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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-16

the amount of per capita they rep
resented pocketed by the thieves.
There has scarcely been a money
transaction in the whole history of
the nation where there has not
been more or less leakage. This
is a pretty severe arraignment of
our own officials, but a very little
investigation will convince any fair
mind of its absolute truth.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-16
Cooked Horseradish.

Have ready one pint of grated horse
radish. Melt in a saucepan butter the
size of an egg and add one tablespoon
full of -four, one pint Of vinegar (or
part water il vinegar is too scur), one
teaspoonful Of salt. Let boil and add
the radish; cook five or ten minutes,
according to strength desired. If too
thick, add more vinegar. Turn into
glasses and when cold sour with cold
vinegar. This will keep well If you
have plenty Of it. Put some in the cell
lar for winter use in moist earth and
prepare when wanted.-Housekeeper.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-16

Howarl Reed, of Milford, Pa, started
out hunting for partridge and voc d.
rock, and was followed by the house ca l.
All efforts on the part of the hunter to
irive the cat back home were futile; is
xas bound to go with him and it illus
rated it's ability as hunter by its
pointing" a woodcock, which young
Reed shot Then it flushed" a par
fridge, which was also bagged by the
hunter. Reed says he would not art
with the cat for the best bird dog in the
eountrT.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-16
Sweet Potato Salad.

Boil three large sweet potatoes. Cut
into half-inch squares. Cut two stalks
of celery into very small pieces. Sea-
son with salt and pepper and pour over
French dressing made as follows:
Three tablespoonfuls salad oil. two Of
vinegar, one tablespoonful Of onion
juice, one saltspoonful each of salt and
pepper. Let salad stand in refrigerator
two hours. Garnish with pickles, pitted
olives and parsley.-N. Y. Ledger.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-16

The Creek delegates are Rola
Mcintosh, Cub Mcintosh and
David V. Anderson. 1t is under
stood they are to employ counsel to
make a fight against the termina-
ton of tribal jurisdiction. All the
officers have been installed and
every preparation made to carry
on each branch of the government
a heretnfnre
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-16

and universally becoming than a skirt
and blazer. 1t suits everybody, and Is
a general favorite.
Among the newest jackets are those
with straight fronts slightly curved
away from the waist line.
The skirts are moderately full, but
with nothing like the ripple effect OF
last season.-N. Y. Ledger.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-16

SAM POWELL, OF Wagner, and
Dennis Flynn, of Guthrie, have
gone to Washington. This may
mean that Dennis has been en-
ployed by the Indian Territory
townsite people. Flynn is a hus-
tier, but we fear he will work of
some of his single statehood ideas
on our friend Powell.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-16

ONE of the strangest things OBJ
served in many months occurred
last week. In the personal COL
umn of the St. Louis papers was
the announcement that Frank
Armstrong of the Dawes commits
sion was at the Southern-but
mary" an interview. Presumably
1.-The general" was on lis way to
Washington to tell congress what
the commission has done. By the
way. could he not write a very
much more interesting report OF
how to get a soft job and make 1t
hold out as long as possible with
out doing any work? Ten years
ago Judge Joab Scales declared his
intention of writing a book on
How to get into Office and stay
There" If the judge could write
one volume, the general has easily
matter enough for three.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-16

The enormous amount of money
appropriated by the late session of
the national council at Tahlequah
indicates very clearly that the
members thought that they would
never get another whack at it.
After the first of January the Pres
ident of the United States will
have a chance to veto such unrea-
sonable expenditure of money.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-16
An Unknown Tongue

Johnny-Pa, what does it mean by
unknown tOngue?"
Pa-It is the tongue of a silent wom-
an, my son. BY the way, you needn't
tell your mother told you that.-Bos-
TON Transcript
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-16

More than S1O0,OOO,OO0 represents the
sum annually wasted, on an average,
during the past five years. in promot-
ing British companies that gave no re-
turn to the shareholders.-N.Y Y. Sun.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-16

The Cherokee delegation left
last Thursday for Washington.
They have plenty of money and
will doubtless have a good time.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-16

-Glas gov has SO health inspecto 70;
liverpool has 81.
The age-herald., 1897-09-04
Stocking a State.

