price OF Towner's recent pur-
chases.
And speaking Of divorce actions, be 1t
set down IN these annals THAT Il. L. PIN
dexter, formerly of Tulsa, Ok, has
asked the courts TO release him from "a
helpmate who keeps revolvers handy 10
make him wash dishes lie eventually
got hold OF all the guns and hid them,
but the emancipation of father was not
yet; she grabbed carving knife. and In
a matter of seconds Il. l.. z. was toying
with bread dough and watching the fry
ing bacon that It didn't burn.
IL this seems a record" of its sort,
there are others. Dynamite has been
used at Kearney, n. j., for the exterml-
nation of mosquitoes-after which break
files on wheels Will read prosaically A
swarm of Jersey bees have crossed the
river to see the sight of New York maxi
Ing call on Mrs, ogden Goelet anon;
other things, and driving away some mis-
guided workbench who thought TO Gust
them from the Fifth avenue premises
And out In Ohio a mere man has won
the fancy-work prize at a county fair!
It's the little straws such as these
which show where the winds OF modern
life are blowing, warm or cold, bring
Ing sunshine or cloudy days. As the
world looks at such things they are, at
first sight at least OF scant account, bst
none the less, are they the truest bar
ometers Of the great heart Of mankind
| Think naught a trifle, though it small
! appears;
Small sands the mountains, moments
make the year.
And trlfes life
New Orleans Times Democrat.