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lCONTlNUED.I
CHAPTER, XII.


the sun is going westward through
feet Of white. wind driven clouds that
send host of deep shadows sweeping
and chasing over the wide prairie.
Nurthward thc view is limited by
low range of bluffs, destitute of tree or
foliage. hut covered thickly with the
summer growth of bunch grass. South
ward. three miles away at least, though
it seems much less. a similar range,
licrccd here and there with deep IA
vines. framss the picture on that side
Midway between the two ridges al
fringed with clunps of cottonwood and
willow, a languid stream flows silently
eastward and is lost with the valley in
thn dim distance. QUE to the west IN
long. gradual curve the southwark range
vcore around and spans the horizon.
Midway across this monotone of land
scape cutting the stream at right an
gles. a hard prairie road comes twist
ing and turning out of one of the south
rrn raviues. aud after long, gradual
dip Ia the ford among the cottonwoods
cmorgcs from their leafy shade and
goes winding away until lost among
the breaks to the north. 1t is one of
the routes to the Black Hills of Dakota
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-17

Children Cry for, Pitchers Ca8torIa.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06
wHEN THE MIGHT BALLS.
n New World OF Life Opens Under tn,
Front Arches.

a New World OF Life Opens Under tho
Front Arches.
What a number OF creatures begin to
move about when the night falls? The
sound OF their movements over the dead
leaves so plentifully scattered under
the trees and bushes betrays some of
them. That trotting rustic like tiny
pie, ~ith frequent pauses, comes from
the hedgehog; so does that faint whine.
Tick, tick, tick, tick, ticlSl comes from
some micei then you hear a scramble,
after that short, sharp bounds and a
sharp. eager cry.
It is the weasel in full pursuit of
Oberon's long-tailed cattle, the wood
mice They win climb up the string
and out on the branches TO get out of
the way of reir determined little
enemy, but Il viii not be much use, for
the weasel and the stoat are as much
at home In the trees as cats are.
The hooting had ceased, and from
the larches two birds sail out over the
open space. II win be a bad Job for
young rabbit, mouse or frog, II that
pair get sight Of II, for one or the other
will be sure to have II. In this way
one creature keeps within due limits
the inordinate increase of another II
had my wish. the beautiful and most
useful birds should not be killed at all
formed as they are TO act the part OF
rural police when the night falls.-
BlaclSwood's Magazine.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06
White Duck Hats.

II is said that this Is going TO be
white summer" precisely as black,
touched up wirh color, has been the
favorite dress OF the winter. With this
in view, a Paris halter has provided de-
lightful sailor hats OF white duck for
the girls who are going in for gowns
Of duck for yachting and the seaside
generally. The snowy duck is stretched
smoothly over rice straw hats Of the
purest whiteness and most perfect
shape the straw showing only on the
inside OF the brim. The trimming may
be simply band Of thiclSly repped
ribbon with a bow ON the left side
clinging TO the crown. But II left TO
the milliner a. further trimming Is
added, as n twist around the crown, of
dark blue and white silk, striped or
plated, with a great rosette Of the
same on the left, from which springs a
group Of snOwballs oh long stems that
move with every motion Of the wearer.
a half-inoh binding Of thiclSly repped
ribbon of navy blue shade Is around
the brim. AnotherduclS hat of purest
white has a bando butter-cOlored gull
pure insertion around the crown, with
choux Of white satin In front, and on
the left cluster Of purplish-blue iris
blossominR on long stems stretching
high IN the air amid their thick green
leaves -llarper's Baznr
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06
A PALACE OF GHOSTS.
Haunted by Spirits of Women who Pol
soned One Another.

