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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-26

has taught them that as rule domestic
troubles should be avoided. Women
flood the society with complaints
against their husbands, but 90 times out
of 100, if an arrest is made, relent, pay
the fine out of their own hard earnings
and go home with the forgiven.
When word is received that horse is
manned or suffering from any cause
the ambulance is brought into use. The
society has never yet had enough
money to own its own horses, and when
an animal is to be removed the owner
or responsible person is called upon TO
supply this deficiency if he can. Other
wise the horses are furnished by the
city. The only cost attached to taking
a horse TO its stable is small fee for
the services of the driver of the ambu
lance. There are two Of these ambu-
lances. One was given to the society
16 years ago by Ferd w. Peck The
other. which is modern and finely
equipped, was purchased BY the So
ciety about year ago. When horse
reaches the stable the services of a
veterinery surgeon are employed and
remedies are applied unless the case is
hopeless. In the latter event the ami
NAL is shot.
Frowzy dogs and bedraggled cats are
received with open arms. The office at
$50 Wabash avenue is a veritable hos
pital for the canine with brass collar
and long pedigree; "the mongrel, pup
py, whelp and hound, and cur of low
degree;" the Angora feline with her
certificate of noble ancestry. and the
all-around backyard prowler without
friends or family. All are welcome. and
without distinction of race, sex, or
previous conditions of servitude. 1t is
case of first come first served. The
couch of "Limpy-Lame-Dog," the
tramp, is as soft as the bed of "Fido. y
the pampered pet. So with PUSSY"
and the rest of them.
There is sometimes ludicrous side
that peeps through the sombreness of
the work of caring for these poor dis
abled creatures. Just the other day
a woman appeared with little weaz-
ened pug in her arms.
at is best that be should die" said
she, mournfully. "But. oh, cannot
have him shotl Give him these pills
AID let him calmly sleep his little life
away. Oh. promise me you'll do thisl !"
Then there is another woman whose
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-26

stitution. This is not always an easy
matter 10 bring about, owing TO lhe
fact that these institutions are always
overcrowded and all manner of excuses
are made 10 prevent the acceptance of
additional inmates. A case in point is
that Of boy who was recently taken
t. the society by his mother, who is
too poor to support him. The child is
cripple and weak mentally. The So
ciety first took him to the home for
fee Bile minded youths, but be was de-
med admission there on the ground that
he was cripple and should be pro-
vided for at the home for crippled chit
dren. At the latter institution the of
fcers said :, belonged TO the place
where be had been refused admission,
ard the doors were closed against him.
Tie result is that the boy is still with
his mother, who is struggling to give
him a scanty existence.
Another problem that demands alien
ton is the employ of young chill
dren on the stage. In New York city
the practice is simply prohibited, and
this fact alone floods Chicago with
youthful talent. Here the law is not
so stringent. and great many things
are taken into consideration-first, the
uoraI character of the place of amuse-
ment at which they appear; then the
physical strain on the children. and,
lastly, the financial condition OF the
Parents. The Humane society has re-
Gently prohibited several children from
appearing on the stage. The Semon
twins. boys of eight years who appeared
as boxers at a downtown theater and
whose parents were In comfortable CIR
cumstances, were among this number.
Another case OF intervention was that
o, tiny japanese girl whose balancing
act was rendered dangerous owing to
the old age and therefore the unsteadi-
ness OF the nerves OF the father, who
was supposed to catch her in the event
of accident.
Probably the work. of the society that
is most in evidence is the erection Of
the drinking fountains at important
points in various parts Of the city.
There are 43 of these fountains, and
three more will be constructed IN the
spring. all at the expense of the So
ciety. The value OF these public drink
ing places during the heated term is in
estimable.
FREDERICK RoYD STEVENSON.
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sole aim In life seems TO be 10 cnase up
dccrepit and enfeebl cats. She scours
the highways and the byways and her
Efforts are crowned with most remark
able success. Scarcely day passes that
she does not send to the room OF the
society choice collection of cats in
al! stages OF mental and physical dis
order. These cats, she writes, must be
killed. but her instructions are explicit
10 the effect that they must not be shot.
The only death tha; she will allow is
tie use Of choroform. The officers are
silent, but her instructions. of course,
cannot be obeyed.
One OF the great annoyances wlth
which the society has TO contend IS the
wanton cruelty toward birds on the
part of the small boy. His oifenses are
Numerous in this direction, but ii is diff
ficult to locate th-m.
"lf the birds were killed outright Il
Forbes, assistant secretary of the So
ciety, but th>y are wounded and dis
ahled by slingshots and made capuves
and abused. But the greatest vigilance
is exercised to prevent offenses OF this
kind and every effort is made TO hunt
ur the guilty persons. OF course it
would be impossible for the officers 20
DO all this work unaided. They nave
the best assistance that can be obtain.d.
SeyeAty-4ye thousand children have
Signed the pledge of the Band of Mercy.
They have solemnly vowed to be not
oaly kind, Ngentle and humane them
selves to all living creatures, but they
lave also taken it upon themselves to
encourage the spirit in others, and have
promised to report all cases that should
be the subject for action on the part ef
the Humane society,"
But the greatest number Of COM
plants sent in is in regard TO incorrlgi-
bic and runaway boys. Sometimes the
parents are at fault. and in that event
they are prosecuted, but in the ma
jority of cases it is the fault of the boys
themselves. After a boy has been ar
rested for incorrigibility petition, is
sent to the county court and an en-
deavor is made TO place him in some in
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-26

