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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-03-08

situated, as enumerated above,
until 1851, when by the terms of a
treaty made that year, they we're
moved to a reservation in the
western part of the state, east of
the Redwood River.
Owing to the close proximity of
the various bands, they became
badly mixed, and when in 1862
came the great massacre and it's
subsequent pursuit and punish
ment, the band became scattered
and all semblance of tribal rela-
ton was lost. Chiefs Wacouta
and Wabasha died at Santee
Agency, Nebraska; Little Grow
was killed near Hutchinson, in
1868; Grey Iron and Good Road
died at lower Sioux Agency, near
Morton; Shakopee died at his new
village, two miles north of Red
wood Falls; Little Six, his son and
successor, was hanged at Fort
Smelling, in 1865; Mankato was
killed in 1862 at the Battle of Wood
Lake; Pope died near Lac Qui
Parle, in 1870, and the last of the
great Santee war chiefs, Big Eagle,
died near Granite Falls, Jan. 4th,
1906.
Thus closes,one of the greatest
human dramas the Middle West
has ever witnessed. The remnants
of the once great and powerful
Sioux Nation are scattered over
Minnesota, Nebraska, the Dakotas
and Western Canada. Singularly
enough there were also seven sub
divisions of the nation, named as
follows: Santee, Wahpeton, Sis
seton, Yankton, Teton, Uncpapa
and Ungallallas.
With few exceptions, all writer's
who treat of the history of the
Sioux Indians, particularly the
Santees. fall into the error of
naming Little Grow as the chief
of the Sioux Nation. This is in
no sense true. Little Grow was
chief of band of Santee Sioux,
and being a born orator, naturally
became the spokesman of his peo-
pie around the council fire and in
dealing with the whites. Indians
are natural orators, and in hand
ing down their traditions and in
dealing with their own proves on
the warpath or in the chase, clothe
their thoughts in beautifully ma
jestic and poetic language. Ma
tural orators most Of them were,
Little Grow excelled them all, and
as the years passed he naturally
became leader among his people,
especially in dealing with the
whites. So it was perhaps only
natural that he came to be
looked upon as the chief of the
nation, and the writer's who as a
rule possessed but a superficial
knowledge of the Indians and
their ways fellinto and perpetuated
the error.
Little Grow had no part in in
augurating the massacre of 1862,
altho it is possible that he could
have suppressed it in it's incipiency
had he been more of man and
less of politician. 1926.
4 Odd Onnnn
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-03-08
LTHO me munissypal owner

uD0TdItty dN CIOW AOoAA VIZ
pates av fois grass, amply recon-
pinsed amy false smills | might
hov scinted.
This QUESTION av city ownership
as a boom proposition anyhow;
ESPECIALLY fer us COUNSEL min who
are lid into paths av dissimylation
to kape ahid av the game. We
cant hip it, do yez mind, 'tiz the
zcoords av our brists that demand
ristytootion. in other worlds, the
scollictin' av imbarrassmints that
are called be other names.
Literally spakin', the oficialdom
,av today is a pooblic backstop av
Incorporation, it's virginity lost
art, an last but not Taste, the ma
schine is conthractin' a pusilanlm-
aty that will soon rinder it ixstink.
B'gorry, fale like takin' the veil,
Fer no man can satisfy the voters
AN serve Mammon whin both tx
pict free gratis rindition av his
services.
The contaminatin' infooinces
ay the reform movemint, wild
their closin' av lids, are like thorns
an me clane socks. Who liver
heard av lids in polyticks unliss
it waz the cover av roll-top desk?
Divil a wan. Accordin' to the pa
vpers thin same lids, up to date,
are thicker than goat tracks In
NClancy's Alley. An antonishin'
;multitood shure, particularly whin
>the ground is mushy, fer l hov
figured that they wud room a game
-av pinny ante nine years an eight
i months, incloodin' jack pots.
1 Now, if I waz backed by
tcomity av suffragists to agitate
Sthe lid QUESTION, l wud instigate
heinfoorcemint av cillar dures, be.
side the condimin' av glass eye
sfbawl dickyrations in the covers av
local orifces an manholes. Wild
the ixciption av thin two me be-
lafe in the others is optional, as
at depinds on'what they are afther
closin'.
