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The silver star., 1900-02-23
HOW TIE CUBAN CENSUS is TAkEN

Ask any Cuban today what enter
Cuba has the most significance and
importance and he will answer with
out moments hesitation:
The census"
In the United States census is only
an incident of the national life, the re-
suits of which are 10 be looked for with
mild curiosity In Cuba the present
census. the enumerations for which
were completed on Nov. 80. is regarded
as the formation step in the future
government of the island. Upon its
population totals must rest the first
popular election. to which the Cubans
are looking forward as the children of
Israel looked to the promised land.
1t is foregone conclusion that there
must be certain franchise qualifica-
tions-as to illiteracy. residence, ma
tionality. The census will definitely
settle the proportions Of population,
Spaniards, Cubans. negroes. Americans
and other foreigners. it will establish
the very important percentage of IL
literacy, hitherto only dimly estimated.
md in case a constitutional conyen-
ton or a representative assembly is
chosen ii will decide the ratio of rep
resentation from each province and
city. Unpleasant as 1t may be to the
pride of the American. it must be con-
fessed that the Cubans have looked
upon the improvements in paving.
sewerage AMI police. on the courts and
the customs service with absolute
lack of interest il not with actual hos
tiiity. They were all right enough in
their way, but they were not what the
CubaEs had been fighting for. and who
cared for a little dirt or a little GUS
toms tipping. anyway? 1t is the gov
eminent that the Cuban is anxious to
manage, and the census is the first in
dication that there is going to be an
opportunity for him to try it As a
consequence. the work of the enumer-
ators, OF whom there are 800 in Cuba.
was looked upon with extraordinary
interest and solicitude. In the first
place. every Cuban wanted his name
In the rolls and il the enumerator did
not call promptly be complained to the
supervisor and demanded prompt at
tention. And then. when the enumer-
ator finally did call upon him. he
gloated over the questions and yet
looked upon them with characteristic
Cuban suspicion and tried to see which
of them had been set by los Ameri-
canos" as trap. Also the customary
census notices. pasted on the walls of
his house and providing fines or i'm
prisonment for fraudulent answers to
the questions. worried him. and some
efnes he came up through the mud
and rain. score of miles on his burro
10 explain that he was Innocent.
The census Is going to reveal some
Interesting facts when the blanks are
finally tabulated at Washington I'm
mediately before the Spanlsh-Ameri-
can war the newspapers were filled
with narrowing stories as to the death
by starvation. disease and ilI-treat-
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TIT for Tat.

A former commodore-captain of u
famous transatlantic line. while friend
ly and polite to his passengers below.
was very much the reverse IL ap-
preached when on duty. AS he hap
pened to be on deck one fine afternoon,
lady. quite unaware OF his peculiar
ity. accosting him on some triiiing
query as to the probable duration OF
the favorable weather. was both sur
prised and indignant to get curtly an
swered: Don't know. ma'am-.don't
know. Better go and ask the cook. :"
The lady, though taken somewhat
aback. was quite equal to the occasion.
and rejoined: oh. ! beg thousand
pardons. Excuse me. pray. thought
was addressing the cook!"--Collier's
Weekly.
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TWO LITTLE o,aLs.

