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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30

There has always been more or less
discussion and controversy over the
"Squawmen," or white men who have
intermarried with the Indians. and
there has been long controversy over
whether such white persons should be
permitted to have part in the dstribu-
ton in the tribal estate. The matter
was finally carried to the Court of
Claims and it decided that while people
residing in the Cherokee Nation and
became Cherokee citizens under Chero-
kee laws by intermarriage with Chero-
KEGS prior to 1875 would have equal
rights with Cherokee Indians by blood
in all the land allotments and they
We're permitted to be enrolled for that
purpose.
"Squaw Men,
In 1906 the Supreme Court of the
United States affirmed the decision OF
the Court of Claims. Afterwards many
bills We're introduced in the House to
give the same privilege of land allot-
ment to whites who had intermarried
with Cherokees, Shawnees, or Della
wares by blood in accordance with the
laws of the Cherokee Nation. 1t was
| then discovered that it was doubtful
whether there was enough Cherokee
land to give an allotment to each per-
son entitled to one exclusive of the in
| termarriage of whites. Commissioner
l.eupp, believing that this intermarriaSe
had been made in good faith. proposed
that the whites be allowed to dispose
of their improvements and that they
be allowed to sell them to the enrolled
Cherokees. 1t is stated that this ac-
ton of the Commissioned has been emf
nently satisfactory.
The other allotments to other tribes
have been just as satisfactory In con-
clusion it is safe to state that the In
dian Department was never better
managed than it is at the present time.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30
Have You Ever Stopped to
Think About Your Health ?

Are you as well. strong and vigorous
as you used to be?
Are you sometimes discouraged, and
think you'll never be any better?
Can You tell the cause of your trou-
Die, or what makes you sick?
Do You know that about nine-tenths
OF all sickness is caused by kidney trou-
BILE?
Have you ever stopped to think that
your kidneys may be the cause of your
poor health?
Most people do not realize how much
work the kidneys are required to do
every day.
Every drop of blood in the body must
pass through and be filtered by the kid
neys thousands of times a day
How can they do their work Wei il
they are sick?
If your kidneys need treatment, DIR.
kilmer's Swamp-Root will prove TO be
just the medicine You need.
If You will write to DR.. Kilmer & Co.
BinghamtOn, n. Y, every reader of this
paper who has not already tried Swamp
Root, the great Kidney. Liver and Blad-
der Remedy, may receive sample bot
tie by mail, absolutely free.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30
THE TARaNTULA.
The Great Spider Not Nearly So Deadly
as Represented.

Scientists are now taking up the de-
Tense of the tarantula against the SLAM
derouS accusations as to its extreme
deadliness. The customary stories of
old miners and prospcctors about shak-
ing tarantulas the size of a saucer
out of their blankets and boots are
laughed at. While a tarantula's bite
makes a painful wound, it is not dam
gerous, and never, so far as accurate
records testify, fatal. 1t belongs to
the family of large Bird spiders, and
has large, hard. polished fangs which
strike down vertically to pin down its
prey. They attain a length of two
inches, with an extent of legs of four
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30
Whose Christ

Comrade John NJ Berhan, Co. +, 30th
Ind. Scio, Ore, sends to The National
Tribune for identification two daguerre.
otype pictures, two girls in each picture,
both pictures being found in the same
case. In June, 1868, train of excess
baggage was sent back by Rosecrans
for storage, when he advanced on Tulla.
homa, Tenn. The goth Ind. went as
guard. 1t became necessary to destroy
the baggage instead of storing it, and
Comrade Barhan rescued these pic.
lures. Whose are they? Whose girls
We're they?
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Science Notes.

The French Government has adopted
a method of treating macadamized
roads with hot coal tar thinned with
about 10 per cent of Oil. The cost 4,
said to work out at about four-tenths
OF a penny per square yard.
The trackage of electric railways in
the United States is 10000 miles. as
compared with 225,000 Of single track
Of steam railways.
There are $4,000 gasoline motor
boats, large and small, on the lakes and
streams of the United States. Many of
these are river freighters.
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SKY-SCRAPERS.
Four Of the Highest Buildings in the
World.

