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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 . Weekly Excursions to California. Every Friday morning a one way excursion leaves Chattanoga via the Queen & Crescent route for Los Angeles, San Franc iso and other points in California, carry ing tourist sleeping cars, from Chattanooga to San Francisco with charge via New Orleans and the S outhern Pacific railway. Pas sengers holding first and seconp class tickets are permitted to occu py space in tourist s sleeping cars on payment of a nominal rate charged for accommodations there in . These cars are modern and com otable sleepers in charge of con ductor and porter and are furnish ed with bedding, curtains and all other necessary articles. Passengers en route to Mexico via San Antonio or El Paso, Tex. have only’ one change of cars by this route. For further information call on or address: A. J. Lytle, I). P. A., lU7 W. Ninth St., Chattanooga, Tenn J. R. McGregor,. T. P. A., 2005 First Ave., Birmingham, Ala. W. C. Rim-arson, G. P. A., Cincinnati, O BARGAIN IN ORGANS. I For the next sixty days I will sell a good new Organ, about six feet high, five octaves, seven stops and two couplers, wallnut case, warranted for five years, for $45. Write for catalogue and terms. Now is the time to save money on an Organ, terms easy. Good* sew ing machine for S2O. Warranted for ten years. All kinds of sewing machine needles. E. E. Forbes, Anniston, Ala. 1-w. Coker & Co., got on the underside in the sc u ffl e f o r Rubber Shoes, and pulled off a fine lot of bargains for their Customers. *•’« KING, President T. J.SIMPSOV ' ’ W P. SIMPSOX, Vice 1-HMhlent ' k J -'U Merchants National Bank OF ROME GA. NTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS All Accommodations Consistent with Safe Baukin©- E ended our Customers, ° SABBKSSQHfISi Every one in the city of Rome knows that the Prescription business is a very delicate one and TREVITT&JOHNSON 206 BROAD STREET, Are prepared to fill your Prescriptions carefully with competent help and pure drugs. They also havea beautiful line of Perfumes &. Toilet Articles. TREVITT& JOHNSON The Leadmg Prescription Druggists of the'citv Paul Reese has charge of the Prescription Department. + + ~ ■ Mrs. J F. Wardlaw, MILiLIWERY J N w stock, and acomolete line of an the very latest Nove ties. New goods arriving weekly. No. 208 Broadway, Rome Ca OPPOSITE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. All kinds of Hough Lumber sawed to or der on short Notice, Call on or Address, JOHN C- KOSTER hosier's JVTills Gra. TcTaTKINS & CO, CHATTANOOGA TENN, MANUFACTURERS OF CJIBCUXAR, BAM), GANG, ’ CROSS CUT AM) HAND SAWS, ETC. WHOLESALE achinery Mill Suppiipe andaw R-, ) mrii g e Specialty jmS ENTERPRISE ~ Any up to date Enterprise should be encour aged. Great care will be taken to please my customers. Call at the Annex Bathing and Tonsoriai Parlors, if you Wantto be treated right. 31 2 Broad Street. Special attention given to Ladies and Children HARRY CHAPMAN, White Barber. ROME BAKERY AND RESTAITJRAINT. J. T. Wilkie, Proprietor. No. 228 Broad Street. FR ESH BREAD and CAKES MADE EVERY DAY Restaurant supplied with the best the market aftor^ B\efl. 8 \ efl . Special attention to wedding orders and ornamenta c FRESH OYSTERS RECEIVED EVERY DAY. Po’ite waiters, S itisfa Turn guaranteed, give me a — W. Leather and Shoe Findings, Hand made Shoes built to order, RoP al a speciality, at Masonic Temple Store.