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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-07-03
INDIANS TOO RICH TO WORK.
Sorry Plight Of Oklahoma Red Men
Who Are Plainly Falling Into
bad Ways.

The Pottawattamie, Shawnee and
Kickapoo Indians, of Oklahoma, are
suffering from too much ready cash, ac-
cording to the report of Charles H.
Dickson, supervisor of Indian schools.
The Indians, like the average citizens,
do not work for the joy of it, says the
Washington Post, and, having means
to enable them to live in idleness, are
rapidly becoming worthless. In the
course Of report to the interior de-
partment, Supervisor Dickson says:
Under this agency, according to al
lotment rolls, there are 1866 citizen
Pottawattamies, 631 absentee Shaw
nees and 2s5 Mexican Kickapoos, a to-
tai of 2,571. The condition of these
Indians has been one of retrogression
for several years. 1t is not more than
ten or IL years since these Indians
we're Industrious, contented and happy.
They had their own homes, their
horses, chickens and pigs, and the
drinking of intoxicants was almost un-
known among them. Since the curse
of leasing their lands has been inau-
gurated little by little the Indians have
been leasing their allotments, dispos-
ing of their personal property, and
gradually falling into habits of idle
ness and vice.
From habits Of industry and thrift
these Indians, or most Of them, have
become idlers and Migrants on the face
of the earth. The best friends of the
Indians are those who are in favor OF
compelling them to work. Work is the
salvation of these Indians, and their
only salvation. The leasing of lands
has proved to be great calamity for
= majority of them. 1t would De a
thousand times better for them if the
leasing of lands was prevented and the
proposition presented to them fatty
TO work or starve."
Officials of the Indian bureau do not
question the complete accuracy of Mr..
Dickson's reports. The Indians have
more land than they can farm, and
they are leasing it for good rentals.
The Indian has nothing to do but to
spend his rent ron in gambling and
drunkenness.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-07-03
self-Denyinx Onerinx.

Some young girls at summer resort
were giving vaudeville performance
for local charity. A young man who
thought himself facetious tossed upon
the stage after one of the turns" a
bouquet whose chief ingredient was a
head of cabbage. The girl who received
this offering of appreciation read the
card that accompanied it, and advanced
to the footligEss.
ut gives me great pleasure" she
said, "to know that Mr.. Edward Nor
gan has enjoyed my performance. I
had hoped that the audience might like
it. but 1 never expected for a moment
that Mr.. Morgan would so far lose his
head as to throw it upon the stage!".
N. Y. Tribune.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-07-03
HIS SPECULATION.
II Looked Like q Promisi"S o
His Father Had Some Douo
About Ii.

