The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-11-10

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eryfbing l write of these foreign
lanaF Naples is a very hotbed OF
andfchy, as all the world knows,
andlwhy she is so, above all other
European cities, has back OF it a
compelling cause, Well, have TAX
en- a few hurried glances at the sur
faeeindications of the life of the COM
mon people of Naples, and tell you
eaudidly | do not see how they can
help being anarchists, nor understand
why thev are not all anarchists.
sorpe things | have seen are so re-
veIting that | cannot speak OF them.
In bet there are unthinkable, I'M
= akablc and unprintable things
Nd Naples than had thought
Dos possil]lt sFungtrf-wHs warned in
Rome thai it got worse as one came
south. Though occupying no very
large area Naples contains about
10000 inhabitants. and is the lare
est city in Italy. The great major
ity of these people are so helplessly
sunk in poverty, and so enyi-
roned bv hopeless industrial lethar-
gy. and SO inherently ignorant and
incapacitated to cope with the COM
monest problems OF existence that
there is apparently no hope tor them.
With nothing to look forward to
but a life of drudgery and hunger.
never even obtaining faint glimpse
! of that rest and peace which should
at least come with increasing years,
! why should they be regardful OF the
rights 81 Others? Why should they,
indeed. As those anarchists profess
who are kshaght ,fed handed, care
very much whether they live or die!
| What are they but adumb, driven
cattle?" | am not speak ny ot the
| eauses that lie at the bottom OF
their condition, but The condition
jt4eif. Within a stones throw
of tSts beautiful bay. within
a block OF this hue hotel, there are
side streets dat reek with filth aud
that are foul with the vilest odors,
inhabited by swas@ls Of animals IN
hunnn shape, the MD erity OF whom
are naimed or misshapea. hundreds
of wllons have never enjoyed EAe ben
ehts of Al comb, all of wbSsa a4re
clothed prinsdpally in climate, nose
of whom apparently, know OF the
existence of water. L IS simply aw-
full Il is almost impossible to make
your way through the armies OF
beggars that pour out from these
! streets as you pass along. dog your
\ Steps. and catch you by the elbows,
and whine piteousIy for few pence
Especially are the old ones. the bare
footed. ,bareheaded, almost naked
decrepit, tsS.othless ones, almost IRE
sistableiin ,at4s energy of their de
| spair. j haveIkSen through severa
of these vile streets, and tell you inc
human being can ike 81 them long
and retain the attributes and sensi
biGties of human beings. Fkey wag'
an everlasting warfare with heplger
they fight always, ap@d INCREASINGLY
for mere existence; they illustrate
IN their miserable lives f9N'uN s'S"
struggle for the survival o. WY
test that is the memorable rule VI az
life And, if these that do not {
q own in that struggle for the httest,
w hat must those have been that
have fallen by the wayside2, And
vet, such are the contradictions of
this n any-slded life, there are many
of thes. people that are apparently
happy, that smile, and look cheerful,
and 90 about their several ways
with even an air of contentment, as
if the AFRO ws and sings of outrage
Gus fortune" had no terrors for
them. For tt ese, however, as for
those stolid on es upon whose faces
hopeless despair was written, there
is not visible upon the horizon of the
coming century a single ray OF hope.
Perhaps. one Of these days, in the
providence of that God who holds
all Of us in the hollow OF His hand,
Vesuvius. over there, will engult
them, as it's neighbor once developed
Pompeii, and blot them out forever.
To my mind worse things could
come TO them, and to the state that
claims them as subjects. There does
not seem to be a middle class in Ma
nles: YOU see refined. welEdressed.