From the rift many molten fountains could be seen spouting 30 feet in the air. Heavy fumes were emenating from the earth along the entire line of the rift.
Kilauea's latest outbreak is the culmination of a long period of tremendous activity, caused, say the volcano observers, by underground pressure of lava which was not relieved by the recent discharges from the proper.
As the desert flow increased, the lava level in Halemaumau continued to sink, until volcanologists prophesied that the pit might be drained.
MANY CASES OF RHEUMATISM NOW Says We Must Keep Feet Dry, Avoid Exposure and Eat Less Meat
Stay off the damp ground, avoid exposure, keep feet dry, eat less meat drink lots of water and above all take a spoonful of salts occasionally to keep down uric acid.
Rheumatism is caused by poisonous toxin, called uric acid, which is generated in the bowels and absorbed into the blood.
Kidneys to filter this acid from the blood and cast it out in the urine. The pores of the skin are also a means of freeing the blood of this impurity. In damp and chilly, cold weather the skin pores are closed, thus forcing the kidneys to do double work, they become weak and sluggish and fail to eliminate this uric acid which keeps accumulating and circulating through the system, eventually settling in the joints and muscles, causing stiffness, soreness and pain called rheumatism. 