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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-10-24
THE HOSE LEAKED.
But II Was Fixed That Way and
Did Its Work as Well as
Desired.

II have never had any kind OF
@ sprinkler but that" said Mr.. Subur-
banton, referring to line OF what
seemed to be very leaky hose that was
laid around on his lawn, scattering
water in all directions; mo spraying
nozzles, no twisting sprinklers, no
nothing, not even pipe on the hose
had ideas of my own about sprink-
ling lawns, and when came hero put
'em into use.
Il bought hose enough, as you see,
to GO quite around the lawn, and, In
stead of having pipe on the end OF 1t,
/ plugged the end up. Then at regular
intervals along the hose, I cut little
slits to make it leaky. I had first se-
cured to the hose what call feet, lit
tie strips of wood fastened to it cross
wise to keep the hose in one position,
that is, with the same side uppermost.
The Sits were cut so that they would
throw spray, some of them on one side
and some on the other. In use the hose
is laid around at such distance from
the border of the lawn that the spray
from the series of leaks along that
side of the top of the hose just reaches
the border; while the spray from the
series of leaks along the inner side
Just covers the square inclosed. All |
have to do is to lay the leaky hose and
turn on the. water.
"The first time I had the hose out, a
lay or two after we had settled down,
a neighbor of mine came along, stopped
and said:
aim. Your hose Is leaking lit
tie? just littleT
"And ] said yes; 1t did seem TO be q
little bit leaky, and the next morning
my neighbor found the leaky hose out
Just the same, and on the next morning
it struck him that the spray from 1t
made a complete canopy over the en-
tire lawn, sprinkling every part OF It
perfectly.
Nov, as you will discover when you
no out in the morning, there is not in
all this town in use spraying nozzle,
a flower pot sprinkler, or whirligig.
Everybody here has adopted the leaky
hose system, and, as to the results,
think you will say, as you look through
the town, that you have seen no other
place where the lawns were so uni
formly green and beautiful-Chicago
Tmes-Herald-
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Rice Dumplines, Junket and Custaxd.
Rice dumplings are made by boiling
cupful Of rice in two quarts OF wa
Ter for 20 minutes Drain. Have
ready either apples or peaches. Wiring
from cold water. your dumpling g-cloths
or squares OF cheese-cloth; put IN the
center Of each square sufficient rice
10 make round the size OF com
mon saucer, and about half an inch
thick; put In the center Of this one
peach or half an apple; gather the
CORNERS of the cloth, folding IT over,
making the rice an even thickness
over the fruit in the shape Of ball.
Tie tightly, throw these into kettle
OF boiling water, and boil for ten min
ntes. Remove the cloths, and serve
hot with cream or hard sauce. Junket
and cold custard are excellent for
dessert Heat the milk to blood tenn
perature, sweeten and flavor. Then
add sufficient rennet to CONCEAL. Al
low the milk to remain quiet in q
warm place for ten minutes. When
solid and firm put at once into cold
place. Serve plain or with cream
Ladies' Home journal.
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fUrbiddsn territory. Chicago Inter


Procure small calfs head. Have
II thoroughly scraped and all the bones
IN It well broken. Soak In cold water
During the day. Place in a deep bak-
ing dish. Have ready half pint Of
butter beans, three medium-sized Irish
potatoes sliced, two ears Of corn cut
from the cob, three small tomatoes
cut in quarters, one small onion finely
minced, one-half pint Of stale bread
crumbs. Put layer Of the different
vegetables about the head. Season
each layer with small bits of butter,
a saltspoonful Of salt and dash Of
pepper. Repeat layers of vegetables
until the dish is full. Put in pint
of cold water. Sift breadcrumbs
thickly over the top. Bake slowly for
three hours. This is famous and
delightfully."- favored dinner dish.--
Boston Globe.
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MIscRLLxNRoUs TrE6&


