Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1896, Page 19

‘THE EVENING STAR SATURDAY, MAY 80, 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES: Kewsencton. Fo <a-R4e R VAWAS SAS» we SRG, TCFS BURG, see ZO SIVOY A Ge ISWEPNEROS FERRYE NG © ELECTRIC LINES, wr EEC ED ELECTRIC LIVE TLECTRIC RAILWAYS | —— Their Relation to the Development of the Suburbs. WHAT IS NOW BEING DONE HERE ——(+ Railroads in Operation and Those That Are Projected. - STEAM IN PLACE OF - LINES EGARDLESS O isiness depression, | lectric railway in the sub- con- | structic if urbs of this city has st year and is still the during the been active, likely to more so during coming year. By rete be to compan, map | will be seen that | seven existing lines, | wo under construc- | tion, and various projected lines, radiate from ery direction, like spokes ! from f a wheel. | In t the Washington system | closely resembles that of the German cities | which Dr. Albert Shaw described in the iM. In the course of the key to the t everywhere. distinct recog- »f main thoroughfares | sy the movement of | m the business cen- h condition of things was ri fifty years ago. All German cities | ijusting their street systems to the demands for quick transit. “The usual American system ts the sim- ple chevker board. The German system a combination of the radial and concentric, with the rectangular and parallel; and it needs no argument to show that the com- dination system is by far the most con- venient. Main thoroughfares in German cities are today more conveniently planned and carried through than in American citie Fortunate so laid out b radiating rapi in each direc the city of Ws L’Ent: hington was that the system of lines to the suburbs and has been adopt- ed. But little thus far been done in building concentric lines outside of the | city proper, but ion of a| ht, when the rapidly will require Intercom- ch lines, and particularly an villages need transpor- to the cordon of parks |} suburb electric | pular 1 of cor- | porate names, are as The Rock Creek, the Brightw Tenleytown, the Glen ho, the Gri the Arling- ton and the Mt. Vern As is well known, the first four have been | fn existence for some time, but the last thice have only recently been opened. Rock Creck Rone The Rock Creek line to the Zoological Park and to Chevy Chase was a pioneer in | setting an excellent example to the roads in this city and in other cities of the Unit- ed States which have suburbs to develop, by a thorough construction ani equipment, nd by adopting the urder- ground © system for the portion of its i » elty. In fact, the people of Washington are largely ind=bted to this | company for helping defeat the manv and ts which were made by nies to introduce the overhead | m within the mits. The | success of its unt mand sys- he boundary, ak street to t. attracted the attention of Con- | so drew here many + ons | officials from other plac were seeking a system which w nt the overhead trolley in busi ek r * total cost of trom the was, in includes mon U npasy the R Brightw od Reaa. Brightwood instru- mental in dev and jarizing the siburban ten from the city to the t y. in other werds, from the of th street cable ine to the boundary and also to T koma Park, it has stimulated the growth of Petworth, Brightwood, Takoma | Park and the country north of the District through wh om be extendog, either by i ction or by con- vith lines projected to Forest Glen, farnt Mills and Sandy Spring. A company has recently been organized, composed of citizens of Baltimore, Washing ad Sindy Spring, to build an electric road to the last mentioned place. To supplement the projected line to Sandy Spring. an electric road has also been pro- ected still further north to Sykesville, Westminster and Gettysburg, thereby mak- ing a through line about seventy miles long from the national capital to the Na- tional Military Park at that place. The intermediate country, which is very fertile, and containing a thrifty population, has an area as large as the whole state of Rhc | proposed to construc: an uppe: | the bonds p Island, and while naturally tributary to this city, has no existing north and south railway, either steam or electric. ‘Tenleytown and Cabin John. Extending from the business center of West Washington ic Tenleytown, Reno, the District boundary, and thence to an electric line known as the town road, which taps an clevated section of the District of Columbia and which is developing at a rapid rate. The recent consolidation of the Tenle town and Bethesia roads is believed to be a step in the direction of an extension to Rockville. Cennocting wi h the Tenleytown electric read at the District boundary is a line to Glen Echo, which is to be Soon extende I to Chevy © A few years ago this road was taxed to its utmost capacity to trersport the visitors to the National Chautauqua, located at Glen Echo, and to the en tauinments given at the great am- itheater and in the popular cafe which S since been destroyed by fire. was inadequate to