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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-05-21
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The Indian Territory Worlds
Fair Fund now amounts to the
above. If you have not contri
buted to the good cause get on the
Roll Of Honor before il is ever
laslingly too late Do Il today.
Every town in the Indian Terri.
tory is urged to do its part. Send
contributions singly or collective.
Is direct aud at once to F. Club.
bard. Compissioner. Mnskogee,
Ind. Ter. The names Of each and
every contributor will be publish
ed IN al territory newspapers i'm /.
medialely after June let. No
town can afford TO be LETT out. No
citizen who has pride in the
Beautiful Indian Territory can
afford TO show The white leather.
4 bond, worth a million, protects
every contributor. Every cent
goes tor the good and glory Of the
Indian Territory. OF is returned In
full to The contributor. Do Il 20
dayi
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-05-21

Attend the National Assemhs
cumberlauu Pfe-Dyterlau Church,
Nashville, Tenu., May 2lst. 60 2Dth
One fare plus e for the round trip,
via'the Choctaw. Oklahoma s Gulf
T. r. dwm2O
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20

ieet wide, with great dome near the
centre.
we go down again through Alpine
pass where you must let Yourself
down through hole not anv too laroa
and land in a great black hole from
winch we pass on to the blue grotto.
0OO feet down. Here, as in many other
places, we light the wire and find the
heavy blue boxwork. No one can form
an idea of this cavern without having
first seen it.
FROM here we lay down fiat and
crawl fully 30 feet, and come out in
large room where every indication of
water cutting has been DESTROYED bv
some mighty force which has crushed
anu broken great rocks that will
weigh tons; we crawled about among
them and over them, and on we went.
sometimes on our hands and knees
and sometimes fiat upon the rocks
until we found some stalactites: but
there are not many of these here. the
cave being too dry for their formation.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
A Remarkable River.

On the African shore, near the gulf
Of Alden and connecting the lake Of
Assal with the main ocean, may be
found one Of the most wonderful rivers
in the world. This curiosity does not
flow to but from the ocean toward in
land. The surface Of Lake Assal itself
Is nearly 700 feet below the mean tide,
and it is fed by this paradoxical river,
which Is about twenty-five miles in
length. 1t is highly probable that the
whole basin which the lagoon partly
fills was once an arm Of the sea which
became separated therefrom by the
duning Of loose sand. The infiowing
river has a limited volume, being full
est. of course, at high tide, and has tll-
ed the basin to such an extent that
evaporation and supply exactly bal
ance each other.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
In n Maori Wooing House.

Among the Maoris sometimes in the
WHARF matOro Ghe wooing house,, a
building in which the young of both
sexes assembled for play, songs,
dances, etc, there would be at stated
times a meeting. When the fires burn
ed low, a girl would stand up in the
dark and say: Il love So-and-so.
want him for my husband" If he
cOughed (sign of assent or said Yes"
1t was well; if only dead silence, she
covered her head with her robe and
was ashamed. This was not often, as
she generally had managed to ascertain
either by her own inquiry or by send
ing a girl friend if the proposal was
acceptable. On the other hand, some
times a mother would attend and say,
81 want SO-and-so for my SON" If
not acceptable, there was generally
mockiDg, and she was told to let the
young people have their house (he
wooing house, to themselves.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
Americas First Recorded Eclipse.

The first observations of an eclipse
Of the sun taken by American astronO-
mers were made on Long island, Pc
nobscot bay, on Oct. 81, 17S0. On that
occasion a party from Harvard col
lege, headed by Professor S. w. Hol-
lis, Ii. D., having obtained the con-
sent of the British general who was
in command of Castine, landed at
Bounty Cave and made the house of
one Shubael Williams their headquar-
ters. The tOtality of the eclipse was Wis
ible only at PenobscOt bay and vicinity,
a fact which would make such an
event one of great import even today.
1t is but justice to add that the OBJ
servations made by the Harvard scien-
lists were very successful, notwith-
standing the fact that their instru-
ments were very crude and inaccurate.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
UNSEEMLY KNOWLEDGE.
How IL May Bar the Road to Pleas
ure In Conversation

