10 THE OMAHA DAILY BKK : SUNDAY , APRIL H' , ISOfr-TWENTY.l'XH'll VAGES.
PIICP iniM n HP if ITPII\TITV
FALSE IDMS 01 < MAlLRMii
Ella Wheeler Wilcox'u Keen Analysis of
Woman's ' Alleged Slnfulncts.
STERN TRUTHS THAT MUST BE FACED
Wrenching tlin ( term of nil Inininrtnl IUp
Iroin It * SdlliiB l'rl-.nto Inter
view wllh n lloiiilirul , Hut
, ( llrli
In nil our ctiim-h pews throughout tlio
i-lvlll/ed world thc-ro Mtdevout professors of
religion whoso souls mo stained with erltno
women , whoso bowed heads , Ixnili-d knovs
nnd earnest responses through dlvlno serv
lee Imllc.itc u * fervor of f.iltli , > ot whose-
private- deeds li.i\o shocked high lieivcn
nnd biokc-n ono of Hod's most s.icrc-d laws.
Should these women bo nssumblod to
Bother , nriilfiiipd for tht'Ir crimes , 1 doubt
Iftht'to Is a court of Justice in tlio land
laigo enough to admit them Iiufor to the
over lucre ishitf iiumboi of women , who , for
vnrious te.isons , objoi't to bc-i-onilng mothers ,
nnd v.ho , facing the piobnbllltj of such an
event , take the mattu of life and death into
their own hands
For mans of these women inj heart aches
with plti and s > inpatli-i Itlseisy to un
derstand their situation ana to east tlio
mantle of thaiiti o\er their trimes When
public disgrace ) stares a weak woman in the
face as tlio result of an imlisi-ie-ct act , or
when | > o\01 ty and lumper nnd disease HOPIII
tlio Inov liable poitlon that life willboqiieath
loan undcslied child , the tempt itlon must
be ovc-nv helming to a sonow fill and bur
dened woman to piovcnt the ciiln<opho of
birth
Onlv those who have passed through the
experience of motherhood can mulct stand
what It means to contemplate even under
its biitfhU'st ami best auspices \Vltlihealth ,
lo\e , c-nouph of this woild s goods to uv ert
financial wonnnd with stong maternal do
slicset It needs a hiavo iioait , a stndv
courage , a spuit of self-sncrill < u and inllnito
patlcnco to p.iss tbioujrh the months of
oidoal wlttih it Involves \Vhit thin , must
It mean to the unhappy wife , unloved and
neglected , and alie.idso mil dined with un
welcome * children that she c.imioC fioe hei-
helf from lii'i galling chains , or to ono who
is obliged to toll ejih .ind 1 ito to keep
Btaiatioii fioi'i the door , 01 to one who feels
lieiself the victim of a hopchss milulj ,
whliha helpless ihlld will inherit , mid jot
the woman who pic\cnts tbo life of that
genii fiom inatuilng to biith lommlts the
crime of muid"i
1 believe the false idea of many so called
Cliiistinn women In reg.uil to this m liter is
uno Inigclv to theh lltei.il transl itlon of onu
of themanj llgin.Ulvo s < ilptuial pln.ises
H seems to bo the impicssion of such
women that a child has no hfo until It has
dtawn bieath ' 1 ho science of modem times ,
howem-r , moves such an Idea iidLulous A
devoted chuiehwoman of mj acquaintance
made an unfortun ito imuii.iBO She was
obliged to it-turn to her parents befoio six
months bad elapsed A dangerous illness
wbieli followed her ictuin was not wbolli
duo to mental agitation nor was her escape
floin niatemit\ accidental
She had pun based suigical skill to aid her
in toiinleiacting natuu1 s laws and to fico
her fiom the lesponsibility of a fatbeiless
child It was not diftlcult to limit-island her
temptation , but with her leliglous MOWS it
was dltllcult for mo to sec bow she had daicd
commit the act
"Oh , but a child has no leal bointr until It
has breathed , " she said. "It would ha\o
been the loss of a soul had the bre ith of Hfo
enteied tbcihiUl , as H is , vvlij , it is incnelj
u misfoituno , icsultiiig in pain and mis > ei > tome
mo , that is all "
Alns for th6 nntiowncss and unholiiicss of
a creed that can bo content with such an ai-
Binnciitl
The moment a woman knows that mother
hood is n piobablo event for her , that mo
niont she has the soul of her child in her
keeping. No matter how boon she escapes
fiom this menacing matcinity , no matter
how immatuie the penn of life she prevents
1 fiom oulminatiiiK , jet an imnioital soul goes
into tbo suliit llfo which she must sometime
meet.
