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sissippi, part Of tho main stem of the
great river, has its origin in Minnesota, q
thickly populated state, and comparatively
near by. The exploring party who set out
last October followed up the main feeder of
Lake 1tasca. They report Nicollet's first
lake c) on the map to be filing up with the
natural wash of a deep valley. Nicollet's
second lake (D on the map is round i'll shape,
and the surrounding scenery is described as
very beautiful From this little body Of
water quietly resting among the beautiful
Minnesota hills emanates the mighty river,
the longest on the globe, famed for tho
legends Of primitive races that once lived on
its banks, for the early stories Of Jesuit mis-
sionaries, and later for tho contests Of tho
civil war, which took place on its bosom and
on its ba4ks.
The source of this stream, which stretches
almost through continent, is q little lake
sheltered by hills in Minnesota. The entire
Itaska basin is full of interest. The scenery
is beautiful, and thousands of boiling springs
are doubtless the source of its lakes, which
are in turn the source of the river. It is not
claimed by Mr.. Brown that he has added to
the original discoveries, except in correc-
tion. These discoveries were made long ago.
William Morrison is supposed to have lived
at Itaska in 1903. Frequent visits have. been
made since, but to Schoolcraft and to Nicol-
let are due the credit OF making the first maps
ever laid down Of this interesting region.
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PLAYING POLEWOS.
ming through it is unfordable and winds be-
tween che hills. Two bridges cross the river,
the one at G, the other at B, several miles
above
The forces engaged are supposed to be 1O,-
o. men OIL either side, consisting Of cavalry,
infantry and artillery. In the cut the de-
Tending force is marked by flag composed
Of three perpendicular divisions Of black and
white, and the attacking force by diagonal
divisions Of black and white On the key
plan the defending force is designated by
black squares, and the attacking force by
squares of black and white
A town is supposed to be some distance
from the battlefield on the left. The duty OF
the defensive player is to cover this town
from the enemy, fifteen miles distant to the
right. The attacking force is divided. About
one-third, consisting of one regiment Of cav
airy and three battalions of infantry, is on
the left bank of the river Ehe upper bank in
the plan,, while the main body, consisting of
the general and staff, two batteries lsix guns
each) one regiment Of cavalry and five bat
talions of infantry, are on the right bank.
The defending force, as has been said, equals
its enemy in numbers, and is divided into the
same corps. Both forces at the opening Of
the game advance towards the bridge, G,
which is, of course, a very important point.
The defending general sends forward one
battery, one regiment of cavalry and two
battalions of infantry to occupy the hill
marked No. /, OH the left or further bank Of
the river, and they take position in front of
It, On the opposite side Of the river the de-
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The Woes of Train BoYs

A train boy often loses money by theft.
There is as lnuch Of mania among pas
sengers to swindle a train boy as there is to
keep the conductor from getting {. ticket.
Men who in business matters arc as honest as
the day, and who would sLivcr at the
thought CT doing Il dishonest act, are trans
formed as sooa as they Get Oh (. railroad
train, ard if they can get the best Of the
company by hook Or b. crook they arc happy,
and, although tie amount they havo sue
ceedel il stealing is small, they feel as good
as though they had made :;1O0 in q legitimate
business way Why this should he SO has
never, and probably will never, lee satisfac-
torly explained.
The t:.n boy; so through Ger and leave
package cf candy CT paper Or magazine
on each se:.... Then they so back to the first
seat, ard begin to collect the articles or tleil'
prices. A dishonest passenger will slide tho
paper dowA The side Of tic seat out Of sight,
or will cover it with an overcoa: OF q bag, SO
that the hoy viii miss it, The only pro.ec
ton boy has from these thieves is to re-
member whero he put his merchandise, and
to demand it when be goes to look fer it it it
is not in sight. AS rule Ee gets it, but somo
men arc mean enough to go to the railroad
officials when the train reaches its destina-
ton and accuse the boys of insolence. Tho
from the railroad demanding the instant dis
charge Of tho accused boy. The chances are
he will have no chance for defense, because
tho railroads demand is imperative, and
must be complied with. 1t is estimated that
various railroads il thu couutry.-New Yor.-
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WITHOUT STEAM or SAIL,
A Pneumatic Yacht That b hxpeeted
Travel Sixteen Knots IN noue. s

