The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-23
VOLCANOES.
Views Of Young Lady Who NJ
Lived LONG in Hawaii.

Lived Long in Hawaii.
Some Of the happiest days of
life were spent on table land look
down upon by the three great mou
tains Of Hawaii, Mauna Loa, Mau
Kea and Hualalai, in height 1875
l3,S05 and 8,275 feet. wonder il the
is another place in the world mo
beautiful than those great ranch ian
whence one gets a view of rose-c
0red Kea, somber and ghostly Ia
and the lower crags Of Hualalai. II
haps Mauna Loa, from the Volca
House on the brink of the crater
Kilauea, is better. One does not res
lie at Kilauet that one Is on the 81
of Mauna Loa, is 1000 feet above $
level, for the summit is miles ava
and seemingly, miles up in the clou6
From the hostelry Mauna Loa lool
quiet and ghostly; unless touched
the red light of the sun, when it /
comes a mountain of fire.
Late news tells us ii is now a ve
table mountain of fire; that O moi
heard at the Volcano House. TWEEN
miles away, announced a terrific e
plosion had occurred, and that II
light of the fountains of fire can
seen for forty miles around. We wa
further news with much interest al
some anxiety; three great lava streaI
travelling in different directions, dow
the sides of that huge mountain, sur
ly will work havoc to some of the sm
ing country that lies on its sides,
well us cover the ruined land tn
marks the old flows. When one thiul
Of the fine growth of young eoff' +
trees; of the wide ranch lands, whe
roam wild cattle and sheep; of Il
wonderful tropic forests jungled YiT
fern, chua and pandanus trees; wht
one thinks of friends that live d
these coffee and ranch lands, OF
wishes there was cable to brlr
daily news from old Mokuaweowe|
the summit orator of Mauna Loa.
In the olden time whenever an cru
ton took place it was the custom
pick the ohelo berries, which groI
in great quantities near the volcan|
and throw them into the crater as al
Offering to Pele Hogs and other proI
erty were often thrown into I'll
streams of lava. 1t is rumored th,I
modern monarchs tried this lattd
method Of appeasing the wrath 4
Pele; and, strange coincidence, I'll
day after one of such ceremony til
lava flow ceased to advance. A n;
tive girl, with wide e-distended eyt
and in a hushed voice, told me {
Pele's recent appearings; how the ol
people tell Of seeing her flying abo,
the country at night, sometimes ha'
ing the form Of very ancient womal
sometimes very young and beautiful
could not decide whether the gil
who lived In a primitive part of H.
wall, believed the stories or not; IL
Hawaiian Of to-day, while ashame
to acknowledge faith in the old supe
stitions, Of course, has not wholly d
parted from the beliefs of his father
Alexander In his Brief History 1
the Hawaiian People," tells how OF
superstition was broken down by Kal
iolani- not the dowager Queen, WI
lived about seventy-five years ago. ]
her youth she was intemperate an
dissolute, but later in life became q
! example of virtue to her country-w,
men. Up to her time it had been tai
| ooed for any woman to ascend I'll
mountain to the volcano, or to pic
the ohelo berries, sacred to Pele, drea
goddess Of the place. After her conve
sion to Christian beliefs, Kapiolal
determined to break the spell of b
lief in Pele, and teach the supersi
tiOus natives to worship the true Co
She made journey of $50 miles, mos
ly on foot. On approaching the vo
cano she met the priestess Of Pei
who warned her not to go near Il
crater, and predicted her death IL ST
violated the taboos of the GOODIES
"Who are your" demanded Kapiolar
"One in whom the goddess dwelIs
was the reply. In answer to a preten
ed letter of Pele's, Kapiolani quots
passages from the Scriptures, settir
forth the character and power of Il
true God, until the priestess was
fenced and confessed that Keaku
the deity, had left her. Kapiolani ar
her company Of eighty persons desce
ded over five hundred feet to ii
black ledge. There, in full view
the grand and terrific action of b
inner crater, she ate the berries co
secrated to Pele, and threw stones /
to the burning lake, saying, "Jehov;
Is my God. He rules all and
fear not Pele. If perish by her ang,
then you may fear Pele; but IL 1 tru
In Jehovah and he preserve me VIII
breaking her taboos, then you mt
fear and serve him alone" This Ii
been called one of the greatest acts
moral courage ever performed. M
YOnge well described the scene in
chapter called can Hawaiian Chi
tess" After Tennyson's death amo
his papers was found a poem in hor
of this same heroine. 1t was publish
In the Illustrated London News a
afterward in late edition of TEN
sons poems. He wrote:
Noble the Saxon who hurled at
idol
4 valorous weapon In olden Englal
Great, and greater, and greatest
women,
Island heroine Kapiolani,
Clomb the mountain, and flung
berries,
And dared the goddess, and freed
people Of Hawaii.