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-NEWS OF NORFOLK ON PAGES TWO, THREE FIVE
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w Iaundrcss. also Il white house girl.
Address with references p, o. Box 223,
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INV EXPERIENCED CLOTHING
IL statesmen wanted. Call to-day. NJ.
ROSENBAUN, 11G and lis High street,
Portsmouth. Va, 1t
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u AIDES NEEDING TREATMENT
H. for Irregularities. Leucorrhoca or
any ether Ovarian Troubles consult DR.
JACKSON. ll2 w. Mulberry street. Bal
timo'r. Md. Private sanitarium; trained
nurses.
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a OUND ADK1TT. = OFF WINDMILL,
- Point, Chesapeake Bay, by tug
Asher J. Hudson. ono Fish Boat and
SEM: Owner can get same by applying
% HUDSON & BRO, IS Roanoke avenue
Norfolk. and paying costs. mh2S--4t.
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ny NDERGRA DUATE DOCTORS. DEN
~ lists: Lawyers. Pharmacists. soon
graduated home; correspondence; educa-
ton: graduation; professions: sciences.
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E1HD HOME.--EvERYTHIN NEW
a and clean, table board $500: board
and room $500 per week. 421 and 423
Church street.
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u OARDERS-A PRIVATE FAMILY
- in Client would furnish desirable room
and board to a married couple, or two
young men. Address c. A. c., care Vir-
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Inperium in Imperio.

a MYERS. MANAGER EQUITABLE
IA LINE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
has removed his offices to No. 255 Main
street. opposite Business Mems Assocta-
ton. mhcf-l q,
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Il kpIEsi Cnichestsr's English FennvrovaJ p;l,
Oh H.@ % s ss,,A' s.l are the seet
Chichester Chemical Co.. 1iliilada 'fS,A
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Sd LEASANT FURNISHED ROOMS.
h with OF without board, at 22..1f- Church
street, opposite ST. Paul's Church.
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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20
odd Di.covcry i'm Paris.

An odd discovery was made when M
old house in the Rue Gallon, Paris
which had been, closed and boarded VI
for twenty years, was opened, the prop
erty having reverted to the state by the
death Of the owner, a countess. who
left no heirs. 1t had been supposed
that theShouse was bare, and the Off.
Gals were astonished to find it stump
tuously furnished from top to bottom
with furniture of the last century II
excellent preservation, magnificent
tapestries. paintings by the great mas.
tiers of the eighteenth century, a library
of valuable books and remarkable
collection of china and bric-a-brac, OIL
thickly coated with dust.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20
Held . Tiger Mt BAY.

The shah is a mighty hunter, a good
shot and an enthusiastic sportsman.
Big game is his delight. The king, like
all the sportsmen of his country, uses
smooth bore and bullet. A strange
incident of eastern life, but true one,
occurred some years ago at one of
these royal huntings. AS usual, a
couple of regiments accompanied the
shah on his hunting party. The men
acted as beaters. A tiger was wounded,
and was making off under the kings
eyes. The royal second barrel was dis
charged, but did not kill the wounded
animal. Fearful of losing his quarry,
the king was reloading (muzzle-loaders
are still preferred by Persians), when
private soldier seized the tiger by
the tail and detained him long enough
for the shah to dispatch the animal.
His majesty made that soldier captain
on the spot.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20
ROBERT P. PORTER.
M, Friends Think He Would Make
nm Ideal and Useful secre.
taPy for the Colonies.

Robert P. Porter, whose name has
been associated with the proposed port
folio of secretary for the colonies, is re-
garded as an excellent man for tho
place, owing to his wide familiarity
with the trade and industry of tho
world at large, and particularly with
the industrial conditions of the Antilles
and the Orient, and in which he spent
much time. Mr.. Porter, although born
in England, has been an American since
he was -. He began his careereas q
newspaper msn in Chicago ID 1879, and
while engaged in journalistic work he
spent his leisure in the study of tariffs
and the science of statistics. Later
he visited the industrial centers Of En-
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20
WILLIAM E. GoEBE1.
Democratic Nominee for Governor Of
Kentucky Was the Builder
Of His Own Fortune.

