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special ordnance board, with four volunteer
sailors agreed to stay on board the Puritan
when the explosive was detonated. More than
this, Captain knight had the task of punching
small holes in the explosive with a lead pencil
to permit the introduction of fuses. This was
an exceedingly delicate operation and because
of the fact that the explosive a new COM
bination 1t was possible that something might
happen during the puncturing lightly as it
was performed. After the fuses were inserted
Captain Knight connected electric wires with
them and then went forward to a position on
the berth deck with the four enlisted men
who elected to stay board with him.
The ordnance board officer turned a switch
and the explosion took place. The report was
thunderous. ut felt like earthquake" said
Captain knight afterward. With his men the
venturesome captain escaped injury, but their
hero1Sm was just as real as If they had been
blown to atoms, for because of the fact that
the explosive was a comparatively unknown
quantity, no one could tell definitely what
might happen.
Writing of the Puritan, which is monitor,
brings to mind the fact that officers and men
serving on vessels of this type undergo hard
ships of which the people of the country know
little. The monitor gradually is passing as an
active service vessel and it is not likely that
anybody connected with the service from ad-
miral down to cooks mate is sorry for it. The
heat In the monitors is something intense, and
as the waves wash over the low decks of the
vessels when any kind of breeze is blowing
the men are confined below with no air except
such as is pumped down to them by way of
the engine room, and this air is hot, oily and
productive many occasions of sickness,
called sickness, but which in reality is
nothing of the kind, although 1t has all the
attendant symptoms of the real article
The modern battleships are frightfully hot
below decks, especially when they get into
tropical and sub-tropical waters. civilian
who went to Panama with President Taft said
that in his cabin when dressing for dinner he
was obliged to stand directly in the draught Of
a blow pipe to prevent the profuse perspira-
ton from so melting" the bosom OF his dress
shirt that it would be unpresentable when he
appeared at the presidents table. The Their
mometer in the staterooms stood at about 112
degrees
Some years ago an officer who was sta
toned on a monitor found dead in his
berth and the surgeons pronounced his death
to have been caused by apoplexy, heat apo
plexy the officers of the ship called it. An old
naval officer in Washington has told me that
| the thermometer in the cabin of the officer
who died stood at 140 degrees and that the
death was due solely to heat stroke.
Durins the Spanish war the monitor Man
| tonomah was on blockading duty off the port
| of Havana, Cuba The Miantonomah is old
steel monitor cased in metal and with the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

deck just peeping above the water. When the
sea 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 a monitor during the Spanish war
told me that the average temperature for a
long period of time in his cabin was 104 de-
grees.
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 1t is remembered that seas1ck
man as rule is SO 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.
asked an old naval officer recently, a man
who served on the old frigate Constitution, II
he knew of any cases of chronic seas1ckness
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 it
was thought that a slight injury to his spine
had affected his stomach and that 1t 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 old-time 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 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 a few
moments the cold of the quarters.
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einius hack to America Midshipman Under
wood was one Of two or three othcers VINO
were assigned to the Virginius to look alter IL
while the towing process was on
The life on board the Virglnlus IS one Inea'
# is impossible to describe. The Spanlards
had left her in such a filthy state that living
on board was intolerable even AFTER cleasl1l5
processes had been tried. After Few days vi
board that ship the men looked as tnousn
they had been through a siege OF slchneoo'
Finally when off the Virginia capes tne -
ginius gave every evidence of being IN slih-
ing condition. She foundered quickly ana Tue
officers and men 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 "
other, declined to make good to the deVoteo
sailors the property which they had lost
through no fault of their own and in direct me
of duty
Captain Underwood was for two years III
command of the United States government sta
ton in the Samoan islands He was consld-
cred one of the handsomest men In the service
of his country He was over six feet high,
finely proportional and fine physical spec1-
men generally. No war with man went on III
the Samoan islands, but the heat and the food
and the devilishness of the climate generally
did the work of the battlefield. II Captain
Underwood had never been given an assign
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 %. Bell of the
United States army, who died because of his
devotion to duty, died at a time when no bull
lets 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 place nearly all the
well 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
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He called in his first lieutenant and said: u
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, l don't want the order
If read it l 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
ii and CO."
Langdon shook hands with him.
Bell went on with his work. In a 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
a long letter, covering many pages. There
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
nobly performed their duties to the sick and
dying facing the fever and death itself without
finching He mentioned In this official
munication each doctor and man Dynamo, 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.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19
MARKED BY A MIRACLE

Extraordinary excitement has been caused
among the peasants in the neighborhood of
Kiltmagh, County Mayo this week, by
series Of what described miraculous hap
penings at the convent there, Dublin CORE
spondent of the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
writes.
Among the children who are being educated
by the good nuns Of Kiltimagh is a girl Of
thirteen, who has been inmate of the con-
vent school for the last three four years
She is described extremely docile and af-
fectionate and more than usually religious.
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 saw Christ on the cross and sol
der driving a lance into his side.
The nun comforted her and she went to
sleep, but in the morning she complained that
her and examination it was
found to be marked with a cross in red and
underneath the cross were the letters IL H.
S." A few days later crown Of thorns ap
peared below the cross and the letters 81 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 OHara, 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 stigmata bled freely. The
nuns maintain stoutly that the child had no OPP
portunity Of inHicting the injuries. If injuries
they be- on herself, and / understand arrange
ments are being made for a thorough investiga-
ton of the mystery by a committee of &c
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-not teeth-from country people who
are afflicted with toothache. Thomas Herman
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 an instrument like a long
needle picked at his teeth awhile and then
laid what looked like little white caterpillar
on his sleeve saying this the nerve and
that he would never suffer from toothacns
again.
OF course. he did suffer, and when he went to
a medical man for relief and told his story no
learned how he had been swindled.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19
SKIN TORTURED BABIES
SLEEP AND MOTHERS REST

