Hamilton Examiner, The (Newspaper) - December 11, 1874, Hamilton, Ohio THE HAMILTON DECEMBER 11 TWO DEAD CITIES The Destruction of and A D 79 It was the of August of the year The Gulf of Naples was peacefully sleeping under the rays oi a MIII From Cape to the Cape of was seen uninterrupted succession palaces colonnades temples and public some hall concealed undei the of a luxuriant dure littering in which lent to them a magical dor All was still peaceful and i in this entrancing spectacle not borne a breath in the air nor a tipple upon the water and the g of the patricians remained upon the shore the which fill their purple sails At one o'clock in the afternoon this was interrupted in a sudden and unusual An ex- coming from subterranean dej ths w heard in the men the sea became tempestuous the wa from the shore as if driven back by an unseen power the houses temples and colonnades began to lock upheave and reel like finally from the oi issued a column of smoke which presented a white gray or Mack appearance caused by the com- mingling of steam ashes pumice and scoria Sometimes this cloud appeared luminous like th which as a guide to the P1 Israelites in the this was bv toi rents of ing lava which seeth in the bosom of the crater One moment the cloud suspended in the then suddenly expanding like an immense umbrella vomited all its toi rents of rain ashes small stones and cinders the lava making an eruption flowed from the apex of the cone like a river of fire whose sinister reflections were seen afar off and from the depths of tin crater hot stones h tried with an awfu detonation bombarded the surround ing cities and set them on fire as i park of artillery would with shot This rain of ashes and fell rot only upon the which surrounded Vesuvius bu along the entire gulf Naples Sta and had their street Covered with several feet of ashes thi inhabitants lied to the country bv the incessant trembling of th who remained to secure their e fleets did so at the pel 51 of In cs The wind carried the pumice stone and ashes to Rome it was tin first to announce the catastrophe Ii subsequent eruption the to Constantinople w hich fac will not astonish those who even vear sec the sand of Sahara waited the coast of Africa and to the Medi terranean This phenomenon ai episode of tlie eruption of Scientists do not agree ing the hypothesis of co i- The generally received opinion is that gases through tbc earth combine thus creating extraordinary heat hich fuses everything upon its sage and produces an expansion of sufficient force to upheave the crust in seme of its parts the naturalist of the imperial Meet stationed at was extended upon liis couch occupied in lending when the first of the eruption appeared A slave announced to him the rising of the sea and the cloud of smoke in the try he saw his soldiers with hands raised to heaven in sign ol joy for the succor he brought for them but denly when lour hundred yards Iron the shore the ships touched bottom and could tfo no farther The coast where the day before of the largest tonnage could laud had been upheaved and henceforth the ancient maritime town of was surrounded by land Pliny j no longer struggle against the forces I 10 u witness of the despair of the tte soldier when they viu he depart Unwilling to the desire to see a to the minutest detail in description of it he the t o Thinking he had under phenomenon of the nature jf thaf of 63 he encouraged those him took a bath ate and retired to rest noting in his tablets all that bad him during the day This was the evening of the eruption commenced at I o'clock n the afternoon and was not yet at the height of its Toward the slaves ng at bib door and who heard him peacefully breathing were obliged to awaken Not only was the bouse shaken to its foundation threatening every moment to fall to pieces bin ashes had fallen in such quantities that the court was filled with them and would soon entirely obstruct th en- trance It imperative he should arise and flee this the did to avoid being crushed by their houses It was 9 o'clock in the morning but the sky was so by the falling ashes that it was darker than blackest night The torches could scarcely guide the way in this obscurity lighted from time to time by the inflammable gas which escaped the fissures in the soil and cast sinister gleams tip on those scenes of desolation his steps toward the shore The sea was winds and thousands of opening and crevice with ft kind of cement inking the form of every ob- ject and securing it from injury by contact with the external air After several centuries this nass of plaster could be detached with a and the sleeping city was found intact It was the mud not lava which over- whelmed Herculaneum the lava everything it came in contact with When the sloan was passed the in- habitants of Pompeii could find their away articles which those ot Herculaneum found only a mound in the place of their cits which was completely ied Upon the site are seen to-day the lovely villas of Excavating was begun in these un- cities in the early part of the seventeenth century Works of art weie taken from them comprising statutes bronze busts ornamental ar- ticles of furniture manuscripts and a of objects which could give us a knowledge of ancient times The most valuable came from Pompeii was a city of people and the inhabitants were able anything of value while Herculaneum was a city of luxury adorned by works of art and fiom the nature of the eruption nothing was removed and there the explorer will find tin inexhaustible mine of an- to remove fish covered the beach left there by the retreat of the waves Forced to retrace his way a sail was spread for him and he lay down to contemplate all that was at this instant flames came out of the soil even where he v as bit affrighted slaves fled