Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-06
NEW zeALANo's wLos.

NEW ZEAlAND'S WLDS.
What an American Tourist Saw I'm the
AntipOdAl Wonderland.
When started from Los Angeles, about
| two years ago, says q correspondent of the
San Francisco Call, it was not with the in.
tention Of exploring in this land of wonders,
nor becoming one of q surveying party.
What storehouse Of curiositles New
Zealand is Boiling lakes Of sulphur, of
mud and Of water. alongside of which, very
often separated by wall of rock scarcely
foot in thickness, are to be found pools Of
Ice cold water. Smoking volcanoes, every
| day earthquakes, as the people here call
them; snow-clsd peaks, magnificent water
falls, great precipitous mountains, tower
ing thousands OF feet into the air and
nearly covered by splendid virgin forests
ofrare and useful woods. Rich deposits of
q gum-known in the commercial world as
q kauri-are scattered over large portions
of the north island; great fields of COAL
iron, copper, gold, silver, etc, are lying
ready for the capitalist and the workman.
1t struck me as most singular that nature
should have so magnihcently favored these
| three little islands-thousands of miles
from civilization-and left its immense
island continent neighbor, Australia, so
nearly barren. Ihad always believed that
| NY OWN OcaE country AmerlCd, was Ino
only place on earth where these mysteries
of nature reigned supreme, but 1 have
learned, guessing through telescopes, the
height of the great Sutherland waterfall,
named after the discoverer, has for the last
year or more been exciting discussion
between the various learned associations of
Australia and New Zealand, and in fact the
Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain
had taken hand in the talking and fgur-
ing. Scientific men journeyed all the way
from old England, France and Australia to
| Milford sound-situated on the west coast
of New Zealand-to have a guess at this re-
markable freak of nature. Guess, say,
for not one of the many "wiseacres" could
get a nearer view Of the falls than sixteen
miles. Well, to show how good these men
OF science were with guessing through the
telescope the answers ranged from five
hundred to five thousand feet So exciting
had become the solution of it's height, and
SO many accidents had occurred to adventur-
Gus spirits in their endeavors to solve the
mystery, that the New Zealand Govern
ment either becoming afraid of an inter
national or intercolonial conflict, got in the
other day and spoiled the fun by sending
out surveying party to get the facts and
! figures and cut a track to the falls at all
hazards This was mistake, for it less
ened the interest taken in New Zealand
which the dispute has kept at fever heat
for over a year.
On arrival at Milford sound we were met
by Mr.. Sutherland, the discoverer OF the
famous falls. To tourists and New Zea-
; landers he is known as the Hermit of Mil
ford sound" Eleven years ago, accompa-
MED only by his dogs, he located here,
where he has built a three-room cottage,
which he keeps scrupulously clean and in
apple-pie order. The kitchen occupies the
center room, his bedroom on the right and
the other always ready for any wanderer
who may happen along. Around the walls
of this curious dwelling are some fair
, sketches Of the mountain scenery, drawn
by himself. Bottles of minerals, gold
4 quartz, rubes, etc, are neatly arranged on
shelves. Skins OF rare native birds deco
rate and hide the baroness of the walls, and
their beauty is enough TO make a lover of
2 zoolatry envious. Sutherland is Scotch
t man and decidedly eccentric character,
1 but tor all that a fund of information and
? dry humor. He has no love for the city
| ''chaps," calling them 'ashfelters' Tour
, lists he has in great contempt, saying they
will take any thing they can lift; photog-
t raphers, who occasionally visit the sound,
t are spoken of as ''shadowscatchers."
| The first stage of the journey after leav-
| ing the sound is done by boat upthe Arthur
river. For the next two miles a series of
r unnavigable rapids are passed until the
fern tree hut at the foot of Lake Ada is
: reached. Again entering our canvas boat,
we had plain sailing for three miles-the
? length OF the lake-pas sing through some
l | of the most beautiful and grandest of
scenery. At the upper end of this lake
two large rivers enter. One was chris
tened Walhohepa by the chief Of our party,
, the other Poseidon by Mr.. Sutherland.
Getting out of the lake we again encoun-
tered two miles of rapids up to the 10 by 12
tent Here the track follows the river for
six miles to the birch hut Although now
but a mile from the falls, it was a very
hard one to walk. For the full distance a
great landslide had come down from the
mountain side, completely obliterating the
track. Ice, snow, earth, stones and fallen
= trees-many over three feet in diameter
= some Of which had been snapped of and
broken to splinters-blocked the path
From a point about two miles below the
falls the first glimpse is obtained. 1t is not
: until you are close to it that the full height
" and volume can be seen, great trees and
bushes intercepting the view. The water
< issues from a narrow defile between Mount
Sutherland on the right and Mount Hood
!, on the left. From little hill, appropriately
= named View Mount, one gets comprehen
sive view Of the falls. 1t is now seen tha,
the water dashes oyer the cliff in three
grand leaps, and constitutes about one-hal
= Of the entire volume Of the Arthur river
The first leap is over dizzy cliff into
rocky basin S15 feet below. Jumping fortf
again, it makes another leap of 75f feet, anC
then goes tumbling and leaping in one wild
= dash of 338 feet into the pool at the foot Of
the precipice. The total height is exactly
1894 feet, which is claimed TO be one of the
highest waterfalls yet discovered in The
= world.
q The effect of the fall when the sun j:
shining is indescribable. Rainbows of al
- sizes hang over it's surface. So immense is
'" the volume of water that at a distance o.
= three hundred yards your voice is drowned
~ by its tremendous roar Besides the fall
magnificent natural shower bath, two hun
:. dred feet high, was discovered. This IS sup
posed to be the highest yet known.
q The country around the sound is exceed
b ingly rich in minerals, several of our party
succeeding in picking up few small gar
ar nets and rubies. very fine patch o.
asbestos was also discovered. In one o.
I the rocky defiles rich vein of copper anc
>, another Of gold-bearing quartz was un
earthed. These, am afraid, will never be
-, workable. The ever recurring ayalanches
being a dangerous drawback. Two i'm
;, mense land-slides came down the noun
~ tain sides while we were working by tht
falls, and the noise and shaking of the eartt
did not make US feel very comfortable.
d. Five Ways Stop a Cold.
e. l. Battle the feet in hot water and drink
ne | a mint of hot Lemonade Then gDOuge