snow. Young man." said the old gen
tyeman its time you did something
for yourself.
81 know it. dad" replied the hope1ui'
sand | have a great scheme. =.
"You'ye always had great schemes
But this is a real one"
81 thought it was real one the '1nie
I got YOU into a law office.
This is better than that.
"Yes: it was going to be better than
that when / bought you an 1nteres. III
n brokerage business. but you 1aiiea
there, too"
81 know I did, dad. wasn't cut out
for that business. but this is specuia-
tion that promises big returns.
ESQ was that deal in wheat.
"Well I wasn't cut out for that line.
either"
Il can't find that you're cut out Tor
anything that pays.
"Yes. / am. dad. You don't think that
NV education has been entirely
wasted. do you?"
cit ought not 10 be, if one judges ny
the cost"
"Well. it isn't. I've got it all planned
out. and it's just the speculation that
suits me. I'll win sure"
"WelI. state your plan.
"It's very simple. dad. All you have
TO do is to stake me for trip to the
seashore this summer, and I'll marry
an heiress sure"
The old gentleman looked at his son
for a few minutes thoughtfully, re-
lates Elliott Flower. in the Brooklyn
Eagle
"Bv thunder! l believe you're
right" he exclaimed at last. You
know Just enough to make fine i'm
preston on people who don't know
you. And yet"
Don't you think I'll succeedT'
you've never succeeded in anything
vet. but / concede there is a good
chance in this-a very good chance, If
you pick out an orphan.
"why an orphan. dad?"
Because. if she happens to have
wise old father. I'm afraid he'll sue me
for unloading gold brick on his fam
fly. Still. it's. a good speculation If
you're careful"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-07-03
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A book of ia pages on coffee and its
substitutes has been published in Ber-
lin.
writer in Charities places the
number of crippled children who APP
piled for relief at the New York hos
pitfalls during the visit of DIR. Lorenz
at 5000, nearly all of whom were sent
away because of the inadequacy of TIE
hospitals for their care.
Allegheny City has municipal light
ing plant which cost s325,OOO Pitts
burg gets its gas and electricity from
private companies. Allegheny City
expends $4,000 a year for electric
lighting and Pittsburg s25O.Ooo. The
population of Allegheny is 1000 and
of Pittsburg 100000
There are three kinds of money in
use in Havana, Spanish gold, Spanish
silver, and American. All American
currency, silver. paper. copper an.
gold, is rated as gold. Prices are given
in Spanish silver first, then in Spanish
gold and finally in American. Every
merchant expects to be beaten down in
the price of his wares, and he is
amazed if a purchaser pays the first
asking price without complaint.
In Chicopee Falls, Mass. is colony
OF Scotch people. They have worked
on ''putters" and drivers" since they
were children. They came from Scot
land to work in the big golf stick fac.
tories of Chicopee Falls, for this is
where most of the golf sticks are
made. 1t is very natural that this
Scottish colony of workers should be
the "hands" of the factory; for YOU
know that the game of golf is of Scot
fish origin. The sticks are made OF
the best of hickory and the whole
country is searched for it.
Now that the hanson has almos. en-
tirely displaced the close cab in their
city. Londoners are beginning to real
ize that for some persons and under
some conditions the hanson is both in
convenient and risky. Says one writer:
IF the window is up the conveyance
is horribly draughty, and to ride With
the window down is to sit in a stuffy
atmosphere and to court disaster in
case of the horse falling, an accident
which occurs very frequently, owing
to the abominable condition in which
the roadways generally are"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-07-03
The Germ Theorv.

Since bacteriology has become q
recognized branch of medical science
"too much attention has been di.
rected to the germs, and not suffi-
Gent to the soil in which they grow"
Alarmist articles seldom suggest the
comforting truth that although
countless bacteria assail us they can
not flourish in healthy body.-Lon-
don Lancet.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-07-03
Sudden Drop.

"Yep." said Dakota Dan, resting his
glass on the bar, "he pretended to be a
friend of mine, but he wusn't. Last
summer he done me dirty, sneakin'
trick-sold me saddle that wusnf
hisn't and 1 had to give it up"
II suppose you were not very friend
ly with him after that?,
"Nope-I dropped him then and thar.
His wilder married the sheriff last
week. kansas City Journal.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-07-03

contrast with expensive furnished by the straight
life, or so-caled old line companies.
The earliest societies lacked most of the elements which are no"
system which regarded essential to their
successful operation Formerly the of maintaining membership
had relation the the character of the risk each member be-
assessed uniform ordinarily dollar the occurrence Oh
a
experience essential for fra
old line companies recognize and
adopt of life insurance Grad
uay there has been embodied their consideration OF the cost
OF furnishing with due regard the mortality rate as
closed by experience tables with distinctions and character OF
empoments affecting such mortality In fact the system has
reached sufficient profit from its experience well as from
that of the old system that is able this time present homo
and well defined form the various plans which prevail IN the
progressive companies have been wont
to cc the ftern and predict their calamious downfall after
short and evenu basng their criticism only lax man
of their business upon defective methods in the
selection Of risks through medical examinations
and disregard for the stable elements of life 1t must be
admitted that the fraterna society early history merted the ci
cms thus passed it but great and forward have been the
strides made by that the dangers and
which mperd its existence have been and eliminated and
there intelligent organization which embraces its
makeup all of the elements upon which the old relies for its
peuaton.
Most notable has comparatively embodiment into the
faena of fund feature which provides for the
lection of certificate holders the increasing
the risk keeping pace increasing years the lives insured
that the time all of the societies rapidly making
liar provision IN plans
In this connection be stated that in the and classification
of their funds the fraternas have decided advantage the
straight life nasmuh the of the former known
and available while those of the latter classified and
charged as liabilities.
The relative which growth the
character Of its risks being we'll the odne
based investment element which finds its adheren the
rich weltodo while the aenals
their ranks the middle class of people
NEAR
The far reaching influence of the fraenal system by
which that
ciete in this alone approximately members and
that its annual contribution beneca $6ooooooo
Of this membership Illinois provides 6ooooo
consideration epoyment and climatic conditions coupled with
the beneficial
and adoption of the best elements life insurance
ipregnabe the of its dime future
Increasing strength usefulness and prosperity
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-07-03
Fam r.

