DEATH IN A JLVtfir STORM.
FREE!
Handsome Fin SGiif
I About ten minutes later the boy
glided up to the window, opened it
and called out, "l’ap says ull of you
An Interesting Account of a Winter come over quick, bring lots of snow
Spent In the Wilds of Idaho.
shovels and a couple of blankets.
LADIES THIS
Eastern people, said the old miner, Let some of the women get one of the
as he deftly caught a live coal from bed rooms warm and make some hot
It don’t take
the wood fire, around which we had soup and coffee.”
gathered after our day’s hunt In the much time for us old fellows whose
Maine woods, and thrust it in the lives are full of tragedies and start
bowl of his pipe, have but little idea ling episodes, to get ready for almost
of the heavy snow falls of the any kind of contingency; and before
Send us your name and address and we will send you
Rockies and the Sierras, or what the boy had stopped talking, more
free and post-paid 24 pieces of our jewelry novelties to
damage is often caused from the ac than two dozen strong a..d willing
sell at 10 cento each. Everybody you show them to will buy
men and several of the other sex, not
them of you. When sold send us the $2.40 and we will at
cumulated weight.
once send you this
I remember well, he added, hearing always the weaker Bex in a mining
my father tell how in York State camp, were gliding over the interven
back In the thirties, that the fall was 1 ing half mile. It was a beautiful
It is nearly 48 inches long, made from black Lynx
once so great that the men were com- | morning after the storm and in the
fur, h%p six full, bushy tabs, very latest style, and we
pelled to organize relief parties to dig | light, crisp air of that great altitude
know you will be more thin pleased with it- When you
receive it we know you will say it is the most elegant and
awny the big drifts from many of every object stood out as clear and
thoroughly food fur you have ever seen. Nothing similar
the houses, and that when driving 1 distinct as if all nature rejoiced, and
to this scarf has ever before been offered as a premium; it
will give years of satisfactory wear. It gives a styMsh,
along tlie streets <>ue could almost no thought of death was possible. The
dressy effect to the wearer’s appearance. The only rea|Mh
look, from the level, into the second green branches of the many pines
we can offer them is we had a large number of them made
story window. But as I passed the were heavily weighted with the late
up for us by one of the large furriers during the summer
when trade was quiet; this is the only reason we are able
first twenty years of my life in that ly fallen snow, and the level expanse
to offer such an expensive premium. We hope you will
of
Meadow
Lake
with
Its
white
cov
town and witnessed nothing more
take advantage of our offer without delay.
Thi> is an
extraordinary offer and cannot be duplicated by any other
remarkable than drifts over the top ering glistened in tlie bright sunlight
reliable concern. We trust you with our [ewelry until
like
an
immense
mirror.
rails of fences ami the temporary
sold. It costs you nothing to get this fur. Address,
Not a word was spoken nor a'sound
blocking of the
scarcely-traveled
heard
in
the
still
air,
except
the
back roads, I conclude those stories
COLUMBIA NOVELTY CO..
must huve gained somewhat from the swish of our snow shoes, as we
Dept. 655. East Boston. Mass
glided
rapidly
toward
Carlton
’
s
cabin.
lapse of years.
This
was
built,
as
I
have
said,
a
lit
He smoked rapidly and quietly for
•
New Walk For Women.
a moment, perhaps to gather his tle distance from the more thickly
From London comes startling re
thoughts a little and resumed. ‘Why settled part of the town (although
ports of a new figure and a new pose
the fall was so excessive and contin now very many of the smaller cabins wbleli have been called Into existence
uous once In Idaho Territory ui>on the were buried out of sight and upon by tbe winter fashions. Women who
steep roof of our mill, that the large our arrival, nothing could be seen to have for the last year been lightly
oliday resents
timber of 12x14 below which the en distinguish Its position, except a huge tripping in the short “trottoir” skirt
gine had been built, was bent almost mound of snow and the ends of two have found that they must adapt
Men’» Suspenders
to breaking. We feared our extra snow shoes; presumably where the their style of walking to the new or
Two dozen willing der of th lungs. A alow, languorous
Arm Band». Ladi«,' Garter,
weight would surely break it, but chimney was.
