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i 8 nm omaita Sunday bee. February 17. 1007. Mauna Loa's Great Show the Wonder of the World Just at Present ONOLUI.tJ, Jan. M. Th rup tlon of Mauna I a hus fur nished th Inhabitants of th Inland of Hawaii with lha momX dows ana am tha lawna, ami a n'""1 nan started tor bridge whirr, aroamd on of tha principal erraea. (nm which a a anobatracted view of tha burning moun- spiendld display tbey tar err tain could ba had. at tha tela- wltnfsiwd. There hara been m.my erup tion! from Mauna Loa. and tha land la srarred with ancient lava flows from Mauna Kea, a mightier but njow extinct Volcanic npllft, but not even tn tradition 4)o we hear of an eruption so magnificent and a molten outflow so hog 01 that which began about midnight on January 10. For a month before, thin there had phone began aoUfylng the people at tha Volcano house, thirty miles distant, and the other aide of tha Island, sixty mils away. Tha Volcano nous mad no reply and Ba sleepers knew nothing af tha eruption until tha next morning, cltaaa to ft aa they were. Bat Eau and tha Kan dlatricta awek and telephoned back what they mv. And because of the conflafratloa of been Bra In tha crater of Kilauea, a vol- Mauna Lea they aaw mora tha tha. II Ue t.v. :ll,Lij'.Li;:L. .-i ii . . eanlo vent In the aide of Mauna Lot, t,000 people did,. feet belovr the summit. .Lava could bo It Memed. aa ona man aaid. from hla aeen about .li hundred feet below tha viewpoint in Kona, aa If tha world had rim of the pit. alowly welling out of tha caUirht n. Mauna Loa la ao great a part walla or floor, forming pools and atreama. of Hawalj and. Btand, hjfh ,n the a,r ... ut,. w.. runw suoumera or that an eruption from it in the early Mauna Loa. summit, near the Dewey ,ta8 Ju8tlne, ,uch M llluflon crater, which broke out in 1899. could be aeen a thin column of smoke, pre cursor of the tremendous outburst soon to come. But there were no other signs, neither quakes fit the earth' nor a ahow of Are from Mokuoweoweo, the central crater of Mauna Loa and tha snowy home, aa native tradition says, of tha goddess of the Avernlan caverns. All Hawaii tha Island, not tha group ef the same name was mpstly sound asleep at midnight of January 10. Ha waii la a sleepy place of pastoral habits. It puts out Its lights at 9 o'clock and Twenty cities burning could not have paled the stars as that eruption did. There was the mounting- red pillar of -moke and all about Its base seemed to be gigantic geysers of liquid fire erect foun tains that spread widely at the top, foun tains that arched like a stream of water thrown at an angle from a hose, fountains that welled up like prodigious artesian springs, fountain that burst into scarlet showers like Roman candles, tha whole lighting all. Hawaii an Island larger than the state of Rhode Island and feeding a lake of molten rock which soon began to rises to a late breakfast as bents the ov.rflow Af -,,. ' rtJTL"' Zl . life of the isolated tropics. Hllo itself 7k. . J, ' ,", . IZ ' , J; the snowflelds on the southern side of tha . mountain vanished 11k dissolving views ' upon a screen. surface finally breaking by tha fro of - burning of San Vrancisoow" the red lava within and tomb ling forward Large excursions went from Hononula Into pieces of tha familiar "a-a." to the flow on January 19, and among th "Sometimes a little spurt af lava would paasenger war several Japanese who) break through) displacing a partly cooled took perambulating candy and ooUe wag off surface with a clinking sound, muoh ona along. These they would put at con the same as whan solid 'a-a' ollnkera are venlont places near th flow, following hit together. . the red rivers where trade warranted and "After reaching tha road th flow went feeding th hungry sightseers. Quit a 1 much faster, probably receiving a fresh business In coffee, crackers, peanuts and. supply of molten rock under the crust, soda water was don. Many visitors bad traveling a mile or more In th length of driven from thirty to fifty miles to th lava, 1 time It had taken to come a few yards be- flows, forgetting in their