The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-23

gait. homeward bound, while the sun
was setting. and his last lingering rays
resting upon the ruins Of ancient PAT
aces and crumbling tombs, with when
this famous road or highway Is so thicA-
ly strewn on either side. stretching lar
across the wide waste OF the dreary
Campagns. our eyes took In the straksins
columns, single and In couples, ol VIC
Claudian aqucduct. looking so quiet anu
ghost-like in the evening shadows; s'slu-
ing like lone and faithful sen;ineis Tor
nearly nineteen centuries. now all silent
and faded and broken. yet. forsootn' sun
standing, still surviving the night Oh
time. the wreck OF empires. very 81
lent mourners these, perhaps, sadly pres
ent. at the oft imposing funeral page
anfr-y of imperial Rome's dead centuries
How long they have stood-oniy tnihk
OF u-so silently reviewing the strange
the grand. the turbulent passing OF -
much human folly and greatness INTO
common dust-that first and last con
dition OF all things mortal. be II IN rome
ore elsewhere; dust on top OF DUST III
sone places. many feet OF it. perhaps
Romc-apart from tgypt-is the very
hoadauarters for Ong-accumulated dust
often we have stood by. watching WORK
men removing II from the site OF me Ola
t-o,,trn uncoyering TO the air ana sun
ught marble columns and pillars mat nave
heen covered with the dust OF many ''n-
turtles We do not grade or CLASSIFY nuSt'
we think. with due reverence iapar' iio' ,,
scntimenO, extreme age renuerS IL al
common dust -
speaking OF dust, we find IN our ho'o
bonk a recent memo. which shows that
NJ. Flammarion, the French astlOI'o"'.-'
and Professor Kelley, the American as
tronomer. are in full accord about me ~.
three rings OF Saturn" We Willingly pli,
our faith 10 the theory recently advanced
nv Professor Kelley, which receives tue
hearty support Of NJ. tlammarloh' VIC,
.That the three rings are formed y,
,uderondent and innumerable particies'
rnniions ,inou millions of'picces Of cos
mic dust. " Now this sounds so YER
,iansihle even reasonable. that We take
10 such n demonstration kindly and reaal-
~. -,o-o.,o, Of
dust partakcs OF the Infinite, ana Is ~
vond human ken; It may embrace t.'
whole doctrine OF evolution, since an mat
ter and objects. animate and inahina'''
hegin and end IN this one great clement
which ie never destroyed, put ever
fsting. truly and granniy lhueSii "o'iD'''
so that even mans mortal pony 'so ~
sidereN. may have an hdehhlie 80
ence I'm the original ShaPo, w
ending in indcstrucuole DUST ,,,...
These old arches, columns anu '', -
~ claudius long since ceased lne ~.
s,,,.n,e Of their original Juhcuo"''
their usefulness ended more than do]s"
ennt,,,ies before Columbus first saw Tue
shores Of our continent; Therefore, un,S
ara no longer helping, as IN the oll' o'D
80 20 convey SO copiously 10 Roma
Tfernav the coolest and pufest Wa'el
s.o,, those same old Alban hills az "hose
hase nearest the Capitoiine once Jay ~
canned the mighty hosts OF iiani'par
and I. was here the hardy 'arlhah, i' ,
,ujce daily heard the heroic Guy WIN AV'
hrazen trumpets sounding her 10 -.
taunting. eternal dehnance. 'lne w.
80 tempted into this digrcssioh' anu
49, oorers due apology for the saIneJ
nut after all. there rs some alhlS ~
- me long aud quiet repose OF neatp
IN with objects animate and inahilha'e
I-,o ,nean mortaIiy considered), aDo'f
Round and that beneath. such az ln'
eestacombs and the ruins Of the aqdcHuct
,,ost suggesuvely present 10 the tHous"'-
ful mind .,.o cc,rios and
zion through Porta 81. SepdSlla"O,
few rods further we stopped Ior Nv
minutes in the twilight shades oil 'le
Colosseum to enjoy its dim oid st,i' 70
Ia erandeur. Resuming our walk we
an, ontered the Corso. all brilliantly
,~hted elbowing our way through the
, az ,rovvas OF people that were coming
"a s,oipo A few more steps, ana We
,.aaohed our home I'm tn old Palazlo lsos-
r' .,, -, sbe Corso. opposite Via de Con-
dosti after having spent part a,' of " od %e-
nio'a''' g. A. X.