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CLARA BARTON ACTIVE.
Red Cross Heroine Will Estab­
lish Railroad Hospital Car
Service.
another New England girl Clara Bar­
ton, when thrown on herbwn resources,
took up school teaching as a means of
livelihood, and when she was obliged
to abandon this because of failing eye­
sight, she managed to secure a position
in the Patent Office at Washington, and
here she continued her service until
the outbreak of the Civil War disclosed
to her a lifework. Her advertisements
in the Massachusetts papers that she
would receive money and stores for the
wounded soldiers and personally dis­
tribute them at the front brought quick
responses,and from thissmallbeginning
the scope of her work broadened. The
ministering angel of the Army of the
Potomac was present at the battles of
Cedar Mountain, the second Bull Run,
Antietam, Fredericksburg and the Wil­
derness.
WAS WITH THE VANGUARD.
In the Franco-Prussian war Mi6s
Barton was the first person to enter
Strasburg after the fall of that city,
and was instrumental in organizing
the relief. She performed a similar
service at Paris, which she entered with
the vanguard at the conclusion of the
siege. After her return to the United
States she directed relief work in addi­
tion to the instances above mentioned
during the Mississippi flood of 1882, the
overflow of the Ohio River in 1883, the
Louisiana cyclone of the same year,
and the Texas drought of 1889, ever at
the fore aiding, sustaining, and sup­
porting by her untiring presence the
failing courage of those who in their
suffering learned to depend upon her
with passionate love and gratitude.
Mrs. John A. Logan (Mary Simmer-
son Cunningham Logan) who appears
with Clara Barton in this picture, is
a native of Missouri, but was educated
in Kentucky and married John A. Lo­
gan in 1866. Since his death she has
ERUPTION OF KRAKÂTOA.
Volcanic Explosions in East In­
dies the Most Terrific in
History.
rence. He had heard them just four
hours after the actual explosion, for
this is the time the sound occupied on
its journey.
If Vesuvius were vigorous enough to
emit a roar like Krakatoa, how great
would be the consternation of the
world! Such a report might be heard
by King Edward, at Windsor, and by
the Czar, at Moscow’. It would aston­
ish the German Emperor and all his
subjects. It would penetrate to the se­
clusion of the Sultan at Constantino­
ple. It would have extended to the
sources of the Nile, near the equator.
It would have been heard by Moham­
medan pilgrims at Mecca. It would
have reached the ears of exiles in Si­
beria. No inhabitants of Persia would
have been beyond its range, while pas­
sengers on half tbe liners crossing the
Atlantic would also catch the mighty
reverberation. Or, to take another
illustration, let us suppose that a sim­
ilar earth-shaking event took place in
a central position in the United States.
Let us say, for example, that an explo­
sion occurred at Pike’s Peak as
resonant as that from Krakatoa. It
would certainly startle not a little the
inhabitants of Colorado far and wide.
The ears of dweller» in the neighbor­
ing States would receive a consider­
able shock. With lessening intensity
the sound would spread much farther
around—indeed, it might be heard all
over the United States. The sonorous
waves would roll over to the Atlantic
coast; they would be heard on the
shores of the Pacific. Florida would
not be too far to the south, nor Alaska
too remote to the north. If. indeed,
we could believe that the sound would
travel as freely over the great conti­
nent as it did across the Indian Ocean,
then we may boldly assert that every
ear in North America might listen to
the thunder from Pike’s Peak, If it
rivaled Krakatoa. Can we doubt that
Krakatoa made the greatest noise that
has ever been recorded?
Among the many other incidents
connected with this explosion, 1 may
specially mention the wonderful sys­
tem of divergent ripples that started
in our atmosphere from the point at
which the eruption took place. The
initial impetus was so tremendous that
these waves spread for hundreds and
thousands of miles. They diverged,
in fact, until they put a mighty girdle
round the earth, on a great circle of
which Krakatoa was the pole. The at­
mospheric waves, with the whole earth
now well in their grasp, advanced into
the opposite hemisphere. In their
progress they had necessarily to form
gradually contractiffg circles, until at.
last they converged to a point in Cen­
tral America, at the very opposite
point of the diameter of our earth,
8,000 miles from Krakatoa. Thus the
waves completely embraced the earth.
Every part of our atmosphere had
been set into a tingle by the great
AWFUL BALLOON VOYAGE.