accommo: and for th id other ¢ The road ate the travel, asons the enter- ts there have for the time being at @ standstill, The recent opening ef another elec line to Gle fcho will alt, it i in a revival of the v rious" proje ally inteuded for the development at place. The Great Falls line, recently opened to the public, from the new street way de West Washington to the ates of the Potomac, Glen Echo and John bridge. Its charter permits he Great Falis of the Po- Cabin John is) built river dd the cele- » to midway between the brated Conduit road. Arlington and Falls Church. Commencing at the south end of the Aqueduct bridge and extending from there to the west ga f Arlingion, and to Fort Myer, a comparatively new electric roa-l, known as the Arlington line, has recently been opened. The present route is a change from that of the old line between those points, which was abandoned some two or mnore years 250. The new line is now controlled by Phila- delphia capital, and is being extended westward. It wil! be observed that this line dors not cross the Aqueduct bridge, and, there- fore, does not make direct connection with the city lines terminating at the new t railroad depot ai the north end of the Lridge. Permission to ercss the brilge has been repeatedly a frem Congress. Objection was made in th subject in the Senate to t plan for an inclined plane for tr from the center of the bridge to the story of the new union depot the whole length of the bridse tramway will not interfers w: riage irive. Alexandria and Mt. Vernon. The Mount Vernon line is the latest addi- tion to the rapid transit suburban roads of the national capital. It is in many re- spects the most important of all, for it practically extends the Pennsylvania rail- road to 1 street and Pennsylvania ave- nue. While the line was originally intended as an excursion road to Arlington and Mount Vernon, its chief patronage, it is said, will be the regular passenger traffic between here and Alexandria. From its starting point at 13! street and the avenue, down lith street, across the Long bridge, and thence to Alexandria and Mount Vernon, a distance of about seventeen miles, the road is practically an air line, and is built for both speed and e accommo- dations for the traveling public. The cars, which are both lighted and heated with electricity, will be run in trains. In brief, this is a pioneer road in the direction of changing the motive power of suburban roads from steam to electricity, and as such it will be closely watched and studied by railway capitalists. jon With City Lines, reference to the map it will be ob- that only one of the seven existing uburban electric lines above described has a direct city entrance which enables it to bring {ts suburban cars directly to the hotel and business center of the city. ‘That one exception is the Mount Vernon road. As under existing law no overhead el ris line ean be operated within the city lim a change in motive power is necessary the bounds of the city or a transfer of sengers to cable and other lines. The Rock Creek road by a change at the city boun- dary from the overhead to the underground trolley can bring its cars along U street to 7th and Florida avenue. Trackage ar- rangements between suburban and con- necting city lines, under the act of IS9h, could, if ever carried into effect, enabl several suburban lines to reach the of the city. » that the h the car- Roads Under Constructi In addition to the seven existing sub- urban electric lines there are two impor- tant ones now under construction—the Co- lumbla and = Maryland road, commonly known as the Boulevard line to Baltimore, tnd the line from the present terminus of the Arlington road, at Fort Myer, w ward to Falls Church, The Baltimore syndicate in’ ch: the tuilcing of an electric road this city and Baltimore originally intenJed a combination of a and a grand boulev. has for ted, but may the time being been elimi- be revived later. The route as adopted is from the Eeking- ton railway, at 4th street extended, along Rhode Island avenue extended to the Di trict boundary, to Hyattsville, Laurel and Baltimore. The rig have been secured, the work of consiruc- tion is well under way. When completed the road will be an- other instance of the substitution of elec- tric for steam power on suburban lines. The road is being built for high speed and wholesale traffic, both passenger and freight. If it adopts on its connecting city lines the underground trolley it can then haul its suburban cars over its own lines di- rectly to the heart of tha city. The Philadelphia and Wastington syndi- cate which new owns and operates the Falis Church line from the Aqueduct bridge to Arlington and Fort Myer has al- ready graded tha proposed line of exten- sion most of the way to Falls Church. The through line to that place, about six miles in length, will be ccmpleted, it is said, this season. When that is done it is Proposed to extend the road still further— to Fairfax Court House and Manassas, and pogsibly beyond