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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-29
COMM ERCIAL
CLUB MEETS
A Good Turn Out
and Plenty of
Enthusiasm

The Vinita Commercial Club
made an auspie;cus start Last
night and If present Interest can
be increased or even maintained
tangible results viii follow.
There were forty persons present
At one time last night and others
went and came, and those who
know bow difficult it is to get a
turu out to meeting in this city,
know iha, tory is a crowd. There
we're 10 namss % the roll ot he
old club and the conclusion last
night vas that it would nof be
dificul, 20 secure $50 members
The matter of THE "sinrws ~ war"
was nos fully determined upon but
the concensus o. opinion was isSt
a system Of monthly dues nc
under 81, without an entrance fed.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-29

Persons returning from Table.
quah relate that the land Office is
moving at a snail's pace on ac-
count of the sickness of some Of
the force and the absence of others.
One old woman living north of
this city has made three trips to
Tableqush and has not yet com.
pleted her filing. She has sold
nearly everything she had in the
world to pay her expenses to
Tahlequah and at the last time
told the land Office people she
could not return again as she was
wnolly out of means. This case
is not unusual. There are people
all over this upper country who
have not filed and many of them
are utterly unable to make the
journey. Cannot this matter be
brought to the attention of Secre
tary Hitchcock or the president?
Is it possible that the government
will permit this outrageous thing
to go on unchecked
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-29

Suppose the Secretary of the
Interior should permit the mem
bers of the Dawes Commission
and other Indian Territory officials
to deal in the very property they
are ostensibly trying to protect
and save to the Indians? Would
it not be beyond all precedent2
Would it not be extremely un
usual2 The plain duty Of mem
bers Of the Dawes Commission
and others intrusted with the adj
ministration of the affairs of the
Indian is to keep their hands ab.
solutely clean and not try to pro.
fis by the administration of the af-
fairs of their Office.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-29
To Tahleouah Convention i.

A rate OF one and one third fare
has been secured 90 all Territory
roads to the Annuel Territorial G n
yeniion " the w c. T. U al Tau e.
quah. The ticket, viii be "n sale
Aug 81, sept l, ? aud 4 n ri D
return time Ssrt. 5th
Miss Louise HOLSTER, frm Eva 80
ton. H., and Mrs. Zehner OF Dallas,
Texas, will 10 the lesdiue ~pea krfs
Miss Hlllister has been 10 tbr Term
tory for week AID toe tenpie aie
denvhte1 with her. Mr.. a.. Z-hrer
Is we'll knos AID slway- ~eifowed
here.
There willie Vola medal con.e+i
given hy represents lve- from ~
over The rernmrS The ge rrne
ann reception Will be sivet the
nisht 0f Sgni. 1T.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-29

The Chieftain's Washington
specials early IN the week to the
effect that Mr.. Soper was Ia Wash
ington were incorrect, and have
caused the district attorney some
inconvenience on account of mail
being directed to him at Wash
ington. Mr.. Soper is at home and
profoundly happy and don't fear
an investigation.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-29

Attention is called to the fact
that whatever frauds are per-
petrated on the Indian in the mat
ter Of leases and allotments are
committed under the administra,
tion Of the Dawes Commission
and that its members are stock
holders in the very companies
that are fleeing the Indians
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-29

The full meaning Of what the
law enacted in 1901 making In.
dians citizens of the United States
really meant is beginning to dawn
upon the public mind 1t means
the Indians may be robbed with
impuniiy and the robbers escape
punishment under federal statutes.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-29
Northern District Court Dates.

