The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-25
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dinner and gone to sleep. so AM /
dropping Il line to tell you about a few |
points of the islands. The whole of the
island is practically covered with cane
and flowers. There are the most love-
lNifowers everywhere, tho fences gem
orally being formed of enormous llihis
Gus bushes. which grow to tho size
of trees here. and bear thousands OF
great. red. double and single blooms.
They arc always in profuse bloom here.
There are lots of, kinds of trees which
are loaded down with gorgeous purple,
brilliant red, pale yellow and lilac COLI
ored flowers. Around this little work
mems home, with no attention, as there
are no women here, are growing count
less bushes, loaded with fushlas. enoft
roses. violets, and the little road lead
ing up from the main road is lined with
enormous gerantum sand red and pink
hibiscus planted by no one and cared
for by nobody.
This house is no exception. as all
!! of tic islands form one vast and
beautiful flower garden. Perhaps that
lis why they call this country the
Paradise OF the Pacific. The climate
here is simply perfect Never colder
| than 70 and never hotter than 85. Life
is one long dream to tho people here
| as nature places fat catle,' splendid
fish and every sort Of delicious cult
! right In their hands without effort.
1 An Active Volcano.
had the rare good fortune to see
4 the crater OF the volcano In an ac-
4 tive condition. as this Is something
| which has not happened since 1855. It
/ was Il great hole about a mile wide
4 and about 500 feet deep, with sides
| that ran straight down, and In the
I. bottom was a dark slate cOlOred sur
face which suddenly would break all
/ to pieces and expose o. vast lake OF
4 molten lava. Then the surface would
cool again and form a slate color,
when the pumping UP from the In
! terror OF tho earth would again break
the cooled crust. and there would be
| several minutes of spouting roaring,
1 splashing, melted, glowing lava flying
/ hundreds Of feet into the air and foun-
1 tains OF flame would play and roar
| forth their tons Of fiery liquid. and
4 then there would be few moments
/ Of quiet again as tho surface recrusted.
/ This lake Of red hot melted LIQUID was
about 500 feet wide, and one OF the
most awsone sights ] ever saw. BY
night the sight was many times more
beautiful, and 1t was certainly sol-
emn experience beneath n starry South
Pacific night to gaze down into that
dizzy depth into the lake Of surginE
fire, which shonc like the sun at
night, and reflect thatour old ball Of
dirt is chork full OF the same stuff,
and we never know were 1t viii break
out next
The Japs Are There.
| There are many thousands of Ian-
aneso here, and they are q very queer
people. The women work MT all kinds
| Tor tasks, washing clothes. sewing
sugar hays, hoeing and all the tins
! there Is little LAP swung on their
backs, most often sound asleep AZ
npite OF what his mother may be DO
ing. when they 80 calling, practl-
lcnl,y every Japanese woman has one
i child Oh her back and about thres
1 lrottng along OH the ground. They
don't believe in race suicide. The am
Il hilton nf All OF them, big and lltt'a
/ Is to some day lick the United states
\ In tho public school the little Japan
ese are constantly drilling, sonf
through the manual In way whicl
shows that They have seen their elder
| doing II In their own homes, ana thel
Il they try to do UP their white school
II fellows, who, being greatly in tho mi
/ norlty as To numbers, usually get tn
| worst Of II. All this shows which wa,
| the wind hlows, while our mossnacl
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