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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-08
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
News of the Week Gathered
From Exchanges.

A very strange state Of affairs
exist in this Territory. There are
no mist joints allowed in Vinita
nor most Of the towns in the upper
part of this territory, while beer is
sold open and above board at
Wagner, where S20,0O0 saloon
is running in full blast; while at
Muskogee mist is licensed TO be
sold by the city authorities and
advertised for sale in the Dewspa-
pers. At Bartlesvllle the preach
ers are up in arms against the
mist business, and have passed
resolutions and sent petition to
the authorities to have it suppress
ed. District Attorney Soper says
that the sale of mist is unlaw-
full, yet it goes on, even beer being
sold, which the law strictly pro
hibiIs. Nothing Of this kind is
sold in the eastern district, at least
openly. Perhaps Mr.. Soper is
intending TO make one grand
scoop in the near future. .-Ft. Glib
son Post.
~
Jim Cook, ex-bandit and late
deputy marshal, was in town last
Thursday, and was as quiet
and orderly az usual until along in
the afternoon, when he got to
drinking with some of the boys,
when he became somewhat wild
and recklesss, and started out TO
have SOME fun on his own hook.
He went into the "mist" joint
where some ofthe boys were drink
ing, and seeing Frank Hudson
with a glass of stuff thought II
would make a good target, so he
let fly with his six-shooter, and
Frank didn't get any of the con-
tents of that glass, which was shat
tered into many pieces. This
made Jim wild, and he set up a
series Of whoops that might be
heard good way off. 1t might
have reminded him of the time
when he was popping into the dep
uty marshals in the Fourteen Mile
Greek fight, and then he gave an
other yell.
The boys naturally objected to
this kind of proceedings, and Jim
got out. Mounting his horse he
rode through town swinging his
gun, having a time of his own.
Before he turned the corner north
ward near the store of +. H. Nash
he fred several volleys, put spurs
to his horse, and made the dust
fly as he sped along second street.
He was finally captured, dismount-
ed, and his horse put away in a
stable for safe keeping as security
for his fine. Jim was quiet the
rest Of the afternoon. When he
got ready to leave town next morn
ing he went to the barn, took out
his horse and rode away. He has
not paid his fine yet, but promised
to, and we think he win come in
one Of those days and settle up
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-08

According to the Phoenix the
bulk Of the work Of taking the
census of the Indian Territory will
be the enumeration of the inhabi-
tants Of Muskogee.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-08
MNMMNM MMNMNNMNMNMN MNNN " NN3hNN NMNNNNNNNNN
Our Clothing Department

Is brim full of the choicest, newest things in Mems
Clothing to be found in the eastern markets. They
fit. they wear. they can be bought for less money
than goods much inferior in quality fit and finish.
The line contains all
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-09-08
The Newest Importations

in weaves and coorngs, in striped and fancy Wor-
steds which will be the most popular Of all fall and
winter fabrics for mems fine suits. The line is
large and varied the prices guaranteed the lowest.
Largest line of California Cassimers ever brought
to the Indian Territory.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
Hunting Marsh Hogs.

Hunting wild marsh hogs is an ex-
citing but somewhat dangerous pastime
in southern Texas, said @. L. Fielden
of that state. SIN the swampy lands
along the gulf these wild hogs have
their habitat, and to hunt them it is
best to have several companions and
numerous dogs that understand the
ways of the ferocious porkers. The dog
will find the game for you, bay 1t and
hold 1t in check until you can take a
shot or two. Then everything depends
on your aim. If you succeed in pierre
ing vital part with your Winchester
bullet, all is over except dragging the
carcass to some convenient point where
it can be handled.
e'But dangerous is your position il
your aim is trifle defective and your
shot only wounds the animal. Some
good and true shooting must be done
instanter then by you and your com.
rades or else an Infatuated boar will be
rending you with his tusks. have seen
more than one of these old bears shot
through the body 20 or more times and
in that condition fight man and dog
until several balls had been fred into
his head
"In the marshes there. is no possible
way of escaping an attacking wild hog
except by killing him. The hunter can
make no Roadway through the tall,
rank grass and Doggy soil, and there
are no trees that offer him refuge. For
these reasons he is compelled to kill his
game when once it is flushed or become
himself a victim. In the fall of the year
these marsh hogs are fat, and their flesh
is of very pleasing flavor. Wash
ington Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04

