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Evening star., 1907-10-13
By Rail to the Andes.

On returning to the station we found a
special train awaiting us on the narrow
gauge Transandine line. We were to GO
as far as we possibly could, until our
progress was blocked by the snow and
ice, and then return.
So off we started. a railway official and
myself. Just before we got into the foot
hills Of the Andes We were to get up in
front of the engine on to the small pla t.
form just above the cowcatcher. l shall
never forget that ride as long as l live; it
is forever craven on my memory, not
only by reason of the event that brought
it to so sudden a termination. but also by
the sensations produced by the ride it
self.
Do you know what it Is to ride on the
front Of an engine? l don't mean strapped
into special chairs fixed on to the cow
catcher but standing up above the cow
catcher on the narrow platform, holding
on to the rail which runs round the sides
and front of the engine. 1t IS like moth
ing else that l know of. The cxhiiarating
sensation of rushing through the dry,
crisp air; the distinct panorama of the
snow-clad heights towering over the foot
hills just ahead. the whole glowing clear
and bright in the dazzling sunshine: the
spice of danger which your position of In
security which is uppermost In your mind
for the first half hour or so, as you hold
on to that rail like grim death, especially
when swinging round sharp curve.
Through a Tunnel.
But this feeling soon gives way to one
of unalloyed pleasure and excitement. only
to be renewed when We plunge INTO u
great black hole in wall of rock before
us-a tunnel. Oh! but it is an eXtraordi-
nary sensation being pushed on with ir
resistible force from behind, on. on. into
the impenetrable darkness. 1t Is with a
feeling of intense relief that you suddenly
become aware of a small bright spot lac
pin-prck through a solid black mask;
the spot grows larger and larger. and out
you dash into light so brilliant that ii
almost blinds you, the contrast is SO
great.
A ride in a railway train is usually as
safe as existence can be. safer than walk
ing about the streets, II the line is open
for traffic; but over a portion of rail
way system which is closed for traffic for
a season 1t is different thing. The con-
dition of the track i,self is unknown
there may have been fall of rock troll
leys collecting firewOod may be on the
line, there are endless possible dangers on
line closed for traffic. and when you
are perched up in front Of the engine
these dangers become accentuated.
A Collision.
Now the line for some two or three
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million years, which is a much shorter
time than biologists have generally al
lowed. He also finds that radium plays
an important part in the development of
our globe.
Prof. See translates with great care
Aristotle's theory of earthquakes, which
has never before been made accessible to
English readers. The Greeks all held that
earthquakes are due to the agitation of
vapors within the earth. which tend to
escape and diffuse themselves in the at
mosphere. Aristotle observed the erup-
ton Of a volcano. and concluded from
the vapor noticed to escape that all
earthquakes are due to the same cause as
that producing eruptions. When Plato
was fffty-four. and at the head OF the
Academy in Athens. and Aristotle was
boy eleven years old the Homeric city of
Helike, on the southern shore of the Gulf
Of Corinth, was thrown down by terri
BILE earthquake and overwhelmed by
seismic sea wave. The cause of this ter
rible disaster perpleXed the greatest
the mysteries of the centuries. Now
comes Prof. See, who shows that 1t was
due simply to the expulsion of lava from
beneath the Gulf Of Corinth, which thus
it gave down. 1t also carried the shore on
which HelilSe stood; indeed, the city was
first devastated by the movement of lava
beneath the crust, and afterward sub
sided about one hundred feet, so that it
was covered by the waves to such depth
that only the tops of trees remained above
water. as mentioned by Pausamus.
Besides the sinking of Helike, other
cases Of the subsidence of the land are
mentioned, and In the concluding note at
tention Is called to the elevation of the
mountains and the sinking Of the sea bot
tom now going on in the vicinity of the
Aleutian and Keviie Islands. in the north
Pacific,
Evening star., 1907-10-13
IN THE HEART OF THE ANDES,

