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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15
CHAPTER x1v.-(continued.)

III take all you car bring" Bolles
erinned. SO did the banker COW
srtly. Bolles was already drunk.
He lost his next bet. He doubled and
lost again. Then he stacked his fav-
crate number. The ball rolled into it,
but jumped the compartment. wizard
wise, and dropped into singled. Bolles
cursed the luck.
Make h limit Ave." he cried.
The banker nodded.
He played his last ten on black, and
lost.
lie ME have a hundred"
The banker shook his head n
pointed to the signs on the wall:
Checks Tor money, money for checks.
no mouth bets"
= BOlles felt in his pockets.
Cleaned QUIT"
give Mr.. Bolles a ten-spot," said
the banker. But you cant play 1t
here. Bolles," was the warning.
Bolles stuffed the note in his pocket
ana rose. He staggered M lurched
against the sideboard. His hat rolled
from his head. An attendant quickly
recovered it and Bolles slapped 1t on
hjs head.
You've got seven hundred o. my
money. n you give me tent"
They opened the door for him and he
Stumbled out into the dark. unlighted
hallway. Broke, clean, fiat- broke! He
Became ugly. He was very drunk. but
b was a w~ide-awake drunkenness.
cSuOl and r%evengeful.
John n Warrington had played an
embarrassing game Of billiards at the
eJub. then finally sought the night and
eraMped idly about the streets. They
mad started toward Martins on the way
Rome, when Warrington discovered that
~ was out Of cigars. He ran back
tAsee or four doors while John pro-
A0AAA& m1O1rv1~r Test a0 hn ryo0 ohnepf
- cross the alleyway a man suddenly
1nSched out nto the light. He barred
0ennington's a
Il thought 1t was you!" he said ven-
1nsously.
Bennington drew back and started
. pass around the man. He did not
recognize him. He saw in the action
ealy q man d%isorderly drunk.
: You're q millionaire. Ell? Well, Ill
son 0x you and your actress n her
Jovef. Take that as a starter!"
He struck Bennington savagely on
~ ~cheekbone. Bennington stumbled
oelak. Instantly all the war that was in
powerful nan but he had not the
slightest chance.
Warrington. as he left the cigar store,
Aew the two men fall. He al up
quickly.
Tor Gods sake. John. what are you
6efag7" he cried.
WIN q superhuman effort he dragged
the enraged man from the PROSTATE
I6sln In the mad.
Was I killing him. Dicks" said John,
n Q quavering voice. HE struck me
aug Am I mad, or has the world
turned upside down in a minute?"
what did he say?" He knelt at the
1960 Of Bolles and felt OF his heart. It
0ellI beat.
What did he say? Nothing. MOTH
9nSl Where's my hat? I'm going
nome Have ID"
mo. he's alive: but I came Just in
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15
CHAPTER XIV

: On che following Monday morning
g~DccoedinG the encounter with Bolles,
John boarded q car and went out to the
1lbops - usual. He found nothing
changed. The clerks In the office were
10Y With huge ledgers, though It 10
true that many q hand was less nrm
than on ordinary days. Rumors were
lying about. from clerk to clerk, but
eono knew what the boss intended to
-.
ssler. Bennington7"
1oha turned. C~hittenden. the young
11aStish inventor. stood respectfully
1oet within the door.
s0ood morning. Nj. Chittenden.
A0Msss the Invention going?"
yhe invention 10 going very well,
q. But 4 II not Of that ! wish to
oDoa6.ss
.Havesyou Joined the union, thenf"
2as1ed 8ennington. with shade OF
II shas Nh. men men @ seuou . your =; NJ tear :
lOWn the shops. Well. : do not want
eh1D 10 happen . my account. I am
ye4ne; I can watt;s I'll take my tink-
1t5ht Geoewh0re."
sC~dfetsnden, you can't leave mo now.
Is y00 90. lf0hall never forgive you.
Yo1yAt6 ! valuable piece OF property
- e9e lawyere say. II you 50 now
~ Hlon win think I weakened and
1eeced you out. You gaye me your
word that you would stay here till I
Aell 3you 90 co..
1heeess nothing more 10 be said, sir.
43oesnay depend upon me"
11anha The DAY you perfect your
snp51sisto rrcsnotesit. GOOD morning"
REPRESENTATIVES wag coming up after
- ~ - the reply.
nlssN 8enntngtonsa eyes Mashed,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15

Eye salve IN Aseptic Tubes
Prevents Infection-Murine Eye Salve
Ask Druggists for New Size Csc. VAL
liable Eye Book In Each Package.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15

1t isn't always the person who
wants to say something that has some.
thing TO say.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15

SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES
Aliens Foot Ease, the Antiseptic powder for Tired,
aching, swollen, nervous feet. Gives rest and
comfort. Makes walking . delight. Sold everywhere,
DC. Don't accept any substitute. Eor ERpD
sample. address Allen &. Olmsted. Le Roy. n. z.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15

