TOA'JUNGFRAU’S TOP.-
A’HE ASCENT WILL BE EASY WHEN
mien/111w“ IS DONE.
1‘”
an Engineering Marvel Winch whitin—
able Electric Cars to Climb the Famous
.Swiss l'vIountain—People DIay Rise Al~
:most 14,000 Feet Above the Sea.
'Thomas Commerford Martin, the
well-known electrical authority, dur-
--;ing.his:recent trip abroad, made a spe-
cial journey to Switzerland for the
purpose of {inspecting some of the elec-
tric railways in the Alps, and has
brought back some hitherto unpub-
lished data-concerning the new road
'to the summit of the Jungfrau. He
'says concerningit:
“The building of the new electric
.road to the top of the Jungfrau will
be, I think, one of the greatest engin-
eering feats of the century. I have
_'1vitnessed the beginning of the work,
rand have been over most of the route
to be traversed by the electric cars,
and .I must confess to a feeling of awe
when :brought face to face with the
difficulties to be overcome. One gets
but a poor idea from the published ac-
counts that he ve reached this coun-
't1'y. Think of cutting through the cen-
ter of some of the highest mountains
'in the world, and constructing a street
car route up an altitude nearly 14,000
(feet above sea levell' This new elec-
tn-lc road will revolutionize Alpine
have]. lnvalids can be placed aboard
"thexcars, and in an hour and forty min-
mtes be set up on a mountain peak.
which no one but an experienced
mantain climber has attained. Even
the Alpine clubs approve of it. In the
“future we may climb the mountain
and descend on the cars, or vice versa,
or if a climbing party be overtaken by
a severe storm the members can find
safety and civilization via the nearest
station. Alpine casualties will de-
crease.
“‘The difference in levels between the
terminal stations of the road will be
7,000 feet. The length of the road will
be 12 kilometres, or 71,3 miles. The
fare for the round trip will be $9, or
its equivalent in francs, with the pro-
portionate reduction for passengers go-
ing only part of the way. At least 10
kilometres of the road length will be
in tunnels, with openings at frequent
intervals, from which the tourist may
obtain momentary views of the sur-
rounding scenery. The maximum"
:speed of the cars 011 grades above 15
“per cent will be five miles an hour; on
lesser grades it will be slightly in
creased. '
'.The motive power for operating the
Toad will be obtained from the gla-
ciers themselves. The waterfalls and
"streams will be harnessed, and made
so Operate turbines, which in their turn _
We‘ll} :be transmitted along the length
191’ the road. The cars will be lighted
randheated by electricity. The last is
c‘most necessary, as it is estimated that
"the temperature of the tunnels will
.range from two to ten degrees centi-
~grade below zero as the summit is ap-
._-'proachcd. The great difference in
‘zteimicraiure of the air at the opposite
ends of the tunnel, it is believed, will
be ample to set up a circulation of air
sufficient for ventilating purposes. In
ifact. it is feared the currents may be
so strong as to make it necessary to
«close the portals in order to control
Lthcm properly and to avoid the en-
‘lrance of warm, moist air from below,
which will cause the deposit of moist-
mre on the inside of the tunnel, and
.mat it with h'oar frost.
“The first. section of the road will be
ready for traffic by next August. The
"whole line will be completed in five
:years. The rack rail type of road will
l'be employed. The track gauge will be
rune metre, and a minimum curve of
100 metres will be adopted. A maxi-
.-111um grade of 25 per cent will be the
’flimit, and all down grades will be
avoided whenever possible. The heav-
iest down grade (10 per cent) will be
between the Monchjock and the Jung-
:fraujock. But these considerations of
ccngineering detail will not affect the
'rtourist. Even the scientist must be
impressed with the aesthetic side of
she case. To travel to such an alti-
tude in a street car; to be conveyed
finto the clouds by means of the very
force which emanates from them, and
to stand with the Alpine world at your
feet, will give you an impressive idea
of what modern engineers can do.”
lictty Green and Politics.
