Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 30, 1913, Page 72

HANT’S DOOM ‘The Demand for Ivory Is So Great ‘That He Will Soon Be % Extinct. TARGET FOR ALL HUNTERS Their Greatest Ambition Is to Get a Big Tusk—Commercial Hunters. (London Correspondence adelphia. Ledg¢r.) It ig ‘the ambition of most big game hunters to bag « good “tugker”—an big elephant © with exceptionally “teeth,” to use the sportig term; but chp ansbition is seldom realized now- atlays, for elephant rticularly those of record age and are becoming scarcer every Guy. Indeed, it is stated| that the can elephant, from whom At i ‘d, is doomed. vanished from South being slowly extermi- er parts of the country. ion fh been brought great demand for ivory he \ years since a single large rd table makers used in a ny as ninety-five pairs of to supply this single firm r than 1,140 elephants suffered inually. And the demand for be gathered from the fact ) tons are sold in London ng the year. abo duri Some Great Tusks. consequence is that the chance of a game hunter coming across such an elephant as that shot by Ma- jor Poweil-Cotton in the Congo State eight year ago, whose tusks, weighed 872 pounds, is very remote. These were the finest pair of elephant's teeth ever secured by a white sportsman, al- though they are not the heaviest on record. ‘The heaviest pair of tusks ever secured are to be seen in a museum in the United States, One of the tusks measured ten feet four inches along the outer curve a pounds. and the other, inch or two less, weighs , giving a total of 460. pound The second of these tusks Ss eclipsed by one to be seen in the British Mu- seum ‘collection. It measures ten feet two and one-haif inches, and weighs 22f pounds. One of the longest tusks on record was that in the possession of the Jate Mr. Rowland Ward at one tine. It measured eleven feet five and one-half inches over the curve and scaled 150 pounds. Its fellow measured eleven feet in length and weighed 148 founds. The pair now enrich the American National Collection. Over Nine Feet. Sir Edmund Loder is the possessor of & very fine single tu which measures nine feet five inches and weighs 148 pounds... In 1911 W. W. Greener, the Haymarket gunner, had. in his window @ wonderfully even pair of teeth. ywhich scaled just over 184 pounds, and @ widest circumference of twenty-six inches, and an extreme length of eight feet. They made a very fine second to Major Powell-Cotton‘s splendid pair. A remarkable tusk in the possession _of Mr. Graham Pownall, which came from Uganda, measures eight feet five inches, has a circumference of twenty- three inches and scales 175 poun These instances wil! give some idea of the magnificent ivory produced in the elephant in. Equatorial Africa. It might be mentioned that the averaga Weight of elephant tusks is about fifty A DERELICT THE SAILOR’S HOPE Every Mariner Hopes He May Some Day Pick Up a Craft in Distress. (ames G. McCurdy in Wide World.) Salvage is one of those overworked words with half a dozen meanings. In @ marine sense it is indiscriminately applied to the act of saving a vessel from the perils of the sea, to the claim entered, and to the final monetary award. On land it is a term which, by common usage, has come to em- brace the recovery of goods, of what- ever nature, that have been placed in jeopardy. One thing is certain—there are but few words that awaken keener antici- pation in the minds of those who traf- fic upon the deep than the magic term “salvage” when applied to the, rescue of vessels floating helpless or aban- doned upon the waters. In sea par- Jance the term has much the same sig- nificance as the word “treasure trove” has ashore. There are ew mariners who w the hope that they may some fortunate enough towpickiup a v ‘e craft in distress, and share in i iliant salvage award. 7 Satvage is imteresting from a legal Standpoint, from th fact that it is probably the only < in law where a person’ may become liable to a claim upon him for services rendered to his property avithout his consent, expressed or implied. It also takes priority over all other claims. The amount is determined “by the admiralty court, and is dependent upon the peril involved, the nature of the service, and the value of the property salved. A curious point of law, long ob- Berved, has but littie weight today in determining salvage awards. This rul- ™mg was that as long as any domesti- yeated animal, such as a dog, eat or Pig, remained alive on a derelict the eraft was not called abandoned, and the salvage award was materially af- fected by the circumstance. i The origin of this ruling is obscure, mite the view probably taken in such a se was that, if the weather condi- tions had ben exceptionally severe att epithe abandonment of a vessel, all Hife would 1 hed before the ar- rival of the Seeking f sabled vessel, when ts location is not definitely known, is Weh like the prover unting for aé@edie in a haystac Within re- nt Years as many of the fat salvage izes along the North Pacific coast ve gone to tramp steamers that hap- ned /along at the opportune mo- t as have fallen to the numerous that spend much of their cruising off shore. the causes that place a vessel in a predicament that it becomes an t of salvage, first and foremost, of e. must be placed the force of and wave. No matter how large essel. it can pever afford to bid ‘e to the elements, for without %, Something may happen to “to the bottom or leave it float- aeipless’ derelict upon the face vaters. XE LIFE BY HYPODERMIC. ‘The Action of the Heart Can Be Pro- Jonged After Death. . (Current Opinion.) ‘is by no means the sudden change which our minds, laden with metaphysical tradition, imagine. We talk of something—the soul—fiying away from the body. It is seemingly all over. But it may not be, concedes the official bulletin of the French Academy of Meditine. Doctor. Carrel! has shown that every function of life Save consciousness may be kept up. This authority sees nothing extrava- gunt in the idea that medical science amay some day go a step farther. It restore consciousness even after " ee has Been pronounced to be extinct— |}. it provided fundamental chemical trans- jections, — death there is a French medical literat “psychic twilight.’ ‘ ‘The me point, bearing upon the whole subject. is that of a late noted French duke. He was a con- spicuous figure in the old legitimist club life of the French capital. He died recerttly at 10 o'clock at night. His younger son would be of age at midnight. For the sake of the two hours—the younger son being still an infant in the eyes of the law—it seemed as if the whole of the duke's estate must be tied up in endless liti ion. But the family lawyers—they re at the bedside—pinned their faith in’ the new discoveries regarding death, The made manifest to the physiicans the tremendous legal con- sequences of the duke’s death before midnight. Hypodermic injections were resorted to. The heart began to beat again, the temperature of the body went up, breathing was restored. In fact the body came back to: “life,” and in this state it was kept until a quarter of an hour after midnight. A magistrate had been called to the house to see to the interests of the “infant ward.” He witnessed the revival from seem- ingg death to life. WIRELESS PHONE A SUCCESS. Professor Vanni at Rome Talked to Tripoli With Ease. | (Chicago Tribune.) } Paris — Prof. Vanni of the Rome Wireless institute, who telephoned by wireless from Rome to Tripoli, visited Paris recently. In an interview he gave the details of how he was able to send a telephone message across the Mediterranean s 700 miles. Prof. Vanni said. in his experiments he uses a liquid micropnone, the idea of which was given him by Chichester \Bell, Alexander Graham Bell's brother. With this and Moretti generators the members $f the Tripoli wireless station heard him with perfect distinctness, and those who knew him personally at once recognized his voice. He also told how, as an interesting experiment, he placed the horn of a talking machine near the liquid micro- phone, and then tunes and songs played by the instrument were heatd clearly. Prof. Vanni said he is following up these resulis with further experiments. He is confident ‘ne will soon be able to telephone by wireless from Rome to Pari Although the distance between the two capitals is only 150 miles more than to Berlin, the Hertz waves, he says, find it a good deal more difficult to pass such obstacles as mountains, hills and forests than to cross the sea. BOYS AND RYE BREAD, How Russian Cadets Convinced a Re- forming Colonel of His Error. (New York Evenig Post.) The Boy Scouts of America, may find occasion to thank their stars that there a new understanding of ‘‘dis- cipline,” if they will take the trouble to read some of the stories told of the military ‘cadet corps of Russia, as it was in the first half of tne last cen- tur’ Boys were brought in when six years gjd by fathers who were for the on wet and slept in them. ‘That was to make the tights fit tighter on par- ade, When Alexander Il. was crowned the first cadet corps fell in after a five- mile march. They were not allowed to go to bed over night, or even to He down, They could only sit on pre- pared pieces of Jeather. Back in the fifties one of te cok onels developed a theory that the corps boys ate too much rye bread. It was the only thing that had been al- lowed colonel’s them without stint, and the decision that it hurt their dealt with strategically by An order went forth by the grape vine route that interlinks boy and boy that on a certain night, as soon as the dormitory watchmen were sleep in their chairs, every one was to find his way to the larders and eat bread until he could hold no more. By some miracle the performance went through without a hitch. Next morn- ing there was not a crumb of bread to be fouhd anywhere. Of course, the only explanation was that the boys had eaten it, and a very little arithmetic showed that each boy had eaten about four pounds. Best of all. from the boys’ point of view, not ss,/a boy was made the least sick. Prag- matism as such had not come into existence in those days, but the proof of the pudding even then was in the eating, and after that the fussiest col- one] could not say that rye bread was “had for the bo! “DEACON” WHITE DIED POOR. Paid Ali His Wall Street Debts, but Had Nothing Left. {New York Tribune.) It became known yesterday that Stephen V. White of Brooklyn, who won and lost several fortunes in Wall street, and who was known to every- body in the street as “Deacon” WLite, had died a poor man. One of the members of his family said yesterday that Mr. White owned no realty when he died. No will of Mr. White has been filed in the surrogate’s court in Brooklyn, and it was said yesterday that he left none, having had ‘no estate to dispose of. Mr. White, who was 81 years old, died on