Smyrna times., 1895-05-29

United States Flagship San Franoisoo
NAPLES, ITALY.
AS said that 1 would write -o~U a~oiu
P6iorg tSn, leaving here for Algiers, tbo5@ht h
Iua' l nad better do it now as we Iea,,o
SIls AFTERNOON. Since arriv,ng i,
NaPles nave seen the famous mnso,,a,
4. naue up OF objects from the excavotaJ
RTi'iohs OF Fompeii and HercuIanenn,
t uG museum Is grand and the onI,
.ault 10 De found is that we had no{
Slulo W S see everything as it should he
.u 9eeI' Inc principal part of the time
I. "ICn nie was spent in the picture oaI9
Iely, where paintings from the oId
~ masters SI are. l stood before a oaintina
OF Michael Angelo 1 guess abomt bng tng
minutes before anything could he a.
IeIlulhed about the painting. II woao
picture OF the Last Supper. Wbem
Irst looked at it only the faces ~
nanos were discernable but oraJnau,,
Cney came out and it made a me1niG
cent picture. " "i"s nln-
~ Che museum are lots of hrop,oz
ana marbles and nearly every -1Lo' oaio
! Drated picture and marble had IoIS
sCuuehts around it copying. soma IN
marble, others in wood and CLAW SoI,
Tne biggest cameo in the world thar
~ Is made of tortoise shell and ia so,oo
thing grand. -N 10 Soine-
A!'er IeaVlng the museum 7 took a
carriage and drove all over Tho oi,,t "
taxing In the Kings Palace Nanio9s, :
0ooounus ID pretty drives and narks ,
On tne following day about twentv of
u, US lett the ship to ascend Mt Vesn;yi,o "
we we had long four hours drive mn tbo \
ulii Oeiore we arrived at the railwoy !
station. The road from the citv to tbe a
Iailway station was built by the excnro q
SIohlst sIS COOK and cost about s3 OOO O0o :
INC ne rai!way up the steepest grade of II
ene incline Is a boon to those who wioh r.
10 60 TO the summit. 1t is a ono ro;1oJ n
roau having cable on each side of - =
oal anu attalns maximum anole &c n,
S!!AIy -nVe degrees. After we had o. -
[lVeu at the upper railway station NC r.
nau haId half hours climb up to the in
crater. There are several roads laodo =;
ing from the railway station. and !, = ~ ~
according to which way the wind ;s -
DioWlng the lava that YOU maka vorS ="
Jnoloe. l AFTER arriving on top we had r,
ne luck TO witness a larger erunti0a -
nan usual: 1t was preceded by growI. n
ug ana Missing noises and lois of tbo d.
'eOpIe commenced to run hut o. ~ -
we're assured by our guide. we held ce, oe
ur ground. We Heiu cel
very pretty panorama oDens ort h.,
rom the summit but as it was a dark IF
ay we did not fully appreciate II W. on,
'ere at the summit half an bonr Tbo 80
uiGe asked me for cent to put in the ore
oC iaVa. l gave it to him and he went O.,
cry near the summit or crater and mt 70,
le copper on piece of hot Lawn and 81
ushed 1t down with the toe of b;s ~
DOT. He came down again and as ~
ION as 1t had cooled suficieniI,, a.. ~
,m 70 PICK up he ran up and cot II H. H.,
nus mad the piece of lava within Iots
We minutes from the time of eruntion F;t, IS'1
Is life was in danger the whole time ~,
was doing it. 'i'ne uy
The next day several of ne vyon+ o,,, cue oGe
ID explored POmpeii (pompavl A fer O0O
inning round in the old citv for aboTt III
rec or Io1r hours we came back to It's
9 city and went to the San Carlo Fifti
leatre to hear Cavalleria Rusticana Tbo
was grand, The theater is the SEQ. boto
d largest and best theatre in Fnrons to"', U'e
stead OF having balconies the snaca nv
IS occupied with boxes. The same root,
npany stays there all the time and stiIi
'ys before the King. so it must he sun
od company. Visited the convent of
MARITIME and the castle of St. Elmo
IL write from Algiers. Just received
TINES with the letter from the PROG
Iamids in it, '"0 AS