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hold.' and DO prepared to withstand th@t
jerk Of the rope In case Of a alp.
A while ago an English lady made her FIRST
difficult ascent Of one Of the Canadian Sole
kirlts. She wrote to q friend that she probas
bly, would never have reached the top II
she had looked down from the dizzy heights
she was ascending. She felt sure that she
would have teen overcome and lost her
strength II che had not steadily kept hop
eyes on the work right before her.
She nas probably learned by this tm0
that while her policy was excusable In .
novice, she was violating one Of the fundas
mental rules Of rock climbing, which re.
quires that the mountaineer shall constantly
keep track OF the path OF his ascent and
gradually acquire the ECaok Of ~ren9gnizing
on the descent the ground over which he
passed while cimbing-a matter Of impors
lance, for his opportunities for picking Out
the route are best during the ascent.
1t is well known that the number OF Alpine
accidents has greatly increased during the
last few years. Few of these tragedies
claim expert mountaipeers as their victims.
1t is the inexperienced and the rash, venture
ing upon mountain work for which they''
have neither training nor aptitude, who sups.
ply most of the Casualties. There Ia nothing
that disgusts the real mountaineer more than
the doings OF such persons. In the Joy OF
ignorance they a all manner OF risks
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at Is necessary to locate the origin Of
this joke and mall US a copy OF the paper
Immediately"
The manager Of the bureau oabled to
his London agent, asking the cause Of Mr.
H armsworth's sudden demand, and res
Local Einstein suing"
The manager wrote to every ~jokesmith
he could hear Of in the United States and
posted the joke in every. press club, with an
inquiry as to its origin. After o while
he got a letter which read:
Il know-'cause why? l wrote 1t myself.
How much is it worth to show you its origi.
nal publications.
For IS a copy OF the periodical originally
containing the much sought joke was OBJ.
Usher.
The first clipping bureau in the world
was started In Paris In 1870 by a French.
man named Cheri. There are now forty
clipping bureaus in the United States, Of
clipping bureaus in every country INT every
language on earth sufficiently advanced
to have newspapers.
Gen. Joe Wheeler. ordered a complete
newspaper history Of the Spanish war In
presented to every regiment that went
out of New York to that war a sorapbook
history OF the action Of the regiment, and
the books are now preserved In the various
armOr1eS. fOrty-CWO DOCKS OF m86
were madeSof MoKinley's obituaries. One
man ordered twelve sets to present to twelve
different persons.
Relatives and friends OF Henry B. Hyde
ordered ten sets Of his obituary n~otioesJ
in twenty great volumes, including, items
from insurance papers in China, Japanl
India and other countries. some Of which
cost $50 apiece to obtain. Mrs. Coils P.
Huntington had under conside ration the
making Of a slo,O 900 scrapbook OF Mr..
Huntin gton's obituary notices when the
clippings were destroyed by fire.
The first scrapbook to attract public
attention was the enormous volume ordered
for presentation to Admiral Dewey ON his
return from the Philippines. Including its
table 1t cost So, 100 and is the most valuable
%scrapbook ever made. 1t is now in the
Smithsonian Institution.
Under the auspices Of the German.
American committee on a memorial to
Carl Schurz a scrapbook is being prepared
of that statesman. This will contain
letters on the life and character Of MIR.
Schurz from almost every prominent man
Of the day, and will be a mine OF autos
graphs and personal sentiments for future
historians.
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theM Mountain Climber Meets
,xt Work More; Dangerous Than Accents Over Ice Clad Peaks
A Safe Foothold the First Thing Needed.

These pictures illustrate the kind Of
work that Eisler was attempting to do.
1t 10 known among English speaking noun
taineers as rock work as distin guished
from snow climbing. The hair Of the
greenhorn naturally stands on end when
he sees men, hundreds Of feet In the air,
ollnging to rock walls that are sometimes
perfectly vertical or, II may be for a few
feet. even o~verhanging; but ovc~ rhanging
walls are climbed every summer and 1t is a
fact that accidents seldom occur.
The reason 10 that the foolhardy and
the inexpert cannot induce a guide to 20
withthem, and they are seldom crazy enough
to venture alone. The persons who do make
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DRANK 1a,775 GALLONS OF RUM
And swears OF at s8-HaIf a Gallon Ills
Daily Portion.
From The Denver Republican.

