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A thoughtful man of New York after
deliberating over the joys of life, and
the prespects of the hereafter decided
to chance the latter. Being in good
health, suicide suggested itself as the
quickest apd most certain method he
might employ to reach the other shore.
Having decided to make the journey
he called up the ambulance over the
phone, gave his -street number, name,
and requested the presence of the vehi-
cle at his home immediately. He then
communicated with an undertaker, tell-
ing him to call at once and get his
measure for coffin and shroud. He then
bade good-bye to his fellow-employees,
went home, shot himself in the head, and
died in a few minutes. The ambulance
called, so did the undertaker, and the oc-
cupants of the house knew nothing of
the tragedy till the undertaker insisted
upon investigation. The suicide was
found and ambulance and undertaker,
with the corpse went away together.
. The papers are silent as to further de-
tails; it is believed, however, that the
suicide was just as thoughtful as to the
details of the rest of his trip, and no
doubt engaged a “sleeper,” and did all
other things necessary to the conveni-
ence and comfort of his journey, even
going so far as to arrange to travel as
a “dead head.” Bon Voyage!
The papers record the fact that a
man mm Pennsylvania was struck by
lightning on his wedding day. This is
a new sensation supposed to accompany
a matrimonial venture. At least it is
not usual that the man finds it out on
his wedding day. It takes several years
for the man to discover just exactly
what struck him.
en eee eee.
The other day a man in a menagerie
offered the female elephant a cigar. The
beast picked up the man with her trunk,
shook him around the atmosphere a
few times, and then slammed him on
the ground with such force as to kill
him. Served him right. The idea of
effering a cigar to a lady! :
The anthracite strike seems to have
resolved itself into a determination by
the operators to break the Miners’
Union. This was the ground for forc-
ing a fight which a little concession
would have prevented.
Britain seems to have bright pros-
pects for peace in South Africa. Next
it will be our turn to have similar news
from the Philippines. Such intelligence.
from that section would be very warmly
welcomed.
It is said that the mine owners will
scour Europe to find men to take the
places of the strikers. It seems that
they intend to pay no attention to the
law against contract labor.
The war in Africa has again been con-
cluded. Look out now for a British
defeat.
SQUIBS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
The Old Maids’ Protective Association
of Memphis, one of our most flourish-
ing and interesting social organizations,
is to be congratulated upon its determin-
ation to publish a series of articles on
“How to Raise Children.” What the
average old maid doesn’t know about
child rearing isn’t worth looking for.—
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The next national holiday will be the
Fourth of July. It will be observed with
some degree of respect in Hawaii; but
in the Philippines the Declaration of In-
dependence is under interdict, and its
reading probably would subject the read-
er to prosecution under the sedition
laws.—Buffalo Courier. :
The pain and trouble arising from the
high speed so generally dear to the au-
tomobilists could be obviated by a law
prohibiting others from using the streets
and highways. The automobilists do not
mean to harm anyone, but other people
will insist on walking and driving
around.—Boston Journal.
The news of another uprising of Box-
ers in China may cause Count von Wal-
dersee to get out his uniform in expec-
tation of another good-by jubliee.—
Washington Star.
An effort is being made in Washing-
ton, it is said, to change Democratic
plans. This is the first intimation a
watchful country has had that the Dem-
ocrats had any plans. They seemed to
be standing around watching the other
fellows.—Houstort Chronicle.
With a few alterations rendered nec-
cessary on account of a difference in lat-
itude and climate, George Kennan’s elo-
quent description of an aurora borealis
can be used again in depicting the ter-
rific grandeur of Mount Pelee in erup-
tion.—Chicago Tribune.
One of the Cuban legislators snatched
up his hat and shook the dust of the
legislative chambers from his shoes be-
cause a bill he introduced was laid on
the table. They are too sensitive, those
Cubans.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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GIFT FOR KIT KITCHENER
Victorious British Leader to
Get Title and Wealth.
SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE KING.
