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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-26
TONIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT. q
Francis Dade, Renditionest, will
Amuse the Public.

If you wish to enjoy a good
treat Tuesday, you should not
fail to attend the Woodmen enter
tainment. Francis (Dade, the I'M
personator, has been engaged to
give one of his entertainments and
will be assistsd by the Crockett
Quartet:e. AS a character come
dian and impersonator Mr.. Dade
is without doubt superior to any
entertainer who has appeared
here. His press clippings claim
he is easily the equal of Alba Hey
wood, the SO called ''Prince Of I'm
personator's, and IS renditionest
he ranks with the best. He gives
a we'll selected program and keeps
his audience laughing from start
to finish.
Another feature Of the entertain
ment is the fact that he never
keeps an audience waiting, but
gives one sketch after another.
The musical part Of the per-
formance needs no comment from
us as the ability of the Crockett
brothers in that line is well known
to the people Of Vinita.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-26

In 1929 the streets Of Albany, n. Y.
we're lighted by $50 oil lamps on dark
nights, and nights which should be
moon Light. according to the almanac.
the lamps were not lighted. Only 100
OF the lamps held sufficient oil to burn
all night, the remainder being supplied
with a scant gill Of fluid. The city
fathers assumed that they would burn
until after midnight. and all honest
citizens ought o be in bed By that time
II bad not yet begun to realize that
Weli-iightcd streets we're mere effec-
tive than 8 large police force in pre-
venting crime.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-26
Volcanic Eruptions

Are grand, but skin ernptions rob
life OF joy. Bucklen's arnica salve
cures them; also old, running and
fever sores, ulcers, boils felons, corns,
warts, cuts, bruises, burns, sca'ds,
chapped hands, chilblains; best pile
cure ON earth. Drives out pains and
aches. Only 25c box. Cure guaran-
teed. Sold by A. w. Foreman and Peo
ple's drug store
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-26
Holiday Excursion Rates

Via N. K. 8 7. Ry. One fare for
round trip to stations within zoo miles
Of Vinita. Minimum full fare, 50 cents:
minimum half fare, Is cents. Tickets
will be on sale December .. "A, IS, s.
and 81, 1899, and January J, 1900. final
limit to return January ?, 1900.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-26
$50 Would Drain It.

just about The worst mud hole on
earth is in the road a short distance
this side of White Oak water tank. A
team could scarcely haul an empty
wagon through it, but happily some
one cut the fence and the travel now
goes around it-though this is not
permanent.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-26
nOn Account Of Smallpox. 2

Down in the Choctaw and Creek
nations most every meeting scheduled
is put Cff ION account Of smallpox. "
If it costs as much per case to treat
down that way as 1t does up here,
some Of those towns will be bankrupt
for years.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-26
Big Cabin Expansionist.

J. w. Moplne, Of Big Cabin, was in
town today looking up location for a
blacksmith shop and small general
store. Mr. Mopine has been resident
Of Big Cabin for seven years and now
desires more room to operate In.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-26
Holiday Excursions

Via Frisco Line to points WITHIN 700
miles; also to points in Tennessee, Miss
issippi, Georgia, Alabama, the Carolina's
Virginia and Florida. One fare for
round trip. Ask the agent for further
particulars.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-26
San ANTONIO MEETINc.

Delegates attending the Fort Worth
meeting may avail themselves of the low
rate, which will be in effect from Forth
Worth for the meeting of the Texas Live
Stock association, January a3 to 50, 1900
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-26
National Live Stock Association

Meeting at Fort Worth, Texas January
I6 to ISf 1900, For above named occa-
sion the M. K. & T. Ry will sell tickets
at one fare, SIo.45, for round trip. Dates
of sale January IA and IS, limited to re-
turn leaving Fort Worth January II to
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The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-04
VVVvvV
PERT PERSONALS.

