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ASCENT OF MONT
Utter Exhaustion Is One Reward For
Attaining the Summit.
“The heart thump? irregularly,
the pulse goes up to 100, your
knees knock together and your
poor legs seem unwilling to carry
you. Your throat is parched, you
feel suffocated, your chest seems
loaded, down with a great weight,
and such a feeling of utter ex
haustion !”
This is Walter WoodburnU-Iyde’s
description of one’s condition on
reaching the summit of Mont Blanc,
in Switzerland, as written to the
National Geographic society at
Washington.
“The air has now become so rare
that even the stoutest guide is com
pelled to take breath every few
steps," he continues. “If you ever
saw an asthmatic man trying to
walk up hill while a paroxysm was
on him you can form some idea of
the last part of the ascent. And
what do you think is the first use
made of the glorious view after all
these hours of toil? Do you open
your eyes wide in astonishment at
the wonderful sight ? By no means.
on shut them as tight as you can
and throw yourself down on the;
snow in utter weariless of mind
and body, resenting the imperti-i
nence of your guides, who urge you'
to look about. But it is too cold to!
sleep, and soon you are up trying to'
keep warm.
“The view, if you have any desire]
to see it, is indeed incomparable.'
The panorama before you is im- ]
mense, but everything is on such a
grand scale, great agglomerations,
of plains and mountains, that all
details escape you. Most of Switz
erland, great portions of France as
far south as Lyons and the plains of
Piedmont and Lombardy in Italy 1
are spread out before you. The cold ]
was so intense that five minutes aft
er arriving at the summit we were
all ready to begin the descent.
“Although the ascent of Mont
Blanc offers no greater dangers
than that of some other Swiss
mountains, it has the name of being
the longest and most exhausting
climb in the Alps. While such peaks
as the Matterhorn and the Chamo- :
nix Aiguilles are so formed that no '
great quantities of snow can cling!
to their sides and consequently pre
sent for the most part merely dan- •
gers incident to rock climbing |
Mont Blanc, from its peculiar for-I
matmn, is almost wholly buried in;
its upper reaches in snow and gla-;
tier, so that creva.-ses and ava-1
lanches and all other dangers pe-'
culiar to now di ing a eon- j
stunt menace to tnc c-anuer.’
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Didn't Forget Qtscipline.
Near Settui. in mrocco, during;
a fierce engagement, a soldier of the J
French foreign legion wa- struck by'
a Moorish bullet : : d fell fiat on his
face. “He i> dead," said his cor-j
poral, leaning over him. Lifting a j
battered face, the legionary groan- 1
ed, “No, corporal; not dead, but;
badly hurt.’’ “Where is your packet;
of lint?” demanded the corporal, j
“1 have forgotten it," said the sol- j
dicr, trving to wipe away the blood. ;
“Two days' arrest,” shouted the;
corporal, and, lifting the wounded;
man on his back, he staggered to ■
the nearest doctor amid a hail of!
bullets.
Not Giving Themselves Away.
Mr. G. 11. Putnam, the well
known publisher, in his recollec
tions, tells a story of some revel
ers in Berlin who were, making
their way home rather unsteadily
one night. Each of them was as
tonished to see in the sky a comet
with two tails.
“But,” Mr. Putnam says, “each
one kept his great astronomical dis
covery to himself.”
It was not until they found this
phenomenon being discussed in the
newspapers 'that they confessed to.
having seen it themselves!
Owen Meredith.
Owen Meredith rested his fame
on “Lucile,” but could never be in
duced to contradict the charges of
plagiarism that were made in con
nection with it. “What’s the use?”
he said. “If I deny them people
will believe there is something in
them. If I say nothing at all the
book will be read and the charges
ignored or forgotten.” He was
proud of the poem, and in the circle
of his intimate friends often quot
ed passages from it and described
the circumstances under which
these lines were written.
French Servants.
I never go to Paris without being
amused afresh at the attitude of
the servants, for the French cook,
maid or butler, is not only a human
being instead of a decorous and si
lent automaton, like the English
domestic, but weeps when you
weep, smiles when you are merry
and, in short, takes a genuine in
terest in your affairs. London
Sketch.
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THE WAN IN THE STAGE.
A Grim Tragedy of the Olden Days In
New York City.
