Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1902 Page: 4 of 4
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By Jules Verne
THE COURIER
OF THE CZAR
Ukohuim Coiis.!
" It is just a common cold,” peopla
say, "there’s no danger in that.” Ad-
mitting their statement, then there are
uncommon colds, colds which are dan-
LOCAL.
Advertising locals will be charged
\ for at the rate of / 0 cents per line
first insertion, and 5 cents per line
gerous; for many a fatal sickness begins \fQr subsequent insertions.
with a cold. If we could tell the com- x
mon cold from the uncommon we could
feel quite safe. But we can’t. The
CHAPTER XX.
^^"■J^ICHAEL STROGOFF was
not, bad never been, blind.
I lyl I A purely human phenom-
J cnon, at ouce moral and
Physical, had neutralized
UUag&tfp the action of the redhot
blade which the execu-
tioner of Feofar had passed over his
eyes. One remembers that at the mo-
ment of that terrible punishment Mar-
fa Strogoff was there, stretching out,
her hands toward her son.
Michael Strogoff looked at her, as a
son can look at his mother when it is
for the last time. Streams of tears
welled up from his heart to his eyes,
which his high spirit tried in vain to
restrain and, filling the sockets of his
eyes, had thus saved his sight. The
action of the heat had been destroyed
Just in the same manner as when a
smelter, after having plunged his hand
into water, thrusts it with impunity
into molten iron.
Michael Strogoff had at once under-
stood the danger he would have run
in making known his secret to any one.
He realized the advantages which he
might gain from this situation for the
accomplishment of his projects. It is
because they would believe him to be
blind that they would leave him his
liberty.
It was necessary, then, that he
should be blind, that he should be
so for all, even for Nadia—in short,
that he should be so everywhere and
that not a gesture at any moment could
cause any doubt of the sincerity of his
role. His resolution was taken. Even
his very life must be risked in order
to give to all the proof of his blindness,
and one knows how he risked it.
His mother alone knew the truth,
and it was on the square of Tomsk that
lie had whispered it in her ear when,
bending over her in the shade, he had
covered her with his kisses.
We can now understand how when
Ivan Ogareff had placed the emperor’s
letter before his eyes, which he be-
lieved to be blind, Michael Strogoff had
been able to read, had read that letter
which disclosed the hatefu1 designs of
the traitor; hence that energy which
he displayed during the second part of
the Journey; hence that uribhanging
will to reach Irkutsk and on arriving
there to -fulfill with his own voice his
mission, ne knew that the town was
to be given up by the traitor. lie knew
that the life of the grand duke was
threatened. The safety of the brother
of the czar and of Siberia was still in
his hands.
In a few words all this history was
recounted to the grand duke, and Mi-
chael Strogoff told also, and with what
emotion, the part which Nadia had tak-
en in these events.
“Who is this young girl?” asked the
grand dtike.
i “The daughter of the exiled Wassili
Feodor,” answered Michael Strogoff.
1 “The daughter of Commander Feo-
dor,” said the grand duke, “has ceased
to be the daughter of an exile. There
are no more exiles at Irkutsk.”
I Nadia, less strong in joy than she had
been in sorrow, fell at the feet of the
grand duke, who raised her with one
hand, while he held out the other to
Michael Strogoff. An hour afterward
Nadia was in the arras of her father.
Michael Strogoff, Nadia, Wassili Feo-
dor, were reunited. It was on all sides
complete happiness,
p. The Tartars had been repulsed In
tlieir doable attack upon the town.
Wassili Feodor, with his little troop,
had crushed the first assailants who
had presented themselves at the P.ol-
chala gate with the expectation of find-
ing It open.
1 At the same time that the Tartars
were driven back the besieged bad ren-
dered themselves masters of the fire.
Before daybreak the troops of Feofar-
Ivhmi had returned to their encamp-
ments, leaving a good number of dead
tinder the ramparts.
Among the dead was the gypsy San-
garre, who had tried la vain to rejoin
Ivan Ogareff.
f ,For two days the besiegers attempt-
ed tlti new assault. They were discour-
aged by the death of Ivan Ogareff.
That man was tiie soul of the Invasion,
and ho alone, by bis long continued
plots, had sufficient influence over the
khans and their hordes to be able to
lead them to tbe conquest of Asiatic
Rnssia.
