The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

The Cedarville Herald. W. B. BLAIR, FubU»b«r, CRDARVILLE, : : t OBIO. A LAKE OF LIVING LAVA. BIta»t*4 on M .u t BIU dh , la Hawaii, !* tha Sandwich Islands. There Is on the Island o f Hawaii » lake of living' laya. I t is on Mount Kiiaoea. I t is a pit about three and a half miles wide, nearly illipttcal in ! form, and surrounded with cliffs al­ most inaccessible’ to human 'foot Capt Dutton thus describes it: “ The object upon which the attention is instantly ffaed'ls a large chaotic pile of rocks situated in the center of the amphitheater, rising to a height which, -by an eye estimate, appears to be about three hundred and fifty to four hun- >dredfeet From innumerable places in its massvolumeso f steamare poured forth and borne away to leeward by the trade wind, . The color of the pile is Intensely black, spottedand streaked here and there with red. It is so shat­ tered and broken that it has a craggy; ominous aspect, which may be called hideous. Around it spreads out the slightly undulating floor of the amphitheater, as black as night To the left of the steaming pile is an, opening in the floor of the crater, within which we behold the ruddy streams of boiling lava. Fromnumerous points in the surround­ ing floor clouds of steam issue forth and melt away in the steady flow of the wind. Desolation and horror reign supreme. The engirdling walls every­ where hedge if in. But upon-their summits and Upon the receding plat­ form beyond are all the wealth and luxuriance of tropical vegetation, heightening the contrast with the deso­ lation below. The pool of burning lava ia about four hundred and eighty feet long and a little over three hundred feet in width; surrounded by vertical'walls fifteen to twenty feet In height. When we first reach it the probabili­ ties are that the surface of the lake is coated' over with a black, solidified crust, showing a rim of fire all around the edge. At nm, rouspointsat the edge o f the crust jets o. fire are seen spouting upward, throwing up a spray of glowing lava drops and emitting a dull simmering sound, The heat; for the time being, is not intense. How and then a fount­ ain breaks but in themiddleof the lake and bolls feebly for a few minutes, ft then becomes quiet, but only to renew the operation at some other point Gradually the spurting and fretting at the edges augment A belch of lava is thrown up here and there to the height of five or six fee t and falls back upon the crust Presently, and near the edge, a Cake of the crust cracks off, acd one edge of it. sliding downward descends beneath the lava and the whole cake disappears,' disclosing a naked surface of liquid fire. Again it coats over and turns black This opera­ tion is repeated edgewise at some other part o f ,the lake. Suddenly a network of cracks shoots through the entire crust Piece after piece o f it tarns its edge downward andsinks with a grand commotion, leaving the whole, pool a single expanse o f liquid lava The lake snrgeefeebly for a while but soon comes to rest The heat Is now insupportable, and for a time it is neceseay to withdraw from the immediate brink. Gradually the surface dsrkenawith the formation of a new crust, which grows blacker and blacker until the last ray of incan­ descence disappear* This alteration of the freezing of the surface of the lake and the break-up and sinking of the crustgoes on in a eontlntiods round at a regular period of about two hours. —Oar Earth and Its Wonders.. A POLITICAL FISHERMAN. The Maui He Knlngited Belong* to the Other “Party. In Canada the rancor of political party feeling ia extreme, for “ The •mailer the, rat-pit the keener the fight" The parties call one another “ tories" and “ grits." Judging by their respective newspapers, the lories should alt be jailed for plundering the dominion, and the grits banished for reviling their country. Vet, as am vng other English-speakingpeople, the t inn who lalks as if be wouldlike to boi. ■1 of the opposite faction in oil, is usuu / oh the best private terms with manyu.* them. A Canadian correspondent gives this instance; Capt Van Flack, who owns the net fisheries at the mouth o f .the. Votta- wSSaga rlver,° is an out-and-out grit, and a humorist in the bargain. One day, when the takd o f fish had been smalt, he took to vilifying the tories before a politically mixed company. Tories Were, he said, ail thieves, drunk­ ards, fools, andwhat Was worse, they let “ the Yankees" destroy the lUco fisheries! Hone of the tories present ventured to expostulatewith the angr v captain. When he had cooled, down some One happened to mention the name of Christopher Robinson, an eminent lawyer of Toronto. Van Flack at once began eulogising Robinson. Never waa there a better lawyer, or an honester, kinder man! "HutChristopherRoblnSoUiaa tory," said a bystander. “Yas," said Van Flack, looking be­ wildered for a foment. “Yes, he’a a toty. Sometimesyon flndaspeekled trout J* amongst a bast-lead Of seek- «**."