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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02
NAPoLEoNs AS NoVELIsTs.
Two Ambitious Rulers Who Tried Their
Hands at Fiction.

Two Ambitious Rulers Who Tried Their
Hands at Fiction.
Some curious revelations have recent
ly been made as to the moral and men
tai characteristics of the Bonapartes;
but none of these more or less authen-
tic disclosures Of hidden motives and
masked habits strikes the world with
such surprise as the discovery that
both Napoleon !. and Napoleon III.
tried their hands at novel-writing.
The outline of lie petit caporals ro-
nance was found not long ago among
a bundle of papers confded to his
uncle, Cardinal Fesch, before sailing
for st. Helena. II its existence was
known to the family, the reasons for
its suppression will be readily under
stood, when we say that IL is con-
ceived in the bitterest spirit Of Corsican
hatred against France and Frenchmen.
1t was roughed out just on the eve of
the defense of Toulon, where the young
lieutenant Of artillery laid the fouuda-
tion Of his future fortune. The style is
said TO bear some analogy to that Of
jules Verne.
The nephew's literary project was
more ambitious He conceived the idea
of bolstering up the imperial regime by
the aid Df fiction So far as can be
judged from the scenario draughted by
Badingets own hand, the result would
have been n work Of portentous dull
ness. NJ Benoit, a worthy grocer OF
Paris, is supposed TO expatriate himself
in lsi7, when Louis Philippe was the idol
of the bourgeoisie, As he roams through
the forests and over the prairies of
the New World, only vague echoes of
what is going on in France reaches his
ears 1865 he returns, expecting to
find n country groaning under
despotil IN and utterly demora,ized and
Impoverished. Bit by bit his melan-
choly fIAticipations are dissipated The
marvel BUS reforms in every department
of pol ical and social life are one after
anothir brought before his astonished
gaze, ind at last he Is compelled like
Balaak, to take up his parable and
bless yhat he had started with the in
tenticti Of cursing. Perhaps the fun
niest feature Of the whole programme
Is thI detailed enumeration Of each
item which was 10 be glorified by the
romaI GERS art. The bald list reads
like manifesto of the London county
counfil
Bul even more extraordinary than
this Iemanation from the brain OF a
mani whose own life surpassed in fan
tast.i interest the widest product OF
ina nation is the undoubted fact that
NaH leon III. seriously contemplated
drablatic authorship. He called 10 his
istance that experienced playwright,
NJ. Edmond Gondinet, and submitted to
him the outlines of a couple Of pieces,
one 10 be entitled LES Alarmistes"
and the other Les Idees de Monsieur"
Each OF them had n political aim, and
Din Coudinot, utterly rejecting the first,
pol tely offered 10 help In celebrating
tho last ON condition that the play
shodld be remodeled so as TO support
the opposition rather than the govern
ment. After this rebuff the imperial
author seems to have dropped any as
piations for the stage, contenting him
self with the laurels he had won by his
edition of "Cmsar's Commentaries. -
81 James Gazette.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02
roRslSn GOSSIP.

