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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-04

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Bob O'Shea was here yesterday.
Gray will buy chickens and eggs.
The purest, freshest drugs at Fore
mans.
ID. VI. Webb went to. Muskogee this
morning.
Sam Crockett visited at Buejacket
yesterday.
II. G. Miller returned from Seneca
yesterday
Fine soaps and perfumes Peoples
drug store.
Mr.. c. B. Reeves. of Adalr was in
town today.
Watch repairing guaranteed at
foremans.
Fresh vegetables and fruits vinita
meat store.
o. W. Meacham left today for
Henryctta.
W. c. Wright will return to Henry
eta tomorrow.
Howard Langley and Perry Brock
are here from Adair.
No other place like ours for drugs
Peoples drug store.
Attorney G. II. Sawyer went to
Muskogee today.
Misses Pearl and Jem Drew return-
ed from Oolagah Sunday.
4. W. Strout lost nice young COW
With bIackleg yesterday
The score az Webb City yesterday
stood; Webb City 80, Vinita 3.
John Davis OF near Claremore was
visiting friends In this city today.
The very best OF everything in the
drug line at the Peoples drug store.
4 The Cobb horse was beaten Ia the ;
race At Welch Saturday afternoon.
For Sale--J G. Gray has 500 head Of I
? year-old Texas steers for sale. 2w
Bert Metcalf, Of Barse Live Stock |
Com. Co.. ST. Louis, was in town to-
day
Dr. Bell will occupy the Charkworth Y
residence in the northwest part Of 3
town. I
Mrs II. A. Paul arrived from Bris- c
low and will visit IN Vinlta d few
days. n
Mrs @. L. Harnage OF Talala is Wis a
itIng her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Il
Hunt. c
Jim Wheel came up from Pryor. Y
Creek Yesterday aud spent Sunday at :
hone
CnierT NJ. burlington left on the &
! oc'leck train this morning for Tah- /
lequall. i
Rev. }. II. Myers arrived from Po- y
teau to-day aud is visiting w. L. =
Chapman.
T. N Black went hack to Orenogo,
No, Saturday. He will move his fam :, :,
ly TO Vinlta. !
Laudnrd J. II. Arter of the Cobp n
hotel returned frvm his Neosho river 4
arm yesterday. r
Red Cross ball blue makes clothes el
shiter Than snow Large OF. pack n
lgc only cents. "
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-04
Frisco Iiomeseeker's Excursion

Homeseekers tickets on sale May 1
and IS, June and l9. For further
informationc call on or address nearest
agent. BRYAN SNYDER, G. P. A.
b. Il. DUNN, d. p. ST, Louis,
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-04

From now until July l The In
dian Chieftain and the Kansas
City journal will be sent to any
address whole year for $1.1o.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The first Indian regiment to dor
Khaki became known as the dust
men,"
The great wealth that lies in the
quarries of Sweden is at last being de-
veloped.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-04
Probabilities.

Generally cloudy tonight and to-
morrow.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29
A Premium on Decrease

1t was to be supposed that all the
good stories about Cecil Rhodes had
been told long ago, but here is a new
one. He once started q cemetery at
Kimberley and took a great deal Of
pains to make it perfect, chose the site
carefully, had it deliberately planted
with trees, and did everything possible
to make 1t q brilliant success. After
1t was completed he went away from
Kimberley for some time, and when he
returned after the declaration Of war
he went with his manager to look at
his cemetery and found it-empty.
s"This won't do.' exclaimed Rhodes,
whats the meaning Of this? Why
is it empty?' His manager said he
fancied it was because the women had
an idea that, being a new place, it
would be a little solitary.
ooh, but / can't have that; I'll offer
them a premium for the first man
buried here" said Rhodes, a little
piqued at the bare idea of a scheme
pf his yerging on failure, and deter
mined, at any cost, to bring about q
success.
He began by offering a bonus to
widows who would bring their hus-
bands to be buried in his cemetery,
but Of no avail. Eventually one poor
woman allowed her husband to be
buried there. He was inferred with
great pomp and state, and a handsome
marble stone was erected over his
grave. But even then the scheme hung
fire. The inhabitants passing the gates
of the beautiful cemetery would look
through the ratings aud see the one
gentleman lying there in solitary state
and 60 away shaking their heads and
thinking how lonely he mast be.
Rhodes got so exasperated that he
increased the bonus until it was a big
sum. Then the Inhabitants gradually
began to weaken. one after the other
bringing the dead to the lonely Gene
terry. And the thing grew, slowly but
gradually, until it developed into a
great success. Now the cemetery is
filing up in healthy way.-New York
Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29
Night Life Active ia Mlndaaao.

