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are OF three-quarter length, arranged
IN box-plaits, and finished with a
macintosh hood which can be pulled
up over the head. Pale fawn, gray,
dark blue, and black are favorite trav-
cling colors. and alpaca is an ideal
fabric for hard and useful wear.
The skirts of travelling frocks fully
clear the ground, and this is most
sensible arrangement; they are gen.
orally made, too, with pocket on each
side. They sometimes button up the
front, with blouse bodice to match,
finished with a neat leather or silk
belt at the waist, with washing collars
and cuffs.
The best wraps for travelling ema-
nate from Vienna, in the form of a
coarse. silky linen, loose sac, trimmed
with an edging of washing embroidery
and some big cone buttons. These en-
tirely cover the frock beneath and are
ideal for the warm days of autumn.
For cooler days, this same model is
admirable in reversible tweeds and
thick cloths.
There is no hard and fast rule where
couture is concerned. Large. loose
waves are still de rigueur, and a good
many exclusive mondaines are wearing
the hair brushed back very loosely
with no wave at all. This, 1 think. is
perhaps the most chic mode of all. pro-
vided 1t suits the individual and she
be perfectly coffee, for 1t is more diff
ficult to dress the hair without the aid
Of waving.
Young girls are wearing the hair
low, with a big black silk or velvet
bow behind. For smart occasions in
the evening the hair is generally
dressed very high, and innumerable
tortoiseshell pins are worn. The
wreath of leaves and flowers is still
seen, and beautiful jewels are never
out of fashion.
The illustration shows one of the
many charming autumn toilettes de.
signed for yorng girl, say of abou,
10 or so. ELLEN OSMONDE
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HE American invasion OF
NA Canada" is no longer q
meaningless phrase. 1t is
NyEX an invasion in reality, and
- one which is assuming such
proportions as to cause the
Canadians to think seriously of what
the end may be. 1t is an invasion both
of people and products.
Across the borders of the central and
western states our farmers are flock
ing to the free lands of the northwest
In much the same way as they flocked
to these western states but a few
years ago. But few days ago an old
Canadian in Ontario explained the rea-
son of this to me:
These men who are now crossing
the border went into your western
states but few years ago with moth
ing" he said. They took homesteads
which the government offered them
free of charge; they have improved
them and cultivated them; the coun-
try has developed until to-day they can
dispose of the holdings which came to
them as gift from their government
ind have only to move across the Dor
der to get new farms again on the
kame terms upon which they got their
first ones"
Seven years ago there were compar-
atively no Americans in western Cana
da. Manitoba had probably a dozen
families from the states. They got in
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ago, said: "He is not up to the physi"
cal or mental qualifications of the gem
eral run of European soldiers" Time
was when the recruiting was from tho
better class of artisans and laborers, a
class which have in the past made
England's best soldiers, and from
which many of her best officers have
been drawn by rising by sheer merit
from the ranks. But this class is no
longer seeking the army as a means Of
livelihood, probably because of the
small pay, "a cents per day being the
allowance of an infantry private. 1t
is not munificent sum, even in Eu-
rope, and it is small wonder that it
does not attract the class of recruits
which make the best soldiers.
The consensus of English opinion
seems to be that the nation is no
stronger in military way than she
was at the opening of the South Afri-
can war; that the lessons learned then
by reason of her unpreparedness will
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The long shoulder must be obtained at
all costs, and the fad will doubtless
run into extravagant caricature. The
required line by capes or cape collars
after the fashion most in evidence this
summer as to produce the effect by
clever cutting of shoulder and sleeve.
