EDITORIAL SHEET. OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JTJXE 19 , 1871. OMAIEA , SUNDAY IMOEXlXa , AtTGTfST 20 , 1897-SIXTEEN PAG-ES. SINGLE COPY in YE CENTS.
TOMORROW'S SALE ONE OF THE GREATEST WE EVER
WITHOUT EQUAL OR PABALEI , . GREATER SHAN THE JEtFATEST-ONE IMPOSSIBLE TO ANY OTHER STORE.
Advance Sale of Fall Goods. Cor. (6th (
and
We are first to show Fall Styles. Douglas
Omaha ,
Our Fall Stock is now complete.
. . . .
1 HB fli fe. k fi d k tf k. dl k
DRESS GOODS , LININGS
Bought for spot cash at forced sales at a fearful sacrifice to the original owners.
If everybody says so it must be true. Boston Store is crowded when other stores are empty. Read the advertisement below and you'll see why it is so.
Just to have a big crowd Monday we will sell ,
NEW FALL
Dress Goods
"We are showing the richest , choicest and
rrettlestdress fabrics rv r brought to
Omaha. Bought by us under the old-tariff ,
you cnn buy them nt n third or hnlf what
you 'will pay In the near future. Buy now
and save money.
Highest Grade Diess Goods 98 c
A handsome line of new fall
NoveltleF , Including all the lat
est weaves and tones , Fuch as
French Heps. German Coverts ,
for tailor-made suits ; two-
toned Crunell Cloth and the
newest Mohair Jacquards , all
at StSc yard u
Black Dress Goods 69c yd uT
Extra special bargains In 4C-
Jnch Mohair and Wool Figured
Novelties , , German Henrietta. T
Bebastlpols , Cords and Lizzardu
Cloth they are strictly nen
poods , the regular value me
yaid. on sale tomorrow at C9c
yard J
75c All Wool Dress Goods 39c
Tomorrow we place
on sale for the first
time a full line
of Fall Novelties In all the
latest shades , also plain and
fancy goods , worth fully 75c
yard , tomorrow S9c yard .
50c All Wool Dress Goods
200 pieces all wool
Henrietta , Serges , ?
figured novelty goods
in new fall colorings ,
on front bargain
square at 250 yard
* nr iii v T r / r XT npr Ai n 111 p i\r
REMINISCENCES Ot CRhEDE
Deep Melancholy an Abiding Trait of the
Noted Prospector ,
'BEST H-ARFED MAN iN THE WORLD"
C } ' Wiiriuuii'N Tribute ( o 11 Man Wlio
TrJcil ( u .sink 1IU lili-iitHy In Hie
Went IIIK ! lire-nine n Mll-
, llumilrc IiiHlcud.
( CopyrlKht , 1B57 , liy C"y Wnrman. )
Just before dawn the train stopped at
Ealida to change engines and get a helper
lor the hill. It was snowing , even there
in thtalley and was ture to be a rough
day on Pon-cba ) > ac < s. The train bad been
well filled leaving Denver , At Colorado
SpringH It bad been packed. At Pueblo
, wo picked up another sleeper , and an addi
tional day coach at Sallda. We. hit the
faeavy grade in two sections , and when the
conductor came through , one of the passen
gers , whi knew him , asked : "Where In
thunder fe > all the pe-ople goln1. Troop T"
"Golu to Creede , " replied the ticket taker
Without looking.
"Well , ef tbat'e all , they needen go , " tald
the patavuRer playfull ) , "fur Crecde'g right
here he's m the sniokln' rum. "
Now many there were upon this train
who bad never foct'u the founder of the
famous silver camp , and wine men followed
the conductor to the smoking room of the
deeper , The door was cloced and the con
ductor pushed against It. U yielded heav
ily , and he pushed again , and crowded in.
A man wad lying on the floor agaln&t thu
door , and when he bad been placed upon
the t-ofa and revived , wo saw a modestly
dressed man of middle age , medium size ,
with blue eyes looking out of a sad face.