Surgeon MeKenna, who has passed
the last six months on the Island Of
Mindanao. does not hesitate to main
tain that the number OF quadrupeds
and insects enjoying existence In the
moon light Of the tropics exceeds that
Of their daylight rivals; SO much go,
indeed, that whole species and groups
Of species are represented only by noe
turnal creatures. Forests that re-
mained as still az the grave under the
glars OF the vertical sun are Ill IN IN
apFOag within ~ aepg after aunaeaF~
indianapolis Frsss,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29
a BALLAD OF THREE KISSES.
ny POST WHEELER.

When frst l kissed yea, twas full ON
your mouth,
Red as a blackbird's cherry. You
recall.
Twas spring, the soft air smelling OF
the South.
The whole world gay and you gay
most Of all.
You laughed-that low, sweet, tender,
bird-like trill
Which made the very bobolink be
still.
When next I kissed you, twas upon
the cheek,
Nodded just round enough. Twas
autumn then,
And you were graver grown, and did
not speak,
But seemed in wonder at the ways
of men.
And yet you smiled. So dear a smile
it was
That it seemed sudden summer over
US.
When last I kissed you, dearest Heart
of-Gold,
My lips just brushed your forehead.
You were sad,
And it was winter. All the world al
old,
But at the touch, my love swelled
fierce and glad;
For then / felt you tremble, and saw
fall
Two great, slow tears. All, that was
best Of all!
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29
Wise Iceland.

Iceland, in tile eleventh century one
Of the most learned countries i'll the
world, is soon to have easy and quick
communication with the modern out
side world. Tie proposed cable from
Copenhagen to Iceland will he 404
miles and will cost $3.50 600.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29

Some of Connecticut's national
guardsmen have made the interesting
discovery that khaki dye is poisonous,
producing abnormal swellings and
troublesome skin disorders. Genuine
khaki vegetable extract from a New
Zealand plaRt-may be swallowed with
impunity, and it has become the &C.
cepted coloring matter fpr fine uniform.
OF the worlds armies. The Connect.
cut khaki is probably a Yankee imita.
tion.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29

The value Of a newspaper % an
advertising medium consists In
its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
savedl
"TT'he st. Landry Democrat
was consolidated on the Sd Of
March, 1894, with /" The 0pelou.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to % o year.
TIE COURIER being BY odds
the BEST paper In the empire Par.
lgh Of St Landry u therefore tha
haanags
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29

The .Mikado OF Japan has under hi
subsection q population Of over 46,000..
600 people. aad they are about as
happy es the average people In amp
nagf Of gsa world
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29

The relative proportions of urban and
rural population have not the impor-
lance that they once had. Modern con-
ditions have brought the city to the
country and the country to the city to
such a degree that the dividing line Is
not only not sharp but " extremely
hazy, If 1t exists at all.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29

A Paris woman is going into frances
and speaking Q language which was
never heard before. Possibly she has
established mediumistic relations with
some expert In the use Of New York
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29
slang.

A Chinaman named "Tap-Key" has
lnvented-guess what? Why, a type
writer Of course. His name ought t.
make it O Gee 1t prints 5000 Chi
nese characters and it takes five men
and a boy to operate it.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29

From very early times Europe was
astonished by the wonderful things
which cam from the Chinese-the silk,
tea, .spiceA, and great ideas and inven-
lions.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29
oPELoUsAs. 8 LOUISIANA

Cities are much like men. Very few
are as large an they figured on when
an actual showing occurs.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29

The war in South Africa has doomed
the Highland kilt as a fghting-dress and
1t will now survive as a parade uniform
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29

