| Show I V ensonsTravels LETTII NO XIV 1lh A rorlu ucse 1ocWy June Moo which we hd engaged this dy earls < < a cIIId for UI 118odock a nt before started for the celebrated vot l aaJ we known AI 1IIn The distance uo lIilo 10 Ih fiirstclaslslyroad train Ind there II a liucllli rod IOl1rS of the government F the expense hUt t 1 alt he way Th road II supposed all the f 100000 The ride II l very cost f lave CSdooUuhouRh Interesting fielllicolc0pInI wall cultivated CAno fields p tailors dense tropical rorulI tic cc Such I variety of f tern s AI those seen Mlhli road I have never gated up stand their before They grow here In all 011 mine Irom the most I beauty tropical Iho Iro or Ian trees The IUI pcCletlO trunk of the Urge species Are spongy I roads and sidewalk ud for Paving aJ a certain soft downy part Is ulllled toWtmgmattresses and pilllf iron otito for upholstery purpoe d Iftbecotlco Industry In this part or file country proves at 1 Social ucccs allho indication a lady how IU wal I IIl1yet bcoll1o densely populated with colfeo grower lire quality raised already ranks among the test to Ibo world Ve arrived at he volcano home at opm The day was rainy lot boob boo-b somewhat protected against the wet carriage wo erjovc I our hourcovered roach though the time con ride very turned Inlravellng tile Ihlllono mile ass unnecessary long o lng lo the native driver love which our great Irl lmd lor hit tar Y nmicaSiuIts ppuno baronies I even on I iawall and iDMr the mole Instinct 1 I cropped out all l day tong I An Ameilcan du ace would I have found a cure remedy In a little well up 1 pled buckskin Oil our arrival at the K the genial host Mr Peter I Lee a nosey lt = ffetian by birth bid in welcome to IU mountain retort The hold lands onlheeiljeof the great crater And on irnad which Is l elevated 1 4100 > feel iSoi the level I of the sea but the ascent from llilo I li I I so very gentle and regular that a traveler scarcely notice that lie li cbmbiot It bear too late to lee the volcano toll nthi I was about to tart out for II r oll in evening w alk lo what appeared lo mea II me-a neighboring hill a horl distance rstsro Judge of my urpilie when S halt oTtairv I I was told vvhy man that i It I Mauna Lo the greatest mountain In lliin twenty live mile away here I how deceptive are fit 0 distance here inJ I mistook It for an ordinary hill aNo wonder that the native ol Hawaii tailed Ihu the Ions mountain and the Spanish discoverers named It 1 the table lor compared with III length It look at a alliance very Hat and spread out like a long table with no peak and scarcely any discernible Looted on lu flat summit 13 675 feet boh lea and nearly of equal dig lance from the ocean east south and west l U l rft great crater ceo Mokeweo c-eo It is I seldom In action and when ll does break out perhaps once In liven live-n It remain In tctluii usually only a short limo When there are lava dream from Ibis mountain they burst out from the sldei and are not an overflow over-flow from the summit crater and the dreams How In whichsoever direct on the Incline li I sufficient to attract it Several destructive nun lor if this I ludr cC mountain hav < i become facts uf history U11he nth of August 185 a stream if lave burn nut ol the nuiireisttrn tilde of the mountain at an elevation of uoo feel and ran directly toward Illo I In tome 11 an It was over two miles wide After Caving fl flowed for fifteen months It i attached a point ulthln l eijihl 1111 Its cf llilo November Mad 1 m6 causing great alarm to III tit t bitants tit thai town but there this flow cease ml and 11110 wa saved Avaln on January J Jjrd 1859 all CRpbri look place from fissure oil the northern tide if the mountain loooo feet above the tea The lava stream phased lo the northwest passing round the caster and northern sides of Mount llutlatal I and reached the tea al Kcawalll I I North Kona In eight stays filline by ifimehameha up a great I fish at Kllio pond constructed The lava luiitmucd to How until August u period ol even mont O i Starch 3711 IS6S an eruption begin In the summit crater of Mauna Loa attended by a long series f k bAln 1 lr ol earthquake l shooks I At length on the and of April a terrible eailhiuiko took pace which oho k down every stone nail and