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the 'eyes" in ermine. All over It's surface she worked, sewing the tails upon the fan nel When her work was done and she had donned the cape, she was pleased to note that the lining looked exactly like er- mine
 AS magnificent finish to this garment she attached Medici collar of gray sable and ran a sable border down the front The cape was pronounced success. s=
 AS winter deepens, the automobile and English driving coat are seen sdn the heav- fer materials, such velvet and fur, the latter being too expensive however, for general use. The velvet long cloaks are seen in all colors, cut in the Princess shape and snugly fitted ito the figure. Among other characteristics they have the square shoulders, Quilt out like a mans sleeve top the closely-fitting coat sleeve. the full, tight fitting bust, the snug waist and the splendid set upon the hips. Below the hips the long coat, instead of falling straight like the ulster follows the line of the gown and sets we'll out in long, graceful sweep. These long coats are immensely smart, and in the darker shades, are becoming ito every figure, no matter now large. Those who could not admire the straight English box coat can find nothing against the Princess long cloak of velvet. f The modes of autumn and early winter are easily transformed into those of mid winter by the addition of certain features. One of these is the Medici collar of fur. This lines the outside or velvet collar and curls over 1t little. The lbroadest lapels of fur are added and down the font there are immense bands of flu as wide as possi- ible
 Fashions in winter wraps are toward the long, sweeping desings. They make wo- men look taller and more slender. thus taking them nearer to the artistic ideal
 BEATRICE.
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Babies Have to be Tagged

Hhe bookmaker wanted to beat the man out of his money"
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THE BEATRICE"
 FASHION LETTER
Many of the New Modes Are Spec tally Designed for the Woman
 Who Dresses in Black.

