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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-07-18

Wanted d-All the chickens aud eggs
that come to Vinita; highest market
price at j. c. Gray's.
Ed Webber, the negro charged with
criminal assault, was tried yesterday
at Miami and fined 800, and sent to
TT. Smith jail for six months.
Asthma. Sure cure, Crosby's Sweed-
,ish asthma remedy. Trial package
mailed free, Collins Bros. Medicine
Co., St. Louis Sold by Peoples drug
store. NV
Rev. f. G.. Roberts, Of Vinita, Is
holding protracted meeting at Mus
kogee and reports go3d success. ~
united with the church Sunday night,
He eats heartily in the hottest wea-
ther who uses Prickly Ask bitters. 1t
keeps his stomach, liver and bowels in
perfect order, Sold by Chapman &
Briggs. dW
Bud Ledbetter arrested two medi-
cine peddlers today for neglectlng TO
pay the required license. They were
liberated on promise Of payment OF
the required fee.
Miss Maggie Alberty formerly OF
TahleQuah, was in the city this week
and is now visiting at Pryor Creek.
She will return tomorrow and will
visit Mrs. w. P. Thompson.
Wanted-A contractor to build the
walls OF stone store building in
Fairland, IT Work to be first class
and cotnract to be limited as to time,
and bond furnished if money IS to be
advanced for work. 7. M. Conner &
Son. saw
Mrs. Jessie May Hall Swan and Mrs.
Blanch Hall Morrison left last night
for their homes, the former for New
York and the latter for Portland, Me.
They have been spending few weeks
with their mother, Mrs. J. A. Hall,
OF this city.
A renter on John Thomason's place
on Big Creek sold 5000 bushels Of oats
to Welch grain buyer at 20 cents per
bushel. 100 bushels we're delivered
and the price went off and the grain
man jumped the contract. A suit
In court is the result.
It was rumored that an anti
Sunday base ball petition was to be
presented to the city council last
night and big crowd, including the
members Of the vinita ball team was
On hand waiting for tho meeting to
open. The petition was not present
ed. however, and no meeting was
| held.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-08-18

In o Philadelphia drug store there I.
a conspicuous sign which reads, "DC
not talk TO the clerk when he is put
ting up prescriptions" This has beer
rendered necessary by the loquacity OF
the foreign residents of the neighbOr
hood.
The other day crowd surged into
the store, talking eXcitedly and with
many gestures The clerk. fearing that
some mistake had been made In medi
cines and that bis life was in danger
escaped by the rear door and returned
with q policeman. The ITALIANS were
still In possession and appeared 20 be
iabOring under intense excitement.
An interpreter finally discovered that
a mischievOus boy had told the foreign
ers that a large crystal Of sulphur In
the window was lump of gold bear
Ing quartz from Cape Nome and that
any one by paying 10 cents could guess
at the weight Of the crystal. and he
who guessed right would win it, 1t
took the greater part Of an hour 70 con
vince the excited Italians of their or
rOr
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The Lost shoes.

4 couple Of Pullman conductors were
swapping yarns at Broad Street station
the other morning. "a funny thing
happened at Harrisburg the other
night" said one. You know my run
is from Jersey City to New Orleans.
and the western sleeper Is uncoupled
at Harrisburg This Is the last car
on the train. The porter In this car
and the one In the next car ahead are
great chums. and this night, after the
passengers had all gone to their bcrths,
the porter IN the last car gathered up
all the shoes and took them into the
car ahead. where he could shine them
and chat with his friend at the same
time Well, there was no great harm
In that, for 1t was warm night. the
doors were open and he could hear
his bell from where he was sitting.
"At Harrisburg the last car was I'M
coupled, and we were soon on our
way south. About an hour afterward
the porter Of what was then the last
car came to me with long face and
said the other porter had left all his
shoes behind There we We're going
toward New Orleans with the shoes
Of a lot Of people bound for Pittsburg
and the west in our car. There was no
help for 1t then, but there must have
been the old scratch to pay when those
people woke In the morning and found
they had no shoes. OF course the com
pany had to make good, but 1t was
funny just the same" Philadelphia
Record
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-08-18