THE STATE OF SEQoi
_____
om of r<
The Name of the Origin j.
Cherokee Indian Al»
German Military Acronants Saf-
to be Honored.
Only After a Terrible Ex­
---------
perience,
The decision of the •
which recently met at Mus
dlan Territory, upon a uame for th.
new state to be added to the Unj
brings a total of thirty-three sta
which have adopted Indian titles
state names. The convention,
•ome little discussion, decided
the new state should be known
quota, as a tribute to the
Cherokee leader, and is a
honor which America owes to «.
the reallv great red men of this <
neut. The Cherokee Indian alpb
was originated by George Gist, a 1
breed, known to the tribe as Set
He was a statesman and a pety
leader among the tribe. He w
Illiterate man but the ide«
alphabet for the Cherokee tri'
conceived from the brands he ,
cattle. He carved eighty-six A
tern with his hunting kntfe out 1
bark, then he called the wise to­
gether. and explained the char»
The tribunal council adopted tha.
in later years one of tbe tribe t
lated the Bible into the ”
language, through which
War Airship Was Driven Five Hun­
Vast Volumes of Ashes Blown Twenty
dred Miles Over Baltic Sea and
Miles Above Earth — Detonations
Dropped In Swedish Snow Bank—
Heard Three Thousand Miles Dis­
Barely Averted Drowning.
tant.
The progress of balloon experiments
By Sir Robert Ball.
Clara Barton, the famous Red Cross
in the German army has Just received
leader, has just given new evidence
The following description by Sir
a severe setback by the fearful experi­
that she Is one of the most remarkable
Robert Ball of the eruption of Kraka­
ences of two members of the Aero­
women the world has ever known. Feel­
toa will be read with special interest
static Corps, named Wolff and Brand,
ing that the Red Cross work has been
at the present time. It is taken from
who have returned to Berlin after hav­
placed on a permanent basis and no
his book, "The Earth's Beginning," re­
ing been given up for dead, following
longer needs her close supervision, thiB
cently published by D. Appleton & Co.
a balloon ascension, during which they
untiring woman, although upward of
Until the year 1883 few had ever
completely disappeared. The two men
eighty years of age, has lately returned
heard of Krakatoa. It was not in­
were blown all the way from Berlin to
to her old home in Massachusetts and
habited, but the natives from the sur­
the Baltic Sea, where they were driven
opened headquarters for a great new
rounding shores of Sumatra and Java
by a gale clear across that body of
movement to alleviate suffering, name­
used occasionally to draw their canoes
water, and finally landed, half dead, in
ly. a project for organizing hospital
up on its beach while they roamed
a little village in Sweden, traveling al­
corps on all railroads in order that
through the jungle in search of the
together more than five hundred miles.
with the aid of hospital cars speedy
wild fruits. The island seemed to owe
The story of their flight is one of the
succor may be brought to persons in-
its existence to some frightful eruption
most thrilling in tbo history of bal­
jured In wrecks.
of bygone days, but for a couple of
looning in Europe.
centuries
there
had
been
no
fresh
out
­
The portrait here presented Is of
UNABLE TO MAKE DESCENT.
break.
especial interest, inasmuch as It is the
The two balloonists, caught in the
In 1883 Krakatoa suddenly sprang
only likeness which Clara Barton has
gale in the upper air, were blown at
into notoriety. Insignificant though it
permitted to be made in many years.
terrific speed for three days, unable to
had hitherto seemed, the little island
The famous Red Cross worker has no
make a descent without being dashed
was
soon
to
compel
by
its
tones
of
love for the camera, but her close per­
to death.
thunder
the
whole
world
to
pay
it
in
­
sonal friend, Mrs. John A. Logan, after
As the wind seemed to slacken, ffie
stant attention. It was to become the
much persuasion finally induced her to
balloonists opened their valve, prepar­
scene
of
a
volcanic
outbreak
so
appall
­
sit for this picture. Mrs. Logan is seen
ing to descend. What was their horror
ing that it is destined to be remem­
standing by her side.
upon seeing as they dropped from the
bered throughout the ages.
clouds that the open sea was beneath
WORKED IN CIVIL AND FRANCO-
At first the eruption did not threaten
them. They tried to shut the valve,
to be of any serious type. In fact, the
PRUSSIAN WARS.
but were only partly successful.
