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about 500 feet in a table land of 1000
feet elevation on the side of Maunea
Ioa. II is from two TO three miles
across, and its walls are in places near
ly perpendicular, while in other places
a gentle slope permits of an easy bride
path down to the floor of the pit. AS
we stand on the brink of this crater and
look far down over the black lava floor,
with thin clouds of smoke or steam is
suing from many places out of it and a
dense cloud coming from one place near
the middle, il has indeed a grewsome
appearance. 1t offers a strong sugges-
ton of hades. with the fires still smoul-
dering. The bottom looks more like
smouldering pitch than solid rocky
floor. After a tiresone hours walk
down the zigzag path and across this
lava floor. stepping across crevices Of
unknown depth from which issue steam
scorching hot air and sulphur fumes. We
suddenly reach the very edge of what
Seems q bottomless pit, a quarter of a
mile across. with hot steam and sulphur
fumes arising and striking our face as
we cautiously crane our necks and peer
into the vaporOus depth. making for US
sight never to be forgotten. We fire.
auently hear the word awful used inn
properly, but if ever we could use it
properly, we can now in describing this
scene. Our first impulse was TO shrink
back and scramble on all tours for a
safe distance. The appearance of this
the living crater within the huge era
ter of Kilauea was far different from
what we had imagined it to be. We saw
no fire and birthstone in it mot to mem
ton the preceding world but we could
smell, and saw what at first sight was
hardly less terrifying. To make it still
more terrifying, pieces of lava which
we threw in the pit gave back no sound.
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nificent palms. ferns, banana, bread
fruit and other trees and gorgeously
eolored towering shrubs. Pine apples
are conspicuous product of the gar
dens. and the traveller who is fond of
the luscious fruit is likely to eat his
fill. when he finds they can be picked
ripe in the garden. or purchased at the
rate OF two to five cents in the retail
market. As we walk a small distance
out of town, we at once come to where
the fine macadamized government
highways are narrowly hemmed in by
extensive. sugar cane fields.
On to the Volcano.
The great attraction of Hawaii. and
indeed that for which the entire group
of islands is most noted in tourist cir
eies. is the volcano of Kilauea. the
worlds greatest living volcano" and
as the route to it also takes US through
one of the largest and richest sugar
plantations on the island. the Olsa plan
tation, we eagerly grasp the opportun-
ity to make trip to this world-famous
attraction. That there are other claims
to greatest volcanoes" does not detract
from our interest. since in tourist liter
ature of different countries numerous
such claims may be found. That this
living volcano at present leads a very
quiet life we soon found out on our visit
to it. From HilO it is thirty-one miles
to the volcano. Twenty-Five miles of
this distance is made by a railroad
which passes through smaller banana
plantations, as we'll as through some
dense jungles of native vegetation.
These jungles are rapidly giving way to
expanding cane fields. and it Is surpris-
ing to note what rough areas are being
kFOIrC6r IIIldpr pIrlfiVa 1fnn RpiDU on
the eastern slope, the vegetation is very
luxurious which also shows it's effect in
abundance of weeds on these planta-
tons. Much labor, mostly Chinese and
japanese, is employed on the cultivation
and handling of these crops. In the
newer cane fields, banana sprouts are
an obnoxious weed as also are the tree
fern. After leaving the end of the rail-
way line at Glenwood. the visitor to the
volcano is pretty much at the mercy
of the conveyance and hotel sharks
that exist there for the sole purpose of
preying upon the hapless tourists who
chance to come that way. With eXor-
bitant prices for stage fares, saddle
horses, guide service and hotel accom-
modations, it tends TO develop walking
habits that add greatly to the value of
such a visit, as well as independence on
exploration trips and moderation in the
number of meals eaten. What though
an all afternoon rain Overtake him.
With vigorous exercise, a mild shower
| bath is very enjoyable. The main dis
advantage of the showers were their
preventing the use of the camera where
its products might be the most inter-
esting to friends at home. The crater
of Kilayea consists of a depression of
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their own schools, churches and other
social organizations. If children born
of leprOus parents are found to be free
from the disease they can be removed
from the colony to the outside world.
