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Griggs courier., 1897-11-12

ferent points, and now, according to
the signs, it is time he visits the tran
we saw him set.
y He emerges from the forest on a small
hill overlooking the traphouse. One
look. he sees the drag log is of. Torn
UP ground and bitten twigs and
branches mark clearly the way the
beast has gone. Wa-Sa-Kejic rams a
bullet into his gun and follows the
signs. With a 20-pound trap and n
drag log almost as heavy as man can
carry, it is marvel how far bear will
travel after being caught. But in this
case bruin is not far off; an obstruction
of some considerable strength has
caught the drug, and as. he hears the
approach of the hunter he rattles his
chain and let's out a defiant growl.
Wa-Sa-Kejic draws nearer and sees
he is we'll caught. e.. high up the fore
leg. He is unable to do the trapper any
harm, and the latter calmly looks on the
great beast for moment or two before
giving him his quietus.
Indians can carry immense weights.
Suspended by a leather thong from the
forehead, bears weighing up to 300
pounds they can carry in this way
across a portage of half mile without
resting.
But Wa-Sa-Kejic had one now even
heavier than that, so he opened him up
and removed the paunch and entrails to
tighten his load. The trap was reset,
and the successful hunter made his way
to the canoe and then to his camp to
bring smiles and laughter to his wife
and family.
Some of the poorer Indians who do
not possess steel traps and are too lazy
to make deadfalls, sometimes set snares
in the bear roads. but this mode OF
hunting is not. successful as a rule
n. Y. Ledger.
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12
Don't blame the we.th.r.

Don't blame the wet season for the
condition of many of your roads. See
that your candidates for local offices
favor good roads, and then supply them
with the information that will enable
them to know how to get and keen
them. Most people are all at sea ON
these subjects. The heavy rains of
the summer have given startling object
lessons to road-builders and superin-
tendents in some sections of the coun-
try. Roads that were nearly fiat and
which lacked proper drainage were
swept over by the water. In some spots
the surface was torn away; in others it
was covered with stones and earth.
This did not happen where roads were
suitably crowned and drained.-L. A.
w. Bulletin.
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12
Harve.ting weedy Pot.to.,.

That sins of neglect will follow
a man until he is duly punished is never
more conclusively proven than when
the neglected potato field comes to be
harvested. Not only is the crop greatly
lessened, but the labor of harvesting
has been increased. AS matter Of
fact, the farmer who can and does keen
his potatoes free from weeds saves la
Dor by the operation. Sooner or later
the weeds have to be uprooted. It costs
less to do this while they are small. If
done then the yield of marketable tu.
bers is SO much increased and the ex-
pense of harvesting is decreased. SO
that it really costs less to harvest a
large crop kept free from weeds than
to harvest crop failure made so be-
cause overrun with weeds.
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12
trout spawn at that season. Bruin is an

VIOut spawn ~ tu0t SSabOus oGOAU II IN
expert fisherman, and will stand on
the low banks and with q dash of his
paw land out one or two fish at q stroke.
The Indian hunter knows these creeks
and rivers, and it is on their banks he
sets his traps with some tempting bait
such as musquash meat or corn with
maple syrup mixed together, neither of
which is it possible for Mr.. Bear to pass
without making try for.
Wooden traps, or deadfalls, are made
in the same shape as the well-known fig
ure-of-four trap for marten and other
small animals, only many times larger,
and the crushing weight or load as
much as two strong men could lift.
The bait is tied on to a loop of twisted
roots, and the latter is caught over the
wooden trigger that supports the load
ed cross bar. and then on the peg at back
OF trap. The bear, after drawing in
strong whiffs of the tempting morsel
from the entrance, ventures boldly in.
The depth of the trap is almost equal to
the length of his body, SO when he tugs
at the bait the middle of his body is
directly under the cross bar. The loop
slips off the peg and the weight of the
logs and stones crash down on poor old
Mus-Kwa.
The Indian prefers using the steel
trap, as it is more certain, and the bear
keeping alive for several days, the hunt
er is not required to visit his traps so
often.
During the hot spring days bear in
a deadfall very soon becomes fy-blown
and rotten, and the meat useless, and
very frequently the skin also.
1t is in the spring of the year Wa-Sa-
Kejic takes his 2O-pound new house
trap and makes his way to small con-
Meeting stream between two lakes. It is
the spawning ground of carp. Here
along the bank is q well-trodden bear
path. Fishing bears have frequented
this trial for years. Here he builds an
obstruction on two sides out from the
trunk of large spruce for distance
of four feet; the opening in front is
about 20 inches wide. A tempting bait
is placed on a forked stick at the back
of the inclosure near the base of the
tree. He next cuts sound, young birch
seven or eight feet long, diameter at
small end five inches, and six or seven at
the thickest end. The weight of such
stick in the sap is about IS pounds.
About one-third up this drag the ring of
the chain is firmly wedged, and the inn
mense jaws of the trap are opened. A
hollow in the entrance of the house is
made, SO that when the trap is placed
the hole is nearly on level with the
ground. A bent root of a small tree or
shrub about as thick as the little finger
is placed under the palate to make the
trap harder to set Off. This is done SO
that small animals, such as marten, fox
or fisher, cannot spring the trap should
they be drawn to the bait.
A layer of white moss or that from
about decayed stump is then placed
in one sheet carefully over the whole
trap and pulverized rotten wood or
earth is then sprinkled over the moss to
take away the newness, and the trap is
ready. -Four or five days have passed,
during which time Wa-Sa-Kejic has
been busy setting other traps at diff.
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12
OF the Modern Duel.

