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low chiffon has its brim outlined with
black velvet. A scarf Of white lisse
treated with black appliques Is twisted
about the brim and huge bunch OF
ospreys mods on the left side. unoer
the brim are yellow flowers.
A toQue Of hyacinth blue chtnon Is
trimmed with the inevitable Parma
violets. Four shaded violets tips stand
up on one side and fan Of lace dec
crates the front.
Hats that have very little to do with
Easter are slouched felts In grey or
blue, with miniature muskets crossed
on the front; these appear at almost
every street corner.
A charming toilette in heliotrope and
leaf green comprises dress, hat ana
parasol. A fine woollen grenadine OF
dull heliotrope is hung over leaf green
silk. The bodice Is made up Of leaf
green velvet. ivory guipure and grena-
dine. The hat is of green chenille
straw, draped with heliotrope chiffon
scarf and finished with Parma violets
and green velvet rosettes. The parasol
is of dull heliotrope glace.
A second effective Easter costume il
made Of one Of the thin and silky WOOL
len textures that have the clinging ef-
feet of nuns yelling, though, of course.
being new, they are not called by that
name, lest their right to be more ex-
pensive should be questioned. A very
sheer black yelling, let us say, Is
draped over an undergown Of lime
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"'Got any money! said he, looking
at me pretty sharp. 'Ye hain't?
Thought mebby ye might hev a nickel
or sunthin. Never min, it's all right
Polly. I'm goin' ter Moo Yo'k meself
an I'll learn we how ter git thar.
likes ye pus'nally, Polly, eff I don't take
no stock in yer name an I'm goin' ter
treat yer white. But I'm sorter hurted
ye see, an ven hef ter chip in an help
a feller. See thet house over yonder.
ter eat. It's good place an they won't
hurt We; l seen the marks onto the
gate Yesterday. Begin? Now dom We
be no fool, Polly. I'm a holy terrer.
am, when wunst / gifts ugly. You go
long an git the grub, an ole Rustyll
do the rest
"They We're real nice to me, Sam
my, at the house: only they kept ask
ing questions, and I'm afraid l told
some more stories. Do you know, Sam
my. if ever ! should lie again I'd feel
just like a tramp? The folks fed me
all 1 could eat-oh! but it was good
and they let me have some more to
eat on the road. When I showed it to
Rusty and told him I'd had mine, he
gobbled up every bit of it.
Purity fair fer a kid he said, as he
finished the pie in about two bites.
You'll do. Polly. / knowed ye could
work it. Now I'm goin' ter use we fair
an give we jest a leetle of this. Most
fellers wouldn't divvy. bein' as We
didn't turn in no money; but amt
mean, an it'n do ye good
He had got some beer in an old tin
can. l took just one smell: guess it
was mostly the can I smelt. 1t was
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salmon can-once. 1 thought he'd be
mad, but he didn't seem to mind.
Haf ter git over that sorter fool
ishness, Polly was all he said, and he
gulped the stuff down at one swallow.
Then he fixed himself up a kind of
coat out of some burlaps he found tied
round a peach tree. He cut holes for
his arms, and fastened the thing on
with pieces of string. After while we
went back near the depot, and waited
behind the fence till a freight train
came along. He'd got a board that
was a little longer than / am. I amt
in no shape ter go long with ye jist
yit.' he said, but bein' ye're in sich
a KILN resh, I'll git ye started right
So we crawled under a car, and he
laid the board lengthwise on one of the
trucks. l was awfuily scared, but he
said it was easy as sliding down hill.
'Jist hump up yer back agin the
bottom of the car, eff she goes ter wob-
blin,' he said, an ye better keep yer
eyes shet, mostly. An don't ye try ter
git out till she's dead sure stopped
80 1 squeezed in, and lay along the
board, fiat on my stomach. Pretty
soon the engine started, and for about
a minute I thought twas going to be
a picnic. The ties just under me looked
| like a smooth plank walk, and when I
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told him a nasty little lie about my
uncle meeting me there. 1 couldn't
seem to help it, but 1 felt sick: I'd
started out to be patriot and not a
liar. You don know. Sammy, how
much meanness there is IN you I'LL you
begin running away.
"At Buffalo l got banana and some
more doughnuts. don't like bananas
much-they taste so soapy-but l
thought I'd better be getting used to
them. hadn't much money left, but l
got on another train.
