Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-09-03
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Dom Pedro. once Of Brazil, viii re-
side for time in England.
Saxony imposes tax on cats, This
is something new in the fee hne'-
LOtoeH Courier.
A Denver man has been awarded
800. 600 damages for the alienation OF
his wifes affections.
The latest story is that Andrew Car
negie desires TO run for Parliament IN
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 aud twice the weight ofthe groom.
The British admiralty has resolved
to give $20.0O0 to Admiral Colomb for
his invention for flashing night signals,
The payments to Bret Harte by his
English publishers last year are said TO
have reached total of Sl5 600. while
ia America he was paid only 81, 600,
A l0.year-old schoolgirl in New
York CITY is unable to read unless the
print is upside down. When writing
She forms her letters aud 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
cottage for the summer at Glen sum
nit, Luzerne county Pa, mountain
resort on the line of Lehigh 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
it seemed to him that lie 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 peculiar
mania for opening and closing doors,
aud will stand for hours at a time at
one 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 aniine which contain
large quantities of antimoniac pro-
duets. When perspiring, this matter
becomes soluble, enters the pores OF
the skin, aud produces violent rash.
There is spinster in Pittsburg who
had marble monument for herself
made some ten years ago. IL Is kept
in the yard of the marble dealer, where
che visits II about three times q week,
and seems to lind sort of melancholy
pleasure in being near it.
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 it retains its flavor.
Stanley's contract with the American
publishers of his last book called for
$50 900 in royalty. II is now author
itatively stated that he has received
from them the additional sum of SAL
600, and that Major Pond paid to him
some 500 600 rs his portion of the pro-
ceeds Of the lecture tour.
Alfred Tennyson has been England's
poet laureate since 1850, a longer
period than the honor was held by any
of his predecessors. Colley Cibber en-
joyed the distinction from 1880 to 1857,
and Robert Southey from 1918 to 1913;
all the others, from Edmund Spenser
down. for much shorter terms.
There are 10000 oil wells in the
United States, representing capital
of $l20 600, 600 with au output Of $780,
600 barrels per day. The refining
capacity of the country is lac, 600 bar
rels per day. whilc l5. 600 barrels are
consumed as fuel A surplus stock is
held in tanks of more than 80. 1000, 600
barrels.
The plot in which Sir John Mac
donald is buried is surrounded by
plain. low iron fence. In the center
of it is "A modern red granite shaft with
the names Macdonald" and "William-
SON. on its base. On one side lie
father and mother, sister, a brother
and the first wife. On the other side
there is only one mound. aud il is
marked with the name OF Margaret
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 baud of gypsy robbers, num-
bering fifty men, prisoners. Among
the captiyes are several notorious
murderers. 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. l6-year-o,d Iowa
girl is the victim of a peculiar habit
formed in childhood. Whenever she
is sent on an errand she walks to and
from the place backwards. Some
times she will absent-mindedlv walk
right, but upon recovering her senses
will Immediately retrace her steps and
begin the journey over again back.
wards.
It is stated that in India soap is re-
garded almost in the light of natural
for it is rarely. if ever. to be
obtained Of shopkeeper there. OF
course. it is sold in the larger towns;
but tile amount used bv the natives |
must be very small, seeing that the
total consumption Of soap IN India last
year was only 5000 tons. This means
that the amount used by each person |
for the year was considerably less than
ere ounce.
Saws a San Francisco special to the
\. Y. Tribune: The death of Dona |
Baudine at Los Angeles removes one
Df the last survivors of a distinguished |
native California family. At her