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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
Cigarettes and Crime.

Very few farmer BOYS are ad-
dictcd to the cigarette habit.
That form Of SLOW suicide seems
20 be specially ADAPTED TO the
al; mental cond ton of the
SMART, pretty, sweet boy Of the
town and city. Ii is fortunate
for the farmer boy and his cOun-
ny that he does not smoke cigar
cites. The farm must continu-
ally su 2ly brains and energy
and stamina to the cities and it
could not do this if the farmer
boy smoked the brain-stealing
iCarette. The twenty-sixth ma
dionU conference Of charities and
corrections was iii session in Gin
-innati last week. The section
Tn reformatories and industrial
schools was addressed by George
Terrence of Pontiac. Ills, super
intendent of the Illinois state re-
formatory, OH The RelatiO of
the Cigarette to Crime" ter
rociting his experience wit Oys
coming 20 his institution, Mr..
Terrence said: Il am sure cigar
cites are destroying and making
criminals of more OF them than
the saloons" In his refOrmatOry
now there are 2TS boys, "Of 63,
averaging 10 years of age, 5o
were cigarette smokers; Of 1873,
averaging II years Of age, 10
we're cigarette smokers; of s.,
averaging Is years, 73 were Gig
arctic smokers" This is certain
" a terrible indictment of the cig-
arctic. Should not the w. c. Il.
L. women devote more of their
energy TO the cigarette than to the
saloons We notice that the corn
cob pipe seems to be =" favorite
among farmers. 1t Lot pretty
Lat IL one must smOa he would
teSt use corn G D pipe. vt
al events it is far less hurtful
|, tEan the cigarette or nine-tenths
% the cigars sold.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
That AUfnl Sickness.

With the G3c OF summer travel
still turning oceaHvard, and the
question care you seasick?' be-
coming the 81 engrossing ques-
ticn CT tAe d.. - observations
of an Atieab5 "a captain are
tims,y aa5 ;: interest.
"a greet .-7Eg passengers
savc this rs We Knows. "ccme
aboard Ioac-2 with n cjicines for
the prevenu.gz O. r1-Sic Us, but
L never knew an hing succeed
yet except careful d.-tng. Wo-
men are more 81 sct to seasick-
ness than men, but, on lie other
hand, they stand it better. L wo-
man isn't so much tortC-- by the
pangs as she is wOrris. BY the
prospects Of becomiG dislavel-
led, haggard and dsaEg -. She
fights to keep up Appearances as
long as she can hold :;p aer head,
but a man gives up at once and
makes a great rc-72s and
takes to his beth. There he
grumoies and cans until he is
we'll enough to so on deck s5ain.
"Whea a wCCT1 finally takes
to her room, s-e war .3ly asks
three questions. Fflt, WHITTIER
people ever die - seasic'-ess,
then how many - - we ar from
shore, and lastly, wnen sndll we
get ti.cre.o
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
RAISED A coMMorioN.
The Young Man Tried to Garry the
Small Boy.

y more or less crowded Fourth ave-
nue. open car stopped a day or two ago
in the Bowery to pick Up a family par
y, consisting of a mother, father and
,1ree small boys, the youngest of whom
.,rld not have been more than 4 years
cd. and who was maUiiesJly wearing
lis first pair Of knick5- -bcckeTs, says
me New York Tribune. The party be-
came separated, the parents getting on
the rear seat and the small boys on one
four seats ahead. At first the httlest
one was attracted by the novelty of his
surroundings, but, this wearing of, he
missed his mother and looked about
for her. When he saw her on the rear
seat a disconsolate yell announced the
discovery. His two brothers tried TO
Dacify him, but to his young mind the
four seats that separated them were
n impossible gulf not to he bridged
by human means, and such being the
case he was not to be Ccmforted The
mother, leaning as far forward as she
could. endeavOred TO explain that she
would come to him as soon as the car
-ApE HNAH Dul AAAE NAAAAh A--AN NAAEA NA4E
more. Every one on the car was by
this time interested and sympathy and
advice were freely offered. An athletic
young man in the seat behind the boy
started to pick him up, with a view to
passing him over the backs CT the seats
TO his mother. The boy shrank away
from him in deadly fear, cure that he
was the boy-eating ogre CT childish
legend, and his cries ra.z-t themselves
20 the pitch Of a shrie1 The young
man. lobster red, hastily at down and
pretended a preternatura. absorption in
an evening paper. Just then the father
and conductor came along the foot
board and between them carried the
child to his mothers arms. Quiet was
restored and the passengers interested
themselves in other thinrs bat the attn
letic young man got OF the car at the
very next corner.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
SMILED THEIR GLook AWAY.
A YOunE Lady Passenger in a Cable
Car Makes Irritable Peo-
pie Cheerful.