VINITA;-
First Monday In October
Third Monday in January.
TAHLEQUAH:-
First Monday in November
Third Monday in March.
MIAMI
Third Monday in November
First Nor day In March.
OWATA:-
Fourth Monday In November
Fourth Monday in February.
PRYOR CREEK
First Monday in December
Second Monday Ia March
sALLIsAW:-
Second Monday in December
third Monday in April
CMAREMORE:-
First Monday In January
First Monday In april.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-29

stomach and other organs of digestion
and nutrition.
$4,000 FORFERTT will be paid by
WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL ASso-
CATION, Proprietors, Buffalo, n. Y, If
they cannot show the original signature
Of the individual volunteering the testi-
monia1 below, and also Of the writers OF
every testimonial among the thousands
which they are constantly publishing,
thus proving their genuineness.
vThe praise wouid like to give your Golden
Medical Discovery I cannot utter IN words on
describe with pen writes James B. Ambrose,
Eso.. Of rzosH Mif11in Street Huntingdon, Pa
NJ was taken with what our physicians here
said was indigestion. doctored with the best
around here and found no relief wrote to
vou and you se Mt me question blank 70 Ill out,
and / did So and you then advised me to use
Or. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. took
three bottles and felt 80 good that stopped,
being cured. ! have no symptoms q gastric
trouble OF indigestion now
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, sent free on receipt Of stamps
to cover expense of mailing only.
Twenty-one one-cent stamps for the
book in paper covers or 81 stamps for
the cIoth-bound volume. Address DR..
r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-29

Wonder what Clatsncs Douglas
said to Secretary Hitchcock any.
way2
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-29

A suggestion of what could be
done by the concerted action Of
commercial organization was dis
closed last night. The east
bound Frisco train carried special
Pullman "Oklahoma Exhibition
Car" on either side of which was
a streamer 1.-THE Next Star in the
Flag" 1t contained carefully
prepared collection of the pro-
ducts of the territory, the work of
the Shawnee Commercial club
The car in charge Of the secretary,
A NJ Coffin, will visit number
Of fairs among them those at Co.
lumbus, o., indianapolis, Ind,
Springfield, H., and St. Louis,
Mo. This enterprising club has
undertaken the task of advertis-
ing their town and section of the
country and have adopted this
unique method of doing SO.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-08-29

would be the best plan. The
temporary organization Of the pre-
vious week was confirmed and W.
P. Philips elected treasurer.
Rooms will be secured and the
steps Of habiIi,ation carried forth
as speedily as possible. An en-.
deavor will be made to enlist the
influence and effort Of every citi-
zen Of Vinita, no matter bow
humble.
Speeches were made by dozen
or 20 persons on about as many
subjects.
The new union depot project
was discussed. and also the Fris-
co.'s train service. Il was pointed
out that by the company extend
ing their afternoon "Joplin Bob'
service to Vinita it would give US
a new fast train for Kansas City,
by connection with flyer for that
place. The officials Of the club
were directed to communica to
with the Railroad officials on both
these subjects. The train men-
toned now only runs as far as
Alton
II was determined that one Of
the early needs Of the club was
some literature setting forth Vi
nita's present status, needs, posi-
bilites, etc and it will be gotten
up as soon as possible.
The adjournment when finally
taken was until next Friday night,
Sept. 4.
One thing plainly disclosed this
early in the reorganization Of the
club is that a capital selection was
made in presiding Office, Mr.. G.
E Lahman. The Vinita Com
mercial club with his assistance
will be able to accomplish good.
All NAV. be assured of that.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
A new Thing in Kansas.

A drunken man stopped q business
man on the street this morning, says the
Atchison Globe, and wanted to talk.
The drunken man had hold of the busI-
ness mans coat collar, and he could not
escape. "My time is money" said the
business man; "this conversation will
cost you IS cents 9 minute. In two
more minutes you will owe me dollar" :"
The drunken man paid the dollar, and,
when time was up,he said be guessed he
had enough. The experiment was such
success that the Sober Mans Anti
Conversation union will be organized at
once, and scale Of prices fixed.
The charge for time occupied by Q plain
DRINK will be cent q minute; fancy
drunk, with free lunch breath, double
price; extra fancy drunk, with breath
smothered In onions, three prices, and
money In advance; where drunk man
holds sober man BY the coat, or contin-
ues to shake hands through conversa-
tton, double price; all jokes at which q
sober man must laugh are extrs, charges
being gussed BY age and toughness of
joke; reporters can add 25 per cent to
regular scale in exceptional cases. The
movement has met with great enthusI-
ssm, and several hundred members
have already been enrolled. ANY per
son caught scsbbing on the union scale
viii be boycotted, and held up to the
scorn Of allloyal union men.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
WHAT BRANDING MEANS.
How the Horse Feels During tho
MnddeninE Process.

