The Holt County sentinel., 1900-12-21
FRIDAY, Dcccnhcr 81. 1000.
Rome and St. Peters Church,

10 NV n'" Ah'h'
The railroad from Genoa in Rome
practically skirts the coast th- enlir,
distance some three hundred miles, ard
is virtually n shoot from one tunnel I,
another; 81 numerous indeed are thcs,
tunnels that good California lady, but
triiis heavy set-do not let the quail
flying phrase have Just used cunvr,
the imprrssi IN that good ladies are uut
necessarily heavy set, such is far from
my intention, ! assure you hardly got
the candle she had provided IA, rseli
with for the occasion blew out from one
tunnel To another, 80 that virtually We
in the car happened To he in, anioyrd
an illumination during the whole uI
that most uupl-asant night ride 1,
Rome, which act Of the good lady :
much to her annoyance, formed a sourc,
of levity, regret 10 say, Ia the youth oI
our party, Tom Pyncs. usually stoical
actually howled with delight, and even
Papa" the ''fatto mann Of "a later day
seemed TO highly enjoy the general III
Iarity, though what he meant hy saving
that he deemed the good lady AT all
times perfectly safe was never able Il
fathom. The journey however from
Genoa to X me j. unpleasant cnnugh to
develop the idiosyncrasies in an ones
make up, and were not confined 10y any
means lu the fat lady from California;
in fact, the write Is not postivcy sure
that he himself escaped mtlar crit
cism, for he vaguely remembers one
lady-and he will always think her Il
very disagreeahle lady attrac ing her
husbands notice, after some very cner-
getic nudges with her elbow, and ask
ing in decidedly high keyed whisper
''if he thought the tall gentleman in the
linen dustcr quite right:" Ii the jnur-
ncy itself tends 10 develop idios, ncra asi,'S,
the Italian railroad system tends la de
yrlop the frequent usr of the strongest
adjcctives known Ia the English vocab,
ularly. The starting of u train in Italy
Is actually u work Of art, and however
eNasperating it may seem when cNpe,li,
tion is required, its cnmical features
outweigh its cxasperatinH onrs; first the
conductor too,s horn, usually swung
over his shoulder in Alpine fashion. The
station man lanSu,dly rings bell, aud
all the train guards geS,iculatr vigor-
ously and dance like scared rabbits up
and down the platform. yelling in un.
ison at the Americans not L. put their
heads out of the Windows, and bcg II
violently slamming shut the cnmpart
ment doors of the little toy ears in vogue
on all the r,adS. then comes an asta.
matte toot nr tau from the engine
whistle and then. much tn the surprise
of the onluokrr. the ear actual, hrgins
tu slowly move and the train is in motion.
The cars are small aud dingy. and. rs Is
everywhere the case IN the Continent,
are divided into compartments. holding
eight persons usually with four compart
mcnis 10 each coach, the same car ire
quently having compartments Tor first,
second and third class passengers. the
only difference IN the classes being
better style ot uphoistrrinc in the first
class cars, and all aS absolutely destitute
of all the modern cunvrnicnccs known
10 oar American system, rs is the rlch
man. in the eyes of our rnpulist friends.
uf a soul. Nor is this want VI cnnven-
lencies all We miss un the Italian roads:
there is, | regret To add, a dcarth of
those tiattering compliments 50 dear to
our vanity and which elevate one 81
highly in the estimation of our fellow
travellers, when the porter grasps your
valise, and, with all the grniality known
to that particular branch ot the service.
blandly observes, glad 20 see YOU Judge.
going up to the Hub aga'n | scc." and
the still more genial salute of the con
ductor. which actually thaws out the
soul of man like spring shower does
crocus bud, when, rs he hands you
back 81 out Of 81 fare, he apologize
ally adds, beg your pardon, Colonel,
but the brakes will expect a little holt
day fund, you know There is. re-
peat, painful and eXasperating lack of
such experiences on the Italian roads
But it seems We are approaching Rome
as slowly as the writer did on the par
ticular night he has been attempting To
descrihe, so | will pass over all miGor
details Of railroad travel, and have YOU
look with me on my first sight of the
Eternal City. The sun had just risen
and was bathing in golden Radiance the
desolate compagnas or plains ever a
feature of Roman landscapes stretch
ing in long vistas towards the distant
Albanian hills: the broken arches of the
Claudian aqueduct, melancholy re-
minder of glorious past. sillhoutted
against the azure sky line: here AID
there dismantled ruin speaking sadly
ot storied past: and the walls of the
city-a gray threat on the distant hori-
zon; while above tie walls. rise the
spires and minare,s of castle and cathe-
dral towers catching the CLINT of the
radiant sunbeamS in fronded arch and
gilded vane, while over and above il all,
like the bow of promise above the
clouds, the golden, glittering dome OF ST.
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