ception will not soon forget her string of pearls. Large, evenly matched, creamery white, and suggestive, they set off that wonderful gown of black and white in most marvellous way. Whole necklaces of real pearls are expensive, but there come mock pearls which answer the purpose well. They are not the manufactured wax pearl beads which can be bought fin yard strings for song.
 Three yards make very good "string;" iet the pearls be all of a size or Ihe string will not be success. Begin by winding il once closely around the throat, the next time around the string should be looser, the third time it should hang almost to the waist, and the fourth time 1t should just touch the waistband. This will give you a fine peair necklace. The dog collars are different. The string is wound close-y around the throat, five strands deep To do this we'll the different rows must be fastened upon a wide clasp in the back, which holds them in place. The best pearl dog collar in this country is owned by Mrs. Potter Palmer; the best string of pearls is said to belong ito Mrs. George Gould, who wears it with her turquoise gowns.
 For evening many the possibilities in black. There are the white toilettes set off by black velvet shoulder straps, and with black velvet around the throat. Ar tesques trim the skirt, and there are won derful possibilities tn black flower trim
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ming which is one of the latest fads. Ev- cry flower that grows is made in black silk and velvet; and these are stuffed and ap- pliqued ito the gown.
 listen! =
 It Us a tale of deception and fraud, but a pretty one.
 Once upon a time there was a New York woman, just home from Paris. where she had seen many pretty costumes The opera season had opened and all her set, and those that were not of her set, were bril- liant with magnificent gowns, handsomely cloaked with the most exquisite and gor- geous of wraps.
 She wanted an opera cloak, not the sim pie llttle cloak of cloth lined with taffeta and bordered with band of rough cloth, but cloak which should be luxurious, splendid, a thing of moro than beauty and joy to dts owner forever. It would cost $500. The woman could speak accura tely of the amount for she had priced these cloaks. So, what did sine do? Did sAe sit down and repine over the $30 which she had at her command for such cloak, or did she resolve to be up and doing? Surely the latter.
 After consultation with an artistic friend, she purchased enough aluminium colored cloth to make a cape that trailed to the very hem of her gown. It had a satin face and was as soft to the fingers as satin. There was satin stripe running through 1t which made it look very much like the new satin which is striped with taffeta. The cape was cut umbrella shap- ed.
 And now came the deception. Purchas- ing enough soft white flannel of the finest variety, she had the cape lined throughout with white flannel Next she went to the shop and bought three dozen of the short est, blackest fur tails she could find. In order to get tine kind she wanted she was forced to take the little tadls which grow in lots upon the bargain counters, because they suited her better. Clipping these to make them shorter and stubbier she fat tened them with her fingers and sewed them fast to the white flannel 10 look like
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n the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 There will be no Pinafore business of mixing the babies up' in the obstetrical ward of the Johns Hopkins hospital, if the physicians and attendants in charge can prevent it. Usually there are from one to two dozen newborn babies in the word and to the inexperienced eye they all look much alike. Even those accustomed to handling them sometimes have to look closely for distinguishing features or marks on the mites. of humanity. When the nurses are being changed frequently, in the course of their duties, the difficulties are increased of readily telling one baby from another. The doctors say they don't know what would happen if a mistake was made and Mrs Smith should leave for home taking Mrs Jones' baby with her, or vice versa. So they have hit upon happy so- luton of the difficulty.
 2, Each baby is tagged, and it is tagged in a. unique way. On a small square of adhe- sive plaster is written the baby's name. This plaster tag is then stuck tightly on the baby's back, just between the shoulder blades. The tag is waterproof, so It is not affected by the baths given the baby. It holds on tighly until the time comes for the baby and it's mother to leave the hos pital, when the tag may be readily pulled off without causing the baby any pain.
 Some persons C;ave thought that the tag ging was necessary to distinguish white from the colored babies, but the physicians say that this is not the case. While all newborn babies are red, they say the ba bies of white parents are a pinlSish color, while the slightest mixture of negro blood will give an unmistakable reddish tinge to the baby's skin, in addition ito the other characteristics of the race.
 It is not probable that Baltimore parents will be advised by their physicians to try the early course of physical training for their babies, which it is said the Yale ath- lete, A. A. Statsg, has tried with his S1s- montEl-old son. Physicians in Baltimore who were questioned on the mode of train- ing adopted by Professor Stagg, according to @ story about his baby which appeared in print some days ago, saysthat the ordi mary baby would not be benefited by the vigorous course prescribed by the athlete. As rule the bones of baby are too soft to stand its weight before it is year old, so that standing the baby alone or allowing it ito wal before that time is apt to result dn crooked legs CT bent spinal column.
 Seeing is believing with the doctors, and they are inclined to doubt Nfhe athletic abilities of a baby less than year old, un- less they are well vouched for by the facts in the case
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style that was dn vogue in this state be- fore the constitutional amendment was adopted. And the beuters and bookmakers are troubled in the same old way. The hieroglyphlcs on the tickets are often so indfStinct that a better does not have to draw upon his Imagination much to make them stand for amy horse in a race es- pecdally the lucky horse
 Judge J. J. Burke, who is presiding judge at Tanforan park, had to settle a S;sp,Ite between better and a bookmaker during the recent meeting. He was handed a ticket which looked like a Napamax paste board. The holder was laboring under the delusLon that he had met on Merops At least he tried to make the bookmaker be- Neve he did. The latter had no record of amy such bet as marked on the card, and refused to pay. The holder then took his troubles to the stand where he was set upon again.
 Tn nine cases out of ten find the book makers are right said Judge Burke, after sustaining the bookmaker in the instance just mentioned. "The tickets are written so quickly that it is often impossible to say what horse they stand for without consult ing the sheets. V E.
 There are some men who fancy the book maker has, by mistake given him a ticket on the winner and he tries to collect it. The marks on the ticket will look very much like the correct ones. But the bookma kers make very few mistakes.
 "The biggest bet I ever decided against a bookmaker was at Chicago on the day Key el Santa Anhto won the American Der by. man came to me with a ticket calling for $500 against $10. He said the book re- fused to pay it. looked on the sheet, but there was no mention made of the bet.
 "Then I asked the man how he came to back Baldwfn's horse. and he said Jockey Van Kuren gave him the tip. The horse had been running well over at DaItonia, and though never expected to see him win the odds were false. The dnitdals of Santa Anita were clearly stamped on the ticket, and ordered 1t patd always thought
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Crippled by
 Rheumatism.

