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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26

mountain spurs, very few OF which
ever have been crossed by human be-
ings. Above all other points perhaps
In Interest, Mount ST. Elias offers q
longer ascent over unbroken snow
fields than any other mountain out
side OF the arctic regions. The line of
perpetual snow begins at 5000 feet
above the sea. and from that point
on Ice axes and heavily nailed boots
and safety ropes are the unavoidable
accompaniments Of the climber.
The mountain itself is of very wide
extent, and includes a number of SUI
coordinate peaks. 1t includes an i'm
mense crater at a high altitude, and
1t has several times during the century
broken out In volcanic eruptions. On
the southern side, where most of the
attempts to climb 1t have been made,
it is very precipitous, and the most cir
cuitous routes must be adopted in or
der to make any advance upon 1t at all.
Logan's peak, which is another objec-
tive point of the present expedition,
lies about twenty miles to the north
east of the greater mountain.
A number of attempts have been
made to. climb Mount st. Elias since
it was first sighted by Behring on st.
ELIAS day, 1741. The most notable Of
these were the New York Times expe-
dition, under Lieutenant Schwatka, in
1886; the Topham expedition of expe-
rienced Alpine climbers in 1888, and
the two expeditions by the National
Geographical Society i'll the summers
of 1890 and 1891. The Topham expedi-
ton reached a height of 1,460 feet aft
err fourteen days of perilous climbing
from the foothills on the south side,
and the last of these expeditions, un-
der the leadership of /. G. Russell, who
is to accompany Prince Luigi this year,
reached an altitude of 1880 feet.
Prince Luigi of Savoy will not be
making his first visit to this country
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26

Not content with photographing the
interiors of living hands and feet and
locating bullets in various portions OF
the human anatomy, the X ray investi-
gator has now turned his attention to
the ancient past and is endeavoring
to discover what folks who lived al
most before history had inside of them
in those days.
So the mummy has been investigated
by this strange modern light, and we
publish here, repoduced from the pages
of the x Ray Journal, the mummifisd
hand of IN Egyptian princess believed
to have lived between three and four
thousand years ago. The mummy was
obtained neal the Tomb of the Kings,
Thebes, in 1892.
The bones are inside a mass of pitch,
perfume, d~elicately woven fabrics, and
dried human flesh, in full number, just
the same as any ones hand, and pre-
sent a wonderful study 1t is not a
view within the warm and quivering
flesh, but rather a sight beneath a gold
en- covering in cold, cold death.
Is 1t the hand of Ma. the daughter
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26
l-NExPERlENoEp RATS.
Found In n Cavern 100 Feet Below the
Surface of the Earth.

Found In n Cavern 100 Feet Below the
Surface of the Earth.
From the San Francisco Call: Al
nest of live bats was found 100 feet
under ground In Snowshoe Gulch, near
Cottage Grove. the other day. This is
considered a most remarkable discov-
cry, and those who have visited the
place and seen the animals are at loss
to account for 1t. John Dinman and
Andrew Wilson have been ~developingi
a claim In the gulch by running q tun-
mel to reach the vein. The tunnel
runs o%bliquely, and a few days ago.,
when a denth of $50 feet had BEEN
reached, the rock began to assume al
different condition. II sounded loose.
or hollow in that particular spot, and
the partners knew that they were
nearing what in miners %parlance Isl
called "a change" Their "holes" we're
nearly loaded when this discovery was
made, but they continued loading, an6l
then went to the surface and touched
off the charge. Upon their return they
expected to find a vein uncovered, or at
least a different rock from that through
which they were running. But a quite
different matter attracted their atten-l
tion when they went back to the end
of the tunnel, and the circumstance has
been the wonder of the entire country
ever since. 1t has created an i'm
mense amount of discussion, scientific
and otherwise, but no certain e%xplana-
ton has yet been adduced. Instead Of
finding ore or any particularechange
in the rock they found the tunnel full
Of bats. The cause of the peculiar
sound that indicated a change Of
ground was a small cave, and into this
their last shots broke, and out of iii
came the bats. How the bats got into
the cave is the problem, and what sus-
tanned them there? The point Is about
100 feet below the surface, and there
is apparently no opening or means OF
irgress or exit. The bats when caught
and taken out to the daylight appeared
to be without eyes and able to fly but
a little way; in fact, their wings were
but meagerly developed. The first
thing that attracted the mems atten-'
ton upon their return to the tunnel
was the peculiar odor, which, notwith-
standing the amount of gas from the
exploded powder, was quite Disagree
able. The only solution of the strange
occurrence that has yet been offered
lies in the fact that the rock is of
metamorphic and aqueous origin, and,
being in the Cascade range, is of REL
cent occurrence. The rock is a closely
bedded shale, and at the time of the
geological disturbance that put it into
it's present position the bats had their
nests there and then became incasedi
as they were found. 1t would seem,
too, that the bats must be of that ma
ture that becomes dormant and able
to retain life without food. An effort
was made to save some of them alive
but they rapidly succumbed to the
sunlight and fresh air. +,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26