Gruff old Dom Paul is just the opposite
of a smooth Boer.-Clevcland Plain
Dealer.
Stephen Crane entities poem. WAR
Is Kind" mistake, war did not kill
Stephen.-Mexican Herald.
Mark Twain has been rendered another
banquet. So far he is only q few laps
behind the war heroes. Baltimore News.
Mr. Hoar says he has eaten Goldfish
balls for breakfast every Sunday morn
ing for great many years. That prob
ably explains it.
Professor e. Ben Andrews Is hav wing NIL
sorts Of trouble as superintendent OF Chi
cago's schools. Ben IL undoubtedly .
fussy Washington Post.
Mr.. Jeffries calls one Sharkey "the
tnlkntive tar" and the sailor retaliates
by calling the champion ''the clustering
boiler maker" Pugilists are most terrify-
Ing when they tnlk.-New York Press.
The sister OF the Duke OF Orleans, the
very careful pretender to the French
throne. has sold some Of her works of art.
1t il pity that she can't sell her brother.
He IL the most useless work OF art In tho
possession Of the family.-New York Sun.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-04
OUR PHILIPPINE TASK.
Oregon Volunteers On the DinsuIty
of Whippi.S the FilIpinos.

Oregon Volunteers On the Di0sulty
OF Whippins the Fillpinos.
Lieutenant Sutton Of Company G.
First Oregon volunteers. who has just
returned to San Francisco from Ma
nila. said recently that In his opinion
1t would be many years before real
peace was established In the Philip
pines. says the New York Sun.
"Aguinaldo ia not half SO big a man
among the Fihpinos as he WINS three
months ago." he said. Even II he
was out Of the way. this brigandnge
war would go on Just the same. At
least 100000 men are needed to con-
Quer and hold the island of Luxou
alone. Every place taken must be gar
risoned and held. The Oregon regl-
ment occupied the town Of San Rafael
and other places no less than three
times. Each time the town was evac-
uated by the Filipinos. They simply
went OF into the jungle. changed
clothes. hid their guns aud reappeared
among the Americans as pacificos.
Many poor fellow was caught by this
trnitorous gnng and chopped to pieces.
They are cunning and cruel by nature.
and 300 years Of Spanish trimming only
whetted their natural trnits.
IF these Filipinos were left nlone
for three months. they would ami.
hilate one another. Most of the lead.
ers are well educated men. with some
sort Of title and ambitious to run the
whole works. They are suspicious and
jealous Of each other. The axsassina-
tion Of Luna Is an example OF the fate
that will overtake many OF the lead.
ers. General Otis Ia always cognixant
Of what In going on in the Filipino
ranks. believe he has hundreds of
Filipino spies brited all the time. and
every move the rebels Int nd to make
Ii known to the American commander
| beforehand; no such thing as q sur
prise Is impossible. practically. Intel
ligent Filipinos In business In Manila
and other cities are really desirous Of
American rule. but they are = small
/, element of the population. In my opin-
ion. II will he years before the country
will be pacifed sufficiently for Ameri,
cans to travel in safety so miles from
any garrisoned city"
Sergeant Dixie Of Company A said:
Whipped Filiplnos are good nigsers
until the Americans leave the conquer
cd towns. Then they nle In behind
and put on their fighting clothes ngain,
hunt up their guns and begin fighting
all over. What Is needed Ia man on
land like Dewey on sen. and plenty Of
men behind him 30 that he need never
let up on the rebel lenders until they
yell for quarter"
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-04
Hoods SaaJabmM
Never

Hoods Hills cure liver ills the non irritating ana
only c.shartIc TO take with Hoods sar..pariila:
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-04
DAVIS AUTOMOBILE TRIP.
New Record Made By the Mschine
Right At the Start.

Mr.. and MIS-. John ID. Davis, who
started from New York July l3 to
make a trip to San Francisco in an au-
tomobilc, arrived Mt Poughkeepsie, N.
Y. at 7:45 In the evening on July II.
having covered only 80 miles Of their
Journey since early morning and hnv-
Ing passed IN eventful day of little
mishaps and delays. There was third
passenger In the automobile In the per-
son Of a machinist whom Mr.. Davis
engaged at Peekskill to accompany
to the motor cariinge en- route.
The breakdowns are attributed TO
the fact that the machine 10 Just from
the shop. and aIr. Davis expects that
when II is worn down to bearings"
ms the machinists say, 1t will work all
right. Until then he will be satisfied
to make short runs ench day. Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis left Tarrytown. where they
stopped for the night. at a. IN. July
Is. They reached Peekskill at $40
o'clock. the rear cylinder having bro
ken just as they were approaching the
village. II WAS then discovered that n
small pin In the crank shaft had also
broken, rendering one Of the clutches
useless. and the rest Of the morning
was spent In patching up the Injuries.
says the New York Times.
At 1920 O'Clock the automobile left
Peekskill, followed by crowd OF
wheelinen, who were astonished to see
the machine climb the steep Nelson
hill. feat that no automobile had ever
before accomplished. Next the travel
ers were mlsdirected and went four
miles out Of their way on wrong
road. With only one cylinder In use.
II was O'Clock when they reached
Mattea wan. having Travelled ~ miles.
At Mattea wan AMI also at Wapping-
er Falls they were given hearty re-
ceptions by large crowds OF citizens.
At the Inter place the Rev. Michael
Powers. an aged priest. gave the cou.
pie his blessing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis were met by
more than 100 cyclists In the suburbs
Of Poughkeepsie and escorted into the
city.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-04
Creeping
Nu1nbncSS !!
IS a
Danger
Signal


