Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 45, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 May 1897 — Page 3

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THE FLOOD HORROK.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF AN ARKANSAS REFUGEE.

How the Vojfry Waters Wiped Ont a Home—An Unheeded Warning—A Night In a Tree and a Mirmcnloos E»cap«—A

Home Abandoned Forever. [Special Correspondence.] ST. LOUIS, May 4.—The following is

the personal experience of a flood refngee as related tc the writer: "Tell you abont it? Certainly, although we are none too proud of oar part in the matter. Yon see, we were new to that part of the country and didn't know what an irresistible force we were pitting our puny strength against, and the experience has cost us dear. We relied too much on the fancied strength of the levees, not realizing till too late that they were only piles of sand and half rotted timbers, after all. "We bad moved into southeastern Arkansas only two years ago, and being unucquainted with the region we didn't even know the country was subject to overflows, let alone how dangerous they were. "When we were enlightened by a kindly neighbor, we simply laughed, for we were five miles from the great river, and that seemed far enough in our ignorance to be quite safe even in case of high water. Still, father did give heed enough to repeated warnings to build bis house on the highest spot on his land. That was only a broad knoll perhaps a dozen feet above the level of the swamp that lay between us and the river. 'The house when completed was firm and substantial—a square, two story affair, with a flat deck, to which a pair of stairs led up through the garret, and it was closely surrounded by a fine grove of tall pecan and oak trees. I mention these oaks because they played a brave part in our late troubles, and because but for them I should probably not be relating this story. "Our family consisted of father, mother, three grown sons, a 4-year-old nephew and myself. Father's name is Josiah Bently, and he had lost most of his money in a business failure just before we came west, where we had hoped to make a new home with the small sum he had saved after his debts were paid. "Crops were well under way and a great campaign of work planned for the season when rumors spread of a coming flood, and every man was warned out to work on the Mississippi levees opposite us. "Of course the three boys went, and the news they brought that night was dincouragiug in the extreme. The river was a raging torrent almost even with the top of the levee, and there waa already several feet of water in the swamps. "We grew uneasy and alarmed, but not for our pergonal safety, feeling muoh confidonce in our few feet of elevation to keep us high and dry. Everybody on the flats prepared to move to higher ground, but we refused to go, only at the last sending Tom', iny'youngest brother, along with the horses and cows, which we imagined might come to grief in case of au overflow, and, of course, he remained on the hills to look after them. "Several days went by, the water steadily rising until it was almost even with the doorstep. Everybody but ourselves had fled, and the hour soon came when we, too, would have gladly joined the refugees, but it was then too late, as we had no boat save an old punt that would carry but three, and no one was willing to go and leave the others behind. "So wo staid, perforce, and, finding the water was surely entering the house, the men carried everything of value into the second story, even storing provisions and lighter goods in the attic. From the roof we could see for miles up and down,

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discouraged us. "I have been told siuce that much of it came from the Arkansas and its tributaries, but then wo only knew it was there and slowly, noiselessly creeping always higher and higher, until it drovo us into the attic and onto the roof. "Then it rained and rained, and the wind blew a gale all one night. The darkness was intense, and mat./ times the men crept to the stairway and put down their hands to see if the water was invading our last shelter. "Daylight revealed a reason for the rushing, roariug sound, which we bad not mistrusted. The creek I mentioned had changed its course during the night and now poured a wild torrent of water past the house so closely that it washed the very eaves. "Long before night the underpinnings were so uudermined that the building began to lean, and a perch waa hastily prepared for mother, little Hughie and me in one of the huge oaks whose branches overarched the roof. "The little lad cried pitifully, and I will not nay my own eyes were dry when I scrambled into tho tree. Mother was bravest of all, but she, too, shed tears when about dusk the house tipped over and settled down into the dark water*. "That night was a horror such as I hope never again to experience. Sleepless and shivering with nervous dxead, we clang together, listening to the roar of the surging flood and momentarily expecting to be plunged into it by th* falling of the tree. "The forenoon passed, afternoon waned, and we were just concluding another night of horror was before us. when, to our joy and eternal gratitude to God. we saw a large boat approaching from the west and recognised Tom as one of the rowem "Shall we ever go back to the plantation? never. Not for all the land in Arkansas would one of us go through such another experience,"

Ryx Johnson,

BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS.

Stage Manager Vincent Write* of Two Great Dramatic Favorites,

[Special Correspondence.]

