SEPTEMBER. 1894. ' No 9
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-A Bi tt er Temptation.
Editor's Column
The Volcano of Kileiua
Th« D 173 of tha Weeks
Cminn lrutns
Press Nofcpa
A Small Boy '3 Composition
His Contri ■ mtion
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No. 9
A BITTER TEMPTATION.-Continued.
BY W. 3. HENDESON.
That year Muruford won by two lengths; and the following year they won by a length; and the next year they had only half a length to spare.
This year the Mumford colleg- ians were in a bad state of mind. All kinds of rumors had been a- float as to tup manner in which the Biddlevilles had been train- ing for the race. Tie most dis- turbing one was that a myster- ious stranger, a big man with a dark mustache, had bef n seen steering the Bid dlevil I e shell and coaching the crew; and it was whispered that ne was no less a personage than the stroke of the Oxford University eight, who vas visiting America, and had friends in BiddlevilJe. Perhaps th« Mumfords would have hem more uneasy tbtn ever if th*y had known who it really was. It was simply the great "B jV Cook
, the coach of the Yale University I crew, who had come down to o- ; blige his young friend, the Bid- dleville boy, who was now in the Yale Law School, in the waist of the 'varsi+y shell. You see, the rival schools closed late, and thftir annual race took place a week later than the Yale-Har- vard race, so Mr. Cook could be there without difficulty.
The Mnmford crew arrived at Biddleville the day before the race, and in the evening Charlie Wentwortb, coxswain of the col- legians, s'ood oa the river- bank in front of their quarters in deep meditation. He ha<i a feel- i ing, which he co lid not drive a- wty, that t;he Biddleville boys j we.e going to win this year, and I he was searching his brain for some expedient- by which this I might at the lost moment be pre- vented. But think as he might,
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he couJd not see any way out of it.
"If they can row faster than we can," he said to himself, "tbev will beat us, unless I see a chance to take an advantage of them ir. the course of the lac7;, and 1 mean to keep my wits about me."
The day upon which the race was to take place proved to be clear and warm, with a gentle westerly breeze which would n^t ruffle the wahr The town was ia a great flutter bunting, and the streets teemed with gayl) costumed ladies. A big four- horse coach, bearing a jolly part- y of Mumford boys, rattled down High Street to an accompani- ment of mellow horn calls and shrill cheers from the boys. The MumfordL<, colors, purple and white, streamed from the coach, and whenever a lady was seen wearing those colors she was cheered. But of course the Bid- dleville colors, yellow and blue, were seen everywhere, and Bid- dleville boys paraded the streets in phoals, cheering, and singing, "Here's to good old Bid,
For of Mumford she'll get rid; Drink her down."
The race was set down for five o'clock, and at that hour the
who'e population went down to tie river The course was a mile and a half long, and was almost atraighfc, while the banks of thi tiverro.se twenty faet or so above rbe water, tuua making it pos^i be for spectators near+he finish to see the race from beginning to end with good glasses.
"Taey lojkm;^ H7 strong in the wa^t of the b^at," said Char- lie Wentworth.
He was talking to Harvey Storrs, stroke of the Mumford four, as the Biddleville shell slid by under easv swing, going up to tne starting-point.
"They pull in stunning form," said Cyril Black, No. 3.
"Yes, bit its easy to do that when you're going plowly, ' ans- wered Storrs.
"Well, it warms a fellow's heart to hear you talk,'' said Black. "I don't believe you would want to hang youreelf if we were beaten."
"I don't think I should," said Harvey; "but at the same timer I mean to do all I can to prevent them from beating us."
"They shall rot beat us!" ex- claimed Charlie Wentworth pas- sionately.
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lthongh times' are hard, and money scarce, we take ju-*t p ide in saying that our little paper has neyer been in a mo.e flourishing state, (we mean finan- cially) than at the present time. We are compelled in this v' sue lo publish twelve pages, in order to do justice to our subscribers and fco our advertisers at the same time. It has be«m onr mis- fortune (?) to have hil to lejs-ct
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The Midwinter Fair isjuow a thing of the past. Desolation reigns supreme upon the once merrv scene. The famous Mid- way Plaisance where ttie fakers and spielers were in their glory, is po-f am?re pile of timber a id staff. And the large main build- ings are being carted away.
It seems a pity that it could, not, always have been. But. ail good things must come to an end, and so with our Midwinter Fair> May it long remain w'lh ns as a T)leasnnt dream, that hi s vanished in the darkness.
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THE VOLCANO OF KILEAUA.
BY the last mail from Honolu- lu, ohroagh the kindness of a friend, we received the follow- ing discrip*,ion of thn Yol«an3of Kileaua, and the Lake of Fire. Undoubtedly it will interest our readers.