with the unique new fad
fortunately the weather changed, the minds were soon hard at work, clear movement of the limbs is therefore
warm south wind blew up the canyon ing away the huge drifts, and as soon cultivated, as being more conductive
PHOTO LOCKET BUCKLE
and the snow below the eaves of the as the chimney was uncovered we to grace when wearing the long “red-
P athntbd J an . 19, 1904.
building settled so that we could dig found, as we feared and expecten, ingote” coat and tbe newly intro
Particularly appropriate novel
under the huge mass and by night that the space around it had been duced princess style«.
ties in which photograplis cal
be inserted.
had caused a mlnature snow slide nnd permitted to lie and harden. It was
The new walk Is Just a little sug
AN INKXRKNAIVK
relieved the strain. I believe, how but too plain that what had fallen gestive of the "Gibson girl,” but In a
GIFT,COSTING ONLY
ever, the tlmlier never regained Its during this previous storm had rapid modified form. The figure is held up
ONE DOLLAR EACH.
normal position. But In the mining ly filled the small space below the right at the shoulders, with the
The photo locket buckles are
extra heavy gold and silver
town in the Sierras where I wintered chimney cap, and the cabin been her slightest forward bend at the waist.
plated, on which you can en-
in thie early sixties, our first snow fell metically sealed. As soon as the | the head is eiject, the chin In and the
Ìrave initials or monograms.
he web is best quality silk, in
during October and in the morning lay opening was made, a couple of us legs swing from the hips. The cor
fascinating shades of light blue,
four feet on the level.
The storm climbed down. Poor Carlton stood, rect poise is not attained all at once—
white, and black, ana they
lasted about forty-eight hours and we leaning against the bricks of the according to the London Express—and
are packed in attractive
single pair boxes.
then had beautiful weather for sev chimney; fully clothed, even to his at the physical culture schools, where
HANDSOME
DEPENDABLE,
society
is
now
graduating
in
the
art
eral weeks. When tne snow had par blue army overcoat, and the air was
USEFUL.
tially melted, the frame of a ten- thick with a close, foul odor. There of how to walk in a “redingote.” some
Sold everywhere, or mailed for
$1.00 and 10 cents postage.
horse wagon, from which the wagon were no matches in the cabin or up very drastic orders are given. The
practice of sleeping on the back or State kind and color desired. If engraved, 75 cents per
box had been removed, was found to on his person. He had evidently slept one
side is fatal to the new poise. pair extra, with not more than three letters on a buckle.
long
and
soundly
and
realized
from
be crushed to splinters, even the
If the woman of fashion would look Photos reproduced, 25c. per set of two, to fit buckle.
spokes of the wheels being torn and his sensations when he awoke and be tall and stately she must sleep face
HEWES <©. POTTER.
came
partially
conscious
that
he
was
twisted out of all recognition. From
downward, with a pillow tightly Largest Suspender and Belt Makers in the World«
being
smothered.
That
he
had
become
Dept.
64,
97 Lincoln St., Boston, Muss.
the last of November until May, se
wedged under her chin in order to
Our suspender booklet, showing many styles adapted
vere storms were of very frequent oc bewildered and had wandered aimless avoid suffocation.
for every purpose, and giving valuable Information
about correct dress, will be sent FREE ON REQUEST.
currence until, by actual measure ly around the cabin was evident by
ment. the snow lay nearly thirty feet the articles strewn upon the floor, and
on the level. To travel any distance when he finally found the chimney,
C'limute in the Philippines.
whatever was of course impossible, had been too weak to make the
Major
General Leonard Wood in a
ascent
and
had
gradually
fallen
into
without snow shoes, and every man,
report to the War Department says
woman anil child became more or less his last sleep.
We judged he had been dead for that in his opinion there is no subject
of an expert. We used the Norwegian
upon which more nonsense has been
shoe exclusively, for with them the forty-eight hours or more, and as the written
than that of the bad effects of
sport is fast and furious. Eleven feet storm was raging so fiercely at that the Philippine climate on the health of
long and about four Inches broad, time, It is by no means certain that officers and soldiers.
with a leather baud ."bout one-third he could have been rescued, had his
top and side ejectors.
