Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 03, 1889, Part II, Page 13, Image 13
NEW NOVELTIES NEW NOVELTIES _ IN m ' Mens' and Youths' Childrens'SuitS SUITS. | * K * 7 * BROWNING- , KING & CO. ? rr ; . Largest Manufacturers and Retailers of Fine Clothing in the World , HAS COME AND SO HAVE OUR NEW GOODS * We take this occasion to invite all to visit bur store and look through our matchless stock of fine Spring Overcoats and Suits ; every garment of this season's make. The great favor with which OUR MAKE OF CLOTHING has been met by the Consumer is a CONVINCING- FACT that we can give our patrons 110 music sq charming as LOW PRICES FOR FINE CLOTHING. * We have hundreds of rich , select and novel styles of patterns , that you'll not see in any other house in this city , and no matter how exacting your wants'rest assured that the style which you're anxious to procure is here , if anywhere. We have Good , Low Priced Clothing , and we also have that which is fine and elegant enough for any one. OUR STOCK IS IMMENSE , SO IS OUR TRADE. These and other things easily enable us to name the LOWEST PRICES FOB THE BEST CLOTHING- MADE AND SOLD ON THIS CONTINENT. Remember our motto : Money cheerfully refunded if goods do not suit , and the Best Goods at Lowest Living Prices. All goods marked in plain figures and at one price. BROWNING , KING & COMPANY , ' IS' Southwest Corner 15th and Douglas Sts. , Cmaha , Neb. NOVELTIES ELEGANT LINE % W | | WWWW Wlwm ! ll % WWl l IN OF SPRING OVERCOATS PANTS IDE VENGEANCE OF THE CZAR a. Former Siberian Exllo Bolatos His Exporionoo. UO3HT FOR POLAND'S FREEDOM Oefc.itcd Patriots Driven kike Oattlo into the Wilds of Humlu's Place ol' Hnnishmont Horrors of the March. With n Roil of Iron. There has lived in this city for some time , says a Mason City , la.correspond ent , a native of Poland nnmod William Nurbowors. During the uprising in that country in 1818 ho was among Ihoso who fought for her independence. When the patriot ! * were at length over whelmed by the superior numbers of the Russian forces ho was taken pris oner und sent to Siberia. Ho remained there for two years. The sufferings of himself and his companions are fully as terrible us anything related by Mr. Korimn. "Soon after our capture , " ho said in relating the story of his exile , "orders came to prepare for atrip to St. Peters burg , Wo were conquered rebels and know what fate awaited us. Any of us who entertained doubts about it had thorn quickly removed by the intima tion which accompanied the order thai it would bo u good time to bid furowoll to friends and relatives. The day before - fore our jonrnoy was to nogln wo were all mustered into n largo , open space In Warsaw and there wo found our brothers - ors and sisters , wives , parents and friends waiting us. I cannot recall the scene , even at this time , without the toara springing to my eyes. I will not attempt lo describe it. My mother came to mo und hold mo very light for a1 moment with her head burled on my shoulder. Than she gave mo her I'AUTINCI lILUSSINa A-XDTUUXKD A WAV. "The Cossack ofllcors were watching nil this time , and if any were too long about their leave taking they were pulled roughly away and told to stand aside. "Tho following morning u number of huge wagons , drawn Uv from four to eight horses , were pulled up In front of our prison. From eight to a do-son prisoners were loaded into each of these , and wo started for St. Peters burg. The wives and children of the captives in several instances accom panied them. Those who preferred voluntary exile to separation from their loved ones vvoio peimlltod to choose It. This was the only humane act exhib ited by the Russian government toward its captives. "Until after our arrival at St. Peters burg wo were given substantial food , and our treatment , although sometimes severe , was nothing to what wo after ward endured , "When wo reached St. Petersburg the men were compelled to don gray trousers and blouses , a heavy skull cap and low shoos. Then , in groups of from six to twelve , wo were locked up in a dungeon BO dark that wo could not goo our hands before our faces. These dungooiiH were ouch about bovon feet square and fourteen foot high. Wo were glvoi ) bread and water , und oc- COBioually a dish of some weak thin soup. Wo were allowed to walk about in the prison yard for five minutes every day. If wo remained over time wo were given the lash. The air in these dungeons was so bad that it made us sick to breathe it. Wo had nothing to lie on but the lloor. This was usually covered with mud , tracked in during the day. The women were kept in sep arate dungeons , but were treated no better than the inon. ' How long wo stayed in St. Peters burg I never know. If we uskod an of ficer a question ho insullod us , and fro- quenlly added a blow with his list or some harder weapon. Many of my comrades MYSTKUIOUSLY DISAl'l'KAUKD. "When the time cuine for the march to Siberia there were on hand not more than