The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-28
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Fascinstion Keeps the Ranks FILLED

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Fascins4ion Keeps the Ranks Filled
at All Times.
There are many vocations In which
men daily risk their lives with seem
ingly never a thought of the chances
they are taking. Rather, they are In
clined to sympathize with others,
whose lot they insist is much harder.
And as these men say, there is much
In getting used to things. Neverthe
less, that doesn't remove the danger,
The window washer perches on a
narrow ledge on the 18th floor Of a
builcing, sharing his platform with a
bucket Of water, a scraper and a pile
of rags. Yet the stout rope at his
waist, either end Of which contains q
snap that could be attached to a ring
on the side Of the window, hangs idle.
The sand.hoa q tunneler working
underground. says 1t isn't . bad job
for those vac like It The pay is
good, and me hours reasoaaSlA But
there's always the "benAsr - keep
him Uam forgetting how to worry in
adAitAeA to all the accidents which
are HsAle to happen. Where the
san@llh66 works the pressure is so
great tAak compressed air must be
used n outstanding the strain from
the outside Most dreaded Of all af-
nictions to which these workers are
subjects, the bends follow a sud.
dsu change from the heavy pressure
underground to the pure air Of the
open, causing the oxygen In the sys-
TEN to e~ffervesce wAils the victim
suffers excruciAtans agony. Science
has discovered Row 10 treat the
bends" and Il taken In time q case
al be- quickly cured But the man
who has saes suffered from this dis
esss AStsT leoes to repeat the expert
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Divers constantly firt with Aeath, a
very ssfght accident cutting e6 the
supDfy of air In the tube which con-
meets them with the upper WORLD. The
steeplejack or the man whs climbs a
flag staff takes his life IN Ms hands,
but he thinks nothing Il T. Chs dar-
ing displayed by these men On little
short Of marvellous, and the wonder
is that there are not moTe fatalities
&c rded.
The lineman's lot is not an easy one,
In a city where many Of the
wires are placed underground. There
is still plenty Of aerial work - ID . e
cessitating climbing, wheW 0 sMp
would mean injury II nos eAseA 1t
Also SECURES great SpAnrNneA for
rekttnS yOur entire weA9AA On q pair
Of dimbseA, balancing IN ni@aE and
hBHdlfna heavy wires DON hours at a
Cine is no chilA's play.
A familiar sSsht In every city of size
r tbs repait wagons Of the street
railway companies. Standing on a
little platform. &ssky linsmea handle
tssllsy wjses Hlled with -tuice" In a
mAn1se Shat causes you TO wonder
how they do it and escsps, alive, until
they tell you that there is little or no
danger-if You are careful. Each Of
these towers is cut off from communi-
cation with the ground, thus lessening
the possibility Of establis4ts1e contact.
The men are providecE NasA rubber
gloves, and there Is. tba3 sely lit.
tie Glance of gettirsNS Doe however,
a guy wire dropDSUk ejDA nth trolley
Yisos In such $SaaakSs Il to form q
drcuit, o. passesu ssSk one q tAs
feed wtgss and cSssaR1 In contact with
70 RatA gives thS. &reless linemaa q
sSaSt Mst hs 10 slew to forget o.
cefenas&3f Rsapan wsr1ing on q trolley
20 eoss ttfiasat electricity to knock
him b the groapA, although such ex-
nerienceg parely rrovS fatal