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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-09-29
AN AMUSING STORY.

See "Mistakes viii Happen" NJ the Opera
House Next Week.
The successful comedy. mistakes
Will Happen, will be the attraction
at the opera house Got. 4th, and Ia said
to tell q most amusing story. More
than this, II some Of the most critical
aoumen In the country II to be believed,
1t tells ID extremely we'll. An actor
and his newly.wed wife. a threatical
manager who loathes married people
and will not have them In his company,
a boarding house keeper, who Ia stick-
Ter for propriety, a very English coach
man, a plumber, newly-imported
German maid-servant and an eminent
ly respectable elderly gentleman, who
Ii given to literary pursuits, and his
young wife, who has great desire to-
shine az an amateur actress. are tho
component parts. That they have been
exceedingly we'll mixed by the author
goes without saying, He has handled
his subject very oleveIly and has turn
cd out 4 comedy which eann0t fail to
please the most osptious, Mistakes
viii Happen" Ii under the direction Of
Jacob Lift, and ha has given the
comedy a most elaborate production,
The lsding male part Ia played BY
Charles Dickson, ~ clever 4 comedian
as thaya In ON the stage At tho present
time, and tho balance OF tho company
II made up Of M good fun,makiaG tai
aat aa " has heen possible 10 obtain,
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THE PRESIDENTS TRIP
He Will Visit South Dakota and
Minnesota to Greet Return
ing Volunteers.
SCHLEY IS WILLING
TO Accept Command OF South Atlantic
Squadron Senators Of the
West on Political Outlook.
Special Correspondence to The Gazette.

Special Correspondence to The Gazette.
Washington, Sept. 25. President
Mckinley has promised 10 visit Aber.
deem, South Dakota, and Sioux City.
Iowa, after be goes to st. Paul and
Minneapolis, where he will be over
October ~, TO receive the Minnesota
volunteers on their return from the
Philippines. He expects to 20 TO Gales.
burg, ILL.,, on the 7th Of October, and
il Chicago from the sth to the ! lth
unless the celebration scheduled for
the 10th in that city is abandoned.
He was compelled to decline the press
ing invitation extended by Senator Fair
banks TO attend the reunion Of the Blue
aud the Gray. TO be held at Evansville,
Ind, from the 10 to the 18TH.
While the enemies Of the administra.
tion were seeking to make it appear
that Rear Admiral Schley was being
sighted by being offered the command
Of the South Atlantic squadron, that
officer called on President Mckinley
and expressed his perfect Willingness
TO accept the command, and also &C.
cepted All invitation to attend the state
dinner to be given by the president III
honor Of Admiral Dewey Admiral
Schley requested the president, II 1t
could be done without interfering with
plans already made, TO attach his old
fiagship,the Brooklyn, to the South At
lantic squadron, and the request will
probably be granted.
No special impor tnnoe IL attached 10
the granting permission BY General
Otis for two Filipino officers to go to
Manila to negotiate for the surrender
Of the few American prisoners In the
hands Of the Filipinos. II is merely
AL incident, and will not interfere N
tho slightest degree with the prepara.
tions which are being made to whip
the Filipinos into submission just az
soon as the weather will allow aggres.
sive military operations to begin.
Senator Davis Of Minnesota, chair.
man Of the senate committee on foreign
relations, Ia in Washington. He says
Minnesota never was 80 prosperous.
aud that a goodly portion Of the citi.
zens OF the state will turn out to well
come President Mckinley, who has
been such a powerful factor In bring
ing about general prosperity, when he
goes to Minneapolis and st. Paul, next
MONTH He also said that the anti's
were 30 few in the state that the senti.
ment was practically unanimous IN sup.
port Of the Philippine policy Of presi-
dent Mckinley.
Senator Warren Of Wyoming passed
through Washington, on his way to
Boston, but stopped long enough to say
that the good times prevalent all
through that section had completely
knocked out Organism in the west. OF
the political outlook he said: I'm my
Judgment, Mckinley will get tho dele
gates Of all the western states and the
electoral votes Of nearly all OF them.
l do.not believe that Bryan could pos
sibly win on any issue. The republi.
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GOkTON's MINsTRELs.
Give u splendid Performances, Appreciated
by " Large Audience.