five hundred who had been brought from Warsaw. I think the rest must have died in prison. "I afterward wished a thousand times that this had happened lo mo. "The day before wo slarlcd on our long inarch lo Siberia wo were all turned loose in a large slockudo. An olllcor was stationed at a certain point and as wo passed , one by one , ho wrote down u description of us. Then the sick ones were examined by a physician who decided us lo which were nol able lo make Iho journey on fool. Then chains were placed on us. Each hand was attached bv a chain to the opposite foot and in this condition wo passed our last night in the dungeon. In the morning the able-bodied men wore placed in one group and the ablo-bodied .vouion in another , while the feeble men. women and children were loaded inlo heavy carls and driven lo the huge gala loading out of Iho stockade , "When ail was ready the gate swung open and wo woio permitted to bronlli the fresh air once moro. The wagons containing provisions wcro placed at the head. Next came the prisoners on foot and behind them the carts of the sick. As we marched out in single file an officer stood at the gale with the register containing our description and us each one passed a check was made opposite his name. I cannot tell you what a terrible fooling cnmu o\er mo with the olunk , chink , clank , of the chains as we started on the long journey. Mounted Coracles 'surrounded ' us on all sides. Some mothers whoso children were too small lo walk were given the use of hands and fool. Hut should she grow weary with her burden and fall behind. Iho lush was applied without mercy. .Sev eral limes 1 have seen the backs of these poor women out so deep that nv TUB imii'i'ixa III.OOD one could follow their pathway in Itio snow. When il was impossible for her to walk f art nor , even under Iho lash , she was loaded inlo one of Iho carls in the rear. "Wo traveled about ten miles the first forenoon and then halted for din ner. We eat down on the ground und wcro given some broad and water not nearly so much us we wanted , for wo wore very hungry. Then the hiarch began again. Already the chains by their constant chafing had swollen Iho ankles und feel so that on many the shackles were covered up. Yet no one dared to murmur. To do so meant a cut from the lash and no relief from the torture of the shackles. "The firsl olupo or stockade was reached before dark. The olllcor who had in the morning taken their names and description stood within the gate umas the prbjiiors passed by another check was placed opposite their names. This method was continued throughout the entire journey , and should a man die a long black mark 'vus placed oppo site his inline , and when the final des tination was reached if any had escaped they had his description and men were sent in search of him. These stockades wore placed on an average of about twenty miles from each other. They consisted of a high board fence probably inclosing : i half acre of ground , inside of which was built Iwo houses , one for Iho prisoner , Iho other for the officers. It was expected that on every day of March , whether the weather was good or bad that wo would make a stockade. March ing two days and resting the third was Iho usual order. The stockade in which wo spent the third day vus un- usuallv largo and built much stronger. " "Early in the travel , " said Mr. Nur- bower , "tho prisoners , by the inhuman treatment they received , seemed to lose all respect for themselves and Ihoso around them. Modesty was a virtue unrecognized. No ono was allowed a moment to attend to private wonts or desires. These houses in which they spent the night boys , girly.mothors and fathers were thrown together in one promiscuous mass. While some of Ihe houses were provided with boards on which the weary travelers might lie downmany were without even thatand the prisoners were compelled to lie down on the ground. The walls and ceilings wcro daubed with mud and grease , while in rainy weather the lloor was but little bellor than a hog wallow. In this the prisoners wcro compelled lo spend their ni glits. " Continuing his narrative Mr. Nur bowers said : "We were each of us pro vided with u change of clothing and when we came lo u slroam every person was expected to wash the suit ho was wearing and put _ on the other one. Filth and vermin would be found among us in their worst forms. Loathsome c Ileuses were contracted during the march , which togolhor with the harsh treatment killed several of Iho prison ers. 