This time, though, the conductor
wasn't half so good-natured as those
others. When he found 1 couldn't pay
he seemed to get pretty mad. l heard
him say to the brakeman not to fire
me till they got to Rochester. and then
to put me in charge of the police. That
scared me. and l slipped off the cars
at little bit of station, don't know
just where.
TT was dark, and they locked up the
depot right away. Only one man had
got off, and he drove away in wagon.
There were hardly any houses. and it
looked like rain; but at last I found
straw stack in field, with holes where
the sheep had eaten in at the bottom,
so 1 crept under and made sort of
nest,-and it really wasn't so bad as
you'd think.
Early in the morning I was walked
up by somebody yelling. l crawled out
in a hurry. and saw it was an awful
looking tramp with his clothes on fire,
dancing round and clawing at himself.
He'd got off his coat and 1 helped him
rip away part of his shirt; but his
shoulder was burned some, and his
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New York, April S.-The sun that
dances Easter morning will have fine
chance to note between measures to
what degree Of common sense in dress
we have attained. The idea that has
been definitely accepted for the coming
summer Is capable of a far more grace
full and beautiful development than
any fashion that has been imposed on
us in good many years.
Periodically, 1t seems, we go back to
the Greek; we take soft, supple stuffs
and please ourselves with draping them
in long. unbroken lines. The one thing
we require of a garment In these
moods, Is that 1t must "fow." Curve
must melt into curve, and, instead of
serving as an Indifferent foundation to
be built upon with an unrelated struc-
ture covered witt. nondescript decora-
tions, the body must mould its cover
ings, must be treated as the living core
The herald., 1898-04-16

Church Around the Corner is William
Brandon, young man of fourteen,
whose voice has the sympathetic quail
ity of a woman's to a remarkable de-
gree. Listeners in the congregation fire.
quently refuse to believe that it is not
a woman who is singing, so remark
ably sweet is his voice. It is especial
ly well adapted to such solos as Sweet
Is Thy Mercy, Lord" "As Pants the
Heart" and others which require depth
of feeling and facility of expression.
Master Brandon has sung in two cities
of the Empire State, having started his
career as a choir boy at the age of
nine years in st. Johns Church at
Troy.
Two of the best boy soloists in Bos-
ton are Willie Barnes, aged eleven. and
Henry Donlan, aged fourteen. Master
Willie Barnes is a soloist at Emmanuel
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continues to be a choir boy in the same
church in which he has sung for six
years. This is due to the fact that he
has developed most remarkable fall
setto. instead of the usual masculine
tenor or baritone.
Chicago's favorite choir-boy Is Mas
ter George F. Meader, soloist of Grace
Church. He is a beautiful child, but
though thirteen years old looks scarce
ly eleven. His voice, though WONDER
fully sweet. is most remarkable for its
perfect intonatiOn and exquisite ex-
preston. Master Meader is a Minne-
apolis boy, and at the age Of seven en-
tered the surpliced choir Of the Church
of Gethsemane in that city. 1t Is said
that, as baby. he was passionately
fond Of music, and that he began to
sing as he learned to talk. He is q
genuine little artist with well-trained
voice Of rare quality. Besides all that,
he is jolly boy, full of mischief, and
his great brown eyes sparkle with fun
and good mature.
There are many other good soloists In
the various churches in different cities
throughout the country, but these are
sufficient to show that nowadays there
Is a brilliant, though naturally brief,
career for any boy with good voice
who is willing to attend service regu-
larly every Sunday, and at other times
when needed, and to give up three af-
ternoons or evenings week for re-
hearsals. The pay, in most cases. 10
not large, the ordinary choir-boy re-
ceiy wing anywhere from forty to eighty
dollars a year for his services, and the
soloists only a few hundred. Cases
have have been known where boy
soloist was paid as high as one thou
sand dollars a year, but this is very
unusual They frequently make a lit
tie extra in concert work, but in many
cases boys are glad to sing for the ex-
cellent musical education which they
receive. One little fellow-a soloist,
too, told me that he would be willing
to sing even II he wasn't paid, just be-
cause he liked the music, but of course
this devotion to art. is rather rare in
one so young.
ANNIE LAURIE WOODS.
Copyright 1898. by The International
Literary and News Service.
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Church. He is a newcomer, having en-
tered the choir only last winter, but he
is already becoming popular as con-
cert singer. He is pupil of Mr..
George L. Osgood, of the above church,
whose long experience and continued
success as choirmaster has made him
one of the best judges of boys voices
in Boston.
