Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1873, Page 7

: : THE CHICAGO DAILY 'L1RIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUAKY mrw IMAUNA LOA. A Visit to the Great Volcano of the .Sandwich Isiznds. Eruptions of the TLast Hun- dred Years. The Mountain in Active Volcanic Action for the Lact Five Years, A Descent into the Cra*er of Kiiauea, Colurans of Smolke, Lakes of Fire, and Spouts of Flame. Zxperiences of 2 Germoan Traveller-e. The Connection of Eartkquakes «--Flows of Lava. Spectal Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. Hoxor.TLy, Sandwich Islands, Des, 10, 1872, Before proceeding to give yon an outline of o ~visit just made tothio greas volcanonow in active -operation on one of theso Islands, let us takea yetroepectivo glance af . FPREVIOUS ERUPTIONS. - 4me only island in the group which is known to have been in a stato of voleanio action within ihe memory of man is Hawaii. " On this island ace threo large voleanic moun- tains : Mauna Kea, the crater of whick has long een extinet ; Manna Hualalai, on the webtorn coast, which has not been in action sinco 1801 ; and Mauna Los, the one now in a state of great woleanie activity. This mountain 15 ono ot the most remarkable in the world, in size and beauty, 2nd in the mag- mitudo and extent of the flow of lava issuing from it. It height is 13,760 feot, being onty exceeded by the voleanoes of Cotopaxy, in Equador, and Popocatapet, in Mexico,—the former beingover 17,000, and tho- latter over 18,000 feet. But thase rise from tablo-lands, showing only 8,000 _or 9,000 feet from their baso ; whilo Manna Loa ‘xises in ope grand mountain nearly 14,000 feet, directly trom the ses,—prosenting from the ves- sel, a5 you approach it, one of the sublimest ‘eights. Ithss two large craters: ome at the ‘summit, called Mokuaweoweo ; tho other, Ki- Izues, is on the southern slope, only 4,000 feet _from the baso of the mountain. During the last hundred yoars, there have |been nine great eruptions previous to the pres- jent, from one or both of these craters. * The first was in 1789, from Kifaues, its mani- \festations being in a southeasterly direction be- ftween that crater and the sea, Over 400 lives “are supposed to have been lost at that time, be- /ing part of tho army fighting against Kameba- 'meha I, who Were marching on the side of Man-. |na Los Monntain. This destruction was by the . matives attributed to supernatural agencies, and greatly aided Kamehamehs in the conguest of Ahe island. . The second wes in 1823, and the others in 1832, 1810, 1813, 1852, 1855, 1859, and 1868. Those of 1832, 1843, 1852, 1855, and 1803 were from the crater at the summit, or from both ; whils, inthe eruptions of 1852, 1855, and 1859, new craters were formed at an elevation of 8,000 feet or less sbove the sea. At each of theso timos, the vol- ‘cano first manifested itself from the crater at the summit, and, after burning for . a dsy or two, broke out with redoubled fury seversl thoussnd feet far- ther down the mountain, thus demonstrating, nost unmistakably, the vast extont and power of the agencies at work nnderneath. At this time there is great activity st Kilsues, while the other crator ia slumbering. It was ut recently awake, however, and, during a wholo month, from the middle of August to the -middle of September last, the mountain was seuding up a huge colamn of Iava 500 feet high s4rom the crater at the very summit, ‘The volume of Iava isening from tbis volcano -is immense. In 1839, it kept onits course for forty miles, and was only stopped by coming in contact with the ocean. no&n were melted in its path ; forests were burned up and destroyed; ev in Naturo gave wsy before it ; and, when the fiery mss af length reached the, san, tho_reports of exploding gases were heard for 25 miles, while the water was s0 heated that fish came ashore in grest numbers, at Eawailise, 15 Amiles distent. The last eruption dates from a great earth- ke, which took place on the 24 oflpru, 1868, ince that time Kilaues has hoen in active oper- ation, with occasional ernptions from the crater " /¢ tke summit of Mauna Loa. JOURNEY FROM HONOLULU. From Honolulu, the traveller must make a sea-voyage of sbout 250 _miles to Hilo, on the enstern const of Hawaii Jalind, sbout $0 miles rom the volcang. This was made by our p ina steamer. Time, including stoppages in orts by the way, nestly two day. At Tilo, we procured horses and a guide, and groceeded across tho country bya gircajtous Toute, tnking two days o make the journey of 30 miles, owing to the roughness of the road, though it 18 sometimes made in # day. * Throughout the entire _distance the road Iy over volcanic rocks, sometimes with ® thin soil over them ; at other times, the path, i path it might be callod, was npon the bare sur. 220 of the rocks. For four or five miles, near Hilo, there was 0 extensivo and very luxnriant growth of FOREST-TREES ot all kinds peculisr to this tropical clime, with & very hea under- wh, not ‘molike tho . forests . on o Istbmus of Panama. Thoro wero the papaia, 1 fruit-treo; the lai, tea-plnt; the maile, myr. tlo; the icie ; the paplai, 5’ large and Yeautifal - lem; the kukui, a wood used for various usefal and ornemental purposoe; the maia, banapa; the auapuli, native ginger; tho Aala-kahild, pine-£pplo; tho ohia, nsed for firewood ; the ha” 4, & treo braced with roots above ground, ranching in esery direction; the o, bamboo | pia, or arrowroot; the guava; the mumaki, A species of mulberry, etc., ete., with the alani, 3T orange treq, occasiopally appearing near tho . road. These Jast had, I bélisvo, been planted. Pronouncing theso Hawailan words, each vowel is to have a separste eyllable, and the sowels are, invarisbly, to be given the German found. 4'has tho faé sound ‘e is soundod. like ; ilikolong e ; 0 hus the 3 is ke doutlo oy 8 Ny Passing out of thia forest, the oil becomes thinner, “barely suflicient to support grassos, ind bushes of various kinds, including somo of those mentioned above, Betoro leaving tho foreat, T must not, omit to n £ome of whom discouread weet whom discoursed sweet music as we Passed. All I can do here is to give the Hawniian Dames of some of therm, loaving the more ecien- c Yourists to classify and describo them, Thoy Trere the 00, the akakana, the iiwi, the amakihi the omahu, the mamo, tho alupaiv, tho ulugi- jcani, tho uahu, the alaia, tho noio, the moha, The’ mama and 0o are the birds from which s procured the beautiful feathers, used in making the cloaks and other costly garments of fosally, Tho mama i8 very much like our LISkbind, having undor each wing a taft of feathers of a bright color ; also, another att on the back.” The 0o has but two of those valued feathors o each bird. Tho leather war-closk of flne generations of Kings in 1ts fabrication, and onot completed wutil the reign of the présent [Lbeso were nearly the only reprepresontations of tho enimal Lingdom, No fons-footed beasts, 338 except a fow lizands, no croeping things. e o epider might occasionally be esen Spin- ‘& his web from tree to tree, or from bush to wbym, which was almost . the only sign of n: voucheafed from the brosd expanse aronnd Fifteen miles from Hilo, " ), We sto] at the aE\lany"Hme.—-fl thatched \g?dof s na- ive, 'h'urem wz:amzd ndbed copsisting of two or ats soread upon the und; aud g‘:&—mt exactly such ss Gnggu;url Drake dbavo provided bub sufficient fo maine tain one's strongth, and preparo him for w rontwal of mep pjuumuv,— ateugh chicken, and some ) N XALO, . 8 native plant, a sort of medium, in taste, be- tween bread and potato. 