New York, May 8.—Two or the greatest favorites the American stage has ever known were Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. I well remember that their advent from the Bowery, where they bad long been immense favorites, to Broadway created no end of comment. But the result demonstrated that they were able to entertain adequately the higher grade audiences to which they then played, and they succeeded in amassing an enormous fortune for stage people—said to have been in excess or $500,000. This couple furnished a contradiction to the cynical theory of many of the present day authorities that there is little conjugal happiness among theatrical people, for I never saw two more devoted persons in my life. They did not parade their domesticity, and Mrs. Williams' sterling qualities as a wife were not systematically advertised, as in the case of at least one actress now prominently before the public, but it got to be generally known, and the estimable woman was beloved for it She is still living and is as universally respected as when she was one of the idols of the American theater going public.

A circumstance which could not but impress itself upon the attention of observing persons was the persistency with which the "Irish lad" and the "Yankee gal" were maintained in all the plays presented by this couple. In scarcely one of them was either of these characters missing, and judging from the pecuniary, and I may say also the artistic, result, it must be a good plan for actors to thoroughly identify themselves with one line of parts after they have achieved comparative fame. Of the ability of these two players there was but one opinion. The equal of the lady in her branch of work has never been seen in this country, or perhaps in any other. Barney, on the other hand, while always a gocd actor, was never a great one. For the parts he played he seemed to lack the unction possessed by the father of the present John Drew, who was generally conceded to have been the best actor of Irish roles this country has produced. But Barney was satisfying, because he always gave a creditable performance and was besides very conscientious in his work. Then, too, he was aided and abetted by his charming spouse, which was enough to cause any man to be liked, if for nothing else than gTatitude for having given an audience the opportunity to witness the performance of that talented woman.

I believe that Mrs. Williams was really the means of saving her husband's life on one occasion in this city. At the time of which I write the so called Know Nothing movement was at its height, and Barney had in some manner inadvertently given offense to this element while in Philadelphia. He

BARNEY WILLIAMS.

came here directly from the Quaker City, and the feeling had reached such a pitch that on the night when he presented John Brougham's play, "The Battle of Bunker Hill," at the old Broadway theater, a deputation of nearly 400 men from Philadelphia went to tho house intent upon mischief. There was scarcely a woman in the audience that evening, and the sea of angry faces was enough to cause the boldest heart to quail.

Barney, however, did not know the meaning of the word fear, and he determined to play the part as though everything were all right. The management backed him up in this determination, but wisely took the precaution to have several hundred policemen distributed through the house before an-i behind the curtain. A couple of actors who were in a front scene were pelted, hissed and guyed unmercifully. In the next scene the character portrayed by Barney was supposed to be discovered, and Barney went on in accordance with the requirements of the role, although everybody knew that there would be a riot as soon as he was seen. His good wife, finding protests in vain, determined to be discovered with him. It was a good thing for the genial actor that she was, too, for such a hubbub was surely never before seen in a reputable theater. Load shoots were heard, "Don't hart our Mary Ann, bat kill the Irishman." Mrs. Williams' pluck and coolness had saved the day. and, as I have already said, probably also her husband's life.

Mr. and Mrs. Williams had an extensive repertory of plays and both always appeared at every performance. The pieces in which they won most fame and in which they will best be remembered by the old timers are "Teddy, the Tyler," "Oat Gal," "Iu and Oat of Place," "Bryan O'JUynn, "Customs of the Country," "The Limerick Boy," "Paddy, the Piper," "Shandy McGuire," "Irish Assurance," "Yankee Modesty," "Uncle Pat's Cabin," "Oar Jemima," "The Irish Tiger," "The Fairy Circle," "The Irish Tutor," "The Happy Man," "Barney, the Baron," "Willie Reilly," "An Hoar In, Seville" and "Connie Soogah."

The Williamses were delightful home entertainers and did everything in the

proper manner at the proper time, bat the sense of filial love was so strong within Barney that be would never permit any one to criticise the pipe smoking habit of his aged mother, to whom he introduced everybody who visited his bouse.

Barney Williams was one of the neat est men I ever met about his apparel, but he was not "finicking," and his popularity was phenomenal, as was attested by the fact that at his funeral the floral offerings filled two large wagons to overflowing, many of them being contributed by persons who bad had practical evidence of the actor's benevolence. The Williamses had no rivals, and it looks now as though they will have no successors in this centary at least L. John Vincent.

THE RAISIN INDUSTRY.