Master Henry Donlan of St. Paurs
Church is considered by musical critics
to be most phenomenal singer. He
can sing with perfect ease to G sharp
in alto, and his selections are rendered
in such artistic style that he has
earned the right to be ranked with the
best adult professionals. His famous
Easter solos are angels, Roll the Rock
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Eu[EN 0SB0RN'S
FASHION LETTER

ceeds usually in making a woman so
nearly into the likeness of a trussed
turkey. The best dressed women I
know are following this Greek law that
we have given ourselves very literally
as regards their reception and dinner
gowns, their carriage dresses and cos
tunes for all occasions of state and
ceremony. They recognize that 1t Is
the ideal law for stately motion. for
dignity and beauty and grace and ease
in a drawing-room. They recognize.
too, that II they were to apply it to
their tailor dresses and were then to
rush to catch a street car'the motion Of
their heels would remind onlookers Of
steamship propeller kicking up a
white swirl. When Diana went a-hunt-
ing she killed her draperies above her
knees. I have seen a stately, slow
moving Arab in Cairo pick up his cling
ing silk robe and throw it over his arms
when he ran for a trolley, but wo-
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Good boy soloists are rarer than robins
in winter, and when a new one is dis
covered there is a great scramble
among choirmasters to get him."
In reply to the query as to his prefer
ences for male or female voices, Mr..
bod said that the boys voice is no bet
ter fitted for church anthems than a
womans but so far as the singing is
concerned, boy choirs are somewhat
unsatisfactory to the trainer-not be-
cause they do not render the music sat
isfactorily, but because just at the time
the choirmaster is congratulating him
self that he has at last succeeded in
getting his choir into perfect condition.
some of his best singers lose their
voices-perhaps forever, perhaps only
for years, but they are lost to the So
prano side of the chancel, in any case"
The present soloist at the Little
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of them. At one time and another we
have carried this thought SO far as al
most to require, like the Romans, the
services Of a ''vestiplica" or clothes
folder. a maid especially educated to
adjust draperies in graceful plaits af-
ter a garment had been put on.
This Easter season the classic mania
Is upon us. Every gown must sweep
in long, slow curves, breaking mysteri-
ously in rippling waves at the feet.
Nearly every species Of trimming in use
has for it's purpose the hiding of juno
tions. Revers, collars, cuffs. flounces
are all cut Zen forme," so that one part
of a garment may widen or narrow out
of another as If by some law Of growth
of its own. Vine effects, true lovers
knot, etc., in embroidery and applique,
flutter their tendrils and their waving
ends over every seam to disguise or OBJ
literate it wholly.
There is no dress that ought to be SO
beautiful: there is no dress that sue
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green silk. The yelling is cut with o
deep f1ounce at the bottom Of the skirt
and this is finished with eight almost
microscopic frills Of green baby ribbon.
The bodice is absolutely covered with
the ribbon frills and is cut down at the
neck to make room for white satin
vest covered with ruches of green and
white chiffon. The sleeves Of the veil
ing are also covered with frills and a
pretty finish is given by touches Of
lime green velvet at waist and throat.
A green straw turban goes with this
dress; it is decorated with green net
and some bracken fronds.
have seen a very similar dress made
up in blue yelling over white. The blue
was an exquisite but unnamable shade.
like so many of the new tints. which
one person might call blue and another
violet or heliotrope.
ELLEN OSBORN.
Copyright, 1898, by the International
Literary and News Service
The herald., 1898-04-16
Another Reply Of Disrae1i

Here is a new story of Disraeli. 1t
is one of his quick replies: A lady,
who had asked him to dinner, when the
Eastern Question was looming large,
inquired. Lord Beaconsfield. what are
you waiting for?" For mutton and
potatoes"
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er. He is Cambridge boy and also
leading soloist at Appleton Chapel,
Harvard College, besides his work as
soloist at st. Pauls. He has sung with
great success in the oratorio Of Eli
jah," and is engaged to sing in the
oratorio Of 1.-The Holy City" in New
York in May. besides concert singing
in the same place. He has sung in
most Of the large cities Of New Eng
land and Is frequently in demand at
musicals given at the homes Of Bos-
toms four hundred. He is a great fav-
orite with the young lady students Of
Radcliffe and t.tus College, and has
many friends in old Harvard.
Mr.. George e. Thumser Of Mt. Cal
vary Church, Baltimore has overcome
the insuperable difficulty to most boys
of the inevitable change Of voice, for
though nineteen years of age, he still
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Novel Gowns for Easter Wear.