World.
There are now under construction in
New York City four of the tallest build
inss in the world. These are the Metro
politan Life Tower, the Church Street
Terminals, the Singer Tower and the
City Investing Building. The Metro
politan Life Tower will be the highest
tower in the world except the Eiffel
Tower. The Church Street Terminals
will have the largest floor area ever
found in an office building. The Singer
Tower is few feet lower than the Met
ropolitan, but it will hold the record
for hight until that building is COM
pleted- The City Investing Building
will be the tallest office building, since
its hight will be symmetrical to the top,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30
The 18Th w. Va.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 18th w. va.
Mark Young, Charleston, W. Va.
The 18th w. Va. was organized at
Mount Pleasant and Barbersville from
October, 1862, to April, 1864, and mus.
tered out June %. 1865. 1t was CONF
manded by Col. William r. Brown, be.
lOnged to Duval's Division, Eighth
Corps, and lost 81 killed and 10S from
disease, etc.-Editor Rational Tribune.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30

A remarkable offer made by one Of the
leading ear specialists in this country. DR..
Brsnaman offers to all applying at once two
full months medicine free to prove his
ability TO cure permanently Deafness, Head
Noises, and Catarrh in every stage. Address
DR.. 6. NJ. Brananan. 1887 Walnut St., Kan
sas City, No.
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1.-THE HYDRoCURVE.,
. Novel Boat From Which Wonderful
Things Are Expected.

A yachtsman at Pearl, H., has de-
veloped a unique and quite wonderful
boat which in the first test made IS
miles an hour and in a later test ap-
proximately IS miles an hour. He calls
It the hydrocurve, and instead of plow-
ing thru the water and displacing it to
each side of the boat, displaces it from
the surface downward, moving each
particle of water in one direction only.
The bottom is concave, both lengthwise
and crosswise, and is wider and Of least
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30

A most important invention has re-
Gently developed in a method for braz-
ing cast iron. Steel has been success
fully brazed for years, but it is only
recently that it has been discovered
how to braze cast iron, and this it is
expected will be of the greatest i'm
portance in repairing automobile cyl
inders, broken typewriter frames, heavy
vises and castings of all kinds. 1t is
claimed that by it broken cylinder
can be made as good as new for about
SIS, whereas a new cylinder would cost
500
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30
Testing Timber.

The soundness of a piece of timber
can be ascertained by placing the ear
close to one end of the log, while an
other person delivers a succession OF
blows upon the opposite end. The VIZ
bration will indicate to an experienced
ear the degree of soundness. If only
dull thud meets the ear, the rimbee
is unSOund.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30

An enemy to beauty maps has ap-
peared in the invention of a new alarm
clock which has noise producer on
the same principle as the sounding disk
of a telephone, and the only relief pos
s:ble is to stuff pillow in it and drown
the noise In addition, it has a disk
against which a hammer strikes, pro-
ducing a sound like a smith on his
anvil.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30

mantled. like an abandoned army post
how are they to be disposed of?
First of all, the Indian element in
their composition should be wiped out
completely. Where else does the Unit
ed States Government maintain special
race lines in education? Does it sup
port free boarding schools for negroes,
or for Filipinos, or for the Mexicans
who came in under the treaty of Quad
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30

rainy days. the device has gained an
almost instant popularity.
The frame consists of a number of
steel rods. hinged and jointed together,
over which square piece of cloth is
stretched. This takes the form of n
roof. open in front and rear The de-
vice is fastened underneath the shout
ders by means OF straps and rubber
bands When not in use it can be fold
ed into a neat, compact package.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30

In a new 10-story concrete building
in Los Angeles are the longest rein
forced concrete arches in the world.
They have a span of ia feet. The
whole building, with its walls, floors.
pillars, etc, is cast of concrete and
there is an overhanging gallery 26 feet
wide.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30

draft at the bow, narrowing gradually
to an apex at the stern, where ii is of
greatest draft. The sides of the hull
are slightly convexed, lengthwise and
Vertically. BY this design every particle
- water is set in motion gradually,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Nck Worlds Busy Brains in Discovering nvenng and
Creating.

whereas with the prevailing type of
boat the water is handled fastest at the
point of its first contact with the hull.
The boat which made this wonderful
speed is 40 feet long, and is driven by
an 80-hOrsepower engine.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30
Fittins keys to Door Lock..