Many years ago there were plenty of deer in Vermont but a combination of murderous guns and devices reduced the beautiful species to such an extent that oms was rarely seen in the saate. A con- siderable number of sportsmen of large means then resolved to res.ock the moun- tain districts of the state if efficient help against traps and the like could be oo- tained. They did secure a law prohibit ing the killing of deer under any circum- the supervision of the forests reasonably good. Then they procured a goodly num- ber of deer and loosed them along the mountain range that extends from one of the state to the other. This was in 1878; and from that day down to the present tins not a single deer has been shot, eX- cspt surreptitiously, under heavy penal ties. Very few, in fac:, have been killed; for public opinion has supported the law throughout the prolonged period.
 'On the 1st day of next October, the first ''open season. in twenty years will be inaugurated; but at that time no dogs, no jacks, no traps no sals-licks, can be employed. Just plain, fair still-hunting, that is all. There are high anticpations in sporting circles in the Green Mountain State, and rhere will be much hunting done about the time when the leaves are becoming red and gold, and the fros,y air lends keen zast to appetites.
 It is not, though, wholly a matter of appetites and sportsmanlike enjoyments. The deer have become So numerous that the vermontefs feel no longer secure so far as their gardens and scanty patches of corn are concerned. Instead of too few deer, they now have LOO many. There has been over production. The state is overstocked But it will not be, it is plain, when the "open season" is ended.
The age-herald., 1897-09-04
Sheep and Cotton Seed.

MT. V. P. Clayton, of Shelton. South Carolina, urges in the Charleston Cou- rier-News the feeding of cotton seen to sheep-not cotton seed meal, but raw seed, at the rate of one pound or less day. He says sheep should be fed about five months, together with some hay or other coarse food, and then turned out to graze for themselves. Col. Watts. Of Laurens, the highest sheep authority in South Carolina. has fed raw seed to sheep over forty years, generally with no other food. and he says no ill effects have ever been seen in his large focks.
 This manner of turning cotton seed to account has advantages over any other method. If the raw seed is used as A. fertilizer, the oil in it is lost; if fed io sheep, the oil becomes mutton and wool and the quantity of valuable fertilizing material is not decreased. A little more care in the gathering of manures would be needed. The sale of seed to the cot ton seed oil mills, on their own terms is economically indefensible. always has been so, and probably always will be. MT. Shelton asserts that, after deductine one-hfth of the crop for seed. there would be enough left. if fed to sheep. to add $3o,000,000 to the wealth of the south every year.
The age-herald., 1897-09-04
Rich People.

The poor make a great mistake when they array themselves against the rich. Every wealthy man is a benefit to the community. He may be selfish, but his money is bound in some way, through himself or others. to get into the chan nels of trade and industry.
 In this section there are needed more rich men. It will be long time before the south will have many wealthy cit- izens whose fortunes reach the million dollar limit. In the north and west there are 200 persons with over $2O, 100000 each. 400 persons worth s10,0oO, GOO each; 1000 persons worth $5,OO0,00O each, and thou sands more who are worth over S1, GOO, 600 each About 10000 Americans possess more than half of the national wealth, in real estate and personal property.
 It will be said that some of these reo- pie are too rich. The remedy is to make them bear their just share of the burden of taxation. It is all nonsense to make it bear so heavily upon the poorer classes. A graded income tax would be a sensible and eminently just measure.
The age-herald., 1897-09-04
Auqusta. Ga.

