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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-29
IN CAMP IN ZERO WEATHER
MORE EXPERIENCES or AN Elk.
CONSUMPTIVE IN TIE WOODS.

Getting Lost In the Rnow-sleepnG Out
doors In . BIlE1ard-keeping Warn
Nhen You Have 20 Cut Your Own Fire.
W~OOd-Peats d Tuberculosis Patients.
LIBERTY, N. Y, March 7s.-some months
ago. having become nearly cured Of tuber-
culosis in a large fresh air ~sanitarum, I
undertook with some other young men q
log cabin life in the woods In the mid
winter air Of tho mountains. Spring IL
upon us now, and as the snow melts mani
Of or dlscomforts vanish With II.
We have had q great many pleasant and
celebrating experiences, thinEs TO make
tho blood tingle and the digestion to CRY
for more work. Still there can b too
much snow, no matter how beautiful, and
and the same Thermometer that indicates
elhilaration at zero can also b the ex-
ponent Of cold feet at 30 degrees below that.
This winter 70 had quite a spell Of minus
temperatures, not the still, calm cold Of
nothep Canada, but the boreal, bswindSd,
bring cold Of middle New York. When
the thermometer here at Liberty indicates
cold il Is cold, and the wind blows most Of
the time.
During a blizzard two Of us undertook
to 20 With two pals for milk 10 our nearest
neighbor, a mile away. We reached the
farm house safely, but in returning lost
the trail through the woods.
We wandered for over an hour. We
chung to the pals Of milk, though they
grew heavy, Measured by the trouble II
grew more valuable all the time. !
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Another very good reason for sticking
to it was that We were not sure Of finding
our way again and thought II best at any
rate to have some food with US. In fact
We did not find the trail again. but for
tunately came TO q familiar woodpile at
the head OF the lake. Thence we made
or way homo by following the edge Of
the forest.
A friend staying with u had q similar
experience one night when going TO the edge
Of the lake for water. He took a lantern
with him, but il was blown out by the wind.
His absence seemed too long 10 VI, and
going to the door we shouted. faint voice
replied from somewhere toward the middle
Of the lake, He had missed his direction in
the driving snow and was rapidly going
away into the storm.
Another experience was my own, also
while going across the lake for milk. l fell
through some thin ice 10 my waist on the
further shore. A bitter wind was blowing
and to avoid freezing or dangerous exposure
] was forced to run all the way home. Il
was quite a distance. considering that my
lungs have been pronounced nor too
sound.
Ono Of my comrades fell through In the
same way while crossing on Snowshoes. He
fortunately kept his balance and by quick
running over the breaking Ice got into shall
low water before he went down. Had he
not done 30 the snowshoes would have been
q dangerous IL not fatal hlndrance.
We have learned by this time not TO be
caught under falling trees The other day,
however, something happened that no skill
could anticipate.
We were chopping down a tree for fire.
wood and were safely out Of line with the
tottering trunk, but q big, rotten limb Jared
loose fell between us, striking my companion
a g~lancing blow on the shoulders. He was
laid up for a few days, while We oheered him
up by telling him il should have struck his
head, where it wouldn't have hurt him Of all.
For the last month and more deep snow
has been IN everything. The deep drifts
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STOPPED THE NORTH CLOCK.
winter Vas Too Much for One OF the -Four
In Court House Tower.

while / was out In Iowa not long ago
said a travelling man, Il saw what struck
me as a very unusual proof OF the dis
advantage Of anorthern exposure.
Il was staying a day or two in Clinton.
a town In the eastern part Of the State,
and / had occasion more than once 10 take
the trolley car which passed the court
house. The building has a large central
tower with a clock face on each side.
Il have a sort Of fondness for public
clocks in general and for the big friendly
faces which shine from clock towers in
particular. So as we approached the
court house from the south ! looked up
and noted the time. | even took out my
watch and compared the two. 1t was
about half past 10.
1t was about an hour later when / came
back, and again l glanced up at the clock,
this time at the one facing the north. To
my surprise II indicated aquarter of
Il couldn't see how that could be. Even
II the clock had stopped since had passed
an hour before II could no way have got
around to a quarter Of T.
was 30 pubblSd Ihat 4 kept my eyes
on the tow er as we spun along past the
court house, That brought us past it's
eastern side, and TO my amazement that
clock pointed cheerfully TO 1927, the time
II really was. When we got further along,
so that l could see the south clock, | found
that IL too was still doing business.
Il couldn't make II out, 80 | stepped out
on the front platform and put It up to the
motorman. for | had IN idea that he would
keep pretty good track Of that clocks
doings. he knew all about IL.
1T seems that the north clock has 10 take
the brunt Of ell the icy blasts without ever
a CLEAN Of warm sun 10 thAw her out, and
she just naturally lies down under the
strain once In a while. He said that once
in a great while the east or the west side
would come In for such harsh treatment
at the hands Of the weather that IL would
take TO welching, but that the south clock
was always az clipper as a cricket in the
warmest corner Of the hearth.
THE north clock, 90 he figured, got kind
OF stiff and numb, just as he did himself
when he was going into the teeth Of the
north wind.
''And, geer he said, II her hands get
az stiff as mine do l don't blame her Tor
I'd do 1t too II l had TO run
north all the while
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FAD or A JEWELLER
Who W0uid Rather sen q C0nar ButtOn
man Q Gold Watch. 10y

