The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

inhabitants recognized him and saw his
great peril. Being good Catholic, he
threw down stone wrapped in piece OF
paper on which was writtan request
that mass should be celebrated in his be-
half and shot fired to signify the eleva-
tion OF the Host. Not long afterward, a
shepherd boy came leading him down
from the mountain by path never be-
fore seen, and the boy was believed by the
Tyrolese to be an angel, as he was never
behsld afterwards. This very Martisns-
wand still towers above hotel by the
same name, and the authorities long ago
hewed path in the smooth side of the
mountain rock over precipice, with
steps leading up to a shrine. There is
a narrow railing in the most perilous
places, but the way to this historic spot
at the best Is filled with much toll and
danger. Many tourists, however. hunt
1t out, and when once the grotto is
reached it is worth the trouble. Here
we found crucihx and John and Mary
ON either side. all much despoiled by this
knife of the relic hunter. There Is also
a tablet telling the story OF Maximii ans
miraculous deliverance.
From Zirl to Innsbruck is only a few
moments by train. Here you are over
shadowed by mountains which rise high
bove and around the city. Innsbruck
is the only large town, 30 shut In by
mountains that their shadows darken
the daylight. The city Is full OF reminis-
cenoss OF Macmillan l., among the
mountains OF which he spent much OF
his time after the death OF Mary OF Bur
gundy, his idolized wife. The old
Innusbruckers did justice to his memory
In the HofKirche, which contains
magnificent tomb in his honor, on which
is written in allegorical figures the story
OF his life. Surrounding the monument
are twenty eight exquisite statues of his
contemporaries and other distinguished
characters living before his TINA, among
them, the most beautifully wrought being
that of the good King Arthur and Theo-
dorioh the Great. There Is also curl
ously handsome house with golden roof
built like tower, called the "Goide
Dachl," erected by one called Frederick
OF the Empty Pocket" Fine paintings
adorn the outside, of Macmillan and his
wives and the coat OF arms of the city.
There are various other interesting OBJ
jects in this old Tyrolean city, which
vies with many more modern and osten-
tatious towns. From here the traveller
takes the Paris train, which reaches that
city at 6 O'Clock the following morning,
but instead OF going by Zurich he can
switch of at Feldknet for Bregenz and
the Lake of Constance. The scenery by
Landeck through the Arlberg tunnel Is
indescribably fine and rare, the valleys
and yladCots mounting one above the
other into table lands at the base of lofty
chains OF mountains, the Soesaplana being
the higheit, but very accessible for climb
ers.
A beautiful sail n the Lake OF Con-
stance from Bregenz brings you to the
Huss. Constance is an entirely lovely
German city, the people being free from
all the affectations of towns in the usual
routes of travellers. The Insel Hotel, q
former old monastery on the lake. was
the abiding place of Huss, and the huge
rough boulder little way out OF town
-
records the cruel martyrdom of the great
reformer and that Of jerome OF Prague.
The Rathaus is resplendent in paintings
outside, representing the entrance of Bar
bariossa into the city, and scenes con-
neoted with the Hohenstaufeun Freder-
iok IL.
From Constance to the picturesque
RhinefaIl we took one Of those micro
soopic steamers, which compared to the
great ocean liner, or even the tourist
yachts, are pigmy affairs. But the fertile
slopes along the Rhine banks are astir
with modern, everyday life, which brings
one In touch with the rural culture OF
the year 1000. and makes an agreeable
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