This feature forms a
from the toe by which the foot is condition been known.
solid shield of metal
The body was wrapped in blankets
between the shooter’s
firmly held by its forward pressure,
head and the cartridge
Returns from California show that
the toe of the shoe gracefully turned nnd tenderly carried to the hotel,
at al\ timis, throws the
empties away from him
upward, we learned to brag of them and prepared at once for burial. The the value of the orange crop shipped
instead of into his face,
and cherish them, as the rider does grave was dug near an old pine tree out of that State last season was $23,-
prevents smoke and
gases from entering his
his horse, as well we might, for with through twenty-four feet of snow, 925,000. Of this sum the growers re
eyes and ..lungs, and
out them we were helpless. The bot and steps had to be cut to lead down ceived $14,500,000 and the railroad and
keeps the line of sight
unobstructed.
The
tom of the shoe is made as smooth to tlie ground. There was no minister refrigerator lines $9,425,000.
MARLIN action
as glass and covered after each trip in the camp, but one of the women
works easily and
smoothly,
making
very
with a mixture of tallow and bees brought out a prayer book and tlie
little noise. Our new
automatic recoil-oper
wax. A stout hickory pole, chosen burial service was read and probably
ating locking device
with great care, about six feet long each one of us sent up some sort of The average number of hairs which
makes the Marlin the
safest breech-loading
and with a knob on the end, is the a prayer, that he might make a hap grow on the head of a red-haired
gun ever built. $ao-
guiding rudder, nnd the expert soon py landing on the other shore.
man is a little over 20,000 hairs. Dark
fiage catalogue, 300 il-
u st rat ions, cover tn
Over a hundred men and women on hair is three times as tine and the av
learns to pass near, and often be
nine colors, mailed for
tween. objects where the slightest snow shoes accompanied the body erage crop is about 105,000, while a
three stamps.
miscalculation would mean death. from the hotel to the grnve, the wind
The Marlin Fire Aras Co.
New Haven, Conn.
As the speed, down any steep moun singing a soft requiem as we laid the falr-halred man or woman averages
tain side, often exceeds a mile a min body away in that great white sepul from 150 to 175 thousand hairs.
ute, the modern cyclist or auto is not cher and commented upon the singu
lar fatality that had carred him safe
in it.
Of course in these deep snows the ly through years of bloody strife, to
one story cabin of the miner would at last meet his death in that strange
soon be burled, but care is always | manner 8.500 feet above his home of
taken to shovel away as far as pos early days on the rock-bound shores
sible the accumulations that come of the Atlantic.
with the earlier storms. When there
are piles everywhere and shovelling
- Briefs from Everywhere.
O YOU KNOW that dirty bottles and scales cause you trouble?
becomes useless, the snow is per
No intoxlcnnts wore allowed Rus
Obviate this by using our Developers, put up READY TO USE.
mitted to lie whore It falls and in
gress and egress to the cabin is made sian prisoners in Japan.
by way of the chimney. No fires for
Simply empty our tubes into the developing tray and add the water—
A carved war god supposed to be
warmth are needed, ns not a breath
we
don’t charge you for the latter. Large quantities of developer
of air can enter the cabin and none over a thousand years old has been
made up at one time oxydize and spoil. With our developers you only make
are made except such as can be kept [ found in a cave in Colorado.
up enough for immediate use.
in the large camp kettles, hung in I
Send 25 cents for half a dozen tubes sufficient for 24 ounces of devel
the fire place on a crane. The chlm- ' One ounce of radium contains pow
ney is kept free from snow by means er enough, if it could be utilized, to
oper for Velox, Azo, Cyko, Rotox, or other papers, or 60 ounces of Plate and
of a wooden roof fitting over its top. I lift ten thousand tons one mile high.
Film Developer—a Developer which will not stain the fingers or nails, and
and above it, and it is absolutely es
is non-poisonous. We have a Sepia Toner for gaslight papers, 6 tubes, 25c.
The Arabs claim that Eve's grave
sential that between it and tlie roof
the snow must be kept cleared away. is in a cemetery at Jeddah wnich was
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Steps are arranged In tlie chimney closed for interments over a thou
llth St. and Penn Ave,.
~
Washington. D. C.
for easy climbing nnd when the miner . sand years ago.
enters his cabin he stands his shoes .
in the snow bank a short way from I The Denver and Rio Grande Rail
the chimney, as otherwise his home road is employing Navajo Indians as
section hands, finding them better
could not readily 1«? found.
Once more he paused, refilled nnd workmen than South Europe laborers.
lighted his pipe and said as if to him
The herring is one of the most mig
self. And it all happened over forty ratory
of fish. They are only caught
years ago.
as a rule during the spawning season.
By
The two Carlton brothers, veterans Where they go to after that is not
of the Civil War from Maine, where known.
Eugene P. Lyle, Jr.
they claimed to have some snow
storms of their own, lived in a cabin
The new postage stamps which Ja
Published August 1st
some little distance from the main pan is printing for Koron show a chry
street. The huge banks of snow had : santhemum. emblem of Japan, a plum
long since covered it nnd. like many blossom, emblem of Korea, and two
18TH
others, for several weeks they had pigeons, symbolic of the postal ser
THOUSAND
wawled in and out of it through their vice.
ALREADY
chimneys. This was their first win
ter In these mountains nnd they had
In 1718 a French scholar named
been often warned to keep the place Henzoin published a work about giants,
All Bookstores,
lielow the chimney clear from snow, beginning with Adam, who he asserted
<1.50
lest the top be covered some night was 123 feet 9 Inches tall, Eve being
and they lie smothered.
But they only five feet shorter.
had laughed good naturedly and said
they wore old backwoodsmen nnd
The railway scrap heap of the
were not afraid. After a storm of country Inst year reached the value
unusual severity which hnd lasted I of $1.250,000. This was the value of
several days the question was asked | picked-up coupling pins, waste paper,
The romantic advencures of John Dinwiddle Driacoll (nicknamed “The Storm Centre
In the loafing room of the hotel tn I old nails, liolts and the like.
at the Court of Maximilian in Mexico, where hia M»cret mission comes into conflict
big three story building where a half
with that of the beautiful Jacqueline. The beat romantic American novel of re
The dress of Persian women on the
hnndred miners made their hornet,
cent years.
if any one had seen or heard of Alf. street is so uniform that a man can
not
recognize
his
own
wife,
mother
“Z/a.t what so few of it» class possess, the elements of reality .wrought
Carlton. his brother Jim having
by infinite paint of detail, verisimilitude, suggestion."
snow-shoed to an adjoining town the or daughter and to lift the veil of a
—8t. T.oiiix Republic.
week before. No one had. nnd the woman on the street in Persia is a
*'A remarkable first book, of epic breadth, carried through un-
former spokesman added. “Well, you capital offense.
ttoervingly. A brilliant story." N. Y. Timo« Saturday Review.
know he's a tenderfoot and isn't any
The English cottagers arc the most
"There is no more dramatic period in history, and the
too careful about keeping the chim flower-loving people in the world. Many
story bears every evidence df careful and painstaking
ney open, as he should be."
Study."—X. Y. Globe.
of their flowers are descended from
A few minutes later the speaker the gardens of the monasteries dis
rose and moving to the window (we established by Henry VIII. The cot
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
entered and departed from the see tages themselves, whether they are
*33-’37 E«»t »6th St., New York.
ond stor.vl said. “I reckon my boy and owned or rented, descend from genera
I will go over to his cabin. If wo ; tion to generation and are in the true
need any help I’ll send the boy back.” | Renee homes.