Various charitable institutions have
stations here to help in supplying the
temporal or spiritual needs of the UNI
fortunates So well indeed are they Ia
ken care of by the government and
charitable institutions that we even
hear it intimated that many lazy ISL
ander desires to become a member of
the colony for the life of ease that it
affords. and that positions as attend
ants are eagerly sought. May we hope
that the experts at the medical expert
ment station at this colony will speedily
find out the true nature of this disease
and find effective remedies, or that the
careful isolation here provided may be
mi into effect the world over and the
disease thus ultimately and completely
stamped out.
Landing by Small Boats.
During the night our steamer called
at three ports on the island of Maui,
and next forenoon at two ports at the
north part of the west coast of Hawaii
and one on the northeast coast, reach
ing f1liO dl D y tloCh D. III. WIN the
exception of Hilo all these landings
were made in life boats while the
steamer lay at anchor little way out.
Sometimes the waves run quite high.
which made it interesting to watch
them transfer passengers from steamer
to lifeboat or vice versa. This WAS es-
pecially the case on the east or wind
ward side of the island of Hawaii Here
the waves ran high, and with the rock
ing of our steamer and the tossing of
the life boat, the transferring of the
passengers looked at times very hazar-
douS to a novice at this style of seafar-
ing. AS we stood on the upper deck of
the steamer and watched the proceed
ings, the small boat would at times be
within eight feet of us, then at times as
il dropped down into the trough of the
waves. and our steamer rolled to the
other side the boat would be twenty or
more feet below US. The passengers,
stepping from the inclined stairway of
the steamer at an OppOrtune moment,
would be safely landed on a seat in the
boat by the brawny native Oarsmen.
On our return voyage they took on
board at one Of the ports six horses.
Holding the horses head by means of a
halter, they made him swim alongside
of the lifeboat, out to the side of the
steamer. then. While the horse was still
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more like viewing a grand panorama
prepared for our entertainment after
some great artists fancy. The shift
ing scene before us constantly presents
new features of interest The seashore
was in the form of PERCEPTIONS cliffs of
one hundred TO five hundred feet high
AT the bottom these cliffs were washed
by the blue ocean waves which broke
into white spray splashing up their
faces t. heights of twenty-five to fifty
feet, and meeting the numerous grace
full waterfalls which descend in q sin
gle leap or glide noiseiessly down the
almost perpendicular slope, from the
notch forming guiches above to the
ocean below. At the top the beautiful
green cane fields come down the gentle
rolling slope 10 the very edge of the
cliff Brightly whitewashed cottages
sit picturesquely on this bench over
looking on the one hand the great
ocean and on the other hand the rich
cane covered slopes. Back up the
sleeper slopes beyond the two to ten
miles OF sugar cane fields, we see ma
tive forests of small trees and dense
shrubbery. Back of these the broad
symmetrical cones of Maunea Kea and
Mauua LOa seem to continue the grad
ual slopes to where they lift their dis
tant peaks high above the wreaths OF
clouds into the wintry sky at from
$4,000 TO $4,000 feet elevation. They
seem to stand as quiet sentinels of the
Pacific, showing their displeasure on
rare occasions by belching forth smoke
and sulphurous vapOrs, and blubbering
over with red-hot lava. When we view
these mountains in sailing around
them. or travel part way up their gen.
thy slcping sides, we learn to know
them and the several islands as quite
a different thing from the little fly
specKed dots, by which i'm our school
boy days we learned to locate them on
the maps, on the TrOpic of Cancer and
out in the midst of the Pacific ocean.
We find that the island of Hawaii,
which is seventy-five by ninety miles
in extent. with the other seven inhab-
tied islands of the group, really con-
stitute a large territory. and ii is diff
ficult to realize that we are isolated
out here with over 1000 miles of ocean
between US and the nearest mainland.
At HiIo.
Landing at Hilo we are in the midst
of tropical vegetation. more luxuriant
than at Honolulu. being better watered.
