Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-09-03

Dom Pedro. once Of Brazil. will re-
side for a time In England.
Saxony imposes tax on cats. This
ls s1methiug new in tho fee line.--
Lo,ocl Courier.
A Denver man has been awarded
300, 600 damages for The alienation OF
his wife's affections.
The latest story Is that Andrew Car.
negie desires to run for Parliament Ia
the next English election.
Shares OF Paradise are alleged to
be sold by the Salvation Army through-
out France at large profit.
At a recent English marriage cere-
mony the bride was exactly twice the
age and twice the weight ofthe groom.
The British admiralty has resolved
to give $4,000 to Admiral Colomb for
his invention for flashing night signals.
The payments to Bret Harto by his
English publishers last year are said to
have reached total Of $4,000. while
Ia America he was paid only $1,000.
A 10.year-old schoolgirl in New
York City is unable to read unless the
print is upside down. When writing
She forms her letters and figures upside
down also.
The Coreans are the largest eaters
known. Their stomachs are generally
abnormal in size. and the one possess
ing the largest is generally considered
the richest.
Ex-President Cleveland has rented
a cottage for the summer at Glen Sum-
nit. Luzerne county. Pa. mountain
resort on the line Of Lohigh Valley
Railroad.
Frank ingalls,. a young, brother OF
the ex-senator, is President OF Drury
College at Springfield Mo. He is tall
and slender, and otherwise resembles
his distinguished brother in personal
appearance.
Whittier is quoted as saying. the
other day, that there were times when
Il seemed to him that he must take up
his pen and write. but that he felt that
he had done enough and that his work
was really completed.
A San Francisco man has a peculiar
mania for opening aud closing doors.
aud will stand for hours ut a time at
oRe of the entrances to the post Office
opening and closing the doors for the
accommodation of the pedestrians.
Red stockings are generally colored
from matters of aniline which contain
large quantities of antimoniac pro-
ducts. When perspiring, this matter
becomes soluble enters the pores OF
the skin. and produces violent rash.
There is a spinster in Pttsburg who
had marble monument for herself
made some ten years ago. IL is kept
in the yard of the marble dealer. where
she visits it about three times a week.
and seems to find a sort OF melancholy
pleasure in being near 1t.
A new industry is gaining headway
in the tropics, by which bananas are
dried for shipment The fruit in dry
ing loses one-third of its weight. and
when dried readily sells at l6 cents a
pound. The dried fruit can be trans
ported over bad roads without injury,
aud il retains its flavor.
Stanley's contract with the American
publishers of his last book called for
$50, 900 in royalty. It is now author
itatively stated that he has received
from them the additional sum OF SAL
000 and that Major Pond paid to him
some $50. 600 us his portion Of the pro-
ceeds OF the lecture tour
Alfred Tennyson has been England's
poet laureate since 1850. longer
period than the honor was held by any
of his predecessors. Colley Cibber en-
joyed the distinction from 1880 ~ 1857.
aud Robert Southey from 1918 to ls43;
all the Others. from Edmund Spenser
down. for much shorter terms.
There are 10000 oil wells in the
United States representing capital
of $l2O, 900. 900, with an output Of 130.-
900 barrels per day. The refining
capacity of the country is lac. 900 bar
rels per day. while Is. 600 barrels are
consumed as fuel A surplus stock is
held in tanks of more than 35, 600. 900 !
barrels.
The plot in which Sir John Mac
donald is buried is surrounded by a |
plain, low iron fence. In the center /
of it is a modern red granite shaft with /
the names Macdonald" aud William |
son" on its base. On one eide lie |
father and mother a sister q lrother /
and the first wife. On the other side /
there is only one mound. aud It is /
Williamson" The grave of the dead
Premier is beside that Of his mother.
The gendarmerie of Budapesth sue
ceeded after several brave attempts in /
taking band of gypsy robbers. num-
beripg fifty men, prisoners. Among
the captives are several notorious
The leader Of the band,
strange to say. is the author of die
tionary OF the gypsy language, for
which Archduke Joseph wrote the pre-.
face.
Mabel Hunter. lG-year-old Iowa
girl. is the victim of a peculiar habit
formed in childhood. Whenever she
is sent on an errand she walks TO aud
from the place backwards. Some
times she will absent-mindedlv walk
right. but upon recovering her senses
will Immediately relrace her steps and
begin the journey over again back.
wards.
II is stated that in India soap Is Ie-
garded almost in the light Of a natural
for it is rarely. If ever. TO be
OF d shopkeeOe per there. or
course. il is sold in the larger towns;
but the amount used bv the natives
must be very small. seeing that the
otal consumption Of soap in India last
Tear was only 1000 tons. This means
hat the amount used by each person
'or the year was considerably less than
re ounce.
SAYS San Francisco special to the
y. Y. Tribune; Tie death Of Dona
3andine at Los Angeles removes one
If the last survivors Of distinguished