How the Horse Feels During the
MaddeninE Process.
Now, most steers and all horses OBJ
ject to the branding process, says Sew
ell Ford in Horses Nine" Even the
spiritless little Indian ponies, accus-
toned to many ingenious kinds Of
abuse, rebel at this. A meek eyed
mule. OH whom humility rests as nn
all covering robe. must be properly
roped before submitting.
In branding they first get rope over
your neck and shut Off your wind.
Then they trip your feet by roping
your fore legs while you are on the
jump. This brings you down hard and
with much abruptness A cowboy sits
on your head while others pin you to
the ground from various vantage
points. Next some one holds redhot
iron on your rump until 1t has sunk
deep into your skin. That is branding.
The burn of branding iron is sup
posed to heal almost Immediately.
Cowboys will tell you that horse is
always more frightened than hurt dur
ing the operation and that the day aft
er he feels none the worse. All this
you need not credit. A burn is u burn,
whether made purposely with a brand
ing iron or by accident in any other
way. The scorched flesh Fuckers and
smarts. 1t hurts every time leg is
moved. 1t seems as If thousand
needles were playing a tattoo on the
exposed surface.
Neither is this the worst of the bust
hess. To a high strung animal the rop-
Ing, throwing and burning are tre-
mendous nervous shock. For days aft
er branding horse will jump and
start, quivering with expectant agony,
ut the slightest cause.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
Could Not wait.

Some years back there was IN old
justice Of the peace in Lancaster county
whose thirsty temperament caused him
to have little patience with the lengthy
trials Mt which he occasionally presid-
ed. One day there was suit brought
before him in which two young lawyers
but lately admitted to the bar were pit
ted against each other. The latter.
mindful of the prestige which victory
for either side would mean, were ex-
amining the witnesses at great length
and consuming, 1t is true, great deal
Of unnecessary time. Finally the testi-
mony Of the last witness was conclud-
ed, and the one attorney began to argue
his side Of the case. Just as he was
warming up the squire finished the cal
culation he had been making on small
pifce ,of-pHper nnd, getting up from the
bench, said coolly:
"Young men, you can go right on
with your arguments. I'll be back pref
y soon. The judgment is S50."-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
oriental view Of womanhooa.


The oriental idea Of the freedom
which American women enjoy does not
accord with that of Americans. Ono
Hindoo lady expressed herself as great
ly shocked that American men should
compel their women to go about in
public unprotected, their faces exposed
to the gaze Of strangers, and Hindoo
gentleman with whom we talked thn0
expressed himself on-th- subject of
oriental treatment of women:
"You say that we do not honor our
women. Why, let me tell you that all
Hindoo boys. till they are ready to
learn the ways of men, are taught by
their mothers. we are subject to our
mothers, and we know what you occi.
dentals do not yet seem to realize-that
to have good men and good citizens
we must have good mothers. You will
hardly find a Hindoo man, whatever
his caste, daring to go against the
counsel of his mother. Can you say as
much for American menT
Gould as much, do our readers think,
be said for American men? There are
no asylums for helpless fathers and
mothers in the orient. So long as there
Is corner and crust to be shared the
parents In the oriental family have the
lions share.-Household.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
THE COOKBOOK.

