Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-10

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e tnr hnefs oa 80 strs<ls paved with
tllEks u b@s4It So ~ veFturod and
n,sersd xrn1a,is slop.a< inEo ths sncst
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Lssssn - IA runblinx chariots. car
rytng conxisi2i occapanz 81 halls u
nairth and masquerade and ear0nssi.
hrsr ti,s Loud dash q kpantsins sEnid
ne ~calptarrd water nfmphs Hefsos
he weird. sol<zan. f2rrc3ehiDz hum aud
an and mar u city a TIE Gloss a =
summer dsy. Let pompeii sleep well
tonight. for u Il the lsst Night u peeee-
fnl siurlber before shs fslis into the
dep slamb-r e many Ionz osafnrisk
Tie moriang II the esth u August. A.
d. ~. ha< arrived. and he day rolls ca.
and IL b o'clock "a ths sfternean.
''Lockr cay 90 yea. standing ca this
wall. a. tbs sister % Play said b him.
ths Roman essssist and naval command.
e.. on the day q which | speak. a. she
pointed him In the direction Ia which
point yos.
There i q peculiar cloud on the sxys
. spotted cloud. Row white. now black.
II a vesavins IN awful and unparalleled
eruption. Nov the smoke and IRE aud
steam q thar black monster throat riso
aud spread. a.. by my gesture. now de-
scribe u. IL rises. great column Of
nrry darkness. higher and higher. and
thea spreads cut hike the branches Of q
tree. with midnights interwrapped in rs
foliage. wider and wider. Now the sun
goes out. and showers q pamice stone
and water from furnaces more than
seven times heated. aud ashes In avail
znehe after avalanche. binding and
scaIding and suffoeating. descend north.
south, east and west. burying deeper
aud deeper In mammoth sepnicher. such
a. never before or since was opened.
stabia, HerculAneum and Pompeii.
Ashes ankle deep. girdle deep. chin deep.
ashes overhead
Out Of the houses and temples and
theaters and into the streets and down
10 the beach fed many Of the frantic.
bat others. II not suffocated Of tho ashes.
were scaldet % death by the heated del
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tion in rocks after rocks. crushing in
homes and temples and th-aters. No
wonder the sra receded from the beach
as though in terrQr. until much Of the
shipping was wrecked, and no wonder
that when they lifted Pliny the elder
from the sailcloth on which he was rest
ing. under the agitations Of what he had
seen. he suddenly expired.
For three days the entombment pro-
eeeded. Then the clouds lifted, and the
cursing Of that Apollyon OF mountains
subsidized For LOO years that city Of
Pompeii lay buried and without any
thing 10 show its place 81 doom. But
after leo years Of obLteration a work
mans spade. digging a well, strikes some
antiquities which lead to the exhuma-
ton of the city. Now walk with me
through some Of the streets and into
some 81 the houses and amid the ruins
Of hasilica and Temple and amphithe-
alter.
EMOTIONS The SEINE INSPIRES.
From the moment the guide met Us at
the gate on entering Pompeii that day in
November. 1859. until he left as at the
gate on our departure. the emotion / felt
was indescribable for elevation and So
lemnity and sorrow and awe. Come and
see the petrified bodies of tho dead found
in the city. and now in the museums Of
Italy. About 40 of those embalmed by
that eruption have been recovered.
Mother and child. noble and serf. mer-
chant and beggar. are presentable and
natural after 100 years Of burial That
woman was found clutching her adorn-
ments when the storm Of ashes and fire
began, and for LOO years she continued
% clutch them.
There at the soldiers barracks are "a
skeletons Of brave men, who faithfully
stood guard Mt their post when the tenn
pest OF cinders began. and after LOO
years were st;il found standing guard.
There Is the form of gentle womanhood
impressed upon the hardened ashes.
Pas along. and here we see the deep ruts
In the hasaltic pzvemeuts worn there by
the wheels Il the chariots Of the first
century There. over the doorways and
IN the porticoes, are works Of art inn
inorfaiizing the debanchery Of a city,
which. Notwithstanding all its splendors,
was a vestibuIe Of perdition.
Tho-s cutters ran with the blood Of
the gialiators. who were the prizefight-
ers OF those ancient times. and 1t was
sword parTying sword. until. with one
skillful and stout plunge Of the sharp
edge. the rnauled and gashed combatant
reeled over deal. 10 be carried out amid
the hnxzas II enrapturcd spectators.
We staii among Those suggestive scenes
after the hour that visitors are usually
allowed there and staid until there was
not a football % b. heard within all that
city except our own. Up this silent street
and down that silent street we wander
Ell. Into that windowle-s and roofiess
home W. went and came out again onto
the pavernsnts that. now forsaksn. were
once fhronged with hte.
And can II - that all up and down
these soieInn solitudes. hearts more than
/ 20 years ago sched and rejoicel. and
f4et shniiied with the gait u old age OF
danred with childish el>e. AMI overtaske,i
workinen carried their bur,iens. and
sirunkaris staggered On that mosaic
floor DID glowing youth clasp hands in
marriage vow. and cross that threshold
did psilbearers carry the beloved dead,
and gay groups once nouns those now
skeletons = stairvssesP
whils walked and contemplated The
city s~emesi suddenly to hs thronged
with All ths population that had ever TN
habifed II. and heard its laughter and
grosn snd blssphemy aud unclsanness
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