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IN THE FEVER BELT
Graphic Pen Pictures of Yellow
Jacks Territory
EXACTING QUAEAHTINE SYSTEM
At One Point a Shipment of Carbolic
Acid From Xew Orlcnnn AVns lie
turned IVitH TlinnUH lloiv a Drum
luer From Fever Stricken City Paid
Dearly For a Joke
A northerner can no more under
stand the southern feeling against yel
low fever than he can comprehend tho
real southern idea of the negro de
clared a prominent Alabainiau the oth
er morning to a New York Tribune
special correspondent who had just ar
rived at Mobile Ala from New York
on his way to New Orleans
This statement was a prelude to a
comprehensive defense of the quaran
tinesshotgun and otherwise estab
lished by Alabama Mississippi and
outlying parishes of Louisiana against
New Orleans a quarantine so exact
lug that at one point a shipment of
carbolic acid from the fever stricken
city was returned with thanks
Weve had our doses of yellow jack
continued the southerner Weve seen
half the population of many a prosper
ous place stricken down Our ceme
teries are full of gravestones made
necessary bj this yellow death all this
before the doctors worked out the mos
quito theory We know that under
present methods of treatment the dis
ease is not as deadly as it was but we
arc taking no chances Afraid of it
Certainly we are afraid of It and not
ashamed of being afraid either
Two cities of the south join in laugh
ing at the fright and quarantine New
Orleans where the epidemic started
and Atlanta which insists on keeping
its gates open to all who care to come
Jsew Orleans would be In a bad way
if it were not for the liberal spirit of
Atlanta It would be impossible to get
to any points in the north without put
ting in from six to ten days in a hot
detention camp in Mississippi or Ala
bama if it was not possible to run
tightly closed cars through these states
into Georgia Itunning the shotgun
gantlet in the through cars is bad
enough in the semitropical weather
-which prevails but the detention
camps according to all accounts aro
infinitely worse
In traveling south the first indica
tions one has that yellow fever is rag
ing on the gulf is at Mount Arie a
summer resort in Georgia two hours
run north of Atlanta Here some 2o0
-well known citizens of New Orleans
are waiting for frost or the govern
ment surgeons to free their home city
of fever In and around Atlanta one
finds between 4000 and 5000 refugees
The big hotels are filled to the roofs
and many have found boarding places
in private families
Atlanta has never suffered a j ellow
fever epidemic The health authorities
of the city say that it Avould be im
possible for the disease to spread there
and that any cases which might come
from New Orleans the trip takes but
fourteen hours could be handled with
out danger to the rest of the popula
tion There have been several rumors
that fever cases existed there One
persistent one of a few days ago placed
the number of cases at twelve and for
a time even one of the doctors credited
It It proved to be false and the Trib
une correspondent in visiting Atlanta
recently was assured that there was
not a case in the city
We do not fear yellow fever in At
lanta said Mayor James G Wood
ward and we have no idea of quaran
tining New Orleans or any other city
If infected persons come here and the
fever develops we are prepared to give
them the best possible treatment in a
hospital that is ready for use There
is not the slightest chance that the dis
ease will spread
Dr C P Wertenbaker surgeon of the
United States health and marine hos
pital service confirmed Mayor Wood
wards statement that there was no
fever in Atlanta He was sent to that
city from Havana to issue health cer
tificates which are necessary to all
who wish to travel in the south After
asking many questions and examining
witnesses or documentary evidence Dr
Wertenbaker issues a certificate that
the bearer has produced satisfactory
evidence that he has not been in any
territory infected by yellow fever with
in the last ten days
As a means of identification the ap
plicant presses his thumb on an ink
ing pad and then makes an impression
on the certificate Woe is the portion
of the man who uses his neighbors cer
tificate and cannot show the proper
thumb mark Two well known Geor
gians one the brother the other the
law partner of members of the state
legislature started to Savannah the
other day on passes which the poli
ticians had secured from the railway
company They neglected to take out
thumb mark certificates and a Savan
nah health officer put them off at Bur
