Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, October 16, 1887, Page 7, Image 7
iss * ? * ? ' ? wwji | ! 9 w 'j ' THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , OCTOBER 16 , 1887.-TWELVB PAGES , KELLEY , STIGER & CO. COMBINATION ROBES 40 Robes , actual value $18.00. Your choice at this ealo for $11.60. 22 Robes , actual value , and never ehown for ICBI than $30.00. Your chico pn Monday at $13.60. 34 Paris unmade costume robes * Our tncn exclusive styles. Latest shades , at $18.50 , $22.60 , $27.50. Tltey cannot be du plicated. JmiKH'tcd Soutache Jiraidcd Combina tion Robes , only a few remain to select from Monday. Price$18.00. The nov elty of the Season. Tricot Cloths Our price * always the loieext. On Monday , Wool Tricot cloths at $18c per yard ; all shades , including black. They will not hut long at this remarkable price. 48 inch French IfdbiC Cloth in all tlio Jiow shades , $1.2-5 , worth $1.75. DRESS FLANNELS Double width , all wool Dress Flannels , JWc per yard ; plain and mixed colorings , sold elsewhere at 60c. 64 inch Tricot cloth , All Wool , on Monday , at 76u , worth $1.2-5. All wool CWinicrc Scryesand Diagonals in all the new shades. For this sale wo show them at GOc. They equal any thing heretofore ode red at 85c. 48-inch English chocks Stripes and Fancy mixtures on Monday 50o per yard. Remember this SrncrAL BAUOAIN SALK. Oim PRICES ALWAYS THIS LOW EST. FURS. FURS. FURS. Wo have just opened our second de livery of New Furs , and are now pre pared to show a very extensive assort ment , comprising Fur Sots , Muffs and Fur trimmings in all the most desirable and fashionable Furs. FDRS AND MUFFS FUR SET.S. IN Otter , Nutria , Black Bear , Skunk , Black Marten , Red Fox , Lynx , Cut Back , Lynx Back , Lynx Belly , Black Lynx , Australian Opossum , etc. , etc. MUFFS. MUFFS. MUFFS. Lynx Back. Lynx Belly , Black Lynx , Beaver , Alaska Seal , Black Martin , Monkey , Brown Coon , Natural Coon. Dyed Muskrat , Nutria , American and Australian Opossum , Silver Hare , Black Hare , Black Coney , Seal Plush , etc. , etc. FUR TRIMMINGS. Lynx back } lynx billoyblack lynx , silver fox , red fox , Chinchilla , black Marten , natural beaver , nutria , Aus tralian and American oppossum , silver hare , blue coney , black coney. Inspec tion and comparison will prove that our prices are the lowest. . BUTTONS-BRAIDS. BUTTON ' , BUTTONS , BUTTONS. ' - Our stock In' this department is com plete , comprising nil the latest novelties In cut steel , hand chnscd metal , pearl , Ivory , jet , hand crochet , silk turn mo hair tailor buttons , etc. , etc. NOVELTY TRIMMING BRAIDS. Wo are showing tin endless variety in nil the latest and most desirable novel- tics , in nil shades , comprising' novelty mohair and president braids , silk cord novelty trimmings and braids , motalio novelty braid in steel , gold , etc. , atlas and two toned mohair braids , novelty and President braid setts , novelty silk cord setts , etc. , etc. BEADED ORNAMENTS BEADED SETTS AND BEADED ORNAMENTS. We are showing n beautiful assort ment in this line. Black , steel , and iridccent beaded setts and pannols to match. Black , steel and iridecont beaded ornaments in various sizes , in all shades. Inspection will prove that our prices cannot be approached. CLOAKS. CLOAKS , CLOAKS , CLOAKS. Wo arc showing nn elegant line of Misses Newmarkets in melton cloths , both plain and mixed goods with capes and hoods ranging in prices from $4.75 to $20.00. Also a choice selection of all the latest cloths and styles in Misses cloaks with grctchen skirts , plush lined hoods , &c. And to show the low prices which wo are making on these goods wo name a.fow. A line of brown melton cloths with collar and capo trimmed with Astractau to match In sizes from 4 to 12 yenrs. Price $3.2o. Rise 60ets. A line black and groy plaids , capo , collar and cuffs trimmed with black braid , bolt and fancy buckle , sixes from 4 to 10 years. Prlco $4.00. Rise 60cts. A line plaids brown and black , Nor folk pattern Astrachan collar , cuffs and belt , 4 to 12 years. Price $5.00. Rise 60cts. CLOAKS. A line gray and white mixed mplloj cloths , hood satin lined , grey Astrachaa collar , cuffs and 1 > olt , Grotchon uliirt , sizes from 2 to 12 years. Price $4.75t Rise 60 cts. A line elegant brown AHrtiobim boucle cloths , red plush lined jhooq with belt kilted skirt , sizes ( ram 4 to.13 years. Prlco $7.00. Rise 75 cts. Also styles and cloths too numerous tp montiun on which wo are making dd oidedly low prices and fcol these good0 merit the attention of the closest buy * ors. Coino and examine our cloak do * partmont. We are daily making addi tions in the way of choice things lu plush wraps , Nownwrkot3Raglaua , otoj and our prices defy competition. Corner Dodge and Fifteenth streets. CLARA'S CAUSTIC CRAYON- of Life's Sunshine and Shadow in New York. A BRIEF HOUR IN FRENCHTOWN. KOKIIS IJIooniH nnd Balms for ( lie Hulls of Bounty Timely Advice oil the Subject , "How to Cliooso aVlflj. . " NEW Youic , Oct. 16. [ SpccialJCorres- pondonco of