Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-03

laun py bearing nara on Cne last SyI-
liable, is a railroad center in northern
Italy. 1t is eight miles in circumfer-
ence, and has ram parts round it. Mi
Ian points with pride to her ramparts
l often think that New York would
invite more visitors from abroad ii
she had better line of ramparts.
There she sits in the eye of the world
with her graceful Hoboken condo las
skimming the turbid wave, her feet
are bathed by the waters of East
river, one Of the most stately streams,
think, that ever lay outdoors, and
yet New York hasn't got rampant to
her beach.
The architecture OF Milan embraces
many types, but a good deal of it is
medieval, with roof of the same.
Florence, however, has some palaces
that are mediev valer than those OF
Milan, l think, Milan used to have
240 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 cea ed
to attract, and now there are not over
eighty of the ori ginal of the 240, and
they have no trouble doing the whole
business. I could have purchased a
controlling interest in three churches
here for $l7. The cathedral in Milan
is first-rate in every respect, and is
doing well. l sometimes think that
it is foolish for other churches to try
to compete with cathedral. They
may succeed for while, but sooner
or later they will have to ackhowl-
edge that they cannot keep it up.
Everywhere We go we find the
Caucasian race in the ascendant. l
sometimes think that the blood OF the
Caucasian is more largely red and has
wider circulation than any other.
But this is u deviation from what l
was saying.
The Cathedral was begun in 1866,
and worked along toward completion
till 1905, when Napoleon subscribed
quite large sum toward it, and sent
his teams to haul lumber without
charging for it.
Milan is situated in latitude 1923
north and longitude OIL east. There
are over 270, 900 people now living in
Milan, and the place supports one Of
the most wide-awake and pushing
cemeteries in Europe. Milan has
also 4 corso, which 1 heard many
SPEAK of in the highest terms, though
did not go to see it, fearing it was
sope kind of resort where liquor is
sold.
Naples is a pretty good town to
stand off and look at from the bay.
It is located on the brow Of hill,
extending from the Costello del Orc
to the top of the Capoidmonte, and,
ranged around the semi-circular hills
as it is, reminds me forcibly OF Tomp-
kinsville, Staten Island.
The newer streets of Naples are
quite pretty, and extend for several
miles out beyond the town like those
of Fargo, OAK, where sidewalks sew
eral hundred miles in extent were
built at the expense of the county.
In this way Fargo had sidewalks that
extended in every direction through
the neighboring farms, and the coun-
ty 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
narrow and crooked, and the houses
are GO high that ripe pomegranate
dropped from the roof on the plug hat
of q passing tourist is permanently
impaired and the hat prostrated.
Neapolitan people formerly used
the Toledo, street now called
the Roma, for a kitchen, dressing
room, bathroom, front hall and storm
door. Here they ate, drank, slept,
dressed and undressed their children,
washed, ironed, quarreled, sung,
starved, begged, died. roasted chest
nut sand prepared their maccaroni and
laxzaroni for the American market.
Naples claims to be the leading laz-
zaroni vineyard of the world. We try
to initiate her in New York, but we
fail. We have poverty enough in
New York, and fluent, extemporane-
GUS beggars, as we'll as more or less
disease, but we have not been able,
80 far. to unite our poverty and dis
ease la such way as to successfully
initiate the picturesque lazzaroni OF
the East. Our people in America are
too robust and our invalids are toe
many of them wealthy. So long as it
is tIiet way Europe and Asia will dc
our lszzaroni business in spite Of all
we can do to prevent it.
We can get up fair specimen tc
look at, but it lacks age and the air o.
travel as we'll as the pleasing NAL
formations peculiar to the lazzaron
bripanterie of the Old World.
sometimes think that the reason
Naples 30 long retained her supremac!
over other cities in this line wal
largely due to the stimulation result
ing from the close competition be
tween Vesuvius and the local talen
of the lazzaroni in the matter of erup
tions.
Naples was at one time county sea
OF the dukedom, but there was no cal
for dukedom in that part OF the coun
try, so it was succeeded by a dynasty
The Suabian dynasty was successful
and made money rapidly. There wa
a good deal OF suffering among tn
10 people, but the dynasty did wei
and accnPulated considerable proI
When Charles III. entered Maple
in 1874 he is said to have found 80, ,0O
thiev s. They had stolen everythin
but Vesuvius and were getting 30,0
pairs of sheet-iron mittens made whe
Charles entered the city. In 1S6
Garibaldi entered the city, and late
on Naples was annexed to the Cor
stantinople kingdom of Victor In
manuel. Ithas improved 9 good de-
.inna n 0uoHl00kS fha hav Of NaDll