Secure blank key and file the end
until 1t will start in the lock- Hold the
plank Key over lighted candle or a
match until it Is well smoked. Place
this smoked blank in the lock and try
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30

Catarrh is not only dangerous, but ii causes
bad breath, liberation, death and decay OF
bones, loss of thinking and reasoning power.
kills ambition and energy, often causes loss
of appetite, Indigestion. dyspepsia, raw
throat and reaches TO general debility. idiocy
and insanity
In order TO prove to all who are suffering
from this dangerous and loathsone disease
that Gauss Catarrh Cure will actually cure
any case of cataTrh quickly, no matter how
long standing or how bad. will send 4 trial
Il will positively cure that you will be
welcomed instead of Stunned by your friends.
C. f. GAUSS, 252i Main St, Marshall,
Mich. Eli out coupon below.
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to turn it, and by so doing the part
that must be filed out will appear bright
when the blank is removed. Repeat this
operation several times, and Il key can
be made with very little work.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30

There has been a tremendous improve
ment in office methods, the employees
in the Indian service are all placed
upon a much higher plane and order
seems to be coming out of what was a
good deal of chaos. 1t is a difficult
department to handle at best, but Conn
missioner Leupp was thoroly equipped
by precise knowledge of the whole In
dian question and has made good
ISABEL WORRELL-BALL.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30
A GERMAN UMBRELLA.
II Leaves the Hands Free for Other Pur-
poses.

In many parts of Germany, in the
fields and along the roads, a new de-
sign in sunshades and umbrellas which
fasten TO the shoulders is being used.
Especially adapted for people who must
have their hands free while working
or seeking pleasure in the hot sun or on
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30

Gen. William Crozier, Chief of Ord
nance. says that the life of the 12-inch
gun under ordinar- service conditions
is but so rounds Therefore, most OF
the guns now mounted on our fortifica-
tions would not live thru an engage
ment with a foreign fleet. He proposes
to reduce the velocity of the 12-inch
projectile to $3.50 feet a second, which
would increase the life of the gun to
4 200 rounds. To do so would, however,
greatly reduce the penetrating power
of the projectile. The Ordnance Bu-
reau has designed a 14-inch gun which
will fire a 1,660-pound shot with We
locity of 2,100 feet second. The IA
inch gun will have less initial energy
than the 12-inch gun, but will last thru
$40 rounds or six and a half hours OF
continuous firing. 1t will cost about
800 more to fire a shot from the a.
inch gun, without counting the deterior-
alton Of the gun.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-01-30

Inventors are still working at the
fascinating problem of converting the
heat of the sun into motive power, and
a Pennsylvania believes that he has
successfully surmounted it. By his plan
a box so feet long and Is feet wide,
made of planks, is placed in the ground.
In it are laid coils of iron pipe painted
black. The box is covered by two lay
ers of ordinary glass. with one-inch
air space between. In the pipes is ether,
which the heat of the sun sets to boil
ing to run an engine to pump water.
After it has done its work in the cyiin-
der the ether is condensed and usec
over again. machine of this kline
has been constructed, which works I'M
der pressure of 40 pounds and
pumps water from an artesian We'll As
the sun shines only eight hours day
and some days are cloudy. the inventor
proposes TO use the power while the
sun is shining to liquefy air for run
ming an automobile and other power
purposes.
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employed fdSt year during the thin
ming season and 81 during the Fall
harvesting. For the thinning season
this year 604 were employed. 1913 be-
ing schoolboys and III coming from
the Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, and Apache
reservations. Their gross earnings
amounted to $2S,000, from which &c.
900 was paid for transportation and
900 for board and clothing and ad-
vances in cash, ana the remaining
$4,000 was paid to the Indians in
money when they started home, or was
sent to the school superintendent in
trust for the schoolboys. Probably 100
or more Indians will be wanted fer the
Fail work. The beet work around
ROCKY Ford, Colo, this season has been
very satisfactory both to the Indians
and the beet growers, the Indians be-
ing well pleased with their earnings and
their treatment.
The sheep industry of the Southwest
also has afforded employment to many
Indians. They are considered by sheep
growers desirable hands, and the wages
paid them have doubled in the last two
years, being now about $50 per month
and board. LAUNDERING offers much
employment for the northern Pueblos,
and the growing cantaloupe industries
around Mesa, Ariz., are this year max
ing large use of Indian labor Mr..
ba6ChCtt ACpokso Tic ooutI-
west generally work for the Indians is
plentiful. wages are high, and the out
look is encouraging.
On the Rosebud Reservation in
South Dakota an experiment in fur
nishing employment to girls and wom-
en- is being made. Girls who return
home after attendance at either reser-
walton or nonreservation schools lind
little occupation for minds or hands I'M
less they drift back into the old life
or marry Indians who have ambition
and enterprise. On the recommended
ton of the day-school inspector for the
Rosebud Reservation, arrangements
have been made to employ educated
girls as assistants to the housekeepers
Of the day schools, and for that pur-
pose the expenditure of $4,000 has been
authorized. This will help some of the
girls over the toughest part Of the in
The Press., 1908-02-05

