The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12

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He is very active and kee"s gong
all the time. The evidenc,: OF ms
recent threatened paralysis 2*ve al
most entirely disappeared. As ever
sincerely yours, J. ". BahcccA.
fDictated by Senator TilsTr>n.)
Geneva, July -. ,os.
r. is practically month no. since
va left Naples, and the t'Iae mas
been most pleasantly, and / ho.e pro,
s+ab,v passed, both mentally ana
physically. The journey nas oeen
Ia;snrely, which brought US to .ene-
Va but the sightseeing has oeen
or;te arduous. Rome was es5eciat.s
and necessarily the most eSsc'1s ~
its points Of interest, mad the WOE
necessary to see them. We oman
~ there twelve days and theo, II
ssenair. decided that it would taAe
= wears hard work to gain any aus
onate idea of things, ana 1hei no'
~ AN TO Florence. Moreover. there
was a constant desire for 3ooAs.
rbich ware at home, to ref:e>a oui
memories, which was pF'N.a..e. .e
The one thing which IS lnco,ap.s s.
bansi5le. even now, is the sp'@:tnes, -
10 Roman Forum; and way ~
maov temples and other r:sssiss s
@ s,s;16ings were crowded into Su.Is .
= small space, and that IN ~ .h
so+reen hills, is q question "hlon l
oServ thoughtful traveller WA a asa
s.s.sa,f T am sure the entire area
,-nawn as the Forum, implies, oas.N-
eas etc. is not ten acres iats 80
, sI,,ses the space from the IScpeisn
49, s,s on which the Capitol STOOD
~ the Arch Of Titus. But | eannUs ,,.
" sar+aEe any description ane onis
mention this surprising fact as TN
MOST striking thing n our S.si' w ~
us so-r,e~ mistress Of the wori1. we
ooi;ced a marked difference II ~
roman people from the Neapo',sa4s -,
They are larger in stature anu -. -.
beggars which are so pesute.u - =,
Naples are very rareN seVA
IN the City Of Florence.
We reached Florence on the even,
;ns Of July 8, and spent the 'oo1sI
:, this beautiful city. 1t ms he
Minis. ~ and the bridge across the ARM '
tuiNs' - tho only structure whcf
has came down from the A2ms4
800 80 There is sculpture every
Ehere and we absolutely ocans
snrfeite6 on great paintings.
Noar the edge Of the prlnclpa
.orsre and in front Of the old palace
which then, as now, was the seat o.
the CITY government, there is a CIR
c7Ilar bronze tablet let into the pave
ment over which passengers ana We
hicles pass, with the picture OF ID
yonarola and the / end MARKING
that as the spot on which he was e
ecuted, and his body afterwards
burned along with the two MONKS
Era salvestro and Fra DomeAleo
who were his principal lieutenan1s
IN +oe effort to reform the abuses
Catholicism. He was equally oraTe
md fearless with Luther, whom ne
antedated by half century OF more
will confess to greater reeilns
Of solemnity in looking at TINS teo.
1e+ which may be hkened to largs
bronze medal, than have on enter,
ing any church since I have been ID
Europe.
Again ! would c2ention the marked
Improvement in the .yre Il the peo-
ple as compared with the soutneri
italians. The Florentines are full.
as large in stature as the Americans
and the impression made on me By
the people in the streets is that they
are Of a highly intelligent, courte;
Gus and admirable citizenship.
It is straining on the muscles OF
the neck to gaze at pictures and there
are SO many in the two great gal
leries here-the Pitt and the Ufizz
that we were glad to move on 10
Venice, which city we reached on
July I.
The Far-Famed Valley of the Po.
The route carried US across the
ADpernines, through large num-
ber Of tunnels and through pictures
oue scenery, after which we des-
cerded into the garden Of Italy, the
far-famed valley Of the Po, though
the land is no richer than the plat
extending from Venice to Milan
which is designated as the plain OF
Lombardy. It is difficult to anyone
who has not seen the rich praries ex-
tending from Indiana westward tc
conceive the richness Of this lana
The landscape, however, is very oil.
ferent. There are no large helos OF
open spaces. The mulberry trees
whose leaves are used to feed slE,
worms, are everywhere IN evidence.
while avenues of Lombardy poplar:
and rows Of elms to support grape
vines give the appearance Of wood
ed country. The trees are kep'
pruned to small heads, and crops OF
corn, wheat and clover are grown
right up to their roots. Livery foot
of Hand is utilized
We, had seen comparatively little
Indian corn till we reached this fer
tile region and. considering the IN
teriigen"o IF the people, it is a very
striking "cmmentary on their lack
of experimentation and initiative
that they are such poor farmers N
corn culture. The corn is absolutely
broadcast, and when you can see
anv rows at all they are from twelve