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Fig. / represents the Photographic
1t as it is to be worn by the operator,
very light, being hidden under the vest.
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 Gig. l, No. p, which passes under
the vest. In order to change the plate.
it is necessary to 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
Gig. 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 trousers
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 10
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 objective
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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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 Z" ture Of the tent 10
its simple constitution and portability.
1t folds up. and the bundle, including
poles, stakes, guy lines. &C., when the
tent 10 r4ade Of ten-ounGe duck, weighs
about forty six pounds. The tentalWas
first used by the New Jersey troops at
the last encampment at Sea Girt.
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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 NE. There are, how-
ever, some women who cannot turn
their sorrow to account and who weep
in such 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 10 q
risk OF not being conaforted for o long
time. Yet, Notwithstanding the pleas.
urs of making some Artemista faithless
to the shade Of her Mausolus, cannot
really choose from among this swarm
of lamenting ones her whose heart I
shall ask In exchange for my own,--
TAeophNs GaatisT,
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THE FIGURE "o."

The figure 9 in our dates will make long stay.
No man or woman now living will ever date
document without using the figure 9. 1t stands
In the third place in $780, 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 ''9' which has also come to stay
It is unlike the figure in our dates in the respect
that it has already moved up to first place, where
1t will permanently remain. 1t Is called the "No
D" High Arm Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine
The mo. g" was endorsed for first place by the
experts of Europe at the Paris Exposition of 1885,
where, after severe contest with the leading ma
chimes Of the world, it was awarded the only
Grand Prize given to family sewing machines, all
others on exhibit having received lower awards
Of gold medals, etc. The French Government
also recognized its superiority by the decoration of
Mr.. Nathaniel W Wheeler, President of the company,
with the Cross Of the Legion of Honor.
The mo. g. is not an old 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 mechanism of the
age. Those who buy it can rest assured, there
tors, Of having the very latest and best
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PINE RIDGE ATTACKED.
Indians Making an Effort to Reach and
Burn the Agency. ..

- Burn the Agency. ars
RusHvILLE, Neb., Dec.31 when the
news of to-day's fight reached the agency at
Pine Ridge pandemonium broke loose
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 determined effort was being made
by the reds to reach and burn the agency.
An Indian village of friendlies 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 everywh ere 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 cal1e in, and beioEe mid
night the town was crowded. 1t is thought
BY all cooler heads that no imminent dan
ger tn reatens 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 8
strong force of fighting bucks, it will be q
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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THos. e. CoLAHAN JR
TOWN CLERKS.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CATHOLIC:-REv. GEoRGB GAsKELL, Prizes
Mass every Sunday at 1880 a. m. Sunday
school every Sunday at $3.50 p. m. Vesper
at pm.
METHODIST Rev. s. Bllery, Pas
tor. Services every Sund'v at 1880, a. m
and 1880 p. m. Prayer meetil on Thursdays
at 1880 p. m.
GREGATIONAL:-Re, HIM HerriTk,
Pastor. Services every Sunday, at 1880 a.
M. and 7:3O p. m. Prayer meeting OF tn The
Prayer meeting every Thursday vt 1880 p m.
NORWEGIAN EVANGELICAL LUTHEh.
AN -REv P. A. DIETRIcHsoN, Pastor. Service
and meetings at times designated by pastor.
CONFERENCE--REv. O. DAHLB Pastor
Meetings at 1880 o'clock every Wednesday
evening.
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FRAUD CHARGED.
A Minnesota Agent of Frederickssn 3 Co.
IIndar Arrask

