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ANY PERSON'S nro wont to
think of mountain climb
ing or :it least mountain
climbing that Ih really
worthy or the name aa a
form of pastime for which
one must Journey to Eu
rope. Soma of the people,
even, who havo apprecia
ted all along that this con
tinent afforded opportuni
ties for mountain climbing
equal In every respect to
anything offered by tho
snow-clad peaks of Swit
zerland are not aware that
a goodly number of Btren
nous Americans are now
talcing advantage of these
Some people, to bo suro, started
their careers as mountain climbers In tho United
Stute3 and have confined their Indulgence In tho
sport to the mountain regions of Yanlteciloin, but
they aro purpasscd numerically by tho subjects
of Uncle Sam who first becamo converts to moun
tain climbing In Switzerland or other foreign
parts and then camo homo perhaps to discover
that wo have Just as difficult ponies under tho
Stars and Stripes as can bo found In any part of
tho old world.
Sometimes fato steps in and makes what
might bo termed an Involuntary convert to Ameri
can mountain climbing. A oaso In point Is that
of Charles B. Hughes, governor of Now York, who
hns recently been appointed to tho United States
Supremo court Mountain climbing is the pet
hobby of Governor Hughes, and for years ho spent
overy summer In Switzerland scaling the peaks.
Then came his election to the gubernatorial posi
tion and with It now responsibilities which In
effect made it impossible for him to engago in a
prolonged vacation far from home. Thereupon
Governor Hughes and his son who Is llkowlso
a mountain climber turned tholr attention to tho
Adirondack:) and hero ho found peaks that
aroused his enthusiasm, for thoy aro clad In a
denso forest growth that Is qulto as ballllng In
many respects as glaciers and crevasses and tho
governor discovered that a mountain G.000 feet
high may test tho mettle of a pedestrian quite as
fully as sonio more lofty peaks.
Mountain climbing In tho Adirondack, in the
Whlto mountains of New Hnnipshlro nnd In tho
Blue Rldgo of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Vir
ginia has been an accepted summer sport for
some years past, but it has grown tremendously
in popularity of late. Some of tho experienced
cllmbois who enjoy tho sport only when It In
volves hazards that test tho steadiness of eyo,
clearness of head and sureness of foot In tho
maximum dcgieo are wont to regard nono too
seriously tho assaults of tho amatours on tho
mountains cost of tho Mississippi, but it must
be admitted in defense of mountain climbing in
tho cast that it has brought color to tho cheeks
and sparklo to tho eyes of many a woary city
dwellor and in not a few instances It has served
as a preparatory school for climbers who have
later bocomo experts In a nioro exacting environ
ment. In tho west, on tho other hnnd, wo havo
mountain climbing that, from every consideration
of danger and daring ranks with any Rlmllur ac
tivity abroad, although, to bo suro, nowspaper
readers hear much less about It. Perhaps this
latter clrcumstanco Is duo In part to tho rarity
In Amorlca of those harrowing accidents which
cost the lives of so many mountain climbers in
Switzerland. In tho southwest tho trip up Mount
Wilson In California hns becomo a popular diver
sion for both men and women and tho Grand Can
yon of Arizona that great gash In tho earth 13
miles wldo and a mllo deep Is affording an
equivalent of mountain climbing that Is without
a rival or a counterpart, sconlcally or othorwlso,
on tho other sldo of tho Atlantic or Indeed any
whero In tho world.
Tho Yosemlto valley, with Its sheer walls of
rock and other frenks of naturo, offers probloma
that havo commanded tho respect and Inciden
tally fired tho ambition of mountain climbers of
overy nationality, whllo Alaska has In Mount Mc
Klnley a peuk that 1b genornlly accounted ono of
tho most difficult In tho entlro world. Generally
speaking, mountain climbing In America has
reached its most pretentious development In tho
Pacific northwest and In tho Canadian Rockies.
