The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-29

and looking around Il. tho tombs and
at the ruins OF the great %aqueducts and
at the fragments OF whnt were onco
great villas, ] said to myself. "Man, be
thou evena Roman OF Rome's brightest
day, thy name is sure enough writ in
water"
"Rcmorscless time, corrosive mud Implying
The final victory Is always thine"
RUINS OF A GRAND VILLA.
Far away over the Canpagna were
ruins OF the grandest villa ever erected
by man. As in tho case OF tho golden
house Of Nero, all tho resources of the
Roman cmpio-which meant tho
world-wore taxed to build it--ti,e eel.
cbratcd villa Of lIudrian. It covered In
its palalial extent, in its gardens, its
walks and Its drives md pleasure
grounds, hundreds OF acres, and WIS OF
itself lin. its guests and It's dom ~estics)
n great community. Now the molos
and tho bats and the owls inhnbit it.
Tho same man built on the Tiber the
greatest tomb ever designed by man,
and 10Y IL neither bears his nalne nor
,Ioon a, vile anJ sn Xxx nna : - %
sivn TINT Il trmntod am norors ,nl
NOM, IN conrort r. into , s,ron,boiJ
mi ;nstsnd nj hs;nc Tho tnrni,,
ond. tho mor,,ramt ~ u,as;"n
1t is the castle OF st. Angelo.
A grim and %forbiddinc old castle It is,
too, Deeds OF darkness have been done
there that still makehumanity sl,uddor.
dinnls were stranded thorn and G,,,iiao
and Rrnno wore imnr;snno,I ,hn.h IT,
traric inte and tho wondarfmI ioco ni
ReStricc Ccnci mazda Ler i'm mortn and
no naintinr in thn porher;n o,IIar,, ~
nicrr NJ ]scSlnirrn ot tbn Bnrek"s" v;li,
attracts 90 much attention as that foc"
of hers A
But prior 10 oll this dicrcssion 7 wos
writing OF tho old churches Of Rome.
Lctmoget back % them again. Thcrenre
~ ~ .nu,eHEs IN home out ola
tered ones That protrst,nts haro r% nm, "n
since fin n1o.snt =overnman a' oh P% P
control, have wondered ut tin,ps how.
these peonin who Knoll an thn rolJ
stones of these old churchcs world fool
in what We wonld cnii y nodorn cE,,rch
ono with n woodem floor md On. u.;,h
news They don't know NJ tho ,%ist'
cnce of any sucb chnrchos md L,yo No
idea of one that ia not iii md COLI nov
Of n church where Mi do not En"eI ~ =
]roiliny or on tho 1oor nor of nmo ,rhora
there 1re not side chnnnls or nJ,ors hn,
fore which tbev can nroy for ,h" ;nto.
ceysion. Of soma snecial sa;nt Til:o tLo
woman NJ Samor;n thov no,Ii sa,. ~
Won that in tbis m,onnar hnro ,Isw W
their fathers ]worsh;nnnd thro,,rhc,,, nli
ihc mast of Christian Enrn" ana "a
doubt in this manner thew pref.r to
Worship as compared with any othor ne
we would s,;nnose mora com inrtahIa
stylc.
OLDER ru.y CT pr,crp,s
mi, -" ~. ,
me present cdihces are, generally
speaking, what they call restorations
OF older and in some cases primitive
chprcbos Tboro ORC n,on,, - ..o.a.t
structures older ti,op g. Do, ~ =,
was 100 wears in bn;IJ;ra and '.,s ~
finally iinished and cnnsaor,,aS Mi
I62G whnre,s Won oro constontiv s]oa;nn
chnrchos th at wora oithnr 49,,
hriJt in tbn GftoortL nnd a;
centur;ns Eor inst"rco T Laanenan
The o,hcr d,v n ho in H. app Inc
Martin Tntheris so;j 70 Lo,o so;d No.,
for tbn last Tine tho C ~ 81 : nIasr;a
Dcl ponolo and not;nod that "u.i"
hnilt no far b,cl nc H. M.S;oS va" va,
thirtenn years bniors tbn discn,.orr
Amer;co Tb,t would ~. $3.50! ii
chnrcL in ,ho ITri,aI ctpp,ao W oIu
Santa En WHARF 7 nnca 0 som. o" .tn
oidas, cbn,ch thot T ~, w
nnctnd IN 500 hnilt in thn s;rnon.L
centnrv and eoninnod win , h. Mte n.
INV. rocaiI i tfh H. ne". "s
m;Svov in tha fnrr,na,th Sp"'i
iootnJ m tbot ban wh;nh KY -
j,onlod ororianI irom W., n NV oeeia
nj Cor,c,,s mon m;,h l.;nJ y aon'
ont;nI nn.o IL Iii 49, .Ihc'-
older than that to similarly affect me
hereafter. You sec l have been down
III lie mouse Oh iudeus-sLiii IN exist
p,tJ ~, ~: pa ,r,I Un"tci 81 :.
Peter also many times preached. This
is somethi ing in the way of church 10.
ing that not many Of your readers can
beat. [ have also been down in thc
house OF Clemens underneath two
stories underneath the present Church
,oi St. Clement, another place where it
is supposed st. Paul met the early
Christians OF Rome OH MANY occasions,
l have stood down in these old cellar
churches listening to an ANTIQUARIAN
lecturer point out The details OF NV sur.
roundines 90 wildly and impressivclv
,L,. LII .a,LI - SSSrlS'