He had fainted , he guessed , and tbeu tbo
conductor aeUed hi name , "Cree-de , " said
the man. and that was our fin > t meeting.
My Interest In the man began when I
net an old comrade of ble who bad t-erved
with him lu the Sioux wart * on the plains lu
tb GO& , After that Creede and I be > came
very good friends. He was born on a farm
not far from Fort Wayne , Ind.
"How old a man is CreexleT' atked the
editor ot the New York Sun of an ac
quaintance during the boom days of the * sil
ver camp.
"Hc'b Just 60 , " wai the reply.
" 0. het'is a young fellow , " tild the great
journalist. So. If we measure a man'i life
us Mr Dana does , be was titlll a joung man.
THH SHADOW OF HIS TRAIL.
Cre-exle put In t ren years as a scout and
Indian fighter and helped with his bands to
open Uie o\eUnd rouie to the Roikles. Some
of hU adventures have already appeared in
these columns , and man ) have uot been told.
A most Important e > ent In his life was
omitted at that time , an event that lost to
litra all the glory be had gained In tbc Sioux
mare and put B shadow on bis trail. After
the war be went hick to bis old home In
Iowa , whtre be had the misfortune to fall
d * p < Tatelv Jn love with | ) U brother's sweet-
Hart. The brother triumphed , and It
broke Crre-di'u heart. It was hU first auu
last 'ove Like the rejwtwl pa t , be Wiu
mad with erltf and tbame. He croc v
the I'laUifc and ehengrd liU ncmp ,
In the nlld hope 'if that might t > ? .
T rhunnf b t > i'u tJentiiy
S' I * iBTie abt ut in 'hi spring o' is1
In the rtfisi'cr of the Prrvtrs hotrJ at
I'ucUo be wrote lie ntmc N-ihultt. i'
Creede , " which till now was not his came
lu A JiUle * hUe CmAc Uctme a wtll
The Newest Things in
Just received by express 75
pieces elegant high grade
fancy silks in all the latest ef
fects and colorings , such as
new Roman stripes , new Dres
den silks \vithsatin
stripes , new swell
0
French plain- * and chocks
now evening silks in fancy 0J
two-tonod brocades
and satins worth
* 9Sc 1.50 yard , goat ( J
New Black Dross Silks
ai 69c , 85c and 98c ,
All the latest things In black dress Silks ,
consisting of small figured fancy brocaded
Satin and Gros Grain , Black Failles , Black
Ktlngle , Black Peau De Sole and Black
Satin Duchcsse , from 20 to 2t Jnches wide ,
-H orth from $100 to SI 50 yard , go at CSic ,
Sic and ilk- yard
fl
,
$1,00 $ , Silks at 3Bc yard
On our silk bargain square \\e
show an immense lot of dress
and waist silks , gros grain ,
fancy taffeta , fancy (
toulard and black
and colored chinas ;
also an elegant lotl
cf short lencihs in fancy
silks , worth S1.UO.
go at 39c yard.
known prospector. He was patient and
persevering , and upon his trail are many
prosperous mining camps , notably Monarch
and Bonanza. These camps were called
after the first claims located , and If the
prospectors had kept that up Creedewould
have been called "Holy Moses. " Many
amusing stories have been told as to the
naming of this claim , but , unfortunately ,
none of them arc true. The first find here ,
as at Monarch , proved to be one of the
poorest , but It helped the piospector. It
brought him In touch with Mr. Moffet of
Denver and put him In the way to discover
the Amethyit , which brought him fame and
fortune. His share was a third Interest
In the Amethyst mine. One day. In his
modest cottage at Pueblo , he showed me a
small tllp of paper from the First National
bank of Ucn\er. upon which was written.
"February deposit. $30.000. "
HIS ONE COMPANION.