party reached the top Of the rocky bar
rier.
Crossing a snowfield in brilliant moon
light. 1t was nearly 2 o'clock in the
morning when they began the real ascent
OF the lower slope of Aconcagua.
The Steepness and rOughness of the as
cent, and the increasing coldEess Of the
keen wind. soon had it's effect upon the
two Chileans. and they became stricken
as with kind of panic and implored
Gussfeidt to turn back. but he would not
hear of it, and did all in his power to en-
courage them to proceed. Their progress
was painfully slow. every now and then
the Chieans would stop declaring they
could not move a step further; but they
We're urged on by the encouraging words
of their leader At length day broke, and
at 10 o'clock one of the Chileans collapsed,
his feet were frozen, and ii was utterly
impossible for him to move another yard.
Leaving him where he was, GuSsfeldt,
having induced the other man to accom-
pany him. pressed forward, and they
eventually reached a point about 1900
feet below the actual summit, which is
2},Oso feet above the level of the sea. But
there their attempt finished. A gathering
mist around the peak. sleet beginning to
fall. and an insufficiency of provisions,
determined Gussfeldt to retrace his steps
to his base camp. whittier they brought
the unfortunate Chilean who had been left
behind.
Next day a heavy snowstorin rendered
their base camp-open and unsheltered as
| ii was-untenab!e: SO breaking 1t up. they
withdrew to beautiful and fertile val
ley called the Vale Hermosa
A Second Attempt.
Aconcagua was still unconquered. But
Gussfedt was not done with yet. Nine
days later he made q second attempt; but
again the fates were against him. for not
| only did he suffer agonies of pain from
| an abscess, which had formed under
| tooth. but shortly after the real ascent
! rad begun snowstorm came on, and
although they had not reached so high
/ an altitude at their first attempt, they
I had to give it up: returning to their base
camp. and thence back to Chile thor
oughly worn out with the heroic efforts
! they had made to reach the summit.
| For thirteen years after Gussfeldts fail
ure no further attempt was made 10 gain
/ the virgin summit of Aconcagua. Tut in
| the winter of 1896 the great peak. which
| had. up to that tkne, de.ied all efforts to
! surmount il, had at last to acknowledge
defeat.
! Its summit was reached by two men,
| bers of Mr.. Fitzgerald's party, firstly by
| Fitzgeralds old guide Mattias Zurbrig-
gen, and aGerward by Mr.. Stuart Vines.
| Success at Last.
| The latter has given a graphic account
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foothills Of the Andes, and there I was
met by the railway officials.
After looking round the old town and
the new-the former in ruins. caused by
that terrible earthquake OF 1861, when 49,
COO people were killed. was driven
out to one of the numerous vineyards
with which the little town Is surrounded
l forget how many hundreds of thousands
of acres there are under vine cultivation
but the country for miles around is one
huge vineyard. which realizes something
like $10.OO0,OO0 every year. And it is all
done by irrigation from the River Men
dOza. whose only source is the melting
snow.
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of the ascent. and of the view from the
summit. In Mr.. Fitzgerald's book. 'The
Highest Andes" Fitzgerald himself
failed to reach the summit. he got to a
height of 22.OO0 feet. but then-to use his
own words-"I had to STOP painting for
breath. my struggles alternating with
violent fits of nausea At times l would
fafl down, and each time had greater
difficulty in rising; black spacks swan
across my sight I was like one walking
In dream. so dizzy and sick that the
whole mountain seemed whirling round
with me-
When 1 made my first attempt to cross
the Andes 1t was at the beginning of our
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summer. that is Argentina.s winter.

summer. that is Argentina's winter. I
had been told that 1t was impossible to
cross at that time of the year. and that
it was madness to attempt 1t. 1 never
theless determined to try, and I nearly
lost my life as consequence. not by
reason Of the Ice or snow. or lack of pro-
visions. but by-well, you shall see. Spe-
cial arrangements had most kindly been
made for me by the general manager of
the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railroad
Company. After monotonous journey
over the hundreds of miles of dreary
pampas, which separate the southern At
lant.c from the mighty Andes. 1 arrived at
Mendoza, which lies at the base of the
Evening star., 1907-10-13