Yokes of all shapes, but invariably
coming down well over the top of the
sleeve. are popular, and when a yoke
is not applied, the bodice shoulder it.
self is cut in one with the sleeve top
or cap, and the upper half of the arm
hole is entirely lost to view. To attain
successful results by this method is not
easy, and the "pelerine yoke" or
shoulder is more likely to be attractive
in fashion cuts than upon wearer,
but the dressmakers will soon learn
the trick and doubtless atone for few
early failures by a multitude of later
triumphs
From underneath this extended
shoulder piece the modish sleeve
energies in considerable fullness and
swells into pronounced puff or bal
loon about the elbow, or above Also
it Is written that this fullness must
not be allowed to droop and cling to
the arm as it has done heretofore, but
must stand out crisp and full above
the long, close-fitting cuffs on the ell
bow turn-back cuff and frills. In some
cases, the finest of wire-milliner's
wire-is used to insure the desired re-
suit
This Jleeye is, perhaps, the most dis
tinctive and novel feature of the new
frocKs, and it takes unto itself many
eccentricities, but always there is the
swelling outline in the neighborhood
of the elbow and the fullness above the
elbow; so the silhouette differs radi-
cally from that of last season.
The illustrations give ideas of the
early winter models of many kinds. A
study OF them will show the diversity
of styles for that season, and will
demonstrate that there is still room
for individuality in our gowns.
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head of the army, for, in the eStima-
ton of the British public, Lord Rob-
erts was one of the do-something kind
from whom results might be expected.
But even the popular little 'Bobs," the
one-time idol of England, Is now get
ting into disrepute because he is not
accomplishing the impossible and max
ing the English army in reality all
that is claimed for it on paper.
On paper England is one of the great
military nations of Europe and the
world, of whom other powers are ex-
pected to stand in awe. In history the
patriotism of her sons and the genius
of her generals have at times accom-
plished wonders, as for instance, they
squelched the terrible Napeleon-at
the time he was weakest. But though
there is on the British arms a luster
that is the result of some happy acct
dents in history, ii is dimmed to a
certain extent by some memorable de-
featS, as, for instance, two whippings
by this country when we were small,
and a fairly good trouncing by the
Beers before her inexhaustable re-
sources brought a final victory out of
defeat
On paper England musters an army
of 100000 men-according to no less
an English authority than Mr..
Charles S. Terrain, author of an en-
Pertaining volume entitled, THE Ar
mics of the World" Yet no self-re-
specting Erglishman would admit that
there was anything like third Of this
number of men in the field in South
Africa, though the officials of the coun-
try admit that the nation has practi-
cally reached the limit of its re-
sources in men unless the draft was
resorted to, or the colonies came to the
rescue with increased numbers of
troops.
This paper army, it must be remem-
bered, included not only the regular es-
tablishment of Great Britain. but the
army reserve, the militia, the yoe-
many and the volunteers at home, the
native and English forces in India,
and the militia forces of all the col
onies. The following table showing
England's military forces is copied
from Mr. Jerram's valuable volume:
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.hA the English press and the
" army Blue book Britain is
NEK learning over again the
sa lessons of the Boer war,
and men high and low are
asking What is being done to remedy
the costly defects and mistakes of the
past?"
Seldom has any nation with great
resources gone into war less pre-
pared than England when she at
tempted to conquer the sturdy burgh-
ers of South Africa. She learned her
lack Of preparedness through the
school of experience. Even before the
British Tommy Atkins had ceased re-
treating from in front of Boer bullets
in South Africa Lord Lansdowne found
the enemy's line at home gaining in
strength with a rapidity that threat
ened evil to his political future. Lord
Woolsey, as commander in chief of the
British forces, though his position was
much like that occupied by Gen. Miles
in this country, one of rank and title
more than of authority, came in for a
large share of the criticism that was
being distributed without Partially by
the British public, and was sacrificed
on the altar of public opinion for the
sake of his political superiors.
A wave Of popular approval followed
the promotion of Lord Roberts to the
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tendency to be tight-f1tting. A trim
appearance certainly has its charms
for the country.
The new short skirts are nearly all
cut plain over the hips, and all the
fullness comes at the hem. Some are
made with separate killed flounce
put on invisibly under strappings of
cloth or tweed. The old-fashioned idea
Of a short skirt was a skinny con-
Germ, and most unbecoming to the ma
jority of women, giving them the ap-
pearance of being insufficiently clothed.
This is the fault, to my mind, of many
of the linen frocks.