there. A broad char- ter for this purpose was recently secured from the legislature of Virginia. This line will develop a section of the suburbs of Washington which has long been neglected, but which is unusually attractive in elevation and scenery. The dairy and truck business of this road will be, it is thought, very large, as well as the passenger traffic. Projected Lines, Under recent legislation by Congress, and also by the legislature of Maryland, charters have becn secured for suburban electric roads running eastward from Washington, viz., one to Annapolis, an- other tc Marlboro’ and a third through Anacostia to Corgress Heights and be- yond. The Washington and Marlboro’ Electric Railway Company, incorporated by act of the general assembly of Maryland, was on the 2d of March, 1895, authorized by act of Congress to extend its line into the District by way of Pennsylvania avenue extended, thence by a bridge across the Eastern branch to the foot of 15th street outheast, thence north on 15th street to Florida avenue, to 7th street northwest. The directors of the company organized under this charter are citizens of southern Maryland and Washington. As will be noticed hy a glance at the map, there is no existing electric railway built from the city eastward. This project will supply, it is thought, a present de- mand for transportation facilities to the suburbs in that direction. The laiest act of Congress providing for a suburban road is the one amending the act incorporating the Capital Railway Company. It protides for the corstruction of an electric line from the Anacostia bridge to Congress Heights and Shepherd's Ferry, also from the brilge easterly through An- acostia to the District boundary. Within the city the road is to extend up 1th streat to A street, also along M street to a point connecting with the line of the Capital Traction Company. SUI another project-d eastwerd trolley line is the one recently authorized by the xeneral assembly of Maryland to run from Annapolis to the District of Columbia. The survey and location of the line will soon, it is said, be commenced. The total mileage of the above degbribed suburban trolley lines now in operation is ever fifty; of the two lines now under con struction, forty-five miles, and of the sev eral projected lines for Which legislatio has been secured, over seventy-five miles— a grand total of 170 mile: — HAD NO BLANK axe oof Capital Western Community. Revo One summer it seemed that murder was loose in the Swan valley country. That had been the calmest region of any section fi years. To be sure, a lot of minor offenses like assaults and batteries, had been perted from there, and the offenders had heen prompily declared guilty, but a killing was a rarity. Now, however, death was running riot. Every week some man from wan valley would come down with one or ers, old Hy Dudley being sick ble to attend his duties as deputy, & to the eqoperation of the juric re two mur and ur penitentiary gPadually began filli: and the gallo ting restless with overwork. didn’t under- stand it, and » sent the county clerk, who ed to go hunting anyway, up that way to see if the Swan valley people ded more assistance before they were all wiped out. The county clerk and Channing both forgot that it was the closed season for | elk hunting. Four weel s afterward a man by whiskers, a wild look in i ted up lik bundle with hacka- more rope was handed in nty jail by a Swan valley mi aid he ha come from Hy Dudley, who was still sick and unable to bring his pri s himself, He handed in a warrant and Channing looked at it 1 said mechanically: “An- other Killer, eh?” ‘Then his eyes turned on the tied man, who keep him quiet. “I've seen that party before,’ had also been gagged to said Chan- He looks Eke a bad ‘un. [think E rout twenty minutes to git him. Then he loosened the gag and instantly the jail office was filled with de n blue. The pictures rattled on the w nd the man swore on, Channing looked again. It was the county clerk. “What in thurder——" began Channing, but there was no room for that kind of j talk. The air was occupied in more sul- | phuric sort. They still count as a tradition that county clerk's language as he detailed how he had been arrested for violating the hunting laws “But you're here for murder,” Channing , wondering!s “Yes,” said the clerk, ‘t that old fool of a deputy of y out of everything but murder warrants, and he has been sending horse th: wife beaters and water polluters here as murderers for eight months.” And he be- san talking to the stars again. The only thing that bothered Channing was the men who had already been exe- cuted, but on carefully inquiring into their istories he decided that Hy Dudley had really builded wiser than he knew in their cases, and that there was no kick coming. But he sent Dudley a fresh batch of as- sorted warrants forthwith, soe ning Star, , 1896. Sweet Auster the upon the sod Where tear-dew'd towers we strew today, In love for him who sleeps with God, And rests from Life's