roughs Ga a station a few miles
away from Savannah This made the
mayor of Burroughs angry and fright
ened his constituents Are we going
to be the dumping place for yellow fe
ver suspects they asked The an
swer was a shotgun quarantine against
the world Savannah included and to
day Burroughs is a town which all who
like may leave but none may enter
Even those who are bound to New Or
leans have to get certificates from Dr
Wertenbaker or be hauled off at the
first detention camp The correspond
ent had to get one in spite of the fact
that he was from New York and had
never been in a yellow fever belt In his
life
The applicant who followed win at
the marine hospital office was a New
Orleans business man He came to
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Atlanta in fourteen hours to transact
some business which took him half a
day He wished to return to New Or
leans Its stegomyla and its arsenic
tablets He was forced to stay in At
lanta seven days until he could qualify
for a certificate
All tickets out of Atlanta are mark
ed on the back Subject to quarantine
regulations and the train is not half
an hour out of tho new Union station
before a big man in a slouch hat grim
and determined looking enters the car
From the lapel of his coat dangles a
dirty yellow ribbon on which is print
ed Alabama health officer His hand
Is bandaged from a wound which ho
explains he received in a scrap with a
d stuck up Georgian who lowed
he wouldnt answer no questions
Where is the Georgian asked tho
correspondent
We all is just detaining him down
the line a bit and he sure is nursing
something worse than yeller fever
He asked his questions about a doz
en of them regarding the passengers
movements for the last ten days Ho
then reminded you that it was 500
fine and a year in prison if you lied to
him and swore you on an invisible
stack of Bibles A drummer who came
up from New Orleans a few days ago
tried to beat his way into an Alabama
territory in which he had customers
You been in the fever district in ten
days drawled the health officer
No sir answered tho drummer
Lets see your order book was the
next demand
This would have been a giveaway
but the drummers wit came to the res
cue
I sell steam engines he said and
dont cany an order book
You swear you aint been In Louisi
ana in ten days demanded the official
Never been there in my life an
swered the drummer
The health officer passed on but be
fore he was out of the car the drum
mer who was greatly tickled over his
feat of swearing called to a friend
This quarantine is a cinch I was
In New Orleans three days ago
The health officer loft the car but
returned by the front platform With
him was another rawboned Alabam
ian
So you all was In Orleans three days
ago
The drummer turned pale but man
aged to falter
Oh that was just a jolly 1 I was
joking the boys
Youll find yeller fever a mighty
poor thing to joke about said the of
ficer and turning to his companion
he added Bill j ou get out your gun
and if this here feller moves you jus
shoot him
Bill pulled a 44 with as much ease as
one would take out a handkerchief
The drummer kept his seat In three
or four minutes a file of four of the
shotgun guards marched in and car
ried the drummer out He was to be
kept in the local detention camp ten
days under guard and then probably
the local judge would fine him 100
for lying to a health officer
Only one train runs to New Orleans
these days It stops at a point a little
below Mobile where the passengers
are turned out of their Pullmans and
put into what the railway men call the
skeeter train because it runs back
and forth over the four and one half
hour stretch between New Orleans and
Mobile bay
EFFECT OF A PROPHECY
Families Leave Marion Ind De
canse a Woman Predicted Disaster
Hundreds of families are leaving
Marion Ind on account of a predic
tion by Mrs Viola Pownell that tho
city is soon to be visited by a disaster
the full extent of which she does not
know or exactly in what form it is to
come says the St Louis Globe-Democrat
Some time ago however she
prophesied that all evil places would
be uprooted and that much of the
worst element of the city would bo
scattered Since that time forty of the
10S saloons and all the pool rooms have
been closed and all gamblers have been
run out of the place The fulfillment
of this prediction has been so remark
able that there is implicit reliance in
what she says and many are fleeing
from the wrath to come
I do not know in what form this
judgment will come nor at exactly
what time she said recently but I
have seen the signs in the heavens in
the form of stars that shone like elec
