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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05
H. BECK AND CHEROKEB
CITIZENSHIP.
YINIrA. |. 4. Nov. 8rd. IS

NINlTA, |. T. Nov. 3rd, 1881.
EDITOR CHIEFTAIN. In refer.
ence TO my connection with the
citizenship business of which the
Ninita World has so much TO say.
| viii say this That as my sign
ON the square front Of my Office in
the town of Ninita will show, and
as many others know, I try TO be
lawyer by profession. As TO how
good an one | am, or as To my abil-
tiles as such, others, ard not my
self can be the judge, and as such,
being a regular practitioner before
the Indian and Federal courts of
this country, have been employed
to prosecute number of claims
for Cherokee citizenship before the
national council OF the Cherokee
nation. Allow me TO saw here in
this connection that | have done
nothing | am ashamed Of, and
don't write this rs any needed de-
fense of myself, ands although |
must say that mauy of the state
meuts in the World are untrue and
incorrect, in reference particularly
to The amounts been paid aud the
red seal business. Every dollar |
have ever received in the business
has been under contract. signed in
duplicate, and my client and my
self each keep a copy. The fol-
lowing is a copy ol the contract:
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT,
Entered into. this - DAY OF --
lS9 botwecn-- Of the county
oi--Siate Of" party Of the first
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05

The general results of last Tues
days elections were in favor Of the
democrats and they elected gov
ernors of New York, Massachu-
sets and probably Iowa; the re-
publicans elected Mckinley gov
ernor of Ohio. In Pennsylvania
where several state officers (but no
governor) were chosen, the repub-
licans captured all. The peoples
party throughout Kansas and 9TH
er western states where it showed
great strength a year ago, lost
heavily.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05
NJ NJ EDMIsroN,
PAsco q HARRISON,

Akll :. lNf lhlllllll.
NJ NJ Edmiston, Of lawful age,
being duly sworn, on oath says
that he is one of the attorneys for
the above named plaintiff; that he
has rend and knows the contents
of the above and foregoing
complaint, aud that the matters
and things therein contained are
true according to his informatiou
and belief NJ NJ EpMIsroN.
Subscribed and sworn to before
(@ me, this 2nd day Of
SEAL November, 1891
- WM. NELSON,
Clerk I ). court for the Indian
Territory, First Division.
BY W. r. SHAcEELFoRn,
Deputy Clerk.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05

A PRIVATE dispatch from Table
quah states that the commissioners
were expected to arrive yesterday
"wednesday and the senate COM
mittee, of which Senator Butler is
chairman, will arrive about the
18th inst.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05
-) II II T. (--
KANSAS CITY STOCK YABDS

Are by m the commoop end be nted HE Missouri Valley
eodinE sheep,
planked throughout
real d here than The east due to he ] az Ieso eight
aud tn reur attendance Of sharp competitive buyers for the packing
Boston
Kansas City
aioIlng the the
grounds lor
oc destined
o cattle calves, 2aal1
T. number
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05

VIM. Timmous, postmaster OF Ida-
vile. Ind, writes; Electric Bitfers
has iiOue more for ME than all other
medicines combined, for that bad
feeling arising from kidney ana liver
trouble John Leslie, farmer and
sfockmdn, oi same place, says. "tlnd
ieCfric RItters to De the hest Kidney
nd Liver me licIne- made me feel like
new man. j. W. Gardner, hard
lare merchant. same town, SAYS.
Electric Bittcrs IS iustthe thing for q
man who is aIl rnn down and don {
are whether Pee lives OF dies; hr found
trw strength, good appetite end felt
just like he bad a nfN lease on lile-
only soc. a bottle, al Patton * COS.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05

From present indications there
will be large number Of political
workers that will fall outside the
breast-works" before the fight for
the spoils is ended at Tahlequah.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05

As regards the Strip there seems
to be an executive-legislat judi
cial combination against us that
will be hard to overcome.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05

NoNE of the new presses pur-
chased by the manager of the
World have ever arrived. Ditto
those railroad passes.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05

