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strong, while the army of the revolu- tionaries numbers about 15,000
 distance Of less than 100 miles sep arates the opposing forces. Chang Hsun declares he will retake Ranking, while the southern or revolutionary forces are keen to advance on Picking. The revoiu- tionaries, both officers and men, are firnl- ly convinced that the conference between the delegates of the two parties. now taking place at Shanghai, is merely a plan to afford Chang Hsun the time 10 mobilize his endorsements and enable the imperialists to strengthen their po- sitions.
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Freight LOoted

Mexico City December 23--Zapatistas held and footed a freight train at Tres Maras. Norelos e5 miles south of here today A passenger train following was not molested.
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peratures in Alabama were4 or degrees above the normal today.
 Summary of observations made at United States Weather Bureau stations December 9, 1911:
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Robbers Get ss5O, ,O0O

Harbin, Manchuria. December 23.-A band of Chinese brigands today att tackled an imperial convoy which was on the way to Kirin with a large amount of bullion. The robbers carried off a sum of $S5O. 900. The number of brigands in the province of kirin has increased rapidly since the beginning of the political disturbances and the consequent unsettled condition of all parts of the country. f 7
 Many soldiers have deserted from the army and have joined the ranks of the brigands and now live openly in plum der. Murders occur frequently along the high roads and tile brigands even attack settlements of considerable size in which they loot tho stores and do not hesitate to murder the inhabitants if they offer any resistance.
 San F'rancisco, December 23.-The Chinese National association here re- ceived q cablegram today stating that the report announcing the election of pr. Sun Yat Sen as president of the revolutionary assembly at Ranking was premature. The news was in response to u query sent from here. t said d test voto was taken informally among the delegates without showing that the doctor was strongly favored above the other candidates This informal vote was also extended to the question of ministers.
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Pegram Has Announcement

George Pegram of Faunsdale, legslator of Marengo county, reached Montgomery this morning, and announced himself a candidate for delegate to tre national convention. Incidentally and naturally he announces himself ardently in fave Of the nomination of Congressman Un- derwood for the presidency. It is taken for granted that practically every other candidate will likewise announce him- self.
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Committees Action Criticised

The action of the state committee in making 1t a function of the state con vention to name the delegations to the national convention has met with the hearty approval of go per cent of the peo- plc of Montgomery county. This county however, along with all others of the tlack belt section, is exceedingly sore concerning that action of the committee which made the basis of county repre- sentaton in the state convention voting strength instead of population. As a re- suit of that action, practically every county of the black belt lost strength and every county of the northern section of the state gained strength.
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Others May Enter

The gossip in Montgomery is that other strong men will enter the race for the job of congressman at large, which in virtue of the fact that the position may become permanent one, is considered a plum of the very juiciest variety. Those in the race at the present time are Sem ator V. B. Atkins of Selma, John w. Abercrombie of Tuscaloosa, Kyle B. Price of Elba, Fred Wall of Athens and H. Y. Brooke of Montgomery. According to the rumor J. Fritz Thompson of Centreville, a former member of the legislature, will enter the fight and another strong prob ability of Samuel Blackwell of Decatur.
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Il EVER has there been a time
when neck dressings were so be-
coming; never a time when
= Id more latitude in choice was al
lowed by Madame Mode. So long as
the arrangement is becoming it mat
tiers very little whether ones bodice is
square-cut, V shaped, rounded In
Dutch style. finished with a turn down
collar. or left perfectly plain to throw
the whiteness of the throat into relief.
One may even wear an outstanding
Medici frill at the back If one desires
these are seen in the neckwear de-
partment under the name of the new
''Elizabethan frill." The woman who
has a long, swan-like throat may wear
her lace stocks as high and as stifiy
boned as she pleases, and the tailored
girl may wear her severe linen collar
and four-in-hand in the perfect secur-
ity that she is correct according to
fashions mandate. One may stroll up
Fifth Avenue of an afternoon and not
count two neck dressings alike. yet in
all probability every woman will be
charmingly and modishly dressed and
will wear some little neck belonging
worth remembering and initiating.
Here will be a huge jabot; there a
dainty little silk bow; yonder chou
of black tulle with dangling jet ear
rings to complete suggestion OF
French chic. The next woman will
wear no neck frippery of any sort,
her coat opening over a perfectly fit
ting yoke and tall stock of the fash
ionable Swallowed lace, with perhaps a
string of pearl beads at the base of
the throat
The favorite neckwear for out of
doors, without doubt. is the Jabot;
for indoor wear. the graceful collar.
Some of the handsomest collars have
wide frills attached in jabot style and
the frill may be slipped outside the
coat, if a coat is donned. One of these
combination collar and jabots is pic
tured.
OF the three new jabots Illus
trated, the one on the left is the hand
soonest model, for this jabot is entire
ly hand made and comes from one of
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The sh1TEWaist should be scrupulouslY rEeAt

