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The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

He called in his first lieutenant and said: II
have here orders transferring you Immediately
to Vermont. You have done noble work here.
There is no reason why you should stay longer.
You have been through enough of this awful
thing. Co."
+ Bell said: Captain, don't want the order.
If read it suppose shall have to obey simply
because it is an order. You keep it in your
pocket until the fever is over and then I'll read
it and CO."
Langdon shook hands with him.
Bell went with his work. In few days
he felt the hot hand of the scourge on his brow.
He went to his tent, pulled up his little camp
table and wrote official letter to the assist
ant adjutant general at headquarters Of the de-
partment of the gulf, Holly Springs, Miss 1t
was a long letter, covering many pages. There
was in Bells heart that day the fear that he
might die and leave undone an act Of duty to
others. He cherished the thought of the loyalty
of the surgeons and the enlisted men who had
so nobly performed their duties to the sick and
dying, facing the fever and death itself without
finching. He mentioned in this official com
munications each doctor and man by name recon-
mending them for recognition at the hands OF
the department. Of himself he said nothing
his whole thought was that recognition should
be given to others. -
Lieut.. James e. Bell put down his pen went
to the hospital and in three days was dead.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
MARKED BY A MIRACLE

Extraordinary excitement has been caused
among the peasants in the neighborhood of
Kiltimagh, County Mayo, this week, by q
series of what described as miraculous hap
penings at the convent there, Dublin CORE.
spondent of the st. Louis Globe Democrat
writes.
"a Among the children who are being educated
by the good of Kltimagh is girl Of
thirteen, who has been an inmate of the con-
vent school for the last three or four years.
She is described as extremely docile and af-
fectionate and more than usually religious A
few nights ago one of the nuns was awakened
by fearful screams from the dormitory where
the girl slept. and on going to her she was told
that the child had had terrible dream, in
which she Christ on the cross and SOL
dier driving lance into his side.
The nun comforted her and she went to
sleep, but in the morning she complained that
her arm was sore and on examination it was
found to be marked with a cross in red and
underneath the cross were the letters II. H.
S." few days later a crown of thorns ap-
peared below the cross and the letters 'T NJ
R. L." and these were followed by the appear
ance of chalice surmounted by host in
red. The marks have been examined by the
parish priest, Rev. Father O'Hara, and by DR..
Madden of Kiltimagh, who vouch for their be-
ing there but decline to express any opinion as
to their cause. 1t is said that during the doc
tors examination the Stlgmata Died freely. The
nuns maintain stoutly that the child had no op-
portunity of in1icting the injuries, If injuries
they be, herself, and understand arrange
ments are being made for thorough investiga.
ton of the mystery by committee of ec-
clesiastics and medical men.
Another case illustrating in another way the
credulity which still is to be found In some
parts of Ireland has just come to light by the
prosecution at Granard of an Australian who
had been travelling the country extracting
money mot tteeth-from country people who
are afflicted with toothache. Thomas Kiernan
said that the man told him he could cure him
by extracting the nerves Of his teeth and that
when he consented to undergo the treatment
the man took instrument like a long
needle, picked at his teeth awhile and then
laid what looked like little white caterpillar
on his sleeve. saying this was the nerve and
that he would never suffer from toothacne
again.
OF course, he did suffer, and when he went to
a medical man for relief and told his story he
learned how he had been swindled
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
SKIN TORTURED BABIES
SLEEP AND MOTHERS REST

A warm bath with Cuticura Soap,
followed by a gentle amounting with
Cuticura ointment, is generally sufR-
cient to afford immediate comfort in
the most distressing forms of itching,
burning and scaly eczemas, rashes, ir-
ritations and inflammations of in
fants and children, permit sleep for
child and rest for parent, and point to
permanent relief, when other methods
fail. Peace falls upon distracted
households when these pure, sweet
and gentle emollients enter. No other
treatment costs so little and does SO
much for skin sufferers, from infancy
to age. Send to Potter Drug & Chem.
Corp, Boston, for free 32-page book on
the care and treatment of skin and
scalp troubles.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

