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Two cRArERS Or hE
VOLCANO OF1RAzU.
This Is NEAR POAS.
IT Is II 900 FEET HIGH

seems to burst into the air. The noise is
accompanied by rumbling. and as l have
said the volume of vapor often carries
with ii mud and stones. The vapor often
assumes the shape of an umbrella, ana
the ashes have been carried far out I'm the
Pacific ocean. ON fine days IL is possible
to get down into the crater lake. but this
was not so during our stay.
Leaving the active volcanic lake, We
climbed Thousand feet further up the
mountain to the LagtIna Fria or cold
lake. and there stopped for our luncn
of jam, crackers, canned tongue ana
biscuits. The upper lake is of about the
same size as the acid crater below, but
the water is as pure as that of the Adj
ron1acks and without a sour taste Inc
water of the first crater tastes IKE strong
vinegar.
I wish I could show you the vegetation
through which we rode on our way over
Poas. The mountain Is covered VIII
magnificent trees, some OF which are az
big around as a hogshead. ard l3o teet
high They are mostly hardwoods. ana
are knotty and gnarled. with limbs TWIST
ing about in every direction. me an II
SO moist that the trunks are covered WIN
moss of bright green an inch or so thlcR'
and great boards of frosted silver moss
hang from some of the branches W ne"
the sun schines upon these they seem W.
crusted with diamonds
And then the bamboos. the Terms anu
tho Mains, There were ferns or nun
dred varieties, some as fine as the maloen-
hair and others tree FERNS, eacn SINS.
stalk as big around as a mans arm at
the biceps. rising to a height OF hfteen or
twenty feet and bursting out into lace
like green fronds at the top. There were
gorgeous flowers the names OF whch l
know not. One made me think OF cross
between our golden-rod ana me sun
flower. The blossom Of this on Its long
stalk was even with my eyes as sat ON
nv pony l pulled some now ana men,
The scent was delicious.
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l should like to see Theodore Roose
welt try that ride. | am accustomed to
the saddle and usually make an aggre-
gate of a thousand or fifteen hundred
miles every winter over the bride paths
about Washington or in the mountains
of Virginia. They are the smoothest of
polo grounds compared to our scramble
up this volcano. The ride by daylight
was even worse than that in the dark.
for here we could see the dangers before
us and the trail was far rougher. 1t
was right through the mighty woods. and
the greater part of il consisted of steps
cut out of the precipitous hills. SO slip
perry and muddy that the ponies at times
put their feet together and slid going
down them. No American horse would
have risked it. but these Costa Rican
ponies are like goats and they seem to use
believe, with the aid of Bedouin
guides that they could easily make their
way up the pyramids, and Floeckher,
who has never ridden before. says that
he will bet money he could ride his horse
up the steps inside the Washington Mon
ument or go on the trot down those of the
national Capitol. | doubt not he could.
In some places the steps up and down
are of the height of table and often
they equaled that of chair.
Nevertheless. the only time the horses
held back was when we came near the
crater. The air there was full of brm
stone and they objected to the sulphur
Gus fumes. Many people do not ride
near the crater for that reason. but We
kept on the edge of the abyss and made
Our way along it over a path covered
with white volcanic ash. At the same
time a strong wind WAS blowing from
the lake of sulphur below. 1t sent the
birthstone into our faces. and IL was
only our raincoats that kept us from be-
ing drenched by it.
Indeed, We did not have the best view
of the crater. and there was no eruption
during our stay. The crater is about
LOCO feet deep We could see when the
clouds lifted. Its walls are steep, ragged
and scanned. At our first coming il WAS
one great bed of clouds. y little later We
could See the gorges in the sides coveret
with pumice and volcanic ash, and could
make out the lake of sulphurous acid
lying below. This Like is yellow at the
edges and yellowish green scum covers
the center. There is always some smoke
coming out of its surface, and in an erup-
ton from near the middle the whole lake
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in my eirlhood. Thousands of tourists
come To Helena for its own attractions
and en- route TO the wonders of Glacier
Park or farther on to the Yellowstone and
the glories of California. There are many
features in our capital city which make
a visit worth while. Its fascinating early
history is one reason. Its geograp hical
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- y - -
turned from the
hardest volcanic
trip of my life. AS
a boy, before the
cog railroad was
built. / climbed up
through the lava
ash of Vesuvius
and came within
an ace of being
killed by a change
in the wind which
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threw some of the red-hot stones at my
;eet / know the volcanic mountains OF
the Hawaiian Islands and have climbed
up the famous Tenger. the largest vol
cano in Java. which has the Bromo. an
other live Volcano in its crater nave
seen Stromboli and Etna in eruption and
have made something of a study of sels-
mi~ conditions in the earthquake land OF
Japan My other experiences, however
were nothing like the climb up the Poas
volcano which included a ride of more
than fifteen hours in the saddle OF d
