San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-03

the coming of Christ; destroyed and
covered up, when the ruler of the low
er regions was on spree and hav-
ing some fun. Partial excavations
are being made all along; the
amphitheatre at Pozzuola is especially
interesting, being in better state of
preservation than the coliseum at
Rome. Took steam cars for Pompeii /;
what a sight-a city that for some
1900 years has been buried and covered
with Is feet of soil, or rather with re-
fuse matter from Vesuvius. Only
about one-third is yet exposed. Those
who think that the people of the past
were not in high state of civilization,
as regarded the arts, will change
their minds by mere promenade
through few of the streets. Mason
ry, thing and paving, mosaic work,
carving and sculpture, plastering in
| imitation of marble, (many of which
were painted in fresco, in such dura BILE
coloring material, that to this day
they retain their beauty, drainage,
water and heating systems, etc.. etc.
Why, our so-called high state of civ
iliZation has yet to wrest many a
secret or lost art from the buried past.
Talk about Texas bronchos, why
the original stock is to be found in the
neighborhood OF Naples. Engaged
guide, he furnished two horses, one
was called Maccaroni and mine
Pompeii. The guide rode one which
must have been called Sacre DiabolO,
as he used that name when address,
ing his steed. A footman to hold the
horses at the foot of the cone was
along. Off we started, the guide
cracking his whips and yelling, foot
man running alongside and yelling,
on a dead run for two miles
over rough and ashy road, the
ponies, especially Pompeii, showing
off or seasoning the monotony with a
jump or kick, but having been there
before, managed to get the best of
him, to the guides great disappoint-
ment, no doubt. Halt! cried the
guide. We had reached the halfway
station and must take some refresh
ment. 1t is called La Crema Christi,
a kind of wine. off again for two
more miles, after which we had to
content ourselves with going slowly
up the hill. to the foot of the cone,
where we dismounted and struck out
OH foot Here you can sit in chair
and be carried up by three men. We,
however, managed the trip quite cas-
lily. AS we neared the top small |
openings began to appear, from which |
came great heat and fumes of brim-
stone; the higherwe went, the more nu-
mer0us they became. in some places |
with adverse wind, almost choking. |
A little higher and you look down |
into the crater of Vesuvius, so called, |
but the proper name, is, the palace of
his Satanic majesty. He must have |
recognized us as distinguished callers |
from Texas, for almost at the very |
instant, that we appeared at the edge |
of the crater, he saluted us by throw
ing up $50 to 200 feet high an immense |
quantity of stones, large and small |
heated to white heat, accompanied |
with great volumn of birthstone
smoke; it was perfectly awful, but a
grand sight, it must be seen, it beg
CARS description, no matter how elo-
quently or deliberately given in detail.
Within few moments he repeated |
his peculiar method of salutation, but |
we this time took it as hint that our
presence was not particularly agree
able and soon retired. NJ.