“[Iettyt" reen doesn’t like to hear po-
litics spoken of since her son Eddie
Sfailed to carry Texas. She dislikes it
can anuch as she detes’ts assessments on
umprofitable enterprises. Stephen Van-
".Tassel, a Democrat, and Frank M.
Z‘Buck, a Republican, both know this
‘now. They became embroiled in a
themed argument on a train for Mount
"Vernon yesterday. Their voices were
so loud‘that they attracted much at-
tention. Finally Mrs. Green went to
them and said in a tone that filled the
car:
"Gentlemen, will you pardon me for
~saying that the election is over? There
is :1 time for all things. Politics has
'zlmd its. 'Will you not stop talking'poli-
zics until you re1ch home? I am not
deaf and you make-me nervous.”—
.’2\*ew York Press. 1
A Drawback.
A writer‘ in the short—lived New
"York Tatler once said to Whistler: “It
smust be delightful being an American
in London, and always getting the bet-
aer of people.” “But,” returned 11' ,
smith melancholy, “it takes them such
:along time to find it out. ”
A Compromise.
““Tony, me husban’, bayn a I-talian,
smtéd to give \the baby a I'Jtzilia-n
name; but oi, av courrse, bayn Girlsh,
wanted um to have a name with a Mac.
.121 it, so~1ve scthled the mother boi cal-
fi'nmnm Macaroni-.7!
”hunter. There is as much difierence in
appeared as quick as lightning. Had
'the “es t End of London, this novel
THE GAME GRAY SQUIRREL.
A Description of 3 Fight Between a Snal: 1. _
and a Belllgerent Buél1y-tail.~ ‘
The gray squirrel is no doubt the
gamiest quadrnped that inhabits the
Pennsylvania forests To lu1e the gray
squirrel from its haunts, or get within
range of the animal. is a task that re-
quires the skill of an experienced
the nature of the gray sqmrrels of the
forests and gray squirrels of the parks
as there is between the fierce Wild
cats of'the Rockies and the household
tabbies of New York. A gray squirrel
is rarely seen on the ground. When
it wishes to change its position to a
neighboring t1ee it will hang to the
trunk within five feet of the ground,
then, surveying the surroundings, will
dart like lightning t6 the next tree and
soon be lost in the labyrinth of branch-
es.
Although the gray squirrel is seem-
ingly the wildest and most timid of
game animals, it displays great cour-
age when its home is invaded by an
enemy.
A New Yorker who has been hunting
111 the Nippenoss Valley, Lycoming
County, Pa., relates an interesting com-
bat between a gray squirrel and a
black snake. “My attention,” he said,
"was drawn to a rumpus of some sort I ,
in a nearby oak tree. On making an I .
investigation I found a huge black _ .
snake and a gray squirrel in’a deadly '
combat. The snake was makmg an
attempt to gain access to the squirrel’s
nest, but he had evidently undertaken
a more difficult task than he had bar-
gained for. So ferociously and effec«
tually did the courageous little animal
attack the snake that the long body re;
[axed its hold on the limb and dropped
to ‘the ground. All the fight was
knocked out of the snake by his dizzy
fall, but the squirrel was just getting
warmed 11p to his best fighting heat.
lIe darted down the tree and took after
his unwelcome intruder. He then made
another onslaught on the snake by ,
clawing and biting it with his sharp ,
claws and teeth. The squirrel cleverly
avoided the wicked strikes of his an-
tagonist. The combatants approached
to within a few feet of me before they
observed my 'presence, then they dis-
not the-fight been interrupted there
would have been no doubt one less rcp~
lite in Lyeoming County."
