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rro rct'Nn ran MONTffa. Hope Abandoned Aftr f'hyslclsns Consultation, Mrs. Enos fihearer. Yew and WBoh Ington 8ts., (.'entralla, Wash., s:iys: " f" v 1 i f -v 1 1 wwri ow ninny of tle "men In ,, I (!io street," the men who i " 3 p ! the bread winners of I tlie community, live find work flny after tiny In more deadly peril than the soldier on tht firtiiK 11 11 or the buckMkln-shtrt-ed pioneer of the oll In dlun fihl Inn cln.vs! Mod ern commercialism ho meds huiimn ' life . th chenfest of nil raw mate ridlu. Fnr the proof of this assertion it a nnnor-Bounry to f? anions; the vmolies on the grent embankment con tracts of the lower reaches of the 'treacherous Chlnece rivers or among ' ,t)ie I lintlu rtulntiy gangs of the dead ly lower Im'lin plains, where scanty focd, foul water, the lurking cholera term nrd the Ktraiipe machinery of tue "foreign devil" nil conspire to count their victims by the score. In 'reality the srentest toll of human life and limb Is taken right Wr. !n Aroer'."?!. In the steel mill, the mine. thp railroad yard snu Win the towering steel 'structures that dot our cities and span our riv ers. I On the books of anauy life insurance companies there are lists of certain occu pations, -ominously marked as "extra hazardous," On this list none is inore dangerous than that of the "shot firer." or the man who tamps and fires the blast in the mines. The ordinary miner faces the menace of the deadly ""damp" that flows like an invisible poison stream through the lower mine levels; he races the danger of explosive Eases that may drive the life from his body; the fear of the rave-in that may flatten him under tons of coal and slate Is nlwavs with him. All these fall to the lot of the "shot-firer." as well as the dreadful risks of handling a high explosive in the close-walled caverns and under ground passages, where Its force Is confined and intensified. Such explo sives are notoriously unstable. stick of giant powder may have withstood too Jars of transportation for long -distances and yet when placed ia the drill hole by the "firer" may prematurely explode under the soft blows of the tamping Iron on ke "Gil" above it. Many fatalities occur in .similar ways. A never-failing source of interest to the street csowd is the movements of the struc tural iron worker, fudoubtedly bis work is the ftiofct eJangerou of all the building trades. jJt certainly U the most spectacular. With the iinereasiug ground values of the downtown dis rfjicta forcing the buildings bigber each year, e frequently finishes his work in the fres paces of the upper air with all the neighbor ing buildings far below him. He rides the steel beams as they are swung from the lower to Uie upper stories, holding to the cable and balancing them to make sure they do not slip their tether and shoot downward through the completed floors and create more havoc than a 12iuch shell. On the steel beams hundreds of feet above the street traffic he runs back and forth about ills labors, as sure-footed at those dixxy heights es a mountain sheep. A single false step, a momentary dizziness and he would I-luuge to his death a dozen stories below. Er ry minute of each working day his life Is in the bands of hi fellow-workmen. A heavy bolt dropped from above, a loosened plank, an unshipped cable or a flying block and the structure has taken its toll of human life. The structural stee! worker Is rarely crippled, as Ills Injuries are usually such as to cause im mediate death. Very similar to the risks of the steel man's work are those of the steeplejack. Moving like a fly along the face of a factory chimney, a. water tower or a church spire, his daily bread is gained at the daily risk of life and limb. The fear of high places is not his par ticular dread, as that is all in a day's work, but every time he is hoisted aloft he gambles with his life on the strength of a strand of cable end the coolness of his assistant. !t is the assistant's duty to raise and lower and shift the man In the chair's position as be moves up and down and sldewlse on the face f tin- building upon which they are engaged. (rty wonderful escapes are recorded la tha annals of these workers between earth and sky. Only a few days ago a steeplejack, working on a factory chimney In North St. lyiuls, saved himself whi-n his tackle gave way by grasping a book at the end of a rope -aiiMpeuded from the chimney top and arrested Mi; full In mldulr, her he clung until res- ued by bis thoroughly frightened helper. Have you ever noticed the window-washer , -j"hig about his business. 