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VOIKS OF TRAVEL
IN EUROPE
BY T. D. 0 KELLEY.
PROM FLORENCE TO ROME.
My narrative left off last week
inst we were leaving the beau¬
as for the great
tiful city of Florence
city of home.
I turn aside to remark tnat the
city of Elorence, in spite of its
innumerable beauties and many
attractions, is in some respects
unbearable in the eyes of an
American. The nudeness of
much of its statuary, and the in¬
decency of some of its customs,
W e perfectly slioking to those who
see them for the first time. It is
but justice to remark, liowevei,
that the very best masters of art
seldom go into extremes as to
wideness.
We had a beautiful day for our
ride towards Rome, with gentle
showers in the late afternoon.
At 10 o’clock a. m. we passed
Arezzo, the ancient Arretium, the
birthplace of Macenas, the friend
of Augustus and patron of Yirgil
and Horace. Here Macenas lived
until he went to Rome. Here
ns born and lived (1000-1050)
Gaido Monaco, the inventor of
oar present system of musical no¬
tation. Here was born also
Frances Petrarch (1304), the great¬
est lyric poet of Italy, besides a
great many of Italy’s most noted
useful men. Hannibal p assecl
: if this place on his celebrated
' arch the valley of the Arno
up
tad home.
Further on we passed Lago
frasimeno, the ancient Trasime
ws, where Hannibal entrapped
ftd destroyed the Roman army,
mi killed its general, the consul
Caius Flaminius. The view of
ttis historic lake from the road
Ms very beautiful.
From 12:30 to 1 o’clock we were
'&t Chiusi, the ancient Clusium,
fc seat of the kingdom of Por¬
tal, and where a captive Ro
Eln youth is said to have burned
off his hand in the flames to show
the cruel king Porsenna that it
useless to try to frighten him
; tortures into a betrayal of
Some.
At 2:30 o'clock we passed Or¬
ta, a frequent refuge of the
P®Pes during the middle ages;
‘ta 4:30 o'clock we passed So
ta, mentioned by Horace (Car
N 9), and by Virgin (vii, 785);
tod at 5:40, Correse, the ancient
N where Nurna Pompilius
born.
r ^ e U P the Arno and down
r Tiber that day was a most de
taful one. All the time eon
ptatliat we were on historic
j- j und, tfie great stage of the
: tas of nations, Dr. Scomp
(T" Henderson and me much
sure by frequent recitals of
a i )h .of history from his inex
•bble rneiu °ry as they were
‘tative . to his mind. So when
1*8:30, th e sun with a bright
la;0 i down
came below a
f ij Jrc eie d cloud of rich carmine
t an mdes cribable
* g ,’^bich up-lifting of
a man of stronger
IT have called inspira
|jj * fel a Httle while the “orb
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ta * ent down behind the
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nth':?; e be W its impress on
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CONYERS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1890.
too, of water required is simply
immense.
From that beautiful fountain
■we went to the “Piazza (open
square) del Popolo,” which is very
beautiful, and, except that in front
of St Peter’s, is the largest piazza
m Rome. In the center rises an
obelisk between four water-spout¬
ing lionesses, which was brought
from Heliopolis by order of Au¬
gustus, and which had according
to the inscription, been dedicated
to the Sun. The whole monument
with pedestal and cross is 118 feet
high.
Next we walked up “Monte
Pincio, - ’ the “Mons Hartorum” or
hill of gardens, of the ancients,
on which were once the famous
gardens of Lucullus, in which
Messalina, the wife of Claudius,
afterwards held her Bacchanalian
revels. The gardens on top of
this hill are very beautiful indeed.
We had also most excellent views
or St. Peter’s cathedral and the’
Vatican, the castle of St Angelo,
the Popolo beneath us, and the
spherical dome of the Pantheon
in the city.
We returned to breakfast and
about 9 o’clock we went to the
postoffice, where we received sev¬
eral letters, There was once
more great rejoicing in our party.
Never did I know before that I
could be induced to devour, a let¬
ter with such zest as we di 1 those
received that day.
