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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-07

lava on the location shown by Lydgate,
in his survey of 1874, and the smoking
cone seen by Alexander in 1885, and lat
er visitors in 1893.
Immense Lava Fountains.
The crowning features of the present
eruption are the two twin fire foun-
tains in the middle of the lake, and ap-
proximately 400 feet apart. Probably
no grander sight has ever been seen
under such favorable conditions as we
had few nights ago, as we stood on
the edge of Mokuaweoweo. At a dis
lance of about one mile, and only few
hundred feet below us, these two foun-
tains were in constant eruption, spout
ing their thousands Of tons of lava high
in air, and lighting the whole crater,
and the heavens above, with their bril-
liancy. Using the same scale as be-
fore, l would estimate the average
height of the spouting columns of lava
at about 200 6eet, but at intervals of a
few minutes the upper jets of redhot
bombs would reach half the height OF
the western wall, and then fall back
into the seething lake. At times dur
ing luH in the prevailing easterly
wind the loud roar and the boom Of the
all of our party. fright here 1 must
confess to lack of appreciation of that
aeuteness of hearing of the Hilo gen
tleman who heard the sullen roar of
Mokuaweoweo from the Volcano House
at Kilauea, twenty-five miles away
Besides the two large fountains
which played without cessation, there
were frequent outbreaks of smaller
n orfo ~ he 1aJ-
these, with the overflow at the outer
edge, furnished a constantly changing
scene. Then there were occasional
whfrlwfnds starting in close proximity
to one of the large fountains and trav-
cling outwardly toward the circumfer-
ence whirling straight columns OF smoke
hundreds of feet above the cliffs, and
often lifting great slabs of the crust OF
lava high in the air and then casting
them OF. Here we may find good ex-
PLANTATION of the formation of PeIe'e
hair, one Of the forms Of lava found al
great distances from it's sourcR.
It would take an artists eye and pen
to describe the colering as we saw Il
at this great exhibition. and hope our
artist companion succeeded in his work
upon the mountain.
Unsurpassed Grandeur.
The effect at night was grand beyond
description, and but foF the prevailing
mountain sickness, the storm of slees
and snow, and other discomforts from
which most Of Us suffered, we should
have spent the night out OF doors view.
ing the ever changing, scene. AS it was
we early sought the shelter Of the tent
and our heavy double blankets. and
tried in vain TO be comfortable. Some
were deathly sick and cared not for the
cold. the storm nor the hardness Of thu
rock which answered for bed and Dill
low, and lonsed only for the oosning q
the morning when we should start 10,
the downward trip. We traed % clear
thfoaSh tns nfghS eleven Of S1 pacReI
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-07
the action Of the tremendous forces at
work before and beneath as.

the action Of the tremendous forces al
work before and beneath Is.
The central portion OF MOkuaweowep
appeared TO the writer to be an irregu-
lar four-sided figure, with an approx
mate length OF about two miles from
northeast to southwest, and a width
somewhat less than that. At the north
ern gap of the main crater there are
what might popularity be called annex
es, or small craters, connected with the
larger one, and at the southern end an
other similar annex the extent of
which could hardly be determined from
our location. These anneXes at the ex-
treme ends Of the main crater are very
much less in depth than the larger one,
and extended in a northeasterIy and
southwesterly direction, the same as
that of the longer axis of the central
portion.
We were encamped on the eastern
side of the main crater, directly oppo-
site and facing the western wall of Mo
kuaweoweo, which is the highest of all
the inclosing precipices, and the top of
which is the true summit of Mauna Loa.
at an elevation of 1855 feet above sea
level.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-07
A Cure for Muscular Rheumatism