In 1893 the cold was so great IN
Europe that wild fowl sought refuge
In the cities. The wild deer came down
20 the Villages in sdtrch OF food, and
packs OF wolves made travel unsafe on
the continent
The highest temperature ever
initwn in London was recorded July
~ 1881, e5.5 degrees; at Paris, 1O4, on
August &c, 1905; at adelaide, Australia,
January, 1s41, 114;lat Mourzuk, India,
July 10, 1879, 1s3.
The drvest place In the world is
that part of Egyrt between the two
lower falls of theNile. Rain has never
been known to fall there, and the in
haoitants do net believe travellers
when told that water can fall from the
sky.
The Dutch, who once held the SUI
premacy of the seas, when Holland wns
the first commercial nation of the
world, exceled likewise in science and
her mariners over three hundred years
ago explored the'tropics and faced the
dangers of either pole.
The jewelry found recently in an
excavation near one of the pyramids of
old Memphis, Egypt, exhibits about as
much skill in working gold and precious
stones as nowexists, although the arti-
cles found were made 4,3OO years ago.
The figures cut on amethyst and carne-
liam are described as exquisite and
anatomically correct.
Mrs NJ. French-Sheldon has sailed
for London en- route for Africa. Her
purpose is TO establish colonies in the
country on the Tuba river, about six
hundred miles north of Zanzibar. The
population of this region is about forty
thousand, wh) are said TO be i'm
dustrious, and most of them are rum
away slaves who have received their
manumission papers from the British
East Africa Co
New important harbors on the
North sea are projected by both Bel
gium and Germany Belgium wants TO
make large port at Heyst. the little
fishing place beyond Ostend, best known
as n quiet bathing resort, and. as n spot
where the old form of viking ship can
still he seen in the fishing vessels. Ant
werp is up in irms at the idea Of such a
rival Then Germany proposes TO de-
velop Cuxhaven into big port OF war,
feeling that since the development Of
her navy she is badly Off with only two
such harbors.
Although she has been long in
communication with European nations,
Siam is but ! tile known by us to-day,
and there are no doubt many surprises
In store here for the western traveller
during the next decade. In natural re
sources Sian is rich country. The
soil is especially fertile and the acre
age already under cultivation is ample
o support the entire population. Gold
Is found In the mountains. and copper,
lead and tin nave also been mined. In
numerous localities precious stones.
principally the sapphire, emerald, ame-
thyst and topaz, are To be found, and
in some places are mined by Europeans.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

They were two women, and they were
on the last lap Of a shopping tour on
the afternoon Of bargain day. As they
passed out from one Of the big dry
goods establishments the pretty woman
remarked 70 her companion: when
am on one Of my shopping expeditions
feel just ns imngine a man does who
takes a couple Of drinks and goes of on
a spree. The attractions of the shops
are too much for me. After the first
few purchases become intoxicated
through my vanity and love OF pretty
things, and / begin TO run up bills.
Here 1 have been running up bills all
the afternoon, and ! guess / might as
well wind mp and go to the hairdresser
and have my hair fxed up" They
passed on, and the listener could read
lily imagine that the pretty womans
experience would be qnite as painful as
those Of the man who had gone on a
spree, when her husband, provided she
had one, and she was pretty enough TO
have one, began TO receive the bills
Buffalo Express.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02
FALKLAND FACTS.
A Newsy Budget from our Neigh
Dor on the East.

-Our grain men have all thsy can handle.
show at vinita Monday
j stout went to ohea few days since,
says crops are spotted out that way.
There Is In contemplation the organization
Of an Odd Fellows lodge at this place soon.
j. Price went 10 Ssosho Saturday, hAy-
ing been called there by the sickness OF his
s0n-in-law.
We had a nne rain Saturday night and
Sunday which saved the corn in this part Of
the country.
From the appearance Of thlngs our people
will all soon have hne housesi the cabin and
wigwhm must 10.
.--Unele David Daughsrty went to yinltA
Monday on legal business, but did not take In
the show, he Gays.
Deputy u. S. Marshal TeeI, OF FaIrland,
arrested a party thought to be one OF the mur-
derers Of old man Moore and wife near Tia
city, No, Saturday last.
-Ed Paul aud big Nike went to Miami last
week. Their team. became unmanageable. ran
away, threw .hem out Of the buggy. broke
Mixes nose, bruised his face badly snd lefl
MIN lay all night on the prairie
The strife is over, the pay msnt is about
over, John Robinson's big humbug has come
and gone, wheat below bedrock. a single gold
standard in vogue, but the tarin still hangs
are aud the solons AZ Washington drink wills.
~. the president goes nshing candidates are
numerous, the tariff barons roll 10 the tap Of
wealth aud the people suffer, Is about the cit
uation as we see 10.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