There was once a synod of q Non
conformist church. When or where II
was held does not matter, relates Il
Newcastle England Chronicle. QuC5
lions had been addressed to the Sun
day school managers in the circuit as
to which of two forms Of instruction
were adopted and preferred. The an
SwerS We're received and summarized
by the secretary of the synod. One OF
them. he said, contained the single
word "BOSh."
The announcement was heard with
CONSERVATION. Immediately from all
sides of the assembly there arose an
angry demand for the name of the
writer. The name that was given
was that of highly respected member
Of the church.
81 know the writer" said the chair
man, land | am quite sure there must
be n mistake. 1t is impossible that he
could mean to be Insulting. Let me
look OF the letter, Mr. Secretary"
The letter was handed to the chair
man, who, after adjusting his glasses,
quietly remarked that his suspicious
were correct and that the word was
Both"
The synod thcreupon rejoiced TINT 1t
hadn't fallen into a disastrous blum
dor
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-08-18
HE WORK. DESTRUCTION.
A sample os -' -. IA FG,i.y Healthy
COch=too Cna 10.

~
COci>=too C0a 10.
a Hight chail securely fastened on
the cockatOo's leg promised safety, but
he conhived To get within reach of my
new curtains and rapidly dcvoured
some half yard or 50 of a hand painted
heart. Then came an interval of calm
and exemplary behavior which lullcd
me into false security. Cookie seemed
TO have but one object IN life. which
was to pull out all his own feathers,
and by evening the dining room often
looked as though n white fowl had
been plucked In 1t.
l consulted bird doctor, but rs
Cookies health was perfectly good and
his diet all that could be recommended,
II was supposed he only pluckCd himself
for want of occupation. and tlrewood
was recommended as n substitute.
This answered very well. and he spent
his leisure In gnawing sticks of deal
only when 40 one CHANGED to be In the
room he used to unfastcn the swivel
Of his chain, leave II dangling on the
stand and descend In search of his
playthings When the fire Ind not
been lighted. often found half the
Goals pulled ont OF the CRATE and the
firewood In splinters. At last, With
warmer weather. both Goals and wood
were removed. so the next time Master
Cookie found himself short Of job he
set to work on the dining room chairs.
first pulled out all their bright nails
and next tore holes In the leather,
through which he triumphantly
dragged the stutiing.
AZ one time he went on visit for
some weeks and ate up everything
within his reach I'm that friendly cStab
liShment His bag" for one afternoon
consisted of a venerable fern and a !
large palm. some library books, news
papers, a pack OF cards and an arm
chair. And yet every one adores him. |
and he Is the spoiled child Of more than |
one family. COrnhill.
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4 Minister'S Good Work.

II had severe attack Of billion:
collie, got bottle of Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
took two doses and was entirely
cured" says Rev. A. A. Power, oil
Emporia, Kan. my neighbor
across the street was sick for over a
week, had two or three bottles OF
medicine from the doctor. He used
them for three or four days without
relief, then called in another doctor
who treated him for some days and
gave him no relief,so discharged him
| went over to see him the next morn
ing He said his bowels were in a
terrible fix, that they had been run
ming off so long that it was almost
bloody flux. | asked him if he had
tried Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy and he said,
No | went home and brought him
my bottle and gave him one dose;
told him to take another dose in fif-
teen or twenty minutes II he did not
find relief, but he took no more and
was entirely cured " For sale by VIM.
P. Bell IL Co., Accomac G. H., Va.
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The Gunther Collection.

