The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-17

great and pious rcfurmcr during the
Reformation, and 1t will be rcmem- |
bcrcd that he was burned at the stake |
for preaching righteousness and the |
gospel of Christ, and his ashes were I.
thrown into the Arno river and were
carried away to the sea until the resur-
rection of both the just and the UNI
just
We visited the noted Uni2i art gal.
lcry, also the Academy of Fine Arts
by special permit from the state
secretary of Italy | received permits
sion to take my party to the royal
palace. This was the home of the
king of the Florentinos and is now the
palace of the king when he comes to
Florence. Talk about wealth, money.
Jewels and diamOnds-this palace Is
fun of the finest of furniture, pictures,
vases, dishes. Everything has upon 1t
the stamp of an enormous cost The
party were greatly pleased and in.
tensely delighted to visit this famous
palace. We hired the best automobile
we could get and toured the country,
visited the public gardens far out the
mountain to the piazza of Michael An
cello, and then twenty miles up the
mountains to Fiesole, an important
Etruscan city and the mother-town of
Florence. | have party of people
who want to see the country and
everything of interest, and we are see
ing it splendidly.
We visited, in the Church of Santa
Grace the tombs of Calico, Dante and
Michael Angelo. Florence is beau.
tiful place, and up and down the noun
tains there are terrace gardens, or
chards and parks. 1t is now city OF
100000.
Sermon In italian.
We visited the Italian Methodist
church conference. All the service
was in the Italian language. We heard
the missionary sermon and all we
could understand was the amen at
the close, and | wondered how many
Norfolk people have gone to their owr
church and did not understand any
; more than the amen.
b One great thing that helps the la
boring men in Florence, is from a
IN. to 10 a. m. the street car company
charges but one cent car fare. | Wen
J out at s. 80 a. m. and took ride on {
r car with these men as they were goint
| to work. They all seemed happy ant
, contented, but what do you think the!
; were taking with them for dinner
5 One-fourth of a loaf of hard Italian
: bread, and then they drink water ant
eat this bread. DO you wonder tina
= they want to come to America?
| must confess that we do not know
: what poverty is in America, for mos
people live like kings and queens ant
enough is wasted to support thousand
: of others yearly.
At the Methodist conference | wa
, introduced and addressed the meeting
Bishop Burt was presiding. DR.. a. Il
, Leonard of New York was present
/ Dr.. Spencer, the president of the Boys
= College in Rome, also DR.. Triple, tn
r pastor at Rome, who was connected
. with the Roosevelt incident and ha
= shown how the pope tries to make tn
/
| whole world subservent to himself
g After seeing all the places of thi
3 beautiful city we took fast train t.
: Venice, passing through the most beau
| tiful scenery that we have witnessed
The most interesting Wae the passing
: from one tunnel to another until WI
t | reached the summit of the Appennin
| mountains, from which it seemed tn
t whole country was green Carpe
. stretched out before the eye. Beau
: tiful! Surprising the paradisical dc
2 scription of the poet. At last charme
: by 300 miles of such landscape, w
} reached this ancient, quaint and wor
t derful city of Venice. Here we stoI
? and soon shall we move on like
B.. swift footed stced.
Charles Wayne Ray.