\ girl kept smiling into vacancy the
other afternoon as a cable car rolled
downtown in its customary jerlly fash
ion. II was a rainy afternoon and the
passengers in the crowded ear were in
the usual irritable frame of mind that
wet clothes and dampened spirits in
evitably provoke. But the girl was
obliyious Of rain and discomfort. Her
ewes were fixed uns, eingly on the drip
ping window pane and her mouth kept
rebelliously tw.tching with the mirth
that would find utterance.
"She must be telling herself funny
stories" whispered a man gruffiy to his
bad-tempered neighbor.
Don't see the joke myself" returned
the neighbor appealed TO, trying 10
sneer, but getting the corners OF his
mouth by mistake turned up instead
Of turned down,
swell. you look as if you caught the
point, anyway" added the original
speaker, laughing also, and the twisted
sneer that was half a smile developed
instantly into a good-na.pred grin.
The girl still smiled through the
window and :he men opposite laughed
al each other and her simultaneously
until people across from them began
10 laugh too. Quickly the merriment
became contagious, aud when bolster
Gus youth exclaimed, audibly: "WEo
killed the canary" little chuckles of
laughter echoed through the car from
end to end, warming lis chilly temper
aturc and turning its gloom into CHEEKY
sunshine. Suddenly az Kinzie street
the girl with the smile disappeared
from view.
81 hope | didn't look Ike an utter
fool" she said 10 herself as she left
the car. but did want to change those
gloomy faces. and as an experiment
think it a decided success. But the
who killed the canary?' OF that boy
nearly settled my Inconsistencies. >.
And, still smiling, she walked quickly
away toward the depot.-Chicago TriA
une.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
THE FIRST GATLING GUNS
An Experimental Weapon Was Made
and Tested at indianapolis
in 1862.

The early inception of the gatling
gun is wrapped in much obscurity.
Some French critics claim that their
mitrailleuse antedates it, but there
is absolutely incontrovertible proof
that not only is that not so, but that
the French government made strenu-
Gus efforts TO secure exclusive control
of Gatling's inventions; failing which,
their competing mitrailleuse quickly
followed the adoption of the doctors
gun by the American authorities.
Some good Christians have claimed that
DR.. Gatling invented this famous
weapon from humanitarian motives
an argument which has some weight,
as we well know that a mob, or a
regiment, even, will very quickly get
out of range and danger when once
it is known THAI such gun is facing
them. The doctor himself calls his in
vention ''peace-maker," but, with the
greatest respect TO him. do not believe
he had any idea Of saving life or any
thing of that sort in mind while at
work upon the gun, whatever he may
AaaAAN AA-bAAE II Va "a eAAAN- 4 ANAN ~ NelS a
field for weapons, offensive and de-
fensive, the more murderOus the former
the better, and from what then existed
in firearms and from the fertility of
his own brain, the gatling gun was
evolved-the first of its kind.
His experimental gun was made and
tested before military men and experts
at Indianapolis in 1862. When the first
lot-paid for by DIR. Gatling-was ready
for shipment 10 Gen. Butler, the factory
burned, and with it his guns were de-
stroyed and his hopes blighted. An
other year and many thousands of dol
lars were spent TO remake the patterns
and drawings and new batch of guns
"a year OF heart-burning, pinching
and sacrifice that many of US, at some
time or another, have experienced, and,
therefore. can sympathize with the suf-
ferer. Gen. Butler used some of these
guns on the James river near Rich
mond, and the way in which their in
ventor cherishes the records of the ex-
ecution wrought by them is amusing
when one thinks of the humanitarian
theories attributed 10 their origin.
In 1866 the government officially ap-
proved the gun, and, after tests that
make an inventor shiver TO think of,
placed an order for 100.
Then not only did the powers Of Eu-
rope order guns, but so did China, Ja-
pan, Siam, Egypt and the South Amer
lean countries. \ machine gun that
spread devastation in a swath wider
tnau company of infantry, and fred
inch bullets at the rate of 1,200 a min
ute (to-day fired electrically, Its speed
is slightly IL excess of 5000 per min
ute.) was a revelation to most foreign
experts, and no Christian or other pow
er could long Withstand the temptation
of moving down its Christian or other
foes at any such rate and by machin-
ery-Self Culture
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
A GREAT SOUTHERN LAKE.
TIticaca Lake Is the Most Remark
able Body Of Water in
south America.