from his platform perch. regarded the
uniformed dancers on the floor with
contempt slumbering in his eyes.
Along toward TWO o'clock in the morn
ing Col. Lawton made his appearance
on the floor. He enjoyed the spectacle
Of his men having good time, and he
told the boys to go ahead and keep the
dance going until reveille if they want
ed TO. Then he left the hall.
The hop broke up about half an hour
before reveille, and the soldiers made
for their quarters TO get ready to stand
the tirst roll call OF the day. The band
master and his musicians, sleepy and
very ugly over the prolongation of the
dance, repaired TO their quarters 10
turn in for few hours rest. First call
for reveille went in the gray dawn OF
the morning. and then assembly. When
the tired soldiers got into line outside
their quarters they were surprised 10
see their commanding officer, who was
ordinarily a late sleeper, standing in
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-26
IN CHARITY'S NAME.
How the Illinois Humane Society
Performs Its Mission.
Its officers Protect Not Only Home
less and Abused Children. But
Take Care of Dumb Cren-
lures ns Well.
Especial Chicago Letter,l

Rescuing children from unnatural
parents, putting horses out OF their
misery, protecting jack rabbits from
the cruelty of careless sports-
men, befricnding homeless dogs. and
even meEding the broken legs Of
cats-these are few of the count
less acts of goodness performed by
the Illinois Humane society. Moth
ing is TOO great, nothing is too small
for its brave officers TO attempt. The
most trivial complaint is investigated,
the most groundless rumor is traced to
its source. For 20 years this society
has beeu endeayoring TO ameliorate the
suirerings of the human and the brute
kind. Without hope of glory or of gain
it has been steadfast in its purpose
Sometimes il has been without funds,
but never without courage. To most
people it is name only. They do not
realize the scope of its work; they do
not know the good that it accompishes,
not alone in actual Deeds but as pre-
ventatve of cruelty. The fear Of prose
cution, just and unrelenting, saves
many half-starved child, many poor
dumb brute from the infiiction of un-
told misery. The names of John e..
Shortall and his faithful officers strike
terror into the hearts of the drivers Of
children and of beasts.
The methods of the society are sys-
tematc and regular. Each mail brings
in complaints. OF necessity the officers
must rely upon others for their infor-
nation, and every investigation must
be very carefully made. Experience
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-26
THE BEST MAN.
How He Comes to Have n Part In the
Marriage Ceremony OF
the Present.

