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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21

which there is any record occurred Aug.
q in the year ~, during the reign OF
Titus. 1t is memorable not only as the
eruption which destroyed Pompeii and
Herculaneum and caused the death of
Pliny. the naturalist, but also as having
had his nephew, the younger Pliny, for
its historian. He gives a most graphic
description of this magnificent though
terrible scene.
THE cloud which had scattered so
deep u murkincss over the day had now
settled into II solid and impenetrable
mass. 1t resembled less even the thick
est gloom of night in the open air than
the close and blind darkness of some
narrow room. But i'll proportion as the
blackness gathered did the %lightnings
around Vesuvius increase in their vivid
and %scorching glare. Nor was their
horrible beauty confined to the usual
lines of fire; no rainbow ever rivaled
their varied and prodigal dyes. Now
brightly blue as tho most azure depth
OF Il southern sky, now of n livid and
snakelike green, darting restlessly to
and fro as the folds of an enormous SER
pent, now of a lurid and intolerable
crimson, gushing forth through the coll
umns of SMOKE far and wide and Light
ing up the whole country for miles, then
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
Tho London Laay-melp Movemcnt.

The "lady-help" movement started
in London a few years ago was practi,
cally a dead failure. but an effort is
now to be made to revive it i'm slightly
different shape. For this purpose tho
Household Auxiliary Association has
been formed. Both employers and
applicants for situations arc to supply
references on registering their names
as annual members. The ladies who
take service are not to he required toI
take their meals or share Il s%lceDing-l
room with regular servants. o will
they be asked to undertake scrubbing,
backing boots, or carrying heavy
weights upstairs, although special.
agreements may be made in paYticu-
lar cases. This is the plan adopted.
by the Gcntlewomen's Employment
Association in Manchester, whish has
been in operation for a little More,
than a year, and has just issued it's
first report. From this it appears;
that the lady-helps are most DESTROYS,
Of finding situations as companions,
positions which are about the most,
difficult of all to find. There is a,
good demand for nurses and plenty
of ladies willing to undertake the.
duties of such places, but, curiously
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21

walton OF 12,Or0 feet. DuriAy the last
300 years there have been but two or
three eruptions, and those have been
mild. Smoke constantly issues from
The mountain, and at times cindcrs and
stones are sent up in showers.
Noun st. Elias, in Ala ska, is classed
as an active volcano. and exceeds Popo-
catapstl In height, the latest estimates
placing it's height ut Is, 100 feet.
Interesting volcanic remains are to
be found in the western part of the
United States and especially in Utah.
The most interesting volcanic district
in Utah is near Fillmore, where volcanic
buttes and tables rest upon the plain at
distances of ten to thirty miles apart.
The Tabernacle crater and Pavant.
butte may be mentioned i'm connection
with volcanic remains in Utah.
The demonstrations accompanying u
volcanic eruption depend upon the char
acter of the material within the crater
and the passage leading downward. If
the crater has IL thin floor and the pas
sage below is partially open or filled
with molten lava, the volcanic gases
can escape upward and outward with
comparative quiet. But if the passage
is badly obstructcd violent explosions
may take place, preceded by rumblings,
and even by earthquakes, far-reaching
in effect.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21

enough, most of the employers seem
to think that "lady-hclps" ought to
be willing to work for much smaller
wages than those paid to regular SER
wants or even for no wages at all, for.
the sake cf getting a comfortable
home. In other words, they feel that
they ought not to be called upon to
pay equal prices for skilled and UNI
skilled labor. If young ladies" knew
more about ordinary household duties
they would be better fitted for maxi
ing a livelihood if ovcrtaken by mis-
fortune. The problem now is how to
divide the necessary preliminary i'm
struction for women absolutely pen.
niless and helpless, without setting
them to common "d1ustgcry." Some
day or other the association hopes to
have funds for this purpose. but where
they are to come from no one yet has
the least idea.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
win Build an Ua.inkablc Boat.

