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The herald., 1898-01-30

OF raised gold and white aigrette and
feathers. 'iiO
The mother of the bridegroom, ,vos t.,
black silk, with half low blouse nd 80 -
per skirt cut out in long points CO.. aet
with flower embroidery in rn,,1tiao, ~.
shades. The underskirt was h,oo,.
MORE. Belt, long ruched s,eo,,ou Diach !,
, ,ram5n5 sash ends We're of blacl,
mousseline de sole. A tuft of rosos oao o
worn on the right shoulder e' was
Inc four bridesmaids wore s,,;,..
bod; se-pink MORE velour, with
chiffor ~ tucked chiffon and long
,.aii sasnes' Their hats were of mini,
us4to.' trimmed with black tins and
VIII oiack velet under the brim
hs the guests was a beau+if,,1
."lne VA united peau-de-soie gown or.
ialeeo with black and emerald en,1,'oi
10y anu with old Brussels lace ~
po.h skirt and bodice. A becomins VOL al
vee toque' OF the same shade &C 49,
gown was trimmed with white ost, ;
Lea 'iiers ana shaded chrysantben,,,,,.s,
10 enhance this costume was q hans
soilie emerald green velvet and a,.,,i,.
cape, draped with lace. eiiiiihe
L nave seen number of nratt,,
lhee costumes within a few 60
prominent among them one of , 49, .
purple cloth, with square yoke slna1Das
basque and tablier in white Lace r,
white lisse blouse of this drass H. me
fitness caught up with a row, 90 go us
pearls, so as to expand in Tho
into a double jabot. At the woist u LUZ.
a sash of Roman ribbon. Tn tho 80, "as
when the hat came off as the o,,a ma!r'
rose. appeared a cabbage bow oe rI
yellow silk. paie
other interesting frocks were flow,
blue grey cloth dress. tba ho'5in -
braided in black and finished u ,t'
white satin pipings. The small oo mi.h
cuffs and plastron were Of t,,ai., So,
white satin, and the finishiner touo heu
were given by a jeweled belt ana sn.'
large straw buttons. 'ouiie
Item: black cloth skirt. bro;as
from top to bottom with marrow, ,'i
braidings set horizontally: this r,ita
Russian blouse of dark red velvet hona
ed perpendicularly with sable. fastano,,
with large paste buttons and haItra
with gold; these with a black yei,,o.
toque trimmed with sable tails
Item; a dress of dark green o,o.,.
with trimmings of chinchilla ona
green velvet toque decked with prim-
roses
Item; slate-grey cloth dress with
plain skirt and tight-f1ttne. ooat
bodice made notable by the arrance-
ment of black velvet worked with a
trellis design in fin silk braid which
did duty as trimming.
ELLEN OSBORN.
1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-01-30
BOotbIack, Past and Present. -l888=l89S.

winter. The work is done In no tYme,
and when he pays for his "shine" the
money is received by neatly dressed
girl, who sits behind the cashiers desk.
There are glass showcases in which
different kinds of polish are exhibited,
and in which a bewildering array Of
brushes, shoe-laces, and similar sup
plies are laid out.
This story tells something more than
the rise of one plucky Italian boy from
rags and poverty to a respected posi-
| ZION among business men; it relates the
eVolutlon OF the bootblack in this coun-
| wy Ihe street urchin who shined the
shoes OF most Americans ten or fifteen
| years ago mas disappeared from our
sresbl cftles, or is found with his kit
Sung across his shoulder only in tla
pains ana side streets. His place has
I zen taken by men and boys, mostly
i'aiiiHs' VINO nave neatly kept chairs
Mnefe their customers find nearly an
ohe comforts which they obtain in a
parpef SHOP or a store Most Of tbaso
STANDS are owned, not by the men wbo
work at them, but by "padrones,, ~,
are IKE. Mr.. Tony, except that thoi,
operations are not carried on on ca a.,
tehslve scale. The work of sbi,,in..
shoes, as it is conducted in Now WI,
ana the other large eastern cities -
risen TO the dignity of a business 80
we may next expect to hear of D.. -.
PACK trust. Tory's income fro,,, 49,
uiHerent places cannot he ,,,,ol MS
Inan four hundred dollars No. less
Ailat is more than is taken IN h.,
man who would object to ba n.any
BUSINESS compared to that of Us us
wealthy padrone. OniS
There are several other nt,,.
View York who have built IN a,tn IN
business along the lines fo,Ion.
Iony. one OF them holds the 49, ~
piack franchise on most Of +ta Doot-
mat ply about the city. His a,,,,', iiles
"ne young Italians, and thew arc ~
quireo 10 give strict accouuntin. re-
eno OF each day Of all the men, q. lhe
~ 'ahen IN; every boy must ro,,o..
each evening at the padrone's oe, epore
", aiiu slreet. There he is searched -.
aii the money that he has is TO l,a,, e' a'lo
,iiii' .ie boys are not even aIIovoa -
Keep the extra tips which thew raoa, ~
from klnd-hearted passengers
AS d result of this system the how
resort TO all kinds of tricks to oo,'
the real amount of their earn,nes Ga
OF them have hiding places where 1 tIn's
conceal few nickels and dimes durins s
the times of their visit to the nadro ing
"A more common method of cheatir e
the tyrant is worked with the eid
the bootback's chum. PART of al ~
money is handed over to the chm, me me
later is divided between the two T Thu
padrone employs detectives to watnh
MS boys, but the youngsters usuaIIu
manage to elude the officers. Most ~
the young Italians. however. even
those OF the poorest class, are varv
honest and it is doubtful if the bovs
would resort to these schemes to bo1d
pack part of their earnings did thew
not feel that they are imposed upon by
tne hard terms of an overbearing EN-.
ployer. eiii-
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate
The herald., 1898-01-30
EVOLUTION OF BOOTBLACK.
Once in Rags He Knelt at Your Feet But Nowa>
days In Neat Uniform He Po1ishes Your
Shoes at the Foot Of Brass Bound Throne

