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lilC'Il.MOND, VA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1003.
EDITORIAL
SECTION.
PRICE FI E CENTS.
TODD AND
BRAUER IN
Both Will Run in the
General Election.
COUNTY COM/V.ITTEE
RECOGNIZES TODD
And Uttcrly Repudiates the
State Commlttee's Act.
LETTER WRITTEN BY
, TREASURER BRAUER
lt Was Not Reccived V>illi Enthusia.m
by the County Committec, to Wli ch
il Was Addrossetl?-The Situa
tion an Exceedlngly Unique
One--Some Views 0:1
the ?ubj-_ct.
A Stato cdmrnittee defied and a county
commltteo aggrleved and tndlgnant; two
men each clalmlng the Democratlc noml?
natlon to the ofllce of treasuror; the
prospect of n fight lnter r,e that wlll
spllt the party vote; the further prospect
of a grand Jury fnvestlgatlon, wlth a
posBlblllty of scnsatlonal dlsclosurcs lead?
lng to legal procedure against one or more
of tho candldates In the recent primary?
Ii: thls manner may be summed up briefly
the rcsults of tha very remarkable poiiti
cai uplieavul in Henrico that came to an
end ycslc-rday with lhe final adjourn
ment of the Investlgators.
To the people of tlio county wlll now
be given the task of cutting the Gordlan
knot. ln so far, at least, as tho two can
cidates are concerned. Both wlll appear
ln tlie November electlon and both wlll
bc clothed wlth the party cloak to the es
tmt, at;least, of claJuimg the Inslgnla of
Democracy aa thelr standard. Each wlll
urge fli-t (he other ls musciU-raMng.'
One wlll go forth endorsed by the State
Democratlc Commlttee; the other by tbe
Hi-nrlco Democratlc Commlttee, and
there wlll be no sympathy between the
two Democrats. Tliey wlll fight ea/h
clher tooth and nail, and the battle of
Beptember will be waged agaln wlth ad
ditlons. Whlch eudorsement wlll prove
the more valuable wlth the voters re
in a 1ns to be seen.
What the Committee Did.
Thero wns flre and brlmstono ln thn
cli yesterday when tlie County Commii
ttemen gaihored around lhe courthouse
and alred thelr opinlons on the very de?
cided and uninlstakable throw-down they
bad gotten at the hands of the State Cen?
tral Commlttee, whlch had the nlght
beforo unanimously recognlzed XV. II.
Brauer as the nominee of the party foi
the ofllce of treasuror of Henrico.
What these gentlemen said about tho
Stato Commlttee Is what they thought,
and it Is a fact that took concrote shape
later In the day that the thoughts were
ijot plensant. The majorlty of thom were
nngry nnd Indlgnant. and gave full yonl
to thelr leellngs. Then they marcnod
Into the courthouse nnd buckled down
to work agaln. Tho vory first thlng that
occurred tet the pace for the day and
gave a strong Ihdleatlon of what was
going on In the minds of tlio genilemon.
A member of tho committoe arose nnd
mado a moti'nn. lt was to the effect
that the Henrico Committee ignore the
actlon of the "so-called" Stnto Central
Commltteo, which had been mndo up ol'
proxleB "selected for n purpose."
Thereafter, as if tlio State Commlt?
teo dld nnt oxist, they went Into a con
Sldoratlon of tho charges against Hech?
ler nnd Todd nnd disrnlssed all of them.
At ono stago of tho nroeendmg a letter
was dellvered from Mr. Brauer. It hnd
tho effect of nddlng flro to flanie, of
stlrrlng a pot alrendy boiling rlght mer
rlly. Thls lotter Informed the commlt?
teo of the action of tho State Committoe,
wlhdrow tha charges against Hechler,
nnd called upon Hechler and Todd and
"ench and every" member of the com-'
mltteo to support him (Braudr) and
"achlevo a glorlous vlctory for Demoe
racy." The commltteo ilterally Jumped
when It read this letter. Several motions
were mnde, and ono of them was that the
document be returned "wlth contompt."
