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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1910)
PEOPLE BURIED ALIVE. Widely Prevalent Dread of drew- some Accident Leads Legislative Action. to tNVENTOE'S SKILL AT WORK. Xngllsh Society for the Prevention of Premature Burial Extends Its Efforts. Assemblyman Marks of Hudson County, New Jersey, Introduced a bill In the house some time ago providing that all cemeteries shall be equipped with a receiving vault, the interior of which shall be in view of a person outside and subject to frequent Inspec tion by a physician, the New York World says. In this vault bodies are to be kept until It is proved beyond any doubt that life Is extinct In the interor of the vault are to be placed mechanical devices which will enable the supposedly dead person to give alarm in the eveut of a return to con sclousness. Somewhat similar provl- Ions are contained In a bill Intro duced In the house at Albany by As- mhiTTTTiwfl I,v?!2jtrtTi. It prnvid? that each cemetery shall have a mor tuary to be used for the disposal of the dead. Each body so received Is to be kept under observation for a cer tain period of time before interment or cremation. This Incident reflects popular appre hension concerning that world-old hor roo burial alive. While the subject of premature bur ial is a most distressing one. and one THK GRAVE SIGNAL. cure the enactment of a law which will provide ev,ery possible safeguard against premature burial. Machine-" to Determine Death. Meanwhile, Dr. Vaillaut,' ehlef of the radiographic service of La Rlbois lere hospital, Paris, is experimenting with a. machine which, he asserts, will provide an absolute test of death. It Involves the use of X-ray photographs of the Internal organs, which. Dr. Valllant declares, differ In the cases of subjects alive or dead. Death tails show clearly In the case of a corpse, but not if life is present Radio graphs of bodies taken even a few minutes after death reveal clearly the outlines of all the organs, whereas, If the radiographs are taken during life the organs are not revealed. At. Pittsburg, Hubert Devan, a French-Canadian, recently announced the Invention, now protected by pat ents, of a device which he calls a "grave signal." The device consists of a piece of ordinary gasplpe, six feet long, with a glass globe about the size of an Incandescent lamp on one end. The pipe Is arranged to pass through a brass plate at the head of the cof fin, leaving the lower end within a fraction of an inch of the forehead of the corpse. Through the center of the pipe runs a plain, smooth stick, one end of which rests on the forehead of the body in the coflln ; the other end is In the glass globe, with a red cloth attached to it Should the person come to life In the coflln and stir, the stick will be forced throueh the pine and the red-cloth signal will be dis played. At the same time a number of small apertures will open at the base of the globe and fresh air will be forced down the pipe Into the nostrils. the details of which are better hushed and forgotten, certain occurrences oc casionally arise serving to reawaken the widely prevalent dread of being burled alive. Medical science, the leg islature and the inventor have endeav ored to obliterate that dread by pro viding means whereby premature bur ial and its grewsome consequences may be effectually prevented. Precautionary Society Meaanres. The newest and most Important or ganized movement to provide against premature burial has been started by the Association for the Prevention of Premature Burial, an English organi zation, which has been at work for the past twelve years. Preparations are being made to establish a branch of the organization in America, probably In Washington. Large quantities of literature dealing with the subject are being sent to medical societies and to lawmakers all over the United States. Statistics compiled by British medical authorities are presented, showing that out of a total of 384 recorded cases 140 persons were burled alive, 219 had marrow escapes, 10 were dissected alive, 3 had narrow escapes from vlvl aectlon, 2 were embalmed alive and 1 -was cremated alive. Further attention Is called to the fact that In the above figures the countless thousands of peo ple who die and are burled alive and f whom there Is no record have no ipart It Is suggested that to this end waiting mortuaries, ltghted and vent! la ted, furnished witn pleasing sur roundings and replete with every ap- ' paratus for resuscitation, should be provided by urban or rural cemetery authorities, where every person dying within their respective areas could be deposited until such time as the offi cial death verifier appointed for the Durnose certified that the signs of de composition In the body warranted its Interment It Is the Intention of the American members of the association to endear aw to Influent legislation and to pro- US ES CAVH AS DWELLING. Fitted Up a Modern Plat, Wlfw Water and Electricity. One of the most pomlnent and suc cessful farmers of Prairie Grove, Ark, who is an active member of the Na tional Farmers' Union, has dwelt In a cave for years. It Is probably the most palatial cave In the world, and la fitted up with all modern 'conven iences, Including hot and cold water, electric fans, electric lights and steam heat He discovered the cave at the top of a mountain, 1,700 feet high. " It Is seventy-eight feet long by twenty-five feet wide and thirty-two feet high. The walls are of beautiful grau Ite, which has been handsomely pol ished. The celling is forty feet thick. The front of the cave Is of glass, which the owner and occupant, H. S. Mobley, put In, together with hard wood floors. The 'flues for the cooking range pass out through the mouth of the cave and extend outward a distance of nearly forty feet Movable screens permit the Increase and reduction of rooms at the pleasure of the occupants. A fine prlng at the top of the mountain fur nishes water through a private system