The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-06


ffty feet high. composed OF drops Of lava
and fraxmants Of All SKIES. cOlored yellow,
orange, Ri blue and black. In the CEN
ter Of this mound - blow hole twenty
ore feet In diameter ana about st0o
feet deep More than Ia cones have been
counted upon the sides Of Hualalai The
last eruption OF this crater took place in
isa. when q copfous dow OF lava reached
the coast. where it filled deep bay.
In $50 Mauna Loa gave forth .x0eN
cubic yards OF burning matter which dow
ed down the slopes OF the mountain. The
stream OF 1855 covered space outside Of
the crater OF 30 square miles. At another
time one Of these immense streams filed
up half of Kiholo hay. TMe stream Of ISIS
from KIlauea. after flowing sixty miles 70
the southwest poured in flaming cAtar-
act over the cliffs into the sea. where it
formed pyramid az iavas which by later
accessions has been gradually attached TO
the mainland under the name of Kalae
point. at Ia estimated that At one az the
overf1ows Of Kilanca ikeo0o90oW cuhtc feet
Of molten rock was DISCHARGED
Il q u
In the bowels Of Kllauea the natives be-
lieve tho formidable goddess Peie dweils,
and from there gives forth her manifesto
tons. PeDe's hair 10 often seen by the ma
tfves. The wind sweeping over the rising
and falling drops of liquid lava SPINS is
into delicate CLASSY fiser. which 10 hown
over the edges OF the crater. and this II
what 10 called Pele's hair. Peie In idola-
trous times was the dreaded goddess OF the
volcano. II Is noted that . substance re-
semhling Pele's hair Is made from the Stag
OF iron furnaces by driving steam or air
against thin current OF melted Stag. The
material thus made has been termed min
eral or Stag wool.
The natives find In every eruption Cor did
20 long a. they were idolatersl evidences
Of the wrath Of the gods and goddeases
who dwell within the craters. That II not,
though, = satisfactory explanation to the
white man. When mountains blow THAR
heads OF there must he more powerful
reason in these days than the ancient one
given, No fixed time ex.Sts for volcanic
eruptions. Ii they arc governed BY natu-
raj laws those laws are yet unknown 70
man Bandaisan. the great volcano Of JA-
pan. was silent for years. Ths japanese
cultivated Its slopes. Vegetation spread
over the top. On July Is, 1Sl4 without
OF its head on. She sent 1600. 0.0W cubic
yards Of rock and earth into the valley
beneath. This mass came into the valley
at the rate OF forfy-eight miles IN hour.
In twenty minutes IL had spread itself to
q depth OF 100 feet over region from
twelve to fifteen miles long and from nvs
anr,ed II ,his stream with thsir homes
prnf Milne mo ~ava thn dsetr,,ct.cr
81 Esrass~an cinss sfudv .ftervard 's.id
that there vere svo Einds a. vciranic
eransions "a =, noted.-those that bniId ~
.iorrsv ana thosa thaf dexfrov svff,,v
The er,,nttnns that hn,id nm monntains ~
,,a.s,a,caI ,r>1isrr. ovar ~ ,noIt.r a.,n
th.t - c.,,,,,s r.tsv.,v harv,iAs. Tna cth-
A.. a.. vtolsrs arnln.,on. orcurrir. T..
~.s,,,arIv ..,N 1900 -,,aa.r~.sa .sass,,,c.
sser r. a. ~nsv - - bo,r each cverNo,-
- ,.r. -o,,E r,.r~ yra,rt.,r 49,
"a ss.A. ,,..,rh -r-cr,sn- hsa f.s,, rn,,.
!, = 49, .ircs tS.r~ - .h~anca ~ 49,
go s,,,.sra a. ,rsr =, s,,rpcse th.1 49,
s.ascars@s = '.-s.re1
'S rs.sA 8 49, ss.,- -. 49,
.. nu :. 49, -. 80 = ssu ne ,... - =
s.na =, ~. ~ ). my +. H.. : a..ss
holt. pro-. Mine la that the cause which.
usually determines one OF these volcanic
explosions was about the Same n the