Only ons manis 2os - osex aix fect
An height. I'M
Many Of the elephants OF Abyssina
are without tusks.
1t Ia estimated that two-thirds of the
male population Of the world use to-
bacco.
The coast line OF Spain extends 1877
miles, 712 on the Mediterranean and
COS on the Atlantic.
To furnish shoes for the army would
require the skins of 34,625 calves, not
counting the soles and heels.
II all the mountains in the world
were leveled, the average height of the
land would rise nearly 22O feet.
A medical authority in Berlin de-
clares that not one of Germany's pro-
fessional bicyclists has sound heart.
The outside walls of many of the
houses in Mexico are from three to six
feet thick, to Withstand earthquake
shocks.
Flies are prevented from entering
the house when the screen doors are
opened by new attachment, which
has several rows of brushes on the out
side of the door to scrape the flies off
every time the door opens.
Fresh meat easily absorbs nicotine
from tobacco smoke and soon becomes
tainted. Aware of this fact, the pro-
prietors Of some Of the New York
hotels will not permit kitchen en-
ployes to smoke in the Kitchens or
storerooms.
A handy reel for clotheslines is COM
posed of spool with crank at one
end, mounted in wire frame, with a
handle on the frame to hold 1t while
the line is being reeled up, brake be-
ing provided to hold the reel from
turning backward.
The first result Of the alliance with
France In January, 177s, was the re-
covery Of Philadelphia. Sir Henry
Clinton, who had succeeded Howe In
command of the British army, was
afraid that the French might block
ade the Delaware and thus shut him
up in Philadelphia. He therefore re-
treated across New Jersey to New
York.
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TO whom 1t may concern:
Inaccordance with an order Of the
town council Of the Incorporated town
Of Vinita, II. r., made on the 10th day
OF October, 1898, that all persons
owning outstanding town warrants OF
the late town Of Downingville, now
vinita, /. T., are required to present
them at the mayors Office for the pur-
pose of having such registered. All
warrants not presented for registra-
tlon on or before December 1st, 1898,
shall be forever barred. 1t was fur
ther provided that the Incorporated
town of vinitareserves the right to
reject payment amy or al such war
rants. G.. BLAKENEY,
Recorder.
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No Chemicals are
Allowed

in our laundry methods We use
nothing but the purest Washing
materials, or anything that will
hurt the finest fabric. Your
shirts. collars, cuffs or anything
sent here to be laundered will last
as long as by home methods, and
we do not fray the edges Of your
linen, or break the button holes,
but send it home in its pristine
beauty.
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PROFANITY is DECREASING.
A Very Marked subsidence Is He
ported from the City OF
Drotherly Love.

The revival Of prosecutions in the
states of New York and New Jersey
directed against those who use pro-
fame language has called attention to
. the fact that in the city OF brotherly
love there has been very great de-
crease of profanity. So keen an OBJ
server as Prof. Robert Ellis Thompson,
president of the boys central high
school, student of sociological phe-
ncmena, and therefore an interested
investigator, is authority for the state
ment that since the civil war no indi-
cation OF the city's moral growth Ia
more pronounced than the subsidence
Of profanity on the streets
The report that DR.. Thompson had
made such study OF the subject OF
profanity that he was able to give sta
tistics was laughingiy dismissed by
him when called upon BY Press re-
porter at his Gorgas Lane home
"But," he explained, II have on several
occasions stated that am convinced
thAt profanity 10 much less now than
it ever waA came TO the city in 81.
when mules performed the service that
horses. electricity and steam now per
form. The old Pennsylvania railroad
station stood then where the Bingham
house stands now. Then II was by
word on the streets that mule
wouldn't 60 uplsss ha was cursed at.
And how they did curse In those timea2
When drayman met drayman there
,was Q fow OF profanity until they
parted.
sTorday people mee< or even come
into collision on the streets. and there
may be angry words. but there islittle
profanity, very little compared with
what there would have been 40 yeess
ago. Many causes hsvecontributed 10
bring about o better condition of Of
fairs To my mind the most potent
factor waa the religious revival in this
city In '5s and 80 carried on by Guin-
nesa, Of ireland. Mr.. Guinness was
man OF attractive personality, scholar
" attainments and captivating speech.
He came to this city as member OF the
established church Of Ireland and re-
ceived welcome In many churches.
The people were touched by his words
and the moral hfe of the city was Inn
proved. He made no specific effort
against profanity, but from the time
he visited the country have noticed
gradual decrease. OF course, there
have been many other causes, religious
societies and the spread of education
and the like"
Prof. Thompson also said that, while
he was not familiar with the old laws
on profanity, he knew that some ex-
listed in this state and in almost every
state in the union. For" said he.
''while 1t may not be the province Of
law to take cognizance of the moral
aspect Of profanity, 1t must be remem-
bered that he who uses prcfane lam
guage in public places invades the
right cf others who may Be shocked
to hear II, and In that respect the law
nay intarpose ana fIna him who uses
profanity on the strestz. - Phi asdel'
phia Press
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LIFE ON THE STAKED PLAINS.
The Great Desert Is Being Gradu-
ally Turned Into Good Graz
ing Grounds.

