The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1903, Page 11

THE SUNDAY CALL. 11 The {llustrations on this page are from “Mont Pelee and the Tragedy of Marti- nique,” by Angelo Heilprin. Copyright, 1902, by J. B. Lipplncott Company. . E2 g from Pelee of 11,520,000.000 cubic feet of sedi- ment would raise the level of a resion hav- ing the area of Martinique by ‘aimost exactly one foot. Mont Pelee has now beén dn a con- dition of forceful acti for upward of 200 days: can we sssume that during this time t may have thréwn out a_ mass of materiul Whese cubical contents are hai less than a quarter of the area of Martinigue as dt’ gow appears above the water? One s, indeed, al- most appalied by the magnitude of this:worlk, and yet the work may even be Very much i Ereater than s here stated. We ask vuteelves the questions, What becomes of the vold .that is being formed in the interior? What form & of new catastrophe does it invite? = Therp can i* be no answer to a question of this®kind——ex-" cept in the fuc happening.. that: muy be associated with Urs special icomdition. But geolggists muist take count of, the ‘fagee a8 be- ing.one of the greatest potentiabenergy, Whose relation to the modeling and the shaping ‘of the Gestinies of the Elobe 18 of far gredter signifi- cance than has gererally been.congeived, Professor Heilprin, after 'several un- successful effor(s, owing to the activity of the volcano, finaily” succeeded in get- ting a glimpse into the great crater of Felee—only, for ‘A few moments and at the risk of his life. What Bje saw and his imprgssions at the time are contained in the following: An anary cold wind was now swirling around both sides of the mountain, ahd: with it cams a seemiugly hopeless r All ‘of a sudden a gust cleured the summif and ‘a white sun- light illumined the near horizon. It seemed hardly more than three hundred feet from us 7 ROOFT OF SAINT = 2 Acruss ‘the steaming lake bed, little mindtul 7, * > PIERRE — LE VICTORNWYVEGO of fts puffs of vapor and sulphur, we dashed the line above which welled out the steam cloud” of tne voicxno, and almost in an in- ? A stant stood upon the rim of the glant rift in thought to be most destructibl many tax. y 0 - pub most interesting and thorough ocompared to that of Puris, and its life to that In & most interesting and comprehen- whose interior the world was being made in thmggs for its charmlerll!l;r“'hlc;‘lchl.e.ncl has gp, ‘l;h. ?f)m‘rnent:ry Bves !Ld‘,(:uh'? he_r. m:ff\ o rom & popular and scl- of Rome. "In the latter days of April, us 18 sive chapter, written popularly and with- miniature. We had reached our point. We still to learn, mfd‘em“s &:an“"fifl’”m””" o e e e s h e o own through & letter written by the i Hygs 7 : were four feet, perhaps less, from a point e ppreciation of Ho: 1 anuseriy as been out a confusing mass of technicality, the e a D This volume 18 very profusely fllus- are'and charm. The Hois inelude quora - Polée > whence @ plummet could be dropped into the tions both from the poet's Greek models o At e, e Potare . then existing must have been &uthor discusses “The Phenomena of the i, ® Bite“witnessing & stene of ter. trated, a large number of the photo- and from other works of his own. Maps of Central Italy and of the region near carable, for, as she writes: “The Eruption,” and in connection with the rorizing grandeur which can be conceived only graphs having been taken by the author the Villa Horatl afford t y geo- FITTT CATHEIRNL OF SAINT FIERRE BEFORE THE TESTRUTIN <& ' ' TTT T hut ls so strong that horses on various theories advanced regarding the by the very few Who haye observed similar himself. Some of the pictures are shown Tress and ‘die from sulocation, Character of so potent a death-dealing SCONCs cisewherc FOmentany faghes of LRt on-this page and-are peculiarly interest- agent that could have annihilated a City Poased caldron, but at no time was the fioor INE as a comparative study of Saint of 30,000 souls, has the following state- visible, for over it rolled the vapors that Plerre before and after its destruction. fi"f:‘l’“h e D ite Whass B e ment to make: Tose out