Cooweescoowee District
J. L. Baugh, Downing.
J. NJ. Keyes, National.
Delaware
Tom Burlington, Downing.
C. L. Washbourne,
Saline
George Sanders ('Soggy,") Nat,
Daniel Redbird,
Goingsnake-
r. NJ. Wolfe,
Ellis Alberty, Downing.
Tahlequah-
Gale Starr, "
Ned Greece, National.
Illinois
Mart Benge, !"
Jack Cookston, ="
Flint
Ellis Burlington, Downing.
Seven Star, "
Sequoyah-
Charley Fargo, I"
Charley Starr, "
Canadian
James Harris, T"
Wm. McLain, 9
COUNCIL.
Cooweescoowee-
Geo. W. Clark, Downing.
Joe Cobb, 3"
John Carter, ="
Willis Mills, /"
John Tucker, +"
Alex Mcdaniel, National.
George Mayes, 4"
Delaware
Bill Davis, Downing.
Bill Ballard, g
Jess Starr, ="
Zeke Fields, National.
Sam Nidiffer,
Riley Copeland, g
Saline
Eli Bat, "
Frank Concene, g
Wilson Cummins, "
Goingsnake-
J. D. Burlington, Downing.
jeff Catcher, "
Coming Smell, +"
Wolfe Coon, National.
Tahlequah-
J. r. Rattlinggourd, Downing.
Tom Shade,
Shake Manus, National.
Daniel Gritts, ="
John Hendricks, I"
Illinois
L. D. Chambers, ="
Canone Vann,
Wallis Thornton,
Cabin Miller, Downing.
Fox Glass, National.
Flint
Lewis Cochran, Downing.
Candy Adair, Z"
John Justis, "
Sequoyah-
John Roastingear, Downing.
Bill Chukalate. National.
Tom Blair, Downing.
Canadian
Isaac Groves, Downing.
Tom Fields,
Tom Woodall, /"
John Jordan, +"
The following officers wer
elected
SENATE.
Thos. Burlington, Pres; VIM. P
Thompson, clerk; Geo. Blair, asst
clerk VIM. p. Mayes, interpreter
VIM. Eubanks, asst. interpreter
COUNCIL.
George Clark, speaker; Waite
Fields, clerk; Mouse Landrum
asst clerk ]. II. Fly, interpre
ter; Coffey Woodall, asst. inter
prefer.
The day was taken up with OF
ganizing. To-day Tuesday vii
begin the contests and Wednes
day the Chief will deliver his mes
sage.
1t is thought the Seminaries vii
be opened by the 1st of December
The opinion holds here that tn
Strip will not be sold unless NOR
than sl.25 per acre is offered.
Office seekers are estimated a
1S9 persons.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05

Plantation Chill Cure Irregular and
Tasteless) Us The only remedy prescrib-
ei by physicians. For sale 10y ". G..
Patton q Co
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05

Take Collins ague cure for the liver.
1t cures chills.
stop those chillsi Collins ague cure
will DO it. 10 cure, no pay. We mean
it. ". Q. Patton q Co.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05

Groves taste.ess chill tonic is a per-
feet malarial liver tonic and blood pur-
iier Removes bilious ness without
purging. As pleasant as lemon syrup.
IL is as large as any dollar tonic and
retaiis for SOC. To get the genuine ask
for Groev's. Sold by Murrow & Co.
Tulsa, l. +. 1927
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-05
THE oHnRoKHH COUNCIL.
An Organization Effected Roll of
Members Opening Notes.

