Show SIGHTS IN ERLAND A journal correspondent in another P part rt of tho world berne tho the capital is a quaint old city of about inhabitants it is built mainly on a promontory and is nearly su rounded by tho the r river iver aaro aare grass and pine co covered vered hills encompass the city and far to the south can be seen the snow covered alps the main street is ia about a mile long and the sidewalks are arched over by the upper stories of the buildings it is quite odd to see eee euch eccli lo 10 long ng arched walks but it makes the business houses look lark dark gloomy and prison like inside ineide the old gothic cathedral coin commenced in 1421 is ia still in course of erection they have a hundred feet of the tower yet to build and tile the older part is crumbling away with ape age when completed cd the tower will bo be ft high 0 berne claims to havo have tile tho lar largest larest 0 est swin swinging gilig I 1 liall ell in the we world r id it weighs 1331 tons one or of the attract attractions attractors ons for visitors is a bear pit which is kept up lip in lionor or of the fact that berne barric derived its name from tile the bears that were found there when first settled from brno berno to zurich by way of tho tha lakes kakei is a 1 I delightful the tra traveler veler rides from berne past cottages 0 Til villages tillaree lagee 0 0 gardens gart leris and fields to lake lak thun where lie may take either cither the steamboat or train to in ter laken a beautiful little hamlet situated in a narrow gap that divides lake thun from lake brienz the mountains about interlaken Inter laken are covered with EL a donee dense growth of green trees and grass and form a beautiful borow foreground round for the famous Jung frau which is seen through 0 an oli opening ening in the south kouth a veritable mountain of know and ice lake brienz is now crossed on a steamboat and then a short ride up tip a narrow valley brings us to mci ringen here everybody must change cars and be taken over the mountains mountain by a little train that has to toworu torl its way up lip hill with it a larme large C com cogwheel cog 0 wheel that catches in the cogs of a third rail laid in the conter center of the track tile the view from the summit is it a grand sight snowy peaks are ai almost lost in the fleecy clouds that play about them small email waterfalls spurt forth from the sides of high clift 9 tile the ridges ridge s are covered with irith green grass and trees deep ravines and gor gorges a as are filled with lingo huge banks of snow and ice and low down in tile the valleys are seen the broad roofed huts and quaint little villages of swiss after getting el down into the valley again we change cars once more and are hurried ot off past villages small lakes and through tunnels to the city of lucerne which is very prettily situated on one end of lake lucerne the lake itself is the most beautiful one in switzerland the ili 0 ii snow capped mount ians that surround it just up lip from the very edge of the apier w ter till their tops are hidden in the clouds some form massive clefts while othera ire are more surrounded and are covered with green grass and trees the hillsides hill sides are arc dotted with old swiss huts little villages nestle jn in tho the openings of the illon moun ll 11 lians and as one rides alon along 0 on oil the steamboat steam boat lie he sees mountains and clouds t trees cottages a and nd villages all reflected in the tha clear blue water of the lake it is ono one of natures masterpieces and forms a picture long to be remembered tells chapel is passed beside a number of monuments memorizing the deeds of Switzer lands patriots tile the surroundings of luceine are somo some of th historical as well as the most picturesque of switzerland the ride from lake lucerne to zurich is a pleasant one mountains lakes and villages are acon in every land and the city of zurich itself is situated on the upper end of a lako lake of tho the same zurich has some very fino fine buildings and is one of the nicest and largest in ill switzerland |