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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-12-02
Is Life
Worth Living ?

That depends upon the
Liver, for if the Liver is
inactive the whole sys-
TEN is out OF order-the
breath is bad, digestion
poor, head dull or aching,
energy and hopefulness
gone, the spirits are de-
pressed, a heavy weight
exists after eating, with
general dependency and
the blues. The Liver is
the housekeeper of the
health; and a harmless,
simple remedy that acts
like Nature, does not
constipate afterwards or
require constant taking,
does not interfere with
business or pleasure dur
ing its use, makes Sim
mons Liver Regulator a
medical perfection.
have tested iis virtues personally, and
know that for Dyspepsia, BiliOusness and
Throbblng Headache IL ~ the best medl-
cine the world ever saw. Have tried forty
other remedies before Simmons Liver
Regulator, and none Of them gave more
than temporary relief but the Regulator
not only relieved but cured
II. H. JOSEs, Macon, Ca
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-12-02
"PULLED THEIR FREIGHT. "

The elimination OF the contest
for and against a renewal of the
lease of our strip lands, was reach
ed last Friday by adopting Miller's
amendment TO raise the price to
100000, submitted as a minority
report of the committee to which
the bill had been referred. satur-
day morning following all hopes
for accomplishing their purpose
having died out in a motion made
and carried in the council to lay
the bill on the table until next
council, lugubrious crowd "pull-
ed their freight" from Tahlequah
with redoubtable John as chief
mourner.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-12-02
OUR CLUB LIST.

In order TO supply the people of
this nation, or elsewhere, with
what reading matter they desire at
very small cost, we have arranged, ,
for $500, to send the CHIEFTAIN
and any one of the following well
known weekly papers:
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
st. Louis Republican.
Chicago News.
New York Sun.
These are all good papers. The
regular price of the CHIEFTAIN is
s1.50 and of all the others named
s1.00 a year, hence by taking adj
vantage of the combination you
save just 80 cents. Call or write
for sample copies.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-12-02
MEnTTNG Ar THE CAPITOL.

Last Friday evening printed
circulars were handed around
saying that there would be
public gathering at the
capitol TO discuss the lease
question. A lively and aggressive
crowd gathered there at night-fall
and had a time Of it.
DIR. w. T. Adair was called to
the chair and after the purposes of
the meeting we're stated and any
one who wished TO ventilate in
vited, Col. w. P. Boudinot made a
good, sensible talk against any
action by council, for tho present,
TO continue the lease beyond The
time stipulated. He pronounced
any such measure premature and
imprudent.
Mr.. Chas. Frye next put in with
a knock-down-and- -drsg-out har-
rangue against any such measure.
He sailed into the lessees and ex-
posed their dishonorable means to
secure a continuance by bribes and
whisky. The atmosphere became
too hot for a couple OF gentlemen
present, and they made themselves
scarce. though invited by Mr.. Frye
10 remain longer.
Resolutions we're passed, ex-
prensive Of the peoples disapproyal
os any proposition 10 renew the
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-12-02

nosTILITIEs were begun on the
Senate citizenship bill as soon as
ii reached the lower house and its
fate is not yet known. Originally
the court was to consist Of "three
citizens. This clause was prompt
ly amended to read "three Chero-
KEGS by blood" and it is under
stood that the senate and probably
the chief will take issue; the latter
with his veto if necessary. Fol-
lowing is a partial list of cases
reopened by the bill, the names
appearing, and which were handed
us by a member: A. Barker and
family, DR.. s. II. Payne and fami-
ly, DR.. Moses Bell and family,
John o. Cobb, Samuel Dollyhite,
Hannah Flippin and family, r. A.
Prather and family, Angeline
Kelly and family. These parties
are given six months to file
papers and failing to establish
their claims are to have sixty days
in which to sell their improve
ments. Failing to do so in that
time the sheriffs are TO sell the
same, after thirty days advertising,
and turn the proceeds over to
them
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-12-02
LATEST FROM TAHLEoUAH.