excitement to i fore. This fallur of lava flows to maintain bring anything to eat and drink; and, but1 any regular rat of velooity ' makes them for the enterprising Japanese, they might4 rather unreliable - neighbor, and when hav suffered. aided by hollows and declivities they may On of th women who saw tha main , do startling things. flow at close auarters said that It gradu- : 'One very pretty feature of the exhibit "Jly changed Jta character as it moved on. , was the burning of the trees and shrubs At first it moved ilk water; then It' aa the flow advanced. In some place there slowed down and seemed to move with a was considerable light forest, kukul, lehuo glacial rigidity. and guava trees. "It was an Immense wall of red hot "Th moving bed of coals reached It atones," ahe said, "pushing solidly along. .fi. iorr. mM hntttoa hir wh.n th". low rw brighter and the column road blocked by carriages, bicycles and an "At one spot tn the course of tha flow with heat and falling back with a trail victim and vanquished it much. I Imagine, esoept that th atenea at th top would fall by Hilo ethics, they should hav been long mor tte,y- The upper amoke became automobile. This waa at t p. m. Monday, higher up there was an .artesian well-Ilk of fir. k as th flames did th martyr at th stake, lnt th path ef th monster and be over- elnce abed. It waa a cool night for low bUcker nd began to cover the sky above January 14, and the various parties on the fountain of whiter light which remained "Perhaps ona of the meet Impressive At any rata, th tree yielded, was seen ridden." latitudes, the air having Just a faint sug- th who1 mountain, and contrasting with ground were settled here and there in in Its position throughout the night, sights was the constant passage down- In flames, burning with a pal yellew ever Lava, takes two form hi ooollng; ona gestlon of the snow fields which cloaked K the c'lumn loked "ke a cenotaph of groups, having placed their blankets and Whether pouring directly out of the earth ward of red boulders,- some pf them lm- the dark red. Often a sudden flash af flr form I Ilk ropy skeins and la called her th twin summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna 'mson. though It changed now provisions in th best locations they could or only chemically altered flame fed by mens, floating with the ease and gTOce wuld catch th tree, turning It into a lace- "pahceh"j the other crystallises Into Kea. nearly 14,000 feet abov th sea and then t0 'lltter,n rel'ow or scarlet, find among the boulders strewn over the large masses of debris It would be hard to of a ship. They could ba seen high up work of sparks, ' burning Christmas tre,' jagged points and la called "a-a." Th Within th cafe the air was heavy with the " thu"h mineral gases were tinting It sit of our bivouac. Some had camped .determine. the channel coming down with all the one said. latter kind Is the mere familiar one in th moke of Manila leaf, and so, to stretch pectacle was far from HilcWorty under their carriagee or in them, one family "At the Up: or where the flow seemed desperate abandon of a tenantless bout, "After a while, in places where th flow country wher th present flows are pass- themeelves and to spur their Jaded ap- ' '",ru" -" was as piain had a tent, but for the moat part those' to begin, was the deepest reddening of with inevitable advance, hitting now and passea. me ongnier aspecis oisap- ing. ana u niiuiw v wuuhuo i u. w the clouds above, and a volume of smoke then the sides of another masa and per- pearea won rm'" unmw or eras evidently luulne- from tha new t,.n. rnnlrln to form a mountain in- coal tv appearance f some oity At present en flow has eeased, and an- deep red, and little lesaso all the way over vent passed upward to Join th permanent stead f a ship, now hidden for a moment devastated by Are. Such burned over other, the one on th Kona side. Is slightly . i -. - , .... ' . .1.... with .Mti nf fl; r. 4 mini hara iMianlnv hut t 1 1 ! tin tnrilftntlnn nf what cloudy cumulus. by a higher shore or lava, out again v - "irnnm w th. .trm h..n .r- .m-rn, t mrth to disaitear