Meanwhile the defenders of Irkutsk
had held themselves on their guard,
and tbe investment continued, but on
theTtbof October from the first streaks
of day flu? boom of cannon resounded
on the heights around Irkutsk. It was
the relieving array which had arrived
under the orders of General Kissely,
who thus signaled his presence to the
grand duke.
The Tartars did not stay any longer.
They did not wish to risk a battle un-
der tbe walls of Irkutsk. The camp of
the Angara was immediately raised.
Irkutsk was at last delivered,.
With tbe first Russian soldiers two
friends of Michael Strogoff had entered
the town. They were the inseparable
Blount and Joil vet By gaining the
right bank of tbe Angara along the
barrier of ice they and the other fugi-
tives had been able to escape before
the flames of the Angara bad reached
the raft This had been put down by
Alcide Jolivet In his notebooK and In
this manner, “Was near ending like a
lemon in a bowl of punch!”
Their joy was great to once more find
Nadia anil Michael Strogoff safe and
sound, especially when they learned
that their brave companion, was. not
So Tired **
blind, a statement wbicb led Harry
Blount to jot down this observation:
“A redhot iron is perhaps insufficient
to destroy the sensibility of tbe optic
nerve. To be modified.”
Afterward tbe two correspondents,
well installed in Irkutsk, occupied
themselves in putting in order the im-
pressions of their journey. From thence
two Interesting chronicles of the Tartar
invasion were sent to London and Par-
is, which, strange to say, only contra-
dicted each other on points of less mo-
ment.
For the rest the campaign was bad
for tbe emir and bis allies. That inva-
sion, useless, as are all those that at-
tack colossal Russia, was most fatal to
them. They soon found themselves cut
off by the troops of the czar, who re-
took successively all tbe conquered
towns. Besides, tbe winter was terri-
ble, and of those hordes, decimated by
the cold, only a small number returned
to the steppes of Tartary. The v route
from Irkutsk to the Ural mountains
was free.
Tbe grand duke was in haste to re-
turn to Moscow, but be delayed his
journey in order to assist at a touching
ceremony which took place some days
after the entry of the Russian troops.
Michael Strogoff had sought out Na-
dia and in the presence of her father
had said to her, “Nadia, my sister still,
when you left Riga to come to Irkutsk
had you no other regret but that of
leaving behind you your mother?”
“No,” replied Nadia; “none what-
ever.”
‘So that no part of your heart has
remained down there?’
None, brother.”
Then, Nadia,” said Michael Strogoff,
“I do not believe but that God in bring-
ing us together, in allowing ns to pass
through these great trials together, has
wished us to be united forever.”
“Ah!” said Nadia as she fell Into the
arms of Michael Strcgoff, and, turning
toward Wassili Feodor, “My father,”
she said, blushing deeply.
“Nadia,” said Wassili Feodor, “my
; oy will be to call yon both my chil-
dren!”
The marriage ceremony took place in
tbe cathedral of Irkutsk. It was very
simple In its preparations, but very
beautiful in tbe concourse of the mili-
tary and civil population, which thus
wished to show Its gratitude to the
young couple, whose strange journey
had now become legendary
Alcide Jolivet and Harry Blount of
course assisted at the marriage, of
which they wished to give an account
to their readers.
“And does it not make you envious to
Imitate them?” asked Alcide Jolivet to
his companion.
“Pshaw!” exclaimed Harry Blount.
“If, like you, I had a cousin!”
My cousin is not any longer mar-
riageable,” laughingly answered Alcide
Jolivet.
“All the better,” added Harry Blount,
“for they speak of difficulties which
are about to arise between London and
Peking.1
“Would you not like to see what is
passing there?”
“Why, my dear Blount,” cried Alcide
Jolivet, “I was about to propose it to
you!” 4
This is bow the two inseparables set
out for China.
Some days after the ceremony Mi-
chael and Nadia Strogoff, accompanied
by Wassili Feodor, started on their
journey to Europe. That road of sor-
rows was only one of happiness on
their return. They traveled yery rapid-
ly with one of those trains which glide
like an express over the frozen steppes
of Siberia.
Meanwhile, arrived at tbe banks of
the Dinka, just opposite Brlskoe, they
stopped there one day. Michael Stro-
Kansas. After
uncommon vari-
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has fastened its
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lungs, and there
are symptoms of
consumption.
