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THE WATER FRONT AT MEss1NA SWEPT BY TIDAL WAVE.

cane. oranges, lemons, olives, figs and
almonds. The market town of this re-
gion is Catania, on the south coast.
The eruptions from Mount Etna have
been of wonderful volume, continuance
and destructiveness. The most violent
in history occurred in 1869, when q
chasm IL miles long opened on the side
of the mountain. In 1855 a fall of hot
water was poured out upon the sur
rounding country. In 1852-1S53 the
eruption lasted nine months, with a
continual torrent of lava six miles long
by two broad and about IL feet in
depth. falling down the mountain side
to the sea. About 100 eruptions have
been described, 16 of which occurred
in the last century. The Italian Govern
ment has an observatory on the south
side of the mountain 9,015 feet above
the sea, being the highest inhabited
house in Europe.
The twin of Mount Etna in perennial
interest is Mount Vesuvius, on the bay
of Naples, less than 200 miles in q
straight line across the Tyrrhenian Sea,
from Mount Etna. 1t is solitary
mountain rising from the plain, and is
supposed to have been thrown up by
volcanic action. Its base is about 80
miles in circumference and rises to two
submits, the higher of which contains
the crater. Vesuvius has a variable
hight, but 1t is usually stated at 1890
feet above The sea, or about one-half
the hight of Mount Etna. The hight
has varied greatly in history, with new
|eruptions thrusting up new cones
AS far as known, Vesuvius's first erup-
ton was that of 10 A. D., when Pompeii
and Herculaneum were destroyed. At
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These latter built the great cities that
we read so much about, Syracuse, Mes
sina, and Agrigentum. At Syracuse was
where the celebrated tyrant, Dionysius,
lived.
Next the country passed under the
Romans and became the granary of
Rome. 1t was Roman from 210 B. c.
to 440 A. D.. when the Goths and VAN
dals took possession, and held it FOR
a century, when it became a Byzantine
province for another century, and then
passed under the control of the con-
quering Saracens. For nearly two CEN
turtles the Mahometans held the country,
when they were overthrown by the Nor
mans, who made it a kingdom, and next
it passed under the control of the Ger
mans and their Holy Roman Empire.
During the next century it was taken
and retaken by Spaniards, Frenchmen.
and even Englishmen. The terrible ST.
Gillian Vespers were an organized revolt
against the French rulers, when every
Frenchman on the island was massacred
in a single night. There were centuries
more of wars and broils, and finally
Sicily was united with the mainland in
the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies with
it's capital at Naples Then the Napole-
onic wars came and Napoleon made his
brother-in-Iaw, Murat, the great Cav
airy General. King. He held the
throne until the end or the Napoieonlc
period, when he was shot and the rule
of the Bourbons was restored. This lasted
until 1860, when Garibaldi drove the
odious Ferdinand II out, and Sicily and
the mainland were united, with the
Kingdom of Sardinia, into United Italy.
The island of Sicily is separated from
the mainland by the Straits of Messina,
| two miles wide. Across this strait is
the rugged, mountainous region known
for centuries as Calabria. 1t appears
| in ancient Roman literature as Brut-
tium, and 1t had ill-favored celebrity as
the home of the fiercest and most merci-
less banditti to be found in the world.
The whole country is the most vol
canic known, with the great volcanic
mountain. Etna, in Sicily, and the equal
ly well-known Vesuvius, near Naples.
Besides these are many extinct volca-
noes, some of which periodically threat
en- eruptioHs. AS Shakspere would
say, the whole country is feverish," "
both in its physiography and in the
character of the people. The we'll
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cense, yet in way represents the dan
gers of the passage We quote from
Bryant's translation of the Odyssey, and
which is given with a wonderful trans
,lation into virile English of the old
Greek narrative:
Sadly we sailed into the strait, where
stood
On one hand Scylla, and the dreaded
rock, iA1@
Charybdis, on the other, drawing down
Into her horrid gulf the briny flood;
And as she threw it forth again, y
tossed
And murmured as upon a glowing fire
The water in caldron, while the spray,
Thrown upward, fell on both the sum-
mit-rocks; -
And when once more she eswaflowed the
salt sea, ~
1t whirled within the abyss while far
The bottom of the blue sand was seen.
My men
Grew pale with fear; we looked into
the gulf J.
And thought our end was night. Then
ScyIla snatched 50
Six of my comrades from otir hollow
bark, - 49, -
The best in valor and in strength of
arm.
1 looked to my good ship; I looked to
them,
And saw their hands and feet still
swung in air
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The Land of Classic Lore.

