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illustrating the seven sacraments from the
Capilla Real at, Grenada. Another tapes
try, Flemish. about 1925. presents the Seven
Virtues.
The Entornbfmsnt. the choicest piece Of
the entire collection. has already been
described, while the items on the left side
Of the enclosure receive attention. The
section on the ieft nearest the Entombment
presents another ct. George in painted soft
stone. this time In the style Of Michel Co
lomb. the artist to whom many experts
ascribe the Biron monument. For the fur
niture enthusiast 10 may be noted that this
statue stands on O French Renaissance ex-
tension table Aof later sixteenth century
workmanship. Another Michel Colomb In
this section b a crowned Virgin and Child.
Behind Il II a Flemish sixteenth century
tapestry bearing q garden scene. and to
its left a sandstone group representing the
Education Of the Virgin, Of the school Of
Touraine. beginning Of the fourteenth oen-
tury. This compartment also contains q
number Of examples Of the woodwork OF
the hamboyant fifteenth and early sixteenth'
centuries in France.
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OF p
Example Furnished by That Country of
Tree Growing on Small Plots.
From the Pathfnder.

From the Pathfinder.
In these times Of great drains on the
timber supply. caused by the heavy demand
for forest products OF all kinds. Americans
may see In Japan an example Of what can
be done In growing wood on small plots.
That country contains II 900. 900 woodlots,
about three-fourths OF which belong to
private persons and one-fourth to continues
The average size OF the plot h less than
nlne-.enths Of an acre. They usually oc-
cupy the steepest, toughest. poorest ground.
In this way land is put to use which would
otherwise 70 to waste and II unwooded
would lose its soil by the wash of the dashing
rains. From Japan's woodlots the yearly
yield Of lumber Ia about 50 feet board measure.
an acre and three-fourths Of q cord OF fire.
wood. In many cases the yield Is much
higher. More than SOC, 900. coo trees are
planted yearly to make up what Is cut for
lumber and fuel.
Assessment for Ia Ration is low. averaging
for the 2i.o00.0 900 lots less than u an acre.
With all the care In cutting and the industry
in replanting. II Is by no means certain that
Japan's forests are holding their own II
the preser walton Of the forests Is doubtful
there, 1t u evident that depletion must be
alarmingly rapid In other countries which
cut unsparingly and plant very little. On
the other hand It Is encouraging to see what
can be done with rough. steep and poor land
The United States has enough OF that kind
without touching the rich Agricultural acres.
to grow billions OF feet Of lumber.
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by other angels. Joseph is seen kneeling
at the right before a ire-painted On the
wall Of the stable-drying clothing. The
right hand of the Child 10 being kissed by
one Of the animal tenants Of the stable.
and the shepherds outside are climbing
on one another's backs to get a better view
Of the Manager. Balancing this group,
on the other side Of the compartment is'
o st. Hubert in wood, Flemish or north
French. about 1900. A statuette OF an
angel with the handkerchief Of veronica,
q Dutch fifteenth century work; a st. Eliza
beth (D writing, also Dutch. and an an gel
bearing a fragment OF the ross, stand
on q fifteenth century cabinet with panels
In the famboyant style.
On the wall Of the last compartment
the first on your left as you enter-is q big
tapestry showing Esther before King Ahasue-
rus, Flemish. about 1850. Before this ia an
equestrian statue OF st. Martin. In painted
Gladstone of the Touraine ~ school Of
the end Of the fifteenth century. a crowned
Virgin and Child from the Isle de France.
middle fifteenth century. a little later figure
OF. the Magdalen bearing the box Of ONT
ment, and q sandstone st. Catherine Of the
Michel Colomb school. A small piece.
placed over q French Gothic chair Of the
fifteenth century. is a group Of the Entomb-
ment. framed in the crown Of thorns.
And these are but notable pieces out OF
scarcely O half Of the entire collection. 1t
is hoped that the new wing will be ready
early in the coming year and that by another
spring the full collection may be placed
on public view. ,
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There was no eruptive oone in this valley.
and It was one Of the solitudes OF the island.
