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Seated Pile Of Railroad Ties His Mind Goes Back Old Boyhood
Days and the Friendships of Youh-Some About Dr. AneN
and Sketch of His Work-What CAPT. John Smith Said
About the Virginia Persmmon IN His Book.

out Of the war he entered the volunteer service
as brigade surgeon, and at Its close was mus
colonel.
In 1871 he went to Japan as technologist of
the government commission 10 develop the re-
sources of the northern islands of that empire.
IN recognition of his ability and as testi-
mohial of his personal regard for DR., Antisell
order Of the Rising sun OF Merrill making him
nohleman Of the empire with the right TO
carry two swords After his return from ia
his life various positions Of distinction in the
line Of his special branch Of science.
Ut, Antisell was n popular teacher. He be-
gan as lecturer in Dublin and after coming
10 ,,iis country occupied the professorship of
Iittsfeld and Berkshire Mass, and afterward
In the medical departments of the Columbian
a and hometown Universities. He was for
period chemist OF the Agricultural Department,
ana hnally resumed the duties Of examiner in
the patent office.
appearing In public except whore his duty
called him. He faithful to duty and con-
seientious In its performance. transformations
In manner and cordial in friendship.
In the History of the Medical Society
of the District of Columbia. 1Sl7-1909."
published by the society, the Rambler
found additional facts relating to DR..
Aitisell He was the son of Christopher
Antisell of Kings county, Ireland, dis
tinguished barrister and Margaret DAILY,
lie married twice. DR., Antiselis first
wife was Eliza Anne Nowan of Dublin.
The marriage was solemnized in 1S4l.
In 1854 DR. Antisell married Marion Stu
art Forsyth of Detroit, daughter of Pay
master Forsyth, u. $. A. From 1851 to
1865 he was medical director of the 18th
Army Corps, surgeon in charge of Hare
wood Hospital, surgeon in charge of sick
and wounded officers in Washington and
president of the board of examiners for
surgeons and assistant surgeons of vol
uuteers. The History of the Medical
Society" contains this: From 1855 to
1898, excepting the interval of Army
service and while in Japan he lived in
Washington. On May 10, 1877, he was
again appointed examiner in the patent
office and held the position until July,
1880, when, his health failing, he was
reduced to q first class clerkship and
fiji ally removed September 80, 1891"
There is portrait of DR. Antisell
which shows him to be studous, well
nourished, good looking professional
man with side whiskers, pointed beard
and mustache. He has a broad smooth
forehead, eyes of normal size, with
marked fullHess of the lids and a
symmetrical face.
In February, 1864, in view of the
prevalence of smallpox in Washing
ton, the Medical Society appointed a
committee of one member from each
ward of Washington and two from
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Tainted Advice.

