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GLACIER NATIONAL PARK.
Wtsntanafo SoenioWofider^lStth* Swit
zerland of America.
Within the borders of the Gla
cier National park are attractions
for, the ricienttist, nature lover and
tourist unsurpassed in any country
iin the world, tourists of worldwide
experience pronouncing it the Swit
zerland of America. The elevations
in the park range from 3,100 feet
to over 10,400. Within itB con
fines are sixty active glaciers, these
ice sheets being the sources of beau
tiful cascades and roaring mountain
streams flowing into innumerable
clear, placid lakes for which the
park is famed, the most noted of
these being Lake McDonald, Lake
St. Marys, Lake Louise, Iceberg
lake, lied Eagle lake, Kintla lake,
Bowman lake, Waterton lake, Log
ging lake, Quartz lake, Harrison
lake and Two Medicine lake.
Lake McDonald, the southern end
of which is two and a half miles
from Belton, is one of the most
beautiful lakes in America. It is
about 3,150 feet above sea level,
nearly ten miles long, two miles
wide and surrounded by mountains
covered with virgin forests of west
ern larch, cedar, white pine, Doug
las fir, spruce and hemlock. Upper
Lake St. Marys is on the eastern
side of the mountains, about thirty
two miles north of Midvale. It is
about ten, mileB long, with a maxi
mum width of one mile, and toward
the upper end the mountains rise
in rugged walls not far from the
water’s edge. Its elevation is about
4,470 feet above sea level.
The principal glaciers in the park
are Blackfoofc, Grinnell, Harrison,
Purapelly, Red Eagle, Sperry, Kint
la, Agassiz and Chaney. In most of
the lakes of the park there is excel
lent fishing at certain times of the
year, and at others many of the
streams afford fine sport with hook
and line.
Within the park boundaries there
are many varieties of game which
are indigenous to this section of the
country, such as bear, elk, moose,
deer, big horn sheep, mountain goat,
mountain lion, as well as the small
er furred animals of the forest.—
Exchange.
Strength Out of Weakneu.
The extent to which the world’s
work has been done by invalids is
shown by a few examples given in
a medical contemporary:
Caesar, Mohammed and Napoleon
were epileptic.
Calvin was in himself almost a
pathological museum.
Frederick the Great was of deli
cate constitution and frequently ill.
Darwin was prostrated by two
hours of work daily.
Johnson was scrofulous and mel
ancholic.
Scott dictated “The Bride of
Lammermoor” during such inter
vals of lucidity as were left him
when taking large doses of opium
for “spasms.”
Tha Printed Cough.
A singular fashion which prevail
ed among the preachers of Crom
well’s time was that of coughing or
hemming in the middle of the ser
mon. The necessity of thus con
tinually attracting the attention of
the listeners could not Lave argued
well for the brilliance of the ser
mons. Some authorities say that
the preachers coughed merely as an
ornament to speech. At any rate,
when the sermons were printed, as
many of them were, the coughs and
hems were always indicated on the
margin of the page.
8he Got a Definition.
“Who can give me the correct
definition of the word intense?”
asked a teacher of her class. Three
or four of the pupils gave different
answers, but none was correct.
“Surely some one can give that
definition,” the teacher said, almost
ready to explain the term. A hand
went up from the rear, and a littl'e
girl was awarded permission to give
her definition.
“Teacher, Indians live in tents,”
the pupil replied. Only the teacher
realized the humor of the answer.—
Kansas City Star.
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An Eye to Safety.
“Captain,” said a wealthy passen
ger, who was about to take his first
trip across the ocean, “I understand
this ship has got several watertight
compartments.”
“Yes, sir,” was the reply.
“Captain,” the passenger went on,
decidedly, “I want one o’ those com
partments, I don’t care what it
costs.”—IiOndon Telegraph.
Handel’s Retort.
A vocalist of the eighteenth cen
tury called Gordon accused Handel
of accompanying him badly and said
if he did- not change his style he
would jump on the harpsichord and
smash-it. “Let me know ven you
vill do dat,” was the reply, “and I
advertise. I am sure more people
will, come to see you jump a an to
hear you sing!”