A Pneumatic Yacht That b nxpseted o
Travel Sixteen Knots IN Boue.
The wonderful possibilities Of eectricitya
are being illustrated every day. STREET cars.
run by electricity are becoming quite com
mon; the phonograph and graphophonA are
now acknowledged to be successful; Edon
even talks Of inventing an electric newspapers
The scheme Is too large and complicated \
be recited here, but the wizard Of MenA
Park claims that 1t is quite practicable. The
children Of the land will be playing with
electric dolls before long-dolls that can sing,
converse, dance, do almost everything; this
is another invention which Ellisch Is now
perfecing. .e-ss@, 5.zs --szs
But thinkers yacht propelled without sail
Or steaml
That Is the next thing on the programme.
Such vessel now lies at one of the doclu in
Brooklyn, N. T. She is 100 feet long, with
n beam Of l2 feet and draught Of about Z
feet. She is called the Eureka, and is q
''pneumatic yacht" She is ralzish looking
craft, low down in the water, and looks very
trim. The vessel is the result Of fifteen
months, experiment by Mr.. John Secor.
The vessel has been built for some time,
and had several trial trips in 1887, but
she was not quite satisfactory at that
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eyed, poetical looking boy-was=swith Tun-
blety constantly. He seemed compromise
between friend, companion and servant to
the DOCTOR Tumblety had large follow
Ing in Brooklyn at this time, but played
himself out after time, and went across
the river to New York. He always made G.
good liying-how, aside from his quack
herb business, no one could tell. He was at
this time curious looking man.
He was about six feet four inches in height,
and was an extremely well built though
homely featured man. His face was very
red, and his mustache dyed jet black.
Sometimes be rode, but generally be strobe
through the streets attended by huge mas
tiff. He disappeared from public view after
he had achieved great notoriety when he was
suspected of completely in the scheme to i'll
troduce yellow fever, by means OF Infected
clothing, during the war, int" New York
city. Not long before the assassii'atio: OF
President Garfield he was often seen at the
Fifth Avenue liotel with Charles Guiteau. Lit
tie has been heard of him of late years. He has
q cunning felicity for achieving world wide
notoriety by getting into apparent scrapes,
but he always comes through bis scrapes un
scathed, unframed. His rotoriety III conEec'
ton with the WhitecLapel horrors is but
another instance of this.
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THE TWO DAKOTAS.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT A GREAT
TERRITORY.

