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Troubles Of tho Creek Nation.

1t is reported that the troubles between
the two factions of the Creek NatiOn-which
came near ending in blood-shed-have been
settled. The feud grew out OF an election
for chief of the Nation. Samuel Checote,
the former chief, has been declared re-
elected. His competitor was Oc-ter-sus-
hargo, popularity known as "Slnds," The
Checote party voted by ballot, while the
Sands party voted by counting heads. ac-
cordng to the ancient custom of the tribe.
Both parties claimed the election, and the
adherents of each chief rushed TO arms to
assert their respective claims by force. Ok
mulgee, the capital of the nation, was filled
with armed men, ready to embroil their
hands IN each others blood. The danger
was imminent, but conflict was happily
avoided by the. appearance of the United
who resides at the Creek agency, about
twenty-five miles distant from Okmulgee.
Mr.. Lyon went to work energetically,
calling the leaders of both parties together.
He succeeded in pacifying them. and the
effusion of blood was thereby avoided. The
Greek convention, which adjourned until
the I5' h of November, declared that Checote
was elected by about 300 majority. The
Sands party, who had possession OF the
courthouse, thereopon withdrew their Op-
position. 1t seeIas that Sands wanted to
while the Checote party adhered to the new
constitution.
Mi-ko-hnt-kee was declared elected second
chief.
The feud between these factions has lasted
many years. Sands succeeded Oc-fer-sus-
haryo, the chief of the loyal Creeks, who
was buried at Leavenwortii during the war.
He claims that he has been defrauded out of
his rights by the Checotc party. Sands
headed the treaty party and signed the
treaty between the Creeks and the United
States at Washington in 1866, which renew
ed all the rights they now possess. But in
the several contests for supremacy-he was
beaten fy his antagonist, Checote. Both
claims to Col. Robert Campbell aud John
d. Lang, ofthe Indian commission, last fall,
but these gentlemen advised forbearance,
and to await the submission of their claims
to popular election by their people.
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GENERAL NOTES

While Mr.. Gilmore,has been entir
cessful in the British part of his prog
for the great Peace jubilee, the d
part of his arrangements in this cod
intrusted to persons who will achieV
success. Plans are already drawn
mammoth building necessary for tn
lee, and the contracts for its erection
made as soon as the result of Mr.. Gil
visit to the continent is known.
The profits of the milk business in
are said to be enormous. One cOntr
stated to have realized So, GOO in ten
and could now dispose of his contrI
5000, 900 additional. Even the poo
men who drive from door to door
gray of the morning are compensal
cold fingers and blue noses by the han
profits they make, 500 bonus per ca
the price usually received by the pal
ling out his route. At this rate f
selling one hundred cans would real
round sum of $4,000.
Louisville has society for the Prey
of Cruelty to Wives. Upward of
members have been enrolled, and the|
pose to raise a fund to be used in en1
the law to its fullest extent againd
beaters. IT this does not effect a cj
offender is to be treated on homG|
principles. Whenever man is KIND
be guilty of whipping his wife a vi
notice is to be sent to him, and repI
of the offense will insure him the kl
tention of the society,". In very man
it will probably be found that the aid
treatment is the only effective metI
curing the disease.
Washington promises to be SADLY
hotel accommodations during the q
winter. Wizards has been closed
July, and will remain so. The Season
has been closed and rented to the q
ment, while the Kirkwood is closed
lutely, and the future OF the MetropoI
advertised to be sold at auction. Thel
been aided only two hotels to I'll
Wormsley's and the Hamilton House.
have been rebuilt, and, though small
be first class in every other respect
Arlington proprietors have leased q
GUS houses, so as TO be able to furr
commodations for about one hundred
ional guests.
The last monthly report of the Al
tural Department gives an account o|
markable wool clip in California.
gravely stated, and no joke intendel
| the Department has sample of wool
fleece that weighed seventy-eight
half pounds, and that the first fleece
from the same sheep when sixteen d
old, weighed forty-two and three-1
pounds. There is q good deal OF an9
the Agricultural Department 20 knOd
about the sheep of California, and It'd
Chief Clerk of the department, who|
to be responsible for the Statement
doubtless have some further report
subject next month.
The advisa5ility of enacting Q
pension law, to take the place OF thos
on the statute book. which are of a cd
ing character, will be urged upon TIL
Congress. A change in the pensid
applia5le to the war OF 1872 will also
commended. Under one section of t
the widows of soldiers of that wal
married again and subsequently, l9si
husbands by death, cIrro@ receive
sion, even though they resume the nj
their first husband. This privilege
denied those widows of last e!rcumJ
under the pil4sioE laws growlng esfl
late war, and theretnre i. is propo|
grant the first-nanied applicants tEs
benefits n the latter class.
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obligations they will be reoccupied by the