the BEE. ] One tif the news headings in a journal that lies before ino says that William E. Brockway , the forger , has been released from a service 'of three years and seven months in Btate prison. My first sensation of shock I is that I am that much older than I was vtvlien I first saw Broadway. Ho was no acquaintance of mine , I hasten to [ write ; and yet I was most politely . .thrown . against him in an assemblage of i vealth and Cushion. It ; 7l3 at the acad- 'tcmy of music on a grand opera night. A party of UH wore in u box. Into the nd join ing ono came a tall , venerable Booking man , wearing the conventional evening costume of a gentleman. The fact that Uo was all alone and remained po through more than half the performance served to fix iny at tention on him. IIiul ho been accompanied by a woman or two , ho would have passed unnoticed for ono of Iho many who bought boxes for the oc casion. Ho listened intently to the jnusic nnd keenly watched the acting. At length a man whom I know as Chief lutcctive Byrnes came along , stopped "to talk a minute with the old man and vent away. Then I asked a companion who the , solitary devotee of music was , nnd he'sought Byrnes to find out. Ho froon came back with the information that our noxt-box neighbor was Brock- way , the notorious forger , and that ho Xvas to bo sentenced on the following pnorning. Ho had pleaded guilty on one of a do/.on indictments , and had ' 7 > argaincd with the government pros ecutors to give up a lot of bogus platen , if they would let him on * with a single frontence. This was his last day out on ) > ail. Ho was an ardent lover of opera , jind ho chose to spend his farewell even- dug in its enjoyment. And hardly a man in the audience looked more like a bolid respectable citizen. , TUOU1IUCS Ol'THK 1HCH. If the truly good people of Now York vero to shiver every time they touched elbows with the wicked in fashionable jilacos , the town would bo chock full of . The bad ones are so audacious , yalsy. ome envious chap , with a rather artis- tie pencil , lias for a week past annoyed the Astern and Vanderbilts by chalking clllgles of the ladies of those families uii the door stops of their houses. The caricatures had every evidence of ex treme haste , showing that the midnight portraiture was by somebody who didn't tic-sire to bo caught at it. Ho used his crayon with skill enough to produce recognizable likenesses , however , and the poses were not pleasant. Ho nightly ehlftcd his sK > t , and so managed to elude the vigilance of the private wateh- inon who guard these houses of million- nircism. He seems to have known when to stop , too , for after arrangements had boon made to capture him ho did not re- fippear. A FRENCH COI.OtfY. Well , the rich could avoid much of their consnieuout'iiess if they would eotfk quiet joys. For instance , within half an hour's ride of Xe\v York city is a colony that might well bo called LH- tlo Franco. M > thoroughly and distinctly Is it French in almost every resncct the visitor might Imagine himself in the suburbs of Paris. An artist and ini idler wont out there last Sunday. The artist had been there before and lie piloted the idler through the little village and along a crooked lane to a house that stood in the middle of a pretty garden. The Bronx flowed bybctween stone vails that had been built to prevent the banks from falling in and choking the gentle little river to death. At least , the artist who had been there and know all about it , said it flowed , but a tlead leaf on the surface remained In the same 8Kt | until the whole bottle of claret was gone. Three ducks near the opposite side enjoyed themselves also. Tnov tipped forward and stood on their heads upon the bottom of the river , and waggled their tails absurdly in the air for u minute at a time. The idler would liavo wishud he were n duck if the water had not been so muddy. The art ist called attention to the picturesque bits of scenery , and said the whole thing was just like a section of France dropped down on the edge of Now York city. The idler called attention to some boats and proposed a row down -the river. The artist who hail been there be fore and knew there was a. current , said lie didn't want to row , but lie would KO nlong if the idler wanted tome exorcise to got up an appetite for the dinner that the Innkeeper promised to have ready under the trees at noon. And so the idler achieved a feat that the admiral of the king's navy couldn't perform i he navigated the Bronx. When ho got back ho didn't blame the admiral. It was picturesque iuul beautiful be 1 tween the banks of the little river. The trees funned arches 'over the stream ' , inost of the way , and . -sometimes the > \'ill6ws \ drooped. bO'luw that the voy > ageurs had to push the dripping foliage out of their way. Just below the inn is a picnic ground about fifty yards in dlr ameter , where the socialists sometimes go when they want to have A QUIET TIME WITH MUSIC AND DKEK. They carry their own provender and spread their luncheon