The Newtown bee., 1895-05-03

l. z | ing sure. The 'ssurvivors'' of the big ex- cursion party were holding a farewell meeting. A doctor from somewhere out
 on the plains was indulging in the re- miniscent vein. His eloquence knew no bounds; he had just reached the highest point and was
 | MAKING THE VERY wELKIN RING.
 tfHe said: ''This trip for me has iheeni ff1ll1 ed with delightful experiences, but l have one great regret now that I am
 nearing the shores of my native land; I fregret most exceedingly thatlDdid not' | murder in cold blood half-a dozen of those l Arabs out at the Pyramids. z AtdI think
 that my trip has instilled this grain of twisdom within me: If gest6the and ain still posse ssed of reason, am resolved,
 after having seen, figs put up in S1nJ Jtna, ,macaroni rolled in the dirty. paws, of
 Italian dagos on the sidewalks of Naples,
 never to couch these again to my lips1so fhelps me allo oye powers above.n sd My
 friends, although cannot put it quite So
 strong as my leatned friend in the law, blocking back supofnE my,trip.I am epnvine-
 ed of this fact, that if we tourists had Iknowma TtitfieD'of what went on in the
 ships galley before our meals, pile of ,skeiet6hs would have Been brought
 homen and not 4Q9lanacm lively people glowing all over with the delights of sn | fOrientai t6df.' Hereaftef,s tb0,1 when | see sticks of macaroni floating in the een7
 somme, l am going to console myself Y with this' thoaghtsu II Oh, ,twelf,a yeUkuo~
 they make excellent macaroni, in Ameri,
 ca now, and perhaps this has never seen I the ,otherRides aaeeeou ,vBtusih 1atsr' ], But we are now outside the city; we
 have enteret upon the Toad tfat' takes it's | long, climb climntb qp the Hanks pt the volcano ni and leaves the city and the ever gleaming
 waters of,the ffOvelyubay9far in thGrear.
 Pretty gardens of flowers and shrubs are
 everywhere, but they seem clustered
 here to make the scene of dreary desola-
 tion through which we are soon to
 pass, startling by contrast. Women ap-
 pear at every turn in the way, in one lhand holding bottle of natiteswins, al
 most upraised as if you had already
 given them permission to pour you out a
 draught into the glass which they hold in the other hand. It is amazing how scarce
 water is on this ascent of Vesuvius; if
 any IS to be had, it has conveniently, for
 the time that touEists are passing, been
 secreted far out ofhope offnding. And it Is amazing, zoo, how Amauy tourists
 seem to have left their temperance prin- \ ciples, with their babies and business, at
 home, and how they repeat 20 times a fday that itIis simply Suicidal to drink the
 water of so many different places. Amaze
 ment grows apacer when you seq how 3, retentive their memory IS of the advice
 that Paul gave ito his oyodngs disciple
 TihmpIothysthlaat. hlaat.it # was gpod once enccsn in awhile
 to take a little wine for the stomach's I sake .aHe n9.eTCt eEt ': m9hf nr
 Here come the strolling musicians, mot
 exactly like those, who came to ther ship | to give us d matutinal song earlier n the
 day; but yet Italiahnmsie Mas alpecuiiar
 sameness whether you hear it anywhere
 under Italy's bright skies or when it is
 imported to the American shores. There e5t 1u:woG9 CTR sES
 1T ns FIVE MUSICIANS fNs s5a THIS BAND, tE1i1 alrp.. aEet sLo1n nm i:P+qT 6 IF
 and they are repeating their concert from
 carriage to carriage. No matter how
 rough the sides of the road may be and
 how near the wheels they have to clam
 Der, the music, whether given by instru- em ment or voice keeps right onu Why,it is
 natural for these Italians to sing and
 play. Topsg was not bofn, She fonlS
 growedi and So suppose, music only fgf6Wed, up in them as naturally as the violet grows up in the spring. wonder If here is notsa physiological fact. What
 makes the Italians singers through and Pironghes Tt seemstt61 1mSitsas tBeg gfori- rqss rqss slplps slplpshine in which they are continual | ly basking and the beauty of their bright skies Few birds.ising when it is cold
 and dresry and when black clouds o'er- Spread the sky. I don't know how it is, never saw fl. .sfatfd in pr Kaness works For those of any hother-Arctic@ explorer; bstsfghould hard iy.=expect tinesRsqafz 4 maux, to sing or the, Laplander to break
 forth in joyful notes. Water is not the 1pnfyahhgsthatfexmeme cold fEee2es; it teeHgeals laughter and the melody 1 pf the heart At the very fpdhtaiB of song ]. But must not let my meditative mood I keep me from noticing this little fellow I who is now holding up his hand; for I bacEshee sn, ,E has anothes name here, ,sbut; | that eis what he wants. ne And what q I cheerful lirsmile he has, and those merry
 bright eyes would entice charity from a I rock. G3 ] Out comes a ten-cantesimi coin I (we keep a reserved pocket filled for just
 such oc ccasions as these :, it only makes
 two cents in our money, but that is a
 days wagesifor small boy in Italy, and and
 the boy; goes away ss happyTas the four
 year-oid 'with his first pair of pants. Il Yons must not calb thisslittle fellow a
 beggar. He ia not that at all, for he d worked hard to win that icoin. He. turn \ ed semersaults and eartwheeis- for us 2 over the space of 100, yards and more l continuously, and right up a,steeps hiIIs too. He went around almost with every I revolution of the carriage wheel and the
 smile upon his bright face went around
 as we'll; and, every time he came upon
 his feet, one hand was always out for the 4 piece which his merryrheartedness was l gradually bringing from the reserved I pockctont other side. s I sThe flowers and shrubs ate left behind.I I Now no green thing grows here ; 1t is all \ waste and bare, recalling that awful