YER the seas and far away"
$$H over leagues of dreary
pampas due west from
Ruenos Aires. are the
mighty Andes. the back
hone Of the South American continent
dividing the republic of Argentina from
that of Chile.
To the traveller who Is visiting Argen
tina for the first time there Is nothing In
the long wharves and the crowded ship
ping of the capital. with its handsome
streets and spacious squares. to give any
promise of those towering mountains, In
accessible and h-hospitabie. where the In
cas-. 1t is said buried their treasure, and
where many seeker for it has lost his
life.
First Climb on Aconcagua.
When DIR. Gussfeldt made his first at
tempt nearly twenty-three years ago-to
climb hat giant OF the Andes the loftiest
mountain of the new world, the insuper-
able Aconcagua. riding up a dismal deiile.
which appeared hopeless cul-de-sac-
for an immense barrier of stone. 5000 feet
high. appeared to make access to Aeon
cagua Impossible-he was startled to see
lying against a rock but a few PAGES be-
fore him. hunan skeleton. to which
there stu hung few rags of clothing.
II was doubtless one OF. the Chilean
treasure seekers. who. overcome with ia
tigue. lis provisions exhausted. dying of
hunger and thirst. and probably over
whclmed by a binding snowstorm. had
lain down there to r-st-forever: and
who now appeared before the intrepid
climber Ike the first of the phantom
crew OF Hendrix Hudson To Rip Van
WinkIr, when he attempted to discover
the treasure hidden away in the fast
ncsscs of the Calskii! mountains. But a
longer sleep than fnr twenty years ls the
fate uf the tredsure-ScekcT in tn" Andes.
unless iDJe d he sets out with properly
equipped party. but then such sensible
person could never he a trcasure-seeker.
As for GUssfeidt. nothing uaunted by
this horribly weird. dumb but significant
figure of warning. he went on. accom-
panied only by two inexperienced Chill
cans.
A Daring Climber.
The great wall of rock which interpoSed
between the deniIe in which he was and
which at first glance had appeared 10
cut OF all approach to Aconcagua. proved
after all to be not insurmountable: for In
the middle of Il there was Il coulor which
ed upward to gap in the ridge. 1t
was 1870 o'clock at night wien the little
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-19
a ParabIe.

Once Upon Il Time there was a Fair
Young Girl with soft. white hands and
a Swans Neck. She was born to he a
Princes Bride. but unfortunately there
were no Princes near where she lived.
Also her Parents were poor This
Sweet Young Thing liked fine clothes,
but didn't like work. So when Young
Man of Common Blood offered her his
hand In marriage she cried him yea.
She thought she was going TO live on
Easy Street, with nothing to do but
KISS her husband goodhy in the, morns
ing md watch for his return at night.
five years later she had Two children
TO take care Of: her soft. white hands
We're red; her syiph-lfke form was
bulky. She worked eighteen hours 4
kay, washing, ironing and sewing. with
10 relief in sight
BY that time she began to wish that
she had learned stenography and re
manned single.
Moral. People who don't Ike work
Free Press.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-19
n YOU kin have if wells NOT. >

