Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-02
Of lapis lazuli and gilded bronze,

while between two statues on the
architrave is terrestrial globe, the
largest single block OF lazuli in ex-
]istence. A little farther on we visit
ed San Pietro in Vinculo, to see
! Michael Angeles celebrated statue
/ OF Moses. 1t is claimed that the
very chains with which Peter was
imprisoned are kept here, and what
purport to be these chains are ex-
hibited from an elevated place in the
church August first every year.
Near by, we saw Santa Maria Mag
giore, rich in gems and mosaic,
decorated with the first gold brought,
from newly discovered America, and
said to contain St. Mathews remains
beneath its high altar, and fve5
boards from the manger cradle of
Christ, while not far away we linger-
ed in Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
to see thorn of Christ S crown, a
spike from the Cross, the finger
with which Doubling Thomas felt OF
| Christs wounds, small piece of the
true cross, and large peice Of the
cross Of the good thief. v rily the.
lasting qualities of~oriental wood put
iron and stone to shame.
Our morning closed with a visit to
! ST. John OF Lateran. which rivals
St. Peters and "St. Paul's without
the Walls in the warmth, bright
ness, beauty and rnagniticence ofits1
interior. This is the Cathedral
Church of the Bishop OF Rome, as
st. Peters is the Cathedral Church
of all the world. In the Lateran
Palace near by, the Popes dwelt for
1000 years. Under the high altar.
of ils interior, the heads OF st. Peter
and st. Paul are said to repose. and
here are the tombs OF several popes.
In the cloister without we saw the
alleged fountain basin ofihe well by
which Christ talked with the Samar-
itan woman, and a curious stone.
! Sab, 6 teet or inches high. rest
ling on four stone pillars, and said to
be exactly the height Of Christ. At
lone side Of the Lateran grounds was
structure enclosing the Scala San
ia, 2S marble steps, up which no
one is allowed to go except on his
knees. 1t is said that they were
brought to Rome by the Empress
Helena in 32o "A. D., and thar they
were the very stairs up which Christ
ascended the palace OF Plate. in.
Jerusalem,
At other times during our stay in
Rome, we visited Santa Maria del
Cappucini, or the Church OF the
Capuchin Monks, also Santa Maria
in Aracoeli on the Capiloline Hill,
and the Quo Vadis. Chapel and
ancient church OF San Sebastian out
on the Appian Way. In the first
named is Guido Reni's famous paint
ling of St. Mitchael Staying the dra-
gon, while in the easement is a prue-
some spectacle. The ground be-
meath the church is earth brought
from Jerusalem, and in this sacred
ground, the early monks OF the ord
er desired to be buried. The time
came when the last space OF ground
was taken, and a place was made for
another by taking up the bones Of
the monks first buried and cording
them up at the side OF the sacred
i spot. We saw cords and cords Of
bones and skulls that had thus made
way for newcomers to their burial
lplot. In the ancient Ara Coeli
church on Capitoline Hill was little
wooden image called s'Bambino'
which they claimed was endowed
with miraculous healing powers.
Custom had been to allow it to be
taken from the church to the bed
side Of the sick, but parishioner
coveting it ieigned illness, had a
duplicate image made and sent it
back to the church, retaining the
original. That night the keepers Of
| the church were aroused by the
knocking Of the real wooden image
on the doors; tor it had miraculously
travelled back and sought entrance.
They no longer allow it to be taken
from the church, and once year
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