The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-05-30

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retrllled food Beds and couches are IN
the sleeping rooms,
Ia one OF the kitchens was iouhu
fowl put IN the skillet, and stew.pan
containing q small pig for roasting, all
prepared eighteen hundred years sS'
Many Deautl'ui m0sacs were iolnd on
the Hoors, aud elegant ireacoes on The
walls, aud they lo1k as bright ana fresh
asii they had only been finished ie"
! ycata' The irescoes, pictures, mo
salcS, aud sculptures, and even lew
elry discovered in some OF the houses
show terrible depravity IN morals, 10
the house OF the Nestals y upon the
door "a still the word Salye, welcome
A mosaic with the representation Oi
herce dog. with the inscription, cave
Canem,, beware ot the dog, il near the
threshold o' the House o' the Tragic
foeI,
In the streets are many shops which
still have the signs over the doorways'
In one there ~ some marble partly
sculptured, with the artists tools lying
around IN another, medicines and
surgical instruments; IN third. Il
marble counter with stone liquor jars
behind II, and the stains made by the
wet glasses on the counter prove that
this was drinking saloon linen there
IL an eating'house. Meats ana ueli>
caclcs are ON the counter; tlreNpIaces 70
keep the soups and messeS warm are still
IN Til" room Inc same building CON
talnS Rrlst mIll anu BAKERY IN tht
bakers shopa batch OF !oaveS WAS IOund
which had been M The oven since the
2'th OF August, a. ~ ~ 'he m'''
was turned. by horse power
Inc various temples that nave neeh
eXhumed contain idolS mace OF marn'ee'
SILVER anu gold' Inc temple OF ISIS Is
e'ghly-i0uv ieet long and seventy-lVe
feet broad. Inc ashes OF Victims were
found ON ITS affairs. lhe skeleton o. Il
priest 4IVtlug al table on whlch was
spread meal, l. mere, Whiie near me
door was ahother priest holainS III MS
skeleton hand hatchet, with whIch ne
tlad Irleu 10 cut hls way OUT oi lhe tens
pie lhree hundred skeletons were dls
covered IN the Temple or Juno all
crowded together and buried beneath the
ashes. At the very hour OF their deStrllc-
ton the priestess was Offering sacrlilce
t. the queen OF the gods. The forum
occupies the central portion ot the city.
On each side are rows ot columns and
long portiCes which show the outline OF
this spot. Pedestals on which formerly
stood famous statues are dotted mere and
there. The public meetings were held
III the forum, ana notice ot such i
meeting called tor the very night wher
the city was destroyed.
The amphitheater, wbich IL about ha'
y mile from the present excavations ~ II
splendid state OF preservation. 1t 4
built OF store, Is in the i0rm .! TN
Colosseum at Rome, and WAS used tor TN
gIadiatorial shows. 1t ls d30 feet long
ty @31 teet wide. The stone steps sea
$4,000 spectators. Placards with lh'
announcement OF theatrical performance
are still to be seen on the walls. lh'
doors, seats, pillars, entrances aud cave
FOX the wild animals are aS perfect n
they we're 1000 years ago.
The Villa OF l,iomede. 40 called
because tomb bearing that name wa'
found near by, and tor thus reason ii
was supposed 10 have belonged TO
l)iomede, IL the one that has been ren,
dered tanous by Bulwer's description OF
| it. II stands Just outside the Her,
culaneum tate, amt the supposed
owner was discovered IN his garden, w,th
bunch OF Keys ana pure well hlled
with to'd ana SILVER com IN his hands
IN the celIs' oi the Diomedc mouse, hud
died together IN corner were found
eighteen skeletons, mostly females, sup
posed to nave been members ol Iht
family. All were ehcased III bafdehec
mud and ashes. nne was an infant
whose iorm stllI c'lng 10 the bonl
bosom ot its mother. some OF the VIC
TINS had rings ana bracelets enclrcllnE
their skeleton hngers anu WrlsIs ana golt
ornaments on their necks' over siA
hundred skeletons nave airea1y peer
exhnmed but fortunately most OF tht
inhabitants manager 10 escape, hS'ihs
needed the warning nf the DhfhihE
mountain ohly the zones remain o
, the Yictlm", the nesh haV'ng mosI'y
perishen, bul now ana tneh Iittie tu'
OF molay mar mas oeeh 'ouhu c'hglhS u
the skull. Inc positions oil the bones II
every possible form OF contortlon oil IN
dicate violent death, one ot agony ant
Day o' golu III ms pony manu-.