,
Give u splendid Performance, Appreciated
by n Large Audience.
One Of the most pleasing entertain
ments Of the opera season was the ap-
pearance Of the Gorton minstrels in
this city last night. The Gortons
visited Billings year ago and won
many friends by their clean and splen-
did show. A large audience greeted
their appearance again last night and
the minstrels kept every one in almost
one continuous uproar Of laughter
The vocal music by the soloist and
Crescent City quartette was fine and
called forth repeated encores. The
jokes. with but few exceptions, were
new and did not fail to bring down the
house. One Of the features most ap-
preciated was the musical comedy ac-
ting Of Gorton and Lee. These gentle
men are artists and their playing Oh
the cornet, baritone and trombone
horns, the chimes, sleigh bells and
Philippine bamboo sticks, marited the
applause they received. DEWITT Cooke
did some good work with the Indian
clubs. Jare Sanford, the celebrated
whistler, il a wonder. The last num-
ber on the programme was the gro.
tesque aoIobatio work Of comedians
Mullen and Wonder. They did some
extremely difficult work and received
encore after encore Throughout the
entire performance Gorton's celebrated
cornet orchestra disooursed some ex-
dellent music
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Admiral Dewey arrived in New York
Tuesday morning in his flagship. the
Olympia. His arrival was two days
ahead Of time, not being expected until
yesterday.
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yoasl ana Ins.rumental Musle.

Mira. y. A. Mashaw, teacher Of
musioi instrumental. vocal, harmony
and MasoM's teohnie. Residence South
Twenty eighth street, Billings, Mont,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-09
SOME CHRISTMAS PICTURES.