on tables under the trees. At the end of each table is a crotched arrangement for supporting a beer keg , and each family party has its own keg of beer on tap. Formerly the grounds wore within the limits of Now York city , and freedom of musio and beer was somewhat restricted. But the proprietor was a man fertile in re sources. Ho discovered that when the Bronx river was made the dividing line between Now York and Wcstchosler county , it was stipulated that all islands should bo considered as wholly in West- chestcr. What was simpler than tote to make nn island of his little fifty-yard park ? A ditch a few feet wide dug around the park , deep enough to let the waters of the Bronx through , removed the Sunday picnic from the jurisdiction of the puritans of New York , and the beer Hews in the park as peacefully and freely as water in the Bronx. When the voyageurs returned up the river , they heard the Hermitage boll calling them to dinner. The landlord served a little French dinner on the table under a big tree. The artist and the idler followed the example of other diners in the garden and removed their vests and collars. They took as much , ime as they pleased for each course. Nobody seemed to be in a hurry , and oven the waiters moved with a dclibora- ion that was restful. The idler had discovered by rowing ; : , } blrcam , and Middling in crooked places , that there vas a current in the Bronx , and 10 needed rest. While they were at dinner , they watched two young men Hid two young women playing some nild French game. The artist aid one of the young women was very graceful n her movements , and ho interrupted , ho progress of many a morsel towards , ho idler's mouth by enthusiastically cal- ing attention tea pose , which ho said was unconscious , or exclaiming , "look at , hat action ! Isn't it characteristically jYonchV You never see that charming recdom of action , that coquettish , un studied grace in any but a French wo- nan. I toll you this whole thing is just ike a scone in Franco. " The idler subsequently discovered that the young woman was German. ' Professor Barren is a man who at- Lompted a practical joke on the girls of "our best society. " He has failed. Ho sent out circulars tolling that at a place in Fifth avenue , ho had opened an as- Lhotic gymnasium , where the belles of the town might got exercise by means of u machine of his own invention. Ho adopted high llown methods of announ cement , used several influential names , and at one time seemed likely to got many pupils. But a fatal mistake was his. When investigators called , they wore shown an apparatus , with handles and weights so arranged that a girl could work up her muscles no doubt. "You will observe , " ho would sny , "that the exercise is precisely that of a woman at a washtub , and I assure you that half nn hour a day at this delight ful work will give you v health and bloom second to no washerwoman in the land. " Did that recommend it to modish favor ? Not at all. It condemned it in stantly. Fifth avenue's belles would prefer oven the blush of rouge to that of simulating' washerwoman's labor. THE CIIKMISTUY OP COSMKTIU8. Ignorance of the chumistry of cos metics sometimes leads to embarrass ment. Some of the bogus blooms 'are made of materials that will change color under certain conditions. Helm I.ockwood once the women's candidate for president discovered this peculiar ity in the compound which had been sent to her for trial. I have it from an eye-witness that she was at Mount Clemens , Mich. , on a lecture tour , and was to appear in the evening before a critical audience. To save time , she made up her face , neck and arms in the afternoon , intending to wear a decol lete rig on the platform. Then she strolled around the place , and visited the sulphur springs. It occurred to her that u sulphur bath would bo refreshing , and she determined to sacrifice the make up. She went in and when she came out , she was colored a purplish black. It wouldn't come off , either. Liberal ap plications of ammonia and vigorous scrubbing only reduced her neck from full-blootlod congo to mulatto color. Powder lent a ghastly pallor to her face , and a high nock dress with a ruffled collar hid the rest. The lecture was delivered , but the now bloom didn't got an endorsement. A similar calam ity befell the prettiest girl at White Sulphur Springs last season. She used some cream to give that marble white ness , so generally admired by partners in the waltz. A sulphur bath dyed her a royal purple , and sue had to invent r.Vt manner of ingenious fibs for n v.'cok to account for her close conln.omont ! to her room. In her frantic nltompts to re move the stain , -Oie. wore off patches of skin and omliired much torture. UtMV TO L'HOOSK A WIKK. Seine old doctor of divinity wrote a book entitled "How to Choose a Wife. " The rules that the dear old man laid down work well in buying a Christmas turkey , but the essayist know little of the intricacies of fumalo character , or ho would have realized how easy it waste