The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-22
ALONG THE ADRIATIC
Miramar, the Home Of a Mexi-
can Emperor.
RARE VENICE THE GEM OF ITALY
ST. Marks Square and its Objects of Interest
the GondOlas, Bridges, Galleries
and Pillars.
Especial Correspondence of SUNDAY HERALD.

TX.
Passing through Syria, Corinthia and
hrain, through the wonderful Alps and
over the Simmering pass, one of the long
est tunnels in the world (l2,00O feet above
sea level) | was both enraptured and be-
Wlldered at the sights that met nv ewes.
Inc Alpine scenery is really too grand for
me to attempt to describe it. Wild views
alternate with beautiful farms and land
cultivated so high that it puzzles me how
any one can be skillful enough to climb to
1t. We pass through twenty seven tun-
nels, eighteen of them in one
hour. The villages lie in the val
leys, and houses are scattered all
over the mountains. 1t is this life and
vegetation at SO great an altitude that
lend beauty and charm, and variety to
the country. The men wear knee breaches.
Alpine hats with feathers, and shoes with
nails In the heavy soles. They also carry
large stafs with sharp points, by the aid
OF Wnlch they scale the mountains. They
look very picturesque The women dress
10 snort pettycoats, displaying their ank-
les, and corsages, and hats like their broth
ers Gurgling waterfalls of clear streams
spring from the mountains and rush down
TO the valleys and into the rivers, and
much OF the water is as white as soap suds.
one stream l saw was so fierce that it
seethed like boiling water and would tear
TO pieces any boats or being that might
venture into it. The roads, too, are
very white, taking their color from
white stone of which the houses are built
which makes the towEs and villages and
Sennhuetten, which we pass, look as neat
as they are peculiar.
| Nor must neglect TO mention the beau
tiful flower called Edelweiss, which grows
on the highest peaks of the Alps, and on
the Alps only. IL is the favorite flower of
the Emperor of Austria, and many times
gather the rare plants They look like
white velvet, are small and delicate and
allkein winter and summer.
We spent the night at Laibach, the CAPT
tai OF Krain, and left the follow ing morn
ing for Trieste arr wing there in three
hours. Trieste is beautifully situated on
the Adriatic sea. Some of the buildings.
chiefly the Lloyd headquarters, are very
me- A statue of Macmillan, the unfor-
| tunate Emperor of Mexico, is among the
chief objects of interest to Ameri-
cans. About three miles drive
along the Adriatic brought US TO
the home built by Macmillan for himself.
and he lived there three years before he &C
cepted the thorny crown. 1t is built on
prominence overhanging the sea. which
beats languldly against the rocks and walls
as If 1t had never been disturbed by mes
sages of anguish and insanity.
The grounds are certainly the perfection
OF the horticultural art. Amid Mexican
palms and shrubbecy, trees of every de-
scription, beautiful flowers, ivy and laurels.
twining in immense walks and balconies
terraces with marble walks, marble
balconies with urns filed with rare
plants and vines on each pillar.
monuments, statuary and fountains, make
II the most beautiful place that mortal eve
can behold; and | wonder that the seduc-
| ton OF throne could have induced the
owner to leave such nome.
The most enhancing spot is that which
leads three steps from the grounds down
into the Adriatic and where Macmillan
stood before stepping into the boat that
was to take him from his home forever.
The climate is balmy the year round.
and so the beauty of the landscape is not
marred in the winter. The castle is a
lofty structure of stone and inside are two
floors Of spacious rooms which Maximil an
with mis- wife, the Inflated Charlotte &C.
cupled. The library, on the ground
floor, fills large apartment and
many books in English, mostly on
nautical subjects, stand on the shelves,
or Jne Emperor was sailor and before
his departure for Mexico held the rank of
Admiral in the Austrian navy. One of the
many paintings that adorn the walls rep
resents the Mexican deputies Offering the
crown to him. 1t is of life size, as are also
Two portraits of himself and another pic
ture represents his departure from Mira
mar. The castle is not now occupied. but
is keptup in perfect order. The rooms are
magnificent and consist of study, library.
reception rooms, dining room and chapel:
also his wlfe's private apartments. Up
grand staircase and we enter the room
prepared for guests, one of which contains
gilded bed under canopy.
l left Miramar with sad heart and
plucked a flower in memory of Macmillan
or rather of the poor wife who was brought
back an incurabe maniac. Oh, that ambi
ton should be so inordinate as to sacrifice 40
much for bubblel
Returning to Trieste, visited the Llovd
arsenal, where most of the craft for the
Austro-Hungarian navy and marine are
built and repaired. and the huge machinery
for one immense steamer which was then a
skeleton in the dock was shown us. The
great iron scissors and boring machines for
cutting and boring holes are worthy of
mention.
At night we took the steamer Milano and
crossed the Adrietc. arriving
IN VENICE
at o'clock the next morning, but it was
$3.50 before we could reach our hotel, owing
to the turns the boat had to make before
she could land at the proper lagoon. Before
this was accomplished a soldier and a GUS
tom house officer came aboard to 20 through
the usual baggage search, while the Condo
lro TfaI,n