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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31

relieved to have tOund the huTnDleSt GUIDE upon
these unwonted paths
The goldsmith started This youth was not the
simple soldier that he had seemed. That frank
face, those gray eyes, were traps for the unwary.
Never had he been more taken abac1 in bargain.
This is fond talk and can lead to nothing, fair
sir, said he, turning away and hdding with the
keys of his strong boxes yet have wish to be
hard on you. Take my outside price, which is
fifty mobiles"
"And hundred :" whispered Awkward
"And hundred" said Nigel, blushing at his
own greed
''WeT, well, take hundred" cried the merchant
Fleece me, skin me, leave me loser, and take
for your wares the full hundredr'
- should be shamed forever if | were to treat
YOU so badly said Nigel You have spoken me
fair and would not grind you down Therefore,
/ will gladly take one hundred"
And fifty whispered Awkward
''An1 fifty" said Nigel
'sBy Saint John Of Beverley" cried the
chant. g j came hither from the North Country,
and they are said to be shrewd at a deal in those
parts; but / had rather bargain with a synagogue
fun of Jews than with YOU for all your gentle ways
VIII you indeed take no less than hundred and
fifty? Alas you pluck from me my profits OF a
month. 1T is fell morning work Tor me. would
j had never seen you!" With groans and lamen-
tations he paid the gold pieces across the counter
and Nigel hardly able to credit his own good for
tune gathered them into the leather saddle bag.
A moment later with flushed face he was in the
street and pouring out his thanks to AylWard
Alas, my fair lord the man has robbed US now"
said the archer. We could have had another
twenty had we stood fast"
How know YOU that good Aylward?"
BY his eyes, Squire Loring. l wot l have
little store of reading where the parchment Of book
OF the pinching Of blazon IS concerned, but can
read mems ewes, and | never doubted that he would
give what he has given.
The two travellers had dinner at the monks hos
pitium Nigel at the high table and Awkward among
the conmonalty. Then again they roamed the high
street on business intent. Nigel bought ta1eta Tor
hangings vine preserves, fruit, danask table linen
and many other articles Of need At last he halted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31

before the armorers shop at the castle-yard.
staring at the fine suits Of plate the engraved
pectoras, the plurned helmets, the cunningly
jonted gorgets as child at sweet-shop.
We'll, Squire Loring, said Wat the arnorer,
looking sdewise from the furnace where he
tempering sword blade, what can sell you this
morning? l swear to you BY Tubal Cain the
father Of all workers in metal, that you might go
from end to end of Cheapside and never see a bet
ter suit than that which hangs from yonder hook"
And the price, armorer2
ITO anyone else, two hundred and fifty rose
MOBILES To you two hundred
And why cheaper to me, good fellow"
Because l fitted your father also for the wars,
and finer suit never went out of my shop. |
warrant that it turned many edge before he
laid it aside We worked in mail in those DAYS
and had as soon have wel-nade thick-meshed
mail as any plates; but a young knight Will be in
the fashion like any dame of the court, and so it
must be plate now even though the price be trebled
"Your rede is that the mail is good2"
81 am well sure of it.
"Hearken then armorer! / cannot at this mo-
ment buy suit Of plate, and yet | sorely need
steel harness on account Of small deed which it
IS in my mind to do. Now / have at my home at
Ti1ford that very suit of mail Of which you speak,
with which my father first rode to the wars. Could
you not so alter 1t that 1t should guard my limbs
also"
The arnlorer looked at Nigels small upright
figure and burst out laughing. You jest, Squire
Loring! The suit was made for who far
above the common stature of man
NAY, / Jest not. If it Will but carry me through
one spear running it will have served its purpose
The arnorer leaned back on his anvil and
pondered while Nigel stared anyiously at his sooty
face
Right gladly would lend you suit Of plate for
this one venture, Squire Loring, but / know well
that if YOU should be overthrow your harness
becomes prize to the victor: ] am poor man with
many children and dare not risk the loss of 1t.
But as to what you say of the old suit of mall is it
indeed in good condition."
Most excellent, save only at the neck, which
is much frayed."
''To shorten the limbs IS easy. 1t is but TO cut
out length Of the mail and then loop up the links.
But to shorten the body-nay, that IS beyond the
arrnorer's art.
1t was my last hope. Nay, good armorer, if
you have indeed served and loved my gallant
father, then | beg you by his memory that you
will help now.
The ar1norer threw down his heavy hammer with
crash upon the floor. 1t is not only that l
loved your father Squire Loring, but It IS that !
have seen you half armed YOU were, ride against
the best Of them at the Castle tilt-yaTd Last Mar
tinnas my heart bled for you when ! saw how sorry
was your harness, and yet you held your own
against the stout Sir Oliver with his Milan suit
When go you to Tilford A.
Even now
Heb Jenkin. fetch out the cob" cried the
worthy Wat Nav nv right hand lose its cunning
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31
How Sir Nigel Went
Marketing 10 Guildford

