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The above gives an idea of party about
starting. but picture of the same party
few seconds after they had started would
simply be a streak of beautifully blended
red and blue The writer thought that a
trial of toboggan trip down to the valley
would enable him to describe it, but he got
down there so quick that he hadn't time tc
collect his thoughts. 1t was delicious, OF
course, to be sandwiched in between two
such lovely girls as those that patronize the
Orange slide, but then that wasn't what ]
was thinking of. The feeling when we got
going was that We had nothing under us tc
speak of, and the thought that entered my
head was the disaster that would follow il
the little there was should wear through. /
had slid down cellar doors in my time and
this was the nearest l had approached it
since, and it brought back instantly re-
minder of old time consequences. To de-
scribe the sensation of speed is utterly i'm
possible, you simply hold your breath and
the toboggan rail and feel the wind rushing
past and in a few moments you are there.
If the sport is favored by many such win
ters as the present one it will not be long be-
fore each little town will boast of its own
toboggan slide S. H. HoRGAN.
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THE PHILADELPH!AN DAY
DREAMS.

! wonder if this world will last another hundred
years, ,I :. ,,5o,- on,
And be the same oiu IoHg "oii" - W ' ~
pears, ;, 49,, - ,,1o,-
And cali us slow. as we have called the men of
other days? -
VIII Gas Trust politicians pIot anu pay lho
VIII Camcus still be President in nineteen eighty
six?
Iwonder if the streets will still be paved with
cobble stones,
And if the poor car horses will still fall and
break their bones,
viii Ingersol still quote mistakes, or VIII ne pe
in-well-
win Samuel Jones and Talmadge preach the
miseries of hell?
Will parsons get like Downs, Jardine and Bris-
tor in "a fix?
viii men be brave and women true in ninteen
eighty-siX?
/ wonder if John Sullivan will Paddy Ryan
Or will they both be playing brag for fear of a
defeat
viii Wallace still be fighting scott-will Randall
make the slate?
The Sun good Deacon Smith forget, Jones
still pay the freight? >,
The girl that runs the telephone continue calls
And Colonel Smith Mugwump be in nineteen
eighty-siX?
| wonder if the railroad train will lightning use
or steam
The stars and Stripes hang out unfurled, or will
the flag be green?
VIII Keely make his motor mote, Ben Butter
living still?
will women vote and Democrats still sing the
praise of Hill?
VIII wires still he overhead the streets mass
of sticks"
One thing | know The Ne,US will be there in
nineteen eighty-six.
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tort, too, is of German extraction, winch Is
rather odd. Are Germans the best chess
players?
There has been what the lamented Arte-
mus Ward would call late unpleasant
nessn between the two men, but it is over
now, and they claim to be the best OF friends
The sporting gentry are making betting
books on the game as if it was horse race.
The champions play in public, and the gate
money" is largely counted on. There is no
brass band accompaniment as far as they
have got, but one don't know what may
happen before the game is ended
This playing in public and being stared at
like fat OK at a prize show must have
soothing effect on the nerves and tend TO
make them do their best.
They play on alternate days, four hours IN
the afternoon and four at night. la case a
game is not finished at night it will be left
over and concluded next day. If there IS a tie
of nine games the ma tch is TO be withdrawn.
At the openi-g each player was required to
make thirty moves in the first two hours,
after that not less than fifteen moves an
hour. After every move it is reproduced ex-
actly out in the crowd upon big chess
board four feet square, so ttas spectators
may watch the game
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-02-11
THE CHEROKEES.
PORTRAITS OF NOBLE RED MEN
NOT IN COOPER'S NOVELS.
The Indian Territory-In the Matter oi
Civilization the CherOkees Can
Give Some Points to the
White Man.
Especial correspondence ]