15 or to stories sibove tie street level? He stands on a nar wow ledKe arid his work compels him to lean fdr buck over the crowded street, many feet below, as he reaches upward to clean the upper part of the fclusa. A slip of the foot on the wet stoiie of the ledge, a single stumble and the crowd of dusutown shoppers would eec him dashed to his den& oa the imving at their feet. Volumes have been written concerning the terrible life-destroying Implements of luod-ru warfare, but the government statistics, com piled by the Interstate, commerce commission, eliow that the- railroad switchman's work Is more duiij-.erc'is than that of the professional boldier, A military movement in modern war fate latls only a few months at the longest, but the switchman's campaign Is every work ing day. In a great termini.) the noise of tug ging engines and rolling couches and box cars never ceases. On the procession of curs mov ing Meudily la and out depends the business activity of the city and Us surrounda.g ter ritory. Day and night the yard crews dodge back and forth lu this aceuw of tlre! activity, ianiberuig over and between moving cars, tusking (lying couplings and cutting cars out il striiif.s on tltu trucks a the cowpum her II . A iTTnrd.r.,1 .exJVi l,::,Mv u u H t:-:i 'W " - -- 1 W - y- '')-. - a-M w a switch "s. . y. . A- FROG - - - v. , f:: Mr il,: '', rALLS THROUGH SSL J-x '. r-i U ite ffiA BREAKING OF&AFETY BJlTJ L "lor years I was weak and run down, could not sleep, my limbs swelled and the secretions wers troublesome; pains C., were intciim. I was ? ft In bed fur four months, Thres doc tors said therw was no cure for me, and I was given to dlo. Pvliig urged. I used Doan's Kkl Bey Tills. Som I was better and ta few weeks waa sbont tho bouse, wU and strong ngalo." Pold by ail deaW. RO cents a bo. Foi-tcr Mllbura Co, IluSalo, N. Y. Afterglow, "Are you still in the blissful intox ication of love?" "No, I'o reached the headache- now." Exchange. 8hak Into Your 8 Ho Allen's Foot-Ease, a puwder for your feet- It curs painful, swollen, smarting, sweat ing feet. Makes new shops ay. Bold by all IruKtrists and Shoe fHorra. Cc. Don't accept any substitute. Sample FRE& Ad dress Allen 8. Olmsted. LeRoy, H. T. Equipped for Fast Travel, Sorrow Is an evil with many fect-rosldlppus. him from cuts a steer out of a herd. He leaps from mov ing cars, boards a flying gondola or an engine pilot where a miscalculation of an inch . in bis movements would send him to his death under the wheels. Open switches, "dead switch lamps, derails and the ever-present switch frog lie In wait for his unguarded moments. A few days ago a vet eran switchman in the Frisco yards leaped from a moving yard engine and started across a passing track to make a coupling. His foot caught in a switch frog. Another crew had Just "kicked" a car in on this spur, and it came rolling down the track upon him. He hur riedly tugged and pulled with all his strength to loosen his foot. As the car came closer he kicked and shoved with the free foot, a surer method, hut it failed him now. The --. vw ciose upon he rolled as far the track a. .1, - Iron grip upon hi, fot would allow and watched ueavy Ihn.. ,11 over hl- ,)lg ni HI effort was in vain as he died on the operat ing table. 0f all the dsn- ,c,uu" positions in rall- woric, the ii..k. man's Is the worst. This !" wpil among railroad employe that only a switchman killed" has become a .n .,.. avlng. Dozens of laboratories are scattered over the city, where men work day after day n the noxious fumes of the strong,., life-destroying gam-, known to sci ence Educated men of undoubted scientific attainments work for hours In the interest of comm,.rce or the arts n order to solve some elusive problem. With rubber masks and glove, the chemist tries to protect himself and succeed. a measure, but the laboratory has a long list of victims to answer for. Wight less eyes, defective hearing, twisted limbs, paralysis, parens. Insanity and death make up the counts In the long Indictment. Tho list of conations of more than ordi nary peril is a long one. The tool grinder, the man who puts the first rough edge on all cutting Implements, stands hour after hour In front of a heavy emery wheel revolving at a tremendous speed. A fault In the whel, a sudden acceleration or stoppage In Its speed may cause the wheel to burst, with the report and dread ifi-ct of a six Inch shell. The fly ing pieces rend walls and ceilings l.ke paper and cru;np! heavy pieces of machinery into khapelefc masses. No employe In the line of its force can hope to escape. The powder mill employe works In a walled Inclonure within whoso bounds lie suf ficient explosives to shatter the mighty pyra mid of CUbU to a shapeless mass of rubble. The worker in this place Is under stricter supervision than the Kaffir in the South Af rican diamond mines. The utmost caution la observed, "danger" signs are nai!d up ev erywhere; the grounds are picketed by Match ful guards; 00 muULes are lighted and a PRCtlATURE XPLQ30rt Ifl MINE which the American na tion exercises over Cu bans, but quotes as sig nificant that despite two military interventions, "and even when the con dition of Cuba was the darkest and most tor bidding, at no time has a iiolitlcul party arisen advocating, even Indi rectly, annexation," and that this fact shows how deep-rooted la the na tional sentiment among Uie Cubans and how little tho moral Influ ence, the force of at traction of the I'nlted States. As a result the people of the two coun tries are less In loy al understanding with each other than ever be fore; a direct and unfor tunate sequence of tho "demoralizing proceed ings of the late provl- Ijime buck sn'l I.nmbnffi mnlse a young man foci eld. llanilins S isni Oil mnkes n cM nun feel young. Absolutely noth ing like it for the relief ef all pam. And occasionally a man throws off troublo by putting on a bold front. 