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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-16

For some months past some parties
have been using cancelled stamps on
their letters instead Of buying new
stamps. Postmaster Irubshaw has
been trying to put a stop to their
practice and sent in some Of the let
tiers mailed to the postotfice authorities
and an inspector was given charge Of
the case and it eliminated in the ar
rest last Tuesday morning of Mrs.
VIM. Arndt and Mrs. Chas Arndt and
they were taken to jamestown rues-
day afternoon by Deputy United
States Marshal n. Davis. of Fargo,
and were given a preliminary hear
ing before Court Commissioner J. w.
Murphy and placed under bonds to
appear in the United States court.
Mr.. Trubshaw did not know who was
doing this business until informed by
the inspector. 1t is a duty imposed
upon postmasters by the department
and he has done his duty 1t is a
serious offence and is punishable by a
fine of not less than 800 or more than
$500 or not less than 6 months MOI
over year in jail or both, for each
offence. Ignorance Of the law excuses
no one and people should be careful
how they talnper with Uncle Sam
mail service.
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THE CHEROKEE CONGRESS.
1t Has Picturesque Features of It
Own.

1t Has Picturesque Features of It's
1.-THE congress of the Cherokee nation,
In appearance, is an improvement over
the councils of the other tribes; but 1t is
by no means a body of very great dig
nifty. 1t probably consumes more chew
| Ing tobacco per capita than any other
| body of lawmakers in the world. The
lower house of the Cherokee congress
has forty members, and it Is presided
over by J. S. Davenport, white man,
who Is member of the bar at Vinita.
The president of the senate Is John l..
Gunter the quarterbl son of one of
the. oldest of the Cherokee families. The
forty councilmen of the lower house,
when in session, occupy a room similar
to the senate chamber and the body Is
not impressive of dignity, although it's
sessions are frequently very earnest and
some of the laws 1t has enacted are in
deed creditable.
THE sessions Of the councils of the
Cherokees and the other nations are al
ways attended by swarm of lobbyists.
The little hotels In the capital towns
present busy scene on these occasions.
The lobbyists never tire of drafting bills
for claims against the United States,
and offering to collect these claims for
contingent fee. The Indian, however,
is usually as quick to discern an oppor-
tunity for claim as the shrewdest lob
byist. Politicians who are familiar with
the politics Of the Five Nations declare
that no persons of the United States are
more closely posted on the doings and
affairs of the congress of the United
States and the departments at WASH
ington than some Of the full-blood Indi-
ans of the Cherokee tribe. Shrewd old
Wolf Coon boasts that he is familiar
with every bill that the United States
has adopted with relation to Indian
matters in the last twenty-five years.
"The Indians are very sagacious lob
byists themselves, and they understand
dealing with lobbyists fully as well as
the legislators of some Of the states. An
instance of this was shown during the
term Of Samuel Houston Mayes as chief
of the Cherokees, Chief Mayes submit
ted to the council an application from
a railroad company for the right of way
the nations lands. The coun-
Gil took no notice Of the document and
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HOW TO MAKE A HANDSOME
LAWN

Lawnmaking is not so difficult as most
gin right If you would attain satisfac-
tory legree of success. The first thing
to do Is to grade the ground evenly.
Most persons prefer a lawn that slopes
away from the house to the road in an
almost imperceptible incline of surface.
Such lawn is easier to make than a
level one, because any little departure
from a perfectly even surface will be
far less noticeable. To secure the me-
cessary slope, earth will have to be
filled in near the house If the lot is COM
paratively level one. Wherever there
has been an excavation made for the
house walls or cellar, there will gene
rally be enough earth near the house to
furnish all the filing needed in making
the required slope. This soil. which is
almost always hard should be worked
over until it is as fine and mellow as
possible, for good lawn cannot be
made from a soil that Is coarse and
lumpy.
If the soil is not rich, 1t should be
made so. / would advise the use of
bonemeal In liberal quantity in prefer
ence to barnyard fertilizer, because it
never introduces the seeds of weeds into
the lawn, as manure from the stables is
very sure to do. Coarse bonemeal, in
the proportion Of a half pound to each
square yard, will give a soil Of ordinary
quality strength enough to produce an
excellent growth Of grass--New Lippin-
colts.
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MORNING THURSDAY

