THE STORY OF ROME.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2245, 27 November 1886, Page 2

THE STORY OF ROME.

Tr the history of Venice can be traced by its monument:*, much more so dm that of Rome. There, as we stand upon .some height, the panorama of 2,~>00 years an ill pis^ before u^. There, for instance, is the Palatine, the. cradle of Kmne, where Konmhis, the ->hepheid boy, watched his Hipht of birds of g>od augury, and there the E\entir.e. where Kemus surreyed his own unsuccessful Right ; there is the forum, ringing •.till, to our ears, w ith the cheers of the crow d just loosed front the spoil of Cicero's eloquence; we hear once more che tramp of the Roman legions as they come from their mighty conquests and bend their way along this >anie \'i«i Sacra on which we .stand, passing under } onder gates, familiar t<> our eves as to theirs, to the f'apitoline. crowned now with the toweis of Ara Cv li. Heie Tit us bi ought up and deposited the spoil* of .leriisiJcm, and tlieiv is the aichc^min the tmunph. Tin n\\ hich way we will, eveiy >|j t is sacred \\»th the mem01 ies <if ages. Heie £ioat < '.e^ar fell; \i>tidi i is the Appian W.iv where Paul, the pii^iji'*! tiom .I^i i.sa-lem, walked with uony fo.itstt.ps; theie is tlio C\>lifeum, where the Chiistiaiis were led forth to the lions ; there (\impagna, hollowed into cat icitiib>, in w Inch they hid themselves ind.iys of cmel persecution, and where they laid tliePisehes down to die. Ye-tiges of Regal K<>n>(\ Kepublican Rome, Imperial Rome, will be found >citteied around on every hand, m palace* and biths, temples and ruined walls, basilicas and triumphal arches while the ol St. Peter's and the Vatican, and hundreds of churches, yield rtinple records of Ecclesiastical Kome. - Cities of the

Thp Hamilton Borough Council invitft applications for the post of ranger, &c, &c. The time for receiving tenders for addition* t<> house at Ohaupo has been extended to December 4th. The Public Works Department invite tenders for the erection of station buildings at Puniu on the Morton Te Awamutu line. The Hamilton Cemeteries Trust invite tenders for the grazing of 20 acres »f land. HK(entreatmgly): "Won't you give me this next waltz, Miss Violet':" She (enquettMily) : " IVrh,ips, if you press me." The bold, horrid thing; ""I'll do that a* we dance.' 1