To boil cream the day before en-
hances the richness of the coffee into
which 1t is poured.
The remnant of stewed or preserved
fruit left from tea will improve a tap
ioca pudding the next day.
To cook carrots quickly add a small
piece of soda to the water in which
they are boiled. This will improve the
flavor of the vegetable.
To prevent gravies from becoming
lumpy remove the pan from the fire
while the thickening is being stirred
In, after which set the pan back on
the fire and cook thoroughly.
Several green coffee beans left to
soak In the unbeaten white Of an egg
Will color cake icing delicate green.
The beans should be removed and the
egg whipped and used for the icing.
II bread has been baked too brown
or-if the crust has been blackened in
an oven made too hot, do not attempt
to cut off the black with knife. As
soon as the loaves are cold go over
them with coarse CRATER.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
A TRICK WITH CARDS.
One of the Curious Combination
That May De Effected,

One of the Curious Combinations
That May De Effected.
OF the many curious things which
may BIO done with pack of fifty-two
cards perhaps the most interesting is
the spelling out" of an entire suit
To do this take the thirteen cards of
any suit, place them face up and ar-
range them In this manner: Nine, @, g.
Jack. 10, 8. Z. 2. king, 8. 1. 4, queen.
When they are thus placed, they arc
face up. with the on top and the
queen ON the bottom.
Now turn them over 50 that they are
face down with the queen on top. Take
the top card and place 1t underneath
the pack and say "O." Place the next
card underneath the pack in the same
way and say IN" and the next card
turn face up on the table, saying "E,-
one. Leaving "E" face up, place the
next top card underneath the pack,
saying "T;" the next the same way,
saying "W," and the next lay face up
on the table, saying "O"-two-and
SO on through the suit
Remember, when you come to the
last letter of card to lay that card
face up on the table, leaving 1t there.
When you have laid out the 10 spot,
you continue by spelling out Jack
and queen
OF course, after you have laid the
jack out you have only two cards left,
but continue as before and the queen
will come out, leaving only the king in
your hand, which, Of course, you lay
on the others, compelling the suit
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
POULTRY POINTERS.

When chickens grow very fast, It
sometimes causes leg weakness.
Under usual conditions variety Of
food is better than any medicine that
car be given.
The only safe way of disposing oe
dead fowls that have died of any con-
tagious disease is to burn them.
Glover contains two elements that
are In demand by the hens-nitrogen
and lime. 1t is rich in the elements
required for the whites Of eggs.
When roup gets into flock, 1t inva-
riably leaves some ai.ment behind.
The fowl that has been subject to 1t is
seldom healthy again.
There is no cure for feather pulling
except by more labor and time than an
ordinary flock is worth. The best plan
is to get rid Of the guilty fowls as soon
as possible.
A hen seldom begins to eat eggshel]s
untn shc aads cne brokc:, orznefil atm.
becomes accustomed to eating eggs
thrown out into the yard. The safest
plan is always to crumble them up fine
before feeding.
Everything in the poultry house
should be --y.
Ducks will not thrive on sloppy food
nor on cornmeal alone.
Boiled potatoes. turnips ana other
vegetables may be fed to ducks to ad-
vantage.
a good food for fattening fowls can
be made by mixing cornmeal with
mashed potatoes and milk.
In dry picking poultry the picking
must be done while the fowl is warm
as soon as possible after the fowl is
killed.
The nests should never be fastened to
the poultry house In such way that
they cannot be readily removed and
cleaned.
Fowls are very fond Of raw yegeta-
bles. Beets, carrots, turnips and espe-
cially cabbage may be fed to advan.
tage. The best plan is to chop them
fine.
A dressed fowl may be made to look
plump by dipping 1t for ten seconds in
water that is nearly boiling hot and
then holding 1t until chilled In cold
water.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
Smoking In snain.

