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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-12-24
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

There are nix tunnels In the world
which have q length exceeding $1,000
feet-st. Gothard, Mont Cents, Hoosac,
Severn, Nochistongs and Suits.
1t is said that the inferior grades Of
tea are greatly aiulterated by the
Chinese, who use for this purpose plum
bago, turmeric, indigo, prussian blue,
china clay and other substances.
Coca, like mate, confers wonderful
powers Of endurance. Under its in
fiuence, Indian runners have been
known TO travel continually for 80
hours, covering in that time n distance
of over 100 miles.
Lake George is 326 feet above the
sea and 225 feet above Lake Chumplain,
with the upper end of which IL is parallel
through most of its course, and but
few miles distant from IL. The descent
to Lake Champlain is made over n sue
cession of falls at Ticonderogo.
When Anna Jones and w. A. Dono-
van were beardless children they were
playma'cs. As they grew older they
became lovers, but fate separated them.
Anna married a man named Elliott,
and became celebrated as Barnum's
Bearded Lady. a few days ago she was
divorced from her husband, and on the
following day she became Mrs. Dono-
van.
Twelve miles west of Hereford, at
the southern end of the Golden valley,
the nave of the old Cisterclan abbey of
Dore was dug up last summer. There
were nine bays TO the nave, divided by
columns 31s feet in diameter. Parts
of the rude screen and fragments of
n shrine in 18th century carving. with
traces of color, were found, together
with armorial and embossed tiles.
The biggest moose head ever seen
In Maine was brought into Bangor the
other day by T. ID. NJ. Cardeza, of Phil
adelphin. The antlers spread 62 inches,
lust two inches more than those on a
head owned by Hon. c. Il. Hazeltine,
of Belfast, Me, which was, until Mr..
Cardeza secured his trophy, the big
gest moose head In Maine Mr.. Cardeza
shot the moose at the foot of Chesuncook
lake.
An interesting relic was discovered
near San Bernardino, Cal, recently. II
is an immense sculptured arrowhead,
four feet four inches long and weighing
more than 200 pounds. II is of BLUSH
granite and shaped in perfect imitation
Of the smaller arrowheads frequently
found in that region. On the mountain
side, near where the stone was found,
Is a natural formation in the shape OF
an arrowhead many feet in length and
conspicuously visible for many miles.
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DRAWN BY FIRE.
Rats Are Thus Attracted and Frequently
Rush MAdly 20 Death.

Rats Are Thus Attracted aud Frequently
Rush madly 20 Death.
"It Is an indispntable fact that fire
will draw rats" said Louis simonds OF
St Louis. During a recent big fire
near the river bank In ST. Louis fire
brigade acted the part Of Pied Piper OF
Hamelin, and, with the assistance OF
the flames, drove out OF their hiding
places into the Mississippi as many rats
as did the NEUROLOGICAL musician.
While the water was lighted by the re-
Fiction of the confagration, a black
mass was seen floating toward the east
shore of the river. This proved 10 be
some thousands OF rats. They were
headed by their chieftain, an extraor-
dinarily black fellow, and, finding their
quarters attacked by the flames. had
taken 10 the river for self-preservation.
The current carried them considera.
BILE distance out Of their course, and
during their passage some hundreds of
them were drowned. Spectators on
the bridge made bets on the race, but
they were all declared of, because, on
the Illinois side, there was no landing
place handy for the fatigued rats, and
as far as could be seen, with the ex-
ception Of the stronger fellows. the
whole bunch perished Ia the river
Kansas City TimeA
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-12-24
TOO ENGLISH. YOU KNOW.
stilted Phrases DO Not Sound Wen In
ChIldren's Mouths.

