The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-30
PINK I'D WHITE TEt..iaces.
COMM ;l<0 View Again Above New
ZeaInna's Volcanic Debris.

Zeainnas Volcanic Debris.
Mr.. Henry NJ. Cadet, a Scotchman
who some years ago wrote one of the
best condensed accounts of our Yellow
rstoue park, has been visiting the volcanic
zone in North island, New Zealand
where he caught giimpscs of the pink
and white terraces that were buried out
of sight IL years ago. This region is
Aand Of wonders. No part of the world,
except the Yellowstone park. is so CON
spicuoCs for hot springs and gaysers.
They burst frDm the ground endlcssly Ill
Versihed in form, size and chemical COM
position. Long before European settlers
saw New Zealand Tie thermal and min
eral waters attracted the natives. who
had discovered their curative properties.
Dir. Cadell says that some sanitarlums
have now been erected here aud are Wis
tied by many New Zealanders and for
eixAers.
Mount Tarawera, about 5000 feet
high, was supposed to be extinct till
1856. when one winters night it sudden
~ awoke. The natives who live around
the shores of the beautiful lake of the
same narAe AZ the foot of the volcano
told Mr.. Cadet that IL days before the
catastrophe they saw a spectral canoe
Heating IN the heavens above the lake.
They had never seen anything like Il be
fore, and they believe the spectacle was
a forewarning that some terrible event
would occur. Miragcs are sometimes
seen in that region. The canoe may have
been merely phenomenon Of this sort or
perhaps only a curiously shaped cloud.
The explosion came with scarcely a
moDlcnt's warning. A tremendous shock
disturbed the entire region. and the ash
Convened summit of the volcano was blown
into the air TO a height of 10000 feet.
visible for $50 miles. Flaming scorise
and deluge OF. ashes fell in dense show
.ers on the surrounding district. Many
villages were crushed beneath the weight
of dry ashes or buried under heaps OIL
mud. Many places were buried deep un
der layers Of volcanic dust
One of the most regrpttable features of
the explosion was the destruction Of the
Wonder of Wonders the famous min
-eral spring which filed a crater about
60 feet in circumference. and, overflow
ing its transparent. alabasteriike margin, |
fell in thin azure sheets from basin to
with silica and suIphurous substances,
became confer and gradually changed I,
color from the sapphire tints of the up
per basin to turquoise blue lower dow |
and slightly azure shade where the wa
tiers entered the lake. These white and |
pink terraces" as they were called. were
among the most beautiful of sights. and |
few foreigners going TO New Zealand
failed TO pay them a visit. The terraces |
were blotted out beneath heat of scoria.
Mr.. Cadell brings the interesting news
that here and there these gorgeously col
ored rocks are again coming into view,
and it is evident from his description of |
the region in its present aspects that the
phenomena of this wonderland will al
ways continue to rank among the most
of natures spectacles.-New
York Sun.
An Educational Possibility.
Electricity is now being utilized in the
aiming business. What a pity it could
hot have been used in that way during
he schoolboy days of some OF the old
fray headed fellows who are now posing
Is the very .pinks Of perfection.-St.
Louis Star.
All In the Family.
at has been stated" says the London
Chronicle, ''that Lord Salisbury will not
AXE any salary with the Office of privy
zeal. bul it would be almost without
Precedent for prime minister to serve
Without salary, and no one would grudge
lin the f5.G00 which used to attach to
he post. Then his son. Lord Cranborne,
Will draw f1,500; bis nephews, A. J.
3alfour and G. w. Balfour, 5000 and
1000, and his son-in-law, Lord sell
'orne, f4,500. with a fine house. J.. w.
lowther. who is member of the clan.
y marriage. viii certainly not be left
ut in the cold. and il nothing better
.ers viii be reappointed deputy speaker
nd chairH'"n af ways and means, with !
2.5Oo. iis makes something over
2OOOo year, which. some people may
nink, Is not too much to pay for the
riviiege OF having half dozen members
enc family In the government"