Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-02-11

It, and the expense of lighterage
would have absorbed all his profits.
Another coal firm in Baltimore has
landing place for the cargoes of its
ships, but the best arrangement 1t can
make is to unload them into lighters
and keep them afioat until sold. In
this way, however. the coal has to be
handled three times. and anchorage
because the harbor Is so small.
The late Duke of Gallefia. one of
the rich men of Genoa, who had for
tune of S25. 900 900 or more, a good
part OF which was made in shipping,
left bequest of $i.O0o,0o0 to pay for
extending the harbor, and the work is
now being done under the direction OF
the city government. This was n
practical benefaction. and viii be to
the permanent advantage of the city.
II is difficult to see how he could have
conferred a greater benefit upon his
fellow citizens. His son, who received
$5000, 900 from the estate, now lives
In Paris His widow, who survived
him several years, bequeathed 81 ,000,-
600 to the late Empress Frederick of
Germany and immense sums to the
poor, They were intimate friends.
and 1t was al the residence of the
Duchess of Galleria at San Reno that
the emperor died. Many rich people
in Genoa have left large legacies to
the city. II has benevolent institu-
tons of every kind. highly endowed.
No community in the world can fur
nish better examples of henevolence.
The Campo Santo, as 1t is called.
of Genoa, is advertised in the guide
books as the finest in the world and
undoubtedly does contain the most
costly and artistic funeral monuments
ever assembled in one cemetery, but
il is cold and melancholy. entirely ar
tificial. with no natural beauty what.
ever and does not strike one as n
place in which he would like to lie
forever. The Sacred camp" is sur.
rounded by walls of brick between
twenty and thirty feet high. which,
within. are arranged for vaults. hav-
Ing long rows of pigeon holes large
enough to admit collins. which are
sealed up with slabs of marble as fast
as they are filed. They can be pur.
chased or rented from the company
that owns the cemetery. but If the
rent is not paid promptly the dead are
evicied with the same energy and
hearilcssness that certain Irish land
lords have shown their tenants, and
the bodies are deposited in general
vault in the potters field, II is Gus
tomary for those who are able 10 pur-
chase group OF these vaults for the
future use of their families and in
front of them to place common mon
ument. There has been great deal
of rivalry in this, which has given
The Campo Santo of Genoa is reputa.
ton Of having the finest display OF
modern statuary in the world Some
of the monuments are ridiculous,
some of them are superb, each repre-
sents the taste of the family by whom
it was erected There has been a
group of artists in Geno for several
years who have done nothing else but
design and carve these monuments,
and some of their work is very fine.
The most unique piece in the GENE
terry is a life size figure of an old
woman who sold fruit and fried cakes
on the streets of Genoa for forty
years. and was known to every citi-
zen. She hal no family or friends
dependent upon her, and for many
years before her death became in
fatuated with determination to be
buried among the aristocracy in the
Campo Santo, and have monument
as fine as those of the rich people who
are buried there, She saved her mon
ey and employed the most famous
sculptor in Genoa, who made sIrik,
lng likeness Of the old lady in the
same garb that she wore while ped
ding her wares upon the street. and
before her death she had the salts
faction of selecting and paying for
one of the most conspicuous places
In the cemetery. where the monument
now stands.
This old woman and Balilla. n boy
who threw the stone that brought on
war between Austria and Italy. are
The Two favorite characters among the
common people in Genoa The latter
has statue in one of the public
squares. The stone he threw hit an
Austrian soldier. who fired shot into
4 crowd of people. The latter fur
ious with Indignation. charged the
roopS with every missile they could
seize, and the rest of the story is told
in history Bella is regarded as
patriot, although he may have meant
only mischief.
Genoa has many fine monuments in
It's streets and parks, as well as in
the cemetery. The monument erect.
ed in honor of Columbus in one of the