I'm twins. 1 guess. cause my M -
il GOOD iissis eiri; an: III as cshsr = ne 3. :,
An. Ma say - % most sysr ~.
Ny Doll won't mind. an 1T crv vnen
Wy men my Ma she sob an TX
An ,say. "Rsar Good iitsls sirl. sccd.A,,
Last time at Ma act that aeWsv
! cried All to myse'f awhile
out on the stsps. % an. men 1 smlle
An 20 to where Aa'e at. an say:
Morning to YOU. Mommy dear!
Wher,s,:, ,s,., that Alb Bad little siri wus hsa,
An Good little girls coined bac& ).
James whitcomb Riley. in r.bn.,
Century. say
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There are very conclusive reasons
why the present tariff tax on wood
pulp and printing paper should be re-
pealed, and there Is no reason in the
interest OF American industry that
pleads for the continuance Of these
taxes. They are now simply an ele-
ment Of robbery under color OF law.
and they should be effaced from our
statutes.
The paper trust is now taxing the
newspaper and book publishers Of the
country many millions, not because OF
any such actual increase in the cost OF
producing paper. but because the trust
has the power to extort from the pur-
chasers OF paper up to the extent that
would make tariff-taxed foreign paper
and pulp cheaper than the prices de-
manded here. This trust has played Its
scheme of extortion to the uttermost,
and congress should at once remove
the tax that protects no American In
dustry and that has become only an
agent to rob the consumers.
Two-thirds of the wood pulp used In
the manufacture OF paper for American
consumption should come from Can
ada but 1t Is excluded by tariff tax,
and We are now rushing headlong In
the destruction of our forests. while
Canada, with its almost limitless sup
ply OF timber, cannot reach our mar
kets because of the tax imposed by
the tariff
The two conclusive reasons which
should make congress act promptly are
first, that the paper trust should be
at once halted in its rapid destruction
of our American forests by the admis-
sion of free wood pulp from Canada;
and, second, that the present extortion
practiced by the paper trust upon pub
fishers OF newspapers and books shall
cease to have the protection Of the gov
ernment
The time has come when any trust
that makes arbitrary profits by tariff
the government. Where American in
dustry needs protection it is reason
able to permit 1t, but where alleged
protection is used only for systematic
robbery. 1t must be overthrown.
We can now manufacture paper as
cheaply as any country in the world.
There is no excuse whatever for tax
upon the manufactured articles, and
the raw material should be free, not
only because the general principle is
correct. but because il it shall not be
done promptly our forests will be prac-
tically destroyed within a few years by
tariff taxes excluding the lumber OF
Canada from our markets.
Paper and pulp must be made free
of all taxes.as the paper trust has dem
onstrated that these taxes serve only a
single purpose-that Is to invite rob-
berry under color of law.-Philadelphia
Times.
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new ...h.a Of L,s....s r....,..

A new method Of lighting tunnels IL
about to be adopted In one constructed
In Paris for an electric road. Electric
Tampa will BE- turned on automatically
~ the train enters tho tunnel ana cut
on automatically ~ Il emsrges. The
lights are arranged on each side ON n
level with the windows Of the cars. 10
that during daytime II will not be nee
sssarry To turn on tho light In the
cars. This mode has been devised By
French inventor. and doubtless viii
be found Of great utility.
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Ills Character,

The old hiring fairs are still held In
some rural districts OF England. There
Is n story Of an old Gloucestershlre
farmer. who. seeing likely lad at
such place, opened negotiations with
n view TO engaging him. Hast got n
character from thy last placer" the
farmer asked. No" replied the boy.
but my old gaiYer be about somewhere,
and can get he to write one." VERY
well" was the reply. Thee get It and
meet here again at 4 o'clock The
farmer and the boy met at the ap-
pointed hour. Hast got thy charsc-
teri" was the query. The answer was
short and sharp: mo. but ha' cot
thine. and I bean't a-coming."
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REASONABLE SUSPICION.
Thought the Bank vice-President Was
a Bunco Man.

During the occupation of New Or
leans by the federals.' said an old
cording to the New Orleans Times
Democrat. Il made the acquaintance
OF very agreeable Massachusetts man
who was not in the army. but who
was an intimate friend of Gen. But
Ter. One day he hunted me up and
asked. without much preface. for a
loan of $500. ! couldn't well spare the
money, but through motives of policy
let him have it. He went away,
promising TO return the money within
certain time. and. as | anticipated.
heard nothing further from him.
Now. under ordinary circumstances"
continued the old citizen. $500 was
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into Spanish. all the rules and orders
were issued In both Spanish and Eng
Ash. and the Cuban enumerators.
wholly new to such work. were all
trained within less than two months
time from the middle of August to the
middle of October. And the work be-
gan in every part Of Cuba on the day
set and in a way which would have
set the old Spanish census men quite
aghast
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over 1.7s0.000. exclusive of Spanish SOL
diers. At the close of the war some
American authorities placed the num-
Der Of deaths at upward of 100000.
which would mean a present popula-
ton Of approximately l.3s0.O0O. Other
peseimistic prophets believe the census
will show barely 1900 900, but SO good
judge as Major-General Wilson. gov
ernor OF Matanzas and Santa Clara.
who has been keeping a close watch on
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The ls.ssssss view.

