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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-06-10
IN THE LIGHT or DEATH.

When all the wheels of life nre running slow
And all the fires Of life are falling low
And Pickering TO an end,
Then, in deaths dawning light, We seem to
know
What it all means-why things must happen 20,
And not as we intend
Thought TO keep my own life good and iaig.
Now broken, blotched nnd ugly, it lies there
Spread like a map in view.
/ made the blots, the blunders, everywhere.
The bitter disappointncnts Ia full share
The sorrows, old and new,
: Eut, though fresh failures como With eee.l
fresh day,
Though pain persists ard will not rass away
Till life itself shall cease-
Taught by this CLEAN Of death's l:eca search
ing ray
mo human life is whole I've learned 10 -ay.
But OF Gods whole, piece.
Each individual life is not our own
'Tis in Gods building just one httle ssoae
Chiseled 10 fit one place
Useess-not cut 10 shape, but left alone
Useful, if, when its proper place is knu,.n.
1t fits it, by Gods graeel
For through GODS temple rise in noble STATE
Smooth marble blocks of wondrous weight
And polished pillars tall.
But there are other stones, not smooth nor
great,
Seeming despised-thrown out-yet. soon or
late,
Wanted however small
So, if the Master Builder needs in me
A broken fragment only fit TO be
A fragment, out Of sight,
STILL in his house stone-if even he has chosen
me for this use, ah. then see
All thought wrong is right
Good Words.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-06-10

He had been to see her father.
1t is hardly necessary here to state
what the object of his visit was
Whatever it was may be guessed
when the reader is apprised that the
visitor WAS % and the daughter of
the father was Ave years younger.
He had returned to her and she
had met him in fear and trembling.
for the youth was poor and their
hearts happiness depended upon
how much papa could be coaxed
into allowing them as wedding
portion.
In fact, without that there was no
happiness, for happiness is scarcely
possible on 81. so per week.
Ibid you see papai" she asked
timorously.
"Yes, darling" he replied.
And he gave his CONSENT" she
asked with maiden eagerness.
He was silent.
"What did he sayi" she asked,
grasping him by the coat sleeve.
Nothing"
"Nothingi" she exclaimed.
"Nothingi He must have made
some reply" she insisted.
He said nothing, tell you" he
answered angrily.
1t was the first time she had ever
seen him thus and her heart sank.
She could not understand. The tears
came to her eyes and she put her
arms about his neck.
What did you ask him, Harold f'
che inquired.
II asked him how much he was
going to give you when l married
you"
That was Harold 9 answer and she
knew then what her papa's reply
meant to them. --6omeryille Jour
nal.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-06-10
Began a the Top.

Parson-Youn man, in order to
succeed in any undertaking in life
you must begin at the bottom and
work up.
Young Man That was not my ia
TIERS motto. He began at the top
and worked down.
ParsonAnd made a failure Of it,
no Doubt
Young Han Not on your life He
made y fortnne digging wells, Chi
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-06-10

A young matron of an inquiring
turn of mind consulted q fortune
teller the other day. "Of course,
I'm not really superstitious," she
said, as she recounted her experience
to a teacup coterie. but / had
heard wonderful tales of his skill in
palmistry, and as I had always had
a horror of lonely, loveless, poor
old age, l thought I'd ask him what
he could tell me about my future. I"
"Ohl What did he sayi" asked
a young thing, in her teens, who
was making calls under mamma s
wing.
He told me my disposition first.
Told it very well too. Said was
married and would never be wild
ow; that ] was well off in this
worlds goods and would probably
have good deal of pleasure before
/ died. Insisted ON the old age ques-
ton, whether or not l would be hap
py or lonely at 20. His answer was
cheerful. It has put my doubts to
sleep. He said, very solemnly,
Madam, you will not have an un-
happy old age, as it is extremely
unlikely that you will live to be 40
Encouraging, wasn't it2" = New
York Commercial.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-06-10
LOCAL NOTES.

