Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-23

eleSsace and solidity; its ooellsks
ana columns, its fountains decorateu
with artistic taste, dispensing pure wa
ter 10 every part OF the city; the neat
ness OF its streets. and above all, ltS
masterpieces OF scientific painting and
architecture, ancient and modern, It's
delightful climate and the taste ana
beauty Of its public parks
FORM A PICTURE
20 vast. so varied and so delightful that
il NAV still be regarded as the most In
teresting city of all the earth, ana 10
Rome. the lone mother of dead en-
hires " the lines Of ProDertiuS, the ele-
giac poet, may still be appropriate
Ompia Romance cedant, miraculae terral
Natura hic potuit, quidquld uolque lecit'
We have been greatly pleased with
the Roman people, in our brief inter-
course with them, they are very conr-
tcous. aud of q grave and thoughtIui
demeauor: out their passions, when
aroused, are said to be violent in the
extreme. They seem TO be fond OF
music and Of street Darades, and specta-
c,es, which, we know comes 10 them as
natural heirs. when we remember the
paeents OF ancient times, when Rome
collected here the Spoils et conquered
nations and when her conQuOrers such
as Pcmpey the Great, marched three
hundred captive princes before his TIL
umphsl car. We visited the cemetery
of the Capuchin Friars and saw num-
ber of rooms adOrned-if that word may
/ ..T- a 80, q annnanfinu-
with the bones of their dead monks.
Jaw bones were arranged together;
tibulas, fibulaS, pelyiS bones, skulls,
. heads of femurS, ribs, scapulas and
various bones OF the body were thus
classified and arranged into lunches OF
flowers. center pieces, border pieces,
and numerous forms very Ike orna-
mental shell work 10 was a gruesome
sight and some OF the ladies OF
the party would fain have avoided IL.
I This afternoon we drove four miles out
side the city along the famous Applan
WAY. A mile from the walls o. the city
we came TO the church called Domino
quo Vadjs." because, as tradition has 1t,
that when Peter the Apostle was driven
from the city by persecution, that
when be had reached this point ne here
met the Savior bearing the cross, and
said 20 him: Domino quo NadlS? In
proof Of this tradition the footprint OF
I the Savior is still 20 be seen in the mar
BILE Of the old pathway Of the AOpian
WAY, and here it was that
the church referred 10 was
built. We pursued our journey
along this road viewing the tombS, or
the remains of tombs Of those who had
been great and powerful in their day;
FOR il was such as these alone who were
honored with a tomb along the Appia.
We passed
THE TOME oFTsENECA
and approached the site Of the villa
where Cicero had lived, and then re-
turned TO the Church Of ST. Sebastian,
al which point we entered the famous
catacombs Of Rome, but was somewhat
disappointed ia them. The weather
has been very pleasant and fair dur
ing our stay in Rome. Tomorrow we
start on a trip to Naples, Pompeii and
Vesuvlus. There are some OF the
noblest fountains in the city that we
have seen. Some inquiry on the sub
iect ed 10 the information that Rome
wasted more water through her foun-
tains in a day than would supply the
city OF New York for the same time.
JouN e. Cuttings.