1t is rich and nourish- {ug, and constitutes the staple f0od of the nztive awaliang. It in & root, something liko & turnip arruta-baga,wtho plaut Laving broad and long Jeaves, resbmbling the ears of en elephant, There are fields of it to be seen hero an there, all over the islands. There arotwo kinds, one of which is_grown in_wot laud, and the other on tho mountmn eides. It is universally pronounced ¢aro, that pronunciation having beea givon fo it by foreigners and adoptod by the natives. In their Jangusge it was spolled and pronounced kalp, thers being no £ or r sound in tho native Hawailan tongue, They had onr sovel sounds, and scven consonant sounds, corresponding with thoso of our letters h, k, I, m,n, p, and 1 or v. But to go back to the breakfast. It was scasoned with a little fish, end for dessert wo had the most delicious oranges I over tasted. So, you will say, it was Dot 80 bad after all, On the morning of the 20th of November, re- freshed and renewod, we pursued onr way again, over ) THE PLAINS OF LAVA, wkich were now so irregular and broken that the country would have been oulr2ly impessable Lad 2ot much Iabor beon expended in former years in making a road over it. : OUR COURSE Iny in a southwesterly direction. Wo were, ns alrendy- stated, upon tho Island of Hawaii, much the largest of the twelve composing the. gronp. The islands are in a continuous group, cxtending from northwest to southeast, Hawafi being tho most southeaster- ly. From Honolulu, on the Island of Oaha, our courze had been southessterly, on the south sido of Molokai Islands; then in the same direction between Maui on the left, and Sanai aod Kahoolawe on the right, to the portof Kawaihas_on the west side of the Island of Hawali. Wehad then taken a detour around tho north end of the island, to Hilo. Bay, =sbout the centre of the east side of Hawaii. Thence we were now procecding to MaunaLoa Mountain, which sitosted in abont the centre of the south half of the island. THE WEATHER was fine, and, 3 we gradually gainod higher ole- vations, the {empersture of the atmosphore was cool and delicious. We wero fortunate enough t0 escapo the rains 8o often, and indesd 20 gon- erally, met with by travellers in these regions, Though the rosd lay, much of the way, over barron . rocks, tho- country on - eith. er band 'showed & good - deal of vegetabld lifo. A thin soil supported quite a luxurant growth of grass and bushes, and occa- siondlly copsiderabla forests of trces. Hugo masses of lava lsy all around, moulded, twisted, and piled in overy possible form and diroction. As we proceeded, . __THE VEGETATION, instead of diminishing, a I had expected, soemed to increnaa’exmbiting & regular forest of small trees, which continued even to withina short distanco of the voleano. This at least demon- strated the fact that all the recent extensive flows of lava hnd been upon the other mide of the mountain, or, 88 I afterward learned had been tho case with somo of them, had fonnd lodgment in an immense crater formed by a groat aanu_qnuk;i appurently for the purpose, Animated by the novelty of the situstion, and s Btrong feeling of curiosity, and having now & good road for the firat timo since Jeaving Hilo, we urged onr borses into a gallop, and, after roceeding a fow miles, still in the iidst of a _u{nai of small trees, we commenced descending into A VAST ANPHITREATRE, which has every sppearanco of having been, Inany years ago, an immense crater, many miles in circomference. Within this were succes- sive cratems, one within snother, with distinet _wall Dboundaries, somelimes ris- ing sbruptly many ' hundred feet. Nearly all the surface of the outer ones was covered with vegetation, and in many places with trees. Another mile or 8o, and we saw crossing our road, a little in sdvauce, s small, but distinet, column of emoke, and soon perceived that it issued from a crevice in the ground to the right of us, but a few rods distant, Then another to the right, then one to tho left. Thero they wore, “#7 jrn Anomnp s Then we realized that we woro at the voleano indeed, even on the top of it No mere manifestation this of sulpburous gases, couged by chemical affinity and what not, but real amoke, coming from hugo fires benesl burning, boiling, and struggling, only savi from bursting forth where we were by finding vent elsowhere near by. Checking our animals, and walking slowly a short distance, not without an undefined feeling of awe mingled with curiosity, we approached the “ Yolcano House,” » pleasant retreat estab- Yished here for travellers, and, before alighting, stopped to gaze upon the wonderful scene; for here we stood, and here was the Volcano House built upon the vory verge of the oz CRATER OF EILAUEA. This is one of the principal craters of Meuna Los, which have been in active operation for the laat . and probably for many hundred, years. It varies almost constantly, certainly every fow months, in Bize, sppearance, and degree of activity, At the time of our visit, it was from thres to four miles in dismeter, being the longest from mortheast %0 sonthwest, about ten miles in_circamfer- ence, and varying in depth from 500 to 1,200 feet, according to the formation of the gountry around it. It is surrounded on every aide by perpendicular walls, and the bottom, which'is very irregular in its surface, is, when not in commotion, filled with lava of s dark and sometimes black color. Some of it is of vary recent formstion, and all is entirely destituio of vegetation. At the Voleano House we found good accom- modations, and in the morning, with an addi- tional guide, . DESCENDED INTQ THE GBEAT CRATER bfl: stairwsy which had been coustructed at s placo where the walls wero somothing less than Yerpanflmn!ln Our course now lay over new nva for Bome two or three miles. The first two~ thirds of the way, the footing seemed to be eafo enough. Then it was sounded. with sticks carried for the purpose, to test its strength, as we proceeded. The appearance of the surface of this crater, for the whole distance, was irreg- ular and wild beyond description. Now thero would be, for a number of rods, & smooth_sur- face, resombling ico; then huge cakes &nd boul- ders, piled togsther in_every conceivablo man. ner; thons great wall of rocks, running in & .continuous chain more than amile; thena Tuge chasm would yawn before us, across which s wiy hsd boen temporarily bridged with “rocks. ~To the southward arose an immense hill of lava, down which it has re- cently been flowing, snd which exhibited large cakes or layers just as it had cooled and u:opg:a runping,~resembling molasses-candy when first taken from tho fire and poured into a plattor, “Having crosged a large depression, or basin, passing a fow smoking venta on the way, we camo to the foot of the hill or mountain of Iava above referred to. Here the flow wa3 moro recent, and the waymore dangor- ous. In many places the lower crust WAS HOT AND SMOKING. These had to be avoided, snd tho s carefully picked out between them. Still we toiled onsard and upward, anxious, if possible, to gat & near view of the'crater, and thunking it now possible to do 8o, a8 there had not been, for £wo or three dags, any largo flow of lava from it. Wo were now obliged to pass by the fire-vents, from which flames were bursting forth, and the Java~ crust was everywhere hot beneath our feet. One of the guides doclared we conld go no farther. ‘We bad bocn told at Honolula that it would bo impossible to go to the crater, and wo knew of parties who had not attompted it. . That fact, with the assertion of the guide, caused us to | hositate. The guide, seeing our_indecision, and knowing our aniety to proceed if gnneuibla, ox- perimented somewhat further. He ““f found & ridge of lavs, somenhat finer and cooler than the rest, and, getting upon it, walked rapidl forward. We followed close behind him, an inloss than s minnte, stood