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n their waist and is best with either no loops or

stripes and figures. These shade on their
own colorings, rather than taking in two
colors, as did the silks of three years ago.
Harmony, rather than strong contrasts,
will characterize winter fashions. The
silk waist of the initial was Illustrative,
being shaded violet silk, with pearl but
tons trimming and bolero of violet and
white passementerie. Smooth cloths such
as broadcloth and venetian are to be
much employed for dressy gowns. and on
them lace trimmings will be continued.
The use of such materials makes it pos
sihle, to have the street gown entirely
different as the latter can be of rough
cloths and mixtures This is, in way,
an extravagant manner of dressing, for
many woman of moderate means tries
to make the one tailor gown do for all
occasions on which cloth dress is nee
essary, wearing different waists to make
the costume more or less dressy. The
coming fashion will make a gown of each
sort almost essential.
In the pictures shown herewith are
three smooth cloth models and one rough
cloth suit. The seated woman displays
n violet voile trimmed with the same
shade of cuny lace. Beside this is a
soft gray cloth finished with stitched
shaped pieces. At the right in the sec
ond large picture is a brown venetian
cloth trimmed with escurial lace. The
walking costume was brown cheviot.
Zibelline promises to be. in high favor
among rough goods. 1t is offered in nov
city weaves showing stripes and plaids,
as well as in plain sorts. There Is no
more dressy rough goods. Invisible check
suitings are pretty, and will wear well.
These are rough, but more on the order
of cheviots than of zibellines.
Many street dresses in rough goods
are on view. and they suggest that so
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with collar. As to skirts there Is Ike
diversity. Many circular founces are
still seen, but these, for the most part,
on the longer skirts. Shorter models are
either pleateG plain, OF yoke, or strap
ped and stitched.
All-lace dresses for evening have full
Endorsement, and the trick of combining
a white and q black lace in them will
be considered especially swagger. White
and black chantilly combine thus very
prettily. The favored colored lace is
cluny, which in silk goes beautifully with
soft cloth. A very handsome gown of
light gray wolfe had insertions of gray
lace, and the top of the skirt as trim
med with tabs of the lace ending in
fringe ornaments. The whole was in one
shade of gray, with the exception Of the
belt, which was of light blue silk. Col
ored laces will make a strong bid, the
most inviting purchases being very hand
some. They include both linen and silk
isces, though the latter are by far the
hanosemer. The lace should match the
goods as nearly as possible. Fringes
are to be used freely. A really handsome
fringe is expensive trimming, and so this
fashion will be limited to expensive dress
ers. There are cheap fringes, but they
rarely wear satisfactorily, the ends be-
ing thin and apt to knot up, so 1t Is
poor policy to have any but good quail
ity. Much the same effect can be had
from some of the ornaments with fringe
ends, and these are less costly.
Sleeves still have fullness, and it is dis
posed variously in dressy costumes. Some
show a wide plain cuff, the fullness ap-
pearing in the upper part of the sleeves.
Others have narrow band at the wrists.
all the fullness falling over the hand.
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Thia and That.