Tlltlma'tely tlio paper was completely ig
nored, as wlll bo obsnrved.
Ry noon lho committee wns prlmed
for a deliverance, and tho delivoranco
came. lt waa i'll tlie shape of two reso?
lutlons, l)olh carried by a sweeplng ma?
jorlty. ' One of them set tho Stato Com
n.lttf'0 at deflanco and rienlcd ils author?
lty to Interforei na lt had dono in Henrico
polltlcs. Tho other, equally strong,
awarded the certlflcate of nonn'nation
tr. Wllllam J. Todd, the candldate who
recelved lho next hlgliest number of
votes. Mr. Todd wns formally dnclareu
the nomlnee of tho party ln Henrico.
Then tho commltteo ndjournod slno tlie,
an aet whlch practloally ended its period
of existence.
Bolh Will Run.
At thls polnt tlie sltuatlon rests. The
Henrico commltteo haa investlgatud and
dlsmissed all churges excopt thoso against
tlio nominee tor treasurer. His lt found
gullty, and hy a vote of olftVen to two
divlded the certlllcato nf election. Tho
Btato commltteo has revlewcd thls nclion
and revoraod It, glving .lho nomlnatlon
to Brauer. The Henrico committoe liau
deniod tho authorlty of tlio Stato com?
mittoe and awarded tho nomlnatlon lo
Todd.
Both of tho gentlemen wlll run for tho
otlloo nnd both wlll cluim iho party 110111
inatlon. Mr. Todd said yesterday that
tie wouid abido by the declslon of tho
Henrico committee. I3e will now como
out its tlie party nomiueo nnd wlll mako
hla llght for the ofllce. Mr. Brauer will
do tho samo. Thero is no questlon of
carryhig tho matter to the courts. l.acli
sentleinan feels ihat he is tlio noiuinco
and each will mako lils llght before tho
__.jitliiui.-d on Second, l'utjo.)
USANDS
F T
(&__
r
E
Joseph Chamberlain Tells of
His Views on lt.
NOT ON PARTY LINES
Former Colonial Secretary Says the
Discussion Will Convince Every Inv
partial Man ofthe Necessity for
Some Change of System.
LONDON, Oct. 3.?Every other natlon
nnd all our own self-governing colonies
havo refused to accept the gospel of Cob
dcn. nnd yet, although they ought. ac?
cordlng to Us dogmas, to be in tln* last
stag-o of depresslon nnd decllne, they have
grown durlng the lnst twenty yeurs in
wealth, populatlon and trado ajid in
everythlng that gocs to mako <up tho
groatness of a nation.
Thnt ls tho koynoto of Joseph Chamber?
lain's nianifcsto, which wlll be publlshed
October 5th, by C. A. Vince secretary {o
Mr. Chamberlain's tariff organlzatlon.
AVIth characterlstlo aggrossloni Mr. Cham?
berlaln carrlos tho war Into the enomy's
enmp.
"Thoso who malntaln" he writes "ln
a splrlt of bllnd obscurantlsrxi, the nbso
Into insplration nf un antlquated dootrlno,
will hnvo much to explain."
lli_ remarks are addressed to "Mon of
nll polltical opinlons, sinco tho questions
now ralsed nro not necessarily matters
of party polltlcs, nnr, Indoed, is 11 like?
ly tliut tho Issues will ho ultlmately de?
clded on Strlctly party llnes."
Ho boglns by saylng: "lt ls difflcult tn
belleve that tho results of tlio investiga?
tion wlll not convince evory Impiirtlal
mnn of tho necesslty for somo recon
fitruotion of tlio system which hns i-o
mained statlonury nnd unaltored for more
than hnlf a contury, whllo every other
pollcy hns been modlfled nnd adopted to
meot modern reiiulrcments."
FllFM [MPORTS.
