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"TtfFPfff' W 9 ;i IfBu HARNESSING GLACIER STREAMS Life Sentence. Tho Marquis ot Quconabcrry, apro pos of tho long sentence of Foulke E. Brandt, said nt a dinner in Now York: "It reminds me of nn incldont In London. A certain peer drovo in a Uxlcab to Wostmlnstor nnd, whon ho got out, gavo the driver a very small UP. "Tho driver mistook him for a mem ber ot tho houso of commons and marled: H1 hope you got turned out next eloction and don't novor got In again!' " 'Don't worry, my friend,' said the poor, as ho set off for tho houso of lords. 'Dont worry I'm in for life.' " Ti now ouiitgerland Capitalises Its Barrenness ii & ur&Rory unaermu , ti zxx 1 BLfine tonic $ 19 FOR WOMCl 1 -j j i 'm ' 1 1 m r MMrBMiriB alliiiTri'iT rl liTi JijiImii i i in 'iii it i mHiwBWMI it - i K5allaHaHltawx 8aaaaaEag '- i cr&czmr ort g&zgzf&s HO has not known Switzer land tho past five years knows not the Switzerland of today. The cascades, tho torrents, and rivers run thero still, but they are controlled and util ized. Tho mountains rear their lofty hoads, but not as of old. They are conquered and hnrnessed. The early summer of 1911 Indicated that tho heat web to be unusual In Italy, and thai wo must leave our villa on the thelghts near S. Minlnto for some cool retreat, fund Switzerland was decided upon. Our ap proach thlthor was by Lago dl Conio, plan Inlng to remain a low days at Tramezzo, where the summer preceding wo had enjoyed lor 'nearly two weeks, the companionship of'sov eral American friends. From Trnmezzo wo took steamer for Mcnag gio, crossed by the railroad to Porlezza on Lake JLufjano, over which wo sailed, past Lucano to 'Capo dl Lago nnd by tho "rack and pinion" rail Iroad to Monto Generoso, conceded to offer the 'widest, most varied, and beautirul expanse ot mountain scenery In Switzerland, Its only rival I the Corner Grat. In our approach down the Lako or Lucerne iby the historic point whero Tell Jumped ashore, puat the Rigi, and the many Buuimits 'that rlao from the shores of that historic luke, wo began to observe the wonderful results of iSwiss energy and ability. Tho rack nnd pinion Irallrond takes one to the summit ot Pilatus, about G,ono feet nltitude, where, the night may bo passed in a largo comfortable hotel, and returns you to Lucerno next morning for tho moderate charge of twenty-live francs, cov ering all charges for tho oxcurslon. Tho rack land pinion also ascends tho Kigl some 5,000 jfeet, on whoso summits are several good ho kels. Tho general Impression made by such ascent was well voiced, I think, by an Ameri can girl, whom I overheard saying: "1 was (really disappointed with tho Rigi, but I am glad I went up, for I should always have Hhought I had missed much if I had not gone." ,The funicular railroad takes ono to Burgon latock, Stnnserthorn, and also Sonnenberg and Gutsch. As, oven in this ago of travel, not every ono goes to Switzerland, or has observed the tflfforenco in principle or construction between tho rack and pinion nnd the funicular, 1 may :say hero that the former has a middle rail on jtho roadbed, sot with teeth deep and broad, land tho motor car usually has four cylinders with similar teeth, each cylinder so succes jeively revolving as to reciprocally Insert its ite'oth between tho teeth' of tho middio rail, and so force tho car up. It usually descends !by gravity, controlled by brakos, in either case moving at very slow pace, rarely, six miles an hour. It is obviously much safer than tho funicular, having so much more hold ing surface, and nowhere depending upon a singlo support Tho funicular Is run by a singlo cablo on tho principle of the elevator. It has tho advantage of being usablo on much steeper grndes than the rack and pinion can be run on, even at nn nnglo over CO per cent, ' whilo tho rack and pinion seldom exceeds 25 per cent, and usually runs at about 20 por cent. Both systems are armed with very ef ficient brakes, but In case or mishap I should prefer to be on tho "rack and pinion." Tho ascent of the Wotterhorn is made by a car suspended from a cable dangling In mid air. Tho rido across tho S. Gothard from Lugano to Lucerne had been interesting.