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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21
CITIES OF ENGLAND.
Making Rapid Strides In Providing
Street Railway Faci1ities-iiereto-
fore backward in This Respect.

United States Consul Boyle, at Liv-
erpool, has communicated to the state
department some very interesting in
formation respecting the great change
that has taken place in England in the
matter of street railways. He says
that from being one of the most back
ward in the matter of providing such
accommodation the cities of Great
Britain are now moving on an enor-
nous scale towards their construction.
He describes this movement as one
| feature of the remarkable municipal
socialism which is taking possession
OF British cities, verifying the COM
ment of Lord Rosebery that the Lon
don common council was conducting
the greatest experiment in practical
socialism the world had ever seen. Not
content with municipal ownership of
street railroads, electric and gas light
ing plants, water supply and tele-
phones in several cities, the municipal
corporations build dwellings for work
ingmen, run hotels and erect mag
niticent baths. In Liverpool the coun-
eli has gone so far as 10 charge part of
what should be the rent from munich
pal houses occupied by working men
as homes against the taxes of the COM
munity.
Referring to the subject of electric
street railways, Mr.. Boyle says that
the first line was started in Liverpool
few days ago, and describes the
equipment. For the benefit of Amer
lean manufacturers of electric plants,
fittings and rails, the consul sets forth
the best means for these to put them
selves in position to secure valuable
contracts, though he points out
strong prejudice on the part of
large class of people in the cities
against the award of contracts to for
eigners. The Liverpool line is an over
head trolley, a committee of experts
claiming to have discovered that the |
conduit system, installed |
in New York, Washington and Balti- |
more, is a failure. He speaks of sew
tral other systems of electric car pro-
pulsion which have been brought for
ward in England as novelties, but
which are well-known here, such as
he surface contact system. A scheme
under way, he says, is to connect Liv-
pool with all the manufacturing towns
rithin radius of II miles by light
suburban electric street railroads,
which will carry passengers in the day
ime and freight at night.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21
HE NEEDED SANDPAPER

BY N. QUAD,

"Lordy but how much you kin know
ard not know nuthin'l" said the ole
man with the carpet-bag, as he put il
sdown on the platform to hunt for his
tobacco box.
Being asked what had occurred to as.
tonish him, he said:
81 met feller on the train who
ilooked as humble as cat and as meek
'as a rabbit, and | was thinkin' what a
ssoft mark he'd be fur a confidence man,
when he softly and humbly sez to me:
"'My friend, are you going to Nash
xille?
'"I am, sez /.
is it much of town p sez he.
It's buster seq l.
But it's got funny name.
"I don't see nuthin funny about it,
It's the spellin',' sez he. i won
der why they spell il Gnashrille?'
'Bekase they don't seq l. 1t be-
gins with an N
"'Mebbe it does he says with q sigh.
but accordin' to Robinson it's spelled
with G.
I'm willin' to bet two dollars it
ain't sez l.
Done, sez he, and he pulls out
book and shows me where it's spelled
with G. l felt mighty cheap over it,
as l had been spelling Nashville the
other way all my life, and hadn't got
over 1t when the meek and lowly critter
turns on me and seq:
"'Mebbe you think you know how to
spell Cincinnati
with big C, of course
is 1t two dollars more accordin' to
Robinson
Yes, or accordin' TO anybody else.
."Then he pulls out that book and
shows me that it is spelled with an S,
the same as Sam. If he'd chuckled
over it l should hev got mad, but he
didn't even grin. BY and by, after a
leetle thinkin'. / sez:
".Mebbe you don't believe Knoxville
Is spelled with K?'
"'Not fur two dollars seq he.
II wbacked up two dollars more. and
HE shows Inc by the book that it's
spelled with an n. At that quit. l |
thought ! was up to date, but these die
fionarics are 8 long ways ahead of me-"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21