stilted Phrases Do Not sound Wen In
Children's Mouths.
The Transcript has been appealed 20
in a matter that has proved perplexing
in other families than that Of the mother
who asks for advice. II is the question
OF teaching children TO refrain from say
ing; ayes, sir" and "No, sir" and have
them repeat the name Of the person ad-
dressed in replying, as, "Yes, Mrs.
Smith" "No, mamma" and the like.
English children are taught that this Is
correct, the reason assigned over there
being that the endlessly reiterated "Sir
and 'Ma'am" belong 10 the servants and
tradespeople, and is indicative Of in.
feriority. AS the correspondent points
out, however, in France, where class dis
tinctions also exist, the monsieur and
madame are not left of In polite society.
1t is laborious, as many viii testify,
both TO the small child and his listener,
TO hear the struggles with his manners
in this respect. He is often not sure Of
the new name, and in his effort 20 do
as he has been told the artless talk OF
the child becomes Priggish and cum
bersome, or II he abandons the attempt
altogether his YES" and "No" sound
curt and unmannerly. A compromise
that has been known 10 be effective
Is 10 teach the children Of household
20 use: "Yes, mamma" "No, papa"
"Nes, Uncle Ned" and so on, with the
familiar names Of the family connee-
tion, leaving the "Ma'ams" and "Sirs"
for the strangers who may come. This
distinction, says the mother who offers
IL, Is for the children while they are
young. When they are In their teens
II is easy 20 make them understand
the little niceties OF courteous speech
and follow them correctly.
In summing up the matter, 10 refer
again 10 the Boston controversy, this
paragraph is used: "No doubt there Is
such thing as being too lavish in our
following Of English manners, and the
listener Is half inclined 20 think that
this may be one Of the good many mat
ters in which II might have been Just
a. well 10 declare our Independence as
In the matter Of paying taxes on tea."-
Boston Transcript.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-12-24
DOG STEALING A PRoFEssIoN.
some Men Have the business Reduced to
an EHact Science.

some wen nave Nhe business heuuceu 10
an Enact Science.
Dog stealing Is dying out as a fine
art, for various reasons The great
professors Of a former age are feebly
reflected in these degenerate days. Tue
stories OF one particular London artist
who shufiied of this mortal coil some
years ago were endless. He was proud
Of his reputation and probably would
not have changed places with the arch.
bishop of Canterbury. A gentleman
was very urgent in his desire for a cer-
tain breed Of terrier. Color, height,
weight, age--all must be exact
Yes, sir. think can find the dog
you want, and you can have him in ten
1ays-aye, in ten days"
Ten days! But why can't have II
at onceP'
"At once! Why, bless you, sir.
only knows one dog 10 answer your de-
scription in all England-only one
available, that is, Jim, how long has
Lord George had that blue terrier2"
About a month, sir"
AYE, | thought so. That's long
enough. Well, sir, can get him from
Lord George in the course of day or
two; then he's promised a. Mr.. Tey-
mouth next, you know, sir, the theater
gent, and / must let him keep him a
week, and then you can have him
afterward. That will satisfy all
parties"
lie was quite surprised when the in
tending purchaser expressed indigna-
tion at such a proposal and refused 10
snter into the arrangement
On another occasion he had promised
a dog 10 a customer, and delivery was
TO be made the following evening.
Don't be later than six o'clock"
said the client
"All right, sir; six o'clock II shall
be-"
"You see, am starting for the conti-
nent at $3.50, and can't wait II the dog
doesn't come In time"
You're what? Starting for the con-
tinent?'
Yes, live In Germany, and"
well, am blowed. Aud you want
TO take that dog out Of England Morn
ing, sir; morning. Sorry we can't do
business Why, thas dogs a regular
income 20 me and you want to rob me
Of IT, Well, ANN Y Mail and
ENnrega
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Prairie Pimpies.

Southwestern Louisiana is bordered
along the coast with broad sandy and
gravelly plains TO which the name Of
"pimply prairies" hos been given. This
curious title comes from the circular
mounds, arranged In zones and along
intersecting lines, with which large
areas Of the plains are covered. Former
ly these mounds, which average 80 feet
in diameter and attain occasionally a
height OF ten feet, were supposed TO
have been made by ants, with whose
nests they abound. But recently Prof.
clendenin, Of the Louisiana state uni
yersity, has found reason for thinking
that the mounds were formed through
the blowing up Of mud by gas escap-
ing from vents In the ground, The
arrangement Of the mounds In zones and
lines is accounted for by supposlng that
the gus vents existed along the fractures
radiatinR from an earthquake CENTER
Youths Companion.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-12-24
ATMOSPHERE OF MARS.
The PARKWAY Planet Blessed with Per
ennialiy Pine Weather.