ginius back to America Midsh1pman onder-
wood was one of two or three ohcers VINO
were assigned to the Virginius to look after II
while the towing process was on.
The life on board the Virginius Is one tnat
it is impossible to describe The Spaniards
had left her in such filthy state that living
on board was intolerable even after cleaslng
processes had been tried. After few days on
board that ship the men looked as tnougn
they had been through siege OF sickness
Finally when off the Virginia capes the VII
ginius gave every evidence of being In Sink
ing condition She foundered quickly ana the
officers and men on board escaped to the Us
sipee, being obliged to leave their belongings
behind. The benefcent United States govern
ment, because of some red tape reason. or
other declined to make good to the devoted
sailors the property which they had lost
through no fault of their own and in direct line
of duty.
Captain Underwood was for two years in
command of the United States government sta
tion in the Samoan islands. He was consid-
cred one of the handsomest men in the service
of his country. He was over six feet high,
finely proportioned and a fine physical spec
men generally. No war with man went on in
the Samoan islands, but the heat and the food
and the devilishness of the climate generally
did the work of the battlefield. If Captain
Underwood had never been given an sassign-
ment at the Samoan islands it is probable
that he would have continued in the active
service until the age limit of sixty-two' years
was reached. The dangers of warfare are not
the only ones by any means that navy and
army officers are obliged to meet.
1t may do no harm here to recall the story
Of the heroism Of Lieut.. James E. Bell of the
United States army, who died because of his
devotion to duty, died at time when no bull
let's were flying, but when an even deadlier
foe of necessity must be met. This story has
been published many times, but it has its ever
lasting lesson.
Fort Jefferson, on the Tortugas in August
of the year 1873 was garrisoned by Battery M.
First United States artillery Outside of the
surgeons there was only one officer, Lieuten
ant Bell at the post Capt. L. l.. Langdon had
been granted leave of absence to go north
to the bedside Of his dying father. On August
% yellow fever appeared at the post. Within
two days four of the garrison had died. Upon
the first announcement of the appearance of
the scourge Lieutenant Bell sent all the women
and children and some of the married men to
an island three miles away. Within day or
two he sent to the same place nearly all the
well men of the garrison, retaining only
enough to nurse the sick. There could have
been no criticism of Bells course had he gone
with the garrison, leaving the sick to the care
of the surgeons and the nurses. He stayed and
devoted himself to the sick in the hospital, as
sisted by the men who had volunteered. The
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

deck just gpeeping above the water. When the
was calm and the sky was clear the sun
beat down on the metal and the men who had
stood the night watches and were trying to
sleep suffered more severely than do the
people in the crowded back tenements in New
York city on hot July night when death
walks through the streets An officer who
served on monitor during the Spanish war
told me that the average temperature for
long period Of time in his cabin was 104 de-
grees. - q. ,-
Recently two young officers not long out
of the naval academy were forced to resign
from the service because they were constantly
seasick while on service on the battlesh1ps.
The young fellows stuck it out for several voy-
ages, but when it is remembered that a seasick
man as rule is 80 sick that he is perfectly
willing to die, it can be understood what these
young fellows suffered during the weeks OF
the voyaging. They resigned from the navy
simply because they could not be of any serv-
ice. They were sick from the moment the voy-
age began until they were back once more In
port. They were competent officers and since
their resignation they have been given land
berths as officers of heavy artillery in the
United States army. .lr
asked an old naval officer recently, man
who served on the old frigate Constitution, If
he knew of any cases of chronic seasickness
among officers and men during the old days
of the service. He said he knew OF only one
case, that of an officer who developed seasick
ness after some years of service, but that 1t
was thought that a slight injury to his spine
had affected his stomach and that it was this
more than the motion of the vessel which was
the cause of his ailment.
This same veteran officer said that there
is considerable seasickness today in the navy,
although comparatively few cases that could
be called chronic and that they were due, he
believed, more to the heat of the modern steel
vessels than to the motion caused by the
waves. In the old days of wooden ships with
sail power only, there was no heat on board
except that given out by the galley and by the
small stove which occasionally was to be found
in the captains cabin. The oldtime ships in
winter were kept in warm climates as much as
possible or otherwise the men would have
frozen to death.
The old wooden vessel, jamestown, once
commanded by Commodore Perry, who opened
the ports of Japan to the commerce of the
United States, is anchored in Hampton Roads,
where it is used as marine hospital service
station. surgeon stationed on the jamestown
once told me that in the old days, when the
vessel was in commission the only way the
captain could warm himself without going to
the galley was to have a roundshot heated in
the stove then dropped into bucket of sand
to be carried aft to his cabin, where 1t gave
out just enough warmth to temper for few
moments the cold of the quarters
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
A Prime Cause of III Health,