See Browning's fine screen doors.
Miss Graper's Concert occurs June
l6.
Best line OF screen doors at Brown
ing's.
It's easily explained NOW how jeff
rles won.
Mrs. Bay is visiting for few days
in Joplin
Jim Gastey, Of catale was in the
city today
NJ. V. Crockett will spend Sunday
at Fairland.
J. c. Anderson went to Muskogee
this morning.
S. J. Burns returned from Joplin
this morning.
Rev. Hudson came in from Miami
this morning.
Don't forget the summerschooI,
opens lloHudy.
Tom Skinner, OF Adalr, is visiting
relatives in the city.
Those lap robes at Lee Barrett's are
beauties. Go and see them.
Preston Davis is enjoying II visit
from an uncle from Missouri.
The Lynch bankruptcy case was
adjourned over until June 26.
M. r. Chapman went to Newtonia
for few days visit last evening.
Only one kind of drugs kept at the
Peoples drug store-strictly pure.
First class shoemaker-with all
kinds of tepairing done. Lee Barrett.
Miss Myrtle Webb went to Talala
this morning to visit Mrs. c. L. Har-
mage.
Mrs. G. 5. White is better and the
doctor now has hopes for speedy re-
covery.
Mrs. Rathell, Mrs. Paul's friend, re-
turns to her home at Neosho this
evening.
The Wheat brothers are putting
two room addition to Mr.. Pumphrey's
residence.
The New Mexico Rough Riders are
going to hold reunion at Las Vegas,
June path.
The Crescent studio is giving away
beautiful photo buttons this month;
see offer.
Copies of the Vlnita ordinance book
can be obtained at this office; price
20 cents each.
Special classes in algebra, elocution,
rhetoric and history, at Worcester
academy June IL.
Miss Lille Langston, Mrs. Whites
niece, left last evening for her home
at Westfork, Ark.
Ice cold soda pop, ginger ale and all
iced drinks; also fne line cigars, at
Charley Newman's.
The Vinita Telephone company
will begin the construction OF their
line south. Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Mellette enter
tain this evening In honor Of Miss
Roberta Campbell. y
Cold item--Sam Ridenhonr's ice
wagon will make prompt delivery to
all parts OF the city.
Mrs. Joe McSpadden and little
daughter returned TO their home at
Chelsea this morning.
Miss Ida Angel left last evening for
her home at Ogeechee, after few
days visit in the city.
Johnnie Orutchfeld is collecting on
The Daily Chieftain. All parties are
authorized to pay him.
Ii you would have your clothes that
delicate, clear white so desirable, use
Red Cross ball blue. may s
Polite and courteous treatment
the best of cold drinks, at Nichols
fountain.
The Coconino sun., 1899-11-11
BRIEF LOCALS.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1899.

 H. P. Ewing of Kingman was in town Tuesday.
 w. H. Clark of Holbrook was in town this week.
 The brick work on the Sanderson block has been completed.
 E. s. Gosney left Sunday for north ern California for months duck hunting.
 J. w. Francis and E. NJ. Tackelt are prospecting in the country north of the Colorado river.
 The subject of the morning sermon at the M. E. church tomorrow is Church Unity"
 E. H. Brooks, the Williams justice of the peace, spent several days here during the week.
 Ladies' calling cards, in the correct styles, printed in the latest copper plate script at this office. The ladies will find many useful articles on the aud 10 cent counter at the Second Hand store. Walter Beeson and family left We'd nesday for Chapparal, where they will spend the next four months.
 James Loy returned yesterday from Prescott, where he has been the past week attending district court.
 Eight persons were added to the membership roll of the Methodist church on last Sunday morning.
 Under the law passed by the last legislature the board of supervisors will appoint county assessor for the year 1900. R. c. Jones is circulating petition asking for the appointment.
The Coconino sun., 1899-11-11

