The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-06-24

trate himself and placed his foot on
the kings neck and made him recog
nize the papal power. This was July
90, mn This shows how some men
use power when it is given unto them
In front of this church is large open
court or riaz2Ctta, where people feed
the thousands of pigeons from to 4
o'clock each day and | am sure our
party enjoyed this novel experience
very much, and then the birds are SO
tame and will eat out of ones hands.
Nearby is a clock tower on which are
two bronze figures which strike the
hours on the big bell and then bronze
figures come out to mark the time one
for each hour, and the days here are
marked by from l o'clock up to "a
o'clock.
The square is surrounded with shops
and stores of thousand kinds. Near
by is the Doges palace, on the Grand
canal. This is a wonderful building,
now used for a picture gallery, The
best and finest paintings here are:
The lsraelites Crossing the Dead
Sea-; Christ in Glory" Jacobs Re
turn Home; THE Angel Driving the
Vices Away; THE Battle of Lepan-
to-; The Alteration of the Savior"
But the most famous of all is Para
disc by Tintoretto. This picture is
GOXl00 feet, and if Paradise in any
wise completes with this, as we truly
believe that it greatly surpasses any
picture it is indeed a grand good hap.
Ply place and most of all to be sought
after.
Infamous Prison Under Palace.
Underneath the palace is the in.
famous prison where the captives were
kept, and these are dingy damp cells,
and death would surely be a pleasure
instead of years spent in these hOr-
rible places. Just above these cells
and over canal is the Bridge of Sights,
where women. wives and sweethearts
came to weep for loved ones who had
been sent to imprisonment.
The cheapest ride | ever had on a
steamer was in Venice, where | took
an hours ride for two cents. 1t was
here met a Mrs. Hutchins of Indian.
apolis, a classmate of mine while a
student in DePauw university.
Venice is a city of 100000 people,
and thousands of tourists are daily in
the town. From Venice we took a
long run on the train to Belluno,
beautiful little city in the mountains.
Here we chartered a coach and took a
two days coaching trip through the
Tyrolese Alps of forty-seven miles.
This was a beautiful trip, as we wound
our way up over mountain after noun
tain, each one covered with the eter-
nal snow. We spent one night at Cor
tina, just over the line in Austria 1t
was very cold here. snow being all
around our hotel. We secured car
riages here for a still higher drive
over the new Dolomite road of ten
miles through region of unsurpassed
beauty. 1t has been called the pearl
of the Tyrolean mountain-world and
its sublime grandeur surely justifies
its name of the Alpine Paradise of
TyrOl, for not even the widest mag
bewildering array of enthusiastically
shaped mountain giants or more va.
riegated lines of richly tinted peaks
and spires that tower into the blue
sky on every side, all white in the
glistening sun. The ancient burgs and
castles scattered over the mountains
increase the charm of natural beauty.
A large snow pillow had to go before us
and open a road for us. After passing
over the mountains we were told SIPS
feet high, we came to Toblach, where
we took the train for Innsbruck,
Again we passed through wonderful
mountain scenery, leaping from noun.
tain to mountain and passing from one
feet deep on every one. We came at
last into a beautiful valley to the city
of Innsbruck, the capital of Tirol,
city of 10000 people. Here we spent
a few days and Toasted on the pictures
in the royal palace and visited The
tunnel to another, end snow ten to l0G
"HOfkirche," named after the patriot
Andreas HOfer, who fought against
surrendering Tirol to Bavaria. Gener-
al Hofer was captured and ordered
shot by Napoleon.
AS / sit in my hotel and look down
in the valley | see parks, gardens,
green trees and fruit, then | raise my
eyes up the mountain and they are
crested with the snow. So here | am,
in one second | see the summer scene,
but the next l see the frost of the
north pole. Our party is all we'll and
we are having a great time.
l must say goodbye.
Charles Wayne Ray.
Innsbruck, Tirol, May 10, 1910.