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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-05-15
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This is he main travelled road
Missouri river to the northwest.
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Joseph to Nebraska, Denver, Col.
Utah, Pacific coast and the north
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west-Montans, Washington, Ore
gon. via Lincoln and Billings.
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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-05-15

The senate has passed the Okla
homa free homes bill. AS the
house has already passed the
measure it now awaits only the
presidents signature to become
law. The bill provides for free
homesteads on public lands for
bona fide settlers, and provides
that the government shall remun-
crate Indian tribes for moneydue
them on lands patented to settlers
and pay any deficiency to agri-
cultural college if the annual sales
Of public lands shall prove insult
6cient to meet the payments.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-05-15

Maude-E think ought to tell you,
Clara, that met your tiance in the
hall last night and he kissed me. Of
course the han was not very well
lighted
Clara Gnterrupting) Yes, he told
me all about it. He said the hall was
dark as pitch or he would have never
made snch fool of himself, -Chica-
60 Evening News.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-05-15

There are great many asking
the cause of the order from the
secretary of the interior stopping
the Dawes commission from taking
the Cherokee census at this time.
Perhaps the most PLAUSIBLE res-
son is that the Cherokee agreement
now pending and very likely to
pass congress provides for the
making of roll of the Cherokees
as of April 1, 1900, whereas The
Curtis bill, under which the COM
mission would have to act were
they to make the roll at the pres
sent time, provides for altogether
different arrangements as TO the
dates. II seems TO be the policy
ofthe interior department TO make
the work final if it can be done.
and when the treaty il ratified the
work can proceed. On the other
hand, II the treaty should fail OF
ratification, either in Washington
Or here at home. then the Dawes
can proceed under
lhe Curtis act.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-05-15
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The United States supreme court
yesterday handed down decision
holding that the inheritance tax is
constitutional, but that it applies
only to legacies and not to estates
as whole.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-05-15

Oklahoma and the Indian Terri
tory will build more miles of rail
road in 1900 than any state in the
union. Oklahoma has 450 miles
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The supreme court Of the Uuited
States adjourned yesterday for
week without rendering a decision
in the Kentuckey governorship
case
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13
She'd Had Enough.

There was a colored baptizing at
Sandy Bottom, Billville. The last con-
vert to go under the water was an old
colored woman, who all the while had
been seated In rickety buggy drawn
by an ancient mule who had been
through the civil war.
She came up out of the water all
right, but after proceeding a short dis
lance on her way home the mule be-
came unmanageable and upset the bug
gy In the middle of deep creek.
The old woman, with drenched gar
ments, chung to foot log" just as the
parson who had recently baptized her
rode up.
He heard her swearing at the refrac-
tory mule in vigorous terms; then, TAX
ing her in his own buggy and driving
to dry land, he said:
"Sister Ca'line, you heZ done los all
de salvation what come ter you by de
fust baptism; so you must stop right
heah en- be baptized over ergin."
mo, suh!' was the reply. II amt
gwlne In dat water no mo-! Didn't dat
ole mule baptlze me de secon' timer
Atlanta Constitution.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13
Good Samaritan CIubwomen.

The women's organizations Of this
city which meet at regular intervals
indoors all winter for the discussion Of
literary and other topics are now all
engaged In various charities which
seek to lessen the discomfort of the
poor who are forced to remain during
the sultry weather In crowded, i'll ven
tilated tenements. There is scarcely
pier along the water front where ev-
cry morning some good Samaritans
from societies which are occupied at
other work the rest of the year may
not be found in the center of contin-
gents Of small folk recruited from ey-
cry foreign quarter and wherever there
are poverty and sickness. The pleasure
which these little ones evince at the
mere contemplation of the outing, at
the trip on the water or into the woods
and fields, where a substantial meal
and lunches are always provided, is an
ample return for the time and labor
spent.
Outdoor philanthropical work of some
kind during tie months when the clubs
are quiescent has become an establish
ed feature of the various literary and
other organizations of women in the
city, and Individual members possess
ing country homes and seaside resi-
dences make generous use of them
to add to the pleasures Of the children
of the city. In addition. many sum
mer homes are maintained by these or
CARNATIONS. The various public pri-
vate and religious agencies, supple
mented by the efforts of the women's
organizations, so numerous and infu-
entail, reach many unfortunate tene-
ment dwellers.-New York Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13