Two newsboys witnessed perform.
ancs Of Hamlet" In the last scenes.
after Hamlet has killed Laertss and
the king. and the queen has died Of
poison and Hamlet Of q poisonous
wound. one Of the boys exclaimed:
Say. Jim. what great time that must
have been for extra editions"
The silver star., 1900-02-23
SUCCESS FOR THE DAIRY.

To secure the best results in the care d
milk and butter. attention must he giyes
details. The milking must be properk
done. and all vessels used must be kers
scrupulously clean by washing morninr
and night in hot water with Ivory SOsp
then rinsing well in cold water and settinr
out to air and sun.
ELIZA r. PARKER
The silver star., 1900-02-23

The liberal offer made by the I. T.
Roberts Supply House Of Mnneapolk
Nina. should be OF interest to al 90
readers. In addition to the best b..
gain ever offered in seeds they give
high grade knife free of charge vii
each purchase. The nrm is thorcusA.
ly reliable.
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New Ye.s.s Cate.

II used to be the custom to eat what
were called Gods cakes on New Yaar's
day. They were Of triangular shane.
about half an inch thick. and aiisd
with kind Of mincemeat.
The silver star., 1900-02-23

Pa" What. jimmy III Georn|
Washington was President before liz
coin. what do We celebrate his birth
day last for:'
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"Clarn. you don't accomplish any.
thing because you waste 80 mud
time. Il don't waste time. but then
Is always something I would rather b
than do something else"
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"A burglar got into our house lsx
night" Did lie take anything;" "Thl
children are all sick, and We hone b
got the measles"
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HIGHPRICE OFPAPER.
TARIFF TAX ON WOOD PULP A
COSTLY ONE.

nay Compel Subscribers to Fay More
for Their Couatry Newspaper = The
Cry for Its Instast Rspsai l. Very
Lead-Papsr trust Robbery.
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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-03-05
Of his society on the other members Of
his family"
VORTEX IN THE AIR.
The cause Of Dust whlrIr and show
erH of Queer Things Which De-
ncend from the sky.

Vortex motion In the atmosphere,
though seldom obtrusively patent In
England, must certainly be reckoned
with, and all ascending currents, from
whatsoever cause, appear Of this ma
ture. Dust whirls in spring and twist
ing columns of dry leaves or hay In
summer and autumn are evidences OF
the existence OF such upward currents.
But the aeronaut can detect them on
larger scale, and penetrating sometimes
far aloft. This, says the National Re-
view, is only what might be expected
from statistics relating TO such phe-
nomena where they occur In greater
earnest in other parts Of the globe.
1t is classical history how dust
showers have arisen on the west coast
OF Africa and descended again on yes
sells far out on the Atlantic; how Scot
land has been visited by storm OF
pumice debris which was supposed to
have had its origin in Vesuvius; how
showers Of fish or Of frogs have de-
scended from the sky, having been
swept into lofty regions entangled in
the bosom of whirlwind sufficient to
bear them whittier it listed. The dust
of Krakatao, committed to the lofty
winds by the force Of its own eruption
in 1883, travelled over the globe in out
ward courses almost without limit be-
fore settling to earth weeks or months,
or, possibly, years, afterward.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-03-05
POINT TO POINT HURDLING.
A Popular English sport That Oners
Opportunity for Daring
Riding.

A point to point steeplechase is for
members of the hunt only. They are
started in the center of field, and a
place some eight or ten miles distant is
named, generally some church with a
steeple--hence the origin of the word
steeplechase-to which the riders make
their best way. To know the country
is Of great advantage, as after getting
over the first fence the field spreads out
in all directions, each member having his
own idea OF The quickest way Of arriving
at his destination. There are prizes OF
silver plate for the first three horses in.
Every year members Of the house Of
lords have point TO point, for which
the fashionables turn out in great num-
bers. This winter, however, will be de-
void of all these pastimes; in fact, it is
awful to think of the hundreds that will
never again be seen in scarlet.
"Will the Hurlingham club open this
season." is a question often asked, and
'Will there be any polo?" One thing
is certain, there will be no hunt balls.
The warlike energy Of the nation is
stripping the country quarters of many
pleasurable associations. The usual
shooting parties have been but few, and
as before stated the hunt fixtures have
been poorly attended, the best men, in
many cases, including the master Of
the hounds, being engaged in recruiting
for the Imperial yeomanry.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-03-05
Oh. THE POOR eIRLsI
New England Daughters who Have
Had UnprOnouncenbie Names
saddled Upon Them.