"A Lelth, scotland, boat builder is
the patentee of a boat which he
claims is unsuitable and uncapsizablc.,
Hitherto he has constructed them of
steel and he claims that owing to the
manner in which the fore and aft
sections, which are conical i'm shape,
are permanently and Theoretically
sealed the boats are rendered UNI
sinlsable, even if filed with water. as
the water runs back into the sea
through the opening i'm the center
board casing. The cruising yacht he
is about to build will not be of steel,
however, but of an aluminium ALLOY.
The metal is as white as silver and
possesses a breaking strain of twenty
four tons to the square inch. 1t is
unaffected by water. The yacht,
which instead of being painted will
be polished, will be about thirty-two
feet long and eight feet broad and
will be provided with a roomy cabin
panelcd in oak and a commodious
f%orecastle. The deck fittings. as we'll
as Il centerboard dingcy which will
accompany the yacht, will be made of
the same white metal. II this ex-
pertinent should turn ont successfully
a new departure in yacht construction
and fittings may be expected.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
O,comargarlnc in Mnryland.

Judge Bond, of the United States
Court of Baltimore, has rendered an
Important opinion in the case of
Chas. Il. Mc.Allister, alleged agent OF
Braun x Fits. olemaIgarine manu-
facturers of Chicago. who sought his
release from the custody of the State
authorities. Judge Bond holds that
the arrest vas illegal and discharges
the prisoner. Mr.. McAllister was
arrested under the Maryland law re-
lating to the sale of olcomargarinc.
The Judge, i'm reviewing the case,
said: That a person may import an
article from a foreign country or one
of the States of the Union. and sell
it in the condition which it was I'M
ported, is not to he disputed now
after a long line of decisions by the
Supreme Court. A State may regu-
late the sale and storage of articles
dangerous to the health of the city.
but it cannot prohibit the importa-
tion. The laws of the United States
recognize oleomargarinc as a mercan-
tile article. Being such. while yet a
State may regulate its sale. it cannot
prohibit its Importation. The statute
in question does this and is unconsti-
t%utional in this respect and void.
The petitioner is discharged.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21

suddenly dying into n sickly p~aleness,
like the ghost of their own life.
In the pauses of the showers YOU
heard the rumbl ng of the earth beneath
and the grooming ave of the tortured
sea. or, lower still, and audible but to
The watch of the intensest fear, the
grinding and kissing murmur of the es-
gaping gases through the chasms of the
distant mountain Sometimes the cloud
appeared to break from it's solid mass
and by the lightning to assume quaint
and vast mimicries of human or of mon
ster shapes striding across the gloom,
trowding one upon the other and van
sshins swiftly into the turbulent abyss
of shade.
Suddenly the place became lighted
with an intense and lurid glow. Bright
and gigantic through the darkness
which closed around it like the walls OF
aell the mountain shone-a pile of fire.
Its summit seemed rivcn in two, or rath-
Of, above its surface there seemed to rise
two monster shapes, each confronting
each as demons c%ontending for a world.
These We're OF one blood-re hue of fire.
which lighted up the whole atmosphere
far and wide, but below the base Of the
mountain was still dark and shiouded.
lave in three pluces, down which flowed
serpentlnc II irregular rivers of the
fnolten lava. Darkly red through the
profound gloom of their banks they
flowed slowly OH toward the city.
through the still air was heard the rat
thing OF the fragments of rock crushing
one upon another as they were borne
down the fiery cataracts, darkenipg for
n instant h spot where they fell and
suffused the next in the FURNISHED hues
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
VIEW OF MOUNT ErSA.


height of sixty feet and finally rushed
owe h walls and destroyed a part of
the city. Altogether some fifteen towns
Were destroyed by this eruption and
q thrown out covering an area of at
least forty square miles. The latest
eruption prior to the present one was in
1856. This lasted about three weeks
n was preceded by earthquakes. Gin
ders fell as far distant as Messina,
eighty miles from Mount Etna.
Mount Etna is one of the most noted
ana marvelous volcanoes in tho world.
II IL located on the eastern coast of
sicily, Is lO,S6S feet or moro than two
miles high, and it's base has a circum-
ference OF about ninety miles. Some of
the lava from its eruptions forms head
lands several hundred feet high along
the lonian Sea. The area of the noun.
tain is about four hundred and eighty
square miles, and includes two cities
Catanta and Aci Reale-and sixty-three
towns and villages. 1t is estimated
that as many as 3OO.O 900 people live ON
the sides of the mountain. The noun
tain may be assembled, preferably be-
tween June and December. A party
which assembled in August found It SO
cold a the top that extra coats were
necessary. The abyss of the crater was
found In 1877 to be about q thousand
feet deep and some two or three miles
around.
Mount vesuvius.
The volcano Of Vesuvius is more celc.
brated than Mount Etna, although 1t is
only 1000 feet in height, against the
nearly eleven thousand feet Of Etna.
Probably Vesuvius has been nearly Or
quite twice Its present height.
The FIRST eruption Of vesuvius Of
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
FIRE BELCHEs FORTH.
eRUPrloNs OF TWO cELERRAr-
ED VOLCANOES.
How Old vesuvius Poured Out Destruction
and Then SMoltlcred for Ycars-.Terrible
Work Gf Mt. tina in 1160-Other Great
Volcanic Mountains.
Mt. Etna aud Its Flamc..

