Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 17, 1892, Page 9

n MORNING, IXTEEN PAG SunpAY BEE APRIL 17, 1892 PRGES 9 TO 16 NUMBLER 30 e e S HAYDEN BROS.---GREAT SPRING SALE THIS WEEK Special Bargains Sale. New styles of pineapple tissue 100, 40-inch wide Armonian gerge e yard. New Cord du Roi 10¢ yard. Bedford cords 10e. 124c and 15c yard. New stock of Ilama cloths 10¢ yard, Brandenburg cloth 19¢ yard. La Tosca gingham 124e yard. 32-inch wide zophyr reduced to 17c¢ yard, Dress gingham Se, fie and 7ic yard. Standard dress ealico 34c vard. 3-4 all-linen bleached napkins dozen, Fringed napkins 25¢ dozen. -4 fringed chenille table covers 99c. Fancy Turkish tidies 15¢, 19¢, 2ic and 85¢ ench. White erochet bed spreads 50c, ¢ e, 88c and #1 each. Bargains in blenched, unbleached, turkey red, and red and green table damask. Outing flannel 5¢, 6e, 8¢ and 10c yard. Fine cream white flannel 25¢, 35¢, 40, 4be, ble, bbe, 60c, 6se, Toe, 85¢ and §1 yard, | All-wool French flannel 59¢ yard. New spring style in English flannel b0c and 55¢. We are overstocked on muslin. Wo ure letting down the prices. See the bargains we offer ia muslin at Be, 6o, Ghe, Tic and Se. Also get our prices on aouble width kheeting and pillow easing. It will pay yOu to do so and save you lots of mone A fuli line of Mlags, all sizes, from bc a dozen up; all colors in bunting. Colored Dress Goods. SPECIAL SALE FOR MONDAY., Monday we will place on sale all of our 59¢, (e, and 78c spring suiting in one lot for 4. 46-inch IFrench henrictta, price 89, Monday 6Sc. y 88-inch Bedford cord, former price Monday 78 38inch fancy plaids, usual price 3Sc, #1 7! former 40-inch all-wool sorge in all colors, Monday only e, 44-inch beautiful check _( bi-inch very fine broadeloth §1,97 38-inch whip cord 8e. S8anch herring bone stripe in all colors 33¢. o e 46-inch fine Donige suitings; this is our regular dollar line, Monday only 85¢ 42-inch camel’s hair for spring-wear, former price $1.15, Monday only 89¢. 38-inch Lansdowne #1, 25, Half wool challis Monday 17c. Dress Trimmings. »t passementeries 5¢ per yard up to 2.00 ¢ Jot fringes in all widths at 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.63, up to $3.50 i yard. Jet stomachers $1.50, $1.65, $1.87, $2.25 up to #3.50. 4 Large variety jet ornamonts and gir- dles, frogs and silk cords. X Ribbon fringe in all colors at 25¢ and bCe per yard. suitings 9ic. only on | Black Dress Goods. Special Sale of Special Sale of Ladies’ ECIAL PRIcEs For MonpaY. | Umbrellas and Para-|Hosiery, Bedford Cords—Our prico for the very SOIS, Wo have just rooolved & large ship- heaviest aud bost quality for €pring| o have juss purchnsed tho entire|ment of lndios fast blnck cotton hose, s \lxlll'ln:flI. on Monday. Have fgiocl of an’ enstern manufacturer at made in Cemnitz, Germany, bought by he ;;:t.i&{':»;nl :V'Iurd;f Our orice lop in ok about 25¢ on the dollar. The re now jus direct from the manufacturer, which collent quality for spring svitings war- ranted all wool will bo 78c. Have been soid for 81, Bedford Cords—Our price for a beau- ! tiful quality double warp silk finish will | be Kic. is quality is worth §1.25, Sicilinn and _Australinn Crepes—Our price will be 85c; sold for $1.25. Tamise Cloth—Superlative quality, our price will be $1.15 for Monday. This quality is worth §1.50. They are 46 inches wide. Nun's Veiling—An excellent quality on Monday 65c. They are worth H0c, Grenadn Cloths—double width, an ex- cellent fabric for light summer dresses warranted all wool, Monday for 79c, worth $1.25, French Henriettas, 50c. English Henriettas, 25c English Henriettas, 44 inches, 38c. Special in Silk Dept, FOR MONDAY. 25 pieces 24.inch Chinas, in new and desirable shades, worth $1, Monday 3 -inch Chinas, in new shadings and cheap at 65¢. Monday 50c 20 pieces printed Chinas, 21 inches, worth 60c, Monduy 4 20 pieces 24-inch Chinas, in pretty de- signs and black ground work, worth $1 for Monday 8. 24 wsh siike, warrant 21-inch gros grain dress s $1.00, 20-inch faille dress silk, black, $1.00. Pong: in natural, ranging in price from 40c, H0¢ and 75c. Watches and Jewelry. filled Q, 81. &, black, Ladies’ goid cnse s orna- | pringficld hunting watches, stem wind and se mented with jewels, or Waltham movemont; Ladies’ gold 14 karat U.'S. a watches, hand engraved, ngliell or Waltham 8.50. dies’ solid gold watches, Elgin, ngficld or Waltham, hunting case, Elgin, movements, Ladies’ I4-karat solid gold Swiss watch $9.50. Gents’ filled hunting case watch with American movement, $5,75. Gents' solid gold hunting case watches with Elgin, Springfield or Walthim movements, $18.50. Gents’ silverine stem American watches $3 Solid gold buby ring Rogers’ 12 dwt. kuives or forks 81 per set. Solid gold spectacles $2.50. Gents’ gold plated watch chains 49c. New novelties in bow knots and pansy stick pins 5¢ each. Solid gold rings, lacs pins, cuff but- tons, neck chains, scarf pins, ete., ete.,at loss than half jewelers’ pric All goods warranted as represented. wind and set on sale at prices that will justify us in claiming ourselves headquarters for these goods. Just imagine over ten thousand to choose from. See our grand display of umbrellas and parasols in windows on 16th street front in our store. " Do not buy until you have ex- amined our stock and prices. We will save you money. New novelties in fan- cy handles, can bo seen in this lot no- where else to bo found, Make special note of the following prices. 