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The Winslow mail., 1913-01-25
| saw a dim face
Peerin8 UP at me!

then left the room, her eyes wet with
tears. Some more weeks went by;
there was no change in my condition.
A certain morning dawned and /
awoke feeling strangely better. I
could not account for my sensations,
but I felt lighter and less heavy
limbed. l noticed, too, that I could
move my arm-the paralysis was eyi-
IDENTIFY passing away. Once again
made an effort to speak, but not a
word would come. Still, the paralysis
of the arm and side was less marked,
When the nurse entered the room ]
longed to say to her, Il am better"
but l think my eyes must have told
her something for she leaned over me
cheerily and said:
well, my dear, you are looking
more like yourself"
] raised my arm about an inch in
order to draw her attention to it,
Why, that is spIeLdid improve
meptF she said. Il must tell DR..
Ecrslet.''
She stood at the side of the bed as
If considering.
Il am uncertain whether I ought to
trouble him today" she said. This
in his wedding day. Hut, nurse, what
q strange expression you have in your
face. You have got such curious
eyes-I never before saw human eyes
express so much. I do not believe
that you like the idea of this wedding.
Well, Miss Trefusis is a beautiful
young lady; but then, Dr. Herslet is
so clever, the cIeyerest surgeon Of his
day. Of course he is older, but"
She was interrupted by knock at
the door and went to open it. I heard
her utter an exclamation; she then
came back quickly to my side.
What do vou think has happened o.
she said. You are highly honored.
There is no less person standing
outside than Miss Trefusis herself
the bride-to-be. Shall l show her in ?''
My eyes spoke, my hand beckoned,
and Leonora entered, She was in her
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noise in my throat. I tried to struggle
to my feet, but my right side, arm and
leg were powerless. / sank back
with a moan. AS l did so l noticed
a little blood on the corner of the bed
against which I had evidently fallen.
The girl rushed out and returned in
few moments with DR.. Herslet. He
looked at me keenly.
This is dreadful" | heard him
murmur. He raised my paralyzed arm
and let it fall again. How did this
happen, nurse Petre?' he asked.
Again l tried to speak; my lips
moved, but no sound escaped them.
Ring for Nurse Martha, said the
doctor, "and get her into bed. 1t is
apoplexy. I will be back shortly"
I was put to bed, and soon DR.
Herslet returned with another doc
tor. They both examined me careful
".
TT is a clear case, Herslet,' said
the other doctor. "Hemorrhage from
the left middle cerebral, with hemi-
plegis and aphasia. Very sad indeed.
The mind is fully conscious but all
power Of speech is lost. BrOca's con-
volution is evidently involved
Can you raise your right arm 2 he
queried, bending over me.
shook my head III reply,
You see she understands what is
said to her," he added, looking at DR..
Herslat. The two physicians left the
room, but soon Dr. Herslet returned
and sent the nurse away.
well" said he, bending over me,
''you can see now how wrong you
were to defy me. ] told you l would
seal your lips if necessary, and they
are sealed. am going to marry Miss
Trefusis, and SO l have taken steps
to insure your silence, It is possible
that ycu may never be able to speak
again. With my knowledge of the
localizatiOn Of motor centers Of the
brain. it was easy for me TO do what
| have done When l saw that you
were determined to leave the house
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not sacrifice either love or ambition.
The operation will be postponed
will give my patient excellent reasons
for the delay. ! shall keep him here
and operate after my marriage has
taken place. Now. perhaps, you up-
derstand the strength of my position.
You can, if you wish it. return to
Leonora and stay with her until after
the marriage, or you can defy me-
you mean that am to go back to
Leonora and not tell her what | have
discovered?"
Exactly; but you can please your
self"
What is the alternative?"
IF you do not promise to obey me.
| shall seal your lips. How / will do
SO is my secret. You cannot leave
this house tonight. Tomorrow morn
ing I will speak to you again. Now
you must go to your ROOM"
He took ne by the arm and led me
out of the consulting room. My brain
was in a whirl and l was incapable of
resistance. l went up the stairs, en-.
tered my room and sat down to think
matters over. Knowing Herslet as !
did, l saw that it would be useless to
try to leave the house that night
Perhaps l could manage it in the
morning. He had said the operation
was to be postponed, and there might
yet be time for me to save Leonora.
Overcome with excitement and emo
ton, lay back in my chair, and fell
into deep sleep. l awoke suddenly
and opened my eyes to see Dr. Hers
let standing before me. tried to rise,
but was unable to move. The surgeon
bent over me, one hand on my shoul-
der, the other holding something to
my mouth and nostrils. The faint,
sweet smell of chloroform was in the
air. Herslet's cruel eyes were gazing
into mine.
You are in my power" he said;
y am sealing your lips
AS he spoke l ceased to struggle
and my senses left me- When I awoke
again it was morning and was lying
on the floor with my head against a
sharp corner of the bedstead. | felt
queer and heavy and there was a dull
pain IN my temples. Suddenly the
door opened and servant entered
What is the matter?'' she cried.
What has happened?"
/ made an effort to speak, but not a
word would come, only a gurgling
The Winslow mail., 1913-01-25
On The Contrary.