In tho latter region tho Switzerland of Amer
ica thero are glaclors as formidable and as In
teresting as any expanses of enow ami lco In for
eign landB und tho snow-capped peaks of Mount
Hood and Mount Rainier havo afforded to tho
pcoplo of Oregon and Washington constant object
lessons that havo proven an Incentive to moun
tain climbing. Swiss guides havo boen brought
to tho Canadian Rockies for tbo benoflt of new
world mountain climbers, but to tho credit of our
patriotism bo It said that most of the guides In
our own western mountain regions aro Ameri
cans. Several mountalncllinblng clubs havo been
organized on tho Pacific slopo and climbing expe
ditions are carried out yearly, women as well as
men participating In most of thoso excursions to
great altitudes.
No mention of mountain climbing In Amorlca,
however brief, would bo complete without refer
ence to tho development of mountain climbing by
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mechanical means In this country. A cog railroad
that carries sightseers to tho top of Mount Wash
ington. N. II.. has for years been an adjunct of
Now England's highest peak and a comfortable
hotel on the summit limbics tourists to be con
tent In this realm of .perpetual frost and to enjoy
the sunrise and sunset effects. A similar railroad,
ot more remarkable fiom an engineering stand
point, carries non-athletic mountain climbers up
Pike's Peak In Colorado and In the same state
the Moffat road conveys tourists to the crest of
tho Great Divldo In standard coaches drawn by
locomotives of tho regulation type. Thero aro
"mountain climbing" railroads In California and
similar highways havo been proposed for tho
ponkB of tho Pacific northwest, whereas congress
has been appealed to to permit a venturesome
capitalist to install nn Inclined rnllway from tho
rim to the depths of tho Grand Canyon.
World s Oldest Bellmakers
Amidst tho tnwdrlness, tho racket and tho
alien squalor of our modern Whltechapel road
stands a quiet, tidy, old Georgian house, and to
one sldo of It an old-fashioned, oak-shuttered of
ilco, tho London Chronlclo says. Uehlnd this uu
assuming exterior thero ntUI, In fact, prosporn
"tho oldest established business of any kind In
England," nnd that "business" is bound up with
all that Is highest and holiest and most endeared
to tho national heart. For over tho door, In plain
English a refreshing change from tho Yiddish
posters thnt flaro in tho Bliop windows nil around
wo may Btlll read tho slmplo legend, "Mcnrs &
Stalnbank's Roll Foundry, Established 1570."
Hero, then or, at any rnte, not far awny
while Shakespearo was still a schoolboy and
two centuries before Schiller hnd arrived to lm
mortallzo tho bell In splendid song on tho eternnl
emblem of mnn's ascent from earth to heaven
thero wns being molded tho world's mightiest mu
sic by Just such honest, Blmplo-hcnrtod follows ub
may bo seen oven now busying themsolves by
pit and furnnco in tho nctunl foundry beyond a
llttlo courtynrd.
To toll tho exact truth, tho original foundry
of Queen Elizabeth's tlmo was Just across tho
way. It waB moved to Its present site In 17.'18,
tho existing houso bolng nt that tlmo a country
Inn called tho Artichoke, Btnndlng then among
pleasant Holds. Without n break from thnt day
to this, though proprietors havo changed once or
twice, tho work of bell founding has gone on be
hind those quiet walls. Tho list of famous bolls
that havo boon, as ono might say, "born" out of
dull earth In these lowly products is almost bo
wilderlng. For, indeed, at tho present moment,
thoro Is only ono other Important foundry In
England that, namely, of Loughbermigh dovo
ted exclusively to bellmaklng.
Thus tho famous "Bow bells" theniBolves, In
renllty nmong tho aweotest and truest In tho
world, woro mado at Whltechapel. Tho presont
"tenor," as the deopest bell of a poal Is always
called, wns cast hero in 1738. It wolghod 2
tons and it Itself replaced n bell rronj the samo
oourco that hnd boen founded In 1009. Tho legen
dary bolls of Whlttlngton's time can, of course,
hardly bo laid claim to.