Yankee ingenuity is proverbial, and is
a trait Of which New Englanders may
fairly be proud. Nevertheless, there is
one field of invention in which they do
not shine-the Invention Of proper
names, says Youths Companion.
This was often practiced in New Eng
land in old times. 1t has now become
distressingly popular habit in the west.
Of course, it is easy to understand how
proud parent may think no name in
all history, tradition or romance quite
good enough for her own particular
baby; but that baby, when she grows
up-it is almost invariably a she-will
seldom thank her parents for their eff
fort TO distinguish her with something
novel and original.
Yet greatly daring parents, quite re-
Gently the records show, have afflicted
innocent infants with the names Of
Venustine and Oriette; Rovilla, Syren-
ola and Zulea, linda, Luciline and Hy-
anthe, Doricianna and Avelaura.
The poor babiesl And they will not
CNClL ndNC AlC VI
rating great events, which may some
day practically reconcile to their fate
these young ladies, the Misses Dewey
ettc-Olympia Jones, Philippina-Victor-
icia-Dewey Brown and Deweyline Ma
Mia Robinsonl Indeed, the first two
Of this trio being of the colored race,
whose taste in names is usually little
horid, may perhaps wear their honors
as proudly as they were bestowed; but
it would not be a rash prophet who
should venture to predict that little
Deweyline Manila, by the time she has
been plagued through the primary
school. and called after in the gram
mar school, and laughed at through the
high school, will, once she is fairly en-
tered upon her teens, fall back on her
initials, and face a cold, hard world as
plain Miss ID. NJ Robinson.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-03-05
MORMON WIVES
Ia Many Instances the Husband Was
Devoted to the One Who
Gould Cook Best.

A Philadelphia woman who lived in
Salt Lake City for number of years
under the old order of things relates
some customs there which are intensely
interesting, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. She says:
1.-The Mormon law required man TO
provide house, wood and -four for each
five wives lodged in the Beehive. Brig
ham Young himself violated the sepa-
rate house obligation, as he had 25 wives
lodged in the Beehive and IS in
the Lion house, low buildings with
inclosing walls and gateways, sur
mounted by figures Of lion and a bee
hive.
How peaceful and harmonious the
Lion house was may be inferred from
the fact that one Of Brigham Young's
sons on one occasion seized knife and
tried 10 carve up the cook. and the
whole IS wives held this, their son,
blameless. The story ran that, adjudi-
eating the case, Brigham emulated the
wisdom Of Solomon and desired the par
ties 10 the conflict 10 assume the orig
inal positions they held during the fray,
but the cook declined to take the extra
risk.
Each Mormon man was expected to
have four wives. SO he built a row Of
four little houses on an acre lot. Each
wife had a front and back door and two
winoows. and a quarter acre ground
10 cultivate. The husband was sup
posed to spend a week with each wife,
but usually he gave the most Of his
time 10 the one that was the best cook.
Some Of the wives craved their hus-
bands society. but others. who found Il
very expensive TO beard him, preferred
fhAf be should lavish the greater part
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-03-05
PROFITABLE TRAVEL.
Go About with an Open, Receptive
Mind, and Don't Form Wrong
Conclusions.


The American is wise, writes Edward
Box, in the Ladies Home Journal, who
going to Paris this year spends enough
time in the French capital to see the
exposition, and the beauties and spots
Of fragrant memories which the city
unquestionably possesses, but who
then leaves Paris behind and goes into
those quaint, romantic and gone-to-
sleep old places with which France
abounds the Balzac country, for ex-
ample, where French life is stiA lived
in the old delightful way. This is the
secret Of profitable travel anywhere;
to 90 about with the mind open andTe-
ceptive; to judge people from hecondl-
tious which surround them; to get an
impression of a nation not from the life
which floats on the surface Of its great
centers, but from its own people living
in the heart of their own lands, in their
own homes and in their own way. thus
we will see the real people Of the coun-
try wherein we travel. But we cannot
truly judge the English from what we
see in London, or the French from
the boulevards and cafes of Paris, any
more than foreigner can judge the en-
tire population Of America merely from
people he sees in the city of New York,
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-03-05

those we love. Why not anil fortune as
Iii 81 mich II for the childp
"Sra VIZ, - ~, fgv,,,,,a a,,,, ,,,,.t,.
Inc Biea,Se1 ,l;.1 any niv.uei can
bestow on her child IS healthy body
and happy mind. and with this great
fortune every mother may, endow the
child II she Will Inc cnllos STOCK OF
health is what the mother supplies. The
weak and worried woman has very
slender STOCK OF heaitn 10 Destow on
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-03-05
Probabilities.
Rain orsnow tonight; fair Tuesday.
Buy your light bread Of Gus.