upon the edge of what, 1 it has assumed its present shapo with~ in tho last few montls, I have called THE CRATER OF 1872, It is about half a mile in_circumference. It was 1ormexl£u1: lake of liquid Iava, sunk below the surrounding surface, but, by constant over- flow and cooling, & small mountain has been formed around it, and it has now assumed the form of 2 com&l‘cts crater. We had ally come where we _could look down into its awfal depths, and thero was & sight the impression of which can never fade from tho memory. Four or five hundred feot below, was a liqmid masa of fire, of nearly 10 acres in_extent, boil- ing, foaming, surging, lashing iteolf against the eides of the crater, with s roaring sonnd like surt of a Leavy eea breaking mpon the shore. At times, & spout of fiary liquid would shoot up & hundred foet or mors, suggaeting the unpleas- ant possibility of its being rent up to the place where (we were standing. " Then again it would be comparatively quiet, pre- senting the sppearance of rising around the . got out ; and, lost it should sccceed in t was manifest that the immense inclosure., I mass of lava there confined mnlrnggfing to oing 80, wo turned our steps down the hill-side. Mother Pele, the Goddess to whom the natives ascribs the control of this wonderful rhennmnnfln, Wwag boiling ber garrid e-pot fiercely, and, »s we did not care to he cooked in it, we made our way, 2a best we could back to the Voicano House. IN THE EVENING, thé various fire-vents, s scen from tho Voleano House, showed much activity, while, from {he top of the crater, for hundreds of feel in height, the atmosphore wns vory luminons ; but whether {rom flzmes from the crater, or from the reflec- tions of tho fiery mass boueath, we could not easily distingnish. A ‘pleasant ride, without incidents worth re- Iating, brought us back to Hilo, whero we were hospitably entertained at the house of the Hon. Rofus A Lyman, Lieatecant Governor of the island. - His wife is a pativa Hawaiian, She is a Iady of education and refinoment, and, both in manner and personal appearance, would grace any parlor on Wabash svenue. ) _ And now, having related my own experiences in visiting the Great Crater, I cannot close without giving you those of AN ADVENTUROUS PERSONAGE FLOM FADERLAND, 8 I find them recorded on the Travellers' Rec- ord kept at the Volcano House. It is too long to copy entire, but I will make some extracts. 1t is dedicated * To Everybody.” _Giving an accouut of the commencement of his trip, he says: I comes down, lnst drip, on the Idaho, ‘An everybody ho says to me, 10l 10 ook at der Grater you must go, For it is o most wonderful ding to see. Vell, 1 likes to look af vonderful dings, 80 I'come up to Hilo mit Capiain Boors; An’ dere s countryman of mine, Mr. E~—r, he della mo to hire a horse. Vell, I do not know noting about horse, An'Y vants to valk on my foot; But E—r aay, No, my friend, vy of course, For to ride, 1t In petter 2a goot, Dex rosa it Jong, aw’derod s ety ! pline py, ou valks yourse H Veu,m;:w,’ii 3 vides on & nice itla horss, ¥, den, Fou gits over him quick.” 8§01 dink E~r knows, an' I puys me & man To come mit me an’ ind mo der road ; An’he dells me to dravel as light as Y can, 80 I do not dake much of & load,— Nothing but ona little case Schi ” Some Pologuy, a lam, aa’ some cleeie, An’ some pread, an’ anoder le case Of Bchiedam, Forto havo o little lanch ven I please. Ho then rolates his difficulty in getting the horse to go, and hia adventurea st the Half-Way House. As to these, let him speak for himself : Vell, I valis on pehind, difl we comes to» house, * Vers do native dels me'I sleepe, For his vader lives dere ; an’ he dakes all my dings, ‘Au’ he gives to his vader to keeps, ‘Vell, I vas more hungry as ever I vas, An' T ests my Polony and ham, Bt T makes up my mind dat 1 vill not git ite, 0 I drinks but one caso of Scheidam. Footy neas % 'clack, Yen I akes myselt wp, 1 calls for my pread an’ my chocso, An'I dells der Ganaks who comes up mit me For to bring me my schnaps, if he please. Fell, hie brings in de case, an’, mine Got, vat you tinkat ‘Dere i noting, not ono single sup. An' der ploody Ganaks, he epeak to my face Dat #ter cockroach he drink him all up. You pet I vas vild, put now vat ean Ido? Solray “You pléase saddle my horse.” Den be comes back aa ‘dells mo *Der borse be fs sl A2 adk seadte sna pridte s loss, Here follows s personsl encounter botween Meinheer Ludwig Snciderheisler, for that is his name, and the * Ganaka” (Ksoaks, or Hawaii- an), in which Meinheer gets the worst of it. Ho procoeds oo foot, and, enconatering a wild again comes out’ second best, His ‘goat it is dorn,” and his * meerschaum is proke,” and his “ vatch-chain is gone from der hook:" But 1 say to myself, nover mind a littlo: Fen you comes at der Grater to look, A Continuing his journey, he fslis intoa yol- cano pit-hole, remains there all night, and is palled out in the morning by s ropo. This intoresting epic closos thus ; An’ den bulls me up mit = haul 3 An’ he goes mit me, dill we cowmes to 3 honso Vere » pig fence, hé runs all around, DT soes dere 13 amoke, an’ 1 sees dere 18 stesm, An’ T sees s pig hole in der grount ; oI kmows dat der Grater 18 somewhere axount, A’ dat dfs house must be dez Hodel. An, ven 1 valks in, vy, a roan he valks out, Antella me he Liopes vas vell, Vell, T says, * Pooty vell, an’ I am glad to get hers, A0’ vanta'some Fologny and ham, An! some cheese, an’ some presd, a1’ a pottls of pler, An’ s smoke, 2n’a glass of Schicdam. Bein Gott 1 Vat & country | Now vat doyou tink Dat Iandlord, he answer to mo ? Tle say, my tear air, we have noling to trink, ‘But some water, an’coflec, an’ tea ;: We can give you a ped, and can give you your meals, Aw’ pimo py, ven der rain it does go, You will ink dut it is » most wonderful ting For t0 ook at der Grater, I know.” ell, I vaita here four days, au’ it rains all der times, An der fog, ho vas like a stone wall. 1 seo no Grater, I see no fire, 1 hear him go * Poom 17 dat'is all. ‘And now, o For 1 knows var VenlI - Beforo leaving onr fricnd Ludrwig, I must esy, that 1 strongly suspech, in sliading £ their t I strongly suspect, in ling. eir sup- osed zhiavfng propensities, ho has indulged reely in poetio liconse. They are romarkably {free from anything of the kind, sccording to the testimony of all with whom I have conversed. This is owing parfly to their notive hon- esty and kindness of leart, when well treated, and partly to the improving influences of tho missionary work done during the last fifty years. It can be safely afirmed that life and pmgerty are aa safe npon theso islands as in any other conntry of equal extent on the globe. B Recurring to the subject of earthquakes, let us for a moment glanco sta very interesting eubject,’ THE CONNECTION OF EARTHQUAKES, The year 1868 will long bo_celebrated as tho time when a serics of remarkable earthqnakes occurred in different parts of the globe. ‘What connection existed, or may have existed, between these, and how far one may have de- pended upon or influenced another, is & very in- teresting and important inguiry.: THE GREAT 8AN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE of October, 1868, is fresh in the memory of your readers. - This was but six months atter the groatest earthquake on these islands which, 80 far asis known, ever occarred. The minds of San Fraacisco people naturally reverted to this earthquake 28 being in some way connected with their own. Even 88 ecarly as the 18th of Beptember. before the shock had been experi~ enced in Californis, o correspondent of the Ha~ waiian Gazetle, writing from Ban Francisco, uses the following language: Yegterdsy morning, when day dawned, s mist was found to envelop the city, so strange in character a5 to be entirely unexplainable. 