to simulate the attributes which ho considered tu-cos ary for u perfect wife. . Tcndornccs is bno of the virtues that any stony-hearted coquette can affect. The- ancientdi.vitio had evidently w.uitod for u lady.to dress , for lie wou- tioncd the desirability of expedition in the matters of thd toilet. I once know a girl who would go to her room at 2 o'clock and make every preparation for elegant street attire all but putting on her 1 liat. That was because at 6 she was going to drive with an ancient adorer whom she wanted to catch. Over all her paraphernalia she put a touch ing i loose wrapper. William Henry would arrive , "OhI my goodness , " would cry the de ceitful fair ono , "I didn't dream it was so late , but I'll be ready in one minute. " Then , to the surprise and delight of the gentleman , she would return in no time , putting on her gloves , and ho would subsequently toll his friends that no girl who ever lived could dress as quickly as his Mnry Ann. Ho married her , and during the honeymoon ho dis covered the fraud. The mere crimping of the expeditious dresser's hair was the business of an hour. "Bcwaro of the girl who speaks dis respectfully to her mother , or harshly to her little brother , " says Pa Ponta- cost. Mr. Beau must board in the fam ily to get at the true inwardness of Maria's temper. "Mother dear , wont you stop hero a minute , please ? " siifgs out the gentle daughter , and when the weary old lady shuts the door on the admiring swain , who sucks his cane on the parlor sofa ho does not hear the sweet girl say" : "Now , if you haven't ironed mo a col lar , you just run down stairs as quick as you know how. The idea of my having to wait , when you knew ho was coming. You're enough to provoke a saint. " Then thn geutlc sir.tG" says to Tommy before company : "Hero , "you blessed babv , come with sisy to get some cook- cs1 ' and she finishes the Bonlonco ill the pantry. "Now , choke yourself , you little beast. If you dare coipo into the parlor again this evening , , ! ' ! ! take your 3ars off the minute Mr. Pratt goes' away , " and Tommy steals around and begs Mr. Pratt never to leave the prem ises , as his life depends on his staying. IF I WKUK A YOUNG MAN seeking a life partner , I would intro duce the girl of my heart to a score of actors. I would give her flirtatious proclivities a wide opening. It is an nwful thing for a man to marry and learn that his pretty little wife will sit beside him and flirt with Tom , Dick and Harry , as I sec them in theaters , and cars , concerts mid congregations. It is a good plan to examine Alttria's mother pretty closely in many ways be fore committal. The condition of the old lady will lot you into the treatment she has received , and if you want to know how your Dulcina will pan out in ton or twenty years from date , inspect the interior of Mrs. Del Tobosa. "Beauty is but skin deep , " but alas , mankind is more given to top dressing than to the solid treasures beneath the surface , and. the pretty , frivolous girl's chances are ten to one against that ex cellent woman who has cross eyes. A friend of mine was engaged to n fine looking girl whoso peculiar formation of face was condoned by the freshness of youth and the glow of health. The lady's mother was in the country , but one day she got homo and Jeremiah lifted up his voice in lamentation. The projecting chin of his lady love , with the bewitching dimple , was a horrible jaw to contemplate on the mother-in- law. The aquiline and delicate nose of the fair girl was a smeller formidable to anticipate as poked into his domestic arrangements. "She's u terror , " said ho to mo. "she looks like a nut cracker. To think of that nose and chin on the next pillow for the best of my life is enough to make mo swear I'll never go to bed. " I am fully prepared for a broach of promise suit against Jeremiah , but if the old lady testifies in person , any twelve men will bring in Jeremiah jus tifiable. A fractious , nervous temperament is denoted by a lanky , lean person. The lusthctic lass who can wear umbrella cases for dress sleeves is apt to be sour and cranky. As a woman grows older , n comfortable , jolly einboniioint is con ductive to goo < l looks. There is an al gebraic beauty about Susan B. An thony , but whoever visits a woman's parliamentary convention , with a vari able cut off and full head of steam , will see how plump and pleasing Mrs. Eliza beth duly Stanton is , nnd realize how she came to bo a Mrs. , and why Susan will bo a Miss to the end of the cht.pter. BKLU- : . BtrnkoNuli. Maurice Strako&ch , the famous im presario , is dead in Paris. Ho brought out Adolina Patti nnd her sister Car.