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RAISIN CURING.

refined horticultural industry. Nothing requires more neatness, more taste or gives more pleasure to the horticulturist than the various labors connected with the vineyard and the packing house. If we add to this that no other horticultural industry known is equally profitable, and tbat no other branch of horticulture responds equally to intelligent care and study, it is but natural the capitalist, tbe well to do tradesman, the banker, tbe literary student and the professional teacher should all look to this industry as one conveniently adapted as a recreation from other work, a horticultural pursuit in which the health of the body and the soul is equally improved and where the enjoyments of rural life may be indulged in to the fullest extent. From the very beginning this was tbe case. The raisin vines in Fresno and elsewhere in this state were first planted by tfrese classes pf people, and the raisin colony was synonymous with refinement and anlture, more so than any other, settlement in this state or elsewhere. During tbe last year the additions to our raisin growers have come principally from the large cities and nearly exclusively from people of refinement and means. This again gives to the raisin community an aspect of refinement and taste, and a traveler through the districts where raisins are the almost exclusive crop rather considers himself viewing the outskirts of a large city, where villas and pleasure gardens alternate, than the cultivated acres of the raisin grower, where every foot of ground is guarded with jealous care and made to produce to its utmost capacity.

There ie no horticultural industry which pays as well and yields a return as quickly as the growing of raisin grapes and their curing. The vines are hardly planted before they begin to bear some. Some grapes are borne on the vines when they are a year old, while 2-year-olds have been known to bear a crop. At three years tbe vines pay the expenses and interest on the money, and at four years from planting they bring the first large paying crop. Tbe raisin is the poor man's friend, the crop that will give him quick returns, the crop tbat will enable him to pay tbe mortgage on his farm the quickest, the crop which, if he preserves and cares for it, will make him independently rich in the shortest time. Fresno and the San Joaquin valley are the only places where the vines bear a second crop of grapes annually. In all other sections, in this state as well as in Europe, tbe vines bear only a first crop, and na one ever expects to harvest anything else. The raisin grower there is satjpfied if weather and wind leave him to harvest and cure this first and only crop of his vines, and prosperous indeed is the year when the rain and fog do not injure even the earliest picked grapes.

It is known that as much as $430 per acre has been realised by careful cultivation and by thorough study of the feature of tbe vine and its requirements. Such yield is, however, rare and can only be the outcome of a number of propitious circumstances, sach as rich soil, manuring, favorable weather and skill in handling tbe grapes. Smaller yields of $250 per acre are not uncommon. A colonist with 10 to 15 acres in raisins can, with a little care, realise from $2,500 to $4,000 from his raisins alone. Tbe balance of 20 acres gives him an abundance of vegetables, eggs, poultry, milk, butter and other farm products to live on for himself and family. Thus it will be seen tbat the life of tbe raisin grower is both profitable and pleasant Frank H. Browh.

His Specialty.

May—Can tbe count tell fortunes? Pamela—Not so well as be can spend them.—Town Topics.,

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY E VJBNINffl MAIL, MAY 8, 1897.

of the Moat Plea*ant and Profitable Branches of Horticulture.

[Special Correspondence.]

Los Angeles.ApriL29—In the raisin industry Fresno county, in the San Joar quin valley of California, possesses a mine of unlimited wealth. Raisin growing is now considered as the safest and most profitable horticultural industry not only of this state, but of the United States. The area in Muscatel grapes was almost doubled during the last planting season. Fresno county now possesses very nearly 60,000 acres of grapevines, nearly all of which are Muscatel or raisin grapes.

The success of the raisin industry has naturally attracted the attention of capitalists all over the continent. The culture of the raisin grape, its curing and packing, are pre-eminently the most

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A convulsion, or spasm, is seldom serious. In children there are many causes of convulsions, and the seriousness of any given case depends wholly on the cause, not on the convulsion or the spasm itself.

Children often have convulsions from an overloaded stomach or from a sudden chill, just after eating, which stops the digestion. An emetic is what is needed in such a case. A half teaspoonful of salt dissolved in one-third of a cup of warm water, to which a half teaspoonful of ground mustard has been added, and the whole given at a dose, makes the quickest, safest and best emetic in such a case or in a case of poisoning.

The so called "worm fits" often come from undigested food in the stomach and can also be relieved by such an emetic. Treatment for a convulsion of this sort while it is in progress is not of much use and often does harm. It is, as a rule, better to manage a spasm in a child the same as an epileptic fit in an adult.

In epilepsy remove the patient if necessary to some place where there is no special danger of his getting hurt, loosen the clothing on the neck and chest and then let him alone. Keep every one out of the way and give him plenty of breathing room, and on no acoount try to hold him still nor stop the convulsion. You cannot do it if you try. It is sometimes well to put a large flat cork or a thickly folded cloth between the teeth to keep the tongue from being bitten. After the convulsion is over the patient will often go to sleep. Let him sletp until he wakens of his own accord. Hysterical convulsions do not require any notice taken of them at all and will pass over sooner if unnoticed. If one is in doubt whether a convulsion is hysteria or epilepsy, manage it as for epilepsy.

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