National Republican., 1885-05-23

Trials OF Life at halta-Tho Sin.Cursed City
or Dundee-An Arcadia In the AzorcS-Tcm.
perance Paradise at Catania-The Gay and
Festive People OF BOrdeauX-Antique
Studies al Jerusalem.
"Fun ~ exclaimed tho old diplomat, rs
hc throw himself into an easy chair at
his coy rooms on X street last night; ''if
you want fun, get tho consulship at NAL
Tt. That's one spot whore q man eau
grow rich abroad on $500 year. And
as Tor amusemonts you will bo simply
crowded to death. Everybody on tho
island works aud slaves at least sixteen
hours day, and he is fortunate indeed
who counts his weekly stipend at Sl.5O.
There never has been theater, or q cir
Gus, or secular holiday in Malta, and
the popular amusement is confined to fiesta
days, when the people congreEato in one
place and make themselves sick on pink
candy. In the evening when the hot,
blistoring sun goos down, you can go up
to the basin, where the sea leaves placid
pool in tho rocks, and indulge in the gid.
dy dissipations of bath. oh, yes; go to
Malta and get rich. You can live there
in splendor for s. week; but at the end
of four years you won't know whether
you arc n catsmaran or blind fish. If
that don't suit you,
TRY JERUSALEM.
ats great place for excitement, and
after years trial, If you can scrape
together enough energy to write four.
page report TO tho state Department, I'll
eat my head. There is but one redeem
ing feature about Jerusalem-plcnty of
olives. And as for oranges, there is no
place in tho world whore they grow so
large. Jerusalem is a splendid town in
which to study the antique, and n consul
always get rich there on Sl,500 year;
but the last consul became coyetous, and
induced Congress TO indulge in the ex-
travaganoe Of raising his wages to $1,000.
MUSIC AMONG THE WELSH.
"Do you like music? Then get the
commercial agency ut Swansea, whore
tho slate quaTrymen, tho minors, aud the
day laborers arc all professional singers.
why, sir, at tho last grand EiSteddfod
the laurels were carried away, not by tho
trained choirs of London, but by chorus
of rough Welsh quarrymen. Sing? Why
they sing tho roof off the houses, and
every house on the downs and in tho
crags contains nightingale and hRr-
monieum. Down in the Penrhyn quarry
the universal occupation of the quarry
mon off week is singing, and tho men
have eNneNent voices. IL you don't like
music try nWelsh laborer on theology. lie
is generally @ nou- conforinist, and the
only 1ayR over found to stop his re-
linous dissouFso was TO take him over to
tho Monmouth district-thereby evading
the Sunday lsw--and fill him up with
beor. Ln the Welsh country printers on
night work got S9.72 q week, and on day
work S753; shipwrights get 50, boiler
makers about tho same, and the whole
range OF mechanical skill 10 fashioned on
the general basis OF so week. There
fore, go to Wales. You may not have
much amusenent, but you'll get gold
inino of experience.
WINNIE EVERYBODY DRINKS.
"Then there is Dundee, in Scotland.
Everybody drinks in that sin-cuTsod
town, and it is stated that its population
Of 142,951 souls annually expends 81, ,500
900 for spirits and beer. Dundee, you
know, is the birthplace of Hector Bruce,
the historian; Halliburton, who was the
irst to openly profess the reformed re-
lgton in Scotland. aud Furgerson, tho
poot. But if these WORTHLESS could come
hack to earth they wouldn't own Dundee.
The city to-day has $500 houses of only one
l01m each, in which there is population
q. .36I0, and 16,9S7 houses of two rooms
each, into which are crowded 7I,374 men,
women, and children. If to these be
added the three-room houses, with the
people living in them, 1t shows
ants of Dundee live in houses OF one
to three rooms. Poverty and misery
abound, and yot it is the principal seat Of
linen manufactures. and is an important
center for sugar refining, working in
iron, sand bodybuilding. Dundee is the
saddest place to me on earth. Malta is q
Cremorne garden Of delights beside that
city. But | must say for the wealthy
citizens Of Dundee that they have spent
and are spending millions of money in
educational, charitable, and eleemOsynary
institutions, great parks and magnificent
churches.
VERY GIDDY CITY.
"Then there is Bordeaux. Now, il you
want to lead giddy, wild life, that's just
the place for you. Bordeaux is one of the
most hourishing cities in Europe in poin
of industry, commerce, and tho cultiva
tion of tho arts and sciences That
what the guide book says, but when you
sift it right down its principal business IL
making wines and brandy, and exporting
fruit 1t contains the immense theatel
built by Louis XVI, accommodating 00C
people. The poorer classes are gay anC
festive, and die young. Every working
man in bordeaux has commendablj
vanity for fne clothes, generally
deemed incomplete without pail
of high-heelod boots and watch
chain and locket of gilt metal. Th
great tobacco manufactory. the gunpow
der mills, the saltpetar refinery, and thl
shoe factory there are owned by the gov
ornment, which takes excellent caro- Of
its employees. There are $4,000 femal
laborers in Bordeaux, and it eau truth
fully be said that a maj ajorty Of tho un
married women there are indiscreet anI
careless of their reputation. There ar
1000 women actually employed in tn
quarries aud 10000 in the open fields. 1t
4 beautiful city, though, and splendit
consulship.
A TEMPERANCE TOWN.
"If you want to strike q Temperance
town take Fayal, in the Azores. Drunk
enness is rarity there, and yet win
and spirits are sold everywhere. Th
climate OF tho Azores is perfectly do
lightful, rarely below 55o and neve
above s0o The Azoresns arc particu
lRrly fond Of dress, and very sociable
but they nre nation of eigarett
smokers, aud are rapidly deterioratin
in physical Development. Fayal is Il
interesting little town of 10000 peopl,
and the principal exports are orange
wine, and oil, If you want somethin
romantic and Arcadian, Fayal is tn
place for you.
AN ITALIAN PARADISE.
Speaking of Temperance towns, woul
also commend you 20 CGtania, Italy
which has a population of 100000, wit
scarcely drink of whisky or brandy /
the town. Everybody, high and low
drinks the native wines at meals, bu
nobody drinks between meals, aud
drunken man has not been seen in ii
tana for years, except now and then