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r-f 0) Vol. XY. Astoria, Oregon, Saturday Morning, June 1, 1881. Jfo. 36. - ifetfOTtL Qa VESUVIUS. THE OLD AND THE XEW WAYS OFCLmiilXG THE VOLCANO. WHAT ONE SEES AND YVJSX& ON THE TERRIBLE MOUNTAINS TOP THE FATAL ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE MOUNTAIN SIDES-SAD STORIES OF LOST SIGHT-SKKRS Rune Correspondence. The cities of Italy are Iik- sirens that, fixed on their eternal seats, beckon you to come to thein. Their old" towers, their frescoed halls, their galleries filled with relics of every past age, their rivers, their hills and their smiling seashores tempt you to visit them, and fill the imagination with a vague desire. Bui not one is so beautiful as Naples, not one is in vested with such a robe of present beauty and past interest such apparent calm and such tremend ous, ever-threatening reality. For alter all Naples belongs to Vesu vius, and is only a part of that long line of human habitation that ex tends from Torre Annunziata to Posilippo. Tin MiioMini lloimtniii is Ttislblc Miles before you arrive at Naples, and by da' and by night it is al ways the most prominent object to be seen there. All the activity and noise, the jostling crowds, the strange cries, can not make you forget Vesuvius. It standi? there eternally, a solemn and tremendous neighbor. From many of the streets of the city, and especially from those near the sea or those on the hill, it is constantly seen. By day it sends forth from its orator a mass of white smoke that some times rises straight toward the sky, but at night this lolling smoke is seen to be a flame that burns with increased luster at intervals of four or five minutes. Then is a weird charm in sitting on one of the marble seats in those gardens near the sea for which Naples is famous and watching the flame burst forth afresh, casting a light upon The Waters of (lie Kulf. Then it seems that city and sea and hills, ships, houses and men belong to the mountain, which is the monarch of all. The beauty of the volcano grows upon you, and you long to view it nearer; to climb those di.zv liijrhts of black lava and brown cinder, to see Naples and the gulf fiom the sum mit; to breathe that sulphurous air, hot with a fire that never dies, and to feel the soft mountain breezes on your cheek. When the power of the mountain is full upon you, and you can resist no longer, you will go to Santa Brigida, a street in Naples, and inscribe yourself as a passenger to Vesuvius for the next day. Early in the morning you will start in a handsome vic toria or landau, drawn by two or even three strong horses, for Vesu vius. Before reaching Portici you will cross the Maddelena bridge, built over a valley. In the middle of the bridge is a statue of Saint Januarius, The Protecting- Saint or .Vsiplc. Vesuvius is visible from this point. This statue was placed here in the year 17G7, after a violent eruption of the mountain, when it seemed that the fiery torrent of lava would reach Naples. Padre Hocco, a Dominican friar who enjoyed great reputation among the people, conducted a train of weeping women to this bridge and con- fronted the mountain with an image of St. Januarius which be had brought from the church. The mountain obeyed the mandate of the saints, ceased its agonizing throes and held back the threaten ing current. In memory of this event a marble statue of the saint was placed upon the bridge. In Vesuvian collection there is a picture representing Friar Rocco preaching to the terrified crowd on the bridge at the foot of this statue while the volcano is in a violent state of eruption. Leav ing Portici with its one street filled with beggars, donkeys and street cars, and its villas with Celestial Glimpses or Gardens Having the sea behind them, you reach Resina, the city that4is built over Herculaneum. Before reach ing the excavations your carriage turns to the left, and the ascent of the mountain begins. The fertility of the soil bcguilcs the inhabitants to cultivate it, and all of tlto lower part of the mountain is occupied by villas. Vineyards and olive and fig gardens adorn it and grow there with as great apparent se curity a n the plains. Vet it seemed as uncertain a resting place for houses xnd gardens as the back of a wlmlc would Iw. At last the villas are seen no more; the vines, with their luscious crapes growing out of a bed of ashes; the figs and the olives dis appear, and you reach a hknv arid region when; nothing grows but feathery heather, yellow broom, a rare chestnut tree, scant gra.ss or low cedars. This is calhtl 'the Plains oT I.ruom. And this plant is celebrated by the great Italian joet Leopardi in so:w magnificent lines. Tlte new road now permits the carriage which brought you from Naples to ascend two miles further. This alone would greatly diminish the fatigue of the ascent. The road winds like a knotted white ribbon over the steep ascent. A liveried offi cer touches his cap as lie issues from a little