of waterworks. This novel dwelling was completed about two years ago. It is approached by a beautiful road ascending th crest of the mountain by easy stages, and the grounds about the cave are kept In perfect condition. The occu pants declare that It is the coolest dwelling In summer and the most com fortable In winter, and they have no fear of cyclones, which are frequent in that region. Neither heat nor cold penetrates the solid protection of yards of granlto. Mr. Mobley Bays he will live In the cave for the rest of his life. The cave is in easy driving distance of Prairie Grove) town. Boston Traveller. Stable Ventilation. Some years ago Prof. F. H. King, of Wisconsin, made an experimental study of the effect of ample and de ficient ventilation upon twenty mlloh cows. The experiment was made in a half-basement stable, represented in accompanying figure, having three out side doors, thirteen large windows and a door leading by a stairway to the floor above. The celling was nine feet above the floor and the stable con tained 960 cubic feet of space per cow. Leading upward from the celling were two hay chutes two by three feet In cross sections, twenty feet high, which could be opened or closed at will, and a ventilating shaft terminating near the ridge of the roof Inside. During the trial the cows were kept continuously In the stable with the hay chutes closed during two days and then with them open two days, the trials being repeated four times. Fol lowing these four trials the hay chutes were left closed during three consecu tive days for poor ventilation and left CC3 tic fw!!wiiia tiiiee, uitiaiiig four teen days In all. It was found that measurably the same amount of feed was eaten under both conditions of ventilation: Rut during the days of insufficient ven tilation the cows drank, on the aver age, 11.4 pounds more water each day and yet lost in weight an aver age of 10.7 pounds at the end of each Cardboard Takea Qnalltle of Metal. An eighth-Inch disk of cardboard re volved on the shaft of an electric mo tor of highest speed gets stiff, owing to the rotary tension, which makes it behave like metal, and It can no long er be bent, effort to keep country roads In good condition It might be something of a hardship to farmers, but the Intelli gent use of the split-log drag has prac tically solved the problem of country road making and road maintenance, and people need to get busy In em ploying them on the highways. In many parts of the country, especially In Iowa and Missouri, hundreds of miles of roads are kept In passable condition the year around by means of this cheap and inexpensive Implement When once a highway Is placed in good condition any farmer can keep up one' mile of road the year around by dragging It a few times a month after rain has fallen, a work that will take the time of a man and team less than a half a day all told. Denver Field and Farm. Experience with Alfalfa. In the first place, I made two mis takes In sowing with grain and of course made two failures in getting a stand that suited me.. For my third endeavor I selected a piece of ground which had been In hoed crops for a number of years and heavily manured each year, plowing It in April and keeping It cultivated till July, when I seeded it at the rate of 20 pounds per acre. On the night following my sowing we got a very heavy shower, and I got a magnificent stand. On part of the field I had sown wheat and red clover the fall before. So that in the fall after sowing my alfalfa the red CluTCr Wait kuea Ills'" auil 'U full bloom, and as I did not wish it to go to seed I turned my cattle and sheep Into it, thinking they would not trou ble the alfalfa, but I found that I had made a great mistake, as they fell upon the alfalfa and eat It nearly Into the ground. I gave It up, thinking it was entirely ruined, but the next spring it came up as green as a bed Hood's Sarsaparilla Acts directly and peculiarly on the blood; purifies1, enriches and revitalizes it, and in this way builds up the whole system. Take it Get it today. In usual liquid form or chocolated tab lets called Barsatabi. 100 Doses SL. Ob Saoeeaafal Caae. "Doctor, you're not so foolish as to think you can make people good by performong operations on them, are you?" - "That depends upon what you call making people good. Tou can check heir disposition to commit crime." "As, for example" "Well, I once knew a man who was eured, by a simple operation, of a ten dency to rob banks and hold up rall vay trains." "Did you perform M. doctor?" "No; I was merely -called on to ver ify the result after the operation was ever." "Well, who did perform ltT" "A frontier sheriff." Chicago Trib une. To-Day and Te-Htmw. Happy men are full of the present, or its bounty suffices thsm: and wise men also, for Its duties engage them. Our grand business undoubtedly Is not to see what lies dimly at a dis tance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Edward FltsOerald, "Polonlus." period, regaining this again when good ventilation was restored, and this, too, when they were drinking less water. During the good ventilation days, too, for each and every period, the cows gave more milk, the average being .55 pounds per head per day. At the end of the fourteen days the cows were turned Into the yard and exhibited an Intense desire to lick their sides and limbs, doing so in many oases till the hair was stained with blood. Examination showed that during the Interval a rash had developed which could be felt by the hand, in the form of hard raised points, and the rasping of these off caused the bleeding. of lettuce, and since then, now five years ago, I have mown from two to three crops each year, of the very finest of hay, and the stand of alfalfa Is now as good as ever, and all with out being manured or fertilized in any -way. A, C. Gowdy, In Mlchlgar Farmer. Bell Leaa Wheat Abroad. The calendar year 1909 will show a smaller exportation ot wheat than any year in the last decade, and an in- If struck with a hammer