last January 18 at the Stand- ish Arms, Columbia Heights, Brook- lyn. Because of ill health ne had been out of the stock market for about seven years. Mr. White failed in busi- ness three times, but he recovered ch time and paid his dbts in full. His laist failure followed an attempt to “corner” the corn market in 1891. Standing to make about $3,000,000, be- fore he could unload and realize the price dropped and he was carried un- der, After that he did not figure in arty great operation in Wall street. WHAT SANTA DID. (Lippincott’s.) "Twas the nicht before Christmas, and Gretchen Lay snug their bed kitchen, Not a sound kave the song that the gay crick- et sings, And a faint, sleepy murmur, “ "Top. kickin’ my shins." Could he herd in the Dornhoefer kitchen that and Jacob in the Dornhoefer the fire, in the mogn’s stlver light, In a short. straggling row ‘lay four queer little ‘shoes, Left there for the Jolly Kris Kringle to use. ‘Then suddenly Gretchen sat up with a start And rubbed Jacob's eyes (you can't tell them apar Those Dornhoefer twins, in the brightest day- cht So how cculd poor Gretchen be sure in the night)? laughed as they thought of the Santa'd use, Fidden a mouse-trap in each of their shees, Well, Sani. Claus came, and the mouse-trap went —. something that sounded like said she saw just the strangest ‘aus spanking the Dornhoefer a distance of nearly | ® most part military men with the mili-| ury idea of the disciplinary force in hardships, and boys from 10 years old jupward had to fall in line for inspec- tion from visiting generals. On the night before such a visitor was ex- pected the boys put their white tights) “Same Method of Passing Out Stock. TRAGEDY OF LITERA’ Authors’ Choicest Gems Disposed of Under Red Flags and Glar- ing Posters. The book auctioneer weighed a vol- ume critically in his’hand as he turned to the title page. In a moment he had fixed the title and author’s name firm- ly in his mind, noted the number of pages and illustrations and stepped briskly forward to the edge of the platform. The room was fiiled with a mixed crowd attracted from the sidewalk by the red flags and fiaring posters. Thy literary tragedy thus staged is enact ed daily in scores of book sales: throughout the country. “Now gentlemen"—the man of bodks forced his voice to its highest key— “I never handled a finer line of books in my life than we have here today. I know a literary audience when I see one. Well, today you will have the opportunity of a lifetime, believe me. “T will begin the sale by offering you, a high-class literary article, the works of the great writer—er—er— Balzac, Now let me tell you who Bal- zac was, He was a Frencnman, and he wrote, a great many of the best sellers of—of that period. Why, gen tlemen, he thought nothing of writing $10,000. book. Think of it! I now uu his complete works in three To the Red Tie. “One dollar and a half do | hear? One moment, gentlemen. “Look what we have here, three volumes, count them, Who will offer two dollars. Two dollars? Yes Thank you. Now two and a half, a half, half, half, half. My motto i quick sales and smal] profits, Who'll give a half? Here’s a bargain, You'll never regret—half, half? Yes, 1 get you over there in the corner. Going: at two and a half, half, half. Thank | you. The gentleman with the red necktie gets the complete set. “I will now offer you another really high grade book. Just the book you have been waiting for, I’m sure, It’s by .a writer named Browning, and is entitled, as you see, tthe ‘Ring and the Book.’ And this reminds me of a lit- tle story which with your kind per- jmission, I will relate to you.” The auctioneer’s voice had fallen to an ingratiating, conversational tone. | “4 lady once entered a large de- partment store and inquired of the first aisle man she met if she could procure Browning in the emporium. He told her she could not. He ex- plained that they sold bluing, black- ing and whiting and took orders for pinking, but they had no Browning. Well, now, gentlemen, we are_better off than that store. We have Brown- ing, all right, and how much am I bid for him?” Human Boasts the Price. Under the spell of this irresistible humor the volume was started at 50 cents, run to 75 cents, and, after spin: ited fractional advances, kno¢cked down ‘for 87 cents. “Now, here we have a real select little book’—the auctioneer again spoke with vehemence which shook the indows—‘‘it’s bound in leather, you see, an ornament for your table, It is |written by Thomas, let me see, O-T- W-A-Y. It seems to be bh book of 2 b plays—Yes, its a book of plays—and, as you can see at a glance, a real se- lect thing.” It was. The ancient leather bind- ing had the unmistakable dignity of age. The leaves of rich vellum had taken on a delicate shade of brown, which was absolutely convincing—a book to handle reverently. “Look at this leather,” shouted the auctioneer, “a little shopworn, per- haps, but still a very serviceable book. How much? | Look at the Paper. “Not a bid, gentlemen? Why, gen- tlemen, look what I’m offering you. Look at the grade of paper they have put into it. “J open it at random. Here we have something written about, let me see, ‘Venice Preserved.’ You have all heard people go about the streets in boats. “What do I hear? Five cents? No, gentlemen, I cannot sacrifice this book for 5 cents. I will purchase it myself for my own: private library. Here, Jim- my, put this book aside for me.” Shades of the “tender Otway!” “Now, the best thing about a book sale, you'll all agree with me, is speed.” Th esman spoke with extreme ra- “Now here is a lot of classy little books which I am going to run off in a hurry. Each volume goes to tne first bidder. They were Al holiday sellers only last year, but you all know how the fashions change, so this year they go cheap. Where Size Counts. “What am I offered for this one, a fine novel, colored illustrations, mere than 300 pazes of entertaining |reading. Ten cents? It’s yours, “Here's another, almost as big. How much? Five? Take it. Now anotheg. Five? It’s yours. Here's a pile of ’em, each and every one goes to the first bidder. “Here is just the article you have been waiting for gentlemen'’—tne auc- tioneer cleared his throat for a more vehement effort — “this fine big book. Here it is, It seeems vo be a collection R-I-Pides. Now, gentlemen, you must all agree with me that there is noth- ing more interesting than a good play. When you come home tired at night after a hard day's work what would you rather do taan anything else? En- joy a good play, of course. By purchas- ing this volume you can read a number of plays in your own homes. Now here is a full line of plays by this author. What am f bid?” ‘We struggled forward to catch a glimpse of’ the lost masterpieces of Euripides, restraining an impulse to begin the bidding at a million. Thirty-cent Sacrilege. \ “Thirty cents, do I hear? Now, gen- tlemen,” the auctioneer pleaded, “does this look like thirty cents? Why, see tae size of the book—more than 500 pages. Fifty, did you say?” Let us close our ears to the sacrilege. “Gentlemen,” he resumed, “I am anxious to find just the Mterary article you are looking for. Will some one-sug- gest an author or a subject which meets with your approval? If will save time for both of us. Only last week I was disposing of a fine line- of gents’) I took this method and asked the boys to help me out, Well. now, my friends, what shall it be next? “Something to'read, I hear some one say. I get you. ‘We have had _ too much of the highbrow stuff, eh? Well, then, here is one of the best sellers. a. most up-to-date novel. You couldn't ask more than that now, could you? You literary gentlemen can’t overbook a thing like that. A really popular novel, with an elegant colored picture on the cover. The book’s as good as new. : é “How much? Will somebody start it at a quarter, only twenty-five cents? What, no bids Well, we can’t let thines drag here. “I tell you what I'll do-for you. I'll Ss of the beautiful city of Venice, where | of plays and the author’s name is E-U- | furnishings and the sales dragged until | 4 | eat honpey’ | litt! It's a book of, says, short Franbcthess Emerson, “Three-for-quarter.” — . The astounding trinity was disposed of for twenty-five cents, 4 ‘The piles of books slowly disappear- ed, the auctioneer’s eloquence flowed on uninterrupted. He cajoled his au- dience, flattered them, scolded them. With the assistance of the storm which raged outside he managed to hold his audience for hours. His supreme effort was reserved for the end of the sale. The last book lay before him, a portly volume. The or- ‘ator drew himself up to his full height, ‘and, with an eloquent gesture, began his peroration in a voice several] sizes too Jarge for the room. When every eye was fixed upon him, ‘he grabbed the volume before him and raised it above: his head with both arms, entlemem,”’ he began impressive- ly, “I will close this sale by giving you an opportunity to bid for this | book., Gentlemen,” his voice fell to a | whisper, “this volume contains the complete works of Shakespeare.” The voices. rose in a shout. Shakespeare ‘Boiled Down.” | “Shakespeare, I say. The biggest |writer of any time. In one volume! | He has written more than is put in this volume, 1 believe, but here his works have been boiled down, and the best of his writings and sayings placed lin this Convenient form. As I once heard a gentleman say, no library is |complete without this writer. | “Tam suré, every gentleman in the room will be glad to bid upon this | Valuable book. Why, gentlemen, let jme tell you. This writer started in life a poor boy and he died worth | $1,000,000. Think of it! Now, how |much am I bid?” | With the end of the gale actually in |sight the highly critical audience be- gan to shuffle its way toward the door. |it was clearly a question of quick les or no profits at ail. ‘One moment, gentlemen! One mo- ment!” shouted the auctioneer. “Look at this bargain. Don’t lose this op- portunity. 1 will start the book at 25 cents. Only a quarter.*One moment more, gentlemen. This is giving it awa, “Twenty-five, five, ing, going, going— | “Gone!” | | YOUR HAT IN RING? One Hat From Every Woman for | Endownment Fund Wanted. | (New York Post.) : | A Texas senator wants to punish} women who insist upon wearing hats) in public gatherings (and they need | punishing) by a penaliy proyision that | will prevent their buying a new hat) for three years. Now, 1 is an easy} matter for a man to introduce a bill |with a jhat-forréKure clause, but his |action has been antedated. by a wom- an’s suggestion that all the women who are going to buy new hats shall stick to their old ones for one season and turn in the salvage to the endow- ment fund of the General rederation of Women’s Clubs. Figuring the fed- eration membership at 800,000, and es- timating that at least half the