William E. Goebel, the democratic
nominee for governor of Kentucky, was
born in Sullivan county, Pa, forty years
ago. He is unmarried. When o boy
lie removed with his parents to Coving.
ton, which has since been his home
He was educated through his own en-.
ergies, and made the friendship of Gov
ernor John w. Stephenson, who took
linn into his law offices. =
So marked was his ability that he soon
became q partner, and on Governor
Stephenson's death became "a executor
without bond, and still holds in trust
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20
WITHOUT PROTOTYPE
Some Personal Traits Of President
John Paul Kruger.
HIS early Trailing Has Made Him
What He IL To.Day-Simrllcity OF
His Habits-A Man That s.5
knows Rot Fear. ~

The state historian of the South Afri-
can Republic, Mr.. Van Oordt, has re-
Gently published history Of the Trans
vaal, which contains the biographies Of
its notabilities, among the chief of
whom is the president, Familiarity known
as Dom Paul. .,.s.sls
The founder of the family was a GER
tain Jacob Kruger, who arrived at Cape
Town in 1913 as a youth OF IL, in the
service of the Dutch East India COM
pany. Jacob Kruger was German.
A descendant of his, Caspar Kruger,
married and settled on the Bullock
farm, near Colesburg, in Cape Colony.
It was there that Stephanus Johannes
Paul Kruger was born on October 10,
1925. While still quite child he had
to help his parents, in his ninth year
sometimes acting as shepherd, and
even leading the oxen yoked in the
wagon. Later, when yet too small to
handle the heavy musket of the period,
he went after game with bow and ar
COWS, and returned to the farmhouse
with many hare and partridge.
Then came the trek into Natal, and
he went out into the wilderness to be-
gin life of toll, care and danger. That
was the school in which he was reared
and in which he was trained to be what
he is. He received his baptism of fire
in battle with the Matabele before the
occupation of Vechtkop, and took part
in the repulse of the Zulus in the attack
on the laager which followed the mas
sacre at Weenen, in Natal. At Is he be-
came assistant field cornet. and two
years later attained full rank. Later
on he served as commandant and COM
mandant. general, was one of the trium-
virate during the war of independence
lin 1sso-s3), and has been president
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20

position demand his presence at the
crematory early in the morning, and
the sunrise usually finds him at his
post, and in the discharge of his duties
he is model of fidelity.
Mr.. Sweet is; now 80 years old. He
was born in New York state, and as a
boy worked in his fathers Touring mill.
In 1912 he came to Michigan, built mills
at Ann Arbor, Dexter and Delhi. and
finally in 1916 he came to Grand Rapids.
where he purchased q mill and engaged
in business for himself manufacturing
flour and buying and selling grain. He
made money rapidly, invested in city
real estate, engaged in numbering, was
interested in banking and had model
farm, which he stocked with Holstein
cattle imported direct from the old
country. He was active in promoting
agricultural interests and was foremost
in the affairs of the West Michigan and
of the State Fair associations. He was
one of the organizers of what is now
the old National bank, and ten years
ago held 100000 stock in that institu-
ton and had been its president from
the start. In 1860 he was elected mayor
of the city, but it was his only partici-
patton in political affairs.
What became of the substantial for
tune which years of shrewd manage
ment and hard work had accumulated
cannot be explained even by Mr.. Sweet
himself. It is certain, however, that
the good luck which had been his con-
slant attendant for half century sud-
denly deserted him, and every venture
he went into proved new disaster.
Hewas the chief promoter of what was
known as the Lowell & Hastings rail-
road, and lost money in it. He engaged
in furniture manufacturing and it
proved failure He was interested in
various other enterprises and was in
dorser for various relatives in business
deals, and losses sustained fell upon
him. The crash came about five.years
ago, and the bank and other preferred
creditors took all the property he had
left, and even this came far from salts
flying the debts that were outstanding
against him.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20

