LIVING OVEK A VOLCANO

THOUSANDS DWELL IN PEACEFUL’; HOMES ON VESUVIUS.

feccaM Al»»ul lha HUiorlt Msaatar of Aaallaara Ilalj—ladlVarsara la UaK(or from Lava It Dus Largslj to tbs Ttast sad fattb la tbs fsiros aalst. The volcano Veauvius rtscs on Ute raalnlaml about IS mlU<a from tbe city of Naplca ami about flvc mile* from the coast, write* W. E. Curtis, la the Chlcaio Record-Herald. It I* encircled by a railway at the base, and up to the height of 1900 feet i* covered with cities, rlllaffes. farmhouses and vineyards. At least 80,000 people live In thp midst of continual danger, to which they seem entirely Indifferent. It seems strange that a section exposed to such constant peril should be so densely populated, and thousands among those wao brave It must have witnessed the terrible destruction from the disturbance* of 1872. There were eruptions In 1895 and 1899, which destroyed the roads but did not other damage, although they were >a loud warning to all who occupy the great amphitheatre within the range of volcanic catastrophe. Last May the machinery of the railway that carries people to the crater was partially, destroyed, but little lava was thrown

■out.

_ Fn>m every window of the white houses which glare In the sun can be seen the floods of lava which have ao often poured from the crater of the monster ami'forced ihalL way down do the sea, burning and burying everything In their track. Yet the petfsanta continut working in the vineyards' within a few yards of the significant streams, producing that popular wine with the blasphemous name, Lacrima Christ! (tears of Christ.) The lava Is Intensely fertile, which Is one reason for the Indifference to the daai The material thrown out from t

hare broken out since.

WAYS OF MEN IN LOVE years there U a break in the aide of {

5 •How color of thi* surface of the earth around It is due not to sulphur, as people as Unit suppoae, but to tha heat still retained by the earth. The man ager of the railway tells me that the rocks and the lava have not yet coo'lod. although two years have passed, mud

Indifference to the danger.

i toe

bowels of the earth Is composed of elements especially adapted for growing of grapes. Bat the volcanic soli Is equally productive of other crops. The greatest security, however, la assured by San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, who baa repeatedly averted earthquakes and relieved the anxiety of the frightened people. The remains of this saint repose In one of the churches, where there is also

1 of a of the

sarles the priests

from the depository. The sac re Is first conducted at the,head procession to different sections city, in order that as many peo]

i the ador

n

top or some pi

gulshed rank, while the crystal rase

ssible may share in

> mai die b

prelate of distin-

s may s

end of the- march high mass

Is celebrated by the bishop or arch-

ie of

stands upon the altar. An Image or picture of San Gennaro is to be found in every cottage oa the volcano, within reach of the danger.

> how

I from which

ACTS OF CUPID'S VICTIMS.

A •srloas-MIsdsd C.srrosn Prstsssor Hs» : Kvolvsd s Oslds Book of l.svs Osrass -Csissslag. rigkllBg. Sair-Esklblt.aB I sad Coaastry — Maks Lavs a* kpart. J The long ago poetical phrase. "The

o approach nearer 1 S port|venos» of love." uiumes a fresh

liian -o or «0 ywJ* on nccount of thr , .nicn ProfeMOr Knrl Iwni. To. torn pom! ur. of the Un i , Kul n, boo, „! lov. mrordod by tho olmcrvom In 1W» wnn | th.m ln|r ilnun leon Ornmn* Fnhrrn.ie t. I nm not ; action, with rrudlte ob^rmllonn nnl.tnnna.rMManowtl.nrnnnMFu i„ n.n.mi ,na nnurtnknn. nm Hvn u» met nn ntm.d In w „ o! lp „ mc ln .

m t_ I itnnmn.

■mm, wu nnmonr nna nn ,v.n Lo „ „ Pro!m.or Omm.

jmnlnr ontbrnnkln IM^Imm »nich .n,.,, ,

Sowol mmmi .trnmn. nl mvn .lli n , „ ir ^ lhl6ul0 ,. sctnlm mnr mnmnnuu M. dmonmlon otm ^ 8, M itlllery. To, rmj.n, wilnn hnJ bmn n ^ n , , r , rm , u n«nnm

mponn. n» th. .M, ot , k „ «, or

of self-exhibition because

lery.

built at great the mountain

floods of liquid lava and several

«j up tl mried i

!^m' u i.r?« ,h ."nun. 6 ti a . , r

as can be ascertained, that crater was

. rary,

but the surface

h “ 8 ,r .m„ 1“*''

« .ka r..n .nn Qoetry games because th.

tlon from the miln crater at the top j of the mountain, although a cloud of steam or a pillar of smoke continually arises. The effect of the steam is la

n.„ imnpom^. mn ^Irn^^ni ( „„ ut he rMrhn.1 ! ^Fhtlng is one method of displaying

they play coley are made her reason in

rorjd.