in a dark- there I heard many compare to th may happen tomorrow or next week. Is known as the Rest Cur City. But some tourists were there on th night of January 10, and to while away th time they were eating small hot birds and JVQKUSl VtfEOWCO CHA TCfi, fftOM. SI fAlN Vi NG&YM. KQWA ff J-C ITCHCOCK. As the early morning wore on at Hllo th alt of th second flow, w found th with scarlet. fly into th air, silent to vs, but whit tltes. th lata diners stepped Into the street. , , t 1 l" lown "P ny " tn open aky. . Instantly, as If this were a slenal to the la ralnbow. dnc tage to the "Th clouds abov Mauna Loa wore a mountain ddess. th-re lned In.n th- ualn0 " "e pit. ine nrsi eruption lasted from about mid- th course or tn stream of flr issuing "Fiery, massive, even on the side of a and volume a feeling as If our accus- air 1000 feet hish above Mauna Iu a ninriM rnlumn nf fiam-iit .mnk. Th. n,1 un'U a. m.. when It totally subsided, from Its side. When we arrived the flow whole white top of the mountain was r-"1 Tjtr. had bn no nowln th direction had approached to within a doien yards of pentln line of flr about a mile wldo, ened mass far below our foothold. " vealed as by day, and far off rural scene "5 aila- Ior lne "nownelds on that aid of th bivouac and waa slowly eating Its way creeping along toward us and the sea "A canny sense of unassailable power of palm and cane and the whit sails of ",uunl"'n remamea intact. wwara ua. a distant ship at sea flashed into view. Tne v b ne the other way, and "Beyond, In the direction of Kau, we Higher and higher mounted the lncan- People on the Kau and Kona coasts, then oou, he retlecUon from the first or descent cloud and then, parting as did th m "ety from earthquakes, watched It Kahuku flow a lurid tinge like the light of but occasionally, as If by sudden impulse. fateful column of smoke which the younger nowU1 aown In broad red streams, as If burning forest. This occasionally bright- it increased Its momentum. Pliny saw on the heights of Vesuvius. It to dvour their plantations and orchards ned, then faded, but did not entirely dls- took the semblance of a monstrous palm tho" non. "ve where lava had In past appear at any time. tree, rediy magnlncent. aa if It alone had aevasiatea tnem. being th garden caught the ray of the long descended sun. "P0'" of an Hawaii. flow, at the edge of which we atood, to- There was no more sleep in Hllo nor on Monserrat's ranch, a cattle property arether with the llght from the eruption Hawaii that night A shout from the on e Kau side of Hawaii, earthquakes that caused it, turned night Into absolute roysterers tn tho cafe awakened every "ere continuous for four days, the first " sleeper In the neighborhood and the red forenoon recording thirty distinct shocks. "It was if the sun were shining full at glare of the volcano did the rest Th But two Quakes were felt In Hllo, neither midnight through a red glass not the light gaseous objects which we might easily twenty feet deep, in some places more. town was soon In the streeta of them serious. Word came during of a well oxidized flame or that of a closed have taken for tgnepus Imps of hell, and "It ate Us way along very slowly, swell White clad figures appeared at th win- January 11 that the activity of Kilauea furnace, but an approach to old gold tinged every few moments a bursting stone would tng upward and forward, the darkened mm n"d h" greatly Increased, but of this the ' i peopie icon little notice. At Its best i Kilauea la but a sideshow to tha main ' volcano. All day on January 11 th flow kent on' down the mountain toward the Kahuku ranch, first going rapidly, then slowly. It passed over an older flow and by Sunday: January 13, had covered the government road, which la over twenty miles from the scene of th outbreak, the general dlrec. tion being along the boundary betweea I.-.. . . i,.