TAnLKQuAm. Tuesday Morning. Nov. 5
Monday morning our Legislators,
after vainly striving to elnde the
vigilant and ubiquitous "ofiice
seeker" did finally escape and
about ten O'Clock wended their
WAYS into the senate and council
chambers where they began the
regular routine business of council.
The rolls showed the following
members
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-31

George A. Macbeth, the Southside glass
manufacturer, assisted Mr.. Brashear in his
experiments, and the outcome is that Mr..
Macbeth has agreed to build all optical glass
factory in the natural gas belt in Indiana,
which is noted for its regularity of pressure,
and Mr.. Brashear has contracted with Fell,
the noted telescope makef of Paris, to come
here and take charge of the factory.
The Mathematics of the Glass.
These disks for telescope lenses as they
are received from Europe are in their rough
state. For instance, if Mr.. Brashear is
building telescope of anything over IL
inches aperture it requires from two to six
months to finish the lenses themselves. The
work is most delicate With each disk the
European manufacturer has sent a prism
made from the identical pot of glass from
which was cast the disk. This prism is
studied with the spectrometer in order to
learn the optical properties of the two
glasses, flint and crown. The curves of the
disk intended for the objective are then
computed from this prism. The mathe-
matics involved in such study as this are
of such difficult character that few men in
a generation are competent to work them
out. In this part of the work DIR. Charles
S. Hastings, of Yale University, is associ-
ated with Mr.. Brashear, and his knowledge
of mathematical dioptrics is known all over
the world.
The grinding on the disk in the workshop
at Allegheny follows the calculations and
this is continued with rough iron tools un-
til the approximate mathematical eomputa-
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\ CHAPTER I.
MIR. GIRDLEsToNE's HEIR.

In the neighborhoodo of Bishopsgate With
out, and only separated from that noisy
street by narrow lane of lofty warehouses,
stands an old square. This square, which is
mostly composed of fine mansions, was once
the very center Of fashion. Here was to be
found the ancestral home Of more than one
aristocratie family; it was here that the
Countess of Devonshire-some 200 years
ago-lived and died. 1t was here, as we are
told by Stow, the best of old chroniclers,
that casper Fisher, free of Goldsmiths,
late one of the six clerks of the Chauncerie,
and justice of the peace" built for himself
a magnificent residence. He laid out his
grounds in regal style with pleasure
gardens and bowling alleys, for his guests to
wander in and listen to the songs of birds;
even ''the Queens Majesty Elizabeth did
lodge there" No wonder, then, that
crowds of the nobility and gentry came to
visit Jasper Fisher. His hospitality and
extravagance might almost be compared to
that of an Eastern potentate; calf could
scarcely have been more ostentatious. But
'Fisher"-so the story goes on-''being a
man of no great calling, possessions or
wealth, and being indebted to many" was
unable for any length of time to keep up so
large and sumptuous an establishment. He
retired once more. into private life; the
place gradually fell into wreck and ruin;
and SO 1t came to be called "Fisher's
Folly"
One autumn evening; some years ago, a
young man entered the precincts Of Fishers
Folly and looked keenly about him. At
that time the place was the home Of mer-
chants, who had their counting houses on
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ions are fulfilled; the final grinding is done
with accurately prepared glass tools, work
ing with emery of the finest possible wash
ings. The curves of the lenses have to be
measured from time to time with a
delicate instrument called the "sphero-
meter" 1t viii measure to the one one
hundred-thousandth part of an inch, and in
the hands of an expert workman it often
measures much smaller fractions than this.
Delicate Work of Polishing.
The polishing of the disk is the next step.
1t is beautiful process, the polishers be-
ing made of pitch and the polishing powder
used is peroxide of iron. For this work
Mr.. Brashear has devised some curious ma
chinery, to be seen in no other part of the
country. During this polishing process the
polishing machine has to be carefully
watched. The change of the ffty-thou-
sandth part of an inch upon the curves of
the lens would seriously affect the as
Economical performance of a large glass.
Such small quantity as that even is
large when the glass is to be tested subse-
quently by Foucault's method. Mr..
Brashear sets the object glass up before q
large plain mirror having no error greater
than the two-hundred-thousa part of an
inch. The light of an artificial star is then
allowed to fall upon the objective, pass
through it and be reflected back by the per-
feet mirror behind it. As the cone of rays
comes back to focus it is cut off by knife
edge, when every little imperfection in the
curves or other existing errors are instantly
brought into view. So delicate is this test
that errors as small as the fve-hundred-
thousandth part of an inch may be detected.
After the glass has been brought by re-
peated workings to an accurate curve, it is
then necessary to center it; that is to say,
the edge, or circumference, must be of
absolutely equal thickness in very part, SO
that the light, when passing through the
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up on Observatory Hill.