The vast changes that have been
made out on the great "Staked Plains
the past 16 years are phenomenal.
That large expanse of unbroken prairie
derived its name from the Mexicans
and Indians, who called it "Llano Es-
tacado" long before the advent of the
Americans. The scarcity of water dur
ing the summer months rendered it
dangerous matter to attempt the jour-
ney across them, and it is known that
many caravans of Mexicans in the
early days, making their way from the
Rio Grande river into New Mexico per-
ished among their sandy wastes. For
many years after the country on every
side had been in a measure settled up
the plains were looked upon as sort
Of forbidden region, the epitome of
everything that was inhospitable In
nature, and totally useless for supply
ing any Of the wants Of man
Those adventurous individuals who
ventured far into it's dangerous depths
reported 1t treeless, silent waste,
without sign Of life, except the buzz
yards that circled high in the heavens.
or the coyote that hurried across the
trail and disappeared like fash
among the sagebrush and tall grass
that lined the banks Of the dry orroyos.
Huge whirlwinds would appear to
block the way for time, and then
hurry off, as II disturbed by the pres
enoe Of men in those grim solitudes.
In the early morning wreaths Of dust
went spinning around before the
breeze, as II some desert sands had
arisen and had Just begun TO envelop
the great expanse.
The last case known OF aDyune per
ishing on the plains sws4 10 1890, when
two Americans and OBS Mexican, 9
sheep herder, Attempted to make their
way from Pecos City 10 Amarillo, In
midsummer, and, being poorly pro-
vlsioned with water and losing the trail
as well, soon died Of thirst, as we'll as
their horses. A peculiar feature OF
this accident was that, although the
coyotes and buzzards had picked the
bones Of the American clean, the body
of the Mexican had baked and dried
in the sun and was practically intact
owing to the fact that the diet Of the
Mexicans on the border is always COM
posed In great part Of chilli and red
pepper, substances apparently not APP
preciated by either the buzzards or the
coyotes. Since that day no other IA
tality that is known has occurred or
the plains.
The progressive rancher and cattle
man has, year by year. incroached on
this vast area, sinking wells, running
wire fences, and rearing better breed
Of stock than is to be seen to-day any
where in Texas. Water is found at a
depth. Of from 20 to 100 feet, and in
abundance. The altitude Of the
"Staked Plains district insures the
health Of the stock the year around,
| and fever, ant thrax, or blacklcg Is sels
| dom heard Of IN that region. Such
great cattle magnates as Col. Slaughr
| Ter, Of Fort Worth. @. G. Goodnight. Of
midland. and dmhny others of equal note
I are now heavil:l interested IN thin once
v
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At the hotels Today !,
WESTERN.


W.M. Springer, Muskogee.
j. H. Sirens, St. Louis.
r. Howell Hall, Tulsa.
w. c. Sellars, Maysville.
John Ward, Maysville.
Vim. Ward, Maysville.
A. P. Smart, Maysville.
J. R. Hastings, Maysville.
IL. Ward, Maysville.
J. H. Suller, X. c.
w. F. Girton, Chicago.
J. A. Tillotson, Nowata.
Frank Burroughs, Nowata.
B. H. Hammett, X. c.
T. T. Cartman, Little Rock.
w. J. Smith, Buffalo.
COBB HOUSE.
w. II. Foreman, Parsons.
c. M. Leslie, K. c.
VIM Flannelly, St. Louis.
J.. f. Haskins, Lincoln,
c. w. Stockton, Monett.
w. ]. Bills, St. Louis.
S. w. Johnson, Chandler, o.
r. ]. Smith, St. Louis.
+. I. Astor, Monet.
VIM. Whitaker, Dallas.
NJ. L. Davis, K. c.
T. NJ. Rennish, K. {.
John w. Hoffman, K. c.
f. S. Fielding, Chicago.
w. H. Blackwell, st. Louis
Jake Guthrie, Coffeyville.
]. H.iKeith, Coffeyville.
S. c. Sterling, Chetopa.
GREEN.
Geo. Brown, X. c.
A. Munger, K. {.
A. T. Hadley, Galena, Kansas.
J. NJ. Henderson, Mexico, Mo.
J. w. Palmer, Springfield.
/. A. Johnson, Grangerville, Mo.
!. ]. Bowles, Edna, Mo.
I. w. Hunolt, Edna, Mo.
7. NJ. Hunolt, Edna, Mo.
Geo. Brown.
w. l.. Pratt.
ID. {. Parker.
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Hasty Backing Ont.

