The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-26

phorus, about seven miles above Con.
stantinople, the Greeks in olden days
had built towers, one on the Asiatic
the other on the European shore.
These guarded the passage OF the
strait. The Greeks had abandoned tie
tower on the Asiatic shore and had
permitted 1t to become ruin. The
Ottoman, seeing its value, took pos.
session OF it, and, as the Greeks raised
but feeble objection, they soon DOS
sessed themselves Of the other toWeh
scarcely two thousand feet aWay.
which they rebuilt and strongly forti-
fed, and this was their first start to-
wards the subjugation. of southwestern
Europe. These towers still exist, the
one on the Anato1ian shore being
called Anado1i Hissar, named also
the tower of Oblivion, because pris
oners confined there were meyer heard
of more; the other bearing the nama
of Roumeli Hissar, or the tower of
the Romans. These towers are ut
about the very narroWest part Dc The
Bosphorus, Of which Pliny said. fYYouI
can hear in one continent the dogs
bark and the birds sing in the other
You can also hear the OK believing
the name Bosphorus being derived
from the Greek name for OK, bons.
Superb scenery, beautiful homes and
many quaint villages cover the entire
distance On both shores from the city
to the Black sea. The Golden Horn
than which there is probably no more
beautiful harbor in the world, ex
tends from the Bosphorus to the
Sweet Waters OF Europe. a distance Of
five or six miles.
Once Roman Capital.
Under the name Byzantion city was
built on the site now occupied by
STEAMBOAT, long before the founding q
Rome, and like Rome, it was built On
seven hills. When Constantine had
concluded to remove his seat OF en-
pire from Rome to the east, he saw
the beauty and superiority Of this 10
cation over that Of Rome, and hence,
in $50 he made Byzantion his capital
and the capital Of the Roman empire
naming it for himself, Constantinople
It has been capital ever since. and
it will likely continue to be q capital
for all time, Turk Or no Turk because
it Is the situation for q great capital
city.
It's septicollian feature Is matter
of the diseant past, and it is today
city of many hills. which with the ln.
termediate valleys have been covered
in all directions with buildings q
every description. These are mainly
of wood, Of inferior architecture ana
construction, ready for fire at q mo-
ment's notice, although intersperseo
among them are many noble edfnces
The new palace of DoIma-Bagtche, Oh
the Bosphorus, is at once beautifal
and superb in dimensions, constrnctea
of marble, with front OF about ,oue
feet, and said to possess one OF tns
most complete interiors of any IL w
rope, and here the Padishah Of all the
Ottomans resides When Abdul eng
Damned" was master, it was esfineF
ed that there were 400 pianos 10 q
each one "womaned" by one OF nis
ladies. but must confess my only az
thority for this Is a newspaper. TBS
old palace OF YiIdiz, at Seraglio POINT
Rhe immense bazaar, the great DEE.
racks, the largest In the world, tns
mosques of Santa Sofa, Sultan solF
man IL, Sultan Achmet, Yenf Yam,
and hundreds OF others. and ths
Church of st. Irene, are a few Oh Iae
great buildings. There are sewers Z
great towers, for these have been use,
full to the Turk because OF his d1alihs
for bells, which have come into ass
again In former Turkey to Eafuss
only during the past few WeeEs.
Among these are the old tower OF .1s,
lata and the tower Of the Janissafies5
in Stamboul, which were USED e.
watch towers. From the sufnmlt y
these drums were beaten when NJ
broke out, but the Turks are geelLansZ
away from this and other antique ".
toms and are rapidly assuming al eAs
novelties and frivolities Of the Westss