The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-31
HON. N. D. SCOTT
Writes of His Imprs,,iOn OF Naples and It's
surroundings

SURROUNDINGS
A letter received at the Intelllgencer
office from Hon, N, b, Scott, dated Ma
pies, Italy, July 10, says;
"As You notice we have arrived at
the great city Of Naples, You know II
Is and old saying, see Naples and die"
Well, think a good American who will
spend twelve days to get here from
New York should be compelled to look
and then be shot. What is It after you
are here? Old houses? Yes, Streets
full OF beggars; six men to put a fin
ger each on your satchel and all want
tip, carts with little ddnkeys pulling
an over load; small bits OF horses, with
not sufficient meat on them 10 recon-
mend them for even poor sausage
We saw a number Of cows driven from
house to house, and the inmates come
out like they do at home 10 our milk
wagon, but they stand with their cups
until the owner mllks the quantity they
want, and then the cows are moved TO
a new customer on the next block
Goats are MIXED in the same manner,
only they are driven into the houses and
up the stairs, two or three flights, to
be MIXED.
The streets are full Of soldiers and
they appear 80 be the envy Of all as they
have the right of way over all others.
We are stopping at the Hotel Vesuye,
and have a room that looks out on the
bay, which Is surely u very beautiful
bay, but not one whit nicer or better
than the bay at San Diego, California.
To be sure the shore is better cultivated
and more densely populated, but in all
other respects our own bay at san Diego
is just as nice.
We can see Mt. Vesuvlus from our
window, belchlng out smoke, ] do not
think could Improve on the following
from Cyrus Hoffas letter, Iquote;
Nov the height uf this mountain
changes frequently. In the eruption OF
iS22 it lost 500 feet, nearly ali of which
has been restored by subsequent erup-
lions. Before that event the summit
was a rough and rocky plain covered
With blocks Of lava, having numerous
openings from which lava and smoke
came out. II Is said now to be several
miles in circumference and about 1000
feet deep. Of course cannot tell the
size nor depth, as / could not look down
nor across. Before the year 10 a. d.
when the great eruption occurred
which destroyed all the cities on the
plain below, the sides of this mountain
were covered with famous vines, and
its ancient crater partly filled with
water formed a stronghold % the rebel
chief Sparatcus. In the year lI2 A, d..
II Is said the eruption was so great that
the ashes fell even at Constantinople
and as far as Rome and Africa. Sir
Wlllam Hamilton says that during the
eruption Of 1879 enormous volumes Of
suphuroua clouds rose from the crater
to the height OF four times that of the
mountain, or 1900 feet This was fol-
lowed by columns of fire more than
..O0O feet high. one rock was thrown
out which was $50 feet In circumference
There were many thousand people de-
strOycd since It's FIRST eruption"
Just before we came into tho bay
We passed the island Of "Ischia," You
no doubt remember that this is the is
land that in 1884 was disturbed by an
earthquake and n portion Of II slid OFT
into the sea and six or eight hundred
people were drowned,
am delighted to see by the New York
IIerald's Paris edition that the senate
has passed the tariff bill, and hope when
next read Of the bill 1t may have pass
ed both houges and become law. The
duties in this country on cigars, cigar
cites and tobacco Is simply prohibitory.
One gentleman had sixteen cigars and
they charged him what would be equiv
alent IN our money to 81 20. So you see
smoking in Italy is Il luxury.