an You kin have It wells not.
Thanks" replied Grayson, declining
the proffered silver you're pretty
good pal OF mine, aren't you. Peter
Grayson spent good many OF his
spare moments teaching the boy to
play on one OF his ylolins and was sur
prised and gratified at his rapid com
prchcnsion. His own affairs looked
darker as the days went by. The enr
plnyincnt he had found TO help him
through his music course was taken
away, and he was left stranded. Com
ing III one duy after weary round OF
disanpointments, the sight of the boy
handling his most cherished violin.
wilieh no one else had n right to touch.
aagcnrd him unreasonably. Before he
l1 lime to demonstrate the boy had
commenced to play and at the first
na,r the man stood spellbound Slow.
L" uncertainty. with many blunders.
the chill played, and Grayson listened
to one of his own dream pieces. He
was bitterly disappointed that this
child, this waif OF the streets. whom he
hal hcfriended should have heard his
music and having heard. had been
given the power to interpret 1t, though,
! impcrfcctly.
You thieving brat!" he exclaimed,
creeping the lad roughly. Where did
yoG learn that? Who taught you my
mrsir"
~. cut It out" said I'letro. wrlg-
glin- away ike an eel. You learned
me Yer old sqreaks yerself in dc night
when youse git dem hughonse fits ON
he told Of the many nights he had
awakened TO the sound Of music and
struggled to reproduce 1t. He ended
with i request. uttered with an elabp-
rate carelessness that failed to conceal
his real earnestness, that Grayson
teach him 10 become zone OF dem sure
'noush fiddler chaps" Gayson. with
the harmony rippling through his
brain. ready at last 10 lie pnt upon pa
per to open rp brilliant pathway 10
lis authors success. graycly shook his
hand anl answered. "Sure!'
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4.
l'itylhs meat aeated out TO them re-
liii''.'Lls Sea@epa mat nus evening
llies. ls''s s'''Ft' a'spei,lseu with 10 make
.ss,.tlle anloullt aeceSs;'ry for ms admit
tslp'se - lshe saha 81 hearts desire ana
gesssl'ls tle hostFils q ms companion
~ ". sNltS'i liise Faoeits'
suts,' i'ae dis i q bum joint. Come
- s'skiAliy = y swell there
iileS Weas q MaStnty's, and over
~. = n.to'iE ,3ollee anu lnelf Steak
! a KY f9tatoes tieire 'ecaiile contden-
ti',i is'a to'a S'Fa%son The story Of his
8. -s,'.eH' US y provide necessities
III ~ d&'lis ''i2S;see ana then g eS-
eiape t'ie -ctNt2tes q flie money lender.
.t0.h Nlonl 4se Eae borrowed money
tAlaI US taofhe, sight have g burial tit
III H.. = is"' ~ IS.
"neH w a9ii' laaillar with the
"ilHs O tue Wy money lenders. dis
eeFetea fllaf re anount aad been re-
ttsf.len VITA t5'le interest he took the
litalter INTO At- own hands. and the
nloheS 'eHdeg '3nIans NJ those same
st.pRg cthiebea hands. admitted that
ne had asked ple'ro 70 call again only
.siAe NC iuight SiYe him receipt for
we tuil amount q his debt.
toaSh @ paef win his amusmg COM
ia'lsol' SfaS52a invited hiln 10 share
~ G'nsY lodgings for the night, and
ifsSsosta san fa'ses Significantly tap
Ped tNe@ tefeeeadS ~ ~ iatest &C.
.el1tficitF g taeii friend. for. though
lileS Wefs possessed Of numerous &C.
eeatF'ci1es s. fbee' own, Us men OF
t,sa.ps ihust efAr re. surely even they
iiisht deem Il t5e Agliaiark Of insanity
| =, iaSe from AR street. . ragged young
scr Emu giF' aiin : glimpse Of better
't..'''i' iiiG'1Ase TIE medium of 4 mode
~ lie tltat 5h these Young men Of
lh!shig .tiiilifi iS seemed drearily pow
cry 'iriet;eA,
tfo'n t'te iF;; IF View Of tile man
On the pde 3f straw the shpddy unit
lfeSs seems luxurioiiS, while to the man
on the shoddy nothing seems worth
"hile but one Of boss. Added to Gray
sons lnekn''cabie treatment OF the
caso KID t1ey t0id the story OF his hall
=. : row Ia tue still nights
he CHARMED 70 hear bursts of exquisite
melody such rs only the great masters
OF music might dream and, dreaming.
reproduce Graysou was only a hum
Ole student anu, Try as he might. he
could not reproduce those haunting
tneiodles that would give him no rest.
Win iiis aw7i;eainS the melodies were
stitled. and aniy their echoes, like taa
half remembered taste Of soise c!Iill-
ish delight the p;ttpe aud Substance.
ccior and Cora Of which W, have loh.
forgotten, tefaaiaei. He hanntel the
opera aud concerts, but lie could never
hear them save IL his dresms Be
causeslfe dreamed these things aud yet
could interpret them no better than us
average companion student they rallied
him datfy pady Pietro thought Of him
when in the wee small hours OF the
night he awoke aud heard those glori-
GUS sounds His first quick glance
showed him tnat his hosts bed was
empty, His second showed him the
, figure OF Tue young man standing full
10 the light OF TIE moon, his violin IN
ms hands bis face Slightly uplifted
ana with a THANKSGIVING look upon it
that would haye made him pass almost
nnreeogllized among his best friends.
Ills eyes were strange, stirring. I'M
earthly, and Lfietro. encounterlng them,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-19

Little Susie went out 70 her grand
mother : on farm in Lebanon county
last summer She was afraid Of the
cows, and one day her mother asked
her to run out to the barn ana call
grandpa to dinner. She started. but,
seeing COW in the lot, ran back,
crying:
ION. mamma. there's a COW ont
Her mother looked out OF the win
dow and said: why. susie, that's only
9 muiley cow She can't hurt YOU, for
she hasn't any hornss
but nainEna, : exclaimed Susie,
sslae might buit me with her pompa-
aeuri ~ hliadelphi8 Ledger
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-19
Character snildine.

what Is the object Of education? Is
Y g reach 9 child or man 70 know
somethlng TINT he did not know or to
pc something TINT he was not: Is Il
IN DINER words, IN intellectual or q
moral process The safest answer is
70 say 'haf i i 10th. But there i n
growing suspicion among those waa
nave studied The question most ieep'y
that oHr schools are not 50 successful
as .ney llis.lf be on the side Of charae
Ter bulIding.-London Chronicle.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-19

Weak Kidneys. surely point 70 weak kidney
Nerves The Udneys. Ike the Heart. and the
Stomach. hnd their weakness. not In the organ
itselE brtin the nerves that control and guide
ana strengthen them. Or. Shops Restorative i
. medicine specifically prepared 70 reach these
controlling nerves. To doctor he Kidneys alone.
IS futile. Il IS . waste Of time. and Of money as
wen.
II your back aches or IS weak. II the urine
seaids. oris dark and strong. II youhaye symptoms
Of RriEhts or other distressing or dangerous Kid.
uey disease. try Dr.. shoop' s Restoatlvea month
Tablets or Liquld-and see what It can and WIN
doioryou. DugEist recommend and sen
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-29
SHOWING OFF A GUEST.
The Inkeeper Was Determined Fes-
senden Should Appear.