A Minnesota Agent of Fredericksen q Co.
Under Arrest.
Sioux CITY Iowa, Special Telegram, Dec.
31.-Sheriff Magner returned to-day from
Window, Mimi, with Nels Peterson, who
is charged with defrauding 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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Leaving out of consideration Chinese
competition in oigarmaking, needle
work, and especially overalls,it Is start
ling to note in how many branches of
industry Chinatown 10 competing disas-
trously with American labor. It is suf-
fcient to mention that 1,24S sewing ma
chimes are running night and day in
Chinatown to indicate what q beehive
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, Eve;
brooms, two; jewelry, four. Of cloth
Ing establishments and tailor shops lex
elusive Of underwear and shirts), there
are no fewer than f1fty.seven places of
business under different proprietors.
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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 a piece
of cotton with ammonia, and lay it on
the tooth.
Constipation may be relieved If q
cnpful Of hot water, in which tea.
spoonful of salt has been dis'eSved, Is
taken every morning before breakfast.
For stomach worms In a child. mix
one teaspoonful Of powdered sage In
two tablespoonfpls OF molassNs. and
give q teaspoenful every mornfng.
It IS said that to drink sweet milk
after eating onions will purity the
breath 40 that no odor will remain. A
cupful Of strong coffee is also recon-
mended. Good Housekeeping.
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ARTS OF THE CHINESE.
PlC-TAlLED HAND WORKERS BEAT
LABoR-SAviNC MACHINERY.
Making Lanterns And Other Articles -
--MongolIan shoe-NTakers, 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 q lesson from
the spider, it may be worth while In
this age Of labor controversy to inquire
why Chinatown gathers up so large a
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 alley 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 handicrafts in which the Swiss and
other palnstaking, ,unambitious, persever-
Ing, poverty content European importa-
tions are his only rivals.
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Donations Neafled

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 OF
Dickey county needy have been distributed
by committees of citizens; that his people
are proud and sensitive and dislike to haye
their misfort9nes referred to- but that the
statement that Dickey county can take care
of her own poor is not correct. The Alli-
ances throughout the Red river valley, and
wherever crops warrant it, will be applied
to tor seed wheat, and a canvass made of
the state
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Tired OF Life's Trials,

ALBA, Iowa, Dec. 31.-The sight of
well dressed young woman suspended in
the air by 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
Craner 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, 1t is said, compelled young
Cobb to marry her, which he readily did.
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SIZING UP A JOB.

UP A JOb.
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 artifcer
though 1t is certain that an American
artificcr would advise the owner that it
might be cheaper to buy new one.
The Chinese artificer is especially sue
cessful as alOcksmith. although q 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 cigsr-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 80 per cent less. 1t
needs very short stay on any street In
Chinatown to disclose the fact that near.
ly ell the repairs executed by Chinese
shoe-makers are under orders from the
white people resident In the section
bounded by California, Kearny, Pacific,
and Powell streets. In the department
of shoe making, as In needlework, the
Chinese have fairly grsppled 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 is legion.
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A Holstein bull helonging TO Joseph
Lippencott, Of Woodstown. n. j., Is in
an interesting predicament. 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 the past. Mr., Lippencotl
has decided to allow him to remain
there indefinitely. He Is fed regularly
every day.
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ANOTHER FIGHT.
Two Soldiers Injured in Skirmish Ne
fha Auanev

Two Soldiers Injured in a Skirmish Near
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 theseventh cavalry was fired
on by some Indians who vent out from
the Rosebud camp near Pine Ridge and
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 trepid dation here. Indian
scouts who have just come in say that but
few of Big Foot's men are left alive.
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EHOE-MAKER,

For example, says the San Francisco
Chronicle, If 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 a product
of cheap art, and its manufacture Is q
good illustration of how money is made
In Chinatown in certain lines.
OF course, the Chinese lantern is not o
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, 1t is q
hard matter for white man or a 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 SlZ5. 1ulS WOTK IL UOQS Dy
women and children as far as possible,
and an expert hand can finish six or
eight in day. When brought to the
workshop the workman cuts off the fag
ends, shapes 1t, and rearranges all the
splints, so that the interstices will be Of
equal size. He then stiffens them with a
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
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 price ranging
from 10 cents to 81, even the latter being
competitive price at which most Amer
leans would decline to produce any hand
painted article without regard to previ-
Gus effort,
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They Favor Villas,

CHICAGO. Dec. S1.-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 G. Spooner.
whose term as senator expires March 8.
All of the best known Democratic editors
in the state responded, and the result fol-
lows: Col. William F. Villas, 80; Gen. E. s
Bragg, 6; scattering, 3.
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The Chinese workman has the oriental
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. II the bar
Der has not the convenience Of warm
water he sbaves 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 no coal except in actual work,
and then as little as possible. The FIRE
is contained In an iron basin, somewhat
like an old-fashioned coal-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 10 to be
done this pot serves the purpose. When
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MURDERED THREE,
Bloody Deed of a Hungarian in Penn
sylvania Mining Hamlet.