A famous physician on being asked
recently what is the chief cause of ill
health, replied: Thinking and talk
ing about it all the time. This sense
less introspection in which 50 many
Of the rising generation of the nerv-
Ous folk indulge is certainly wearing
them out. When they are not worry
ing as TO whether they sleep too much
or too little, they are. fidgeting over
the amount of food they take or the
quantity of exercise necessary for
health. In short they never give
themselves a moments peace"
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
Are You Weak, All
Run DOWN.

This condition Is directly caused by
bad blood. When the blood is made rich
md pure by Hoods Sarasaparilla, you
will feel strong and cheerful; it will put
new life into your veins, new vigor into
your muscles; give you sharper appetite
and good digestion; make you look better,
sleep better and feel better; will make
the hardest work lighter and the darkest
day brighter. Facts! Thousands confirm
them. Get Hoods today.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
Hou He KneU

In an assault and battery case tried
in a Cleveland court the prosecuting
witness testified at length that the
defendant had knocked him senseless
and had then kicked him for several
minutes. "If this mans attack rem
dered you unconscious" demanded
the magistrate, 'how is it that you
know he kicked you when you were
DOWN." This question seemed to
floor the witness. He was lost In re-
fsction for some. moments; then.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
A Deadly Error.

Dr. W. B. Cannon of Harvard, dis
cussing anti-vivisection literature at a
dinner in New York. said with a
smile:
'This literature, in part at least, is
as f1agrantly erroneous as the medical
department conducted by a young col
lege girl in weekly paper. A SAM
pie reply in this department ran: e
Bereaved.-The reply given last
week was mistake. 1t should have
been ten drops of laudanum, not ten
cups of laudanum. Yes, we advocate
cremation rather than the old;fash-
ioAed burial" 5-sr' f~ - ,-
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
Hand Beats Machine,

Cigars are still made by hand, no
machine having yet been invented
that will roll them so nicely and even.
ly as do deft human fingers. The
riety-are made of French, Kentucky,
Algerian or Hungarian leaves. At the
pther extreme are the cigars smoked
by the czar of Russia, which are of
the choicest and best matured Havana
and which cost $3.50 each.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
Punishment to Fit Crime

horsewhip. Take off your coat"
thundered the irate Judge, "and get
down on your knees; there is only one
kind of punishment fitting for such
brutes as you. and you are going to
get it." Time and time again the whip
descended upon Gays back as he
writhed and begged for mercy. When
he jumped up Justice Hayden thrust
him down again and lashed him once
more. Not until he was out of breath
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
Plan Memorial to Carlyle.

A movement is on foot for a Scot
tish national memorial to Thomas
Carlyle. the great essayist, historian
and philosopher. 1t is proposed to
erect statues at the village of Eccle-
fechan. where the literary giant lies
buried. at Edinburg. and possibly at
Kirkcaldy and Glasgow.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

Rigorous but well-merited punish
ment was administered by Judge Hay
den ofSwoyersville, Pa, when Albert
Gay, a wife-beater, was lashed till he
begged for mercy and promised never
to strike his wife again. Gays wife,
q small, fraile woman, appeared at
court covered with cuts and bruises
caused by her husbands brutality.
Judge Hayden sent for the husband
and met him at the court with a heavy
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
Nothing
Like

hem IN the world. CASCARETS the
biggest selle1-why? Because il the best
medicine for the liver and bowels. Its
what they will do for yox-not what
ye say they wiH do-that makes
CASCARETS famous. Millions use
CASCARETS and It is al the medicine
that they ever need to take. s4
CASCARErS 1cc q box for q weeks
treatment, all druggists. Biggest seller
In the world. Million boxes month.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
Can't. Edmund B.

