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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-13
LIFE ON 81. L E
Inhabitants of the Island Happy ana
C~ontented and Crime Almost
Unknown,


Few people ever think Of st. Helena
except as a rock In the sea ON which Ma
poleon lived awhile miserably and then
more mlserably died. That the great
est Of anti-climaxes was not the end Of
the little islands history is hard to real
ize, possibly because a poet or romancel
would have made it the end, and a con
tinuation is therefore more or less uu'
natural and absard. Be that as 1t may,
st. Helena has remained the abiding
place Of ordinary human beings who
concern themselves very little about the
colossal ghost generally supposed TO be
the islands only inhabitant, apd the re
port to the English government just
made by their governor shows that they
have joys and sorrows exactly like those
Of the folks dwelling in places less
~tragically famous. For instance, the
revenues Of the island last year were
a9,152, a decidedly comfortable sum,
but alasl the expenditures amounted
to e12, 349, and that 10 an xce o. out
go not comfortable at all. The govern
or says, however, that the bad balance
was due TO some extraordinary drains
upon the islands resources, and thet
he anticipates q substantial surplus for
the current year. A recent increase Of
the garrison and extensive improve
ments now making by the colonial and
imperial authorities assure the imme-
date prosperity of the islanders.
St. Helena has no public debt, but is
paying off by small annual nstallments
a Notwithstanding grant Of $4,000
made by parliament in 1871. The inn
ports, chiefly foodatuffs and building
materials, amounted last year to &C.,
o85, and the exports, almost wholly po-
tatoes. to e4,391. Lacemaking has been
introduced among the girls of the is
land with great success, and the gov
ernor is experimenting with the manu-
facture of brick and tile. The whalers
have now entirely deserted St. Helena,
the few ships engaged in that industry
keeping far to the north or south. The
total population OF the island is 4,54s.
The governor hopes that winter Wis
itors from England may be tempted by
the salubrity of the climate to try st.
Helena, which is superior, he says, in
some respects to that of Madeira and
the Canary islands. He says the peo-
pie as a whole compare favorably with
the English agricultural population;
with few exceptions all can read and
and the language is spoken with
greater purity than in many districts
at home. AS a rule, the people are hap
Ply and %contented, with little crime
among them and much kindness in help
ing each other. Strangers are greatly
impressed with the general ciyility
shown to them by old and young.-N.
x. Times.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-13
SAUSAGE I'M HAMS.
Fresh Meat for Future
Use.

There are times when people in coun-
try homes have an oversupply of fresh
meat and would be glad to put a part of
it in shape to keep for a day when I'M
expected visitors drop in, perhaps just
before dinner.
At butchering time the hogs are
dressed and left to cool before cutting
up; the leaf lard taken out, cut up,
ready to be tried out; ribs taken out and
some Of the meat trimmed off for
sausage; ribs hung up in a cool place
to be eaten fresh; hams cut out and laid
on q table or board down cellar ready
to be sailed; and all the scraps of meat
that are trimmed from the side pork
and from the backbone (and there is
much that you hardly know what to do
WITH set one side for sausage. In our
Rrandmothers' time the feet and ears
were thoroughly cleaned and a dish Of
sJuse prepared from them, but young
America has long since shown a dis
taste for the time-honored dish. The
hogs head was also prepared, usually
baked and served for a Sunday dinner,
by our New England mothers.
The sausage meat should be prepared
as soon as possible; a meat cutter may
be found at the meat market which can
be hired for a small sum or the meat cut
In a very short time. Have it ready in
long strips for the machine. When cut,
use this seasoning: For every pound
of meat allow one heaping teaspoonful
each Of salt and of pulverized sage, and
an even ~teaspoonful Of black pepper;
mix all together and thoroughly mix
with the meat. Put the sausage in a
pan, pour hot lard over the top; when
cool cut a paper to fit the top and
smooth down; tie another paper over
it; put in a cool, dry place and it will
keep for a number Of months and be
ready to use at any time. Cut in slices,
put in a spider with a little water, cover
and turn once; when water is cooked
out it will be delicious.
Hams are better sailed with dry, hot
salt; take about what salt will rub in it
one time, heat in al iron dish, and give
the hams a good rubbing; repeat the
second day after. When salt is taken
from the stove give it a good sprinkling
of black pepper and stir in half a cup
full of sugar; repeat the rubbing until
the hams do not seem to take up any
more. They are then ready to hang in
the smokehouse; if you have none a bar
rel will answer, but is inconvenient in
them in and out when you build
q smoke. When the hams are smoked
nearly enough, leave in the smokehouse
or barrel, and occasionally, when flies
are troublesome, build a smoke under
them. IN summer you can turn to the
smokehouse for a change Of diet and
bring forth meat good as any in the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-13