- We were now to attempt an even wilder pass, tho Brunig, on our way to Intorlnken, mainly tak en over by the "rack and pinion." The de velopment in tho rural region is remarkable, and particularly In recent years. The view of tho Jungfrau from the park at Interlalten was not nearly ns attractive as it was last year, when in tho very cool Bummer it was com pletely covered with glistening snow nnd ice. The courage and shrewdness or the Swiss is shown In reaching out from tho old estab lished centers to new llclds, selected because of their favorable exposures; somotlmos ap proached by the funicular, or rack and pinion, ometimes only over a donkey path, and even or miles on foot. Sana-Fee, for example, at 6,000 feet nltltudo is so approached from tho Visp to Zermatt. We mot a gray-haired rector or tho Church of England and his grown daughters, who wore all to walk for five hours, mostly up grade, from the Btatlon to Baas Feo. Tho English aro particularly fond of such pictur esque quiet mountain resorts. But I must return to our rido to tho Jungfrau. Tho last six miles and over woro through a tunnel cut in the solid rock, and the present terminus 1b n the solid rock, hundreds of feet below tho surface. Tho only light, nlr, and outlook aro through wido apertures cut through tho solid rock of tho mountainside. Standing in tho ion. Even tho Mattorhorn in partially equip ped with llxcd ropes, nnd soino attempts nt pnthB have boen mndo. On can reach tho summit of tho Iligl nnd return Jn a few hours, or reuiuhi in a comfortablo hotel. I havo alluded to tho exploiting or the mountains. Tho glaciers aro being similarly utilized. All tho mountain railways aro run by olectricity, so nro tho cars in passing through tho Simplori Tunnel. Soon the S. Gothard lino will bo oloctrlllcd, and In turn tho other railroads will follow. The only hindrance is tho delay and iirst cost In substi tuting electric motors Tor steam. As I drove by the fierce rushing torrents, mainly fed by snow nnd glaciers nnd apparently unfailing, I estimated that at no distant day Switzerland would supply olectricity proiltably not only for its own requirements, but also Tor nearly all Germany. In time thoso snows nnd gla ciers ard to pay tho ontlro expenses or tho re public, averting tho necessity of tnxntion. A gold mlno will give out; thoso mountain sum mits and glaciers will not. Tho Jtalians woro shrowd nnd nblo In util izing, capitalizing tho' forostiort, but tho Swiss nro rar In tho lead, tho most highly orgnnlzcd, scientific absorbers (another word noarly es caped mo), I think, on tho face of tho oarth. When I found myself taxed for tlio band 1 protested. I had not naked for any hand, or agreed to pay for ono; I would pay somothlng if thoy would not play. Of courso, it ended in my paying. A Kursnal tax Is levied on tourists, through tho landlords. A frloud ot mlno protested thut her mothor, past elgnty, large open restaurant, saiotto, and entrance room containing even post office facilities (ex cept for tho open spnees in tho mountain side) you are completely entombed In solid rock beneath great bodies of snow and ice In tho very heart of tho Swiss mountains. It is tho loftiest tunnel in Europe, prob ably in tho world, measuring ton feet wido and fourteen feet three inches In height, cut through llmestono so hard nnd tenacious that a lining of masonry is unnecessary. The gradient is ono in four, tho track is three feet four inches wide; tho last stretch starts irom Kleino Schoidegg, on which only a Bcoro of years ago not n singlo house stood. Now sev eral largo buildings havo been erected, hotels, shops, sheds, etc., and they are the center of groat animation; tho cries ot railway and ho tel porters, and tho ringing of bolls, mingled with tho conversations carried on In every known tongue by tourists, aro hoard on every hand. Over 3,000 persons aro carried to tho Kleino Scheidegg in n single day. The Jung frau railway is worked by electricity, and Its flnglnoa nr lh finst mountain engines in the world. The Wogen alps and the Jungfrau railway Is not worked after October. Because of the heavy snowfalls, water Is difficult to procure. From November to May, fresh water is on tirely lacking, every drop required for drink ing, washing, etc., and for the drills, 13 ob tained from snow, melted by electricity. Four teen quarts or Bnow mako ono quart of water. Incrodiblo quantities or snow fall here, tho entire lower story of tho houses is burled in snow, and a thick wall of it rises