The Pearsall Leader (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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THE PEARSALL LEADER, PEARSALL, TEXAS
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f its splendid system
■ or yet by automobile,
5 joyfully on foot, for,
• Switzerland aright,
is feet as well as his
which we devoted
1, or rather a part
i, I still recall with
tnd delight,
he middle of June,
on our feet, stout
nd knapsacks on
walk from Thusis over
En^adine. Toward noon
at a wayside inn, after
fresh from the water
n ; he .earth. We stopped
r io'! ntain village where
or breakfast and a large
•ci ard-wood floor, hand-
id linen sheets and
n lows framing mag-
. mountains and cas-
vs each! The pic-
ess apologetically ex-
dch we had so recklessly
- and jam for break-
ie swollen proportions
;he face of Providence
d elding to the protest
whined charms of the
le prices, we stopped
natch of paradise and
refreshed in body and
rin by easy stages dowm
in St Moritz, we
anting region, seeing it
a, the month of flowers,
‘ t h every color of the
r run riot over all the
as make their part of
and pansies and but-
ad a cloth of pure gold
i
out for a week's walk-
rough one of the least
Switzerland, stopping
hotels, where we ate.
the joy and some of
> oruelous races of primi-
n' the Oberalp pass the
loomed us as Noah
dove that returned to
r of dry land. Thus far.
season had been so
is family had been
puzzled by this para-
eaed to explain that in
I . mlcbt add, cold stor-
!• 'thing to do with the
a the family to eat it.
- e could imagine the
• with which his house-
; * ! this feast which,
ring to their carnal
eir financial undoing.
-t side excursion to lit-
of the Rhone—on our
, w here we Inspected, as
foreigners, the splendid
' visfe promptly erected
hen Italian imperialism
of their Italian-speaking
of the most remarkable
the ideal toward which
very European country,
s for huge standing af-
ar :d hope. The Swiss
of militia which saves
xpayers and years of
twice to the soldiers,
e in the militia and re-
receivod would be in-
■ c-r. and supplemented
school, and rifle
the entire male
and economical way lit-
popuiatioB of less than
. i!’> has at her beck
of the most martial
quipped and ready to
- n-csfsfd the Eurka pass
in the course of the
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n
tmi, Mel
| passes, the
Augatburg and
Tete Noir, 4ach with its own special variety of
Alpine scenery. None of these, however, opened
up a view that could compare In grandeur of
form and mass and mysterious beauty of color
and shade with that which stretched out before
us as we reached the summit of the Furka and
looked westward over miles of glaciers, inter-
twined with green valleys and surrounded on all
sides by chain after chain of snow-covered, cloud-
capped mountains in an ocean of sunset glory.
On our walking trips it was interesting to
watch the faces of people who passed us in dili-
gences, carriages or automobiles: some as they
whirled by looked down upon us with plutocratic
scorn, others with indifference or surprise, but
those who realized what they were missing must
have envied us as we strode along, inhaling great
draughts of pure ozone, stopping to rest or read,
or eat or sleep, whenever xve wished, and always
carrying with us the exultant sense of personal,
physical triumph over this proud old Alpine
world.
But we were by no means total abstainers from
the pleasures of occasional drives, w'hich lent
added zest to our tramps. One drive which we
took over the Grimsel pass is indelibly impressed
on my memory. Having blistered our feet on
the trip to the Grimsel lospice wre limped ig-
nominouslv into the hostelry and requested the
proprietor to send us some liniment.
Quick to take'advantajie of the situation, he
inquire^ whether we woulq not like a carriage for
the rest of the journey to Meiringen.
‘‘It is not much more expensive than the dili-
gence.” he explained, “and of course there* are
many advantages in having one’s own private
equipage.”
The picture he drew of us rolling along in
luxury proved so attractive that we at once fell
In with his suggestion.
When our turnout was announced we descended
in state, preceded by the porter, the concierge,
the proprietor and the head waiter, all of whom
had lent their distinguished services in the mat-
ter of the carriage transaction and had been re-
warded accordingly.
So grdat was our consternation on being told
that a rickety victoria drawn by a braying mule
was our much vaunted “equipage” and so ludi-
crous was the whole situation that we were too
nonplussed to protest. Moreover, the mule was
braving so vigorously that any remarks we might
have made would have been hopelessly swallowed
up In (he noisy confusion of our exit.
Such a ride as that would be hard to duplicate
at any price. The road twisted and writhed along
the precipitous Bide of a deep gorge through
which poured a mountain torrent. This gorge
was sufficiently awe-inspiring even when contem-
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plated from a safe distance, but our mule had no
idea of safe distance. His one thought seemed to
be to leap the precipice, while the driver's frantid
efforts to frustrate these suicidal and homicidal
attempts were badly seconded by a pair of feeble
and wbm looking rains and a brake, which, at
critical momenta, refused to work, thus precipi-
tating the carriage upon the already overwrought
and almost hysterical mule
Every time we rounded a corner ire held our
breath • in terror, for turning corners in this vehi-
cle was a painfully precarious performance.