Despite the fact that they hare been

d‘mcrllmn»' b^tnn'l.“iu form” I P““J“ U “' 1 ' Umr prm

rim ncrornini to li, nimcUon .ml ““fT 1 '-

in. rlol.nr. of ih. wind, Wbm in. 1

nlr U null It ri.« fmm th. nrmt of ' f* 1 ' “ k SnitaW. Ul». In th.lr cooth. cone Ilk, n titanic plain.. At oth.r ln * “>« "l”n

times It takes the form of a streamer, tapering off into the sky far distant, and again 1: will -settle about the summit of the mountain like a pure white cloud. Occasionally the vapor ceases and volumes of thick, black smoko ascend. which throw a shower of soot over the surrounding country. At rare

intervals flames have I shoot up.* and sometimi glow at the base of tl

smoke which b explained by different

people with different theories.

Notwitiistan. lications by ei

have appeared since the art of printing was invented, tho cause of these phenomena is still a matter of conjecture and controversy. The highest authorities believe that the pit of fire, is intimately connected with the sea. an-1 that the-regular column of stream is due to the continual flow of • water from It into the furnace. When tho steam ceases and the black smoke i posts they assume that the current

inding the long list of pubeminent scientists which

Not even the kiss is excepted when Professor Gross propounds this interesting revelation, honored-with supreme glory by dreamy bards as well as by intoxicated suitors. All children play catch and hide and seek, no matter whether they be the dainty scions of

__ lordly Fifth avenue houses or sooty llt-

there is "a . tie ^KKnrs from South African hotels. r’the 'base of the column of ! or bewthen Chinese, but when they are

grown and begin to learn the games of love they each make up games of their

own fancy.

.Perhaps the little play toying with insigniflran'. objects is the nearest expression of universality in love eoTH-s of careealng. Even those benlghte-. 1 peoples who have not discovered the ecstasy of kisses enjoy this petty trifling of which the lovers in tiie Mill

apit of

perhaps by dislodging some blocl earth or lava In the Interior of the crater, and the smoke continues until the obstacle Is removed. But all this Vis disputed and nobody knows anything about it There is also a theory, based upon a comparison of observations. that Mount Etna in Sicily is connected with Vesuvius underground, and that both volcanoes are only two chimneys of the same. furnace.

QUAINT AND CURIOUS

their vineyards torrents of Are. wi had crawled to a point where s «mod that not even divine power could avert destruction. So great is this faith that the thousands of people continue to live conscious of security upon the ground where thousands before them hare.pertshad. It is true that there has been no greit loss of life of recent years, -hot Pompeii and Herculaneum were entirely destroyed, and 3000, 4000 and 2000 people have lost their lives on three differ ent occasions within the last two centuries. The eruption of 1794 was the last in which many lives were sacrificed. although In 1872 20 people were killed by their own folly, being led to curiosity too near the point of dan-

ger.

Pompeii and Herculaneum were destroyed on the 24rh of August in the year 79, when the .country was devastated far and wide and buried undar rhowers of ashes and vast streams of lava. It was then that the present cone of the mountain was formed. Previously it was a low ridge, not more than 2000 feet in height. Now the peak extends nearly 4500 feet above the sea and has increased from - 3900 feet since 1845 and from 4255 fc*et since J869. It Is gradually growing. although with every eruption a few feet of the crater is usually knocked off. Last fall the height was reduced 242 feet. The great naturalist. Pliny, who was also a naval officer, was In command of the fleet in the harbor of Naples

for the scissors, which were passed and repassed between them without the

ling cf one object together. It is the trick of the boarding school hoyden— and who shall say how many others of the lair—to let her shoestrings untie so that the spruce stripling who has captivated her heart may have the 6pportunlty of tying them again. The dignified Oriental wooer who disdains the Intimacy of a kiss does not scorn the detlgbts ot examining the omcments worn by his beloved not only

with his eye* but his Angers. The more naive the period or social

class, thinks Professor Gross, the more

The only gem which cannot be imi- j common is this sort of play. At the ited is the opal. Us delicata tints spinning fetes of olden-time Euroi

cannot be simulatod.