HOW IL May Bar the Road to PIeaa-
ure In Conversation.
Tho social law against talking shop,
IS an indication of the very widespread
opinion that the exhibition of unmiti-
gated knowledge is unseemly outside
of business hours. When we meet for
pleasure, we prefer that it should be
on the humanizing ground Of not
knowing Nothing is so fatal to con-
versation as an authoritative utter
ance. When a man who is capable of
giving it enters,
All talk dies as in a grove all song
Beneath the shadow of a bird of prey.
Conversation about the weather would
lose all its easy charm in the presence
Of the chief of the weather bureau.
1t is possible that the fear of exhibit
ing unusual information in a mixed
company may be a survival of primi-
tive conditions. Just as the domesti-
Gated dog will turn around on the rug
before lying down for hereditary rea-
sons which l do not remember, so it is
with civilized man. Once ignorance
was universal and enforced by penal
ties. In the progress of the race the
environment has been modified, but so
strong is the influence of heredity that
the man who knows no sooner enters
the drawing room than he is seized by
guilty fears. His ancestors for having
exhibited mOiety of his intelligence
were executed as wizards. But per-
haps the ordinary working of natural
selection may account for the facts
The law of the survival of the fittest
admits of no exceptions, and the fittest
to give US pleasure in conversation is
the sympathetic person who appears to
know very little more than we dos.
NJ. CrOthers in Atlantic.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
49, Ynur nenler For AIIen,s Fool. Ease,

A powder for the feet. It cures Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions At all Druggists and
shoe stores, Csc. Ask to-day.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
Odd Fellows Hall and Emblem.

Moving along from one room to an
other we come to Capitol Hill, about
80 by 100 feet, with its high dome cell
ing, in the centre of which nature has
placed centrepiece of most beautiful
boxwork. The Odd Fellows Hall
comes next, with the three links in the
ceiling, formed by three holes cut by
the rushing water. The goat standing
In a little side opening looks very
natural.
Then we reach the Stone Quarry,
where we find great slabs of al pink
TINT, broken away as straight as if cut
and piled up ready for a large build
ing. Next we come to the Garden of
Eden, where we find the frostwork
oelng done in the second tier of
chambers; here the boxwork is coated
with pure white frost and the edges
are trimmed with Vhite balls like pop
corn and long frost petals, white as
snow, and so delicate that a breath
Will almost destroy it. Noah's beard
nangs from point of rock in this
iFostwork about an inch long, and
irom 1t are long strings, like fine
silver wire, fully two feet long.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
RFSSET5Haa ETEASP
WHO CAAMOT BE CURED,

So uniformly successful has DR.. Pierce's
FavOrite Prescription proven in all forms
" Female Weakness, PrOlapsus, or Falling
of Womb, and Leucorrhea that, after over
third OF a Century's experience in curing
the worst cases of these distressing and
deb1l1tatlng ailments, DR.. Pierce now feels
fully warranted in offering to pay $500 in
cash for any case of these diseases which
he cannot cure
IT STANDS ALONE.-The "Favorite Pre-
scripton" stands alone, as the one and
only remedy for these distressingly com
mon forms of weakness, possessed of such
positively specific curative properties as to
warrant its makers i'll proposing and
binding themselves to forfeit, as we. the
undersigned proprietors of that wonderful
remedy hereby do, to pay the sum of $500
IN legal money of the United States in any
case of the above diseases in which after a
fair and reasonable trial of our treatment
we fail to cure. No other medicine for
the cure of wOman's peculiar ailments is
backed by such a remarkable guarantee
no other medicine for wOman's ills is pos
sessed of the unparalleled curative prop
critics that would warrant its manufacturers
in making such an offer no other remedy
has such record of cures on which to base
such a remarkable offer.
Therefore, insist on having Dr. Pierce's
Favorlte Prescription and turn your back
on any INSCRIPTIONS dealer who would
insult your intelligence by attempting to
folst upon you some inferior substitute
under the plea that vit is just as good"
Insist on having the article which has a
record of third of a century of cures and
which is backed by those willing to forfeit
$500 if they cannot cure you
In cases attended by leucorrheal drain
a solution of DR.. Pierce's Lotion Tablets
should be used conformity with the use of
the "Favorite Prescription" They are sold
by all druggists, or sent post paid to any
address, on receipt of 25 cents i'll stamps.
Send 81 cents in stamps for DR.. Pierces
Common Sense Medical Adviser. Address
WORLDS DIsPENsARY, Buffalo, Ny.
Weak and sick women are invited to
consult DR.. Pierce, by letter free All
correspondence is held as strictly private.
Address DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
Looks For a Domestic Paradise.

