Help in Case of Accidents. Drowning. 1. Loosen clothing, if any. 2. Empty lungs of water by laying body on its stomach, and lifting it by the middle so that the head hangs down, Jerk the body a few times. 3. Pull tongue forward, using handkerchief, or pin with string, if necessary. 4. Imitate motion of respiration by alternately compressing and expanding the lower ribs, about twenty times a minute. Alternately raising and lowering the arms from the sides up above the head will stimulate the action of the lungs. Let it be done gently but persistently. 5. Apply warmth and friction to extremities. 6. By holding tongue forward, closing the nostrils, and pressing the Adam's apple" back (so as to close entrance to stomach), direct inflation may be tried. Take a deep breath and breathe it forcibly into the mouth of patient, compress the chest to expel the air, and repeat the operation. 7. DON'T GIVE UP! People have been saved after HOURS of patient, vigorous effort. S. When breathing begins, get patient into a warm bed, give WARM drinks, or spirits in teaspoonfuls, fresh air, and quiet. Burns and Scalds. Cover with cooking soda and lay wet cloths over it. Whites of eggs and olive oil. Olive oil or linseed oil, plain, or mixed with chalk or whiting. Sweet or olive oil and lime Water. Lightning. Dash cold water over a person struck. Sunstroke. Loosen clothing. Get patient into shade and apply ice-cold water to head. Keep head in elevated position. Mad Dog or Snake Bite. The cord tight above wound. Suck the wound and cauterize with caustic or white-hot iron at once, or cut out adjoining parts with a sharp knife. Give stimulants, as whiskey, brandy, etc. Stings of Venomous Insects, etc. Apply weak ammonia, oll, salt water, or lodine. Fainting. Place flat on back; allow fresh air, and sprinkle with water, Place head lower than rest of body. Tests of Death. Hold mirror to mouth. If living, moisture will gather. Push pin into flesh. If dead the hole will remain, if alive it will close up. Place fingers in front of a strong light. If alive, they will appear red; if dead, black or dark. If a person is dead decomposition is almost sure to set in after 72 hours have elapsed. If it does not, then there is room for investigation by the physician. Do not permit burial of dead until some certain indication of death is apparent. Cinders in the Eye. Roll soft paper up like a lamplighter, and wet the tip to remove, or use a medicine dropper to draw it out. Rub the other eye. Roll on carpet, Fire in One's Clothing. Don't run-especially not downstairs or out-of-doors. or wrap in woollen rug or blanket. Keep the head down, so as not to inhale flame. Fire from Kerosene. Don't use water, it will spread the flames, Dirt, sand, or flour is the best extinguisher, or smother with woollen rug, table-cloth, or carpet, Suffocation from Inhaling Illuminating Gas. Get into the fresh air as soon as possible and lie down, Keep warm. Take ammonia-twenty drops to a tumbler of water, at frequent intervals; also, two to four drops tincture of nux vomica every hour or two for five or six hours. Antidotes for Poisons. First. Send for a physician. Second. INDUCE VOMITING, by tickling throat with feather or finger. Drink hot water or strong mustard and water Swallow sweet oil or whites of eggs. Acids are antidotes for alkalies, and vice versa. When the Boat Overturns. DON'T go out in a pleasure boat without being assured that there are life-saving buoys or cushions aboard sufficient to float all on board in case of an upset or collision. All persons should be seated before leaving shore, and no one should attempt to exchange seats in