A TIMELY SUGGESTION.
turies ago. The Duke of Buccleuch,
however, can prove that this is not cor-
rect, as the last of the Druids still ex-
ists in his own person, although be ap-
points a representative to officiai‘e in
a curious old ceremony Which has been
preserved since long before the days
of William the Conqueror. It consists
of the payment of what is called
“\Vroth money,” the principal house~
holders of the parish in which he is ‘
lord of the manor being compelled to
pay him a certain sum in silver coins
every November. The money is thrown
into a hollow cross of Saxon‘ design
and collected afterwards by the bailiff
of the estate. An amusing feature 01
this old-time ceremony is- that any
parishioner failing to make. the pay-
ment is liable to a forfeit of twenty
times the amount 01' is compelled to
procure a white bull with a pink nose
as a substitute. This curious custom
was witnessed a few days ago by a
large number of spectators, drawn to
the place not so much, I think, by the
imposing evint as by the sumptuoul
bieakfast pr -1' 1111 d at the local inn by
the Duke of l;11ccleuch.—Philadelphia
'l‘ clegiaph.“
Flowers Blade of Bread.
One of the latest, and certainly most
effective methods of making artificial
flowers is the use of fresh bread. .
All that is required is a loaf of fresh
bread. some wire, and a little color-
ing matter; According to a well-
known makel of- ar tificial flowers in
method is likely to supeisede 1111 oth-
ers. Not only do these “bread" flow-
ers. look exactly like the real article
when freshly made. but, as the bread ‘
grows stale, the flowers assume :1
slightly withered appearance, which is
almost identical with that of a flower
beginning to fade.
As a rule, ordinary artificial flowers
can at once be detected by the unus-
ually bright and fresh appearance they
present after being in the heated at-
mosphere of a ballroom or elsewhere
for several hours; but the fading pow-
er of.“bre'ad” flowers practically in-
sures them against detection even
from the eyes ‘of an expert.”
Unlr ppy is the life of one whose
happiness depends on :the opinions of
fibers.
“to Subscribe for the
for $‘I.OC a Year
The Lass of the Druids. ' -
Historians of the present day are .
never tired of declaring that. Druidism .
disappeared from England many cen- .
' A
Ioth Pacers Sent to one Address
NEW YORK YETTER
'r“'—..'-'
The suggestion that Joseph H.
Choate, the famous lawye1, orator and
wit should be made Senator instead of '
Mr. Platt, inspires the Sun to say:
Everybody knowsithat Mr. Choate has
genius, learning, and wit enough
to furnish a whole Senate; and
it would be a Joy to near him chaff the
solemn bores and c1anks, who are to
be found in no inconsiderable numbe1s
in the Senate, the lion. Bill Stev' zut,
for instanCe, the Hon. Wind Allen of
Nebraska, and the Hon. .Iarion But-
ler of North Carolina. But Mr. Choate
is a New York institution, one of the
monuments of the town. and he can’t
be spared. He is in Washington, in
attendance upon the Supreme Court, a
more than suflicient‘ part of the time
already. His place is here, and he is
to be congratulated upon his ability
to keep it. Senators are common
enough, but there is Only one Joseph
Hodges Choate. A writ ne exeat is
hereby issued against him.
Twice within three days Annie Fra-
zer has been in the alcoholic ward at
Bellevue Hospital, and will probably
remain there for several days.
The hospital books give her age as
tv enty—nine years I-Ier'home is in a
brown stone mansion in East Thirty-
second street, where she lives with a
brother and sister-in-law, who are
prostrated over her downfall. The
woman’s father is a Presbyterian
'clergyman in Scotland. She speaks
several languages, and has taught in
France, Russia, Germany and Eng-
land. ‘
A good story is told of Mrs. Brad
ley Martin, one of the leaders in New
York society. It is said that shortly af-
ter her daughter married the Earl of
: Craven she was at lunch, 01' dinner,
and the man next to her, apropos of
“ 'di ssatisfaction,” which was the topic
.of conveisation, paid her the compli-
; meat of being the most feitunate wo-
man in the world, having a devoted
l‘ husband, power to gratify every ma-
:terial wish and a family of handsome
'. children.