A good many years ago, long be
fore .-kyscrapers and rapid transit
were thought of and New York
was just a big growing town, they
used to tell a >tory that was ghast
enough to curdle the blood of the !
most s .optical and to keep people;
nervous temperament awake of
night?. , j
the tale went that of a summer
nrnlit a husband and wife, return- *
ing home from the theater, entered
u tilth avenue ?tage far downtown .
and lor many blocks were the onlv
occupants. A little above Four- j
teenth street, however, the stage
came to an abrupt stop, the door
wa? opened and three young men ;
entered. One of the three had evi- ;
dently been drinking heavily, for'
his companions were obliged to help .
him to his seat. The door was clos- i
ed behind them, and the stage con- ]
tinned its journey northward.
i About ten blocks farther on one
of the young men rose and, bidding '
his friends good night, stopped the '
stage and alighted. A few minutes ;
later the second of the three said. I
“Well, good night, Dick,” pulled.
the strap, stepped to the sidewalk
and walked off through one of the
side streets. There remained in the ■
stage only the husband and wife ■
and the young man who was obvi
ously under the influence of liquor
and who sat in a crouching attitude
in a corner of the stage under the i
dim flickering lamp.
After a time the husband noticed
that the young man’s head seemed
to be drooping as if in sleep, and,..,,
fearing that he might be borne be
yond his destination, he rose, tap
ped him on the shoulder and called
attention to the number of the i
street they had just passed. There
was no response, and the husband
repeated his words, leaning over as 1
he did so. Then he suddenly
straightened up, turned to his wife
and said quickly. "We will get out i
here.”
She began to protest, but he
simply repeated the words, pulled
the strap and helped her to alight.
As they stood under the corner j
lamppost she turned questioningly |
and asked him whv he insisted on!
their getting out of the bus so far ;
below their destination.
“Because,” he replied, “that;
young man’s throat was cut from j
car to ear.”
The Kind of Piece ft Was.
One evening at a social function .
where Sarasate was among the j
guests a young violinist had the 1
, 1 taste to play oi od Sarasat e’s |
compositions with variations of his
own creation. The latter were in
appropriate and inartistic and jar- ;
red upon the ears of all. The per- j
T'c-rmer ended his work and mad.-. •
his way to Sarasate. doubtless ex
pecting a word of recognition ar
praise. Sarasate said nothing, and
Vie player finally asked, “1 hope
you recognized, that piece?"
“Certainly,"’ Sarasate promptly
replied; “it was a piece of impu
dence.”
The Rosicrucians.
It was not until the eighteenth
century that the mystic secret so
ciety of the Rosicrucians died out.
This order was founded by a Ger
man noble called Christian Rosen
kranz, in the year 1588. They pre-1
tended to be able to prolong life I
and to be aware of things that
transpired in distant places. A curi
ous coincidence was the fact that I
its founder lived to the age of 106.
The Rosicrucians asserted they bad
an unrevealed secret which was an
incentive to recruits.
The Same Old Name.
i “The boys in this town must
I have heard all about me before we
i moved here,” boasted Tommy on
1 the day after the family’s arrival.
“But there’s no one here that
knew us,” objected his mother.
“That’s all right,” persisted
I Tommy. “Just as soon as 1 came
in the school yard this morning
they all yelled ‘Hello, BricktopJ’
; just the way they used to do at
home.” —Lippincott’s.
Good Guess.
“Y on are so preoccupied at
times,” said Mrs. Fourthly, “that I
don’t feel safe in letting you out
i alone.”
“That is to say, my dear,” re
plied the Rev. Dr. Fourthly, with
his benevolent smile, “when my
mind wanders, as it does occasional
ly, somebody ought to go along
; with it.”
Quick to Notice.
’ “Who was that fool you just now
. bowed to?”
“My busband.”
i “Oh. I—er —I humbly, most
j humbly, apologize. I”
“Never mind ; I’m not angry. But
] what a keen observer you are.” —
New York Telegram.
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRING WIFE
After Four Years of Discouraging
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Up in Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.
Catron, Ky,—in an interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock
writes as follows: "I suffered for four
years, with womanly troubles, and during
this time, I could only sit up for a little
while, and could not waik anywhere at
all. At times, I would have severe pains
in my left side.
The doctor was called in, and his treat
ment relieved me for a while, but I was
soon confined to my bed again. After
that, nothing seemed to do me any good.
Merchant Gets Protection ■
•_b t . Tft
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Mr. Goodwin talking. A stranger has
just offered a check on your bank for S3O
in payment for some goods. Says his name
is John Doe. Has he an account and is he
good for that amount?/’
By telephoning to the bank, the mer
chant can always protect himself from loss
by worthless checks.
When you telephone^—smile
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