Look here. Henry, you shall not
waste so much of your time on this
foolish aviation stunt"
"Oh, father, how can you talk so? 1t
is a very uplifting occupation"
The Winslow mail., 1913-01-25
Unanimity.

Doctor-Your temperature seems to
have taken a drop OF two.
Patient-Can't 1 do the same, doc
.0r?'
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16

A flock of a half hundred quail
visited the northern part of this city
last evening dropping down into
door Yards. and showing little fear
of the approach of people. They
visited a number of places and were
watched by the residents with inter-
est. They probably came from Mar
ions Island between here and Fort
Pierre where they have been breed
ing for several years and where Mr.
Marion prohibits hunters. Pierre
Journal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16

Mr. and Mrs II. w. Penwell, of
Mondamin twp, were shopping in
the county capital Tuesday. The
recent discontlnuance of the Ames
postotfice, in their township, makes
most southwest county residents
patrons of the Miller office. Their
mail is delivered on the Miller Bailey
route,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16

Mrs w. G.. Redmond and Mrs A.
B. Catalan were hostesses Friday
afternoon to a large number of their
friends at the home of the former
on west End. st The affair was in
honor of Miss Alice Fynes. of Brook
lyn. N. Y, a guest at the Redmond
home. The guests assembled at
three o'clock and spent a pleasant
afternoon at progressive 500 IN
which Mrs j. 7. McCullen won the
prize fer high score, the consolation
going to Mrs l.. Dlouhy. At the
close of the afternoon a dainty
course luncheon was served by the
hostesses.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16

A fire alleged TO have been started
by hogs, burned the corn cribs and
hog barns on the j. r. Spelrs farm
in Midland twp. A pile of cobs on
which there were a few grains of
corn had been burned in the lot, and
it is claimed that the hogs carried
some OF these smouidering cobs un.
der the crib, and started the fire
which DESTROYED several hundred
dollars worth of property for their
owner
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16
An Opportune Time For Catholics

An OppOrtune Time For Catholics
This year. our Holy father, Plus X.
proclaimed a Jubilee in honor of the
10th centenary of the conversion of
the Roman Empire and EmIoror,
Constantine. To the Catholic faith
this Jubilee has or will be celebrated
before the feast of the immaculate
conception of the Blessed Virgin,
Dec. 9th, 1913, For the Catholics
of st. AIMS Parish, Miller, >. D.
this Jubilee will start on SUNDAY,
Oct. 18th. and end Tuesday. Oct,
2lst. and with it will be held the
Forty Hour Alteration of the Blessed
Sacrament. There will be two Jub-
lice professions a day -one at 10 a..
M. and the other at 1880 D.. M. Six
visits in all Will be made to the
church and an indivual aims given
for the Orphans of the Diocese and
all will go to Confession and Holy
Communion. All barriers are cast
aside so that all may make their
peace with their maker and start
ane on the road leading to saliva
ton. Shall we pass it bv or shall we
come tn the foot Of the cross and
acknowledge cur shortcomings and
go away refreshed. Confessions
will be heard all day Monday bv
priests from neighboring parishes.
and the parish in q body will receive
Holy communion on Tuesday nom.
ing a. $50.
Father Duguay,
Pastor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16