Than Augusta, Ga, there is not more prosperous or progressive city in the south. It is composed of enterprising people. Its growth in the last ten years has been remarkable. It is the cleanest city in the south. It is the largest cot ton manufacturing city in the south. Its residences are handsome and massive. It's people are as good as any in the world. \
 Yet there are people in Augusta who don't know a joke when it butts up against them. A few of them, and some of the newspapers, have taken off, fense at the jocular roasts of the Age Herald's Matt Mynor. They do not know Matt. He Is a genius. His mission is the world is to roast everybody he likes. That's the reason, to use his own lan- everybody everywhere, and knows lots of good about everyone, but he is care ful not to mention it. Matt's all right, and when the Augustapeople know him better, as one former Augustan in Bir- mingham does, they will better know how to appreciate him. ,"
 MT. Mynor has gone to New York now, but he will be back soon, and when he comes through Augusta the Age-Herald will make a. bet that he will be met by a brass band and carriage with four horses l
The age-herald., 1897-09-04

He's got none the best of me. He was born rich, and I wasn't That's nothing to his credit aTe didn't do l..
 Had talk with the publishers of Amelia Rivss' forthcoming Book. Every body in Alabama knows Amelia Rives. That was her name before she married Jack Chanaer. Got divorce from him, He didn't kick. He said nothing. No gentleman will quarrel with a woman. He knew his business. Now she's the wife of a Russian count. Heard not long ago that he was talking about get ting a divorce. I don't believe 1t. The publisher said the countess book was going to be hot stuff. Going to eclipse the "Quick or the Dead" I read that book. Didn't have better opinion of myself after read it than I had before. It made the authoress famous, but it did mankind no good. Don't believe Tn that style of literature. If that book had been published in some countries 1t would have been suppressed, as it should as the other one don't believe that the American people will receive it, except those who are low bred or belong to the vicious class. The authoress is a bright woman. Used to be very popular. Think she ought to write higher claSs matter. She's certainly capable. Looks like her mind runs in the wrong channel.
The age-herald., 1897-09-04
Sensible Politics

In the highest and best sense politics is worthy of the best thought and atten- tion of the best people, but in these days, instead of genuine politics, there are sec- tional politics, personal politics and the low grade of office-seeking which is con- temptuouslY called peanut politics." It is deplorable fact that in some locali- ties men of integrity and ability are un- willing to enter the political arena. They say that it would be necessary to get down inthe mire. They would be reck- lessly attacked by newspapers. ard poh- tieians on,the other side. and sometimes the stainless characters of good men would be blackened by the foul breath of slander
 So thsre are cities and districts in this country in which gentlemen of education and the better classes generally hold aloof from politics and leave It to am- bilious and interruptions men, who are willing to enter a scramble for office, and employ any methods that will enable
 
 there are the resources of an empire, there is too much at stake for the peo- pie to allow themselves to be dominated by the peanut class of politicians. With of public affairs, this imperial state will soon stand in the front rank of the rich est and most powerful commonwealths in the Union. The phenomenal rise of some of the western states can be equal ed here, if there is mapped out broad minded and progressive policy.
 But the schemers must be sent to the rear. In determining the great questions which affect the welfare of the state, there must be no classes and masses no factions, and no personal rings and cliques. The democrats of Alabama must get together, and put their very best men in office. In a growing state politics is so closely allied to the business and industrial interests of the people, that it is the duty of every good citizen to take a hand in public affairs, at least to the extent of expressing preference for the men who are to- fill the most inn portant offices.
 When the best people take an active interest in politics they will elevate the public standard. reform party methods, and encourage a sentiment which will thrust demagogues into the background and bring the ablest and best men to the front.
The age-herald., 1897-09-04
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Cheapening Transportation.

