THE OMAITA DAILY FHEE : MONDAY APRIL , 1892
BEAUTY OF ITALIAN CITIES
Mrs. General Greek's Views on Lifo in
King Ilumbart's ' Realm.
THE CU3SE OF A LARGE STANDING ARMY
Women Ilrrnk Stonon mill Work on the
Jtnllrimtlft St. 1'cilor'n .Srrn Through
u Kcyhnlo YIIIIIIB Hilly' * l.iinR.
Inn for Itciiil | > llc.
ITI.OHCNCC , March 0. ICorrospontlenco of
TUB ] Jii.J : : llcforo wo loft Homo , with her
pillared colonndes , magnificent tomnlos ,
sumptuous shrlno * , shady groves nod gorge
ous fountains , wo took ono raoro rldo to ttio
Arcntlno , tlio highest and most plclurcsquo
of nil tlio Uotnnn hills , to tnUo a last vlaw of
the grcutoit of nil her tomplcs , St. I'otors ,
through n tcoyholo. The Itoyholo Is in un tin-
inenno emit Uoor , studded with brnss nnu Iron ,
which leads Into the garden nf the priory of
the Maltese ) order. The great dome stood out
clearly ngotnst thn horizon , malting an ox-
ijuUlto ploturo. The carnival was almost
spoilt ; , ! liy Incossaut rains , but wo did have
ono croat treat In seeing the Coliseum 111 by
electric and tlengal lights and hearing n
mandolin orchestra In the ruins or n mili
tary hand on the outside. What n contrast
to the amusement formerly furnished there
10 the old Romans.
As ttio train rolled out from Rome , hearing
MB on our Journey to Nnnlcs , wo pass the
tombs of Via Appla , with the AltXin and
Kablno mountains on ono side , ttio volcano on
the other , and ns wo rldo acres the Hoinuu
Campagnn ( which , ntter nil , Is only HUe n
Nebraska prnlrlo ) picturostiuo , cultivated
slopes rise on either Hide , wuitotha moun
tains towering nbovo have their tops still
covered with snow. In the distance ,
perched in the crngs of the mountains , some
times on what seems almost Inaccessible
points , wo see towns , villages , churches ,
fortresses and monasteries. Within n fuw
miles of Naples , Is the unclont Capua , whore
Jlannlbal took up his quarters after the second
end Punic wur. Wo uro tola of ix remakaulo
ruin hero that rivals the Coliseum , but wo
must hasten to the city by the hluo Vesuvlan
bay. Spring Is farther advanced than ut
Homo. The "sweet , clad ungels of the
spring" covers the whole country. How
beautiful It must bo hero when the vineyards -
yards nro In full fruit. In every orchard , or
\vnerover there nro trees the vines are
stretched from trco to tree , clinging to every
tree , shrub or stake.
Naples , llko every city I have soon on the
Mediterranean , rises like an amphitheater ,
from the sea , tier upon tier , and ono wonders
how the topmost buildings can bo reached.
But you do reach them at last , always over
the most benutlfully gruuod roaaswhoroyou
nlways llnd n panorama of uhsurpassing
loveliness. The architecture of Naples is not
very beautiful , there is too much monotony.
There nro some broad streets and beautiful
squares palaces for the rich wo era under
neath nro tlio stahlos and darlc , noisome cav-
crna where the poor livotheir only light com
ing from the cloino. And the smulls I Aa
Mark Twain says , "they area thousand years
old. " After thu churches in Homo all ether
ualo. The only tiling In Naples in the way
of art Is at the museum , which U ono of the
ilnost in the world , made up as It is from the
sculptures and frescoes found at Pompeii ,
Horeulaucum and gathered from every part
of Ilulv nnO Greece. Naples , with its charmIng -
Ing climbs , its boy , blue as sapphire , sur
rounded Dy its cliittn or mountains , is very
lovely , but it is the environs that detain 0:10 :
und fnuko you wish to linper. Vesuvius.
1'ompoli , Sorrento with Us red rocks , C.iprl
with Its blue grotto and wonderful
ruins of Tlborls , Paestum with its marvel
ous Doric temple. Ttia view from the high
rocks of Capri , where the tcmplo of Jupoter
once stood , gives you not only the little
island , but nil the islands as far as tbo lulls
of Calabria , Vesuvius sending forth volumes
of smoke to the clouds , Naples , rising tier
upon tier , ' cappca by the heights of Poslippo
and Cuno do Mcnti.
{ Thodrivo fcom Naples to Pompeii takes
you tnrougli ono continuous town all with
different names , but the same smells. Hlgnt
unuer the sundew of Vesuvius there has
sprung up a town of elgut or ten thousand
inhn' Hants. I do not think I should like to
bo n deni/.en of It. U may meet the fate of
other cities of this volnanio region. 1'oinpoil
Js the llrst city I hnvo over scon that is lin-
ishcd. i'Youi the newest town on the western
plains to the eldest hero , they nro "Jixlng"
the streets. As old as Homo is they nro
pulling down houses and widening streets.
They do not n.ovo houses as they do
in Oraahn , hut pull them down , brick bv
brick and it is herculean task for tuo wall's
of the houses seems to have been built to
sustain a siege !
How hard the women , horses and oxen
work ! I have scon women breaking
stones , carrying immense baskets of dirt on
their heads to lill a cut la the railroad. The
poor pathetic llttlo burros , the silver haired
oxen , with their polished black horns and
great dreamy eyes , are loaded down. I have
been ono llttlu pony bitched ton street cart ,
twostorios high drawing twenty men. "
1 asked n young advocate who traveled
with us from Naples If ho liked better to sco
soldiers overrunning Italy , than the priests ?
"Certainly , " ho replied ; "fie preferred the
soldier * to the priests , but supporting a largo
nrmy Is ruining llnly nnd taxing the people
buvond endurance. "
I asked If it wore tor.fear of the encroach
ments of other foreign powers , the Italian
government kept so largo a standing army.
