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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.' "
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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.
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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.
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by
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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.
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TO PliOVE OUR CLAIMS.
St. Anno, 111. "I wns .passings
through tho chango of lifo and I
was a porfeot wreck from female '
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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
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litls of wlient t tb
acre. Other groin is
proportion.
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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
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