Start afresh this Spring-cleanse and
purify the system by q course of Garfield
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15

Your wife. as we'll as your sins. will
find you out.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15

Real happiness is cheap enough,
yet how dearly we pay for it with
counterfeit.-Ballon.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15

Isn't 1t about time to bury the dead
languages?
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-15

is.'ssfv y Llsiss We hear Of others.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19

hp'''h ordnance board with four volunteer
sailors agreed 10 stay on board tho Puritan
"h'h 'h" oNplOsiy" was drtuuatod More than
u.. Captain Knight had the task " punching
small holes In the explosive with a lead pencil
y" permit IN" introduction OF fuses This was
an exceedingly delicate operation and because
OF no" fact that tho explosive was a now com.
bihNlpn II was possible that something might
happen during the puGcturing lightly as Il
W.. performed After the fuses were inserted
captain Knight connected electric wires with
I''' ana then went forward to a position on
lh' berth deck with the four enlisted men
VINO elected to stay on board with him
m" ordnance board officer turned "A switch
una the explosion took place Tho report was
thuhd"rous. 1t felt like an oarthauake" said
captain knight afterward with his men the
Noh'ur"Somo captain escaped injury but their
h'f"'Nm was Just as real as Il they had been
pI""h 10 atoms, for because Of the fact that
Inc explosive was comparatively unknown
quantity no one could tell definitely what
might happen.
writing Of the Puritan, which is a 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
actlf" service vessel and II is not likely that
any body connected with the service from ad.
miral down to cooks mate * sorry for It. The
heat In the monitors is something intense and
a. he 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 rs is pumped down TO them by way of
Oh" onEnc room. and this air Is hot oily and
productive on many occasions Of sickness.
called sea sickness, but which IN reality is
nothing of the kind, although It has all the
attendant symptoms Of the real article
The modern batteships are frightmlly hot
below decks, especially when they get into
tropical and sublropica waters. civilian
who vent 90 Panama with President TAFT said
that In his cabin when dressing for dinner no
was obliged to stand directly in the draught OF
n blow pipe to prevent the profusc peraplra.
ton from 30 melting" the bosom of his dress
shirt that It would be unprese ntablc when he
appeared at the presidents table. The Their.
nomctor In the staterooms stood at about ll2
degrees
Some years ago an officer who was sta.
toned on a monitor was found dead In his
berth and the surgeons pronounced his death
so have been caused by apoplexy heat apo
pcyy the officers Of the ship called H. An old
naval officer in Washington has told me that
the thermometer in the cabin Of the officer
~hO died stood at l40 degrees and that the
dca'h was due solely 10 a heat stroke
During to Spanish war the monitor Milan.
ionomah was on blockadlng duty of the port
of Havana. Cuba The NIiantonomah is an old
steel monitor cased in metal and with the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19
MARKED BY A MIRACLE

Extraordinary excitement has been caused
among the peasants in the ncghborhoou Of
\lItimagh, County Mayo, this week by a
series of what described as miraculous han.
pcnings at the convent there, q Dublin CORE.
apondent OF the 81. Louis Globe Democrat
writes
Am9ng the children who arc being educated
~ the good nuns OF Kiltimagh is a 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 docle and az.
tcctionate and more than usually religious A
rev nights ago one of the nuns was awakened
ny fearful screams from the dormtory whcro
the girl slept, and on going to her she was told
that the child had had a terrible dream. in
which she saw Christ on the cross and a sol.
der 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 n cross in red and
underneath the cross woro the letters a. H.
$. few days later n crown Of thorng ap.
pcarcd below the cross and tho letters Il n
X. J., and these were followed by the aDprar.
ance Of chalice furmountcd by a host in
red. The marks have been examined b. tho
parish priest Roy. Father OHnra, and bv DR.
Madden of Kitir,aFh who vouch for their no.
ing thorc, but decline to express any ouinlcn as
10 lh'lF cause. II is said that during the doe
tors examination the stigmata b!ed freely. Tho
nuns maintain stoutly that the child had no on
portunity Of inncting the injuries II injuries
they be, on herself. and understand arrange.
mcnts are being made for n thorough inyestiga.
ton OF the mystery by committee Of &c.
clc5astlcs 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 toothachc. 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 was the nerve and
that he would never suffer from toothacno
again.
or course, he did suffer, and when he went TO
medical man for relief and told his story he
learned how he had tcen swindled,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19