Miss De Boney (school-teacher)-I
am informed that you loudly spoke
of me on the public streets as an old
maid.
Bad Boy (much scared)-N-n-o,
ma'am. / said y'r mother was an ole
naid.-N. Y. Times.
The labor world., 1898-03-05

boast that we had no army and
scarce a navy. We stood for
peace among the gladatorial
nations.
But we have developed a
truculent spirit, a thirst for
conquest, an ambition to die
tate, greed for territory. We
are laying the foundations for
a military empire.
That is the most serious
threat to the republic. A mill
tary empire can have no con-
sideration for the common peo-
pie; they live to fight their
masters battles. The con-
test is too absorbing to leave
any leisure for matters of JUS
tice and liberties.
In time of peace the right of
free speech, of free assembly,
of a free press, have been cir
cumscribed, hampered; in war
they would be swept aside in a
moment. And after the war
we should have garrisoned
cities, and soldiery to keep
down murmuring, and official
ism to order the ways of the
lowly.
We have seen the foreshad-
owing of these things. 1t only
wants the opportunity of war
the cloak of patriotism.
The labor world., 1898-03-05

AS was expected, the commits
sion appointed by Gov. Clough
to investigate the charges of
cruelty against the managers of
the states prison at Saltwater
reported that there was no
ground for the charges and
consequently a report was
made lauding the iniquitius
warden, deputy warden and
keepers to the skies. No other
report was wanted by the gov
ernor, and no other was forth
coming. Those who followed
the evidence given before the
board were Mortified that such
cruelties could exist, but the
officials desiring it all. the
commission accepted as truth
what they said, and rejected
the sworn testimony of the
physician, ex-keeper and other
disinterested parties as false.
If there is one institution on
the face of the earth that needs
cleaning out it is the political
cesspool at Saltwater, and the
people will not rest until that
end is accomplished. Four
years is long enough for one
set of men to have entire charge
of our state institution. There
are thousands of better men
than Wo1fer and Lemon wear
ing stripes.
The labor world., 1898-03-05
DO WE WANT MILITARISMP

War with Spain now would
be misfortune out of all pro.
portion to it's immediate disas.
ters. We have had foreign
wars before and have returned
to ninding our own business
upon their cessation. War
now would leave us committed
to an imperial navy and a
standing army, to a policy OF
nilitarism and aristocratic
government.
It has been hard enough to
steer clear of that all the time.
The clamor for annexation of
Hawaii, the national touchi-
ness respecting boundaries
and great many things far
beyond our boundaries, the
growing desire for strong
armories and fortresses within
our cities, the legions raised to
protect the rich against the
expected frenzy of the mob
all these things point one way,
to a government by the strong
for the strong, in which the
common people are to be for
gotten as the slaves were for
the first century of the repub-
lie.
The lust for power could not
be satisfied within the lines of
old simplicity. Vested rights
have grown up SO strong that
they can influence the govern
ment, so weak that they trem-
bic for their insecurity unless
buttressed by defense of arms.
No peril from without threat
ems the republic. We need not
add a soldier to our skeleton
army and we need never have
built ship since the obsolete
constitution. Yet we should
have been safe from invasion,
living in the security of un-
armed peace. It was once. our
The labor world., 1898-03-05
PROSECUTED AS TRUSTS.

The encouragement of Wis
consin has asked the Whole
sale GroCers' association of the
state and others if they ought
not to be prosecuted as trusts
for that is the gist of the sixty
two questions he has formu-
lated in his note of inquiry.
There is not much doubt of
their offending under the anti
trust law. They have agreed
on prices and have established
penalties for departing from
the agreement. That consti-
tutes an unlawful combination
in Wisconsin as we'll as under
the federal statutes.
Probably he will get mega
tive or an evasive answer. The
experience elsewhere is that
the members of such a COM
bination do not think they
ought to be prosecuted and
that they decline to give the
information on which their
prosecution could be based.
There is no reason, though,
why they need hesitate. The
antitrust laws are impotent
from the beginning. There
has never been a successful
prosecution under any of these
statutes and probably there
never will be.
Furthermore, no laws can
ever succeed in furnishing
men for agreeing on prices or
even for making penalties for
cutting. The measures to this
end are as sure to fail as the
old laws against trades unions.
The only offense that can be
found and reached by the law
are those which partake of the
nature of conspiracies, aud no
new statutes are needed for
those.
All the illumination against
trusts these ten years have
been waste of time and en-
ergy and Attorney General
Mylrea is little likely to get
any further than the rest, even
if he comes to the task with
the sincerity which most of the
public prosecutors have lacked.
There are other ways to get
at the trust.
The labor world., 1898-03-05
Frank lesIie's Popular Monthly for
0Darnh