Continulng, Mr. Chriinhe.liiln poinls out
thnt tlio prosperlty of tho worklng clnsse?
hns Iporeased In crenter proportlon ln
tlie protectod eouutrlos thnn ln tho Unlted
Klngdom, and says: "Freo trado, If It
hns over exlsted, inlglit hnvo sociued
fnr us ull thnt lt? promotors pr.omlsod,
but free imports without free trudo have
brought us face to fnco wlth probiems
which never entered Into Cobdim's culeii
latlons. Wo know thnt tho liloa of _
illlilod emplro dld not nppcul to hlm, nnd
thnt he regurdod tlio colonle.y ns an en
cumnrnnce to bo got rld of nn soon ns
pOS8|ble, Tho llttlo lOiiBluiulcTS wlii) follow
hls lend aro not likely to be movod hy
any wiooessltles nrlslng out of our nnw
found prldo nnd fnith In our illstant klus
men, l>ut wluit would Cohden havo snld
|f ho hnd foreseen that the trades unions,
whose exlstenco he depreoutnd, would he
BUceossful I" proioi'ting labor lu u score
nf ways, tcinllng to liicronso thc rate of
Wttges nnd lu raiso thn sluiidsinl Of llvlng,
tvoulii O.bdon, as Uio reiu'osontutlvo oj
the manufacturlng classes have still
maintalned that while the manufac
turer was artificially provented from ob?
talnlng labor at the lowest rate, he ought
to rest content when the products of for?
eign labor, untrammelled by any regula
tlons and leglslatlon to which he has
to submit, undersells him In his own
market? Cobden's scheme was at least
consistent. It was free labor as well ns
free Imports, but free Imports combin'ed
wlth protected labor is nelther consistcnt
nor profitable to any of tlie partles con?
cerned.
.Mr. Chamberlaln holds that the theory
that other countries aro ruinlng them?
selves by bountles and import duties,
hardly coineides with tho fact thut Briish
exports have been practically stationary
for twel'Ve years, whlle those of other
countries have Increased so rapldly that I
"If tho relatlve progress c-mtlnues for a
few years longer they wlll have loft'us
fnr behlnd."
MRS. DAVIS IA1PR0VING;
GRATEFUL TO VETERANS
Rev. Dr. Jnmes Power Smith, com
munder of Eec Camp, recelved on yester?
day a lettei from Mrs. Hayos, daughter
of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, acknowledging
hls letter of sympathy and solicltudo, oc
casi'oned by tlie extreme illne'ss of Mrs.
Davis.
Mrs. Ilayes wrltes tbat Mrs. Davis ls
Improvlng steadlly, nnd unltes with her
in expre.ssing her earnest appreclatlon
of tho cordlnl letters of sympathy re?
celved from veterans In Rlchmond and
throughout tho S-juth.
VENEZUELAN DEBT
UNDER DISCUSSION
First Session of the Arbitra
tion Court at the Hague
Held.
(By Associated Press,)
THE HAGUE, Oct. 3.?Al tlie openlng
Of to-day's sesslon of the Venezuelan
arbltratlon court, M. Muravleff, tlio pre
sidlng OfHcer, read telegrums recelved
from Queen Wilhelmhiu und tho Czar
of Russla, thnnklng tlio court for Its good
wlshes si-ul to them at tho prlmnry nit
tlng. Tfie Queen expreasod hor entlro
coiifi'deiuo in tlio Justloo of tho court'a
judgment, Tlio court announced that lt
liad decided tiint briefs and other docu
nicnts sliould bo dellvered by October
(Sth, and timt repllo. should ho lianS-d
In by Xoveniber 2d. Thereafter tho con
soni of tlie tribunal must lie obtnined
for tho presentment .of further docu
nicnts,
The court wlll henr tho urgumeiits of
counsel November -1th.