4
ing Saint Catharine's shrine they
crossed the winding Wey once more, ~,
and so found themselves IN the steep
high street with its heavy-eaved gabled
houses its monllish hospitium upon the
left where good ale may still be quaffed.
and its great square keeped castle upon
the right no gray and grim skeleton of
ruin. but very quick and alert with
blazoned banner flying free, and steel
caps tyinklng from the hattlement.
A row Of booths extended from the
castle gate to the high street, and 4
two doors from the Church of the Trinity 81
was that Of Thoroid the goldsmith,
rich burgess and Mayor of the town.
He looked long and lovingly at the rich rubes
and at the fine work upon the goblet. Then he
strolled his flowing gray beard he Pondered
whether he should offer fifty mobiles or sixty, for
he knew well that he could sell them again for two
hundred. II he offered too much his profit would
be reduced. If he offered too little the youth
might 90 as far as London with them for they
were rare and Of great worth. The young man
was ill-clad and his eyes were anxious Per-
chance he was hard pressed and was ignorant of
the value OF what he bore. He would sound him.
These things are old and out Of fashion, fair
sir" said he t.0f the stones i can scarce say if
they are Of good quality or not, but they are dull
and rough. Yet. # EUur price be low ! NAV add
them to nv stock though indeed this booth was
made 10 sell and not TO buy. What do YOU ask
Nigel bent his broHs in pcrpezity. Here was
game in which neither his bold heart nor his active
limbs could help him. 1t was the new force master
ing the old: the man IF commerce conquering the
man Of 1var-zyearinE him down and weakening
him through the centuries until he had him his
bond-serZant and bis thrall-
~ know not what t9 ask, good sir" said Nigel.
1T Is not for me nor for any who bears my
name. to chatter and to Maggie. You know the
worth Of these things for 1t your trade to do
The LADY, Ernvntrlde lacks money, and we must
have ii against the Kings coming, so give me that
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-02

There are 3 900 head Of cattle running
loose in the Pinal basin Of Arizona and
they are owned by 20men. Each animal
has a brand on his hip as broad as a
ham, and crops, bits and underhacks
galore in his ears. Beyond these marks
of ownership he is as free as a deer
and. should he SO elect. could wander
from the Mexican border to the Can
adian line without running up against
a barbed-wire fence. Yet such is. the
simple nature Of cattle that they "use'
in the country where they are born and
only the utmost stress Of wind and
weather will suffice to drive them away.
They are "homefolks7 and stick to their
barren canyons and water holes with
all the devotion Of untutored rural man.
The calf runs with his mother and
learns her ways. which become his ways.
It is upon this home instinct that the
practice Of western cattle raising rests.
Sunset Magazine.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-02

The following awful araignmentof OF ntemperance was
delivered by Colonel Ingersoll before jury where the
right Of the manufacture of whiskey involved Il
IS one question upon which Ingerso right at least
~ am aware that there is prejudice against any man
Who manufactures alcohol believe that from the time
n issues from the coiled and poisonous worm in the dis
tery until it emptes into the jaws OF death dshonor
and crime that it demoazes everybody that touches IT,
from the source to where it ends do not believe That
anvbody can contemplate the subject without being
preudiced against the liquor crime All we have TO do
gentlemen is to think Of the wrecks on either bank Of
fhe stream of DEATH of the suicides OF the insanity OF
Ignorance of the desttuon, of the little children tug
ring at the faded and withered breats Of weeping and
desuarng mothers of the wives asking for bread OF tEe
men Of genius wrecked the men struggling with lmag-
ary serpents produced by this devsh thing ana when
Won think of the jais of the amshouses of the asyums
Of the prisons Of the scaods upon either bank do not
wonder that every thoughtful is prendlced against
this damned stuff called alcohol.
Intempeance cuts down youth in its vigor, manhood
in its strength old age in its weakness It breaks the
fathers heart bereayes the dotng mother extinguishes
natural Affection conguga love, bots out nal at
tachment bights parental hope brings down mourning
age n sorrow to the grave it produces weakness not
strength sickness not health; death, not life 1t makes
wives widows children orphans, fathers ends, and all
of them beggars and paupers 1t feeds rheumatism in
ytes cholera imports pestence and embraces consump
tion 1t covers the land with ideness, misery crime
IL fills vonr as supplies almshouses and demands your
asyums It engenders controversies fosters qarres and
chershes riots 1t crowds your penitentiares and fur
nshes victims for your scaolds 1t is the feblood Of
the gambler the element Of the burglar the prop OF the
and the support of the midnight ncendiary
It countenances the liar respects the thief esteems the
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-02
A REFoRMER OF MANNERS.
Ex- Football Player Finds Mission
in Elevated and Subway
Trains.

