The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
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Illustrated by Tourist Who Ineisted
Upon Going into a Crater.
Capt Basil Hall tells one of those
stories which are always coming up to
prove that the man who knows moth
least, and to neglect salutary obe-
dience toward those who have trodden
path before. The incident was mar
rated by an old guide at Vesuvius.
"a few years ago." said Salvatore.
"F came up the mountain with parry
of gentlemen, one of whom insisted on
going not only around the cone, as we
are doing now. but actually into the
crater, though l told him that such all
adventure was attended with more
danger than the thing was worth.
- Pooh! Pooh! DangerT said the pig
headed gentleman. What do 1 care for
danger? Am I not soldier? Why.
man, l have faced the foe before now!
Lead the way. I'll follow
Il merely said that to face human
enemy and to face an active volcano
were two very different things.
Are you afraid to goY he asked.
"'I don't much admire It, l answer
ed; but as think know how to evade
the danger when 1t comes-having
been at the work for nearly half cen-
tury-IH go into the crater If you arc
determined upon the adventure. Only
warn you again; the danger to an in
experienced person is very great
well! Well! he called impatiently,
come along" And away we went, he
fourishing his stick like sword, while
only shrugged my shoulders.
"'Now, SIR 1 said to him, the only
plan by which we can hope to accom-
plish the expedition in safety is to be
perfectly steady, and if a shower Of
stones comes about our ears to stand as
cool and collected as II nothing were
happening. hope we may not have
any while we are in this awkward
place, but If we should be so unfortu-
nate, mind, your only chance Is to
stand fast and look forward. 1t re-
quires good nerves, 80 brace them up!
"'Oh, nerves. said he, skeptically.
Is that all? You shall see.'
$50 away we went. climbed the lip
abyss, and though half choked with the
fumes, saw all we wished to see. We
were on our return when the mountain
roared like thunder, the ground shook,
a furious eruption took place, and
myriads of stones were shot thousand
feet into the air.
"'Now, signor, mio,' called, stand
your ground and make good use Of your
nerves! Lookl Be steady, and you
may yet escape
"But the man who had faced mortal
foes quailed before the powers of ma.
ture. He looked up as he was hidden;
but when he saw cataract of fire fall
ing on his head, the courage Of which
he had boasted forsook him, and in
continently he fed.
For my part, was too much afraid
stones, and I wonder we were not both
demolished. AS it was, my companion
had not run far before he was struck
down by these missiles.
Zone Of them broke his leg and an
other stunned him, and I had enough
to do to get him out of the cone on my
shoulders. Much work we had to take
him to Naples. where the hotel keepers
and the Italian doctors between theta
had the plucking of this precious pigeon
for the next six months."-Youth
Companion.
Don't Worry.
There is but one way out of the diff
Guilty. 1t is impossible to avoid all the
causes for worry, for there is no day
that does not bring it's share, but the
trouble lies in the fact that so many
yield weakly to the depressions to
which nearly everyone is liable, and do
not make any effort to rise superior to
their trials. Worry is not always the
accompaniment of great troubles; it
more frequently arises from petty cares,
the constant jar and fret of which in
time wears out the life. These can
surely be put aside if one has the will
to do SO, and this is most easily done by
substituting in their places thoughts Of
other and better things, which will take
the mind out of self and selfish affairs
and turn it in other channels.