good people of Batavia, so far from be­
Clara Barton, who is entering with
When within a few huhdred feet of
ing terrified at what was in progress
•o much enthusiasm into a new mis-
the water, the valve was closed by
in Krakatoa, thought the display was
Wolff, who climbed up to the cordage
such an attraction that they chartered
surrounding the gas bag to do it. But
a steamer and went forth for a pleas­
the balloon still dropped nearer the
ant picnic to the island. Many of us,
sea. Finally, desperate, the balloon­
I am sure, would have been delighted
ists climbed Into the balloon’s rigging
to have been able to join the party
and cut the basket front under them.
who were to witness so interesting a
Clinging to the cordage about the
spectacle. With cautious steps the
balloon, the two men hung between
more venturesome of the excursion
hope and fear for a few moments as
party clambered up the sides of the
the bag seemed to hover uncertainly.
volcano, guided by the sounds which
The thought came into their minds
were issuing from its summit. There
simultaneously that one must drop off
they beheld a vast column of steam
and lighten the weight to save his
pouring forth with terrific noise from
comrade; otherwise both must drown.
a profound opening about thirty yards
But slowly the bag began to rise once
THE HALF-IIREFyi SEQUOIA,
in width.
more.
As the summer of this dread year
CLUNG TO CORDAGE FOR HOURS. Christianity was first taught among
advanced, the vigor of Krakatoa stead­
After clinging for hours to tho cor­ tho Cherokees. It Is to Sequoia that,
ily increased. The noises became more
dage, thousands of feet in tho air over the Cherokee nation owe» it» splendid
and more vehement. These were pres­
the sea, the two soldiers made out the •ystem of schools.
ently audible on shores ten miles dis­
land. As soon as it was safe, the valve
tant. and then twenty miles distant,
While in search of • lost band of
was opened again, and the balloon was Cherokee Indians in 1844. Sequoia
until the great thunders of the vol­
allowed
to
descend
slowly.
The
two
cano, now so rapidly developing, as­
lost bl» life
men landed in u snow bank within a
tonished the inhabitants that dwelt
California ha» already honored Mm
few miles of a little Swedish village. by naming the "Big Tree’’ of that
pver an area at least as large as Great
They had to walk two miles, almost state “Sequoia gigatea’’ after him
Britain, and there were other symp­
exhausted, through the snow, and col­ Fnelnnd knows this tree a» the
toms of the approaching catastrophe.
lapsed just as they reached tho first “Wellington!».”
With each successive convulsion a
cabin.
quantity of fine dust was projected
Thirty two of tho states of th«
nnfon have adopted Indian titles, bat
aloft into the clouds. The wind could
"Thet
there
tree,
Mlrandy,
reminds
they are usually place-names; no
not carry this dust away as rapidly as
me amazlnly uv a jay-bird.”
«tato commemorates in its title any
it was hurled upward by Krakatoa, and
"LookA-here,
Si,
yew
’
re
gettin
’
dip
­
original American citizen. True w*
accordingly the atmosphere became
py. Hahw on alrth kin a tree fallen have Delaware named for Lord De
heavily charged with suspended parti­
acrost th’ road put yew in mind uv a I» Warr, Pennsylvania for the Quak­
cles. A pall of darkness thus hung
jaybird?”
er. William Penn, and one for Georg*
over the adjoining seas and islands.
“Becuz, Mlrandy, it hez blew daown. Washington, but none to communorat*
Such was the thickness and the density
Glddap, Nance.”
in Indian.
of these atmospheric volumes of
Krakatoa dust that for a hundred
miles around the darkness of midnight
prevailed at midday. Then the awful
tragedy of Krakatoa took place. Many
thousands of the unfortunate inhab­
itants of the adjacent shores of Su­
matra and Java were destined never to
behold the sun again. They were pres­
ently swept away to destruction in an
s
invasion of the shore by the tremen­
f
dous waves with which the seas sur­
International Corretpondenco School«,
rounding Krakatoa were agitated.
s
Hoi VIT, BCBAMTON, PA.
