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Show - rgifgg . " , 4.' js?1 art- - r Germans Fast Reverting to Conditions of Dark Ages Spttitl tot, First Hand Story From Berlin Tells, of Mud Huts for the Shoeless IWa ef DfU pf,Merger'. Poor While Profiteers Revel More Wildly Than Ancient Wnlttlulrt, upmnl lit fctr lit! ut Romans and Middle Classes Sink Into Barbaric State of ImDrt if ef BreJug mvoi Un and Filth Industry So Paralyzed That Many Italia m morality m m aanbr Workers Resort to Robbery and the Chase to Live rlrM B SOUP, INGE, U a srrmoa SL Lredoa, at 6L Ee-- - rep fttifit reUpe Uto a Lla U lb the which followed tb fell that Empire. oed thinhleg th eeodiiloo reufiii about it made If tko bad not aimed art U, at laaat (a Gvrmaay, I bad jurt Moroad from a !k out ta tb edges of tk rit y, Un I paaaad a community of eandrl-eliopopl brUif ia thatrh-roofaboutr of uncooked' dir, itia tba a dob buta ia (ba nrivtlUd part of Mexico, Cralral Amenr aod Afnr. Large eomm unit - of thorn ara botrsf rv tahiubod ia different parta of Oeraeay. Tbora art aWo bring constructed taaawta frame abaniira, 1.1 th American negro , oabiaa And plana art oa foot for tb tbia aprui of oommunitba of cUcIVrt It ia all bring dona to pro-ri- d am Lind of quartrra for tha overflowing population. Four million prop I tr jammed together hrra ia Berlin with eot room anourb for (bora millioa, and tlirta primeval rtructures art tba only kind of dwelling! bring built. What a rentraat it ia to tba Berlin I on my find Uit hrra terra yaara ago. Tbm about tb only Lind of dwtlHnira being boflt were tb model Berlin apartments Blorka of the were going up on all aide. Uniformly ait and terra atoriea kigb, Ibay were out aid of heary, robatantial construe-tio- n with doping roof, giving to tha row of them a impoting appearanea, rry and in aid a finiabed in tnaaair oak with Automati lift, fleet rit perquctt floor light, gns, (team beat, telephone, tpeaking tub, hatha, tnrpaaaing in luxurv tha Atner-lea- n ; whit enamelled rooking afore, unriralled in beaufr and efficiency; kitrbca cabinet. tb original and bed; vacuum cleaner, refrigerator and wall mfm were among their appurtenance. ,U wr a at llaa-r- , t Germany, and bwtertng UcbuiU, (WrUa, Hue a, Frknafurd and wthr town ha h!pd to fauilin the tortaet practice. Clay building, how. ever, Beei grwt ea re, more o than bmk. Large avttlementa haw brv erected in Wretiru 1nuaia. the Fra inc ef lltnovwr end around tb Prawoen capital," d l- Devolution Rapid Proceee. But the mod bouar afford only on of a hundred indicatmaa that the retrogrereiv uxMwmeot ia already in acta progrere tn Germany, and Bare in and tlher Hhrw.!-glt- a aasiirw ua that aben rWv'dutioo ooea art in the backward court i far faster than the emlutmo had been. The pirtura of lb I mn region tot and New Art." af which Bcrtm m tlie cbirf exponent. miebt wrftl ta mistaken for replica of fh Ston Ar drawing which eicavator bar dug from namcrau care dwelling. The encjal dizintegration. tli extreme of poverty and wealth, lit lanah ndulgoe f the rich and tb griping privation of a fh poor the are perhaps tb mot rigna of the incipient decadence. And each aigna, w all know, heralded the end of tb Roman Empire, preceding the Dark Area, and foreordained tb fail of all tha quondam power of biitorv. 'While the rich of Berlin have plunged Into o debauch of (he maddest revelry, the poor are Buffering ih direct extreme of want. The rich are retrograding in eon. eaqneoee of their exresss. while the poor are being forced along the backward path by the bringing 1hr of privation. About tb onlr new nterpriwe opening up in Beriln are wine house, danc palAH VWk tea room. ace and Fit the tha new and tl old are thronged every night with tb. pav reveller, who main endeavor t aeemingly to wear the inna mode and raciest of the riaqu excel in the disnlav of diamond and the execution of obscene dance. The ribald rev! of Rom were never more exccwatv perhaps than the bawdy Bacchanalia of fated Biljn. Wine wai never an rrpen-iv- e, but never before n thi city hiatory vaa o mnch of it consumed. e to place no value oo Th reveller