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Show On Pike's Peak. "The officer in charge of the United States signal service station on the top of Pike's peak has rather a lonesome time of it, especially in winter," said Major C. P. Leonard of Colorado. "He lives in a low, flat building made of stone, which is anchored and bolted to the granite bowlders, During the -winter months he has no connection whatever Iwitn tne rest or tne wona, ad ic is impossible im-possible for a human being to ascend to his station and just as impossible for him to go down. "Snow is his only water supply, and even in the heat of summer there is always al-ways enough within a few feet of his door to furnish all the water needed. His official duties are light, requiring only an occasional inspection of the instruments. in-struments. The rest of the time he occupies oc-cupies in reading and viewing the surrounding sur-rounding country through his telescope. On a clear day the houses of Colorado Springs, 20 miles away, are plainly visible, vis-ible, and during tho summer he can see men walking around the town in their shirt sleeves and ladies clothed in white dresses, while he is perched up among the clouds, with snow piled around on all Bides. ' ' St. Louis Globe-Democrat. |