The percentage of AsiaticS in the popu-
lation is so great that it seems we
must have dropped down into a Chi
nese or Japanese village instead OF
United States territory. Most of the
shops along the business streets are
kept by Asiatics. Many are engaged
in gardening and as a rule have adj
jacent to their residences large and
weil-kept gardens Many beautiful
homes of wealthy Americans and ma
tive Hawaiians are also to be seen.
Here nature seems to lend willing aid
in ornamenting the lawns with mag
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in the water. they swung a small chain
under his body and by means of it,
drew sling of heavy rope under the
horses body and catching the two ends
of this sling in hook on a cable, they
started a windlass that hoisted the
horse up out of the water, dragged him
up the side of the steamer, and swung
him in on the lower deck. the whole OPP
Grafton reminding us of the manner hay
is put away in the NOV by the use of
hay sling.
A Panorama of Beautiful Scenery.
The general aspect of the island of
Hawaii is remarkably different on the
windWard side from that of the lee
ward side, and already here we OBJ
served what was still more strongly
impressed upon us as we Travelled over
the island, viz, that our judgment re-
garding these islands would be sadly
erroneous IL we based 1t solely upon
hasty glance over a single locality. AT
the first two landings on the leeward
side of Hawaii, it impressed us as a
relatively barren and unsettled waste
or at best, but a rather poor range
country, not much unlike the western
plains or the intermountain region of
the United States Grazing being the
principal industry here. AS, however,
we rounded the northwest point and
proceed down the northeast coast. it
very quickly changes its aspect to that
of a very thrifty agricultural commu-
nifty. Now the slopes from the coast
inward to the foot of the higher noun
tains are covered with large planta-
tiOns of sugar cane. and we pass sugar
mill after sugar mill. each surrounded
by or adjacent to a village of small Ia
borers' cabins, with planters residence,
school house, and sometimes church
building, not much unlike what we
also see on the sugar plantations of
Louisiana. Among gulches and sea-
shore cliffs, the denser native tropical
vegetation was much in evidence. The
prevailing winds being the northeast
trade winds. it comes about that the
east slopes of the mountains cool off
the vapor laden air currents and wiring
out the moisture in abundant and often
torr9ntial showers which bring forth
the luxurious growth of crops and ma
tive vegetation, or form numerous lit
tie streams to run to the precipitOus
wave-washed ocean cliffs and leap
down in slender slivery water falls. AS.
for six hours, we move along this
northeastern coast, about half a mile
out at sea, and sit leisurely on the
steamers gently tossing deck. drinking
in the magnificent scenery. it seems
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In the Eyes of the Wife
Vienna Bakery bread is always the
best. Ask your grocer.
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BLANK BOOK MAKING
Tribune Reporter Pig. Co. Sc w. I'd So.
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EVERYTHING in thiS deparment at halt prCe to unload Wh
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few days left to decide Come in and allow US to sho

last? We have thousands of pieces Of
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-27
Papers of Long Ago.


Newspaper readers are sometimes
heard to complain that "the papers are
all advertisements" They are better
off than their grandfathers, for in the
beginning of the daily newspaper
growth in this country each paper de-
voted three of it's four pages to solid
advertising, and the fourth page was
not always sacred from the encroach-
ments of the business office
When the New York Tribune was the
most powerful agency in the United
States next to the federal government,
1t was a small affair which printed
about one-twelfth as much reading
matter as does the Tribune of today.
In the old times the size of the pa
pers was just four pages, whatever
happened. When business demanded
it, the size of the paper was increased.
Thus came the blanket sheets" of
which the Cincinnati Enquirer still re-
minds us.
During the Civil War the papers be-
gan to print double sheets" and
and 12-page papers. Then eight pages
became the accepted size and so re-
manned until ten years ago. The aver
age metropolitan daily now has 10
pages, but it may run to AZ and no
one will be surprised. The Sunday pa
per is twice or three times as large.
Enormous Calculations Obtained
The enormous calculations attained
by American papers are not possible in
any other country of the world, be-
cause no other nation has so MANY
people who can read. The New York
Herald in 1885 reached what was then
considered the almost incredible circu-
lation of $4,000
Ten years later the telegraph was
invented and the circulation of daily
papers IN the country was soon trebled
The Civil War was the most sanguin-
airy contest ever fought between two
armies speaking the same language
and having the same interests, yet it
was good only for 10000 copies a dav
for the best newspapers of the time
That was in the sixties.
