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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-24

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-24

"PERSEVERE AND PROSPER" )"
Take Hoods Sarsaparilla faithfully
and it will cure scrofula. salt rheum,
boils, pimples and all blood humors;
also dyspepsia, rheumatism, catarrh
and that tired feeling. 1t never disap-
points.
Sick headache Is cured by Hood g
Pills. 25c.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-24

iii cots anu ilet NS
not had a head
ache for four
weeks. Peru
ma is the very
medicine for ca
tarrh. There Is
no medicine like
It in the United
States, for ! have
tried a good
many b efor e
using Pe-ru-na.
I will keep 1t in
my house to
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-24

Mr.. Isaac Brock. the Oldest Man in the
United States.
I think / have done so. One Of the
things ! have found out to my entire
satisfaction is the proper remedy for
ailments due directly to the effects of
the climate. For 40 years l have with
stood the changeable climate Of the
United States. During my long life
have known great many remedies
for coughs. colds. catarrh and diar-
rhoea. had always supposed these
affections to be different diseases. For
the last ten or fifteen years l have
been reading DR.. Hartman's books and
have learned from them one thing in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-24
HEART RESCUE IN 20 MINUTES

HEART RESCUE IN 20 MINUTES
after momentarily expecting for years
that death might snap the vital cord at
any minute. This Is the story thousands
could tell and have told of the almost
Divine formula Dr. Agnew's Cure for
the Heart. Every day chronicles the
taking away of many who have not heed
ed natures warnings that The heart was
,!red out and needed the helping that tais
wonderful cure gives. Heart disorders
are insidious. Don't trife. This great
remedy attacks the disease Instantly.
Sold by Matthews Bros. and w. T. Clark.
oil
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-24
Oil Market.

Oil City. March 23.--credit balances,
sl.6s: certificates closed sl6Sia bid for
cash; three thousand barrels sold at that
figure: shipments, lV1,2 ,2iI barrels; average,
s5,59S barn els: runs, $500 barrels; aver
age, S6 209 barrels.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-24

to Pe-ru-na and speaks of it in the fol-
lowing terms: Mrs. Brock says: "Af-
ter man has lived in the world as
long as have he ought to have found
out great many things by experience
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-24

eases. l had the catarrh for over
twenty years"
Mr.. Isaac Brock, of McLennan coun-
ty, Texas, has attained the great age
Of 40 years. He is an ardent friend
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-24
t's a Test DistrIbutlon

n0AAc WITH THE WRlTHE AND
UUWc TWIST OF DYSPEPSIA.
COME SF %Irb bysFHFsrA' TI!H MELANCHOLY
c0MS WITH THE DEPRESSION OF
UuWc DYSPEPSIA.
nnAlc WITH YOUR HEAD STUFFED
UVWE UP WITH CATARRH.
nnME WITH THAT HACKING AND
UUWC RACKING COUGH.
nnMc WITH THE GRIPES OF con-
UuWc STIPATION.
COME XHD MITH uLcEkHrrp THAT 5SEHkSEP THkSAT.
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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
German Acadia in Brazil.

The Germans have created another
Arcadia in southern Brazil In dis
trict called Blumenau there are So
600 German settlers. and life is de-
scrlbed as very patriarcha. They
have neither gas, electricity. railroads,
telegraphs nor newspapers. and re-
ceive the news only from foreign let
tiers and papers. There is a prison in
the district. but it has had but one
prisoner in five years The houses
have no locks nor bolts. When hum
CRY folk enter the restaurants they
find liberal supply and variety of
eatables spread out on the counters.
Each helps himself to what he desires,
and at the end of the meal deposits
the money he owes at the cashiers
desk. there being no walters nor
checks.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Killed BY ExulOsion.