a dainty model. Crepe de chine in the
color of the skirt may be used, or one
of the pretty plaided taffeta silks In a
blue and green checked pattern with
pipings of plain green and tiny gold or
steel buttons. Satin. velvet, lace and
chiffon blouses should be eschewed
by the business girl who even on Sat-
urday should no more think of wear
ing an elaborate regalia than would
her employer of DOMINIC his frocl1
coat, pearl gray tie and gloves because
later in the afternoon he expected to
attend wedding.
When a s'Dress- Up Occasion Arrives.
There are occasions when the little
business girl must go directly from her
office to some festivity, when there is
absolutely not time to return home
and make a change of toilette and
when the humdrum workaday costume
is totally inadequate to the demands
of the entertainments to be. In such
event, it will be much wiser for the
business woman to carry her glad
toys" with her to the office than to sit
all day in the dainty hnery which
should be fresh for evening. A little
chiffon and soft silk gown like the one
illustrated may be folded into an or
binary travelling bag. with room to
spare for silk hose and slippers. fresh
gloves and a bit of Jewelry. The bag
should also contain a hand mirror, a
bottle of toilet water for freshening
up, in lieu of the warm bath that can
not be managed, and of course. a comb
and brush and manicure necessities
though these the dainty business girl
usually keeps at hand in a drawer of
her office desk. 1t is very poorly
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the French converts where such ex-
quisite stitchery is done by the nuns.
Hand embroidered leaf motifs and fine
Irish crochet lace are artfully COM
bined in an effect of airy daintiness to
make the center of the jabot and the
wide graduated frill is made of pleated
batiste edged with the Irish lace. The
other two Jabots are machine made at
fairs, handsome of their kind but not
as high class in style as the handmade
model. The jabot in the center has
two frills the wider one being intend
ed to reach across the coat-front, clear
to the shoulder. There are special
talbot pins for these frills-long bar
pins of metal inset with pearls or
etched in effective designs. A very
pretty jabot pin of filagree silver set
with sapphires and rhinestones was
noted the other day in a Fifth Avenue
tea room, the jabot which it secured
being a mammoth affair that covered
one side of the coat front.
Very smart frills are in black and
white effects and these frills are by
no means confined to mourning use.
There will be, for example, a pleated
black net frill over one of white
Swallowed lace, or the effective Venise,
and at the top will be set smart little
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slanting down to a low side-fastening,
and their cheerful combination of col
ors. One of those good looking coats
is illustrated-a duofaced cloth model,
brown fiecked with cream on the outer
side and warm mahogany color on the
reverse side. The buttons are made of
the material-mahogan side outer
most, and match the big collar and the
cuffs. The umbrella matches the coat,
cover and outer silk case being in a
rich brown coloring. There seems no
reason why the business woman, in
these little details of dress, should not
add a cheerful bit of color to her
otherwise inconspiculously correct cos
tune. Haven't you ever noticed that
pretty girl with a becoming hat and
red umbrella is the most cheerful
note in a car full of somberly clad
people on a gloomy morning?
TIE shirtwaist Question.
No matter what other costumes the
business woman resorts to for relief
from monotony, she always comes
back to the shirtwaist sooner or later
as the best solution of the dress prob
lem. After all, there is nothing so
neat. so attractive and so appropriate
for office wear as the shirtwaist of
linen or other tub material which may
be renewed in freshness after each
wearing if necessary. Never have
tailored waists been more popular with
well dressed women than they are at
this moment and the smart. we'll cut
waist with turnover collar and four
finland tie is as appropriate on Fifth
Avenue as in business Office far down
Broadway, and much smarter than
a sheer lawn blouse honeycombed
with lace.
But there are shirtwaists and shirt
waists, and the tailored waist more
than any other kind. needs to be we'll
cut and well finished to be correct.
The waist illustrated is made of