"That was my rake off for last month. "
$1,50 $ , Ufa1 Kid Gloves 39c
3000 pairs ladies'
high grade import
ed Kid Gloves
in 2 c'asp pique
Fester lace hook
and 4-button in
brown ; ; , tans , English reds and
black , with plain and fancy
embroidered backs some
worth as high as $2 a par ,
choice tomorrow at
Embroidery Sale
One olld case of about 10.-
000 yards all stylc-s and nidths
of embroidery in Jaconet ,
Swiss and Hamburg. In very
neat and dainty patterns. go
at C c yard , worn up to 2uc
At ITic yard , one case very
fine , extra wide-Embroideries ,
the finest Swiss , Jaeonct and
Naln ook , up to IS Inches
wide , worth In the regular
way up to 75c
Handkerchief Sale
At S c each , three ea c9 In
dies' and chili3ron' fine cheer
India Lawn Hjndkeri hiefs ,
\vlth colored borders and n
hemstitch , worth up to "Or
each
At lOc each , two cases la
dles' finest Imported Swiss
Embroidered Handkerchiefs ,
a manufacturer's entire sam
ple line of high srade goods
that sold up to K.ZO a dozen.
BO at JOc paen
I Corset Sale
, Ladies'
( ' French satine per-
'fecc fitting corsets ,
made long and ex
tra Ions waist , g-o at 2'Jc '
eat-h , worth in the regu
lar v > ay up to 7oc
ages young writers did this successful miner
discourage prospectors.
"Stick to your quill. " he wrote to a friend
who had asked him to buy a claim at Cripple
Creek , "and you have
my friendship ; go i
prospecting and you lose It. " After a se
vere and long lllnesa this same friend wrote j
gloomily , and Creede replied"Never gl\e i
up the ship ; cheer up ; there IE much to live !
for. "
Six months ago he wrote his friend , who
was then In Washington , a cheerful letter ,
and It chanced to be bis last : "We. too ,
have a babja little girl , and do you know
that I have never known sur'i pleasure In .all
my life as the pleasure of caring for this.
little child. I like todress her and undress
her. ae little girls do with their dolls. '
This was the little girl whom he had
adopted. It seems to me that that letter
alone shows that Creede'e heart was In the
right place What a loving father h iit *
been ; what a happy home be eight
This ladies hat is now all
rage for street wear and
bicyc'-e - wear , We
are showing a
comp etc line in
new b ues , tans ,
modes , navy nd b'ack.
SPECIAL LINING
6-inch bst quality silk
jf
i moire rustic taffeta skirt
lining , 5C yd , worth aoc
j 5000 yards Herring fj&
bone hair cloth for
/
dress stiffening , yard 823
One case French per-
, heavy twilled
' and bntinc finUhc-J ijilesm in
i i > ! jin and fuacy cMoriv f t > iit
worth upUitiOe
At 4-\c yd , choice
of 1011 yiirdh very beat
quality silk finishoil
co.-diiroy tklrt binding'
in b'urk ' aud all
worth 1 ( o varcl.
At 3ic yard , choice of' '
,00 bolts atest style
ilre = s irimtninps in plain and
fancy s-ilk braid * , silk jjuimps
-ilk boutuchc iind narrow jot.
' dpin- ; . all the new Pall col- (
or.- , and latest patterns , worth j
, n Me regular ay uptoSOoyd '
eating morphine and figuring conspicuously
In divorce suits. "
Now , so far as I know. J-e bus never fig
ured In a divorce court , end I make no doubt
his first dose of morphine na ! taken upr.i
that a fu ! afternoon when be ga\e up the
Ehlp and went In'o Ills garden to die
To use Ihe expression of an old prospectIng -
Ing partner of his Creede WES a while man.
cud he was liked best "by those -4ho kjew
him best.
Among the papers and letters left by the
dead prospector they found the original MS
of the following original j > ercs , and they
show that he hud at HcEt one friend uho
remained so to .ths end : -
My Dvar Creede : " !
If I were to wrKr for the pnpei * to print.