midstream or to put a foot on the edge or gunwale of the boat to exchange seats. Where the waters become rough from a sudden squall or passing steamers, never rise in the boat, but settle down as close to the bottom as possible, and keep cool until the rocking danger is passed. If overturned, a woman's skirts, if held out by her extended arms, while she uses her feet as if climbing stairs, will often hold her up while a boat may pull out from the shore and save her. A non-swimmer, by drawing his arms up to his side and pushing down with widely extended hands, while stair-climbing or treading water with his feet, may hold himself several minutes, often when a single minute means a lite; or throwing out the arms, dog fashion, forward, overhand and pulling in, as if reaching for something-that may bring him in reach of help. Rules in Case of Fire. CRAWL on the floor. The clearest air is the lowest in the room. Cover head with woollen wrap, wet if possible. Cut holes for the eyes. Don't get excited. Ex-Chief Hugh Bonner, of the New York Fire Department, gives the following rules applying to houses, flats, hotels, etc.: Familiarize yourself with the location of hall windows and natural escapes. Learn the location of exits to roofs of adjoining buildings. Learn the position of all stairways, particularly the top landing and scuttle to the roof. Should you hear cry of fire," and columns of smoke fill the rooms, above all KEEP COOL. Keep the doors of rooms shut. Open windows from the top. Wet a towel, stuff it in the mouth, breathe through it instead of nose, so as not to inhale smoke. Stand at window and get benefit of outside air. If room fills with smoke keep close to floor and crawl along by the wall to the window. Do not jump unless the blaze behind is scorching you. Do not even then if the firemen with scaling ladders are coming up the building or are near. Never go to the roof, unless as a last resort and you know there is escape from it to adjoining buildings. In big buildings fire always goes to the top. Do not jump through flame within a building without first covering the head with a blanket or heavy clothing and gauging the distance. Don't get excited; try to recall the means of exit, and if any firemen are in sight DON'T JUMP. If the doors of each apartment, especially in the lower part of the house, were, closed every night before the occupants retired there would not be such a rapid spread of flames. The American Multi-Millionaires. THE VANDERBILTS. DESCENDANTS OF COMMODORE CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. Born on Staten Island, N. Y., 1794; married, 1st, Sophia Johnson, 1813; 2d, Frances Crawford, 1869; died 1877. 3. Wiliam Henry Vanderbilt. 1. Cornelius Vanderbilt, b. 1843; 1. William H. Vanderbilt, b. b. 182'; m. Maria Louise Kissam, 1840; d. 1885. 1 m. Alice Gwynne, 1867; d. 1899. 2. Margaret Lonisa Vanderbilt, 3. William K. Vanderbilt, b. 4. Emily T. Vanderbilt; 1871; d. 1892. m. 1. Florence A. Slosue, b. 18:5; 1. James A. Burden, b. 1897. m. James A. Burden, Jr.,1893.) 5. Frederick W. Vanderbilt, b. 2. Emily Vanderbilt Sloane, b. 3. Lila Vanderb It Soane, b. 1879. NOTE-In the p-digrees of the Vanderbilts and Astors the dates in some instances, particularly of the o'der branches and of branches residing abroad, are subject to co section. The above tale and that of the Astors were submitted to members of the respective familles and were revised by them to the best of their knowledge. 2. William Henry Vanderbilt 6. Florence Adele Vanderbilt; 1. Ruth Twombley, b. 1878; d. 4. Emily Vanderbilt, b. m. William K. Thorn, d. 1896. ID. 7. Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt; m. m.William M. A. Burden, 1904. 3. H. McKay Twombley, b.1889, d. 1906. 4. Alice Twombley, b.1886,d.'96 Great-Great-Grandchildren, 5. Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt, b. 1525; d. 1882. 6. Eliza Vanderbilt, b. 1828; m. George A. Osgood, 1849; 4. 1-95. 1.Sophia Vanderbilt, b. 1830;1. m. Daniel Torrance, 1849. Alfred Torrance, b. 1850 ; m. 2. Marie Torrance, b. 1852; m. 1. John Hadden, b. 1874. 8. Maria Alicia Vanderbilt, b.1. Bertha V. La Bau; m. George 1-31; m. 1st, Nicholas La Bau, 1847, 9. Catherine Vanderbilt, M. Browne. 2. Edith La Bau; m. Tiffany 3. Lillian La Bau; m. 1st, Eu- b.. Clarence Johnson Barker, b. 1834; m. 1st, Smith Barker, 1853; d. 1896. 150; 2d, Gustave Lafitte,. Catherine Barker, b. 1857. 1861 d. 1857. 3. Morris Lafitte, b. 163. 1876; m. Count Czaykowski 10. Mere Louise Vanderbilt. Louise Clark, b. 1855; m. 1st, 1. Edith Lyman Collins, b. Clarence L. Collins, 1874; 24, Capt. Barty Midford; ́ 2d,} Count M. L.Suberville,d.1895. 2. Charlotte E. Niven; m. Count de Sers. THE ASTORS. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN JACOB ASTOR. Born at Waldorf, Germany, 1763; married Sarah Todd, cousin of Heury Brevoort, in New York, 1785; died 1548. Great-Grandchildren. 1. Magdalen Astor, b. 1786; m. 1. Charles Astor Bristed, bl. John Jacob Astor Bristed, b. 1848; d. 1880. Great-Great-Grandchildren. Armstrong Chanders b. 1857; m. Amelie Rives, 1888. 4. William Backhouse Astor, 1. Emily Astor, b. 1819; m. 1. Margaret Astor Ward, b. 1. John 1838; m. John Winthrop 2. Winthrop Astor Chanler, b. 1859; m. Margaret Terry, 1882, and had issue: 1. Laura Astor Chanler; 2. John Winthrop Chan'er, d. 1894; 3. Margaret Astor Chanler; 4. Beatrice Chanler, b. 1891; 5. Hester Chanler, 6, a son; 7. Theo. Ward, b. 1909. 3. Elizabeth Astor Chanler; m. John J. Chapman, 198, and had issue: Chanler Chapman, b. 1901. 4. Wm. Astor Chanler, b. 1867; 6. Margaret LivingstonChanler; 8. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, 2. John Jacob Astor, b. 1829; 1. William Waldorf Astor, b.1. William Waldorf Astor, b Shaw, 1906; issue, 1907, son. 2 l'auline Astor, b. 1880; m. Capt. H. Spender Clay, 1904'; issue 1905, a daughter, 3. John Jacob Astor, b. 1886. 4. Gwendolin, b. 1889, d. 1902. 5. William Astor, b. 1830; m.1. Emily Astor, b. 1854; m. 1. Mary Van Alen, b 18:6. b. 1878; m. 1900, Margaret Louise Post, and had issue: James HenyVanAlen, b. 197. 3. Sarah Steward Van Alen, b. 1881; m. 1902, Robert J. F. Collier. CHILDREN. THE ASTORS-Continued. Grandchildren. Great-Grandchildren. Great-Great-Grandchildren. 4. William Backhouse Astor 5. William Astor (Continued). 3. Charlotte Augusta Astor, b. 1. Caroline Astor Drayton, b. (Continued). 1858, m. 1st, J. Coleman 1880. Drayton, 1879; 2d, George 2. Henry Coleman Drayton, b. 1883; . Constance Knower, 6. Dorothea Astor. b. 1795, m. 1. Sarah Langdon, b. 1813; m. 1. William Walter Astor Borel, 1. Robert John Ralph Boreel; Walter Langdon, 1812; d. Francis . Boreel, 1834; d. 1897. 1853. 2. John J. A. Langdon, b. 1814; b. 1838; m. Mary Emily Mil- 1. Eliza Bofeel: m. Baron H, 3. Alfred Boreel; m. daughter 4. Robert Boreel; d. 18.6. 5. Daughter; m. Baron Otto 6. Daughter, unmarried; d. 3. Eliza Langdon, b. 1816; m. 1. Eliza Wilks; m. Byam K. m. Miss Ives. 6. Woodbury Langdon, b. 1824; 1. Woodbury Gersdorf Lang-1. Sophie E. Langdon, b. 1883. m. Helen Colford Jones, 1847; don, b. 1850; m. Sophia E. 2 Woodbury G. Langdon, Jr. Montgomery, 1882. d. 1892. 3. 4. Three younger children. 5.) 4. A son. 8. Eugene Langdon, b. 1839, 1. Marion Langdon, b. 1864; m. 1. Marion Dorothea Carroll. Royal Phelps Carroll, 1891. |
