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THE BEST YET
And that is Saying More than a
Great Deal
FOR TODAY'S CHAPTER
From"A Roman’s” Note Book.
Naplesand her Goat Milk
ers, Pompeii—and then
his Wife Falls Down
Vesuvius.
Naples is right in the beautifuj
bay of the same name. In the 010
portion of the city, th* streets are
very narrow and the buildings high,
.vith little balcoi-iee in front of near
y every window, the noiae of the va
lid* , braying of donkeys, and street
peddr.rs crying their wares, and beg
gars My! My! causes one to want to
get away as quick as poasib.e.
Naples is truly a city with customs
□ecu,.ar to iteself Here early in the
morning we see a man with a tin
,iorn, which he blows every few steps
'bis is the milk man. Around him are
en or twelve goats He stops in front
>f a high apa t uent house. He has a
mstomer on one of the upper floors.
if they desiie he goes up followed by
i goat and tuere he will milk the
quantity wanted. It is wonderful the
.mount of milk one of these goats
.ill give, of a creamy color and very
ich. Cows are alt-o driven through
le b reets and milked at the doors
A the houses.
The first night we spent in Na
ples we noticed a number of boys
vith small lanterns, particularly
.'.round the eating houses, picking
ip the stumps of cigars, etc. The
following day we found out what
;hey did v ith them, for in one of
he streets, in the old portion of
.he city under awnings were cook
stoves set up. They were preparing
and selling food. This class of
movable lunch places buy from the
arge restaurants what they 7 have
m hand from the ■ previous day.
Here they work it over, and here
.re see men and bovs with trays full
of cigar ends totempt the custom
er after his meal.
Friday morning came ’and we
went to another squar* where the
tag-fair is held twic* a week. Here
all kinds of old cloth*® are sold or
exchanged, and we also saw sever
al public readers with quit* a
crowd listening to them.
We are anxious to see Pompeii,
so we left Naples early one morn
tig for that city and as it is only’
;5 or 20 miles we were soon at our
destination.
The streets are narrow’, usually’
15 to 20 feet wide, pavwd with large
blocks of lava neatly’ joined, at the
corners are high stepping stones
across the streets intended for per
i-ons; ruts several inches deep are
vorn in the hard pavements and
ust to think those ruts were worn
y wagon and chariot wheels over
iwo thousand years ago.
At many places are public foun
'aine, decorated with the head of
god or some skilled design. Thev
.ad a good system of water works,’
ihe pipes nearly all made of lead.
The buildings are mostly con
crete and many must have been
■averal stories high, as th' stone
; fairways still remain in many of
' hem.
The shops were small but a
••eat many in several stone coun
ts still remain and in the shelves
i th* wall are large wons and jugs
nat once contained oil and wine.
The bake shops had ovens very
meh like the bakers used at the
resent day many ofjthem also had
lills for grinding the grain, these
tills were cut from ston* very
luch in the shape of a funnel and
le grinding stone fits down in it.
Pompeii contained many very
ne houses, and the houses are
<early all built with but one open
tg to the street. Glass was but lit
*• used in. their time. We went
hrough one that had a large court
i t the center, and here was a
oautiful fountain and many piecvs
■ statuary, and from this court
ie rooms received light and air,
‘id on the walls were frescoes as
. right and plain as if they had
k ‘fin recently painted. Over the
F -nor* ofjmany of the houses are
THE HUSTLER OF ROME, SUNDAY NOVEMBER, 4 1894.
still legible the mame of the own
er.
We now come to the temple of
Apollo. The temple is in the cen
ter of a court, is reached by thir
teen steps, on one side is a column
with the name of the donor on it,
and facing th* steps is an altar
it also bears the name of th® giver.
On t ie portico were form'rly stat
ues to the gods, they have been re
moved to the museum. Back of the
temple are the rooms for the
priests, these rooms are decorated
with paintings, com* of which
still look fresh and new.
