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the shoulders, and crossing over in front
from right to left.
Such a frock, for instance, would be
very pretty in brown serge Any space
that is left open in front of the bodice
between the folds of material should be
filled in with small chemisette of cream
guipure laid over ivory-white satin and
continued in the form Of a high collar,
round the throat. The sleeves should
be full on the shoulders, and then tight
fitting from the elbows, to the wrists,
where they might be finished with lace
and satin cuffs to match the collar. A
few gathers or plaits below the waist,
with three fiat tucks round the hem.
will be quite sufficient in the way OF
trimming for the skirt.
ELLEN OSMONDE
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tweed, in a striped or check design.
The short skirt is very full, but perfect
ly plain, while the bodice is made in
loose blouse shape, mounted invisibly
on band of broad elastic, and pouching
over the line of the waist, both back
and front. The sleeves are also very
full, and are finished with gathered
frills of soft white lawn, which can al
ways be removed and washed when
occasion requires. The round cape col
lar is of the same kind Of lawn drawn
up on piping-cords, and made in such
a way that it is easily detached from the
frock itself, when, it has to be washed
or cleaned. A very demure hat OF
dark brown straw completes the picture,
made with mushroom brim, and
wreathed round the crown with flow
er-shaped rosettes of soft, ivory-Whlte
satin ribbon. Long strings of the same
ribbon are tied under the chin. For a
child to whom brown is not becoming,
the same idea might very well be car
ried out in a navy blue and white, or
green and white check, or even in white
and crimson, if the little dress should
be intended for smart occasions.
A very graceful frock for mademOi
selle, quite suitable for Sunday best
during the autumn, forms the subject of
our other sketch. In fact, the idea is
such a particularly pretty one that it
might be well adapted by the lengthen-
ing Of the skirt, to the requirements of
a young girl of II or Is. It is suggest
ed that for a really useful dress this
design might find expression in a fine
navy blue serge, soft of texture and
light In weight, or otherwise the double
skirt, graceful, as it is, might prove too
heavy for comfort. The little bolero
coat, the shape of which is particular
ly smart, is complete in itself, and need
not be worn except out of doors. For
sole trimming it has some straps of
fine gold braid, and groups Of gold but
tons, these being arranged on the front
of the coat and on the sleeves, as well
as on the upper part Of the skirt in
front.
The bolero coat is worn over blouse
of soft, ivory-white silk, very prettily
trimmed with little frills of ivory-white
Cluny lace, and finished at the waist
with a white kid belt, drawn through
gold buckle. A French sailor hat in
ecru straw would look we'll with this
dress, the wide brim bound at the edge
with black velvet ribbon and the low
crown trimmed quite simply with vel
vet band and bow. For daintier and
smarter kind of frock, pale gray wolfe
or hop-sack serge might be used, but
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LOOKING AFT FROM THE BRIDGE.
that ever were--are loved and practiced
by the destroyer. In these marine gym
nastics she stands an easy first, for
which reason, in bad weather, the COM
mander has his spells of sickness, and
the toughest seaman keeps him sympa-
thetic company.
And with all this physical suffering
there is the acme of discomfort. Seas
break on board, rising high over the
bows. thudding on the turtle-back,
smashing against the breakwater,
streaming in solid masses down the
deck, and going overheard again in a
yeasty smother. Water is everywhere
ON deck and below, in the mems quar-
tiers. in the officers quarters, in the
hunks, under the oilskins. 1t cannot be
kept out.
The work of the commander is not
fancy work, nor is his ship fancy ship.
There is no poetry of sail about her,
no evidence of luxury; but if you care
for the poetry of motion, and plenty of
it, you will find it there.
Think of what he controls-a long,
black, low hull, rising for the most
part only a few feet above the water,
the exception being the bows, which
serve the double purpose of protecting
the ship in heavy weather and affording
accommodation for the crew. Very ex-
cellent accommodation it is, for there
are two forecastles in which about 60
men live and sleep, not all at one time,
of course, since there is always the
watch on deck, SO that those below have
plenty of room in which to move and
sleep and eat, and do the numberless
odd jobs that occupy the waking and
off duty hours Of the wonderful handy
man."