to mountain heights.. With almost Professor Hellprin's work will undoubt- Loually helpful and scholarly edition of 'ntd Whose har A connection, with this written In an article published in the August (1902) lghtning speed they were shot'Gut Into space.. egly occupy a permanent place as an au. th Sreat Iyric poet. Price $150. ad a book to be lost almost as soon as they had appearsd, the fi 1s not amiss to Dumber of McClure's Magazine I expressed the .l b - x e thority on the Martinique disaster. His opinion that estroying element o Facing us, at a distance of seemingly not 2 que dis: - . = was the begin [ B e e s T tter (care More than two hundred and fifty feet, danced chapters on a comparison between Ve- Psychological Calendar. caréer of the ds and beasts of the mountain- bon?) gases, and that with it the force of the walls of What appeared to be'the vp- suvius and Pompeil and Pelee and Saint The Whitaker & Ray Company, San peori. for other abodes just be- the superheated steam was acting oniy in a PoSINg face of the crater and somewhat nearer Pierre and on the, volcanic relations of Francisco, have published a Psycholog- volume of her . : minor degree. * ¢ & Phe o unity that Wan: f white rocks, burnt-out cinder - % her thatfatal day of May, mMinordesres. = © & Whe optortunity that was 25 = brilltant incandescence flashed the Caribbean Basin are particularly In- fca] Calendar for 193 that represents a style by De Vinme id that this fact was set forth by some Freythic 6 Mo Bt W06 W (08 (%0r Almost out like beacon lights some days after the Structive. “Mont Pelee and the TragedyY rather unique idea, well carried out. to demonstrate the superior sagaclty or immediagely visiting fiel estruct fata] 8th, and even at our later day liluminéd: of Magtinique’™ 1 blished by the J. B 1 1 € ! g nnediage siting the field of destruction, A J T ia R agtiniq s published by the J. B. ory date has a suitable quotation for pe- 2 - & instinct of animals, who seem to divine of interrogating a number of the verely }};efihxzh‘-"\':\'puu«;j‘ "!\; ‘éi!,‘.“".{'( \;;‘!eh Sn.il")'( Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. this rusal on that 7 s ‘,1.‘!,9 S Thnm?s 3 of “The danger where the less subtle sense of WOWNCEL 2n( Of SRGUARE Uhe DPOUST Bas they were part.of & cindercone, or merely MONth. B. G. LATHROP. these quotations is explained on }-"‘v’\“j wsiiofong Bost-paid man sees no harm. When we read that forced upon me a somewhat different gonclu- &0 accumulated heap that had been piled upon the title page, as follows: “A col- he “smell of sulphur was so strong that sicn as to the nature of composition of the Itself. The spectacle was a stupendous one— American Literature. lection of selectior teaching, through €ngagements ’ . ties on the nad Do x ' formerly held. llke a wild tempest raging everywhere. We 4 b tornadic blast from that which [ formerly held. stoo” silent, overawed In its presence. The _The Globe Schoolbook Company, New right Uise of words and power of will to tles on t to whatever extent it may have been aided Eround trembled at times, but never with any York, has published a very useful book direct thought so as to b ses died from suffocutio! further evidence con and al ined In the ex- ng success x two Visits 0 fillacy of the argument that tries to Upe Lot coen ee seremaes eiaam Tao 0% {rom eliher £as or steam. ‘A low’ rambiing ‘eBtitled “Introductiom. to the Study of !mProve e e oyt ST G e n the latter part of May and Ural sense heated steam charged with hot ashes and detonation, broken at intervals by louder American Literature,” by Willam Cran- R COnRTIANY 9 IDCRORNNG BY. PING~ - aich. B¢ old the theory of a supern birds and anima both at bursts, crept about the hidden floor of the ¢ tice. Read and reread as many times as ~ 00 (% ne Balal and Ajoupa-Boutllon, 3B 3% interior, from which also issued thousands Ston Lawton, professor of the Greek lan- posaible, so as to become part of your- Sether wi croix ter at Morne Rouge, is, it Of clinking, falling and sliding cinders, the 8uage and literature at Adelphi College. galf. A5 greater results follow, and the Vi€l b ¥ could