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The National tribune., 1900-08-16
Kiowa-Apache-comanche Lands.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
issue of July II read, under head of
Chance for Hundreds" a communica-
ton from G. w. b., COlnanche, l. r., in
which | find an error which is calculated
to mislcad many homeseekers who have
not read the act of Congress passed June
6, 1900, opening the Kiowa, Apache and
Comanche Indian lands for settlement.
This correspondent says: Settlers, as
the law stands now, will have to pay to
the Government $1.5O per acre on prov
ing, up
Ire act referred to above, which l have
before me, says: The entryman shall
pay S1.25 per acre for the land entered at
the time of submitting his final proof"
For myself, l was soldier in the war
of the States, being q member of the 9th
Ky. Cav. and of the 3Tth Ky. M'td Inf,
and have credit on my homesteading
time of five years. which am now u.s.
ing.
] located 160 acres in Grier Co., o. T.,
June II, 1899, near the County p. o., of
Delhi, q. Il. This is one Of the finest
farming countries l ever saw, and crops
testify this at the present date. The
country is beautiful, rich, undIlating
prairie. The land is light, black waxey,
black, sandy loan, gray sandy and red
sandy, all of which produce well. Health
Is good, water free, soft and gypsum
both healthy. l have been across the
northwest corner of the Kiowa lands
three or four times, and find them rich
and beautiful enough to be called ..the
farmers Paradise" l live in sight with
in 10 miles, of these Indian lands soon to
be open for homestead. / can sit III the
door Of my new frame cottage and view
the chain of the Wichita Mountains in
the Kiowa, Apache and Comanche terri
tory, stme 30 to 10 miles away to the
southeast. The scenery is grand.
Brothers, be ready for the opening.
File on 160 acres of land, of which there
is none better, and not foot of waste
land scarcely to be ssen.-S. MARTIN.
Lieutenant, Captain and Major for the
Union, Delhi, Okla,
The National tribune., 1900-08-16

thick, and weigh four pounds. The bore
is two-fifths of an inch in diameter.
Another ingenious weapon is the cast
ing spear used in the thick jungle-a slen
der bar of iron cased in wood at a single
point just wide enough for the hand tc
grasp. When thus held the butt drops
so heavily that it is impossible to throw
it straight. A warrior casts this into the
air, and so nicely is the balance adjusted
that it turns at certain altitude and
falls plumb, point downward. upon the
enemy crouched in the brush. The kyak
tribe, especially, are said to throw this
spear 20 hands breadth.
OF all the native weapons, however.
save the boomerang, none is so curious as
the sword of this same people. 1t is
called the parangilang. The blade is con-
cave on one side, convex on the other,
with slight twist, perceptible only if
one glance along the back. This com-
bination of forces gives such tremendous
cutting power that it bites into n tree
like an ak, and literally performs the feat
Of which we read in epic narrative, slices
a man "to the chine" These are but O
few instances of savage mechanics.
The National tribune., 1900-08-16
Opening the Dragon 8 Veins. "

1t seems probable that Manchuria is
very rich in mineral wealth. Gold, silver,
coal, lead and salt are found there, and
some mines are extremely valuable. The
Chinese Government, however, tried to
suppress prospecting for gold or gold min.
ing. The gold fields are a Government
monopoly. Superstition declares it is '.un-
lucky" to disturb the confguration of the
enrth, or to 'open the dragons veins" I'm
til recent times an illicit gold digger and a
robber We're considered equal offenders in
Monchuria, and when captured were usu-
ally put to death.
The National tribune., 1900-08-16
partment returns home, not having done
anything but work on the defective me-
chanism of its Spanish fre-pump.
ABOUT EVERYTHING IN RI

cndn1Sm OF ltS spanish ure-punp.
ABOUT EVERYTHING IN RUINS.
Anything bearing the Spanish stamp In
these islands is usually in ruins. Spain
in her days of prosperity erected fine
churches and bridges, and these are now
in decay, and whenever a body of soldiers
go from point to point they must either
repair the bridges for the ration wagons
or must ford the streams. The easiest way
is to ford the rivers In the dry seasons,
but this cannot be done In the wet.
Therefore those Of the soldiers who have
n mechanical turn are usually busy with
repairs on bridges.
But all this variety of work for officers
and soldiers is good thing for any regi-
ment, and those which have served term
of two or more years in the Philippines
will go home with much more knowledge
of military affairs than they could have
obtained in a country where there are
peace and plenty, as i'll the United States.
We learn much here-surgery, how to
are taught in the uses of the first-aid
package. Any of us can care for q wound
ed man uutil Surgeon arrives. We do
not drink a drop of water unless it has
been boiled long enough to kill germs, mi
crObes of diseases, nor will any man sleep
directly upon the ground, but will make
for himself n bunch of brush to elevate
him from the damp earth. All bathc
daily, and one becomes q crank on what
he eats. AS to drinking, no man will
drink except what he knows to be the
right thing. Clothes are changed very
often, and when we get back to the United
States. in year from now, our friends
will think that we are too dainty to live.
The National tribune., 1900-08-16
"a DESCRIPTIVE ATLAS

