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2 Good Morning! Don't delay getting new Easter Togs until the last day. Drop in today or tomorrow. This will afford us ample time to effect any little change necessary to improve a fit Never before in fthe history of The Boston have we shown such an attractive line of Men's and Boys' Wear ables. The woolens fairly scintilate in their new ness. Nobbiest effects — quaint conceits — styles but a month old — most pronounced novelties for Children — all are here in pleasing and end less variety. Come — you are welcome. Lend your presence to the merry throng that shops here yearly. Don't put on "any old thing" for Easter. The occasion is worthy your best front. Don't imagine, either, that we charge unheard-of prices for what we offer. Our Suits at Ten Dollars are truly nobby— all-wool and thoroughly dependable. For Twelve and Fifteen Dollars — well, you'll simply be in the front line, that's all. Better coma early. Suits, $8.00 to $25.00. Top Coats, $10.00 to $25.00. Bowiby & Co. t) (JfjOckrVt^p Sixth and Robert. SjqnsT^PfiuL. LOCAL m:\vs \otes. Htcjs Bros." delivery wagon team ran away at Seventh and Jackson streets yeater d.iy afternoon, the wagon being overturned by a team of frightened horses, but not se riously duuiuf;' >!. .i La Croix, a carpenter by trade, was committed v, the Rochester asylum yesterday. .\m. ha Croto Imagines that lie has Invented several mechanical devices and is otherwise mentally afflicted. He has a mite and two children. A tar-kettle at the St. Paul Roofing and Cornice works, South Waba&ha street and Filkuuiv avenui . boiled over yesterday after : tnd caught tire, necessitating the serv -1 the Bre department. The damage was ■tight A man meeting of journeymen carpenters will be held at Assembly hall this evening. The strike on the Schutte building will be < ed, and other matters of interest to the ii aft will be discussed by several well known speakers. Strmer, the hotelkeeper on West Falrteld •venue, Weal side, will always remember igh water, for on lv.st Sunday his boy a large pickerel on the sidewalk in front of hi* place of business, in that other wise busy, high and dry thoroughfare. (\UiHT A M \i> MAN. 4>UU-«-i- y.ji<'ii«-r Has a Tussle to l,;ind Him. "When Officer Zaeher noticed a stranger act- Itig in a IMU manner at West Seventh and Ramsey street* last evening, he thought the man probably bewildered and approached him with an offer of UHictenea. The first word • of the lMiliceman brought a cry of fear from the man. who endeavored to flee. Officer Backer grappled with him and found himself engaged in a struggle with a mad man. When the patrol wagon arrived the strunger refused ti get into the vehicle and began another desperate right. "Hig Uumgarduer," the eon- j rtudor of the wagon, and Officer Zaeher at last got the insane man in the wagon but the man fought all the way to the station. The insane man was taken at once to the county jail. He refused to so into a cell and (ought his captor desperately until rendered powerless by "muffs" being put upon him. When searched a loaded 38-cattber revolver was found in the man's possession and a jxicketbook containing $12. He raved over re ligioua matters. The only due to the prison er's identity were several pieces of paper and ■ note book found in his pocket bearing the name "August llensell." The prisoner is a slight, dark man, about 30 years of age and partly bald. Hamm'a Bock Beer turns Fatigue to energy. On draught, or telephone 935-:! for a case. F.njoysiMe SmokiiiK' <'one«-r<. The Twentieth Century club ended the sea son's festivities last evening with a aaioklßg concert. There was a large attendance and a general good ;ime was had. Edwin Wilson, vie.' president of the club, presided. Louis Nash started the ball rolling with a vocal so'.o. .Messrs. Willard and LSartlett gave a ■election on the mandolin and harp guitar. Prof. \V. A. Wheaton followed with a piano overture. Jaiues Grace came next with a cramp specialty. Another vocal solo was Riven by James Lattourelle. Messrs. Vernon Msd Ledeke went through some difficult acro batic feats. The next t«i minutes' diversion was furnished by the graphone. Harry (Jagne ed a French solo. The evening's enter tainment was concluded with some good ; Btories by Maj. William Wa'-dorf ('o-)ley. The club rooms will be closed after May 1. When you want to buy or sell a ! pt' ck of goods: try a want ad. in the Sunday Globe. « luiniillccs and Assembly. The committee en license from the assembly will hold a mooting this afternoon at 4:30 ■'clock, when tile protest against the applica tion of Mrs. J. Tankenhoff. who has applied Cor ;i Baloos license, will come up. The com mittee on streets from the same body will :; 'he same hour, and at g o'clock to night a re;r:iar meeting of the assembly will be held. After all other means have failed you can fill your want by a want ad. in the Sunday Globe. Smsa'a Operatic Success. Vocal Score, net $1.60 March, net * p 25 Watts, net "33 i Selection. Piano Solo, net.. ,50 | ( El Capitan, Song, net "20 ,' Typical Tune, Song-, net *25 (\ Sweetheart, Duet and j Chorus.net ,25 |i Popular Music, Sheet Form SO PER CENT DISCOUNT. ', "fnve time and money by going to Dyer's 1 Directly." ji W. J. DYER & BRO., j ! 