1t was partially s fog, but not all fog; partially smoke, but not all smoke. Some eaid it was impalpable dust'which permeated the atmosphere, snd some that it was o more than & low. ering of tho clouds and a precursor of rain, Tho sun was visible “a8 through a glass, darkly,” but worea hue between Liscand purple. Nervous people weroon the qui rite for an earthquake; and every one, in fac waa strangely interested 10 know “ what was up.” Nol a few bolleved thore were further volcanic eruptions at our jalsuds, and to this cause the fog or smoko waa to Toattributed. - Tndeed, this was the zaost popular theow 15, and, until we have heard from you to the cantrary, tho impression will not be wholly removed. Thus it appears that, some timo befofd the severeat shock was felt in Californis, the people there were looking to tho carthquakes on these iglanda 28 in somo way explanatory of extraor~ dinary phenomena in those regions. An earth- quaks had boon felt in somo. parts of California on the 17th of September, 1868, a circumstanca which must have been nnknown to this writer, 23 he does not mention it. During the same year & 08T TERRIDLE SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES occurred along the cosst of South_America, ex- tending from Quito, in Ecuador, to Cobijs, in Peru,—a distance of more than 1,200 iles. The number of lives lost was estimated at 82,000, The City of Arequips was mPl“:xxly destroyed, as were many smaller towns and vil~ lages. All this was in August, 1868, There’ were heavy tidal waves in close connection with these earthquakes, at each place where they oc~ curred ; in South Americs, on_the California coast, and at these islands. Not only that, but ' thero wes a tdal wave all over theso islsnds in August, 1863, neasly simultaneous with the great carthquakes in Bouth America. The greatearthquake in Bouth America on the 13th of August, and the tidal wavo here ends on the 14th. Aimoat simultaneously, also, thero wus a tidal wave on the California coast. ‘The coincidence of these events justificssome further mention of the Bandwich lslsnds earth- quake and voleanues of 1868. On the 25th of March, 1868, A SERIZS OF EARTHQUAKES occurred here, felt principally upon the Islapd of Hawaii, which continued for over a month, during which time the number of shocks ex- erionced was over 2,000. From the 28th of Biarch 6l the 33 of Apil, they contised lo incresse in severity. n that day, sbout 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a most fea:fal shock cecurred, which did grest e all over the ixiand. Houses were torn down, and, in some places, whole villeges dumflim The number of lives lost was over s hun ‘most of them by the tidal wave. This immediately followed the earthquake, aud ran, in some pl 50 to G0 feet high. Had tho island been 28 densely ;iapumcd a3 the cities of South America, the loss would have been very. much greater. The shock extended to other ialands of the group, but the damage was confined to Ha- wail. During this fearful time, the inhsbitants turn- Los, thinking, if they could sec an eruption of lava from its summit, that the shocks would cease. _Day ‘after day passed, the whole island frembling and shaking almost continuonely. At length, on the night of the Tth of April, THE FLOW OF LAVA COMMENCED. From a vessel at anchor off tho coast of anoth- er ieland, the fire was scen breaking out of the mountain about midnight. Flashey like chain- lightning ehot up iuto the clonds, and every- tling indicated a_great eruption. This proved to be the case. The fire had broken outina new crater on the southern eide of the moun- tain, while the crater of XKilauea becamo uncommonly active. A portion of 1t had, on the 2d of April, sunk several hundred feet ; oth~ er portions fell in from the sides; while the south lake, already fully described, became tar- g}ly active, and, for several days, enlarged rap- v, : The ehocks of earthquake then ceased. From that time to the present, the fires of Mauna Loz have been continually burning,— sometimes from the sides, sometimes from the summit,—always from the grand old crater of Kilauea. The formation of the whole group of islands 18 VOLCANIC; 3 and thero iu little doubt that, within a few thousand yeers, they werg thrown a from tho sea,—the northernmost firet, then those more southerly, and lnstly Hawaii, which is even yat in process of formation. The immeneo lava~ flows whick have occurred within the last forty years are probably but s continuation of the Pracess by which all the ialanda were formed. The principal fows witbin that period are five in number, corresponding with _four of tha eraptions already referred to, and in 1840, 185, 1855-%, 1859, and 1863. THE FLOW OF 1840 was from Kilsuea. It broke out some five or six miles esat of the crator, and, after procecd- ing a mile or two, disappeared and flowed under und about 20 miles. It then reappeared in arger volume, and flowed on to the sea,—a dis~ tance of about 12 miles. This flow, where it reached the sea, was only 18 miles from Hilo," and gave great alarm to its inhabitants N 1852 TRE FLOW wasfrom the northeast elope of the mountain. The current of lava, about o mile in longth, ex~ tended some 25 or 80 miles in a northeastorly direction, but failed to reach the ses. THE PLOW OF 1855-'6 was much the Iargest of any. Its greatest width was over 6 miles, and this immonse current of fiery Java continmed to flow for more tlian & year, oxtending, during that time, more than 60 miles. The area covercd by the eruption exceeded 300 square miles. It was from the north side of the mountain, near the summit. The course was first northerly toward Mauna Kea. After reaching the base of that ‘mountain, it turned directly toward Hilo. The inhabitants were in consternation, and for mcnths, as they marked the progrées of tho mighty river, thoy were making preparations fo leave the place, Which seemed destined to be overwhelmed. ' But, fortunatoly, the flow ceased about 7 miles from Hilo, and that beautifal town took another loase of life. THE FLOW OF 1859 was nearly s long, but not so large. Its courso ‘was northwest, and it succeeded in reaching the goa after travelling over 40 miles. THE FLOW OF 1863, the last one, extonded about 15 miles. Thus is Natare, from her storehouses of rock and fire, manufacturing now lands contimually, about one-tenth of the whole island having been covered by these flows within the lsst forty yoars. THE ISLANDS. The inhabitants of the jslands are abont nine- tenths natives. Of the “ foroigners,” o called, more are from the United Btates than from any other quarter. But there zre people here from all parts of the earth. o climato in warm, bat not oppressive, ex- cept in certain localitics, The trade winds which prevail here furnish an almost constant breeze in most places. Ind much of intereat in the islands, but what I may have to say upon other topics must be reserved for other fetters. DEATH OF KAMENAMFHA V. Bince writing the above, a very important event has the death of chameha V., King of Hawai-hei (the Bandwich Islands). He died on the 11th,of thismonth, which was his 424 birthday, The Legislature is to elect a successor on the 8th of January. Theroare four candidates for the vacant Throne, two men and two women, There is also n strong undercarrent in favor of a republican form of government. Stirring events are pending, of the mgau of which I will keep you advised. V. —_——————— THE CALIPH'S MAGNANIMITY. A traveller acroes the desert wasts Found on his way & cool, palm-shaded spring, And the fresh water seemed to his pleased taste, In all the world, the must delicious thing, “Great {s the caliph ! ” eaid he ; “I for him Will A1) my leathern bottle to the brim.” ¥is sank the buttle, forcing St todrink Untll the gurgle ceased n its lank throat, Then started on once more, and smiled to think He bore for thirst God's only antidote. Days after, with obetsance low and meet, ‘He laid his present at the caliph’s feet. And soon the issus of tho spring was poured In s gold cup, on whoss em!