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TIIE' OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAT 26, 1007. Battle Mountain Sanitarium for Disabled Soldiers of the United States f("jJQftQQfi.! K . i M - c,..r ; ....... 01 Ml MWMNIt r I t ATOCADH AND TtCAIt HEN th Battle Mountain Ban) W tarlum for Disabled United Btatea Volunteer Soldiers at Hot Springs, S. D., was opened on May 1, 1907, it marked a most not able advance in the care of a grateful na tion for the men who have defended lta flag on the battlefield. The sanitarium, the only one of lta kind In the world. Is a model, and the fact that It exists la due almost wholly to the unremitting effort of Captain Henry E. Palmer of Omaha, a member of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. .Vs far back as 1S92 efforts were made by citizens of Hot Springs for the I establishment of a national sanitarium at the great Black Hills health resort. For many years before the coming of the white man to the hills the curative value of the waters waa known to the Indiana, and the region waa regularly resorted to by the red men In their search for relief from rheumatism and kindred dlaeaaea. It wasn't a great wldle after the settlement of the Black Hills had begun In earnest before the exploitation of the hot springs was commenced, and during the later 80s the spot had acquired much prominence. The desultory talk of getting a national sani tarium there took concrete form when Col onel A. J. Kellar. late of the confederate army. Introduced the matter In the South ikDakota legislature at the session of 1S91 Tlln 1893 thirty disabled soldls. J were sent Vfrom the National home at Leavenworth .for treatment at Hot Springs to determine the efficacy of the waters. The experiment was more than satisfactory. Dr. R. D. y Jennings, tne pretjn governor of the Bat tle Mountain Sanitarium, waa the surgeon j who had charge of the treatment of these men. Th South Dakota Soldiers Home, already locatd..at Hotr Springs, was an other Important factor In the work of s--curng the conrynt of congress to the es taLfl hment of a national sanitarium there. Afteal Beginning; of tbe Enterprise. "'Senator- Pettlgrew Introduced the first WjUI In the Fifty-fourth congreas in 1S98. , This bill waa endoraed by the board of Mnanagera of the National Homes for Dta I tfbled Volunteer Soldiers. It, failed ot paa-' ' sage, and In the next congress Senator Pettlgrew again Introduced the bill, which : waa passed by the senate, but died in the house. In 1898 the Grand Army of the Re public, In session at Cincinnati, adopted a resolution endorsing the move and in I January of the next year the commander-in-chief appointed a committee to take up the matter with xongrees. This committee consisted of Henry E. Palmer, past com mander Department of Nebraska, as chairman; E. P. Farr, past department Commondor, South Dakota; C. S. Palmer, past department commander, Iowa, and Richard Root of Iowa. Captain Palmer and Messrs. Manning and Root of the com mittee, and Messrs. Qui4 A. Slllsby end W, V. Lucas met a few days later at Washington, and It was then determined that Captain Palmer take entire charge of the work In behalf of the committee. No other meeting of the committee was ever held, and General Slllsby waa the I only other member who ever put lb ap pearance at Washington during the fight for the bill, which lasted for longer than i three years. K The bill passed the senate three times during this tight; through the committee on mllits.rv affairs twtre: nnullv nnnitnfl tha fliouse and was approved by Prealdmt Roosevelt May 29, 19U2. Under the provi sions of the bill $150,000 was made available for the first hospital building. The site, 100 acres, reaching to the center of the City of Hot Springs, Sngether with one of the best hot sprlnss, was donated by the Cltlseas and accepted July K last by the hoard of manaaere of the National Ilnnia Tor Disabled Volunteer Soldwr and the sail- lianuin was namea me uauie juoumain anltarlum. Captain Palmer was elected by unanlmoua resolution of congress April, 1902, to fill the vacancy of Senator W. J. SevAjll of New Jersey, a member of the board of man- ' agers, and has since been elected to a full term, which expires In April 1910. On March t, 190J; he was designated by the I board aa local manager of the Battle Moun. tain sanitarium. - , . Managers Select (He. j The site was selected by a majority of ( the board of managers who were present on the ground on the 29th of July, 1902; j and. upon this site on the exact point I agreed upon by the board, at which point an Iron rod was driven Into the ground la now the group of main buildings, the foun tain in the centor of the arcade circle, on I .the spot whore tho Iron rod was driven. no mere nas been no changa 111 location since the original location was made bx.the board, of managers. October 1. lfc'A Thomas