not live. The evidences seems to e, conclusive. This steam was shot bissing .of ine emerging steam—sounds which In this volume Professor Lawton com: mming and soul ponder on the magnitu oming da cere evidently plain Ut a5 a vioient blast, and its mechanical One would fain destribe were it possible to pines convenlence a ook with lit- . coming dapger were evidently plain Uf 88 & vicient hisst and lts mechacloal oSO8 BNy ten Wortar A It ad: hussibie¥io et ence as a textbook with lit- ang ymportance of the knowledge, long- ust. He took in the situation lli. The nce proving th nly from the standpoint of the g, server, but also as the man of y his various deductions in con- th the phenomena of eruption They simply used the constr as the proverbial *nc o . - : 1 s < = St ol ry quality. A great mass of minor de- fnes will be made enablings.’” ey PRy WIS Danaepe T other gas ehatiered, asphyxiated and scorched: Jocallse & Jseuln sounds, but the Thankets 30l Gintened 1o the chronological ta: on, i, DS made enabiings This b lives a few part in the interest and value of be destruction of Saint Pierre came to the G NS CRETEL T i LAt Or te course steam Drevented this; everything seemed to bles. Pedagogical suggestions, special Sreen paper. Price 60 cents. e % on his steam t work. Eleven days after the e For days before \‘“*{""‘ which overwhelmed Morne Rouge, also burned, come fgom everywhpre, with no marked ac- hook lists, ete., are appended to the sev- 2 3 i better, he says eruption of May 20, that more fully St e g the form Neither at Morne Balai nor at Ajoupa-Bouillon ~ centua Jn aoy, partioular” quafler. . Oc: “ora) chapters. Even the dates and cum- ashore. * “Fhe s Osstrmction of Bt. Flerve, imn siksested disaster. B e Baried i s Hameor o e O aged (he Slant smoke corsma’ in Drous titles are usually relegated to the An Advanced Algebra. 3 g shed by the hurricane of frs roes. live Vesuvius and E have ot Teven the dry palmthacching §rand imagmidtence. margins; the author avolds notes alto- Those interested in advanced mathe- work of swept down the m"“"‘»lfi’fiflfl = g B ol <20 g e The trees that were left stand- _ Our Martinljue boys appeared to be as gether, Each chapter and section, there- matics will appreciate a new book on the sale 2 terrible 8th of May, Professor nactivity are ‘brie¢ \DE Were dry and largely stripped, and'in the much impressed by the scene as We ourselves goro remains an essay,in completed form, “Advanced Algebra,” by William J. hundred thousand mark, though it is Mr. was successful in reaching the - loms Jestroyed Zome the leaves DURE 0 the ol e doiwon. We fosnd ther we were Which can be read without interruption. Miine, Ph. D. LL.D., president of the Dixon's fi Rat SF FVAah e i e Seie S rapidly passed through a dry-heat furmace or standing on ' e edge of a" vertical, perhaps The book itself as a whole can also be New York State Normal Coile Tt - cr. e was also present at the time oS a scorch-blast. The sap from the twigs was €ven ‘overhanging cliff, and not feeling dis- perused, as a connected survey of our book has the same scholarly yet simple ot ® fostruction oF Morns Bongs, that <h had been and were be. Lombletely gone, and the branches and branch- bosed to remaln longer tham was necessary t0 young national literature. treatment, and the same clearness of of fiction ain town on Pelee's slope, that es- mud was flowing from (o it te TATS, Across. e it iews, Jeft rather! precipitately for ‘The division into periods, the marking of presentation that have made the other “The Life e e i = ey & ey e Se smblings came from its lled (o find —nlthoush my examihation lower rezions. o epochs, the tracing of developments, 1s volumes of Milne's mathematical series n’ which Chris- ar oocurrence en August 0, ¥ > g i ] ,Tl‘\"" ‘\\‘flvz' nx’r»;:‘:‘“r“x(y‘x;»"x»‘»r‘~',.