for Auburn, N. Y., where she will-- spend the winter visiting relatives.
 A reception will be given the pupils of the Normal school at the residence of Mir. and Mrs. A. A. Dutton tonight.
 The Music Club of the Methodist church will meet in the church next Friday evening to begin work in earnest.
 The laying of steel on.the Williams and Grand Canyon railroad Is being pushed. Twelve miles of track has been completed.
 Rabbit and Hare Skins-50, 900 skins wanted during the winter months. Ad- dress Wood d-Mayor Co.,, AIS Ellis street, San Francisco, Cal.
 J. D. Newman left Thursday for Phoenix and from that place he goes to Los Angeles, where he will spend the winter with his family.
 Fire insurance. The Arizona Cen tral Bank represents number of old reliable companies, and will write your insurance at the lowest rate.
 The Santa Fe Pacific Railroad com pany Is taking steps to secure patent to 35O, 900 acres of land within the limits of their land grant in Coconino county.
 The Second Hand store has iutrc- duced ,, 10, 25, and 50 cent counters. The articles for sale are varied and useful and the prices far below what the same class of goods have heretofore been sold for here
 The improvement of the interior of the Presbyterian church, which has been in progress since the first of Oc- tober, has been completed and all the regular services will be held tomorrow. The changes in the interior add ma terially to the church and will be ap- preciated by the congregation. The public is cordially invited to attend
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20
THE SOUND or "KIKERO."

From The London Morning Post.
Those Of us who were At school any time dur
ing the second half of the present century can
remember the controversy which indeed still
persists, over the pronunciation Of the Latin
&C" Boys have been cruelty Chlfcd for calling
the author Of "De Senectute" Kikero ana cud-
g"icd for describing as KTsar the cunqueror OF
ancient Britain. The fault IN any case was not
theirs. but that Of their pastors and masters i'm
LatinIty. and in the opinion OF many learned
authorities it was far from being a fault. Pro-
fessor Skoat. In The Educational II, view for
the current month. is indeed sarcastic at the
expense of those who maintain that the soft
&C." was ever employed hy the hardy inhab-
itdnts Of Latium. lie asserts that: AS a mat
ter Of fact. the doctrine that e. had always the
sound Of X in early and classical Latin is the
only possible assumption that will explain the
spelling Of Latin. Apglo-SaXon. Irish. Gaelic,
Welsh and other languages and at the same
time suits all the manifold problems Of modern
languages wherever 'ce' and 'Ci happen to be
involved. Any other theory involves many diff
culties Of many kinds: and let il be remem-
bered. IN all fairness. that the only objections
to il depend upon prejudice. ignorance and n
reluctance to learn. Many people actually hope
that II cannot DEE true, set il would puzzle them
ply that they dislike what they fancy to be new
because it Is new to them: quite forgetting that
the fact is two thousand years old. Indeed. II is
quite usual 20 hear people talk Of the new pro-
nunciation' when they really mean the pro-
nunciation II the time Of Augustus"
Those who are unwilling to take even so
learned scholar as the professor Of Anglo
Saxon as IN authority On Latin pronunciation
in the AuguStan age must turn 10 his article
whore he offers many reasons for his opinion. as
t. which II may confidently be- said that they
are at least as convincing As the arguments Of
those who support the soft &c" before &C." 81"
and "P" diphthOnS. The matter is not exactly
burning one. Latin Is more read than talked
nowadays. and we can enjoy our Horace or our
Catullus just much with or without "crib"
TO aid us) whether Professor Skcat's SCOrn for
the old pronunciation be justified or not But
may fairly assert that to the majority Of
cultivated ears the sound OF "Sisero" Is as
much more agreeable than that Of "Kikero" as
the perfume Of a rose is more pleasing to their
olfactory nerve than that Of tiger lily. OF
course, ii Is "all matter of taste" But taste
after all, is something more than prejudice. even
II there is no formula for its assay. Therefore,
even If Atticus did call his friend KikerO we
in these days Of freedom may go on calling him
Cicero without serious injury to him to our
selves
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20
TO THE MINOR MUSE.