R. Kimball of Omaha waa appointed architect of tho vui.i.ui.u.u. ,v, ipIBin i-aimer is due the ra1tt tt thm tirlirlnal I.I t , . i - . - c - ui grouping 1 1 1 a jl ( 'Vi'ldlngs of the Sanitarium about a cen- f iuiiii im mumming mem by a sur- n unaing sresue. i pon this suggestion the architect elaborated the plans which, now ey ere comploln, form one of the finest bonpita's in the world. Francis P. Rooney a tho inspector of construction and has performed hla work to tho satisfaction of the hoard and with credit to himself. To the general contractors. Messrs. Reynard s Oak of-Omaha-and Hot Springs, belongs a world of credit for the manner In which they have brought to completion this great groun of buildings. At the meeting of the board of man agers in December. 1892. at Washington, the !plans were adopted. .Captain Palmer took the plans before the committee on appropriations, Congrensman Joseph O. Cannon, chairman, and explained the great Jvecessity of building according to the plans, and through hla presentation of the facts in the case was enabled to get the consent of the committee on appropriations for another appropriation of $o.0nft, mak , log a total appropriation, of too, oca After- COT AttMTNISTRATION EUILDINO. wards. In the next congress, he presented arguments to the appropriation committee and an exhibit, showing Increased cost of material, etc, so that he was enabled to) secure another appropriation of JTR.OoO, rec ommended by the committee. And agata another appropriation of $32,DOd for officers quarters and conservatory. This appropria tion was recommended by the board ot managers; ' also another appropriation ot 140,000 for improvement of grounds. An other appropriation was soured by Con gressman Martin of $10,000 for the purchase of additional grounds. During this time, from 1902 to 1906, tho state of South Dakota donated to tho Battle Mountain sanitarium 640 acres ot land; congress an additional tract, making a total of S.540 acres for the site of tho sanitarium buildings and the park, which Includes historic Battle Mountain and twaj mountains east of same. Thanks From Commercial Club. The Commercial club of Hot Springs on) October 11, 1903, passed the following roso lutlona: The Commercial Club of Hot Springs, stato of South Dakota, Incorporated under the laws ot the state, met on October 11, 190 for tl' special meeting duly called, to re ceive and connlder the report of the special committee appointed by tho president of the club, regarding Captain Henry E, Palmer and the national sanitarium. The special committee by Its chairman, Andrew J. Kellor, submitted the following report, which was adopted unanimously by rising vfite. Whereas, The commander of the Grand Army of the Republic pursuant to a reso lution adopted at the national encampment at Cincinnati, Ohio, in September, 18S8, re questing congress , to locate a branch) soldiers' home at Hot Sprints, S. D., to be known as a national sanitarium, ap pointed a commltee to urge congress to enact a law establishing such national sanitarium. And Whereas, The commander of the Grand! Army of the republic appointed as chair man of said committee. Captain Henry hi. Palmer, past comamler of the Grand Armyi of the Republic for the Department of Ne braska, and who as such chairman attended every session of congress from 11, appear ing before the appropriate committee of the senate and House of Representatives in the discharge of his duty, until the seaelon of congress of 1902, when the bill estab lishing the national sanitarium at Hot Springs. S. D., passed both houses of cpn gress and was approved by President Roosevelt on May 29, 1902; therefore be it Resolved, By the Commercial Club of Hot Springs S. D., that the club and the cltlsens of the city of Hot Springs, (the cltlsens of the Black Hills and the people of the' state of South Dakota) owe a debt of endless grati tude to Captain Henry R. Palmer f"' nis careful, continuous, earnert and unael&ih labors, render by a faithful servant., and Resolved, That the secretary of this club make and transmit to Captain Henry E, Palmer of Omaha, Neb., an official oopy of the above preamble and resolution. J. F. PARKS, Secretary. C. W. HAROffiNS, President. Senator R. F. Pettlgrew, Congressman Charles F. Burke, Senator R. J. Gamble and Senator Klttrldge and Congressman Martin have all complimented Captain Palmer for his aid and service in this great work and have given him great credit Congressman Caught on Trip. Before favorable report could be aecured from the military committee a scheme waa engineered by Captain palmer to meet a delegation of congressmen who were visit ing Alaska on . their return at .Billings, Mont., with a apeclal train. By Invitation he hsd with him Sunator Hayward of Ne braska and Congressman Burkett of Ne braska. He met the congressional com mittee at Billings Congressman Sereno S. Paine of New