In Spain people smoke incessantly
under all conditions, ut all hours and
in all places, except in church. Men
smoke in the railway carriages; they
smoke in oil the tram cars; they smoke
In all the minor theaters; they smoke
In all the restaurants, in the hotel din
ing rooms, and, Of course, in the cafes.
In business offices the merchant and
his clerks smoke. In shops the shop
man, while trying to sell goods to a
lady, will stop to roll a cigarette,
which, when lighted, he will puff in
her face. You see conductors and
drivers Of tram cars smoking. All the
hackney cabmen smoke all the time
while even coachmen and footmen Of
private carriages sometimes smoke on
the box. Beggars approach you, ciga-
rette in mouth, to whine for aims. If
you ask for tickets at railway office,
the clerk lays down his cigarette as he
hands you the dingy bits of pasteboard.
The tnnumerable peddlers all smoke
cigarettes all the time.-J. A. Hart in
Argonaut.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
orixin Of ..pudret., !,

It is difficult to realize TINT the term
budget" now 80 often In every ones
mouth, ls a term less than 200 years
old, the earliest mention of the word
dating no further back than 1873. We
borrowed 1t from the old French Ian
guage-bougette, meaning small bag,
In which in former times 1t was the
custom to put the estimates OF receipts
and expenditures when presented to
parliament: hence the chancellor Of the
excheQuer. in making his annual state
ment. was formerly said to open his
budget. In time the term passed from
the receptacle to the contents, and,
curiously, this new significauon was
returned from this country to France,
where 1t was first used in an official
manner in the early part of the nine
teenth century.-London Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
school Custom. In china,

Many strange school customs prevail
in China. The girls in that country
seldom go to school unless they are the
children Of very rich people. School
work begins before daylight, and after
studying their lessons aloud for two
hours the pupils recite them. They
then go home to breakfast, after which
they return and study again till din
ner time. In the afternoon they go
again to school to prepare lessons for
the following day. By this time 1t is
night. This goes on every day of the
week. for there is no such thing us the
Sunday holiday.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
Billion and rri,l,op.

There are two systems of numera-
ton in use ut the present day, common
~ called the English and the French
systems. In the former the billion is
million of millions, trillion mil
lion of billions and each denomination
is million times the one preceding.
In the latter (Which is the system used
in the United States) the billion is a
thousand millions, and each denomina.
ton Is thousand times the preceding.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
THE NEW YORK WORLD.
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and wherever there are people who can
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The subscriber, for only one dollar Q
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The ThItce-a-week World is abso-
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news columns, and democrat and repub.
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full accounts Of all the greatlpoliticsl
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03

The postotIiee department il In q
nasty condition. Bribery, blackmail
and deficiencies exist to an alarming
extent. The punishment of few
men here and there will not correct the
evil. The trouble is due to the politi-
cal exploitation of the department.
Postal appointments, which are large
y controlled BY congressman, are used
in many instances to pay political debts,
and such sppointees are not always
willing to pay themselves for services
rendered members of congress from
salaries honestly earned.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
seed. and skin. Of small Fruits.

There are many people who cannot
eat small fruits on account of the
seeds and skins, because they prove SO
Irritating to the stomach. In all such
cases the fruit should be thoroughly
ripe; then press 1t through small
wire sieve or strain through thin
cloth; then you get all there is Of use
the liquid. Blue and other berries with
tough skins may be cooked little to
start the Juice, then strain and get rid
Of seeds and skins. Never put waste
into delicate stomach when possible
to avoid 1t. Cherry stones and grape
seeds are u menace to health, and chill
dren should be taught how to neatly
reject them.-Physical Culture.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
Cleveland as a Trust Candidate,
(From the washington Post J

(From the Washington Post)
OF all the schemes of mice and men"
that have ever been projected into
American politics the one which
the New York Sun is, In Its own
peculiar way, engaged in promoting
is the queerest. The realms of
fiction, IL exhaustlyely explored, would
scarcely yield anything more wild than
the idea Of ex-President Cleveland IS
third term candidate running in the In
terests OF the trusts. Yet that is the
project which the Sun has In hand, and
the same notion seems to have found
lodgment In other quarters, as we find
1t gravely discussed in several publica-
ttons of more or less influence.