contending fray. Written for The 5 The Tong year's months mo With storm and calm, with snow and bloom, For us who wait with straining ey je day made sa to the tomb, slowly by, We feel the thrill in winter's cold Of Jove that green his y keeps, 's showers, or antumn’s gold, figs of are farled In peace, . their stars of glory shine; s found tts 1 releas ‘orship at his saered: shrin Dear Arlington, the hero's rest, toxtreets tod pray thee blest, es with wreathes of Where all the peopl And crown thy gra y kept the faith, they fought the fight — There everlasting glory lies. A gospelogrand these gi su Wh war's Red seat His people safe and w re they alway wet rt FULLER WALKER. _ ¢ Drended Microbe, From the New York Herald, She (on osculation bent)—“George, do you smoke?” George (not knowing why)—“Never, dar- ling; on my word, never!” She—“I am sorry, George, but it car never be!” “Speak, darling Emily! Why t! fusal?” She am a Vassar girl, and know the lus of tobacco as a microbe could never k a man who smok George—“Is that all? smoke like a chimn She—"You do? The (Curtain oe Didn't Know the Ropes. From the Chicago Post. He had been in deep thought for several minutes. “Ths man who said it was cheaper to move than to pay rent—" he began at last. “Well?” said the patient listener, as he paused. Tas encouraged, he tried again. ‘The man who said it was cheaper to move than to pay rent,” he said, “evidently always did his moving on some other day than the first day of May.” ————+e+ A True Boston Bird. Frem the Chicago Tribune. “I wish merely to remark,” said the par- rot that had come in a cage all the way frum Boston, “that my name is not Polly and I do not desire a cracker. Will some Person kindly bring me a plate of beans?" QUESTION .OF DRESS As It Has VerodOur Representa tives a ACTION OF COR IINISPER T0 ROSSA poe CLR Various Forms of: Gourt Costume Worn by American Citizens. OF CONGRESS ee WiILu HE. APPEARANCE at the ezar’s coron tien of our stud and retiring Minis- ter Breckinridge in gilt buttons and s clothes, down upon much adverse criti- cism at the hands of that numerous class of. sticklers for the good, .id-fashioned dress of an American citizen, 23 worn hy Franklin, Now, it may be a surprising piece of information to these critics wo learn that not only has the United States government frequently conceded io its min- isters abroad the right to ra uniform in deference to local requirements, but that some of the sturdiest and most “Ameri- can” of our Presidents, including the father of that Europhobist principle embodied in the Monroe doctrine, have actually them- selves designed such uniforms and urged our ministers abroad to adopt them. The first American diplomatic uniform made its appearance early in thus century, in 1814, and was worn by the United States commissioners who negotiated the famous treaty of Ghent. fefore that date Franklin had set the style for our envoys and ministers abroad, with his “simple + evening dress,” and it is now a matter of record that the prec a= has ¢ dent establis by Franklin came about through an vient. Franklin had ne signified any aversion to court costumes and gold lace, and probably would have attired himseif in all of the glory of French courtier when he appeared) before the Freneh emperor had he had - tunity to exercise his judgment a . Being summoned to court unexpectedly be- fore he had fitted himself with the court costum set out his condition and w: told to “come at once in anything he hi pened to be wearing.” That brought: h to court in Quaker full dress, which, that day of gold lace and bright colors d to mark its wearer by contrast as most conspicuous personage of all. a curious fac in this connection, anklin's dress Was in one sense a court garb, being precisely the dress worn in the court of Charles IL after the restora- tion, First Diplomatic Uniform. Finding Franklin's bold departure so well received, some of our Wplomatic agents in other certs fo 1 hfs exaraple, | and black was the rule’ in thelr. attire until ISH. The sity for case of ou the treaty regular Ame rs who ppeared natic unt ot tioned by E “ison Monroe, then his y of unitorm was ce tur with Franklin's ick, f sisted of a blue « ned ltce, white Knee ings, big gold the also upon th ia sword, with the ¢ efully crowned by a small cocked neat bu u ceckade, In these « su } costume would < dy to spicuous, but its wearmy was ne ouhly san by Monrue, embellishment asions, and later became dent, through that man of Puritan stock, John Adams, hes ary of St mM iro ministers broad were urged to wear a1 cretary Adams send them engraved plat of their tailors. This un ly worn for the six yea 1829, when Jackson becam: sibly he did net lke At any. rate, while nt uniform altog meré sober In ton the mii even we he ile stantly hot m expenses, heaper style of garme an Uniform This, the ksonian uniform, officially ibed in a vtech Mr. Van Bur then Jackson's of Sta to one of our mi te “A black coat, wi h a gold star on each side of the its termination; the