Under the title When Maids Mar
ried," Frederick Boyd Stevenson Traces
the origin of some of our marriage cts-
toms back 10 the days OF primitive man.
while we smile at the wife-stealing
propensity of the savage or half-saN-
age nations, we cherish as our dearest
form, a custom that had lis direct ori-
gin in this very self-same practice. The
best man. who plays so important
part in well-regulated marriages that
nowadays have any pretense at all TO
the fashionable, once on time in
Sweden occupied position that was
useful as well as ornamental. In the
old days the Swedish groom found 1t
desirable, in fact, TO have several best
men to defend him from the assaults
Of rivals, and prevent them from carry.
ing away his bride. The Scandinavian
warrior of ancient times was far too
lofty in his ideas TO condescend 10
plead for a maiden's hand. So he pa
tiently waited until some other man
who was more gallant, had obtained the
fair ones consent. Then, when all the
details had been nicely arranged, the
proud warrior, with a body OF we'll
trained retainers, dashed down on the
welding party, and. if strong enough.
carried away the bride. The best men
land it was very essential that they
should be the best men in those days),
therefore. became necessary fixtures to
the marriage ceremony, and they were
so we'll esteemed, and their popularity
became SO permanent that when the
reason for their existence was removed
they were still retained. Hence, the
custom is preserved in the best man
OF to-day."-Woman' Home Compan-
ion
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way, it's up to you to make it stick.
Well pay you the $40, because we've
got TO, seein' that there's no juniper
.(civilian) band around this camp. But
Il think you're making bad break all
rfhe same"
"Fordy tollars," answered the band
amaster, and that was the end of it. He
had the bulge. and he worked it.
The soldier who had done the inter-
viewing with the bandmaster was an
-oldtime noncommissioned officer who
had soldiered alongside Lawton on a
number of critical occasions. He went
up to Lawton's quarters to have word
with "the beak." otherwise the "old
man." about this music business.
'The boss wind jammer,"' saidthe SOL
.dier to Lawton. surely is rubin it in
onto us some" and he told the CON-
manding officer of the only terms the
bandmaster would accept.
"Does he want it in advance?" in
quired Lawton. rubbing his chin re-
Aectively.
"He's got it in his pants pocket now" "
replied the soldier. I'VE had 70 give
ap on the spot"
"All right" said Lawtoh. LET it go
at that"
The old noncom. leTt Lawton's pres
.ence mewhatsurprised and aggrieved
at the matter-of-fact fashion with
which the commanding officer took his
report On the smallness of the band
master.
The enlisted mems hop came off all
right. II was largely attended by the
sweethearts OF the soldiers in the Rd-
Joining city. and il was bowling sue
~cpss. The bands music WAS only fair
xsh. however, and the bandmaster,
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-26
GREEDY BANDMASTER
How He Was Taken Down Peg or
Two by Gen. Lawton.
Compelled TO Play Classic Music for
thc Dedication of the I.cGimcntal
Mules In IA Frontier Post
corral.
Especial Washington Let,er.l

At the army and navy club in thi.
city one may meet with the Leading Of
fiecrs of both branches of ouI war
power, and the stories they tell Of
camp. field and sea would daily I'LL vol
umes.
One of the officers on the staif Of Gen.
Miles told a number of anecdotes of life
ON the frontier this afternoon, and one
of the best was about Gen. Lawton, the
soldier whose prompt advance with the
Gegulars at San Juan last July saved
the rough riders and other volunteers
who had been ambushed by the Span
iards.
Lawton was in command of one of
the far western regimental posts. 1t
was post that was much visited by the
society people OF an adjoining city, and
post hops were given on two or three
nights a week The regimentnl band
furnished the music for these hops. The
band was under the direction of for
eign. born bnndmaster, who possessed
considerable contempt for enlisted
men. although his knuckling affection
was notorious. In the army man pos
sessed of these characteristics is called
a "dog robber." Gen. Lawton had
detesiation for dog robber He en-
.dured his bandmaster, but he never
gave him any the best of it over any OF
the members of the band. The band
master was obse9uious in his attend
,ance upon the musical demands of the
posts officers.
One day the enlisted men of the post
decided to give hop themselves. A
committee of the soldiers approached
the bandmaster to ascertain if he would
be willing to furnish the music. The
bandmaster at first declined to listen
to any sort of proposition, but finally
consented 10 give the services of the
band for a nights dancing for the sum
OF $40.
That's a whole lot o money, my
wind -jamming friend" said the soldier
who was al the head of the musical
committee. Il am free to say that
think you could take heap Of a reef in
that figure. What's your idea, anyhow,
in soaking it TO us fellows SO hard, when
you play all night for the officers
couple 0 times a week for nothing?"
But you ain'd officers, alretty," re-
plicd the bandmaster. You are not
ting but buck privates. ain'd it? Veil,
i sharges you what blease. Fordy toll
lars."
"All right, bunkie,' replied the SOL
.dier. "if you think you can make hit
an this layout by putting it onto us this
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-26
Yeritahle GhouIx.

