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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-09-22
LIFE A FADING LEAF.

The Orange (Va.D Observer
gets off the following whlc IS
very true:
The coming of winter IS like
the coming of old age. 1t steals
on us unawares. The golden
DAYS of autumn linger as though
loath to leave, the late flowers
bloom in abundance and br1l>
liancy, until some morning we
awaken to the fact that the
frost has put its blighting touch
upon all the beauty that was
with US only the day before.
And so it is with old age. There
comes a day when something
within us fails to respond with
joyful eagerness to certain de-
mands. The sparkle of the eye
is suddenly dim med. There is
chill and heaviness and the
life we knew and the pleasures
we loved ale things OF the past
But the change has been SC
Gradual that one is loath to rec
ognize it, and like the AUTO
crat" of the Breakfast Table, II
is only after painful experiences
that the man or waman, is will
ling to admit that the down
ward slope has been reached II
the journey of life.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-09-22
MUMFORD.

w. H. Ware, Of Newport
News, Va, came home last Sat-
urday.
George Spencer, of South
Mills, spent last Monday IN
Newland.
Miss Martha Harris, of tie
Fork, is spending the week at
this place.
Charles Harris, living rear
E. City. spent last Sunday III
New land township,
Miss Maggie Williams. OF
this place, is visiting relatives
and friends in Norfolk, Va.
: George Roper and wife, o:
Roper City, spent last Monda,
in Pasquotank county.
Miss Ada Jones, of Newland
snent last week near E. Cit,
visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Gertie Whitney, Of thi:
place, spent last week visiting
1elatives and friends near th'
Fork. =,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-09-22
FOR - SALE.

Bids will be received until
October 1st for a FEW thousand
dollars stock in Elizabeth City
Cotton Mills. This stock is pay
ing good dividend and rapidly
growing in value.
w. T. OLDs,
Cent 200 Cashier.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-09-22

All weak places IN your system
effectually closed against disease by
De Wits Little Early Risers- They
cleanse the bowels. promptly cure
chronic constipation, regul ate the
liver, and fill you with new life and
v1gor. Small, pleasant, sure: never
gr.pe. Sold by Griggs & Son.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-09-22

Rheumacide is not recommended for
the cure of every i'll; it does not cure
everything. But it is a certain cure
for rheumatism, and is a fine blood
purifier and laxative; try it.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-09-22

NO-HED-AKE Tablets cures all
headaches. Price 10 cents. No cure
no pay.
All headaches are cured by NO
HED-AkE Tablets.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-09-22

6suom pun1sI sasISSnIp 'I!cl . . oSS oOl
.saexvosso u3yM stoAoa IuOX e2sSnpZ
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-09-22
q n k

President Isaac Lewis of Sabina, Ohio,
is highly respected all through that
section. He has lived in Clinton Coz
Is years, and has been president OF
the Sabina Bank 20 years. He gladly
testifies to the merit of Hoods Sarsa-
oarilla, and what he says is worthy
attention. All brain workers find
Hoods Sarsaparilla peculiarly adapted
to their needs. 1t makes pure, rich,
red blood, and from this comes nerve,
mental, bodily and digestive strength
clam glad to say that Hoods sarsapa-
rilla is O very good medicine, especially
as a blood purifier. It has done me good
many times, For several years suffered
greatly with pains Of
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-09-22
Neuralgia

in one eye and about my temples, e.
pecially at night when had been having
hard day of physical and mental la oor'
took many remedies, but found help only
in Hoods Sarsaparilla which cured me OF
rheumatism, neuralgia and headache
Hoods sarsaparilla has proved itself a trus
friend. 1 also take Hoods Pills to keep
my bowels regular, and like the pills
yery much" ISAAC LEWIS, Sabina, Ohio
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-09-22

@2.3-..sI.e..E-. tl:Fl:s-'N.~
Tic simplicity Of TIC school dress and, in
deed. of most Of the dresses for growing GIRL
Is commcndabie, nevertheless there Is be
witching gaycty about them due largely &c
the lovely colorings so appropriate for the
young whe.hcr the material be silk. cash
mere or the novelty wcayes that present many
colors Larmoniaas'v ntermingled. In tht
sketch is shown . s:"l'i" ont most attractive
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-09-22
NO. 81 WATER STREET.
letter, Sa;t-I;heurn and Eczema.

