Show T ilic ile losses of An austria whatever may be austal austria Os future ind m unification niue ilion for it is 13 vaguely hinted that at the death of the theil sick man she will come in it tor for a slice of a turkish province it is 13 1 certain that she has lost considerable by the I 1 late war her men money military prestige a ami political influence influent are aled t there h re is 13 also a territorial terri territorial loss for tile the austrian us i eagle can no longer flap ins his wings aings over t the lie p plains I 1 ains ot of lombard Lombar dyt and one of its finest possessions is lost to the austrian crown the area ot of this lost district of 0 lombardy is is eight thousand five hundred and thirty eights piare miles arid and the population about avio million eight hundred thousand it is one of the most densely populated portions poi liona 0 the earth there bei being in J tw 0 hundred arid and seventy nine persons to each a s juare ciare mile the northern part of 0 the territory bordered by the alps is is mountainous but the gi giester eater part is 13 a huge flat plain thickly strewn with cities arid and villages and almost en tirley in a state of cultivation indeed four fifths or 0 the inhabit inhabitants ans ot of lombardy depend for subsistence upon I 1 pursuits pur and the land Is 13 cut u up p into small email farms barms seldom exceeding seventy a cres acres in extent while bile some comprise not more mor than ten acres tile the farms are well arri irrigated abed and the science of 0 hydrostatics has bee been n successfully cess fully arid and practically developed Lorn lombardy bardy possesses some of the noblest cities ot or italy among which aich are those that have haie boi home ne a conspicuous place in in european history tle tile principal ot of ahne is milan a place which illich unites with the traditions of the past much of the vitality and progress of tire the prose A t in size and population it surpasses turin runn arid and is now the finest city in the dominions of the ling king of sardinia tile cathedral of milan one of the noblest edifice in the world is tire the proudest architecture architectural work which victor emanul can call ills his own pavia with its noble cey cei tosa and university brescia Bic Bie scia a to town n richin rich in both madaii aland classic classic remains and possessing important fortifications Berga bergamon lier gamo mou w till ith its upper to tow n a relic of the past arid anil its lower locier town alive with active trade como m with ith its es ue walls washed by the baves of lago di como and forming an air agreeable entry into italy from not thern them ent ope Crp cremona mona avi with th a remarkable campanile architectural wonders Ile at the toot not of oe lake garda and one of the four fortresses of 0 the lamous famous quadrilateral crema lodi Lon landrio drio varese lugano arid and scores of smaller places all a are e transferred to the house of savoy and t 1 lost 0 t to the lie Austri austrian arv of couras the latter lose avith tile thorn in the modern improvements they had acied to the premises during their 0 occupancy the rai railroad 1 ro from milan westward thu it northern Noi thern lombardy with its D in elegant station houses tile the corres bonding pon ling line tile the additional forti fort I 1 ati os at milan ablan pat pauland Paua ia and peschiera cra the improved proved ru carriage roads all go to the new proprietors many blany or of the cafes and shops of lombardi Lom bards conta contained inel framed eng engravings r re rei resenting francis joseph the austrian I 1 it would be curious to learn N whit hat will become of 0 these I 1 and how long it t will vill he be vill be rep by portraits aits of cit victor el kii ang of sardinia anti anil lombardy these ire are the losses of 0 austria it may be said tire the italian provinces pro iines were always a trouble to lier her and that she be will get t along wills better without them this t talk ti ile is however however ow ever much iauch like that applied to rich me men who when ullen they lose their pi pio perty by reverses versea re of fortune are reminded of the cires cares and troubles that property properly entailed on them and exhorted to take things as they come this philosophy is is lie however ever trot not always perfectly aa satisfactory ts factor y to tire the losers yew new york I 1 iwi cwi post |