The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-28

A q THU&easInlxluTeSO OF 0allOnAIItle6.#ss Ils
/ was born IN > apan, his mother was
native Of the Gilbert Islands, and his
father a Frenchman He has been reared
I'm California and was only temporarily
IN Hawaii Tho q very intel liRent fell
low, he was unable to solve the problem
Of his nationality. q tried to, but soon
gave it up.
Mounting my horse in the court IN
front OF the house We began the descent.
~ = zigzag course we wound our way
down the Gill into the tlrsti crater, which
70 over three 81 miles across, our ID come ne
Times leading along the side #of the Gilt,
and all' the projecting rocks almost grazing
our knees as we passed. We gained the
second PLAIN or great crater at last. Ihls
plain IS covered with dark lava plains
winch WI l ~ the distance dis lookes like 9 con-
Realed qua gmllllree.
once upon this PLAIN We entered 9 path
made across the g lava lava, In places ferns
were growing out from the seams 10 the the
crust. AS We passed on over the chasm-
rlVe IN surface We came upon WIDER Wider,
deeper crack spanne'd 90 by a bridge. There
ls storY connected with This chasm, the
gnlde SAD. One Gay g party OF tourists l1.I'ts
LEFT the Volcano House and went TO see
tne crater, WHICH was then active. Wh nile
| tney We're tnere the Island was CONFUSED a'1
Win an eartnquaKe. Mr. Lee, rearing
some nar ' nao peIallen MS guests, ran
20 me iaVa now 20 ma Jhls awful chasm
from . CnlrCy 20 nlty 1eet deep. lie was
very tn l'le,ll{ alarmed Tor his guests until
ne saw tnem coming across the lava dow.
Iney nao scarcely felt the earth quake at
al ou Ut chey nao 20 go ABOUT a mile above
70 cross the g, chasm.
nan al mile 1rom the Lake OF Fire, ae
tne secono crater a' IS called, we came anne upon
a small corral made OF lava, IN which We
1911 inc horses, and, armed with stout
SUCKS proceeded over the plain OF hard,
g'arlng lava, through the seams of which
sulphurous steam constantly Kissed.
! AZ last we gained the side OF the lake.
Ihe crater was inactive, and had been so
Tor a year lsince Mr.. Musick's visit. this
volcano has been IN eruption. Accord
Ing TO the newspaper reports, the flow Of
lava began on January b, but far down
into It's hollow depths the faint glow Of
hres or heated stones could be seen while
the rumbling OF subterranean thunders
reached sonr ears. The fires were thou.
sand feet below MS and almost hidden by
dense clouds OF sulphurous smoke. From
the assures of stone on the side, the
qulvering air bore evidences Of heat.
There The guide lighted his pipe by the
fire OF the volcano, and I thrust my
walking staff few inches into the ap.
perture. Tho the stick was Of green
woodb in a few moments it was ablaze;
/ the heat was so intense that one could
not remain long at this place.
Going around to the north side .We
found great How holes whore the lava
was piled up in a THOUSAND fantastical
shapes. One OF these cones looked like
and elephant reared on its hind legs, the
trunk and head being quite we'll formed.
When aetive the volcano OF Kilauea is
one OF the earth's greatest natural won
ders. In the lake or second crater the
lava is continually boiling in furious
manner, throwing up jets aud fountains,
sometimes to the height of seventy-five
feet, dashing against the banks in fiery
waves and throwing up clouds of molten
spray, making one of the grandest, most
awe-lnspirlng sights imaginable.
From the lake we went to the great
sulphur cave. Tho the thermometer
stands at over one hundred in this cave,
we entered it, penetrating our way
through the boiling, kissing steam. Sta
lactites of sulphur and alum hang like
golden and silver icicles from the dome
of the cavern. It was too hot to re-
main long, so we hastend out, mounted
our horses, aud returned to the Volcano
House.