tric lights and the day of the visitation
is not far off People should prepare
themselves now
Never Heard of Howells
An amusing little incident was re
cently related to William Dean How
ells says Harpers Literary Gossip It
seems that a reader of many novels
from the west went into a New York
bookstore and asked a bright looking
clerk for Howells last book Yes we
have It replied the clerk and handed
the customer a book by H G Wells
No said the westerner not Wells
Howells W D Howells The clerk
looked nonplused and going to the
back of the store conferred with an
other intelligent looking spectacled
clerk Both were apparently at a loss
and the second young man came for
ward and said Will you please tell
me If he has ever written any other
books About sixty retorted the
westerner and with a sad smile for
the passing of the bookshop he depart
ed to seek Miss Bellas Inspiration
in the better Informed department
store
AVe Lead the World as Motor Makers
Statistics are now brought forward
to show that America has supplanted
France as the leader in the motor car
industry says the Boston Herald Not
only does the United States supply 95
per cent of the cars now In this coun
try but American manufacturers aro
now shipping cars all over the world
So we forge ahead as a world power
TEHRIBLE WAR SCENE
Horrors of Defeat In the Far
East Conflict
BUSSIAN OIHOEBS AWFUL NIGffi
Harroning Experiences In Trying to
Save the Wonnded Piteous Cnlls
For Help Fearful Fate of a Soldier
With Shattered Lcga Mcn Maddened
by Pain Dance Naked In the Cold
The following translation from the
Russian of an officer writing in the St
Petersburg Bourse Gazette appears hi
the Globe of London It shows one of
the many saddening pictures that have
been sent to Russia from Manchuria
It all took place one night after an
engagement which had gone against
us Russians as usual We were in
camp All around me were tired men
with sad faces and weary hearts To
make matters worse all our food sup
ply was exhausted There was not a
field hospital anywhere near us and
there was no fuel for making a camp
fire All the baggage had disappeared
literally into the earth for nobody
knew where it was There were 25 de
grees of cold Ones skin cracked and
began to peel off and the blood in ones
veins seemed to become lumps of ice
In such circumstances it would have
meant a certain death to have stood
still or to have given way to weariness
As it Avas many of the men did not
survive that night Just picture our
terrible plight if you can Just picture
10000 men huddled closely together
10000 men from among whom came
only the heavy tramping of their feet
on the hard frozen ground Besides
the tramp of feet there was not a
sound not even a whisper
The stragglers who had found their
way to the camp said that in the open
country to right and left in front and
in their rear they had heard cries for
help wailing and lamentation groans
and sighs from our wounded who had
been left behind in the darkness far
from the main force They wanted to
catch up with their comrades but such
of them as could manage to walk bad
no means of helping the weaker ones
to get along and so they had to be left
behind to their fate For what could
have been done with them How was
it possible to help them
We must get together the wound
ed I cried aloud We cannot leave
them to die without trying to help
them Who will come with meV There
was no answer So I went up to thft
colonel who just turned his back on
me Then I tried to speak with the
general He passed by me without
sajing one word A surgeon of high
rank replied to me when I told him
what I wished to do What aro we to
do with the men We have no stretch
ers we have no drugs we have not a
single instrument we have simply
nothing So you had better leave them
alone in peace Good night Not a
sympathetic word was to be had any
where The feeling of pity was quench
ed and nobody shuddered any longer
at the most horrible sights Every
where Avas a deadened Indifference
From the generals down to the com
mon soldiers everybody knew that per
haps it would be his turn tomorrow
Still I found a few sparks of feeling
among them I managed to scrape to
gether a few stretchers and about 100
of the soldiers followed me as I struck
out of the camp into the Intense black
ness of the night
We lighted torches but we had
scarcely need of them for after we had
marched for about an hour the groans
of the wounded were a better guide to
us than were our torches which were
swept about by the wind in all direc
tions and threatened to go out every
moment Every noAV and then we