money. "Scrap of paper they call it aa thev give it in eager exchange for the foamOrgiee are of nightie occur ing "text renc. Often the feature ia exhibition dance be star favorites and aoraetimc by the irink raiboldened onlooker. Who ean execute lb rmwt shameleaa terp&icbo-rea- n feata is aprdandqd loudeat tit be-he- ld oml-pon- !t ra , ft a.tk lia i U.finMthJw kept eret edtae t y, tod to rmwalrfy aad plane a premium ua this appears to b Juat unuiurality, hai i ha Slat deetr. I la aim, racmhgly, ia lb eitrruuaatfcM of tb marriage hood a a hindraac t tb compUt, freedom" th OovreBet wwha to kiaur to (Lta and auceaediag gwoera Tl. inhabitants are beta trained tiuc.a tad prepared foe th fhanga, to that wheo it finally take place it may ba said that U asm from tb dema oil of lha people Such euaJiltaa, ill themwtvr. hooare of uoeookad day further removed la grade from tb prw-w- r fata tbaa are tb prewrwt anrMl time rnoditinn fram thoa of pre-wa- r Indeed, it arema at If th primordial form of eommunal nr tribal tnarriag which pro. vailed in th Stone Ag may outran tb Stone Ag mud-bouaa a generally tftab-tihcinstitution of future Germany. Th wide reim of noil a wry, tb decline of the Church, the political chaoa, tba rode-rea- a of tha people at bora aod oa the streets, th growing ditregard for pwraooal appearanea among th middl and lower rlaac, the dutaate foe what Dr. Inga terra the Great Induetrr." and th return to tba thas as a mean of livelihood are other indication that tb German ald la eliding down fh tohoggaa whoa net her end dtp into th obaeuring mists of tha Dark Th are o ante-wa- r d a ft Age. All Crimes Common Now. Berlin, once tb moat orderly of citire. ia War Stopped Building. th moat diaorderty. Thievery, highbow Tbeae model apartment at but yet and, the are the lad o their kind. When tba way robbery sod murder run rampant war broke out the builder laid down their Gambling flourithea la all parta of th ' never to taka them !" city. From th rich 5Aiher (profiteer) boU d, up againt to th lowly street faker, every device that wi. standing the greatly growing population no new dwelling boore. excepting tha running brain eaa conceit to flocc the mud and hoard shanties, bar been built publie baa sprung Into oa. AD eloaaee accra to take a fiendish delight ia joining ia No other kind r liltelr to be built for tb mad carnival of dissipation and crime. manr rear to com and maybe for all Failing to And work la tbetr regular caltime, eirept perbapa on rare oceazionz, aa man v of the ritV artnv of unetnploved ling. phode for the very rich. have turned to robber In.tt hundredfold I have noticed a couple of new business house in course qf const ruction, but no phase. Let anv on taka a walk b sad around Alexander Plats and are the array other. Landlord tcH me that the prioe of bnneo atrerers who ply.IhrfcypaSiBg of material and labor have wo advanced aa to preelnde indeflnitelv (he future building openly, and ha w31 won der if it really ba civilized Berlin or a newly opened Ameriof model flat for the general public. After can mining camp. Mora strwtae, Roeo f tb now age may look upon the ruin thaler atram and Bchoenbauaer tile seem atanding a relief of th magnificence of to bare been converted Into rendezvous for the Berlin that waa In other worda BersD sort of underhanded opera tion a Many lin. once the cite without alarae," Berlin, which once boosted the fineet apartment of tbe outlaw lira in three quarters, sad Social Life Demoralized. a. houvr in the world, bid fair to beootn here thev meet and openly plan their a city of mud boua dweller, not nnlika Utter demoralisation of aerial lift aeeros From here (bey nDv forth into all those of the Stone Age. to have set in. Divorces are tenfold more parts of tha city to break into house, Tba population of Berlin, ns of other in number than ever before, but one would hold up pedestrians and steal and rob genGerman towns and cities, has increased think them quite unnecessary. Marriages erally. x Even tb stranger in Berlin can aa greatly in the five year sine th last are falling off ss alarmingly as divorcea dwelling was built. Added