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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18
INDIAN TERRITORY.
a VISIT TO THE CHICKAsAws
CHOCTAWS AND CREEKS.
How the Indians Farm-The Capitol
and University-A Call Upon the
Chtef-Big Plantations Owned
by Some Half Breeds.

crossed Texas in coming from
Mexico to the Indian Territory and
again entered foreign country, writes
Frank G.. Carpenter from Tahlequah.
The five civilized tribes, who own the
best part of this Territory, claim to be in.
dependent nations. They have civili-
zation, laws and government of their
own, and these Cherokees hsve their own
parliament at Tahlequah and they elect
their senate and house without regard to
the United States. They have presi-
dent or chief, who is elected by the vote
of the people, and they settle all civil
matters in their own courts, the cases
being plead by their own lawyers and
decided by Indian judges. They have
their own secretary of the treasury and
their own police, and politics cuts as
much of u figure here as it does in any
place.
Tahlequah is town of perhaps 1000
people aud the State house is in its cen.
Ter. 1t is big two-story brick building
which looks more like country court
house than like national capitol, aud
it is located in large park filed with
great forest trees. Around this the
streets extend out in every direction.
They are wide and unpaved, and they
are lined with such buildings as you will
find in town of 1000 inhabitants in the
United States, The houses back of the
main or business streets have big grounds,
and some of them are eight and ten-room
cottages. Only few of the houses are
built of logs and the most of them are OF
boards and some are after the models
furnished in books of suburban architec.
ture.
The capitol contains the Legislative
halls, the treasury department, the su.
preme court and the department of edu-
cation. l visited it and 1 found the
treasury much like country bank, con-
sisting of n counter running across ten
by twelve room. Iron bars ran from the
front of the counter to the ceiling, aud
in the space behind there was safe and
an Indian, who talked to me through a
little hole over the centre of the counter.
The legislature was not in session, but I
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AbYssnl Snonges.

"Some of the most beautiful things
that live in the ocean are the sponges of
the great depths, which have often very
curious and interesting FORMS" said a
naturalist to Star reporter. ''Not least
remarkable are the so called sea nests, ,
which are in the form of spheres or
egg-shaped. The oute- coat of one OF
these specimens is complicated net
work, over which delicate membrane
is spread. An ornamental frill adorns
the upper part, while the lower portion
throws out maze of glossy filaments like
fine white hairs. These hairs penetrate
the semi-fuid mud in every direction,
thus holding the sponge in its place,
while continuous current of water is
drawn by waving 'cilia' through all parts
of the mass, passing out by hole at the
top. In this manner the animal absorbs
whatever food may be ailoat.
"Another singular sponge is the
glass rope, which sends down into the
mud coiled wisp of tilaments as thick
as knitting needle. The latter opens
out into brush, fixing the creature in
place after the manner of screw pile.
Still another remarkable sponge is found
in the deep water off tie Loffodcn
Islands. 1t spreads out into thin cir
cular cake, surrounded by what looks
like fringe of white floss silk. Yet
another curiosity is the 'eupectelln'
sponge of the Philippines, which lives
embedded to its lid in the mud aud sup
ported by lovely frill. p Washington
Star
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A Queer custom at Windsor.

A queer custom which prevails at no
other court than that of Great Britain is
the solemn annouh cement at the begin
ming of each course of the name of the
cook who has prepared the dishes served.
This announcement is made in audible
tone, for the benefit of Her Majesty, by
one of the clerks-in- waiting Of the
kitchens. The origin of this custom
dates back to the reign of George II,
whose chef having been temporarily in
capaciGted by sickness was forced to
abandon his duties to his principal mar
milton, young fellow by the name of
Weston. So successfully did he fulfill the
task intrusted to him that he becume Il
great favorite of the kings, who pro-
NOTED him to the rank of chef. This,
of course, created great jealousy among
his former comrades, and evory effect
was made to GUST him from royal favor
by rendering him responsible for all the
culinary failures that appeared on the
kings table. Greatly distressed by so
much injustice and fearing to lose his
exalted position, Weston complained to
the king, who Immediately gave orders
that thenccforth, whenever n dish was
placed before him, the name of the cook
responsible for its success or failure
should be called out in loud tone of
voice.-NeW York Recorder.
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Nltro-Glycerino Can't Be Annihilatcd

