The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-19
BULLET IN HIS Lee
Practical Use Of the Local
K Ray.
Physician Makes Discovery-Cap-
tain Bowers
Bullet.

The X Ray exhibition began again
yesterday in the Arlington Block, Ho-
tel street, and met with a repetition of
it's phenomenal success. Quite num-
Der of persons who imagined their
bones were not just right, called yes
terday, and were convinced that their
fears were groundless.
DR.. Smith, of the U. S. S. Adams,
has been a frequent visitor to the
rooms where the wonderful invention
is exhibited, and by it's aid has made
some curious discoveries as to the
causes of several of the men on the
vessel being unable to properly per-
form their duties aboard ship. In one
instance a sailor had no use of his
right arm, and it was found when the
member was placed under the Crooks
tube that the shadows plainly showed
that the cords were twisted and grown
together. An operation will be per-
formed that will relieve the man of
the trouble.
A representative of the Advertiser
visited the rooms last night, and was
shown the wonderful invention; four
nails driven into block of wood were
plainly visible, and a half-dozen other
experiments were shown with equally
good results. The most surprising fea-
ture in it all is the apparent dimness
of the light. Instead of having the
brightness of the electric spark the
light has an opalescent hue, which
penetrates through the flesh, leaving
the bone standing as a much darker
shade than the flesh.
Subsequent to this visit the reporter
induced Capt. w. L. Bowers, of the
Merchants Patrol, to accompany him
to the place for the purpose of investi-
eating the cause of an impeachment
which Capt. Bowers has in his walk.
People who know this gentleman have
noticed that his right leg is a trifie
longer than it ought to be- But it
never has been pulled. Some time in
the early SOS Capt. Bowers was stock
inspector for the county in Wyoming
where Red Buttes stands. In this ca
pacity he had to look after all the horse
thieves the mob didn't lynch. and sew
eral Of those who died suddenly and
without friends to look after their re-
mains. On several occasions he was
the disease which attacked the lovers
OF other peoples horse flesh, and in
cidentally one of those gentlemen was
the disease which gave Capt Bowers
the leg impeachment mentioned above
On this occasion he was in the foot
hills above the buttes when he saw two
men driving off some stock. He rode
up to them and asked for an explana-
ton, which was promptly given him
through the barrel of a six-shooter. Ac-
cording to Wyoming etiquette Bowers
was in duty bound to acknowledge
the receipt.
When the exchange of cOurtesies was
ended the two horse thieves were nur-
sing slight wounds and Bowers was
disabled by a bullet in the thigh which
had broken his leg. The three men
were found later drinking from the
same canteen and taken to the Buttes.
Bowers to an improvised hospital and
the men to Jail. The two latter, after
recovering from their wounds, stole
the Sheriff's span of horses and drove
into Utah, where they became pros
porous citizens
During the investigation last night |
Capt. Bowers placed one foot on the |
table with his knee close against the !
tube. Mr.. Adams. the OPERATOR turned /