obligations they will be reoccupied by the
T Germans.
/ Poriirio Diaz in Mexico is repor ted to be
on the road between Puebla and Vera Cruz
at the head of two thousand men. The ma
| tional forces at Or;Zoba will march against
! him.
Advices from the Hague report the break
| ing out of popular disturbances there. The
! troops sre in readiness for further disturb
ance.
| Bonapartst disturhlaces are feared! in
/ Paris.
The courts-martial trials of the commun-
ISIS in Paris, sentenced ninety-one and ac-
4 quilted nine thousand.
( \ correspondent writes from London that
an alliance has been effected between certain
members of the pecragc ana representatives
OF the working classes, the object Of which
is TO overthrow the present system of gov
ernment. The commune principles pervade
/ the platform.
/ LONDON, Oct. l9.-I.atcr advices from
Tehertn show that Persia is still suffering
/ from tamine and pestilence. formidable in
surrections have broken out in various guar
ters. The government troops have been
/ driven from Shiras, the capital town, which
is now held by the rebels.
Advices from Kingston, Jamaica, report
that the Demarara cable is laid.
The steamer McndaZ, from CadiZ, Spain
has arrived at Havana, bringing Senor Ro-
Ia (trps no Snpppl
ernor Of Cuba, his family and six hundred
troops.
The am3unt contributed for the relief of
Chicago, by Americans in Paris, is Isl ,C55
francs.
The German Emperor has approved the
treaty with France, and rat iicatons were
formally exchanged on the twcnty-first
inst.
The German Parliament tf1cted an Or
ganzation on the l9:h.
Late Brazilian Journals in speaking of the
recent legislative action regarding .emanci-
patton. say that enc of the bills which met
with the most opposition appropriated S.
C0OCNO to be used to free about l,5O0,0O0
slaves. The ground OF the opposition was
that this SUN was too small. The bill which
was finally passed appropriated much lar
ger sum. BY the plan adopted om lncipatiOn
will be gradual, and only children born af-
ter the passage of the act (2sth ult) will be
liberated at once. The sugar interest will
not suffer By the change, but the result TO
the coffee interests is rather doubtful.
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A WoNDHRrUL FLY.--An intei!Cctla. i'r
iahai iHg Il bar-room in Omaha Is credited
with such wonderful abilities that nothing
is thought OF q mans going 10 see his per-
ormanc.. The account given by the bar
keeper il, that his attention was first at
tracted 20 the prodigy from the fact that all
the other flies ilew away when this fly saw
ii. to regale himself ut the cheese dish,
which is to be found at one end of every
well regulated bar. Waiting humb'y until
this superior being had dined, the other
flies would then dart voraciously on the
dish from which they had before revcrently
abs;ained. Having caught his phenomenon,
the blrkceptr trained him an hour each
day. Once he fugitiyed, but next day re-
turned. Having been interviewed by re-
rorter, this is what the ly did: Being or'l-
cred to brush his head, he rubbed it vigor-
ously with his fore legs, and then waited the
next command. Shoulder arms. cried The
barkeoper, and Mr.. Flypromptly raised his
left foreleg straight up in the air. Then he
walked lame on his LETT forclcg, then on i
legs, tiien stepped up on coffee gram and
stood there on his hind legs, and so on and
so on.
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TELL IoUH WIFE.-li yea are in tr:iiI bic, 4,
or quandary tell your wife, that is il yon
have one, all about it At once. Ten to one
her invention will solve your difficulty soon
cr than all YOUR logic. The wit OF 4 We
man has been praised, but her instircs are
quicker and keener than her reason. CouL-
sci with your wife, or your mother Or sis-
ter, and be assured light will fash upon
your darkness. Women are too conmOnly
adiudgcd as verdant in all but purcly wc-
manly affairs. No philosophical student OF
the sex thus judges tEem. Their intnt.ions
or insights. are subtle, and if they can not
see cat in Tie meal there is no cat there. In
cOuinSeling man to tell his trouble TO his
wife, we would go further and advise him
to keep none of his affairs secret from her.
Many a home has been happily saved aGd
MANY fortune retrieved, by mans tlll
confidence in his 'better hall" Woman
is far more seer ard prophet than inan, il
she have Il fair chance. AS general rule,
wives confide the minutest of their plans
and thoughts to their husbands, having no
inyolvemeuts to screen from them. Why
not reciprocate, if but for the pleasure OF
meeting confidence with confidence? We
are certain that no man succeeds SO well In
the world as he who, taking partner fol
life, makes her the partner for all his pur.
poses and hopes. WhGt is wrong of his i'm.
pulses or Judgment, she will check and sci
right with her almost universally right III
stincts. "He.pmete' was no insignificant
title rs applied to mans compa"ion Sht
is a meet help to him in every darkness, diff
ficulty and sorrow of life. And what she
most Graves. and most deserves is confidence
without which love is never free from
shadow.-Jo4,nak Of the Farm.
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MoEAIITY.-Wc quote these beautiful and
appropriate remarks, ui q. Ii. 7. II. {.
Armstrong of Arkansas, Let each stimu-
late and help forward the other i'll more
faithful discharge Of Masonic duty, in 4
mere conscientious prartiec of the moral
virtues. in q more sincere obedience To the
,.r,ccpis of that Holy EOck which is given
10 light our pathway amid the trials and Oh
structions OF life. Let each incitc the other
10 n most earnest cndeavOr to his work. his
own work, while it is day, Tor the night
comgtIi in which no man can work. We
are in truth but weary sOiourners, engaged
in rebuilding the mystic House of the Lord,
by .ubduin9 our passions, purifying our
hearts ard preparing our liz temples for his
presence. Time is swiftly passing with all
of us, and when few more years shall nave
come and gone, many now familiar lace
will be seen no more amongst us-many oil
those now assembled here will have passed
through the dark valley of the shadow OF
death. Bat it may be TO us all consolation
to I, fleet thai, let the hour come when II
NAV the blessed assurance has been given,
! tlat the righteous and pure OF heart shall
fear no evil, for His mercy aud loving kind.
ness will follow them, His rod and staff will
comfort them, and lie will give them rest
( enduring rest in his eternal kingdom"
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SENsInLE.-Yery few people know \
supercribe an envelope. \ large prop'
Of the letters that get into the postoi
so directed tha: it is with great dill
that they reach their Decentralization.
first thing the clerk seeks to know is
State the letter is bound for; next, toha!
next, vhat rersoa. So the fashion OF az
is changing, aud the style now comm;
vogue for its simplicity and correctl
the following:
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Army c;orhins and slanke