The Bank Of Arrow Rock, at Arrow
Rock, Mo-, was robbed of a small sum
by four burglars.
VIII Ramsey, a 12-year-old boy, was
kicked by a family horse while passing
his stall and fatally injured at Arkansas
City, Kan.
In an effort to lower his record, Dan
Patch paced a mile in two minutes on the
grounds of the Minnesota State Fair As
ISOLATION at ST. Paul. The trial was wit
messed by crowd Of 10000 people.
Major John r. Beacon of the Sixth
United States infantry, stationed at Fort
LeaYenworth, has been appointed United
States military attache to London, one
Of the most important positions in the
army.
The Canadian government has con-
tracted with French ship owners for mail
service between Quebec, St. Johns. Hall
fax and Bordeaux, France. A subsidy
Of S133.000 win be paid for twenty-four
trips.
Mss Frances Cook. eldest daughter Of
Secretary Of State Sam Cook of Mis-.
souri,, is tn be married to Cassius NJ.
Clay Of bolivar, No., a son Of Col
Green Clay Of Mexico. Mo-
II is announced that the United States
Fruit Company win Immediately repIant
the Jamaica estates devastated by tbs
recent hurricane. thus giving employ.
n1enf 70 thousands Of people.
The automobile Of Prince Eitel Fried
erich. second son Of Emperor William,
got out of the control of the driver near
Bean and started down the mountain
side The prince leaped ont and the driv-
er stopped the machine At a neighbcring
village
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waist and is best with either no loops or
only one.
Motifs of ecru lace studded with bits
of opalescent shell make a trimming af-
fected by the novelty loving girl.
The matched sets Of turnover collar
and cuffs will be as popular the coming
season among tailored neckwear as they
have been this summer.
For millinery use ribbon will be large
ly used during the coming fall and win
ter, with three to FIVE shades Of one
color blended in some novel design.
Chiffon wells ornamented with chenille,
velvet, hand embroidery and Mexican
drawn-work are on view, but they are
not nearly so popular as the self-edged
palmer sorts.
The extended fringe vogue that Is her
aided for the coming season is noted on a
number of smart stocks, with their long
front tab, embellished with fringe or
knotted tassels.
1t is said that tho fur stole will still
be the height of style next winter. This
ecclesiastical accessory is dear to the
hearts of most women, being almost uni
versally becoming.
A new sleeve shape just out is in d.
rect contrast to the one so universally
seen. This one is long over the forearm
of the inner seam, and gradually gets
shorter toward the back.
While black and white, the magpie
combination is still good style for some
things in dressdom, the one-tone idea is
much preferred for hats. The hats are
either all white now or all black.
At recent outdoor function one Of the
loveliest costumes on view was an ann
Der mousseliDe de sole with many foam
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around large city people can get in
and out each day to their business
within an hour. Mr. Behr has the sup
port of expert engineers all over Eng
land. Many Of them appeared before
the House of Commons committee at
the time when the sanction of the gov
eminent was secured for the building
of this road, and they testified to the
safety and practicability Of the whole
scheme.
Er gineers are agreed that average
speeds of over seventy-flve miles an
hour are impossible on the curves
found on existing railways. The con-
struction of a special memorial track
would enable very high speeds to be
reached with perfect safety and would
do away with that mixture Of speeds"
which renders the problem Of dealing
with express, slow, and freight traffic
one Of ever-increasing difficulty to the
tracks would be laid alongside the ex-
isting two-rall ground tracks or the
cars could be run overhead If so de-
sired. 1t has been practically estab-
lished that the limit Of size and power
in locomotives and in rail construction
has been reached, according to the
present railway methods. Electricity
has helped materially in grades, not
only making great saving in the con-
struction of roadl)eds, out in opening
country Of certain typographical eccen-
tricity which will never be available
for steam power generated In a loco
motive hauling train. The combina-
ton Of electricity and the mono7rail
system makes these much sleeper
grades and sharper curves possible,
but at the same time it practically
eliminates the danger of derailment.
1t looks, therefore, as If there were
chance that passengers might be able
to travel with at least the same safety
as to-day. at double the rate of the
present fastest express train, by the
mono-rail system.
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and the woman he loved was riding
straight to her death unless he could
stop her.
pull to the leftr' he shouted.
Quick! The break in the cliff
Even as he spoke Merton saw the
yawning gap just ahead. There was
but a moment to act. He leaned over
and caught the girl around the waist.
Free your foot" he cried and as she
did So he lifted her from che saddle
by main strength and swung his mare
to the left as the black horse thun-
dered on riderless and plunged over
the chasm.
There was an instant's suspense, and
then Mertons mare stumbled, went
down in a heap, and Merton knew no
more.
When he came to he was lying on
the grass by the path side, his head
supported by Carols arms, and her lips
against his.
my darling! My darling| he heard
her cry. Have 1 killed you? o, for
give me! Now, when it's too late, l
now what love ISL
But it was not too late.-Indianapo-
lis Sun.
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TO IMPROVE WASHINGTON.
Ambitions Scheme TO Make the City
the Grandest in the World.

