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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23

Z ,onson. pee as.-The Christmas sea-
1.on is al hand and for the nonee the
urmou of politics and Of everyday pr
hair. Il forgotten In All Europe. from
hi frozen north OF the land Of the
lnldnieht sun, to the evergreen souit Of
nernetual summer there is no land
Irvhore the season Of Peace on earth.
good wis to men" Is not celebrated
rrniversai Is the custom Of Christmas
gift giving and merrymaking. but eacn
country has It's own peculiar methods
of observing the great festival.
The customs Of Christmas day IN
England and ri America are closely al
lied. One distincuyeiy English custom
win which the Christmas feasts OF
{ medieval England an began Is the bring
ing IN OF the boar's head This custom
goes back to pre- Christian days. The
u Drnids Killed boar OF the winter sol
Z stice and offered its head In sacrifice
\ to Freya the goddess Of peace and
+ plenty who was supposed to ride upon
a boar with golden bastles.
Queen victoria retained the old GUS
tom. Her Christmas dinner at Osborne
4 House or windsor always consisted Of a
( baron Of beef and woodcock pie, both
4 historic dishes and the bringing in OF
the boar's head was performed with al
! the ancient ceremony. AT Queens col
Iege. oxford. the boar's head ceremonial
has been practiced unchanged for hv'
centuries.
In accordance with their custom o
many years. King Edward and Queer
AIexandr- celebrate Christmas this yea
with family party az sandringham
Besides Princess Victoria and othe
members of the royal family the part
includes the children Of the Prince an
Princess OF Wales wno are in far-oi
Indian. on Christmas day the yule 10
81 Sandringham will blaze merrily o
the hearth Of the saloon, room whic
answers 70 the baronial han Of long ag'
Ho,Iy and mistletoe win deck the walls
the boar's head and the baron OF be,
will stand majestcally on the sideboar'
. and the plum pudding will be thg'
wreathed ard crowned with holly
There will be service in the paris
church close by in the park en-
the royal pew will be filled with smilir
faces as the children sing the sweet o
carols.
Everybody VIII wish everybody
Merry Christmas" There VIII be che
in the servants hall and cheer in Il
laborers cotbige. where each mead
a household will have a joint OF be-
while The sicigbeds Of the suffering "
be frightened by kindly thought.
children. too. are gay and eNpectant
before the season is over they win ha
their own party up at the hall be LAD
with presents from giant Chrlstm
tree. served with tea by the queen h'
self. and play games with the rol
chiidren. Shooting parties there WIN U
aoubtedIy be, and skating on the 81
dringham lake il King Frost makes
heightened stay.
paris, Dec. s3.-Paris is in her 81
est mood on Christmas eve. The c
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23
STILL ANOTHER CURE
Neck Covered With Sores, Hair
Fell Out, Wild With itching

Mr.. II. ]. Spalding of ro4 w. Io4th
St. New York City, says: " For two
wears my neck was covered with sores,
the disease spreading to my hair,
which fell out, leaving an unsightly
bald spot, and the soreness, infiain-
nation, and merciless itching made
me wild. After a few applications OF
Cuticura the torment subsided, the
sores disappeared, and my hair grew
thick and healthy as ever"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23
A Christmas Carol