The West park board of Chicago has
finally decided to accept the Gunther
collection OF war relics, which was Of.
fcrcd to the city on condition that IT be
properly housed. The structure which
Will be built 10 receive the relics and
to serve ms general museum will cost
about $4,000 1t will he two story
building, 300 feet long and 100 feet
wide. Mr.. Gunther has been making
this collection for ~ years, and II Is
regarded as the finest OF It's kind IN
the country Among the noted things
in Il are the bed ell which Abraham
Lincoln died. the stump of the tree un-
der which Generals Grant and Lee sat
while arranging FOR the surrender Of
the Confederate army, furniture used
In Abraham LincOln's Washington
mansion and paintings Of Grant, Lee.
Andrew Jackson and members of Pres.
ident LincOlns cabinet.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-08-18
His PrOfeasfOn

Many things are changed In times 81
war and bloOdshed, but some remain
fixed and immOvable.
A surgeon in one Of the hospitals was
filling up blank for a convalescent
soldier who had done brave service IN
the civil war. to which he had gone
from his New Hampshire home
What were you by profession be
fore the war;" asked the surgeon.
81 was a Methodist. sir" answered
the man. and then he added stoutly.
"And | can tell you, sir, that it would
take more than going to another war
and losing my other arm to change
mep'
Quite right" said the surgeon, who
suppressed the smile that was inclined
to come to the surface. Then he had
the tact to ask his question in another
form, which elected the fact that the
soldier had been n carpenter as well
as Methodist In days of peace.
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The Climax

During the civil war. when my regi
ment was guarding the defenses of Al
exandria. | frequently preached to tn,
cOlored people. One evening preach
ed as well as | could. and during tn,
sermon cOlOrcd brother In the amel
corner became very RESPONSIVE" The
sermon being ended. an after meeting
followed. and while some visitor was
praying earnestly the responses from
the amen corner were vigorous, rising
in rhetorical climax as to tone Of voice
and strength of words used.
He began in moderate tone. Amen
then "Amenr' then THANK the Lordr'
then, with an explosive voice. "Gloryr
| thought he had reached the climax.
but he went still higher. with "Hallelu.
iah" said to myself, He Is at th,
top now" But. 10. knew not Of the
heights yet to he attained till he shout.
cd out in clear. shrll voice. "Bullyw
Was | to be blamed for laughing out
In meeting !-HOmilptic Review.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-08-18
ARMOREO COFFINS.
They Were Once Used In n Church
yard IN Scotland

they were Once Used In "a Church.
yard IN scotland.
In the earlier half Of the nineteenth
century the practice Of stealing bodies
from the churchyards for the purpose
Of sale as subjects for dissection which
was known rs body snatching." was
for q time very rife
Various plans were made to defeat
the nefariOus and sacrilegiOus proceed
ings OF the body snatchers." or ''resur-
rectiOnistS" as they were sometimes
called. very common one being the
erection Of two or more small watch
houses whose windows commanded
the whole burying ground. and In
which the friends Of the deceased
mounted guard for number of nights
after the funeral
A usual method of the grave robbers
was To dig down to the head Of the
coffin and bore In II a large round hole
by means of specially constructed
center bit II was TO cOunteraCt this
maneuver that the two curious coffin
Ike relics now lying on either side of
the door Of the ruined church Of Aber
fOyle, in Perthshirc. were constructed.
They are solid masses of cast iron Of
enormous weight
When an interment took place one Of
these massive slabs YVES lowered by
suitable derricks. tackles and chains
on TO the top Of the coffin, the grave
was filled In. and there It wnS left for
some considerable time. Later on the
grave was opened and the iron armOr
plate was removed and laid aside
ready for another funeral
TheSe cOntrivances still lio on the
grass Of the lonely little churchyard
objects Of curiosity to rhe passing cy
clist and tourist. Scientific American
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-08-18
LIKED THE POORHOUSE
Would Not Leave IL 10 Go For Money
That BELONGED 10 Him.