An English clergyman. being poster
ed with offers from Insurers to advance
him sums of money. had the curiosity
to answer one by asking ON what terms
he would loan him e250. By return of
post there arrived letter asking par
ticulars of his rent, life insurance and
other intimate matters To this he
made no reply. Then followed note
asking him to call in London on GER
tain day. to which he sent an answer
that he did not intend to call, and that
the money lender need not trouble him
self further in the matter
But the affair was not at an end.
Two days later registered letter ar
rived. inclosing e250 in notes and
form to be filed up, promising to pay
$500 in three months The clergyman
then put the money, the form and the
correspondence in the hands of his So
licitor, who, after three weeks delay,
returned the notes to the usurers and
got guinea out of them for his costs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04

squirrel had inoculated me with virus
that killed the ague germs in my body.
The case was written up in some Of the
medical journals, and for awhile was
quite famous.
II was pleased to be cured of the
ague, but at times the scar on my arm
inflames and gets terribly sore. Then !
have the same feeling l had when 1t
became sore at first. cannot resist the
impulse to go into the woods and imi-
tate the actions of squirrel. Ny reg
ular food loses its attraction for me,
and live on diet of nuts and grain
Then for few days l have the desire
to bite everybody that comes near me,
and have TO he restrained or would do
somebody an injury. When that passes
off, l am all right again.
81 got letter from my old doctor a
few days ago, and he wants me to go
down to the Wabash country again
This antitoxin business has set him to
thinking about my case, and he has
come to the conclusion that he could
obtain virus from my blood that could
be used to inoculate ague patients and
prevent the disease. / don't want to
have my veins tapped like they do the
horses at the laboratory, but suppose
can afford to give little blood for the
sake of science and humanity. Perhaps
you II hear of me later if their expert
ments are successful Detroit News
Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04

with this eruption from the depths
of the ship there came an odor of de-
caying flesh SO strong and sickening
that we fell into our boat, almost over
come. The line was cut and we pushed
away as quickly as possible. Most of us
were go overcome that we were unable
to handle the oars, but, fortunately, an
other roll on a sunken wave carried the
ship away from ua and we were clear of
the horrible odor. The roar of escaping
gas continued for several minutes, and
then the broken and battered derelict
settled stern first and sank swiftly out
of sight
''The Mary Clay reached home in
time and on our next trip to South
America we found possible solution of
the remarkable incident of ship rising
from the sea. A British vessel loaded
with live stock for Brazil had been lost
some months before, probable near the
Sargossa sea. If the ship settled on an
even keel at the bottom, sand and sea-
weed might have closed the rent in her
hull that caused her to sink. Then, with
the matches battened down above, the
decomposition of the bodies of the ami
mails that had formed the cargo would
create enough gas between decks in
time to cause the vessel to rise to the
surface When we cleared the gangway
the gas escaped and the broken vessel
went to the bottom second time. -
New York Cor. st. Louis Globe Demo-
arok
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
Fortincations of spanish Towns.

The town of Palmas Soreano consists
of several hundred matched houses and
perhaps about so frame, brick and
stone houses, with tiled roofs. 1t is
situated in valley surrounded by hills.
A line of forts stretches from northeast
to southwest, with line of barbed
wire fence in front of them toward the
west Standing in the lookout box of
one, l counted II of these small forts
or blockhouses, from 100 to 300 or more
yards apart. They are all surrounded
with lines of ,barbed wire, through
which it would be almost impossible to
pick ones way without becoming ter.
ribly lacerated.
Beyond this. ENHANCEMENT is deep
and wide ditch, crossed by a bridge
leading to covered gateway. Inside of
this the parapet rises, made Of logs,
stones and gravel 1t has 10 embrasures
and incloses an octagonal square about
100 feet in diameter Here l found an
old brass rifed cannon, howitzer type,
marked Sevilla, July 8, 1889, in good
state of preservation. In the center of
the Enclosure stands square, double
story log building, double walled, filled
with stone and loopholed. The second
story and the sentinel are accessi BILE
only by ladders from the inside-a truly
formidable citadel against troops with
out artillery.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
CHARLES INFAMY.
The Brute's Appalling Cruelty to His
ThOuxhtIess Bride.


