Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-12
PASTE AND SCISSORS.

Mrs. Mackay has a string OF flawless
diamonds two yards long.
Washington Is tho only city Of any
size In this country that possesses no
factories.
According to the Norwegian papers
Henrik Ibsen will visit this country
next year.
Iowa has no statute providing for
the prevention of prize-hghts or pun
ishing the participants.
A Chinese newspaper published In
San Francisco has been sued for libel
by negro and an Indian.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, began Greek
at 20. aud now she has just read the
plays OF Sophocles in the original.
For his lifty lectures in this country.
according TO the London Chronicle.
Sir Edward Arnold will receive a sum
equal to u years salary OF Lord Sails
bury"
Blaine aud Proctor are the only
members OF the Cabinet who do not
smoke, while Foster has the pre-cmi-
nence Of being the most iuveterate
smoker OF the official family.
The history of the world in Arabic
is being written by Mahmond Fehmy
Pasha. companion OF Arab in exile
in Ceylon. He hopes TO finish II this
year twill be 10 live large volumes.
The Hawaiian race has been steadily
dwindling In numbers during the pres
ent century. and the latest census
gives it a population of but 10000. or
u decrease OF one-half within a cen-
Jury.
General Mnury Is the third distin-
guished Confederate officer to have n
desk In the War Records Office IN
Washington. Tho other two are Cen
eral Marcus Wright and General
George Field.
George Haven Putnam has Just re-
ceived his Cross Of the Legion Of
Honor. conferred by the French Gov
ernmcnt In acknowledgement OF his
part 10 bringing about the enactment
of an international Copyright law.
A check for 500 came from Cali
fornia TO Bernard McCaughey. of Paw
tucket. X. l.. the other day. II was
from young man whom he had loan
ed 500 TO pay college expenses nine
teen years ago. Mr.. McCaughey re-
fused TO accept more than $500.
In one OF the Paris papers an Amer
lean has complained that the tomb OF
La Fayette is sadly neglected; that no
attempt has been made 10 decorate the
grave. although there are thousands
| Of Americans in Paris. The writer
says he found ragged American flag
on the grave. and this ho replaced by
a new Que. In all France there re-
mains not one person named La
Fayette.
General Booth is negotiating with
! purchase OF site ou tho Victoria En-
bankment. The General is understood
to have offered to pay El0. 600 year
for the land in question. On the site
he wishes to build an enormous block
of buildings containing four great
halls. the largest to hold 10. 900 people,
hotel and restaurant. and various
other conveniences.
Germany proposes to hold Worlds
Fair in 1896 10 counteract the effect Of
Chicago's Exposition In 1898. Amer
| lCas bdNo Ouc VI ltb piultCtOio hls
Won Siemens. the great electrician.
America Is not only shutting us out
by her tariff. but she threatens our
South American trade and even that of
Africa and Asia. II America keeps on
her present course. We shall have TO 90
to commercial war. We will retaliate. "
One Of the latest occupations is that
OF an ingenious London woman who
advortises In all the papers that she
will gladly take charge Of valuable
plants or palms while their owners are
out OF town. For this she OF course
exacts a small fee. not sufficient 10
make her service available only to the
wealthy. but amply enough In the az
gregate TO provide her with a com
Portable Income and make her indie
pendent
A Pennsylvania lawyer was retained
for the defendant in SANDER case.
The plaintiffs case was so clear that il
was no use attempting TO dispute the
facts; so the defendants counsel called
witnesses to prove that his client was
such a notorious liar that no one in bis
neighborbood would believe a word he
said, and he put 1t TO the jury that
nothing such a man could say would
iujure any one. Tho verdict was foI
the defendant