Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1894 — Ugly Winds. [ARTICLE]

Ugly Winds.

The most pernicious /Winds are the samiels. or hot winds, of Egypt They come from the deserts to the southwest and bring with them infinite quantities of tine dust, which penetrates even the minutest crevice. The thermometer often rises to 125 during their continuance, and thousands of human beings have been known to perish from suffocation in the fiery blast. It was one of these samiels, that destroyed the army of Sennacherib. Alexander the Great nearly lost his whole force in another and the army of Cambyses was utterly annihilated. Professor Garner says that gorillas do not talk with chimpanzees, but neglects to tell us which party is at fault or which began it. The man who has nothing to cay is all right if he doesn’t talk too much. —New Orleans Picayune.