POSTMASTER GENERAL BgRLE-
SON was talking about certain
recommendations made to him by cap
italists.
Are these recommendation" he said,
quite unselfsh? They remind me OF
Smith.
smith," said Jones. II have a chance
to marry poor girl whom l love or a
rich girl whom ! do not love. What Is
your advice?"
Jones', said Smith, love Is the salt
Of life. Without 1t all else Is naught,
Love makes poverty wealth, pain Joy,
earth heaven
Enough Jones said 4 will marry the
poor girl whom love-
knew you would said Smith, taxi
ing out his fountain pen. And now the
address, please. Of the rich girl whom
YOU do not love- as
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trict of Columbia" 1t was given to
the Rambler by r. NJ Kaufman, and
on the hyleaf is this inscription: ITO
the Rambler-Material for 1901
Arabian Nights Tales-R M X
1918" In that old book are the names
of the duly qualified practitioners of
medicine In the District of Columbia
as far as could be ascertained July ].
1857:
Drs, Charles Allen, Samuel A. Amery. A.
W. X. Andrews, Thomas Antisel1, 20S Penn
sylvania avenue, near Wizards: Spencer +.
Baird, W. o. Baldwin, G. c, Bsrberin, Ada jah
Behrend. Paul Berger T.. Tucker Blake, John
u. Blake, S. u. Blanchard, u. w. Bliss, NJ.
V. II. Began. Samuel W. Began. Samuel \.
Bond, A. J. Borland, Joseph Borrows, L. V.
Il. Boswell, Charles II. Bowen, Bedford
Brown, j., A. Buck, j. w. Buckley. w. u.
BUT, c. Caryallo, $. Clipstein, Henry F. Con.
diet, William II. Combs, Is. \. Craig, Charles
II. Cragin, William J. Craigcn. =. Croghan,
Richard G. Crogeon, J. l., Grouse. Thomns Il.
Crosby, Fred Il. Culver, J. +. Dexter, A. McD.
Davis, Lloyd Dorsey. George NJ Dove, l.. ].
Draper, w. Is. Drinkard, W. J. G. Duhamcl
Johnson Eliot, Thomas Emory, warick Evans,
George y. Fenwick, Charles NJ. Ford, J. NJ. u.
Francis, D. N. French, T. u. J. Eyre, A, Y,
r. Garnett, b. Gesner, William Gibson, Theo-
dore Gili, II. II. Hagner, James c. Hall,
Theodore Hapsman, J. 0. Harris. j. w. Her.
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Georgetown to consider and report
upon the sanitary conditions of the
District. Dr. Antisell was made chair
man Of that committee. and the other
members were Drs. w. G. II. Newman,
+. Howard. William Marbury J. Eliot,
G. w. Mccoy. ]. M. Roberts and j. L.
Morgan. The annual address of the
Medical Society, September rs, 1875,
was delivered by DR.. Antisell at
Marinrs Hall. The annual address in
1877 was delivered at the same place
by DR.. A. Y. p. Garnett. In 1870 the
Medical Society appointed a committee
called the committee on the medical
constitution of the District of Column
bia." The members of that committee
were Drs. Antisell, Drinkard, Craig,
w. w. Johnston, ]. Ford Thompson
and A. +. A, King.
X
AS ones memory goes back to Dr.
Antisell 1t Is natural that recollection
Of the other Washington physicians of
that period is stirred. There lies on
the desk before the Rambler a little
brown book stenciled in furnished gilt
letters. Medical Register. 1867, Dis
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bert, F. Fl: Hin, George N. Hopkins. Fiodoardo
Howard, Joseph T. Howard, .E. W. Jenney,
Richmond Johnson, William p. Johnston, viii
K kim Jones' 'Shn k R hgasS Washington Wi
liam Lee, c. Ill. Liebermann, Harvey Lindsey,
NJ. NJ. Lewis, y, $. Lincoln. j. W. II. Love
10y, Louis Mackaii, r.; II. Magrader, W. j..
+. Maury, J. Frederick May. John McCalla, c.
Mccormick, George Mccoy, s. A. IL. Mckim,
t FranGis W. Mead M;,, H. G. Merriam H. p Mid.
Moosmayer, James f. Morga., Joseph A.
Mndd, 7: J. Murphy. w. G. II. Newman,
Charles 4; Nichols. superintendent of the Cos
eminent! Hospital for the Insane; r. o'Donno-
Ehne. w. q. Palmer, &. l., Panconst, Adophns
RATE, b; j. Perry, Armstead Peter. james
PHILIPS. w +, poulton, D. W. Preniiss. Tobias
inc Ireedmen's burean. james X. Rely,
Joshua Riley, J; c. Riley, Joshua A. Richie,
i Louis ". Rtchie, +. W. Ritter, II. 4. Rob,
T.. Shafhirt Army Medical Museum; Joseph
s,holi Thomas &. Smith, r. H. Speak, w ID.
s,tM"rf K So r. stone; George sylvester,
THOMPSON, j. IL. Thompson, c. Troutman, II.
y. Trst, Maurice Tucker, W. McKend Tucker,
GRAFTON !, Tyler, Joseph Walsh, John X. Walsh,
ford, Bodisco Williams, r. c. Woodbury.. II n
Woodbury., James II. Yosng. Noble Young and
W. T. Young.
me next Sunday after meeting
Ioner Antisell in this unexpected
came again ,ntn a" ms pa. Weehly outing
lane. When he reached the point
tsn the sood old lane with the
electric raiIwav y " Gn crosses me
came upon half a hundred raiIroad
ties piled up by the wayside and the
sun was shining. A great many men
have written reveries in an easv chair
or in a rocking chair or hammock
put the Rambler has found that his
ries are stirred by a pile of railroad
ties sunny day and a venerable
a porch yelled with blooming roseS nY
Towering clematis and a mnonIi,ht
Eight in summer, or an easy chair and
a glowing crate in winter, to stir his
reveries and to move him to SET them
down in ink is not a true artist.
pile of railroad ties by the side OF
roerslmmon Tree lane appealed to the
and lighted the fond, if not fragrant,
old pipe.
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The Rambler searched such records OF
the Medical Society Of the District of
Columbia as he could get at for facts
about DR.. Antisell. He came upon the
matter he was In search Of In Or. Sam
uel G. Busey's book, personal Remnis-
cences and Recollections Of Forty-six
Years Membership in the Medical So
ciety of the District of Columbia and
Residence In This City" In that book
was the following sketch Of DIR. Antisell:
Thomas Antisell was lineslly descended
from Sir Berthe Entwysel, who accompani
Henry ii 10 ireland" He was graduated In
medicine from the Royal College of Surgeons,
London, and subsequently studied chemistry in
Paris and Berlin. He practiccd medicine in
Dublin until 1S4s. when he became a political
exile ON account Of his connection with the
young ireland party. He then came to this
Country and settled In the city Of New York,
where he pursued his profession until 1854,
when he accepted the position Of geoloeist to
tho Park expedition In the railroad survey Of
6oulhern California and Arizona. In 1865 he
feturned from the expedition and accepted the
1Illsn ~ ehisf examiner In re chemical de-
eet a ~ patent eGce. AZ the breaking
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20
FAR:REACH|NC ALIEN
 DEPORTATION BILL
 INTRODUCED IN HOUSE