Mrs R L. Lamson Of Paramount, Ill,
says: Ny sistsr used Chamberlain
Pain Balm for muscular Rheumatism
and 1t effected complete cure. keep
1t in the house at all times and have al
ways found it beneficial for aches and
pains. t-ts the Quickest cure for rheu-
matisn, maaealsT pains and lAmeness
have ever seau." Tor sale by ell drug
gists aud deAxeRA. Benson, Smith q Co.
agents for HAwwktnG yslandA
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The figure LPr
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feet high, judging from its appearance
as compared with the 500-foot pail of
Uekahuna, on the western wall Of XII
Iauea. The eastern wall upon whose
verge we stood is considerably less in
height, and is broken into two distinct
portions by an extensive plateau, or
shelf, about 400 feet below the upper
edge This second shelf is several hun
dred feet in width, and extends along
the whole southwestern side of the
main crater, and around to the extreme
| south end of it, to the gap which con-
meets with the southern annex. At the
northern end, the first or lower ter
race is very low, perhaps not more than
| forty or fifty feet above the main floor,
and above that is another Of considera-
! BILE greater height, and then the main
wall reaching to the summit. Along
| the western, southern and southeast
| ern walls, there were no possible means
| Of reaching the floor of the crater, as
| they are all perpendicular cliffs in
| their upper portions, and nearly so all
the way down.
| At the northwestern end it appeared
that there might be found a way of
descent for a good climber to get to
the pahoehoe floor at the bottom, but
| that would involve a very long and
| laborious detoAT over rough trail sew
| eral miles in length, and none Of our
party cared to make the attempt. If
the descent were possible for any one,
the view obsained from the floor of the
crater could not have been as satsfac-
tory as that from the upper wall, as
the visitor would have been Below the
level of the lava lake, and looking up
wand and across a vast extent of bro
ken area. From an elevation Of five
or six hundred feet above the lake one
gets birdseye view of the whole scene
and takes in the whole in one general
oNtline, and is also saved the extreme
fatigue necessary to reach the lower
levels.
Description of the Crater.
AS we found Mokuaweoweo On the
18th OF April, the main dooR Of the
crater was a vast plain Of smooth pa
hOehOe, probably not very old in forIna-
ton, but the result of an overflow pre-
vious to the present flow. Small jets of
steam were visible at long intervals,
but no great evidence of much heat
near the surface. The snow vanished
bsfoER il reached this lower floor,
which fact some or the party claimed as
evidence that the pahoehoe was OF very
! recent origin, but to my mind the melt
ing was caused by the heat radiating
from the active lake and fountains
| At the southern end Of the crater
| and somewhat nearer the western than
the eastern wall, vas the great active
lake OF 2okuaweoweo, from which the
present exHption proceeds. Here again
one must confess TO an unwillingness
| TO make estimates OF length, breadth
| and he1GhEs. gnder such conditions as
| are found Ia q crater OF such vast ex-
eaRA &Mf . all my estimates Of the
pEazn2 s<EE43on have endeavored tc
% a "a eaSO afde. and not 70 overdraw
fhs Ss1eR+
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HEIGHTS and Distances.

Heights and distances are always de-
ceptiye TO the unframed eye at such ele-
vations, and in extremely rarif1ed air,
but the western wall seemed to the
writer to be not more than ESQ or TOO
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-07
SCENE of Desolation.

All vegetation was left behind soon
after leaving Kaipuku Kakina, and we
entered upon such a scene Of desolation
as few people have ever seen. Pahoe-
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Reached the Crater.