from We DeHreT NepuOUCuH'
Although he says he consumed in Lis life
l2.775 gallons of alcohol. ID. L. Osborn,
80. q. g." has lived to the ripe old age Of so
and Is a shining example of a cure made by
the Christian assem- bly, which Is holding
forth at Arlington Park. out near Fourth
and Emerson venues
A few months ago, according to the story,
this marvel of alcoholic consumption was dis
covered In Kansas City by the Rev. q. Fred.
erick Fink. the director of the assembly and
high priest OF the sect. Osborn Was then
using crutches and was carrying about with
him come Of the IL. 900 odd gallons Of whiskey.
In short he was about to die. The hands
we're laid on him., and 10! there was nothing
more doing for him In booze :"
The ~, IT'S gallons Of alcohol Is some "'booze,"
and in order to get that much under bis belt
Elder Osborn had to start early. which he did
along about the time he was 10 years old.
months ago. and he is now 81 years old. The
run a ten horse power automobile three and
one-half times around the earth with some
The %. s. G.. following Elder osborn's
name Interpreted stands for "Drunkard
Saved by Grace"
Mr.. Osborn tells all about the quantities OF
rum he has stow ed away at every meeting.
The meeting yesterday afternoon opened
with three cheers for Jesus and the aggrega-
ton might easily have been taken for college
football enthusiasts. The cheering contin-
ued throughout the meeting and whenever
one Of the speakers said anything that pleased
his auditors deep murmurings Of approval
went UP from the people.
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caught as they wore clamboring UP the
wall Of tho Aiguille verte. ear Mont Blanc.
They followed the winding course Of the
Nant Blanc glacier up to the base OF the
great crystalline spire. which they intended
TO surmount. On the side Of the needle where
they had planned their ascent its broad
base rises In a wall that approaches the
vertical and In some places is actually YER
teal TO a height Of about $50 feet.
This wall had to be climbed, and for W
hours the party wa glued to the precipi-
tous face OF the rock before they reached
the place above where the narrowing column
was in a condition Of greater disintegration,
presenting many crevasses, cracks, lodges
and steps which greatly diminished the labor
of the remainder Of the ascent.
Above the point shown in the picture
the party came to a ledge some two feet In
width and only a few feet in length. The
first man who olambered to the ledge ex-
amined the wall front before him and re-
ported to his comrades below. He found a
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college song called 'Gilligan the Lodger.'
Oh, I've been having q hell of a time since I
came to tho Philippines;
I'd rather drive a bobtail car and live on
pork and beans.
They call me Governor-General-I'm the hero
of the day,
But l have roubles Of my own and often
nave to say:
CHORUS.
Oh, am l the boss, or am I the tool?
Am / the Governor-General or a hobo7
I'd like to know who's the boss Of this show
Is 1t me, or Emilio Aguinaldo?
Late one night in Manila, when Macarthur
was Governor General, a young naval
officer appeared at the Army and Navy
Club and sang "Governor-Genera or Hobo"
II was new to his audience, which received
it with great enthusiasm; but the board
Of governors Of the club got together right
away and adopted resolutions setting
forth that as Gen. Macarthur was the Gov
ernor-G Genera and the song seemed to be
disrespectful to him, its singing at the club
should be prohibited.
The naval officer was called before the
board and informed of the resolutions.
Good Lordl" be said, Il just came from
q dinner where / sang it in Gen. MacArthur's
presence, and the General was 30 tickied
that he made me sing it over again.
The resolutions were rescinded immedi-
ately.
The verse, with its special chorus, which
always makes q hit with Gen. Macarthur,
is as follows:
Now Gen. Macarthur. I have no doubt, can
ruin the whole concern.
All right. III pack my trunk and go. and he
can take his turn;
But when the papers cuss him out and lay
him on the shelf,
I only ask the privilege of saying to myself:
CHORUS.
Oh. is Mac the boss or is Mac the tooli
Is Mac the Governor-G Genera or o hobof
I'd like to know who'll be boss Of this show
VIII it be Mac or Emilio Aguinaldo?
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are such that he cannot mount to the
shoulders Of another man, his foot may
be grasped and he may be helped to the
sisted to mount her horse.