What here. 1 indite. l.KUne' j
That tny critlci- would 'fny
It va.t written that my I
For so man > Uollarr a line , j
And to. with ttfe I * that I'm writing to
you , . |
, \ KGKSSJS-faif VArf VL
GREECE'S RESIDENCE.IDS AHGCLE
V / ' '
INCIDENTS IN THE L IFE OF N. B. CREEDE.
he saM , in his quiet , modest way. At tble
time Cree-de was not a strong man. Seven
3 ears on the plain * aud thirteen yeart In
the bills , hunting for mines , are enough
to wreck even the Etrcngeet constitution
The one companion that be kept through
all these thirteen yearo was a little old dog ,
whnse thaggy co t was thy folpr ft wood
R bc3. At Cfeede'e feijueet I jiliotoed him
& &d tbe dog
In June of that year , ISM , Creede said
be would go to California , and we agreed
to meet at San FrancUco. From Frteeo
we went to Lot Angeles , and when Creede
raw the pretty houte at C01 Pearl nr et he
wanted It Standing In the garden , he
'auk nff l' & hat emilfd. and 14 ' This is
niy E1en little dreaming that it would bf
hv GethgrinkBe u well
'uot u the tucciMlul lltcrattur dtawur-
bave made , if things bad gone Ju t a llftle |
different. Very few people knew Creed ?
Intimately. He avoided people. Hewas
constantly ashamed of having changed bis
name He exaggerated thit > bit of foolishness -
ness Into a crime and brooded over it , and
tbe bitter disappointment of bis earlier life
fc > ta > ed in hfe heart and kept It cad.
THRUSTS THAT HURT.
And eo people who never knew Creede
disliked blm. This U especial- ! true of
those who conceive It to be their duty or
who think It smart to hate the rich and for
tunate. Here follows a tarnple of the un
kind cuts that ere aimeu al tbe unfor
tunate dead
The death of N C Cree-de removed fnra
thU tartb rather d harmonious coce ot Idiot j
Un.t cevtr tkpirsd to anything Ugb.tr than |
Where no critic's lances a hurled
I'll touch the taut string of my lyre and
sing
Of the baw-hearttd man In the world.
Hark back to the propped In Poverty Gulch ,
Before you found dirt that would r > a > ,
Whtn the hope In your breast , like the tro'd
In the west.
Burned lirlKhtm at close of the day.
If I were but rich. If you were will poor
And we eat where your cabin cmoke curled.
Then In uretuued lit I would jour out the
praise
Of ttie bent-hearted man In th world
Cy Warrnan.
Running tortln < .Ment ulcen end similar
trouHee evtn though cf many > ears' t.tand-
1-g mav be rurcd U using DeWUt * Wltrh
Hazel Fa \ ; U tojthei. strengthen * and
LeaU , It u tbe treat pile cure.
fin Extraordinary Purchase
From the United Stains Customs
These were undervalued b.v the import
er conli'-c'iited by the United States
officials and - > old for duty.
At 3 c yard , choice of about
4 , ouo yards French , Nqrman-
ciy and German Vatencienne
LaceUT to 3 inches *
wide and worth
I5c yard.
yard
At sc yard , one bi counter
3,000 \/aIeEte8Rnesami \ / !
many other wash laces , tnat
are wonh in the rej.rorar"
ular way up to 25c
vard. and in width
up to 5 inches
At ice yard , two bg ; tib'es '
pi ed lii h with the Vfii'V fltl-
GSl faCSB' 'nc uding va.tn-
cienned , point d' esprit , net
top oriental , and many
other elegant
wash and si k
dress Inces , worth
as Jiij h as 5oc \ d
' \ilrd.
275picccsBiack Sifk Laces
I his is one of the finest .ots of
b ack silk lace ever shown in
Onnha , includ.ng the very
latest novelties , up to 12 indies
wide , all go on bar
gain square at 250
yrrd , worth as hiyh
as $1.25 yard.
Yard.
WOULDN'T ' THAT KILL YOU ?
Doubt of It , If Experience Counts for
Anything.
TONS OF ARSENIC IN STORE H1USES
AVIiore nn l I ! M I * Is I'roiliicril mill
Us Mimy CoiuiiKTrhil I < Men
IVlui Work Tvlth ! < E\rry
I > ny n i Hi ii- < 'jiic In jury.
