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I OLD ROME.
I "t Roman’s” Note Book records
I a Chapter of
I CHURCH AND CATACOMB.
I Grand old St, Peters, as seen
I bya modern Roman. Thous-
I ands look as but Hun-
I deeds in "1 he Great
I Church.
I On our arrival we stopped at
I Hotel Continental and we could
I not realize that we were in ancient
| Rome. A modern hotel, codnucted
I by Americans, we got to dinner, a
I number of people in the dining
room and we have nothing but
English spoken we walk out on
I the street they are wide and splend-
I idly paved, centinning our walk <
! we soon get out of the new potion i
and into the old, but I am getting ]
along too fast. f
Before we left home our fellow <
townsmen, Mr. Antognoli gave us
letters tehUSignorH, ;
tanzi anti °f fcourse we started out t
to find him. That was veiylittL i
trouble as he ha« a magneficent I
home on one of the principal <
fitreets in the city. <
We were fortunate in finding all
the family at home, consisting of <
one son and one daughter, and
they all spoke English fluently, ,
The father is sole owner of the
Costanzi Theatre, one of the finest
in Europe. He is also connected
with many of the leading enterpris
esofthecity. Theson holdsan im
portant position in the Vatican
* and is in close touch with his Holi
ness, the Pope.
We were received as if we were
old friends, and the next morning
Mr. Henry Costanzi called for us
and acted as our guide and com
panion during our stay. We at
•nee start for St. Peters.
In the center of the square, in
front of the church, is a large obe
lisk. It is said that when this huge
piece of stone was being placed in
pc i ion, si'ence was imposed upon
every one assisting or seeing, under
pain of death.
At a aritical moment when the
huge stone was suspended, the ropes
were about to give way, wbenone of
the workmen, a sailor, shouted, “wet
r the ropes,” As a reward bis family
was granted the privilege of furnish
ng the palms for St. Peter’s, on Palm
Sunday.
On either side of the obelisk are
very large and beautiful foun
tains. The square preceded by an
elliptical space, is enclosed by a
collonade.
This being the celebration of St .
Peter, hundreds of people and car
riages are going and coming to and
from all directions.
It is impossible for me to give
anything like a discription of the
beautiful church that stands a
monument to the great work of so
many of the old artists. Its per
fectly turned arches and massive
pillars, covered with lovely deco
rations, its fiine mouments and
alters and its beautiful Mosaics
that required so many years of
time and patience to produce.
Here on one side is the old
bronze statue of St. Peter on a
throne of white marble this being
the celebration, he is dressed as a
Pope. Sue the hundreds of people
pass by and stop and kiss his right
foot, which extends out Irom the
folds of his robe, it is worn a great
tie d either from so many kisses, or
so much wiping. I know not.
Nearly m front of the statue i.ud
the great dome rises an im
posing bronze canopy, supported
by four spiral columns. Under the
Canopy, ia a n alter, it stands over
the Tomb of St. Peter. Which con
tains the sarcophagus of the Saint,
around which are 89 ever burning
lamps.
It is said there were no less than
30,009 people atteudnd the Cele
°ration on that day, and the great
church looked as if it was not half
filled.
Uesu (Jesus) is the principal Je
suit church, as it contains some of
the finest works in the an
cient g city. Over the altar is
represented St. Ignatus teurround-
e 1 by angvls. This is kept conc< al
ed by a large painting, but today
being the celebration of St. Peter,
the painting was removed.
_S. Maria Maggiore, (Mary the
Great) said to contain a portion) o
the manger in which our Lord was
born. There are something likeßo
churches dedicated to the Virgin
this it the largest and oldest
T.iere isa legand that the Virgin
appeared to a devout Roman, also
t) the Pope in a dream, and com
manded them to build a church
on the spot where they would find
snow the following morning. This
in mid-summer. The church was
erected in obedience to the vision.
S. Giovanni (John). The intenor
is decorated with some very old
and fine mosaics; it contains 12
large marble figures of the Apost
les. Near the center of the building
is canopy in which are bonzew hich
of Saints Peter and Paul and said
to continue the H-ads of the Saints.
In this church the Pope receves in
struction and power after their
election to offic.e
Near the churchi is a small build
►-w containing a Hight of marble
steps said to be from the place of
Pilate at Jerusalam which our
Savior ascended, they may be as
cended only on the knees we saw
quite a number of persons going
up that way hesitating a minute
or so on each step to offer a pr >yer.
