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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11

| excited, and the sudden burst OF a
new landscape is more startling. so
| when, after the few minutes OF DARK
ness, we rushed out into the light OF
the Argentine side, there was a strik-
ing contrast.
The FIRST Glimpse of Argentina.
This eastern valley was wider ana
| the peaks rose with a holder. snootner
sweep, their tanks covered with Iong
slides of dark sand and gravel, their
tops a line Of bare precipices, not
less lofty than those on the Chiiean
side, but showing less snow. The air
was drier and the aspect of things not,
indeed, less green, for there had been
neither shrub nor plant visible since
we passed Juneau, but more scorched
and more aggressively sterile. There
was far more color. for on each side
of the long valley that stretched pc
fore us to the eastward the declivitles
of the ridges that one behind another
dipped toward 1T on both sides glowed
with many tints of yellow, brown and
gray.
The mountains Immediately above
this upper hollow of the glen--it Is
called Las Cuevas--though nineteen OF
twenty thousand feet high, are impos-
ing. not go much by their height, for
the bottom Of the hollow Is itself ter
| thousand feet above sea level, bu'
rather by the grand lines with which
they rise. the middle and lower slopes
covered by sloping beds of grey. ash
and black sand, thousand of feet long
while at the head of the glen to the
northwest glaciers hang from the crags
that stand along the central range
the boundary OF the two countries. lr
the presence Of such majesty, the grim
desolation OF the scene is half for
gotten.
The New Worlds Mightiest Mountain
From Las Cuevas the train runs
rapidly down eastward, following the
torrent through a confused mass Of
gigantic blocks that have fallen from
the cliffs above. and after seven OF
eight miles, 1t passes the opening OF
n lateral glen down which there comes
IA far fuller torrent, bearing the wa
ter that has melted from the glaciers
of Aconcagua- The huge mass OF thai
mountain. Hottest Of all the submits
of the Western Hemisphere, is seer
fifteen miles away, standing athwaT'
the head of this lateral valley. II i:
a long ridge Of snow, arching into two
domes with tremendous precfpice OF
| black rock facing south.
The top of Aconcagua Is nearly
twenty-three thousand feet high. anC
the valley at this point about eigh
thousand. Only in the Himalayas ant
the Andes can one see peak Close
at hand soar into air fifteen thousant
feet above the eye, and I doubt i
there be any other peak even in thu
Andes which rises so near and 81
grandly above the spectator.
A little below this point one reaches
the spot called Puente del Inca 9TH
Incas BRIDGE, a real natural curl
osity which the torrent has formed b!
cutting away for itself underneath i
detrital mass, the upper part of which
| makes firm roadway above the rive
roaring below.
A Piece of Scenery Without Parallel
The journey down the valley from
this point IS a piece of scenery L
which 1t would be hard to find paral
lei on any other railroad. 1t is Xix
traversing the interior of an extinc
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Of miles without a curve or . rise or 9
bridge. always. steadily eastward to
the sea. But 1t IL q dull and dusty
scape. at first mostly desert. then
mostly pasture. at last mostly wheat
fields, but always fiat AZ table,
pan X the the w waast wpora xnd
had the stronger reason for not taking
this route that 1t had been main
object Of our journey to see the Straits
Of Magellan, that great sea highway
from ocean to ocean. the finding and
traversing OF which was an achieve.
ment second only to the voyage OF
Columbus.
So leaving Mendoza before dawn. We
threaded the 'windings Of the granite
canon, and then. passing the little plain
9 Sd Va fsSk 81
strange and terrible than It had seemed
days before flor When Sa rsfen a as
Cuevas, we quilted the train IN order
to mount to and cross the top OF the
pass. the Cumbre, as It is called. which
Is fifteen hundred feet above. and over
which, until the tunnel was pierced.
all travellers walked or rode.
We took mules. for in this thin air
1t is we'll to save effort by riding when
occasion to feel that we should have
been happier on our feet. for In head
ing the animals across short cuts be-
tween the windings Of the track we
got on slopes SO steep that It was q
marvel how the creatures could keep
their feet once upset, one might
have rolled down for hundreds OF feet,
for there was nothing for beast or
rider to catch at
A Daring March Over the Andes:.
The Cumbre is a flattish ridge hardly
| quarter OF mile across. with towers
OF rock rising on each side, the cold
! intense and no shelter anywhere from
| hut. but it was half full of snow.
of former days caught here in some
| binding snowstorms far from human
help. One recalled the daring march
that when 81 shn 1s17
crossed the pass In that hero's expedi-
ton to deliver Chile from the yoke OF
Spain. the rest Of his force having
.he n o9se % A see The pas
sages Of, the Alps by Hannibal and
| half as high and only half as far from
| the dwellings OF men.
