Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-15

! known. If there is poverty, it is not
i'm sight and la wander wherever we
desire. in city or country. seeing no.
where anything to offend the eye and
hearing nothing to offend the ear is a
delight unknown in the cities OF the
Orient and Italy and France.
An admirable view of the city and
country is obtained from a bridge
! crossing the Reuss in the center of the
! city. 1t is under this bridge that the
river flows from the lake where IT has
been lost for sixteen miles and rushes
on its Independent way. Looking from
] this point, in front are the Alps. on the
right the summit of Pelatus. on the
left the Rigi, and between them a long
! line of lesser heights and after these.
countless snowy peaks. The lake
stretches away to the right. From this
bridge runs the street. on the north
side of which are the principal hotels
Of the city facing the lake. and on the
opposite side there is one of the most
beautiful promenades we have ever
seen. twenty feet wide and extend
ing one mile. on each side of this is a
row of horsechestnut trees, the
branches interlacing overhead and just
now covered with a wealth of pink and
white blossoms. South OF the prone
made is the lake. Imagine if you can
the largeness. grandeur and beauty of
this view. or. better still. come and see
it. A little north of the center of the
city. in the shade of tall trees. spreads
small stream. Back OF this rises 9
Z n.
forty-two feet long has been some
what roughly hewn. in which lies
lion thirty feet long and perfectly pro-
portioned. Chiseled in the solid. rock
lying on q bed of peck in shadow
made by the top and sides of the same
rock, a broken spear through his side,
death agony in his powerful face. one
paw crossed over and the head resting
on the, shield of the French nation. this
ruler of forest and mountain. although
diving is faithful to the charge com
mitted him Seen at the noon hour.
when glints Of sunshine fall upon its
face. through the foliage Of nearby
trees. il is a touching and impressive
monument TO the Swiss Guard Of
Honor" TO the king OF France. who
gave their lives for a country not their
own. Carved in the rock above are
the words. "To the fidelity and brav-
cry of the Swiss" and under that are
the names OF twenty-siN officers who
fell in the struggle of 1892. Not far
away is an entrance To the glacier
garden" Excavating for the founda-
ton of a building in 1872 there were
found nine pot holes Of an old gla-
ic fhirfN-n feet
deep and twenty seven feet i'm dame
err These are supposed to have been
followed out by wafer flowing below
an old glacier. which extended from
ST. Gothard to northern Switzerland.
Water trickling through the assures
in the glaciers gave rotary motion
to the stones which. after falling upon
the ice. fell through these assures.
and i'm the course of centuries. the
stones. which were large. smooth and
spherical in form. followed out holes
in the rocks below and remained after
the water receded. The stones whirled
by the water ground the rock and also
poiished themselves. They are of gneiss
granite and limestone and are still to
be seen. We were much interested in
! this garden and the explanation con-
corning it, It emphasized. as :" mPnv
of the things we have seen within the
last few months. the extreme age %
! .ho world.
Two of the various bridges over
the Reuss are very picturesque. They
are built entirely of wood. to which
time and weather have given n rich
brown color. Both are covered. and
cross the river diagonally- One is
eight hundred feet long and the other
about six hundred. They date from
1888. and have been kept in perfect re-
pair practically rebuilt, / presume, sew
eral times. Placed at regular intervals
under and near the roof of one are oil
paintings. triangular in form. each side
being about five feet in length. There
are II2 of these. and they are a picture
record of the bravery in war. and final
victories Of the sturdy Switzers and