, 1874-04-18


plaoss by,tlo soldiers, and shot or hanged. Tho
Government is constructing military roads In
ablos tho aoidlora To- follow And pursue tho rob-
bcrs, who numbered Bovoral Thousand tfow
yoara ago, and who subsstoti BY making raids on
the villages and by robbing sravc]cra.: In 60
Italy in perfeat safety tho trayolcr eau havo but
sltght conception of tho atato Of tho country
when infoytod by robbors mud OF tho dangers
That were incurred iiftoon yours ago, under tho
It is eonstnat myetory to travellers how all
tho people Of Naples
| MANAGE TO GAIN 4 HUDa1sTENoE.
Horo arc .650,000 inhabitants In tho city
proper, and $4,000 moro in tho suburban
Villages; How do MI thcBo 100000 people
1.-Two Tho ttado and commerce OF NaploH aud
suburbs do not appear to DO one:tonth. part as
much aa Tint, Of Chicago, which hna only
400 900 population; aud yet tho trade of the lat
tor ls not sufficient at all times, to give al It's
road contro like Chicaga. Ono railroad enters
1t from tho south d second runs east across tho
peninsula, to Drindisi, l2o miles; and third
oxtends short distance south !. and that en-
sea and two or three linoB Of steamers touch hero
on their routes. A swarm OF tleharnon's Bmaoks
mako this their headquarters, schooners from
Sicily bring cargoos Of oranges and nge, tho
|
facturcrB Of Naplos Tho surplus olivo-oil OF
tho country south finds It's market hero.
Some millions OF bottles Of VINE, OF throo famsl-
,sr 6raada,-Carrta Falernian, aud Lachryma-
noiRhborhood for oxportation. Ihoro Is also
q considerable export Of nlacaroui to foreign
oountrles, and also OF manufactured coral-orna-
| monts Thoso embrace tho bulk Of the foreign
cannot oxcood a for millions of dollars. But
] thoro arc Two other RESOURCES which coustitute
tho
yzArN. RELIANCE or. THE PLACE.
| Tho first Ia foreign visitors; tho second, tho
| landed nobility. Several Thousand English, at.
tracted by tho tnildnoss OF observation-disclosures and
| tho genial brightness Of tho skies, as compared
| with their own foggy, wot, and dismal climate
In winter. and for tho charms of the Bconory
loreabouts, spend threo or four months
las hero, and koop horsaH and carriagosi aud enl-
ploy troop Of noryanta. Noxt to tho English,
nre the Russians In pointof Number and cxpondl-
tures. Then come several hundrod AlnericanH
but the attor rarely travel abroad. Tho foreign
| ora lll tho hotels and "nanslona;" give occura-
ton to tho cabs and oarringsa md tho clcoroneH
who pilot them MI around; pntronizo tho opopas; j;
support tho 1azsaroni, ont. On grounds Of charity !;
ornaments, bronzos, "pompoii onriiosltlos ,,
| (.nanufaoturcd), and Photographic views Of
scenery. yesuyius, and other things; and learn
| TO cat HACAr0nt.
Naples is tho old capltal Of Southern Italy, in
Gliding tho large Island Of Sicily, embracing q
| population of 6000Oo0 and occupying terri
tory OF perhaps 10000 square miles, or half tile
aroh OF Illinois. Tie land belongs mninly to
| THE MOBILES,
who rent It to tenants In small parcels. or patotl
ca at n rontal based on latf tho annual produc-
ton in crops and cattlo. Those mobiles, to tho
number OF several thousands, reside. for tho
groator part Of the year, in Naples, and there
apend the bulk OF their income. 1t Is their great
| ambition to own villa and splendid turnout.
But il they. cannot afrord both, thog occupy d
'flat" in somc high, yollow.stucoo building
called u ''pn1ace," and display themselves ovory
afternoon on tho drive-ways: bobiina their hign-
stopping English thoroughbredB, eucased IN
gold-mounted harness., ID an open carriage.
driven by acoaclnlan In Fantastic livery, seated
bosido q lnokey equally gorEconsly bodcckod.
Rather than forego this establishment, they
will 1.-Two in the most pnrsImonious manner,
in tho sky.atory Of d ro-cnlled palace. Dut
moat Of the nobility are able to keep q house and
etabto full OF servants, as their wages arc moro
trldo, and little mncaroni; and cheap vegetables
suffice for food, Forty or nifty Thousand por-
in this eort OF service. OF oourso, the dry-goods
dealers. tho jewellers, tnillinorB, taitors, and
BhoomakorB, arc .patronizcd from tho Same
source; to say nothing Of tho .Eroeers, confeo. M
allowance for all tho foregoing SOURCES OF eu,-
| ploymeut, and adding in the military and navnf
expenditures it Ia still a puzzlo to account for
the subsistence Of 600,000 human beings And
| it can only DO done the baasB OF tho hypothesis
TINT oncl porson CONSUMES but very .fittlo; that
everything is cheap; and chat tile wants Of the
n1aasos arc
FEW. s1srpLE.: AND EASILY SATISFIED.
/ Thore lB no winter in Naples to begin with,
although tho latitude 10 noarly thnt Of Chicago.
Iouye-ront is not not one-qaarter as high as In
American cities. Fnelcosts but trifle, as no
tirea are maintained, e1cept for purposes Of
cooking; and handful of twigs or fow
| pounds of prepared peat arc anfficient to boil
maearoni. All bread is bought from the bakor.
Fish arc plentiful and cheap ''egga not doar.
bteat Is raroly eaton. 4 very little money viii
] provide all tho clothes TINT are needed in this
Less thnn half, hardly third, as uncl, as in
America. Tho people who 20 barefooted the
year round outnntnber those who are shod. In
short, franc will go ag far in tho support OF q
cago and it requires hore aa many honrs' work
to earn q franc ns 1t take to oarn q dollar at
homo. was ssaurod that the wealthier class Of
familics-tho nobititY-neoa not necessarily OK
pend moro tlan 10: :oo0 to 10000 franco nor an.
num- OF e., 900 to g., 600, to maintain their posi-
ton in society.
Among tho economies practiced ia tho
EXPENDITURE FOR sr1MuLANTs.
Tile people drink vino. which tho masses OBJ
tain for less tlian half q Franc bottle; that ia,
|
qualtios cost to fraues a bottle which Ia tho
sort tho mobiles consume. Vino horo ID rs cAear
NJ cider in America. 4 few persons drink
! brandy, which B chenper hore than whisky IN
tho statoB. Beer is not consumed By the natives
here or, indeed, in any part of Italy. The
Italians mover acquired o taste for malt liquors.
but have loved wino from tho earliest ages. II
il only tho Toutonlo races including their Brit
ish half-cousins, who havo a consuming passion
for brewory-produets. But, while wine is tho
common beverage Of tho Noapolitans, they rra
rarely or ever soon intoxicated. In tho month I
huyo boon in this city Illave yot to 900 drunk
on man or woman nor can hoar of my. 1tal-
inns assure mo that it is n very rare occurrence
aud almost wholly restricted to sailors. Drunk
cnness IL regarded with species OF horror md
! nstonlnh,nont, md sinks the person guilty Of Il
to tho,leYol OF criminal.
As tho Government loyioA q small tax on vine,
the aggregate Of this impoat exhibits by compl'
tation tho total consumntion in Napl0B, which
appears to bo about 100000 Of fraros' worth
par annun which IL 81, 900 900 worth for o00 00(
inhabitants, or 5l.6o mr. capitn. Compare thiE