known zoo Years Ago-Yet Poorly Known
Fifty Years Ago-slow Growth for Twenty
Year,, Then Amazing Growth-6oo, 600
People with $500. ooo. 900 of Wealth.
Two hundred years ago the romancing
traveller and explorer. Baron La Hontan, was
on the upper Mississippi, and met some In
dams whom he calls Outagamis. who told
MIN that in their territory. many leagues
away. was salt lake without an outlet,
around which the spirits kept guard zRecentt
writer's once believed that this meant the
Great Salt lake Of Utah, but more likely it
was the Mime waukan, devils or '.spirits'
lake" OF Dakota. A hundred years later but
little more was known, and the few French
VINO traversed the region thought it unfit for
civilized occupation-a land for game and
Indiana Down to 1860 it was included on
the maps in that "Great American Desert"
which has proved SO hard to locate and de-
fine
Fifty years ago it was mapped as Missouri
Territory, little later as the Mandan dis
trict. and in l849 congree included most OF it
In the territory OF Mimi ). organized that
year. In 1854 Nebraska Was made terri
tory, including nearly ali Of Dakota In
1851 congress created the territory of Dakota,
reaching from, Minnesota to the summit of
the Rocky mountains, but when the first
territorial legislature net in lSfo, the entire
white population was below 5000 In 1868
congress cut of the territory of Idaho; in
1864 the east half of Idaho was organized
into the territory of Montana, and in 1868
congress clipped of 81, Gh, more square miles
from Dakota and created the territory Of
Wyoming Still another clip was soon made
to square the boundaries, and still Dakota
had, and has, ls9, lOO square miles, of which
500 are covered by water. 1t is as ii New
York. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland,
Delaware and Virginia were all in one COM
monwealth, and therefore Dakota wants to
be two states
The development Of this region is phenom-
enal. even in this land of rapidly growing
states. In 1860 the present area of Dakota
contained but 2.40O white people; in 1870
there were but IA, lSl, and even in 1877 tho
increase was not notable, except along tho
Northern Pacific railroad. In 1879 the Won
derful 'boom" began, and increased so rap
idly that in a single season one railroad
brought in 81, 600 immigrants. Census takers
could not keep up with the increase In 1850
the national census put the population at
l35, III; in eighteen months it had doubled;
in 1885, in June, a territorial census put it
at 4l5, ,263; but the railroad and land office
returns showed it to be increasing at rate
exceeding 1000 week. In 1886 the total
vote exceeded 5000, and the present popu-
lation cannot be below Gco,0c0, and may
greatly exceed that The total assessment of
property in 1887 was sl57, ,0S4 ,3G6; the real
value now cannot be much below $500, OK, 600.
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The paper on which bank notes arc printed
IS called distinctive paper" being used ez
clusively by the government for the printing
of bonds and current notes. The mills where
it is manufactured are ct Glen Falls, Chester
county, Pa An agent of the treasury de-
partment receives the paper direct from the
hands of the manufacturer. and every pre-
caution is observed to prevent any loss
Short scraps Of red silk are mixed with the
liquid pulp in an engine. The finished ma
terial is conducted to wire cloth without
passing through any screens, which might
retain the slken threads An arrangement
above the wire cloth scatters a shower of fine
scraps Of Llue silk thread, which falls upon
the paper shilo it is Icing formed. The side
on which the blue silk is deposited is used
for tie bac!. of notes, and the threads are so
deeply iInbcdted as to remain permanently
fxed. Each sheet is registered US soon as it
is made-S5. Paul Pioneer Press.
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THE FATHER OF WATERS.
Recent Visitors to Itasca Basin Corret
the Old Mans.

Recent Visitors to Itasca Basin Correct
the Old Maps.
Last fall two men, Messrs ]. V. Brown
and W. A. Avery, left Saint Paul to explore
the source Of the Mississippi river. Mr..
Brown has made some correction in the map
laid down by Nicollet in 1856. Nicollet
named three lakes as existing in the region.
and selecting the largest feeder of ltaska
lake, designated it the ''Infant Mississippi.
The stream rises in small lake further up Q)
on the map, and which is the true source of the
Mississippi. The recent explorers report that
Nicollet's third lake does not exist.
OF the three great branches of the main
trunk Of the Mississippi, extending from
Cairo to New Orleans-the Ohio, the Upper
Mississippi, and the Missouri-the Missouri
is by far the largest, originating in British
America some 500 miles from the Pacific
Ocean. That branch which is called the Mis-
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THE FLIGHT OF JOY.

As sometimes in the very heart of June,
Which still remembers all the buds Of May
And half foresces the autumns rich display
And ail the speudor Of the harvest moon.
As If November had returned too soon.
Cold winds blow. and the sky is chill and gray.
And all is elreary that but now seemed gay,
And Nature with herself seems out of tune.
So in the early summer Of my lifc
Instead Of happy strength end strenuous play
Eds cares have come, long weariel Of the strife
Tha: youth delights in. and r.y summer day
Is darkened as by Deaths impending knife
And would die, for joy is far away
Henry Shelton Sanford Jr.. il Sc:ianer's Mag,
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The Earl If Lucan.

Tho Earl of Lucan, whose death took place
recently in London, and of whom portrait
is here given, achieved a fame in few min
utes which will doubtless run through song
and story for centuries. During the Crimean
war he misintcrpreted al order to charge the
enemys guns Leading his men up to works
which it was impossible should be taken by
his single brigade Of light cavalry, his men
were shot down in such numbers that only
q small portion lived to ride back. Lord
Incan uas rot blamed for undertaking an
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TIE NEW WAR GAME.
VETERANS MAY FIGHT OVER THEIR
BATTLES WITHOUT eLoopshEp.