--=od ontside Jewels, liko solid water shaped . gourd. © The Caliph drauk and seemed well satisfiod, Nay, wisely pleased, and straightwsy gave command o line with gold the man's work-] ed hand, The courtfers, now, seeing the reward, . - TFancled sore Anhesrd. Srondrons sirtue graced The bottled burden borne for their loved lord, And of the liquid gift ssked but to taste; ‘The Caliph answered from his potent throre, 4 Touch not the water ; it 18 mine alone 1 But when, soon after, tha humble giver went, O'erflowing with delight, which bathed his The Caliph told his courtiers the intent . Of hia denial, saying : * It is base Not toacoept a kindness, if it is pressed With no low motivp of sclf-interest, “The water was s gift of love to me Fhich T with golden gratituds repatd ; X wonld not let the honest giver see That, on its way, the crystal of the shads Had changed, and was impure. And so, no leks, His love, if scorned, had turned to bitternees, 1 granted not the warm, Alstastetn) draaght To aaking lips, becauso of firm mistrust, Or kindly fear, that, it another He would reveal Lis feeling of disgust, And ho who meant {avor would departy Bearing » wounded znd dejected heart. OB eprings of kindness in lifes desert found, Oeratiaded fondly by the pulms of pex Riso everywhere, and i each heart abound, That strife and anger may decline and ceaso! No traveller need fear togive from thes, For thore is naught can mar thy purity. —Henry Abbey in A ppletons® Journal. Open Fires. In every home thore should be at least one open grato, or some other arrangement for burn= ing wood or hard or soft coal. A fire which can be seon as well as feli—a cheorfal, bright, blaz- ing fire, with shovel and tongs—and fender, too, if yon please—which will attract the family by its” social influences, iss d thing in a home. Those -black; Tines, filled with the stale odars of cellar and hot air-chamber and secthing water-tank, and emitting clouds of pulverized ashes to cover your furnitare and stifie your lungs, are smong the greatest banes of family enjoyment 2ud comfort. It is all well enough £o have ono's dwelling warmed from top tobottom, and to bave nocoals to unz"l;e ond_the furnace, but this besting system fone immense. jef to the family powers, scattering the members of it all over the house, and furnishing not one at- tractive spot in which the inmates will gather, a8 by instinot they do, to enjoy the cheery comfort of the fireside. Thero is o firesid in most of our modern houses. There are only holes in the floor or in the walls. Andwe are disposed to think that the good ventilation of the open fire adds not a little to the unconscious blossings of ita_hospitable snd domestic infience. The sight of the little folks, as they sit musing and samused while the wood-fire burns, and watching the fantastic flames and the &lowing coals, 13 worth many times the cost of that cord of hick- ory or oak at city prices, and a wise household wonld rather part with the furnacs which that bright blaze supploments' and stones for than with the low-down grate which makes the family ircle o real thing, Try it. 5o who can, and sce if the moral, wathetic, and domestic- power of this style of home comfort is overestimated.— The Science of Health *.° A Repentant Lover. Archibald Dunlop bas just died in the neigh- borhiood - of Troy, N. Y. Many years sgo. he broke an engagemont to marry, and now he has loft the jilted -duv; snng ten thonsand. In his will he ‘thus tells the' gantle story: *Many fenu since, before my acquaintance with the a0 Mrs. Dnnlop, I was engaged to Miss'Aiken, which engagement, for certain res WES broken off by me. [ have not sesn her for over thirty years, but kncw that she {3 still alive, and now, for partial reparation for the wrong com- mitted, and should eha still live at the time of my death and will receiva it, I direct my execu- tora “to p;{ her in three annual enstallments, within twelve months, the sum of £10,000; should she refuse to receive it, the amount to revert to my daughter, Jeasic.” It is stated that the lady has accepted the ed their oyes anxiously to the heights of Mauna | offer snd received the moneys THE WORLD OF NUMBERS. T'iom HexT's London Comic, Annual. If o bad boy could bave been & poseibility in such amoddl village as Haylington, Tommy Spratt would have been that boy: but a8 it was overawed by the Vicar, the Vicar's wife, tho Vicar's threo a(mniflnindcd daughters, * the echoolmaster, the schoolmistress, and the six glflspfl teachers, the patural wickedness of his isposition only displayed iteelf in an_intenso hatred of study, especinlly of that division of the “ R'¢” known a8 'rithmetic. “Y nato figures, I do; I wished they was blowed,” soliloqnized that bardened youth of ten, us one arithmetio afternoon he set off for school; 29 support for the outer man during the fatiguing journey ho carried in his right hand a eodden piceo of gingerbread, while with the other he restrained by sstringa half-penny air-ball, golored arange, destined {0 leguile the tedions ours. Tommy Spratt left his home with no other in- tention than that of going straight to school ; but Tommy Spratt was mortal, and when he camo to where the road divided, and one hot, dusty lana led to the echool-room, where a grimy slate and scrapy poncil awaited' bim, while tho othier meandered throngh green fields, he did not even hesitate, but turned at once into the shady paths of temptation. ‘Ho cast himslf on the grass, and prepared to take an mrifanmxg taste of the delicious though crumbly refreshment he had provided, haviug first carefully secured his air-ball to the leathern belt which, fastened by a brazen buckle in the shape of an uncoiling dragon, gathored his holland blouse ~ into graceful folds. = -Now, whether Master = Tom- my's dereliction from the gnllm of virtue yendered him po longer amenable to the laws of gravity, or whother the air-ball was endowed vith supernatural porors, it is impossible (o eay: all this verzcious chropicle can tell us, that instead of Tommy keeping tho miniature balloon down on earth, it, like Mr. Dryden's Timotheus, _ Raiged & mortal to the ekies, “Fullo!” he cried, n slarm. “X don't liko this, Lot me go.” But, by dogrocs, he grew accustomed to_the sensation, and rather enjoyed it than othar- wise; it was 80 pleasant, it soothed him to slumber, o slumber from which he was aronsed by a violent concussion of his head against s cornor curb-stone. How long he lay in a state of semi-insensibil- ity he never knew ; but at last he almjlgled and eat upright, finding himself, the air-ball still at- tached to his belt, in a crowd of odd-looking creatures, They all of them varied in size, but they were us arule below the staturs of human beings, the most remarkable thing sbout them being that every one, like the sandwich men of London, carried a board on_ which was inscribed every doscription of number. When they ses Tom open his eyes, there was one universal question—*¢ Who divides him ?" “ Oh! pleago don't,” eaid Tomm{ in_mortal dread. I ain’t at all good to eat, buf this here is,” tondering them the romains of the ginger- ‘bread, whichhad been reduced to s shape mass dbring the perile of his journey. No one seemed inclined to take advantage of Master Sprstt’s suggestion, but one stout old maz, bearing the. number 441, asked with dig- nity : 4 Are you oven or uncven 7" Tom scratched his head, unable to reply, and & second broke in with— #“What's your number?” 