The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-08-28

thought of the great wealth lock
away to do honor after death to a MAJ
who during his life preached, "Go and
sell all thou hast and give to the
poor"
The Cathedral has great many
relies, the towel with which Christ
washed the feet of his disciples, part
of the purple robe he wore, some Of
the thorns from his crown, stone
from the Holy Sepulchre, the rod Of
Moses, teeth which belonged to A bra
ham, Daniel, John, Elisha, etc., etc.,
but these are not shown to the vile
heretic,-even for franc,
A half day-er half month may
be very profitably spent in seeing 9TH
er sights in Milan beside the Cathe-
dral. There Is La Scala, the largest
theatre In the world--in which I had
the pleasure of singing a solo to u very
select if not very large audience;
and the Arena, an open air theatre
constructed under Saeaiesn, where
&c, 900 spectators may be seated, and
where horse races, boat races and all
sorts of games may be shown; the
Arch of Triumph, magnificent
structure begun by Napaleau to cell
citrate French trlumphs over Austria,
and finished 20, irony of FateD by the
Emperor Francis to commemorate
Austrian victories over the French; an
old church founded in the fourth CELL
fury by st. Ambrose, and half dozen
other churches of more or less inter-
est; and last and greatest, in little
low roam adjoining cavalry barracks,
Da Viuci's "Last Supper" This
paintiDg,-the most celebrated doubt
less in the whole worlds 80 feet in
length by Is in height, painted on the
wall of what was formerly the refec-
tory of Dominican convent, but
what was long time used as a stable,
The picture Is nearly 800 years old,
and has suffered greatly from damp
ness and violence. But In spite of
dimness and DETACHMENT much of its
original strength and beauty may
still be traced, and celebrated artists
from all parts of the world come to
study and copy it. A copy by a Milan
artist, who was at work the day l
was there, is valued at $1,000
-.
From Milan to Genoa is a pleasant
days ride, beginning about 10 and
ending about 6. The road runs south
west first to Turin and passes through
a pleasant country. 1t is very level,
and there are great fields of corn and
rice, and many orchards and vine
yards. I should imagine there must
have been the same difficulty in get
ting the corn planted that there was
in Kansas, for some of it is hardly out
of the ground while other fields are in
silk and tassel. The rice fields are
flooded with water from irrigating.
The trees in the orchards seem to be
treated i'm much the same way as are
the vines in SwitZerland-trimmed
until there is only bunch of green
branches on thick old trunk. leave
horticulturists to figure out the phil
osophy of this mode of culture.
From Turin-where an hours stop
gives a chance to see that the streets
cross each other at right angles, which
is great relief-the road turns south
east. A short way out we pass near
the battle field of Marengo, where one
Of Napoleon's marshal's said, 81 could |
hear the bones crash in my division!
It is all cultivated field now and
there is no monument to mark the
spot of one of the fiercest battles in
history. The country remains level
ior awhile, but the Apprentices are in
light and pretty soon We are among
md in them-for the railroads of this
country never seem to think of going
,ver or around mountain. There
ire still small fields of corn and rice
n the little valleys, and some vine
-ards and orchards about the base of
he mountains, but the soil seems
White and thin and the crops are poor.
And there is no green grass. 1t is a
vretched, forlorn, worn out looking
ountry.
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Genoa French Genes, italian, Gen
"a, is sur-named 1.-THE Superb and
IL the guide books speak of it as
plendid and beautiful city. 1 have
ound it squalid, filthy, foul-smelling I
nd ugly beyond all comparison with l
nything I have yet seen, even on =
his continent of ugly cities. There a
re only about two streets in the main /
usiness portion of the city, through =
hitch carriages can pass. All the r
est are from three to ten feet wide,
nd jumbled in inextricable confusion.
he stores and shops along these |
reefs are dark and dirty and the
eople who inhabit them are like F
lem. True the houses are very high.
ut they are all built of brick or rough
one and then succeed and painted a
rty yellow. Even the palaces which