Pretoria Dispatch Describes Simple
Ceremony of Signing the Peace
Agreement—Army to Be Repre-
sented at the Coronation.
LONDON, June 4.—Contrary to cus-
tom, the house of lords will hold a sit-
ting today to receive a message from
King Edward with reference to peace
in South Africa. If is expected that
this message will announce the confer-
ring of a title upon Lord Kitchener
and the granting him a reward for his
services. This reward will probably be
£100,000.
It now appears that Lord Kitchener
* will not return to London for the king’s
coronation, ‘and Joseph Chamberlain,
the colonial secretary, has said that the
LORD KITCHENER.
government does not propose to have
the new South African colonies repre-
sented at the crowning of King Ed-
ward. Transvaal and Orange River rep-
resentatives could hardly reach London
in time for the function.
A dispatch from Pretoria says:
“The signing of the peace agreement
on Saturday night last was carried out
with the least possible ceremony. Lord
Kitchener and Lord Milner and Gener-
al De Wet and others representing the
Orange Free State and General Schalk-
burger and others of the Transvaal
government quietly met in the dining
room of the residence occupied by the
burgher delegates, adjoining Lord
Kitchener's house.
‘The document lay on a table ready.
Amid profound silence the Boer lead-
ers took a pen in order of precedence
and affixed their signatures, thus s®-
rendering the independence for which
they had so gallantly struggled. The
document was then intrusted to Colo-
-nel Hamilton, Lord Kitchener's milita-
ry secretary, and Captain Marker, an
aid-de-camp, who have left Pretoria to
deliver it to King Edward.
“There was great rejoicing in all the
concentration camps upon receipt of
the news that peace had been con-
cluded. The occupants assembled in
the open spaces and chanted psalms.
the women weeping with joy.
“Arrangements are being made to
send representatives of each unit of
the British army in South Africa to
participate in the coronation festivi-
ties in London.”
Replying to a question in the house
of commons during the day, the war
secretary, Mr. Brodrick, said the total
number of Boer prisoners in South
Africa and elsewhere was 25,565, of
whom 783 were under sixteen and 1,025
over sixty years of age.
A Mysterious Shooting.
PORT HENRY. N. Y,, June 4.—Per-
sons who have come in from Schroon
Lake report that George Rickert, resid-
ing near Sherman pond, was, shot in
the forehead Saturday night by some
one unknown. Rickert had just re-
turned from the village and was going
to bed when a bullet was fired through
a window, striking him in the forehead,
but not passing through his skull. He
made his way to the kitchen and found
it to be ablaze, having, he thinks, been
set. on fire by his would be murderer.
Rickert crawled from the house and
was found Sunday morning in an ex-
hausted and unconscious condition.
Cezar Receives Red Cross Delegates.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 4.—At yes-
terday’s meeting of the international
Red Cross conference, which is in ses-
gion here, it was resolved to devote the
interest accruing from the fund estab-
lished by the dowager empress of Rus-
sia and the czarina to the creation of
prizes for the best inventions for the
alleviation of thesufferings of wounded
and invalid soldiers. The czar and
czarina received the delegates to the
Red Cross conference at Tsarskoe-
Selo, and the dowager empress receiv-
ed them at Gachina.
Virginia Constitution Completed.
RICHMOND, Va., June 4—The con-
stitutional convention has completed
consideration of the new constitution
and referred the document to the com-
mittee on enroliment to be engrossed.
It also adopted the preamble as report-
ed by the committee on bill of rights
and added thereto ar amendment rec-
ognizing Almighty God and making ac-
knowledgment of his bountiful mercy
to all the people. No material amend-
ment other than this was made.
Austrian Riots Continue.
VIENNA, June 4.—The disturbances
in the Lemberg district were continued
yesterday. In the reichsrath the Aus-
trian premier, Dr. von Koerber, an-
nounced that an inquiry into the riot-
ing at Lemberg had been instituted and
that the government was endeavoring
to improve the condition of the work-
men of Lemberg by finding employ-
ment for them.
