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L4Dr,s LETTER FROM FOJIE.
from srocial Correspondent of Free Pres.

LIDY'S LETTER FROM hOlE.
from srecial Correspondent Of Free Press.
At this moment you are peacefully dgeam-
ing. but as theI nc = difference OF rve "onr-
between your tine and our5 we aTe getting
ready for church. At this critical moment
was summoned TO gO,-went to the Metho-
dist church, where Bishop McTyeire preach
ed and WAS Interpreted iby DIR. Vernon to the
Italian. nsst ef the cong egation. The sing
inc VAS beautiful. The weather
has been delightful since we came. Rome
is decidedly the pleasantest place we have
seen yet, though we all love Turin. Tues,
dav and Wednesday wcspeHti5 Naplss and
of all dirty, wretched, smelly places, I apIes
is the prima donna. The small boys wear
no clothing at all; the big ones and many
of The men none except pants very short al
the top and at the hGttom. LIDO not blame
them for trying to keep COL, as It vas s9hot
that should like to dress as the little boys
did. Bpt Pompeii and Nesuvius repaid us.
| certainly did ret think last.NIntes when
read Buwcrs novel that 4 should see the
citv. and the house which he has taken for
the home cf his hero. The streets are not
more than five or six feet across, paved with
lava. The houses are built inside, in what
we call the middle of the square, where our
yards are and heys lia.rrage gardens on which
the bedrooms and il II rooms open. The
finer houses are paved with mosaic, with
richly frescOed walls, some well preserved
We went through the baths, also. There Is
4 water-pipe in one, still. In the temple OF
the fiIllers we saw the statue OF the goddess
20 whom it was dsdieatnd. There was a
marble hast i'm enc of the houses OF its mas
ter. that is very tandsoma--that is lhe was.
Marble fragments Of statues, columns, tables,
and all kinds of ornaments, are numerous.
The next dav we made the ascent OF Nesu-
vic ~. anean-aseentit was. We were an
hour and a half making the distance by Il
circuitous road efihalf q .mile above the sea-
level. Then VIC took the car, which goes
500 #. ut an angle of about llO'. 1t was
fearful :, lois do"-l from such height and
see ours, ives rising almos. pc-pendiculariy.
The mountain was very bleakrias ho grass
grows. Gray lave spread out n the ridges
around Us, and q cool wind blew down until
we could easily imagine ourselves cold, tho.
we had come from a very warm place. But
the top was beautiful, We walked over
small volcanoes With ke pouring out,
and higher up. where we did not 20 was the
crater from which issued huge volume,
making clouds q inits o. go long. The
ground-rathCr the lava-Was all covered
with the gorgcously colorcd sulphur. The
oder was. to say the least, strong, bnt so de
licious compared to the city smell. On
Thursday we babe adieu to Napoli without
4 tear. We saw it. and would have died if
we had STAYED longer. Rome is beyond cX-
preston. ! can only tell you Il few of the
things We have seen without an attempt at
description. | have been to st. Peters
twice, did not kiss the famous .tce, end, de-
scendcd into the crypt & sec ths m where
are supposed T. h, the ashes of Saints Peter
and Paul All the pictures are mosaic, and
Of oeurse there is an innumerable array OF
statues. columns, and pictures. IT. Pauis,
without the walls, is considered fine, though
it is little smaller, and certainly more sat
islactory in being simpler and less adorned
It is full of superb colqpR', 'a''d has ioor
of polished marble We went to the Natl-
can. and saw the LAGOON and Apollo Bel
vidcre. The LAGOON Is pure white, not
stained at all Is that cast in the Corc9ran l..
We saw "1he.I sSt ,I1dgEnent" ~ tie Sis
tine Chapel. and IN he Picture Gallery Raj
faelles TRANSPORTATION, Michael Angelo ;
"Descen. f,,,iH tire C.6ss fnd picture by
Murillo of The Holy Family" that shall
always remember on account of theiE tcau-
tiiul faces. We have seek, also, q. John
Lateran. st CeGilRF 2 church of San Stea-
no-fSn cf pict res Of martyrdoms, and lots
of smaller churches; the Coliseum, Palace
of the Caesars. Basilica of Constantine, Arch
g, of Titus and Constantine, Temples OF We
nus and Rome. Fortune. Ncsta, and lots OF
trihes like that. Also the Pantheon, now a
Catholic Ch%rehjn which are buried Raila-
ellie and Victor Emanuel. We went thro
the state rooms and some private apartments
of the Quirinal Palace, too. This Is not so
gorgeous as that at Turin, but more luXuri-
Gus, and full of lovely china. There re
some exquisite pictGres of he Queen there.
Tomorrow we are going into the Cats combs
We are enjoying it Intensely, hut ind break
fast slim trolls and coffee of ahieh ] do not
take thaIctter. Ihcr il rather trying to
rise at two, three and four clock, which are
my usual hours, especially as we never get
10 bed till 10 and sometimes II. ! must
stop now to get ready for Nespers-we are
all going to st. Peters.
Night. Well, we went. never heard
such music in my life There was mar
who sung the purest. spftest soaxano ! ever
heard. it wSs 20 exactly Ike a omRf that
none sf,szeogd. believe it was jlst gnewan,
/ coYIi ba-s il tened forever. There vas q
teautilIl te,or, also. We got there an hour
and helf tefoss tbe time and v.alked regu-
larly arOu i fyqr2 sh52el 70 chapel, and a.
ter In &c visits T. hA pTct;ss-slesT idea 81
the grandest church IN the 20 u
4 succession Of direful shrieks Is heard
on the first floor. Fond mother" What is
the matter with Billy7" Colored servant
f Please mum, he is crying about jewsber-
ries." Mother He can't have any more
ne has had foursaucerfuls already" Dem
IS de berry ones he is whooping about
He's all swolled up
One # tiasioc delightful periods Of .