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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17
Mothers Friend"
WINTER SLEEP OF ANIMALS.
The Lower Orders Seek Their Hiding
Places.

The Lower Orders Seek Their Hiding
Places.
Many of the mammals make the win
ter a time of deep and enduring sleep.
OF this the best instance is the bats,
which, because of their thin membran-
Gus wings and their insect food, are
forced in the winter to withdraw from
all activities. Those who dwell in win
ter lands where there are caverns may
see these bats gathering at the close of
summer in the recesses of the caves.
Guided by we know not what sense,
they fly far into the cave, and there,
seeking skillfully in the darkness, find
some rough place on the ceiling TO
which they cling by their sharp-hooked
toes; then folding their wings about
them they quickly fall into a sleep so
deep that il is deathlike in its character,
from which they awake when spring re-
visits the field above their refuge. The
bears, the opposums, hedgehogs and
other mammals have more or less of
this habit of taking long rest in the
winter season, a repose that goes be-
yond the limits of sleep as We common
ly know ii. So, too, the lower verte-
brates, the reptiles and fishes, betake
themselves to their hiding places in the
earth or the waters and browse the dark
half of the year away. Even the ruder
tribes of men in high latitudes general
ly abandon their activities in the cold
est months, in a measure initiating the
lower life in the habit of resting in this
natural season of repose.
With the insect world the adjustment
to winter goes even further than with
the vertebrates; scarcely one of 10000
species which are in activity in the
summer keeps alive beyond the first
frosts. Shortly after the solstice they
begin to prepare for the inevitable end
Of their brief life. Their eggs are laid
in the places where they may best be
secured from accident during the
months in which they await the call of
the sun to awaken them to life. The
nests or cluster of eggs are so placed
that the young may have food at hand
with the least possible purneying to
seek it. In some cases the cell in
which the egg is to hatch is filled with
a suitable provision for the nurture of
the grub; in the case of the mud wasp
this store consists of spiders so stung
by the mother wasp that they are be-
numbed with the poison, yet remain
alive. These contrivances by which
insects arrange to have the life of their
kind conveyed across the direst of win
tiers are innumerable. They all show
an admirable accommodation of struc-
ture and habit to this recurrent need.
Prof. n. S. Shaler, S. D., in Chautau-
guam.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17
WASHINGTON ICE HOUSE.
A Lady Travellers story of . visi
to Mount Vernon.

TO Mount vernon.
1T is ice-water, drinking so much
ice-water, which is injuring the health
Of so many people. The glands of the
stomach are paralyzed. Digestion is
ruined. The whole body suffers from
It,"
We were mixed company in the din
ing-car, en- route to Washington. The
speaker was a very positive gentleman,
a physician, who had peremptorily or
dered the waiter to remove the ice from
his glass of water.
''Ice is the bane of modern life" he
continued, with conviction. Look at
our hardy forefathers. Look at our
early statesmen; such men as Wash
ington, jefferson, the Adamses and
Lincoln in his young days. Their d.
gestion was not spoiled by ice. Imag-
inc George Washington drinking Ice
wateri Thank heaven, ice-houses were
then unknown"
81 sincerely beg pardon" interrupt
ed a lady sitting at the table across
the car-aisle. George Washington had
an ice-house."
81 am sure you are mistaken" cried
the enemy of ice.
Il am equally certain that am cor
rect," rejoined the lady, laughing; "for
the best of all reasons; l once fell
into it,"
by this time the attention Of the
whole party was enlisted in the discus
sion.
ut was when l was a girl of 16," the
lady continued, merrily. There were
ten of us, all young people, save one,
on first visit to Washington; and we
had gone down the Potomac by steam
er to see Mount Vernon.
'What a day that was for me! We
peeped into every room, corner and
nook OF the Washington mansion, Wis
tied the weave-room, the dairy, the
fiower-garden, the greenhouse and
even the stables, everything. And of
course we had gone to the tomb of
Washington on our way up from the
steamer landing, both the old tomb and
the new tomb.
when at length the bell rang TO call
us back to the steamer, five or six of
us ran to the brink of the declivity
fronting the river, for hasty glance
at the water view, which showed beau
tifully through the trees below.
Suddenly, while looking off, found
myself on the very verge of a deep
pit in the side of the steep bank. and
before | was aware, the turf and earth
fell away under my feet. In a moment
I had slid down for at least 30 feet
into a wet, awfully dirty place, sort
of cave, which, however, opened out at
the bottom.
81 was not much hurt, but shocking
~ muddy; and my companions
rescued me at the orifice below amidst
shouts of laughter.
'The superintendent. who had been
attracted by the outcries, told us that
l had inadvertently fallen into George
Washington's old ice-house. and that
the family were accustomed to store up
a supply of ice in this pit for use dur
ing the heats of the summer months.
The place where l fell in is now
occupied as the site of a small summer
house on the brink of the bluff"
\ general clapping of hands followed
the lady's story, but the opponent Of
ice remained unconvinced.-You
Companion.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17
@ consumption Positively Cured.

