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SEW VRD. ALASKA. MONDW, Jl LA 21, IDIG.
A man well known in Seward got sick -last* week. He
staved in bed a few da vs and then came out for a walk.
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On the next corner he met a lady who shook hands and
said she was very sorry for his illness but glad to see him
out again, and she went on to tell how she cured her uncle
in three days of the same ailment. This cure, she said,
was accomplished by the application of a little butter of
antimony mixed with three parts water and a sprinkling
of alcohol. This looked good to him and he promised to
follow the advice until he got half way down the block
and met a man friend who declared doctors did not always
know the best cures. This gentleman said that an appli
cation of raw potatoes placed over the left side when he
went to bed at night was a sure panacea. Just at this
moment another lady came along and overheard the re
mark about the spud cure and said it wasn’t a bad cure
at all but that sliced and pounded onions with a dash of
spirits of niter was more effective and quicker in its ef
fects. The next lady encountered was very old and declar
ed that he must avoid chills and drink hot water, just as
hot as he could get it. before retiring at night. Every
and each one of these advised him to avoid strong liquor
and coffee, but the next man he met as he turned into
Fourth avenue from Adams staked his life that several
drinks of hot rum or whiskey before going to bed would
“smash that thing in twenty-four hours.” So earnest was
this advisor that the patient was about to turn into Jack’s
to order half a dozen bottles of mixed firewaters when an
other ladv met him at the allev leading to the fire hall and
told him with all the earnestness of perfect knowledge
that a pint of buttermilk taken every hour would put him
on his legs in two days. The next three people met with
were strong for calomel. Lash’s Bitters and quinine re
spectively. Then came the woman who had absolute faith
in the efficacy of feet bathing. In diagnosing his case his
friends had described it as stomach, lungs, kidneys, liver,
appendix and as many more as the anatomy contains. One
lady was as sure that rest and quiet were needed as one
of the men was that long walks and plenty of exercise
was the only thing required. Finding it impossible to
follow all the directions the sick man gave up hope, took
no treatment at all and got well rapidly._
“KILL isr BEGGED WOUNDED;
CALLING l OR HAND GRENADES
THE OFFICER DU) IT
(Special to Gateway by United Dress)
WINCHESTER, Mass., July 17.—
J< i n Sheehan. Harvard T , back froiii
the Verdun Cron, with a medal of
honor for courageous work as an am*
bull nee driver in the American legion,
today told the United Dress this story
of the battle,ic’d a.- it war related to
him by a French captain of Zouaves
who lay mortally wounde 1 in a base
hospital;
Following one of the terillie charges
by the Roches up a shell swept slope
held by the French, the field was
strewn with dead and dying. Inces
sant artillery lire for three days be
fore the final charge had pitted the
hillside with huge shell-craters and
had driven the French first line in
fantry hack to the crest of the knoll.
Then came the Germans, pouring
out of their net work of trenches,
stumbling up the steep slopes and go
ing down before the rifle lire of the
French Qouaves. Three times the
Roches attempted to gain the crest,
and each time they were mowed down
by a hail of lead, falling hack to their
lines in scattered groups.
When night came on and the Ger
man charge had been stayed, No
Man’s Land, between the French lines
on the top of the hill and the Teutons’
position on the plane below was piled
high with dead and wounded; and the
huge holes torn by the German shells
were tilled nearly level full with
bodies.
Captain X had boon in command of
one of the first line trenches and V.i.s
company had fallen back just before
the charge, leaving many wounded be
hind. Among the latter was a lieut
enant, a brother-in-law of the cap
tain’s, with whom she had taken the
oath of allegiance when their eom
! pany was called to the colors.
Calling to a gigantic Zouave, known
as the bravest man in his company,
i the captain told him he intended
creeping down the bloody slope under
cover of darkness, in the hope that
he might rescue his comrade and ask
ed the man to accompany him.
As thex made their way down, inch
by inch, for incendiary wheels scream
ing overhead lit up the sky from time
to time, making them clear tragets
for the German guns, the Captain ami
his man passed hundreds of moaning,
dying comrades and Germans; and
their canteens were nearly empty
when they reached the trench they
had once held.
