Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 20, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 August 1878 — Page 6

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OeCag and coining at will, WnMe the land to Heavy with heat, And the sun from her cnrtalned seat Looks down, insatiate still. LtMes under the hitl Drink of the light their fill, And rosea are lavish of sweet, jwlMt p)0ftt pPalfl Bra' tU nTppn J94pte ftOtlt ttM) fC Comhag over the hill. i ApUk faVasnHHrnUft CmMm) Am Mmhmh Tris ns- J

nmz the. mcvm tr pmpeii.

We took hb erly braakf Mt thi mora

mg, ani at quarter past 8 o'clock were 'UukeeBrs wea&Bf our way around tbe head ottbe bay, alone tbe beee of

VaMTM, toward tbe rants of Pompeii. tin three enarter el a heur ike train

-set e down m front of tbe Hotel Dk-

MMeto. we afterwartk fouad tbe Hotel -JHoiHirie eo ivpfdaire a place that we preferred to wait for Iunck until we got Mokto Napke. As we skirted around the bee of VeauvitM, atopping at Terra del Annnnna, Renin a I'ortici and otter towne, -we netieed that tbe volume of smoke arisiM- from the north of the enter ia mere dense and darker than it appears from Naples. We were told that at night flannel of flame hare been rimbte for two or three weeka past, eepeoiaily cm dark night, whioh k the wanel preourser of an eruption. Although some an, and nernape all tbeee towns, are Mafele to And thmeive in1 tbe track of be flowing lava, people have no dread r fear of erthqueke or eruptions. To Urt under the abadow of Veeuyius ie to tbemanoha bleating and a privilege nbat tbey would not exchange for any ether epVt tn tbe world. We entered the rained oitv bv the

imi manna

.in tbe

'Mm Herenlanenm

VHnvMI

bare been unearthed, and are in a good eae of preeenratkm. It abould be Hberne mmind that not more than one. few ef what ha been traoed to be iillbm lb boondary of tbe o hae yet beam enoaraWd, attnongh tbn work ie tilt progressing alowly. We paeeed nhrewgb many portioM that bare been entail amee ow httt yUH and alee ebMmIMM nWMfJT 4MMT9f)4l&tfl tvCrt MT6 bNMMI

raM, one of the eterht ratee

wall of the eitr. five of which.

.tbcmabian.tbePom-

. tbe Jovian and tbe Deounuui.

added to the museum near the rate, in

elnding atveral molds of tbe human form. It hae been found that the aebei and sooria) hardened before the bodies

of the vietime rteoajad. and that tan oav

Wee or moieni nontalnlni' tbn bonea re

tpnLppMj, nipat eBPtKPMs anaMas OpeTpfnlpiea pouring liquid plaster into them, and aUowing H tint to harden, a number of

fine apaefmene have been obtained.

Among those recently added lathe form of a young girl, most perfect and sym metrical. She ia lying on bar faee, and

tbe mold give even the twiet of hair,

watte the lenturei are perfect after har inr lain for 1,800 yean.

Among the other figures are those

supposed to be a mother and. daughter,

with their limbs entwined. Tbe most

perfect of all these moldings is that of a dog. There is also in this museum a

large collection of domestio utensils

found in the ruins tables, statuary

shells, bottles, oups, lamps, pots, vases,

money-tjoxes, tiles, water-seouu, ate.,

together with the skeletons of horses, eats, ate. After viewing the ouriosiUes in the

museum, whtoh.are m the old rompeu

gatebouss, we passed alonsr en tbe

pavement lending into the city, which is formed of large irregular blocks of stone, the ,saM as that whkh all tbe excavated streets are inured with. A

Slide aooompaiiied us, furnished by the overntuent, whom tbe visitor is reattested to give nothing to, the two vres oharged lor adnMssioa. covering thearvkM of thefiidee, mbnt of whom speak tolerably, good English. The ruins are all in an exoeilent state

of preservation. We were soon walk

ng through Ions:, narrow streets, paved

fit. i - ' l i . . ..I .

wun Ba,vy cocks ot stone, wun curo-

stones ana sfaewaiKS. inn carriage

wavs are not more than twelve fatt

wide; juet wide enough for two chariots

to pass eaca otner, and tbe pavement

a'wut two leet wioe. rnc carriage

ways are about fifteen inchee below t

sidewalks, and stepping stones, like

those on some of the streets of Balti

more, enabled the Pompeians to cross

when the streets were flooded with

water, though tbe pavements are so

high above the street that these cross

ing stones were serviceable in all weathers. Deep ruts are worn in the heavy blocks of stone with which the

streets are paved by the ohariot wheels

ana some or me streets were left in

rather bad condition.