"Ah ! No , Madame , " ho said , "it. is to keep
" Italy'n kingdom instead of a republic , which
BO many people desire. " And ho explained
that the church , which is still a power
in Italy , would qulto as boon which
a republic as u kingdom bocnuso tholr power
would not oo curtailed and it might bo aug
mented. " . He thought the thrco greatest
men who had over lived wnro Washington ,
Lincoln and Garibaldi. Ho loved and re
spected King Humbert , but believed ho was
tuo last Uini ; Italy would ever havo. As I
afterwards discovered , my young friend had
written n work on socialism. 'I took his
opinions with u gram of allowance. There
is u young generation springing up In Italy
who love not the church or the kingdom , nnd
Jong to see United Italy n united republic ,
nud many n young heart is lilled with the
nnibillon to bo the Hist president of an
Italian republic.
\Vo loft Naples with regret , though I hail
caught cold living in her marble palaces
Avith slippery , cold mosnlo Iloors. Wo had
nn enchanting view from our window , of the
bay wltn horhundrcdsof whlto-wlngcdboats.
and of Vesuvius , whoso smoke was rising
nil day , nnd at night made tbo sky lurid will
her tires.
Wo arrived in Florence Just In time to sec
the last of the carnival , und I mn sorry we
were not u lltllo Inter , for anything more
noisy night nnd day or moro grotesque than
the masker * I have never soon. 1 believe
every boy over 11 years old lias n wuistlo , ant !
every coaobmnn lias the loudest cracker on
Ills whip bo cuu llnd , Florence , called so
because It was said to have been founded 01 :
n tlold of llowow , nnd Indeed eho U worth *
lier name ; the whole city Is lilled will
them. How beautiful the cltywlth its moss
grown terraces , drooping cedars and spread
ing pine. What grand nnd noble palaws
The Pltto , that even Talno , who could Iliu
nothing In Italy so good as In Franco
acknowledged to bo the finest In tin
world I What ucros of pictures , picture :
lie very linost In the world , nnd
worth allfutimu's study. In ono small roon
in tlin Ull/.zl Is collected the very Dost of nr
in the world. Tlio Medici , the linost Venus
the mnatoroU-ccj of Haphael , Corroirlo
U'ltlnns nmt HubciiH , In Florence Mlclmu
Angela dominates everything. In Homo wi
raw the monastery from which his body was
stolen , to bo carried to his nutlvo place ii
Florence , and here ho reposes in Santa Croci
where ho desired to He , GO that "when tin
door opcno'l ho could sco Urunullcschl'i
dome. " which served him ns one of tin
models of his own dome of St. Polor . Hero
too. in Suutn Uroco , which Is the Puutheoi
of Florence
"Repose
"Angclo's , Allcro's bones , nnd his ,
"Tho slurry Galileo with hU wooa :
"iloro MucUIavolli'a earth , returned to when
it rose. "
And In this vast marble silence lie burlci
some of the greatest men the world tins uvo
known. If thn Medici were wicked , Florcnc *
owes them a great deal. She owes to then
und the Austrian dukes that followed then
her incomparable gnllorlos and museums
Thu Medici furnished the queens toFiorunc
nud three popes to the church of Home
la the plajzu of Sautu Croco 1 > a colossa
tntuo of Dante , erected COO years after his
euth.
From the Plttl pnlnco wo descended Into
ho njololo gardens of which \vo have road
0 much , nnd where Ferdinand I. planted ntal
ultivfUcd the llrst potatoes which catno from
America. It Is beautifully laid out in the
talmn style , trees clipped nnd trimmed In
antnstlc shapes ; Ilex , avenues , hedges of
box nnd myrtle.tnoisv fountalnsaml statuoi.
To the house of Michael Angclowowcro
hewn the studies of the Slstlno chopol ,
drawings of hlu "Last Judgment" nnd his
nodol of the cupola of Su Peter's.
The cathedral which hnsthosocond largest
dome In the world Is a "poem nnd n prayer
n ono. " And or.o can well nppreclnto the
onthuslnsm It has nwnkcncd in the breasts
of to many poeU nnd painters. Huskln says
hot "only in the campanile of Olotto exist *
both beauty and power. " Ono stnmu on-
ronccd before that spiral shaft , nnd when
ho soft , silvery tones of the bells ring out
on the nlr , wo feel the tuclody Is moro of
leaven than of earth. The exterior
of the cathedral Is covered with.
irecloua mnrblos nnd beautiful sculptures ,
out the Interior , save for Its grandly troscood
lomois disappointing. Onposlto the catho-
Ira ! is the baptistry , with the magnlllcent
domes of Ghibcrli , which Michael Angelo
< mld wcro "wortlij to form the entrance into
arndlso. " IJut they are so full of dust that
t is hard to sco or study them. The baptlv
ry Is built of ulack nnd white marble that
vast once tbo tcmplo of Mara. The church
ms utilized so many of the ancient temples
hat the great rums which make Italy so nt-
ractlvo are fast becoming obsolete. Of the
jrldgcs crossing the Arne the Ponte n Saute
1'rinita is the roost beautiful and graceful ,
with Its lour seasons , at tlui unties , poised
gracefully In the nir. Another bridge , that
ms been several times destroyed and rebuilt ,
has on Interesting logcnd.
On uMay dny celebration nn invitation was
given to the citizens to witness n theatrical
: olohratlon from the bridges , that was to
tike place on n raft beneath ; anyone present
who iteslrod to hear from Dimes would have
the opportunity. The bridge was crowded
and In ttio midst of the demoniacal antics and
rotcsqtio performance , the bridge
javoftway nnd thousands were pre
cipitated In the rushing waters , and
some perhaps realized morn vividly than they
loslrod whnt his sntanic realms were llko.
i'ho six stone bridges across the Arne are so
picturesque and quaint that the two suspen
sion ones seem utterly incongrous.
