The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-08-22
VOLCANOES.
Views Of Young Lady Who Has
Lived LONG In Hawaii.


Lived Long In Hawaii.
Some OF the happiest days of my
life were spent on table land looked
down upon by the three great noun
tains of Hawaii. Mauna Loa, Mauna
kea and Hualalai, in height 1860
1895 and S,275 feet wonder If there
is another place In the world more
beautiful than those great ranch lands
whence one gets view of rose=col
ored kea, somber and ghostly l.oa
and the lower crags of Hualalai Per-
haps Mauna Loa, from the Volcano
House on the brink of the crater or
kilauea, Is better. One does not real
iZe ut Kilauet that one is on the side
of Mauna Loa, is 1000 feet above sea
level, for the summit Is miles away.
and seemingly. miles up in the clouds
From the hostelry Mauna Loa looks
quiet and ghostly; unless touched by
the red light of the sun, when 1t be-
comes mountain of fire
Late news tells us it Is now YER
table mountain of fire; that noise
heard at the Volcano House. twenty
miles away, announced terrific ex-
plosion had occurred. and that the
light Of the fountains Of fire can be
seen for forty miles around. We wait
further news with much interest and
some anxiety; three great lava streams
travelling in different directions, down
the sides OF that huge mountain, sure
~ will work havoc to some of the sTuil
Ing country that lies on its sides, as
we'll as cover the ruined land that
marks the old flows. When one thinks
OF the fine growth of young coffee
trees; of the wide ranch lands, where
roam wild cattle and sheep; of the
wonderful tropIc forests Jungled with
fern, chua and pandanus trees; when
one thinks OF friends that live on
these coffee and ranch lands, one
wishes there was cable to bring
daily news from old Mok ua Weoweo,
the summit orator of Mauna Loa
In the olden time wherever an erup,
ton took place it was the custom to
pick the ohel0 berries which grow
in great quantities near the volcano
and throw them into the crater as an
offering to Pe.e Hogs and other prop.
erty We're often thrown into the
streams of lava 1t Is rulnored that
modern monarchs tried this latter
method of appeasing the wrath of
Pele; and, strange coincidence, the
day after one OF such ceremony the
lava flow ceased to advance. A Ma.
tive girl with wide-distended eyes
and In hushed voice, told me OF
nj, hax ~ ali
people tell of seeing her flying about
the country at night, sometimes hav.
ing the form of very ancient woman,
sometimes very young and beautiful
| could not decide whether the girl,
who lived in primitive part Of Ha-
wall, believed the stories or not; the
Hawaiian Of to-day, while ashamed
to acknowledge faith in the old super
stitions, of course, has not wholly do
parted from the beliefs of his fathers.
Alexander IN his Brief History Of
the Hawaiian People" tells how one
superstition was broken down by Kap.
iolani-not the dowager Queen, who
lived about seyenty-five years ago. In
her youth she was Incorporate AID
dissolute, but later in life became an
example of virtue to her country wo-
men. Up to her time IL had been tab
coed for any woman to ascend the
mountain to the volcano, or to pick
the ohelo berries, sacred to Pele. dread
goddess of the place. After her CONVEX
sion to Christian beliefs, Kapiolanl
determined to break the spell OF be.
lief In Pele, and teach the superstl,
iious natives to worship the true God.
She made journey Of $50 miles, most
iy on foot. On approaching the vol
cano she met the priestess OF Pele
who warned her not to go near the
crater. and predicted her death If she
violated the taboos of the goddess.
'Who are your" demanded KapiolanI.
Zone in whom the goddess dwells,"
was the reply. In answer to a pretend.
Ell letter of Pele's, Kapiolani quoted
passages from the Scriptures, setting
forth the character and power OF the
tree God, until the priestess was 81.
fenced and confessed that Keakus.
the deity, had left her. Kapiolani and
her company Of eighty persons descen-
ded over five hundred feet to the
black ledge. There, in full view OF
the grand and terrific action OF the
inner crater, she ate the berries cou.
secrated to Pele, and threw stones in
to the burning lake, saying, Jehovah
Is my God. He rules all and l
fear not Pele. If perish by her anger.
then you may fear Pele; but If trust
In Jehovah and he preserve me when
breaking her taboos, then you must
fear and serve him alone" This has
been called one of the Greatest acts Of
moral courage ever performed. Miss
Yonge well described the scene in q
chapter called "An Hawaiian Chief.
tess" After Tennyson's death among
his papers was found a poem in honor
OF this same heroine. 1t was published
In the Illustrated London News ana
afterward in late Edition of TennyA
sons poems. He wrote:
Noble the Saxon who hurled at his
idol
\ yalorous weapon in olden England!
Great, and greater, and greatest OF
women,
Island heroine Kapiolani
Clomb the mountain, and flung tie
berries,
And dared the goddess, and freed the
people of Hawaii.
katherine Pope in st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Discretion After Inu.exir.si..