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happened andwhen we ‘99” realize what it was, we on the great top of the mountain gle‘uming like burning silver III the sunshine. I never saw anything like it except the Matter horn. and this has many times as much snow and wusequently'mnny illllt‘fi an much brillilucyl Under- l llt'iltil the great mantle of clondsl wound its middle,’the mountain as ' 'w ~llll sank turned into Alpine pink; I'm- top it was a glorious white. j the Sillu-rhorn. and below the‘ l 1 Hunting clouds. it was this ex ‘III- pink. We watched it as the ‘ NI colors deepened into crimson ; It :IIIIetlIIst on the peak,/ and IIIIIII‘ «l :szy with thoughts of II Wes i it‘ I.I ~k) before the beam) died ‘ The Hermitage. Mount Cook. March S.â€"â€"There was a great piece of news today. i saw the sun rim- ou Mount Cook 1 found a perfectly clear morninu ~Ik_\ with II new moon and the IIIorIIiIIIr star shining by its side. The whole. of Mount Cook from base to summit stood before me. like the Jungfrau at Miterren. with this difference that instead of being right up against it as at Miter- ren we were at the proper perspec- tive distance for so great a mountain â€"â€"forty miles The colorof the sun! rise on the mountain was indescrib- ableâ€"it was more than pinkâ€"a translucent gold, All its majestic attendant mountains became golden waves, and in the midst of them it Iose above all, a great tidal wafie of IIIagIIifi'c-ence. All day long we have been driving and walking towards Mount Cook. You can imagine its size when 1 tell you that you cOuld' put Mount'Washingion on top of another and 'still have to add a thousand feet more to get as high as Mount Cook. All day long there has not been a cloud ,on one of the won- derful processions of mountains be- fore us. The views have been inde- ‘scribably tine, and we have taken" a 4 lot of photographs. Nothing we saw in SWitzerland exIeel‘ these Southern Alps. We are‘efi early tomorrow {morning to climb one ofthe lesser peaks to get the viewiâ€"aas restless mgntale'will do, ev I when he in this case, they have alredy had without climbing, the best there could he. March l().-mIn§t‘end of climbing Seeley' Mountain to get a View 9f these mountains from the top we and- denly changed our plansâ€"-â€"remln- tiouizing the order of battle in the middle of the engegementmtook‘ horses, travelled on horseback. ford. ing ‘rivermclimliing moraines, threadâ€" ing ravines; to an Alpine hut called Ball Hut. than walking three and n half miles on the ice of the'greui Tasman glacier greater than any in ma C. Richardson, “WW'““"'"“‘.';:::f;:‘23::1322; . I , , \ Livery, Boarding and Sales Stables. ALONZO 1:. RICHARDSON. Coal and Wood. .5 Twin Lakes Ice. Expressing and Filrniturfi Moving a Spa ialty. FRANK (STTO. mesr, Wm._ Landwchr. Dealer in P, U. Ham L33. Wmm-z’rm Skim Milk. Suur Milk. Butt'ermilk. Cuttage _ Cheapo: and Whipped Cream. Hotels. restaurants and hnd‘rdinx houses sup- plied at reasonable rates fresh, Salt and Smoked Meals. ()pp. Drput (5. Whitney, Prouty am, Vinnetka.‘ 0n North Shore Vacant and Improved Real Estate. A 0r Care J. L. flouihtcllng. wuuietka. THE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS LETTER. Electric Light Wi‘ring CHAS. SCHROEDER, Pure Milk, Cream, Etc. Dent: w. Elm St, Vlmntka. ( mlers cam-d fm and prmnmly -‘ dellwred. Bgrber Shop. memoc. Let 1116 figure on Wiring your Hum-w or Store} First clasé work. Prompt service. Bensmulblv mtm, Peabody. Houghleling (10. Prmwylvanin Oil and Gasoline cold by barrel or gallon. bearer itf BUILDING LOANS mt flowers and Plants. ...LOANS... No. 104 Deuter- Screw, Vinnttka. CHICAGO. Hurses and (‘amam-s Furnished fur - Panien. Weddings. Balls. Etc Upholsterlng and Window Shades. West Elm Street. Winm-tka. Plumb". Shun: ()pp. Depm; Res.) (Wet Meyer's Store. Dre Arthur H MUTdGW; \, DENTIST) E. C. WEISSENBERG, Coal, Wood,- Feed and Ice W. \Vunw Strert. near Provident Avenue H. A. LINDWALL. GEORGE B‘ISSET. ELM ST. wmxflrrm. .0. w. ELM STREET. FJm St. . Winnelkr WINNETKA. ILLINOIS. Mall Orders hzw'e' Palm and ferns. I’mmpt Ant-nun“