| outcast Is hired for sum of money and
drink bhang or opium discretion.
Dragged to nsensibility, he passes a
night in the chamber.
But there is one such hospital at least
admirably managed, as all agree-that
at Sodepur, by Calcutta. No neglect
there; the society of wealthy Hindoos
who founded it some thirteen years ago
keep it under supervision There is a
| veterinary surgeon, we'll qualified and
well paid, with a sufficient staff, and no
| less than eighty servants At the be-
ginning of this year they had in charge
| 129 bulls, 307 COWS, III calves, 70 horses,
| Is water buffaloes, SO Sheep, Is goats,
| 141 pigeons, A cocks, cats, monkeys
and dogs-979 inmates Our Dogs
Home makes a poor show beside this
grand foundation-not less we'll con-
Quoted, either, as is alleged. Perhaps
its excellence may be due to European
teaching and example in other depart
ments; the Unreasonable charity of the
east fourishes anew under the Occiden-
tai impulse. Another pleasing instance
should be cited. BY Bhurtpoor Grant
Duff observed a piece of woodland in
closed-they told him that it belonged to
the Marahajah. "He is a great sports
man, / SUPPOSE" said Grant Duff.
mo" they answered, Ills Highness
thinks 1t wrong to take the life of any
creature But when he sees cattle Ill or
past work he buys them and puts them
in that Enclosure to end their days"
And they quoted Jehanghir: IA mon
arch should care for the beasts of the
field, for they and even the birds receive
their due at the foot of the throne"
Jehanghir was a drunken tyrant, but it
is not impossible that he said this.
Most people are aware that homeless
cats save an hereditary claim to main
tenance upon the Cadi at Cairo That
official may or may not love them, but it
Is one of his dutles to provide food for
any which visit the courtyard of his
residence at the proper hour. The great
Sultan Beybars was fond of cats, and
he bequeathed garden near his
mosque for the support OF destitute fe-
lines. But the trustees sold the garden
ages ago; the capital sum has vanished,
and all that remains Is a quit rent of
half a crown or so for the maintenance
Of the cats. But the Cadi is official
SudIuidIp dIlu tLu0ttS w GIL lIldll
foundations. Through the carelessness
of some remote predecessor the endow-
ment is lost in this case but the SER
vices must still be performed, and he
must pay what Is necessary out of his
own means. 1t does not come to so
much as would be expected apparently.
Lane says that in his time many per-
sons send or take cat of which they
wish to be rid to the Cadis house and
let it loose in the great court" 1t is not
to be hoped that the practice is less
common now, but the animals seldom
muster above hundred strong Pos
sbly measures are taken quietly to keep
the number within bounds. Ninety
four answered the summons of the
Servant of Cats" when Lady Duff |
Gordon weent to see themfed, and she |
reports that they behaved with singu- |
lar decorum.--Pall Mall Gazette.
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RIVERS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