“,‘ ,(-lr’\l“: Out of all the thousands of people who 1Ot permitted in any case to Interfere with so su.u:\'FsleI. It I‘P)"_rrwnr.» the most e rv:m!l’\ e. The What Prof Hellprin has t o d-world. What restrial gases. A namber of inquiries elicitad Were alive in St. Pierre at 10 minutes to the delineation of each man and his life- modern presentation of the science, and Cliveden, w rotessor Hellprin has to say of woltano giveY A 'fhe’ npiedeion (DACSEIhAL WAL the oy a8 v ng of the sth. but twe Work as an intelligible unit. Thus Lowell, embodies the latest and best pedagogical $he Preansultsty Sysapims Of 8. camiog hat nature would whose presence was detected in the passing were Theire by ihe time the last fow the reformer, the satirist, the poet, the ideas. It contains enough matter to R SEMSStaR et wrsitings wa b il ety conarion en its actino action does not seem niho s DY the Shme the 1ast IEW critic, the professor, the diplomatist, are cover either the entrance requirements ught they knew ts doom. Not of a newly formed crater- before the _eruption, way counseled a fairer g events ature of the destructive badly felf. The scorching, rei. Minutes of the hour had passed away. g or bofling, and tumefaction of the bod- One was the prisoner Ciparis and the inly showed the terribly swift aud surc other a shoemaker, Leandre, both ne- o o eoe e Windmy alr fermeut. groes. The following is a_description in n instant was sufficlent to invite PArt of their sensations. First comes the * * * Professor Lacroix statement of the man- Cipari sccounts of eye-witnesses, interesting &8 a contradiction of the erroneous idea scocepted by some that the destruction of Bt Pierre came almost unheralded. regarded merely as phases, partial expres- of any scientific and technical school or sions, of Lowell the man. the optional examination in advanced al- The volume Is not intended for a chlld gebra now offered by many colleges and cut off from all other books and human universities to candidates for matricu- guidance, but for any alert young student, lation. The treatment is sufficiently full in school or college, with ordinary re- and rigorous for both these purpcses and he exact ower that blaste & oAy 0 o4, pection of metallic objects A po ie 51,- ‘t; g st u;{rj: fl,thf St }‘cr{ . RV, Taked o stlecsion oy As he stated bis own experience, he was sources for reference and wider reading. will give an adequate basis for specializ- R i et o e oves) Tt ‘]"‘1' o the . attempted to ascertain the Waiting for the usual breakiast on the Sth ‘The book aims to serve asan introduction, ing in the sclence. It is published by the 4 sold have been matntained that still coun- gation The dumb. testimony founs Ly i by the non-tucion i the et atterward hot ir, laden with ach, entcred his to whet the appetite, to grouse the desire American Book Company, New York. {omé of fove seied remaining and sooffed at the motion of 5 0% C1P CUTD TEUmony found by ne wires and plates. iron railings, Toom through the door grating. It came gently | for many other books. Price §1 el o he sclentists and relief parties on the . "would seem to have been not over 1900 but flercely. His flesh was instantly burned, / By frequent allusions Mr. Lawton also 2 —_— SEEES: Sumen ain. who svbesquent soene of the dissster bears Gesiect and e Junyed about in \gony. vainly cai el the student that Bingiteh history Liteacy Hotes ¢ mer L . a God for thou n this connec- or hel here was no help to come. : - an earthquake? The earthquake, 1or tion the author !ay‘ connec- It is dificult for the human mind to ieat that scorched him was Intense, but lasted and literature, indeed all the art and life wwpen Dr. Henry Van Dyke's “The volume is G % poor people had trembled from day g g grasp the idea of gigantic forces at work for an instant only, and during that time he of the past, are gkin to our own. An gy .'o¢ the Other Wise Man™ was trans- Master of leali S - Except on the broad principle of & fortul- in the bowels of the earth that could almost ceased to breathe Thers was no ac. earnést, patriotic and ethical spirlt Per- j,teq into Turkish it was submitted, in early s e W frams (e Thich was Wholly wnexpec 3 i detmecount for accomplish such devastating results as po cdor to sugsest & burning gus. The mot vades the work. ‘EF U""{“““f e “l’“{ the usual course, to the censor. That Southern view, and carrying on mission appointed to investigate the condit —its deadly stroke