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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27
SCALING THE h[P|kE PEAKS
P Peril BUSINESS At THE BEST.
Slight Causes Bri4g Down an Ava
lanche-Alyvays il Danger of sud
den Death-Fatal Accidents.

According to the experts Alpine acct
dents ought never TO happen, because
rules have been laid down for avoiding
them. This isstrue,s Just as ii would be
true to say that liza chess player never
/ made a bad move heawould never lose a
game. But bad InhYes are made in
the mountains no less than on the chess
board. 4S q
On the whole Alpine accidents are very
real things. They mainly happen, FIRST
when the climber falls off the mountain; :
second, when the mountain or some por-
ton of it falls on the climber; third,
when the climber loses his way or is
weatherbound.
The simple fall of course, is mainly an
incident Of rock climbing It is partic-s
ularly frequent in the Dolomites, where
many of the peaks that are assembled
look rather more difficult to climb than.
prison walls. Sometimes it happens be-
cause foothold or handhold which seems
secure gives way beneath the climbers S;
weight as was the; case in the
last terrible accident on the Dent
Blanche.
The classical example of this sort of
accident is the famous accident to Mr..
Whymper's party on the Matterhorn. It
is an old and well-known story, but one
possible outline. : - 4
1t happened on the way down, at the
point where the angle of inclination al
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27

.::ns pr1nclpaI noIei Or south OF Eng-
land cathedral town boasts q corpulent
>hfter VINO numbers among his cll.ntele
gentleman even stOuter than himself.
Their respective weights are a standing
joke between them-a rather serious one
for the waiter, whose tip is apportioned
according to the customers superior
avoirdupois. penny FORK every, pound.
As, however, the gentleman is now some
three stone the heavier. and bids fair to
go sssill farther ahead, the waiter is at
present. happy. ;@z
= An eccentric city man, who lunched ev-
cry Monday at the Lo:+.lon restaurant
that formerly stood at til; corner of Chnn-
Gerry lane, invaria bly, when he hal finished
his meal handed the waiter, in lieu of his
customary tip. framed photo of himself.
This was always accented with polite
thanks, for although the portrait was
valueless the frame made ample amends,
being generally a handsome feather artf-
Gle while on one occasion, at least, it
was fashioned cut of silver.
Another patron was also wont to tin
this same waiter in. kind This gentle
man possessed a caustic hlmor, and .,av-
ing by ad"oit questioning discovered what
his attendant particularly disliked. would
give him that article as a tip. Thus the
waiter in point, being a non moker. was
presented with tobacco and a pipe. vile
~ ttilolllef w uO vas d tSetOId1ef was FlV-
en- a bottle of whisky. Needless to Jay
these We're al speedily sold or exchanged.
"A gentleman who always dimes at our
place. said the waiter at. a West End
establishment lately to the writer. Gin
variablys brings with him a newly-pur-
chased book. which he reads while he is
at table. His meal over he calls for his
bill, and gathering UP all the change
over and above the amount places the
in iS pSiS
the walters perquisite. and a very good
one it sometimes is. fetching as much
as three or four s.s:-:ngs at a second
hand Dealers. Dec. ally, however, it
is but a paper covered novel, and is prac-
tically worthless. ->.- -. 49,. -->
1T is now some years since one Of our
regular diners died. 7 always thought
him a stingy gent in the matter of tips,
e." Instead Of spricg,nc his TIPS &C others
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27