If Africa can boast a diamond king and
America a silver king , England has Its
aisenlc king , for there lives In Cornwall
the representative of a company of manu
facturers who at times has all the arsenic
In the world , or most of it , In hie bauds.
Not many months ago this gentleman -held
CO,000 worth of the crjstalllne stuff. Eng
land has practically tbe world's monopoly
of arsenic , and England lu this case means
Devon and Cornwall.
A year or two ago there were In Cornwall
places which were tbe roost desolate to look
at that one could Imagine. It was as if
hero and there gigantic monsters had wan
tonly de-vastuted the country. All around
the monttrouE rubblth heaps -was silence.
Tbe cottage * were debited , the buildings
bad fallen in. Nobody ever came neat.
There were the sitca of abandoned tin mines.
Of late , however , there bat been a change
On the mouuds huve appeared men , women
and children , peering , groping , picking , pil
ing up. To look at them , one would eay.
gleaners at work. Thet > e men and women
are gleaning. Not , indeed , for the yellow-
ears which give bread , but for the white
Etoneb which give poison. They are search
ing the burrows for white muudlc , tech-
Icall ) called mineral mlsplckel , or trrenical
pyrites. la former days this mlsplckel
went to tbe rubblth heap. Now It is a
valuable product. The gleaners are search
ing for arsenic , that wickedlst and most In
famous of mineral poison.
The word arsenic is apt to fill tbe ordlnar )
mind with gloomy Uelons. To the chemist ,
to the industrial and to the husbandman ,
however , the word has a happier sound. In
tbe hands of Fowler it became a me-diclne
which has restored vigor to the blood and
color to tbe cheeks of thousands of sufferers.
U is also tbe active principle In Ebeep-dip.
and a prominent manufacturer , whose name
is known all over the British empire , uses
over 1.000 tons a jear. It Is largely used In
anallne djes. U enters Into tbe composition
of certain kinds of gleet. IE mixed with lead
for making shot , and in the form of parU
green It triumphed over the pest that was
phylloxera of tbe potato. In tbe Cal-
stocl. district in Devonshire the various
mines the Devon Great Couneul's , Holm-
bush. Okel Tor , Coomberw orks , Caw ton and
WoEtlake until recently hove been produc
ing about COO tons of arsenic a month
Arsenic U now worth 23 a ton. A few
years ago it was worth but 113. The rise
In tbe price U owing to tbe failure in some
of tbe mints.
WHAT ARSENIC REALLY IS.
Arsenic U toot , white coot. Refined
arsenic IB the soot of eaot that i * to fay It
U the toot ot crude orierlr. which U the
boot of tbe oreti or of roundlr The nones or
e > r 6 as they come from the minis are
crushed by t'araps na'r'y < 1ven by water
pOHe-r ta tbe. consistence of sand or graie-1
1 Mundlc U uiu&lly let * finely cruthed than
Bargains in Our Basement
3 cases Standard
Turkey Red and Black Prints , 2ic
worth Sc , for 2 c yard
One case fancv ( fa Two cases
Comfort Calico , "aP " Blue Calico , 3ic :
3c yard w u 3c yard
One case Dark Ground Satiiie , 5c yard. 5c
These are mill remnants
One case extra quality CANTON PltANNEL , l/
l2
3c yard . . 2 \i \
One case very fine quality
Cinderella Gutiug Planuel ,
25c goods , for S c yard .
94 Bleached Sheeting , as long as it lasts , Ifl * *
i oc yard BUG
Turkey Red Table Damask , warranted fast color ,
loc yard
Full size TAPESTRY CURTAINS ,
CI1EKILLE CURTAINS , si extra large and , 18
$1.98 unir heavv , $1.98 pair. . '
Full size Lace Curtains - i Extra large Nottingham
tains , worth gSc pair 1C ham Lace Curtains
go at 35c pair ' 75C Pair *
Mtmy big bargains in fine Lace Curtains at 1.25 , $1.98 ;
$2.50 and $2 98 pair.