mem- bers would have at least one new hat la year, it can be seen that a tidy sum of $400,000 could be rolled up by this) free will offering, if every hat were} figured at only $1. But as tne hats that some women would give up would approximate $100, the average is fig- ured at $4, and a total endowment fund of *$1,600,000 is dangled before the eyes of the club women as the reward of their sacrifice. The suggestion is backed by a sound and logical showing that if approxi- mately half a million women over the country are ~ wearing unrashionable hats, unfashionable hats will be fash- ionable hats, “If there are enough people backing 4 custom it goes, doesn't it?” asks the proponent and then she shows that‘she is capable of) applying the acid test by adding, “I| who write this am going to try it and see, Who's afraid? Who can be frightened by a monster made of wire |and bits of straw, feathers and chif- |fon that you could read Holy Writ through a half mile away. You are not! I know you are not! } five, fivel Go- TOMB. OF JONAH. Sacred Place That Visitors Must View From a Distance. (Christian Herald.) The site of Nineveh 1s almost per- fectly level. But adjoining the west- ern wall are two huge mounds ‘con- cealing the palaces of the greatest kings of Assyria. The lower/or south- ern mound is occupied by a mosque and a village of considerable size. Its name is Nebi Yunus, or the Prophet Jonah, for in the mosque ‘is the tomb in which Jonah is said to have been buried. The age of the tomb is uncertain, yet probably dates from long after the Hebrew prophet’s time. However, the place is now sa- cred, so sacred that pilgrims visit it from afar. Its name is Nebi Yunus, or the of the village’to the mosque, and to the amazement of the mauves,I dis- mounted and entered the mosque yard. A crowd of excited men quickly sur- rounded me. To a priest I explained that I had come to see the Brave of Jonah, and with a motion of the hand 1 made it understood that he woula be rewarded. Kemoving my shoes I followed the priest through a. dark passageway. There he pointed to a wall and said the tomb was just beyond . I wishea to enter the prayer room from which the tomb itself. might be seen, but the place was considered far too sacred fer my profane feet. However, the few Christians who have been permitted to) see the tomb may look only throdgh! a small window into a dark chamber in which a cleth covered mound ‘is scarcely discernible. It is said that no Moslem even* will enter the inner shring. \ THE LOST CHANCE. A Hint to the Hesitant. (Judge.) She stood beneath the mistletoe, When I came in the room. ‘The vision set my heart aglow And drove away my gloom. But I—alaS!—I paused to stare, Enraptured at the glance: And it was then, and it was there, I lost my only chance. For as 1 stood another came, A speedier than I. D He hied him straightway to his game, Bien as the eagies fly; , the Kisses and’ the smacks, d f A hungrier wight I never saw In all this life of pain; He gobbled up a thou: And. then, began’ 5 And when 7 left at break of day— ‘Oh, bitter, bitter pill!—- 1 very much regret to say ‘The cuss was at it still! - EAE ae © RENE Not Explanatory. (Cleveland Plain Dealer.) A farmous London doctor says half) of the, great poets were insane. Prob- But there is that offers any ern increase in insanity. % ably the other half were merely crazy.| when police, thing in the statement|din Muller, planation of the mod- eee yesterday, Old-fashioned Mortise and Tenon Sills Good—Cement Mortar for Brick Houses. ’ (Chicago Tribune.) A square house is beter than one with hump roof — projections. . Avoid projections of outline. A flat roof. is} better than a stub roof, The latter causes mu stress on the leeward wall, Large-sized traming timbers, the old-fashioned mortise and tenon sills well anchored to foundation, roof well anchored to frame, nails jong and nu- merous (not wire nails), small panes of glass, all are desirable. A brick house will resist a tornado if built with cement mortar and good bonding and thick walls. Poor cement will cause loss of leeward wall. Poor bonding with backing, whether of tile or brick, will cause the face layer to drop off. Tile, well cemented, is g20d if, well bonded into face work. . With poorly built houses it is dan- gerous to go to the cellar. The ruinscf, house will pipes will leak, causing suffocation or fire. A cyclone cellar annex to a cellar should have an exterior outlet. With poor brickwork it is dangerous to so to the cellar. Attics should be avoided. A well-built frame ‘house may be car ried off bodily without serious harm to the occupants whether in the house or in the cellar: Houses may be turned over or even upside ‘down, and still so through the tornado without being broken wp. Get Close to Ground. ‘There is some danger from flying ob- jects, but less near the ground than a few feet higher. A ditch or hole in the ground is a good place for safety. The chief causes of damage are the gale in advance of the tornado proper, the rapidly rotating circumference cf air filled with debris, and the vacuum of the interior. There is a blowing over or carrying up—a pounding from the circumference; and a suction by the interior vacuum. The pounding drives much glass into interior woodwork and furniture, The vacuum sucks many ob- jects out of most rooms, but in many cases furniture, beds, even jars.of pre- serves with tops off were ‘left undis- turbed, with the outer