Our climb was at an end, but our dis
comforts had only begun, for the seorm
kept on in its fury, and shelter must be
arranged for the night, supper proyid-
ed, and all preparations made for our
stay on the summit. Poles had been
brought up from the timber line, and
soou the tent was up, with its pegs driv-
en- into the cracks in the lava, and its
sides anchored with large slabs Of rock.
One of the party, the host OF the Volca-
no House. had fully expected TO find a
warm, comfortable nook in the steam
cracks along the edge Of the crater, but
instead of warmth and comfort he
found ice and snow to an unknown
depth, and so he decided to try the hard
floor Of lava In the tent, With the rest
OF the party. The storm had abatsd
somewhat during The time We were g.
ranging our camp, and by o. %. sAs
wfIose OF the great crater WIS cnnspaxa-
lively clear, and We w9es abRe o SEaeg
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hoe in every conceivable form and de-
gree of roughness, was on all sides OF us,
with an occasional IA flow to break the
monotony and to bar our progress lot
short intervals, but in every instance
the old guide found way across the
IA. to the dimly defined trail.
A thunder storm came on in the mid
die of the forenoon with a patter OF
hail stones for a few minutes, and then
a binding furry of snow, which shut
out our view of everything around US.
The cold was increasing all the time,
and the party got out their thick coats
and wraps. mufI1ed up their necks, but
still insisted that they enjoyed 1t. soon
after noon our guide announced that we
had reached the summit OF the noun
tain. but that did not mean that the
great crater was at hand, for we SUN
had several miles of hard, rough roaa
tn travel to reach the brink OF Mokua-
weoweo. We had only arrived at the
outer edge of the great summit plateau
that is many square miles in extent,
and is practically on dead level.
Crossing a great ''mawae" or crack IN
the pahoehoe, the cavalcads moved ON
slowly in the binding snow storm, PICK
ing its way very gingerly among the
nany cracks and pitfalls that were peT-
TALLY Concealed in snow, vending its
way westward, and trusting entirely to
the guide to find our way to the desired
camping place. 1t was about the mid
die of the afternoon that the guide
sighted through the driving storm the
tall pole left at the camp by the last
party and we FASTENED on to get our
first view of the fire, which we knew
must be there. In moment more the
leaders of the party were on the brink,
and for just an instant, in slight lull
of the storm, the writer saw for the first
time the two great fire fountains which
had been our goal. Only moment,
however, for the clouds drove over the
crater again and all was dark as be-
fore, and we could see nothing Of the
lake or fountains, but could hear the
sullen roar when the storm abated
little.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-03-26
NOTES OF ART AND SCIENCE.

Milk may be sterilized, says the
Scientific American, by passing
through it an alternating electric cur
rent.
A German contractor has recently re-
ceiyed concession to build electric
railways in the suburbs of Teheran
Persia.
Electrical sewage publication is .
very promising solution of the sewage
problem. 1t is calculated that one
electrical horse power will purify $4,000
gallons of sewage in ten hours.
White lead for paint Is now produced
by electrolysis, and is said to be a very
much better article than that produced
in the old way.
In Germany high grade butter has
been made from sterilized milk by the
addition of pure cultures Of the proper
bacteria to produce coagulatlon.
A cubic foot Of air at the pressure
used in firing the Fort Point dynamite
guns-2,000 pounds per square inch
weighs something over ten pounds.
The dust and small chips from tur-
quoise polishing can be made up into
artificial stones by means Of hydraulic
pressure that puzzle the best experts
Antltoxin shortens the time needed
for the retention of the tubes in the lar
ynx in cases of Group and diphtheria,
according to DR.. BOkai of Buda-Pesth.
A machine has been invented that
very much simplifies wire-drawing. A
single operator can produce with this
machine from 80 to 100 pounds Of wire
a day, and wire so fine that $4,000 feet
are required to make pound.
Asphalt in large quantities has been
found in the region of the Dead sea, and
It is assumed that petroleum also will
be found in that vicinity. The Turk
ish authorities are planning extensive
prospecting in the Jordan valley.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-03-26
POLITICAL NEWS.