21-23 W. Fifth St., St. Paul, j MR.DORAfi'SWARD THE STHHIOTS HAVE BEEN >1 VDE TO LOOK LIKK I'AHM)R FLOORS. OTHER WARDS HAVE TO WAIT. M MIIJCHI.KSS KICKS BBHKS MAIMS AHOIT THE I'AUTI\LITY IN ■"HE AVOHIv. HOW MB. KIMH.KTT EXPLAINS IT. Sixty .M«'ii and Twonty 'I'eanss at Work Over Hie Hiver — I si'less Lubur Itt-inii l)<»:i<>. The residents of a number of the wards, and particularly those in which there are few, if any, paved streets, are making complaints about the delay in the cleaning of the streets. City En gineer Rundlett, seen yesterday, said the work was progressing as rapidly as possible, and that a force of 300 men and 78 teams were kept constantly at work putting the streets and alleys in order. It is noticeable that there have been no complaints from the resi dnts of the Sixth ward on this account, and there is a reason for this. The streets on the West side that are not under water owing to the flood have 1>« ea thoroughly cleaned and present an attractive appearance as compar ed with the thoroughfares in other parts of the city. Those who are on the inside or claim to be, explain the condition of the Sixth ward streets by saying that the mayor and the person who occupies the position of head street commissioner at a salary of $1,000 per year both reside in the ward. From this it is argued that particular atten tion was paid to this ward, and the lest of the city has had to Buffer in order that the West side streets might be made presentable to the official of the city. The daily reports in the office of the city engineer, made by the street com missioners, show that there is some ground for complaint in this regard. For the first eleven days of the present month a total of 300 men and 50 team* in charge of Street Commissioners Car roll and Yorke have been engaged in cleaning the streets in the Sixth ward. This number of the street force, so employed, is exclusive of the crews that have been at work tilling in the streets where the high water has made prompt work necessary. The street force at work yesterday numbered 270 men and 78 teams, divided into six crews, M. D. Carroll, head street commissioner, had 15 men and 17 teams under his charge. This force, unlike the ether five crews, has no particular district, but is placed where in the estimation of the official having them in charge they can do the best work. C. E. Ran den, the commis sioner in charge of the First, Second and Third wards, had 56 men and 14 teams. T. F. Yorke, commissioner in charge of the Fourth. Fifth and Sixth wards, had 47 men and 13 teams. Yorke, while nominally having charge of the Fourth ward, does but little work in that district, the maojrity of the paved streets being in this ward, and these are cared for by Commisisoner Wil liams, who has a force of 44 men and 19 teams for this branch of the work. Commissioner Marquardt, having the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth wards, has a force of 61 men and 10 teams, while Commissioner Larson, who has the Tenth and Eleventh wards, has a force of 1C men and 5 teams. Of the force under the charge of Commissioners Carroll and Tferke more ( than one-half of the men and twenty teams were engage-ti Tuesday in clean ing and repairing the streets in the Sixth ward. Just what part of the city they were at work in yesterday the city enginer's office could' not say, as the reports would not be turned in until this morning. It was stated, however, that the men would probably I be cnegaged in the same neighborhood 1 as they were on Tuesday. Tin? men under charge of Commis sioner Marquardt put in the day in I the Seventh and Eighth wards cleaning the dirty streets. A prominent city official who lives in THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1537. the Seventh ward turned in a kirk yes terday as to the manner in which the force in the Seventh ward were doing the work. It appeared to him, he said, as if there was considerable wast ed work as he watched a gang of thir teen men, and all they did was to scrape the dirt from an unpaved street and have it carted away. The result of this kind of work, he said, was simply a waste of money, for in less than a month another force would be engaged in hauling