The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
NAPLES.

Inc 0nlp 8 bdrDef--Comlng acfoSb s
from Marseilles in the dampfer Ger
man for boat) the weather moderated
SO that I needed only one overcoat.
Got acquainted with barber. Oftez
have some trouble in making up with
captain, but can usually hit it OF
with the barberhood. Barber is q bu-
reau of information, headquarters for
scandal and knows what the run il
going to be. The barber on our damp
fer was no good. Shy on conversation,
but great on arithmetic. Charged me
francs for shave, and when I sug-
gested that he was rather high he said
he was compelled to ask 1 franc and
30 centimes for the extract of vanilla
he had put on my hair. Told him did
not want any extract of vanilla, but he
said there was no way of getting it
back into the bottle. Besides, he had
the money, SO we compromised by per-
hitting him to keep it. Said he longed
to go to America. I told him there
would probably be an opening in Amer
lea for anyone SO energetic and muscu-
lar, and i promised to give him let
ter to Armour & Co, Of Chicago.
Free Fireworks-A full hundred
| hiles out at sea we could make ont ants
. Irregular oval Of fire suspended in the
/ sky--the two streams Of lava now
tricking down Vesuvius. Finest land
mark and. sailing target a sailor could
ask for. When we were forty miles
away we wanted the captain to slow up
for fear he would run into the mountain
and injure it. Next morning in harbor
we discovered that we were still ten
miles away from it.
"The New Naples-In ten years Ma.
pies has done lot of sprucing up.
Streets are cleaner, new and apretentious
buildings have multiplied, smells have
been eliminated. Guides, beggars and
cabmen not SO pestiferous as of wore.
! but still bad enough to deserve electro
cution, provided some more lingering
form of death could not be. substituted.
Cabmen seem downcast. Municipality
recently forbade any extra charge for
cab service ona fiesta, or holiday. In
Italy 800 days out Of every 1896 can be
rung in under the head Of sfiestas.,
Every American who landed in Naples
found himself right in the midst of a
fiesta and had to pay two fares, or
as much as 80 cents in gold, to ride
around in one of the open hacks
] Thirty cents would seem reasonable
charge, but not after you have seen the
hack. The smaller the horse in Naples
the heavier the harness Evidently
desire to have about the same total
weight in each case. -, -
:" Emigrants.- Alongside Of our ship
lay German steamer about to sail for
America. The tender made trips to
and from the dock, and every time she
came out she was flledQto the last inch
with Italian emigrants. We saw hun
dreds Of them disappear into the ship,
SO many it seemed they must have been
packed in below by hydraulic pressure,
otherwise there wouldn't have been
room for them. All headed for the land
Of the free to build railroads. Eng
/ lishman wanted to know why there was
such heavy emigrant traffic at this par
ticular season. Told him they were
/ hurrying over to vote at the April cleo
ton in Chicago. He believed it.. Come
to think of it, believe it myself. !"
This is Mr.. Peasley 8 notebook up to
the present moment, just as we are de-
parting for Alexandria. He admits
that he may have overlooked a few
minor points of interest, but he more
than made up by neglecting to mention
Napoleon s tomb or the Moulin Rouge
Z. Since arriving in Naples this morn
ing Mr.. Peasley has arranged with the
I tourist agency to change his ticket. and