Dr. Pierce’s
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coughs, bron-
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lungs and other
diseases of the
organs of respir-
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creases the sup-
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blood and builds
up the emaciated
body.
"I took a severe
cold which settled
in the bronchial
tubes,” writes Rev.
Frank Hay, of Nor-
tonville, Jefferson Co.,
medicines labeled 'Sure Cure,’ almost witi
number, I was led to try Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery. 1 took two bottles and was
cured, and have stayed cured. When I think of
the great pain I had to endure, and the terrible
cough I had, it seems almost a miracle that I
was so soon relieved. That God may spare you
many years aud abundantly bless you is the
prayer of your grateful friend.”
If you ask your dealer for "Golden
Medical Discovery” because you have
confidence in its cures, do not allow
yourself to be switched off to a medi-
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which you did not ask for and of which
you know nothing.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure diz-
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From Finis.
FiniB, May 15.—At this writing
we are having one of the old fash-
ioned rains that you read aboat—
a gaily washer, a clod soaker and
a trash mover—which is greatly
appreciated by all. It will be of
great benefit to everything in this
part of the county, especially the
grain crop; oats was suffering for
want of moisture, and there will
be a fair yield of wheat consider-
ing the hardships th»t the crop
went through with in the winter.
Cotton looks well and weeds look
better. Corn also looks well
though it iB of a Tom Thumb vari-
ety; it is tasseling out about knee
high and the majority of us will
have to stand ou our heads to
gather it. I suppose the reason
of it being so low is that the ma-
jority of it was Kansas corn, for
it is going to be very ekrly, but I
for one will be willing to stand on
my head once in a while for a little
corn.
Spivey Bros, and Mauldin &
Son are doing a land office busi-
ness at Finis.
Mr. Tucker and family are visit-
ing in Goose Keck Bend this
week.
W. D. Spivey made a trip to
Graham this week.
Dr. Logan is in Dallas.
Mrs. Alice Lcavell, Mrs. Clyde
Obitz and little daughter Mildred
from Pecos have been visiting
Mrs. W. Y. Bigham. Mrs- Lsavell
is a sister of Mrs. Bigham. They
returned home Saturday.
Holds Up a Congressman.
“At the end of the campaign,”
writes Champ Clark, Missouri’s
brilliant congressman, “from over-
work, nervous tension, loss of
sleep and constant speaking I had
about utterly collapsed. It seem
goff sought out tiie place where he bad
interred poor Nicholas. A cross wasted that all the organs in my body
planted there, and Nadia prayed for were out of order, but three bot
tbe last time on the tomb of tbe bum-
ble and heroic son) which neither the
one nor the other would ever forgetr
At Omsk old Marfa was awaiting
them in the little bouse of tbe Stro-
goffa. Sbe pressed In her arms that
noble girl whom in her heart she bad
already a hundred times called her
daughter. The brave Siberian on that
day had the right to own her son and
to say that sbe was proud of him-
After some days passed at Omsk, Mi-
chael and Nadia Strogoff returned to
Europe, and, Wassili Feodor being well
fixed in St Petersburg, neither bis son
nor his daughter bad any peeasion ever
to leave him, only when they went to
see their old mother.
The young courier bad been' received
by the czar, who attached him specially
to his person and decorated him with
tbe cross of St. George.
Michael Strogoff afterward attained
to a high post in the empire. But it is
not the history of his success, bat tbe
history of his trials, which has deserv-
ed to be chronicled.
THE END.
Any person nan get the Gazette
one year on bargain day for 50cts,
Hensley & Latimer pay the
highest price in cash for fat hogs,
tf
Let every Democrat be at tbe
precinct convention and vote for
his choice.
Hensley & Latimer have a nice
lot of hams, bacon, lard, and all
kinds of sausages usually kept in
a meat shop. tf
Energy will do anything that
can be done in this world; and no
circumstances, no opportunities
will make a man without it__
Goethe.
For whcopiDg cough, asthma,
bronchitis, or consnmption, no
medicine equals Ballard’s Hore-
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cents. E. E. Young. m
The unsuccessful man waits for
something to turn. That’s Micaw-
berizing. The successful man gets
out and hustles and tarns up things
upon his own account. And that,
usually, is Advertising__[Printer’s
Ink.