the appalling calamity in Southern
Italy stirs the world far more than any
catastrophe for a century, to say the
least While the loss of property is
small beside that Of the monumental
calamity at San Francisco, the destruc-
ton of human life is incomparably
greater and far greater than that of any
cataclysm which has occurred in mod
ern times in the civilized world While
it is likely thai millions have been car
ried off by epidemics and famine in
India and China, and the bursting of
the Yellow River in the latter country,
yet these catastrophes were far away,
among people of whom we know COM
paratively little. On the other hand, this
awful cataclysm affects people of our
own race, comparatively near at home,
and who have since the very beginning
of time been near the center of the
worlds stage. History and literature
may be said to begin with stories of
adventure and events centering around
the island of Sicily and the southern
portion of the Italian peninsula. Every
school boy and girl has begun his or
her education with reading about the
wonderful voyage of Ulysses, the willy
Creek" who after the destruction of
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1881, March Is. South Italy severely
shaken. with a destruction of a num-
ber of lives and an immense amount of
property.
1888, An earthquake which destroyed
a number of villages and about 10000
lives.
1886, Aug. 81, severe shocks destroy
ing several hundred lives.
1887, Dec. 4, shocks destroying many
houses but few lives.
1891, June 11-14, violent shakes. but
little loss of life.
1893. Aug IL, destructive shocks,
causing much loss of life.
1905, Sept. IA, severe earthquakes in
Calabria, and extending over Sicily and
lSouthern Italy, with nearly 5000 killed
and injured.
A historian states that In the course
Of 75 years, from 1888 to 1857. the
kingdom of the two Sicilies lost at least
Ill 900 people by earthquakes, or more
than 1900 per year out of an average
population OF 100000.
, ScylIaand Charybdis.
From the beginning of written his
tory. Scylla and Charybdis. on either
side of the narrow Messinian strait,
have had prominent place IN the
worlds annals. For thousands of years
the sea path of all civilized men lay
between these terrors. The dispatches
say that the dreaded passage has been
torn and distorted SO by the earthquake
shock that it may be destroyed entirely.
This is hardly likely, as unless the
to the mainland, there must remain q
navigable passage between the island
| and the "toe" of the peninsula. It Is
| worth while to reproduce Ulysses de-
scription Of this famous place, and
which. while It has large poetical IL
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quakes upon this storied land is far
the longest and attended with the
greatest destruction in history. In
spite of the periodical occurrences. OF
these cataclysms the people cling to the
country and increase and multiply.
Our first record is as to one which
accompanied the eruption Of Vesuvius
in the year 79 A. D., when Pompeii and
Herculaneum were destroyed. Then for
more than 1000 years we have no rec
ord The first on the pages OF what
might be termed modern history was
in
1137 A. D.. when Catania was engulf-
ed and 5000 persons buried in the
ruins.
1856, September, there was another
which destroyed many Calabrian cities
and the tidal wave from the Adr.atic
rolled over the land drowning those
who survived the shock.
1926, July 80, an earthquake greatly
injured Naples and destroyed some 80
towns and 10000 people.
1888. March %, there was another
one of like magnitude.
1867, April 6, Ragusa was ruined
with a loss of 5000 lives.
1872, April IA. 1900 people perished
at Rimini.
1850, SocPseIHUeT, Or CIlleS dIu tOWLs
and 800 villages in Sicily were destroy
ed. The city of Catania and its $4,000
people was swept away and the loss of
life was estimated at 100000.
1903, Feb. 2, Aquila was destroyed
with 5000 people.
1906, Nov 8, $4,000 people were
killed in the AbruZzi.
1926, Sept. 1, Palermo was nearly de-
stroyed and 5000 people killed.
1882, Nov 20, Naples and the sur
rounding country were devastated with
a loss of 1000 lives.
1888, Feb. 5, Messina and other towns
in Sicily were nearly destroyed with
loss of many thousand lives.
1894, June, Vesuvius destroyed the
city of Tore del Greco.
1905, July 26, Frosolone was destroy
ed with a loss of 5000 lives.
1919, June 16, Palermo and other
places were terribly injured with a loss
of many thousand lives.
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present the crater Is an elliptical chasrn
about three miles in circumference.
Formerly the eruptions occurred at
long intervals, during which time treeg
and grasses covered the side of the
mountain, only to be destroyed by an.
other outbreak. During the past Gene
tury the eruptions have been much more
frequent, sometimes coming every year.
