The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-09-21
Notes Of Travel.

AtOASo Va AhaVSi.
The following extracts from letter
from Mr. H. H. Haines depict some Of
the sights Of travel since leaving Con-
stantinople
FLORENCE, ITALY, g 1900
0fall the places since we left "the best country
in the world" this city of Florence appeals to us.
1t is the finest city we have won't to linger'-
the first place we would like to tarry a month.
Lovely Florence with its everlasting works and
Its inexhaustable riches in gems of art entices
one to stay with her and drink in her air OF
ancient greatness and magnificent splendors in
the things that were given her GOO years ago.
We will leave here tomorrow with regret, and
go to Venice with her unique and delightful
attractions, ibut she cannot hold you and keep
you like Florence.
A week from today we will be at ODER Ammer-
gau with her renowned " Passion Play" and it
will be favor If we have such delightful day
as this one. We stood an hour ago at the graves
of Mrs. Browning and Theodore Parker, in the
English cemetery here, and passed the house Of
the former as we returned, which has a tablet
marking the home of the English poets; we have
stood by the tombs of Dante and Michael Angelo;
we have been in the five million dollar tombs Of
the Medici family and through the two richest
galleries of paintings in the world. This city is
void of the dirt and squalor we have been passing
through.
We enjoyed Rome again, of course. One could
not help but do So We were favored there in one
sense. Not one visitor to Rome in a thousand
sees the Pope--9i years old now-but we did to
our entire satisfaction and in St. Peters too. He
went into the high altar, place where no one
offciates but himself-under the dome of that
vast cathedra-and delivered his benediction
upon all present, as well as upon all things
present. He was carried in by some eight officials,
robed in cardinal brocade satin, in o gorgeous
chair of cardinal and gold-s sedan ehair-on the
shoulders of these men, and he was cheered to
the echo all through the church, while he deliv-
cred his benediction as he was carried along. He
looked to weigh about so lbs and like frail old
woman
It has not been oppressively warm with us,
nothing like what you tell us of the summer at
home.
The drive from Saierno to Amelfi and on to
Sorrento was the greatest drive in all the world,
on the mountain side over the sea, with nothing
but ledge to drive on, So miles in all. On the
one side below was the sea, on the other was the
never-ending groves of olives, the vineyards and
fig trees, the orange trees full of yellow fruit and
here and there fortress of bygone days, and
converts and monasteries by the score.
We visited Pompeii and there we saw the old
city dug up out of the earth within the last $50
years. which had been there over 1900 years. We
walked its streets and went into its houses and
saw wonders ofages gone out of the memory Of
man.
We went up on yesuvius and a hard ride on
; horseback and carriage it was--and saw down in
the crater.
In Greece we saw much, and were at the ruins
of old places spoken ofin the Bible.
Athens was better city than any we visited
/, since st. Petersburg like an American city