—Youth’a Comnantoa, THE BATTLE FIELD. A NIGHT ATTACK. Terrible Work of the Confederate Ram, FilMatto State. - I t waa a dark,, misty itoonpingln Jan-1 usry 1893, and the/ United States steamer Mercedita lay at anchor off Charleston, S. C., on blockading doty, The;mid watch had just been relieved, and the officer of the deck restlessly, paced the quarter-deck peering into the darkness and scanning with eager glapce the. misty waters. The silence was unbroken save by the ceaseless, sullen roar, of the surf as it broke on the distant shdre, and even that sound was subdued by the distance into a rythmic, rumbling murmur. Soothed .by the sound the officer of the deck was congratulating himself on the prospect of a quiet watch when 'the voice of the lookout rang out sharply on the silent air. - “ On deck!" “ Aye, aye," responded the officer. “ There’s some kind of a vessel com­ ing towards us, sir." “ Whereaway?” , “ Just off. the starboard quarter, sir!” Looking in the direction named the officer saw'a huge, shapeless mass ap­ parently rising from the misty gloom and momentarily becoming plainer to tlie view. Seizing the speaking trum­ pet, the officer hailed: “ Ship, ahoy! What ship is that?" i, 'The challenge sounded loud and clear over the waters, but no answering bail came back to denote the stranger's character. “ AH hands to quarters!" and the dis­ cordant whirr of the rattle rang through the silent ship, calling the sleepy sail­ ors from their warm hammocks And rousing them from rosy dreams to con­ front the stern realities of war. , Ere they could gain their stations a voice from the stranger's deck rqng out: ‘T i l show yon what ship this is,.", and .almost with the words an earth­ quake shock shook the Mercedita from stem to stern; at- the same instant the deafening bootn o f a cannon burst on tbe air, followed by a load explosion, that made tlie good ship tremble like a. whipped hound. * , . . .In a moment the deck became a pan­ demonium. The shouts and cries of the wounded men rose above the roar of the escaping steam, which poured like a stream from the port boiler of the Mer­ cedita. The shell from the stranger lmd pierced the steam drum, and the hapless wretches who had escaped death by the sheU were being slowly scalded to death. In vain tlie officers shouted their command* The crow, demoralized by the calamity that had so suddenly befallen them, ran hither and thither tosescape from the hissing, burning steam. Suddenly a cry arose. “ The shipis sinking—lower away the boats!" Two hosts were lowered quickly, filled with men, who rowed rapidly awsy from the seemingly doomed ves- sel. At this juncture the, calm, clear tomes ot aman’s voice were heard above tha noise and confusioii: “ Surrender or Pit blowyou out of the water.’' Hot a gun had been fired on board the Mercedita, so complete was the sur­ prise, and now, with the low, black, hull lying close under her ports, de­ fense was impossible There wss bnt one thing to do*. Hot knowing the loss he had sustained in men, or the extent of damage done his ship, the com­ mander of the Mercedita was obliged, though rcluctsntly, to strike bis colors and send his sword and ship's papers aboard the enemy. He was informed that he was the prize of the confederate ram Palmetto State, Commodore Ingra­ ham commanding, and received orders to proceed to Charleston with his ves­ sel, himself and all hands being pa­ roled. . During this scene another vessel -of tbe squadron, the Keystone State, lay* at anchor near the Mercedita,' Her commander, hearing the confusion on his consort, slipped his cables and steamed out to sea, hauling his fires down and getting more steam as he proceeded. When he had gained suf­ ficient steam he turned and stood bold­ ly in towards the ram, which had drawn away from her- prize and lay calmly awaiting the Approach o f this new enemy. At a speed of nearly fifteen miles an hour the Keystone State bore down on her adversary, but when ahei was about a cable’s length away a port dropped quickly on tbe sloping side of the ram and a sullen boom sounded on