The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-06-06
MONACO.
The Last Asylum OF King RouIo tie.

landscapes as the Riviera di Ponente.
the sea-coast on the Mediterranean be-
tween Nice and Genoa. Much has been
written about the peculiar charms of
Nice, the city of everlasting spring. of
balmy breezes and perennial flowers.
and OF the sombre magnifcence of proud
old Genoa; but all their extraordinary
beauties are far surpassed by those of
Monaco, with its incomparably pietur-
esque surroundings. In fact. a tonr in
Italy IS incomplete without a visit 70
tins little terrestrial paradise and the
Tens OF thousands of travellers who
nock to Monaco every year would not
sVay away even if it were not, as il nm
fortunately is, the last asylum which
hlng Roulette has found in Euroro
AFTER has expulsion from the German
watering-plaees.
Leaving Nice by the fine HIGHWAY
leading to Monaco, the traveller No
matter what season it may be but es-
Peelaily IN the spring and Summer
months, has before him n oanoro~,a -
grand and delightful as it is varvincy
one one hand, the gulf, with the end
IeSs expanse of that most beautiful &c
Seas-the Mediterranean on the other
Olo horizon, bordered by the snow-clad
peaks OF the Maritime Aims whose
slopes are covered with the IIv,,,.;o,,t
vegetation of the sunny land. amid
winch here and there peep out curious-
ly-shaped villas, while the snaca no
tween the road and the sea-sbore is
uotted with magnificent palaces s,,r-
rounded by most beautiful gardens
At last bend in the road hr;r,e,,,
IN lnil sight of Monaco. There is lies
On a naked, rugged rock, iuttinp into
'Ie sea. At its foot lie some of the fnoot
mansions, buried in the most Inxn,i-
anu vegetation. Among the slender
Palm-trees thousands of Iiobt-rad b1os
SONS glow IN the dark-green geranium-
oeds. Countless flowers, in the most
gorgeous colors, cover the sIope on tbo
landslide tike a splendid carpet Gil
gantlc aloes and cactuses stretch their
oddIy-armed leaves and branches into
the air, and the cIimbing-roses are tn bo
seen among the Hght-colored FOLIAGE Of
Ihe lime and orange trees.
On the right lies Italy: Franco
spreads its most beautiful Ion5soo,os
before us, and in clear weather If is
said' we may espy from Monaco avon
Corsica, with its rugged mouptoin
peaks historical little Elba, as well az
the legendary isIet of Monte Cristo
CIose by lies the sanitary station Men
Tone, and the charming Roceabruna all
OF which the prince of Monaco has cola
TO France for the sum of a O0O non
francs, reserving to himself only tbo
naked rock of Monte Carlo. with tbo
kurhaus, and the diminutive capitaI ON
the cliff '-'''' vi
OId traditions say that Hercules was
the founder of Monaco, and that II do
rived from him the name of Poytus
nerculls Mon@cusr Among the an
GENTS Virgil, Lucanus, and others men
'Lon The place. During the earlier
periods Of the middle ages it fell into
the hands of the Saracens. The I'm
Peror Frederick Barbarossa rraso,,+o1 !
IL TO the republic of Genoa. Shortly {
a1terward, and during the whole of the t
terrible struggle between the GueInbs {
ana Gh1bellines, Monaco, as we'll 90 /
many other strong points on the coast Z
so rich IN small bays and inlets. became 1
Il stronghold of the daring pirates and t
" terror TO the honest navigators of the c
At later period the T
town and It's surrounding districts fell i
INTO the hands of the powerful Genoese /
family of the GrimaIdis-the descan- e
dants OF Pepin of HeristaI. One Of v
them was assassinated here at the no C
ginning of the 10th century by his own /
brother, who fell, on his part. bv the c
dagger of his nephew, BartoIomeo a
Dora, n cousin of the ilIustrious An Il
drea Doria. The French revolution, u
Incorporated the small principality with O
France but the Vienna congress- in f
1914 restored it to its former proprie- 8
tor. The whole area of the principalitv p
at the present time is only one SQUARE c
mile, and it has about 5000 inbabit- Il
ants. The prince, who is married IN D
duchess of Hamilton, rules over his Il
subjects with all the arbitrariness of an d
Aslatlc despot and his power is limited g
only by the Difference he has to paw TO
VI. Blanc, the French proprietor of the m
5amlng-house, who pays him annually -
.or his privilege a large sum, the ONLY =.
income of his highness. Newsponers %
md liberty of the press do not exist in -
Monaco; and only small MarseiIIes :,
ournal and the Paris Figaro, which adj u
'ocates the necessity of public gaming y
houses, are admitted into the PRINCIPAL .
ty. The prince has, of course, like all " "
MS crowned brethren in Europe. q "
landing army, which, when on n war
ooting, numbers 26, and, in times of y
,eace, only II men. The uniforms Of -
hese Monacan soldiers are more gor- y
,eous than those of any other troops in y.
he old world; and it has been noticed -
hat four military orders decorate tho II
reasts of nearly all of them. ''l
The kurhaus, with its magnifco,+ u
alls and saloons, is the finest struct,,ra u
4 the place, and, during the whole wear %
) thronged with an elegant crowd as
hitch, of course, finds in the suburb VI
its greatest attraction. DC {,
he princes palace, too, is worth a 81
isit; for it is filed with rare curiosi- p
es and splendid works of art, collected %
= the former proprietors of the pripci- III