dirt to the street and placing it where the first crew had taken it from. A force of twelve men were seen at work on a street in the Fifth ward Tuesday scraping the dirt from an un paved street. During the half-hour a tab was kept on the crew at no time were more than four of the men at work, the balance of the force standing at ease lighting their pipes or reclining on ttte ground awaiting the ai-rival of the wagons to carry away the dirt. City Engineer Rundlett, when asked as to the bulk of the work in the street cleaning line being done in the Sixth ward to the detriment of other parts of the city, said a beginning had to be made in some part of the city, and one ward was as good as another to com mence the work in. He had heard numberless complaints relative to par ticular attention being paid to the West side streets, but could not say as to whether they were well founded or not. The daily reports would show i where the work had been done, but he ! had not made any investigation. Every effort would be made, he said, to push 1 the work of cleaning up in all the wards from now on, and he was certain ; that, as compared with this time last year, considerable more work had been done up to date. HISBA\D XOT NEXT OP KIM. A. K. Watson's Dumagre Suit Falls to the Ground. A woman's husband is not her next • of kin. By virtue of this ruling, Judsre Willis granted a motion yesterday for judgment on the pleadings in favor of the defendant, in a suit against the | street railway company, brought by A. X. Watson, of Minneapolis, as ad ministrator of the estate of Lena K. Watson, his late wife, to recover the statutory sum of $5,000 for wrongfully causing the death of Mrs. Watson. Mrs. Watson was a passenger on a Stryker avenue car one day la»t sum mer when it jumped the 'track near Delos street and, running down a short hill, collided with the bluff. Mrs. Wat son was injured and about six weeks later she died, as a result of these in , juries, so the plaintiff alleges. The plaintiff was appointed administrator and brought suit against the street railway company to recover the statu tory $5,000 in his own behalf as next of kin to his wife. Xo other kin of the deceased was mentioned. Counsel for the street railway com pany moved for judgment on the plead ings on the ground that the plaintiff, us husband of Mrs. Watson, was not her next of kin. according to the statute providing for the beginning of actions to recover for loss of life. The statute specifically states "widow and next of kin." but says nothing about "widow ers." Judge Willis granted the motion. It is understood that the deceased left a child surviving, no allusion to whom . appears in the complaint and other pleadings. Whether the child, as the actual next of kin of the deceased, is thereby barred from bringing- a similar action o-n the statute is the next ques tion that may have to be determined soon. Entertainment of Foresters. The entertainment committee of the Abra ham Lincoln court. Order of Foresters, held a meeting last night in ;he rooms of the Commercial club for the purpose of arranging for an entertainment, which is to be given by the court April 28. in Elks' hall. Abraham Lincoln court was organized April 12, Lin coln's birthday, and the entertainment is to be the first to be given by the new court. In the language of Muj. Cooley. who is chair man of the entertainment committee, the affair will be a "rip-roarer. 1 The programme will include a long list of attractions. It is the intention to make the entertainment attractive. The committee in charge of the arrangements is as follows: G. J Hene«on ML J. Clark, J. J. Regan. E. W. Bazille H. E. N'ichols, H. A. Loughran and Mai W W Cooley. Street Railway Ordinances. The committee on streets from the board of aldermen will have a session this afternoon* It is expected that the half-dozen street railway ordinances, including several depot loop measures, will be considered by the com mittee. i "77" Cured Your Cold Now Try "10" for Dyspepsia. Sold by druggists. «vr sent on recei pt of 25 cts, 50 eta. or SI. Humphreys Med. Co., Cor. William and John Sts., New York. TOLD Of THE WORK MRS. R. M. NEWPORT ADDRESSED ST. A9TBONY PARK WOMEJI INTERESTINGLY. THE SO«OlS& MONUMENT. WORKERS IN THAT SI'UITRB ARE AMONG THE arfdsT ENTHUSIAS TIC Otf ALL. KITTSON HOUSE FOR THE SUMMER. Will Be Used u« Headquarters for All Who Wish t«» Help Alone the Movement. Among the most enthusiastic workers for the soldiers monument are the women at St. Anthony park and their meetings are among the most interest ing social events of the month. Yes terday's meeting, as usual, was large ly attended, not only by members of the association from the park, but by a great many town folks. The meet ing was