This spectroscope is for Prof Charles A
Young, the celebrated astronomer of Prince
ton Observatory. A spectroscope is used
with the telescope to determine the COM
position of celestial bodies; for the determi-
nation of the motion of stars in the line of
sight, and for the solution of many other
interesting problems in ''the new astrono-
N.Y." as Prof. S. P. Langley calls it. 1t is
one of the most modern of astronomical in
struments, its use only having been known
for about 80 years past The spectroscope
for Prot. Young will have every conceiva-
BILE attachment for work of precision in
Photographic and visual observations.
A spectroscope for Photographing.
During the present year Mr.. Brashear's
mechanical genius was enlisted in an en-
tirely new field of astronomical work. Mr..
George E. Hale, of Chicago, conceived the
idea of making Photographic study of the
solar flames He needed peculiarly-built
spectroscope for the purpose, and expert
mented for some time to that end. At last,
sending his designs to Mr.. Brashear, he got
that gentleman interested. The Allegheny
man worked upon it for many months and
at last constructed spectroscope of an ex-
ceedingly delicate nature, with which Mr..
Hale has already been able to obtain good
photographs of the spectrum of solar flames.
1t is discovery Of great Importance to
scientists.
But Mr.. Brashear has about solved an
other problem of importance. The disks of
glass for telescope lenses cannot be obtained
in this country. They are only made in
France and Germany. Their manufacture
requires a very regular as well as intense
heat. In his study of the subject he found
that the natural gas while it would supply
the intensity was not sufficiently uniform in
its pressure among Pittsburg glass factories.
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ment. 1 determined to make it rejecting
telescope. There was remarkably little
literature on the construction of telescopes,
and what few scientists I communicated
with evidently had no time to help me. So
1 went at it myself again. I worked al
nights for two years on 12-inch object
glass, and suddenly one night broke it into
fragments while trying to silver it. The
toll of two years was destroyed in a mo-
ment-"
Mr.. Brashear paused. With my notebook
on my knee, L was busy penciling. out some
of the previous memorandum about pro-
cesses, and, without looking up, 1 remarked
thoughtlessly:
81 guess you don't like to remember that
moment, do you, Mr.. Brashear?"
There was no immediate answer, and
glanoing up quickly, 1 saw an intense
CULVER on the mechanic-astronomer's lips,
which did what the story should have done
touched my heart
"Ah, no." resumed Mr.. Brashear the
next moment. '1t was the most bitter mo-
ment in my life. 1t took me "a hours to get
over it. But, sir, once over it, 1 went to
work with renewed vigor, and SO desperate
was 1 that in one year had completed
another glass-one year! mark you"
Largest Spectroscope in the World.
Just now MI. braSnedr is making Ine
largest spectroscope in the world. A bushel
basket would cover the whole instrument,
and yet with the assistance of five or six
workmen he has been engaged upon it al
ready four months, and it will take two
more months to complete it. The enormous
telescope in the Lick Observatory of Cali
fornia is fitted with a spectroscope that was
also made by Mr. Brashear. Up to its time
it was the largest and most perfect spectre
scope in the world, but it is now to be sur
passed by the instrument on the tables of
Mr.. Brashear's wonderful little workshop
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-31
A clerk came forward 'rwhat name?"

