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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 ,; - ■ 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. 21