Judgo l'eul'leld, of Amorlcan counsel,
who muy have lo go lioiuu before tlie
tei-mliiullon ot' tho pleadings, Inlcnds to
usk Wiisliington for uutliori_utloii to silb
mll hls ui'giinioiit in wrltlng. Wayno
MaeVoagh opened to-duy in lioliulf of
Vone_uelu. Ilo suld tluu tlio only (jues
llon of luteimitloiinl law involved was
whother strong powers, ln oxlorling
Dioiiey hy an augrOBSlva und egotlbtic
war from a wt-ak power, huvo the rlght
of prefeiential trealment as a rocoinpense
.for Uielr actlon, or whether nll oruditor
nations shall shaio oiiuully, The splrlt
of Tlie liugue, Mr. MaeVengh ootitonib-il,
was U/ ptnteet 11'1' wcak against tlio
sti-ung. Eiiuullty, ho deckuud, way
equity,
Splendld Work Done by Corps
of Active Canvassers.
MEANS THAT WERE USED
Handsome Work, "Our Islands," Pre?
sented to Each Subscriber?Force
Headed by Mr. J. B. Corley, of
N. D. Thompson Company.
The most successful canvass for sub
scrlptions to The Times-Dlspatch ever
made ln thls city was completed October
lst, after two months of remurkably nne
work, by Jnmes B. Corley. rc-prcsentlng
the N. D. Thompson Publishlng Company,
aldod by n corps of experlenced solicltors
and n competent offlce forco. Offerlng in
connection with thc paper tho premlum
set of books entitled "Our Islnnds and
Tholr People." Mr. Corley and hls asslst
ants have added to the regular subscrlp
tion lists of tho paper nbout four thous?
and subscrlhers, all for elghieen-month
terms. The exact number ls 3,984, and
each of tlic-so recelved a set of tho haiid-i
some, lliustrated volumos so full of pres?
ent dny hlstory and matters of great in?
terest to Amerlca ns.
Nearly a Million Copies.
Tho work done by tho canvassers for
the N. D, Thompson Company hero ln
only a ropetltion of what has boen dono
on. an evon greater scale in tho largor
eitiOS. Nearly a mlllion coples of theso
volumes, "Our Islands and Thelr Peo?
plo," havo beon placed ln Amerlcan
liornes. Tho cltlos showlng tho largest
returns from tho offer of these premlums
aro Detroit, Mloh,, and Pittsburg, Pa.,
whero most successful canvassos woro
made, und from Phlladolphia, wlicre lino
work wns accomplished.
Tho plnn of tho canvass is one by whlch
everybody enncerned is prolited. Tho ad
vcrtiser gets tho benellt of more'than
4,000 uihlltional circulution, or n total of
Iti.OOO to ic.ooo readors; tho subscrlbors
got tho paper and ihe handsomo volumos
for practlcally thc prlco of ono; tho pappr
gets tho returns from thls addltlnoal llst
01' subscrlhers, and the N; D. Thompson
Compnny gets thc beneflt of the lnrgo cir?
culation of thelr valuablo nuhllivitloii.
Tho paper ls qnabled hy means of iho
largely Increased- circulation to Impi'OVO
nnd Increase Its jiews servlce, nnd of
thls both subsorlbors and udveilisers wlll
bo tho heneilfiuriis.
Th? Forco in Charge,
Mr. Coiley's fore?, whoso lnlelllgeiit ser?
vlce enabled hlm to aoopmpllsh such sut
Isfactory results, was made up as follows;
Ml. I'aivin COOltO, a.-sl> tuiil muiiugor;
Messrs. C. L. Brown, Androw Anroinou,
'i' '1'otty, c. 0, Courtlnnd, Charles Thom?
as, James M. Langhorne und XV. \v.
Bumos. Tho offlce forco conslsts nf
Messrs, Calvln Coolte und c. i_ Brown,
Jr., Mlss Godsey uml Mlss lno_ Cooke,
und Herbert Inman, ofllco boy.
Tho stuff of lolicilors conslsled nf
Messrs. Kd. Mnlier. l'ercy Muher, J. O.
Mcninnls, Thomas Turubull, H. A. i.uvls,
AV. F. Coates, Oharles K. K'och, Vlrgil ('.
Klllolt, Kinest I'oveny, Georgo AV, Berry
and F. A. Ln.Montc.