to this are are increasing. Thev. too, seem unnecesplenty of evidence of the prevailing outthe swarms of people eonpng in from the sary. People are beginning to look upon lawry. Jle cannot go. far without observoeupied districts. Twenty to thirty per- them ts a lingering relia of the old fogy ing door and windows that have been sons are jammed together in one room in forms of antebellum days." trnashed th night before. There are many Room is so scarce that in changing ones marks showing where mechanical glaas cuttome of tha cheap lodging bonnes, sleeping on chairs, tables and the floor. To find Hyaddress it ia necessary to make application ters bar been emploved. Skeleton key and ing quarters for the residents old and new at official Government bureans. Ilere the instrumenta for breaking into door and is a problem too bard to solve. Tb mud applicants must give their correct names, window are made sod sold freely. houses seem the nearest approach, to a soformer residence, age, place of birth and Germany, which gav birt to Martin lution, in that they are cheaper and more many other personal details. The same Iutber, was once of a very religions turn of substantial than the frame shacks. A local kind of information was required in the mind. In tbe lata war th soldiers belt trade journal says: Got Mit bore the inscription census recently taken in Berlin. All this buckle wide attracted attention has would have caused eonsiderhble ar.'.ovance Uns, and most of th war songs, official "Necessity to clay building which does not require and humiliation to the multitudes clandes- -' stamps, insignia and proclamations recbeating in preparing the materials. Techicly living tc;;'!licr had thy Government ognized and invoked the power of Divine nical instruction is mads available through- - clerks and -- enus ennme not come to dispensation. But when thmtide of war began to turn tbe people were often beard to say that if Germany lost the would so longer believe in God. All things indicate that thev are making good their threat And antics of Jack Frost have dona the Divinity, it would eeem, has not been low in deserting those who deserted Him. this season tot cause general More gloomy and uninviting plaees thaa discomfort and accidents to pedes- - falls when the mercury is at freezing or cold increases the as thereabouts, normally York New majoritv cf German ebnrebre to-dthan in trians probably any elevation.strata with however, Sotnetimes, be bard to find. Because of tbe wonld other winter aver experienced. Thia become a that of is, reversed, eoal famine atmosphere caused they ere unhealed and dimly was not only by frequent lighFedi and the lack of religion fervor but by other forms layer of air at an elevation of tbe . visits of tha beautiful, clouds will drift from an easterly among tb few shivering worshippers comof Jack Frost. Snow when packed by trafor southerly direction bearing a tempera--tur- e pares favorably with tbe frigid tempera true fic and the steady tramp of the people above freezing, while within several therein. Tlie church Bella do not ring their slippery enough, but when thia i or a thousand or more feet from summonses in tbe loud, elear tone of forhundred of ice, covered by .glassy applications the ground a cold stratum with the mercury mer times. Most of tbe bells were, melted situthe ice storms, aa known scientifically below freezing will underrun from tba for cannon daring 'the war, and the brass ation becomes despairing. north. This results in rain freezing aa de- end bronxe Fixtures of thq interiors were There have been eight moderate snowPastors find since posited or congealing into sleet before depleted for like storms in New York city and vicinity aalarSes re'ntan the'aaVhito the their of seven ground. reaching than less no and December 16, Tbe inverted temperature gradient is well - prices have increased eightfold. Most of -- tbe dreaded ice storms from December 12. . illustrated by kites and Jialloons sent aloft item are in distress, and many who have not is altogether This latter phonotnenon Kites "not Abandoned their calling have become instruments bearing uncommon in this latitude, but seldom oo , New tn a from two ere point There despatched tngand objects of ebanty. curs with such frequency. ' warn a on alternate days penetrated conditions which may produce ice stoma ,nto Dark Tac0 p, stratum tha elevation of which varied ininflv nr separately.