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HOW INDIANS GIVE THANKS.
n range isu iimen Kariaa-
TH.l>K>Mn\(i CI’STUUI.
>u Iroqaol* Pagan l , r*.wr-Tk*k
tru llplnrn.il far All Growing
Thing*—Ko Ik* Power* at Malwt.
(•r the Llrmpnu and for Ihp Kith
la the llrPMu. th# Raali In Ik.
For. Pt., anal the Mirdo In the Air.
i rrcaioii) at the Urn Cant
IBpr.—Th. UirotPl Iteor. at the
Virgin*—Golnlnr the Good Will at
Ike I'ltk toy Marriage With the
llaor Trlhe.
(Copyright 1800 by H. M, Converse).
Thank aglving la generally regarded at
a peoul laxly Amerran feniivul. The
great nation that dominates the oontl
r.ant of North America holds thle f*at
day as beinir of Ita own Invention. But
canturlea before tin; Pilgrim Fathers
touched land at Plymouth Rock there
were thanksgwing feoots and eeremonlea
la the land, celebrated by the drat Ameri
cana. the once (rear rad race that kt
now dying out so rapidly; and to- day
~ .y ,;
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Indian Pagan Prea her In Feast L'ress.
the rtlee are rwliglou*ly observed by tho
s wvlvor*. Just aa they were before the
!>*l* faces came and when Ah* tomahawk
and th* swtft arrow ruled Ihe land.
Wherever tribal cuetome hold and th*
old pagan relation ettra in Ih* blond,
there ihe feneta or* given In praise of
the Great Spirit who made and controls
the land and water and all things that
live.
The red min hail no need of creed
nor hook lo recite continual thanks to
the Great Bplrtl. Th* strong winds and
gentle breeze* hymned hi* ritual. Th*
iakee, rivers and brooks Intoned his
chants The atin. moon and Mar* were
the lights of hi* altar nnd th* whole
of nature hi* ps.ilm of pralee and thankg
gtvlnf Th* one Et- rnol Spirit ruled his
heaven and his earth. H*-no. th* Thun
derer. gathered the clouds In hi* hand*
and sifted down Ihe vivifying rain*. Ga
oh, Ih* West Wind controlled the tem
pests. Jo*-k*-k.a ruled Ih* season* and
wakened the day, and Ag-re-xkoon In
spired the warrior to victory a* h* sent
'
•: jfgf
Cooking Ih* Thatikrglvlng feast.
M* great war-cry from the mountain
beak lo Ihr valley.
•• • Mbee lid the r llgou rite reg.-i
* hither ue*i of development tli.ll* e*
mong the Kira* leetcratton of tli* Vi va
Nations. The life of the lio<)iioli Indian
w ** • Onnllnual ihankrgivli c There Were
•nnuil feds'e whereby all nature was
* "e ahl praised. tleglnnlng with the
N " w Year Jubilee In February. the'9
f-aete followed In success on, ev h le
'urroctlon of nature I April (he flow of
the sap was r Irbrated In the Mi pie
•■east and the Thunderer w no ha l aofien
fd the winter s chain of Ice nn.l ret the
t ‘"*el waiet - flowing sia ilarlfll In
' 4 il Y the Feinting rrllvsl aiinounctd th
coming of the crop*. Th*n Ihe fields were
r< : secreted to Ihe guardian spirits Of ths
t'ln. Tor this dedication youn* vtrg ns—
I native Lady Godlvas—were sent lo Ihe
fUlds at mldnlgnt unclad, and with their
r * hair hanging loose, to soatter Ihs
• 4t, t seed ami Invoke prollflc haivaits.
Thera were no "peeping Toma." the ted
mm held Inviolate the purity of his wo
ta,n. and death would have followed tha
feoutepe of the Intruder upon the eanot
•Ry of thle rtta whereby the vtrgme were
cor.aecrated to thr harveau.
Itelarntua Thanha far the Good
Thluaa ( the Barth.
In June came the Ftrrt Fruit or Straw
berry Feaat, the very gala of thankagtv-
In* Tha Great, Spirt* had "shown” them
hla g.ftx. the luaclous fruit had blushed
U the aun, an the festivities of dance
and sung mast celebrate Ita vine and bloe
aotn This berry feaat Included the whor
tleberry and raspberry', and certsm wild
herb berrtea which contained remedial
pro|ertiM and were defense agauul dla
•***' and other vague evda Homage was
rendered to every growth of tha vine
Under, or above, the ground; grape*,
aqueah. twan*. potato#* and all sustain
ing foods tha: "climb up lo the atin for
the red man." were enumerated and ac
knowledged m this everlasting iltuul of
thanks. The "Green Corn'* thanksgiving,
usually in August, was the "Big Tnanka "
The women named tha feaat day and
gathered a few of the tlrat sara that
ripened that the Tiinnkxglv’.ng Are should
flrot receive this gift of tha tlraat Spirit,
and as the smoke of nhc aavery grain
asccttded, the ancient chant of consecra
tion was Intoned by the medicine men and
wm<*T\ to the ucoanxpanjn*uU of the drum
and turtle-shell fettle* Following Ihla
chant the Hr., Vaa exttngulehed and a
new ono kindled over which, eiepended
from oak slick-, lurg* Iron k*ti!*w were
swung Within lh kettle* Ihe corn soup
bubldcd and sputtered, forming h dull *e
<v>mpa:Umetrt to th* weird simgs of the
dancers, who sir* nrroaAhsd with rwtate
Of she silken taa-ele of corn, wkh vetx-oijr
pods of beals* and the gold trumpet bloe
soma of the eqtmsh rm!dome whlnh sym
bolized the gift* of tho Great Earth
Moiher arrayed tn all her glories.
