The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-09-04

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falls us to descrlbe the filth ana
wretchedness Of thls 10y nature)
highly favored. but 10y mani lmpov-
erlshed country.
Let US get q glimpse OF the city
government. Idrove outside the city
limits one day, On returning the car
riage had to be searched. Why? The
law says that every person outside
must pay tax on all he brings into
the city to sell. What does this law
mean to the country tillers OF the
soil. To illustrate-supposing a JOLT
cite farmer takes dozen eggs 9 bush
els potatoes, 5 pounds butter aud
other farm produce to Pembina, he
must pay The city council IL. an egg
and each article 0G v1lOrens. On
Friday of each week the people are
encouraged by the government to In
vest in Il lottery completely owned
and run by the government. The
poorer classes invest aud OH Saturday
when the prizes are to be drawn the
scene can be better imagined than
described. My landlady informs me
that many instances are known to
her, Of the poorest pawning their
shoes or coat to procure alottery Sick
ct from the government. The street
scavengers, under the control Of the
city council, are provided with moth
ing better than piece of wood or tin
they pick up from the street, to gath
er the dirt and refuse OF every kind
aud throw 1t into cart. Scores of
times I have seen them gathering the
worst filth with their hands.
But must briefly outline visit to
Polnpeti and Vesuvius. Taking the
train at Naples we reach Pompeil in
IS minutes. and in a few moments we
are amid the ruins OF an excavated
city. Pompeii was buried in an erup-
tion Of Vesuvius on the 23rd Of No
vember, A. D., 70. Let US first enter
the museum. Here are earthen pots,
household utensils, u chariot wheel,
doors Of houses, all as they were 1900
years ago. In glass cases In the
next room are exhibited skeletons
of men and women just as they were
found. A man lying on his back. his
right arm stretched out, whilst his
left arm seeks his gtrdle. A woman
fallen on her face whilst part Of her
clothing seems thrown over her head
as ii to ward of the awful doom. A
man thrown down in the agony of
despair. A dog smothered on the
Threshold Of the house. All reveal
the awful fate Of Pompeii's 1900 in
habitants, when ashes and pumice
stone buried the city. Time and space
will not permit me to describe the
Palace of Justice, the Forum, Amphi-
theatre, private residences. ETC., all
the ruins Of which are in perfect
state Of preservation. Many of the
walls are covered with frescoes that
tell Of the life and times in which
they lived. In some instances one must
conclude that Sodom and Gomarrah
could not have excelled them in vice.
Leaving Naples at $50 we start for
Vesuvius, II miles distant; we see the
smoke ascending far into the clear,
blue Italian sky. In order to avoid
beggars bought Cooks tickets, and
with a party Of three drove to the
routh lava beds. As we drove through
the eastern part Ut Naples, boys ran
along by the carriage, turned somer-
saults. stood ON their heads, danced,
aud then with implorlng look and
plaintive wall, besought some COM
pensatiun for thelr acrobatic feats.
Again, Young men with violins walked
by our side and played or sometimes
sang, which was followed by collec-
tion. Every two or three miles the
driver would stop ana we would be
surrounded with pedlars endeayoring
to sell shells aud pieces of carved
lava. After three and a half hours
we left the carriage and got on dom
keys which we rode over the rough
lava, the guides hanging on to the
tails Of those sure-fo0ted brutes; after
one hour we reach the hotel. The
.oad along which carriages used to
drive up to this hotel has been COM
pletely blocked, the lava having even
DESTROYED televraphic communication