- Wo are fronted with three appar-andson one dav to 3 00 Saving spell the streete. gmund from abont 800 feet Dr. Inge luble ternproblems entl, later. feet four days Normally Jb exposed objects which are good copabourt-ttore- d. ia from these freezet heights tbe below chilled cold are .perature of rising to 10 degrees lower than St the surface, ing point Upon tbe development but during that time it was actually 10 detemperature and rain the dros deposited warmer than below..- - A surfaces. cold grees tha will congeal upon Some striking inversions huve been reformed over coating of ice may even be Mount Weather, Va., where withfrom walls of ported buildings chilled objects and is more descriptive of - the tYeather Bufeaa ba an observatory for bulect factions a after frequently This happens out rain. than of Englandbr perbap of5 - study of the upper atmosphere, On one Germany 'cold wav upon a sudden rise of temperaland. i other European feet any 1,725 mountain top, tore. and. when tha atmosphere become occasion t the the condition. or wore to Economically, was lflandcr re and level, above temperature laden with moisture. A a its wartntb and are than politically, they of 5,700 Germany the wind southeast.. At an altitude humidity comes in eontaet with frigid and ao- bad are af moreUy they was 8. rre 48 fully of degrees condenses upon them and feet a temperature idle from. jeeta its. moisture corded, a difference of 23 degree between juaDy. ktoet ofjhe factories are form to- resembling whit frost .Trinity coat and ihe raw material. of lack Money and i st ,W Wht : pidly f -- . ceco-pade- ' Jack Frosts Unkind Antics TTE i ay eon-diti- on ng es ttr -- 7d m -- -- 5TS. V People have acquired a far tha mark. They often i!.iun with it ia their bartering :! rwrt I lb prehlatorie practice of rirhaeging their ware direct Thu in th rtllcgre lb presents will gie b al.or keeper nr hectoliter of potatoes for 200 grama of nr four heto.iim of apple for pair of traoacra, or a dozen erg for a bttli af wine A photographer at Bure, a schedule of price kow, near Berlin, offering on dozen cabinrt si red photo for oca poarij of butter or down doaen for mt oa photfM postcard err; fifteen pound of apple or one'tmund of ducVa. gcrec. pork. Ia inch wiac ebiek-- n, rut and all product of the turn are ebamred foe wrering apparel, crackrry, hardware, furcittr and other eomumli-tir- e ht to Thaa far tke farmer nr th hnnfcr and trapper or other who has anrlhing of ac- widi-titual immediate valo to szrhane are not bad. If get better par than before tb war But to the great army of salaried people, the urban populations who receive their stipend in mark, modified are quite the oppoita. They are ueh aa to foreordain the dav prephreied b Dr. Ingw when man would abandin th fitted and return to the land, for which b is bv nature better adapted oc oast car or train. And If ha aootisore to show such aouahtaatios ha as wait fof wvvk. .tryourg wootaa to my peatloa has Uwo to tb station thre days ia uoeaUm to get a t oo a traia foe La berk cod flj ally abasdooad th effort cd returned her Pckrt Tbe old rzprereloa every fallow for himarlf a nd t! devil for o all" Barer had r. r Letter application tbaa ia It i tl rule of the read, th tab) and the hnp. It prevail la tmaiaew sad cil life and in all manner of V alirp of trig a ante-wa- n.a.i with Bis Gar-pun- Mlow man. No Manners at Tab!. Rudcfino m the home is a direct war product. Tl extended period of hongaf that prevail,! daring tbf war and arm;-ti- e rauaed people to lay said an veatiga of tab! manner. II who has not expert-etwe- d the craving of tong drawn oat hanger ha no conception ef what ! mean, of how ad.ilr rtprrflnoua' accra all forms of etiqoett that might Imped ia say wty the reaIict pojhla rentumptinn of the food In th mret accewrihl manner fi ths