On a window Of a big jewelry store In
this city IL an advertisement OF a collar
button manufactured blythe firm. A7sh0w-
cas- standing near the door is piled fun Of
these buttons. and all around the inteSior
are advertisements Of them. The ssnior
member Of the hrm keeps his eye on the
collar button trade all day long.
The store deals IN everything pertain
ing 10 Al up 10 date jewelry store, and the
firm Ia not lea noted for its watches than
for other articles Pold from It's showcases,
but they interest the senior member httle.
He Watches the customers a. they enter.
and II o q them starts out without In
specdng the collar buttons, oven II the
gaie Of q diamond he's been efeotod The
ieweller is At the doclArst. '.''r'
Il know you want NGook at our collar
button bdore you leaVe,' says the Tner-
chant Just step over TO this showcase.
How many OF those buttons have yoG Odd
to-day, Jooi Only a thousand? Dropping
on q bit on the sales, aren't YOU? ltellSou
I'm proudef Of that httle button tAm |
o. all the rest OF the shooting match
put together. because it's my own idea.
Try one some time DC -F" -" s1E-
SITS the simple truth that the ofd boss
would rather sen one OF those collar tut
tons Than q gold watch, he's;eo tfanbed
uph them. tbayd the saleSthanf sSoSHS
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built fires In the cooking stove and Ore
place. Then 10 dread l took my usual
half bath Of cold water. had 10 uss an
axe 10 break the Toe In the iron bucket. Az
the cold water touched my skin a cloud Of
steam filled the room.
A l prepared breakfast I found that my
feet Were numbing. Iatapped heels and
toes 10 the floor as I pranoed between
kitchen and tsblS, but only one foot warmed
up. Then alarmed in earnest l stripped Oh
shoe and stocking 10 hnd two toes well
nipped, white and hard a. marble.
1t took mo a. hour 10 thSv them out
In cold water. Then for q long time they
felt a. though they belonged TO somebody
else.
When the boys returned they had quite
q tale 10 tell Of being almost froDen 10 the
blizzard in a vain attempt 10 return earlier
from town to camp. One Of them con-
traoted q serious cold.
Just then l was called 10 New York on Q
business trip. On my return In . few days
/ found that on account Of this illness and
the depth Of the snow they had been unable
to get in any 6reWood. What had been
accumulated VA all used up.
The sick man went home for a nursing,
leaving two Of us 20 struggle with oondi-
tons. For two days We stuck II out, bring
ing in the wood over the drifts on snow
shoes. =
Then vi gave It up and both suddenly
discovered separate and good reasons lead
ing strangely 10 the identical conclusion,
namely, a trip to the city. So we hired a
man to cut and haul some wood for us in
our absence and With remarkably syn
chronous haste betook ourselves to city
comfort.
After the weather had moderated In two
or three weeks We all found ourselves early
In March at the hotel In Liberty, prepared
for a second attempt, The weather was a
little warmer but the snow was still deep
and forbidding. Every time We mentioned
the camp all hands took another drink.
At last We hired q sleigh and after con-
siderable phnging Of horses and alternate
Shovelling and curSing from Us were trans
ported by a partly broken road 10 our lake
just across from the cabin. The lake itself
was impossible 10 tho horses because Of the
o l had had the ~forethought TO bring
my skis out with me, which was most for
tunate, as they enabled me to cross and get
snowShoss for the others.
So here We are. The man who was hired
TO cut wood didn't stay hired. We still lack
wood. The wind has blown down the door
Of the woodhouse and II has required a
special searching party to find the pitiful
remnants Of our formerly high TERED wood
pile, Around VI the snow Is drfted Eve
and six feet deep.
Tomorrow We are ali going TO work TO
solve the wood problem. In the meantime
We blow on our fingers and stamp our feet
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-29
BEGGAR TYPES.
The Blind Man whose Helper Has . Big
VOlce-smalI Boy and Note.