Costa Rican pony over what j believe is
one of the widest and hardest mountain
trails of the world.
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Among the floral beauties were the or
chids and other air plants. There were
tens of thousands of bushels or these
aristocrats of the plant world to be mao
for the taking. They covered the dead
limbs and nestled in the joints or the
live ones Many of the trees were entire
ly covered by them and in some places
the orchids We're in flower. forming
mass of purple. yellow or white blossoms
of the most exquisite shapes. There were
also lianas which fell straight from the
branches hundreds Of feet and rooted
themselves i'm the earth. There We're thick
vines which wrapped themselves around
the huge trunks as the snakes wrap the
LAGOON in the famed statue at Rome
Some of the vines had varnished leaves
like the holly and some bore flowers.
The mist added to the beauty OF the
woods and the perpetual dripping from
the trees reminded me of the wonderful
rain forest of the Victoria falls on the
Zambezi, the African Niagara. There
were also open places during the ride.
and at these the sun came behind Us anc
painted little rainbows on the mist. Some
of the rainbows We're not more than -Vo
feet long and / felt like whipping up my
pony TO find the bags of gold at their
ends
Coming down the mountains. We stopped
at the Lecheria, outside which We had
expected to sleep in our bags or. I'm cas-
of rain To have taken a bed on the boai ds
within. 1t is lucky that We cnose san
Pedro. The rooms were filled with dlIt}
cows and the floors were unspea'ia b..
A sucking calf was tied on the porch OF
the shed and near il a razor-backed hos
slipped slop while we slipped our coffee.
The milk was scarcely sanitary and the
shed was not as good nor as clean as the
ordinary pig pen of our country.
We made our way from here down to
San Pedro. and there had "A fairly good
dinner. Ii consisted of soup, an omelet.
a roast chicken, a custard and a cup OF
hot coffee. The soup Was of cheese
macaroni. rice and eggs all mixed up to-
gether. and the omelet was somewhat
fat and bit leathery. The meal was
sauced with hunger. however and IL was
not at all bad after our long. long day
i'm the saddle We slept there that night.
the boards i'm some magic way changed
by the fatigue of the ride into comfort
able beds. and i'm the early morning rode
back to Alajuela, where We now are.
FRANK @. CARPENTER.
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COSTA EICA'S Famous
~ Volcano and Its Vinegar
Lake of Acid and Steam
The Greatest of the Worlds
Geysers, Over Two Miles in
Height-Strange Experiences
of a Night on the Mountain
Lost Among the Earth
quake Cracks-Rough Rid
ing Which Outdid That of
Roosevelt-Queer Vegetation
Freaks of the Tropics.
Copyright. 1912. by Frank g. Carpenter)
I,ecial Correspondence of The Star.
ALAJUELA. Costa Rica.
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doubt if many of YOU have ever heard
of old Poas. Nevertheless it is one of
the most famous volcanoes of Central
America II belongs to the volcanic belt
of Costa Rica, which includes Turrialba,
over two miles in the air, Orosi at the
extreme north end of the country, and
Irazu which is more than eleven thou
sand feet high and has had d half dozen
eruptions accompanied by earthquakes
which have been felt in the city OF Pam
anna
ThePoa z11a ssi Wo>or<a ore<cra>
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By ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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preparatory department of Georgetown
University.
1T would be impossible to cherish a
place more dearly. than | do Hell
ena. said Mrs. Toole. yet il is very
nice 10 be in Washington again
Washington is sort of home to me.
a place where i like To come at least
for several months every now and
again. i lived here for eight consecu-
tive years when my father was regis
ter of the treasury. and my marriage
occurred in the rectOry of old St Mat
theWs in 1890. i felt quite aggrieved
when i first saw that picturesque
shrine gone and its place filled by that
great office building. But progress is
the watchword the world over. and it's
wheels are not to be retarded for
sentimental reasons. l have taken de-
light in going over familiar places in
Washington and trying to locate land
marks in spite of changes. Though I
have come TO Washington constantly
since l left twenty-five years ago,
have never taken the leisure to go over
the old spots so carefully as now, and
To recognize how great and beautiful
the capital has grown in the past score
of years.
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ut is pleasant to find that the great and
growing state of Montana is becoming
better known to the jewellers on the At
lantic coast, and that we are no longer
regarded I'm the light of savages. or at
least exposed to all sorts OF dangers and
privations. An episode which has never
failed to cause me merriment was the
prospective visit of a Washington girl
soon after my husband and l had estab-
lished our home in Helena My friend
mother seemed deeply concerned over the
risks her daughter was taking in paying
me this visit, and / could tell from the
tone of her letters that she did not en-
tirely approve of the adventure. She
wrote me fervent warnings about the In
dians, and how I was to guard her treas
ure. not to permit her to get within hail
ing distance of any variety OF red man,
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@POAS Volcano. =
"A WV INSIDE The CRATER

