El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-03

plaster cast designs, that are artistic in
every line. The cover representing the
Indian crouchipg under the oak boughs
on a high ledge, watch ing q camp of
white men on the banks of Q river far
below him, is marvellously strong and
picturesque In every line. The main
interest of this Issue 10 In an account of
the Lewis and Clark exploring expedit-
ion, tale as thrilling and adventurous
as any spun by the best of story tellers,
and one that is as intimately connected
with she history and life and civilizat-
ion of the northwest as the story of
the old Santa Fe trail Is with the south
vests history and growth. The front
ispiece Is q finely executed print in
colors representing Lewis and
Clark meeting the Mandan Indians.
Throughout the sketch are maps, por-
traits Of Napoleon and Jefferson, pic.
monuments, rivers, lakes and falls.
The rest of the book is given over to
accounts of the Northern Pacific, os
Yellowstone park and all of it's inter-
ests and beauties and of Alaska and It's
riches and totem poles, Indians and
miners. IL lie bit OF live America
from cover to cover and q sketch of q
century of American energy from the
beginning to the end of this our hundred
b
it Is q most Interesting and instructive
one.
Cross-Eyed Locomotives
New Englaud's southern tier of states
has lately been visited by the more or
less frightful nocturnal apparition OF .
locomotive with two great Rlaring eyes
rushing along the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad At the
ha~ NJ nf he fno
between this city snd Boston. It is
enough to terrify timid maids and set
the children crying.
The engine has two headlights set
side by side about q yard apart In the
usual position just before the smoke
stack, but the effect ia as though the
modern steel Polyphemus had grown
another optic. Beings of flesh and
blood rub their eyes to make sure they
are not deceiving them, when the mon
ster rushes by them the first time, and
in towns where prohibition does not
obtain the spectacle is said to have
driven some to take the pledge against
strong drink.
The appearance of the engine is all
the more baleful because the blazing
eyes are turned sIightly toward each
other, and certainly to q person of
normal Imagination cross-eyed
AOSohOShvO SOu1A Outy SOCaA W OO VAO
product of fevered dream.
It is, however. simply Yankee de-
vice to increase the engine drivers
lateral range of vision.
The two headlights focus on the rails
Q hundred yards or SO ahead OF the
engine at the point where the greatest
illumination Is desirable, and, contiru-
ing their X-shaped formation diverge
beyond over the surrounding fields and
farm houses.
The idea is to enable the engine men
to see for a little distance along the
many curves.
When an engine comes toa turn in the
track the THU beam of intense light
thrown by the ordinary single head
light runs off the track and loses itself
in the darkness ahead, and the locomo-
tive crew can only guess what may be
on the rails, stretching away to the
right or left ahead of them, but with
the new twin lauter1s one arm or the
other of the x of light reaches along
the branching tracks, keeping pace
with she engine as it swerves.-New
Times.