500 26-inch cotton glorine, fast black and solid frame, fancy natural stick handles, only a)c, worth 1, ! 1 1ot of 26-inch ' glorin umbrellas, fast black, assorted fancy handles, only 83c, worth $1.25, A spocial lot of 26-inch silk gloria um- brellas,paragon frame and elegant fancy horn handles, only $1.25 cach, worth $2.00. 500 26-inch silk gloria umbrellas, par- agon frames and fancy oxidized handles, only $1.25 cuch, worth $2.00, 11lot of extra fine glorin umbrellas, paragon frames, with a cover, silk cord and tassel, only $1.50, worth $2.50. 800 28-inch gloria umbrellas for goi tlemen, paragon frames, natural stick: with cover, silk cord and tassel, only $1.75, worth $3.00. 1 lot of ladies 24-inch silk umbrellas, paragon frames and fancy celluloid handles, only $2.25 each, worth $1.00. Ladies’ 26-inch rainbow silk umbrel- we will sell at a very low price * 1n this lot will be found some of the very finest goods made, and every palr will be war- ranted or money refunded. To start the season this entire lot goes on sule at 25¢ per puir, Art Department. SPECIAL FOR MONDAY. 25 dozen fino sh\m'ped pillow shams, only 8c a pair, worth h 15 dozen all linen dresssr scarls stamped, 54 inches long only 103, worth 20 dozen fine momie linen dresser scarfs, with drawn thread and fringe all round, only 35c, worth 60c, 10 dozen fine momie linen splashers, prettily stamped, Monday only 15¢ each, worth . 25 dozen fine satin doylies in all colors at 25¢, worth 50c. 15 dozen hand embroidered butterfly doylies, only 85¢, actually worth G0c. 5 dozen fine Roman doylies, ready worked at 25¢, worth 50c. Ribbosene in ull colors only 19¢ per dozen, regular price d5c, enille in all ehacdes, 20¢ per dozen. Araseno in all shades only 10¢ per dozen. Wo sell the finest embroidery silk 1n the country at 5¢ per dozen spools. ‘Wash embroidery silk only 40c per dozen skeins, las, paragon frames, como with cover. silk cord and tassel ana elegant fancy handles, only 00, worth § umbrella warranted for one yeur. 500 26-inch volunteer silkk umbrellas, warranted, clegant assortment of hand- les, paragon frame, come with cover, ;ilk cord and tassel, only $3,50, worth £6,00. In this sale will be found an immense lot of children’s parasols trom 1lsc to $2.00 each. Furniture. We carcy a full line of first class fur- niture, our prices cannot be beaten. We call the attention of clergymen, lawyers, doctors and business men to our’line of revolving book cases, office desks and ch all at prices lower than usual for such goods. Elegant mantle folding bed with A 1 wool mattress, full pring at $20.00; never sells a few only at this pric Special spring sale on all kinds of mattresses and springs. Bed room suits from $10.50 up to $45. Eegant line of singlo and double lounges, from $5.95 up to $23. Largest assortment of chairs and rockers at cut prices, 20 per cent less than regular price. Bargains in extension the line over. Ice Cream Freezers. 2 quarts 3 qua 5 4 quarts 1.57, tables, look All silk solid comfort head rests Mon- day only 25¢ each, Cloak Dept. SPECIAL FOR MONDAY, Weare showing one of the largest stock of ladies’ waists in silk, sateon, Bedford cords and cambrics. Ladies’ silk waists $2,75, reduced from $3.50. Ladics’ silk waists in lack and fancy 25, reduced from $8. Ludies’ changeable silkk waists $4.50, reduced from Ladies’ fancy Bedford cord $1.50, reduced from $2. Ladies’ fancy sateen duced from $2, Ladies’ black sateen waists, plaited front and back, 50¢, réduced from #1. Ladies’ cambric walists, plaited, 30c, reduced from 60c. We are making a special reduction in ou jackets and capes. Our prices will be lower on Monday than ever before. A'largo line of ladied' blazer suits in all shades. { . Misses’ jersey suits in blue, ages 8, 10, 12, 14,16, 18 years, #$¥*reduced from $2750. § Buttons. $7. waists waists 81.50, re- Buttons. B Don’t buy buttofis ‘untik: you leok throughour stock which is the most complete in the city. They come in all shapes and colors. Jet buttons, silk buttons, pearl but- tons, vegetable ivory buttons, at our popular low prices. Laces, Laces, 50,000 yards of hand made ho, ¢, 100 per 25 picees fine, all silk, colored lacos, just the thing for hat trimming, 5 inches wide, only 19¢ per yard. torchon la 20 picees black chantilly demi flounc- ing 9 to 15 inches wide, 124e, 15¢, 25¢, 8be, actually worth 25 to 65¢ per d. ‘We have'a fine line of point d'irlande lace at 15e, 25¢, 33, H0c. Point de gene lace 10¢, 15¢, 19¢, 23c, 25 pieces black drapery nets, 45inches wido at 35¢, 60c, 67c, S7e, $1.00, $1.25, $1.49. & CIAL F'OR MONDAY. 1,000 yards fine Hamburg embroidery, 6 inches wide, only 10¢ per yard; actual- 1y worth 20¢, 1,000 yards neat, medium width em- brofderies, in Swiss and Hamburg, only 5e, actually worth 10c. An clegant line of flouncings at 87c, ¢, 60¢, 87¢ and $1.00 up $4.50. ne all over tuckings b60c, 67¢, 7: $1.00, $1.2 P Lace tuckings at $1.00, $1 Ribbons! Ribbons ! SPECIAL FOR MONDAY. 50 pieces fancy stripe ribbons, No. only 5¢ per yard to close them out, 25 pieces solid colors and stripep, all silk No. 22, Monday’s price, 15¢ per yard, worth 3c¢. 