Representative Johnson of Wash ington yesterday introduced bill pro- viding for the extension of the Amer ican deportation and exclusion laws to aliens affiliated with "any organiza- tion which writes, prints or distribut- es" matter advocating the overthrow of the Government by violence, sabo- tage, or assassination of public off cials.
 The provisions of this bill are, it is said, broad enough to reach all alien members of the Industrial Workers of the World and like organizations, while membership in such organiza- tion does not it appears, constitute ground for deportation under the pres ent law.
 Under this bill it would not be nec- essary to prove the commission of any overt act, since according to the au- thor of the bill. all of the organiza- tions against which it is aimed print and circulate anarchistic literature.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20

orphans at all concerned about rail way securities, despite published fig ures that in one railroad alone therc are over 5000 women stockholders
 The most extraordinary of his state ments was probably made in the St. Louis address, in which he declared that $S,000,O0O,OOO of the $20,OOO ,OOO,- 900 valuation which he said the rail- roads were claiming Capitalization is only about $1S,OOO,OOO,0OO) could be wiped off the list as land value, and in addition to this, billion dollars more. This leaves 6 billion dollars as MT. Plumb's estimate of the proper capitalization of the railroads of the country. Since 1907 all railroad cap italization has been under the super vision of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and has amounted to ap- proximately billion dollars. So MT. Plumb's extraordinary figures mean that he believes that 230,O0O miles of track which were built prior to 1907, together with all the bridges, terminals telegraph lines, locomotiv- es, cars and materials are worth only 1 billion dollars. This is a capitali- zation of about $4,30O a mile. As Canada's roads cost $6O,OOO a mile, it is apparent that MT. Plumb is talking plain nonsense. Three St. Louis pap CTS take sharp issue with MT. Plumb's speech in that city in which he de- clared that the Frisco Railroad was capitalized for $S0O,OO0,OO0, although its real valuation was $150,000,0O0. The valuation of the road is more than twice MT. Plumb's wild estimate, be- ing $35S,0OO,000, and the total of cap ital stock and bonds is $32S,000,O0O, or considerably less than half of Mir. Plumb's guess. The capitalization all so is thus we'll under the book valu- ation. Facts do not seem to handicap MT. Plumb and his friends.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20
ENGLISH POUND
 STILL FALLING

The majesty of the pound sterling is being terribly shattered, it's lowest ex- change price in all history being reached when it fell in New York to $3.67 IA, making it's decline below par nearly SIP 0and representing a loss of nearly one fourth of it's normal value.
 A London report states that, accord ing to an announcement by Bonar Law, former Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, the British Government does not propose to take any special meas ures in connection with this fall in American exchange except that of con- tinuing it's policy of withholding arti- ficial support by borrowing abroad and doing everything possible to stim- ulate British export trade.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20
MT. Plumb's Struggle With Facts

