Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-14
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Norwegian snow shoe Runners Im-
ported for the Purpose.
number OF Norwegian snow-shoc
runners were some time ago engaged
TO go out TO South America. in order
to do letter carrying service In the
Andes Mountains. and the following
sketch of their life may prove inter
esilng:
un Norvega hombre Portllo ma
mana 1t Is our italian chief who puts
his head through the open door and
throws telegram on the table. That
means that one Of us win have to go
over the mountains tomorrow to the
hrst station In Chilli Whose turn IL
lt2 The right man puts In an appear
ance. and he viii have to start early,
so that tho sun does not spoil the
snow-shoe going.
Next morning at Z O'Clock he gets
under way with his suow-shocs over
| his back, FOR II Is impossible to use
them over the 5000 feet high "Cumbro."
| The air Is thin, and at every 200 steps
/ II IL necessary to stop IN order to get
breath owing to distinct sensation
/ OF suffocation. The flask, nllod with
I wine and water, must be kept close to
/ the body, or Its contents viii be trans
/ formed into ice. II IL. however, often
.nhtn out, as IL Is necessary 70 molsteh
| The air gets thinner and thinner, the
skin ON the lips cracks. and the nose
! blceds. After march nf an hour and
a half the top ls reached, The piano.
rama is magnihcently, terribly grand,
and IN viewing Il oven the pluckicBt
man IL likely to shudder.
Right below Argentina "a lying to
the one side, Chill to the other, for we
are now standing on the border be-
AN w ir, HV,,ti,us' ,+ 10 .,,o
49,, ~, liii'l"INN hot w hl'l,
n ,''t, i ant Iatgu,ng inoroh mas onuseu
viva al, ~, ~, 't ~ "''N '''e "i'"e
M" irbo S .rn,,. o JIM w ,Se .,,.,.
to- a,,,,,'5 ~ Ivy on, pnu,'99N-
lns un ny, NJ lhNoiuhth.y hhup1er
,,it,,ir Wy applNll'',Hlun
49, 49," .'''' ~ IuH WIN ~ tvlN
"iv, ar pViuW IN INC Wiley
a., l's'nt "'' "'iNea' culilihs ir"ih
'" Nu'',"'' s,,'", -. - ,,
4NuisrInnn' VINO else Wouu
pa pu ihny 10 pc FOUND mere hoiloa'
~, ~, iiom 1gc you AZ riEht' 9ttein,
ue'h WORSE ana thcn run hpcel tlll
We meet ucnghted at seeing each
u,nti. ,ne ''ltEtans mlEht ne eN-
Shansed mere ana each 20 MS way
Dech. but q duys rest IN the grand
tolull9' Win IT'S abundance OF Chil.
ian good Things especially fruits ana
WINE, u 100 tempting Tor one who 10
accustomed To palmer fare, In conso-
auence we meet and part
80 iar an our sn9w-shoe runs nave
been ialIly lucky but we. know not
now soon IL may De the rate of one
9i us 10 leave MS remains IN the ice
we are not supposed TO consider the
hour or the day or the weather. II,
some dhyi IN n torrible storm thick
with fog and snow. one OF az would
say 20 our chief. Ut n impossible to
gr0NH tho N'llmDTn tOuuNN La would
suppose something was tho matter
with US
Peone here think the most absurd
things about us In that respect, and II
often happens that a native points at
perpendicular rock and asks us Just 10
run down It, They think this Is only
child's play, md they like seeing us
cross the mountains Mt lightning speed.
They would hardly think II much more
wonderful II they were To see us come
sailing over the cumbre ON wings.
An accident nearly did happen not
long ago Just opposite our encamp-
ment 10 n dangerously steep hill which
however. had to be tried by one Of
our comrades, We were watching him,
and saw him reach the top, and as he
was about to begin the downward
journey he suddenly disappenred-ho
none OF us could understand, TO orr
horror we discovered that The snnw |
was moving-an avalanche was com |
Ing.
For n long time we saw notblut, Of |
him, then n pnir of lens 9nnanred
which. however ne o,,ioltIv disnnnon.ed
nnd nothing more wna yisibin Wiz
fear and trembling we notirnd n husn
rock right IN The course Of NE nyo
lanche, n oolliaion neot,I AZ a,'d
ali wo,iId have been ovnr M, s, n,,u
soon covered Inc rock n dp1,ra ny.
neared On Tho ION az I, HSV W
so,ncrsa,,Its and TX IL % d ~ a couple OF
ngnin sc "ppunreu
}rhan ,,a aou, hin, st,t,n,, ,,,,t.,,,,
,ba annu- Nth hroi,ar qusu'y ~
thonght NJ ,i,. ~, D'ucs, we
,gitI, n,t,,o,, 10 i.,,,iii, iaugnter
SOON convincnd us NJ our luestlons
snea ia, ,,n go n'' -, .ohipiIhtiVely
o,,i,tn ~ W. ~ iihnt; sprhhed
anS ta,v og hrpIs VI sprained myers.
M bad s',eeorad ~ ,ne hurln
nlS % worse; c,.
salt meat, sour wine and atone
hard biscuits have been our usual food
Ior more than Two monthsi we also get
nos eVi.os, put Wltnout sugar ana