striped shifting and is perfectly plain
in style, with mannish cuffs and a
starched box pleat at the front but
toned with pearl buttons There are
lovely patterns in wash silks for these
tailored waists-softs dull French
blues striped with shaded lavenders,
faint pinks with blue stripping and
white with delicate gray-blues or
rose. These tub silks do seem to cost
a rather substantial amount by the
yard, but they are very wide and they
Iaunder beautifully. with no need of
starch, so that with a small hatiron
and gas stove a waist of this sort may
be done up in an evening by a thrifty
business girl. Such a waist is worn
with a high turnover collar of the
silk pinned neatly under four-in-
hand tie, a stin linen collar, either
high or in the open Byron style. or an
Ascot stock of plain eolored madras.
If a darker blouse is preferred, mes
saline silk pin tucked and trimmed
with the narrow corded pufnngs makes
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- HE business Woman's salary may
be the slender weekly stipend
of the little salesgirl, or the
- young stenographer just start
ing out on her Office career; or it may
be the sort of salary that is handed
through the pay window in a fat
monthly envelope in accordance with
an important yearly contract; but
there are certain requirements of
dress which she must abide by if she
has proper regard for the canons
OF propriety and good taste.
Her dress in the Office will be In
conspicuous; it will be scrupulously
neat; and it will be at the same time
as dainty and becoming as her attrac-
tive femininity has right to demand
There is no reason why the business
woman should not be the most charm
ing object in her Office, but this charm
must not obtrude itself, for no matter
how attractive the business woman
may be, she is by no means the most
important thing in that Office and
costume that throws her into the
foreground of notice is inexcusable
The young clerk who came to work
every morning attired in clothes of
exaggerated cut shoes intended for
dress parade, a flaming necktie and
scintillating 1ewelry, would soon hear
from his brother employees if not
from his employer; and jeers and sar-
casm would be the least of the criti-
cism he would receive The over
dressed Office girl, however, may attire
herself in velveteen, cheap willow
plumes, lingerie blouses, suede pumps
reconstructed jewels and other incon-
gruous articles of raiment and never
know what a mistake she is making
or what eontemptuous or amused pity
she arouses in those who behold her.
Tailored Wear Always Most
Satisfactory.
The business girl need not affect
mannish garments in order to be as ap-
propriately dressed as a man for her
office tasks Mans natural garb for
tunately for him, Is designed on bust
nesslilxe lines rather than with the
intent to charm Woman's raiment,
on the contrary, acknowledges charm
as its first requirement. Therefore, to
be businesslike woman's dress must
sacrifice some Of its own character
and become more like the neutral
toned, unornamented garb of the mas
culine worker. For this reason tall
ored garments are always the best
choice. in the long run. for the bust
ness woman, though one or two
simple. pretty little frocks may be on
hand for occasions wear
The business woman who pins her
faith to tailored effects; who wears
q well cut. we'll pressed tailored suit,
g simple. tailored type of hat. heavy,
mannish gloves, q tailored shirtwaist
with Immaculate linen collar and tie
or a trim stock, need have no fear
about looking smart and appropriate
" dressed-and at the end of the day
will look and feel heater and IN better
trim than the girl who started out in
the morning with feathered or
lowered hat that required perfectly
arranged couture to set 1t off, the sort
Of suit that is hopeless without fresh
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words, doing the necessary face steam
ing, hair shampooing, manicuring and
massaging which keep her perfectly
and exquisitely groomed and for which
there seems so little time in the bust
ness girls life. During this evening
also, stockings will be darned and the
necessary stitch taken here and there
in ripped or frayed wearables. and a
dainty piece Of neckwear perhaps
washed out and ironed.
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Beneath Long Topcoat Pretty Frocks May Be
Worn-A Serviceable Mixture Should Be Select
ed for the Tailored Suit-Velvet Not a Prac-
teal Material for the Everyday Hat