The Brute's Appalling Cruelty to His
ThOuEhtless Bride.
There is certain Chicago bride who
recently decided that her husband was
an unfeeling brute and went home to
mother for peculiar and unusual rea-
son. The mother was awakened just be-
fore dawn one morning last week by a
sound Of sobbing and weeping outside
her own sleeping room door. Her hor
ror and establishment at discovering her
only daughter in the depths of apparent
desolation and despair can well be i'm
agined.
Charlie was cru-u-u-el to me, "
walled the bride of month or there
abouts mournfully. land SO came
home"
sBut what did Charlie do-the
wretchl''' inquired the mother, ready
to blame the husband on general prin-
ciples. To this question, however, the
bride returned no answer save bitter
weeping Then the mother, feeling that
the case was beyond her, administered
a nerve restorative and awoke the
BRIDES father.
Nov, my child" began this indi-
vidual speaking with the authority of
one who had settled all her difficulties
from the time she could walk. s'tell me
Immediately what that wretch of a
husband Of yours has done and he shall
suffer for it whatever it is.
The brides ardor cooled perceptibly
Her voice was almost steady as she be-
gan her story.
'sWell, she commenced bitterly,
her eyes flashing at the remembrance of
her wrongs. "Charlie was ont very late
last night, and l thought I'd get up
and-and-say something to him
when he came home. l had thought
that so long as Charlie was going to be
SO late home Pd-I'd fix up my COM
plexion little. So, when Charlie got
into bed in the spare room, l just for
got everything but him and went in
there And-and" -bitter sobbing
again-''I forgot all about the beauty
mask had on and went right in with
it upon me. And"-a perfect paroxysm
of tears half drowned her words at this
point Charlie must have thought /
was a ghost, and he threw a pillow at
me. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
BERMUDA ONIONS.
Reasons why They Are So Popular
In American Markets.

Reasons why They Are So Popular
In American Markets.
Nowhere perhaps in the world are
onions grown to such state of perfec-
ton as in the Bermudas, said whole
sale produce merchant to a writer re-
Gently. ''The balmy climate and rich
soil Of these islands, together with the
careful methods of cultivation, have
combined to produce an onion that, for
size and flavor, is peerless. The vege-
table will average from one-haf pound
to one pound and a half in weight. 1t
is always sound. juicy and crisp, and
these good qualities are 80 well appre-
ciated by Americans that about $780,
900 crates Of the onions are annually
shipped to the United States.
Preparations to supply the markets
Of this country every spring with the
vegetable are made early in January,
and when gathered in March and April
the onions are carefully selected and
packed in crates, weighing, when filed,
100 pounds. The onions are then taken
to the general receiving wharf, where
they are subjected to a rigid inspection
by government officers If the quality
of the produce is not good and any i'm
perfect or decayed specimens are found,
the farmer is made to pick the goods
over and replace them. The onions are
then passed by the inspector, and when
the crates have been closed and marked
by the shipper they are loaded on board
steamship, which, after voyage of
4S hours, lands them, principally in
New York. Here consignments Of from
1000 to 5000 crates, each containing
$50 onions, are received semiweekly
The vegetable is usually sold by the
weight and is worth about cents per
pound retail. w Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
FIGURES WITH FINGERS.
Origin of the Roman Mineral Meth
cd of Counting.