Those who have Rheumatism find themselves growing steadily worse all the while. One reason of this is that the remedies prescribed by the doctors contain mercury and potash, which ulti- mately intensity the disease by causing the joints to swell and stiffen, produc- ing severe aching of the bones. s. s. s. has been curing Rheumatism for twenty years-even the worst cases which seemed almost incurable.
 Capt. o. E. Hughes the popular railroad con. ductor, of Colum bia, s. O., had an experience with Rheumatism which convinced him that
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Vicious Art

From tn Philadelphia Record.
 Tommy-Pop, what's tank drama?
 Tommy's Pop-A tank drama, my son, Is a play that's so bad as to drive people to drink.
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there is only one cure for that painful disease. He says: Il was Q greatsuf- ferer from muscular Rheumatism for two years. I could get no permanent relief from any medicine prescribed by my physician. I took about a dozen bottles of your 5. s. s., and now I
 amas well as I ever was in my life. I am sure thatyour medicine cured
 me and yyollld reeom
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BooKMAKERs ARE CAREFUL
Hieroglyphics on Tickets May Look Like
 Mistakes, But Sheet Tells Story

From New York Sunday Telegraph.
 Out in California they conduct their bet ting transactions att the tracks in the old
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Interested
From Life.

From Life
 Mrs J. Brassey Pushe-I confess I'm dy- ing to get my daughter married.
 The Brute-Er-What other Inducements do you offer?
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disease"
 Everybody knows that Rheumatism is diseased state of the blood, and that blood remedy is the only proper treat ment, but one containing potash and
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S.S.S.gHfsss Blood

being Purely Vegetable, goes direct to the very cause of the disease and per manent cure always results. It is the only blood remedy guaranteed to con- tain no potash, mercury or other dan- gerous minerals.
 Books mailed free by Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08

PITTsBURG. April s--Joseph Horne &
CO.. immense dry goods store is burning
and will be a complete loss.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08
ROBBERY IN A SALOON
PETER MARTIN HAD $42O TAKEN
FROM HIM,

Mlngfng with the crowd that attended
the opening of Fred Horey's saloon, 33
East Seventh street. last evening, was q
smooth pickpOcket that robbed Peter
Martin, formerly saloonkeeper at Third
and Robert streets, of $420. The "ddp"
got into Mr. Martins pocket while the
crowd was jostling about the bar, and
abstracted purse containing $40 in cash
and notes valued at $400 Mr. Martin
caught sight of the thief almost in the
act and grabbed the fellow, but the pick
pocket freed himself and after an exciting
chase, escaped.
When Mr.. Martin discovered that he
was beng robbed he seized the Young
man whom he suspected and tried to hold
him. The thief struck at Martin and.
freeing himself, ran out the door Mr..
Martin and nearly all of the crowd en-
joying Horey's hospitality, gave chase.
On emerging from the saloon the Dick
pocket lodged into the entrance of the
Fay hotel, on the corner of Seventh and
Cedar streets. Mr.. Martin was close at
his heels. Both went up the stairs half
a dozen steps at jump. But the thief
was the mere agile and had something of
a start at the head Of the stairs. Run,
ming through the hall, he dashed down
the rear stairs and escaped by a side
door. BY the time Mr.. Martin gained the
side entrance the thief had disappeared
whether or not 1t was the same thief
or one Of his pals that robbed a woman
on the opposite side of the street, half an
hour earlier In the evening, is question
Detective Campbell is trying to solve.
Shortly before the Martin robbery the
police were notified that pickpocket had
stolen a purse from a woman living on
Payne avenue, at Seventh and Cedar
streets The purse was taken from the
woman's pocket. 1t contained 81 in
change.
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try and 424 infantry. The enemy was
said to be $500 strong, with five guns"
HAPPENINGS AT WEPENER.
ALIWAL NORTH, Cape Colony, April
6-Thc coEonial division at Wepener has
captured five prisoners and 400 rifles.
The Royal Irish rifles are falling back
on Beestekraal from Rouxville.
The Beers are reported to be moving
east and west of RouXvtlle, and mum
Der of them are reported sixteen miles
down the Orange river A town guard is
being formed here
Beers CAPTURED.
CARNARYON, Cape Colony, April cit
is reported that 200 insurgents who were
not aware that Sir Charles Parsons had
occupied KenharGt and who were on
their way to that place, have been cap
tured by the British troops.
The Canadian artillery has arrived here
from Van Wyek's Vlei.
SYMPATHY FOR MRS. JOUBERT.
THE HAGUE, April 7.-Queen Wilhel-
NINA has sent a personal letter of SYM
pathy to Gen. Joubert's widow
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08
GAME OF coUxTER-sTRoKE.
Roers Capture British and British
Capture BOers.