- lotta. When they were very you.rg ho heard Adolina sing , and from that mo ment she became the protege of Mr. Strakosch. She wo , educated at his ex pense , and it vas regarded by him as one of the triumphs of his li/e that ho discovered and gave to the world this queen of song. Ho was a tall , white- haired , fine-looking old gentleman , and must have been nearly seventy years of ago. The last trip ho made through this country was about .threo years ago , with the Clara Louise Kellogg concert company. _ _ A n.ittle-Suai-i'fil Charger. Chicago News : N.B.Morton , of Rog- ersArk.nn , old confederate soldierowns an old brown lior e that was ridden out into the war by Hugh Bartlett , of Cooper county. During the war Bart lett sold him to Stephen Allison , who rode him during the rest of the service , and returned him to Cooper county , where Morton bought him. The horse , was wounded in the battle of Nuwtonia , Mo , , but is in good shape yet nnd doing good service. Ho is supposed to bo not less , tban , tljU'tj jea.r § olii , . A VIEW OF SUNNY ITALY , A Prosperous Country and a Proud People. FROM MILAN TO NAPLES. The Army of tlie Country The Imws of the Jjiunl Clnlins of German Subjects. VKNICE , Oct. 3. [ Correspondence of the BEK. ] Italy is quite as full of fcol- diers to-day , and they are as nctivo , as her fleas , and this is baying a good deal , for there is no place in the world that can produce as many fleas as can Italy in the summer. The soldiers are seen in promiscuous places , and great num bers , from the moment the visitor en ters Milan till ho leaves Naples. The whole Mediterranean and Adriatic coasts are being patrolod by soldiers. On every precipice , jotting rock over- ooking the sea , at every road crossing , in the fields , about the farm-houses , sol- dicrs arc seen ; . They Hash into view at every turn of the railroad , wherever one looks. ' Like mushrooms , they spring up from the earth in the morning and like figuree , against the sky , they can bo seen by moonlight. Every railroad station from Milan to Naples is mdepot for soldiers. Straw is upon the floora/of the buildings or tents are on the butside. Stacks of arms can bo seen and bcores of warrio-rs i ' 9 lounging , while otherskeop up a steady pace as sentinels. Their sword bayo nets and needle rifles glisten in the sunlight , anditho men cyo passengers closely at ? every incoming train. Of n trainmaster I inquired what all the sol diers were doing along the Medi terranean coast , and , after shrugging his shoulders a moment , ho told the in terpreter : "Thoy are doing nothing. _ Uavo l > eon hero many days. We are tired of them. They want to light , but have no one to shoot at. " Another Italian made this explana tion : "Italy is trying to fortify herself and make A BKTTKIl AUJIY , and her troops have been very active , moving about for sonic months. The authorities always explain the presence of troops in any locality when the news papers mention it saying 'tho troops are exercising. ' No one outside the coun sels of the king knows what it means ; but Italians generally believe a war is imminent between Franco and Ger many , and that when it begins Italy will be drawn into it. Italy snatched her freedom from France when she had her war with Prussia , in 1870. The termination was as uiibatisfactory to Italians as the surrender of the French at Paris to Germany was to Frenchmen. The Louvre and other places of art at Paris and elsewhere in Franco , contain many Italian treasures , trophies showing that Napoleon conquered and held us as his subjects , and if wo over got a chance they will bo recovered. I can not see how a war could long prevail between France andGermany under the existing feeling in Italy , without our being drawn into it. The moment the French attempt to cross our boundary or occu py neutral waters she will find Italy on top of her. And when Italy lights France it will bo for something more than the immediate cause of war. " In Rome I found work of improve ment progressing on her thirty-seven forts , and work going ahead on now forts and walls. Fifteen thousand sol diers are stationed in that city , scarcely larger than Wellington , the capital of the United States , which has usually about four or five companies of soldiers. Italy has HOO.OOO active ( regular ) sol diers in her service , and 3,000,000 men who can ho called into the Held. Her navy is proportionately large. All are good lighters. They bear that same superstitions iiotion to-day that the Italian soldier did during the time of Christ that tjieiv cause was a religious ono and should bo fought for to the death. ThW think it is.-divine to die when struggling fo the supremacy of a national priuclplo. TUB. VrALlxi'UIVATB SOMmiH is iiOt imposing in appearance. The oiflcors , h6wevor , are a lino-looking body of men. Tall , usually youngbright- oycd and handsoino , with good disci pline , a high sen o of duty , makes them the best of fighters. As n body the Ital ian soldiers Appear hotter than the French. They are well uniformed , splendidly 'armed and magnificently drilled. Thojv are healthy and have no desire for anything but an enemy and an order to movo. Like Germany and many othorEuropean countries , nomalo who id able to servo is exempt from n term of military service in Italy. The nobility may hire substitutes for the enforced - forced regular service , but they must servo