rrom over- , pulpit in tbo land ought this
truth to bo thundcied foith It ought to
form a put of Uio moral tiaining in every
j oung ladies seminary.
The sinful , poor , buidencd or diseased
women H ho commit this ciiino mo fowin
numbers compatcd with the vast auny of
sclllsh , fashionable wives who do not want
to bo troubled with childien This nimy Is
growing rapidly , as medical assistance be
comes moro plentiful nnd skillful in this
especial lino.
Ofeouise , it is not the business of any
reformer to eiiticlso the woman who chooses
to lomain childless , so long as no crime is
committed All cleat seeing minds tealizo
that thuio mo too many babies in tbo woild
It Is n misfoituno to the public that moio
women do not remain childless , us good
mothers aio raiu The bleeding of the
species is not the only respectable vocation
for woman There tire , in the vegetable
kingdom , man- , useful nmt buautlful plants
nnd tiees which bear no fruit Ihero are
many women who remain childless from
choice , who aio an oinaincnt and bcnelit to
thu woild. Unwelcome uhlldien aie almost
always a misfortune to the woild and to
themselves Thedesiicd child , generated in
love , is reallj the only legitimate child , and
the only ono that should bo bom. Hut
when , in order to pie.ent birth , the geim of
an immortal llfo must bo wienchcd from Its
setting by human foice , I s ly then the
ciimc , of murder has been committed and
must bu answered for at tbo bar of eternal
justice , both b.\ mother und phjsklan Tor
.thoso who do notbollo\o In a fututo llfo ,
there aio ceitaln phjslcal lesults of this
piactlco which ought to be n warning to
nil w ho are obsc-i \ Ing
I ha\o known women who committed this
crime over and o\er again , and 1 ne\er jet
mot such an ono who was not baiUcned in
Heart nnd face Tbeio Is something about it
which clestrojs the moial liber of the inlnu ,
o\en when the woman does not believe her
embrjo child possessed a soul
A famous phjsiclan once said to mo "In
the beginning of mj piactico 1 used to help
women who uimo to mo for such puiposes , 1
used to think thatannnhappj wife or a veij
poor woman wns better oft and loft the
woild better off bj avoiding nmtcuiitj in
this waj if stio could not in anv other , but
mv oxpeiienco pio\ed to mo that I was com
mitting a double sin , I not onlj desti oj cd n
life , but 1 mined the moral natuie of the
mother 1 have oc-en shoiked at tl-o degen-
ciation of good women who escaped boating
ofTspiing in this manner I believe thn
repetition of the ait several times slajs the
soul , anil ( its the woman foi almost anj do-
pravlt.v "
It Is a pitj wo have not moro phjslolans of
this Id mi Thuj would bo of vast aid to
bunmnltj in its giowth toward a higher
spiritual plane.
1 have personalj ! observed many women
whom I know to have porpJtratod this
ciimo , and I have lemaikc-d that the one qf
fine Instincts and sensitive feelings Is m idea
phj.sk.il wreck for j ears bj ono expcilence ,
even though shetnaj bollovoheiself Justified
In what she does , nut theio Is an Instinctive
shock to her higher self which not in fro-
quentij unsettles her u-ason The lower
order of woman , with dulled moral pen-op
tions and foarse-llbeied-feclings
, may pass
through it again and again without serious
iihjsical icstdts Onlj the expression of
her ftieo grows Imiiler and Her whole ap
pearance is binlnliied
lhavo long btlloved that thesouls of these
children which were not allowed to como
to earth matured in the splilt
woild ; und ( | ulto locently I u-ad
u most iciiMrknblo book by Ploi-
cnco Marijat , the well known author and
( lAUghtt-rof an author , which continued this
belief. This Indj inhcirited from her father
n clairvoyant or a medluinistlo gift , which
enables her at times to sou and speak with
foi nib Invisible to all ejcs , but which mans
of the most intelligent minds of this ago be-
Hevo exist In space.