The Christ of the Andes.
On the level summit OF the pass
4onas statue sss ehe ri more Gt than .xes
size standing on a stone pedestal
| rough hewn from the natural rock
The figure. which is turned north.
wards so as to look over both coun.
tries and bless them with Its uplifted
| right hand. is dwarfed by the vast
scale of the surrounding pinnacles. and
although there Is dignity in the at
titude and tenderness In the. face. II
| hardly satisfies the conception one
forms OF what such a figure might be
But when one reflects on the feel
ing that placed this statute here and
the meaning it has for the two people
I it is profoundly impressive.
There had been a long and bitter
| controversy between Chile and Argen-
tina over the line of their boundary
along the Andes, a controversy which
more than once had threatened war
At last they agreed to refer the dispute
to the arbitrament of Queen Victoria
of Great Britain. A commission was
/ authorized by her and her successor 70
examine the documents which bore
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steep and the locomotive tolls and
pants slowly upward by the aid OF the
cog-wheel, passing through tunnel af-
ter tunnel till at last 1t comes out.
two thousand feet above Juncal, into
a wide hollow surrounded by sharp
peaks, those to the north streaked
with beds of snow, those on the south
of bare rock, because the snow has
been melted off their sunward turned
slopes.
The bottom Of this hollow is cover
ed with enormous blocks that have
fallen from the cliffs, and its north
ern end is filed by n small lake, part
OF whose surface was covered with ice.
The fanciful name of Lago del Inca
has been given to IL. A scene more
savage in its black desolation IT would
be hard to imagine. :
The Mouth of the Great Tunnel.
From the lake the railway, making
another great sweep, climbs another
slope and enters another still higher
hollow, where 1t stops at the base of
a steep ridge. Here a cluster OF huts
Of corrugated iron, more than usually
hideous In such a landscape. marks
the mouth of the great tunnel. at a
point 10,4s6 feet above the sea.
The tunnel. cut under a ridge fifteen
hundred feet higher, In nearly three
IiIilcS ioI&s anu tHc pFtsohSN sAA' Sut -
1t takes ten minutes. The air ts cool
and free from that sense of oppres-
sion which people complain of in the
Gothard.
Whoever crosses n hill on foot oil
horseback sees the surrounding land
scape change by degrees, and is more
or less prepared for the view which
the hilltop gives of what lies beyond
But when carried along in the dark
ness through the very core of great
mountain range expectation Is more
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r:s0 A.--Local--Dy.--New News,
s:15,A-Locaf--na Ex
Sun Thurmond.
1890 A.--Ex.--Dy.--Norf Old Point
1000 A--Local--Daily-L Lex,
c. Forge.
1900 Noon--Ex. --ny.--Norfolk. Old TT.
s2:i5 P--Ex--Dy.--Cin Lville.
1890 p.--Ex.--Dy.--Norf Old Point
500 P.--Local--Dy.--N.N News Old PIT
Sis P.--Isocal---Ex. SUMO d'nsviile.
Sis P--LocaI--Ex Sun.--Lyn .hbnr9 q.
$40 P.-Lmtd--Daily-Ci Chicago.
oil 90 P.--Express--Daily- LvillA
sSieepers. tParlor cars.
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMnNp-Loca al
from East: s:45 A. NJ. TAO r. NJ Through
from East: 1880 A. NJ. 2:05 T. ~, e:3a
r NJ Local from West; $40 A. NJ sss.sS
A. NJ and 1870 r. N. Through: $40 A.
NJ, 1l.s5 A. NJ and $40 p. NJ
James River Line: sss.s5 A. NJ. f:is
P NJ
ssDaily except Sunday.
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few months Panama Canal Will open UP :" ~
a world win
possibilities IL west coast Oh
America hitherto been nd-iocsed To US "f
shortly, they VIII be made easily "
and all over under way 10 take
vantage Of
OF commercial opportunity w
Bryce
rogTizen
made an ek'f""S'
trim through the new gateway 10 IT, a" "
impressions OF this
=. rtrx which role in the worlds COM
ere arc In of articles by Seaai
Macmillan Company law
,.x, Rry,e's America: Observations
Tmprcs s.,
homo OF the Vi 7'""
Today Andes into Argentina py the ""ri"
Railroad viii the ms Oh '"o
,,ss q, Argentina States of South America"
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
Premier Carrier or the South
TN YN9 TMAvL RYfvEI1f0Mn

TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND.
n RFoliow,nE ss ss;sr .na asu "a
ESQ A. M-Daily-Local for Char
lotte, Durham and Raleigh
1895 A. M--Daily-.-Limited ~
points south. Drawing. Room Buffet
sissRRlnf csT. e As ssyh: n G., =.