Haunted by Spirits or Women who Pol
soned One Another.
In the midst OF all the ruins and
palaces Of Italy. stained with countless
deeds OF blood, ii remains for one mod
ern structure to be known particularly
as the home of ghosts.
Above Agerola, which itself is almost
directly above Prajano on the southern
side Of the peninsula, stands an enor-
nous palace, visible from the sea at a
great distance II is know as the
Palazzo degli Spirit (the palace Of the
ghosts, and once took the trouble to
climb up from Prajano. and go all over
II. II is entirely deserted, aud has
neither doors nor windows, a building
almost royal in proportions and plan,
standing on vast terrace overlooking
the sea, by no means ancient, and in
some parts decorated with frescoes and
stucco work, which are fast falling a
prey TO the weather.
1t was built by parsonage known
as Gen. Avitabile, who came 10 a tragic
end before he had completed his mag
nifcent residence, and whose heirs are,
believe, still quarreling about the di-
vision OF the property, while the build
ing itself is allowed to fall into ruins.
II would be hopeless 10 attempt 10 dis
entangle the tales told about the fami-
ly by the simple Mil folk There were
women in tie case, who poisoned one
another and the general, and whose
spirits, venomous still, are believed 10
haunt the vast halls and corridors and
staircases and underground regions of
the palace.
Whether they do or do not, a more
appropriate place for hobgoblins, ban
shees, ghouls and vampires could
scarcely have been created by dis
eased imagination in nightmare.
Even at midday, under the southern
sun, the whole place seems as uncanny
as q graveyard on st. Johns eve. Bits
Of staircase lead abruptly into blank
walls, passages end suddenly IN the
high air, without window-railing or
pc et. Lonely balconies lead around
dizzy corners 20 dismal watch-turrets
whence a human voice could hardly
find its way 10 the halls within The
most undaunted explorers OF the Socie-
ty for Psychical Research might learn
what 'i Oose-fesh" means In such
place as this Marion Crawford, in
Century.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06

The process OF canning all berries Is
varied but little, except in the guam
tity Of sugar 20 be used, the acid vari-
cites, Of course, requiring larger
amount than the sweet. Only the most
perfect fresh fruits are suitable for
canning They should not be too ripe.
Berries are best sugared an hour or
two before being put on 10 cook; lit
tie powdered alum may be added 10 the
sugar 10 aid in preserving the color
and shape OF the berries They should
not be allowed 10 cook long enough 70
destroy the natural flavor, but only
brought 10 the boiling point Put,
while very hot, in air-tight glass cans,
and seal Immediately The jars should
be thoroughly heated before filling,
and the tops securely screwed on after
wnrd II preferred, berries may be
canned without sugar; they will keep
quite as we'll A quarter Of pound Of
sugar 10 every pound Of fruit Is the
usual proportion for raspberries and
blaclfberries, while double the guam
tity should be used for currants and
gooseberrles All canned fruit should
be kept In a cool, dark place Ladies
Home journal.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06

ms rIduics in verse. homer, the
Creek poet, according to a.
statement III plutarch, died OF
vexntioa AZ not being able TO solve
riddle. IN the middle ages riddles were
encouraged for amusements on winter
nights In the bnronial hall and also in
the monastery. In later days some of
the most brilliant men of letters con-
.ributed to the list Of riddles.
The anngram, nv traiisrJsition of the
letters in words or sentences, was much
in vogue in Greece in the olden times.
Tho Cabalists, or Jewish doctors,
thought that the anagram always
pointed out mans destiny, and II his
name written backwards or transposed
In any way spelled a word with mean
ing. 'sey trmly believed Il a revelation.
Tfa 1attsfers Of James l.. of England,
proved his right TO the British mon
archy as the descendant of the myth
ical King Arthur, from his name Charles
James Stuart, which becomes claims
Arthur's seat. The best hnagrams are
those which have in the new order of
letters some Specification appropriate
TO that from which they are formed.
When PLATE asked: ''Quid est veritasP"
(What is truth?) he probably had no
idea that his question answered itself.
But It did; the transposition made IL
Est vir qui adest" Qt is the man who
Is here). Anagrams were written as
early as ESQ H. c., and their name comes
from the Greek words ana, backwards,
and gramna, written.-Philadelphia
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06
R. TEGlER, aHs SiTSIsslTGsT F1Sprisicr.
Coffeyville, Kansas.
BUILDING eArTLssHiPs.