BY T. w II. Crosland.
out Of the light Of the age,
An age Of superior things.
! call unabaShed unto thee,
o little Muse of the valley.
Scorn for the simple pipe,
The trivial trte tune
That a man may make in his youth
Is the fashion with all the world.
fashion dear 20 the cheap
Young supcrclious scribe,
Also. To wits and wags
And every honest fool.
So that thy numerous sons,
Sired by the windy Spring,
Bristlc or blush. or beuch
At hint IF their parentase.
But little Muse Of mine.
They err who have shame in thee,
And crievously do they err
who handy thy name when they scoff.
For comcly art thou. and wise,
And ailluont Of heart,
White are thy feet by the brooks,
And pleasant thy voice in the vines.
Thy Sister the beautiful browd.
Calm friend II them that endure,
L0Veth thee from her heights
And wherefore not We. who are naught?
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20

within the atmosphere OF as contemplate n
scoundrel as ever prontcd by the woes or other
men. Then the hero Francis Birkcnshaw, Is
through many pages a sorry wretch incapaple
OF doing evil any more than good. though
craving sorcly to be a successful and luXurlouS
scamp. Across his face at one stage OF the
story My Lady Murray draws her whip leaving
a bloody mark. and the book seems to promise
nothing at all Of cheer or manly adventure
But the ,una changes. Francis happens upon
the decent elements in his character, goes TO
Mrs MURRAY herself TO be redeemed, ana loves
her from that time forth after the fashion OF a
true soldier Of fortune. His adventures start
anew at her bidding, bringing him into rela-
tions with Simon Lord Lovat, and afording
Mr. Buchan the opportunity to make some
artistic and diyerting sketches Of that sinister
parsonage Murray of Broughton Is also power
fully presented though briefly. The character
Of Francis Birkcnshaw, however, shows nm at
his best analyzng with subtle justice the slow
development of a gentleman out Of a wastre
a strong man out Of a weak one. The climax,
artistic in itself ratihes the portrait OF Birken-
shaw, who, in his solution Of the problem taced
by himself and Mrs. Murray together, acts
just as the man would who had passed through
experiences like those nara ed in this novel
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20
THE MASTER or LIFE.
by w. g. Hole.

! am the plough,
Master of Life.
Where my sharp coulter leads
Ceases Stcrillty.
And. by my laTgesses
Gladdened and satisfied.
Follow the peoples!
/. in the glimmering dawn.
FurrOWlng CirCleWiSe-
Leaving wide gaps where Death
Swung his black gates anon
Traced the foundations where
Rose the proud battlements,
BaStlOnS and walls round
The city of Life!
To me for charity
Come the worn mendicants.
Footing IL painfully
out from the darkness
Into the silence
Here are my aims for you
Poured forth abundantly-
Yours while the earth knows
Summer and winter.
Seed time and harvest
Eat and be glad
Egypt and Nineveh,
Rome and Assyria.
Were but my pensioners.
| am the permanent.
Still stand my Kingdoms
still wave the cornfields-
Seeming but slave indeed,
Master If Life am L.
l am the ploughl
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20
TEACHING THE Alpha BET.
From The London Sketch.

FROM me l4Dnnpn sketch
a naval officer on the Cape Of Good Hope Sta
ton has hit upon novel way of teaching his
four year old little boy his alphabet He refused
to learn II by any of the methods known to
sChoolmasters-nOt because he was dull-far
from that-but because he had no taste for any
thing 50 uninterestlng. At 'ast his father hit
upon quite original idea. He decided to util-
iZe the chds love of everything connected with
the sea, and set out to teach him the alphabet
by means Of the alphabetical signal flags used
in the navy. He at once found that he had an
apt pupil The result of this tuition is that the
child is now able to read off the signals between
the ships with facility which is quite surpris-
ing,
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20

The Ms. of Mr.. George Gssing's new novel
has had a perOus adventure on it's way TO
this country. 1t went under salt water in the
hold Of the Paris OFF the ManaclCs and got itself
excessively soaked and stained. It reached
had made the statutory payment II was returned
to him and again forwarded to his American
publishers.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20

There is an interesting article on Ibsen I'm
"The Saturday Review" wherein Mr. Max Beer
bohm credits the Northman with greatness but
not with supreme greatness. He fails OF that,
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20

Professor Jebb has explained with much
plaUsbiity the reasons why authors work Veil
in London. There is something. he says, IN .he
intellectual and spiritual atmosphere OF a great
centre of national life which eXerts a favorable
influence on intellectual study and has a st.mu-
lating and Dracing effect. The centrally" Il
tone which is the opposite of prov!ncia.isf sfn.
tends to preserve what is easily lost in academic
shades-a due sense of proportion and a con-
sciousness Of the relative value Of things.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20

