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instantly set on fire by the burning lava,
| from which there was no escape
Sailors on the different vessels. Glazed
/ by fear and suffering, leaped into the
| sea in a vain endcavOr TO escape the pitt
1 less rain of fire; but of all that took
refuge in the water only thirty were
picked up by the boats lowered bg the
cruiser Suchet. which arrived aftes the
explosion of the volcano
| FROM the number OF dead bodies seen
on the wharves which completely encir-
Gle the water front of st. Pierre, it is
1 believed that when the rain of fire be-
gan to descend upon the city from Mount
| Pelce the Inhabitants rushed TO the
shore. hoping to escape death by taking
to the sea. But everything ia the shape
/ Of boat must have been consumed in
/ the flames. Gnd the unfortunate people
persisted on tho SPOT they had sought for
refuge.
The water in s. Pierre barber is so
/ deep that ocean VESSELS OF the deepest
draft are able to discharges eargoes di-
rcetly ON the wharves. This being the
case many who sought refuge in the
water are believed to have bysS drown
ed.
City Fiery Furnace.
according 10 eye witnesses the whole
/ OF ST. Pierre seemed sr>idenly TO become
a fiery furnace. while awful ShriekS of
agony rose in an instant from thousands
OF victims wrapped in liquid iau6. and
then there Was no further noise except
the cracking Of burning buildings Sad
the roar Of lie volcano. There Was no
/ time Cor those alive TO lcok back. III par
I h.hs - fAFs ss,
the Wild rush to escape what seemed the
opening OF he'll upon earth, and OF those
VINO sought escape maay were stricken
/ by bolts OF QUivering flame which came
down apart from the general mass.
/ Ii was evident that rloSt Of them had
net been merely suffocated. but burned
to death in lake Of hrc preeiritated
upon them. The c0rpses showed signs
Of terrible agony. While the streets
were fun OF dead, whole families periShed
In their houses. whica caagh. hre. the
inmates being roasted inside the dwell
lings.
/ There were eighteen ocean STEAMERS
and vessels In the harhOr ard AZ were
overwhelmed by the towap0ur Of hre
from the volcano. II is from these
! eighteen vessels that the Su,shec picked
/ up the thirty survivors.
/ There is no cable standardization with
/ 81. Pierre. The repair steamers sent TO
restore the line which was broken aarlier
/ liz the week were destroyed in the gen
etal catastrophe.
The clouds OF ashes and smoke which
poured from the crater OF Mount Pelee
/ covered the sea for distance ot four
/ o. Eve niles from shore. The town Of
ST. Pierre itself, as well as the sur
rounding country. was shrouded gin al
most impenetrable darkness.
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Of wreckage in the water until they were
picked up by the cruiser Suchet.
From the crater Of Mount Pelee the
survivors Of the Roraima say molten
rocks and ashes belched cut for about
three minutes. The great mass of burn
ing lava poured out directly over the
town and covered the surrounding dis
tricts for a radius Of four miles.
The Roddam only escaped by cutting
its cables and steaming away at full
speed The captain was severely burn
ed The chief engineer is dead. All
the officers and engineers were dead or
dying. Nearly every member of the cIew
Is dead. Supercargo Campbell and ten
OF the crew of the Roddam jumped over
board at st. Pierre and were lost.
At 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon, when
the Suchet sailed away to carry the news
of the disaster to the nearest cable office
and to get assistance, the town of st.
Pierre was enc mass Of roaring flame.
The first eruption from Mount Pelee
came Saturday, accompanied by a series
of earthquake shocks. The cable lines
were destroyed early iu the week, but the
inhabitants of neighboring islands heard
the reverberations from frequent explo-
sions. Still the inhabitants of st. Pierre
took no alarm. and only q few Of the
white people of means left the city for
safer places down the coast.
Comes without Warning.
The eliminating disaster seems TO have
come without warning There was an
explosion, which threw an immense vol
uma of molten rock, dust, ashes and
black smoke thousands of feet into the
air. Then, almost instantly, the rain Of
fire descended upon the city. The show
er of lava and ashes extended for five
miles out to sea and presumably as far
inland. Ships in the harbor were tossed
and pitched about by the upheaval accom-
panying the explosion, and most OF them
were shattered into wreckage. Those
not destroyed in this manner were almost
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20
New way 70 Make Writer'S.