Din ing ono of these times this ladj states
that she beheld and conversed with n child
wio proclaimed heiselt to bo pipmuturu
infant ( lost through nn accident ) and of
whom tlio mother had never thought as
nmtuiiiit ; insplilt life.
\\hlle I am aw are that many phases of so-
called spiritualism aio believed in und
sought after by vvortnlcss and immoral
people nnd aio productive of much ovll ,
1 aui also uvvaro that our churches
teem with Individuals who possess 991110
of clalrvovnnt power , nnd who
secretly Investigate the oeciilt The Society
of Psychical Hoso.tivh comixned of many of
our most brilliant men nnd thlnkcis , bus
proven bovnnd n doubt that , despite the
fraud existing In these matters , well ( tuition-
Heated ousesof spiritual manifestation exist
I tinvo many dear friends , of noble llfo and
stKJtlcss worth , who tell me thoj hive seen
tiio faces of those who lw\o passed into
spliIt-life No such experience overcame to
me , but I cannot bo so Ignorant or n irrow as
todcclain mv frlc'inls llais or the victims of
a delusion When 1 hcnr n chord of muslt It
Is to mo simply n sound. Stirling and beauti
ful , but I have filends who hear hirmonles
nnd chords within cboids which I know-
nothing nbotit , in that s line sound.
In this simo manner 1 bcilovo 1'lorenco
Mairvat mav have seen and spoken with the
ehllil Invisible to othpis ; and what atie-
mcndously moral Inniieiuesai h a univeisil
belief would Invention tliu woild todij '
\Vh.U wornin ( unle s oiiuwhom shame an I
( tlsgraco stuod In the face ) helloIng tins
would ilaro force her unborn < hit I Inelc into
the spirit world knowing she must one daj
mi'ot It In anotlur HiiheiV
If this cxperlem e of rinrcnio Marrvatbo
tine , v.hat stirpnsis aw.lit m inv n lolltflons
worn in who lias > ivnl led the cues of matei-
nltin , this llfo , onh-to ( Ind herself f.uo to
fate with the matuiecl souls of her mur
dered ehitdien In spiiit land when she
passes on I
Avast amount of peed might bo accom
plished would out ( lei p\ men stop qu u i ellng
over dogmis. niustv t < clinic itities and use
less Isms and deuitc their eloquence to this
subject foi a w bile-
It was onlu sboit lime ago that a tearful
and sid joung woman came to me and asked
fora private Interview I bad known boras
a beautiful , nmbltlo is girl , and as a happy
biide , and as a dlsippninted wife When wo
weie alone together she said to me , between
sobs. "lam vetwutihed. . as vou know , my
mauiigo has ix en a ills ipp iliittnent , mv
Inisbiinl does not seem to < lie- for mo nnd
complains of his added expense since his
mauiige Now that I am i on\ lined a child
Is coming to us be is fin ions with rigo and
desiuu Ho b ij s ho cannot suppoi t a child ,
tint It will diag him down .ind hinder him
fiom 'inj hope of Independence I am su un
happy , 1 have i omo to vou to ask jou how J
shall pi event this bindi n fiom falling upon
me 1 would not , mind It only for his sake ,
buthesijs other women extilcito them
selves ftom smh tioublrs. and that 1 can " '
"If jou weio buidencd lia helpless old
fathei , 1 lepllod. would vou tome to mo
anil ask mo to aid vou in inuideihu him ?
This IH iiist as gieil a mine Go and tell
jour husbinil 1 said so '
She 1 < ft me onh to Und the asslstatu o she
sought c-lsf win re a nd lose fiom the In ink of
the piavu shottlj afteiwaulsa wreck of her
foniici self
She escaped the rain and e\pcnso of biing
ingnchlld into this woild , but can slices
e.ipo meeting that child sometime , borne
whi-ief
Able voui--elf this question , oh tiled and
tortined woman , v/hotonlempl lies this deed
toJaj . v WIII.LI rit'n to\
IIOK//J-.S miu / / ; - . .