underclothes to he black, blue or white, at option of the wearer; a three-cornered ude br: black de and eagle, and a ounted with white Jackson did not the wearing of this uniform as strongly did his predeces- s in the case of the Ghent uniform: for eretary Van Buren wrote: “It is to be understood, however, that the of this particular dress is not preseribed by the President. It is barely suggested by his direction as an appropriate and a conve- nient uniform dress for the use of our ministers and other diplomatic agents of the United States. Two years later Secret Van Buren was still moving toward writing again to Mr. V im nN icity, and in he took oc- cas mphasize the fact that the Pres- ident recommended, but did not pres this simple uniform, solely in the interesi of vaiformity and to meet the demand for a distinctive dress mal statement that the queen demanded the uniform, so he had no warrant for an abandonment of his orders, and therefore ~ went “into Coventry,” as he expressed During the first few months after he had abandoned his uniform there were fortu- rately no court ceremonies requiring his attendance. But the crisis came when par- liament assembled in February, 1854, and the American minister, of all the diplo- matic corps in London, failed to attend the opening because he could not secure ad- mission without a court dress. The Lon- dcn newspapers howled in anger and de- rision, and with difficulty was the matter prevented from forming the basis of an at- tack in parliament upon the unfortunate minister. The latier was in grcat distress, but reported the facts to the State Depart- trent, and stood firm. His account of the pressure prought to bear upon him semi- officially by the notables of the court who were desirous of avoiding a scandal, and of their arguments, is very entertainin: Amcng other suggestions that he refused Was one that he wear the civil dress worn by George Washington, which, he said, from its antique style, would make him ridiculous for iife. The British master of ceremonies classed him with the bishops. and said that the queen would invite him to concerts, but could not receive him_ at the court balls or court dinners. She would receive him in court in any dre he chose to wear, and, in fact, she did en- tertain Mr. Bachanan privately at dinner “in frock dress,” as he sa: The Last Un Finally, a happy solution of this difficulty that might have grown into a national is- sue was found in a suggestion from a high court functionary, which was accepted by Mr. Buchanan, who thereupon created a vew uniform, the last to be officially worn by our minister at the court of Si. James. He tells of it in a letier to Miss Lane dated February, 1854, as follows “The dress question. after muca difficulty, has been finally and satisfactorily settled. J appeared at the levee on Wednesday last in just such a dress as [ have worn at the President's one hundred times. A black ccat, white waistcoat and cravat, and black pantaloors and dress boots, with the addition of a very plain, blac! ed and black-hiited dress sword. This to gratify those who have yielded so much an distinguish me from the uy cou vanis, © * * * Having yielded, th ad not d® things by halves. A proached the qu smile lit her en, an arch but ber countenance, as much as | to say: are the first man who ever \a befe me at court in such a confess t 1 never more proul of being than 1 | stood in 1 the simple ‘@ 5S or ‘Thirteen years late s. Sumner, olution, all office vice from “we costume hot p ‘ongr of our dipiom unt y author off in t he to war to wear This hi exception led eof ene or two of our diplomat rs, who had been soldiers, in r uniforms s but in the econ Tesolution caused the abandonmeat of uni- by our minis: abroal up to this | when the question of t Xpedioncy | noTaised by the experience of our minister to Russi i : ———— | PROM THE ARIZONA RICKER. | jeetions Ma We bareau have yd aim wall om i with that the We firmly he toe tosely No Boom Here, in Lone Jack soid a > other day 1 the Rece Som in a two- which yoom A Case of Sunstroke. 1. Hopkins of © ace gave lawn party last Tuesday ing i | brate her th th birthday, and whi | about forty ladies and men were ©} | joyiag the tes oc: | | stranger appeared and began knocking } | down tre ¢ nese lanterns and otherwise j misbehaving. As we were managing the | party for Mrs. Hepkins we it our duty j to taekle the stranger, and at the | minutes sent him to the } | ey | over | i do his cre a is, it, was trok leg and two ribs the present date ens tu right, but has y jost the power hoor is stil pws Who he , and he is being teo tired to t is cr where he came for at our expense h Was No re column ident smewhat reddish. In the nicht they are | f extreme white brilliaace, flinging a | ' upon the overhangmg vapor | { whose glow t Honolulu, | construction, IN) miles away. ‘Th of the | ord. We are j is pariiaily pver, lookimes gray | going along aboat o day, but bright red at night, seamed with {a {crawling crevic through ‘which shine the white