could sit while their boots were being
polished.
The days are not long in the big ex-
change. Business goes on only from
ten in the morning till three in the af-
ternoon, but Tony did not stop working
after the brokers had gone home. He
hurried away with his wooden box to
one of the ferries, where he worked as
hard as he could till the hurrying,
home-going crowds had disappeared
The young italian soon began to lay
by money. His customers liked him
and were liberal when they had been
The herald., 1898-01-30

up for perhaps a week. Then we could
skate over all the pond except a space
or perhaps quarter of an acre at the
mead, where the stream ran dn. 1t had
swift turbulent current and the water
foamed and frothed at great rate
when 1t ram against the strong, firm
Ice. Much of this foam froze, forming
great milk white masses, some of which
piled themselves high up on the edge
of the ice, while some floated about in
circles on the eddying surface Of the
unfrozen stream.
To this frozen foam some one gave
the name of cotton" and thoughtless-
~ we began at once to gather" 1T. 1t
was dangerous work, of course, for the
edge or the ice was weak and crllmbling
from the wearing effect of the stream.
But the danger only added to the sport.
And at first we did the gathering in
comparatively safe fashion, for we
either brought the frozen foam to the
edge with long poles, or formed lines
of half dozen or so boys, the gatherer
holding on to the one next him with
one hand; he to the next and so on.
Some one of the older boys, who
scorned gathering cotton" as trivial
amusement, jeered at what they termed
our cowardice, and after that whoever
INDUCED in the r1rilous fun did so
without help. For there was nothing
that cut the boys of our village SO to
the quick as to be called afraid"
Now, If there was any boy in the VIII
lage who possessed the curious cow
ardice that shrinks from an imputation
on his personal daring, more than any
other, 1T was T. Undoubtedly my in
tense feeling in this direction was due
chiefly to the fact that was at heart
more of a coward than most boys, and
have sometimes fancied that many
so-called brave deeds have sprung from
this same sort Of cowardice.
AT all events, I was one of the first
to gather cotton" without help. and,
The herald., 1898-01-30

There is a certain broker in Wall
street whose career furnishes a most
remarkable story, of a kind that can
scarcely be found anywhere except in
our own country. 1t is the story of a
rise from ignorance and poverty to
wealth and affluence,-the sort of tale
with which American history abounds,
though it seldom offers such contrast
as in this instance. The broker is a
handsome, middle-aG-1 italian; we will
call him Tony, since that Is the name
by which his friends know him.
The herald., 1898-01-30