held in the Congregational church on Raymond avenue, which is one of the cosiest little chapels imag inable, with an open-fire place in whien burned a bright wood fire, and pretty I furnishings. Tea tables were placed ' about the room from which tea and j wafers were served later and the entire ] place was handsomely hung with flags and decorated with plants and flowers. A large portrait of Lincoln hung from i the center wall and yesterday being ' the anniversary of his death the papers were devoted to this man's life and work and tragic end. Mrs. Martin read a paper giving the history of the day on which Lincoln was shot, and all j of the incidents following. Mrs. Stone j gave some interesting comments made by various noted persons on Lincoln and his life and death, and Mrs. Lloyd ri-ad the paper on granites she gave before the St. Pall association at its meeting Saturday last. Miss Madeline Liggett gave a couple of nicely ren dered recitations and Mrs. Krieger was heard in several contralto solos. The president, Mrs. McGill then in troduced Mrs. R. M. Newport, who said that it gave her great pleasure to be present at this meeting. The women of this branch of the monument as sociation little knew what an inspira tion their efforts had been to their fel low workers in town. She gave an out | line of the line of work adopted by the association and invited all of the \ women to the meetings to be held after May 22 in the Kittson house, which will be open each afternoon for the use of the association all summer. The ; subscriptions will not be pushed at present. Times are hardly suitable, and ! it is felt that the women must needs i educate themselves to a proper ap ! preciation of the artistic before they proceed farther. So these meetings 1 will be held in the old headquarters building on Summit avenue for educa tional purposes and it is hoped that I tliey will be attended as well as the j last meetings at the house were during ' encampment week. Mrs. Newport saict j she hoped to see the rooms full each I day. The first meeting in the heaa | quarters will be held May 22, will be ; very informal and will be devoted to a ' study of the monumnit's of Egypt. The women are urged to post themselves on this subject and ebnie prepared to taKe part in the meeting. A. M. Thomp i son's lecture will be given in the Audl ! torium May 7 and S, an evening and I afternoon lecture. For this 5,000 tickets I will be issued. Capt. Bean's offer was explained to the women and all urged to take tickets to sell. Mrs. Newport said the work was growing and that j she had been asked to make it a state j matter and ask aid from the legisla ture. But she felt satisfied to allow it to remain as it is, although willing to see it broaden out, as i-t will. It is proposed to have a committee of the j l3est sculptors of the country make a visit to St. Paul when the time is ripe, to select a proper site for the monu ! ment. This committee would let no thought of the value of real estate or of personal preference stand in its way in making such a selection and would decide on the site it judged the best for the interests of the entire city. Mrs. F. B. Doran also spoke and said that she thought now was the ! time for the building of such memorial. | The old soldiers would not be with us ; long. They were dying more rapidly ! than one realized and that with them went much of the Inspiration to such a work. Other women from town spoke and Col. Newport was also heard. The [ president announced an advisory board to consist of Mesdames H. L. Hecker, John Stone, S. O. Blake and D. A. Cudworth. April 27 the St. Anthony i Park association will celebrate Grant's j birthday with an- evening meeting in Central hall at the park, to which the men are invited. For this evening the , hostesses will be Mesdames D. A. Cud- I worth, W. W. Hilts, H. G. Blake, D. C. Martin, J. J. Merrill,: E. C. Hall and McDermott. At the meeting May 12. Mesdames A. C. 4Durin, W. W. Clark, Walter Hill, Thomas, Standen, Whit man, Jacobson, Ellison, Condit Part i ridge and Martin will be hostesses. Decoration day will bn> commemorated on a dare to be set later. The women i have been invited by the Gamma Liter i ary club to attend the open parliament lof the women's council of Merriam i Park to be held April 23. with Mrs. i Crouse. 