Capt. Edmund B.
Underwood, United
States navy, retired
from the service re-
Gently after forty
years service in the
line. Just after Cap
tain U n d e r W 90 d
came out of the ma
val academy and
was serving as a
midshipman he was
assigned to the old
ship Ossipee, which
went to Cuba to
bring back a vessel
called the Virginius.
W h j C b had b e e n
seized by the Span
iards in Cuba and
its crew of Ameri-
cans put to death.
This country came
near having a war
with Spain over the
aVirginius incident.
When the Ossipee
was towing the Vir-
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
The Inevitable.

''You don't resent that successful
candidates proud and naughty man
per?"
Nope" rejoined Farmer Corntossel
''The fact that he's in politics is all
the guarantee I want that sooner or
later he'll meet with some kind of a
terrible finish"
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
Stupld Man.

my husband has no idea of thu
value of money"
why. / thought he was a careful
business man."
HE thinks so, too. But he abso-
lutely doesn't realize what lovely
bat can buy for $4899."
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

did the justice stop, and then he sent
Gay home with warning that If he
ever struck his wife again the punish
ment would be doubled.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

If every year we would root out one
vice we should sooner become perfect
men.-Thomas a Kempis.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
Not for Him.

Not for Him.
Going to see the doctor for a black
eye! Aw, clap a piece of beefsteak
on it, that'll cure it."
Whats the sense in adopting such
a costly cure when can perhaps gst
cheaper ops?"
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

Frightening, he said: II know It,
your honor, because that's what
would have done to him If I'd got him
down."-Circle Magazine.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

The danger from slight cuts or wounds
Is always blood poisoning The immedi-
ate application of Hamlins Wizard Oil
makes blood poisoning impossible.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

The greatest glory of free-born
people is to transmit that freedom to
their children.-Harvard.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

HedC was IoarIul. Iuoro wac
not a pound of ice on the
island and many of the deaths
that followed one after anoth-
er were due to the lack of this
necessity. There were 20
cases of the fever and for days
and nights continuously the
devoted lieutenant command
er, the surge ons and the
nurses knew no rest. With
their own hands they dug the
graves for the dead and with
their own lips repeated over
them the burial service.
Captain Langdon in the far
north heard of the yellow fe-
yer at Fort Jefferson. He in
stantly relinquished his leave
of absence and hastened to
return to his station. Some
months before the outbreak Of
the fever Lieutenant Bell had
put in an application to be de-
tailed as instructor of military
science at the University Of
Vermont. The application had
been granted, and Captain
Langdon, hurrying southwark
to join his command, carried
in his pocket the order reliev-
ing Lieutenant Bell from duty
at Fort Jefferson and detailing
him for work in Vermont.
Langdon reached his post
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

SANDER soon dies If you take 1t out
Of circulation.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules. easy to take
rs candy.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

You can't help liking the man who
gets knocked out and then comes
back.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

Every thread of gold is valuable,
and SO is every moment of time
Mason. -~ea
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

PILES CURED IN TO IL DAYS
Your druggist will refund money If PAZO ONT.
MBNT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in TO IA days. 6Oc.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20
important to Mothers

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
Bears the ~ .>-
Signature ofIHAzzMN
In Use For Over so Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

Mrs. WlnsIow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces in
Hammation, ,alays palm. wind collie Csc bottle
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

Pettit's Eye saIve For Over 100 Years
has been used for congested and infamed
eyes, removes film or scum over the eyes.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, NY.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE.~
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Look for
tho signature of q. w. GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c.
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

The best way to lift men is to meet
them on a level
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