Suddenly on the night Of August 4, 1905.
the natives in the coast settlements felt a
severe earthquake shock which was re-
corded on the seismoEraph at Apia, far
away, and a great light pierced the sky
above the valley. Three craters had sud
denly been opened In the valley. and red
hot stones, lava and ash were shooting high
into the air and falling back upon the
valley floor. This was the outbreak which
continued. with periods Of subsistence.
through the rest Of 1908 and most Of 1908,
attracting wide attention and completely
changing the aspect Of q wide extent Of sur
face. TIE new volcano was almost quies-
cent in 1907. hut it was merely gathering
force for the tremendous outburst that 10
now in rogress.
1t is not difficult to understand In it's
broader aspect what has occurred. The
whole chain OF islands stands on a fracture
IN the earth'a crust through which the
mighty masses Of lava were poured. These
piled up until their tops were islands above
the sea. The fracture has been reopened
beneath Savaii. and the rising volume Of
molten rock has found vent by opening
chimneye In that deep valley. =
From the first the violence Of the erup-
ions was tremendous. In four days after
the outburst began two cones were reared
above the valley floor. the larger being about
a third Of a mile In diameter at the base and
800 feet high. Three weeks later the
cinders and lava that formed these cones
had increased so much that the comes were
Joined together and greatly heightened.
A mountain had been formed, and at its
top was q very deep crater. When oppor-
tunity for closer observation came II was
found that the crater was about two
hundred feet wide at the top with almost
vertical inner walls. and at q depth OF
about two hundred feet in the crater was
seen the surface Of a seething red hot lake
OF lava In violent ebullition ike boiling
water in a kettle and with clouds Of vapor
charged with gases constantly rising. 1t
required really reckless courage to make
thi, exploration. something like Heilprin's
ascent Of Pelee TO the crater edge while the
mountain was still in angry mood.
The valley has been obliterated. II IL
heaping full Of lava, so that a rounded ridge
rises 1000 feet above the level OF the former
valley floor. The interest in the whole
proceedings Of the volcano has been In
tensifed by peoularities OF Its own. for It
has shown some originality.
In the early stage Of the eruption liquid
lava shot out Of the crater to ar enormous
height. and owing TO its intense heat 1t did
not cool in the upper air and solidify into
bombs. as elected lava often does, but
seemed to form great round masses. many
hundreds Of pounds in weight. These fell
In splashes on the rocks for half a mile
around. OF course every tree within range
Of this rain OF fire was burned to ashes.
In a few weeks the volcano was 2,ooe
feet high and the great pressure OF the
deep lava Pke In the crater forced two
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ISLAND RUINED BY VOLCANO
SAyAH MADE DESOL4TE BIZ a
7REMESD0GS LAVA. FLOW.

For $50 Tears Therc Had Been No Out
b~reak--ReRewed In IOOs1and at Last
Reports Greater Than Ever-some
1000 Tons Of Molten Rock n Minute.
The wonderful volcano that came into
existence on the Island Of Savaii. in the
Samoan group, three years & next month.
has burst again into tremendous activity.
surprising all its earlier performances.
Reports received late in June say that the
incessant dow of lava is one Of the greatest
on record and amounts to between 1000
and 5000 tons a minute.
Spreading out in an almost continuous
sheet about eight miles wide and with a
depth OF six inches to six feet, it is flowing
TO the seq, dropping over the cliffs into the
water with many incidental explosions
and great clouds Of steam! Attacking
parts Of the northeast coast not reached
by che earlier eruptions. it is destroying
many houses and another exodus Of the
natives to the southern part of the island
has occurred.
AL the Samoan islands together are
about as large as the State Of Rhode Island.