A warm bath with Cuticura Soap,
followed by gentle amounting with
Cuticura ointment, is generally suff1-
cient to afford immediate comfort in
the most distressing forms Of itching,
burning and scaly eczemas, rashes, IT.
ritations and infammations 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.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19
A Prime Cause Of III Health.

A famous physician on being asked
recently what is the chief cause of Ill
Oealth, replied: Thinking and talk
ing about it all the time. This sense
less introspection in which 50 many
IF 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 tidgeting over
he amount of food they take or the
quantity Of exercise necessary Tor
health. In short they never give
themselves a moments peace"
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Punishment to Fit Crime

horsewhip. Take OFF your coat,
Numbered 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
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19
a Deadly Error.

DR.. w. B. Cannon of Harvard, dis
cussing anti-vivis ,ction literature at a
dinner in New York. said with a
smile:
"This literature, in part at least, is
as flagrantly erroneous as the medical
department conducted by young col
lege girl in weekly paper. A sam
pie reply in this department ran:
'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-
ioned burial"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

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
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 / c h had b e 9 n
seized by the Span
iards in Cuba and
it's crew of Ameri-
cans put to death.
This country came
near having a war
with Spain over the
Virginius Incident.
When the Ossipee
was towing the Vir-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

Rigorous but well-merited punish
nent was administered by Judge Hay
den ofSwoyersville, Pa, when Albert
Gay, a wife-beater, was lashed till ne
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 heavy
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19
Plan Memorial TO Carlyle.

A. movement is on foot for Scot
fish 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.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19
HoD He KnetU

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. eff 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-
lection for some moments; then
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19
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
cheapest cigars-the three-for-five va
riety-are made of French, Kentucky,
Algerian or Hungarian leaves. At the
Dther extreme are the cigars smoked
by the car Of Russia. which are Of
the choicest and best matured Havana
and which cost $1.5O each.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19
The Inevitable

''You don't resent that successful
candidates proud and naughty man
per?"
Nope" rejoined Farmer Corntossel.
1.-THE fact that he's in politics is all
The guarantee l want that sooner or
later he'll meet with some kind of
terrible finish"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19
STUPID Man.

my husband has no idea OF thu
value of money"
why, l thought he was carefus
business man"
"He thinks so, too. But he abso-
lutely doesn't realize what lovely
hat I can buy for $48.99."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19
Not for Him.

Going to see the doctor for 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 ges
a cheaper oneT
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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.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19
Nothing
Like

them in the world. CAScARETS the
biggest seuer-why? Because it's the best
medicine for the liver and bowels. It's
what they will 40 for you--not what
zUe say they wilY do-that makes
CASCARETS famous. Millions use
CASCARETS and il IS all the medicine
that they ever need to take. 90.
cAScARETS roc box for a weeks
treatment, all druggists. biggest seller
In the world Million boxes month.
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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.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

Pettit's Eye SaIVe For Over 100 Years
has been used for cengested and infamed
eyes, removes film or scum over the eyes.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Are You Weak, All
Run = own 2

This condition is directly caused by
bad blood. When the blood is made rich
and pure by Hoods Sarasaparilla, you
will feel strong and cheerful; it viii 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.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

If every year we would root out one
vice we should sooner become perfect
men.-Thomas a Kempis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

The danger from slight cuts or wounds
Is always blood poisoning. The immedi-
ate application of Hamlins Wizard Oil
makes blood poisoning impossible.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
as candy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

Every thread of gold is valuable,
and so is every moment of time
Mason.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

You can't help liking the man who
gets knocked out and then comes
back.
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PILES CURED IN TO Ia DAYS
You druggist will refund money If PAZO ONT
MENT fails to cure any. case of Itching, Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in TO IA days. 5Oc
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

Mrs. wlnslOw's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gums reduces in
Examination allays pain. wind collie. 25c bottle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE."
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QuININE. Look for
the signature of e. W. GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure a Cold In Ono Day. 26c
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

SANDER soon dies if you take it out
of circulation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

The best way to lift men is to meet
them on a level.
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neat was IGdTlut. hSA 2 "oS
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 ~
cases of the fever and for days
and nights continuously the
devoted lieutenant command
er, the surg eons 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 fla
north heard of the yellow fe-
yer at Fort Jefferson. He in
stantly relinquished his leave
of absence and fastened 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
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-01-19

The greatest glory of free-born
people is to transmit that freedom to
their children.-Harvard
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Heresy hunting is simply an obss=-
sion of omniScienco.
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Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the NJ ><0z~
Signature of &MAzz1M
In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.