There, nearly dead from Chirst and
wounds, they found the lieutenant,
half way up the side of a great hole
torn by a Id inch shell. In the dark
ness the Captain’s flashlight lit up the
crater with ghastly elfect and he
hastened to pass his comrade up to
the Zouave, dimming his ears to the
groans of the wounded Jill about him.
As he himself started to ascend the
slope a hand clutched his ankle and
a voice in German begged:
“Kill us, kill us!”
Turning his flashlight toward the
crater’s bottom, Captain X saw there
more than a dozen frightfully wound
<*<1 Germans, gasping for water and |
several already dead from their sufT-1
e rings.
Trying to draw away, he answered
the German captain who had called
to him, saying that he did not wish to
kill them, that he could not do it in
cold blood.
Then the Teuton Captain, his right1
arm hanging in shreds, clung to him
in desparation. lie must kill them,
in God’s mercy he must. The hole in
which they lay was not exposed to tlicj
tire of the combatants, but the Ger- j
mans would never again attempt the
desperate charge in which they had
lost so heavily the afternoon before,
and the French could not nn> «
their impregnable position. It meant
that he and all his men would lie there
until they died from thirst or their
wounds.
Captain X mopped the clammy
sweat from his brow and thought of
the awful torture these men, enemies i
though they were, must endure, and
then, deciding instantly, ordered his
man to carry the Lieutenant on his
back to the French lines and return
with as many hand grenades as he
could carry.
For nearly an hour he lay beside
the top of the crater, with only the
occasional scream of a shell over head
to drown out the groan of the Gor
mans.
Then the Zouave returned, and with
a muttered prayer they threw the
I grenades down into the heap of Ger- i
mans until the last cries were stilled.
Cluett and Monarch shirts. New
shipment just arrived, all the latest
coloring and patterns. Brown &
Hawkins, “Quality First.”
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(tootI ones, too BULL'S EYE BRAND all size*, hip
length; heavy soles,
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If you can use a pair, better ^et them now
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In the A. B. Hall, Seward,
Tuesday, July 25th, 2 p. m.
$250 AND UP
FOR RESIDENCE LOTS
TERMS
10 per cent. CASH
$800 AND UP
FOR BUSINESS LOTS
TEN PER CENT IN THIRTY DAYS—Balance in one, two, three and four years at seven per cent
THE ORIGINAL TOWNSITE OF SEWARD
Contains only 1200 lots---the purchase of any one of which is like buying gold dollars for a dime
CONDITIONS IN SEWARD
Are rapidly approaching a climax and we are liable to wake up any moment and find that the boom is on. Con
struction of the Government dock is now under way; the number of men at work on the railroad is rapidly being
increased; new business structures and residences are going up; a large amount of street grading has been
started by the city and there is not an idle man in Seward.
PROSPERITY IS HERE—AM) HERE TO STAY
From now on Seward will grow with a rapidity that will
surprise the most optimistic, and by the time Cook Inlet is
closed to navigation the town will be overcrowded.—New
stores and new residences will be an absolute necessity.
THIS AUCTION SALE IS YOUR LAST CHANCE
to pick up lots in Seward at present prices.—JEvery Specu
lator .every homeseeker and every man wanting a bu*i
ness location should get in at once.—For as sure as the
sun rises and sets Seward will shortly be a city of-10,000
inhabitants and the price of every one of the 1200 lots in
the original townsite will be beyond the reach ot the man
of moderate means.
EVERY RESIDENT WHO LIVES IN A RENTED
HOUSE
should grasp this opportunity—and every man whose
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cabin is on the government ground should buy a lot, for
every inch of government ground in Seward will soon be
required for trackage and railroad yards.
IF THE PEOPLE OF SEWARD
Could look into the future there would not be one unsold
lot when the auction sale is over.
A. B. Hall Tuesday July 25th at 2 P. M.
FRANK L. BALLAINE, Seward
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