1927 Carroll street. The col lections from the children's evening service Decoration day will be given toward the monument fund. GEN. BROOKE I\ CHICAGO. Early and Quickly Settled Into His New Position. Tall and erect in carriage, walking with an easy swing and a commanding presence to distinguish him from th<> ! numbers of ordinary citizens crowding ] the hallways of the Pullman building, I Brig. Gen. J. R. Brooke, the new com i rnanding officer of the department of the Missouri, came into headquarters Monday morning, and, handing his overcoat and hat to a soldierly-looking young subaltern, l>egan the duties of his new office, -saye a Chit-ago paper. Over at the Virginia hotel, where the i brigadier general tas engaged quarters ; for himself and wife, all is in a gentle I perturbation, the o bellboys are taking i lessons from one of the French chefs, whose father use 4 to. be a soldier, in. ; the proper manner, of executing the sa lute and the waiters in the dining room are perfecting a more straightened, strained and what is thought to be the latest thing in the way of military pose. One of the elevator boys has dug up I an old monocle mislaid by a world's ! fair visitor from the wave-washed shores of Albion and U putting in the spare time betweaivJiil acts of chasing the atmosphere uf^jand down the ele ; vator shaft in gettinf the thing to i stick in his eye and at the same time ■ he endeavors to #*t' afe' eminently cor j rect and expressionless look upon his face. In the mind of one of the ir reverent little fellows he is rapidly be coming cross-eyed and the expression of his features resembles a bucket of milk after an adulteration with lemon juice. But these things are unnoticed by the United States army officer, for Gen. Brooke, who was a commander of a division of the First army corps at the battle of Gettysburg, has since the close of the war been much on the frontier. "I juat came in from St. Paul, trans ferred from the department of th« D»- kotas," said Gen. Brooke, and as he ran his ivory letter-opener along through a very imposing-looking en velope inscribed with the ornincus-look ing seals used for official business, he looked up from behind his desk and gave a smile of pleasantry. "Now, if there's anything you want, fire away," and leaning back in his chair, the gen eral awaited the expected onslaught of questions. "Anything, general?" was the answer inquiringly, and the United States army brigadier smiled gracefully and qualified his assertion into less gen eral terms. Ensconced behind the desk where erstwhile Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles held forth, the new commander of the department looks not unlike the great Napoleon. A gentle whitening has made vigorous attack upon his hair and mustache, but this is not caused by the passing of time so much as by the varied experiences of his life. SoheUenJs to Be Reflted. Leo Scheben, of Scheben & Mella, the well known restauranteurs, whose business interests have kept him in the East for some time, has been in tho city for the past ten days looking after his affairs here. The firm has decided to remodel the restaurant with the finest of fixtures and elaborate dec orations. A refrigerating machine and other late appliances will be put lr so that the equipment of the new cafe shall be the finest in the Northwest. The service and cuisine will be main tained at the same high standard as in the past. Mr. Scheben left for the East last night to contract for the new fixtures. HIS FINER AL TODAY. Andrea De Gloria's Remains to Be Interred This Afternoon. The funeral of Andrea De Gloria, Italian vice consul in this city, who took his life by swallowing a dose of sulphuric acid Tuesday morning, will take place from the cathedral this af ternoon at 4 o'clock. ANDREA DE GLORTA. During the early portion of the day the body will remain at the home of the dead man's son-in-law, Joseph Salera, 75 West Third street, where a short service will take v>lace immediately before that at the cathedral. This service will be attended only by rela tives of the deceased, when the body will be escorted to the church by mem bers of the Societi Christoforo Colum bo, of Minneapolis, and Dante Aligheri Di Mutuo Succoso, organizations in which De Gloria was prominent in life. The services at the cathedral will be conducted by Rev. Father Turner, of St. Paul's seminary. The interment will be at Calvary cemetery. NOTHING MADE BY HANDS. Prof. Severinus J. (orrinau on the Airship Fake. Prof. Severinus J. Corrigan, the St. Paul astronomer, is sceptical as to the existence of the airship which is fur nishing such a fruitful topic of conver sation throughout the country these days. Whatever the object may be, if there is such an object, Prof. Corrigan is satisfied that it is nothing fashioned by the hand of man. "I'll tell you why," said Prof. Cor rigan. in speaking of the matter last evening. "According to all the news paper accounts this so-called airship has been visible at approximately the same time in localities too far distant from each other. The allitude that a light would be obliged to attain to be visible at aree in two places so far apart as