Mother-Does that young lady you
intend to marry know anything about
housekeeping?
Son-Not a thing. I'll be the hap
pest man alive. l don't believe she'll
clean house once in ten years.-New
York Weekly.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
Mothers. mothors. Mothers !

How many children are at this season
feyerish and constipated, with bad stomach
and headache. Mother Gray's Sweet Pow.
ders for Children will always cure. If
worms are present they will certainly re-
move them. At all druggists, 25c. Sample
mailed FREE. Address, Allen s. Olmsted,
lie Roy, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
UNCLE SANS WONDERFUL WIND CAVE.
,o,sted Ia the Foothills Of the Black Hills and
is One of the curiOsitles OF the World.

The first underground National
Dark which Uncle Sam has in his col
I.ctiou of pleasure grounds for the
neople was duly created by law at the
ssssion of Congress just closed. 1t will
be called Wind Cave National Park,
and is considered one of the most
wonderful natural curiosities in t he
world tbs located in the foothills of
the Black Hills.
Wind Cave was discovered by a COW
hoy. who. while riding in the vicinity,
was attracted by a loud noise caused
by the rushing of air through a small
opening in the rocky surface of the
earth. The aperture was enlarged by
drilling and blasting and entrance
Gained to what is now considered the
most wonderful cave in the world.
It consists of a series of large
chambers connected by narrow passage
WAYS, and extends several hundr ed
feet in depth and several miles in
length. These passageways have been
explored for long distances, but their
full extent is not yet known from the
fact that the openings connecting
many of these subterranean chambers
are so small that they cannot be en-
tered until enlarged by further exca-
vation.
Many of the chambers contain
curious natural formations of rare
beauty. The cave has been the envy
of many corporations and persons who
have sought by every means to gain
title to it. Homestead filings and
mineral filings have been placed on
the land since its discovered and pro-
tracted litigation has been the result.
This litigation terminated in the
holding that 40 one of the litigants
was entitled to the cave, and the act
proclaiming it National Park is the
result of the recommendation of the
Interior Department, the officials of
which have become enthusiastic in
preserving the curious formation for
all the people.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
Vivid Description Of the Cave.

A vivid description of some of the
wonders of the cave is given by an
official of the Interior Department
from personal investigation. Describ-
ing his route he says:
We keep winding and descending
until we reach the first room, the
Brides Chamber, and we are 155 feet
below the floor of the Cave House.
This room Is about 20 by 80 feet, with
rough, ragged walls all about ard
overhead, with many small outlets in
various directions, but as we move on
we find an almost prairie dog and
mound, with hole as natural as pos
sible.
We are now in the SNOWFALL room,
much higher and larger room, with
walls and ceiling all potted with gyp-
sum formation that looks like large
fakes of snow. Next comes the post
Office, long room, where we begin to
find the boxwork formation which
clings to the limestone formation all
about and overhead.
From here we enter the opera house,
an immense room, grand in its varied
formations of boxwork and varied
cOlors of the roc ks that form the grand
arches overhead. Then the DEVILS
Outlook, an enormous creyice reach
ing s. feet above, showing how the
water has cut and ground the rocks
until sharp corner cannot be found,
here We lit calcium wire and threw a
white light up above us to see the
grandeur of this wond erful opening.
There is no doubt that this cave has
some time been filled with water,
which has left its mark all about, and
by the deposits has formed the beauti-
ful frost work we shall see later on,
but now there are but few places you
will find any moisture whatever.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
Shorter Grnwn

Candidate-I have found something
besides candle that will answer that
old riddle, THE longer it stands the
shorter it grows"
Friend-What is it?
Candidate-A candidate. The longer
ne stands for Office the shorter he
grows financially. - Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20

Some people think that when they
ask forgiveness for a wrong 1t gives
them license to do the same thing
over again.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
IhR Bmrsnif

Idealist-True happiness is found in
pursuing something, not catching it.
Ordinary Man-The man who pur-
sues the last car at night knows better.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
DELAWARE COLLEGE
NEWARK, DELAWARE.