From the Pittslburg Dispatch.
 The Pennsylvania railroad has adopted an excellent plan to cheapen transporta- ton, and the oheapening Of transporta- ton Is the one greatest need of this country. The plan is simple. The oar rying capacity of cars is to be doubled, the drawing power of locomotives is to be doubled, the heavy trains are Ito be controlled by automatI3 brakes. Rsu.t. enormous saving in the weight Of rolling stock additional saving in power exp hd- ed in overcoming friction upon curves, saving in wear of rails, which Is in as direct proportion to the number of whesls as to tlra weight of the load above them.
 A movement was begun in this d.ree- ton, led then by the Pennsylvania road, twenty years ago. The results were so satisfactory that the idea spread to all important railroad systems. The wonder is that it was not carried farthar bstole this. There have been several achieve msnts in other branches of businss, how ever, within these twenty years ttlat made it easier to make this extension now This is notably true of steel manu- factune. Heavier rails are nesdsd For heavier loads. The rail makers have met this part of the problem satisfactorily But the steel manufacturers have doTis a. greater service than that. They have made it possible ito construct s'teds frame cans at small cost giving the required additional strength without making proportionate increase in the weight or the cars.
 The advantage of the new construction is made apparent in the estimate Of rail- road authorities that it will reduce the cost of carrying freight to about 50 per cent of present cost. That is an item or tremendous significance to producers and consumers, as well as to carriers. It is a matter of the utmost importance to the whole country, for it means, when gener- ally adoptad an advantage that will en- able American producers to compete with the world upon mere favorable terms
 Even this advance does not mean that the, limit has been reached. The time should come soon when such corporations as the Pennsylvania railroad will per- ceive the advarta ge of a cement roadbed ovsr the present ballasted ways-when they will discover cheap enough pro- cess for making cement to warrant it's use On such a roadbed the weight or ears can be doublel1 again. Dust will be df:pensed with without the trouble and expense of sprinl0ling wi.h ol. The ever Increasing cost of wooden ties will cease to be a problem and maintenance of way will be reduced to a fraction of the present outlay. All this means that an- other 20 or 30 per cent. can be tallsn from the cost of transportation for the joint benefit of producers, consumers and handlers of all classes of commodities-a consummation devoutly to be wished.
The age-herald., 1897-09-04
THE TRUE WOMAN.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times. The woman who holds a mans heart in
 her hands Need not be pretty nor possessed of rich
 lands. She needn't wear clothes just teeming with She needn't possess the first worldly vile. Her eyes may be brown, her eyes may be
 blue. To him she's a beauty away through and
 If she's true. It's her soul that he cares for her steadfast Her love as uYlbounded, as ire as the ocean, The touch of her hands, the glance of her
 eye, The swift rush of color that comes when The thousand and one little things she can That show him so plainly right through and
 That she's true. What does 1t matter if others are fairer? -- She possesses a virtue that makes her far Than professional beauties, cold-hearted She would give him her all and care not to
 gain Aught but a smile, low q love you," Which thrills her whole being away
 For she's true. Days may be dark, days may be fair, In sickness, in health, in joy, in despair, She proves in each crisis that her love is It shines on serenely, come woe or veal. The world counts for nothing. what can if
 do If she belongs to, him utterly all through
 and through
 And is true?
The age-herald., 1897-09-04

not stay with the farmers. and under a just financial system and economical methods of living it would stay with ehem
 This is very large country, and 1t puts fifty or sixty million people to a great deal of inconvenience to have to depend upon money centers which are so far away from them. What is needed iS something like the old system of state banks. under which. there would be To- cal banks of issue scattered through the farming districts. They should be sub- ject to state Inspection, and under exist ing conditions it is safe to say tha. there would never be a wild eat bank started, because in this age of telegraphs, tele- phones and newspapers, the public would be notified of he character of a shaky bank before il had issued single note.
 These banks would loan money TO farm CTS on their real estate, and would ba in every way beneficial If the people had these institutions and if the people would patronize home life and fire insurance companies in preference to those at a distance there would be no difficulty in keeping plenty of money here all .he year round 0F
The age-herald., 1897-09-04
Aids to Education.