“And,” he added, "now you
have the satisfaction of seeing your
‘ -da1gl1ter happily married to the man
.of her choice. Indeed. you are a most
fortunate woman.” “Yes,” responded
Mrs. Martin naively, ‘but I ass ure
you it was a love match,” alluding to
the Craven alliance. passing over as
unworthy of consideration the other
blessings which her friend mentioned,
as though that were her crowning
blessing;
Dr. Sell-1 Low, president of Colum-
bia College, has given his check for
$5,000 to the Kindergarten Association.
This is Dr. Low’s salary as a member
.of the Rapid Transit Commission. The
letter which accompanies the check
states that Dr. Low wishes to make
this gift of the greatest possible use to
all the people of the city, and to bear
testimony particularly to the value of
the kindergarten system to New York’s
little children. - .
Another sign that the horse must go
is seen in the recent conference of di-
rectors of the Metropolitan Traction
Company at which it was decided to
adopt mechanical motive power in the
place of horses on the Fourth avenue
.and Sixth and Eighth avenue lines of
the system. It was not definitely de-
cided whether the underground trolley
should be used or compressed air mo-
tors, but President Vreeland said that
the weight of opinion was in favor of
the trolley. \Vork will begin as early
as possible in the spring.
Even a rat has rights in the metrop-
.olis, as Louis Griesler, a wheelwright
of the East side has discovered. He
caught a large gray rat, and after fill—
ing the bottom of the trap with pieces
of fat and other inflammable material,
and erected a funeral pyre in the mid-
dle of the street. The caged rat was
placed on top of it and a match ap~
plied. As the flames licked the metal
bars of the cage and the imprisOned
rat commenced to slowly roast, a large
crowd stood around and some made
bets as to 110w long it would take to
kill the animal. At the height of the
ceremony Policeman Sheridan, of the
Union Market station, arrived and
drove the crowd away, but came too
late to save the rat. He then arrested
Griesler, who was arraigned in the Es-
sex Market Court and held for exami-
nation. , » '
At times there is a pleasant gleam
of sentiment even in the banking dis-
trict, where all is supposed at all times
to be hard, cold business. The bank-
ing house of August Belmont & Co.
was filled a few days ago with flowers
in commemoration of the birthday of
the founder of the famous house. The
custom prevailed in the lifetime of the
father of the present head of the firm,
and has continued ever since.
' The habit of taking off feminine
hats, which really began in a syste-
matic movement at the Metropolitan
Opera House at the beginning of this
season. has now happily spread to all
the theatres in town. It is a graceful
thing. The women gain in appearance,
the men in comfort. May it last for-
ever. _
A few days ago a visit01"to the Zoo-
logical Gardens waved his handker-
chief in the face of one of the lions.
The claws of the beast tore the article
into shreds. The foolish person, in-
stead of feeling happy over his own
escape from mutilation. made a fuss
and was arrested for disor‘de1ly con
duct. He was taken to the 4-13:91131 and
released after a warning
0113...; 'IHORP.
Ivory, Genuine and Otherwise.
For every ton of genuine ivory im-
ported into Great Britainthere are im-
po1ted three tons of vegetable ivory It
comes chiefly from the’ South Ameiican
Republic of Colombia, being the hard
albumen of ’the seeds of the ivory nut
palm. -——F rom Answers.
MOTHERS’ MEETINGS.
Practical and interesting Work of tin
Free Ki ntlergartens.
Among the active works of philan-
thiopy which owe their existence to thl
influence of the kindergarten system 01
child training, none are more practical
in their results'than that called Moth-
ers” Meeting. These meetings are un:
der the control of a committee con-
nected with the Free Kindergarten: ‘
and are established for the purpose oi
interesting the mothers of those chil-
dren who attend such kindergartens in
the purpose and system of the work.
Take the plan pursuedby a single
school, for example. Once a month
the children carry home to their moth.
ers a written invitation to meet at thi
'school rooms on a given afternoon.