Among other noted Whltochapol bolls are tho
great bell of Westminster, weighing ovor 13
touB tho largest ever cast In London; the "clock
bolls" of St. Paul's, hung In 1700, and still In use;
"Great Tom" of Lincoln cathedral, a famous bell
that could be heard 13 miles off; "Groat Poter" ol
York minster, which was for a tlmo the largest
boll In Englnnd, nnd, not least, tho great boll In
Montreal cathedral, weighing 11 tons nnd tho
largest over shipped a significant ambassador
of an old faith to a new world.
Quito npart from tho eternal poetry that has
woven itself around tho being and becoming of
bells, there Is hardly an Industry that has about
It a moro Individual charm. These men of tho
Whltechapel foundry aro no mere journeymen
mechnnlcs. They have been bred to tho work,
most of them, from their carllost years. Tho art
of bell founding Is handed down from father
to son. In the samo Whltechapel foundry thoro
aro no fewer than threo generations of ono family
working sldo by flldo today and flvo generations
of tho samo family havo worked there tho grand
father for An years, tho groat-grandfather for
moro than half a century.
Peoplo who talk of "Jangling" bolls as being
unmusical have certainly no honest boll founder
to blamo, for no bell can bo unmusical unless it
Is badly mudc or badly rung. Indeed, overy great
bell has to bo so perfectly proportioned In shnpo,
filzo, weight and thickness that each part of it
shall sound n rightly differing note nnd that tho
result shall bo a porfect chord. In this way,
whllo tho "lip" which tho clapper strikes gives
out tho "fundamental note," the "wnlst" must
sound a third higher, tho "shoulder" n fifth higher
and tho top of It tho exact octave. So tho whole
boll gives out n chord of which each noto fades
Into tho other. It In this harmony thnt lingers
In tho ear and gives tho boll Its peculiar magic.
After tho bell la founded, If It sounds sharp
anywhere, It can, with groat care, bo filed down
by nn upright latho till tho right tono 1b produced.
If It soundB flat nothing can bo done and It Ib tho
ambition of boll moldors to turn out a boll that
shall bo exactly right as It comes from tho mold.
It Is pleasant to hear that In splto of all now
fanglod cynical objections this sacred old Indus
try is otlll flourishing. From tho Whltochapol
foundry bollB havo gono forth In tholr hundreds
In theso last years to overy quarter of tho world
from Buenos Ayres to Quoboc, from Calcutta to
Colombo, from Hongkong to Tasmania. Even
Amorlca with a 45 per cent. Import duty has
come to England for Its bolls. Ono of tho largest
recently mado at Whltechapel will doubtless
sound as sweet In tho oars of Chicago as did tho
bollB of Fulham to Queen Elizabeth when she
camo gliding In hor royal barge down London's
silver river.
MINING OF SEALS
Old Circus Man Tells How Tricks
Arc Taught.
Balancing the Ball, Denting the Ditim
and Cymbals Are All Based on
tho "Nature of the
Brute."
Now York Tho more spectatoi
usually thinks that trained seals aro
tho finest product of the circus nn
lingerie; but according to an old
trainer, It Is a Hlmplo trick to teach
them tholr fonts. The cardinal prln
clplo Is, not to ut tempt to make an
anlinnl do anything contrary to the
nature of Its paitlcular species. To
bo successful, then, tho trainer must
know enough about the habits of tho
animals to eniilil" him to III tho tilcks
to tholr needs, lie must not try to
make an elephant climb or a lion play
the drum.
"You begin with one seal, a lot of
llttlo pieces of fish, and a bit ol
string. You lot the seal sit on his
podeslal, which ho likes to do by na
ture; then you throw him ono of tho
pieces ot fish, and he naturally and
taslly catches It.
"Not you tie a pleeo of fish on l.ho
end of your string. iukI Hwlng It to
ward the seal, ho catches that, too,
and you keep moving away from him,
and swinging the unsaid to him fiom
an Increasing distance. Now you aro
icady to begin with the hat or cornu
copia, placing and lying a bit of the
fish up In the tip of It, you toss It to
tho seal. Ho Is doxtious by nature,
and his nose, detecting the Huh up In
tho cone, quickly seeks It. W bites
It out und tosses tho cono aside. Ho
foro long he comes to associate that
cono with his loved fish, and he will
catch any number of similar ones,
and toss them aside when he falls to
find what he wants. That's all there
Is to the tilck, ou see.
