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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
MARKED BY A MIRACLE

Extraordinary excitement has been caused
among the peasants in the neighborhood Of
Kiltimagh, County Mayo, this week, by a
series Of what are described as miraculous hap
penings at the convent there, Dablin CORE
spondent of the ST. Louis GloDe-Democrat
writes.
Among the children who are being educated
by 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 extremely docile and at
fectionate and more than usually religious A
few nights ago one of the nuns 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 lance into his side.
The cOmforted her and she went to
sleep, but in the morning she complained that
her and on examination 1t was
found to be marked with a in red and
underneath the the letters 81. H
S." few days later crown of thorns ap-
peared below the cross and the letters ST NJ
R. L." and these were followed by the appear
ance of a chalice surmounted by a 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 inficting the injuries, if injuries
they be, herself, and l understand arrange
ments are being made for thorough investiga
ton of the mystery by committee of &C.
clesiastics and medical
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 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 toothacne
again
Of course, he did suffer- and when he went to
a medical for relief and told his story he
learned how he had been swindlcd
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

deck just peeping above the water. When the
sea was calm and the sky was clear the sim
beat down on the metal and the men who had
stood the night watches and were trying TO
sleep suffered severely than do the
people in the crowded back tenements in New
York city ON a hot July night when death
walks through the streets. An officer who
served on monitor during the Spanish war
told 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 Dattleships.
The young fellows stuck it out for several voy-
ages, but when it is remembered that seaslck
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 voyagng 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, man
who served on the old frgate 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 seas1ck-
ness after some years of service, but that it
was thought that 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 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 roundshot heated in
the stove, then dropped into bucket of sand
to be carried aft to his cabin, where it gave
out just enough warmth to temper for few
moments the cold of the quarters.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

He called in his first lieutenant and said: 4
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 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 an official letter to the assist
ant adjutant general at headquarters OF the de-
partment of the gulf, Holly Springs, Miss. Il
was 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
nobly performed their duties to the sick and
dying, facing the fever and death itself without
f1inching. He mentioned in this official com
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
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
THE GREAT SYMPTOM TUNNEL
Fourteen-MiIe Bore Uniting Italy and
Switzerland Could Be Destroyed
in One Second.

Milan, Italy.-The 14-mile Simplon
tunnel uniting Italy and Switzerland
is being looked after in case of war.
Engineers are engaged in arranging
mines at each entrance so that in
case of war this great Industrial ave-
nue. under ground could not be util-
lied by an invader These entrances
could be effectually closed at a Sec
ond's notice by starting the fuses
connecting them with the dynamiter
charges. The Italians have taken a
second precaution by erecting a
double steel door of strength enough
to withstand the onrush OF an ex-
press train travelling at 60 miles an
hour This door is operated by cleo
tricity from the Italian end some
seven miles distant. The door is hid
den in the rocky side of the tunnel
and is tested once a week At either
end of the great bore is simple de-
vice which by pressing button would
tear down the supports of the TUNE,
and let down enormous quantities of
rock which would ruin the tunnel in
Eacnnd-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

son of London, nieces, and to Norton
w. Barker, nephew. of Michigan
City.
The bulk of the vast estate went to
the little daughter, who was an only
child and the idol of her father. 1t was
his love for her, according to intimate
friends, which made him tie up her
fortune in such a way that she might
best be protected from fortune-hunt'
ing husbands.
Both the girl and the fortune ara
turned over to the guardianship Of the
First Trust and Savings bank, Chica
go. That institution will direct her
education and limit her expenditures
until she is of age. Even then the trus-
teesilip continues, and only the income
of the estate will be paid to the young
woman. When she marries-that de.
tail OF the trust document has not yet
been made public.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
PROPOSE A SHAFT TO DANTE
italian Citizens of New York Sub.
scroine for Memorial Which They
Will Give to City.