Edhem Pasha is about As years of
age, though he looks older. He is
rather above middle height, and wears
a short, thick black beard, already.
fiecked with gray. His nos is straight
and rather long, but his most interest
ing feature is his gray eyes, which are!
large and intelligent. His manner Isl
very attractive mixture of that
courtesy and dignity which are not UNI
common among Turkish officers. HeI
does not strike n as a strong man
physically, though l am told he is a
hard worker and does not spare him.
self. His name of talking is as al
rule quiet, and marked by much %refne-
ment and gravity, but 1t grows ami
mated when a subject kindles his inter-
est, and his eyes glow with enthusiasm.
1t is difficult to judge of a mans sense
of humor through the barriers of a
strange language. His style of life isl
simple, and he has lone of the Orien-
tai love Of display. In character he
seems to be straightforward and sin
cere, frank. and truth loving. TrickeryI
and intrigue, diplomacy and politics he
alike detests. His su%bordinates and
those who see him more intimately are
very fond Of him. "He treats u.s." one
of the aides-de-camp said to me, mot
as a superior, but as a father" Edhem
Pasha is very proud of his army. The
Greeks report" he said, "that. we have
no cavalry. They should see our Cir
cassian horsemen." A band Of Greek
~irregulars had crossed the frontier and
fired on the Turkish troops. l asked
him whether there was any chance of
reprisals. NO." he answered proudly,
1--WE do not make war in hat dirty
fashion" No one could deprecated
bloodshed more than the present writ
er. But sometimes it is difficult to re-
press the feeling that such excellenceI
of machinery and arrangements should
be put to a practical test, and that So
much devotion and courage should not
remain entirely dumb and without ex-
preston. An army without a battleI
is like a parliament without talk or Al
race meeting without horses.-London
Telegraph. ~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26


the victor will gain that greatest of
all raptures to the mountaineer, the
knowledge that he has been the first to
tread the summit of one of the high
est and most coveted peaks of the new
world.
Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke
Of Abruzzi and nephew of King Hum
bert. is the Italian who considers the
ascent of st. Elias worthy of the long
trip from Rome and of a whole summer
of hardship and exertion. While still
a very young man, he is an experienced
traveller, and doubtless knows a good
thing in the way of a mountain when
he sees 1t. His companions will be DR..
Paoli Vecchi of San Francisco, Prof.
Fay, former president of the Appala-
chan Mountain club of Boston, Prof.
Davidson and Israel G. Russell, who
has already taken part in two attempts
to scale the mountain. and w. A. In
graham, Of Seattle.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26

feet of water and fired by a battery and
a two and one-half pound naval gun
cotton primer. The charge rested on
a bed of hard sand; unfortunately, from
the nature of the case, no common OBJ
ject is represented from which an ade-
quate appreciation of the size Of the
column of water can be gathered. 1t
is estimated that the height attained
was 1000 feet, more than twice as high
as the city hall tower, the tallest struc-
ture in America. Measuring from the
photograph, this makes the girth of the
column at its greatest point about 1900
feet, diameter some 400 feet. Sup
posing a cubic foot of this mass to
weigh only ten pounds, less than half
the weight of a corresponding volume
OF water, the weight of the column
would be over one-quarter of a million
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26

