The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-11-08


In the World.
The hay OF Naples and Sicily mr.
small and insignificant volcano dis
tricts beside the northern pcninsul
OF the island Of Celebes. just 10 tn
east Of Borneo. in tho south Pacifi
ocean. Nesuvius and Etna are O
little moment in comparison Will
the volcanic chain that studs this is
land region, flanked by its hills ant
heaps Of lava and ashes. One or the
other of the volcanoes in this great
chain is continually belching forth,
throwing up, If not streams of lava
and great stones. then fluid clay,
that Is blue, gray and red.
The Donda, 5000 feet in height,
and the Sapoetan, 5000 feet high,
are the two great volcanoes of the
district. and each Of them has been
In eruption several times during this
past century. We're it not sparse
~ settled country the loss of life
would be terrible there. But there
is no Pompeii to be destroyed. The
inhabitants, wild and savage natives
1.-Two far away from the volcanoes
and quite out Of the reach of their
torrents.
klabat. or 1.-Two SUBMITS, an
other terrible volcano, is marked by
great lake in its crater, and not
far away is the Doewa Socdara,
Two Sisters. Still another is the
Lakon. which local tradition SAYS is
inhabited by an evil spirit and from
which there came fearful eruption
500 years ago, which devastated the
entire district.
All the islands around the north
ern end of Celebes are volcanic. The
that runs to the Philip
pine islands to the north is dotted
with active mouths of fire, impor.
tant among which is the superb py-
volcano Aboe (Which. being
translated. means "ashes' and Gu {,
nova Ava, which in all probability f,
nas been the most destructive vol :
'ano the world has ever known.
Thousands of the inhabitants Of ,
celebes. in 1912. in 1856 and in 1871. !
we're buried beneath the streams Of {
lot ashes and lava that came in /
molten sheets and utterly over r
vhelmed them. All these islands q
re nevertheless paradise in the q
Of their vegetation and I
he multiplicity Of their animal life. a
n them the virgin forests have h
ever felt the touch of the AK. i
Holland owns these islands now, n
aving made provinces of them a. v
'on as she gained foothold in the d
IF east. OF Malay and Alfooroos ii
ICE are the people, the moro civil o,
zed population Of the coast being II
alay, the savage tribes Of the in ii
rior Alfooroos. There are MANY b,
ibes in Celebes, some of Philippine W
'igin. Others of Papuan. The SC
oueis tribe is yet another of the as
'minant population, savages strong IT,
d skillful and without the posi- w
lily OF civilization in them. ST
These fellows the Dutch govern th
ent have essayed to train as SOL Sc
srs because of their strength and do
wer Of legs and arms. but the at m,
npt proved unsuccessful because To-
the Bougis disposition to run tn
luck" whenever excited by drink ".
: or gambling. When in that TO
tie, they become wild and frenzied DE-
d stab, hit and thrust until they
knocked down and bound. The Br
~ way the Dutch policemen Of le:
lebes can capture them is by using tn
ort Of fork which keeps the mad III
IN at distance. 1t takes two OF th
IRE policemen to capture single sol
ugis. Exchange. wi