Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-01
A LIVELY RUNAWAY
Which Resulted IN No Injury-Cleve
Capture by Postman.

Which Resulted IN No Injury-CIever
Capture by q Postman.
Esrly yesterday afternoon, those peo.
pie who happened to be on Broadway,
in the vicinity Of the city hall, were
treated to an interesting exhibition OF
speed, by two spirited horses, that is
not seen every day. The team in
question was hitched to heavy wagon,
to which was attached small furnace
on trucks. In the wagon were numerous
picks, shovels and such implements as
are used in the asphalt paving of streets.
paeser-by would not stop to study the
conformation NJ either horse, or interest
himself in any analysis Of their speed
lines. They appeared to be good span
OF work horses, and owing to their great
size, capable of moving a very large
load, if necessary. But had that
same passer-by been on the street
when they took fright at a
sprinkliDg cart in full operation
he would trace their pedigrees with a
view to ascertaining just how much
thorough bred blood each possessed.
They were tied to an ordinary hitching
post, when before them appeared a
sprinkling cart, throwing its spray to
either side from the rear. There must
have been something suggestive Of ap-
preaching danger to them, for, with a
sudden spring the post was broken, and
the team went gallopiDg down the
street. Neither the wagon nor the fur
mace truck was provided with the pneu-
matte tire, the recent fangle in speed
contests, but, despite this, the horses
made an excellent showing. They exc
cuted no end of evolutions in their
brief fight, and sent pedestrians
scurrying in all directions. Fortunately,
no one was injured, for the implements
bouncing about in the wagon produced
noise not unlike that made by the
musicians heading Chinese cortege,
and the clatter of the hoof- beats upon
the hard pavement suggested the dawn
of the moon festival, and thus the way
was cleared.
For years the various street car lines
have bad the right of way. but in this
instance the employees forgot that be-
hind them was corporate power, and.
instead of exercising their right, cheer
fully surrendered it by bringing their
cars to standstill until the "fliers"
had passed. 1T is the pace that kills."
and after towing their encumbrance
about for short time, they tired, and
were captured on Spring street by dar-
ing letter carrier, who was too modest to
give his name. A close inspection
showed that the entire outfit had
escaped unburt.
A Curious Cave.
The cave temple of Karli, India, is
rightly considered one Of the greatest
wonders of the world. This gigantic
recess in the mountain ledge has been
chiseled by human hands from porphyry
as hard as the hardest flint. The nave
is 124i feet long, 45 feet broad and 46
feet from floor to ceiling. Before the
entrance to the temple stands monster
stone elephant, upon whose back is seat
eda colossal goddess, all hewed from one
solid block of stone. Like the temple
walls and the outside ornaments, every
article Of adorning sculpture on the in
side is hewed from the native rock.
There are aisles on each side sep
arated from the nave by octagonal pill
lars of stone. The capital of each pillar
is crowned with two kneeling elephants,
ON whose backs are seated two figures,
representing the divinities to whom the
temple is dedicated. These figures are
perfect and of beautiful features, as in
deed are all the representations of
deities and divinities in this peculiar
temple.
The responsiveness so characteristic of
modern Hindoo and Chinese pagodas is
here wholly wanting. Each figure is
true to life, or rather to art, there be-
ing no mythical half horse. half man or
beast birds depicted in this underground
wonder of Karli. This wondrous under
ground pagoda or cave temple has been
a standing puzzle for the learned ar
chaolgists Of both Europe and Asia for
the last 1850 years, and is as much of
an enigma today as it was in the time of
ConfuGus. Philadelphia Press.