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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24
Funeral.

The funeral OF Mrs. DR.. Foreman
took place this afternoon from the
Presbyterian church. One of the
largest professions ever seen in the
town followed the remains to the
cemetery. A number of relatives
from Claremore and elsewhere were in
attendance.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24
Visitors,

Mrs. ]. w. Skinner and brother, Mr..
Langley, returned this morning from
visit in Missouri. They visited
relatives in Vinita today and will re-
turn to their home at Adair this
evening.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24
Blew Open a Safe.

Robbers entered the store of 0. X.
Skldmore & Son at Oolagah Saturday
night, blew open the safe with dyna-
mite and secured the contents,
amounting to several thousand dol
lars.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24
Raising EN-.

The board of equalization have not
yet finished the "Bs" and good many
of our tax payers will be nightly
surprised in their increased wealth,
when these gentlemen have concluded
their labors.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24

Over in the Verdigris county, in
places, there are quite good many
eagles, and upon horseback il is pos
sible to get up quite close TO them.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-24
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take laxative bromo quinine tab
lets. All druggists refund money if
it fails to cure, 25c. The genuine has
L. B. @. on each tablet. VS. may
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19
Woman. wheel and Sprinkler.

Doubtless every person who rides d
wheel has Il very vivid and distinct rec
objection of the early struggles with
the machine and how objects in the
path seemed to exercise an uncontrolla'
BILE attraction for the unskilled rider
with the result of collision.
Probably the saddest case of this
kind lately recorded was that of a
stout lady who was practicing in
Michigan avenue the other afternoon.
She was evidently a beginner and
more than half afraid of the bicycle
and when, in attempting to pass &
Sprinkling cart, the wheel Steered itself
toward it she yielded to the bike and
rode directly against the rear of the
cart. Notwithstanding the fact that
the sprinkling apparatus was in full
play and that she was almost envelop-
ed in the miniature fountain. she held
on and peflaled, meanwhile screaming
loudly for help.
A park policeman OWNED her predic-
ament and rode to her rescue, bur not
before her bicycle suit and temper had
been completely spoiled. - Chicago
News.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19

essential details, sees that the table
stewards are in good training, what
supplies are lacking-all this has to be
reported upon. Cooks have to be kept
from carelessness, and great prompt
ness is essential. Some cooks. for in
stance. were apt to make sauces care
lessly, to waste supplies, to hold back
fiavorings, brandy, for instance, and to
keep little supplies for themselves,
while bakers sometimes forgot that
bread can be made twice as good by
thorough kneading. Such were the diff
ficulties. Then Mr.. F'ilippini also
studies the people travelling at various
seasons and prepares menus for each
day to suit the tastes of people from
all parts of the globe He gives close
attention to the second and third cab
ins as well as to the saloon, so that,
with the preparation of his reports, his
time is fully occupied
Mr.. F'ilippini is man of middle age,
with black mustache and hair slightly
mixed with gray. Some have taken
him to be a detective 1t is stated
that after his first years work on ship
board he saved the company $4,000
over and above his salary as the result
of his work
The early training Mr.. Filippini had
is rather different from that given to
prospective chefs of today. As a boy
he went to a cooking institute in
Lyons, France. Here were taught sep
arately all the branches of the trade.
Then, instead of having to pay for in
-struction. he was employed by the
school as an instructor. Later he trav-
eled through Europe and learned
great deal more in Switzerland, Ger
many and other countries, coming
from there direct TO Delmonico's He
has recently made short trip to study
the preparation of foods in the largest
cities of Europe, and he knows in what
special dish or food each city excels.
For instance he found that the best
bread was made in Turin. Italy, and
Geneva, the reason being that they
pay more attention to kneading.-New
York Sun
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19

