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X-RLYs MADE HIM BALD
Effect Of Locating Bullet in
Wisconsin Mans Head.
SAT FOR FOURTEEN HOURS
Besides Losing All Hair ON Side Ex-
posed to Scorching Light, His Ear
Swened to Twice Its Natural Size,
Mouth and Throat Were Hlistercd
and Lips Cracked and bleeding.

st. Paul, Oct. 7.-William Levy, Of Eau
Clare, Wis, who recently had an X-ray
examination of his skull made BY Prof
Fred s. Jones at the physical laboratory
OF the Minnesota State University, had All
experience III consequence not generally sup
posed to accompany that process.
Levy was shot in the head about ten years
ago by AN escaping bank defaultcr. The
bullet has been some where in his head ever
since, and In July he made up his mind 10
have il located. Accordingly, he came up
and sat from s O'Clock in the morning till
l o at night for a Roeutgen-ray picture OF
his head, The bullet had passed into the
skull just above the left ear going toward
the back of tine head.
LOCATED THE BULLET.
After taking n couple of negatives, they
finally found where the bullet was located.
The doctors wrapped his head up IN wires.
which were definitely located. \ picture
was taken through the skull from the
front toward the back of the head, the
tube from which the rays radiatcd being,
for this purpose, placed inside his mouth.
Tic picture thus secured shovel the
bullet very distinctly to be lying at liz,
JuaCtiOn of the two or the wires, which
crossed right under the occipital bone. 1t
Indicated, also, that the bullet had struck
the hack OF the skull and turned forward
again, for the point OF the bullet being
further from the plate, showed DINNER on
the negative.
These exposures had taken up nearly
the whole day, but the patient felt no bad
effects at the tine. He had been warned
that the experiment might cause him the
loss or his Dair, but that did not deter him
from taking the risk. A very strong cur
rent, about 100000 volts, had been passed
through the tube in making the exposure
SORES on HIS HEAD.
The next day Mr. Levy began to notice
"A peculiar effect on his skin wherever il
had been most exposed TO the rays and
the hair on the right side OF his head
wh'ch had been near the wire began to Iall
out. In few days the right side Of his
head was perfectly bald, his right ear
had swollen 10 twice its natural size. and
presented the same appearance as If very
badly frozeu
Sores We're yi>iLlc On his head; his mouth
and throat Were bl.stcred so that lie could
not eat solid food for three Weeks, and his
lips were swollen, cracked and bleeding.
In :act, The long exposure Of the X-rays.
While giving him no pain at the time.
seemed to have produced very similar IF
fects la q very severe burn.
Mr.. Levy has recovered from the effects
OF his burns, but he Sti has half Il fald
head. He is a pmcky man, about thirty
years OF age, and intends TO have the in
yestigationS carried further and the bull
let removed. He has already written to
Fruf Jones, asking for another sitting.
1t is necessary now TO have q negative
showing how far below the surface the
bullet is located before the doctors decide
whether the operation can lie safely per-
formed.
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BASEBALL NOTES.

Morgan Murphy is in Cincinnati and il is
said that il n few days he will lead to the
altar young woman of that city.
Mack has madea claim for jimmy Bannon
for his Milwaukee club. but Of cpIrse C annot
get him If any League club wants him.
Buck Ewing thinks hi team will be more
successful when his players learn each
others ways. One would think Bill Nc
Phce, Germany Smith, Farmer Vaughn
Frank Dwyer and even Hoy. Miller, Burke q
and Ewing himself should be very well
acquainted by this time e.-Pittsburg Press.
1t occasioned some surprise when it was
found that Billy Earle's name was on the
Cincinnati reserve list, as no one had the
slightest idea that the management would
reserve him. Earle is a rattling ball pIa yer,
but the objection to him is that he is con-
tinually talking hypnotism to his fellow
players, and they don't like It.
These transforming trips after the close
OF the season re not very profitable for the
players. Less than 200 turned out re-
Gently tn see the Cincinnatis play. and the
next day the trip was given up At this
season OF the year the weather is alto
sether too cold for comfort, and p. ople will
not turn out to see games OF ball, even
when pla yed by the strongest OF clubs. All
OF which goes to demonstrate how utterly
foolish it would be to extend the League
championship season beyond it's present
length
Mr.. WagneIf of the Washington Baseball
Club, is making himself not only very con-
spiouous, but also very obnoxious, by his
persistency In giving currency to the most
absurd, untruthfnl and mischievous re-
ports about baseball. He has been ex-
tremcly busy this last month or two. Mr..
Wagner slateso is that Manager Donovan, of
the PittsburS Club, has Offered ..Looie,'
Berbauer for Cartwright, the first baseman
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BLINDED BY THE MOONBEAMS
Strange Malady That Befell Sailors
in the Tropics.
Could Not See at Night-Had Slept
on Deck With Their Faces
Turned Heavenward.

