FIGHT ON AN ENGINE.
THo'Biiflflaaor Mid Firms Grapple ■: i& a Stttb Struggle. . .r ' : ■.!,:•■ i,, A fight' tO'"'cUath between ■ the ! v., engineer and! fireman,'of an express ,ut train, spebdiug tbrou'glrtlie : coiintry"' jV ! ; ;! ■ at night; is ; a cpnooptioii - of. »,,,,; modern jnoveiist. 1 Thofitemania jealous,of the en-' gineer. j One might," crazed :vrith.> drink, he heaps on opal fuel until . .. the boiler is'likely;'to .explode,'' The . ! «f. postulates, and at last' attompta' to', t . ': prevoiat further addition.; Then,; the " ' fireman grapples, the engineer and tries to throw him from the engine; a terrible straggle ensues. fight is for life! They; speak, ; no, (wordi/i / but with teeth'' /elQnbl/e'd,' strive* * ono to precipitate the other to the ground,; • Meanwhile''' the ',train l:l • rushes on. The engineer,'finally growing weak,, .endeayours to <reaoii the regulator to'stop the " train and summon help'. Too late 1 The ,■..., crazed guesses hia" pldnplri;w stiffens himself' to a ' superhuman " : i '< : -f effort, the" ■ engineer " ,l,; , from his feet)'exclaiming I ''Ali,' you : . J , v ' want toistop the train. Now,.out you :l "' ! go,' With thi3 ; he flings, the engineer... / ja out; but the latter olings to him; he ; canno^ shake him off; so both gb oat-;ii 1 together. Drawn under the wheels, they are found headless; ' two bloody trunks, clinging.in a deatli embrace!. And the train, uhgoverned, rushes on - '' n tho darkness! Here tlio story ends; tbe fate of the train is . left to the imagination, It is easy to see that the chances are a hundred to ono that it rushes on to destruction', . So with tbo porson having. clironio kidney,. complaint—it\ is' aluidat' certaui to! i 1 / / result in Bright's disease, then death, for the doctors admit l tlity bave- no cure for it. ~ But a certain cure may be had,, Not? what, 1 Robert! Moore,. /.' ,lr ]' of Horsham, of Victoria, Bays/ under date of 20th.August, 1890 : "For a number) of years I bav* . , i. suffered from disease of the kidneys ..is:..; which was gradually undermining 'i; my health. My urine was diseased, . and contained j albumob:! in', suca''' :: quantities which proved tliat I was suffering from tho dreaded Bright's, discaso 'of:, tho i.lddneys, ■' As the i l ., j disorder advanced I became weaker, the knee joints, as well as the ankles,.. : , and eyelids, began to swell, I lost ; ' all appetite, and experienced extreme : wakefulness; nervousness, and finally ' >'* < burning sensations in the back, 1 Jlyj'. ' urine was -scanty; and mioforatibn ' ll Was attended with much pain, When;! : conimencingi Warner's aafe caro apa...!,| safe pills,' ! had nearly,'lost my eye« . . sight,; but a' bottles removed the swelling; if the joints and gave » me back my 'si^lit., 1 In : time.tho-"" 'i' 1 ' albumen all. disappeared, and I'' recovered my health." Mrs, E, Payne, of Olive-sireet, " Albury,... ~ M.W, writes as For: .' i the ,past 8 years 1 have been the Subject of .a niio&t 'distressing disease ' of the kidneys,'' At;first Ifelt myself' ! " getting daily Tyieakerj'iliere. wer^'no' . particular'pains,"but some twelve ■( »!; : months since, fearful pains invaded f ' all parts of the system, Ultimately dropsy set in, and my stomach • be- - • came preternaturally extended and filled with water, literally bringing me to the brink'of the'giraye. 1 An : J ''' (inalysia of my urine: showed, a largo per, centagoi of';albumen,... proving • that I ivas stricken with the dread , Bright's disease, ' I'commenced.tho •! i. use v of Warner's safe cure, and after I hail taken ' bne 'full ' bottlei' the -t------kidneys resumed their the dtopsy abated;Ppor.t6.Haliing * ! ' Warner's"safe^ciire the i water'had 11 • to be removed, by surgical means,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 9696, 27 December 1890, Page 2
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602FIGHT ON AN ENGINE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 9696, 27 December 1890, Page 2
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