Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-05-06
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CARLETON IN ITALY.
rHR Pogr vIsWS THB HANGING TOWERS
OF PISA.
r,I,,, Marble Ec,anEieity-Grihaldl, the Military
SAINT o. the Ialians-Fas Celebrated Uolun-
bus Misunderstanding the Crown
PrineA
Special Corr,spondenee.)

only as the pOSSeSsor Oh u nAiu'oNA0 'SA
,oTsr that leans thirteen feet out CT the
rerpe,dicular. 1t used to be one OF those
n,iion.eities, 80 to call them, which could
ao,D;oa.s over vast reaches OF country,
18th ,vespons aud brain. 1. drove the
Arab, ont OF Sardinia, exterminated tnelr
gsst in Sicily, and sent thousands OF brave
and vaguely enthusiastic warriors to the
Crusadss. 49,, .,e,
tb,n 40 600 inhabitants, and good for about
oue day to ths tourist, because the fonnaa-
tions o! its tOwsT hayS settled up on one
side Il the other sids should also settle,
and strlightsn up the structure, 1t would
be the RUN Oi the town.
But no one EN- deny this tower Is
beauty, and worth spending time on and
around. Il is about = hundred and eighty
fact high, and 10 eight different stories Of
white marble. Around each story Is q
gallery with fine colum0s and odd capitals
An easy stairway within, Bunker Hill
m,arnslt fashion, leads to the top. Here
Won have o splendid view; but what you
principally look ut is the ground lmme-
d,atgly below wondering, meanwhile,
Whist particular portion Of it you would
sccns, II the thing went down with you.
Rat for six centuries this handsome mar
ple receBlr.Gisy has stood here IN this atu'
tude, and is perhaps good tor six more
barring the earthquakes that are becoming
6, fashionable. Aud as 1 stood there u
"chime" OF seven heavy bells began howl
inc all together, and the vibrations which
thew ave the structure were something
tremendous. makiug ms feel that, ii thu
towe- cnpld withstand these inverted ket.
ties. racket day otter day, il was good foI
the earthquakes. Bat looking upward
from the ground aud look ng at the fearful
angie at which it leans, enc almost won
ders that it dDes not tail before his eyes,
and can remember no tree that eyerstruck
such an attitude and lived.
The other curosjtiGS Of Pisa are rather
commonplace rs compared with what one
sees elsewhere in Italy, except the Bap-
tristry, whiu5 is very handsome build
ing. Inside the cathedral is a large bronze
chandelier, the swinging Of which, they
say. suggested TO Calico his idea Of pen
d1luu; but il is more probable the idea OF
a pendulum suggested the story. l have
had a grea. many sweet Authorizations
uncovered 10 the raw sir truth since enter
ing Italy. 49,,
Much more tangible WAS the little room
in nv hotel, where GIriblldi lay wounded
three months. The landlord has hung
proudly 10 his hall picture OF the dis
sbleI hero, borne to his refuge IN = barge,
with friends miuistsrilg to him with ten
ds-nsss aui love, IS h3 gddes WEAKLY
along. GArib2ldi Is the military saint OF
Italy. Ii Yictoy Emanuel is ranked IS the
father of his country, Garibaldi must be
chilled itI bTother-itS lover. Few cities
of any s'zs bat have streets named after
him. All his hsuutS are pointed out aud
dot,I upon and bis euphoniou5 name Is
gopi for csnturies.
The city oi Genoa, a hundred miles
north and west Of Pisa, is 3 bswilderiug
mss of splendid churches and gorgeous
plllc,s. interviewer with the noisy, vlbrS-
tiny strands Of commerce. Ii is clean and
tbqiry compared with ether Italian towns,
and beggArs are 50 rarely met with as to
sean almost curiosity.
There il ? sturdy independence among
the common people that has never Infected
the r-gjons further sOuth. One humble
shoo.virl walked several blocks to find a
certaia street for our party. and, with
smile aud pleasant bow, babe us adieu-
absolutely refu'iog to sccept any re-
munerat,oa for the service. For awhile
We stood perfectly aghast with astonlsa.
meut; one lady nearly tainted. Please
show me he map D." shs fAltered at last.
Are we s.ii( in I.aly?"
We were, and soon came to the grand
marble monument OF Mazzlal. IL stands
in a little glrdeu of its own, with bsausi-
ful trees o.; Sfoliage around il. This grass
s.rowu aud fpweT-bS5ded hill is in q
bright, though sal, contrast TO the thornS
valleys through which ne sought for Itlly's
freedom. HIS marble image stands beautI-
fully outlined against the blue sky, the
nobly shaped head poised in thoughifulness.
Athls feet crouch u man and 0 woman OF the
common people, for whom he toiled spd
suffered. | asked several passers-Oy whose
monument it was, IN order To hear aud see
the manner ia which they would pronounce
the name (unly hS initials in large herb
agelstterS upDl the grass plot tell whom
the monument is f1,) The loving, ca
ressiug way in which the beloved name
came from their lips was very agreeable
study.
We had sesa his tomb in the Campo
SInti, or Cemetery, earlier in thu day. 1t
is as simple - TIA. OF Washington at Mt
YsruIl, VITA terraces beneath il and a
hillside for ia back wall Dlric columns
support the smtlt but massive granite
structure; his mothers grave is Just out
side
Near the station is the celebrated monu-
msnt of Columbus. Il ia more grand than
lOgi, tor what right has Genoa TO any
OF Columbus glory? tie WAS born there,
10 be sure, but pOt At the Invitation ct the
city, which considered him daring his
years Of struggle as a visionary tool. To
be SUITE, the generation that built the
monument was not the generation that
sighted him; hat if there il any sense in
thsir having huils it at all, it is as an
apology for the stupidity Of their fore
fathers. Thsy have also placed at his feet
the figure Cf America, knseling. No
American can gaza at her in that posture
without feeling that ,S is time for her TO
rise 10 her fset, having already thanked
him suli ,i,ntly fOr discovering her. The
idea of Americas knCeling in this decade
to anyone but God is absurd.
From Genoa tD San Reno, where we
write this. San Reno Is few miles east
of Nice. T. is o strip OF narrow Mediter-
ranea coast, backed By hotels, palm fields,
oraugs groves, villas, aud quaint old
town. Il has the uSua. gay and leisurely
sir Of seashore resorts; music, flowers and
all kinds OF fairy-like bric-a.brsc for sale.
MA large building in which the German
IN Prince suffered for so many weeks
OF closed. 1t is in the midst Of
.sssSn ifuI gardens, in full view Of the sea.
Ishappened to zoe in San Reno the
morning when he left her to take his
throne at Berlin. He drove to the little
station almost as simply as a common
citizen. he would not have his special
train halted opposite % Vile in which
he had lived, because he did not want
to disappOint the people who were as
sembled to see him OF. He looked
sad aud very much exhausted as ne