and dainty accessories, and ar elab-
crate Jabot and lace stock which a
day at the Office would be bound to
reduce to himsy untidiness.
The best sort of tailored suit for the
girl who must wear such a suit day in
and day out, is a simple, rather man
nish model of mixed fabric, the
smooth surfaced, plain materials being
less servieeable tan mixed effects for
steady wear. Mixtures do not grow
shiny in spots and they show soil
traces less easily than broadcloths and
serges do This year mixtures are par
ticularly fashionable and there are
very smart effects in hair stripes and
in two color patterns. Such a suit
should be made in simple, unexagger-
ated style without conspicuous trim
ming, and in this one detail of her
wardrobe the business girl should be
a wee bit extravagant, putting all the
money she can spare into q really good
looking suit of staunch material. for
no other item of her wardrobe will
count so much in her appearance or
in the impression of prosperity she
conveys. The attractive little suit IL
Illustrated is made of black and
white striped fabric with an effective
and Jaunty trimming of black velvet
and white pearl buttons. The cut of
this suit is excellent, the coat being
IN the new f1nger-ttp length and the
skirt, while not fiaring at ALL having
sufficient width at the foot for easy
walking. With this practical little
suit is worn a charmingIy becoming,
yet ideally simple hat of black velvet
with a youthful band and bow trim
ming Of the new rep ribbon in a soft
shade of green
With Such s,,f+ 4t,a 1-..- 49,
dressed business girl wears heavy kid
gloves in a -seryiceab1e tan or reddish
shade, gray mocha gloves, or wash
able white chamois or. doeskin gloves.
Some canny business women buy their
one-button. heavy kid gloves at the
boys counter where these gloves may
be purchased in good quality at less
cost than those sold at the woman's
glove counter. The boys gloves also
are easily drawn on and off and give a
smart, tailored finish to the costume.
The footwear should be in keeping
with the suit. Just now buttoned
boots are considered smarter than the
laced sort, which are reserved for
country and outing use, and the busi-
ness girl may select dull calf buttoned
boots with stitching and perforated
trimming on the toe. tan calf boots of
the same sort. or patent leather boots
with tops of dull kid. Velvet, suede
or white buckskin boots the business
woman of good taste. will never wear
IN her Office.
A Coat for Stormy Days.
Another essential OF the business
woman's wardrobe will be the practi-
cal utility or storm coat which will
cover her from top to toe on snowy
days, and which may also be worn
occasionally over the little frocks
which offer pleasant variety in the
eternal shirtwaist and skirt monotony.
This year the reversible cloth coats
are the approved thing in storm coat
wear and every little business girl will
want one of those graceful and smart
coats. with their big, sloping collars
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equipped office building that has not
some retiring room where after hours,
the office girl cannot make the simple
change of costume suggested.
One Evening Week for ''Piclzing up
Loose Ends"
At least one evening out of the
seven the business woman must spend
in her own room, having a heart to
heart confab with herself; or in other
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black satin or velvet neck bow. other
frills of white net have hemstitched
borders in black and sometimes three
frills are used. two of pleated white
net with black net pleating between.
The variety is infinite.
Collars are as exaggerated as the
tabots and some of the prettiest col
lars fall quite to the waist at the back.
There are wonderfully beautiful col
lars of the very fashionable macrime
lace, the very same creamy lace that
everybody was crocheting for lambre-
quins and bedspreads a score or so Of
years ago. The handmade macrime
laces are rather high priced, but there
are very good limitations Of this lace
and the large collars and wide cuffs
are extremely artistic over simple
frocxs of velvet. The smartest of the
big collars have all their bigness at the
back. and in front come only just be-
low. the throat where the va neck
opening is finished with a fanciful
silk neckbow or a brooch
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with a V-shaped decolletare.
Very few of the elaborate costumes
for afternoon and house wear are
made with boned stock coliars-even-
ing gowns never. At the opening Of
one Of the foremost Paris couturiers
not a single collared bodice was ex-
hibited, but the couturier admitted
that these collars with Jokes or
guimpes would be basted into the
frock If Madame insisted. Very few
women, however. insist upon tall
tight stocks, when the comfortable, ar
tistic low-cut bodice is permitted
them. Many American women feel
that the tall stock Is in best taste on
all bodies which make a public ap-
pearance during the day, in winter.
whether the frock be worn in the
street, at a matinee. in a restaurant or
in church. The most fashionable col
lar and yoke just now IL the ono OF
thinnest shadow lace or even Of per
fectly transparent net, the effect being
OF bare throat, except that a piping
OF dark silk at the top OF the collar
betrays It's presence. When these col
lars and yokes are made of cream net.
which blends with the tone OF the
flesh, the effect at a little distance is
exactly that of bare throat.
A pretty way to finish the round
neck Of a trotteur frock OF wool or
mohair fabric. IS with a corded mining
Of silk. A boned lace or net stock
may be basted under this cordinr
when desired, or the neck NAV be
finished with a narrow pleatinr OF
cream val. little silk bow giving a
smart touch in front.
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JEwELs FoR A oUEEN.

