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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-03-12
VOL. 39.--NO. 21.

II will admit, broke in Sir Harry
hoarsely, ''that | cannot, for lack of decent
witnesses, call upon you to stand up again
to me; but, before God, sir, there will be
no crying of quits by me until at least |
have put a bullet in your heartr'
'Gentlemen gentlemen p cried DIR.
Brown, imploringly, ALREADY one man is
wounded and another killed | beseech
you, leave the field nowl Mr.. Dunstanton,
you must fly! And you, Sir Harry
II remain, said the latter
"Yes Yesr' said Dunstanton, II am
going.
He left the field, and found his cousin
cart waiting. He told the man to drive
him to his lodgings. He scarcely believed
now that he would even receive the half
promised letter, since his luck had deserted
him. The road seemed interminable,
though they drove almost as quickly as
when going. At last they arrived, and
his own man answered the knock.
There is no news, Stocks, | suppose 2
he asked
only letter, sir.
Dunstanton took it eagerly and broke
the seal. 1t was written anagrammatically,
and ran thus
Since that a Certain beau did with
Eminent importantly desire to Learn what
might be Indeed her name, who As a
masque only Mispossessed his wits, hereby
Apprehend the same, reading Your puzzle
by the Number four unto the End
For moment he was content to know
that he had held the secret in his hand
without spelling it out. 1t was what he
would have expected, what he would have
wished Then he burned to know her
name. What, after all, was it Did it
match her spirit Slowly he began to put
the capitals Of every fourth word together.
Celia He spelt it out, repeated it, and
approved it, Celia was almost enough for
him, since some day she would change the
other for his Still, it would be as well to
know her present surname. 1t began with
'Mispossessed, with VI, in fact Very
slowly he spelt it out, M-A-Y-N-E.
The letter fell from his hands and flut-
tered on the floor
So this was his luck; this was the end
Of the masquerade. He had shot her
brother tiead-an hour ago.
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Didn't Worry the Waiter.

Henry Ward Beeeher was amused when
be went into Bowery restaurant on one
occasion and heard the waiter give such
orders to the cook as .'Ham and,
"Siukers and cow, etc. Watch me
faze that waiter with an order which | be-
live, he won abbreyiate remarked DR..
Beeeher at length as the waiter approached.
Then he said Give US poached eggs on
toast for two, will the yolks broken.
But the waiter, who was equal to the
emergency walked 10 the end of the room
and yelled. Adam and Eve on raft
Wreck EN- 1t is related that DR.. Beech
er nearly tainted
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TO LIVE AND LOVE AND LEARN.

From san Francisco Star.
Most Of the things that worry US
Don't matter much.
Too many of US fret and fuss
AT every touch.
There's nothing that's of great concern
Except to live, and love, and learn.
Suppose the world don't go our way,
What of it, then
We have the better chance to-day
To act like men.
And still insist at every turn
We're here to live, and love. and learn.
IL ism doing what we would
That counts for most;
lis being brave, aud kind. and good,
Amid the host:
For better than to crave and yearn
Is inst to live. and lose, and learn.
We make too much Of ease and joy.
And sordid gain;
The things that vey Us and annoy.
The toll and pain,
And every malady We sPurn
May help Us live. aud love. aud learn,
Aud there Is nothing else 20 fear
OF good or III
Thar iust the failure OF good cheer
Aud honest viii;
Ne loss need fright Us if We earn
More power TO 1--we, to love, and learn.
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\ small church was sadly in need ofre
pairs, and meeting was held with view
to raising funds for the purpose. The
minister having said that $500 would be
needed, very wealthy and stingy mem
Der arose and said he would give 81. Just
as he sat down large piece of plaster fell
from the ceiling and struck him on his
head, whereupon he jumped up hastily
and said that he had made mistake, that
he would give $50. This was too much
for an enthusiastic deacon present, who,
forgetful of everything, called out fer
vently 80 Lord, hit him again Hit
him again p
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Hering's Department Store.

claims special interest The advance styles
the fullest The styles that
be tailored
Suings, Tweeds Plain and Nub Voiles, Eolennes
Silk and Wool Crepes, Flaked Sutings, Cheviots
Fancy Mohairs.
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Selett Story.
LUCK OF A MASQUERADE.