TA.EoUAH, Cherokee Country, I. T., Jan
1S-Can the Indian be civilized! Well,
there are good Indians and bad Indians.
The Apaches, perhaps, cannot be in our
time. But the present condition OF the
Cherokees certainly shows that all good In
dians are not dead Indians. Here in the
Cherokee country are features of govern
ment that the United States itse would do
well to copy. Here is a system of land
ownership that would delight the
soul of Henry George, for it is
his idea of land held in common
Every member Of the nation can oc-
cupy, by himself or tenants. as much ground
as he chooses to cultivate, no more. He puts
improvements ON this the same as if he held
it in fee simple. When he wishes to move
he can sell the improvements, nothing more.
The more Improvements there are, of course
the richer he is. But he cannot sell to a
white man. The land belongs to the Chero-
kee nation. No whites are permitted in the
country, or in any part of the Indian terri
tory, except by permit of the Cherokee
government
The sale of whisky and ardent spirits is
absolutely prohibited in the Indian territory,
and in the Cherokee nation the interdiction
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suggest the oratory of the noble red man
as we meet him in the old time school readers.
A tremendous pressure is being brought to
bear to make the Cherokees divide up their
lands and take separate farms in absolute
ownership. Fortunately the sentiment
among them is Overwhelmingly against this.
The day they do that they will be ruined.
When an Indian owned farm in fee simple
designing men would make him drunk and
get him to sign away his property.
The red man cannot hold his own against
the white, and in spite of the United States
government itself, if the Indians land was
divided into farms, sharpers of the ''supe-
rior' race would get it away from them.
1t is much better as it is. From fund
paid by the United States government on
account of lands purchased, from various
taxes on permits to white laborers, tenants.
merchants, etc, sufficient income is de-
rived to pay the expenses of their govern
ment. No Cherokee pays a cent of tax.
They have legislature composed of two
houses, like our own. In the senate the men,
bers are almost wholly of white mixed blood.
In the lower house, on the other hand, there
is a large majority of full bloods. There is
an ample school fund.
The name of Boudinot is one familiar to
most Americans. Elias Boudinot was chief
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ately improve on the ones handed down by
the aborigines. This improvement was
made at Saratoga last season, and consists
in rounding the bottom Of each STAT instead
OF keeping it fiat, so that it is chiefly the
lowest portion Of the curve that bears on
the ice. The result is a tremendous gain in
speed
A still further improvement was made in
the toboggan at Saratoga this selson which
brought the speed uD to about seventy five
miles an hour. This rate was found TO be
too dangerous, and the use of this style OF
toboggan has been forbidden Considera BILE
ingenuity has been brought to bear on the
construction of Slides The one in use at
Albany was designed by an architect and
cost about 1000
The cost OF these costumes vary from $50
upward. To a slight figure they are de-
cided Improvement but to corpulent one
the effect is sometimes very ludicrous. They
look as much like Polar bears as anything
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American cham WILLIAM STElNlIZ
pion, but it is not necessary to spell out his
name in order to discover that he is Ger
man. His strong round face shows that He
claims to be quite five games ahead of his
opponent on the total past record.
The first four games are to be played in
New York. Then the two chess giants VIII
move to ST. Louis, and play at the rooms OF
the St Louis club, till several more games
are won. The match will be finished in New
Orleans.
Like every thing else in these days. the
tournament involves betting and gambling
on the results. 1t is a money making scheme
A stake of $4,000 a side has been put up.
The winner will get $500. 1t is nothing
like as much as champion prize fighter can
win. but chess being an intellectual game,
that of course is not to be expected.
Mr. Zuckertort is the champion player OF
Great Britain. He is a pale, intellectual
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TOBOGGANING.
TIE NEW WINTER SPORT INNER.
TIED FROM THE INDIANS.
Scenes at One of the Fashionable Slides.
The COstumes-The TOboggans, and
the Improvements Yankee In
genuity Has Made in Them.
rSpecial CorresDondence.1