by the explosion of a so gallon tank
OF gasoline which was found in the
Missouri river by Sioux Indian
named No-Heart. two families of 500
Indians at the Canon Ball station Of
Standing Rock agency were killed and
the bodies OF seven Of them cremated
in the resulting flames.
Two children out of nine persons
who were in the house at the time of
the explosion were rescued but will
die from their injuries.
The gasoline was in tank and was
part of the supply of gasoline boa:
that plies up and down the Missouri
river past the agency. 1t is supposed
the tank was lost from the boat and
hoated in the water until it was frozen
in the ice when the river closed.
No-Heart, an Indian who thought it
was kerosene oil and the find was
rich one for the Indians, Black Cloud,
an Indian who lives near No-Heart,
heard of the find and came to No
Hearts house with his wife and chill
dren to borrow some of the oil, not APP
preciating the explosive nature of the
liquid.
No-Heart looked about for means to
investigate the tank more carefully.
The fumes from the gasoline We're ig-
nited and the entire volume of gas ex-
ploded in a second.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

For the two years ended June 80
last there We're 1862! criminal trials
in North Carolina. and lO.S45 convic-
tions. The total was 1000 less than
in the preceding two years.
There are $4,000 sweatshops in New
York city in which clothing is made.
The average worker in one of these
shops earns from Sl.5O to SO per
week and works 100 hours per week
in the busy season.
The Paris National library. which
has to-day over 100000 volumes, was
opened in 1645 with 1900 volumes. 1t
includes to-day, among other things.
about 100000 volumes relating to
French history and 6ll,Ooo volumes
relating to the history of other coun-
tries.
While boring for we'll near Lake.
Mich, on the farm of Frank Fowler,
the workmen struck stratum of
sand at a depth of 40 feet. In few
moments the we'll began to spout
sand. which rose in cloud several
feet above the nozzle. like a foun-
tain. and was scattered by the wind.
An ostrich farm is to be established
in the suburbs of Little Rock. Ark
Thomas \. Cockburn. of San Antonio,
Tex, has purchased a tract of land
and will take his entire supply of
birds there at once. His farm is a
branch of one of the celebrated Cali
fornia FARMS Mr. Cockburu will go
to Hot Springs because the climate,
he says, is better suited for his bust
ness,
About year ago 70-pound Mis-
sissippi river catfish was taken to
the New York aquarium. For about
six months it was an exceedingly in
expensive boarder. eating hardly any
thing. Now. however. it is feeding
regularly. taking every other day a
single meal of a pound to a pound and
a half of cells and herring. The bot
tom of the big cats tank is covered
with white sand. in which it loves to
rub itself.
Young Lyle French. of Island Pond,
n. H.. recently had a remarkable adj
venture He was fishing near the Web
ster mill. so called. and unexpectedly
found himself in the presence of a
young buck and couple of does. On
the impulse of the moment. Lyle
rushed in among them and got astride
the buck. while the frightened does at
once made themselves scarce. The
buck and the boy struggled keeny for
the mastery, but the boy was UNI
horsed and the buck made his es
cape.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
SLAVERY IN ZANZIBAR.
Girls Are Frequently stolen Despite
the Vigilance of British
Cruisers.

And vet the antislavery societies
cry wildly that slavery must be Grad
icated at Zanzibar and the civilized
world. between wars. reechoeS the cry.
so the British consul and his officers
work industriously to that end. 1t is
not an easy task. either, with the num-
Der of cruisers supplied. The territory
to be watched is so wide that the con-
sui could make use of small feet, in
stead of which he usually has one ship.
When | was there last summer. says
Allen Sangree. in Ainslee's, the Barossa
had the station. but two days after
she sailed north to Mombassa a courier
rushed into the consulate to report that
two dhows with 90 girls had Slipped
away to Arabia under cover Of a moon
less night, and there was no ship TO
make pursuit.
1t is this borne ffic hat is most
cember). when the southwest monsoon
sweeps the Indian ocean. it is active.
The lean dhows from Muscat steal
along he coast, and. concealed in many
creek and river mouth. wait for their
agents inland to bring them a cargo.
Then. Selling a moment when the war
ship is engaged elsewhere. they slip
out and dart eastward The favorite
girls are those captured from the
Nasal and the lioran GallaS, whose
charms appeal to arabian Moslen.s
somewhat as those of the Circassian
women do to the Turks. The Bornns
are particularly renowned for heir
beauty. and a slave thief will risk his
life to obtain one. This tribe which
occupies the northernmost district of
the protec, crate. is altogether swathel
reached its capital where he stockaele
Of the royal palace is said to be of
pure ivory. The Boran warriors are
the only ones in Africa who fight on
horseback. and such is heir valor tina.
they have lime and again repulsed the
fierce Somalis from the border.
The Nasal girls are considered the
equals of their Boran sisters in attrae-
tiveness. but not in refinement: the
latter rumor has it. practice the rites
of Abyssinian Christianity and the
lost arts of centuries past. The Nasal
girls are easier TO capture. and are,
therefore, more common. The tribe
was formerl: celebrated for it's vast
hocks and herds, but a devastating
famine some years ago left it almost
destitute. The warriors thereupon be
gan a system of raiding on all sides,
and anot her fierce tribe. the Wakikuvn
took advantage of their absence to de-
scend on the Nasal. kill off he Old
men and steal all the women and girls.
These are now being disposed of at
comparatively low rates to local Arab
or Swahili midGlemen. who retail them
at a bio prOfit
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27