larreet pomible quantitirs. iN German, by Batura big eater, m almcwt rarenoM ia thrir greed. A knife and fork wer often laid aaid for th flngcr. or perhaps for the apaoa a a more acrvicrehle iradrument for drawing th rlatra, and at time in prirala home th tongue was brought loto play ia the latter atscra. LVtien anv no from wan unable to eat all his scanty portion acme one sitting by M wore thaa delighted with permireion to flniab it. . At the penioa where I boarded ia Hu-bur- g during the armistice, I often eaw women lire fnnm thcr arata, wa'k to other parts of the long table, pick up particle of food left br a departing rural and stick them away in a sack or basket they had breught along epeeiallv for th purpose. Thera waa no left-ovproblem" in there day. No food that entered the dining room door ever found its rv bark to the kitchen. Th food icrvcd to curb guest had previous v been weighed in gramme. When it appeared that one guest received a fra-timore than another, there were angry glance often followed by a tirade of invective against th aerving maid or favored greet, and sometime by persona! eneoon- ter. And ao condition grew wore aod worse uotil it earn to be that peoplt ate like savage. Tb aearritv of linen and cotton goods caused Ih esrlv abandonment of napkins and tablecloth. Moat of them not worn or4 were mad up into wearing appareL Ptpgr waa uaed aa a anratitufe, but often this gave way to the bar table. One having put arid there table ferma, the peopla have not been in a burr to take them up Thev vet regard heva as aper again ficinl. Now, in the owded abode of th and working tiji cloths are rt. riy area. Often peopi " on stoolajind , boxca in the kitch aad Oil their mrala off u kitchen biblcs and oeivre, and I have often aeen them eat direct from th cooking p- ia and pota on th rtora. ha-ra- airiLlsf that fast waariof la WVal thto OoL tn roLaf to da wh ta Uri to w, fre tha fatoe lapjrei LIU! lha prey prej.la haLAs premia at a downward toomd la prim The 4partmaol aUwot and af hre shops that war amptlad dartuf th waa are bow wall fl!l d and ara pwturg aa ttodr farms mor r Uaa Uful dplaya, tod lUlt ware ara only fre tha rtoto Gddtf bow Bret more tUs to tha wnral days as lha wr. Tkara was littl to ha had that hot anth a wre obUiaaU wre it is ntiresd re tha sard and Bull at riiarnilJq furls tr, priare swtl to ha toi marks (Bormally shawl M poands atatlag). Dramas fo woaniaa, medium grad, ast frere JJM to IJbOO tram 00 to 100 are ts marks Shirts (normally th mark ia worth Baariy ta shilling)! rail ef wtdreetahas about Mre earn price; wooree's hlonaea, S3 To XJ500 maxis; oottoa storking, 10 to 29 eorke, I to 20 naarks. Aa rioth rerie rare way to papar aa fhd bo ta effort was mad daring th war to retotitut paper fog wearing apparel. Fairer wnderrtothea, paper shirt and and grew paper dree. a for worn aolta for man were triad- - hut. with the of the shirt and wndaewrer. wars wwq dioesrded. A wazhabl paper wndcr-wc- ar that has hare lavmted ia fairly as ara the paper ahirta, but thev wear out re quick) jhat thev era tonl Baariy as rarrenaiv re cloth. Th remit W that mnri of tb wnw paopto have stopped wearing ahirta and wndevriothm la th epontrv hors and girls up to fourteen aod fifle year of ag go barefoot in warm weal! - and without uodcrrlothra of anv dcacriptica. The ahaapari taw aoats kflte mad 100 ad Brb ' tiU, aatto-factor- y, Many Co Barefoot Now, Drag ago a hoe reached price utterly fceyood tha reach ef the poor, and thev era constant! growing more etpenwva. Heora th wearing of wooden aandala, as la lha nopu-lati- o high pnrea which th urb-idare of ancient Rome, has become mutt and salaried people garcraUy prevalent In Germsnv. e peri 11 v I th from tha for neariy ererrihing pay email towns and rural districts. AmerMane low exchange i of tb mark. Tbe children and women and men workers to " ican whoa fir dollar or the Engliahmin th field never bare earthing elae ia th whore pound sterling can b exchanged for 700 to 220 mark. mom red v ith 20 4 mark way f footwear. But tire sandals eotn efl earile and in manv war In former time, find the price here tnmt re