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over the anatomy Of the rising young ball
player until he saw a place that pleased
him particularly. Leaping forward he
would make a small nick-like a notch
In the handle Of an old-fashioned sig,
shooter. The athlete presumably would
yap. and then resume his pose of watch
ful waiting. Another promising spot
would be discovered and another notch
would be made.
After q suficient number Of incisions
urge the player to 60 forth to glory. Sci
entists do not state that the game played
was foot ball-but II the Indians had any
thing like 1t the medicine mans theory
was probably that 1t was his duty to
show them they might be worse of. The
Smithsonian authorities state that the
medicine man fondly believed that this
chorping made the player stronger. They
may be right.
Say what ono will about the Indians.
they had the germ theory In a much more
concrete and simple form than our pres
ent eminent scientists. For instance.
their germs were not Of the aenemic. IN
nnitesinnal eneaky. type that can hide in
the human system for years without
being discovered. Their germs were large
outstanding worms that could give a wal
lop and take one. too.
1t required heroic treatment to get those
worms-as they called them. The Indian
physician occasionally failed to give the
germ a proper JOLT But he maintained
his average by never missing patient
When q Cherokee had ague It was Q
sign that the worms were turning in
side of him. Immediately the medicine
man prepared a concoction, the prin-
cherry bark. The aborfgine was then
told to sit down (Which isn't very
easy thing when one Is trembling like
an aspen Leaf and the medicine man
stood between him and the sun.
The exercises opened with prayer.
Then the medicine man took a gulp of
the compound. hiled his cheeks and
elected 1t through his teeth like an
as9. .nd Ms t
afterward gave him. e little snifter.
But 1t was the final lact-swallowing by
the patient of the dose-that brought
about the real suffering.
When an Indian was suffering from
q failing memory he was given q
large dose Of unistiulista (beggar' lice)
and this improved him. Here the
medicine man worked a fine allopathic
theory. II the patients memory was
thing to make It stick.
The herb he was to use was almost
all burrs. Next to an enraged porcu-
pine It has more points than anything
went even beyond the brilliant
imagination Of an Indian medicine
man.
Unistiluista was put into a pot. burrs
and all. and long hot toddy was
made Of It Then the Indian who
couldn't remember things would be led
up and informed that the drink was on
the house. and It was up to him to
swallow 1t. Tears would come to his
eyes-and he would explain that his
memory had come back suddenly, and
he was thinking Of his dear dead uncle
who was eaten by a bear many. many
years ago.
He had to say that his memory had
come back even II 1t hadn't Those
medicine men, with firm and unfailing
faith in the potency Of their cures.
would argue, II the first drink did not
bring back recollection. that the patient
merely had not had enough-and a drink
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Vodoo Me dicines
and Quack Cure = Ais
Held in High Esteem
in the PASTA Re
markable Collection at
the Smithsonian 1nsti-
tuition Talismans and
Fetishes for Every Pur-
pose - The Beavers
Tooth Cure-Spraying
for Ague A Dish of
Bcggar Lice to I'm
prove the Memory.
Many Strange Concoc-
tions Administered.
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must be partially burned and. accord
ing to one superstition, Is most effective
II found at night under burning cleo
tric light. Carried in the hip pocket
1t is invaluable. the wearers say. That
it has tendency to blacken everything
1t touches Is q matter Of small import.
for the average negro breads misery %
as rheumatism is usually called, above
The plugged tree has the power either
to cure or injure. Its chief value is as
. remedy for headaches. The Smith
sonisn has a section Of tree. cut down
driven three-Quarters through the trunk.
The negro first took a portion Of his
hair (the statements say). and fastened
It to the end Of the plug: Then he cum
as drains are driven into maple trees.
Had he desired to injure an enemy he
would have, In some manner. obtained a
lock Of the enemy's wool and have driven
that in.
From the rings on the tree beyond the
point where the plug was driven in the
onicials estimate that it was put there
: half p century ago- 4oe.- ,t-,.
Interesting charms. from Italy, Yucatsn
and the Sudan are shown among the
cures which the natives believe are ac-
complished by kindly spirits. The Ital-
ian and Yucatan charms tworn today by
peasants and peons) are Of silver. The
italian specimen Is q small triton which
guards against evil spirits. insures pros
perity and otherwise conserves the in
terests Of the wearer. The Yucatan
charms, also Of beaten silver, are more
specific,
The first is for dropsy and represents
human leg Of q size that any elephant
IN the country would envy. Were II life
Size 1t might do for 4 marathon runner
or stx-day bicycle rider. On any lesser
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Or possibly that tired feeling Is the
result Of some discontented demon un.
happily reposing within the system-not
Appendicitis or anything unfeeling friends
cover with the generic term pure devil
ishness."