''Dis boy" explained the old colored
farmer. wants to be a writer-lak
dem what writes de Politics Prog
ress,' en- de Robinson Crowso."
The black pickaninny stood in the
corner, fumpling with his frayed hat
brim.
'sWell. wHar evidence has he given
If it? Has he ever written anythingY
'sNo. sub: he can't write he name.
OATS what / fotch i'm up hear fer
ter make a writer er i'm! He lows
mebbe you could sorter beat 1t inter
im-des frail i'm out. lax. 'twell he tux
ter it nachul. He already been hit
side de head wild a dictionary. ar da
bigges' sort er words is been runnin In
his head ever since. think dat ef
you'd lamm i'm roun' wild some er dem
books you got dar he'd fetch up all
right. Hits my homes beliefs dat all
dat boy needs is fair shown, en- he'll
sprise de WORT r'-Atlanta Constitution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20

An appalling catastrophe has oser-
whelmed the Island of Martinique. ole
that viii go down in history among she
worlds greatest disasters. In this lit-le
island there has been a volcanic erup-
ton, followed by an earthquake, which
has destroyed St. Pierre, its principal
city, and ali of the towns inhabitants.
1t was one Of those terrible outbreaks
OF natures forces which cannot be anti
cipated and which leave widespread death
and dcsolation behind them. Such ca
lamity might come upon any of the adja-
cent islands in the long chain which
stretches IN a southeasterly course from
Porto Rico weIl-nigh to the coast Of Ven
ezuela beginning with Guadalupe and
ending with Trinidad.
Destroyed Like PompeIi.
More than 10000 persons persisted at
st. Pierre beneath the avalanche OF ire,
cinders and molten lava belched forth by
the volcano Mount Pelee. st. Pierre
and its environs are burieG beneath a
crust OF seething. melted rock which sud
denly overwhelmed that portion of the
island. Since the days of Pompeii no
more horrible volcanic disaster is re-
corded. Mount Etna, in Sicily, in 16A,
killed 1900 persons, and between go,
600 aud 100000 persons persisted in the
earthquakes that followed. At Ieddo,
Japan, 800. 900 persisted by the earth
quakes in 1903. and at Pekin. in 170S,
10000 met death. But the St. Pierre
horror was so sudden. so awful, that it
will 90 down ia history linked with the
destruction OF Pompei, Stabae and Her
Sulaueum. in A. ID. 20.
In all essential points they were alike
Mount Pelee suddenly beiched forth
thousands Of tons of liquid lava. which
buried st. Pierre aud miles of territory
beneath bed of fire. Then the earth
quakcd. opened an awful chasm. and
swallowed thousands of persons. The
sea rcceded. and then a mighty tidal
wave swept over the harbor. enguliing
the ships and their crews. A great cloud
of steam arose, tons of fire descended
from the sky, the waters of the bay min
Cling with the hot lava roared. the heav-
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Intensive Farminr

Even IN the great West, where land
IS comparatively cheap 50 the beginning
OF settlements. the time comes when 20
make farming profitable IT must be car
ried on with due regard to economy Of
both labor and money. As the first fer
tiIity Of the soil Is removed and farm
ers find 1t necessary TO make heavy and
more heavy applica lions OF fertilizers.
then It is realized. If never before. that
farming must be conducted on the prla-
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ems filed with smoke, vapor and as,es.
Quiet ensued. \ city had persisted.
Series of Eruptions.
The FIRST disturbance occurred in
Guatemala four OF iye weeks ago and
was of a seismic nature. Although the
loss of life was comparatively small. the
earthquake was one OF unusual severity.
attending over considerable area of
the country. running large numbers Of
coffee plantations. doing much damage to
property in the cities. and killing nearly
900 persons 500 OF whom persisted at
Quezaltenango, the second city of Guate-
mala. Al the same time an extinct vol
cano in Salvador broke out again, but
without doing any damage at last &C
counts. Upon the heels OF this news
came the reports OF earthquakes aud vol
ranic disturbances at ST. Vincent in the
British West Indies, which were SO
alarming that the people were fleeing for
shelter in all directions. The tow of lava
from Mount Pelee volcano began on sat
urday aud on Monday 200 persons lost
their lives in the vicinity OF 81. Pierre.
Lister the eruption increased in violence.
ending in the destruction OF the city and
leaving hut thirty persons alive.
That the eruption was one OF almost
unprecedented severity and destructive
ness is shown by the fact that even the
vessels in the karhor could not get away
from the storm OF ere aud ashes which
descended upon them from the volcano.
1t was the story Of He~culaneum and
Pompcn over again. AM this may be
only the beginning OF the end. Alarming
rumorS come from Guad0loupe Dominica
aud other islands in the Antilles wnere
volcanoes. supposed 10 be extinct. are
beginning 10 lee active again. That there
Is some connection between the seismic
disturbances in Central America and
those among the islands along the east
C-n limit OF the Caribbean Sea is an
doOhtcdly true. We can regard deStruc-
ZION Of this kind in far-away Asia or
Africa with complacency but the near
ness Of the horror. at car very doors
even. cannot bat be regarded with appre-
hCusiou.
Among the survivors are eight passen-
gers from the steamer Re. alma. all Of
the rest having pe<ished when the vessel
went down. They are horribly burned
with molten lava that fell on the steamer
In showers The Roraima'S survivors
say thar there had been earthquake
shocks fer days. and thSt the volcano
was sendiag up clouds OF steam aud ashes
Tor some time The great disaster did
not come until Thursday morning. May ).
Volcano seems TO Explode.
Tyhcy say fhsE between aud O'Clock
the volcano. ,dount Pelee, seemed 70 ex-
plode. There was a terrible eonvulSion
of land and sea. The upheavSl 81 the
waters seemed TO pick the steamer up.
rhrow il ST the sky, and then drop i into
sAe seething waters OF the bay. The
a,eame. was dashed to pieces. only eight
-parsons surviving. They cluag e pieces
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20