Tbe dwelling-houses, especially those

of the better class, arc all built nearly

on mo same pian, ana tnc rooms arc ox

ceeuingiy small, rncy consist of two internal courts, surrounded by porticos leading to small apartments. The front court was used for the reception of

strangers, and the rear one for domestic and private use. The siae and ornamentation vary according to the fortune of the proprietors. First come a ves

tibule with the door of entry on the street, and a second door, which opened inside. The court in the center was partly roofed, but an aperture for light anit vnatilutini. I-. !. .CM.

in the center of the court was a fountain.

There was always a portico around the court, from whioh there was entrance

to the bod-rooms, none of which seems

to have been more than twelve feet long, by eight to ten wide. There were no windows to the outside of the houses.

eaceept those by the side of the front

door, the light coming from the central opening in the roof. The largest room in the house, whkh was in the rear, with the kitchen on either side, was the

dining-room, and this was generally the finest decorated. The paintings on tbe walls of some of the chambers were vnrv

exquisite, though most of them were of a lascivious character. Them w&a nl.

ways a small flower garden and miniature feu n taw. There was no outside yard to any of the houses, each bonne covering the entire lot. They were mostly two stories high, the rooms of tbe second story opening on the balcony. There

are no traces of chimnies in any of the houses. A species of oven, with tubes to convey off tbe gas and smoke, has benn

tuscovereain the ruins. The houses, even those of tbe rich proprietors, were

encompaeeea oy snops, which they Int. The smallest shops, as well as the houses,

are adorned with mosaics and with

pictures. Unfortunately, such pictures as bad preserved all thier f realm mm

while buried, faded away when exposed to air and light. In the walla of nnat

of the shops and stores there were blaoka

m maroie or mosaics set in, waica gave

tne uHaraoteroi ine oueiuess ana some).

times tbe names of tbe proprietors.

I'oinpeii was defended by a double wall.

twenty to thirtv feet in hebrht. whioh

enclosed n platform large enough to be run over at oertain points Toy three chariots abreast. Most of the gates have three entrancesone to the right

xur ingretm asu to ine iert tor egress

theoa, the Courts or Hall of Consul, the two Forums, the Bourse, the Stabina

PjBBjk-ppnm pjenB) inejPnj saeHpPnlME' een-mi pbhMJ Comedy Theater are all vast ia their

proportion. The AnaybHheatsr was capable of seating an audience of 30.000.

and both the theaters were larger than

x dtu upera noose ana tne Aoeaemy of Music combined. Tbe two forums

were very large, the Civil Forum and

adjuncts occupying as much space ne

two squares at utaw Place: while the

Bourse, or Stock Board, was twice

large as tbe hall occupied by the Stock Board of Baltimore; In fact, here are

all the evidences of a great and intport-

aat mty oi unDounoea wealth, and aim

ing to nvai no me. xne Jtorum was

ornamented on three sides by a broad

colon ade of Grecian-Doric architecture.

The Senate Chamber aadffiaailioa was

x feet long and W broad. In a vault under its stairway used for prisoners awaiting trial were found two skeletons . 1. . I. . t-1 . 1 9 ml

wimi uHMr aaaHw manaoiea. xne rantheoa had also been a most elegant

structure, having been used as a residence for tbe Augustuses, as well as for religious purposes. The ruins of the

house of Venus and Mars are distin

guished for a well of pure water, said to possess medical qualities, not at all afleoted by the changes it has under

gone, in tne Temple of Isis there is

also a well about twelve feetdeen. down

which can be seen a rapidly rushing stream of water. It is the nooleet and beet water we have tasted in Italy.

The wine shops seem to have been

very numerous, with marble counters, in whioh were bulk up large earthenware jars, each capable of holding a half barrel of wine. The counters are

generally square, with an opening in the center where the vender stood and

dipped out tbe wine as called for. There are two undoubted restaurants or cookshops, where articles were cooked and sold across the counter. There is also a butcher-shop, with a marble block; a barber-shop, with a stone block in the center, on whioh the Pompeians sat to be shaved. Signs on the walls indicate that other shops were those of marbleworkers or mosaic artists. A goat on tbe wall indicates a milk-shop or dairy ; two men carrying a large jug indicated a wine-shop ; two men lighting, indicated a gladiatorial school : a man whin- i

ping a boy, hoisted on another's back, indicated a schoolmaster, and checkers denoted the door-post of the publican. The ruins of a drinking-saloon have numerous small apartments in the rear, which served as drinking-rooms. One of the walls contained announcements of tbe public festivals of the day. The shop itself contained a furnace, steps for displaying the glasses and a marble counter, which still exhibits stains of

gutioe of form, the neck and breast es

pecially are perfect models of female

beauty. We also examined

the

while tbe large center srate was for vs

hicles.