Thirty years later, when the United
States fought little war with Spain.
two OF the most enterprising New York
papers, the Journal and the World. ran
their circulation up to a million and
quarter day, which remains the high
water mark for newspaper circulation.
Vast Consumption of Material.
The statistics of the newspaper bust
ness under the present high develon-
ment reached in this country are al
most unbelievable.
To provide enough paper for the usa
OF either one OF several of the largest
New York papers. ten acres of spruce
forest must be cleared and fed into
paper-making machines every "a
hours. To increase the size of ona =,
these papers, say from 10 to IA pages.
means an increase in expense for that
one edition of at least $3.50.
II this increase in size were main
taaned through all the editions NJ ono
week alone, the additional expensa FOR
white paper would be Sc. 400 Several
New York papers. week in and week
out, use 100000 worth of paper a waA.
1t requires 10 tons of metal to make
the stereotype plates for one of the
big modern Sunday editions The to-
tai weight of the paper In the SUNDAY
edition OF several of the larger New
York papers is nearly 800 tons.
Thirty extra large express oor- ora
required to carry the Sunday morning
editions Of the papers of Manhattan to
out-of-town readers.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-27

that on the i'm
parchment of President johnson
and on Relief from Taxation and the
National Finances"-were regarded a.
exceptionally able and effective.
Since his withdrawal from active
politics Governor Perham has served
as director in many educational and
and other public institutions.
Among other things, Mr.. Perham.
while in congress was the author Of
the enactment providing for the grant,
ing of 50 per month additional pension
to each one of the minor children of
soldier.
Prior to July rs, 1866, widow drew
no pension on account of her minor
children, and when the widow was
several minor children Of an enlisted
man. This enactment stands on the
statute books today in the same lam
guage in which he presented it to the
pension committee in 1865.
Governor 'Perham also advocated re-
form in the Maine Jail system, so as to
provide for the employment of the
prisoners In some industrial pursuit;
an industrial school for girls; the es-
tablishment of free high schools, and
arranged for biennial elections and
sessions of the legislature.
He was appointed appraiser for the
port of Portland and held the office
for eight years, when he resigned
In 1891 he served on a commission
select a site for a dry dock in the
waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-27
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
March 27.


. e . . . . - . . .
13O6-Robert Bruce crowned king OF
Scotland.
I512-FIorida discovered by Ponce De
Leon.
1625-Death of James of England ana
accession of Charles I.
1794-Denmark and Sweden concluoeu
treaty for mutual defense.
1s02-Peace of Amiens signed by Eng
land, France, Spain and the Bata-
Wan Republic.
1s14-General Jackson defeated the
Creek Indians at Great Horseshoe
Bend on the Tallapoosa-
1S36-Massacre at Tanning, Texas.
1s66-Civil rights bill vetoed.
1SS3-Four survivors Of the Jaennet'e
expedition to the Arctic reached New
York.
1sSs-John Bright, English statesman
died. Born Nov. 16, 1911.
1ssO-Tornado destroyed part OF the
city of Louisville, KY.
1s91-M. Baltcherf, Bulgarian minister
of finance, assassinated at Sofia
1ss7-General Ruis Rivera, the Cuban
commander, captured by the Span
iards.
19OO-General Joubert, the Boer COM
mander-in-chief. died.
190s-Moroccan conference at Aege-
ciras reached agreement on policins
Morocco.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-27

WORSHIPINC OF
DEVIL REVIVED
Orgies of Cult That Shocked
Paris Some Years Ago
Resumed
Special to Evening Teller.

PARIS, March 27.-The cult Of devil
worshipers, whose scandalous orgies
shocked all Paris some year ago, has
been revived.
quiet cafe seems to have been
selected as the temple for the carry
out the blasphemous ritual associa-
ted with the worship of Satan. An
upstairs rom was fitted out in imita-
ton of a church. Anonymous COM
munications acquainted the police
with what was going on.
Police Raid Worship Room.
The worshippers were in the habit
of assembling nightly at the cafe.