The lavas thrown out differ from the
eruptions of other volcanoes in contain.
ing large proportion of acids, particus
larly hydrochloric acid. Great showers
of ashes. scoria and stones are also
thrown up. The eruptions are usually
quite destructive, because the people
dwelling on the sides assume that the
mountain will remain quiet or that II It
does break out it will follow the old
paths, and they push their fields and
habitations beyond the danger line, when
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1923, March 5, violent earthquakes at
Palermo, and another at Sicily with
great loss of life.
1928, Feb. g, the island of Ischia ter
ribly shaken and loss of life thruout the
country
1885, April 20, many villages destroy
ed with 1000 lives lost.
1885, Oct. u, Castiglione destroyed
with heavy loss of life.
1851. Aug. IA. all Southern Italy
shaken, with Melfi ruined and 1900
lives lost.
1857, Dec. 16, Montemurro and other
towns destroyed with loss of 10000
lives.
1870, October, several villages de-
stroyed with a great number of lives
lost.
1879. June II. number of villages
and cities destroyed.
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Above me. while for the last time on
earth
They called my name in agony of heart.
As when an angler on a jutting rock
sits with tn. his taper roc, and casts his
To snare rer the smaller fish. ne sends the
or wild bull that guards his line afar
Into the water, and jerks out fish,
And throws 1t gasping shofeward; so
were they III
Uplifted; ts.Is gasping, to the tocks, and
scylla a1e,,3S dev9pred them at her cavern's
Stretching ling th;as their hands to me with pierc
OF anguish. Twas in truth the saddest
Whatever 1 have suffered and where,er
Have rSames a,ln tn the . waters. that mine eyes
Fable and Fact.
The ancient poets enlarged on Ho-
mers story ana made Scylla a loath-
some monster having 70 feet and six
long necks and mouths each of which
took victim from every ship which
passed within their reach The mon
gter "barked like a dog" Charybdis
was q monster with an enormous NAV,
which tnrice day gulped down the
waters and all that was on them. and
thrice DAY vomited up the crushed re-
mains. AS a geographical fact Scyila,
which now bears the name or Sciglio,
was promontory ending the Calabrian
peninsula. and rising 200 feet above the
water. The rocks at the base are deep
ly scooped by the action of the waves.
On the summit Of the promontorv is an
ancient castle built by the Corsai.s. who
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tion of mod ern agricultural machinery
and continue to plow with branches Of
trees to which they affsx an ilon share
They thrash out their whe;s.s sy tramp
ing it with oxen and horses and win
now 1t by throwing 1t into the air.
The people li-e in the crudest shacks
and rarely taste meat Nowhere In me
world is there such a fusion Of races,
ewing to the dominance of one after
smother OF the different peoples who
have lived along the shores of the Med
llerranean and ruled over the island. 1t
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with snow. Below this is stretch of
about 1000 feet, which has been plant
ed with forests of chestnut. beech, birch,
pine, maple and oaks. From that to
the base is a cultivated zone of great
fertility and thickly populated. 1t pro-
duces abundantly dates, bananas, sugar.
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once scourged the Mediterranean ship
ping. There is now town on the prom
intory with a population of about 900,
and which carries On an extensive silk
manufacture, considerable fisheries, and
a large commerce in wines, lemons and
oranges. The town has been repeatedly
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known lines Of Byron are indicative of
the latter:
Know ye the land where the cyprus
and myrtle
Are emblems Of deeds that are done
in their cline,
Where the rage of the vulture. the love
OF the turtle,
crime?"
Earthquakes.
The records Of the visitation Of earth
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devastated by earthquakes and suffered
"a particularly severe shock on Feb. 5,
|17S3 The ancients held that Charybdis
was directly opposite Scylla in the mar
rowest part of the strait, where hirl-
pool tore around amid the rocks and
shoals. Modern geographers have trans
ferrad Charybdis to the whirlpool OF
Galoforo, ten miles from Scylla, but
there are numerous wbirlpools all along
the strait Since the formation of the
kingdom of Italy, much has been done
toward removing the terrors of the pas
sage and dynamite has gotten rid of
most of the dangerous rocks, so that
the passage has in recent years been
about as safe as any other portion of the
sea. 1t is likely that the effect of the
recent disturbances has been to throw
up more dangerous rocks, which Will
have to be removed before the passage
is again safe.
Etna and Vesuvius.
The most interesting physical feature
of the island of Sicily is Mount Etna,
the greatest active volcano in the world.
Mount Etna is 80 miles in circumfer-
ence at the base, and rises to the great
hight of 1850 feet. or more than two
miles. This mass rises in gentle and
regular slope to single cone, in which
is the crater, a chasm about 1000 feet
deep and from two to three miles in
circumference On the flank of the
mountain are a number of small cones,
the principals of which are the Monti
and Rossi, 450 feet high. twin peaks
cast up during the eruption of 1863.