16" retorted Tom readily, that being the number in Balaclava Cottages, Victoria Row, whare M. Spratt had lately taken up her humble abode. “That you ain't,” cried an indignant voico ; and 3 sbort fussy gentleman burst from the crowd, and pointed to the legend 16 inscribed upon his board. Here, 2, 4, 81" In obedienca to his call, tireo numbers bowed ‘humbly before him.” * Chastise that fallow ! “ That's mean,” blubbersd Tom. Threo upon one Yer un&hk to be ashamed of yer- selves, yer onght. Give me a hand up, ono of Yor® The cry again rose, ** Who divides you 2" and :hu ?flfi stout man added, with somo con- empt, “g must. 2, yun and fetch 1.” ¢ Fetch him yourself,” retorted 2. *Idon't divido you.” 441 cast an anxious glance around, then catch- ing sight of §, Lo bogan _prompily, 3, depart m% seok for 1,” when the ‘burried entrance of a new-comer rendered the despatch of the mes- senger unnecessasy. e was a jaded, harassed boy, whose counten- ance might have been pretty but for a certain strained look of attention. " His whole body l¥~ peared worn out with atigue, as he foebly B ¥ tore's 52 Tve beon all over the town looking for you, 5," he sdded, reproschfully, as the other drew near. *‘The army want you to “black thaird“bolotu." ettt »‘ 4 5 immedial started off at a rapi 6, Ty o 4 Come, look alive! Help that youngster ot of the gutter.” 1 meekly obeyed; but when be canght a better viow of Tom's figure, be answered indignantly : *He hasn't got & number. I don't seo why I should wait on him any mors than the others: “ Bat, my dear 1,” murmared 3, in_a tone of cutting contempt, '*you know you divide every- ng. And 80 saying, the crowd moved on, 16 having first ondered 2, £, and 8 to out away ihe air-ball s from Tommy’s waist. At anyother time Master Spratt would havebo- wailed tho loss, butat that moment it passed un-~ noticed, a8 ne was intent upon his new compan- ion, who inquired of 8 what he was to do with this_unnumbered_boy, the adjective being ut- tered with as much conterpt as an inhabitant of this world would throw into the term unletlered. “ Take him to the King to be registered,” ro- torted 8, and flew off to answera hasty sum-. mons from 24. * What plece is this 7" asked Tommy, meekly. «Multiplicstion Lane, and that's Rule-of- Three Market,"” returned his companion. “But come, now, what is your number Tommy feit ashamed to confess he didn't know; he thonght he'd like to be Nomber 1. “Don’t you ! replied tho other, misanthrop- jeally. “I'm1." - Can't there be another 12 * T wish there could,” retorted his friend, Tommy ventured to ask Whi? ol Becauso it'ddivide the work, but nothing can't divido 1.” . “But whatis =ll this about division?” in- quired Tom, whose escapo from tho afternoon lesaon had fod him into & far wider fleld of fig. ares. “Why, don't you know that every fignro ma; oidlos Abont those that mny divide 1e? They'ty his slaves. 2, 43 and 8, have to wait on 16, and 16 hasto wait on83, and they allhaveto wait on 64. Some of them may have many servants, some have but few, but they all have me,” There was & world of psthos in his tone, “0f courso,” eaid Tom, *1 divides every- uge,, everything, even 2 and 8; and thoy're the hardest masters of all; they've a deal of waiting to do, but they shift most of it om to me. But bere we aro at Arithmetical Pro- gression.” ““What's that ?” asked Master Spratt - “The King's Palace, of course. Stop & mo- ment, thongh.” And 1 drew respectfully back, as an elderly gentloman with a large board, on which was inseribed 462064, stopped np. the doormay. T “Where are you going, 1, the Indivisible ?” 1 graw red at tho taant; his weak point was his indivisibility. “I am going, O, Many-figured 482964, to lf)?)n King, and bear with 'me this unnumbered . 452064 drew ssido his ekirts to let them pass, and the boys hurried on through long line of soldiers, who; Tommy observed, wore al unevon multiples of 5. On asking an explanation of tnis, 1 said: #“ihey're tho army; all the 5's are soldiers, and all'the 7's sro esilors, and whero the'two maet, as in 81 or 105, they sarve a8 marines on e T the matter dropped. “Oh!” said Tommy, and the matter They on through the outer courts into an inner chamber, where a large and merry party were aseemblel. In one comer a group of Princesses, the very lowest of whom wag st lesst » million, were playing st “Buzz” with such rapidity and precision that Tommy's head swam with the effort of following them. In another portion of the room a litle Princess (whoso number ter- ‘minsted in five poughts, euch beipg the royal prarogative) was doing her sums by means of her fathor's eubjects, who etood on omo another's heads, and whirled in and out in a manner incomprehensible to ordinary mortals accustomed to the comparatively tame use of slato and pencil. XS The King reclined npon a couch dictating a new novel, entitled ‘Comic Sections,” to four secretaries al once. “Whence comes this numberlegs cresture? And 1, too! 1, how darest thou to intrude within' the groves ‘of Arithmetical Pro- gression 2™ 5 € 40 thou of Many Numbers,” answered 1, prostrating himself, I have brought hither this boy, who bae descended on this earth by a strange conveyance, hitherto unknown, in nrder that thou,” O Most Divisible, ehouldst bestow on him a numter and a place in tho roal register.” 'he King frowned, the Secretary followed suit, and the unhappy 1 sank beneath the glower- ing storm of their eyes. S ) “What number sball we give him?" said tho King, pensively, ° Fetch hither the regis- or A small detachment of subjects carried in with great difficulty 8,000 volumes, and the four Secretaries sot to work with a will. After looking for some hours, one of the Sec- rotaries, with s low bow, announced all woro oo- cupied—that the last number nsed was 53,999,- 999, and that, therefore, the new-comer must be The King for one moment foamed at the month; then, recovering his epsech, fiow at the Secrotary (71,082), and tearing off his numbcr, cried: “The traitor has dared to propose that tlis stranger, this indirisible boy, shall henceforward become one of the royal family,—one of the ncarest to onr own porson!” 4 Every ono hooted 11,033, who 1id bebind his tellow aecretaries to escaps the popular storm. No,” contipued tho co ; *¢ somo other plan must bo thought of. Whoever brings, be- fore to-morrow noom, au_mnocenpied number, Rot over 89,999,999, for this boy, shall have & nought added to Lis name.” ! The people shonted and withdrew ; bnt Tom- my, who had never beforo looked on_royalty, lingered behind to staro open-mouthed at the gorgeous rooms and grand company. Tis King continued his dictation, never ob- sorving the absence of 71,032 ; o every fourth chapter of the novel was missing ; but this, of course, only mado it the more interesting. = Tommy's curioeity 80on got the better of his ‘manners, and he interrupted them with, +What did you have for dinner ? what's your name ? and how old are you 7" “ Boy," enid the Prince, * you aro as yet un- numbered.” 