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Show WINS PROPHET FAME Oklahoma Hermit Correct in Predicting Pre-dicting Floods. Railway Builders Stand in Awt of Him Becauia River Wrecks Bridge Thrice as He Said It Would. Mu-l'"Kei', (Ikln I.IiIiik In a lint on tlx ti.uik uf Hie ('nun. linn river, near I'lirnni. lila alililllnt i.luee fur :tll yeara. la I'lerte Davta, a hernill, wlmat. Juur-nrvliuia Juur-nrvliuia In all that time liuve never rarrliil him uiilalilii ul a all in lie ra.lina uf hla rul.ln. nml than only fur fiaa) ami aklna fur clutliliiK. Davla Is all feet tall, finely built anil nf ciiminanillna presence. His (real hobby. In furl his only hobby, la to furutell cartaln evanls, csiMclally rialnma to lluoila. Bo arcurale haa m ! that warknmu alone 1U Mid-laml Mid-laml Valley railroad alnuiat aland In awe of lha qiiiir old man. Three tttnea laat auliinin he pra-dieted pra-dieted that floods would come and ears lima a deluxe arrived, on tha dale ho named. While workmen were complctlne; a new Midland Valley brlilne to replace the one waahed away, lha old hermit made hla flrat appearance. Kur a lime ha regarded tha hrlilue wnrkera alleiit-ly. alleiit-ly. Then he aioko to the furemun uf tha muni "You sea Mule wnler In llm river bed now." ha anlit, "but In ,10 dnva Ihn flooda will come and the hriilKe will he carried away." llnvlllK llimle lila iii ni'bery I he old hermit aliiiile aaay anil lha wurkinen latiKbed al him aa If he were em.y. Kiaelly S9 daya Inter the DimhI ratue. The fnllnwlnej day Ilia I'miadliin rlier awept awuy the brlilite. The hrlilK.i wua rebiilli. and when the workmen bad neiiily cnmiileted It the' hermit annlii niieiired. He prophesied Ihttt Nuveuitirr T llimr wiiuld be a M TimiI itae lu the river and that the hrlitxe wuiild iikhIii be waahed away. The 22d nf Xnvember Ihn brlilno wua iiuiiln wii.beil away. Four dnva liner while w-uikiiirn were rebulliliiiK the brlilur the ile-tlireaijlli" ile-tlireaijlli" Ilmire l I . il t hkhIii. KiiI III II I y the .'III brnillt iruibraled Hull the fullowlliK Him. lm tlir IiiIiIk" miiilil aKiiln ko out. 1'be iiuib...y pruvnl true. I'lldailllleil, Hie rmiii,inv iit.lill . 1 1 1 workmen lo rrluillilliiK Hie Ihi.Il'". which wua cumiitrtrd 11. nib-t' I.l. Ilefure the Auul repaha weie tinulr Iiavla made anutlier niiili.'i' llr run over llir bibUe until lireembei 15. Tills prophecy alan prnved true Alllinililh Hie IiiIiIk" una compleied Ilecember I'l Ihere una u delay In iin-tlna iin-tlna I lie flrat linlli nirr. nml It was nut until the 1Mb Hint naillr was re sinned. On every oecitalun IiniU luia fmr told the eiiii l Ik IkIii m lu. Ii Hie river wnutd rtae. nml hla pi-r,llriluna have been correct. - - V. Wblleliniiae nf ibis clly nml A. II Mm tun nf l lrvelllliil. "Wlleleaa telephnne alntlnna will be eatiibllahed nl llle tup nf aiilue hiltb biillilliiK In New Ynrk nml lluatun." auld Mr. Hievrna "We expect to be nble in iclve a il.-tntl.vl arcniint of our trip aa we are anllltiv. tlirouitb Hie air. 'Tnr lunn aaeenalnna or halloun niece the wireless telephone outfit abniild be of Ineatlmnbln value, aa II will be p.i.allile lo keep trnrk of the halliain, mid In caae nf dllllctiliy, as alalunce limy be quickly aeni. "rir anveinnienl uaea In Ulrlalhle ballcaina, the wlreleaa telephone will alao be of ureal aid. In rernnmillerllia eipedltlona It would thus be poaalble lo glvo accurate Informailon of the operations of the enemy In time or war." |