The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-07-13
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WHAT A VOLCANO CAN Do.

Few people in this country imagine
what terrible work volcano Of the
regulation size can do when it once
gets fully aroused, says the Philadel-
phia Times. In 1888 Cotapaxi threw
its fiery rockets more than 5000 feet
above the crater, and in 1857, when
the blazing mass contained III the
same mountain was struggling for an
outlet, it rOared so loud that the aw-
full noise was heard for a distance OF
500 miles In 1897 the crater of Tun-
guragua, one Of the great peaks of the
Andes, flung out torrents of mud and
lava which damned up great river,
opened new lakes. besides making a
deposit of seething mud, ashes and
lava 600 feet deep over the whole area
of valley which was twenty miles
long and averaged 1000 feet iu width.
The stream Of lava which flowed from
Eesuvius in 1887 and passed through
the valley of Terra del Greco is esti-
mated to have contained 333, 100000
cubic feet of solid matter. In 1860
Etna poured out a flood of melted
stones and ashes which covered eighty
four square miles of fertile country to
a depth OF from ten to forty feet.
On this occasion the sand, scoria, lava,
ETC., from the burning mountain
formed Mount Rasini, Il peak two
miles in circumference and over f.
coo feet high. In the eruption of
NeSuvius In the year IS A. d., the
time Of the destruction Of Pompeii,
the scoria, ashes, sand and lava vomit-
ed forth far exceeded tie entire mass
of the volcano itself, while in 1860
Etna disgorged over twenty times its
own mass. Nesuvius has sent its
ashes into Syria, Egypt and Turkey
1t hurled stones Of 800 pounds weight
to Pompeii, distance Of six English
miles, during the eruption Of 70 A. d.
Cotapaxi once projected a block Of
stone containing over 100 cubic yards
d distance of nine and one half miles.
The other afternoon [ was walking
through west side cross street, not
noted for the opulence Of its dwellers,
but very well-to do in the matter of
children" said a well known actor,
''and saw two little girls playing with
q big rubber ball. That was no I'M
common sight in New York side
street, but as [ drew near the pair |
discovered that one was club footed,
both being turned nearly backward.
Then | noticed her little companion,
and saw that she was afflicted with
both Ophtalmia and strabismus. Her
eyes were distressingly prominent,
and each were turned directly towards
her nose. Yet these cruelty smitten
children were laughing and shouting
as gleefully at their play as if they
were as physically able and attractive
as the most perfect boy or girl on the
block.
Il could not help stopping and OBJ
serving more closely these two little
girls, neither of whom was 10 years
old. AS l stood aside I gradually be
came aware that there was another
extraordinary part of the scene. This
was spectator, and 81 pleased one, OF
the girls at playa hunch- back boy,
dwarfed, and with a pitiful, weazened
face. He stood near the gutter, and
his laugh and shout were as loud and
gleeful as either of the queer little
players. Another boy, bright faced
little fellow, probably 6 years old, sat
on the step of the tenement in front
of which the game was going on. His
perfect physique and. bright, hand
some face were in striking contrast
to the dwarfed, crippled and disfg
ured forms and features of the other
three. He was watching the game in
tently, but in spite of his bright face
and sound body, he neither laughed
nor gave any outward evidence that
he enjoyed it. This surprised me,
and | turned to him and said:
Why don't you enjoy the fun. too,
my ladp
He never noticed me, but the little
club footed girl turned quickly to-
ward me with the ball in her hand and
exclaimed:
oh, mister That's my little brud
der Jimmy. He's def and dumb, and
can't hear you
Then she hobbled up the steps and
kissed the poor little fellow, hobbled
! back again, and said:
'Jimmy's having fun, too, only he
can't hear us holler.'
And with a laugh and a shout she
turned to her play again, and | hur
ried away, for there was a threaten
ing choke in the throat, and the blur
in my eyes dimmed my way for a
block"