he arose then suddenly falling back by the poisonous gases arising from the earth Three days alter when this disturbance was ended he found lying in the same place under a thick ing of ashes Thus perished a to his love for science During this lime awful scenes were enacted at and Pompeii these two cities situated under the very shadow of Vesuvius were deluged by a rain of fire The inhabitants of Pompeii were ar eminence near it hand and was not in divining ihc Although to ceii c the summit of Vesuvius he was no of tbc of s 331 a isi ihc year 6 l and To himself in was for him the ol a When about lo 1 fiom ibc 01 Ibc soldiers of the fleet stationed at lhat between nvl Pompeii could only by the en treated Pliny to come assignee He galleys with foui assembled in the at the time of the An sible disorder reigned in the city Some remembering the first eruption fled to the country or to the ing cities others delaying too long to secure rings coins and Iv were walled in by the ders or crushed by the fall of their houses A number thought to find a refuge in cellars and to await there the end of the convulsion The tion was accurate in part only the walls did not give way the ashes did not reach them but they were buried alive condemned to die ol starvation in their prison Among other objects have been found the skeleton of a dog and that of a man the man died of inanition and the dog devoured his corpse in the stocks slaves hound in their niches and forgotten by their masteis have been discovered as death overlook them Many perished in the crushed by ihc fall of a column or but they by the gases Jo the action of which Pliny Woe lo him who lay upon tho The poisonous air rising fiom ibc vnl killed him speedily on who continued on with fiom ihc and a pillow on lbo lo deaden thf effect of falling safely at their o The number of persons icd at ibis lime is estimated a Report of the Committee on tion of the County Commissioners An- Report To the IIin Henderson Elliott fudge of the Butler Common Pleas Couit The undersigned having been pointed by the Common Pleas Court of the present term as a committee to investigate and report on the al of the County ers the fiscal year ending tember 7 1874 respectfully submit the It will be observed that the report should have been to the Court by the second Monday of tember 1874 or if the Court should not be in session at that dale then it should have been filed with the Clerk of said Court Laws 71 p The report was not submitted by the until tho day of November almost one month later than the of Considering the severe penalty attaching lor a failure to file said re- port at the time required by it would be well hereafter for the Com- to remember this said law We do not propose to impute to the Commissioners any gross dereliction jf duty or charge them with any im- motives but simply he facts as we find them in their re- port in the Auditor's books and from he testimony adduced before us We examined at great length the figures and amounts stated in said re- port and compared them with the Auditor's books In addition thereto we examined several witnesses for he purpose of throwing light upon leport After a thorough examination of the and referring to the several therein contained we are fied of the correctness of the figures that the sum of 19 oi the Mi- tire amount at that time in t he ury belonged by Iww to the several corporations and townships of the county and could in no event have been appropriated and used by the county as county money at that time by legal implication the above amount was not in the county Treasury but in the possession of the several tion and township Treasurers and as a matter of fact the amount of 19 hast since been drawn from the county treasury by the corporation and township leaving the total debt of the county to be as stated in said i 20 There was in the county treasury on the 7th of September 1874 96 of which amount 9 has been drawn by the several municipal and township leaving in the county treasury as county money 77 instead of 96 as the Commissioners would lead the people to suppose the Commissioners report it that in were outstanding county bonds and bridge bonds amounting to 817 Total 48 It is apparent that all of the county bonds were issued for the purpose of This was done under the two special acts of the Legislature authorizing the Commissioners to sue bonds for the purpose of ing money not to exceed vol 67 p 138 and vol 69 p reported by them DRY GOODS will he observed that if the Com- missioners have not issued more than they have not exceeded the limit prescribed by the Legislature In addition to the above amount of appear to be what the Commissioners style floating to the amount of 72 among the various funds as County 73 Building Fund Bridge Fund Infirmary Fund Special Road Fund 199 10 219 30 44 banks of to be goJ thru departed When ihc of the cif it appeal in all its lime honor As he nor ibc shore 3 e heard cries and saw tbc districted not i what course to pursue the of the country c and oJ the cily ng the l 1.700 a put ibc ihp of kind of He Theic it hot ashes evidenced bv the books But in of the present financial tion of the county we arc constrained believe that in their report the Commissioners have unintentionally perhaps misled the public which will be more fully referred to us The data given a in said careful lead to report is very full and analysis of the same will correct understanding of the financial affairs of the county The books the Auditor's arc kept with commendable care the bond which to for purpose the bond were a mi aKo the dale ol ma This be corrected s as on tbc face of the bunk to present the of ihc bonded in of the county It has beer that any register of the bonds been and only that lime the people could anv ilc knowledge of the