MOUNT VESUVIUS
Some Eruptions of the World’s Most
Famous Volcano.
Aa a result of the eruption of Mount
Vesuvius the first week in April the
whole district, inclu line Naples and its
surroundings as far north as ('aserta, : 5
miles north of the volcano, to t’astelle
mare di Stahiu, five miles hevond Pom
peii on the south, is a va. t desert.
Every vestige of vegi t ttion was kille 1.
Vineyards, gaidens and farms were ren
dered useless. The mills and facti ries
in the devastated district were e ther
destroyed or deserted. The silk and
wine industries wine m'ned.
Ottajano, at the foot of Monte Sotnma,
more than four miles nmtheast of Vesu
vius, is among the towns that were
destroyed. It is practically hurled in
ashes like I’ompeii. Portions of Tom
del Greco and Torre del l’Annunziata
are tuuied and des roved. Sarno, ten
miles to the east of the crater, and San
Gonarro, both reported as having been
consumed by lava, are still standing)
only portions of them being dost toyed.
More than twenty otherto.vnsi reburie 1
and in t uins.
Thousands of people are engaged in
shoveling asht s and mud from the ro< fs
of the buildings that are still standing.
Some of iho Volcano’s Hitt^ry.
Mount Vesuvius is the most famous
v -leat o in the world and the only active
one on the cot tinent of Europe. It is
situat 'd on the Bay of Naples, an estu
ary of the Tyrnenian sea, nine n iles
east-southeast of Naples, the capital of
the Italian ; rovince of that name, and
about 125 miles southeast of Koine. It
lia? tuo summits, the vnhano proper,
about 4,200 feet high, and Monte Somma,
t - the north, 2,7.",0 feet high. It is about
225 miles m rdicast of Mount Ktna,
which is on the island of Si 'll;, and s
the next most faun us European vole mo.
As a volcano, Vesuvius was regarded
as extinct in ancient times, and on its
southern slope, five miles distant from
the summit, was built Pompeii, a flour
ishing provincial city, containing many
1 ixurions villas of Romans, a -cat of
1 aiming and the arts. Almost at the
sea’s edge at tiie foot of the wi stern
slojie, four mill s from the crater, was
the scarce less impoituit town of Ilercu
liineum.
Tin* t'.r.d indication tlint jtower for
evil lurked in macherous Y< guvius was
in the year A. !*. (id, when severe eartli
ipinkiv >eii nisly injure 1 I ompcii and
Herculaneum. The tirst ciuption, ami
the worst, took place lti veart later in
tie v» ar A. 0.7V. Both Pompeii and
Hen ulaneum were totally de tr'Veil.
Tliev were covered with mud and then
an'ics and lava t > a dt pth of from 70 to
112 feet.
The most dintractive i rupti"lis since
that w hich destroyed these ancient cities
t «'k plaee l>'c. IB It SI. Otleis, more
or less notable, occurred in 20'!, 472, 512,
0 .*» 11.T0, I7i>7. 1770. 1704, 1H22, la-Aand
1X72.
The destruction of Pompeii and Her
cnlamrim and their resurrection in n
cei t years are an,on.* the tics: illtert-I -
ili){ events in history.
After int rinitl nt excavating, shortly
alter the I atrial o| poiu|«di, in -earch "I
latricd treasure, the cite of the city was
lost and Pompeii and its tragic < nd for
gotten until l*W, s In n peasants .jUit •
1 y arc idea! came upon some Works of
art in a ruined house they had found
under the ground. That revived interest
in Pompeii, and since then excavations
have been numerous. Work lias been
continuous since 1800, and more than
half of the city lias been uncovered.
The very existence of Herculaneum
had been forgotten, and the modern city
of Resina (one of those destroyed by the
recent eruption) had been built over it
when, in 1701), an inhabatant of Resina j
sank a well which reached the ancient
level at a stage of a theater, revealing
sculptures and marble facings.
The ruins of Pompeii and Hercula
neum were preserved almost perfectly,
and tin ir resurrection has given us our
best information of ancient civilization
and many of the world’s greatest works
of art.
Historical events and customs of the
people of those early days have been
revealed as through no other source of
information, as well as have been vivid
pictures of the terrible ending of Vesu
vius’s first victims.