4 Well, come now, that ain't my faul, know,” argued Tommy. The King had never seen it in this light be- fore, and his face grew milder and more gentle, 80 Tommy dared to add, “ What's your name, or number 2" “1,” said the King. with pride, I am tho In- numerable Nought.” “‘Whatever is that ?” thought Tammy; buthe Qidn’t ask, only went on to im-;u, g Noufil}:& intonought,nought remaina ; mu.luglybynuug t, and then divide by nought, ‘and the auswer in nought.” But ho soon becsme confused, and gave it up. < “Do you not scem to understand " And 80 eaying, the King unwound from his waist 8 whito-satly ucart of prodigions lengtly on which was embroidered, old-thread, an. endlesa succession of noughts—thus, 000000000, ete. Tom Jooked at hifn with awe, “\What divides you?” ho nsked, repeating the current phrasc, znd acting up to the spirit of that proverb which advises you what course to ‘pursuo when you find yoursolf in the City of the Seven Hills, . “ Everything! ™ was tho reply; on which Tom- my resumed his former calculations, and ro- Iapsed into & temporary state of hopeless im- becility. you D - - - - - No. 1and Tommy both passed s restless and foverieh night ; but cre they left for Arithmatical Progression in the morning, the mind of No. 1 ras made up. Ho would gain the {Jmmlsgd nought; and being thus promoted to 10 (::;hll_n the original of that number was degraded to his humble position), he would have no less than three servanta.. # And which of you,” asked the Innumorablo Nought, ‘‘bas thought of & oumber to beatowon this waif of the skics?” 3 His Majesty piqued himself onthe poetical turn of his sentence. “Please, sir, I have.” And 1 stepped forward with a little bow and flourish. o » 2aid O, eyeing him scornfully “pro- 0, 0 tho Infinite, what if ho should be & fraction ?" . ¢ A what 7” asked a.chorus of vofces. ‘“What in tho world of numbera do yon mean ¥ May I never be divided,” said the King, “if I can understand you!” No. 1 began to “Ehm what & fraction was, and suggosted that Tommy should be 1¢, “ And T should mot hava dared to propose this if it were not that the wretched boy hitherto been numberless, and therefors half & loaf would be better than no bread.” The King, ever ready to encourago talent b his example, and to reward it lavishly wil emiles, held ont his hand to No. 1, who knelt and humbly kissed it. e g “ Your ingenuity is—as virtue ever is—its ovn reward. You are no.longer the lowest in the longdom 3 for Tommy Spratt—" (that young gentleman had been careful, in the :absence of any number to which he could la i, to in- form them of his name), “for Tommy Spratt takes his place as the slave of elaves aud divisor of 1. Tommy was about to weep—ho bad actually gone 8o far as to lift hia cuff for the purfi‘n;? of ing his eyes, when a thous.‘ht struck his “And where's }{ then? He'd divide me, and 3¢, and 1-16, and 1-32, and 1-64 ?” he went on, {aking a" spiteful dolight in secing the gran blank of incomprehension which overspread the features of his listeners. ‘‘And I dare say, if the truth was lmown, you'se some of you frac- tions yourselves.” * Youth,” said the King, in » tone of thont- most eeverity, * be silent.’ ¢ And I havehesrd,” continued Tommy, whose hitherto despised snd hated arithmetic_began to stand him in.good stead, ‘‘and I bave heard tell of decimals, and if yon'foinnumerable, I believo you're neither moro nor less than a circulating Gecimal yourself (" For oue moment only the King was stunnod by Tommy's unexampled audscity; then his great mind rose to the oocasion, * He is convicted by his own mouth of trea- son,” for thongh 0 was jgnorant of the meaning of £he word, Lis gueszed no compliment was in- tended by the term. Take him and 1 to the bat- tlements, and cast them into the moat.” Onco moro Tommy found himself the centro of & crowa of numbers, who, seizing on himand tho hapless 1, bound them lnfiefix&r hand and foot, and boro them in triumph to the battle- ments. They only met one slight interraption, when a wrathful number, with a cruel laugh, fastened to them the air-ball, the faithful com- panion of Tom's perilous voyage to that inhos- pitable world. a Thus they procceded in a_procession to the ramparts, where a large crowd was assembled to witness {heir execution. With many & taunt and jecr they tossed them over, but, to tho as- tonishment of the multitude, sfter sinking slowiy for some seconds, the air-ball beganto take efect, and, impelled by s favoring breeze, they arose out of reach of their tormentors, Ere he could utter a word of thankfulness or goy at this unexpected deliverance, Tommy ratt found himumcyingin the grass under the y tree, the gingerbread crumbled to nothing in his hh‘mxcl, and the air-ball floating sercnely above hum. From that day Tommy Spratt becamo achanged boy, remarkabla especially for two good quali- tics—hia persevering atfention to srithmetic, and bis unremitting and tender care of No, 1, e e The Individunlity of Two Dogs. Tho old pet was perhaps eomewbat narrow- minded—a dog of one ides, and that jdea was his master. To the rest of mankind ho was re- served, if not indifferent; and, if forsaken for & tjme, he pined and refoscd to bo comfort- od. His succossor probably possesses the “ En- thusinsm of Humanity” to's degreo which often involves him in trouble in consequence of un- timely caresses offered with muddy paws to un- appreciative atrangers, bat which reassures us regarding his power to receive consolation in case of our premature dopartare for & world in- to which we make no efforts, like tho mighty ‘hunters of old, to compel our dogs to follow us. Again, our first dog, after a reprimand, used to ®hrink from us for hours, and convey, by ssd and solemn looks, his Senso that a cruel breach had been made in the harmony of our relations. Tho second will hasten to assure us that wo are most graciously forgiven for ourbad temper, and that, with all our faglts, he loves us still. Num- ber Ono_was addicted to tho pleasures of (or under) the tablo, and displsyed his feelings to- ward bones with nnaffected pimplicity. Number Two will blink at us urbanely as wo proceed +ith onr meal, and only toward the close of the entertainment, when the dreadful ides occurs to him that tho courses are over, the dinner is endod, and he is not fed, will ho rise in remonstrance on his hind legs aod it like s statao of Anubis till his wants be nl‘fphuL Namber One was a dog of resonrces; and when his path of life was bezet with any of the thotng which, alas! strew the road which dogsare born to tread—if a door were shut through which he desired o pass, or Lis water-basin were left un- filled when he was thirsty, or the rat he hopedto catch had retired into an inacceszible hole—be his whole energy and ingunuity whining, begging. watchin poking sround the premiges ti he bad aitained his end. Number Two, on the other hand, when defested in hie firat eager rush, always subsides rapidly and resign- into quiescence, 2nd sceks ere long that pe- culiar consolation for aneatisied longings Which s to be found in rolling_one's self up into tho nearest approsch to a circle attainable to the verteboata, 2 Our first dog seemed to live in an atmosphere of “ refined and gentlo melancholy,” such as the divines of the lzst generation considered tha proper tone of feeling for mortals traveliin, through this valo of tesrs. His great mournf eyes looked asif thoy. mxgx't 8t any time overflow with drops from the ds of s divine despair, and ouly when he laic his noble head sadly on the tablo-cloth, and unmistakably turned thoss eloquent orba’in unattersbla longingtoward the dish of biscuiis, were we abl to fathom tha profundity of his sorrow and sspirations. Our Bsecond dog, on the contrary, is blessed witha cheerfal disposition, and evidently views tha world a5 & place abounding in people, social dogs, interesting rabbits, and sbundsnt bones. _ His bark is like the laugh of childhood, and means nothing bt that bes: of all possiold jokes: ¢ How happy Iam!” Ho skipa here and thare, as if wishing to go overy way at once, and ursues the swallows, and leaps at the butter- ies, out of mero joyousuess of heart. And yet, sgamn, Numbst One had an®Oriental in- difforenco " for all " procectings not i~ meodiately concerning himself, and habitu- ally lay down to enjoy his “Lket” on the rug whenn\'era\:u were p@é:-lnmy