n UEEN MARY especially favors
diamonds, and at tho coronation
- Of King George. wore many OF
them. The Queen never looks better
than when wearing many diamonds.
but she does not like other Jewelry.
Queen Alexandra, on the other hand.
has a marked preference for pearls
and other colored stones. particular
amethysts. She possesses many OF
these stones. and is always searching
for more to complete her private col
lection.
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A very effective collar with revers
that may be crossed in surplice effect
to make a high or low V-shaped neck
opening. is illustrated. This hand
some bit Of neokwear is made OF Irish
lace and is intended FOR wear over
velvet, the dark fabric throwing the
whiteness of the lace into high relief.
The collar may be worn with either a
high stock and yoke as in this case. or
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-08-25
sYNoPsIs

CHAPTER lack Keith. a typical eor-
DER plainsman. is riding along the Santa
F. trail on the lookout for roaming war
parties of savages. Keith had won his
spurs as captain in a Virginia reg traent
during the civil war. He had left the
service TO find mis- old southern home In
ashes. his friends scattered, and the fas,
cina1ior of Wild western life had aAureo
him Le -cxiCes q camp fire at a as
lance and thea sees A team attached TO
a wagon and . I'll sallop pursued oS
men on ponies
CHAPTER u-When Keith reaches
the wagon the raiders have massacreo
two men. shot the horses and departed
He searches the victims finding papers
and a locket with a woman portrait he
resolves 10 hunt down the murderers-
CHAPTER UI-Keith reaches Carson
City and is arrested there charged with
numbering and roobing the two travellers.
His accuser is given as Black Bart Q
notorious ruffian-
CHAPTER Iy.-They can readily swear
the crime on Keith The latter goes 10
Jail fully realizing the peril of swift Dor
der Justice. A companion in his cell Is q
negro. who tells him he is Neb and that
he knew the Keith family a in Viz
g1nfa-
CHAPTER Web knows about the
two murdered men from the description
by Keith. He says one was John Sloley.
the other Gen. Willis Waite, formerly an
officer in the Confederate army. =