TAHLEouAH, ISD. TIA, NOVEMBER 30, 1851.
The bill to create a commission
on citizenship, as amended by the
house, disqualifying any except
Cherokees to sit as members of the
same, was referred to the
conference committee to-day, and
amendment leased, to which the
house afterwards agreed. Already
there are many aspirants out, and
q new trouble begins.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-12-02

A WEEK or two ago the people
Of Caldwell discovered that large
quantities of silver existed on the
Cherokee strip, close to their
town. Not to be outdone, the
Oklahoma fellows have got up a
gold excitement and are stalking
or claims by the score. Competi-
tion is a great thing. We presume
that Arkansas City is the only
point from which this new El
Dorado can be reached.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-12-02

CH1EF BUsHYHEAD went of to
Washington and permitted Mr..
Bunch, his assistant, to appoint
nearly all of the census takers last
spring. When the convention
came Mr.. Bushyhead dicovered to
his sorrow that nearly all of these
appointees and their close kin
were for Mr.. Bunch for chief, in
preference to himself. This is a
strange coincidence we presume,
but possibly it has its origin in
human nature which is frail at
best.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-12-02

THE telephone wire from Fort
Gibson is now in a few miles of
Tahlequah and win as anticipated
by Mr.. Eiffert, be completed
for business in few days more.
Some are curious TO know what
will be the first message transmit
ted. One impecunious fellow has
saidihe'd give ten dollars for the
riuht.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-12-02

GEORGE SAWYER, formerly editor
of the Springfield Herald has been
appointed register OF the land
Office at his town. The selection
is a good one and we are glad Mr..
SAWYER has been so fortunate.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-03
Earliest Methods of Measuring Time.

The story is that King Alfred had no
better way to tell the time than by burning
twelve candles, each of which lasted two
hours; and when all the twelve were gone,
another day had passed. Long before the
time of Alfred, and long before the time
OF Christ, the shadow of the sun told the
hour of the day, by means of sun-diaI.
The old Chaldeans SO placed ahollow hem
isphere, with bead in the center, that the
shadow of the bead on the inner surface
told the hour Of the day. Other kinds of
dials were afterward made with a tablet of
wood or straight piece Of metal. On the
tablets were marked the different hours.
When the shadow came to the mark TX,
it was nine clock in the morning. The
dial was sometimes placed near the ground,
or in towers or buildings. You see, in the
picture, two sun-dials that are in the Gray
and Black Nunnery in Ottawa, the capital
of Canada. The old clock on the eastern
end of Faneuil Hallin Boston was formerly
a dial of this kind; and on some Of the old
church-towers in England you may see
them to-day. Aside from the kinds men
toned, the dials now in existence are in
tended more for ornament than for use.
In days when dials were used, each one
contained motto of some kind, like these:
'"Time flies like the shadow or, II tell no
hours but those that are happy"
But the dial could be used only in the
daytime; and even then, it was worthless
when the sun was covered with clouds.
In order to measure the hours of the night
as well as the hours of the day, the Greeks
and Romans used the clepsydra, which
means: "The water steals away" A large
jar was filed with water, and hole was
made in the bottom through which the
water could run. The glass, in those days,
was not transparent. No one could see
from the outside how much water had
escaped. So there was made, on the inside,
certain marks that told the hours as the
water ran out; or else stick with notches
in the edge was dipped into the water, and
the depth of what was left showed the
hour. Sometimes the water dropped into
another jar in which block of wood was
floating, the block rising as the hours went
on. Once in while, some very rich man
had clepsydra that sounded musical note
at every hour.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-03

