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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
Adopts AT LYING.
Pertinacious Untruthfulness II .
Dominant Trait of the South
African Kafnrs.

The kafir makes an interesting
study. You cannot understand him all
at once. 1t requires time, and a good
deal of it. A new arrival thinks the
kafir is a born prevaricator of the
truth, and has his reasons for so think
ing, says the London Mail.
Suppose you catch a boy" commit
ting a misdemeanor. Ask him what
he has been doing, and he will look up
IN your face, picture of innocence,
and reply: 'Ikona, bsas"-plump de-
aial. Tell him you saw him do il,
threaten him with punishment, he Will
still persist in maintaining his inno-
cence He will still plead ignorance
of the misdeed and mutter in astonish-
ment or fear: "Ikona, baas." In fact,
he knows nothing whatever about it.
II the offense be one that cannot be
overlooked you proceed to administer
ceproof-with the foot, If you are not
particular and wish TO be impressive.
What does he do? If he is & raw
boy" and not used to it, he runs of
with terrified look on his face; If he
is used to it he retires precipitately
with a satisfied smile, not necessarily
because he has got the thrashing. but
because he no longer has it to look
forward to.
The only explanation for the sys-
tematic lying of the native in face of
the most convincing proof is that the
native mind is totally unable 10 form
a conception of what we understand
by truthfulness.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
DESERVED HER CRACKER.
This Parrot AwOke Her Master When
Burglars Came, and Saved
the silver.

A Philadelphia writer relates the
story Of a parrot that protected her
owners home from burglars, who had
eneered through one of the front par
lor windows. They crept through the
ballroom past the bird and began
jimmying open the sideboard in the
dining-room, where the silver was kept.
One of the other men gathered up the
costly Turkish rugs on the floors and
another was taking down the curtains
when Polly spoke up.
rs that you, Frank?' she queried
The burglars stopped as if they had
been shot. Polly repeated the question
in a louder and more imperative key.
The noise of the parrot awakened her
master, Mr.. Fister. He grasped a re-
volver, which he had bought only few
days before, and kept under r pill
low, and made for the head of the airs.
He pressed an electric button IN the
wall and lit the lights in the ballroom,
when he saw three men struggling 70
open the front door. He promptly
opened fire, but they succeeded in get
ting away. Mr.. Fister then went down
stairs, where he found the parrot in
her cage under the piano. The cage
was upset, but the bird uninjured. The
owner placed her right side up upon
the piano, when she lifted her fright
ened head from under her wing and
asked:
rs that you, Frank?'
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
WOMEN PRINTERS IN LONDON
Remarkable business Society That
Has No Counterpart in This
Country.

Women are found now and again IN
printing Offices in this country. en-
gagged In typesetting and similar kinds
of work, but II would be hard 10 find q
duplicate Of the Women's Printing So
ciety in London, where the entire es-
tabEshment is owned and managed by
women, and ali the labor. with the ex-
ception Of heavy machine work, is done
by them.
This society has ben carried on for a
number of years as a successful bust
ness. Originally started by subscrip-
ton for the purpose Of training girls
who were anxious 10 earn a livelihood
IN this way, 1t rapidly developed into 6
prosperous concern, but il has not lost
sight of the aim Of helpfulness &c
young women workers with which il
was begun. It is managed on the Co
operative principle. No dividend may
exceed five per cent. per snnun, and
above that the surplus is TO be divided
among the hands BY way OF bonus.
Apprentices aretaken for three years
many of them being girls just out OF
school of about i6 years of age. Some
of the workers become at the same time
shareholders,
About 30 young women - row eDl.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
ALL MET WITH MISFORTUNE.
The Old Superstition Relative to the
Number Thirteen SinEu-
larly Verified.

