The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-06-03
BILKIys IN ITALY.
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Win me pAlnIlnEE- Inc VATICAN II
really a collection ov buildings. but
awl air connected. an bein' used fer
the same purposes. hit may be spoken
ov az one buildin'.
Sc. Peters Church, the largest and
finest in the world, IL located near
the Vatican. they say that fifty
thousand people can be crowded into
their church at one time.
Under the dome ov this great
church liz the tomb ov st. Peter an
a vast number ov lamps burn GROUND
this tomb day and mite. One ov the
columns In this buildin' liz sed ter
hev bin taken from Solomon's tenn
pie.
This church or cathedral. az hit IL
often called. contains probably the
be found. These pictures air very
large. very handsome, an were made
by skillfully pieeing together small
bits ov marble and other stone. many
colors In the stone being shown, and
put together so well that the rich
pictures might be taken for oil paint
ings by awlmost anyone. Ov course
awl this cost a great deal. These
Mosaic pictures all represent Bible
scenes and are truly wonderful.
/ find that much ov the city ov
Rome IL more or less new lookin'.
But the ruins ov the old city, ancient
Rome. air old ennuff fer anythin'.
Some ov the remains" or buildings
look like they had just cum out ov a
red-hot perlitical campane. The
Colosseum IL one ov the few build
ings that hev stood up under the raw
ages ov time. though hit liz badly dis
figgered. Hit wuz built in the day
when the rulers didn't mind BLOWN
In a million or two ov dollars, or
even more. II they had any pet
schemes ter carry out. The Collos-
scum wuz where the gladiators met
fought bulls an other animals fer
the amusement ov the publick.
This gigantick folly wuz built ter
seat fifty thousand people. 1t had
$50 doors and stairways, an you
could take your choice IL you had
| the price ov a ticket. Nero and the
other heavyweight pollytishuns had
ter hev aw1 SIGH ter amuse the folks
an keep them from watchin' the ad-
ministrashun too closely. But that
IL awl changed now. The up-to-date
pollytishun keeps the folks a-argy.
fyin' over the tariff, the money ques
ton Or local option or somethin' else
| jist az worthless while he gets the
| dough.
| The Forum" liz another old build
in which liz rich in historical inter
est, even more so than most othel
buildings in what they call "ancien
Rome" 1t wuz here that the Ro
man orators, such az Cicero and MARI
Antony, the latter a character ere
ated by Shakespeare, air. supposed te
hev delivered their greatest speeches
Cicero wuz real guide stump-speak
er, if history hez bin kept strate A
stood before the tribune" az tn
ancient stone rostrum IL called,
wished I could see an hear Cicero
hear him. thunder hiz eloquence-
hear him plead fer the oppressed, tn
ldown-trodden, the helpless!. But VIII
kin give the strate ov hit? Public1
Ispeakin', like everythin' else, he
bin at erbout the same standard fe
lagos. Orators air born, not made
Cicero wuz, doubtless, purity gud
speaker an could bring down tn
house when he got warmed up. Blu
hev an idea that Patrick Henry ar
a few others in America, some o
them now Twin. could hev gone o
the stump with Cicero and they coul
hev made him feel like fifteen cent.
But the Teller that gifts on the groun
, early an carries off the red ribbon
,l,-that IL, the Teller that gets talke
I erbout.
81 Rome awlso produced Raphael, tn
great artist. Hiz genius wuz tn
talk ov the world, IL yet. Hiz tom
2 is in the Roman Pantheon. I thin
{ he painted the "Maddona." conside
ed probably the finest picture in tt
-Iworld. The "Maddona" liz wonde
. full picture, awlmost beyond descril
a ton. But 1.-THE Horse Fair" a pain
. ling by Rosa Bonhever, equals hit
9 some respeckts az a work ov al
e Both paintings air really remarkab
e fine.
al On the tomb ov Raphael Cardin
e Bembo, in recognition of Raphael
genius, had the following epitaI
Icarved:--
Living, great nature feared he mig
al outvie
n Her works, and dying fears herse
d to die"
ri In the two poetic lines will
found erbout az strong words
could be used in the epitaph. ov
artist. But, extravagant az they a
Ipear, Raphael nearly deserved the
AZ ever,
ID zEKE BILKINs.