in case of war. Every man who expects Italian protection must light for Italy , bo he at homo or abroad , when needed. The term of service when na tives bccomo citizens gives Bitch n thorough course of training that it may bo said that the three million now sub ject to call are trained soldiers. Italians uro proud of the financial and commercial conditions of their country , their govornraentand their people. They point with the greatest pride to the ' military and civio king , the late Victor 'Emanuel , and swear by the patriotism of their late great leader , Garibaldi , who was what General Grant was to America , in battle. The strength of their army and navy to-day is a proud matter to every citizen of Italy. Franco conquered the country by unequal num bers , and when Italy finally , wrested herself from the republic she was vastly inferior in the matter of numerical numbers. There are yet no great cen ters of population in Italy , only two cities as largo ns the capital of the United States. But the Country is densely populated now , is out of war debt , has a real ruler , a big fighting force , and it has been almost as many years since a war hero as in America. As Italy is a fighting nation , has complicated coastwise and internal as well as international commerce , and has a hatred for Franco , as well as a do- biro to mix into the affairs of other snarling nations , it would seem a pretty dilllcult thing for her to do , even though she tried , to keep out of trouble in the event of war between any of the quar reling countries. Under THE LAWS OK ITALY , the army or any part of it may be , anil is now , used for the customs or any other government or municipal service. Moat of the cities have a special reve nue tax , and the soldiers as well as the gendarmerie are employed in this ser vice. At every entrance to the city arc soldiers and police , and they stop every vehicle , train or street car and look through the baggage for dutiable goods. Usually they only have respect to wines , liquors and cigars. Nearly every commune ( coun ty ) is trying to build up a wine indus try , and besides the government tax there is n municipal tax on goods from Other communes. At Milan , Pisa , Genoa , Rome , Florence , etc. , I was stopped every time I rode outside the city limits and a search was made of the vehicles to sco if I had wines , liquors or tobacco , incoming. These exhibitions of uniforms , together with those one sees in the country , along roadways , rivers and the coast , not to speak of the villages , when on the rail ways , make ono believe Italy is very much exorcised aboutj something or * everything at this time. At Naples , which is the center of an immense ) wine-producing district , and where the waters of the Mediterranean and Adriatic compote for commorcothe scene is oven more , if possible , soldier like than further north. If this rivalry between Naples , Rome , Milan , Genoa , Florence , etc. , over the wine and olive oil industries continues it will lead to a warlike condition of affairs. Already there is nothing of reciprocity or na tional prido. Florentines andNeapolitnns , for instancodenounco , ono the wino the other makes , and put up severe restrictions - . tions against the sale of one's products in the other's corporation. The same btato of fooling exists throughout the country. The principal cities of Italy , it will bo remembered , were at war for centuries till the whole country was con quered by France , and some of thatfcol- ingwhich was smouldered by a foreign power exists to-day. .Each municipality has a blood , a society , a settlement of its own , and each is distinct from the other. A Roman is no more like a Pisan or a Genoan than nn American is like a Nova Scotian , and the lingo very fre quently materially differs and varies by localities. It is world-widely known that the Romans are superior to all other Italians. They are largoline of figure with the original Roman noses , eyes , mouths and foreheads and are un doubtedly superior intellectually ; yet a Florentine would not socially commingle with a Roman. Therefore , only a na tional issue and war with a foreign power would bring Italy fighting to gether. Were the issue such as to give room for division , there would bo di visions , and there would bo empires within a kingdom. There may bo rival cities in the United States as , for in stance , Chicago and St. Louis , Indian apolis and Louisville but there no deep-seated feeling exists. In Italy it is constitutional ; the rivalry in business and politics is inherent. But with the exception of France , thers is no country in the universs-bO anxious to fight some body , some thing , as Italy. Hero much is heard about the CLAIMS OF GKItJrAN BUJUKCTB in Franco that insults are daily being visited upon them. Italians are , of cour.se , prejudiced against Franco , just like the latter is prejudiced against Germany , but they have a faculty of distinguishing between meat anil a hand-saw. They believe German sub ject are treated