GERS, and tM mountain j, suddenly be-:
comes sleeper, so that the leaders Of the
party were hidden from those above
them. Michael Croz, the guide, was in
'front.' Then followed Mr.. Hadow, Rev.
Charles Hudson, Lord Francis Douglas,
the old and young Lord Francis Doublas
the old and young Tangwalders and Mr.
Whymper himself The lame duck of the
party was Mr.. Hadow. He was tired
out and could hardly move. Croz was
obliged to keep close to him in order
to join his feet into the proper footholds.
He slipped, fell against Croz and knock
ed him., too, from his foothold.S Croz fell
ten or twelve: feet through the air and
then the shock came.
Instantly Hudson and Lord Francis
Douglas were dragged from their places,
and the weight of the four falling men
came upon the other three, who planted
themselves firmly and chung to the rocks,
the jerk coming on them as one man.
Even then nothing could have saved
them If the rope had held. But the rope
broke, and it's parted strands separated
the living and the dead There were four.
dead bodies on the glacier, 1900 feet be-
low, and three terror-stricken men cling
ing to the Matterhorn crags.
Lord Francis Douglas before his death
on the Matterhorn had fallen off such an
arete on the dangerous r-Gabelhorn
Happily his guide, seeing him fall, did
the only thing possible to save both their
lives He leaped over the arete on the
opposite side to that on which Lord
Francis Douglas had fallen The two
men balanced each other as they lay
slung across the ridge by the rope; they
hao not let go of their ice axes and were
able to scramble up on it
again
9th n guides have been known to do the
same thing on the arete OF Monte Rosa
and on certain aretes In the Engadine 1t
is the ora1ysst hing be- done the
circumstances. but it is not easy uhile
sittlng at home to realize how much pres
. &c of mind is needed to do it. ssss
urnings to the second group OF acct
dents-the case in which the accident oc-s
ours before something has fallen upon
the cllmber-we have to do with
asfvatianches. There are avalanches of
snow, of Ice and Of rock, and the snow
ayalsnches are the more frequent and the
most Important.
Canon Girdlestone OF Oxford relatea
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27

OF us round ourselves riding downward
with the uncomfortable speed on the back
of, an avalanche which a single slip had
originated. - sE. : ,~t.z-...:.@e .E
There was nothing to clutch at no
means of arresting the descent They
tried to put on the brake by grinding the
points of their alpenstocls into the ice,
without the least result In sense, as
it turned out, their very speed was their
salvation. It caused them to shoot over
the gaping crevasses into which they
would have tumbled helplessly if they had
been going at a slower rate. But there
We're other crevasses lower down Could
they stop themselves before reaching
these? It was just a chance, and the
chance happened to be in their favor
I've came to rest so near the brow that
two or three seconds of our average mo-
ton .of descent must have carried us
over. Had this occurred we should have
fallen into the chasms and been covered
up by the tail Of the avalanche Hutch
inson emerged from the snow with his
forehead bleeding; Jenni had bit Of flesh
removed from his hand by collision
against a stone No one, however
was seriously hurt, though the professor
found that he had lost his watch.
4 Finally, there are the incidents which
are due to billiards.. Mount Blanc has
been the principal scene of these, for on
that the distances are great, the snow
fields are wide and the chance Of losing
your way is good. You may scoop your
self sort of shelter In the snow and
wait, but you may freeze to death while
you are waiting. This is what happened
only a few years ago to Prof Nettle-s
ship. of Oxford, though the weather lifted
in time for the other members of the
party to be saved.
a still graVer case occurred In 1870.
when a party of three American travel
ers, with eight guides, all persisted to-
gether in this manner. One OF them-T.
Beans-had scrubbed fragmentary
diary of his experience, which was sub
sequently found lying beside him We
may end this article by quoting his con-
Guiding words:
Sept. evening-We have been on
Mount Blanc for two days in a terrible
snoWstorm we have lost our way and are
in a hole scooped out of the snow at
height OF 1900 feet; have no hope OF
descending. Perhaps this book may be-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27

how he once sat down to lunch in the
track of such an avalanche and had only
just, time to scurry out of the way be-
fore it whizzed past and that great
climber, Mr.. Tuckett, once had race
with an avalanche on the Eiger glacier
This is one kind of avalanche accident
Another and more common kind is when
the climbers themselves start the ava
lanche. They are traversing a slope of
ice on which certain amount Of fresh
snow had fallen; their footsteps loosen
the snow and set it sliding. It trips them
up and carries them down with it. The
slide ends in a crevasse; the, danger lis
that they will fall into it and that the
snow will follow them and bury them
alive. Yet there are men who have been
carried away by such avalanches and
escaped alive. The most famous man who
underwent such experience was the late
Prof. Tyndall.
It happened on the Piz Morteratsch in
the Engadine, in 1894. The professor,
with two friends, Mr.. Hut Crimson and
Lee Warner, and two guides named
Jenni and Walter, had occasion to cross
a gully filled with hard ice coated with
new snow. The slope led straight down
onto a glacier with yawning crevasses in
it. Jeani, who was a very famous guide,
ought to have known better than to Ven
ture II. that gully. He had not led his
party very far onto it when he reazized
the danger and warned the Others 70
tread s;ngerly, as a false step hare
might start an avalanche <,.cs<
1.-The word,'' says Prof. Tyndall, was
scarcely uttered when 7 heard a sound
Of a fall behind me, then a rush, and in
a moment nay two friends and their
guide. all apparently entangled together,
Whirled past me. I suddenly planted
myself to resist their shock, but ir an
instant I was in their wake, for their
impetus was irresistible. A moment aft
erward Jenni was whirled away, and
I thus, in twinkling of an eye, all five
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27
FORTY YEARS AFTER IN MISSISSIp
Property Valuation Still Below That
of 1860