Mr. Corley and hls wlfo and all of hls
asslslnnts speak in terms of wiirm praiso
and uppreciatlon of the oourti'sy nnd hns
pilullty of Rlchmond pooplo, und found
thoir work hero pleasant us well ns prol'
llahle. They ileolniv thnt they wlll nl?
wnys cliei'ish iilc.isant recolloctlons of
(Contlnuod on Socond Page.)
GROOM PAST CENTURY
TAKES BRIDE OF 99
(Speclal to The Tlmes-Dispatch.)
C_AKlvSBURG, XV. VA.', Oct. 3.?The
Rev. Samuel Jacker,.of Gumpolnt, O., has
tlled a marriage certlflcate ln whlch it
is stated that the brldegroom ls one
nundred and one years and one month
old and the brldo ninety-nlne years old.
lt was the sixth matrlmonial venture
lor the brldegroom and the fourth for
the brido. .lerry Bosarth, of Kenners
Brooks, und Julia Ann Jenkins were tho
couplo. The ceremony was performed
yesterday at Pnrkersburg. Bosarth is
a hod carrler nnd was born ln Brazll.
?
GOVERNOR WILL
SPEAK IN GRAYSON
Governor Montague wlll leavo to-mor?
row morning for Independence, In Gray
son county, where he will muke the open?
lng address ut the Grayson County
l-'nlr.
Hls Excellency ls well known In Gray?
son, nnd goes there at tho solicltation
of many of lils old frlends in thut sec?
tion.
jie wlll probably return hero on Wed?
nesday or Thursday of thls week.
Mr. Dipgs Out.
Mr. Isnac Diggs. tlie woll-known law?
yer who hus been qulto 111, has recov
ereif sufliciently to bo out, nnd though
not yet entirely well, ls dally improv?
lng".
FRUSTRATED BOLD
ATTEMPTED HOLD-UP
Flve Masked Men Board a
Trolley Car. but Motorman
Applied Full Power.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW Voltlv, Del. _.?Vlva masked
men atternpted to hold up and roh tho
conductor and motorman oi' an ElghUi
Avenuo electrlc car at One Hiiudred and
li"l.ty-olBhth Streot beforo dayllght to
day. Throe of tho men boarded tho
front platform und nideivd Iho motor
tnan. Thomas Gargun, ni lho polnt ol'
a revolver, to stop tho car, but Instead ho
turned the full power on and pluclvlly
held H si>, though Btabbed In iho hand,
until, after a threo-blook run, two polloo
n.en were encountercd, Theso oapturod
tho men nfter a short pui'sult.
Tho comluctor, Charles McCarthy, do
leicled hhnself wllh it heavy iron con?
necting bar from tho two men who
boarded tlie roar platfornii ?ne belng
knocked from tho platforni and tho other
then lumplllB from tho cs,r, Tlioso men
escaped.
'I'lie conductor Iiad about $.6,
.-#--1
SCHEDULE CHANGES
ON SOUTHERN ROAD
KenlimhiK to-day, Ihe innited traln
which has herotoforo left ovor tlio SomTi
oiii Hallway for polfltS t-oulh ut l_:.-.0
o'clock noon, wlll k-uvu at lX.'M o'clock
ituiiy.
Explalns Unlntentlonal Injus?
tice to Him.
HE PLACED SAFEGUARDS
His Bill Was In the Line of Protecting
Against Fake Clubs and to Make
All Comply With the Law?Not
Responsible for Violations.
Captain XV. D. Cardwell, member of tho
Houso of Delegates from Hanovor, hns
gi\on out a statement ln which he ex?
plalns tho manner ln which tho soclal
club foaturo of the present liquor law
was lncorporated. Captaln Cardwoll's
statement ls aa follows:
"The letter from Judgo Mann ln your
Issuo of September 30th, and tho Intor
View from Mr. Folkes In your issuo of
tho lst instant, taken togethor, do mo
grent Injustice, nf course, unlntentlonnlly.