Mr.. Il. B. Greevc, merchant, of
Chilhowie. Va, certities that he had
consumption, was given up to die,
sought all medical treatment that
money could procure, tried all cough
remedies he could hear of, but got no
relief; spent many nights sitting up
in a chair; was induced to try DR..
Kings new discovery, and was cured
by use of two bottles. For past three
years has been attending to business,
and says DR.. Kings new discovery is
the grandest remedy ever made, as it
has done so much for him and also
for Others in his community. DIR.
Kings new discovery is guaranteed
for coughs, colds and consumption.
IL don't fail. Trial bottles free at A.
w. Foreman'S drug store. k5
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17
CAPT. LEMONS CHEST OF GOLD.
Forgotten by the Famous Pension
Agent When Making His VIII.

rorSotten Dy the Famous Pension
Agent When Making His VIII.
The late Capt. George Lemon will be
remembered by most newspaper read
ers as pension agent, whose vast bust
ness needed the services of an army of
clerks almost as numerous as that
found in some of the government de-
partments here. During the Harrison
administration pension cases in which
he was interested were sometimes al
lowed at the rate of hundreds daily, and
on each he got ten-dollar fee. Among
his assets was note for S25, 900 signed
by the republican commissioner of
pensions. A short time after his death
his executors were engaged in making
an examination of his effects. His will
had been drawn carefully, and all his
real and personal property was sup
posed to be distributed among his rela-
tives and friends, according to his last
wishes. One day, in clearing out the
safe in the building which still bears
the captains name, an old chest was
discovered in one of the dark corners of
the vault. 1t had been there for years.
and was supposed TO contain only some
plates and drawings of war pictures
used in connection with a book of war
stories. One of the clerks engaged in
the work had curiosity enough to take
q peep into the chest. When the loose
drawings were removed sight met his
gaze that fairly took his breath away
There, nesting among the sheets of
war pictures at the bottom of the chest
was an immense pile of gold coin, which
amounted to something more than $780,
600.
There were gold pieces of every de
nomination, from one TO twenty dol
lars. The latest will was scrutinized,
but nothing in it could be found rela-
tive to the unlooked-for gold deposit
The executors were unable to account
for the omission of the gold pile in
the will, for, although the captain was
a great spender, he usually kept clear
account of his securities. II is possible
that he may have been engaged in
boarding gold pieces for number of
years prior to his death. and when his
fatal illness came on he may have for
gotten the gold lining TO the old chest
containing the war pic1ures.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Opening the door in response 10 an
lnsistent knock the la dy beheld the
figure of one she remembered.
'Oh, it is you, is it?" she said, Jelly.
"It is me-" was the answer. Your
long-lost husband. who has come to
tell you that he is sorry he ran away
two years ago"
Maybe you are sorry you went" re-
torted the lady, "but 1 amt. What did
you come back for?''
MY dearest, L have been to The Klon-
dixie, and last summer l accumulated
fifty thousand"
Fifty Thousand dollarsi" shrieked
the loving wife as she fell on his neck.
'No. Mosquito bites"
1t was a moment later only that he
fell on his neck himself-Indianapo
Journal.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17

