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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1879)
268 THE WEST SHORE. September, 1679. A SANDWICH ISLAND VOLCANO. A hort Mm tioM I, with a pertv nf t. n uwii irip lo uie wonderful enter of llaliak ala, 00 the lunimit uf lh mountain of that name The uaual way for escureioniate in to make the ascension in the afternoon, ttay all night at Summit to a to bo thero at aunrite), In em on ailo loaat the otlior, and Im devoured with flea, which live and Houruh in the lava bad. Hut our party decided uion what we thought a better way. We left here at a little iaat mid night, all on horseback, the ladies, allbut my aelf, on the Me mean aaddle for safety, and bundled up with every article, tUel and IMfm, tliat we could command, with a g I aiily of provisions and water on an citra horae. The night waa psrfoclly clear, the BOO!) iliming in air her brightness, while the constellation of the southern croaa hung low and brilliant upon the southern honaon. Wa war a jolly OuuWMqr, and for aome two or three mil, . were able to keep up a brisk gallop, than our path became narrow and winding, ami th aaoenl .pille tteep. Aliout two mil. a ttna aid th uninnt we halted at the cave to have our aaddle girths tightened, to give our tired horaee a momenta reatand to bring MM warmth into our In numbed feet and bauds by stamping and pounding, for it waa now juat hrgiuuing to gi .layngiii an. 1 i.itu-r ool.l FTOtJ thia iwint on our aacent aauitc difficult, and I feared annie M the horeea would gie out entirely. Hut w kept on alowly but .urely and retchid uie .1 111 just a the aun waa ruing. We prang from our In, nr. and Stepped into tin gap for a lirat view, and, (), such agloriom tight at met the eye. It waa perfectly clear. The tun ruing from the clear blue water throw mg (ie an, 1 anauowi into the crater that tre meudout chatm, opening 0V4 '.'.(Nig feet Mow ua, en, l... I with high vallt of lava, all one in a ruolteu tUte, ami thrown up from the IttWelt of th earth by the force ami actmu f heat aa eertainl) toiucthiug t itemplate. Alter the llret grand l,.,k. e U-th.,ught ouraelvet of the ' "I th inner man. " A lire waa lighted tod soon our braaklaat prepared, which we all ojoyd, Mtwcially th hot enff, then w went splitting .Unit, tbc air aa to light that it waa with difficulty 1 could breathe, and much eior tiou waa very fetiguiug. Ut, r in the day light cloud, oam. up, floating int., the crater on one MM and out upon th other Still later th. cloud thicken., I and finally ..tiled around .,. over both aud land, and ti.ee. - unacted, at it were, in mid heaven, thut out nun a vww of evert thiiiL, ...,ii I. .... bigh 1- it. 1 u. n which w ,u. It waa to me a .Usage but Lautlful tight to itaud there in the clear sunlight and l,k down upon the clouda o far Wow ua looking like great enow banki tint. I with , th, mC, , ,,, by the tmmm olOi. tun. Tb, , another direction, w. aaw the rain falling u, t. rrente hil w stood high and dry above it all. The enter it IV mil in circumUrencc; there are two gape or opening through win. h the detent It mad. and through the gap. th. lava found tie way to the aea hen the volcano waa in action, which ha. nt been within the renicuibrr 22 M! ?V Uh" chimnevt. aom .till red down aa far aa can be .ecu a. .1 th. Hr. had but ju.t goo. out; and th.r it land, in all .u utter UmMNM and barrennet., t U thoroughly dead. no Jgg lite, aav. a .tented gro tb of fern, of Ui.van.tv call 'trmvaWr. a U.e beautiful "JS, SP S h-U ! the black Ura. all through th. crater. They are of a eilvry white, coo,,..,! .., Uycre of tear about the .hap of a .rcup,nc mull, and the, bum hcl Uvtber; in aia Ilk. a large cab bag. I rm th. center of which extend, a aUlh two ,wm toag, crowne.1 with a .mall purj.1 1. Mil lik - k - - - .a aa. ,r Bower like our chrysanthemum. They .himmer and ahin bvauUluUy m the .m, light At a I "ur party rt. J ,,, n meaning eUbl, nd then .Urted oa oar alow march downwanl. reaching bom jail at dark 1W a day of pgaj .njoynwat. bt much fatigw. HVr 1 u rittf. I'i hsk I'hiiie. - It ia to be lamented that the national character of the Kngluh is pride, and tal nfAMtt oi aii j.ri.ie pume prulc. Kven a poor lord in despiltd, and, to increoae his for tune, will marry into a rich citizen's family. An overweening affection for money, an idola trous worship of gain, havo absolutely con founded the general intellect and warped the judgment nf many to that excess, that in esti mating men or things, they refer always to " What is he worth ?" or "What will ho fitch?" W re t to point out a peraou an he passes, and lay. "There got a good man one who has not a riot, ' ho would scarcely lie noticed ; but ex claim, " That man is worth $500,000," and he will be stared at till out of sight This sordid habit of thinking was finely hit off by a keen fellow of a neighboring nation, who had carried on DOiUmM m London and failed. Sitting in a coHeo-hoimc one day, where a few woalthy citi zens were discussing some money concerns, and oliaerving him very attentive, one pcraoii turned aside to him, and said : " What's your opinion, sir, of the matter?" "S'blood, sir," returned he, iieovishly, "what opinioncan a man have in tiiia country who has not a guinea in his (racket ? " This uiakea good what Mr. Hurke aays, "that a speculator has no faith but in his banker ; his ledger ia his Bible ; the exchange ia his church ; the desk is his altar, and his money is his god," Aomon Glol. I'akk Of Taiilk Otleky. The greatest care should he used by the housekeeper as to the preservation of the ivory handlua of tho table cutlery. The handles should rarelv. if ever, lw put in water, and then only wiped with a moist towel, anil immediately dried. Thcro is a kind of tin vesel made, with wire slats on top, in which the knivca can be placed, which only allow s the immersion of the blades iu the water. i nero is in cleaning steel knives often an abuse of cleaning. It is by uo means neceaaary to be always grinding off the surface of the metal on a luar.1 covered w ith Hath brick. If acid food l used at table. -n,4, i... ,i . i J . . O. , V ,11,' lll.l.l', then the board with brick becomes useful. In ui.au caws, however, if servant, were careful, and the mistress of the iervi matters, it would be found out that, after usage, a good washing the blades alone, ..... .uuu,..g oU . mjwci or on a piece ,,( leather would sutlice. Of r It. 1 1. 