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Captain E. W. Milliard of Metropolis.
111., claims to have positive knowledge
of the final disposition of the body of
John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of
President Lincoln.
Ke u buuws i story published in a
recent issue of a St. Lculs paper which
stated that Booth's body had been
turned over to his relatives in that city
and Interred In the Booth burial lot
In the Greenmount cemetery. At this
Mr. Milliard smiled and remarked that
the writer was evidently not acquaint
ed with the facts. Ho then gave the
following account of the final disposi
tion of the body:
"One night during the early part of
May, 1865, only a few weeks after the
assassination of President Lincoln, I,
with four other privates of Sheridan's
army, was ordered to report for duty
at the old Capitol prison at Washing
ton. Sheridan's army and tho Army of
the Potomac were stationed at
Washington nt that time on provost
duty and we were members of the
former.
"We reported to a corporal of. detail
and with him reported to a military
surgeon at. the prison. It was a dark
night, and, to the best of my recollec
tion, about midnight. We were all
y strangers to each other, but on the way
I learned that two were from Company
I, Forty-third Ohio, and two from
Company K. I belongtd to Company
B of the same regiment. The corpo
ral's identity I did net learn.
Told to Krep It Secret.
"At the prison the surgeon com
manded us to keep the incidents of the
night a profound secret. We entered
and found that a stone slab had been
removed from the floor. Under that,
Jn an excavation, lay the body of John
Wilkes Booth, the assassin. It was
wrapped in a tarpaulin and was Bmell
ing from decomposition. Wo were or
flered to lift the body out and lay It on
a stretcher. It was a bad Job and we
complained that it was not in a coffin.
The surgeon unwrapped the head and
Identified tho body. I remember dis
tinctly that on one side of the head
and face the hair was burned off and
the flesh scorched. This bad been done
when he was captured in the burning
barn and fchot to death by Boston Cor
bett. "We then carried the body on a
stretcher to the wharf and on to a
nunboat lying In waiting. At this point
the surgeon left us and the officer In
eharge of the boat Instructed ua to
place the body on tho forward deck.
The boat then quietly dropped down
tho river, I should Judge about ten
miles, and slowed up. We were or
dered to tie the tarpaulin securely
about the body and attach weights to
It It was then placed on a plank and
Shoved off Into the river. This, to my
positive knowledge, was the final dis
position of the body of Booth, a knowl
edge possessed only by us five privates,
the corporal of detail, the surgeon, and
the commanding officer of the gunboat.
Of course, the higher authority who
gave them orders to dispose of the
Imdy knew, but we were the only eye
witnesses. Illlilaril the Only Anrrtror.
'"The two privates from Company I
were Philip Lalow and Emer McEl
wee. The former was killed at Fort
Wayne, Ind nine years ago by a fall
ing tree, and the latter went to Cuba
on a filibustering expedition during the
ten years' war and was hilled. Tht
two privates from Companies K I
never became acquainted with after
the Incident. Their names were Pagan
and Dougherty, and as they were
rather up In years at the time are
probably dead now. Tho surgeon I
afterwards learned was a Dr. Porter of
Massachusetts.
"I was under Captain J. O.. McDon
ald of Company II, and Colonel Parks
was tho commanding officer in charge
of our regiment the Forty-third Ohio.
Tho latter part of the summer of tho
same year wo were mustered out of tho
service at Columbus, O.
"I have never told this until at the
present time, as we were bound to se
crecy at the time and I have, until
now, felt obliged to keep that knowl
edge to myself. If any of the others
ever told It I do not know. At this
time, when the recent tragedy cnact
d at Buffalo I occupying the public
lad, Uils revelation may be interest-
Illinois Soldier Says
He Knows
the .Mystery
Ing, but my own choice would be to
keep it secret. Had I not thoughtlessly
mentioned it to a friend recently the
final disposition of tho assassin's body
would still be hidden in mystery."
Captain Hllllard has been the com
mander of Turn Smith P''t. O. A. It.,
at Metropolis for six years, an organ
ization composed of sixty veterans in
good standing. Ho will take an active
part In the southern Illinois Soldiers
and Sailors' reunion, which occurs in
Metropolis on Sept. 25, 2(i and 27. He
Is a mechanic by trade and is the In
ventor and manufacturer of a hand
Lay pre-is.