pulled ourselves up shortly like fright
ened horses as we stumbled up against
batches of men Suddenly I was aware
that something had seized me and was
holding me fast to the spot something
was closing in on me like Iron bands
It was two hands grasping my feet
and digging into my flesh like hooks
of steel while a mans teeth were try
ing to tear through the leather of my
high boots and all the time amid a
horrible howling like the baying of a
dog I cried aloud from fright and
some of my men came running up We
saAV lying before us a shattered man
a blood soddened body for both his
legs had been shot away As It was
quite impossible to get me free from
the poor felloAA some of the men with
me smashed the mans skull with their
musket ends How I survived those
moments I cannot tell My heart seem
ed to cease to beat and wild delirious
thoughts passed through my brain as
if I Avere in a deep fever I felt that I
must escape from the terrors of that
awful night so I pulled myself togeth
er and called out to the men Stop it
stop It Quickly quickly I can bear
it no longer
I was about to return to the camp
AA hen suddenly we heard on our right
howling and shrieking Avilder and
more penetrating than the piteous calls
for help which came to us from - all
sides As I could not refuse to follow
the howling I went much against my
will In the direction whence it came
In the weird light cast by the torches
which could scarcely pierce the dark
ness I saw before me and it was in no
hallucination fifty a hundred proba
bly two hundred men all stark naked
and capering and dancing about In all
manner of movements and all the time
they uttered curses Yes they did
dance
With the thermometer standing at 4
degrees below zero Fahrenheit naked
and with their bodies covered with
wounds scars and scratches and with
the blood dried upon them from head
to foot these men such of them as
could do so danced wildly and madly
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Some of them could only manage to
drag themselves about on the blood
covered remnants of their bodies Oth
ers carrying revolvers rifles or swords
ran about uttering the most piercing
shrieks and brandishing their A eapons
m the air They rushed upon us upon
us who had gone out to help them
but they did not recognize us and they
called out Dont come near us Dont
come near us Get aAAay with you
Then we saw that they Avere all raving
mad Some bullets fell among
us One of my men rolled over and
writhed as he lay and then another
toppled over What could I do I or
dered the retreat to the camp For
hours after our torches had gone out
the cries of the madmen reached us
and greAV fainter Avith distance until
at last they ceased The cold had si
lenced them In the morning every
man of them was stiff and stark for
not one of the wounded men had sur
vived that night
Next day a bullet hit me in the left
shoulder Whenever I look back on tho
horrors of that awful night I lose the
wish to live Neither by day nor by
night can I get rid of the remembrance
of the terrible picture There is al
ways before me the horrible picture
of that body with both legs shot away
which bit my leg and I cannot rid my
eyes of the sight of those naked blood
stained madmen dancing and howling
in their madness I often ask myself
Will not that same madness seize me
Shall I not also lose my reason And
if it is to be so would it not be better
for mo to have been left on the battle
field
CHALLENGE TO COWBOYS
Women to Compete For Title of
Worlds Champion Broncho Buster
Consternation has been created
among the coAA boys of the Rocky
mountain region who haAe entered or
are planning to participate in the
championship rough riding contest dur
ing the great frontier celebration in
Cheyenne Wyo on Sept 2 4 and 5 by
the announcement made by Miss Ber
tha Kaepernick of Sterling Colo aaIio
has calmly entered the great bucking
and pitching event as if this was an
act of no particular importance says
the DenA er Times
For the first time in the history of
frontier events this year the fair and
charming coAAgirls Avill meet in open
competition for the title of the cham
pion rough rider of the Avorld the In
trepid knights of the plain who have
heretofore had only male opponents
The frontier committee announces that
four and probably more ladies will en
ter the lists this year and that the first
to pay her entry fee is Miss Bertha
Kaepernick the dashing and accom
plished Colorado cowgirl Mrs Harry
Brennan of Sheridan wife of the
champion rough rider of the Avorld has
also signified her intention of entering
and the novel sight will be witnessed