In some places a coork wud
plug apertures that lid wud con-
fuse. not to mintion the durability
an ornamintality av gunny sacks.
Me grandilyquince on this soob-
.iict will be discussed at some
future date, fer the prisint will
tell yez av me conquest wild the
7 kings. Whin [ waz coronated in
spictor av Turin street care own
,srship the mayor imfattycally
touId me to mimorize their NTH
DDS an report thin periodically.
Foorwarned is foorarmed, so film
"a poortmanto wild note books an
sootcase wild pincils, [ rammed me
~dishybill in hat box an I'M
fbarked.
I will dispense wild the dyspip-
4 tic inclinations so common be-
sawane Moo York an Liverpool be
Eakin' yez dirict to London. At
the daypo [ waz nit be the royal
equipage an tarrier band, which
assorted me to Buckingham palace
amidst the "Wearin' av the Crane"
While me milk bath waz bein'
prepared page ushered me into
the hospital departmint where
Eddie waz laid up wild the govt.
We Embraced afictionately, re-
riprocatin' aich others ilyquince
be histayrical jerks. Occasionally
q page inferred to wrap another
horse blanket around his majisty' g
Fate, outside av that we had fine
time toastin' the countiss, the
uuane, an Dinny pere. Benz on
- foor dav skidiool. me time WaZ
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Well, they are pockets built beside
the track, and elevated, SO as to be
considerably higher than an en-
CINE tender. To one side, and
higher than the shutes, track is
built, connecting by steep grade
with the siding. The coal cars
are pushed up this grade, and
stopped when they are safely on
the level platform. Then a man
can shovel the coal directly into
the shutes, which, when opened,
allow it to slide into the tender.
There is a bumper at the end of
the track, but it looks as if it would
not withstand much pressure.
cit requires considerable skill,
on the part of the engineer and
the trainmen, to put the cars up
without accident. First, there Is
the rush up the grade, with the
engine pushing it's hardest. Then,
the moment the cars are on lev
ell, the brakes must be set and the
engine cut loose. It is a novel
sensation when one does it for the
first time.
"WelI, when we got those orders
the conductor, at first, refused to
do it. The night was pitchy, dark,
and he said it was against the
rules to put up coal at night. But
the operator assured him it was
special order, and advised him to
comply. So he did.
'There were two cars to go up,
and, for greater safety, we
coupled on four cars next to the
engine, and then backed on to
those containing coal. The other
brakeman and [ were to ride the
coal cars, and the econ" would at
tend to the cutting off. The air
hose was coupled up, and the
train line filled with air. We took
a long start, and rushed at the in
cline at considerable speed, which
gradually slackened as we neared
the top. The first attempt failed
Not enough speed to carry the
coal cars over the rise.
cit seems simple enough in the
telling, but [ want to say that [
was pretty nervous. AS I said be-
fore, it was absolutely dark. The
lamps we carried only lit up a
space about three feet in radius
If the cars failed to stop when
they reached the top, they would
probably knock the bumper down,
and go over the end, carrying us
with them.
"We made second attempt,
with result similar to the first.
Then we backed to the farther
end of the siding, and rushed for
it again. 1t seemed as if we were
going a mile a minute in the dark
ness. The freight sheds flashed
past, and we reached the incline.
Up, up we went, and it seemed as
if nothing could stop us. l was
on the leading car, and holding on
to the brake wheel. Over the
hump, caused by the sudden level
ing of the track, we went, and
straight for the bumper. [ couldn't
see it, but felt in an instant we
would crash into it. Suddenly,
there was loud hiss of escaping
air, and I felt that the coal cars
were loose. l lost my nerve entire
ly, and rushing toward the other
brakeman, l yelled:
".By thunder, we're over!'
II was ready to jump, but even
as I spoke, the cars stopped dead.
It all happened SO quickly that |
didn't at first understand. Then
r El +ho+ 4ho combination bod
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cottages, think what happens! There are
three, or at the most four, rooms in them,
and the whole Of the rest of the family has
to live in two, or at the most three, rooms
The sick room. too: twelve feet by ten! Dr.