The intense itching and smart!ng, inci
lent to these diseases, isinstantly allaye
by applying Chamberlain S Eye an
Skin Ointment. Many very bad case
have been permanently cured by it. i
is equally efficient for itching piles an
4 favoi:te remedy for sore nipples
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bite
ard chronic sore eyes. 81 cts per box
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-09-22

e. & - - -.
- Tia Kind Yei Haes Always Bought
''se at ZxAzzzM
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-09-22

tue Journey of life.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03

The new Muskogee- Eufsula tel.
ephone line has been completed,
and as soon as special instruments
ordered for that service arrive,
the line will be in working order.
1t is understood the line is really
a double line as far as ChecOtah.
There will be stations at Summit
and Oktaha also. This will be as
great convenience TO the public
here as the residents of those
places, for business interests of a
number of business men here are
rather extensive at those places.
EUfaula has had the advantage Of
the South McAlester telephone
line for some months. The Ninita
people have extended their line
southwark to Cbouteau, and that
will be completed to Wagner in a
very few days now. The Ninita
line is expected to reach Kansas
connections also. A line from
Wagner TO Muldrow or from some
OF the Choctaw road towns toward
Fort Smith will complete an al
most complete network covering
the eastern half of the territory.
-Muskogee Phoenix.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
Recruiting at Mnskogee.

On application Judge Thomas
the secretary of war has detailed
lieutenant from the Twenty
third regiment, United States in
fantry, now at Fort Sam Houston.
to proceed to Muskogee at once
and open up recruiting office for
the enlistment of volunteers. The
men enlisted will be assigned TO
duty IN the regular service in the
Philippines.
There have been quite a number
of young men in the city within
the past few days desiring to en-
list in the regular army. The re-
cruiting officer will be there in a
few days and all corners will be
accepted provided they come up
to the requirements.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
BEAT HIM TO THE OFFICE.
Albert Morris Has Trouble
With His Renters.

Albert Morris, on Big creek, has
been having an abundance OF
trouble of his own recently. Al
bert is an extensive farmer and
has a number of renters. A diff
erence with one of his tenants a
few days ago led to serious conse-
quences and perhaps the end is
not yet. Morris went over to
where the renter lived and TO be
on the safe side put a big pistol in
his saddle pockets. A quarrel
and a fight ensued, and when AL
bert made a dive for his revolver
found that son of his antagonist
had gotten it out, and when be
tried to recover it received a ter
rible beating. Morris went to No
wata and boarded a train for vi
nita TO get writs for his asssilants
but when he arrived here found
that they had "beat him to it,
and had already sworn out writs
for himself and his nephew.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
The Most Ancient Book.

The most ancient books are the
writings of Moses and the poems of
Homer and HeSiod. The earliest sa-
cred writings of the Chinese are call
cj he Five Kings, king meaning
". nt cloth, or the warp that keeps
the threads in their place. They
contain the best sayings of the best
sageS on the ethicS-political duties
of life. These sayings cannot be
traced to Il period higher than the
eleventh century B. G.. The Three
Nedas" are the most ancient books
of the HindOos, and II Is the opinion
of Max Muller, Wilson, johnson and
Whitney that they are not older
than IL centuries B. &. The Zenda-
yesta of the Persians l. the grand
est of all the sacred books next to
our Bible. Zoroastcr, whose sayings
1t contains, was born in the twelfth
century b. G.. Moses wrote his Pen
tateuch - centuries b. C.. and,
therefore, preceded by 300 years the
most ancient of the sacred writings.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
ST. LOUIS CATTLE nARKET.
Recent Transactions by Territory
Shippers.

The Vinita National Bank of
Vinita, l. T., had two loads of cat
tie on the market from Adair, |. T.,
consisting of 693 pound cows and
heifers sold at s3.15 and 99S pound
steers at $3.50.
Gibson IL Stiles had a 10 load
consignment of cattle on the mar
ket from Leliaetta, l. T., contain
ing 259 steers S44 pounds average
bought by Nelson Morris & Co. at
$3.50.
J. B. Cobb marketed two cars of
cattle from Wagner, |. T. ,includ-
ing SO2 pound steers at s3 so and
972 pound steers at s4.25 to the
st. Louis Dressed Beef Co.
Jno. Grayson of Checotah,I l. T..
was on the market with two loads
of S56 pound steers sold at s3 so.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
The Difference Explained.