The PARKWAY Planet Blessed with Per-
ennialiy Pine Weather.
Let us now remark that the Martian
meteorology Is less complicated and
more pleasant than that Of the earth.
There the weather Is almost always
fine, especially during the summer.
Very seldom are there clouds, even In
winter. Generally when we are unable
10 distinguish through the telescope
the details Of the geographical c'nfig-
uration upon the planet, the fault Is in
our own atmosphere and not in that
Of Mars. Itisyery rarely the case that,
when our atmospheric conditions- are
good, we are unable 10 see these details.
During the last period Of observance Of
Mars In 1894, i, TO speak for myself, en-
countered only IS days (from October
10 TO 25) when the surface Of the planet
was veiled by It's own atmosphere.
Clouds are excessively rare on the
surface of Mars and perhaps exist at all
only as fogs or light cirrus; they are
not clouds of rain or storm. These
wells are very infrequent there, while
they are perpetual upon the earth.
Probably there Is not a single day In the
year when the entire surface Of the
earth Is uncovered so that IL could be
satisfactorily observed from space. The
planets have two meteorological sys-
TENS that are absolutely hntitheticai.
Furthermore, IN the rarehed atmos-
phere Of Mars there can be no power.
ful winds, like the trade winds and the
predominant atmOspherical currents
which rule terrestrial climates. Oc-
casionally, however, observers have
noted long streaks Of snow which APP
pear 70 have been produced by cur
rents in q Tranquil atmosphere. schlap-
srslli f0F ifssapesf observed such
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-12-24

streaks C'trainees'D In November ana
December, 1881, around the northern
pole and extending n considerable dis.
tance from II. But such things are ex'
ceptions. The normal condition OF
Mars is fine weather.-North American
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Cycling schoolmaster Ito pupil)-
What 10 a pedestrian, Johnny smart7
Johnny smart--A feller wot makes a
row when be Is knocked down by a cy-
clist. sir.
(Delighted) )-"RIght, Johnny. Go up
onel"-Tlt-Bit
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-12-24

"There Is something strange about
these seismic disturbances. said the
thoughtful man, "the earth yawns, you
know, when II is most active. 81 Boston
Transcript.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-12-24
FloatIng sanItarlum.


The sanitarium at sea Is European
idea. A large steamer especially fitted
for the accommodation of invalids In
need Of fresh air and favorable climate
Is 10 be constructed by a ship-owning
association. The ship Is 10 be in con-
slant employment for eight or nine
months In the year, but for at least
three out OF twelve she will go into dock
In order to be thoroughly cleansed and
disinfected- II Is proposed TO make
this steamer, which Is 20 be the forerun-
ner OF large feet, similarly equipped,
a veritable floating palace In the mat
ters Of both comfort and salubrity. Al
though skilled advice and nursing will
always be available, the accompani-
ments Of a sanitarium will be kept as
much as possible In the background.
The prominent idea 20 be carried out In
this new departure Is the isolation OF a
dangerous class, with the least possible
amount Of discomfort TO It's members;
and, furthermore, that by a judicious
timing OF moves the sufferers will be at
iorded a chance of recovery under the
most favorable climatic conditions
which Il would be difficult 10 secure
otherwise. A list OF anchorages has
been made all Of which have their spe-
cial seasons. As soon as any unde-
Firable change OF weather is imminent
at the port OF stopping, the ship will
sail for more salubrious climate.-Chi-
caQo News.
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CHANGES IN THE EARTH's AXIS.
Continual slight Changes In All Parallels
Of Latitude.