- . . ivbu sjiu auuiL in a aay or two it wu great mountain, glowing like molten Iron; it approached for most part very slowly. "Toward the Kau side of the stream waa a portion ot the flow, possibly a "Th reflection from the near or Manuka quarter of a mile wide, which came much faster than the rest on each side: It looked like a river of fire flowing (in some places of greater Inclination) at a speed of about six miles an hour. Down this narrower faster channel passed dim, tomed mountains might suddenly rise up and shake their sides free of small en cumbrances like men and trees, came ovsr the rapt observer, and one or two persons were actually nervous, filled with a fear that Is akin to awe. "At about 12:30 a. m. or so the flow reached the road. It had been approaching slowly for some time, and several of us went up to Its advancing edge. Borne even dipped In sticks and secured bits of lava for souvenirs. The bank was possibly O Z O 51 17 L SION GUARANTEED Vnder tho Food and Drugs Act, June 80th, 1906. Serial No. 832. Strength from the Ocean's Storehoup y&fijte. 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J., has "sworn off" from the use Legacy of Faith. of tobacco in any form as th Probably the most peculiar will ever result of a rellglcus revival which filed for probate In Indiana Is that of tho around tha circumference of Johnny', has been in progress thare for sevaal late Oeorge W. DelTenbaugh, who left the wool. learned that while the flow had started wee"-' 0n of those converted Is Miss church of his faith $50,000 pit condition from Mokuoweoweo, the sudden cessation Amanda Blake, who was proprietor of th that his spirit be elected a member of tho of the activity there early In the morning only tore ln tho village where tobacco was board" of trustees of the church and coa- of January 1J was due to thelava breaking ol1' S1,e ntfde a bonfire of all th amok- suited at every meeting, through tho weak sides of the mountain able" 8,16 had ,n tock. One of the first he money is left to the Swedenborg about S.000 feet below the summit at what to 8Wear oft w" John Johnson, who Is 70 church at' Kokomo. In his will DefTou- cara uio. wno naa used tobacco rrom boy- baugh also provided liberally for his wife hood, and he Is sick aa a result of the . and children. . The will Is a long Involved document. Is called the 7.000-foot level. This flow soon fwked Into three streams, Jail Birds Weil Old Maids. "Married for freedom." or a melodrama taken from the life of Will and Bud Bixtn- at least two of which are supposed to hav unusual abaUnenoe. Johnson la sexton of Oone great danger to Colonel Norris' moun- vnurm. tain cattie ranch. But of this llttl Is yet known owing to the destruction of tele phone lines and th blockading by encroach ments of lava of th government road through the Norrts property. Still another outbreak occurred on Janu ary 14, this time In th lava-covered region directly back of Kona. But It waa not a flow of great consequence, though the fact that It was following the line of least re sistance toward Kaleaukekua bay excited much concern. This bay, which la easy to find on a map It atlpulatea that DelTenbaugh shall be Aside from this fearful and wonderful topknot Johnny Is a normal boy. He is bright, playful and healthy. He haa one brother, older than himself, who has nono of Johnny's hirsutical eccentricity. It is said, though, that the lad's mother, ln her early years, had just such a crop, which later resumed a normal growth. Johnny's "mat" Is really wool, most people her will tell you. after they try member of the Loard of trustees after hit to run their fingers through It, and hud them tangled up. It Is blond ln color, an J his head measures In diameter. Including the mat, ten to twelve Inches. A show. death and shall be consulted ln all things relating to th church. A plan for tho tritvcrnm.nt nf th rhnrrh in rnntafnAA ln ders. who are now ln jail at Harrlsburg. the w)1, Th. trultee, ar to m8et often " . ' 'i J 7. ' u;..o.m ftnd coniult wlth Deltenbaugh a spirit re- the stat fair. .tsa.u.1 iiiciii. .uutuu yruvm m. pro! on nil ., Hn,.u. In Ih. .v.nl 11,. trustees appointed by th will fall or re fuse, to act, then a convention of churcn members is to be held, and they are to select a board ot trustees and proceed aa stage suocess. While In Jail several days ago In default ot ICOA bonds, the two Bauniers brrthra sent for two old maids, who were sisters. man Is trying to get th boy to appear at Sunders brothers married the two sister houh th f"1." el:tfdh,ld accepted in irusi. inuaren or uenenoaugn are of th bur l Unit . 