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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-25

Ainska cedar and lta presence indi-
Gates the altitude Ht which the char
ncter of the forest changes. A close
examination ~ the other trees dis
closes ihis fact The Douglas spruce
and the white mr. are no longer 10 be-
seen. IN their places are Two trccn
closely allied 10 the latter. yot very
different. They are the Lovely M
and the Noble Dr. Where the forest
~ not 10 dense we see that the FOR
MGR is beautifully regular ana
graceful tree. not very large Ia size.
An Immense Fir Tree
and we'll deserving of rs maine The
other ~ an immense tree. aiN ~
eight feet in diameter and towering
far above itn rivals It's cones are
very beautiful aA well aa curious OH
lcctH. Really dark purple IN color
they appear pale green, covered az
they are By large beautifully frlnRrd,
rcfieKcd bractH. giving them some
thing the appearance 81 pinenppir,
which they nearly equal in Fizr The
mountain hcmi0ck also makes up n
considerable portion Of the forest
It's large cone. three Or four Inches
long. easily distinguishes II from It's
iowlaud relative.
A Beautiful Description
Major lngfaham says: In the SOM
Der shade ~ these forests ne H.r uo
flowers save where some noisy
stream flows through, Here we ind
ia abundance the festhery unbclled
flowers OF beautiful plant which
has set earned 40 common name,
bat whose scientific name fyuut-
vettefla grnndij commemorate that
Of noted Russian hotnuist. The
peaFiy whiteurEH II lia flowers look
almost EhnHfiy in the darkness 81
the woods a few hundred feet high
a. and one breaks almost without
warning from iho dark forest into
TIE Hpieudor ~ the alpine mfadowa.
No wonder that one OF the most
ta.4stFfr1l ~ these Or called Paradise
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-25

must have been elected from Rat
nicr during comparatively recent
eruption Black smoke has been
scen to rise from IN crater several
tHuoa Cen p'reirCui noticed Il IN
thi2 Kane LOnJpi.rs, q anchor Nv
ing on one nf the prairias near tho
foothills said nc aaw a large volume
Of smoke rising from the crater some
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-25

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-25

park, Natures profusion nsioniahes
one The flowers cover not patches
here and there. but acre after acre.
indeed. the exception II a patch
without flowers, whether il be wet or
dry. rock or aand. Evrryw here a
brilliant display meets the eye.
Flowers I'm PROPULSION
Most conspicuous perhaps In the
pale bluiNh pink astcr. commonly
called daisies by the tourists. So
abundant ~ this that Il frequently
occupies the ground to the exclusion
81 other species. Hardly less plen-
lifui IL n handsome blue lupine and
the curious lowered painted cup. The
last ia remarkable for it's variety ~
cniuration. Commonly Il ~ "A beau
ilfui deep crimson. but all variations
from this 20 yellow are seen, and not
rarely a form with pure white flow
erH. A pretty knotweed with oblong
heads OF shiny white flowers Is also
abundant. In great profusion II the
Alaska valerian. bearing great CO.
rYmbs OF pinkish white flowers. de-
iicioualy IRA grant. An abundance OF
yellow is furnished by several spe-
cles Of Arnicn. the blossoms looking
like made sunnowers. and the pretty
little Arctic fve-finger. whose flowers
resemble buttercups A charming
little plant IS the mountain gentian.
with It's 20 OF more stems each ter
minated by the hluest Of blue bell
Wears a Plumed Cap
shaped flowers The curious seed
head Of the mountain anemone al
ways excites attention. their plumed
heads reminding one irrcsisubly of
the caps worn by grenadiers. Here
and there great clumps 81 green
ueilebore.. almost tropical Ia its
wealth OF foliage ana bearing great
paniclcs of dropping green blossoms.
rise among the surrounding flowers
and form a pleasing contrast IN the
mass of color. and now and then the
Yucca like flowers OF the pinc-iily are
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-25

sack and two sacks Of cCEm sssrsf
with an inner sack Of elleszs b.
ing a Zap "a pun over the ~ z
face. viii keep one warm the ~
night
Information Of Value
The well known Seattle paz
rspher. Ed. s. Curtis. who has /
up 20 tho summit Of Rainier amt
has furnished The Star with ss
the illustrations used in this a..
SAYS that he took one large i
fr0r Tacoma TO the summit
mountain and back again fcrs
tai expense o. So per person. al
occupying two weeks. Nr. II
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-25