high as an administrator and diplomat
among military men. He was for a time
president of the war records commits
sion and was military adviser to former
Secretary of War Lamont. Five years
ago, when he was only a ma. or, he was
prominently mentioned for promotion
to the position of quartermaster gem
eral of The army. Gen. Davis is 81 years
old. has been soldier IS wears and will
be retired in 1908. He entered the serN-
ice from civil life, serving first as SER
geant in regiment of Connecticut vol
unteers. In the course of the civil war
he was steadily promoted. and in 1865
was breveted major general of volun-
teers. He participated in MANY engage
ments of the war of the rebellion. and
among the staff positions he held was
that of aid de camp to the lieutenant
general of the army, with the rank of
lieutenant colonel. Since the civil war
Davis has been continuously in the reg
ular service. and the recent military
activity of the United States has
brought him. together with numerous
other officers of the army. conspicuous
ly into public notice. He was a member
OF the court that invest gated the beef
scandal after the Santiago campaign
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
RARE INDIAN RITES.
How the Red Men Thanked the
Great Spirit for His Gifts.
CustOms Which Were Old When the
MnyhOwer Lanled-An Essay by
the Chief of the Snipe Clan
of Seneca Indians

Thanksgiving is generally regarded
as peculiarly American festival The
great nation that dominates the CONT
nent of North America holds this feast
day as being of it's own invention. But
centuries before the Pilgrim Fathers
touched land at Plymouth Rock there
were Thanksgiving feasts and ceremo
MES in the land, celebrated by the first
Americans. the once great red race that
is now dying out so rapidly; and to-
day the rites are religiously observed
by the survivors. just as they were be-
fore the palefaces came and when the
tomahawlx and the swift arrow ruled
the land.
The red man. says Chief Converse
in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, had
no need of creed nor book to recite
hiscontinual thanks to the Great Spirit.
The strong winds and gentle breezes
hymned his ritual. The lakes. rivers
and brooks intoned his chants. The
sun. moon and stars were the lights Of
his altar and the whole of nature his
psalm Of praise and Thanksgiving. The
one Eternal Spirit ruled his Heaven
and his earth.
In no tribes did the religious rites
reach a higher degree of development
than among the great federation of he
Five Nations. The life of the Iroquos
Indian was continual thanks giving
There were annual feasts whereby all
nature was sung and praised. Begin
ming with the New Year jubilee in Feb
ruary. these feasts followed in success
sion each resurrection of nature. In
April the flow of the sap was celebra-
ted in the maple feast, and the Thun-
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
ANCIENT INDIAN RITE.