The events Of this year will
have a tendency TO enlarge and
broaden some mighty good people
in Vinita who hitherto have not
been able to realize that the town
has grown from 400 or 500 souls
to a population Of 5000 or 1000
since they have resided here.
Time was when a handful of men
could control not only public sent
iment but the business Of the town.
To do business in Vinita a few
years ago it was first considered
necessary to obtain the consent Of
a few people who yer in control.
When these fellows ordered a
strike in those days everybody
struck, but now every man goes
right on attending to his own bus
mess without dictation from 9TH
ers. This is as it should be. and
when our friends, the dictators,
learn to recognize the rights of the
masses they will be happier and
broader and better.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-13

Since we come to think of it
there is really not much that the
Cherokee national council can or
will do in the way of legislation.
A new commission to negotiate a
treaty with the Dawes commission
is one OF the things the Cherokee
people expect to see done. The
average Cherokee citizen don't
even care to discuss the feasibility
Of trying to rehabilitate the old
agreement rejected blythe congress
sional committees last winter. All
are about agreed that a better
agreement can now be made as oil
the weak places in the first one
have been discovered. What the
people want in the main is their
land allotted to them and titles
given to the same. The political
features of anagreementare without
interest to the masses Of Cherokee
citizens. They are simply tired Of
she present chaotic and unsettled
conditions, and want something
tangible in the way Of property
rights.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-13

The Daily Chieftain started out
to print a newspaper that every
body in this section would read.
1t has about succeeded in the I'M
dertaking. While it intends to
gather and print the news in a
readable and timely manner, it
never did intend to give up its in
dividuality to the whim or caprice
of any one. 1t is a good advertise
ing medium from the simple fact
that everybody reads it, but edi-
torially it is its own master and
is absolutely unfettered and pro-
poses to remain so.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-13
ROB SIBERIA OF TERRORS.
Reforms Proposed In the Russian
Penal Code With Decreased Num-
Der of Exiles.

The proposed reform concerning t
Siberian exile system Is Que Which
wi1l tabe some time TO put into fore
10 do away completely with the exile
system 'at one fell syvoop' seems IN
practicable, if not absolutely impos-
sible. From what ! learn it is proposed
to abolish the punishment Of exile first,
for certain categories of prisoners, I'M
til sufficient penal stations have been
established in European Russia for all
classes of %convicts, political or other
wise. In the meantime the government
is talting energetic measures to do away
with the great curse of the law-abiding
subjects of the czar in Siberia by draw
ing a distinction between them and TIE
~conyicts who have broken their parole.
The latter form permanent bands of
thieves and murderers, which are the
terror OF the natives and colonists in
certain provinces Of Asiatic Russia.
According to recent icialinformation
on this subject there are between So
600 and 10000 of these exiles who have
broken their parole.
This question of penal reform is now
in the hands Of an imperial commission
appointed for the purpose. The num-
Der of these imperial commissions in
Russia Is great, over 200 of them being
at work just now. AS a rule. they hold
meetings and deliberate for several
years without coming 10 any definite
conclusion. 1t is 10 be hoped that the
commission just appointed to deter
mine what punishment Is TO take the
place Of exile TO Siberia will be an ex-
ception to this rule, especially since
there are a few noteworthy exceptions
TO the general rule. Thus, for instance,
a special committee, appointed for the
purpose of revising the rules and regu-
lations of the judiciary in Russia, has
Just come TO the end of its labors after
being at work fo= over five years, dur
ing which time 500 seances were held.
From what is known of the conclusions
reached by the commission a radical
transformation Of the entire code OF
common law has been decided upon.
These proposals viii be submitted TO
the council Of the empire next Janu-
ary for approvaL-N. Y. Times.
Like It's Namesake.
L~andlady-Td have you know, Mr..
Highball. that this is tenderlon beef.
Mr. Highball-Weii. that's a fact; I
did notice that If was a rather tough
fectio7-Chicaeo Tribune.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-13