A clerk came forward. 'rwhat name?"
"John Westeott."
The clerk opened door on which was IN
scribed 'sMr Girdlestone" In faded letters
The room into which he stepped was In
darkness; but the clerk lighted two antique
candlesticks on the high mantel shelf He
then placed chair for John Westeott and
disappeared.
Westcott's expression of curiosity in
creased. The room had a mysterious and
neglected appearance: there were many
signs # its not having been occupied
of late The desk was covered with dust,
and dusty cobwebs hung in the corners
of the walls and across the ehinks In the
closed shutters, as though even the spiders
had forsaken the place. A few sheets of
paper lying upon the desk were as yellow
as old parchment; and the ink in pewter
inkstand had evidently dried up long ago,
with the tip of a quill pen sticking there, as
if the hand that had dipped it had ended the
records of life and had vanished.
John Westeott sat down in the chair
probably Mr.. Girdlestone's-facing the old
desk. His eyes wandered searchingly into
the deep pigeon-holes and over the brass
handled drawers, quantity designed with the
heads of satyrs Suddenly he glanced up.
An antique picture-the portrait of an old
man-faced him; it was hanging over
the mantel-sheH between the two candles;
and the eyes seemed to him to express
extraordinary cupidity. Westcott moved
from the desk, lifted one of the candles
from the mantel-shelf, and, shading it with
his hand, examined the portrait with acute
interest. eyes" said he, in an undertone,
SIT is the face remember. There is look
of Unsuitable greed in those searching eyes
in the hollow cheeks and wrlnkled mouth.
And what expressive hands! Why, yes,
they seem. to be grasping imaginary goldp'
While he still stood gazing at this paint
ing as if unable to take his eyes from it,
the door opened, and the clerk requested
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the ground floor The man had the appear
ance of one who had recently landed from a
long voyage: he wore rough overcoat and
waterproof hat; and his fresh complexion
and bright eyes spoke eioquently of stiff
breezes on briny sea- His face expressed
as he glanced about something more than
mere idle curiosity. 81 thought I should
have remembered the old house." he NUT
tered to himself; Shut I was only lad;
and one house was the same as
another in those days. 1 didn't know
then what I know now" and he walked
round the square, peering up at the doors
and windows and down into the great areas,
dismal and deserted and faced by rusty iron
rails. Presently he stopped opposite cor
ner house. 1t was the largest In the square;
it had two windows on each side of its mas
sive door, and five windows on the stories
above. In the roof was low, smoking
chimney; and in the deepening gloom this
chimney, with a round garret window on
each side, had the appearance of a shapeless
monster, as it seemed to the young man,
staring down over the parapet when he
looked up.
As he was on the point of turning away,
though the front door of this man
sion stood invitingly open, a gleam
of light in the windows overhead at
and stood in the roadway with an eager
expression on his uplifted face. The light
moved swiftly about, glimmered dimly in
the five windows, and presently became con-
centrated in the one above the front door.
In the bow of this middle window, inside
the room, stood a large lamp-unlighted.
This lamp, raised upon q pedestal, was
peculiar. 1t had the appearance of q
lantern suspended under gilded dome, the
dome being supported by foliated pillars.
The whole ornament, as far as could be seen
at that distance, was remarkable piece of
workmanship. And while the young man
stood there looking up, as If the lamp were
of exceptional interest to him, the figure of
girl became apparent. The girl, carrying
taper in her hand, stopped before the
lamp. The lantern was soon Lit; and the
brightness from it fell upon her face. 1t
was a. vision of beauty-an exquisite ap-
partition of loveliness, upon which the
lamp threw a pale subdued light; and
then an arm was stretched out, the curtain
drawn across the window, and the lamp and
lovely face had vanished.
The young man now went up the steps,
and found himself in large hall, with a
broad oaken staircase beyond. Upon adoor
on one side of this hall was written in white
letters upon dark panel, "Girdlestone,
Carter & Co." After moment hesitation
and glance up the staircase, as though an
other glimpse of the enchanting face were
possible, ne opened this door and found
himself in a dingy old counting house,
where the clerks, five or six in number,
were seated on high stools, as if to getlight,
when any came that way, from the barred and
dusty windows behind them. They all looked
up when the visitor came in, like so many
aatomstopa, and then looked down again.
"Ia M Carter within 2"