FOR FASHION’S FOLLOWERS.
Artistic Silks for Evening Toilets—
Sleeves for Summer Gowna—
Tip-Tilted Hats.
Gross de Tours is one of the fashion-
able silks this summer. It has a soft
finished, slightly repped surface, and is
® little heavier in quality than taffeta,
Put less glossy. Itis usedin pale artis-
tic tints for evening toilets, and im
blues, browns, grays, and sage green,
for church, visiting, etc, Some of the
grounds are satin-striped, then fig-
ured with small leaves or flowers in
quaint,’ ‘old-fashioned figures. These
‘silks make charming fancy waists and
tea gowns, ‘says’ the Rew York Evening”
Post. ®
Regarding sleeves for the summer,
‘there are pretty styles without num-
ber, but in almost every instance the
models are dainty, picturesque, and
most effective, neither too full nor too
tight in effect, but graceful in contour
and the most normal in style that we
‘have had for years, if we éxcept a few
of the empire forms that appear on
long cloaks and ultra-fashionable
French dresses, which show huge puffs
dropping from elbow.to wrist. from
sleeves made very close at the’ top,
with but little fullness on the shoulder.
The only commendable thing about
the absurdly tip-tilted hats of the
summer, with their elaborate decora-
tions all erowded to the extreme front
of the brim, is that they shade the
eyes most delightfully, and they are
also very much lighter in weight than
the other styles. Why women of all
ages have taken so cordially to these
rowdy-looking styles it is hard to
say, for not one of them can endure
the merciless summer batterings un-
der which the straw Alpine stood up
so sturdily, nor take the breezes fore-
and-aft with the nautical self-assur-
ance of the short-back sailor, the taut
little toque, and even the larger
Rubens shapes.
For vacation uses, India silks will
again be greatly favored, and the pop-
ularity still accorded them is merited
by their ladylike effect and conven-
jence also. They are light, cool and
dressy, and pleasanter to wear than
any other summer silk. The new de-
signs are less fantastic than former
patterns. The very elaborate mille-
fleurs devices are seldom seen; the
flowers are now pretty little bouton-
niers or buds and foliage in detached
sprays. The inevitable lace bands and
appliques appear upon handsome
gowns made of these silks, but self-
trimmings, or narrow silk braids or
graduated velvet ribbon bands are
much more appropriate when the dress
is designed to do duty on various oe-
casions. Some stylish modes sent from
Paris are formed of the finest weaves
of India silk in various patterns of
dots. Vermicilli effects, tiny garlands,
dots. Vermicelli effects, tiny garlands,
costume has a smart little fichu to
match.
ONE FOR A CENT.
A Little Cyclone That Came Along
Just in Time to Prevent a
Personal Encounter,
“For three or four years after the
civil war,” said an ex-captain of cav-
alry, relates the Detroit Free Press,
“I ran a small plantation down in Lou-
isiana. I tried my best to be friendly
with everybody, but there was one man
who wouldn’t meet my advances. On
the contrary, he cut me dead and an-
noyed me in many ways. Iwas trying
to avoid a difficulty when one of my
mules trespassed on the old fellow’s
land and was left there dead. He senti
me word to that effect, and added that
I could have satisfaction any time I
wanted it. I could have appealed to
the law, but I didn’t, and I didn’t look
for him with a gun.
“My course in the matter bothered
him, and one day, after afortnight had
passed, I saw him coming across the
field with a rifle on his shoulder. He
had made up his mind to have it out
with me. I was in the stable and un-
armed, and as I was wondering what
course Thad better take alittle cyclone
swept out of a dip between the hills.
It was surely one for a cent. Its width
was not over 20 feet, but it tore down
fences and uprooted trees within that
space. It caught the old. man up in
a cotton field, and it seemed to me as
if he performed a hundred different
acrobatic feats within a minute. The
wind passed and he was left lying on
the ground. I hurried out to him ex-
pecting to find him dead, but. as I
reached him he sat up, rubbed his eyes
and looked at me in wonder. y
#éiAre you hurt?” I asked, as IT
reached out a hand to helphimup.
