The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-22
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sc. u - ct-:Ie. another ri1g IL which tn:
sore was SaDirC; u bToLze, caude,a
/ o:s, 80 o. =c:- fJrCzed iiEe uei= 8 pss,-y
! ro0.d. -.1g. =JGa earrings, two hinye
| Of door, ard la-ge vase, which was
oTokec II several Places; n glass, blue
! Tase with one haod.e, bottle, two phias
ard sus!! square vase: in terra Gotta
! or baked clay, ore lamp, two email col.
Icary vessels, two Teceptac!es for OIL and
spooc IL iToo. a beau:ifoi cardelaera :
AID IL lead. three weights These objects
/ sere careful! removed. and placed in the
National Masea:a 6. Nsp!es.
The works &. Poupeii aye carried on
with the mcst aspera:lrg slo~ness. Two
thirds Of the buried cisy have yet 20 be ex-
caEated, and the ann voted by the Gov
ernmente ls only 10. go dolls. year. In
he August Of lS79-the 1s;h centenary of
the destruction OF tie cIty-games will be
given IN The amphitteatre, and feasts in
the Fo!am. Many visitors are expected
GA that occasion. TIE statutes recently
fgood IL Rome will shortly be placed in
the Museum of the Capitol.
The C,tg of Pompeii is Eow a perfect
picture OF a R'maD cicy two thousaId years
age. The etIeets, pavements, TEN nplea,
Images, theatres, dwellings, columue,
houeehoid goods, baths, arches, fountains,
torune, shcps OF various tradee, musical
Instruments. weapons of labor. N arbie and
bronze statues, lrEscnes ard oTe~iugs
dining rooms, oed rooms ard kitchens,
with their appropriate furniture food for
the hungry, and metlcire for toe sick ;
glass. ware, vases, and pottery; gena
medals, and c"ins, aud fruits, howers, AID
shrubs, AID al set Il "a they were on the
terri b,- nI.rllt u hED 10 cft a
TO e1Gden destEuc:fol. Tue streets are
rarro*, some being cot more than eight
T"Fc SCrr-s=I n1t trey ere scrs-fgirt at-ti reg
uiaE. i;e pavement ls com poeeC or large
tiAt stores or blocks of lava, aot tie deep
TQts cor IL 20 them by the Roman chariots
arc large s'epp'oE stones for ths use Of
pedes'EIaos. 80 ar II keep their feet from
the mud. kTery tLiag in the gtIeeta was
silent and death like, There were 10
aunas teing- N fhe houses, 10 prnroena. /
deTa IL the srreetE all were deserted. The /
dwelling tous+s are generally small aud /
cne stored. They are built of stone and |
brick, p.as'ered on the outside with mortar. |
An open c"1Tt Ie tie cen -, ana TIE d fer |
ent rooms are arraneej ~ the Oriental !
s'yie. Most Of tie roofs are destroyed,
having been cru-ted d".n by TIE weight !
OF tie astet. In the dibiDg Icpms the !
tables are of stone, ard many are Covered
with petrlhed food. B -da and couches are
In the s.eeping rooms. In one of the
kitchens was found fowl put on the ekil
let, and stewpan Containing email pig
for roastiOg: all prepared eighteen hundred
years ago. Many baautifu! mosaics were
found Oh the doors, aud elegant freecoes Oh /
the " Ais, aud they looked as bright and
fresh as If they had only been finished
few yeara. TIE fEescoes; pictures, mosaic,
and sculptures, and even jewellery dis /
covered in come Of the houses, show the /
terrible deprav!ty ii morals which then
prevailed.
ln the streets are many chops which !
still haze the sigma over the door-ways. !
In one the-e is some marble partly ecuiD. !
tuTed, vitE the artists tools lying around ; /
in another, medicines and surgical ingtru- /
ID ents IN thiTQ n arbie counter with !
iiq0or J-.rE behind il, aud the stains made
by tie wet glasses on the COULTER prove
= at this V as 3 drinking saloon.
Then there IL al eating house. Meats
aud ceiic2cies are On the counter fire
pi Ices 70 keep the comp ard meescs warm
ar7 stl!i IL the room. The same building
contains grisL mill aud bakery. Ia the
bakers EaOps a batch of loaves were
found which had been in the oven since
the 2l!h OF August, A. d. 70. The mill
var turned by horae power
The varlons temples that have been ex.
b qmed contain idols made of marble, of
siiver eod gold. The temple of Isis is
eighty four feet long and seventy FIVE
broad. The ashes of victims were found
on its a!tars. The skeleton of priest,
ting at a table on which was spread a meal.
lie here, while near the door was another
priest holding IN his skeleton hand
hatcbet with = tch be had tried to cut his
way out of thr temple.
Over elk hundred human skeletons have
already been exhumed, but fortunately
most Of the Inhabitants managed to escape,
having heeded the warnings of the burn.
. -vass I~l.
the victimr, the fiesh having moetlv per
iEhed, bat POW. end then q little tuft of
m oGldy hair hrs been found clinging to the |
skuii. Tie + .-iticn Of the bodies, ia eyerv |
poSsible foTu cJntortion, all Indicate a
violent dea:n. Vie OF agony and suffering. |
A nicer was found graspiDg a bag of gold
IN his bouy hand. In one room, a family
group embracing ench other in death In ]