BATHING IN WARM WHARF.-THE
Sanitary World considers cleanliness not
only essential to good health, but also a
mark of good breeding, The workman, by
the cliAging of dust to his perspiring per
son, becomes fit subject for the bath tub
very frequently, too frequent bathing, how
ever, is weakening. 1t may not be advis-
able to take bath morning and evening,
as some medical journals advise; but there
should be good washing freqently enough
to keep the person clean. Warm baths
will often prevent the most virulent dis
eases A person who may be in fear of
having received infection Of any kind should
take warm bath, suffer perspiration to
ensue, and then rub dry. He is advised to
dress warmly to guard against taking cold.
IF the system has imbibed any Infectious
matter, it viii be removed by resortlng to
the warm bath if the latter is taken before
the infection has time to spread over the
system; and even if some time has elapsed,
the drenching perspiration that may be in
duced by hot water will be very certain to
remove it. In cases of congestion, bilious
collie, Inflammation, &C., there is no remedy
more certain to give relief than hot bath.
In cases of obstinate constipation also won
derful cures have been wrought. For sure
throat, diphtheria and inflammation of the
lungs, hot compress is one of the most
potent remedies.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-03
The Groom and Grass Gutter.

In stable where valuable Arab horse
has to be cared for the syce is a most i'm
portant parsonage. A really good, trust
worthy syce is nowadays seldom to be met
with. There are Mohammedan syces
throughout Northern India, but the great
majority are Hindus of low CASTE The
duties of the syce are to feed and groom
the horse he is put in charge of-a separate
syce is necessary for each one of the horses
comprising stable-to be ready to accom-
pany his master to the parade ground, the
band stand, or for wherever he may be
bound, and to keep the latter in sight and
follow him any distance, no matter at what
pace the sahib may choose to ride, 1t is
astonishing what powers Of endurance these
native grooms display in this respect; for,
however far the distance or quick the gal
lop, he is seldom left far behind, and nearly
always makes his appearance soon after his
master draws rein. A Bengal syce worthy
of the name can hardly in any country in
the world be surpassed at his work. He is
a most excellent groom, and by means of
hand rubbing, which he often practices for
hours together, he brings out the muscles
and sinews of horse till they are as tough
and hard as iron. 1t is a good custom to
inspect daily the allowance of corn or grain
provided by the syce for his charge, as not
unfrequently dishonest grooms steal por-
ton of it and grind it for their own food.
The ''grass cutter" the last in our list, is a
humble individual, who, as his title tells us,
supplies grass for the horse to which he is
attached. Hay is seldom seen in India;
but horses thrive well on particular kind
of soft green grass, which the grass-cutter
cuts, or rather digs up with a small iron
instrument called a koorpah. 1t is well,
every now and again, to examine the quail
ity and quantity of the grass supplied for
each horse, or else lazy individuals will
likely enough bring in COARSE hard stuff
quite unfit for the purpose. In large sta
tions grass-cutter who performs his work
properly has often to walk many miles be-
fore reaching a spot where soft tender grass
is procurable The grass-cutter is under
the immediate orders of the syce, and
usually receives rupees month as pay
for his services Chambers Journal.
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Charcoal.

Charcoal is valuable as fuel, but it has
other uses which make it one of the most
serviceable of articles. When laid fat
while cold, on burn, it causes the pain to
abate by leaving it on for an hour the
burn seems almost healed when the wound
is superficial.
Tainted meat, covered with it, is sweet
ened. Strewn over heaps Of decomposed
pelts or over dead animals, charcoal pre-
vents unpleasant odor. Foul water is puri-
fed by it. 1t is a great disinfectant, and
sYeetens offensive air if placed in shallow
trays around apartments.
It is SO very porous that it absorbs and
condenses gases rapidly. One cubic inch
of fresh charcoal will absorb nearly one
hundred inches of gaseous ammonia Char
coal forms an excellent poultice for malig-
nant wounds and sores. In cases Of what
is called proud flesh it is invaluable.
1t gives no disagreeable odor, corrodes
no metal, hurts no texture, Injuries no col
ors, is safe and simple disinfectant.
A teaspoonful of charcoal in half glass
of water often relieves sick headache. 1t
absorbs the gases and relieves the distended
stomach pressing against the nerves that
extend from the stomach to the head.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-03
Blue-stocking.