York, chairman committee on ways and means; Congressman John Dal r ell of Pennsylvania, chairman commit tee on rules; Congressman Tawney of Mln. nesota, now chairman of the committee on appropriations; Congressman George W. Steele of Indiana, member of the ways and means committee. The party was per mitted to leave tne train at the Custer battle ground; spent several hours in visit ing the scene of that disastrous conflict, explanations and history being given by Captain Palmer, who ten years previous to the Custer fight was a prisoner among the Indiana within ten miles of thla battle ground. The party was entertained for half a day at Sheridan, Wyo., banqueted in the evening and the next morning found themselves at Hot Springs, where, after a bath In the mammoth plunge, they were breakfasted and driven over the city and surrounding country, leaving there tbe same evening. The next day they were shown the Greater America- exposition at Omaha. This trip, being the first visit of these parties to thla region of the country, waa an "eye opener" and a trip after ward made by Congressman Cannon edu cated these statesmen' to the fact that South Dakota was entitled to all the rec ognition which has been so generously given. Where Palmer Places 'Credit. In a report on the sanitarium Captain Palmer says: Special credit should be given to ex-Son-ator Pelligrew, who Introduced the Brut bill; to Congressman and now igVnutnr IL J. Gamble, who assisted from tha begin ning, in the Ftfty-tourth congress, to in end, In the Fifty-seventh congress; to Sen. aur A. B. Kittredge. Fifty-seventh to Fifty-ninth .congress: to Congressman C. H. Burke. Fifiy-s:th to Fifty-ninth Con gress; especially to Congressman Ivbeo W. Martin, Fifty-seventh to Fifty-ninth con gress, who not only guv his help and vote at the wlndup, but also, with u. W. Wattles, president of the water, light and power company of Hot Springs. S. i., gave to the board of managers of the National Home f r Disabled Volunteer Soldiers mammoth hot spring. The people of South Dakota also owe a debt of gratitude especially to Congress man J. A. T. Hull, chairman of the com mittee on military affairs; to all the mem bers of that committee during the Fifty, sixth congress, especially to Congressmen Marsh of illinole. Ketcham of Now York Brownlow of -Tcnnrssne, Parker of New Jersey. Cspron of Ithode Island. Stephens of Minnesota.. Dick of Ohio, Uondell of Wyoming. Esch of Wisconsin, Sulser. Jett, Cox. Leuts. Hay. Slayden. Brbuasard and Perla of the minority, who were Alt for' the bill. Congressmen Paine of New York ralsell of Pennsylvania. Mercer and Bur kett of Nebraska helped. Senator Hanna of Ohio. President McKti.ley and President Roosevelt were stalwart workiug frienoa. F l..rmrAl . w VIEW OF BATTLE and many others, too numerous to mention) yet all worthy of thanks. Description of the Bnlldlng. Ground was . broken for the. great sani tarium August 17, 1903, and tho main group of buildings was completed April 1, 1907. The main group comprises the adminis tration building, service building, bath house, laundry, amusement building and six ward buildings, whose ends are Joined by a circular arcade. This arcade sur rounds a circular fountain court, 180 feot in diameter, and provldea an enclosed and heated walk and lounging space in sum mer. It is Intended to make this court beautiful by tropical gardening. The buildings are old Spanish mission stylo and a happy grouping of them In a circle makes them very compact and easy of access to each other. Some idea of. the extent of the buildings can be had by realising that within the main group Itself four full city blocks could be placed, filling as it does a circle 585 feet "In diameter, or about five acres. The general scheme waa based on a care ful Btudy of the site on the high table land' Immediately behind the Hotel Evans at Hot Springe. The perfection of the completed plan .la due In the first Instance to a brilliant idea, next to competent and very carefully considered advice , on the part of tho first governor and surgeon'. Major A. O. Hull, as to requirements and technical necessities, and lastly to a schol arly working out of the scheme by the architect and his professional assistants. Tbe chief features of this plan are: Widely separated ward buildings and con sequently, the greatest amount of fresh air per .patient, with a concentrated and condensed service w)th its consequent operative economy, accomplished by plac ing the ward buildings on radiating lines and connecting- their convergent ends by circular arcade or covered way, whose foundations enclose a service tunnel where are located the building, heating, lighting and other arteries of the building, together with a. tramway for food distribution. This arcade encloses a court, shady and cool for the summer and protective .for the winter. At the extreme ends of this court are the executive buildings to the. south west (toward the city), and the service Nebraska Girls KMUER3 m v V firm : ' ' ; .... . , - f-'N C." .