Philadelphia, Oct. Three wcll-drfined
cases Of "moon-blink' occurred on tue BFi-
| list, steamship Acanthus, Il deep sea wan.
! terer, which reached this port yesterday Y
with large cargo OF East Indian sugar
after a voyage OF lS 900 miles from Pass:,-
ro'an.
After the low-lying hills frinsing the
shores of Batavia faded from view on the
afternoon OF July II, tie ship steadily
ploughed her way westward, and for eighty
| days her crew of sixty-siX officers and
scamen saw no land, sighted no vessel
| and encountered no storm. During tie long
voyage through the warm seas of the trOpG.i
seawced more than a foot long and barnacIe-
| as big as a mans fists collected upon tie
ships bottom, until it tooks not unlike Il
submerged meadow.
Among the crew are three Seamen who.
during the run across the Indian Ocean,
night, the result Of that strange disease Of
the eyes prevalent in the tropics, and known
TO sailors as moor r-blink,''
The three Young men who Were stricken
with the disease were Peter EoniD, of
Sydney. N s. W; William Ciemmons. of
Liverpool, and George Dandruff, of San
while the Acapthus was steaming across
the Indian Ocean, young Bonin, findin 9 his
berth in the forecastle too unCumfortably
hot, went out and lay upon the deck.
The moon was nearing her full. ana, is
the case in the tropics, shOne almost directly
overhead. Young Bonin lay upon the deck
with his upturned face famed by the cool
night breeze and was soon fast aslecp
When the watch was changed a t midnight
he was wakeDed and was Mortified TO find
himself blind.
At first Capt. Cliff thought the man might
be shammiDg to avoid going on duty, but
when threats of being placed in irons had
no deterring effect an Investigation was
made To see if the man was really blind and
it was found In q t he could not see, although
his eyes were wide copen. The calamity that
had so suddenly befallen BONN was at once
diagnosed as case of moon blink" and
Capt Cliff cautioned his men agains. run
Ming such risks.
When day began to break, sight began to
return to Bonin, and by sunrise he could
see as well as if nothing unusual had hap
pened to his optics during the night ..---
All Of that day the case of moon blink
formedtbe chicftopic of converse ationlmons
both officersand ere ", and wheanishtc;,mc
Clemmons and Dandruff both determined to
test the effect of the moon on their optics
After a two-hours' nap in tn. fun glar,. Of
the moon, both men were awakened totally
blind. Capt Cliff prevented any further
experimenting in that line during the rest
OF the VOYAGE.
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COMING to THE THEATERS.

william Barry, who returns TO the Acad-
eniy next week, has been called the Irish
Crane ever since he parted with his old
time partner, Fay. He has now an Irish
comedy, THE Rising Generation" that
depicts the rise of an Irish Immigrant who
ventures into politics, and with the help
of a pull goes into the Senate. III
this play Barry convulse.l New York. and
it is said that The Rising Generation''
suits him better than any piece he has ever
bad OF course there are some songs and
a few specialties in the play, and they are
said to be worked in cleverIy
1t is not the first attempt of Mr.. Barry
to star alone, for during the past few years,
Hugh Fay, his former partner, has ap-
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virginia Republicans.

The Virginia Republicans met at 924
F street northwest. last night, about "a
hundred of the association being present.
John H Harrison presidiug- SiXty-four
additional names were placed on the club
roll. A canvassiDg committee of twenty
was appointed to look after the voters
to have grand rally on the 18th Instant
The speakers last night were W E. Page.
Henry Cox. F. d. Lee, j. IL. Harrison, NJ.
j. Hyde and W. G. Smith. The head.
quarters will be kept open every day Tor
the accommodation of voters who desire 10
get certificates for reduced railroad rates
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Croker,s Priuceton Raa-Chird.

