, 1874-03-14
Disagrscable Character Of the
Winter Climate.
The Dearest Place In tho World TO
Die In,
Tho Ancient City.-.1ts Mighty Men and
Mighty Deeds.
Communism Ono of the Most Potent Causes
Of the Fall Of tho Empire.
The Paradise Of Deadbeats-.-Free-
launching Reduced to q Science.

launching Reduced to q Science.
Special correspondtncc Of The Chicago Tribune.
1oME, Feb. II, 1874.
Rome possesses ono OF tho most
p1sAoREEAn1E wrNTER-oL1MA7Es
In Europe Tho cause Of tlls is tue sudden sud
perpetual changes Of tho weather. Ono day, tho
atmosphere will be bright mud warm, with soft,
lalmy wind blowing iuland from the soa. Tho
next day. ono will bo chilled to the bono by
fharp. biting bkut from tho snow-ccvored APP
trnnines. Thoao prceipitato variations Of TOM
E'eraturo produce colds, foyers, pneum onia, dtph-
t.horia, aud other complaints. Tho numerous
monuments In tho Protestant burial ground at
tt st too surely tho bad chnraotor OF tho climate.
It. could hardly be otherwise, when
ono iB subject to tho constant
slternations Of soft, warm, relaxing Sirocco
wind from tho South, and the bittcr, freezing
1rasnonto',a gale trem tho North, which somo-
ttmca provaila for weeks, but rarely for less
than three days at time. There other
thing, which aggravato tho evils OF tho climate.
Ono Il j, that tho churches and galleries Of art
which travellers visit arc
DEADLY COLD
in win tor. Tho thick walls arc Of stono the
floors aro of marble tho interior ia filled with
great Eranito Or marble pilfnra and columns.
Tho sh ono OF which thoBo public oditcoa aro
constr. lcted abaorbs oil tho warmth In tho at
mosph, erc, mud, no matter how warm and
pleasan 1t may oo out OF doors, inside tho
tcmper sturo will DO at or near the
froeztnl' point. Walking about on those
cold mi 'rblo floors il like walking on leo, and
chilla tt 10 foet fully ns much. Those public
building aro novor artltscially heated. Ono
sYutruh vt-nsr Nttt7,o
steam-co' Ia, In public building in Romo, or any
other 1tah ian city. Fuel is
DEAR AND SCARCE,
and they Al . afraid OF risk from fro. Que rare
IL hears Of church boiug. burnt IN Italy, unless
1t be act OF fire by lightrIpg But really there
ia not much combuRtible material in them. as
one aocs little tl'at co,7ad burn,-oxcept stone
rillara brick Walls. and tboir covering OF stucco
This stucco, by the way, is universal III Italy.
Every building, large or small. public or private
ia covered with stucco .eaiulod In apy color to
a,,it t,o foncy nm 1,a,rti,v tirod =, atucco
and exolaim, A plague c'n your stucco houaoa
the chilly churches and bonumbing galleries to
1,ie nnartmontu. thort, ia pot,,in, hotfor in tho
ealorc wsy than s:'ck'y, pany fire Of two or
threo llttln stlche OF WOOD, III hre-place foot
OF eighteen inchcs square and what littlc htat
Ia goueratod from u }a c4mtemptible little lre
mostly goes up tho mol, little chimney, Tnt.
se. s1:, ..'.,:.si,s ss.e IL ." o =. a.':n, 80 49,
auuos1 ,no'i.apo ,on oo44o'o' y. 'Apoeute w
snch climate and tl'e oold' damp ar OF the
public buildings, ia
s1onsEss AND tvzus TO HEALTH.
a.. " .Io 49,, ~ n.a .na so
.na DOCTORS to- VINO not!fasn mere aha an'ass , LOT.
tnncs. The undertnl'ers ao'd embnlmers alao do
, prosperous and activo bus iness.
t is curious fact. tbat the dofunct Ene1tsh
~,,a H. ara aro =; t.o pretost-
w ~ n.4o aAo .',:,a ~. as. ~1o ..s;
ant cemetery, whtle the neeeasea Amcflcens
Rre, with few exceptions, " oxpreased" to their
,h;a roanao, .ro og .u,,o,at,t,ora 90 I'm China.
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shc 1foo soil of the TREAT AepupHc'
Rome il the
DEAREST PLACE IN TIE voa1p
yor . 1oroioner In 3is in. Trom tho ,;,on,ont thu
hraoti, !. ost ~ thn Iov mil Ihn 1nsi I;anoa;.
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