For the rest, the deck runs flush from
the forecastle, the levelness being
broken up, however, by the low, huge
ventilators, the two torpedo tubes, one
behind the other, amidships, where
they command a wide range of action,
and the after gun platform. In these
tubes a couple of torpedoes are slowed,
and another pair of these beautiful and
deadly weapons are in reserve in wa
ter tank below.
The commander has, therefore, four
torpedoes at his service; that is to say,
he has the means of destroying utterly,
with luck-which, in practice at any
rate, is never likely to. come his way
four first-class battleships which have
cost, in round figures, more than a
sum of $5.000,000! And the value of
his own craft is $350,000.
The commanders ship is a shell, it is
true, but shell every part of which
is a marvel of ingenuity and skill; and
the most marvellous of all parts is the
engine room, for here are the engines
which develop the 7,000-hoTse power
which is needed to make the destroyer
rush through the water at 80 miles an
hour, and fills her with that madness
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"spot" cotton-that is, cotton in bale,
ready for delivery-being confined to the
Liverpool exchange. Liverpool, Curl
ously enough has never been manu-
facturer of cotton. and sees cotton only
In transit on it's way to and from Man
chester in one form or another.
To see cotton in the process of manu-
Eacture it is necessary to leave that not
very lovely city and journey to towns
even less lovely. The visitor can take
his choice of so good-sized towns with
In 20 miles of Manchester. He may go
to Oldham and find town the size of Ed
inburg quivering with the vibrations
from countless mills; he may go to Boil
ton and find a town larger than Dundee,
with mills in almost every street. Ash
ton-under-Lyne, Haywood, Middleton,
Castleton, and Rochdale will give him
ample opportunity of further study of
the process of manufacture, if his educa
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resources Of Africa. They are calling
the present crisis a sharp lesson in Ga
tent imperialism" and say that had the
latent cotton-growing resources of the
empire been developed the crisis in the
cotton industry could not have occurred.
Government officials point to the fact
that cotton of good quality has been
grown for centuries in West Africa.
Cotton, too, of promising quality has
been coming from the Soudan in small
quantities; but Lancashire, satisfied
with the American supply, and failing
to foresee the lean years." forgot to
think imperially." She has belied her
proud boast of anticipating the thought
of the rest Of England, and her want OF
foresight has cost her dear. But tbs
lesson has been learned, and with char
acteristic energy Lancashire has lost Nc
time In taking steps to guard against
disaster in the future
The shortage from which Lancashire
is now suffering has perhaps only called
attention to problem which will be
solved in time to avert greater catas-
trophe to Lancashire and the empire.
When the manufacturers of Lancashire
found themselves face to face with the
crisis they rose to the occasion with
admirable courage and energy. They
Instituted general short time-that is
to say, it was agreed that the mills, in
stead Of working 81 hours week, should
only work for 4S hours. Recently it has
hoon dnni6ad ~ e-4; u
working hours to 40. The object of this
reduction was to reduce the demand for
the raw article and prevent the price
from rising beyond a certain point.
Had manufacture proceeded at the or
binary rate the price of cotton would
have risen to such a point that manu-.
facturers would have been unable to
sell their products at profit, and finan-
cial disaster would have overwhelmed
Lancashire. Moreover. the reductions
of output tended to minimize any of
the evil effects of the speculation of the
cotton kings" in New York. The hard.
ships entailed by short time have been
borne without a murmur by the men
who are, naturally, the first to suffer
from the crisis, Indeed, it is not alone
the men who are the sufferers. In al
most no industry does female labor play
so important part It is a common
thing to find husband and a wife and
children working practically side by
side in the same mill. The workers. both
men and women, recognize that the
steps which the masters have been COM
PEELED to take are in their ultimate in
terests, and they cheerfully bear the i'm
mediate loss for the sake of the future
Normal times are shortly expected to
return. In the opinion of those best
qualified to judge, the mills, on the ar
rival of the new crop, will be able to
resume full time in October, and the
crisis. the severest since the great cot
ton famine during the civil war in the
United States, will be over.
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of life which seems to represent the
very lust of destruction.