Scenes In One of the Large Ship-yards In the
East.
The Cramp ship-yard has nearly a
quarter of a mile of water front.
Along this frontage are ships in va
rious stages of construction, some on
the stocks and some in the water IL
lustrating almost every step in the
building of vessel. Here, near the
entrance TO the yard, Is an acre or more
of punching machines, enormous con-
trivances that, as they close their jaws,
with their ungainly teeth bite out
holes for rivets in the plates and
frames as easily as farmers wife
takes out the core of an apple. Over
there is steel chcclSer-board frame
into which big pins are set in n curve.
Against the pins stalwart sledge-
swingers, half naked. bend the cherry
red frames aud plates, as they are slid
out of the furnace, into the shapes
they must assume for use ia the ves-
sells. Here is great row of black
smith forges.
Over there is building where a
dozen monster boilers are in construc-
tion, and where travelling crane Lifts
and moves them as easily as hotel
porter does big trunks. Here are big
ship engines, some set up and some
taken down. Here are foundries
where mangauese-bronze screws are
cast, and where brass and iron are
fashioned into a thousand forms.
Here is the great mold-loft where
every line in the ship is laid down, and
from which wooden counterparts of
the vessels are made before the steel
construction begins. Here are the
woodworking shops, the gun factory,
the great storehouse, and there is the
floating derrick that can pick up a
seventy-ton boiler move IL three hum
dred feet. lift it high in the air, and
place it in a ship in thirty minutes,
with as careful an adjustment as a
matchmaker uses in fitting move
ment in its place.
And here are five thousand men en-
ployed in various apacities-machin-
lists, wood-worlSers molders, and per-
haps most noticeable of ALL riyeters in
sets of three, one man to hold big
sledge against the red-hot rivet, and
two, one a right-handed worker and
the other left-handed, TO pound it un-
til it becomes a part of the ship. So
the work goes on until after about two
years the ship that existed only in
specifications becomes living thing
Albert Franklin Matthews, in Century.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06
RIDDLES OF ANCIENT TIMES.
Anag.nIns and AcrOstIcs Have Been Known
Since tho Days OF the Psaimist.

AnagsRIns and AcrOstIcs Have Been Known
Since tho Days OF the Psaimist.
II seems ridiculous that the people
who lived hundreds and hundreds of
years ago were more interested in puz-
zles than you and / are to-day. This
y truS, nevertheless The puzzles |
refer 10 are those In writing, although
the ancients probably occupied some
OF their spare time with strange and
puzzling devices Of wood and metal, as
we do. What a pleasure it Is 10 solve
the problems in our favorite maga-
zines or newspapers. II is very good
exercise for our brains, too, and where
a prize Is offered 10 the fortunate boy
or girl who first solves the puzzles Of
different kinds, the work is more pleas
ant still in the anticipation OF proving
oneself little cleverer than the
others and Of receiving the gift We
find that the acrostic Is the most an
cient form Of puzzling mankind.
Acrostic Is Greek for a number of
verses, the first letters of which form
q word-sometimes a name and some.
times a sentence. The final letter
may form a word, or, as Addison tells
us, the letters VIII even run down the
center Of the verses, as a seam. The
Hebrew poets often make their verses
run over the entire alphabet Twelve
Of the psalms are written on this plan,
the most notable being the
one hundred and nineteenth.
This has twenty-five divisions
OF stanzas, corresponding 10 the
twenty-five letters Of the Hebrew al
phaDet Each stanza Is formed OF
eight couplets, and the first line Of
each couplet Ia the first stanza in the
original Hebrew begins with the letter
aleph. the second commences with
Beth, the third with gimel and so on
through the alphabet The English
divisions OF the Psalms are called after
the Hebrew letter that began the coup
lets. II was also customary 10 com
pose verses on sacred subjects after tho
fashion Of Hebrew acrostics. This
was done with q view 10 aid the mem
ory, and such pieces were called abece-
darian hymns.
The riddle II also OF ancient origin
The Proverbs Of the Bible, or sayings
attributed 10 Solomon. are often IN the
form Of riddles. Was Il not the queen
OF sheba who proposed riddles 70 Solo
mony The Koran, the scriptural book
nf the MohammedHns, also contains
riddles, as do some books now IN exist
epce, written IA Arabic and Persian.
The unclent Egytians also propounded
tiddiss, and one ol tho seven wise men
Of crtece, who lived IN the sixth CEN
tnFy W "a was eelsbrated for
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06