derer. who had softened the winters
flowing. was glorfed. In May the
planting festival announced the COM
ing of the crops. Then the fields were
consecrated to the guardian spirits of
the grain. For this dedication young
virgins-primitive Lady Gcdivas-were
sent to the fields at midnight unc!ad
and with their long hair hanging loose
prolific harvests. There were no peep
ing Toms" the red man held inviolate
the purity of his women.
In June came the first fruit or straw
berry feast, he very gala of thanks
giving. The Great Spirit had shown
them His gifts. the luscious fruit had
blushed in the sun. and the festivities
of dance and song must celebrate its
vine and blossom. This berry feast in
cluGed the whortleberry and raspber-
rv and certain wild herb berries which
contained remedial properties and
were defense against disease and vague
evils. Homage was rendered to every
growth of the vine under or above he
ground; grapes, squash, beans. ppta-
toes and all sustaining foods that
"clilnb up to the sun for the red man.
We're enumerated and acknowledged in
this everlasting ritual of thanks. The
green corn" thanksgiving, usually in
August. was the Big Thanks" The
women named the feast day and gath
cred a few of the first ears that ripened
that the Thanksgiving fire should first
receive this Gift of the Great Spirit,
and as he smoke of the savory grain as
cended the ancient chant of consecra-
ton was intoned by the medicine men
and women to the accompaniment of
the drum and turtle she'll rattles. Fol-
lowing this chant the fire was extin-
guished and a new one kindled. over
which. suspended from oak sticks large
kettles We're swung. Within the ket-
ties the corn soup dubbed and sput-
tered. forming a dull accompaniment
to the weird songs of the dancers. who
We're wreathed with twists of the silken
tassels of corn. the velvety pods of
beans and the gold trumpet blossoms
of the squash. emblems which SYM
bolized the gifts of the Great Earth
Mother arrayed in all her glores.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
EMPRESS OF JAPAN.
Standard of Japanese National
and Court Life.

The old Japan thought little of its
expresses. The list of them goes back
for half thousand years before Christ,
but the present empress is the first who
has been empress in more than name.
Mutsuhito is the first emperor of his
lne--and there have been 100 before
him-who has given his wife seat at
his table and allowed her any voice in
the national councils. She was mar
ried to him when he was II. the year
after his coronation, and together they
have raised the standard of the Japan
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27

csc court-as they raised the standard
of national lfe-to height it had
never reached before In the so years
since her marriage Empress Haruko
has presented he emperor with one son
and four daughters. and the children
are all brought up with western ideas.
The empress rides we'll and makes good
use of a gymnasium which has been
constructed for her benefit in the pal
ace at Toxic. and she has satisfied all
the domestic and imperial require
ments of her husbands so we'll that
Mutsuhito has dedicated number.tss
poems to her
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
Gets Big Fee,

Caracas. Venezuela. Dec 90. - For
mer President Benjamin Harrison has
received his fee for his services in con-
nection with the arbitration of the
boundary dispute between British
Guiana and this republic. The settle
ment was made Tuesday. In addition
the government has paid the Ameri-
can mixed claims and the interest on
the foreign debt. 1t has been stated
officially before that Mr.. Harrsons
fee was to be 100000
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
Brakeman Killed.

While the mixed train that ru:ls
from Churchs Ferry to Cando was
switching at the former place, w. c.
Trimble, one of the brakemen, was in
stantly killed. He was under one of
the cars fixing the airbrake when the
train started up suddenly. One of his
legs was cut off close to the thigh and
the other just below the knee Joint.
The injured man was taken to the
freight sheds, but was dead before the
litter reached that place. 1t is under
stood that the dead man was single.
1t is understood that the fault of the
accident can be attached to no one
but the victim. No further details of
the sad affair could be obtained.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
Devine Acts as Governor.

Acting Governor j. NJ. Devine, who
steps from the office Of lieutenant gov
ernor to that of state superintendent
on the first of January, is preparing
his message to the legislature. Al
though he has never been the chief
executive of the state by election, this
is the second time the lieutenant gov
ernor has been called upon to send a
message to the legislative assembly
and it is the third or fourth time he
has been the acting executive
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
GEN. GEORGE w. DAVIS.
Rico to BE Inspector General
in the Philippines.

Brig. Gen. George w. Davis 10
month tenure of the Office of military
governor of Porto Rico, has been ter
minated by the withdrawal of most of
the American troops from Porto Rico.
which becomes division of the army
department of the east Gen. Davis has
been ordered to report to Gen. MacAr-
thur and will act as inspector general
in the Philippines. Gen. Davis has dis
tingushed war record. and also ranks
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
Counterfeit Pu,nnkin PIE.