In the stokehold an astonishing reve-
lation awaits you, especially if you have
had experience of other similar denS
l have been in the stokeholds of a good
many steamers, from Cunarder-in
which | gasped and shoveled for near
ly two hours before resigning my post
to North sea trawler and have mar
veled that men could endure it and live.
expected the destroyer's stokehold 20
be perfect oven; and, 10! it was quite
cool and comfortable, and marvellous
in its devices for saving labor and safe
guarding life and limb.
She is doing her top speed, and you
may know it by the mad rush of the
water past you, the metallic rattle which
almost deafens you, the crazy trembling
of the deck beneath you, and the furious
belching of the smoke from the fun
nels, to say nothing of the showers Of
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LOOKING FORWARD THROUGH A
PORTFOLIO IN THE COMING row.
Err
fine cinders which are shot out of the
stacks and are carried overheard or fail
in myriads on the deck.
In the brain of the ship-appropriate-
ly situated in her heads the COM
mander. This brain is the conning-tow-
er-that circular structure under the
forward gun-platform, just ahead Of the
bridge, which is more than likely to es-
cape the attention of the ordinary Wis
itor to a destroyer 1t is made of ar
INQUIRED plate thick enough to resist rifle
bullets and small missiles, and just
large enough to hold two men and the
necessary machinery for guiding the
ship.
Like all officers who serve in Destroy
ers, he is young and dare-devil-and he
has need of being both for such a des-
perate task as that which has been al
lotted to him. His motto in all prob
ability, is: Death or Glory" and, mas
much as he despises all risks, and does
not even pause to consider them, he is
certain to meet with the one or gain
the other.
He knows that he is at liberty, if he
feels so disposed, to risk his ship and
his crew in an attempt to destroy the
enemy.
In the dead of night he has found
his quarry-a huge, noble, new battle
ship, which is lying fearfully at anchor
in a roadstead, dreading an attack from
some sea hornet and making her best de-
fensive preparations. Her torpedo
nets are hung around her, and her crew
are on the alert. At almost numberlesS
guns men are stationed, and the muz-
zles command an area of sea in which
a destroyer cannot live for more than
few seconds. The odds are seriously
against the commander, but he has
made up his mind to face them and take
his chances in a grand and daring rush.
The die is cast. 1t is touch and go
with death. The destroyer gives no
mercy. nor does she expect any-she
would not receive it even If she did Full
speed ahead she rushes towards her
uuarry-the vast bulk whose search
lights send out intense beams which are
like gigantic feelars on the face Of the
waters, feelers for that ruthless enemy
which can dash up, fire, and disappear
almost before her presence has been
guessed. These very searchlights
prove the battleship's undoing by act
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Seasonable Frocks for the Girls

in that case the braiding and the but
tons. as well as the waist-buckle. might
be carried out in silver, instead Of
gold.
For actual school wear, whether q
young girl may be attending classes
daily, or whether she is a student at
big boarding school or a college. moth
ing is really better or more appropriate
than a good strong navy serge, which
has been carefully shrunk before being
made up, and which will stand the wear
and tear of a restless girl of 10 or IL
years of age. Arranged in the simplest
kind of coat and skirt form, and worn
with plain blouses, made in the winter
weight of Viyella, nothing better than
navy serge has yet been invented to
meet the practical wants of the average
schoolgirl, and yet to look always neat
and in good tastey AS to the Viyella
blouses, there are many pretty patterns
and colors which will harmonic per-
fectly with the ordinary shade of navy
blue, seen in a good strong serge. The
most useful waist-belt is one made in
navy blue Petersham to match the
serge. although bands of dark blue soft
kid or leather are quite permissible
with frocks of this description. The
best skirts for these frocks are those
which fit loosely, but quite plainly be-
low the waist, without plaits of gath
ers of any kind, and which are finished
near the hem, with five or six rows of
tailor-stitching. The length of the
skirt must depend, of course, upon the
height and age of the wearer. AS far
as the coats are concerned, a Chester
field shape is the best, made in a good
three-quarters length, and lined with
soft silk and satin, with an inter-lining
of flannel, if the coat should be intend
ed for wearing all through the winter.