Symes agrees with me. Look at the big
dining room here. It will hold dozen beds,
and lots Of air for them all. Also up here
one nurse can easily look after twice the
number Of patients she can manage II she
has to trot about from house to house. So
I have given orders Any case DIR. Symes
thinks he can safely move will be moved
up here. and SO will all fresh cases. OF
course, you will have to 60 back to town"
Maud laughed
And your she asked.
II shall stop here. I can't leave while
things are like this"
"Oh, Thurso." she said, :you mar the ex-
cellent effect Of your speeches by talking
dreadful nonsense at the end It's an adj
mirable idea moving them up here. SO adj
mirable that I am surprised didn't think
Of it first. But as for my going back to
town. You silly old thingI"
But, Maud"
There isn't any but Maud"
But I can't and won't have you In the
house with forty or fifty cases Of typhoid
here" said he.
Then turn me out into the cold. bleak
night. I came up here to keep you COM
pany, and shall continue to do So So shut
lection. and to 60 on with. I shouldn't
catch it II there was
"Why notT'
Maud grew momentarily grave.
why, because I always mean to get
through the days work, and couldn't II
yes, when one has clearly got ones work to
do. one is allowed to go and do it. Now,
I'll play you at picquet."
ITO be continued tomorrcw)
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CHAPTER I.

1t was already after in the evening, but
here. in these high ATTITUDES of Caithness,
since the time of the year was within a
fortnight of midsummer, the sun was still
some way above the horizon and shone full,
with the cool brightness of the northern
light into the window on the seat Of which
Lady Maud Stratton was sitting. Lady
Maud was waiting without Impotence, for
impatience was foreign to her habit Of
since affection and all the cares that ap-
pertain to 1t were the constant guests Of
her heart. for her brothers return. The
room was of great extent and looked larger
than 1t really was because of its half-dis-
mantled condition and the big rejecting
surface of its bare parquetted floor added
to Its apparent dimensions. In one corner
of 1t was the little table, laid for two,
where they would dine when he came in;
in another was a writing desk Uttered with
correspondence. while close by the fire.
place was a low easy chair with a basket
of needlework beside 1t, which denoted
where she herself had been making her.
nest before she had strolled across to the
window ten minutes ago, to catch the last
half hour of sunlight and also to catch sight
of her brother as he came up the road
mid-June. a sparkle of fire, born Of de-
lectable mixture of peat and coal, burned
on the hearth. making pleasant brightness
to the eye and destined after sunset to
make not unpleasant warmth for nights
ven now set in with a certain chilliness
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mingled together; how intimately and in
simultaneously they acted and reacted on
each other! ThurSo's anxiety for these
people, purely mental or spiritual feel
ing, had kept him awake last night, and
he had come down this morning with one
of those racking neuralgia headaches to
which all his life he had been liable. His
suffering of mind had made mis- body suf-
fer. too, and that bodily suffering had re-
the poor old boy SO horribly cross. Then,
since there was the days work before
him, for the sake of which he had come
up here, and in his racking pain he was
really incapable of doing 1t, he had taken
the remedy which he had always by him
in case of necessity, but which he dis
liked taking just as much as Maud dis
liked his taking it.
But when after breakfast he had said
to her. Maud. simply can't go down
there, and II did couldn't help in any
way unless 1 cure this she had agreed
that 1t was an occasion for laudanum.
She strolled across to the fire and held
out her hands to the blaze which shone
through her fingers, making them look
as II they were luminous in themselves
and lit from within. Then suddenly, with
a little dramatic gesture as II she carried
her trouble, a palpable burden, in her
hands, she threw it into the fire, and hav.
ing consigned 1t to destruction walked
back to the window again. Yet she knew
in herself that she had not disposed of
it, for it went very deep, it was very
vital. The sorrow of the world, how to
reconcile that with the perfect love that
made the world! Indeed, it needed strong
hands or an Indifferent heart to cast that
away. But there at last was a
figure on the road, and without putting
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till he forgot his imaginary troubles In the
charm and gayety which, though she as
sumed them deliberately, were yet natural
to her.
Tonight, however, the obsession Of his
fear and unreasonable dependency had
q strong and conscious effort to dispel 1t.