ing men, besides as president of
the A. r. U. he receives good
salary for just these very acts of
calling out poor, ignorant, helpless
men to starvation, paid a premium
on the starvation of the wives and
children of those he so falsely pre-
tends to serve; there would be the
shadow of an excuse for il il the
strikes ever accomplished any.
thing for the laborers. But q man
in the situation of Pullman is more
than able and willing to close his
works till his employees are forced
back at reduced wages.
The point | wish to bring out is
that, not only is it financial gain
and a qualification of the selfish
pride of the leaders of these
strikes, at the expense, not of cap
ital but of the laboring man, but
that the head and shoulders of
this present strike, Eugene V.
Debs, is an avowed atheist and a
special intimate friend of Robt.
G.. lngersoll, n disciple you may
say Of lies. 1t should be a sug-
gostlve commentary on labor
troubles to know that the brilliant
soulless satirist of the 10Th CEN
tury, who SCOTS at everything
sacred and lawful, (for God is law),
is the high priest and idol OF the
author of the great A. r. U.
strikesj a man himself as devoid
of understanding as of soul leadi ng
the mighty hosts of labor to the
glorious consummation of sta rva-
ton. For you know that Inger-
soils most brilliant speeches are
mere chaff that the wind blows
away;unreasoning TRADES and bril-
liant satires against all that is good
in man and that brings good to
man; himself reveling in the lux
uries and liberties that christianity
has made possible for him. These
facts taken in connection with the
history of Israel and of christen-
dom would be all that a candid,
consistent investigator would have
to convince him that in God alone
is the true way of life. To him it
will prove that God is not the
author of confusion, but of peace.
Our text includes'in its condi-
tions not only those who openly
deny and defy God but also those
who tacitly reject his right to rule
in them, For if any man consent
not to wholesome words-the
words of our Lord Jesus-he is
proud" and thus his pride "know-
eth nothing" is involved or liable
to be involved in question and dis
putalions of words, "whereof
cometh envy, strife, railings, evil
surmisings, perverse disputings of
men of corrupt minds, destitute of
lhe truth, making gain his God.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02
ADAIR NOTES.
a Few Interesting Items From a
Busy Town.

$ NJ. Perry is building new hay barn.
The town is well supplied with soda
water
The town Is h-sy shipping hay, grain and
cattle and trade Is quite brisk.
j. W. skinner is building a three room
house on his place a mile west Of town.
The capacity Of the school house lie being
increased by the erection OF an addition 2OxS6.
Misses Lima Langley, Ella shepardson,
Nora simpson and Messrs. o. +. Wolfe and
J. W johnson went to yinitu Monday to view
the show.
Joe Rogers has jnst completed and now
occupies his new drug store building. Mr.
sha6k leford will occupy tie old house for the
same purpose.
-Perry's store aud also Joe Rogers were
broken into one night last week and some
clothing, watch aud some tobacco
stolen. \ young man was captured
next day with the property 10 his possession
and taken before the eommlssloner at Vlnlta.
-one Of our popular young men made a
demonstration some nights since OF the prop
ositlon that three cents a mile was enough
railroad fare. When he had walked back
from the point where the conductor put him
on he looked as though he wished he had
allowed his friends to pay the balance Of the
fare, as they desired.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02
wlSrs. ron sALl, LOST, sraAYED, STOLEN

Each notice, OF the character indicated, not
exceeding fifty Words, will be inserted two
weeks under this heading for Fifty cents.
Place Tor sale. miles northwest Of Yinha,
90 acres, 80 In cultivation, houses, etc,
plenty oi wateri 100 hcreB threahed 400 bush
eis OF Wheati all good land. Enquire OF VIM.
Alpress ON place. +, %. bluejacket G.2m
sIRAYED. from Chelsea- Brown horse, 0
or 10 years Old, - hands nigh, branded on
left hip and a W on right hip, fotetop cut oG,
PAGES under tne saddle. A liberal reward will
be paid for Information that will lead TO his
recovery. &. W. fooLE, Chelsea. i7-5O
LOsT-A black school satchel containing
gest, threshing mschine account book With
three notes for sl5 each, payable 10 %. u.
Athey, also globe valve, nickel plated. The
hnder will be suitably rewarded leaYr at the
Ninita. AZ A.
mule lsh hands high, sor years Old, wire
cut on lore leg, branded y on left thigh. One
brown horse mule IA hands high, no brands,
tall cut aquare, years old. one bay hOTse
mule years old, no brands. tail cut square
liberal reward for information. leading 70
recovery. j r GanIsr, yinlia, 1. 4. ls-tf
Takes UPON ). 4. Gantsr'e place ON
Little Cablu creek one bay horse pony yeare
Old, IS hands nigh, shod All ronnd, both hind
feet white, star In forehead, ANAL stripe
about slx incnea long on right hand aide or
nosei owner can hnd bOrse BY calling on 'fhos.
Lee on place and paying charges snd for this
notice. is-l9
6IRAfED-.One black thrse year old ally
branded y o. shouider, onr hind foei white
mass between abissi ana d mouse s" eoIoI, n0Iss ss
brands, VIII pay ~. 90 reward each theiH
return 10 me thrre mlleA northwest Of Fovlid
q n Foreman, foyil, !. 4. e-l
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02