100 bolts all silk ribben, picot edge, Monday's price, only 1 ¢ per yard,worth 9 ecial cut in fine all silk ribbons in all colors, shades and styles to 2¢, 3e¢,be, 7e, 10c. nctual worth 6 o 20e per yara. We are sole agents in Omaha for the celebrated Fair & Square ribbons, acknowledged by all to be the finest ribbons in Americ: Books and Stationery. SPECIAL FOR MONDAY. Dicken’s complete works in 15 vol- umes, cloth bound, Monday’s price $4.65. Thackery’s works in 10 volumes, cloth bound, Mondays price Eliot's works in 6 bound, Monday only Chamber's encyclopedia in 12 vol- umes, bound in cloth, only $0.50 Mon- it volumes, cloth 05, 5,000 boxes worth 10e. We carry the finest li; in the city at 9e, 12}c, 30c, 35¢ up to 65¢ per box. Good envelopes at 2¢ per package, worth 5c. I"ine linen envolopes at 10c¢ per pack- age. Pl~‘in0 commercial and octavo note paper at 19¢ per pound. ‘We have a large assortment of playing cards at 2¢, 5e, 10e, 13¢, 20c, 25¢ up to $1.00 por_decik. ‘Wo are headquarters for office supplies of ali kinds—get our prices. Wall Paper Dept. Our wall paper department is boom- ing. The best white blank paperat 4ic per roll and better grades in proportion. papeteries Monaay 5e, e of papeteries [House Furnishing | Goods. | Imported engraved globes sold | overywhero from $1,25 10$1.50, our prico | tomorrow h | “'The Woste rn Washor 82.06; this fs varranted to be the genuine Western Washer. stal borry dishos 106, Why pay 75c and $1.00 for the same dish® else where? 100 pieces decorated dinner sets #7.00, in all color Toilet sets $1 Tumblers Ie each. Copper bottom wash boiler Wash boards e Folding ironing tables 05 Iron frame wringers $1.5( Wood frame wringers $1,75, Lamp burner and chimney 10c. compiete lnmp for the price you pay for a burner olsewhere. A solid steel ax Hammer Wash bow Chamber ¢ each, Cups and saucers, 24c each. Dinner plates, 24¢ each. Butter crocks, 8¢ per gallon, Tron bound 6-foot step ladders, Tea kettles, 15¢. Dippers, 2ic ch. Wash basing, 3¢ each, Sugar bowls, Se. Butter dishes, 3 Spoon holder: Creamers, 3¢, Hanging soap holders. 5e. Portable gas lights, $1.30, generally sold for $5 to $6. Wire toasters, 3c. )e. nd pitcher, 20¢ each. Children’s garden sets, 25, Shovels and spades, 39¢ each. Rakes, 15¢ Hoe Clothes baskets, 50c¢ each. Notions. Hooks, eyes, black and white 1c¢ card. Cot on tape le roll. Safety pins ledozen, Admantine pins le paper. 200 yards basting cotton ¢ spool. Motirning pins 1c box. Darning cotton 2 eards le. Whalebone casing le vard Barbour linen thread 1¢ Rubber hair pins 1¢ each, Haiv pins 8 papers le. Metal thimbles le each. Bonnet pins 1¢ each. Children’s handkerchiefs 1¢ each. 100 dozen ladies’ linen handkerchiefs slightly soiled at 10c worth from 15¢ to pool. 50 dozen ladies’ linen collars at 2¢, worth 15¢. Butter Down Again. Country butter 10¢, 12ic, 14¢, 16¢ and 18¢ per pound, We will sell a very fine creamery for 19c. Remember we sell only the pure pro- ducts of Nebraska dairies and creamer- ies over our butter counter. HAYDEN BROS, Promoters of Home Industry. N0 OF ROMEO AND JULIET L Mrs, General Crook's Attractive Picture of Life in Sunny Italy. CELEBRATING THE KING'S BIRTHDAY . Milan @ Minlature Paris—Venlco Clad In & Mantle of Snow—An Ex- tra Churge Made for Sunshine, March 30.—[Correspondence of Tue Bee.) The ride i the cars from Fiovence to Pisa, is so very, very pretty. The vailo, of the Arno in a perfect state of cultivation; the almond und pear trees, just bursting into bloom, the pine clad hills, the quaint little row boats, with, I am sure, fourtecuth century prows, made a charming picture, us tho train bore us rapidly along, at the same hotel with us, to accompany us, which thoy scemed much dolighted to do, subsequentevenis showed the whyfore, Tho eldest of tho pretty Italians, had a brother, who was assistaut at the governuent hospital at Pisn, and it was to tho hospital we first went. 1taid not tuke many woments to discovor, that the youngest wus a nearer and a dearer one to thé youug Italian doctor, for “eyes spake love thut spuko ngain,” aud { was as much_iuterested in seeing ‘“love's young dream’’ as ther are architectural treat weo found in Pis; "o say tho leaning tower was not a dis- appointment, is 10 say a great denl, Wo are 80 often disappointed. in things we have read wuch about, It s a spiral column of graceful proportions that ous would like to linger near. The cath- edral, & specimen of the eleventh century archilecture,contains among rare pictures by Andres del Sarto his St. Agues, which is the best of his 1 have seen; the face is so - expressibly tovehing and sweet: the clothing still retaluing the soft, gentle coloring of pink shading into purple. It 1s sald the swingiog of the brouze lamp, which 1s o wonder of chased clogance that haongs low in the room, first suggested to Galileo the theory of the pendulum. It is handsome enough 10 have suggested something, While we were in the church a monk, whol am sure, by the rapturous attention and number of his audience, must bave been eloguent, was holdiag forth in such stentorian tones that bis volce peneirated every coruer of tho spacious cathedral, and it is 300 feet long and 107 wide, The pulpit, in the baptistry, 1s the fluest picco of warvle carving | have yet #eco, representing the life of our BSavior, from the Aunuciation to the Trans- figuration. ‘Though thefiguresare small, the f?