The speaker was a young man who
played once on the Columbia rush line
He played football we'll, and it Is OF
record that he can scrap even better
than he can kick Further, he looks
it, says the New York Sun.
when I left college, he said, Il
made up my mind to put in part OF
my time doing good to my fellow men.
When | looked over the field | found
that wasn't cut out for Sunday school
teaching or social settlement work.
was looking for a branch Of muscular
philanthropy where | could find scope
for my talents.
Il found it last month. | have a
mission now. 1t is the reformation Of
the subway and elevated hog.
! Il take a subway or an elevated
about four times day on an average.
usually an express. wait until the
gate is opened for the hog who makes
a rush and jams his way in ahead Of
women, children and weaklings.
"He is always there, sometimes three
or four of him. I pick out the worst
one and follow him. Just as he reaches
the gate tap him on the shoulder
" Pardon me. sir say. You have
dropped something and | point to a
pillar in the background.
'He always turns back feeling in his
pockets. In three cases out of four
he misses the train. trust that while
he waits for the next train the point
dawns on him.
''If he does catch the train. he either
subsidies, crushed. in which case know
he's got the point. or else he comes at
me and says:
See here, what the blazes do you
mean? What did | drop?'
"I look him over and kind of raise
my shoulder at him as a warning that
I'll be right there il he gets trouble
some. and say:
Your manners. sir
1--WE reformed at least six persistent
hogs who get on at my station. and I
trust that l have taught manners to a
number of others whom haven't been
able to observe regularly.
"Oh, yes, some day I'll probably run
up against a better man and take
beating, but it viii all be in the inter-
est Of the cause.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-02

basphemer. 1t violates obligations, reverences fraud
and honors infamy 1t defames beneyoence hates love-
scorns virtue ISLANDERS innocence tnctes the father
to butcher his helpless offspring helps the husband to
massacre his wife and the child to grind the paracda
axe 1t burns up men, consumes women, deters life,
curses God despses heaven 1t posons Witnesses nurses
the Jury box and stains judicial the ermine
1t egrades the Citizen debases the legislature dshonors
statesmen consumes women detests ife brings shame
not honor terror not safety despair not hope misery
not happiness and with the maleyoence OF iend it
calmly surveys its frghtful desolaton and unsatated
havoc 1t posons felicity, kills peace, ruins morals,
bphts confidence, says regulations and wipes out
national honor then the world and laughs at its
ruin 1t does all that, and 1t murders the soul
It is the sum Of all vainies the father Of all crimes
the mother Of all denominations, the DEVILS best friend
and Gods worst enemy
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-02
A Friend m Need.

DO you know Of anyone suffering
with consumption? Then tell them
that DIR. Boschee's German Syrup will
cure them-and you will be a friend
need. German Syrup is reliable
specific for cure OF consumption. 1t
has been making marvellous cures of
consumption throughout the world
for forty years. Group, coughs, colds,
bronchitis and all throat and lung
troubles are speedily cured by German
Syrup. Trial bottle, 25c. Big bottle,
75c. At Winner Drug Co. DIV
We trim your paper without extra
cost, at the New York Racket store.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-02
PKlzE FOR FINEST LAWN

