Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-12-26
ALPINE ACClD ENTS.
Agassix'S Description al nm Adventurous
Climb Up the Jurgfrau.

| many NSrN uttt 'Dil-'l -! Ntll'tt"t,
fcrblc or tinii climbers: The safe
! ty of every mountaineering party
| demands in advance that each lu1m-
Der Of il ~ ull b'a prarGic2l and
steady climber; that 40 serious as
cent should bo undertaken by any
man VINO cannot rely uprn h!I OWN
nerve and capabilities Lis power of
Drawing fatigue and san ling cold,
and finally that the parCy should
be accompanied by Il sufficient num-
Der Of professional guides. Mir Les
lie Stephens lays ii Iowa ~ Il rule
that the lpfricst mountain may he
scaled with safety by trained noun
taincers, provided thar iilir weather,
! good guides and favorabi" conditions
| of rock and SNOW have first boon Sc
| cured On the Other hand, lie
adds, there l. no mn,lntlil which
| may not be- excessively dangerous II
/ the weather Dc bad, Tho guides i'll
conn, rent. the climbers incXpe-
ricn"~l. the conditions OF rock or
snow uniavorah,o. Who, for i'll
stance, can Say viii, confidence I'M
til he has been tried that he has
nerve enough to stand the crucial
test which PROBES 'ur Aga,,ih con-
fp-IGi was almost more than he
could hea'' when, in 1871, he was
ON oi u p,rty Of u who assembled
th,. Juna@"uu, half OF them being
professional guides with the cele.
/ hri,,d Jacob Lenthoid. who died
their head:
I'VE S,urtrd.' wrote AgassiH,
"fron tho t;rimsel hospicc at 1 a.
m. on Aug. ii, 1871, sleeping the
first night at the chalets of Meril
and completing the ascent OF the
Jungirail next day. Our difficulties
were not !; little increased by heavy
mAt+ and int,p,,H cold. At last the
ascent became more and more steep,
and every step had to he cut in the
ice. Lcntnoll kept Us close to the
edge of the ridge of frozen snow, be-
cuuN' tho ira yielded there more
easily to tine aX. 1t was, however,
so trying to Our nerves that l, for
one. should not like to repeat the OK
prjcnc". The awful pr''cipice be-
meath as was constantly in view,
and we could drive our alpcnstocks
through the rim of frozen snow and
gaze sheer down through the hole
into Il vast amphithratcr which
seemed yawling to swallow lis thou
sands and thou sands of yards below
The apex OF ti.r .jungfrau is so small
that only one person can stand upon
it. AT i p. III. we started upon our
downward path, turning our faces to
the icy slope and feeling with the
foot for each step below, these steps
being more than 700 in all. At II 30
D. III. We reached the chalrts of
Mcril, which we had left that 1norn-
ing at the earliest dawn of day.
The least imaginative mind can
readily rraliz" what one false step
made upon Il surface so steep and
slippery that it il impossible to think
Of it without shrl,lcr would have
involved. III the worst accident that
ever happened on tl.c Matterhorn-
that which brtcll Lord Francis Doug
las aud his three haplc~s companions
it il nnI"rin,,s that one false step,
be-
and followed 10y til. breaking of a
rope, was the sole cause of that tor
riblc traycdy.--London Telegraph.
Three Blessings.
An old clergyman who formerly
lived in IL New Hampshire town was
remarkable for his Eccentric modes
of speech His way of asking n bless.
ing Was 50 peculia> as to sometime,
affect the ri'ibleS of his guests, al.
though he apparently was entirely
unconscious Of this fact
When he seated himself at tho
breakfast table and saw spread
upon it meal greatly to his liking,
ub SaEi, lLJt't, W. 'ihiih tuco luI
this excollent breakfast of which we
are to partake.
a more simple meal, but one
which no still regarded az compare
lively satisfactory, would cause him
to say, Lord, we thank thee for
this good iipakf fast set before us ~
But when the ministers eye roam.
cd over he table and saw there
nothing which was especially to his
taste, although the tone in which he
uttered his petition was not lacking
in fervor, his sentiments were clear
~ to be discovered.
"Lord, he invariably said on
these occasions. I'LL our hearts
with thank fulnpSS, We heseech thee,
for this meal set before us; for with
thee all things arc possible.
More Effective.
Mrs. Snagys-I cant say that it
appears to mo to be right to put
murderers to death by means Of the
electric chair.
Mr.. Snaggs-I think myself that
an electric folding bel would be a
more appropriate piece of furniture.
-Pittsburg Chronicle.
| His Weakness.
"Waddington's lost his situation
again for being down late"
"How did that happen?'
"Well, no got another fit of stay
Ing at home to take photographs of
his baby. Chicago Record.