Origin of the Roman Mineral Meth
cd of Counting.
Hold your hands up before you, palms
outward, thumbs at an acute angle. Be
gin on the left. Little finger 1; little
finger and ring finger II; little finger,
ring finger and middle finger III; all
the fingers Of the left hand I'LL; and
the hand and thumb at an acute angle
form " In place of the iii you may
use the fourth finger from the left, still
holding the thumb at an acute angle
and you have "
Now pass to the right hand. Holding
the thumb and the hand at the same
angle as before we have VI; by using
the index and the middle finger we get
VII, while the thumb and the three
large fingers make VIII.
Now join the two VS. made by the
thumbs, inverting one, and we have K
or 10 Then use the K with the last lit
tie finger before 1t and it will give TX.
The combinations following x are OBJ
vious The forefnger of the left hand.
with the thumb at right angles, make
a perfect l.; the little finger of the left
hand curved toward the thumb makes
G. the initial of centum (100), and so
on with the hundreds. Now join the
two thumbs with the forefngers. or
two VS. inverted, and you have the
hieroglyphics complete. p Philadelphia
Times
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
Economic Charity.

had just seated myself at the table
In the tearoom of a down town dry
goods store the other day when well
dressed man came in with three little
children, two girls and boy. Motto
ing carelessly that the children were
not dressed quite SO well as the man
who had charge of them, wondered a
little. observed they took places near
the table where was seated.
Now be sure you all behave proper
ly and eat enough, the man said. sand
don't talk.
Then he ordered all sorts of things
for them, and very hungry they SEEM
ed, too, eating a most elaborate lunch
con, while the man tasted nothing.
Along about ice cream time heard
him say, "Sit quiet minute, and l will
come back" Then he slipped out In the
crowd near the railing and went down
the elevator. In short time the head
waiter came up to the table and asked
anxiously of the happy trio:
''When is your papa coming back p
"Oh, he isn't our papa, - chorused
the joyous three. 1--WE don't know who
he is. He just asked us when we were
looking in the windows if we wanted a
good dinner, and we said yes. and he
said, Come along. then, and brought
us up here. Then the children went
down the elevator and the house charged
something to the off side Of the &C
counts. Chicago Times Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
ZINC Gun Rarrel. Gre,r.

In the early days in the northwest,
when the Hudson Bay company laid the
foundations of great fortunes by trade
with the savages. and gun paid for as
many beaver skins as would reach to
the muzzle of it, the skins packed fat
and the gun held upright. it was alleg-
ed that the barrel Of the weapon grew
and grew with each successive year I'M
til the Indian, after he had bought it
with the peltry, had to borrow file
ard cut off foot of useless metal. -
San Francisco Argonaut
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
Her Great Need.

Iell MIN TO walt.
Mrs. Golddecker waved aside the
maid, and, rising anxiously, looked out
on upper Fifth avenue from the win
dow Of her just completed nineteenth
century palace. She was wondering
whether his man, for whom she had
sent, possessed at last the one secret
that could make her happy She paused
for moment, nerving herself inwardly
to encounter disappointment In case it
should come. and then, in full control
of herself, she prepared to descend
Leaving her boudoir, with its 800, 900
bedstead, she passed the diamond and
sapphire inlaid bathroom, with its gold
faucets glittering in the electric light,
and, stepping into the cut glass eleva-
tor, was whirled rapidly downward to
the first floor. Stepping lightly over the
81, 900. 600 rug in the reception hall
and brushing abstractedly against the
81, 900, 900 tapestries in the drawing
room, she passed through long passage
into the waiting room in the rear of the
house. where tall, dignified foreigner
stood up and bowed respectfully as she
entered
''Can you make good bread?" she
asked Criterion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
PASSING OF THE NIGHTCAP.
Our Catarrhal Troubles Are Largely
Due to Its Abandonment.

