Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-06

the city museum. Ii was an impress sive sight to see the fine old castle
 through vista of trees, with it's park! and avenues. and the Italian flag fly ing above it.
 Wreckage of War.
 l The lSonZO river was crossed by the wooden bridge which Italian en- gineer3 built after all the old bridges i had been blown up. On one side lay i the wreck of bis rontoon. It was on : pontoon bridges that the Italians en- [ tered the city, and this wreck was one . of the remnants of that crossing. The | big railroad bridge was lying in a i wreck from artillery fire. Further Cn was tLe massive stone bridge with one of itS main archo5 blown 10 pieces. Near these bridges lie number of important paper mills. where paper is made lor government notes. All these mills were masses of ruins with a few tall chinneys still standing among the debris.
 GCriZia itself was under the rain of terrific bonfbardment, for the full force of the great offensive was now only a few hours off The cannonade ran the whole range of violence, from the deep base rumble of monster guns up to tho staCcato rattle of machine guns which sounded like strings of big fire-crackers in a barrel. A crash of falling walls could be heard every TOW and then as one of the big missiles "arrived" familiar term used by those who live with this she'll fire.
 Peasants Stay Amid Dangers.
 And yet with the imminent danger, many people still clung to their homes and belongings with that same tenacity which makes the Vesuvian peasants cling to the mountain side when the volcano is raging and threatening to bury them. But most of these people on the streets are the pooI who could not get away, and the Small shop keepers who cannot afford to abandon their goods. The big stores are all closed, and the place has the air of deserted city, with only few strag- Slers bringing up the rear. Gcrizia had 30000 people, but only 1000 are left, and these make only scattered showing in the wide main street fringed on either side with it's she'll torn fronts. It was raining hard and this added to the lugubrious spectacle.
 Of the ravage wrought by the shells the main facts were cabled on the day of the visit. But there are some addi- tional details worth recording now that Goi'izia stands out so symboli2all- y, Entering the city we passed the extensive Jesuit establishment where GOO seminarians were located. One corner was knocked off, the cornices were hanging and several big holes told where the shells had found a mark The main contour of the street was preserved and the buildings were intact as whole, but every second or third had been hit, some collapsins entirely, others with their front wall gone and their upper rooms with household goods showing from the street. But there was no vast area of completely leVeled debris as at Verdun or Monastir The outlines of city were still there, but it was a city sieved by bombardment.
 Bit of Cheer Mid DesOlatiOn. One modest dwelling stood out as we hurried along. not by it's ruin, but by it's cheer in the midst of this deso- i lation. There were simple lace cur tains in the windows, from one O1 which a pretty little Italian girl was 1 looking down on her garden. She was quite unconscious of the shell-fire all 1 about and called down to her com paniGn below. Some of the big build | ingS had their walls shored up with
 long timbers to keep them from top bling over. At the theater in the cen l ter of the city the billboards showed
 the remnants of the last performance