Nj. q. II. Snyder, . we'll known
citizen ofLuwrence, Kan. said:
am now seventy years Of age
About three years ago I s1perisn cd
then creeping up my legn,, until u
reached my body. IGreW very thin
in fiesh, appetite poor and I did mot
( relish my food. Ar last becAmeun-
able 70 move about. consulted
several distinguished physicians,
one telling me ! had locomotor
atnxia, another that I had creeping
paralysis. ltook their medicines but
continued TO grow w0SDe. Almost
year ago . friend advised me to try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie. Before ! had finished my nrst
box found they were beueflttug nie.
I used twelve boxer In al, and was
perfectly cured. Although u 10 six
months since used my last pill
there has been no recurrence OF the
disease. from Lawrence Journal.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-04
fhc wind had playfully caught mp.
"Confound that caddy.' he snid IN
gratefully. Chicago Times. Herald.
p...tle.s cesr.Ge.

"My daughter isn't afrnid of anything
on earth"
.IIow do yon know that?'
1--WE seen her wnke her husband ont Of
his afternoon nap to give him her dress
makers biil."-Chicago Record.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-04
IncItes Irrev-r-nt Comm-nt.
Overtime.

The Cincinnati man who was given
ten days for stealing mn eight day
clock naturally feels that he got about
two days the worst Of it. Washington
Post
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-04
Cost sf dignity

Cost 81 DiKnity.
The chief tuutle about dignity insrhat.
Il almost always comes high. Galveston
Newa-
The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-04
AM undesIred AiIy,

elbow is Mud Singing going to side in
this race? Is he for you!"
"That's what's worrying me-" replied
the candidate for Office. III thought he
was going to bc aganst me would feel
surcr of election. Columbus tO.) State
Journal.
Incites Irreverent Comment.
This slcnderly nodded Young vicar.
Causes some of his parish to bicker
And wax very wroih.
Maintaining the cloth
Should not essay golf In the knicker.
Detroit Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-15

The commonplace of the subject of
drink, and the failure of the mass to view
it as gentler folk do, are seen in the per-
ennial reference to 1t on the cheap stage
and in the cheap press. This frankness
is Illustrated by an adventure 1 once had
on a bus again-at Charing Cross, says
Julian Ralph in Harper's. I climbed to
the roof and saw, with alarm, that the
driver was not in his place.
1 thought the horses were free to run
away, and was about to Chamber down
again when the driver came out of pub
lie house, wiping his mouth. Then lit
tie boy appeared from under the horses
heads, which he had been holding.
Been getting a drink" l asked.
Yes" said he; Il always gets drink
at this end of the line. You can't drink
the stuff at the other end. You really
can't, you know. It's 'orrid. Well, see
ere, III tell you 'ow bad it is. It's worse
than water"
He paused a moment to allow me to study
this graphic analysis of the awful quality
of that rum, and then he proceeded
another man as calls himself gentle
man came up ere t'other day, just as I've
been aving it now and when 1 come e
raised a awful row. Where was your =
asks 'Aving a drink, says 1, as respect
full as anything. Then, would you believe
it, he ups and says 1 admit no right tc
ave a drink while was on duty, and ed
report me to the company. What do you
think of that?"
What did you say?"
what did / say? I waits few min
utes and turns ii over in my 'ead and
then l let's i'm ave bit of me mind
You eays-you proberbly calls yourself
a. gentleman And YOU goes and saws
admit ought to drink. A pretty business,
1 says, trying to stop poor man 'aving
is drink, and at the same time calm
Yourself a gentleman "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-15
A BIG POLITICAL MACHINE.