S. Clemente (Clements) Thisold
church consists of three buildings
built on top of each other two of
which are underground and are not
used but contains some very old
frescoes. The first or lower building
was a heathern temple and the two
upper ones Christian. It belong! to
Irish Domincians. We met quite a
number of the officials, they were
dressed in the regular style of a
monk only their robes were a deep
cream color. Th?y made our little
visit very pleasant as we heard
only English spoken.
Tbt Pantheon,the best preserved
of the ancient buildings of the
eity. Built of brick; the walls are
20 feet thick.
The portico is 108 teet in leng h
and 42 feet desp and is supported
by 16 columna of granite.
The interior is heated up by a
round opening in the center of the
dome. The marble floor has just
enough slant to turn the water that
falls through this opening out of
one side of the doors in a littb
groove prepared for it.
jn the year 509, Pope Boniface
IV. consecrated the Pantheon as a
church and caused the remains of
2,800 martyrs to be gathered from
the catecombs and deposited be
neath the altar.
In the recesses are buried many
noble personages and artists,
among whom is Raphael. The last
interment in the Pantheon was
King Victor Emmanuel 11.
8. Loret>zo( Lawrence) contains
many very fine modern frescos,
Pope Piers IN is buried here. The
cr} P I' B 1)OW being finished in mosa
ic, in the wall are many Final|
round recesses left in the mosaic,
about 5 to 10 inches in diamiter
and by giving “ liberal amount of
money you can have your name
inserted in this space, at th* top of
the wall is thej lames of the d ifer
ent country’s of the world, so the
uamewill show from whtie you
are from. It is supposed that the
devout who come here to worship
will pray for the persons whose
names are there.! he United States
was well represented.
The Cappuciui Cappucines. The
church contains but little of interes ,
but beneath it are feur large arched
ruoniu decorated with the bones of
about 4 000 departed members of the
order. The earth floor is from Jeru
salem. If one dies, tb<s one that has
teen buried longest, i% taken up and
bis bones are need in the decoration
Just imagine a sun flower formed
I of figures, sheaves of grain, etc. al]
made of human bodies.
i A drive of a couple of miles on the
• Appean way, brought us to the
; Catacombs of St, Callistus. It win
f charge of several Trappist Monks
Members of this order are not p r-
- m itted capiat to any one only at
f certaintimesand on certain subjects
- The monks Rationed here have
J been relieved from',that vow and it
- U ir.ed as if they were trying tc
THE HUSTLER OF ROME.SUNDAY NOVEMBER, 11 1894,
| make up for their lost time, for I
never heard men talk so much in
my life.
Securing some heavy wraps we
started under ground, with our
guide. The passages are 2 J to 8
feet wide, with three or four re
cesses on the sides, one above the
other. When the body was interred
it was closed with a slab.
The passages are occasionally
broken by small rooms that were
used for the burial of families or
chapels. In one of these little
rooms, the walls were decorated
with several pictures of saints and
one of Christ.
The Romans burned their dea d
while trie Christians beleiving in
the immoritlity of the soul, also
in the resurrection, buried their
dead entirely in sep ilchers, so
seme of the Catecumbs soon had
their Narrow passages running un
der many acres.
This one is 3 stories deep and
said to contain no less than one
million bodies covering 45 ac es.
A Roman.
HOW’S THIS!
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of catarrh
that cannot be cured by F all’s Ca
tarrh Cure.
F. J CHENEGA CO., Props,
Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
and believe him perfectly honor
able in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out
any obligation made by their firm.
West it Truax, Wholesale
Druggesr, Toledo, O. Walding
Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggist, Toledo. O.
Hall’s Catarrh C-:re is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Prise 75c. per bottle. Sold
by ail Druggist. Testimonials free.
PLEASANT RECEPTION.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Turner, Gives a'
Delightful Entertainment.
Friday evening at their pretty 1
home on Main street in the Fifth ‘
Ward, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Turner,
gave a small reception in honor of (
Misses Colquitt, Warren and Scott,
of Atlanta. <
The home was beautifully light- ,
ed and decorated, and the evening |
slipped by most pleasantly.
Those present were Misses War- ■
ren, Colquitt and Scott, of Atlan
ta; Miss Lou Fleming, of Coosa;
Miss Annie and Bessie Neeley,
Miss Eva Simpsom, Miss Seay,
Miss Carrie Clark, Miss Thomas,
Miss Gilliard.
Messers. Ed Magill, Ed Dean, 0.
p. Meares, Dick Harris, Nat Har
ris, Gus Johnson, Yancey Harris,
Dr. Harbin and Will NcKee.
Hymn In a Hurry.