It is said the election rolls at
T~ahlequah reveal some surprises
as TO the way some men hereabouis
voted. A number who claimed to
be staunch Burlington supporters
we're found in the Coone column.
No Coons man need apply, is the
shiboleth Of the Downing party
this year.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-13

An exchange tells the story of a
young bachelor sheriff who was
called upon TO serve an attachment
upon a handsome young widow.
He called and said: MADAM, l
have an attachment for YOU" She
blushed and said the attachment
was r%eciprocated. "You misun-
derstand me-" he said. "You
must proceed to court" She said
she knew it was leap year but she
would rather he would do the
counting. Madam" he contin-
ued, ''this is no time for trihing;
the justice is waiting" Obi l
prefer a minister" she said. ga
squire MARI ed me the first time
and | had bad luck"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-13

Jwant to exchange a farm for some
town property. jill. Akin. di3-ls.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-13
Like rs Namesake.

Landlady-Td have you know, Mr..
Highball. that this is tenderlon beef.
Mr. Highball-Weii. that's a fact; I
did notice that it was a rather tough
Fectio1-Chicaro Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-27
WILL RIDE ON CHIMNEY TOP.
A. NJ. Schreyer to Run n Wheel ON a
Home Trainer for a Week In
Warrington

Alexander NJ. Schreyer, known as the
Australian Whirlwind,' will attempt
to ride bicycle on a home trainer for
week on the top of a chimney 1875 feet
high and nine feet in diameter in
Washington, ID. c.
The hole in the center, from which
the smoke used to issue, will be
boarded over, and on the boards
S,hreyer will set up his home trainer.
On one side of the chimney top will be
erected tiny one-room house, where
the bicyclist will live during the week
In which he is making his roller ride.
sort of windlass is being con-
structed on the chimney edge. A long
rope will run through it to the ground,
and by it the bicyclist will receive his
three meals day.
TO protect Schreyer from the suns
rays a gigantic parasol will be fitted
to the handlebars of his bicycle.
There is scarcely any part of Wash
ington from which he will not be seen
There will be no gate receipts.
As the match is only against time
and the laws of gravitation, there will
be no prize money for the winner. To
detray his expenses Schreyer will sell
advertising space on the Pennsylvania
venue side of the chimney.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-27
Clarence MCGOWAN, Santa Fe brake
man, can read seven languages of which
one is Sanscrit.

CUPID breaks his bow at the sight of a
ttce full of pimples. Hollow cheeks
sunken eyes. and salIow complexion
will defy his best intentions. Beauty is
more than skin deep. The skin is mere
ly the surface on which is written in plain
characters the condition of the body. DR..
Pierce Golden Medical Discovery is good
for the complexion because it makes the
whole body healthy-because it clears
and purities the blood, makes the diges-
ton strong and clears out impurities of
all kinds. BY increasing the ability TO
aSslunlate nutritious food, and by the in
fusion OF its own ingredients it enriches
the blood and so makes solid, heulthg III sb.
1t cures disease of the lungs, liver. stom-
ach, bowels, skin and scalp, simply be-
cause all these diseases spring from the
SINE cause-a disordered digestion and
consequent impure blood.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-27
NEW WAR ENGINE TESTED.
Rapid-Fire Gun Is Mounted Upon a
speedy GOt0r Carriage for the
british Army.

