The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-29

incid.n,s 81 aournst ta kiisusas
Inferno ihinn. ihat uere tunut
90 stattiinn.

Of the 22nd. They were delighted with
the beautiful mountain scenery water
falls, canyons aud villages 20 be- seen
on the Islands which they passed ON the
way down.
The outward voyage was unusually
rough and number Of the party made
the fishes very happy by periodical sea-
sick feeding.
At Hilo they were met by the
kilauea stage and transported overland
10 the Volcano house some tnirty-two
miles distant. The luNuriant tropical
forest through which they passed was
well appreciated by the members of the
party who came from "a 20 below zero
country.
"A great many udicrous incidents
occurred on the Trip said one Of the
tourists to the STAR. "A few of the
party were very ambitious 10 reserve
everything in sight. Al the half way
house one of these few who had ARR we'd
ahead of the crowd had the nerve TO
turn down eleven chairs ut the table FOR
the benefit of his particular crowd, so
that when the rest of the crowd ar
rived 1t hooked as if somebody would be
left out in the colds but Colorado
Dutchman with a weight about POO
pounds soon solved the question by adj
dressing the crowd as follows: Ladies'
and gentlemen. there are no reserved
seats in this house, first come fist
served Is my MOTTO and with that lac
turned down one of the reserved seats
and invited the Others to do likewise.
ION the morning of the 23d the party
sailed forth from the Volcano House,
some on foot, some On horseback, for a
trip TO the wOrd-famed volcano Kill
auea, some three miles distant.
The road lay through one large lava
bed nine miles in circumference.
Horses can be taken within three
quarters of mile from the volcano.
The last mile of the trip was over hot
lava that is able to do up good pair of
shoe soles inside of a few hours. Hav-
ing once assembled the walls of til,
crater, the sight of one mass of living
fire 100 feet by 1900 feet in extent is
one that will be remembered by all
One man said it reminded him of hell
A man from Pittsburgh said it was the
biggest blast furnace he had ever seen.
while the Chicago people admitted that
it was much more interesting sight
than the electric fountain at the World s
Fair grounds.
A few of the party were very timid
about getting anywhere near the crater.
One lady felt that her feet were getting
warm, SO she stood on one foot to allow
the other to cool off and vice versa; but
when she found that it was useless 10
try to keep them cool she became hys-
terical and commenced to pray to the
Lord to cool off the lava
and appease the fury of the
fiery volcano.
"An Englishman who weighs about
200 pounds, after ascending the crater
took to his heels at the first sulphurous
fume which he inhaled, and made his
way back to the Volcano House.
'In the evening the volcano was in its
glory; its fiery mass illuminated the
heavens and reminded the Chicago
people of the illumination produced by
the Chicago fire of years ago.
"All of the party wish to announce
that this is one of the finest and most
interesting trips they have ever made
The accommodations of the Volcano
House were found first-class in every
respect. The tourists are well pleased
with the sulphur baths they enjoyed al
this house They return full of en-
thusiasm and praise for the sights they
have seen at Kilauea.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Prof. Horace Briggs of Buffalo, New
York, who was of the party, favored
the STAR with this record of his i'm
pressions:
"The volcano, Kilauea, is just now il
fine frenzy One week ago an eXplo
sion occurred, during which vast guam
titles of lava were thrown a hundred
feet or more into the air, and this wa
followed by an overflow on three side
of the crater, one stream of which eX
tended more than mile.
Last Friday the lava had becom
cool enough to permit its being crossed
Our guide led the way over the blacl
folds, beneath which we could hear tn
currents still flowing. We had to kee
moving on account of the blisterin
heat, and to ply our alpenstocks, cor
tinually sounding the treacherous crust
Having at length fetched compass S
as to be on the windward side, "
reached the brink of the burning lax,
the dimensions of which are said to h
about 1900 feet by 800 feet.
Notwithstanding the drain from til
pool three days before, it had rise
again to within fifteen feet of the riI
of the crater; and what sight. Th
whole surface, covered with a grayis
Stag or scum, had motion toward on
end, where it seemed to plung
down to be sent to the surfaC
again at the other end by
submerged return current. Tn
mantle of Stag was broken inI
patches by great cracks disclosing III
molten mass on which it lay and IL
whole surface was pierced by jets
almost whitehead lava leaping Il
through the opening from one
twenty-five feet in hight, breaking in
beads like the star-dust from rocket
only very much larger in size al
falling back upon themselves again
flung in reckless random out upon Il
surface or even over the lip
the cone. Some of these je
are several yards in width and con
forth with bubbling and even hissiI
sound like caldron in a state of viole
ebullition, yet often emphasized almo
TO roar. Those who pressed near &
brink of the awful chasm We're oblig
to shield their faces from the glowil
glare, and they exposed themselves
the danger of sinking with the dissol
ing rim into the fiery pool. The see
so wild, so weird and so demoniac
suggests many adjectives, but they Q
withheld here for the writer belie'
that the simple statement of fact
more impressive than attempts at fl
writing. Adjectives are weak, wol
are a mockery. The tourist turns aw
with reluctance, and the meditati
man, to think-to ask himself qu
tions, the answer to which embri
principles and laws that control a
fashion the cosmos of which this ca
is but an atom. The writer has 81
several volcanoes in Europe and
Japan, but never before has he co
face to face with the fearful forces Z
have heretofore and are now, mould
and transforming the surface of
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Leading Questions.
EDITOR STAR.-A couple of uuesti