For this might be unreasonable, too-sbe
knew that at the back of her mind she
was anxious about him. Terrible as this
epidemic was, 1t was producing dispro-
portionate effect on him; he was taking 1t
too hardly, and also too self-consciously
From her intimate knowledge of him.
enable a sister to know what a brother
is feeling. even though wife does not
perceive 1t, she knew that he was strung
up almost to breaking point. Yet she
felt, with a certain secret pride In his
courage, that nobody else but she would
have guessed that. For from childhood
he had always been like that, balanced on
an edge, ready to topple over into depths
Of despondency, but with proper courage
he had concealed his precariOus balance
from the world. turning a brave and
equable face to It, even though he wore
a mask. But for her he wore none; and
she often saw his inward torture when
man, not gay, but with certain high
bred, quiet enjoyment Of manner which
just now is slightly at discount In the
capital of the dominion of the king.
Maud got up from her seat in the win
dow, for the sun had wheeled further
north. leaving it in shadow. and closed
the SASH still looking down the riband
of road which ran in whip-like curves
across the moor to the village, allowing
herself again another moment for some-
what somber contemplation. How mex
tricably soul and body were mixed and
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crees, since the laird also enjoined them,
though many heads were shaken over treat
ment which seemed obviously unreason-
able. Thurso had brought his valet with
him, but otherwise the caretaker and his
wife looked after the needs of him and his
sister. Upstairs there was open just
bed room for them each, and down stairs
this one big room half shrouded In Hol-
land sheeting, where they ate and sat.
Nature had for many generations adopt
ed a very sensible and reasonable plan
with regard to the Stratton family. They
were extremely prolific and numbered their
cousins by the hundred, and She had GER
enough beauty to go around, SO what shall
1 do about them2 Shall l divide up all
the beauty which can invest in each gen.
Grafton between all the children or shall
mold and paint 1t all into one of them and
let the rest look after themselves?" She
had adopted the second alternative, and
now for six or seven generations of Strait
tons there had always been one perfect
and exquisite piece of modelling In the sue.
cessive families. while the others had to be
content with q certain air of distinction
and pleasantness, which, however, made
their plainness a matter Of small account.
Sometimes nature, one could not help feel
vesting the beauty of some one generation
in boy and not in a girl, but in this gen.
Grafton she had made no such mistake, and
here in the window waiting for her brother
was the lucky possessor of the natural for
tunes of the rest of her family. Like them
all, she was tall, and for once in a way
expression and charm were not sacrificed,
as SO often happens, to mere perfection Of
feature. For violet eyes are 50 often no
more than violet eyes, just pieces Of beau
tiful color, but here the thousand moods
of the girls mind that like clouds and alter
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AS TO INITIAL LETTERS.
The Thoughtful Man Undertakes to
Learn Which Are Most Common.

Learn Which Are Most Common.
From the New York Sun.
my first name" said a man who has
just treated himself to a new hat begins
with the letter J, and there's nothing very
extraordinary about that. but / was re-
minded of 1t today when / went to buy
this hat
II always like to have my initials pasted
in my hat; but when we came to that part
of it today and the salesman had dragged
out the box of initial letters, we found the
] compartment empty.
my middle name and my last name be-
gin with the same letter; and the salesman
said he would paste in the initial IF my m d.
die name at the point where 1t wou-a come
with all three letters in place, and where
1t would, for the time, serve for the initial
Of my last name, and they'd have more Us
in tomorrow, so IL I'd come in then he
would paste a in front of that letter and
the appropriate letter on the other side.
LAS a matter Of fact 1 was-a little bit
surprised to find the Us all gone, but I
suppose it must be true that there are
more men with first names beginning with
that letter than with any other. John, for
instance must be the most common OF
all given names. and are there not, be-
sides, innumerable Jameses and Josephs
and on?
Il fell to wondering what could be tho
letter most used at the beginning of mems
proper names. and concerning that found
81 had no idea whatever.