man can't do that on Broadway;
wherefore the woman who walks in
skirts after the Greek does so with a
waddle. Now the tailor dress, in other
words the street dress, is precisely that
upon which modistes are trying most
laboriously to demonstrate the Greek
idea; which illustrates the occasional
perversity of dressmakers and gives
the sun of Easter morning his oppor-
tunity.
One Of the prettiest Easter hats I
have seen is of the favorite iris blue
straw; its crown rises out Of the sword
like leaves and the flowers Of the small
f1eur-de-lis. or Flower de luce" Of coun-
try gardens. Its brim is turned up at
the back to show flowers and silk Of
the same shade.
A simple but very "smart" hat is Of
biscuit-colored rush straw, nearly Of
the sailor shape and loaded with pop
pies shading from pink to scarlet.
A large picture hat of gathered yell
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-04
Notice To Contractors.

Sealed bids viii be received by the Montana State
University Building commission, at the office of
the architect. A. j. Gibson, Miss ouls Montana
for the construction of two buildings complete,
Science Hall and University Hall" rs per
plans and specifications in the hands of the
architect
Bids may be made to include steam heating
and plumbing or for construction OF buildings
and steam heating and plumbing separately.
Foundations for the above buildings are now
complete TO and including water table. and the
brick will be furnished by the commissioners on
the ground to the contractor at 800 per thou
sand.
Bidders are required be bona fde residents
of Montana.
Each bid must be accompanied with certified
check upen some solvent bank in Montana. pay
able 10 the order Of the commissioners, for at
least five per cent of the amount of the bid which
cheek Will he forfeited in any bidder receiv-.
ing the award shall fail TO prom pity execute a
contract with good ard sufficient suretes, other
wise to be returned to the bidder
Bids will he received up to February 10, 1898
AT , o'clock y, m.
The commissioners reserve the right TO reject
any and all bids
For further Information apply to \. j. Gibson,
architect.
Missouls, Montana, January d. 1898
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Wickes now dead. She also admitted
that she sustained marriage relations
with Joe Simon previous to their mar
riage. and after persistent inquiry she
named the periods and the place. all of
which furnished salacious evidence for
the audience. She said about the only
trouble between her and her husband
after marriage was his taking exceptions
to her laughing too much. This reproof
and her subsequent divorce had left her
in such a state that she could not laugh
any more. That's too bad" remarked
the attorney general in a semi-humorous
vein which tickled the spectators.
Her former husband. for whose loss
she asks for $4,000 was on the stand
the balance of the day. Little of his
testimony was of particular interest
The taking of evidence will probably be
concluded tomorrow
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-04
NEW JAPANESE CABINET.
Japan Is Considering the Desirability of
Creating Monopoly in Camphor.
American Consul AssuuIted.

San Francisco. Feb. 1.-The steamer
Rio de Janero. which arrived to-day
from Hong Kong and Yokohama brought
the following Oriental advices: The new
Japanese cabinet which was duly i'm
stalled on Jan. L. is composed as fol-
lows: Minister president. Marquis Ito;
minister of foreign affairs. Baron Nishi i:
finance minister, Count lnoy Ioi; minis
ter of home affairs. Siscount Yoshikawa !:
minister of education. Marquis Saionji;
minister of war. Niscount katsura: min
lister of the navy. Marquis Sago; minis
ter of agriculture and commerce. Baron
Ito Myoji; minister Of communications,
Baron Sumautsaso minister of Justice
Some Arasuke.
According To the statistics of the jap
anese customs authorities, IL foreign seal
ing schooners II British and four Amer
lean, entered Hakodate and Yokohama
during the year 1885,. Their aggregate
catches We're S.s52, decrease OF II, jl4
compared with that of 1896.
The Japanese standing squadron, con-
sisting of tho Full. Yaskima Matshma,
1tsushimH. Hashidate. Chinyen, Akitsus-
mama, Naniwa. Suma and Idsumi, has
been ordered to leave Yoke Suka for
Chinese waters on Jan. 20. shortly before
the Rio left Japan.
a Japanese paper states that the au-
thorties of the governor generals office
in Formosa are considering the desirable
ity of creating monopoly of the cam
phor business, similar to that of leaf
tobacco. with the view of increasing the
revenue.
The Cruombushun says that the French
government has officially communicated
to the Japanese government its desire TO
borrow the Pescadores in order to form
an anchorage for the French squadron.