ARMY Ciothing and Slanke
The GovernneuL raS just made d
large sale of surplus Army CiothiI
Blankets, and Ticknor 81 Co. OF ST.
can now fill orders for Oyercsats,
Jackets, Shirts, Blouses, and Blankets
by the case or dozen. For price list az
TICKNOR & co, S.. Louis, Ms
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Chicago,
IlliSpis.
John Peterson.

} I1 is not necessary in all cases to SCI
tiers TO John Peterson, or even 70 Chl
the only imperative rulc being to 8
town, whatever il is, first; the State
and the name or box last. Reader,
10 be hencelorth the fashion of letter
scription; let US see that we ali conform
-Chicr;0 Posi-,
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A widow advertised in Chicago, Gskin :
every Christian in the city" to send her
ten cents. as the amount Wonld not Cypress
hem. and the colleciipa would ben, lii her
greatly. For wonder, the class called up
on did all contribute - requested, and the
widow realized tus nv cents!
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Iris DAHK.-It is dark when the hcnI st
and honorable man sees the result OF years
swept cruelty away ny the knavish and
heartless adversary. lt is dark wnen he
feels the clouds of sorrow gathered around,
and knows that the hopes and happiness of
Others are fading with his own. But in that
hour the memory Of past integrity will be
true consolation, and assure him even here
on earth of CLEANS of light III heaven. 1t is
dark when the voice OF that sweet child,
once fondly loved, is no more heard in mur-
mers. Dark when the pa;tering feet no
more rcsound without the threshold, oras-
cend, step by step, the stairs. Dark when
some weil-known air recalls the strains once
often atiuned TO a childish voice now hush
cd ia death. Darkress-but only the gloom
which now heralds the dayspriug' of i'm
morality aad the infinite light OF heaven.
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DEAD B0plEs.-rhc action OF a railroad
conductor q few days since draws attention
To Il common popular error, The train
struck man on the track Gnd threw him
into the Iow.catChgr OF the engine. Sup
posing lin II b" dead, the conductor, with
out removing lhc body, started the train
ba,!. 10 q way station. The body was
shaken 10 The ground by the motion of the
engine. ;lni it Was found that life still re-
maincG. u II he been taken OF when the
accident first occurred there might have
been = chancc Of his recovery. The con-
ductor. when asked why the man was not at
oEce taken up, replied that he supposed he
had no right 10 remove Il body until corO-
ner had seen it. Singular as this reason
may appear, it nevertheless expresses a
superstition that exists almost universally
throughout the country among all classes.
Al what period or in what manner this alb
surd belief originated we can not say. II
NAV have grown out of a statute OF Edward
l., whicii rendered it imperative that the
iurv should hold their deliberations "snpsr
r;sEH colporis"-within sight of the body
u custom V hich has at the present day also
become C..soI.tc, rs it is considered suil-
cie.t Tor fhc jury merely to view the body
-llihcuch they may not sit fer several
week, a.terward. L. whatever manner the
idea expressed or actC1 on by the conductor
origina'cl, il is timr that il should cease to
exist. Tc ucgl ct 10 give inmcdiata aid
to Il person found apparently dead. from
lightning or other causes, may frequently
i lea TO Death.
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Rcdiicll. Van Sickle Il Co.. Provision and
Commission Mc.chants. 5QI N. %, St. Louis
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Miss Smythe will have brilliant wedding
in New York None of the 5 niths viii be
invited
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- hIIfI II!If III o'1I II0sktN