A novel idea evolved by woman is
place where from noon till $50
o'clock hot and cold lunCheons of Su-
perlative daintiness are served to all
who like good things and are willing
to pay for them. The country season
opens earlier each year. and most wo-
men make frequent trips TO town dur
ing the months which intervene be-
tween the opening of the country house
and the coming of the weather which
BILE. May and June are the luncheon
places busiest months. and two-thirds
OF the women who daily sip and MUNICH
In the cool white and green rooms are
already brown and rosy from much
golf and riding on the links and roads
OF Long Island. Staten Island, Jersey
or Westchester.
Man is not barred out of this oasis
In a wilderness Of big hotels and bad
restaurants. Half dozen clubs have
quarters near this tidhit shop, and Il
has become a habit among the club
men who lunch at their clubs 10 drop
into the little "tuckshop" for their
after luncheon coffee. The men call
the shop the matinee maids restau-
rant, but much more substantial fare
than ice cream and chocolates is served
In the white and gold dishes and soap
bubble CUPS
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13
The senate,r Hole In the Wall.

When the nineteenth century was as
yet only half grown, senator's applied
customarily for their toddles at the so
called Hole In the Wall, a small circu-
lar room Just off the postoffice of the up
per house. The latter body, as will be
remembered, then occupied what is
now the chamber Of the supreme court,
and the postoffice was across the main
corridor of the building on the same
floor. When a wearer of the toga
found himself in need of 'shifter," he
had only to cross over to the mails
department and pass through 1t to
the little circular room aforesaid,
which was about the size of a pantry.
The Hole In the Wall was the first
senate restaurant, and the bill of fare
for edibles was short, though to the
point There were ham, guaranteed to
have been smoked for six months, a
veritable sublimation of the pork prod
uct; likewise corned beef and bread
and cheese, but very little else. They
served, however, as an accompaniment
for the fluids, and when the Hole was
crowded, as was often the case, SEN
ators ate their sandwiches outside, in
the misunderstanding Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13
He OheYRd.

Murat Halstead, the great journalist
of wartimes, went to General William
T. Shermans headquarters once for
the --latest news from the front" Hal
stead was armed with many fine in
troductory letters, but decided to rely
mainly on one given him by Thomas
Ewing, Sherman's brotherln-law. He
found the general and presented
Ewings letter. The general opened
1t somewhat impatiently, read few
lines, folded 1t and said:
"Ah, you come from Ewing, and you
desire to have all the latest news,
the next probable move of our army,
Ell? Well. there's train leaving this
town for Cincinnati at 2 o'clock.
Here, take this ticket, and step over
there and get your dinner. and then
get on that train"
"Well, but, General Sherman be-
gan the newspaper man. But Sherman
waved him off.
go over and get good dinner; we
have plenty and always strive to treat
our friends well. But be sure you
don't miss that 2 o'clock train" And
Halstead wisely obeyed.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13

The proprietor of first class local
restaurant the other evening gave II
couple of customers some advice with
regard to the selection of muskmelons
The average housekeeper WILL in all
probability. bear testimony that 1t Is
very hard to secure sound, ripe musk
melons, and in the absence of any
testing rule the purchase must be made
on chance The muskmelons served in
this particular restaurant on the occa-
sion referred to were just in the right
degree of ripeness, and the proprietor
was asked how he came to be SO for.
tuuate In his selections
"Oh. that's easy enough" he said. 81
buy all the muskmelons we use my
self. and | test them before purchas-
ing. | do not on an average lose three
melons In n season."
whats the testY' was the next
question.
Dig your finger nail in the stem end
of the melon aud then smell the finger.
If you can detect the peculiar melon
odor. the fruit Is ripe, and you are safe
In buying 1t. | have been in this bust
ness many years. and | have seldom
known this test to fall"
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13

Three men appeared before a judge
In Honan, China, and each laid claim
to the same woman as his wife. Not
enc of them would retire in favor of
the other two, but each insisted that
justice should be done to him. Finally
the judge exclaimed, well, if you
three men cannot come to some agree
ment nothing remains for me but to
order that the woman shall be killed,
as there is no other way in which the
matter can be satisfactorily settled"
He then called for large cup of wine,
and when it was brought he poured in
to it some dark powder and compelled
the woman to drink 1t. Excited as she
was, the woman speedily began to feel
the effect of the strong liquor. She
stammered when she tried to speak,
and her flushed cheeks were an indica-
ton to the observers. that the poison
was working and that her end was
near at hand.
This was the climax for which the
Judge had waited. When he saw that
the woman was apparently dying he
called one of the three men who claim
ed her as wife and babe him remove
her from the courtroom. This man.
however, showed no inclination to do
SO. and the judge thereupon insisted
that he renounce all rights to her. This
he willingly did and so did the second
man Only one claimant was now left,
and he agreed to remove the woman
and to care for her until she died. Sat
isfied that he was her real husband.
the judge called him and said; You
will not be sorry for acting In this
manner. Have no fear for your wife,
since she is in no danger of death. The
liquor which she has drunk was ordi-
nary wine, and the powder which
poured into it was nothing but brown
sugar"
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13