A* the neighbor* of th# prlmlttv* rod
nvui Ilto animal* of the foreat and the
htnlrt of tlie air were Included In th*
r.itutl of irxlse. From the Wolf, Bear,
Beaver. Deer Turtle, Heron. Hawk.
Bnjp ami Engle ihe heraldry of the
Iroquol* was devised which <lelcrmlneil
the clan amt family evalem of tribal di
vision In tho enduring bond of Ih* Iro
quol*
To every creature whereby goo-1 cam*
to him tho early Iroquois mado hi* ac
knowledgment. lie mult thank the hoc
and heever for teaching him cone'ruc
tion. The fish, which could 1-ve tn water
which waa death to man, must he thank
ed for some mysteriously suprsm* power
of life denied lo humankind The bird
hud no ins of loomo’lon which was
unknown to man. Kven the unetrtng
arrow would refuse in follow the swift
bird If the tlreut Mplrlt wie unwilling It
should die. therefore the bird must he
thanked for its tMiperior flight, which, 10
Ihe red man. IndlcaKd the protecilon of
thw supreme spirits govern.ng the air as
well as the earth.
•lorrying the Fish.
There was a thanksgiving ceremony In
the olden lime by which an Indian Malden
v.as married to the fish and by this cere,
moltUl she musi remain forever the wife
of the gum— 9sh that they should be
loyal to her and produce large numbers
of their kind for her people, firesit birds,
es the eagle ami hawk, were specially
praised as having the wtnga of tha clouds
t.r.d being able to fly to the loftiest moun
tain top and talk tf> the sun The elements
were rJllgimtsly sacred to the Iropuoa.
The Arc shielded (hem from winter's cold,
cooked their gome, lighted the council
flume, and "talked with" their tobacco.
■ The water protected their flsh; the air
held the sun, moon and a’.aijt; tha earth
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1900.
was their Great Mother, and these ele
ment* mint be named with eupreme rev
erence
At each thanksslvlng dan.-* the her
aldic totem must be thanked for "build
tig' the family clan The wolves of thr
Wolf totem moat thank the wolf and thus
also each totem of bird or besot The
medicine man muit acknota lodge the old
of the roots and harbs and thank each
opts of them as his upholders " The hun
ter must thank the game an I fish. The
warrior must pralss war and victory in
fan the lr<v|urls, like all ihe American
redmen, believed h.msrlf a part and In
tegral imrllon of all nature. In the re
turn of the epi'.ng-ttme he found a tit
example of hla own immortality. The
resurrection from apparent death decided
his after-life where everything In Na
lure was materialised, and In the <wn
llnuoue product.on and reproduction of
nature he Included himself
In the various thanksgiving festival,
of the Iruquols the ceremonies are near
ly the eome, ul< hough they are dances of
many kinds which ate especially adapted
to the set era! cerenmnle* Bird*. beast.
Ash. and all sort* of game; woman, men,
children, totems, fruits, vegriablea. roots,
herbs. each has its dunes, which must be
celebrated These tlaneea. In the old times
held In the open fores: are now solemnis
ed In the Council hout-e of each reserta
lion, which Is th legislative ball a. well
as the religious gathering place of th
modern Iroquois Indian*.
Ancient Hites Still Observed.
The four thouand live hundred In
diana In the Slue of New York all who
are left of the once color.a 1 confedera
tlon of the Fivu Nations—mohawks. 8 ne
pos. Cayuga., Onrideo. and Onon
dagas—4tve on alx reservations. ach
of which contain. Its CouncW-hou*-. a
wooilen hutidii g about fifty by eight feel.
Here the odd-fashioned. or "pagan." In
diana eorvvone for their legwladve work
and religious coremomee. To the truly re
ligious Iroquois who honors the religion
of has ancestor*, theaa annual festivals
mean a renewal of the prole-Gon of
the Orest Spirit as well aw a duty for
careful fuUfil'.meat To oroet one cere
mony would be not only Irreverence, but
"had luck" To Ihe whites and even to
the Chrtsilartlael lndxin th rituals ar
unknown They have been handed down
from generation to geneixvt bui by word
of mouth, httd are preserved Inviolably
secret from the alien To. the mind of
Ihe red man praise should be denoted
by a dan-e Ithag- danoea so misunder
stood by the pala face) which Is the
accentuation of the red man's religion
ahd the expresson of the duty lo which
the rule piurwn still holds In Spite of Ihe
■■■*—- —*
• a'L*s - - - ■ -- - --*■ -- -
Tiwuiksglvlng Chanter Singing with the rattle.
lotrualoiu of the whit* man* rellglona.