Continual slight Changes In All Parallels
Of Latitude.
OF all the Astronomical problems un-
der discussion Of late yeais. one of the
most interesting has been that of
changes In the earth's axis. u has been
found that the imaginarN line about
which the earth rJtatcs once a day is
rot invariably fixed with reference 20
the earth, but Is continually changing
its position in that body. The term
pole" has, therefore, to be taken In
two different senses; G) As the end
of the shortest diameter Of the earth
this is a fixed point, with reference 20
the earth. MS long as the earth keeps its
shape, and may be called the pole OF
hgure;" (2) the pole may be defined as
the end Of the diameter about which the
earth Is revolving and this pole may be
called the "pole % rotation"
II Is found that the pole of rotation
is continually shifting its position with
reference TO the pole OF figure, along a
curved line Of considerable complexity.
The distance between the poles is very
small, never as much as 40 feet. Large
~ through the unwearied researches of
DIR. S. c. Chandler the motion has been
shown TO be mainly composed of two
parts. One part is motion of the
pole Of rotation about the pole of figure
in a circle OF radius 10 feet, with time
OF revolution Of about 42s days. The
second motion Is of somewhat the same
character, but with period Of one year,
and the amplitude OF this motion has
4 lee l,.lN
four to twenty feet.
Some idea of the actual motion may
be got by imagining crank-arm 12 feet
long attached 10 the pole of figure and
revolving once In 42s days. To the NOV
ing end of this crunk-arm Is attached
nnnther.-Mhi -grndnaly changes In
length and revolves once year. The
free end of this traces out the path OF
the pole of rotation. The actual path Is
apparently quite complicated.
One Of the principal effects of this
shifting of the pole is that the ATTITUDES
Of all places on the earth are continually
changing. In fact, IL was by this peri
odic variation In the latitude that the
motion of the pole was detected. All
parallels OF latitude are continually
shifting, with a range Of motion of less
than 80 feet from the mean position.
There Is little or no astronomical eyi-
dence of any progressive change in the
position OF the pole Of rotation, by vir-
tue OF which II occupied a position
greatly different from the present. APP
parently the former existence of ,rop-
ical plants and animals In what are now
polar regions Of the earth could be ex-
planned on such n hypothesis; but no
one has yet been able 10 suggest prob
able cause in the axis Of rotation, and
an explanation must be looked for else
where. The small, periodic variations
are the only ones about which we can be
at all certain.-Popular Science News.
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Tor conviction Of any one stsaling an animal
In this brand
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STOCK BRANDS

Not occupying more space than
the first following will be inserted
at So 90 per year The yrrdict OF
men owning large or small herds
is that it pays to adve tise the
brands.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-12-24
WATT MAYHS
j. B, EDWARDS.
POstufilce, Spaylnaw, Ind. Ter.

Range on Lynch
Prairie.
crop and splitright
Oyerblt lett. some
branded ! q on lett
hip end side. Also
some } on isft iRw,
u on side, II on hip.
Only beef cattiesold.
WIlI nav agu FpWaFd
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deceptive as a measure of the obliga-
ton OF the debtor, of the claim of the
creditor. Thus Professor Jevons esti-
mates that the value of gold fell between
1889 and 1909 46 per cent, and from
1909 to 1S49 it rose 145 per cent"
When Gold Was Cheap.
1t is point we'll worth noting, how
ever, that in the seven or eight years
1S40-56-that gold, according to the
best authorities, lost % per cent of its
value, the world accommodated itself
very easily to the change. The only
outcry was from the holders of fixed in
debtedness, and they wanted to demone-
tie gold because it was too cheap. We
heard very little about that in this
country and the masses of our people
did not even know it, because we had
then no permanent creditor class, no
great bondholders; but the literature of
Europe at the time was full of COM
plants, AND AUSTRIA, GERMANY
AND BELGIUM ACTUALLY DE-
MONETIZED GOLD. On the other
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Judge.


men, growers of all kinds of live stock
Tor food. and many others that cannot
detail. One Of the worst errors of the
monometallist is in assuming that the
great mass Of our workers are hired La
borers. and they get that impression from
such misleading documents as the All.
drich report, about which SO much has
been said. Examine that report careful
~ and you will find that the working
men IN all the trades mentioned in IL
DO not together number quite one-fourth
as many as the farmers of the country.
And their method of treating this
subject accounts for a very large part
OF the i'll humor among farmers Tn
spite OF the census and common sense
our alleged statesmen and economies
insist ON treating the subject as If the
farmer were not laboring man. A con-
Continued on Fourth Page.)
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By JOHN H. BEADLE.