The propagation and cultivation Of
fish by the government is interesting
and instructively described by Joanna
R. Nichols Kyle in Frank Leslie's pop
ular monthly for March, The article
has the fellcitous title,- Aquatic Pro-
teges of Government" and is profusely
illustrated. The same magazine con
tains an important paper on the "Con-
gregationalists," setting forth the his
tory and growth of that denomination
in this country, by Rev. A. E. Dunning..
This also is accompanied by many fine
illustrations. The fifth paper in the
series on Andrew Jackson is the second
part of A. Oakley Halls account Of
jackson as Statesman and Presi-
dent" The Illustrations to this article,
include reproductions of rare paintings,
miniatures, cartoons, etc. "Massachu-
setts Before the Mayaower" is the title
of an article in which Francis Worcester
Doughty chats entertainingly. Of the.
early history of the eastern state, and
gives maps and views from old copper
plates. Helen Bradford describes the
life and people of Christiana. The city
of New Orleans furnishes the subject
for long and superbly illustrated ar
ticle by Charles Thomas Logan, who
calls that city "the quaint and unique
Metropolis of the Southwest" Another
eiaborately pictured article is one on
Harvard University, by L. W. Sheldon.
A new serial story, the scene Of which is
laid in revolutionary times, begins in
this number. 1t is called marie Ire
maine," and is by Frances Swan Will
liams. There are number of clever
short stories, some good poems. and an
attractive young folks department.
Frank Leslie's Publishing House, New
York.
The labor world., 1898-03-05

The capitalists do not dread
the new undertaking in itself.
What they are afraid of is that
it will set an example that will
be generally followed. TIL e
projectors are putting in prac-
tice the great principle of own
ership of the railroads by the
people, and that principle must
be fought by the Wall street
men at all hazards.
The labor world., 1898-03-05
THE MAYORS MESSAGE.

Mayor Truelsen submitted to
the council Tuesday evening
an annual message which is
generally commended. He
speaks with pride of the last
two years, looks forward to two
years still more fruitful for the
municipality; recites the
achievements of his adminis-
tration in the direction of econ
omy and efficiency, and defends
the police department vigor-
ously against it's critics.
The labor world., 1898-03-05

Having the appropriation
bills further advanced than for
twenty-five years at this time,
congress hopes to adjourn
early. We have heard that
every two years since we had
ears. Each congress knows
that the best stroke for popu-
larity is to pass the appropria-
ton bills and go home-but
the temptation to show their
patriotism and wisdom is ir-
resistible.
The labor world., 1898-03-05
pany.

While such sanguinary pat:
riots as the Herald are shout.
ing for war, cause or no cause
the men who devote their lives
to saving the country at sc
much a shave are figuring out
how large a bond issue they
will have to assume to save il
again. A. bond issue is the
first requisite of a wel1-regu.
lated war.
The labor world., 1898-03-05

Have you subscribed for The
New Time? It is the best.
magazine ever published in
this country, and it is fighting
the battles of the people. It is
your duty to give The New
Time your earnest support.
We make a clubbing rate of
$3.50 for The New Time and
The LABOR WORLD.
The labor world., 1898-03-05
Cornelius Lang and his wife

Cornelius Lang and his wife,
aged So and S6 respectively,
starved to death in Chicago
recently. Without food and
fuel, turned off by the firm he
had worked for % years be-
cause of his age, they died the
awful death of starvation
in a city of cannabals where
one man has fifteen million
bushels of wheat and others
thousands of tons of meat.
The labor world., 1898-03-05

+ Wheat is ten cents a bushe1
higher than it was last fall
twenty cents higher than il
was last summer. Flour has
gone up more than a dollar a
barrel in the same time. The
Fall River cotton spinners
whose wages have been re-
'duced are not uproariously en-
thusiastic over the good for
tune of the farmer. The mills
seem to grind less instead OF
more.
The labor world., 1898-03-05

It is fine news that the
Northern Pacific company has
sold more land for settlement
this winter than for many
seasons past. It is fine news
and yet, though it shall result
in. the development of the
northwest and of the city in
the ways in which develop
ment is most needed, it will
not make the wage workers
happier or more prosperous.