Ambitious Scheme TO Make the City
the Grandest in the World.
1t is the intention to make Washing
ton both the Paris and Berlin of Amer
lea. Plans which have been considered
by Congress for making the nations cap
ital grander, more beautiful and more
splendid in every respect, call for the
expenditure of millions upon millions
The first step in this long-looked-for
aggrandizement will be taken In earnest
when the work on the Union Railway
station Is under way. This great build
ing alone will cost $20,000,000. Several
years will be occupied in it's construction.
The station will excel in size and mag
nifcence anything of it's class in the
world. No railway can be barred from
its facilities. The mileage represented
will be about 41,000.
In keeping with this colossal under
taking will be the homes Of the States
on National avenue. The idea is for the
United States to give a tract of land
5000 feet in length by $50 in breadth,
the frontage to be allotted proportionate-
ly to the population of the different
States, and in the order of their adj
mission into the Union. Here each State
is to erect a building Speaker Reed
thought the idea a fine one. Presently
there will be fifty States in the Union.
The fifty State homes along National
avenue will provide fifty reading rooms,
fifty writing rooms, fifty sets Of home
newspapers, fifty bureaus of information,
fifty halls Of social converse, fifty places
for business appointments, fifty trysting
places fer sweethearts, fifty public com
forts. There will be $50 seats in each
home, accommodating all told 1850 Wis
itors at time.
Each home viii be provided with spa
cious galleries, or balconies from which
great public functions may be viewed.
These will give ample room for $4,000
visitors from all over the country to
witness the Inauguration in comfort--to
see it, so to speak, from their own doors.
There would be some fifty acres in gal
leries and open courts.
Designs have already been submitted
to Congress for a National Pavilion, adj
jaeent to the homes of the States in Ma
tional avenue, to contain open-air and
covered halls, restaurants, apartments
and a roof garden. 1t is largely Of glass,
with easements to be closed for warrth
in winter and open for pure air in sum
mer through Venetian blinds.
Other proposed improvements contem-
plate a new park, a new White House
and terrace gardens and broad boule-
wards along the Potomac. A national
Hall of Fame is also among the prS-
posed changes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
Ice weiahs More Than Water.

BY experiments of greater accuracy
Professor Babcock of the Wisconsin
University has shown that half ton
of ice weighs more than the water
obtained from melting that quantity of
ice. Therefore the weight of a body
increases as its temperature falls. This
is a fact of frst-rate Importance in
our ideas of physics and chemistry
In endeavoring tc estimate its exact
bearing upon chemical theory Profes-
sor Babcock has advanced the view
that what he has shown to be true
for water in solid and liquid states is
generally true for other substances,
and has built upon this generalization
some far-reaching theories
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
HOW TO REMOVE FREcKLEs.
Use of sandpaper Is Drastic but Very
Very Effective.

81 have a freckle on my nose" said
the young girl to the clergyman.
81 have often remarked it. 1t be-
comes you" he returned.
"Well," said she, whether it be-
comes me or not, I'd like to get rid
of it."
''My little son had a freckle on his
nose last year. He got rid of it," said
the clergyman.
How did he do it,
"He sandpapereJ it of"
Really"
sYes, really. The freckle occupied
the end of his little fat nose. 1t was
yellow. and it was as big as silver
three-cent piece His friends ridiculed
him about it, and he decided that the
freckle must go. Knowing nothing OF
the gentler methods of ornamental
surgery, he attacked it with a piece
of sandpaper. He placed himself be-
fore a mirror and rubbed the point Of
his nose till all trace of the freckle
had disappeared-till where 1t had
been there was spot red and moist.
Though severe, my little boy
method was successful. On the heal
ing of the organ the freckle was found
to be quite gone Philadelphia Rec
ord
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ing founces all edged with narrow silken
fringe in various shades from lemon 20
e1a--ge. The hat worn with this gown
was Of white chip trimmed with pale gel
low ostrich piumes and a white osprey.
A new weave Of silk is called pointilIe
because it has q raised dot 10 white or
color upon a black ground and the same
design Is repeated always with a con
trast IN other webs of the silk A black
dot on white IS snowy specimen Of the
poiutiIle. The do; is only slightly raised.
not 50 much as to give il the effect Of be
ing embossed. but just a slight rise in the
weaving to show off the dcf OF
brilliant china white or Of whatever color
be chosen. This makes suitable church
costume when properly made.
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The average condition of the oat crop
on Sept, ! was 75.7, against 79.5 on
Aug. /, 1908; S72 on Sept. /, 1902; 72.I
on the corresponding date in 1901, and a
ten-year average Of SOC.
The average condition of barley on
Sept. l was S2.1, against 1874 on Aug.
/, 1908, S9,7 on Sept. /, 1902, 1913 at the
corresponding date in 1901 and a ten
year average of S22.
The average condition of rye on Sept.
l was S4.1, against S7.2 one month ago,
90.2 Sept. /, 1902, $40 at the correspond
ing date in 1901, and a ten-year average
of $50
The average condition Of fax on Sept.
/ was sos, against SOB one month ago
and S6.2 on July /, 1908.
The average condition of potatoes on
Sept. 1 was S43, against S72 one month
ago, S9.1 ON Sept. /, 1902, 52.2 at the
corresponding date in 1901 and ten
year average Of &c.
The average condition of tobacco on
Sept. | was S3.4, against $40 one month
ago and 85.1 on July l, 1903.
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An ominous sign.