Notwithstanding the effort which Census
Director Merriam is making to convince
the country that merit will be the con-
trolling factor in the appointment of CEN
sus supervisors clerks and enumerators,
it Is safe to say that the census bureau will
be huge political machine. There are to
be about 20 staff officers, 30 supervisors,
5000 clerks and other employees in Wash
ington and at least 10000 enumerators.
The President will probably select the
staff officers, at least he will be consulted
i'm their appointment, and he will appoint
the supervisors with the advice and con-
sent of The Senate. The director will APP
point the clerks and enumerators with
the assistance of the President and the
members of Congress. According to Di-
rector Merriam. the Republicans will not
be permitted TO monopolize all of this vast
patronage. The Democrats will be given a
chance 10 have their heelers and hench-
men taken care Of That will be very
gratifying to those Democratic congress
men who have some impecunious followers
who are glad 10 get any official crumbs,
however small they may be.
What the country is most interested in.
however, is this: WIN the best men who
apply for the positions of enumerators be
chosen or will politics control in the mat
ter? As far as can be made out the men
who have the strongest political pull will
be favored. There win be an examination
of applicants for the purpose of wedding
out gross ignorance, but because a man
passes a good examination il will not fol
low that he will stand better chance fol
getting an appointment than man not
so capable, but who has more political in
huence. Politics is going to win every
time in the census business. That appears
to be the understanding. The civil service
folks wil have TO take a back seat. They
| tried to get in a word when the census bill
was under consideration, but they were
not given what the politicians call "tht
glad hand"
| Director Merriam is a politician, an6
he is going to run the census Office or
| political lines. and while the Democra tic
politicians may be given a little of The
patronage. the most of the places will b,
distributed with the view of helping III,
Republican party keep control of the gov
| eminent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-15
Discharce came Too Late.

The following is copied from the Ameri-
can. published at Manila:
An order for the discharge of a private
in Company c, Twentieth Kansas, re-
ceived by Capt Albright yesterday, served
only to recall the memory of comrade
who now sleeps the last sleep in the mill
tary cemetery at Honolulu.
When the second call for volunteers was
issued by President Mckinley, Raymond
b. Dawes of LeaVenWorth, Kan, sought to
enlist. He was not sworn in with the other
recruits for the reason that being but Is
years Of age his fathers consent to his en-
fstment was required F. b. Dawes is
distinguished Kansas attorney and lately
served a term as attorney general of the
state. He consented to his sons enlistment
and stood by with tear-flled eyes while his
only son took the oath of allegiance and
then turning to the recruiting officer asked
permission TO take his boy home to dinner
as il might be the last meal he would ever
eat at home
Private Dawes developed into splendid
soldier, but was taken down with typhoid
fever at Honolulu while en- route with his
regiment to Manila, and was left behind.
From the dispatches the father learned of
his sons sickness, and becoAliug alarmed,
importuned the war department that his
son might be discharged and returned
home. The request was granted and IN
pursuance TO instructions, Gen. Merriam,
head of the department of California is
sued an order Nov. q directing the dis
charge of Private Dawes. On the same
day that the order issued at San Fran
cisco, Private Dawes died at Honolulu.
The order for discharge was duly forward
ed to Honolulu and from thence to Manila.
F. B. Dawes was candidate for the
legislature from his home district and al
most the last act of his sons life was, in
his modest way, TO solicit the support OF
the members of his company for his faith
er's candidacy. The vote at home resulted
in a tie between Mr.. Dawes and his oppo-
nent. and the vote of the Kansas regiment
cast at Honolulu, on the day before young
Dawes was taken to the hospital, elected
the father a member of the Kansas legis-
lature.
Among the Christmas boxes received on
the st. Paul was one for young Dawes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-15
WHY WAS 1T.