You can't allus jecge a man by de
mount of fame dat 'taches to him." re-
marked Uncle Eben. DE pussen dat
does his plain duty doesn' attract near
SO much public notice as de one dat
goes to pahlor social and fiourishes
. razor."-Washingto Star.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-07-03
Not for Him 10 Decis..

"Pardon me, sir, but isn't there an
other artist in this building?"
well. that is matter of opinion
There is another fellow who paints. -
Stray Stories.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-07-03
Aeronastical.

PA, what's the difference between
= balloon and an airship?"
why. my son, balloon goes
straight mp. but nobody can tell
where IN airship h going until the
oaEtA bumps into it.r-N. Y. Herald.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-07-03
The FruterDul Insurance System.
BY CHARLES A. WARREN.
President OF the Illinois Frsternal Congress

The past third of century has witnessed the
birth and development of the Fraternal System OF III
surance, SO far as the New World is concerned al
though for many centuries this class OF socleeS more
especially for the burial of the dead and OF more
purely benevolent character, have had continuous
existence in Europe.
The early societies of this country were crude IN
their plans and were based the idea OF cheapness
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-16
Differences In Woods.

Timber Is clasSed rs hard or soft. and
the main point of difference between
the trees that produce these classes Is
that the soft wooded tree has needle
leaves" slim. narrow and almost uni
form in breadth, while the hard wood
trees have broad leaves OF various
shapes. Again. some soft wood trees
carry cones. such trees being termed
conifers. Resin. too, is more character
istic Of soft than of hard wood. To the
class of soft woods belong the pines.
spruceS and frs. and the most common
'Xamples of these are yellow pine.
white fir, pitch pine and spruce or red
fir. In the commoner hard woods are
oak, beech, mahogany, ash, walnut,
plane, elm, birch and ebony.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-16
NELLIE G. DoNLEY
Teacher of Piano. Organ, and Harmony,
Cor. Brown Betty
and Charles SITS.
) ii
J. w. Gaffney Disposes OF
Fine Residence and Land.

An important real estate deal was
consummated last evening by
which Loretta" the handsome
residence of J. W.Gafney, situated
on the Inter Urban line just north
of Parkersburg, was sold to Thomas
L. Shields, of Parkersburg.
The price paid was $4,000, part
of which was In cash and the bal
ance representing an exchange Of
property, being a iue residence
property owned by Mr.. Shields and
located on Eighth street, Parkers-
burg, between Market and Juliana
streets.
The Gaffney property. which Mr..
Schields has acquired by the trans
action, consists of handsome sub
urban dwelling surrounded by q
acres of fine land. Arrangements
are almost completed by which Mr.
Gaffney and his family will con-
tinue to reside at Loretta" until
next spring. If so Mr.. Shields
will continue his residence where
1t Is now until that time.
1t Is said to be Mr.. Gaffney's In
tention to 90 to the oil fields of the
southwest, probably In Texas, next
year. He will then devote his en-
tire time to operating, which voca
ton he has followed with a great
deal of success In this part OF the
country.
Mr.. Gaffoey Is we'll known In
this city, having resided here pre-
vious to purchasing the above
property. He moved from here
about FIVE years ago, and the prop
erty he purchased at that time has
greatly increased In value and he
has realized snug profit by the
investment. The property which
he has just disposed of cost him
about So. 500. His host of friends
In this city will be pleased to learn
of his lucky deal.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-16
from.


Cured by the use Of Kodol are received daily.
Their troubles nearly all begin with indigea-
ton or other stomach disorder.
If the food you eat fails TO give strength
to your body, it is because the juices Sc
creted by the stomach and digestive organs
are inadequate TO transform the nutrient prop
critics OF the food into blood. That is
indigestion. The system is deprived of the
amount of nourishment required to keep up
the strength. and the result is that one Of
more of the delicate organs gradually grows
weak, and then weaker, until finally it is
diseased. Here great mistake is made.
That of treating the diseased organ. The
best doctors in the land make this very
mistake. Why should they1 1t is so easy
10 see that the trouble is not there.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-16
In Praise Of ChamberIain's Collie,
Cholera and DIarrhOea Remedy.