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gay prior to the operation the cup ID
painted dismal brown and a bleak gray.
L
When an oriental is suffering from
some infiammatory trouble the physi-
cup and orders the patient to expose
alcohol into the cup. touches a match to
1t. and, while the alcohol is still burning,
claps the cup ON the patient.
The theory Of this is obvious. The in
tense heat creates a vacuum and the in
fiainmation presumably is drawn out.
Certainly It must feel that way to the
patient. After the cup is removed he be-
holds a dark. purplish spot where three
quarters Of pound Of him was hauled
into the cup. They are good. generous
cups. They could probably draw a small
patient right out Of bed and stand him
on his ear. ss.
Evidently oriental doctors :-of- olden
days believed in establishing the virtue
OF stoicistn in their patients. There IL
on exhibition an instrument which was
used for massage. It is about the size
Of and. at first glance, resembles a short
ened croouet mallet. Closer inspection
shows that the head Of the mallet is di-
vided into two rollers which are corru-
gated 80 they will leave long imprints
on the body Of the victim.
History fails to state whether or not
the physicians. after moving the af-
flicted one for a while. hammered him
with the end Of the mallet. But 1t could
be done easily-and no man who had
been subjected to the moving would be
in a position to complain II the doctor
did q little hammering afterward.
It is all very well to talk about the
Chinese, but coming nearer home are
America which are right up in the class
with the chinese-indeed with any coun-
try on earth.
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forty-five small and stocky Breton horses
and fifteen Of the small Ardennes horses.
artillery horses. Most Of the Breton
animals were mares. and fourteen OF
them had had coldts. These horses under
trial were from fourteen hands two-and-
a-quarter inches to fifteen hands high.
A hand is four inches. The battery
marched completely loaded and equipped
for war.
The test followed this program: On the
first day the march was fifteen and q
half miles: second day. fifteen and a
half miles: third day. eighteen and half
miles; bivouac that night: fourth day.
eighteen and a half miles: fifth day.
twenty-one and three-quarter miles; sixth
day. twenty-one and three-Quarter miles,
resuming the march that night All
these marches were at the regulation
gaits, walk and trot, not exceeding five
miles an hour. On the seventh day the
battery rested.
days the marches and maneuvers were
on the theory that the battery was
part Of q fighting force. taking up posi-
tons, changing to new ones. firing and
retreating. The battery would move for
ward at q trot past infantry to come into
action. It would sometimes trot 1--WE and
a half miles broken by half a mile at
q walk and after the days fighting 1t
would march to q bivouac about four
miles distant, the caissons being drawn
by four horses only.
The report OF the board conducting the
test-nine artillery and cavalry officers.
one veterinarian and one civilian-made
a report which was published in the Revue
d'Artillerie and a translation OF the re-
port was published in the United States
Field Artillery Journal The report said:
THE weather was for the most part
bad, with much rain night and day. The
nights were generally cold. The roads
battery moved to take up positions was
wet and heavy. While the battery re-
mained In position. say one hour at q
time. the horses were exposed to very
cold winds. Except on one day. the noon
feed was not preceded by watering.
During the second period. o continued
trot Of ave miles was taken up each day.
followed by one or two miles ut a walk
on rough roads- The changes of position
were made. requiring marches of from
two to three miles. over heavy ground
where pulling was dinacult"
+, - 1lt-A L. -.
With h-all this work the small horses
gained In weight and the test was de-
olarsd = ssuceess IN shoasns Shs service
ability ~of small II horses Whan -fssEs had
the propar F6latf6n Of mass, maft1s -6eight
and buIn., Ths artillery 0f most l6f. coz
tlnentsI.- EuS&pA- L. being e. oxSr
roads fodax hx horses which -Wuild bring
q srntf6 M the. lipe or AmertcauE pAttety
oMcers, II they did not bring TO their
lips something sHverer than q smiiA.
One Of the lessons from this Is that q
battery may march well and shoot well
without being able to put up a snappy
and refined drin.
In the preface ef this war when .
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When the high flyers Of oriental So
ciety daily with the rice wine until they
get to that peculiarly jaundiced state
where life seems a hollow mockery. the
Chinese physician gives them a dose OF
1pei-chich-txu. This n advertised az
stimulant. It is As much Of stimuiant
as cayenne pepper or dynamite or any
other fairly active substance. It Is de-
rived from the seeds of a small white
onion. A patient who has had fair dose
resumes his interest In life and bawis
for ice water.
