Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-07-27

most rersalilS sulhors 4 ne seven
lsenlh century. uas ionni dead Ia hi'
bed wiih signs II having heen siFangloi
he Aas very iAii had gone 10 bed
drunk, aud lylng Ms nlghi-eap string.
loo tight aas found slTangle,l The oid
authors whom dFop too mngh and lhs
accldenr0i going 20 bcd hooFy kilied
iuFm quite liss. SiF 1eonse klherldgel
author q "slr iopliug fuller," hay
Ing passed the evening" with some a.
b0FlOns old soakfrs. Staggered nnt q
light them down ilaiFs. lle ifll otel
and broke bis necl lee, tho rival u
Dryden, MAS golnf home dnnk, amt
falling Ia the slFrel, Was run osef hy a
dray, aud kdgar Alien Poe, the masl
brilliant of American poets, died of "a
pOsnFe and ill-lreailueni Nhen recover
Ing frOm dehauch A pinch q snuh
accidentally dropped into a glass oi
wine that Jean baptist sanieul, one OF
the gFeHiesl Latin poets France ever
pOduoei, was drinking, killed him Ia
= few hours, Eating too manA melons
killed Argyropolis aud tho melancholy
Cowley, Who had been 10 mery-mak.
ing with Rev. Thomas Sprat, Allerwanl
bishop u Rochester. Both Nere drunk
and lay down TO sleep hy = haysiaek.
Cowley caught a cold and died, Nenoc-
rates accidentally walked into q we'll.
and Charles Lamb stumbled and pro-
duoed rupture which ended his life,
William Duprai, the Bishop Of Oler-
mont, was the yicilm oi an accident
which indicated his weakness of char.
aoler lie was the possessor Of the
most beautiful beard that, up 20 his
time. had ever been seen In France, and
was very proud Of Il. On Easter he
presented himself NJ bis cathedral 10 a.
sist in the performance oi religious SER
vices. He found three cAnuns awaiting
his arrival. The dean held In his hands
u pair Of scissors aud razor another
bore a copy Of the statute Of the chapter
where Il Is stated that In order 10 enter
the choir the beard must be shaved.
while the third pointed out 10 the Bishop
tho spot where these fearful commands
were inscribed As the dean was about
to commence operations tho Bishop
cried; "Spare my beard and Twill re-
nounce the bishoprie.n The Bishop
ran of TO his chateau, hut eventually
yielded to the stern canons Of the church,
but the modification OF losing his beard
was so great that he was thrown into
u fever.
A curious incident isrelaied as occur
ing during the war Of 1909 between En-
gland and France. A brig commanded
by an American was captured by the
Sparrow cutter off San Domingo, under
the belief that she was sailing under
false colors-at any rate, carrying enc
my's goods. The court at Port ROYAL
found the ships papers all correct, and
the Captain swore so positively ~ 10
her American nationality that the court
decided in his favor. The American
commander then began proceedings
against Lieutenant Wylie. the Spar
rows commander. While the case was
pending a small tender in the charge OF
Midshipman FELTON, came into port, and
the young officer being friend of
Wylie at once went on board and
learned Of his dilemma. The midship-
man at once said the brig was lawful
prize, and related that few days be-
fore the sailors had captured an enor-
nous shark, and, cutting her up, had
taken out the genuine papers of the
brig which had been thrown overheard
when capture was imminent, and they
proved beyond doubt that the brig and
cargo were French. The friends hast
ened to Kingston, but the news travelled
before them; but the skipper had
skipped, leaving his vessel, and Lieu
tenant Wylie was richerby several thou
rand pounds
LUCKY ACCIDENTS.
Not always are accidents disastrous,
ill-omened, ruinous, Chance has been
the parent of many great invention,
and the means Of discovering benefac-
tons for the human race. Shrewd
minds have otter turned to practical
advantage accidental observations.
Once the great philosopher, Calico Ga
lelel, was in the cathedral at Pisa
watching the oscillations of lamp that
hung from the roof. He noticed that
the swings, or vibrations, were all per-
formed in equal times whether the are |
of the swing was large or small, and |
whether the lamp had just begun to
swing or was nearly ready to cease its
oscillations. Returning home, he made |
pendulums of various lengths, to which |
he attached weights, and he soon found |
that the time of oscillation for each !
pendulum bore q certain ratio to the |
length of the string. From this acci-
dental occurrence came the application
of the pendulum as regulator of
clocks.
Blue-tinted writing paper was discov-
cred by an accident Mrs. East, the
wife of an English paper-makes going
among the vats while the paper makers
were at dinner, she let blue-hag fall
into one Of them, and, Mortified at the
mischief she had done, said nothing
about It to any one The spoiled paper
was hidden away in the warehouse for
four years, then sent to his London
agent to sell for what it would fetch. The
novelty found favor in the London mar
ket, and the agent closed out the blue
tinted paper at an advance. and or
dered more. Mrs East now came for
ward and claimed new cloak as the
reward for her accidental piece Of care
Iessness, and her husband for Iime
reaped rich reward by the exclusive
sale of his blue paper.
Envelopes, now so essential in the
of every letter, were dis
discovered by accident. A Brighton
itationer used to ornament his shop win
dow with piles of writing paperin pyra-
midal form, rising from the largest size
10 the smallest in use, and, in order to
inish them off nicely he cut cards to
bring them to point. The ladies
,hought these cards were diminutive
sheets of note-paper and great was the
iemand for ''some of that dear little
Daper;' so that the stationer found il
profitable to cut some Of Ii in that pat
ern. But there was no space for ad-
lressing the notelets when they were
olded. and, after much brain worry,
le invented the envelope, which he cut
With the aid Of metal plates made for
he purpose.
The stocking loom was brought into
lse by an accident, which is commem-
rated in picture belonging TO the
framework Knitters' Company. Near
y two hundred years ago William Lee,