The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-10

and the lead pipes that conducted the water
TO them arc found i'll good state of prcscr-
yatlon. The streets are narrow, as in all
Italian cities, but, differing from many of
The present on9s are furnished with side
walks, but generally very narrow, and in
the middle Of some of the streets are flat
stones, several inches above the roadway,
which served for crossing when the rain
ovcrllowcd the streets. The paving through
out il with large pieces Of volcanic stone.
and the ruts smadc by tic passage of vehicles
nre plainly visible on the main avenues.
80 far no traces Of stables have been found
the skeletons of the horses discovered hav-
ing been removed from the court-yards Of
the houses Some of the houses still have
! upon the walls, in Il good state of prcscrva-
tlon, beautiful frcsc0es while mosaic pave
mcnts or floors arc quite numerous Many
OF the houses arc partly built Of fine hard
bilck, and flutcd columns, heavily coated
with plaster, to represent malble, are also
quite numerous. In fact, here, us in Rome,
Orlck, which is thought by some to be a
poor thing for buildings appears to have
been favoritc material with the ansicnts.
They not only made good bricks, Lut, in
laying them, good mortar was used, ana
they had no fear that Il building inspector
would condemn their work The remains
OF the theatres, now exposed to view, show
That the present ones, have not changed
much from those Of Pompcii, particularly
IN Europe, where the close boxes, with en-
frances from low ceiling avenues prcdomi-
nato. In fact, most of the theatres on this
side of the sea arc built to keep out the air
ana make people rs uncomfortable ay DOS
slDlc, and, suppose, the theatres of Pom
pen could not have been worse One of
the most interesting textures of visit to
Fompcli is the Pompcian SIuscum, in which
Is exhibited great number of curiositics
brought to light during the excavations
made, and duplicates of which arc no,
found in the museum In Naples, which also
has varied and rare collection of Pom
pcian curlosities. In tho museum of Pom
peii you find an impression in plaster of q
door taken from one of the buildings, with
the lock and ancient iron work; also
models of twig basket much like those
now made here; wheel of chariot and n
portion of the ancient wall, with window
and small iron grating. There arc also to
DC seen shells, bottles, cups, lamrs, vases,
money boxes, almost identical with tho
earlhcn boxes sold for chlldren's saving
banks. But the most interesting OF all the
collection are the remains Of men and wo-
ihSh WIN ioSI tilclI llScS wien the Clty was
burned. One or two Of these were females
wEo were found lying with their faces to
tho lloor, rs if trying to escape the hot and
stiiling fumes Of tbe ashes Tho arrange
mcnt of tho hair, and the garments is still
visible. Adjoining these arc to be found
Human skulls, loaves or bread, dried fruits,
lamps, bottles, egg shells, trowcls, candle.
sticks, scales, buckets, baskets, and many
wine jars, very similar to many seen in the
streets OF Naples. Skeletons of rats, dogs
chickens, and other animals. are also ex-
hibitcd. The Temple Of Venus Is the
largest and evidently tho most sumptuous
of any in Pompcii. Portions of the columns
OF tho Doric order, still remain. but the
few paintings on the wall thnt were worth
preserving were removed to the Museum nj
Naples. In the Temple Of Mercury there
still stands a beautiful marble altar, with
bas-relicfs representing a sacrifice, IN which
THO priest nlakes a libation, assisted by the
ministers, while the bull which Is TO be
sacrificed is being led TO the altar. There
arc many temples and houses that contain
fine mosaic paintings on the walls. but to
tell Of them would be but to repent what
has so often been written about. Tr"P