Burns committed his poems to memory as he composed them, and when he sat down to write he had before him no labor of cbm position, but only the task of writing down what he had

already finished.

The Siamese-have an instrument

His nephew, the younger

Pliny, gives a vivid description of the catastrophe in a letter to Tacitus, the historian—how the earth was shaken by internal convulsions and the day tarnefl into night, the extraordinary agitation of the sea. the dense clouds overhanging land and sea and broken by iimessant flashes of lightning and ' terrific thundering: the terrible floods of life and ashes, and the terror of the poodle, who believed that the end of

the'world had arrived,

y About once In 20 years these

these phai noa© has

since been mo destructive. Near the foot of tho cone to a meteorological Observatory 2220 foot above the sea. perched among the streams ot dead Uva. It to equipped with aatomograpb* and other apparatus for aagtoteriag the movement at the earth, and the observer can predict several days m advance any unusual disturbance. But the cats, dogs and borsee which Uvo on the aides of Che volcano are quite ae sensitive and never fall to perceive the approach of danger as The crater which destroyed Pompeii and Hercuianeum to extinct,' Its work was done sad was well done, and tt css been gradually filled up by the

upon a stand, each strip of wood giving a different note. The Instrument is played with two wooden hammers. Holland 1s the cow's paradise; there the family cow Is the family pel. She is washed, combed and petted, her tall Is plaited up and tied with blue ribbons as carefully and elaborately as the hair of an only daughter, while ter health, food and •llgeetivfc'power* •are as carefully considered as an In-

fant's.

A curious custom takes place in villages of the Luxemburg district. Belgium. every May. After Sunday service numbers of lads cluster round tho church entrance, and as the giris come out seize them one by one. one lad grasping a girl by the shoulder and the other by the heels, the two mtlng her wcii'up while a third bumpkin passes under the human bridge thus formed. This to done In the presence of the parents, who themselves hare passed through the same

ordeal

A notorious old house to to be demolished in Edinburgh. Scotland. The den U situated in what has been known for generations as the West Port, whore, in olden days, the heads and limbs of covenanters, witches end - crim Inals of every kind n«ed to be fixed to the gates. Hare, in a hovel, known as the Bagger's hotel- lived Burke and Hare and carried on their nefarious traffic- at a time When all the country was roused and excited over stories of "body-aaatdien.’* as they were called. Stolen bodies and

ware terrible

churchyards t t the wkotoeali

of human beings to

nell to doctor* for dissection was a crime undreamt of by even the moat hardened “snatcher." tffl the disclosure* following tho arrest of Barks and Hare. The verb “to burke" remains

In the Itnguage.

*l« EzparlaarB Wu In MIm d you ever salt sbeepf" asked the r of the new hired hand who

•pinning fetes of olden-time Europe couple after couple sang a spinning song while their hands crept In and

about the opinning apparatus. Plays of ^self-exhibition arise out of

the lover's desire to present himself to the most advantageous light possible before his loved one. With this In view he plays a part. He acts as though he were braver, stronger, more skillful, handsomer, of more delicate feeling and keener intelligence than he to actually and habitually. A comic paper once observed that a lover

always tries to be a and hence always

diculous. -

The lover not only has the aim in

capi Itota fairy tales, and enjoying bts o ading. When this is done to excess his game is commonly known as flirting. One of the features of self-exhibi-tion are the contests of many swains before their ladies. The old-time toornsments, whose victors were given the privilege of 'crowning their chosen one as the queen of love and beauty, are one of the many examples. And man In a contest feels doable stlmularlon to do his utmost when ladies art present. They have lone learned that prowess and a martial bearing are admired by the fair ones. This admiration to in part a relic of the earlier form of lover-Uke exhibitions. The Indians use their war paint and feathers primarily to delight the squaws. In some tribes men do not dare to marry, for no woman will have them

way becomes one means of self-exhibition. It proves kto supremacy. In some tribes the youths gather together and Afiht for the belle, and the conqueror bears her off as his pile. In the.west Victorian tribes a man to allowed to carry away another man's wife If he can defeat the man in combat. Both the hnsband and the new suitor arc entirely satisfied and the woman takes her Cate as a matter of course In New Zealand, when two suitors present themselves before a single charming maiden, and both are equally strong, courageous, and clever In batda and In combat, she gives the coveted “yes" to the man thn can pull v “ arm the, most vigorously. Bach takes an arm and they pul! eimul-