81 would not sit down to dinner in a
party Of 13," said broker who is cred
tied with plenty of horse sense, "foT
the simple reason that don't intend TO
give coincidence a chance TO play into
the hands Of superstition. Moreover, ]
have had one very disagreeable expert
ence along that hne. In the early
spring Of 1890 / was one Of bachelor
party gotten up TO give the usual send
of to a friend about to commit matri-
mony. There were IS of us in the crowd,
but at the last moment two were called
away. That reduced US TO the fatal
number, which nobody noticed until
we were seated at the table, when a
desperate effort was made 10 scare up
another guest, but no one could be
found. So we laughed the matter OF
and went on with the fun, but there was
a palpabls undercurrent Of depression
and several Of the boys acquired
lachrymose jags-which. next to the
English comic newspapers, are saddest
things in the world.
IF you are not familiar with the
terms will explain that lschrymose
jag is the stage of inebriety at which
a man tells you the story of his life and
weeps on your shoulders at intervals of
six months in the narrative. However,
10 get to the point, two Of the fellows
present died in 1896 and the way the
circumstance demoraIized nearly all
the others was simply amazing. IL
several of them il effected a total
change in disposition. The death of
distant relatives, petty misadventures
in business, occasional attacks of i5ck-
ness and a hundred and one other Incl
dents of everyday life were all charged
up 10 the blight of 13. and finally, about
a year and a half later. became so
tired Of hearing THAT sort of stories
that 1 took the pains TO collect statistics
on another stag party given within a
few weeks of ours. All even dozen had
been present and the net result was:
Two deaths, three business failures,
one lost leg and one lost an eye in
accidents, one embezzler skipped out,
one divorce and two men gone TO the
dogs through drink This was not a
party of boboes, either. but average
chaps about town, and their catalogue
of disaster put an end to further croak-
ing over our 13 supper All the same,
i don't yearn for repetition of the ex-
perience. Life's too shoYt for all worry
not strictly necessary'-N. o. Times
Democrat.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
COST OF FUR RUGS
SEINE That Are Very Expensive and
Extremely Dimcult to
Obtain.

Fur rugs are expensive luxuries. The
orders for perfect lion skins are some
times very hard to i'll, but the very
highest of prices are paid for these
rugs with the beautiful heads attached.
An order for q fine Lichtenstein Har-
tehssti, or African deer head, may take
year to FL. Special prices are charged
on such an order, as the remainder Of
the animal is rendered useless even for
museum collections, and $3.50 to $500 is
not an unusual price.
Rug skins without the heads do not
bring one-quarter the price Of those
with the heads attached. The most per-
feet lion skin, having a rich colcr, hand
some names, all the claws, mounted,
with the full whiskered head attached,
brings as high as s., 900, and no fine ones
are TO be had for less than 81, 900. Near
~ all Of them have some imperfections,
because the superstitious natives usual
1y cut of the heads, or the whiskers,
ears, and sometimes the claws, before
they sell them to traders, having a su-
perstition that if these go out Of the
country in whic- they live the entire
species viii become extinct.
The favorite head rugs next to the
Hons are the tigers, the white and Gin
namon bears, Russian grizzly, leopard,
iaRuar. wildcat, lynx, fox, ocelot and
panther, costing from $3.50 upward.
Buffalo skins have become scarce at
$3.50 apiece, while the beautiful heads
alone now bring as high as S1,o0o.-N.
Y. World.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
PENALTIES IN KIMBERLEY.
Imposed Upon Thieves and Other
Criminals Who Violate
the Laws.

Kimberley proper is built around e
hole big enough 10 hold the entire white
population of South Africa. This is the
excavation above the Kimberley mine,
made when diamonds were mined from
the surface. Nowadays shafts are sunk
and levels formed, whence the blue
ground is blasted out and hauled TO
the surface in elevators. The diamond
is different from other precious stones
in that it is found in soft clay, while
the amethyst, ruby and emerald are i'm
bedded in quartz. This makes the ola-
mond easy to conceal in the mouth, nose
and by swallowing, and every year the
De Beers company gets from the work
men s., 100000 worth of stolen goods.
The inclination to pilfer these precious
stones is so intense that the crime is
severely punished. In South Africa the
first commandment is: Thou shalt
not steal diamonds" What rape is to
Georgia is 1. ID. B. Gllicit diamond
brigand) to South Africa. For murder
a man may get ten years; for having
diamond found on his person that is not
registered, 20 years. AT Cape Town is
a great convict station called the
"Breakwater," where sons of prominent
American families and English aristo-
Gratis join in lockstep with Lascars and
Kafirs. They have all violated the
first commandment. In Kimberley
LOCO negro convicts sort the diamonds
under the muzzle of martini rifles. They
are kept in a separate place. The other
black boys live in a five-acre inclosure
known as the Compound"
The De Beers company controls the
diamond market of the world. Of the
five mines, Kimberley, De Beers, Du
Torts, Pan, Bullfontein and Premier,
the first two are situated in Kimberley
and are the only ones worked now. The
diamonds produced In other parts of
the wol Id would not supply the city Of
Philadelphia. The value Of the South
African product thus far has been $780,
900, 900. The supply seems inexhaust-
ible.
Two other localities are rich in dia-
monds-Joegersfon and Koffyfon-
tein-both in Orange Free State. At
the former the famous Joegersfontein
Excelsior, weighing 900 carats, was
found in May, 1898, and the output Of
that field last January was 5,1s9 carats,
valued at. S15O.Oo0. The corresponding
output at Koffyfontein was $1,000
worth. The proportion of diamonds to
earth extracted is greater at Joegers-
fontein than at Kimberley.-Allen San
gree, in Ainslee's.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
LIFEBoAr SERVICE.
Some Particulars which show That
the Season of 1900 Was NOta
Very Hard One.