500 p. H--Daiiy--FoT nanviiie. At
lighted Drawing Room Sleeping Care
HAS p. M-paily-rAmited Tor Al
YoRK RIVER LINE.
connecting for baltimore Monday.
wednesday and Friday. -. :
M-Monday. wednesday a~d Friday
~ TRAINS ARRIvE RICHMOND.
From the South. $50 A. NJ. $40 A.
1855 p. N. sxeept sunday. :. -.
From West Point: $50 A. NJ. DAILY
HISS A. NJ Monday. "wednesday and
Friday; II suRRdE ssssP 3. f p <.
cor East Main st. Phone Mad Sta
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cars leave Manchestsr. Seventh ana
Perry Streets, for Petersburg;
- =. Z = Ia =, y. Il. .ii Il 4 n /. B. -
ii:oo p. NJ for chester. 1900 mid.
night for Petersburg.
Cars leave Petersburg foot OF syca.
mgr ss,s ssT ss fss 1 M.n:siss': sss s.s
s10:aS, il:3S A. NJ, l3:9E. s1.s5, ASS.
SIS, ass. SIS, S:SS. s7:s5. ass. SIS.
1900. il:l0 r. NJ 8
fDaiiy except Sunday and hoitdayA /.
sCarries baRRaEs and expresa
ssLimited except Sundays and holt.
All cars from Petersburg connect
with cars for Richmond
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upon the question and to survey the

+ ~
upon the question and to survey thu
frontier.
After years Of careful enquiry "A
award was delivered and . boundary
line drawn in which. both nations
acqufesced. Grateful for their escape
from what might have been . long
and rvinous strife. they cast this AZURE
out of the metal OF cannon, and set UP
here this monument Of peace and good
will, unique in its place and In it,
purpose, to be an everlasting witness
between them.
tBy special arrangement with The
Macmillan Company from South
America; Observations and Impress
slons," by James Bryce. Copyright,
1912. by The Macmillan Company.
Copyright, 1913. by The Macmillan
Company
There have been hints that in time
Sheckard would succeed Higgins and
Bresnahan succeed Evers. Before
long every club will have a manager
In reserve.
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RicAnenA ana CAesaoszks nay Rafls
w. CseVs.y.
4
sCHEpryLE OF ELECTRIc rRAINA
ErFEcTIvE MAY %. 1914
Eeaye Richmond, Laurel and Hroa4
Streets: b:s:o5 a N. .7:lo A. ~. bs:I9
A. Nj. $40 a. NJ. ss1e:te A. n, ll;1s
AM X IL L. Fl t M fi e. 30 i x, III ~
2, N. bS:io r. n. 1910 r. n. 1i:1s
P. ".
strrets: se:sS A. M. bs7:o0 a. M. s:ee
<. n. bs 20 A. M. 1000 A. n. ssli 20
a NJ. 1890 NJ s.d:oo X. s;cs
500 p. M, 700 p. n. soc p. n. bs:ot
p NJ, 100 r. ~.
sDaily except Sunday. ~
ssSundAy only.
bCArfaoO ba86AGA Ass
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Across the Andes
FROM CHILE TO ARGENTINA woRID-FAMoUs TRANsAND
RAILROAD THROUGH HEART OF ONE OF THE MOST
EXTRAORDINARY REGIONS OF THE WORLD
nv JAMES BRYCE,

By JAMES fSINfNfr
Ambassador From Great Britain 90 the United States
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-17

To Be Continued To- morrow.
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Being on Time
. . .

tempers and wait around for her! I
regard my life as misspent when
consider Fanny's.
There's a psychological effect in
making people wait for you" said the
girl who likes to talk, meditatively.
IF you will stop to think of the
people who have kept you waiting
you will realize that under all your
eXa speration is a deep admiration for
their power causing you to do some
thing you dislike doing. They are
your masters in that respect and you
know it. You may have a fine char
aCter and a nice soul and all that,
but they're smarter than you are!
80, hereafter I'm going to change
my tactics. I'm going to reform.
1t will take some effort, but ! shall
deliberately refrain from starting out
anywhere till half an hour after |
should have gone and I'll use the time
to improve my mind. How many
l could get through in that time if
good gracious"
The eirI who likes to talk was
scrambling around collecting her hat
and pins and gloves and mesh bag
and uttering certain inarticulate
sounds
Whatever is the natter" de-
manded her companion.