'o'en'"s. Invented In England -Example
o' Came Infantry. Cavalry and Ar
tillery /" Mimic Battle An Enemv A..
'a'""s'' Gut ON. Surrounded and Captured.
:, new war game has been invented by Dr..
y. Is Griffith, Of brighton. England. The
game is called "Po'ennos." and is played on
c'oth ten feet by five feet. divided into
squares, each representing 40 yards. The
neld may te varied by the addition Of hills
rivers, towns. redouhts. ETC., which are to be
contetldeti for There is no chance in the
game The winning point is matter to be
mutually determined between the contest
ants All equal force is given to each player.
An example of single game, played over
. Held through which a river runs. will best
illustrate the method Of procedure. The
country represented in the accompanying cuts
y about five miles by seven. The river run
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st. Paul's cathedral in London Rev. Nor
gan Dix, rector of Trinity, usually Sc
lects and invites the lecturer, who is the
rector's guest during his stay in the city.
The addresses Of last Lent delivered in
March) were by Father Maturin, rector Of
St. Clements, Philadelphia, and attracted
very large congregations. Three years be-
fore the Rev. W. Hay Aitkin delivered the
addresses. The fame of Canon Little at
tractetl so many that DR.. Dix had most Of
the north side of the church reserved for
business men. who were compelled to come
late. The cloquence, force and logical clear
ness of Canon Little made this Advent week
a memorable season to Trinity.
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A Nature! Commas.

We all know how easy it is to lose ones
way i'll dense fo<; Oh a binding snow storm.
And yet. during tie cay time, the right di:ec-
ton nay readily be escertained by 4 very SIM
ple means OF finding tho position of the sun.
All that is required is to place the point Of q
knife blade, CT of sharp lead pencil on tho
thumb nail, when shadow will be cast
directly from the sun, however dense may be
the fog or snow.-Cassell's Family Magazine.
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Tho Bigger Half.

"Bobby,r said his mother, "did you give
half of the orange to your little sister!'
"Oh, yes, ma, gave her more than that"
replied Bobby, with generous air.
'.D;d you, indeed, Bobby Why, that was
very rice of YOU"
..lcs, ma, sucked the juice out and gave
bar au the rest."-New York Sun.
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What Good Teeth Mean

Good teeth rne al, to certain extent, good
digestion, and consequently good health,
while bad teeth often mean the contrary.
Too ma:4 people force the stomach to do tho
work that the teeth should have done, and
the much abused, long suffering stomach re-
bels at this new function thrust upon it, and
the most dangerous results follow as q
natural consequence. Herald Of Health,
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Father GarriSan.

Rev. P. J. Garrisan, who has been ap-
pointed vice rector of the new Catholic uni
versity at Washington, is a man Of scholarly
attachments and great executive ability. He
was born in Cavan county, ireland, in 1s41,
and when quite young emigrated to tho
United States with his parents. He received
his first training in the public schools Of
Lowell, Mass. and having evinccd desire
to take religious orders, he was sent to St.
Charles college, Maryland, and afterward to
st. Joseph's seminary, Troy, N. Y, where
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"A VERY ol.l Tobacco Pine.

A citizen of Eatonton, Ga, smokes about
twelve pounds of tobacco yearly in pipe
that he declares is over 200 years old. This
leads a mathematical person to calculate
that if that were the average amount used in
the pipe since its first day, 2, 400 pounds Of
the weed have been burned in its bowl; and,
if the first Sl2 had been put out at compound
interest at the rate of 10 per cent. it would
now have grown to the sum of 81, ,755, 4443 zoo.
Just how this would have benefited the first
owner of the pipe does not appear.-Chicaso
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Oh! DR.. TuMBLETY.

chapel Fiend-Where Is Hc Now?
Dr.. Tumblety, tho American who was sus-
pected of being the Whitechapel murderer
and arrested in London not long ago, but
soon after released. is man with singular
history. Between 1850 and 1864 he was as
well known on the streets of Brooklyn,
where be posed as all Indian herb doctor, as
he subsequently, was in the corridors of the
Fifth Avenue hotel, where he paraded as an
Englishr,an Of wealth and a physician of
marked pretensions.
Oddly enough, his companion when in
BROOKLYN was young Harold, who was inn
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impracticable feat.
It is tho duty of a
soldier to obey, not
to question. On
the contrary, he
and q few of his
brigade ACHE y ed
an imperis b a lie
fame. " ho has
not read Tennysoa's
"Charge Of ti,,
Light Brigadef''
Lord Lucan was
born in tho frs.
year of the present
century. He ell
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tered the English THE EARL OF LVcAN.
army in lSlG, and attained the rank of major
general in 1851, lieutenant general i'll 1858,
general in 1865, and field marshal in 1857. In
the Crimean war he received the medal with
four clasps, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the
Legion of Honor, tie Medjidieh, etc. In 1929
he married daughter Of the Earl OF Car
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ADVENT SERVICES IN NEW YORK.

