The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-15

EeI LnUer the U-NluE EitAlAH- ~
by merely tasting the sand and oozs that
struck 70 the creased lead tell exactly IN
what part Of the sea they were ~heh
sotfndlngs were taken. So one night the
mate and the boatswaln creased the lead
and dropped II into the earth OF mower
pot that had been brought on ooaru.
They took 1t 90 the skipper, VINO WIZ
asleep In his berth. Tasting It he jumped
from his bed. his eyes bulged ont WIN
fright and surprise and cried:
s.Naufurket'g sunk and hero We are
right over Madame Jackets garden
He happened 10 be wrong in this par
ticuIar instance, but he was prohabiy
hardly more surprised than the captain
OF the transport Grant, VINO few days
as.o was sailing over the route between
San Francisco and the Philippines, The
sailing master OF the Grant had been
ordered 10 keep a lookout for Morrell ISL
and IN latitude . degrees north, longi-
tuds ia degrees east The Grant ar
rived at the place where the island should
have been little before noon. II was
a perfectly clear day and any land forty
feet above the level OF tho sea within
twenty-five miles could have been seen
without tho slightest difficulty. But Nor
rell island. or any other island Of any
name or description whatever, was not
visible The officers swept the horizon
with their glasses in every direction.
position Their mathematics were cor
rect. The island had gone; II not the
way Of all earth. yet the way Of some de-
tached portions OF the earth in that part
OF the world If Great Britain or Ger
many had. in their national hunger for
other peoples Countries hitched hawser
TO II and tovei II into their own jurisdio-
ton somewhere, or IL Il had been not an
island. but Ssnb,d the sailors whale and
bad Owed and swarm out OF sight, Il could
not have disappeared more suddenly and
completely The officers didn't even think
of advertising for g.
While this IL not common incident In
those waters IL ~ by no means an I'M
known one. Islands out there are given not
only 10 retiring unceremoniously from the
public gaze. hut also TO suddenly appearing
unarnouncnd. They lie in a belt OF earth
auakinE phenomena The ocean bed OF
tho Pacific and Indian oceans IL still heav-
ing and tossing with interior forces There
are submarine peaks and pinnaclee and
Wales and plains which are the counter
parts of the volcanic mountains and in
tsrsSlles that rise above the water. Be
tween the east coast Of Africa and Cey-
Ion there are reported to be scores OF
ennken islands. some of them as big as
Madagascar
volcanoes, forty-five Of which are In
Java, that still emit flames Storms. tenn
pests and cyclones abound In those parts.
Moro than twenty water srouts may be
seen at one time. The terrestrial fires
cause more heat than the tropical sun.
pvon In the blaze OF midday II may be
felt two miles distant from the craters.
The sen is covered with the p,Imice which
is sometimes four feet thick on the sur
face OF tho water. Steamers are checked
I'm their speed, going through II with a
noise like that caused by blowing their
way through thin Ice.
Buiit on Volcanic Craters.
According to some Eeologists tho coral
islands are not always structures raised
by the insects on the SUBMITS of up
heayed volcanoes. They are built upon
the tops Of submarine mountains that are
slowly sinking on the ebb OF the earth
quake wave whose crest ~ tho volcanic
crhtess. There are vast extents OF this
submarine land. of which these islands
and arch pela goes are the elevated points
These islands rise and sink, sometimes
slowly sometimes suddenly. Thus ISL
ands that are on the charts are not to he
found, and islands that are not on the
charts are discovered. sometimes by run
ning into them, If they do not happen to
have been thrust above the Level OF the
ssa.
one ~ the more modern and tremendous
of these earth crust exhibitions occurred
and Java The volcanic island OF kraka-
toa consisted chiefly % one or two peaks.
tho higher Of which rose half "a mile out
OF rhe water and was covered with green
vegetation almost "a It's top. looking as
peaceful and as harmless as a Michigan
forest
Suddenly a rumbling was heard. follow
ed b a FEW hours tS explosions 80 loud az
20 hs deafcninE. and makin. the crack 81
rite sound like = p5trior match These
wsre heard distinctly az points several
hunltvd miles distant ana tho last faint
echo ~ u was detected a. points IN India
and Australia, 90oo miles away. The sky
wRs dark with immense clouds ~ smoke
spreading over tho hstv~ns and shuttin
c8t is1s 10 tho nlids, Of which rcd fianiss
burst o,Gt ana lightning Flashed Thick
showers uf sand and puni.a fell every
whore In tho vicinity. covering come r.arts
81 the sea With "a thin crust FINER dust
sni CRYSTALS were carried long distances
firSo The spIror ear ami blown an over tho
sloasa. causing green aanshine iu India
asd thc rcd yellow and purtle sunsets
fhAt prevailed uvor} where for months
0fter fho eruption
Fortunately tho island was not iph.',-
he3 ~ MOST - X Disappeared rfrrn slrht
AHt q utal wave io0 fert hlrh al thar
roni sNrff aalt rauui tho goho aud was
tssrcaaNea ga distant shnrc-, and in far
away hArtsors More thau 81 40 r.-,1,is ir
Java anA uvishhoriug ian,is wvrr drowned
IN tha ETcG NaNo that sltrncr,s,.t thaf
fNsiou uni Rip@d out twu-tbl.is 81 tina
YoleAnt. kat9rs h~s,t
scsHr Is Go lie Remembered
a1aa sas,ne as onn newer 60 r.. fsrE5ttsp
b. thoss who Witnessed &c.
INeSe WAS rrst the lew Timhliux of the
ssarth ard tae ossAp4tlg steam from the
b. SPRINGS taat predicted "a Disturbance