Some OF the greatest works left by the
old masters are scenes from the natlv-
lty ana life Of Christ. Here they seem
10 have reached their greatest power
e. have struck their highest and deep
est notes. We gaze az their works, and
IN tlmc must perforcc worship with the
kneceling figures, 80 often painted IN
the corners by the artists. We may
wonder at this reyercntinl feeling which
comes over us--lhls instructive aentl-
ment OF the religious nature OF the sub
feet The types. especially those OF the
very early masters are not beautiful ac-
c1rding To our standards, The drawing
Us certainly very faulty The color has
In some cases entirely disappeared.
leaving the canvas almost black aud
gray and covered with cracks, and yet,
for all their crudtics and grutcsaue-
ness, we would ms soon think OF laugh
lug at face distorted with tears and
trouble before some shrine as at these.
We feeol lnstinctlycly that they are the
Works Of men who believed In and wOr-
shipped what they painted, and this II
the secret Of their greatness, and the
reaaon why they VIII always be great.
Az the religious sentiment In the high
cat VI which We are capable. NO paint
lngs thus inspired VIII always be the
Again. those old painters were hailed
as dod-sont by the kings and c0uncll-
ors OF their time. We read OF one
pnintirg Of tho Virgin and chlld which
al its completion was honutcd by a
public holiday. and grand process
SION formed to carry II In triumph to
lis destination. The street In which II
was painted II called the Borgo Allegrl
the Joyous qunrtet"--io this day.
This was the Madonna Of the Church
OF santa Maria Noyollo CFlorencc). by
Cimabue-thc master OF Giotto: Per-
. hans such scenes had much 20 do with
Inspiring these old masters with sense
, OF The greatness of their calling,
This same Clmhabuc is often called
the Father Of Iaintiug-p partly be-
cause he was the dlscoyercr
Of the genius of dlot,o, un-
der whom the art made such mar
velols strides. We have all heard the
pretty story OF how cimabue found the
little shepherd-boy In the fields, draw
ing the portrait OF one Of his sheep on
a HAT rock with piece OF pointed slate.
Cimabue took him TO Florence to study.
where he subsequently, became the
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monsters have been arbitrarily incrcas-
cd for no cause except TO pay dividends
on fictitious capital by methods that
make larceny respectable.
They create the scarcity which they
make the excuse for their eNtortions.
They destroy competition. which, LEFT
free. would cqualize dcmnnd and sup
ply. They deprive the young and poor
Of equality OF opportunity, which II the
underpinnlng OF our political system.
They degrade labor by inpairing it,
Independence. They are public enemies
and their existence Is u rcproaeh to
civilization.
II any political economist. or inter-
csted shareholder. or party boss, or
timid opportunlst. auppores that Amer
lean people do not take this issue and
do not intend TO deal with these
brlganda. he IL listening with creduiity
To the whispers Of fancy.
The history OF our race has been q
succession OF such contests which have
had but one result. We are pcaceablc.
patient. long suffering and slow to
anger, We have made Incredible sacri-
fees for liberty regulated by law. We
know what we want and sooner or later
We always get II. We prefer charters
To ultlmntuma, but when IL was discov-
ercd In 1851 that the constitution was
defective, the people amended II with
the sword.
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they are benlngn. OF such the people DO
not complain. though they are not mis-
led by the amusing prctense that even
these ARE purely philanthropic and con-
Quoted solely for the amelioration OF
the condition of the poor. II II only
when they obtain exclusive control Of
products designed for the benefit OF all,
putting an end 10 competition, destroy
Ing opportunity. reducing labor TO the
condition OF Involuntary acrvitude,
making the public victims of intoler-
able extortion. that they become the OBJ
jecta OF popular cNccration.
what the people are determined to
crush In whatever gulsc II may am
bush, Or under whatever name u may
masquerade. IL monopoly. ana n any
man OF any party supposes they lack
either the inclination or the power, the
mistake ultimately win be apparent,
and perhaps sooner than Ia anticipated.
At this moment there II a coal famine
IN the United States, which II serious
and may be acute With sudden cold
wnVc would come suffering and dctrl-
mont 10 half the Inhabitants OF the
temperate gone. Railroads. factories.
electric light and power plants the pal
aces NJ merchants, the kitchcnn OF la
borers are on short allowance. without
coal. civilization would be impossible
and society would dislniegrate. Bill
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friend OF Dante. Giotto'H strange por-
trait OF the poet In well known-that
IN which Dante IL represented ~ being
accompanied by n shade OF himself
Giotto's religious pictures are. as IL
usual with the old masters. his great
est works. We read OF Petrach be-
qucathlng his muoh-loved Madonna by
Giottn. IA his most rare and acceptable
lcgncy. to n lord OF Padua. There Is a
large simplicity and "A charming naive
quality In his works. which are much
coveted by artists. II a. said that the
great Puvis de chavannes OF our own
day derived much OF his Inspiration
from Glotto. iiy the old florcntine
master also II the celebrated "Cruci-
nNion." from which almost all the later
ones have been copied. This also has
It's story; how II wns whispered that
when the picture was almost finished,
the artist had stabbed his model pulaing
On u cross In order to copy the real
dying agony. how tho pope saw tho
picture and must have II for hla own
chapel, when Giotto thought the time
ready for his confession and made IL.
the pope threatening the artist with the
same death; GiOtto neizing a brush and
dnshing a grayiHh mass over tho plc-
ture, completely celebrating its Won
dcrs; the pope, all dlsmny and regret.
promising pardon and nbsolution "
uiotto would paint another as good:
the promise In writing ana signed, and
u wet sponge passed over the canvas
reveals the picture unframed All OF
which shows something of how cele-
DRAFTED that painting must have been,
besides amording glimpsos NJ the pope
ana the painter Margaret Fernle Eat
on, IN Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
for December.
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TYPICAL TOMMY ATKINS.
The English Recruiting Standard In
Physique and Character.