1t is now nearly forty years since the
t close OF the Civil war, but the whole
readjustment in the Southern states. so
slow. that even to-day the farm wealth
ct mississippi is less than it was in 1860.
The figures on this subject. which are
furnished in a recent bulletin of the CEN
sus bureau, will astonish every person
VINO has not given it attention hitherto.
In the decade between 1850 and 1860 there
was a remarkable growth of agricultural
INDUSTRIES, which seemed to presage u
still further increase. The total value of
farm property went from S79.9O52 23 to
f1,4ISo71, or a little more than trebled.
AS Was to be expected the ravag es IF
war caused tremendous falling off in the
next decade. The total value reported
in 1870 was $11s113.447. and as this esti-
mate was in deprecated currency it is
necessary to diminish it by one-tifth to
get at the speciel value. Even after this.
however, TIE restorative process was very
gradual. For the three years named in
the following the values were:
1891 SoU NJ - @
ie;U 49,. ............ i6i 3SS'4:l
It will be observed that the total for
that for 1860 and the fact is most elo
quent testimony to the abnormal condi-
lions that have prevailed In Ohio. which
ng TO %or haf
much again in 1900 as it was in 1850.
In Wisconsin, newer state. the increase
was more than fvefOld. Only the so
cial and industrial revolution which fol-
lowed the rebellion in the South can ex-
plain the difference ~. '--.- ,.---.
It appears, however, that there has been
an advance in some of the items of thu:
Mississippi statement. While the value of
land improvements and buildings is much
less than twas the statistics on imnle-
rnents and machinery are: 1860, $S.s2j.-
.12; 1900. Sa.:'56. sos: on live stock, 1860,
$41, 891 ,G92: 1900, $40, c57 .:,22. The earlier
figures were passed for the first time
at the close of the century. 1t is notice
able also that the number Of farms has
increased much more rapidly than the
acreage which is significant of the
changed social environment and the pres
cot rate of progress is satisfactory. Ap-
parently the formative period of a new
era is pretty well accomplished.-Chjc
Record Herald.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27
Big Thing. Not Done in Hurry.

Any one can hold out a dumbbell for a
few seconds, but in few more seconds
the arm Says is only the trained
ute's end. FOR Hawthorne to hold the
people Of 1.-THE Scarlet Letter" steadily
In focus from November to February, to
say nothing of six years preliminary
5brooding, is. surely more of an artistic
feat than to write a short story between
Tuesday and Friday. The three years
and nine months of unremitting labor de-
voted to 'sMiddlemarch" does not in itself
afford any criterion of the value of the
book, but gives George Eliot's brain
and then concentrate them for that
period upon a single theme, and it is no
wonder that the result is MASTERPIECES
Jan van Eyck was never in hurry
says Charles Reade of the great Flemish
painter in The Cloister and the Hearth"
Jan van Eyck was never in hurry,
and, therefore. the world will not forget
him in hurry. "a tlantic Monthly.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27

found and forwarded We have no
food; my feet are already frozen and j
am exhausted. have only strength TO
Writo a rev words i die in this fa,rn af
Jesus Christ, with affectionate tn. ,-Shts
of my FAMILY. Ny remembrance to al. I
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27
Autumnal solemnfty.

days?,s ~
Wen, one reason. I guess, is that these are
sne Gays when moot people are back from their
cess ana can inquire up just how muah II
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27