Especial Correspondence.l
New YORK, JAN 27.-Our Canadian neigh
bors have long held monopoly of the sport
of tobogganing We We're compelled to be
satisfied with the glowing accounts which
reached us of the exhilarating effects of a
drop of few thousand feet down one of
their celebrated slides. Last season a slide
was in use at Saratoga Springs, and one in
Vermont This winter they have been an
nounced as being in full swing at various
points, the most notable one being at Oh ange,
n. J.
TIE group of Oranges or the five villages
bearing that name, are located on an u3du-
lating plateau, about eighteen miles west OF
New York The inhabitants are chiefly New
York business men, who make it their first
duty to look after their own health and that
of their families for which reason they
choose to live in this suburban place the
year round, rather than risk the effect on
health of the confinement of city life. For
this reason outdoor sports are cultivated ex-
tensively in Orange Then, beside, the
original settlers of the place were a New
England colony, so it is not to be wondered
at that they would take kindly to any sport
that had the prestige of being popular under
the British flag. For in Orange English
manners and customs are held to more
reverential observance than in any other
town in this country.
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The Bayard Family.

The family of the secretary of state has
been called ''Elany daughtered house"
There were nine children-sx daughters and
three sons Miss Kate was the eldest of all.
She had lately passed her 2Sth birthday.
The second daughter is Mrs Warren, Of
Boston.
But Katharine, the lost daughter, was the
mainstay of the household. The mother
has been an invalid many years. All social
duties, all the domestic duties devolving
upon the feminine head of a household, fell
TO katie's share
Most of all his children, she resembled her
father. She was his fayorite, and had been
his constant companion for years. She had
sweet bright face, without being regu-
larly beautiful, was tall, slender, and had a
very clear cOmnleXiOn
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to them by solemn agreement with the
United States. Otherwise they govern
themselves absolutely.
Let us hope this slice of Arcadia will long
remain intact These people are not United
States citizens, and do not wish to be. They
are satisfied, and as proud of the ir long line
of red ancestry as the daughter of a hundred
earls. They too had their troubles during
the war. Many of them were Shareholders
The war divided them as it did the UnioA,
and they fought among themselves. At the
close of our war their negroes were also
freed and lands were allotted them. But the
Indians feel themselves far above the negro.
The Cherokees are chiefly farmers and
stock raisers l.. LINNETT.
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Dyer, Minnie MYRTLE" who obtained a
divorce from him in 1870. Maud, who has
created the present sensation, is the daughter
of the poet by his first wife. She was edu-
Gated in the convent of Jesus-M Marie, at
Sillery, near Quebec. Four years after
Maud's admission to the convent school she
was summoned to New York TO her mothers
deathbed. The mother died Of consumption.
Mr.. Miller buried her and took Maud back
to Canada. The girl carried with her the
manuscript of an unfinished story by her
mother She left the convent at the age OF
IS. and lived with her father and stepmother
in this city. She went to Europe as travel
ing companion with friend of Mrs Miller's,
remained abroad six months, and on her
return visited good deal at the house OF
Mrs. Peet, of Perth Amboy, whose first hus-
band was Steele Mackaye. There she met
young Maclaye and became engage to him.
Her father forbade the marriage on ac-
count of her youth, and the elder Mackaye
also wished his son to wait. But the
Young people would not wait, and on the
eve of Ash Wednesday, two years ago,
they were married. The bride went to
live with her mother in-law, Mrs. Peet.
The husband remained in New York
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of the committee A0 VI
appointed TO prepare the memorial to the
president and congress, setting forth Dakota s
claim to sisterhood in the family of the
United States
Alonzo j. Eiger:on was born in Rome,
n. Y, and is 81 Years of age. He was gradu-
ated from Wesleyan university at Middle
town, Conn, in 1851. When still young
man he removed to Minnesota, ard has been
intimately and prominently identified with
the history of thai state. He was member
of its legislature in 1859 and in 1S17-7S,
and in 1876 was chosen presidential cleo
tor. From 1871 to 1874 he occupied the
position of railroad commissioner, and in
1881 was appointed as United States senator,
succeeding Mr.. Window when the latter be-
came secretary of the treasury in President
Garfield's cabinet Dec. 20, 1881 he was
made chief justice of the supreme court of
Dakota. Both men have been in Washing ton
some time, and attract considerable atten-
tion PERRY BARTON.
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Breyities.