One night while eX-Sccrctary of
the Treasury Fessenden was on a po-
litical mission to the northern part
of Maine he stopped at small ho-
tel.
In tnr center of the house was a
big stove that warmed two rooms.
In one Of the apartments Judge FeS-
sender established himself and pre-
pared to take proper comfort dur
ing the evening. just as he had
got well located with book the
landlord. Il six foot French Cana
dian. camc in.
"Excusc me. 'scir,' said he, "bui
Mr.. Ed Wig"onc Of Maysville, she
DE in. dc oddcr room. am she wan
te asee' Mr.. Fcsscndccn.
"rell Mr. Wise'ia III be in a lit
tie later,' said Judge Fcssenden,
turning another leaf in his book.
The landlord went ont. He re-
turned in a moment. "Mr. Wiegone
she send his compliments, am she
say dat she wan Mr.. Fessendccn
right away"
The interruption just at that mo-
ment rather ncttlcd the Judge, VINO
WAS in no way accustomed to dlcta-
torShip. He sent back such Il sharp
reply that ii was easily seen that the
landlord was cut by his aspcrity. l.,
Just thirty seconds the landlord was
back. Judge Fcsscndcn raised his
eyes to find thc man staring at him
with look Of desperate resolve.
With Suppressed excitement in his
tones the tall landlord spoke.
"Mr.. Wiggone say she waA' see
Mr.. Fcsscndccn quick, an she CUES
% de house, am say she goin' TO
see him.
Forthwith the big landlord swoop-
ed down on the astoniShed gentle
man. seized him, tucked him under
his arm AID strobe across into the
room of the percmptory gentleman
from Maysvillc.
"Mr. Wiggones, calmly said
the landlord, as matter of fact as
though he had just delivered pitch
er of ice water, "hcrc be Mr.. Fes-
scndccn.' Tie set the indignant
"callcr1 down on chair and rctir-
cd smilingly.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-29

"ITad a queer adventure once at
the scaside,' remarked the man
with mouSc~colorcd whi$kcrS.
"About twenty years ago ! was one
day walking alon" the beach, whr-l
| Si.htrd II "rrrnsil-looking ohJcr,
rloatin~ few hundred feet orr
shore. As luck would have it. 7 had
lust been reading about ambrr@rlS
and how valuable it is, and that very
week ! had coming due note for
$1,000 | didn't know how | was ever
"oin" TO mcct.'
"Thrn vou Got excited. rh ?''
"Nnu bet ! did. Ambcrplis, you
kncw. is valuable stuff. \ small
rhunk Of it is worth all kinds Of
money, and this "rrcnish-!poking OBJ
i,ct seemed as BIZ: ~ a kc@. | got
boat and rowrd ont to il. BY the
way. do you think Taft would make
rood rnnlidatc?'
"Nrv'r mind ahont Taft. What
was that ~rccnish-looking object 20
"Nuthin' but dccaycd water
mrlon.'
"Nuthin. but dccaycd water
~rrnn.'
"IT"w abont the note for 49,
0O07n
"Oullawcd long ago. Say, some
times think Taft would make n
strong candidate; and then again, [
dnnno.'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-29
The Power Of Habit.
New York Sun

New York Sun.
The power of habit was strkiAgly
illustrated not long ago in shirt
waist factory. One woman who had
done nothin" but sow mp the seams
Of sleeves for four years was taken
of that particular job and was ask
ed to run up seams in the body Of
ihc waists. She complained that the
change would make her 50 nervous
that she could not work.
"Rut what is the difference?
asked the foreman. "Thcrc is moth
inc but a straight seam here. just
the same as you nave been used to-
ct know" replied the woman
with true feminine logic, "but il
isn't slceves.'
And I did prove to be fact that
owing to her four years of steady
work Oh sleeves it took her fully
that many weeks TO overcome her
nervousness sufficiently to run the
machine at her accustomed speed
when sewing another part Of the
waist.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-29

bic servant don't get through "court-
ing" in time for some of Tire good
things.
We note that Mr.. j. a. Baker will
not only become a citizen Of our town
but will be one of our business men,
Ho has bought the interest of Mr.
J. a. G.. Kiblcr in Kinard & Kibler,
ald has already begun his work in
the store. Mr.. Kiblcr will give his
attention to his large farming inter
cSts which will require all Of his
time.