The other day a little boy was
sent to shop for a penny worth
of cObbler's wax.
The shOpman, thinking of quiz
zing him. said:
won't shoemnker's wax dO?"
"Aw dOOan't Know" replied the
lad. "Aw1l go an see"
He Feturned'again directly, and,
addressing the shOpman. said:
mi father says that shoemak-
er's will do"
The shOpnhan handed it to him,
smiling, and said:
"What is the difference?"
"Well," said the lad, going to-
ward the door. mi father SAYS
theirs same difference as ther is
between you and a donkey, and
that is. they're boOath alike"
And then he was off like a shot.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
Reformed.

Mildred: Have you ever thought
that your last moment had come?
What an awful feeling it is that
comes over one at such a timei
Gertrude: Yes, l had that exper-
fence once when 1 was out riding
with fellow and his horse start
ed TO run away. 1t seemed as if
we would certainly be dashed to
pieces.
Mildred: And what was the
first thing you thought of when
death seemed 10 stare you in the
face?
Gertrude: \ hole in the toe of
my left stocking | have never
since then run the risk Of being
found dead in such a condition.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
CREEK OCCUPATION TAX.
MuskOgee Attorneys Resist It's Pay
ment and Seek Injunction.

Col. Shoenfelt, United States
Indian Agent, has served official
notice on the members of the Mus
kogee Bar association that unless
the s25 Greek occupation tax levied
oil al! non-citizen attorneys i paid
before August /, they will be
deemed intruders and as such ex-
PEELED from the territory. The
Bar association has applied to
Hon. John r Thomas, judge of
the Muskcgee court, for a writ of
injuacliOn to restrain Agent
Shoenfelt from summary action in
ne matter of expulsion. The
Muskogee Bar association has a
membership of thirty i've prac-
ticing attorneys, all of whom ex-
cept five are non citizens. The
association is resisting the pay
ment Of the occupation tax on
purely technical grounds and a
number of business and profess
sional men are withholding their
payment, awaiting the outcome of
the resistance waged by the law
yers. Attorney W. T. Hutchings,
president of the bar association,
went down to Checotah today noon
to consult with the merchants and
business men down there who are
organized to resist the payment Of
the tax.
The outcome Of the matter is
looked forward to with the keen
est interest. The opinion prevails
that the nOn-cilizens have the best
of the controversy, and they can
not be compelled to pay the taxes.
Agent Shoenfelt, in conversa-
tlon with Times representative a
few days since, unreservedly ex-
pressed the belief that the next
session Of congress would effect
ually do away with the occupation
tax. But until the existing laws
are repealed the Indian agency has
no other course than to follow out
the instructions it receives from
the interior department, and that
is what Col. Shoenfelt is doing in
the attempt to collect the occupa-
lion tax from the attorneys.-Nus-
kogee Times.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
A Vision of the End.
by ToO-QUA-sTEE.

once beheld the end Of time,
Its stream had ceased TO be.
The drifting years. all soiled with crime.
Lay I'm a filthy sea.
The prospect per the rcel,ing waste
Was plain from where ! stood.
From shore to shore the wreckpgc faced
The surface Of the flood.
There all that men We're wont 10 prize
When time was flowing on.
Seemed here to sink and there 10 rise
In formlcss ruin blown.
In Shiny undulations rolled
The glory OF the brave;
The scholars Zane. the rich mans gold.
Alike were on the wave.
There government. "a monstrous form.
(The sea groaued meath the load.
\ helpless mass blown 10y the storm
On grimy bnlows rode.
The bodies Of great syndicatcs
Aud corporations. trusts.
Proud combinations and cen states.
All beasts OF savage lusts.
With all the monsters ever bred
In Civilizations womb.
Lay scattered. floating. dead.
Throughout that liquid tomb.
1t vas the reign Of general death.
Wide as the sweep Of eye,
Save two vile ghosts that still drew breath
Because they could not die.
Ambition climbed above the waves;
From wreck to wreck be strodc;
And as they sank 10 waicry graves
He ON to glory rode.
And there was Groed-immor1al Greed
just from the shores OF time.
OF all hcll's hosts lac took the lead
monarch Of the slime
He neither sank below. nor rose
Above the brewing flood.
But swan full length. down 10 bic nose,
Aud steerci where'cr hc would.
WCatever wrcckage met his snout
Heswallowed promp ly down
Or floating empire. or redoubt.
Or drifting hcathen town.
Aud yet, it seemed in all that stcamin-
waste
There nothing 80 much Gratlicd his tasto
As tPted oil IN subierraucan tanks.
And cliffs OF coal untouched in uatu-.i
banks.
Or bits OF land where cities might lie built
A. lounging plats for idlene>s and guilt.
Or fields Of asphalt. soft a, fluent salvc.
Or anything the Indian used to have.
/ once beheld the end of time,
Its stream had run away;
The years. all drifted down in slime.
In filth dIshonurcd lay.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
A Camera PrOgnOsIs.