Heresy hunting is simply an obsss-
SION of omnisciencs. s3
The Ely miner., 1911-01-20

sive Willard S. Isham, an ordinance engineer
invented the explosive, and his claim was that
with 1t vessel could be destroyed from the
outside just as well as from the inside. 1t has
been held that high explosives lose their force
unless more or less confined. 1t was known to
be the rule that the effect of the explosion
generally went upward and outward away from
The object against which it was discharged.
Mr.. Isham believed that charge of his ammu-
milton against the side of vessel would open
the armor and would not expend its force in
the air. -
The monitor Puritan was chosen for the ex-
pertinent. charge Of 200 pounds of the ex-
plosive was placed in an unconfined condition
against the Puritans armor plate near the
stern. Capt. A. M. knight, president of the
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-18

81 We prepay all orders to the of $500 and over
es1uys cVzEsp evse esap cvauSp cv7zze cuu4z4 cvuu
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-18

take place IN front Of Buckingham palace
on MAY i6 was confirmed OFFICIALLY today.
The news Is welcomed by Britishers, amonr
whom his majesty IS personally very pop
uiar. lie will be accompanied by Empress
Auguste Victoria. AID II Is expected that
The two win be the guests Of King George
and Queen Nary for several days AFTER the
unwilling
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-18

4 Fancy Radishes per bunch .. So
I Carrots. Onions, Beets and Turnips
|, Large New Seven Crown Figs. per
\ ID. t...s,.f. ............. lBo
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-18
KAISER WILL GO TO LONDON

I'm peror Of Germany Go Attend Un-
venina % Memorial 90 His Grand
mother IA April.
LONDON. Feb H.-rae recent announce
R,egs1 teas Emperor william would attend
ne ceroEony OF unveiling the national
memorial 10 Green Victoria. which win
The Winslow mail., 1911-07-29
Made to Climb HimaIayas.

The Darjeeling- -Himalayan railway
is one of the most curious in the
world. 1t is Of two-foot gage, and
on account of the steepness is full Of
loops, curves and spirals, many of
the curves having only 70 feet
radius. Some Of the gradients are
as high as one foot in %. A special
type of locomotive, the "Garratt," 4"
had to be made for it at Manchester.
This locomotive was required by the
specifications to be able to travel on
reserve curves not exceeding 60 feet
radius, with only 20 feet length of
tangent between the curves. The
engine consists of frame supported
at each end by four-wheeled bogies,
each of which is described as a minia-
ture locomotive without boiler. The
boiler is carried on the frame between
the bogies.
The Winslow mail., 1911-07-29
SPORT
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING

Battling Nelson stated in Portland
that negotiations were concluded for a
boxing match between himself and
Jimmy Britt in New York.
Outfielder Tom Murray of the Mis-
soula Union Association team was pur-
chased by Barney Dreyfus, owner OF
the Pittsburg Nationals, for $1,500
A course for rowing, rivalling in
size and beauty the famous Henley
course on the Thames river in Eng
land, is being planned by Chicago row.
ing men and veterans of college
crews
Announcement has been made Of
the sale of Catcher Chapman of the
Topeka Western league ball team to
the Detroit team of the American
league for $4,000. Chapman will play
the season out with Topeka.
Graves, the sprightly and hard-hit,
ting leftfielder of the Laramie base
ball team, has ben made athletic d.
rector of University of Alabama at a
salary of $4,000 year, and will train
for the position at Battle Creek, Mich.
The Winslow mail., 1911-07-29
DEVICE NOT YET PERFECT
Many Automatic Stokers Have Been
Tried Out on the Rail-
roads of America.

Locomotive mechanical stokers are
of two general types, the overfeed
and the underfeed. Of the former,
which was the first developed, the
greatest number have been tried out
Of the latter, but two have been at
tempted and but one of these devel-
oped.
The first automatic stoker was in
vented a dozen years ago by an en-
gineer on the Chesapeake G. Ohio,
where it had been found next to i'm
possible to keep up steam in the hun
dred-ton locomotives to enable them
to haul their full tonnage over long
divisions. The original stoker was
worked by hand at first, then a steam
motor was applied. 1t did very well
but was unpopular with the firemen.
just as all improvements were at first.
Since then considerable improve
ments have been made on this orig
inal mechanical stoker and today %
locomotives on the Chicago, Burlins