The citizens Of Highmore and Hyde
county met lost week and organized
into a cooperative creamery and
took steps for the permanent build
ing W. of the dairy business in that
locality. A number of dairy experts
were present and advised the far.
mers to start at once improving
their dairy herds by securing a
higher grade of mich cows. A
committee was sent to Wisconsin to
select Holsiien cows for a number of
the farmers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The cast selected for this seasons
production of THE Maid And The
Minister are thoroughly compel.
ent and well known stage artists,
The leading roles being handled by
Alice Southern, Ralph Deane, artists
who have appeared in several New
York successes, such as Leibler's
Told in the Hills" Co., Cohen &
AarriS. Aviation. and Harold
McGrath's Man on the Boy" To,
night at opera house.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16

TAKEN UP: One mare and three
colts. colts coming 2 year olds. Ow.
mel can have same by proving ow-
'nership and paying expenses
George Yearons.
46t3' ~. 1ll-66 Miller. S. ID.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16

There will be a regular meeting of
Crescent Chapter. No. 1. o. +. S.
next Tuesday evening. at which
time the Worthy Grand Matron will
make her annual visit to this chap
ter. The members and the Grand
Matron will be entertained in the
afternoon by the elective officers at
the home Of Mrs Leila Leyson who
is matron Of Crescent Chapter. The
appointive officers will serve refresh
ments at the close of the evening
session.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16
Additional Local

DR., s. r. Wallis has purchased the
Kellough Garage building and moved
it onto his lots adjoining his resi-
dence where he will use it for a gar
age. He has also bought TIE small
cottage of B. F. Barnes on west End
st. and has moved it to the same lots
to be made into an office.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16

GIRL WANTED: To do general
house work. Phone Greene l47.-
Mrs w. S. Battersbv. Miller, S. ID.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16
ADVERTISEMENT
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Effective Saturday, Nov LIST, and
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Trains from stations in Minnesota,
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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has
gone to South America, and will in.
terest thousands of Americans by
his letters reporting what he sees in
that country. The former president
is a restless force IN American life,
and it seems necessary to his make
up to keep doing strenuous things.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16
Register Before November LIST

Under the new primary law all
voters at next springs primaries
must register before November LIST,
1913. Go to your city or township
clerk have your name placed on the
list of your voting precinct This
must be done by YOU in person.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-10-16
Public 4 uction

The undersigned will sell at public
auction 1t his place on w ! 20. ia.
IS. 8 miles north and z miles east of
st. Lawrence, Thursday Oct. %. at
1880 SHARP; % head Of horses. IS
hssd Of cattle and farm machinery
Of III kinds: See large bills.
IT, Frank Beardsley, Owner.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
PROSPECTS FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY-By Percy Clark

States.' issued in 1911. This relates spe-
officially to the Birmingham quadrangle.
some 800 square miles. This survey em-
braces mainly Jefferson and Blount coun-
ties, but includes small parts of Walker,
Cullman, st. Clair and Shelby counties.
This government survey proved the ex-
istenee of the greatest anticline In the
known world-the Sequatchie-lying few
miles west of Birmingham. Now an anti
cline is mass of rock, shale, chirt. sand,
sandstone, granite, limestone, and dolo-
mite. layer upon layer, thousands of feet
thick, but lying In somewhat the shape
of the low, flat Dutch roof of a house,
with a hip-like drop in front This mass
was forced upward by some action in the
depths of the earth countless ages ago.
This antieine is some 80 miles wide and
200 miles long
The ablest authorities in the world have
reached the conclusion that the first es-
sental in the matter of oil deposits is the
anticline. This carries a hydrostatlc
proposition, involving the raising of the
gas and the oil above the water in the
depths of the earth. In Europe and Rus
sia. where there are great oil fields, the
anticline as a basic essential, has been
fully established
DIR. Eugene Smith is authority for the
claim that the Sequatchie anticline is
one OF the greatest in the known world.
Therefore in the matter of prospecting
for oil here in the Birmingham district,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