In the Arran Island* wl pie of a village see acme

g"-O*0« \* w

chosen they servo a notice that she is to be .."bidden" on the next Sunday after mass. She prepares cider for a large party and the village en masse gsmers at her home, where a sling content Is hold. The champion player becomes her spouse, quite irrespective of the previous choice of the villagersMen like to exhibit themselves in boldness and taking risks or In entering upon tests of strength and trials, ot skill. In the Alpine villages every man likes to wear the edelweiss In his cap because he thus gets a reputation among the village beauties for his fearlessnnes. Richard Coer de Lion voices the sailor's love of praise from his mlstr-jss in Sir Walter's Scott's "Ivonhoe." “Joy to the fair, my name unknown, each deed and all Its praise thine own. Let grateful love quell maiden shame, and grant him bliss who brings thee fame.", Pers&nal and iui.veU.iI charms are among the pet exhibits of the self-dis-playing lovelorn lad. Everybody knows of tne famous epoch in a youth's life when his eye has captured a glimpse of some sylph and be forthwith applies himself to render his person pleasing to tho gaze. He is neat, as fastidious as never before about the beauty of his teeth and nails and hair, as to the fit of his coat, and the brib Haney of collars and cuffs. He watches most impatiently for the first premonitions of mustaibloa. The higher tne culture of a pair of sweethearts the more prominently do mental displays mlnfile with the exhibition of physical fascinations. The cultured suitors delight either In.simply showing their power to charrUrg woman or in making a direct at'ack on her heart. Many men enjoy this a » keenly that they play the gaiiant with out any serious lore intentions and ensnare every lady with their b.-H-liat-ce of convereatloa. The masculine post-prandial withdrawal to the smoking room to explained by Professor Gross as a desire for relaxation after tyte fatigue of mental exertion in displaying their charms to wenton '••jring the dinner. i The stilted ornate styles of love letters are another form of self-wxhlbltlon adopted by the suitor who would fain win his sweetheart by the power of smoothly written words. Self-exhibition is retaliated in full by the woman, but with a difference. She alternately seeks and flees, and in parading her wonders never addresses herself to her adorers. She turns aside when she sees him appreciative of them as if she were shy. While he parades his strength she shows much of weakness, helplessness, and her housewifely accomplishments. She veils her intentions, and while making far more daring exhibitions than man ever attempts she carries them off with such disguise that she to never compelled to acknowledge their purpose When displaying her mental graces the same disguise* comes into operation.—Chicago Tribune

A SUPPERLESS VOLCANO. Wbsa ■ Cmlrwt Amtriraa Volcano Caosaa to hmaka. The terrible volcanic eruption* which have recently taken place in the West Indies would seem to indicate that In spite of our advanced scientific knowledge wo really know very little about what is going oh under our feet, and ve still as unable to forecast with any certainty impending subterranean UttbeavalA as the primitive race* who dwell In selsmatlcally stricken conntrie*. While we posifitss delicate Instruments to measure the magnitude of these catastrophes and know all their causes after they are over, and do not attribute them to the spleen of angry devils like primitive peoples, still, far as averting loss of life ’qy doe warning is concerned, oar theorise in practical resnlta appear little better than their supernatural fancies. About,'30 miles from the port of Acajutls'in Central America there Is generally in i stale of eruption a huge volcano called Izalco. At night, when lying In the harbor of Acajutls. you may see him every 20 or 30 minutes oover his summit with a mantle of glowing lava. So far. well. That is exactly what the people of the state keop a -careful watch over, and they go to $leep with a sense of security ao long as he is In eruption. But if he stops for a few hours, then they are alarmed, as from centuries of traditional experience they look for a tremendous explosion soon; and they put it down to this reason: In the mountain, they say, lives one big devil with a very large family, for which he finds it difficult to provide. and over whom he has much trouble in exercising control. As,-a

the

en

irr'

household has stomach disorder with no medicine to hand. So reasoning in this way. they take food, chickens and bananas, some medicine, and cautiously approach as near the mountain as they dare venture. Then they light

consequence, there are times when big devH's larder ta empty, the kitchen fire goes oufc or some one In the fleo

fire, place the food beside It. and hasten away to a safe distance to watch and nee what will happen. If Isalco again commences to eject lavp they are relieved and cry: “Ah. ha! The devil to happy again. See, he to getting his supper." And then they go to a cock fight or start a revolution in perfect contentment. But it Isalco does not commence to

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until ala angry humor has

smoko and get his sapper, then they take Bight away ont of reach of his vengeance until his angry humor has passed over: and really their way of predicting a catastrophe seems to be as good as any other.—Washington

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