of a man and his AVife competing for
the title of the worlds best rider Two
northern Colorado girls also indicated
their desire to enter and It is expected
the initiative taken by Miss Kaeper
nick will be followed by others
Miss Kaepernick was a frontier vis
itor last year and during the celebra
tion in response to a challenge jokingly
made by one of her friends mounted
and broke an outlaw horse to the In
tense delight of 20000 people gathered
at Frontier park This year her riding
will not be in the form of an exhibi
tion but as a contestant for world
championship honors
Miss Kaepernick was born and rear
ed in Colorado and resides with her fa
ther on his ranch near Sterling From
earliest infancy she has ridden horses
until the breaking of an untamed steed
is an incident and not a feat She
rides the range like a cowboy assists
in the branding of live stock and
breaks all of the horses on her fathers
ranch
SHOCKED BY FAIR BATHERS
Ivansans Modesty So Jarred He Took
First Train Home
Adjutant General J W F Hughes
of the Kansas national guard Avas
shocked by the sights at Atlantic City
N J says a Topeka dispatch
It Avas the military mans first expe
rience of salt water and bathing suits
He started for the beach with Gov
ernor Hoch and the other members of
the governors staff but Avhen he saAV
a bevy of women at the Philadelphia
and Reading railway station Avearing
bathing suits he halted
It is actually shocking said the
hero of many Fort Riley sham battles
in telling his experiences the other day
There were those women more than
a mile from Avater and wearing those
ridiculous clothes Why actually their
stockings and their skirts did not meet
by several inches I took one look at
them and caught the first train back
International Fire Conprress
Milan Italy is to have next year an
international congress at which ques
tions relating to the extinction of fires
and to fire insurance wilL be discussed
The Villacre Blacksmith Up to Date
Under a spreading chestnut tree the vil
lage smithy stands
The smith a lordly man Is he with wide
and fertile lands
No more his brawny back he bends be
neath the horses weight
No more his ringing sledge he swings in
happy strength elate
No more his face Is covered oer with
blazing forges smut
Nor beaded with his honest sweat Its
channels there to cut
Adown the street ho sits at ease before
the wayside inn
And jingles In his custom madea his
stacks of easy tin
For wise was he within his day and seized
the chanco that came
By charging seven prices when the motor
cars went lame
T S Varnum in Auto Advocate and
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The Boyuton Furnace Cos
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Furnaces
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Have been well known for over sixty years in every
town village and hamlet in the country as the
most durable powerful and reliable goods made
mere nave Deen many
changes and improvements
made on them from time to
time and are now equipped
with every well known practi
cal improvement Have your
furnace installed now Late
fall is a very busy time with
us when we can not give every
little detail of furnace installa
tion the care and attention
which we have learned bv
many years of practical experience so essential to
the successful operation of a well arranged modern
heating plant Our Prices on Furnaces Material and
Workmanship are Below All Competition
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is without doubt the best
farm wagon sold in this mark
et today The users of wag
ons have learned this hence
the unprecedented demand
But we are prepared to supply
all despite unusually large
sales
Sewing Flachines
Ranges
We haA e in stock
the Maleable the
Jewel and tho Round
Oak Steel Rangesbe
sides a large stock of
Cast Ranges and
Cooks
Wire Nails
We always carry a
large stock of Barb
Wire and Nails
We can also supply
your needs in all
kinds of Builders
Ha rdware and
Tools
bill
Furnaces and Stoves
We expect this week a car
load of furnaces and stoves
If you are intending to put in
a furnace this fall bo sure to
inspect our stock and get es
timates
Dont pay high prices for sewing machines when
you can get first class machines for little money
There is no better machine made than the
STANDARD and you can buy it at a fair price at
our store THE NEW ROYAL is fully guaranteed
in every respect and we always have it in stock
Oils
We have always on
hand Axle Grease
Hard Oil Machine
Oil Cylinder 01
and Belt Dressing
We also carry Liu
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