creased home consumption, both in a sound emits like that from bronze. amount and per capita average, says It easily saws a cigar in two, similarly a report of the Bureau of Statistics on as a disk of soft Iron, when rapidly j wheat production, exportation and con- armdrl sumption ot the united states. rotated, cuts through heavy plate. Centrifugal force does many other strange things. Among others, when a small chain is looped around a high-speed rotary drum the chain can be shoved off the drum to the The continued decline in exports ot breadstuffs lends Interest to the state ment. The exportation of wheat for the nine months ending with Septem ber amounted to only 27.768,901 bush ground, where It bounces up and when against 68,178.935 bushels in the struck acts like a ring ot solid metal. Hank's Reply. Hank Stubbs I fixed one uv them air agent fellers to-day. Blge Miller How sot Hank Stubbs Waal, he came sneak In' up to my front door an' ast me ef the lady uv the house wus In, an' I period. said no, but the gentleman uv the barn an' boss stables is. Boston Herald. same month of 1908; flour exports were 6,288,283 barrels, against 9,428.347. This reduction 1n exports of wheat seems to be due to Increased consump tion at home rather , than at any de cline in production. The average an nual production for the last five years has exceeded any earlier five-year Very Tlnnanai. ."Tou aay she's a very remarkable woman." "I think ao. She can play bridge with a poor partner without looking like a martyr." Louisville Courier-Journal. Rnral Delivery and Roada. The PoBtofflce Department at Wash ington has again sent out orders that rural mall delivery Is to be discontin ued on routes not properly maintained by mall patrons, who are supposed to keep the roads In good condition. In many parts ot the country the roada are maintained and kept In fairly good condition, but thousands of miles of roadways traversed every day by the carriers are wretched, and later In the If you pay attention to a baby and tt acts cross and mean, the mother la pretty apt to aay: "Baby does not tea year will become next to Impassable, good; he has not had his nap.'' Were It a matter of great expanse or Save This Recipe for Colds. "Mix half pint of good whiskey with two ounces of glyoerine and add one half ounce Concentrated pine compound. The- bottle is to be well shaken each time and uied in doses of a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful every four hours." Any druggist hai these ingredients or he will get them from his wholesale house. This is wonderfully effective. The Concentrated pine is a special pine product and comes only in half ounce bottles, each enclosed in an air tight ease, but be sure it is labeled ' ' Concentrated. " Died at Bla-hty-elg-ht aa Predicted. Prophesying early In life that she would live to see her eighty-eighth birthday, Miss Julia H. Hancock, o Brockton, Mass., died a few days ago on the day she had previously set for her death. Infirmities of age are given as the cause. She gave no particular reason for her prediction, although she seemed imbued with the bollef that her prophecy would rom t Glaaa Walla (or Fruit Tree. An Interesting experiment in fruit growing has been recently carried out by the Count do Cholseul and de scribed In Cosmos. When a south wall Is used for fruit trees the north side of the wall is practically wasted as far as fruit' Is concerned. Count de Cholseut has used a glass wall, and grown fruit trees on both sides. The produce on the north Bide is little in ferior to that on the south. A photo graph showB heavily fruited pear trees on both sides of the wall.. The wall, 60 feet long and 6 feet high, had fif teen pear trees planted on each side. In 1907 134 pears, weighing 91 pounds, were gathered on the south side of the wall, and 109, weighing 77 pounds, on the north side. The variety grown was the Doyenne L'Hlver. The next time you feel that swal lowing sensation, the sure sign of sore throat, gargle Hamlins Wizard Oil im mediately with three parts water. It will save you days and perhaps weeks of misery. What'a In a Ifamef An amusing story has been told con cerning Mr. Phillips' . classic drama. "Ulysses." . When It was being played In America, two young girls were sit ting together In the stalls at a matinee performance, and before the curtain rose the following conversation was. heard: "Say, Maude, I know this play is going to be funny." "What makes you think so?" asked Maude. "Why, anybody could tell that from the name!" was the reply. M. A. P. Good for Sore Eyes, for over 100 years PETTIT'S EYE SALVE has positively cured eye dis eases everywhere. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. a-otnt ot Utnerence. Tes,M said the bride of three short months, "I had made up my mind to remain In the Bplnster class, then John appeared upon the scene and I ac cepted him because he was so unlike Other men." ' . "Oh, of course he's different," re joined the envious lady friend. "He proposed." Yonkers Statesman. When to Plant Berrlee, Lewis Roesch, the veteran nursery man, says the best time to plant every thing except strawberries, black rasp berries and perhaps peaches, Is the fall, Bay from Oct 15 Until the ground freezes up. The next best time is as early in ths spring as the ground Is dry enough to work. In case the ground to be planted Is exposed to se vere winds or else Is bo damp as to heave In winter all stock had better be planted In spring. Getting Rid of Weeds. The best plan for ridding the fields and pastures of noxious weeds Is to cut all ot them out before they go to seed. If no seeds are al lowed to form the crop will at least be reduced next year. Many of the weed pests are biennials, blossoming and seeding the second year; hence by keeping them from going to seed the second year they will die and that will be the last of them. The Canada thistle belong to this class. Your Hair Contrary? Is it inclined to run away? 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