The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-19

NJ rookie 10 which They were mean
time subjected:
"lt was nero that Andrea thl3
aompnulon. Andrea Varyu2zoJ gee
prIrrd a largo orange ON bis head,
which fortunately ho resisted. and "a
very largo melon brushed The pos
tcfIor wing ~ my hat giving me
"a rapId massage OF the Fpiuo'
ON this occasion the explorers
curtIpd a thermometer capable ot
measuring % maximum temprfa
uro of 800 dcRrCCa CoutlgradC for
ueycr'nnluE tho lower tcWp"rh-
lures. ana for registering the mEh
or temperatures q quantity ~ wires
having known fuHblo temp p'r1'utrH.
Their escape from the crater wnH
even more thrilling, although Pro-
fcssor MallndTl admits, ~ should
have liked To stay there, cr'n hlI
night To feel thoroughly tho pulse
OF our big bahy ana report tho dliF-
uualg iu detail" but the risk was
too rrout and they were beginning
40 feel tho effects uf their oN"IuouH
Il wus hardly the place for loisui'ly
study oven by fascinated 8rlonilst,
spending OF the ascent uf the in-
side OF tho crater top, tho professor
slEa.
"It was during the climb mp this
slide that / experienced tine awful
tormcuts Uf thirst after more thau
four hours ut toll increased inn
mgnsWoably by tho uuHupporlnble
burning ana by tho sense uf sutfo-
cation produced by tho sulphur
GUS ana hydrochloric gases. Rostl-
ration was rendered moro nud more
/ "a
climbing the lack Of oxygen aud
tho presence OF poisons boo the 0ir.
1 thought I should never reach iau
TOP. and I promised myself that II
/ got out alive / would never return.
sailors promise
Hopes Tor an Eruption.
That IL was indeed % "sailorn
promise" aud that hc should again
have dared TO enter the crater ON
the eve of an eruption 80 years later
IN less remarkable than that wo find
him In this very account written In
1912, u fc wdays after his expert
cucc, speaking Of Nosuy ius almost
IN terms OF affection.
"Vcsuvlus sleeps no concludes,
''but his heart is on watch. lie is
gathering up his strength 10 shake
from hia back the heavy quit OF
rock that still opprosscs the artery
In which thrubs and surges the
blood OF the lnyas OF fire. In this
secret effort ho means and swCnts
burning vaputl from within aud
without, and cxhalcs from his pores
the venom laden breath of his ia
tigue.
There is no doubt that ho will
he victorious sooner or later; that
no may enjoy an early victory, that
he may ndorn himself again with
his beautiful plume OF smoke, mclt-
/ ing away into tho eky OF capriciOus
| spirals; that he may rcgale us once
| agnin with the spectacle OF his ok
| plosious is the keen desire OF all
Nesuviani and OF the initiate so
horts OF his admirers,
"But this auEury is thai lie may
do thlngs nicely and not with the
yiilainuus rudoness OF April. 1905"
And now Nc9uvlus has snarlcd
and scorched tho face OF this apollo
glst and admirer. preliminary, pos
slbly, to tho burial OF tho royal We
auvian observatory on tho mountain
eide, whore the scientist lives.
This observatory Is 2,62O motors
from the central chimney OF the
volcano. II was started about lSi0,
when the eminent naturalist, Mol
loni, was called to Naples 10y King
Ferdinand II. II was completed I'm
1BI7 and installed magnficently
with three stories OF large rooms,
platform on top for meteorological
observations and crilnrs underneath
| coutuiniug chronological rcgistcrlng
apparatus Every scientific device
needed Is contained In its equipment
| OF the Cmnuatlous from the vents
/ Of the volcano are constantly OBJ