Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

with the usual candles. They are frequent on
many Of the highways; aud 1t is not unusual
10 find above them, and sometimes on simple
CROSSES, an inscription announcing that the
bishop Of so-and. 50 will grant an indulgeBce Of
forty days or more to whomsnever will, for q
prescribed length Of time daily before the shrine
or cross. recite sucfl or such q prayer. / don't
know as it is worth while tc bother you about
our visit to Milan. Its magnificent cathedral
il alone worth . voyage across the ocean to
see, and 1t possesses number Of very ancient
churches-like that st Ambrogio--which are
chiefly interesting from their historical
associations and as examples Of the rudiment-
airy forms OF Gothic, Lombardean and Roman
esque architecture. Tire meanness Of the
naaterial-for they are built OF brick-greatIy
detracts from whatever remains Of archisec-
tural beauty modern RESERVATIONS have left
them. Though Milan is near the famous gran
lite quarries OF Bervena, and much nearer an
Rome to the marble qnarries whence irs marble
columns we're transported. all it's, medie val
churches are Of brick except its ca hedral,
which ia o: white marble from SUBJ base 70 ,ts
highest pinnacls. ] will not attempt to de-
scribe so familiar an edihcs, least of all to
criticise work on which has heen lavished the
patient art OF the best architects and sculptor-
of ally for hundreds OF years Its interior il
lndescribably grand Its ex'erior is as Jude
| scrlbably rich ID sculptured cruamsntaion,
especially III statues aud their accessories,
which are so lavishIy employed that it seems
TO swarm with petlitiod apostles aud saints
aud gianls, ard what not Still richer in scuip-
tured reliefs is the splendid facade Of the cele-
brated larthusan monas cry at Certoss, fifteen
. miles from III Ian, built under the auspices OF
| the same Visconti who, in 1886, founded the
Milan cathedral. Many famous pic'ures, on
| CANVAS and wood and in fresco. adorn the walls
Of the old churches Of Mi an, and it has very
" liable collection in tie picture allery Of the
Brera-aulong oilers, Raphaeps Sposnl zzio.
| But It's most precious art treasure is the ia.
nous Last Supper Of Leonardo da Vinci
! panied on the walls of what a. once the re-
fectory of monastery, now cavalry barrack
and, though in dilapilated condition, it is st l
MASTERPIECES which transcends all the efforts
of the most skillful ccpyists. It has beer
many Thousand times copied. 1t has never
been reproduced.
For an italian city, Milan is wonderfully
clean. While chcrsl:ing lis antiquities, 1t II
also thriving commercial and manufacturing
city, full of the busting spirit of modern
progress. The gene, al architecture of bust.
ness buildings is Modern, and some Of them
are splendid. Perhaps no city in the world
contains so magnificent commercial arcade
as its Galleria Victoria Enanuele. It has al
, the apparatus OF q great modern commercial
| city-railways, canals, street railways, motor
railways, anu even the electric i.ht. mer
| ciful Providence has thus far preserved il
from the telephone II this. nv last sheet O.
paper. had not given out. was going to tell yor
how much the fruitful plains of Lombard,
resembled Illinois in their monotonous fat
| ness. and even in some of their characteristic,
productions.