The Blind Man Whose Helper Hal q Big
V~OIce-SmalI Boy M Note.
One beggar known TO many New Workers
is a blind man who visits downtown saloons
and restaurants In tow OF a man who not
only has his sight but a huge, .beefy voice
into the bargain. The blind man Carries
pencils theoretically for sale.
The custom Of this pair is TO pause at the
entrance TO the place they are working,
while the man with the voice roars: Scents.
please help a poor blind boy by buying
from him.
That gets the attention Of all, and II tho
two are not put out at once they get to
work. Il is TO be noticed that the bli1dman
rarely offers any pencils in return Tor what
is dropped into his palm. "ir'
At the end Of the tour they line up at the
door again, both this time saying: Thank
you, gents. God bless you and 90. out.
A Brooklyn fat dweller recently opehed
his door 10 a timid knock and found al IL
a small boy, who asked II he might zee the
lady OF the house" The man constituted
himself that authority for a moment and
asked what was wanted.
The boy handed him a note, neatly enough
written, but rather worn, as II by uae.
please help my boy with a little money.
We are cold, and he il getting ONO money
to buy coal. I'M his mother, but l am,too
sick to move read the note, which was
signed with a name and an address.
The Brooklyn man wa unable 30 figure
out whether Il was the boys private enter
prise, z regularly established begging plant
or q deserving case. he took a chance Oh
the last.
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10 paint the woodwork ths sans shsds a.
the background Of thoir furniture and
ornament Il with the painted patterns.
In such cases the hanRinpS should b. Of
the same shade ~ the baokUounds, but
without patterns; or II there "a pattern
y follows the design Of the furniture and
the woodwork.
In some cases there are cretonnes and
ohint1ea which match exactly. In thess
rathsr overdone instances the lamp shades
are made Of the same material.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-29
4 RESCUE BY FIREMEN.
Only One digger In the Sawdust Avalanche
VINO Needed 70 BE PrOdded.

At the scene Of an accident on the West
Side Of town which required the services
OF the hremen, although there wa no fire,
an incident developed which perhaps has
not a parallel In the story Of that eventful
and devoted department. An immense
Ice box had collapsed. burying several
people under tons Of savduSt. Three Of
them never breathed again.
The firemen on arrival set Immediately
at work digging over the heap Of sawdust,
hurting it by shovelfuls out through the
nearest break in the wall. Deputy Chief
Deyanney came in in a moment. After one
glance around.
This Is one Of the times when minutes
count, men, said he; lets be lively
The shovels few, all but one. One Of
tho workers moved his shovel only In the
routine way Of a union workman who
wouldn't want his own ~assiduity to pre-
vent a fellow u%nionist from getting a Job.
,%ovanney looked At him. The sight isn't
lf'ly to offer itself In the New York Fire
department..
he chief said 10 him In q moment: You
cont seem to like your Job The man
worked on exactly q before. A momspt
later Devanney said, speaking apparently
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-29
PLEASANT WALKS OF LIFE.
The Hand Organs Along broadway Make
PrOgress Very Easy.

This Ia the seaSon Of the year when a walk
down Broadway, that is upper Broadway,
is nothing but a march TO music. There are
simply hundreds Of hand organs on the west
side Of uptown and at some time or another
In the day they are playing on different
blocks on the avenue.
SO II q person Is accustomed 10 taking a
constitutional along the street or lie waking
any distance on business he may take his
steps with musical accompaniment. There
are differences In time, OF course, because
while an organ at Ninety-fourth street has
passed you along with ia Machicha,' the
grinder at Nnety-frst street, the next you
encounter, is playing THE Wearing Of the
Green which lasts down 70 about Eighty
eighth street.
There is encountered a rather ancient mu-
Gcal instruments doing out Annie Rooney
By means Of the organs a two mile walk iS
done 10 lifting strains that make the dis
tanoe pass like two blocks.
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and the shallow are all alike TO us when We
sally out on snowShoes. Our ease Of loco
motion tempts US often into long tramps
through the beautifully SNOW draped woods.
Since one Of Us broke a snowshoe and had
totravel a mile or more back over a crust
that broke through at every second step,
sometimes to waist high depth, we have been
more careful Of solitary walks.
One night my comrades went into town
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his mother. who was kept on the outside OF
the group. surrounding the surgeons; but
she Jaw him.
And there was one woman whose heart
could have been vohuble 10 Deputy Chief
Devsnney. Only she did not know that the
chief had anything to do with the rescue
Of her boy after more than half an hours
burial In the SUD coating sewduSt, any more
work there there was only one who had not
been willing 30 believe that there wa any
one alive beneath the pile.
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CHINESE TO SAVE FORESTS.
School Of Porebtry Seen To he Opened
Where Wood h Scarce.
IRON he CAioaOo T1bure.