‘uwuiuu ou the faces are wonderfully life- iko. Pisa bas also her Lung' Arno, her palaces, maoy of the latter being mugnificent. I'he Arno is much wider here than at Flor- ence, the bridges are numerous and fAne, ono that spans the riyer in two grand arches is said to be the noblest in Furope. There is a lttie chureh on the bauks of the river, deed, one side forms part uf the stone quay, culied the Madonua della Spina, because 1t was built to e uthe spine of our Lord, whicli the Pisans in the day of their wreat ness, when they rivaied the Genooso, broughit rom Jerusalem. For its safe keeping it had cu removed to the church of the Capucins ] And there were only photographs and models of it 1o sell. ‘I'he lover of my pretty ltalian offered to take me to see it. “As he had seen ftvery often 1 took his word that it was there. ‘T'e little church is & perfoct speci- wen of architectural beauty of that marble, bullt square, with statues of saiuts and tall spires all around, We were shown the castie of the Arch bishop Ruggeri, who condewaed Ugol bis bwo sous and threo nophows to starvation, golino delln Gherasdescs, belougiug Lo the Wousked two young Italian ladies, who wero- Guelf party, was suspected of communica- ting with the Florentines, The archbishop shut them up in the tower, threw tho keys into the Arno and left them to the pangs of deatn by starvation. Ana though this was many centuries ago, the ghosts of Ugolino and his five young kinsmen still haunt tho castle, and their groans are still neard at cortain seasor We took o luncheon at a real Italian Albergo, where no foreigner’s foot bad ever been under the mahogany and where the family had never seen an American before. A real Italian luncheon, with polenta, macca. roni, eggs, cooked in oil and red pepver, and a flask of delicious golden Tuscan wine, Our yeung doctor had taken great pride in show- ing the hospital of 500 veople. There w one feature of that hospital that was ver: touching. As wo drove to the door at 2 o'clock a stream of people were pouring out, and it was explained to me that they wero the relatives of the poor invalids, who were atlowed to visit them every day botween the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock. As the shadows lengthened we took our way to the station and in the gathermg twilight rodo back to Florence, The prewy little Iulian girl thanked mo in her sweet, gracious way for giving hor the opportunity for the first time in_her lifs of secing her “Peppino” alone. Ihad drawn the duenna off many times to ask about some picture ur saint, 50 as to let my sweet saint, Who was more beautiful than any picturo 1 had seen in ftaly, bave a delightful tete-n-tete alone with her lover, as she assured me for the first and probably the lust time, untl thoy are man and wife, I forgot to say I found the Campo to, oven though the earth had been brought frow Jerusalem in galleys six centuries ngo, not half so interesting or beautiful as the one at Genoa though there wera some fino sar- cophagi aud interesting sepulchral wmonu- ments, The ride 1 the cars from Florence to Bologna is moro tLan protty; itis graud. In an hour from the time you 'leave Iloronce the road begins to wind up tho mountains, and then a whole panorawa of the valley of the Arno is spread beneath you, und as the train climbs bigher and higher up the Ap- penines there aro beautiful viows of the valleys and gorges that are very muoh cur- tailed by the numerous tunnels, I think there are forty-one between IMlorence and Bologna, As we emerged from oue wo found that we had crossed the “aivide,” tho beautiful valley of “Tuscany was lostto us; tho waters ‘were running toward the Aariatic.” Ounly a fow hours before we had ridden along the Arnound seon it smpty its volume of water into the blue Mediterranean —and we were at the headwaters of the Po and following its course to the green Adri- atie, We arrivea at Bologna just as the sun was sotting and the moou rising, and sped on our wuy 8cross the great, weird plains of Lom- bardy, that looked still more weird radiant light of the moon. We arrived Sat- urday nighv at Milan, and so saw the city, the most important, the richest of Iitaly, on Sunday, 1he best time to see the people, But “immaculate mountain of airy,unearthly lov- liness, rising in o fount of heavenlike frozen music” with its thousands of statues poised lightly on its pinnacles, ethereal, translucent, it appeals more to the soul than St. Poter's. But when I said this to the Tuwalisn gentle- it fi was simply disgusted. He said: “St, Poter's is imposing, grand, magnificent ‘Chis is what, i your country, you call very pretty. caquette, but not a grand woman,” Ono of tho strango meetings that so often occur to us in life, bappened just here. While we were gazing, our souls iu our eyes, at this murvelous work of a geutioman whowm 1 had not scen for years (I bad seen bim the last tune on ten this Duomo handsomer toan San Jose! Theie was mass every halr on dunday la the cathedr: l calm, suushiny but cold day i the wan who took us that Saturday night to see t, by moonlight aud olectric light, he What you cull capricious, like & man's creation, a the Mexican border). stepped up sud said: Is | | hour | but it wasa | ascenced the | loug steps, that took