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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-12
The MarIeorough Blenhelm.

The first gift which the Duke of
Marlborough presented to his wife on
her arrival at her ducal home was a
little Blenheim spaniel. 1t is ira
dition in the house Of Marlborough
that each duchess shall have as con-
slant companion one of these faithful
little dogs. The reason for this dates
back to the battle of Blenheim, when
a pet spaniel belonging to the first
Duke OF Marlborough followed his
master on the battle field and never
left his heels for single moment.
After the battle. Sarah. the Duchess of
Marlborough, adopted the brave little
fellow and took 1t with her wherever
she went, thus establishing a precedent
for all the duchesses that have come
after her.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-12

Mothers advice is worth more than
the advice of any other woman to the
daughter who is perplexed by the prob
lens of physical health and comfort.
There's no need therefore to write to q
so0man," who is a stranger.
There may, however, be need for a
physiciaH's advice to supplement the adj
vice of the mother. In such case the
offer of free consultation by letter, made
by DIR. Pierce, opens the way to health,
and at the same time avoids the ur-
pleasant questionings, the repulsive ex-
aminations and offensive local treatments
which less experienced physicians often
insist on.
Any sick or ailing woman is invited to
write to DIR. Pierce, Buffalo, in the strict
est privacy. Each letter is held as a
sacred confidence and its answer is sent
in plain envelope, bearing no printing
upon it.
Do not be misled by advertisements
offering medical advice" which are
published by those who not being ply
sicians are not qualified to give such ad-
vice. Any physician or doctor who has
legal and professional right to the title
viii publicly claim that title Those
who offer medical advice and invite
you to I" write to woman do not claim
that the woman is doctor. The medi-
cal advice " Of an unprofessional woman
is Just as dangerous as the "medical
advice of an unprofessional man. In
more than thirty years Dr. Pierce and his
staff of nearly score of medical special
lists. have successfully treated over half a
million women You can write without
fear as without fee to Dr.. r v. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-12

Young chickens and other birds fre-
quently. break the bones Of ts.s.s legs,
and If properly attended to these frac-
lures can be easily cured With very
little trouble. AS soon as the injury
is noticed the fracture must, be care
fully cleaned and washed with warm
water. and then wrapped with a bit OF
antiseptic cotton Splints are then
prepared for the fractured limb,
preferably OF split elderwood. the pith
OF which is taken out. These splints
are fastened to the cotton with drop
Of glue. and held. tightly in p ace by
being wound with linen thread. The
bandage and dressing are lsft undis-
turbed for from three to four weeks;
then the leg Is soaked In tepid water
until the bandage comes off silly. The
fracture will have completely healed
in that time. Canaries and other pet
birds can be similarly treated in case
OF fracture OF a leg, only the elder
splints are substituted by pieces OF
cardboard, and the bandage is left but
tw oweeks on the little winged pa
tients.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-12
Why They Stared.

He was seen to emerge from a
ready made clothier's. AS he
reached the pavement he sudden
ly became conscious that every
body in the street was looking at
him.
Most people feel that way when
they first put on a new suit of
clothes.
There were wrinkles in the coat
across the shoulders, and the
trousers were creased as though
they. had been on the shelf for
ages.
1t is probable that NO one
would have noticed this, for such
sights are common occurrence
in the streets of a great city. Still
the boys saw something to hoot
at, and hoot they did as he walked
along.
"Where did you get themf"
some one yelled.
"He has got three dollar suit
marked down to two dollars
seew said another.
Still the object of this chaff hur-
ried along, seemingly unaware
that the commotion in the street
was about himself.
But at last a more sympathiz-
ing individual tapped him on the
arm and said:
"Eyery eye is on you; better
take off the ticketsw
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-12
OUR NOBLE STATESMEN