States court in the Indian Terri
tory the judge of said court shall
fix the punishment which may be
imposed, within the limits pre-
scribed by law.
Sec. 81. That if any officer in
the Indian Territory shall fail to
return an execution or other pro-
cess placed in his hands within
the time required by law, he may,
in suit brought against him to
recover the amount embraced in
the execution, show as defensetbat
the defendant in execution was in
solvent at the time the execution
was issued, and remained so up to
the date of its return. But any
officer who shall fail to return any
execution or process placed in his
hands, within the time prescribed
by law, shall be fined, in the dis
cretion of the court, in any sum
not exceeding one hundred dollars.
Sec. 50 If any person shall
give information in writing to the
United States court in the Indian
Territory that any person in the
district is insane, praying that in
quiry thereof be had. the court, -
il satisfied that there is good cause
for the exercise OF its jurisdiction,
shall cause the person so charged
to be brought before such court
and inquire into the facts by a
jury, if the facts be doubtful. If
it be found by the court or by the
jury that the person so brought
before the court is insane, and that
such person should be confined in
an asylum for Insane persons, the
court shall commit such person TO
the Jail of the district, if it appear
that such person ought TO be re-
strained of his liberty, and shall
communicatn the facts to the at.
torney general OF the United
States and the record in the case.
1t shall be the duty of the attorney
general upon the receipt of the
record OF the case, if he shall be
satisfied that such person should
be confined in an asylum for in
sane persons, to designate a suit
able place for the confinement of
such person. Such person may be
confined in the asylum for the in
sane in the City of Washington, or
the attorney general may contract
with he authorities ofany state for
the confinement of such insane per.
sons in any state asylum for the
insane, and the cost of keeping
such persons in any of such asy-
lums shall be paid out of the funds
appropriated for the support of
United States prisoners.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17
Piles Are Easily Cured

Nature has provided specific foi
piles. Il is the active principle of the
common buckeye. This principle is
extracted by a special process and in
combination with other remedies
forms Tabler's pile ointment. This
ointment cures nothing but piles, but
it cures blind, bleeding and protrud-
ing piles every time. it makes opera-
tionS needless; cures when operations
fail. This is why physicians recon-
mend it. BOTTLES 30 cents. In special
tubes for handy application, rs cents.
Can be sent by mail. Sold by P. Shan
ahan. lb
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17

]. NJ. Thirswend, OF Grosbeck, Tex,
says that when he has spell of indi-
gestion, and feels bad and sluggish, he
takes two of DeWitt's little early
risers at night, and he is all right the
next morning. Many thousands of
others do the same thing. Do you?
Winner Drug Co.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17
yt Saves Children's Lives

Whites cream yermifuge insures
your child against one serious danger.
1t promptly rids it of worms. 1t acts
thoroughly, but is just as harmless as
children's remedy should be. Has
been sold for years and received the
warmest praise of grateful mothers
everywhere. If your child is peevish,
restless, If its breath is bad, if il picks
It's nose or starts IN its sleep, suspect
the presence Of worms. Health and
right growth cannot come until the
trouble Is removed. Cream vermifuge
cannot fail Price p cents. Sold by
p. Shanahan. Ib
Farm for sale: enquire of J. T
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17

Can't express her thanks, Scrofula
sores, terrible itching, entirely cured.
Mrs. Emily Ford, EldOra Hardin Co.,
Iowa, writes: Il can't express my
thanks for the box of Beggs German
salyc as it has entirely cured the ter
rible itching and burning, that was in
my ankles caused by scrOfula sores.
Peoples drug store.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17
Bucklen s Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chill
blains, cOrnS, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect Satisfactions or money refund
ed. Price p cents per box. For sale
by \. w. Foreman, druggist. VT
The Excelsior laundry is now doing
excellent work and lots of il.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17

The City Council of Shawnee has
been asked TO pass an ordinance to
make the saloons pay a $500 license.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17

First Child-~We've got a new baby
at our house" Second Child ICON
temptuously)---That's nothing. We've
got a new papa at ours. ."-Tit-Bits
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17

Does it pay? Yes, because in case
DIR. SimmOns'cOugh syrup fails to cure
or give satisfaction the purchase mou-
ey is refunded. Try a bottle. 4-f
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17
supply Limited.