in front of tho windows. Tho worst foe of the colonists is tho south wind, or "Fohn." Under Its im pact the buildings tremblo to their very base In tho open air it is Impossible to mako head against the "Fohn," tho only thing to do is to He down Hat on tho ground and to hold on to whatever ono can grasp, taking ndvantngo of tho lulls to ndvauce a few yards. Tho first station after entering tho great tunnel is Eigerwand, exenvnted in tho rock. Nowhere except on tho Jungrrnu railway Is thero a station blasted out of tho Interior or n mountain and yet commanding n magnificent vlow. In tho evening an electric searchlight of 91,000,000 candlo-power throws its beams far and wide. It Is said that by Its light a newspaper can bo read in tho streets of Thun, sixty miles distant. At last we rench Elstneer, tho present torminus, 10,370 feet abovo sea level. Tho station is a marvel or constructive ingenuity. A largo hall, excavnted, plorced with several openings on tho south sldo, twen ty Toot wide, forms n comfortable room which can bo heated, with parquet floor and glass windows. On ono side aro tho upnrtments of tho stationmnstor, with a post olllco, tho loftiest iu Europe; on tho othor, tho kitchen of tho restaurant and tho larders, iio wood or coal is used. Electricity does tho cooking nnd heating. Soon tho railway will bo carried to a point nnar th Hiimtnit, where sn elevator a -cnu-ino perpendicular lift, will takotho tourist IMU feet to tho very summit of tho Jungfrau (13,428 feet). A two days' drivo over the Grlrasel 1'ass took us through tunnels, under overhanging arches, by leaping cascades, roaring brookH and rivers, and endless chains of pines and llrs, broken occasionally by a small holding of cloured land. A level bit of land is always cultivated, uud chulcts nro raised Hero and there, tho goats crossing our track, tho cows, with their bolls keeping time with tho foot falls of our horses, and nlways in over-shirt-ing linos tho everlasting hills, rising higher and higher. Who knows how thoy camo there? All along I havo been impressed with. th sagacity and energy with which tha Swiss ex plolt their rugged country, whoo chler ns Bots are mountulns nnd slaole, ordinarily the most profitless. And, yot. In doing so, they kill tho romance ot moimtaincoring. Tho imagination that kindles tho courage that dares, tho glory of boldg one of tne elect tew to achieve such ascents, the lino ecstasy ot conquest, tho exhilaration of tho hardly won far-distant reaches, nil aro to disappear betoro mechanism nnd ilnance. In nbout two years any gouty old gentleman and dolicnto, gray haired (never old) lady on tho summit of tho Jungfrau, at 13,070 feet altitude, can look sympathizing! down upon tho toilers bolow. Mont Blanc, tho highest summit of tho entlro range, is being rapidly harnessed clear to Its summit, with its equipment of rack nnd pin- novor entered it Thn ottid.il rnpllod thoro Is ho requiring such payments, but your land lord will havo to pay If you do not; alio paid it Tho railroads aro practically all owned by tho government, and tho rates aro high; tho mountain rates, very high. Of courso, as they aro expensive, and the Keason is short, thoy should charge accordingly; but 1 have paid a'J cents n tnllo for each of my l'umily. All trunks are weighed and churged lor nt high rates. On tho mountain railroads oven tho hand pieces uro so charged. Not every one, these tunnoldnys, has crossed the Passes, end noted tho admlrablo road-cnginoorlng la 'Which the SwIsb, as well as tho Itallana, nro past masters. And they protoct thplr roads; auto mobiles bolng allowed only on certain roads and pauses, and at certain hours. Wo might well tako losaona from thom. Automobiles, llko tho railroad earn, should havo thoir spe cial roads, and bo restricted to them. In tha season Switzerland Is a mob, extreme tunnel road to Eslmcer, only miloa long, Is carrying throo thousand sengers n day, running trams Jn throo tlons, at fourteen cents n mllo.