The volcano is situated on the island ol Hawaii, 250 mile* fron Honolulu. From Hilo it is a stage ride of thirty -two miles to the vol- cano, through a dense tropical forest. Bach sides of the road are lined with ferns from fifteen to thirty feet nigh; they grow on trees.
About a half a mile before ap- proaching the hotel, hot steam and sulphurous vapors were seen issuing from the earth on both sides of the road. On« does not see the volcano until fight at the hotel 4040 feet above the sea.
The hotel is situated right on ihe brink of the crater and is in plain view of the lake.
There is a descent of about eight hundred feet from the ver- anda of the hotel, into the crater,
which i3 e'ght miles in circum- ferenc >.
The Lake 67 Fire is three and one half miles distant. On. horse- back, with oui guide,, we rode down the steep trail about one mile, until >*£ leached the floor of tne crater fad came upon larva. Ihen we followed alor g a i o nparatively biuooth trail o- ver the larva bed until within half a mile of thelak^, where we tie j our horses and proceeded on foot.
In a faw moments we could feel the larva grow warmer as we proceeded. Thore was no lag- ging behind in slow walking we were obliged to go on rather li- vely to keep the sdes' of our shoes from burning.
We walked in single fTe fol- lowing the guide who touched each piece of lava with his etick before placing bis foot upon it, and we were careful to do like- wise. Tn many places, we placed our walking sticks between cracks in the lava and burned them, and this was one half a mile from the lake itself.
When one realizes that the la- va on which he stands is but two inches thick, and beneath that is
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"Then the Mumford crew toot their places in thier boat, and paddled slowly up to the start. The Biddleville boys we»'o rest- ing1 on their oars and sucking lemoas. Frank Browheli, the stroke oar, turned his head, and said:
'"Now, boys, don't, let ?:nything get you rattled, and I believe we'll win this race. What evei happens, even if the river turns up sude down, keep your eyes in the boat, kve-p time, gut your legs and back iofo evey shoke, find don't stop rowing.
"That's the talk, Frank," said George Waters,tho ^oxswaiu "It we don't beat those fellows this year, it will be because we don't attend strictly to business. We have the muscle and we have the stroke. AU we've got to do is to pull hard and steer straight. You fellows atoeni^othe pulling, and I'll guarantee that the rudder does not interfere ^ith you."
"Here they are," said Brown- el!. "They're a wiry set, but I believe we are too heavy for them."
"And if -.---> teat them, "chimed in Phil Terry, No. 3, "this town will not be big enough to hold us."
" Eyes in the boat," said Wat- ers. "Here's the referees launch. Keep quiet now, boys, and listen to orders,"
The water is smooth, and it d i d not t ake tbe referee long to get the crews into position. It seemed only a second before tbe pistol cracked, and the eight strong backs swung forward. Muniford had the start, Biddle- ville's first two or three strokes being ragged.
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THE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
Sunday— Day of the Sun.
Monday— Day .of the Moon.
Tuesday- -God of war.
Wednesday— God of storms.
Thursday— God of thunder.
Friday — Goddess of marriage.
Saturday-God of time.
The names of the seven daj s of the 'veek originated with the Egyptian astronomers. They gave them the names the Sun Moon and five planets, viz: Mars Mercury, J-ipitar, Venus and Saturn. The Chinese an<; Thib- etans have a week of five days, named "after iron, wood, wa'er feathers and earth.
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Before going farther, I roust tell yon that the Lake of Fire dropped down 200 feet about six weeks ago, and the walls contin- ually falling in, make it difficult and very dangerous to approach the brink.
We finally reached a safe place about five in the afternoon andstayed until nine in the even- ing thus &eeing it by day and by night.
It is useless for me to at- tempt to describe this, the most wonderful of Nature's phenom- ena.
The Lake of Fir 3 covers ?n area of about twelve acres. But in *hat little space is all that I ever care to see. .T
It was a grand and w mde: f ally terrible sight It has a strange, peculiar fascination that one can hardly tear himself away .
It was like an oce^n of water in a storm., with the waves of uiolte.. lava dashing on the sides of the pit. A huge boulder fell in while we were present and joined a sort of island, over which the lava washed, like over
a ship at sea.
There was a steady current, the lava actually flowing in one direction, wherb to, God knows. Thera were innumerable fount- ains, souif fifty, feet high, splash- ing as the surf, and the roarwa,3 a? if breakers were breaking on a rough sf>a coast
In fact- one couid close his eyes and imagine himself at some sea- side, but for the h«at and that infernal sulphmous smoke,
I went down twice, and all I can say of it is; place Yosemite Valley, Alaska, Niagara Falls to- gether, and they will not com- pare with this wonderful volca- no.
CONUNDRUMS.
Why is a violent man under ar- rest like the Monday's wash .- He must be ironed.
most
What kind of cards are
used on Art or Day1?
Spades:
What is the difference between the century plant and Aibor Day?
One is a day of many plants and the ether a plant of many days.