deck just pcopinr above the water When tho
sea was calm and the sky WAS clear the sun
beat down on the metal and the men who had
stood III" night watches and were trying TO
sleep suffered more severely than do the
pcopl" in the crowded back tcncmcuts in New
York city on II hot July night whom death
walks through the streets An officer who
served on a monitor durlnG the Spanish war
told me that tho average temperature for
long period Of time I'm his cabin was l0i de
ErorE.
Recently two Young officers not long out
Of the naval academy we're forced 10 resign
from the service because they were constantly
srascl while on service on the hattleahips
Tho young fellows stuck II out for several yoy-
ages. but when IL Is remembered that a seasCk
man as a rule is SO sick that he is perfectly
willing 10 die, 1t can be Understood what these
young fellows suffered during the weeks OF
the yoyaggg They resigned from the navy
simply because they could not be Of any scry.
ire. They were sick from the moment the yoy-
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 irIgatc Constitution II
he knew Of any cases Of chronic scasiekness
among officers and men during the old days
Of the service. He said he knew Of only one
case, that Of nm officer who developed seasick.
ness after some years Of service. but that It
was thought that slight injury TO his spine
hal afcctcd his stomach and that it was this
moro than tho motion Of the vessel which was
the cause OF his ailmont
This same veteran officer said that there
is considerable seasickncss today IN the navy
although comparatively few cases that could
be called chronic. and that they we're due, he
believed, more to the heat Of the modern steel
vessels than Ia the l Ution caused by the
waves. In the old days OF wooden ships with
sail power Cnly there was no heat on board
except that given out by inc galley and by the
small stove which occasionally was go be found
In the captains cabin. The old-timc ships in
winter were kept In warm climates MS mach as
possible otherwise the men would have
frozen 10 death.
The old wooden vossel jamestown. once
commanded sy Commodore Perry, who opened
the ports of Japan to the commerce OF the
United states, is anchored In Hampton Roads,
whore It is used a marine hospital service
station A 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 n roundshot heated In
the stove then dropped into n bucket of sand
TO be carried aft to his cabin where Il gave
out just enough warmth TO temper for few
moments the cold of the quarters.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19

giniUn Back TO America Mlshipman Under
wood wle one OF two or three officers who
were asaiga,d to the VirEinius to look after II
while III" owing process was on.
The III, on board the VlrGiuus IS one that
It Is impossible TO describe The Spaniards
had LEFT Der In such filthy state that living
on board vas mtOlcrablc even after ccaslng
Urocossc# lad been tried. After few DAYS on
board thai ship the men looked as though
th"y had aocn through a siege of sickness
Finally when OF the Virginia capcs the VIZ
gnius gave every evidence OF being in sink
ing condition. She foundcrod quickly and the
officers and mon on board escaped to the Os
sipcc being obliged to leave their belongings
behind. The benchccnt United States govern
mcnt, because OF some red tape reason or
other declined 10 make good TO tho 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 NJ the United States government sta
ton In tho Samoan islands. He was consid.
cred one Of the haTdsomcst men in the service
Of his country He was over six feet high
finely proportoned and n fno physical speci.
men generally. No war with man went on in
the Samoan islands. but the heat and the food
and the doyIlshncss Of the climate generally
did the work Of the battlefield |; CAPTAIN
Underwood had never been given an assign.
ment at The Samoan islands II IS probable
that he would have continued in the active
service until the age limit Of sxtytw0 years
was reached. The dangers Of warfare are not
III" only ones by any means that navy and
army officers are Obliged to meet
II may 10 no harm here 10 recall the story
Of the horIism Of. Lieut. James Z. Bell OF the
United States army, who died because of his
devotion 10 duty. died At n time when no hui
lot1 were dying. but when an even deodIicr
70" Of necessity must be met This story has
been publ ned many times, but It has its ever
lasting lesson.
Fort ,fferson. on the Tortugas. in August
al the year 1873 was garrisoncd by Battery NJ
First United States artillery Outside of the
surgeons there was only one officer. Lieuten
ant Bell, at the post. Capt. L. l.. I.angdon had
been granted n leave of absence to 20 north
to the bedside OF his dying father. On August
2S yellow fever appeared at the post Within
two days four of the garrison had died Irpon
tho first announcement of the appearance of
the scourgo Lieutenant Bell sent all the women
and children and some of the married men to
an island three miles away. Within a day or
two he sent to the same place nearly all the
well men of the garrison, retaining only
enough 10 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 nurseE He stayed and
devoted himself to the sick In the hospital as.
sisted By tho men who had volunteered The
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19