Our Catarrhal Troubles Are Largely
Due to Its Abandonment.
eff the American people would only
put on nightcaps when they go to bed,
there would not be near so many cases
of catarrhal trouble as there are now, -
said Chicago physician. He contin-
ued: ''It is well known that as a ma
ton the percentage Of catarrhal COM
plants is greater among us than in any
other nation in the world and that there
are more cases among men than among
women. The reason for this dispropor
tion is the absence of nightcaps and the
habit of smoking in the open air. Wo-
men, if they smoke at all, do not do SO
in the open air, and if they do not wear
nightcaps they are in a measure pro-
tected by their heavier heads of hair.
Men, on the contrary, habitually wear
their hair close cut, are careless about
the temperature of the rooms in which
they sleep, and while all the rest Of the
body is carefully protected the head
may be exposed all night to zero tenn
perature and that at the very time
when nature is at it's lowest ebb and
can do the least to protect itself. If we
would begin by nightcapping all our
children and induce them to keep up
the habit in later years, within gen.
Grafton or two catarrh would be a COM
paratively rare disease in the United
States.
''Englishmen and the people of the
continent know an American by two
things-his liberality with money and
his habit of hawking and splitting.
They cannot understand the latter, as
catarrh is an unusual complaint abroad.
But nightcaps are not. They are recog-
nized part of the night toilet through
out Europe, and to this is due the free
dom of the people there from distress
ing complaint.
"Who ever sees a nightcap in this
country9 But in England it is SO much
matter of course that its great writer,
Dickens, frequently mentioned it in or
der to give the proper touch of realism
to his creations. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04

The following story of a dog Of the
restoration has been taken from the vo-
racious Pepys under the date Sept. II,
1851: "To DR.. Williams, who did carry
me into his garden, where he hath
abundance Of grapes; and he did show
me how dog that he hath do kill all
the cats that come hither to kill his
pigeons, and do afterward bury them;
and do it with SO much care that they
shall be quite covered, that if the tip
Of the tail hangs out he will take up
the cat again. and dig the hole deeper.
Which is very strange; and he tells me
that he do believe that he hath killed
above a hundred cats.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
snIderinn CInan

Margot, in some interesting investi-
cations in soldering glass, has establish
ed the fact that an alloy composed of 90
parts Of tin and parts of zinc will melt
at about 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Be-
coming firmly adherent to the glass, 1t
is unalterable and exhibits an attractive
luster. An alloy containing 90 parts of
tin and 10 parts of aluminium will melt
at 500 degrees Fahrenheit, and also
forms strong and brilliant solder for
glass. With these two alloys always
ready to hand, glass may be soldered as
easily as two pieces of metal. When
the glass is heated in furnace, the sol
dering can be accomplished by rubbing
the surface with rod of either Of the
compositions named. The alloy as 1t
flows can be evenly distributed with
soldering iron. st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
eHANToMs.
Whence DO they conner what may their

Whence do they GOMEZ What may their import
be-
The fitting, flashing phantoms Of the mind
That half Gwake and half in dream we sees
That never can be captured or defnedf
They hint at something lost, something desir-
ed.
Something whose ownership would make US
glad
Perhaps at thoughts with subtle meaning
fred,
Or truths unrecognized because unclad.
They may be glints of half forgotten Dreams
They may be memories long buried deep,
That from their ashes give out fitful CLEANS
Before they sink to their long final Sleep
Perhaps electric lines from other brain
Are tapped and flashed by crossing with our
own,
Perhaps some floating shreds or bits remain
OF former life that we somewhere have
known.
Perhaps they are the signals loved ones send
Who wait our coming on the other shore;
Too spirit full with earthly sense to blend,
To finely soft to fully pierce hfe's roar.
Perhaps Perhapsl Conjectures cannot teach
We clutch at shadows and we grasp the air.
The mystery is aye beyond our reach
An ignis fatuus art can snare.
Laura G. Carr in Boston Transcript
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
P. BIRKETT,
An InsuIting Programme.

A lady's maid who had been to
servants ball came back before the
evening was half over and in tears
Her mistress inquired the cause.
81 was grossly insulted, ma am. by a
young man.
"Well, what did he dor
well, ma am, he asked me to go
down to supper with him, and when we
had finished he said, SIS your pro-
gramme fullH' London Chronicle
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
why He Waited.

A hungry traveller, stranger in Red
Bank, N. j., entered restaurant in
that town and ordered ham and eggs,
as that seemed to be the only availab
dish After he had waited half an hour,
staring impatiently at the bottles in the
caster, he summoned the proprietor,
whom he questioned regarding the de-
lay. "The ham is all cooked" was the
reply, "but my little girl is still out in
the yard waiting for the hen to lay an
other egg.