cirle OF getting rs Tiany crops and as
neavy as possible from the smallest
poss BILE area. THIS feeling Is becoming
stronger daily, and the farmer who
concentrates his labor and felYtilizen on
twenty five acres is making moresmon-
ey taan the mary who. with the same
labor and fertilizer. spread it over fifty
acres
iris is good logic and the sooner
those who complain they are not max
ing living at farming work on the
lines indicated The sooner will the
profit come.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20
Judging Butter.

There are very few butter makers
who do not know the difference be
tween good and poor butter. and the
apparent difference between their Judg.
ment and that Of the butter judge Is
often due to the difference u the time
OF scoring. If be has kept SAMPLES Of
each days make and Is careful at the
weigh can. he win gradually improve
his butter for the trade. He would re
member the favoFs in each days milk
and notice how they affect the keeping
quality Of his butter, Thus following
from cause to effect
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20
GREAT DISASTERS IN HISTORY.

Lives Lost.
Feb. "a, 79-Pompeii de-
stroyed by eruption of
Mount Yesuyius ....... 10000
1137-Catania, in Sicily, over
turned by earthquake ..... $4,000
126S-Cilicia destroyed by
earthquake 80. ...... 10000
Dec. 5, 1456-Earthquake at
Naples .....a.. -. 10000
Feb. 26, 1531AEarthquake at
Lisbon r......., 10000
September, l693-Earthquake
in Sicily buried ffty-four
cities and towns and 300
villages; of Catania and its
$4,000 inhabitants not
trace remained ......... 100000
Feb ., 1703-Jeddo, Japan,
destroyed ....... 100000
Nov. 80, Earthquake at
Pekin ........ -. -. 100000
Oct 2S, 1746-Lima and
C,sllao demolished ....... $4,000
September, 1754-Grand Cairo
destroyed -. 10000
June {, 1755-Kascham, Per-
STA, swallowed up 80. 10000
Nov. /, 1755-Great earth
quake in Spain and Portu
gal; in eight minutes 10000
inhabitants of Lisbon per-
ished; cities of Coimbra,
Oporto, Braga and st. Ubes
wholly overturned. In Spain
Malaga reduced to ruins.
One-half of Fez, Morocco, de- :
stroyed. more than 10000
Arabs killed; 1000 houses
in Island of MADEIRA de-
stroyed .......... 100, 900
Feb. 4, 179T-Whole coun-
try between Santa Fe and
Panama destroyed, including
City of Quito ............. 10000
Aug. 10, 1S22-Aleppo de-
stroyed ............ 10000
May 20, 1S30-Canton, China,
shaken ............ 6,OOO
May Z. 1S42-Cape Haytien
destroyed ....... :. 1000
March ., 1S56-Earthquake
in Molucca Islands 1890. 5000
Dec. 16, 1S57-Calabia,
Naples. destroyed ....., 10000
July =, 1S63-Earthquake
partly destroyed Manila. 1000
Aug. 81, 1S6S-Earthquake
in Peru and Ecuador $500. 5000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20
ST. PIERRE A BUSY CITY.
Town Which Is Destroyed Was Chief
Port of Island.