R.E yeu,ele IN Black aud White.
Watts puus,auton drove. To keep
the chill oa j. to keep the hand in, he
explained to Roger and burn me. he
added. bu, lis a cold morning, and Sir
Harry the deuce Of a shot lie kept the
mare at a bri.k elauer accordingly, ,a that
the physician behind clung to the handrAl
couvulsiyeIy, AMI sou could hear all his
instrument. a shake in their box
Er-rr was glad that hj> cousin was con
ten, Ia DO ,he driving, since for hts own
par, he wautc,l ts r.aect Never had he
fcl, I,-~ inclined to ac, -eonad 30 a dnel.
Il ~evgusi such a paor end 70 that glorious
masquerade of the night hcforc To be
hyuud-only fonr hoars iater-ior the
bower fields of Hampstead there 10 look On
I've men facing each other sith pistols in
The frost q the morning aad one hts cousin.
II wa, likely 70 b q bloody business, too,
for the men we're to Eghf until one or the
,.h., s,s l,.,bi.5 And though IA. bus.
ins-,, II var was Lieutenant Roger Dan
stanton ; own business, sex this affair was
,,.,,.,,,,p. How should he look forward
o. ,he crack of pistols, when for the int
,,,r.. !, h,. Er, fb. -,upd n lady voice
,,,. I,,..,-in- liz, n,a.i- IN HI. heart To
B.. .l,....f g,,,,, h. dream, into this deadly
..,,;f. x,s fo,.I.rsbls
r., ,h.. he's, If the. MARI hooi, on the
rad be zen, over the whele event. Of the
,.,h, Fir., b.r,,lom. then fascination,
al l,..Iy rnjs vakias to the seowls and
t-.,.,;,.. =, ,l.. ,-,rIr,ap-,h..e were the
.~.,,. ), c,lsr
The boredom, b,-an aln,o,, at the begin
r;n..af ~. I'm gar ROGER being fresh from
campaigning 10 The Low Countries and a
hi, that vas energetic. If not very glorious,
s,,,3 himself alien from the glitter and
a. ~, ~. j,,.,,s ,y8 the ip,,,,,sant
,,..E,. II seemed al tongue aud pran-
ri,.-,bi. pa.auerade-,he dancing brisk
enough ,he chatter hyely enough, but TO
- .,-h,r.... .....,,, II girb, long
-, -. -, 81. a,l in ,s.,o,,py.
II n. l,ii.- had but discovered their faces,
!. Ia h.r. ,..., batter Rn.er bean
-, l.. ,i.,, ,r nss.,,er,a.,. some
~, ;..rousu.ly :, partner whom he
v,. ls,siss through the co,ilion. She Wa,
-, -.J n;,b.. ,.,,.3 He de.
,r,aI.4 .v,,r,,by far himself as one Gu,
= ,-,. ,o,. ,o.r.. ..ai,,sy by di,u.e and
.,t,rl.r,s,,r
,4 r.. ,.,,.,,,,.. 49,. sh,m;oable
b..,i3
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.,l;,;.n
.u.s,,
r.. r..,..,, h.,.,n.. !, /. The. dulle,I
.h;,. -, ,cl m ballard, ar, traitor.
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,;,.,i
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n.L,4 .b,r,,io.. b,ngbtine,s that
r.. cav. IN
MI, ,,;,b5r,v my statement, h,
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..r.. ~. anil, . or ,o an who wear mas
n.g.,
unr,,o3ition,Iy he said. ..tha
,, .,oa;,;or that Won tell me 4 goot
rs,.,n for masking
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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

Movement OF real property IN the Indian Territory,
and especially in the Creek Natien Is becoming worth
while II is due TO removal OF restrictions decis-
Ion by the Interior department that upon sufficient
showing the Indian aottees will be recognized capable
of caring for his property. The removal of tenure
in mortmain there is comparatively simple of
plshment The result is influx Of people who will
develop the country
And while there Is no debut In the minds Of the neigh.
bors OF Indian alottees that great majority Of them
capable OF selling their lands and caring for the pro.
ceeds the Eastern press takes view of the matter that
1t experiment calculated to determine important
question in our Indian citizenship The New York Post
says:
The chances that per cent OF the Indian cti-
of the Territory will either Of their initiative
at the nstgation of whites whittier Indians apply
for the right ALLEVIATE their land The work OF sorting
the expedent from the inexpedsnt cases the right
from the wrong will put the machinery OF Indian esab
shment to supreme test in the domains both Of intel
gence and OF morals II the experiment succeeds and
Ii practicable exercise discretion in the selection
of capable from incapable Indians the movement will
spread This idea has been long hobby with multi.
tude Of whitessome genuine friends Of the Indians and
Others who love nothing but his andhat IL needs only
this sort Of impulse to extend every
ton In the United States
But the Post oyerlooks the proposition that the Indians
of Indian Territory have long been civilized They were
called the Five Civilized Tribes long berore they
TO make their home In the Indian Territory They are
not reservation Indians and they have been selsuppor
ing for years They have accumulated property the
tribal lands long held in and in such state that
the individual at the mercy OF his graspng and
resouceful fellow vino took and maintained possession
Of more than his rightful share Of the common land
Ii is experiment in the Indian Territory As large
per cenage Of the Five Civilized Tribes capable Of
caring for their there Of their nelghbors Of
white ancestry IN the adjoining states But II may be-
come the forerunner of like plan among less progressive
Indians and to that extent be experiment
State Capital
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Stealing Indians.