Reports of the recent tour by Mir. Plumb show that during his trip in the Mississippi Valley he made state ments singularly in conflict with previous declarations.
 The originator of the railroad em- ployes' control plan, backed by sev.. eral of the railroad brothernoods, ha,! hitherto laid great stress on the fact that the railroad securities in the hands of the owners were to be pur- chased by the issuance of Government bonds "'on which the Government would pay only per cent interest" :" It has declared that this would mean a considerable saving in the interests charges.
 At St. Joseph, Missouri, however, MT. Plumb said that the bonds should bear "such rates of interest as will procure their acceptance at par" T.. S. Government bonds paying four and one-fourth per cent are now selling in the neighborhood of 93. French Municipal bonds, regarded as among the safest of investments, are offered at price which returns 6.8 per cent on every dollar invested. It, there fore, becomes apparent that the Gov ernment would have to pay far more than per cent, and eliminate the sav- ing which the Plumb orators have been promising. Current return on all rail- rad securities is only 5.22 per cent, of which a considerable part IS promptly turned back into property, not distributed as dividends or interest
 In speaking at the St. Louis Club little later, MT. Plumb mentioned injury to railway securities which had left a trail of weeping widows and orphans from one end of the country to the other" The special interest is not so much in the causes he attributes as in the fact that he had always pre- viously denied the existence of any considerable number of widows and
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20
FRANCE TO STORE EXPLOSIVES
 IN GLACIER-FED LAKES

The glacier-fed lakes of the Pyren- ess are to be the storehouses for Frances vast accumulation of military explosives, according to recent dec laration in the chamber of deputies. The speaker explained that the stuff will deteriorate quickly if kept in the usual way. If destroyed outright, on the other hand, the government will suffer a loss of almost a billion francs So instead of keeping her powder dry" as enjoined by the old saw, it seems that France will keep it damp and incidentally at low and even temperature, in the strange storehouse mentioned.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20
DANGERS OF SEA DECREASED BY REGISTERING SOUNDER

Tests that have been made with a new instrument for measuring depths and distances at sea, indicate that this apparatus in it's improved form should prove of wonderful service as safe ty device on sea-going vessels.
 . The installation consists of four transmitters, or electric hammers, one being located in the bottom, on both sides of the vessel and in the bow, re- spectively, all below the mean water line of the ship. On either side of the transmitters are placed two mic rophones in parallel, which act as re- ceivers for both the sound produced and the return echo. The hammers are operated by means of push but tons on the indicator, which is located either on the bridge or in the pilot house. The sound produced by the blow travels through the water and strikes the bottom of the sea, or if any of the other hammers has been operated, the shore, or any submerg- ed object, such as a rock, iceberg, or another vessel, and returns in the form of an echo. Striking the receiv- CTS the returning sound waves at once stop the indicator and according to the time it takes the sound to travel forth and back, the indicator has nov ed a corresponding distance on the dial
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20
IRRIGATION WATER
 FOR APACHE INDIANS

In recent years the Apache Indian farmers in the valleys of Gila and San Carlos rivers, in the San Carlos In- dian Reservation, Ariz., have been seriously handicapped by an made quate supply of water for irrigating their crops. A shortage of water at times when it is most needed has tend ed to discourage the Indians who are making an earnest. effort to farm and has done much toward neutralizing the efforts of the reservation officials to interest others in agriculture. The water shortage has been due to lack of water in the streams at certain tim es of the year and difficulties in keep ing diversion dams and ditches in op- eratiop on account of washouts caused by sudden floods in the rivers and by torrents in the tributary arroyos dur ing heavy rains. In the river valleys many tracts of good land now lying idle could be made productive if suf- ficient water were obtainable.
 At the request of the Office of In- dian Affairs, Department of the In- terior, the United States Geological Survey recently made an investigation to determine the feasibility of develop ing additional irrigation supplies on this reservation by drilling wells. As a result of this investigation report by A. T. Schwennesen entitled Geo. logy and Water Resources of the Gila and San Carlos Valleys, in the San aCrlos Indian Reservation, Arizona" |" has just been published. This report describes a series of recent geologic events in these valleys and shows how these geologic changes have produced conditions that are favorable for ob- taining artesian water. It also con- tains a geologic map and structure sections and detailed maps showing the classification of the land.
 A copy of the report, which is pub lished as Water-Supply Paper 45O-A, on be obtained by writing to the Di~ rector, U. S. Geological Survey, Wash ington, D. c.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20
USE HEAT RAYS FOR SIGNALS WITH SECRET WAR DEVICE

That signals can be transmitted and received with invisible heat rays, as successfully as with beam of light, is demonstrated by the disclosure of a European signaling system used in the war. The transmitter is an cleo tric arc, screened by a special black glass coated with peroxide of mangan- csc, shutting off all visible rays but permitting the infrared rays to pass. The received is a parabolic mirror with a thermopile at its focal point, connected to a galvanometer.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20
WRITING DESK IS FIXTURE IN
 LUXURIOUS TOWN CAR