Marcia's eyes opened wide She rais. ed herself on one arm and stared at him.
 "Why, you're not Mike at all! I must be dreaming. You're"-
 "Lochinvar. dear," he answered. smiliSg upon her lovingly and taking her gently into his arms
 And then, while her head rested on his shoulder, the unknown knight ex- plained to his lady of the saddle how he came to be Mike and Lochinvar and Kendall Lee. Esq, architect by pro fession, all rolled into one It was partly her fault of course, for she had dismissed him heartlessly from her service, and he had had to get back into it by hook or by crook.
 ''It's used up pretty nearly all my fall vacation, this groom of my lady's stable business" he concluded humor- Ously. "Still I haven't neglected my profession entirely, for I've spent all my leisure moments, dearest, planning a dream of little house for two"
 He paused and waited for Marcia to speak, but never a word said Marcia Sno OI0n'C even raise ner eyes 10 LOOK at him. but then she did not lift her head from his shoulder, either.
 So Kendall kissed her.
 At that Marcia sat bolt upright.
 '"Tell me, sweetheart" he urged, holding her so close that she couldn't escape if she would, 'you do forgive me, don't you, and YOU do love me and you wi'I 'H my homie bride?"
 " hat a lot of questions to be an- swe"ad at once!" exclaimed Marcia. willfu!ly lodging them all
 But it takes only one little word to answer them all" urged Kendall. and before he could kiss her again Marcia had spoken it.
 A plaintive whinny from Pegasus broke the silence at length. and the lovers came back to earth with start.
 (Which role do you think you'll like playing better. Mike." asked Marcia mischievously, groom or bridegroom"
 And down Tanglewood road they gal loped. laughing merrily
The Press., 1908-02-05
Came Near l%.

Wit and humOr are such elemental. fundamental things that it has al- ways been found difficult to analyze them. Upon some points, however, those who have essayed this puzzling task agree, for they all hold that wit Is an intellectual. humor an emotional. quality; that wit is perception of re- senhlance and humor a perception of contrast, of discrepancy, of incongru ity. The incongruity is that which arises between the ideal and the fact, between theory and practice, between promise and performance, and perhaps it might be added that 1t is always or almost always a moral incongruity. In the case both of wit and humor there is also a pleasurable surprise, gentle shock which accompanies our percep- ton of the hitherto unsuspected re- semblance or incongruity. A New England farmer was once describing In the presence of a very humane per son the great age and debility of a horse that he formerly owned and used. You ought to have killed him. y interrupted the humane person indig nantly. Well" drawled the farmer, i've did-almost "-Atlantic.
The Press., 1908-02-05
He Got the Girl.

