The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-01-23

musb itWNo tufc, fIOTeuCe, ue
most beautiful city 10 the world as
moro than ono traveller his called
thee, but may we payer forget the
many pleasant days 70 have spent
enjoying thy varied beauty.
Every one eau remember tho pic
tire Of the Leaning Tower of Pts,
which used to bs in all tho geo.
graphies, aud can well remember
that thought there was something
supernatural above il that kept 1t
in this position right in tho very
fare of natures law, aud when |
climbed its lS0 feet aul looked
over the side aud saw myself hang
ing in the air l3 feet outside the
supernatural impression was not in
the least removed. At tho fgst
glance you canuot get rid of the i'm.
prcsron that the tower has CON
mcnced tipping over. 1t is supposed
that after the structure WAS CON
menced one side settled AMI that IN
finishing it care was taken to make
the lower side the lighter 80 that
tho centcr of gravity of tho whole
mass might not fail outside of ths
base. Gnlileo used tbs shutting
tower III his experiments in deter
mining tho laws of gravititIon
The Biptistry of tho Cathedral is Il
circular building aud is celebrates
for its marvelously beautiful echo
The attendant sounds tho four
notes, do mi, sol, do. aud tho whole
dome seems to ill with echoes and
re. echoes, and before they have diei
away he repeats the notes, ani the
two echo choruses are heard bead
ing AMI combining fJr nearly u miu
uts Ecar this is the i'lrlli Gtouil !,
u quaint lnclDSei structure ra.uIrk'
ab!a from tho fact that after the
loss of tho Holy the archbishop hal
50 ship l1ils of earth from Nc.
Calvcry conveyed here in order
that the dead might rest In holy
ground. There arc many other
Things, of iitrest in tins old
duciyiug city hat We must leave
them and come farther up the coast
to the finely situated city of Genoa.
which has been celebrated frJ,n all
time for its excellent sea-port
It was famous in the middle ages
and the modern city is by No means
insg gniicunt. While it has many
churches ptlacas anl gllleri- y, i;
ms none OF special importance to \
casual visitor pIt many which arc
well worthy of the attention of tho
art critic who has time at HE d :
p,sIl. IL is associated in the Amer.
licln nnds chiefly as the home OF
. . C,lumhr4, aud tIe traveller Is shown
his palIce aud two statues of him,
one ni thnm very tino Mny wa
real this letter viii recall u, al.
mjrable eytir'a on tle crleprlto1
Bank oi 81. GaprIa, which app iprG /
in ono oi our leading mtgIl nci u
few months ago. rhis wlS one of
the eirlist unl most famous banks
in Europe ,nl cane n"tr absorbing
the entire Republic OF Ganoa.
From Gcnoa rile OF less than n
hun lrcl miles n,rthwtri brings us
to Milan, tho capital of L)nbdrdy,
the second city in italy in populi
ton nnl the most prosperous. 1t
aud Tuyin show evidence of being
largly modern cities most of tho
streets being vile anl we'll paved,
and many of the bull hugs very fine.
Since the revolution OF 1879, NJ cit
ies in Italy have made such rapid
improvement ~ tn two Tho
rich plain in which the city il sitn,t-
ed has been fought for by French,
Anstrians and It,lirns from time
Immortal. Ths battle fields OF lodi
aud Miropgo where tho great Ntpol
con won snch signal victories, anl
Of Magenta, the Military gl)rv of
Napoleon iIl are all near tbs city
While Milan has cared for her mn
tel'ial prosperity she has not neg
lested her opp ,rtunities for art aud
to-day is n vigorous rival of any city
in italy in these matters, Milan. the
grand il motel tho world over for
her wonlarfnl cathedral which is The
largest anl finest z )thic church in
the woilI. 1t covers an aroa Of
bont tw, anl half acres, and is dis
tinguished moro for its exterior dec
orations that for the beauty OF its
interior.
There are positions from which
the vieys across tna CLthe irtl lis
closes wonderful unmber Of great
pillars anl gives m impression oi
massiveness which / DO not remen
Der 10 have received in any other
I Cathedral. The chapal OF st B,rro.
mso underneath tho chnrch is rich
in work in silver and in precious
stones.
But it is visit to the roof an I
sp,re of this great Catlirdral which
calls forth our wonler AMI almira
ton Tho roof which is of blocks oi
soid marble, is snch q labyrinth ot
turrents, bntm ,uts and elab 'rate
, ornament every kinl that guides
are generally sent up with the par
ties to prevent them from wandering
around and losing the way. From
, the plitfbr,n of the spire the vies is
probably the tinost to be ha from
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