Mrs. S. E. Hammack, of Ham-
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I recommend Bamon’s Liver Pills
and Tonic Pellets. I have used
them myself for several years, and
can testify as to their efficiency in
sick-headacbe ami other troubles
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Mighty as are steam and elec-
tricity in the domain of industry,
they are bnt shadows of the might-
ier power of concentrated thought
as expressed in type and spread
before the world. To let the world
know through type who and what
and where you are, and what, yon
have that this great world wants,
is the secret of success, and the
printing press is its mightiest ma-
chine to that end—[Thos. A. Edi-
son.
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Gazette Bargain Day.
The Gazette makes the 14th day
of Jane bargain day. On that
day subscriptions will be taken at
§0 cents for one year. Any and
all persons can get it at this rate.
Subscribers in arrears mast pay
np to Jane 14, and then 50 cents
will pay to Jane 14th 1903. Any
subscriber who has paid in ad
vance can add another year to bis
subscription by p tying 50 cents.
ties of Electric Bitters made me j
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The Facts
In the Case.
Whooping dough.
A woman wbo has had experi
ence with this disease, tells how to
prevent any dangerous conse-
quences from it. She says: Onr
three children took whooping
cough last summer, onr baby boy
being only three months old, and
owing to our giving them Ghgm
berlain’s Gough Remedy, they lost
none of their plnmpness and came
oat in mach better health than
other children whose parents did
When yon read a thing yon like 1 not t,8e this remedy. Oar oldest
that it’s the troth. The J nttle girl would call lustily for
cough syrup between whoops.—
Jessie Pinkey Hall, Springville,
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to feel
Dallas Semi-Weekly News gives
the facts in the case.
Tli* Km Indicates Character.
' A large nose is always an unfailing
sign of a decided character. It be-
longs to the man of action, quick to
see and to seize opportunity. A small
bosa indicates a passive nature, one
less apt to apt, although he may feel
Specially-
Edited.
If you’ll read tbe News a while
you’ll like it. It holds the atten-
tion. It is specially edited, that’s
why. BraiBS and not hap-hazard
List of Letters
Remaining nnclaimed in postoffi.ee
at Jacksboro, Texas, week end-
ing May 24.
Barns,Pat (2) McDonald, Henry
deeply. He will have many theo- I go into the makeup of The News Bfirker,John Wallace,W.E.
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of labor
It may be from overwork, but
chances are its from an in*
LIVER,
With a well
one can do
Without fatigue. ( /
It adds a hundred per cent to
ones earning capacity. j-
R can be kept in healthful action
by, and only by -
rlcs, while the possessor of a large
nose will have deeds to show. Persons
with small noses are most loving and
sympathizing, but tbely friendship Is
not tbe active kind.
A nose with the tip slightly tilted U
the sign of tbe heartless flirt. A long
nose shows dignity and repose, a
short nose pugnacity and a love of
gayety. An arched nose—one project-
ing at tbe bridge—shows thought A
straight nose shows an inclination to-
ward serious subjects. A nose turning
up slightly Indicates eloquence, wit
Two Papers
You Need.
Yon need the Jacksboro Ga-1
zette, because it’s your local pa-
per. It gives a class of news yon
can’t get elsewhere. You need
The News because it gives yon all
the State news. The Gazette and
Barker,J.E.
Parties calling for above please
say advertised.
Mrs. J. D. McConnell, P. M
PERSONAL.
RISKING LIFE TO LITE.
J. H. Timberlake spent last
week in Dallas.
J. A. Jones of Hornsby, Texas,
came np Tuesday and will remain
some time.
Capt. W. S. Houts of Finis was
in town this week visiting his son
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. J. O.
Houts.
Mrs. S. W. Knox has been vis-
iting her brother and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Banner of Fort
Worth. <
Col. Jas. A. Cummins of Bowie
has been here this week in the
interest of the candidacy of Judge
Ocie Speer.
Mrs. L. W. Perrin and daughter,
Miss Nellie Perrin of Rowland
Yalley were among the shopoers
n Jacksboro the past week.
J. R Carney of Pleasant Grove
community Tom Womack, and M
A. Graves of Los Greek were
among the Democrats who attend-
ed the Democratic precinct con-
vention Saturday.