When one comes to consider the most
suitable materials for afternoon and
Sunday best frocks for schoolgirls,
serges or cashmeres again suggest
themselves as being of all fabrics the
most appropriate. For such frocks as
these, however, the finer and softer
serges are The best The prettiest
styles where young girls are concerned,
are always the simplest, and for these
afternoon frocks a blouse bodice in
serge or cashmere is always appropri-
ate arranged with plaits or folds from
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MiSerS Body Burned.

Stephen bangs, a miser, said to be rich,
who lived alone three miles from Amigo,
was found dead in the ashes of his cot
tage. Indications of blow on the head
led to the belief that he had been muir
dered. The body was badly disfgured by
fire. He was reputed to have had hor-
ror of banks and to keep his fortune
hidden in his cottage He was current
ly reported to have $4,000 worth of
bonds in his possession and to have re-
ceived $4,000 in gold few days ago
A careful search was made for traces of
the money in the ruins without result.
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ing as a target for the swooping foe.
The commander is greatly daring, and
luck is with him. He approaches his
prey and runs up within striking dis
lance unobserved, for the strong beams
have momentarily left the course he is
taking and leave black space in which
he can steal onward unseen. A signal
from the conning-tower, and the first
torpedo is discharged. Another order
and the second goes, lest the first should
have missed the target.
But the luck Of the bold has been with
the commander, and both the terrible
missiles have struck home. BY the
time they explode the destroyer has
turned and is racing back into tho
dark night and safety. OF retaliatory
fire there is none, since hopeless panic
has fallen upon the battleship's COM
pany when the roar and conclusion
have pronounced her doom.
A few lives are saved, but she herself
and nearly all her crew have disap-
1t is noble victory-greater
than annihilating a regiment on land
could he, because another regiment can
be raised in few days or weeks, men
being plentiful and cheap; but battle
ship is the work of many months, and,
with most nations, several years.
WALTER WOOD.
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The News Condensed.

Christian Jung, aged IS years, was
fatally injured in runaway at Ra-
cine.
State Levee Commissioner John G.
Staudenmeyer was attacked by vi
cious bull on his farm in Caledonia and
severely injured.
Green Bay is to have a new tele-
phone exchange to cost $11, 900, to be
completed by December Is.
Edwin Rohli, of Leroy, has been SEN
fenced to Waupun for three years for
setting fire to a cheese factory.
John B. Strobauts, a Brussels farmer,
is said to have found a piece of copper
on his farm weighing 402 pounds.
William P. Fisher, switchman on the
Great Northern railway, was killed in the
yards at Superior in the derailing of
three cars, caused by the train striking
a horse.
Laura Eugenia Brown, aged 81 years,
well known throughout southern Wis
cCnsin on account of her active work in
church and charitable organizations,
died at Kenosha.
Christian Godske, one Of the Oldest
mason contractors of Racine, fell from
wagon and sustained injuries from
which he died later
Charles Quarles, of Milwaukee, has
sent a gold medal to the Kenosha high
school as the trophy for the annual ora
torical contest among the members OF
the junior class.
Rev. John Verstegen died at Depere,
aged sc years. He was pastor Of ST.
Mary's Catholic church, % years. Death
was caused by blood poisoning.
Mrs Frank Bunzell, aged SO years,
while driving alone on Pine street, She
boygan, suffered a stroke of apoplexy
and fell from her buggy. She died in
half an hour. She leaves husband and
one son.
M c. Klingmap is insane from
brooding over the fact that Henry
Morrison, of Woodstock, is alleged to
have killed his wife and daughter and
to have tried to kill Mrs. Klingman.
Prof. Robert E. Dickie, assistant
principal of the Kenosha high school,
mas ulSCOFSISu FS1l VI 1IOh OlO OAA
his farm at North Freedom. An east
ern syndicate has offered him $125, 200
If the vein pans out
Members of the G. A. r. and the
Krieger verein, and the A. P. w. N. G., OF
Fort Atkinson, participated in picnic
given by the Sons Of Veterans ct Water
town.