fire. ‘ow for the Story of the groat excursion party. Soon aft © on the ZSth there LAKES OF FIERY LAVA A Visit to the Crater of Mauna Loa MARVELOUSSCENE CF VOLCANIC ACTION tix Beautiful Fountains of Fire at Play. i A GRAND SCENE Special Correspondenc Evening Star. HONOLULU, May 9, 1896. The ruption of Mauna Loa seems to have become fixedly located inside of the great caldera pit of Mokuaweoweo on the summit, instead of breaking out in the more common manner from some part of the mountain flank. The up-gush of lava appears to be fully as copious as in any of the largest of its recent eruptions. As the explosive stage of the beginning of erup- tion has passed, it seems unlikely that the lava will now have force enough to rend for itself a new outlet on the side of the mountain. In the inception of the eruption, it may be believed that the old shaft of the «rater was much Clogged, so that there was a great accumulation of gases as in the se of a geyser, whose explosions are pro- by hoking its shaft with sods. Hence the first discharge of the volcano “as tremendously explosive, driving a column of mingled lava and gases, all at white heat, many thousands of feet alofi This marvelous column of fire was seen as a bright vertical Ine from Molokal, 130 miles away. That explosive stage of action soon ceased. Af a few days the accumulation of gases had blown off. The Mghter froth upon the top of the ascending column of tagma had exhausted itself. The eruption then settled down to its ar work, pour- ing up a vast river of foaming fusion in immense fountains Into the interior of the freat caldera, Likely to Continue. This may go on for months, with grad- ually diminishing force, until the expulsive be 19 MUNYON CATARRH CURED FREE TREATMENT TO ALL WHO APPLY. A CUREGUARANTEED 120,000 TESTIMONIALS FROM GRATEFUL PATIENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. 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The Munyon n the latest sclentiti cA. iret tissues, S YOU NOTHING for a free trinl local yon affies No obligation Eminent specialists to dingnose and latest appliances for throw upon. th LIG DOCTOR perhaps your lif treatm to buy 1 your case FIG Dou't risk you can be your cured ut x trifling cost ‘en Y to & daily Monday and Thursday, 6 to Span, Sundays, 10 to 12 ain, aw, t let the rider keep his legs from being torn off. Al the forenoon they slowly climbed up, the old guide following a sort of trail undistinguishable to other eyes. der “A thun- the middle of the of hail stones for and then a blinding flurry stor ame on in noon, With a patter minutes, erergy becomes inadequate any longer to | wrmount the nearly three miles up which | tis now forcing the fluid. To force water | ”) feet Su great feat for a steam jer the force that dr of molten rock, thrice the specific of wate 13,000 feet aloft columr y fifty feet in . Judging from the enormous foun- © produced. The spectacle of force s colossal. Added to that is the raj g horror of a t a heat of fully Lae degrees BF rushing up in a N q flava first forms a lake of pout &t of fluid lava, as Guser “doby Ex lake is an vere] tog t by the bh: of a would such great ISS, which covered twenty square 3 te h new rock. As the leeper vers at two | square outpour like that of ISS And such | snow.” s announced that oon after noon our guid we had reached the sun mit the mountain, but that did not that the great crater hand, we still had several hard, road to travel to reach rink. louly arrived at the was at miles th of the great summit that is many square miles in « is practically na dead 1 at crevice in the pak . the « » move slowly in the blinding snow ing its way gingerly among 1 pitfalls partially snow.” At the middle of rnoon the leaders of the pariy reached the brink and gained a momentary view of two great fire mountains. In a mo- nt clouds drove over, and only the sullen roar could be h Caught in a ‘m. As scon ss might be the tent was piteh- its pegs driven into cracks of the lava and its sides anchored with large slabs of i reck, The wintry blast was bitterly by in, | Many of tre huddled int 2uea fioor is | Close to the precipice, which some of Mokua- | shelter. The storm gradn: its lava outside p.m. the whole of th me comparatively clear. de- tains of Fire. t remarkable f. ure of the pres- ption is the two enormous fountains, > center of the oblong lake. These tains project the lava in a st column. dimensions of stimated by Ar in diameter, and ~) feet in con- ight. The second is a little le iG both fou ains are intermittently flinging tiery spray and lava bombs to a height of even dou ’ er fountains throughout th color of these for a th Ie larger rted from rendezvous at no House for the Ainapo, fourteon miles di tant eleven, consisting of BR Dr, San Francisco, 1. H. Phillips of B OM. Waketield and E. 1D. Baldwin of Hilo, J. K. Farley of Kanai, G. W. Paty of Pahala, H. E. Wilson of Tuna, Peter Lee, mine host ef Voleano House: Howard Hitchcock, art nd vol- ceno specialist; Daniel Le editor of Honolulu