II" called in hH first Iiouou1nt and sald -
ho," hero orders transferring ,ou Immediately
&" Vermont You hog. don. a noble work here.
There is no reason whg suu SHOULD stag longer.
You have been through enough OF this awful
Hu. CO."
u.lI said: Captain / don't want tNc ord
n road it | suppose / shall hay. 10 Obey simply
because It is an order. You l,up it 60 your
Iont.f uu'il The fever 81 over aud t.cu II. read
70 0ud rn"
lm-lnn shook bands with him.
I"I, went ou with his work Ca . few days
h" '"l' the hot hand of the s"ourr. on his brow
ilo "'a' to E., ',u' pulled mp h.a it'll" camp
'ah" n0d wrote an official lnt'or 10 the assist
ant adiutunt general at Headquarters Of the DO.
"artm"at of III" gall IIoil. Syringe Miss Il
"ne q lon letter, covering many pages There
wa. Ia Bells heart that day the fear fnat he
INSIST d," and leave und0u. an act Of du,g 10
others H"'chcrshcd the Thought Of tho loyalty
of tire surgeons and the enlisted mon who had
SO n"Div performed their duties 10 the sick and
dying facing the fnrcr and death itself without
:!Hchiug lie mentioned In this Official com.
municatinR each doctor and man Dynamo. recon.
mcuding 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 =. Rel put down his pen. went
to the hospital and in three days was dead
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19
MISSOURI NEWS
Missouri psntists Elect.

Sedala The Central Missouri Den
tai association, which closed . two
days session here. elected the follow
Ing officers: Or {. L. Cline, Apple
ton City, president; Or. II. a. Kress.
War'nnsburg, yiccpresIdent; DR..
Charles Swap BOonyillc, second vice
president. Or. NJ l.. Myers, Sedalia,
secretary; Dr. G. H. Weaver. Sedalia,
treasurer The 1872 convention will
be held at Upton.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19
InslltutlOns wln Get $3.50, 900.

Jefferson Cigy.-State institutions
will get almost $lOOOO.OOO from the
present session of the Missouri lcEis.
laturc, according to the figures of +.
p Deal member from Mississippi
county, and chairman OF the house ap.
preparations committees. The exact
amount will be $9,75O,OOO, which cx-
cccds thar Of any previous year by ST..
$4,000
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19
Montgomery CITY Tribune Sold

Montgomery City-The Montgom.
cry City Tribune was sold to Howard
Ellis OF New Florence and Will be
consolidated with the Montgomery
County Leader and printed at New
Florence.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19
RaIlroad Bond ReornanIzed.

jefferson Ci'y.-Tho board OF rail-
way and warehouse commissioners re
organized at a meeting here. II. Il.
Oslcsby was elected chairman Capt.
Thomas VI Bradbury was reelected
secretary, a position he has held for
many years
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19
Turpentine Blows up, F,rlno Store

Maryville.-Thc explosion of tank
Of turpentinc in tho rear of the
Charles Love drug store caused a fire
loss Of $4,000, partially covered by
insurance. Fire walls kept the blaze
from spreading.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19
Two Held on Bieamy Charge.

LcbanOn.-On the request of the
constable OF Winfield, Kan, City Mar.
shall G. w. DilwOrth arrested Clarence
Compton and his wife at the home OF
Mrs. Compton's father, +. II. Nipper
on a charge Of bgamy.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19
Negro Hold.Up Suspects Escape.

Moberlv. Charles Grim and George
West, two negroes wanted in several
Missouri cities on the charge nf high
way robbery, made their escape aud
have not been apprchcnded.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19
Family Held for Murder.

Marshall.-IIe2ckiah Smith. his wife
and their two sons, Philip aud Amos,
charged with the murder Of William
Weaver at Whites Island, Western
Saline, Dee IS. were held over wthou.
bail
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19
Held on RInamy Charge.

Mncon.-Rcy. Samuel Il. Howard
vas arrested at SholbIna and lodged
in the Macon Jail on a charge of big
amy The state claims Howard has
married three wives since October.
and that he had two before that.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19
QuaGrupIet Calvea Born.

Troy-A Hereford COW on Bragg &
Bpnlils' farm gave birth to quadru-
plcts. They all were perfectly formed
and weighed about so pounds each.
They lived but short time.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19

heat was fearful. There was
not a pound OF ice on the
island and many OF the deaths
that followed one after anoth'
or 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.
ar, the surgeons and the
nurses knew no rest With
their own hands they dug the
graves for the dead aud with
their own lips repeated over
them the burial service
Captain Langdon in the fnr
north heard OF the yellow te.
Yer at Fort jefferson. He IN
stantly rolinQuished his leave
Of absence and FASTENED to
return to his station soma
months before the outbreak ot
the fever Lieutenant Rrl 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
Laugdon EurryinE southwark
to Join his command, carried
in hts pocket tho order roIiey.
ing I.i.u'ruau Rel from duty
Mt Fort jefferson and detailing
him for work In Vermont
Laugdcn reached his post
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-11-02
Miners Crushed to Death

Eureka, Utah, Nov. i.--Causht hy
u caye-in which occurred today in the
Chlef Consolidated mno, Walter
Ferguson and William Allen were
crushed to death. John Johnson sus-
tanned serious injuries.