indicated will be continued. So IA
NOUS have the Inhabitants of this group
always been as warriors that the chief
tains of Tahiti formerly fetched nu-
merous mercenaries from there.
Next the .Albatross will sail for the
Tonga or Friendly islands, far to the
west, whose people were ferocious can
nibals up to century ago. On one
island Of the group the natives until re-
Gently used for ornaments the iron nails
brought by the famous Capt. Cook for
trading purposes, one nail being reck-
oned as equal in value to hen. One
Of the insignia of the king is fly whisk.
The early Tongans were the Phoeni-
clans of Southern Polynesia, being the
greatest of savage navigators.
The Fijians, whom Prof. Agassiz and
his party will visit after leaving Tonga,
are great catchers of marine turtles,
whose skulls they hang up in their
temple as offerings. They prize whales
teeth beyond everything, the chiefs
wearing ponderous necklaces of them.
In the department of state at Wash
ington, by the way, is the tooth of a
whale, which was sent to the United
States as treaty a number of years
ago by a king of Fiji.
The natives of Fiji nowadays practice
eannibalism only occasionally and on
the sly, but in former times they were
habitual man-eaters.. They ate pris-
oners of war as a matter of course, and
certain weaker tribes on neighboring
islands were compelled to supply o
stated number of human victims period
ically. Cannibalism was always a fea-
ture of every festival, long wooden forks
being. used at such grisly banquets.
Some of their customs are very curl
Gus indeed. The mother-in-law is avoid
ed as musk ss possible, and custom de-
mands that she shall avoid looking at
her son-in-law.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20
CHINESE TYPEWRITER.
Complicated Machine Invented b,
...s-,--R sy. ID. z. She0elA, an Amer.
lean Naisst0naPy. -.--

An American missionary infChina,
Rev.sD. u shefield, president of the
Tuns Che college. hasSinventM a re-
marlkable Typewriter, capable of-print'
ing the 1000 characters the Chinamar
finds absolutely necessary for transact.
ing his ordinary business affairs. The
s6ientific American. from, which our il
lustration is reproduced, gives the fol
lowing description of the machine:
The 1000 charasters are grouped in
alphabetical Understanding to their
accepted spelling In English. large
number of those most commonly used
being placed in q separate group re
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20

faF: n. SS.s ~ SsSfs. s-s. ,
biological division Of the agricultural
department, who Was bitten. 1t is known
us the melanolestes picipes. II belongs
to a group that feeds on other insects
in preference TO plants. Its liking for
human blood Is : habit of recent ac-
squlsit ions Ii the, west it il often found
in poultry-houscs, and when in large
numbers frequently attacks horses.
According to the entomologists tho
favorite food of the picipes is bed
bug, and it is particularly fond of spec
linens freshly charged with human
blood. The picipes when full grown il
about one inch in length and is char
sactcrized by : fattened body and very
narrow pointed head. It has q short,
strong beak, with point as sharp as
that of mosquito. 1t is jet black in
color and Ia o night flyer.
The piercing of the victims skin 70
accompanied by no perceptible sensa-
ton, but the swelling sets in almost inn
mediately. With the swelling comes an
intense burning pain, lasting often from
two to four days. The part punctured
swclls to ten times its normal size in al.
most every case.
Hospital physicians use solution Ct
collodion in treating the bug bites. This
reduces the swelling in from forty
eight to seventy-two hours.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20

can, Misstonary.N g
CARELESS of spelling. The typeFare cast
on the under part Of the large wheel,
the upper side Of which is covered with
printed characters, each one exactly
over the type 1t represents. The car
riage moves freely to the right or left.
and projecting fromit there is pointer
which is used to locate the characters
to be printed. In operation the wheel
is revolved with the left hand until the
group or line In which the desired char
acter to be found is opposite the car
riage, and the carriage is then moved
with the right hand to the right or left
until the pointer covers the character
sought for. To the right will be seen
. little crank, one turn of which inks
the type, while small hammer forces
the paper against the type, leaving a
clenr impression. The type wheel
locks during the printing and is auto
matically corrected II slightly out Of
place, the characters being brought
into perfect alignment. The mechan-
ism performs the operation of spacing,
ETC., as in other machines.
At first thought it would seem even
with this machine the writing of Chi
nese would be slow and tedious, but
when it is considered that the written
character consists of from two to TWEEN
ty-five strokes, which even the best Chi
nese scholar writes slowly, as they
handle the brush delicately, and that
"a character signifies not a letter, hui
a whole word. it will be readily seen
that DR.. Sheffield's machine saves q
great amount of both time and labor.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20

