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fro-1 the Investigations at Mount
Weather. it may be noted that already
the little chroniclers carried aloft by
tho balloons have discovered condi-
tons that have upset many accepted
theories and will make it necessary
to rewrite many of our school books.
For instance, though the thermone-
tiers that have been sent up have
brought back evidence that it is as
cold as IS degrees below zero a few
miles from the earth's surface. they
have also secured evidence to refute
our tirne-honored belief that the at
mosphere grows continuously colder
the farther we get from the bosom
of Mother Earth. 1t has been found
too, that such research in the clouds
will almost invariably disclose storm
conditions a full day in advance of
their appearance at the surface of
the earth.
The upper air explorers at this out
post twenty miles south of the quaint
and historic town of Harper's Ferry.
make extensive use of the little rub
Der balloons above mentioned, and
they have at different times sent out
men to all sections of the country as
far west as Omaha to release these
tiny travellers so that upper air con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-07

ditions over all portions OF the coun-
try may be ascertained. Similarly,
they send up kites when there is too
much wind to risk baIlooninS and
some of these kites have attained the
highest attitudes ever reached by kites
liz this country-more than $4,000
feet However. the most spectacular
of all their explorations is found in
ballooning for weather secrets by
means of what might be termed full
fedged balloons in contrast to the
dwarf rubber affairs above mentioned.
The approved type of cloud climber
employed is spherical balloon of
sos cubic feet capacity. 1t is made
of vanished cotton cloth and the bal
loon costs complete about $3.50. It
will be understood that this form of
explorer is alwayn employed as a cap
tive balloon instesd of being released
to pursue its own course as are the
free balloons of rubber. In order
to bring the balloon and its instru-
ments back to earth when it is consid-
cred that It's mission has, for the time
being, been fulfilled, there is attached
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-07
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hours fountains of hot lava are sure
to rise out of the fire pit. When in
eruption no pen can describe this
magnificent natural wonder, and the
sight of Natures powerful forces at
work creates an everlasting impress
sion on ones mind. Unlike Vesuvius,
KiIauea has very little ash and can
be viewed with perfect safety from
the rim above the lava lake, although
venturesome persons prefer witnessing
1t from the bed of the lake. At night
the scene is awe inspiring, for the
heavens for miles around are lighted
up by the reflection from the great
masses of fire and red hot stones as
they are thrown skyWard from the pit.
The lava lake is the work of CEN
turtles, for there is no record of Kill
auea's first eruption and as far as
Hawaiian history can be traced, the
lava lake of Kilauea was in existence,
although it has, of course. had flows
from the eruptions of the past CEN
fury added to it. In one place on this
unique basin. about a half a mile
from the fire hole, there is a break
in the black mass and a bridge has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-07

been built across the chasm. The
gully, with its mysterious assures. sug
gests in appearance the crevasse Of
a glacier, but what a difference in
temperature!
Giant chimneys formed by lava dot
the surface, great masses of the har-
dened liquid have been thrown up in
peculiar shapes, some of them twenty
five feet in height. The edges of the
lava here are very sharp and will
cut through the heaviest shoes unless
great care is taken in climbing them.
At another place the flow has formed
perfect picture frame with cave
behind it, and it is quite the proper
thing for tourists to climb into this
place and for the time be framed in
the queerest of natures picture
frames.
''Pelee's Kitchen (named In honor
of the Goddess of Fire) is one of the
warm spots of the world, and only
few minutes can be spent there-long
enough to gather a few of PeIee's
curls. hollow bits of lava which re-
semble a petrified coil of hair. The
odor of sulphur is very strong-in
fact, sickening. and little whisps of
hot lava, which are constantly flying
through the air. strike the traveller
in the face. making things most I'M
comfortable. These bits are known
as Pelee's hairs, and can be found
several miles from the volcano when
there is an eruption. The whole set
ting and atmosphere of Pelee's Kitch-
en- are uncanny. Nearby is a large
cave about fifteen feet deep. The en-
trance is made by descending a ladder
where an apartment is reached which
would hold twenty-five people. The
floor is as fiat and smooth as that of
the cliff jewellers of Arizona. By the
aid of a candle stuck in the top of a
bottle the writer followed a Hawaiian
guide for more than one hundred
yards towards the fire pit-we walked
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can go where it would be difficult,
not to say dangerous, for a horse.
Days and weeks may be spent in
studying the peculiarfties of this great
natural wonder. The lava lake is in
a cavity of the mountain side with
walls on three sides about five hun
dred feet high. Going down the steep
trail cut out of the rock just below
the hotel and then across the lava
the great fire hole is reached. This
is an excellent place to study the in
ternal workings of Mother Earth, for
here red hot lava sizzles and boi1s
when gas Accommodates, spouting up
for hundreds of feet and forming
fountains of fire. The fire hole is
about fifteen hundred feet in diameter
and it's depths unknown. Many SCI
entists declare that 1t is bottomIess.
Huge rocks have been tossed in time
after time but the sound of their strik-
ing bottom has never been heard At
times the smoke becomes so intense
and the heat so great that no human
being can remain on the edge longer
than a few minutes at time. The
soles of the shoes of travellers have
frequently been badly burned here.
One must step lively, too, when hs-
sures are crossed, for a terrific heat
comes from these crevices. Earth
quake shocks are frequent although
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-07

