The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-22

E<t CItS+. III liz 49,. ~ 49, 49,
est mountain on earth. The crater OF
Mauna Loa. in our new park. IS three
miles long. two miles wide ana a
thousand feet deep. h floor Is nara
but quite hot: and there are cracks
through which YOU can see the hot
liquid rock far beneath.
Mother Earta's Volcanic Belts.
All Of the Sandwich Islands are vol
canic and indeed two-thirds OF the
volcanoes OF the world are said TO be
upon islands. They seem to run in
certain belts over the globe. One belt
nearly eEcircies the Pacific, girdllng
that ocean. as il were. with mighty
smOkostachs. from which pouTS 1oFth
steam. This belt begins with the
southern part Of South America, and
runs up through the Ande to the
Culebra cut. where steam has been
oozine out III the great cash made for
our canal. From there the belt goes
~northward through Central America
ard Mexico. | saw some Of It's steam
/ ing cTaters last winter while | was in
Costa Rica and Guatemala. and we
have il again here in ~Popocatapetl
and the now steaming volcano of
Colina not far away.
The belt widens in the United states.
but there are no active volcanoes there,
and it narrows again when it gets to
Alaska. AS it reaches Asia, it has
~spasmodic eruptions, now and then
throwing an island up in The sea, only
TO take it away q few months or years
later. The volcanic zone seems more
active as it goes south through Japan
to the Philippine Islands, and thence
on to the Dutch East Indies. New
Guinea and New Zealand. The vol
canoes OF the West Indies are said 70
be one Of its branches, but those Of
the Mediterranean are apparently in
dependent of it or Of any other vol
canic zone.
There are some volcanoes III Africa
and many extinct mes in Asia. Among
the most beautiful volcanoes Of the
world are FujiNama, Japan: MOunt
Egmont in New Zealand, and the
Moyon on Luzon, in the Philippine
Islands. They are all perfect cones.
Old "POpO' and the White Woman
There are few mountains, however.
more beautiful than ~Popocatapetl and
!xtacoihuatl: or, as they are commonly
called here. Old Popo" and the
white Woman And there are none
. ed, and which pay SO We'll for the trip.
) Both mountains are covered with
snow, and standing on the cathedral
here in Mexico City any evening you
; can see this snow turn to silver and
, then to FURNISHED copper by the rays
, Vi tie setting SUN. POpU' IS a little
), more than a thousand feet higher
than his sister, Old Izzy, and his form
is, perhaps, more majestic.
Ixtaccihuatl is called the white
a Woman because the top OF the noun
! tain is shaped like the gigantic snow
like figure Of a woman who lies on
\ her back With her feet facing Old popo
AS one stands on the cathedral, he
can plainly see the outlines Of the
head, with its p~rotruding eye, the
swelling breasts covered with snow
and h rest Of the snow-cIad GOVERNS
through which the mighty knees ano
q feet seem to peep. The mountain is
1 over $1,000 feet high, and the figure
makes one hin Of . Siantess lyins
on a mighty bed and covered will
white.
Q 4 Love Story OF the Gods.
II According to the Aztec tradition. il
q the lays of the beginning Of things. :
. mighty god, named popocata petl cam,
n to earth. and there fell in love witt
one of the prettiest of the Aztec maid
ems. The girl had a perfect form, an
* her skin was as white as the driver
st snow. Old Popo made her his wifi
+ and took her to HEAVIER to reign witt
N him. n proved too handsome, how
~ ever. and Don all OF the young god
y were running after her.
y At last old Popo learned that sh
no had been unfaithful to him, and h
Ia changed her into this mountain. A
r she turned to snow and lay dorman
on the top of the rocky mass nof hi
~ creation, he grew remOrseful. Hi
or heart froZe with regret and he as
Sumed the form that he now has i
the of Popocatapetl. A
Of times he grows angry. and then h
IN pits forth the fire and birthstone tha
ct come out of the volcano. The native
say that the earthquakes are n
no groanS and the steam and sulph,
fumes his perpetual signing.
an Climbing POpocatapetl.
ia, ~ ascent y opoca'apet can b
made in about three days, at a COS
dc Of twenty-five or thirty dollars in golt
2 One needs warm clothing. strong shoe
or and several good guides. You can rio
20 on the railroad To the foot of III
he ihoufi'dih. sloppihS az Afnecamecf
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