The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-14

seems to have been brave and calm. II
am called the scourge Of Cod" said
Attila to the Pope. 81,
And T am His servant" replied thu
Holy Father. What do You, ask Of
me. the conqueror?" said Attila. God
Is the only Conqueror: nothing, re-.
piled the Ponti:r. TASK whatFy you will"
said Attila. charmed by his courage;
and sanctuary for the women and chill
3dren in the churches was thus OBJ
tanned.
}l Pompeii.
In this affecting spot. buried for
ages under the lava and liquid mud
ip y, when ! 1t was suddenly oYerwfelmed
set forth most piteously. If you should
stroll through It's rcsurrected Streets
which keep the ruts OF Its long-van-
tshed cart wheels ana the stepping
feet trtpped In wet weather. the awe
that Pompeii Inspires begins to peno-
trate 70 the very marrow Of your bones.
You Will 60 along the Street Of Album
all your thonghts will violently revert
to the people who also walked there.
You will see, rs they did, the milk shop
on the right and the gladiatorlal chool
notice, Here Is a triclinlum with
three beds and Ill other onvoniences.''''
also Lingerer, depart! This is no
place for idlers." On the right tho
|sit and his name "Iodestum." in red
letters, and beyond a spacious cour,
with mills and eighty loaves never to
be eaten still in the oven. still. perfect.
Stricus, with Its fountains and ball
comics. and on the walls public notices,
ssPhtl1ppus beseeches you to create M.
Holconius Priscus dignissimus, pro-
bissimus, omni boni, n,eritus. decemvir
the bakers (pistoresl, infectores (dy-
ers). aurifices (goldsmiths), pomartl
(fruiterers), agricolne (husbandmen),
Spseicaipp; lignarii 1wood mcreh,ants3
(cooks), and many private persons, and
below an electloneering squib, the pill
lslcrept (ball players) the seribibi Qate
toperso the Dominates universi (all
and as climax Pompeiani universi
Gall the Pompeians TO a man vote for
$3.50. ' Just beyond are the graft1ti
memoranda OF domestic transactions
stnulcs sent to tho wash when. a child
was born or a donkey. and the like;
and further on an account OF the over
seer, Of spinning. showing how mucl
slaves, vltalis. Floren tina. Amaru!lis
BJannaria Heracla, Maria feminine o.
Mariusl, Lalagla, pamalts, Doris
ehalked up for reference. the..nensun
or weight after each name. And ther
youtsee beyond YOU the exquisite view
with Y esuvius In the distance. and arr
taken to see In the mus cum The bodie
exhumed and set in g plas ter 60 Ga E
death itself, tho very last struE le, TN
final agony Youwill never forget it t;
the poor creatures over wheilm,ed I, ; ,,
ashes, pumice stone, gases. nth, heil
bits OF money Jewels, keys besid'
them, and you think "a heart hal
throbbed beneathfsthat stony breas
and tears adown& that stony che g haN'
rolled. Have children cl llnbed thos'
knees and kissed d that face? Wha
was thy name md station. age ans
8race?' .j s 4 ss
And there are still streets and street
land streets The Ratio in Venice Y, J, !
"a street, a bridge lined WI tn At ops
4 buy a coral mig 10 keep sof IF the eYl
eve "a ribbon, rerra-cotta vase, i
Roman lamp, lust as they 90 y to-day { {, NJ
4 canals, filled with gond las, You .,nlgh
AhaYs. been lucky. enough 70 sc ouIl ~