Z1E shocked in
~ O
of
snyd.
The National tribune., 1900-08-16

The death OF Baron Russell, OF Killo-
wen, the Lord Chief Justice of England,
removes a man from British public life
well known and greatly admired in the
United States. He began life as plain
Charles Russell, an Irishman, who came
to London in his youth as a penniless
barriSter, unknown to fame and without a
client. He eked out a precarious exist
ence in his early professional DAYS as a
reporter, but exhibited such brilliancy as
a lawyer when he got the chance, that
at the age of 50 he became Queens Coun-
sellor. From that time forward he was
recognized as one of the most brilliant
Irishmen at the English bar. lie entered
politics, and was elected to Parliament
twice as Liberal, and in 1886 was made
Attorney General. He became known to
Americans as the counsel of Mrs. May
brick the American woman, charged with
poisoning her husband. He also prosecut-
ed the London Times, and exposed the
forgery Of the famous Parnell letters. lie
presided at the court which tried DR..
Jameson, the famous Transvaal raider.
When he was knighted he added the words
"of Killowen" to his name in honor Of his
Irish birthplace, and upon being made a
peer he carried out the doctrines he had
preached by rejecting any title that would
be hereditary. In religion he was a Ro-
man Catholic and was the first cf that
faith in the present century to bold the
office of Lord Chief Justice.
He came to the United States in 1883
with Lord Coleridge. In 1896 he repre-
sented the senior bar of Great Britain at
the session of the American Bar Associa-
ton at Saratoga, and delivered a brilliant
Grafton before that body in favor Of arbi-
tration. He was British Counsel before
the Behring Sea Commission at Paris, and
was also on the Venezuela Arbitra ton
Board. He died IS the result of an opera
ton for catarrh Of the stomach, in his
9th year.
The National tribune., 1900-08-16
Faster than Ever to California

Via Chicago, Union Pacific and North
western Line. ''The Overland Limited
leaves Chicago 6:30 p. IN. daily, arrives
San Francisco afternoon of third day and
Los Angeles next morning. No change of
cars. All meals in dining cars. Another
fast train, "The Pacific Express" leaves
1870 p. III. daily. Personally conducted
excursions every Thursday from Chicago.
Inquire of any ticket agent or address
Chicago and Northwestern R'y, 461 Broad
way, New York: Col Chestnut ST, Phila-
delphia, OIL PIP Clark St., Chicago.
The National tribune., 1900-08-16
with Commodore perry's Expedition.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In d re-
cent issue noticed the statement of
Henry s. Eastman, who claimed to be
the only survivor Of Commodore Perry's
expedition to Japan in 1858. would
The National tribune., 1900-08-16

The Armies of Russia, Germany, Great
Britain, France. Italy, Japan and the
= of Foreigners. A reign of terror and
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-07-25

paper, which had been crumpled and
then smoothed out again. On it was
written
"'Oh, Cattle. they have left me all
alonel Do tell me what must do. I
can write no more. You know how
my head goes round. He said he would
come for me, You must answer this
directly, or shall not know where to
go. The woman frightens me; she says
they will not come back.
MARGUERITE LII4BOURNH."
The young man read it through and
shook his head. There was no date on
the letter-no address,. 1t had evident
ly been written in a hurry, and by q
person in state of nervous excite
ment.t lta .1i t&f8a
80 much" said Marguerite, "foI
what l can tell you Of myself. Now
for what DR.. SIZZLING tells me. He hat
been to the Great Western Railway
station to see his son off on Ions
journey, and, the train having gone
he was strolling up the platform wheI
he noticed several people stop ant
stare In one direction. and present.,
he saw me walking up and down, win
the air OF person who had not TN
least idea where she was.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-07-25
OHAPrER III.-fContlnued.l