\ pie factory in Chicago is noted for
its pumpkin pies. of which it sells thou
sands every day. The discovery has
been made that they are prepared with
out pumpkins. The substitute is a mix
ture OF sweet potatoes. apples and
cheap -four. with a chemical extract
which imparts a pumpkin flavor.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
The Paradise of Smokers.

Hollanders smoke more than any
other Europeans. Tobacco is cheap in
their country. and nearly all the grown
males delight in the pipe. The habit is
so common that the boatmen of Hol-
land measure distances by smoking
saving that the distance between two.
named points are so many pipefuls OF
I Ohaooo
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
Sentence Con, muted.

Washington. Dec. 21.-Corp. Samuel
A. Nelson. company F. Twenty fifth
infantry. was convicted by court-mar-
tial Of murder committed in the Phil
ippine islands and was sentenced to be
executed 10y hanging. The president
has committed the sentence to imprs-
onment for life at hard labor in the
United States penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth. Kan.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
Husband Under Arrest,

Cedar Rapids, Ia. Dec. 1o--A special
from Estherville says: The house oil
John Freeman was destroyed by fire
Tuesday morning. and Mrs Freeman
persisted in the flames There is sus-
picon Of foul play. and Freeman has
been arrested pending investigation by
the coroner's jury. They had been mar
ried a year, and their welded life was
not hanpX ----
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
MnN the First.

Mount Vernon. y. ". Dec. 1o.-Dr.
Charles Sabin Taft. who was the first
surgeon to reach President Lincon's
side when he was shot down in
Ford's theater. died at his home here,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
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His Familiar Manner,

Brown (slapping total stranger on
back )-Hullo old man. Haven't seen
Der me?
Stranger-I don, remember your
face, but your manners very familiar.
Judge.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
Prudent.

The Naughty Little Girl-Ma don't
like me to 'sociate wit everybody.
The Sarcastic Boy-She's dead
right. If you put on SIGH Jugs wit
every body, somebody'll biAf yer in do
jaw.-Puck.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
Stole Thouxanlx.

Hope. Ind, Dec. 19.-The safe in the
Citizens bank here was blown open
by robbers, who secured $4,000 and
escaped.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
Government Controls Prices.

The prices of medicines in Prussia
are regulated by the government.
Every year a new price list is pub.
lished.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
Brief Notes.

James Murray, who has been on
trial in the district court at Grand
Forks on the charge of burglary, was
acquitted. His alleged partner, Thos.
Hines, was arraigned later and en-
tered a plea of guilty He has not vet
been sentenced.
Thorpe Bros. of Fargo will lay by
eight million brick for Anaconda
SHELTERS.
The Masons at Cakes have treated
themselves to a new dinner service at
a cost Of Sl6n
j. G. Bjornstad and o. H. Field will
erect a custom Touring mill in Graf
ton and have it in readiness for opera
ton in the spring.
Arranged according to townships,
Cass county has 5S2, Walsh 563, Penn BIZ
ma 576. With Fargo and Grand Forks
out the rural population of the other
counties is probably larger than in
Cass and Grand Forks, Richland coun-
ty has more population according to
townships than any of the other val
ley counties.
Sargent county now begins to boast
of her coal fields.
Richard Sykes, of Sykeston, offers
to donate 80 acres near his town for
the site of an experiment station, and
the legislature will be asked fer an
appropriation.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
Fastest River in the World

The Sutley. in India. is the fastest
flowing river in the world. Its descent
in one section is ~ 900 feet in $50 miles.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
Work of Indians.

The Indians at Elbowoods have
completed the delivery of 535 tons of
Ignite coal, for use at the agency and
schools. They receive $3.50 per ton
The quality of coal delivered is ex-
cellent. This reservation contains
deposits OF coal apparently inexhaus-
tible. If the new coking process is
success and the Washburn road ex-
tended. field of labor of untold value
may be opened to these people.