OLD BEN, AMBULANCE HORSE.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, 17 September 1903, Page 6

OLD BEN, AMBULANCE HORSE.

Heard the Hour of nn Automobile Bins and! Went Over Ilia , Old Ronte. % Old Ben, an ambulance horse, who •was dispensed with by the police department after supposedly outlivim his usefulness, made his second bril liant performance when he ran awa\ in Edgemonf, says the Canton (0.) News-Den lerat. Ben has leer, doing duty as an ordinary ai'.'-.■: y wagon "hos.-" reeenrly. and while standing at the r*»rnei of Cincinnati and Washing-or: street heard the gouT ° " nn apprKS-r-binsr m: tomobile. Supposing thai it was rh ambulance and I hat "his services wei needed, T»e:> flew off at a terribje speetf ' never stopping i:. ;"1 he rea •/••.> i th St.'Elizabeth hospital at Ilopelan' street, where he'drew tip in front o the institution as of old, but v- '*"' nothing but shafts dangling lrh : ?.d En route Ben h?d brought thousandof people to rh:' c nbsloms. and hi left destruction in his wake. Faithfc Old Ben. conscientious and ener-reti* despite his age* escaped unscathed am" was taken in charge at the hospital by gentle hands. Several inriiirhT ago Ben happened ir front of the Main street engine hoos> when an alarm was sounded. Th noise of the groups awakened the o'd time feelimr in the animal, and he rai several miles, beyond control of thdriver, who finally guided him into ; fence. His last remarkal le run covered a p;i!e. and Old Ben knew every foot of the route. Hearty All Sc!rooT.:irl« study Too Many Honre a Day, Snys Ccheliutia i.adwcn. There is onh~ a certain amount of vital force in each child's body; if you. by giving too much brain and nerw straining work, oblige aii that vita : force to conccittv.'.je itself uu the brain, where is ihe force which is to form the Fieal'M* Jv-dyt.cc- me. fr.-mV says Ethel:; !n '{advvenv'ih Chambers' Journal. \ •;;: v. "d ...>t pr.;;;.:•_•.: a iis.-f.-le, larjCJ-r;;:ri.:c(; n.r.i.sn if y ... ; iv> ihe girl-child a pi.:.y, half dev. -'.- ,'-.?; h< £\ because \i .: iTv.-.-;lroua e. p i;:'n: too much :.. I-.-, German :;. ;1 t'rt nci into her i■•. ' i in too ."-!;• rr a time. Of what is '■ i.-n-tv ing to a g:.i who has r... i ~ hj? Moreover, t i maeh ntrv ; nlng brain work in<.::.- :;..t nt . ;. '.-. ret health, bui a!s« impaired ,-.: :.:•. pearanee. A- c J con:,.:. ..-: -. y.cC teeth, fine htii;-, -ar, ";.--. :. . : an erect, active ii : .-. are i -•;• U: the girl v.h; -o Lraia L::~ '■ .; -ys tcmaticaiiy »,? ,-• rked. K.:.:.:.: ,i. brainwerk Is ;:■• mosftha, i:..?; : n 1« expectsd of v. ■.. : olgh-: '.:- .- , '. ty; but girls of i .iari.;..-. _; . ; .:m. with lc:: -::.- 'hey \-. : ;V. ;;. : «:j, hours, hit; ;.'... . ... ten h;.--..-s : : .:., \ Now, an ei . ~ .- day ,-;" ' ; :hvt;r*. is consider '. < ■' si;".:_-'., ■■.■ jf : ;r r . ?trong ma : hj is it rea.-t.-nabie ti »xpect ;i:;u .. girl whd Las :;.,t r.ti.'j to expend bra; , jw.-.ver, but ;'.:._> prow in? power, and v I .-e ncrv,,> - -•.-.; em s in st'.f-h a C'-v-'V. "on that !::• i:s'.:>r is far hard -: ; ; .-..portl;-.: fir ! ; er. shr.!l work . ■ : ...» hour;-; !:;.-,.•:• pej lay thnn 1:; • . r ng man? : ;.. Mr;; is absurd, and :l;e genera! ro.-;«I; Is that' the : , Jfte::. "."•.•,. - ar wr:'n?!-r.-. ...... e:;hr. ; i :.,.:i: brains . ;!' power :' --.:•' ■ n.ii thou-h::-/. -: .:■;.--lea\e ;". . r,'-.:!era-ic world -.!:-vv..r; • "ti- 'or.. "Giris ~ . -,: - ! u—itliey are y :>,-, of : ' .:: ::; :i;cn should :;;. •■■> fhr. : :.-.-:.• hoursof les-.,;; 1. ;'; £ ]y. At ". r, .• of nine they ;..;.. :dy fo:ir ]. ;irs. ::nd a; 12 the ho :.--- ir.ay be increased to five. At U \ irs . girl should be taken from school ; ar. T : y. :ir will be most ;:-. ~'y spent in building up a reserve stock ..f strength and in learning hou.-mviMy taslrs. At the i ;e of IS or V.< a girl is apt to become impatient over ;h<- routine of liouseh >ld tasks, whereas the girl of 14 or 1" is deeply interested and qv.-e ready to learn. A ~• a year's Interval she will go bark to school with zest, and her mind, !»:tviij« !i.;.| a res;, is so inrigoraied tlia: she more than make.ur> in quick:.-' s (if comprel: >nsion and power f.»r the : '.: i- which has been otherwise .-;>.-: U. During ; ills year of change of work ihe girl may profitably read standard romances, histories and Other forms uf pood literature.

ITjwt iDuirnvcrccnl Xoted i:t tile Frail —Kfteetu <:f ihc.i-'vccw in Florida. Everybody who , ea;s the hi has probably noticed that New York's supply of California oranges lias never before been so plentiful and cheap and good m nyw. You can get big. sweet, juicy navel oranges as low as two for a nickel, says the.Sun. Florid;: oranges have practically been our of the market since the big freeze hi "the fall of 1807; They will find :thir.»s changed 'when they gef back. A few yenrs ag > the su\ riority of the Florida orange, particularly the Indian river product, was unquestioned. The Caijiornia orange was coarse-grained, less juicy than -the t'ioridas, deficient in flavor and full of a stringy pulp thai Was both disagreeable to the eater and hard upon rhc digestion. But a wonderful improvement has beta made within a comparatively short time.' The California orange today is still coarse-grained and still lacks some of the delicate flavor of the Florida or the Messina fruit, but its flavor has been vastly improved, it is brimming with jui.ee and the tough fiber in the best grade of orancres has almost entirely disappeared. It is not generally known that this horticultural device for doing away with the seeds in the ripened fruit was introduced in this country by au observant American woman who • called J;he attention of the department of agriculture to it. This woman, while traveling in the province oi Bahin, Brazil, in ISGS, observed that the oranges of that province were much superior to rhose raised in the United States, and seedless as well. .She communicated with the commissioner of agriculture, and as a 'result 12 -young plants we're sent from Brazil to Washington.