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To,vcr-An Unique Work OF Art
The Grand 0peEt. ons
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1 EUAHER XIV.
(F1,oA or1k srEClAL CORRESPONDENT
! MILAN, italy, June 80.
Milan la 60 modern compared 10 the other pfuu1-
inent cities OF the couutzJ-shAnks to the notoe1.
| oas wars that destroyed all het Anc!nnt anu
| med1;rsaI rcruatps-has such au air Of hustle and
business, anl contains 70 much Of the Parlsian
| element and spIttt that 1t seems moru French
| than italian. ....... ...
Still, Milan, unlike Its neRhbor and rival Turin,
Is tcry Interesting, aud consumes week fnos1
pleasantly. II has tlne buildings. churches, pic.
turc galleries. nhrudcs, theatres aud public gar.
dcur, aud the people appear ~ xaJ and ss fund Of
| I.Ieasurt ~ they are On slIe Sanc. The central
| attraction ot the citJ 10 ne ts
| THE CATHEDRAL.
10 famous and - beautiful thRt 1t deserves al IL
| tAme. Eseryone has seen photographs of the
| church, aud gets nuuua Ut its architecture md
| ReEernl apIearanoes. lint no ono can form Just
idea Of the buildings, its tnaRnitcence ts elaoo-
| rats details and tts superb sItctR without per.
souAl yls,L Things lpuks ~ Inherently on paper
| frV1s wlat tloy t0 In nature twltnos4 tho plotu-
graphs Of rune u your pfaln hn rrosaIo sri1aln.
| taAces who nto Ma.7r handsome nrh splritna1
III etrsfs dt rat(tt1 tlAt n alwh1n prepared fOE
I
| hnyc rern corlca. The Cathedral Ia sn excrts-
tiuu. fanctr la ,nwrts mild fDar l,un'irr'l nn't
nfty *tasucs wuult Etsh Il NJ userlaas1ni II n0t
| tAw,lrr appearance. / eusp'Uiri thrrr Werc
tricks hul rnAlis III IT. afo aclGr,. ahri thAt thp
whole wou1l vail hlntEss nilt proportion.
WITS n1rrrabis ltrpisg,t. Completeness, xnitJ+
| hy, rtsiIiun!rr nti 1nrmuby aru mEat thn plrut-
inrr particularly r'hsrfa, Is II IaAsble lhruuRl,.
mt: IIas lnshtNi niul llnptraha rlnrnrlrr ~ IN
!inh l1n r1fetlDf tlAt lev r1tEtnrIlAI ctLurrhrA
DlHsr. Yum ARE MT compelled sU ltslk al II fhIui
An, taf'1''iilnr nhRr uf point Of sIaw u arpFun.
air IT, IL Gtand niIi laautIfi! NJ ttr nh,n ttlls
aid III GRANDEUR ni hrsl,t3 3rg ~ tIr!t,1 y.y,
hur'y Ano" Which I1rlunI4ales. .As n tiuthlu
tirtctnrn II hnA Hn rqaat IN ltat,. II II has IN Eu.
ROPE. MltAn wo,lIa te "arth long tDurnny, II II
cnAtaInei nthlnU hit tlA GAthudra.
ltA sIHlnctlKuaa Mln!DH4+ especially those ht"-
hit,.l lh't aas. afc really gur3rUus, exceeding tho
"it""wa Ut knste lIa.tu. Al Paris, whlrI a1e yaFJ
crlehratnd. On lE!xht 4lny. when The light
sttcass titruuXh tlr G1n.a, it, ncl coIora exourd
III effect anything Of tho GIlid that ! have sren,
IH!ecd, Thu church should ke v!uHc.I, uutwarily
upd 1nwuruly, under rho Auushinr, for full ap-
probation.