“Suh,” he stiffly replied, as he waved
my hand aside, ‘T want none of your
help. Icame over heah to fight you fair,
suh, but you lassooed me and Jet all
your mules kick me, and you are no
gentleman and can go to the devil,
suh!’”
Bread in Five Hours,
Scald one quart of milk.and let cool
to blood heat. Add two dissglved yeast
cakes, two teaspoons of salt and two
teaspoons of sugar. Use this for the
wetting of the sifted flour,
should be of sufficient quantity to make
a fairly stiff dough. Let rise ina room
where the temperature is 80 degrées
for four hours. Knead into small
loaves, put into greased pans and let
rise, then bake for half an hour. In
the first mixing use a spoon and beat
the dough vigorously to insure a per-
fect mixing of wetting and flour. In
the kneading for the pans, work each
loaf three or four minutes. This
| One of the largest dealers
which |:
method insures the best bread ever |
eaten.—Good Housekeeping. -
A Sausage Dish, |
In cooking sausage in the chafing |
dish cut in slices, put in the hot cutlet |
pan and brown on both sides. Spread | |
| with mustard or horseradish and serve |
| on toast.—Washingten Star.
SETTLE IN THE NORTHWEST.
Large Increase in the Emigration te
Minnesota and the Dakoias
. This Year,
Although it has been impossible
yet. to compile. figures from ticket re-
ports to shows the actual volume of
travel, the lines carrying the greater
part of the spring settlers movement.
through the St. Paul gateway esti-
mate that it numbered fully 80,000.
This is 12,000 more than last year, re-
ports the St: Paul Pioneer Press.
North Dakota is credited with more
new settlers-than .all the states from
its western.boundary to the Pacific
and Minngescta with fully half as ‘many
people as have gone into Washington.
_ Most of the settlers are sturdy, ag-
gressive Americans, equipped with ex-
perience and “fie ‘eats of creating |
garden spots whérdver-they go. Many |
came from Pennsylvania looking for”
wider opportunities and a country
where fathers could get adjoining
farms for sons. The Virginians fur-
nished a largé number of people and
Ohio, Indiana; Kansas, Illincis, and
even Towa made noticeable contribu-
tions. 3x v
The great icity of these that
went west carried stock, farming im-
plements. household effects and ready
money. Nearly all had previously se-
lected their lands and on many of the
new farms temporary cabins had been
created in anticipation of their coming.
The settlement in Minnestota wasal-
most wholly confined to the northern
counties.
THE ELEVATED EDUCATES.
Has Taught People to Go Through |
Revolving Doors That Work
Y.ike Turnstiles,
The man with nothing much to do
but stand around and notice things,
stood in front of the new Tribune
building watching the crowds pass in
through the big revolving. doors. It
was a Saturday, when the crowd was
coming pretty thick, says that Chicago
paper.
“Did you ever notice,” he said to the
man with him, “what a great educator
the elevated railroad is?”
The man with him confessed that he
could not see the conmection, but was
willing to be enlightened.
“Well, just keep your eye on the
crowd going through that door.”
“YT have been watching just as long
as you have,” said the other man, “and
I still fail to observe the most remote
connection between it and an elevated
railway.”
“Simplest thing in the world,” de-
clared the man who notices. “Each
one of those compartments in the
door is big enough to hold half a dozen
persons at a time. But you don’t see
them going through in a bunch. The
elevated has them too well educated
for that, they go at it in real turnstile
fashion, one at a time, and no crowd-
ing. The elevated is to be thanked for
that reform, if for nothing else.”
A BIG STAMP COLLECTION.
Three Connecticut Sisters Accumu-
iate the Largest Number Ever’
Gottem Togther,
An enormous pile of canceled post-
age stamps, in which were a million
and a half pieces, attracted mueh at-
tention at an auction sale of: rare
stamps held recently in New York!