Liz like shaft Of light across the land,
hnI like \ lane OF beams athwart the sea-

M IIhN i IIuV OF Ut.lIIIs MIN AT tiIc Htsf
Recognizing the need of some such
means of bringing the world together, and
anticipating that cooks are able TO do it, We
second Professor Tiefdenlsen's proposal.
OF course such glorious result cannot be
Immediately attained. Cocks are but hui
man after all. They have their personal
and national preiudices. Ike common per-
sons Eary in the session ,Ti We sna, mai read OF
ticle Of food TO the supreme place. After
free and full discussion of the relative mer
i,s OF pork ard beans, InacarOni, corndodg-
ers. Limburger cheese and SO Oh, each will
see that every district has its merits, and
combined effort will be made to incorporate
ih,sc several eXccllences into one royal
compound. whose familiar flavor shall
swoeicn lie aud bless the WORLDLY. y.
P.SI.
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International Cookery.

If cookery be form of flattery, as Plato
says, and if food serve us in the place of
medicine, it is doubly necessary that our
food be agreeable and wholesome. for in
this way alone can this indispensable form
of ilattery be acceptable to us and preserve
us from the apothecary. Professor Tief-
denken, OF Giessen, in spirit of philan-
| thropy, has therefore put forth a plea for
an international convention to discuss the
important subject of absolute and relative
cookery. -
| As Prince Hal asked. when tired and
thirsty, doth it not show vilely in me to
desire small beer?" so we are forced to won-
| Ger Sc our weakness in desiring bread and
; cheese or an equivalent at stated intervals.
! AS matter of fact, however. we need these
! supplies; and any device likely to satisfy
the need in the best manner must meet with
universal appreciation.
| Bat cooking and eating must be kept in
/ their legitimate places. IL has been said
! that cooking is an experience and not an
/ art, and the members of the cooking con-
vention must continually remember that
they are to depend upon their memory and
not upon their Imagination. If these So
Ions OF the kitchen can recollect their child
/ ish tastes and procliyities, they will verify
| this opinion by recalling the fact that eating
is only habit, formed entirely by long
practice. Hence to him who lives in New
| England, jOhnny-caka and pumpkin pie are
orthodox articles of food; TO the English
man, the traditional roast beef alone is re-
ceived without grumblng; to the French
man, pate de foie qras is the crowning
glGry OF the feast; while he who livesin the
furtGest north makes himself comfortable
with an unctuous strip of blubber.
| Tie first thing to be done, then, is to
c0nccct dish which shall be current the
world over. A cosmopolitan pOt-pie IS
what is needed-an article of food which
shall be considered the best among all men.
This can be formed only by combination
of national dishes, in which the Cinnamon
shall taste his juicy rat-stcak, the Dutchman
his odori!erOus -kraut, and the South
Sea Islandri his tender missionary chop.
OF the many advantages likely to be ir,-
closed in this delectable dish no man, per
hsps. can speak intelligently. Under its
benign influence personal and national ego
tism viii disappear, for every man and ev-
cry people will aver that the same dish is
the best. Diplomacy will be reduced to
dining, ard philanthropists will find their
occupation gone. Travelling will have its
pleasures multiplied, and he who loses tenn
per n al tables but his own will lose il no
longer. The orphan and the homeless will
cat Of the familiar dish in strange land
and be cOmforted. The souls of all men
would be blessed.
aG.,..I a u,--a, II
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-12
Sagacity of a Fox.