''Mrs. Trelawney," said Francis Wall Ingford, "there is something that have for long time wished to say to you
 The president of the Society For the Sque1ching of Husbands looked over her glasses and drowned. She evident ly knew what was coming, but after a moments silence she said fin her most impressive platform tones:
 "Well, go on. What is it2'
 T-I love your daughter, Miss Gladys. have reason to believe that she returns my passion, and want to ask you to give her into my keeping"
 Mrs. Trelawney's features hardened, and there was a cold, metallic ring in her voice as she answered.
 "What recommendations have you to offer for yourself? How can you con vince me that you will always love her-that you will always think her beautiful?"
 "She looks like her mother" said Francis Wallingford. '"That is enough to convince me that her beauty will not diminish as her years increase. Of course know that this can hardly be regarded as final test. You have not yet reached the age at which women begin to lose their"-
 They were interrupted then, but hs get the girl.-Cleveland Leader.
The Press., 1908-02-05
hia Turn ta crltieiaa.

Little John, who at the mature age of four has learned the Lords Prayer, Is often criticised by his sister. two years older, for slight mistakes which he cannot always avoid in offering the petition A few Sundays ago he was taken to church for the first time. When the moment for the prayer ar rived and the congregation bowed their heads Johns mother took the pre- caution to whisper to him that he must be very quiet. Listen" she said, "and you will hear the minister pray" This interested John at once, and his little face took on a look of serious attention, but his mother, watching him covertly, saw his expres- sion change presently to one of sur prise and disapprOval. A few minutes more, and he could stand 1t no longer. What could this man be saying? Not a word of the prayer did he recognize as the only formula he had ever heard called by that name.
 "Why, mother," he exclaimed in tone audible over nearly half the church, "do you hear2 He isn't saying 1t right at allw-Eew York Times.
The Press., 1908-02-05
A s.ren4ola Statesmen.

In h.s ''E 'llpsc and O'Nally" Th,o dore Andrea Cook tells Il story of the English statesman and sport Fox. He had wagered something about waist. coat which could only be obtained in Paris; went off to Dover by night
 caught the mail packet, posted to Par. is and back to Calais, and remembered he had horse racing at Newmarket. He chartered q fishing boat bound for the eastern counties, just got to New. market in time for the race, took the post back to London and stopped on the way to dine. Tn the middle of the port and dice after dinner he was caught by special messenger who had been tearing overhaul of England in search of him and reminded that he had to move to bring in marriage bill in the house of commons. He rushed 10 the stables, reached the house In time to make brilliant speech in re- ply to North and Burke and defeated North on division by single vote.
The Press., 1908-02-05
instincts of a Woman,

A little girl who had for some time wanted dog was taken very i'll. One day when much better she told her mother of her desire and begged her to ask her grandpa to buy her one. The mother answered that grandpa did not like dogs and probably would not be willing to buy one. Then. see ing the little invalid look sadly disap- pointed she said 'WeR. wait till you get we'll, my dear then we will See''
 "Oh, no" answered the child, whose few years had taught her some wis., dom. .'The more sick I am the more likely lie will be to buy 1t for mel Exchange.
The Press., 1908-02-05
The Peasant Water Doctor.

At Volbeck. a little place near Nun ster. Germany one of the notable fig ures has been for several years the water doctor, q peasant named Josef Garthaus. His practice is so great, says Frankfurt paper. that he will see patients on three days in the week only. The doctor was recently sum- moned before the tax officers. to whom he had never made a statement as to his income. Even before that body he would make no statement and paid the tax on the authorities estimate of 14,OQO marks income a year. And this man." says the report. practices at the very gates of Munster. where there are sixty physicians in good standing and where a medical faculty is being organized. The surprise be- comes greater when 1t is known that the doctor never charges more than 30 pfennigs for consultation. How many thousands of people must seek his help? At the low estimate of the tax board Garthaus must be consulted by 28,OOO a year."
The Press., 1908-02-05
The Meansst Man.

About the meanest man I ever knew," said an old time Clevelander. was a man out at the edge of town that used to pick cherries for when l was a kid. He objected to the boys eating any of the cherries, and he used to crawl around under the trees after we got through and gather up all the seeds he could find that we had dropped while up in the trees. Then he would charge us up with that many cherries :" Cleveland Plain Dealer.