Th* Green Corn feetlviil may be ■)#-
nonwnated th- most r>roculn#nl t banks
giving feaat of the Ire-quota Th# month
when the la*t trulls were ripening and
th* green corn ai m th ear aearocd
to Ih* ancient Iroquois the "time" of
the Groat Sprit who was yet holding
th* harveata in h: hamts. "l'o-day th
"summons" to thl f*-aat la at*nt wrokt
In advance and so arranged that each
on* of th* reservation f.,lval* will nol
!m*rr*r* with lt neighbor nation. thus
fulfilling the universal law of Ih# re-1
man's ho-p, aItI \ —' - uch must h* I* Ih*
oiher." By thla th* Onondaga- w II “hold
lha Corn" few day* prior to the B> ne
.tßji. and io on, thn t< h n.tiion in turn
may vlaK Ita nearest neighbor. thus
consummating Ilia rel irloua rule lhal a*l
mut harmoiiiae In in- uni*-n of thank*
and praise. Tb* tlrst rite of the Green
Corn feast, which continues Hir e day*.
I* to wrap one ear of oorn in ’.he a< re.l
tobacco and throw It on the fire a* an
Incenae offering, which dtdlcilt* the
festival to the Orest Spirit. In this Initial
ceremony medtc.n* tn<n an 1 m-sll'ln*
women. also very young men and wom
en. are selected to atrip and hull the
,*>rn for the fea* -soup which mult be >et
holllntr the first day nnd boll continu
ally until the third and final day. when
beef and beana are added to It nnd It la
dMtrlhutrd among the dancer*. guest*,
member* of the medicine eoelety and
every "head of the family” fe.dent on
the reservation wherein the festival may
be held.
Although the dancing Is continued at
intervals during the three days, the flrst
day's rsremony ts the mo-1 religion, if
all the Ore*n Corn dance. During this
dance the enllre ritual of t pr.iises of
Ilia Iroquois Is recited, the hand of select
ed dancer* morclitng around the room tn
single (lie a the pr<acher Intones lii*
thanksgivings. Enumera'e.l iin--ng the
various thank* ore the following (nearly
literal):
An Irnqnul* Prayer of Thaiiloalt lua.
"We inank the Qreai Bplrlt that we
are here to praise him We thank Him
that he ho* created man and womn. and
ordered that th#*e being* ahall alwaya
be living lo mulilply the earth We thenk
Him for giving too our Great Mother, the
Earth. her big heart and big boaom that
holds the mountains, lake* anJ rivers We
thank Him for all the water a that run In
the woods oral valleys and deep Nile*
(ecash We (hank Him for ail the animal*
We thank Him for III*" forest and sweet
waiar tree (Mapl*) and lor br.mche* of
the trees that h Id the great shadows for
our eomfort. We thonk Him for the De-
Inga in the air hat carry the thunder and
lha rain* We thank Him for our oldest
brother, the sun. who work* for ua .all
the Urn* We Ihank Him for our kind re
lation* who gives u* Ugh' In the dark
lies*. the moon and aiar*. We thank Hl*n
for remembering lo send i* game that
we cannot t* hungry We thank Him for
giving iwlftneaa too our feat whan we
pursue an enemy. We thank Him lor
tilling us how to d*s bravely "
Thus iheaa thanks go on until all bene
fits lo man or beast or birds have been
recited and danced (or In the final daJ.ce
all participate. Including tha sxtrsmely
aged who fold thslr blankets around them
with the dignity of their ancestors, the
lounger dancers being decorated with
ft others and the gala alltro copied from
tha colors of the rainbow and Ihe tod
dling Infants, a* stolen I and earnest as the
bent centenarians The dance music la
Ihe drum, and the turtle #h*ll raitle which
a''company Ihe voices of the trained
shiger*. who. s they sing, elt astride a
wooden bench placed In the center of
ihe circle of dancers.
There Is always one pagan preacher
who Inherited th "dance and thank tn k
and expounds the fallh, enumerating wtlh
solemn Intonations each praise If snv
■•ns person -leeirv* lo offer spiel si thanks
the preacher anttouhe it to the people
and dancers an 1 by thrtr consent he or
rhe is premitted to "lift the voice" for
nan. blessing of the chrse, war. health
or home It Is the duty of every person,
no matter how aged or feeble to dance
ones around the circle and offer Ihe Oreal
Bpirll Iris own voles of thanks
.4 Hcntnant of the 01.1 Itellglon.