Buy your light bread of Gus.
Hearts and bracelets at Foreman's.
Pure, fresh drugs. Peoples drug
store,
DIR. L. D. Crawford came over from
Grove yesterday.
Prescriptions carefully filled at
Foremans
W. R. Badgett returned from St.
Louis yesterday.
Why not get the best9 At Peoples
drug store.
Try homemade lard from Gus Mich
ols' market.
Miss Agnes Flcklin is in the employ
Of Madden, Jarrel & Gee.
Deputy Clerk Chandler went to
Muskogee this morning.
A span Of good mares to trade for
mules. See ]. T. Gunter.
5. 5. Cobb boarded the east bound
Frisco yesterday afternoon.
TO have beautiful clear white
clothes, use Red Cross Ball Blue.
The 125-horse power engine for the
electric light plant arrived today.
Soaps, fine perfumes and elegant
stationery at Peoples drug store.
w. ]. Harrison came in on yester-
day afternoons Frisco from the west.
Several new boarding students ar
rived at Willie Halsell college Satur-
day.
Miss Emma Masterson has accepted
position as milliner at Tecumseh,
OF.
Slim attendance at all the churches
lastnight, the weather being threat
ening.
Prof. A. w. Bishop was taken with
severe chill this forenoon and is
quite sick.
Wanted:-B to plot grave yard.
For particulars apply to the mayor Of
Adair, |. Il.
Delphos oil cans at Cobb & Nicolas
sons; can fll lamps in the dark-best
ever known.
Buy your roasts where you can get
the best. That's Gus Nichols at City
Meat Market.
A. L. Churchill goes to St. Louis to-
night 10 buy millinery and other
spring goods.
Miss Mccormick, Of st. Louis, will
arrive soon to take charge of Badgett's
millinery department.
President Brewer is able to be up
today for the first time in two weeks
on account Of sickness.
Miss VanPelt will arrive next Sun
day from St. Louis, TO take charge OF
Ratclifr's millinery department.
Mr.. Waller, travelling salesman for
Ratciiff Bros. Wholesale Grocer Co.,
went east on the Frisco last evening.
Try one OF those new kind Of oil
cans at Cobb g. McGlasson's. VIII
not run lamp over, can be used in the
dark.
Attorney Preston S. Davis will de-
liver the regular monthly lecture at
the college next Friday evening at 1886
O'Clock
Emmett Skinner arrived home
FROM St. Louis yesterday morning
where he had been to buy goods fol
Ratcliif's.
Robert T. Brewer, cashier of the
Checotah bank, and son Of President
7. f. Brewer Of the college, spent
yesterday in Viuita.
The leading Indian Territory news
paper-the Daily and Weekly Chief
tain. 40 cents a month for vhe Daily
and dollar year for the weekly.
Rev. w. c. Luther, Bible secretary
American Baptist Publication Society
will preach at the Baptist cburci
next Sunday morning and evening.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-03-05

IL would be
the expee
mother, caller
hand, ponde
fortunate
days and'
hopes that
the baby's
birth
may fall on
aluckytine
n Is natural
10 wish the
best Of for
tune for
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-12-21
The Boy on the farm.

We take the following extract from
an interesting and instructive article
in the Lynchburg News, on Agricul-
ture. 1t ought to interest the far
mers who have sons:
"The boys Oh the farm crowd to
tho cities as soon as they are old
enough to do so, but this condition
Of affairs is due to the fact that the
the boy is not taught to take an in
terest in farming. He must work
before he goes to school, and also on
his return home. Give him a pony
and some little bantam chickens, as
we'll as small patch of ground for
his use, to be grown to anything he
prefers. If allowed to raise a pig
and have the proceeds theretrom be
will appreciate it. The men now in
the cities who enjoyed the farms
when boys will always go back to
to farm life if they have the oppor-
tunity.