Thumb.
The disparagement of the useful
ness and importance of the thumb Im
plied in the expression, "His fir.ger3
are all thumbs," seems undeserved In
view of the Important part of the
thumb formerly played In the social
customs of the people, and the very
important part It plays in our own
lives. Lord Ersklne, in his "Insti
tutes," states that among certain of
the lower ranks In Scotland the final
settlement of a bargain was always
signalized by the licking and Joining
of thumb!. Selden, In "Titles of Hon
or," says that kissing the thumb was
a characteristic of servility. The
clergy, the rich and the great were in
receipt of this honor from their trades
men. From the remotest days of an
tiquity tho practice of licking the
thumb has always been regarded as a
solemn pledge or promise, existing,
according to Tacitus and other au
thorities, among the Goths, the Ibe
rians and the Moors, and it may also
be traced through successive periods
down to our own tlme3. Youth's Com
panion. Tho Clerk Spoke F-ngiUh.
The ambitious attempts of the for
eign tradesman to speak English to his
American customers have been de
scribed by Mrs. Gillespie In "A Book
of Remembrance" as part of her
amusing experiences iu Berlin. Sup
plies of linen were to be brought, and
we went again to tho hop where we
had esHaycd to speak German and the
shopman hai answered us with ef
fort. In English. We found him af
fable as before, and although wc told
him In German that we wanted to look
at towels, he brought out some and
said: "I have found it very difficult
to become such a towel as this." We
agreed with him, and then asked for
some other articles, whfth ho was
obliged to look for In some dfstant
part of the store; he bowed and said:
"Execute me In an Instant." My com
panion, Looll, bought twelve dozen
children's napkins, and the young man
said: "Have you, then, so many
young sisters and brothers?" Youth's
Companion.
The llolmllnk.
Tho bobolink is found everywhere
on the American continent, and Is
known as tho rlco bird or ortolan of
the southern states, and tho reed bird
of tho Middle States. It roams from
Labrador to Mexico and the Antilles.
In tho south it pulls up tho young rice
plants which have Been freshly down
and feeds upon the seed. It does not,
however, remain lofig In the south,
and soon hastens northward, where It
is welcomed as a herald of summer.
In tho north It feeds mainly upon In
serts and small seeds of useless plants.
While rearing Its young It feeds on
Insects only, and also feeds Its young
with them. After the little baby birds
can fly. the whole family lives on vego
table food. As summer wanes thy
go south again and live on wild rlco In
marhhe near the mouths of rivers.
This l when they are known as reed
birds, and after they become very fat
and plump they are used as game.-
ledger Monthly,
F.rliUnro to the Contrary,
"Do you think a man Is always bet
ter off for a college education?" "No,"
answered the housewife, rather sharp
ly. "Thin morning I asked a man who
came around with a wagon whether
he had any nice fresh eggs. H mere
ly looked at me reproachfully and
i.ald: 'Madam, might I be permitted to
observe that fresh eggs are always nice
egfs, and nice eggs are always fresV "
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CROFITS IN PUBLIC GAMING.
Bt Hash, te Oct Positions a Croupiers
at Monto Carlo.
The other day the casino at Monte
Carlo found Itself in need of ten new
croupiers. Six of the vacancies were
caused by dismissals somo for fraud
others for excessive frivolity in con
nection with the fair sex. For ten va
cancies no fewer than 1,500 persons
applied. Of these 228 were selected for
examination, 102 of whom failed to
satisfy the doctors. The remaining
126 were then put t" an examination
as regards education, chiefly arithmet
ical. Of the ten ultimately successful
five were Corsicans, the rest French
and ether nationalities. The success
ful applicants will attend "school" for
six months before they will bo al
lowed to work at the public tables
a "professor" teaching the whole art
and mystery of crouplng. While at
school they receive 150 francs per
month, which Is Increased to 209
francs on promotion tp the tables.
After that the annual Increases are
considerable, to say nothing of various
additional advantages, such as free
medieal attendance and respectable
pensions. A croupier, in fact, not only
starts very well, but with a capital
vista of promotion and prosperity.
Many of the most prosperous trades
men and business people at Monto
Carlo are, or have been, croupiers
starting in business with the savings
from their salaries. Lord Salisbury's
agent at Beaulieu, for instance. Is an
Inspector at the Casino and one of the
ablest and most courteous business
men on the whole Riviera. Paris
Messenger.
