Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-01
THE FAMOUS CASINO
| AT MONTE CARLO
A. G. Baker Describes the Great
Gambling Casino at Monte
Carlo.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
CHANGE HANDS DAILY
Witnesses Young Man Lose $4,000 in
Short Time. and Hundreds of
Others Follow the Same
Program.

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Program. ...sga.s.
Pompeii is situated about twenty
miles south east of Naples, being on
the opposite side of Mount Vesuvius.
This vas very ancient seaport and
little is known of it up to the time
of its destruction only that it was
the summer resort of the wealthy
of Rome. 1t was at the time OF its
destruction a city of about 10000.
In the year 70 A. d. came that terri
lie eruption of Vesuvius that COM
pletely buried the city with sand,
ashes and mud, so completely cover
ing it that even the site was not
known until 1855, when the Neopoli-
tan government located the ruins
and commenced eXcavating, which
work has been kept up to the pres
ent time. This sand, mud and silt
preserved tn - ruins in such state
that upon excavating this about
twenty feet OF covering one sees a
city of the first century almost un-
changed and.it Is from this condition
that it. Ssecomes of so much interest.
AS you enter you first are showR
through the museum in which are
large portion Of the eurtosities on
display, Here We see the casts OF
both the human and animal as it
was suffocated by the sulphureus
fumes from Vesuvius. These remains
were found encased in form of
mud cement was run into these
forms and they are shown in the
! same position as found. All arti-
! cles Of house use are shown, giving
one correct impression of the man
ner of living at that time. Passing
through the streets we find them
narrow, paved with stone, in which
are worn in many places a gruve by
the wheel two inches deep; as all
these vehicles were drawn by men
| it shows many years OF wear. The
buildings were low, mostly only one
story, the walls roughly lain in NOR
tar and were not attractive. The in
terror was more pleasing, having
many paintings and marble statuary
in all the courts. There was fine
theater like all of those OF that time
without roof. it's beautiful statuary,
showing it once to have been q riace
of show. @t&@
In the temple of Juno wereafound
over 200 skeletons showing ! that
these people looked to the protec-
ton Of their goddess and fed to her
for protection. AS one goes through
the ruins he is impressed with the
immoral conditions Of that age and
one must be convinced that the
world is growing and improving in
rectitude. !
The city had it's drinking foun-
tains supplied through led pipes
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then made. The fountains must have
been used for many generations. as
where the water carriers put their
hands on the stone tank it is worn
below the general leven, IN soma
,o.sos - inches and to wear hard
stone with flesh must have been in
use for a great length 2f time, This
city was originally on the bay Of,
Naples and the Saurus river, eithert
OF them now mile back, having
been filled in by the debris. As we
view the ruins we see old vesuyius
belching smoke and it is our surprise
that other cities larger than this
have sprung up nearer its foothills.
and that even Naples does not trem-
bic that in some of its eruptionsy the
wind may be right to cover this
large city as WELL Should you go
to Italy do not fail to visit this city
in ruins; we felt we'll repaid for our
effort.
A day more in Naples and we sail
for Vile, France, the port of Nice.
II IS twenty-four hour ride to this
port. We arrive there just before
noon and as we anchor a pretty
sight Is presented. A hydroplane from
Monte Carlo sails out, encircling our
snip and like bird lights on the
BAY; 1t skips along over the water
ana finally again rises, encircles
our ship and returns to its starting
point. No bird could be more grace
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