GIVEN AWAY
fold Enoch Gray lived In the now
■lost forgotten town of Castaway,
k the coast of Maine, and his son
Icat" lived with him.
told Enoch was a grizzled veteran
I over seventy years, a relic of the
■il war, in which he had done good
■vice as a pilot In the fleets of Du-
Lit and Porter, but was now badly
Ippled by rheumatism, und the re
nts of ills fifty years’ exposure to
k* wind nnd weather in all quarters
I the globe.
pie had long been a widower, and
|e only one left of his numerous
lildren was this son, christened
[mnel Carter, now twenty-two years
I age, and as long and lank and
as could be found on the en-
coast. Because Samuel Carter
a kind of feline expression and
his earliest babyhood could climb
a eat, anything from the old lib-
on shore to 'the mast of a
at sea when the winds were
great guns, and because he
|<1 a habit of making a sort of pur-
pg sound, when about to speak,
le children had first nicknamed him
Pussy,” and then someone said
feat.” and “Scat” It was thenceforth.
Old Enoch was the captain of one
the many pleasure boats and now
;e most sought for, when the sum
mer boarders wanted a man in whose
fowledge of seamanship they had
[e most Implicit confidence, and
hose prophecies of the winds and all
issible storms were so much more to
I relied upon than “Old Tmproba-
lities,” as they called the Weather
at Washington. If the party
to be large and the trip wits to be
one of the many islands and ln-
a clam-bake and chowder dln-
“Scat” generally accompanied his
and many stories were told of
great strength and remarkable
, and jokes were made at the
of his immense feet. It was said
shoes were made on a special
and he always Insisted on
the soles filled with great
nails.
was in those days, and
be yet. the home of many sa-
and drinking places, and the
••SCAT," AS HE LOOKED.
fttroct bordering on tlie wharves was
Sued with them, wnere Jack when
■shore was wont to leave not only all
■is hard-earned dollars, but his tnanli-
■ess and happy disposition, and to be
Kransfortned Into a fighting and quar-
■r I some brute.
■ Late on an afternoon, as Captain
Bray and "Scat” were nearing their
Bndlng place, with a party of young
Beople, Captain Dick 1 birdsker, full
■f bad gin and worse temper, Stag-
Bred down to the wharf, and with
Be< p-muttered curses watched them
Ks they prepared to disembark. Years
Before Captain Dick had been one of
Be town’s best-trusted sailing mas-
Brs and most-respected representa-
‘jatives but on an unfortunate voyage
Bad run his ship on the rocks and
'lost crew and cargo. In spite of his
personal bravery and proof that the
accident
was
unavoidable
and
through no fault of his, the Scotch
¡•verdict of “not proven” had been
given. and he had failed to get anoth
er ship. This and the mishap itself
bad soured
his disposition and
■hanged him from a bluff-hearty sall-
50r. into a drunken, quarrelsome loafer,
fee was a man of powerful frame,
■tending six feet two inches In his
■forking feet, and was given a wide
Berth by all his quondam friends and
■hipmates, especially when, ns was
■host generally the case, he was under
■ he influence of bad liquor. The two
raptalns had been old friends, and had
¡weathered many a gate together, hut
[now seldom spoke. That morning
ICaptain Dick had met the pleasure
[party and offered hfs boat and ser-
[vices, but his habits were well known,
'and his blood-shot eyes bore proof.
I only too plainly, of the last night's
'potations, which the many morning
drams had failed to rectify. When
ten minutes later the party engaged
old Enoch, and one of the boys flip
pantly remarked, “No Scotch verdict
or liad whiskey for us.” Captain Dick
turned away with an angry oath and
muttered that ho would take his re
venge later.
After the boat was tied up and
Enoch and his son wore leaving the
wharf, preceded by his party. Cap
tain Dick strode over, planted himself
directly in front of the old man. and
calling him a vile name, added:
“Don’t you know I always want to
kill snakes and sneaks, whenever I
meet them.” Captain Enoch’s eyes
flashed—for he himself had been a fa
mous tighter in his day, and no man
had ever doubted ins courage—but he
answered quietly, "Tut, tut, Captain
Dick, we're too old friends to quarrel
about nothing, nnd anyway you know
my fighting days are over.” “Yes.
damn you. didn’t I say you were a
sneaking old hypocrite, anil only fit to
sail a lot of dudes and school girls?”
