The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-12-03
A LAND OF RICHES.
HAWAII THE GEM OF THE
PACIFIC OCEANS q
Its Natural Wonders Are In Class by
Neutrality-suspicious. Extend to the
Bottom of the Sea and Are There
fore Really $4,000 Feet in Height.

WORTH, some VI tue uutSt uouAee a
scenery presented anywhere in the 2
universal district which, could it be &
with all its grandeur OF
scenery and climate, would make the 3
fortune of an American hotel keeper 2
in a year. The mountains are all B
volcanoes. They are class by them Z
selves They are not only the tallest' D
but the biggest and strangest IN the <
whole world. Considering that they ?
reach from the bottom Of the PACING &
ocean $4,000 feet deep there to over 2
$4,000 feet above sea level, they really 3
stand $4,000 feet from their suboceanlc 2
base to their peaks. The active craters 3
on the islands number 800, but the 2
dead craters, the ancient chimneys ol
subterranean lava beds, are numpereu
by the thousands. The islands are VI I
lavic formation. Evidence of extinct J
volcanoes are so common that one
seldom notices them after few weeks
residence on the islands. Ancient lava
is present everywhere. The natives
know all it's virtues, and while some
ancient deposits are used as fertll-
izer for soils, other lava beds are DlasV-
ed for building material, and for ma
cadamizing roads. Titanic volcanic
action Is apparent on every side. every
headland is an extinct volcano. EVERY
island has its special center eruptlon'
! which, beginning at the unfathomable
+ bottom of the sea, has slowly built UP
7 foundation and then superstruc.
s ture Of lava. On the Island OF HAWAII
I and on Molokai are huge cracks sew
Q eral thousands of feet deep and many
r yards in width, which were formed Dy
s the bursting upward of lava beds ages
6 and ages ago. The marks OF the IL
+ tanic force are plainly visible. MARX
n Twain is authority Cor saying that the
n two great active volcanoes, Mauna Loa
" and Kilauea, are the most interesting
it in the world. Certainly they are the
re most unique. .Mauna Loa Is l4'ooo
a feet above sea level. Every SIX OF
ay seven years there is an eruption from
o. its sides, and several times the no"
K Of lava threatened the ruin OF the
to town of Hilo, thirty miles away. Inc
crater on Mauna Loa is three miles
N in diameter and 600 feet deep. over
9ss the crater hangs an Illuminated Vapol
or. which may be seen at night over zo'
Do miles distant. When Mauna Loa IS II
,ou violent eruption fountain OF molte'
nav lava spouts every minute over 2oo Zee
Aty in the air, bursting into ten thousan'
GU brilliantly colored balls like mon
al strous roman candle pyrotechnlc. Inc
',, there is Kilauea-a shorter ana natte
40 volcanic mountain, sixteen miles uiS
w tant It has the greatest crater KNOW
~ one nine miles across, and from 0'
o. . ~ to 800 feet deep. And such craze
~ In it is a little lake OF molten Ia'
"n all the time. At times the lava
~ III over 100 feet deep, and at other TIM
go" it is over 200 feet deep, according
4he pressure on it in the bowels OF u
r;+os earth. Signs of volcanic activity d d,
'aus. nresent all the time throughout T.
~ in depth of the molten mass in the 1ol
5und of steam' rocks Je's VI n.y. orot
1or,a smoke and blowing cones. the GRAZ
lone itself IS constantly ~ III Z
,oord with earthquakes. Nearly all
tourists in Honolulu go to see the ll'
ID N velous eruptions on Mauna Loa a
,;on , Ki,auea. Hotels have been built
- ao
lemo- the mountain SUES LII nv 1890
dation of sight-seers, and there
nd or scores of guides about the craters'
Con. One of the many places OF inter
IN Oahu outside of Honolulu IS
D,nobbow1 It Is an extinct volca
8 lust rising a few hundred feet ABOVE
we'll town Another resort is the Pan,
, only highest punt in the pass thrnn&n
q Ia a nonoo NJ mountains that divides Os
9nnox. u ie the fashion, and a very e
eou1,;or # is. to see the Pail and pr
ito charms. 1t is the Yosemlte
Hawaii The view from this ne
amoons the whole island from n
~ sonth In the direction of the
;to1 the land slopes to level
miles from the sea auu .h.n ~
a4,,- L. ~h----' . 80,
not not as rule, in a state OF Gull
tion although the soil is fertile.
,ond is now numbered with the
guava, which bears fruit as pig a
~ . lemon, and with the lantana' the 4
~ Of which are scattered broadcast
~ imported bird called the mlnan'
~ the lower ground small farmers
~ " orientals, make their homes,
SN these are several cane planta
SSNNS Turning. the other way the slsn 4
SSSS% gets one of the famous views
III world Rrom the apex OF the
~ to its northward drop is a She
TX boggan-like descent OF nearly
~ feet Far below the country 81
e. to the eye like relief map
dulates With here and there a
cry farm, then rice field great !.
ranches beyond, and in the al
The ocean, its blue waters thrus
.o. or charm volcanic