II the specimens Of Chinese pills which
the Smithsonian has on exhibition arc
fairly representative of the Chinese pill
making art. then q celestial must have
something on an ostrich when 1t comes to
swallowing.
One brand Of pills. the ingredients Of
which are not known. are painted a
bright gold and are about the size Of
those large glass marbles SO popular IN
the days Of boyhood. These are bad
enough. A Chinese would probably gulp
for hours over one Of Oft them: EN- But But tnny .i,,'y
in the jar next to them. These pills are
unlike anything On land and sea.
No two Of them are the same shape.
One will be oblong. one will be oval and
thiru VIII nave more CORNERS lhan
country bungalow. They look like huge
Jumps Of lcorice with which a child has
been playing. They are very popular
with peasants in the interior villages Of
China. They are the Chinese equivalent
Of the occidental patent medicine.
One Of the prize exhibits is the instru-
ment used by Chinese physicians for dry
cupping. The American patient has been
known to complain over the methods used
by physicians in this country. By COM
parison with the Chinese method the
American cupping Is mere child's play.
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nE.
JARTAR1AN
Or
VEGETABLE
LANB

Of unistiluista was no light summer
beverage
In the good old days when an Indian
couldn't remember his debts all the
creditor had to do was to urge him
solicitousry to go and pay visit to
DR.. Brick-In-The-Hat and have a uni
stiluista toddy fixed up. The man in
debt recovered Immediately and paid his
bill.
From Smithsonian statements a lump
Of frankincense. like the one they have
home. Whenever anything went wrong
the only thing that was necessary was
to light up the frankincense lump and
fumigate the place. The lump which
they have on exhibition is Of a dark
color, not particularly attractive. and
very tired looking.
Chinese physicians have found that
pei-mu Is their best bet, and the ailing
oriental gets his form Of pei-mu as
regularly as our early American set
tiers used to get their calomel.
Pei-mu is prepared in a dozen different
ways with other Ingredients. The orr
rheumatism. hemorrhages and sore eyes,
II the patient happens to be a mandarin
or some other member Of the titled plu-
tocracy, resembling the fashionable set
in America which insists upon operations
for appendicitis he is charged $3.50 a
pound for pei-mu.
In order that he may not feel that he
is being swindled the physician adds
something to the name. calling 1t 'ch 'uan
pei-mu." This luxury Is only for the
wealthy. The ordinary Chinaman pays
cents a pound for pei-mu and is con-
tented.
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Appendicitis or anything unfeeling friends
cover with the generic term pure devil
ishness."
: II that IL the case try a talisman. a
fetish or a good reliable voodoo. All
Of these sovereign remedies (whose claims
: rival those Of some modern patent medi-
cines) are to be found tucked away In
an obscure corner Of the Smithsonian In
sfitution. Remedies from the Yukon.
infallible cures from the Sudan and q
variety of astonishing cures prepared by
our own Indians are shown In glass
cases.
After an investigation Of some Of the
treatments the medicine men used to ad-
minister the savagery Of the North
= American Indian is at once explained
e The only wonder is that he was not a
whole lot more savage.
For example. there Is the beaver tooth
cure among the tribes in Alaska By
means Of the beavers tooth the medicine
man could play both ends against the
middle-he could kill or cure. This nat
urally enabled him to collect bills readily
and gave him a handicap over his civil
ized professional brethren. ~ q
When the medicine man visited his
victim he first produced the beavers
tooth. fastened to a long strap Of deer
hide and ornamented at the tooth end
with small. martf-colored beads He then
lifted up his voice in a wild incantation
and in true Billy Sunday fashion, he
warned the devil that IL affiicting the
patient that he-the medicine man-haS
arrived and the devil had better come
forth befoSe he gets hurt
The devil Is usually obstinate and there
Is nothing doing. So the medicine man
with a few more incantations places the
deer hide against the patients hide and
actually seems to draw the beaver tooth
from the sick mans body. The scientific
theory of the medicine man is that the
tooth Is a sort of bait for the evil spirit
and the evil spirit is yanked out like a
trout at the end Of a line. Afterward the
patient may die. but the operation is
always successful.