the big trees he had pulled up by the
roots, and when he got 20 the house
the old woman steps out and tells him
TO be prepared fur me as comes from
the other way. He stood on that stump
and Dragged fur half an hour without
stop. Then we heard the Varginry
critter comm. He was whoopin' and
BLOWN same as the other, and purity
soon he was al hand. Then we hears
the Moth Caroleeny mar give crow
and say:
"'Praise the Lawd, but the cryin'
baby what has walked OF miles over
hard roads hasn't walked in vainl The
critter what was hiding in the bresh
has bin driv out by his old wife, and he
will now be given two minits to say his
prayers!
"Then we heard the other man give
still louder crow and yell:
"'No, l was not mistook! This is the
place whar' he dwels. and this is the
critter befo' mel Let him bid his wife
good-by and raise his eyes to Heaven,
fur he has only five minits to lire!'"
1T had all come right said Zeb-
all come out as the old woman planned
fur. Them two cantankerous critters
had come together. and each one
thought he was standin' befo Zeb
White. OF all the BLOWN and brng-
gin l ever did hear in my life that was
the worst, and men the old woman
laughed till we cried. First one would
flop his arms and crow like rooster
and tell what he had done, and then
he would shet up and give the other
a chance. They kept it up fur half an
hour, all the time cussin' and DARN
each other TO strike the fust blow, and
then they took a holt and begun to
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21

friend, intimate with the prison
system of Switzerland, was telling me
the otherd. of the fearful torture that
the sentence of perpetual seclusion
passed on Luccheni. the assassin of
the empress Of Austria, involves. For
the first six months he will be in n
dungeon eight feet under ground.
where never a sound is heard, and only
the faintest streak of light is admitted.
He dare not speak to his jailers, and
the punishment is severe if he makes
the slightest remark. unless II is in re-
ply TO a question. When his spirit is
broken by this trea tment he is removed
TO a better-situated cell, but the same
silence prevails. To the end OF his
days the powers Of speech and hearing
are denied him. As a rule, the prison.
ers go raving mad.-To-Day.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21

wrassle around. They tore up goot
deal of grass, but not a blow was
struck. Arter bit they let 60 and
begun BLOWN again and it was quar-
ter of an hour befo' thar was any mo
wrasslin'."
There was no fight in them" l OBJ
served.
Not bit, sah," answered Zeb
They was jest blowhards, and if I'd
been able to walk out on 'em they
would hev run at the fust yell When
they had kept it up fur an hour, and
hadn't even pulled h'ar, began to git
tired it. So did the old woman They
was tearin' up all the grass and break
IN down the sunfowers, but wasn't do
in any fghtin'. Bmeby the old wom-
an knocks the ashes out O. her pipe
and says:
'Zeb White, them critters hev got
lots o wind, but no grit. They'll keep
this fussin up all night, if sunthin'
amt done
"'But what kin you do?' saysI."
SA VII oA Win lHe DTOOm-
stick
81 reckon you kim
"She waited ten minits mo-, and then
she got the hickory broom and softly
opened the doah. The critters had quit
wrasslin' and gone to BLOWN agin. One
was on the stump and one on that
rock, and they was tellin' how they had
tumbled down mountings and drunk up
the waters of the Cumberland river.
when the ole woman got nigh 'nuff to
use the broomstick. She fetched each
one of 'em whack as hard as she
could draw, and with yell both start
ed on a run. She didn't foller 'em fur.
but I'll bet neither one stopped fur a
mile!"
"And that ended it ?" l said.
"Yes, that was the end, except that
both Of 'em stopped when about IS
miles away to say as how they had left
me dead in front of my cabin, and TO
AK folks TO attend my funeral and take
warning by my fate. Cantankerous-
ness used TO be mighty plenty around
we're, but it's scarce these days. When |
a critter begins to jump on his hat and |
tell about bitin' off treetops somebody |
spits terbacker juice on his hat and |
leads him off by the ear"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21
SAVED FROM SPANISH SHIPS.
Guns md other Relies Recovered by
the Navy from Cervera's
Vessels.