- Tho income Is easily reckoned. I should advise all Ameri cans to timo their visit to Switzerland fo'r Juno or Scptombor, unless thoy nro fond of "winter sports" and aro strong enough to bcaf them. , Every winter sees a decided Increneo of vis itors who come to slide down hill, skate, and revel in tho snow and lco. Toboggan slider, of three to four miles, run with proper safe guards, aro arranged; tho return ascent la made by railroad or other slmllur contrlvunco. Artificial ico ponds, if natural oneB nro not near, uro cloared of snow for tho skator. Switzerland is to bo as much of a winter rosort ns n summer one porhaps tnoro. In short, tho canny Swiss aro likely to coin monsy out of snow and Ice. Tho six pas- sec- People of Large Appetites Koreans Are Ranked as the Most Vo racious Eaters of Any In the Known World. the Koreans appear to bo tho creat- Tt enters In the world. To this tho Japanese, French, English, Dutch and Cblnoso an near witness. AH ro ports concerning the Korean capacity for food. Boem to agree. In this re spect there Is not tho least dlfToronco between tho rich nnd tho poor, tho noblo and tho plobeian. To cat much Is an honor in Korea, and tho merit of a feast, It would seom, consists not sp much in the quality as In the quan tity of, tho food served. Uttlo conver sation occurs during tho Korean meal, for each sontonco might loso a mouthr ful. a Korean Is always ready to eat ho attacks whatover ho meets with, and rarely crlos "Enough." Even be tween meals ho will help himself to anything' edlblo that Is offorcd . Tho ordinary nortlon of n himrnr is I about a quart of rlco, which, when rrrfeA vn nlmn ...... .1 1 t mi. I . uuvu, iimi.ta u jjuuu UUIK. TJUB, I10W- over, Is no serious hlndranco to his devouring doublo or troblo tho quan tity when ho can get It. Eating matches aro common. Who nan ox is slaughter ed and tho beef is sorved up, a heap ing bowl of the steaming mass doss not alarm any guest. When fruits, such ns pouches or small molons, aro served, it is said that thoy aro de voured without peeling. Twonty or thirty pcachoB nro domed nn ordinary allownnco per person nnd rapidly dis appear. Such prodigality In food is, howovor, not common, and for ono feast thero p.o many fastings. Tho Koreans nro i: either fastidious In thoir eating nor pa nstaklr.g in their cook ing. Nothing goes to wnsto. All is grist that comes to tho mill in thoir mouths Larae Trade In Charcoal. Charcoal is used to a considerable extent in Sheffield, Englnnd, ono wholesalo firm dealing Jn it estimat ing tho aggregate amount handled at $150,000 yearly, with a considerable quantity purchased by largo flrm3 dl rcct from tho locnl burners. The Dreadful Age. Don't you drend to reach that ago whn you will becin In innl1- n holldny u day of rest? Atchison Globe. Wbon an old man dios nnd Mb rola tlvoa say that ho Is bettor off tho chrmcM ard thai liu is. The nvorngo man's way of forgiving an enemy ia meaner than his refusal to do 80. What tho world noods Is loss good advlco nnd moro good oxnraplo. 'A wffUWt t?MAn Cu. H!... C. A. l r f. nw" vi.jr-A-iv3 iu a-my txrts mucn oenentei by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Tho a change of Hfo w h a most critical poriod in a woman's ex istence, and tho anxioty folb by women as It draws near Is not without mason. r "When hor system ia in a de ranged condition, sho may bo prodisposod to apoploxy, or con gestion of some organ. At this timo, also, cancers and tumors aro moro liablo to form and begin thoir destructive work. Such warning symptoms as Bonso of suffocatiqn, hot flashos, headaches, backaches, dread of ponding evil, timidity, sounds in tho cars, palpitation of tho heart, sparks before tho oyos, Irregularities, constipation, varl ablo appotito, weakness and Inquiotudo, and dizziness, aro promptly heeded by Intelligent womon who aro approaching tho poriod In lifo when woman's great change may bo expected. Theso symptoms aro calls from naturo for help. Tlio nerves aro crying out for assifltdncn and tho ory should bo heeded in time. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegctablo Compound is prepared to meet tho ncods of women's system at this trying period of her life. Ifc Invigorates and strengthens tho fomalo organism and builds up tho woakonod norvous Bystom. It has carried many womon safely through this crisis. r T- ,f-rfc.vi'j i ana V W Y a. Il (li viiirc.Lsieua laiiuspic 'I ' H ONE CASE OUT OP MA2STK?h TO PliOVE OUR CLAIMS. St. Anno, 111. "I wns .passings through tho chango of lifo and I was a porfeot wreck from female ' troubles. I had a displacement ' and bearing down pains, weak fainting- spells, dizziness, thea juuuiu uuu. cum icuiuiuh. some times my" feet and limbs wora swollen. I was Irregular and had so much backacho and headache, was nervous, billable uud vaa despondent Sometimes my apft petite was good but more of ten a was not. My kidneys troubled mo at times and I could walk only a short distance " jl saw your advertisement in a paper and took -Lydia E. rink ham's Vegetable Compound, and i was noipea irom tne iirst. tho end or two months tho swe ling liad gono dowo, I was novea oi nam. and nmiid -wn with pnan T fvinf.iniinrl with h medicino and now I do almost al my Housework. I know your medicino has saved mo from tho grave rmd I am willing for you to publish anything I write to you, for the good of others."