First Second-I think the swords have
soaked long enough in the antiseptic COM
Second Second-.I think so. Did you scat
Eyes, and I burned sulphur in the
Good. How about the bushes?"
They have been sprayed with that No. /
deodorizer. Did you sprinkle the lawn?"
YES. used the camphorated wash.''
mospheric purifer?"
"I think 80. One moment-did You kindl
the fire under the medicated bath?"
Il did. And also put the hot water bot
ties on the portable furnace and set the
mustard plaster where it would warm"
"Then think We are all ready"
II think so. Messieurs, we are quite
ready.1Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12
CIR. witty Crenm,nr, In kansas.

! Gravity creaming in the private dairy
loses more fat than most farmers dream
of. If ice is used at once after milking
to reduce the water round the cans to
al.Qut 40 degrees Fahrenheit the fat will
rise. leaving not more than one-fifth OF
one per cent, and if the water is at GO
degrees or above one per cent. or moro
will be left in the skim milk. This ono
or more per cent. is third or half Of
ali the fat in the milk. This suggests
the putting up of ice by the private
dairyman. The climate of Kansas pro-
vides for this and is greater boon than
many imagine.
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12
Working Convict. ON no.a..

North Cardinals system of working
convicts on the roads has. it is alleped. :.
rid the state of tramps. as we'll as proved
profitable to all who use the roads. The
state law gives magistrates the option
OF stntencing prisoners to road build
Ing
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12
me..urenent. Of ch,n.,. wan.

The great wall of China was recently
measured by Mr.. Unthank, an American
engineer. His measurements gave the
height as 1s feet. Every few hundred
yards there is tower Is feet high.
For 1900 miles the wall goes over plains
and mountains. every foot Of the foun-
dation being of solid granite and tho
rest of the structure solid masonry.
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12
A Careful Borrower.

"Pa sent me over to borrow your lawn
mower. An he says wouldn't you prefer to
sharpen it yourself?"
.aWhy should prefer to sharpen it?"
such things an he might turn tie edge. %
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12

Almost anybody can own a horse and
Suggy.-Washington Democrat.
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12
Her Mistake,

"Your wife doesn't seem to improve in
health?"
"No; as fast as she gains strength. she
uses it up telling people what is the mstter
with her."-Chicago Record.
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12

Own the best dairy implements.
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12
Hearing Affected

Ringing and Swapping In tho Head
Cured by hoods 8arsaparllla.
"For many years have been troubled
with catarrh, which caused me much pain
and affected my hearing. began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla and it helped me won
derfully and cured the swapping and ring
ing in my head" MRS. C. A. MIXER,
Cherry Valley, Illinois. Remember
Hoods Sarsaparilla
e the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
tlood's pile cure all liver ILLS. ss cents.
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12
NEGLECT is SUICIDE.
Plain Words From Mrs Pinkhan 0oroborated
Dunmore That Ought
Women

