The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-14
lRoNQuILL's TRAVELS.
BE Drank From st. Peters Well ard Walked
the Very street Over Which Julius
Caessr Marched.

| Caeser Marched.
| Hon. Eugene Ware OF Fort Scott, Of
| whose poetic genius every kansan is
proud, was in the city last night and made
| the corridors Of the Carey resound with
his modest but eloquent descriptions Of
Europe. 1t is hard to conceive of higher
degree of pleasure than to sit down in
front of ..Ironquili' and listen 20 him
rscite the incidents OF his European
travels In this line he has no peer in this
section of the country, but Senator In
gals, aud it is worthy OF note that both OF
| them were interested by the same OBJ
| jects Mr.. Ware is a charming converse.
tionalist and being literally endowed
with wit, poetry aud Intelligence his
descriptions are beautiful.
The ruggid cliffs of Cape Clear and the
| beautiful barber of Cork in the south
OF Ireland were the first impressions
| he received. A storm drove them into
the harbor where they sheltered long
enough TO see the emerald verdure of the
surrounding hills and valleys. He pos
| lively declares that he never saw anything
so green as the grass OF Erin in all his life,
| and never expects to.
| He did not like London. He says it is a
! great big city without apparent system or
order, and dirty He visited the British
museum which interested him very much.
One thing Of especial interest was a black
colored rock he saw there. This rock was
dug up in the fields OF Babylon, where it
was placed 4. 300 years before Christ. 1t
was q corner stone of vast tract of land,
and one Of its sides was the deed to the
property inscribed ON the rock. He says
he never in his life read more perfect
deed and he doubts whether there is q
lawyer in Kansas who could make u
stronger one. The deed conveyed vast
area OF land and Mr.. Ware studied it with
interest, in hopes that he might
trace It's ownership to one of his fore
lathe rs and claim the broad acres which
it represented. At the Louvre museum
at Paris he saw brown clay slab which
was found in the buried ruins of MIN
nevah. This slab was warranty deed to
town lot In Ninnevah and it was more
perfect than the deed to the Babylonian
tract OF land. 1t described the location of the
lot, street, number and ward, and in addi-
ton it described the abutting property.
1t was signed and witnessed. Ach9lo-
sists told him that the slab was made of
conveyance were written upon it, after
which the slab was baked.
He stood ucon the mound of Waterloo
and took birds eye view of the battle
field that sent Napoleon to exile and re-
established the national boundaries of the
great continental Kingdoms. He says
that the battlefield is as level as
the streets of Wichita and that
the fatal ditch talked about so
much is nothing compared to bitches he
encountered in Southern battlefelds dur
ing the civil war.
He attendedsmass in the grand cathedral
of Milan. He says it was one of the most
magnificent sights he ever saw and de-
ciared his Inability to describe it. He Oc-
cupied chair. watching in a dreamy way
the great congregation, the priests in
their gorgeous robes and the millions of
dollars worth of statuary and paintings,
when a heavy hand came down on his
shoulder and voice whispered in his ear,
"how is this Tor Kansas" IL was
ingalls, who made the remark. 4 voice
from the prairies of the Sunfower State
sent thrill. OF joy through his whole
frame, and both of them observed the
strange and beautiful sights together.
He says that Milan is a wonderful place
and that apart from the styles of archi-
lecture and the language spoken, ic is like
al American city. Naples was the next
place he visited aud he put in sixteen
hours eacn day among the ruins of Pom
pei. He says it was the greatest sight ne
ever saw. '"The greatest sight l ever
saw" is Ironquiils verdict.
At Rome be hired an archBologist and
literary man to accompany him to the
points OF interest. He visited ST. Peters
and kissed the pope's toe. The pope's toe.
which so many people believe to be the toe
of the pontiff, is nothing but the toe OF the
bronze statue of St. Peter which, he says,
is worn from visitors kissing it. He con-
siders 1t tie finest statue he ever saw, and
says it WAS brought from St. SopEia's
church in Constantinople. The present
haptsmal fount was the sarcophagus OF
the Emperor Trajan, aud represents the
finest carving mortal eve ever rested upon.
The old baptlsmal fount stand near it was
the one in which Constantine the Great
was baptized. Ia all his travels he never
saw anything half SO magnificent as ST.
Peters, and did not think it possible to be-
the work OF human skill.
N hobnobing with his guide around
the city he was led into blacksmith shop
Ia the rear of this humble looking building
he descended two flights Of stairs and
found himself on the very paved street
over which julius Cesar travelled in his
triumphal march. He also examined the
ruins of the temple of Juno. His next
visit was to the Mamertine prison, where
St Peter was confined. That. too, is sixty
feet beneath the surface of modern Rome
aud is in an excellent state of preserva-
ton. He drank from the Identical we'll
that sprung through the floor OF St
Peters cell. He visited the ruins OF a club
house patronized by Augustus Cesar aud
his compeers and saw their writing on
tine walls. He also visited the homes of
Cicero aud other noIabies OF ancient Ro-
man history. He sailed out in the
Mediterranean aud visited some of the
more important islands. Mr.. Ware
brought back with him nearly $2,O0o
worth OF photographs OF the places and
things that interested him.
LOST MAN.
From the Guthrie Leader
Leonard Paige. aged "a, height feet
lOj% inches. light hair, blue eyes aud light