According to thu closest possible estl
mates , 15.000 men aio atwoikln Jackson
puk , in Inci ease of mole- thin l,100ovci the
strongest fotio tint has been inside the
gates since dedication _
1 he 1 ist of the Columbian half doll us has
been coined at tbo mint bales at $1 each
have been rather slow , but It Is piobable
that dui ing the exhibition all can bu dis
posed of to people who want some such lelie
of the gieat fair
The Johns Hopkins university will make n
nnoexliibitat tbo U'oilds fair The col
lection of scientific m ins and instiuments
and geological specimens was exhibited to
the students in Leveling hall last week and
is now on the waj to Chicago 1'iesident
Ciilman Is verj' proud of the showing that
will bo made bv the utmoisitj in scientific-
ICsllltS
Italj's queen Is pencnllj' ctedited with
having the- finest collection of i.ue old laces
in the woild. She has c onsen toil to send
them to the fair foi displaj in the women s
building The collection came on the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II from Genoa ,
Ihoj were Invoked at libil.OOO fiancs The
queen's laces have never before been per
mitted to leave the rojal household She
guaids them with Jealous caie , and it was
onlj uftci repeated solicitations that she
consented to send them to Chicago , 'lite
laces , piotected bj a stiong gimid , will bo
arranged in eases in the women's building
The I'ennsjlvania university exhibit at
the Woild s fair is being put in place It has
been found that it is possible to make an ex
hibit falih representative of the stiength of
the nimcisitv , but in some naitieulais it is
nccessarilj a llttlo uns itlsf.utory Of the
twelve departments of the univcisltj nearlj
all will bo represented in the exhibit About
ono-thild of the space assigned w ill be de
voted to the collections fiom the museums of
the university , of whiih the HabjIonian and
Assviian nio the most impoitant Iho col
lection which icpresonts the unlveisitj's ex
pedition to UabjIonia in ISb ? U will bouniquo
In this countrj-
Thopieat oigan for Festival hull at the
World's fair , which is almost completed , will
bo a wonderful piece of vvotkmanship It will
have 4,014 pipes and slxtj thiee speaking
stops , not so manj ns tluie me in the oigan
of the Chicago Auditoiltun , but in respect to
power the World s fail oigan will bo su
perior , being "voiced and put on as hlirh a
wind pressure as the pipes will permit. " In
the matter of loom the builders luvo not
been stinted , which was the case when thcj
constituted the Auditoiium oigan Sight
scciswill have access to all paits of the Fes
tival hull Instrument The echo oigan will
be placed at the exticine end of the hall and
will bo opciatod by ! ! ( K ) feet of eleotiio cable
Maivclous effects will bo possible between
the main and the echo oigans
Among the moie than 100 different con-
glosses to bo held dm Ing tbo Woild s fair ,
under the nuspicos of thu WoiId's Congress
auxlliai-j , the ono that stands out unique
and alone , having no picedentin the bis
torj of such gatheilngs , will bo the Woild s
Youth's congiess , which will convene on
July IT and hold thieo half da\ sessions
Delegates to this congiess nro either bojs or
gills and aio drawn fiom the giammar and
High school grades of the public schools in
eveij count j in the United States , though
confined to nges between 1U nnc'Sljpais '
In Chicago the vvoik was taken up with
gieit enthuslism in the schools under the
lecommendatlon of the Ho ud of education
and noarlv overv school alieady Iius > its dele
gate eniolled Most of tlicso delegates nro
i boson bj' an PSS iv tontcst in the several
schools , and It was ho , > od by the committee
having this tonguss in c haigo that the dele
gates ovoijwhoio could bo chosen In this
vvav.but It is now so Importint that the
ii.ums of these lepicsontativos of their
several schools should bn in the hands of
the committee at the c uliest possible time
tint this committee urges toaehois evoij-
wheieto at once appoint in their schools a
delegate and an alternate and forwaul tbiir
names , w Ith age , county , n uno of school And
postoilko addiess to the secictarv of the
lommlttoe , P riedciick Hiiss , 71J Hojal
hisuranco building , C'hiiago
VI 11(1 MllllT.1.