Why" she explained. through the
hatpins held in her teeth. Il promised
to meet Agnes for luncheon at
o'clock and here it is Il I've got
to rush if I'm to get there on time.
Good by"
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Author OF etiquette In New York w.
day."
CETHB beginning Of q oonvers.>
ton is something like fish
ing" said a clever talker.
You must make a few throws to
see If you can catch anything. At
first you may fail; nothing comes to
your hook; but by playing your line
skillfully you may land a little fish.
or perhaps. a big one. Any way,
you have to try"
When an introduction IS made and
conversation begins 1t may be neces-
sary to say very commonplace
things. Simple remarks about OBJ
vious things are not despised by
many worldly-wise and confident
people. Natural remarks about
what is of momentary or passing
interest may open a way to pleasant
talk.
The first effort is really to try to
find out the interests Of the person
to whom one is speaking. Some
interest in common may be discov-
cred which makes it easy to go on.
A question may be asked, II It Is not
asked crudely. OF course, a Ques-
ton requires a reply, and may be
asked in a pleasant way to show
that one cares for an answer. Then
the reply may be followed up with
a remark 1t is important to add
something to what others say in
order to make interest. II a ques-
ton is asked It should be answered
with something more than a crude
yes or no.
In all conversation the effort
should be to think of others, to en-
courage them to talk, to be courteous
in listening to what they have to say
We may draw them out about their
own occuptions, amusements, inter
ests, the books they have read, the
people they have met, the places they
have visited.
1t is said that no one should talk
more than a half minute without
giving others a chance to speak
While it may seem a paradox that
silence is an art in conversation, f.
is quite true, for it means that there
is a talent in being silent, in being
a good listener in having an invit-
ing, interested manner in listening.
in being amused, surprised and truly
responsive.
with new acquaintances am
shy" said a girl. How can over
come shyness? I have nothing to
say"
Shyness is often self-consciousness
and may be selfishness. If ons
would stop thinking of self and the
impression one is making there
would be more ease in conversation
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. . .

II NYHOW," said the girl who
~ likes to talk, I've come to
the conclusion that l have
wasted several years Of my life being
on time. I've just awakened to the
fact that usually l sit around wait
ing for other people.
Take Fannie McCrudden, with
whom l went to school. That girl
was so slow that her getting up in
the morning interfered with her going
to bed the night before. She wouLd
meet herself going when she was
coming back from an errand.
Altogether, Fanny would surely
have tried the patience of a saint.
Apparently she did not know that the
English language contained such
word as hurry. Her every movement
was languorous and leisurely. Plain
spoken people called her lazy if they
didn't care what they said.
Somebody was always doing the
things Fanny should have done be-
cause she was six laps behind, and
the rest of the world couldn't walt
for her. | can hear the teachers now
telling Fanny all the things that
would happen to her when she got
out in the world. because she was 20
slow. They didn't exactly say she
would be hanged for horse stealing,
but her fate. they were sure. was to
be about on par with that.
we all pitied Fanny when we
weren't being mad at her for spelling
things by being late.
we felt somewhat a { we might
have felt if she had been afflicted
with a huge nose or a cast eye or
some trouble she could not help. We
7 never noticed that she was ire
mendously pretty with it all, to so
overwhelming an extent did her one
! defect obscure her attractions in our
eyes.
Well. the last day Of school Fanny
had not started to get dressed in
/ time and was late and couldn't march
| in with the graduating class-and as
at last she daintily picked her way
across the campus. unmindful of T.,
! fact that the dean by this time was
| delivering his farewell to US. FANNY
I ran across the rich young man from
! New York who was visiting in the
/ town and he was so fascinated by the
'iOW lift Of her eyelashes that he was
crazy for an introduction.
/ Nov. Fanny has three huge houses
in town and the country ten auto
mobiles and a diamond chain that all
her friends speak of with awe
That's what she received as a re-
ward for nineteen years of a life
/ spent in making people lose their
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classed him as the avant courier Of an
American family
81 want a sitting room and bedroom
en- suite" said Philip.
"One BEDROOM" was the surprised
query.
Yes"
How many Of you are there. them"
Il beg your pardon"
Are YOU alone?"
Yes"
The clerk fumbled with the register.
Precocious Juveniles We're not unknown
to him. but a boy of Philips type had
not hitherto arisen over his horizon.
"A sitting room and a bedroom en-
suite?" he repeated.
Exactly"
The clerk was disconnected by Philips
steady gaze.