Near by is tLe Forum, 525 feet
long by 125 wide surrounded by
pillars. In the area are 20 or 25
bases intended for statues as sev
eral of them bear inscriptions, un
finished columns and rough piers
of stone lying around go to show
that they must have been at wdrk
on the building whin the city was
destroyed.
A short walk and we arrived at
the Theoinea, which occupies a
square, around the outside were
shops but not any opening through
them to the interior. Passing
through a hall w* tome to a
large room with stone benches
<rouud the wall, in this room they
undressed. Adjoining this was an
other room in the center of which
is a large pool, this is the cold
bath.
On the opposite side of the un
dressing room, was another for
warm baths, there were several
other smaller room s , besides bath's
tor the ladies.
Near by is the House of the
Tragic Port, this is represented by
Bulwer Lvtton in bis ‘Last Days of
ompen’as the house of Glaucus,
Next we come to the House of
Pansa, then the House of Sallust,
and then the Temple of Isis, but
I must stop for it is impossible to
tell of all these interesting old
ruins.
We retrace our steps, but before
leaving stop a while in the museum,
here are a number of corpses men,
vomen, and a young girl with a
ring on her finger, hero are lamps,
hair ornaments, cooking utensels,
also nuts, fruits, olives and bread
with the bakers name, and many
many things that we still see and
use every day.
But now we are off for Mount
Vesuvius w« passed through a lit
tle vi 1 lege where we saw them mak
ing Macaroni working in coual also
forming little trinkets aud Jfigures
from the stones thrown out of the
crater, here we began slowly as
c mdiug the mt untain. Here are all
ainds of finest flowers vegetables
and vineyards, as the road winds
round and up vegetation grows on
ly in small spots and the masses of
lava is fi’ed and twisted up in eve
ry conceiv ble form. Arr.ving at
the statue we now ascend some dis
lance on an incline railway, arriv
ing at the upper station we still
had some distance to climb. The
pathway is covered with loose
stones and ashes with here and
there cracks that steam and smoke
continually rise from.
My wife was very delicat* she
only weighed 187 lbs, and it was
necessary for her to have assistance
so we secured the help of two
guides one in front with a strap
another at her back pushing “my
my,” it reminded us of a heavy
train crossing the Blue Ridge Munn
tain*, from the way those poor fel
lows did puff.
W* finally’ reached the top and
were fully repaid for our work
for the scene is grand, and then we
had the pleasure of looking it. the
mouth of old Vesuvius.
Now comes the decent to where
our comrade is waiting and we
start out to walk it is loose ashes
and you slid® 15 to 20 feet at each
step, here my little wife again per
formed She had only gone a f*w
steps when she fell, and did she
roll: “my my,” about 500 feet, but
the ashes is many f*et deep and of
course there was no harm, but we
all enjoyed a good laugh.
We got back to our hotel at 9 p.
m. Our room is on the corner of a
balcony overlooking a little park
©n one side and the bay on th*
other, with its miles of dock, and
vessels from "all Jover ■the world ;
their masts forming a complete
forest brought out plain by the
light from Vesuvius, making long
dark shadows on the sea, which
' seemed as if painted a deep red
I My thoughts wander over the past
few centuries and return to Pompeii
and see it as it was with its busy
streets, its theatres, its beautiful
houses, its Pagan temples, its
pleasures and vices, its vine clad
bowers overlooking the deep blue
sea where the young maiden liste -
ed to the old, old story from her
lover, the same old story which is
still new. A.Roman.
1 A VISITOR”
“AT SCHOOL”
Editor Hustler: —It was my
privilege during the past week to
attend a very uaeque and interest
ing school exhibitior, the peculia
arity of which consisted in its being
not an effort simply to amuse and
entertain but to show the real prog
ress of the pupils in a pleasing
manner.