this work Is all done, and the qpests'
when they come In, find the pli6ce as
neat as q pin.
Tho laundry forms a very important
adjunct to q modern hotel, and the uso
Of machinery has cheapened and facil-
itated the washing OF the bedding,
towels, napkins and other soilable
things used In lnrge quantities The
washing and the greater part Of the
ironing nre done by machinery, and
each hotel has its linen room, where
the clean linen Is carefully mended and
kept until needed.
To keep a hotel in running order
costs great deal of money. Beside
the cleaners and chamberm- ids, there
are porters, electricians, laundrymen,
engineers, carpenters, plumbers and
upholsterers. The electrician looks
after the lights, the plumber secs that
the bath rooms are in condition, tho
carpenter is constantly busy fixing re-
calcitrant doors, broken furniture,
etc, and the upholsterer has all that
he cares TO do In arresting the wear
and tear and the ravages OF time
Cincinnati Tribune.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06
KEsPlNo HOTELS CLEAN.
waging War Against Dirt ON the soIentIl
Plan.


waging War Against Dirt ON the Scientific
There are expenses connected with
every first-class hotel that the average
guest knows not about and cares moth
1pg for, but the landlord groans in
financial agony every time he thinks of
the ancient and truthful adage, that
"cleanliness is next to godliness.n A
dirty hotel is damned-a clean one is
sureo of patronage. The table may have
ITS weaknesses, the bar its high prices,
the building may be old and the furni-
ture antique but all is forgiven II the
linen crinl1les with cleanliness and the
rooms smell sweet and wholesome.
To keep two or three hundred rooms
ip perfect condition requires constant
work on the part of a small army of
women and men. The work Of clean
ing cannot be done all at one time, for
the hotel must be opeu for business the
Yeal around, 40 each room has its day
10 retire into obscurity and suffer un-
told agonies at the handb OF strong
armed scrub women.
The larger and better class Of hotels
manage 10 give each room thorough
cleaning at least twice a year. The
carpets are removed, washed and busted,
the floor, walls and woodwork scrubbed
until olisters are raised, and the furni-
ture cleaned and the necessary repairs
are made.
To do all this costs money as several
gangs of cleaners are required. The
houselxeeper notifies the room clerk
that certain rooms are 10 be cleaned
the ncxt day, and he checks them of
Then the workers e. ~ IL, and Il takes
a mhrvelously short time 10 remove
every trace Of dirt. Even when re-
painting Is necessary II does not pro-
long the agony TO any great extent,
BY using the modern and tried in
venfions for cleaning, the work Is both
hastoned and lessened, and -four women
and two men can thoroughly clean an
average Of three rooms a day This
method OF doing the work keeps the
hotel Ia constant turmoil Of house
cleaning. but SO well Is the work
systemized that the guests are rarely
aware Of whist Is going on.
This thorough cleaning Of the rooms
Is made ia addition 10 that done every
day IN every room thai Is occupied
Each morning the houselfeepcr Is fur
uikhcA with list Of the rooms occu-
pied the night before, whose guests
have departed. Then every piece Of
linen Is removed and sent 10 the laun-
dry, nnd fresh, clean bedding provided.
after the room has been thoroughly
4ire1 swept and busted. This work
requires about one chambermaid TO
ten fhoms.
heupstairs cleaning Is done early
Al the morning, but II Is at night that
The Office aud pubic apartments are
roNered of their day accumulation OF
difV 1psf after midnight The scrub
uoAlcn put ID nn appearu zoe, and tho
i|tafSN|e filing wnlnsooting and pillarsl
NJ tle oiiioo arid lobby are given
\ >Nproueh scrubbipeY Nv nye o'eaoek
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06
POTS AND PANS IN PARIS.
Subjected to Rigid Inspection by Gov
ernment Ohlcial.