ROers Capture British and British
Capture BOers.
NEW YORK, April IA dispatch from
London says:
The game of counter-stroke has been
played on both sides with success Gen.
Methuen has entrapped a small body Of
Boers near Boshof surrounding them
and taking fifty-four prisoners, after a
four hours fight. His force Included the
Imperial Yeomanry, whose exploit will be
popular one in England, where great
interest has been taken in this body Of
rough riders and crack shots. The cas-
ualties were nearly equal on both sides,
apart from the prisoners.
This episode throws little light upon
the mysterious operations which Gen
Methuen has been conducting north of
Kimberley. 1t indicates the facility with
which the British commanders can adapt
themselves to the guerrilla warfare into
which the Boer tactics are rapidly de-
generating. Gen. Vijlebois- Mareuil, who
was killed on the Boer side, was Jou-
berts military adviser in Natal, and was
engaged by DR.. Leyds at the outbreak
of the war His record in the French
army was brilliant and DIR. Leyds made
an excellent investment in securing his
services. He has been in the French war
office and staff college, and was chief Of
SletH III the -<AiSSiidH v. Il OIL
GERS have considered that his abilities
were cverrated, but he had evidently
been most useful to the Boer generals in
Natal. in showing them how they could
adapt their tactics to new conditions of
warfare. He was the best foreign ex-
pert OH the Dutch side, and his death is
a serious blow, especially as the Beers
have lost two of their best men-Joubert
and CronJe. If he suggested the new pol
icy Of counter attack upon the lines OF
the British communication, as was re-
ported, he has fallen victim of his own
tactics.
1.-THE Beers have followed up their sue
cess at Kornspruit by a similar stroke
aimed against Gen. Roberts line Of COM
munication.
''The new tactics followed by the Beers
have dispiriting effect upon the thought
! less Observers who have fancied that
F.. the war was virtually over, but veterans
in the service are not disconnected by
them, nor seriously alarmed. Absurd es-
timates printed by sensational papers, of
The strength OF the Boer raiders, are re-
jected in official circles as unworthy of
credence. Instead of having 10000 men,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08
VAGUE NEWS FROM FRONT
LONDON WAR OFFICE ISSUED NO
BULLETINS DURING SATUR-
DAY NIGHT
BoERs ARE AGAIN ACTIVE
Taking Advantage of the Inactivity
of the British GeneraIs-May
Seek to OutIank Gen.
Butler.

