Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-02-05
CITY OF RAYENNA.
-,,s nm CAPITAL OF THE WESTERN 10
TUB NAN EMPIRE.
o,.rs,. Writes AZ Entertaining Lsttsr-fhe
VIZ '.,,, Its!sn BveakhA-TOwsrs Of laly.
v,roIsm Of THEODORE the Great
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p,yESNN. January :, ISIS,
,srs awakened in o at BO-
..sl. five o'ulock in the morning, to
,y thus I'D capital OF the Western
rmpire A bugsndsh-lcOking
...r,rs! with the regulation Italian
".,.+t II, rsp,atked from under his
r1:.,c.,r. Ia you car7oj for zs
- will prepared be, cir, in ten
inst " aud he left US to o. toilet
.,-, with exactly i've minutes for
raya. oo,a;s,.
biscuits aud u cup Of coffee. The
- almost a. hard as the rind OF an
hickory-nut, and when one has
..,,s1 ~ the interior OF the same he
.ro,s OF achieyemeut-also OF com
1,.;r,rs teeth. Upon peeping to see VIA
ID he iuds very often-a hole. But
-. notwithstanding, n great deal OF
r,,snt IA these hard, compressed
- ami the Italians cannot bear soft
They ike to eat something that
"N.L,,t and hatd-us tine gums. As a
''',, they generally have excellent teeth,
- I~.,,i.ts m this country must live
~ mon the chance work they get from
n-.Irrs VII. nave been in the habit OF
tim 'spo'n 'ItuaiS
,,. ,,rriagr took IL through the gloomy
nj Bologna TO y gloomy station, past
-, J,.. D ume worn churches ana TWO
m. towers, for Pisa does not mOnopO-
II Iyaniug clock and bell,tOGeT IN
-. an I.llv. The one WI climbed yes
,.yit, wa. three hUnirod ami twenty iset
~ ,ei four lee; out % line. II Is guard
- ,r p th1ughJ.ul-ia0Sing shoemaker,
G ,rp, his little shop ia the base OF the
,.r.,yr,. and insists upon going 10
,Ls TN with every visitor to prevent
L.,, rr,.l committing suicide, should
%.r.ta il INTO his head to spring off. The
- t.,,r IL one hundred and sixty
,ro-s tyst N;gA and ten wi Of the Perpen-
I.rl.r Tnera are many leaning overs
=, r.Ie All but the one last mentioned
L..,r,r 80 from \ part of their foundations
tin, TINS on was made 50 ~purpOSely,
I'm, rar laws Of graSitation reoelled, ana
n rst To Ne II; unfinished. .
Far ,alt Of he ifty miles from Bologna
,p,r,ppa we rode IN the chill dark upon
"m.,sd trlja"-f0r they have them here
-. .aup uS n AmeviCa-stopping at every
NM r,rls station 10 leave and pick up the
.L,r,v r,r4. aud letting passengers fret as
r,nrh ~ thew wish. Hut the sun came ont
- ,,r 3iri!t:y to light the latter half OF
,r- i,.-1sv and We travelled across broad
n,sin- a. i,ai,lul Us a Western prairie, and
i,rl d. olive tee and grape-Vines. Farm
r- Y,rr rul,Iyst!ug the land with
5r,h whit oxen, each ~ large as an
,m.r..sn OK aud u half; n thrifty
l,ot ,a.. peasant Esd six OF the beauti-
rr ..gs,ureS hlJrbud TO his plough. Tiny
,u,,pt old ,rlltg-~ ut stone Were often III
ynu ul-h people riding a6Out in them
h.s.nI dolEpys ~ pretty ~ those IN the
&C., NJ IrR.nd. Ard sO0n Our engines
,3rars us into the station Of the little old
tovn NJ Rl,evnp. which was once the New
Ye-E If IT, AJ.iatic. and numbered It's
r.I,a.sb+ hundreds OF thousands, and is
p1S ygtcri,al,y a village, four miles from
the ~a. ,..h twelve thousand inhablt-
arts
Tins town has not been spoiled for the
tagrss. hg tie enterprise OF capitalists aud
the ingenuity II builders. The old bOuses
,- s,G. here. Toe people IN the streets
ale gy, troubled with auy new fashions,
and dress and behave Is amy number OF
grsar grandparents have done before them.
gr, rYgIrrl- ~ :he old houses are gone,
Ind their sites are occupied by gardens and
ol.r prcharis u IL = metropolis dwln'
die! INTO % village, the capital oil an EN-
pre- >uts.dci To ! mesc place upon the
map.
But iae uu.-. 'sttle town has one torch
that VIII always make it visible to the
void. and shat torch shines out oil the
t,rsDrs, Of the rave. 10 does not take
very Ioa, Tor the visitor TO md the toni
Cd n,sie-aX,lsl forever from his birth
pE,,. ~ F~lrrsuae. i is not a remarkably
g-,pH throne o. death for one whose mem
ory Lot; the little town all s2lOw and calls
more tourists here than any other one
thing IL ia suIlli, square-Shaped oulIu-
my. -,Iudiug upvn tine edge OF q churcI
van! anil enclosed With iron grating,
tar,pyh which W. were allowed to peep and
see rh- marble sarcophSguS that enclOses
the sacred ashes. D1nte's sad, thoughtful
face peers NJ ~ frcm 4 marble relief, and
there are portraits ot his old school master
adi two or three men who knew enough to
Do, kIai q, the author OF the Inferno
while hr was living.
florence has always been anxious to gel
...r. H. ~ RR,k. In. zANk aNprrIlU nygnV
while vet II was living, 81 many years ago.
but beyond g hall ounce OF the precious
dust her desires have always remained un'
grat'ted. II seems u me o! very little
consequence What SecvIues OF a dead mans
body rs long as his soul gets into the right
place. hut they make great account of IT
over here, and / have no doubt that thOus'
aRds o. dollars could be raised in Florence
TODAY 10 buy and place in Santa Crcce the
the S~acCOpGagus Of Dante.
Amoug the many churches IN Ravenna
the most instructive oae ~ that OF SAINT
WHALE. Its buildings "a a rare archltec'
tural trtumph-au OCtagOu cathedral. 1t l:
refreshing to see it open, TOOmy look after
having visited ~ nlduy ct the mOnotnnOuS
paralle'ograms of OF worship hedgeh.:n by
walls Of TRANSCRIPTS aud chapeS. 10 was
Lew vein In architecture. and the desCrip'
ton, aud the u,w description Of its gran.
deurs mlght well ill a book.
There are a dozen churches in the old
city, each OF which would be worth q days
study, but the night cOmeth, when nc
tourist can work. aud we must move on.
Shadows fall across the little, old, with,
cred town, aud bury nee more from sight
rs quaint, quiet architecture and restless
population. The last place but one t.
which We drive il the "MauSOleum o.
L~aeoiOric the Great - which is . grim OLD
structure, possessing not even the ashes o.
sle Old Emperor Tor whom il was built
1He LIST place ~ which we drive is
structure which WoHld have made ever
emperor Italy ever possessed frantic Will
excitement and curiOsity-the railroad de
POI WILL CARLETON.
Uncle Esrk's wisdom.