'Ono of Iho most pitiful and cruel scones In the whole journey comes onclc tome now. The little child of ono of the women who was following hpr hus band into exile gel sick. She had car ried it many days. Ono afternoon it grow worse and j > rii : > IN 11KH AUMS , She tried to conceal its death until u stockade \vas reached so that it might be proporlv buried. An officer discov ered that the child was dead , however , and going up to the mother said roughly : "tlivo it to me. " "Oh lot mo carry it , " cried the wo man. "It IH not heavy and I can walk quite us fast. " "She was on her knees in the snow. The rest of us could only-glance back at her when Iho officers were not looking. "Wrenching the poor little body from her grasp the olllcor handed it tea a soldier saying : 'Go lay it In the field there. " Then turning to the woman who was still kneeling wilh her face buried in her hands he raised his whip and said : "Get ' up. "She obeyed. "Tho rest of us could siy : nothing. Wo hardly darotl to weep. In this way the bodies of all prisoners nro disposed of who die on the march. 'Wo have no limo for funerals , ' was Iho reply re ceived by one of the exile * who asked permission lo bury a friend. " From St. Petersburg they took the route that is still .traveled through Moscow and Nijni Novgorod to Tomsk , their destination. They were ull placed in a large enclosure and each were as signed to duties. To William fell the lot of going into the copper mines , and ho , with a do7on of hia comrades were taken to a shaft aud lowered down. Tn this mine ho remained for about five months. During ibis time he nenjr saw the light of day. His rations were , however good , and the only complaint ho could make was that he was not al lowed to ask any questions , either concerning - corning himself or about the country ho was in. Conversation among the twelve had to bo carried on in a whis per. Ho was in the mine when ho was informed of the edict of Alexander III , that all exiles under twenty-four years of ago should receive their liberty , and bidding his comrades a final adieu ho was raised to the mouth of the mine and there mot eight others who hud also re ceived their liberty , and the company , happy boyotid degree , started on their homeward journey to , Poland , finally reaching their destination without the loss of one. SHE PLAYS A PITIABLE ROLE. Peculiar Kccciitricltics of Ilcautlful and IJrilllant Harriet Kiuliinond. Harriott E. Richmond , the young , beautiful and brilliant wife of a Now York lawyer named Allen , was sen tenced to Iho Bridewell yesterday be cause she had boon disorderly and could not pay a tine of 8 3. says u Chicago cage dispatch to the Now York World : Mrs. Richmond has been creating u disturbance In Chicago for several weeks. She has been arrcsled many times , but her beautiful face , big brown eyes and copious tears have always secured - cured her release until to-day. Her name figured in column after col umn of sensational news in the Wash ington D. C. papers a few months ago. For years she had hold different posi tions in the departments ut the national capital. Last fall she was charged with attempting to blackmail ono of the most prominent men in the country. She was arrested for vagrancy but proved that she was employed in the depart ment of agriculture. She was dis charged and roarrcstcd almost every day for weeks , until finally she became worn out bv this persecution and loft. This lust time she has been in Chicago only Ihroo weeks and arrested four limes. Her first offense was breaking the windows in a house where she was entirely unacquainted and where she had gone in u cub on some inexplicable mission. Police Justice Lyon was pu/- y.lod by the ojrcuinstance and discharged her. She was then lakon lo the Deten tion hospital for the insane and hold in custody fen > one week , but then dis charged. Inafowdajs she was found unconuion's in'.u drug store and lakon to the armoVy , , She told the justice next inorningjOiatshe had fainted and was again discharged. The last arrest was at the instance of her landlord ; Cioorgo Dodge , of No. 1501 Waljtisli avenue. Ho called in the police Monday night and complained that the < woirfuii was raising a disturb ance in Ij6r'f'6om. ' The police broke in her bedrAbndoor and arrested her. When .tluvpnicors went to her cell they found1 , , fllio had removed all her clothlng.f Shu refused to dross , but Matron Holland proceeded to dross her. She was then taken to court. She wanted to bond for Fanny Davenport , the actress , claiming that she had boon a member of the "Tosca" company , but the justicp would not listen to any such yarn and she was sent below lo await the coming of the Uridowoll stage. She Buys she hud been nUo a member of Rfgnold's English company about ten years ago , and played Queen Kalherino to Rlgnold's Henry V. , and she called herself Ada Richmond. Kniililoii'ri'Ilule. Philadelphia Record ; Miss Wostond ( a few months hence in a brle-u-brae store ) "Have you any Vognorpons ? " Dealer "Yes , miss. James show Iho lady the Wagner slop cans , " DON'T ' CARICATURE TflE COW , Some of the Inconsistencies of the Decorative Craze. HIGH ART ON DINNER PLATES. No I'osics With Our Potatoes , Please AVhnt AVc Owe to Euro pean Culture From Drawing - ing to Designing. Cult in tlio Kltclirn. Following is the paper on "The In consistencies of Decorative Art" reid hofore the Western Art association last Monday evening by Miss