, 1874-07-04

which Venice that day iulilofel on It'd Maho,not.
s'nrn n ~ eea. toy neYor- .aftoryards recovered
t,ataB tDattnB ~ tne noSt century she ropoasodlY DO.
S Hsf!s tas stas ss e ssS s
'sa srs sna ses* 5 e dssese sao1ev IN =, pros;
ocoan.rousos to tAo lndlee and China transferred
!. DEtqh,;and British, and hor .woath. aud power
| j, sunalpEp AMI rAssEp AWAY:
ana sho 9 ceasod to occupy ,peonalnont position
s%osE snns %psseS S142 S or so9n a
or, mud, In tho 1tallan Peninauls. sho wns driven
back botwcon tho anglo formed botwoon tho
fgP fg ill., adSo Haa Es tS hG To y ed
Frsnco. tffits{ea thoreat YduapastS sns nvaded Sd
and captured Nohtce, uopoPed the Dogo, aud
suppressed tho Bonate. and, by tho poaco Of
Cnmpo 1ormio, Venice ceased to bo nation,
md vas coded to AuHtria as province, and,
reign nB Emperor, 1t rotlialtiod In th6 lahds or
tile Araatriaus until 1865, when tho PrnBsians do
liyerod IL from thor yoke, and gavo 1t to Italy:
to bo attached. Yonice maintained ler ndepoud::
/ ohso from tho fAll OF THO Roman Empire Unit
tho establishment Of tho French lsaph6tlo.-a
her power and gory.
No city oxDtB 10 strong q 8poll over tue
|
| and poets have noYer falloti to flhd a fund: d
plot. incldent, and charnbtot- there. Its un1qus
situation 1 nna ennnipGus nat.utst na eonqqest
tudsoin murders, lift its history out OF the pro-
| saic commonplace Of Other nations, and mako Il
q melodr.mn,a m and tsaggquy. AZ one wrltcr m 70.
masae. -shylock enH ; aGrK6ns Tue lnalto WIZ
tho pia2zA OF 81. MARKS and every veil that flnt
1ers in tno 9reozo ahronts tue roEush eyes q
Joahtca' EVofytalng is dreamERc, anu uniiKo
anythng ever aeen pe,oro; Ino pa'acos rialn8'
m IRON tho watora aeom nKe thlnEs Q. 1a1ryslhru.
Of buslposs' no horses q carriages
THE ooSpoLA
takes the place q hofaos, nofsG.I1altoaas. dnfn-
MICS carsa. TRUCKS, lanuaus aha ougeIes' on tho
E"siIs il 10 Lad sSs1 soon horso. no 't re-:
pnea, Nevot III senlco g5ae1 = !ge ~ Dutono.a %
4ta''al Aany Or these eonaollors are tall, splGa"
a!a specimens. s5faignt as plno.t1eo, ana VINO
sht aee a. inoae!s ior .;r s.s.ues ol Ma5s OF Ap+
WIN long, graceful, ewlnginR motlon oi .th9
noay, tnoy look ING Sety poorly or nlotfon' l
never 'red WatoS!ns tncm: ~ tho nens q ahe
o, @ ~ snoy gaen n1zeloss'y at to op1Hy
and motions produced m effect ndesorlbably
oeantnul M1a anu @eliainko v.a, :, ~.
i Ihe 1ocua OF interest IN 9enlce is the II
snapped .........-..... ~.
1pBllQ aRQAAE 1E 61s AAAHf
where standa tile ancient palace OF tho Dogos,
tito lower story OF which s OF marble
arches and Colnmna, and the upper ouea Of
porcelain brick, placed in the wallis In diamond
shaped squares and the moro ancient Catho~
dral Of st. Mark, Id front OF which arc tha throa
| tall cedar hagstaffB, inserted IN bronco pedcs*
| tals. erected shreo centuries ago. aud from
whiol, onco proudly doated the three gonfalona
| Of silk and gold, ombe1natical Of the three do.
minionb Of the Republic, Venice, Cypress, and
atorea Cloao to the wator'B edge are two great
| granite rillars,-ono eurmountod by winged
| lion. and the other By the patron-aafnt Of tho
| city. Around three fronts Of tie larger squaro.
and one OF the othor. stand splendid commercial
palacca, with arcaded sIderalks, and filed With
a hundred shops aud cafcs their entiro frontage
bo'ng not lcsa than 1000 foct. Thousands Of
| pigeons. which arc eacrcd bIrdH, and fed
ut public. e1pouse. futtor: ;, aud chattol
tngs thereof. On moonlight nighta, auoh u
those tlliring ny visit tile military band plays In
tho grand plaza in. trout Of st. Marks, and
thousands Of citzcns and strangers il the square.
md coffee, or eat their icea aud cake. And,
around tEc othor angle of tho square, other thou.
uatsds watch the sorenad!ng Aoots Of gondolM
glide by, decorated and illuminated with many
aud piaying opera-alrs, while tho beams of thi
| nool, rahs pa7e Eloa'ning light ovor the soeno.
! snd tho gas-fots Of the lamps on shore reflect
sparkling mud pearl liKo rnyB upon the wator.
aslel 1latural phenomena be Witnessed
I know not how to describe
ST. MAnKh.-
Tho trl greatest OF Italian churches, rankinEne1t
et.et st. PaterB Of Rome nnd tho ALLAN Cathet
tTal in beauty aud coBtltncss, blt exceeding both
in *sa by some centuries. II resembles net olhoi
Church upon e1rth but appoatg to b0 q mI1gllnt
OF sovea! styles OF architecture -,Byzantine
! Saraccnc. Gothic. and Italian. There 10 rcr
ltntfanyc and confusion OF pillars mud oolumn1
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