The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-14

D.. N| IIsIIIN "a STORY OBJ ll'
.rays.. of Miro Fishers stars would
A.. most irrumu.,t, if their visit to the .
world. great living volcano Eilau- /.
wore left untold N was one time .
UH.u baseball instead aft being the.
foremost was the remotest thought in|
.H. minds OFF the players The sights .
.n.t frry saw on Euaupa win abide in
rH.Ir minds eye Or they live to play
OBJ. national game fifty years. To sec
....rg- earth HaIrhiue Iurid flame and
-.r.rgn lava fs auectacIo that only
.. f.V. rr. privileged to witness. and
.rf. ,... rna SIGHT chat douhIy repaid
r.. na. bali tourists for their visit to.
tr. island nr Hawaii After playing a
.ar,. Of fruu which is the chief town
of .f... island the uIayors set out for
.Uu volcano The jfain carried '"eI'
TO % point about ten miles from '''
summit AZ the enc oil lne ram o''
two stage coaches specidII1 'udI 'el ou
We're ON hand to convey them 10 Ihe
volcano house, when is on the apeN
of Kilauea. but three miles from INC
crater where the names leap from
bOttOmless furnace. Inc Journey "
the top of the mountain was not en-
tirely devoid of interest. just out Oh
Hilo are enormous sugarcane planta-
tions. and a little farther on the play
ers saw coffee growing Tor the hrSl
time. and as the players approacneu
the summit sandal and koa trees were
pointed out by the stage driver. hoa
is classed as Hawaiian mahogany, ana
it makes beautiful furniture. BeloIe
the players returned to Hilo they VS.
tied a koa saw-mill, and there saw the
wood put in shape for export Having
thtse sights before the mall the Time
the four hours which 1t took TO ascent
Kilauea passed like a minute.
Tho volcano House which is the
onIy bo+e, ON the mountain. and by
Tho NO., VOL conducted nv a Greek
Nth +ba classical name of Demosthe-
ma, Commands sweeping view. To
| +bo ,-est Mama T.oa 10 675 feet high
and to the north Mauna Kea Q3,S25
footl two If the highest mountains on
tho Islands loom nm while way 10 he
south the sparkling waters of the Pa
cific are plainly visible on clear days.
Before the players had changed their
clothes for roughing it our host, the
Greek. reminded one and all that the
party had prayed in wonderful luck.
First of all the volcano was active.
! We arrived at the top on December 9,
which was on Monday. Up to the pre-
| vious Friday Madame Pele, the god
| dess of fire, whom the simple minded
natives will reverently tell you dwells
/ in the blazing furnace, had been SUM
/ bering for several weeks. Even with
| Pele sleeping the sights seen on Kilau-
! ca almost defy description, but with
Pele full of ginger, to use the venacu-
lar of the diamond, the sight IS en-
trancing In the second place there
were no rain clouds to obscure our
view, though storms were daily eX'
pected. In and about Hilo it rains as
/
| the globe, a ten-inch rainfall being nc
/ uncommon thing in twenty-fouT hours
Refore luncheon the Dlayers visited
the sulphur beds. which are on thu
brinI, of the enormous crater and with.
in few rods of the Volcano House
Almost pure sulphur was found il
LARGE denosits and in MANY DIaces. sul
phuric vapors escaped through the ifs
sures of the rocks, In some localitie.
the yapors were too warm to hold youi
hand in them any length of time
doc" Frost. Eastwood and Hide.
brand carried back to the hotel beau.
tifuI sulphur CRYSTALS. which were add.
ed to their collection of souvenirs. AT.
ter the midday meal the guide, an In.
dian who has piloted tourists through
this volcanic region for twenty years