The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
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Through catseemhs.

since I last wrote Nun, we lett Bpy.
rout on the 3ist OF March, on an Aus.
trallan Lloyd steamer for Constant.
nople. calling on the way at Lmassol
and Iameca on the Island Of Cyprus.
at Tripoli, Alexandretti, Mersyon,
Rhodes, Chios and Smyrna in Asia Mi.
nor, and Dardanelles in Turkey. We
arrived in Constantlnople on the Sth
of April and left on the 18th on a
Messagoni Maritime boat for Naples,
stopping at Smyrna and Pireaus,
Greece. We arrived at Pireaus the
morning Of the 10th Of April and took
an electric tram car for athens. Ar
irving there we took carriages out to
the Acropolis, which, as in olden time,
Is situated on the top of a hill. From
one place there we had a very fine
view of Athens and the country nea
there. From there we could see the
Prisons OF Socrates. They are on the
hill opposite the one on which we
stood. Later we visited the famous
Parthenon, which was in its time the
finest building that existed. 1t was
built in the year 437 B. c., by the or
der OF Perlcles; is 22S feet long and
100 feet wide and is built OF Pentalic
marble. It has eight columns on each
end, and IS on each side, the corner
ones being counted twice. They are
"a feet high and G IT. 2 inches in diam
eter at the base, and OF the Corinthian
style. The Parthenon still retains
enough Of It's beauty to show what its
former splendor must have been.
From the Acroplis we drove to the
Stadium. 1t Is a new one, just being
completed, and Is built on exactly the
same plan as the old one, and when
completed will hold 10000 people.
The oval part is 670 feet long and 109
feet wide. From Athens we returned
to Pireaus and sailed about 1880 a.
m. Eight hundred Greeks came on
board our ship bound for America.
Meeting EIvyn NInde.
Arriving. in Naples in the evening
of the 18th, were met at the boat by
Mr.. b. Il. Ninde, Of Oskaloosa, who
helped us to get our luggage through
the Customs. We did not start out
sightseeing for a couple OF days, go.
ing first to the Aquarium. We had
been told by several people not to
miss It, and Il Is indeed very fine. We
saw all sorts and kinds OF fish and
deep sea vegetation. Things one
would never suppose would live in the
bottom Of the ocean. We spent about
two hours wandering around the build.
ing looking at the queer things. That
afternoon we went over TO the chapel
of San Sewers to zee the statue Of
Christ, and also visited another
church. The following day we went
to the Cathedral, where they were
holding services, 1t being Good Friday.
The Cardinal Joseph Frisco Of Naples
was in charge OF the service. He was
the first cardinal we had seen, so we
looked at him with interest. How.
ever, he did not look any different
from any other priest we had seen.
We went down into the crypt OF the
church and to the chapel dedicated to
st. Januvius, the patron saint OF Ma.
pies. The Cathedral was built first In
the 9Th or TIN century, was rebuilt In
the 18th century, and I they are at
present fixing II up quite a little. The
only other one worth mentioning vas
the Church Of San Francisco. II Is
directly opposite the kings palace. 1t
has a dome next TO st. Peters in size.
Also saw some nice pictures there.
Relics OF Pompeli.
In the afternoon we went TO the
Museum, where we saw some relics OF
Pompeii. Among others some rice,
prunes, eggs and other eatables. Also
kettles, pans, fresco work, al
bedstead and n stove. II was all very |
interesting indeed. The next day Il
was rainy, SO we could not go TO Mt.
Vesuvius, as we had planned. BY
noon, however, II had almost cleared
up, and did not look at all threatening.
Some Of Mr.. NInde's friends had in.
7lted me to go up Mt. vesuvius with
hem, and Of course / accepted. The
party consisted Of Mr. Charlis, a Rus.
'lan, MI. Hugo and Mr.. Rup, both
Swiss, and Mr.. Pierce, an Italian liv.
ng near Naples, and myself. Also
wish TO tell you what we each carried.
Ir. Charlis had a blanket and alpo our
Jack. Our pack consisted OF our din
Ter for that evening and u break.
asst for the next morning, all packed
n a large camera case belonging to
Ar. Hugo. Mr.. Pierce carried his ov.
a blanket and an umbrella;
Ar. Rup his overcoat and an umbrella;
ar. Hugo carried q blanket and a
ain coat and divided honors with Mr..
for carrying the pack. AS for
nyself, I had my overcoat, a blanket,
n umbrella and my kodak.
Climbing MI. vesuvlus.
We took a car to Mr.. Pierce's
ONE and then at 3:15 p. m, started
ut to "hoof H." as the saying Is, up
Il. Vesuvius. After a walk Of half
n hour the road began to get rough,
nd an we were thirsty and hot we
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