This beautiful nnd fair city , in the rich
valley of the Arne , has boon the birthplace
of many great men ; and tills us with rocol-
cctlons of the romances wo have read , of
: ho beauties of nature and art Hint have been
immortalized by poets and artists. Hero in
the square , where now Is n magnillcent
fountain , Savonarola's soul went up in lira.
In San Marco , wo tee the church und con
vent where whnt noble men , of noble deeds ,
own Florence ns their native place Dante ,
PetrarchMichael , Angelo.Leonardo da Vinci ,
Uenovuto , Cellini , Andrea del Turto ,
Galileo.
In ono of the museums there is a trlbuuo
dedicated to the memory ot Galileo. There
is a fine marble statue of him undov the ro-
ttmdu , aim ono of his lingers encircled by n
ring In n glass case pointing upwards. There
uro three line frescoes representing his life.
Ono at Pisa swinging n lamp , which origin
ated in his mind , the law of mechanics , reg-
uhulni : the pendulum ; the second , demon
strating before the council of ten at Venice
the truth of the telescope ; and the third , in
which ho is represented ns being
blind , With ono hand on a globe ,
and he Is preaching , tlrinij the souls of his
hearers with such high hopes of Immortality
beyond the grave that women brought their
Jewels , mon tholr Greatest works , oven artists
their pictures , nnd made nil auto da fo on the
very spot where ho and his two friends were
hanged and burned , only because ho was the
precursor of the reformation. And hero San
Alnrco , the great work of Douotelli , of
Which Michael Augolo Is to noble a llcuro ,
could Indeed write a gospel. To mo the
grandest statue of them all is Michael An-
pclo's David , which Is even liner nnd moro
Inspiring than his Muses in Homo pointing
heavenward.
The inhabitants seem an honest , genial
people. They have the air of prosperity nnd
good health. There are few beggars , nnd
the storekeepers do not try to draw , you in
their shops und make you buy nolcns-voloiis.
The Neapolitans are merry nnd lazy , who lot
the morrow take care of itself. In the morn
ing and evening , when they bring their goats
to bo milked In the front of the house , they
stretch themselves on the sunny side of the
house the men , not the goats. The goats ,
dear little patient nrcatures , who , with true
animal instinct , know to wfcich house they
must go to bo milked , stand huddled together
until tholr lazy owner has had his siesta.
1 do not know a quainter sight
than seeing the milking of the goats , and
sometimes a cow with her calf following , are
backed up on the sidewalks , nnd the pcoplo
pour out of the houses with Jugs , cups or
mugs nnd ECO tno milk How. fresh and foamy ,
into tholr vessels. There is no chance for
watering the milk in Naples.
This afternoon uo drove to the convoYit of
the Cortoao , situated at the top of n high
bill commanding n matchless view of the
vallov of the Arne and tno Appcnnlcs. It
"
was "formerly the monastery of the Cor-
tosian monks , founded by St. Bruno. Once
the beautiful cloisters were Ulled with the
monks in their white garbs , but is now nl-
rnost deserted. Since the suppression of tbo
convents only Uvo or six are loft to take care
of the propp.rty , now owned by the govern
ment. The cooJ old padre , who showed us
around , pointing out the beauty and wealth
of his former beloved convent that had been
his homo for many years , was full of good
will and bonhomie.
"Yes , " ho said , "wo are allowed to take
care of our own property. At llrst nineteen
of us wore loft ; now there nra only six. "
Tbo church connected with this convent Is
rich in marble , pictures , exquisitely carved
wooden nltar with precious stones and ono of
Giotto's marvelous Crucifixion. In the cen
ter of a largo cloister there Is a draw well of
rare beauty.
'I'ho noble tomb of Bonofadc , bishop ot
Corlonn nud superior of tbu convent , is the
most effective olllgy I have over seen. Ho
was the godfather of Catherine do Modluu.
The monk told us that when Queen Victoria
visited the convent , ho showed her nround
nnd told her this bishop was the godfather
of a vo y bad queen. "And what did the
queen of England roplyl" wo asked. "Oh,11
ho said , "slio never said anything but
'Multo bclla , ' from the time she entered
until she loft. "
Ho look us to n high point in the monastery
'
to show us the vicnv ot the mountains tha't
.encircled . the valley , but the mist covered
tbu tups , nnd ho smilingly exclaimed in his
sweet Italian :
Q11 n ml o inonto morollo ,
til mettle II uapiulo. | |
II cnntndlnn vn u prouder
Iomlnelto. .
Which moans , when the mists nro on
Mouto Morollo you must take un umbrella.
Wo saw the room Pius VI occupied for nine
mouths when a prisoner of tlio llrst Napole
on. "This , " said our monk , showing the bedroom -
room , "was the Vatican ot his holiness and
this,1' showing his sitting room , "was his
qulrlnal. "
The monastery has n charming , quiet re
treat , with delicious views from every point ,
nnd u mystic charm tbut made ui desire to
linger in Its quiet Bhado.underlU picturesque
cedars that reared their points heavenward.
Just as wo were saying good by to our irood
monk the boll of the church pealed n long ,
mournful note , and the lather , crossing him
self bald , "Ah , our brother has couo to rest. "
Ho told us last week ono brother over BO
years , had died , nnd every hour they were
anticipating the death ot the one for whom
the bell was tolling. So tonight tbero are
only four whlto robed gunrdlans to keep
guard over the property of the state.
As wo drove from the convent door the
mist rolled from Monte .Morello and the sun
wont down in u golden radiance , the moon-
only a crescent of silvery light arose , and
thoecono of enchanting loveliness gave a
piumUe of n beautiful tomorrow.