Mrs. Hashly-Gentlemen, what part
of the turkey do you prefer?
Two Boarders lin chorus) The
breast.
I'm sorry. gentlemen. but this is not
a double-breasted bird."-Up To Date
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VINO suHer TOM
coughs and colds should heed the
warnings of danger and save them
selves suffering and fatal results by
using one minute cough cure. 1t is an
infallible remedy for coughs, colds,
Group and all throat and lung trouble
Winner Drug Co.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-17

Wanted, few day boarders. JAKE
Walters, beside DIR. Ragbv.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-22
ENGLISH ~STUFFlNGS.
Recipes Which Are Excellent and
Not Found in the Cook Books.

Here is Il recipe for turkey and chick
en- stuffing which the sender says is very
different in its results from those given
in the cook books:
Crumbic or CRATE the inside of u stale
loaf or more of bakers bread. Add pep
per and salt. the grated rind of Il lemon.
and to one loaf half the juice, to two
loaves al of it; 4 little grated nutmeg.
a handful each Of finely cut parsley
leaves and fine white celery leaves;
thyme, sweet marjoram and summer
savOry, using the leaves in preference
tc the ground, and twice the quantity
of thyme rs of the .narjOram or savOry.
Nix al together dry and fill the crops,
putting all the remainder into the
bodies of the fowls. As the filling is be-
ing done, add small pieces of good but
ter, which, together with the proper
basting, will give the dressing suffi-
cient moisture.
This dressing is also excellent for
roast leg of pork when you do not want
to simulate duck or goose with it.
The recipe for the good old English
stufing for ducks or geese" the sender
adds, Il never see in our cook books,
and do not find it used upon my neigh
bors' tables. People spoil these birds
with soft bread and muss."
This is the old recipe for stufing for
geese. ducks, or a leg of pork:
Take equal parts of parboiled pota-
toes cut into in~ch-square cubes, and
onions cut up. Strain dry, add pepper
end salt and sage leaves crushed up.
Prepare enough of the mixture to fill
the birds or pork with it andto lay some
of it under them in the roasting pan.
Keep this extra filling under the birds.
Dish it separately, and serve it at the
table with the resin. Y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-22

go. I've been catching occasional pat
straights and drawing to 'em all my
life, and l think the straight is one OF
the prettiest plays in poker. In playing
s%traights, if the chap across the table
draws one card, you've got the fun OF
trying to figure out whether he's draw
ing TO a couple of pairs or bobbing to a
| straight or a flush, and it's interesting
work. If he stands pat, it's up to you
to determine by the mind-reading proc
ess whether he's simply blufling or ac-
tually has a pat straight or full hand
or flush in his paws.
well, out on the coast they've
heard occasional umo of such things
as straights being played somewhere
or another in the game of draw, but
you won't meet one coast man in a hun
dred that knows precisely what the
straight consists of and what the
chances are of a mans getting a pat
straight or of filling a one-ended or
double-ended straight. AS for playing
straights, they've never even dreamed
of such an absurdity. 1 found that out
in the second game of draw l got into
out there.
st was in Portland, and another four
handed game, the other three fellows be-
ing business men also. We played along
for awhile without my running into
any snags sticking out of the coast
game, and then 1 got on the deal four
cards that had in them the markings of
a corking good straight, capable of be-
ing filled at either end, from a nine up
10 queen, so that either an eight Of a
king on the draw would have fixed me
all right. 1 decided to draw to it just
for luck, although all three of the fell
lows were in and had stood a raise be-
fore the draw. When l caught my king
l was glad I had decided to draw to my
straight. A king-high straight is a pref
ty good mess of cards in any mans
game of draw as we know it back in
these parts.
There was a heap of betting on that
round, and, of course, with that clipper
built straight of mine, 1 wasn't going
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-22
HUMOROUS