New York.-New York's Italian citi-
zens, who have already presented the
city with monuments to Columbus,
Garibaldi, Verdi and Verrazano, are
now subscribing to fund with which
to erect a monument to Dante, author
of the Divine Comedy" The figure
of the poet, of heroic size, will be
backed by a shaft of granite SIS feet
from base to summit Life-size figures
of Literature and Religion and life
size groups representing Dante's
visions of hell, purgatory and heaven,
will decorate the base. At the very
foot, in bas-relief, is the Roman wolf
sucking Romulus and Remus. Above
the poets head is an American eagle,
bearing laurel crown. The monument
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

The students Of Vassar proclaim
with pride that they can cook, and
cook appetizing meals at that There
is no danger in the higher education,
even for the conservative. when WON
en- take pride in their cooking as an
accomplishment, and men. as a rule,
do not care how much science and
philosophy their future wives absorb
as long as the absorbing process does
not interfere with the prospect of
good dinners when the cook is on
atrike.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
GIRL HEIR TO GREAT VEAL TIL
Millionaire Indiana Car Builder Leaves
Daughter the Ward Of :
Chicago Bank.

Michigan City, Ind.-Little Mis-,
Catherine Barker, the fourteen-year
old daughter of the late John H. Bar
ker, the wealthy car builder Of this
city, has learned of the strange condi'
tons under which she becomes one Of
the richest girls in the world.
After the funeral of her father,
which was held from the family resi-
dence here, the relatives gathered in
the dining room of his mansion to hear
the reading of trust deed disposing
of the Barker estate of upwards of $780,
100000
There were substantial requests to
Mrs. Nelson Luddington Barnes of
Chicago and Mrs. Harold A. Richard.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
HolU He KneW

In an assault and battery case tried
in 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-
Election for some moments: then.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

The brave police president of Berlin
has taken valiant stand against long
Aat pins. calling upon women to cease
making themselves in this respect a
menace to mankind. The long hat pin
affected by fashion is really danger
Gus, as those who have been jabbed in
crowded cars or on the street can tes-
tify. If the women won't be reason
able about it. won't they please be
snerciful?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

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 o @ d
came out Of the ma
val academy and
was serving as a
1nidshipman 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 e 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-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
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 dashed him once
more. Not until he was out of breath
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

Rigorous but well-merited punish
ment was administered by Judge Hay
den ofSwoyersville, Pa, when Albert
Gay. wife-beater, was lashed till ne
begged for mercy and promised never
to strike his wife again Gays wife,
a small, fraile woman, appeared at
court covered with cuts and bruises
caused by her husbands brutality.
Judge Hayden sent for the husband
Ind met him at the court with heavy
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
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.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

The census shows an average in
crease in population in the New Eng
H~~1 states considerably in excess of
that in some parts of the west. Iowa.
for instance, reports an actual de-
crease for the ten years since 1900.
and but for gains in the larger cities
Missouri also would have shown p
falling-off. Conclusions that the east
has gone into decadence will have tt
be revised.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

DR.. Wiley says that the earth is
cooling and that men will freeze to
death on the equator some day From
a man who is contemplating matri-
mony one would expect a brighter
view
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

Last year Alaska produced S20,463,
900 gold, or about three times what
Uncle Sam paid for the big territory
Some day Secretary Seward will have
a fine monument as a good Judge of a
zeal estate bargain.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
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 l can perhaps get
cheaper one?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

New York walters are opposed to
the institution of the Bertillon system,
and the public will stand by them so
tar as pertains to thumbprints on the
soup plates.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

An Iowa judge granted a divorce to
a man whose wife liked cigarettes bet
ter than she did him. Must have been
awful1y good cigarettes or a pretty
poor husband
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

Mrs. Russell Sage is going to build
a model town for 1900 model families
near New York. But she may have to
go out of New York to find her ten
ants.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

Photographers all over the country
will mourn that it is the society WON
en- of Philadelphia, instead of Chicago,
who are unwilling to show their feet
in a classic tableau.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

When aerial freight transportation
begins to become a fact, we shall hear
some railroad men arguing that there
Is not enough air for the success of
the plan.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

A ninety-three-year-old man has been
left fortune but refuses to give UP
his Job. He knows what has kept
him alive
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

A new million-dollar apartment
h0use in New York is to have kin
dergarten, hospital and skating rink.
The three don't go badly together.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