As motor cars become more ana more luxurious, their owners, display a tendency to add to their equipment some of the normal appurtenances or living room and boudoir. A big town car, includes a folding writing desK' arranged against the back of the driv, in gseat, and containing all the usual provisions for writing materials. Should the occupant prefer eating to writing, the desk becomes table.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20
Why the Cop Smiled

Traffic Cop:' When l signal you to stop, I want you to stop. The next time it will cost you five!
 Autoist: Say, brother, if you can show me how to stop this sheet-iron Lizzard any quicker than l did, I'll give you tenANCartoons Magazine.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20
GAG ROMR SHIELDS CONTENTS OF SAFES AND VAULle

Poison gas foils would-be roopers who blow open safes or vaults equlp- ned with a new protective device des- cribed in the January Popular Me cbanics Magazine. A thin glass pot +le filled with chemicals, is placed m a metal holder inside the doors When an explosive is used to breaS them open, the concussion shatters the flask. and releases it's contents. FIX nosed to the air, the chemicals form a gas which suffocates and causes temporary blindness.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20
PRIZE COW IS IGNORED GUEST
 IN HOTEL DINING ROOM

Acomely black-and-white COW was an invited and well-behaved guest at a business mems luncheon in the "cry- stal room" of a Portland, Ore, hotel recently. The purpose of the occasion was to honor the bovine, known as "Tilly Alcartra," for extraordinary in dustry and productiveness. She is seven years old, and in six years has produced 156,776.1 ID of milk, yield ing 6,146.36 ID of butter.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20
CARLESSNESS IN CROSSING
 RAILROAD TRACKS CAUSED
 MANY ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR

tracks by occupants of automobiles is tracks by occupaits of automobiles is slowly but surely yielding to the cam paign of education against grade crossing accidents by the press, schools, churches and railroads" said R. J. Clancy, Assistant to General Manager of the Southern Pacific.
 For the year ending September 3Oth, 1919," said Clancy "there were A grade fatalities and 165 injuries, compared with 51 fatalities and 2O5 injuries for the year ending Septem- Der 30th, 1918, a decrease in 1919 of nearly 16 per cent in the number of killed and 24.2 per cent in the num- Der injured.
 This is encouraging showing, parti- cularly considering the increased num- Der of automobiles in use.
 Nevertheless, during the year 1919, 452 automobiles were damaged or des- troyed. Of these, 222 attempted to cross almost immediately in front ot an approaching train; 116 ran into trains; 62 stalled on the track and were hit by trains; 6 skidded into trains or cars; 27 ran into and broke down crossing gates lowered to pro- tect them from passing trains; 4 ran down and injured flagman trying to warn and protect them from ap- preaching trains; 15 ran into cross ing signals, cattleguards, or were not sufficiently in the clear.
 Tn practically every instance oc- cupants of automobiles had unob- structed view of track in both direc- tions sufficient to enable them to oo- serve approach of train before reach ing crossing.
 "As in the past, most of these ac cidents involved passenger trans dls- proportionately to the number o1 trains of this class which continues to smphasize the belief that misjudg- ment of speed of passenger trains by occupants of automobiles is primary contributing cause of such accidents.
 An analysis by months discloses no distinguishing relationship between conditions and crossing accidents, as accidents occurred in like proportion during the summer and winter months' so that whether curtains are up or down does not appear to matter much.
 'In other words, the causes ot these accidents appear to marrow down to misiudgment of speed of trains; the minds of occupants distracted by con versation; shifting gears and stalling on tracks; noise of machine interfer- ing with hearing locomotive whis1ie' bell and noise of train; inexper1fence of driver; not looking until about on track and inability to stop on account of speed; and in practically all instanc- es, attempting to cross without 1lrSt making sure that it could be done safely. .;lo,+s
 Tn view of the number of accidents still occurring and progressive in- craase in the number of automoDiies in use there is every reason for mann +,;n;np an active campaign of educa- tion and it is to be hoped tnat 'he nress pulpit and schools, which nave rendered valuable service in this res pect will continue and be spurreo on Io more intensive effort by the exlgencies of the situation. The one essentlai is the occupants of automobiles Delore crossing railway tracks to make sure that it may be done safely"
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-12-20

They Couldn't Find Any More Hello, Brown! Wasn't it fine day yesterday?"
 'Tt seemed so. They fined me once for speeding, and once because my lights were out. ut."-Cartoons Magazine.