Mr.. Martineau had moved his chair
little, so that his face was entirely in
the shade. The daylight in the room
was not very strong, so that his ex
preston was difficult to fathom. At
this point he broke in with
What kind of man was this who
spoke to you?"
She smiled little, then dolefully
shook her head.
81 can tell you only two things about
him. He was young. and he was not
dark-that is, his hair was not black.
should think he was several years
older than l."
"You would not know him again IL
you saw him?" W E
Il am afraidlhot@ You see.I saw him
only just then" Ia
"oh-that was the only time you saw
him?"
II think so, but he may have seen me
afterward without my knowing it,"
please explain" f
well, that evening as was in my
room, crying my eyes out, my uncle
bNNAS q AANS9u5C W say i was W SO4iS
down into the drawing-room. He had
never said such thing before. i sent
back word that would not come. He
came up to my room in towering
passion. l was terribly frightened Of
him, but was now thoroughly reused,
and 1 still said would not come. He
beat me then-struck me several cruel
blows, shook me and flung me to the
ground. Aftersthat he went out lock-
ing the door behind him.
Il had quite made up my mind by
that time. meant to run away. My
beating had frightened me AID shaken
me-there was sharp pain in my
head. Terror and pride alike urged
me to fee. If l stayed he would strike
me again. l tied up as many things as
thought / could carry in towel,
opened my window, and dropped them
down on the turf below. My room was
on the most secluded side of the house,
shaded by big trees. None of the
kitchen windows looked out upon it.
I fastened my sheets together, and
knotted the top one securely to the
IRON ring sOl my WINDOW Nsinfttef. I
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was very good hand at climbing
had been up nearly every tree in the
grounds. | got on to the sill, laid hold
firmly and let myself CO. At the same
instant something in my head seemed
to snap; everything swayed before my
eyes; there was an awful sensation
of numbuess and sickness; my fingers
relaxed their hold, and fell heavily
pIcanhot tell you what happened aft
EDWARDS" Marguerite went on after a
short pause. because don't know.
The last thing which distinctly re-
member doing was getting out OF that
window. After that comes a blank
which lasted, SO they tell me, a year
and more. DR.. SIZZLING says It was the
result OF being struck on the head
.'Who is DR.. stelling?" asked Mr.
Martineau.
"My old friend. should have died
but for HIM"
"Well-what more? What Is the
next thing you remembers
"The next thing that I remember Il
walking up and down by the sea--uI
and down-wlth woman. ! was MOI
strong, leaned on her arm. can
not rocollect more than that"
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CHAPTER ~.


Mr.. Martlneau pushed his chair more
closely TO ners' asking Win great IN
tentness-
NO moreT
NO more TIL the strangest part OIL
all.
A sudden movement Oh the Junior
partners hand sent bundle Oh papers
to the ground He stopped after them'
ana slowly replaced them
Inc strangest part Oh allF he SAID
yes one morning Went lor
urlVe. cannot tel why l shouiu re-
member TINS, put 90. Ihere were
three other people with me, l thlnk-
OF I'VE was not alone, put cannot
tell you now IN the least VINO they
were we went 70 church y STOOD
py tne altar' anu, as far as ! can re-
calbfwas married. DON'T THINK ltop-
.lected, DON'T think UNDERSTOOD
was Ike a person in dream, was
told afterwards to write my name! ana
4 did ! knew my name then. | qon !
remember anything more about IL l
can't recall VINO was with me, OF any
thing. remember at last waking up
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-07-25

ION. that horrid oatl'' exclaimed the
taarfol young woman. "she has killed
my beautiful canaryl But the wings
don't seem to % injured q Bit They
win look awell on my hat. won't they.
thought Chicago Tribune.
The Cook County herald., 1900-08-18
N IN IEY'S FlP S. 1! !lAW CASE.

q statement was made BY Mrs Nc
Kinley early Ia i ,er married life, and
that she always chung to this belief
and repeatedly declared il to friends
Another imp rtant event in the life
5of McKinley that caused him 10 delay
the case OF Rostetter and Sheets was
his canvass for prosecuting attorney
of Stark county. He was nominated.
as well known, partly as a joke, for
the county had been strongly demo-
cratic. The OPT DOSING candi date was
William A. Lynch Nc Kinley, prob
ably inspired with the idea of ..distin-
gushing himself il the eyes OF. his
prospective bride, turned out and
made ~ such vigorous campaign that
he won, and when the ballots were
counted in the fall Of. 1859 he was
elected prosecuting attorney. A. 81
.# Here is another strange thing clus-
term term 8 al bout this period Of McKinley's
experience. The opposing counsel in
the Rost tetter-sheets case was also this
same William a. Lynch. IS Mckinley
won the election and his bride; lynch
won the law case. Ii Two years later
The Cook County herald., 1900-08-18