Now, with the advent of tailor-built
coats and skirts we must consider the
question of suitable shirts and blouses,
for there are many hot days when we
can dispense with the coat With the
exception of white, a blouse of con-
trasting color is a mistake. For in
stance, with brown serge skirt, what
looks smarter than brown taffeta or
spotted foulard shirt? You can always
add white muslin turnover collar
and cuffs.
The country shirt is very important,
and should be worn over a well-fitting
slip. Above all, it should have we'll
cut high collar.
But the seasons rush past us at a
speed that cannot be lessened, and
though we are now but at the begin
niEg of autumn early winter will be
upon us before we realize it, and so
let us take little preliminary peep
at what the coming season will bring
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Spain from sentimental point, with
neighbors from Sweden, from Denmark,
from Russia, from Finland, from Aus
tria, from everywhere save least of all
England, it would be easy to spread this
sentiment for annexation when annexa.
ton means dollars.
There is yet another element which is
doing its small part to spread the an
nexation sentiment. That element is
the Canadians who come to the States
to live, and there are thousands of them
in 1900 the total number of native
born Canadians residing in the United
States was 1,049, 900, or nearly one to
five of the people in Canada. They find
more ready employment, larger oppor-
tunities for financial advancement here
than at home, and, as a rule being of the
younger element, are prone even to exag-
gerate the difference when reporting to
friends in Canada. A clerk in Toronto
store said to me this summer:
81 get but six dollars a week here, and
have to work three nights each week,
while I have brother clerking in a
store in Cincinnati who gets $12 week
without any night work. I am going
over there to live this fall"
An old gentleman, a resident of little
village in northern Ontario, told me Of
young friend he had in Chicago.
"He is brick mason" he said, "and
he is making five and six dollars day
over there, while over here he never got
better than $780,"
He was comparing city conditions
with those of the country, but he didn't
know it, and was advising his young
| friends to go to the States for better
wages. He was true to his homeland,
he would die under the protection of the
union jack, but time had carried him
past the day of the love of the dollar
The younger element have not outgrown
it. The tales of fabulous wealth across
the boundary line to the south are hav-
ing an effect on those left at home.
There is trade balance of SIC. O0O. 900
in our favor annually in our commercial
dealings with Canada. We sold to her
last year $125, 600, 900 worth Of our pro-
ducts, and we bought of her $55. 000, 900
worth of her raw materials. These fig
ures do not, by any means, represent the
ratio in which Canada produces and con-
sumes. The figures would be practically
the other way if they did. The Ameri-
can customs officer prevents her ship
ping her products into this country
without the payment Of duty, while the
customs officer Of free-trade England
does not. so she ships to England But
her own customs officers levy tribute on
the importations from England in the
same way they do on the importations
from the States, though in a slightly
less degree, so she buys from the
States. The customs officer along the
boundary between this nation and our
northern neighbor is not a favorite
with the people of that nation, and if
there Is no other means of Diminishing
him they may, may we say again, in
time favor annexation as a last resort.
! But it will be an annexation sentiment
born of the love of the dollar.
| WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
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on the ground floor in the Manitoba
wheat belt, and to-day they are indie
pendently wealthy. l visited at the
home of one of them year or so ago.
He owned $500 acres of land, had il
well improved and well stocked, and
had that year harvested 67,500 bushels
of wheat. These families were but
the advance guard of the invading
army that was to come. At the end OF
the fiscal year 1902 the Americans in
western Canada numbered 1900, a
third of whom crossed the border that
year. The official figures for the past
year are not yet available, but the
railway count gives the number of i'm
migrants from the United States at
about $4,000 people.
One has but to visit the western Ca
madam plains to make it easy to be-
lieve these figures. New towns are
going up everywhere; cities of tents
are to be seen near every land Office,
and in them are Americans. Not ex-
clusively, to be sure, but predominant
From Calgary north to Edmonton, in
Alberta territory, every station along
the line of railway has close beside IL
its city of tents overlooking with emf
grants seeking locations. 1t is into
this section, more than others, that the
Americans are going. There are whole
villages of them, villages more typi-
cally American than many TO be found
in our own northwestern states. An
immigration official at Calgary, Mr.