MAISV D. CHOOK.
Xot Su lliul After All ,
E. V. Wood of McKoo'3 Hocks , Allegheny
county , Pa. , In speaking to n traveling man
of Chamberlain's ' modtclnns said : "I recom
mend them above all others , I havn used
them myself nnd know them to bo reliable.
1 always guarantee thorn to my customers
nnd have never had a bottle returned. " Mr ,
Wood had hardly llnlshed speaking , when a
little girl came In the stoio with an empty
bottle. It was labeled , "Chamberlain's Pain
Holm. " The traveler was interested , as
there was certainly u bottle coming back ,
but waited to hear what the llttlo girl said.
It was ns follows : "Mamma wants another
bottle of I hat medicine ; she says it is tbo
best medicine for rheumatism thoovor used.1
DO cent bottles for sale by drug-gists.
C. D , Wooilworth & Co. , successors to
\Volty AO'jy , K110 Furimm street , tmm-
ufncturoi'3 uuil dealers In burner , sad
dles , ale.
If I \ TTIT1OIP TUP It \ 1 TPPP
1IANNMS 01 ( THE MALTESt
Bow tbo Sca-Oirolod Rock-Has Become the
"Flower of the World. "
DESPISED NOT THE LITTLE THINGS
, : ilid ItpRhtlnicit with IMckixci Ti-nrc t
1'rlilo of thn MitltiMu to Ailil to ttio Ar : -
blo Aron tnilcr.itlpiblo Irrigation
.Muniicr .
CinomitA , Italy , Fob. 33. [ Spoclal to TIIC
Uii : : . ] Looking back from within the envir
onment uf the Usher folk of the Adriatic , nnd
oven wltli all the fatrdomoj nnd minarets of
Venice In view ncrosi the opaline waters ot
.ho Hashing Ingoons , the poasntitry of Malta
arc , to my oycs , set in n fair ana sunny per
spective.
They nro thrifty mid virtuous , loynl nnd
oving , kindly und pious , patient nnd good.
rtiero Is not a land tinder the sun where
intural conditions have been so bravely over
come , nnd where original sterility has been
so transformed Into permanent fruitfulness
ind luxuriance. Nearly thu entire face of
Malta was originally a barren desert rock.
And jot tojuy there is much nntltudo In the
joastaf the Maltose tiiattholr island of stone
Is the Fiure del Monde , or "Flower of the
World ; " for It actually supports , from the
products of the soil It possesses , a greater
population In proportion to Its Instgnlnr.ant
irc.i than can elsewhere bo fouud outside
China and Japan.
Duxplso Xot Mm l.lttle Tilings.
The incorrect statement has been made
that Malta's entire soil has boon brought In
shiploads from Sicily , Some of It has been ,
but It has been chiefly brought from all
quarters of the globe. There U no such
thing as waste in Malta. The shell of an egg ,
the chaff packings of merchandise , the en
trails of llsli , the sweepings of ships' decks
nnd debris from their holds , even
the cxuvoj of birds , nro nil treasured ,
and these In other lands infi
nitely lltllo nnd despised things , with the
curious method of year by year creatlnir , lit
erally craaUnff rod by rod , u "tiny additional
patch of cultivable land , out of the very
rock of the island's fnco , has at last given
Malta Us splendid luxuriance.
Sincularly , too , it is practically all hidden
from sight. Von can lind ll but you cannot
sco it in the general viow. There are few
points in the entire island where from the
highways your eyes can rest upon anything
but rock. There uro places In Cornwall
where for 1,000 years the earth has been dis
emboweled for tin , nnd every prospect Is
upon rldgesof stone , blanched mine refuse and
upturned rock. 1 oltcn thought of this ns I
tramped along the Maltose highways. Every
where ono looks It Is ns though a surging sea
had suddenly boon transformed by a miracle
of petrifaction into ridges aud dikes of pale
salTrony stone.
Reclaiming r.mid with n I'lckaxc.
This has all como about in the terracing
and diking of the 'uneven surfnco ot the
islnnd , through the inllnlto patience ana
labor ol the Maltese peasantry since the
Ivuights with the monks of their tlmo taught
them how ' 'oil might bo made to flow from
rocks and honey sucked from the very stouo , "
as I have hoard them tell In their almost
plaintive Arab chants , which they ore al
ways half crooning and half singing when
engaged in any manner of labor.
Nine-tenths of all vho cultivated lands In
Malta have been made by actually breaking
up with pickaxes the surface of the rock to
the depth of nearly two feet , leveling It and
piling upon this mass the same stone reduced
to powder , ns It Is very soft and easily pul
verized , mixed with layers of pumice und
everything in the nature of soil which has
for a long tlmo been scraped together and
treasured against this most important of al'l
times with the peasant tenant. To thus re
claim and make available another half , or
fourth , or tenth of nn acre , Is the proudest
act of the Maltese peasant's life. Ho has
less pride in his wife , his children or his
animals.
Ills Dcnrcst
They have a wise nnd serious way of bless
ing the dead along these patriotic linos. I
heard it at Dingll , where , after mass , tb2
peasants were berating the memory of a mean
nnd miserly fellow but recently deceased.
They said very unpleasant things about him ,
until ono who had not previously spouen set
the current the other way in n perfect torrent
of praise by the single 'remark : "But Luegi
gave Maltn another tuinolo [ about ono-thlrd
of an acre ] of land ! "
No peasant farmer owns his own land.
A nobility grew up under the regime of
the ICnichts which exist to this day , I
thought that of the Balearic Islands insignifi
cant to the degree of travesty : hut the
nobility of Malta are still less in numbers
nnd importance. They are styled marquises ,
counts and barons. There are perhaps n
score of them nil told ; and I know of n'cer-
tain Baltimorean who controls twice ns many
acres of laud in the Highlands of Scotland
for a shooting" ns they collectively possess.
