Show excavations at pompeii A correspondent writes as follows to the ilia iv 1 T journal of commerce it secil seemed led odd to lo speak of a dead ci city t y as a pi owing growing one hut that is exactly the file case with pompeii there there are ninny cities in italy that do not grow grov as if fast as tile the one buried by tile thu ashes 16 lie of vesuvius 1803 1801 years ago A person visiting it it at of a veir notices a cu gement of its boundaries the tha italians you know are arc the champion di digger diers e ers they make lie shovel shovel lly when they attack the grave of pol pompeii I 1 I 1 I 1 ell we e saw a gan gang 0 of the them at work there A government over sp alfr r wat watched cheal them like a hawk ile he wanted to lie ile sure that they pocked cocked no jewelry coins coin or objects of art or of utility I 1 yielded ly by tile the ex cx the only produce of their toil in that lineas we stood lly by was a bit of iron which ilia guide called it a hinge aud and the ing ment of a small marble co column lurall the scales busily plied were gradually bringing to light a 0 beautiful house alie boore noore were mosaic ii eiith with simple but graceful designs in scroll nearly ns as fresho frosli of color as if laid yesterday the walls walk bore fre frescoes coes of fainter tints tint S grinning maks ma lii aks ks fawns fawn cukuls cupids bir birds s lish fish and i f bruit ru it I 1 it t liall had evidently bee beau II 11 tile the home biome of a well uell to do citizen of pompeii the ii crous movements of the workmen betrayed their anxiety they wele hoping ing at every moment Inott lelit to make a valuable anable find perhaps they tile might hit upon a 0 great areat iron chest studded with will I 1 round knobs lilic lilac 1 ii I boiler and full of gold money or ornaments or th they ey might strike I 1 another anothy r wonder in ill lit maible a ible or bronze or they might be startled by chinin coming suddenly upon i 1 kull I ca or r other human remains J mains in ht the litter latter event tile i ii suspended till a careful inspection is made I 1 the onibe e antl and intelligent per ion in ill 1 charge barge proc proceeds c ell to ns io certain i if f ti lie ie lend dead lias left a allica mould tild of himself or ir herself in ili tho the plastic ashes it if sr so lie pre pins lures 1 I i mixture of of breads a 1 I liole hole in the crust and slowly pours in tile liquid till tile the mould is full when mien it has liard ened tit alie e calling ti n g is tenderly removed 10 lo cai there c r e is a 1 rough 0 lam image C sonic some poor pool creature a in ill the agonies of death prone on oil tic the floor face downward thus most usually were tile the inhabitants of the doomed city ca caught ailt by the destroying in ingel the s skull i cu I 1 1 or leg 0 or arm or whatever other part of f tile the skeleton lia has not relapsed into its original aw dust it ill may ay attach itself to tile the ehtel cist cast in ill tile proper place or many require to be joined on oil by a pardonable pardo nible restoration 11 in ili either case the effect is thrilling in its horrible reality nothing in ill painting or sculpture cin can shock the beholder ter more than thirso self produced and truthful st statues attles exhibited in ill the murelin mur euin euni which is the first full and most interesting thin thing shown to aai vi tors but though neither gold nor q silver ilver nor the minutest scrap of 0 a skeleton ke leton nor anything rise else of tance was unearthed for my benefito bene benefit fitI I 1 quitted the new excavations with reluctance to examine ahme tho ie pompeii with which till alir world is already familiar fu through the medium of books book and PiL pictures tures I 1 found myself quite at it home hoine in the bakai bakery y the wine chop at tile oil merchant s at tile the houses es of ainsa PL lIbl of Sallu sit of the frigic Tri ill ceic gic poet and the rest the high I 1 I 1 ate ap pp ill ff stones across the streets looked familiar a aa i if I 1 had trodden them before the rile deep ruts cut by tile the cart carts s as they groaned up ill th the hill coul coming ilig front from life t alie ancient stabia nie were niec c like friendly landmarks land landu maiks fails so bo fully have literature and art made us acquainted with avith this disinterred nt ell T file guide fells me that only about oue one third of pompeii his yet been beef uncovered I 1 tike take iiii h n word for it ile he is also of the file 0 opinion that the best parts of the c ity city h have ive already beed dug ili out ile he c evidently id wishes that tho work won would jai stop ile he is very velry human in tilla alii i r for ai lie ile finds it tiresome to show people about the present pompeii T treble re b e its size and liis his hilor would lie 3 threefold and hot ho n foi bidden lo 10 accept mi money mey hut but I 1 etli imigine i tie that tips very stern prohibition does not prevent persons from froll c him biln say a couple or of frinces frinc ca on oll the saylor sly or hini brunt frunt accepting them i ft jac ilia may I 1 be true x is our fir guide insists I 1 fists t that fat the temples temple 9 forum baths theatres theartres the atres and fine houses bouse now above ground surpass sur piss any 1113 tiling of tile the kind that may hereafter be discovered coi cred at IL pompeii B but tit the ralian itallie government is not lot d disposed to take that tor for granted L liberal it joral sums quills are arc yearly ap appropriated tell t to 0 push on the work it bears fr fruits 11 its A new tel temple or amphitheater may not lot le struck every 3 ear but bill sonic something is cont autty being tinned up till to lo instruct the worm world in the ilia manners and customs of the old atoni ills to well avell reflected in the ity city of pompeii of bronze or oi stone st atties howe hohl i ind and tools of trailed tride iii the yield is ii immense im menie bl I 1 and these ienir be by tile the in ili tile splendid at naples one call rii hee iMe su so ral y artitles of luxury WA II 11 UM exactly similar to tho lie buys now nov a I ill days th tint thit it ile he is ii arall to paul ind and try to real etil buc what besides engine the photograph photo griph aud and like el ettric alic illah we moderns have invented chef being no flu more inore rood roan til it t balles nalles I 1 t to U sture stori these tre treasures aures tin tile erces asce is ot it then them is hild 1114 in ill tin tilt a ald aid of Poin Imil poll he olf ili it is L estimated that nt it the nt it r rito ate tills of if auti antiquities IA ft jio nul bi be dvork d uit in ili litty lifty V at 0 |