Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-08-23
DR. HIEDE II RoKK
Altar q viEt to Pisa, Genoa and Other
Noted Places he Goesto the
Eternal City


CurreHuondencs % the Ledger.
Pisa, ITALY, July Settle did we
Inpposs yesterday when We were en-
ioyiug The privilege Of looking through
ne splendid apartments Of the Kings
Palace in Milan, that King Umberto,
ere uIne ,o'elock at night would be
shot 70 death by An a~ssassin's hand.
An Italy is In mourning to-day and In
Rome tomorrow we q witness me
funeral Of The King. How like these
Italians ls this dreadful assassination.
They are q t~reachsrous people and /
feel unsafe In their midst. We lid q
long ride to-day from EilaE 10 Pisa,
via Genoa. Between them the coun-
Cry is fat and poor, producing q poor
quality Of Indian corn and inferior
meadow grass. Il is ditohed and
hedged, bat falls far short Of the Hoi-
land and Belgium countries. Work Ia
nearly ell done by hand and what lit
tie blowing is done lie by oxen and
the primitive pillow.
Between Genoa and Pisa the road
runs along the Mediterranean and hall
the time apparently we were running
through tunnels. Mountain ranges
were In sight eli TIE way. The valleys
were productive and We saw some
beautiful gardens and vineyards. We
had q Ane opportunity Of seeing Ital-
ian country life in al Of its phases.
One Of the most frequent and novel
scenes that came under cur observa-
ton was the women washing clothes
along the water courses, standing in
the water and beating the clothes
against the rocks. The Italians have
q fence that il peculiRr to themselves
stone posts with holes drilled In the
top and bottom, with. wooden pieces
run through the holes and slAts nailed
on. We passed some historic towns:
Pavia, where St.Augustine wa buried,
and Genoa where Columbus was born.
We saw the fine statue Of the latter.
Between Genoa and Pisa taere are
evidencesiof considerable wealth some
fine mansions and q few old castles
on the mountain sides. Pisa, where
we are stopping tonight, is 9 quaint
old city; many OF the houses look
like they might have been built in the
times Of the Caesars. The only
places Of interest were the old Duomo
with lie cleaning Tower" and HBap-
tistry" attachments. The Leaning
Tower has been the marvel OF visitors
for many long years and the Baptistry
IL . wonderful echo tower. We saw
some fine old paintings in the church
and the chandelier, whose vibrations
suggested TO Calico the invention Of
the pendulum.
Pisa lie 8 town OF great antiquity,
one OF the twelve towns Of Entrurta,
Afterwards augmented into a colony
of Rome. The University OF Pisa is
one OF the oldest in Italy; founded in
1928 and still the center OF Tuscan
education. We only saw the outside
OF this venerable building. Lord
Byron made bis home here 10 1922.
From Pisa 70 Rome is a ride Of
about 8 hours, skirting the MedIterra-
mean most Of the way through q fat
~andlrather barren country. There Is
a notable absence Of tunnels OF which
We had over 100 yesterday from Ge-l
noa 10 Pisa. There seems to be little
In the way Of agricultural products,
corn and wheat OF an inferior quality
about all in sight. A prevailing fea-
ture Of the landscape lie the white
long-horned OK and the old wooded
plow. / was surprised In not seeing
many vineyards. We were on historic
ground all day, crossing the "Rui-
con-" passing the summer homes of
Pompey and Pi1s Antonius and other
notable places in ancient history. We
must have passed near the spot where
the Romans annihilAted the army Of
Hasdrubal, cutting OF his head and
throwing 1t in the camp Of Hannibal.
You can im~agine.our feelings as we
came in sight of the old Tiber and,
running along the old Aurelian road,
finally came within the walls Of the
'Eternal City,"
GAN roads lead to Rome" and 30
we are here at last. win tell you
something OF Rene in . few days. II
am 90 dased with st. Peters and the
Coliseum 1 can't writel One day in
Rome; Shall 1 ever forget it,
d. <. HMDE.