nave ItBut w Out uWH VpihivH,
as to the real value Of his service.
The truth is, his work is not, and
never can be, worth to this nation
the half of 100000. Besides here
is a thing that looks a. little like a
bug under chip. General Butler
knew just as well, when he made
his bargain with our chief, what
his services were worth, as he
knows now; why, then, did he
undertake the job at five per cent?
Can ii be that there was simply an
understanding between him and
our chief that he would undertake
itat that figure for no other pur-
pose than to "hold it down" until
he could wiring out of the nation
an agreement for bigger fee? For
about five years now General But
Ter has been holding down this
job and importuning for more pay
and refusing to 60 forward with
the work because the nation has
not seen fit to comply With his re-
quest. Now, what are the dictates
of common sense in such a case?
What is the usual practice? Where
the attorney whom you have hired
TO attend to your case tells you
plainly that he cannot, and will
not, go on with the business, but
falls back upon the breeching, and
you discover that he is only trying
to bleed you, does not common
sense in such case prescribe,
above all things, an immediate
discharge and the getting OF bet
ter man?
But the question still recurs,
what wasit that called these men
TO Kansas City? Itis well known
that Messrs. Muskrat, Gritts &
Co. have FOR long tims been en-
gagged in some kind of correspond
ence with powers, or persons, out
side of this nation; what the object
is. nobody outside of their conf
dence is allowed to- know; hence
the only solution ofthe mystery is
that furnished by surmise. There
10 plausible rumor abroad to- the
effect that they have been endeay-
oring to consummate an arrange
ment with moneyed parties some
where in the world for an ex-
change Of lands in the Cherokee
nation, for others somewhere in
the republic ofOld Mexico. Now
the words Of the compiled laws of
the Cherokee nation are these:
ssEvery person who shall = agree
to cede, sell, or exchange, or dis.
pose of in any manner, the lands
belonging to the Cherokees, or any
part of portion thereof, shall be
guilty of treason, and. on convic-
ton thereof, suffer death by hang
ing.' But the Curtis act, that
burlesque of legislation, has ab-
rogated this Indian law, has torn
down the public fencing which the
Cherokees had thrown around
their landed interests, and made
1t feasible for any man, clique or
party to embark, without the dread
Of any condign penalty, in enorm-
ous speculations upon Cherokee
real estate. A short time ago,
while the Cherokee government
lived, to sell a town lot to nom
citizen was regarded as an infam-
ons crime, working even the for
fixture Of life; but now, under the
screen ofthe Curtis Law, the prsc-
lice has become not only venial.
but common,
In 1885, the government was,
.n6 had kaan for a lono fima de-
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-12

more frequently if the time
could be spared. When you
do journey, then speed and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23
LIQUID AIR EXPERIMENTS.
Prof Dewar's Lecture at the Royal
Institution in London.

London, Jan. 23.-It is now eight months
since the final triumph of the laboratory
in nquefying hydrogen. Prof. Dewar, at
the Royal institution, described the most
vo4at Tile CT gases when reduced to the cold
is a colorless, transparent liquid of con-
defined meniscus, but no appearance OF
being a metal, as Faraday thought 1T
might prove to be. 1t is not conductor
of electricity, and its density is very de-
about half that of water, but by measur-
ing a given volume and seeing how much
gas was produced he found it only one
quarter that of water, or six times less
than the 1ightest liquid hitherto known.
One liter weighed only seventy grammes;;
oxygen, hence it enabled the density OF
those two solids to be aScertained.
A little ball cooled in it and exposed to
the air first covered with a coating of
A piece of cotton wool soaked in it ap-
peared to be magnetic, so this phenome-
non must be due to the cotton wool being
Immediately filled with solid oxygen, which
is highly magnetic.
Prof. Dewar explained how vacuum of
high tenuity was easily obtained by i'm
mersing a closed tube of liquid air in a
tube of hydrogen. This Immediately
solidified, and if the tube was so arranged
that portion containing the accumu1a-
part had, according to Sir William Crookes'
calculation, pressure amounting to only
one-ten- millionth of an atmosphere. With
the vacuum vessels for use with hydro
gen it was. therefore. not necessary to
pump out the air; it was only needful to
put the liquid in a double walled vessel,
and it made known its vacuum by solidi-
flying the air between the two walls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23
POLICE STILL AT SEA.
In the Adams Barnett-C Pois-
oning Case.