At the United Service institution
Lioutenan, Colonel c. NJ. Douglas. "
C., NJ. u. (the honorable brigade sur
geon), read paper on ''The Recruit
from Depot Medical officers View"
says the London Times,
Colonel Douglas said that compt'a.
lively small collection OF highly trained
soldiers formed the nucleus OF the
army, round which We're aggregated
hetorogeneous mixture constituting
the auxiliary FORGET" Speaking OF the
recruits who enlisted In the norlh OF
England and In Scotland. he said tho
great majority were sallow, downoasl'
nondescript youths. mostly artisans
The most cheerful were those VINO hnh
served n training OF two In the militia.
Candidates were carefully examined ~
respect to weight, height. eircumter.,
ence Of chest. lungs and heart, hean
and teeth. a really good set OF teetn
was rare. except among agricultura'
recruits The minimum physical stan
dnrd was low--wcight, il5 pounds,
height. 6 feet so inches; minimum
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The trust issue II 20 simple and plain,
and clear. that the wayfarlng man.
though a fool. may not err therein. says
John J. ingalls, In the New York Jour
nal. In the deep and troubled unrest
Of these times there Ia no hostility to
wealth honestly acquired and honorably
enjoyed. for all are striving 10 better
their own condition. Neither II there
any hatred Of corporations. They are
recognized as the ministers and agents
impcratively demanded by our new civ
llizntion. All this empty chatter about
the antiquity Of trusts and their bene-
ficcncc In chenponlng production de-
ceivcs no one. In one breath we ore
told that they have existed for many
centuries and In the next that they are
the result Of modern Industrial methods.
and have come to stay.
II manufacturers and producers COM
blnc In partnership. or corporations, or
trusts. to diminish expenses and make
larger gains on narrower margin, 20
long as competition ~ open and free
no one can Justly complain. The fttcat
must survive. the wenkcst must go to
the wall But the npologlsts and allies
of the trusts confound the issue. ms
Irresistible tendency to corporation
both In capital and labor IL admitted.
II Is not denied that In many Instances
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glr,h OF chest, % inches: age. IS years.
This was not a high type OF British
male. hut the short, muscular. we'll
formed man often made u good soldier.
and was more active than the big man.
Professor Dudley sarjcnt of Harvard
university took the measures ~ several
thousands Of American students from
10 to 20, This was the average result
Age, 2sh years weight. 1866 pounds;
height, Q feet sis inches; girth OF chest.
~ la minimum, 36ih maximum; tlght
upper arm. III inches; right forearm.
i0h inches. OF the British recruit ths
results were. on the average! Age.
10 l-3 years; height. feet . 2-9 inches;
weight, l26 pounds. girth of chest. 3ahl
arm, i0is inches; right forearm. ga
Inches, The usual average OF fejeo-
tions was little over q third: but
sometimes they amounted to two
thirds, and In one case the army medi-
cal officer declined the whole OF a batch
of % or 30.
l, was said the foreign recruit was
worse than ours; but the comparison
was not fair. Compulsory service was
a net incloslng all the fishes, big and
little. In our net the mcshes were made
rs large as we dared. In order to cap
turc only the best FISH, and let the 9th
crs go. Want and hunger were, un-
fortunately for US, the Invisible re-
cruiting scrgeants fof a great proper
ton Of our army; and the men were
too often black sheep. But the effect OF
drlll and discipline on the degenerate
In our ranks was amazing and ON the
whole the raw material Of the army was
not quite 40 bad us many pcssimists
would have ua believe. Unfortunately
soldering was a trade looked down up-
on In the working class. who disilked
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-09
SIR THOMAS Upton.
Tells How lie Slept, Beggar. In City
Hall Park.

"And the poor fellows ! met those
nights that I slept In city Hall Park.
Unfortunate aH was. ia give some
thing TO know what became OF them ar
tcrward--whether God was as good 10
them afterward Ms lie has been 10 me.
and whether they are the better for
the lesson OF adversely" These are
the words of Millionaire Sir Thomas
Upton In Lesllo's Weekly.
"Thosc days In New York were hard
hard IN II way that you could scarce
ly imagine. Many and many a night
did stand outside the Windows OF the
Fifth avenue. wondering what the
rooms inside Were like. and whether
I'd ever have money enough TO be able
TO afford to sleep In one for Just "a
night.
Yet through all the storm OF trouble
and sorrow ! never lost courage. There
was something In my bones that seemed
to tell me that I should get there at
last. II was a kind OF instinct, | sup
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WROUGHT IRON AND STEEL.