until the heat became so intense we
were compelled to return to the open
air, only to find our clothing very wet
from the steam. At another point of
the lava lake there is a crevasse which
has become popular for scorching
souvenir postal cards. These cards
are placed on the end of a stick which
has been split at the end. They are
held out over the crevasse and In
few seconds they are brown and the
holder uncomfortably warm. Every
where the fiery liquid has formed It
self into fantastic shapes and smoke
may be seen rising from a hundred
assures.
Many years ago Mauna Loa as well
as KiIauea was in eruption and crops
and homes were destroyed. The lava
passed over the forests and plains In
large quantities. which accounts for
the lava moulds of trees. These great
holes in the earth are lined with black
stone-like stuff showing the exact size
of the trees which it destroyed CEN
turtles ago. In several places the lava
must have moved among the trees.
encircling them to their full thick-
ness. Many burned. but the larger
ones chilled the lava so that Il har-
dened around them, drying the outer
rim. This then burned. leaving a
small space around the tree which re-
ceived the still plastic lava and forced
by the pressure of the liquid, a sheath
was made around the tree. More
pressure and more burning added
to the thickness. Sometimes two
or three trees were Joined to-
gether by the lava. In time the dead
tops fell off, leaving a tall stump OF
coral-like substance. The winds car
ried the soil and seed to the top OF
tree moulds until today several OF
them are crowned with vegetation,
creating a beautiful effect.
Kilauea was visited by Lord Byron
in 1925. This was before the hotel
was built and the party lodged in a
Hawaiian hut During the last TWEEN
ty-five years the register of the hotel
shows the names Of hundreds Of dis
tinguished people from all parts OF the
world, many OF whom have travelled
thousands of miles to look upon this.
the only active volcano under the
American flag.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-07

distan, from the earth.
The idea of the sounding balloons
came to the Yankee students of the
upper air from the French, who have
been engaged in the same sort of in
vestigation. These ballons-they are
now used more or less by all explorers
in this field-are small rubber balloons
filed with gas. They might be COM
pared in principle and form to the
toy balloons which delight children on
circus day, except for the fact that
one of these ballons ranges from five
to ten feet in diameter. whereas the
balloons for juveniles never measure
more than one foot across. AS origi-
nally employed, and. to a great extent
as yet used, each such balloon is set
adrift with a small parachute attached
to which in turn is suspended a bas-
ket carrying self-recording instru-
ment1 for automatically registering
the successive temperatures which the
sky voyager encounters.
Such balloons are not held captive
by string or wire as are kites but are
allowed to ascend of their own free
will The result is that they reach
higher attitudes. Indeed, they keep
on ascending toward the stars until,
If theory works out, the gradual les
sening of atmospheric pressure coin
cident with proportionate expansion of
the balloon bag finally results in the
bursting of the balloon when the limit
of the tension of the rubber has been
reached. When this occurs the tiny
parachute unfolds and enables the
precious instruments to drop slowly
and safely to earth, to be returned to
the anxious scientists in due time by
persons who find the stranded sky
voyager and are induced by an offer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-07