Certain laws Of the game are never over.
looked by the careful rock climber. He
must never trust foot or hand to a sup
port till he has convinced himself that it
Is reliable. With two hands and two feet
to help him up, three of them must always
be at rest in IN assured position before
he reaches out for the next place to grasp
with his hand or INTO which to thrust his
foot. Only one member of the roped party
Is permitted to move at a time, and before
he stirs the Others must announce firm
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two lonely and disguised young Americans
who wanted to get home from the Philip
pines, but found that cherished longing
frustrated by the activity Of the energetic
soldiers Of A~guinaldo.
One Of them was a naval officer who had
to stick to his ship, and the other a news
paper correspondent who had to stay at
Manila as long as any fighting was going on.
Their hearts were in it when they wrote the
chorus.
Damn damn. damn the Flipinos,
Slant eyed, kakiack ladrones.
Underneath the starry flag
Civllize them with a Krag.
And return us to our own beloved homes.
The song became popular among the
troops and bluejackets in the Philippines.
IL is still sung with vigor IN occasion by
army and navy men, but not with rancor.
The feeling out Of which it was born has
WORT away.
It's present use is mainly reminiscent,
free OF the bitterness OF the past. Men
who carried swords or rifles in the Philip
pines in the fighting days between 1893
and 1908 can carol out the words in these
piping times OF peace with as little partisan
feeling as Southerners nave when they
sing Dixie" o the grizzled veterans Of
the Union forces have when they chant
the rousing chorus Of Marching Through
Georgia"
There Is an organization composed Of
officers Of the army, the navy and the Marine
Corps who served In the Philippines dur
ing the period Of the Aguinaldo insurrec-
ton. 1t Is called the Military Order Of
the Carabao, and It's main purpose Is to
have wallows, which, rendered into in
telligible English. means banquets.
At the wallows Of the Washington Corral
Of the order, Damn, Damn, Damn the
Filipinos" has been sung with spirit, but
at the last annual wallow the cong was
omitted from the list Of Carabao musical pro-
duotions printed in q little pamphlet which
every Cardiac and every guest found be-
side his plate. Some Of the officers who
fought In the Philippines think that the
song Is liable to misinterpretation by
civilians, and they have indicated their
belief that it should not be sung. This
probably gave rise to the report that it
had been prescribed by the Navy Depart
ment.
One OF the most popular songs Of the
Carabao, and, in fact. of all the soldiers
and sailors who saw service in the Far
East when Aguinaldo was doing unfriendly
things, is "Governor-General or Hobo
1t was written by Lieut.. Lyman A. Gotten,
a very popular young naval officer with
q knack Of turning rhymes.
For years there has been a story going
the rounds Of the army and the navy hat
Major-Gen. Elwell g.. Otis, who was Gov
ernor-General Of the Philippines, COM
planned to the naval authorities against
Lieut.. Gotten on the ground that the words
of the song were o reflection upon his official
and personal dignity. and that Major
Gen. Arthur Macarthur, who succeeded
Gen. Otis, had made q similar complaint.
As a matter Of fact the song was written
lust as Gen. Otis was about to leave Manila
and did not become widely known until
after he had gone, and as for Gen. Mac
Arthur, he always enjoys the ballad i'm
mensely and applauds when it is sung in
his presence.
The song was written to the air OF an old
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Preserving Jacob A bbott's Home.

From the Bosfon Transcript.
Every reader OF the Rollo books will he
glad to hear OF a movement to rehabllitats
the home Of Jacob Abbott at Farmin gton,
Me. The old home. known as Fewacres.
!s beginning to take on the memorial char
acter, the grounds have been tidied up. the
house painted and repaired. the pictures OF
the father and grandfather have been hung
and a historical chart. placed in position
giving the history Of. the house since 1888.
Best OF all, the Indebtedness has been re:
duced to about $500. Lyman Abbott and
Edward Abbott, rector OF st. James's Church.
Cambridge, the youngest two Of. the four
sons, are the only SURVIVING children, IL
would seem as though that $500 indebtedneas
should melt at this season like a small cakt
OF ice on a city sidewalk. Boston has jufe
buried another story teller for boys. George
b. Ferry. who was, besides being a writer
on historical and political subjects OF 10
mean capacity. q printer at the case In news
paper Offices. He had 1--WE popular. vo!unep
Tor boys published in Boston. New York ana
London, and many notable. newspaper arr
ticies famous In their brief hour OF remark.
like Franklin. he had been a printer's ap-
prentice, and. like Franklin, while be was
learning his trade he read extensively and
what he read he remembered, The Press
Club still quotes his aging 70 Boyle O'Reilly:
Il don't believe. you ever forRaye, Queen
Victoria for not hanging you" and the Irish
poets reply: mo, George. don't believe
I ever did,
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while the expert, versed In all the lore Of
his pastime and with years Of achieves
ment behind him, never takes any chances,
never risks his life II he knows 1t, at
tempts a great difficulty II his experience
shows him a way to Grcumvent 1t, never
forces the pace.