We now come to consider a porous
rock; one that to the eye would ap-
pear as solid as granite. Away down
under these red hills and green val
leys and flowing rivers and singing
brooks. nature has placed masses OF
dolomlte Dolomite is a kind of lime
stone that has beenN changed by the
entering of say. 80 per cent OF mag
nesium, into its content making the
mass scientifically speaking, porous.
This porosity made the oil reservoir.
In proportion to the area and thickness
quantity of oil in any feld-a cubic
acre of dolomitic limestone is estimated
to yield 100000 barrels of oili The Sc
quachie anticlne reservoir. 80 miles
long by some 200 in length. and 1000
feet of thickness. presents a problem in
mathematical calculation that is stu
pendous 1t dwarfs all the figures of
coal measures, and makes the hydro
electric powers of the state a secon-
dary consideration in economic and in
dustrial life. When this great reservoir
is tapped, as it soon will be, here in
jefferson county, it will open up the most
remarkable and greatest oil ceservoir
in the known world!
But a natural question for the lay
men Is how do you know that a body of
rock some 1000 feet down in the earth
Is of that thicknessr The geological
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

surveys have settled that question by
examination and measurements of out
crops, thrown up almost perpendicular
at some points, in those mighty move
ments of the earth's formation and
charges-voloanic or perhaps compress
sional upward. squeezes. and uplifts
never yet definitely determined. how
ever. TO illustrate: If one should place
large layer cake upon a table and
crumple 1t in some parts, and then
turn one end directly up perpe endicular,
or at angle of say. 40 degrees. the
layers would show plainly their char
acter and thickness without having to
cut piece to see this. Then, too.
the graceful coils of black snake
travelling undisturbed. would. in a min
iature sense, represent relatively, but
not specifically, the undulating lay of
some of the underlying formations Of
the earth. In the serpent illustration,
the anticline would be the bow next TO
the head in the forward movement the
syncerine would be from the lower
ground curve. upward
Here In Alabama, both oil and gas
have been found in what is known as
Hartselle sandstone at a depth CT about
1900 feet, near Jasper-Walker county
The oil is not equal to the Pennsylva-
mia and Ohio products In commercial
value sufficient gas has been brought
into use to light the town of Jasper
Gas was found in profitable quanti-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

TNHE discovery of oil in profit paying
quantities in jefferson county is
4 only a question of time, enter
prise and capital Already the
work is progressing on very
promising proposition with practical
indications-oil tself-in small quantities.
First let's explain what crude petroleum
is or may be- 1t is technically known as
hydro-carbon BY distillation the crude
oil is made merchantable, producing kero-
sine, gasoline, asphaltum. tar and other
products. Petroleum may have been pro-
duced by either of two processes. One
theory is the chemical action in alkaline
minerals. The most popular theory is the
distillation of nature in organic matter.
Natural gas is a product of the pro-
cesses of nature in making oil In her labo-
ratory thousands of feet down in the
depths of the earth.
The state geologist, DR.. Eugene Smith,
and the federal geological survey have
made very exhaustive surveys and reports
from time to time on the economic geology
OF the Birmingham district, but an impor-
tant addition is about to be made; one is
already here-natural gas In paying guam
titles, neutrality-suspicious. at hand.
The economic geology of the Birmlng-
ham district heretofore has embraced only
coal, iron, dolomte and limestone, sand
lime and cement, soil and water" accord
ing TO the Geological Atlas of the United
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
Eats Food by the Ton