II might have looked 1t up In the city
directory, but that is a big book and life is
short, so / was content to take the tele-
phone directory and count the pages or
names under the several letters, in Man
haitian and the Bronx section. / didn't
measure up the parts of pages accurately,
but the results as I give them to you are
approximately correct:
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you see in this collection of many thous-
ands of names there are only three names
beginning with the letter x; but l was
somewhat surprised to find a page and a
half of Us You will observe that S is the
beginning letter most used. the SIS filing
thirty-two pages. B comes next with twen-
ty-seven and a half pages. 1 would have
thought the BIS would come first, as did
also a friend of mine whom 1 asked; but
another friend guessed correctly that the
SIS would be first and the BIS next. None
of us there could have guessed correctly
the next letter, NJ, here showing with twen-
ty-seven pages, and 1 would have had no
idea that there would be found twenty-four
pages of HIS.
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Engaged.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
IT have here" began the applicant, -
letter of recommendation from my min
ister."
SORRY" interrupted the merchant, but
I'm afraid"
Pardon me-" put in the applicant.
hastily but the minister writes that 1 am
so worldly he utterly disapproves-"
Hang up your hat and coat"
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Mr.. John w. Alexander is just finishing
an important commissioner mural paint
ing for the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg.
1t is a series of five panels to be divided
by marble pilasters which in the aggregate
will measure 60 feet in length. It is to be
placed on the second floor of the institute
and will be in place on Founders day."
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1t is interesting to note in this connec-
ton that st. Louis has established an en-
dowment fund for the purchase of Amer
lean paintings-one Of such generous pro-
portions. moreover. that 1t will yield an
annual income of between 5000 and s1O.-
GO. This is to be administered by Mr..
Halsey c. Ives, the director of the St
Louis Art Museum who was, 1t will be
remembered, also the art director of the
Louisiana purchase exposition.
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In addition to its permanent collection
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Is setting forth, during the vacation
months, well-chosen collections Of native
and foreign paintings loaned respectively
by DIR. George Woodward and Mr. Peter
A. Shemm. Conspicuous in the latter coll
lection is a canvas entitled THE Edge OF
the Forest" by Mr.. Max Weyl of this
city.
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When Mr.. Marburg of Baltimore asked
Mr.. La Fargo to advise him concerning the
choice of foreign artists to decorate pub
lie building he was told by all means to
employ native talent, but Mr.. Hammer
stein, it is reported, has brought the Rus
sian painter Molensky to America to
paint an categorical picture over the pros
cenium arch In the Manhattan Opera
House, New York. The space to be filled
is 20 by "a feet in dimensions.
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While the season is still exceedingly dull,
there is suggestion of revivirg activity.
The dealers are beginning to make known
their plans for the approaching winter an
nouncements are being made of important
public exhibitions and the artists are set
ting time for home coming. No date has
as yet been fixed for the Washington Water
Color Clubs annual exhibition. but it may
be counted upon at the usual time and will
undosbtsdly attain its customary high
standard. This will be followed by the
Corcoran Gallerys first annual exhibition
of contemporary American paintings, which.
In turn will probably be succeeded by the
Society Of Washington Artists usual show
In anticipation Of a busy season Mr.. J. B.
Morrey, the well-known art dealer, has en-
larged and revised his entire establishment
Retaining the ground floor for commercial
purposes. he has fitted up. on the second
floor, an attractive series of small galleries
where during the winter he hopes to hold
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Quite a number OF the local artists have
spent the latter part OF the summer at
Stony Man. that delightful resort perched
high on the mountain ridge beyond Luray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Mindeleff have just
returned from a soJourn of four weeks in
their newly built cabin. Mrs. Barney and
Mrs. r. LeGrand Johnston were there and
Mrs. Heaton is still at the camp.
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While the Metropolitan Museum is ac-
quiring new works 1t is wedding out tho
inferior old ones. A number of the IA
miliar horrors in the form of sculpture
have disappeared of late-relegated to the
shades of the basement. The Metropolis.
tan, like almost all public museums, could
stand good deal of this treatment with
out injury, but still some people complain.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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In the current number of Munsey's Mag-
azine there is an interesting and elabo-
rately illustrated article by Christian Brine
ton on Lenbach, the great German por>
trait painter who is so admirably repre>
sented in the Corcoran Gallery by his por>
trait of Bismarck.