The year 1899, like it's predecessors,
was an unusually fine one, months
passing without any bad weather from
q lifetoat point of view. The few
gales and storms, however, which &C.
CURED at intervals provided the lie
boats aud their crews with a consider
able amount of work. What may be
considered as the heaviest gales of
the year occurred on the 18th of jan
Uary, the 30th of September and the
1st TO ed of November. During the
first of these gales IL of the institu-
tons boats were launched on ssrv-
Ice, resulting in the saving Of 30 lives
and three vessels, in addition TO which
three persons were landed from dis
tressed vessels, and several fishing
boats were assisted. While the Sep
tember gale was raging, 15 lifeboatS
side which valuable assistance was
rendered to three vessels and to fish
ing boats. Some of the lifeboat men
reported that during these two gales
the wind and sea were the heaviest
they had ever experienced.
During the third gale there were 1e
launches and two assemblies of crew.,
IS persons being saved and nine landed
from perilous positions. The long list
Of gallant services by the lifeboats of
the institution resulted in the rescue
Ct <94 lives, besides much valuable
property, 10 vessels having been saved
from total or partial loss. IN addi-
ton, the Hfeboats landed 63 persons,
some CT whom had taken refuge on
light vessels, and others coming ashore
as a precautionary measure, their YES
sels being in danger in stormy
weather.
Great assistance was also given in
very many cases to fishing boats re-
turning from the fleets or fishing
grounds, but unable to make q har-
Dor without help from 3 Hfeboat, ow-
ing to the badness Of the weather.
During the year the Hfeboats were
launched 333 times on service, besides
which the crews were assembled on
81 other occasions, when IL was
thought that their services might
probably be required. Rewards were
also granted by the institution for the
Gaving of 1os lives by shore boats or
other means during the year, bringing
up the total number Of Eves for the
saving of which the society granted
rewards in 1899 TO 6o2, and to 41,s3s
since 1924. The cost Of maintaining
the institutions fleets of 2so lifeboat.
in thorough efficiency is increasingly
heavy, and the amount received in an.
nual subscriptions and accruing from
assured income is insufficient for the
purpose. Further financial help ID
therefore much needed by the institu,
tion.-Glssgow Mail
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
PITH AND POINT.

He who judges another writes his
own sentence.-Ram's Horn.
It's the milkmaid who is frightened
when the COW turns pail--Golden
Days.
Congressional Deference.@''Pa, what
is parliamentary courtesy?" ''Why, It
Ia laying bills on the table which
ought TO be thrown under the table" E"
Indianapolis Journal.
Too Risky.-Caller-'T want the big
gest fire policy you'll write" Agent
Whist is your business?" Caller
City employe." Agent-"Too great q
risk-you're likely TO be fred at any
time."-Baltimore American.
''whaS a peculiar exercise the new
recruits are going through. I mean
that up-snd-down motion with the
arms. What is it7' That's the pump
exercise. It's for use on leaky trans
rts"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
you do not love me any more" she
cried, as he strolled in At three q. m
"But do" he protested. Then, why
dc you not tell me the old lie about
being detained on business7" she de-
nsnded.-Philadelphia North Amer
icsn.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
EOENS' MARVELLOUS PROFANITY.
Includes All the Latest and Host ap-
proved "Cuss Words"