U. M. McOaw from the south-
west part of the county was in
town Saturday and reports their
new postoffice, Kutchton, now
open with Miss Jennie Tierce as
postmistress. The mail contract
from Jacksboro will not go into
effect until July first. Until that
time Kntchton will receive mail
from Bryson. Finis coaid have
had a daily mail from Jacksboro
if they would have accepted it.
A. J. Dobson of Beanmont was
in town Saturday. Mr. Dobson
had made his parents at Onndiff a
short visit and was on his retnrn
home. As he was from the great
oil fields of the world it was bnt
natural to ask him a few ques-
tions about the nse of Beanmont
oil as a fuel. He says that one
dollar’s worth of oil will ran a lo-
comotive as long as about four
dollars’ worth of coal, and if prop-
erly managed is almost smokeless,
makes steam more regular than
coal, there being no clinkers to get
into the grates. The oil is spray-
ed into the furnace with snch reg-
ularity that a ran of 40 or 50 miles
may be made without any change
in the feed of oil to the fire under
the boiler. It mast be a great
comfort to passengers on trains
to be exempt from the smoke and
cinder nuisance.
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It is often asked how snch
startling cares, that pnzzle the
best physicians, are effected by
Dr. King’s New Discovery for
consnmption. Here’s the secret.
It cats oat the phlegm and germ-
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PERILOUS OCCUPATIONS
MEN FOLLOW AND
BRAVE DEATH FOR
LIVELIHOOD.
Happy indeed is the man whose
peace of mind is not disturbed by
the knowledge that in the pursuit
of his vocation he is running into
close quarters with death. We
appraise the bravery of our sol-
diers and sailors, forgetting for
the nonce all about the 200,000
people who are year in and year
out engaged in occupations which
undermine the constitution and
result in slow but none the less
certain death.
Go into the great wool factories
of the North of England and yon
will find hundreds of folk courting
a terrible death to earn a living
Wool sorters and those employed
in treating nntanned skins are
compelled to inhale the poisonous
fames which arise from the skins
before they are preserved. These
fames breed diptheria and con-
sumption; in fact, the germs of
these two fell diseases are floating
in the air in vast quantities. A
terrible risk to run, surely, yet an
insignificant one compared with
that of anthrax. Dozens of the
animals have died from unnatural
causes, and in consequence there
is a deadly poison larking in the
skin. Let the worker bat scratch
his finger and allow the smallest
possible amount of the poison to
enter the wound, and a few days
later he will be on the sick list.
Delirium follows, which, after con-
tinuing for some days and tortur-
ing the victim with all the agonies
of acute madness, kills him. Even
when the wool, or whatever it may
be, has been transformed into
cloth it loses little of its deadli-
ness. In the cloth factories mill-
ions of particles of fine dnst are
ever in the air, and getting into
the longs of the workmen, inflame
them. A strong man may stand
this for years, bnt he goes under
in time. The works of his watch
will not keep going in the atmos-
phere, much less those of the
great human machine, and the
coarser the cloth the sooner he
contracts the deadly germs of
consnmption.
The same disease carries off 62
per cent of the needle-polishers
and metal grinders sooner or later.
With the aid of a microscope the
atmosphere of every needle facto-
ry will be found to be laden with
millions of particles of tgetal dqst,
and in a certain light it can be
seen glittering in the air. Of late
years the larger factories , have
been fitted with snetion pipes,
which minimize the risk by draw-
ing off large quantities of the
dost, and the workers are thus
given a longer lease of life. Bat
every man knows when he enters
the trade that he will probably
sacrifice his life for $ salary of
from 2 to 4 pounds a week, inas-
much as the dust gets into his
When Boys Were Men
i IVPD ! and ,raagiuatioD- Uup. mucl) The Semi-Weekly News one year through yon my thanks to the
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TAKE NO •UB6TITUTE.
j It sbows egotism and love of luxury.
A nose that slopes out directly from
the forehead, that sbows no Indenting J
I between the eyes. Indicates power. If j
the nose Is Indented deeply at the root
the subject will be weak and vacillat-
ing. A nose that turns down signifies
that tbe possessor Is miserly and sar-
castic.—Ladles’ Home Journal.
for only $1.75, cash in advance.
The News is promptly stopped
at expiration of time paid for.
10,000
CARDS FOR
CANDIDATES.
<8WA
K. of P. Life Policy Paid.
Jacksboro, Texas, May 21,1902.
Mr. A. D. Owens, Secretary Sec-
tion 1254.
