The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-27

.ArIoAT on THE MEDITERRANEAN,
IN TIE GLoAMIy0. 1887
"Mr Wilbelmj CONTINUOUSLY, World Once,
New York. L. >. A:
"SIR-Would you mind using your In
f]uence In trying to get the inclossd piece
printed in the Sabbath World and send me
whatever It Is worth in currency by registered
mall care lock box 29l, Rome Italyl | am
not earning anything this winter, being dis
abled by neuralgia, and 50 it has occurred to
me that might write some pieces for the
paper telling of sights and sounds abroad.
II you print this letter, or use your influence
to that end so that it gets into the paper, will
YOU send me two or three copies and | will
pay you in few weeks. But, ii you do not
use it, wish you would avoid making memo
randa on it with blue pencil, as several
other editors have done, for it annoys me
very much.
please do not make fun Of the piece il
you do not use it, as am threatened with
heart disease, and anything that makes me
very angry is apt to prove fatal Atrorhy
OF the heart is what il is called, and if live
forty-Ave years longer it will he about all
can expect, 50 please do not make light Of my
piece Fraternally yours, j. c."
Communicated
For some time we have been sailing DER
the unruffled bosom Of the Mediterranean
sea. 1t is beautiful sheet Of water which
has been plowed by many keel as far back
as history can inform US. 1t Is from 20 to
200 teeth In depth, and is we'll located to do
the principal traffic between Europe and
Africa.
An enormous quantity Of water flows into
the Mediterranean sea, for half dozen
European rivers contribute to it, and the At
lantic ocean also discharges its waters into
this sea- And yet, owing to the hot, dry
winds which sweep across from the sandy
wastes Of Africa, the evaporation is very
great and keeps the sea from overlooking its
banks This should teach us that even nature
abhors surplus would rather be road
master of good yacht on the Mediterranean
than 10 live upstairs in New York
We visited Milan not long ago. It is an
inland town whose southern wall is washed
by the Olona river Otherwise the place Is
entirely unlaundered. Milan, pronounced
Me-laun by bearing down bard on the last
syllable, is railroad center in northern
Italy 1t Is eight miles In circumference and
has ramparts around it, Milan points with
pride to her raInparts. | often think that
New York would invite more visitors from
abroad If she had better line Of ramparts
The architecture of Milan embraces many
types, but good deal of it is medieval, with
roof Of the same. Florence, however, has
some palaces that are medigvaler than those
of Milan, think. Milan used TO have $40
churches, but III Of them did not pay and
were suppressed by Maria Theresa and
Joseph II. Since that other churches that
were doing we'll few centuries ago have
ceased to attract, and now there are not over
eighty out Of the original $40, and they have
no trouble doing the whole business. | could
have purchased controlling interest In
thr churches here for SIT. The cathedral
at Milan Is first rate in every respect and is
doing we'll | sometimes think that 1t is
foolish for other churches to try to compete
with q cathedral. They may succeed for
while. hut sooner or later they will have to
acknowledge that they cannot keepit up.
Everywhere we 60 We find the Caucasian
race in the ascendant. | sometimes think
that the blood Of the Caucasian is more
largely red and has wider circulation than
any other But this is deviation from
what was saying.
The newer streets of Naples are quite
rretty, and extend several miles out beyond
the town, like those Of Fargo, D. T.. where
sidewalks several hundred miles in extent
were built at the expense OF the county. In
this way Fargo had sidewalks thGt extended
for miles in every direction through the
neighboring farms, and the county paid for
them Fargo has been striving ever since to
live up TO her sidewalks. Aside from this
there is little similarity between Naples and
Fargo. The old streets of Naples are mar
row and crooked, and the houses are SO high
that ripe pomegranate dropped from the
roof on the plug hat Of passing tourist is
permanently impaired and the hat pros
trated
Naples claims to DO the leading lazzaroni
VINEYARD of the world. We try to initiate
her in New York, but we fail. We have
poverty enough in New York and fluent, ex-
temporaneous beggars Us well as more or less
disease, but we have not been able SO far to
unite our poverty and disease in such O way
as to successfully initiate the picturesque
lazzaroni of the east. Our poor people In
America are too robust and our invalids are
too many Of them wealthy So long as 1t is
that way Europe and Asia will do our laz-
Earoni business in spite Of all we can do to
prevent 1t.
We can get up fair specimen to look at,
but it lacks age and the air OF travel as well
as the pleasing malformations peculiar to the
lazzaroni bijouterie Of the old world.
sometimes think that the reason Naples so
long retained her supremacy over other cities
In this line was largely due to the stimla-
ton resulting from the close competition be-
tween Vesuvius and the local talent OF the
lazzaroni in the matter Of erupt!ons
The population Of Naples is nearly 500, 900,
but the annual rainfall I have been unable
to obtain. II I can find out in time will
send it in my next letter II you wish to
send me the money for this piece and hold
the article till can ascertain what the rain
fal, is YOU NAV do 50. &c.
The foregoing is written in such q plain,
straightforward way, and contains 50 much
information, that am in doubt whether Mr..