Show CURRENT TOPICS IX EUROPE Buffalo Bill In Home Death of Salriall The Glass llanufactarrr of Venice Bismarcks Bill Bounced SalNbnrjr aal Portugal Portu-gal tiordouN Quintcnnlal Etc EvrtoiE FebSrd 1SD3 Special Correspondence of the DLSEHET EwsThe Italians have often been called superstitious and the number of reputed holy placts which the traveler Suds in the city of Home rather teuds to prove this assertlon Yet now aud then es < can c-an incident which lads to ask I jt Is not true that Americans do note not-e In the opposite direction Asia I well known that strange medley of cowboys and Indian known a Buffalo Bills Wild West show has during the winter been exhibiting I exhibit-ing the fantastic side of Rocky Mountain life to the inhabitants of Southern Italy In the gay city of Naples the Wild We t has Len great attraction ant Ute UiULins themselves It Is saldfelt an unu ual Interest in the picturesque and gay colored costume of the halfMoorish inhabitants of apt Xow as the spring I ajproachin his proposed I ixtiillt tlie Wild West prfd few weeks In the city of Rome In I connection with tMnidca MrCoJy better known as Bnflalo Bill has made application for the privilege pr lt of exhibiting in the ruins of the Coliseum To this proposal the Italian Government oiject nllll Is not that the exhibition would In any waydamage tie hoary old ruin that stands as a silent reminder of the grandeur tbe wealth and the celt of ancient iCOtCiI nn f i i not that the war danreof North American auc Xor Amcrcn savages or the rule yells of the cl cowboys would IKS any harsher than the plaudits of the Roman multitude w hen the blood bld cit such gladiators as Spartacus dampened the Coliseums arena In arna days of old It I I not that the scene is too tame when tho Wild West show represents an overland stage attacked by Indians There arc other considerations that have doubtless prompted the Italians to decline I Mr Codys application It n this sameCoIiseums arena i was dampened by the blood of Christian martyrs These same old walls resounded with the shouts of the frenzied pagan multitude when thousands thous1dofChdstln men women and children WITH torn In nli vni by famished Xumidian lions Here I was that Mystery Baby lou the Ipu mother of harlots was drunk with the blood of the Saint Oil at length the Apostolic Church vanished from the earth v1nlshl eh and another an-other church a hideous hybrid of IIbt heathenism and superstition had risen In Its stead 8uprsttonhad that the old I wel tle hoary ruin should roman ro-man In solitude not desecrated by the frivolities of the Wild West show Better far that sentinels should guard thisuld ruinthe gravestone n It were of early Christianity ery By the way Isnt it strange that British and Americans are the most aildidid of all people to the vice of relicstealing French Germans nnd Italians have generally a passion plon scribbling their names on every oil monument they come to but they felom c anything away aja relic On the other hand the sentinels of Italy lao to keep sharp eye on AngloSaxon tourists Only the other day an American Ameri-can lady was invited by the American consul at Xaples to view some recent excavations at Pompeii Pom-peii and while there was caught In the net of taking and secreting a little bronze cuntu that had Just J been ntIU Scarcely two months ago Englishman at Verona Ver-ona was view ng wuat was said to b the tomb of Shckepearct > Ju ShkprCt Ju let It b happened that this Eng lish traveler was the only person I I except the guide so after viewing the grotto and Its contents for sometime some-time bo oflured the guide A ten franc S2 bill from which to take hits fee The guide was tus corn peilcd to go away to bet chiangeanli pled he was awOy thin lntl and drew out a little hammer tir lle quickly broke offa fflsgratnt of rock weighing ntJy thr Ilogrm s 6 pounds Luckily tCtlan was a llo too sharp and compelled the return of the coveted spoil lumbers AngloSaxou travelers carry little hammers with them for obvious reason a The late convention of railroad magnates In Itome to arrange the 11 fn of travel during 1s coming season his revealed the e that more than four million dollars were paid to Italian railways for roundtrip round-trip tlekeU and more than one hun drea thousand tourists vWted Rome during lbS9 During last week Antonio Sal viati dIed at VenIce Though educated edu-cated fornn advocate Salviati will belxvt remembtred as the promoter of Venetian art especially he manufacture of Venetian glass VeiiletCBcVcry I schoolboy VIQIn mtruler has long teen ncicu iso I her manufactures In glass but it was not till about 1455 when the t Turks captured i Constantinople I 1 that Venice profiting by the Greek refugees re-fugees arose to emInence a the fabricator ornamental gIst sAn s-An ancient times Byzantium af tcrwards called Contantlnojile exported ex-ported vast quantities cf enamels mock pearls aud glass gems to Egypt Abyssinia and Persia but I was not till after the cat ture of Constantinople by the Turks that Venetian glassworkers weru able to produce in perfection the vase ewers Jron le goblets gob-lets flowrrtasJ tables and even bedsiisds of fantastic forms and varied burs which take uspeclaV rm e tSttt onritso 1 aasoei 1 mens ef enttn may lie I stcn at the Salvlatl emporium In St James IrheSxf Street London UY the sixteenth century the various glass wok of Venice were gradually all moved to or culected on the island e > f Murano and about this time wa antl ltfutll Invented that beautiful filigree l work n device by which the white or transparent glaM was covered with a network of glass of divers colors This invention brought both fame and envy to VenIce To en courage her Intenton the Venetian government caused a book to b made with leaves