Savaii. the most western. except for a
little rock or two, is the largest of them.
having more than half the total area. All
the islands are volcanic. but for many
generations the natives had seen no active
volcanic phenomena. Only a few years ago
RecluB said the volcanoes of Savaii were
probably the latest to become extinct.
Though the largest of the islands, Savaii
Is far less important tl.an Upolu. where Apia
10 a port Of call for Pacific steamers. On
Upolu the larger part Of the population
and industries Is centred. Most Of Savaii,
however, is still covered with dense forest
and there are very few settlements excepting
along parts Of the coast.
1t Is supposed to have been about $50
years ago that the last sig rs of volcanic
activity were seen in Savaii. The natives
OF to-day believed themselves perfectly
secure and many OF them had never heard
OF such a thing as volcanic action, though
a line OF lava cones extends from end to
end Of their island. But in 1902 an old
crater about ten miles west of the present
scene OF activity suddenly burst into vio-
lence. The rising ava had forced out the
plug that closed the crater vent and there
was an emulation OF molten rock. II WAS
not a very large eruption. for the stream
was less than half a mile wide and two
miles long. Then all was quiet again.
Only %sulphurous vapors were emitted from
the crater, and the excitement among the
natives subside3 till 1t was rekindled by a
remarkable occurrence in a wholly unex-
pected quarter.
About eight miles inland from the north
east coast was a deep wooded valley to
which the natives ftten resorted for hunting.
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fifteenth century. Tho Virgin holds the
Child on her breast. gazing into His face.
Among the other pieces here are an ala
baster st. Michael. fifteenth century.
French; o sandstone st. James the Grester.
an unidentified e~oclesiastic In the Bur-
grundian manner Of tho middle OF the ff-
teenth century. and a secular group showing
a street scene. Flemish; about i4so. An
interesting little pieoe 10 b panel some
six inches wide by ave feet long. thought
to be from Touretne, In the fifteenth CEN
fury manner. depicting nine scenes from
the life Of Christ.
The Pieta. described In the earlier ar
ticles. occupies the place Of honor In the
third compartment on this side. Behind 1t
is a tapestry representing Extreme Unction'
one Of a. set of five B~urgundian tapestries
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donna Of the first half Of the fourteenth
oentnry, IA wood. Allowing where there was
formerly q smpil reliquary on the breast.
aud o Gladstone St. John, are also In this
section. Behind these 10 q largo Flemish
tapestry depicting "a queen Distributing
Favors;s. In the styieof Jean de Rome. shout
1910. On theleft dde Of the same section Is
the retable. In sospstone. from the environs
Of Beaune, an. early fifteenth century piece.
fianke>l by a Burgundian SVtsgtn and Child
the latter holding an open book; thought TO
be Of the school Of Dion. Three Flemish
statuettes of the sixteenth century are
placed above .
Turning to the second compartment one
passes a youthful. bland expressioned st.
George in painted wood, who Is sticking
his lance down the throat Of the dragon
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openings in the wall, through which the
AVA began to pour down the mountain
and start on its journey to the sea. The
distance to the northeast coast was
about eight miles. but the winding flow
Of the lava streams mad their journey
about ten miles. The. surface lava cooled
and hardened very. quickly. 80 that two
days after the crust began to form VEN
turesome men walked on it.. The molten
lava under the crust kept moving along. and
through these tunnels the lava from all
the eruptions up to the present year has
flowed to the sea. This Is unusual. for the
later lavas generally cover the preceding
flows. At present. however. the volume Is
80 enormous that the tunnels will not carry
1t of aud the mass has spread over the
earlier crust and far beyond.
The sight was very impressive as the lava
poured on through the tunnels, for all the
way to the sea was marked by clouds Of
steam that poured through vent holes in
the crust.
In a few months the lava yas entering
Day and night thes scene was terrific. The
sea was boiling hot and in ebulition for
several hundred yards out. The stencil from
dead coral and fishes was intolerable.