II You were drowning and friendly hands showed
refused it, you would be committing suicide!
Yet that is precisely what women are doing If Il
almost dead with misery yet refuse the knd
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12

See That you DON'T"
This is the reason. 80 many marriages are
dead fiat fizzle and .failure.-Philadelph
Griggs courier., 1897-11-12

Well, it's strange that you can't be con.
tent to stay at home q fewminutes. Don't
be. gone long, will you!''
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-06-10
sEQUACHEE YOUTHS
Can Read This and Take Renewed
Courage

The Maryville, Mo, Review con-
tains tile following somewhat person.
al editorial: "Ihe Review does not
hesitate to say that we have three
manageable daughters who are
fully able to take care of themselves
and who would take pleasure in TAX
ing care of home with some sober,
honest, industrious young man who
is ready and willing to commence at
the bottom round of the ladder and
work INCREASINGLY to TIE end of a
happy and useful life parting the
thorns and plucking the boquets on
the way" We reproduce this for
the benefit of the many excellent
young men who are readers Of the
News. 1t appears to be an excel
lent opportunity for some "sober,
honest, industrious young man" to
become the husband Of three girls.
1t is an offer Of the job lot at a bar
gain.
Printed with apologies TO the
Cleveland (Tenn.) Journal.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-06-10

Mrs. J. E. Davis is not expected to
live but few days.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. T. Upton re-
turned Tuesdsy from visit to Day
ton.
DR.. A. T. Peay had his eyes tied
up Sunday with cinder in one, but
is all right now.
Mrs. U. i. Bennett was visiting
the family of o. w. Chastain Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mrs. NJ. + Bull, who had an oper-
at on performed on her foot last
week is improving rapidly.
Rev. Z. G. II. Pryor and daught-
er, Miss Halle, arrived Saturday
evening from Lebonon, Tenn, where
Miss Halle graduated with the
highest honors.
Rev. J. G. Hays, of Louisville
Ky, the blind preacher, is preaching
at the c. Z. Church this week He
will lecture Thursday night on "a
Life in the Dark"
"Children's Day" at the the Hal
was quite a success. The children
all acquitted themselves with credit
The Hall was beautifully decorated
which had been done mostly by tn
children, supenntended by Miss Id
Bracken. VIx.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-06-10
Whitwell Items.

Still it rains.
Ed billiard returned from Bel
mont college Saturday.
Miss Halle Pryor returned from
school at Lebanon Tuesday.
A. w. Crockett is taking an in
ventOry of his stock Of goods.
J. w. Morrison, deputy sheriff,
visited the Literary Tuesday.
Bro. Clemens preached a very IN
teresting sermon Sunday night
Children's Day Sunday was large
" attended and the children did very
we'll.
Everybody is invited to the Chill
dren's Day on the mountain Sunday
June ID.
Mr.. Tobe Upton and family re-
turned from a visit to his brother al
Dayton Tuesday.
Bro. Hayes, the blind preacher, il
holding a series Of meetings at the
G. +. church this week.
Let every one who wants to bnil,
up the town come out to the Literary
! You can boom it much by going.
DIR. N. b. Moore aud J. J. Burnel
went fishing Tuesday and had III
usual good luck of catching nothing
The Literary Society met Tucsda
night as they had been asked to Civ
up the hall for the blind man fc
Monday night.
Mrs. o. w. Chastain and lit
girls, Maude ana Cleo, left on Tue
day morning for Mississippi whcl
she will stay for few days.
BLACK EYES.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-06-10
TO- Good for Thie Earth.

r. J. Cate is certainly one OF the
cleverest men in the world. lie
called at the Journal Office Monday
and paid for three yearly subscrip-
tions in advance.-Cleveland Journ-
al
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-06-10

During the past week many black
berries of the low-runnlng kind have
been gathered and found a ready
sale at 20 cts. a gallon. Our young
housekeeper, with prudent fore
thought for next winter has wisely
put some up for use in winter ahead
of the usual canning season and we
have had some blackberry pie which
is not to be sneezed at.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-06-10