Mount Etna is again in eruption, and
Tor the eighty-fourth time is attracting
the attention OF the world. The earliest
recorded eruption of Etna is one mem
toned by Diodorus Siculus, which
caused the Sicani to desert it's vicinity
and movef further TO the south. No date
Is given, but it is said to have taken
place in the seventh century b. C. The
most terrible eruption of the mountain
which has ever been recorded was in
February, 1853. An earthquake, felt
for u long distance, destroyed Catania
and buried $4,000 people. The cathe.
iral OF the city at the time was crowded
with people celebrating the feast of ST.
Agatha. The cathedral was ruined and
the worshipers buried, together with
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
The star-spangled Hammer.

English antiquaries now positively
assert that the star-spangled banner
was not evolved from the depths of
the inner consciousness of a commit
tee of patriots in the parlor of Mrs.
Ross, In this beautiful Quaker City;
and they point to sundry tombstones.
monuments, and family records still
extant in England as conclusive evil
dence that the starry and striped flag
OF Britannia's runaway daughter was
simply an Outgrowth from the coat
of-arms of the Washington family
Philadelphia Record.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21

the advantage of his employer and
the improvement of his employers
property. Somebody who needs SER
vice that demands devotion and in
dustry will find this boy out and give
him employment that his character
fits him for" When the horse was
driven away he held his head up and
stepped off as if he knew his personal
appearance had been greatly i'm
proved. The young driver looked at
him critically, as if his standard had
not yet been reached.-Christian
Union.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21

ing out of lava, one stream reaching
and utterly destroying Bosco Reale, the
wood formed of stately oaks and ash
trees. The large trees, as soon as en-
yeloped in the seething lava stream,
poured out Jets of kissing steam from
every knot and branch and then ex-
ploded with a load report, shooting up
wards of fifty feet or more. 1t formed
n wonderful spectacle to see those large
trees, burning brilliantly. shooting
through the air in every direction. This
eruption changed the appearance of the
mountain entirely. The walls of the
central cone reduced in height and form.
After this Nesuvius became c a
lively peaceful, though it sputtered and
shook the earth occasionally.
During the first three months of 1868
there We're numerous outbursts from tho
top OF the great cone which caused it to
reach u greater elevation than at any
former period, the height April 3 being
4,25s feat above the level of the sea.
At the beginning of 1871 the noun
tain again exhibited signs of activity.
which continued throughout the year
and eliminated in the eruption of 1872.
April "a five streams OF ava issued from
the great cone. During the night of the
25th a fresh stream of lava issued about
half way down the side OF the crater.
A number of people had collected to
view this, when a torrent of lava sud-
denly burst out close to the crater of
1855. and enveloped and killed Il number
Of the sightseers. The 2sth and both
there was n tremendous outburst of
ashes, which fell over the surrounding
country us far as Naples, obscuring the
daylight and entirely destroying the
vegetation.
Prof. Palmicri of Naples has laid it
down as q rule that when, after n
considerable period of rcpose, the CEN
trail crater presents a series of small
and frequent eruptions, a grand put
burst may be expected. Automatic i'll
struincnts now in use at the observa-
tory give and record the warnings of
the slightest trembling of the crater.
Other Volcanoes.
Iceland, as is we'll known, he's a geo.
logical formation, and it's hot volcanic
eruptiOns form q strong contrast to it's
climate. Most Of the mountains of the
island have been volcanoes. Hecla, the
most famous, is between 1000 and 5000
feet in height. 1t has eighteen record
ed c%ruptiOns. the latest being 1856.
The earliest known eruption was in 1lO4.
which gave the name "sand-rain winter"
to the season in which it occurred.
Vast quantities Of dust are discharged
from the Icelandic volcanoes, q column
Of ashes said to be 10000 feet high hav.
ing arisen from Hecla in 1866.
Popocatapetl, or, in the language Of
the Aztecs. smoking mountain" Is the
most noted volcano in the Western
hemisphere, and one Of the highest
mountains in either America, its snow
covered cone towering up 1858 feet
above the sea. At its summit there
lies an immense crater about a mile
across and more than a third Of a mile
In preclpitous depth. Sulphur from the
crater is o. has been quarried ct an ele.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
Sayings of Children.