cabin, built at the point where the road lxgms and asks for your ticket. Travelers who ascend the mountains in their vehicles, or in others not belong ing to the Mciety, are charged u from this point for the use of the road. The cairiagc at last reaches the lroad stone platform and elegant building at the lmsc of the cone twd as a station and a restaurant. The atmosphere is an exquisite mingling of sea breeze and mountain air. and the view below, when the day is clear, is charming. Sorrento, Cast el mare, Capri, Naples all cities whoc very names recall enchant ing scenery, lie below in A l.tsf :tm! ttcaiiiirtil Panorama. The low one-story house built to resist earthquakes is decorated in the Poinpeiian st3le. The mosiae pavement at the door greets you with a salutatien: "God save you!' And all around on the walls are photographs of Vesuvius. Vou eat breakfast here, roast leef with a glass of Vesuvian wine; the price of course being as elevat ed as the position of the restaurant on the mountain. Water, they told us, was all brought there in barrels on donkeys backs, as none is ever found in the earth there. It is ground that has been up heaved unnumbered times, and even if it were not near the top of the mountain, water could not be expected there. The car is in two compartments at different levels, and carries up eight persons at each voyage, which occupies nine! minutes. The heavy oak beams laid up the idc of tin; cone, at an angle of fifty degrees, look stout enough to hold the cable wire and the wheels linn on the lapillo of the cone, and giving to the winds all misgivings, Vom Kfghi the Ascent. This rolling up the cone, with a conductor mounted on an elevated seat in front of the car: this leav ing the world which we have known hitherto, so far behind, gives a curious sensation of mimr'od j wonder and fear. The movement jis s'ow aml t.HUi;OUS) a: c man , fearo(i t tempt the mightv jiower below, and all is silent "except the crea-. of thc wire over the iron ! hc-eL When at last vou are Inmlml nr. l,.. ,n,. .,;., i . ... .... i.j,j,i,a .uiliuil mv 5- cent so far has been made without fatigue, and the promises of the society are ntitiiieu. J5ut a part of the cone is still before you, if you would arrive at the crater, and this ascent is steep and fa tiguing. The guides hover round each group of travelers here, hop ing to find some who, as in former days, will require their aid. Al though the walk, which is about fifteen minutes, is fatiguing, it gives only the faintest idea of the difficulty of the former mode of ascension. The only question, on looking back at the cone, is: "How did so many delicate women ever climb up to it?' It used to be considered a matter of course for I any traveler who visited Naples to ascend Vesuvius, but even with the aid of the guides it must have been a serious effort. Even tliose who permitted themselves to be carried up in a chair must have ex perienced a nervous sensation on finding themselves Thus Mrnnsrb Suspended On the shoulders of struggling men between earth and heaven. After this panting ascent we found ourselves near the base of the small cone which has been raised within two years. There is a field of yellow Java here ejected by Vesuvius in the eruption of 1872. By leaping from one rock to an other it is possible to go even nearer, but it is not safe to go on tlui cone on account of the burning stones that are constantly falling over it. By ascending the hill to tlie right may be seen the fissure in the top of the cone through which the lava runs in a narrow stream down the side toward Pom peii. But 1 confess that my courage failed here, and 1 content ed myself with sitting down in the ashes and watching the ex plosions which frequently occurred. The fine black ashes fell in show ers, and Thr !!:, sulphurous Air burned mv face and discolored the steel ornaments of my dress. Clouds came every few moments to wreath the cone in darkness, and the frequent explosions shake the ground under foot. The guides said that the mountain was more agitated than usual, and the mass of fire wo saw issuing from the mouth of the cone was proof of it. The red mass ofstones was thrown violently into the air and fell again with a dull, heavy thud into the boiling lake below, or some of tlie lava rolled like stones down the outside. Vesuvius has changed its form so often that the description of it given by various writers are dissimilar. It is the only existing volcano which has a history extending through many centuries. That of Vesuvius be gins with the latin writers, before the great eruption which destroy ed Pompeii and Ilercuhtneum. They refer to the preceding eruption which had left traces on the mountains. The present cone did not then exist, and itis believ ed to have been made At thr Ponilirlian I'riipliuii. The broken mountain behind what we know as Vesuvius, and now called Monte Somma, was the original crater, which was then violently torn asunder and its mouth left broken and