The Chieftain will pay $500 for the prettiest
and best kept lawn this season in Vinita. The
offer is open to all competitors and the decision
will be rendered on Tuesday, May 30, 1905, by
committee of competent judges of ladies and
gentlemen to be selected by the donor. Now
that we have a fine system Of waterworks the
production Of pretty lawns will be comparatively
easy. The Chieftain has in mind only the en-
couragement of the residents of the city to beau
tiy their homes, and thus make them at
tractiye to strangers well as source OF con-
tinuous pride and joy to the community.
The paper will be amply renmuerated for the
outlay if it can induce any considerable number Of
families to give attention to flowers, shrubs, trees
and grasses, and general cleanliness about their
premises.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-02

'My daughter had a terrible cough
which settled on her lungs" says n.
jackson Of Danville, III. 1--WE tried a
great many remedies without relief,
until we gave her Foiey's Honey and
Tar which cured her" Refuse substi-
tutes. soldby Peoples Drug Store DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-02

To draw the fire out of a burn, or
heal cut without leaving scar, use
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A spe-
cifc for piles. Get the genuine, j
L. Tucker, editor Of the Harmonizer,
Centre, Ala, writes: 81 have used
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye in my
family for piles, cuts and burns. 1t
is the best salye on the market Ey-
cry family should keep it on hand"
Sold by Peoples drug store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-02

The great demand for dwelling houses in Vinita sug
pests the thought that better grade of houses built for
rent would be, not only profitable Investment but an
accommodation to those who are seeking more comfor
BILE houses than many famesare now forced to occupy
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-02
1T Y0U WANT TO KNOW
WHAT AILS YOU
the u. s. mail will bring you the best medical
advice fnr ouly the cost Of writing
materials and sfnrps

Many people owe their present good
health 10 the fact that they consulted Dr..
Pierce by letter. giving him all possible in
formation about their condition. symptoms
etc and received ~ return good medical
advice uhffh c0u Them nothing Write to
Dr. X " Pierce. founder Of the lnvaiids'
Hotel and Surgical institute. Buffalo. y Y.
Dr Pierce by no means confines himself
to prescribing his well known medicines.
He tells 20 ~ the most comnion-sense
way what ails you. what you ought to do,
what line Of treatment should Be followed
ont 10 your particular ease. and If your case
does not indicate the need fof this pfopTic-
tary medicine be tells YOU plainly and
frankly uh0f 5'on 10 1ccd and the best
possible method Of improving your health.
Dr. Pierce treats many chronic cases az a
distance. through the mail and all you have
10 do is to write him your symptoms
During ny two years Of married life have
not had good health writes Mrs Daisy stud
dsrd Of 6os Espianade Avenue. Leavcnworih.
Klaus ~ wa an rundown and my husband
Got me 20 write 20 Dr Pierce got an early
reply telling me what the trouble was com.
menccd taxing Dr. Ticrce'a Favorite Prescrip
ton and also the Pleasant Pellets and now
car say that feel like new woman do aii
my work and do NOD feel tired out like used 10
] have taken eight bottles Of the Fayoriic Pc.
sc1ipiion 81 makes one feel well and sirougr
Dr. Piercc's Pleasant Pellets cure diasi.
ness and sick headache.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-02
uncomfortable Sleeps Tails.

A species of sheep common in Syria
IS SO encountered by the weight of its
tail that the shepherds fix piece Of
thin board to the under part, where
it is not coveted with thick wool, to pre-
vent It from being torn by the bushes,
etc. Some have small wheels affixed to
facilitate the dragging of these boards
after them. The tail Of common sheep
of this sort usually weighs IS pounds or
upward, while that of a large fTeoiTs
after being well fattened viii wei.
pounds.-N. Y. Tribune.
Cab will answer calls at all hours,
day or night. E. NJ. Stokes, phone
46. 92tf
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-02

DR.. Essie Bondurant, lady physician
and surgeon. Phone 280, Empire block
room s, Vinita,I. r. 2O4tf
The Jasper news., 1905-10-05
MISS BELLE FREEMAN DEAD
Died at Joplin And Brought Here
For Durlal.