! Motor carriages upon wh:cn modern
machine guns are mounted viii be in
troduced in the British army before
( long if the experiments now under way
prove as successful as expected. One
of these new fighting machines will be
! inspected by Lord Kitchener of Khar
toum. 1t was adapted by Hiram Max
i'm from the plans Of Frederick r.
Sims.
Among the displays at the automo-
bile show recently hello in the Old Deer
park, Richmond, was military motor
guadricycle, the device of Frederick r.
Sims. The quadrfcycle carries a max
i'm gun of Mark ~. pattern, and bore
3.O2 inches, rams by timing gear up
to IS miles an hour, will cover 100 miles
before becoming exhausted, or $50
miles with a reserve of petroleum, and
can be worked-gun as well as motor
by one man. The motor is made
self-cooling, self-feeding and self-ig-
hitting by means of the inventors mag
neto-electric ignition system.
This Sims Motor Scout" as it has
been named, was twisted and turned
over grass and cinder track with the
greatest facility, and with unvarying
silence. The gun sweeps a wide field,
and can be aimed, whether at the halt
or in speed, to right and left. A thou
sand rounds of ammunition car be
easily slowed on the machine, in boxes
of a hundred, advantageously disposed
for replenishing the gun feeder. A
new form of tire, combining the cush-
ion, pneumatic and solid, is fitted to the
motor scout, and will, it is claimed, al
low of the machine being worked over
rough country.
This compound tire is cooled by ro-
tation, has side fianges to the rim that
afford protection against collision with
such objects as curbstones, and elimi-
mates side slips. Should puncture oc-
cur the tire collapses entirely inside
the rim and the wear falls partly on
the side rims and partly on the tread.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-27

he went through every possible expert
ence of childhood with them. He loved
them, lost them-three of them-lived
with them, played with them, joyed
with them and sorrowed with them.
Through them he gained the insight
into child nature which earned for him
his title.
Through them he reached not only
fame, but happiness. Some one has
said that For every one of them he
had a special name, fitting the nature
of the child, as the calyX of the flower
fits the bud, and each of them had
special name for him" One of these
babies has grown to womanhood, and
gives readings from her fathers poems;
two more are fast leaving childhood be-
hind. Only two remain TO claim the
title of Eugene Fields Babies" And
these two are known as ''Posy" and
Little Sister Girl"
Eugene Field reveled in old editions
of rare books, and delighted in
illuminated missals and monkish
legends. Everyone is familiar with his
Prayer of the Bibliomaniac:"
But If. o Lord, it pleaseth Thee
To keep me in temptations way,
! humbly ask that may be
Most notably beset to-day:
Jet my temptation be book,
Which | shall purchase. hold and keep
Wherein when other men shall look
They'll wall to know got IL cheap"
He not only loved books, but pictures,
curiosities of every description, dogs,
chickens and birds.
BY supreme exercise of her author
ity, Mrs. Field contrived 10 keep the
chickens out of the house, but the
books, dogs, birds and curiosities occu-
p.ed every nook and corner of the home
at Buena Park.
On Sunday afternoon, November 4,
1895. Eugene Field sat at his library
window watching the dead leaves Of
autumn tossed about in the sunlight on
the lawn. Said he, only half seriously:
This is the dying time of year" He
continued TO laugh and chat with his
family, little thinking that before the
dawn of another day il would, in truth,
be the dying time of year for him. He
passed away as he had often wished 10
die, without the pang of lingering III
ness, in the midst of work, at the zen
it'll of his strength. He went to meet
his Little Boy Blue.
LOUISE E. DEW
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-27