What makes you think that Spaldy
would make a hustling Politician
Because he isn't good for anything
else."-Detroit Free Press.
Johnny-'sSoes your pa ever take
you to c~ircuses?" Tommy-"No; he's
SO near7sighted he says it'd be just like
THROWN money away."-Chicago News.
An Irish tenant observed that it was
n hard thing for a man to be turned
out of the house which his father built
and his grandfather was born in."-Tit-
Bits.
These Boyish Fathers.-"Henry had
to buy little Henry another mechanical
toy steamboat" "Why?" HE broke
the first n playing with it."-Detroit
Free Press.
This talk about free alcohol for
useinthe arts" began Gaswell. "Well?'
asked Gasbill. "Hasthat anything to do
with painting the town red?"-Pitts-
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph
beginning Acknowledgements
where shall we go, dearest; Niagara
IdlIe u hdSLIhS tOh' illuS- VIC
might go TO both places and see which
we like best."-Brooklyn Life.
AS Defined in New York.-"What is
a cosmopolitan" "A cosmopolitan is
q New Yorker who has been convinced
that there is something going on out
side of his own town."-Chicago Rec
ord.
-Mamma-"EJhel, what do you mean
by shouting in that disgraceful fash
ion? See how quiet Willie isl" Ethel
-"Ofcourse he's quiet; that's our game.
He's papa coming home late, and I'm
you."-Tit-Bits.
Mature never makes a mistake in
giving the animals on the globe their
appropriate location" remarked Uncle
Allen Sparks. "If the Asiatic elephant,
for instance, had been placed in the
north frigid zone, think what it would
cost the poor creature for ear muffs."-
Chicago Tribune.
AT a country fete a conjurer was
performing the old trick of producing
eggs from a pocket handkerchief, when
he remarked to a boy in front, 81 say.
my boy, your mother can't get eggs
without hens, can she?" "Of course,
she can," was the reply. "Why. how's
that?" asked the conjurer. 'She keeps
ducks" replied the boy, amid roars of
applause.-Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-22
GREAT INDIAN U
Tribal Territories Governed by n Few
ScheminE Redskins.

The Indian territory as at present
governed is the most successful trust
in the United States. About $4,000 In
dams control the territory, which in
cludes among its inhabitants anywhere
from 100000 to 100000 white people.
These white people have nc voice in
making laws under which they live and
cannot acquire title to the houses they
build or the lands they till. If the AS
900 Indians were $4,000 people whose in
dividual land holdings made up the ag-
gregate area of the territory the situa-
ton would be peculiar, but as a matter
of fact there are no such things there
as individual titles. The land of each
tribe is in theory held by the tribe as a
whole, and leases are given of tracts
which carry with them any improve
ments placed thereon. In practice the
land of each tribe is controlled by a
little knot or "ring'' of chiefs or leading
men. The bulk OF each tribe outside
this charmed circle are mere squatters.
Readers who have never been in the
Indian territory may fancy that the In
dian chiefs are crested warriors of the
forest. y brief stay in the territory
will put an end to any such impression.
An Indian chief in "the territory" looks
Il good deal like a white man, dresses
like II and makes money like M
Not i%nfrequently he is either the actual
head or secret hacker of a big enter
prise, or he may have been bred to the
law. In any event he is a shrewd specu-
lator who usually sees all the advan-
tages of keeping up a system which
gives him all the advantages and few
of the burdens of a great land owner.
The rank and file of the Indians get
nothing out of the territory but the
right to squat on such obscure
of the and as the chiefs have no pres
emit use for. Allotments in ~severalty
which the Dawes commission is seeking
to bring about would be for the inter
est of the majority of the Indians as
we'll as for that of the whites. The
tribal system has broken down COM
pletely as a safeguard for the tribes,
and has only benefited the trust"
formed by the chiefs-Boston Tran.
script.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-22
A Hotel Exclusively for Men,

There is a hotel in Philadelphia that
Is run for the male tribe exclusively.
4 man is ever welcome, but he can't
bring with him his wife, mother, sis
ter or aunt. Since its portals were
thrown open no woman's face has ever
been seen in lobby, corridor or dining
room. Not only are female guests rigid
ly excluded, but women are boycotted
as help about that hostelry. No woman
cock, chambermaid or seamstress has
ever set foot OIL the premises, and yet
the house is a model of cleanliness and
order. The place has had a long and
prosperous career, and while the pres
ent proprietor lives will be run on the
same lines. I have heard of one or two
hotels in other parts Of the country that
have been modelled after this one, but
don't know whether their experience
has been Observation-Disclosures Post.