SIGNoR MIRIGTS FALL FROM THE SKY.
out will break great rent in it before
the balloon can be lowered. A rupture in
the balloon means a fall for the aeronaut,
and few have lived to describe fall
"On this day, accompanied by no one,
resolved to take a sail from mountain,
and, having gone for the summer to the
Rhine country, ] selected one of the
small hills of the Pennine Alps as the
best place for my sail.
'The day was clear, with a slightly up
ward current of wind coming from the
west and blowing -toWard the north at
not very rapid rate, though there was
tendency toward a south wind (which
did not like. 1t Intercepted the west
wind and created whirlwind about
l,000 feet above the earth in a way that
might throw me out of my course, but !
resolved to go on just the same, trusting
to my skill to steer the balloon and get
above the intercepting currents.
with my balloon fully inflated and
packed, if may use the expression, with
wind enough to last three days, ordered
my assistants to await the signal, then
cut the ropes and let me ascend
Though ! have made thousands of as
cents. | never remember to have started
upward with the velocity of this one 1t
was positively bewildering. If had been
propelled from the mouth of a cannon
pointed directly up into the air, could
hot have shot upward with half the speed
or directness. In an instant | knew the
truth. | had miscaiculated the distance
at which the westerly and southerly cur
rents intercepted each other, and | had
voluntarily launched myself in whirl-
pool. Never mind! As long as the cur
rent bore me directly up all would be
well. But how high would it carry me?
Il remember measuring the wind then
and taking my chart. The figures now
show that / must have been at that mo-
ment exactly 10000 feet above the leve,
of the sea. While was setting down
the figures and congraulating myself that
we were now in a smooth sea of air q
strange thing happened-a wonderful
thing. Up as | was above the reach o.
the cloud mists. there came Il great loud
report like peal of thunder!
81 glanced upward. The sky was smil-
ing, the great sun standing sentinel over
pleasant day. The thunder came sgain.
this time long, rolling report like
rumbling from heaven. AT the same time
| noticed that we were sinking.
In an instant the truth became clear
TO me. The balloon had burst, and we
were falling 10 the earth. say We be-
cause the entire car becomes human to a
balloonist, like locomotive to its driver
or, to be more commonplace, bicycle to
its rider.
81 looked down involuntarily, which
was foolish thing to do. We were de-
scending rapidly, so rapidly, in fact. that
AS looked j saw a tall tower come in
sight. Next / saw another and another
We were dropping into a city. l after
ward learned that it was Vienna, but at
that moment I could only see the spire
pointing straight upward toward me as
though it were waiting to receive US on
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19

its steel tipped point.
II thought instantly Of throwing my
| ballast overboard-a desperate thing to
do-but accomplished il. Relieved OF
lis extra weight. the balloon rose slightly
for minute, then began to sink more
rapidly than ever. thought of my para
chute. Ii was AT home. | thought OF
everything. But what can Il man do
when burst balloon is above him and
he is dropping 10 earth in his basket?
II looked down again. The steeple was
taking form. Its ribbed sides showed
tiny windows, and through the top one
fancied could see the bell In my hand
was still the pencil with which l had
made my record, and, taking it between
my fingers in a cold clutch, l wrote the
words: 4 am dying happily. l have
reached my term. Science triumphs.
There was time. for no more. In the
new horror of the situatiOn-taking on
momentarily newer and more awful
phases-I saw my end. There before me
stretched an open lake. To fall in it
would mean death by drowning, for /
could not hope to save myself with the
ropes so twisted around me.
THE lake was still little way off. but
the ear was heading for it
There was no alternative now. Though
ready for death. must escape if l could.
We were low enough now to see the
houses well, and resolved as we were
passing over the city to make jump. II
was my only hope.
Il cannot tell now why | did it, but
involuntarily reached in my pocket and
stopped my watch. II had pointed to ex-
actly o'clock when ! was taking my
observations at the time the balloon
burst What time it was | could
not tell. but TO judge from my impress
sions we had been two hours in falling.
Taking my hand off my watch. climbed
to the edge of the basket and waited.
On we sped. dropping into the city. Now
we were over a public square; people
were beginning to look up at us. There
was an open grass plot. Now would be
the time to jump.
"Closing my eyes, / gathered my legs
in under me and made the leap. Next
thing knew | was lying on the grass,
with people bending over me and pour
ing whisky down my throat. A singing
sensation in my left arm and leg told
me / was hurt.
"Well, next day, when L had recovered
my senses enough to ask questions, they
told me that ! had landed on the grass
plot and that my only injuries We're a
wrenched leg and sprained arm. Small
indeed for man who falls 10000 feet.
'On looking at my watch found that
| had been exactly two minutes in fall
ing the enormous weight of the ballast
before threw it ont having made my de-
scent the swiftest on record"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19
Every one of the grocers
in town and suburbs can sell
Fels-Naptha soap and return
the money if anyone wants
it-costs him nothing.
Fels s Co. makers. Philadelphia.
Fels & Co. makers. Philadelphi,