The rus mas Us laid over the bare
Ifoor. filling Or mating Rugs,
made OF pieces of carpe Ing with 81 bodrt-
der are never possible 81 really beau
Itiful dining rooms, and are only tos IS
considered when questions off economy
have to enter in. Il must not be ula-
.derstood BY this that these rugs are
il bad taste, but Ssimp1y that they are
a confession of veal akness, as It, were.
of the necessity Of using something
which q salesman tells you tthough
cheaper, ], IS exactly y as good as the
other. "a Rugs Of every kind are manu-
5factured today The housekeeper has
only to take the dimensions Of her
room, state what price she can afford
to pay and then choose the
best that comes within range. Rugs
ought always to. be lower in color key
than an the rest Of the room, or they
seem to jump up at you and make a
most npleasant effect. 81. s5
The Cook County herald., 1900-08-18
CENTRAL AFRICAN CHIEF.


Takes All the Lion skins and Has q
A Hundred Dusky Wives. 81 5lS.
Mpeseni's s hut is built in the usual
circular shape, only much. larger than
the other ones around it, says the
British Central African Gazette
When entering the outer Enclosure the
people shout out .Byeti'' the royal
salute), and when crawling into the
hut, the entrance to which is only
some two and a half feet high, the
same salutation is repeated. When i
entered the hut first could not dis
tinguish anything until my eyes got
used to the darkness. Then I discoy-
cred that there were some fifteen peo-s
pie sitting on the ground, while in the
center, on a little heap of cloth, was
seated an old man clad in a dirty fan.
mel shirt, and with some cheap print
around his loins. This was the great
Mpeseni! Mpeseni speaks, or, at any
rate, understands, Chikunda and
Chinyanja very well, and I could con-
verse with him without an interpreter,
The day Of my arrival a lion had been
killed by his men, and the skin had
been brought to him, as the law pre-
scribes. In his hut noticed at least
dozen lion skins, and was told that
nobody in the country except himself
is allowed to keep one. At night they
are spread out and form his bed
Though Mpeseni is between 60 and 70
vna nc. Of q orc I, - icT still o1o opd ~
On the second day he made, me pres
ent in the shape of a cow, and I then
sent him some cloth. In my tent I
was always molested = by his people,
who came in to beg, but they were not
very successful. Mpeseni has been
spoiled by lavish giving Of presents
a white man in, Mpeseni's country is
little respected. They will enter your
tent, sit down, get hold Of anything
they fancy and. say, Make me pres
ent of it, my friend" and not until l
had treated one Of my insolent
friends somewhat cayalierly and
sent him flying out OF my tent in spite
of his wax crown (Which signified him
as an induna) was left in peace. If
zone were to attempt to satisfy all the
wants of TMpeseni's wives one would
soon :s' T b becnIae hankr as he has 100
or more, and they all come to beg The
7ssk 4 king Gas 1 have heard him called)j
is the worst of the lot as regards beg
ging. During my stay at least twice
every day he sent and asked me. to
make him a present Of one Of my guns
and as other people have given him
gun and a revolver he was rather dis
appointed to find me so obstinate. ..
The Cook County herald., 1900-08-18
s. =. - ~. 5sfes .s', .+
The Diatom in Water

In the journal Of the New England
Water Works + association Messrs
Whipple and Jackson give the results
of their study Of the biology Of AS
terionella formosa, diatom which is
a frequent cause of foulness in drink
ing water In America, giving to it a
fshy or geranium-like odor, caused by
the fermentation of an Oil analogous
to the essential oils. The :diatom
forms spores during periods Of stagna-
ton at the bottom Of reservoirs, and
increases with great rapidity when
these spores germinate, this growth
taking place chiefly during the spring
and autumn. The growth of the dia-
tom is greatly favored by light, and
the best means Of preventing its IN
crease is by storing the water in the
dark. 5ss2s% 5 i s3s a 5.E74,@! 4. q III
The Cook County herald., 1900-08-18