The United States collier Leonidas
lately delivered at the Washington
navy yard and ordnance factory vast
amount Of valuable salvage recovered
by the wrecking companies from the
hulks of Admiral Cervera's warships
along shore near Santiago, which will
be preserved by the navy as trophies of
the war with Spain. The relics. some
of which are massive in proportions
and in fair state of preservation, con-
sidering that they were exposed to the
confagrations which swept the Span
ish ships and to the action Of sea wa
ter for nearly two months, will be put
into thoroughly effective condition as
far as possible in the ordnance shops
and will probably be distributed to
various points of the country for ex.
hibition, the majority OF them being
destined to ornament the naval acad-
emy grounds al Annapolis.
Among the trophies are four 51s-inch
guns, with their mounts and shields,
taken from the Infanta Maria Teresa
and the Almirante Oquendo. and ten
guns of various calibers from the Girls
tobal Colon. The breech plugs of all
the high-power rifles were not recov-
cred, but they can be duplicated in the
gun factory from working drawings
which the naval attaches long ago Sc
cured abroad. Much Of the salvage,
notably the gun shields, show the re-
suits of the terrific fusllade main
tanned by the rapid-fire weapons of the
Brooklyn and other American ships
during the stern chase OF July 3.
Among the other articles saved by the
wrecking company and brought to
Washington in the Leonidas were a
large quantity OF shells of all calibers.
including 100 of 13-inch diameter; an
anchor and lot of chain, 40 barrels
of wine and the safe OF the Crisiobal
Colon, which has up 10 this time sue
cessfully resisted all efforts made to Sc
cure its contents.-N. Y. Tribune.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21

I'm my younger days. said the pos
sum hunter of Tennessee one evening
as we sat smoking our pipes on the
door steps, II was known fur and wide
as purity good man in scrimmage.
Nobody around yere cared to tackle me,
and when they sent fur man from
Moth Caroleeny | had him on the run
in ten minits. wasn't pickin' no
flsses, you understand, but jest goin
along and mindin' my bizness. Ifany-
body come along and wanted to fuss
with me he got hurt; If he didn't want
TO fuss ] had nuthin' to say. ! was
feelin' as II could tear up rocks when
l got in the way of n fallin' tree one
day and was badly hurt, / hadn't bin
abed TO- days when along comes feler
who says to the old woman:
Howdy, ma am, and does a critter
named Zeb White live around these
parts?'
He lives right yere,' says the old
woman.
And ar he man as kin out-yell,
cnt-jump and Outright ary other crit
ter as stands on legs in Tennessee
He kin take keer o. hisself in purity
good shape!'
That's what I've heard, and I've
Travelled 81 miles to make him holer
like young coon. II he amt about the
house please tell me whar' to find him.
want to pulvcrze him right away an J
start back fur home
THE old woman had to tell him |
was hurt and couldn't lift hand" said
Zeb to me, "but that only made him
ull the wuss. lie purtended to think
it was only an excuse, and he jumped
on his hat, crowed like a rooster. and
Dragged and butfed and blowed in a
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

There are nearly 5000 stitches In q
pair of hand-sewn boots.
Women, according to Sir Erasmus
Wilson, have, as a rule, much coarser
hair than men.
There is a breed of dogs in Russia
which are said to be naturally quite
unable to bark.
1t is said that every thread OF q
spiders web is made up of about 5000
separate fbers.
To make 1000 watch movements by
hand would cost $50, 1922; by machinery
they are produced at an expense Of
$l,709.
Chemists have extracted from coal
tar 16 shades Of blue, 16 of yellow, 12 of
orange, nine of violet, besides shades of
other colors too numerous to mention.
Whales from 300 to 400 years old are
sometimes met with. The age is ascer-
tanned by the size and number of layers
Of the whale bone, which increases
yearly.
Women students at the University OF
Berlin are not allowed to wear their
hair in braids down their back. Two
girl students who persisted in doing
this were expelled.
1t is reported from France that the
juice freshly expressed from poppy
stems, if promptly applied on bees
stings, will Immediately alleviate ths
main and not allow an inflammation 10
occur.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21

