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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.’ I 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. ' __ L 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 ■ *‘TS this the Spencer National Bank? This ( is Goodwin & Company, of Springfield, 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 SOI KJ BELL TELEPHONE QA h AND TEE G I COMPANY WF Simmons’ Seed Corn For Sale Samples of Seed Corn and Irish Junipers can be seen at 1 the Piedmont Drug Store. Also FRUIT and ORNAMENTAL TREES GRAPEVINES, FTC. For prices phone or write — P. B. Simmons, PHONE 2704 GAINESVILLE, GA FOR QUICK SALE The Cochran Home Place SSsH)NLY $6,500 Think of this nice 14-room house on one of the best streets in Gainesville, and a corner lot at that, for the price we are asking. Nice, Large rooms with all modern convenience; including bath-room upstairs and down, on a beautiful elevated lot; corner South Main street and College avenue: with lot running through block to Bradford street- | Now is your opportunity to buy a nice home for less than you can build it, if you had the lot. Mrs. Cochran has moved away to make her home in Florida, and that is why you can buy a home like this at this price. Roper & Washington. IP. write al! kinds of Insurance and will appreciate your business. I had gotten so weak I could not stand, and I gave up in despair At last, my husband got me a bottle of Cardui. the woman’s tonic, and 1 com menced taking it. From the very first dose, I could tell it was helping me. I can now walk two miles without its tiring me, and am doing all my work.” If you are all run down from womanly troubles, don’t give up in despair. Try ! Cardui, the woman’s tonic. 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FRAi'iK HUGHES. Cleaning and Dyeing. The business ot C. B. CHEEK, Cieaner and Dyer, is under a new management and in a new, clean building, and offers the same good service to its old customers, and solicits th* 1 pat ronage of the new r ones. Goods called for and delivered promptly. ESTE.N HOWLNGTON