Cassiope they are single. dropping
bells. half hidden IN the leaves
'on the rock cliffs occur hand
some Syiraea. bearing dense CO.
rymhs 81 e-colored flowers. Here
too are found many Of the Saxifrages
and the beautiful little Penstcmon.
The latter IL "A charming little plant.
forming large mats which are per-
fecfiy covered by IT'S large crimson
purple bell shaped flowers Wher-
ever stream trickles over the cliffs
the rocks are sure to be painted yell
little Monkey Flower
low by the miminutiye little monkey
flower. Like a great many other
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-25

seen, tall and stately In the sea of
smaller plants.
THE meadows proper are included
between the attitudes of 5000 and
1000 feet. and excepting the crcsts
of the ridges and few scattered
groves here and there, are bare of
trees. Here we find the Alpine FIR.
the handsomest OF its tribe. A rath-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-25

FIRST be called to a change in the for
est by the shaggy trunks OF a tree
resembling quite closely In bark and
foliage the red cedar of lower alti-
tudps, but the loose hanging flakes
OF bark bcspcalk SIS difference. A
stroke of the AK reveals fine grain
cd, pale yellow wood. having a deli
cious fragrance. The tree IS the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-25

and sometimes "a half-dozcn or more
OF these thruwn-nff caps viii be seen
in series or chain stretching across
the sky In one direction"
Some Remarkable Jets
The tanks Of Rainier are clothed
ln forests 80 dense that the sunlight
scarce penetrmtcs their depths. Yet.
even here, the observing eye viii
note changes that indicate a high al
utudc. ones attention viii perhaps
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-25

time Ia the '30s and many residents
~ Seattle report seeing smoke rising
from the summit w the month ~
November. 1895. Many thought the
outline ~ the mountain had under.
gone a marked change. The change
ia % psafancc VAS due 10 aYaianch-
- and the piling up Of columbi1a
Greet 20 an unusual height i dark
column Of smoke. ascending from the
smaller crater was distinctly seen
~ December ~ party while cross
ing ElyHihn FIELDS. THE smoke form
"a deep contrast with several col.
umnH Of steam ascending from the
larger crater. While a large volume
~ steam - constantly issuing from
the crAtrFH IL ~ almost Immediately
dispersed IN the dry atmosphere.
Previous 20 an approaching storm.
however. n sometimes forms white
cloud above The crater. Van Trump
writes Of this phenomenon al fol
lows.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-25
Forests on Noun, Rainier

THE steam Jets accumulate and
form what ~ known as the weather
cap ~ tha mountain. which can be
sven from the farihest extremity 81
the Honnd. and possibly from vessels
uut at sNn. Thin cap. ~ cloud Of
crater born vapor - almost lnvari-
ably funnel shaped. or ia the form
Of nn Inverted bowl. and seems to
have ETrating motion. After a GER
tain formative period 81 varying du.
ration. thia cap yielding az last to
the prevailing current. lifts and foats
pY ln tha atmosphere. but retains
for long time les peculiar shape.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-25
Steam Caves in the Solid Ice Form a Mysterious
Feature Of the Great Mountain
SUBLIME SCENES WITNESSED ABOVE THE CLOUDS