Tt is encouraging. at least to have Mr..
Tesla's prediction that the time is not
far distant when we shall be able o
transmit by underground wires, power
from Niagara to New York City with a
loss not exceeding half Of one per cent.
He hopes, with the latest improvement
In his transmitter, to obyiate most OF
the loss OF energy which now makes
the electrical transmission of power
for industrial purposes ~impracticable
for long distances. We have enormous
water power FOR the cheap generation
OF electricity. The great need Is means
Of conserving this power during long
distance transmission. With this end
attained we may utilize to the fullest
extent this new motive force WHICH has
already proved so thoroughly practi-
cable on short circuits. The
power at Niagara may turn
every wheel In New York City
when its transmission becomes a prae-
tical uccess. But at present it can be
transmitted to advantage only 40 to 30
miles. It may be utilized at a greater
distance for street-Iighting purposes
than for driving machinery. Thus the
city Of Frankfort, Germany, is now
lighted BY electricity generated at the
falls Of the Eeckar, los miles away.
and Los Angeles Is lighted by electri-
city developed BY water power from
-%eountain streams 30 niles distant: but
from 4Oto 90 per cent. Of tho power
esisIaally available II lost IN tpansmis.
sian.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29

OF THIS
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

La
gnder the Direction Of the Sisters KazisAlta
Of Holy Gross.
Offers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring a thorough christian cd
uoation. Constant attention is paid to
home and social culture. Lessons are
given in music, painting and Other
useful arts. The aigters also have
charge of the boys' school. The course
0? instruction 10 two-fold-Preparstory
and Commercial. French is taught In
the two courses. For particulars, -ad-
dress SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29
WIN JOEL SANDoZ,
at-LaW and Notary Public.
0~PRLOUsAs, La.

OEBLUCEASs L4A
WIN practice in all Courts, State
and Federal, and before the Patent and
Pension Offices ct Washington, d. G.
Shorthand and Typswyit;ng promptly
md esys!ally dosa. 0@as over ss.
kssdsy 6sssa Rsaks Main st.ssk>..
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29

OpelOusas Courier
IL the advocate Of Democratic
principles and the friend Of the
people.
Their welfare IL ito welfare, and
L. will ever be found defending
their rights with oil OF its
ability.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29

The mystery Of Explorer Andres
fate is not cleared up in any degree by
the message reported to have been
found in buoy No. 4 Off the coast Of
Norway. Buoy No. /, which was to
have been thrown out of the balloon
fzst, is still missing, and Nos. 2 and 8
were found In a state of almost COM
plete wreck. The No. 4 message brings
news dated only eight hours after the
ascent from Danes Island. What des-
olate ice field now holds the luckless
three in an eternal frozen embrace can
not be conjectured closely enough to
inspire another searching party to solve
the problem of their unhappy fate.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29

The new German Code Of Civil Law
defines the rights Of a husband as being
supreme in most social affairs. He
may prescribe the hour for dinner, the
names OF serving 1t. the number OF
servants, and may limit the quantity
OF linen to be purchased in the year,
but he may not open his wife's letters
under any circumstances without her
expressed permission. Also he may
forbid his wife to write a certain mis-
sive or to dispatch it IL written, but
he cannot prevent her doing SO IL she
Ia bent thereon. And he has no right
to open the letter in order to find out
It's contents.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-29

The Philadelphia Times. commenting
on Professor Atwater's conclusion that
the poor mans diet is more healthful
than that of his richer neighbor, says:
1--WE would not be a nation of dyspep-
tics as We have been called. but a
healthier and a happier people if the
idea that kitchen labor is degrading
could be decently buried with the an
cient myth that any labor is degrading,
and IL cooking were taught as q
scientific profession, as dignifed and
certainly as useful as any other form
Of chemical laboratory production"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-12-14
A Novel Market Report.

Some enterprising editor has pre-
pared the following market report for
his locality, and it seems to be good
index to the situation generally:
young men, unsteady; girls, lively,
mixed; fresh fish, active and slippery;
wheat, grain better than barley; eggs,
quiet, but will probably be open in a
few days; whiskey, steadily going
down; onions, strong and rising;
breadstuffs, heavy; boots and shoes
those on market, 'soled' and steadily
going up and down; hats and caps not
so high as last fall, except FOOLS cap,
which is stationary; tobacco, very
slow and has a downward tendency,
money, close, but not close enough to
get hold of; feathers, light and going
up; iron, very firm; butter, growing
stronger; opium, drug on the mar
ket; advice, good but no demand"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-12-14
Judging by Appearances.

