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The DAY OF rHE DEAD.-Oae Of the most re-
markablr Of Catholic ies,ivals-cal!ed TIE Day OF
the D-ad-occured on the lovee,t day OF M
brief soiourn in Bologna Nature breaiEed any
language rather than that Of mortality and decay


The road leading TO the celebrated Campo Sanio
was ,hronged with people walking beneath the
glad sky, in holiday azure and there would saye
been one universal sersblarce oi gaiety but ;or the
moaning tones aai wre,chcd appearance OF the
bcgears tina. lined the way. The numerous ar
cades Of the extensive burying place resounded
with the hum, hustle and ordinations OF care
less crowd who moved abou; like the multitude at
a fair But for the countless busts OF departed
worthless the numberlsss pt-ns, and the
echoes of the mass floating from one OF the open
chapcls il would have been impossible to believe
that this concourse had assembled o.lens!O!y to
rnernber or honor the dead To tie view OF
stranger nothing could be more irconsruous or
strange than the scene. The expresses and ceno-
taphs assured him he in a burial place wkle
every moment hc iostlcd by hurrying group,
and his saluted with ?eas I'll diSc0Tdani laugh


ter, the eering whisper OF the couriezan, and the
stern reproof ofthe soldier. And get in MS answer
TO the inquiries which curiosity prompts, he i told
that this day is consecratcd to the departed that
this throng is assembled to think of and pray for
titii bi'.' t1idt tii'SI aI'lS dtN lHNtH ~
wing fro d, around th. tsmbs sf the loved and lost
There something arring to every nerve. some
thing that mockcd every hallowed association in this
rude contrast betwcenthe solemn enblems of death,
and the eagcrrccklcssness OIL Isuggestcd the
idea of inexorabe and unmitigabe destiny. rather
than consolinr faith. 1t was redoer' of bitterness
and despair twas as men would confron, the dark
doom ofn.oriality with hollow laughter asd raiery.
Soatleast the ceneimpressed one 'pectatortowhom
it new 4; yc, habit or their peculiar creed, had
apparently associated ii in tho minds OF the multi
tudc with no such shocking suggestions. 1t was
affecting TO notice here and there. monument un-


umnated-perhaps that of stranger, who died
unhonoed and un,oothed, or the ancient mauso-
leum of such who could claim kindred with the
place and the people, but whose memories inexo-
rabc time had consigned to the dark abyss Of for
gettulncss Rarbes and Revcrics