Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-31
From Tarheellana.
AsHEvILLE. n. c.. DEC. p. 1896.

/ This is indeed health resort, and
the efficacy of its climate in pulmon-
ary diseases appears to be firmly es.
tabIished During and Immediately
succeeding the Holidays occurs the
greatest influx of patients. and even
to stranger the prevalence Of new
faces Is becoming very apparent. Or;
dinarily, the eonsumptiye is known al
a glance; but is not always so.S
have been surprised in several in
stances seefug persons, 10 outward ap-
pearance in rosy health, iathe doctors
Office waiting their turns for treatment-
If L had met them on the street, would
have without hesitation accepted them
as people in the full enjoyment OF
good health. without physical care.
except, perhaps, as TO the make up of
the coming meal. This condition of
things has naturally bred IN me. sas-
picion of the interior soundness. SO to
speak, of every one I met, and as I
walk along the street find myself in
voluntarily .'in my mind" making
wagers as to the size of the cavities
in his or her lungs. That there are
cavities in nearly all cases seems to go
without saying here. / do not say
this with prejudice to the climate OF
k-bariJlo Fo.oiI +basa oaSoS Of mil
monary trouble have been imported.
and three times out OF four those vic
Tins of the dread disease who are liv-
ing owe it to the unlimited supply of
pure, dry atmosphere with which ma
ture has blessed this Lard of the Sky.
Naturally, there's lots Of doctors
here, and all of them seem to thrive.
Some are all-round physicians and
treat all the ills that cling to human
ity; but the majority OF the profession
is made up of specialists, and their
specially. of course. is treatment of
lung diseases. So far as l have met
them. they are gentlemen of intelligence
and eruditlon and seem devoted to
their profession-I mean in the higher
sense; not making it merely sluice
through which to run the dollars from
the unfortunates' pockets into their
own.
Returning to the universally of
lung-or no-lung-in AsheVille. Evil
dences of the prevailing idea are po-
tent everywhere. AS you go along
the street you are reminded that ex-
pectoration on the sidewalk is forbid
deu-though this law, from ocular
evidence, seems to be more hosored in
the breach than the observance. 1t is
said that in former times Mentone, in
the south of France, was a noted re-
sort for consumptives. Before the
virtues OF its climate were discovered,
the natives of that region were strong,
hardy and comely-perfect and phys
ique and the embodiment of health.
Bot, few years after the advent OF
the invalid corps all this was changed
for the worse, and to-day the dwellers
in that region are puuy, weak-luuged
and of leathery visage: the result, the
doctors say, of the inhalation of the
dried sputum of those seeking the cur
ative properties of the climate, which
sputum floated in and poisoned the at
We trust that stern pre-
veutive measures may prevent like
from overtaking the noun
famous region of Western North Car
olina. The efforts of the authorities
ought to be heartily seconded by every
invalid who comes here in the hope of
his or her restoration to health.
This is glorious weather for Christ
mas week: the sun shining brightly
from unciouded skies, the air crisp
and frosty. The stores and toy shops
are filled with anxious buyers seeking
suitable remembrauces. for wife, hus-
band. brother, sister, sweetheart, and
lover, to say nothing OF the greater
than all these-the prattiing pledges
of the household.
Christmas trees will abound at
homes and in the various church-just
as they do in the Valley. But they
have one aid 10 the yule-tide decora-
ton that is lacking in Southeast Mis-
souri,, except when imported: holly
grows in these mountains in abun-
dance, and is brought to town by the
waqon-load. and sold at this season
like any other staple. Yet how glad
" would we forego this ancient aid to
Christmas observance if we could only
be home to participate with old friends
in their holiday festivities. That can
not be, but we can aud do most heart
ily wish to them one and all a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
In the language of Tiny Tim, '.God
bless US, every onei"
As an addition 10 the Holiday fes-
tivities, we have theatrical com
pany ION our hands" this week.
There are twelve in the troupe-eighs
male and four female-and they are
oiartered at the swaunaroa- They
appear to be nice enough people. as
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