Examinations for entrance to Della
ware College will be held at the fol-
lowing places on Friday and Saturday,
June 10th and goth, 1908, beginning in
the morning:
Newark Cat the College,, Middle
town, Smyrna, Dover, Milford,
Georgetown, Seaford, Laurel, Lewes.
Candidates will write to the Presi-
dent of the College to tell at which of
these places they may desire to appear
and they will be notified where the
examinations will. be held.
GEO. A. HARTER,
513G President.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
10 Do SEWING g 81 psEPfs sPfs5alsiss sss

make an hour Material sent free prepaid.
Send enuelOpe for particulars and testimonials
from our workers. Madam Du Pont Dept, 40i,
Ninth ST., Phila., Pa.
Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
Down Into Dant's Inferno.

words cannot describe this place, SO
We will go down Corkscrew Path, a
winding trail going down quite steep
around deep hole, and we are on the
'flnk of Dante's Inferno. Amid a
continuous change of formations and
constantly changing scenery, on this
sui lower level of 45O feet we find the
monte Christie Palace, the assembly
.oOm' the fair grounds-an immense
''Om SOO feet long and from 40 to 60
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
NOT A SICK DAY SINCE,

81 was taken severely sick with
kidney trouble. | tried all sorts
of medicines, none of which re.
lleved me. One day | saw an ad
of your Electric Bitters and de.
termined to try that. After ta'
king a few doses | felt relieved,
and soon thereafter was entirely
cured and have not seen a sick
day since. Neighoors of nine
have been cured of rheumatism,
neuralgia, liver and kidney trou
bles and general debility" This
is what B. F.. Bass of Fremont,
N. G. writes. Only SOC. by all
druggist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
A KISS DEFINED.

Some one has taken pains to think
out the following opposite descrip-
tions of osculation
( A kiss is an insipid and tasteless
/ morsel, which becomes delicious and
delectabls in proportion as it is ia
vored with love.
The sweetest fruit on the tree OF
love. The oftener plucsed the more
abundant it grows.
a thing of use to no one, but much
priced by two.
The baby's right, the lovers privi-
lege, the parents benison, and the
| hypocrite's mask.
The food by which the flame of love
I is fed.
The only known "smack" that will
, calm a storm.
A telegram to the heart, in which
the operator uses the "sounding' sys-
tenn.
Nothing divided between two.
Not enough for Que, just enough for
two, too much for three.
The only really agreeable two faced
action under the sun, or the moon, Ell
ther.
The sweetest labial of the world S
language.
a woman's most effective argument,
whether to cajole the heart of father,
control the humors of husband, or
console the griefs of childhood.
The thunderclap of the lips, which
inevitably follows the lightning glance
of the eyes.
A report at headquarters.
Everybody's acting edition of Ro-
meo and Juliet.
What the child receives free, what
the young man steals, and what the
old man buys.
The drop that runneth over when
the cup of love is full.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
FACTS ABOUT MATCHES.

"Who invented matches, and
how long have they been in use?"
The speaker looked with a
questioning smile at the match
dealer who sat opposite him at
lunch.
Matches" said the dealer,
"were invented in 1885 by Hun
garian of the name Of Janos [riu.
vi, He was at that time a stu.
dent in Vienna. Being a chem
ist, he was much impressed dur
ing certain experiments that he
made, by the brilliant reaction
produced on the rubbing togeth.
er of peroxide of lead and sui
phur. The flint and tinder of
those days furnished a mighty
lnconvenient way of getting Il
light, and Janos Irinyi, perceiv.
ing himself to be on the way to a
great invention, shut himself up
in his mean little room for two
days. Sometimes his friends
would come knocking at the door.
eco away, he would cry; go
away. l am making a discov.
cry"
"And the next time he appear
ed in public his pockets were full
of matches that struck on being
scratched against a wall. Irinyi
made $4,000 out of his discovery.
He sold it for that amount to
merchant named Romer. Romer
himself became a millionaire
Many of US, indeed, have become
millionaires through matches.
"The name match comes from
the Latin "myxa" which means
lamp nozzle. From the nozzle
of the old Roman lamp the flame
issued, ,and hence It's resemblance
to our lighted match of to-day is
great. Have you ever been in a
match factory? Into big ma.
chimes these logs of wood enter
and out of the other end of the
machine boxes of matches fall. "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
APPRECIATED HIMSELF,

A little boy while playing near the
Serpentine fell into the water. An
Irish laborer who was passing at the
time courageously jumped into the wa
ter, clothes and all, and rescued the
boy, says Spare Moments.
A lady who had observed the brave
deed went up to Pat, and, shaking his
hand, said:
81 feel it an honor, my brave man,
to shake hand with you. Many a worse
man than you has been presented to
court
''Faith, you're roight, num-" re-
piled Pat as he proceeded to wiring wa
ter out of his coat. 9TH last tonne Oi
was presinted at court Oi only got one
month, whole me mate got two, bego-
ra -
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
CASE OF BLOWING.