wall gone. The first floor leeward rooms are gen- erally the safest, if one keeps well away from the outer walls, The suction is generally less from these rooms, If roof boarding is left somewhat open, portions only of the roof cover- ing may be removed by the exploding. inside air in place of the whole roof being removed. Confined air in trunks or closets may cause these to burst open with removal of contents. Leave windows and doors open on leeward side of house. An Uncomfortable Exit. Glass in windows is generally broken in or out, except for a ragged edge about an inch or less in width around the sash, making an uncomfortable form for exit of occupants of the room when the suction comes. In a stee] building the filler walls are promptly knocked in or blown out. A skyscraper would be badly damaged, and apparently a very unsafe form of. building. Low steel garages were bad- ly wrecked, as to filler walls intermedi- ate of the steel posts, and occupants killed or injured. In general any buildings involving the use of mortar, should be avoided unless it is known that the mortar and bonding are good. The three buildings in Omaha where the large loss of life happened were of poor brickwork or filled walls. Small Percentages Killed. Frame houses received much shelter from large brick structures to the windward. Many one-story houses’ tumked in between higher ones, either frame or brick, were almost uninjured. Such local shelter seemed to have much more value than any range or hill, as the Omaha tornado moved with much indifferen¢e over hills or in hollows. The low pressure of the vacuum had a marked effect on persons troubled with heart or respiratory maladies. One person described the heart action as resembling in sensation what an alarm clock in action resembles in sound, Most persons, noting the powerful action of tornadoes in driving material through trees and walls, and in twist- ing objects, have assumed that a tor- nado means destruction of everything in its path. Its aproach was supposed to be so rapid that none could avoid it by flight, even laterally to its path. In Omaha fewer than one in twelve of those in the tornado’s path were in- jured, fewer than one in seventy-five were killed. If all the buildings in the storm path had. been of good con- struction, probably not one in a hun- dred would have been injured, or one in a thousand killed. GO SLOW AFTER AGE OF 55. Mortality Among Men Has Increased in Last Half Century. (London Met ) On the question of why we grow old, discussed in connection with the in in- quiry ‘being carried out -by Dr. An- drewes, pathologist to St. Bartholo- mew’s hospital, on arterial decay, a doctor says: “It is very important for men to recognize that the danger period is from the age of 50 or 55 onwards. Up to 50 the arteries respond fairly well to the stress of ordinary life, but about that age a man must ease off decided- ly or he will find himself going quickly downhill. This warning applies not’ only to physical but also to mental work, “There are some exceptionally sound men of more than 55 who can do a day’s hunting or shooting or work their brain at high pressure for eight or ten hours a day without apparent hurt, and there are also men who can eat and drink as freely at this age as when in full vigor. Probably they shorten their lives by a few years. The vast majority of men certainly cannot act in this way without bad conse- | quences, ¢ “At 50 a man should begin to go slow in every way; he should dress more leisurely, eat less, reduce his or- dinary work by 25.per cent and never, in any circumstances, make an extra- ordinary effort, physical “or mental.” Dr. Andewe’s inquiry has been made because of the disquieting fact that the mortality among men of more than 55 has increased in the last half cen- tury. At all ages less than 45 there has been a vast improvement. HEN TURNS ON THE GAS, t Aged Couple Killed by Pet Bird Kept in the House, (New. York Herald.) A leghorn hen of which Herman F. Muller, a retired mill foreman of Pas- saic, and. his wife had made a house- hold pet in their advanced age, was responsible for their deaths in the me they owned at No. 86 Semel ave- nue at eld, a Passaic suburb. Their bodies were’ found in a bedroom summoned by a son, Al- forced an entrance to the had been due to asphyxiation bury ‘those in cellar, gas! ly protested, He said that— who was 66 years old, and his mother, who was 57, were in n able financial cii ; and in good health. : As he discussed the case with police- men in the kitehen the leghorn hen stal from a closet. . “What's that hen doing in the house?” asked a policeman. ‘ “Just a pet of my parents,” said the young man. “They kept her in the) house for éompany.” : they spoke the hen flapped her wings and jumped to the; top of the. Bas range. From there, she jumped to the bracket of the clutched the open stop of her talons. ‘That's her favorite perc ed the son. “Why, sa; claimed. “That must be how-——” The police agreed with him that the hen had turned on the gas and caused the death of the couple. gas jet and the jet with DRESS AND MODESTY. It Is a Matter of Custom Rather Than of Morality. Kansas City. Star.) The variations in what modesty per- mits and requires constitute an inter- esting study. The Heroes of South Africa insist that women keep their | heads covered. As to what else they | wear they aren’t so particular, A} German explorer found that a Herero | lady didn't mind posing for a pho-} tograph with nothing much on except the head cloth. But she was terribly shocked at the idea of removing that. It is the style among the Yakuts to wear nothing above the waist. But they consider bare feet immodest. Missionaries in China have written home asking that churches that send them boxes omit picture books show- ing persons barefooted. In China the exposure of the foot is decollete. On the Uganda railroad, near Lake Victoria, under the equator, Sir Harry Johnson found a tribe who considered clothing quite superfluous. The mem- bers wore ornaments, but nothing else. But they were regarded as “the most moral people in Uganda."’ Near them lived a tribe, the Baganda, who were exceedingly particular as to their clothing.. But they had an unsavory reputation as to morals. In civilized nations, of course, dress that is considered proper for evening wear at parties would be regarded as extremely, immodest for street use. Conventional usage permits the wear- ing of costumes for bathing that would not be tolerated off the beach. The same differences appear accentu. ated in other parts of the world, In Japan, for instance, until recent years, hot baths were taken by every- body in public, What no one could help, everybody was expected to ig- nore. But Japanese women who would bathe in public with no embarrass- ment were shocked at the dress which European women wore at evening parties. ‘ jt may be noticed that while we are shocked at the idea of promiscuous bathing by the Japanese our ancestors did the same thing well into modern times. Church councils were repeat- edly condemning the practice, but it did not disappear from Europe until 300 or 400 years ago. MIRACLES CAUSED BY SHOCK. Instances of Strangely Restored Speech Are Not Uncommon. (Tit-Bits.) The recent case of Miss Lily Cur! of Ashford, Kent, who, after being deaf and dumb for twenty-one. years, is slowly recovering both hearing and speech—the shock of the tragic end of her brother, who drowned. himself in the Stour, being regarded as respon- sible for the miraculous recovery by no_means an isolated example of shock succeeding where doctors have failed. Some time ago the narrew escape of a boy-from drowning off North Shields hh quay had a remarkable sequel. While efforts were being made to restore the apparently drowned boy to consciousness by means of aftifi- cial respiration, a man named Thom- as Cummings, who had been deprived of speech two, years earlier, as the Te- sult of the accident, pushed through the crowd merely out of curiésity. As soon as he saw the prostrate boy, al- though not in any way related to him, the sight gave him such a shock that his speech suddenly returned, and he fell to the ground in a state of col lapse. Upon recovering he continued to speak freely, and has suffered no further impediment since. One of the most amazing cases was that of Walter Speck, &Z resident of Gloucester, who eight Years ago lost his power of speech through the shock occasioned ‘by the death of his father. Being a football enthusiast, he one day witnessed a Gloucester versus Cheltenham match, and when the city team scored Speck, in his excitement, forgot that he had been deprived of his voice, and attempted to cheer with the rest of the crowd. To his amaze- ment and that of his friends his, shout was heard above that of any of those standing near. Since then Speck has been able to converse as well as ever, and there is no likelihood of his speech failing him. One of the medical journals tells how the fear of an accident Was once the means “of restoring speech to a dumb man. Mr. J. Moore of Gosport had been dumb for years, when, on returning home one evening, his bicycle skidded. In hjs\alarm he shouted, and was so startled and surprised at hear- ing his voice that he called out again’ and again, until he was convinced that his long lost to him. 3 John ‘Drew’s Distinction. (Lippincott’s Magazine.) Joseph Jefferson and Wilton Lack- aye were in the same company one sea- son. It was the custom of Mr. Jeffer- son to respond to curtain calls and make a speech to the audience. He| enjoyed ab and the audience enjoyed it also. Mr. Lackaye, however, always contended that an actor should not step. out of his part in this manner. One night after Mr. Jefferson had made his speech and was going to his dressing room he met Lackaye, . “Well, Wilton,” said Jefferson, “how did I do tonight?’ “Oh,” replied Lackaye, “the same old story. You went out before the Meienoe and made the usual blun- er” “Blunder!” exclaimed _ Jefferson, “What did T do or say that you would call a blunder?’ “Why,” said Lackaye, “you said, ‘As I look into your faces I feel that T should like to shake hands with each wrong with that?" “It's perfectly . ab: retorted |Lackaye. “The only face that IT ever saw that you could shake hands with is John Drew's.” voice had come back |'rhe selfish and 1 need: er dpa cig (Consular Report The Island of Elba, island in the Tyrrhenian located between Corsica and the coast of Tuscany, has an area of 86 square miles, a coast extension of 71 miles and a population of 44,382, according to the census of 1911, It is separated from the mainland of Italy by the Strait of Piombino, ten miles wide. Administratively it belongs to the Tus- can Province of Leghorn. The soil is ferruginous, generally fertile, and the climate mild, varying from 40 to 90 degrees F, The vine, the orange, the lemon, the olive