The Osceola times., 1881-06-18
SORROW IN SICILY.
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sialy belozzs % t-es E1t 1-i,s-i It1-y.
bit tEls : a s-1z- cso--so-z.i1n zoE -1E1
re L.lx-c = thr-s.sr=1 r.-k re .1ss q
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tie Gs--z-- zz1 ,Ls occzzo-L A-s-.-
cz- % si6ly, q. coE tLs tE-zl ,rz-5 Ia
Et-z q erzekse s-d I'll 70 lo-c=- prUvs
81 sttrzetio1 % foreiz-e-s Las teen pCh-
Lshe3 by sc-sr.i5c iorrzzL
Et1z Ezz zn6ogb.-5ly The bss- "a
ezlo IL Ezrcp@- Nes-vizs q d sx.S.-
leni volcano tor n siIs, E-t tEs NaE-.l-i-
,zls have made TIE zczs Q. z lie
srupiiols of N=szEI-s Ers t-=-1=--- E-1
often thsy are really L--'os--E s.s-.s-.-x--y
II the syes q p-s5Yl- Va ALrs -leTs-
s<sn = cr-t-clEss F1.cz-1 4--fs- sTs-T
winter thy s-rezZ Q: -ssL ArL "a =
found S0Einz CT Z s1-- 1-sFl.s = L.
oone, and the SaEp,oz-E- 1-cel-ks-scs-=
always zs.@r- itE1 3 trSG=-ss-s-.s sr---c1,- :
i c.os= zi hand >.lL- A--s- A. Ns-sT- F-zs
"a small affair. ard ]. roi 81 E1ZslI
% b= compared zIth t0EsrllE- s1I1E-c-..-
Etrz- strO1bol = another c0.0t steady
volcano, that = always blArinE z-t -e-S
i sltrzted Ere-- ho.ei EeSr~rs c11lc
utiliB@ i there ]. 10 do1bt that i EJuli
Be dsseFTedly : popular. Bat E'r2 u o.
rather = zs worth hzlfz d0L@n s-ch toy
volcanoes a. Struu bJL IL ! . uOun-zlu
nearly 1000 feet in height and the
view from IT, summit 4 zrz-der than the
view from any of the s-lIuInits 0fthe Alps-
When i has an eruption. the b=S- effort.
Of Nesuyl1s are in oonparl=0n - the
b1btling o. q tex-ketile. Iis streams Of
- H. - - =
only BY ihose Of hilz1eA- It's earthquakes
shake Bziznia- Messins, and Lesser ioErs
into piles Of shzpeless ruins and Its e10r-
mO1s crater oo1ld almost contain the e.
lire mountain Of Vesuvi1s- Naturally the
sicilli2ns have been proud Of their 1nri-
vailed volcano. Ii has been Their chief
source Of income The Cztznizn hotel
keepers have grown rich by iskinz IN
the wsyfzring foreigner and helping him
on bis way 20 the mountains. The ress
Of the population Of Cz,sniz has furnish
Ell him with donkeys and hired Itself %
him a. guide; and the people of the
other parts Of the island have laid in
Ezit for him in the gloomy pine forests
Of Etns and enriched themselves nth
hrs clothes and shai little money the
hotel-keep%r and donkey men may
have overlooked No wonder the
simple and honest Sicillian loved the
mountain and gratefully zcknOEledged
the tourist whom il lured into his hands.
II Is estimated that no less than thirty
thousand families Of hotel keepers.
donkey owners. guides and brisands
have annually derived their sole support
from tourists who visit Mount Etnz, and
it is heart breaking % think ofthe misery
which stares these people in the face
now that Etna Is apparently spoiled.
Not quite year ago there was every
prospect that Etna was about to have a
violent eruption, and a great business
revival was anticipated by the indus
trial classes Of Sicily. On the 29th Of
MAY the mountain suddenly cracked.
and vast fssure miles in length appear
ed in one Of its sides. The preliminary
symptoms Of eruption Immediately oeas-
ed. The mountain relieved itself OF a
little mud, and then ceased TO growl,
shake or give any other signs Of life
Experienced volcano engineers have
pronounced the opinion that 50 long as
the crack remaining open it will be i'm
possible 10 get up pressure enough %
produce an eruption, and that in all
probability the volcano will henceforth
be Us useless as an exploded locomotive
boiler.