The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-05

boasts a splendid name and daily rows
 travellers by the glorious home of his
 ancestors; he is the legitimate, scion of
 one of the noblest families of Venice of
 the "olden" or rather the golden
 days. To see him quietly turn his sun
 Drowned face upwards towards "the old | home" is one of the most pathetic sights have ever witnessed. Some of l the palaces such as 'Foscari," 'Rezzo-
 nigo," "Pisani," Corner della Regina, !"
 in which that grandest of women, Catherine Cornaro," first saw the light
 of day. and scores of other palaces,
 have of late been sold to the Jews at
 low rates. Ten or twenty thousand
 pounds can now buy splendid Vene-
 tian palace, and scores of Jews now
 boast of their grand homes on the
 Grand canal" The mills of the Gods
 grind slow but very fine, and how the
 wheel has turned round' in Venice!
 A word as to the history of Venice.
 Canals on a very large scale were con-
 structed in the district of "Venetia" as
 long ago as 400 B. C., or twenty-three
 hundred years ago. The history of
 Venice is very ancient and interesting, and intimately connected with that of Rome itself. The most famous of medi- aeval states took it's rise here from very small beginnings. Her history was old and interesting as long ago as the year 700, when Anafestus, the first Doge, entered upon his official duties. At an early period Venice became the connecting link between the Orient and Europe; she was the great depot of the traffic between the eastern and western worlds. Venice became great com merciaI city and consequently the wealthiest city on the globe. She planted many rich colonies, and they in turn poured untold wealth into her lap. Every step one takes and wherever one turns his eyes in Venice there is evil dence that the material wealth of this ancient city must have been of great nay, rather inexhaustible. Venice made many conquests on the main land and became one of the chief Italian powers, and thus became in- volved in constant war. She conquered very many important cities in Italy and erected in all their market places the Lion of St. Mark (the patron saint of Venice) as a token of their subjuga- tlOil, IHG dTed III lldiy llluS COllQuNl0h by Venice was over thirteen thousand square miles, besides large possessions on the Dalmatian coasts and settle ments in the Levant. Venice at last | became too rich and careless the old | story of Rome and other great cities), | she trembled, tottered and fell at the | feet of her enemies.
 The republic was completely over thrown by Napoleon in 1797. French | .roops entered this historical city and | his was the first occasion in which it | lad ever been occupied by an enemy. What glorious history is that. Ven ce was adjudged to Austria in 1797. In .S05 the Austrians were forced to cede | t to Italy. It became a plaything, a | When Napoleon fell and | vas packed off to St. Helena it was handed back to Austria. Again in 1866 | Venice was ceded to Italy and became 1art and parcel of that power, to which | ,y the order of things 1t should belong. |
 In my next shall have something to | ay about the sights of Venice, city perfectly filled with glorious history, md were it possible for any of my read ITS to visit only one city in Europe, l would by all means suggest visit to his lovely city, which sits on her hrone at the head of the beautiful blue Adriatic. VlATOR.