How Reach Rainier and Ascend the SnOwcad SopesA Com
pete Description of the Trip From This Cib---An Account
of Early Explorations Subsequent Discoveries
Made BY Seattle People
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er small tree, ita nearly perfect rcR-
ulnrlty ~ outline and stately set not
rigid form. fn0clnatcn 81 lover Of
trees Always accompanying 10 w.
aud the Mountain hemioCk.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-16

giving the speech Of one Of the men,
bers exactly as he made it, with the
following result:
"The reporters-ought not to-the re-
porters ought not to be the ones tu
judge Of what Is important-not to say
what should be left out-but-the
members can only judge of what is i'm
portant. AS las my speeches-as the
reports-as what I say Is reported
sometimes, no one-nobody can under
stand from the reports-what it is
what I mean. So-it strikes met has
struck me certain matters-things that
appear Of importance-are sometimes
left out-omitted. The reporters-the
papers-points are reported-I mean
to make brief statement-what the
paper thinks of interests reported"
Christian Endeavor World.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-16

Nor ALTOGETHER PLEAsANT.-Oneo Of
the rural correspondents of the Whit
sett Courier sends in this affecting
story, in his own original way:
II write to tell you Of a most on
fortunit happenin wich occurred he'll
enduring the occasion of a campmeetir
at wich thare was fine preechin ar
good eatin, as all brot baskets wict
was filled with the best cookin. The
onfortunit happenin was 2 sunstrokes
an one lightnin-Killin, alsoe one fine
mule drowned in a crick, with the sad.
die on him, wich was never found, tho
it cost S1O, and was not payed for-that
is, in full, bein one installmen dew or
it. Alsoe, one rattlesnake bittin, wich
proved fatal, as both the snake an the
niger died as I might say, at one an
the same time. o let us all be reddy
KNOWN not the cay or the hour wher
lightning will hit us out Of a clear
sky, an rattlesnakes strike us without
rattlin to let US know they'r comm. Let
us live umble, as I have said, an be
reddy.".
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the gravity of this ofrense and the pen:

the SruFlty Ol luls ohehse oho 'he P'A
alty?"
Compton shivered slightly. His voice
was firm, but so low that the two in
spectors could hardly catch the words
81 know the penalty. yes-prison. Its
useless to have any trial. I will plead
guilty. The less fuss there's over 1t
the easier it will be for-for-others."
His voice broke on the last word
The inspectors instantly suspected that
he was shielding the real culprit. Smith
acted quickly. He laid his hand cor
daily on Compton's shoulder.
"See here, Compton; we can't be-
lieve this Of you. It's our duty to place
you under immediate arrest, but were
going to give you another chance
We're going to investigate further. and
we ask only your word that you won,
jump the town."
The old man seemed terror stricken
He avowed his guilt in piteous tones
and begged to be arrested, but Smith
and Rugby were firm and sent him
from their presence tottering. Sob
bing man.
For the next few days, while John
went over his route like one In a
dream, Rugby investigated the life OF
the old carriers daughter. He quickly
discovered that she dressed far above
her station and income and INDUCED IN
several expensive vices. Marked bills
were traced directly to her. and when
taxed by Rugby she broke down and
confessed. Every morning when her
father stepped into the kitchen for the
CUP of coffee which seemed to strength
en- him during the remainder of bis
route she had rif1ed the mail bag as II
hung on the entry rack. Rugby and
his chief realized that the disgrace OF
the daughter would be as fatal to the
old man as his own arrest, and for
once they failed in their official duty
They forced the woman to sell her
Jewels, which were one Of the pas
sions of her life. With the proceeds
they made good the losses Of the Mel
son company.
She had been recklessly mad fol
money, and had neither thought mol
cared for the gray haired man who
fairly worshiped her and was willing
to 60 to prison for her sake. But now
she seemed to dread the sight of his
white hair, the loving gaze in his eyes
She finally went to Denver, ostensibly
to visit friends. She never came back
Old John, who had been simply told
that the real culprit had been discov'
cred, lived OH the letters he received
from Denver. If he realized that the
inspectors knew the truth, he never
gave any evidence OF the fact. He died
before the daughter, who had plunged
into reckless dissipation in the fal
west and had sunk too low to write
the longed for letter, and he never
knew that strange hands, the hands OF
men who worked with him and loved
him. would ut last lay him to rest and
rear the shaft above his lonely grave.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-16