Great clouds Of steam rose thousands Of
feet and about every two minutes there was
q tremendous explosion. This seems to be
explained as follows: The lava pouring
into deep water carried water In and be-
meath 1t, and when the steam pressure be-
came great enough a n explosion occurred,
with one remarkable result. Matter from
the lava wa carried aloft by the steam. and
the inoessant rain from these clouds was
poisonous to vegetation. 80 that a great
deal Of damage was done in areas that were
not otherwise Affected.
The chief reason why Savaii has been
backward In development is its lack Of
harbor facilities, In ne place. however,
the lava has made q safe harbor. 1t COM
pletely filed up a wide space between
the shore and the coral reef. and then,
following the reef. built up a solid wall
about four miles long. 30 that a fine sheet
Of water is enclosed by the land and the
lava on three sides. 1t was all done in
about two months, and the expedition with
which an effective breakwater was con-
structed beats all engineering peoords.
Savaii is POORLY supplied with coral
reefs In comparison with Upolu, which is
almost wholly surrounded by reefs. Geolo-
gists have inferred that this was due to
later ~invasions Of the sea by lava flows
on Sayaii which killed the coral polyps.
The little animal has kept up the struggle
to surround the land with reef, but now
he has come TO grief again. He has been
killed and much Of his work.of untold years
has been covered with lava.
Through all this period Of volcanic
violence a plucky planter named Won der
Heide has lived on his estate less than four
miles from the crater. His home. Of course.
Is on the leeward side Of the lava flows.
Time and again, when things were quiet.
he has olambsred up TO the crater edge
10 see what was going on. and he was
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The next two sections. the last. are de-
voted largely TO Dutch and Flemish work.
The first OF these, In the around She room
order In which we have been travelling,
contains a Dutch st. Ann. Virgin and Child,
dated about 1900, ANOTHER Dutch group
Of the same subject a decade earlier. both
with their heavy lines and 1eshy, phieg-
matte figures. and for contrast the same
group done by Flemish hands at about the
same period, with the hgater touch and
more ornate effect.
One very naive piece here Is a group Of
the Nativity. In chalkstone, done In the
north Of France at the end Of the fifteenth
century. On the ioor Of the stable IL the
Virgin in alteration, while angels prepare
u narrow bed for the reception Of the Child,
who Is being lifted from the manager above
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copn. Of the collection. as noted in the
July ,Baletin Of tie.museum. was printed In
THE SuN Of July 9. -fSF
The temporary home OF the collection is
fenced OF. il that EXPRESSION may be par
donsd. by a sort OF {pergola formed Of
double stone columns. those at the extreme
sides being Romanesque. while those at the
centre are early but quite pure Gothic.
This Arrangement OF the pillars illustrates
clearly the change from, the Romanesque
idea Of a separate. square capital, to the
Gothic. in which the more vertical lines Of
the capital make ittin harmony with and
in composition one piece with tho shaft.
The columns are surmounted by Gothic
oornices from the north Of France. which.
purchased by the museum some time ago.
are now shown for the first time.
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without even looking to sec what he La doing.
This is O German pieceof the late fifteenth
century. Another st. George in this section
Of north French or Flemish execution,
about 1890. IL erowding his shield into the
dragons mouth, while he sticks bis lance
through the, dragon's neck. There are
In fact enough.6. Georges In the collection
to furnish a good variety Of Gothic ideas
as to how the dragon killing really was
done. Between these two st. Georges Is
a Flemish tapestry, perhaps from Arras.
about 1850. showing Christ In the temple
and the marriage feast at Cana
The above are on the centre wall Of the
second compartment. The most inter-
esting statue Of the ssetion Is the somewhat
mutilated BurS,nd Madonna of the
school Of Claus Sluter. beginning Of the
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Dining Table % Altar.
FROM the Sunday Strand.

TFuW IHt OuHuuV oITuHu.