"Allow me to give you few
words In praise of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Dlarrhoea Rem
edy," says Mr.. John Hamlet, of
Eagle Pass, Texas. ~ suffered
one week with bowel trouble and
took all kinds of medicine without
getting any relief, when my friend,
Mr.. c. Johnson, merchant here,
advised me to take this remedy.
After taking one dose I felt greatly
relieved and when I had taken the
third dose was entirely cured. I
thank you from the bottom of my
heart for putting this great remedy
In the hands of mankind" For
sale by G. w. Grier.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-16
His Opinfon.

'.YnS. he's Il confirmed bachelor. He
!h."',% there is safety in numbers
"SAfety in numberS?"
Yes. He says two run good deal
If risk when they become one. New
York Times
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-16
New Books

The Vagabond, BY Frederick
Palmer. The Little Shepherd o.
Kingdom Come, By John Fox Jr..
"The Maids of Paradise" By Robt,
W. Chambers. 1.-The II cart o.
Hyaclnth," BY Onoto Watanna
Those are the very latest books.
McCoy's Book Store. 16 at
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-16
1 Take or.

Harry (looSin" 1T his vhitened coat
sleeve)-That isn't much of n compli-
ment to Carries complexion.
Esther-I should say not. It's reg
ular take of.-RostOl Transcript.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-16
Local News

Thursday tair.
Organ SIS. Fisk. 16 1T
Showers and cooler tonight.
Organ $22. so. Fisk. IS 1t
Rain Is badly needed In this part
of the country.
Talking machine SI4. Fisk.
161t
You car take ride on the troll.
ley any time now.
$225 Simplex Piano Player $135.
Fisk. IS 1t
Much local matter Is unavoid-
ably crowded out today.
Organs $3.50, Fisk. 81 1t
Contractor M. S. Elder was a
business caller today at Matamoras.
Neutrality-suspicious. sales ladies
at once the new Fair. IS 1T
The Belle of Richmond Is the
attraction at the Auditorium to-
night.
Mrs. w. H. Noll, of Main street.
spent the day with Wheeling
friends.
Use DeBell's Kidney Pills for all
Kidney diseases. Sure cure for
Backache.
DR.. McAdoo, of Wittens, O., was
a professional business caller In the
city today.
Wanted-Agent to help at clos
Ing out sale. Fisk Sewing Ma
chine Co. 16 1t
M. c. Hagan went to Waverly
this morning to look after his oil
Interests.
800 Sewing machines to close out
at nearly cost. Fisk Sewing Ma.
chine company. IS 1t
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis MINER, of
Lock Haven, Pa, are visiting their
son x, B. Ringler.
III. Buell. returned this morning
fro n visit with relatives at points
In New York State.
Slater Beagle, a popular Young
man of Little Buffalo, was a bust
ness caller here today.
Use Bunsen's Catarrh Cure for
catarrh of the head. Nasal catarrh
and Catarrhal deafness.
F. E. Mccoy, a popular ooot and
shoe travelling salesman of Wheel.
ing,iwas calling on his patrons here
today.
J. D. Covel, of Lone Tree, was
business caller In the city today
and during his stay made the Re-
view pleasant call.
w. L. Russell, business manager
Of the Oil Review, returned to the
city last evening from ojourn Of
ten days at Webster Springs.
J. G. Arthnr returned this
morning from his summer outing,
which he spent at Atlantic City and
other prominent resorts In the
east.
The city schools are so crowded
the Board of Education rad to
order additional seats and will have
to employ one or more teachers
THAI NC bow have
Wa,ued Ru.'le'-To distribute
samp'"s ia colec; salary SIS
weekh; expenses advanced; old
house: gcod ~; Chance for ad.
v.ac, meut. Enclosed addressed
envelope. Advertising Dept, Star
BE.IaIag, Chicago, Ill. IS
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-16
IS 1t
Plano $1S7, Fisk,

