Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-22

saw the hanging bronze lamp that gave
GalileO the hint about the pendulum.
[ was surprised not to find it swaying,
but our guide gave it touch with an
umbrella and started it going.
There we saw Andrea del Sarto S
"Saint Agnes and the lamb Ihave a
photograph OF it. Some of the monu-
ments are said to have been designed
| by Michael Angelo.
Most of us climbed the leaning tower.
1t looked exactly as l expected (per-
haps a little whiter) as if / had seen ii
every day of my life.
The font and pulpit of the baptistry
| are beautiful. We were much interest
ed in seeing two babies baptized.
Nurses brought the children and the
| fathers and god-mothers were along.
The babies were very young, one was
| three days old, the nurse said. They
had on fancy clothes and the priest
| wore a white robe. He said a good
deal, and put his finger in box OF
| something and then touched the child's
neck. Then the nurse held the baby
over the font and the priest poured a
| lot of water on its head which the
nurse wiped off with a handkerchief
Then the child's name was recorded in
a book and the ceremony was over.
One baby's name was Margarita Maria.
The echo in the baptistry is very
strange. 1t rumbles around at great
rate. The guide sang the scale and
what not to give us the effect.
We left Pisa about four o'clock for
Rome, reaching that place at eleven,
the latest ride we have had. We
lunched on the train. The railroad is
| near the sea much of the way from
Pisa, and the moon came up and shone
over the water. At the station at Pisa
We're quite d number of officers in their
black jersey, tight fitting, with orange
stripes down the outside of the panta-
looms, and there were gold trimmings
on coats and hats. / never saw such
fine looking fellows, unless it was those
Scotch highlander soldiers at Stirling
castle or the Swiss guard of the Vati-
can, Monday.
We leave Rome tomorrow and have
seen so much that is interesting. Our
pension has been delightful. 1t is
kent by a woman who was born in
Boston, and. though she may not be an
ideal woman, she keeps a very neat
and good hotel. l have not been dis
appointed in Rome; indeed it has SEEM
ed most familiar to me of all the places
we have visited. The forum looked
natural. We went there the first thing
Friday morning. Then we went to the
colosseum which is much nearer the
forum than had supposed. They are
by modern buildings and it
is hard to imagine how old Rome must
have looked.
Tuesday morning. g.-The churches of
Rome have been particularly interest
ing. We visited three Friday morning.
One is ST. Peter in chains, where they
show the chains that bound ST. Peter.
But the chief thing of interest was
Michel Angelo's Moses. 1t is part of a
of Julius II. It is a power
full statue. Icannot appreciate statuary
fully, but can see there is something in
these great masterpieces that the oths
ers lack. At Santa Maria Maggiore |
there was festival, the anniversary of
its foundation. The marble columns
had coverings of red, and crowds of
people were there at mass. This |
church has a beautiful mosaic floor in |
white, green and red marbles, and the |
walls are exquisite. The panelled |
ceiling is gilded with the first gold
brought from South America to Spain. |
The other church we visited was the |
Lateran, the church of the Pope as |
bishop of Rome.
Near here are the Scala Santa, the |
stairs from Jerusalem, up which Luth-
er was climbing when he determined |
to try some other way. We saw four
people, two old men and two women |
up on their knees, stopping |
TO kiss each step. Our guide told us
hat any one who climbed up those |
stairs had three hundred indulgences.
On the way to dinner we passed |
Fra jams forum with the fine column,
md the .Trevi fountain. You know
here is a superstition that any one who
hrows a copper IN the Trevi fountain
will visit Rome again. l have put my
cent in.
In the afternoon we drove out on the
Appian way and visited the baths of
and the Catacombs. A hand
ome Italian guide showed US over the
paths. Many of the mosaics of the old
loors are left, and give hint of the
ormer magniticence of the place. A
ew fragments of the marble frieze are
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