dearly every house In the illllllct of K au and did more or less I damage in cvrry put of Ihe Island or Hawaii At kapapala In eastern Kau ll caused a destructive landOlde I cornY mot iI corn-Y known as the mud flow An enormous mass of marshy clay wat de larhed from the blull at the head of the valley and In a few minute swept down I lor a distance ol three mile In n sttcam about half a mile wide and thirty feet deep In the middle It mov ed to swillly that overlook and burled thirtyone human beings and over five hundred hoists cattle and goal Immediate alter this earthquake a tremendous wave forty 1 or tiny feet high rolld In upon the coast ol Kau sweeping r away all n the village Irom Kaalualu to Icau f lieu and iTcslrnilng some cocoanut grove Over eight pesrt lcrished I I in a few minutes und the survivor were left destitute and suffering At the same lane the crater 01 Kllauea emptied itself ol Its lava through underground fissures Inward the tout lu esl The I central part of tin floor of Hie crater fell In forming a pit 3 ooo feet long 1 and jon feet tee twill t-will loping side On the 7th I of April 1848 the lava from the central crater of Mauna Ioa burst out on the southwest slope of the mountain In the land of jl I auks at a point r j6oo i feet above the sea The lava I spouted up In great fountains several hundred feel high and flowed to the sea n distance of ten miles in two hours IhU eruption continued con-tinued only five day It destroyed I several house and several hundred head ol cattle and overflowed 4000 acres of good land Three men Hero imprisoned lor several days on a hill surrounded by lava streams On May I falls 1877 a great taithquike wave Wit experienced on all the Hawaiian I Island wh di washed away the village ol Walakta near litho and drowned five persons On November stli I83o light was seen In the summit crater I ol Mount I LoaThe Loa-The next day n stream of lava made III appearance at A point IIloo feet above the level of the lea on the eastern tope cf the mountain It continued lo How hue nine monlh nlong lire southern edge of the flow ol I8jj and finally stopped Ihree fourths of K mile from the low n ol llilo I near Urn Ilalai I hills August molt iSSl Again In December ISSS there were fiequent earthquakes in uihcrn Hi wall At length on January iG h ISS fire appeared on the summit ol N suits Loa and on the ISII an Iti i I reik tool place In the disarm ul I Km north of Kilitikii nt nil elevation of 6500 feel and twenty rule from Die sea The lava ilreani touched the sea at noon flat not day four mile west mf the flow if ISM und continued lu flow until tin 94111 Since ISM the gr ndoldmiui tain his behave I Itself laid kepi lis I fire within Its raw n bosom tu in as much m former erupiljn luvr taken Ide ce when Malice or Isslicplnitnnd II that being the condition ol KI I lite i at this present lime same an expecting another out burst from Mauna loa In the near future Irom the Volcano House Hawaii other great mountain Mauna Kea her while i mountain Is alto I In clear Wit t r UIII I though I its summit li over thirty I miles away 10 the nurtheest It has n num ber olpiakt or hills which give it 1 H serrated Ipnlle while its rival lire serifs a mote even regular or smooth outline Tits ascent ol Mauna Kin Is I not vtry diPicull And can be n ado hi one or two days with good nnlnials starting from the Inland town ol I Ulmca The trail Irom here li generally gen-erally to the east and up Ihe mountain through groves of mamane trees The summit plateau I is about live mile In extent ex-tent There the air Is very coM and ratified and has a luplfylni effect on both men and animils A lake of freshwater fresh-water Is I found Oil the t summit which Is often frozen around the edges in winter I but seldom II ever entirely I frozen over Its elevation is I 11050 feel I And if hot the highest It u among tho very highest lake in tho world The Volcano House Is In the district ol Puna which is embraced In time South Hawaii conference This conference comprise all the Saints residing In the 15ou1dIK districts of lunar I Ran 1 South Kona and i North Kona Ilio conference consist of eleven branches containing a total membership of 517 Including children under eight I gents ol age Ol I these So are