About ono half of the 100,000 acres of culti
vable land is owno I by these noblemen.
The remainder Is very equally divided be
tween the church and the British crowu.
lloldliigx , I.oa cs unit Jlcntals.
Holdings uro nearly all under snort , gen
erally eight-year , leases ; but there are a
number of ninety and 100-yoars leases , giv
ing u virtual ownership. These Maltese
farms are very small. A few comprise as
many as live salmas , or about twenty-one
acres. The most nro Jrom ono to throe.
salmas. And I know of many with no more
than thrco inondclll or loss tbnn nn eighth of
BII acre of land in each. The rentals for
these , with nil repairs and improvements at
the cost of the peasant tenant , range from S3
to 520 per acre.
If the peasant's holding Is llttlo , his homo
nnd bnlouclngs are indeed snug and pic
turesque. There is not a squalid , poorly
built rustic's nbodo upon the island. If it bo
scarcely larger than u sentry box , the walls
will bo of stone , which is so boft he can chop
kout of the lodges with un ax , nftor which it
hardens by fixposuro. I have scon some roofs
of solid rock in thick Hat slab * , but most nro
plastered with pozzalana , and all are huge
and Hat.
RThese structures nro usually very low , oc
casionally two stones , hut ofteucr ono , nud
always after the Moorish style extending
four , or at least three , sides around tno open
court. This is Invariable , however diminu
tive may bo the homo. I hnvo often seen
them so small that members
of the sarno family could almost Join
hands across the open court , but
the court wns there , with the open sky nnd
its healthful vertical light with the sunshine
and tbo birds ; and , bettor than all , that sense
of snugncss and nearness between every
member of such a household und every
other.
No WiiHto of Water *
As everything else yields to the exigen
cies cf terracing the llttlo patches of hillside
artificial soil , ono will find these sunny and
lightsome abodes in nil manner of odd
situations. Every piece of made grouna Is
diked and walled so as to prevent a
"washout'1 nnd also to protect from
the southern sirocco , of summer and the
bitter groL-alo of winter , nnd the little
farms will Bomotitnos bo found for n dis
tance of a few miles rising in what appears
to oo a series of oytloponn ragged stone
steps , without u hovibo being visible , or so
built into the dlko-llko-walls that tholr lint
roofs blend Into tbo general perspective of
furrowy rock ,
Though such extraordinary pains and la
bor nro experienced to protect the land
against the ravages of the occasional winter
downpours of nrnln , equal care nnd provision
nro required tapiuscrvo the water , so prec
ious In the lotip nml burning summer nonth < t ,
Every steading is provided with Immense
tanks orclsternavut In the solid rock. Tiny
springs nro frequent , and not a drop from
thojo Is nltowctuiogo to wA to , Where the
spring bnppsn * to bo located conveniently ,
little stone trouKbs nro laid so as to Irrigate ,
nt pleasure , orory squnro foot ot soil , nnu
every particle Oti the overflow Is conducted
by other tiny troughs to the dutem * . Spotits
load from the dike walls and the flat roofs ,
nnd from every other possible projection or
level , until tho'cntlre Island is n network of
rude njipllancosilor complete Irrigation.
TlirroiUrnp * Often IMUril.
But the results nro wonderful. Two and
often throe crops nro raised every year , nnd
from May until October , when the utilized
surface of the island is ns whlto ns n baker's
oven nnd quivering with hou , within these
pleasant homos nnd those wnllod fields , where
the outward aspact is so hard nnd forbidding ,
there nro endless wlmpllngs of water nnd
marvelous upleaplngs of vegetables , fruit
nnd gram.
All these Mnltcso farm homos are match
lessly clean , nnd nro given unusual freshness
by the cnnstnnt application by the house
wives of n preparation of the pumice stone ,
of n pale ecru color , of the consistency of
whitewash , to the stone Iloors , walls and
ceilings. The granary , pom for animals
nnd housing for fowls nro all a part of the
abode , usually , at convenience , In the llrst
story , the family sleeping in the apartments
nbovo.
Many of the walls loadlntr from the rear
of the house are covered with mosses and
vlnts. Often the old Moorish norn or
Water-wheel stands silently or croaks dis
mally near the abode. Hero and there nenr
the homo will bo fouud the ancient treadmill
of the Bible times on which all the wheat nnd
barley of the Island is trod out by oxen or
cows. Against , the walls will hang tremendous
deus gourds , quaint old farming Implements ,
or huge solves with r.iwhldo Instead of wire
screens , ns nil the grain Is removed from the
chart in this primitive wny.
I'uriilturo < ) T .Stone.
Owing to the scarcity of wood upon the
island hardly \voodon Implement or article
of furniture can bo scon. Settles ot stone nro
common. In many farm homes I lound stone
slabs utilized ns tables , and in others the
sumo set securely Into the walls ot rooms for
bunks or bods. Window-panes nro fmv , as
light Is had from the sky through thu open
courts , and the tiny nnd infrequent windows
a fnot square are nll-snfllcicut.
Pelhaps the most curious objects to bo
found In those Maltese peasant homos is
their stovos. They require no artificial heat ,
nnd all their cooking which is restricted to
bread made of wheat and barley meal some
thing of the consistency of n Scotch "ban
nock , " fish which is plentiful nnd chenp , nnd
certain vegetable stows in which are stirred
scant shreds of cured Hsu or scantur bits
of bacon for seasoning is done upon
a portaulo stone sieve shaped
llko a Jar , nnd resembling in everything but
color a tinner's ordinary hand furnace in
which his soldering Irons arc heated. Most
of tncso are of homo construction , cut out of
nny handy block of stone , with rude handles
carved near the top ; hut sono nro of delft
wnro nnd moi-o capacious and shapely. They
can bo curried about , nnd the rousowlfo can
mind her cookimr. If she likes , while at any
drudgery of thojiouso or Holds.