Life; Better an empty head than ons
with a cold in it.
Somerville Journal: Mans life is what
he makes it''-sometines. More often It is
what some woman makes 1t.
Sam: Dudelet-Barber, me boy, | want
nv mustache dyed. Barber-Certainly, my
dear sir Did you bring it with yous
To-Day: whats your hurry. Wilkins!
Got a note to meetm No Got one I'm
afraid to meet" Vanishes around the COR
nor
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The New York Charity Ball.
rSpecial CorresDondence.I

NEW YORK Jan. 27.-The Charity ball is
held to be the swell event OF the season here
and has been so considered for generations.
When the oldest parties who attended the
ball the other night were babies in their
cradles their fathers and mothers attended
the Charity ball of those days. 1t is good
gauge of the fashions and manners and
wealth and social ties of its time. A glance
in at the Metropolitan opera house recently
while this social event was in full glow
called to mind the line: 'Oh, Charity, what
strange doings are committed in thy name"
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Likenesses of the lamented young lady
were very scarce. We have been able to Sc
cure one, however, photograph taken with
her father. 1t is the first portrait of her
that we have seen published.
She lived bright, gentle and busy life.
AS certainly as the sun shines she died
victim to the heavy requirements of Wash
ington society. An intimate friend used
these beautiful worCs of her: II never
heard her utter slander or give counte
nance to an unkind or ungenerous thing o.
any living being"
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People go to the Charity ball for variety
of motives. but it is evident that many of
the bellies of our present society go there on
exhibition. The four tiers of boxes are ar
ranged so as to give one almost as much se-
clusion as in parlor, and this fact is taken
advantage of by many of the fair occupants
to reveal as much of their charms as pos
sible. One thing that would force itself on
the mind of the observer of those boxes is
the fact that the dressmaker has reached
the minimum in the amount of material
used in many of the costumes. And that
branch of art like many others has reached
that point of which it can be said: ''Thus
far can thou 90 and no further" S. II. IL
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The costume ad'
greatly to the pic
turesqueness OF the
gay groups who
congregate daily
at the slide. The
ladies wear blan-
ket costumes, in
gay colors, with
fur ca ps a n d
clouds on the
head, and mocca-
sins on the feet.
Th g gentlemen
wear the club col
ors. red and blue,
made up jauntily
in warm woolen
stuff, and crowned
with the custom
ai'y toque or hood
cap. Then there
are numerous
guards, hired to
keep everything in
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Joaquin Miller and His Daughter.

Especial correspondence
New YORK, Jan. 2z-The recent story of
the destituton of the eldest daughter of Joa-
quin Miller seems to be sequel to the life
of her gifted though eccentric father. From
the time he left his Indiana home as a boy to
try his fortune in California till this very
day he seems to prefer to rough it than en-
ioy the comforts of civilization. He is at
present the husband of daughter of VIII
liam Leland of hotel keeping fame. but he
lives in rough log cabin at the outskirts of
Washington rather than share the comforts
of pleasant home life in New York with
his wife. He has been a wanderer from boy
hood Starting in life with very little edu-
cation, he tramped for seven years with no
visible occupation other than to write occa-
sional verses. In 1860, at the age of 10, he
returned home, and was prevailed upon ia
settle down. He entered a lawyers office,
but the old rowing spirit got the best of him,
and the next we hear of him he was an ex-
press agent in the gold mining districts of
Idaho Then he was editor of a Democratic
paper at Eugene, which became so unpatri-
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A Subscriber Is Never a Fraud.

Office Boy to country editor)-A man was
in while you were out who said he was tie
genuine John Wilkes Booth"
Editor (hastily)-He's fraud. You didn't
give him anything, did you'
Office Boy-No. He left dollar for SIX
months subscription.
Editor-Well well. And so John Wilkes
Booth is still alive. 1t beats all.
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protectorate over
them, as a matter
of fact, very little.
1t has no legal ju-
risdiction except in
cases where a white
man is a party, and
in cases of trade
and intercourse
regulations. 1t is
bound by treaty to
protect them from
tn e "Oklahoma"
Paynes a n d all
other land thieves.
Their territory is
to be kept sacred
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A ToBoGGAN AND SECTION.