the latter growing to the size of trees
without losing any of their delicate
beauty. Returning to Honolulu by
the circle route there is a stage drive
Of thirty-five miles over lava roads
and across the great flow of fiery
liquid which ran into the sea from
Mauna Loa several years ago. The
little hotel where the traveller must
stay while visiting the volcano stands
almost on the edge of the lava lake
and is four thousand feet above the
level of the sea. Smoke may be seen
coming out of the ground in various
places around the hotel, and for a
few days of his stay the traveller is
constantly in fear that tbs earth viii
open and swallow the hotel, but after
a while he gets used to it and amuses
himself by boiling eggs and toasting
bread over the crack in the earth just
back of the hotel. It is a novelty to
have toast and eggs cooked without
the aid of artificial heat.
Within hundred yards of the hotel
are the great yellow sulphur banks,
where Nature is busy turning out sui
phur in soft, delicate crystals, beauti-
full to look upon but too hot to han
die. This strange natural mine is a
source of wonder to the travellers,
and they as well as the many scientists
who visit there will spend hours wan
dering about the sulphur beds and
examining the beautiful yellow crys-
tails.
The descent to the crater or lava
lake which covers four square miles
may be made either on horseback or
on foot, if one has the strength I'm
questionably the latter way is the
most interesting, for the pedestrian
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FTER that 1ong-Sought goal
the North PoIe-was reached a
great many people hurriedly
- g inquired. What next ?" A
full answer has not yet been forthcom-
ing. We would like to crafty our
curiosity regarding Mars, of course,
and solve a number of other battling
riddles, but it must be confessed that
there is not much likelihood that we
can do so very soon. There is, how
ever, one important realm in the I'M
known, the mystery of which is even
now being probed, by exploration, and
the innermost secrets of which we may
hope to see laid bare within a few
years, thanks to the energy of Uncle
Sam.
The re-awakening OF interest in the
subject may be said to date from 1882
when an Englishman Of some position
in the scientific world resumed the
employment of kites for upper air ex-
ploration. 1t was not, however, until
a dozen years later that a big step for
ward was made and then the scene
of activity had again shifted to this
side of the Atlantic, to what is known
as the Blue Hill Observatory located
a short distance from Boston. Here
work has been carried on ever since,
largely due to the financial support
contributed by the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition. DR.. A. Lawrence Rotch. who
has long been in charge at Blue Hill,
at the earlier stages of his investi
cations made use of kites exclusively,
but later he graduated to the use
of what are known as sounding bal
looms by means of which he has been
able to obtain records of temperature,
air pressure and air currents ten miles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-07

structure cost, with its equipment,
more than $4,000. In addition to
storage space-of sufficient proper
lions to permit the housing of a balloon
fully infiated-there is an engine. cleo
trical generator. etc. which supplies
current for operating the balloon reel
previously described, and for produc-
ing the hydrogen needed to initiate the
balloons.
The summit Of the Blue Ridge in
this corner Of the Old Dominion is ad-
mirably suited to the difficult task OF
ballooning for weather secrets. For
one thing 1t is so sparsely settled that
there is little danger of accidents as
the result of loose wires falling when
balloons are caught in a storm, and
then again the surrounding count y
for fifteen or twenty miles IS com
paratively open, which facilitates the
recovery Of balloons or kites when
they do break away. Prof. Alfred J.
Henry. who Is at the head of the
rather numerous body OF scfentiifts
who have gradually taken station at
this retreat on the heights, is one Of
the ablest men in the service of the
u. s. weather Bureau. Prof. Henry.
who has been a professional weather
investigator since 1873, is the author
OF one Of the best-knovvn Statistical
works on American climatic condi-
tons. Under him are five experts who
devote their sole attention to the bal
loon and kite work. At the same time
other important research work Il In
progress at Mount Weather, including
significant Investigations as to solar
radiation, to gain knowledge of the
effects Of the suns action upon wealth
er conditions In short Mount
weather Observatory is the one re-
search station among the two hun
dred branch offices of the vveatbo-
Bureau scattered throughout the
country, and It is proposed to give n.
Investigations the widest scope.
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ALAUEA. the spur of the great
* Mauna Loa. is a well-behaved
volcano and can be visited with
perfect safety when in eruption,
and this occurs at least once a year.
AT all times it emits plenty of smoke
and heat and at night there is a red
glow from the lava pit. Kilauea is on
the island of Hawaii, the largest of
the Hawaiian group, and the shortest
possible trip which can be made to it
covers four days from Honolulu. This
allows only half a day at the volcano
which is far too short a time to see
the workings of this spectacular Won
der.
The trip from Honolulu is not al
ways pleasant, for the steamers are
small and the water usually rough
They are. however, spotlessly clean
little boats and make fairly good time.
The steamer lands at F1ilo, going di-
rectly to the wharf-one of the few
places in the Hawaiian Islands where
such a thing can be done, for at nearly
every port the passengers are taken
out to the steamers in small boats.
Hilo is the metropolis of the Island
of Hawaii and is known as the Rainy
City, of the Islands, as it rains some
part of three hundred and sixty days
out of the three hundred and sixty
five; consequently the vegetation is
1uxuriant and the little town is made
picturesque by its flowers and trees.
From Hilo there is a ride of eighteen
miles on a train through the Olaa
sugar plantation. This is followed
by a stage drive of eleven miles
through a perfect fairyland of tropical
foliage-the road being lined on either
side with roses. magnoltas and ferns
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"You've Been Very Good to Me-"