An English defaulting bank man.
ager, who had eluded the police for
three years by staying in a seaside vii
lage near Plymouth, has been discov-
cred BY strange accident While STROLL
ing on the beach with young woman
watching the warships sailor ON board
a cruiser, who happened to come from
the town whence the defaulter had abb
seconded, looked through a telescope.
recognized him, and informed the po-
lice.-N. Y. Sun.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21

way 20 almost break my heart. He toll
everyb body around that / was hidin
from him, and that he wouldn't q
home till he had made me holler, ant
the old woman had all she could do t.
keep me quiet. Every day fur five
days that varmint come over yert
! from the Co'ners. and standin' out thar
by that stump he would jump up anc
down on his hat and flop his arms anc
yell:
~ ar the cryin' baby from Moth
Caroleeny, and / hev toddled my way
over 81 miles of hard roads to look upon
| the critter they calls Zeb White. When
feet all blisters, it is to find him hidin
in the bresh, and though l calls and
calls he will not appear
That was his talk said Zeb-"that
and a heap NO, and believe I'd hev
dragged myself out and fit with my
teeth bur fur the old woman. She held
me back, and talked soft and sweet.
and arter five days sunthin' happened.
That Is, another cantankerous critter
come along. He was from Varginny,
and tin peddler had bin tellin' him
about me. When he reached the cabin
lie was dreffelly polite. He takes off his
hat and bows and smiles and says to
the old woman:
81 don't consider to reckon that I'm
mistook in thinkin' Zeb White lives
yere?'
This is the place. she says.
And I'm powerful glad of it. I've
walked 70 miles to tear him up by the
roots and show him that he's no fighter.
Kin l see him right away, ma'am? I'm
not wantin' to press matters to your
injury, but wher I'm goin to pulverize
varmint l like TO have it over with
and off my mind as soon as possible
Hes gone to town, but if you'll call
tonight he'll cripple you fur life In
sbout ten minits!'
You see how it was" explained the
old man with a smile. Jest the mint
that critter began talkin' the old wom-
an could see tn. hand of Providence.
and she was so tickled over it that she
couldn't wait fur night to come. He
went away to come back in the even !
in. and then she sent word TO the
other feller at the Co'ners that If he
would show up at eight o'clock he'd |
find me ready. 1t come on to rain at |
sundown, and was a putty dark night. |
but bime-by the Moth Caroleeny crit
ter. could be heard afar off. He come
along yellin' and CROWN and tellin' Of |
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21

"Whose dictionary did you say II
WASP" asked the colonel.
'Robinson's, sir. lie had thousands
of things all written down in IT,"
Wasn't 1t Robinson himself who was
talkin' to you?
ut was. sir"
"Well, my friend, you have still half
an hour to wait for the train. 1t can't
be far TO hardware store, and hard
ware stores always keep sandpaper
Get dozen Sheets"
"What fur?' was innocently asked.
''To sandpaper your head"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21
Hard 40 believe

The Profe essor-l declare, Miss Blom-
bard, you look as young as your daugh-
ter.
Mrs. Blombard (much flattered)-Do
you really think SO. professor?
The Professor-Yes, indeed. No one
would ever believe there was such an
extraordinary difference in your ages.
Detroit Free Press.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21
Credit in Chfun.

Foreigners in China buy nearly
everything on credit. giving signed
"chits" for every purchase, the reason
being their unwillingness to load them
selves down with silver or native coin.
while paper money fuctuates too
much.-N. Y. Journal.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21
WHY HE DIDN'T SCARE.
ey NJ. oUAp.



