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wiTrU form the nuhjjict if this mxr,
Time prevent hip iUollii? my author
iU, Imt you will find every statement
tvrlflrd In a iamphlrt (tenth tlionxaml)
sold by Kenslt, 1" rt"rniUT How
London, and entlllfd, "The I niulnl tln
and Confessional of th Present (Vrt
tury." The jrloomy biilldlnir of th
Inoulslttnn sttssl close to SI, l'etor's
Id entrance In 1M! had completely th
character of a fortification, Throng
double folding pules of Iron, you pasted
into a lariro court enclosed by high and
palatial buildings net apurt for thu use
of the Inquisition.
Hut thin quadrangle led Into another
lurroundcd by prisons, Thf you en
tcred through small doors barred with
Iron, The cells were hardly large
enough to contain one person
square holo, over the door, protected
bv heavv orating, gave a glimmer of
light and a little air from the reeking
courtyard. The floors and walls were
very wet.
Through a parage to the left you en
tcred a third and smaller yard. Here a
triple row of barred prisons rose from
the soil upwards, accommodating about
sixty prisoners. Twenty cells were on
each floor. About every door, on the
outside, was an Image of Christ con
fronting you with condemning asjtect,
and on the inside, to barrow the oris
oner, a verse from Berlpture was In
kit I lieu upon the wall, The verse was
selected from the threatening eon
talned in the Old Testament, as for
example, "Cursed shalt thou be when
thou corneal in, and cursed shalt thou
be when thou goestout," Deut.xxvlll
19.
la each cell was an enormous iron
ring, made to oien and close with
padlock, This ring was fixed either to
the wall or to the stone floor and was
intended to encircle the body of the
prisoner,
Itwnnanfa of clothing, belonging to
former Inmates, were found every
where. In one cell a woman's collar,
in another a monk's sandals, in another
clothes for an infant, In another n
young girl's bat; In others cords belong
Ing to nuns, medals, roxarfes, crucifixes
and such like.
The walls were covered with inscrip
tions in all languages. Home of thews
were dictated by grief and despair,
others bore the Impression of resigna
tion. Wrote one prisoner, "The ca
price or wickednens of man cannot
exclude me from Thy church, O,
Christ." Wrote another, "Ifow much
have I suffered here," What a history
thoe few words unfold. Wrote another,
(in Kngllsh, "I am innocent; I am ac
cused of not being a Catholic, but I
bllcy In Father, Hon and Holy
Ghost," Wrote another, ' fS'esscd are
they who ar persecuted for righteous
ness' sake, for thelr's Is the kingdom
of heaven," Wrote another In his
bodily anguish (and, oh, how touching
under the circumstance are the words),
"The Jyord is my Shepherd, I shall not
want," And today may we not, nn It
were, add as our Inscription, 'The
noble army of martyrs praise Thee
In one cell on the ground floor, there
whs set in the pavement a square stone
like the slab covering a Umh being
emoved, an aperture was disclosed,
opening Info an empty dungeon. This
It Is which Is called a Vmh in fine'.
There, when once the slab Is fixed and
cemented over the head of the sufferer,
neither light norjtound ever penetrated
and the victim, burled alive, died of
hunger between the four walls, cold and
mute forever.
Immediately beneath the first and
?oond court were the dungeons. In
their rnldst was the torture chamber, a
large vaulted hail of stone, Icre, up
to 1H)', had lieen the raek to draw the
joints asunder, the pulley to crack the
sinews, tb hissing pincers to tear the
quivering flesh from the bones, the
brazier filled with burning charcoal, to
roast the feet.
Here had the Jtomlsb inquisition set
unmoved, listening to the groans of the
tortured ones viewing their convul
sive pangs, and turning a deaf ear to
the piteous cry for mercy.
There is an awfully solemn future,
when, as we learn from Scripture, Gfxl
Himself will make Inquisition for
blood, and when he will say, speaking
of Home: "Iteward her even as she
rewarded you, and double unto her
double, according to her works In the
cup which she hatb filled, fill to ber
double torment and sorrow
give her." (Ilcv. xvlii. fl.) And that
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fi ct ttinii and with mi a'tftts for air
or light. It ! Uinim.lt to umhrtaiul
how liiunai) U'lngs ctnild bare llud in
tM b plsit of damp ami stciu li and
ptTpviual iUi kin s, and wbeiv horrid
slletitti n-lgnrd mci pl ubi'ii broken by
I'ik cries ami pmans and piayeis of
tliotte who tenanted thnn atsxlt'snf til t
iistn earth,
IndiH'd, one U'loncr inure dead j
than alive when rrscui'd, In ht'i, from
the liifulsltliui at Itoinn,
A full and must Interesting account
of this man, wIummi name was Cnn'tihir,
you will find given In one of the chap
ters of the pHinphlct to which I have
called your attention.