Dear Sir—I desire to express
to
Board of Control Endowment
Rank K. of P. for their very
prompt payment of certificate No.
28,587 for $1000 held by my late
husband, O. H. Sibley. The En-
dowment Rank K. of P. is a great
avenue through which a man can
provide for the future of loved
ones. Extending thanks to all
concerned in the prompt settle-
This signature ia on every box of the genuine
Laxative Bromo*Quinine Tablets
tbs remedy that enures a cold la cad day
[Tbe Gazette has bought 10,000
business cards especially for can-
didates. They were bought at a | ment of this claim, I am
bargain and yon can get them at Yonrs respectfully,
good figures. * Lizzie F. Sibley.
’ONLY CONFEDERATE LI PH CAN EVER
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By JOHN HABBERT0N. author
of “Helen's Babies.''
A powerful story of the
civil war, painting the sol-
dier’s life as it was ip camp,
en the march, in bivouac
and in battle.
Full of human interest, por-
traying in the words and
deeds of soldiers their in-
dividual characters.
Of course the hero had a
sweetheart — what soldier
had not? — and the lurid
skies of wrar are softened by
the rose tints of a love ro-
mance.
The story will be published
in our columns and you will
want to read it.
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OLD PEOPLE,
Do not always receive the sympathy and attention which
they deserve. Their ailments are regarded as purely
imaginary, or natural and unavoidable at their time of
life. Disease and infirmity should not always be associ-
ated with old age. The eye of the gray haired grandsire
may be as bright and the complexion as fair as any of
his younger and more vigorous companions.
Good Blood is tho secret of healthy old ago, for it regulates
and controls every part of the body, strengthens the nerves, makes the
muscles elastic and supple, the bones strong and the flesh firm; but when
this life fluid is polluted or poisoned and loses its nutritive, health sustain-
ing elements, then there is a rapid decline of the vital powers, resulting
in premature old age and disease. Any derangement of tha blood quickly
shows itself in an ulcer, sore, wart, tumor or some other troublesonre ,
growth upon the body, and rheumatic and neuralgic pains become almost i
constant, accompanied with poor digestion and cold extremities.
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ailments disappear.
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that are consequent upon the use of drugs and soothing syrups, that we hare come to regard it, after vse with tttree
children, as one of the necessities when there is a new baby in the house and until the teething troubles are over, and
lungs and sets np hemorrhage,
known in the trade as “grinder’s
rot.” Few needle polishers live
over forty years, and a man with
a weak constitution is fortunate if
he is still living at 35, But,
withal, the callousness of these
men is surprising. In a great
many cases they are provided with
respirators to protect them'from
the death-dealing dust, and yet it
is an everyday occurrence for the
men to stubbornly refuse to wear
them. Just the same disease, only
in a more virulent form, is always
present in glass factories; but, in
addition to the lung hemorrhage,
the workers have to contend with
“stiff jaw.” This is brought about
by handling the glass, the man’s
jaw suddenly becoming paralyzed
without the slightest warning. He
is dumb for the remainder of his
life; the cleverest doctor can not
save him. Fifty per cent of glass
workers die after twenty years’
service, and yet the trade never
lacks recruits.
Some of the most piteous sights
are to be seen in 'chemical facto-
ries, especially those of cyanide
of potassium is made. Here we
find men working with death star-
ng them in the face in the shape
of white sugary crystals so terri-
bly fascinating that none but a
strong man can overcome the
temptation to eat them. There
are certain times when every
man’s will power becomes un-
hinged, and in a potassium factory
this is the greatest calamity that
can befall an employe, for he will
at once succumb to the tempta-
tion to taste the crystals, and be
dead within an hour. To avoid
this all workmen are compelled to
labor in pairs, and always stand-
ing at their elbow is ajar of ammo-
nia, the only antidote to the poi-
son. Again, in factories where
chlorine gas is made death is ever
on the prowl, the gas constantly
eating away the men’s lungs, with
the result that few survive more
than ten years at the work.
