Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-08

but he subsequently found so MANY
others places he wanted to loaf in tina,
l am in luck to have brought him back
to pay the bills.
Then came glorious Berneroberland
with its Lanterbrummen. the Yungfrau
Griindewald. But even the majesty OF
the Houngfrau could not awe Gus senses
to refuse enthusiastic homage to the
marvellous beauties, which our eyes be-
held from the pinnacles of "Pilatus of
Rigi-kulm.' To my mind. the scenery
of the Lake of Four Cantons is almost
matchless and l can understand how
men. who fight for such a home display
the heroism of a Tell and Winkelried.
The snow and ice clad peaks of Helvena
have stood like beacons of liberty over
a hardy and independent race, who
fought for home and freedom against the
Legions of Caesar and in modern times
even were not daunte by the naughty
Prussians-But VIZ had not yet exhaust
ed the delights of this picturesque land
On sunlit days Linthal above Glarus,
Wesen on the Lake of Wallenstadt en-
chanted us like a lovely dream. Even a
rainy day could not rob Ragaz and it's
dark gorge of the Tamina of it's wild and
Wlerd charms. Then there was a steam
err rid on the placid waters of Lake Zu-
rich. along its vine clad shores. dotted
with bright and clean looking villages,
towns and handsome villas. The music
hail and its garden on the lake front in
Zurich would be an attraction worthy of
any city.
Last, but not least deserving of praise
IS Sshafthausen and its beautiful falls of
the Rhine. There are %grander, mightier
waterfalls. but none more lovely. View
them from the Hotel Schweizerhof,
cleaning like an avalanche in the sun
light; or see them rise out of the night
X a scene from falkland, when the
ainbow colored rays of several electric
~se'archlights pierce the gloom and fall
upon that tossing bank of foam. Pass
over, under, and around the falls and
they Will be for many an hour a source
of keen delight to the lover of the beau
tiful.
Here are three views from mountain.
GUS switzerland, n l might present
many more. This is a good view OF
Lauterorummen and the ~StauUbach, in
the Bernese Alps. This is the Wetter-
morn above G~rlndeWald, the p%recipitous
Here the great glacier OF
Rosenlani, deriving its name from the
rose color OF its ice: above it is indis-
AANtS "a VI III iHOSl uOIIIlluuDle peaks
for the Alpine climber-the Sehreck-
horn.
The third picture shows this same
group of mountains in the background.
the picturesque terraced cliffs, foliage
and verdure clad, on the south side of
valley Meyringen in the foreground.
Here are the famous fails of the REICH
enback, and below them you can see the
cable road nv (which tho 1acoa,t fro,,
the hotels in the valley is facilitated.
1t is useless for me to attempt any
description of the beauties Of these
laniscapes-the painters and photogra-
piers do that more effectively than mere
words. Still, pictures fail to Show some
Which delight and enthrall the
tourist. The atmosphere, laden with
the balm of forest and flowers, the
mighty rush of the waterfalls, the creak-
ing of the glaciers icy pillows, the thun-
der OF the avalanche! And, when over
the snowy peaks, the precipices, the soft,
green OF the meadows, the forest
dark green pines and frs, into the
deep valley, the rising sun sends creep
ing its respondent light. the effect Upon
the mind is overpowering, and no paint
ers brush can match the magic of its
color transformations.
While speaking of Schaffhausen, I aid
last but not least, if that conveyed the
meaning that our rambles through
switzerland ended there, it is erroneous.
great Gotthard Dad into Italy can
be ignored. It is a marvel of engi-
neering enterprise and skill, and passes
through n of the grandest mountain
in switzerland Somehow we
could never quite get rid of the idea that
beyond the Alps lies Italy. So it is, but
until you have traversed one of the
most lovely sections of Switzerland
bordering on the lakes of Lugano
and Maggiore. We passed through pic
turesque and quaint Bellinzona and
at Lucarno, IN Lake Maggiore.
In this region the scenery is of a distinct
type. The shores of the lake are quite
steep, but they lack the precipitousness
prevalent of the inter-Alps lakes. The
slopes are covered with dense shrubbery,
among which are scattered In a hap
hazard way, hamlets, monasteries and
isolated dwellings,, vineyards and olive
groves. But It is sometimes difficult to
guess on what the inhabitants subsist.
unless it is sunshine, fish and scenery.
This view of LocarnO will illustrate my
remark. One of the most attractive
opolS near lHis CITY Is the monastery OF
the Madonna del Sasso, formerly a noted
pilgrimage. A more distinct view is pre-
sented in this photograph, which shows
in the foreground a typical Italian vine-
yard, and on the hill beyond the dense
s~hru5bery, among which the pilgrims
path zigzags past numerous brine up
to the portals of the monastery. The in
terror of the chapel walls are literally
with offerings, but of little ar
tistic value. The gem of the monastery
consist of the celebrated painting Of A.
lisero, of which l here present a toler-
b Photographic copy. The colors sus-
gest, but do no justice, to the painting.
"A steamer trip on Lake Maggiore from
Lucarno to Stresa and Isola Bella is
most enchanting. Isola Bella is unique
IN its medieval elegance. In it's gardens
seem to be collected every plant from
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