The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-21
ACROSS THE OCEAN.
4 VISIT TO THE TOMB Of CALVIN
THE EFTTGT or ROSSEAU THE
INFIDEL.
PLACE WHERE THE GREAT CESAR
TROD.
. Description of Switzerland. France
and Ifni, -" Como. ED>"md Deep III
Chestnut Groves" where the
Younger riiny Wa, Born.

r. was the year 1865. and we were in
Geneva. p historic place of which me
readery knows so much that we need
saw little one cannot but recall the
name and times of Calvin. so intimately
associated with his career and life ar
Ibis city. and SET strange fact we
must notice here 10 connection with ihe
memory of this remarkable man. Geneva,
in should De- noticed. mas held these
centuries the great Protestant Cathedral
I'm which he once preached, and where
his most valued friend and ally, John
Knox. wncn "a refugee from his own
country. delighted go SIT and listen TO
tine inexorablc doctrines Of the great
Ffench divine. Ills chair il there now,
and being pointed out Oh cdriOus visitors,
rhevtakea seat ON if. only to boast of the
same thereafter These things and ruch
else I'm times past made this centre oi
nrote-fanii4m and extreme orthodoxy "a
notable place II was ID city OF refuge
for the prosecuted amt the shrine or ine
specially predcsinaicd. ndef lhe
temporary inspiration of these thoughts
wc travellers wanted io know where the
great preacher had been buried, we
wished tO visit his tomb. People ll1e
fo visit the last resting places of ihe
ulusfriou. dead. They imagine 90 As the
next thing t0 seeing them alive, on, ai
l.s-t commentaries them for never having
seen them al an We were kindly di-
rectcl ro that city whose structures
b. last till dOom- day
When we reached the cemetery the
keeper rraci0u-ly conducted us io g
snail stone. m dimensions about c-hi
inches square. ou which were to bee seen
ta~inifiai- So. g." and inis was ai ihat
marked thc spot where Iie the remains
of him who inW-uraird religious com
troyer.y that viii never ond While the
world stands. anG whose opinions haVe
lii more peers cutting fires and caused
more b'0Oi--hci Than any other cnn-e
known to modern history. We refer io
these things only us facts and not a- %
PARTISAN 4 icN hours after looking
uron thi. simple testimonial tO The
memory ol CALVIN. and while sir0lline
along fhe shores Oi fhe lake. We uhsef1 ci
F near thr end of % bridge. on email islet
F a colossal statue in bronze seated and
waters oi Lake Lcmln There upon the
most conspicuous and 40 mciiFe spot
near that beautiful eNpan-e of Wmcr
and under ihc shades of "a classic grove
F wa- ihc honOrcd cflcgy oi Rousseau inp
F mhlcl' I0us this srtmcdwhai Carlyle
would have probably described Cos %
grin. Joke We have no time to "p0in'
. fhc moral. hut leave tine Incident to ihD
readers consideration. ln cNtcnuation
10 may hc said ihat the great philosopher
on Of % matchmaker. WAS born in
+ Geneva. and that after leaving hi-
native ciiy for % long Time pc
turned anal made himself pop
uar hy advocating, ihc erection of 81
rood theatre for the diversion 0i the in
nab.tant- This Was done, however boz
more modern days. audi could never
have been accomplished about thc time
Dr ~.ricfus Na. burned 40 fhc stake In
ihc same clty for bis religious opinions
. Much miglt bc said of ibis historic place
and The fa.ryil'l-c. tIat SO shining along
tae shores of t.leaufiiui lake. OF tiarcn'
4nd Ncay of Lausanne and 'AiIlor
cauoniled in ihe annals of literature lbs
Noltaire. Gibbon and Byron, and hOsi
of others But We were on the move
and mu,t nOW take our leave OF Geneva
tO review few memories OF iri
among the hills OF switzerland and the
lakes of Northern Italy. through 70 re
..on into which railroads bad not then
struIcd. and which does NOT usually at-
tract The attention OF the con'cnuona
tourist,
A few hours by rail around tise north
ern side of Lake Geneva brought u- 4,
Tine entrance of the valley of the khone
ihc gateway into the high Alps, from
whose SHOWS some of the sources of tha
river are derived We need not detair
iic reader with descriptions of tAe seen
ery of such region. 10 is only neces
sary to remind him that the lake we ha'
leff behind us is more than Thousand
feet above the level of the sea and is sin
hundred feet deep. and that mile hy mil,
We were slowly climbing mp 90 the base.
of those stepping stones 10 The lOttles
range 0f them all. in which Mount Blanc
the monarch of the hills. holds sway, ana
upon whose summit the light of the sun
is stil seen when all the rest of western
Europe beneath is in darkness. Al
length then comes a time when Oh,
,p5at.ae engine haiis and we nave o.
mount the numbering diligence and
slowly continue our journey. ln the
meantime wc have noticed many things
As tine hills grow lotticr. the inhabi-
mnts seem smaller and more dcba-cd
/ They are ail, men and women. deiormed.
more or less and suffer from gOiire. "a
D. Cd
+ Their dirty little towns DE scattered
along the sides OF steep dcciiyitie-, as D.
lodged there by chance. with sort of
forlorn hope AS to the future. To our
surprise we saw crops OF good tobacco
and Indian corn. Vines appear every
Where that space and soil can be- found
to accommodate them For local trans
pOriatiOn they use The ever patient don
ney. and Cor cattle, a small, dismal look
nr beast that seems as sad as the peO
pie. and mo- better fed What interested
us most were the ancient towns and lie.
/ npidaied walls shat stood perched upon
the angular clil- and along the -lopine
sides oi the hills at intervals where
great breaks in the mountains
occurred We could scarcely rea-
lie the iact That these were the
remains of Caesar works, built when be
went 90 drive back lie lielvctii into
/ their rocky Businesses. and $50 hold them
there until he could re-c- ablish the k0-
man power in parts OF Gaul lt was a
strange realization that here once bad
PASSED along his Feet OF foot and disci-
I olined le-i0ns. and that bee himself, per
f haps. in his red mantei and mounted on
his famous horse with the divided
hoof." had superintendent in person the
location and construction of these AN
Client works II he did NOT some If his
.uhaliern- displayed remarkable sagacity
and Typographical skill in their consiruc
ton When at their best, they would
have been useless rs modern deienses,
but al the time they were built they
were doubtless impregnable go the
fercest and most determined foe. And
now We malt 10 get an evening meal, hay
inr To- travel still further up the valley
before We reach our resting place for tine
nirht. Il was earlier than the shadows
of the surrounding hills indicated We
were ia the twilight below, while away
up upon some high solitude could still be
seen the rays Of the setting sun