Lake Titicaca is unique amongst the
waters Of the world. It's ex;ert IS IA
times that of the Lake Of Geneva. and
the level of its surface is 1855 feet
above the sea. Along its eastern shore
runs the main Cordillera. rising aloft at
its southern end into the mighty Mount
Sorata, whose broad expanding glaciers
seem 10 lift themselves ike silver from
the waves. The shores and islands of
the lake were-wbo knows how long
ago?-the cradle Of n remarkable civil
ization. or even series of civilizations.
Perhaps latest amongst them was that
of the Inca tribe, which. rising IN this
place. spread northward over the hills
and down q valley TO Cuzco. and thence
stretched forth its conquering arm over
a vast area whose exact limits can uo
longer be defined. The Incas looked back
TO Titicaca island as the sacred spot
whence emerged their legendary found
eTs, Nance Capac and his c0psort Mama
Occlp Huaco. The traveller on the wa
tiers or round the shores of the lake be-
holds many a monument Of departed
greatness and industrial prosperity lie
feels that he is looking upon historic
grounds, and the dim glamour of we'll
nigh forgotten past sheds luster upon
peaks and ranges doubtless untrodden
by human foot, but often travelled by
humtn eyes, and in whose names yet
linger the fossilize3 faith and poetry Of
departed men.
The waters of Titicaca lake reflect no
longer the splendor OF Inca religious
pageants; they are plowed instead by
three bustling ngsteamers. on one of which
we voyaged III miles 20 the Bolivian
port Of Chililaya. Fortune favored us
with a day brilliant and calm. when the
waves lay asleep and all the hills were
clear. Generally a storm RACES. and the
voyager suffers from such an irresistible
combination Of mountain and sea sick
ness that even the hardy stokers of the
engines DO not become habituated TO Il,
but suffer like so many newcomers
Sir Martin Conway. in Harper's Mag
aZine.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
xech Ear No Collision

Palaris, the north star, and IL IN.
seen companion ma Ike 2 complete reve-
luton in days "a hours. Both to-
gether, OF The three, if there be three,
are moving toward the earth with a
velocity of . miles Ter second, $40 miles
a minute, 22,4oO miles an hour, 55T,GOO
miles a day, es3, 3,se4.o00 miles n year.
Though coming AT such an incredible
rate Of speed, there is no danger that
in any immediate future Polaris VIII
ever collide with our earth. In fact,
there has been no aPpreciable difference
in the appearance Of tho star, in spite
Of its rapid approach, during the past
thousand years. This is due TO the fact
that the star in question is many times
as far away as the sun.-Chicago Times
Herald.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
Another Prota.t.

y used to have a great many
theories about The way affairs
.rSht to be conducted" said the
.ourG han from Kansas.
There is no DENYING it,"
well, 1 give it ~. l don't go
so far as to say molopolies can
OF be regulated or suppressed.
Eut l unhesitatingiy confess that
don't know how it's to be done"
You had any number of
schemes"
Yes. That was before I real.
Ted what an inSidious and per.
vasive institution q monopoly is.
There is no use trying to escape
the terrible influence. One man
may break into a Utopia and by
his he"-tleSs trickery upset the
entirr F. IN. l am proud of my
State, hut I must say cne OF the
meanest men 1 ever met lived in
Kansas"
Politician"
"No, sir. He mingles among
the guileless and rnsdspecting.
Were you ever at a husking bee?"
"Never."
"Then you don't know the Gus
tom which gives the man who
finds a red ear the right to kiss
the PROTEST girl. This man gave
a husking bee and he sat up
nights with a lantern for days
beforehand going over the crop
and peeling down the red ears.
When the bee happened he had
all the capital in 4 corner and he
smiled sardOnically while the rest
of US toiled hour after hour amid
gathering disappointment. in pur-
suit of a delusive hope, while he
was apparently having all the
luck. l tell you, sir, there is more
f2anciering in Kansas than YOU
ever gave the State credit for."-
FROM the Washington Post.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
SAUSAGE AND HAMS.
How to Preserve a Pertlen of the
Fresh Meat for Future
Use.