Have you any idea OF the amount Of
food you will have eaten IL you attain
the age of 75-providing of course. that
you are OF average height, weight and
appetite? asks Pearson's Weekly.
Fifty-four tons of solid food and SO tons
of liquid--about 1900 times your own
weight. That IL the take-your-breath-
away answer.
The tons of bread you have consumed
would equal in sizs a smadd family hoted.
and a ton and quarter would be the
equivalent weight OF butter.
n you had been a lover OF bacon.
ana were to stretch it out in single
slices. four miles would be the length
Five tons Of fish and f2,000 eggs stand
to your credit. while a normal cheese
eater easily consumes 100 pounds.
The vegetables you have consumed
would fill train three miles long, and
to that train load you could add 10000
pounds of sugar and 1900 pounds of salt
Some half ton of tobacco has been
orsumed in pipes. and 10000 cigarettes
by the man who has been a smoker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

ties at 1900 feet In the wells of the
Providence oil and Gas company. near
Fayette Ala
The Woodward company found abund-
ance of gas. with heavy pressure in their
well at Haleyville, at a depth of 800
feet: in the Knox dolomite. however.
The Democrat Ridge Oil and Gas COM
pany has driven their well at Bryan, in
Jefferson county 300 feet. At 150O feet
the we'll struck gas in the Hartselle sand
stone. At 800 feet shot showed oil,
and a half barrel OF petroleum was
secured OF a quality the equal of any
other on the market.
Overlying the Knox dolomite formation
of 1000 feet in the Sequatche anticline Is
the Trenton limestone some 500 feet thick
In the Ohio and Indiana oil fields the
Trenton limestone forms the reservoir for
oil and gas. The United States geologi-
cal report in summing up the question
of the Trenton formation as a hydro
carbon oil reservoir, says: ut Is not safe
to say that the Trenton limestone is in
any locality, an oil and gas rock. unless
1t can be shown It has undergone a dolo-
mitic replacement, by which porosity is
established. 1t seems that occasionally
the Trenton Is ''doomatized that is,
magnesium enters the limestone. in which
Sc. oil may be found; but only In iso-
lated cases. however. and only the lucky
strike of the drill uncovers Il. but not
otherwise. the best authorities declare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

the first well known basic requisite is
fully established.
In the oil proposition, the question of a
reservoir is another necessary feature:
and the next roof, we may call It; this
roof is necessary to have prevented evap-
GRAFTON for all these cons that have seen
the earth revolve on its axes, and evolve,
in chemical and geological throes, ma
terial for mans use.
When we speak of a reservoir In the
ordinary sense we think of great storage
place, such as waterworks use, but In
a geological sense now referred to, a
very different proposition Is presented An
oil reservoir is either a mass of sand and
rock, or more probably a great area of
solid dolomite thousands of feet thick.
The Encyclopedia Britannica says
1.-THE main requisite for an oil and gas
field are porous reservoir and an i'm
pervlous covering; in addition to these two
necessary features structural conditions
are equally as important" This last re-
lates to an anticline.
The remarkable feature about all de-
posits is that the mass of rock is satu-
rated with it. just as damp sponge is
with water that pressure of some sort
squeezes it out of the rock and forces
it up through the holes bored by those
who drive wells thousands of feet
through the everything mass hundreds
of feet of it being the hardest Of lines
stone formation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

the quality of simple exposition. This
was infinitely superior even TO Glad
stones great gift. Brights audiences
did not merely bear numbers mentioned;
they saw the numbers as actual people.
Gladstone's hearers were treated to
luminous writing of the numbers and
lightning flash working out OF prob
lens. You could not call Gladstone
simple. Bright wittily contrasted the
two by comparing himself to sailor
who sails straight across the bay, while
Gladstone resembled one who found it
necessary in the course of his speech to
explore every river, creek or inlet.
Brights simplicity of exposition made
uneducated minds really familiar with
the essential facts. He was an ideal
representative of an intelligent work.
ing class constituency. 1 have heard
him shrivel with one simple sentence
the whole landlord system of Ireland
then in vogue.
/ need not speak of his apt use of
the Bible, of how the phrase Cave of
Adullam" struck like a broadside
threatened DETECTION in the liberal ranks,
or how he wrung the hearts OF men by
the story of the Shunammite woman,
who replied to proffers of honor, 81
dwell among mine own people, Bright
himself was portrayed in those words.
II would be a labor of love to tran
scribe passage from the speeches to H.
lustrate in many forms the convection,
the practicalness. the homelikencss and
the simplicity of his most splendid
work / must limit myself at this time
to a single quotation from one of his
protests against continuing the war In
the Crimea. There was no one able to