The upper 6, 800 feet of the mountain Is
a dreary waste of bleak lava, ashes and
sand covered during most of the year
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is believed that the Greek and Arab
bloods are the strongest in the fusion.
This seems to be indicated by the Ian
guages, which the people still speak.
The Phoenicians were the first people
of record to settle there, then came the
Carthegenians, and next the Greeks.
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Sicily a World Center for Thous-
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Mythology and liistofy-Wars,
Revolutions, Conquests, Tyran-
ny. Expressions, Spoiiations,
Murders, Massacres, Conspir-
acies and Tragedies OF Love
and Ambition.
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Troy sailed west on the Mediterranean,
and ON every day of his voyage met with
the most surprising adventures in a
most astonishing country.
While they may not have read the
Odyssey, yet what they did read had
much to do with the hero of that won
derfui journey and his strange adven-
lures. For 20 long years he sailed
about this now devastated region, where
he met the Lotus Eaters who had par
taken of the charmed fruit, and lost
all remembrance of their former coun-
tries; with the Cyclops, the giants with
one eye, who dwelt in the recesses OF
Mt Etna, and with whom he had ter
rible combats; with the sorcerer Circe.
who changed his companions into
swine; with the Island of the Sirens,
whose songs bewitched the men, and
the terrible dangers of Scylla and
Charybdis, mortal perils on both sides of
his ship, whence he only escaped with
the greatest difficulty. These and other
incidents have passed into the litera-
ture of the whole world as types of
monsters and dangers such as beset
every man in his voyage thru life. From
the time of Ulysses to the present, that
land has been one of fable, romance.
and history-poets have sung about it,
painters have painted it, historians have
told its annals Until the discovery of
America, and the wonders of the new
world it was near the center of the
worlds stage, and wars, revolutions,
the setting up and tearing down OF
kings, the establishment of nations and
their overthrow, the fever of love and
chiyalry, the tragedies of murders and
plots and the hot lust of commerce have
all the time occupied the attention OF
mankind
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Sscily is the largest, most fertile and
most populous island in the Mediter-
ranean 1t has an area of 1886 square
miles, or is a little larger than New
Jersey or Massachusetts,. Massachusetts
has 1915 square miles, while New Jer-
sey has 1915. The population is about
100000. The soil. naturally very fer
tile, and in spite of the ignorance and
backwardness of the people and their
methods, produces abundantly of wheat.
barley, grapes, oranges, lemons, olives,
almonds, pomegranates and sumac. The
people steadfastly resist the introduce
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Although several manufacturers haye
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as early as last spring and summer, it is
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liberately holding back until show time.
When these announcements were made, the
impression gained considerable Roadway
that few changes were to be found in the
majority Of the cars, but a careful ex-
animation reveals a score OF changes Of
one nature or another in nearly all of
them. At the tenth National AUTOMOBILE
show to be held at Madison Square Gar
den, January Sis, the public will be given
the best opportunity OF seeing the new
models OF the old and standard makes OF
cars Of the members of the Association Of
Licensed Automobile Manufacturers under
whose auspices the automobile show in
the garden is held annually. The latest
models will be displayed side by side and
the public can compare their various points,
I see their differences and similarlties and,
in general, 'slze up" what the makers
have to offer and note the general ten
denotes In motor car design.
Although the general public hears COM
paratively little OF the commercial vehicle
branch OF the automobile industry, the de-
velopment Of motor truck and business
wagons has been going on steadily and in
terest in truck and wagon construction is
greater than ever before. When one con-
siders the business men and farmers who
are concerned about the motor truck, II
would seem that the interest in them must
ultimately be even more extensive than in
the pleasure cars. A careful study Of the
motor trucks now being placed on the
market reveal more marked improvements
and fewer freakish features. A complete
line of commercial vehicles will be found
in the basement at the garden show, and
this exhibition of the business wagon will
be well worth the attention OF every one.
The motorcycle section OF the garden
show also will be a big show In itself and
a comprehensive one. A goodly proportion
Of the public has been convinced that the
motorcycle is a safe. speedy and economi.
cal method Of transportation, and this dis
play undoubtedly will excite keen interest
Even now, after every foot OF a~vailsbl'
space has been allotted. applications con-
tinue to arrive at the offices OF the show
committee, z East ~Forty-second street
New York. and Secretary NJ. L. Downs Il
trying hard all the time TO squeeze in jus
one more exhibitor.