The accompanying illustra-
tions arc from New York
newspapers Of recent date.
They are published to show
the popular idea of the per-
sonality of the American far
mer in the gold stronghold of
the country.
Twill invite your attention to two
pictures.
Twenty-Five years ago the American
farmer was a king. Poets sang about
him. Orators praised him.
Edward Everett held up an ear of gold.
en- corn before his audience and eulogized
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cause it does not fit the arguments
of those who have selfish interests to
serve. They now maintain that all
forms Of currency, including checks
and every other kind of representative
money, must be counted the same as the
coin basis, though every sound fnancier
E--ws that, by the method of the ad-
-rSnstration in constituting the laws, sill
~. aow performs no function that
gr.<,ibacks would not, and that silver,
al certificates and greenbacks are
me-. token money. all resting on the
renaerously marrow basis of that metal
which Is the money of ultimate redemp-
ton
You admit, however, that the free
coinage Of silver would produce some
imitation. Suppose it were but 10 or 20
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change, chapter 6, says, "In respect to
steadiness of value the metals are prob
ably less satisfactory. regarded as a
standard of value, than many other COM
modities, such as corn.''
By corn" Professor Jevons means
wheat and all other cereals.
Ricardo. in his paper on the "High
Price of Bullion" says. eff we dimin-
ish the quantity of currency, we give
an additional value to it,
By currency" Ricardo meant money
OF every character, including gold.
Mr.. Macleod, in his able work on
the Elements Of Banking" says, 1.-THE
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lawyer, has conclusively shswn that
some 10000 men own or absolutely con-
troll one-half the property of the United
States; that 100, 900 men own half the
remainder, and that the great mass of
laboring producers actually own very
little If any more than they did in
1860. The results are simply awful.
Ten men in New York city today hold
the credit Of the United States abso-
lutely at their mercy. If it were to
their interest, they could tomorrow
sweep away the gold basis and precipi-
tate panic in Wall street. But the
farmer is told that all this is none of his
business and is expected to be controlled
IN his vote by the gold superstition.
The Gold Superstition.
How can there be gold superstition?
What do you mean by such phrase?''
l mean Just what the words imply
that large portion of the human race
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years and has submitted to the robbery
and voted for more of it. He is despised
because he has consented to his own
degradation.
His very virtues have been made the
means of his degradation. The farmers,
and especially the men who till their
own acres, are our great conservative
class They dread revolution. They
love their coentry with an impassioned
ardor born of close contact with the soil
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neighborhood for the Eve years ending
In 1875 Git is not fair to take one year)
and the average gold or greenback value
OF ten ounce bar Of silver at that
time. Divide and see what that silver
would have bought. Do the same for
the five years ending with 1895, and you
will find that the silver will buy more.
ls 1t not arrogant and insulting nom
sense to say that silver has deprecated
when it will buy more of the products
OF your labor? Here is a table to help
you in the calculation:
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at Mumbo Commercial Advertiser.
Jumbo is ugly and we believe that he II
great We laugh st the poor hea-
then, but the argument is ON their side,
for it never has been mathematicaIly
proved, and it cannot be proved, that
Mumbo Jumbo has not great power in
the unseen; but it has repeatedly been
proved in every way open to the human
intellect that gold is shifting and un-
stable standard Of value, far more un-
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been 50 greet ~ j.
III NcN N..hv ci,.-
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INSENS1BLY WORE OFF UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF THAT PRO-
DIG1OUS INCREASE.
The Wages of Labor.
He might have added, and this point
seems TO worry our monometallist
friends. that the wages of laborers rose
considerably faster than the prices of
necessaries- Even SO did they in IS4S-
56. And why not again? In truth the
wages of more than half our laborers
have got to rise before there can be q
rise in necessaries Monometallists have
conveniently overlooked the fact that go
per cent of the laborers in the United
States do not work for fixed money
wages; they produce, and what they sell
the products for constitutes their wages.
1t is self evident, therefore, that a rise
in the price of the product is itself a
rise In wages. This class includes all
the farmers, cotton, sugar and tobac-
co growers, vegetable gardeners, fisher
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manufacturers.
And how were the rest NADER"
The enormous land grants and subsi-
dies to railroads made few dozens like
Stanford, Crocker and Huntington. The
sudden growth of western cities due to
the dollhouse system of forcing develop
ment made few hundreds Dozens like
Jay Gould and his fellows were made
by the system of railroad wrecking.
Many were made by speculation in gold
and government bonds, by the national
banking system and many other schemes
fostered by government. A few-very