Chicago and St. Paul would be so great that no such thing as an airship could be seen by the naked eye, even if it reached that enormous height. The mere reports themselves are enough to dispel the airship theory." Prof. Corrigan said that varying densities of atmosphere between the earth's surface and a star or planet sometimes, in consequence of the ir regular refraction of the rays of light gave the star or planet the appearance of moving in various directions. This was more likely to happen, however, when the star is near the horizon. Prof. Corrigan added that he had not observed any new lights in the heavens of late. The foregoing will probably answer the following addressed to Postmaster Smith and received yesterday: MSNOMINIE, Mich., April 13. *1897.— Dear Sir: We have been greatly worked up here of late in regard to a very bright light, re sembling a star, in your direction. Some say It is a star, while others say It is an electric light, which the people at Fort Snel ling are using as a signal experiment. Will you please be kind enough to enlighten us, if in your power? — John McDonald. NEW JINIOR IMOXEKRS. Ten lev Name* Added to the Meni- I>t-r*uip Roll. The membership of the Junior Pio neers was increased last evening by the iniation of the following candi dates: Philip C. Justus, Henry G. Rei chow, James J. Warmr, William O. Haeusler, Charles L. Scheffer, John W. Capen, Herman F. Vitt, Frank VV. Lin deke, Thomas F. McCormick and John Hinderer. New applications were re ceived from M. H. Burk, Albert G. Johnson, G. A. Hoffman, George B. Boyd, B. F. Knauft, Henry Habighorst, G. H. Gruber and B. F. Kernkamp. The report of the treasurer, A. J Oertel, for the quarter ending April 13 showed the receipts to be $198.53; dis bursements. $201.12, and a balance on hand of $981.43. Appropriate resolutions on the death of A. F. Manke, a member of the or der, were passed. The social pro gramme included solos by Messrs. Ten ny and Stark, and songs by Messrs. Thill. Allen and Keonig. The entertain ment committee, consisting of Messrs. Jessrang, Allen and Johnson, was di rected to arrange for an annual enter tainment, which will be held in the hall of the organization May 12. The affair will include a reception from 7:30 to 9 o'clock, speeches and musical selections, to be followed by a supper and dancing- Rottled Kihtk-.v. Hamm's Bock Beer. On draught, or telephone 935-2 for a case. BABY'S LIFE j£ m\y depend upon the use of a tried * + and sure remedy for sudden attacks of + + Croup, Whooping Cough, and Colds. X ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM ]jj should always be on hand in such J + emergencies. Cautious homes will ♦ + not be without a bottle at ail times. + £ At all honest druggists in 25c, 50c, J + and $ LOO bottles. 7 & Co, Be Wise in Time. And don't put off buying- your Easter Jacket or Suit until the last moment. Avoid the hurry and rush of the last day. More than 500 new Jackets came this week. Ail styles— all prices. 150 Jackets of All- Wool Coverts, Tweeds and Cheviots; every one strictly new and up-to-date, some half Silk lined, perfect fitting- and reliable Jackets, extra spe- rt» i **£ cial price for Thursday, \/l I only V*"«it/ Tailor-Made Jackets of Imported Kerseys, English Whipcords, Coverts and French Cheviots, strictly high grade Jackets, in all the late shapes, choice for $8.75 each today. These colors: Black, Navy, Green, Helio, Plum, Tans, French and Military Grays. Genuine English Mohair Brilliant ine and All -Wool Cheviot (J*^ nr Serge Dress Skirts, double Jkfl l~\ lined, well made, only * Several styles of Tailor- rt»i< fj r Made Suits, latest '97 styles. JMI I n full suit for VV«I V Tailor-Made Full Silk d»|A AA JS£ !":':•. _... JMI.UQ Misses' and Children's Jackets of plain and mixed cloths, handsomely braided, Empire styles, for $3.75 and $4.75 each. Real values, $5.00 and $6.50. Easter Gloves. 1,000 pair of Pique and Out- Seam 2-Clasp Walking 1 Gloves in a quality that usually sells for $1. 50 will be sold for One Dollar a pair today. These are the most stylish Gloves for street wear. They come with narrow and extra heavy black or self colored embroidered backs, and a perfect fit is g-uaranteed. All sizes in light tan, mode, English red and brown shades; also white. Thursday Silks. A new lot of Figured Taffetas for Fancy Waists has just been received. I The styles and qualities are way ahead of silks advertised worth $1.00. This lot will go on sale at SO Gents a yard today. Don't fail to see them. Beautiful Foulards that will not wrinkle or slip on the warp, 50 styles, better than silks advertised worth 85c, all you want for 38 Gents a yard today. New Plaids that ought to sell for 75c, only 38 COntS a yard. Good Black Rustle Taffeta of Swiss manufacture for SO Cents. The Best Changeable Taffe tas in America one price £fk r to everybody 07 v Dress Goods. It pays to buy good merchandise. 