The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-09

stale and Improbable to the hasty
railway traveller, but the picture gal
leries here prove that artists have
found in 1t materials for some Of the
most exquisite landscape paintings,
particularly for calm, rich sunsets,
or magic moonlight effects, that might
be duplicated in Kansas were the same
artists there. Not long after leaving
the city we noticed the increasing
number Of shrines, in fields, gardens,
by roadsides, or on the facades OF
houses, and vineyards sometimes had
quite pretentious little affairs. By the
time we reached italy the crosses and
images had become too commonplace
TO attract our attention, neither did we
ever happen TO see that any of the ma
tives showed them any homage.
AS the Bavarian Highlands are APP
preached the scenery gradually grows
romantic, vistas of grand mountains.
glimpses of rushing mountain brooks,
of distant castles and pretty chalets.
No wonder these are the favorite
haunts Of the misanthropic king who,
like Rousseau, loves nature more the
more he hates mankind. Among the
TyrOlese Alps the scenery is similar,
only the height of the mountains. the
wildness Of the gorges is more intensi-
fled, and the snow-capped peaks come
to the front like an army of giants. In
one of the narrOwest defiles, down
which roared foaming little stream, a
fine fortress, formidably guarding the
entrance, We determined to pass the
night. Here we enjoyed clear sky
and a peaceful night, only learned
bow terribly the mountains would
threaten in SO narrow chasm after
the sun had gone down: they seemed
to put their heals together as though
weighing the question whether they
should not crush the impudent pigmies
that had dared invade their solitude.
Doubtless the words Schiller has Tell
utter are true or there would be no
jewellers in that little hamlet. ''The
mountain has no terrOrs for him who
was born thereon The child that
grows up in such sublime surroundings,
early learning the lesson of self-contrOl
and self-reliance, that its heart may
not quake before sudden dangers, but
with hardy mood and active muscles
be quick to face or avoid them, ought
to develop into heroic manhood like
that of Andreas Hofer, Arnold Wink.
elried or the Swiss Guards.
The second days journey was still
through Tryol, but now the southern
latitude clothed the mountain sides
with ferns and ivy, violcts and dainty
pinks, and yellow forest flowers, the
first wild flowers we had seen. In the
fields were men and women at work,
planting, sowing, blowing, usually in
a slow, clumsy fashion, with unim.
proved implements, seldom with
horses, long-horned, large framed.
white oxen taking their place. Thcle
are more vineyards than fields and
gardens put together, and the vines
were being pruned, trained and trel-
Used by troops of laborers according to
scientific systems unknown to us.
The continuous chain of belligercnt
looking fortresses along the Bremen
Pass is sufficient to inspire awe of Aus
trials military power; to our innocent
American minds, it seemed too much
of good thing.
Drawing near the boundary of Italy,
green gardens gladdened our eyes,
fruit trees in blossom; and pretty vii
las, but the people SO picturesque at n
distance, in bright costumes, red skirts
and white kerchiefs, are disappoint-
ingly ugly on closer inspection. The
Italian sky at first had still a touch of
northern gray, but against it stood out
in fine relief the tall, slim, dark cedars
SO graceful IN pictures of Lombardy
scenery.
Historic Verona, the city of the great
Theodore, the city of Juliet, we passed
by with infinite regret. 1t looked so
beautiful as we swept around it, with
many stately edifices on the hill in its
midst with fine wall surrounding it,
We were glad of the two hours stop
which permitted little walk about
the tidy outskirts, through the tree
shaded, well paved streets. BY little
brook in green field we saw group
of women doing their spring washing,
rather cold task SO early in the sea-
son. The tickets, stamped for Venice,
permitted no longer tarrying, yet we
were scarcely sorry when we reached
that wonderful city of the waters. and
under the star light ioated in a real
live gondOla to a rambling, but COM
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