"Mini Illinois" Is a term used to describe -
scribe iv olnss of workmen omplojod to
lubdiin u tunnel which is boin } , ' built as
u conduit fur KHS under the East i-ivor
from Now York to Droulcl n. The
] > tuaaiiro of L'undcnsod air issof icut in
the tuniiol that ovoa .strong men labor
onlj two hours and aio then taken to
the snrfaco to iccnperato. Ret-ontlj'
tliuio have boon several deaths in the
tunnel. So frequently have tlio ambu-
lancca been MimnMiiud to the entrance
that the uolit-o uuthuiities are making
nn Investigation , with u vlow to lessen
ing the dr.ngor to the workmen , who are
in fnturo to bo examined by a physician
before descending into the aluut.
Surprlioil tlio Jii'lio.
.lames Payn , the English novelist ,
gives an odd instance of mispronuncia
tion. During an notion of nuisance and
tiospass brought by ono neighbor
agaitint another a witness was put into
tlio box who luado u gtcat sensation.
"Miss lies , " lie said , "was thrown over
the wall not once , but half a doion
tinier"
"Stop , stop , " said the judge ; "why ,
we know nothing of thin. Who vvns
Mlsi lies , and why did they throw hen-
over tlio wall so ropoutedlv-V"
And after all , It was only the witness' '
peculiar method of pronouncing "mis
siles. "
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GRANDLIR Ol ( DliSOLATION
Eeceut Exploration of Mojave Desert ami
Death Valley.
A REGION WHERE DEATH STALKS ARROAD
NitiurlrsH Grn\i * anil lllrnrlic-d HOHCH of
.Mmi nnd HiMitt Vl.irlc tlio 1'itth of
VlillniM lairuil to Ix-Htriu tlon
Pury lit the Sniul Storm.
Pi edorick I. Monson , a popular local
aitlst and well known bohemian , le-
cently loturned from a journey through
the Mojave desert and Death valley and
in an interview In the San Francisco
Chronicle gives an intoi eating account
of his tiip.
With the intention of publishing n
small volume , profuse with illustrations ,
Mr. Mnnsen determined to make this
trip and started for this ban on spot
alone. Ho spent nearly thteo months
on the Mojave desert and took over ] j
200 photogiuphs , besides innumerable
sketches. lie opened his storj by giv
ing the following descriptive account of
the country :
"Death valley Is known as the region
of lowest depression in the vvBrld , be
sides claiming the flattering appellation
of being the hottest place on earth. It
Is 430 feet below- the level of the sea.
The valley is seventy-live miles long and
from eight to fifteen miles wide. On
the east the valley In bounded by the
' 'uncial mountains , which attain un ele
vation of fiom 0,000 to 8,000 feet , and on
the west It Is Inclosed by the Pnnnmlnt
range , which i caches a height of from
8 000 to 10,000 feet.
"Tho valley Is an independent drain
age basin , and the eastern part Is filled
with a wash of rock and giavol , the ro-
Btilt of cloudbursts. Immense fields of
borax and soda cover a largo section of
country in the eastern part of the valley ,
and ealt marshes of the almost pure
chloride extend over a vast aiea of land.
Pi oin a dpi ing in Furnaeo creek wash ,
the entrance to this arid country , the
Pacific Const Hoi ax company cultivates
about thirty acres of land In alfalfa , the
onlj evidence of civil i/ation in the entire
district. Weio it not for this ranch it
would bo vvoll-nigh impossible to make
the trip across the valley , as by no other
means could feed for the hoi &es bo ob
tained.
The nearest accessible point to Death
valley in Daggott , a small station on the
Atlantic and Pacific railway. Ills 10. ' )
miles distant from this point to the val
ley , and i oquircs a journey of bov en daj s
to i-ovor the ground. On the load thoio
aio but three springs , two of which are
nl.\tj miles apait. Travelers are , theio-
foio , compelled toiearry water for thorn-
helves and beasts , and when it Is added
that one has an Inordinate thirst on th 3
desert the burden can bo considered no
light one.
"A man will drink three gallons of
water a day and ttlib animals twice as
much as customary. But little good
water is found , as- most of the water
holes or springf itre charged with alum ,
arsenic or borax.
