Telegram-herald., 1889-11-14
HER NATIVE FIRES.
Deseriptisn 81 ths Ia 1ssass s.tsrsl ChiHa-
ssys 0f ths Cssts kicxs Asass -ftanss
several ailss aish-A D. = cSssa1's
FIr.f -. d.. In ~. Hannfrt-
A correspondent writing fFom Man

Alesrsgus J. proud of Is volcanoes.
They are engrayea On al postage
stsm ps. coins. seas. snc 4re reno~ neG
IN scng and story there.
s4H nothing whatever Of YolesRic
eruptioRs or earthquakes. Nsss little
too late or TO early M usaSl III
luck In sight seeing Not - With the
American Consul az Managua. lie Sas
= good party worker from dsry and, sp-
pointed By President Cleveland spent
several evenings 81 his Oitce WIN other
friends IL Is thought best 70 relate
hat vas there told ne, as an item Of
scientific importause bearing upon The
me e2suFement Of tle force 0I eAfta-
quake shocks.
The second night after the consul >
arrival IN the city there ~sSe tNenty-
nine earthquake shocks in eleven
hours During the hrst dozen the
Consul expressed considerable une2sI-
ness shocks Increased IL violence,
and the consul went on his knees ia
prayer Earthquakes and prayers in
creased about the same ratio. Pres
emily some OF the tiles fell into the
room. Then the consul stood up. =
look OF anguish Cyerspread his face =
great mental conflict was going on
within him A few more tiles fell
down, and then the consul sat down
and deliberately wrote his resignation.
Even that did not stop the earth
qnskes. and tho consul took chair
ana went for the rest Of the night 20
the piazza.
Now consider man OF sixty-three,
good party man, waiting patiently
twenty five years FOR the party 10 come
into power again appointment secured
after good deal OF uncertainty; Office
good for e., coo year; nothing 70 do, or
AZ most two hours work in q week
United States having but little bust
ness IN Southern cOuntries); the back
ward Journey 70 Maryland after only q
thirty hours stay al Managua the
possibility Of finding Offices all full on
his return-sum these all mp and the
result Will be weighty; bat overcome
by earthquakes. A few hours after the
shocks ceased the consul tore Up his
resignation.
Houses in Central America are one
story, walls fourteen feet high and a
yard or yard and a half thick. After an
earthquake il is the correct thing for
ladies 20 make calls. inquiring about
damages 70 houses, etc. EVERYBODY calls
TO see every body in ones set.
Failing 70 witness any volcanic ex-
plosions was not from want of volca-
noes. Entering the country from the
southeast, by the San Juan River, at
its junction with Lake Nicaragua, on
the left are the Costa Rican Andes,
their peaks rising through the clouds
floating along their sides. There are
several volcanoes in that range. But
there is no need of speaking Of volca-
noes thirty miles off whilst there are
,,la - foh 7 ri m nr pl, ,rr1h hnH
partially UP.
The first is MADEIRA, seven-eighths OF
a mile high. rising out of the lake.
White clouds are always about the top
on its southeast side Our course in the
steamer Is close in TO the base. Soon
we round point OF land, and the great
volcano Of Ometepe is before US, a mile
beyond. 1t is cone. sides concave.
rising one and quarter miles from the
lake; sevenoighths of mile up there
is what appears to be- o white sheet
futtering; this is cataract. two hun
dred feet fall and eighty feet wide.
Am at this point a quarter of a mile
distant Have good glass. The sides
of Ometepe present an awful sight.
Huge black cayerns pierce 1t: waterfas s
are wearing it away. Like all the vol
canoes, IL is covered to the summit
with verdure. Three years ago Ometepe
threw fire and ashes four miles high,
and for six consecutive nights the great
blazing torch made Lake Nicaragua
nearly as light as day.
Perhaps the loyelicst scene on earth
is the village of Ometepe at the base Of
the volcano. as seen from the steamer.
On reaching the city of Rivas, at he
other side OF the lake. met DR.. Flint,
who has lived there twenty-five years.
He is a member Of the Smithsonian In
stitution. He assured me evidence in.
disputabls showed the village of One.
tepe 20 be thousand years OLD. The
volcano fires high. The trade winds
always blow. and strong; as lava is not
known. the village is freer OF the ashes
OF the volcano than is Granada, sixty
miles away.
Twenty miles beyond Ometepe is the
volcano Sapatara Much can be said
which is interesting. but we have more
volcanic matter than these columns can
hold. Mombacha is next Its erup-
ti9ns thirty years ago made several
islands in the lake of Granada. Masaya
Is next in line; at It's foot is the beauti-
full city OF the same name-Masaya,
Indian for place of flowers" Volcano
Chillstepeis is on the south shore OF Lake
ctr OF Managga; stopped there eight
DAYS. Chllletcpe is a peculiar volcano,
been promising something for thirty
years. has done nothing yot-a good
Zeal of fzzing and sputtering which
amounts 70 nothing Reminds one OF a
political party platform.
Out on Lake Managua. bound FOR the
uuror end OF tho lake. on all sides
things have \ strange look; one feels
like being In ncw world not yet I'M
ishod Had the samc feeling whom
at DIST the siiico palm swsmus of the
lower san Juan iust aftcr entering the
country. Here the slopes or the nils
nre conc7ve The pointed SUBMITS arc
"a green with verduro as the Wallets .
the outlines are sharp and rendered
rnore so By tho intense vertical sun
light We are N tbc midst of volcanoes,
Ito blue tops of Omctcpe and Nodoria
rl'o just above The horizon. ~apa'ara.
Nom bacha Nasava and (hilie'cpe arc
in plsin view Ahead of us rise Mono.
ton hitio. Nomomotom bo A'rasca. las
Illas and Lss Caeas This world looks
now. but 81 immense proportions coi
lecfiVeiY beautiful would boz no eord
% ase. yct - ls a bcautiial world to the
natives This red raco % men have
ciung about these volcanos and earth
Quahs cracked plains for thousand
wears during one continuous summer.
u Is a lovely land 20 fhrm. a. ! am
made aware in miserable English.
vhlch is responded go in more miserable
spanish
Ws are now passing Mamohiita
little Momotom hol. about tnrtJ Owe
hlndfei Feet high iittle as 30 81. it is
one - the mCzf active Ne are head - s