FRED HARPER PASSED BY
Today Fred Harper passed by on a
raft of wood. lie intended to stop at
Ktmpart, but the current was too
strong and he concluded to go on to
Tanana.
A number of Rampart Indians have
also floated by on their way to Tanana,
where they expect to connect with the
first run of salmon.
Krnsting & lllootn have finished clean
ing up on the Kgan bench between
Omega and Thanksgiving. They took
out just a little under $12,000.
Trailers on the Schwatka asked $•”>
apiece for live chickens by the crate.
One old hen perched on top of the coop
and did a fetching little stunt in a new
song, which pleased the audience, but
loosened no purse strings.
Mrs. (>. A. Tiffany and Baby Helen,
of Tanana, came up on the Hannah and
are visiting Mrs. Stanley and Mrs.
Heeter. They will remain two weeks.
< ieorge IV. Woods has received a letter
fiotn Mrs. Woods, in Seattle, that she
is just recovering from an attack of ty
phoid fever.
This is Memorial dav.
Habitual Expression.
What kind of an expression
do you wear habitua ly? Is
it sour, morose, repellent? Is
it mean, stingy, contempti
ble, uncharitable, inti 1 rant?
Do you wear the expression
of a bulldog, a grasping,
greedy, hungry expression,
which indicates an avaricious
nature? Do you go about
among your employes with a
thumb r-cloud expression, or
with a melancholy, despond
ent. Iiopide-- look on your
face, or do you wear the sun
shine expression which radi
ate- good cheer and hope,
which indicate- a feeling of
good will and of ho|»cfulnc-s?
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Chas.A.Traeger,
Hats, Clothing
and Furnishings.
NY, Sole Agents for Alaska
SAMPLES OF SUITINGS
All the Latest Styles for Spring,
Summer and Winter Wear.
Leave your measure and have
made-to-order suits sent In.
('lists little more than ready made.
Do people smile and look
happier when you approach
them, or do they shrink from
you and feel a chilly goose
flesh sensation come over!
them as they see you ap
proach?
It makes all the difference
in the world to you and to
those whom you influence1
what kind of an expression
you wear.—Success.
It is not generally Known
that Alaska and Yukon once
had a stone age as well as j
the countries to the south.
Recovered implements thus
far have heen mostly of cop
per. This morning, while
digging in his garden in
Klondike City, W. F. Class
man uncovered and secured
as perfect a specimen of a
douhlc-hitted stone ax as any
to he found in Arizona. Al
though deeply imbedded in
tin* t arth here, and evidently
of different stone to be found
in the implements recovered
elsewhere, it is exactly of the
Arizona model. The shapely
specimen weighs about four
pounds. (hie bit comes to
as shapely as edge as a thick
steel ax.— Daw son News.
Fifty-three signal corps
men arrived in Seattle from
Mav I to May la for distri
bution in Alaska.
A. B. NOTICE.
Regular meetings of the Arctie Brother
hood Lodge are held at their hall on the
se« ond and fourth Fridays of each month at
8 o’el ick p. m.
C. A. DAVIDSON,
Jl'LIL'S RAHMSTORF. Arc tie Chief.
Arctic Recorder.
’M fill RIGHT”
Iff ■■ ™ ■■ of the Yukon
W News and mailed home
^ ' ■■ I mnilTJ! written
margin
Yukon Vnl.ey
I home would
1 ■1 1 gratify relatives and friends
Postage, e led, only 2 cents.
The White Pass tariff is
not much changed from last
year.
Barker creek, a tributary
of Stewart river, is attracting
the attention of many Yukon
Territory miners.
Canadian postal officials
announced May 15 that they
would accept all classes of
mail for the Yukon.
Cobalt, in Ontario, is the
scene of a bigger rush than
that which followed the dis
covery of the Klondike.
It is likely that the busi
ness houses of Yukon terri
tory will be subjected to a
license similar to that in
effect in Alaska.
lien. Allen, now chief sig
nal officer of the l'. S. arinv,
has directed that the cables
connecting Alaska with the
l nited State- by prepared
for the installation of the
duplex system, which will
increase the capacity of the
service 75 per cent.