Particulars Concerning Snow Storms

"Snow!"' said a man with a turned down fold in his left ear to a quiet passenger who sat beside him; "you don't cali this snow? Ever been out in Colorado? No? Well, spring before last we had a snowfall in Denver- 28th of April, it was - and the street ears ran in tunnels through the city for foor monüis. Weather! Why, you don't hare enough to send flies on a vacation. Tïiatfs the place - coldest winter you ever heard of, and hottest sunnner right on top of it Sudden change middle o' May, and the ground was cracked with the heat by the lst of Jtme." "Bat wh&t became of the snow?" "Packed. Heat melted it on top and water froze on the way down. 'Twas a bad winter to cut ice on account of the snowstorms, and the railroad company made a fortune in July selling hnnks of the tunnel to butohers and saloon keepers." "My friend," said the quiet passenger, as his eyes grew moist, 'Tve got a boy at home who has tried every business under the sun and succeeded in none of them. Will you try and teach him your trade?" "What d'ye mean?" asked the man with the reference ear. 'Td like to have him learn to lie," replied the quiet passenger. "If he can eqnal you Pil buy him a phonograph and set him up in the museum business. " But the weather critic had reached his