are not rich, they can at least provide
themselves with the nccessaries Of life.
Their needs, after all, are very small.
They fast constantly, and when they do
eat, their food consists of vegetables,
dry bread, and, three times week, a
little-a very little-meat. The refec-
tory is o long, narrow, whitewashed
room swith9a thatched roof and no arr
tificial flooring, merely the deep sand
Of the dunes, which, however, provides
the most comfortable Of carpets. Each
nun has her earthenware pitcher of
water and little drawer in the rough
deal table where she keeps her wooden
spoon, fork and platter. On Fridays
the Bernardines take their meals kneel-
ing on the sand. At the appointed hour
they make their way in single file to the
refectory.
Every hour of the day is carefully
mapped out, for the rules Of the order
insist that not moment shall be vast
ed. There are constant prayers on
every occasion. Each time the big clock
Of the monastery chimes the hour every
nun falls on her knees and spends few
moments in prayer. Out in the fieldsit
is marvellous to see how wei the oxen
know those chimes. Directly they hear
them they stop instinctiyely, starting
on their way again the instant the SIS
tiers rise from their knees.
The cemetery is as austere-looking
as the rest of the nunnery. The graves
are the simplest little sandy mounds,
huddled close together in the most
pathetic way, with rude cross traced
in cockle-shells upon them. At the
head of each is little bush, while frs
and gloomy cypress trees are dotted
around. Here the nuns spend much of
their time, praying for the souls OF the
dead, sometimes at the grave Of the
Able Cestac's father, a holy man who
is buried here; and sometimes in the
tiny matched chapel which they have
erected. 4r
Perhaps the following story will IT,
lustrate better than any mere descrip-
ton how infinitely the penitential rules
of this extraordinary order are obeyed.
Two Bernardines lived side by side for
!. five years in two adjoining cells, and
30 thin a partition divided them that
they could even hear the sound of each
others breathing. All this time they
ate. at the same table and prayed in the
same chapel. At last one of them died,
and according to thesrule ofsfhei order,
the dead nun, was laid in the chapel, hsf
face uncovered, and the Bernardines
filed past, throwing holy water upon the
remains as they went. Whenit came
to the turn of the next-door neighbor,
no sooner did she catch sight Of the
dead nuns face than she gave pierre
ing shrek and fell back in a swoon.
She had just recognized her dearest
friend n the world, from whom she
had parted with the deepest pain many
years before to enter the convent. For
five years the two friends had lived side
by side without ever having seen each
others face or heard the sound Of one
another's voice.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20
Prosre.siye Moha m medani.m.

: The fact that there are now, not far
from 130,000,0O0 Mussulmans under the
British flag entities England to be
called thegreatest Mohammedan power
in the world. The Mussslman popula-
ton in India is estimated to be about
so,ooo,oOO, and is steadily increasing.
not only by natural growth, but by
accretions from the Hindoos. To such
an extent is this going on that it has
brought forth cry of alarm from many
leading Brahmins, who see in the tend
ency Of their people to accept the
doctrines Of, the more militant fifth the
approaching end Of their own influence.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20
SCREAMED FOR HELP.
(Fair Cyclist Attempts to Pass sprinkling
~ Cart) III

g$f5kR = 5sEfsE t+Hg ~ IS
attraction for the unskilled rider with
the result. of a collision. u
Probably the saddest caselof this
kind lately recorded was, according to
the Chicago Daily News, that Of a stout
lady who was practicing on Michigan
avenue last Friday afternoon.
She was evidently a beginner and
more than half afraid of the. bicycle,
and when in attempting to pass a
sprinkling ! the wheel steered itself
toward itS5she yielded to the bike and
rode directly against the rear Of the
cart. Notwithstanding the fact that
the sprinkling apparatus was in full
play and that she was almost enyeloped
in the miniature fountain she held on
and pedaled, meanwhile screaming
loudly for help.
A park policeman OWNED her predic-
ament and rode to her rescue, but not
before her bicycle suit and temper had
been completely spoiled. ~.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20
SOUTH SEA NATIVES.
To Be Studied by Anthropologists
,fro,n the United States.
uncle sam Deeply Interested {. hts
Ex-Carnibsl Neighborsp An the
taeiac Isla1asfrsses to Sg5f
ssF s,aH he visited. as E5