Bidets I 7 ilesis I it Teacher 10 Deacons and 350 lay members namely 154 rule and 196 Icmales Five > f Ihe branches have meeting house and Sun diy schools four Kelitf I f Societies and three Mutual Imp ovement Associations Idcr I Win Thompson preside over the conference the present term from April to October 1895 assisted by hit I I frrl llJ etr der Mldcr T Haicn The branches named In order ol their geographical situation are as follows Koae n Silnts Knpaahu SI Iahala 101 Nailehu 86 Illnakukui r Iuuco y I 1 f 86bl tokl J 1api 5 y Openlie 40 t Kaohe 161 i I Kcokea 36 and Kihaluu I 18 z6 The Koin branch comprises the Salinas residing In the native village of that name situated near the extreme eastern point of the island ol I lauall t in the district ol Iuni nnd about twenty mile southeast of llilo Kipl 1 presides The Kapaihu branch sometimes also called Kalapani cornpnsx the Salats redding in the two native village I Kapaahu slid Kalapint situated un the southeast coast of Hawaii In Ihe dhtrirl ol Iona I There la l n meeting house built In 1893 at Kalapana a Sunday school Jos epa Hatpal preside I I alula the URcst I branch In the con ferenc r miprlst the balnls residing In the village and sugar plantntlon call d ilialn I which are iltti ited Inland shout live mile Iron the southeastern coast ul Hiivnll I In the district ol Kau sod firs miles from the seaport town of lumliu with which it i ronnected by tomb Iu There Is l n meeting house n SUlular ool a K I 111 Society and a Mutual Ikaiki ll president of the branch Unli Nvhelu branch consist ol the I I Saints terfufrg in lie i native village ol that name situated Inland ahtut two mile from the coast town of Honuapo near the southern rxtnrrl > ol tin Island I f llaw ali in lire dlstrlclol K III Jot fit Kaiakolll preside river the biamn which contains a mcell n house A Mm fay 1C in a Killll bid ly and A Mil nil T IB mtelii e homo at Njjltlui was buill In iDjj and is lie only church building daily kind In the place nfl T nll The illnikiuiil branch comprises the Saints residing In and about tin sugar < < plantation ol Men I situated bout four miles Inland from me oiitli M m ast ol Hawaii In the dlunct ol KI Nile Is lour nuns arena Ihe landing place of lloiiuapu I Kiamahaualels president the are rich The 1uuco branch comprise the few Stint residing I lu the I villsjn 1 of Iuueu I i kr If I Manuka and alolilnu I wn i are sitar led near Nailehu on the southeast coast Hawaii In the district 01 Kits J I W Kahoalil Is president ol the bnn li The Papa branch clumps eithi Saints residing the native Mil ic of papal shujtcil on a mountain slope uid Inland about lour miles fintn the west coast of 11111 In Sulh Luna J and about > lour mile Iron the seaport town ol Hoopu I Ion Makauluole preside ov < r the branch which lisa I meeimi house and a Relief Societ 1 The Oplhnla nrinch cons ol the Saints undine In the native I halls e of that mine situated about IAO and one hall mile Inland from the weal const ol Hawaii In the district ol South kona and about nine mile outlirast look I this Tire Saints meet far worship Inn private house and tie branch which Is presidedovir by It U K liUmvalr has 1 a Sunday school lielkl b relay anti Mutual Improvement Asau utlon Kaolin I branch comprises the Stint residing I In a village ol that name sltua ted about one and one I hall mile Inland and six mile southeast ol the coast town Hookenj on the wed tout ol Hawaii I and In the dlslrki I of South Kona It is presided 1 over 1be j j IV Kalcoluno Kcokea Is a native village situated about one and one half miles Inland or northeast Irom the com town ol look I era on the west coast of llaHm In HIP district cf South Kona The small branch of the Cholera here owns a meet Ini house with rock well and thatched rool There is I also a Sunday school and 1 alt le preside over the bra Hell The Kalnluu branch comprise the Slim residing In the native village ol that name limited on the western coast 01 Iho land of r Ilawau In that district South Koui and near the town of Napoopoo 1ahkapu preside over the branch The South Hawaiian conference Is the larlherstawayfrom the mission head quarters I Of all the I conference In I the mllon ANDRKVV JIMIOX VOLCANO louse 1uiu I Ian in II I June iih 1895 |