“Well, I’m going to slap that griz
zled old face of yours, and then per
haps you'll get up spunk enough to
strike back, so I can have an excuse
to throw you overboard.”
Cries of
“shame, shame,” were heard from the
loungers near, for everyone loved Cap
tain Enoch—and were beginning to
hate Captain Dick—and two of the
bright college boys that composed the
late sailing party hastened Isick to do
what they could to prevent the threat
from being put into execution.
Suddenly a sort of purring sound
was heard behind them, as “Scat’s”
long body pushed them aside, and in
his slow, hesitating, almost girl-like
voice, he said: “Captain Dick, don’t
THE APPARITION.
you strike my father.” Captain Dick
stared in stupid amazement. "Why,
you young fool, clear out of my way.
I've half a mind to double you up and
drop you overboard, before I do the
old man; get out of my way,” he
thundered.
The pupils of “Scat’s” eyes nar-
rowed, as do those or his feline pro-
totype when cornered by some big
dog, but he stood still, seemingly un
cornered and looking ns ungainly and
awkward as If at a school examina
tion. The captain started towards
him. with his arm raised and his
powerful fist clenched, and old Enoch
hastily grabbed a club that lay on the
softly:
wharf.
But “Scat"
said
“Never mind. Pap—just you watch
me.” Stepping rapidly backward, as
the captain continued to advance, he
deftly calculated the distance, and as
I quick as lightning threw a hand
spring. Instead of landing on his
feet, he shot out those immense hob
nailed shoes witli fearful force, land
ing them both full in the captain’s
face, cutting it to the bone in a
dozen places. Captain Dick dropped
as if hit by a cannon ball, without
even a groan.
A week later, when he slowly
dragged himself from Ills bed. . and
got the first view of tils swollen eyes,
his broken nose, and his generally
cut up and distorted features, he mut
tered, “What a whale of a squall
must have struck us.” Then opened
his cabin door, walked out, and the
good people of the village saw him
no more.
They Worked the Fraternity.
The Grand Kegent of the Royal Ar
canum. of the District of Columbia,
tells a story on himself, how after pa
tiently urging, persuading and nagging,
he managed to get a fellow acquaint
ance to join his order. This new mem
ber.—say Mr. Smith—after Joining was
at first delinquent in paying his dues,
and the great mogul of the fraternity
had much trouble in getting him to pay
up. After a time, much to his surprise,
Mr. Smith sent his money in promptly
on the day it was due; then he sent in
his money -two months in advance. A
short time after, Mrs. Smith came Into
the Grand Regent’s place of business
and said, “Won’t you please come
around to see Mr. Smith, he is very ill.”
Of course the kind-hearted Regent
went. He found Smith very ill. indeed,
so sick that the physician had told
him his time on earth was limited, and
Smith took occasion to thank the Re
gent for getting him to Join the order
so that he might not pass away leav
ing his family unprovided for. Smith
died. His widow then beseeched the
Regent to try to get her some work to
do so that she might support her
family. The Grand Regent was again
obliging, and by hard work and an un
limited amount of red tape, got her
through the civil service examination
and she obtained a position in one of
the Government Departments. Just be
fore receiving her notice to go to work
(about six months after her husband’s
demise' she appeared again at the
Grand Regent's office and said:
“I want to thank you for what you
have done for me. I have just re
ceived my appointment, but I don’t
think I will take the place; I have
something better. I want to ask one
more favor, won’t you please recom
mend this party's admission to your
order?”
"Well, now, Mrs. Smith.” said the
Regent, “that is something I can't do
without knowing the applicant.”
“Oh. he Is all right. I can assure
you,” she replied, “he's my husband.”
There Is one pawnshop in Paris op
erated by the government, where the
average number of watches pawned a
day is one thousand, and where on an
average one thousand wedding rings
r.re pawned each week.
At Rajputna. India, Is one of the
largest artificial lakes or reservoirs in
the world. This reservoir, covering an
area of 21 square miles, known as
the Great Tank of Dhebar, is used for
irrigating purposes.
Handsome Fur Scarf
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