Town Which Is Destroyed Was Chief
Port of Island.
The principal towns Of Martinique are
Fort de France the political center of
the island, and st. Pierre, the principal
port. Fort de France, formerly Fort
Royal. was hundred years ago the lead
ing port of entry, but has been supplant-
ed by its more enterprising neighbor =
few miles away.
st. Pierre had an individuality of its
own Its houses were painted yellow,
their shutters blue, their tiled roofs were
red: so with red, yellow and blue on the
deep green background of tropical vege
tation one of the most startling combi-
nations that the eye of the artist could
desire was noticeable. Like all tropical
towns. st. Pierre was dead in the mid
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20
Rarnxard TnrnstiIe.

If the stock kept in the barnyard is
not of small stature, like pigs and
sheep. the turnstile shown in the illus
tration is one of the best arrangements
to place at the entrance. Horses and
cows will not be able to get through
the passage thus protected. and it en-
ables the persons who nave to care for
the stock to enter the barnyard with
out having to set down anything they
may be carrying to open gate. The
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AKA about twelve feet long, brace ID"
taking place about three feet from the
lower end. which is let into the post
little. Brace "a rests on the top OF
post &c" at its upper end, which should
lean at an angle Of about fifty degrees.
Brace ID is placed square upon brace
%" and the top OF ID" is spiked to the
post The strain of the wires pulling
on post "a" viii have tendency to
pull the post over and upward, which
will cause the short brace to pull down
ward ON the long brace which will hold
the corner pest in the ground"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20
yellow Glasses.

Hitherto workmen and others who
had to bear very strong white light IN
their work or profession have been In
the habit of wearing blue glasses TO
relieve their eyes from the possibility
Of being blinded. This is the case with
sailors who operate the powerful
searchlights that are now SO necessary
an adjunct TO the war vessels and com
mercial craft. especially if their eyes
happen TO be blue or gray. But re.
Gently It has been demonstrated that
yellow -coIored glasses win serye their
purpose better. and it is expected that
they VIII be used hereafter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20
CAUSE OF ERUPTIoNs.
Volcanic Outbreaks Are Explosions of
Steam in Subterranean Cavities.

Volcanic Outbreaks Are Explosions of
Steam in Subterranean Cavities.
Volcanic outbreaks, according to Prof.
Shaler of Harvard University, are mere
" the explosion of steam under high
pressure, steam which is bound in rocks
buried underneath the surface of the
earth and there Subjected to such ire
mendous heat that when the conditions
are right it's pent-up energy breaks forth
and it skaters its stone prison walls
into dust.
The common belief is that the water
enters the rocks during the capitalization
period. TIE rocks containing the water
are blown into dust which sometimes is
carried so high as to escape the power OF
the earth's attraction and float by itself
through space.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20
ST. VINCENT PoPULOUs.
Island Threatened by Volcano Was
Overwhelmed in 1912.


st. Vincent is seventeen miles long and
ten miles wide, and has a population of
$4,000. Kingston, the capital, has a pop
ulation of $500. 1t has more extensive
valleys than majority of the lesser An
TILES, but eliminates in a vast volcanic
crater, Soufrere. which was last in erup-
ton in 1912, when thousands of people
lost their lives. This eruption was most
disastrous in its effects, covering the
whole island with ashes. cinders, pumice
and scoriae, destroying many lives and
running many. estates. 1t lasted hree
days and 10000 persisted in a moment of
time.
A most curious feature of this eruption
was that ashes from this volcano de-
scended upon Barbados, ninety-fve miles
to the windward.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20
Plantinr tl.e Peach orehard

A common practice among Maryland
peach growers and one to be com
nlended is to plant the orchard on
land that was in some cultivated crop
the previous season. The gist of the
whole matter is this: The soil cannot
be too wen prepared before planting
the trees. 1t is difficult to correct faulty
preparation after the trees have been
cof
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20

out of doors seeds should be put in as
early as possible in shallow drills three
to three and half feet apart and COW
erred with a haIf inch of fine moist
earth. They need to be very carefully
weeded at first Cheaper, better and
earlier onions can be grown by trans
planting the plants from greenhouses
or hotbeds, where the seeds are sown
very early When the plantlets are rs
large as a lead pencil, they are set four
inches apart in rows three feet asunder.
and cultivation Is Immediately began
with the wheel hoe. In growing from
sets the planting is made In much the
same way. MuItiplier or potato onions
are similarly managed. Prize Taker liz
a popular variety of onion.
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sirable in many cases for market, al
though the last-named sort wonld he
Oest for sections where the growing
season is short. The hot-bed founda-
ton should be rich in fertilizing mate
rial. When the plants show two true
leaves-not seed leaves-they may be
tranSplanted.
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Auchoriur n Garner p,st.