bugf, seoming to regard with pitying indnlgence tho fuss éu-eu zvro-leggzdpcr!;lmru make about triflea disconnected with the real concerns of ort and dinoer. Bu instead of ‘witness our strange and foolish behasiar, our second dnfi takes the kecnest in- terest in everything we do which he cannot un- derstand, —pasting, painting, necdlo-work, us- ing 8. sowing machine or a chess-bonrd, ighting 8 spirit-lamp, arranging a cabmet,—it ia all 3 matter of intensest curiosity to our poor friend, who stands on his hind legs for an agonizing riod, and sniffs and looks, and 8sks us,with £5a oyas, What it all meana? " And, alss] alas! e cannot tell him,—The Cornhill Magazine. HIS NAWE. life, namely, AX INCIVENT OF THE DOSTON FIRE, . —0b, the hillows of fire! . Sith mzelstrom-Like awirl, Their surges they burl Over rosf—over spire, Mad--masterless—higher— with rumble—cra s i1 w2 boom with a flash, Wi-o.: . nusof granite and marbla;—ses! sco! Sueke__1 28 8 weed on the ocean might be, Or enguifed as & sall 3 In the hurricans riot and wreck of the galat ‘Hal yonder they rush where tha death-desling steam; IO S ver-pent, waita their gleam, * To abiver the city With earthquala I—Who, who Wl adventure, mid-flame, and unfasten tho screw— Setthe fiend 10060, &nd Envaus 807 Fireman, 5o, You williog? Would God you might hazard 1t {—Naxy The rod tongues sro licking the faucets: Stsy} —Too late, 'tis 100 lata { If ruin comes, walt - 1v's coming ; To g0, 18t Derish :~Hald | Hald § You are young,—I am old,— You've & wife, too—and children 7—0'God 1 he s gone Stralght into destruction | _The pipes, men] On, on— Py the mteratres oo ‘fall—faster—the w jnd Bow—Christ a3ve his soull 1 stiflo—T choko ; Avd he,~Heaven grant that he'smother in moke Ero theToarful espiorion comes, Harki WEals tho out T —Ia hs saved 1—T8 he outy —~Did he compass his purpase,—the Hero7—(Ons ‘name To-nighi, w2 shall write on the records of fame,— Tne perilous deed was 50 nobls ) Why hero On my cheek {s a tear, ‘Which not a whole city in ashes could claim ! —His name, now: Can nobody tell me his namer Zargaret J, Prestan, in Lippincott for January. _— * HUMOR. o The woret thing under the canopy”™—A mos- ‘quito. & poor man is to bo svoided—he lscks Ehn;:cipll, and never bas any interest in any- - . —When a voysger makes his way to the top of the Pyramider wo ‘presumo he is enjoying the ‘benefits of a foreign climb. —Tho difference between sealing-wax and ‘women, says Reuben, is, that ono burns to keep a pecret and the other to tell it. —A little boy in school gave one of the best definitions ever given to economy: * Paring potatoes thin.” —Thackeray says that a critic is a Solomon that sits in judgment_befors us and chops up our children. —“Neighbor Brown has gove crzzy on the subject u? manure piles,” romarked an Tunpro- i il “Ho is absolately non- iculturist. componts i —A contomporscy philosophizes thus: With- ok Aobt, ey Atintx Beon fn Engl&flhmnn, condition, with nothing to gramble at, and no *good old times" to look back mponm, would have been the extreme of misery. . —+1 want to know,” said a creditor, fiercely, ‘when you ate Koing to pay mo what'you omh me?” ¥Whan I'm going to.pay? Why, you'ro a protty fellow! Do you takeme for a prophet 2* et ont of my way! What are you good for?” nid 8 cross old man to s bright-cyed urchin who happened to be stending in the we. The littlo fetlow, s he stepped one side, replicd very gend?: #They make men of things 28 we are,” —The higher up we git, the more we ara watched—the rooster on the top ov the church- steaplo ia ov more importance, altho’ ho is thin, than two roosters in 8 barn-yard. —Tho grossest instance of humbug we have met with for long time, is that of an individ- ual who advertises for sale a Siberian blood- hound, which ke calls A 1,” when every ono ssessing _the ordinary rudiments of an Eng- Bo euontion oight 4 know that tho besst 15 K9, low fast_timo flies whon you are working EY st it—how elowly when you are working to i up! Whata differcnco between trying to got your work done before your dinner hour, and trying to fill up the hour beforo dinner with work! ° —A smart boy in ono of the public schotls of Cadiz, Pa., having been required to write a com- position on somo part of the human body, ex- panded as follows: “The Throst—A throat is convenient to have, especially for roosters and ministers. The forme: eats corn and crows with it; tho Iatter preaches through his'n and tiea it oo - There is one boy in Danbury who got noth- ing in his stocking, Christmas. "o left a pan of ashes on the front atairs, to follow an organ- grinder, and a moment later his father camn crashing ont of the front door and down tin front stoop, accompanied by that pan and it3 contents, and looking for all tho world like a real god riding upon_tho clouds. For a fow minute.s that boy tghungm ho had a pile-driver for an ar- cestor. i There is evidently some * outcome in thn composition upon_*the pin,” a subjoct chotc by bis feacher. Knowing tho boy’ aversion (o Literary efforts, his teachor exacted but txio son- tences. After considerable offort, the little hera roduced tho following: * Pins 7o very usofu!. ey have saved the Lives of s grest msny mcu. women, and children,—in fact wholo families. In roply o his astonishod teacher's question 1.1 to the manner in which the lives of eo ma people’ had been eaved through the inkiru. ‘mentality of pins, the boy innocently remarkced, “\¥hy, by not awallowing them.” —A Brookville Iady who is frequently annosod by her husband coming home at o Iate honr in doubtful condition, waa awakened, tho otiic night, by & voice in her room. Looking up, sl saw her liege lord endeavoring to trace the liney on her “Dolly Varden,” which was hung agains. the wall, whilo » boon companion was boldinz the lamp. * What doyou mean by bringing » man into my room at this hour of the night ¥ inguired the indignsnt wife. “Just keep quict, (hic) old woman. Bill says Punx'tawney iy di- rectly south, (hic) and I'm going to ve Lim (hic) liar if he holds that Jamp" (hic) still Jouz “énongh for me to find it (hic) on this map.” —A gentleman gave aletter of introduction to astudent of music sbont to visit Leipsic, wko wished to put himself under the instruction of Profezsor ——, a famous teacher of music iu the lntter city. 'Upon the student's roturn home, the gentleman asked: * How did you like Prc- fessor —-7?" ¢ Oh, wonderfully! Ho gsvo mo fine lessors; but "ho is 8 very singular man. Ho kept _praying all the timo he was teaching me.” b Piaging] Wby, what do yon mean? “Sell, whilo 1 was piaying, ho clasped his hands, Jifted his eyes to the ceiling, and kep: soying, what sin have I committold to deserve this punishment ' e —There is a lady in Lexington, Ky, according to the Press of that city, who pomsessos two pets, & monkey and a parrot, who ars on aastag- ‘onistic torms, aud who are locked up separatelr when loft unwatched. One day they were acci- dentally left together, and & desperate fight en- sued. The monkey ruthlessly pulled out every evory feather of the unfortunate parrot, and broke up the mantel ‘ornamente, and emashed things generally, When Mra. C. returned. eho found the monkey chattering on the mantel- piece, 2nd ont crept tho parrot, looking deeply injared, and %rnowl ber with, “ Wa've L bh—lof a time!” Mr. James Fisk’s Graveyards. From Stokes’ Examination. I hod grase foacs for my personal safety. Mr. Fisk told me at ono time tha ho had graveyards for thoso who crossed his patty and that Lir touch was cold and clammy. Ho made use of that expression on the 2d of February. Ha further added that Dorman B. Eaton had crosec] his path, but that he woulda'é trechlo bim any more, boy in Professor Hailman's school who wrote thn *