Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-23
SEEN IN ROME.
C. Cuttings Writes Entertainingly
ils Cravels-Many Places of Interest
tied and Graphically Described.
llrra. ll-n.e OF IA n.nlsl..


ne 81 inst. the weather was pleasant
not being incommoded by the heat,
by GalligiQui' messenger we see
you have been at hOme-we enjoy
ar visit TO the U0izi Gallery and the
Palace Galleries, where are so
~ splendid works Of the old mas
Oh the portraits OF the old mas
B, each one painting his own ike
-, We thought that OF Raphael the
INCEST, ana han1Somest. But we
re greatly interested In looking up
the cOuntenanceS Of Michael Angelo,
q of Titan. We also visited In the
tti Palace, the apartment occupied
King Humbert and his family in Flor
ICE. The ladies' OF the party were
'eatly interested In the Queens bed
1amber and drawing-rOomS, more SO,
thought, than in,the great paintings
* the galleries. We passed through
Che apartments that had been used by
Count CayOur, the BiSmar6 or Italy.
TRAVELLING FROM FLORENCE TO ROME
we noted the products and the people
with a strange interest; the general as
pect of the country is mountainous,
billy and rolling with a general desc
late and dead air that over
hangs this land like a pail Yet there
were very good crops OF
wheat, barley, potatoes, and far more
land cultivated I'm Indian corn than one
would expect 10 see here. Large pOr-
tions OF this, however, was but poorly
cultivated, whether through ignorance
or Incidence, We could not tell, although
much of 10 was planted entirely too close
in the hill as II for fodder The Italian
houses I'm the country are mostly small,
built OF stone or OF brick, staCCOed, and
the tile roof. There is perfect harmony
OF color IN the houses and surroundings;
the windows are few, small, aud often
n 6oWed, which gives the house prison
like appearance, while the general as
pect is picturesque and at the same
time desOiate.
Before leaving florence we had long
search for the house In which Dante
was born. This was caused by the diff
ficulties Of the language But after a
time a mail carrier directed US, In
broken French, 20 q plain three-StOried
stone house, on which was o tablet with
q Latin inscription which stated that
Within that house the "djvine poet was
born. Perhaps little more kindness
from his native place in life would have
served better turn, as he died weary
exile from bis home; hlt 10 may be with
out suffering himself, be could never
have depleted the sufTerings of the con-
demned As be did IA the Dlyina Connie
dia. u Is claimed that he is the most
original Of all the poets, and TennysOn
said ''He was the king of poetry that
had reiguei six hundred years. We
saw many Italian women working in
Che fields with the men, and one Of the
-ettiest pictures on our route was
mily group of men, women and
rem, seated in the shade i'm the har-
50 field, taking their MONDAY rest.
heir bright colors, all so harmonious
and so different from what We would
see at home under like conditions, made
the scene attractive. Each little farm
or plat Of land is surrounded on the
boundary line with mulberry trees,
which are never permitted TO grow tall,
but are
NsrED, APPARENTLY, EVERY YEAR.
side Of each little tree are plant
el across from tree 10 tree. so that
D little larm is surrounded by a
laylrd and also furnishes a supply Of
u.5errv leaves to feed silk worms.
Vs Dassed down the Tiber for some
miles, crossing it q number of times,
ana must say that we were a little bit
disappointed in the appearance OF this
historic river. The river in ancient
times was much larger than at present;
the destruction OF the forests is given
as the cause of the change.
We have been ia Rome one day, and
have not yet seen very much OF IL. Last
night we drove to the Colosseum, and
walked alone through It's gigantic
Elrcres. The moon was shining, max
ing golden bands across the dark
shadows, and all was silent, as we were
the only persons within the
vast ruin, where in the olden
times $1,000 spectators had
applauded to the echo the contests Of
giadiators and wild beasts. II these
mighty walls could repeat the sounds
they have echoed the 0lackesc page in
history could be written.
'Tbe hand that rounded Peters dome
and groined the aisles Of Christian Rome,
Wrought IN sad eternity;
Himself from God he could not free,
he builded better than be knew,
The conscious stone 20 beauty grew"
Yesterday we visited st. Peters,
trsversed It's immense nave and aiSleS'
and pazsd with wonder upon its stu
peud0us Dimensions and with admira-
tion upon the work OF Bramante and
Michael Angelo. 1t seems as if
HEAVEN MAD ENDOWED
Angelo with gifts supernatural; at once
architect, painter, poet and sculptor,
and in each eXceillng the
hest of the best. Taree hundred
and ffty years passed away
and forty-three POpes reigued during
the time Of the commencement Of ST.
l,,teters. and its conception. 10 is now
a.',n,a rpest church in the world The
~EariBg of the SiStine chapel Is regarded
~ me eliminating effort of modern art;
and none but the master hand OF Mi
cbael Angelo, acquainted with arChi-
tocrnral designs, and painted In archi-
tectural effects without a peer, could
hove Droduced the lifelike figures that
Sand forth on These walls, the admira-
tion of pilgrIms from every land. The
hest proDhet is the past, then, what
lessons are TO be read here, in Rome, i'm
marble, In bronze, In painting, and In
bsr vast ruins. Those who can read
nav read in the bsS-reljefs on the col
dmDs of Trojan and AUtoninuS the his
4orv of their times and deeds as plainly
Id the day on which they were written.
hp the days OF Augustus the imperial
ioitv must have numbered two millions