Wrought Iron and steel appear to he
OF minimum tensile strength at the
temperature Of ordinary use. Mr.. II. g,
Carpenter finds that from about 20 dc.
grees +. the tensile strength Increases
with change In either direction. becom.
Ing about 20 per cent greater at about
800 degrees and nt GO degrees below zero
Increased brlttlencss seems to be indi-
Gated at the temperature ~ steam nt
3 or 10 pounds pressure pugtllity II
retained at low temperatures, The tcn-
sile strength Of cast Iron ls the same
from 70 degrees 10 700 degrees. beyond
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pose. or touch Of the bulldog-good-
ness only Knows.
II don't know that ever felt so cut
TO the heart IA In that morning when,
nervous and trembling IA eaten moth
ms for nearly two dnyu-i entered the
oiilce Of a banker-rlch then and rich
cr now--ln search Of a situation. I've
never forgotten how he looked up
glnrcd az me over his glasses. growled
Turn that fellow OUT" and walked
away.
Il met that man at dinner the 9TH
or nlght-s0 years older. but the same,
boys. always the same, That kind OF
animal never changes except for hair
aud wrinkles. lie came up smiling.
silky, ohfequious, I remembered his
name. | knew him again. iIc began to
ntammcr a clumsy apology, and his
apology was more uncomfortable than the
original affrort."
Yet those days In New York were
not without their results" remarked
one OF the group.
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for wealth and. incidentally. ruin.
Legitimate business has been aban-
doncd for speculation. and commercial
honesty has been ON the verge OF OBJ
livion, When the war shall have cleared
the atmosphere. business, as u II un-
derutood In this country. viii once
moro take the place OF scheming. and so
good may yet come from bad.
But one thing Americans must heed.
or they Will regret their lack OF sense.
they must avoid gold and diamond and
all other mines as they would thu evil
one. South Africa II too thoroughly In
the clutch OF the interruptions Hpccu-
lator and promoter 10 warrant the In
veatmcnt OF American capital In any
thing save legitimate business.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN PROMO
TER"
" speculative Americans must invest
In mines let them seek new ones there
are plenty to be had for the develop
ing), and then keep absolute control
In their own hands. For the South
African promoter IL first cousin TO bret
Iiarte's Chinamnn--chi and bland.
but. with sundry and various financial
tricks that are delightfully."- ingenious,
even though they are apt to impoverish
those who are foolish enough TO be
cnHnnrcd.
some two thousand million dollars
have been invested In South African
mines. English. French and Germans
have furnished the money. Alfred
Belt, Y. u. Robinson. the Barnhto Bros,
Worthelm y, Newman a Co. Cecil
Rhodes and half dozen more. are
worth close to thousand million dol
lars between them. Every bit of this
stupondous sum was made through the
ilotntlon OF mines. All OF the mines.
with two exceptions. are greatly over
capitalized. About 10 OF them have
paid dividends ranging from 10 per cent
TO G75 per ceni-but an only those within
the sacred circle know whether these
huge dividends were honestly earned II
n advisable that American investors
should leave all speculative investments
to the less careful Briton. Frenohman
and German.
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BALLOON CLOTHES LINE.

a Paris laundry has started a novelty
In tho drying and purifying OF linen.
and has succeeded In convincing most
ot lis customers that the notion Is a
good ore Tho air about 100 feet above
the house TOPS is particularly good for
linen, fnS tho pioprietors, and they nc-
cuidingly Hcnd your shirts and collars
for balloon tr!p. bamboo frames are
attached t. a cnptive balloon, and tho
linen, rough dry" Is fixed TO tho
iranVH and sails away IN the air. Tho
balloon naaes six ascents daily, and an
extra charge Ia made for each article
that undcrgoen the treatment.
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49,, heen written OF the past OF
wv" ,,,,ea-of It's wars. Its peoples,
SAP ,,,syltlss and idosyncrasies. Lit
. y hcen said Of Its future and Its
9 =, ,.,ryelous resources. chronieiers
T, =, historians have dclvci into its past
~ .',.,..,lne material. and have found
~ ,a. ', 20 Inc practicai American mind.
rdear Mcls In the Scientific
Wv .n the commercial and imam
,,,,,ye Of the southern end OF the
~ 90 ~. continent will appeal with
,,re than the tale OF battles with
,alu or the discovery Of diamonds
4, yaai river in ises-
,.ul,at,on and commerce 10 hand In
v, and II the present war should
more thorough civilization OF
~ ,s,iea and a greater opportunity
Sl'a .. a England would be en-
y ~. Inc thanks Of America. Tor
~ viii profit more through Eng
lt,.'ss, ctory than Britain herself AZ
~, ,,sse' this statement may seem
~ l.,.rs,,s but little study Into
fi.,,ar. will convince amy fair
r ,,s leader that America Will be
49,. .s.,rfrclnl paramount power In
= s'a,rira Within another iye years
~ ,Saee shall have been declared.
,yrnrcA SUPPLIES MACHINERY.
!. =, the time Of the declaration Of
~ y per cent OF the mining ma
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discipline and ionged for better pay ana
shorter hours. within his own remem-
brancc the old recruiting serRenntz
would have laughed at the recruits OF
today. The army ~ the past had In II
many blackguarda, but fewer deEcner-
atcs. the species was almost unknown
among them. The Inference was that
there was moro Of the lighting spirit In
the blackgunrds than IN the degencf-
Htca, and II was the fighting spirit
which was oasonLlnl.
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