DIDN'T VIVA young lady who had
been pouring tea at function in a
suburban New Jersey town. having to-
ward the end of the affair become
somewhat fatigued, sat down in quiet
corner of the room, where she witness
ed the following incident:
A young man came in and made his
way to the hostess. greeted her and
apologizing for his lateness.
"Awfully glad to see you, Mr.
Blank" said the hostess. $50 good OF
you to come. And all the way from
New York, too! But where is your
brother?"
II am commissioned to tender his re-
grets. You see, we are so busy just
now that it was impossible for both OF
US to get away, and so we tossed UP
to see which Of US should come"
How nice! Such an original idea!
And you won?"
No" said the young man, absently
II lost. t."-New York Times.
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Saturday, August Is, 1902.

which he was willing to purvey by mail
upon the receipt of a do..ar per stone.
The money that chap got was some
thing fabulous. The dollars were just
raining in, when the inspectors swoop-
ed down on his office and cleaned him
out. He didn't care then whether he
was cleaned out or not. He had got
the money.
Something over a year ago the de-
partment nailed a clever woman who
was operating her little dodge down in
Florida-a woman of tremendous
shrewdness this one was, sure enough
She advertised and sent out circulars to
the effect that she was a natural-born
healer of any old disease that was ever
included in a medicine book mental or
physical, and set forth the fact that,
If anything, she was some better as an
absent healer than she was as a con-
tact healer. All the person afflicted
with any sort Of disease, had to do was
to hike a five-dollar note along to her
and she would spenu five minutes at a
certain hour of the day or night think
ing of the person remitring the money.
Thus, the afflicted one would be made
whole If I remember correctly. this
little woman pulled in something like
5000, 900 with her scheme, and If she
had really devoted five minutes of
thought each day to each Of her sub
scribers the day would have had to be
about two months long. The beauty Of
the situation in her case was that abb
solutely nothing could be done in the
way Of punishment to her. She clung
to it when nailed that she really was
an absent healer all right-although
there was a merry twinkle in her eye 8
she said it-and the government hadn't
any way of proving that she wasn't
what she claimed to be, even had the
government been disposed to establish
any such a contention.
mot in recent years have any OF
these mail swindlers been so bold as
that humorist who, advertising that he
would send a certain way of getting
rich on receipt of dollar, sent out lit
tie slips containing the words, Work
like the devil and never spend a cent,
but manipulators of the mails almost
as brazen are constantly requiring sup
preston When one stops to reflect
upon how many years this sort of mail
swindlng has been going on. and then
considers how many tens Of millions OF
newspapers containing accounts of such
swindlers are constantly being thrown
off of American presses, one Is tempted
to take stock in that old aphorism OF
Hungry Joe's that there's a sucker
born every minute and they never
die. Washington Evening Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-16
HE IS HIS OWN GRANDFATHER.
just How He Became So IN MOI
Clear, But He Did Finally.

just How He Became SO IL Not
Clear, But He Did Finally.
IT know of at least one curious case
of curious inter-marriage, where "A
young man became his own grandfath
err" said a man who is fond of the
novel in life, land it is rather a SIM
pie thing when you come to think or
it. Father and son were living togeth-
er in a remote section Of Arkansas.
The old man was a widower. Not far
from where they lived was a widow
and her daughter. The old man wooed
and won the daughter, and finally mar
ried her. In the meantime the son had
been making soft speeches to the wild
ow, and they were married about the
same time.
1.-THE young man thus became the
father -in-law Of his own father, and
yet his fathers wife was his stepmoth-
er, but as he was his fathers son, his
wife became the stepdaughter Of her
own child. In course of time the chill
dren Of the old man and the daughters
Of the son and the widow were brothers
and sisters, by marriage, of the chill
dren thus born to the old man and the
daughter. The fathers wife was the
mother-in-law of her own mother, and
her children, being the brothers and
sisters of her husbands son who was
also her mothers husband. not only
made his wife his grandmother, but
placed him in the position Of being his
own grandfather.
His father, becoming his son-in-law
his fathers children, who were his
brothers and sisters, became also his
grandchildren, because they were the
children of his wife's daughter. The
children of the two marriages became
doubly stepbrothers and sisters, and
uncles and aunts and nephews and
nieces of each other. I never under
took to figure the thing out any fur
then than this. and to tell the truth I
get mixed up every time think about
the matter, and I am but certain about
one thing, and that is that the son be-
came his own grandfather in due course
of time. New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-16

