Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-09-12

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the City.
BY S. V. LEIGH, d. D.
A handsome train carried US from
Milan to Venice, lis miles, in six
hours. Outside of Milan it passed
Through the battle fields about Melzo,
Limito, and Cassano 1t went
Tthrough the city of Bergamo. having
la population of 10000. Here, since
the tenth century, have been held
Hgreat annual fairs. attended by tens
yof thousands. We went through
Brescia, handsome city, where fifty
kthousand persons reside. Everywhere
may be seen traces of the terrible
bombardment of fifty-one years ago
The oldest and most picturesque
lCampo Santa of Italy is here. The
train swept through Cremona, a place
of thirty six thousand population, ia
nous for the manufacture of the
worlds most celebrated violins. We
| passed the beautiful acres, swept by
vast armies at the battle of Solferino,
beyond Desenzano: and also that of
\ Tomato where Napoleon gained one of
Dis earliest victories over the Aus
TRANS. We went by the battle fields
Of San MARITIME and Custozza. Our
train went through the elegant city
of Verona where 80, 600 people reside
! 1t has Colosseum, called 1.-The Am
phitheatre, that will seat $4,000
&persons; and il is two thousand years
since it was erected All of its Sit
things are still in position. Here were
flight between gladiators and between
wild beasts. Their rooms and dens
are yet intact. Here were the an
nual Roman races, and other ancient
sports, described by Dickens. Here
are many fine palaces. At Verona
are the Tomb of Juliet and House of
1. the Capulets. We saw the BATTLE
field Of Arcole, where Napoleon
army fought SO courageously. We
fswept on through Vicenzia, city
Nhaving IS, 600 inhabitants; and
through Padua, where 60, 600 people
live. Dantes' house is shown here at
number 1859 Ponte San Lorenzo.
When we reached Mestre two hours
before sunset, beautiful Venice, rose
from the Adriatic sea, displaying
its celebrated Lagoons, Palaces,
Towers, Island and Churches. 1t
was like a fairy scene. The railroad
bridge, two and half miles long, that
took the train into Venice, rests on
222 arches, and is the longest railroad
bridge in the world.
OF all earth's cities Venice is the
most picturesque and wonderful. BY
narrow streets, and by four hundred
bridges, every inch Of the city may be
reached, and yet people prefer its JAG
canals, and its thousands of gondolas,
to the footways. The one hundred
and seventy -flve thousand Venetians
never see in their city, bicycle, a
horse, a carriage, an omnibus or a
wagon. The circumference Of the
place is seven miles. The Grand
Canal is two miles long, and is fringed
on both sides with historical marble
palaces. 1t divides Venice into two
parts. The waters Of the Adriatic
sea sweep through it's canals and the
tides cleanse them all every "a hours.
On the piers of many of the canals sat
mothers and fathers teaching little
boys aud girls to swim. They lay on
little boards on the water, and ropes,
held by the parents, were securely tied
under the arms of the children, who
were having happy time splash
ing.
Gondolas take the place of cabs and
1.-THE gondoliers steer them around
sharp corners, and past other Condo
las, with amazing dexterity. These
gondoliers all know every place of in
terest in Venice and can tell the his
tory of each palace, etc. They charge
a Ira and half go cents) per hour,
whether the party in the cushioned
seats number zone or five. A party
,of five will pay about three dollars, 60
cents each, for an all day tour Of
Venice, under canopy protecting
them from the sun. All of the drink
ing water used in the city is brought
by an aquaduct from distant Brenta,
and it is filtered at Fusina before it
enters Venice. The great city is
built on vast forests OF piles. Twelve
duhuANA ulOuo0Au VI UiCSC PiiCo al Y
under the foundations of a solitary
great church on the Grand Canal,
The sky and the waters Of the Adriat-
ic sea seem to be always beautifully
blue. The city is built on numerous
! islands. The history of is wars,
from the seventh to the nineteenth
century, would I'LL volumes. There
was date ia the fifteenth century,
when Venice was the foremost power
OF Europe; and from her vast arsenal
great and new galley was launched
for battle each noon through the
year.
At Venice, Calico more than three
hundred years ago, invented the tele-
scope. Here the society OF the Jesuits
WAS organized by Loyola. Here lived
such men OF historical renown as III
tian and Tintoretto, Vittoria and Ca
nova, Sansovino aud Palladio, Gior-
gione ard Tasso, Goldoni and Marco