himself. He knew, at least, that b.
must have done SO. when, rousins
with a start and springing to his feet,
he saw a ray Of sunshine splashed
golden upon the opposite wall Of the
hut. It must have been light for
hours.
Very silently. very cautiously he un-
barred the door and pulled It open. Be-
fore opening the outer door. he drew
his revolver and spun its cylinder un-
derneath his thumb-nail II the re-
pulsed party from the Walrus were
camped near by, 1t would be well to
be cautious before reconnoitertng.
He pulled the outer door little way
open and glance slantwise up the
beach The brilliant light dazzled him
and made 1t hard to see; but appar
emily there was no one there. Step
ping outside, he turned his gaze In
land, along the foot of the cliff. His
mind was entirely preoccupied with
the danger of a sudden rush Of enc
mics from near at hand.
That is how 1t happened that. for
quite a minute after he opened the
door and stepped outside, he did not
cast single glance seaward. He
did not look In that direction, until
he saw that Jeanne, awakened by the
daylight in the hut, was standing in
the doorway. Her own eyes, puzzled.
incredulous, only half awake, were
gazing out to sea. The expression he
saw in her face made him turn, sud
denly. and look
ITO BE CONTINUED)
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which be g not suiity. resigns from the
his frtsnd, lieut. Perry Hunter. turns to
hatred. Cayley seeks solitude. whore he
perfects nytng machine. While soaring
euriousiy shaped .tlsE ): had seen in the
covers a yacht anchored IN the bay. De-
ocending near the steamer he meets .
girl on an Ice dos. He learns that the
girls name u Jeanne Fielding and that
sse bsr yacht has GONE n9rth to sex .is1o
s.piorsr 5 party from s1i,s' the a:sht !: ieao na
king search ashore. After Cayley departs
Jeanne nnds that he had dropped a GU
fiously-shapod stick. Captain Planck and
the surviving crew OF his wrecked whaler
&re in hiding on the coast A giant ruff
pan named Roscoe. had murdered Field
plorer had revealed the location Of an
took command Of tss party. atty 'dss Il dsseiope iS1
that the rufnan had committed the mur-
dsr witnessed BY Cayley: Roscoe plans
Ss aDsd Of the ana ,.. s;S.Hs Nth
sky;man and shows him the stick left By
Gaylsy. Fanshaw declares that it is an
Eskimo throwing stick, used to shoot
darts; Tom Fanshaw returns from the
sSsaEohipE party With 2 sprainsd ankle:
SSsylsy 4 secu.sd Of the crime but Jeanne
to nnd the searchsrs. Tom processes his
love for Jeanne. She rows ashore and
enters An abandoned hut and there fnds
her fathers diary, which dscloses the OK
plorers suspicion Of Roscoe. The ruff
nan returns to the hut and sees Jeanne.
The Glenwood post., 1911-06-03
LAWYERS FEES IN GERMANY
They Are Fixed by Law and the At
torney Can Charge Neither
More Nor Less.