+. l.. Price has! been suffering |
from an attack of French Measles.
Mr.. w. G. Adams is assistant
Postmaster in charge of Post-office
now.
J. Woods has left the employ of
J. NJ. Byers and gone to Chatta-
nOoea.
Mr.. and Mrs, White Cendra are
both confined to their house with
sickness.
Henry Kent has commenced >the
new building for Messrs Adams and
Bull on Valley St.
Work for last week at the mines
was only half time. Half a loaf is
better than no bread.
The Sewanee Base Ball Club is
Expected to play the Whitwell Climb
at Whitwell Saturday July 3.
Stephen Northcut of Sequachee
is painting lobe TIptons house on
Valley st. and turning out a good
job.
! The happiest looking man, OF as
:. happy as any in Whitwell is Acc.
rryor whase face was wreathed in
+ smiles, Monday when we saw him,
e I'M. Byers of the lunch and pool
:. room contcmplates moving his fam
= lily from Sequachee to WhitwelI
. soon.
II A w. Crockett's Racket store
seems to have an impetus Of business
Il owing to his enterprise in advertising
). in the News
e c. G, Shirley has been complain
ing some days of affection of the hip
which was very painful and interfereC
with lOcOmoli0n.
Mr.. G. A. CarloCk wall leave for
- Ga. in a week or two bat wants thu
News sent to him and says he can
p not do without it.
y Edgar Pryor of Sequachee cam,
up to Whitwell last Monday to Sc,
81 his brother Edwin who works TO
ut Mr.. Stubblefeld the blacksmith.
The robbery at the drug store las
y week Eas accomplished by pryinl
- the door open with an iron bar an'
the loss in goods stolen amounted ii
r value to $50
Visiting Whitwell Monday we APP
!. preciated the cordial greetings from
!. our friends and we felt glad to be re
:! membered by orders for work ant
~ good wishes for the paper.
The base ball players of Whitwel
10 are IN favor of recognizing thei
~ club The crushing defeat or white
To wash at South Pittsburg was discour
"A aging to some and by reOrganizatio
they hope to get stronger team.
all There are great many kind
en- of goods that are not usually kept i
1t. country store. j. K. Dyer, Whit
ed vel, Twill furnish any kind Of good
lie that@~you may want at low price &
da my time. 1t will pay you to Away
get prices from him.
Hereafter some one representa-,
the News will visit Whitwell 4,
east once a week and as all OF
'el readers are personal friends,
they have anything for us either !
6 news or work if word is left wit
20 he depot.maste., Mr.. 0. w. Chas
81 ain it will promptly reach use
g Al, Dykes & Son suffered Il
~ iE' oss of very valuable horse one ola
~, ~ last week at Walden's Ridge, a pa
s s0 ticular favOrlte of its owners for i
Dr. locility and good qualities. The CT
u. 'umstances of it, death was peculia
= The horse it was working with hau
ng tan bark became frightened al
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-06-10

Blank Deeds. Mortgage Deeds
and Chattel Mortgage Deeds for sale
at tins Office. II
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-06-10

WHEN bilious or costive, eat a
Cascaret, candy eathartic, cure guar
anteed, 10c, 25c.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-06-10

being twisted up in knots. was unable to
drrSS myself. except with assistance, and
could only hobhle about l'y using cane. /
had no appetite, and was assured, by the
doctors. that could not live. The pains, az
times, we're so awful that ! could procure
rrliu only Ivy means Of hyp"dermic mjec-
tinns of morphine. / had my limbs handaged
in clay, in sulphur, in prnlticcs; hut these
give only temporary relief. After trying
everything, and suffering the most awful
tnrttircs, hcgan to take Ayers SarSaparil'a.
Inside of two months, WAS able to walk
without cane. In three months. my limbs
began TO strengthen, and in the course OF
year, | was cured. Myweight has increased
IL i6j pounds, and am now able TO do my
full days work as a railroad blacksmith"
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-06-10

ECONOMY in taking Hoods Sar-
= saparilla, because Z" 100 doses one
dollar" is peculiar to and true only OF
the One True BLOOD Purifier.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-06-10
UNTOLD MISERY
FROM
RHEUM MATS NJ
C.H. King, Water Valley, Miss, CURED BY
Ayers SarSapariIIa

For Ave years, ! suffered untold misery
from muscular rheumatism. / tried every
known remedy, consulted the best physi'
cilus, visited Hot Springs. Ark, three times
spending 1900 there, lcsides doctors bills :
lut could obtain Ouly temporary relief. Ny
flesh Was wasted away So That | Weighed
only ninoty-tLrce pounds my left arm md
lts were drawn out OF shape. the muscles
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-06-10
MARKET REPORT.