A woman had been waiting for
an hour Ju the County Clerk’s
>ffice. and finally one of the em
ployes asked if she wished to see '
a y one.
“I’m going to be married here
at noon,’’ she replied. “The nr'n
I’m going to marry bad to w r
today, but he gets an hour off at
noon and is going to meet me here
Sure enough, he came in at 12:15
with his working clothes on. The
license was readily granted, and
they went at once to the Justice,
who has an office on that floor ot
the County Building. When the
ceremony was concluded he started
back to his work promising to see
her that evening.
There are numerous instances of
men.,laying off’one day tn be
married, but even in the Clerk’s
ffice it is not common to have a
man rush in at the noon hour and
treat the matrimonial obligation as
he would a qairy lunch.—Chicago
Record.
Warter’s hand made
is the finest smoke on
the market —and then
it is Rome made-. Fruits
of home Industry. Ask
your dealer for one.
1230 HONEY COMB TOWELS, EACH 4Cts.
Ty are full 34 inches long and 20 inches wide. New and bright snf
you can buy them at the value of a wash rag at BASS BROS & Co.
old store, and PARKS &. Co, store.
This is but a little item of the Thousand Great Bar
gans in store for the Fall Trade. Our prices for
the next sixty days will be a revelation to
the people, Prices unmatchable, unap
proachable and phenomenal.
YOU HAVE NOTICED I Less Than 1 9 Ctson $ So Price! Price!
The newspaper announce-1 A good percentage of these will do it. When the cost i»
mentsof our purchase of the goods has been shipped tons,
Receiver of the Ladies’Bazaar and if prices and values small, a fraction of the worthy
Co., of Atlanta. It was a count for anything they will . .
great stock of fine Dry Goods, go into new homes in q U i c k i our ' ee ' wa y’simment e-IJI-X
Notions, &c., invoicing $39,- order. Our import order for ' cei)ts on tlie a o ii f r a afi
000. Fall Goods had 1 'en placedj
The price paid was nearer before this purchase w. made fine goods too; most of them
nothing than that at which and the goods are _ mtn
such goods never changed daily. Must have room, and ’’’inter Goods 1. centd
hands in this broad land, if our we are going to make it by You never heard of such a pur
knowledge of such matters is a bidding adieu to a pdc of mer-
true record— ••handise at once. ci.ase.
8400 Yds, heavy yard-wide Brown Sheeting, worth 6 1-2 cat 4 1-2 c.
420“ Turkey red Damask, never before under 2Oc going at 12 I-2c.
8000 “ Good quality 4-quarter bleached Domestic worth 71 -2c at sc.
300 “ Cheviot shirts, with collars, priced by other s at $ 1,50 to go at 75c
80 Fine Count all wool, 10-quarter Bed Blankets worth $ 10. pairs3.sO.
4000 Yds Dress Ginghams, lovely styles & colorings worth 7c at 4 I -2c
300 Pairs Ladies Fine dress button shoes, worth $ 1 .75 togo at $ 1 ,00.
3500 Ladies Hemstitched Handkerchiefs worth from 10 to 15c at sc.
2000 Yds. High grade, fine count, Sea Island full 36 inches wide,
worth 71 -2c at 5c
240 Pairs of that celebrated Shoe for Men, “Goodwear” worth
s2,so.Until sold only $1.53
360 Suits Fine all wool Cheviot Suits single and double breasts
sacks, blacks browns. & c„ worth $ 1 0.00. Made to sell for $ 10.000
more. Nothing equal to them in a thousand miles of Rome for the
money i
FOR DRESSES
By far the largest stock in this
market
An almost endless variety from h
single width American goods from
4o up to the exquisite effects of
French Greists: extra quality. Covert
cloth. Serges, Novelty Mixtures.
Armures. Bengalines, Poplines,
Henrietta Cloths, Camel’s Hair,
Granites, etc.
Satin Dutc.hesses, Mone°, Fail
-63 and Bengalines, China and Japan
ese Silks, Surahs, Ginghams, Prints,
Percies, Cheviots, Crepe Cloth. Ducks 1
De»ims, Suitings, Stripes, etc.
46-inch Covert Cot it , the latest
comer of new drees fabrics made to
sell atsl.2s ; our price .85
Beautiful Mixture Covert Cloth ,
worth 80e. at 60
Two-toned Diagonals, 3G-incb
Double told Suitings, 36-incb,
lark and medium gray, worth twice
she price; full suit. 8 yards for__ sl,
10.000 yards Fancy Dress Prints,
54x64 cloth wo.tb 7c 5
Trimmings & c.