We went to the “Piazza Colon
na,” and after gazing for a few
minutes on the wonderful column
of Marcus Aurelius, we proceeded
to the Pantheon, one of the most
ancient and most imposing build¬
ings in the world; so simple, yet
so grand! I shall never forget the
impression it made on me—how
my heart thrilled—when we en¬
tered this historic old building,
just as it was reverberating the
deep tones of a great pipe organ.
It is now used as a church. In
609 A. D. the Pantheon was con¬
secrated by Pope Boniface IY. as
a Christian church, and in com¬
memoration of this event the fes¬
tival of all Saints was instituted
on 13th of May, afterwards chang¬
ed to Nov. 1st, from which we get
“All-Saints Day.”
Inside we saw the tombs of
Raphael, Victor Emanuel, and
other noted sons of Italy. It is a
unique and wonderful building.
Its walls are 20 feet in thickness:
no wonder it has stood so long
the storms of time. I picked up
a piece of white marble just out¬
side thQ building, to keep in mem
ory of our visit, writing in my
diary, “Adieu thou lovely Pan¬
theon! thy stately columns fare
well!”
\Ye then went to the “Piazza del
Campadoglio,” and from that to
the “Foro Romano,” or Roman
Forum. The former of which
owes its origin to Michael An
gelo; the latter had its origin
when Rome was young, and per¬
haps is associated with more his¬
tory than any other spot on earin
It would bs useless to stop here
to enumerate.
ncross ths^oruffi, the northwest
extremity of we went
by the Arch of feeverus, and as
closely along the eastern side of
the Forum as possible, to the
Colosseum, or amphitheatre.
This is ‘undoubtedly the most
wonderful building both as to its
structure and history, that I
had the pleasure of seeing. It is
_ _ __
!§§§§ so complex in the structure of its
walls, and so gigantic in size, it
um has Greatness ever been the symbol of
the of Rome, and gave
r is tan the 8th o^the'pilgrims:— century to a pro
phetic saying
“While stands the Colosseum,
Rome shall stand,
V\ hen falls the Colosseum, Horn
shall fall,
And when Rome falls, with it
shall fall the world! - ’
West of the Colosseum is the
magnificent Arch of Constantine,
and about half way between this
and the Forum is the triumphal
Arch of Titus. Passing by these,
we returned along the s. w. side
of the Forum to the Capitoline
hill, on the eastern slope of which
we visited the prison where St.
Paul is said to have been confined.
In this prison is a spring which
St. Peter is thought to have made
miraculously to flow out of the
solid rock. We each took a drink
but it was not at all good.
After dinner we procured a car¬
riage and set out for a drive out¬
side the city limits to some of the
principal Catacombs.
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The oldest living criminal in
the United States is John Mount
of Covington, Ky. He was a
good one in his days, He is
now nearly 90 years of age, and
fifty six years of his life have
been spent in various peniteuia
ries in the United States. He
has committed almost every
crime except that of murder.
He is living a very secluded life
at present, and seldom goes on
the streets.
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The wholesale groceries of j
Toronto, Montreal, Hamilton,
London, Ottawa and Kingston,
j giii } lave been approached
0 f an
most “ut, of them have agreed to sell
and have given options on
their business for a certain length
of time.
Pine Straw Bagging.
Aaother Proposed Substitute for Jute
Bagging—Will it Work?
Mr. A. E. Thornton, of Atlanta,
is one of the owners of the new
patent for converting pine straw
into fiber and from thence into
cotton bagging and other ttseful
articles. Mr. Thornton said:
“The process was invented by
Mr. Latimer, of Wilmington, N.
C., a rich man, who experimented
until lie had sunk 1350,000. The
process is now perfect, We
throw the pine straw into the ma¬
chine, and it comes out fiber,
without being touched by the
human hand. This fiber we have
worked into various articles of
use, such as matting, etc. It is
splendidly adapted for cotton
bagging and we have been run¬
ning since June making 6,000
yards a day.”
“Have you sold your product.”
“Yes, and could have sold fifty
times as much. Have letters in
rny office now irom farmers „ that , 1 , T I
know, , . begging . to . make , the ,.
me
mills furnish them with pine 1 straw
, . „
““ ( Whft is your pricer
“We are soiling it jit eight W .wl
. halt cents , at , the ,, factory , , and ... it
a
weighs ... two pounds . to , the yard.