Corrected weekly by J. E. Dyer
Whitwe]l, Tenn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-24

they were obliged to pay rates somewhat adj
vanced, and yet lower than were customary IN
times Of prosperity. AS 1t is in times or pros
perity that securities advance most safely ana
surely, so that men Of large means are most
disposed to venture their money freely. there
have been frequent concerted efforts 10 cause
enough reaction 10 shake out some or the trad
crs on narrow margins, which met no success
of consequence until the money market began
tc advance rates and TO discriminate against
stocks of which the public has no knowledge.
Then came heavy selling. covering of stop or
ders. decline of about 81 per share in prices,
and men who desired were able to buy million
shares Of stock. for sales in the first three days
this week were over Two million shares. and AT
prices lower than have recently prevailed. Al
the same time it is well TO observe that not
even on Tuesday did the average Of prices for
railroad stocks 20 lower than the highest point
touched this year until September 4.
The effect of such reaction, followed by
sharp recovery. Is usually 10 stimulate buying
by the more experienced investors and operators
here and abroad, and the buying on European
account is represented by dispatches as impor-
tant at the decline on Tuesday and on Wedncs-
day. Many OF the people who sold when prices
were lower. fearing reaction, have made haste
to buy again after the reaction even mt higher
prices. in the belief that the remarkable adj
vance will now be resumed. Whether this be-
lief is justified events must show, though past
history casts some light on the question. But
if it leads to large European buying, the gold
imports will not be measured by the mcrchan-
disc balance alone large as that may be. In
three weeks Of September exports from this
port have exceeded last years 1913 per cent,
while imports have decreased 13.7 per cent, ana
like changes for the month from all ports would
make the excess Of exports over S50.OO0,0OO,
against $3l.OO0.OOO year ago II there are
to he added to such balances any sums pay
able for stocks bought abroad, the Bank of Eng
land will find n slight change in its charge for
gold coin of no avail to prevent n heavy move
ment TO this side.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-24
is THIS THE EXPLANATION?

Not a Democratic organization in New-Jerscy
has said n word in favor of the constitutional
amendment against gambling. They are all
silent from the State Committee down TO the
county committees and the local clubs And
the newspapers that are supposed to voice the
sentiments Of the leaders either follow the same
studied policy Of silence or else openly oppose
the amendment. This is interesting when con-
sdercd in connection with the political history of
Ncw-Jersey during the last four years. II was
Democratic Legislature that in 1899 cgalizcd
all the gambling devices Of Guttcnburg. GlouccS-
ter and Clifton This iDccnsed the people 10
such extent that they turned the Legislature
over TO the Republicans.
In 1890 the Democratic politicians realized
that their only hope Of saving the Governorshlp
was in rcpudatlng the racetrack gang. and they
incorporated in the State platform the follow
ing declaration:
We favor the adoption of a constitutional
amendment that will render impossible any law
for the Equalization Of gambling in any form.
That IS clear enough and explicit enough to
BE understood by everybody. and 1t permits OF
no possible misunderstanding. II committed the
Democratic party 10 the support of such an
amendment as Is to be submitted TO the voters
Of New-Jcrscy next Tuesday. To keep faith
with the public and with their own followers
the Democratic leaders and newspapers should
speak for The amendment. But they are doing
nothing Of the sort. They are ukewarm or
openly hostile and the ward heelcrs are as
blatant in their opposition as If the question at
issue were purely partisan.
What is the explanation Of this Inconsistency:
The Democratic machine managers find them
selves on the eve Of an important campaign
with empty purses and no rich victims in sight
If The anti-gambling amendment should be beat
on next week. what more natural than that the
rIceirack men should again join hands with
their Democratic friends on the same terms rs
lie agreement Of five years a2o-tlIc gamblers
to put up The casll, in return for which they
would get the desired legislation while the other
fellows captured the offices? The adoption Of
the amendment would, however. be an e0fectual