the merning air. The iron messenger of destruction sped oh its way andpiftrled the gallant ship from bow to stem, crashing through one of her boilers On its way and killing many a gallant tar. The stanch vessel reeled like a drunken man, blit seemingly undaunted by her rude reception continued on, firing as she came. . Her heavy shot and shell rebounded from the iron aides of the ram like pebbles from a brick Wall, leaving a Streak of fire behind them bnt doing ho damage to the un­ wieldy hulk. Tho Shelia of tlie ram’s five- inch Armstrong guns pierced the sides of the gunboat as if they were made o f paper. This unequal contest could have but one ending, for the gallant union ship, riddled with holes mid disabled In iter machinery, was obliged to strike her eolois. Like the Mcrcedyta, she was ordered to Charleston, and the Palmetto State, utter firing a few shorn at the other vessels of the squadron, steamed Into Clarlc^ot harbor, leaving le g prizes to mrke their way as best they could. / The morning sun looked on a pitiful sight when he sent bis beams aslant the heaving waters. Two gallant ships that rode proudly to anchor when the sun went down the day before lay torn and tattered on tbe waters, and many a gallant heart that hadbeaten proudly at night was stilled forever. Such is the fortune of war. ° The Mercedita lost nine men in this short struggle, while the Keystone State lost twenty-one The engage­ ment had lasted but a few hours, but 'had demonstrated that the lightly clad gunboats were no match for tbe heav­ ily armored ranis of the enemy. The Mercedita was taken to Phila­ delphia and repaired, and. after a long and honorable career as !a gunboat, was, at the close qf the %var, relegated to private life. She is now iaN ew York harbor doing the duty of a coal barge.—H. Y. Advertiser. J MOSBY’S “ CLQSE CALL. »t How t|io GnerlUa Chleftlan Was Once s Captured, Shot and Left For Death. “It was one of the closest calls! ever had, and I was pronounced as good as a dead man by the federal surgeon.who made a hasty examination of me after the shooting, • The speaker was the noted southern raider. Col. John., S, Mapby, whonow resides in San Francisco, but has been spending a few days in this city.. He and I sat together on a settee in the corrider of a ' Broadway hotel and talked aboutwar times. The colonel— he was never a general—pushed back bis slouch hat, and.hisgray eyes gazed at the ceiling as if it were a map of the war. He forgot that he had ever been a politician and spent seven yeans of his life in Ilong Kong. His memory went back twenty-seven years to a period when he wasknown to Chenorth as a gnerilla raider. I bad been talking to him of narrow escapes, and the con­ versation led to the following narrative by the colonel. ’ “ It was in December, ISCI, in Vir­ ginia, that I thought I had received a fatal wound. I was captured, but not recognized, and left for dead by the federals. I have seen, an account some-, where of this adventure of mine, but it had no resemblance to the truth. The verisimilitude of detail was lack-’ ing to rescue the story from pure fic­ tion. “On that evening in December I was eating supper at a farm house and not suspecting the approach of federal cav­ alry, The farmer, his wife and daugh­ ter were friends of mine and a son of the family was under my command. I was ravenously hungry, and. by the aid of a tallow candle—gas and oil Were not used in Virginia then—I was eat­ ing sausages and pone- bread. Such luxuries as sugar and coffee were not in the menu. Suddenly tlie door was opened and several federal officers en­ tered, The house was entirely sur­ rounded by a regiment of cavaliy. I had on a long gray overcoat, and on the collar was the insignia o f my rank as colonel. Jumping up I raised both hands and.carelessly graspedmy. collar, hiding the insignia of ray rank. They did not know who I was, except that I was a confederate/ “ I looked down the barrels of several revolvers and surrendered. Of course I racked my brain to find out some avenue of escape. It Came in a danger­ ous way, The soldifrs on the outside fired through an openwindowaims and a ball struck me in tbe le ft side. The firing created confusion and the officers rushed Out to avoid, being shot by their own men. In the baste of their de­ parture the table was overturned and the candle went out, leaving the room in darkness. This waa my chance. I ran into an adjoining room, pulled off my coat and tucked it under a bureau, Ry that time I was growing weak from loss of blood and