at one plate and its avoid. (hose Of the Pelee eruption. Under this air and ash were the working demons that from these pages a distinct, well rounded goripy gpproved all the book except Its Mr. Eggleston’s studies of Americar 2 pf the volcano reported that thers was noth- ance of action &t another. Tree trunks, though Same chapter of “Phenomena” the au- :fllhh)xis 1\;-s|\, l;pdnd was c:atl a)fi m.,lz n|me view of our whole literature, znd alsx: & 51616, which He sald ‘would' sio€ da Pt S gy b s G g . ing i its activity that warranted departure burnt snd bereft of all their appendages, were thor gives some figures in conne n hat, shirt and trousers, but his clothing fair conception of the value and meaning .ipy P i > vl ahl i S they saic, that the safety of Baint Pierre was pipes Viting no. traces of either Lareiey that may bring the immensity of these out the odor of burning fesh. It is ditficult as illuminators and upbuilders of life. “Sipcl.. 0 1t 18 not true,” was the sol- k i beotuts ared. J < : grered ' ceive of a lasting agony greater than Price §L 5 Books Received. Shesisinly owvw & or s 1g, were left at many points where POWers more within the grasp of com- !9 condelve of a [CFEUS ukony greater than Price emn answer. LETTERS OF AN ICAN e The Yitusty 38 perhads winl- fhey had been put on sale. and prehension. In speaking on this point e hava and move i had beck wiimat foon S The publisher was puzzled. “Not true? o {rn FrIT <O By the (o - Iured 1o its oreed, embarked on their contents andinturied. Sor soeas he quotes Professor Israel C. Russell, of any kind, and bis only sustaining nourish- Horace’s Odes and Epodes. he asked. “In what respect 18 it not J. S. Osilvie Publishing Compan o personal examination to which h Have been reported where objects had been fused WhO calculated that Mont Pelee was dis- ment was the water of is cell. This appeurs The American Book Company, New true?” 30 cénts; paer, 25 cents. wife bot A far keener foresight in their coverings, When the coverings them- charging 40,900,000 cublc feet of solld mat- 1, &"*uiine"his long imprisonment he re- YOrK, has just published “Horace's Odes, “Because,” explained the censor, “thers , ADVANCED ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGES of the Italian ship Or- sclves had remained untouched. A correspondent ter every five minutes. quently shouted for belp, but the cries of Epodes and Carmen Saeculare,” edited by 1s no wise man but Mahomet.” B I A N o L. v ] ). he wa . B 'm“‘_“;"’;_ 4 ;";g“’;.l? S b Toe Jisoharge. of A000.000 cuble feat - of . Eaveime" wers Answered only hy the groans Clftard. H. Maore, EhD,, assistant gro- The tille: was: accexdiigly changed. to. '3t 8 TRAEVE P s y o eall out with b but unchanged In its plumage, lying at the 000,000 cubic feet per hour. Trx‘lélslmfl;':w:fl&ié 3’;,‘"5335‘J,’é"‘pll'x.,‘&-‘.;}:' s\:nfzgl)‘vl'x“)v\gen(hi: fessor of Greek and Lafin in Harvard one which, if translated freely into Eng- S« HOOL COMPOSITION Willlam H. RN e boden cage, which still hung sea- cubje feet per day of twenty-four hours, which chanced that searching parties neared his place University. This is the latest addition to lish, would read, “How the Other Sclen- Maxwell and Emma L. Johuston. A aa baidony of u shattered houss; i one and & half times the quantity of sedl. of imprisonment. He heard voicés and re- the Latin serles prepared under the su- tist Got Left Behind.” The story is one !er‘? lh. leflfilui T&‘ i:%bl;’ l“'i ment that 1is discharged by the Mississippl newed his cries for help. The voices were pervision of Professors Morris of Yale of the chief favorites of American read- ment that slonsside the body of River in the course of & whole year! In other those of two negroes, Who, when they satisfied zna" Morgan of Harvard. It presents ers. Its sales in 1902 by the Harpers have P he se: FR 0 i b S Ty ian was found & box of matches, words, if these figures are in any way ac. themselves that the sound that came to them 5 2 -ails bt San i of which had escaped Ignition. curate, the sedimental discharge fromy the was from a human being, immediately began Horace's lyrical poems with special at- doubled those of 1901. By Lel v A th sulphur, its {ndeed, is that with such pecu- crater of Mont Pelee, taken at a minimum the task of rescue. The refuge was broken tention to the needs of freshmen and —_— ster Pitman n Book N >cked w falling and fallen ash - Sl es or vagaries in action, the destruction valuation, is in any period of time during a open and in a short time the half-dead prisoner s. 1 treats of Ellen Glasgow, who is spendt . York. 60 cents thundertn an life should have been 80 absolute. condition of moderate eruption more than 500 Was brousht to iree air. f;"f“‘“"ff;{’ell'rfl:?