of real gold II ahuli the taints of nil master workers vero inscribed and are stil carefully pruerved provided al ways that Hwy were ever true to their country and never carried the art to other lauds In 1573 King Henry III cf France visited Venice and granted French titles of nobility to the Iradlug artists in l Tin TTnnili coin ister 1 Colbert Induced some Ve1 netian glass workers to leave their country and go to France They were granted patents of nobility nobil-ity and only received as apprentices the coin of noble famines In French history the title of Gentit lommc Vfmcr gentleman glassblower glass-blower L as respectable as that of Count The great bet Sloliere the Lord Byron of France belonged to tills class of nobility Those who have stood In Venice on the Place St Mare and looked down the long pcrsiectlve towards the sevenfold gales anti flowing domes of the cathedral thu mc alcs glittering In the sunshine with glorious prismatic pris-matic line will ever forget that scene Under Austrian rule Venetian Vene-tian art dwindled I wag to restore it to its former ixcelleuce that Sal viati lived nnd toiled Prince Bitniarcko resignation as I Minister Commerce and IU 16 tibIa continence are still the al mOt exclusive theme of discussion In Berlin and indeed iu many parts of tIn continent To contnent suppose that Irlnre Bismarcks retirement from the Ministry of Commerce Com-merce involve no modification ie policy Is n mistake fur the contrary con-trary In the case The semiofllcial papers are correct a unquestionably trrt In stating that them is entire harmony I mony between the Empcrorandtbe Chancellor In reference to the hitters I hit-ters resignation The Chancellor has only chosen the most favorable moment for resigning The fact ss public opinion has undergone art a-rt change In Germany during tbe last few years and the Jmperer Iu his Journey ings through the Km i hire must hive I seen that many cf 1 the 1 leading i mlnJiof Germany were In ollualtion to Prince Bljnarcka I commercial policy I was noticed a few mouths ago that the Eni perrs speeches had changed intone in-tone The downright rebulT that 11 il lt I Prints Bismarcks policy received from the Reichstag on lie nntl o < lallt bill has no doubt hid in influence The Prince manifests I his displeasure by resigning the letter nflire bile he still retains the portfolio of Minister of State I Xo doulit the German ReiclKlag I I itsnjeclluii of the nutlsoIall bill has howJ a who conIileriUuii for the principles of cnu ttutioiial I HVerty and n remarkable courage curare and freedom trw prejudice In yin dIctating those principle The air cumUincfs were not favorable to this denouement The Reichstag ha registered its verdict Meanwhile Mean-while each inenitcr must hae felt that he was taking his fate In his own banJs On the eve of gene el cal I election I has been called upon 1 decide a question iiijjortcd by triuoa Bis marc and rudortcti by the chief men of tho nation It was I inipo lble however not to recog nle thfll III I11 nlm1 n c r blow at the liberty of the subject Iud I-ud would place in Ibo hanoi cf Prince Bismarck and his successor an ininiensui rserutlnz power The Reichstag this and to its honor refused tu wick at It With every er enoial Inducement to follow the government it threw out the bill hy l an overwhelming majority The preparations for the general rlcxtlon are now in full wlllg and the cry of the impcrlilstaiul conservativexte Down with the Democrats Like many another flection er this is delusive The Issue before the elec torn was put very plainly and with chivalric fairness in the forcible peeeh of Prince XuCharolath I chonnlcl last Salun lh electors ore now ritieahly called upon l choose between falrlln for German iiaagresaive Ighf lICIe Ihoghl on one hand and the nld grasping place aC hunting aristocracy on thu other Democracy f a form of Idealism which can contribute its CI ootriLule 11 quota to the forces of national progress and to shut its mouth Is to establish a ttlblb dangerous lirecudent dangerous limitation on the rights tlAngrous rihl ttO pie But the peril is not confined to the curtailment of personal liber ty it also involves a degradation of political ideal Men who are no longer permitted to labor for their countrys good according t thedlc fates tf their conscience become a dangerous element In society The government cannot affijrdMo treat its subjects harshly to lose the morn rol ants energy of so many ener s J ofils npIc The opening of the British Parliament Parlia-ment does not crew 1 attract that attention which ono mglit expect htexPt owing likely to the act that no dominant Issue will come beloreit It Peace still stands nn all over the continent a heavy sword by her side and ponderous armor on her limbs Iwery year adds to the na tional burdens and develops International Inter-national apprehension of the dread results The BritishPortuguese embrogllo seems 10 Ui In a fair way of settlement sette ment arbitration Lord Salisbury however has been able to diffract publicattention from the fault of ma aaminutraUcn by alleged outrages out-rages on tho British flag some fme u here In the heart of Africa By posing hlm < clf as tie brave defender defend-er of British Interest Salisbury has renewed his lease of power In f there are those who claim that political capital was made of the Gordon celebration in Trafalgar Square on the IBth of TIalg all will remember Gordon n killed at Kharum JanClSShnnd in ISIS a pleudid statue of him was V Ili Trafalgar Square The Ute pilgrimage t the shrine of tbe lamented Gen Gordon tbel1menltd Gonon was not necessarily polltlcaibutthe speeches that were nndo plainly intimated intImt that Jf a Salisbury ministry had mini h then held power Gordon would not have died J H WARD |