The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-22
VOLCANO NOTES.
By the Funny Man from Funny
vile.


Monday at o'clock, arrived in Hiio
on Tuesday at P n. and left for the
volcano the next day. The sea was
smooth and the weather fine up to
that date. Ga their way up from
Hilo they met the party which went
up on the Hall the week before, re-
turning by way of Hilo after spend
ing a week at the volcano. The
Hiloward bound crowd had been
living in their grip sacks for week,
taking tramps of twelve to twenty
miles a day, digging in the old mud
sulphur banks, exploring damp fern
forests and lava caverns dripping
with steam, al d DIV ded the nights
impartially between the great lava
lake, making m )lasses candy, playing
billiards and fifteen ball pool, dane
ing breakd OWNS with choice ballet
accompaniment, eating ohelo and
poha pies, with now AMI then nap
thrown In to prepare for fonr meals
a day Each one of these varied
operations had left It's private mark
on the couuteuance or costume OF
the crowd" II was a stand off
whether the choice assortment of
shoe leather or the selection of deli
cate she'll colored noses Was most
striking IN artistic appearance. They
were both of the ultra radical, real
istic school Whether it was that
developed 10 snch q high degree as
% fascinate one of the fair Raymond
tourists, or whether she imagined a
band of brisapds on the warpatb,
history telleth not but certain 1t Is
that her horse performed the II ght-
about face maneuyer and started on
the back track at the head of the
downward procession, and was only
reversed by the frantic efforts of
three of the crowd" although il Is
believed that the persuasive elo-
quence and appealing countenaBce
of M had the most to 10 with
the successful result.
The trip of the crowd was &C
companied by the finest of weather,
the landing at Punaluu not being
an exception The height Of the
waves at this placid spot was vari
ously estimated by different persons
of undoubted scientific attainments
at from two to forty feet Tue rea-
son of this discrepancy has not yet
been satisfactorily explained. Ii Is
proposed 10 ask the Cabinet TO sab
NIT it 10 the Supreme Court for an
opinion. As the passengers pre-
pared TO get into the boats, the Hall
was seized with an overwhelming
mania to get her keel where her hur-
rieaDe deck ought to be, the attempt
being repeatedly made first on one
side and then on the other. This
necessitated careful engineering
to get the ladies into the boats
without taking the curls out of their
bangs, which was accomplished
by the captain standing at
the foot of the ladder, taking
firm hold around SIX successive
delicate taper waists, and ST the
proper moment lifting them into the
boat as she reached top notch, as
gently as a butterfly resting on q
rose leaf. As the captain is the best
looking man on board, with snapping
black eyes, this operation was one Of
great interest TO the ladies' 1t is re-
ported that one of them climbed
back through port hole and boarded
the boat again three successive times;
but as the port hole Is only , feet
inches IN diameter, and the report Is
furnished by politician,i ii is thought
that il may be the remnant OF a cam
paign lie which failed to materialize
az the proper time. The only other
items of moment on the up trip were
the gurgling of the ripping. limpid
liquid Copyright applied for) from
numerous cocoanuts down numerous
unturned throats, and the find of
choice souvenir spoons made at the
jewelry store IN Hooken8. The
carving upon these spoons Is SO deli
cately chaste and artistic that il Is
supposed to have been done by some
ancient Greek tramp, with the small
end of q crowbsr.
The volcano Is In state Of great
activity. The breakdown of March,
1891, has filed mp by oyerfiows from
NL&S CCA4AA 4aAS' AN N4AL4A .slbl 1CCA o.
the surrounding floor Of the crater.
There has SIS yet been no upward
thrust" Of the general floor OF the
PIT by pressure from beneath, as is
usually the case The present diam
eter OF the molten lake Is the largest
that hss been seen IN many years.
Ii Is 1890 feet in diameter. or within
few feet Of s quarter Of a mile
The surface Of the lake sank TO sn
estimated depth q Us feet below the
floor Of the larger pit some three
months since, but has again risen 10
within ten or fifteen feet Of the Origi-
nal level. Almost the entire surface
OF the whole lake Is constantly in
more or less violent seton. Four Of
the tourists, including one lsdy, de-
scended into the pit. This Is an ex-
eeedingly dangerous trip. IS the
walls are nesrly perpendicular. and
the descent Is made over S steep and
loose debris slope, requiring great
caution 10 prevent the whole nom
being preeipitstei 70 the bottom.
Only one lsdy and less than dozen
men have ever been into the Mr..
February promises 10 be the ban
ner month, SO far. for the Volcano
company. Over fifty guests bsya