Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-02-06

time o. Horace ana before 1nueeu II
is beautiful and merits all the eulogy.
The city is OF secondary Importance
and lesser loveliness. The envlrons
are more attractive than the city It's
self. Pompeii Is full OF interest. Poo
zuoll is enhancing. Cumae suggests
the birthplace OF Greek culture in
Roman Italy. POsilipo has a view Of
splendor at sunset Above all like an
angry God is the smokecrowned We
suyius, acting during u visit but
fortunately not sufficiently active tc
cause serious hurt
AND ONLY MAN Is VILE.
We were delayed some hours 10
landing at Naples a steerage passen'
ger had died the night before the
steamer reached port. There was
fear OF the plague. Hence a strict &C
count was taken Of the physical con
dltion Of every passenger OF whom
there were some 100 on board. A
search for four anarchists who wer'
reported to be concealed in the shiI
caused another delay. None wa
found. Had it been noised about tha'
the kodaker and the scribe voted TO
Bryan they might have been arrested
as two Of the anarchists and possibly
as all four. But we said nothing ano
were permitted to land.
The most noted products Of Naples
are macaroni, lava ornaments, began
and cabmen. We had dealings witt
all. The first we swallowed while the
last two almost gobbled US up. II
scarcely another city is life so mucl
IN the open air as in this picturesQuI
metropolis In the Via San Luciasfo
example, one may e at any hour 0
the day women and children max
their toilet, cooking, eating and wash
ing, all on a main thorOughfare
Goods-selling is largely in the out-oi
doors. The old Romans had littl
private life. The modern Nepolitan
OF the lower class have none.
Despite the terrible example {
Pompeii-that uncovered mummy Of
! vile city-Naples is one Of the world
most wicked centers Of population
The charm Of the climate has SCENE
to breed sensuality among those unrI
, strained by a higher power.
1 GAZING Al A DEAD TOWN.
There is a dead town in Howal
y county-or rather was, for the Mi
souri, river washed Old Franklin ava
y There is a dead town a few miles fro
Naples which has been marvellous
D preserved IN all It's half-burned graz
clothes for two thousand year
Originally II was somewhat larg
than Sedalia in population. Vesuvi
twice rained hot stones anon II, al
the second storm buried the enti
town beneath. The inhabitants VI
escaped went back 10 dig for treasuI
lfound what they could, and tn
abandoned the place fraught with
many terrible memories. The wor
forgot about POmpeii until some til
10 the last century a spade turned
,e the wall Of a buried house Soon mo
Is was discovered and the excavati
yet in progress continually reye'
a new wonders, OF more properly spe;
n ing, old ones. Pompeii was . SIN
Is Rome. Heie was the capital OF
~ world in a vest pocket edition. HI
was luxury, vice, commerce, |
+ Roman world. The spade has
covered the town as IL was in the
II perial days. The best preserved p
tons have just been excavated II
as though one stood al the grave o
a buried civilization as the trave
n looks out over the streets and rul
te Here are the square stepping sto
be across the streets-Oolumbia, said
y late Senator ingalls,, must have tai
re its plan for street-erossings II
ny Pumpeii. Here are the shops for
&C sales Of wine, oil, groceries. Here
es iron rings in the pavement TO VII
W. to tie horses. Here is a fountain
ar public well. At one side there
ID smooth depression In the surface
w. the stone worn by innumerable ha
In which have been placed there as
thirsty stopped 10 drink. Here Is
'ds law-cOurt-but where are the lawyl
Of Here is the great theatre, It's V
standing-Columbia might beg q
--but where are the sctoB9
Of here in large numbers are the hoI
Iad Of the citizens, some with elee
a frescoes yet on the walls, founta
IL. statuary and every evidence OF
ost owners opulence-niches and, at
he affairs, gods as powerful now As q
Dus At this large house, q noble edi
nh was found a half-Opened money CT
IA. with an arm lying across It.
NC some PUmpeiian returned to re
an his treasure only 70 lose bis arm O
rue life?
he About the city from which tbI
in has been taken after the passing
The turies there have been many "a
ing written. The facts r marye
we'd enough. IL is always more dificn
believe fact than fiction. The a
~ who would put on canvas the So
we saw while returning from Pom
J a would be set down As mad.
ain ITALIAN OPERA IL ITALY.
the The most splendln theatre in ]
my and, in some respects, the most 81
NC did 10 all Europe, is the Theatre
ne Carlo at Naples. 1t contains
than two hundred private boxes
nc six thousand seats. Here we head
.ue initial presentation for the seaso
'ioh Richard Wagner's Lohengrin. II
iiou Theatre San Carlo had been given
n.y. inst propuction Of some Of the 0
unO compositions Of Verdi, RosSini
lu other famous composers The n
~ Of Lohengrin was cordially applau
'uio The Italian shouts bravo, braEiss
QUO when be is pleased. The first Z
nis was decidedly a swell affair. A NJ
leii paper computed the value Of
diamonds worn by the ladies In
boxes at 80 many thousand francs
,u,. Il will not DO 70 repeat the story.
tainly the occasion was a 50
- function. Several members OF
, royal family. the Officers OF the II
feet and other dignitaries =
hN"s ~. rawe m~nrufnutg ~