The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-16

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tain. In the centre of the locomotiv.
and the car is a cogwheel and midway
between the ordinary rails is an iron raj
with holes which receive the cogs as The
car moves. The movement is necessaril,
slow, only one mile in twenty minutes
Connected with the cog-wheel is pow
erful brake, by which man stands al
the time, to stop the car instantly, il
case of accident to the locomotive which
however need not involve the car, az
they are not coupled together. The en-
gine is behind the car ascending ant
pushes it up; is in trout descending an(
prevents it going too fast. There has
never been an accident on the road as
every thing is very strong and the great
est care is used, nevertheless, as we
mounted higher and higher over the long
lines of trestle work, by the side ol
yawning clasms ard fearful precipices
we shrank with fear and were thankful
enough when We had completed the jour
ney. When we reached the summit the
sunshine which we started i'll had given
way to a heavy mist, and by bed time it
was sleeting, with wind at the rate OF
one hundred miles an hour. The hotel,
the Tip-Top House, is three stories high,
and rocked like a cradle all night so
that I could not sleep for fear of being
whirled over the precipice, but l was
afterward showed the heavy chains
which passed over its roof and fastened
1t securely to the rocks and in a measure
convinced of our perfect safety. There
are three buildings besides the hotel,
the Signal Service building, the old Tip
| Top House, now used for printing the
little daily, AmoHg the Clouds, and the
| stable.
The sight Of the ftathery fringes of
snow Oh the sides of the houses and the
chimneys and the heaps all about on the
piazza and the rocks was pretty enough
to reconcile Us to the dreadful gloomy
| weather which still prevailed. The fog
was SO heavy that we could not see any
distance and all the people who went up
with us left in disgust and disappoint-
ment-they had seen nothing! At three
o'clock in the afternoon the mist began
| to clear away and reveal to us the hid
den beauty and grandeur; by five
| o'clock it was quite clear in the East and
we behell one Of natures grandest pan
aramas which needs to be seen to be ap-
preciated; a maze of glory and splendor
upon which the memory may feast for
ever. In the West the clouds had settled,
like great outstretched canopy of snow
above the towering mountains, beneath
us, the sun appeared in all his glory and
illuminated that canopy with its glitter
ing rays, producing one of the grandest
views and most gorgeous sunsets ever
behe'd by mortal man, it simply beggars
description. The senses were delightful
ly intoxicated, and we stood Gin the
heaviest wraps, for it was bitter cold)
gazing at the scene until the last refec-
tion of thessnn's light bad faded away.
1t continued clear and we saw the moon
silver DER the spllntered SUBMITS near
and far, and were up in time next morn
ing to see the suns first peep above the
horizon.
Let none who desire to see nature in
all her glory fail to visit the White
Mountains
Mt. Washington is 6291 feet above the
level of the seattle highest point east
Of the Mississippi except one or two
mountains in North Carolina.
AUNT CHAT.
Two San Francisco men have secured
patent for an ingenious ballot-box for
the prevention of ballot-box stuffing and
similar frauds. The ballot, when depos-
tied, automatically causes a bell to be
struck once, and at the same time hand
indicates OH dial the number of votes
cast. There is also, as part of the me-
chanism of the box, time lock, which
until the time set, when the doors may
be opened by the proper authorities and
the ballots withdrawn.
T.
For November is one of the most inter
esting yet issued, the combination in its
pages of entertainment, edifcation and
instruction is something rare, and, with
al, there IS peryading religious and
moral sentiment, SO that the publication
especially comnends itself to the family
circle. The opening article, "The Greek
Church in Russia and Siberia" eIano-
rately treats the geography, history, doc
t,ine, government, etc, of the Russian
Church. It is fully illustrated. Among
the many other highly interesting articles
are "The Empire Of the Incas," Ly Cod
frey A. Hudson "Marriage in China,
"The Story of Queen Esther "summer
Life at Chantauqna Lake. etc, etc. The
delightful serial stories " Hester Morgan's
Husband" and "Maid Marjory" are con-
tinued, and there are several excellent
short stories by popular authors The
sketches are of peculiar interest. especial
ly so are that Of g Jean Ingelow," with a
critical review Of her poetic genius
I" Elizabeth Woodville,7 s:JepIlthah," :"
"Aretas, King of Arabia" by IIebert Lee,
etc. The numerous poems are by cele-
brated writers, and are Of more than