- PEW YORK, Jan. 21-Lookine
mi over some good gowns, "lately
n landed" l was surprised, il
spite of previous knowledge
at the popularity of MORE an
tique for dressy afternoon wear
Heavy silks with body to them are
what a majority of wel-dressed womer
have pinned their affections to. These
silks are required to be of solid color
black by preference and MORE antique
very especially. Perhaps wine color
ranks next to black; the old-fashoned
shade, old enough to belong to the
days when blue was blue" as a wo-
man said despairingly the other day.
and nobody asked whether you meant
ciel or peacock or powder or which one
of twenty other kinds"
Wine colored silk can be had figured:
few other silks in daylight tints can.
my dear, they are not worm" de-
voted dressmaker remarked the other
day in a that-settles-it tone. OF
course not. How can you figure goods
If you embroider and fiounce them ?
Even in fashions there is a certain
hanging together of things.
Black silk, relieved at throat and
waist by any becoming bright color
and made to glsten like the SIN ravs
by jeweled blouse front; dark blue
silk frightened by collar and s,s,, 80
pale blue velvet, wine color COT oee -,
blue. or dark green CONTRASTING VIII,
straw color or pale green; all these ~
accepted and desirable comhina 80 q.
for calling or carriage dresses ~. .iots
ternoon receptions. oA al
AT the house of a certain soo,.
leader, who gives musical aftar,ol'l
and calls them, after the Frano1, oii'
ner, matinees, there was an i,,a,, is'i-
crowd Yesterday. The program vas VS.
an excellent one and the dinina 90, "as
furnished pleasant retreat to thora
who tired of the dulcet sounds ~ ,is e
or voice. The guest of the aftarnon'
a young French countess, was alahor
ately dressed i'm pale grey silk 49,
made the millinery hit of the occo sio .a
Her gown was cut in the princess mod
and was laced up the back. whera ~
was tight-f1tting. In front it was l1ra,a,s
in loose folds across the bust. the dran
cry being fixed at the left-hand sida
by Knot OF ermfne and white satin
ribbon. A narrow band of ermlne edged
the bottom Of the skirt and also 9ha
The herald., 1898-01-30
ELLEN OSBORN'S FASHION LETTER.

| yoke of the bodice, where it outlined a
guimpe of white lace over white satin.
The tab-like eqaulettes were also of err
sleeves. A pale grey velvet toque with
| sweeping white plumes was the fitting
| accompaniment of this ideal costume.
Second in point of the attention it at
| tracted, perhaps quite as beautiful, was
| costume of powder-blue cloth, en-
broidered with fluted velvet in two
shades of darker blue and hemmed
with chinchilla. The smart Robes
pierre coat of the same material was
held in with a jeweled belt of tea-rose
satin antique; it had revers of the satin
gathered near the large chinchilla col
lar, with kerchief ends run in and out
of the two straps that fastened the
coat across the front, the straps them
selves being held by old French enamel
buttons, set in paste. The white silk
blouse was trimmed with fine embroi-
derry and Breton lace and was fastened
at the side with small paste and tur-
quoise buttons. A chinchilla tooue on
which was perched a tropical bird with
brilliant blue plumage, finished this
toilette.
At one or two of the fashionable res
taurants, both at dinner time and when
the theatres close, you have a chance
of inspecting the best modes in the
city for certain festive uses. At a t,or-
ner table at one such resort the other
night one of the dozen women who
spend the most money on clothes of all
the society people of the East was to
be seen in a rich and stately black vel
vet robe, the entire bodice studded
with diamonds. Brlliants were cIus-
tered closely below the waist and made
a broad stripe of light down every
seam.
A young married lady who sat at the
same table wore a princess gown Of a
delicate silver grey moire imperisle
trimmed with sable and having sleevas
and corsage of white lace over white
satin. She had light blue ribbon
about her neck, as is coming to be
much the mode, and this was studded
with opals and diamonds.
Two or three weddings during the
week have been made memom to |
circles outside the immediate family
by unusual dress displays At one. the
mother of the bride wore a snlandid |
costume of wine-colored velvet the
tablier Of which was richly ornamented
with guipure and embroidered with |
gold and silver as we'll as with 6ne
chenille in shades Of pink: the tigbt
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a dry-goods merchant does for his big
store, and justly he may claim the title
or king of the Bootblacks."
When customer now goes into one
of Tony's shining establishments, he
finds a very different place from the
bootblack stand as it was when "the
King of the Bootblacks' first began his
career, a ragged gamin of the streets.
He sits in a comfortable chair uphol-
stored in fine leather, the morning pa
per is thrust into his hand to read,
there is an electric fan to keep him
cool in summer and plenty of heat in
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moreover, I continued to gather it long
after / had proved my right not to be
dubbed afraid, and in spit, of the fact
that every time I repeated the achieve
ment, could, as in vision, see my
self slipping into the dark and rushing
current. Finally my brother warned
me.
IF ever you should fall in," he said,
you'd be carried straight under the
ice and no mistake; and then there'd
The herald., 1898-01-30
He Showed the Rail Almost in My Hands. -