-U':J.Mt3 .5 A , . m ( t - ' " :-..x , y-' x 'it M( ' a 4 f i .. n . ADMJN1ST1A.TX0N EUUdDINJCs, MOUNTAIN SANITARIUM FROM ACROSS FALL RIVER. group (mess hall, kitchen, etc.) toward the mountain. Advantage of Arrangement. As arranged this plan centera the execu tive force In the administration building and provides for the performance of lta duties from that center. Here Is located Its operating room and In the third tory live the force of women nurses. In the ward buildings are housed all patients. They ' arrive at a basement entrance of ward. No. 1 and from there reach their destination by means of inclined ways and public passages (enclosed and heated In winter),, and in which no threshold or other obstruction, intervenes. Each ward has Its sun bath and smoking room and Its own wide covered verandas, two for each ward. In the mess hall are tables for three hun dred. In the wards each patient has one hundred and six square feet of floor space and twelve hundred and eoventy-nlx cubic feet of air .per bed, and eighty cubic feet of fresh air per patient per minute la pro vided by the ventilating apparatus. This of course applies to the wards proper only. There are six wards, twelve large roomy ward rooms with twenty-eight beds In each ward. The -fresh air for these ward rooms Is thoroughly purified and cleansed by passing through coke screens and a strong Jet of water, and then heated or cooled to the desired temperature, and automatically delivered through ducts located In the cell ing of each ward. Thero Is a correspond ing deliverance from the ward rooma of all foul air through a screened duct located under each bed. So perfect Is this removal of tainted air that all unpleasant odors from medicine or anything else Is undlncov erable. Pierce, Richardson & Neller, con sulting, designing and supervising en gineers, of Chicago and Botoi-one of the leading firms of the United States were the designers and supervisors of the work of heating, plumbing and ventilating the Battle Mountain sanitarium. And the Job waa well done everything sanitarily per fect. The fans for' driving 'the heated or cooled air are propelled by electricity- thirty-four electric motors for thla work, and all under thermostatic control. Ward No. I la especially provided with a cooling device for summer, the air being purified as above, described, and then cooled, de livered and controlled by the Johnson ther Who Combine Moral and Mental Training "lc OF TUB TOUNO WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN r-.'." ,,1, M'...4 It! mostat system. The whole plant la served by . hot, medium and cold water systems. Worthy of special notice are the In clines that replace stairways wherever patients must go, the gradient (one to six) being extremely easy; and still, by locat ing them In the connecting links between ward buildings and the arcade, no space whatever la wasted and the cost la less than that of ordinary stairs. By supplementing and using the founda tions of the arcade, a service tunnel la created, which provldea a special dis tributing canal for all the service of the establishment; distribution of food and supplies, collecting and distributing laun dry, etc., are all confined to a way that lnterferea with the use of no portion de voted to patients or visitors, and hides from view the most unsightly part of hospital work, aa well aa provides an un equalled conduit for pipes, wires, etc., pre venting their burial lit unreachable plsces. The operating room la north and top lighted, doing away with shadows. Its arrangement and finish is up to date and absolutely sanitary. Including its depen dencies, waiting, anesthetizing and steri lising rooma. The circular-- arcade that connecta all portions of the establishment provides a very desirable feature In that It Is ahady and cool in aummer and dry and warm (being enclosed and glazed) In winter, and everywhere looka upon a picturesque, nat ural landacape on the one hand and the work of the formal horticulturist on the other, and last, but not least, that It pro vldea an absolute enclosing of the space Intended for the use of patients, resulting in a degree of control as desirable as It Is unusual. Floors of all wards are of pulp, crackless. All corners In wards and the accompanying water closets, bath rooms, locker rooms, tea rooms and nurse rooms adjuncts to each ward are provided with crackless pulp floors, rounded cor nera. ceilings and side walls, hard plaster on walls Joining tightly to the pulp floors. The arcade floors, laundry, kitchen and bath room floors are of cement. The star or radical plan gtves all pos sible kinds of orientation for the several hospital wards, one aide- of each of which Is porch sheltered whllo the other la pur m- yyP-i: ASSOCIATION Or TUB YORK BU&LNTBS COLLEXJB. . ' ... ,Vu. Mu.:....il - ir ; -. r - - T.: - VIEW BIIOWINO ARCADE AROUND CENTER COrRTV posely exposed to the direct rays of the aun, and at tho s.