"A ti9ESs
every year, however, he boards 4 trans
Atlantic steamer, and, coming to
= America, visits the grave in the quiet
little Detroit cemetery. .S.s .sS5 \ 5sz# .s.:
Cohen is an American by birth and
lVed IN Detroit when he was married
he was the founder one of the larg-
est o business IS houses in the; town. and
was W IS Very yer successful from the start
he he made mad. a very large fortune and was
preparing to retire when he met Miss
Anna AZ = q Freud, the daughter Of a We Wea lthv
Hebrew He family. He paid her assidu,ols
attention and was married r. her
year later. :s@ "a s5sS Il s.52s
s Cohen @ gave up his business after his
marriage and Travelled for q wear
While abroad his wife was taken i'll
With pneumonia. Her eagerness to re-
M turn home led them to attempt the trip
against the advice Of physicians, and
she died in London, unable to proceed
further. II t,t #t 8Sl .!:s Ssz $z 5 5.Is
@ It was here that the promise that
she should be buried in the cemetery
in her native town was made Cohen
brought the body Of his wife across
the water and it was Inferred In the
family lot in the W oodmere cemetery.
5# Cohen was broken hearted at his
loss. He began again to travel, but
on the anniversary Of her death he
Game again to Detroit to pay. his re-
.spects to her memory 4. Short Az there
after his health began to fail and he
found it Impossible to continue HE
travels. He Went to Germany, and 5bv
the advice OF his physicians spent six
months each year at Carlsbad. when
the anniyersar Of his wife's death
came, however, he was insist it upon
visiting her grave.
He made the trip and went back to
Germany Zach rear since he has regu-
.larIy crossed the water and travelled
the total distance ofz s, 900 miles for the
purpose Of seeing the grave and deco
rating 1t. Fifteen such trips he has
made, making q total distance traveled
az over 100. 900 miles.
The Cook County herald., 1900-08-18
LANDiN e IN Du79AS.
.rhs r...snEsrs. E.eapsI sronn sAp SIS,

! The Passengers Escape from thu .sssi1 s.
Is Basket. t.8$
A novel method of leaving a steam
ser. ser is in vogue at Dur ban, In Natal
The originality Of the method arises
from ron the peculiar character OF the bay.
which a long, land locked lagoon, con-
Snected with the open sea by d marrow
channel which flows between two
8brea kWaters intended to prevent the
e ation Of the bar, and so to main
tain free access for ships, into the har
Dor. n That bar Is the battle-ground OF
political parties In Natal. The bishop
OF Natal, writing IN Good Words, ex-.ss
plains that politics turn more on pro-
posals for fighting the bar than on any
policy. In the meantime the bar holds
Its own, and the mail steamers are too
big to get into the harbor. The out
sic side anchorage is rough and restless
place, and nine days out Of ten, tugs
are afraid to- lie alongside gangWay.
S Thus us it happens that passengers are
/ driven to the alternative Of escaping
from the ship by the same method by
which ST. Paul escaped from Damas-
cus-in a basket. aWe owe gratitude,
however, to the Empress Eugenie,,'
says the bishop, s.:.for since the day
that she came to Natal on her sad err
rand, the basket has increased its $di-
mensions. It is, in fact, almost as
large as the elevator in a London man
sion, affording room for three or
four. people to sit. or stand.'' In this
commodious receptacle the passengers
are hauled aloft by a steam crane, and
dropped with much care and precision
into the tug lying alongside. The
sensation of swim ging aloft and DROP
ping into that heaving tug must be
anything but pleasant. The shore
gained, the visitor to Durham has
chance OF making the acquaintance OF
the Natal rickshaw boy, who will gall
lop him up to the Royal Hotel in
good style. These Zulu boys are good
specimens of their race race OF
children. They have tremendous spir.
its. They would think it very tame to
wait their turn for fare, like tht
London cabmen. When a traveller
comes out of the hotel there is wild
charge of rickshaws across the street
The boys enjoy the race and shout and
leap into the air. The dress of the
rickshaw boy is a picturesque medley
1t is a common thing to see one wear.
ing the discarded tunic of a private
of an old English line regiment, hi,
head covered with a child's. or lady,
straw hat, ornamented with tags soi
lace and tied with a ribbon under th.
chin. Others affect the ferocious styM
and 'adorn themselves with enormous
| feathers and a pair Of cows horns TIED
| to their heads Youths' Companion.
The Cook County herald., 1900-08-18

Psa ~
with the issue Of the case and took an
appeal
55i During the trial OF the case Nc kin
ley had become engaged to marry Ida
sialsxton, the belle Of the town Of Can
ton ton and while the case was pending
bet between Rostetter and Sheets, 5McKin-5s
ley was getting ready for the wedding
tour. HeSwas married January 1877
III HIS interest in, this impo ortant event
!. Of his life is shown in a letter written
.a#short time before his marriage to
Judge Amber of Salem. Ohio, then
cons gressman from the Canton district.
The young Canton attorney sent la let
ter of inquiry to Congressman Amber
or Washington, asking about the
hotels Of Washington, and informing
MT. Amber Of his. approaching mar