In "Gleanings for the Curious" we find
the following account of the origin of the
term s'blue-stockingH 1t was the fashion
in London, in 1871, for ladies to have
evening assemblies where they might par
ticipate in conversation with literary men.
These societies acquired the name of Blue
Stocking Clubs, AN appellation which
has been applied to pedantic females ever
since. 1t rose from the custom of Mr..
Stillingheet, one of the most eminent mem
bers, wearing blue stockings. Such was
the excellence of his conversation, and his
absence was so great loss, that it used to
be said, Owe can do nothing without the
"Blue Stockings, and thus the title was
gradually established In Hannah More's
poem, "Bas BIeu," many of the most con-
spicuous members are mentioned.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-03
Gail Hamilton on Woman sufage.

Woman suffrage is an artificial cause,
and is just as hard to keep up as slavery
was to put down. Convention, discussion,
fail to arouse any enthusiasm
for woman's right, because there is no or
ganizeS, insistent, radical woman's wrongs.
Individual women suffer, and concrete laws
are unjust, but men as class are not un-
just to women as class. As men in-
crease in refinement and virtue, women
share in the improvement-inevitably be-
cause man is compounded of men and
women. Whatever women suffer they
suffer from the imperfection of human So
ciety, not from any combined intentional
oppression by the stronger sex. Woman
suffrage languishes not because women do
not wish it. Women cannot be made to
wish it, because they do not suffer from the
lack of it. Whenever they want it they
will have it. There is more danger that
they will have it without wanting 1t than
that they will want it without having it.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-03
Medical Value of Salt.

Severe pains in the bowels and stomach
are often speedily relieved by the applica-
ton of bag ofsalt. A weak solution of
salt and water is recommended by good
physicians as remedy for imperfect diges-
ton, and for cold in the head it is com
plete cure snufed up from the hollow of
the hand. We have known severe chronic
cases of catarrh entirely cured by the per-
sistent use of this simple remedy every
night and morning for several months,
where the best efforts of the best physici-
ans failed to do any good. 1t should be
used milk warm. A good handful of rock
salt added to the bath is the next best
thing after an "ocean Dip" and gargle of
weak solution is good and eyer-ready
remedy for sore throat. As dentrifce,
salt and water is very cleansing and also
hardens the gums. 1t will also prevent the
hair from falling out. When broiling
steak, throw little salt on the Goals,
and the blaze from the dripping fat will
not annoy. A little in starch, boiled or
raw, will prevent the irons from sticking.
If the irons are rough, put little salt on
a thick brown paper, lay piece of thin
muslin over it, and rub the iron till perfect
ly smooth. Ink stains are entirely remov-
ed by the immediate application of dry salt
before the ink has dried. When the salt
becomes discolored by absorbing the ink,
brush it off and apply more; wet slightly.
Continue this till the ink is all removed
If new calicoes are allowed to stand in
strong salt water for an hour before the
first washing, the oolors are less likely to
fade. Damp salt will remove the discolo-
rations of cups and saucers caused by tea and
care less washing. A teaspoonful of salt in
each kerosene lamp makes the oil give a
much clearer, better light.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-03
Helping the Editor.
ON The Ninneapolis Tribune.

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
We like the volunteer journalist-fried,
if he is young, and boiled, if he is old-but
we like him. The good people who lie
awake nights devising plans to improve
their papers-doubtless think they are do
ing the world a great service, and they are
not. If a journal is not properly con-
Quoted, the public will find it out. The
subscription list and advertising patronage
will tell the business manager that some
thing is wrong, and the remedy will be ap-
piled without outside assistance. There are
few people who would have the impudence
and effrontery to stop physician on his
way to visit patient and tell that physi-
clan that he was pursuing exactly the wrong
course of treatment, and would surely kill
his patient. Nobody but lunatic would
interrupt Judge in the midst of his charge
to the jury, and say: "See here, you are
not giving those twelve men the proper
instructions; you ought to know better than
thatW People don't rush into dry goods
establishment in breathless haste and tell
the proprietor he made a mistake in buying
calico last week, and ought to wait until
next week. Our greatest millers and man
ufacturers are not besieged by horde of
wise idlers who are loaded to the muzzle
with information about the proper time to
buy wheat or the necessity Of limiting the
product until the demand increases. They
are allowed to attend to their own business,
and if they do not conduct it properly, de-
creased patronage soon warns them of their
danger.
In the newspaper Office it is different.
One volunteer thought-molder advises the
decapitation of correspondent because he
writes that ear muffs are not fashionable in
Cuba. He fears it may injure the ear muff
trade in Minneapolis. Another complains
that the death of John McNiff, which oc-
Cured in Arkansas last May, was not
chronicled with the postscript, "Pine Bluff
and Moccasinville papers please copy" A
tender miss of nineteen summers and an
equal number of hard winters, futters in
with poem on cloves Young Dream, y
and complains that hitherto too little at
tention has been paid to the muses.. She
adds that she would like to have her effu-
sion printed ON the first page, top of col
umn, and will present her bill at the CASH
ier's window. One man wants more for
eign news, and another thinks it is an out
rage to print rubbish from across the water
at ALL And so it goes. If the editor
printed everything he is ordered to, he
would have to issue sixty-four page paper
every day; and if he omitted everything
his anxious advisers tells him to, his jour
nal would be as white as the driven snow
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-03
Pictorial Journalism.