"On the following day after my arri
val at Daggott , " wvul Mr. Monsen , "I
, loft , equipped with an outfit consisting
of buckbuai ds , mules and a guide. We
crossed what Is known as the link of the
Mojave river and , journeyed for five thij
over a region destitute of vegetation or
animal life , witll the exception of a
giowth here and there of dwarfed cacti.
"Tho oppressiveness of this desolation
and extreme solitude must bo experi
enced to bo understood , Namoloas
giaves of poor unfortunates who at
tempted to CIOMS the desert during its
heated term are the only break in this
drearv monotony , nnd every year now
mounds of eartn , marked only with a
stick or a stone , show the spot whore
some adventurous prospector perished
from thirst and the excessive heat and
was burled by strangers.
"Desert travel during the summer
months Is attended w 1th extreme dan
ger , and can only bo accomplished by
unvoting at night and camping during
tlio heat of the day at some water hole
or small oasis.
"If an accident had occurred to our
wagon or mules on the desert it would
have been a very serious proposition as
wo wore miles from anj hum.in habita
tion and it would have been impossible
to have secuied other animals or icpair
a break.
"On the fifth day out wo reached Ar-
margosa. the abandoned borax works of
the Pacific Coast Borax c unpany. and
hero rented for a few davs. It Is sixty-
two miles from this place to Death
valley and wo had to carry water for
this entire distance. We occupied two
days in this lait stietch and we traveled
the entire route over a bed of rock and
gravel , accumulated by the action of
cloudbuists.
"Theentrnnco to the valley Isthiough
a canon culled Pinnace creek wash. Wo
arrived here just bofoio dusk and at an
elevation of 5,000 feet wo obtained the
first view of thU historical valley. Par
towatd the \.e t tlio Paniment moun
tains stood , founing the wall of
that side of the valloy. Just
behind these western ridges was
sinking the ruddy sun , bathing this
desolate production of ( J > d's hand in a
purple-tinted light. Moment by moment
the shadows ctopt over this scene of
desolation. No sound fiom the twitter-
terlng lark or the wild canary fore
warned us of the approaching night.
All was as still as the midnight hour.
"Wo piopared our camp , exchanging
hardlv a word and glad for the moment
when wo would hue Jtno oblivious to these
ghostly surroundings.
"Tho next morning we arrived at the
entrance or level of Death valley and
from this point saw for the Hist time a
sand btorm. Incidentally I may lomat-k
that these storms during the sum
mer months are very frequent. When
wo saw it the northern part of the
valley was obscured In a brownish
colored cloud , which graduallv thinned
out until it crossed the entire val
loy. Never at any moment , did it en"
entiiely obscure the sun , which looked
like a more ghost of Itself. The cloud
moved with gieat velocity in our di
rection and soon advance runners or hot
pulls of wind reached us. On arriving
at the end of Pinnace creek wash , wo
saw the sand storm In the northern part
01 the valley. This was shortly after
sunrise. The entlio lionm and sky
was obscured by the sand and gravel ,
which wore buoyed by an atmosphere
oppressively hot and stilling.
"Soon wo were enveloped by a douse
cloud of and , and occasionally as a
stionger pnlT of wind came , gravel and
oven small rocks vvoie hurled in our
facos. Wo coveicd our heads with
blankets , and the mules instinctively
turned their tails to the wind. With all
these precautions wo did nut escape , for
my guide's face and my own b.-c.uno
badly bruised and lacerated. In our ex
posed position we experienced all the
fury of this desoit simoon , and as the
winds traveled across this alkali sand
tliej increased in heat to such an'extent
that breathing became a matter of dilll-
culty.
"This storm lasted two days , and In
all this tune it was impossible to move
from our position. Wo had to camp
hoi o for that period , being unable to
light anj fires or prop.uo meals. Most
of this time wo were covered with
blankets and literally starved. I never
want to undergo that oideal again.