Clmrnctor of tlio Multrsp.
The homo and neighborhood life of those
folk Is not n-i colorful ns that of the Italian
nnd Spanish peasantry. They are docile ,
calm , con ten ted i ambitious only to thrive ,
nnd with n burning desire amounting often
to n passion to bo better tenants than their
predecessors. They ris - and go to bed with
the sun. If belated at night no friendly eve
ning candle light will guide the wanderer tea
a Hreside.
The music of the guitar and mandolin atone
would disclose.tho presence of this half Arab
home. For n little time after the night has
fallen and the stars sumo out the husband
man may sit nnd croon his \veiril strange
chants. The -wife sits by him with folded
hands and closed oycs , occasionally ventur
ing n minor note , The lads und the lassies
thrum the strlngoil instruments , teut thev
are only those" there who belong in , that ono
home. o
T libra is no rustic courtship In Malta save
ot the shccpeyos sort along the Sabbath
and Saints days' lanes us they alt repair
together for mass at the casals or vil
lages. Then the women wear the fnl-
dotta or black cloakliko scarf. The hered
itary custom is to cover the face with this.
But tbey do not until after they are wed and
are mothers , which is often at 13 and 14
years of ago.
Mnniiors Concerning Marriage.
There ore no curious conditions hero preceding -
ceding marriage except that the lover must
be able to rent a Dit ot ground nnd purchase
a donkey nnd two goats or sheep , as the milk
of the island Is furnished by the latter nnl-
mnls ; nnd he must solemnly pledsro that ho
will never deprive his betrothed the lifo
nchtof attendance at the festivals of St.
Peter-Paul's , St. John and St. Gregory ,
which are respectively celebrated at Citta
Vecchln , Valetta and Gas ill tfeltun. And
this is not much to ask by a pretty woman
who never wears shoos , is never from homo
on nny other occasion , who holds her pictur
esque household bravely together , and who ,
oclore she is 40 years of ago and often a
grandmother , will boar her husband all tlio
wny from n dozen to two score happy , hope
ful progeny.
Ono teaturo of Maltese rustic lifo Is their
Arab chants. Those have been handed down
from the Berber nud Moorish Invaders of
many centuries ago , und like tha Gypsy lan
guage uro preserved vocally. But countless
chants live improvlsea , and the hesitant nnd
then outbunllng character of those adds im
pressively to their weird effect. Men , women
nnd children chant under nil circumstances
und conditions. I have heard it to that ex
tent from surrounding workers in field ? in
visible by their hugo walls from the high
way , that it scorned ns though some mighty
organ were touched by hands so masterful
that n splendid symphony came from innum
erable minor discordant chords.
EDOAH L. WAKCMAX.
Pastor First Baptist church , Pleasant
Grove , In. : Dr. J. 13. Moore , Dear Sir : My
wife bos been aflllcted for several years with
a complication of kidney and liver troubles.
Your "Treo of Life" has been of great Dcne-
iit to her. Sue joins mo In thanks to you and
expresses thu wish t lint others suffering from
similar onuses may find equal relief. Yours ,
Hov. J. W. Carter , Pastor C. T. church. For
sale by all druggists.
JlAl.V I'AKU K.VOUIISIO.V
To tlio Hot Hitrliigrf ot Ariel lisa i Via tha
Wulm.sh Itiillrouil.
On April 7 ami 8 UioVubish : will sell
round trip tlclcota at above rate , oocl
returning1 until Miiy 10. April 1U tlio
{ , 'ovoriunont will uummonco bale at auc
tion of town lots from the reporvatlon.
Only 157 hour&lrom Omaha to the spring's
via the Wabaeli. For tickets , B'.ooplii-j
car accommodations and iv map Bhowiny
location of the property to bo Bold , with
description oftlio springs , call at Wabash -
bash olllce. 1 IK Fiirnain street , or write
G. N. Clayton , N. W. P. AjjU , Omnha
Nob. _ _
Tint tltoiut'iiyl G'onrcrt.
The paylng : of Kdouard Homcnyl , the dls-
unfinished violinist , who ivltl appear at , tbo
Boyd theater ucxt Wednesday evening , has
Uio' peculiar charm of satisfying the critical
us well us tbo popular taste. When ho plays
ho closes his ciyoo line fomo sphinx and
smiles In his walking sleep us if in pleasant
dreams when arousing Rorno sweet cadence
or mighty chord or making th inuslo hum
llko tho'droiio of insects nn n drowsy after
noon , Ho has his old tricks in veins not soi
down in the score , but they are always so
daintily and harmoniously embodied in tbo
fubno of his melody weaving that they uro
not only forgiven but relished. In bis np-
Millions of Koines 40 Years the Standard ,
preaching concertho will bo n.ssistcd by
Mrs. Alice Bntcs , soprano : Miss Kdlth Mc
Gregor , contralto ; Mr. W. II. Kosscndon ,
toner , nnd Miss Kunny Derry , pianist , nil
nrtltts In their several lines.
Air. J. P. Hlab.c , nn extensive rent estate
denier In this city , narrowly escaped ono of
the severest attacks of pnc'umonln wtillo In
the northern part , of the state during the re
cent blizzard. Mr. Hlnl/.o had occasion to
drive several miles during tha ntorm and was
so thoroughly chilled that ho wns unable to
pet warm , nnd Inside ot nn hour after his re
turn ho was threatened with n severe case of
pneumonia , or long fever. Mr. Hlntza sent
to the nearest drug store nnd got n bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Homody , of which ho
had often heard , nnd took n number of largo
doses. Ho says the effect was wonderful
nnd Hint in n short tlmo ho was in-entiling
qulto easily. Ho kept on taking the modiclno
nnd the next dny wns tibia to como to DCS
Monies. Mr. Ulalzo regards hU cure ns sim
ply wonderful , and says ho will never travel
ngnln without a bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Homcdy. The ( Ucs Molno.i. lown )
Saturday Review , -j and GO cent Dottles for
sale by druggists.