The stamp collectors who bid
against one another for rare speci-
mens were much interested in the big
pile of “two-cent United States can-
celed, recent issues.” It was the first
time that as many as 1,000,000 stamps
have been assembled together for dis-
play in New York..
The big pile weighed 280 pounds
and occupied 15 cubic feet of space.
in New
York said the stamps were accumu-
lated by three sisters in a Connecticut
town. After all three had died and the
estate was séttled up the stamps were
found, most of them done up in neat |
packages of 1,000.
- For years there has been a tradition
in some parts of the country that if
anyone would accumulate 1,000,000
postage stamps the government or
some mysterious institution stood
ready to pay $1,000 for them.
A REMARKABLE BEEHIVE.
Mounted on the Back of a Life-Size
Elephant of Stone In ’
England. :
Representations of the elephant and
castle are occasionally met with on
the signboards of. public houses, but
in the village which nestles at the foot
of the beautifully wooded hefght™of
Peckforton, i" Cheshire; England,
stands a life size carving of anelephant
in stone, with the model of a castle on
its back. This remarkable curiosity
stands in a garden attached to a house
occupied by George Watson, and he
with his-brothers, Robert and William.
carved the elephant during their leis-
_ ure time as apprentices at a neighbor-
in, quarry, says Golden Penny. They.
.were assisted in. the work—they re-
-garded it.. as
amusement—by their
father, John Watson. .
-'By itself the elephant weighs five
tons. The castle on its backis a model.
of Peckforton castle, which crowns the |
hill above. Ttw asmade for, and is used
as a beehive, and is fitted with glass
windows, with little entrance holes at
the bottom of each for the bees.
inics That Have No Debt.
_ There. are three states which have
no debt—Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois.
There are three others which have al-
most no debt—California, Montana and
Nevada.
Juan Fornantes Lobsters,
Robinson Crusoe island, Juan Fer-
nandez, lying 600 miles west of Val-
pariso, is to be given a civil govern-
| ment by Chili on account of its lob-
ster canning industry.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
California had at the end of lash
year 2,040 petroleum wells.
Iron finger posts bearing the names
of all four thoroughfares are now
being erected at the street corners
in Berlin. ’ .
In the Colusa region, California,
there isa plowing machine (run by pe-
troleum power) which can plow 110
acres of land per day.
, On health grounds, an order forbid-
‘ding the wrapping up of foodstuffs
Jn, old newspapers has just been is-
‘Sued by the prefect "6f Finistere.
According. to Dr. Pinard, of Paris,
‘foafly CdrelésS persons catch conta-
gious “diseasés by taking off their
“dusty shoes and then sitting down
to a meal without Washing their
: bands. sil. o te
+ Phe mest of the tree wasp or hor-
.net.iszmade of a.true paper; wood
being, ground to, pulp by the jaws
of the wasp and treated with an ad-
hesive matter secreted in the crea-
ture’s mouth. °° .
In the canton of Zurich, according
to the official school report for thea
‘Year&'1899 and 1900, 108,297 children
were “medically examined, and the
ears were found to be in some way
affected in 117 per 1,000. .
The village church at Upleatham.
North Yorkshire, is claimed to be the
smallest in England. It measures
17 feet nine inches by 13 feet. The
church dates back 900 years. Some
of the tombstones in the graveyard
are dated 1550.
‘The biggest water-wheels in Brit-
ain are on the River Teith, six miles
from Stirling. The Deanston cotton
| mills have four wheels 36 feet in di-
ameter. The Isle of Man has the
biggest wheel of all at the Laxey
mine. It is 72 feet six inches in di-
ameter.
BLOWING UP OF THE MAINE.
Gen, Fitzhugh Lee’s Theory of the
Destruction of the I1I-Fated
American Warship.