No objection is heard from the
young men of the family to the new
fad of employing young women chauf'
eeurs
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

Frightening, he said: "I know it,
your honor, because that's what
would have done to him IL I'd got him
down. Circle Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

The Courier-Journal notes the fine
difference between the words died
and passed away" as applied to bank
cashiers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

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 Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

Chicago highwaymen carried vic
tim three miles to rob him. That
must constitute a violation of the
Interstate commerce law
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

Is tipped with single star symbolic
of the hope of modern Italy. If the
plans are approved by the city au-
thorities, the memorial will be as
signed a place in one of the parks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

Now Peru and Bolivia are disagree
ing. What South America needs is
dght and revolt antitoxin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

1t was a stroke of genius which
made the census taking precede the
opening of the shooting season for
amateur hunters.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

If all the New England hunting
stories are true the abundance of ven
ison should bring down the price of
beef.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

When a cold wave hits New York
there are noses sympathetically red in
Weehawken, Hoboken and Hacken'
sack.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

In the silk war between Italy and
Japan goods and prices cut much
more of figure than battleships.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

An oss1f1ed man has been married in
Pennsylvania, but it is suspected that
this is not the first case on record.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

That latest earth shock might be
traced to the militarists bringing up
their heavy artillery
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

Whenever the dressmakers think of
other outrageous spring styles they let
US know.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

If we must have so many warships
why not get Mr. Edison to make few
with his cement molds?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

Still, feeding children on two cents
o day and making them like it are two
different propositions.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

If motion pictures are to aid the in
sane they should not be associated
with nickel-theater ventilation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
WASHBURN, WIS.

Even $1O,OOO,OOO worth of peace is
worth having
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

Every year this world drinks 1850
100000 pounds of tea. That seems
plenty.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

Every little while nobody's seismo
graph is recording an earthquake.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

Money talks, but it will have to do
more than that if it insures peace,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

sive. Willard S. Isham, ordinance engineer,
invented the explosive and his claim was that
with it 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. A charge of 200 pounds of the ex-
plosive was placed in an unconfned condition
against the Puritan's armor plate near the
stern Capt. A. M. Knight president of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

ESdL WdS lSttl lu1. ACl Z " 01
not a pound Of fee 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 cons 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 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,
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-24
SPELLING tho Tohaeeo.

WinchcOmbe st. Peter. In Gloucester.
shire. began the cultivation Of tobacco
In England toward the end Of the six
teenth century. and the Inhabitants
are said to have derived considerable
profit from 1t until the trade was
placed under restrictions An entry In
Pepy's Diary on Sept. 10. 1867. con-
corning the coming Of q cousin Of his
to town proceeds: ''She tells me how
the life guard which wa thought lit
tie while since was sent down into the
country about some Instruction was
sent to Wi-Ehcombe to spoil the to-
bacco there. which. it seems, the peo-
pie there do plant contrary to law and
have always done and still been under
force and danger of having It spoiled,
as 1t hath been oftcntimes, and vet
they will continue TO plant 1t. The
place, she says. is miserable poor
place."-I.Ondon Globe.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-24
FLAG ON THE ARMORY
ONLY HALF WAY UP

Queries have been pouring into the
Daily News office as to why the flag
on the Armory is at half mast Some
have been SO unkind as to ask if it
was because of the deplorable cord!-
ton of affairs on the East Coast
railway, others, Of course, thought
some high official of the railroad,
state or nation might be dead. Meth
er of the suggestions constitute the
real reason. The man who raised it
failed to get it up to the top of the
pole-sO Captain Cowan states.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-24

THE Little Gem of Daytona, 1873
So. Ridgewood Ave-, will be sold at
a sacrifice to the one that makes the
best offer before April Ii. 1t is in
complete order; 8 rooms, buffers
pantry and bathroom; good cellar,
cistern. electric lights, etc; complete
garage with mans room, finished
fruits, flowers, shrubs and trees; a
little park in itself For price and
terms, apply or address John ] Ran
dali, owner, at his new home, 42S S.
RldgewoOd ave-, next door to Sea
brings. 95-tf