The year before had ground my own
skates along With those of my chum.
He had turned the crank while l, serene
in the belief that l knew all about
sharpening flats, had held the irons to
the stone. The result had been disas-
trous. Instead of holding the irons
square and true. thus securing a per-
fectly flat bottom and sharp square
edges, had round bottoms and edges
duller than when | began. Now there
was a great rivalry between my broth
The herald., 1898-01-30

with my brother and whomever else I
raced with. But it led to many back
ache before the ice broke up.
All this by way of introduction. I
started out to tell about the gathering
of cotton"
The pond froze over the night after
my fathers prediction, as he said it
would, and two days later we were able
to skate over nearly every part of it.
Over the deepest places. near the dam,
the ice remained too thin to hear ,1s
The herald., 1898-01-30

bodice was also embroidered and had
epaulettes and talbot OF white lace
worked with diamonds A small ca
pote completed the dress, with crown
The herald., 1898-01-30

- PEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Looking
nj over some good gowns, lately
landed" I was surprised, in
SDite of DreyiOuS knowIedpe
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1898-01-06
Alabama PODulists,

Memphis, Tenn, Dec 3O.-A special to
the Commercial-Appeal from Birming-
ham, Ala, says:
The populist state legislative commit
tee, at meeting he'd here tdoay, called Il
state convention to meet on the first We'd
nesday in May to nominate full state
tickes including a candidate for governor
and all state Offices. At the same time Il
convention will also be held TO nominate
candidates for judicial and chancery of
fees. n committee was appointed to Sc
lect the place for these conventions. The
majority of this committee favor Birming-
ham. The basis of representation to the
state convention will be one delegate to
every two hundred populst votes. Late
tonight the committee issued lengthy adj
dress urging all populists to abstain from
participation in the democratic primaries,
denOuncing the democratic party for up-
holding alleged fraudulent elections and
for the alleged unequal division of the
state school funds, and inviting all oppos-
ton, to the democracy to unite in support
of the populst ticket. The populist policy
will be along the middle-of-t he-road lines
as mapped out at the recent conferences
in Nashville and st. Louis, and strong
bid will, it is stated, be made for repub-
lican support, it being understood that
the latter party will not put out a state
ticket. Congressman VI. Whohard, pop
ulist, of the South district. will probably
be the nominee for governor.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1898-01-06
JULIAN COUNTERS NEATLY.
Says Corbctt Can Talk His jaw or
without Result.

Chicago, Dec. 3O.-"We shall pay no
attention to it." said Martin Julian today
when asked what he and Fit2simmons
would do in regard to Corbett's formal
challenge to the champion. FitZsimmonS
himself refused to discuss the subject in
accordance with his new plan of opera
TONS which is to let Julian do all the
talking.
I'VE have told Corbctt what he can
do" continued Julian. Bob did not
want to re-cntcr the ring at all. but at
last | persuaded him to promise to fight
again on certain conditions. These were
also explicitly stated that he would con-
slider fighting only two mcn-Corhctt and
McCoy-and that he should fight them
only after Corhctt had defeated Maher
and after Mccoy had defeated a man
named ny me- | have named Choynski
for Mccoy to fight Now, Corbett may
wear himself out talking about betting
$4,000 that he can whip FitzSimmons.
Concerning Mccoy and Choynski."
Julian said 81 am going to hold Mccoy to
his promise that he would give Choynski
the next show at him. lie can not get
ont of it by saying Choynski must come
down to 15S pounds, for he knows Joe
can not do that"
Julian admitted that if Mccoy insisted
that he wanted 10 fight no man outside of
the middle weight limit he Julian) might
consent to name n middle weight ''but,"
he said, ut will not he Walcott nor will
il be Tommy Ryan"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1898-01-06
He LOVES CUBA TOO WELL.
SENIOR GOWN SAYS HE WILL NOT
ACCEPT A PLACE IN THE AU-
TONOMIC CABINET.
RETURNS FROM THE PATRIOT CAMP
Sylvester ScOveIl BACK From His
Visit to Gomez-Papers Which
Published Weyler's Protest to -
BE Prosecuted.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 30.-Antonio Gown,
who has been offered the place Of minis
ter of interior in Cuba, will not accept. he
was the founder of the autonomist party
in Cuba, but has no political aspirations
now,
II will never return to Cuba" said
Senior Gown, Sin a political character. J.
have given up politics, and especially the
politics which would aid in the establish
ment Of Spanish authority in my beloved
island"
Yes" he continued, 81 have seen the
newspaper item which places my name
in the cabinet. But have received no
official information of such an appoint
ment, and in view of criticism in this
country on the action of Senior Calvez and
Senior Montro in accepting such places it
would be inconsistent in me to follow in
their steps. Il must be remembered that
l have never been counted among the rev.
olutionists in Cuba, but that was we'd
ded to the interests of my native island as
against the interest even of Spain herself.
When the peace of San Juan was signed
it became evident that the old method
of governing Cuba was at an end. The
people of Cuba are of Spanish blood, and
naturally there is that tradition of race
which made many of them feel kindly to
the old peninsula. These men deemed that
it was possible to be true to Cuba and
loyal to Spain at the same time, and they
organized the autonomic party, whose pur-
pose was the preservation of Spanish con-
nection and the conservation of Cuban in
terests. In all this we failed and the
war was inevitable. My views of the
Cuban question will not allow me to ac-
cept the offered place."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1898-01-06
DistiIlers to Pool.