us to the top—atire- some ascent. All fatigue, cold, overything was forgotten 10 the emdtion produced by the sight spread before us, an unoroken pua- lanx of mountains, on oue side the entiro sweep of tho Alps, tho Jung Mout Blane, _On another side the Ap: the city of Milan, with its palaces, squares, col- onnades and fountains. The peoplo, and there were thousands in tho strects, looked like pigmies. It was simply sublime, How grand it must have been to soe itilluminated, s it wus, after the battlo of Magenta, in 1545 when the Milanese had oxpelled their Austrian tyrants! There are other interesting churches in Milan. The Ambrozia, left after the city was destroyed by Fred- erick Barbarossa -and where the German emporor reccived the Lombard crown—and where is stlll‘frusol'\'od the brazon serpent Moses lifted up in the wildor- ness. The most interesting _thing left ' to Milan, is tho frescos of Da Vinci of the “Lord’s Supper” thought to be one of the best pictures extant, ‘It 1s ou tuo wall of what was once the refectory of a Dominican convent, now used us a bar- rack, and when Napoleon was in possession of Milan 1t was used ns a stablo. Atsomo period of its existence, a door was cut undor- neath, destroying the fect of the principal flzure, but in spite of all that it has passed through, uge, damp, violence, 1t still posseses much of its ' original beauty. The face of Christ Is more boautiful and more God-like, has more sweet dignity and tho face of tho disciple whom he lovad, has more chara and loveliness, than I hive seen in any pic- tures of the great masters of Jesus and his disciples. Toere are several lovely copies of this groat picture 1n tho room, one’ or two of thewm seem to mo quite as good as the origi- nal. It was very cold in Milan, Snow fell the night before T leftand I had the pleasure of seeing every little station on the Duomo, overy spire and pinnacle covered with —ciothed in & whiter raiment than than the marble from which they are carvea, Milan is Paris on u swmaller scale, Tho s are filled with beautiful works of art, vy, silks, laces and very fine modera sculptures. Thersis more actiyity and a high degree of prosperity is evident; the people seom happier, more cheerful than in any city [ have seen in Italy, Every afternoon the steets around the Piazza and the Corso Vittoria Emmanule are crowded with well dressed men and women promenading, shopping or drinking their coffeo und cognac in the numerous cafes arounda the colonnades. I'nis colonnade wus erocted by, or in memory of Victor Em- manuel. I donot know which is the haud- somest I have seen in Kurope. Thore is a beautifu! vista, through one of which vou bave an admirable view of the imposing monument to leonardo Da Vinci and the front of LaSculn. Wo saw very few bog- #ars in Milan, the greatest proof of its pros- perity, but there were, as in every place I bave been in Europs, dwarfs, I have secen more dreadful dwarfs in two months in Europe than ever in my wholo lifs before, Pocts and pwintors have made Venice a ft is the greut cathedral, the | city of enchautment. Other citics have had second largest - church in tho world, | their admirers, but Venico bas her adorers, that peoplo rush to Milan o see, and itis | Wo umed sur Visit so s to arrive by imoon: worthy the admiration of the world. 1t is au | light, and as we desconded the marblo stops of tho station and stepped into the gondola awaitiog us, it was from the common place to poetry and wonderland. The mo.n, the few stars undimmod by Ler radianc: y lamp, every eluctric ligut, every tiny light of the | thousand gondolas, was reflected over and over agaiu in the shimmering waters of tne Grand caual. The bark clided out iato the water with that graceful rhythmical motion peculia to s gondola; thoe only sound was the nYll\h, spiash of the water against the marble steps of tho palaces; the soft, bar- monious wash of the wavo against our boat, or the sbrill ory of the goudolier as he, most miraculously, it seomed to us, turned some sharp corver lesding intoa smaller stream, and then landed us at our hotel on the Grand canal, opposite | cburch, Our Lady of Salutation, aud the Dogauo, with its immense mlt globe. with statue of Fortunu as weather cock, iu sight of of Santo Giorgio Maggiore with & 101¢ row of columued paluces v each sido gleaming in the moonlizhl, which like charity covered the only church | that marvelous | a multitude of defects that age and abuso had left upon their stuccoed walls and faded frescoes, Wo went to bed enchanted and arose dis- enchanted. Cold, miserable Jack I"rost with fairy fingers had decked our windows with PICLUres—no sun, no moon, no stars, only a dark gloomy morning, a snow storm, almost a blizzard; temples, palaces, gondolas® cov- ered with snow. Have you ever read of Venice in a snow storm¢ For two days 1t has come down, soft, flcecy, o large flikes, just as we have it in the mountains at home —our balconies, piazza covered—tho wind washing the waves against the grey walls and marble steps, no saund of wheel or hoof, until the monctony grows unendurable and there 1s no longer” any enchantment ia this city *risen from the sea,” only the memory of her sins, her tyfanny, her trageaies, tho suffering she has caused to the innocent and the weak, And you grow inexplicably