"Ilalancing the big rubber ball Is
based on the same principle. Tho
ball Is soaked In fishy brine, and
thrown to tho seal. Ho gets the odor
and tries his host to get Into the ball
and Hnd what he's after. This re
suits In his balancing tho ball on his
nose, a feat for which his quickness,
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Seal In Balancing.
his aiipplo, muscular neck and his
natural feeding habits aro all adapted,
and then ho gets his piece of fish as
a prize.
"Tho man working with seals
thinks to himself, 'What else do seals
do naturally,' Anil tho answer comes,
'They like to slap and beat round with
their front nippers. Hero la the basis
for a good and effective trick. Down
on the side of the pedestal on which
tho seal Is placed, an automobile horn
Is fastened, or a llttlo drum, or a tin
pan. Tho seal, In tho excitement of
being red, slaps with his lllppor for
all ho'B worth, and you can seo thnt
with a few simple adaptations, such
as tying a cymbal to the Hipper, for
Instance, a seal baud Is assembled and
sets the audience wild by Its comlo
and clever peiformance.
"It's all so simple, you know when
vou aro on the Inside."
Galileo's Telescope.
Very few peoplo aro aware that the
first practical telescopo, which Galileo
used in discovering tho satellites of
Jupiter in January, 1C10, Is still In ex
istence and preserved at tbo Museum
of Physics and Natural History In
Florence.
It Is about aon years since this In
strument wns first turned toward tho
heavens. Unlike the present astronaut
leal typo, It had a concavo Instead of
a convex eye-piece, Just like tho opera
glasses now In use.
When Galileo first exhibited his new
telescope to tho dogo and an enthusi
astic assembly on the tower of St.
Mark's In Venice ho waa overwhelmed
with honors because It waa thought
that tho Instrument would give tho
soldiers nnd snllors of tho republic a
great advantngo over their enemies.
Ancient Treasure Unearthed.
Tho nntlquarlan trensurea rocently
uneaVthed In Gothland consist of 1,
904 whole colna and 85 Imperfect
coins, n fragment of tho bordor of a
clasp, a portion of a bucklo and some
plain pieces of silver.
The most rocont of tho coins dnto
back to the mtddlo of tho oloventh
century. Tho oldest are 28 Arabian
coins, which appear to havo been uaod
ob ornnments. Among others are 1,.
115 German coins and 720 Anglo-Saxon
pieces bearing tho efllgles of King Eth
elred and of King Canute.
Rural Life Robbed of Its Terrors.
Stolla Are you afraid of cows?
Bella Not with my hatpins.
RECOGNIZES A GOOD WORK
Ex-President Roosevelt Pays Enthusl.
astlc Tribute to Mission
Hospitals.
In Uganda, Mr. Roosovolt responded
to an Invitation to open a new addi
tion to the Mnngo (. M. S. hospital.
Mr. Roosevelt said.
"Long befoto I eiiino here I had
known of the wnk thai was being
done In Uganda, and felt particularly
anxious to seo It. Hero you have a
particularly Intelligent native race,
which has already developed a very
Interesting culture of Its own, a cul
ture both political and social. And tho
great work must of necessity bo to try
to help thnt nice onward, and to try
to do It lit a practical fashion, and to
do It so that the doing of It shall bo
primarily u benefit to the race, and,
secondly, a benefit to your imu peoplo
from whom you come.
"I have the strongest feeling as to
the good that Is being done by tho
medical missionary. There must bo
sonio visible fruit in tbo life and work
of tho man who preaches It his preach
ing Is going to have a very great ef
fect upon those to whom he preaches.
That visible fruit can bo shown In
many different ways, and one of tho
moat clllolont ways of showing It la
by Just such work as Is being done In
connection with this building, which
It will nnturally be a itourco of pecu
liar pride to myself to have my naiuo
associated with, and which I now
tako pleasure In declining to bo
open."