In manufacturing nitro-g lycerine one
OF the processes is to strain it through
felt, usually through the crowns of old
felt hats, they having been found not
only the most convenient and effective
for the purpose, but also preferable for
economy. This felt is burned up after
using. At one of the factories in the
northern oil field once an employe re-
solved to test the life of nitro glycerine,
and he took n hat-crown that had been
used MS II strainer, washed it thoroughly,
and then put it through course of
treatment with alkalis. He laid the felt
away on shelf. 1t lay there two years,
and one day the man happened to think
of it and took it down. He had no idea
that there could possibly remain in the
felt the slightest suspicion of danger,
and, to show that the stuff had been an
initiated, he put the felt on the iron arm
on the timers bench, and struck it with
a hammer. The result was surprise to
that factory. An explosion followed
that broke both arms of the workman,
stunned three other mer. hurled the
heavy iron arm through two foot wall,
and wrecked the timing shop. Nitro
glycerine can't be annihilated. boston
| TRANSCRIPT.
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one of the trains by which they returned.
l have never seen more drunken, disrep-
utable and disorderly crowd. The men
were wild with liquor, and redfaced
cowboys with big hats on their heads
jumped up and down, yelling and crow
ing like roosters and swearing they could
whip any blanked man i'll the car.
They are many negroes still in the In
dian Territory and you will find many of
the Greeks who have intermarried with
rhc negroes. The Choctaws have also,
many people of mixed Indian aud negro
blood, and the Chickasaws had big cot
many slaves.
These Cherokees here are the proudest
of all these Indian tribes. They are the
nristocrats of the Five Nations. There
re stores here run by the Indian quite
good as those OF the white men in the
owns along the railroad, and am sur
,rised to see what big stocks of goods
they carry and what variety of articles
they use. The dry goods stores contain
nll kinds of ladies' dress goods, and
these women here do not coniine them
selves by any means to calico. Such as
I have seen wear rs good clothes as you
will find worn by the women of any
own of this size in the United States,
and they dress in exactly the same way,
Most of the families of Tahlequah have
sewing machines, and nearly every
house has piano or organ.
They use cooking stoves and have
exactly the same kind of household
furniture that you will find in an Ameri-
can village. The men dress in the same
way, and of the Cherokees only the few
est cling to their old habits, and there
are none, think, but who wear citizens
clothes. Some of the poorest Indians,
and these are generally full blooded ones,
live in log cabins, and these do nothing
but fish and cultivate little ground for,
their own corn. These, understand,
ore chiefly in the eastern part of the
nation, where there is mountainous
country.
The Indians themselves know that they
must be eventually swallowed up by the,
whites, and though they will not con-
fess this, they say that if it does come
the Government must pay the Indians for
their lands and allow each one a fee
simple title to farm. The Indian Terri
tory has now only about 80, 900 Indians
Still the country is much bigger than
New York and Massachusetts, and it is
nearly the same size as Kansas. It.
would support population of five or
six millions. and it contains the best
lands in the United States.
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orators are now discussing on the stump.
The opposition to Chief Mays's re-elec.
ton charges that it is due to his ineffi-
cheney and bad government that there has
not been enough money to paw the teach.
ers, and the friends of the chief shov
quite as plainly that the deficit rises from
other causes. In the meantime the bio
seminary lies idle and the university ios
,no scholars. went through the semi
nary. 1t has US fine accommodations a.
any college in Ohio, and it is run on the,
Mount HolyolSe plan, the girls keen,ng
their own rooms in order and doing parl
of the housework of the institution.
BY all odds the worst men in the I'm.
dian Territory are the white men. There
are ten drunken cowboys, horse thieves.
and iuilbirds to every one decent man
among them, and this little town of
Tahlequah, with its Indian population.
has Intimately better order than the towns.
along the railroad where the whites have
been permitted to do business. The
hotel here is good and have not seen a
bit of disorder or any drunkenness dur.
ing my stay here. 1t is against the law
to sell liquor in the Territory, and that
which is brought here is smugeled in by
the whites. There was big celebration
ut Fort Smith the other day and the rail-
roads going through the Territory gave ex-
cursion rates. The cowboys along the line
attended and happened to be travelling in
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GumptfOn.