A native mendicant. who has been ar
rested in Patiala while eating an ex-
humed corpse of a child, has confessed
that he and two comrates had sub
sisted for quarter of century on
corpses exhumed from the village
cemeteries. Cases Of actual ghouls,
who live on the flesh of corpses. occur
in India now and again. These Pattiala
horrors are not by any means unique.
but 1t is not often that they are dis
covered at their hideous feast. Religion
is at the root of the practice. Bombay
Cor. London News.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-26
BACK TO HERo's ENGINE.
Engineer of Two Thousand Years
AGO Invented the Turbine
Motor Now Popular.

As mechanician, Archimedes pro-
duced the correct theory of the lever,
and invented no less than i0intercsting
devices, including the endless screw,
the pump, the organ and the burning
glass" with which latter novel weapon
he is said to have set fire to the ships
of an enemy's fleet from considerable
distance.
As engineer, Archimedes was looked
upon as hardly less than magician.
lie produced catapults which threw
enormous stones and heavy pixies, at
long range, into the ranks of the en-
emy or into his ships, and great der
ricks were built by him with which to
life the attacking craft out OF the
water or TO upset it, destroying all on
board.
His proposed use of the lever meant
the production of then inconceivaDie
inventions in machinery and engineer
ing construction, and his own estimate
of its importance was expressed by the
familiar quotation: Give me whereon
TO stand, and will life'the earth
Archimedes was the first, and per-
haps the most inventive and greatest,
of early engineers. His lever still
moves the earth, and his spirit is in
hertcd by generations of men VINO
have made modern civilization possi-
Bile.
Here was the most famous successor
of Archimedes. His "Pneumatica was
published TO the Alexandrian world
after the death of Euclid and OF Archi-
medes, and very likely includes inven-
tions of the latter and of Ctesibus.
In this little volume, however, are
contained descriptions Of the germs OF
the fire engine" or steam engine, OF
the steam turbine. Of the water tube
steam boiler, of numerous steam and
air fountains. and of many other euro
Gus and, undoubtedly TO the ancients,
mysterious contrivances, not omitunS
the magician's marvellous bottle, the
source of many wonders lie antlci-
pates or supplies the germ of num-
bers of modern engineering apparatus
and mechanisms.
Hero was the great mechanical engi-
neer and scientific author Of his time.
Perhaps the most remarkable event in
the history of the mechanic arts and OF
engineering is the revival Of the steam
turbine in our own time as the rival OF
the modern steam engine, which. with
its complication of parts, its eNtraordi-
nary perfection Of structure and work
manship, and its summary OF the in
ventions of the great engineers and
mechanics of century and more, has
been considered TO be the crowring ef-
fort of modern inventive and eonstruc-
tive genius.
Two thousand years after Hero. the
world Eow takes UP his steam engine.
and its modern reinveEtors and i'm
provers promise that, with this instru-
ment of the Old Greek times, they will
reyolutionize steam engine construe-
tion.-Cassier's Magazine.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-26