In some houses, as in that ot Sallnnt.

the appartmeat for the women was in a separate part of tbe habitation, in the

manner oi a narem. The entraaees to

te apartments were guarded by

"""mi ffsu innmoiiea small rooms nnn.

tiguous. The smallness of even the

largest of these houses is a matter of surprise. Tbey do not generally cover a kt more than twentv to thirtv

front by sixty to eighty feet deep, and

town more space was given to the interior court than to the rooms for hahi.

tation.

It Is from tbe oharaator nrl etas nt

the public bttiklings of Pompeii that the importance of the city enn be judged,, rather than from want is left of he dwelling-houses. Tmmm wm nnariv u

large, and bear evidence of beW

almost as grand as were those of Kerne. The ruins of the Basilica, the Amphitheater, the Tetania of Vnau. t kn 1,.

nle Of Isis. the Tetania nl Um-. ,a

Jove, of Fortune, of Hereuke, the Pan-

the liquor or marks of the glasses. The figure of Mercury was painted on various parts of tbe house, and some of the walls are covered with proper names scratohed bv the customers unon the

plastering.

The bouse of the surgeon was found

well supplied with surgical instruments of forty different varieties. The public bake-house has four stone mills in it. The oven stands in a perfect condition, being precisely in the stvle of the ovens

of the present day, and was full of loaves of bread when opened, some of which are in the museum at Nanles and rams

of them in tbe museum at tlie gate. It

has four stone mills in it for grinding

gram.

The house of Sallust was the most

magnificent of the private residences

within the walls. It seems to have at

tached to it real prototvne of the Ori

ental harem, and was most elaborately

decorated. In one of these rooms was

found tbe skeleton of a voung female.

supposed to be that of the fair being who was enshrined in this retreat with

so much privacy and magnificence. She had four rings on one of her hands.

set with engraved stones, five gold bracelets, two earrings, and thirtv-two

pieces of money were found lying near

ner. uiose at nana were found the skeletons of three other females, sup-

posea to nave oeen ner slaves. The villa of Diomede,' immediately

wwiw ine whir, nraging irom tne ruins left, must have been an extensive and magnificent establishment, decorated in the highest style of art and embellished with statuary, paintings, fountains.

bathing-rooms and gardens. Beneath

the portteo, and below the level of the gardens, was the wine oellar, a long archway not less than 100 feet in length. A long row of wine jars, encrusted" in lava, each about four feet high, stands in this vault. On the nis-htofth

tion the owner appears to have lost the

Hire oi ainarea mnis snort to save his own Hie, for his skeleton was found, and that of an attendant, near tbe garden-gate, the one still holding in his bony grasp the kev of the villa.

while the other was carrying a purse

uenuHHiHg iw gom ana silver coins, and some silver 'vases. While thus on.

deavoring to escape to the sea-shore the members of his famllv had taken rnfiie-n

in the wine cellar, where seventeen of

irteir skeletons were found near tbe door, as if they had attempted to retrace their steos niter findins thai: t.h

place afforded no sufficient shelter from the fierv temnest. From the smld hrm.

lets on the necks and arms of nearly all of the skeletons, it would appear that tbey were mostly females. Two were the skeletons of children, whose skulls still retained some strands of beautiful blonde hair. After tbey had perished, probablv from snffooatkMi. the fl

the oellar was inundated with a fine alluvium, saturated with tbe hot water that poured from Vesuvius, whioh hard

ened upon the bodies ami took oasts, not only of their forms, but of tbe .most nelieate texture of the linen they wore, and of the jewels which adorned their Persons. One oast of a young girl ia the museum possesses aoJw al.

anot

where the skeletons of a mother asui

three children were found, nil olosely folded in each other's arms, which were deoked with gold ornaments, elaborately

worked, and enriched with pendent

fnraMW u Kef IMHVi Of aU the temples in Pompeii, that of Isis attracts the most attention, for the reason that it figures no extensively in Bulwer's "Last Bays of Pompeii." It was here that Arbscee performed his miracles and enslaved the minds of the people. The court presents all the arrangements for that worship. In one end is the "snored well of luetral purification," to whioh there was a descent by steps. Near it is the altar, upon whioh were found the charred bones of a human victim, who was a figure of Harpooratos. with his fingers unon his

lipe to enjoin silence upon the worship

ers in. regard to the mvsteries tl.av

might witness. In another part was a

figure of Isis, in purple drapery, partly

gut, holding a bronze sistrum and ij key. In one of the rooms a skeletoTri

was found holding a sacrificial ax, with whioh he had cut through two walls in tbe attempt to escape from destruction, but perished before he could penetrate

the third. The subterranean passages

and the secret stairs bv which the nrieet

could obtain access to the interior of the altar, and deliver the oracles as if tbey came from the lips of Isis herself, were examined with interest.