''IIow shall merchants handle their
surplus money!" echoed Il bank presi-
dent to the reporters query. "Put
it into real sstate," was the terse an
swcr. ''Shall they invest in stocks?
No. How much ready money shall
they keep on hand? Well, that de-
ponds on the man and the require
ments of his business. 1t would be
difficult to establish a percentage.
How do prudent men guard against
possible stringency in the money mar
kct? BY using good Judgment.
SIN fact, L should say that one
word would answer all your questions
-gumption. Every merchant is con-
stituted so differently that it is i'm
possible to make rules that shall ap-
ply to the affairs of all, and each must
use gumption."
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and an Indian editor aud an Indian
physician, both graduates of eastern uni
yersities, cit down with me at the table.
The only sign of Indian blood in them
is their high check bones, and they talk
English aud are dressed in the same sort
of clothes you find on Broadway. The
Hon. Mr.. Bushyhead, one of the most
prominent of the Cherokee statesmen,
who has been several times chief of the
nation, and who is as intelligent as any
white man in the Territory, tells me that
l400 white men have married Cherokee
girls within the last ten years, and that
there are now 1000 white men in this
part of the Territory. Many of the
Cherokee men marry white girls, and
just here would say that find Indian
girls here who are we'll educated and
good housekeepers. There are about
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won't touch it. But as for these posts,
hey were cut from our forests and they
belong to the Indians. and we will cut
them down." The result was that the
Texans had to take their cattle out of
the country. A great many Texas cat
tie are grazed in the Territory by Indians
for Texans, and there are number of
pastures in the Creek country ranging in
size from 10, 600 to 60, 900 acres. They
receive from 81 to S1.5O head, and
although the grazing of cattle in this
way is against the law of the tribes, it is
winked at and permitted to be done.
Many of the CherolSees employ white
men to work for them, and in the
Chickasaw nation, in the Washita VAL
ley, there is farm nifty miles long. the
owner of which is an Indian and the
laborers are white. There is an Indian
here who has costly residence in the
centre of 1000 acres of beautiful land,
and among his hands are some Cherokees
that get sixteen dollars month. They
could have farms of their own, but don't
seem to care to take them.
Ihad q talk with Governor Smallwood,
who was for a long time chief of the
Choctaws. met him Mt the little town
of Atoka and found him very intelli-
gent man. He tells me that the Choc-
taw nation has seventeen counties in it.,
and that it has its senate and house, just
ms the Cherokees have. Its governor
gets $4,000 a year az salary and i.
elected for term of Two years. He has
the same authority as one of the govern
ors of our States, except that he canno
pardon. Governor Smallwood says that
there are about $4,000 Choctaws, anc
that these believe in the Christian relig-
ion and are nf all denominations except
Catholic. The Choctaws live in log
houses and plain cottages, and their peo-
pile are steadily advancing in culture
There is no State in the Union that pay.
proportionately more toward education
than the Choctaws, and find that the
Cherokecs here have an excellent system
of public schools.
One of the leading political issues here
at Tahlequah is the public school system.
They have big boys college and fe-
male seminary, and they have system OF
public schools which extends throughout
the country. The revenue of the nation
however, ran behind and these school:
have all been shut up for year on &C
count of there being no money to pa,
the teachers, and the question of thi
payment and the reorganization }of thu
schools is one which the young Cherokee,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18

1000 Cherokees engaged in farming and
they have about 70, 600 head of cattle,
100, 900 hogs and IL, 900 horses. see
some excellent cotton fields, and they
raise more than bale to the acre. The
best farms, however, ore owned by white
men or half-breeds, and white men are
acquiring more farming territory here
every day.
Some of the best lands in the Indian
Territory are those of the Chickasaws,
and you find some of the largest farms
among them. Frank Murray, n white
man, married to Chickasaw woman,
has 16, 900 acres under cultivation and
he keeps 5000 head of cattle. He is
said to be worth half q million dollars
and he adds to his lands every year.
Sam Paul, half-breed Chickasaw, has
5000 acres under cultivation, and q
Chickasaw girl, is farming 500 acres.
Here among the Cherokees there is
half breed named Starin, who has 5000
acres, and there are many other farms
much larger. The Chickasaw country is
the only one which has been SURVEYED
and divided into sections, and I ion't
think that there is n good system of
record among the other tribes. Lands
may be held as far as their improve.
ments are concerned, but an Indian can
not sell his land to n white man. The
Texas catIleman look with envy on these
rich plains of green, and they try all
sorts of lodges te get in. Not long ago
in the Creek country they tried to steal
300, 600 acres, and they built ITO miles
of wire fence around this. They
had something like 10, 600 head of cat
tie on this land and they rather defed
the Indians.
The Indians held council and went
along the fence and chopped off the
posts close to the ground. They said:
1--WE don't know about the wire; that
may belong to the white men aud we
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Swimming Cavalry.