ION what floor he asked
Really" said Philip. 81 don't know
Suppose you tell me what accommoda-
tions you have. Then l will decide at
once"
The official who was one of the most
skinful hotel clerks in London. found it
ridiculous to be put out of countenance
by a mere boy, who could not be day
older than Il and might be a good deal
less. He cast a critical eye on Philips
clothing. and saw that while it was
good, it had not the gloss of We're de
We're.
He would paralyze him at one fell
blow. little dreaming that the other
read his glance and knew the exact
mental process of his reasoning.
There Is a good suite vacant on the
first floor, but it contains dressing
room and ,ath ROOM he said, smiling
the smile OF a very knowing person.
That sounds all right. will take it."
All. yes 1t costs five pounds a day"
Each OF the six words in that por-
tentous sentence contained note of
admiration that sweued out into a mag
nifcent cresceudo. It was a verbal
avalanche. beneath which this queer
looking youth should be crushed into the
very dust.
Five pounds a day" observed Philip
calmly. 7 suppose there would be
reduction if taken for a month";
Notwithstanding the season it is not
-er-usual To
''Oh. very well. l can easily arrange
for a permanency later If I think fit.
What number is the suite, please, and
will YOU kindly have my luggage sent
there at once"
The clerk was demoralzed. but he
managed 10 say:
DO you quite understand the terms
{ 80 a week."
To Be Continued Tomorrow.
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~, as he pocketed the gem. Il only
wanted you to wabble."
You wanted me to wahble?"
Yes. You look so like big top at
times When do we meet again."
You are not going away by yourself
with that stone in your pocket
why not? II attracted no especial
notice from the people as I came here.
Nobody can smell it. It won't explode,
nor burn hole in my clothes. It is
quite safe, | assure you"
But let me take it 10 Amsterdam.
Boy, boy! 1t must weigh four hundred
karats"
In Glover.
Enough of business for to-day
have lot of things to attend to. Shall
we say Tuesday"
"No. Wednesday at eleven. one
word. Let me put it in my safe"
"Good-bye"
Philip hailed a hanson and drove off
to Ludgate Hill. smiling graciously at
lsaacstein as he whir'ed away
The dealer swayed gently through the
crowd until he reached the office, when
he shouted for his confidential clerk.
Samuel" he murmured, take
charge, please I'm going home. I want
to rest before l start for Harwich. And,
Samuel
Yes, sir
While | am away you might order
another scales, In future we will sell
diamonds by the pound, Ike potatoes"
After picking up his belongings at the
outtitter' s-two smart Gladstone bags
with "P. A nicely painted on them
Philip stopped his cab at Somerset
House He experienced no difficulty in
reaching the proper department for
stamping documents and thus giving
them legal significance.
An official glanced at Isaacstein's con-
tract note and then looked at Philip.
evidently regarding him as a relative
or youthful secretary of the Philip An
son. ESQ, Pail Mall Hotel" whose name
figured on the paper.
Il suppose YOU only want this to be
indicated" he said.
Yes" agreed Philip. who had not
the remotest idea what he meant.
"SixpenCe," was the curt rejoinder
Philip thought he would be called on
TO pay many pounds-some amount in
the nature of a percentage of the sum
named in the agreement. He produced
the coin demanded and made no COM
ment. With stamp or without. he knew
that Isaacstein would 60 Straight in this
preliminary undertaking. \ single
glimpse OF the monster diamond in his
pocket had made that quite certain.
For the rest. he was rapidly making
out a plan which should secure his in
terests effectually He hoped before
the day was out, to have set on foot ar
engagements which would free him from
all anxiety
From Somerset House he drove 10 the
Pail Mail Hotel a gigantic hall porter
Iookins like a youthful major general in
undresS uniform. received him with
much ceremony and ushered him to the
office, where an urbane clerk instantly
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Up-to-the-Minute Jokes

Nov boys" said IA Sunday school
teacher. 81 want each OF you 10 sub
scribe something toward the mission
TO the Cariboos / shall hand the box
round. and AS each of you contribute
you viii, ! hope say some appropri-
ate text. Now, Charlie, show a good
example"
4 ruddy-faCed urchln stepped for
ward, dropped his coin. and observed:
1T is better to give than To re
ueive."
Then another contributed a copper.
saying:
Waste not. want not"
This was ruled somewhat out of
order, but IL was fairly capped by a
third youngster VINO evidently part
ed with his penny with extreme re
luCtance, for as he dropped ii into
the box he nurmured.
"A fool and his money are soon
parted"
She was a splendid servant, but she
didn't know anything about gas to