New York, Jan. 23.-The final report
OF VIM. J. Ktnsley, the handwriting ex-
pert. in the Adams-Barnet-Corn pois-
oning case has been made to the police.
The report shows positively that the
person who wrote the request for a
sample bottle of Kutnow powder also
wrote the address on the package of
cyanide of mercury sent to Harry Cor
nish as bromo seltzer
Captain McCluskey and bis staff of
detectives are now trying to have this
poison identified. The Individual expect
ed to make this Identification is the
proprietor of the cigar store where a
private letter box was rented for the
purpose, mainly. of having the Kutnow
powder sent there
Henry c. Barnet was poisoned with a
drug mixed with KutnoW powder. The
handwriting on the address to Cornish
appears to an excellent imitation of that
of one of the persons suspected by the
police, but it also shows characteristics
not observable in numerous examples of
his handwriting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23
AN OLD SETTLER DIES.
Formerly Operated Express Lines and
Mail Contracts.

Atchison. Jan. 23.-James W. Parker
died here Sunday of heart trouble, aged
IL years. He was widely known as a
pioneer stage operator and mail con-
tractor throughout the western states
and territories, which business he fol-
lowed until a few years ago.
Engaging in the express business in
1855, he established extensions of United
States and American Express company
lines throughout Iowa, continuing them
beyond the railroads by stages. At the
outbreak of the war, in connection with
the late Colonel Osborne of Waterville,
N. Y, he established the Parker Ex-
press company, and operated the same
on steamships between st. Louis New
Orleans and Arkansas river points,
which business was afterwards sold to
the Adams Express company. In 1866
he became extensively interested in
mail contracts, and was a bidder for
and operated some of the largest routes
in the country, particularly in the west,
being one of the owners of the old Cali
fornia and Oregon Stage company, OPP
Grating between San Francisco and
Portland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23
IS NOT A STRONG CASE.
Testimony of States With esses in the
Krebs Murder Trial Almost All In.

Junction City, Jan. 23.-The state, in
the murder case of Mrs. John Krebs,
on trial for killing her husbands house
keeper, Mrs Craig, had concluded most
of its evidence Saturday. The testimony
of the states witnesses has been, in the
main, disappointing, failing to make as
convincing case against the accused
woman as was expected.
The brother of John Krenitz testified
that Krebs told him that the murdered
woman expected to have John arrested
for attempted assault in her room. The
hour of departure from the Krebs house
on the afternoon of the murder was
fixed at a half hour before shutdown,
instead of at dusk. as testified to at the
preliminary by Krebs and the Krenitz
boys. This point was dwelt upon by
the defense to show that the Krenitz
boys would have had time to kill Mrs.
Craig after the departure of Mrs. Krebs
The defense will attempt to show that
Mrs. Krebs was not Jealous of Mrs.
Craig.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23
PAY FOR CUBAN ARMY.
The Commissioners Give It Out That
All is Arranged.

New York, Jan. ga Washington spe-
cial says:
The Cuban commissioners who have been
in Washington for six weeks upon affairs
connected with the plans for the future
government have completed their work
and will soon sail for Havana. They will
proceed to Santa Cruz and report to the
assembly.
The commissioners express the greatest
satisfaction and state that they have sue
ceeded in gaining favorable action upon
all their requests. One commissioner says
that a certain amount will be advanced
by the United States for the payment of
the Cuban soldiers and that upon its re-
ceipt the army will be Immediately dis
banded. Just how much would be grant
ed, or how much each soldier would re-
ceive, he would not say. This amount will
be secured by the revenues of the island.
over which the American government will
have control until the debt is paid. The
members of the commission were disin-
clined to discuss the success of their mis-
sion until their report has been submitted
to the Cuban assembly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23

cussed. The following officers were
elected: President, E. L. Cottren; vice
president, G. o. Green; secretary, e. T.
Chronister; corresponding secretary, q.
A. Chandler; marshal, G. Z. Williams.
The Farmers club is composed of stu
dents, most of whom are taking the
agricultural course. The object of the
club is to discuss topics of Interest to
the farmer which require more time or
different treatment than can be given in
class
The boys of the mechanics course
also have a club which is doing good
work.
The members of the Athletic associa-
ton are making plans for spring term
and expect to send out good base ball
nine.
Eighty-one K. 9. A. C. boys served in
the Spanish war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23
NOT SHORT GRASS NOW.
Stafford County Has an Abundance of
Rough Feed This Season.