The earth is bare and dreay,
And chcerless IS the light
Tho distant hills are cleaning.
With snow drifts hcccy white.
The summer birds are silent
The flowers are sleeping low,
Upon the carta's warm bosom,
SafcgunrdeL from the snow,
The dear old year ia dying,
But ere Il quite departs,
II T. cheers our wistfui hearts
For Christmas merry Christmas
Tho Christians Day or Days,
A tender bencdictlon
Uyon Il softly lays.
oh Christmas-merry Christmas
In spirit we so back.
To see tho star that guided
The aagSs on rs track.
To see the Baby Jesus
Uhion His lowly bed.
white seraph hosts adorinF,
Sang praises Ger His head
And we. IN spirit kneeling,
The Babe OF Bethlehem
New born OF Virgin Mother
Adore and praise with them
Oh. SOL OF God. most holNi
And vet no home so small
But Thou. our King and Savior,
wit be the Guest Of ALI
Oh. Christmas merry Christmas
IL comes to make us glad.
II comes to high and lowly,
To happy and 10 sad,
10 comes, With sweet insistencct
Our drooping hearts TO cheer,
/ And touch with tender glory,
These last days OF the year.
] with golden rays ot promise,
/ The hopes that chin have lain
] To fuller life IL Quickonsi
Unul they bloom again.
{ Good viii oil hearts uniting.
We bid veNatiOns cease
| Then unto God be glory,
Who unto Earth gives peace.
Helen Marion Burnsl
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The Christmas Star

A little stnr all undlsmaved
Stepped down the duHiSy ways OF mBhti
White-footed, smiling, unafraid.
II passed the orbs OF greater light.
II held its slender taper high,
The tiny splendors piercing FAR,
II knew its time 10 shine Was nigh;
For lo Il was the Christmas star.
A little child knelt IN tho dark
with clear eyes raised and iuted iace'
She saw tho tiny travelling spark
Move on from It's appointed place.
The tears wcllcd so she scarce could see
its orb ef brightness grew n bar.
Mother" she cried, 10 comes % me,
"lt kissed my cycs-the Christmas
Start
God knows that both these things arc
one
The star that shines. the eye that secs.
The answer 20 the prayer rs shown
Unto the sinner ON his knees. .
On tho long lanes gf splinieted hght
De8cends the shining nyatar.
But only tonrs OF pure o0llgh-
Gould bring the holy Christmaa Stnr
Grave Mac Gowan Cooke, in The sun
day Magazine
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23

The Christmas Feeling

1 like the Christine Feeing that Is hll-
ing ali tne air
That ms the streets and busy stores ana
sci.tters everywhere
I like ire easy manner Of the people on
the street,
The bundle-aden people, and the shop
girls smiling sweet.
There's a glow of warmth and spiendor
i'm the windows everywhere
Thero's a glow in people faces which
has lately stolen there;
And evervWhere the bells ring out with
merry penl and chime,
which makes me like the Feeling OF the
happy Christmas time
I like the Christmas Feeling, there Is
nothing cen compare .
with the free and kindly spirit that "
spreading everywhere,
,rhe rich. the poor the Young ara oid
All catch itn atmosphere.
And every heart for once is Luh or 5000
old Christmas cheer ~
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osArH OF A. c POTTER.


Perry Times)
This morning the spirit OF A. c. Pot
ter took its hight after an illness Of only
"a Few hours from uracmic poisoning,
due Ao fecal incapacity. His death was
severe shock 10 his numerous friends
out few being aware OF his Illness
A. q. Potter was native of New York
and went TO Kansas after rocahing man-
hood In 1859 he went 20 Guthrie With
the rush and in ls93 when the Cherokee
outlet opened. he came 10 Perry, where
he has resided siacc. Tie was one Of
She best business men In the territory
and for the nast three years has been
head b00kkecper for James Bryan, To-
cal agent for the Anhenser Busch Brow
ing company. ana Mr. Bryan says he
never had more careful and efficient
man ln his employ than tho deceased.
Mr.. Potter was a great secret society
man. being "a member Of tbe Masonic, I
o. O. r.. X. OF r.. and Eagl lodges. H'
cNcened in Odd Fellowship being th'
ranking member Of taat order Ia the
territory.
II Is not definitely settled as yet as t'
when and where the funeral win take
place. but Il viii probably bs al .he 10.
cal cemetery. under the auspices OF th'
I l. o. o. ,. grand lodge. of which h'
I was member.
/ The deceased leaves no immediate
I family. his wife having died ga this cit'
some years ago A brother who resides
at Coneyviile. Kas., win arrive this ey
enng. when Arrangements for the fun
eral Win be- completed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23
CAPT. GRAHAM S
GRATITUDE
Suffered from Sores on Face and
Back - Doctors Took His Money
But Did No Good II Skin Eow
Looks Clear as a Babys.
ANOTHER CURE By
CUTICURA REMEDIES