A correspondent of Iowa Homestead
writes: II have observed MANY meth
DDS Of anchoring corner post for a
wire fence, but have not seen DEVICE
like the one have in use. The plan
shown in the sketch is the best have
seer. The brace should be a piece OF
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20
BURIED BY LAVA.
An Awful Volcanic Eruption in
Island OF Martinique.
WORSE THAN POMPEII
CITY Of st. Pierre Destroyed and 10000
Persons Reported Dead

Mount PeIee ExpIodes and Buries the
Town Under Rain of Molten Lava
and Ashes-Eighteep Vessels in the
Harbor Are Burned or Sunk-Neigh-
tIe ShOck-Large Area of Destruction
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AFERMENT OF TERROR.
Inhabitants of the Whole West Indian
Cram DEMONSTRATION

Group Terror-Stricken.
The whole of the West Indies is in a
ferment of terror The inhabitants have
given way to inseasate panic, fearing
eruptions of many of the volcanoes which
have been supposed to be extinct. The
crater OF Mont Pelee, in Martinique, had
been extinct for fifty years. and the peo-
pie in adjoining islands believe that If
the Martinique volcano became active
ali the others will also. Grief and ter
ror have seized the people where earth
auakes have begun. Deaths in fifty
families, as a result of earthquakes. have
already occurred at st. Thomas.
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ST. VINCENT ALSO IN RUINS.
North Half of Island I.ass Waste by
HaNnc-5nn Arc Dead

Havoc-5o0 Are Dead.
As was expected. news now comes
from the British Island OF st. Vincent,
which lies directly south of Martinique.
being separated from it by the Island
of St. Lucia, that there has been a
violent volcanic outbreak, that the eHtire
northern end of the island is being de-
vastated, and that it is cut off from the
southern end by streams of lava. 1t is
certain that more than 500 persons have
already persisted in the rain of lava from
the craters Of the volcano in the north
west part Of the island. Streams are
dried up and in many places a food and
water famine is threatened. All the
plantations have been destroyed and the
ashes are two feet deep.
The force of the volcanic eruption Is
shown by dispatches from Barbados.
which lies one hundred miles east of
st. Vincent, reporting a shower of dust
and ashes for several hours.
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UNCLE SAN TAKES ACTION.


Congress Appropriates 100000 to
Aid Sufferers in Martinique.
The United States was the first nation
to appropriate money for the relief of
the sufferers in the French West India.
Under a suspension of the rules Satur-
day the Senate unanimously passed a
bin apprOpriating 100000 for the re-
lief of the citizens Of Martinique.
The bill authorizes the President TO
purchase provisions, clothing medicines
and other necessaries and tender them.
in the name of the government OF the
United States. "a the French govern
ment for the relief of her terribly af-
tlicted people AID authorizes the Secre-
tary Of War 10 use such vessels as sre
necessary for the quick transportation
OF the same
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Epidemic Threatened.

The captain OF the cruiser Suchet re-
ports that st. Pierre is nothing but 3
city cf smoking ruins he has re-
ceived information from exploring par
ties that have managed 10 enter the city
and this shows that decomposition OF
the remains OF the $4,000 human be-
ings who lost their lives there has set
in to such an extent ttat the odors aris-
ing almost surpaSs the sulphur flames.
This condition Of affairs threatens an
nni1ninic 81 iiseasa.
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Telcphones IN Europc.

Western Europe viii soon hare a.
complete long-distance telephone ser,
Etcs as the United States now hava {
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Frauce Raises Relief Fund.

President LOnbes has contributed 20
600 frances and the French cabinet has
donated $500 francs 10 the fund be-
ing raised in Paris for the sufferers By
the St Pierre disaster.
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die of the day, all business and pleas
ure being suspended from to O'Clock
during the hot season, and in these hours
everybody kept indoors and slept.
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The Onion and It's Culture.

Onions, it is hardly necessary to
state, may be grown from seeds or sets.
If seeds are used, they may be sown
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20

Firmly imbedded in tree, a section
Of which has been sent to the Smith
scnian Institution, are both horns of a
mouffion or Rocky Mountain sheep.
The horns must have gotten there so
long ago that the tree has grown
around them. The section was taken
at some distance from the ground, and
the conjecture that someone placed the
horns in the crotch of the tree does not
seem at all likely. 1t seems more prob
able that the animal was caught by
the horns in this position in one of its
?rodigious leaps from the cliff above.