7Z i "' " aUnsters in ordar that th women would go lu" "f1' ""'""" -r. or tne big Island, is not only a convenient th, hnH. contesting the will on the ground tEat cattle port on a coast wher good landings are few, but It Is one ot the historic spots or the group the place where Captain Cook, th discoverer, met his death at th on their bonds. The marriage pact was carried out at one In th corridors of the jail. No sooner were they free than the two bridegrooms their father was Insane. Ll aaA Let Live. hand, of th natives. The bay I. now ex- SftjT aA riTtw dent of tie Minnesota Funeral Directors- yu clever enough to stand up on your Sensations of Srf Hldlag. At Walkiki. near Honolulu, is a famous bathing beach. Here, winter and summer, the surf canoes, or, better yet. the surf boards, come dancing in on tha long roll ers and men become amphibious. There Is no sensation Quite comparable to riding a surf board on a Pacific roller, says the Travel Magazin. It la toboggan ing on a moving hillside of water, or, if actly aa he saw it, except for a few houses. Ellisvilla. After belns taken back Will Saunders got Into trouble by Intimidating association, which held Us seventeenth a new growth of palm, and bread fruit . BUrt seIAe ft thlrty day.- annual convention a few days ago. Dur- trees and the monument commemorating hi. fate. - It wa. not until January 13 that th Hon. olulu press was able to land men on the sentence. tng the proceedings lie suggested that the asrpclat ion adopt aa Its motto "Live aud let live." II forestalled obvious crlll- Kslsloas t slrr th L1J In brineinv the exhibits Into tha court- clsm by saying that mutuality of lifter- Kona and Kau coasts and. except for brief ,00,,, at t'pper Sandukky, O., in th search eats and good fellowship hav mad th board. It Is taking this hillside on a single big ski. Th beach runs far out before It shelves into deep water, and at high tide th breakers begin to mount almost half a mil from th shore line. You go out there with your surf board and watt fpr wireless bulletins, no news could be had and seisur case, of E. R. Irior. Philip byword tha beat possible expression of th th wav. from them untU January 1. On that day Alhelnt and Emert Hauff a bottle of whisky conditions existing in th organisation. You learn to catch it at th right mo- presa letter arrived by mall, as did many wa, broken and spilled over Judge Tobia'a The idea found favor and now Minnesota ment, inrow your poara minor ana ciimo interesting private deacriptlyna. desk. During th proceedings a case of undertakers hav aniptto which perhapa Among those , who had aan most was beer. .being too near the radiator, became u more original than appropriate. Dr. K. 8. Ooodbue. pbyalcann charge of overheated and several bottles exploded. $ th leper settlement at MolokaK In his an- Juda Tobias waa splashed from head to 1 Ha Wol lastea of Hair. count of tb eruption he says: (oat. Th defendant war recently fined Johhnnl Reynolds, son of a business th foaming Incline Into shallow water Wi.a w arrived at th lfpvt landa iim ittIc msA appealed tb eaa. Tb Aou goaa ai Vearbom, Mioh, la a curiosity la ana wurulng foam, it la royal pn upon it just as the crest of th roller mounts and catches you. Then on this crest you sail ln toward th shore, to slid down at last when tb wav breaks, down FRIEND TO FRIEND. , The personal recommendations of people who have been cured of coughs and colds by Cham berlain's Cough Remedy have done more than all else to make it a staple article of trade and com merce over a large part of the civilized world. AN INSTANQE. Lucy Suddreth, of Lenoir, N. C, bad been troubled with very bad cough for over a year. She aay : " A friend bought a bottle of CHAifBaaxAiN ' Cough Kjkmzov, brought it to tne and insisted that I should tak it. I did to and to my surprise, it helped ma. Four bottle oi it cured ma of mjr coah." ? t S J