Captain w. S. Graham, 1921 Eoff
St., Wheeling, VIVA, writing June "a,
'o4, says 4" l am so grateful want to
thank Cod that friend recommended
Ssuticura Soap aud Ointment to me. l
suffered for a long time with sores ON
my face and back. Some doctors said
/ had blood poison, and others that
had BARRIERS itch. None of them did
me any good, but they all took my
money. MY friends tell me my skin
now looks as clear as a baby's, and
tell them all that Cuticura Soap and
Ointment did It"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23

Berlin, Dec. 28.-Germany is the home
OF the Christmas tree. and in no part
of the 81, 4 is the yule tide season cell
obrated more joyously or more genera'y
than ia the land Of the kaiser Thef9
is "a legend which gives to Martin Luz
their the honor OF instituting the first
Christmas tree in his fathorland. One
brilliant. starlit Christmas eve, as the
ereat reformer was walking homeword
through a snowbouud, FIR clad forest
he was 20 impressed with the beauty Of
the stars cleaning through the branches
OF the trees that on reaching home ne
fried to tell his wife OF the wonderfui
scene. TO make his meaning clear, ne
went out into the garden. cut down a
/ little fir tree and, bringing it into the
house. set il uDon the table and thea
stood some lighted candles among its
branches.
In no royal home in Europe Is Christ
mas such great domestic festival as
with the ka'sers family in the palace
of Potsdam. The celebration takes place
on Christmas eve but during the after
noon the kaiser has a pleasant habit OF
walking out with plenty Of loose mopes
in his pockets School boys passing tnt
public road hy the palace suddenly hnt
themselves scramblng for Imperial lar
CESS: worxmen returning from their toi
arc tie richer for a silver coin, anS
some poor and lonely wayfarer may tin'
gold piece mysteriously dropped Il
his path.
On Christmas eve the great apart
, ment known as the Hall Of Shells, j
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Christmas Polk Song

The little Jesus came 10 town
ON in the etrrot tho wind was b0ld'
Now Who would house him from the coio
Then opened vide a stable door,
Fair were the uushCs on ihe nooTi
Game Ilftie lord. here make thy bed.
ITu rose the Sheep that folded near. 81.
"fhou Lamb of God, come, enter mere
re entered there 40 rush and reed,
Who was the Lamb Of Goo indeed
The little Jesus came g town.
With ox ana sheep he laid him down
Pence 10 Tie byre. peace ~ me toiai
For that they housed rim from tse eoiA'
--Lizetto Woodwork Reese ln LippiN
rnffa
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AND STILL ANOTHER

"For over thirty yearc / suffered
from painful ulcers and au eruption
from my knees to my feet, and could
find neither doctors nor medicines to
help the, until took Cuticura which
cured me in six months. (signed) nj.
c. Moss, Gainesville, Tex"
Cu,cura sosp Ointment and rnis sold throughout
ne world Potter Drug Chgm. Corpi Boston, Sole
F5- send for g How 10 Cure EverY nunoar'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23

It Is fearful fate 70 have 20 endure
the terrible torture of Piles. = can
fruthfuny say" writes Harry colson, or
Masonviue Ia. "tbat Tor Blind. Bred
Ing. Itching and Prolruiing Piles.
B1ckiins Arnlca saive. Is the best cure
made" Also best Tor cuts. burns and
injuries. 25c al an drugsists.
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Lodge Directory