The wife of District Attorney Jerome
and her little daughter was standing
at a window of her country house look
ing out over meadow where there
were COWS.
81 want to go out there" said the
child.
"But you mustn't" said her moth
err.
""hy?,
What do you suppose those COWS
would do with their horns now if you
went out there?,, queried The mother.
The child thought while and then
answered:
"Maybe they would blow them as
you say papa blows his, New York
Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
COMMENCED EARLY.

After marriage there is some
times a question as to who will
rule the household, the bride or
the groom. In some instances
the matter is quickly decided, the
wife giving way to the husband,
and again 1t is the reverse. But
it remains for a Pennsylvania girl
who eloped to this city and was
married, to settle that question
at the very start.
A couple came here day or
two ago from town near Pitts
burg, and after the marriage
ceremony was performed, they
went to the Arlington hotel to
take dinner prior to returning
home.
Instead of the groom register.
ing the bride walked briskly up
to the hotel office, seized pen
and this is what she wrote across
a page of the register in bold let
ters: "Mrs. J. S. Heath and hus-
band" She then turned around
to her husband, who stood look
ing on while the registering act
was being done, and said; "You
go to the station and see if our
train is on time. You Will find
me in the parlor of the hotel when
you return,
The groom is said to have cover
ed the distance between the two
points in a way that indicated
that he recognized the force of
the command.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
THE SHOW BAND.

The show-band plays as purity as it ust
t. play, s'pose:
I stand an listen to it as it thumps an
brays and blows.
But still they's somethin' lackin' that
ust t. love t. hear
Don't seem t. hit my heart at all, but
lodges in my ear.
Think maybe | could miss tn whole
parade an never mind
1t don't sound like it ust to when
tagged, along behind.
shut my eyes a minute an it all
comes back agin-
That first wild bust o. music with q
word o. thrilin' in;
Me fallin' in behind it with my head
up in tn air,
Not seein where I'm goin'- an b.
George didn't care.
But now, although my hearin' good,
the thrillin's hard t. find
It don't sound like it ust to when
tagged along behind.
I didn't know tn title of single tune
they played
TIL thing | hankered after was tn
music that they made:
/ didn't know tn meanin' of a nat'ra
sharp or fiat;
If some one said "crescendo" I'd a.
asked 'em what was that?
For, circus da US, boy all turns to
feelin's stead o. mind
And boys is havin' heaven when they
tag along behind.
I'd give half a dollar an q half a
lifetime. too.
If I could make that big band sound
like show-bands ust t. do.
wy, nights and nights I'd wake up
with that music in my ear
An maybe twasn't nigh as good as
what | now can hear.
I've swapped wealth of feelin' for
poverty of mind:
I'll never hear no bands agin like
them | tagged behind.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27

Don't you love to gambol on the
green
Uncle zenas --Nopey! tried it when
] wpz in thur city last winter and
there want nothin' doin' but red and
black
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
THE MISPLACED AMEN.

In a certain family where baked
beans are always served at the table
on Saturday nights q small boy of
three years looked forward longingly
t) this meal.
One Saturday evening he was in his
usual place at the table, next to his
father, who had spoken but a few
words of the blessing, when soft
voice said "Amen!"
The blessing proceeded, and" "Amen.'
was spoken in louder tone.
At last the patience of the small boy
was exhausted, and grasping his ia
theirs arm, he nlaculated with fervor;
"Beans, papa - amen .'-Brooklyn
Life.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
THE COUNTERCHECk QUARREL
SOME,

Two little negro boys were having a
difference of opinion. One was talking
with great volubility, while the other
was listening. The speaker was pour
ing into his companions ears all the
vials of his wrath in the characteristic
language of his race. Finally he SEEM
ed to have exhausted himself and
paused for breath.
Said the listener, SIS you done?"
eyes, is DONE" replied the first
speaker.
''Well, den," said his companion,
"all dem things you say is, you is"
May Woman's Home Companion.