Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-24

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covered with the beautiful yachts Of
the fashionable folk who made BaiAe.
just beyond, the most noted resort, -
corrupt as 1t was noted. for the In
valids and fashionable idlers of Rome.
There were famous springs here.
which attracted the sick from many
quarters. and 1t 10 said that the an
cient name came from the sulphurous
stencil which they emitted. Puteoli
ID no longer . fashionable watering
place. but from other causes the same
name might be applied to the mod,
ern Poxzuoli.
Yet here We can look upon many Of
the things which st. Paul saw; the
sea itself. fresh and clean a. ever:
the encircling hills, no less beautiful
in their spring greenery than on that
spring day when Paul sailed within
their encircling arms. We can even
see the IT piers OF the great mole
which stretched far out into the bay.
within whose shelter vessels anchored.
one the Alexandrian grain ship ON
which Paul had arrived. Today We
can sec the ruins Of the temple Of
Scraps. or the splendid marketplace
a. Il IL now thought to be, which
very likely was In its pristine glory
when Paul landed.
Tens Of Thousands Of travellers from
many lands sail into the famous hars
Dor Of Naples every year. but COM
paratively few Of them realize how
near they are to the footsteps Of st.
Paul, and how, after . short trolley
ride from the city. they can plant their
feet where he trod.
Let us take the electric car from
Largo Vittoria, where the beautiful
park, Naples famous promenade and
Rotten Row. begins: . park that
stretches for nearly . mile along the
water front. Soon, however, We get
beyond the fashionable quarters and
the innumerable hotels. The car makes
its slow way through . slummy 70
gion where the air II rent with the
raucous cries for which noisy Naples
ID famous. and the nose II assaulted By
more than the seventy doors Of Co
logne.
Tunnel Under PosIllpe.
Shortly . tunnel b reached under
the green hills Of Posilipo. . tunnel
almost ~ ancient - Naples Itself.
for II was dug By the Romans to
avoid the steep climb over the preclp.
itous tufa rocks Of Posilipo. Seneca,
We are told. grumbled ct the dust and
darkness and the odor Of this tunnel.
and they have not been improved since
his day. The noise u deafening from
the chatter Of horses' hoofs. the pat
ter Of herds Of goats. the grinding tor
ture Of the electric car wheels, and
above al the brasen threats Of the Ne
apolitans who urge on their doukoyH
with IN Undesirable noise, guttu-
ri and grating. which seems to cone
from the innermost parts Of their anat-
omy. Imagine Ill this noise, dupli-
cated and reduplicated By the resound-
Ing arches Of the tunnel, and one can
have some idea Of the grotto that
leads him to Posxuoli, the ancient Pu-
teon Of st. Paul.
Another alum avaita m n TIA oxher
uide Of the grotto. followed bv vina-
yards and orange groves and Truck
Iarms. until. after . ride Of four or
i've miles. the last part Of, which
liSords glorious Views Of the NV ana
10 islands, which never loee thsir
charm, We 1t last ana ourselves IN an
,ther slum, more hopeless than anv
10 have yet seen on the vay. snd ana
hat We have n LAT reaehe6 ~ "A
Puteoli. ana that the elecfric 80
leaves N but . few stspe Ann the
mot where the neat anoetle mu.t
AVE come ashore.
The immediate surrourA,,.. 40 A.
meat bier vhere a. psnI Israsd -
y hlthy @ any other pert Of Pusruom
ola hass Ieer - n. 49,.
lren, wholly unacQuainted With the
~ OF pocket hanokefchie2 swarm
around ~. Several small Ashing
'oats are drawn up On the shore. and
little church, called st. Paul's Chap
J, stands Immediately behind the an
sient mole.
The modern pier. built over the an
sient mole. y truly magnificent one
u solid cut stone, which runs Tar out