Guthrie Lodge No. 3. l. o. o. f., meets !
every Monday night at 7;ao o clock at I
ODD Fellows hall. corner Harrison ana
Broad.
L. L. BILLINGS. Noble Grand.
II. l.. sTROUGH, Secretary.
Renfrow Division No 3. Uniform Rank, (
K OF p Meets second and fourth Fri
day nights at Masonic hall, 119 East Ok
G. n. DUNNIcA, Captain.
w. T. WARREN, Recorder.
Hartranft Post NO. 3, G. A. r., Meets
on FIRST and third Friday in each month
al 1880 p. m, in Odd Fellows hall
]. H. TAFT, Pos Com.
NJ. L. MOCK. Adjutant.
Guthrie Lodge No. ]. A. o. u w
Meets every Thursday night in the new
Masonic hall, on East Oklahoma visit
ing brothers welcome.
h. II. RUTHvAN, NJ. W.
W. J. LEATHERMAN. Recorder
Canton Guthrie No. 5, Patrarch's Mill
tant.. /. 0. @. F. Regular assembly every
second and fourth Tuesday night in each
month in Odd Fellows hall Visiting
Chevaliers welcome.
p. K. ABBOTT. Comdt
W. J. BARNHARr, Clerk.
Woodmen OF the World. Guthrie Camp
NO. 8. Meets every Tuesday at 1880 p'
M. in the weSdmen hail over Spencer
hardware store Visiting Woodmen
welcome.
VA coNNELLY. Con. Com.
10. r. NJ Meets every Tuesday night
in X Of p han. Visiting chiefs always
welcome.
FRANK b. sARBER. sachem.
Il. C. BARNEY. chiew OF Records.
Guthrie Lodge No p X Of p Meets
every Friday night In Masonic hail. IA
East Oklahoma aYen' e.
C. E. Dt1NNIcA. @. c.
l.. S. PAGE. X. Of r. S.
guthrie Chapter w.. no. 9. r. A. NJ
Meets the arst and third Friday nights II
eacf month al a. f. & A. 81 hail. Visit
ing companions always welcome.
Guthrie Commandary Knights Temp
lar Meets second and fourth Monda
nights In each month at their asylum I
AT & A. M han, Visiting Sir Knigh'
always welcome.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23
HoIIY sOng

The holly Is for happiness,
Hang II. hang it high,
When the holy morn We bless
Shows its rose along the sky
The holly ls for heartsome cheer;
Hang n, hang % hieh
While tho glory of tlc year
Lights the heighia OF an the 9hs'
The holly ls for home -side mirthi
Hang IN hang 10 high,
TIL the dearest day "A eaTth
--,Iiuton scoHard.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23

The season of Indigestion d upon us.
Kodol Dyspcpsin Cure for Indigestion
ana 6yrpepsla win DO everything for tho
stomach that an overloaded 0r over
worked stomach can not DO for itsef-
Kodol DiEefs what you eai--sivea the
stomach rest-rellaTcs your stomaehs
bolching. heartburn, Indigestion etc.
sold ~ c. D. Renfro
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Merry Christmas