Among the Cherokee tribes the medi-
cine men not only warded OF disease and
unhappiness. but they were the trainers
Of athletics. When q brave was going
to play an Indian game Of ball he had to
make trip to his family physician. ana
this IS what the physician did for him:
First, he produced from his magic bag
a piece of sharpened flint. about the size
Of a large arrow head. Then he looked
the athlete over as father does the roast
chicken just before he wields the carving
knife.
The medicine mans interested eye roved
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-01-10

Luther c. Brewer, general manager,
3. W. Vallat, SUPERINTENDENT. and
Frank Vallat, master mechanic, of the
Newport Mining Co. at Ironwood, last
week resi- gned their posi- tons and sew
cred their connections with the COM
Dany. The resignation Of these mining
officials created quite stir in orr SIS
ter city and there was general regret
Luther c. Brewer IS an lronwood boy
and had been connected with the New
port Mining Gu for the past sixteen
years. entering their employ upon his
graduation from the high school ard
gradually being advanced to the posi-
ton which he held at the time of his
resignation. Z. L. Cullen, chief me-
chanical engineer of the company, has
been temporarily placed in charge of
the properties.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-01-10
Notice of Sale of Real Property
under Foreclosure
State of Wisconsin, Circuit Court for
Iron County

IRON GOunLy.
Daniel Reid, Plaintiff, VS.. George
A. Houde, and Rosie Houde, his wife,
and William Houde, Defendants. -
By virtue of a judgment of fore
closure and sale. made in the above
entitled action on the 4th day Of Jan
uary, A. D. 1913, and duly aocketed
in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Iron County, Wisconsin, on
the eth day Of January, A. d, 1913.
the subscriber, speriff of SAID Ircn
County, duly appointed for that pur-
pose, will sell. at public vendue, at
the front door of the Court House, in
the village of Hurley, Iron County,
Wisconsin, on the oath DAY of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1914, at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon of that day, the real estate
and mortgaged premises directed by
said judgment to be sold, and therein
described as follows, to-wit:
The east une half (E3) of the North
west quarter (NW3), and the East one
half (E3) Of the South west quarter
(SWD, of section Twelve az, Town
ship Forty Six (46), North of Range
One ~ West. in the county of Iron
and State of Wisconsin.
Dated at Hurley, Wisconsin, jan
uary, 7th, 1914,
Frank NJ. Duffy. Sheriff of Iron
County, Wisconsin.
Marion F. Reid, Plaintiffs Attorney.
%
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-01-10
Keep Our Good Cattle.

Wisconsin has spent many years in
building up the splendid herds of cattle
that have become the envy of the civil
lied world. 1t is true that all this has
been done at profit but it is equally
true that the people of many states
are coming here ard taking away
much of this high grade stock. This
should not be permitted, for what is
good enough for them to buy and ship
thousand miles or more is good
enough for the people of Wisconsin to
keep. This expiration can be prevent
ed if the people Of the state will wake
up to the importance of the matter.
No law is wanted-ju just an awakening
to the Importance of keeping this stock
within the state. To this end there
shoald be general activity. In many
portions of the state the farmers are
not in position to invest cash in bet
ter cows at high prices. but they are
in position to keep these cows and
make them pay for themselves. Or
PLANTATIONS can be effected that will
be able to cope successfully with this
matter and save to the state an &C
cumuation of years. Bankers, business
men and professional people will be
able and willing to join in such move
ment. Doubtless the Livestock assOcia-
ton can do something along this line.
1t is probably true that organization
would save to the state most of the
value cattle that are being coveted by
the people of other states.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-01-10
TWO GREAT STARS.
Sirius Is the Brightest Of All, and Ca.
nopus Comes Next

The results of that instrument Of
precision. the meridian photometer are
that Sirius is seven-teuths Of mugni-
tude brighter than Campus. which
easily teaches that Sirius is brighter
than any other star
Campus, next in bri1iancy, is visible
from all that portion of the word
south of north latitude 37 degrees
since its decliuatiou is south - degrees
and j3 is the complement of 81.