Mss Belle Freeman, who for ma9y
years lived about five miles south Of
this city di-d At the homs'of her moth
er Mrs. J. NJ. Freeman al Joplin sun
day Uiglt about miduig1t.
Tue remains wsre brought TO jasper
Tu ley morning and laid TO rest at
the German Baptist cemetery south
" town. Services we're held at the
church conducted by Rev. W. T. Fer
guaon.
Miss Freeman was :he daughter OF
the late Jacob NJ. freeman. She was
born in Jasper county Jan. 10, 1872,
and for many years lived with, her par
ents on the farm south OF his city.
She was a member OF the Methodist
chu rch ynd also the ESstorn star. She
leaves to mourn hor loss her mother
D 81 -ters, Mrs. Ella Evans, Muakogoe,
|. T., Mrs, A. b. Thomas, Joplin; Mrs
+. \. Willso, Jefferson, Okla. Mrs.
C, w Thomas, Carthage; Miss Maud
Freeman Of Joplin, and brothers
John L., w. S., aud j. A. Freeman,
She had many friends in this locality
TbO JON With the family in mourning
her loss.
The Jasper news., 1905-10-05
Big DAY FOR METHODlSTS
REDEDIcATIoN OF THEIR CHURCH
WILL. BE THE OCCASION.
Presiding Elder Anderson And }. !
flartin, WHO was Pastor 31years
Ago WIN BE Here.

Next Sunday promises TO be big d "
for the Motbodists Ia Jasper, the occns
iou being tho rededication OF their
church, which has U'en undergoing =
great deal Of repairs. Dr.. J. J. Marlin,
Of Indcpcrdrnc-, Mo-, pastor OF
tho Jasper church t~"nty 1.-Two years ago
will be here 10 preach the dedicst"ry
sermon. |. being the quarterly con
ference occasion also, Presiding Elder
T.. r. Anderson will also be here aud
assist ia the sorvic''S.
The II Nv seats which have heon de.
layed for over y month arrived last Fri
day and arc nrw he'ns ru. 10 place.
All oi the o'hrr improvements have
been comvl"i"d Tor sjme timr and when
the seats are in p ace every thing will be
in readiness for the rroprning.
In honor Of the occasion the Sunday
School will pivca special program as
their usuul hour 9;IJ in tho morning,
which will be followed by the d-dicatory
services at the usual church hour at
II Io'clock
The Jasper news., 1905-10-05
ORGANIZED A CHURCH.
A Class of "a nembers In The
Bethel NsiXhborhood.

As result OF the special meetings
which Rev. w. I. Ferguson closed last
Friday nigat at the Bethel church, sev
en- miles northwest Of Jasper, i Mstho-
dist church was organized at that
place. The new church starts out with
"A membership Of 30, And will have reg
ular preaching services on tho second
and fourth Sundays Of eacn month at
three o'clock, next Sunday afternoon
being Mr.. Fersuson's nextappointment t
The meetings which have just closed
were very successful and resulted 10
fifteen conversions Besides forming
OF the church, a Sunday School was
organized and starts out with a great
deal OF enthusiasm.
The Jasper news., 1905-10-05
he WOULD Like TO KNOW.
VIM fieffner Asks For Some
Information.

VIM lIeffner hands Us the following
question which be wish Va soma ,iufor
nation upon from any oi the readers of
the NEss who happen 80 know any
thing about it:
rs this so cnl.d JaFanese Clover
growing all over waste lices in Jasper
county To be couIidered nuisance or
will it rove TO br II fOrng' crupy"
Some time ago Ne gavc the opinion OF
ID A Beamer OF OF Lamar on lhis grass
lie says;
at makes foe midsummer feed for
stock, for it is at this time OF the year,
when otter grasses are at staods,ill
that 1! grows and hourishes best The
only objection to it, ios pasture, is its
la.eness in the spring. 1t must come
up from the seeds, the roots dying every
winter. Whether it is the fertilizer tha I
marks other species OF clover is moi
known among local asriculturists."
IL there are any OF our readers " no
know anything about this plant, WI
would be glad to bear from them on tbc
| subject.
The Jasper news., 1905-10-05
AmCNo THE BAPTlsrs
Jasper Well Represented at AssocIa-
tion Meeting at Joplin,

Rev. Jno. r. Blythe, W. f. Deardortf,
Elmer Joiner, Bessie Costly, Alta Arm
strong and Minnie Busby, attended
the Spring River Baptist Association
which met with the Empire st, church
at Joplin last week being tho regular.
ly elected delegates from the Jasper
church. They report good reprentl-
tion from most all OF tho churches.
Reports from al but two or three
churches showed \ growth 10 member
ship since last years meeting OF the
body The district missionaries re-.
port twas excellent, be having over
three hundred conversions under his
ministry during the year. The main
work OF the association WAS finished in
two days aud all returned home, rejoic-
ing 10 the things OF the past and fun
OF hope for the future Rev. o. Il. Pal
mer formerly of this city was reelected
secretary OF the association.