London, Oct. 7.-At Leiscester t.,day
the maiden year-old plate of 100
sovereigns, five furlongs, was won ny Sir
j. Tbursby's Trevor, Lordnoowley's Kell-
aways was second and Mr. Richard Crok-
er's Princeton third. The betting vas II
to I against Trevor, o TO l against Kell-
aways aud IL to ON Princeton.
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BoOKMAKERS HELD UP.
Relieved by Four Chicago Footpads of
Fourteen Hundred Dollars.

Chicago, oct. -Four footpads, who
evidently were well acquainted with the
business and habits of their victims, way
laid Abraham Shepherd and William Van
Omum, two bookmakers from the Ideal
Park track Ia ST night, near Western ave
nue., and secured 81 Ala.
Messrs. Shepherd and Van Ornum had
good da Y at the track, a fact which the fob
bers seemed to be a ware of. They held up
the two men within dozen steps of Mr..
Shepherds residence, and quickly escaped
with their booty.
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Strong
Words!
washington, d. C. MARCH o. 1see

Washington, D. c.. March 81, 1896.
To the II. c. R." Chemical Company:
Knowing the good results of the II C. r
Rheumatic Cure" OF persons who have used
it. 1 concluded to send a bottle OF it to an
aunt OF mine of Camden. N. j., who has
been afflicted with the disease fol nearly
fifty years. About two weeks ago sent
her a bottle. and yesterday / received a
letter from her asking 0ieseo send .er an
other bottle, for it was the only medicine
in all her affliction that did her any good.
Before taking it her pains were SO great
that il was Impossible for her to sleep or
rest at night. and in three days after tax
ing the first dose she began to feel woIi-
derful change. She says she can now sleep
and rest at night.
JOHN F. O'NEILL,
lily Pa. ave. Sc,
Brick Merchant
Sold by all druggists.
Trade supplied by F. A. Tschiffely. and
3. 8. Leadbeater 4 Sons. Item
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burger. Donovan coming some way behind
him. Davis and Joyce were the only New
Workers 10 create any ripple. The Brook
Iyh men were all slow, aud there were no
iharveisat WashingtonorLo Tommy
Dowd was the only good st. Louis runner.
Cleveland had no fast men. The figures:
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Survival Of The FitteSt
True in Medicine,
As Elsewhere.
DR.. Walker.
I4II Penn. Ave-, Adj. Willard'S Hotel,
HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 7
NEW MARvELS DAILY IN THE SERIES OF
REMARKABLE CURES.
Adj. Willard'S Hotel,
l41l Penn. Ave.,

merchant OF / 81 / 1th St Sc, states that
he has been a sufferer from constipation,
NERVOUSNESS, and general debility for years.
Since going under DR.. Walkers care he has
steadily improved, and lie takes pleasure
In recommending so skillful physician.
Dr. Walker cures safely and permanently
all disoraers uf the brain and nervous sys-
TEN, diseases orthe skin and blood, catarrh.
asthma, bronchitis, dyspepsia, rheumatism.
rectal diseases, neuralgia, diseases OF
women, loss OF vitality, sexual weakness.
stomach, kidneys, bladder. bowels, and
other organs.
CURES SIu all cases accepted Tor
GUARANTEED treatment.
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Are Yan Lacking
and rises.

Are You Looking
For O location on the railroad. where YOU
can get railroad siding. without a sue
cessful kick against IL from anybody? The
Times Real Estate Bureau eau sell or
lease 1t to you.
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Useful Little Book.

James L. Sullivan has complied an Of
ficIal book of rules, which is published in
No. 90 OF Spalding'S Athletic Library. The
book contains rules for discus throwing,
wrestling, cross-country running, shuttle
board, snOwshoeing, skating, professional
racing, racquets, pigeon flying, dog racing.
quoting, potato racing, pistol and revolver
Shooting, hitch and kick. 1t is valuable
publication, perfectly accurate, and the
rules are the ones looked for quite fire.
quently, and are therefore needed. The
book Will be sent to any address in the
United States or Canada on receipt of 10
cents by the American Sports Publishing
Company, No. 241 Broadway, New York.
A Beautifuf, Modern Home
For 2,400. A few hundred cash, and
the balance rs rent Location northeast
Times Real Estate Bureau.
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BICYCLES.
"Colunbia-Standdrd
Of the World"
Well sell you a
secondhand wheel cheap.