II won't 20 out. won't leave here
for anything"
Such was the amazing declaration of
pauper attendant In an east end Lon
| don wOrkhOuSe on being told by an
, agent that he was entitled to some
money. And the mantle son Of q
post captain IN the navy -meant all
that he said Not an inch would he
bulge. nor woUld he sign any paper.
and II was only by taking a commits
sioner down to him that the fund
could he recovered.
Whether because II wns only com
paratively small sum or whether be
cause he was a worker. the guardians
made no claim on IT, accordingly, at
his request, It was split. and TWO &c
counts were opened on his behalf In
the PostOfilce Savings bank. But, for
all that, he continued to remain in the
wOrkhOuSe.
Meanwhile he was very anxious that
his wife should not know he was alive
in fact he denied that be was mar
ried. His life partner however. called
at the agents office to inquire about
the case. though she begged that her
husband might not le told OF her
whereabouts. She was In fairly
good position. earning as she dld liv-
ing by keeping ladies' school, and
once or twice her reprobate husband
had turned up In an intoxicated cOndi-
ton and raised commotion that had
scandalized her pupils. The Ill sorted
pair were. therefore, not brought into
communication.
Never would the pauper legatee leave
the workhouse. He remained there I'll
his death. whereupon. having left no
will. the money he had scolned to use
passed to his wlfe.-CaSselrs Saturday
Journal
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-08-18
AN INDIAN ARSENAL,
Two Thousand ArrOwbeHds Found
Buried lndcr IA stone.

| Two Thousand Arrow heHda FOund
Buried lndcr IA stone.
Among the collections of Indian rel
les owned In this state probably the
fneSt with one exception. is owned by
Herbert Southmayd, who lives on the
IIaddam Quarter road, In the town Of
Durham. A large part of them were
found by Mr.. Southmayd himself, as
he is n confirmed relic hunter and
knows many of the caves and camping
grounds used by the tribes of this state
White flint. black flint, rose quartz, red
and yellow Jasper, limestone and glass
stone were the stones used In the man.
ufacturc Of 1900 arrOwheads, varying
from the size Of II thumb nail to those
nearly ne large rs II hand. His axes
Include the fine edged. highly polished
tool to the rough, unfinished specimens.
He has 30 of these. one OF which
weighs seven pounds, while the small
est turns the scales ut IL ounces
OF his IL pestles the longest meas
ures l1Ia Inches In length. Gouges
used by the Indians In working out the
inside Of logs, which they had first
charrcd, In making their canoes, mum.
Der 20. There are 10 fine specimens
of adzc and II chiscls. OF his three
pipes the one he values most highly
is short stcmmcd perfect bowlod, and
was found n few miles from his home.
1t looks much Ike II common clay pipe
of today, excepting the color, which Is
that of red clay. The brcastplatcs are
each battle the wcarcr was engaged
In. On one of them can be counted
90 nOtches. dcnotng either IA chlcftaln
or one much given To lighting.
There are three war club heads and
n dozen hide sciapcrs used IN cleaning
the hides from which their clothing
and tents were made. Among the most
interesting specimens to the ordinary
man and which cause peculiar sen
satiOn as their use il explained are the
three scalping knives. \ string OF
wampum was taken from IA skeleton
found In Portland. \ red clay kettle |
is absolutely perfect. \ bone orna-
ment found In Il cove Is considered |
very valuable. rs but few of them are !
In existence. The drills used for max |
ing the holes for the leather thongs
In their mOccasins and skin canoes |
show great skill and patience, as they
had nothing but stones with which |
they tapcred these from about the size
Of pencil down TO n sharp point. OF
these he has II.
Brass ArrOwheads and culver d.
vide hOnors with two Iron tomahawks
During n rainstorm year or two ago
Walter Lane sought shelter under n
shelving rock at North Guilford, and
while stirring the ground up TO nsccr
tain what depth had been made by the
decay of leaves he was surprised 10
find an arrowhead. Renewed effort
brought ont 80 of them. Returning the
next day with spade and sieve he dug
out 1900 specimens. and from evil
dcnccs found II was doubtless n spot
where they were made and laid away
against the time Of need. Over 2,000J
have been taken from that spot.-Ches-
ter Comm Cor Hartford Courant.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-08-18

Theodore Roosevelt is : feet 0 inches
I'm height and weighs lG5 pounds. HI
exercises daily. If 1t be only series OF
movements without apparatus exccut-
ed In his bedroom before his morning
bath He is Of full bloOded habit-the
kind of man who grows very stout
but through exercise he keeps his chest
measure eight inches greater than that
Of his waist. He has no superfuous
flesh. He can chin 10 times and dip
11.-Exchnnge
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-08-18
A SLUMBeR SONG.