This takes 011 the nature of a social
function which appeals strongly to the
feminine l1ear,t and every mother whiz
can possibly do so is sum to be at the
meeting.
Arrived there, the Kindergartener and
her assistants serve coffee and cake.
chocolates and wafers of similar light
refreshments from a daintily equip
ped table. Then while the chocolate is
being sipped, they go about among the
mothers striving by a word here .0!
a question there to give them an in-
sight into the spirit of the kindergarten
system, and also to gain an insight in-
to the home life of their different
scholars.
After the social hour thus spent, a
very piactical entertainment of some
sort is provided. On one occasion a
sewing teacher from the public schools
meet with them, and by practical de-
monstmtion shows them the best way” '
to make uVOl a diess for a child. This
is something which they can under-
stand. which is of every-day use to
them. and they gather many valuable
ideas on the subject which they had
not thought of before. All, too, are
free to ask questions
The sympathy which has thus come
to exist between the mothers and
teachers is“evidenced by the mutual
interest which they showdn the ques-
tions asked and answered, and by the
confidential talks regarding the chil-
dren's traits and training.
Most of the women whose chil-
dren attend the Free Kindergartens
are bright and enterprising and are
quick to adopt the improved methods
which are here shown them. so far at
least aslheir suroundin‘gs and resour-
ces will permit.
ETIQUETTE NOTES.
Square center-pieces for the dinner
table are now the fashion, replacing
the long runners and round center-
pieces.
Holidays, as a rule, are more espe-
cially devoted to family gatherings,
and it is a breach of good form for any
person to call 011 that day. It is p1op—
er, however, for any near relative of
the family to call, or to make a visit.
‘It is not good form to mention peo-
ple‘s names in the course of conver-
sation in railway cars 01' other public
conveyances; neither is it prudent, for“
you 1:;1 er know what use will be
made of some remark you make inno-
cently—Ladics’ World.
The lavish use of“ even the best per-
fumes is bad form, but when it comes
to using cheap perfumes, it is vulgar.
Many riders of the bicycle of both
sexes use cheap perfumes, and to such
an extent that the atmosphere reeks
with them to the annoyance of all sen—-
sitive persons.
‘ Chinese etiquette permits the asking
of a stranger‘s age 01' of a friend's.
English and American etiquette make
it very bad form to show inquisitiVe—
ness regarding any one’s age. Li
Hung Chang, the greatest Chinaman
of the age. and one of the four great-
est men of the earth, almost invaria-
bly asked the age of each of the dis‘
tinguished men presented to him on
his recent visit to America.
Bicycle costumes are not good form
for calling in. Very intimate friends
maydrop in on each other informally.
The exercise of bicycling produces
conditions in many persons which are
not in keeping with the necessities de-
manded by a formal visit. The wind
11ifiies the hair. the pe1spiration and
dust destioys the immaculate white~
ness of colla1 and cuffs, and last but
by no means least,‘tl_1e perspiration is
offensive to. the Sensitively organized.
How to Stew Apples.
Here. is a novel way of serving ap-
ples. Pare and core as many as you
require. Stew them in sugar and wa-
ter until tender. but still firm enough
to hold their shape. Remove them
carefully to the dish in which they are
to be served. Fill the centre with ap-
ricot 01' raspberry. jam.
Boil down the liquor to a ”thick sy-
rup and pour it Over the apples: just
before serving pour over them' a few
spoonfuls of brandy and light it with
a taper after it is on the table” Served
with fancy?- cakes these apples make
an excellent desert.
A 'Delicious Bieakfast Dish.
You will need the following materi-
als: One heaping. pintbowlfui of chop-
ped cold boiledhamland four eggs.
Break the eggs into a bowl, but do
not beat them. Have'the frying-pan
hot, and grease with a small lump of
butter. Pour in the eggs and add the
11am, with a little pepper, and stir con~
stantly until done, which will be.
when each individual particle of the
minced ham is coated with egg. The
eggs, not being‘ beaten. bits of the
white and yell; are seen when cooked.
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