BIRDS WITH RARE TALENT.
Many of Thorn Learn to Talk as Well
a Imitate Others' 1'ecullar Motes.
The parrot, tho magpie and the ra
ven are not the only birds capable of
learning human speech. In them the
faculty of Imitation is more highly de
veloped than among the other mem
bers of the feathered world. There
are a score of species that are ablo
to imitate sounds made by other ani
mals. Bluejays, caught early and
properly trained, can be taught to
speak as well as most parrots, and the
same thing can be accomplished with
a crow if he Is caught young and his
tongue Blit. M. H. Coupin, a well
known naturalist, tella some curious
stories regarding the Imitative powers
of certain birds which are generally
supposed to lack such attainments. He
tells of a sparrow which learned to
Imitate the strident noise made by a
grasshopper. The cage containing
the sparrow was hung during one
spring next to a cage In which were
grasshoppers. At that time the spar
row took no notice of the noises made
by his neighbors, but tho next spring
when ho found himself again In the
company of grasshoppers, he seemed
to consider that it was "up to him"
to take part In their daily serenades.
He made several attempts to sing af
ter the manner of his neighbors and
was moderately successful. For tho
rest of hla life, long after the grass
hoppers were dead, he would every
now and then give vent to his feel
ings In a strain composed partly of the
notes of the grasshoppers and partly
of the notes of other birds.
Gambling In Switzerland.
A very large amount of gambling
goes on in Switzerland. At Geneva,
Lucerne, Berne, Interlaken, and vari
ous other places, licensed gaming ta
bles are permitted, the game of "little
horso" being in vogue. Nominally the
maximum stake is five francs, but a
higher stake 13 never refused. At Ge
neva there is a licensed baccarat club,
where very large sums of money are
lost each evening, English and Ameri
can tourists forming the greater part
of the losers Lausanne possesses a cafe
which has a room separately set apai
for poker, baccarat and other games of
chance, and although In the canton of
Vaud public gaming Is agalnBt tho
law, the police take no notice of this
night'.y scene of riot. Geneva letter.
Columbus Poors of Capitol.
The beautiful bronze doors at the
east entrance to the rotunda of tho
National Capitol, which swung open to
receive the body of Mr. McKinley In
September, are popularly called the
"Columbus doors." They represent lr
bronze scenes in the life of the Span
ish admiral. They were designed and
modeled In Roma In 1858 by Randolph
Rogers, a young American, and wera
cast tn Munich In 18G0. The artistic
Inspiration for tho doors undoubtedly
came from the bronze doors of Ghibertl
at the gates of the Baptistry In Flor
ence. Tho doors are eighteen feet
high, nine feet wide, weigh ten tons,
and cost tho government $30,000.
An Idea of Siberia's Hle.
In discussing Siberia, statements ol
dimension and distance confuse and
bewilder rather than enlighten. It I
of small advantage to dwell tipo:i Its
area of oyer 4,900.000 square miles. If
tho forty-five states which compose th
American Union were taken up and
planted bodily In the midst of Siberia,
they would bo Inclosed In every direc
tion by a wldo border of land. In this
border territory all tho countries ol
Europe except Russia could bo planted
bodily, and there would still remain
unoccupied 300,000 square miles, an
area twice tho bIzo of Imperial Ger
many. National Geographic Maga
zine. Use your gifts faithfully, and they
hall be enlarged; practice what yot
know, and you shall attain to hlgbci
k&owJadg. ThomM Arnold.
NOTES ON SCIENCE.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
He-xlno's Stone Idols Found Only in
Remains of Cities Destroyed Centuries
igu Another Invention For us in
Case of Fire A Mat'0 Ball.
STONE IDOLS OF MKXICO.
These idols are of very distinct
:ypes. each locality having its own
characteristic forms. The materia!
naturally varies with the class of
stone found In the vicinity; some are
of granite, some of marble, and the
largest number are of volcanic rock,
some of hard larva, and others, Includ
ing the largest, of the soft tufa which
is found so extensively in the volcanic
regions, and is most easily worked.