I felL ■ “ The federals came In and the sur­ geon examined me hastily. I distinctly remember that.he»sa!d I was shot in the heart, though how he managed to locate the wound there is a mystery to me. I was stripped of what clothing Ihad'and left in almost a nude condi­ tion. They asked me my name and I gave a fictitious one. The farmer waa interrogated but he did not tell them my name. As they did not suspect that I was Mosby they soon departed. “ Although it rained in torrents and the lightning was incessant 1 was car­ ried away in an ox-wagon. A ll the males and horses in the place had dis­ appear'd weeks before and only a yoke o f oxen remained. Two negro boys, the father and his daughter drorC the wagon and acted as my escort. Before they started I was roiled In several blankets and made as comfortable as possible under tbe circumstances. They conveyed me three miles to my men, and when they unrolled me and exam­ ined my wound I said I was shot in the identical spot that Gen. Job. Stuart was, and 1 thought t would die. The batl-went straight through Jeb Stuart, but fortunately in my case it deflected and went upward. In six weeks I was strong enough to he in the saddle again, ! have been wounded six times." “ Well, colonel," 1 asked, “ what caused that bullet to go upward when it entered your side*” ' “ 1 do hot know unless It was the sausage* Jhad eaten. After oil I may owe my life to sausages, I have the lead in mb yet, When those fellows heard that they had captured the and permitted me to escape 1 reckon they uttsred cuss w o r d s . N . V, Herald. I SIOO Steward RtOO. Tbe readers of this paper will be pleased U>learn tuaitheic Is at leant one dreaded disease that sdeoee has been ablate euro ; in all its stages, aad thutIsCatarrh. Hall’s <Catarrh Cure, is tlw only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, require* a constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon tlie bloodand mucous surface*of the system, thereoy destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution andassistingnature in doing its wor* The proprietors have so much faith in its cura­ tive powers, that they offer OneHundrod Dollars for any esse that-It fails to cure. Bend for listof testimonial*. ' Address. F. J. CHENEYA Co., Toledo,O. UP3old by Druggists, 75c. Wuex children continue making a noise after they have been told to be still, ills evident they will not take sound advice.--. Fieayuuo. ___ ' , Hzs PazrEnexcE—A youngwoman, being asked by a politician which party she was moBt in,favor of, replied that she preferred a wedding party,—Once'a Week. •Mardl Gras Rates. Tho Cincinnati. Hamilton andDayton Railroad announce exceptionally low rpund trip excursion rates to tbe Hew Orleans Mardi Gras, from Toledo and all points oh the line. The ticketswill be .onsalo and goodgoing Febnary 22nd to £8tb inc. and' good returning until March 22nd. For rates and full infer-, (nation, call on or addressany C. II. A D. R. R. Agent : r‘ ■ You can’t prove anythingabout a physi­ cian’s smoking habits by tbe number of cigarette coses he has ou hand.—Elmira Gazette. ’ ■ ■-■ • ' :■-/ The Only One Bver Printed—Can Ton Find theWord? There-Is a 3 inch display advertisement in thispaper, this week, which has notwo words alike except one word. The same is true of each new one appearingeach week, from Tho Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house places a .“ Crescent” on ‘everything they make and. publish.' Look for it, send themthe name of the word and they will return you book, beautiful lithogruphsor samples free. W hen a tailor’s bill is backed up by a. large juicy lawyer it becomesan ultimatum. —Minneapolis Journal A litbiukt man becomes a'nobleman when he is baronof (dens.—Lowell £ourior. “ L ife has been a burden to me fer tile pastGOyears on account of great suffering from vqry severo and frequent headaches. Bradycrotine lias done wonders for ns. 1 amnowa new man'and shall proclaim the merits of your medioino to ull lean reach." George P. Fowler, Attorney at Law, Pal- atka, Fla. ■' Wa hear about bearding tbe lion; hut male lions are usually bearded bynature.— 'Pittsburgh Chronicle “ l n*vx been occasionally troubled with Coughs, and IneachcasehaveusedB kowx ' s B kokcikai , Tuocues, which have never failed, and I must say they are tecoud to none in the world."—Felix A. May, Ccuhier, St. Paul, Minn, v •’—"'"■'""T' ...... . ’ PxQrut are scarcewho arq satisfied with their next dour neighbor’s religion.—Barn’s Horn. • . . 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