The barracks near the Herculaneum

Gate were undoubtedly tbe headquarters of the defenders of Fomneii. Four

skeletons were found in the guard-room

witn tneir legs fastened in iron stocks. In tbe sleeping-apartments there were numerous helmets of bronze and iron.

with bolts, lances, swords, leather belts, etc. In the rooms of the officers above' were found helmets of various kinds, with swords, as well as various articles of female ornament of the richest kind, leading to the supposition that the wives

of the officers lived in the barracks with them. Among the female ornaments found were two necklaces of massive

gold, ono of which was set with twelve emeralds; several gold rings, earrings and bracelets containing precious stones, gilt pins for the hair, and chests

of fine linen and cloths of gold. One of these upper rooms contained eighteen skeletons of men, women and children. Tbe total number of skeletons found in

the barracks was sixty-thrco.

tion of $12,000. Cor. Baltimore Ameri

can.

Wauterek nnd MeneiiiiMsU.

Prince Bismarck will, as usual, ooine with iving eolors out of this ConsW K '"ir,? if rstnSMbl? He" hM MMtdeu over the deliberations with a rod of ire, and yet no one has been Wn to take ofienss, and no one basT hS Wo! P11". unless it be the poor Turks. Whenever they attempt to object, the FrUoe turns to them with the air of one who is amaaed at their presumption, and asks them what they mean by claiming this or that, after signing awaveverv thiitfi thev

the treaty of San aXefano. U nnt i.ti

your signature?'' he says, "and does it

hwv kit way mi your territory, down to the very gates of Constantinople? What oan you be thinking of, then, to interfere with these good gentlemen here, who at srreat inonnvMnia Una 4m

themselves are trying to get back something for yon? For Heaven's sake, show a little gratitude, and let us hear no more from vou." This is th iinQ ,

invariably takes, and the Turks are silent, not having, in realitv. anvthlno-fn

say against so practical an argument. The treaty of San Stefano made Turkey bankrupt; the only thing to be done now is to put the estate in the way to pay dividends at some futum timn

Again, Prince Bismarck will allow no useless talk from any quarter what a pity he can not preside over the House of Representatives at Washington, or

tun nuuse oi commons at Westminster! He stands no. nonsense. The moment any serious controversy is begun he ssys. " Gentlemen, we will adjourn for to-day, Better talk this matter over out of doors. Agree among yourselves, and then come back here. Adjourned till to-morrow. Lord Beaoonsfield will you come home and take a family dinner with me leg of mutton and potatoes. Don't dressl" This is literally what goes on. Lord Beaoonsiield has been asked twice to a family dinner and requested not to dress. Suppose the great Premier sits down in his shirt sleeves, the weather being hot and stuffy in Berlin. Who would not give something to hear, fully and frankly, the opinions of these two men with regard

, to each other? But the day is pretty

sure w ooniB wnen we snail noar all about it. The Englishman is doubtless taking notes what man who has ever been "in literature" could help doing so? The Prussian will leave some record of this Congress behind him. All that I have heard at prosent is that Bismarck is inunensclv takan wit h "D!?.

The excavation of Pompeii is still zv." and savs he is tlm onlv man ha u

progressing under as annual appropria-' mot for some jears really worth talking

tu. iiim may ue partly oecause the said "Dizzy" so seldom docs talk that when he unbosoms himself he is really worth listening to. It is an odd thing, but it is true, that no one in London can really be said to know this strange lonely sort of man who has placed himself at tbe head of tbe English Govern

ment, tie nas no coniiuants and few personal friends. I asked a gentleman who ought to know him well whether he talked much to him. "He never talks to anybody," said he; "sometimes,perhaps, to Monty Corrv, but only on matters of business. He will not dine out, as a rule, and when he does go anywhere, the chances are that he will not say much." A man, one might have supposed, after Carlyle's own heart.but Cariyle detests him. There he is, however, the central figure In English public life. With all his boldness and confidence, however, it was a dangerous experiment to go to Berlin. Even at tbe eleventh hour some hitch may occur Which will leave everv thin where it

was before the Congress assembled. He may have to return with nothing gained, nothing settled. What will become

then of his "prestige?" Not even his

3uickness of invention or his immense exterity would save him. Few men, seeing tbe risk plainly before them, would have dared to face it. iVtw York

World London Lel'er.