The readers of The Age-Herald who tske an interest in practical education Will appreciate the following from tb, Chicago Record
 To avoid reading bad books is not enough. Even of good books. A carefuI cholce must be made. The most indus trlous reader must be satisfied to remain ignorant of thousands of valuable works wore than 3,0oo, 900 volumss may be found dn some libraries. It is estimated tbat 5000 new books appear annually Twens ty-nVe books year is quite as many as The average reader can achieve. At tbis Tate no pErson could read in lifetime as many as are written for publication in A month. " :"
 Judclous selection of reading matter is imperative. The habit of reading simply 10 De entertained is practice that should not be encouraged. "Ev=ry book" saws Frederic Harrison. "that we take up without purpose is an opportunity lost or taking up book with a purpose; every bit of stray informat ton which we cram into our heads without any sense of its importance is for the most part a bit of the most useful information driven out Of our heads and choked off from our minds To know anything that turns up is in the infinity of knowledge to know nothing. To read the first book we come across in the wilderness of books IS to learn nothing. To turn over the P"SCS Ol 1u,VoV NOlumSS IS to b1 Drac- tlcally indifferent to all that is good"
 It IS or paramount importance to have the will not to read. The deluge of books which marks our times renders the task of selection difficult It is not nec- essary to rad many books if care is talk en in their choice. The best books of the world are not numerous.
 Any younglman in ten years can easily master 25o good books and if these are carefully selected he will be able to get through the world very creditably, with out swelling the number, provided he utilizes one or more good newspapers. But the average young man can find time, between the ages of 20 and 40, to read 800 of the worlds best books. at the rate of twenty-five a year. He should follow Ruskin's advice, and read "the books of all time, rather than the books of the hour"
 With few frst-class books and the newspapers even the busiest men can educate themselves sufficiently to enable
The age-herald., 1897-09-04

them to hold their own in any circle of intellectual men and women Judi cious reading is directly in the linz of practical education- II Is what people read after leaving. school and college that helps them most. and the millions who have very limited school advan- tages will find that the propsr course of general reading will place them far ahead of the college graduates who ne- glect this great highway to knowledge.
The age-herald., 1897-09-04
Moving the Crops.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger says of the annual crop movements:


 the annual crop movements:
 Sending money into the farming dis tricts to move the crops is an annual performance The money goes out in leaps in the autumn, and during the re- maining months of the year it come trick ling back to the financial centers. The outgo attracts attention because it is so conspicuous as to be easily seen. The i'm come is not noticed because 1t Is so sub- divided and flows through such various channels as to be inconspicuous; but, practically, i. all comes back. The farm CTS may wish to keep it among them, but they might as we'll wish to retain In their fields forever the rain that falls during a shower. In fact, there is much resem- blance between the crop money and he rain. Fla oh comes from great reseTyo.r in one case the cities, in the other the ocean-falls with stimulating effect upon the country, and flows baek again to re- peat it's course ip due time. If the rain lay continually where 1t falls, the crops would rot If the money remained al- ways with the farmers, business would stagnate and hhs farmers themselves would derive no benefit from it. Free circulation of moisture and of money keeps the country in 9 state of health, physically and hn5ri-ially.
 This is very phi.es phicai, but such talk suits the money centers. There is no reason in the world why the money should
The age-herald., 1897-09-04
Hateful Old Man.

From the, Indianapolis Journal.
 And when your wheel broke down seven miles from home" said the "old man." you, repaired it all by yourself. did you?"
 T did," answered the typewriter, proudly. '
 "It seems mighty funny to me, then," he continued, f'that when the ribbon on your machine nesds shifting you have to call on that dude of bookkeeper to fix 1t for you every time.''
The age-herald., 1897-09-04

Henry Watterson would no doubt give his interest in the Ccuier-J Journal could he eliminate the few thousand or more free silver editorials printed in that paper a few years ago, the most Of which were written by himself
The age-herald., 1897-09-04

In the general nature of things there are going ro be a number of hot days before the summer is ended, and with this in view it Will be the part of wisdom to boil the water until the weather gets cooler.
The age-herald., 1897-09-04

Speaker Reed cannot expect to hold his colts in subjecticn at the next session. The committees have been named and open rebellion may be the reeul. should the czar attempt to be too strict.