Wren, said to me: Next year we shall
make it 100000 or better from the
States. You don't need them as we do
and they are as much at home here as
they are south of the boundary line. u
But are they as much at home there
rs they were in the States?
In this country we hear the state
ment: Canada will soon be part OF
the United States" The statement is
made by those who are not frequent
visitors to Canada. Cross the line and
ask the first Canadian you meet if he
wants to be annexed. His mo" will
come so quickly as to stagger you, but
the chances are he will add, "but they
ought to tear down the tariff wall be-
tween the two countries"
1t is in that sentence that one may
find an undercurrent of annexation
sentiment all. through Canada. They
are faithful to England; hats come on
to the union jack as quickly in Canada
as in England, but they see across that
invisible line which separates the two
countries an opportunity for financial
betterment, market for their enor-
nous natural resources. The love OF
the dollar is strong in all peoples, and
it may be that some day what is now
but an undercurrent so weak as to be
almost imperceptible save by imagina-
ton may become raging torrent
moving with such force as to sweep
Canada into the union despite her re-
gard for the mother land.
1--WE have the best government in
the world, we do not want to be an
nexed," said Alex Macdonald, an old
Scotch merchant of Winnipeg, to me
"but we do want this nonsensical tariff
barrier removed between the two coun.
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Fall and Winter Fashion Notes

in the way of clothes. Discussions of
the winter styles are the rule wherever
dry goods men and dressmakers con-
gregate. The continued vogue of 1880
mo6es, the revival of the severely tail
ored street frock, the success of the
soft taffetas and of zibelines, the popu-
Iarlty of the red blues, running all
through the dahlia, fucnsia, violet and
mauve shadings. The increasing liking
for high crowned hats-these are facts
upon which all the authorities seem
agreed.
The continuance Of the 1880 ideas
IMPLIES a host of minor conclusions.
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have to be learned all over again when
another war comes. But the main
trouble seems to be that England ex-
poets her generals and army officials
to keep her army on volunteer en-
listment basis on an equality with
the armies of other European nations
operating on compulsory military
service basis. 1t is a task that is prac-
tically impossible.
DANIEL CLEVERTON.
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News In Brief.

Eight thousand men were in line in
the Labor day parade in st. Paul.
A large barn on the Hertel farm
near Fertile south of town was struck
by lightning and badly damaged.
A man giving his name as Matt
Czech, from the cities had been hunt
ing and was taking the shells out Of
his gun in the Merchants hotel Office,
at Cyrus, when the gun was accident
ally discharged. Martin S. Ofsthun,
a farmer boy was shot in the head,
but was only slightly injured.
The Northern Pacific abides by the
order of the state railroad commits
sion and will run two of its Minneap-
olis-Duluth trains by way of the old
ST. Paul & Duluth line. Four trains
will be run by way of Carlton and
West Superior.
The exhibits from Minnesota at the
Worlds Fair next year will cover
eight departments; agriculture, horti-
culture, dairying, education, game and
fish, mining, building materials and
sociology. The state building viii
cost $4,000 and the balance of the APP
preparation goes for the exhibits and
expenses.
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Hints for the Autumn Modes

RINGES are being greatly
worn on the autumn cloth
models; indeed, we have
seen them, more or less, all
the season.
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OOm6 WHIIt CIOCN uT1SSeS
for smart occasions are embroidered
with gold and finished with fringe of
white and gold gallon. Many of these
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England would never muster such
an army under the present system of
volunteer enlistments. The English
people are patriotic. more so than most
other Europeans, but they have shown
within the last few years that they do
not take kindly to poorly paid mill
tary service either in time of peace or
war. and it is safe to say that half of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-09-18
Land Decisions.

Within the past few days the United
States land office at st. Cloud has re-
ceived twenty decisions from the COM
missioner of the general land office,
covering cases in the so-called North
ern Pacific indemnity belt in Crow
Wing, Morrison and Todd counties.
In all the cases the decisions favor the
railroads.