This ascent Of tho principal towcr-,hrcc
hundred Antl tlstuy-nvc fart, boIIrye,
II Enoulu cnrnestiY rconmrA; for
Jgu nre then cnsh!el to see tic statues anh
spires with their completeness Of detatl, and Oh
-
cannot gel from below. There arc galleries run. |
Ming alt over tile upper art Of thu structure FORM
tug aucli labJrtntn that It Il easy to lose your
why even under the light Of the akns needed
fully half IN hour to descend. and got tho right
road 81 last only by discovering that every othc.
ono Was wIonR
From the principal tower you hare pleasant
Vie" OF the city aud surrounding country. lou
Geo raEIs, the Appentnes, the Alps, Including
Mount 1iosa, Mount Dlauc aud tho Aatta1born,-
one OF The grondcat pauofanas l remember from |
\ tptro,
WATCHING s10AM.
Yesterday when was on the tower there xas
grand tAundet.ssofm. | BAN 1t gathering In the
ani tho varied cloud cnec.s-the grand
e!.iaFa oscufo OF Nature-wllh Tho wind tho lfvbt-
ming, The ntsta, aud the sweeping down Of the
rain from the Alps into tho valley, waa u sort Of I
epic.
l watched tho 1toEM for an hour and Vas
chaz1red with the dlsappeaEaace anu reappeas-
anCe Of the different peaks ns they wrapped aud
themselves Ia and from the mantlea | I
II mist and graJ md soubfe hoods OF the clouds !
Once tn Willie the sun would stream through | !
he entire mass n u tho heavens had caught arc; $
hen tho lightning would dart down tho inty i
'epths ike messenger Of name calling upon the r
rags to speak, which theJ did in gn.mbliug, NUT
cr1ng believing, crushing so!cea The wnn blew 80 y
II would tumble down the splres among which s
stood, and the thunder boo1neti Ike distant GU
ou. Eometines, dying gradually awny amid lts &
"n echoeA, reminding one Of 9 forest Of Hons
oas4ng themselves to sleep.
The hour on the Milan Cathedral Eyas one Of tho !
4ost enjoyable tare passed, md l thank Nature
-our common mother IL always kind to her chill. III
teh-ioF the powerful nld ehe 20 generously lent ia
, the oecasion. e,
SINGULAR FHATrRE -
that tn the body Of the cathedral. near the .,
ltaE. 1t represents Saint Carlo Barrou1eo Arch NJ
tsnop OF Milan. 70 whom tho church Is dedicated,
anding erect, holding hts skin In hia hand Ao- II
'roing to tradition, Saint Carlo was MARTYR :,
aring been deprived Of his natural toteeuuent "
araase he would not abandon his faith. On the it
hole, fhts ts the nuaeai staSue have seen. / q
src looked At many tha: hare been stripped to ~
SKID, but this Is the 1rat that has been stripped Al
the skin r.
Tho marble Is we'll executed: but question the v
ste or such subject for art. 1t dis the mind Hl
sh tho oppos!te OF iesthetio fsenQA AMI repcs IT.
stead Of attracting II seems rs II thu Catholic II
nrches deemed 1t absolutely NECESSARY 10 crowd be
'ir temples Of worship with arror.pierced se- fe!
stlauA, bleeding Aguescs, oe-benone Nsuon- r., "a,
3, and burned, ctucided and bulche1eu sa,uts oil
martyrs generally, to enforce the truth and poi
Of Their religion J
Ii sOALA ~
lot open now, but looked through II with the H.
Etancc Of esfs:ets and two ftmn1e.. 1t Il MAJ
much like San Carlo, at Naples, III tne nte- COT!
ro fhon,,ra !, ~, 49, 49,. - n' o' tEseous bar
lea or farquttte ami gallery: i simple tn liz sa
sutneDts Ai!a Will not COMPARE to elegance or q '
u.g with su1ue OF the New Totk theatres -!