Business men are the principal Gus.
toners, though some counting is done
by telephone said Mr.. Brooks.
"A few years ago a young man in
Chicago was counting an Indianapolis
young woman, and two or three even
ings a week he would call her up at 80
for five minutes talk. They courted
for a long time, and when they were
married the telephone company gave
them a present of a beautiful little tel
ephone stand In silver.
but to business men the service is
most valuable. Many a man who once
went a thousand miles to transact a
bit of personal business which could be
done in ten minutes now uses the tele-
phone. Two receivers are rugged to
each phone, and If witnesses are need
al the 1.hc:. .Sees.S- :.:sisSs ...scs-iiic
In law the telephone stands, too.
only a few weeks ago n big manu-
: featuring house made a bid by tele-
phone on an Ohio, contract and got 1t,
whereas, save for the telephone, it
would have been lost to the company.
In such deals as this so for a fiye-min-
ute talk in New York is not so bad.
"The great advantage of the long
Niotdhtt tcitplout - tHul, no iudlttI
at what distance, the tones of the voice
are preserved and recognizable. So
often kilograms and even letter cores
pondence cannot get over troublesome
points of difference between business
men. A personal interview must be
had. This, In most instances, the tele-
phone accomplishes."
A great deal of telephone talk is done
by appointment, and after 6 o'clock in
the evening a half-rate is available. A
man may ask the central Office to make
an appointment in the day for a nver
satlon at night, yet he will be charged
for the talk at night rates only.
AS far as practical measurements of
time go, the voice of a man in Memphis
talking to a man in Boston, 1900 miles
away, is heard at the instant the words
are spoken. This is the longest stretch
in the system, as 1t now is, and yet
every accent, tone and infection is car
ried with a truth which makes the per-
sons voice recognizable by any friend.
In general, alto voices carry best over
a telephone, but this is only compare
tive, as even a whisper in New York
may be heard in Chicago-Chicago
Record.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26
the "clock stars" pass over these web
pines, or wires" as they are called. Is
sIdereal time regulated.


At Argostoli, In the island of Cepha-
lonia, Is a point at which four currents
of water set in from the sea and sink
into the limestone of the cliffs, giving
an anomalous water power that, in the
middle of the century, was used for
driving two grist mills. The fall In
this case from sea level to the surface
OF the discharge pits being three to five
feet, and, allowing a flow OF, Z. 1000 cubic
feet per minute to be necessary to
a-lse .hc s.!iss Lie estimate ::.1e b.
scientific investigators is that the an
nual consumption Of water must have
been two billions of cubic feet. which
would fill a chamber about five miles
long. 1000 feet wide, and seventy-fve
deep. AS the flow seems to have been
uninterrupted ard fairly uniform for a
century-perhaps for many centuries
II cannot be assumed that the water Is
simply filling a fissure. Some other the
cries, such as evaporation in the por-
GUS rock or on e%ncountering volcanic
fires, are not regarded as satisfactory.
The novel conclusion has therefore
been entertained by some biologists
that the water returns to the surface
after being heated, the difference in
density between the cold water enter
ing the underground channel and the
warm water emerging, being, 1t is
thought, sufficient to account for a
difference in height that would enable
the warm column to empty into the
sea, while the cold column is depressed
below sea level.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26
Johnnie Exonerated.

Jennie Chaffie is musical, much to
the disgust Of the neighbors. She
pounds a piano by the hour. A few
days ago, while going through John
MES clothes, Mrs. Chaffie unearthed a
dime, which she suspected he had
stolen from her, all of which Johnnie
denied emphatically.
"Then tell me where you got that
dime" she said earnestly.
1.-THE neighbors gave it to me, and
am to get a quarter more"
What did you do for it?"
"Nothin' vet, but | am to lock the
piano and give them the key"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26
EPIGRAMS.