e ne Wound nand over a dozen or more
foreign postage stamps. Fortunately I
had the sense to put them aside, for only
I last year l showed my collection, num-
bering couple Of thousand or more. to
friend who had some knowledge of
their value, with the result that 1 made
something over $3.50. ~. = 2, !.
But the most singular customer ever
mad was a gentleman who used to bring
his own knife, fork and spoon. He had
a great terror of germs, I suppose. ANY,
way, he not only refused to use the arti-
eles provided by the restaurant, but
would not sat with his own second
time. When he had finished he would
hand then. over to me with the remark
that 1t was against his principle to pay
water for doing what was only his
duty, but that if I cared to have his
knife, fork and spoon-for his part he
recommended their instant destruction
was at liberty. to do So AS the articles
were always of good quality, 1 took them,
and they proved avery handsome tip
indeed. '-Tit-Bits.
Over a Million Acres Of Prairie Dogs.
A repo' has been made by the special agent
appointed by. Gov. Stanley to gather statistics
on the subject of prairie dogs in Kansas In
ts by aTe
occupied by prairie dog towns. Logan county
heads the list with 2366s0 acres, Finney county
has IL. $50 and Cove 211 960 The other coun-
ties run from 5000 TO 10000 acres.
ssln tie extreme western part of the state
nearly all of the pasture land is held by prairie
dogs. The general estimate of damage to this
pasture by the animals is 20 per cent, though
many farmers think it is greater. One farmer
in Wallace county says that his cattle will
not eat grass on that part of his range occu-
P.ed 10y prairie dogs. a ranchman In Logan
county says he is only able to pasture 500
head of Sca tile on the same range Where he
posturedS 600 head ten years ago, when the
prairie dogs were not SO numerous. Experts
at the agricultural college are trying to devise
dogs. but up to this time little has come of
their experiments. The pest is rapidly in
Ncreasing.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27

And the voltaic current continued the
lecturer was the discovery of Volta, and
it's 4deveiopnent= Is a comparatively recent
achievement of science.
still, small individual hoisted HIM
self to chair inSthe rear Of the hall.
Hold on there, professor! What about
the earlier discoveries of Noah ~
IT don't understand you sir 6
Then brush up! Didn't Noah make the
arc light on Mount Ararat ?.'-Baltimore
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27

Office Dere wuz a poet in ter see
yer when yer wuz out ter lunch.
Editor ow did you know ns was
poet
Office BOWEL, he Wuz some poor
.uy. He didn't have no Panama hat.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27

in need of renewal, give an order for it on,
one of his tradesmeE. Sometimes 1t would
be for shirt, sometimes for a pair Of
boots, while the waiter has even been
known to be the lucky recipient of a
sbrand-new dress coat.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27
Condor d,aiters Queer Ups

~ ESTABLISHMENT was fre-
quented by a weekly customer
who. on paying his bill, was
wont Sto run the waiter over
with his eyes, and having noted
what article nf q tire WAS most
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27
Private Railroad Cars
and People 1Oho Use Them

A n HfLh N IS popular belief
:: !; e: !:
them, but are content to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-19
COMMERCIAL CLUB ROOMS.
Quarters on West Temple Street Near
Second South Found

The board of governors Of the Com
merciai club met last evening and voted
favorably on a large number Of appli-
cations for membership. Thirty-siX
applicants whose names had been
posted for some time were voted in as
a body. J. L. Franken, T. r. Cutler
and J. ". Merrill were acted upon in
dividualiy and received favorable
vote.
w. A. Nelden. ]. C. Cutler. R. $
Campbell, John L. DOOly Samuel
Weitz. c. NJ. Strevel. f. A Druehl, G.
P. Holman. John ]. Daily and Governor
Wells were present. Mr.. Druehl as
chairman of the committee on quar-
ters reported that the most desira bic
quarters available are to be had on
the upper floor Of the new building on
the old oregon Short line building site
on NVest Temple street near Second
South. A space 55x165 feet has been
rendered the club The suggestion for
quarters embraces a large dining room
and all the features of a first class club
from cloak rooms TO card apartments
Messrs- Nelden, DoOly. Strevel,
Druehl and Campbell were named as a
committee on bylaws under instruc-
tons to report at the next meeting.
This committee will meet this after
noon TO take up the work in hand. The
board adjourned to meet next Tuesday
evening
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-19
TRAFfIc MEN MEET.
Transcontinental Freight Association
in Session.