A good story is told by Yankee
editor, in illustration of the folly of
judging from appearances. A person
dressed in suit of homespun clothes
stepped into a house in Boston, on
some business, where several ladies
were assembled in an inner room. One
of the company remarked in low
tone that a countryman was in wait
ing, and agreed to have some fun. The
following dialogue ensued:
YOU'RE from the country, | sup
poser"
Eyes, Pm from the conntry.n
"Well, sir, what do you think of the
city2'
tits got tarnal sight of houses in
it.n
ssI expect there's great many ladies
where you come from?'
eyes, wonndy sight; jist for all the
world like them,p pointing to the
ladies.
"You are quite beau among them
no doubt?'
Eyes, beaus 'em to meetin' and
about.o
''Maybe the gentleman will take a
glass of wine," said one of the company.
.'Thankee; don't care if do"
but you must drink toast''
81 eats toast what aunt Debby makes,
but as to drinkin', never seed the
like"
What was the surprise of the COM
pany to hear the stranger as follows:
"Ladies and gentlemen, permit me
to wish you health and happiness,
with every other blessing the earth
can afford, and advise you to bear in
mind that we are often deceived by
appearances. You mistook me by my
dress for country BOBBY; I, from the
same cause, thought these men were
gentlemen. The deception was mutual.
wish you good evening"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-12-14
The Old Time Doctor.

"When l was young fellow said
the man who notices things, "the fam
lily physician attended to all the ills of
the family, and the specialists of the
profession were wholly unknown. The
country doctor was a surgeon as well
as physician. He was almost always
clever and usually had remedies of his
own invention for common ailments.
A large number of the successful pat
ent medicines now before the public
are prescriptions of the old time coun-
try physician. | could name doze n
such.
''Old DIR. Hill, who was the leader in
the town grew up in, was called into
the country by an urgent message one
night. He wasn't advised what the
patient was suffering from and upon
arrival found it was an liberated tooth
that was subjecting its owner to almost
unbearable pain. Not a surgical in
strument did the doctor have with him
and his office was seven miles away.
Did he send back for bis Instruments
Not muchl He extracted that tooth
with an ordinary hammer and nail to
the complete satisfaction of his patient
and himself. Pll wager he made a
mighty good job of it, too.n
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-12-14
A New Years Guide.

There is one book every one should
make an effort to get, for the new year
1t contains simple and valuable hints
concerning health, many amusing
anecdotes, and much general informa-
tion. We refer to Hostetter's Almanac,
published by the Hostetter Co., Pitts
burgh, Pa. 1t will prove valuable to
any household. Sixty employees are
kept at work on this valuable book.
The issIe for 1901 will be over eight
millions, printed in the English, Ger
man, French, Welsh, Norwegian,
Swedish, Holland, Bohemian and Span
ish languages. 1t contains proof of the
efficacy of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
the great remedy prepared by the pub
fishers, and is worthy of careful pres
ervation. The almanac may be OBJ
tanned free of cost, at any druggist or
general dealer in the country.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-12-14
The Paper and the Community.

Fresno Repubtican. A newspaper is
primarily a business enterprise. It's
function is to gather and print news
and sell it to whoever will buy. Yet
newspaper is universally regarded as
having responsibility in the commun-
ity and for the community that be-
longs to no other business. When other
business men are non-committal on
public question for fear it will hurt their
business to take sides, the newspaper.
whose business is more responsive to
the fluctuations of popularity than any
other enterprise, must nevertheless
take the first and largest responsibility
of utterance upon itself. If other busi-
nesses do not keep their goods clean,
they lose custom but do not particular
ly harm anybody but themselves. If
the newspaper does not keep its news
clean it gains business, but corrupts
the community, and is held responsible
therefor. Whether the public takes its
newspapers seriously or lightly, it
always regards them as more than a
business, as forum whose opportunity
for publicity may be used for good or
evil.
So it comes that the chief capital of
a newspaper is not presses nor type,
but character. The modern newspa-
per is impersonal. 1t is no longer, at
its best, the mere personal organ of
the personal opinion of one man. 1t
is an established institution, with ira
ditions and policies and public stand
ing which survive many changes of
workers, and give to the newspaper a
character which is more than the char
acter of those who make and manage
it, and yet is not independent of that
character.
And so it comes, also, that the best
asset any community can have is the
habit of demanding that its newspa-
pers deal honestly by it, and of getting
that demand satisfied
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-12-14
Beef Dressing Contest.

