The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-27
HERALD SUNDAY ~ ls7sQUADRUPLE

afraid there is no use In waiting. Pompeh is a most
Interesting iowa, and there are thousand other
things TO be seen-the Forum Tor instance; the sm-
phitheatre the temples oil Jupiter AM Venus, the Ex
chance tho tcmbs How real It all seems. Here
the narrow streets, with stepping stones TO keep US
ont OF The running water AS we cross. Hero is the
wide street, tho Broadway OF the town, and you
see the chariot ruts worn deep into the stone Tho
pair ana II Is suggested that Tweed was not the
first magistrate who failed to pave the roads.
which you may buy and sell TO your hearts
content II we can only believe the signs on the was
One irritable merchant (! suppose ne has amassea q
large fortune and retired from business informs The
pubic that there must BIO no lounging about his shop
ana that people do NOT mean business they bad bet
ter 60 elsewhere. II you think my translation Is
Tree one, will give you the exact inscription :-"Oti-
osts locus hue non est dsscede mordtor ""Ioiterer,
pass on this Ia no place Tor lders.' Passers-by are
warned against committing trespass by large
scrpens painted on the walls and We are disposed
seek other entertainment In Pom e not hav ug found
u. Diomedos at home, here is tavern. the Ee.
plant snake Inn l suppose II should be called,
having AS It's sign an elephant In The folds
OF q serpent. The sign also informs that
within may be found tricinium, Or dining room,
with three beds and other conveniences" Pohtcs
seem 10 DO running high in this luxurious town. Here
- advertisement IN which Pnlppus oeseeches
favor and patronage that he may be mado duumvir
OF justice. Let Us hope that earnest Philippus re-
ceivcd his office anu remained true 10 ms party and
kept away from the reiormers Sometimes these IN
scrptons take the form OF compliment ana aduIaon.
The candidate Instead OF bescecnng suiirag. Of the
untcrriied, the hish-minded people, seeks the aid
OF some high placed citizen, just AS century
or two ago our tragic poets and comedians usou
TO address their wishes 10 sumo mighty duke
or most ducal lord ana king. You note that
IN spite OF the paeanism and other things "a wnicn
We nave improved there was great deal OF human
naturc-oi MASSACHUSETTS, and Brooklyn human
ture-iu these Pompe,iuns In those days people
wrote ON the walls, as nome idlots do now, tneir
names and inscriptions, verses from poem jbes
from comedy. Here Is M advertisements setting
forth that Julia Felix, daughter otS purus mas 10 let
q BATH, avenercum, 900 shops with booths and gar
rets for term OF live years from the 6th OF August.
she has desire 10 deal with immoral persons. An
other scribe named lssus seeks tho patronage
note as wo 60 on that this was q city OF
many fountains, and that superstition was rife,
there being on nearly every house some engraved
charm 10 protect tho inhabitants from the evil eye.
wish these charms were all as innocent aud proper in
their character as our dear old homely horseshoe,
which has protected So many generations from the
run FORM AND TEMPLES
The sun Is SHINING We pass from the narrow
streets and come upoD tho Forum Tho heart leaps as
We look upon this ccpe OF the elegance ami the STRIFE
and the PATRIOTISM Of twenty centuries ago. Ino
sNn shines upon many. 4 broken column, upon en-
pnbtatures falling INTO decay, upon plinths and
meplas that retain ~ only liant semblance
"Pompsii Restored" with special reference 10 the
Forum. | see Nh oblong space like that the court
umus forming M arcade, and galleries above the
arcade. On ono side WAS the temple OF Mercury,
on the other the Pantheon. This space IS "a
side IS The Temple oil Jupiter ana tho Temple
oil Venus. The Temple OF Jupiter boz dcrs road
spanned by trIumphal arches-onc 10 the immortal
glory OF Nero that great Emperor who one day rode
IN triumph down the very road over which VIC are
saun,er,ng this ornipg wake OF a nimble and
loud taking guide THIS temple Of Jupiter is Ina
home Of the presiding deitcs o.; Popeii If any OF US
choose to 60 In and worship But am afraid We arc
more Interested the prison whore tho skeletons Of
tho prisoners found the shackles still conhnn
then Here is the Pantheon or what We arc ut hb.
really determine whether Is SO or MOI,
or, as Is supposed, temple CT vesta.