was the basis of his anusnake discovery.
After the inspiration came to him his
next move was to discover if snakes real
ly liked dynamite. He was not long IN
finding ont that they do. II has sweet
flavor and is put up in shape very con-
venient for snake to swallow. 1t is not
of too large caliber. 1t is very smooth
and can easily be eaten.
Since that time. according TO the stories
told by Ludwig. he has destroyed hun
dreds of snakes by his ingenious process.
He makes little rolls of dynamite weigh
ing an ounce or two apiece and leaves
them around as bait. They are readily
swallowed by the snakes.
Having got thus far with his invention,
Ludwig had to think up some method TO
make the dynamite explode. Finally he
hit upon it. He bored holes into the small
cartridges and filled them with red pep
per, carefully covering up the holes with
a soluble material So that the snake
would not taste the pepper while swal-
lowing the cartridge and reject the dose.
After the plugged cartridge has reposed
for some minutes in the interior of the
snake the red pepper becomes free and
begins to get in its work upon the snakes
internal economy.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19

BONES FROM PREHISTORIC CANNlBAL FEAST.
been opened, evidently with the intention
of extracting the brains, which the eater
of human flesh always considers dainty.
The manner in which the bones were bro
ken also disclosed the fact that the diners
had liking for the marrow. and the
bones had been broken with the intention
of extracting this"
So much Importance was attached to
this point that the bones were submitted
to other scientists for the express pur-
pose of getting their opinion regarding
the cause of the breakage of the bones,
and in every case it was pronounced to
have been done Intentionally by those
who were engaged in feast of human
flesh.
A close study of the conditions existing
at the time these bones were left as rem.
nants of a cannibalistic feast shows that
they were eaten first from necessity, for
food was scarce. In some cases the OBJ
jects of the feast were the aged friends
and even the relatives and parents of
the diners. But the principal supplies
were the remains of enemies killed in
battle.
Another inducement to eat his fellow
that had weight with the prehistoric
man was that certain portions of the hu
man make up if eaten by another We're
supposed to supply missing attributes
that were coveted by the eater and pos
sessed by the eatee. Thus the heart Ola
brave man was eaten by one who had
slain him or could carry off his body after
he had been slain for the reason that the
eating of his heart was supposed to give
additional courage to the one who de-
yOured it.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19
PICTURESQUE SALTNERS.
Thief Catchers In the Tyrol Are I'm
pOrtauI PersOnages.

The ssitner is a parsonage of great i'm
portance in his own country, the neigh
borhood OF Meran, in the 1yrol. Ii is his
duty TO suard from thieves the grapes
and other fruit. These saltners are gen
orally fac, stalwart specimens of hui
manity, being chosen from among the
young men who hear the best reputation.
Their dress is highly fanciful and dates
back many centuries. IL consists OF q
three cornered hat. adorned with protu-
sion of feathers. not to mention squirrels
and foxes tails: a leather jacket. cover
ed with wild boars' teeth and metal
chains. and short leather breecheS. which
leave the knees bare The saltner's arma-
ment is somewhat peculiar, consisting
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19
How Children piek Up word.