Every year a thousand miners
ire killed underground, and yet
our supply of coal never falls
short, and we are apt to grumb’e
when prices rule high. Moreover,
if a miner escapes premature
death he will suffer from blind-
ness and a terrible form of ague
when old age comes on. Bat min-
eral workers run even greater
risks than coal miners. Those
who handle lead are certain to
contract one of the dangerous dis-
eases inseparable from their call
>ng before they have been in busi
ness many years. Kidney disease
is the most prevalent; or, avoid-
ing this, total paralysis, convul-
sions, or complete loss of sight
will probably fall to the work-
man’s lot. Copper miners and
smelters are attacked by “green
canker,” which eats into the skin,
cansing the teeth to fall eat, and
ultimately ends in paralysis and
death. Mercurial poison, the par-
ticular complaint of looking-glass
makers, has precisely the same
effect, save that perhaps death is
more speedy than in the case of
copper poisoning, while palsy is a
common ailment in the trade. The
first symptom of mercurial poison-
ing is the extreme palor of the
cheeks, then tbe teeth begin to
drop out, and excruciating agony
racks the limbs. From that time
the torture is so great that death
is welcomed as a relief, the only
regret being that it does not come
quickly enough.
At the present moment there
are upward of six thousand peo-
ple in Loudon alone who earn
their living at an altitude of over
80 feet, where a single false step
will bnrl them down to destruction.
The average mortality among
these individuals directly due to
accidents is 37 per cent, while
among steeplejacks the number of
deaths set down to unnatural
causes ranges as high as 80 per
cent. A dozen forms of death
threaten tbe man in the telegraph
or telephone derrick. He may
make a false step and come to the
ground a hundred feet below; a
piece of woodwork may give way
with a like result, or his familiarity
with danger may lead him to touch
a “live” wire. And just as death
overhangs those whose vocations
cause them to ascend to great
heights, so it assails those wbo
work at extreme depths. In the
sewers of our great cities nearly
590 men perish every year from
the effects of sewer gas. Or it
may be that a heavy thunderstorm
has poured millions of gallons of
water on the earth quite unknown
to them, until great waves of mud-
dy fluid come sweeping along the
sewer, dealing certain death to all
who do not happen to be near a
manhole. Even the deep sea di-
ver has a multitude of dangers to
face, which to the average public
are unknown. For instance, when
he reaches middle age he suffers
from periodical fits of giddiness
and excessive bleeding at the
nose. This is the beginning of the
end; and if he persists in his call-
ing he will either be struck down
with permanent prostration of tbe
nervous system and paralysis
within a year, or bacome a martyr
to diver’s palsy, maimed and use-
less, a helpless wreck for all time.
Perhaps the trade disease most
familiar to the public is “phossy
jaw,” which attacks matchmakers,
but fortunately this fell compliant
is becoming rarer every year
owing to the present custom of
using amorphos phosphor. There
was a (lay when the youth of 18,
in full possession of health aud
strengh, entered the match factory
to become a mere human derelict
in ten years. Even now this trade
kills more than 20 per cent of its
followers. The first symptom of
“phossy jaw” is chronic toothache,
followed by u’oeratiou of the
mouth. The teeth begin to break
off like chalk and the j iwboue to
clip; the joints become stiff and
paralysis sets in, from which a
painful death too often results.
And in this category, too, must be
classed the workers in explosive
factories, who number 10,000, out
of these 3000 are employed ia dan-
ger buildings, wherein the risk is
so great that when a man sets out
in the morning he knows the
chances of Ibis coming home alive
are treble those of the soldier who
goes on active service.
Nor does this complete the list
of workers who play hide-and-seek
with death every day of their lives.
The baker works in an atmos-
phere laden with fljurdust, which
upon becoming ignited, explodes
with twice the power of gnnpow-
der, and if such a calamity is
avoided the dust brings ou deaf-
ness and consumption. Every
third man you see going to work
in the potteries will die soou er or
later from the effects of breath-
ing minute fragments of flint aud
felspar; and the diamond cutter, in
order to secure a high wage, s*o-
rifices years of his life by inhaling
that most virulent of all poisons,
diamond dust.
What Thin Folks Need
Is a greater power of digesting
and assimilating food. For them
Dr. King’s New Life Pills work
wonders. They tone and reguVe
the digestive organs, gently expel
all poisons from the system, enrich
tbe blood, improve appetite, make
healthy flesh. Only 25c at E. E.
Young’s. m
Stops the Cough and
Works off the Cold.
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure scold
in one dsy. No Cure, No Pay. Price 28 cer a,
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Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1902, newspaper, May 29, 1902; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth729887/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.