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Show Discover Mud-Slinging Common in Old Elections Excavations Throw Light on Pompeiian Politics. Naples, Italy. Mud slinging at elections was prevalent at Pom pell before the destruction, accord Ing to recent archeological findings. The "House of Menander," where this discovery was made, gradually Is yielding up Its secrets to the arch eoiogists. who, headed by Prof. Amndeo Maiuirl, literally have left no stone, unturned to establish the Identity of the owner and reconstruct recon-struct the tragedy that happened there In;,79 A. D. The publication of Professor Mai-uri's Mai-uri's findings In a volume of 500 pages. issued by the Italian state library takes us a good deal further fur-ther on the road of Pompeiian knowledge, and reveals further details de-tails of the house, which Is given Its name from the wall portrait of the Greek poet Menander. Owner Had Nickname. The one Interesting discovery Is that the owner of the house of Men ander apparently had a nickname. This has been traced from some election Inscriptions written on the exterior walls of the villa. In one of these the word "Fulbunguls" appears ap-pears as supporting a certain can dldature of a certain Julius Polybl-U3. Polybl-U3. The word "Fulbunguls" means manicured hands, or dainty-fingered, and It Is supposed that Quintus Pop-pneus Pop-pneus was, therefore, an elegant, or dude, a person of very refined tastes. This Is borne out by other evidence evi-dence in the villa, for there are relics rel-ics of works of art and fine mural paintings, of a library and there Is the magnificent collection of an tlque silverware. The latest find In this house, which gives every evidence of having hav-ing belonged to a rich and highly cultured man, is the treasure of ancient an-cient silver objects totaling 113 pieces, which has been compared with that other famous "treasure" of antiquity found near Pompeii, the so-called "treasure of Boscore-ale," Boscore-ale," which now is in the Paris Louvre. Silver Treasure Found. The silver treasure Includes some fine cups in nellenistic style, chased with scenes of pastoral and rural life. There are other cups, which are about the size of cocktail glasses, decorated with miniature scenes from the story of Bacchus. Half a dozen larger cups, as big as half-pint glasses appear to have belonged be-longed to a set, for there are one or two smaller cups made In the same style and bearing similar decorative deco-rative designs. - The collection Includes a large silver center dish for the middle of the table, evidently to hold fruit. It Is ornamented in the center with a figure personifying the city of Pom-pell. Pom-pell. Other objects of the "treasure" "treas-ure" are a large circular mirror surrounded sur-rounded vUth a frieze and bearing Inside an idealized woman's head. The cups of Hellenistic style are dated by the Pompeiian experts to the Second century B. C. |