,dorry ChristIaaai Holy night.
Bringing God from teef Ae'6Nt'
Turning darkness into lghl,
f-reeina man from aatans might,
fGuidinF millions on % rlehl
with thy angels rohed in white.
With ny chlidrena faces tfi8nt
With thy aoencs of pure deiflti
Como again. thou Holy Night
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Shoes advanced an over the country
except at the White House Shoe store'
80 W. Okla. Ave-
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csiifornla oranges ea;y CSC per peek
al the Bank Grocery.
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Co. A, First Regt Okla. N. 6. Meey
every Wednesday night at 1850 Il. !$rIh
ary hail, 1Os West Harrison ave.
G. e. DUNNICA. Captain.
GEO. L. MOCKABEE Orderly Sergeant
Guthrie Commandery No. / Knights
TempIar. Meets every Wednesday even
ing at 1880 at their Asylum in the Ma
sonic Temple. Visiting Sir Knights Al
ways welcome.
Guthrie Lodge No 42s B. p. o.
Meets the second and fourth Tuesda
nights Of each month in Elk han. a
II. w PENrEcosT, e. T.
J. FOUCART, Secretary.
Naomi Rebeclah Lodge No. 2. I. o. o.
F. Meets first and third TUESDAY nights
OF every month IN odd Fellows han.
LUCY aERwlG. Noble Gran@
MAGGIE MILAN Secretary
Oklahoma Encampment NO. I. l. o. o
f. Meets every Wednesday night al
1880 O'Clock, at Odd Fellows HAN.
r. A. MEYErTE, c. p.
p. X. ABBOTT, Scribe.
F. A. A.. Guthrie Council No. 14s
Fraternal Aid association. Meets even
wednesday night in odd Fellows haA-
corner Hsrrison and Broad. Visitlri
members always welcome.
Guthrie Chapter No. 2. Order OF tn
Eastern Star. Meets in the Masoni
Temple every second ana fourth Frida'
evenings In each month.
HORTENsE DOYE, ". Ia
AL HIXON, W. p.
p NJ L. RAY. Secretary.
Guurie Camp No. s.
Modern Woodmen OF Anne
FRssA e., meets every Tuesday es
49, ening ia l. o, o. 4 aal
Wllb b<4t.sH corner Of Harrison and Bros
~ Visiting Neighbors cordial
N welcome
d. NJ TIBBETTs, consu
J. Il. BREWER, Clerk
:. =: :. :: :" !. !: !. ]: !: !. !. !. :
70 Knights and Ladies
. l1,sS.lss IN security meet lst and
HE q IA. .wA Wednesday Of each moni
5<M.kS I'D Masonic Hail. iis
NNfsAAAa4yI ~ 9lIa Ave. Vislting men
~ ,ers always welcome. .
I Dav,d stevens President; J. M. Ande
son. Financial Secretary; 4. e. Corsio
don. Corresponding Secretary
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eTaE Mosr or rHe BEST FOR
THE LEAST" PATTERSON FURNi-
TJRE co.
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rag -AMous sELLs roR LEss.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23

Gar-Gol cures all kinds or sore Throat,
Quinsy,, Iioarseness. Tonsniiis sim
ply a gargie
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The owl drug store has ane line Of
Xmas git books.
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Naomi RebeclSah Lodge No. 2. T. o. o.
F. Meets first and third TUESDAY nights
OF every month IN ODD Fellows hail.
LUCY, HERWlG. Noble Grana
MAGGIE MILAN, Secretary
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23

Stockholm, Dec. Christmas IS cel-
ebrated ln Sweden to an extent unknown
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Guthrie Lodge No. ]. A. o. u w
Meets every THURSDAY night In the new
Masonic han, on East Oklahoma Visit
ing brothers welcome.
h. H. RUTHVAN, NJ w.
W. ]. LEATIiERMAN. Recorder
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23

Oklahoma Encampment NO. !, I. o.
F. Meets every wednesday night al
1880 o'clock, at Odd Fellows HAN.
r. A. MEYErTE, c. p.
p. X. ABBOTT, Scribe
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23