Silk Culture la Pennsylvania.

Disraeli's First Speech In Parliament.

Forty-one years ago the present Lord Beaoonsfield made his famous first attempt to address the House of Com

mons. He undertook to reply to Air.

O'Connell, and was received with jeers the moment he arose. What followed

was thus reported in the journals of the

uay:

" If the honorable members think it

is fair to interrupt me I will submit.

(Great laughter.) I would not act so to any one, that is all I can say. (Laugh-

leranu cries oi go on.') liut I beg simply to ask (OhP and loud laughter.) Nothing is so easy as to laugh. (Roars of laughter.) I really wish to put before the House what is our position. When we remember all this, when we remember all that, in snite of

the support of the honorable gentleman, the member from Dublin, and his well disciplined phalanx of patriots, and in spite of all this we remember the amatory eclogue (roars of laughter) tbe old loves and new loves that took place between the noble lord, the Tityrus of the Treasury Bench, and the learned Daphne of Liskeard (loud laughter and cries of Question ) which appealed as a fresh instance of tbe amoris redingkgraUo (excessive laughter"), when we i

remember at the same time that, with

emancipated Ireland: ana enslaved England, on one hand n triumphant nation, on the other a groaning people, and, notwithstanding the noble Lord, secure

on the pedeetal of power, may wield in

one nanu me Keys oi at. reter and" (Here Disraeli was interrupted with

such loud and incessant bursts of laugh

ter that it was impossible to know

whether be really closed his sentence or

not) . l ne Honorable member conclud

ed in these words: Now. Mr. Sneaker.

we see the philosophical prejudice of

man. tuiugnter anu cheers. I re

spect cheers even when thv nnm (mm

the lips of political opponents. (Re

newed iaugnier.; i tmaK sir (li ear, hear,' and repeated cries of Question, question,') am not at all surnrised. sir.

at the reception which I have received.

(Contimied laughter.) Ihmvc beau sev

eral linm many things (laughter) and I have succeeded nt last. (Fresh cries of

Question.') Ave, sir, mnd though I sit down now, the tme will come when you Will hear we." He delivered the last sentence in a very loud tone, and resumed his seat amid cheers from the opposition and muoh laughter from the ministerial beaches.

Steam has proved a success in hatching ben's eggs, but it Is something new to set It on alligator's eggs, as is being done at tbe New York Aquarium with a batch received from Florida. Tbe eggs are placed in the hot sand in relays, so that visitors can see the little 'gators popping out nearly every hour in tbe day. There are many hovel fancies in fans, but tbe favorite one just now is to select a fan with satin or teasel wood, and decorate it with little pictures, or

with the Monograms of srentli

m t D

inenae.

A number of prominent citinens in Philadelphia have formed a company to attempt silk culture in Pennsylvania. They propose to purchase a tract of land upon the Pennsylvania Railroad for a silk farm, on which they will establish a school jind erect forty cottages, each of which latter is to be surrounded by mulberry trees. Competent teachers are to be engaged to instruct the cottagers In the different branches of tbe silk industry. The company have already made experiments with the silk worm in different parts of the State of Pennsylvania; and the success attending these was such as to tempt them to make tbe present venture. They have also been encouraged by experiments made In the more southerly States. In Alabama, for example, a Mr. Lowery obtained from tbe cocoons of 600 silk worms silk for twentv spools

of thread. He fed the worms on the white mulberry tree, and so far no evidence of musoardine has developed it

self. That this company will be completely successful in their first venture, hi not to be honed for. Ic will be enoueh

fora beginning that the practloabillty of

hj eruerprim un Amencnu sou oe demonstrated. This assured, skill and

labor will furnish tbe rest. Just now we are importing annuatlv over W.OOO,-

000 worth of the raw material alone. If it is proven that the industry is suited to this climate, this monev will be kept

at home and the major portion of It, of course, will go to remunerate our own

labor.

In the chimnev of a oar of the Bur

lington and Lamoille railroad is a bird's

nest, containing two eggs. The car

starts from Cambridge Junction on its daily trips at noon, and gets back at 61, and during that time the mother bird remains at the Junction, going to the nest as soon as the oar arrives there.