--Mrs. Esteixa Giutsfie, R.F.D, No. 4, Box 84, St. Anno, Illinois. Ho Was the One. A small boy with a rather lost and loncsomo appearanco walked into tho county clerk's offioo at tho court nouso. Ho gazed about him for a timo and finally approachod Deputy Henry Smlloy. "Ploaso, sir," tho lott said timidly, "havo you seen anything of a lady around hero?" "Why, yes, Bonny," nnsworod JSmf loy, "I'vo seen sovornl." "Well, have you swii uuy wlllibut a llttlo boy?" tho lad asked, Rnxlrtusly. "Yes," replied Smiley. "Well," Bald tho UtUd chap, an a rolioved look crossed his faco, "I'm tho llttlo boy. Where's tho lady?" Denver Times. regtrdAy." , "What w y wlfo a chock for fl.OOO was tho causo of your Ubor- fclity?" "I know she'd novor hnvo tho nerve to try to cash it." Great 8ystem. "This winter nir is nico and froBh," Buld tho brisk citizen, "That's whero you aro wrong," ro piled tho man from Chicago. "It's tho samo old air; it only seems fresh bo cause It has been in cold storage." Chance for Him. Qorald People can got used to any thing. Qcraldino Thon why not cheer up? Garfield Tea, for tho Ills resulting from lot puru blood, Is a remedy of tried cdicacy. Drluk before retiring. It's practically Impossible for n man to form an impartial opinion or him- BOlf. Splendid Crops In Saskatohtwtri (Wastirn Canada), jmOO Bushels from 20 acres I oi wncot was trio tnreitier MM return irom a Liioyo minsMr farm lo Ut$ emon of 1310. Misy field In thnt o wtU m other districts yield ed from 23 to S3 W litls of wlient t tb acre. Other groin is proportion. LARGE PHOFiTS am Ikna ti lwal 7.fc:tf. rief ; n rifririftu linn u a Waalera Canaan. Us excellent itiowln? outsat price to saranca. 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Recently it hat been dcCnitly proven by experiments on animals that alcohol lowers the germicidal power of the body and that alcohol paralyzes the white cor puscles of tho blood and renders them unablo to take up and destroy disease germs Disease germs cause the death of over one-half of the human race. A blood medicine, made entirely without alcohol, which is a pure glyceric ex tract of roots, such ns Uloodroot, Queen's root, Golden Soal root, Mandrake and IStone root, has been extensively sold by druggists for the past forty years as Dr. Fierca'a Golden Medical Discovery. Tho refreshing influence of this extract is iiks Nature's influence the blood is bathed in the tonio which gives life to tho blood the vital fires of the body burn brighter and their increased activity consumes tha tlisuo rubbish which has accumulated during tho winter. Dr. It. V. I'ierce, the founder of tho Invalids' Hotel, ad Surgical Initltuto, and a physician Tof , huge experience and practice, was tho first to mako up an Alteiativb BxtkAct of roots, without a particlo ot alcohol or narcotic "It Is with tha sreatost of pleaiure, that I write to let you kaow oft the great benefit I recclred from tho use of your saedlcinee and iclf. treatment at borne," writes Miu. Wll, Ueybs, of Ladysmlth. 11. 0.1 suf fered for three years from a runnlnsr sore. Consulted four doctors bat tney xaueu to mena or mve relief, llnmiiy i vras told I was In nannnig. inn tint I ummlil hflini tn rj-tneiti1f- n airAtatlfa Mfinli .!.& a,t dead bono inutt ba cut out before the wound would boaU A kind fiiml Bhyllrlail Bvt v mtt m. Tw TaJL. a 1.11 W 1 ..ft -a . . a K um of tho treatment tho aoro la healed, and X enjoy bettr haftlth tbaa 1 I " AVn(1fl 1 rlswaaiA.1 4Kaa BMttil ulV. Tkm Dl.... All U.U.u fi.lu. ...!. took tha 'GoUrn Medical Dlscorory' and' 'PUanant PalWia' foe urn troubles. 1 shall always recommood your madlclaes. v, " yyjv vk. .&s K?!HKZ-nu i m ' i 4.. V - m ill 41 M M 4j n si i m -3