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aid "Am I k Vshi. on v Vkku " Vol. vi -g more ilfliirlil tiiuii we did ours The peak that wo lmcl i cached was m narrow that, any 0110 who n,jus lapid lnmsii, could stand on Hi' fuiitro and by u single jump descend a lliou.Mind fed on either side. bYoni whole we stood Hit world scorned spread out in minialiiio before us. ' Salz liurtj that wo liud lull in the morning, lay over four thousand loot below. Townuls the norlli lies llio Ilavarinu plnine, dolled over with bundled" of villages; the enlile plaine olllier cultivated in. small Ileitis, or grown to groves of limber, Ibul aro care fully trimmed, and tended like u Held of eoin at borne; and when lowed tbrougb a Held glass at tbe distance of Ibirly or forty miles loot; very much like coin growing In tbe Held. Tbo Salnob river can kg traced for u bundled miles, fiom wbero it llrst appears in tbe soulb, whore it comes pouring tin otitrli Ibe Luog puss and winds along in its crooked course, passing tbrougb .Salzburg on northward as If anxious to escape from its own noisy confusion into the quiet plains of Hava i la. Ono can also see oil' in Ibe1 north twelve or Hlteon. lakes, or seas, as tho are called heio; vaiying in size Irom a good sized duck pond, to a lake eight or ton miles long and four or live miles wide. Another bountiful sight is tbo loads which aro all made of lime stone ground to pow der, and are not laid out with any logu larity, but wind and twist in a perfect net work, 1 ('Hooting tbo sunlight like a thread of silver, and thus bleak the mo niolony of tbo green carpet that covers the counliy. Towauls the oast and west aro )ho sloping mountains, which, a low do U'roos to win (N the norlli dwindle down, into the plains: their sides covered with small (arms, or forests, and at their bases wind the mountain streams, whoso val ! leys aro dotted w ith Alpine villages. To.' winds, the south rises the circular heads ol hundreds of peaks, whoso summits never come down below tbo line of per. pound snow. There is a tradition be lieved by tbe common people; that Un 'eisberg is hollow, aim on the inside aro magnillccnl pal icis, Hue gardens, pure spiings, .sparkling wan i bills, and liilWof pure silver and gold. That it is inhabited by u race of .small men with Inn? Honing beards, who guard these treasiites Then there are wild women dressed in white, willi long (lowing hair, who tiro constantly rushing around in the moitn tain, to assist in guarding the trensuns and they would probably not bo the most pleasant creatures in llm world loencoiin tor. Once a year these strange iiidivldti. als foim in .solemn pi oecssion, march into Salzburg, and woiship in the cntlicdial, which is brilliantly iilumiuated, nnd one bears all kinds of musical instiiuneiits drunts, trumpets, (lutes, llfcs, etc. )ni those who arc bold enouirli to venture near cannot see anything. ThcgicntEm porer, Charlemagne, sits asleep nt a stone table, and lie has sal there so long thai his board has grown twice nroumlllie table. When it makes its thud ciicitil, and the pear tree blooms on the Dancers plaii.', then be will wake and bleak ooc .with all his knights and followers, iiml lake part in the great war that is to be in progress Then is to begin the the limits and years rest, or the Milleiiiiiin. We did not see any ono who had ever seen the lights, or heard the music, bill it is a well authenticated fact thai the) lull ofl on b2on seen and heard. When I got stinted talking to my old Iriends, I don't k..ow when to lake my seal; so incase Mr. President onlls "time up," I will bid you adieu. Mr. "AM TA VASSAL (Hi PEKltr Thoic are times in the history or na tions and in the lives of indhhlimU1'1'" a few short words express Hie abiding conviction of a lifetime. A few short words, uttered when the sentiments of tw people are ripe, which become the spoil taneous outlet of the feelings and pa sions. Such words as "Jch Mn' ' U servo) of the poor blind .loliunn ,rr