"This was in the fall. The pulls of
wind weio so intensely hot and Hiillocat-
Ing that they can bj likem-d to blasts
from a fuinuco , and scoim-d to draw- the
vorj breath from our bodies. The storm
piled the Hand mound oui wagon and
covered overjthlng.i
"Oe-ca-ionally , looking down into the
valley , wo could sooalaigo sand auger
or spout wait/ing hither and thither
over the rnuntrv. carrying 'he sand and
alkali dust high into the air. Though
this stum was exceedingly BOVOI-O to a
novice like mjsolf , it Is incompa'ablo to
'
the ones that'sweep over this country in
middle minimal * . In July or August ,
with the thermometer legisterlug from
HIM to 137 dogiees in the shndo , It would
bo impossible for unj living creature to
exist in it oven for an hour.
"After having passed safely through
this saint storm wo continued our journey
and I made a thoiough inspection of the
valley. Thoio Is much of interest to he-
told , but owing to the absence of much
of mv data and statistics. 1 would not
venture to give you a description of our
obiei\utions , as many of them aie based
on scientific- examinations and tests. I
"At ono point , however , I may remark
that my guide pointed out tome seven
nameless giavos on the tiall , which
could bo seen from where wo wore stand-
Ing. How the poor unfortunates had
wandoted away from the trail and lost
their lives no one can over tell
"On our return journey between
Death valley nnd Daggott on the Mojave -
jave deport , Wo expeili-m-id a cloudburst -
burst which nearly p an ind to the
whole trip. It was so severe * that after
the water had pui tly drained awaj wo
could notice many alteiations in thu
topography of the e ninti-j Wo we.ro
on the edge of the cloud and shi'lto'cd ' ,
and thus escaped the full fuico of tlto
downpour , But novertholo-.s I lost a
gieat many plates and othei articles"
A ( "liln HIKIII'K Tortum- .
The will of the C'uincMO phvic an
-Li PoTai , has been lilel in Han Pan
cisco He was "I vi-ais old The vni 10
of the estate is estimated at abnit $ )0-
000. and consists of i eal estate th" st ire
and stock of medicines kept bv. the d ie-
tor in his lifetime , and other pe'-s '
property , including 910.000 in ea-di To
his sons Lt Cue and LI Tui ( 'uno is ba-
qui'-itlicil if > 0 each , and t'lliw widow Leo
hoe , and his son , LI Tat Wing all the
remainder of hln property , l th teal and
poiHonal. Hhato and share alike Ilia
w idow and the last-named s m ai e ftp-
pointed executrix and oxi-eulor , lespe-c-
tivelj. lie also adds that ho doslics IIIB
slstoir , . Ow Lee and Leong Leo and lim
sons Li Tal ( Juno and LI OKI maintained
and eared for as mem burs nf the family
during their natural Huts
A Xew Yoik gpulus IUIB iiuciied a machine -
chine ) for tlio self piopals'un ' of ships U
consists of long stioim platfoiniH liggcd out
on either sldo of a vessel , th it use and fail
with the roll of the wave s .ml operate ) a pro
peller ' 1 ho motion of these platfouns In a
stiong sea would bo hlmilai to th it of thu
pump handles of the old lashionod Urn em-
glues when the -'bojs * vv-ie shaking her
uphveiv' Thu inventor thi.ilm that thu
tenclcrc-v of tlie-so outrlKgi-iH vvoind bo to
sliMtl-t tlio vcssc-1 us we-ll as to forcn it for-
wind 'Ihoy wouldnpi.itp in i drad" calm
lUMil.v as well as In a stoini , for the oco.in Is
nuvcr at lust.
of tlio most < .ipililii men who spend Ij
und summcir on theAl.isUiin Islandi
looking after vari ) is i-jmim roial Interests -j
cam very 1 irifo snlailc-s and live \vhat some
folk mlKhtralldouhlollves 'I he-j nic.iblodur-o
linr the wiiitur tolivo in Sin IV.incisro , Nowi.J
York or Kuropn , to l I.IVIHII m xieiiellturu | 'I
ana enjoy all the pruilo i t of I Ho and the oi
fae-t th > t there is little 11 br Ijn cm the H
lanJs hut attend htiletl.v to busings inauii-i * i
a in in to recuperate fro.n the wo 10 joys of
eivllUitloD , and thui to prolon0 tlieli duoljj
oxUtcaco ,
