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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.'