Kroin these dreadful dungeons a door,
In the thickness of the wall, oMned
iijsin a pimsage which conducted to a
higher part consecrated by Inscriptions.
These were written by the prisoners
in charcoal upon the walls. Amongst
them were some of recent date, express
ing in terms the most touching the suf
ferings of all kinds which the writers
had endured.
In this second tier of dungeons wore
found embedded In masonary the skele
tons of martyrs who had been gradu
ally, little by little, walled up alive,
and who had died a lingering death,
God alony knowing in what horrible
agone, Tneco were standing uprignt,
and bad been bound with cords, and
fastened to the wall by chains,
Not far from the "wailed up" were
the bodies of prisoners who had had
their hands and feet securely tied, and
who were then buried as high as their
breasts In mixed alack lime with moist
earth, uio marKS oi movement in
this limey earth and the convulsive at
titude of these skeletons, showed the
terrible struggle which they underwent
before they died, in their frantic efforts
to free themselves from the burning
lime which gradually stiffened round
their limbs and eat Into their fl' sh and
bone.
The bodie were very many, and
placed In lines opposite to each other.
Some of the skulhhad fallen from their
trunks these were heiiped up In
corner.
lieneath the fooond underground
course of vault and dungeons was ac
tually a third.
Digging deep riere, In one place, a
great number of skeletons were fo ind,
some of them so clows together, and so
amalgamated with lime, that no bone
could be moved without being broken.
From one of the vault a funnel,
some five feet square, ran straight up
wards to the highest part of the build
ing. It appear that after a prisoner
had been examined In an upjer story
before the Inquisitor's tribunal, he was
sometimes led to a passage close by, In
which wa a trap-door turning on a
pivot. This opened under him, and be
fell downward me seventy feet, till
hi body reached the lowest vault.
Here, at the bottom, lay long trexe
of women's hair (one wonder whose
temple they once had shaded). Skulls,
too, were there, and bone, and frag
ment of clothing fn a word, a pile of
the mouldering remain of those who
had died of their Injuries, arid of an
guish, terror and hunger slowly pass
ing from life to corruption In the gloom
of this Infernal cavern, devised by the
Satanic cruelty of Home.
Nor were dungeon confined to the
lower vault of the building, for Imme
diately under the roof were cell called
"chamber of trial."
Kaeh cell wa lighted by a window
with a southern act, and guarded by
Iron bar preventing any approach,
Ither t breaOie a little air or to ojion
the glas.
In the excessive heat of the summer
this prison became literally a furnace,
After sunset It wa Insufferable, owing
to the calorie pent up within, and the
foul air occasioned by the exhalation
from a vessel which the jailor was per
mitted to clease only once In three
days, A small quantity of water wa
given once a day to the Inmate by hi
Homlsh jailors, but little or no food.
The anguish endured by the prisoner
In this chamber of trial sapped all hi
power, and reduced him by the fourth
day to suck a state of Inanition that he
knew not where be wa.
Such 1 a very brief sketch of that
part of the Inquisition which wa de
voted to the incarceration and tortur
ing of prisoners, and I am sure you
will agree with me that, even if the In-
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The Anei ban lViii?r revived, mi
Saturday, J mm 14, Km, that Hut flag
of llie Ihli lei n "I'nllt d State be Ihlr
tern !rlp altciiiatt i-ml ami white;
that tin' union lm thirteen s'ars, white
In a blue tU Id, repi est it Hug a new con
stellation," Using to the lung h rlisl ll:t i Ihiwm1
U'fiiro thl action of cuiigreiis was put
Into practical effect, llnn Is mi authen
tic IiIMmi y of the origin of the Itsg.
ni tun llieorltits liulil tliat the slrlls's
Were Istrrowed from the. Ibilch, uthi
maintaining that they were suggested
by the arm of Washington, which were
ornate with both star and stripes, It
is (jiiltti probalile that Washington was
Instrumental In aiding th ronereunion
al cominltteti to "desltrn a Hag suitable
for the nation," Mrs. Iletsy Uoss, who
had mi upholstery shop in Philadelphia
was asked by the commander-in-chief
if she could make a flag In accordant
with the dctilgn suggested. She did so
and made the star iivo-pulntcd Inntaad
of six, as wa originally projected. In
consequence of her work (he was
lectcd a the manufacturer of the gov
crnmental flags, and enjoyed the
monopoly for many year.
When congress selected tho flag, It
leciflcd the proportions for army use
as follows; "The entire length to be
fi feetfl Inches, and the width 4 feet
Inches. The upper seven of tho thir
teen stripes, four rud and three white,
to bind the square of the bluo field en
closing the star; the' stripe to extend
from the end of the field to the end of
the flag. The next, or eighth stripe
to be of white, extending partly at the
base of the field, Tho other five stripes.
three red and two white, to run the en
tire length of the Hag," The leglsla
tlve enactment further provided that
"On the admission of any new state
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