The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-01-20

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HrrrcoxrAs AND fAsHAssrAE 1xEz
xNCEs.
AZ " passed lower point Of Hslis1a,
aid came in sight Of PaznaaTns, II TIM
cling grew roushsf and rssShsN my
says:
a. So. 10TH AIS sSsis sssy 1so,rsa taks"
One Of those streams lad taken it,
macy course aeross our patti, had worn
channel, and then ran Of AID lea It dry.
Il va necessary 70 Gross IL III
Oar horssea are gsnsnlly sare-footed,
but no yursn5ss Of foot h proof against
slippery mud and down vent my gallant
Thessalian, pitching me head foremost
over to the opposite b.ok Ny bat, 81
ready the victim OF circt instances, was
damaged my knee was considerablg
bruised my side was pummsiied, and
what was more irreparable, my old frock-
coat-the faithful 'companOn Of so msny
iourneys-wss not only covered With
mud, but rent At the elbow. Think Of
my conditioD-ou the slope Of Helicon,
in sight Of Parnassas. AID out at the
elbow.
The trees had put on their sutumual
colors, Is varied and brilliant as those Of
an American forest while the marble
submits, rising on either side above the
zone Of cedars that encireles their waist
with belt Of green, closed in the picture
With sculptured frame, contrasting with
the many tinted picture within.
At length We descended the last slope,
on the northeast, toward i,he Copaic plain
--one Of the most remarkable in B@otia.
Looking back on Helicon, and OF the left
on the scarcely visible Parnassus, We
saw the clouds thickening, and showery
Jove move ominous and threatening
Thunders began to roll, and lightning "a
play about the distant SUBMITS. W.
hastensd to village called Cotumsls
and stopped at The principal house it con
tanned. thinking We would lunch there
and wait until the coming shower ha,
passed. In we went, and in few min
utes our lunch, consisting Of : cold boil
ed egg and = bit OF breed, was laid on
circular table, six inches high, with cosrs
rugs And cushions round it, We Ia
down-lsy to. l might literally ssy -aud
while We ate, the thunder and light
ming ragged with fearful violence, and ID
showers came down like anofhsr Dopcs
lions deluge, which, YOU know, happen
ed just abou, these parts. In few u,u
ments the snouutsin torrents began /
rush down with roar and q furry. quit
iuconceivsble in our country. Il va
plain we could go no further.
TIE RUINS OF DAPHNE.
We -attled on to the ruined convent q
Daphne, where we stopped to see the 81
Byzantine pictures in the church; ID
dusty stone cctiias Of dwo middle
dukes of Athens who we're buried here
and two or three dustier, and ssoniel
and moro than middls-aged nuns, wh
are buried bsre also, though still pretene
ing to be al,ve They seemed 10 be con
temposaries of the dukes,--oaly deasl
observing the crumbling walls and fallin
roofs, and fading pictures, forgo, Ia
breathing remnants Of morality that hsun,
ed, ghostlike, the ancient chambers, sns
sweeping BY in pursuit OF other game, lei
them 10 creep down from century to oer
tary, and I'm lily to dry up and Goat "a
90 the evening breeze. | am sure the
will come TO that at last.
HOW THE aaI'Exs LIVE.
Imagine the worst you can of discou
fort--the utter absence of everything y
hold needful. not merely TO luxury, bu
to the deceuey Of life--aud the pietus
in your mind will be one Of regal magn
fcence compared with The condition Of
common Greek peassRt-even of con
mon Greek clergyman. The slightes
dignitaries OF the church live 10 styI
that coachman woulh despiss among I,
A room is swept about once ID thre
months. Out of Athens there Is hardl
aglass window 10 oil Greece possibly o.
or two may be found il Patras. While
write these words great splasli OF tate
falls on. my portfolio. We have just ha
our beds placed 10 The middle OF ID
room, before the ERE, - get as much on
of the way Of the rain a. possible. 70
understand, from ih:lse few traits. bo
necessary it il for trssalers TO take wi,
them evything. Once in While : Ia
key or chicken, or qusf!er Of lamb may /
bought, and if you happen 10 ! baiin
time, yoa may get d loaf of unleAvene
bread.
BY far the greater pArt Of the houses !
Athens are like thoae ia the oOuntry-
dirty, damp, destitude d she sIinpe,
convenieuces, With ! crowded popalutic;
of men, women aad children, The5 ksv
not learned 70 sleel, in beds. 10 81
0hairs It tab;e. to wash their saces II. Ii
mornisg, Or TO nike Of their clothes .
night. When il rainuS their 6sors bsooan
mad puddles, asd y 80 the rsin IL oxs
they 20 ous and sii BY the side Of Ii
streetin the sunshine until their 6sors !,
dried. They live on sosrse bread, chses
Of sheep's milk. lutte fruit when he