Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-08-13

coliseums are all one story with n,
widows and all the light coming in from
above The mems sleeping rooms ar,
separated from the women's sleeping
rooms by an open court, with small
garden of flowers in the center. Their
dining rooms were beautifully decorated
with all kinds OF paintings and thought.
Pompeii was built B. c. and wa:
destroyed in A. D. z9 and was buried in
20 feet of ashes until few years ago
still the paintings are in good state oil
preservation and show skill in art. They
followed the nude in both art and sculp-
ture. Their dining rooms abounded in
pictures of fruit, fish. fowl and other de.
icious things including wines.
Syracuse does not show signs OF
decentralization that characterizes the
ruins and ancient art and sculpture Of
France, Scotland and Italy Perhaps
the most marvellous thing in Syracuse is
the Cave, chiseled out of solid rock in a
sersentine avenue form. 1t winds its
way into the rock about 400 feet, is
wedge shaped from top to bottom and
has many graceful and peculiar curves
The wedge finishes at the top after COM
ing within about 2 or 8 foot of an edge,
at the top, and at the farthest point from
the entrance is little room, hewn out Of
the rock, where the spies were kept out
of sight of the prisoners The greatest
wonder Of the prison is its acoustic
properties, every whisper is echoed in
perfect articulation. Clap your hands
and a roar like distant thunder is the
result. Run the scale in base, abs and
the whole mountain of rock seems to
tremble with harmonic rumblngs. TIE
door to the enterance is OF ordinary steel
about 8Xl 0 foot in size, slam it shut with
some force and it makes sharp heavy
sound equal to any clap OF thunder
ever heard and then it rolls and rumbles
and murmers and almost silent whispers.
Here is where prisoners were kept in
the time Of Dionysious about 500 years
B. C. The spies at the top in the little
room were placed thereto listen for any
plotings the prisoners might be making
against the King or any efforts that were
made for escape. We visited the Roman
Amphitheatre in its well preserved ruins.
1t was erected about A. D. 800 and was
used for comedy and tradegy many great
battles we're fought here between man
and man, man and beast. The most
anc-nt ruin Of the above character, is
the Greek Theatre which dates back to
500 B. c. 1t Is said to be the largest
ruin Of il kind in the world SOY 40 doubt
but that this is true, it is much larger in
appearance than the Coliseum at Rome
and is more interesting in its architecture
and general arrangements.
The old walls all about Syracuse stand
yet and many Of them extremity old. The
bay furnishes body Of water that is de-
ightful to look upon. The water ripples
all the time and under this clear sky
presents all shades Of purple, green and
blue, now and then frightened with gold
and the pure white caps. Great steam
boats are seen now and then and the
the canoe is in evidence all the time
Many sail boats can be seen all the time
some Of them so far from shore that they
look like white swans floating lesurey
upon the charming surface basking in the
glory Of Italics sun and famed BY
the breezes Of Sicily's unrivalled climate
There is no doubt but that except in June
j July and August this country has the
finest climate on arth and even now
with this intense sun heat, there is q
breeze all the time and as soon as the
sun is down it gets cool enough SO that
the people out in the parks after lo:oC
o'clock are perfectly comfortably.
| rode 500 miles from Naples in a hot
crowded car to visit this place, but con-
slider my self we'll paid for the trip anc
extra expense.
will start for Rome at Il 5 p m. anc
will have to cover distance OF abou
$50 miles, and will take about "a hours
Mr.. Spencer is there now and | will joir
him tomorrow at the Hotel Central.
/. We will finish our sight seeing at Romt
and then 20 to Paris via Genoa and Pisa
N. j. Myers.
Elect Right Men to the Legislature.