Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-13


mitted to posterity, and remarks that
they serve to make known what men
were in those times, their ideas, customs,
virtue, vices, the tendencies in certain
dates of history, of which we would find
nothing in history, which consists of
presenting the jests of emperors, kings,
queens, popes, princes, and other great
people, to the reader as seen in all their
triumphs, without deigning to inform
us of all their real mode of life or
thought, of the state or of humanity in
general, and we are often obliged to con-
| front all sorts of stories conceived in
legends, or handed down in the mem
cries of peasants, to get at any idea of
the people who spent their days in such
important places as the Sacra de Saint
Michele has been.
INDUSTRIOUS CAPTAINS.
The Guelfi and Ghibelline fought in
sight of here, and left the ruins of the
chateau of Avigllana, that keeps silent
watch over two lakes of the same name.
1t was here that Hannibal came down,
and Caesar passed in his bold counter
marches, which efface those of the most
illustrious captains except two, Charl-
mangne and Napoleon. 1t is also here
that at the commencement of the fourth
century, Constantine passed and fought.
Here the Longobards built towers and
chateaus against the Francs, but Charles
came down from Mount Jupiter, now
Mount Gents. He took them in the rear
and passed on to other conquests. Fred
eric Barbarossa, the emperor, passed here
and scores of names written on the stones
of the church show what distinguished
monks and persons once lived in these
now silent and moss grown walls.
THE PANORAMA
that meets the eye from the top of the
mountain, far surpasses any have ever
seen. Ruins and history become of minor
importance to even the most unimpressi-
Bile. Ones whole soul seems to expand,
to take on wings and to go to heights of
awe and grandeur never before expert
enced. 1t is said that "men who live by
water grow like water, while those who
live by mountains grow like mountains, "
yet no poet, thinker, warrior, of the
first order, comes from mountain top.
Yet if "mind makes itself like that it
lives amidst and on'' how can it dwell
constantly upon such scenes of grandeur
without all the higher parts of both mind
and soul being developed to the highest
degree? At first the eye hardly dis
tinguishes where the sky ends. A cloud
of SUBMITS, dazzling in their covering of
eternal snow, form belt of light that
joins together the pile of peaks, whose
granulous snow is far too high for the sun
to melt. Chain is piled upon chain, with
natural amphitheatres, with frightful
chasms, and glimpses of vine covered
areas and hills and fertile plains, give q
peaceful finish to the glorious surround
ings. The colors are ever melting and
deepening, now with faintest tints of rose,
fast followed by all the shades down to
black, white, fitful shadows giving form
to thousand wild fancies as the mind
follows the eye over this choice bit of
natures work. In front is
MOUNT GEMS AND MOUNT VISA.
from whose side the river Pc leaps into
life. On one side, nestled amongst the
hills, are the two lakes of Avigliana, with
the ruins of the chateau of the same name.
Here Guelfi and Ghibelline fought and left
great desolation behind them.
CALL TO PRAYER.
Faint sounds rise up from the way-side
chapel calling the scattered laborers to
prayer as the sun sinks to rest. We cast
one last glance up on the peaks, standing
like silhOuettes of the worlds best as
pirations, ever pointing upwards, and
full of interest and awe, caused by the
mingled pleasures of a visit to the Sacra di
Saint Michele.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
have just closed. A new feature has been
introduced this year, which, it seems to
me, might be copied with advantage in
other lands. All pupils whose daily rec
ord during the year has been perfect, are
promoted with honor, without any ex-
animation. All those whose average for
their daily record is above certain per
cent. are also promoted without exami-
nations, but without honor. They thus
leave school week earlier than they
otherwise would, and have not the fatigue
that always accompanies school exami-
nations. They have real object to work
for during the whole year, and only the
doubtful scholars are put TO the test
A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE,
no larger than mans hand at first, was
brought to light some four months ago in
Hungary, and has since grown until its
shadow now covers the whole land. All
the Hungarian papers of all parties are
full of it, yet | have found little mention
made of the circumstance, outside of the
Hungarian publications.
A STOLEN GIRL.
Several months ago poor
peasant sent her daughter, a
young girl, very plain, almost deformed,
and in no way attractive, to the store for
some red earth. The child has never re-
turned. This occurred in small village
on the river Thless, that terrible river
which causes so much loss and so man
deaths by inundation. 1t seems that the
floors in Hungarian peasants houses are
made of light yellow cement, and to
make them more attractive the peasants
usually on Saturday evening put fresh
border all around each room Of bright
red, made of o mixture of red earth and
water. The child went with her large
colored handkerchief for the earth, as
her mother needed it for that evening,
and she is still waiting. Search was at
once commenced but no clue was found.
However, in a few days Jew called on
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