A GAME IN DEAD EARNEST.
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Courageous Acting Which Averted a
Panic at Sea.
Captain John Theater of the
Earl of Eldon was homeward bound
from Bombay with a load of cotton.
A large number of passengers were
on board.
About three days out the captain
had good reason to believe that the
cotton was smoldering. Any knowl- j
edge of such a catastrophe would
cause a general panic. It was im
possible to put back in the teeth of
a northeast monsoon, so the com
mander quietly prepared for the in
evitable.
The passengers, bored from lack
of occupation, were amused and in
terested when Captain Theaker pro
posed to play at having a fire on
board. He said that they would go
through all maneuvers just as if a
conflagration' were taking place.
The passengers fell in with the
suggestion eagerly. The boats were
got ready; provisions were put in,
with water, sails and compasses. The
seats in the various boats were allot
ted, and the passengers made up
bundles of the valuables they con
sidered the most precious. Thus,
quietly, but quickly, the “joke” was
carried out to the full.
When all was ready the captain
calmly told the players that the
game was in earnest and that the
ship was really on fire, with the
flames making toward the powder
magazine. The boats were speedily
got off, and in less than an hour
the explosion occurred.
The boats were 1,000 miles from
land, but the weather became fair,
and in fourteen days every soul was
landed in safety.—“The Still Life
of the Middle Temple.”
Hugo’s Academic Candidature.
It is well known that Victor Hu
go’s first candidature for the French
academy was unsuccessful. An in
teresting letter of condolence on
his failure from the Duchesse d’Ab
rantes has just been printed in an
autograph dealer’s catalogue:,
“I have just, heard,” she writes,
“at Mme. Eecainier’s the academy’s
decision. I wish M. Hugo had been
there to hear what M. Chateaubri
and and the others had to say about
it. You cannot imagine how indig
nant they were and how flatteringly
for M. Hugo they expressed their
indignation. The very few academi
cians of genuine talent supported
M. Hugo. It is a compliment, is it
not, to have been rejected by the
fools? He has too much genius
and intelligence for those Philis
tines. They would not have known
what to do with him at the acad
emy.”
Not many years were to pass,
however, before Victor Hugo had
his revenge and secured his election.
—Westminster Gazette.
Mutual Secrets.
“I didn’t want to come here in the
first place,” confided the first guest
at the expensive hotel at a well
known seaside resort.
“No more did I,” replied the sec
ond, “but my wife insisted on our
coming.”
“So did mine,” said the first.
"She said we had to come just be
cause the Smithsons were coming,
although I told her that I simply
could not afford the expense.”
“And that’s what I said,” explain
ed the second, “but my wife said we
had to come because the Brownsons
were coming.”
“Why, look here, my name is
Brownson!”
“And mine is Smithson!”
Then the two men shook one an
other warmly by the h^nd.—London
Answers.
An Artemus Ward Story.
When Artemus Ward was at the
height of his fame he received a
telegram from Tom Maguire, then
the leading amusement manager of
the Pacific slope. It asked Artemus,
who was then delivering his funny
lecture in New York, what he would
take for fifty nights in California.
The prompt and laconic response
was “Brandy and water.” Maguire
somehow failed to see the point, and
j he wired Ward for an explanation.
He got it in the shape of a thirty
word message costing $1G.50, for
rates were high in those days, which
stated that a diagram would be sent
by the following mail.
All Gas.
“Laura,” said the young lady’s
mother, “it seems to mo that you
had the gas turned rather low while
young Smartly was hero last even
ing.”
“It was solely for economy, mam
ma,” answered the maiden.
“There is no use trying to beat
the gas company, my daughter. I
have noticed that the shutting off
of the gas is always followed by a
corresponding increase of pressure,”
“Well, that lessens the waist,
doesn’t it, mamma, dear?” replied
the artless girl. . And her fond par
dot could find no answer,--—London
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