‘d’:,‘r'l‘:f:;‘ e the itete: tav b o N s g l‘"" THE WORK OF WALL STR is ta the Manifestly & number of causes, rather than a times that of the Missiesippl River, and con- _ The history of the “Prisoner of St. Pierre,” he poets &3, A She In & peate. D, Appleton & Co., New York. Price s ter days of April single one, contributed to the general destruc- sequently ter than that of all the rivers While most interesting in its detalls, is to an employed and the special points of syn- roundabout way owes the publication of &1 25 and May, the city whose gayety had been tion. of the world combined. This daily discharre extent shorn of its romance by the later dis- . ccvery of at least one other survivor, Leon Compere-Leandre, also a negro, whoss experi- ence as given to & representative of the Temps s published in the Bulletin of the ‘‘Societe As- trodomique de France (August, 1902, page . Leandre, who was a shoemaker by trade, cscribed a8 being about 28 years of axe, strongly built and with a robust and vigorous aspect. “'On the 8th of May,"” he says, “‘about 8 o'clock of the morning, I was seated on the doorstep of my ho , which was in the south- castern part of the city. and on the Trace road (the road from St. Pierre to Fort de France, which abuts almost in the center of the city upon the street Petit-Versallles). All of a sud- den I feit a terrible wind blowing, the earth began to trembie and the sky suddenly became dark. I turned to go into the house, made with great difficulty the three or four steps that separated me {rom my room, and felt my arms and legs burning, also my body. I dropped upon @ table. At tils moment four others sought refuge in my room, crying end writh- ing with pain, although their garments showed no' sign of having been touched by flame, At the end of ten minutes one of these, tne young Delavaud girl, aged about ten years, fell dead; the others left. 1 then got up and went into snother room, where I found the father Dela- ud, still clothed and 1ying on the bed, dead. He was purple and inflated, but the clothing w intact. I went out and found In the court two corpses interlocked; they were the bodles of the two young men who had before been with me In the room. Re-entering the house, T came upon two other bodies, of two men who had been in the garden when I returned to my house at the beginning of the catastrophe. Crazed and almost overcome, I threw myself upon @ bed, inert and awaliing death. = My senses returned to me in perhaps an hour, when I beheld the roof burning. With sufficient strength left, my legs bleeding and covered with burns, 1 ran to Fonds-Saint-Denis, six kilometers from St. Plerre. With the exception of the persons of whom I have spoken I heard no_human cries 1 experienced no degree of spftocation, and it was only alr that was lacking to me. But it was burning. There were neither ashes nor mud. The entire city was aflame. These single escapes from St. Plerre only put 2 into more prominent relief the extraordinary -. ht 2 08 A ] - nature of the death-dealing blow, whose har- ~ s 2 vest was relentlessly complete, and permitted practically no one to escape its path, The condition s, indeed, almost Inconceiv: for the marvel is not that there should have been two isolated cases of seemingly miraculous preservation, but that there were not many more of the same kind. A scorch-blast that clears all human life before it and leaves in places untouched objects that are normally Se i & THE CATHEORRL 1IN BUINS (BERR VIEW) — SAINT PIEERE AFTER