There about $1,000 enrolled citizens In the Chero
kee nation and they over 100000 acres of land
Every citizen thinks there is COAL oil gas under his
piece of property aud he has got many tendefeet think
ing the same way There plenty Of Indians willing
to lease the Wadorf-Astoria, and plenty of suckers"
willing TO take such lease and pay big money for IT,
When specuator promoter wants to get an oil or
gas lease in some desirable field he goes about the bust
ness in this way II the land public domain: He col
ecs bunch of Indians takes them to the property and
familiarizes them with H. Then he takes them to Tah-
leyuah and runs them through the land onice. When
they out he catches them and gets their signature
TO the desired leases But at this point often trouble
arises. Some other specuator may be hand with an
offer of more money for the leases This is called steal
ing Indians and tolstea Indian in the Territory
the Far West
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proportion Next there those who never do thing
until they told twice; such get honors and small
pay Next there those who do the right thing when
necessity kicks them from behind and these get nder
ence instead Of honors, and always pttance for pay
This kind spends most Of its time polishing bench with
hard luck story. Lower down In the scale get the
fellow who will not do the right thing when
goes along show him how and stays to see that
he does IT, he always out OF oD and receives the
contempt he deserves unless he has rich pa In which
case destiny patiently awaits round the corner with
stuffed club The phstlne.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09
Anera vindieasioa.

"As Ralph Burton, senior United states senator from
Kansas sat IN tie hotel lsBby thlselty Friday waiting
for train says the CoTeyvllle Kas Daily Record nhe
looked the last part Of 4 mIsspent life so bands met
him at the station national coors were hung In honor
Of the silvertongued orator Of Kansas 10 came - an
ordinary travelling man and took his chances with the
rest IN getting room at the hotel
"A few year ago II this same Burton bad cams to
Codeyylle men would have gatheedaround him a. thick
Is iles around Walnut street Joint But the time Is
past Burton Is an also ran lie sass he will be vlndl
eatedwill again forge his way % the respect of the
people Bat vill he2 It Is fact that he worked bis
~ from the lowest round BY merit and industry he
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09
Ye.tsrday, Today and Forever.

Before Nagras eternal tide
| stood and heard the solemn, thund'reus roar
watched the awful food unceasng roar
The mystic rainbow spanning high and wide,
In whose bright arch each starry drop deserted
One instant flashed, then broke It's radiance DER
To mortal vision lost forevermore
Eptome OF human life and pride
bubble bursts. gone pageant, pomp and palm
So man, the unit, flashes, disappears;
But choired BY cosnic chant and prophet-psam
Mankind with It's doubts and hopes and fears
In immortality's majestic calm
Rolls grandy down the everlasting years
ANNA II. Frost
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reached the pnnacle yet few have been able
to regain lost ground and retrace their steps Where
confidence Il lost It is uphill proposition TO regain re-
spect His visit In Southern Kansas IL said 70 be
nected with oil interests The Cherryyale News says
Senator Burton is looking this section, but not
for OIL He is after securing the nomination OF senator's
aud representatives whom he can control What he is
after yIndeation and as there interest in poll
tics he may succeed powerful moned interests
back OF him, as we'll as strong political influences
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

Though countless years were mine, TO live;
Though wealth and homer at my door
Stand waiting; earth's best gifts we're mine;
Though might roam from shore to shore,
Surfeited OF all the gods may give,
or love, Of Joyous reyelry
They Of my bone, my flesh, might win
The highest fame, make glad the eye,
And yet, within, encompassed by
One single word one thought-ah, jet
Greater than all, though ages pass
one eyer-present thought--Rsgret
-MoNNiE MOORE LATHAM
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

The case Of the intemarried white citizens ~ Che
Cherokee nation IN hands Of competent attorney W.
T Hutchngs, and there should be no talk of com
promise The case has been practically settled b former
decisions Of tie United states court Of claims The
viii bear the fullest Investigation and there need be no
uneasnes on the part Of this class Of citizens they VIII
eventually be enrolled and share Ia Tie equal division Of
land and money
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

