The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-02
August Magazines.


Harpers.
In "Liulc Laborcrs in New York" finely
| illustrated article G. L. Brace gives some
startling statistics in reference to the abuse OF
Iovcrworking children in New York. Over
100000 children under - years of age, he tells
us, are employed in various branches of in
dustry in the great metropolis from 10 to IA
hours day, and many of them in such badly
ventilated quarters and at such unsuicd oc
IcupationS, rs to utterly stunt and impair THEN
future man or wOmanhood The usual occu
patons are, furnishing gold, silver and china
ware, handling and cutting gold and silver
leaf, making paper collars, paper boxes, arti
| fetal flowers and in various ways in the
manufacture Of twinc and in tobacco factories.
| How intense and wcarying is their daily
TOLL and how much OF their health and cdri.
cation IS sacrificed in these early years and
premature labor. The evil in New York is
evidently enormous, and most threatening to
our future. These children, stuntcd in mind
and body, are growingup to be our voters and
Legislators. There are already over 10000
persons in New York who can neither read
or write. These little oyer-worlcd operatives
Will swell this ignorant thrOng
THE Telegraph" is another illustrated arti-
Gle, giving us some idea of the yas,ncsS of
the system as it now exists in this cpu,ry,
its capabilities and probable future
John Savage gives fine sketch of The IA
nous siren Madam de Scvignc, one of the few
famous women who survived the reign of
Louis XIV with untaintcd honor.
Charles NorlhoH commences series of
capitally illustrated articles on the Sandwich
Islands. Aside from thcir rapidly disappear
ing native population, no object in these
islands posses greater interests than its great
volcanoes, which the writer saw and graphic.
ally describes:
Having assembled the tall mountain 10 the
.crhcr,-what We saw was this: two large
lakes, or caldrons, each nearly circular. with
me lower shelf, or bank, rcd-hOt, from which
the molten lava was repealed towards the cen.
IRE without cessation The surface of these
'"N,H was oi luStrous and beautiful gray,
and this, which was cooling and tolrrohiv
solid scSm, was broken BY Jagged circles ri
Ire, winch appeared of IA vivid rose color i'm
contrast with the gray. These circles, start
ing from The rcdhot bank n shore moved
more or less rapidly towards the centre. where
at intervals OF perhaps minute, the whole
mass of lava suddenly hut slowly bulrrI mn
burst the thin crust, and flung alott a Luro
frey wave, which sometimes shot =, hirh a.
thirty feet in the air Then cnsuod Il turmoil
accompanied with kissing and occo,inn,II,
with dull roar, as the gaSscs souubt IA 49,
cape and spray was Hung in every direction. i
and presently the agitation subSIdcd to Lruin
again in the same place or perhaps in anntL
cr. Meantime the frey rings moved forward
pcrpctually towards the centre, Il new one ne.
appearing AT the shore before TIE old one ,y..
cnguliod, and not unircqucntly the mas, of
lava was 50 ticrccly driven by some lorrrirom
the hanl. near which We stood that il was ten.
or fifteen feet higher near the centre than at,
the circumference. Thus somewhat of the
depth was revealed To- as, and there seemed
something peculiarly awful Ia me in the fierce
glowing red heat uI the shores themselves.
which never eoolcd with exposure To the air
ana light,
Thus acted he first of the two lakes But
when, favored 10y q strong breeze, We ycntur
cd further, Ia the sid" of the turthrrmost one.
4 still more terrible spectacle greeted us The
mass IN this lake was in still more violent
agitation; bat ii spent its fury on the prccipit
pus southern bank, against which il dashed
with ychrmcncc equal 10 a heavy surf break
Ing against cliffs. Ii had undermined this
lava cliff, and Tor a space of perhaps $50 feet
hc lava beat and surgoj into II lring cavern
Dus depths, and was repealed with duh.
heavy roar not exactly Ike the boom of break
,rs, because The lava Is 80 much heavier shan
water, but with "A voice at it, own, lCss rc,o. /
lant, and, as We who listened thought fnli ~.
wen more deadly fury.