The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-16

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German Is 1t is coli idsTed all right for tbs
% ssfsfs sid en- i d sifers, and hop people
eeilar.liis, including boarding hons eleep-s
crs, to bent soG chi OF ali they can, but:
All outright fIiest oecurs very seldom in
deed. I; he man at tie station said he
had served there for fifteen tears, and
this was the FIRST thing he had ever heard
of being, stolen.
From EBader-B BADEN went to Luzern,
where first in Switzerland one catches q
glimpse Of the mountains. High above
the lake one sees he Rigi-Kuien, made
famous for Americans by Mark Twain S
description cf his and poor Harris adven-
lures there. On the right,an still higher
is fle Pil.fns peak, with its great hotel.
perched on ;ts top, looking from Lucerne
no larger than n swallows nest. OF
course the Pilafua las an inclined road
running TO It's very summit. All these
stronel.olds Of nature which the Creator
only intended to be won LIZ strong legs
and brave hearts, are being invaded now
aday's l,y the ingenuity Of MAN. The
grand old ion, carved out of the living
rock, iii memory OF the ulartyrdom OF the
Swiss body-guard in Paris III 1850, still
lies in his niche in the great rocky wall
He is hundred years old, and shows his
age, but is, and will always remain one CT
the most impressive, if not he most i'm
pressiye, Of the works OF art to lie seen
in this world so rich III artistic treasures.
lave seen the most famous painting in
the world Raphaels Madouna, in the
gallery at Dresden, Il painting which
Gould's millions could not buy. But the
Madonna does not grasp y. place in my
memory as does this great simple lion,
guarding With he lost strength oil his
once powerful paw, the honour CT the
Bourbon rose Unfortunately. the grand
old feilow WAS carved out OF very soft
sandstone rock, and The evidence ct the
Lapse Of time is but tco apparent.
| met in Luzernc a Young American
friend, and. together We lett beautiful, but
too much visited Switzerland, and took
our way with the post train to innsbruck,
III tie T'yrol. On the tram We we're dis
crlssing where we should take CIR dinner
.hcn !, Swiss gentleman sitt;l.e near, SAID
there was an American dining car at
tachcd to the lraii, so wonderfully gotten
up that one could even GET boiled monkey
ina half hour, if one only ordered IT..
Stopping ali night at Innsbruck, which
has nothing to recommend it that know
Of. except the pretty girl who sold me a
cognac bottle, which broke all to pieces
promptly the next day (don't trust 'ho
pretty girls. We went by train the next
morning distance Of some twelve miles,
getting eff at 4 small station called
Stomach. This stretch OF twelve miles
embraced fourteen tunnels, and must have
cost more trouble han did even the build
ing of the 5. a. s O. 20 Big Stone Gap.
From here We started out afoot, with
tnapsach GU back. and ''Alpan stock III
hand. Suddenly ny friend was plunged
upon by n biu;,d young man with 1eartA
who embraced him warmly and kissed
bin on beth cheeks. Suci seems 10 be
the hearty and mpu!siye greeting between
good men friends in the 1yrol, while to
the ladies one simply takes cis ones hat
and bows. rs nv friend did a few minutes
later 10 the Young mans sisters. We
Anne T;cans would change The custom by
bowiag 10 the hrcthcr and embracing
heartily and kissing the sisters. But iii
this world scmc people nave "dd n"i;oHs
and perverted tastes. The band veun&
man turned ol;t 20 be II Graf O:sp Yea
Sarnslein. an Old acquaintance of ny
Austrian ffiend he was 4 very friendly
Young man, shook hands viii! ne a. least
IA half dozen times in the first half hour
after bad net him. and finally determin-
ed to accompany us in the ascent Of Il
neiciboring peak, Noun: lEai1r;chl whose
snow capped head was to DC seen from the
station, and wllich appeared IL he only
few minutes strc! away. But mountain
distances arc decciyiHg as lovers rTnm-
Uses, and We only reached his base after
several hours G. industrious walking.
With Gle guide ~ went NJ TO the hut,
where we spent the night in order To nave
Il good early start in Tic morning !or the
ascent lc the summit. These huts are in
ncyat;ons Of modern civilization in The
mountains which Que car not iind fault
with. They are cabins built hy iic Ger
man Austrian Alpine Club Tor the bcn-
eft OF mountain climbers. Tie ascent ct
ncarly NJ! the high peaks III Iyro! and in
Switzerland is made much c&sic; by these
huts, where one can spend The night arid
get Tie requisites in the WAY of neai and
bread they are places as a ralc about
The snqvline. The one on Mount Ha-
BRIGHT has All elevation CT about SiG0 feet.
We found Il number Of other tourists
there, unfortunately, and were somewhat
crowded tof roam: all slept IN The straw,
or tried 10 siee;, III casi, and were UP at
le peep 81 day, ;nii CT ar say TO the
summit. !! v;is-.,ia! Che more e$!"ti-
cnceu ciiintcr- call "srazlcr Sang, a
pleasure walk, steep, hut not difficult and
after iii hour over lie SNOW We were on
tle summit The day "as perfect, and 4
splendid panorama OF rocky, jattins
points and SNOW capped peaks enclosed
thc view on I'LL sides. Such moments. es-
peciallv the first experienced. produce an
effect On the feelings, and an impression
on the mind which time will never ciiacc;
on al! sides, SNOW, ice, glaciers, and lar
AWAY below sliopscS OF the green valleys
with TIE silver threads Of waters busting
huslly on their way TO The sea. Mountain
climbing is called dangerous, and some OF
ii is, hut Tie moment when one draws a
long breath on the summit, a;.d looks
round on The glorious panoiama, IS wcf!l:
mere than The real aad imagined dangers.
Our guide was one from the olden time.
He had never ridden on q railroad train,
and taxes the lhertyoi still thinling-lhat
Chrisioiher Columbus wcs mistaken III
his superstition that he earth was round.
He saws ;lia: Of course it must he !iat, and
that no man vet knows where the Jump
ing off place Is. On one mountain side
was 10 be seen Il church, perchcd 50 high
up hat it requires Il whole day for the
people FROM TIE valley below to Climb ZIP
to service and come down again. Faskcd
why a church he'd been built in such az
inaccessible place, and was ;old ihas tue
pious catholic PEOPLE Of the valley bad
started to build IL church. in lie valley be-