The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-10

poges The last building which com pleted the enclosure of the square vas ordered erected by Napoleon Bona parte, A notable feature of St. Marks square Is Its swarms of pigeons Those pigeons are SO tame that they take food from the hands of the people The birds are protected by law There Is a fine of sb and Imprisonment for one month imposed for killing one of them, Ringing bell at o'clock In the afternoon means that the pig cons are going to be fed It Is a cur ious sight to see thousands Of those pigeons flock to the center of the square at the sound of the bell which they quite well understand, Pho tographers do lucrative business taking pictures of persons feeding pig cons in st. Marks square.
 Readers of Shakespeare know how cleverly he wrote about the Doges and the merchant of Venice. and about Shyock, yet it Is claimed here that Shakespeare never was in Venice. The eccentric but brilliant Byron was here, lt Is told that he voluntarily spent twenty-four hours in the shock Ing torture prison which existed In those semi- -barbarous times. The pris- on still exists. but It Is not used. The bridge of sighs over which condemned wretches were conveyed to The place of execution and allowed to peer through a small hole in a thick stone wall at the outside world for the last time stlll exists as a monument of mans inhumanlty 10 man.
 We will now take leave Of Venice and proceed to Milan about eight hours rlde by rall. Milan Is smart modern city noted for It's extensive manufacturing industries as well as its art treasures The most notable ediflce In Milan is its great cathedral, which Is decorated on the outside by 450O statues The roof of this magnificent building Is reached by a staircase on the outside. consisting of 470 steps One of the notable sights of Milan Is its cemetery in which they have a modern crematory. understand that the crematory is used every day
 From Milan. Italy, we proceeded by rall, ten hours ride, to Lucerne. Svltz. erland. This route took us through and over the Swiss mountains We passed through is tunnels, including the renowned saint Gotthard tunnel, 9 1-4 miles long On this route there are no level plains; Il is practically an grand mountain scenery. Luoerns Is situated on the shores of the lake of that name. A sail of fifteen miles on Lake Lucerne brought us to the foot of Mount Rig. which we ascendcd hy railway that runs straight up hill S90O feet Lake Lucerne Is 1000 feet above sea level Mount Rlgi Is Sa00 above the lake so that when al the top of the mountain we were 5.900 feet up in the afr. One engine and one car ascends the road by means of cog wheels which can not possibly slip backwards When at the top of Mount Rlgi panoramic landscape extends in circumference Ave hundred miles. | presume the scene is unparalleled in nature I shall not attempt 10 paint the picture.
 Lucerne Is clean delightful town. and one of the interesting sights Is It's Glacier Garden Here can be seen great round holes which the people call mills, In each one of those holes or mills. there Is round stone In ev- cry hole in the rock, and the holes and the stones within them are both quite round and smooth. made SO hy con stant whirling caused by streams of melted ice and snow running down the glaciers in the glacier period of the worlds existence. I will not say his tory because those conditions existed away beyond the dawn of history. IT