New-York tribune., 1900-08-28
THE PASSING THRONG.

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Boston. at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. Il
came up from the South with two
WHO friends OF mine They occupied
WAS RE- the stateroom and I was lodged
SPONSIBLE? in a section outside They were
In a hot discussion before they re-
tired. and one Of them had finally become 50 sleepy
to abandon the argument I turned in finally.
did they but the man TO whom the argument
had been abandoned did not seem satisfied with the
victory he had won and when left them he was
busily engaged in trying to prolong the talk with
his sleepy companion. Shortly after had fallen
asleep I awakened by some confusion In the
and then heard the voice Of the condactor ansriy
ask OF the Portet. Now. who in h-l pulled that
it safe TO lie quiet and say nothing. Finally the
had jerked the BEN rope the car assumed its Gus
opened and one OF my friends requested me to step
in and decide a bet. II seems that he who was
someh son TO @S WHICH the @ sf ep ne One an re to
listen on the ground that the noise OF the ear
the train. as has been already told
The bet of so was as to who was responsible
for stopping the train. The sleepy one said the
rope The wideawake one said It was the sleepy
hear what was w said m 10 MN Because 6f the Tumble PI
Or. OF the trai1. which naturally led 10 the train
nan whiSh efLsGtually waked the other up also
Prince Hespere oukhtomsky. a member Of the
personal staff Of the Czar Of Russia, was at the
Holland House yesterday. He is
BLAME on his way TO China as a special
PUT ON Imperial Commissioner to make
GERMANY. report the actual condition Of
affairs there. He is president Of
the Russo-Chinese Bank The Boxers burned the
banks quarters in Tien-Tsin. The money had been
removed The Prince said TO a reporter: II do not
believe that Russia has declared war on China It
is only rumor." He blamed the Germans for much
Of the trouble in China adding that the aggressive
Bay Of Kiao-Chau mad proved particularly exas-
PsIIaItns % me ShInese. Fussla ne sac, @ wanas
ful terms with China. We lose more by these dis
objsct in fomenting M ing trout 3rogble IN China Is to Weaken
Us, We could nave annexed ManGnuTla Iong 9g2 s II
is not the wish of our Government; II China is
province" The Prince said that Russia entertained
only friendly feelings for America He goes hence
Canadian Pacific steamship for Shanghai
ibid you ever hear how the town OF skowhegan.
in my State. got its nameP' said John Gilman. OF
waterville. Ne. at the Plaza Hotel
HOW SHOW yesterday. 'I know that history
HEGAN GOT and popular belief attribute the
ITS NAME. to the Indians. and IN a
sense. this is true, but not exactly
in the way in which it is generally supposed skow-
hegau Is situated on the Kennebee River. and
most beautiful falls there Many years ago in
the latter days OF the eighteenth century at these
falls was built tiny frontier fort The Indians
soldiers, who treated them fairly, giving rhen PAD
game, worth not more than thousand times what
the white mems commodities We're Occasionally
the white threw in a valuable brass button by
affairs might have Continued fndefnitey II ii had
not been for the fact that the chief possessed
most beautiful daughter who was the apple OF his
eye She had the traditional lover, gallant young
chief 10 meet whom at eventide she crossed the
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| trousseau from Parts-when the covetous eye OF
| parent he paid his addresses, consisting OF six
brass buttons. three plugs OF tobacco, tWo glass g
! superior brand Of whiskey, mace by soaking one
R Rb u parent s1ccued but the G maiden s To
| the stream she rushed with her faLaeF and Lne
| paddle, and when she had showed her light canoe
course over the falls she was carried before the
| agonzed eyes of the fond parent; who was power
turning sadly from the scene sGuaw. she gonsr
This memorable remark, BY natural corrup-
| hegan OF to-day
'T noticed the other day that some prominent
New-Eorkers died from exposure Mount Wash
ington." said s. c. Merchant, OF
HIS KNOLL Denver. at the Everett House, yes
MOUNT rerday This will seem queer 70
WASH all residents Of Colorado Springs
INGTON. and to most residents OF Den
yer, for we live in altitude
approximating that in which those unfortu-
nate men lost their lives. Just the edge
hardly be dignified by the name OF hiI-which is
called Mount Washington II is so named because
level OF the sea a the summit OF Mount Washing
ton in NeW-Hampshre. II is the difference OF cli-
mate that makes the difference in the temperature.
In summer at Colorado Sprngs-or. for that mat
Of the year-such
that which killed those could not occur, I
have lunched at monday in March in the Garden
OF the Gods We all sat round the grass with
out wraps and were exceedingly comfortable. A
luncheon there is something remember. Above
you rises the vast bulk OF Pixies Peak; you IN
that wonderful auphitheatre, and in whatever di-
rection you may gaze you find your reward in a
wonderful scenic picture It is curious fact that
most people are bitterly disappointed when they
first Pixies Peak. and II they depart al once
they afterward inclined think but little
of that wonderful mountain IT grows upon one.
however. and the more sees Of it the more one
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