Indignantly in Franco. While I was in Paris a few days agoIn a number of instances I saw and heard evidences of French hatred for Germany in the very face of German subjects. I baw a party of Frenchmen drink to the strength of the republic and the hope that she would revenge horsulf upon Germany , within the hearing , if not the view , of German gentlemen at a cafe , and many instances more flagrant whore Frenchmen attempted to preci pitate a rqw with Germans were re ported to mo. As a country , Italy is quite prosperous now. The taxes Imvo been lightened , indebtedness liquidated , and u ' largo 'number of industries are springing up. It is true , the flail instead of the thresher is used for tak ing the wheat and oats from the straw , and the plow of the fourteenth century is yet employed ; but the hills are cov ered witu olive trees and cattle , the valleys with grain , vegetation , vineyards - yards , and lemon and other fruit trees ; the wine of Italy is as good us that of Franco , and the government and. the church are separate inetitutldns. Even it UN ? verysajiu and- sun do produce. fleas which attempt to destroy an Amer ican's comfort , and roach a high degrco of success ; oven if the face of things do look warlike , art is advancing , thousands of magnificent buildings are being constructed , and n new era for Italy ia being entered upon. P. S. UK ; ATII. CJIUHCH NOX1OKS. Westminster Presbyterian Church.Trolcll's Hall , Lcnvcnworth street , near Twont.v- sovcnth. Preaching nt lOiUOa. in. nnil 7:110 : p. m. Sunday school at 12 in. Third Conprcpatlonnl church , corner of Nineteenth mid Spruce strcctH A. U. Pcnnl- mnn , pastor. Services nt 100 : ! ! a. in. mid 70 : ! ! p. in. Sunday school nt noon. Giuctlng hearty. First Methodist Episcopal church , on Davcnjwrt between Seventeenth unil Eigh teenth T. M. House , pastor. Preaching nt 10:30 : n. in. and 7:30 : p. m. Morning topic by rqeuest : "Faith Cnro. " Sunday school nt 2:30 : p.m. Young people's meeting at 0:30 : p. in. Scuts free ; all welcome. Sunday morning.Kov. Clinrles W. Savhlpo. of the Seward street M. E. church , will preach upon "Repentance. " In the evening his subject will bo "Christina Manliness. " South West Presbyterian church , corner Iiouvcnworth mid Twentieth streets David II. Kerr , pastor. Services ut 11 n. m. and 7:30 : p. m. Sabbath school at 12:15 : in. Young peoples' meeting at 0:45 : p. in. Touchers' meeting Wednesday , 8:30 : p. in. General prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 : p.m. Hanscom Park M. E. churrh Preaching every Sabbath , 10:30 : n. m mid 7:30 : p. in. Sun day school 12 m. Class meeting 0:45 : p. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday nt 7:110 : p. m. You are cordially invited to attend the nbovc services if not n member of any other congregation. Kountzc Memorial Evanpclical Lutheran , corner of Sixteenth nnd Harncy streets ev. J. S. Detweilcr , pastor. Church ser- vicer nnd preaching by the pastor at 10:30 : a. m and 7:30 : p. m. Hillside Congregational church , Omalia View Key , H. C. Crane , pastor. Sunday school changed to 11:45 : n. m. Preaching nt 10:30 : , appropriate to "D.iy of Prayer for Sun day schools. " Rev. E. N. Dyer , of Sandwich - wich , 111. , will have part in the service. Presbyterian church , corner Dodpo nnd Seventeenth streets Rev. W. J. llnrsha pastor. Services 10:30 : u. in. nnd 7:30 : p. in. ; prenching by the pastor. Sunday school nt close of morning worship. Young peoples' meeting Monday evening at 70. : ! ! German Lutheran church , 1005 South Twcntietli street E. J. Frese , pastor. Ser vice every Sunday nt 10 a. in. biluUay school at 2 p. in. Unity church , Seventeenth nnd Cnss streets Rev. W. E. Copcland pastor. Ser vices at 11 a. m. and 7:30 : p. m. Sunday school nt 12:15. Subject of evening conversation , "Theosophy and Occultism. " Both-Eden Baptist church Rev. H. L. House , pastor. Preaching by the pastor ut 4:15 p.m. at St. Mary's Avenue Congrega tional church. Sabbath school nt II p. in. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7:30. : Strangers cordially welcome. The Central United Presbyterian church- Rev. John Williamson , pastor. Seventeenth street between Dodge and Capitol avenue. Services ut 10:30 : a. m. and 7:80 p. m. Sub ject in the morning : "Tho Pastor's Inquiry ; " in the evening "Tho Believer's Security. " Sabbath school at 12 m. All are invited. Park Avenue Uuitedyrcsby tcrian church- Rev. J. A. Henderson , pastor. Corner Park avenue and Grant street Preaching in the morning at 10:30 : nnd evening nt 7:30 : , by the pastor. Sabbath school nt noon. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30. : You are Invited. First United Presbyterian church. Rev. E. B. Graham , pastor. 