Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-05-19
THE MATTERHORN.
Its Pointed Peak and tho Wonderful
View II Unfolds.

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Its Pointed Peak and tho Wonderful
| View II Unfolds.
There are very few Alpine peaks so
pointed as the MatterhorD Some-as.
| for instance, Mont Blanc-are merely
large Jumps Of frozen snow, but the
Matterhorn is quite pointed and thin.
| composed of a ridge formed by a per
| pendicular wall of rock on one side
and very steep rocky slope on the
| other. slope which after going a few
| yards at an incline breaks off sharp
into preciplce
When on the top. therefore, one Is
absolutely perched up between heaven
and earth. Never before have seen SO
much space around and below ME. 1t
Is wonderful. immense, unreal The
panorama unfolded to the eyes is n SUI
perb one. an inextricable mass of
peaks-Rosa. the Breithorn, the Com
bin, Mont Blanc, the Jungfrau and
others. There at our feet lies Zermatt.
seemingly tiny toy village. where we
can imagine the tourists paying their
franc to the telescope man to look at
US. These good folk do not dream of
the great difficulty we have in keep
ing our feet because of the wind.
Alas. 1t is so cold and the position
such a precarious one that about ten
minutes after our arrival we are com
PEELED to turn our steps toward the
descent, which on the Alps is much
more to be dreaded than the ascent
Wide World Magazine.
Near, but Net Quite. -..
Mrs. Bitznoodle had two "stars"
at her great social gathering-Herr
schpuntz, the great. If unknown, plan
ist from the fatherland. and DR.. Bump
feller, the world famed, IL fake, phre-
nologist.
Listen" said Mrs. r. Just before
the latter entered the room. 81 am GO
Ing to let the professor feel Herr
Schpuntz's bumps. He Is u wonder.
I'll wager anything he'll be able to
tell that Herr Schpuntz is a musician"
Excitement ran high. DIR. Bump
feller entered and began playing five
finger exercise that would have done
credit to Schpuntz himself on the mu-
sician's classic Uranium.
Here" he began. "here-ahem!-is
a practical business man, man of
great common sense, with no nonsense
about him. No wasteful arts for him!
No wonderings in the realms of fancy!
No dreamer Of
He caught the hostess pleading eye.
She was playing scales upon her lap
He winked a blissfully unconscious
wink.
But his breathless audience missed
It!
"Ah," he concluded. this gentleman
lives by the skill of his hands.
should say that he is. one Of the most
expert typewrlters In the kingdom.'-
Surprised Her.
A gentleman who had spent the
greater portion Of his life In Canada
relates IN amusing experience which
befell him.
He had been on hunting expedition
roughing It rather severely, and on
taking n seat In n railway train re-
turning homeward he looked as be
grimed and weather beaten n trapper
as ever brought his skins into a set
tlement.
He happened to find n seat next to a
young lady, evidently belonging to
Boston, who, after taking stock of him
for few minutes, remarked:
Don't you find an utterly passion
full sympathy with natures mountains
and the dim aisles of the horizon
touching forests, my good man?"
"Oh. yes" replied the apparent back
woodsman, ''and also l am frequently
drawn into an exaltation Of rapt soul
fulness and beatifc incandescent in
fnity of abstract contiguity when my
horse stumbles."
"Indeedw said the young lady, much
surprised. II had no idea the lower
classes felt like hat."-Chicago Rec
ord-nerald. f''.