1t am a mighty smaht tailor dat kin
patch er bad habit.
Clothes makes er woman, m want
of dem makes er Twin pictah.
Eff yo' all doan broke de nutshell yo'
all KANT tell eff it kontains meat er
wohms.
Err man that makes his mahk in the
wcrl am de man dat is ca'ful erbout
picking his ta'get.
Hahd luck-low down, Missile hahd
luck-am de on'y cure known TO- dat
disease called genius.
Eff ouah oil tomcat put on kid gloves
it's dollahs toe doughnuts he wouldn't
kctch a mouse in fo' yeahs.
Err bahkin' dawg won't bite, but eff
yo' al am tryin' toe go toe sleep dat
bank am a hang sight de wussah.
JUS ez soon ez er man Farms hoY
toe live m 'preciate life erlong comes
de undahtakah m rings the front do
bell.
Wen er man runs In de dahk m
falls down;Set amt. no consolation to
remembah de X-ray hab bin discov-
ah'd.
Eff all de folks OF earth slept at de
same time dat would be a occasion wen
one man would be JUS as good ez an
othah.
"Ehly toe bed n ehly to rise" am
one of natures bes' laws, but er colo'd
ge'man dat goes toe bed wifi de chick
ems am liable toe git hise'f in trouble.
Dah's sunthin' wrong wifi de reli-
gion dat inspiahs er woman toe chase
off toe mako oystah soup TO- a chu'ch
festival while her chilun has toe eat
mush n milk or go hungry to bed.
The distance from st. Petersburg to the
Pacific terminus of the Siberian railway is
about twice as great as that from New
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26
prInceton Coeducation? phew,

From the Boston Evening Trans
cript: If students are absent from
Wellesley without leave or explana-
ton official inquiry is made, as it
would be by the dean of Harvard COZ
lege, or by a like functionary at Co
lumbia or Princeton, or at Cornell or
Chicago, where men and women study
on equal terms.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26

Mamma, why should landladies OBJ
ject to children?"
Mother-"T'm sure I don't know;
but go and see what baby is crying
about and tell Johnny to stop throwing
things at people on the street and make
George and Kate cease fighting and
tell Dick if he. doesn't stop blowing
that tin horn I'll take it away from
him."-Trihes.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26

I'm afraid you'll never know how
to write, Tommie.y said his teacher.
sadly.
Don't care.s said Tommie- uncle
Jim is going to send me a typewriter
for my birthday."-Harper's Round
Table.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26
BLOOD TO CLIMB
PRINCE LUIGI. KING HUMBERT'6
NEPHEW. HAS AMBITION.
Going TO Alaska to Make an Effort TO
Reach the Top OF Mount 81. ELIAS
He WIN Make the Attempt because
lie Loves Adventure.

ONE of the bluest
blood OF Italy is
soon to be pitted
against mbers Of
the United States
coast survey. The
scene of COMPETE
lion will be Mount
st. Elias, in Alas
ka. and in addition
to some minor
10 ~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF Discov-
cry AND INVENTION.
A Mighty Column OF Water Sent Up
by a Most Remarkable Explosion
hat the \ Ray Discloses-Hand OF
a Lady Who Lived Centuries Ago.



lustration is repro
duced from an En-
giish journal and
is made from a
photograph of a
very remarkable
e plosio n. A
charge Of 6,000
pounds of ~gelegnite
was sunk in a
depth of twenty
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-26

The distance from st. Petersburg to the
Pacific terminus of the Siberian railway is
about twice as great as that from New
York to San Francisco.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-13

attired becomingly In Napoleon blue
cloth, and carried a huge bouquet oil
Marechal Neil roses. At the altar they
were met by Rev. Charles II. Boggs
pastor of the church. and In the pre-
sence OF this great concourse of friends
the ceremony was performed.
At the conclusion Of the ceremony
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke took the noon train
over the Richmond. Fredericksburg and
Potomac road for northern tour, in
Guiding several points Of interest Upon
their return they will reside in Henrico
county.
The bridal couple were the recipients
OF many handsome and useful presents.
The bride is a lovely girl of Amelia
county, who has recently adopted Hen
rico as her home. Mr.. Clarke is mana
ger of a large dairy business near the
city, where as a businessman he Is
held in highest esteem.
Welded AT HOME.
A quiet but pretty home wedding oc-
Cured at the residence Of the brides
brother Mr.. George p. Whitlock, No. 3Ol
south Laurel street, last evening at
Q O'Clock. The bridal couple were Mr..
John B. Richardson and Miss Annie Lee
Whitlock. both of this city. Mr.. and
Mrs. Richardson will reside at No. 1901
west Main street. Rev. j. Il. Hutson
performed the ceremony.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-13