One small idol, in human form, is of
material so light that it will float on
the surface of water. They vary great
ly In size, the largest being over five
feet in height, while the smaller ones
do not exceed a finger's length. The
great majority are crude representa
tions of human figures, but there are
also images of quadrupeds of various
kinds, and also of birds. The largest
specimen of this ancient sculpture is
that known as the "Stone Lions of Co
chiti," in which the animals are each
six feet long and surrounded by an
absolutely circular wall, like some of
the Druldical remains in England; but
they are carved from the solid rock,
and while a most important and Inter
esting relic of ancient fetish worship
In connection with the chase, yet they
are immovable and cannot bo classed
among household goods.
As . previously suggested, none of
these Idols are ever found in the ruin3
of the large number of Pueblo towns
destroyed or deserted about the time
of the revolution of 1680, and which
are those most accessible and usually
visited. They only exist in the ruins
of cities destroyed centuries ago, while
the aboroglnal religion was universal
and before any destruction or hiding
of Idols had occurred as a consequence
of the Introduction of Christianity. It
is possible, therefore, says a writer in
Leslie's Weekly, with certainty to fix
the age of every such stone idol at
not less than 300 years, and many of
them are, no doubt, very much older.
Their varied types not only represent
different localities, but different phases
of advance in art in the same locality.
No more interesting relicts of the an
cient civilization of America have ever
been discovered within tho limits of
the United States.
PLANTS -MUST HAVE SLEEP.
All forms of vegetable life must, at
regular intervals, be allowed to relapsa
:nto a condition of repose or some radi
cal change will result In the form of
:he plant. A geranium cannot be out
ill night with the larkspur and look
oright and fresh the next morning.
Neither can the fir tree neglect its
proper sleep to sit up all night with
;he ash without ruining ita health and
growing to look a demoralized and
lisreputable old tree long before its
:Ime. In the country the trees and the
flowers go to bed with the chickens,
out In the city the most moral and
well intentloncd shrub, the most cir
cumspect and staid trees, will be kept
awake by a variety of causes, while an
immoral hollyhock or a dissipated elm
tree ha3 a short life and a merry one
in the great city.
Of the causes which keep the trees
and flowers awake nights the botanist
says that, In the first place, there is
the matter of noise In all Its forms and
the vibration which goes with the con
stant activity of city life. Plants and
(lowers of all kinds sleep best away
from the glare, so tho lights of a city,
which shine all through the night,
must contribute to this Interference
with vegetable sleep. Electricity, In
dependent of ita use for lighting pur
poses, has a bad effect upon plant life,
seeming to make trees and flowers ir
ritable and nervous and to break up
their constitution. Hut, above all, a
plant must have sleep; so don't wake
tho geraniums or disturb tho slumbers
of the sunflower. San Francisco Bul
letin. POCKET FIKF.-ESCAPE.
If you ever have attempted to slide
down a rope with your bare hands
vou can realize that it is a difficult
feat unless one Is well versed In the
manner In which It should bo per
formed. The novico who has tried
this form of descent will have a meas-
FKICTION GRIP TO ENGAGE THE
ROPE.
lire of appreciation for the "pocket
fire-escape" which the picture Illus
trates, It having been recently patented
by Arthur Oakley of Massachusetts.
While nearly every hotel Is now pro
tected with ropes, they are practically
of little value as fire-escapes without
some sort of braking device which will
aid tho person descending In regulat
ing his speed o as to land genily at
the bottom, and this grip Is Intended
for this purpose. It comprises a split
tube of rubber or other flexible mate
rial and is adapted to partially sur
found the rope, the re-enforced ends
aiding In securing a firmer grip on th3
rope. By tightening tie fingers around
the sleeve it increases the internal
friction until the desired rate of speed
Is attained. It ig an easy matter to
Insert the rope through the split. In the
sleeve, and when not In use the grip
is not too large to be carried about tho
person or In the satchel of the traveler.
MAGIC HALL FOR THE CHILDREN.
If the toy ball shown by the Illustra
tion does not succeed in mystifying
the children and even older people It
will be strange, for the device is in
tended to roll uphill and down with-
MOTOR INSIDE THE SPHERE.
out any visible means of propulsion.