When we realize that this care and cons
servatism marks the mountaineering Of the
men who have made names by their climbing
exploits we can understand them when
they say that for the right men there is very
little difficulty or danger In rock climbing.
The fact is that the novices usually keep out
Of this kind of work and for years the proper.
ton Of accidents in rock climbing has been
very small.
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VARIED USES OF CLIPPINGS.
ONE MILLION DOLLAR CONCERN
BUILT UP ON THEM.

Volumes OF History Have Been Constructed.
Many Trades Helped and Cranks Fed on
Slips Cut From Newspapers by Girls
With Memories OF q Queer Turn.
Ninety newspapers a day is the task
Of the girls who read for one Of the Oldest
clipping press bureaus in New York, and
they read every item in each paper, in
Guiding the advertising. Moreover, as
they read they carry the names, wants
and wishes Of 5000 subscribers in their
minds and undersoore the salient word
in every item which should go to a GUS
toner.
This bureau has certain rules in hiring its
readers. 1t takes no elderly person. no per-
son who says she is fond Of reading or has
made scrapbooks all her life, and no school
teacher. 1t wants no literary tastes
at its reading desks, and not too much
education.
1t wants persons who will reau mechani-
oallv, with lightning speed and with no
interest in what they read aside from the
word they are looking for. After trying
all sorts of people, the type found most
satisfactory is the girl who has left school
at IA to go to work in a factory or dry goods
store. In either of those places she would
get from IS to IS a week. In the clipping
bureau she may run her wages UP to 500
a week, as the star reader of this bureau
has done. and average $12 or SIS a week,
ss most OF them do.
All Of them work by the piece, receiving
so much for every clipping marked. Some
times they are a little too mechanical,
as when the patron who subsoribes for
everything concerning banks gets choice
items concerning sand banks, but it is
better to have them that way than to have
them getting interested in what they read
and lingering over their task.
Eight hundred dailies a day are read in
this Office, and in addition every publication
weekly and monthly, in the United States
which has a circulation Of 5000, making
5000 in all. The amount Of surface in
formation which these girls get to carry
around In their head lis concerning the matters
in which the 5000 subscribers are interested
is remarkab bic. The strangest and most
Unexpected scraps Of knowledge will crop
UP among curly headed ffteen-year-olds
whom one would not accuse Of an idea be-
yond chocolate and peek aboo waists.
These girls read for all sorts Of queer
things. There is q badge and button house
capitalized at 100000 which has built
its business in the last twelve years on the
clippings furnished 1t by these girls. It
takes everything relating to the organiza-
ton Of societies, or their parades, process
sions, meetings. 1t gets 1000 items a day
and its bill Is $500 q week. Its literature
goes to the addresses provided in these
clippings, and it's publicity scheme has
proved good.
A house that makes church bells takes
everything relating to new churches. ap-
preparations for new bells, &c. Another
firm has for year rs taken everything relating
to scales. A company insuring against
burglars, which took everything relating
to bank robberies for twelve years, recently
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a.in euished lawyer Of Vienna named
r,sIer was climbing the Raxslpe,
|, s,ty miles from his home, the other
1,hen he misjudged q stone on which
|.,.mptsd to support his weight. He
an Il was firmly anchored in the noun
,a.sa. but IL was loose. slipped from
|. Mn and the unfortunate mountaineer
|dssbed over q precipioe, and fell 900
10 his death. q,
L,sineer, but, however this may be-,
l.de A mistake that Is very rarely COM
Il BY expert climbers. They seldom
| AZ conclusions when they are Chamber
A precipitous rock mass. They test
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SONG NOT BARRED.
w FREE TO CONDEMN THE
FILIPINOS IF 1T PLEASES.

kad Of "Demn, Damn, Damn h FIJI
pines" Not Checked by Oflcial Author.
lily, as Was Reported Also Permissible
TO Make Fun Of the Philippine Governor.
