Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-07

to mention Pompeii, llerculaneum, the rala-
tina the Forum, the Coliseum, the museums
and uumberless Roman relies aud memor-
ials that are to I've seen In every part ot the
city and country, Tho work of excavation
goes ON slowly tut surely, and tourists are
courteouslv received and offered every ia
cility tor inspection. Not only Is this done
in the city, where every effort is being made
to keep the treasures OF art intact, bat IN the
country, ~ shown Ivy the interference oi the
authorities when the owners ul the Borghoso
villa eudeavored to sell the property with
the intention, rs was supposed, ut allowing
its works of art to loo exported and The pro
perty to bo TUNED to more practical uses
And while the Italian government has heen
doing all this London has caused all its
monuments tu disappear that stood III any
manner in the way Of its commercial pro
gress. France has allowed its old AbbeNs aud
castles tO become ShapeltSS ruins ur turned
them into prisons, while Paris has permitted
almost every thing connected with It's past
that was not ornamental tO ba destroyed or
to disappear in the procoSs Ot rebuilding.
ruE UINCINN UIll.
During the heat of the day the visitor - In
the cool galleries oi the Vatican or the deity
nave and chapels ut ST. Peters wisely, 1t Is
to be hoped, guarding himself from those
sudden colds, followed 10y fever, which are
too often attributed To- the night air and eN-
hslatiuns from the excavation OF the Forum
and laatine By prudent management ne
NshiA AVANt bllt tA4Ndl III u tl'.Ns ANU "ANAl
carriage, visit one or two galleries which
are open TILL / or O'clurk, II he wishes To
reserve his forces he spends an hour or two
at his hotel, reserviug other galleries, mus
Gums and ruins till succeeding days, aud an
hour or two ere sunset SAuuterS Out-he
must always sauuter aud never walk Or run
! and up the broad aud lofty staIrways and
rnadways that conduct hiu to the Pine ian
| Hin. IL is peculiar place, with trees walks,
| drives, fountains, nowUrhads, and husts ut
| every body who WAS ever gplpNTltpl IN Italy
each peTUhed on a tall ohlOug piece OF marble
| too narrow and too thick Tor a grlVeStOne,
| and Yet in no wise having the form of a
| column. The fashionable world comes up on
! the Plncian Hin 10 drive, especially when
| there is music aud people OF all classes come
| to walk in the shade and look at the pauo
| rama OF Rome, which Is superb, and the sun
sets, which are glorious with red and gold
| Directly i'll front rises the great dome Ot 1T
| Peters, the Vatican Uttiug its square massive
| outlines beside it. There is the dome OF tbs
| Pantheon. Here and there are the dome'
and campanles OF famous churches. every
| where columns CbeIiSks and notable point,
OF interest Uu all sides the hills and noun
taius, whose names are CpmmOnplaCe~ II
ancient history, while over the landscap-
hangs an atmosphere suliused, shot through
with lines Ot red yellow aud orange, aud in
teuseiy luminous with the cBst-ol riches o
the setting sun.
ROMAN SUNSET.
| While the sun Is going down the PRONE
naders gather in knots along the terraces L
watch its reddish.vellow disc touch the hori
Zou with its burning edge, then gradually e
out like neatly outlined segment of flame
| till there Is only a crimson dot over the uu
| seen Mediterranean, and there comes no
| darkness, but the full glow of twilight, II
which the great city seems TO bathe as in
| liquid sea. Conspicuous among these ar
| the theological students from the CathOli
colleges maintained at Rome by nearly al
nations Of the world, even by the little Souu
| American republics, They wear lon
priestly robe, showing all the colors of III
rainbow, with every intermediate shade sine
invented, and OF different styles, according !
nationality. They go in squads, and nov
and then one may be seen intent on boob
though as the season is advanced and the
soon go into some studious retreat in tt
mountains to spend the remainder OF Il
summer, study gives Nee to gossip au
"reminiscences OF home. 1t one listens attel
lively he may now and then hear Englis
spoken in the quick, bright American maj
ner, and may, II hs desires, find very plea
ant acquaintances among the students irO
2 | his own country.
= 4 SUMNER ENENiS".
' Summer evenings at Rome are exec ssiveI
, tranquil. The sauntering of the day co
= tinues or j. merged into a somuo.eut al
n tude in front OF a cafe, where there Is lmbi
u ing O. the most temperate kind and conve
:, sation whose tones fall upon the ear as soft
9 a. on the deadened senses of the Lot
q Eaters" Perhaps there il concert by
= military band in the Place COlOuua- ItsO
the world goes there and sits in a rush-bC
- toned chair at the base of the column of \
: | tOninus, the band in front, fountain benin
| the plash OF whose waters nils the interya
. Ofthe music, tho faint clash of glasses fro
= the lemonade kiosk coming in like a gue
. and uno5trusive variation. II you are
= Rome in summer, never fret yourself +
:, your lotus with the rest and dream yOl
a dreams. Do not worry about the fever. {
: about freely evenings il you are of matu
: | age, but avoid the colds that sometimes ste
. | insidiously down the air Passages to Il
: | lungs. You caunot il you want TO very we
: | paint the town red, make a night Of it. Tor
: | midnight at Rome, if not at Naples, all Il
: | world has gone to bed and sleep has fallt
: alike on palace and Ghetto, on bed Of si
: and down and pallet Of stone and straw.