It is shown by the records that in the
war with Spain 5,227 men OF the army
died from diseases and that not one man
in the navy died from disease. Why was
il? 1t is a fact that the men of the navy
we're under constant strain pretty much
the whole time during the war. They
were exposed to a tropical climate and
they had the canned roast beef which
che army had as a ration. How was 1t,
then, that not a single man of the navy
died of disease? Was it not because the
men of the navy were much better cared
for from the standpoint OF sanitation than
were the men of the army? Was not the
health of the jackies much more carefully
looked after by their officers than was
the health of the private soldiers by their
officers?
If the real truth could be got at IL is
probable that the deaths of at least half
of the soldiers who died from diseases
could have been prevented if the officers
had been qualified for their duties. The
officers should have looked after the well
fare of their men constantly and inteili-
gently. They should have seen to it that
proper food was served TO them. and that
it was properly cooked. They should
have made it their business to see that
the camps were in a first-class sanitary
condition.
ID may be said that most of the volun-
teer officers were incapable, on account of
ignorance, of performing such duties
| Then they had no business in the places
which they undertook to FILL 1t is safe
to say that plenty of men could have
been had who were fitted in every re-
spect for the duties of officers-at least,
enough could have been had in each resi-
ment to educate those who stood in need
of education. If the pressure for the APP
pointment of unfit men to places calling
for shoulder straps had been less and the
effort to secure the services of competent
men had been greater the number of
deaths from diseases would have been far
less than it was.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-15
Bliss on the Mountain Tops.

Such people are so far out of touch with
modern life that they surprise and disap-
point some who, without intimate ac.
quaintance, try to give them assistance
says a writer In the Atlantic Monthly. ]
recall a breezy mountaintop and a youns
hunter. whose woodcraft had won my ad
miration. Delicately 1 touched upon the
question of education.
Can you write numbers?"
The answer came slow and guarded
Reckon can write some numbers"
Then on a piece OF bark drew the nine
digits. He read them all. Next came the
combination of figures, and included the
date 1897
Il don't guess can tell that thar"
I explained it. And then a new test oc.
CURED to me.
do you know what 1897 means?"
Hits the year, hain't it?"
But why is this year called 1897? II Is
1897 years since what?"
Il never heard tell"
So, too, it is pitiful to see how helpless
these people are in estimating the things
credible of the mountaineer in Georgia
who inquired why the folks of the county
town were not more tore up over the
Spanish war. 'It hav been Civ out In our
settlement" said he, tibet them Spanish
has flynn squadroons, and we low thet
If one of them things should light in our
parts they would be as hard on US as the
rebs,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-15

Delaware is left with one senator. Ad-
dicks is the cause of il. This is the sec
ond time that he has defeated the election
Of a senator in Delaware because he could
not get the seat himself About the only
claim he has upon a seat in the Senate is
the fact that he spent a lot of money to
eleet certain Republicans 10 the legtsla-
tore. lie got his money through the or
eanlzaton Of a gas monopoly, concerning
which the New York Tribune, Republi-
can newspaper, says: Bay State Gas. of
Delaware, has capital stock of 800 900
900 and charter. Little else is known
about las. alleged properties and assets >,
The stock of the concern has lately been
Withdrawn from the New York exchanges
hst and has become a curbstone gambling
stock. Gas" Addicks seems to have as
phyziaied the patriotic spirit Of Delaware
Republcanisn. -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-15
The plumber in the south.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Who are these Respondent corners?
BY the Gods they are the plumbers!
Gathered here to hold high conclave and
debate their mystic craft!
Great magicians! potent Wizards
OF a hundred thousand bliZzardS
At whose feet the public grovels, when the
pipes pop fore and aft
AS they fastened to their meetings,
Waving hands and waiting greetings
They exchange the smile the augurs made
so justly famed in Rome.
For each knows that he is master,
When, sore chastened by disaster,
Every coupon cutting Midas bids him
humbly to his home.
Yea! the chumps who in the summer,
Scorn the meek and lowly plumber,
How they live to moRSn their madness
when the cold wave wipes the earth!
So take heed, and by that token
Let no welcome stand unspeoken,
Let the stay be one unbroken round of
gayety and mirth!
Every gentle lord and lady,
Who reads novels by Meade,
AS they issue forth in chapters, keeping
strictly up to date,
VIII scarcely need an intmation
That the rulers of creation
Are our guests by invitation and must fare
as fits their state.
So uncork the cobwebbed bottle,
And the fatted turkey throttle,
Let us wine EN-, let us dine 'etn, till they
pretty nearly burst
Then when winter winds blow coldly
We can hurl defiance boldly:
1--WE are solid with the plumbers! Go
ahead and do yer worst!'