from he CAtcooo T1buES.
The Chinese are saving their forests. The
almost worldwide movement 10 protect and
establish forests has reached the Celestial
Empire, aud the. nrst Chlness school Of for
estry shortly viii Be opened IN Mukden.
The Chinese realm somOtimes 10 pointed
out a. tho worst example among modern
nations o. forest destruction, The floods
which periodically are poured down from the
comparison with those OF any other country,
and the rant Of forests IL assigned a. the
chief cause.
Wood is scaroer In China than in almost
s Il 0s9et mnn1I.so Eesloh = ths vorla,
growing OF tres. 10 the estAbliahment Of q
forest 6chpol the Chkneep 0oveTnmsnt gives
evidence that Il FOali1sS the heed Of bOgt6htnR
tts Bef~orestation In 3 scientific manner
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robes, That night wore fur boots TO bed
for the first time, but in spite Of them my
feet were nearly fro5e. Several times !
had TO take Of tho boots and chafe back
the circulation.
In the morning | dashed into the house
in my pajamas, UGH il anything 1t was
COLDER than the outside.
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HYhG kks cHsgdf, bsonr uied, colteSt ntly
.hls not Odsy6 sAy NhSthsr HNodIA pay
or not.
IL Il true NAT conditions have ohalgCl,
sven SL1eo Mr.. DAILY gave Tbs ProdlRal
Son. TIE city u larger, the th~eatregoing
element has increased In numbers; there
b made 70 psy.' 's 1T
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to attend some kind Of party. They were
kept away for a couple OF days by a blizzard
leaving me to solitary state,
As the wind howled over rue in my out
door bed / lay and shivered under all my
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a. we cit In the house. The orstwhils
cheerful fireplace Is cold and black.
Only the cooking stove, fed sparingly
from our fast dwindlng stock Of stove
wood, sends out its inadequate heat into the
chill Of the cabin. ! am tempted TO add
that our tears freeze and rattle In hail upon
the floor, but alasl I am too honest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-30
Captain Tells What
Phenomena Were Seen
From Aboard His Ship

One of the best descriptions of the
shock yet obtained was given by the
captain of the Italian ship Washing
ton, which arrived at Palermo fror,
Messina. He entered the Strait OF
Messina Just as the first shock oc-
cur ed.
The snip quivered as though it had
lost a screw" the captain said. "A
fog Immediately enveloped the vessel,
but we continued on TO Messina. We
began to see the floating wrecks of
ships and houses and furniture that
had been washed from the city. They
came whirling down the strait. and it
was with difficulty that We escaped
collisions.
Soon many boats that were still
manned by their crews approached US
and began begging for help. We
touched at the city for only short
time, but it looked as though the
town had been swept away
Near Gazzirri the mayor came out
to us in a boat He said that 1000
people had been killed in his town and
500 hurt. The whole sky was overcast
| with clouds of dust that rose from
| tumbling buildings and smoke from
burning ruins. This, coupled with the
i, knowledge that thousands We're dead
and dying and the terrible agitation oil
| the survivors, make a terrifying pic
tire"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-30
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

the office of assistant manager of the
United States department of the Prus-
sian National, with headquarters at
Chicago Mr.. Valentine has been spe-
cial agent for the company in Iowa
and Minnesota for the last six years.
and previous TO that was with the
Sun of London.
Obituary Record.-William c. Brad
ley died yesterday at his home over
the Mas livery, III East Fourth
street, after an illness of four days
with pneumonia. Deceased was 81
years old and was born at Elizabeth
n. J. He was reared at Maquoketa
and had lived in this city for seven
years, being employed the entire time
with the F. H. Mas Livery company
where he had gained the good will Of
all He was a member of the loca
order of the NJ IS. A He is survived
by his wife, Laura, nee Eaton; his
father, Peter; five sisters and 81,
brothers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-30
arents. MIR. and Mrs. Willard Hamp-

