Evening star., 1900-12-22

"virgiuia City" said man from Nevada
to a Star reporter, lis pretty well up In the
world as any one knows who has ever been
there. and there very few localities IN
all the Rockey mountain region from which
q wider range of country be taken in
at view. Owing to that fact some very
beautiful. striking and unusual sights are
frequently seen by the dwellers in that
famed city, almost within sounding dis
tance of the clouds. / have witnessed some
of them myself. and one in particular l re-
member In fact it was a sight that no
one having seen could ever forget. 1t was
moving panorama. grand, impressive in
the extreme, being no less than five distinct
snow storms raging among the mountains
and deserts to the eastward. while in the
city not a flake of snow was falling. The
storms represented all degrees of ferceness
and covered area of at least 100 miles
Inc one furtheSt to the east and at the
same time the most northerly one. was ap-
parently passing directly over the torty-
mile desc I. II was as black as thunder
cloud. dense was the whiriing body of
snow, ana was, perhaps, ten miles in dia-
meter. Any one in the midst of 1t would
have been willing to swear that a snow
storm must be raging the entire con-
tinent. but Just to the north of it several
tail, stately peaks rose out of the fierce
storm and lowered above it in the full
splendor of sunlight The high hills that
lay beyond the storm were shut off from
sight as though by a gigantic black cur
tam.
Nearer. and to the southwark. another
storm, not 50 black and fierce as the first
but still dense enough to hide all the region
behind it. was in less active progress. 1t
crept along toward the east. reaching from
the level Of the Carson valley upward to
the very cloud where it came. high in the
heavens. Still nearer. and between the city
and the mountains of Como, lighter storm
Yet one only two or three miles in width.
passed on its way. Through this the noun
tain peaks could be seen Gimy, in q
thin fog y mile further south a fourth
sn0wstorm, smaller in area than even the
last one. but as black and tempestuous as
the great blizzard that, with the sun touch
ing its crown, was sweeping the forty-mie
desert. ragged in awful fury. All behind it
was hid as with the pail Of blacklist night.
Miles away. further up to the southwark
the fifth storm. vast and violent one, was
sweeping along, covering and hiding a
range OF thirty miles OF high hills
Between these several storm bodies hill,
plains mountains, peaks stood revealed as
far the eye could see all lying in the
glory of a late October sun. The cleaning
peaks that rise golden far above the black
masses of storm as they ragged in fury at
the mountain bases and far up the rocky
si,.es made a particularly stritting and awe
some part OF that strange picture.
Il long ago found out how wise it is for
d man to keep his mouth shut unless he has
good reason to talk" said a we'll known po-
Hceman of the city to a Star reporter.
When l first the force 1 was a
garrulous young man, but l soon stopped
this on the advice of an old station keeper,
who had been on the force for many years
and knew what had caused trouble for
many officers. Many a good policeman
gets into trouble because of his mouth
You see. they gather at the station and talk
about everything on their beats At night
when they go TO lie down their cots.
they tell about everything, even including
what they themselves have been doing.
The sergeant walks along some day, and
one officer tells him that he heard another
say he did and 50. The sergeant bricks
up his ears and begins to look after
the record of this fellow who has talked
SO much about himself and everybody
else. The result is the fellow is sooner or
later brought up on charges and is given a
great deal of trouble if not fined or dis
missed The only safe thing for any man.
no matter what his business, is to let the
other fellow do the talking
Il was taught lesson last Christmas"
said a. Washington woman we'll known
among her intimate friends for charitable
work the other day. which, while it panied
me not little, served most excellent
purpose. Last Christmas l sent several
turkeys and accompanying good things to
families | had reason to believe would go
practically hungry but for such gifts. Some
time later | learned that one of these fami-
lies so remembered by me was SO impover-
fshed that the only way in which the wife
could cook the turkey was by cutting
slices from it and toasting roasting them
over a fire of chips. You can imagine how
Inundated | felt when | learned of this
and when | realized how thOughtless | had
been IN the matter. Had | thought for a
moment. it would have occurred to me that
people 50 poor as to be unable to buy food
would also be unable to obtain fuel Yet
when l sent the turkeys and other things
l never once thought of that Now | be-
lleve that many kind and charitable people
nave made just such mistakes and | wish
The Star would make known my expert
ence. but without mentioning my name
please, that those of its readers who pro-
pose To so remember their unfortunate fell
loW-belngs this Christmas will do as [ in
tend to do: see that the turkey and other
like food Is cooked before being sent to
them. Just imagine with what satisfaction
ana gratitude well-cooked turkey or
chicken Will be received by these poor be-