In the evidence given during The
investigation OF the case of VIM.
Edens, from Fsirland, yesterday
before Judge DonCarlos on the
charge )f assault with intent to kill a.,
it was discovered that Eden is per-
haps the most accomplished and
artistic swearer In that section of
the country. IL fact Edens' "cus-
sing" vas the feature of the fiasco
with the board of health at Fair
land two weeks ago, when the
former refused to accept quarran-
tine and declined to be vaeclnated.
The evidence showed that Eden
swOre with all the latest and most
approved variations. His profan-
i:y swrp. the whole ground from
base To crest, from the low growl
of the ercuching, waiting tiger in
the ju gle, to the high-keyed
whine f the setter pup. At first
the n,uriated man appeared in
the doorway with common Win
chester. nOthi g unusual or re-
markable abou' him, but as he
swOre The air ,urned blue, and
the msn grew into the statue of a
giant, and the Winchester assumed
the proportions If a Krupp gun.
The doctor and the Indian police
man stood appalled, while Eden's
profanity flowed on, and as be
reckle, sly monkryed with the trig.
ger OF the gun Suddenly he
reached out, tore the little yellow
flag, planted by the officers, from
its mo rings on the gate post. and
the doctor and the policeman LETT
him So caring
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
Such Bargains You Will Not Again Get!..
Shoes.

Every store has shoes to sell, but
hardly any want to sell such values at
so low a price as the Jumbo Store.
CT IN Remember what we say,
on earth for $3.50.
GO m We show this week line
QE.UU of ladies fine shoes that
you cannot find in this market for less
than S250 and 800.
Or Buys ladies kid shoe that 9TH
OUC ers ask you $1.25 and 15O for.
OQo Buys mans heavy pillow shoe !;
OOC YOU can't buy its equal for 1.25.
Go 00 We show many styles of
QZ,OO mems shoes for 50 that you
will recognize others ask $3.50 to 800.
60o For Jumbo Overalls; you pay
OOC 75c for one not so good.
10c Buys good suspender you or
W dinarily pay 25c for.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01

Tire leaders of the Cherokee ma
tion have az lsst gotten into the
path of thought aud action that
will ultimately lead to final, and
satisfactory settlement of their in
dividual property rights. Ten
years ago The Cbieftain pleaded
with TIE Cherokee people TO &C,
cept allotment of land aud avoid
the p tudora's S1x of evils that
even then prophesied themselves,
and that have since burst in fury
upon the tribe. Now the rank and
fi!e of intelligent Cherokees are
willing and anxious to accept al
lotmer'; not from choice perhaps,
but a. The only salvation for prop
erly lights. Il is now fully under
stood hat only a small amount OF
land to he head will fall to the
CherOk-es. perhaps not over 12O
acres, and the earlier they get it
with an absolute title the better.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01

"Why, what's the matter, Nellie?''
asked her maiden aunt.
"Oh, auntie," replied the bride Of
q month. ''it's too provoking for any
thing. Tom treats me just as if were
g child"
swell, don't mind a little thing like
that, my dear" said the old lady;
"when you get 10 be my age you VII
remember It with pleasure.@N J
World.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
WAGNER COURT.
List of Jurors and the Docket
For This Term.