n na w asau is as u ~ ,ncon,uen,,v ruin msosnsr
building about which there Is doubt IS called the
Senaculum, where the Senators met. These various
temples we're decorated with proluson which have
not space catalogue Statues, endless statues,
busts paintings sacred utensils, affairs and COLUMNS
what a world OF wealth and labor was expended upon
the worship of these pagan gods What strange re-
lig,on II must have been Here are dancing figures,
battles with crocodiles devolecs performing sacr1ce
TO Priapus Here, more apt than The Others, today,
at least, IS Penelope discovering Ulysses In
the rooms OF ono OF the priests OF tho
aud S,lenus which must havo INSPIRED trail
kind Of devoti0n. Around the Forum arc pedcstals
On which exalted IN their day the statues OF the
men and tho gods Pompeii delighted TO honor II We
marvel tho cxponse avished on the Forum,
especially US compared with tho other parts of the
town, we remember that In these ancient days
the Forum where tho Roman clizen passed most
OF his time. He spent his days at tho baths, the
theatre aud the fOrun, and, as consequence when
ever you hnd any remains OF the old Rome you ind
that baths, the theatre aud she Forum were tho
centres OF display
We might spend moro time With the temples, but
l am AFRAID tho icglon oil Pompeii IS no. severe
enough to inspire awe. There a temple 10 For
tune, built by one Marcus Tuius supposed descendant
OF Cicero There temples to Isis and Esculup!us--
that 81 Isis being excellent prescr these
PRIEST their devoons than friends
VINO held al the other establish ments They
ceIates VINO nved manly on nsh never eating onions
or The flesh OF tho shcep or hog suppose thcy were
faithful In some respects tor the skeletons OF two
found this very temple, ono attcmp.in TO break
door with aud another NJ dinner AS VI
rules Of TINS Order was perpetual devotion before
the stutue Of tho Deity II Is supposed they
their prayers when the hour came. Let US honor
them Tor that, trust that even fidelity 10 poor,
foolish Isis viii not be forgotten IN the day when all
remembered deeds arc TO have their last account.
rhx SHOWS on STAGE AND ARENA.
But almost dear TO Pompei rs her baths and
forum the theatres Here Is building which Is
deuces show that Pompen excelled IN gladlaIorial
displays. Why noty her people wero rich and re-
wealth much as by patronizng tho gadiators. The
school shows that there were accommodations tor as
many l32 IN that building alone. Inscriptions
show that IN some Of tho public displays as many
thirty or thirty Ave PAIRS OF sadiators ex-
hibited at one time. We did not visit tho
large am hi neatre tue small theatre beng sufficient
tor our purpose The ancient theatres we're always
open the SUM- this Deng ucmate blessed with sun.
they were pianDed very much ike our own. Where
plays performed there was stage, orch cStra,
rows OF shelving seats made OF cement or stone,
aislcs and corridors amt lobbies jast as you mud
played prominent part IN these plays, No
object being more common among Me aiscov.
OF Poupei Than the Tragic and The
comic mask, Tue plays we're manly IRON the Greek,
aud ons can u.agino aud almost envy the inulttudcs
MhQ swarmed along these benches aud Witnessed the
tfaeades oi .Eschylus. There Is room enough IN this
tbsatro (te wnch General GraLt and his party
calmly surveyed)r 10 contain 5000 people. Beyond
lh.s Is small theatre which would hold 5uo per-
sous. The amphitheatre rs at the outside OF the
town, and from the plans OF II your correspondent
studied our party beng too weary to walk tho DIS
tauce, II was = counterpart OF the bull rings which
you SEQ i'll SPAN at INC present day he um.
phithoatre was The popular place Of amuse.
nent in rompeii, rs the bun ring IS to-day
iu Madrid anu seville. IL mad accommodations Tor
the Whole population. In the centre was arena,
the centre OF Tue arena an altar dedicated u
Pluto or Diana, some OF the Jupiter species IL
was here that The gladmtors fought Sometimes they
fought with wild beasts who were Introduced into the
arena.
CLADIATORiAL DISPLAYS.
We have representations III the museum OF combats
between gadia0rs ana tho BULL the lion aud the pan
Their In some OF these pictures the man Is unarncd
offers show gladiator IN the attitude OF Spanish
matador III "A puIl ring, ngntng BEAR lhe guolator
holds the cloak III one hand anu tho sword IN tho
other precisely senior Don LarZuelio goes the
arena Madrid 10 ngnt an AndaIusan bull There