Subjected to n Rigid Inspection by n Gov
ernment Ohlcial.
/ was particularly struck by the num-
Der Of cooking utensils saw hcaped up
in one of the rooms at the laboratory.
"Confscations of the inspector" said
the chemist
"Do you survey kitchens. thenP"
Certainly" he responded. Every
dish used in a public restaurant of
Paris, either in the kitchen or for the
table; every pot, pan and utensil in the
bakeries, and every beer faucet in the
wine shop in short, everything used
in preparing or serving foods is under
the care of the inspector. The law for
bids the use Of lead, zinc and gaivan-
lied iron in the manufacture of cooking
vessels. 1t orders that all copper yes
sells be timed and kept in good condi-
tion. 1t directs that pottery which is
covered with a glaze containing enough
oxide of lead to yield 10 a feeble acid
be seized. II orders that tin cans
never be soldered on the inside. and
that the materials used in their manu-
facture be cOnformed to a certain
standard. 1t is the inspectors business
10 look after all these things
"And the results?"
"Thatdepends. There are establish
ments in Paris like the great restau-
rants, which employ a skilled timer
regularly, and their utensils are al
ways in order. In many little shops
kept by women the copper vessels are
the pride Of the establishment, but in
many others they are unhappily neg
lected. In iss9 out of two hundred
and fifteen samples analyses here nine
ty-seven contained lead.
Magazine
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06

Toast thin slices Of bread. Put into
a shallow pan a pint Of water with
halfa teaspoonful Of salt. Dip each
slice quickly into the water, place into
covered dish and spread with butter,
piling one slice above another. DO not
let the bread soak in the water; en-
deavor TO keep a suggestion Of crispi-
ness in IL, for soppy, sodden toast is
not palatable. Serve hot with apple
sauce, sweet baked apples or tart jelly.
Water toast is delicious If care is taken
10 have it hot. It can be eaten with
relish much longer than milk toast
n. Y. World
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06
EIectrleltr Erom the stnr.

The interesting feat Of obtaining
electricity from the light OF the stars
has been accomplished by Prof Min
chin. BY telescope Of the obserya-
t0ry at Westmeath, ireland, the rays
from the planet Venus were concen-
trated upon delicate photo-electric
cell, when "a measurable current was
excited. Detroit Free Press.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06

Applicant You arc advertising, j.,r a
retoucher, see. ~
Phoiographer-Are you good at re-
touching?
Applicant Good at III Why. sir, /
can retonch woman's picture 10 artis-
tically that her own husband will fall
~ love with her. IN. \. Weekly.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06

So penetrating Is water at high pres
sure that only special qualities Of cast
iron will be tight against IL. In the
early days Of the hydraulic jack il WAS
no uncommon thing to see water issu-
ing like fine needles through the rletal,
and the water needles would penetrate
the nnwary figure just as readily as a
steel one.-Power
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06

williamson-That's the smartest dog
VI this town.
Henderson What makes you think
80?
"Ihe other day, when a policeman
was shooting at him the dog stopped
running. Puck
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06

Trayeler-Yes, was captured by the
sayages, and sentenced 70 marry a
squaw.
IIostfss-liOrriblel
Traveler--Yes; but they had some
mercy. They did not insist on fash
ionable wedding.-N. " Weekly.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06

Wiley-Did that last bottle do Parker
good?
Graham Yes; II cured him Of the
patent medicine habit Puck,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-06

The persons Of African descent are
classified according 20 the degrees Of
colored blood into G,337, $50 blacks, 956,-
$50 mulattoes, 1885, quadroons and
u, ,D3G octoroons.