The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-27
A VOLCANO IN BUSINESS.
As SEEN M Az AMERICAN BACHEL or
GIRL IN HAWAII.

Didnt Lose ITS lmprethiNeneA bsh
shore Joys In q Cottage mt Waikiki.
Tho following are parts OF letter received
recently by a lady in Nyack from bachelor
girl In Honolulu. under date Of Aug. g.
since writing you last. have visited tho
volcano, which suppose you already know
broke out on July 4, whether to celebrate the
first Fourth In Hawaii benttinRly or whether
Nine Pele chose TO display her wrath at thu
change of government In this manner is much
disputed question. and the solution depends
upon the fact OF whether you are annexationist
or anti-annexati in your sentiments. As
1 happened to have q weeks vacation at the
time. seized tho opportunity and rushed on
with the rest OF the sheep to Hilo. The little
island steamer was moro than crowded. and
the decks were covered with sleepers for whom
stateroom accommodations could not DO had.
When we landed at Ho the next night we
found tho hotel crowded and people sleeping
four IN IL room. At the Volcano House there
were accom- IN odaticns for sixty guests and 100
arrivals. 1t was like n political convention IN
a country town. and rather enjoyed the nov
city OF the thing.
THE travel was so different from anything
had ever experienced before that | enjoyed
every minute. After leaving Oahu We passed
Mookai and Maui and long stretch OF the
coast OF Hawaii on our way to Hilo. In
spite OF dreams OF tropical isles covered
with vcrdure. jungles and the like. all one
could SEQ from tho steamer were barren rocks
with hardly vestiRe of anything green OK.
cepting that once in while n little grove OF
algeroba trees down near tho waters edge told
OF small settlement. The scenery was desc
late and lacking in interest. with the exception
OF the largest extinct crater In the world on
Maui called Iialiakala, which loomed mag
nlncently above feecy clouds and spent my
time gazing in admiration on that as long as 1t
remained IN sight, "h'eh was the greater paF'
OF day.
q, - ..e "a uawoU ,b,t Altered from anvtbins
10 part Oh HAWAII tna. u'h1u ,i ,. ant ~ ,h
centre OF the island and all the rest OF the land
slonos gradually down TO the water from there.
Mauna Loa and Haliakala are not IKE the
stereotvped VOLCANOES in the old Biographies
a Sharply dehhed cone with inc topeut ou.ou'
look moro llko great Java g. dump, inc vast ae-
posits OF lava giving them the appearance e . OIL
pot that has boiled n. over; which indeed ,, they
the mor tbs rs , ra " ro" p pes nvsptsd
hovI
AS We neared HiIo the country was very
much more fertile and we could SEQ the great
sugar plan tations stretched along the heights
until they were lost in the clouds. which were
more than plenty. 1t rains necessarily in this
point rises out OF tho water In cliffs several
nvar i,s hants tnrr, coscadas which er,end as
over l's BANKS lorm cascades wnlch eAtehu Us
more than a dozen visible at any point along
this nart OF The island: some OF these come
'S nS naPur S hey 9S
IesStifn .hsy are ill., thot .v.n,na about ho,
EaS'ahts consider i 2 }aiF rai%isI 4 When
nsyRs s 5S in S quality fPfc
pour out at both ends Then they say; Il his is
rain that they never carry um brellas. and you
never n EXPECT To- see the syn when you 70 there:
House is a beautiful Jungle Of tree, ferns, They
dignity 1t by calling 1t forest here. but the
specimen there are. of course. few other
KINDS. ont not very many Is a very poor npoI-
dst Sr WORK for t y S
which chokes out the life OF these trees and SO
hsre sn e%a m
the Iorm OF a tree left. The beautiful fori.
Fonda grSw rs wild s9ns the r1ad you
th the sreo %h Snt yG1 w rG
seen growing on trees in some Of the san Fran
cisco gardens,
INN ediateiy set 9ut for kiaueaikl a small era
ter connected with Kilauea. Charlie Eagan.
guide. There was little to see here. as we
could not descend into the nit; which from tho
edge looked Ike big round hole with an So
phelt floor. Wegot home in time for dinnrr.
and very soon after dinner were called outside
the mountain top thirty miles away. / had to
confess to lively disappointment after all the
fantastic stories l had heard in regard to Its
beauties, and some friends whom met there
tried to raj Sc certain pitch OF enthusiasm in
me by saying, but think what II Is. Think
ing what it was di dn't make 1t much different
from what IT. looked. and no thrill OF
awe possessed my unpoetical. trreveront
soul until | looked through a tele-
scope and discovered that the flames
OF my bonfire" were great fiery foun-
tains In basin OF boiling lava, which rolled
over one eide. but unfortunately not the side
near us, so that all we could see OF the flow
was as 1t rolled oyer the side OF tho cone it
had made for itsel Il. to pursue its way down
the other side OF the mountain while q warm
glow on tho sky assured us that 1t was doing
this in good fail and was not Sinking Ons
teeny-weeny glimpse was y II that was allowed
m e. as there were host OF others waiting for