uncomfortable and inconvenient. The result la reasonable. But not an th German. Th ben weather permits a eontinnalte grow-Ir- g salary of the middle cl a a man i ; popnlatioti cf Germane to going baret S00 marks a Germany is estimated foot Ia the eounlrv 1 have ecen manv month. Bacon ia rarelv obtainable, but barefoot people even ia the enlde! wrather. when it ia it coats SO mark a pound. Butaod ia tb eitira manv women who aporar ter costs 38 mark Tha if the middle onile ehie on tlie streefa tever wear shoea class man should buv 10 pounoa of bacon r stocking indoor at home. or 8 pounds of butter hi entire ailary The dirt ante for (be Great Indurirr to would ba on rimed and he would hav aa prevalent her a Dr. log aav if to in nothing left to buy other foed and clothing S here (be savage inrtinri foe England for himself aod family th rest of lha H and oty tha grh eot of coal, light hunting fcna sirred asserted itself f vnch an extent lhat the Bcwrpaper and portand Lout rant. Price arc high in America and Engl.i , ing journals are warning of the danger of I know, and people Ibe. also complain of J'toating the garre; Whatever moves eonrtantlr loasrd t the low purchasing power of tlieif money." But what would they a- - "f fh had to pay given point is bound to rreb it ia time; and tb Germans are eurrtv beaded rtrat,,'t ten dollare or ten pounds for what they -on tba return road to Archaic. V If comfU formerly bought for cn dollar or one tion continue aa thev are it ia a certain found! That i xacth what lha people of dolLra do. t to the son art that the Hire to mt far rem If hare buy ey Germany moved when w will And here in German cr pound aferiinga qr fc-i- ' or clothing or . i alwayi th a large population living almost a th kbeceo, win or beer, asm ten mark for what they formerly savage live neartv or quit naked, stooping in tenia In summer nnd mndbnura in gzt for one mark. winter. The manner aod moral of lb Aa union labor class do not suffer such hardships, for through their organizapeople, which how an even more pretions they hive secured big increases in cipitate decline, would be more than pro-poion a I el wara. though not at all romr nurate wi"i primitiv. ,If other nations si ow anvthing poro chi ng like svmptoma .the increase in prices. However, because of the return to The Dark Age mav be upon tbe seamtv of coal and raw material tha Us sooner than Dr. Inge anticipates. It majority of them a!e ml cf work.' But the mar be. as he fear, a general abandonment greatest sufferer are the middle classes, whose yala-- e remain near! - the same c.1 cf the industrial oernpatinns and universal Many Personally UncT-- i. before the warAmd there rintre comprize reversion to fh anil and tbe ehsaa as a Tbe decliu cf rrea; ft.r personal ofGermanva populaabout three-fourtPlato and Raskin mar have been right in is almost as 'ronounced.' Four declaring that the wealth that comra from . tion. There is one dare that are growing rich from th renditions. rld not help leaving trade is moral!.? poisonous. They are the years without scap If there prophets were right." Dr. Inee tradesmen, including the achchre. or prof- - their trace in dirt and increased tolerance j iteer. But the ercnmnlation of their wealth thereof. Once Veuttehtr Sauberlnt (Ger-- , declared, nothing will pnt an end to social is hTigbtinif drelrfvw, 11 thaofhee elnsrea. discontent exeept th destruction of oof . mqn cleanliness) was proverbial, but th long absence of soap, inability to baths and great cities and our great industries. Furetv Tradesmen the Kings Now ehange clothing and house linen at proper- - it is plain that the twentieth century will During the long years of the wjjr and the intervals (even now becanw of the coal be the most difficult and dangmms time armistice Germany was denuded of nearly scarcity warm water for to forbid- - rince the downfall of the Roman era Ira, bathing p Iiffceverything. Now that tbe blockade is den often er than once in two weeks) have It is a time which calls for seen, for tvadrathe in are eoming supplies aecMtomed the people to put up with un - heroes, for martyrs.? man become