Mrs. Joseph Cieary of Wauzeka, bit
off part of Hans Bergen's hand, bit
her husbands arm, and attacked a
child, but when brought before the
court was pronounced sane.
Miss Alice Wilson, of Fort Atkinson,
caught her hair in a collar ironing ma
chine in GAINESVILLE laundry, her scalp
being badly torn. She was Frustrated
by the shock.
Louis Letourneau, while preparing
supper for a log driving crew near
Chippewa Falls, tainted and fell into
the fire, being severely burned about
the head and body. He is in critical
condition.
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plaid with a line OF orange TunulHS
through. The skirt had five f1ounces,
and the tailor-made blouse-bodice had a
beautifully turned-over collar OF
dark blue canvas edged with orange and
a deeper blue braid. It was worn over
white baptiste front, and tier with
big bow of accordion-plaited deep blue
chiffon. The sleeves were rather small,
finished with deep, tight cuffs coming
right over the wrist and round the waist
was a band of dark blue suede, with just
a touch of orange in front. This was
worn with a three-cornered hat of dark
blue chip trimmed only with vivid or
ange paradis plume.
Some well-known Americans are
wearing at these seaside gatherings
gray harege-really a sort of nun-like
costume depending for its success upon
an. There is neatness about the
American, particularly about the Amer
lean en- voyage, that enables her to wear
with the best effect these nun-like
draperies. But do not for a moment
imagine that these garments are made
by a cheap couturiere; they are turned
out only by the cunning hand that
knows how to combine the simple effect
and a beautiful cut.
Among the smarter morning frocks
a great deal of coarse Irish linen is used,
trimmed with the favorite dentelle ir-
landaise; this Irish lace is, however,
giving place here and there to the new
wool lace which is a fitting trimming
to the rougher materials, such as hop
sacks, coarse canyasses, beiges, serges,
ETC. And with these frocks coarse
straw hats are worn, the brims inva-
riably edged with velvet, turned up at
the sides and pulled down on the couture
at the back, with an enormous bow of
black velvet and sometimes a bird.
RoSettes of ribbon are another farorite
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Is a Maniac.

Pacing his room like a Gagged lion
and shouting orders to an imaginary
company Of soldiers, Peter Phillips,
formerly a lieutenant in the Russian
army, is raving maniac at Kenosha.
His affection is due to worry on ac-
count Of his inability to join his for
mer company, which is now fighting in
the forts at Port Arthur The COM
panions of Phillips claim he won dis
tinction in the Russian army and that
since the breaking out of the war with
Japan he has been making every posi-
BILE effort to get back into the ranks.
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Survivors Meet.

The survivors of the Lady Elgin dis
aster held their annual meeting in Mil
wakuee at Marble hall. Only II of the
100 who were saved are now living in
Wisconsin, and only portion of these
will probably be present. This associa-
ton of survivors was formed Septem-
Der 8, 1889, and has met at Marble hall
each year since that time on the eve
of the anniversary.
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Plans Fight on Automobile.

Charles T. Higgins, of the town Of
Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha county, has
started movement to secure from the
state legislature laws to control the
driving of automobiles on country roads.
Petitions have been sent to the town
chairmen of every town and in every
county in the state asking for action.
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Around World in q Sloop.

Capt. Rounds, of Manitowoc, arrived
in the Kenosha, with a 27foot sloop,
in which he will start alone on October
1 for trip around the world. He ex-
poets to devote three years to the jour
ney. The captain is a daring naviga-
tor, and this will be his third trip
around the world in a. diminutive ves-
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
viii Help Jews to Farms.

Articles of Incorporation were issued
at Madison by the Secretary of state
to the Milwaukee Agricultural asso-
citation, formed for charitable purposes.
The purposes of the organization are
stated to be ito promote the pursuit
of agriculture in the state of Wiscon-
sin and elsewhere, and to give encour-
agement and assistance to poor, needy
and deserving Jews DESTROYS of under
taking or about to undertake the oc-
cupation of agriculture, and to assist
such persons in acquiring the neces-
sary lands and property and in estab-
fishing themselves as farmers in the
state of Wisconsin and elsewhere"