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Show la The Water. The human body weighs a pound in the water, and a single chair will carry two grown persons. That Is, it will keep the bead above water, which is ail that la necessary wben It Is a question of life or death. One finger placed upon a stool or chair, or a small box, or a piece of board, will easily keep tbe head above water, while the two feet and the other hand may be used as paddles to propel toward tbe shore. It Is not at all necoaary to know how to swim to be able to keep from drowning drown-ing In this way. A little experience of tbe buoyant power of water, and faith In it. i nil that la nmulr.! We have seen a small boy, who could not swim atroke, propel himself him-self back and forth across a deep, wide pond by means of a beard that would not sustain Ave pounds weight. Children and all others should have practice In tbe sustaining sustain-ing power1 of water. In nine cases out often the knowledge that what will sustain a pound weight is all that is necessary to keep one's head above water will serve better in emergencies than tbe greatest ex pertnets as a swimmer. A person unfamiliar with the buoyant power of water will naturally try to climb on top of the floating object on which he tries to safe himself. If it Is large enough, that Is alii right But it la generally not large enough, and half of a struggling group is often drowned in the desperate scramble of a life and death struggle to climb on top of a piece of wreck or other floating object, not large enough to keep them ail entirely above water. This often happens when pleasure boats capsize. All Immediately want to get out of the water on top of tbe overturned or half-filled boat, and all are drowsed exceot those wboe the wrecked craft'wlll wholly btar up. If tbey would simply trust the water to sustain ninety-nine hundredths of the weight of their bodies, and the disabled boat the other hundredth, tbey might all be aa ed under meat circumstances. An overturned or water-filled wooden boat willsustaln more people in this way than It will carry. It would keep tbe heads above water of as many people as could get their hands on the gunwale. gun-wale. These are simple facts, easily, learned, and may some day save your life. Dotton JomnuU oCbm-were. |