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! the Ctimpagna used them os sheep-
end of the 19th century ushered in
a period of scientific exploration of
these 'silent cities. Their Interest
lies not only In religious appeal, but
in secular objects found in the graves
which throw light on the lives of
early Christians."
ripe Club Popular at College
WILSON. N. C. (UP) The year
old "I Smoke a Pipe" club has be
come a leading organization on the
Atlantic Christian college campus.
Strictly stag. Its purpose, among oth
er things .Is to "develop that sense of
tranquility that comes to every de
voted smoker of the pipe."
hands, holding a record in each event.
On Aug. 6. 1934, at Oslo. Norway, he
recorded 54 feet 10 Indies with his
iipM hand, and 39 feet 3 Inches with
his ltfr. for a total of 94 feet.
Dog and Cat Finally Quarrel.
ANTIOCH, CM. (UP) For yoars a
pet cat and dog lived together her
without a quarrel. Recently, how
ever, the cat had kittens and the
Stole Truller-Ilouse Tires
DALLAS, Tex. (UP) R, H. Edds
li a sound sleeper, so sound In fact
that he did not wake up when thieve
removed all the tires and rims from
! folds.
"Their rediscovery happened cen
turlies later by accident. In 1578.
some workmen digging in a vineyard,
suddenly fell Into a gallery of graves
with inscripiicas frescoes. The
Track Star Ambidexterous
BATON ROGE, La. (UP) Jack
Torrance, giant Louisiana State truck j .
star, can throw the shot with both Use Mall Tribune want ads.
first argument developed over who's trailer-house in which he was tour-
would mind the kittens.
i ing through the south.
OVER 500 MILES
MEDFORn MATT, TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 31. IMS.
Underground Cemeteries Are
Work of Early Christians
Millions Buried Most;
Tombs Robbed for Relics'
WASHINGTON. D. C (Spl.) Al
though the world's unexplored patches
are rapidly shrinking, places of mys
tery still exist. Dramatic proof of
this was shown recently when five
boys were lost for several days In
the Roman catcombs.
These underground cemeteries hon
eycomb the countryside surrounding
Rome and undermine part of the city
Itself a network of narrow, tomb
lined corridors extending many miles.
"Because of excellent guides, lights
and the fact that few tourists stray
away from their parties, getting lost
Is a comparatively rare experience in
the catacombs." says a bulletin from
the Washington. D. C, headquarters
of the National Geographic Society.
Catacombs Impressed Dickens
'Confused by the numerous turn
ings, crossings and recrosslngs of
these melancholy tunnels, one could,
however, wander for days and drop
of exhautlon and starvation before
finding an exit. Something of this
thought occurred to Charles Dickens,
who wrote, 'Good heavens. If In a
sudden fit of madness, he (the guide )
should dash the torches out, or If he
should be seized with a fit, what
would become of usT
"Unlike catacombs of many other
countries, those of Rome did not
originate from abandoned quarries.
They were dug expressly for burial
placos. Aside from a few Jewish cat
acombs that preceded them, they
were largely the work of early Chris
tians, Roman laws forbade burial
Inside the city walls. In Rome's hcy
dey. the VI Appla and other splendid
roads leading out from the Imperial
City across a then-populous Cam
pagna. were lined for miles with mag
nificent mausoleums containing the
ashes of wealthy Romans. Near these
same highways. Christians Interred
their dead in rock graves.
"Wealthy Christians donated some
of the burial plots. Poor but demo
cratic Christians clubbed together to
purchase others. When they had
filled the surface of a plot with
graves, they employed the same prin
ciple of expansion used In modern
skyscraper basemente and subways.
They dug another layer of graves be
neath the first, connecting them by
stairs. Grave diggers sometimes ex
cavated on five successive levels, bur
rowing like moles at a depth of 75
feet, but generally they stayed be
tween 20 and 60 feet, digging only
three or four levels.
Over 500 Miles of Passages
"Although Rome's catacombs, num.- ;
berlng over 40. do not reach beyond ;
the third milestone, their Intricate
network Is estimated to cover more
than 500 miles. Among the largest
and most famous of the Roman cata- j
combs are those of St. Callxtus, of '
which some 14 miles have been ex-
plored.
"Tombs In the Roman catacombs
are repute dto number at least several '
millions. Following a monk's glim-
merlng torch down damp tunnels,
originally built Just wide enough to
admit two men carrying a bier, even
the casual visitor cannot fall to be
stunned by long vistas of tombs, oi
recesses, piled up like shop-shelves
one above another, sometimes to 12
ranges, on both sides of the corridor, j
"Some are' still scaled with marble j
slabs, but more are empty, their ,
riches, plundered, even the bones car
ried away as relics. Some of the j
tombs bear Inscriptions and symbolic
paintings. Still others are marked I
only by lamps, pieces of drinking !
glasses, and other objects pressed j
Into the plaster when It, was fresh. I
Little phials containing a reddish- j
brown substance have been found.
This was once thought to be the :
blood of martyrs, but is now explain- j
ed as a perfumed substance used to
counteract the odor of decay, :
Rediscovered by Accident
"Here and there, tomb-lined gal- ;
lerles expand Into vaults or chapels ;
where funeral feasts were celebrated. 1
Some of these chapels are gruesomely
adorned with mosaics of skulls and !
festoons of thighbones, presided over '
by skeletons in monks robes tied to
the walls.
In the third century, persecuted
Christians began to seek refuge, and
to hold religious meetings. In the
catacombs, entering them through
secret entreances in sand pits and
quarries. In the catacombs of St.
Callxtus, they descended by stairs
which ended abruptly, and continued
downward by ladder handed up to
them by confederates below. In spite
of all precautions, worshipers were
frequently betrayed and massacred.
Once, when a large congregation of
Christian men, women and children
entered a catacomb, pagan officials
walled up both the entrance and
exit.
'After the fourth century, Chris
tlans began to bury their dead in
and about basilicas, Instead of In
catacombs, and by 410 they stopped
using catacombs as burial places en
tirely. Instead, they began to revere
them as sacred shrines, making pil
grlmaces to them. Pilgrims flocked
into these human ant hills in such
numbers that entrances had to be
enlarged, stairs widened, and air
shafts sunk to ventilate chapels.
"In the sixth century the cata
combs were ransacked by Goths, and
in the elchth century by Lombards.
This incited the popes later to carry
off most of the remaining bodies and
place them lor safe keeping in trie
churches of Rome. At least 38 waeon
loads of bones were deposited on one
occasion in the rededicat'd Pantheon,
theon.
"After the middle of the ninth cen
tury. e:r.ptid of their attraction" for
pilrr'.mr, mo tof the cs'nT b?-
shepherds pasturing tiieir sr.ec-p or
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