Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-17

evenin.
The exercises on Tuesday Will EN-.
hour yet and approached more slowly
for about mile, finally coming III full
view OF b most glorious and aWe-in:
spring sight. IN the center Of the
picture was great mound, like Pnpel-
bowl, called q spatterscone, from
which two great fountains we're throw.
ing tons Of lava hundreds Of feet, red
hot, into the air Pele's fireworks.
There It was, spouting away saH BY
its lonesome giant giving q colos-
sal exhibition Of juggling with red hot
stones as though million people were
looking on with applause. yet It was
q days Journey from mans abode and
viewed only by the most Yentnresome
Of them, and found only by its great
glow IN the sky during the previous
nights. It was booming like battle
field, every second or half second an
explosion Of lava being thrown up, &C
companied with its booming sound.
Some of the fire fell back into the pit.
other parts were thrown out diagDn-
ally or were blown by the strong wind
over the crest of the cone, and came
tumbling down its steep sides hun
dreds Of feet. cooling rapidly and roar
ing hideously.
1t was this out-pouring or scattering
that had built up this cone and one or
two others, all within the preceding
two days, for they were not there
when McWayne visited the scene, the
first one to reach it and the only one
preceding us Thus we saw not only
q part of the earth,s crust. but per-
manent prominence in the making.
Even while watched, the crest of the
cone could be observed to increase
and change In contour. Prof. Bryan
calls It Hitchcock cone, after Prof G.
H Hitchcock, geologist
All about this cone for some dis
lance, and along great rift clear to
the top of Mauna Loa, there was
smoke or steam arising, and the air
was acrid with sulphur fumes. on
to nly right, mile nr en- southwest
of this cone, between it and Pun Keo
with the general mass, surrounded by
still.glowing lava flows; and all Of
this wide rift. several miles in area,
was the source of the immense lava
flows, issuing first from one spot and
then from another that had run for
miles down the mountain side in sew
eral directions. The breast Of Mauna
Lea was laid open by vaster cash.
and is more fragile than is commonly
supposed.
Miles Of Flow.
For hours ] stood or crouched-
there was no visible spot there fat
enough to sit upon and watched this
wonderful performance Around me
in all directions stretched miles OF
rugged brown masses and crags Of
blistered lava, in peaks and waves
and ridges and bitches and valleys,
all drearily brown, unspeakable DESC
late, ferociously inhospitabIe and in.
describably chaotic. Being for the time
quite alone sense of intense loneli-
ness came on me, realization of what
helpless speck is man, a more grain
Of sand In the presence of titanic ma.
tare. And Gil the while there was that
fool cone gloating in its power up
there in the lava desert, booming and
enthusiastically saying tn me go back
and sdbside. you little imp. empha-
sizing each word with a ton or two
of molten lava tossed into the sky by
way Of punctuation. While was there,
I felt intimidated and respectful; but
now that | am safely out of her clutch.
es, ! rise to remark that If you would