Sleep. nv beloved. To sleep aud dream is best.
The night to us is peace, the day unrest,
For day. while parted. brings TO US but painI
In dreams We live the dcas past Ger again.
We weep not In our sleep;
Our ears are Tor the day
Which smiles while but weep,
For thou art far away.
flushed be the voices Of the garish day.
Its frets and cares and sorrows swept away;
Forgotten quite the interval q yCars
Since last We met with all their bitter tears
Sleep love. To dream IS best
Our waking is but pain:
In sleep alone rest
And live the past again.
Sleep, my dear love. and be thy dreams Of mel
Waking sleeping. still think Of thee,
But dreams make present time Of all the past;
The night restores thec-would my dreams nigh
lastl
Dream. dear. III the DAY breaks
And earthly shadows flee.
Where morn TO grief ne CT wakes
And bc one with thee.
Neil Macdonald In Harper's Bazaar.
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THEY GOT FRESH AIR.
The Door Remained Open After .
Very FOrcIble Argument

The Door Remained Open After .
Very FOrcIble Argument
An old story is told Of Joseph Robi
doux. the founder Of 81. Joseph. that
had Its origin In Holt county IN the
early settlement Of that section. The
trader who started the city was re-
turning 10 st. Joseph With Il number OF
red men. and they stopped with an ac-
Quaintance of RobidouX's close 10
the house. and RobidouX went IN 10 re-
main overnight as the guest of his
friend
The settler closed the front door aft
er they had retired. and RohidouX, who
WIS used 10 sleeping IN the open air.
went softly TO II and opened IT, The
owner Of Tie house waited until Robi-
doux was in bed again, and the settler
closed It that was repeated dozen
times. The next time that door IS
closed there Will he trouble said the
man who had founded st Joseph He
resumed his couch with that
The owner of the house closed the
ttOOl, tiiFI lNOOtQOlA mt MN ttS nc W KS
returning 10 his bed They clinched
and fought by the light OF the moon
that came in through the window. II
was hard fight aud lasted a long
time, but at last Rob!dOuX had the set
tier on his back and sat aStride of him
He tangled his hands In his hair and
bumped his head against the punchoOn
floor. open or shut? he asked The
settler struggled. but did not say
wOrd. His head was bumped many
times. and the question was repeated.
Finally the settler was exhausted
His head was bumped again. and Ro
bidOuX asked. open or shutY'
open" answered the settler. aud
they went 70 bed with the door stand
ing wide open, admitting the fresh air
Kansas City Journal
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MunIcIDnI OMnerEhin.

Municipal ownership long ago passed
out of the stage of theory and expert
ment, II, In fact 1t ever belonged there
Centuries before America was discov-
cred public ownership Of public utIli-
ties was highly developed The city
Of Rome 1000 years ago possessed Its
splendid public baths. It's superb
aQueducts and other utilities owned
and managed by the government.
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The isxuinuattpu.

One morning the readers Of n certain
newspaper were pcrplcXcd to see in
tus handed down an important dcci
sion yesterday" The afternoon paper
of the town. with which the morning
paper for years had held n bitter con
troversy, interesting none but them
selves, laughed that day. as the poets
say, ''in ghoulish glee." and It was up
to the morning paper the next day to
explain that THE types" made them
say that the Scotus did so and so when
the telegraph editor should have known
that that word was merely the abbre-
Walton Of the telcgrapher for supreme
court of the United States.