The camera can be used to de-
tect the approach of any disorder
of the skin several days before it
is visible to the eye. A Manches-
ter photographer recently found
that a picture he had taken of a
child with an apparently smooth
skin showed the face to be COW
cred with eruptions. Three days
after the photograph had been
taken the child's face broke out
With prickly heat. Another case
Is recorded where a ehild's por-
trait showed spots on the face
two weeks before an attack of
smallpox. English physicians
are greatly interested over this
new use of the camera
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
The First News Sheet.

The first news sheets at all az
swering to our me jern newspa
per were issued by order of the
Venetian government, abOnt
1866. At first they were simply
written out, and exhibited TO
public in-F ectiOn on payment Of
a snail coin called a "gazetta,"
whence the modern term "Ga-
zete.n Afterward the demand
made 1t necessary to print them.
The fret English newspaper of
whitd we have positive knOwl-
edge was the Weekly News, pub
ished by Nathaniel Butler, in
1922. The English Mercurie of
1888 Is a forgery. 1t was really
printed about the middle of the
eighteenth century.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
Austria's Newspaper Tax.

Austria shares the doubtful
honor with Turkey of having a
government tax on each newsDa-
i'cr printed in or introduced into
'he country and the privilege
with Russia of prohibiting the
sale of journals in the streets.
The removal of this unpopular
tax on knowledge has been a mat
ter of considerable agitation and
promises of a speedy reform have
been made by the present govern
mcnt. The ObstructiOnist policy
of the opposition in Parliament,
however, has rendered the pros
Pect of legislation on this point
hopeless, at least within any
measurable space of time. The
Social Democratic party has, new
orthcless. taken very prOnOunc-
ed position in the matter. and is
agitating for an abolition of the
obnoxious laws. At the head of
the present movement are many
eOmpOSitors who fear that the
number of the employed Will be
considerably reduced by the
pending Introduction of cOmpOs-
ing machines unless in the mean
time thc existing tax is removed.
London Post.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
A MYSTERIOUS Package.

A couple OF lads several days
ago found a mysterious bundle in
the weeds at the south end OF
Cherokee street near Coody 5
creek. The bundle had been
thrown over a fence into a field
and on examination was found to
contain a complete outfit OF female
wearing apparel-underclothin
and all. The garments were of
excellent quality and finish, but
were thoroughly blood soaked and
gave out a strong odor of chloro-
form. How the bundle came there
is a mystery which is yet unsolved.
The find was at once reported to
the police but they have been IN
able TO make anything out of it.
Various conjectures are rife con-
corning the bundle, the popular
one being that it may be a clue 10
a foul crime which yet remains to
be revealed.-Muskogee Times.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03

There is one thing on which the
Indian Territory will have the
pull over Texas, when she be-
comes a state, and that is the class
ical names of communities and
towns. The Goingsnake district,
the Cooweescoowee community
have no rivals in Texas. This ap-
plication of the classics to localities
is bound TO make the country ia
mous.-Denison Herald. Now if
the esteemed Herald will but get a
map of the Cherokee nation it will
observe that Cooweescoowee is
not a community, but the largest
district in the Cherokee country.
1t was named for the distinguished
Chief John Ross, who governed the
Cherokees for more than a quarter
of a century. being his Indian
name.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03