The United States steamer Albatross,
on her scientific trip to the South seas,
will take along one orSmore anthropolo-
gists, who. will make a special study
of the queer and little known peoples
which inha bit various groups inFRoly-
nesia. A first landing will be made at
Tahiti, in the Society islands, where,
partly by reason of the extreme fertility
of the soil, which furnishes subsist-
ence without labor, the;c:ha bitants are
idle and dissoiute. They fatten their
noses, and bore hole through the mid
die partition Of that feature to accom-
modate ornaments of flowers orEfeath-
ers. Their ears are bored also, and the
teeth of sharks and Of human beings
are inserted. Chiefs are distinguished
by large circular markings in tattoo
over the whole body, while common
folks are tattoed only about the loins.
Another queer custom requires all
women, except those of the royal FAM
fly, to cut their hair off short.
All over Polynesia the practice Of in
sfanticide Is quite general, but in Tahiti
1t is particularly prevalent, young chill
dren being commonly strangled. Some
mothers on the island are known to
have done away with as many as ten
of their children in this manner. Pigs.
ON the other hand, are greatly PAM
pered. They are stuffed like capons
with bread-fruit dough, and are slaugh-
tered at festivals. Weapons made for
midable by the attachment of sharks
teeth are used by the natives, while
small instruments of similar descrip-
ton have been customarily employed
for torturing and cutting up prisoners
of war.
From the Society islands the expedi-
ton will go to the Tuamotu archipelago,
where studies of the character already
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20
THEY NEVER SPEAK.
The. Most Austere~0 sdsf~sf~ Meas
Now Il, Existence ,-,
wenenswho nav. svowea LATE ST.:
Asence-An lscideat showilg che
Rclentless Severity Of Their
Pentteatial R1les.

IAN article in The Wide Wide World
Magazine tells Of the strongest and
most austere order of nuns in the world,
who dwell fardown in thelso9thwestern
corner of France, ON the borders u
Spain, and under the shadow of the
Pyrenees. These are the Bernardines
Of Anglet, sisters of st. Bernard, the
almost incredible severity of whose rule
most resembles that of the famous
Trappist monks. Indeed, they appear
even more meritorious when one re-
members that weak women cannot bear
the same hardships or sufferings that
men can.i These devoted nuns abandon
themselves to q life Of solitude and take
u vow of perpetual silence, which every
,one must allow is farsmore praiseworthy
in q woman than in one Of the sterner
rex. The only occasion on which the
nuns open their lips to speak is when
they JOIN in the prayers. If It were
not for this they would probably almost
forget how to talk!
Over their heads, and arranged SO az
almost to conceal their faces, they wear
long black WOODEN hoods, which are
rendered the more striking by the great
white crosses that IRE affixed to the
backs. Each nun wears rough wooden
sabots, and round her neck a chain, to
which Is attached a large cross. There
IL little Of the appearance Of the or.
binary nun about their attire. 81 Isl /
It was the Able Cestac. q sanity
priest Of Bayonne, who founded the
convent at Anglet in 1880. At first, ow.
ing to lack Of funds, the nuns went
through every sort of suffering, often
having absolutely nothing to eat and
no prospect of obtaining anything
However, by sheer pluck and hard work
these courageous women overcame
every difficulty, and now, although they
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20
MARTIN I. SWEET.
He Was q Capitalist for years, Eus
Now e Workins1 Ten Dol. '7.-
lara Per Week.

MSTtfnl q: Sweet; ! former mayor OF
GrIndRapids and ten years ago looked
upon as one of the wealthiest men in
westefn Michigan, now holds the pQ-
sition of garbage wtigAF ht the city
crematory at salary 81 ten dollars q
weekY He still lives in handsome old
stone mansion on Fulton street. but
the title and the property are not in
!hisname. He has some income from
other sources, but the humble position
he holds under the city government il
his mlain dependence. sTheiduties of his
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-07-20
Execution. in France,

In France, when a convict is SEN
fenced to death by the guillotine, the
day of his execution is not named in
his presence, and he knows not when he
is to be led forth until within Is minutes
of the fatal moment. 80