15 pieces strictly pure Wool iA Canvas Weaves, all the new 4/C spring colors, today I 10 pieces strictly All- Wool Medium I Wale Storm Serges, navy blue f"A only, 50 inches wide, JJUC only 20 pieces Wiry Serges, in Heather , Mixtures; they will wear like / P leather, 48 inches wide, fli^C for VVV These are Black: Mohair Brilliantines,4o inches A wide, 40c quality, today L7C only *" V Basket Granite Cloths, 50 /r inches wide, extra special val- o!}^ ues Three Lining Leaders. The best soft-finish Lining <J Cambric in America, black and \C, all colors. Thursday, one day only Full yard-wide, soft-finish Rus- A tie Taffeta, black and colors, to- MQ day only The best 15c Silesias in St. |A Paul, black and all colors, to- |I|C day * VV New Ginghams. A new lot of Fine Dress Ging hams, not a job lot of undesirable patterns, but all carefully select ed styles, finer than the best 10c Ginghams, all you want for 6 Gents a yard all day today. 335 Pairs Lace Curtains for Next to Nothing Today. 100 pairs Nottingham Lace HQk Curtains. 3 yards 10ng, 38 inches i\\Q wide, today 85 pairs Nottingham Lace Qtk ; Curtains, 3 yards long-,45 inches HllC wide, today VVV ISO pairs Nottingham Lace rt*| AA Curtains, 3 yards long, 50 \\ III} inches wide, today IVW Ready at 9 o'clock. The entire lot ■ should be closed out long before the store closes. For Men. Three items will prove that fancy prices are unknown here: Men's Fine 1-1 Ribbed Balbriggan FIELD, SCHLICK & CO., .... CONTINUED .... Shirts and Drawers, pearl buttons, covered seams, only 25 Gents each today. Men's 40-Gauge Fast Black Cotton Socks, spliced heels and toes, today, 10 Gents a pair. One day only. Men's All-Silk ciub Ties, newest patterns, full standard widths and lengths, only 12 Gents each. Why pay 25c? FIELD, SCHLICK & CO, STATE EXPBMMKOT WOliK. bulletin 5O Treats of Many Interest. inn Subjects. Bulletin No. 50 has just been Issued from the agricultural experiment sta tion. The bulletin is prepared by Prof. I .ays, T. A. Hovers tad. Warren W. Pendergast and Andrew I loss. Consid erable space is taken up in a descrip tion of the work of substations when experiments in agriculture can be car ried on on a more extensive scale than at the home station. The northwest farm, or substation, at Crookston, which consists of 4">o acres, will thia year take up the question of pralria forests, and so important is this work considered by the department of agri culture at Washington that the depart ment has undertaken to supplement tha work of the substation and make it in reality one of the forestry experiment station of the national department of agriculture, an important matter to tha station and state. Experiments in methods of preparing the land and of planting- and oultivat ing- crops under the peculiar conditions or" soil and climate in the Red rive* valley will also be carried on this sea son, and there will be pasturage ex-, periments with stock. The northeast farm at Grand Rapida, acquired in 1896. consists of 4f>3 acres. No results have been as yet obtained showing- the work on this farm, but aa the sandy loam and stony land of this farm are suitable only for forest and grass crops, some very important de velopments in these lines are looked for. Experiments in forestry on a more extended plan than at Crookston will also be carried on. in which th« national g-overnment will assist. Experiments in methods of prepara tion of the soil, in methods of planting and in intercultural tillage are well under way at the third substation, Co teau farm. The practical results of the experi ments which have been under way tn this department of the station's activ ities are shown in tabular statement as to the improvement of charm-tor and yield in beans, corn, bailey, peas, oats, root crops and wheat. White much of this work is slow, owing to the fact that it takes several years to reach results which are at all practical, yet the experimentation is demonstrat ing the wisdom of its introduction into the work of the station. During several years past 120 varie ties of corn have been collected a n-1 placed on trial, and a very large num ber of them have proved on experimen tation to be unfit for use in Minnesota soil and climate Others, a few In number, have been found admirably suit- 5 to certain parts of the state. The station In its work not only helps farmers to Betect good seed, but aids them in rejecting the poor kinds, thus saving them in time money and labor. Eighteen varieties of oats have been sel< eted from severity-five kinds in one class or series, and ten of the best of the eighteen