Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-11

often six and seven stories high. and
are hardly substantial enough 10 with
stand "a western cyclone From the
number of faces at the window and the
innumerable garments hung out 10 dry.
10 is evident that the place is denScly
populated. and great many families
live In each building. On wash days
the clothes are suspended from the
windows of each floor, literally cover
ing the front of the house. 1t must be
dangerous for the waShcrwOmen. but
10 saves the men of the house from run
ming into the clotheSline. The popular
vehicle i'm Naples is "a two wheeled cart
which they attach To any animal
that happens To- De around. 1t is
very common TO see an on
or COW between the shafts,
mule or donkey assisting ON one side
and horse ON the other. Frequently
four different animals are hitched side
by side I'm the most ridiculous fashion
and without the slightest reference TO
the fitness Of things. The most useful
animal is the meek-cyed, long-eared,
dimmutivc donkey. ID submits TO all
manner of indigniticS, carries immense
loads and gets over the ground with as
toniShing rapidity.
THE MGLKNEN OF NAPLES
have am improved system. They drive
thcir goats 90 their customers houses.
right into the dining roomif You please.
milk them before Your own eyes and
into your own pail. This is cheaper for
the dairyman, and YOU are always sure
of getting the genuine article unadul-
tcratcd; but il is said that some ingenu-
GUS fellow has icveuted a rubber tube
which may bc filled with water and con-
cealed Gin the sleeve i'm such way
that the milk may be secretly watcrcd
during the milking process. Cows are
scarce and I'm our food we miss more
than anything good milk and butter.
I'm driving 90 Pompcii we passed by
large macaroni establishments, and see
ing the article hung out To dry i'm the
dirty streets We made secret resolutions
never 10 eat 10 agaiu-at least not in
Italy.
Pompcii is q three hours drive from
Naples Some of our party We're diSap-
pointed iu IL. As for myself, / had
never formed a definite enough concep-
ton of 10 To know what 10 expect. Our
guide ratified Oft the story of Pompeii'
burial as though hc had lived there
when 10 happened and had been an eye
witness. The city was destroyed by
the great quantity of ashes which veSu-
|Vius sent forth i'm the year 20. Her
culaucum lay at the foot of the noun
tain on the opposite side from POmpcii.
Tho lava from the volcano cngulfcd
Hercuancum. but the wind being
+ I'm tho opposite direction the
ashes and pumice stones settled
down upon Pompcii. Many OF the
F inhabitants were caught in the dread
/ ful shower and buried with their houses.
+ The excavations of late years have un-
covered the city and given to the world
% good idea of the Roman life of that
dav. We walked through the narrow
streets and saw the rutS made by the
chariot wheels. and pieces OF lcaden
pipes securely laid I'M the paVcmcntS.
showing that they had system of wa
ter works. The freScO on the walls is
wen preserved. I'm some quarters the
worst forms OF vice are pictured. The
l. thcatcrs are still standing, and perform
|auccs are announced which have never
come off and never will. In the muse
nm are DISPLAYED the relics found dur
/ inc the excavation: the bread which lay
I'm the oven. the grain unground i'm IN,
mill. and >addcst of all. the images OF
animals and human beings that wcr,
c3ught I'm the fiery element and quickly
buricd-a man i'm the attitude
OF flight. a mother and child cllngine
together. young woman with her arm
over her eyes as If 90 protect them from
the burning ashes. Taking II all IN an
Pompcii is one of the SaddeSt and yet
most interesting and instructive ruins
Co Doe found anywhere ON the globe. The
excavations are still going on and much
of the city is yet 90 be eNhumed.
To TIE TOP OF vEsUvIUS.
From Pompeii it is only about am
hours ride TO the top of NeSuyius, but
we took another day for it. We drove
I'm carriages 10 the foot Of the 'Nire
Rome Incline" which is built high mp
ON the mountain, and which carries You
within one hundred and fifty yards OF
tine mouth of the crater. The carriage
vay is through the lava beds ON the
Herculaucum side. and the view from
every part of ii is supremacy grand. Inc
last stretch. from the top OF the incline
fo the edge of the crater, iSa hard chmu
through lava aud ashes and Sulphurous
fumes. buta swarm of guides are ready
+ to assist You. We felt we'll PAID Tor our
trim bv one glance into the great volcano
/ A mighty sound comes mp from the PIT
/ like the humping of AN immense engine
with a constant cloud of smoke ascend
+ ing To- a great height. At intervals there
/ is nm eruption frightful enough to scare
81 foreigner out of his senses. One oc-
r1rrcd while We were watching and me
st,ntly there burst forth fire and fumes
and red hot lava. making ridiculous
scattcrment among the spectators. FOR
tunoteIv our guides had taken the pre-
caution to yet MS ON the windward aide
and we were ont of danger. but u is
mo- wonder that the ancieutS had the
idea that Vulcan had his anvil IN the
volcano and there forged the thunder
bolts of Jupiter.
We left Italy with fairly good im-
preston of tine country. but with the
/ feeling that theItalianS themselves nave
somehow been unfortunate. Nou can
account for il as well at home rs on the
ground. have only time To mention
TWO or three facts. Great numbers OF
TIE PEOPLE ARE UIITERATE,
IMPOVERISHED and oppressed. A. least
/ siVt, NOR cent. of the population can
neither read nor write, and DIR. Procket