The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-07

xorg suffered very seriously, as did samar-
ang. Johjokurta, Surakerta and Suraboya,
while the meager reports from the lesser
towns indicate that their loss was great In
proportion The Thousand Temples, at
Bramibaran, were very much damaged, and
some OF them totally destroyed Some OF
the towers of the noted Temple Of Bopabro-
do were crushed by huge falling rocks
While there can be no accurate estimate
formed Mt present OF the loss Of life, 1t
must be apparent when it is considered that
the island has population OF over IL, Ooo,-
600 people, that the death hist will foot far
UP into the thousands At the last advices
the eruptions were still continuing,
although their violence had abated some
what, and IL is feared that the end Of the
disaster will show it to have been one OF the
most frightful ever known in the history or
volcanic eruptions
The Island of Java, the American Encyclo-
pedia" tells US IL one of the most densely popu-
lated countries In the world 1t IL the most i'm
portant colonial possession OF the Netherlands
In the East Indies, and the most fertlie ana
prosperous tropical island ON the earth. The
inhabitants are almost entirely occupied In agri-
culture. coffee being the chief product. The
length of the island IL Cog mikes, its breadth
varying from fitty-tve to 1856 miles. The popu-
lation in 1872 was IL 2oO being S37 persons TO
the square mile. OF these, D. 926 were Euro
peans, 1878 Chinese. and 22,032 Arabs and
other foreign Orientals, Batavia, the chief city
and metropolis or the Island, mas pOpulatlon
of 100, 600. 1t has stadt house, exchange, hos
pital. numerous churches, morgue,
gymnasium, several Chinese temples. a
botanical garden and street railways. The har-
Dor forms an open but small roadetead Of great
beauty, and may be entered by the largest ves-
sells. Batavia is the great commercial emporium
Of the Malay Archipelago and absorbs by far
the greatest part of the trade of Java and Ma
dura. The exports consist mostly or conee,
sugar, indigo, hides, cloves, nutmegs, mace, tea,
rice. rattans and arrack.
The geological formation Of the Island OF Java
Is highly volcanic range Of mount aims runs
from one OF the islands TO the other with peaks
ranging IN height from 900 TO IL, o00fee Among
these peiks are thirty eight VOLCANOES, some or
which are in constant activity. The most
remarkable Of these is in the Tenger mountains,
In the east part OF the island. The crater is
moro than 1000 feet below the highest point OF
the mountain. L. IL said TO be the largest crater
in the world. volcano in this range threw out
in q single night In l772, ashes and scoria
spreading over an area of seven miles radius
LAYER fifty feet thick destroying forty villages
and 5000 lives few miles northeast OF this.
on the Sth of July, 1922, volcano destroyed
everything within radius or twenty miles:
Five days later a second eruption followed, and
the total loss of life in both was 2oOOe persons.
In 1913. Mount Gunter flung forth ashes and
sand TO the extent of 30,000.000 OF tons In 1867,
an earthquake caused the death OF over a thou-
sand people in the town or Jokjokurta alone.
In 1873, there were sixteen different earthquakes
on the island, and in each Of the succeeding
years there were several shocks.