There are times when pe0ple in coun-
try homes have an orefsupply of fresh
meat and would be glad to put part Of
it in shape to keep for day when IN
expected visitors drop in. perhaps just
before dinner.
At butchering time the hogs are
dressed and left to COO. before cutting
up: the leaf lard [ "a 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 iaid
on a table or board down cellar ready
to be salted; 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
grandmothers' time the feet and ears
were thoroughly cleaned and a dish of
souse prepared from them, but young
America has long since shown dis
taste for the time-honored dish The
hogs head was also prepared, usually
baked and served for 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 il 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
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 cool, dry place and it viii
keep for a number of months and be
ready 10 use at any time. Cut in slices,
put in a spider with a lit e water, cover
and turn once; when water is cooked
out it will be delicious.
Hams are better salte6 with dry, hot
salt; take about what salt vii rub in 1t
one time, heat in an 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 cup
ful of sugar; repeat the rubbing until
the hams do not seem IN take up any
more. They are then ready TO hang in
the smolehouse; if you have none bar
rel viii answer, but is inconvenient in
lifting them in and out when you build
a 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. n summer you can turn to the
smolehouse for a change Of diet and
bring forth meat good as any in the
markei.-Housekeep
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
SMART WINTER HATS.
Different Shapes Are I'm Vogue and
There In Variety in Trim
ming.

The degree of smartness Of hat de-
pends this season less on the shape than
on the color and trimming, and setting
aside certain special shapes belonging
strictly 10 the domain of the halter
foremost among which stands the 'au-
tomobile," with its wide, low crown,
very narrow at the basel, almost any
shape may be con Ferted into a smart ar
ticle-sailors included.
Respecting cspotes, there may be
said 10 be no line of special shapes
The foundation shape of wire, or what
g-ef CHOSEN, 1as Often little IN common
with the form once it is finished; either
it has been so added to If in the case of
the saucer or mold forms, or it has been
so modified out of its original hat
shape by nipping in here and turning
ND there. as 10 be uDrecogniZable even
if there were no trimming 10 mark its
outlines. Complicated methods of COW
ering capote shapes are adopted, such
as pipings, rouleaux Of velvet, sewn to-
gether spiral fashion, or small bouil-
tonnes divided by narrow ruched vel
vet ribbon. Many a capote, insignih-
cant in size, comprises vast amounto of
needlework. Herein resides the novel
" Of a good many of the new models,
and in that of the trimmings, either
prepared ready TO hand or executed by
the milliner herself. Among the me
diun-sized hats are several lined With
satin, machine stitched in regular rows.
In some cases they are covered with
velvet only, whereas others have the
crown covered with satin surrounded
by high folded band of velvet. Cra-
watts and kerchiefs made of thin silk
with complicated hemstitched borders
and scarfs finished with hand-knOtted
fringes are provided for trimming
morning hats, and with the addition of
a couteau a simple sailor is fully
equipped.
Then there are flowers, such as roses,
daisies and single and double dahhas,
made out of piece satin, in the produc-
tons Of which some millinery hands
are wonderfully expert. These are gen
erally put on in groups of three in diff
ferent shades of one color, and form
with couteaux a pair of wings or a
plume of feathers, a very attractive dec
oration.-Millinery Trade Review.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Still Making a Hit--"That lecturer
used TO be a pugilist." so now he is
an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bulletin.
do YOU think be married her ior
what she is worth?" Goodness, no!
Her face is her ortune."-Philadelphia
Bulletin
ssTbe fool and his money the orae-
ular boarder began. Are soon mar
red" interrupted the savage bachelor
indianapolis News
Tda-aWhat kind Of hail restorer Is
that. May?" May-"It's called Tom
,mvbawk.' dear. Guaranteed 10 rals'
~ sort of hair."-St. Louis Republic
Sbe-"Is ne rich?" He-'No-" "Scm'
one told me be had more money thar
t,rains." He has; but be hasn't go'
much money at that."-Yonkers States
man.
This climate disagrees with me-
soid Mr.. Meekton's wife. And Mr.
Aleekton. who was reading, aDsehtls
.~claimed: How does IT dare y
n Times-Democrat.
81 never can forget Mabel Meadows
Aor, went TO school with Ma'
$50 studious2' NO: but she alwayi
s.-o,oi,t such lovely eucumber-pieAle.
IN her iunchec1."-ChieaRo hecose
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
No Women .re AdmItted.