SKIN BEAUTY R0M0TED
In the treatment of affections of tho
skin nnd scalp which torture, dlsllg
tiro, itch, burn, ncnlo und destroy tho
hnlr, as woll aa for preserving, puri
fying nnd beautifying tho complexion,
hands nnd hnlr, Cutlcura Soap nnd
Cutlcura Ointment nro well-nigh In
fallible. Millions of women through
out tho world rely on theso pure, sweet
nnd gontlo emollients for nil pur
poses of tho tollot, bath and nursery,
nnd for tho sanative, nntlscptlc cleans
ing of ulccrnted, Inflamed mucous sur
faces. Pottor Drug & Chom. Corp.,
Boston, Mnsa., solo proprietors of tho
Cutlcura Remedies, will mnll froo, on
request, their lntest 32-pago Cutlcura
Book on the skin and hair.
Lazy William.
"You are advertising for a chauffeur,
I seo, Mrs. Do Pnysto."
"Yes, wo had to lot William go last
week."
"I thought you woro woll pleased
with him."
"At first wo woro, but n now broom
Bwcops clenn, you know, and wo found
that William was luzy. Ho wus fine at
washing tho windows, spading tho gar
don, pumping tho vacuum cleaner,
mowing tho lnwn, tending tho furnace,
running errands, pressing clothes,
sweeping tho walks, polishing tho
lloors, oiling the furniture, preparing
the vegetables, waiting on tablo nnd
doing tho dishes. But ho wns lazy. Ho
used to go to sleep at midnight regu
lnrly, no mnttor whero ho wus. Many
a tlmo Mr. IJo Puyste has loft the club
for homo nt two o'clock In tho morn
ing nnd found William snoring in tho
car outside, linnglno how It must havo
looked to our friends to boo our chauf
feur asleep in tho strcot!"
Conditional Piety.
Two Scotch fishermen, James and
Sandy, belated nnd befogged on u
rough water, woro In some trepidation
lest thoy should novor get nshoro
ngalu. At last Jamlo said:
"Sandy, I'm steering, and I think
you'd better put up a bit of prayer."
"I don't know bow," said Sandy.
"If yo don't I'll chuck yo overboard,"
said Jamie.
Sandy began: "Oh, Lord, I novor
nsked anything of yo for llftcon years,
and If yo'U only got ub aafo back, I'll
novor troublo yo again, nnd "
"Whist, Sandy," said Jamie. "Tho
boat's touched shore; don't bo be
holden to anybody." Short Stories.
Had a Reason.
"Why don't you call your nowspaper
tho Appendix?" nsked the enemy ot
tho political boss.
"Any special reason Tor wanting mo
to do so?"
"Well, It's a useless organ."
A DETERMINED WOMAN
Finally Found a Food That Cured Her.
"When I first read of tho remark
nblo offects of Grapo-Nuts food, I de
termined to Becuro somo, says a wom
an in Salisbury, Mo. "At that tlmo
thoro was none kept in this town, but
my husband ordered some from u Chi
cago travoler.
"I had been greatly anilctcd wlUt
sudden attacks of cramps, nausea,
and vomiting. Tried nil sorts of
romedles and physicians, but obtained
only temporary rollof. As soon as I
began to usg tho new food the cramp
disappeared and havo novor returned.
"My old attacks of Blck Btomacu
wero n llttlo slower to yield, but by
continuing tho food, that troublo has
disappeared entirely. I am today per
fectly woll, can eat anything and
everything I wlah, without paying tho
penalty that I used to. Wo would not
keop house without Grapo-Nuts.
"My husband was so delighted with
tho benefits I received that he hns
been recommending Grapo-Nuts to his
customers and has built up a very
largo trado on tho food. Ho soils them
by tho caso to many of tho leading
physicians of tho county, who recom
mend Grapo-Nuts vory genornlly.
Thero Is some satisfaction In using
a really scientifically proparod food."
Road tho llttlo book, "Tho Road to
Wollvllle,"in pkgs. "Thoro'a aRoason."
Krer read the above letter? A aen
one appears (ram time to time. They
are reauiae, troe, ana (all ol knmaa
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