"1 am very glud for both of theso gen?
tlemen to have nll tho oredlt they aro
entitled to for tho groat offorts whlch
thoy hnve made In tho past, und are stlll
maklng, ln hehalf of tlie causes of tem
pcrance nnd good morals, but I am not
Wllling that thoy should havo such credlt
at my oxponse, I am no moro responsible
for tho cxlstenco of socinl clubs thnn
Judgo Mann Is for the existenceof llcensed
har-rooins. The Mann blll provided for
restriotlons and regulatlons u* th. sulo
oi' ihiuor ln saloons, whlle mv blll pro?
vided for restrictions und regulatlons of
scclal clubs. Tho soclal club law was
onacted long beforo I was a member of
tho General Assembly, and wlll bo found
lli tho acts of 1S97-'0S, pago 479.
U1STOHY OF T1110 LAW.
"Tho hlstory of tho socinl club law, so
fai us 1 li ti tl nny connectlon with lt, Is
thls: When it wns roallaed that the stato
tux would be ralsed on liquor licensos,
und thut the clty goveruments of the Stato
WOUld largely lncreaso t>ho clty taxes,
those who wore Interested ln tho bona
flde clubs of tho State feured thut under
the law thon exlstlng. whlch wns not very
I'lgld, n largo number of 'fake clubs'
would be organlsod, und, therefore, lt was
thought to be tlie best interest of such
boua-lhlo clubs lo muko tho law govern
Ing soclal clubs us strlngeut ns posslble,
Therefore, a blll wns prepared, whlch l
Introduoed, nnd overy fouturo of whlch
put iiddliloiiul restrletious upon suclul
clubs. Tho tux waa ralsed from ono to
two doilars for each member. It was pro?
vided that no liquor should be sold ln
such clubs to any porson who was a res
hliiit of tho county or corporutloti ln
whlch tlie cluli-house was locuted unless
such person was a membor cf tho club.
lt was further provided thnt tlio club
should not bo located ln tho sumo bulld
Ing with n llcensed bar-room. lt was fur?
ther provided that tho club should be kept
open for ut least twelve hours overy day,
so us not to dllQW 'Hundiiy clubs ' It wns
fUl'thor provided thut tho club, through
itti secretury aud presldent, should fur
tCotiUnued ou aecond Puge.).
FINE LAKE
TOPOF
Wonderful Phenomenon
in Giles County.
FORMED WITHIN
MAN'S MEMORY
Scarcely More Than Century
Ago Its Bed Was Dry Land.
RUGGED SCENERY
OF THE SOUTHWEST
Panorama Stretched Before Traveler
irom the Summit of Bald Knob
One of Surpassing Grandeur
and Beauty?bluegrass, Fat
Cattle, Fine Homes, but
Very Bad Roads.
(Speclal from a Staff Correspondent.)
MOUNTATN lake, giles co., va?
October 3.?Two-thlrds of tho people of
Vliginla never heard of thls place, and
there ls an eciually largo proportlon o_
thoao who did who do not know that lt
is In Giles county or not ln West Vlrglnla.
Yot lt ls one of the great curlosities o?
this country, and could be made the re?
sort of thousands of peoplo every year by
tho expendlture of money on a hotel and
roads and ln advertising.
The thought of a large lake, a mile in
length and hnlf a mile broad, on the top
o? a mountaln four thousand feet above
sea levol seems rldicu'lous to the man
who never heard of this place, yet the
descriptlon applles to Mountaln Lake. I
cannot convey to the mlnd of the reader
lho odd shock of surprlse I experlenced
when, after a drlvo of two hours up the
mountaln?up, up, all the tlmo upwards?
the road made a sudden turn and tho
placld waters of tho lake, gleamlng silver
In tho sunshlne, wero sproad out beforo
me. I Ifelt as the experlenced " desert
traveller who see's a mlrage. I knew
there was a lake there, as he knows that
thero is none bofore hls eyes wuen he see3
il in _ mlrage, yet I was half Incllned to
belleve my eyes wero lylng. And durlng
the whole of the flrst hour or two here [
felt constantly as though I were amld
unreal surroundlngs, and that the lake, at
least, was likely to vanish at any mo?
ment.