jagged, as may be seen from Naples. From that time to this every successive writer has given the mountain a j different description, although ac curate accounts of its varied phases exist only since the year 1G31, j when then1 was a memorable erup ! lion. WlkMi a long period of re pose occurs nature covers the ground with green, and the natural fertility of the soil tempts man to cultivate it even to the crater. A poet before the eruption of 1031 speaks of sheep that make the summit of Vesuvius Avhite as snow, which proves that the inhabitants had almost forgotten the character of the mountain. Six thousand sheep were lost in that terrible agitation f Vesuvius, and many inhabitants of Torre del Greco, of Resina and Poitici were cither struck by projectiles or surprised between two currents of lava. Four thousand persons are said to have perished at that time. Not only fire but mephitic air and water, that, losing its usual courses. Otrrtthrluiril I'iains and Village, Caused the loss of human life. The vegetation"-of ten square miles was destroyed, and one stone thrown out in the direction of Monte Somina was estimated to weigh 75,000 pounds. This is counted as the thirteenth eruption after that of the year 70, although the inscription on tho public road at Resina, in memory of this eruption, calls it the twentieth. Itis related that a man and his wife who inhabited a cabin on the mountain were alarmed by the ringing of a huge cow-bell that hung in the room. They fled in haste, and looking back saw An Am Cut Chasm In tJic Ground Where their house had been a mo ment before. Some travelers who approached too near the crater during the eruption of 1S72, con trary to the advice of Prof. Pal micri, were surrounded by two st retimes of the lava and lost. The courage of Prof. Paimieri is united with profound science and a long acquaintance with the peculiarities of the olcano, so that he has been able to approach nearer than any other person Jo the crater. In walking over fresh fields of lava he carries a lantern to warn him of the dangerous gases. He re mained in the observatory in 1S72 when it was surrounded by lava and the heat was almost insupportable. Peruvian Hitler-. (Bctteti Katai. The Cnt t Ciuchou was lie .Spanish Viceroy in l'eni in 1W. The Cmiiitos. his wife, was pros'nitctl 1. an iutcnuitr tetit finer, from which she was frccil hy the use of the native reniHl. the Peru vian lmrk. or. as it a called in the laiuiiiafjc of tin country. ()iuuiuna. (intlefttl for her recovery, on her return to Kuro;e in WtL she introduced the remedy in Spain, whore it was known under various names, until Jnuueii called it Cinchona, in honor of the lady who had bronchi them that which was more precious than thexold of thclucas. To this day. after a lapse of two hun dred and fifty years, science has siven us nothing to take its place. It effectu ally cares a morbid appetite for stimu lants, by restoring the natural tone or tlte stomach. It attacks excessive Ioe of liquor as it docs a fever, and destroys Inrth alike. The powerful tonic irtue or the Cinchona is preserved m the Peruvian IJilteis, which are as elTectiw against malarial fever to-ihi as they were in the days, or the old Spanish Vieero-. 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Agents, Astoria, Or addressed to the undersigned, will re ceive prompt attention. B. W. BLOOD. Clatskanie, Oregon. THIS PAPERS maj- tx found on at Geo. P. ku. & Co'3 Ncuiaper Adrcrtbtcg- Bureau (10 Spruce SSS VCW YORK I w nude for it in 11 la if I Ullli r.EOISTEKED MAKCUa. 1S79. tumnnimiDiCDi Dllt MISCELLAXEOUS. A. V. ALLEN. C. H. PAGE. Page & Allen (successors to e. s. larsen.) Wholesale and retail dealers In Grooorles, Provisions, GrQGkeryM Glass and Plated Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together with ines,Liiors,ToliaccDlCipts Tlie largest and most complete stock of goods in their line to Ua found in the city. Corner of Cass :iinl Siuemocqhe Streets, ASTOKIA. OKEtiOX. Barbour's IRISH FLAX THREADS Salmon Bet Twine. Cotton Seine Twine, Cork and Lead Lines, Cotton Netting, all sizes. Seines Made to Order. Flax and Cotton Twine, Fishing Tackle, etc. barbourTrothers, ."ill Market Street. Nan Frauelaco HENRY DOYLE & Co.. Managers. 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For every thing there looks so clean and so neat. And their beer Ls so sparkling, tt cannot be beat. If vou are feeling bad or the blues do appear. You can drive them away by drinking AL BANY BEER. I have an old father, who's now eighty-three, And this Is the advice he gave unte me. He spoke to tne kindly with a voice bright and clear : "If you want to be healthy, drink ALBANY BEER." Since then I have done so, and I'm hearty and sound. At the round age or fifty I can always be found At my dally labor before the sun does appear And each day and night I drink ALBANY BEER, Also, on draught, THE CELEBRATED BOCK BEER. C. GRATTKE, - - WELCOME SALOON, Roadway, opposite O. R. & N. Co's Dock. .MT& '-k Vi