$1.25 , $1.98 , $2.50 $2.98
j FuU s ze soit downy I I Extra Jarge heavy
I ' Cotton Blankets , jP Cotton Blankets , 75t
4Qc pair 'w ' I 75c pair
Immense bargain in an assorted lot
Satin Comforts ,
worth up to $2.50 , go at $1.50 ,
the ores which are to be treated for tin.
This sand or gra\el is then shoveled Into a
Kiln or furnace.
"I can show you the whole process of
arsenic getting in a few minutes. " said Mr.
William Thomas of the Cnmborne School of ]
Mines "It Is very simple. " He produced
a piece of white mundlc , which we had
picked up on one of the burrows at Delcoath
mine , broke off a small piece end pounded
this into powder with a hammer He then
took a glass tube , which was bent at an I
angle of fiO degrees. "The part which Is
horlrontal , " he said , "represents the kiln.
This gas jet" we were In the laboratory of
the Camborne School of Mines "represents
the furnace , and the part of the tube which
rlope.s upward represents the condensing
chambers "
"He then loaded the lower part of the tube
with some of the crushed mundic and held
the tube over the flame of the gas. Almost
Immediately a bright yellow cloud flew up ,
staining the tube yellow.
"There goes the sulphur , " paid Mr.
Thomas. This was followed by white smoke.
"That Is the arsenic. " he said.
As rapidly as It volatilizes , EO rapidly
dnre It condense The arfenlc fumes begin
to deposit their soot as peen as they escape
from the great heat of the furnace. This Is
crude areenlc This was to be seen by this
experiment , also The white smoke escaping
from the tube deposited a grayish film on
the Interior of the glass , which came away
In powder when the tube was tapped against
the palm of the band
"That Is crude arpenlc " said Mr Thomas.
"To obtain refined arsenic , the arsenic of
commerce , all you would have to do would
be to roast that pouder again. The second
roasting would free It from any carbon or
other substances which It may contain. "
SIMPLICITY OF MANUFACTURE.
The manufacture of this poison Is Indeed
terrible In Its blmpllclty. One wet afternoon
I had taken refuge In a Cornish cottage ,
where I fell In with a gentleman who Is
largely Interested In this industry.
"It U the rlmplrtt fhlng In the world , "
he said. ' Look , here It. a piece of arsenical
stone , " and he produced a glittering pebble
"Wrll , with nothing hut that etone , the
kitchen fire and that ehovel there. I can
produce enough arsenic to kill every man ,
woman and child In this cottage within a
fewminutes. . " So he put his piece of white
mundlc In the fire , and held the shovel o\cr
It to that the fumes would strike It as they
rose , and there , true enough , after a few
mlDutee , was a deposit which , when no raped ,
came away In the form of graylth powder
"That's nrsenlc. " he said ; "would you like
to taste It ? "
Arsenic , then , Is the wet which la de
posited by the fumrs which rice from the
roasting of arsenical ores. If these fumes
were allowed to escape up a long thlmnej
direct from the furnace , that chimney would
soon brcotne choked with white toot : but
much would escape with the rest and wreck
devastation abroad. Arsenic fumes art very
dangerous to vegetation , cs well as to life
and accordingly , even when this pool had
little or no commercial value , care was
taken by the manufacturers to avoid the
penalties of the alkali and other actt. to
allow as little arsenic as possible to rscape
with the smoke from their furnaces , The
smoke from the calclncro Is accordingly M-
lowed to ffcrape only after It har deposited
every atom as for as this U possible of Hi
arertc coot To produce this effect It passes
through numerous chambers before It
reaches the chimney through which It
Isisufs forth Into the open air.
rOCND IN PHACKS AND CRANNIES.
The number if these [ htmbf-cs varlef es
difi il o Iheir leigtb Som < unet. 'bev x
ten-1 rvtr 1 OW ) fee' Tl'e Ken , . . ' . , ' . !