IF the United States Indian
agent can make the Muskogee law
yers pay the tax imposed by the
tribal laws, other people will pay
without being made. However,
the lawyers have not paid yet.
If the city marshal has the right
(and he has) of arresting a boy for
.using obscene language on the
street, why not arrest men for
loud-mouthed profanity on the
streets? The ordinance against
such conduct is a good one and
ought to be enforced.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03

The town of Hennessey, Okla,
homa, is without a dog pound oil
even a dog tax, and one of the
newspapers of that town break:
the stiffness of the night in the
following poetic effusion:
Hear the barking OF the dogs, awful dogs.
What dream Of terror the muddled mind
befogs,
On the startled air OF night.
How they bark and howl and bite;
Too much Mortified TO sleep.
We can only lay and weep.
Or In clamOrous appealing
To the mercy OF the dogs.
In a mad eNpostulation
With the barking, bowling dogs,
Who. barking louder, louder. louder.
Make US wish for shot and powder.
And a resOlute endeavor
Now, now toshO hOot. or never.
Into the pack of dogs.
Dogs. dogs. dogs. dogs,
Among the bowling, snarling. yelping
Pack Of dogs.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03

The Indian officials to whom was
presented the telegraphic order of
Judge Thomas to hold the body of
William Goings, say they disre-
garded the order because one fed
eral Judge had remanded Goings
back TO their custody and stated
the Indians had full and complete
jurisdiction, and that too, it was
on yellow paper and had no seal,
therefore, they did not believe it
legal. No wonder they were sus-
picious. The average Indian has
been fooled and fuddled so much
by the white man that he has a
right TO be suspicious.-Denison
Herald.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
Another Biz dame OF Base Ball.

A message from Claremore to
the Wagner base ball club states
that the club at that place, will be
here next Tuesday to play game
of ball. A purse of 500 is to be
PLAYED for and there is no doubt
that you will have the pleasure Of
witnessing one of the best games
of the season. Let everybody that
can, attend this interesting game.
--Wagoner Savings.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03

I'm the lull following the execu-
tion of Goings in the Choctaw ma
ton, week before last, the country
will have time to consider whether
an Indian life has been sacrificed,
or whether Judge Thomas is only
judge of such courts as may be as
signed by the territory court of ap-
peals. If Goings was legally ex-
ecuted it was against the order OF
Judge Thomas. 1t is of little con-
sequence whether the lawyers
misled the judge or not. That it
has settled the status of Judge
Thomas jurisdicsion in the Indian
Territory is the legal question
solved.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03
Cherokee schools.

EDITOR TIMEs:-IS IL not a little
strange that just now. after the
close of the summer term oi the
Cherokee public schools, the Cher
okee board of education, of which
up to this time il has had exclu-
sive management and control, so
suddenly discovers and publicly
declares that fitiy-five (being over
half the whole number of that
class of schools in oxistencc) have
not made the required legal aver
age and are therefore discontin-
Ted? Is it reasonable to suppose
that all these ffty-fve schools
should have run down" during
the term just closed and that the
board should just now have dis
covered the fact? There Is un-
questionabiy some significance at
tached TO the sudden action of the
gentlemen OF the board. Two
other members of the board have.
within the last six months, found
it convenient 10 seek shelter and
take refuge in timely resigna-
tion. The present members of
the board, doubtless realizing that
there is now United States author
ity closely watching and scruiiniz-
ing every action, deem 1t wisest
policy to reform late rather than
never. Il. +. ".
Tahlequah. July p, 1899
-Muskogee Times.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03

A Tahlequah correspondent OF
the Muskokee Times calls atten-
tion to the somewhat remarkable
fact that the Cherokee board of
education should find that fifty five
OF the public schools of the nation
had failed, all at once. There is
food for thought in the statement.
There must be some motive be-
hind this wholesale cancelling Of
the national schools. Is it posi-
BILE these shoots have all made
the average required by law until
last year and then all failed at
once?
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03

An effort is being made in sew
eral Territory towns TO prohibit
Sunday baseball games. Cofey-
vile has decided to close their
fairgrounds on Sunday, so no
games will be played there. 1t is
a good plan. There is really no
occasion for Sunday bail in this
sectiOn.-COurier.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03

The district attorney, who is an
authority in this country on cor
pOration law, states that the coun-
Gil of an incorporated town has
only such powers as are conferred
upon 1t by statute-and that the
right to grant franchises is not one
of them. under the Arkansas law.