1t therefore never rises above th,.
south horizon OF any point 81 degrees
NORTH The latitude of this Observa
tory is 81 degrees II minutes hence
Campus rises very nearly 3 degrees
above the watery wastes in the Pacific
sea. Its low altitude makes il much
fainter than higher Sirius, as the light
must traverse layers Of dust and wa
ter yapor near the earth's surface
Still it Is magnificent, especially when
Standing over calm ocean surface
Campus has 10 parallax that the
highest power telemicrometers that
can be made are able to measure This
4 one Of the post overwhelming facts
within the entire range of human ex
perience. This means that II one goes
to Campus with the most powerful
telescope ever made, turns apd looks
back this way. the base line. the entire
diapeter Of the orbit Ct the earth
1S5'1640oQ mqes-dyindles to 9 pinuts
point too Small to be measured by gny
microscope, sQme ldes hay be had
81 the immensely OF the universe by
thinking Of this fact during each spare
,: :s.:@S.e BETSY t. s 1hiaE t9%RV 70
waste the preci6ds Moments. Edgar
Lucien Larkin in New York American
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-01-10
Directors of the New Bank

A meeting of the stockholders of the
Mer chants and Miners State Bank was
held at the Commercial Club Tues
day, at which the first board of direc-
tors Il the new institution was chosen,
the directors subsequently electing the
officers. The following is the board Of
direc O.s: F. H. Kearney, Dr.. J. H..
Urquhart, Bert Winter, 0. j. Wording,
J. c. Thomas, ?. II. Mullen, c. Z.
Hoax. With the execution of Mr.. Win
ter. who resides ak MINNEAPOLIS, all of
the directors are well known residents
+ of Irouwood. TIE Officers elected by
the directors follow: President. T. Fl.
Kearney: first vice president. Bert
Water: second vice president, Dir. J.
II. Urquhart: cashier c L. Houk
assistant cashier. f. j. Jeppeson. The
making Of the alterations on the ols
Bank OF Ironwood building which is
to be occupied by the new bank, vii
reogire more time than was at first eX
uected. hence it viii rot start 10 bus.
ness before April Contracts for th'
alterations ana improvements hay'
been entered into, and the work vii
be started as saon as the materials an
rive. Ironwood News Record.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-01-10

nesday. Mr.. Murphy and Miss Hohler
Conducted a number Of her classes dd1-
ing her absence.
The Seniors feel like full aedged
cess members row tia, they have
their rings. These embIems are Of dull
gold, while the raised letters II. H.
s, IA" are of bright finish.
The Juniors are now reading Emer-
sons Essays on Self-reliance and Com
pensation.
At class meeting Wednesday, the
Juniors decided to give their Prom on
February thirteenth.
Wednesday after school the members
of Hypatia were called upon to give an
imprOmptu program. The following
numbers were rendered IN a very Gre
ditaDle manner. Reading, Bug Pow.
der Ruth RuggIes. Piano Solo Lor-
raine 0'Brien. Reaiinq, "The Dutch
man and the Red Peppers Genevieve
I lanagsn. Reading, That Cucumber"
Julia Harrington. Dramatic Reading,
Gladys Kuggles Piano Solo, LeNoir
La Flex. Confidential Talk, Miss Hob.
Ter Piano Solo. Gladys Ruzgles.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-01-10
FIGHTING A FIRE IN iRKUTSK.
A Comedy Of Flaming Torches and
Empty Water Wagons.


They fight fires ia a peculiar w0T in
Siberia Fin.F you - q the ure The
city is plotted into districts rach with
its engine house and watrutower Ou
the watchtower by day and m-ht
stands guard who ScaiI> tae house
tops for sign Of smoke "heu the
fire has got enough Roadway for him
70 see the smoke he gives the alarm
and the engines dash ont The specta.
tor is amused. not so much at the dash
as at the engines They are primitive
and the use Of them Is more 50.
We went to a Dire one sunday after
noon In lrGutSk. continues Mr. Rich
ardSon l.. Wright in his book Through
Siberia II was close to oar hotel. 50
that we had IN excellent Wow First
came a troika team that dragged a
hook and ladder carriage pu the car
rage chung the hrempu. hoviu@ Cos
sacks with BRASS helmets damned
down over their ears. Whn carried ia
one hand how the symbolism would
have stirred the heart of Marcriuck.
-Aamug torches Behind tbn nook
and ladder was the huScctrt and then
came hand engine of the type our
sraudfatber~ used TO drag 10 fires
After that for two block~ trailcd
queue of water Glled ho2~head~ on
wheels The cavalcade pissed MS in a
cloud Of dust accompanied 10y the wells
of the torch herring hrom"n When
the supply Of water ran ont the carts
dashed down to the river and were re-
pleuiShed
This crude hiGh pressure service gave
rise once 70 a rather humorous Incl
dent that the IrkutSkians ten with
great glee During a fire several years
ago a string of water wagons went
down to the river. were filled aud came
rumbling back When they reached
the fire the water was gone The en-
thusiaStic captain of hogsheads had
neglected TO put back the plugs in the
barrels and had spilled his supply for
several blocks along the main street.