J
A , farmer , will ... make , dollar , ..
a on
... bale he puts . . straw .
every 1 111 1 nine
, bagging . wliat . , . he makes .
T over on a
1 bale m • cotton ,, i bagging. •
- r ,, . . .. ..
4n the first place, cotton that .
is used for cotton bagging does
not take out of general consump¬
tion that much cotton. If we
could use 120,000 bales of cotton
in baling the crop and take that
much cotton out of general use, it
would have an influence in put¬
ting up the price. But experi¬
ence shows that the cotton bag¬
ging, upon reaching the mill, is
stripped from the bale, put into
beaters, cleaned and separated,
and then used as spinning cot¬
ton with no more than four to six
per cent. loss. Therefore, 120,
000 bales of cotton used for bag¬
ging are not taken out of the
crop, but after reaching the mills
as bagging, are converted into
spinable cotton with barely per¬
ceptible loss.
Farmers arc practical men and
want practical tests. Now let us
suppose that two farmers have
raised a bale of cotton each. The
net cotton weighs 450 pounds.
Let us say that the ties weigh the
same on each bale. Now one
farmer puts six yards of cotton
bagging, which weighs three
quarters of a pound to the yard,
around his cotton—this increased
his weight four pounds. The
other farmer puts on six yards of
pine straw bagging, weighing two
pounds to the yard—this increa
ses his weight twelve pounds.
^ ^ farmers go 6 into market
•
together. I he man who . used , six .
yards of pine staw gets paid for
e ight pounds more of cotton than
man who’used cotton bag
Uta- liie cotton Dating costs
12 cents a yard, or 12 cents for the
bale. The pine straw can be
ma( j e for eight cents. It now
for nine cents. wMch is ,t
cents to the bale. This makes a
clear gain of 81.00 a bale to the
one who uses pine straw instead of
co tton bagging, and the pine
bagging helps to whip the
Jute Trust just as much as cotton
bagging.
“You believe in the future of
ISsi
the farmers want. It utilizes a
waste product of the South. It
does not stain cotton. It is ac
ceptable to the shipper and spin
WORDSTO FRIENDS:
Job work solieited and satisfac¬
tion gvaranteed.
Reliable attention given advertis¬
ing.
TERMS REASONABLE.
ner. It is independent of the
Jute Trust. It can always be
made cheaper than jute. Jute
butts cost two and a quarter cents
a pound. The jute factories can
never drive us into a combina¬
tion, or drive us out of the mar¬
ket.”
“Will your mills be ready in
time for next year’s crop?”
“That is our purpose. We run
one mill this year to test the
thing thoroughly. We will make
about 2,000,000 yards for the
year, and we are selling it as fast
as it comes from the loom. Our
idea is to scatter it as widely as
possible so as to let every section
see just what it will do. We will
never raise the price above eight
and a half cents at the factory,
but on the contrary, think, can
lower it. I am sure that we have
found a substitute for juto bag¬
ging and that noxt year will de¬
monstrate that it is so.
THE OTHER SIDE OF PINE STRAW.
A . prominent ...... Alliance at- ,
r. man,
. discussing the ,, merits ot , pine
, .,
S ia ^’ St lK '
n The trouble , , . . . straw , , bag
is, pme
“ bagging ** iu f° has “f demo. trust J" What s !
the farmers want, and must have,
. an article .. , tiiey ,. can control, , ,
rn That , . article ...... cotton . bagging.
is
T It , would ... bo impossible . .. , for , the ,,
, bagging trust , , to , , buy np all ,, tho ,,
cotton a mills, ... and . the ,, cotton ,, mills
44 .. inches . , cloth , ,, that ,
can weave
will do for bagging. Nor can
the jute Trust buy up the cotton
as they have bought up the jute
butts. But suppose one half dozen
pine straw mills are put up and
tho farmers indorse pine straw
bagging. The Jute Trust steps
in and buys the pine straw mills
and there we are caught again.”
It was suggested to this gentle¬
man that the farmers had lost
money this year using cotton bag¬
ging, as it is sold no cheaper
than jute.
“That is precisely the point,”
he added. “Juto sold this year
at a comparatively low price,
because the farmer’s fight against
it forced tho Jute Trust to put
down the price of bagging. But
suppose the farmers had not made
this fight. Then the trust would
have had its own way, and it
might have put jute at 20 ceuts a
yard. The farmers would have
had no recourse but to pay it.