Kate M. Ball : "If wo study the best specimens of pottery wo will find that shape , con struction and enrichment or decoration nro consistent with Us use. A vase pre sents usurfuco that is not interfered with in any wn\ , und if in decorating1 it wo wish to repeat the unit of design , the ropitition will not outer very largely into the ofToct , inasmuch as the vase being round wo can too but a small portion tion of it at a time. But wo inu-,1 re member that it is round , and anything put thereon will bo foreshortened when hoen in dilleront positions , Therefore , in decorating1 it wo must consider these facts. A vastis also largely an orna ment , aud will bear naturalistic treat ment Unit would not bo consistent witli u useful object. Objects that are much in use , that are Been constantly , should bo of a simple character , so that wo will not tire of them. Table ware , such as plates , cups und saucers , should to simply decorated and the decoration should bo conventional in its character. The painting of Hewers , butterflies , birds , fishes and landscapes of china in- tondnd for use is of the worst kind of art. A placquo in tended to decorate our walls should bo treated in an en tirely different manner from u plate to bo used on our table. The former issim- ply decorative , the latter is useful , and should 1)0 tre.itod in a m inner that is consistent with its use. To cut meat and potatoes on a pinto containing decorations - orations such as the portrait of a ( lower , or bird , or landsiMpo is abiurd. The plato has a surface which when in use will bo covered with food , and any design - sign put on that surface should bo of a simply decorative nature , a conven tional kind , that may bo covered with out Intprferrlng with the view of the decoration. The interior of a cup will bo co vo rod with lljo I Hud contained in it and should bo frco from any pattern , If a straw or a blade of grass wore to fall into our coll'co wo would immedi ately remove it , but the decorative art ist sometimes puts it there to slay. Is it consistent ? Again , abutterlly mount ing on a cup could scarcely have strength enough to lift the cup wore one to take hold of the wingshence the idea of a buttorlly being used for the handle of a cup is ridiculous. "Neither should we deliberately turn a dish into an object fit for nothing clso than to be hung on a wall and inado the medium of a portrait , llowor-picco or landscape. It is u great and good tiling for the sake of outline to doveloi ) art honestly and clearly. Tills is not short of a moral duty that every art however humble , hhquld bo kept within its own lines and bo independently de veloped , for thus only can it bo per fected. It is certain tliut while picture making ha attained what scorns to ua to be possibly its highest development , pottery painting is as yet in a lowulato us an independent art , as is proved by thogroutorfortscoiiRlantly made toglv'p it character , and the reason lies in the tendency of artists and amateurs to make it an imitative art. "Probably no branch of decorative art is more abused than that of china painting , inasmuch as it is within the range of mauyis easily handled , and is often the pastime and entertainment of people. The moro mechanical manipu lation of the mineral colors on china , is a simple matter and many ladies have attained considerable proficiency in this line. If those ladies would bo satisfied in copying good works they would do well , but they must design , and they know nothing about it. They are gov erned chiolly by their tusto. If otio should ask them why they use a form for decoration or a colorthoy would answer probably , 'because they liked it. ' There is just as much a 'right ana a wrong in the use of forms and colors for decoration as there is in the use of words in language , and designing for any purpose that has not a foundation of knowledge to work from , should bo treated in the same manner as are writ ings from the illiterate. ' 'The great amount of American travel in Europe has raised the stand ard of art in this country. Uoing asso ciated with the good must elevate. Much of foreign production 1ms been lirought homo by the travelers , and our merchants import the same class of goods. Wo are growing gradually. The time will come , when we will dis card some of the inconsistencies. Wo will see the utter absurdity of decorat ing n wooden bowl with a landscape and framing it , a bowl that might sug gest sou ] ) , or a bailer of bread ; also painting n landscape on an immense snow shoveland tying it with a ribbon , and worao still the decorated dlshpan whoso association suggests the unpleasant ant work of the house maid. Wo will not make bangle boards out of rolling pins , nor put the thermometer on kogs. Neither will wo use draperies where there is no need of them. Wo will not cover up the whole corner of a beautiful picture and loic Its olfoct by hanging a fanciful piece of silk on it , and cull it a picture drape a picture