We want to close out big lot of Second
hand BicycIes-al in good condition-and to
do so pronetIy we will make very low prices
intending purchasers would do well to eN-
anime our stock.
some OF the wheels are just the thing to
''piece out" with until new Columbia is par
chased next spring.
Come and see what we have anyway, and
make an offer.
Pope Mfg Co. Riding Academy,
] Hart Britain llUO0 feet surface,
Local Mgr, 2ld and L Sts. NV
5j2 IA. Ave.
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$1.25

$1.25 To Baltimore and Re- $1.25
turn via Penna. n. r..
Tickets will be sold Saturday and Sun
day, October 10 and IL, and will be valid
for return passage until Monday, October
IL. Good On any train. oc6-6tem
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Mr Barry

pedred with him very iitI Nj Barry
was always the favorite of two when
they Were together, an,i reception
everywhere, in his new play, ue..ionsi rated
bis popularity at each appearance so en-
pbatcaily that he need never look for
another comedian TO support him. The
Rising Generation tells an interesting
story of the possibility OF a hard working
man climbing TO the heights OF affIuenee.
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To Ladies' Only.

Mrs. A. A. Moore, who has gained a
very engiable reputation as a lecturer,
will deliver two lectures at the Armory
on the afternoons of Wednesday and
Thursday next. The one on Wednesday
is n ore particularly directed TO mothers
aud is entitled knowledge, the Forma-
ton OF Character, while the one on Thurs
day will mountaineering to the daugh-
tiers, the subject being "When and Whom
TO Marry these lectures are highly
moral and instructive. They commence
at 3 O'Clock, and there is no charge for
admission,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-29

Life In Red Jacket, after dark, is get
ting TO be rather dangerous. Last even
ing Mr. James James was walking up
Portland street toward Fifth and when
near the Seventh street crossing he was
struck squarely on the face with brick.
Mr.. James was taken completely by sur
prise and was unned for few minutes.
When he recovered no one was in sight,
and where the brick came from or who
threw it Mr.. James is at loss to coniec.
ture file thinks il came from the alley
behind Slattery & Ryan's livery barn
but cannot imagine why he should bt
made an object for such an assault
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That Lost Boy.

We yesterd ey drove TO Schumacher
TO enquire whether there was any truth
in the report that a boy, apparently
crazy, had been seen wandering in the
bush west ofthe Peninsula mine location.
We we're informed such was the case and
referred to person living at the PENN
sula for further Information. On driving
there We were told that Finn who had
a small farm west OF there had occasion
ally noticed a boy hanging about his
place, but thought nothing OF il, seeing
20 many boys lived in the neighborhood,
but one day when walking through the
bush be surprised the hoy, who had evI.
IDENTITY BEEN sleeping and who ran away
az II heightened. Our informant said the
boy bad since been seen several times and
that many Of the nightshiIt men at the
mine had turned out TO hunt for the boy,
but did not succeed IN finding him. 1t
seems strange that ia boy had been
away from home or is missing the fact
should not have been reported to the au
thorities.
The matter has now been reported 70
Sheriff Dunn, who at once said that
whether it was his duty or not to hun,
no such matters his humanity would
cause him TO do 80 and II he found it a,
reported be would raise posse and en-
deayor to corral the boy, who il said to
have on pair Of old overalls, has nc
shoes, but has a cap with a white banc
around IL and is apparently from 10 I,
IL years 0f age.
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The I,.loon Replace. the Dog.

Speed is q form Of equipment i'll
which the dog excels the baboon, and
az an aid in the direct pursuit of ami
mails il must always be inferior to what
DIR. Gains calls the ''leporarii THE
"chasing dogges. But in the great and
Justly priced gift of scent the monkey
has the advantage, though dogs have
for centuries been bred with view to
the development of that particular gift,
and have both in sport and in their use
as detectives and watches become al
most indispensable aids to man. Among
the very few instances in which the ami
NAL has been taken wild and used intel
ligently as servant IT has been found
that he cannot only find edible plants by
scent which the truifle hunters poodles
are trained To do, but can be used to
discover hidden water-a unique i'll
stance Of animal service. lie valiant,
the African traveller, gives all account
Of tame baboon-probably "a chacma
from South Africa--which illustrates
| its fitness as IA watch, u hunter and a
procurer of food and water more fully
than any others record.
This monkey, by sheer force Of brains
took command of the dogs kept to pro-
tect the camp and used and directed
| them just as the older balloons com.
| mand and direct the rest Of their tribe.
"By his cries. says lie Valiant, "he
always warned us of the approach Of an
enemy before my dogs discovered it.
The dogs were so accustomed to his
voice that they used to go to sleep, and
was at first vexed with them for de-
sorting their duties. When he once had
given the alarm, they would all stop to
watch for his signal, and on the least
motion Of his eyes or the shaking Of his
head have seen them all rush forward
to the quarter toward which they OBJ
served that. his looks were directed. y
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did not understand or did not want TO,
and he waded into them. Mr.. Riney,
being strong man, soon had two OF the
men down, but the third picked up some
heavy sharp stones from the road bed
and threw them at Mr.. Riney. He was
hat in four different places in the head
and completely stunned. The men then
made their escape up the railroad track.
When be came TO he followed them, but
they had too much OF a. start.
Mr.. Riney was bleeding from his cuts
and was taken TO the Calumet hospital,
where his wounds were dressed
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Cured Arser Twelve Years Of suffer
Ing.