Too Much FAULT FINDING.-Henry
Crabb Robinson, the kindly and phil
osophic barrister, once gave an effec
tual rebuke to the habit of fault find
ing 1t was, as we read in his diary.
during a visit to Paris.
He had spent the day in sightseeing
with a London acquaintance who said
to him at parting, Il will call for you
tomorrow
Il will thank you not to CALL" re-
piled Robinson. Il would rather not
SEE anything else with you, and I will
tell you frankly why. I came to Paris
to enjoy myself, and that enjoyment
needs the accompaniment Of sympathy
with others. Now. you dislike every
thing and find fault with everything.
You see nothing which you do not find
inferior to what you have seen before.
This may he all very true. but it makes
NE uncomfortable. So l shall be glad
To see you i'm London. but no more in
Paris
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-16

A DIFFERENCE.-Lord Roberts once
found himself the centre of circle OF
new friends in a London club. There
was a very tall gentleman present
who, evidently believing himself to
shine as wit. seized every opportunity
to raise laugh at others peoples ex-
pense. On being introduced to Lord
Roberts, the wit bent down patroniz-
ingly to his lordship. and remarked:
Il have often heard of you, but
shading his eyes with one hand as
though the famous general, being sc
small. could be seen only with Difficult
ty-I never seen YOU"
To this Lord Roberts promptly re-
piled:
Il have often seen you, sir, but
have never heard of YOU"
Everyone present was delighted with
Lord Roberts reply, and the wit
soon afterwards misrepresentation
Answers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-16
The Story Tellsr.
OLD JOHN,
THE CARER.
BY Scott Chalmers.

Copyright, 1901, by A. S. Richardson.
Rugby stared out into the drizzling
twilight. The outlook was no less
gloomy than his feelings.
"If it had been any man on the force
but old John Compton, wouldn't take
the thing to heart. But to think Of old
John being arrested, prosecuted. i'm
prisoned! By heavens, feel as If 1t
were one Of my own flesh and blood
The young inspector dug the toe OF
his boot viciously into the thick rug,
His elder companion and fellow work
er tapped the table nervously.
"The evidence is overwhelming; and
yet-well, l suppose we'll have to call
him in
Rugby silently picked up his hat and
left the room. The chief leaned back
in the great revolving chair and re-
viewed the case.
John Compton was widower, resid'
ing with his unmarried daughter, and
had been a mail carrier for over twen'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-16
Aumurol1s department.
Both We're Disappointed.

A man who carried a raised umbrella
with a white ribbon streaming from
the handle attracted attention in the
Dearborn street station yesterday
morning. says the Chicago Tribune.
Waiting passengers wondered where
the attendant was. Finally a police
man accosted the fellow.
What are you doing with that UNI
brella raised?" he demanded.
"Waitin' for her." the stranger said.
I'm goin' to be married, an my bride
Is comm"
The stranger drew a photograph of
a handsome girl from pocket.
I'm from Brown county, Ind, he
explained, land I'm tired Of single
blessedness. I put an advertisement
in a matrimonial paper, and Sue john
son, who lives at Three Oaks, Mich.
answered it. This is a picture of Sue.
tell you 1 worked it slick. sent her
a picture of the best looking man in
our county and told her it was me.
Well, we got engaged and agreed to
meet here in Chicago. We selected
this here depot as good place, but as
we had never seen each other, we ar
ranged this umbrella business. Sue
will carry one, too"
Fifteen minutes later the policeman
saw two umbrellas with white stream
ers attached bearing toward one an
other. He watched them until they
were within ten feet of one another.
and then both halted. The girl was ex-
tremely plain, and the countryman was
not the only one who had fooled.
simultaneously two right hands
moved upward. and moment two UNI
brellas were closed. The man turned
to the left and the woman to the right,
and not a word was said. That was
all.