AsHNoroN, Aug. 4.-Somebody started
story not long ago that Secretary OF the
BY B~onaparte had issued an order for
ding officers and men Of the naval SER
to sing Damn, damn, damn the
fpinos.' The report got into some
Fspapers and was accepted as true by
Erty everybody who saw it printed, in
ping Uncle Sans boys who 60 down to
sea in ships.
p damn the Filipinos had been a popular
ttme among those Of the army and
y who served in the Philippines when
lilo Aguinaldo was causing trouble
there, and the pleasure of damning them
increased when it was done to music.
enever officers and men who had been
prades in the struggle to retain the Far
tern insular possessions Of the United
Fee got together, they found satisfac-
at the proper period Of the proceedings
singing Damn, damn, damn the Fill
os'
was therefore with sadness that the
al fellows who had seen Philippine
nee received the news that the song
been prescribed. The army officers
great sport at the expense Of their
al brethren over the reported order Of
fftary Bonaparte.
hey sang the song frequently and Justify
never naval men happened to be about.
they dared the latter to join in the
aang chorus. Over at the New York
eht Club one day three army officers
It many times for the benefit Of some
a Officers who were also there. One Of
naval officers was one Of the joint authors
'e words, and he had to grin and bear
or thought he had.
put be might have condemned his little
'hn brothers without running counter
any oricial regulation. Inquiry at the
Wy Department shows that no such order
! ever issued. Since some naval officers
found that out they are not 80 anxious
ing The song as they e when they
asht Its singing was forbidden.
tae Navy Department does not find IL
ssary to suppress Objectionable songs
oncial orders. Like the War Depart
''hhasa simple method OF dealing with
fsGeet utteranoe whether unsteady
%Aerwise rendered. The officer or man
moved to determine for himself whether
ne sings or says is likely to get him into
Tor example, an officer OF the army
- navy on duty at Manila should sing
tun' damn, damn the Flipinos' at a
20 where prominent natives Of the Phil
H we're present he would probably
Fought to trial before a court-martial
n' charges Of scandalous conduct and
Aua unbecoming an officer anda gentle
net long ago an officer OF the marines
Philippines was made the subject
0thci7i inquiry for ordering a band to
Always in the Way" at the funeral Of
listed man.
|''dier at a post In Washington State
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were doing such excellent service. The
three men above then had no difficulty In
pulling their oomrade up to them, and the
party went on its way rejoicing.
In roc climbing the descent is always
more dl ficult than the ascent, and the rule
is absolute among mountaineers that they
must attempt no ascent OF this kind unless
they are perfectly certain that they can
make the descent.
Two Of the other pictures show a bit Of
the ascent OF the Innerkofier Tower among
the limestones Of the Austrian Alps. This
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perfectly perpendicular face Of granite,
smooth and polished, without a single pro-
tuberanoe or crack that might be gripped
by hands or feet. This impossible bit OF the
rock rose to a height of about twelve feet,
and the ledge was 80 short that there was
no way to oircumvent the smooth wall, which
as a climbing proposition was out OF the
question. The others crept up to the ledge
and a council Of war was held. 1t was de-
cided that the impeachment could DO over
come.
The tallest man in the party took his place
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climb was greatly nssisted by the rock
gullies In the faco Of the wall, In which
hand and foot holds; but II was also made
difficult by the fact that q great deal Of the
rock was covered with Ice, One OF these
two views shows a mountaineer just ss no
Is reaching q rock table projecting from
the mountain side. Here the party rested
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on the two foot ledge with his faoe and body
pressed against the wall and his arms ex-
tended along IL, Two Of the men helped
the next tallest to his shoulders. and he wac
dble to get q good hand grip above and pull
himself up to the top Of the we'll Then the
rope was brought into play, and the man
above u!ed 1t to make the ascent OF two
other men easier from the shoulders that
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strength Of fingers and arms to pull them-
selves up In these places. but such feats
are rare, and artificial footholds are supplied
II possible. II there Is fair standing below,
for example. the climber will mount on a
comrades shoulder and thus reach better
rock above and then. In turn, he will Use
the rope to help pull the Others to tho same
point of vantage. When the conditions
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these ascents are men of long experience,
and they make no move unless they under
stand just what they are doing.
In one Of these pictures we see a single
member of a party Of four Italian mountain
climbers who were spending their summer
play spell in the Alps. This picture was