Ing.
Geo. P. Fetty, of Adonis, was a
business caller In the city last eve
ming.
Summer resort weather has come,
now that the summer resorts are
closed.
The Maids of Paradise, By Robt.
w. Chambers, at McCoy's Book
Store. 1o4t
Ralph Broadwater left this after.
noon for Parkersburg on business
mission.
w. M. Birch, field superintendent
for the Mountain State Gas COM
pany, left for Pine Grove today.
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom,
By John Fox Jr., and "The Vaga'
bond" By Frederick" entirely
new, get copy at McCoy's Book
Store. 10 4t
Mr., and Mrs. Chris Henderson re.
turned last evening from visit of
few days with the formers father
Mr.. William Henderson, who re-
sides near Little, this county.
The Ladies' Mission Circle of the
Baptist church, will meet at the
residence of Mrs. V. N. Jones, of
north Wells street tomorrow eve'
ming. A full attendance Is desired.
o. J. Smith has rented the resi-.
dence of Mrs. Jennie Pool on
Charles street, which she at present
occupies. Mrs, Pool will remove to
her new home which Is nearing
completion, In a few days.
Lost-A small dark purse con.
tanning one five dollar bill and two
silver dollars and some small change
and an A. o. w. receipt. Finder
will be rewarded by leaving same
at Hotel Wells. 10 IT
"Tne Vagabond," by Friedrich
Palmer. The Little Shepherd OF
Kingdom Come" by John Fox
Jr., The Maids of Paradise" by
Robert w. Chambers. These are
the very latest books and are for
sale at McCoy's Book Store. rs at
Thousands of cattle and sheep
are freezing on the plains of the
Northwest as the result of an TN
precedentedly heavy snow storm
for this season of the year. Rail.
road traffic Is blocked by snowfall
of o inches In the Dakotas, Color
ado, Wyoming and Montana and
the entire British Northwest IS
PROSTATE In the grip of a frigld
wave. At Cheyenne, Wyo., the
lowest temperature prevails, rs de
grees being the minimum.
A merchant last night Informed
us his trade this month exceeded
any September since he started In
business here ten years ago. He
also said the demand this year was
for the best grade of goods, which
indicates prosperity. When peo'
pie are prosperous and have plenty
of cash they will buy good goods
and purchase freely. There Is no
question about there being very
great improvement In business here
and 1t will continue to grow every
day. The street cars bring at least
a thousand new customers to this
city.
"The Maids of Paradise" by
Robt. w. Chambers. Mr.. Chambers
romances are probably the most
satisfying of their kind now appear.
Ing In America. His adventure
carries one along with sweep and
a whirl that are irresistible; his love
scenes have charm, tenderness,
and convincing reality that raise
them far above the meetings of
lovers In contemporary fiction. Para
disc Is an idyllic French village, and
the maids thereof live In the stir
ring days OF the Franco russian
war. Fighting Is rife through
many of Its pages, but the dominant
note Is love, and the romance Is the
daintlest and most charming thef
author has done. Get copy o
this book at McCoy's Book Store
Is 1T
The Columbus commercial., 1903-03-03
HOW Re SET a new FASHION.
ss8gUpBed Tp HIS IIuuar'- sfttaaa "a.
the Bar. and Be Use=u1r
Popular

"When ] was iu Arizona last 81 --
ter''-began the ual whose aEx..--
friends thought his lungs Uer- gone a
year ago and sent him west. SAYS rls
New York Tribune
when you were in Arizona last WIN
ter interrupted q friend. --yeu --arues
to yell like q Comaucle instead ur rz1-
ing away"
You are slightly mixed aS to tribes. .''
said the man who was mott --zlu-er. ~
''and besides that yelling business is
another story. What Z wanted tu. tell
YOU about was that 1 uuconseiou~Iy src
= new drinking fashion I'm Tucsou--'
And what was that - demanded the
chorus.
why, I got a high stool from rhe
luncheon counter i'm the rear of the
Purple Dog and mopped up uy d, Li-s.,
sitting in front of a bar ~ explained
Would you believe that men vou1f
come in, rest their elbows uu tie bar
and look at me for fve minutes I'D ca
time with those cold. Keen Srr1 zErt
shooting eyes men have out there's
They had never before seen such
thing Finally. they ysaNed curious.
and sent a committee o. g~k ue uhy
I did it,
I'm used 10 sitting al table iu
cafes drinking my liquor coufarrabzv.- -
l explained. The Purple Dog aForl.
No tables, and the whisky BIS about TEN
times stronger than that they hand
over in New York One needs tu slt-
before I left they thought the idea
a good one. and soon there were So
many chairs in front Of the bar THAT a
stranger ON entering could NOT teu it
from the feed shop where - a5a BAND
ed out buffalo steaks and eggs
But / thought an the t.ufFa fa..s ware
dead said one Of the party.
Wen have a drink. ana chen ma
tell you about them"
But that drink was the I-.t.