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STRAY BITS.

a gate hns been designed for railwa' cross.
ings which is opened and shut by The rassirg
traing
In the formation Of single locomotive
steam engine there are nearly G,00O piece, 20
be put together, and these require tu lc as
accurately adjusted as the works OF "A wntGi.
Oxford university is now two raccs nj and
of Cambridge in the series. OF forty-.c,:n
annual races Oxford has won tvert -f....,
and Cambridge twenty-five, while Int g
1917 was dead heat.
The heaviest gun in the world has recently
been finished by Krupp for the Russian gov
eminent 1t weighs 1876 tons, is 40 feet long,
and is az feet diameter in tho widest paru.
1t will have a range Of II miles.
A numi,natist suggesta tsat certain cc,n
say the fifty cent piecesissucd during any
administration be stamped with the head OF
the president Of that date. They will tnGs
serve as an did to history, as do the coins OF
ancient days.
An Englishman has invented means OF
utilizing the princple % stills with wheels
The wheels are fastened to the feet as stills
are, and each acts as sort of independent
bicycle They go very fast when one has
learned how to walk on them.
The food of a 200" hippopotamus is esti-
mated to he about 200 pounds a day in weight,
and consists chiefly of hay grass and roots
| The daily provender Of giraffe weighs about
fifty pounds The lions and tigers obtain
about eight or nine pounds of meat day.
The following is said to be the shortest SEN
tenco in the English language containing all
the letters of the alphabet: John P. Brady
| gave me black walnut box of quite small
,f,,f,. l.,ra
twice the number of letters in the alphabet.
The Almanach de Gotha is over a century
and a quarter old When it was first issued,
among its collection Of sovereignties written
| up, there were only three republics, Swltzer-
/ land, San Marina and Andorra. while today,
out of its total of flftv-eight states mentioned,
twenty-three are republics.
A prisoner in Bohemia recently constructed
a watch eight centimeters (3A inchesD in
diameter with no tools or materials except
two needles, a spool 'of thread Il newspaper
and some rye straw The wheels, posts and
CO.'S are Of rye straw; the watch runs six
hours without winding and keeps good time.
In Dorchester. England, bounty of eight
cents per dozen is offered for old sparrows,
four cents per dozen Tor young ones, and a
I cent and half per dozen for eggs. Thespar-
rows have grown SO numerous all through
Dorscishire that in some places they are said
to destroy half the crops, while i'll villages
they ruin the gardens and even strip the
thatch from buildings
The brcl; houses of the Scotch mission sta
ton on Lake Nyassa have all been built out
of a single ants nest, and the quarry from
which tine material has been derived forms a
pit beside the settlement some dozen feet i'll
depth. A supply of bricks as large again
could probably be taken from this convenient
depot; and the missionaries on Lake Hangar
yika and EDWARDS TO Victoria Nyanza have
been similarly indebted TO the labors of the
termiteS,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-04

While the lot of a dresSnakers apprentice
is not an cuviable one, there are few trades
for women that offer such prizes making
clothes for other women. The chief dress
maker of Bond street establishment will
command II salary Of $3.50 to 200 II year.
What is more, the supply is not equal to the
demand. ~ good head woman will always
have dozen places open to her if she leave,
Il situation. Naturally this encourages an
independence of spirit that is often fatal to
long continuance i'll one place \ chief hand''
work is confined to cutting out, overlooking
the other women and comforting with the de
>gner. The designer is the rock over which
most Of them split, for if he wants too many
alterations the drcssmaker rebels The hours
Of IL chief hand are not heavy, and no Paris
education Is necessary, as many suppose II
French ideas are needed Frenchwoman is
imported The best houses prefer an EngliSl!
hand who is thoroughly Engli>h.--Pall Nal
Gazette.
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WOMAN AND HOME.
THERE IS A KIND OF KITCHEN ECON
Ob~Y WHICH is WASTEFUL.
Education aud Motherhood-The Care OF
the Hair-A stingy Mans Wifc-she
Got Ahead of Him -- In the Draw
ing Room, Kitchen and Nursery.

"Manv young wife, said a motherly wo-
man the other day, "would find the wheels
of her household moving much more smooth
w if She would spend little less money on
the furnishing Of her drawing room and de-
vote it instead to supplying her kitchen with
labor saving appliances and plenty of uten-
sils Economy in kitchen utensils may easily
be pushed too far, and if there is another
Mace where a woman may be more readily
excused than another for extravaganza it is
just there.
"To have to stop in the middle Of making
n dessert in order to clean "A saucepan or n
kettle in which the soup had been prepared,
because YOU have not another, is folly when
soup kettles can be had for twenty-five cents
each. To have your kitchen knives of such
poor metal that they will not stay sharp, or
TO let good knife remain dull because you
think you cannot afford to spend ten cents 20
hive il sharpencd. Is real waste of strength
out OF all proportion to the saving. 10 h'Fe
nothing by which you can measure your IN
gradients accurately, because 1t costs more to
buv n set of weights or a graduated glass
measure than TO trust To guess work ana an
old tea Gun. has spoiled many good dish
that cost Just ~ much and has Drought hu-
initiation Oh many good cook.
because you will not buy patent pot scraper
for twelve cents wears out ten spoons to one
pot scrapcr, and the hired girl invariably
selects yuur best spoon forsthut purpose.
Sitting the coal ashes is such dirty business
"a it is usually performed, and the servant
kicks against it SO vigorously, that the most
economical housekoaper soon abandons it in
despair A patent ASH sitter that allows no
dust 10 escape and preserves all the half
burned coal will pay for itself in one winter
and last five. \ cheap refrigerator can be
had for one-third the cost OF IA good one of
the same size, but if you buy it your ice bill
will be twice as large
"Thcre is hardly anything in the Kitchen
of which there are not two varieties, the
cheap and the dear, and the result Of the use
of either is generally lis exact opposite il
actual cash But in comfort to ones self and
to ones husband and children, a saving Of
time, temper, brain worry and back ache
they repay their cost many times over every
week New York Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-04

DO not be imposed on by any o. the numerous
limitations, substitutes, etc, which are flooding
the world There is only one swifts Specific,
and there | nothing Ike IT, Our remedy con-
tans no lArcury, Potash, Arsenic, Or any pos-
onous substance whatever, IL builds up the gen
eral health iroLI the 1rst dose, and has never
failed to eradicate contagious blood poison and
IL: effects from the system Be sure TO get the
genuine. Send your add -ess for our Treatise on
Blood and Skin Diseases, which will 90 mailed
tree. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta. Ga.
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HATS, HATS, HATS.

and Stff Hats for Men, Boys and Children in
Guiding the latest novelties OF the season at
the very lowest prices. Also a full line of ur-
hishing Goods.
Dress Shirts. Underwear. Ncckwear, Collars,
Cuffs and thousands of other bargains impoa-
siblc to mention here. You must coma and
see for Yourself. The American Clothing Co.
cordially invite the public to cal and see their
stock whether theyWsh to buy il or not II will
pay you to come Il distance OF fifty miles 10 ut
lend this great sale. If you value money then
YOU surely cannot afford TO stay away. ACTON
ishing values. unparalleled bargains in fine
Clothing, Furnishing Goods. Hats. etc. kV-
erythng pure hased at this sale is guaranteed
a. represented OF money returned Rembenl-
Der the place.
AMERICAN CLOTHING COMPANY.
3s Church St, Cor. Cherry, opposite Rowe's
Hotel Burlington, VT.
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The man who tells YOU contidcntially Just
what will cure your cold is prescribing henp's
Bal7am this year. In the preparation Of this
expense is spared to combine only the best and
purcst ingredients. Hold bottle of kcmp's
Balsam to the light and look through 1t: notice
the bright, clear look; then compare with her
remedies. Large bottles AT all druggists ).
cent? and 81. ~ampIc bntlLe free.
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CHILDREN'S CORNER.
RTAlNMENT AND INSTRUCTION
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Frogs in Their First or Tadpole state of
Life-An Experience which Made Ono
Boy Resolve Never to xiii Another
OF These Creatures.

No one ignorant of the fact would suspect
frog of ever having been "A tadpole, The
two are as unlike in appearance as in name.
The mournful looking creature in the picture
was, however, in its first stage of existence
only wriggling tadpole with no legs and a
body that tnper5 to n point, forming tail.
Vick's Magazine, from which the cut is taken,
tells the young people how this transforma-
ton comes about, and mentions u number of
facts about frogs as follows:
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In America, in "a report given Of the fam
fly conditions Of one hundred and thirty
alumna who have had cluldrcn, the excep-
tional record of good health among these
children, aud their tow death rate, are strong
evidences tnat the powers OF motherhood
have not suffered froEl college work" In adj
dit.on, the writer's mite OF testimony may he
offered In tie schools which she has attend
ed, the ma jori,y O.. ,1.:,rst student were in
uniformly COED health; a minority were deli
cate before beginning study, The most fire.
Quent examples vi i'll health were found
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The worl, of the Frost Fairies.

A cottage and a mansion
Stood strangely side by side
one marked hy narrow windows
And one by easements wide;
And the sun by day shonc inward
And was echoed bach 1T night,
In one through costly lace,
And in one through muslin white.
But there came n night when the fairies
Who live in the realm of cold
Came down in their >ilv"ry cuariots.
That soft ON the muunb'aIu> rolled,
And there, on the panes of the windows
OF both they deity wrought,
With their fairy, dying fingers,
Such lace as ue'er was bought.
And the glowing sun rolled upward
When the fairy troop had gone,
And into the cot and mansion
With a silycry gleam It shone,
While the threads Of the fairy laces
With gems IL scattered o..
Til the pane of tho mIslinGd window
The daiptiest curtains bore.
columbus Dispatch.
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DR.. CRAIG'S ORIGINAL
KIDNEY and LIVER CURE.

One Thousand Dollars offered
by the Craig Medicine Co., OF
Passaic, n. j., for any case Of
Bright'S Disease that cannot be
cured by the use of the ceiebra-
ted Remedies OF the eminent
specialist, DIR. Charles Craig,
consisting of DIR. Craig's Origin
al Kidney Cure Crown PlastcrS
and Pills. Sold by all Drug
gists. 36,w1y
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KENaNl. ], 5 &TaMaM n4aS
kENpAl,k,'s S2sHSM GIIHE
KEanal.k's Spagss ovnE,

Price 81 pc- bottle, aiy bottles FOR a. Al 0rur.
Eists hrvr II or IAN get ~ GER ypI, o. rs III -,
70 any a'Gress on receipt Of price ~ the nrcprc.
ior' pl'' L. D. .-LNl AL Ga i,d'slurgt s'GIi, '.
SOLD Il y all DRGGEIST,N
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-10-30

embracing all their lands in Iowa, Da
kota and Minnesota, except tract along
the Upper Minnesota, which they re-
served for their future home. This tract
began below Fort Ridgely and extended
$50 miles to Lake Traverse, with width
of ten miles on both sides OF the river.
The treaty contained a provision by
which this reservation was also to be
ceded and the Indians located where the
President might appoint
BY a treaty made in 1853 they coded
to the Government all that portion north
of the river, retaining the remainder.
1t is the custom of the traders who
know that the Indians will ultimately
sell their lands, to give them credit for
supplies, holding claim against tho
proceeds of the sale. This was done
largely in the present instance, and the
traders, by means Of many false repre-
sensations as to the vast wealth the In
lians would receive, and also by refusing
them further credit unless they voted to
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Many lost their lives in trying to save
their friends, while not few suffered
martyrdom rather than abandon wound
ed and dying loved ones. Mrs Estlicks
son Barton, not ten years old, and his
brother, aged five, having been separat
ed from their mother, arrived at the set
Elements several days afterward. Bar
ton alternately led and carried his little
brother distance of eighty miles Such
an act of heroism and devotion on the
part of one of such tender years deserves
to be kept green in our memories.
Three companies of the Fifth Mime
sofa Infantry, just organized for service
nthe Union army, were rendezvoused at
Fort Smelling to draw supplies to fit
them for service at the front, when news
of the uprising arrived. The first
courier who galloped into the fort, we'll
nigh exhausted from his hard ride and
the attendant excitement, was unable to
give an ineligible account of what had
transpired, and was taken In charge as
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of Otakle, /. e., "he who kills many"
He was the first one tried. He was SEN
fenced TO death, but upon the recommend
alton of the commission, his sentence
was committed by President Lincoln to
imprisonment for ten years. He rem
dered the prosecution great service upon
many of the trials, testifying in number
of cases. He is said to be still living on
a Missouri reservation.
Over four hundred prisoners OF all
ages, from Is to so, were tried, and of
these three hundred and three were con-
victed. Their sentences varied from
death down to one years imprisonment.
Finally. after considerable delay, thirty
eight Of them were ordered to be exc
cuted at Mankato, on the Goth day Of
February; 1868.
A few of the condemned Indians &C
kn0wledg6d their guilt but for the most
part they maintained their innocence.
Clergymer, both Protestant and CathO-
lic labored with them and succeeded in
converting and baptising quite number.
They were allowed to send for some OF
their relatives, with whom their parting
was quite affecting.
On the morning of the fatal day their
irons were removal and their arms
bound with cords, their elbows behind
and their wrists in front. Then, long
white muslin caps were placed on their
heads, but left rolled up so as to show
their painted faces During this opera
ton, which consumed over an hour, sew
eral exciting death songs were sung.
At exactly 10 o'clock the condemned
men were formed into procession and
l., ~ LO o+I4o and "
across from the JAIL between files OF
soldiers, to the long scaffold which had
been erected there AS they commenced
the ascent of the scaffold, they started
the death song again, and made a per-
fectly hideous noise, which had won
derful effect in keeping up their courage.
Then the white caps were drawn down,
the t1ooses adjusted, and, in the presence
of d vast COncOurse of people, Major
Brown gave a drum three distinct taps,
rope was cut, and the thirty-cight red
handed murdcrers shot simultaneously
downward to a most righteous doom.
AS the platform fell. long though
hot loud cheer went UP from soldiers and
citizens, and silence reigned over the
awful scene
Another such Wholesale hanging has
haps not in the civilized world.
The next summer Gen. Sfbley drove
the hostile Sioux from the State, killing
over one hundred of them in the process.
The number Of whites killed in 1862 was
1877, of whom 644 were citizens, mas
sacred.
Little Grow continued his depreda-
tions, killing a good many whites the
next spring, actually venturing within
twelve miles of St. Paul. July 3, 1868,
while picking berries near the town OF
Hutchinson, he was shot and killed by
two men named Sampson, father and
son. Little Crow was one of the bright
est and bravest of all the Sioux. His
name had become synonym for terror
in Minnesota, and news of his death was
received amid universal rejoicing.
DWIGHT BALDWIN.
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spider webs of jet and of gold on cloth,
holding in their meshes insects with
cleaning bodies representing precious
stones, and with gauzy wings OF brill
liant metal.
The first illustration shows q hat
with low crown, over which are laid
simple folds of velvet, the brim slightly
shortened in the back, giving it a scoop
Stanley brown shade. A high, full
bow Of the brown velvet and golden-rod
yellow epengle ribbon ornament the
back About the edge of the broad
brim is three-inch space between
golden wires which is filled in with
forget-me-nots in golden-rod yellow,
so placed that they form q lace-like
open edge.
The other hat in this same illustra
ton is in black velvet, lace and jet.
AS felt was fashionable material dur
ing the summer, lace will b9 worn
during the winter. The brim of this
hat is jetted in delicate design and in
the back is a high bunch of cocks
feathers curving toward the front.
This style is particularly becoming to
a full, round face.
The Spanish turban shown in the
second illustration is the very essence
of coquetIy. Above the round, dim
pling face Of the girl with glancing
eyes it is simply irresistible. The ma
terial is soft, gray-brown velvet, and
gold and silver passementerie. The
broad, soft crown is Of the Tam
O'Shanter shape and the close brim
has roll of velvet around the edge,
with open spaces alternating with
straps Of velvet and passementerie ex-
tending from the edge to the crown.
The English round hat, which is tho
companion of the Spanish turban in
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never received q penny until four years
afterWard, when S15, 600 worth of goods
were sent the Sioux. and these were de-
Quoted out of money due them under
former treaties.
Thus long series Of wrongs, coupled
with want amounting almost to starVa
ton, had rendered the Indians desper
ate, and on Sunday, the 18th of August,
1862, the work of murder began. Four
Indians killed as many whites, and then
made haste to join their band. Little
Crow. an influential chief who had been
several times in Washington in the in
terests of the Sioux, was at once con-
suited. He knew the vast strength
of the whites, and would, no doubt, have
advised the surrender Of the murderers
were it not that he had been accused of
acting in the interests Of the whites
against his people, and had thereby lost
much Of his influence. He now saw
chance to regain his lost power, and as,
in common with all Indians, he hated tho
whites, he advised a general massacre.
"Troublc with the whites is inevitable,
sooner or later" he said. at may as
we'll come now. | am with you. Let us
go to the agency, kill the traders, and
take their goods.
IhlS advice was at once acted upon;
runners were sent out to call in the
braves, and an awful slaughter was be-
gun which extended along both sides Of
the Minnesota River to within six miles
of the town of New Ulm. Many were
put to death, and that by the most cruel
methods that the ingenuity of demons
could devise Children were nailed alive
to doors and used as targets at which to
throw tOmahawks; many were burned
alive in houses; while, if possible, still more
inhuman and unnatural crimes were per-
petrated by these veritable fiends.
That week an attack was made upon
New Ulm and Fort Ridgely, but the In
dams were driven off with considerable
loss on both sides, Little Grow being
wounded. The uprising had now become
general and extended through the whole
western frontier of Minnesota, and into
Iowa and Dakota. During the first week
not less than 700 people persisted, while
200 more were carried away as captiveS.
In the meantime, the excitement can
not be described. All who could hur-
ried toward the large towns numbers
falling on the way. While the awful
panic developed not a little selishness
and cowardice, it furnished many in
stances of devotion and endurance,
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brave men fought on, but with less loss
now. At 10 o'clock on the morning of
September 5 the CLEAN Of rifles was seen
in the distance, and the SavageS Sullenly
withdrew before the advance of a relief
party which had been sent from Fort
Ridgcly, where the firing, thanks to the
favorable direction of the wind, had been
heard.
Taking into account the small number
engaged, the battle of Birch CoOlie was
one of the hottest fought during the
period of the civil war Of the 1853
whites, twenty-three were killed and
forty-1ive severely wounded, while very
few escaped altogether uniniured. When
relieved they had been thirty-one hours
without either food or water, and were
almost exhausted.
There were many wonderful escapes
from death. A. P. Connolly, Adjutant
of the Sixth Minnesota Infantry, who
was present mentions the case of a wom-
an, the only one of a party who had
escaped with her life, though badly
wounded with buckshOt. She had been
twelve days without food, other than
berries, when she was found by Maj.
Browns expedition. During the awful
thirty-six hours of the seige she re-
manned in the wagon where she had been
placed, praying for her deliverers. The
wagon was riddled with bullets, but,
strange to say, she was struck by none
of them. She ultimately entirely recoV-
cred
On the 18th of September the camp at
Fort Ridgely was broken up, and the
expedition, disguised with it's long mac
tivity, started on it's march after the foe.
On the morning of Sept. % the enemy
were encountered at Wood Lake. The
Indians were sanguine of success, but
were badly beaten, the white loss being
four killed and about forty wounded.
Colonel Sibley sent out word to the In
dams that if they would come in, no in
nocent man would be harmed; and in a
short time all except Little Grow and his
most desperate followers were within
reach and encamped near Lac qui Parle.
Colonel Sibley encamped with his forces
about half a mile from the Indians, at
Camp Release, so called because the cap
tives were released there. These, to the
number of about two hundred and fifty
were at once set free.
A large number of Indians were made
prisoners and commission appointed to
try them. The remainder were sent
down to Yellow Medicine Agency An
inquiry developed the fact that almost
the entire nation had been involved in
the outbreak, and the braves at the
Agency were quietly discovered and made
prisoners. A number Of half-breedS
wore among the accused, and one negro,
or mulatto, named Godfrey or Gussa, to
whom the indians had given the name