st. John, Jan. 23.-Stafford county has
an abundance of grain and rough feed
this year and stockmen from the north
and west are coming in with large
herds of cattle. A man from the north
part of the state came in last week with
800 head of stock cattle and has them
at the farm of Elmer McHugh, where
he will feed them the remainder of the
winter. Some 300 or 400 head of tran
sient cattle are being fed on the Web
Der ranch, southwest of town. while a
man from Osborne county is full feeding
a large herd at VIM. Glasscock's place
in the southeast part of the city.
wintering large flock of sheep on the
old Harter ranch, southwest of st. John,
while several thousand head are being
full fed at Stafford and will soon be
ready for the eastern market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
The Montgomery County Farmers
Will Meet February 8 and 4.

Coffeyville, Jan. 23.-On February 3
and the Montgomery county farmers
institute will hold their fifth annual in
stitute in Perkins opera house in Cof-
feyVille. The first two were held in
CherryVile, the next two in Independ-
ence. The executive committee at it's
last meeting decided to give the south
east part of the county an opportunity
to attend. This association is strictly
non-poIitical and non-sectarian.
At the coming meeting such subjects
as alfalfa, stock feeding, wheat grow
ing, corn growing and kindred subjects
will be discussed. Two members of the
State Agricultural college will be pres
ent to assist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23
TIME is UP.

Madrid. Jan. 23.-The premier, Senior
Sagasta, declares that Aguinaldo has
made the liberation of the Spanish pris-
oners in the Philippines conditional
upon Spain recognizing the Philippine
republic and allying herself thereto.
Aguinaldo, it is added, has similarly
demanded the vatican's recognition of
the Philippine republic. 4 dispatch
from Manila says: 1.-The time in which
the insurgents have allowed the Ameri-
cans to recognize their independence
expires tomorrow and hostilitieS are ex-
pected to reopen Aguinaldo has re-
Quested the vatican to send commits
sion to negotiate for the release of the
clericalS'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23
COURT STOOD 5 TO 4
On the Question of Right to Tax On
patented Railroad Lands.

Washington, Jan. 23.-In the United
States supreme court today Justice Nc
Kenna handed down an opinion In tbs
case of the Northern Pacific Railway
company VS.. the treasurer of Jefferson
county Montana. The case involves
the right of the state authorities to tax
railroad lands within the Northern Pa
cific grant which are unpatented be-
cause their character with reference to
minerals has not been determined. The
railroad company contended that such
right had not existed, but the decision
of the circuit court was against the
company and the supreme court upheld
this opinion. Justices Brewer, ShtraS,
White and Peckham dissented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23
Largest Family on Record.

and $50. in the library of the British
Museum mention is made of the most
extraordinary family that has ever been
known in the worlds history. The par
ties were a Scotch weaver and his wife
mot wives), who were the father and
mother of sixty-two children. The
majority of the offspring of this pro-
life pair were boys-exactly how many
is not known-for the record mentions
the fact that fortysix of the male
children lived to reach manhood's es-
tate, and only four of the daughters
lived to be grown-up women. Thirty
nine of the sons were still living in che
year 1880, the majority of them residing
in and about Newcastle on Tyne
From the London Woman's Life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23
SPIDERS IN HIS COFFEE.
Charge Made by Tom Thomas, a
Georgia Farmer.

and relatives of Tom Thomas, a farmer of
this county. are suspected of having at
tempted to poison Thomas by putting
spiders in his coffee. He came to San
Jacksonville and said his children, who had
objected to his second marriage, had
caused a general row, and he claimed that
his wife put spiders in his coffee and that
he found the cooked bodies in his cup after
he had swallowed some of it. This made
him deathly sick but he did not drink
enough of the poisoced coffee to cause
death. So incensed are the friends of
Thomas that they will demand that the
authorities investigate the case. If his
charges are proved true his wife will
doubtless be tried for attempted murder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23
Pensions for Kansans.