bonds fiom ibc the Auditor The in Si 7 j the of May there not be other bonds of which there is no The total expense of p stationery during the 32 Had this been It lowest bidder it would not in judgment have cost the county more than of said amount It will be observed that during the last six months the expenditure on this account is only about of the amount thus expended during the entire year From the minutes of the proceeding we learn that they have been in session one hundred and thirty five times during the past year and from the amount of the salary re- by them we conclude that they have been in the service of the county about two hundred and forty days There may have been a necessity for this but after a perusal of the minutes of their proceedings we fail to be con- of it In closing we desire to say that we have endeavored fairly and impartially to examine the very full report of the and we herein give our conclusions Respectfully sub- mitted J L Pros Atty M DAVIDSON JAMES E Committee FARM AND HOUSEHOLD A Plain Snow Cake The whites of six eegs two cups and u half of flour half a ter one cup and a half of sugar half a cup of sweet milk one teaspoonful of cream of tartar half a teaspoonful Flavor with rose or mond cream of tartar in dissolve soda in the milk rub the butter and sugar to a cream then add the milk and half the flour beat the whites to a very stiff froth and add them with the rest of the flour and stir steadily a few minutes This makes about two pans Baked Apples Perhaps the very best dish of pre- pared apples for the table is to bake slowly with just heat enough not to break the skin When done lay open and remove the sprinkle with granulated is the best and work sugar and pulp together work to a fine consistency which a few strokes of the spoon will do then close the skin upon it and lay away to cool it ought to be eaten cold An Esopus Spitzenburg is the best fruit for it and the best time for it ib about the holidays coffee The reason is that not only the better part the exhilarating escapes but that the extractive properties which if largely used are unhealthy are alone present Bring up to the boiling point but do not boil it You thus get sufficient of the extractive matter to give body retaining all the volatile healthy and relishing property LEGENDS OF THE lowing legends relating to the apple have been condensed from various more than eight per cent inter- jn jt is believed to charm H ever Hamilton and Vicinity Owing to the dullness of the money market and being compelled to THEIR Winter btock Spring Trade No matter how tight money may and make it as low as usual br NEW YEARS But Lower From an examination of the out- standing or orders we have ascertained that 87 were sued for money loaned to the county and were made payable on demand at a future day named in the several and according to the testimony before us bearing nine and n some instances a greater late per ent It is therefore certain that in ion to the sum of borrowed bonds issued by the joners they have also borrowed upon county be sum of making the otal amount borrowed from these two alone 78 being ij excess of the limit pre- scribed by the Legislature We have been unable to find any aw authorizing the Commissioners to sorrow money upon county ore ind we deem it a mere evasion of the aw as cited above By the law of 1872 no county bond issued for the purpose of borrowing money could Our entire Stock consists of the in the market and for STYES and QUALITY WE CHALLENGE ALL From the cheapest to the costliest adapted to the wants of EVERY CITIZEN 221 in cst per annum and to be sold at not ess than par value During the of our examination it was clearly hown that the county bonds were sold at a discount and the same is true of ail floating issued for the purpose of borrowing money and this in the face of the above law There is a debt reported bv the Commissioners of 48 bonds and bonds sub- for bridge thereby bonds in payment of an indebtedness incurred on bridge From the testimony we are convinced that a considerable number of these bonds were for t Io find in Tlic Com- v piling d TV W I 1 ht in tiv and Ibis fiom Jbe of i lio and a of 2.5 and u hich i a mid ol their would the v This for money We are unable to the exact am omit Tins m- tne excess of ihc limit pre- scribed bv the Legislature by hnw much aic unable to What has been said above in count on bonds applies We no authority for this ol kind of a bond for smother Tbc ness Of the is shown by the Bridgr r in Tola! or fn id of when do not know and which lias boon ibc s This the disease and produce health and prosperity In some countries the custom remains of placing a apple in the hand of the dead that they may find it when they enter adise The Greeks use it as a symbol of wealth and large possessions thus attesting their esteem for the fullness and richness uf its qualities In ern mythology the apple is said to duce rejuvenating power Germany France and Switzerland have legends regarding the fruit In some it is as the of good causing one's most earnest to be fulfilled in its beautiful properties arc shown foith as and others again speak of it as an an this is tine case with Germans not only in numerous lales in some surviving In land as well as in our own country is known among school girls ihc popular use of Ihc apple in Divining one's The peeling is also used as a lot in this delicate coffee cups of white cup butler one coffee cup whites of four eggs L-C coffee cups of flour Hedges pion one Jul extract One pound chopped fine cups c ht one MEMS YOUTHS AND CHILDRENS WEAR In Suits Also OVERCOATS In order all may rcc our sincerity in making this offer to sell our entire stock of WINTER WEAR he to have von No Goods Will be Hut muft be sold STRICTLY FOR CASH JACOK MAAS A SON 16 ST HAMILTON OHIO