In his interesting address in this
city recently Gen. Fitzhugh Lee gave
his theory regarding the destruction of
the battleship Maine, says the Indian-
apolis Journal. After relating the cir-
cumstances of the explosion and de-
scribing the scene of fire and carnage
he witnessed on visiting the locality
a few minutes after the event, he
said:
“My theory is that it was done by
young officers who had been attached
to Weyler. After the catastrophe they
disappeared. Young officers of the
(Spanish) army did not take the
trouble to hide their pleasure over the
horrible affair. Many of them dropped
their usual potations of red wine and
opened bottles of champagne in the
cafes. The government of Cuba im-
mediately tried to forestall European
opinion by sending a dispatch which
stated that the explosion had been
caused by the carelessness of the
‘Americans themselves. As to that I
want to say that the keys to the mag-
azine of every American man-of-war
are brought te the cap#ain and are
hung on hooks at the head of his bed
so that he can know where they are
all the time.. When the divers went to
work on the Maine Capt. Sigsbee said
to them: ‘Go into my cabin and see
if the keys to the magazine are hang-
ing where they ought to be.’ The
divers came up with the keys. They
- had found them hanging by the side of
the captain’s bed. Furthermore, the
investigation brought out that the
plates of the forepart of the ship were
bent upward, showing clearly that the
force of the explosion had been direct-
ed from the bottom. The court of in-
quiry heard plenty of testimony which
showed that there had been two ex-
plosions; one when the torpedo went
off and tore its way to the ship’smaga- |
zine, and the other when the magazine
itself exploded with a roar.”
The real cause of the destruction
of the Maine is still a mystery, though
there is strong reason for accepting |
Gen. Lee’s view. The report of the |
United States court of naval inquiry |
‘sustained the theory of an outside ex-
plosion, but said “the court has been
unable to obtain any evidence fixing
the responsibility for the destruction
of the Maine upon any person or per- |
sons.” The solution of such mysteries
comes in time, and probably this .one
will be solved when those who are in
possession of the secrét think the
right timé has come.
Homing Pigs.
“A friend of mine bought two young
pigs, about three months’ old, and
"they were carried home six miles in
a covered van. "They managed to es-
‘cape from’ their new quarters, took
and swam across. a swift river fully
50 yards wide, on their way home. In
due course they were returned tq the
man who had bought them. and within
. a, week they were back again to their
_ariginal homestead. We hear a great
deal about the homing instincts of the
pigeon and the dog, but no oné appar-
gentleman who used to poy: the rent.”
—Tondon Chronicle. -
Nexv Beets, Rutter Sauce.
Wash and dry the beets witho:
breaking the skin. Drop into boiling
water sliglitly salted, and boil 35 min-
utes. Remove the skin, cut into slices,
| then into lengths. Serve with drawn
| butter. to which has been added a lit-
tle vinegar.—Ladies’ World, New |
York. .
Mushrooms and I Asparagus Tips, |
Make a white sauce, and into it put |
. » 4 {
one can of asparagus tips; stand the
and tips get very hot. Fry the must
rooms in a little butter;
salt and pepper.
the center of a dish and make a bor-
der of the asparagus.—Boston Budget.
season with |
‘pan over hot water and let the sauce |
| eruptive in 1835,
| ground to a depth of ten feet.
days later some of the ashes, which
| had been caught in an upper-air cur-,
a bee line back to their place of birth, |-
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
History of Some Upheavals that
Have Caused Great Loss of Life.
Awful Power Concealed in Volcanoes
Supposed to Be Extinct—Efects
of Lava and Ashes
Emitted.
Volcanoes and enriljguakes result
from thé fact that the interior: of
this globe.is still: very hot,. radiating
heat into “space and = consequently
contracting in bulk. THg¢SE two geo-
logical disturbances’ have:in. the past
caused .an enormous los] ‘of life, ‘Says
® scientific paper.
During the existence of this world
many important. geographical changés
have been made through this natural
phenomena.
Scientists have found traces of
this in many quarters, of the globe,
“where there have. been no heavy
earthquakes or vole: anic e¥upgions for
ages and dges. ve .-
Volcanoes range jin ize from a
diminutive cone to a huge mountain.