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PRESS NOTES,
The following exchanges came to , hand: The Newsboy, Herald Bee, Monthly Visitor and The fun.
After a vacation of several weeks, The Fuu has made its re- appearance. Although a great improvement oo former issues, still there is plenty rjoin for more.
The Bee was received in its usual neat style. Wo find our name again not mentioned a- moag the exchangas. How a- bout it Mr. Fauoompre ?
We hear that. The Lilliputian will henceforth appear as a mon- thly. We anxiously await its appearance.
We will exchange .vith all a-
mateur publications.
Where are all our exchanges?
Perhaps at the dead letter of- fice.
the lop another layer of pebbles. The water will filter pure and clean through the aperture into another vessel, however impure previously.
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A Small Boy's Composition on the Horse
The horse is an animal like the elephant only different. He don't carry any trunk but he has ears like my rabbit. My Ma says its awful ciuel to cut house's tails 'cauee she says, "What nature put together, let no man cut a- part," or something like that. I suppose they say man because its only men who cut off their tails.
They have nails like acuv oq- ly a cow has two nails and a horse ha* only one. The horse is tall and some ere about 17 feet 2 incnes high and some are only 2 feet 3 7 inches high.
The horse nails seem to be made out of the same stuff that an elephant's skin. Some horses axe real, like other people be- cause they grow pompedoors. I don't know if I spelled that right or mt, and so n i always black their nails, like we black our fhoes.
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Mr. -tone's horse is a very ^on"e''iil animal because he said he kicked thunder cuf of his boy Frank, and a horse that can kiektbunder out of anything raisi be like Franklin who saw ejectricity in his latch-key.
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His Contribution.
A. certain teacher, wnqse work brings her into the midst of a very crowded ci£y region, iis al- ways anxious to keep track of contagious diseases th^ie and asked her pupils to bring., her word whenever they see a plac- ard in a window announcing scar- let fever, small pox, or the like.
On9 day a little Italian boy, who does not yet "spik Inglis ' very well, put tip his hand to in- dicate that, he had seen sach & sign.
"What did it say?" aaked the teacher, encouragingly.
Slowly and painfully came the answer, but it was delivered with much pride:
"It— say, 'To-let.' "
Young women who ride bicyles may be spoken of as "Daughters of the Revolution."
Friend— What a perfectly lov~ ly dress ycu wore last evening- very la! est Parisian style, too; only i eceived two days ago. Your dress makers must be wonderf nl- quick. Where did you get it made?
MijsH Bangupp— My grand- mother found it in my great- grandmother's old trunk.
A4-ye?;r-o!d buy was blubering lustily on tile street yesterday. Some kind-hearted stranger had tried to soothe him with a stick of curdy, and his face was bes- meared with sticky tears and dirt.
"Well, what's the matter wiih you?" asked the officer on the beat "Are you lost?"
K-n-no, sir," the boy sobbed.: I've in jslaid ray papa.
"Say, Mike, why '.don't you buy a bicycle?"
"Bekas - it I want ter walk I'll- walk standing up."
Tramp-Madam, I was not al- ways thus.
Madam-No. It was jour other arm you had in a sling this morn- ng.
Our Editorial Booms are now connected with the oat side world by telegra i h.
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Ferguson You don't look like a man who has just said good- night to his adored- Perhaps the old man came to the door in time to see you off?
Hankinson He came to the door, blaoie him, in time to saw me off!
"I hear yoar sou has become an actor; how is he getting on?"
"Very well, indeed. He began as a corpse, and now he has al- ready advanced to the role of a ghost.
"It is strange what a time we have with coo s, d^ar," said Mr Innis. "Dawson was telling me to- day that they had theirs for ten years."
'"Yes, dear; and did he tell you who she was?"
"No. Wh^?"
"Hip wife."
A. young woman was tradjog in a stationer's shop, and the elder- ly proprietor suddenly asked:
"And when does the wedding take place?"
"The wedding? Why, you don't think—" the fair custom- er blushed an^ hesitated.
"Ah, miss, when young 1 vdies
buy a hundred sheets of paper and only twenty-rive envelopes. I know there is something in the
wind"
"How savagely that cow looks at me," said a young woman — a summer boarder — to a f arme r.
"It's your red parasol, ma'am," he answered.
"Dear me!" said the maiden. "I knew ij was a little out of fashion, but I didn't suppose a country cow would notice it."
The person who is inclined to boast of his valuable possessions is likely to nave the laugh turn- ed u.jou him, on occasion. A wealthy man was once exhibiting proudly to some acquaintances a tablo which he ha I bought, and which, he said, was five hundred yeirs old.
"That is nothing,'' saidono of the company. "I have in my possession a table which is over th^ee thousand years old. '
"Three thousand years old!" said his host. "That is imposs- ibla. Where was it made?"
"Probably in India"
"In India? What kind of a table is it?"
"The multiplication table." ,
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