The main duties of a wife, according
to a traveller in central Africa, are the
cultivation and preparation of the food
of her husband and children. She has
to do all the hoeing required. and this
generally occupies the whole of the
morning. ON her return she has TO
wash and pound the chimanga seeds
into ufa. which is the staple diet, and
pay attention to the brewing of pombe
native beer. When the ufa is cooked,
so little does her lord and master ap-
preciate all this work, so little does he
even care for her. that she may not
share his meal. but wait patiently for
what he may leave, or, if he has not
left enough wait till he has finished
eating before she may cook some for
herself. Such thing as women and
girls eating out of the same pot as the
men and boys Is never known.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13

In Russia everything Is large and
everything Is loud. Moscow Is like an
immense village. and everything in it
is built broad. not high, because there
Is so much space to cover. The public
squares, unpayed and surrounded by
little rim of cobbles, are as big as
meadows The arcades and passages.
with their cellars below, their shops
above, their glass roofs, are SO enor-
nous that they could hold the Passage
des Panoramas and the Burlington
Arcade and the galleries at Milan with
out filling more than a corner of them.
Colors Shrek and flame, the Mus
covite eyes sees only by emphasis and
by contrast red is completed either by
another red or by bright blue. There
are no shades. no reticences, no mod
ulations. The restaurants are filed
with the din of vast mechanical or
gans, with drums and cymbals; great
bell clashes against chain on all the
trans to clear the road; the music
which one hears is a ferocity of brass.
The masons who build the houses
build In top boots, red shirts and pink
trousers; the houses are painted red
or green or blue; the churches are like
the temples of savage idols, tortured
into every unnatural shape and colored
with glaring color. Bare feet, osier
sandals and legs swathed in rags pass
to and fro among the top boots of the
middle classes, the patent leather boots
Of the upper classes, like the inner
savagery of a race still so near barbar-
ism, made evident in that survival of
the footgear of primitive races.-Satur-
day Review
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13

There is one decided advantage which
the burnt straw lat shares with
the black hat YOU can wear IT with d
costume of any color or with one Of
black or white. It is Il stylish affair.
and, although called burnt straw
it means straw color burnt" or dark
ened, just as you speak Of burnt
orange" or burnt biscuit" color In
London burnt straw trimmed with
black is admitted into the short list Of
what is permitted to be worn as half
mourning. Girls get so tired Of black
and white and mauye. They rejoice in
burnt straw"
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13
BankIupts Petition for Discharge.

In the matter OF CHARLES j. MOORE, Bank
rupt, in bankruptcy.
To the Hon. Nathan Webb. Judge Of the Dis
trict Court OF the United states for the District
of Maine.
CHARLES j. MOORE, of Pittsfield, in the
County of Somerset. and State of Maine in said
District, respectfully represents. that the l4th
day of July, last past. he was duly adiudged
bankrupt under the Acts of Congress relating 10
Bankruptcy: that he has duly surrendered all
his properly and rights of property and has
fully complied with all the requirements of said
Acts and of the orders of Court. touching his
bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may be decreed by
the Court 10 have full discharge from all debts
provahle against his estate under said bank
rupt Acts except such debts as are excepted by
Law from such discharge
Dated this 3Oth day Of August, A. d. 1870.
CHARLES j. MOORE, Bankrupt
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13
A Famous Pearl,

The beautiful pearl known as 1he
Great Southern Cross was found In
Western Australia In the year 1884. 1t
consists of nine pearls Joined together
In the form of cross. In which shape
1t was found by man named Clarke.
1t is said that the finder and the first
purchaser of 1t buried 1t for some time,
superstitiously regarding 1t as heav-
emily miracle. 1t was, however, ulti-
mately taken up from its burial place
and sold for 81 900. since which time II
has frequently changed hands and Is
now valued at $4,000. AT the Colonial
and Indian exhibition In England 1t at
tracted good deal of notice and is
probably the only natural cross ever
found.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13
Smart Alex.