The Rev Charles D. Mott, of St.
Louis, sends to the Independent a
story suggested by the remark of DR.
McCosh, that he had "doubts whether
the lower animals Can abstract, whether
they can generalize. CA former pas
tor Of mine, " says Mr.. Mott, "told me
the following: When a boy, he had
fox, which, I regret to say, bore the
of possessing far more brain
than personal piety This fox was
kept Ii the yard in a sort of raised den,
nicely sodded over, and was confined
by chain that allowed him generous
circumference. One evening in the
Fall, the farm-wagon, returning from
the field with a load of corn,
passed near the den, and by chance
dropped an ear where the fox could
reach it. He was seen to spring out,
seize the corn, and carry it quickly
back into the den. What he wanted
with it is d mystery, as corn formed no
part of the gentleman diet. The next
however, the mystery was ex-
planned, for the fox was observed, out
of his den, and considerably within the
length of his chain, nibbling off some
of the corn and scattering it about in
full view OF the poultry, after which he
took the remainder back into the den
and awaited events. Sure enough, the
chickens came; and, while eating, out
sprang the fox, nabbed his man, and
quietly took his breakfast in his back
parlor. Now it seems to me that this
is pretty good generaliziDg.'
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Explanation Of Il Mortgage.

Two negroes, bargaining for some
land, the price of which was 5000, said
they had only half SO much money.
"Very well, " said the land agent, "Pll
take $3.50 down and mortgage for the
balance In one year" Sambo scratched
his head moment and replied: "EBut,
[ say, boss, s'pose feller hain't got a
morgitch 2" The agent again explained,
but the darkey couldn't see it, and dis
claimed the ownership of a single
"morgitch," The other darkey here
came to the rescue and "'lucidated the
pint" Says he: ''Sambo, don't yer
know what a morgitch is? Den I'll
tell yer, A morgitch is ies like dis yer:
S'pose yer pays de boss $3.50 down !;
den yer gives yer word on de honor of
a nigger dat you'll pay him de udder
$3.50 IN a year. Den s'pose on de last
day ob de year yer pay de boss $449-
and don't pay him de udder dollar, why
den de morgitch says de boss can jes
take all de money and de land, and yer
don't hab nuffin-not cent" "Golly,
boss morgitch make a nigger mitey
honest ~
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Chinese Piety.

A man in ST. Louis who has tried a
Chinese servant, finds but one objec-
tion III him, and that is his religion. It
is very peculiar form of devotion
which the poor fellow has. He found
an old brass andiron in the garret, and
thinking it was an idol. Immediately
set it up as "the god of his idolatry. :"
He sacrificed several rats before this
craven image, a proceeding which had
one advantage at least, as it would be
likely, in time, to exterminate that
class of yermin from the premises; but
some of the other portions of his re-
hgious services interfered too much
with his devotion to other duties. He
was wont to spend some four hours
a day at his prisons, using prayer
book in seventy four volumes and a
supplement. The fellow, in his own
peculiar fashion, was too pious for
practical life. The gentleman thinks
that in order to make good domestics
in this material age, the Chinese will
have to get rid Of some of their Celes-
tial peculiarities.