The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-04-17
MYSTERY ISLANDS
Some Of the Worlds Black Spots
That Defy White Men.
HAVE NEVER BEEN EXPLORED.

Their tnhoopttahie Shoree Or savage
Natlvss Bar the Way TO Those Who
Would Learn Thsir ssersts-Fats ~
Expeditions to Tlburcn.
Leaving out OF consideration the still
uncxplored portions of the arctic and
antarctic regions-and there are mil
lions OF square miles of them-there
are many spots on this little globe Of
ours that have yet TO become familiar
with the face of white man and to
smile or frown npon the fearless and
hardy pathfinder.
New Guinea Is one OF the few coun-
tries that still present untrodden fields
| for the explorer. but there are a num-
Der OF islands that remain mystery TO
the world at large and that will proba-
bly, 30 remain for many years to come.
One of these isles Of mystery IL tt
buron island. where not 30 long ago an
explorer met his fate. His name was
Wayne. and he is said to have been q
clever mining expert.
Wayne went across to Tiburon in
October. and not trace has since been
seen OF him. nor In 1t likely that his
fate will ever be known
He was warned OF the dangers that
were before him In spite Of offers of
double pay he could not get soul to
accompany him. SO he crossed Hell's
passage alone and, like all others who
have preceded him. has never come
back
T1buron is no lonely island In savage
Melanesia. 1t lies In the gulf of Cali
fornia. separated from the Mexican
mainland by only a few miles of salt
water
Yet IL remains one of the worlds
| black spots 1t has never yet been ex-
| plored by white men. Its only inhab-
itants are a tribe of Indians who, arm
ed with bows and arrows dipped In
] some unknown but deadly poison.
| shoot down all who try TO land
The expedition of 1879 vanished into
the interior and was never seen again,
and the same fate befell the party
headed by Professor Miles In 1904
There is only one other island In all
/ the world which can match Tfburon.
| and that La Malayta In the Solomons
| Match it-that is. In the way of say.
| agery. And even In Malayta there ara
| white men on the coast Valuable
| plantations of cocoanuts and otheg
| tropical produce have been planted on
| the shores Of Maiayta but Inland Ia a
| mountainous country covered with
thick bush and inhabited by fierce
tribes of cannibals.
Gold Ia believed to exist in the In
| terror of Maiayta. and more than one
| expedition has been organized to search
| for the precious metal. But the bush
| men. who steal noiseiessly as serpents
| through the tropical forest. have wiped
out every one OF the expiorern, and
| their smoke dried heads decorate the
dark temples In the central mountains
Other islands there are which are as
impregnable as Tiburon and Malayta.
| but for different reasons. One such In
| Tromelin. lonely spot OF land thirty
| miles north of Mauritius. 1t is sur
rounded by terrific rampant OF coral
| which is fully $50 yards wide. A mile
| out on any side Of the island the sea
| is from 10000 to 1900 feet deep The
surf. which always breaks on the
rocky fence Of this submarine noun
| tain top, makes landing practically
impossible.
| Yet II WAS here that In 1851 French
| transport was wrecked, and 40 sur
vivors out OF over 800 aboard got
| ashore alive. OF these. seven. all black
women, were rescued In the year l778
having by some amazing miracle Kept
| life In themselves for q space OF fif-
teen months, with no food but shell
f,sh and no drink but brackish water.
| In the year 1907 that famous navt
gator. Henry Hudson. reported the ex-
istence of rock island 800 miles east
OF Greenland 1t was named Jan May
en-. That island was never seen again
until the year 1850. when party OF
English people. among whom wss
Lord DuHerin, caught glimpse Of It
Then Ii vanished for another 6fty
| years, to be seen once more In July.
1910. by the tourists aboard the yacht,
ing liner Oceana.
NO one mas ever SET xOOs On JIM
Mayen. No one u ever likely TO, for
NO navigator would willingly approach
It. II Is the center Of tho thickest fogs
on tho surface Of this planet. and from
enc years end to another usually re-
mains totally invisible.
Bouvet island. In the antarctic. IL al
most equally inaccessible. II Il the
summit Of dead volcano. which rises
steeply from immensely deep water.
and It has been sighted only twice
since In discovery In f160.
Oncs and once only bar man set foot
upon II. A boat from the German az
ploring ship vaidivia landed. but the
people found exploration impossible.
The rocky aides were not only OF ap-
p4llins steepnexs. but they were liter
ally coated with smooth Ice making
climbing a matter Of impossfbility.--
Psarson's Weekly.
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