ters and each is over a mile in circum-
ference. 1t has one which is on the very
top of the mountain filled with sheet of
blue cold water and surrounded by semi
tropical vegetation. 1t has another.
which is ragged and bare as the shores
of the Dead sea and down which you
look into a lake of acid, from which
shoots up the greatest geyser on earth. At
times this eeyser SpoutS every few min
utes. AT other times it is quiet for a long
period and again it will throw a column
of sulphurous steam thousands of feet
into the air. About two years ago it
shot up a great volume of mud, vapor
and rock to a height above its surface of
more than two and one-half miles. The
distance to which the column reached was
estimated at over thirteen thousand feet.
AT the top the steam spread out like
mighty umbrella over the mountain and
stones as big cannon balls fell, break
ing trees and limbs and going deep into
the ground. AT that time there was an
earthquake which threw down many of
the buildings of San Jose. and this was
followed by second earthquake several
months later by which the city of Carriage
was brought to the ground, and about
six hundred human beings killed in the
ruins
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POAs Volcano LAKE SrEA.r

to the hills will lift mine eyes.
From whence doth come mine aid
Ny safety cometh from the Lord
Who heaven and earth hath made
Thy foot He'll not let slide.
Nor Will He slumber that thee keeps
The Lord that keepeth Israel
He SAUNDERS not nor sleeps.
Indeed it would need the Lord to keep
any mans foot on the mountain or
Poas, if he had not one of the little
Costa Rican ponies to lift him up and
down.
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a1E former Gov
The Calumet news., 1912-02-13
A DowAeER's JEWELS.

The transfer tax appraisal of the
estate of Consuclo (Yzanga,) dowager
duchess of Manchester who died in
London. November, 1909. shows that
she left an estate of $2.957.361. part Of
II i'm American securities. The duch-
ess directed that her jewels, including
her necklace OF fifty-three oriental
pearls. be held in trust with the un
derstanding that the present duchess
who was Miss Zimmerman, may wear
them II she complies with strict con
ditions. Tho Jewels. especially the
necklace, must be protected at all
times by burglary and fire insurance
and the Duchess of Manchester must
pay the insurance If she uses the
jewels. When Lady Mary Alice Mon
tagu, the eldest daughter of the duke,
is Is years old in 1919, or II she mar
ries before, she is to have the pearl
necklace. and when her brother. the
Viscount Mandeville. marics he may
have "a sapphire necklace which his
grandmother priced highly.-New York
sun.
The Calumet news., 1912-02-13
ooDcHlLp OF PRISON WEDs.

romance of the Russian penal set
tlement on Saghalien island, north OF
Japan, is being told. A Russian count
and his young wife were deported to
the island in 1887 for political offenses
In company with gang Df prisoners.
The count died before reaching the
island. The countess bore a child, a
girl, on her arrival and expired i'm
mediately afterward.
The prisoners adopted the baby the
entire company standing godfather.
and she spent n happy childhood
among them. They put their savings
together and sent her To a school on
the mainland. and later she entered a
business in Vladivostok as bookkeep-
er.
The son of a millionaire named Lord
off, who was i'm the business, fell in
love with the girl and married her
some days ago. The girl wrote to her
godfathers--there are only twenty still
alive--and her bridegroom sent them
a check for $4,000 to pay for the ex-
penses they had incurred in educating
his bride.
The Calumet news., 1912-02-13
MUST SHUT OFF WATER.
Village Making Effort to Cut Down
Waste OF Lake Water.