AT recent picnic of the Watita Club,
social and political organization of
Chicago stock yards employees, a beef
killing contest for purse of $3.50 at
tracted great interest. Every slaugh-
Ter house in the yards has its prize beef
dresser-the man who can remove the
interior decorations of steer. skin the
carcass and split it nearly into halves
in the least time possible without max
ing "break.' 1t is no easy task to
do this, be it understood, and an ex-
pert butcher takes as much pride in
his work as a portrait artist. For a
long time Mike Mullins has tentatively
held the championship of the stock
yards in this line. He has won prize
after prize, not only at the yards, but
down the State, where he has gone out
after time records against ambitious
butchers of the smaller towns who
thought they knew something about
killing a beef To the initiated spec
eatOi ~ ihlSuU liOb Dc bHc Dl6d5dDDcSb
sight in the world to see large bay
steer swatted on the head with sledge
hammer, jerked into the air and oper-
ated upon by man with a large,
cleaning knife. But the Watita league
folks look on these things with an
artistic and professional eye.
The club had hung up purse of $3.50
for this contest, and the chance of
winning all that money! fortune to
the average butcher-by few minutes
work attracted all the best butchers in
the stock yards to the contest. One of
the contestants was a comparative
newcomer in the ranks of champion
ship aspirants and is known as ''French
Mike.o He has a record of AIS in
killing and dressing steer and he
carried lot of side bets in the contest.
But he failed to win the prize, which
went to Mike Mullins.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-12-14
A Gift to Give.

1t is often difficult to decide what to
get your friends for holiday gifts.
Here is suggestion:
"Good morning, Jennie, l have
brought you nice present." said Ger
trude, as she handed her friend neatly
wrapped package.
The pale, weary looking girl, who
was slowly recovering from severe i'll
ness, opened the bundle and held up a
large bottle of clear, rich medicine.
Hoods Sarsaparillar she ex-
claimed. II have been reading about
it to-day and wished had bottle"
On New Years Day Jennie was able
to be out on the street, and TO her
friends who remarked how we'll she
was looking she simply said, Hoods
Sarsaparilla," and every ore OF them
knew it was this great medicine that
had gwen back her health.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-12-14

1t is gravely asserted by contem-
porary that compositor on a Hall
fax, N. s., paper mixed up marriage
notice and grocer's advertisement in
such manner that it ran as follows:
John Brown and Ida Gray were
united in holy sauerkaut by the quart
or BARREL Mr.. Brown is well-known
young Goldfish at 1oc per pound, while
the bride, Miss Gray, has some nice
pigs feet which will be sold cheaper
than at any other store in town.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-12-14

1t is probable that some definite plan
of action will be put forward this win
ter to secure reservoir construction.
If so, every man in the West should
wake to the opportunity. The favor
able action of Congress on the question
of building some particular reservoir
would be the beginning of a general
policy of reclamation of the deserts.
1t would be an entering wedge. 1t is
a matter of the most tremendous in
terest to the West and to every inter-
est in the West.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-12-14

A 4-year-old girl wandered away
from home near the Bonanza mine re-
Gently and was lost in the mountains
forty-eight hours. When recovered
she was quite unharmed. She told OF
having seen big black dog with two
puppies, which she tried to catch, but
they ran away with their mamma"
The .dog'' was bear, and the pup
pies', we're her cubs. .-Portidnd Ore
ooniun.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-12-14

The publishers Circular of Lon
don thinks that the S25, 600 which Kip
ling received for his new story of co.
600 words is the highest sum ever paid
to an English author for a story of
similar length.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-12-14

An Eskimo baby is born fair, except
for dark round spot on the small OF
the back, varying in size from three
penny bit to shilling. From this cen
ire head of color the dark tint gradu-
ally spreads till the toddling Eskimo
is as highly colored as a weil-smoked
meerschaum pipe. The same thing
happens among the Japanese.--Er
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-12-14

There are just as many Indians in
this country to-day as there were when
Columbus landed. There are Indian
poets and Indian statesmen and sold
iers. There is one full blooded Indian
Congressman-from Kansas. The an
nual report upon Indian affairs just is
sued states that $36s, 35s, ,2l7 represents
the entire amount spent by the govern
ment since 1871 in behalf of the Indians
The expenditures for the fiscal year
ended last July amounted to $40, ,175, 107
OF this amount at least So, 1888, 900 was
devoted to the cause of Indian educa-
ton. There are $50 Indian schools of
all kinds conducted by the government.