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These photographs were taken l# Wm.H. 
Jackson, the photographer of Prof. Hayden’s 
Savvey, and they unmistakably exhibit his 
rare skill in (he perfection with which every 
detail is shown of shade, sky, bushes, twigs, 
water and every outline that may be seen by 
the visitor on the ground. It is impossible, 
of course, to appreciate what nature has there 
of the sublime by looking at a photograph, 
yet we feel 'assured no artist liv idea'll sue- 
eeed better than Mr. Jackson has, in making 
nature’s counterfeit in these pictures. 
Connected with Prof. Hayden’s survey is 
another true artist, Wm. H. Holmes, a Har- 
rison county hoy. Prof, Hayden’s genius i s 
as much shown in his selection of men for 
assistants as in his scientific attainments, 
and we are glad to note that Shortcreek Tp., 
has in Mr. Holmes furnished him one of his\ 
most talented aids. Mr. Holmes came here 
several years ago, taking a mere subordinate j 
drafunan’s position in the Smithsonian In 1 
stitule, but, developing rare merit, he soon 
was -promoted. He has- served under Prof, 
Hayden as field draughtsman and geologist 
and has no superior here for either duty. 
He is a thorough master of the pencil and 
grater color. His topographical and geolog- 
ical maps cannot be sm passed, while his 
written articles which appear in the Annual 
Reports of Prof. Hayden to Congress, and in i 
the Literary Magazines of the .East show him 
to he as much at home with a pen as with 
pencil and dividers. We are very proud of 
him here, and feel assured he will make. iris 
mark. We will hardly allow Steubenville 
to take him, Ulptigft Lilly aware of the nec- 
essity which impels that benighted city to 
absorb Harrison county talent.' Put Holmes 
down as another HafTison county boy who 
has gone out into the world and made him- 
self a reputation. 
Prof. Hayde'i’s. entire. force is composed of 
young men like Holmes. '"Older men prove 
unable to endure the fatigues and lYafd ships 
of mountain work, and are kept in the office 
here while the young men must put on then- 
harness and go out into the field until they 
have acquired full right for post duty. 
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; Mr. W. H. Holmes, son of Joseph Holmes, 
of Short Creek township, this county, is win- 
ning a reputation in Hayden’s scientific par- 
ty, in the employ of the Government. We 
publish the following private letter from 
Mnj. Robert S. Lacey, of Washington, 
B. G., from which we are pleased to know 
that Mr. Holmes is being appreciated for his 
talents. In addition to the elegant pictures 
spoken of we have sonye • twenty smaller 
photographic views which are superb. 
Washington, D. C.pHY'pf.-. 25, 1877. 
Dear Arnold 
I herewith send you by Pav 
Haverfield, the photographs of Colorado 
scenei y I promised Mrs. Arnold last spring. / 
I hope she will be pleased with them, as If 
regard them as very tine indeed. The wa-i 
terfall is one of the best combinations of fori 
est and stream that I ever saw, and one, iri ; 
looking at it, cannot repress the query.. how. 
did flie artist succeed so admirably in effect- 
ing it? No. 2 is intended to givb the specta- 
tor a view at the head of a canon, at a point 
where the timber ceases to grow, so that the 
eye may ibateh a range of peaks and the 
huge banks of snow which lie in the ravines 
throughout the year. These peaks are near- 
ly 14,000 feet above the level of the sea, and 
when a visitor climbs 'upon theift ho fully 
realizes he is in the region of everlasting 
snow, and is where the hand of man can 
never enter to transform to his wishes. 
Standing at the timber line, in the fore- 
ground of the picture, you are about 12,000 
feet high, and this canon in its absence of -I 
trees, and the gradual disappearance of veg-> 
etation up to the point where snow and na- 
ked rock are met, with the clear outlines of 
the peaks against the sky, presents you a 
view which you may see everywhere in the 
Rocky Mountains. The snow falls in such 
places at all seasons of the year. I was driv- 
en down from the top of Gray’s Peak in the 
middle of August by as fierce a snowstorm 
as I ever encountered, and yet at timber line 
the air was as serene and pleasant as the sun 
could make it in such, elevated places. 
No. 8 is one of the Mountain Lakes often 
found among the peaks, and is an excellent 
combination of light and shadow. 
These pictures seem to me to be the per- 
fection of the photographic art and it is dif- 
ficult to appreciate how the artist could take 
them of such IhiLrense size, knowing that 
all his apparatus and working material had 
to be transported upon the hacks of smail 
mountain jacks. No vehicle of any nature 
can climb the rugged . mountains. Horses 
cannot endure the rarified air, hence there is 
no alternative but to 'use the diminutive 
donkey for every purpose. These docile, 
suresfooted animals.wiil, in trains of a doz- 
en, follow each other in single file, in the 
narrow' %}g-zag paths to the highest peaks, 
and in .places where horse ft would prove j 
powerless, carry enorVn'ou's burdens and en- 
joy themselves ; hence they are to the mentis 
taineer what the Camel is to the Arabian, an 
absolute essential Vn’:. which he relies as a 