-ime time tho whole la 80 placed that Its principal front faces Its best approach from the town, and ncross the great ravine In which the business town Is built, It stands vis-a-vis with the State Soldiers' home, some three-quarters of a mllo distant. , Features of the Bnlldlngrs. Of the architecture it may be :ld thnt In choonlng a "Spanish" or eo-callod "Mis sion" type, the climate, purposes of the e tabllHhmont, and the mott economic ue of available material have been allowed to Settle the matter. The arrangement leaves the ends of all ward buildings exposed for future extension If it bo desired to ex pand their capacity. The main group of bullrings. Administra tion building, six wurda. Service building Containing dining room, kitchen, bakery, cold storage plant, sleeping rooms for help, band room, quartomiuator's and commis sary rooms tho laundry building and amusement hall and the plunge bath house, In all ten buildings and the seven hun dred and fifty foot busement and one .story arcade aro built of a cream colored sand stone, slightly pinkish, with unglased Spanish tllo roof. Some 40.0U0 yards of earth were removed before any work of construction was started, tho original alte being consider ably lowered. In the buildings, all Internal and external anglea aro rounded off, thua eliminating cornera whore dust might ac cumulate. The power house is situated north of the main group of buildings In close proximity to them, being connected by a 600-foot tunnel .through which high pressure steam for heat and power Is conveyed with water from the mammoth spring. There Is a bat tery of three boilers and pump equipment In the power house which furnishes all the power required for this work. ' The buildings required 1,448 carloads of material for their construction and the total acreage of the sanitarium property la 8,510. The roadways around the main group will coVcr live miles and tho cement walks planned will cover 26,600 square feet, with 123,500 square feet of gravel walks. There are ten miles of fine roadways proposed through the adjoining Battle Mountain park. The woven wire fence, with cement posts, which will soon enclose the National sanitarium grounds will be eleven miles In length. The landscape gardening that will be undertaken will cover 100 acres. Thua one may form some idea of the great work that has been done and may yet be an ticipated in making the surrounding still more attractive and beautiful, notwith standing the fact that the sight of thla great Institution la regarded aa one of the most picturesque natural beauty spots to be found, situated as it Id ou a fine plateau at the base of Battle mountain, overlook ing Hot Springs and with a magnificent view of the surrounding pine-clad moun tains and landscape. While the landscape work la largely prospective, the fact that It is In the hatida uf Georga B. Kessler of Kansas City, Mo., who had entire charge of the landscape work at the Louisiana Purchase exposition, is assurance enough that nothing will be left to be desired when he baa flnlahed. Headquarter for Administration. Tbe administration building, which la the most commanding and attractive of the group, contains the main offices, surround ing the big, magnificent rotunda opening to the great dome of tbe building. The medicinal hot water la furnished from Mammoth spring to all parts of the build ing. Two fine plunge batha are supplied with hot and cold water. The kitchen Is a model for cenvenJenee and equipment. A mammoth range occu pies the center of the large, well-lighted room, while soup, coffee and tea boilers are along one side of the room and are heated by steam. All aorta of cooking de vices are conveniently located In the room, The dtshes are washed by machinery in a room adjacent to the kitchen. The bakery is an interesting place, where bread Is kneaded by machinery and pastry made by the wholesale. The amusement hall will be used also as a chapel and library. It will seat about ISO. Nothing haa been spared In equipping the sanitarium in every way for the com fort and pleasure of the veterans who may - H " Ml - : .