Canon Little, of Worcester Cathedral,
Conducted Them This Year.
The monday addresses during Lent and
Advent weeks have become a most noted
and attractive feature Of Trinity church of
New York city: and this year tho Advent
series were given by Rev. Knox Little, bet
ter known as Canon Little, of Worcester
cathedral, England. On Sunday, Dec. 9, in
the morning. Canon Little preached at
Trinity: and OIL each subsequent day of the
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TI,e Uso OF I.r:.inc.

'Do you know, Miss Belle. that it; ws..lr
g waste of time to do So Iluch thinking" !" cc!d
Gus Dc jay "lts quito vcwy fs.iGuins to
ttirl-, you know"
''Do you think soi'
''Ya:as; sometimes really voadeh why We
have bwains, anyhow"
"Oh, everything has its purpose, Mr.. Do
jag. Brains are very useful to some people
to keep their beads from caving in, you
know Merchant Traveller.
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we e X, beginning
precisely at noon
generally a b ut
one hour in length.
These MONDAY
addresses at Trim
ity are not regular
serm ons; they
may, in fact, be
quite secular in
style and matter if
the lecturer so de-
sil'es, and are of the
same general na-
ture and object as
tho famous noon
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piracy of invention
or design. Con-
gress appointed
commissioners gen
,eral to represent
the United States,
agreed to pay
transpo portaioll on
all exhibits from
New York to the
exposition grounds
going and return
ing. and appropri
ated $3.50 coo to
i efray the ex.
penses of tho Am
eHcan exhibit.
H. <c1-~ oA,
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS

/. Aryo who takes paper regularly from tho
POrtDflce-whether directed to his or another.
or whether he has subscribed or not-is responsible
Tor the payment.
2. If person orders his paper discontinued, &c
must pay all arrearaRea, or the publisher will con.
tnue to send tunti payment s made and collect the
whole amount. whether the paper is taken from tho
office or not.
8. The courts have decided that refusing to tax,
thenewspapere periodicals. from the Postoffce Cr
removing and leaving them uncalled for, is primo
facts evidence of intentionalfraud.
Papers ordered to any address can be changed to
another address at the optien of the subscriber.
Remittancce by draft check money order, or regis.
tered letter may te sent at risk All Poetmasere
are required to register letters on application.
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No Mad Hares.

Such a thing as hare gong mao - not
recorded in medical works. Suca a thlns as
n March hare being madder lnan reolu1y
or en April hare is said bv Dr' fefS'nS 10 ~
NJ, al)surlity.
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plicated i'll tho as
sassi II a tion Of
Abraham Lincoln,
and who formed
one of the quartet
that subsequently
swung from the
zgallows tree. Tunl-
; blety, at that time,
! had on office on
. r t on street,
where he sold herbs
for removing PIN
pies from the face.
Earold-who was
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular advertising payable quarterly, as due
Transient advertising payable in advance.
ular advertisements.
Local advertising, Is cents for the first insertion
10 cents per line for each succeeding insertion:
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no ia very much like a hole-easy c.oss.
a Al ne ;nto at ~, but mighty hard to get out o.
Philadelphia Call
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he pursued his the
illogical course. lr
1870 ho was ordain.
ed to the priesthood
and was appointed
to the Springfield
diocese.
His first mission
was to st. John!
church, Worcester.
where excellent re
suits crowned hi!
exertions for t b {
welfare Of his peo
pie. His next ap
pointmen. w:is t
direct St. llseph's
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Theological seminary, at Troy. In the fall
Of 1875 he wIs appointed to st. Bernards
church, at Fitchburg, Mass, and retained
control of St Bernard's until his recent ap-
poiptment He is prominent advocate of the
temperance cause, and at present is treasurer
Of the Catholic Total Abstinence union Of
Americ'