Ir was a Chicago 4-year-old living
on Grand bulevard who on discover
ing the sun and moon in the sky mt
the same time exclaimed: There,
the suns out and Gods forgot to
take in his old MOON"
KATHARINE heard her mother saw,
"Cousin Florence will shake i'm her
Shoes when she stands up to he mar
ricd." a week after the wedding
day. came, and Katharine said:
"Mamma. let me go; 1 want to see
Cousin Florence shake her shoes"
"CAN you stand on your heads"
asked IL visitor of little dudley.
NO." he replied: 1T is too high up"
MAMMA-Wil you have some more
pudding. pct? Little Pct - No.
mafam: I'm full. Mamma = Hor-
rors. Nct mustn't say yo,i'rc full.
1t isn't nice. Little i'ct--I mean
my 'tolmach's full.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
Time He Began to Practice.

Ex-Chief Justice William Lindsay.
1T Is said, was raised to the highest
judicial office in the Blue Grass State
without ever having had a real law
case. While yet a novice he was
elected Sheriff, and then State Sena-
tor. Then almost before he knew It
ne was q Supreme Court judge, and
nnally Chief Justice. Then he de-
clined reelection, saying: II want
to begin to practice; that's what l
started out to do, and I want to see
how 1t goes"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
THE CRATER OF vEsuvlus.

usual form of a pine tree. The column
of vapor was carried over nearly 100
miles of country. At the same moment
the summitof the cone poured out seven
streams of lava, one OF which DESTROYED
two-thirds of Terra del Greco; a second
Resina, which had been built on the site
oil Hcrculancum; another tho village of
Granatello and II part of Portici. No
less than $4,000 persons are said to
have persisted in this catastrophe.
Other eruptions occurred in 1858 and
LOGO, when the crater was SO cleared out
that three distinct holes could be q in
action at the bottom of the hollow.
From 1904 to 1908 there were frequent
cruptions, the worst being in 1907, when
ashcs stones and lava were cast forth
in great quantities, Naples being Aug.
! covered with IL dense shower of ashes.
From 1712 to 1877 there We're constant
eruptions, being Mt times thrown to a
height of 1000 feet above the oritice
from which they issued. The years
l7ol, 1904, 175S and 1860 were also very
turbulent.
The mountain was comparatively
quiet until 1884, when two streams of
lava We're thrown out, one over the mar
gin of h crater, the other from the
base of the old cone accompanied by a
sea OF flame. One stream lost itself in
the Atrio del Cavallo, the other flowed
down in a vast current of great rapidity,
nearly half Il mile broad and from
eighteen to thirty feet deep. 1t did not
stop for eight days, and in it's course it
destroyed the village of Caposccco,
leaving only four houses out of 500. In
1889 there were also eruptions of
great violence. Tho crater was changed
10y the last outbursts, assuming the form
OF n funnel 300 feet deep, accessible to
the bottom.
After a few years of quictncss the
mountain again resumed business at the
old stand. The night of Feb. ., 1854,
there was a terrific explosion and pour
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
F"s,-sa". the sacred Mountain OF Japan.