needs no drapo. "We will not make a sugar bowl in the shape of a man's head the hat being removed wo dip into the head , not to got bruins , but sugar nor make a milk picture designed in the shape of a cow , wlioiu tail twists into the handle , and whoio mouth is converted Into the spout of the pitcher two objects that suggest very unpleasant things to us. In our desire to got something now , something unlike our neighbors , wo have many ridiculous tiling , many frightfully bad things. Another feature of art that is much abused is color. Wo as a people have no fooling for color , as the orientals have. Wo m.ist learn the facts of the harmony of color und apply our knowledge. The result Is not always satisfactory. One strong fouturo'of an English residence or hotel is the neu trality of color , yet abounding in glow , or what is known as bloom , while our A'inorleaii houses have some very bud combinations of color , in spots , often such that every thing in the room sutlers from association with them , "Tho markets of Amorici furnish to day some beautiful examples of surface decorations our wall papers especially being very fine ; however , U is not often that wo are thiown in contact with them. Owing to their costliness , only the very rich can purchase them. Tiio LincruHta-Walton patterns are very line , being In imitation of pressed leather. One of the costliest wall de corations I over saw was that of the dining-room of Suinuol Tllden'a house In Gramarcy Park , Now York. The en tire wall is covered with carvings in but in wood , It cost WO.OOO for the carving alone. It has u rich effect , yet th o style is nationalistic. It does not co nsist of a repeated unit , but is simply a continuation of the thought of the artist. I heard nn artist say if that design < sign was of a conventional style it would go down to posterity , as the ex ecution is marvellous ; but the style was so poor that it would bo short-lived. "Tho study of design is intensely in teresting , and the execution of it ia mechanical. To become skilled means simply to study , to pr.ictieo. The road to success must be paved by close ap plication. Wo generally find that talent is possessed by the man and woman who work. "There is quite an opening in the field for women , and it is surprising that moro women do not seek it. It ia a charming occupation and very/eraim * erativo. I hear some fay , " lean draw , but I could never design. " Designing docs flot moan to sit down and chow cut of the end of a load pencil a pattern. When an article is lo be written on any subject , the writer pees to the library and learns what the authors say about thai subject , ho collects ideas. Ilia part is simply lo clothe those ideas in his own language , and make his own arrangement. So in design the designer - signer must study the thoughts of other designers , got ideas and clothe them in his own garmonls. Designing is ar ranging originating in rare. It is said "thoro is nothing original under the sun , " and one is frequently forci bly impressed with the truth of this statement , * you continually see the same effects produced by the same causes. Ills not unusual to see put- terns exactly alike drawn by children in dilleront parts of the city. It is also true that you may spend an evening designing u pattern , thai you may afterwards find in the grammar of ornament. " * CARRIED OFF THE TRUCK. How a NoKro Tliluf Knoapiil From a OniiHtahli * . While waiting at Decatur for the train to Huntsvlllo a constable came in from the country with a negro , Buys the Detroit L'Voo Press. ThoolHcor- wanted something lo eat before walking hia prisoner over to the lockup , und ho handcuffed the man to ubaggugo truck. Ho then went over lo the hotel , seem ing to feel that all was safe and secure. The negro was asked what he had been arrested for , and he explained that he hud driven home and killed the wrong hog. It wus a mistake whioli any colored man was liable lo make in a country whore the hogs looked HO much alike , mid ho assorted that li'i ' conscience was resilng perfectly qu'ol under the legal accusation. lie was homesick , however , and sighed ( or the bosom of his fumllv. "Then why don't you go homo ? " uskod the colonel. "Can't git away from dls yero truck , " was the reply. 'Can't you carry the truck on your shoulder ? " "Hay , boss , " said the man as ho leaned forward , "doan'talk to mo about do black man gitlln' ahead ! I'd huv Hot hero a hull week an' nobber thought of that trick. Wid your kind permits shun I will now take a walk.1 lie shouldered the truck and dis appeared In the darkness , and half an hour later , when the constable came around and lournoi what had occurred ull ho could suy was : "Dog-gone it , but I'm in luck ! It I'd fastened him to that freight oar he'd hov gone oft with it just the same , and the railroad would ihavo come onto mo for W.OOO. . * When we Know that glut ! ) IH trans parent It In hard to bolluvu there ix Hucli u thing us a window blind.