plain,
without
further
ohligntlon
on
my
part
The development of the volcanic en­
r
I <an <jnal If y for a larger taiarv in th« po«i-
ergy proceeded, and gradually the ter­
tlon before which 1 have market! X
ror of the inhabitants of the surround­
■arhan. Draf tarnen
ing coasts rose to a climax. July bad
Telephon«' Kngl* ee
k I« < . I.lghtlta« NHp(
slonary work, was born in Oxford, engaged in literary work, and has re­ ended before the manifestations of
MreI im II I ngTgerr
sided
in
the
city
of
Washington,
mak
­
Mass., in 1830. During the Civil War
Murvryor
Krakatoa had attained .their full vio­
Atationary Fnglnre
ing
her
home
in
a
quaint
old
house
she did relief work on the battlefields
lence. By the middle of August the
4*1*11 r.nglnrrr
BulMIng < oHlraelor
and organized the search for missing filled with mementoes of her hero hus­ panic was widespread, for the supreme
ArrhlleeT Drift»«»*
men for which Congress appropriated band. This residence is on a most at­ catastrophe was at hand.
Arrhlteet
•‘truetnral Engineer
the sum of 115,000. After the close of tractive little estate of about one-half
On the night of Sunday, August 26,
I<r1«lgr- t ilgt ne«r
that conflict she went abroad and car­ acre in extent, located on the brow of 1883, the blackness of the dust clouds,
Mining Engine«-r
ried on the Red Cross activities of the a hill overlooking the nation’s capitol. now much thicker than ever in the
Franco-Prussian war. following which
Straits of Sunda and adjacent parts of
she did heroic work at the Johnstown
COLONEL HENDERSON’S
Sumatra and Java, was only occasion­
flood distributed relief In the Russian
ally illumined by lurid flashes from
POEM.
famine in 1892. and the Armenian mas­
the volcano. The Krakatoa thunders
sacre of 1896. at the request of the
Several years ago the late Col. D. B. were on the point of attaining their
President of the United States carried Henderson wrote a poem entitled ‘‘Yes complete development. At the town of
relief to Cuba in 1898, and conducted or No?” which slumbered until the Batavia, a hundred miles distant, there
the Red Cross relief at the Galveston other day, when It was read In Des was no quiet that night. The houses
Moines at a meeting held in the famous trembled with the subterranean vio­
America's most interesting repre­ Iowan’s memory. The poem runs:
lence, and the windows rattled as If
sentative in the world’s group of Kfand Is there a mentor strong and good
heavy artillery were being discharged
old women has been loaded with hon­ That always Indicates the road
in the streets, and still these efforts
Where
we
should
go,
ors by all nations, and her home is That tells ns with unerring voice
seemed to be only rehearsing for the
filled with valuable tokens of esteem Which of the words should be our choice-- supreme display. On the morning of
Chief among the treasures cherished
The Yes or No?
Monday, August 27. 1883, the rehears­
bv this idol of conquering armies are
als were over and the performance be- '
have the hthles of the earth.
the jewels and decorations tendered her We
gan. An overture, consisting of two
With nil their holy power and worth.
bv the royalty of many nations, and
And yet we know
or three introductory explosions, was
constituting unquestionably the great­ The world Is wild with disputation
succeeded by a frightful convulsion
To earn moremmry—to seevre y<mr future~fn torrent in lift—
to the "true road te aanmtlon"—
Mi«« Ottilia Guenther, who was recently give» a
est collection ever bestowed upon any As The
which tore away a large part of the private
Yes or No.
ent out, fill in «nd mail to th« International < orreapondsm-o
audience by Pope Pin» X. la a Chi ano girl
citizen of the United States.
Island of Krakatoa and scattered it to and a daughter tn Otto Guenther of the nrm of
Bchoote the above coupon. They will »how you how you ran fit
When seeking virtue’s truest noth
Guenther, Bradford A t o. Thia ta not rhe ftr*t time
the winds of heaven.
yourwlf easily and quickly in your »pare time to get mors
GIFTS FROM ALL SOVEREIGN’S.
And all the purest gems she hath.
«tie has been honored by the head of her faith, two
This
supreme
effort
It
was
which
there no woe?
money in your present position, or change to • more congenial
XIII, having granted her a special audience a year
Conspicuous In the glittering array Is Is there
no doubt In noblest mind
produced the mightiest noise that, so before hia death. Mias Guenther hat been taking a
•nd better paying occupation.
are the amethyst cut in the form of a Who In the word from heaven would far as we can ascertain, has ever been law course in the University of Berlin. She has
Mind, tha sending of this eoupon doe, not obligate yon to
find
nan«y an inch and one-half square
much philanthropic work among the poor
heard on this globe. It must have been done
pay one cent, it »imply gives the I. C. H. the opportunity of
The Yes or NoJ
Italian« of Chicago and will resume thia when ahe
the ¿ft of Miss Bartons personal
indeed a loud noise ffhlch could travel | returns there nert month. She will he graduated
proving *01» easy it is for you to Improve your condition right st
friend the Grand Duchess of B»den; Onr hearts will whisper: "This Is right; from Krakatoa to Batavia and pre­ from
Northwestern Univeraity law bchooiln 10/7.
home without neglecting your preeent work.
ih« Servian Red Cross decoration pre- Here live and love and drink delight
serve its vehemence over so great a '
Nor dream of woe."