the great medium of replenishcleanliness. Gradually thev bare become If Dr. Inge could make there remarks la ment. Everything needed by the populace, more and more negligent until now .we find England .from his observations there, I ao long destitute of food and clothing, has wonder what be would say if bs should the German becoming filthy. j hand. When the rate to pass through-lii- a Most of th homes have been stripped observe the conditions here in the midst of of the mark goes down and prices up he bare of cloth materials and made into the fallen empire of Germany. he aimplv is not bothered, in . tacks on enough to make up for the advenes and then eome. Through the multiplicity of tales to the' needv multitudes pressing him for his wares fortunes are The Ad'T'O me ths most wonderful thing ehot at easily as picking grapes; but it b fairly pouring into ' bis coffers. JL about the mountain goat is his not ail of goat bunting to kiU goats! chitbtr is much the same Individual as the Finding that they were not bring dot at profiteer of England and America, only mind, writes Dr. William here, because of th greater demand born director of the New York Zoological Pork, tbe four goats started to get away from OS by climbing' straight up tha fare of that f the greater want Na turnovers are much in an article on The Rocky Mountain Goat precipice 1 For ten minntes wv watobed on more numerous snd lus nref.ts oroportion-atel- v at Home" in tb February issue of Boyft. .amazing exhibition, Each goat Ata aa TTc and the other tradesgreater He is so calm and independent course, reached up wftb his Life. men from the great wholesaler to the lowly street huckster are amassing fortunes. so level beaded and sure footed, lhat often - front feet- - for a foothold, then by shear These are thev. with their wive and sons and often ha marches and eiimba where ao muscular strength lifted his heavy body op and daughtera. who eompoag the great bulk other four footed animal of'Nortb America the three or four feet to be gained. They climbed in that way about two dare to follow him. I pever got over my of the dance hall and win honae habitues. hundred hi feet while we watched them, then admiration amazement of and But id no other respect is tbe ret rorrere original reached eagy going, and quickly disap- eioo of German more manifest then-i- n the summit wort rudeness in the homes and in publie. Board- Early iu our studies of whit goats ia pearedover tha summit We hunters all mass often trams (bet e and goat paradise we were treated to on' agreed that no mountain aheep could make . presents ing train exhibition of climbing that opened oor eyes. "a climb like that; bnfc ef eonrse, w donf seen match. football have in a I play As we were passing across a tiny goat paa-n- d really know. women and children trampled under foot Several time w sow goats aerendy dragged on the ground In efforts to - ture af tbe foot of a rock precipice we side on the a of four promenade across th faces of perpendicubold on to the railing in the" pressing- surprised party goats lar cliffs of bare rock to smooth th no of hundred feet trafwhen sbont up. Even ope during throngs." sign of s ledge, ot path waa visible to es, fie is lightest people rush and push bv one 'We baited to see what they would dou Tb another without the slightest compunction. ! face of tbe rock wall waa reasonably . even with our glasses.. Ia every seek ease and in thia respect tbe women sr worse rongh, but it could not have been more than it looked ss if tbs animal were walking on sir The feet ara planted with greet prethan th men. H whoJioIdtJwck oat .of ten degree flora being perpendicular, stood safely upon tbe earn- - cision snd firmness, and this imparts U Two in- or goats age fraUty eopwderatio&fqre cy o'n their entrapped eom- - tbe enimal a stiff gait, and tbe.gSneral ap atantly .finds- - tbe throng pushing pert blqv-- . mit. looking down A pearance of s mechanical toy in motion. u d Foreign Exchafire the Cause. Th vr indis-positi- rult mg ht es m-V- rt t nc ' - ... . .... the-leas- , The Mountain :Goat at Home . - the-bour- s Kfkft lhe-wal- Ir |