and the mulberry flouris! Wines famous for their con- tent of iron; wheat, Indian corn, vege- tables and melons are the chief agri- cultural products. Sheep, goats, swine and asses are found in large numbers, but few horses and horned beasts, Goat's. milk and butter are served at the hotels of Elba. The sea yields a great variety of fish; of which the tunny is the most valuable, which is now sent to Florence, where it is canned, THe principal industries, be- sides agricultural and viticulture are ore mining, the production of pig iron and of stee] and the quarrying of granite. imports Are Few. i The, island supplies nearly all the needs of the inhabitants, the direct imports from countries other than Italy in 1910, except coal, being as followsy Builidng material, 72 tons; machienry, 355 tons; cereals, 4 tons; iron and steel goods, 47 tons; all other articles, 30 tons. Nearly all of the building ma- terials, machinery and iron and steel goods imported went to the local con- cern mining oré and making iron and steel. There are no wholesale houses in Elda, the retailers being supplied chiefly from Leghorn and Genoa. Ger- an and Italian manufactures lead, and American hardware, cutlery, ma- chine tools, and phonographs are found, on sale. A large bakery and macaroni factory has just been com- pleted, equipped with the fewest élec- trical appliances and machinery. This plant has a daily capacity of five tons of “paste.” The daily consumption of paste is estimated at ten tons, and, with the native vegetables, it forms the principal article of the people's | foo3. ‘The principal ports are Portoferrato on the north coast, with about 8,000 In- habitants, and Portolongone. The har- bor of Portoferraio is one of the best on the Mediterranean, being a vast, inland bay, capable of holding deep one-Falf of the navies of the world, and this harbor and Portolongone offer safe anchorage to the largest vessels all the year round. Rio Marina, Mar- ciana Marina, and Campo, are open roadsteads, where ships may load and unload from and to lighters nearly every day in the year. Elba is. reach- ed fromi Rome or Leghorn by train to Piombino, and thence by daily packet boat across the strait and twice a week from Leghorn by comfortable steamers. There are no ratlways on ithe island, and the few wagon roads are not very good. Traffic is carried on by water, the principal towns be- ing located on the shores. imports Are Few. - island of Elba is visited many Dotanists and ornithologists from all over the world. Here are found un- limited species of plants, herbs and wild flowers, some of which are not met with in any ohter part of and many of waich, according to the botanist, would not be expected to grow in that latitude or in the altitudes of the Eiban mountains where they are {found. The ornithologist finds a rich ifield here for his labors. Many of the {migratory birds traveling between points south of the equator and the Arctic ocean settle on Elba temporarily in their passages north and south. In tne Museum Demidoff, close to the villa once occupied by Napoleon Bon: parte, three miles from Portoferraio, many specimens of rare birds are on exhibition. iron Ore Important Product. The iron and steel industries of Italy depend almost entirely on the supply of iron. ores on the island of Elba, the supply from Sardinia and other points ‘in Italy, principally from Lombardy, being inconsiderable. The iron mines on the Island of El- ba are the’ property of the Italian state, They are worked at present un- der a lease granted by the government to Elba Societa Anonima di Miniere e di Alti Forni, and this lease expires in 1923. The royalty is $1.50 per metric ton. The principal mines now worl on this island are at Rio Marina, Rio Elba, Virginia, Terra Nera and Cal: mita. Under the terms of the lease the lessee can not take out more than 500,- 000 metric tons per year, but by con- cessions made after its execution this has. been increased to 600,000 tons. The ore is of the red hematic variety, and the best ores yield 58 per cent and the poorest 44 per cent of metallic iron. The remaining deposits on the island fare estimated at 18,060,000 tons, and at ithe present rate of consumption they will be exhausted in thirty-six years. The richest mines are at Rio Marina and at Rio Elba. The ores are mined by surface workings at a cost of about si per ton, exclusive of the royalty. All of the ores are in close proximity to the sea, and their tr: furnaces at Portoferraio, of Elba, costs 15 cents a The The World. Metroit Free Of course, it's a rough worl a tough i And mean men are in it by greedy, ne’ Ys The rich to the poor bar ‘The vicious are thriving, the ing, ‘While only the good seem But just Lift your face up, brace up, For you can succeed if you Of course, it’s a bad world, of 1 lad world, : It’s just what you want it to! It's just. how you take it, or ake It 2 mi . It's just what you're \ Iva 9 oully, designed world, If you want it avbright world, 9 full-of-de- Hight world, Just start in to make it that way, Be giad of your labor, and think ni \ Forget all that’s gloomy today. ail the meanness, the vice and um- cleanness, Make your world a joy to the eye, 80 just left yeur face up and: dis in en6 race Up, For you can succeed if you try. Once in a While. (Loulsviile Courier-Journal.) of your “Yes, I know he's wild. But Tam — reform | )” polng ee “Well, it's an int r Been tried by of end succeeds.’ _ow