When the prancing mule had safely negotiated
the turn the crisis was by no means past, since
the carriage wheels were suffering from some
internal disorder that made them slide and slip,
wabble and pitch forward rather than roll, while
the harness, being pieced with ends of rope and
bits of string, was in imminent danger of collapse.
About an hour aft-
\ er we had started,
hearing the diligence
with its six sure-foot-
ed horses coming up
at full speed, we mod-
estly directed the
driver to turn aside,
hoping the passengers
would be enjoying the
scenery too much to
have any eyes for .us.
But just as the dili-
gence came abreast
of our “equipage," the
mule, having no taste
for obscurity, lifted
up his voice high
above the noise of the
waters and the star-
tled tourists, turning
with one accord to
look back at ua,
passed speedily out of
our sight in a gale of
, laughter.
By this time, suffer-
ing move from wound-
ed pride than from
blistered feet, we me-
chanically v repeated
the words of the ho-
tel proprietor:
“A carriage la not
much more expensive
k than the diligence
and of course there
are many advantages
in having one’s own
private equipage.”
The last days of
summer were now
gone, and, according
to our original plan
our pedestrian tour
had come to an end.
But when the time
came to get into a
stuffy train at Meir-
ingen and return to
the smoke and hustle
of civilisation we de-
cided that it was impossible to leave Switzerland
without at least one snow mountain to our credit.
Accordingly, instead of securing railway tickets
we engaged two guides and set off for the Ewig-
schneehorn, a mountain which is only 11.000 high,
but which commands one of the finest pano-
ramas in the high Alps and, in good weather, ac-
cording to Baedeker, “presents little difficulty <o
adepts.",
Unfortunately, however, by thus starting from
ft point only 2,000 feet above sea level, we gave
ourselves a climb of 9,000 feet, which is over
2,000 feet more than from the Eggishom hotel
to the top of the Jungfrau.
We slept that night on straw between huge
woolen blankets in an Alpine hut built by the
Swiss Alpine club for the free use of all passers-
by. As we were drenched from walking all day
in the rain and there was barjely enough wood
on hand to make tea and heat our canned soup,
we w^re forced next morning at four o’clock to
get into icy clothes.
There is nothing more dangerous on such trips
as this than new-fallen snow, which conceals the
crevasses yawning in the glacier beneath. We
were all roped together and as the head guide
sounded the snow with his ice axe at every
step, our progress necessarily was slow and
monotonous. But when the Jce ax suddenly re-
vealed that we were on the brink of a snow-
covered crevasse which was a veritable death
trap, we realized that our guide's precautions
were neither perfunctory nor excessive. A few
minutes later an avalanche, carrying tons of
snow, ice and boulders, came tearing down about
five yards to our right, but so stimulated were we
by the altitude and the novelty of the situation
that we felt no emotion save a sort of intoxica-
tion of ecstasy and awe.
In every direction, as far as the eye could
reach, was a region of dazzling w’hite—of lifeless,
endless winter. We were tired and cold and
hungry and wet. but our keenest And dominant
sensation was one of exhilaration. A new aspect
of nature had been opened to our view. Cold she
was, and cruel, in this mood, but incomparably
beautiful and pure. And when at last we turned
our faces toward the familiar lower levels, it was
with a feeling of exultation that this once, at
least, it had been our privilege to tread these cor-
ridors of flowing ice, to hear the thunder of the
avalanche, to gaze face to face upon the Jungfrau,
the queen of the Bernese Alps, with her court
of snowy giants, and to enter, as it were, the
very holy of holies of this mighty temple of na-
ture to which pilgrims flock from the ends of
the eartb-^-a temple not built with hands, whiter
than marble, as enduring as the world itself and
reaching to the very heavens.
v
(Conducted by the National Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union.)
THE PRINCIPAL CAU8E.
The Umpire is a paper published In
the Blast penitentiary of Pennsylva-
nia. Its pages contain frequent testi-
mony by the convicts to the influence
of drink in' the wrecking of their
lives. | Writes onfe: “Seventy per cent
of crihe is attributed to drink. Why
not make an effort to ‘burn our
bridges’ and cut off the principal
cause of our being here? A petition
signed by 1,400 men and women in
this place would cany more weight
and he ten times as effective as any
petition signed by a similar number
of people on the outside. Liquor ii
the cause of 70 per cent of us being
here. It is the cause of 85 per cent
of parole violations. Let us add our
Uttle weight to the temperance cause,
as a selfish precautionary measure, tf
for no better motive,”
Says another: “Many men are so-
cial outcasts through the use of liquor.-
It was the cornerstone of my undoing.
Through it 1 gained acquaintances
and lost friends. Sacrificed the wear-
ing of good, comfortable clothes 'to
buy it, slept In barns and open fields,
rather than buy A comfortable night’s
lodging, and called myself a “wise
guy/ while the saloonkeeper, the lob-
ster/ went to a warm bed, and good
victuals, a cozy home and loving wife,
taking with him the earnings of a
poor man. It wag the cause of lead-
ing me often to beggary. It is causing
men to go to Jails for villainy. It is
a wife’s woe and children's sorrow
and neglect It makes a self-murderer
out of a man who drinks to another's
‘good health/ and robs him of his
own.”