melarcholy. After two days of snow we are closed in an Itahan notel, utterly impossible to venture out in the driving raw, Fortunately twenty- six othor grumbling Americans and English are sbut up with us, and what terms of abuse one canuot think of to heap upon the winter climato of Italy anotuer can. We should all fly on our various routes, only we read in tho papers of such violent, storms all around that we think it best to bear the ills w0 have than to fly. ‘It would bo & risk to start for Vienna where the papers say 600 men are employed to clean the streets, Peoplo of moderate means should not visit Italy in the winter. True the temperature 1s more moderate than Omaha or Chicugo, but not more so than Baltimore or Washington. If you have a room with sun, anisun is ab- solutely necessary in this country, you must pay several francs extrs, The little pitiful baskets of wood, that cost () cents, are only twigs and burn like chips, the fire places are built so deoply that you can imagino thoy are to heat the next” room instoad of yours, vet they are better than the stovos made' “of porcelain und almost im- possible w0 heat, Wo have been from Goenoa to Torrento uss Ttaly to Venice,.and the only place we have found warm was Roms, and one could be warm in fome, if you could get into the sunshive, but if you entered one of the many dark streets, W] the poor dwell; & chureh or a palace, o the corridors of & hotel, the cold would ptrike to your heart, and only in your own sadetum sanctorum with all your wraps, and all your chips piled on the fire, could you keep'warm. One of the saddest:sights that appeals most pathetical to one, is the worn stoues in the churches, worn by tho feet and tho knees of the faithful. Iu every church you enter, av all hours, you %‘hem still, from do cripit old men “and jon, shivering with cold, with half Tamished looks, kueeling before some shrine, often with a little bundle tied in a blue cotton Handkerchiof, which are their worldly goods, beating thoir breasts, and with uplifted eyes, seeming in a state of costuoy! How often ‘they sink from tueir beuvenly thoughts, td the ‘‘carth, earthly,” as they catch sight of am unwary voyager, and hobble @iong 80 as to oatch him at the chureh door, and say “poveriuo, at tho same tims putting their bands to the moyth, One pleasant featurg of continentsl hotels is the reading rooms, Whero men and women meet 1o read tho jourgals, write or converse, and the table d'bate, Where every oue spoaks to each other, regardloss of sex, station,coun- try or “provious congition of color.” One weets muny curlops pepple, An elderly Kn- glish (ady said tome the other day, I dire Ly You will learn Lo speak English quite cor- rectly after you have been iz England a few days, many “Awmerlesns do,” and it took all my roverence for 0ld age and my charity for ignorance rot to laugh in her face, This is the king's birthday and the canuons have been boomiug all day. When we were aroused by thep tois morning we first thought that the city was attacked, and the guardian of tae fown, B, Mark, was not oo the alert. If they bave used s much pow- der in the other ltalian citios, it wiil'be u cos.iy day for Italv, Thismorviog ther a waguiticent wilitary muss at San Marco's, ‘Too wiusic was very Hoe, Besides the choir, there was @ wilitary band aud @ score or more silver trumpets. The archbishop, the priest and the choristers in their gorgeous raiment, principally red and white, the of- ficers, in their bright uniforms, glittering with gold and silver, their swords flashing, their plumes waving made a gorgeous picturo, with the mosaics, carving and sculptures of that grand old_cnurch for a back ground. Tha prince of Naplos, a frail looking young man, heir to the throne, present.” It is a feto day 10 Italy, and Venice would bo in gala attira but for the arip, drip of the rain and tho somber skies. “The one good day wo haye had in Venico we spent mostly at that ‘hallelujah in stone’” —St, Marco’s. Thereare no such mag- nificent mosaics in the world and no church that deserves more of & careful and faithful study, and it is 8o rich in Jogends! There are other churches_full of tho doges and fino pictures of Titian, Tintoretto and Velasquez. The madonna of Titian in the academy in the ‘*‘Assumption,” many bpersons think moro beautiful chan the Sistine madonna at Dresdon. Certaioly the figuro whict soems to be divinely ifipelled is grand, tho attitude and drapory ~ coloring are beautiful, and tho figure full of graces. In the church of the Frari is the monument to Canova bLy his pupils, imposing, but 10 me mot beautiful; but tho monument to Tivian, eorected by the emperor of Austria, is beautiful as wellas imposing. This church, Santa Maria Gloriosa de' Frari, seems to be the Pantheon of Veuice, 50 full 1s it of monuments of the Doges and othar distinguished Venitiuns, “The altar piece is by Titian and is & work of great beauty. It “is a Madonna, with the three saints, and the coloring is just as per- fect and beautiful ns if it had boen just “punted. Hero Titian dominates, as Michael Angolo’ docs i Florenco, aud you aro ed from place to place to sce some of his masterpicces aud you are never disap- pointed, Doubtless thero are more beautiful squares than that of San Marco in Venice, but 1 can- not imagiue it, aside