AS Defenses the Banks Are Ideal Places
storms That Do Great Damage.
South Africa Is a curious country, full
Of climatic and typographical surprises.
! The writer's first experience Of a South
African river in flood occurred on the
banks of the Fish river, when suddenly
trickling stream Of water, meandering
| like a thread between tall krantzes or
cliffs was changed and replaced by a
rushing swirl of water leaping up foot
| by foot to the height of thirty feet To
| a stranger the banks of torrential
South African river appear abnormally
high, especially if he has only obtained
his ideas of river-go who, like old
Father Thames, Is carefully curbed and
restrained in a fat alluvial country,
and flows gently among pastures and
meadows These African river banks
are like huge trenched burrows inter-
secting the veldt and marked by a
thicker growth Of mimosas and willows,
the haunt, it may be, of bushbuck and
guinea fowl. Used as defense In war
fare, these banks and krantzes are ideal
places. The very uncertainty, too, as to
when such a river as the Tugela may be
in flood is embarrassing to the attack
ing party. Far up in the Drakensberg
a thunder storm may have taken place,
and what these South African thunder
storms are Is realized only by those who
have been caught In them. They are
like great cloudbursts, when the pent-up
brooding heat of the veldt seems to Gull
inmate in a supreme CONFUSION of ma
ture. Sometimes there is hall storm,
and the whirl of the tempest is increas-
ed by the rush through the air of sharp
ice-Iaden messengers which strip the
leaves of the mimosa trees bare, pene-
trate the fleshy leaves of the prickly
pear and pierce through the corrugated
iron roofs like bullets. If caught In the
open veldt the rider had best take off
his saddle and protect his head and
face by holding it over them for pro-
lection.
But the after effect of the storm is
soon manifest along the countless run
nels and SHUTS" Of the hills and sloping
ground They are filed at once with
water on every side, and, in million
ways, a system Of swift surface drain
age comes into operation. Tributary
upon tributary hastens to the main
channel, and presently yellow food-a
perfect "Tauriformls Auidus"--is go
Ing seward. The Tugela Is in food
but you may not have known or seen a
single thunder cloud down where you
are, and the sole premontory sign of
the avalanche is the echoing rush heard |
far up the kloofs 1t is maxim in |
South African travelling that if you |
come to river you cross it at once If |
you can, and "outspan" the further |
side. For in the very Interval Of meal |
the sweep of the waters may come and |
the channel be impossible. The water |
quickly, as 1t is gathered not |
from the slow and regular action of |
springs or fountain, or even from the |!
gradual melting Of Alpine SHOWS, but |
almost entirely from sudden rains
Review.
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HEAL, THYSELF.

| A we'll known Maine attorney is es-
pecially noted for bis keenness in look
Ing out for the best end of every bar
gain-and for his ability in getting
hold Of that end. 1t has made him I'M
popular in some circles-has that trial
of his.
On one deal not long ago he was in
with a couple Of friends-nen of wealth
and standing Business was good the
first year. There was a generous divi-
sion of profits But the lawyer wasn't
satisfied with what was coming to him,
share and share alike with the Others
After receiving his proper whack as a
partner he exacted five hundred dollars
more for Counsel fees" He said that
as a lawyer he was worth that much
more to the deal. This was a new way
of looking at the matter but the bill
was resignedly allowed by the friends.
They were pretty good business men,
understand In a little while they saw
that the venture wasn't panning out
very well. So the shrewd men of af-
fairs quietly unloaded without saying
anything to their partner Then little
later came the crash,
The lawyer hurried around to hold a
consolation meeting with the other two.
Gracious, isn't this too bad" moaned
he. Il lost so-and-so. How much did
you fellows drop? You must have been
hit pretty hard
You're wrong, old boy" came the
cheerful duet. I'VE never lost a dollar,
no, we never lost cent. Ira la
What til"
Never lost dollar. We saw It COM
ing two months ago. Had a tip. I'm
loaded All out!"
well, then, why in the name of all
that's square and above board didn't
you tell me?"
"Well, we would have had you al
lowed us five hundred dollars counsel
fees when you took yours. See?"--
Lewiston Journal.
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sHANKs AND TIE cENsoRs.