The Great Confederacy of the Iroquois
Is ilevolved and of Ihe people of Ihe live
nation* there are left but *a few who
cant noe to celebrate the religion of llrelr
fnrerwthers. Thiee adherents lo the okl
custom, are limited to about one-third
of the Indians now resident on the New
York fitutc reserve! n*. The silk, or
slouch, or derby Iw has substituted the
aid lime fsiatheied hsod-dres*, patent
leathers have taken the place of Ihe
moccasins, tha buckskin strict I* forgot
ten. hideous high heeled shoes and store
bonnets replace the picturesque costume
of the women, the forest* are departed
and m tttetr place broad tie Me hold tits
gra n* where th# Iroquois once built the
war and council fir", church splrea tower
above the trees, the board house stands
on the land once claimed by Ihe tepee
and the mighty days of tho Iroquois are
no mors.
In spot# of the dissolution of the tribal
relationship. In aplie of the advancement
and oonecijoant progression of tducatinn
tml trade-school naming there are yet
those who remember lo chant the Thank--
g Vln* Ritual of their forefathers; Ihe
original and real Ametlcan Thanks
g.vUtg—the Thanksgiving of Ihe Ameri
can Indian.
Has Gone to Meep for the U later.
On* of th* prettiest. gentlear and most
Interesting of Ihe little wild folk* Is Ihe
common flying squirrel. HI- r -nnd. black
eye* are large nisi prominent and hi*
tall Is Itut and faathetdlko. Hut the mean
remarkable fa i .hunt him is that he
h* two delicate fur-covered membranes
which estei.,l One from each of the wrlals
of the forelegs to the wrist* of the cor
responding hind Ira*. The n membrane*,
when not In use, are folded clnec against
the sides, and do net Interfere with the
movements of the squirrel when he Is
cllmldng. If* run* up a tree to the top
or neur 11. and Jump* in the direction
of another tree, perhaps fifty feet away.
As he jump* he stretcher out hi* leg*
sideways as far aa he can. thua unfold
ing the membranes, on which he I* then
uhle to sa.l through the air as with a
parachute.
The movement from one tree to an
other is always downward, and the fur-
Iher away the trunk to which he Is
sailing, the nearer the ground he will
be when he reaches It.
Flying squirrels go to sleep all win
ter in newts of leaves or soft bark, which
they make In the autumn Sometimes
the neat ta built tn the branches of a
IV* tree, but more often In a hole In a
de ayed stump or branch. The hole dug
out by a downy woodpecker I* frequently
chosen by flying squirrels, and In such a
place an Ibis the young ones are born In
the early spring
They are born blind, and entirely
raked. The fir - * lair to appear Is the
whiskers, hut the s ft fur of the body
soon follows.
Although their eyes *r not open for
a month, thoy can cJirng to a branch
when but * few days old. After they
get the'r sight, they beorn* playful
and frl-ky, nr. 1 they may s-hi he aeen
chasing on* another about the tree near
the n<-*t. Tty stav with the mother for
several month*, and in the autumn mike
nest* for themosdvea, and go to sleep
for the winter.
Harold Bayne*.
SI (OP. Hill Ptlte AI HIT.
A Kentucky I.anger llnmillnletl by
n Sian IV bn Had u tirlevanre
Analnst Him.
Ftom the New Tork flun
Owenaboro, Ky . Nov. E) Shelby Tay
lor, a well known lawyer of Hartford
had an experience to-day with an Otvem
torn man which he will not soon forget
Justin Jackeor of lhl city, a traveling
photographer, held o revolver lo Tuylor •
head and compelled Mm to p*e in the
altogether, while he took three negatives
of the portly attorney. The trouble came
from a deal In which Jackson got the
worst of It. loam* hi# farm. For thl* he
held Taylor responsible. In eettlement of
a divorce ca->- j i ’kcen placed a mnr,..
fage on hi* form to paiy the feet of
ay lor. Recently a man named Tkt* pur -
chaaed the property and there I* a bal
ance due Jackson. To-day b* Indu ed
Taylor to accompany him in a buggy, os
tensibly lo collect ih* money.
J* kson ilrovs to the luune of hla hath
er If* .aw that Taylor had robbed him
He then compelled the law yer to go to an
onthou-e and disrobe ami pea* nude be
fore his • amer* white he took three nega
tive* Jackson then allowed Toyior to
don hi* appirel. but compelled him to
pr.ics.id to the house and tell ths womsn
Ihat he lied deeded Ihe farm back lo
Jack*i*i ! -a’er Jackson conWwded to gw
to Tates place and get the balance due
him He was accompanied by Taylor un
der prole. On Ih* way tha attorney
succeeded In escaping fmm hi* caplet,
being rescued by hi* brother, Mote Tay
lor. whose house they had to pass.
RBMII)KR OF Ht-Kl.n OATS.
How the llrlttai. Government Saved
IVr. Ilrnftnn of soati. 1 arolina.
Columbia. *. C.. Nov. 28 —Ths most
thrilling Incident of Kn-Klux times In
South t’arolgi i was recalled at Yorkvlll*
last week during the trial of the Bratton
brothers, John and Paul, for murder.