from the historical in- terest, there {s an imcomparabio beauty in the situation alone, The ducal palace with its wonderful and unusual architectural beauty. Its “Bridge of Sighs,” leading to the prison on one hand, the royal L‘mluc , the grand, magnificent church of San Marco, the long, beautiful square, where uo foot, save maw’s has ever trod—the long colonnades, on either side. the clock with its blue face decked with moss, and toweringover all that bigh campanile, from whose tower has rung out for 0 wany centurics, the death knell of thousands, orvhe victories of the state, aud lastly, the beautiful Adriatic bathing the marble palaces und steps, gives one picture, to carry in one's memory, lovg after the scene is lost to the gazo. Many D. Crook. —_———— It Made Him Think of Shakespeare, He laid down his knife and fork and asked one of the walters to call the pro- prietor of the restaurant, says the Chi- cago Tribune. When the latter came the old gentleman asked curiousl “0id you ever read Shakespear Why, yes eir,” responded the prd- ietor in surpris S am froguently reminded of it in here,” went on theold gentleman, “Indeed? Well he was a wonderful man.” “Yes; one ean find passuges in his works that are appropriate to almost unything, especlully restaurants,” “I've seen them uoted on menu cards,” HOf cours Aty Um reminded of one What, may I ask?” ), that this too, too solid flesh would melt, That's all, sir,” He picked up his knife and fork and returned to his work with renewed ens ergy, while the proprictor went back Lo his desk und added 40 cents to the check, HONEY FOR THE LADIL Because a woman is ruflled,is no indication that she has a hard temper. Laght, airy coverings fo throat are a feature of Parisian season. ‘Tho toy bonnets worn bp matronly worien can only be aistinguished from caps by their strings. Trains for full dress become somewhat longer, and those for tho promenade aro cer tainly o shorter. Groen, always an appropriate spring color, the chest and attiro this bas & leading position this year, bright greons beirg mostly aflected. ithel—I couldn’t manago to get along without art. Maud—OI course not; such complexions are a misfortuno, New ulsters have the loose sacque back, and so resemblo a man’s box coat that at a distance it is difficult to distinguish the sex of the wearer. ‘The new sheath skirts arn not so tight over the hips as they have been,but shght fulness is allowed and a suggestion of ‘‘movement” 88 1t is catled 1n the draping. The very latest shoo has the tongue elongated to an astonishing extent; but there’s method in the madness, It gives tho ankle a very siender appearanc Many of the white veils o borders of black lace in appliquo. Black laco vells arc pretty with the pattern border worked in jet, which also makes the large veil fall cofully. e glish gray corded silk, with draperies of softest gray India cashmere, trimmed with cream white velvet arabesaues overlaid with cut steel, are vory clegant in appearance, A new spring corsage has cross pleats on tho front, drawn together at the center of the chest, and losing themselves toward the armholes. The samo effect is repeated in the bacls, tut it is not pretty, Hero is another maxim sent forth by the mysterious French goddess of fashion: **No woman who lias any self-respect will allow the sleoves round her upper arm 1o be less in circumference than her waist,” Thistles and large burr-like blossoms avo much used on hats. They aro in all colors of nature as well as in variations on nature which would astunish the botanist, but look very well with lace and ribbons, Dotted pique or Marseilles vests, low-cut, with notched revers and collars exactly like those worn by gentlemen, are again elected for tho coming season by young women who affect masculine modes in dress, Bonnets for younger women are mere scraps, but though scraps, costly, for real lace is'used iu their construction. They are worn a little back on the head, necessjtating a tlufily arrangement of the hair in front. Ho (angrily)—Look at this vill! Eighteen dollars for perfumery—for mere odors that fade away forever. She (calmly)—Gone to meot the smoke of the #10 worth of cigars you bave cousumed since the lst of Ju ary. Maud—*'Sho is & woman who has sufferod o great deal for her beliefs.” Ethel—*Doar me! Whbatare her belefs¢” Maud —"*Sho believes that sho can wear a No. d shueon o No. i foot und a waist.” Velvet and ribbon trimmings are used upon | many of the pretty wash drossos which are mado with Gretehon skirt, with a deep hom stitched border, a full bodico of white tinted chambray, and a zouave jacket with bistop slecves, Purs inch corset on a bu-inch s aro now being made with little do tective cameras in them, probably with a view of takiog the thief who takes tho pockettiook, Howeyer, as there is no provi sion for pockets iu the Lew gowws, the thieves way be thwarted Tho vewest tuing in sconts consists of swmelling salts perfumed with the scent of different flowers—roses, ecaruations, violets, lilacs, ete. Tho salts ure the color of the flowors with which they are scented and are put up in handsome bottles The *Yasumak’ is the name of the “Oriental,” or mask, veil, so douse 1o meshies AL the top that the features are most obliterated as furas the nose. new its al The Great Sale of Flour. Washburn, Croshy & Co., Superla thy IRt Hayden Bros.' best XXX Su- perlative flour §t 18 Central Mills best Saporlative flou Mo Snow Flake flour Very best ryeo flour Best Kiiu defod corn meal Corn Meal ‘ Rolled wheat, some call it nin broakfast food. Pail jelly . . Strawherrios preservod in su syrup. .. . Raspborry proserves . California pitted plums. " Evaporated appibe. California ovapo Salt Lake peaches . Pitted cherries. ... . Bvapornted raspberrios. Imported French prunes Cured Turkish prunes Californin apricots Ruisins. .. 