OF the great journalists Of the civil
war period, one Of the few survivors i:
William F. G. Shanks who for man.
years was an editor Of the New Yorl
Tribune. During the conflict he wor
high distinction by the ingenious moth.
cd whereby he outwitted some of the
generals in command. An order hat
been issued which practically prohibited
the sending home Of any news except.
ing what met the approval Of some
young officers who had been appointed
CENSOR.
Every paper suffered Immediately
with the exception Of the Tribune. Day
after day 1t published the news in full
to the surprise and wrath of the gene
rails They made an investigation, but
without results, Shanks' letters were
studied and examined to see If he used
invisible ink or verbal cryptogranls. All
were alike in containing few facts and
many remarks about remittances, ac-
counts, cashiers mistakes and other
private monetary matters.
Yet every letter contained the news,
and was conveyed in the sentences
which spoke about the correspondent S
finances. He had foreseen the emer-
gency and made code which covered
nearly every possible military move
ment.
Last weeks pay received meant
"the army will move forward" send
me fifty dollars 1.-THE enemy. are being
reinforced" and SO forth. So skillfully
was 1t done that sympathetic censor
offered to lend the correspondent enough
money for his wants until remittance
arrived Philadelphia Post.
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the chief adjourned the session. When
he had done this some of the full-blood
senators and councilmen went to him
and asked:
Why did you not give us time to
/ pass the franchise bill?
You had plenty of time the shief
replied.
but we We're waiting for the rail-
road companys lobbyists to sc u.s. SAID
| the senators in chorus.
Senator BulIfrog was picturesque
| figure at a recent session of the Chero-
kee congress- His raiment on this occa-
sion consisted of a new pink calico shirt,
with no collar, navy blue trousers and
heavy riding boots. Senator Bullfrog
wore his spurs, and although he under
stands the English language quite as
well as the whitest man in the senate,
he addressed the president in the Chero-
kee tongue. At intervals Senator Bull
frog paused in his speech and spat with
unerring aim at the stove, while an in
terpreter repeated his argument in Eng
lish. Senator Bullfrog is something of
philosopher. A certain lawyer had offer
ed to accept per cent. as a retainer
for collecting a claim for the nation,
and it was of this that the senator from
Goingsnake district spoke. Senator
Bullfrog declared that cheap lawyers
were not safe.
"'They WILL he said, offer to recover
your hog for a ham, but the chances
are you will never get the hog and will
lose an extra ham besides I notice
that most of the cliente of cheap law
yers are in prison. NJ '#t
This argument was uproariously APP
plauded by all the other senators, who
sat with their chairs tilted back against
the wall, expectorating in the direction
Of the stove.'-Wade Mountfortt in
Aainslee's Magazine
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THE GRAYs' MINsTRELs.

Their Annual Entertainment Last
| Evening a Pronounced Success.
| The Grays' Minstres presented their
annual entertainment before a crowded
| house at the Hyperion last evening and
| needless to say met with deserved
| success. The audience was an appre-
ciative one, and encores were the rule
| throughout. In many ways the per-
| formance was the most enjoyable of
| any ever given by the company The
programme opened with a grand en-
semble and overture in which the entire
company took part The music was
arranged by George L. Atwater, jr
who directed the musical part of the
entertainment and was very catchy
The grouping of the MINISTRIES upon the
stage was very effective and the
palms and electric lights with which
they We're surrounded made the scene
a pretty one. Songs We're interspersed
with jokes and stories. brought out
under the skilful questioning of Lieu
tenant Charles Smith followed, and
composed the first part of the
pIOSI f1S tld hltIl SouutltI
ton and Mr.. Perkins were the shining
stars of the troupe, and elected much
laughter by their efforts In one song
especially, entitled THAT Certainly
Seems Funny the music of which was
by Mr.. Atwater, Sergeant Perkins
scored a pronounced hit" The grand
finale of the first part Of the entertain
ment was entitled s"The Men Behind
the Guns In it ten little pickanin-
MES, dressed and Tbewhiskered to
striking resemblance to Filipinos,
marched before the company which
stood with charged bayonets and sung
Sousa's famous song.
The second part of the performance
was a burlesoue on 1.-THE Drummer
Boy Of Shiloh" written and staged by
A. H. Van Buren,. 1t was very laugh
able and formed a fitting ending to an
enjoyable entertainment
Military men attended the entertain
nlent in considerable numbers, and ap-
peared to appreciate it very much. In
one box was Colonel Callahan and
staff while just opposite were the
staff members of Governor Lounsbury
Composing the latter party were Gen
erals Van Keuren, Newton, Morgan
Calef, and Cowell; also Colo
nels Landers and Ullman, An upper
box was occupied by members of Co.
X of Hartford.
The proceeds of the entertainment |
We're undoubtedly large. They will go |
for the most part toward paying for !
the recent ref1tting of the company |
room at the armory. A beautiful |
bronze tablet which has been ordered |,
by the company will absorb no small |
part of the money, however. The tab
let will be placed in the company room
In honor of Jieutenants Beach and Os-
born, and will be the company's own
tribute to the two dead heroes. On
the tablet In has relief will be two me-
ialions of the dead soldiers, while I'M
der and above the medalions will be the
national and state colors.
1t will be a beautiful and expensive
peace OF work and a fitting testimonial
If the regard in which the two men
we're held by their fellow members in
he company, 1t will be dedicated with
appropriate ceremonies some time next
month.
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JACK ENTERTAINS VISITORS.