The gist of the invention is to mount
a motor within the hollow body, as
shown, in such a manner that its
weight will overcome the force of the
spring which, as will readily be un
derstood, will cause the ball to re
volve Instead of the motor. The lat
ter is pivoted on a spindle extending
from wall to wall inside the ball, the
spindle being rigidly attached to the
sphere. A winding shaft projects in
line with the small slot beside th8
ppindle, and when the key is inserted
in the BloJ; and the ball held tightly
in the hand the spindle and shank of
the key prevent the motor from turn
ing and permit the spring to be wound.
When tho ball is under way the slot
is invisible, and as the mechanism is
almost noiseless there is nothing to
indicate that the ball is not bewitched,
causing much amusement to those un
acquainted with the interior mechan
ism. SCIENTIFIC JOTTINGS.
An exposition dealing with the pre
vention of seasickness is being held at
Ostend, Belgium, and a large variety
of appliances and remedies are ex
hibited. In St. Louis the nut-cracking indus
try gives employment to a considerable
number of persons, there being three
plants in the city. The nut-crackers
are driven by electricity, each nut be
ing fed individually into the- crusher.
After the shells are cracked the nuts
are winnowed by an air blast and the
meat Is picked from the crushed shells
by hand, women and girls being em
ployed for this part of the work.
A new process of preparing wood for
building is in use in Austria. Green
wood la placed in a large wooden
trough whose bottom is covered with
a lead plate. This is connected with
the positive pole of a battery. Cover
ing the wood Is a second lead plate
which forms the negative pole. The
wood is then subjected to a bath in a
solution composed of 10 per cent resin
and 75 per cent soda. Under the in
fluence of the electric current the sap
is drawn out of the wood and rises- to
the surface, the solution being ab
sorbed by the wood. The operation re
quirts from five to eight hours. Tho
treated wood Is allowed to dry for
about two weeks, when it is ready for
use. The drying can be hastened ar
tificially if desired.
HOW THE SEA KF.TAINS LIFE.
One of the reasons formerly urged
against the existence of living crea
tures lh the abysses of the ocean was
the supposed absence of oxygen there.
It was deemed Impossible that any
considerable quantity of oxygen could
exist at great depths. But recent dis
coveries have shown that there is nc
lack of oxygen even at the greatest
depths. The explanation is that the
cold water of the polar regions,
charged with oxygen from the atmos
phere, creeps along the bottom toward
the equator, from both poles, and thus
carries a supply of oxygen over the
whole vast floor of the oceans. The
surface water moves toward the poles,
and so a great system of circulation
exists. "Were It not for the world
circulation," says Prof. C. C. Nutting,
"It Is altogether probable that the
ocean would In time become too foul
to sustain animal life, at least In Its
higher manifestations, and the sea, tho
mother of life, would itself bo dead."
Ul AUDI Ml A T CNN FX.
Should Italy and Switzerland fall out
what would happen to Slmplon tunnel?
The opening on either side will look
l)ko tho great doors of some medieval
fortress. And they will bo fortresses
In all reality. Suppose these two bel
ligerents should fall out. They would
rush like a whooping plague through
that tunnel and Invade each other? In
deed they would not. In tho little for
tress at each end there will be a man
and a button. The man will press the
button and bring down the mountain.
When the smoke lifts there will not be
any tunnel any more. Some 5,000 or
6,000 men will have worked night and
day for five years and a half at a cost
of 70,000,000 franca and destruction!
Everybody's MagaIre.
THE PRESIDENT'S OHILDRCN. ,
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They AIM Lib Tl.ar Father la Uavtef
Strong CkararterUUf.
The taire strong individuality whfch
gives President Roosevelt distinctive
characteristics dissimilar from other
men, is manifest In his children. The
Roosevelt traits are particularly ex
emplified in Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
who is now 14 years old. A typical
American boy of rare tact and Judg
ment, he is deliberate and determined.