24¢, 8¢, Soda crackors . Oyster crackors Imported chow-chow, per qu Mixed pickles g Potted hams (por ¢ Potted ox tongues. Deviled hams, Pienic hams d4e, Sugar cured hams Boneless hams Bologna sausag Liver s r nalade, , Svotlenc oysters. . Pinest put up in P 1 pound can cove 2 pound can cove 4 pear Tlead chowing tobac © chewing tob Newsboy ch Climax chewing toba Mechanic's Delight ehey Horse Shoe chewing tobac Durham tobacco, 1-1h pack 0. Durham tobacco, 3-1b puek - Durham tobacco, 1-8-1b pa-kage.... 7o Seal of North Carolinu, in wood AL RR GBS L. M, R F-pound S-pound pail hest puve leal lard, 10-pound pail best pure leal la 50-pound pail best pur. len 5 The above is the best lea want cheap compound lavd, ! prices: 3-pound pail refined cow pound lard, 17c. 5-pound pail refined conpound lard, 20c. 10-pound pail refined coripound lard, 65, f a3 ard. If you > are ‘the 50-pound pail refined coupound lard, $2.50. Curtain Departinent. A new invoice of lnce curiains. Some special bargains in Notting: i Irish Point and Brussels 1 V' thing pertainir first- lnss curtain and drapery department (un be found on our third floor. China mattings. in all ¢ rades, from 124¢ 1o 25¢ per yard. e rerr—— | more transparent lower half of the veil, how- ever, permiis the wouth aud aiu to be vists Mother (in terrib) flutter)—Oh, ¢! That heavy Louis XVI i just fell off o wall with a terrible crash on the very spo’ 1 stood but a moment before. Her Daugh or's Husbaad (absent mindedly)—I atways sid that clock was slow. Veilsand thread la - important rolo in hat_decorations tnis on. . Lang falls of white or black lace ha g from hats with broad brims in the ol fe hioied man- ner of long ago, and toe long ends either hang down the back or a gontly around the throat. ‘e thrown neglie Paillette, & beautiful soft corn coloit laurier, a pale rose-pini: pompadour, a_sit- vory blue; maguolia, & creamy white: Wat- toal, o delicate green; muguei a light tint of yellow-green; and echevin d perse, both lovely shades in lavender, are .l among the highly popular dyes iu summer dress fabrics. Spring toilets for indoors ars garnitured with ldce, black as well ts whito atd brown, for whichl purpose you make 1se of alencon and chantilly, not_forgetting the Rssian, which, with 1ts oriental viehuess of gold, sil- ver, pearl, turquoiso and coral, is extromely decorative when applied with artistic hand, As a mantel fabric, black sill {8 reviving, tho rich corded sitks with o- vich feather trimmings, or rached-out sill being most used. IMull bishop sloaves witl gauntlets or deop, tight and yoke | fronts and sacqio bac 3 A doublo pleating at tho samo time effective, ashes will bo much worn ), a carclessly twisted twico around the waist being A protty dress of gray diagonu touches of white about 1t, and 1 neat bodice velted at the waist, has a sash of vibbon tied in & bow between the shoulder blades, The ends of the bow fall almost to 1he bottom of the skirt, Doublo crowns for hats is one of the do- cided marks of new millinery, ono crown overlies the other or the sinigle crown is pulled up and a mass of flowe s or laco fill the openinz. Tiny crowns of fantasticshape are laid on o nass of flowers ind a lace fril forming @ brim. The odd litt ¢ crowns are the trimmings of the hat rathc = thun part of it, by young wo- ribbon passed very popular, oth, with A pretty erepon dress of a st o of boige or mastic with a tiny thread st po of mauve satin running longthiise, is nado with a plaio corsage drawn in under & vide, wrinkled ceinture of crepon at the \vawst Pleted rovers of lilac-colored velver fall from the neck on either sldoof a smeil plastron of white gauze. These revers a1 loog and are ploated at thoneck. A band of white gui- pure is laid flat on tho edge, Young girls are wearing whit gnipure lace pelorines over their dresses and eloaks, When worn over dressos thoy looped up on the shoulders with bows of satiu ribbon 10 mateh the dress or the long the back, vieux rose, zroen blae, yellow and lilac, being reserved for m rricd Women, Thoese lace pelerines, over sof woollen ma- terial of light shades, mako prtty costumes sutin sash at for weddinugs, concorts and vi ts, e The Qualiticattc |, Tho late Patrick il minent Saratoga law) Press, was fond of relating Jowen & pros 1y8 the Troy tory of his admission to the bar, o commits tee met at Baliston, and youny Cowen was the only candidu womber of the committee remurked think a singlo question will dotermine the legal qualifications of the cundidite. Young man, ean you nameo the b:st brand of champagné?? “I can,’ responded Cowen, *'but for fear you: honors mey suspect I am in errvor, 1w Il forward to cach of you u sample that will vindicate my ment This satisfied the coms mittee, and ( u vias ¢ lmitted. He his prom w