Bulletin, and Frani Dodge of the government survey. At Ai met the party from Kapapala ranch, cluding Julian Monsarrat, chief and out- fitter ot the expedition; Mrs, 5. K. Gra- ham of New York, and a native attend- nt, with five native guides aud packers. ho horses and mules were there sup- plied by Monsarrat, ali animals of superior ent Was taken along, uppiy of blaa’ets and store of provisior Visiting the At 11 am. the cavalcade of twenty-five | animals left Ainapo for the long climb ¢ four thousand feet to the upper sta- tion of the ranch above the woods, where the night was to be spent. ‘The trail led us for mile after mile over fne land, and through koa groves, Crater. pasture During the ensuing twenty years, how- ne : Haceniees imbing at a pr steep grade, but we ever, in the absence of further instructions | Tom, which does two of our fellow oeies | Rept on ata good gait, making occasion: aon ie se fe a imei OF ce a ne eats Stops to allow the pack animais to cats ur min kave the rein to their per- | othe imes to un- RS Al ame anes sonal in dress, and the result was a 1 column: & in || AE ee ae ward Ane Aulper Simit or crop of uniforms that, while almost as gor- Saeco as roldent | SeSetation a few wild cattle were seen, an Keous as the Ghent uniform, lacked the mio! aga wy one of the guides shot a cow, which sup- aR IRORT Lona eee Then, i to Was a mere trifle. Mr. she al fresh bee he irip. A halt hae rmity ratte . Then, in | trifle. Mr phen 1 ho beef the tri A halt had | President Pierce's t the great | “1 was playing poker with Col. 0 Dyer. cn made to water the animals at the | ry i at Seni est walter hole, fect up. For for- all uniforms must be abandoned by Amer-| 20. and they raised cach other until there | -*leht B ; witho | “an diplomatic 1a simple black | #¢°S. 4 a ter, except a little from meiting snow. | dress worn wherever this could be done | wis $0 on the table. When Steve finally | Kees of water were packed tor the party without injury to the objects of their mis- | scaled” the colonel and hands were shown | The mountain camp was, reached ave sion. This order precipita a regular | yoth arose and drew their guns. We grab-|P-m. at elevation of ot. Mr] y a r {| both arose Graham occupied the tent, the whites panic in diplomatic circles, and caused our cen aalonel 1 Jua hag erapbe ir 1 upied he tent. ac) unfortunate ministers in Europe no end | 2 Fea ets Sa HEMERT eer H nes eS be oe oe | of trouble and humiliation. Minister: Ma- san he Six aces had been | {he Natives threw up a rude wicky of | i , {convinced that the six aces had been jiiccnes. ‘The mercury sank to 42 s son at Paris appeared, before the Emperor | (O01 With the deck by the maker, ; pushes. | ‘The mercury sank to 42 ! Napoleon in his Lackssuiz, but ¥ S001) Netther man had atrempicd to cheat, but it | camp fire glowing. | took refuge under saying ¢ in- | > of curious incidents { {¢, camp fire slowing. i jury to the objects of his mi. a a re- ano can account for. | around. sticks and. bro | verted to a ur he court ac: hoo! o hard words. | with these steaks, hot co! | cepted our minister in hfs evening dress, hen the matter had been duly explained | toes and cared | but Mr. Velmont was maze to teel by all | the nen shook hands and sat down | \hyendered by the tele sorts of hints that iLwwould be better for} and 1 the game. Teriwke aienaons “ance m to “do in Rome-as the Romans do, : . 3, zw ™ ANerS, | the sunrise was jorious. j and he was far from comfortable, At Ber- | ing lis planners: | sees teagan itd aa | lin our minister was shi reminded that | Last rnoon, as we Ww Jot Puna and Kau co: | his appearance in court without costume Sunday school Jcate fringes of surf. bla { would-be. neganded. ad sche ee forty childr jot Kilauea lay smoking in the farther f king, so he promptly Jaidsawas evens Or Aroses dh Chel bnlmichasca Gntte canal ing suit on court occasions. The King of | 0f Moses in the bulrushes, a eritt HRGoe cotene “ha etitub carne open Sweden told our minister that he would ac- | foe Haver ered the moom for ARE DUr- dace the next thirty, MOUTR wane cord him audience on business in any dress | pose of creating a dis’ ae loti de a acacn “SN CHRIREAT Bor that the United States government saw fit | yell “Eully for Mose © before Vcold any stops had to be to p ribe, but as to his/eourt, its regula- | warned h Wher he opened his mouth } pack animals, or f which had to be tions could not be waived, fe y one per- | for the third time we took him by the neck | oned and perishe son, and that threw Mr. er back | and heaved him through a window, and he i Se ees into uniform, struck the ground in Buch shape that his | Over the “A-A- = eparionees right shoulder w. under- | ‘The entire climb of 5,000 feet was made . stand that Ha 1 by the lover an absolute desert of recent lava The ei icti © rde ews crowd. tha © ! e ‘ . . “, ’ . r eae ee real Rea eotepan Paar peter ea nine anaes |flows. Much of this was “pahoehoe.”” or a Mr. Sanford, who had acted as charge of | © standing on the | pe our peddling? the United Siates Iegation at Paris, Ho | the affair would terminate smalls Java. leh SlionEh bons ited States lesa ad When he ove consciousness Mr. | uneven and hummocky, could be travers had bravely donned his simple black and | jravens was very contrite and homesie | without extreme discomfort. But many endured the ridicule and censure of the | and we have his word for it that he will lroyseme miles had to be made over the French press, until Mr. Mason, the regu- | never again interfere with a Sunday school. | horrible ragecdness of "ALA" (ahah) or larly accredited United States minister, ar- | Iv there 4 y other critter in town who | clinker flows, which no skill of guides rived. When the latter surrendered uncon- | {els like raising a row when we are acting | Cuaid avorl, The extreme roughtieas iat ditionally and put on the uniform, Mr, San- | #8 superintendent, he needn't hesitate on | clinker Java is incredible to one who has ferd could stand it no longer, und resigned, | Or account, not nit. Logan made an attempt to after writing a letter of bitter complaint —_--+—__—. indicate it as “the Alpha and Omexa of a against Mr. Mason to the State Denart- Very Masculine, shower of stone fences treated with earth- ment. The latter was evidentiy alarmed at | prem the Chicazo ReconL quakes after striking’ ‘Dry’ to concelve the storm it had cused, for while It ap- 3 F of a viscid mass combed up with a giant proved Mr. Sanfcrd’s conduct, it accepted “My dear, I ibink you are a trifle too | harrow just before cooling. Utterly rag- his resignation. But the minister who suf- | particular.’ ged rocks all standing on end, and in huge fered the longest was Mr. Buchanan, then Why ? piles, blocking egress in ever: ection. in London. He was notified that the Brit- In putting wire screens over the doors | Fortunately the Kau mountain horses have ish court objected to his appearance there- ) and windows so our flies cannot get out |an instinct for putting their feet down and. | In without uniform. He could get no for- | and associate with our neighbors’ flies.” squeezing between the sharp rocks. Only | | what was reve display as follows: “i there were sud- astonishment at led. About half way across the crater a fountain of fire was throwing “As the cries of a crimson and gelie ray high in the san upward cataract of s ses, describing graceful curves escerded in golden shower. up with them velocit They black fragments in . torsing them off in para- bolic lines. There was cne spire that shot up higher than the others, which dimin- ished in size according to distance from it, the farthest one out resembling a small gushing spring. At the base of the foun- tain the molten leva, of deepest crimson, surge] and boiled with an angry roar, like a strong surf on the b The height of the spray was chang! constantly, but there was never an instant of intermission in its action, the thouss1 ds fearful ng driven up with more t re Before the cloud was fully a another fountain of similar shape fon was descried nout a hindred yards to the right. Most of the time it was less in the height of its spray than the first one, but now and then it_ would apparently make a tremendous effort to vie wi rival in effect, as it certainly parall constancy of action. A Cold Night, t in intenseness and The night was one of great suffering from cold, the mercury falling to 22 de- grees, and the blast a piercing one. Most of the party suffered much from mountain sickness, one or two being entirely pros trated. The morning was bright, and after a good breakfast, of which some could not partake, the descent was cod, A few falls were experienced, but without in- jury. The upper camp was reached at noon, and the Voleano House before night. It is probable that other paviies will be made up during the continuance of the cruption, Moussarrat furaishes everything at charge of SW a passenger. A party commen a had started on foot from Hilo to follow up the flow of ISS1, which was paao-hoe, and opened a practicable route. Mousarrat has for many years managed the cattle niouch of the “Haw ricultural npany, comprising Th of land and ” head of cattle. of the land is availabl Of ¢ the resources of neh are large in horses and mules the cattle, Mousarrat is an ful gentleman of «bility, difficult, mountain irip as as the conditions will permit probably within bounds to say thi to those who so fortunate as to reach the crater of Mauna Loa in its present con- di ctacle is one not surpassed, “1, by any other on which hu- » permitted to rest. This was nent of Dr. Dille, who has tre seen many remarkable He unqualifieNy gives his estinare pair of massive fire fountain lime and territie than anything el wor ring an eloquent a lecturer, the eminent divine recount bis rare exper the public. » "1 never = plants ought Mrs. Spring You f those are the seeds my sister sen Y delphia. =e Alfred (a close student)—“What me is that they knew which head on of the first clephant made!” —Life. surprises to put the that was