A dhonao , treated ns such nnil pennix-
nontly cured. ' No publicity. No infirm-
nry. Homo trentmont. Hnrmloss utitl
olToctunl. llofer by permission to 13ur-
Itn ton Iluwkoyo. Send "o stump for
pamphlet. Shokoqucm Choiuicnl Co. .
BurllnRton , In.
THE UNJUST STEWARD.
Third linsliirns Kornion by Jlov. rnuikV. .
I''oitt > r.
Hrlof of the sermon by Hov. Frank W.
Foster of Immanuel Baptist church on Sun
day morning , April II.
iToxt : l.ukoxvl , ID. "Ho that Is faithful In
that which Is least , Is fiilthful also In much ;
nnd ho Unit Is unjust In thu least , is unjust
uNoin much. " )
In this paralito wo are brought face to fnco
with n dishonest manager of largo wealth ,
and wo nro shown how completely ho wns
capable of degrading himself , nnd robbing
his principal , by scciog him connive for add
ing to his guilt , and planning for his own
further welfare at the expense of another
man's ' goods.
In the annual report nnd review of busi
ness nnd trade at the close of IS'JI ' , wo wora
shown Hint thcro had been nn alarming In
crease in defalcations and embezzlement over
the year before , the Increase being some
thing llko 12 per cent. This simply Indicates
the low ebb tnat has been ronch ° d In public
Immorality along this particular. All trusted
men nro by no menus thieves.
This parable points out the fact that 2,000
years ago there were to ho found men the
counterpart of the worst nnd shrewdest of
tno dishonest mon of our own days. Wo
tnko no comfort in this fact for ourselves ,
but It Is n refutation ot those pessimists who
think they too everything going to the dons
In this , which they are pleased to call the
worst ngo the world uns over seen.
The temptation and the opportunity to do
"
evil will always bo present to him "who is
not strong enough to resist. Strength to
resist great temptations comes by resisting
the smaller. Ho that can be and 'is faithful
in the little , in the least , will bo strong In
character to overcome the greatest tempta
tions that may beset him.
The causes which lead to'tho misappro
priation of funds are the same now us they
have over been.
Discontent is the soil In which pride und
luxury grow to the development of the de
faulter und embezzler.
Some society may wink at the dishonesty
of the man who has lined his pocisots with
SlOIi.OOO of stolen money , but In the divine
court of equity ho will take his place among
the common thieves of the highway.
Great difllculty has been experienced in
giving nn interpretation of this parable
which is true und complete. Without con-
fusingour minds by magnifying difllcultios ,
or discuBSlnc curious guesses , let us see the
two points which Christ makes :
First , the active preparation of this man ,
made for his future temporal wellbeinc' , is
commohdcd. His carefulness was worthy a
nobler end than 'temporal welfare , obtained
by dishonest effort. Jn this carestncss , how
ever , ho does put to shame those of us who
are BO slothful and inactive in attending to
the greater matters of our eternal and spirit
ual well being. Ho may disentangle n bad
man's energy from his ambition ; and con
templating them apart , may praise the one ,
and condemn the other. Exactly so , our
Lord sees in the shrqwduess of nun , nn ex
ample in foresight and prudence worthy of
omalation.
If ouo docs not hold the gold of this world
in honest trust , how can it bo expected thnt
ho will do better , or ho moro trustworthy
in respect to the higher trusts nnd interests ?
No man can cheat his creditors , defraud
his principal , rob n bank , oppress women anil
children , and have the true riches of the
kingdom of God.
If men will bo so zealous and earnest anil
provident in the thincs of this life , in
temporal matters , how much moro zealous
wo have occasion to bo in the business of
God and heaven.
Brethren , be faithful in that which is
least ; in business integrity , let us bo an
example to others ; and then lot us bo faith
ful also in those greater matters pertaining
to the kingdom of Christ.
Ouo .Mlmue.
Ono minute tlmo oft n milcai agro.it dlf
fcrenco a ono minute rjmady for bronchltU
choking up of the throat , lungi , etc. , fo
oursu is a ulossinir. Cubeb Cou < h Curj ij
such a remedy. For sale by all druggists.
Cubeb Cou h Cure Onominutc.
Dr. Ituu'rt Funeral.
The remains of the late Dr. Henry Hau
have been laid to rest in Pleasant Hill
cemetery. The funeral , which was attended
by many of the friends of the deceased , was
hold fruin the family residence , 2033 Ilarnoy
street , yesterday morning.
Short services were held nt the hojso ,
after which thu casket , which was almost
hid beneath the flowers , tokens of remem
brance , was conveyed to thu henrso by the
pallbearers. S. Blath , II. Holler , I. Obor-
feldor , B. Noivmiin , Kll G.irrett nnd II. K.
Myers , und tbo solemn march to the ceme
tery boanii. At the grave services \\oro con
ducted bv the members of Union Paolllo
lodge No' . 17 , Ancient Order United Wont-
men , of which lodge the deceased was nn
honored nud respected member.
' Late to bed nnd o.irly to rise will shorten
the road to your homo in the skies , " But
oarlv to bed and a "Lltllo Karly KUer , " the
pill that makes life longer and better and
wiser. _
Omaha comprossyd youst strictly pure
Dr. Culllmoro , oculist. J3oo building
Jonathan in town "Pay telephone sta
tions. Gosh I if they pay good wages , I'd a
plnsucd fight ruthor stand an1 holler hello to
that thing than cuss nt the oxen. "
JHiA'fllS.
A'littccn nf five Una nr l&ti wvlrlMt liutjlftj
centa ; each mlilltt'inul lint ten csntJ.
