Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-03-17
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Aud cast . wishfui eye.
TIE WORLDS oRAsotsr VOLCANO
How the r.s,. asa. uswaii-wnd life
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have no spite against tho reader 81
this article shall therefore not add
ono 30 the 200 and odd descriptions 81
kilauea now extant As the raw attor'
ney who began his maiden speech by tell.
ing what the common law IL was direct
ed by the judge ito assume that this
court knows something and not 10 50 ar
rogantly Instructive" ~ l shall assume
that tho reader has read tho old Fifth
Reader and the usual Sunday school
books. and Mt least one general work Of
travel. and that he takes Mt least one
good weekly paper. In which case no
must have seen half n dozen descriptions
will only say that Of the many have
read sinco leaving tho islands that 81
Mark Twain seems to mo the best. and
then GO ON 90 mention few points
which astonished mo aud are not g.ner-
ally mentioned In the accountA
The first Ii the course Of tho lava
had an idea that II dashed down the
mountain side In q mad torrent" but
II doesn't. At any rate Il never does un.
less when the quantity In enormous and
whilc Il In still No hot m to maintain
great fuidity. Almost alwAys-always
in small streams-it maintains q sluggish
flow. like warm tar or thin mush. and
a. II flows tho surface Is rapidly cooling
and forming sort % case. Tho molten
interior bursts up through this. and the
outflow cools again. and this In repeated
I'D often that n moderate stream 81 lava
often assumes the appearance OF great
cylinder slowly creeping down. Even
when tho outside seems comparatively
cool the thing Ia really an enormous
tube. down the interior 81 which the hot
and pasty lava is slowly forcing Its way
And this IL the reason few OF no lives
are lost In an ordinary eruption One
can walk up 10 the advanced end 81 the
stream. gather little Of II on an iron
rod. press u into mold Of any desired
shaIe, and all without danger. aud thi'
though tho cylinder or tube may In II
fect thick Tho second fact that aston
isLcd tho was the location Of the crater
Mauna Loa In the mountain and kilauoa
In the crater. and Kilauca is not really
on Mauna Loa-that In. not ON top Of IT.
II II indeed but one-third as high. and
90 far ms sca level Is concerned. no higher
than Salt Lake City II IL. 50 10 speak
boil on tho flank Of Mauna Loa. and
yet the crater itself does not overflow
When the lava pressure becomes toe
great 10 be restrained. u breaks out some
whore away down the mountain side.
liy aud by. the rock sharps" say. u will
burst out away oil shore. aud then We
shall have an addition 10 Hawaii
Another fact and very surprising
fact indeed 10 inc. was tina, the nearer
one gets To the volcano tho more heath
enish tho natives are THIS little fact
'stumps my philosophy. as thes SAY nj
Harvard but II certainly II n fact IN
the islands - Kauai. oahu aud Maui |
did not seo sign Ia the common life 81
the people that there had ever bccn idol
airy there. but with every miles travel
toward tho volcano | saw moro signs
MI ~ We emerged from the forest on the
ruck Hat near the hotel. our native at
PENDANTS showed themselves regular i'cle
fanatics Even "Old Antony, the guide
recommended TO us ESPECIALLY for hts
Christian character, "backslid" when he