1'IHKt 1V fAISKU.I r r-tn.lr .mi hsl It I s d.Mvmvo wr.-.iar.l Mutual ""lie ", rramvi. toe UK SuUiv. Many a man mtikcs his mark In the world with a whitewash brush. COOtl IIOt'SKHF.KI'KH. TV t'lf lnt. That's why thev lrr Red CiOM 1U11 lilue. At lending grocers cents. under the Tndertakers alao come head of scientific boxe'... "best . v - r V" v in 1 11 n n J)AriQLR0U3 WVHK TS - i special felt-soled shoe is worn, as the chance spark struck by a steel shoe call might cause disaster. 80, In the midst of dan gers, some of them immi nent, some less threaten ing, the bread winner In many occupations follows bis calling year In and year out. In many lines of craftsmanship and effi ciency the supremacy of American skill N unques tioned. And to para phrase our Kipling Just a little. If life be the price of supremacy, Lord God we are pnylng full. Cuba't Grievances Stated. The Cuban Opinion, a fortnightly review, devoted to Cubau affairs, has made Its initial appearance at Havana. While it disclaims a feeling of hostility toward the government at Washington and expresses a willingness to "draw closer the ties of friendship and cor diality between the great American nation and the young Republic of Cuba." yet the tenor of Its contents Is skeptical as to the good faith of the American people and Its tone Is any thing but friendly. It declares a purpose to defend the national status, the material inter ests and the Rood name of the Cuban people, a lau.lable undertaking in Itself, yet It charges that there "Is a disposition in the I'nlted Mjfea to look down upon the Cubans as an inferior and degenerate racial prod net from which nothing worthy or wndurlng Is to be expected." It also says that "It Is this spirit which constantly meddles with our Internal affairs and attempt to dictate to our govern ment; in short, which really considers Cuba as In reality nothing but an Amurlcau colony, without any rights of her own. temporarily and oiiiebat nominally In possession of a race unfit to survive, and in time to be supplanted by Anglo Americans with their ill-concealed hauteur and their utilitarian civilization." The Opinion admits, however, that a series of unfortunate clrrumstsnces has given the I'nlted States an Intervention In local affairs wilts' cut of uroportloit U. the moral luflueuce atonal administration of the I'nlted Btates In Cuba, which has left behind it a train of sad and shameful recollections." The official acts of Provisional Governor Magoon, the Cubsn paper claims, are open to swift censure. It Is alleged that his adminis tration was ready to squander the resources of the Cuban treasury and that the award of 1300,000 to the government at Madrid only three days before his provisional governorship expired Is one of "many transactions of a pe culiar and dubious nature." Among other falio? reports the Opinion charges that there has been a malicious effort in the I'nlted States to cast discredit on the Cuban govern ment In alleging the prevalence of yellow fe ver, when. In fact, the fever was driven out In 19ul and the Island was kept clean till Oc tober, IflOS, when It was reintroduced from New Orleans in spite of the precautions of Cubsn quarantine ofllclaU. The Opinion shows that there Is $141,000. 000 of American capital Invested In Cuba, In railways, auttur and tobacco Industries, real estate, plantations, banks, navigation compa til, s, mortgages, etc., while the Knplish Invest ments total $100. 000. (too, of hlch all but $10,000,000 Is In railways. It adds: "The late provisional administration of the I'nlted States ill Cuba made Itself famous 'or the large number of contracts of all sorts into which It entered, especially with American contractors, for tho construction of high roads, bridges, aqueducts and other public Im provements. Many of these contracts were made in the most Informal, i"t to say Im moral matiner, and give rise to much scandal and to the complete discredit of the provi sional administration. They cost the Cubnn treasury vast sums and it Is the general im passion that in many case, the execution of the work has been very deficient." REMEDY For Womea-Lydia E. Pink- ham sVegetable Compound Noah. K v. "I was natwlntr through Uie Chance of life ami suilered from """' "' 1 """ headaches, nervous ! prostration, ami 1 Iiemorrhairea. I.ydi K. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound uuuie roe) well and stroii?. so that lean do all Ji.r tioiirtcwoik. 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