IJWYJ-JII Georjro Krancls , son of Jlr. imrt Mrs.
.lohn Uwvt'r ' , ngod U yearn and - months.
Knnenil Monday ut.'lji. in. from f iniliy leM-
dunco. i'JOJ Hamilton btreel. Interment ut
Holy .Sepulchre.
WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOA ! '
rurlbo gklii.Fculp nnd Cumpleiloi.
'Hie itiMilt of fiu ji-uiv * tixii'ilince.
I At HMiaut * ' * * * > r npnl > tf iiiullt
I COP , A tintnple I'uko ami is IJICT
i Caolc C'ti Dmu.ituU > y and Itoauly.
\ illUKtratat ) . fit PMU , ral1 ! , Ken out
/ ami Uluuil IHucatoi anil tlielr trout-
rocnt. tent M-aliHl. for.i niiileurc.
. . .OMU , lllltli'llaikK , Motel , Wmll , VllilU
, - - Ink ami I'liwiltr JlHiki , ( icur , I'llllnKB ,
v , ' " " Kc'liic * * ff NOM > , Hiipcrfluon * liulr , run.
r > lei , otc. , removed. CocmUatloii free , nt oDlco ur by im.ll.
JOHN II. WOODBURY , Dermatologies ! Institute , ,
litS Writ IVntl 'ill-eel , JVew Vorli City.
GILLOTT'S '
STEEL PENS.
MEDAL , PARIS EXPOSITION , 1889 ,
THE MOST PEI1FECT OF PENS.
IDEA IN ADVERTISING.
AUilrcsa suddenly , without notice ,
Hntithti stilferttfliKi iliirfim. A' . J' . Life.
As you pass our store any day this -week
you'll sec dozens of men in front of the east
Douglas street window looking intently/
through the glass. Like ev-/
erybody else Suit your curiosity
\vill be aroused and you'll step
up and take a $7.25 peek yourself
you can't it. On
help looking
through the Special. glass , you'll seo' '
arrayed some- thing like forty
or fiTty very handsome business suits , each one
bearing a card similar to one of the four which
appear clown the center of this acl. Step inside
the store and you'll see
crowds of men Suit around the
front tables on the 1 e ft. On
these tables $7.50 you'll see as
soon as you can I . - , . - workyourway
through the I \5p6C'lCll. crowd , great
piles of the 1 IM same suits you
saw in the windows. You'll see dark suits and
light suits you'll see cheviots and homespuns
you'll see cassimeres and silk mixtures
you'll see plaicls and checks
you'll see Suit stripes yoa'll
see plenty of those h a n d -
some pin head $8.25 effects that the
merchant tail-
- ors show so
many of this Special. season. .Youi-1 *
see suits worth twelve dollars *
thirteen dollars fourteen dollars you'll see
men who can afford to wear fifty dollars suits
and men who can't afford to buy five dollar
ones , buying new spring tab
suits from these Suit les , FOR this
is the week of
our annual sale
of spring suits , $8.50 and we are of-
fering the h a n d s o 111 e s t
line of suits we Special. have ever offer-
ed at special sale , at seven
A- tThT fc l" - irAgiinIBIiiltli-lfSrii xtfiy '
twenty-five seven fifty eight twenty-five and
eight fifty ; suits that are actually being sold
around us for from twelve to fourteen dollars.
Come and see them it costs nothing to look
and not much more to buy.
1
Open Till 8 p. m. Saturdays , 1O p. m
ALLCOCK'S POROUS PLASTERS have attained a world-wide
reputation solely upon their superlative merits. They have
many would-be rivals , but have never been equalled or even
approached in curative properties and rapidity and safety of
action. Their value has been-attested by the highest medical
authorities , as well as by unimpeachable testimonials from those
who have used them , and they arc recommended as the best
external remedy for Weak Back , Rheumatism , Sciatica , Colds ,
Coughs , Sore Throat , Chest and Stomach Affections , Kidney
Difficulties , Weak Muscles , Strains , Stitches , and Aches ancL/ ' ' '
Pains of every description. f
Beware of imitations , and do not be deceived by misrepresentation.
Ask for ALLCOCK'S , and let no solicitation or explanation induct : you to
accept a substitute.
Instantly flops tlio most otcruclitlnc pains ; never falls toKlrocaiato the !
For cpr.iins , bralsoi , It iekic'.ic : , pil'i ' in I'M ' clmt or fil'hi , liHal-iis'n.
or tiny exteniiil pixin , a few applications , rubooil on by hand , net llko ina iu , ci :
hipr the pain to inst'intly stop. For i-oujr ! 3tli ; ii , Inllni uitio.n , rlu i nillisn , n
raisin , InmhiiKi ) } fiL'iitic.i , jialiu In lliu smill of tha b.i-vc , ino-o oxtondoJ mr.l I'o
pentcd applications are nouessary : AUInUntil puns , ill irr'ioi > ilno tuT cJlr- ,
Rpisnis ; , luiusca , fnlntlnv s mils , norrntHiiOM ) s'c > o ; > loi4 oi < , are rellovod instantly
.
nnd quickly cured by taking inwardly Uf ) toOl drain in halt a tumblur of wUn- ,
BOconU a bottle ; sold by driurtfist ? . With HAD WAY'S FILLS there u no bettor
cure or preventive < > f Fever ami ASUS.
OZS.FOR
ABSOLUTELY PORE -
CO. KAM.SAS CITV.MO.
Rubber Boots
andJJandals.
TENNIS SHOES.
RUBBER CLOTHING ,
MRCKINTOSHES ,
GOSSRMERS ,
PISH and SHIELD
SLICKERS.
PRICES REDUCED.
Send for my new lists ; no goods sold at retail.
Z , T. LINDSEY , - Omaha , Neb