New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-09

flank, where you no longer get tins impression OF
suddrn energy; whence the mountain rolls rst or
ward aud then upward. a vast wave OF molten rock,
pursued Oy tempest and rising INTO crest when
cooled instantly. and turned solid. and never iioke
or fell. From the RiHe nothing of that H. visible
the Matcrh0rn Is "a monument SET on u pedestal, rs
the point of view changes itself changing ana AT
one moment this southwestern spur takes the shape
of cTonching O' or the pinnacle at top where
the npnlsc OF the bIllOw lost and the plunge ss-
prnued is he bea and ere, OF the eagle poised IN ne
blue vau :Or the whole MattcThOm stands poised on
the shelf If rock which Is none too broad ana none
too firm 10 make sure of sustaining this soaring
Alpine spirc 49,,
with its marked traits of personal and separate
character such as belong itself alone. 1. relates
how he has journeyed over Switzerland with an
AnglO-lndia officer who knows every peak ana pass
of the Hmalayas, and who. Tor long
thc Aims. lie saw Mont Blanc and the
chains making upon each one OF them the III
variable comment; I'VE have finer things than that
in India" He came at last to Zermatt. saw the
Mattcrhorn and was conquered. There Is n@th,nng
in India like that. nor anywhere IL tn world" NJ
friend and ! were 50 much of his mind mat we
agreed we did not care whether we saw anything
from the Corner not. The MatterhOrn was
enough. But We were TO see him again that morn
ING IN n shape hardly less remarkable; indeed, rs
yOu wind your way up the Il tfcI YOn do DOT often
pass out of his company, and You VIII not hnd II
easy - decide which Is the most wonderful OF All MS
attitudes and poses
THE CORNER PANORAMA
among other points of difference from many of the
oth.r celebrated panoramas IN Switzerland: 1t is
near view From the Righ everything IS far away;
from Berne still more so. From the Corner YOU al
most think You can reach ont your hand 10 Monte
Rosa. You have penetrated into tie Businesses
of the Alps stormed one of their Strongholds and
Won stand in the citadel Itself, surveying the
colossal fortresses which he about it. The mystery
that was meant 10 he inscrutIb!e seems to have
disclosed itself with this startling result, That IT Is
more Of a mystery than ever. The vastncss Of these
soitudcs weighs more heavily on the IMAGINATION
IN their isol ted privacy than at distance. seen
from an Italian valley, Monte Rosa is only white
cloud In the sky; seen from the corner, nc Is a
burden to the WOrId-a world
"Bearns on shoulders immense.
Atla.teau, a burden
Wei ulGh not To be horne
Ills fellow Titans are ranged about him; on The
Corner yOu are ID the centre of circle 81 huge
,untans closing IN upon YOU; an immense cIrcu,n1
ference of everlasting snow and zee. dozen ga
ciers extend their sluggish length be,eaih the
Corner longest and most snuOus of all IN lS al hut
mOtIOness movement 10 the valley. In s'ngIe
glance you may take 10 every possible feature OF AID
me scenery distant we'll asncar Tor ON such DAY
as this is rof such matchlesst cansparcnce even
of the loftIer SUBMITS Ol the aaron OIer1hu
stand ouI family brilliant false uorIzon half
way 70 The zenith. They Will not keep you long
from the l..asScs nearer AT hand
Az ALPINE SNOWFALL.
The storm If Yesterday was the last touch of the
euchantcr's wand. Over al these vast fl Ids Of per-
pctual snow. over the gaunt rocks that are com
monty hare and black over the glacier surfaces de-
fl Ell and aim with Vie debris they have brought
down with Them, over the passes which
il has made impossible and FIR down the
sides Of deep ravines, this ncw-lallen snow lies
lightly and purely The radiance Of DIS delicate fresh
beauty is too vivid steady gIzr; The eve Shrnks
from the blaz- OF brightness winch binds aud
bliStcrs and burns. The Mlttcrh0rn Inns gained
more than all tie rest, gained the charm of lustrou'
wmteucss which Is commonly the one thing wanting
10 lis stern loneliness. The pgcrlpccS, on which no
SHOW will u" long, are bauchcd tins morning win
the icathcry ciuWug fakes that tJ-morto" VIII
have vanished. Only the pyramid can he seen from
here The foundations Of II are hidden
first by intervening hills, then by the
eapphire sea Of celestial blue, out of
winch N RISES and which break, ut @, foot in spray
Of nrecv foam. IL Us not yet noon. uut the mist is
a-u cloudiug the sides of all the cham 10 the west;
urfiNcly fastening "a t4s-el here. wreath there,
plume above. Noihug is more trcac 'rouS tnun
these pine de1ues; nothing 80 perfect as ihe hr.t
moments on ;hc Corner could last. Int they had
lasted long enough 90 DE remembered forever II
maiteIeI little what came az er; nothing conld rob
u of that one crowded hOurOl glorious lie when
We stood amid the purple gloom OF Swallowed rock
and the passionate sIleudors OF unsialned, sunlt
snow G.. v. 5.