In both cases they are formed from
material which has been belched
forth from the earth’s interior.
They can break through any kind
of geological formation, and have
come through granite of immense
depth, and also through silurian rock,
such instances of their awful power
being demonstrated by extinct vol-
canoes that have been discovered in
France and Scotland.
Those known as Etna and Vesuvius
emerged from beneath soft marine
strata.
They are generally classed as ae-
tive, dormant, and extinct. In many
cases, however, it is impossible to
distinguish the latter two, and many
that have remained quiescent for
hundreds of centuries have been
known to suddenly break forth in
the most violent manner. /
Such a one was Sornena, which,
after being dormant almost beyond
time immemorial, became active in
the first century of the Christian era
and ultimately produced Vesuvius.
The latter, in 79 A. D.. vomited
forth lava and deadly gases in such
gigantic volume and so rapidly that
the inhabitants of the city of Pom-
peii and several other adjacent towns
were destroyed as were the people
of St. Pierre.
But Pelee, the volcano which so
quickly ended St. Pierre and its peo-
ple, was another one which was al-
ways considered extinct.
Mount Epomeo, on the island of
Ischia, furnishes another illustration
of the uncertainties of these dread
creatures of the earth's hidden mys-
teries. It remained dormant for
about 17 centuries and then, in 1302,
burst forth with the utmost violence.
In operation a volcano emits gases,
vapors, ashes, bowlders and lava.
Sometimes the acids are as destruc-
tive to life as are the lava and ashes.
The cratér of Idjen,”a volcano in
Java, turned loose a huge lake of acid
water, which rushed down the moun-
tain side, and the poisonous proper-
ties of the liquid caused widespread
destruction among human beings, cat-
tle and birds. :
The ashes sent forth by a volcann
are generally so fine that they will
penetrate a house through the smallest
cracks and crevices. They are gen-
erally so hot. that theiinhalation of the
smallest amount will cause death.
Ashes have been known to fall over
a country covering a radius within
160 miles of the volcano from which
they were discharged. That occurred
when Vesuvius broke loose in 1822.
On another occasion, when the
Cosequina volcano in Nicaragnabecame
utter darkness pre-
‘vailed within a circle of 35 miles, and
eight miles away ashes covered the
Four
rent, fell. at Kingston, Jamaica, 700
miles away.
Huge stones have been sent hurling
through space for great distances by
volcanoes in violent activity. Many
were found in the ashes which buried
Pompeii.
A volcano at Antuco, Chili, is said to
have sent stones 36 miles, and Coto-
paxi is said to have hurled a 200-pound
bowlder nine miles.
Molten lava can rush down a moun-
tainside at a faster rate than a mile
an hour.
After it stops flowing a crust will
form: over the top of the bed, which
becomes hard and cool, while the body
of it will retain a fiery heat for years.
When Mauna Loa, the terror-creat-
ing volcano of Hawaii, had its awful
eruption in 1852, it belched forth a
solid fountain of lava, which was 1,000
feet wide and spouted 900 feet into the
‘air.
ently has a good word to ‘say for the |
ou fiery fountains of the same
country have been known to perform
similar feats and have continued to
do’ so uninterruptedly’ for several
weeks.
The output froin ote of them trav-
“eled 15 miles in two hours, and contin-
| by placing
Pile them neatly im |
ued to creep along for months, destroy-
ing everything in its path.
Lava is as variable in its moods after
settling down on top of the earth as
it is in getting there. Sometimes it
quickly becomes good soil, while on
other occasions it always remains bar-
ren. :
Submarine Fog Signalling,
At Egg Rock, Lynn, England, a bell
was hung 50 feet below a buoy, and the
bell was struck by electricity from the
Egg Rock light station power house.
A person on a ship hears the signal
a rod in contact with the
hull of the s and the first experi-
ments show that the Signal Is can thus
be heard at a distance of five miles ox
more.—N. Y. Sun
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