| Show t 1 Z V t I 1 IDEATH FROM HEAVEN CELESTIAL BODY CRASHES THROUGH OKLAHOMA HOME of that ocean lle Z frequently than would 8 am inbok number of meteors ia I 1 suled red I 1 special letter in perry 0 T a remark remarkable remarkably abl fatality occurred on nov 12 last out on ae C sea of prairie which surrounds that town a settler named henderson had built one of those humble homes which are an architectural characteristic of a new country the house was plain and unpretentious but it was as good as that ot of his neighbors and it was a home for him his wife and his tittle little ones now the house is roofless and forlorn two of the children are dead and another with arms and legs broken lies on a bed of suffering it all came so suddenly and in so unparalleled a manner they were sleeping and on them teem was that sense of calm security which comes to us all when night draws her sable curtain down then out of the peaceful starlit skies death came to some and woe to all there was no roar of the tempest to warn them there was no crash of heavens artillery to prepare them for their fate one moment the hush of sleep was upon them in the next the deeper hush of death had sealed their lips and stilled their hearts forever As has been said death sent his messenger from the sky A meteoric shower coming from who knows what unknown and unfathomable spaces made that little home its mark in k and its aim was true one stone largely composed of iro iron n and more than a foot in diameter crashed through the roof and the bed where the two children slept was in its path it left their mangled bodies behind as it buried itself in the earth and they never knew how death came to them the arms and legs of another child were broken by falling failing pieces of the roof and the entire family was buried la in the debris of the cabin on the prairie within a radius of a mile were i found six pieces of what undoubtedly ww was one exploded meteor so occurred a casualty of which oklahomans Okla homans will talk with awe and horror for nine days or so while men of science will make solemn and sagacious memoranda of the circumstances and file them away for future reference for a time spectacled strangers with knobby foreheads and protruding brows ws will prowl about the ruins of the humble henderson cabin hunting for fragments of black meteoric stone then ahen they will depart and gossips and science will unite in turning to a later wonder after all perhaps it should be said that the real marvel of the oklahoma instance is that it did not occur in some come more densely inhabited part of the earth just why the celestial cannon ball should have chosen for its victims those who dwelt in a sparsely sewed settled wilderness and why year after similar ones should miss the numerously populated parts of chef world are questions that suggest themselves and always are unanswerable natures bombardment continues a eternally and its victims are wonderfully der fully few I 1 I 1 I 1 V 1 3 1 4 z 1 z 11 sleepwalking SLEEP WALKING som eMIng about this and ad daso corona habit sleep walking or somnambulism Is neither so common nor so entertaining ta tal ining ning IL A habit as readers of a certain kw kind of stories might be induced to believe it is as a little reflection will convi convince nce us ui a habit or we might even say a malady which espos expos exposes es its victim to great pern peril the somnambulist Is in n a condition n very similar 8 to that of a hypnotized or mesmerized person the action of the mn mind I 1 d Is greatly restricted in that the reasoning ng faculty Is almost completely in abeyance and everything grything the person does is purely automatic and performed under the influence of a single idea but the very fact that the mind cripp crippled led as its powers are ac acts ts solely in 0 one ne direction and is not distracted by external impressions makes the persons actions more certain than they would be in a waking waki na state thus a somnambulist may wa walk lk along the edge of a root roof with perfect steadiness while if awake he would certainly turn dizzy and fall so too in a totally dark room the sleepwalker sleep walker will often move about without stumbling against chairs or tables or will seat himself at a desk or stand holding many objects without upsetting one although we do not know with certainty the condition of the brain in somnambulism observation has taught us to recognize many of the caus caners that induce it and so to control alt habit in great measure these cabras cauras N S I 1 I 1 1 I 1 6 it I 1 4 P ill 11 WL 6 e I 1 1 aio alp ilp I 1 11 I 1 DEATH FROM THE STARS I 1 may be mental such as worry brooding over one idea and hard study especially I 1 ally late at night or physical such as late suppers insufficient exercise zea and sleeping with the head too low most sleep walkers are either of a nervous constitution or have re some severe shock great or immoderate joy which has temporarily disturbed their nervous equilibrium the young of both sexes are most subject to sleepwalking sleep walking and when the habit is formed in youth it is usually outgrown in a few years the confirmed somnambulist should avoid all the mental and physical causes above mentioned the bed clothing should be light the sleeping room of good size and well ventilated much time should be passed in the open air and over application to studies must be carefully avoided in obstinate cases the patient should not be left alone at night and doors and windows should be securely fastened if he is discovered out of bed he should be gently guided back and should not be awakened until once more lying down youths companion |
