Show SNOWSTORM SNOW STORM wonderful sight on dikea peak in a paper describing a perilous ascent of pikes peak lieutenant john P finley united states signal service says that the ascent was when the snow wa the deepest of all months of the year and the lieutenant was accompanied compa nied by the sergeant of the station the ascent was accomplished on mule back until a zone of deep snow was reached and then the animals were taken mackto tho halfway half way house below into this snow they sometimes sank to their armpits and saved themselves from plunging deeper by spreading out their arms at one time they crossed a frozen crust in the shape of a turtles back where a foothold had to bo cut at every slop and where a misstep would have sent them thousands of feet down the mountain electric storms sometimes were witnessed there when each snowflake charged with electricity discharged a spark as it touched a mules back in its fall electric sparks streamed from the finger tips of upraised hands in their ascent they encountered a storm of sleet that cut their faces so as to draw blood the last five miles was a fight for life against wind sleet cold and ra rifled air A pair of siamese no been born in cannes they are girls ax idol collector in san francisco who has just died had a collection of five hundred little gods y T Q STORES a farmer living near la has a cow that has borne twin calves five years in succession A in new york recently was a handsome turnout drawn by two well groomed mules driven by ai handsome liveried coachman ay interesting sight in some of the cemeteries of kansas is the pine board advertisements of undertakers arad tombstone manufacturers tacked up on trees by enterprising advertisers A RICHLY DRESSED lady with an ab sent minded look was in a fourth avenue new c r bhe left the car she turned at the doorway hn d with a dignified bow said 1 I fisli you lill a very pleasant evening 1 awl ewt f arx faw |