There Is no word so powerful among women,
no influence so great, and no authority so high
as the uitcrances OF recognized leader when
speaking TO her sister women for the good Of
womanknd.
When. therefore, the voice of Belva A. Lock
wood, OF Washington DC, who is recognized
among women as their mightiest leader and
champion in all women's movements which
mark this generation, is raised in the interests b
women when this most eminent woman lawyer
and lecturer in the world, representative OF hel
sex TO such an extent that she has been twice
nominated for President of the United States
by the Equal Rights Party, who has heen hon
ored by membership in more American and
Foreign Societies than any other woman, pub
fishes the fact TO the world that she owes her
present good health and strength TO the use OF
DR.. Greene's Neryura blood and nerve rem
edy, it comes as positive proof, revelation
OF the way to health TO the thousands upon
thousands OF people who droop and languish
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-13
COLONEL CODY WILL DE HERE.
He and His Great Combination TO He
in Richmond Saturday.

Colonel Cody Bunalo BID will visit
Richmond next Saturday with an or
| ganization larger and more complete in
every detail. and with many new fea-
| lures that he had not with him when he
was here last year. With the added
features Of a detachment of Sixth United
States Cavalry, Fort Myer, are the up
to-date Representatives of the latter day
athletic equcstrianism that has been
grated on the exercises in the United
States Cavalry.
These men are genuinely furloughed
men, and are adding to the interest of
the occasion by riding western range
horses or half bronchos for the purpose
of demonstrating to the satisfaction of
our own officers, and also to foreign
agents, the availability of the range
horse as a tractable cavalryman's mount.
The riding of these cavalrymen set New
York, Boston, Pittsburg. Chicago, and
all the cities visited wild with enthu-
slasm.
The section Of artillery-two guns-are
also United States regular soldiers fur
Laughed, and give a most thrilling ex-
hibtion of the old manual and some ex-
traordinary driving between stakes. This
feature should be a great attraction TO
the general public and TO the militia.
Another new feature are the Hunga-
rian Cslkas, the first that ever left their.
country.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-13
HEAVY ARTILLERY HERE TODAY
The Massachusetts Men to he Enter
tanned by HOwitzers Tonight.

A delegation of the First Massachu-
sets Heary Artillery thirty strong, will
arrive in the city to-day at II o'clock
.. over the Norfolk and Western railway.
| They will wear citizens dress, and will
be met on arrival by a committee from
the Howitzers, whose guests they will
be during their sojourn here.
| Tonight the Richmond Battery will
| give a smoker in honor of the visitors.
| All field and staff officers of the batta-
| lions and regiments in Richmond have
| been invited to attend, as also have
| the officers OF both of the Confederate
| camps. Supper will be served and will
| be followed by IAN evening of war re-
| miniscences," when Captain Gordon Nc
Cabe and other prominent speakers are
expected to make addresses.
Ii was the original intention OF the
Howitzers to turn out I'm full dress TO
meet their guests. but this plan was
changed when it was learned yesterday
that the Massachusetts men would not
appear I'm uniform. The artillerymen
will be in command of Colonel John w.
Hart of Salem. They left Boston last
Saturday for the purpose of visiting the
battle-ields of Virginia. They reached
Norfolk by the steamer Howard, OF the
Merchants and Miners Transportation
Company. on Monday morning, and left
in the afternoon for Petersburg. where
they spent the day yesterday among the
old line of works and at Hatcher's Run.
They will leave Richmond tomorrow
morning at o'clock for Fredericksburg.
on Friday they will proceed to Wash
ington. where the arrangements include
call on the President at the White
House. They will then go on TO Balti-
more and take the boat to Newport
News. where they will re-embark for
Boston.
The committee in charge of this ex-
cuIsion is composed of the following
gentlemen: Colonel John w. Hart. Salem
(chairman): Colonel Nat. Shatswell,
Washington. ID. c.; Lewis G.. Holt, Law
renee; William c. Cuseck, Newburyport;
George Ferguson. Salem; C. II. Shaw,
Boston,; Colonel J. Payson Bradley, Bos-
ton: George w. Lewis, Boston; George
b. White, Boston; ]. w. Gardner. Boston.