Bloody Deed OF Hungarian In 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'
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. Tirello and the
formers little girl. The first three are dead
and Tirello has thus Tar escaped the Off
GERS. The child is too young TO make an
Ineligible 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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Found In asMill .Fluma.

CANNON FALLS, Mimi, Special. Telegram
Swan Olson. Swede. who had been work.
ing on Robert Fotherby's stock farm, dis:
appeared on the 10Th inst, and last even
Ing his body was found I'm the fume at
Thompson & Smiths mill. He had evi-
IDENTIFY committed suicideI 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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Must Account for Fees.

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. |, 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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WASHINGTON, Specialize senate com.
mittee on commerce to-day gave hearing
Mesrs. F. L. Dana of Denver, Howell
Jones of,Topeka, J: B. Clarke of Chicago
and APP. Cha mberlin of Des Moines upon
Senator Gull om's bill to incorporate
the Pan-American Transportation com
paiIy! These gentlemen appeared as q sub
committee appointed by the interstate
deep-lfarbor committee
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Curious Little Things.

The Sutlej, a large river In British
India with descent of $4,000 feet in
$50 miles, Is the fastest flowing river in
the world.
A perfect opal, with o movable drop
In the center, was found 10 California
recently. A negro at the Kimberly
(South Afriea) diamond mines found a
diamond Of the same character in 1883.
Chambers County, Alabama, has a
twelve-year-old negro girl who has
bean gradually turning white for the
past fYe years. The doctors say she
has lucopathia an acquired, non
hereditary skin disease.
1t takes two men two hours to wind
the large clock in the steeple Of Trinity
Church, New York City.
The wire rope used In the tunnel at
Glasgow, Scotland, is the largest and
longest wire cable In the world. Ii
was made at Cardiff, Wales. in 1885,
and is 2, 400 fsthoms in length, or about
two miles and 10S yards. It weighs
81 1-2 tons. and has nearly 1901
fathoms of wire in its makeup.
Did you ever think of how much
space the people who die every year
require for decent burialP II one could
DO content with o grave but ax6 feet,
$3.50 bodies could be inferred in one
acre of ground, allowing nothing for
walks, monuments, roads. etc. On
this crowded plan Loudon's annual
,lead, numbering about 81, 900. would
fill cemetery Of about twenty-three
acres,
Near Clifford Station, on the Staten
Island Railroad, there Is peculiar
piece of woodland, q spot where the
roots of the trees all attach themselves
to the trunks at from four to six feet
above the level Of the ground, giving
to the stumps an odd, spidery appear
ance. The soil Of the Vicinity is very
porous, which lends weight to the
opinion that the banyan-like grove has
been formed by the action Of frost and
water.
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Banker Coolidge Discharged

WAUPAcA, Wis, Dec. 81 = Banker E.
Coolidge, who failed recently and was ar
rested on charge of receiving deposits
when the bank was insolvent, was exam
ined to-day and discharged by Justice
Woods who held there was no reasonable
ground for holding him for trial. a2 d.
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third makes specially Of restoring pots
and kettles to 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 drill wetted with turpen-
tine) the workman seldom fractures Il
In mendinR. Articles of glass which
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the job Is done the Goals are picked out,
put in basket, the anvil Is set astride
of the bellows, and the whole apparatus
strung on pole, so that 1t can easily be
carried off, Even the iron and steel
filings are vigorously preserved and
utilized.
The same spirit Of economy is ohserv-
able In the case of the tinkers OF China
town, who show wonderful dexteritY
In getting multiplicity Of useful i'm.
plemen;s into the compass of few
cubic feet. Some Of these gentry repair
pipes. locks, and other small metallic
articles; others give their attention to
broken glassware or crockery, while .