All the imaginables in Silks. Illumi
anted Surahs, two-toned, shot and
seeddot effects, Bengalines, Tff,
Velvets Velveteens. Si k Braids, Pass
ementeries Jets. Novelty Trimmings.
Ribbons, etc. The desirable things n
laces. Embroideries on Swiss, Nain
sook and,Cambrics, ail-over embr< i
lerie».
400 ya ide Hamburg Edging oith
10c yard at ,5
20c Hambi rg at 10
30c Hamburg at .1 <
CUOTTIIISrO.
A choice assortment for Men, Boys and Children. Swell effectsin Tweeds, Cheviots, Cas- :
simeres and Serges: also swell effects in the dressier Fabrics, prominent among which Clays
and West of England Diagonals. Suits for slender people, stout people’, young giants and
little fellows. Especial attention is called to 360 Men’s all- wool Suits at $5.00. They are
simply unmatchable bargains. Our stock of clothing from lowest > >nt [tilitf
us as the most brilliant haul of our victorious buyer, and we are determined bp the powe /
of magnetism of price to put more new clothing on men and b >ys this fall than ever befor<
in our business experience. The few prices named th-oughout this advertisement are mere i
ly suggestive of the way other goods will be sold, 300 Ov re >ats less than half price
Fact. Superb assortment ot Cloaks.
Mil IIMp P\ G The Bazaar’s stock almost in its entirety was shipped totw
ivii I J Rome house—cost nearly nothing, and if you want anythin i
in this line, we will sell it to vou away down below prices of others. Come to soe i
BASS BROTHERS & COMPANY |
For the goods here'advertised, go to either o f except i
that the Millinery will be found at'the .PARKS 2 CO.* store,| andj t
ICloth’ng and Hats will beat the old store.|2s > oad Street. ■
Small Wares.
Needles, Pins, Hair-Pins, Threads,
Wha’ebone , Casings, Hooks-aud-
Eyes, Tapes, Dress Shields, Cutsets
Laces, Shoe Laces, Buttons, Brads,
etc.
A straw will show the way the
win I blows, so in these little items;
we will save you 50 to 100 per cent '
on your purchases. Stick a pin down
herejifyou Lave no pin, we will sell
you a whole paper of English Pius
for sc. and everything else relative)}
as cheap.
Blankets and Flannels
These gov ds ar prices that cannot
and will not be duplicated by others
We bought them away under the
mark- tst the great auction sale ot
Faulkner Page & Co. Nt w York in
May when the inecury was up and
blankets were down.
We want you to see our full size
Bed Blanket at each—a trifle 25
Our Fine Ali-wom Blankets SIO,OO
value per pair 3.50
Nothing ever | offered equal tv
them as bar.i n
lie Flannel worth 25c at 15
Wh te Flannel worth 25c at 15
Bed Twilled Flannel worth 40c at 25
White Twilled Flannel worth 40c at
25
Every quality of Flannel cut a!n;o-t
i i two.
Gents Furnishing
Linen Bosom Shirts Lautidried and
Cnlauudri'-d ; and Cbevio'
, ShirtsSatiue Shirts DrawersScriven’s
Patent Drawers; Hosiery and Gi v
in great variety. Scarfs Ties How
Supporters Cuffs Buttons Coßara a»4
Cuffs etc.; ail in the bargain cata
logue,
Men’s Fine All-Wool Shirts asd
Drawera silk Stiched worth oturfi sl.~
00 ; »s long as this lot lasts our price
will be .0*
1,900 4- Linen Collars Ift
Shoes
There is co equal to our Dongola
Button Shoe for Ladies at
Have you yet bought our epecia
Tap-Sole Blucher Shoes for men?
This Shoe is wade excusively for u*
aud cannot be sold by any one except
us. We take the bold position that
• here is not Shoe on earth of equal
wear to it at the price 1 sft
Ladies’ Cloth Top Patent tip great
value
Ladies’ Genuine Kid worth
i 3.00 at 2.0 C
| Laaies’ Solid Substantial Shoe*
i
Men’s Rex Calf Shoee 1 Jsft
I Hmd Welt Calf worth $4.50 at 3 Oft
Children’s Solid Shoes
Misses’ Heutj Shoes
Schoo) Shoes worth sl. 0 i?t
School Shoes worth $1.25 nt I.oft
\l isHt s’ Fine Shoes worth $2.00 at I.sft
For all our stores we buv as my
Shoes as any 4 houses in Rome ; we
buy then at headquarters with the
cash aud we buy them at lower i rices
than those who buy in smaller quanti
•*-«. Come to our plac< for Shoes.