The engraving shows how little there IS to
a toboggan after all These toboggans look
as much as possible like long, broad strips OF
pasteboard, with one end rolled upward, and
with little ratings running along the side.
Instead of being pasteboard they are made
of thin strips of hard wood, lashed together
with throngs instead of nails or screws, and
rubbed as smooth as glass underneath. The
Canadians have been using them ever since
thew were taught their use by the Indians,
but it remained for US Yankees to immedi-
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short Cuts.
IChicago Mail.

The latest abbreviation crank h ails from
Illinois. He registered at south side hotel
thus: ''Y q etn 1t was deciphered to indi-
cate "Wyanetn Out in Kansas they always
write Leavenworth I'll worth" and Wyan-
dotte ~ e. All this is done in the interest
of economy-not through incidence There
was a man once whose name was James Hole,
and who was so lazy that in registering his
name he simply made u" and then punched
a hole in the paper. John Underwood, OF
Andover, Mass, always signed himself:
Wood
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A Case That Could Wait

IIOIedO OOnlfntFcldLI
Doctor said an anxious citizen, ''some-
thing has happened to my wife. Her mouth
seems set, and she can't say word"
.Why, she must have lockjaw," said the
Doctor
do you think so. Well, if you are up my
way some time next week, / wish you would
- assd .-L.+ - = : : = -
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New York is for the
championship of
the world. 1t be-
gan Wednesday,
Jan. 6, and will con-
tinue until one or
the other of the two
players, whose por-
traits here appear,
shall have won ten
games. Mr.. Stein
itz is ostensibly the
L
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KEGS 1t contains sketches of buildings and
portraits of prominent people in the nation
They are so picturesque that have taken the
liberty of reproducing a few of them here.
1 verify believe the Cherokees are the
most moral. happy and prosperous nation
on earth Their orphans, insane and mutes
are provi, d for There is not pauper in
their land not one. But it is to be remem-
bered that their civilization began before
the revolution. They have been at 1t a
good while, but l leave it to any candid
person whether the result is not worth the
time spent.
They are magnificent looking men, many
of these Cherokees. His excellency, ID. W..
Bushyhead, whose portrait is given, is what
might be called the president of the nation.
He fills the Office of principal chief, which
is an elective one, the term being four years.
Chief Bushyhead is now serving his second
term of Office You will observe that he
wears a necktie, which few Indians, how
ever civilized, will consent to do. He is a
man of powerful brain-a statesman of the
truest type. He is the son of Rev. Jesse
Bushyhead, half breed Baptist preacher
The chief was born east of the Mississippi,
before the removal, in 1889, of the tribo
from the states of Florida, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi and Tennessee. He is a
rich man, living in his own house here at
Talequah, the capital of the Cherokee
country.
The head chief was educated at the white
mans schools in the east He was several
years at an academy near Princeton, n. j.
He began to hold Office when a mere boy,
his first place being that of clerk of the
Cherokee senate. Chief Bushyhead is of
half white blood, very sound Baptist blood,
too.
One Of the most distinguished lawyers in
the nation is John L. Springston, Esq He
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No. 13

vile, and Maud was stranded and in poverty
in Chicago. She arrived last week IN New
York with I.oudon Mccormick, her late
manager, whom sue recently married in
Chicago.
A conversation with Miss Maud Miller
Mackaye Mccormick, the lady of the five
Ms. gives ore the impression that she Is
either slightly demerted or that all the un.
tanned ecceuricity of her father and
mother has been inter sitied in her nature.
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talk of the town here, as young ladies pos
sessing her boldness are likely to be.
Whether she will be able to win the heart
of congress remains to be seen.
On Dec 16 last was the first notice received
by the country that legislature was in ses-
sion at Huron where Judges Edgerton and
Moody We're elected United States senator's
Judge Gideon L. Moody, of Dead wool, was
born in Cortland, N Y, in 1892 He entered
the Union army at the outbreak of the war;
enlisting as a private from Jasper county,
Indiana, and gradually rising in the service
until he was made a colonel. Removing to