LAwTON AND THE BANDMASTER.
the middle OF the parade ground IN full
uniform. and that at half after five
a. IN.
The company officers made their re-
port to the officer of the day, who
wheeled and reported 10 the command
ing officer.
"Oflicer of the day" ordered Col.
Lawton, quietly, have the ;rumpeter
sound the call TO arms.
The officer of the day gave the COM
mand, and in less than minute all Of
the men permitted TO lie in" for rev.
lle, including the bandsmen, came run
ming out on the parade ground, only
partially dressed. The obsequious band
master loped up TO the commanding
officer, saluted, and stood TO attention.
"Bandmaster," said Lawton, "one of
The characteristics Of this outfit OF
mine that delights me is that most of
the men are very fond of music. There S
not a man of em, believe, that would
not walk through nine miles of knee
deep snow to hear bit of really good
music. Have you ever observed this
fact?"
Well, | don'd so much know, sir"
replied the sleepy bandmaster. rubbing
his eyes. and apparently wondering
what this queer line of talk was all
about at such an early hour in the
morning.
well, know" went on Lawton.
It's about MS musical body of soldiers
as ever | had the honor to command.
But. musical as these men are" contin-
ued the commanding officer, sweeping
his arms around the quadrangle
formed by the barracks, I'm in
command of another outfit in
this post-an auxiliary outfit, it
is true-the component members of
which are also very fond of music. l
refer to my mules. I've often taken no.
tice of the fondness of those mules of
mine far music. Bandmaster. you are
10 at once assemble your band. in
heavy marching order, taking not more
than Is minutes for this purpose, and
then you are to march the band down
to the corral. Arriving there, you are
10 begin a varied programme OF select
music, and you are to play with spirit
and precision, and not lag in your en-
thusiasm. I'll be around from time TO
time to see that you attend to these or
ders. See that you do attend to them"
The soldiers were dismissed from
quarters. They bolted their breakfast,
and repaired to the corral in body.
Then they stretched themselves out on
the grass in easy attitudes, chewing
straws and watching the performance.
The perspiring members of the band
turned up promptly at the end OF the
Is minutes. and began to play for the
mules; and the mules cooked up their
ears lazily and ke-hawed and ke-hunked
appreciatively for some time. The sun
rose high in the heavens, and yet the
bandsmen played on. Shortly before
noon the commanding officer arrived.
"Give those mules the overture from
Tannhauser," he ordered, "and | guess
that will do for the present"
When that was done, he beckoned
the bandmaster to him and said: II
to not think that you have treated your
comrades generously. and l believe that
you should readjust the price of the
hop music. You may now march the
band to quarters" Half an hour later
the bandmaster called on the chairman
of the music committee. and handed
him $50 gold piece. saying;
I'D vos mishtake. was only fooIin'
init you fellers." SMITH d. FRY.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-26

Little girl visitor has been annoying
elderly spinster until the latter loses
patience.
al wish you would go home, said she.
sharply, "I'm tired of you'll"
Small visitor-l wish you'd get mar
ried. I'm tired of you'll
Family tableaul-N. Y. Truth.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-08-24
An Eye Easily Blinded,

Here is a funny little story from far
away Ceylon. A tea planter who had
glass eye was DESTROYS of going away
with friend, but he knew that as soon
as the natives who were at work on
the plantation heard that he had gone
they would not do stroke of work.
How was he to get off? That was the
question. After much thought an idea
struck him. Going up to the men. he
addressed them thus:
Although I myself will be absent,
vet l shall leave one of my eyes to see
that You do your work"
And much to the surprise and be-
wilderment Of the natives he took out
the glass eye and placed it on the
stump of tree and left. For some
time the men worked like beavers,
now and then casting furtive glances
at the eye to see if it was still watch
ing, but at last one Of them, selling his
tin, in which he carried his food, ap-
preached the tree and gently placed it
over the eye. AS soon as they We're
not being watched they all lay down
and slept peacefully until sunset.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-08-24
Quality of Milk.

The amount of cream thrown up on
milk is such misleading guide that it
has long ago been given up in the milk
ing tests Of the British Dairy Farmers
association, and we now depend on an
analysis alone. While American ex-
periments have shown that in the
amount Of butter which can be recov-
cred from a given quantity of milk
there may be a variation of as much as
80 per cent, depending on the nature Of
the food given, all the while the
analyses of two differing milks may be
approximately alike-in other words
the visibility" of the cream and the
"churnability" Of the same are large
ly influenced by the nature of the food,
while the chemical analysis Of the milk
is not influenced at all or only to n
slight degree or temporarily.
One does not break with the beliefs
of his youth very easily, and l have
been hard to convince myself that the
quality Of the milk did not directly de-
pend on the quality of the food, but
when all the experiments that have
actually been tried on the point bear
out the new theory | am bound to
come to the conclusion that the quality
of the food by itself alone has little or
nothing to do with the quality Of the
milk.-P. G. Mcconnell, B. Sc, in Agri-
cultural Gazette England.