parents. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hamp-
ton of Eliza
Mrs. Felix Vanatta and children
spent Christmas with Mrs. Vanattas
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Lambert,
OF Muscatine.
John Powell and family ate their
Christmas dinner at the home of Mr..
Powelrs brother, Sherman Powell Of
Illinois City.
Edward Mewes of Moline came
down Thursday to visit several days
! with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
! Mewes
Henry Kruger of Lone Tree. Iowa
| is visiting relatives ia this neighbor
! hood
Everett Bartlett is in Iowa visiting
friends and relatives.
Rev. Mr.. Richardson Of Illinois City
expects to commence a series of re
vival meetings at Eliza Tuesday even
= ing.
Several Of the young people of thi.
neighborhood attended the oyster sup
per held at Eliza last Thursday even
ing by the Ladies' Aid society.
All the news all the time TIKI
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-30
AFTER The GRIPPE
Vinol Restored This Mans
Strength

Several years ago was attacked by
a severe case of grippe, which left me
with a hacking cough, soreness in my
chest. and bronchitis. l took nearly
every kind of cough syrup sold on the
market, besides medicine given me by
physicians.
received no permanent relief until
my druggist asked me to try Vinol,
and after taking three bottles I was
entirely cured.
believe Vinol to be the greatest
blessing ever offered to the public, as
It does what is claimed for it." r. Z r.
Hicks. Maplesville, Ala.
The reason yinol cures chronic
coughs, colds and pulmonary troubles
is because 1t contains tonic iron and
all the healing and body building ele-
ments of cod liver oil but no oil.
Vinol is also unexcelled as strength
builder for old people, delicate children,
weak and rundown persons, and after
sickness.
viNoL is sold in Rock island at Har
per House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-30

waves over the village. | was caught
up by the water but as my home was
situated in the highest part of the
village my life was saved.
81 clutched the branches of a tree
and held on for few seconds till the
water subsidized. Half the village was
gone. The cliff had crumbled away
and the wreckage strewed the beach
could see unfortunate human beings
struggle to their feet only to be sucked
back into the maelstrom by new
waves.
Every one who could flee did so
We escaped up the hills, while new
tidal waves Numbered below us, an;
we saw the last of the village SWEEP
! into the sea. There were some 40i
souls in the little town; do not thinl
that so escaped.
"All of us were wounded. did wha
| could to aid the injured, but | ha,
no. instruments or medicines. Severa
had lost arms or legs and were scarce
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-30

able to drag themselves along. l made
tourniquets out Of strips of clothing
and stopped the flow of blood, but this
was all could do.
Out of one family OF Il only
mother and her youngest babe sur
vived. The rest had been drowned By
the tidal wave. The mother was ter
'ribly wounded, but nevertheless strug
gled to carry her infant 10 safety.
Il tried to help her along, but her
wounds were so serious that she at last
fell dead. l carried the infant for
some time and then gave it to a wo-
man who had lost her own children.
Bride Dead; Husband Suicide.
"a young bridegroom, whose we'd
ding had been celebrated WI ,::oat
festivities in the village a few days
ago, and whose bride had been
drowned, deliberately cut his throat in
sight of all. 1t affected no one. we
We're so horror stricken at What had
already happened that one more death
did not seem to make great difference
Several persons were driven mad
by horror; one woman threw herself
over a cliff and was dashed 10 death.
IN some places l found thai the
tidal wave had penetrated niles in
land drowning families like rats in q
trap, and carrying fishing vessels {
mile or two inland.
II went through some y or "A vii
lagos. and not one of these was III
harmed Most of them We're tota
ruins, with scores of dead in each
The people were afraid 10 enter theil
homes, if these were left standing
They camped out in the oIep III mos
cases with nothing to cover them O
protect them from the Clements.
LoOtcrs Shot by Soldiers.
THE soldiers are coming into tn
earthquake district fast and are shoot
ing looters wherever they are found
| saw one man who robbed q woman
corpse of some jewels caugh. and eH
ecuted.
He was lined UP against wal
given 80 seconds to pray-there wa
no priest at hand-and shot down
They are shooting every robber the
find.
"The distress is terrible, especial
from lack of food and clothing. 70
nearly all the supplies are gon'
Thousands will die of starvation III
less aid is prompt"