Probably in only one church In the country
"a a dining table to be found doing duty al
tion Is the parish church at Wolferton. Nor
folk, the beautiful building often honored
by the King when at his Scandinavian home,
The table. which once groaned under the
communion; and the beautiful piece. OF furni-
ture. at one time the pride OF the hall, 10 now
che valued possession Of the church.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-16
COCHISE COUNTY
Narrow Escape.

A horse drawing single buggy. containing two young ladies and man from South Bisbee. named Charles Milton. became frightened near the Johnson building last night about II o'clock. and nearly caused seriohs innjury to the occupants. It seems that the shafts broke and hit the horses feet, causing him to be fright ened. and the animal narrowly miss ed running into heavy float at the stables of the Lowell Transfer Com pany. The buggy. however. didscome into contact with heavy wagon fur ther down the road. stopping suddenly and throwing the occupants to the ground. One of the ladies was thought to be seriously injured at the time and was taken to the Calumet & Ari- zona hospital to determine the ex- tent of her injuries, where it was found that she suffered severe bruises but no broken bones. The other lady was bruised slightly about the arms. Milton escaped with a few minor bruises.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-16
ITEMS OF
 THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

A ten-inch well is being bored at the industrial school at Benson by F O. Mackey who is doing the work under contract with the board of con trol of the territory. Yesterday the well had reached depth Of $50 feet and had just gone through the first rock encountered. This rock resem- bled limestone in appearance but was soft as chalk and could be cut with a pocket knife The strata of rock was not more than six feet thick.
 Superintendent Mahoney has per sonal supervision of the work and is keeping a perfect record of every foot of the well as to material passed through in the boring Almost for the entire depth attained the forma- tion has been red clay, with the ex- ception of the first forty feet, which was sand and gravel.
 The industrial school now contains fifty-eight boys and two girls two girls having been released the first of the year. They are compelled to attend school regularly every day and the larger boys are utilized in all manner of work about the institution, while the smaller ones are compelled to keep the grounds about the build ings clean.
 4 new brick laundry building has just been completed and nearly all the work was done by the boys un- der the direction of a foreman. Some of the boys are good bricklayers. and the roof was put on by them. The laundry work is all done by the boys.
 The boys are worked half a day and they attend school the other half. The building is sufficient to accom- modate several more inmates than have ever been in the school. Super intendent Mahoney says that he can care for about one hundred boys in i the present building, but that if many girls were sent there it would be nee essary to have a girls dormitory. in connection with the instiiution there is a brick yard, a carpenter shop and q shoe shop. Superintend- ent Mahoney has urged that other Ta- cilities for manual training. which he regards as necessary for the welfare of the inmates and the success of the industrial school, be added.
 During the last year the boys cut and baled 1900 bales Of wild hay which is used to feed the stock ,kepr at the school
 The contract for the new artesian well calls for depth of 1900 feet and the price is s5 per foot for the first 900 feet and s6 per foot for the remaining 600 feet
 It is the hope that sufficient water will be secured from this well to irri- gate the land connected with the school and in this event the problem Of lessening the expense of mainte- nance would be solved. as large amounts of produce could be raised by the inmates of the institution. l The present cost of maintenance now amounts to about 80 cents per day for each inmate of the instition
Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-16
cocAIsg couNTY rEAcnERs.

Cochise county can boast that its corps of teachers in the various schools of the county have more than doubled in number in the past three years, according to the statement Of J. A. RockfeIlow of Tombstone. coun- ty superintendent of scnools. who was in Douglas yesterday paying one of his regular visits 10 the various grades here
 Mir. Rockfeiiow says that everything Ia in excellent working order in the Douglas schools. He says that the people Of Douglas and Bisbee have req son to be extremely proud of their schools after the splendid success of fheir exhibits al the territorial fair last fall. He says that Cocaise county was the banner county in the exhibition of it's work
 Mir. Recdeilog says he always likeF to come to Douglas as he is always sure of some surprise for the people nf Douglas seem continually to be building something or improving in some way or other that is particulariy noticeable to those coming to the City only once In while. Douglas Dis patch