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Show I.UrKIt I'ltOM HI1MK. llaiiiMn In ami .iruunl (he "I.ttruAl i r'rom an Inlrnallng lelter written by Mr. Kfeil. W. Taylor, dated IIjilo, 1'ebmary B, IS9I, wo make followlug utrmU: Wo haro biin hero now abiut ft wiikand nlialf nbd haMilenon tho Juuiiiill tlio Hind, for every corner baa aatory bitell an I oviry alono a til -lory. Von go tiiahlnif through trevt, atop all of n anildrn luflroljuu ato on ono of tho moat hltorli plana In the worl.l, Von look and wonder, paiaiiulo auollur and auother, in til Jen Inwardly exclaim, "How hath the mighty falluu I" Wo have been lo the roni llomamnii nnd walked over the ground nmotitf tho rulmof ngwjall thiro h 1 It ul tho glory iiud rlchuena of thoiUbllolAilldliigauf thu wl.triu of Ilia world conalat In a few coliimna, tihnuphal archta, ttatuoaaud enough of tho sacred pavement to enable you to Iraco III cour.t; but thcau aroallstately and iiiajwllo, oa they stand Iheru In the pUcev tdey liavo occupied lor renturlei. Tho aoren lillli of Homo are no loninr a lujikry, lu fad, ourhotil aUndaouoflho moat Imivitant, vlu the (iiiltlual, so noted In lilitory, although not so mucli aa thu Capllo-liiiuaiid Capllo-liiiuaiid l'alltlni; wo would not call any of them hills at home, for this la it rolling country and Uicee hills somo of tho largest rolls. Tho CoIIkuiii gltra )ou o bitter Ui:l of tho great, iiesv and tower of llomo than any onu thing here; luvt think of a city that bad to liavo a tli-eof amusement that would si at b7,nnu persons at one time and have arunof mo hundred nights, crowded to ova-llowlug ova-llowlug overy night of the trfurm aucej nnd hatha whiro HW bathera could dli)lt Ihemselvui nt the same time. I can hardly roillio It, standing stand-ing In Ilia vi ry Ihealro and hatha Where such things took place. Hut hero they are the Coliseum an I baths of CaracalU;and Iho f let Is forced iii.hi J on. I have tried to Imagine such a vast audience, with tho imjaror.no-blcsaml imjaror.no-blcsaml common folk all In their to. lUlve iilac rt, nnd tin. iiformanco na.lyfloui.gln, lu whhli the life of man waa to lai taken both by wild liiasti and lu combat with ono auothtr. Aal haro stood ii.m the arena that has btvll made sacled by tho tluid of tho early Christiana who hnva oRtreil up thilr Uvea riitlur lhan diny tho now faith that liiiria-ed tlnlr hope lath aa to tills lilts aud that lo cotnv. Hut I nkln around all la silent an 1 still, oven u Iho tomb, except thn talking of n few guldis, totirUta or U'ggars, or tho uolso made by somo birds that lot upon thebarreii walla In Hocks; tho splendor ami mag. itlllii lice have all gone agea ago, Iho cagiaforthewlldbrtsta are open and Iho cilia of tho luted Christians aro emily. All you see around Is ruin and tit aolatlou, am! Imagination almost falls to do her duly whtu audi contrasting con-trasting ilcmetils abound. To glvo you au Idea ol Its ske, I will make a coniarlaon Utwieu It and the I'hUt. nacle, as tho two nro almost tho snmo shapp, If tho root of tho Talanuclo waa removed and Its walls built much higher and seata right up lo the top. ThoTabernntlo ia iuUo small. If ou would make tho loug dlametir ut It alKint to nod one-hair tliuca as larire, (ho small dlanuter atsout thruu aud onodialfthneans largo aa nt rria- eut and lucreoso Iho height of tho wallsallttlo ovtr tulco tho present height. )ou would havo a structure about the size of tlio Coliseum. Tho figures 1 hav o taken of Iho Tabernacle are from a real estate ageht'a lard and I think they nro about orrect. There Is only ono (Alt or the wall that remains re-mains at Us original height, for during Iho dark agea It waa used as a fort, raamifiiitory am) a quarry; Indeid, the people (the Topes) used It to build their thurtheaaml palaces, as well as overy other pnclouv stone they could get from tho other puhllo bull lings, until thellmoof 1V llmedlct .XI V, who protected It from uller deslructlon by setting It apart to the 1'asslonof Christ, UH-nuso so many had lei u inartyiml there for 1 1 Is liame'a sake. The first seats nbovo tho artnawero for tho i:nia-rar, senators etc.. then nobles, knights, itc, then wilbto-do cllUena and lastly n place for tho humbhr rlllsens, making four tiers In all. Tin y had sailors to stntch a canvass ov i r the open toi, but 1 can. not Imagine how Ihey over did It; It seems Ilka lorerlng lu tho larlh. Leaving Iho Collst urn, close by aro Irluuiphal arclua of Constantino mid Titus, At Ian Way, Harm Via, Ther-moo Ther-moo of Titus, etc., then tho I'orum with all Its memories nnd a little further fur-ther on tho old historic T lit r. There are only lliteo classta of people peo-ple hen-, Tlz: pricsta, soldiers and Iwg-gars, Iwg-gars, but I caunot tell you which aro in the majority, but I rather think Iho priests liavo tho gnateat number on Ih.lrslue. I was surprised to find almost ixact-ly ixact-ly tho samo state or atriilra hero oa at heme, only on a much larger scale. For ninny ) ears Homo was controlcd nnd almcst owned lth pollllcillr nnd spiritually by Iho I'opn. The King or Naples, (larllialdl and others unllid the dlllerentprovlncea of Italy Into onu and with tho rist of thu l'apal tSlaUs, Iho properly or tho Calhollo church. They deprived tho churih or marly nil Its lauds, jAlacce, monasteries, con. vents, gold and silver amounting lu all to millions (almost unlnl 1). Iho church eiita ovtry jear lo get Its tolltleal (wvier nnd proiierty bark, while the Htnto would llku to fl ml some more to fill up Iho empty tnas-ury. tnas-ury. The Catholics say the I'opo and party are tho strongest If an Issuo wt re to come Mwrcii Iho spiritual and tern-inral tern-inral Underset thla nation, whllu tho King and party si-em to havo every. tiling In their hands and maintain a vast standing army. How tho result will bviiu man kiiiiurth. Thu chun lira are all marble, gold, stiver, inclous stones, marvels ol Kiilpturc, painting and morales that are male so nil oly that yen take Hum for oil ilntlngs and broiirea. 1 lilt). W. Tayloh. |