--.J.. become members. One of the finest or cheHtras obtainable gives dally concerts within the arcado, to which the public Is welcomed. Official Hosier. Thla great national sanitarium, which la the only one of Its kind In tho world, was formally opened to the free ubo of all dis abled United States volunteer soldiers oit May 1, 1907, with the following o Ulcer n In chant): Cupt. H. E. rainier. Oniiilia, local munager; Colonel R. D. Jennings, governor and surgeon; Major W. A. Tucker, treas urer; Captulu J. L. Donmnn, quartermaster; Carlton D. Haas, assistant surgeon. Among the subordinate officers are: O. G. MaRre,. leador of tho band and orchestra; MIrs Ella B. Doane, head nurse; C. A. Wilson, private secretary to the governor; Cliarlrs Stewart, ONslstant; Kyle M. Klntr, chief, clerk to the treasurer; J. O. Bradley and. F. W. Shot well, assistants; G. E. Warner, chlof clerk to the quartermaster; E. S. Mot calf, quartermaster serRcnnt; Leroy Eust man, assistant; John D. Goodrell, engineer; James Dornan, hospital steward; W. II. Elluworth, gardener; C. V W. Stephenson, chef. The monthly payroll will amount to about 'i' $o,000, while tho annual cost of malnto-i nance will reach $150,000. ' Terms for Admission. There are 336 beds in the sanitarium and. this number can be Increased to 600 when ever necessary. Any United States volun teer soldier of the civil war, Spanish-, American or Philippine war, whose all-j ments can bo successfully treated in this I sanitarium; rheumatism, kidney troubles, eczema, all skin diseases and venereal pois oning, neuritis, tho early stages of inter stitial nephritis and morbid condition due to defective elimination only those soldiers who are suffering from the above diseases and whose age and condition is such that benefit may reasonably bo expected from the hydrotheropoutlo treatment available at Hot Springs, & D.. will bo admitted t ' the sanitarium and only those who are dependent on pensions under $20 per month for a living and when cured or boned tod to that extent that thoy can go to some of the branch homes, they will be compelled, to give up their beds to others needing; treatment, and will be transported from their homes, anywhere In the United States to the sanitarium, cared for and treated free, providing so far aa transportation is concerned It must be their first entry to a soldiers' home. If the soldier Is drawing a pension and is an Inmate of a soldiers' home, he must pay his own railroad faro to and from his home and Hot Springs. Homes costing $47,600 are now being com pleted for the governor and other officers, which are pleasantly located and within easy access to tho sanitarium. The totat expenditure for building, ground. Improve ments and equipment exceeded not over $si6.ooa Quaint Features o" Life ! Stops Work for n Robin. Construction work that was boln runhc$ on a new residence over In Goodwin avenue, Detroit, has stopped suddenly and peace has come to a pair of timid robin that have fluttered beartbrokenly about then heads of the workmen since, two tiny blue, eggs come Into being In their nest a few days ago. Early In the spring the robins buflt their, host in a niche of an unfinished windows and started housekeeping. They made nor fuss about It, and In return for tha choor of their song tha workmen left them utv- disturbed. i Of late th men havw been obliged to, work near b ytha nest. Tho mother birds was frantlo with fear. Then caino thai contractor of tha building, R, IL Hart- ford, who loves birds. Comprehending; the, bird's alarm, he ordered; work stopped for three weeks. By that time, he says, thejj little eggs will have been broken, and thai mother robin will bo happy with her young, I 1 ,i Died to Savsi Her "Teddy Bear." Drowned In a tub of water while trying to rescue her "Teddy bear" waa the tragic ending to tho Ufa of little fr-ynar-old Marls Huber at tier horns, 4711 Bdgeinuut street. ' Philadelphia. Pa. tbe child waa Innocently pkrytasj with h pet "Teddy Dear" In tho kitchen wnero stood a tub of water filled to tha brim. Her mother waa busy in another part of the house, Whlla fondling tbe stuffed bean ft fell from Marie's arms, and landed In tho tub. It sank to the bottom and the child rtarteA to cry. Then the Tittle girl oonontvnd tha Idea, of rescuing her precious poeeesslon and tried , to reach for it In the tub. Somehow aha, Inst her balance, and fell In after tha ' "Teddy bear." A ffcw mlntrtea later, her. mother, rnturntns; to tho kitchen, found;! tier child lying umxm scions at tha bottom of the tub. Physicians did everything Us revive tho glii, hut Ufa was extlaot, Si i i ' i Put With Mur tove. ' That a est has nine lives was demon-' strated In Philadelphia when a Mack fellnex. was taken out of a brick conduit at theJ power station of the Philadelphia RaptcV Transit company, after being subjected for-i three weeks to a constant shook of li.tuO. volts of electricity. Although l.ono volts win km th avwnvxo.. man, 13.009 Voltaire and ovwr did not injur ths cat more than nlngelnlng his ears andU feet just a little. Turing the three wooxsJ he had nothing to eat or drink. The est got into the conduit through & ) email door that had been left open. Tha mechanism of the conduit la In operation day and night When It was detertnmeoTj to get the animal out. the power was shut , off for five hours, the trolley cars betna; fed from another station until tho fallno was recovered. Tha est, of course, was very weak, but . oras quickly revived when (Ivan soma nows 1 tahmant. tJ