The Republican journal., 1913-10-09
OVER SEAS.

Fam Milan to Venice was through Verc-
and Padua, both ofshistoric fame and
S5akesperian dramatic note. Verona
Va vailed town at the foot of the Alps
.osapon the river Adige. 1t was the
az lance of Theodore, the Grand, King
-. -e Austrogoths in 526. 1t was taken
..- .- l.ombards in 56S. 1t belonged to
,,ee in l405, and to Austria in 1914.
-.5as been in the Kingdom of Italy since
~. Always an important military
sr IFS present garrison numbers 5000
The piazza of Victor Emanuele is
-r- center of the town. The Piazza
. Erba is most picturesque in market
prss.
tire via Cappello an old neglected
.aasiou IS designated by an inscription
..t. aome of the parents of Juliet Of
.. Romeo and Juliet dramatic fame
Tin. athedral and the S. Zeno Maggiore
-rsr have rank in architectural fame,
several palatial residences. The
..+.,ng country is fertile, and vine
..-is crowd the landscape from river to
-r.rtains The people are largely of
.a4 nic descent.
usus the Patavium Of the ancient
r.raGs. is situated few miles west of
..a2=. on the river Bacchiglione, now
...nt population of nearly 1000 Its
-r4ted university Was founded in
md enlarged in 1898 by Emperor
rek Il. Between the places dele
rad Del Frutti is situated the
If Justice, built in the years l172
-l In the Piazza Dell Unita D.
.. the statue of Victor Emanuele.
street running from the university
t Pont St. Laurent is pointed out
- -1use of Dante. The Cathedral of
Antoine is dignified by tomb of that
miracle-working saint. Before
rch is an equestrian statue of
-,.r.ralata, chief of the arms of Venice,
->f1 l+l, by Donatello. This is the
-.t.f the great art bronzes of Modern
Padua is but one of the seats of
and learning in north Italy, that
eat. medieval and later times
%. this Kingdom in the worlds
is a city without its like in the
Its nearest like is the Dutch
4 the North, but that fails in the
Pc of city literally nestled in the
- II the seas By some three miles
way over made grade one comes
s Incompatible town of aquatic
r stretching over and beyond long
1 STAND wings, into the laugh
'e of the Adriatic sea. From
tei near the railway station. l
hut few rods, (for walking as
riding in cars or carriages is out
in Venice to station on the
M Canal, where steamers of light
t4 gnt pick up passengers every three
ltes and, for the equivalent of as
tents in our money, carry them
$ letter S shaped course, or any
s- Of it. to st. Marks Square. Streets
l- ranch canals come into it all along
,Ea way, and freight barges and Condo
rs ar ire and for private use, from the
est kind to those ribbed and robed
ne insignia of wealth and officia
srst0U, vie with one another in the
ratel-street pageant. Along this Grand
anal one passes public buildings, COM
r-1a warehouses, churches, private
rssdvuces with artistic gardens, and
places where the beauties of art are
s'-L Heraldic emblems appear on the
lace door posts. Here and there a
#.f running naphtha launch reminds
r ei time oarsman that he is in the
# the navigable art.
Arg the Grand Canal, succeeding
.ner in panorama of Venetian art,
'= palaces of Ca Grande, Caholdi,
co Foscavi, Balbi. Contarini,
Iiepolo. Grimani, Pesaro, Ca d
Fondaco del Turchi etc. Venice
for schools of art, for lace-mak-
lass blowing and architecture. Of
5taDe structures, the beautiful st.
4rAs church with Byzantine architect
IT. md mosaics, and the St. Marks
A'tf III the square, are most striking.
iose knowing doves, that come in
'9l1s when the great clock strikes 2 p.
.. To get their public feed of grain,
algal seem to be spoiled by the visitors
''o Buy little packages of cracked corn
al lay long in St Marks Square on
purpose to feed them, nevertheless make
sool their traditional won't, and come
WHO swoop, and, feeling no gnaws of
-1igef, hover on the towers and among
.lf beautiful statues Of the church. The
'-'a- Palace hard by, with its great
0'ns and priceless paintings, its libra
A and the Bridge of Sighs," claims
'oy second rank. l went over that
',I42e, over which the political prisoners
" be dark ages passed, when Venice
walled Genoa as a Maritime State
''SSe1' never again to see the light of
'' ] went into the gloomy dungeons
"47fe their lives We're strangled out of
-7i and thanked God that the hands
W ''e clock on the dial of ages have
'''-d forward, not backward. How