Fu.i-San. the Sacred Mountain of ,J,unn.
All the mountains of Japan are of
unluestioncd volcanic origin. and
Fuji stands where IIondo. The main
island, is broadcs1. About twenty
cratcrs arc still active throughout the
islands, but Fuii-san belongs TO the
much greater number which are now
Inactive. Its last eruption occurred
i'm 1907, continuing more than a
month. AS far away as Tokyo. sixty
miles northeast, the ashes fell to a
depth of scven or eight inches: while
on the Tokaido, twelve or fifteen
miles southeast, the accumulation
was six feet. At this time was
formed Ho-yei-san, a secondary or
parasitic cone on the southeast slope.
No other mountains in Japan
reach within three Thousand feet of
the elevation of Full. and it is there's
ore in prominent view from an inn
.nense area, including thirteen PROV
nces of the empire. Certain avenues
m Tokyo arc called Fuji-mi, or Fuji-
viewing streets, and from all of them
the famous peak is Il glorious specta-
Gle. All winter long the summit Of
Fuli-san is unapproachable, and from
November to July SHOWS reign ST.
preme. In the latter month, how
ever, when the trails up the mountain
slopes are laid bare, the ascent be-
comes feasible, and remains SO
throughout the summer and early
administering.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
Little Johnny ON Stxle.

l likes to see folks put on style. II
it wasn't for them and the circuses
1T would be pretty duh sometimes.
Mother always gets mad when she
sees Mrs. Stuckup out riding, but I
can't see anything to get mad at,
'cept L wouldn't like to be her little
boy. i pcckcd into the window yes
tcrday when they was having their
lunch and they didn't have anything
but bread and cold liver. i hate
liver. i am glad our folks isn't
stylish.-New York Herald.
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OBSERVATORY AND spNM1r OF Isuv,rs

bishops and -four Bcheiictine
monks. One side of the crater fell in.
In 1887 II part of the village of
Nicolosi was destroyed. At this time u
stream OF lava ran for tifteea miles
down the mountain. A terrible eruption
occurred in 1863. During this eruption
Nico!osi, Bclpasso, anda partor Catania
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
A Working hoy.

AS write, a coal cart has driven
up to the house opposite, in chargc of
a boy, perhaps IL years old. On a
sidewalk a man with gray hair was
leaning on his shovel waiting for the
coal to be dumped. The boy backed
the cart. went in to have the ticket
of delivery signed, hurried out and
drew the pins from the blackboard of
the cart. He tugged and pulled to
dump the cart, at last being assisted
by the older man. who did not exert
any degree of strength in his effort.
AT last the cart was dumped, and
the man began to shovel the coal.
While waiting for the man to get
the coal out Of the way, so that the
balance Of the coal would run out
on the sidewalk, the boy drew
from the pocket of his coat a wooden
cloth, and began to polish and rub
the heavy harness on the horse. On
the binders were some ornaments of
brass, and for this he used polish
that he evidently kept for the pur-
pose. He braided the horses name
with his fingers, and Strengthened
and arranged the harness with evi.
dent pride and enjoyment. AS 1
watched I thought, II do not believe
that boy will shovel coal when his
head is gray. He uses his time to
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OF the flood along which they floated."
The effect of this eruption was to
destroy the entire side of the mountain
nearest to the sea. leaving the only
remnants of the ancient crater. the low
er ridge on the south flank now called
La Pcdamentina, and that portion of
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
Good Dog.

"Ielp,' the railway dog of England,
has just died at New Haven. For
t%hirty-five years he was guard of the
tidal train from London to New
Haven, and acted as collector for
money in aid of the orphan fund of
the Amalgamated Society of Rail-
road Servants.
His mission was made known 10y IL
silver collar, to which was appended
a silver medal, having ON it the i'm
scription: II am Help, the railway
dog of England, and travelling agent
for the orphans OF railway men who
are killed on duty. My office is at
53 Colbrook row, London, where
subscriptions will be thankfully re-
ccivcd and duly acknowledged" AL
together he was instrumental i'm OBJ
tanning upward of $1,000 for the or
phan fund.
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were destroyed. Belpasso. a village of
5000 people, vas destroyed by the out
burst from a new crater which opened
about u mile below the others and threw
out q flood of lava two miles wide.
stopped for a time by the city walls of
Catania, the lava rose gradually to a
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21

In 1851 n of the greatest of modern
eruptions took l zee. The cone poured
put n column o. vapor SO loaded with
ashes as TO have the appearance of
black smoke, and which assumed the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21

the wall which under the name Of SOM
mi encircles about two-ffths Of the new
cone. This cone is the present Vesu-
vtus. which has continued to be the III.
most exclusive channel Of eruption to
the present day.