Lawyers in Germany cannot adver-
tise. and their fees are fixed by law.
according to DR.. Hermann Haeussler,
rechtsanwalt, Of Berlin, Germany, who
is at the New Willard. A rechtsanwalt
is an attorney at law and counselor
combined
THE German law fixes the exact
fees which a German attorney has to
claim for all kinds Of professional
work, and the rechtsanwalt can charge
neither more nor less. These fees are
fixed whether the cases are criminal or
come under the civil code. The amount
depends exclusively on the value of
the object of contention or the charac-
ter Of the crime. 1t is an old. though
still unfulf1lled, wish Of German law
yers to have new fixed list of fees.
not made after the old low standard
Of the year 1878, but with considera-
ton to the changes-numerous and de-
cided-which have taken place since
that year.
THE rechtsanwalt can never be
business man, as may the lawyer in
the United States. The practice of the
law is not considered a calling or pro
fession. but is essentially a public Of
nee.
According to the code Of 1878. a
lawyer is charged with certain public
duties. He is obliged to have his resi-
dence in the town or district whence
appointed. Further. he must conduct
himself in and out Of once in :. man.
ner befitting his professional and so
cial standing duty devo,ving upon
his rank. A lawyer Is forbidden to ad-
vertise in newspapers. by canvassing.
ETC., or to buy or take over a practice
already made. as being unworthy Of
his calling.
His position In society e between
The Glenwood post., 1911-06-03
Ancient Sunraoettes.

The suffragette is not new In Eng
land. AS far back as 1641 several
gentlewomen and tradesmen's wives
from the city" wanted to present .
no popery" petition. The command
er Of the guard, in obedience to the
commons command. spoke them
fair" and advised them to go home.
They replied that they would return
next day, and that where there was
one there would be 500." They proved
as good as their word. Pym. the lead
er of the house In those days. did not
prove 30 unyielding as Mr.. Asquith,
for It is related that he came to the
door. thanked the women for the Do
tition, and promised that 1t would
have attention.
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that of officials and scholars." said DR..
Haeussler. "and through custom and
law he is compelled to keep the posi-
ton to the last degree. This compul-
sion to keep ones rank has given rise
to the existence OF committees. called
Embellishments, whose duty 1t is to
scrutinize the conduct of the members
of the profession. These committees
have a strict code of punishment,
which includes the power to disbar or
expel a lawyer from his calling.
I'm this way the lawyers in Germany
have good and honored position. In
fact, there is scarcely a country in
which the lawyer enjoys more respect
and confidence. Herald.
The Glenwood post., 1911-06-03
CHAPTER vIII.-continued.

At the sound Of 1t, he drew himself
ap, towering. before her, and, SO, be-
came visible to her-a monstrous,
blurred, uncertain shape.
And she cried out; this time in ter
ror. Then, before he could spring
upon her and kill her with his hands,
Is his british instinct of rage urged
him to do. he started back suddenly,
and himself cried out!
For q faint circle of light, waving,
wandering. unearthy, was shining
straight down upon both Of them
through the fog-out of the sky itself
Looking up, he saw overhead a
single. great luminous eye, and in tho
reflection Of its own light upon the
ioe, very family. the fabric of out
stretched wings.
Then from up there, overhead, he
heard voice. quiet voice, I'm
hare" 1t said. Don't be afraid"
Blindly. Roscoe flung up his hands.
whirled around and fell; scrambled to
hfs feet again and fed, like q man
haS-ridden. down the shore.
Az he did so. he heard a ragged vol
Icy Of shots from the direction of the
Aurora. This sound Of plain human
fighting, which he understood and did
not fear. helped restore to equilibrium
his mind. which a moment before had
been tottering to absolute destruction.
Once he could get back to his boat
and feel the oars under his hands
again-once he found himself pulling
out toward the yacht, no matter how
desperate the odds awaiting him there
might be against him. he would. he
felt, be himself once more.
He ran on and on down the beach.
He had not passed his boat, he knew;
but he finally realized that he had
passed the place where he had brought
the boat ashore.