I say, therefore, no matter what
it cost the farmer to use cotton
bagging, it is cheaper in the long
run than to submit to tho robbery
of the Jute Trust. I say, also,
that they ought to be very care¬
ful before they commit themselves
to any substitute for jute, such as
pine straw, for they may find that
they have indorsed another fab¬
ric, the mills of which are bought
up by the Jute Trust. They can¬
not buy up the cotton mills and
they cannot corner cotton. As
long as the farmer stands by that,
he cannot be robbed or plunder¬
ed.—Southern Farm.
NOTICE.
I will be in Conyers the first
Saturday in every month, jia
tients wishing to see me will find
me at the hotel or at Dr. Lee <k
Son’s Drug Store.
Dr. L. G. Brantley.
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COL. PEEK’S CARD.
: At Home, near Conyers, Rock
; dale county. Ga.—I scalded my
hand with steam from a boiler. 11
tried every imaginable remedy j
I:
application I was easy and fast
asleep. I regard it as the best
remedy of the day for burns and
scalds, Ac. Wm. L. Peek.
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GEORGIA RAILROAD
Stone Mountain Route,
Gkougia Railroad Co.. \
Office General Manager. t
Augusta, Sept. 21,1889,
COMMENCING SUNDAY. 22, mst,
the following Passenger schedule will be
operated. Trains run by 90th meridian
FAST L I N E.
no. 27 West daily.
Lv Augusta 7-45 am | Lv Athens 8.30 am
ArConyers 11. 57am | Ar Atianto iOO put
no. 2S east daili .
Lv Atlantn 2 42 pm | Ar Athens 7 00 pm
Ar Conyers 340pm | Ar Augusta8.10 pm
NO 2 EAST DAILY NO I west DAILY.
Lv Atlanta R.Oo am | Lv Augustal 1.05am
Lv Conyers 9.19 aw | Lv Macon 7.10 am
\r Athens 5.15 pm | Lv Mil d'vi o 19 am
ArWa’sh’n 2 30 pm | LvWash’n il.loam
ArMild’vo 4.u pm | Lv Athens 8.4O
Ar Macon 0.00 pm j Ar Conyers 4 24 pm
Ar Augusta 1 30 pm i Ar Atlanta.5 4o pm
COVINGTON ACCOMMODIYION.
Daily except Sunday.
Lv Atlanta 6.20 pm | Lv Cov’gt’n 5.4O am
LvConvers 8.07 pm | Lv Conyers 6.12 am
LvC’vt’n* 8.35 pm | Ar Atlanta 7.50 am
NO. 4 EAST DAILY' NO, 3 EAST DAILY
Lv Atlanta 1115 pm | Lv AugnatalLoo pm
LvCony’rs 12. 39am | Lv Conyers 5 07am
Ar Augusta 6.45 am | Ar Atlanta 6.30 aui
UNION POINT & WHITE PLAINS R. R.
Union Daily except Sunday.
Lv Point.... »0.10 a m & 5.4O p m
Ar Siloam..........iO 35 am 6 O5 p rff
Ar White plains... .II.10 a m 6 40 p m
Lv White Plains .. .8 o0 a in 3.30 p m
Lv Siloam...... ...8.35 a in 405 p m
Ar Union Point .9 00 a m 4.40 p iu
Train Nos. 27 and 28 will stop at
and recievc passengers to and from
the following stations only : Grove
town, Harlem Bearing Thomson,
Norvvo d Brnett Crawfordville
Union Poii::. Greensboro, Madison
Rutledge, Conyers, Social Circle, Covington,
Lithonia, -Stone Moun¬
tain and Decatui
Train No. 1 connects for all points
West and North West. Train No. 2
connects for Charleston and all points
Fat No. 27, for all points West
and South W'esi, No. 28 for Charles¬
ton and Savannah. No. 3 for points
West and North West. No 4 for
Charleston, Savannah and all points
East.
JOHN W. GREEN, Gen. Manager
E. R. DORSEY, GW Pan Agon
JOE W. WHITE, Trav. Pass. Agt.
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