Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-04-16

| But at this moment Austria gave
the command of the troops to Chas
| teller. who, in few days, lost all that
| Hofer and his peasant army had won
On July 6, 1909. Austria. vanquished
at Wagram. was forced to sign the
| armistice Of Znaim, and in this con
vention the Tyrol was ignored.
Andreas Hofer, however, refused to
abide by this convention, and, hidden
away in an impenetrable gorge, he
sent from valley to valley his call to
arms. A price was placed on the
head of the rebel, and as is always
the case. wretch was found to be-
tray Hofer's retreat. Four French Off
GERS and a battalion of infantry escort
ed him as a prisoner to Mantua, where
he was tried by court-martial and con-
demned to death. A platoon of SOL
diers carried out the death sentence,
Hofer refusing either to have his eyes
bandaged or to kneel down.
Center Of Art and Literature.
Innsbruck is great intellectual CEN
ter. Its university, founded by the
Emperor Leopold l, in 1877, is recog-
nized as very strong in the depart.
ments of medicine and philosophy
The Jesuits have charge of the theo-
logical and philosophical departments
Here it was that the great historian
Of the popes, Professor Pastor, lec-
tured for many years before he was in
vited to take position in the Vatican
library by Pope Leo XIII. Professor
Pastor still resides in Rome.
Innsbruck has been a shrine, too, for
artists and literary men through the
centuries because of the wealth of
art. especially bronze statues, in it's
churches. Its monuments and trium-
phal arches greet the eye at every cor.
ner. The people of Innsbruck. too, are
very fond Of the drama and a local
stock company puts on during the
theatrical season many of Shake
speare's plays. translated into German.
AS you saunter through the narrow
streets of the city you are shown
many historic buildings. The Hof-
kirche. with it's many monuments, is
regarded as the Tyrolean Westminster
abbey. The % colossal bronze statues
once torch bearers-surroundin the
tomb Of the Emperor Macmillan l, all
have some real or fanciful connection
with the house of Hapsburg. They
differ in style and merit, two of them
Arthur Of England and Theodore
the Goth-being of unusual beauty,
and ascribed by many critics to Peter
In Duke Frederick street there is an
inn. the Goldener Adler Golden
Eagle), the oldest in the city, around
which centers a good deal of history,
for in years agone this house was pat.
ronized by all the potentates and ce.
lebrities who passed through Inns.
bruck. Amongst its inmates have
been the Emperor Joseph ii, Louis /,
king of Bavaria. Andreas Hofer, Helm
rich Heine and Goethe. I remember
well that in company with several stu
dents. ] once strolled into the Golden
Eagle, thinking that perhaps through
a stein" Of good Tyrolean beer I
might catch something of the infection
Of the genius of Goethe-did some of
his glorious spirit still abide there
but alas! my trial was in vain, for I
came away bearing along with me not
even THE Sorrows Of Werther."
Let me here bid farewell to the glo-
'ious Tyrol and its kindly, genial and
'eally good people. In their wales
IT'LL hear their yodels and see their
children romping in picturesque cos
ume. In tn churches and before the
vayside crosses I see beautiful testi.
nony that they are people OF God"