Great grandson* of Col Wiilltim Bratton
a dashing and itteltngulshed clficer In the
Revolutionary war. whoso family sine*
that time has stood high in cultured sis
claty and always possessed wealth, they
never were expected lo bo Inmate* of a
Jail. Yel. It was rctiUad that their fath
er had o>o* ben confined in Ih* tame old
Jail In Yorkvnie. prohaMy in tho asm*
call, where his peril was greater than
theirs, although they were charged with
imn.lu and Ihe charge against film
ons that la now known no mtge to the
laws- being a leader of Ku-lilttg And no
wa* released from that jail neither by tho
i.w-. a mob nor uccldent, the bars were
ilrnwn atel Ihe boor* tvtme o|aat w nett tha
Hritlsh non growled it nu only a gen
tle gmnl but displeasure was evident,
•I"* *n Ix7l tht* government was not dis
posed lo quarrel W'th lingland. especially
as the fac e were against It
The country had been stirred up by tha
operations of Hie Ku-Klux All tho act*
laid lo th* door of this organisation Its
no-mbsra were not responsible for. In
fact, moel of -thn more serious offenses
were commllleed b> parties who assumed
th* methods of tlv Ku-Klux In order to
oommit crlme woh Impunity The Ku-
Klux as originally organised was com-
I*oe#d of serious men. sate of the best In
the mate, who it * vies J Unit method of
striking terror to superstitious negroes.
Th* iiegTOfs had protection and mu.-h lib
iriy tin-ler th* law and secure of protec
tion and cni'Ouaircd by leaders, they be
oam< Intolerable to th* white* In Middle
iuel I'pper I'amhna. Th# Ku-Klux were
'wgwnlted to strike the ntqthi on hla su
perstitious side and. If he was not amen
shlc lo that treatment, then In a mure
vttul point. Numbers of the leaders were
pul out of the way" when thev were
heedlres to warnings; other* left the
country, while y* other* resigned their
leadership The Ku-Klux sign was a
skull and erons-bonee, and when Ibis was
found immted on door or curved on In-a
shout a house. It Indicated that affair*
within were In -criieie condition and
needed prompt change. The bends rode
over Hi* country et night wrappol in
while Never n word wag spoßen but
occasion*ly a skull with a candls burning
within was exhlblleit.
It Is tluguler tlmt these parti** were
never embualied by netr-cs end the retd
hv snlbleis were never sticeessful. The
members of the "Klara" kept remarkably
well posted about movements of the
United Sta'is aold'er*. and alwava got
nut of their way.
It Is avid that while mere wi-re many
who War* not b’rw Masons In the Ku-
Kltix organisation, that all the Masons
In th* localities where there were "Klana"
lit longed to them, end 1 hie was one rea
*pn why the eaih of secret y was so well
kepi, and there were no betrayal*
l>r J Rufus Hrattnn of Yorkvlllo, a
Ic.lrey-lhlrtl ilegn-e Mamn. was generally
believed In political circles to tie th chief
of the Ku-Klua In that section of tluy
state, "her there whs tha greatest ac
tivity by Ihe "Klana”
Although MaJ Merrell, with a battalion
of soldier* was station- I at Yo-kville.
raids by t “whit* I dels" with Hie
frightening skull and bones pain'id oo
Ihclr giirment*. were frequent. All the
evidence obtainable was secured against
lir. It ration, and It was decided to make
an example id ona so high In Ihs order
I’ullll al les bta evirywhsr* were de
mandlng aetlon, and M*J Merrell went to
work with da term innt loti. ll* held his Ba
rrel closely, but It must have com* Into
the iiossees'on of a bsatlwr Maeon close
to the commander—perbap* nn officer.
However this wns, the doceor wna atim
rnoned to Ills do.r In Ihe dead of night
by a stronger, lie was given a tlgn that
all In ihe gr-al onbu knew, and told In
fly
These were day* of peril for such men,
their liberty and llvss were never aecure
from night till morning, and they Wore
prepared. A saddled horse was walling
In the stable, a wallet of money reserved
for such emergencies was In the house
Il required but a few inlmues for the
doetpr to dress, kiss his wife and chil
dren good-hye. and throw himself Into
Ihe sukl.e He had hardly reached Ihe
outskirts of th* town before a company
of soldier* surrounded hla mldetics A
r.ng search followed before the officers
acknowledged themselves beaten, and
then pursuit wee made, but wbhnuf ail*-
cess In due llm* Hr. Rrallon made his
way to ins ratyuli border, crossed to safe
ty and set tied in Montreal Then he sent
for hi* family. In the ranyjlan city he
established hlmeelf and began Ihe prac
tice of moll Ine, meeting with great atic
ceaa.