There is a new sign hanging out OF
door in the patent Office building. 1t
is a novelty as an official notice put
in its place by a formal act of a big
department of the government, and in
a pedigree book it probably would
rank as a cross between the danger"
signs that warn people on the streets
away from the concrete rollers and the
Lookout for locomotive signs at rail-
way crossings.
Way down in what might be called
the sub4srranean depths Of the build
ing. in which a large part OF the In
terror Department effects are located
is a room which is lower by several
feet than the floor of the corridor with
which il connects. The latter vas
hybrid idea, perhaps. but it's a condi-
ton and not a theory. and that differ
ence between the two floors had to he
guarded against
To save the unwary from taking an
involuntary plunge for that distance
with possible hospital results, the de-
partment has hitched to the door this
flaming placard:
Look before You leap"
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long as the goods is OF the right kind,
the manner Of making may be one Of
many that are permissible. Many coats
are three-quarters length, but they may
be tight fitting Oh around, cut away Ike
a mans coat, tight in the back and loose
In front, or pleated all crer. as best suits
the wesrer. II is a comfort to have it
50. There'll be no tiresome uniformity.
and the woman obliged to economic viii
rejoice that so few gowns are ike her
own. Some three-quarters coats still
blouse. though the general tendency is TO
rslise the belt line. Coliarkess models In
coats die hard. and q few Of the newer
coats are thus cut. bit this style has
had its day. and she who wants cost
whose styIishneSs will last should hare il
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time will be less than twenty min
utes.
The system is Of the so-called mono
rail type-that Is. the engine and cars
rest upon one rail, which is about half
way from the floor to the top of the
car. By arranging the seats back to
back, like an Irish jaunting car, the
construction is such that each Of the
carriages straddles the rail, and ex-
tends to trucks on either side below
the floor. On these trucks are set
wheels which lie horizontally and run
on the outside Of two other rails. They
thus act as steadiers, and admit of
very high velocity with safety, and
make abrupt curves possible. The plan
is to run an engine and one car every
ten minutes, and the probability is that
in time for radius of 100 miles
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some. For, though princess arrange
ments appear in various grades of-dress,
they're not of a sort that majority of
women can adopt. They appear in hand
some models of dressy house gowns and
in get-ups for state occasions of after
noon or evening, low cut for the latter.
With their long lines broken little if at
ali by their applied trimmings, they are
fine feathers, but the demand for per-
lection in TIE figure underneath is en-
phatic. Many of them are very plain
in front, opening in the back so there is
nothing to break the severity in front
except the trimming, which is mostly
passementeries and braids fastened to
the gown in such ways as to allow the
figure to be displayed TO the best advan-
taYe. Let no one don such a dress UNI
less she hiss firm, well-proportioned fig
ure.
Many of the new silks are of the shad-
ed order. some of them plain, others in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
DOWN ON THE FARM