1t is said the Cleveland and Hill fac.
tions will unite on Secretary lamont
for governor of New York and thus
bring both wings of the party to-
gether.
Chairman Taubeneck of the Popu-
list party believes the Democrats will
split at Chicago and that the seceders
will join the Populist party.
Senator Davis own State, Minnesota,
will instruct for Mckinley, and he will
probably withdraw from the presi-
Dental ace.
of the 80 delegates SO far chosen
Mckinley has l66, Morton SO, Allison
IS, Reed 80, Quay 10, Cullom 10.
Free silver ADVOCATES claim that
they will have $50 delegates in the
National Democratic convention.
John Wanamaker has carried four
fifths of the Pennsylvania Republican
Assembly primaries so far for United
States Senator to succeed Cameron.
Mckinley carried tine Lancaster
county congressional district, the Re
publican Gibralter of Pennsylvania
against Quay.
Mckinley has captured the Fifth
district Minnesota Congressional dele
gates to the ST. Louis convention, over
Senator Cushman X. Davis, Mime
sota's favorite son.
The Republican primaries of Logan
county, Illinois, were carried by Nc
Kinley. This gives him the Seventh
Congressional district delegates, the
home Of Senator. Cullom.
Tom Reed says that he shall not
attempt to interfere in States that
have presidential candidates.
Letters received by the Business
Mems club of Chicago show that Ill
inois Republicans are for Mckinley
almost unanimously.
The Wisconsin Republican conven-
tion declared for Mckinley and elected
delegates'at-large.
Congressman Charles G. Burton was
renominated by the Republicans of the
Fifteenth Missouri district.
In the Fifteenth congressional dis
trict convention in New York city the
Morton and Mckinley men got into a
riot which required over 100 policemen
to stop. Both factions held forth at
the same time, and chose delegates to
the st. Louis convention.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-03-26
ITO BE coNTINUEDJ
The Faithful Little Dog.

A remarkable illustration of dogs
intelligence has occurred in Sutton. A
married lady there has small pet and
on her removal to a London hospital,
owing to i'll health. the animal be-
came greatly distressed, running hither
and thlther in search Of his mistress, to
whom he was greatly attached. A week
afterward the dog disappeared and two
days later returned to its home footsore
and weary. 1t subsequently transplred
that the faithful terrier had found his
way to the hospital where his mistress
lay. No one guided him and he tray
eled the whole way alone. He waited
about for hours trying to gain admis-
sion and finally, after many rebuffs,
succeeded in running into the hospital
and finding the bed where the lady lay.
With great delight he hailed her, and
after satisfying himself that she was
safe, he trotted back to Sutton, about
fourteen miles distant.-Exchange.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-03-26
A Genial Thing In spld.r..

There is a spider in New Zealand that
usually throws coils Of its web about
the head of its prey until the wretched
victim is first blinded and then choked.
In many unfrequented dark hooks of
the jungle you may come across most
perfect skeletons of small birds caught
in these terrible snares..
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-03-26

sentinels kept watch. On entering this
comfortless retreat from the court Lo-
maque found 1t perfectly empty. Soil
tude was Just then welcome to him.
He remained in the waiting room, walk
ing slowly from end to end over the
filthy pavement, talking eagerly and
necessarily to himself.
After q while, the door communicate
ing with the tribunal opened, and the
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-03-26
Ons Useful indian.

Rain-ln-the-Facs who was leader in
the Custer massacre, is now a police
man at the Standing Rock Agency, and
Is looked upon as . valuable man.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-03-26
CHAPTER XVI.

HE waiting room
OF the revolutionary
tribunal was a grim,
bare place, with a
dirty stone floor,
and benches run
ming round the
walls. To windows
were high and
barred. and at the
outer door, leading
into the street, two
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-01-10
FAMILY HORSES.

The price OF horses has OF late been
SO reduced that farmers are discour-
aged in horse raising. The low price
now prevailing is due to want of de-
mand, on account of the electric car
system which has been so generally Y
established throughout the cities and
some parts of the country for rapid
transportation. This is, no doubt, in
some part the cause OF the weak de-
mand for horses in tho markets. There
is, however, another cause which will
be found in over production. A few
years ago the horse craze, as il may
be called, prevailed among farmers,
and there was scarcely any one who
was not breeding either fiIst-c'ass
roadsters or biooded drivers.
For these for few years, first.class
prices were obtained. and the demand
which was at the time fictitious one.
produced by sort of boom IN horse
flesh, produced an oyer.suppiy. aul
now there are too many horses for the
market. which has for the time beeu
somewhat diminished by the electric
lines.
But good horses are always desira-
BILE. aud will in the near future bring
better prices than NOW. Farmers will
understand what they neei aud for q
while, perhaps the supply viii be shorl
Of the demand. but tha price vii
again settle Ia fair eompensation for
the trouble aud risk IN raising goo
hones. Good family horses will nj
WAYS be 10 demaa "a the elite. an
ia the prosperous villages, Gers ms,
carry Iusn 10 hasinfss aud H9nea g.
do their shopplaz. bli there j. + ds
n,and, IA heuFs net speat "a bas.nssF,
Tor eaEflsge horse 10 supply a neat
fell by alaast e4ssg esllto.do ismals
thai may have rssilai alflag IA "A,
eoasiry ~ q tbs parfs anl ssbafh
| VI sAe esis Farasgs aeaii 10 ael
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-01-10
APPLE POMACE.