What must be the taste and the forbear.
ance of a people who accept or submit to
the vile pictorial features of the press. To
a man of sense and intelligence they arean
offense that excellence Of other features can
hardly palliate These pictures distort, be-
little, belle and falsify the original in a
most hopeless way. They are made without
art; they are published without conscience.
IF the cave-dwellers and the mound-builders
were living, such papers would find their
best constituencies among them. The pic
torial efforts of the savage who scratches a
few outlines on piece of bark are produc-
tive of as good pictures as these. The
publishers know this, for they use the same
cuts with substitution of names and palm
them off on such purchasers as are unfa-
miliar with the original. Perhaps there
are some readers who admire the pictures
that are found in these pages; if so, there
is a financial reason why they are produced.
While publishers may try to excuse them
selves on this ground, it asserts the exis-
tence of class of people in this country
that come very near being devoid Of the
instincts of civilized beings; for surely no
others would look on these pictures with
favor; such people are not whit above the
hieroglyphics and bone etchings of the pre-
historic centuries The daily newspaper
that depends on these people and on such
pictures for its welfare is poor indeed, and
can hardly take SO much pride in itself as
a burro can.. 1t is a libel on man to pub
lish such carricatures of him as are found
in some daily newspapers. IF the hopes
of an aspiring politician are to be blighted;
if the fair fame of an estimable person is to
be wrecked; if the respect Of the populace
for any man is to be ruined and turned into
distrust, the publication of villainous cut
of him, such as may be seen any day ia a
daily paper, is the surest and shortest means
of accomplishing the end. Until grand
jury indicts the offending newspapers, an
outraged public ought to wage an indignant
warfare against them.-Pqper World.
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FOR STUDENTS ef8orH SEXES
nay SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS.
D1- Incorporated by Act Of Assembly, 1868.

Occupies one of the most beautiful and
healthfal sites in the State. Receives annual
appropriation from the Legislature for the
Free Board of one student from each Sena-
torial District. Provides comfortable room
for each two students. Has full corps of
competent instructors. Course Of study ample
and thorough both in the Preparatory and
Collegiate Departments. Discipline strict,
but kind. Terms very moderate. A Schol-
arship for Three Years Tuition for 500, and
Ito students having such Scholarship Board,
Room, Washing, Fuel and Light at the rate
of $166.67 per year. Has been in successful
operation for 10 years.
The Twentieth year will open ON Tuesday,
September 7, 1886. Any further information
and full descriptive Catalogue may be had by
addressing the President,
REV. 7. H. LEWIS. A. NJ, d. D.
June l9 Westminster, Md.
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Is MIssPELLING DISEASE pr.
Grace Peckham writes to the Medical
Record; Ibelong to that miserable category
of human beings who are to be classed
among the accidental spellers.p / may
write so pages Of manuscript with very few
eFFors of spelling, then all Of sudden on
page 81 will come blunder after blunder.
Words correctly spelled and used over and
over again are all wrong now. My mind
Of sudden halts and refuses to arrange the
letters properly. Ny little boy s years old
would deserve thrashing for such vulgar
blunders.