Louisville, Ky, Dec. 30.-Leading Ken
lucky distillers have inaugurated move
ment for pool of the big stocks of past
years. 1t is claimed that SOC, 900 barrels
of whisky will be put into the pool. A
common distributor will be employed.
The whisky firms at Cincinnati. st. Louis,
Peoria, Chicago and other places are in
terested in the enterprise. 1t develops
that the following committee is in charge
of the matter: John NJ. Anterior of
Louisville, chairman; George w. Harris
of Cincinnati, Nicholas Walsh of Gin
cinnati, George w. Swearingen and John
G. Roach of Louisville, X. Monarch of
Owensboro.
Nothing definite has been accomplished.
The meetings have been purely informal.
According to the plan as proposed it is
intended to form Il corporation with
president and n board of managers. The
corporation would become distributing
company, controlling the leading brands
and fixing the prices.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1898-01-06
Defective Court Martial Law.

Washington. Dec. 3O.-rhc naval au-
th0ritics have long regarded the provi-
Sions of rvisting laws relating to the
administration of justic" rs defective in
that naval courts martial are not en-
nowcr to secure the attendance and tes-
'imony of civilian witnesses. 1t often
happens that important facts are cX-
'lusivcly known hv civilians and their
testimony is required by almost every
Important naval court martial. Ii rarely
lappcnS that witnesses that can avoid
- doing are willing to appear in such
asses. Secretary Long says from IN
'vaminntion of legislation on this sub
Get it does not appear by any means
lear that congress intends to leave
'ougt martial in such 4 position. He
lHs submitted to the house naval COM
uittcc II draft of u hill to remedy these
wills without giving the naval courts
Undue authority. The first section in
rolvcs only an extension 20 the judge
,dvocatc of naval courts martial and
'ourts of inquiry of powers now pos
csscd by judges advocate of army
'ourts This section has been drawn
n conformity with ihr similar design
o meet precisely the same difficulty
which had arisen in the British service,
providing for ccrtiticatiun for contempt.
T necessary. to the nearest United
states court for punishment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1898-01-06
THIS IS "sETTLEMENT DAY."
Closing Scenes in the Letter Wheat
DenI VIII He Enacted.

Chicago, Dec 30-The closing scenes of
the Letter deal in December wheat will
have been enacted by 2 o'clock tomorrow
and the curtain lung down on everything
of a speculative nature pertaining to the
huge affair. BY that time, too, there will
have been delivered about 9,OOOOOO bush
els of wheat if anything like the recent
rate of increase in stocks of contract
wheat holds good tomorrow. Today's
action of the market and the enormous
purchases of December by the Letter
brokers' seem proof that there is no De
ccmber shortage now outstanding. 1t
was this fact as much as anything else
which made the trade bearish despite Il
very bullish array of news for the day. 1t
is generally expected that the great deal
will be wound UP without the sensations
that were looked for earlier in the month.
The plucky manner in which all of the
cars of wheat had been taken in by Letter,
and the liberal way in which the May OPP
tons had been bought led to a revulsion
in the feeling on the curb after the board
had closed. The report was current that
the British had called out their naval re-
serves, and the news threw the bears lto
a panic. The May price rushed up from
02 1-Sc to 81 7-Sc, while calls were
frantically bid up from SO IL to "a 7-Sc.