As we left Sandy Gulch for Rising
Sun there were six male passengers tC
go by the stage, and the route wa,
over the mountains and full of chance:
OF disaster, The driver came oui
from breakfast as soon as the stage
was ready and looking about on the
passengers he selected n small, pale
faced man and invited him to climb
up beside him. While the pale-faced
man was climbing the driver whispered
TO the rest OF us.
II picked him out in order 10 skeer
him to death. You fellows will see a
heap of fun before we've gone ten
miles!"
Two miles west of the Gulch the
road made a sudden turn, with sheer
fall OF 100 feet down to Wild Cat creek,
and the driver put his horses at the
agallop and said to the pale-faced man.
"We may get around all right or we
may fetch up down below. Hold yer
breath and say yer prayers!"
The passenger made no move and did
mot change countenance, and after
making the course all right the driver
rather Indignantly demandcd:
Didn't you see that the off-whee!
run within foot of the edge of the
grecipice!"
1T ran within six inches, sir" was
dhe quiet reply.
Beyond the curve was a down grade
OF a mile, and with yell and -four
ssh of his whip the driver urged his
horses to dead run. The five of us
anside had to hang on for dear life and
every half minute the numbering stage
seemed bound to 60 over. Alongside
the driver the pale-faced man smoked
a cigar and seemed to enjoy the race.
When 1t was finished and we were
climbing the hill beyond. the driver
growled:
Did ye know that if we'd struck
rock we'd all been dead men in no
fime?"
''Of course"
Three or four miles further on the
driver tried his man with another
curve. In his determination to make
close call of it one wheel ran off the |
edge of the precipice, and only a
sudden effort of the horses saved the |
coach. We were flung in heap and
frightened half TO death, but the man
beside the driver never lost a puff of
his cigar. When things were safe the
driver turned on him with:
That surely was the brink of thu
grave"
Guess it was" was the quiet re-
ply.
"See here, now. but what sort of
critter ar you?" was the query.
Don't you know 'nutf to git skeart ?"
Nothing has happened yet to scare
me-"
But mebbe ye want me to drive
plumb over precipce 900 feet high?"
IF you conveniently can. The fact
Is, came off up here intending to
suicide and If you can dump
The whole of us over some cliff you'll
save me the trouble of shooting or
myself"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21

Eila-Clara is certainly lucky girl.
She must have been born with a gold
spoon in her mouth.
Hattie-Yes; and from all indications
! should judge it was tablespoon
Chicago Daily News.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21

An interesting test has just been
made by French woman. With a
view 10 testing the sustaining powers
Of chocolate. she lived on that alone
for 60 days, and lost but IS pounds In
the inieryal.-Chicago Chronicie.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21

I'VE never speak as we pass by"
Perhaps I'd better tell you why
1t isn't strange, as you'll agree
We're not acquainted. don't You sect
L. A. w. Bulletin.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21

1T is bad plan to rake up old quar-
rels."
"Yes; at our house we can always
find plenty of new ones. Chicago
Record.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21

Discern the tragedy. who can
Glow sad two hearts must feelD
Here's. Wanted. TO exchange, a tan
Dem for a single wheel"
Puck
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-21

Ethel-Wouldn't it be funny II
George should fall in love with me,
after all?
Maud tmaliciously)-Perfectly ridic-
ulous.
(Grand exit at different s).-Bos-
ton Globe.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-28

ports as Ia their destination are cunfllcs-
ins. both Guatemala and Honduras hav-
ing ssea mentioned. hut men WIN are
aeasifrE In the adventure have secretly tn
formed their friends thai the real dsssina-
ton Is Nicaragua
MAJ, Nsrnes. rnIted States district at
sorney, and United Safes Marshal par
ham investigated fae affair tadas. aut
wher the band STARRED south tonight sstn
declared that they had discovered nesa-
t.g 10 warrant me arres. Of the alleged ~
vaders. They had advised the Wasting
ton asgtho~f1ies fatty.
Isr. r. Z. Heath aanslsl here for Hon.
dnras. has sIso notified his government
and ttse Honeggan canssa AZ New Orleans
q the movement
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-28

Law va Eaustshiy Re-A.se~s Wild
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