Dr Rratton felt secure from further
molcsinllon knowing Hint the offenssa
charged ntalnst him were of a political
nature nol covered In extradition trea -
les Rut h* misjudged the <ea! of the
United fiiates officers, who had tracked
h.m to Canada, and now watched hla ev
ery movement. After he had been hi
Montreal for six or seven month*. th nffi-
C*r* received authority to attempt a bold
move, and they executed It promptly and
cuccessfiilly. A man In a carriage ailed
I ms evening at Dr. Bretion * residence
Trier* were two men on Ihe bo*. The
•srvlce# of the American surgeon were
required immediately In another pari of
j the illy; It wna a case of life and death,
ami there was no lime to drive In hla
>wn earring* The unsueie-cllng ikiniir
rat Into their carriage and was Ipken off
it a gallop, ffh'ti he reached the eub
! ufh* he was mad* a-ipitinted with thj
font that he wae prisoner In (he hands
of American officers A few hour* later,
haring been qu.erly ferried mrs Ihe
river In a email beat, he was again wllh
n ’he jurisdiction .if Ih* r hurts he had
fled from
Df Bratton was taken back to Tork
villa and confined In the Jell while Ihe
rout, to try him we* summoned. Hut hl
rrlitl wo* never began Ae soon • th*
fa I* of the kidnapping were mule known
*o sorr.c of bti Influential friends, they
were laid before the Canadian and Rriilsh
governments Tim* s is pre lous to Brat
ton and hi* sympathizer*, but there was
no debiv Th* demand from lkUulon nma
promptly Dr flratton must be released
Immediately end escorted safely through
the United fitaies and ha- k to hie home
lr Canada Compliance with thee, de
mand* was quickly riven, and the kid
napped Ku-Klur thief we- bark In Brit
ish territory before the general public wrs
aware of the proc***Hi *.
Dr. Bratton rem lined In exile for seven
vearn In W, during the term of TV d*
Hampton as Governor, he returned to lhl
slate, resuming the pru-Ur-e of m*dl-in,
at Yorkvllle untl wsa no! mol*t*l
John B. Bratton, a brothwr of the doc
tor, and a man of large me ins, was fort-1)
to fIA from the state soon after the de
parture of hi* brother He went a bran |
and remained two years when h* was
notified th.i the •uthorltlas laid tailed In
all th* Ku-Klux trials to conned him with
the organisation. He then returned to
hla bom* and wan not disturbed, ,
The Changeling Child.
The Scientific Explanation of
the Change Formerly At
tributed to the Fairie*
In fbtk lor* stonos there it (roqusnt
mention of rhn|t*liug* children who
were changed by fairy tathirnce Some
loving wife anti proud husband found
their child weak of body, gad sonic
ttines weak of mind It grew up to
bo fretful, sullen and perhaps spiteful
It seemed impossible that lore could
hnng such a child into th* world
So the child was called a fairy change
ling, a child substituted by the falne*
for on* wlwitn in their envy for ita lovli
noaa they had carried away.
We hear no more of fairy atorie*
Stein science says that heahby anti
lovely children must have healthy par
entx, and that when tb* mother tn her
•lavs of waiting and anticipation is
nervous, anxious, sleepless and gener
al! v miserable, her child will be weak
ami fretful.
How reasonable this la. The child
can have no strength which the mother
does not give it, and how can the weak
mother, who has not enough strength
for herself have anything to spare for
her babe >
THR FAIRY GOB-MOTHBR
i* a very pretty invention. But the real
fairy god-mother i* the natural mother
of the child. It is she who must endow
her fluid with health from which
sprint;* all other endowments desirable
for humanity.
Thr way to have healthy children i*
to be healthy. Rut how to be healthy
is the vexing question for woman. Is
the mother to hlamc becauar she it nerv
ous. becauoe her appetite fails and her
atrength wanes, because she it sleepless
and despondent f One cannot Idamc the
woman whose only failing is that ah* doe*
not know how to change her condition.
Vet a woman’* health i* practically in
her own control If she is weak *he t*n
t made strong. If she is sick she can
he mode well. Tile experience of other
women show* that the roar of mother
hood ran lie atripfied of ita thorn* by the
use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Ifeecriptlon.
"When I wrote to you in March, ask
ing advice as to what to do for mvaelf,”
any* Mrs. RUa Reynolds, of Muffle,
McLean Cos., Ky. "I wax expecting the
tiaby's coming in June, and waa sick all
of the time Hail twen ilck for several
months. Could not get anything to stay
on my stomach, not even water. Had
niu>ha|M twice in six months, and threat
ening all the time now. Had female
weak nets for several years. My bins,
tmek ami lower bowel* hurt tne ail the
time. Hod numbness from my hips
M lit IA TWAIN at'F.AKt UP.
Says a Peer Thlna* on Hie Dlxep
peaeanee of l.lteratare.
From the New York Bun.
Mark Twain wee a guexl of the Nine
teenth Uenlury Club at Itx fire! m eil ig
of th* eeoaon at Sherry'* la*> event; g.
ll* talked to the member* and their other
guest' on "Th# Disappearance of I.lbri
ture" Dr. Elgin It I*. Guild preeMid.