LAST week Senator German, in
denouncing President Cleveland
Tor his interference IN the tariff
legislation said; "Such interfer-
ence comes for the first time in the
history OF the country; never since
the declaration of independence
was such action taken by presi.
dent Of the United States" With
out entering into the controversy
which drew these savage utter.
ances from the lips of the pugna-
oious Marylander it may be Of in
terest in the line of historical
accuracy to cite precedent for
Mr.. Cleyeland's interference"
with the American house of lords.
On Saturday, August %, 1889,
President George Washington ap.
pearei in the senate with a treaty
with the Cherokees, upon which
he desired immediate action. Mr.,
Gum fTom Georgia moved that
this be postponed til Monday.
The melton carried, and for once
the falher 81 his country was sat
down on, but pfeeearot was set
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02
sad Death Of Three chIld,en.

.HAHTFoBD, Conn, July 80 Ray
nond, o; Leroy, 2, and Freddie, 4, the
children Of James w. Canton, loco
motive engineer on the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad, who
have been missing since Thursday
evening, when they went TO battle Ina
the Connecticut river, were found dead
at 0 O'Clock yesterday morning In the
closet of freight caboose standing ON
a side track near the roundhouse, not
800 feet from their home. The little
ones had gone into the closet, the door
Df which closed with a spring lock and
imprisoned them. They evidently died
OF suffocation, the weather being very
hot about that time.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

WILL The CHrEFTAIN have any
thing to say in Cherokee politics
during the coming year? Well,
we should say that it would. The
CHIEFTAIN will take a very active
part in the coming campaign for
chief and will not ignore the
Issues; il will be read by more
people than all other newspapers
printed in the Cherokee nation.
Whatever is best for the Cherokee
nation is best for The CHIEFTAIY.
but, The CHIEFTAIN believes that
some changes are necessary in our
system of government; that mo-
nopoly should be broken up and
that allotment of land is the way
to do it.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

The Cleveland commission to
investigate the Debs strike meets
in Washington this week and its
work and report will be watched
with great interest throughout the
country. Some means to settle
these difficulties and prevent their
occurrence in the future it is hoped
will be devised.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

The hospltal-car Is the nowesl
thing in railroad enterprise. The car
is divided into compartments and sur
piled with cots, stretohers, medicines
Of all sorts likely TO be needed and the
usual appliances Of anemergency relief
corps. One Of these cars Is now In
service on the New Jersey Central
railroad. Il is Suly question of time
when such cars, fu'iv equipped VIII bo
placed on all lines and made available
for immediate use In case Of accidents.
IN. Y. Ledger.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

SECRETARY HoKE SMITH gave
out very interesting decision last
week concerning the intruders in
this nation. Jno. o. Cobb, DR..
Moses Bell and S. II. Payne,
alleged intruders, appealed their
case to the Interior department
from the decision of the consti-
tuted authorities Of this nation and
the secretary has rendered his
decision in the case. Under treaty
obligations with the Cherokee
nation the Interior department
recognized the right of the nation
to determine who were and who
were not citizens Of the nation.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

II you will listen you can
almost hear the stiffness of the
candidates for chief on the subject
of allotment of land. They are
not Ignorant of the necessity OF
this measure but are afraid of the
monopolists. But this stiffness is
itself ominous and will be broken
one of these days by a cry all
along the line for homes, from a
generation of boys and girls, citi-
zens of this nation, who actually
are homeless because a few people
have gotten in possession of all
this country under the Gland in
common" system.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

lF the appropriation to pay the
"Old Settlers" is included IN the
Indian appropriation bill that is
now pending in congress that will
add something like 100000 to the
circulating medium among the
Cherokees.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