Thero ls not a more beautlful sheet of
water in Virginia. Even the twlgs on the
trees of the mountalns. that come down
to tho water on every sldo, are reflected
as clearly as if In a mlrror. Tho water
ls elghty feot deop ln places, and ls so
clear tho bottom may be scon whero cov?
ered by twenty feet. When ln a boat
somo dlstance from tho bank flsh of great
slze may bo seen only a fow feet away
through the water. But thoy are not hun
gry, and sklllful Indeed is tho angler who
can induce one of them to snap the balt
offered It. Tho owners of the property
have in recent years stocked the watera
wlth black bass and Callfornia trout, and;
the flsh havo thriven and multlplled until
tho lako is teemlng wlth magnlftcent
specimens of theso flsh.
Tho lake is located ln a big, oblong
bcwl on tho crest of the mountaln. The
bowl Is tlpped up at tho northern end.
nnd at tho southern, thlrty yards from the
shore, ls tho hotel. where nearly two hun?
dred guests were entertained thls sum?
mer. Nearly a dozen cottages are built
near tha hotel. and those, wlth a few out
buljdings, comprlse tho "settlement."
CLOSES IN WINTER.
In winter hotel nnd cottages are olosed
to vlsitors and left ln the care of a fam?
lly, whlch occuples two or threo rooma
ln tho hotel. 1 was informed that somo
yenrs tho oniy human bolng about tha
place ls a lone man. I feol as though I
shall thlnk of that man thls wlntor when
u storm Is raglng somo niRht In tho low
lands, How miieh moro terrlblo it must
be on tho summlt of this mlghty moun?
taln, and who can express ln words tho
dreaiy lonellness ho must experience ln
thls place, out off from tlie world as
completely as lf marooned on a desert
Island?
I Mountaln Lako Is not a natural cu
rlosity, It ls not a century old,havlng flrst
appeared ln XR04. A gontleman who re
Sides on hls farm nenr tho baso of tho
mountaln told nin hls father had told
hlm ho could remembor whon tho aroa
now covered by thu waters of tho lake
was used na thn salting ground for cat?
tle whlch wero allowed to range the sur
roundlng mountalns, Thoro wero n num?
ber of sprlngs ln tlm valley, and the
ground wns Incllned to be mlry. Large
numbers of cattlo trumplng nbout the
sprlngs closed up tlio openlngs ln the
, ground through whlch tho wat*rs sank,
a short dlstance from tho sprlngs, anil
thus tlie lake was formed. llut a new
openlng through whlch tho waters obtaln
ed a subterranoun outlot, wus dlscoveied.
Last summer tho waters reccded twenty
yards from the shore, and It was feared
that the lako would dlsappear entirely.
liut nfter falllng a t*ew months tlie waters
began to rlse nguln. nnd the water line
Ih now at the normal.
Bald Knob, whlch Is reached after nn
hmir's di'ivo up the mountaln from the
hotel, ls very nearly tho hlghest polnt
In Vlrglnla. lt Iseald to ho 1.158 feet ahovn
tlde. Tha tlmber lino |s ..500 feot above
the levol of tlm sea, und lhe lino bj cross
od ut |euat a hundred feet from lhe top
of Hald Knob. The road leads through a
splendld chestnut grove. Suddenly thp
trees dlsappear and wo found oiir.nelve*
walklng through a lauglo of buslie*
Bcaroely more than kuee hlgh. Acorug
on iiu-s,- buahes attraotcd my attention,
nud exanilnallon showed that what l had
Hioueht io bo laurel or other smt|l
shvubs, such us form tlm umlergrowth
In woods ut ;i le*s elev.itlon, were ln
irallty oak treet, trylng to grow wh?r?
conditlons mad,- tholr development into
in.itin iiv impowlble, The summlt of tht
. moiintulu ls bare, save for thl_ stunnxl
\ growth. Thero aro euormouu rocks _Uo_