1.....1 : . , , on, lll-.-m- sary, but it is mostly too coane, and scratches aa .toe., r.ngii.n servanta, w ho are very care fill III Uainir Hath l.eielc. . v -i a1 utuvta m MWU. This consiaU in ..-raping up the Malt it a aahulAa .. I . - . ii in water, la.uring oil the material in mechanical suspension, drying that. Slid nlv uail.a Iki. - .La . , . ' 9 w. .,mi, uMiaia-c. ISO lnls for cleaning ,t.. knives, entirely teiia- Pa la an.l .1,. ....... .1 II 1 Jf uVlT . 'ooui.i o uarit. tin one lltth l in k can In ,,,,,, !,,,. tl. i .i , 7 T7 . ouier snouni "Wf 'lo plm wash leather and lie free mi mante tuus'ance. Viaws ox KliliATUiN. Uarn lint t k. . man with syrathy; than how to be one with oat it. Cultivate a habit of pnnctuality, aye Urn, onler, rcaimnaibaity and t.re,-....,n . foHifiI with habit, of application, energy and accuracy. It ,. of more importance than super-fi.-ial hook learning. Cultivate a . reading; diecnnunate carafully betwatn true and falas daaira. Klimay raatlen. who iu I. foolirf, hook to fooliah book aad gat good 0f niischiel of all, mistake their superficial, fate, .b-re for lb real appitite of which ren tlirl ar. i t .ie.l.lul. I.. I i- i .. . ' : . "" twi we mount Kara to work sportwely and play earneetly; it it BBBklaaa ik. w . . f 7 . ' im titj .u-oa. mutt a doat : with iJeaaur. And as we look back our hniahe,! teak we fW an honest pride and a - ouy me. a. m. Ua, Roagh aad Heady. ' BABY JIM. From the time he waa five minutes old every one called him Baby Jim. The very day h was three years old they took him to a picnic-, real, live picnic, with sandwiches and cookie. for the others, and plenty of bread and milk for Baby Jim. They were going to the seashore, and as they lived a good way off, that had to start very early in the morning- First there came the ride in the steam cars, and then the ferry boat; and I think it must have been 10 o'clook in the morning before Baby Jim began hu first hole in the aud with his wooden shovel. Now, the baby had one little sister and one little brother, and more little cousins than I like to think about in auch a very short story; and after the last cookies were eaten, and the last drop of milk waa swallowed, what do you think these other babies did to Jim? They dug, and dug, and dug, until there waa a tremendous big hole in the sand almost as big aa a very small baby house. "Come along, Baby Jim," they cried, after tho hole waa so deep that Cousin Bess tumbled in and had a great time getting out again ; "we're going to make believe be giants, and cover yo all up." Baby Jim wasn't afraid of giants, or anything else, so up he came and rolled into the hols without a murmur, and in two minutes they had him covered np to his an and the tide was coming in! But no one noticed the big waves as they rolled up nearer and nearer the round face that peeped above the sand. The children laughed and danced about, and Baby Jim laughed, too. "How cold my feet are," suddenly said oa of the little girls. "They're wet! just look at them!" said an other. "Oh ! Look ! look ! the water ! the water ! it's coming after us I" they all cried at one; and knowing no better, they ran away with all their might, leaving poor little Baby Jim all alone with the waves, that came nearer and nearer every moment, and had not a big fishennu come along just then, I can't aay what would have happened, for the water waa very close to Baby Jim when the strong man dugout the sand and held him in hia arms for papa, who ran up just then. How they thanked that good lishcrman. But Baby Jim didn't aeem to care anything about it; and when the cars started to bring them all home again, be said " let up, there, old i.ny," just the same as ever. JV. Y. Tri- liunr, Jr. Will WoRsmr. In Asia, Africa, and North America, water sheds and source of streams, in elevated situations, have at all time bets reverenced aa sacred spots, and the native tribes ar wont to assemble at tbem for their re ligious festivals. Thus,' also, the Romans, and th original inhabitant! of Switzerland before thee), worshiped at the high spring of th Alps, on the I t mainer, perhapa on toe Briiardioe, ana undoubtedly on the St. Cothard, and on th (ireat St Bernard, where pillar aad remain of temples mav still be found. Two rad Milan, who origin la aa yet unexplained, tending at a bight of 7,000 f.-et, on the water-abed of tb Julian I'aaa, em to point to a vet earlier wor ship of the Deity. Christian chapels and boa pice have been erected on th aito of these an cient temple; and the modern inhabitants of the mountains not seldom celebrate their re ligious festivals oa the very same spot where their Pagan forefather worshiped. Skrtti" 0 .Voter, ia nW Alp. " JoBjmr.'e taid a fond soother to her boy, "which wou'd you rather do, apeak Knock. Speniah?" "I would rather,'' eaid JohenT, rubbing hia waistband and looking ipreivly at th table. I would rather talk Turkey.'