A man being About to die summoned
his four Sons to his side and said:
my sons, | will leave to John one
third of my estate, to Alex one-fifth,
to James one-half and to Thomas one
fourth, and thus you will all Share
Equally"
John and James and Thomas took
Paper and Pencil and began figuring,
but Alex took his Hat and started out
where are you golng?" the other
Three asked. do you not Intend fig
uring out the ProblemT
mot much" said Alex. 81 am Going
for a Lawyer to break the WILL"
Moral-Sometimes the Lawyer can
Relieve the Heirs of Much of the Fig
uring.-B8ltimore American.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13

point and possessing number f
mingling fayors suggestive Of an
oriental sherbet In making orange.
ade 1t must be remembered that The
rind is a very important factor. Shave
of the peel II six oranges and two
lemons Into a quart Of water. add two
pounds Of sugar and infuse on the
batk " a range for ten minutes. Mean
time squeeze the Juice Of the lemons
and oranges Into quart Of cold water
add the strip aud beat the two thor.
oughly together. Add a cup Of the
pulp Of pineapple and one Of red
banana. and set the mixture on ice to
become chilled. Serve In thin glasses
with crushed ice.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13
PRINCESS BRANCACCIO.

John NJ. Broadhurst, who owned large
sections of land between One Hundred
and Forty-eighth and One Hundred
and Fifty-frst streets and the North
river.
The legacy amounted to $500. 900, but
us she had borrowed $4,000 from her
mother to build II palace for the prince
in Rome, there was IL court action, and
she took only 100000 with her when
she returned to Italy.
At that time she was accompanied
by her son, the Due de Brancaccio.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13
Mrs. Brown Potter's handkerchief

MRS. Brown POtter's handkerchief.
Mrs. Brown potters house in London
is full of beautiful things, but not over
crowded. and is kept from the roof to
the wine cellar in spotless perfection.
Although she eats but little herself
and milk Is her .favorite drink, she Is
an excellent caterer. and her well or
dered board is always ready for guests.
She spends very little time over her
housekeeping. but all is so we'll organ
lied that little sutfices. 1t Is the same
with her large and rather elaborate
garden. When the gardeners have set
out the flowers she is so fond of, she
likes to take her garden implements
and to work over the beds for hours.
changing the flowers about to suit her
fancy.
At present Mrs Potter is building a
country house at Maidenhead and has
the work under her own supervision.
With ceaseless activity she has gone
about and chosen everything about the
house holdings, mantels, doors,
friezes, kitchen fittings and all the rest.
However, she thinks nothing of these
things What she really fancies is a
new pocket handkerchief Of her own
invention. The idea is to have some
thing small enough to tuck into the
wrist Of the new tight fitting sleeves.
Hers are of finest linen lawn, five
inches square, edged with 4 tiny lace
edging, and have Cora" embroidered
In one corner. She ordered several
dozen of these, and so many friends
have taken up the idea that she seems
to have set n fashion.-Alainly About
People.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13

In the New Hebrides human life has
been made safe by the introduction of
pigs into the island. The cannibals are
said to prefer roast pork to roast man,
and as the porcine tribe increases
among the natives they may give up
their feasts on human flesh altogether
excepting when something unusual
happens, such as entertaining king Of
some other cannibal island or on state
occasions of rare ceremony.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13
]. 0. SMITH & Co., SkOwhegar.
STATE OF MAINE.
TREAsURER's OFFICE,


Augusta, Aug. 2e, 1900.
Pursuant to chap. 6, sec. %. of the Revised
Statutes, will at the State Treasurers Office
al Augusta, on the twenty-eighth day OF Sep
TENDER next, at II o'clock a. m, sell and convey
by deed TO the highest bidder. all the interest
of the State in the tracts of land hereinafter
described, lying in unincorporated townships,
said tracts having been forfeited to the State
for state taxes, and county taxes certified to
the Treasurer OF State for the year 1888 The
sale and conveyance of each tract wi Il be made
subject to right in the owner or part owner
whose rights have been forfeited, to redeem
the same at any time within one year after the
sale. by paying or rendering TO the purchaser
his proportion OF what the purchaser paid
therefor at the sale with interest at the rate of
twenty per cent per snnum from the time Of
sale, and one dollar for release, or such owner
may redeem his interest by paying as aforesaid
to the Treasurer OF State. as provide in chap.
6. sec. IS of the Revised Statutes.
No tract, however. will be sold at price less
than the full amount due thereon for such
unpaid State and county taxes interest and
cost, as described in the following schedule:
The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-13

Clergyman-Pat. there's a hole in the
roof of the church. and l am trying TO
collect money sufficient to repair il.
Come, now, what will you contribute?
Pat-Me services, sor.
Chrgyman-What do you mean, Patf
You are no carpenter
Pat-No. but II 1t rains next Sunday.
ORR sit over the hole.-Pearson's