he stage Il very lntge, and has double door mar
arranged that fountains md other srcctscutsr In
can bc Introduced with t1o s1cc. Soue Of tie fe1r
M. ia which the theatre ia r,,n,- ,arn..s Ifs
,ha .r,u.,acI,. ,,u,,ra a., a.-,; .e'oor char
ed With splendid 'ni.e en- aetnt-p,ubably TAIN
best In all 1talT In Seals ,s supported bY the Ehs
eEnmeht and the wealthy persuns who own uun! I..I
0xes, II arc most Of the large theatrcs uu the en
'nen'- -.-.. char
7HR 1A1LREIA nj r11TOR1G 4AASCgtE tied
Il teFIctl, II the hanAsoniest arraic Ia Ell. ,e!i
II ID seaf Ii Scsls, and furnishes d !byo. tha @
promenade In the evening. 1t is covered With ctAs1
! and IL full Of fashionable shopa, winch. bebt
Lighted. rreeent : brilliant appearance, IIsAtc
49,. % " " 'I""' ~ M VIE IUnHt
'r, are rer! fon " telling Jon It csat uea,I1 J1l
n millions VI ffauca. trif'u
The ERExA Fl. hea =
s' .''nH "A' sAfectfH 10 I'M" u IN IT. tol~ he Ra
N II pictures Il ilaA rome tne paintings tY api
no. tInprcinu, t'aufp ferrupse ys,, mis- sri Mf
fsrratu TIr fatn,n. H,xa.u.,, tM..-i..n ~ WAa I
,', 't"'7etiolo W nt'tAke u eHufHi
"k'n'' ~ hailaei!et tahoot e1ulfe. lHnFe t+1.et
trlf'tleFs af.'l thlHf1es7 IN It, ail'l d tssnsI
t't anl unspttitual Ink ID the irts'fI
'1na thai sfe fat tr'm Hsttar!I.c Hfr4t a. r. smat
7ll"a tHpalun n. II" MAS raftanlt = tat7 al III
Il rsnet; th"ngh II Ii t'famu.l tp t.tate srl e.
hnt 'tit 1tt= lt4all a Nnl4trf Ut NIT. ~ D.
frb1n'a Atta'lstt nd ttstaf IL thn ic,t t, st,uun
il'n l'HAtsI4he"a. itaaaia fsrp ~ a,ls,k rails.
! III lta tHhaas &tnt sksettnsz k4pt tffans Ban +
u with sthll.*ihs thal II n,aRhetl II,a i'al ~.
" 's ~ '+heFlh"'a f'nsl A. tu. ahh H3FuH ll tut. H.
"h atctrIa'an II @he4 In MAI saw T., stllrlr,
h F!aiT'd IAst nttrAH, lHthH
hsa ae6h fhlhe't hffeiieF, PERHAPS, man AhF
" .hs *"t'd u III tbs 'afoo'"fy If shs lnH, hnl H.
ut III, A!AtFnsa | kluw lI# 4tttntnabjy | IAaftt \
nhY hAst tHs.'s traAt=I hy nth1r I~rsnna let 4ga
" 10 tu aT!!atA; huw lhsT hal dAnbea and tuatAs
It nEteF rFe;enrr Of rutnuchtnR It; hut h.. IT.
expect TO Mud II IN such \ shocking state HhiCa !
Tha wall has clullhlei: the Ire scD has ts1n!3 Il
on, and hbH culors have teen 10 plaskeret AlMst!t
that very little NJ the original pcturs 70. witt,
To pretend to admire It nov for anything Vi lep1
lAu Id drawing H. to ny Mind IN 4neota. Council
I tOsA4 ri
er1 few rrA1 rot crunb Of the Ina. Sun a,:, y
Ike LETT. Peter. md John, and Judas, and Franrl.
0uce depicted with such i matter hand FesCond
e faded Into eternal ntgh1 unless one OF Chtca9e
Acles Of the Church, 20 readily and sqc- ,.,,ral
p!odReed on the smallest occasion, shsu At. Ds1+
II to It's rt5tiae reshness- The art world fcrFa11o
II Afford to lose pa Y!ncIa eJtf to<tr~r pTGmoftI
uegess, therefore, the Introduction Of s ,essa ~
70 some purpose. J. II. q. ueou "a
the reot
TirElnIn Politics. pCtchasl
d Democratic rcte1 organ OF Virginia thus Hstor
the rsnIt OF the recent election In taat assemble
Of the future pou4lcs and aims OF VI. pfopE1Ale
Ehse people Of Virginia hare accepted diei Int.