The common practice of permitting
the water to run slowly as pre-
caution against freezing during the
ccld weather, will not be tolerated In
the village of Laurium. Attention was
called yesterday to the fact that the
amount of water consumed during Jan
uary was considerably in excess of that
usually consumed and the pressure was
low as a result. A warning was issued
yesterday to the effect that the wa
ter will be shut off entirely for any
consumer found leaving the water run
at night.
The street commissioners department
Is now busy with the work on garbage
which was somewhat neglected during
January, because of the heavy snow
fall. Two teams have been placed or
this work and good results are being
accomplished. II is suggested that
residents should not throw mattresses
shrubbery. etc. beneath the ashes as
IL adds considerable to the work of
the street cleaners.
IL is expected the annual spring
clean up will be accomplished i'm a
much shorter time this year than in the
past because Of the fact that the
Christmas trees have already been col
Iected and removed, whereas they us
ually prove one of the most trouble
some articles of garbage in the spring,
The Calumet news., 1912-02-13
WHO is MRS. JOHNSoN7
BARE JACKS ROMANCE.


Chicago. H., Feb. l3.--Jack John
sons matrimonial alliance stirred two
cities yesterday. Pittsburgh authori-
ties wanted 10 know whether the
worlds champion pugilist had used
license which was issued to him Jan
uary Is, 1911, and which. it is claim
ed. was suppressed. New York became
interested in the tangle when il was
discovered that the license had been
issued To John a. Johnson ana Eta
IA. Duryea, Johnson will probably sat
isfy smoketown authorities. as he adj
mitted last night at his home that he
had been married in Pittsburgh one
year ago and that his wlfes name was
Eta II. Duryea AS to her antecedents
Jack is mum.
1t was learned. however. that Mrs.
Johnson had secured a divorce here in
Clarence f. Duryea and that the pa
pers in the case were sent To Malone.
y. Y. G.. f. Beerly, a local attorney,
had charge of the case here, which was
not contested by Mrs. Johnson's for
mer husband.
From New York last night came the
details of Mrs. Johnson's family con
nections. which have been more or less
of mystery. The dispatch stated
that Mrs. Johnson is daughter of
David II. Perry, n descendant Of an old
Long Island family. G. l.. Duryea is -
son OF John Duryea, former head Of
the firm OF John DuiS Ca q Co, New
York.
Young Duryea. when he married the
present Mrs Johnson. was possessed of
a fine tenor voice and at one time sang
in the Garden city cathedral Later
the two went on the stage. hut dis
agreements arose between the pair and
divorce proceedings followed.
The Calumet news., 1912-02-13
LAURIUM Will
HAVE CARNIVAL
WEEK OF JULY FOURTH TENTA-
TivELY SELECTED FOR BIG
EVENT AT LAURlUM
PARK.

Plans are already being considered
in Laurium for the second annual mid
summer carnival and If the proper ar
rangements can be made, the event will
be held at the Laurium Driving park
the week of July 4th. Because of the
fact that the big amusement companies
viii be in big demand for this week. il
is proposed to make an early start with
the preparations for this years event
and communication probably will be
started early next month. The car
nival will be similar to that held last
year, which proved an unqualified sue
cess and no effort will be spared to
arrange attractive and novel features
in connection. Whether the Patterson
Amusement company, which appeared
here last year, or the Parker shows.
which have been so popular for fire
tournaments and similar events in the
upper peninsula, will be engaged will
laid for the carnival. 1t may be that
an entirely new amusement company
will be brought here
While 1t Is yet too early for any
definite announcement 10 be made, 1t
is probable that an elaborate fourth OF
July program win be arranged in con-
nection with the carnival. similar to the
ono held last year.
The annual meeting of the Laurium
Amusement company will be held carly
IN the spring and officers for the en-
suing year will be elected. Aside from
the carnival no special features have
been planned for the Laurium Driving
park this summer, although IL will be
available for baseball and other athle-
lie features as in the past
The Calumet news., 1912-02-13
WANTS MATCH HERE.
Zbyszko's Manager Says He Will APP
pear Here in Month.

