New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-04

| 7 never SEQ one Of the common black-ta deer,
| the only species in the park. without Iresl, au
miration and since / never carry gun i ~
them well-lying beneath a juniper or dwarf
! pine among the brown needles on the Drink vi
! some cliff the end Of ridge cornnla'ulns
! wide outlook: feeding in sunny openings among
chaparral dantily selecting aromatlc iedNeS
and twigs leading their fawns out OF my way
or making them lie down and moe oounu i
/ past through the forest or curlousy auN"hO'"e
! and retreatng again and again ,.. =.
/ one morning when was eating preaktast II,
n little garden spot on the kaweah, ne ud
around with chaparral. | noticed deer neau
thrust through the bushes. the Big beautiiui
ewes gazing at me. / kept still ana the ueei
vcntured forward step then snorted anu VIZ
drew In a few minutes she returned ana Cd,ne
into the open garden. stepping with ihii.i'c
grace followed by two others. AFTER sho"l,s
themselves for moment they pounueu o ,,tsbod
hedge with sharp. tmd snorts ana Nan ann
Rut curiosity brought them back with stu an
other and all four came into my garueh' anu
satisfied that meant them no III, pesa, ~ o
/ actually eating breakfast with me. ike 'aine'
| gentle sheep around a shepherd-rare companE'
and the most graceful in movements ana attl,
tudes l eagerly watched them while they lea
on ceanothus and wild cherry. daintiiy cueiihs
single leaves here and there from the slde Oh 'hc
/ hedge turning now and then To snip a Jew
leaves OF mint from the midst or the Gafuen
flowers Grass they did not eat at all NO
wonder the contents Of the deer's stomach are
eaten by the Indians.
Mr. Henry NewbOlt has struck musicaiiS
ringing note in the bit Of verse which he calls
"Messmates" and which is appropriately printed
in THE Atlantic:
He gave us all a goodby cheerily
! At the first dawn Of day; e.
We dropped him down the side fuil dreariy
/ When the light died away.
It's a dead dark watch that he's a-keepihe theIe
And a long. long night that lags a-creeplhs
Where the Trades and the tides roll over him.
/ And the great ships 60 by.
/ He's there alone with green seas rocking MIN
| For a thousand miles round: ,.,.
| him.
And we're homeward bound.
It's a long lone watch that he's a-keeping there
And dead cold night that Tags a-creeplng tmere'
While the months and the years roll over hini'
And the great ships go by
7 wonder If the tramps come near enough.
! As they thrash to and fro,
| And the battle-ship's bells ring clear enough
| To he heard down below:
II through all the lone watch tina. he's a-keeping
there.
And the long. cold night that lags a-creeping
The voices Of the sailor men shall comfort him
When the great ships go by.
In an interview chronicled in "McClures
| Magazine" Professor Semmoa- director of the
| Observatory OF Vesuvius. has some suggestive
remarks concerning the workings Of the great
!
has discarded the idea OF the molten interior Of
the earth THE belief prevailed for some time
he says. that the periods Of greatest activity OF
| Vesuvus were Coincident with those OF the
! moons greatest attraction. ] investigated this
| question very thoroughly both by observations
/ for two years and an extended comparison OF
| past records of the moon and the volcano IL
became fully evident that no variations what
! ever in activity were to be attributed 10 the
! moons phases. Were there a molten interior
! this. of course, could not be So
what mechanical power" the professor was
! asked. 'seems to be responsible for the tremen-
dous force Of the eruptions?' He answered;
Steam. superheated, under great pressure;
/ Given matter at "a high degree Of heat ana
water which by some means reaches IL, ana YOU
| have n sufficient physical force to account for
! all the work done That water plays very I'M
portant part in the eruptions is clearly evident
In some eruptOns Of NesuNius an enormous
! amount of water has been thrown out. The &C.
| centric action Of the sea, and OF the wells ana
springs in the surrounding country, estapHSheG
| an obvious relation. Many unoinclal rccprus Oh
! past eruptiOns describe the sinking OF the sea-
! fish stranded on the shores thus laid bare, etc
| Palmeri however. came to the conclusion
based on his investigation Of the eruption or
| 1851 that It was not the sea That sank, but the
coast that lifted He found that in the erup-
ton the coast was lifted for several miles 'he
| highest elevation being at Tore del Greco,
where the elevation was four feet and half. II
slowly sank to its former level. but two years
afterward had not quite attained it,
This explosive and eruptive action or water ~
! shown whenever lava flood passes over Il
spring. \ miniature volcano forms and spouts:
| The water turns to steam. and this, superheated
and confined. bears the superintendent weight
| only as long IT is unable TO lift II. when the
| amount and power OF the steam Is equal 10 inc
demand 1t erupts with violence through the
lava flood and gives US a small Volcano After
an eruption of NesuVius. the lava which mas
cooled fills all the canals and vents leading from
below. The steam ard other gases which FORM
| below thus unable to escape ana may 20 Oh
| augmenting in force for a long period When
| the force Of expansion attains the bursting
point II either blows out the old vents or FORCES
! new ones sometimes in the volcano and some
| times elsewhere. as when the new volcano OF
| Monte Nuovo appeared above Pozzuoll In lJ3S.
! The so-called smoke from Nesuvius is almost
| entirely steam. Steam is absorbed by the lava
! before eruption. under great pressure ana Is
| given off for long periods, as has been the case
with the lava stream on the mountain for many
| months past.
How deep, then, do you think the centre OF
| activity OF Ve5uvius lies?"
7 can only give you my opinion. and an opin-
| ion does not call for a demonstration. ! think
It IS a matter Of miles, perhaps ten, but prob
| ably less.
The mystery Of the volcano remains still.
| therefore, the mystery OF the earth itself and
| we shall understand the one only when We
understand the other. But the enormous heat
and force of Vesuvus. only utilized thus far in
supplying building stone and destroying build
ings recall practically the prophecy OF Professor
Berthelot. that in the golden age that is COM
Ing we shall draw all our heat and the me
chanical forces which result from its conversion
directly from the earth itself-that. instead OF
digging two thousand feet for coal we shall dig
a little further when the coal gives out. and
bring up the heat itself by thermO-eectrc
methods.
IN MEMORY or COLONEL WARING.
At a special meeting OF the Board Of Trustees
Of the City Club held yesterday resolution to the
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