About rs funny a thing as human eX-
perience affords is the habit OF children
to pick up new words and the odd use
they make of them before they really
find out their meaning. 4 good little
girl went with her mother and her aunt
TO n matinee performance. A man crowd
ed ahead of the women Just as they had
laboriously followed the line to the ticket
office and made them stand there till he
had bought IL seat for himself and COM
panion. The mother said, and the child
heard it, ''Ignoramus!"
The next day the little girl called her
brother an ignotamus when he clumSily
tumbled against her in the hop scotch"
field. The "a in the third syllable of
the word had been pronounced as in
that" and the brother learned that his
sister had the idea that any one who
pushed or rammed against another,
whether rudely or by accident, was an
Chicago Post
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19
APOLLO Done IN EBONY
An American Beauty In Love
With Lobengula.
RUGGED AFRICAN CHARACTER.
Fascinated by Descriptions of Saw
age ChivaIry and SpIendor-How q
Dusky Admirer Made Captivating
Phrases

A strange case of feminine affection is
that of Florence h. Jewell, the fair
American girl who is infatuated with
Prince" Lobengula, the star attraction
of the Savage South Africa show. Lon
don.
She met LobenSula last year in Bloem
fOntein, capital of the Orange Free State.
He was 4 handsome buck, an Apollo in
ebony. who spoke both Dutch and Eng
lish and told of battles and adventures
by field and flood that equaled any of
Rider Haggard's most stirring African
epics.
He had been with the kings impi in
many fights, and his assagai had drunk
the blood of hundred enemies. Othel-
los language may haze been better, but
this black mans narrative made up for
all other shortcomings in its fire and in
tensity. He sang it in 4 rude sort of
rhythm which suited itself to the chang
ing character of the tale.
He told the heiress, who listened with
wide eyes. of the great dance of the Mat
abclc, which lasted three days, the blood
of slaughtered oxen flowing like streams
when the SHOWS melt in the mountains.
As each warrior danced he thrust at
the ground with his assagai. Each thrust
signiied a life he had taken, and Loben
gula said he had thrust full an hundred
times. The king. as he came into the cir
Gle dressed in monkey skins and black
ostrich feathers, looked at her with ia
vor.
Then the king threw his asSagai in the
direction the impis were to go the next
time All the warriors ran forward, strik-
ing the insides of their shields with the
butt end of their weapons. making a
sound like Gods thunder. And of all
these fighting men LobenguIa. the prince,
was not least.
Many such tales he told the heiress.
and she felt that in him the ideal of
Othello was more than realized. OtheIlo
was mere figment. Here was a man in
flesh and blood-a realization in black.
And the girl told him of the wonders of
the far cities of the white man. and Lo-
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19
DYNAMITE PILLS.
A Novel and Effective Way of Kill
ing Snakes.

ing Snakes.
A novel way of destroying snakes has
been invented by John Ludwig of Mime
qua Springs. The country where he lives
is overrun with black snakes and rattle
snakes The farmers say that they
have eaten up all the frogs and toads il
the state There being nothing to eat the
beetles and insects when the frogs and
toads are no more, the crops suffer horri.
bly, But Ludwig's invention will save
the lives of the insect eaters by Staying
the snakes and all may yet be well.
Mr. Ludwig is engaged in the occupa-
tion of blasting rock, says the Philadel
phia Times. He never goes around with.
out few pounds of dynamite or nitro
glycerin in his pocket. so thoroughly ia.
miliar is he with high explosives.
Recently he came across large black
snake coiled around his dinner pail,
Ludwig attacked the reptile with club
and gave it Il terrific blow on the back
Suddenly there was frightful eXplo'
sion that blew the snake and the dinner
pail to pieces and very nearly made
mineemeat of Ludwig. As it was, il
knocked him several feet and wedged
his head between the two forks Of tree
and from this he had great trouble in ex-
Treating himself.
When the dynamiter finally got free, he
made an elaborate investigation. He dis
covered that the snake had swallowed q
half pound dynamite cartridge. This fact
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19
LoBENGULA AND MISS JEwELL.