j. II. Herman. manager of Zbyzsko.
the Polish wrestler, wants TO stage a
bout between his man and some local
mat artist here within a month.
Herman writes from Buffalo. II am
going TO take Zbyszko on tour which
will extend to San Francisco. II
can force Gotch into a match I will
let the money go winner take all or
any way Gotch wants II split. Zbysz-
kos season has been n good one. but
not as good as that of last year, for
the reason that IL has been hard to get
matches with the big ones.
"Zbyszko will be i'm your section Of
the country within a month. and, II
possible. would like to arrange for
his appearance in your city; providing
suitable opponent can be secured to
meet him. as no wrestler is barred, !
see no reason why we cannot arrange
for an entertainment in your city"
The Calumet news., 1912-02-13
LIVELY BALL Is
BAD. SAYS VET
SPHERE AS EASY TO HANDLE AS
ONE FORMERLY USED BUT
TRAVELLERS FEAR TO
PUT 1T OVER.

There is one veteran pitcher who
does not agree with the majority of
players who say the ball is not too
lively while he agrees with 9S per cent
that the ball is just as easy to handle
as the discarded sphere.
so far as can see, there isn't any
thing IN the talk about the ball being
larger or heavier than last year." says
the veteran. ITO the pitcher the ball
has just the same weight and / have
been able to do just as much with IL
as ever. Baseballs always vary. no
matter Low live or dead they may be.
Some of them will respond to almost
anything a pitcher wants to do with
It, while others act i'm n contrary man.
ner. There are some new balls never
touched with a bat which Ii is almost
impossible to get TO curve or break.
Then there are others identical in ev-
cry way to the eye, which pitcher
can make talk.
but the new ball. or the ball we
are using now. is different. The pres
cnl Slgt VI Ddii putS a. Di'SH'i ~ 'ii'
hole all OF the time. The pitcher does
not dare to let the batter have the
chance at II that we used 10 give with
the dead ball. Last year we could
make a batter hit. as the expression
goes--that is, pitch to him in such a
manner as 10 make him hit II i'm the
air. Now if pitcher does that the
chances are good that the rubber or
cork, or the combination will make
the batter pound it over the head of an
outfielder or hit IL far into safe terri
tory. The balls are so lively that a
tap sends them like bullet and the
infield hits this year will outnumber
those of any season have ever play
ed.
1T is dangerous to pitch out TO n
good batter. IL used to be that the
end of the bat did not give good hit.
save occasionally, but now one caugh'
al the end of the bat Is just as apt to
go for a home run as 1t is for punk
nv. The ball Is too lively. A pitcher
must work 10 the inside with every
batter and must pitch strike-out ball
all OF the way II he lets up for
minute it's ping -boom-bang and he is
gone, and the game with him. II puts
n pitcher I'm a bad hole and once In ten
chances are against his getting out"
The Calumet news., 1912-02-13
HISTORIC TOWER OF LONDON

"The ground of Londons tower Is
richer in human blood than any other
battlefield in the world" said Prof.
Charles Seymour in a lecture on Lon
don's Tower" before the Marquette
Woman's league Thursday afternoon In
the public library. There is not much
Of 1t left. bat so long as II stands II
will east it's shadow and when IL Is
gone there will he left its record on
the book of life. This tower, built orig
inally under William, was designed by
a bishop. who had seen most all the
served as a sort of architect when the
tower was erected. The first woman
ever imprisoned In the turrCt tower
was the victim of King John, who sent
her there because she would not yield
to his advances. IL was not, however,
until the days of Edward |, that the
tower was used for regular prison.
lie and his followers filed the tower
with prisoners. Edward III. lived in
the tower, which also played great
part in the reign of Richard H. 1t al
so played a great part in that civil
war of England which had nothing
pretty about 1t but its name. the war
OF the roses war between a saint
and a sinner, Henry VI. and Henry "
From then on the tower loomed up az
u chamber of horrors. this being parti- :
cularly true during the reign OF Henry
VIII The tower was fillej with Just
as many prisoners during the reign OF
Elizabeth as of Mary. set we hear th1
party cries of Bloody Mary and Good
Queen Bess.' Both were chips of q
hard old block, Henry VIII. The last
prisoner was bcheaded in the tower In
1747."