Mrs. Felton, of East Rome-, has
recently had built for her ova n use
a pretty little school house which
stands back from the street far
enough to avoid all disturbing
sights and sounds. Embowered in
a grove of spreading oaks, the
shade of which affords ample room
for play-grounds for wide-awake
boys and girls. The ground is car
peted with leaves and mosses in
the fall and winter; and wild flow
ers and grasses in the spring and
summer; while bird songs tiill the
air all the year round for “No
tears dim the sweet face that Na
ture Mars.”
With such environment and
such object lessons coupled with
the right kind of training in the
school room the best results are to
be expected.
In this instance the outcome is en
couraging to teacher, patron® and
pupils. The tiniest little spellers Knd
readers leitii interested in the work
and all are making very noticeable
progress. Those who have had no
previous training, showing the great
er proiieieuey, proving that wise
method® of instruction hav* much t
do with progreua, and th* art of be
ginning right is all important. Mrs
F. has special attitude in teaching
ner pupil® to read , and reading well
is one of the rare accomplishments
For the exercise* Thursday afternoon
the cbildien had decorated the
school room with Autumn leaves.
Great branches of oak, sweet
gum and maple, spotted with bril
liant coloring, were massed against
the wall, harmonizing with the
bright colored charts which filled
one side of the room, and the ea
ger faces of happy little children.
Spelling, reading and geography,
very prosy i n the abstract took on
a living interest under the rational
teaching and intelligent appropri
ation.
Mrs Fefton is a teacher of twen
ty-five years experience. She is
faithful, conscientious and capa
ble, and deserves the patronage
she receives. There are young men
occupying positions of usefulness
all over this country, who confess
that they are indebted to her for
their mental and moral training ;
for some o f them were under her
tuition from the beginning.
Visitor.
Meier*. T. L. Crouch and W. P.
Johu*ou ol Gadsden, are at the
Armstrong.
Mayor Joha D. Moore, has re
turned from Macon. He says that
the lair is a splendid one and
that Floyd county’s exhibit is de
cidedly the best there. Dav* Shel
ton isgoiag to bring toe fruit prize
home with him.
Dr. W. R. Fanner’s many friends
in thia city are glad to see him
back at the drug business in
Rome. He is with Cap'.. A. B. 8
Mosley uow at ReesedzWlntehead’s
old stand. The Dr. ha® had many
years experience in prescription
work, aud his abilities in this liu®
are wnll known here. He will be
glad to see yo* at Capt. Moseley’*
drug store.
OUROWN BOYS
Clyde Shropshire and Donald Har
per
RESPOND TO TOASTS
Clyde tells of the Mother-in
law he has Never Kissed
While Donald—he tells
About the American
girls kissed—
Mr. Clyde Shropshire and Mr.
Donald Harper are achieving much
glory in Paris. Atlantians and
Georgians who were abroad the
past summer bring back glowing
reports of their success.
Both are recognized as shining
lights in the American colony and
hold their own with the wittiest
French women and the foreign no
bility.
At a recent swell wedding break
fast in Paris, in honor of Mr.
Janies, of the French banking
house of Drexel, Harges & Co.,
and his beautiful American bride,
Mr. Shropshire and Mr. Harper
were among the select company of
100 guests.
Mr Harper responded to th*
t >ast, “The Amt r.can Girl,” which
must have been a bright gem
judging from the reports of ap
plause and compliments lavisded
upon it.
Georgia girls who are acquain
ted with Mr. Harper can judge
from his well known gallantry
how famously he must have risen
to the occasion and how well he
acquitted himself.
“The mother-in-law” was Mr.
Shropshire’s toast. Os course he
made a hit, as he always does when
he speaks.
Mr. Shropshire as vice consul
general for the United States at
Paris has won much fame for him
self and sustained himself most
admirably.
A prominent French lawyer re
cently said in Washington that
Mr. Shropshire was the best official
that this government ever had in
P iris. H* d ischaarges his duties
ably and promptly and to the *at
iefarion of all concerned.
Mr. Harper ha® bright proipects
in hi* profession of th* law. He
is associated with Hon. Autbur E.
Valois, ths foremost lawyer at th*
Paris bar.— Jonititution .
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