Mayor j. =. C. Robinson is one Of
the attorneys for the contestants, the
actual settlers, and the decisions, UNI
less reversed by the United States SUI
preme court, will be the means of los
ing to the settlers 200 quarter sections
of land, with fees aggregating some
$50, 900 to the attorneys.
The decisions are covered by an ON
nibus decision fled by the commission
er in which judgment was found for
the railroad company, and the indi-
vidual decisions are coming so rapidly
at the local land office that no attempt
is made to enter them at the present
time.
The settlers are for the most part
men of ordinary means and the APP
pealing of the cases to higher court
will mean great hardship to them,
many preferring to settle with the
company by paying them as high as $40
per acre for the land rather than go
through an expensive litigation.
1t has been decided by the attorneys
to appeal all the cases to the secretary
of the interior and if necessary carry
them still higher.
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Rapid RaiIroad RuiIai,p

The record for speed in railway cou-
struction has been achieved on the Bal
uchistan railway, which was pushed
across treeless plain at 81 miles day.
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
fold at Par.

sOld at Hars
Capitol certificates to the amount of
$500, 900 were sold to the state board OF
investment by the capitol commission.
The state board of investment is COM
posed of the governor, auditor and
treasurer of the state, and has charge
of all investment of the school and uni
versity funds, which are being con-
stantly added to by the sale of school
lands. There was no other bidder for
the certificates, and they were award
ed to the board of investment at par.
The certificates bear interest at the
rate of 8 per cent per annum.
The contract for the metal cases and
shelving at the capitol was let to the
Van Dorm Iron Works company OF
Cleveland, on its bid of 32,017.17. The
bids were opened at the last meeting
of the commission, and it was found
that this company had made the lowest
offer. The next lowest bid was that
of a jamestown company at S33,754.
The shelving will be used in the state
law library and in the vaults. The
cases are all to be of metal.
The specifications for furnishing the
building are now being prepared In
New York The commissioners are ex-
pecting the finished specifications in
few days and will consider them at the
next monthly meeting. AS soon as the
plans are approved bids will be called
for.
Estimates for the work of the past
month are as follows: Butler Bros,
interior woodwork, $3,599 Sc; Butler
Ryan Co., plastering, $500; metal
lathing, $500; w. r. Gray & Co., me-
chanical equipment, SO, 600.
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used on evening dresses, as well as on
sumptuous carriage wraps.
Just now the object of the chief tail
ors is to discover something new in
travelling costumes, and some charm
ing models have been brought out in
alpaca and coarse linen.
Some of the new alpaca coats for
travelling, to wear with short skirts,
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6EOE Gays VI the SuOTl
.NHA. skirt we feel smarter and
XS n happier in the country
NWZE than we have done in pre-
- vious years. The trotteuse
skirt can be SO chic in
weeds and fine killed plaids, especially
in company with the short Norfolk
coat. Some of these Norfolk coats have
only two plaits back and front, and no
Wristbands, but they are beautifully
cut, and are quite short on the hips.
think, however, that prefer the old
style, with its leather band and gen.
eral appearance of workmanlike neat
ness.
Smart folks are wearing a great deal
of brown serge, as well as heather
mixtures. Blue serge, of course, still
holds its own. The ideal fishing cos
tune is in greeny mixture, but this is
only becoming to fair women, although
dark ones will persist in wearing it.
Sac coats are worn in town, but in
the country, tight-fitting coat, or the
Norfolk jacket caught in at the waist
So we may say that. once again, tailor
made frocks are showing the figure.
Even the nealy stitched bolero has a
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Murder I'm st. Paul.


Otto C. Kirchoff of st. Paul came to
his death from a wound caused by
blunt weapon welded by some un-
known person.
This is the substance of the coroner'a
jury which investigated the death of
Otto C. Kirchoff. who died as the result
of injuries received in street brawI
at the corner of Kent and Lakond
streets, st. Paul, early Monday morn
ing. The jury did not fix the response
bility, but the testimony tended to
show that either Charles Haag or Pc
ter Hubert threw the stone which
struck Kirchoff on the head and caused
his death.
The testimony also showed that
Kirchoff was the aggressor in the trou-
BILE and started the brawl which ended
in his death,