The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-02

from San Francisco and LOndOl
offered with sweet good will AM
voice as q tribute of the present to tn
past.
While at Rome we had an oppor
tunity of hearing Ristori in the char
acter Of Marie Antolnette. He
home is here, but she is getting quit
old, and has retired from the stage
except that che appears occasionally
in behalf of some charitable scheme
| The mere announcement of her APP
! psarance excites the greatest interest
and the rush for seats is immense
This representation was for the ben
eft of an actor's family who we've
left destitute by his suicide. The
power of this great woman's acting
is exhibited in every scene of the
play, which describes the true and
sad history Of the brilliant, lovely,
yet unfortunate queen. The Queen
of Italy attested by her presence hel
appreciation of the actress, and she,
as well as most of the audience, was
visibly moved to tears during the
parting scene of Marie Antoinette
and the dauphin.
His venerable highness, Leo XIII,
is in feeble health. He never quits
the Vatican, nor did his predecessor,
Plus TX, after the occupation OF
Rome by the Italian army. He gives
audience once in a great while to
visitors, but as a registry of names
long in advance is necessary, the
privilege of seeing him cannot be en-
joyed by the passing voyager. About
one hundred and fifty are received
at one occasion.
Our late Minister, Mr.. Marsh, is
buried in the new Protestant GENE
terry, which lies just under the old
walls in the southwest part of Rome,
and which is m of the loveliest and
best cared for cemeteries in Europe.
A plain slab here marks the grave of
Shelly, the English poet, or rather
that of his heart and ashes, his body
having been burned at Spezzia, near
where he was drowned. BY his side
now sleeps a friend of the poet whose
body was brought here at his own
request a year ago from England,
where he died at the age of eighty
eight. Keats, another English poet,
lies in the old cemetery adjoining.
A simple slab contains the following
sad inscription: "This grave con-
tains all that was mortal of a young
English poet, who ON his deathbed,
in the bitterness of his heart at the
power of his enemies, de-
livered these words to be engraved
his tombstone: Here lies one
whose name was writ in water On
we passed through the
Ghetto or jewish quarter, which is
very dirty and squalid. 1t
is not long since the Jews
were not allowed to leave this
quarter, and were obliged to
wear n yellow handkerchief as a dis
tinguishing badge. Since then their
is much improved and bus
mess extended.
Frome Rome we went to Naples.
where we remained a few days and
the late excavations at Pom
peii, also the ruins of Herculaneum.
We waiteda day longer to catch Vesu-
vius free from clouds that we might
make a more satisfactory ascent than
our previous one, but in this we
disappointed, for, while scarcely
! cloud vas visible anywhere else, q
of them persistently lowered
lbout the top of the volcano, thereby
Off the view of the piano.
anna, below which is one of the best
n Europe, and even more interest
ng than the crater itself. Hercula-
leum was situated on the bay,
vest of and at the very foot
# the mountain, and was
by torrents of mud and
ava during the eruption of A. D.
3. Owing to the difficulty of exca-
blasting being required, but
small portion of the old city has
'een uncovered. "A modern city of
twenty-five thousand people now
lands on the site of the old one, it's
treets being seventy-five feet above
hose of Herculaneum. This new
ity has suffered severely several
ines from earthquakes, and may
ne day share a similar fate. Pom
'eii was situated on the plain at the |
outh side Of the mountain, and the
ava has never flown out so far IN |
hat direction. Its destruction was
aused by showers of cinders, or
stone, first, and then of ashes, |
Which completely overwhelmed and |
overed it up. Its inhabitants, num- !
'ering about thirty thousand. were
destroyed. The uncovering OF thi.
Id city has been going on III
very tedious manner. and at
intervals for more than one hundred |
ears, and yet the half has not
cen accomplished. 1t is simply a
ed of ashes which requires nothing
ut a shovel to take it up. The GIN
ers are thrown into baskets and car
led off by the native workmen on
heir heads. About eighty of these
re at work. Two good miners with
hundred inches of water and a
God hydraulic outfit would clean
ne whole thing up in a few weeks.
bout forty guides, speaking several
'nguages. are kept by the govern
tent to show the ruins to visitors.
ii articles Of value are taken to the
lational Museum at Naples. The
lural paintings, which retain the
eautiful coloring employed and
lany of which were executed in q
Ugh order of art, are cut out by al
'genious process, and also trans
FRED to the museum. Pompeii is
ldeed a sealed book fully preserved
) us, and which faithfully discloses
us the history of a city and its
sople that heurished eighteen hum
ed years ago.
Naples haD nearly half q million
and Its streets with few ex-
are very narrow and filthy,
ID infested with lazzaroni who are