A new book 10y Lafcadio Hearn IS on ~ t'e
press Of Little Brown & Co 1t bears the w,
In Ghostly Japan" The same firm announce
a translation of Senor GaldOss story sara
gOssa."
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20

The real if modest success OF Mr.. Paul l.
Dunbar in the field Of verse makes doubly in
terosting the statement that when the talent
of this eStimable COOred youth was first dis
covered he was running an elevator in a bust
ness block in Dayton at the magnificent salary
of 81 week. on this sum he supported him
self and his mother and wrote poetry which
was more than readable.
The age-herald., 1899-05-27

last lap when a spurt yould be made for first place.
 Lee Richardson proved a great favorite in his wonderful exhibition. After the third heat in the three-mle amateur he at tempted to break his record of riding around the track on the rear wheel of his bicycle in twenty-four seconds. His effort was loudly cheered but he fell short of his record in Madison Square Garden by two seconds, making it in twenty-six.
 The first event on the programme was the one-half mile open amateur. For the first heat only two men were started T. J. Strickland and Harry Roberts. Strickland took the lead, but only held it for two laps when Roberts passed him. This standing was kept until the last lap, when, by a pretty sprint, Strickland passed his oppo- nent and won the heat in 1:26.
 In the second heat there were three en- tries, and faster gait was maintained Hickman, Mitzer and Joe Riddle started with the crack of the pistol, and Joe Bid dle, who took the lead, set a lively pace Hickman keeping close behind him On the second lap Hickman took the lead, and Mitzer, in attempting to pass Riddle, forced him off the track. Riddle attempted to re- gain the track and go with the race, but finding his efforts futile, gracefully re- tired. Hickman held on to his lead and came in a length ahead of his opponent Time 1:06.
 In the third heat were Jack Cooper, Joe
The age-herald., 1899-05-27

seemed difficult for him to D. rform After finishing his repertoire of tricks on an or dlnary wheel another bicycle was handed hlm, and after riding around the track he dlsmantled 1t, taking off the front wheel and the handle bars. He then rode the rear wheel around the enclosure as easily as 1T It had been a whole bicycle pro- longed encore followed his last trick hut ne did not respond until just before the three mile final when he rode around the track on the rear wheel of his bicycle in an e1tort to lower his own record made at Madison Square Garden.
 The one mile final followed the trick rid ing performance. The qualified entries were Hickman, Riddle, Ed Spencer and Joe Spencer Before the race started if was announced that Ed Spencer was sick but would ride anyway for the entertain ment of the spectators.
 The men were told to try and beat the time of Thursday night, but this they failed to do. On the fourth lap Joe Spen- cer dropped out and it was nip and tuck between Riddle and Hickman. On the seventh lap Ed Spencer gave up the race but rode out the distance. On this lap Hickman was leading Riddle by a length and half and Joe attempted to sprint ahead but, try as he would, he was unable to overcome the distance and came in sec ond two feet behind Hickman. Time, 2:1O.
 Three Mile Amateur
 The sixth event was a three miles open amateur. The qualifying distance was a half mile. The first heat was run by Tom Perkins, T. J. Strickland and Harry Rob- erts. Perkins led the way until the last lap, when Strickland sprinted ahead and won over Roberts by a length. One min ute and eleven and two-fifths seconds was the time made, and as this was the fast est of the three heats, both Perkins and Strickland qualified. The second heat was run in 1:19 3-5, Hickman getting first place, Cooper econd and Mitzgar third. As the riders got in front of the grand stand just beyond the tape Mitzgar ran into Cooper and both fell heavily from the track. Neither were badly hurt.
 The last heat was a slow one. Jack Bid de and M. Hartman took their time in go- ing around the track, Joe Riddle winning the half mile heat in 1:16 1-5.
 Before the final was run Lee Richardson attempted to break his record of riding around the track on the rear wheel in "A seconds. His time was 26 seconds.
 Hickman Won the Final
 The three-mile final and last race of the meet was then run. The entries were Strickland. Roberts, Hickman and Riddle.