I forms one lone x-uc ! ( < ift < ge broken a'
| ictfvaU by e. nail tmadlug a'irct Itc
whole width , starting now from one cldg.
now from the other. Each chamber Is from
five feet to five and one-half feet high , ana
from three to four feet wide Entrance IH
obtained into the chamber for the purpose ,
of cleaning out tbe crude arsenic or eoot
through an opening In the wall , which la ,
closed up with an lion plate carefully pla -
tered o\er around the edges. Arsenic lm
a great affinity for oxygen , eo that the sllBbl-
e-st crack In tbe walls will genre for lealc-
I age. Here and there along a hcrles of flust ,
I one sees little Jetsof escaping fumes , where-
! the arsenic as they say In the district la
"emeechlng. " In this way , of course , a con-t
slderable quantity Is lost. Thus In prospect"
Ing for lost aieenlc In the flues of Okel Tor ;
there were discovered luanous cracks and
crannle i upward of ninety tons of tbe pre *
clous soot , and afterward a further 300 tons
were dug up from under tbe floors of th
chambers.
Tbe chambers are opened at Irregular peri
ods. The crude arsenic U taken out by tJu j
shovelful and heaped up in a filled. At one.
mine I saw a heap of the bluleh-whlte eooU
"There" * enough arH-nlc there. " said myf
culde. "to Dolson a whole cltj. " The blnleh
tint which I noticed proceeded from the oarr-
ban and other extraneous matter , but thte
heap contained at least 70 per cent of pure
arsenic , and was worth as It flood from
17 to 18 per ton.
I'HOCESS OF MANUFACTURE.
The crude arsenic has to be refined , eo
as to eliminate the flue dust , etc. The redo *
Ing IE practically a repetition of the roast *
Ing From the furnaces a hot flue of brick *
work , gencially about 100 feet long , lead *
to a urles of rlg-zag "Kltclu'nE" ' or cham
bers In the hot flue the carbon , flue duit
and other extraneous matter depcclt , whilst !
In tbe zig-zag chamber * what U practically
nure arBenlous auhydilde coudtwea fioin tb
fumes. The artenie la then taken to tbe
milling room , where with an ordinary flour
mill It is ground Into fine powder and dli-
charged direct Into barrels. In which by on
Ingenious automatic contrivance it U tlgbllyv
packed.
The men who attend to the milling room
weai "muzzles. " and arc otnerloe < protected !
against the dUEt The manufacture oti
arsenic If not attended with danger , where
ordinary precautions of cleanliness
are ? oBserved -
( served by thc workers. The arsenic woiltor ,
more than other man should keep cooli
Perspiration would open the ports and faeill.
tate tbe entrance of tbe Irritating arbenlo
dutt to bis t > kin. He must not washIn
hot water for the tame reason One boars
little or nothing of any serious Injury oc
curring to the workers. There was one fa
tality recently , and that was only Indirectly
countctfd with tbe arsenic manufacture , A
little girl , who woa carrying dinner to her
father at tbe Eait Pool works , fell Into
one of the flues , the artenic having corroded
an Iron plain on which > > he had Imprudently
\enturcd. end die was drawn out covered
with tbo poiwmous duet , from the effect * ot
which fclie died tome bows later
Nor doeo one htar of any 111 use bcilne
made of tbe dangerous product * , by thone nn.
gaged In its manufacture I made many In
quiries , and could only hear of one ut > e ,
where a lote-lorn maiden dosed hercelf with ,
an ounce of the oot , an over-dose , which ,
as usual with polsoi.s , was lu own antlifutu.
I alt > o heard that three barrel * out of the
consignment of crude arttnlc , tsblpped from.
Portugal , where fcome arienic mlnlug iui
recently started by an EnglUb company , to.
a refinery at Urlttol. wrre found to contain
Band. One can only wonder what UM > tbe
Partuccoc miner * who dole it tntan to
make ot thrlr plunder It II SHEIUIAIID.
No man or womua < an enjoy Hie or o-
tcmplisb mii'b In tblt wnrld iiit ufl > rlnu
f-c.m a i'rp.1 luer lv\\ tt * Little Earty
' } { * ( ' the | life Ihet clonbe that
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