F.. A. A., Guthrie Council No. 74s.
Fraternal Aid association. Meets ever
Wednesday night in odd Fellows has
corner HsTison and Broad Nisiilts .
members always welcome.
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Guthrie Lodge No. 42e 3. p. o.
Meets the second and fourth Tuesda
nights Of each month in Elk hall a
H. W. PENTECosT. e. T.
]. FOUCART, Secretary.
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Madrid, Dec %. Spain is preparing
TO celebrate Christmas with the usual
magnificent pomp and ritunl Of tho Ro-
man Catholic church With the royal
family the festival lasts twelve days.
on Christmas eve the young king and
queen mother, accompanied by the
grandees Of the court, magnihcently at-
tired go IN state procession to the Chapel
Royal on Christmas morning the king
and his court again attend mass in
state after which the day is spent in
merrymaking.
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Canton Guthrie No. 5, Patriarch's Mill
tant., /. 0. O. f. Regular assembly every
second and fourth Tuesday night in each
month in Odd Fellows hall Visiting
Chevaliers welcome.
p. X. ABBOTT. Com'dt.
W pARNHART. Clerk
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paris, Dec. .S.-Paris is in her gay
est mood on Christmas eve. The city
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woodmen OF the World. Guthrie Camp
No. 8. Meets every Tuesday at 1880 p'
n.. in the weSdmen hail over Spencer
hardware store Visiting Woodfnen
welcome.
VA coNNELLY. Con. Com.
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l. o. r. N Meets every Tuesday night
in X OF p. han. Visiting chiefs always
welcome
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Hartranft Post NO. 3, G. A. r., Meets
on first and third Friday in each monlh
at 1880 p. m. in Odd Fellows hail
]. H. TAFT. Pos Com.
M. /. MOCK. AdJutant.
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FRANK y. SARBER. sachem.
Il. C. BARNEY. chiew OF Records
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Guthrie Commandery No. / Knights
Tempiar Meets every Wednesday even
ing at 1880 at their Asylum in the Ma
sonic Temple. Visiting Sir Knights Al
ways welcome.
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Guthrie Lodge No. 2, X OF p. Meets
every Friday msht In Masonis hail. ~
East Oklahoma ayenl e.
C. E DuNNICA. Q. e.
l. s PAGE. x. OF r. & s.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-26
MODERN BULLETS.
They DO Not Kill Like the Old Style
Missiles.

Missiles.
The report just published by three
Russian army doctors In Manchuria,
DIR. Zoge Won Manteuffel, DR.. Kho-
line and DIR. Zeldovitch, on the
character Of the wounds inflicted by
the Japanese rife bullets, confirms
existing evidence that modern gun
making tends to increase the death
roll Of q battle. but to reduce the
list of wounded to minimum, while
the amount Of suffering endured
from gunshot wounds Is growing In
credibly small. During the south
African war the Mauser bullet was
shown to have dealt gently with its
victims while performing its deadly
work. but the humanitarian perfec-
ton attained by the Japanese rife
Is so much greater than that OF
the Mauser as to sound almost like
q dream.
The sober medical report from the
hospital wards reminds one Of the
old Arabian story of the skillful exc
cutioner whose victims head re-
mained attached to the trunk even
after the Damascus blade had whis-
tied through the neck, but fell on
as soon as the condemned man
bowed in supplication before the cadi.
Owing to the extraordinary velocity
Of the Japanese missile, says DR..
Kholine, there is no portion of the
human structure that can defect II
from its course. A book three and q
half inches thick and bound in wood
would fail to do so. Wounds caused
by 1t perforate the body in a clean,
straight line drawn with mathe-
matical accuracy. the exit Of the bull
let being marked by no greater orr
fee than the entry. not the tiniest
bruise being apparent, and the two
openings being so small that In many
cases the surgeon fails to discover
them without the help Of the patient.
DR.. Won Manteuffel cites cases Of
officers shot through the leg, chest
or neck and still able to retain their
commands as II nothing had happen
ed. DR.. Zeldovitoh saw soldiers on
the march with wounds straight
through the thorax, which they had
received some thirty kilometers back
along the line Of retreat. and DR..
Kholine speaks of a man remaining
on active service in spite of a bullet
wound right through the chest. be-
tween the second and third ribs.
The elasticity Of the pulmonary tissue
is supposed to contribute to these
astonishing results, while as for abb
dominal wounds peritonitis seems
practically unknown, the fiber Of the
intestine closing automatically be-
hind the bullet, which never carries
q particle Of the clothing into the
wound, a clean cut snip like that
made by a pair Of tailor's scissors
being all that is observable upon
the cloth.
These results may well be con-
trasted with those reported after the
massacre of January % this year in
st. Petersburg. There. for fear of
killing people at great distance.
the troops had been ordered to fire
at the ground a few feet before the
first line of the crowd. The wounds
weAe consequently all caused by
ricochetting bullets and resembled in
their horrible character the effects
Of bursting bombs.