Master Theodore is the personification
of the trite axiom, "Like father, like
son." Whether it be a go with the
"skis" in winter or a row on the bay
In summer, he goes about it with the
same vigor as bis father wields an
ax or dashes through the woods on his
war horse Texas. When young Theo
dore said, one day last summer, "Moth
er, I shall walk over and see Grand
father Robert," he clearly demon
strated the grit and pluck that is in
him, for to walk over to "Grandfather
Robert's" country seat at Sayville
meant to walk a distance of fony
miles. The lad walked the distance in
remarkably short time, making the
Journey back to Sagamore Hill when
his visit with Robert Roosevelt, the
President's uncla, had ended. Master
Theodore, who is a born naturalist,
hasone of themost complete museums
of any boy in the country. He i3 a taxi
dermist of no mean ability, and hia
stuffed specimens are excellent. Young
Theodore began his elementary educa
tion in the little schoolhouse near
President Roosevelt's residence at
Sagamore Hill. Miss Sarah C. Provost,,
the preceptress, declares with mucbJ
pride that "Little Theodore was the
brightest and most studious scholar I
ever had." The two Roosevelt children
now getting beyond their A B C's in
this humble little country school are
Archibald Bullock Roosevelt, 5 years
old, and Kermit Carew Roosevelt, 11
years old. Miss Provost points to them
as being the brightest and most tract
able of any of her scholars. Last win
ter Kermit tramped to school through
snowbanks and in the face of chilling
winds. Archie is very quiet, but ex
ceedingly witty. When in his father's
study he keeps Mr. Roosevelt In an up
roar, and is frequently sent scurrying
to the nursery. Ethel, 9 years old, la
a demure little miss, but exceedingly
bright. Often she is seen seated beside
the coachman while he drives about
Oyster bay. She is very observing, and1
nothing escapss her sharp, penetrating'
eyes. Quentin, aged 3 years, is the
"baby." He is vivacious and pert, andi
very active. With the Roosevelt chil
dren it Is always "father" and "moth
er," never "pa" or "ma." The children
are allowed perfect freedom, and they
have a rough-and-tumble time in the
woods or at the water's side. Miss Alice
Roosevelt is low a young lady about
ready to enter society. She is remark
ably handsome and extremely well ed
ucated. Happiness and content ever
reign supreme in the President's de
lightfully domestic family circle. Oys
ter Bay (N. Y.) Correspondence New
York Journal.
INDUSTRY OF A TINY BIRD.
Its Enormous Appetite Keeps the Wren,
Busy During Its Waking Hoars.
One of the most industrious of birds
is the wren. Its Industry is probably
due to its appetite, which is seemingly
insatiable. It seems to be always
hungry and Is ever on the alert for
means to satisfy the cravings of its'
appetite. This is the season of the'
year when the city man returns from:
his two weeks' outing in the woods,
primed up with more accumulated
knowledge than the good old "man
with the hoe" has been able to acquire
In a lifetime. One of him, who has
been spending the vacation time in
Virginia, is here with details as to the
abnormal craving for food displayed
by young wrens. He found a nest and
took up a position where he could
watch at his leisure. Tho mother wren
made 110 trips to the nest within four
hours and a half, and this was the bill
of fare which the three baby birds
sonsumed: Twenty green caterpillars,
sixteen May flies, twenty-nine uniden
tified insects, eleven worms, two bugs,
ten grasshoppers, seven spiders and
a. chrysalis or two.
Drying- Wood by Electricity.
Coasul Mahin of Relchenberg, Aus
tria, sends the following description
of a new method of quickly preparing
wood for building and manufacturing
purpeses.. The green wood Is placed
in a large wooden trough, whose bot
tom is covered with a lead plate, which
is connected with the positive pole of
in electric battery. Covering the wood
Is a second lead plate, which forms
the negative polo. The wood is then
subjected to a bath in a solution com
posed of 10 per cent rosin and 75 per
cent soda. Under the influence of the
electric current the srp is drawn out
Df the wood and rises to the surface,
'.ho solution being absorbed by the
wood. The dperatlon requires from
live to eight hours. Tho wood is then
allowed to dry for about two weeks,
ivhen It is ready for use; or the drying
:an be done artificially in a much
ihorter time.
Cannes of Alpine Accidents.
Many alplno accidents are due to
'.he eagerness of tourists, as well as
latlves, to get specimens of edel
weiss and other rare flowers that grow
in dangerous places. Prof. Karl Odocr
r, of Pressburg, Is ono of the latest,
Mctlms of this folly. With some
rlends ho was making the ascent,
rom Veldcs, of a peak 4,500 feet high,
vhon he saw some edelweiss flower
it the edge of precipice. He stooped
o pick them. Ho slipped, exclaimed
ocularly, "Hopla!" and tried to !
bush. He missed It, however, and
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