HURoNTowN, September ., 1896.
To Whom it May COnter1:
Twelve years ago while i, with my
family, resided at the Union brewery, IN
Houghton, Mich, first met DR.. Robert
son and at that time had been sick Tor
twelve years and bad been on an average
in bed from three 10 four days OF each
week. During the entire twelve years
could do no work and had been treated
by all the doctors Of the copper country
and was told could he helped or given
relief, but never could be cured.
began treatment with DIR. T.. l.. Rob-
ertson and found relief from the tirst
medicine and in three months was en-
tirely cured and have never had any re
turn Of the old trouble since. | work
hard every day and feel good. and | will
be glad TO have anyone suffering from
any form OF chronic disease or female dis
order come and see me for themselves
and learn what | suffered and how | was
cured so thev may be cured also.
MRS. FRANCES SCHwANKAMP,
Hurontown, Houghton County, Mich.
DIR. Robertson can be consulted daily
at the Taylor House, his assistant being
Mrs. DR.. Hazen.
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As a result OF attempting to act az
peace maker in quarrel, Dan Riney, OF
Lake Linden avenue, is laid up with sew
eral bad cuts In the head and with an
idea in it that be will let fighting people
settle their little difficulties between
themselves in the future.
Late Sunday night he heard some men
making a noise and disturbance out in
front Of his residence, near the II. 4 I. L.
railroad crossing, and went out to see
what was the matter. Three men were
apparently engaged in a fistlc encounter
and making noise enough about il TO
wake up the whole neighborhood. He
went out on the street and told the men
TO move on and quit Sighting. 1heyeither
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The supplement to the report oil the su-
perintendent Of public instruction calls
attention TO the interest that has at
taehed to the State spelling contests and
SAVE that at least twenty-five counties
have taken hold OF the matter with great
zest. Keweenaw appears TO be the only
county in the Upper Peninsula, where
Toney Sibilsky carried of the prize. Misses
Shirley Ward. ivan Buren,; Louise
Northam, (Berrian), and Alice Nj Chur-
chill, (Alcona), appear as the champion
spoilers az the State.
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X. J. Stenton, who has been pastor Of
the Norwegian church here for years,
has resigned his position and lief at noon
for La Crosse, where be will take a SINH
liar position in the church there. Mr.
Stenson has been faithful worker in the
interest Of the local church and has a
large number OF friends who are sorry To
see him go. The Rev. Mr.. Danielson is
expected to arrive today from Chicago,
to take charge OF the local church.
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a SIaye tn lDrIak.

Any man who is a slave TO drink IL a
blot on the good name Of his family, be
Is curse Co himself and not so good a eli
tizen az he otherwise would be. Unfor
tunately the very men who are the best
and eleanest, the brightest, most affablt
and affectionate, when not under the in
fuence OF alcohol, are the very reverse
when that damning poison has them il
its power. Chronic alcoholism il a dis
ease and can be permanently cured.
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The cure OF inebrety by our method ID
long past it's experimental stage and ID
now an assured clinical fact.
We make no statements or promises
which we cannot carry out. Bring us
along the worst inebriate in the city oil
Calumet and We will guarantee to make
him a sober man in five days withou,
pain or injury to body or mind. Enquire
for Drs. Dunlop and Bell, at New Jewel
House.
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Arrangements for the grand concert of
sacred and classical music to be given at
the Calumet Congregational church on
Friday evening, October o, are progress
ing very fayoraby and it promises be an
event in the musical line. Among those
who will take part are Mrs. w. s. Whistler,
Misses Jeanette Osborn and Lottie
Childs, Messrs. Adolph Hennes, Harry
King, J G. Abdili, and others.