Good results of the persistent training
of German cavalry horses in swimming
nave begun to appear at recent drill
of the Second Uhlan Regiment of the
Guards, between the Heiligensee and
Ncidcr Nuendorf scores of horses swan
the Havel without the aid of halters or
guides. All except nine or ten appeared
to have lost completely their innate fear
of water, and plunged into the river
without being urged. The few timid
horses were guided across the river by
means of halters in the hands of men who
precededNthem in rowboats. Not few
soldiers whose hosres took to the water
without hesitation threw off their clothes
and awaA<.after them.-B0ston Tran
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tober by May stillman to Nan Van

tober by May Stillman to Nan Van
Wagenen:
"I'ye the greatest piece of news for
you. You remember how Louise Alley
disappointed US all so dreadfully by
staying away from Saranac last summer,
because great aunt she'd never seen
before came to visit her2 Wcll-no, the
great aunt hasn't died and left her a
fortune, or even promised to mention her
in her will, but she did give Louise
mine she had taken for bad debt when
she was out in Dakota. And now some-
body has discovered that the Louise
Mine, as they call it, is regular little
bonanza. Louise wanted to give it back
then, but Miss Moorehouse wouldn't
hear of it. She's found out some way
what Lou gave up when she stayed home
that time, and declares that Louise Alley
is one girl of a thousand. Well, she is,
besides being girl with several thou
sands now. Tile Aryosy.
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Two Queer EpitapIls.

In the graveyard OF Childward, Eng
land, are the following queer epitaphsr
"Hereli lies the body of John Smith.
Buried in the cloisters;
If he don't jump at tho last trump,
Call 'OystersP
s.Here lies ME and my three daughters,
Brought here by using Seidlitz waters;
lIf we had stuck to EPSON salts,
I'VE wouldn't have been In these ere vaults y
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q of the London aud West,

@ of the London aud West
in broad daylight fur
fce> to the San Francisco
At the English thieves are rs
20 Of this country, and that
40 more lmpeded in their opera
the great metropolis than they
he in town in he wild and
lest of the United States.
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:, (! \ splay,
s :, hmus
45z! or famous H.
* 4 Is "a ignite the river,
: 4 Red out by the day. &
81 & fellow
! : exer Weller, Il
s 3; sual share 81 virtues,
th vices two or three; .
stal gift Of beauty, .ss
}vernge sense OF duty,
i FER very good nor evil y u
! BIT about like you and rnc.
he wed an average woman, 8s
" nice and very human,
4; Just about like Ebenezer,
Neither very good nor bad;
Oft In harmony they'd MARBLE,
Often they would scold and squabble.
But they loved each other dearly, .A
And they couldn't continue mad.
Never had enough on Monday
To supply the house till Sunday, 4,
Never made enough in April
To support themselves In May;
II they worked hard in November, ~
They must work hard In December,
And the coarse bread OF tomorrow
Was the hard work of to-day.
They worked on, grew gray and gravcr,
Yet they never made him mayor,
And she plucked no social honors,
And his wages still were small.
Then the load OF years grew weighty,
And they died when they were eighty,
And they put them IN the graveyard,
And they left them there. That's. all.
a realistic story
without any gush or glory ,e
Vet this fellow Ebenezer
Represents the human clan;
His the average shnre of pleasure,
His the average lack of leisure,
His the average JOY aud sorrow
OF the common average man.
IS. ". Foss in Yankee Blade.
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impof from Germany ~ pairs of sky
parksH bullfnches, nightingales and
ahrush hes, 1t costs about $3.50 to import
p hundred pairs of these. birds, but
Napa, Ssopoma, San Mateo and sacra-
mehto Counties are pursuing Marin
Co,inty's example and the fruit and
grain growers propose to rid themselves
of the worms and insects which for years
past have 50 seriously damaged their
products. These are all soft billed birds
end will not eat grain.
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DEAR MAY:
Don't stop for me. Explanations at boat
Yours,
"There, hope that isn't nnjustifiable
deception" and scribbling of the ad-
dress, Louise sealed the envelope aud
called to Della to give it to the messen-
ger, who had just appeared
Then she rang for another boy and sat
down to write her note of explanation to
Fred. This dispatched, she tiptoed into
her own room, saw that, Aunt Abby was
sleeping, and then went into her mothers
apartments and sat down by the window.
! The whole thing had come about so
/ quickly that she scarcely realized yet
lwhat she had done, and kept thinking
she was wasting precious minutes when
it was nov nearly five and her travelling
dress still hanging on its peg in the
! closet.
The sound Of carriage wheels sud denly
stopping startled her. Had May come
after all, and must the battle be fought
all over again2
No, it was at the Dryers opposite
The girls were going away. There came
the trunks down the stoop, then the
| goodbyes in the doorway and the fiutter-
Eings of handkerchief from the carriage
window till it turned into the avenue at
I the corner.
| Jump rose in Louises throat.
u 1T seems hard, almost cruel when l
stayed here in New York those two
months, looking -
But here she interrupted her own
thoughts resoutely.
"No. the hard and cruel part would
be for me to send that well meaning
soul back, when she had come all this
distance just to keep me company. 1t
Isn't her fault chat the letter went astray.
All / must do Is to keep her from know
Ing q -. -
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