| JAIN NISIIOINp.
Jack is the genius of the family. He
is ten years old, an omnivorous reader
land always on the hunt for information
Occasionally he breaks out with CUES
tions when visitors are around, and
! causes CONSERVATION in domestic ranks
although to Jack it seems that he al
| ways puts things with fine air of i'm
| Partially. Recently neighbor dropped
| in to spend the evening. Jacks mother
said that she would "be down in a min
ute" and meantime Jack took it upon
himself to entertain the company.
There is one thing that + would like
to KNOW" said the quaint little fellow.
"Well?'' smiled the visiting lady.
Were you considered handsome when
you were young woman?"
"Er-well Jackie" hesitated the Wis
itor. 81 don't know that / was. think
probably no one but Mr.. Brown consid-
cred me beautiful, and you know he
married me-
We'll just wanted to know. Were
you skinny them"
mot very"
Il don't think you could have been SO
very fat. Now you're old and ugly ana
look like thirty Gently. There's mamma
j hate to say 1t, because like her
first rate, but she's not pretty and looks
about what she is--ffty, or some such.
Then Mrs. Smith--she makes good
cream pie, but she surely could never
have been handsome. Well, this is the
way 1t goes with all tie women I
know. asked mamma what she
thought about It, She said that little
boys were to be seen and not heard and
that she would have to give me
spanking before the day was over. So I
thought I'd ask you" Minneapolis
Tribune.
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Ar STE|NERT'S
TT CHAPEL STREET.

to work for others. Make the individual
church strong as a step toward con-
verting the world and the first step Of
all Is making the individual Christian
strong Right relationship with God
comes from right relationship with the
church All the good in the world is
from impulse. There Is no 'gloriotis
retreat in the battle for Gods cause"
Rev. Levi Gilbert, d. D., spoke Wit
tily of his reception as Methodist
among Baptists, encouragingly of the
progress Of his sect, and feelingly Of
his wishes for the spiritual welfare of
his hosts and the church to which they
belonged.
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RATHBoNE LODGE, X. OF !

/ Rathbone lodge knights of Pythias,
initiated ten new members last night
and passed favorably upon seven appli-
cations for membership. Two officers
were installed From the grand council
of Bridgeport two members We're pres
lent, Michael A. Kinney, grand chief
Washington, and Brother Corbey, depu-
fty supreme scroll keeper H. B. Wal
tiers of Philadelphia talked on thesaims
and objects of the organization. The
applicants for membership will be ad-
mitted at meeting to be held two
weeks from last night.
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Iffhe fahy 10 CusstlAy Tcsih

Be sure aud use that old and well-tried
remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
for childrcns teetning. 1t so0thes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, cures
wind collie, and Is the best remedy for diar.
rhoea. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
dill MFW II W 1y
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LAS PlLD0RAS del DR.. AVER LAS MEj0RES.

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FALTA de APETITO, BlLI0S!DAO.
DEBiLiDAD GENERAL,
Toda sc Cura Goa ?rontitud
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del Comercio de Drogas de San Luis Potosl Mexico

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del DR.. Aver

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eDrojece Ia sangrc, Da al paciente
fuer-as. amino y anlbici0n.
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"Padecia amarga ;2en;e d. iHdl@"H1l
>argre cstaha en- nalI c"ndici, III. pr,..'
Entonces empe>| Il tomar Ii fAn''>;t II
sole dos hC+ellas &c Ia /arZapafrIla Ia II
pleado ep Ell Ferrocarlil NaciOnal Mex!
dc fuerzas siempre tumo Ii Iarzaparr:
facerme toElt1-,' ntra~"
Nov. 27 de 1899
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LAS PlLD0RAS DEL DR.. AVER

causan un aumento del flujo bi':oso y
mayor actividad del vientre.
Dosis laxantes tomadas todas las
noches producer una deposition suave
y facil al dia slguiente. Estas pildoras
son una cura positiva para la constipa-
cion y entorpecimiento del higado,
La constipation y biliosidad SOL
ca',sa directa de la mala sangre, y para
limpiarla de imE1rezas no hay re1aedi"