Portland. Ore, Feb 1S.-The Transcon-
tinental Freight Bureau met in this city
TODAY r H COuntiss of San Francisco,
agent of the bureau. was elected chair
man of the meeting and John a Mac
Donald of Denver. secretary. This is the
Freight Bureau since the meeting in Mil
Waukee in May. 1898. when the hardware
schedule came into great prominence
The docket before the meeting contains
between 500 and 700 entries. Owing to
the non-arrival of several of those who
are expected, the meeting adjourned until
tomorrow without transacting any bust
ness. The following roads are repre-
scented:
Northern Pacific-S. l.. Moore. general
freight agent, ST. Paul; s. g. Fulton. as
sistant general freight agent Portland; s.
B. Calderhead. general freight agent u.
& c. railway. Walla Walla. Wash.
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
w Il. Conan. assistant general freight
agent, Portland, Ore.
Great Northern Railway-G. 0. Somers,
general freight agent St Paul
Canadian Pacific Railway-W. r. Mac
lnries. assistant freight traffic manager,
Winnipeg: F. W. Peters, general freight
agent. Vancouver. B. G.
Southern Pacific -Company-G. w. Luce.
general freight agent. San Francisco: 6.
w Fletcher, general agent, San Fran
cisco; r. b Miller. general freight agent.
Southern Pacific lines in Oregon, Port
land
Oregon Short Line Railway-T N.
Schumacher. traffic manager. Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Union Pacific Railwsy-W. Il. Carrot,
assistant general freight agent. Omaha
c. c. Clifford, general agent. San Fran
cisco
Burlington & Missouri River Railway
in Nebraska-S. l. Moore proxy.
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific-H. II.
Enbry. general freight agent. Topeka.
Missouri Pacific Railway. NJ. Fetch
er. general agent San Francisco.
Colorado Midland RailWay-H. G.. Bush.
traffic manager. Denver.
Denver q Rio Grande and Rio GTande
Western Railway-Fred Wild. jr-. general
freight agent Denver.
Il is expected that W. A. Bissell. as
sistant traffic manager, and e Chambers.
general freight agent OF the santa Fe
lines. VIII be present tomorrow morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-19
The Quick and the Dead.


Public assemblies in New York and
" ashlngtOn are discovering that MiltOns
r. Allies. the assistant secretary OF thei
treasury. has graceful abilities as an
atter-dinner speaker.
recently, al a Knights Templar gather
ING. he was the first called upon at thef
conclusion OF the banquet He had been
nOuhed that he would be asked 10 make
a lew remarks. but, not wishing to de-
liver set speech, he had asked 20 be.
placed toward the bottom OF the list and
mad understood that that was 10 be ths
Arrangement He had, therefore. relieds
on the speakers that were 10 precede him
10 furnish him material for imDrOmptlD
comment
Though somewhat disconnected BY the
unexpected summons of the chairman
Mr.. Allies rose TO the occasion.
There is some mistake said he. in
my being called upon at this stage Of the,
proceedings, and the incident reminds me-
Of an eDitaph which enjoys local fame.
in my native village in Ohio. AT the
death Of an eccentric citizen il was
learned that he had himself written QUE
and intrUsJed 10 a marble cutter the
legend that was TO be craven on his tomb
stone.
when the lettering was competed
the villagers all went out 10 view the
eDitaDh. and this is how il read
i expected this, but not so soon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-19
MAY NOT CARRY PLACARDS
IN FRONT OF RESTAURANTS

Portland, Ore. Feb. 1S-In the state
circuit court today. Judges George and
Cleland held that the maintenance of
a banner in front of d restaurant with
an inscription to the effect that the
restaurant has been declared unfair S
a nuisance which a court of equity
may enjoin-
The case decided was that of 4. j.
Hall against the Walters alliance. For
several weeks the Walters alliance
has carried in front of all non-union
restaurants banners which an inscrip-
ton declaring the restaurants Unfair.
and advising all friends of union labor
not to patrOnize them. The court said:
The inscription on the banner is
direct attack upon the business Of
plaintiff. 1t is. in fact a command 20
union men to withdraw all patronage
from the plaintiff"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-19
A Theatrical joke.
Iondon DallE NAH

Here IS a story about J. L. Toole and
]. F. Warden, One night they entered a
hotel in Belfast at which they were we'll
known. and Mr. TOole ordered a bottle OF
Champagne, asking the proprietor whether
ne would allow payment to stand over
Till a bet that had just been made was
decided The proprietor readily assented.
and the bottle was uncOrked the host
accepting an invitation TO take a glass.
After chatting freely for awhile Mr.
TOOle and his friend prepared 10 depart
Then the proprietor limited that he would
like 10 know the result OF the bet and
what II was about "Oh. 90 said Mr.. War
den. Eve have been examining the Albert
memorial and my friend, Mr.. TOOle. has
laid me odds that when IL falls il will
be in the direction Of Corpora ton street
and I have bet him that instead, il will
fan toward Victoria street"