Dr. Gould sold In Introducing Mr. Clem
en* that when lie wae In Germany he
had 10 do a lot of apologizing for an
American literary man who w* taking
what the Germanx thought w*i* unlua
ilbartles with their language Mr Clem
en* Marled In hr saying;
"It waen'l necessary for your ebelritwin
10 apologia* for me In Germany It wasn't
necesiary at all. Instead of that he
ought to have tm; reared upon thoee poor
benighted Teuton* the service tenders'!
them lUiuglfer 1 Their Isoguaa* h>d
needed untangling for a good many vea a
Nobody else seem'd In want to take th*
Job. end eo I took It (laughter), and I
flatter myself that I made a pretty eo A
Joh of It. The Germans have an Inhu
man way of culling up thalr verbs Now,
a verb has a hard lime enough of It in
thle world when If'e all together (Laugh
ter.) lr* downright Inhuman in * ( lit it
up Bui lhal'a Jug! what tho-e Germans
do They lake port of a verb and put
11 down here, like a slake and they lake
the olher part of It and put II woy
over yonder Ilk* enrfiber stake, and lie.
tween these two llnglt <* they Juet shovel
In German I maintain that there Is no
tv eealty tor apol aisli.g for a man Woo
help'd In a artsall wiy to atop suoh mu
tilation
"We h*ve heard a dl<cus*lon to-night
on Ih# disappearance of literature That’s
no n>w thing (LouglMdr.) Thar# what
certain hind# of literature have been do
log for several years The fact I*, my
rrientle, Ih*t the fashion in IHerature
change*, ami Ih# llteraty taliors have to
Change their cut* or go out of hualnee*
Prof. Winchester, here, if I remember
fairly correctly what he Wald, remark'd
that few, if any. of Ihe novels produced
Inulay would live aa long aa th* novel*
of Walter Bcotl. That may he hi* notion
Maybe he I* right, but eo far s I am
concerned 1 don't rare If they don't
(Daughter )
Trof. Winchester also said something
itanit that* Ming no modern epic* |ik*
Paradise Doal.' I guSes he's rigtff He
talked a* If he wax pretty familiar with
l hat pice* of llierary work, and nobody
would suppose that he never had read It.
IDa tighter.) I den t believe any of you
hove ever road Paradise Dost.' and you
don't want to. Theta something that yo i
Just want to take on trust. Il'a a classic.
Just ax Prof Winchester aaya. ami It
meet* hi* definition of a elaesli—eome
llilng that everybody want* to have and
nobody want* te read
"Prof Trent n s* had a good dcil lo **y
about the il axppaaranre of lllera'ure He
said that Beat! would outlive all his crit
ic*. 1 gu** that's true The fa* of Ihe
huelnexe la. you've got to be one of two
a gee to appreeiat* Beott. When you re If
you ean read 'lvanho*' and you want to
wait until you are M to read some of Ilia
rest. It takes a nntly well-regulated, ab
stemious critic in live ninety year*
"But as much a* these two gentlemen
havo talked about Ihe dlsiionearanre of
literature, they didn't eav anything about
my books. Maybe they think they'ye dls,-
.own Had several hard cramping
spells, and wax not aide to do any work
at all I received your answer in a few
day*, telling me to take I)r. F'ierce'#
Favorite Pre am pt loti I took three
bottles, and before I had taken It a week
I woe better, and before I hod Oaken ft •
iauth 1 waa able to help do my work.
On the >7th of Uay aiy tasby came, sod
I was only tick three hours, and hod an
easy time The doctor Mid I got along
nicely.
- We praise Dr. Plecoe'e medicine for
it has cured me lam better now than
1 have lieen for thirteen years I hope
all how are afflicted will do as I have
done and be cured."
Dr. Tierce 1 # Favorite Freecrfption 1* a
perfect medicine for women. It eatab
ilatex regularity, dries the drain* which
weaken women, heals Inflammation amt
cures female wraknosx. It la the beet
preparative for maternity, strengthening
the nerves, encouraging the appetite nan
inducing refreshing sleep It give* the
mother xtrmgth to give her child and
moke the baby's advent practically pain
less
THK TUT OF WOMAN * fIKAMB
i* strength. A well
woman will be a strong
woman She will not be
jnst dragging around *
with iliroliUng hood,
aching liack and constant
wnarineas No woman
can be strong who is
troubled by disease of the
delicate female organinn
The proof of th* curative
power of Doctor Pierce's
Favorite Preecriptfonmay
be all summed up in Ike
phrase "It makes weak
women strong, sick
women well."
"During my two yean
of married Hfe I have not
had good health." writes
Mrs. Daisy Studdard, of
608 So. Esplanade Aw.,
Leavenworui, Kens. ” I
was all run-down, and
my hnahand mat me to
write to Dr. Pierce and
explain my case to hian
and Me if he eould do
me any good. So I wok,
and, thank the Lard, I
got an early reply, telltag
me what the trouble waa.
I cutnmancetl taking Dr.
Tierce'* Favorite Prescription, end also
the ‘ Pleasant lvlleu.' and now can my
that 1 feel like anew woman, and can
way algo that we have a big baby four
months old. When tbe baby came ft
waa just wonderful how I got along and
now I do all my work aud do not feel
tired out like I used to. I have taken
eight bottle* of the ' Favorite Preacrtp
tion ' It tunicesotic feel well and Mrnag *
Women who are troubled with chronic
iliaiaa r ore invited to conanlt Dr Pierre,
by letter, fret. All letter* are pri
vately read and privately answered, and
womanly confidence* are guarded by
tbe miiic strict prufeaaional privacy ob
served in personal consultation# Ad
dress Dr. K. V Pierce, Builklo, N Y.