ON Dec. "A the Japanese merchant
steamer Mariana Maru ran on IA hidden
rock of the Pescadore group and sank
Immediately. OF her so passengers and
crew seven only reached the shore The
drowned We're all Japanese.
Toxic paper states there are some
G0.000 troops In Nladivostock ready to
take the field AT moments notice.
Mr.. Sands secretary Of the United
States legation AT Seoul was assaulted
by a gang of five or six Japanese coolies
ut Nakasaki on New Years day while
walking along. No reason is known for
the assault and the matter is being in
vestigated by the local authorities.
Twenty-one people We're killed and 13
injured at Niyiagati prefecture. owing Ia
the collapse of II number of houses on
account of the heavy downfall of snow.
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TO EXAMINE THE SCHEME
A Committee Will Look Into j.
D. Mitchell's Plan.
TO DO AWAY WITH SMOKE
The Inventor Will Give a Practical
Demonstration OF His Process-It
Differs Considerably From
That of Mr.. Collins

Mayor Harrington yesterday APP
pointed city Engineer Blackford, Alder
man +. L. Melcher and Architect
Charles Lane as the committee of three
to investigate the smoke consuming
operation of j. ID. Mitchell and report
to the council. The appointment was
made in accordance with the request of
Mr. Mitchell as published in yester-
days Standard. Mr. Mitchell will eX
plain his process to the above commit
tee and give a practical demonstration.
The committee viii examine the work
ings Of the consumer carefully and re-
port to the council.
Mr.. Mitchells process for burning
carbon smoke differs somewhat from
that of Mr.. Collins. He places dam
per in the stack, which prevents the
heat and smoke from going up through
ii, and he drains IL away by means of
a blower passes it through IA gas gem
orator to point under the CRATES ana
then let's the smoke pass through the
fire once more.
I'm this way" said Mr.. Mitchell. Il
get all possible heat out of pound of
fuel There is no heat going up the
stack, nothing is wasted. Ordinarily
only 10 per cent of the possible heat
from a pound of fuel is utilized and the
rest is wasted. ! use ii all"
The above process is for burning
the carbon smoke. The consumption of
sulphur smoke is an entirely different
thing and Mr. Mitchell proposes to
tackle it in another way.
Il do not pretend to burn the sulphur
smoke" said Mr.. Mitchell. lit is gen
orally remarked that that is not pos
Sibe, although | am inclined to believe
that anything can be burned if you
have fire hot enough. / think | could
burn it in a big furnace. but not in Il
small one. However, / have another
plan for the sulphur smoke, and
whether it is burned or not will prob
ably make no difference as long as we
get rid Of it, Ny plan includes drawing
the smoke by Il strong draft through
the ore stalls and force it through a
bath. / hope to show "a practical test
in a few days and am making arrange
ments for it now. | believe the expen-
dture Of $4,000 would effectually get
rid of all the sulphur smoke in Butte
Not in more than a year has the
smoke been as bad in Butte as it WAS
Wednesday evening. The storm of yes
terday cleared the air and was q great
relief. Any kind of weather is better in
Butte than smoky weather. Some of
the aldermen who We're discussing the
smoke question yesterday We're inclined
to the view that the only way to effect
ually get rid of the smoke is to have
big stacks or tiues running along the
ground and up the hillsides so as to
carry the smoke over the mountains.
as is done at the Anaconda shelters.
The expense of this would be so great
that it is doubtful if it is ever done.
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PARLIAMENT OPENED.
The Largest Attendance in the History of
the Dominion.

Ottawa, Ont, Feb. 3.-Never in the
history of the Dominion was there such
a large attendance ut the opening of par
lament as there was to-day. This sp-
plies To the representatives of parlia-
ment as we'll as To the public. o-day's
proceedings We're merely formal. Notice
was given of the appointment of par
liamentary committee To inquire into
the circumstances connected with the
purchase of the Drummond county rail-
way by the Dominion government.
The senate. in the last session. threw
out this bill after charging that there
was corrupt deal in connection With
the purchase. There was a state dinner
at the government house tonight
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with the secretary of state to-day the
articles of Incorporation of the World
Package and Express Messenger com
pany, capital stock $4,000 shares of $40
each. The company is formed for the
purpose of establishing district messen-
ger service in Montana. chiefly in Butte.
They also propose to establish burglar
and fire alarm system.
The Wilson Commercial company was
also Incorporated to-day by S. A. Swig
gett, @. w. Wilson and Nettie g. Will
son, capital stock $4,000. shares so. The
company will carry general mer-
camille business in Philipsburg.