No rink to run. No book» to buy.
sented by Qu«m
«•* °°’d
reason suddenly cries out
distance; but we should form a very ! eruption. Tho wave» panned over our
The I. C. S. ie an lnntitution with an invested capital of over
Cross of Remembrance beatowc . by the When
In
touts
that
fill
the
heart
with
doubt
inadequate
conception
of
the
energy
i
Stand Duke and Duchess of Baden a And thunders: "No!"
bead», the air in our street«, tbe air In !
flfitoOJlO) anti a reputation of 14 year»’ aueeaaaful work. It has
of the eruption of Krakatoa if we our houses, trembled from the volcanic
taken a day latorer and qualified him as an eleetrh-ian with n
medal presented by the Queen of Italy,
thought
that
ita
sounds
were
heard
by
I
•alary of
»year. It b»e taken a bricklayer and oualifled
And
ever
thus
we
rise
and
fall.
impulse. The very oxygen supplying
an English decoration pinned on Miss We hope and fear and tremble all
him to t»eorr>s a building contraetor with a huatneaa of hi» own
those merely a hundred miles off This 1 our lungs was responding also to the I
Barton’s drees by Queen Victoria; the Until we go.
oftlto !•>' annually. It has taken a tailor and qualified him to
would be little Indeed compared with 1 supreme convulsion which took plate
iron Cross of Germany presented by Then we shall have a sweet repose.
e«tabli»h of hi« own a yearly buainaae of gto.ilit. It ha« taken
what is recorded, on testimony which , 10.000 miles away. It Is needless to
the Emperor and Empress, the decora- There la a light that melta our woes,
teas of thousands of men »nd women of every age and in every
Leet
is
the
No.
It
is
Impossible
to
doubt.
object
that
this
could
not
have
taken
walk of ¡tie and in » few monthe qualified them to double, triple,
tion of the Order of Melusine presented
Westward from Krakatoa stretches1 place because we did not feel It. Self-
quadruple their salary. To barn who they »re; how it was done;
by the Prince of Jerusalem. Cyprus and
the
wide
expanse
of
the
Indian
Ocear.
SECIES
reglstering
barometers
have
enabled
bow you um do the tame, fill lit the urupvu and uuul it today.
Armenia, and the brooch and pendant
of diamonds the gift of the people of
Recent events In Zion City make It ap­ On the opposite side from the Straits these waves to be followed unmistak­
Johnstown, in recognition of the great parent that Elijah the third has gone up of Sunda liea the Island of Rodrigues, ably all over tbe globe.
the distance from Krakatoa being al­
Such was the energy with which
device rendered by Miss Barton after almost ra effertually as did the original.
most 3.000 miles. It baa been proved these vibrations were initiated at
A
Kansas
woman
was
kicked
by
a
mole,
the famous flood.
by
evidence
which
cannot
be
doubted
Krakatoa. that even when tbe waves
Miss Barton’s father was in boyhood causing her to Mte off her tongue. She
one of ‘he soldiers of "Mad Anthony” realises now It la bad business to talk back that the thunder of the great volcano thus arising hail converged to the
to
a
mule.
attracted
the
attention
of
an
intelli
­
point diametrically opposite In South
w.mp. and Clarissa Harlowe Barton.
gent coastguard on Rodrigues, who America their vigor was not yet ex-
¿ her name is inscribed in the family
It Is herd for R uom U Sago to understand . carefully noted the character ef the
Hlble came to the Bay State home as why people want to travel in air-ships when .
(Continued on next page column 5 )
* sounds and the time of their occur­
* human Christmas present. Uke many walking la so much cheaper
Although Over Eighty Years Old She
Mas Started in with Great Energy
to Organize New Relief Work to
Cope with Wrecks.
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