Washington, Jan. Expansions have
been granted as follows:
Original-Robert Keil, National Mill
tary home, Leavenworth, Sc; James c.
Thomas, Weber, So; William Walters,
Hiawatha, Sc; Samuel Keller, Abilene,
So; James Allerdice, Blue Rapids, Sc.
Additional-William P. Haywood, La
kin, 81 to SO.
Restoration and reissue-Isaac w.
Hitchcock, Peabody, SIT.
Increase-William G. Allen, Newton,
IS to SO; John Seal. Oswego, s. to SO;
John w. Howell, Burr Oak, Sc to So;
Albert Baldwin, Long Island, Sc to $40;
Thomas H. Armstrong. National Mill
tary home, Leavenworth, Sc to $40;
Simon w. Glines, Newton, ST to s24.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.

CF'rom the Atchison Globe.1
All the trouble some people have in
life is that which they married into.
The etiquette that controls a funeral
is becoming more complicated every
day.
An Atchison man is working himself
to death trying to keep UP his life in
surance-
An Atchison family is so poor that
their home looks like the home Of the
poor family seen on the stage.
The poorer a workman. the more apt
he is to take up with some foolish fad,
and neglect his work still more.
Don't get in the habit of going places
where you are not invited; don't imag-
inc that you are always welcome any
where.
An Atchison church which recently
gave the pastor a present of five dollars
to buy books for his library, owed the
janitor thirty dollars.
The illness of some persons is men
toned oftener and more promptly than
that of others, not because they are
prominent, but because they are
Christian scientists.
An Atchison boy recently refused a
raise in wages of 50 a week. He said
that he had a hard time accounting to
his mother for every cent of the five
dollars he was already getting, and
didn't want the work, worry and pre-
Varication that two dollars more every
week would entail
Nine out of ten persons who are
sick, unless they are old, will recover
without medicine. The tendency OF
nature is always toward recovery.
This fact is favorable to the Christian
Science doctrine. Worry does no good,
but always does harm; worry is re-
sponsible for the long list of nervous
disorders, which are the most terrible
disorders known to the medical pro-
fession. This fact also aids Christian
Science. But if you have disease, you
can not get rid of it by saying you do
not have it. If Mrs. Eddy does not
know this, she is not an Intelligent wo-
man.
The most pronounced thing in nature
is its impartiality and fairness. George
Gould, with all his wealth, can not en-
natures laws as we'll as he does. The
poorest people, if they are honest, fru-
gal and generous, are as happy as the
richest. When you have bad luck, 1t
will be followed by good luck. In this
section of Kansas, peach buds one win
ter killed twelve years in succession.
The following seven years, we had
peaches. Then followed a few hard
winters, but this year will make the
fifth peach year we have had in success
sion. There you are: five and seven
are twelve. Nature has squared itself
again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23

in the Massachusetts, political dough is
thus alluded to by the Worcester Spy:
1T is evident that the few socialist la
Dor members elected have no monopoly
of socialist principles in the legislature.
Certain would-be leaders of the state
Democracy are making all haste to
catch up with them, and even go them
one better. They have viewed with
alarm the rapid increase of the socialist
labor vote, at the expense OF the Demo-
Gratis, and they see wisdom in attach
ing 1t as a tail to the Democratic kite, if
perchance that might be done. Other
wise, they would load the wrecked De-
mocracy upon the socialist train, and
thus hope to arrive somewhere
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-23

When General Guy ". Henry found
that the creditor class of Porto Rico
was taking advantage of the hard times
and scarcity of money on the island to
forec1ose mortgages and force the collec-
ton of their claims while property was
greatly deprecated, he stopped the
whole proceeding and ordered that there
should be no more collection of debts
through the courts for a year. There
have been times and places here in the
United States when and where a Cen
eral Henry would have been heartily
welcomed by a large class of citizens.