THE Cherokee nation should
congratulate itself that the isunk-
en- editor of the national organ has
taken the Kelley cure in time to
save the country. The supera-
bundance of brains that Butler is
constantly boasting of it is hoped
will be sufficient to keep him out
of the cutters hereafter.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

THE Teller bill passed the sem
ate Monday in about the same
shape in which it was reported.
As it now stands Vinita gets no
court, but the chances are that
when the bill gets to the lower
house it will be amended.
Sections s and 8 were stricken out
by the committee. This was the
portion of the bill providing for
appeal from Indian courts-that
part of the bill most Objectionable
to the Cherokee delegation.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

Through the press telegraph re-
ports, news reached here Sunday
Of the murder of G. l.. Moore and
wife, an aged couple living near
Tiff City, Mo. The murdered man
was an elder brother to the editor
Of Our Brother in Red, and he and
his wife were we'll known and liked
by all The motive of the double
murder is not known, but robbery
is the most plausible reason as
signed Phoenix.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

The forthcoming platforms of
the Downing and National parties
in this nation will doubtless be
very interesting documents. AS
traps to catch votes these curious
literary productions are not as po-
tent as formerly, but no political
party would think of going into a
campaign without a platform.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02
LAND IN COMMON

If any one were sfeking for a
reason Tor discbntinuance Of
the land in common system
in this country, a better one
could probably not be found
than that we are unable to
keep outsiders and intruders off
the public domain. The number
of people that got on the pay roll
for the Strip payment is believed
to be far inmexcess of the real
number Of Cherokees by blood;
indeed it is pretty universally ad-
mitted that hundreds of people
drew money that were not citizens.
1t was"money in common" hence
the tinptation to get a slice Of it.
The land is getting the same way,
and has been going ell along. If
the number Of people recognized
as citizens here, who in reality are
not, was known il would astonish
every one.
But as land becomes scarcer
elsewhere, the pressure on this
country becomes more intense and
unbearable. 1t has already set a
premium on intermarriage that
will eventually swamp the nation
by causing the enactment of dis.
eliminating laws incompatible
with the Cherokee constitution,
and wLich will finally end in the
disruption of the country on the
citizenship question.
According to the provision of the
Strip purchase bill passed March
the 3rd, 1898, the nation is to pay
all the intruders who came into
the country before August II, 1856,
for their Improvements, and the
United States is to remove them
from the country. This will in all
probability be carried out, but
this will leave the bulk OF intru-
ders still here with little chance
of the government ever removing
them. This is the greatest and
most complex question with which
the Cherokees will have to deal,
ard it is generally conceded that
the only solution of the mat
ter is in dividing up the land and
holding it by individual title.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

OF Lewis Holder, who was
hanged in FIT. Smith on July 25th
for a murder committed in the ter
ritory, the Times says: "Holder
is the ninetieth man that has
stepped off the old scaffold in the
United States jail yard since the
establishment Of the United States
court at this place, and George
Maledon, the regular hangman, has
hung eighty-eight Of them, and
prides himself upon never having
had a hitch in any Of his pro-
grammes.D
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

The Weekly Kansas City Star
addresses the farmer as business
man and citizen. Doesn't tell
him how to farm, but how to sell, ,
and where and when, and keeps a
yigilant eye upon his rights as a
shipper, producer and a tax
payer. All the news, too, and
plenty Of "good reading for the
family. Now read in 100, 900 farm
houses. Fifty-two big eight-page
newspapers for 25 cents. To anyl
one who sends the Weekly Star
five yearly subscribers, together
with si.25 the paper win be sent
one year free.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

1t is proposed TO establish an inter
national marriage bureau, with head
quarters In Berne, for the purpose Of
regulating marriages between natives
OF different countries aud 80 doing
away with the anomolies and crueltics
which at present too often result from
marriages between aliens-.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-08-02

--Roman books were often composed
Of q number Of pageh OF wood strung
together with a cord passed through
hole Ia the cpraer VI each block,