Make die Liver!
Doitelltity
Nfoe times in ten when
CARTER'S
A LESSON IN ECONOMICS.
A workman walked into a grog
shop and asked 'the man behind the
.bar the amount of his month’s bill.
He was told it was $11.10. With
hands grimy from a hard day’s toil
the man reached into his pockets*
drew out a ten dollar bill and a cue
dollar Mil and handed them over
the bar. ; >.
Just as he did so the saloon man’s
son came in and said, “Father, moth-
er sent me down to' say that her new
hat will be done this evening, and she
wants you to hive me $12 so she can
pay tor It”
Without a word the saloon man
handed the boy the '$11 the cudtamsbr
had given him and added another dol-
lar to it whereupon the workman,
pointing his finger at the saloon nuL
sa*a: “Is that where my money goes!. „ „
Twelve dollars for a hat/for your^ SMALL PILL, SMALL
wife? Why, only yesterday I refused
my wife $4 for a new hat because/It
was too much. This is the last jfme
I am going to buy clothes for dome
one else’s family with my hard-earned
money. I am going to climb right up
on the top segt of the water wagon
and stay there." And he did.
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IN THE MIDST OF BATTLE.
The temperance cause started put
well-nigh alone, but mighty forces
have joined us in the long march. Ws
are now in the midst of the Waterloo
battle, and in the providence of Qo4
the temperance army will not have to
fight that out all by itself. For sci-
ence has come up with its glittering
contingent, political economy deploys
Its legions, the woman question brings
an Amazonian army upon the field,
and the stout ranks of labor stretch
away as far as the eye can reach. As
in the old Waterloo against Napoleon,
so now against the Napoleon ot tbs
liquor traffic, no force is adequate ex-
cept the’ “allied forces."—Frances E.
Willard.
1.
TWENTIETH CENTURY POLICY.
The mother deer hides her fawn
from wolves in a thicket. That was
what woman did for ages. Now she
is out in the open hunting the wolves.
Bhe started out for the saloon keeper
and she has come home from millions
of square miles of territory with his
scalp at her belt. She prays, of course,
hut she keeps 'her powder dry and
shoots at the monster to kill. Her
success has established her ability to
conduct an aggressive warfare against
the evil of the world. And there need
he no doubt that* this aggressive pol-
icy will continue until the world has
become far safer for the young than
It ever has been.—Grapho, in the Con-
gregationalist.
Genuine
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Throw A
your complexion troubles witk yoerr *
powder puff — no 1necd of either
when you use pure, harmless
“Ito ALL DAT BEA0TT POWDER"
At all dealers or by mail 50c.
Zona Co.® Wichita.
UBnrersjfrillMDini
MTK MME. MMA
Clwwries. Uojdni I tiitts. TiniTwaMsaiffimirs*
~ ua ci>iiMisUifcTjb®iamw.
BOX H. SOTR1DAMK. INDf*JT*
Of a Ml:
“Have you any turkey hash?”
“No.”
“Chicken hash?”
“No.”
“Corn beef hash?”
“No."
“Roast beef hash?*
“No.” *
“No hash at all?"
“Oh, yes! We got plenty of hash,
but it ain’t thoroughbred!”—Puck.
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NO POOR HOUSE®.
We have practically no poorhouses
in our state. Out of 50 counties, 44
have none at all, and in the other six
the poorhouses are more what might
be called county hospitals where sick
old people are cared for.—Gov. L. B.
Hanna.
BY ALL MEANS EDUQATE!
It la the thoughtless vote of the un-
educated and misguided masses that
enables the enemies of personal lib-
erty to deprive Americana of the in-
heritance left them by the fathers ot
this republic. Educate the masses and
liberty will return to all of us!—The
Brewers’ Journal.
By which, we suppose, you refer to
the fact that Cambridge, Evanston and
Oberlin won’t tolerate a saloon and
Chicago’s slum wards have them 00
every corner.—The Vindicator.
—Take CAPUDINE—
For HEADACHES and GRIPP. It’»
Liquid—Prompt and Pleasant—Adv.
Worse.
“There's one good thing about liv-
ing in these times. We don’t h&ro
any highwaymen.”
“That's true. But my iceman is just
as bad or worse. He's a low-weigh
man.”
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Cures Old Sores, Other
Th. worst MMt, 1
■r. cured hr the wootahl, old firth Be.
Porter*® Antiseptic Hulf OU. I) rotivn®
Pain end Heel, at the com. time. tSc, 9®c, tUA
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A young man may have to light for
the first kiss and thereafter wear a
catcher’s mask for self-protection.
Even the baby/b the cradle finda
this a rocky world.
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How To CM vo Quinine To
FEBRILINE is the inde-mark bmm
improved Quinine. It it a ThateioM Sprue.«
ant to talto and does not dhtatb ttn
Children take it and nerar know J
Also especially adapted to edatt®
take ordinary Quinine. Dooa Mt
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Hudson, C. H. & Woodward, Roy. The Pearsall Leader (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1914, newspaper, August 28, 1914; Pearsall, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth920636/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .