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Palaces of Various Kinds.

Away back in the misty past, when
the porcelain-makers of China COM
bined and erected their famous ''pa,-
ace of porcelain" they little thought of
the example they were setting for
coming generations. The ice-bound
Russians first took the hint and erect
ed the first of the lice palaces"
example followed by Montreal, Quebec
St. Paul. and other boreal America n
cities, who thought to boom their pros
poets by advertising the fact to the
world at large that they were situated
within the circle of the shadow cast by
the north pole, With a more practical
eye to business, the people of the south
erected the cotton palace" at New
Orleans, followed closely by the corn
palace at Sioux City, Iowa. Since
the last-named unique erection pal
aces" have sprung up all around, like
toad-stools In damp weather. Ne
braska has her sugar palace" Cres-
ton, Iowa, her hay palace" Pueblo
Col, her mineral palace" Ottumwa,
Iowa, coal palace" and last but
not least the flax palace" at Forest
City, Iowa. If this palace" business
is carried much farther we may soon
expect to hear of a gold palace" on
Wall street, an "oyster palace" on the
shores of the classic Chesapeake, or a
yam palace" in Georgia.-St. Louis
Republic.
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THE FIGURE &c."

The figure 9 in our dates will make long stay.
No man or woman now living will ever date
document without using the igure 9. 1t stands
In the third place in 1890 where it will remain ten
years and then move up to second place in 1900,
where it will rest for one hundred years.
There is another g" which has also come to stay
1t is unlike the hSurc 9 in dates in the respect
that it has already moved up to first place, where
1t will permanently remain. 1t i called the No
," High Arm Wheeler 4 Wilson Sewing Machine
The No. 9" WAS endorsed for first place by the
experts OF Eurove at the Paris Exposition of 1885,
whore, after severe contest with the leading ma
chimes OF the world, it was awarded the only
Grand Prize Civ"n 10 family sewing machines all
others on exhibit having received lower awards
Of gold medals, etc. The French Government
also coguI1cl its superiority hv the decoration OF
Mr. Nathaniel Wheeler, President Of the company,
with the Cross Of the Legion Q Honor.
The No. 9" is not an cid machine improved
upon. but Is an entirely new machine, and the
Grand Prize at Paris was awarded it as the grand
est advance in sewing machine nee AaDism Of the
age. Those who buy it can rest assured, there
fora, OF having the very latest and best
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New Military Tent.

The umbrella tent is one of new de-
sign for military purposes. The method
of construction of this tent admits Of
opening either one section or as many
sections as may be desired. 1t can also
be entirely closed by hooking up the
tent flaps and closing the entrance, In
case of storm, or when being used for
bathing purposes. II warm weather
the walls of the tent should be staked
two or three inches from the ground
which, in connection with the large
opening between the umbrella and side
walls will cause constant draught Of
air. The especial +" ture Of the tent is
its simple CONSTRUCTION and portability.
1t folds up. and the bundle, including
poles, stakes. guy lines. &c, when the
tent Is r4ade of ten-ounCe duck, weighs
about forty six pounds. The tentNMas
first used by the New jersey troops at
the last encampmsnt at Sea Girt.
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Fig. l represents the Photographic
necktie. and Fig. 2 gives front view OF
1t as it is to be worn by the operator,
the metallic camera. which is fat and
very light, being hidden under the vest
Fig. gives back view, the cover Of
the camera being removed to show the
interior mechanism, comprising six
small frames, which are capable of pass
ing in succession before the objective,
and which permit of obtaining six neg
atives. The instrument may be con.
structed with twelve or eighteen frames.
The apparatus is operated as follows;
The necktie having been adjusted the
shutter is set by pull upon the button
A Zig. l, No. ., which passes under
the vest. In order to change the plate.
1t is necessary 10 turn from left to
right the button hole of the vest, and
which Stimulates button of that gar.
ment.
This button must be turned until the
effect Of locking, which occurs at C
Zig. l No. y is perceived, and which
puts the plate exactly before the objec-
tive. In order to open the latter it is
necessary to press the rubber bulb, D,
which has been put into the trouse rs
pocket. The rubber tube E,passes under
the vest and serves to transmit the action
of the hand.
In order to charge the apparatus it is
opened at the bottom by turning the
small springs; the sensitized plates are
put into the frames and the springs are
turned back to their former position.
The apparatus is scarcely any thicker
than the ordinary necktie. The six
frames are carried before the Obiective
through an endless chain, as shown in
the figure,
Some of the Photographs taken with
this first apparatus are sufficiently sharp
to allow the portraits to be recognized.
The photos are an inch and q half
square.
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TOWN CLERKS
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CATHOLIC:- -RBv. .GEoRGB GAsKBLL, Prizes
Mass every Sunday at 1890 a. III. Sunday
school every Sunday at $3.50 p. III. Vesper
at p. IL.
METHODIST Rev. s. EIlery, Pas.
tor. Services every Sund at ;0:3O, a, m
and 7:3O p. IN. Prayer meetil on Thursdays
at 1880 ?. m.
CONGREGATIONAL HIM HerriTk,
Pastor. Services every Sunday, at 1870 a.
ana 1;SG p, m Prayvr me9rn8 .; s.50 S0s
Prayer meeting every Thursday at 1880 p. m.
NORWEGIAN EVANGELICAL LUTHEh
AN -Rsv P. A. DGErRICHsoN, Pastor. Serv ice
and meetings at times designated by pastor
COMPLEMENTARY O. DAHLR Pastor
Meetings at 1880 o'clock every Wednesday
evening.
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Simple Remedies.

Never breathe through the mouth un-
less it is impossible to breathe through
the nose.
For an aching tooth, saturate piece
of cotton with ammonia, and lay it ON
the tooth.
Constipation may be relieved if a
cupful of hot water, in which a tea.
spoonful of salt has been dis,e-Hed, is
taken every morning before breakfast.
For stomach worms in child. mix
one teaspoonful of powdered sage in
two tablespoonfuls of molas&eS, and
give a teaspoonful every morning.
It is said that to drink sweet milk
after eating onions will purity the
breath so that no odor will remain. A
cupful of strong coffee is also recon-
mended. Good Housekeeping.
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MORRIS POST OFFICE

Open every Saturday from to 6 and Z
9 o'clock pm.
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Weeping Widows.

Mourning is happy opportunity for
a woman, and the reason shall never
marry is the fear lest my wife should
get rid of me In order to go into
mourning for me. There are, how
ever, some women who cannot turn
their sorrow to account and who weep
in sueh a way that they make their
noses red, and distort their features
like the faces we see on fountains.
This is a serious danger. There is
need of many charms and much art to
weep agreeably; otherwise there is q
risk of not being comforted for q long
time. Yet Notwithstanding the pleas
ure of making some Artemista faithless
to the shade Of her Mausolus, I cannot
really choose from among this swarm
of lamenting ones her whose heart I
shall ask in exchange for my own,-
TheQphl4s GGGtfsr,
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A SOLDERING JOB.

Leaving out of consideration Chinese
competition in cigar-making. needle
work, and especially overalls,it is start
ling to note in how many branches Of
industry Chinatown is competing disas-
trously with American labor. It is suf-
fcient to mention that ! ,245 sewing ma
chimes are running night and day in
Chinatown to indicate what a bee hive
of enforced or willing industry is located
there.
Beginning with factories exclusively
Chinese, there are in Chinatown the fol.
lowing establishments working on the
wholesale plan as producers In the ar
ticles mentioned: Tinware, six; shoes,
two; candles, one; tanned leather, FIVE;
brooms, two; jewelry, four. Of cloth
ing establishments and tailor shops lex
elusive of underwear and shirts) there
are no fewer than ffty-seven places of
business under different proprietors.
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FRAUD CHARGED.
A Minnesota Agent of FredericksOn 8 Co.
Under Arrest.

Sioux CITY, Iowa, Special Telegram, Dec
31.-Sheritf Magner returned to-day from
Window, Mimi, with Nels Peterson, who
is charged with detrauding A. T. Larson Of
this city out of 81, 500 worth of property by
false representations. There has been con-
siderable difficulty experienced in getting a
legal hold on Peterson, and County Attor-
ney Bevington has visited Window several
times on the matter.
This case is one of the many that have
been the result of the wholesale frauds
practiced by the now detunct firm Of Fred
erickson & Co. of Chicago. Some time last
year Nels Peterson entered into negO-
tiations with Mr.. Larson, wishing to
trade land in Cottonwood county, Mimi,
for lot of horses and mules. Mr.. Peter
son was acting as agent for Fredericksen &
Co.. and after some little delay the trade
was made. In return Larson received a
contract for deed for the land and he
went to Chicago to secure the papers. AT
this time the great fraud was exposed, and
Larson found that his deeds were not worth
the paper they were written on.
PETERSON and a man named Olson were
indicted by the grand jury of this county.
Peterson is accompanied by his attorney,
and arrangements are being made to secure
bail.
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PINE RIDGE ATTACKED.
Indians Making an Effort to Reach and
Burn the Agency.

Burn the Agency.
RUsHvILLE, Neb., Dec.3l When the
news of to-day fight reached the agency at
among the 5000 Indians gathered there
and large number of these broke away
The friendly Indians, including Red Cloud,
joined the army forces under Gen. Brooke.
At sundown fighting had commenced
within three miles of the agency buildings
and a determined effort was being made
by the reds to reach and burn the agency.
An Indian village of triendlies in PLAIN
sight of the agency was seen to go up in
flames just before dark.
These fact were from all official courier
who was an eye witness to the trouble that
occurred at and near the agency. He came
here by order of the agency authorities,
bringing special dispatches and to warn the
settlers everywhere to be on their guard.
The captain of the Rushville home guard
received official notice from the agency this
afternoon to make every possible prepara-
ton for defending the town and to see that
adjacent settlers were notified. Soon the
terrified people cane in, and be ore mid
night the town was crowded. 1t is thought
by all cooler heads that no imminent dam
ger tn hreatens the railroad towns.
To-day's battle has made it almost certain
that a bloody war will follow. A large
number of warriors who favored peace have
gone to the Bad Lands, and now, with a
strong force of fighting bucks, it will be a
difficult matter to dislodge Kicking Bear.
Two Strikes band was coming in toward
the agency, but now it is certain they will
turn back
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Tired of Life's Trials,

ALBA, Iowa, Dec 31.-The sight of a
we'll dressed young woman suspended in
the air by q rope, one end OF which was ad-
justed to her neck and the other end
fastened to balcony twelve feet above, at,
tract ed the attention of the inmates OF the
Cramer house last night. The woman's
face was black with strangulation and the
tongue protruded. She was hastily cut
down, and after hard work resuscitated
The young woman's name is Mrs. Cobb,
and she had been married the night before
to medical student at Keokuk, Iowa. She
and her brother went to Keokuk the day
before, and, it is said, compelled young
Cobb to marry her, which he readily did,
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ARTS OF THE CHINESE.
PlC-TAILED HAND WORKERS BEAT
lABOR.SAVlNC MACHINERY.
Making Lanterns And Other Articles -
The Celestial Artisans Dread of Waste
-MOnsOlIan shoe-Makers, Carpenters.

1t Is not exactly pleasant to speak of
Chinese labor In any shape. still less TO
notice those features in which the most
ancient empire in the old world seems to
set an example of certain sort TO the
most powerful republic in the new. But
as Robert Bruce learned a lesson from
the spider, it may be worth while in
this age Of labor controversy to inquire
why Chinatown gathers up so large
percentage Of the shekels which should
properly go into the pockets of Ameri-
can artisans and white men in San Fran
cisco.
II a citizen of California desires to
trace Chinese competition in skilled
labor to its source he has only to 60 into
the alleys running east and west from
Dupont street beyond California He
will then see that while there is no
branch of trade In which the Chinese
artisan has not more or less succeeded by
mere apt imitation, there are many pecu.
liar hsndicrafts in which the Swiss and
other painstaking, ,unambitious, ,persever-
Ing. poverty content European importa-
tions are his only rivals.
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MURDERED THREE.
Bloody Deed of a Hungarian in a Penn
syIvania Mining Hamlet

W1LKEsBARRE, Pa, Dec. BIN the little
mining hamlet known as Broderick's Patch
to-day one John Tirello Hun
garian. entered the saloon of Michael Cur
ley and shot Mrs. Curley and then shot
Curley, who had just come down stairs.
Tirello next turned and shot Michael
Hodek, Hungarian, who died instantly,
and then, laying the revolver upon the
PROSTATE form of Curley, decamped for
parts unknown. He has been tracked for
three miles, The shot entered Mrs. Curley s
head from the back, and she died instantly.
Curley was shot through the forehead and
lived two hours.
There were apparently only five persons
in the room at the time of the shooting
Curley. his wife, Hodek, TirelIo and the
formers little girl. The first three are dead.
and Tirello has thus lar escaped the Off
GERS. The child is too young TO make all
intelligible statement
There are few persons who hold to the
belief that Curley shot Hodek in an alter
cation and Tirello, who was implicated, did
the rest OF the shooting.
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The Chinese workman has the orien tai
horror of waste. He regards waste as
something to be avoided as an evil.
Nothing is more convincing on this point
than an afternoon stroll through the
Chinese industrial centers. If the bar
Der has not the convenience of warm
water he shaves or cuts the hair Of his
friend the smith in fee simple for the
use of the latter's furnace. The smith
constructs his fire on the principle of
burning 70 coal except in actual work,
and then as little as possible. The fire
is contained in an iron basin, somewhat
like an old-fashioned cosl-scuttle, and
the mouth of the bellows enters on the
back corner. If drill is to be tempered
the water to temper it is kept in an
earthen pot, and If any cooking Is to be
done this pot serves the purpose. When
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Donations Needed.

JAMESTOWN, N. D. Special Telegram, Dec.
31.-Rev. N. D. Witham, representative OF
the Alliance Aid association, is here to-day.
He says all money and contributions OF
-four and fuel received for the benefit oil
Dickey county needy have been distributed
by committees of citizens that his people
are proud and sensitive and dislike to have
their mistortunes referred to; but that the
statement that Dickey county can take care
of her own poor is not correct. The Alll-
ances throughout the Red river valley, and
wherever crops warrant it, will be applied
to tor seed wheat and a canvass made oil
the state
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A Holstein bull hel0nging to Joseph
Lippencott Of Woodstown. n. j., is in
an interesting predioament. The door
of an underground ice house on the
farm was left open. and in ondeavor-
ing to get better view of the interior
the bull slipped and fell thirteen feet
AS the bulls disposition has not been
reposeful in tho past, Mr., Lippeucott
has decided to allow him to remain
there indefinitely. He Is fed regularly
every day.
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Fonnd in ANIL .Fluma.

CANNON FALLS, Mimi, Special, Telegram
Swan Olson, a Swede, who had been work
ing on Robert Fotherby's stock farm, dis;
appeared on, the 18th inst, and last even
Ing his body was found in the fume at
Thompson & Smiths mill He had evi-
IDENTIFY committed suicide, but no cause is
known for the act. He had two uncles
living near town, and it is said His parents
are well-tO-do people in the Old country.
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SHOEMAKER.

For example, says the San Francisco
Chr0ntcle if a Chinese lantern were SUBJ
mitted to free competition as an indus
trial product neither the free-trade En-
glishman nor the protected American
would attempt its manufacture, because
labor-saving machinery could not be
used The Chinese lantern belongs to a
department of industry in which ma
chinery counts for little. 1t is product
of cheap art, and its manufacture is a
good illustration of how money is made
In Chinatown in certain lines.
or course, the Chinese lantern is not q
necessity of civilized life, neither is it to
be regarded as anything but an accident
al requirement, as IN the case of public
displays. But the Chinese have been
adopts in picturesque illumination at
might from time immemorial, and there
Is tolerably good evidence that as
pyrotechnists they were contemporary
with the Pharaohs. Anyhow, it is q
hard matter for white man or white
woman to set about making a Chinese
lantern. To begin with the framework
of the lantern has to be constructed of
fine bamboo splints, split by the hand
with knife, and woven on frame of
Tue proper SlA0. 1nIS WOEk Is uOu6 Uy
women and children as far as possible.
and an expert hand can finish six or
eight in a day. When brought to the
workshop the workman cuts off the fag
ends, shapes it, and rearranges all the
splints, so that the interstices will be of
equal size. He then stiffens them with q
coat of glue, and lays the skeletons away
to dry. Then sheets of thin and coarse
bamboo paper are glued on the frame,
and two or three extra coats of a pecu-
liar glue of great transparency are laid
on. The lantern is then mounted with
a socket for the candle and wire for
the handle. Finally the painter adorns
1t with flowers and more or less pictures
que designs-all, of course, done by
hand after the lantern is finished. The
whole thing Is sold at a price ranging
from 10 cents to 81, even the latter being
o competitive price at which Rost Amer
leans would decline to produce any hand
painted article without regard to previ-
Gus effort.
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AHnaA AnnnnnA Fnn Eonn

PIERRE, 8. D., Special Telegram, Dec. 81.
Attorney General Doland has Just
rendered an opinion upon an inquiry as to
whether the county register OF deeds will be
allowed to retain fees for making abstracts
of title after Jan. l, that it comes within
the registers official duties, and that he
must account for such fees and cannot re-
tain them.
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have been broken into several fragments,
some Of them not half an inch in dia-
meter, are not beyond the perseverance
and ingenuity Of the Chinatown artificer
though 1t is certain that an American
artificcr would advise the owner that it
might be cheaper to buy a new one.
The Chinese artificer is especially sue
cessful as alocksmith, q although regular
Chinese lock and key is about as cum
brous and ugly q combination as the
human mind can devise. On Ross alley
there dwells Chinese locksmith who
not only sells Chinese locks and keys,
but understands the construction of the
most complicated American locks, and
can duplicate a latch key or pick O
tumbler lock with q swiftness startling
to witness.
The Chinese are good carpenters and
joiners, and as watch repairers they can
hold their own with the best of white
men. but watch making by machinery
beats them. They are good harness
makers, and can do any kind Of house
painting or plasterIug. OF their apti-
tude for cigar-making and laundry work
there are only too many unwilling wit
nesses.
AS shoemaker, and especially as a
repairer Of shoes, the Chinese artisan Is
most formidable competitor with
American labor at rates which are, as in
most departments where the races come
in conflict, 80 to so per cent less. 1t
needs very short stay on any street IN
Chinatown to disclose the fact that near.
ly all the repairs executed by Chinese
shoe-mNkers are under orders from the
white people resident in the section
bounded by California, Kearny, Pacific,
and Powell streets. In the department
of shoe e-making, as in needlework, the
Chinese have fairly grappled with and
mastered the problem of labor-saving
machinery. Three hundred men are
daily employed at one establishment on
Dupont street alone, and of smaller
establishments the name Ia legion.
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third makes . specially Of restoring pots
and kettles to a sound condition. The re-
pairers Of broken glass and crockery per.
form their work by means OF small drill
with which they pierce the fragments,
aud then fasten them together very neat
ly with pieces of small wire bent into a
hook on the inside of the utensil
Although the glass is drilled while cool
usually with a drill wetted with turpen-
tine) the workman seldom fractures it
in mendinR. Articles of glass which
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They Favor Villas.

CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-A morning paper pub
fishes the result of an inquiry it recently
sent to the editors of Democratic papers in
Wisconsin regarding their choice for United
States senator to succeed John c. Spooner
whose term as senator expires March 3.
All of the best known Democratic editors
in the state responded, and the result fol
lows: Col. William F. Villas, 49,; Gen. E. s
Bragg, 6; scattering, 3.
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ANOTHER FIGHT.
Two Soldiers Injured in q Skirmish Near
the Agencv

the Agency.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, S. D., Dec. 31.-An-
other fight has occurred, this time near the
agency. This afternoon one of Col. For
syth's troops of ftheSeventh cavalry was fired
on by some Indians who went out from
the Rosebud camp near Pine Ridge and
on their return they fired into the agency.
This caused skirmish, in which two SOL
diers were wounded. The Indians who
were camped near where this skirmish took
place moved west to a creek near the
agency. Owing to the absence of the cav
airy there is great trepidation here Indian
scouts who have just come in say that but
few of Big Foot's men are lett alive.
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Pan-American Transportation.

WASHINGTON, Special.-The senate com
mittee on commerce to-day gave hearins
Mesrs. F. L. Dana of Denver, Howell
Jones of'Topeka, J. B. Clarke of Chieag,
and APP. Cha mberlin of Des Moines upor
Senator Cullom bill to incorporat
the Pan-American Transportation com
pany. These gentlemen appeared as a sub
committee appointed by the interstate
deep-harbor committee.
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AN INVISIBLE WALK KING CAMERA.
Eeckties Furnished with Compile
Photographlng Outfit.

We have all heard of the Photographic
opera glasses and hat; but here we have
something more cunning. 1t is necktie
provided with pin. The latter Is an
objective, and the neckt:e is a camel a..
When any one approaches you and
speaks to you at a distance of two OIL
even three feet, you press a rubber bulb
concealed In your pocket, and you have
the portrait of your interlocutor. Thi,
ingenious little apparatus, with which
also general views may be taken, wal
devised by Edmond Block, o French
man