n6 m dICu tcIlD VI NiiC w dS'hNl
federal cour: will begin next Mon
day with Judge Gill presiding.
Included in the criminal docket to
be disposed OF at this term OF
court are 3 murder cases, 2 assault
to kill cases, 2 rape, 20 larceny, l
robbery, forgery, adultry, and
26 liquor cases, besides % or 80
other cases of various kinds. The
civil docket is quite voluminuOus
and if it is all disposed Of this
term it will probably consume the
entire month.
The list of grand and petit jur-
ors and alternates drawn for this
term as follows:
Grand jury-John Linder, Tah-
lequah; J. NJ Riley, Pryor Creek;
Wm. Alston, Wagner; d B.
Beard, Pryor Greek; Blue w.
Starr, Claremore; NJ L. Coker,
Wagner; A. G Sloan, Chouleau;
John CaviIier, Locust Grove; Still
jackson. Hanson; l.. n. Rem dick, e,
Pryor Greek; J. NJ Riley, Null
drow; 7. J Way, Choska; L R.
Nash. Fort Gibson; Tom P Wolf,
Tahlequah; Nolan Williams, Wag-
oner; c. C. Mckinney, Wagner.
Alternaies-Al Colt, Nowata;
John Cruichfeld, Inola; J. T.
Robertson, Wagner; John Lowry
Braggs; Tom Roach, Tahlsquah;
John c Wasson, Wagner; Jona-
than Montgomery, Gibson S alton;
w. T. Wintord, Clarksvllle; John
Davis, Claremore
Petit jury-Lee Copple, Wagon
er; VIM. Campbell. Claremore;J J
A. Quinn, Choutesu; w. L Pen
nell, Wagner; Benz. Pennington,
Chelsea; NJ. Warham. Pryor Greek;
A T.. Cobb, Wagner; Frank
Smith. Fort Gibson; L. B. Tubbs,
Wagner; Joe Lindsey, Chouteau;
N. H. Dial, Pryor Creek; 7 B.
Murry, Clarksville:J W Walker,
Wagoner; James Holloway, Wag
oner; w. l. Wilder, Chouieau;
Henry C. Ross. Locust Grove;
Chas. Phillip, ChOuteau; Ellis
Raltlingourd, Melvin; E l.. But
Ter, Wagner; James Wafford, Ca
toosa; Emmett Cleland, Wagner;
Jack Walker, Fort Gibson; S. C.
Ward, Wagner; F J. Sullivan,
Pryor Greek.
Alternates-Tom Cochran, Gar
field; J A. Walters, Wagner;
VIM. P. Bremen, Fort Gibson; A.
L. hawthorne, Gibson Station;
Jonn Wilkerson, Tahlequah; VIM.
Markham, Wagner; John NJ.
Posey, Wagner; j. B. Glenn,
Wagner; J NJ Dugger, Wagner;
J. R. Poindex,er. Wagner; Frank
Ross, Chouteau: Chas. Comstock,
Wagner.
TIE CRIMINAL DOCKET
March, 5, 1900.
w W Hadley, larceny.
Ch as and Henry Hill, larceny.
Hess Bussey, assault 10 kill.
Rufus Taylor, disp liquor.
William Johnson, disp liquor
BIB Mayo, Will Mitchell and Lew
Banks, gaming at cards.
P 6 Scott, setting up and exhibit
ing gambling devices, etc.
]. Hmes Hagarty, larceny.
Ed Hall and John B Leneman,
f,prcibly taking real estate.
Joh.1 NJ Cain, selling liquor.
Oscar d James, selling liquor.
March 6 1900.
Walter Tower, larceny.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01

Gen raj Cronge, the "hon Of
Soulh Africa. surrendered yester-
day with 5000 Boer soldiers The
result has been evident for a week
as Gen. Rubrrt's command has
been steadily closing in on the be-
leagur ID Boer general. This is
the frat British victory of impOr-
tance.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
ROCK CREEK NOTES.

Farmers are getting ready to sow
oats.
Remember Rev. StinstOn preach for
US the second Sunday.
Sam Hunt has a married daughter
from Missouri visiting him.
Come out next Sunday and let US
organize and have a Sunday school.
Rev. John Kelly closed a very sue
cessful meeting last Sunday night.
W. A. Miles had a public sale last
Saturday. This week he is going to
the new railroad to work.
Died at the home OF his father iu-
law, Mr.. Brown, last Monday at , p
m =, Mr.. Jim Lane. Mr.. Lane moved
here some two months ago from Mis-
souri,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01

1t is stat d by the Tahlequah h
Sentinel that the Kee-too. yah or
ganizsuon of fullbloods made up
money by private contributions to
send a delegation to Washington,
that one of their Dumber who car
ried the cash, on reaching st.
Louis claimed TO have been robbed
but had enough money left to send
his two compa0ions back home and
the pr sumption is he went OH to
Washington city alone. Now the
man that robbed this Indian ought
t. be hunted down and the Chief
shoul offer a liberal reward for
his apprehension CD.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01

The old maids and bachelors of
Durant held a meeting one night
to explain why they were never
married. Possibly this mutual
explanation may remove the obsta-
Gle in some cases.-Purcell Regis
ter.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
THE.:JUWBO.: STORE.
SuaIdIu9,s Prize Cattle.

Monday Mr.. H. B. SSpaulding
shipped TO Chicago sixteen cars, OF
fat cattle. They were fed all win
ter on cotton seed meal and corn.
When they were brought to Mus
kogee for shipment they were pro-
nounced the finest lot of cattle ever
shipped from the territory, and
Mr.. Spau!ding is content they
will be prize cattle on Chicsgo's
market as well as bringing a good
price.-Checotah Enquire.
Jas S. Davenport was down
from Vinita Monday. We OBJ
served him on the street pounding
rock, probably getting his muscles
In shape for the South McAlester
meeting.-ClaremOre Progress.
Jim was here and his muscles
were in fine order. He was one OF
the secretaries put whenever the
debate got particularly warm he
would desert the secretary's table
and make for the body of the house
when he at once plunged into the
thickest OF the oratorical tray. He
was one of the most useful and &C.
tive delegates at the convention
South McAlester Capital.