Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-09-11

ing OF the ice.
Prof. r. II. Snow, Of the Uni
versity of Kansas, is in great nees
of some live and healthy chincf
bugs with which to carry on hi
experiments chinch bug infsc
ton. Any = who will send ;
small lot Of bugs by mail in
. spool box or ether convenient box
10 Prof. +. II. Snow, University
of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans.. vii
confer favor on the investigator
and IT is hoped, on the farmers.
Mistakes viii happen. A
prominent citizen of Denver got
married the other day to a hand.
some Colorado woman, but the
careless operator of the Associated
Press substituted the word "col-
Ored" tor Colorado" and now
his eastern friends are writing let
ters which he is ramming into the
throat Of a muzzle-loading gun and
praying Nemisis to send that OPP
orator out OF his hiding place for
Just one little moment.
-Exchange:-Many farmers are
sowing rye for winter pasture.
This is 4 good move. A good rye
pasture will be of estimable value
this winter in view of the scarcity
of other feed A few acres of tur-
nips would also be of great value.
If we should get plenty of rain
from this on, good hay may be
obtained by sowing millet. There
are many ways in which the farm
ers can find relief from the effects
OF the drouth. All who are pres
pared to do so should make it a
point to sell all the butter posi-
BILE. This viii help out wonder
fully on current expenses. The
rye pasture and plenty of turaips
will make lots of butter.
One of the rising industries of
Philadelphia is the bogus coffee in
dustry. An enserprising manufac-
turer has discovered a process BY
which an excellent imitation of the
coffee berry can be made from
-four. The -four is reduced to
dough, the dough is run through a
machine which molds itinto coffee
grains, and the grains are baked
until they assume a coffee color.
In its circular to the trade" this
enterprising firm assures the dealer
that he "can safely mix fifteen per
cent.of the substitute with genuine
coffee" +" that he can largely in
crease his profits, and his transac-
tiOns with the firm viii be treated
with the "strictest confidence. +"
-Coffeyville Journal:-Bob
Sadler found an old flint lock il
the bed Of the Yerdigris, near this
city, on Monday that is a curiosity
of It's kind. Il had evidently lain
in the water for many years.
Small pebbles had grown fast to
the iron, and it is nearly eaten up
with rust. How it came to be in
the river is a mystery. s** A
large acreage Of wheat viii be sown
in Montgomery county this year.
Our Iarmers are beginning to re-
alize that they have made a mis-
take in neglecting wheat. The
work in. this crop comes IN a time
when the farmers attention is not
required in anv other direction,
and it Is marketable at a time of
the year when there is no other
crop ready to move. The fall and
winter pasture furnished young
stock by crop goes a long way
towards the expense Of putting it
in.
Oklahoma JOurnsl:-There az
rived in the city yesterday Spe-
cial Agent Lafe Merritt and In
dian Agent :. l.. Patrick direct
from the Kickapoo village, whore
an attempt had been made TO en-
roll that tribe. A council Of the
head men was had Ooth on Satur-
day and Monday, At each OF which
they positively refused to be
counted. The fact is that the
KlckapOo is 4 malignant tribe,
having recently refused to treat
With the Cherokee Commission for
cession of the large reservation
they occupy, at an offer from the
government of Si60,000 and 160
acres of selected land for each man
woman ani child in the tribe.
They are very stubborn and su-
perstitious and bitterly object to
listening to approaching officials
upon any subject in reality for
their own well-being. They have
occupied their present reservation
for s6 ySaEs, having been removed
here from Mexico, during which
time no enrolment has been ia
ken of them. Their agent has
been ordered 10 do so however at
all hazard, and now that they have
refused, troops viii undoubtedly
be called in TO assist in the work.
The above named officials wired
the department at Washington
statement OF the situation and ask
ed for military aid which viii
probably be furnished from the
camp at this point or from Ft Reno.
Brother in Red.-The $1,000
appropriation for Creeks per capita
payment has been favOrably re-
ported by the conference COMMITTEES
and will doubtless be granted by
congress. In view Of the apprO-
priation Capt. F. B Sewers has
advanced in supplies aud goods
many thousands Of dollars. For
the last three weeks his stores at
both MnskOgee and Okmulgee
have been crowded. He could