No feminine visitors are allowed TO
go through the Cramps yard in Phila-
delpha bee, use every time a woman
passes through the shops every one of
the 700 Workmeu raises his eyes from
his work, and in one minute one mans
work for n fortnight is lost 10 his en-
Ployers- Chicago Inter Ocean.
For shaIegy has in these modern
days assumed additional importance
from the fact that even when battle
is joined its influence is still largely
felt. Distinces in a modern battle are
SO great, and the minor units become SO
dispersed. bat the direction OF the fight
is very Likely to slip from the grasp
OF the suprme leader. Once launched
in the attaGz men can rarely do more
than Proced straight TO taeir front,
4 change oidirec.ion to q flank under
fire viii be al but, " not quite, i'm
possible, AID il viii cot he easy TO sub
sequently correct errors in direction
made at the outset. \ battle will De
fought out Ench more closely rs il was
originally Planned, and there viii be
little room for sudden Inspirations or
brilliant strokes such as formerly made
or marred the day. Now strategy
teaches not how 10 strike, but where
10 strike. not 10 make the most Of u
bad situation, but 10 insure that the
situation viii be the reverse Of bad,
that before ever shot is fred the
odds viii be in ycur favor rather than
In that Of your enemy. Not only, there
fore, is strategy as potent a factor as
ever within its own sphere. but II has
b. the rea.r ere tactics alol1 e
f'ru iy held sv
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
The Power OF Music.

The marvellous effects that are some
times produced by music may even
tuaIly receive a scientific explanation.
In a recent lecture at oxford university,
Prof. McKendricll said that, while the
intricate connections Of the auditory
nerves are only just being unraveled,
it is probable that the roots Of those
nerves are more widely distributed
and have more extensive connections
than those Of any other nerves in the
human body. Researches on the au-
! ditory nerves indicate that there is
scarcely n function Of the body which
may not be affected by the pulsations
Snd harmonic combinations Of musical
tones.-Nouth's Companion.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09

The lighting OF the Red sea seems at
first 10 be a too practical infringement
upon an ancient fairylaud. But Sir
Thomas Sutherland and other members
Of parliament interested IN shipping
are naturally anxious about the prog
ress Of the lighthouses with which the
porte promised TO beiewel the south
em waters Of the Red sea.-N. y. Sun.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
srsfem md order.

These are essential factors of success
in every undertaking. Inkeeping house
they are as important as in the conduct
of a publishing house. a factory or 9th
er business establishment. "A place
for everything and everything in its
place." and Each one should have his
or her own work TO do and do ii" are
good maxims on general principles, but
every housekeeper must be a law unto
herself. having rules. but being careful
that they are not so numerous or so
exacting as 10 mar the comfort and
keeper.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
Europe's Armies.

France in war has 1000 soldiers to
15.407 Inhabitants, Germany in war has
900 soldiers to 15,427 inhabitants.
Great Britain in war has 1000 soldiers
TO 2,413 inhabitants, while under the
house bill during the late war the Unit
ed States provided for only 1000 sol
diers 10 about S9I,O 900 inhabitants ~
y. World.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
mere lie 5sled Her.

She-I suppose it will break
your heart for me to say I can be
only Il sister to you?"
He-"NOt at all, my dear. I
never knew a girl who didn't say
the Sara thing to me-"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-11-09
p,lnr. Not penth. Terr!hlc.

Distance OF time and place generally
cure what they seem to aggra,ate. and
taking leave of our friends resembles
taking leave of the world. conc mir
which it hath often been said that il Is
not death. but dying. which is terri
hle -Fielding