LONDON, April S.-No news was issued
by the war office tonight No news was
received from the front except that from
Bloemfontetn, dated Wednesday, reia tive
to the engagement of Gen. Gatacre at
Reddersburg, which seems to have been
held back by the censor 1t must be re-
membered that Lord Roberts In report,
ing the unfortunate occurrence at Red
dersburg said that Gen. Gatacre had ar.
rived there on the morning of the 4th.
Hence he may have succeeded in engag-
ing the Beers later in the day. 1t is
strange, however, that Gen. Gatacrc's
subsequent movements have not been
mentioned in Lord Roberts official dis,
patches, the last of which was dated the
evening of April 6.
1t is reported from Ladysmith that
Beers are beginning to construe Gen. Bull
ler's inactivity as a sign of fear or in
ability to resume active operations.
Hence they are showing much activity,
particularly around Biggarsberg, and are
said to be planning to outfiank Gen
Butler ny an advance in force by way of
Helpmaaker. As the plan is known it is
not likely the Beers will find Butler un-
prepared.
The Beers state that the Colesberg and
Stormberg commanders, numbering 5000
men and ten guns, have reached Kroon.
stad.
SCOUT BURNHAMS S EXPLOIT.
A special dispatch from Bloemfontein
dated April 5. says that the American
scout, r. F. Burnham, was captured
near rhaba N Chu, but made his escape
He wandered about for two days, Gnally
reaching the camp Of the Twelfth lane,
ers in a weak state He says the Beers
are determined, but they realize thei,
eventual defeat is inevitable
The war Office has posted the list of
casualties at Petersfontein, near Boshof,
on April 8. Only one is reported killed,
Sergeant Patrick Campbell, OF the 2m-
perial Yeomanry, husband of the well
known actress. Nine non-commissioned
officers and men are reported wounded
CASUALTIES AT REDDERSBURG,
Lord Roberts cables the war office as
follows:
'Bloemfontein, Friday, April g. - The
casualties at Reddersburg were: Officers
killed, Capt. F.,G. Casson and Lieut.. G.
r. Barclay, both Of the NorthUmber-
lands; wounded, 2; captured, 8. Non-com-
missioned officers and men killed, s.;
wounded, 49, the rest were captured.
"Our strength was l67 mounted infsn-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08
SHORT ON PRIZE MONEY
EXHIBITORS OF CANNES GET
NOTHING BUT RIBBONS.

According to the statements by the
local owners of dogs, who were awarded
prizes at the fourth annual exhibition Of
the Northwestern Kennel club, there has
been no payment of prize moneys to local
owners. There was, of course, a distri-
button of colOred ribbons to all the win
ners in the various classes, and the out
side exhibitors, whose CANNES took prizes,
received cash awards In addition to rib
bons. The local parties who took hold
and made the show a success, and devot-
ed time and enthusiasm, as well as their
pet dogs, however, have as yet not seen
the color of the prize money awarded
them.
Several of the exhibitors seen last even
ing did not care to say anything for pub
lication, but admitted that there had
been failure on the, part of the associa-
ton to pay cash awards Each of the
local exhibitors had been given to under
stand that the exhibition, while sue
cess in the number of animals exhibited
was not a success financially, and the
chances We're that the club would not be
in position to make good the prize
money.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08
LAMPHERE AT The HEAD
NEW SECRETARY OF NORTHWEST
ERN PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION.


The directorate of the Northwestern
publishers association met yesterday at
the Windsor and made a number of
changes In method of doing business.
Henry LaClerque, the Chicago business
manager. was dropped and George N
Lamphere, of Moorhead, made secretary
in the place of @. S. Pease, of Anoka,
whose time would not permit him to
continue as secretary Mr.. Pease was
elected one of the vice presidents.
The association has been in existence
for five years. 1t was formed for the
purpose Of controlling, for its members.
who are also stockholders, the advertis-
ing now placed by agents. The agents
get commissions both ways and the
object Of the publishers was to save the
commissions by dealing directly with the
advertisers.
Under the new plan the business will
be handled by the secretary.