012 North Eighteenth street. Public worship nt 10:30 : u. m , and 7:30 : p. m. Sabbath school at noon. Calvary Baptist church on Saundcrs , near Cuming. Preaching by the pastor , Rev. A. W. Clark , ut 10:80 : a. m. and 7:30 : p. m. Morning subject : "What Do Baptists Be- lievoi" Evening subject : "Tho Divinity of Christ. " Sunday school at 11:45 : u. m. Rev. W. J. Harshn will preach Sabbath evening in the Dodge sticct church on "Ab staining from All Apuearanu of Evil. " North Omaha Baptist Mission , meeting ut Cane's new store building on Twenty-fourtli street , north of Lnko In ICount/o Place Rev. F. W. Foster , pastor of missions. Reg ular Sunday services ut 11 a. m. and 7:150 : p. m. Sunday school nt 13. Tko public cOJ ' diallyiuvited. St. Mark's Lutheran Corner nortq Twenty-first nnd Burdett streets. Rev , George- . Schrinor , pastor. Morning service , 10:30 : ; "Tho Holy Communion , Evening Bor < vice , 7:30 : , subject : "The Early Christian Church. " Sunday school 2:30 : p. in. Strung * crs welcome. St. John's church Comer Franklin nnd Twenty-sixth streets ; seats free Sunday school U:45 : a. in. : Lttuny , sermon and holy communion , 11 a m. Evening Prayer nltd sermon ; 7:30 : p. m. Rector will preach at both services. William Osgood Pearson , St. Mary's Avenue Congregational Hov. Wiliard Scott will prcncli both morning and evening ntlOHO : nnd 7:30 : o'clock. In the evening the young people's choir will uisist the i-lioir , singing gosppl hymns. Topic of evening sermon : "Tho Cato ! Cities. " Sunday school nt noon ; chapel schools at 3 o'clock. All welcome. Fisst Baptist church : Strangers' Sabbath homo. Corner Fifteenth nnd Davenport streets. Rev. A. W. Lainar , pastor. Preach ing at 10:30 : a. m. nnd 7:80 : p. m. Young pee ple's prayer meeting 0:45 : p. m. Morning theme : "Christ in the Storm. " Evening theme : "Tho Conversion of a Runaway Slave. " This is the first of a scries of Sun day evening sermons on bible conversions. Sabbath school nt 13 in. Prayer mooting Wednesday evening nt 7:80. : All are cordially invited. Seats free. Tabernacle First Congregational church. 1710 Capitol uveuuo : Services nt 10:1)0 : and 7:80. : led , nnd pi-endilng , by the pastor , Rov. A. F. Shornll. Evening theme : "Tho Chinese on the Pacific Const Their Service , Progress , Social nnd Moral Future. " Sab bath school nt noon. All are welcome. First Christian church , Twentieth and Capitol avenue : Joseph II. Fey , LL. D. , pastor. Services to-day at 10:45. : Subject of sermon : "Tho Parable of the Two Debtors. " In the evening there will bo n Sunday school concert nnd no sermon. Pruyor meeting on Wednesday evening. Welsh Presbyterian : Services held nt tha residence of Mr. J. Griftlth , 1712 Dodge I street. Sunday school nt 2:80 : p.m. , preach- I ingut 7:1X5 : p. m. by the pastor , Kov. W. Roland Williams. I Presbyterian church , No. 1010 Lake street : Sabbath school at 2:80 : and preaching service nt 4 o'clock p. m. to-day. Sermon by Rov. I , William R. Henderson , of the Saunders I Street church. Strangers especially welcomed to all services. j I ' * Smngglliiff Chinese From Dritlsb , America. | Seattle Post-Intelligencer : The en gineer nnd firemen wore in cahoots in bringing Chinamen nctoss. Some of ' the other officers stood in , but wo kept | it dark from old Captain Tom , or ho would have spoiled the whole thing. Wo had nn agent uptown who would arrange for the Chinamen to como , and would collect $25 each from them. Wo could handle eight very comfortably , and ns a Chinamen will gladly Buffer the torments of the damned iu order to got to America , wo had no trouble in stor ing them ivway. They would como aboard in the night , and be put down in the cnbln , or some other convenient place , where they could rest comfortably until we landed at Port Townsend , where the customs officers searched the ship. Just before reaching Townsend , the chief engineer would have the flrcn in the furnace banked , and put the Chinnnion into the as-hpan , where they would re main until the inspector wont ashore. As BOOH as the olHcorg stopped ashore ) the signal would bo given , nnd the almost roasted heathen would bo dragged out and washed off with n hose and allowed to return to the coal- bunkers , where they were safe , and from where they could got off at any port they choose. Wo boys used to make our upending money that way , and , thought it was all right. No trouble would have- como /rom this had Bcochor not had it in for the Anderson on act * count of her opposition to hia Evangel , nnd hired spies and sneaks in Victoria : to watch us and report by telegraph , what was going on. G. W. Johnston nnd wife , of Fremont ! are guests at the Arcade. 1319 Farnam Street , Children's Cloak Stock ! While we pay a great deal of attention to our Ladies * Cloaks , we also make CHILDREN'S CLOAKS A SPECIALTY , and give this branch of the business much time and care. We believe that wo can save you money on your Cloaks , if you will but visit our store and examine our stock. You would bo surprised if could know the number o Ladies that have looked through , our stock of Children's Cloaks and then looked all over town and como back to u3 and said : "You have the biggest , best and cheapest stock of Cloaks in Omaha. . " Call and examine them , Wo goods with pleasure. , , . THOMPSON , BELDEN