The forthcoming republican national convention which
IS less than three weeks away sill probably be the
tamest affair Of its kind in the history Of the nation
There will be nothing for the delegates 10 do after they
get there but atify the work already performed Roose
yelt will be named by aeelamation the platform adopted
as already prepared and the cheering INDUCED In when
the signal i given TIE only element Of uncertainty
about Il is tie choice Of the convention for second place
Here instead Of contest for the place Wild scram.
bic TO get away from It. making necessary for the con.
ventlon 70 capture aud hogte tho whom t picks on
Tor the nomination In all things else the convention
will be wholly devoid Of interest Tor the reason that ts
work has been done IN advance aud but awaits approval
which wall he freely giyen.-Okahoman
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

The desire Of Agent shoenelt have assistant ap-
pointed to have charge Of the business Of removal Of
strclons very natural but the chances that
the Indians would prefer deal directly with shoenfet
as they have the utmost confidence in him. and he under
stands the conditions perfectly.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

The world bestows Us big prizes, both in money and
honors for but thing And that Is Initiative What
IS IntiatveY I'll tell you. IL is doing the thing with.
out being told But next to doing the thing without be-.
ing told is to do it when you told That is to
say carry the Message 10 Gomez those who carry
message get high honors but their pay not always in
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

Ten thousand square feet Of space In the Palace Of
Agriculture az the Worlds fair IS devoted to the special
exhibit OF pure food goods Here all Of the foreign sub
stances used adulteate foods shown a separate
receptacle alongside the original package
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

The chieftain believes the Cherokee people and the
public generally should know ali about the working Of
the land onice at TahIequah Il IS Of the hrst mpor
tance that they be allowed 70 select their lands far from
any interference Of ans kind inside outside the office
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

Ten large photographs depicting the several residences
Of jefferson Davis and tie seats Of the Confederate Gov.
ernment are exhibited IN the Mississippi building at the
Worlds fair which Is itself reproduction of Beauyoir,
the last home of the President of the Couieeracy
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

New Jersey has an exhibit of good roads on the model
street at the Worlds fair Demonstrations ef the man
ner in which the New jersey highways are built are
given from time 70 time by r. A Meeket state supern
tendent Of roads, Who IS in charge OF the exhibit
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09
Scissoreo ano Otherwise
nourla. on th. Pic.

The most interesting and spectacular performance Of
the season will be the Democratic National Conven.
ton at St Louis next month From call to order 70 ad-
ournment It will be a continuation Of struggles with
the result always In doubt No attraction at the Worlds
Fair OF the Pike will draw large crowd as the
convention and well worth seeing Phoenix.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

The recent rains have given Indian Territory space
writer's excuse 70 lie Auskogee reported five
inches of rainfall in thirtysx hours and South McAies
ter promptly sent IN the Information that seven and
onehaf inches in forty hours had fallen at that place
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

The Dawes commission has received special nstruc-
tons as to the disposition Of surplus lands held By the
registered Deawares According 70 provision IN tie
Indian appropriation bill passed and approved April q
the Deawares we're allowed 70 sell their surplus holdings
after anprasem
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

The sensible thing to doat the Durantconyenton will
be 10 let the statehood question alone. resolution
fayorng single statehood could doubtless be passed with
rush. but what's tie The thing viii settle itself
in due time
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

reign Of terror exists in Cripple Creek Colorado on
account Of dia5ocal dynanitng plot followed by riot
ing Twenty-Five are dead and score Of Others injured
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

week from Thursday the democratic convention OF
the Indian Territory will meet at Durant
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

The high waters and the great waste of whisky at Tab
eouah has a tendency TO make things dull
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

The damage dOne TO roads bridges and farms by last
weeks rains in this section is enormous, but II is
much worse snuth Of US
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

Caney IS to have another paper Dr. Blewett and
Deacon" Jones, Of wech l. T., have made arrange
ments to start another weekly The first issue will come
out IN a week or two
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

The democaeyof Oklahom showed mighty little respect
for Col watterson when they endorsed Bryan while he
was In the city.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

When the red ants and the Bob Whites get through
with the boil weey cotton will again whiten southern
Texas But what have these ants and birds been doing
heretoforey
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

Col Henri watterson prefers Cleveland to Roosevelt
because he would fish more and not fool with the machn-
cry Of government 50 much
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

That bottled Russian fleet should be allowed TO escape
and more certain,
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

When Cleveland volunteered tospeak work for Parker
il acted like a drop shot, and knockout
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

members of his cabinet the stump in the interest Of
his candidacy.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

Despite the talks OF hard times piece Of Vinita real
estate occasionally brings what looks like good round
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

one Of the compensatons Of living in small town Is
freedom from the end seat hog,
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

Prices for cattle on the market yesterday steady
TO ten cents higher