have been reserved for further experimentation and breeding. The points determined in testing va rieties of oats are yield of grain pee acre, ability of straw to stand erect on rich land, the weight per bushel, and the feeding quality of the grain. But important as are the results In other grains, the experiments in wheat breeding are far more important In Minnesota from a commercial stand point, and the bulletin gives evidence of the value of the work now In prog ivss. Tt is now almost t**n years since the station began experimenta tion in wheat to show what kinds are best suited to this climate and still more Important to breed new kinds from old parents. Out of 200 collected Varieties the eight best ones are de scribed in a tabular statement showing the per cent that lodge, the height of the stalk, length of head, days matur ing, weight per bushel and so on. T'nder the head of root crops, th« sugar beet comes In for consideration. The results of experiments made at the station In the year just past art- shown. Th«- experiments were In the nature of a trial. The methods were as follows: The labor is reckoned at $:)1 per month, the laborer boarding himself. Two bones with Implements are counted equal to ■ num. Two and one-half dollars i^r t>cre are allowed for the rental of the hind. S. v n pounds of seed pt r aire costing 20 c^nU \n>r pouud were used. The cost per acre is %'■':!. 17 and with fifteen tons of beet* per acr« the ooat is only VI.H per ion. The cost of tlw beats at the factory, including the hauling, would be greater in proportion to the distance hauled. And if the bents must mo stored to prevent freezing before the factory can make use of ihe'tii cost of storage, of pi's, building of cellars, also the cost of an addi tional handling must be added. The 1 ts were produced under conditions only tHghtly more favorable than ordinary. While the land Is in pood condition the labor is high priced. editions are no more favorable than most farmers could have on the best parts of their land if they were accustomed to raisnK sugar beets. And while the yield is •eoMwaaft better than the farmers would M the average, obtain the cost is also greater for labor. The Minnesota Experimental sta tion has proven- that beets of good quality can be cheaply raised in the Btat.e, particular ly in the southern half. Elaborate tables are given to show tha results of experiments in rotation of crops. IMOS FOR SWKKI'IM;, Two Hundred of Them After T\v» niy- Twn Coiiti-JietN. The members of the board of public works are credited with, having a snap, but. they put In four hours ye3terday afternoon at hard work. The occasion was the opening of bida for the sweeping of the asphalt , Btreets. Last year the •ounoil decided that it would be much better for *the ei-y to have the streets which are paved with asphalt swept and cleaned by a number of conn i instead of having the work let in one bid to one contractor and then farmed out. The suggestion was adopted by the board last year, and the asphalt- raved streets divid ed .into sixteen districts. The plan worked admirably, and this year the same line was followed. The -ity was divided in twenty-two districts and bids advertised for, the pro vision being made thai no contract should bs awarded for more than onp district, and that the contractor and one helper should do tha work. When the board met. at 2 o'clock yp afternoonr tbere ■ ids for them to open and pass on for the ,f the streets, and thirty-eight for collec ing the - sweepings. Last year the prices paid I from $7.50 v the Eize of the district... This year tin ran from % e > to $2G pvr week, and- some of the bidders put in figures on all of thd tweaty two district.-:. wi:h the hopo of car him one of the number arid securing the ■ on tract. The thirty-two bids for collecting the sweepings ranged from ?.>.; to ?~l per Last year the contract for the eeHeetion was awarded to th^ person bidding j:)s per «---v. The board will award the c •'. ty. This afternoon the board will have a hear ing on the paving of L.\ur<-1 avouu^. from Nina to Dale street, ar.d ox\ the construction of a Bewer on St. Albana street, from St. Anthony to University e.v«nues. Tbe last mentioned Improvement la the ftrat step to ward tbe construction a»)d operatioe r >f a cross-town line from Grand avoim .■ to J'rsl ver»Ky avenue. Under the chart*? granted to the meet railway rampan-y tf»< y are not compiled to operate a Him; on a sir*"* where a sewer has not 1 :cn cons :u-:ed. Th» sewer wiil ci.se in the nci&hjtqrhcod of. and if the objections of the property owners <5o not cause an adverso report by tha board, there Is a possibility afi?r the KIN is constructed that the council wiil oider a cross-town line uuilt and operated.