Apple pomace is useful feed, pro-
vided it comes from modern presses
where straw is not used, SO that it can
be packed tightly in silos or pits and
thus be preserved without waste. 1t
is quite acid, and therefore not rel
ished at first. At the Illinois Station
pigs ate very little of it for that rea-
son. If allowed to heat, up to ninety
degrees before the silo is covered and
weighted. this acidity seems to be ar
rested. Mich cows become very fond
of such silage at the Vermont Station.
the COWS have five pounds of it night
and morning, or ten pounds day,
and prefer it to dry fodder; flow of
milk is not decreased, and the station
declares that probably the full feed
ing value indicated by chemical an
alysis is obtained" Atthis rate COW
would eat about ton of pomace dur
ing the winter season, and dairymen
"should put up as many tons OF POM
ace as they have cows" The tests at the
Vermont Station were repeated and
indicated that for cows "corn silage
and apple pomace have about the
same feeding value pound for pound. "
Tho actual food in apple pomace de-
pends upon the amount OF dry matter
it contains, varying from twelve to
twenty-six per cent, and averaging
seventeen per cent. American Agri-
culturist.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-01-10
Fresh Water From the Pacific Ocean.

On calm days the crew of the light.
ship anchored three miles of the
mouth OF the Columbia River, Ore
gon, are able at ebb tide to lower a
bucket over the side and bring up
water fresh enough for drinking pur.
poses. This fresh water spreads out
over the surface of the ocean in the
shape OF a far, the apex being the
mouth OF the Columbia. 1t is only
sbout two feet in depth, and I If the
bucket is allowed to sink below that
depth the water with which it is filled
is strong ocean brine. There are not
many rivers in the world with strength
sufficient to send their waters SO fai
out to sea, the principal exception be-
ing the Amazon, which freshens the
ocean for twenty miles off its mouth,
ships having filled their casks with
fresh water from the Amazon when
out of sight of land.-New York
Tribune.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-01-10
Arctic Sunburn.

To hear of suffering from heat
in the Arctic regions sounds in.
credible to those who have never
been there. Lieutenant Glider
relates the experience of his
party from this cause while one
summer in King Williams's Land, and
declares that probably nowhere on
earth is the traveller moro annoyed by
acute sunburn than in the frigid zone.
The heat of ordinary exercise compels
him to throw back the hood of his fur
coat, and by thus exposing the head
not only his entire face becomes blis-
tered but-especially if be is fashion
able enough to wear his hair thin on
the top of his head--his entire scalp
is affected about as severely as if a
bucket of scalding water had been
poured upon him.
At later period Lieutenant
Schwatka's entire party, while upon a
sledge journey from Marble Island to
Camp DAILY, were SO severely burned
that not only their faces but their en-
tire heads were swollen to nearly
twice their size. And q fine-looking
party they we're. Some had faces SO
swollen that their eyes were complete
ly closed on awakening from sleep.
When one was fortunate enough to be
able to see the others he could not re-
frain from laughing. ALI dignity was
lost. Even the august commander of
the party was laughing-stock. and,
though he knew why they laughed at
each other, he could not understand
why he should excite such mirth.
Pretty soon he saw his face in a mir
ror, and found that when he tried to
smile his lips were SO thoroughly
swollen that the effect was anything
but happy. The contortion expressed
sentiment, but hardly that of pleasure.
He could readily have been taken for
grimacing idiot, or malicious lun-
attic, according to the preference Of
the beholder. .-Cassell's Magazine.