When a dealer tempted by the lfttle
more profit paid by leas meritorious prep
arations offers a substitute as ”just as
good ” a* "Favorite Preemption" re
inemtier that "just as good " for him
means hi* profit and your Inga.
A WOMAN IS AT IIKR WITS' HND
sometime* to find a cure for familiar
ill*. Dr. Pterce’a Common Sense Med
ical Advtacr is full of helpful hints aad
information for women.
"I got the People's Common Sente
Medical Advtaer for ,|l our-cent stamp*."
writes M. If. Wardwoll, H#q., of Un
wood, leaven worth Cos . Mans. "Would’t
take five dollar* for it if we couldn't gat
another. Gave receipt for ' nursing eora
mouth ' to two women that the doctor
waa not able to heuefit, and they were
curesl."
This great medical work, containing
Itajfl large pages, is sent free on receipt
of stamp* to pay rzprnae of mailing
only. Send )l one-cent stamp* for the
cloth-bound volume, or only 21 stamp*
for the book in paper covers. Address
Dr It V Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
appeared (I-aoghter.) If they da. that
Juat show* Ihelr ignorance on t hr gen
eral subject of literature I am nat as
young as I waa aeveral ysar* ago. and
maybe I'm not #o fashionable, but I'd
be willing to take my chanrea with Mr
Hen! i to-morrow morning in selling a piece
of literature to the Century Publishing
Company. And 1 haven’t got much of a
pull there either. (Urea* laughter I (Mr
Clemen* had bean skiing beslda R. W.
GI Idas-1 I often think that the hlgheat
eompllmeht ever paid tn my poor efforts
waa by Darwin through President Flint of
Harvard College At leant, Flint **ld It
was a compliment, and I always taka the
opinion of great men Ilk* col tags presi
dents on all auch subject* as that.
"1 went out to Cambridge one day a
few years agv> and called on President
Flint In Ihe rout*# of the coo ret* *-
Host he Sabi that h* had Juat returned
ftom Rnakmd and h* wa* vary much
touched by what h# considered th high
compliment Darwin waa paying to mV
book*, and he went on io tell me some
thing like this:
"Do you know that there la one room in
Darwin* house, hi* bedroom, where the
cl ombermaSl Is never allowed to touch
two thing*" One Is o plant he 1* grow
ing and studying wh** it grow# (it waa
on# of thoae maect-devnurlng plant* which
conattmed bugs gnd heeiNw
for the pa tile liar driers t lon of Mr. ftgr
wln) 'and th* other, some tmOli* that IN
on the night table at the head of hi* bed
They are your hooka. Mr. flemana. *ni
Mr Darwin read* them every night to
!uH him to sleep.• (Grsui laughter 1
"My friend*. I thoroughly appreciated
that compliment and considered it tha
high**! on* that wan *V*r jwid to m*
To he th* mean* of sooting to sleep a
twain te-ming with hug* and squirming
thing* Ilka Darwin'* wa* something that
I had never hoped for. and now that he'*
dead I never hop* to be aide to do it
again "
Paper* w*r* rsad by Prof Wiliam
Trent of Columbia Dnlveosliy and Praf.
Caleb T. Winchester of Wsalayan Unl
vemlty.
Refer# the discunalon began Prof.
Brooder Matthews a former PreaUMltt
of th* dtlh preeented to John A. Tay
lor. th* retiring president, a masslv# sti
ver loving cup. Ihe gift of Ihe club.
Keep Yonrsvlf Itrsag
And you will werd off cold*, pneumonia,
ravers and other diseases. You need tn
hav* pure, rleh blood and gcod digestion
Hood'* g*r*#prlll* make* th* blond rich
and pur* as no other medicine can do. It
ion- * ihe aiurtia h. creates anaipp-tiie arc
invigorate* th- whole syatem. You will
he Wise lo begin taking It now, for It wB
keep rou it mug and wall.
Honda Pill# ar* non Irritating Prt-i
O c*m —*d.
■ m i iiii
—The Prlnc#** of Wales 1* a lover of
animals, and visitors to Sandringham al
waya enjoy a vlalt wlrh her to the kennel*
to aee her catline friend* and to the pig
eon* which ' om* clustering around her Id
be fed. t'rln-e* Henry of BeitehbOrg hoe
a farcy for Angola rabbit*, and rrotn lha
long, woolly fur f her pat* she ha* made
many useful and pretty articles. Tha
Duchess of Newcastle hat a special krve
for her large waif hound*.
-By Ihe will of the late Dr T D Mar
tin of Rdlelgh. N. C . Bt Mary *, a arhM
far girls In Raleigh. I* to receive
and Ihe University of North Carolina It WO.
tha haqurata to N- avallabi* upon Um
death of the testator's widow.
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