Afterwards they proceeded to the up
stairs room, which had been fitted with
thick doors and iron shutters and
further protected from prying eyes
by the addition on the inside of heavy
curtains.
The police inquiries brought to light
the fact that the "black mass was
being observed nightly There was an
altar covered with black on which was
set up an effigy of the Devil.
The whole ceremony was a travesty
of Christian worship.
The Devil worshippers seem to have
been made aware of the intended raid
and so they fed in time, thus evading
the police. All they left behind was a
number of documents dealing with
their ritual and a luxuriously fitted
room.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-27
SIDNEY PERKAM'S
18TH BIRTHDAY
Interesting Career of Man
Prominent in National
Politics

WASHINGTON, D. c., March ~
Former Governor Sidney Perham of
Maine, who has spent his winters in
Washington for some years, cele-
brated his SSth birthday anniversary
today at his home in Westminster
street.
Many friends and admirers called
during the day to congratulate the for
mer politician. He is as active intel
lectually and as hale physically as
when 20 or 80 years younger.
Though almost unknown to the pres
ent generation Governor Perham was
a conspicuous figure in public life 40
years ago or more.
Born in 1919, he began on the basis
Of a coumon school education, supple
mented by one year in small acad-
envy.
At 35 he was elected to the Maine
legislature and made speaker on the
first days session, the only instance in
the history of the state where a per-
son with no legislative experience was
chosen to that post.
He was made a presidential elector
in 1856.
In 1852 he was elected to congress,
and was subsequently twice re-elect-
ed by increasing majorities. During
his term of service, and while chair
man of the house committee on
pensions, he superintended the COM
plete reorganization of the pension
bureau. His election as governor of
Maine occurred in 1870 and was twice
reaffirmed by reflections.
He was democrat until 1853, when
he followed the lead of Arson P.
hen candidate for governor
of Maine.
While primarily of an executive dis
position, Governor Perham has all
ways been widely celebrated as an or
ator.
Several Of his addresses in the
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-27
First in America.

In the United States the first at
tempt to establish a newspaper was
made in Boston on September %, 1890.
1t boosted of four quarto pages, one of
which was blank 1t evidently took a
lively interest in politics, and it's edi-
tor must have belonged to that class
of journalists now known as muck
rakers, for it was suppressed. The
legislature officially decribed it as a
pamphlet which came out contrary to
law, and contained reflections of a
very high nature"
Boston came again. and in 1904 John
Campbell, a native of Scotland and
postmaster, began the issue of the
Boston Newsletter. 1t had two
pages, IL by 8 inches each, and APP
peared first with this announcement:
''This News Letter is to be continued
weekly. and all persons who have any
houes. lands, tenements, farms, ships,
vessel, goods. wares or merchandise,
etc., to be sold or let or servants run
away, or goods stole or lost may have
accounts Of the same inserted at a rea-
sonable rate from II pence to shil-
1ings- and not to exceed, who may
agree with John Campbell, postmas-
ter"
When this weekly was IA years old
1t had a circulation of 900 copies
weekly, and announced that it would
Issue an extra half-sheet fortnlghtly.
as the editor was behind on printing
the news from Europe. A year after
ward he announced that he had caught
up eight months of the news and that
in five months more he would have all
arrearanges of intelligence from the
old world "needful to be known in
these parts"
At Time of Revolution.
The American Weekly Mercurie
came out in PHILADELPHIA IN 1919. and
the New York Gazette appeared in
Manhattan in 179E. The weekly paner
bv that time had become profitable
venture IN the larger tnwaF and soon
snread throneh all the 1s colonies IN
I'll in 177s there were "a which rna'n-
tanned rAoular issues. Tho determine Ell
onnositior NJ the Grown rnnrasanta-
tivns IN tho South prevented the foun-
dation ~ several paners. and fhe erst
successful one was the Weekly vir-
ginia Gazetteer. in 1886
Before the end of the 18th century
the newspaper business had crossed
over the Alleghenies. the first being
the "Kentucke Gazette" published at
Lexington, KY, by John aud Fielding
Bradford, in 1897. This was followed