When 6ercely smites D= brazen sky
And pavements parcLed and scorching
lie,
IT'S then the countryside invokes
It's pilgrimage of "city folks"
The locust through the golden days
His strident hurdy-gurdy plays;
The frehies furnish through the nights
Their myriad electric lights.
The flowers that deck the meadows Ger
Eclipse the gayest milliner store:
They're wholly free to all who pass
No copper yells Git off tn grassw
The cows that mid the pastures walk
Are fed on buttercups, not chalk!
No gong they ring, but gently moo.
The milk they serve is white, not bluei
Here winds no plodding caravan
With hail, "fre-e-esh fshw "Banan'!'
"Banan'rr
But hens strut forth on sturdy legs
And kindly cackle, "Eggsl Fresh eggsp p
-Four Track News.
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There Is at last In sight a railway
that will carry passengers no miles
an hour regularly, ard the credit for
making it practicable belongs to Great
Britain. There have been models Of
high-velocity railway trains made IN
different countries, and a mile or two
of track have been constructed for ex-
perimental uses, but Mr.. B. B. Bshr,
an English engineer, deserves the cred
it Of putting the thing into practical
use.
The railway is to be built at once
between Manchester and Liverpool, a
distance Of 3415 miles. Only through
trains will be used. and the running
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
CORN AVERAGE HIGHER.
Increased Yield Is Indica I'd by the
Government Report,

Ths monthly report of the chief Of the
burenu Of statistics of the Department of
Agriculture shows the condition of corn
on Sept. l to have been SOL, as compar-
ed with 1877 on Aug. /, 1908; S4.3 on
Sept. 1, 1902; 517 at the corresponding
data in 1901 and a ten-year average of
1873. These figures as well as those on
other crops indicate the condition on
Sept. l, and no attempt is made to an
ticipate the results from future weather
conditions.
The following table shows for each of
the twenty principal corn States the con-
dition on Sept / of the last three years
and that on Aug. l, 1908, with the ten
year averages:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
CHOP suEY FAD GROWS.
The Chinese Dish Becoming Popular
in Chicago.

If the signs of the time are not mis-
leading, Chicago's appetite, like the
nation itself, is expanding far toward
the East.
Just now, down on Clark street,
says the Chicago Tribune, there is be-
ing fitted up q Chinese restaurant
that will occupy three floors of cor
ner building, while on either side of
the new Chinese eating house are
other restaurants which have made
small fortunes for the Mongolians
who are operating them.
Bat not alone on Clark street are
the Chinese catering to the appetites
of Chicago's citizens. On Randolph
street there is a well-patronized Chi
nese restaurant, and North Clark
street and other thoroughfares have
their quota of places where the mys-
FERROUS chop suey is served.
The Chinese restaurants have q
suey to suit every purse, and he who
does not care to eat of the more popu-
lar mystery can find plenty of other
things on the bill of fare that will ex-
cite his curiosity. Here, for instance,
is the bill of fare as spread on the
tables of one Chinese restaurant
Chop suey and rice. 1890. Csc. to 4Oc.
Chicken chop suey and rice, soc. to soc.
Mo Gu chop suey and rice. $3.50. .30c.
Foo Young dove and rice. .......3 soc.
~: QkR
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Avn Ailment OF che Feet.

Poetry is at last classified. The
Washington Post tells story of some
children who were discussing the per-
fectioRs of their respective fathers.
MY fathers the best man in the
world" said one little girl. HE is a
minister. He makes people go to
church."
milne is the best" piped up anoth-
er. Hes q doctor. He makes sick
people well, so they can go to church"
Three or four more enlarged upon
the benefit the world derived from
their fathers. and it finally came the
turn of sweet, blue-eyed little girl
my papa's the best of all" she said.
He's poet"
"A poeti' said another. joining the
group. "Why, a poet isn't profess
sion! It's a disease"
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a Desert Laboratory.

The Carnegie Institution has located
its Desert Botanical Laboratory" on
the shoulder of a mouLtain two miles
west OF Tucson. Ariz. The Tucson
Chamber of Commerce has given the
site, and viii install a water supply
and an electric plant for the laboratory
is to stand I'D the adjoining means
possess a splendid representation Of
these forms of vegetation Proposed
sites in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,
California, Chihuahua and Sonora were
examined before the location was fin
ally chosen.
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FASHION NOTES.
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The girl who got long, light jacket
in the spring will find it quite up to date
for fall wear
Women as well as girls wear the coil
of hair so low on the back of the neck
that it rests on the shoulders.
A sash Of mousseline, chiffon or liberty
silk is a charming finishing touch. 1t
should be gracefully draped around the