The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08

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hg al ire observatory All nieht and
going an No IA the mofhina. 90 We
made Tor the station Maybe | had
better Say here that ~ fidinN up
,oa 10 about three quarters ~ the
way In an plecttlc tram ear 20 the
nrst station, and FROM there yon 60
the rest ~ the way up In a sort of
elevator 30 the upper station Welt
we pushed on and the path kept get
ting rougher and rougher al the
time. we were walking on lava
beds entirely. We arrived at the
frst station az 700 o'clock p, m and
stayed there until about 1870. Had
some refreshments there, which con
sisted Of bread, wine and water,
From there the path began TO get
worse. IL goes up on about a Is per
cent grade all the time and the ashes
were so thick that when you would
take a step your foot would sink In
about six inches and then when you
went to bring the other foot up It
would come back TO meet II, 80 we
made very slow progress. To add to
all this II was becoming dark. and
we were going up in the clouds all
the time. After about fifteen mlu.
utes climbing ! had to stop to rest.
We pushed on, however, after q min
ute or two. and by this time thu
clouds were down upon us, and 1t
was so dark we could not see more
than five or six feet ahead of u.s..
After a little It became SO dark We
had to hang to each other to keep
from losing the way, an DIFF It had
not been for the dog / fear we would
never have reached the top. The
worst of Il was, Mr.. Charlls k3ut
saying to us t o be careful and not
lose our foothold, or we woul,l roll
down the side of the volcano. II
was cheerful advice, especially as We
could not e anything. Ny, but we
were tired, hungry and cold!
Volcano In Eruption.
After awhile we saw the flames Of
an eruption ar ong the clou Is, nnd
tina. made t.s feel encouraged AFR
that, tilrush thc clouds settlji thick
err than ever. However we had to
push on, as W we're nearer he top
thar the bottom. After Il little we
say another C. uption and this time
without any "iCads between the era
ter and rs. r. was simply magnIh.
cent. | have never seen anything
like II bette md neYcr expect to
again. We stepped to watch this
and tLen pushed on again. Aft'r a
minute or so We heard a voice that
sounded as though II said "Halloa",
only II was In Italian. Just the
same 1t seemed good to know that
there was someone else up there be.
sides us. After ten minutes more
walking we reached the station, and
before going in stopped to watch the
volcano act. IL was fine. We went
into the house and all sat around
the stove TO rest. II seemed good to
get there and be able to sit on some.
thing besides ashes. After a while
we decided to have dinner. But all
of us, except Mr.. Hugo, were too tlr-
ed to enjoy It. So we said we
would leave ours until morning. We
then got ready to go out and watch
the volcano act. Some Of the stones
were so hot that they would burst
into three or four pieces while in the
air. Just as we were ready TO go
down a terrific eruption occurred.
We looked up and saw a stone that
appeared to be headed for us. SO
Mr.. Hugo and l started to run back.
It was pretty risky running over
ground full Of steam holes, but we
thought they were better than hot
lava on our heads. A fog settled
then and we had TO go back. Staid
outside until we became damp and
nearly wet, and then we decided TO
go back in the house.
Seanty Accommodations.
When we left they wanted ten
francs to let us sleep there but they
finally took us in for seven francs.
Mr.. Pierce and / slept on benches
about twelve inches wide, and the
other three on the mattress on the
floor. We told u guide to wak3d
us to see the sunriBe the next MON
80 at 500 a. m. he awoky US.
We went out but could not see any
It as we were on the wrong side
the mountain. However, we had
fine view Of Naples AMI the su.
We stayed there till C:31I
and then went down. II took us IS
minutes to 60 down to the station,