saw her eaintly beloved face for the
last time. But have net forgotten her.
So many times in these years that have
elapsed since / was boy in the New
England hills, l have, with closed eyes
and in the moments of solemn, sweet
revery seen dear grandma's lovely face,
and heard her gentle voice, and felt the
caress of her loving touch.
All that l remember of grandma is so
pleasant that | love to speak of her and
of the days when | was one of her two
little boys. And very, very far from
those sweet peaceful scenes, child
that hath the grace of grandma's love
In his heart2a child is thinking and
speaking now of that dear, dead, saint
ly one, and he blesses her memory"
With such training and environment
as are suggested in this tribute it would
be strange, indeed, if the religious in
stincts were not strong and positive in
the poet 1t is satisfaction to know
that the children's poet was IA man of
deep religious conviction, in spite of
the idiosyncrasies of his external life
and the unorthodox attitude he as
sumA. This is plainly shows in the
lines in which he expresses with unu
sual beauty the relations of parent to
child, earthly and heavenly After
speaking of his little one knocking at
his study door and saying: please let
me in-it's only me-" he goes ahead and
uses the smile:
who knows but in eternity,
l. like truant child shall wait
The glories Of life to be.
Beyond the Heavenly Fathers gate?
AND will that Heavenly Father heed
The truants supplicating cry,
AS at the outer edge plead:
IT'S l, o Father, only IT,
His yersitication of the twenty
third Psalm is also a gem. 1t is not a
mere exercise in se-making, but the
breathing of better longing in the
poets soul, and il deserves a place
among the best renderings in verse of
the Psalmist's words of simple faith
and beauty.
There is no doubt that Eugene Field
owed much TO the loving instruction
and oversight of Grandma Field.
In his youthful days he was a stu
dent at the Missouri state university
and al Williams and Knox colleges. His
father was distinguished lawyer who
had a decided taste for the classics and
was possessed Of considerable means.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-27
HammOcks,
Croquet Sets,
Express Wagons,
Children's Carriages,
and other outdoor goods
at ChaS. F. FeChter'S
South Side Book Store.
FARMS IN NORTHERN WIS.
CONSIN

dire as good, if not better than farms in
any state Of the Union There is no rea-
son why the intending settler should &c
to distant states in order to secure a good
location. Northern Wisconsin is rapidly
developing but there are still thousands
of acres of fine hardwood farming lands
open to the settler, which can be obtain
ed at reasonable figures and upon easy
terms. The soil is Of the best, good
roads are being put in, and school houses
are rapidly building
The immense undeveloped resources
in tne shape of rich deposits of iron ore,
clay, kaolin and mari, as well as large
tracts of hardwood timber. offer extra
ordinary inducements to the manufac-
turer. The Wisconsin Central Ry. Co. run
through the timber and mineral belt,
thus offering quick and cheap transit to
all the principal markets of the Union.
Pamphlets, maps and complete inform
alton can be obtained by applying TO w.
H. Killen Deputy Land and Industrial
Commissioner Colby d Abbot Bldg
Milwaukee, Wis H. F. Whitcomb, Gen.
Mgr, Burton johnson, &. F. A., Jas c..
Pond, &. p. A. Milwaukee, Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-27

Upon his death young Field went
abroad, and when he returned to this
country he found himself poorer in
purse and richer in experience than he
was when he left. At 90 he had con-
trived to part with large slice of his
fortune. and as he had no occupation
and lived extensively serious inroads
were made on the balance. Being de-
pendent upon his own resources, he
plunged at once into Journalism, but
unfortunately his salary was paid in
promises instead of currency. How
ever. he gained a knowledge of news
paper work, and when his money was
all gone he took position on a solvent
journal.
For IL years Mr.. Field was connected
with the Chicago Daily News, and his
column of "Sharps and Flats" was
read by everybody The material that
went into this column was of a varie-
gated sort. His comments were of the
free-lance order, incisive, personal and
sometimes extremely embarrassing to
his host of friends, nearly all Of whom
appeared al some time or other in his
column. But there was much pure gold
as we'll. Frequently the department
would be enriched with few stanzas
of poetry so expressive of the common
circumstances and experiences of life
that the hearts of his readers were
deeply touched.
L. ..-l4 A,,
bless the children's poet, originally, and
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-27
Queer villages in New Guinea.

In New Guinea the village of Tupuse-
lei is most remarkable. The houses are
all supported on piles and stand out in
the ocean considerable distance from
shore. This is to protect the villagers
from the attacks of the dreaded head
hunters always looking for victims.
Other villages in this queer land are
perched up in the trees for the same
reason.