bengula said he remembered the stories
told by the indunas. or counselors. whom
the king had sent to England. He long
ed to see the city of white ants, the great
kraal where ire carriages ran under the
earth.
so many people are they there, the
wise men told me" said he. that if ev-
cry Englishman were killed at the Cape,
for every drop of blood from their bodies
II fresh man would spring ups, And the
women are very fair to look upon
Yes" said Miss Jewell, "and they are
as many as the leaves on the trees
Are they all as fair as thou?" asked
the savage.
That was the beginning of it. Miss
Jewell felt that she had met the one man
in the world for her. Even when she was
told he was not Il prince her ardor was
not abated.
So when the Snowman took Lobengula
10 England she followed
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19
Curved Around His Farm.

Did you ever know of railroad going
around mans farm? Well, there is
one in Fountain county, and it is only Il
few miles south of Needersburg The G..
and f.. l.. when it was the old ODDLY
Warden" as you, no doubt, remember,
was first extended to Yeddo. They sur
veyed line through the east line of a
farm and through mans house. He
objected and wanted a fancy price,
which it looked as if he would get, and
th Y curved around his land into his
more liberal neighbor's and after passing
his farm curved back into line. 1t is
quite noticeable, and every passenger 60
ing south notices the peculiar short
curves, wondering why they were made.
A railroad man. talking to us recently
about it. said that while it was not in
tended as SUCH nevertheless it was
grand benefit TO north bound freight
trains. as they could see whether their
train was broken in two or not when
they started down the steep grade lead
ing into MISUNDERSTANDING
News
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19
DRILL THE TONGUE DAILY.
Ii Is the Instrument That Makes the
World Happier and Better.

Upon all those who are ambitious
to make the world happier and better
rests the obligation of drilling the
tongue into lustrous kindness, purity
and refinement writes Rev. Newell
Dwight Hills, ID. D., of THE Difu-
sion of Happiness Through Conversa-
tion." in The Ladies Home Journal
Not by spasmodic efforts, not with
occasional hints and words of good
cheer are men to use the tongue in the
interests of happiness. The daily drill
of the tongue as an instrument of hap
piness and influence is to enter into
the fundamental conception of living.
Nor is this law binding only upon those
happy persons who are saiu to be good
entertainers. Some there are who are
so fortunately organized that they ex-
hale benefactions upon any company
into which they enter. uncOnSciouSly
and without any set purpose they oil
the bearings of life, lessen friction, pro
woke laughter and good cheer as nat
urally as flowers that do not struggle
to throw off sweetness, as the cedar
wood that without thinking gives or
fragrance But the law of happiness
making is not confined to the few gift
ed individuals Ii is binding upon all
of every rank. station and tempera-
ment.
'On high festal days in Athens, when
professions formed at stated intervals,
in the professions marched men with
instruments of music and also incense
bearers. When one group of musicians
had marched by and the sound of mu
sic was dying out of the air. another
group took up the sweet strain. When
distance had removed far the incense
bearers. another group came on 10 nj
the air with clouds of smoke from the
sweet aromatic shrubs. Too eff oul
world marches forward to the sound of
sad notes and requiems- Happy are
those whose sweet and gentle speech
fills the common life with sweetness
and light. as did the ancient ministers
of joy and music. For their whole
some tongues are indeed trees of life
and their words like apples Of gold in
pictures of silver. "
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-19
They Always Have Time.

so far as | have encountered them" +"
said citizen of the world, "a character
istic of great men is that they have time
They are not in a hurry. Their work
doesn't boss them but they boss their
work. They don't act as if every minute
you staid was valuable time lost to them.
They don't fret and lidget. What time
they do devote to YOU appears to be time
that they can spare and take things easy
in and he comfortable. The work seems
to be incidental, and il seems rs though
they could turn to it when the time came
and get through it with ease, and they al
ways seem. besides, to have strength in
reserve. 1t is certainly characteristic
of the great man that he has time y
New York Sun.