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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-02-23
CARPENTERS SQUARES.
Invented by a .rmoat Blacksmith
Who Became a zzil-
lionaire

The large steel squares used by car.
penters are such a common tool that
perhaps few know when and where
they were first made, and how they
came to be used, or even give the mat.
ter thought The making of them is
a great industry now, but when the
last century came in there was not one
in use.
The inventor was poor Vermont
blacksmith, Silas Howes, who lived in
South SALISBURY.
One dull, rainy day pedler of tin
ware called at his shop to have the
blacksmith fasten a shoe on his horse.
These pedlers travelled up and down
the country calling at every farm
house buying everything in the way
of barter. This one had number of
wornout steel saws that he had picked
up in various places. Howes bargained
for them, shoeing the pedler's horse
and receiving the saws in payment,
and each thought he had an excellent
trade.
His idea was to polish and weld two
saws together, at right angles, and
thus make a rule or measure superior
to anything then in use. After few
attempts he succeeding in making
square, marked it off into inches and
fractions Of inches and found that it
answered every purpose that he in
tended it for.
In the course of a few weeks he had
made quite a number during his spare
hours. These he sent out by the ped
lers, who found every carpenter eager
to buy one. Soon he found orders
coming in faster than be could supply
the demand. One Of his steel squares"
would sell for five or six dollars
which was five times as much as it
cost him.
He applied for and obtained pat
ent on his invention so that no one
else could deprive him Of the profit 1t
gave him. 1t was just after the war
of 1872, and money was scarce and
difficult to get But he worked early
and late, and as he earned money he
bought iron. and hired men to help
him. In a few years he was able to
erect a large factory and put in ma
chinery for the making Of squares,
which by this time had found their
way all over the country and had made
their inventor famous.
Such was the small beginning OF a
large and important industry. People
came miles to see the wonderful
forges. the showers Of sparks flying
from beneath the heavy hammers. and
listen to the din Of the thousand work.
men.
sras Howes lived to be a million
aire and he did a great deal Of good
with his money. Squares are still made
On the SPOT where the first one was
made more than 95 years ago.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-02-23

Don't deceive yourself. If you have
indigestion take Kodol dyspepsia cure.
1t will relieve you. Rev. w. K. He
cutt, South Mills, N. c.. says: II
was troubled with chronic indigestion
for several years; whatever / ate
seemed to cause heartburn, sour stom-
ache, fiuttering of my heart, and gen
eral depression of mind and body. My
druggist recommended Kodol and it
has relieved me. / can now eat any
thing and sleep soundly at night. Ko-
dol digests what you eat. Peoples
drug store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-02-23

They never grippe or sicken, but
cleanse and strength the stomach,
and bowels. This is the universal
verdict of the many thousands who
use De Wits Little Early Risers.
These famous little pills relieve head
ache, constipation, biliousness, jaun-
dice, torpid liver, sallow complexion,
etc. Try Little Early Risers. Peo-
Piles Drug Store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-02-23

DeWffVs wysssP SaEV0
For Piles, Burnss Sores
At Peoples Drug Store
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-02-23

Rental contracts f0r sale az thls 0flce
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-02-23
Frisco Time Table

All oldtime cough cough syrups bind
the bowels. This is wrong. A new
idea was advanced two years ago in
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar.
This remedy acts on the mucous mem
branes of the throat and lungs and
lOOsens the bowels at the same time.
1t expelS all cold from the system. It
clears the throat, Strengthens the
mucous membranes, relieves coughs.
colds, Group, whooping cough, etc.
Sold BY Peoples drug store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-02-23
For sale

AS good year old Jack as there
Is in the territory.
A few handsomely bred Leghorn
cockerels, SO cents. Can deliver at
Vinita. G, ~. Bennett,
108-10 w-2t Woodley.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-02-23
ToreIenara Do tha - Work-

q Y II-I- - --7- -IT-- = = q
It is a fact which presents large eth
nological problems that the bone and
muscle that have done most Of the heavy
work Of America have been Of foreign
prigin. The native American does not
take at all kindly to hard. sweating Ia
Dor Whether it is because he is not
well fitted for it or because he can gen
orally do better is a question.-st Louis
Republic.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-02-23

Capable Who are looking for sit
Persons uation can nearly always
obtain employment through
the local columns Of the Daily Chieftain.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-02-23
LOCAL NOTES

WANTED-Girl for general house
work. Mrs. Felix Cowan. S3
The coal lands investigation don't
worry the Indian Territory.
Good prairie hay for sale by the bale
or ton.
If L. p. Garrison.
Among the Adair Visitors here to-
day are j. W. Skinner, Bob Carse-
lowey, L. r. Davis and N. H. Coch-
ran.
All who have not paid Taxes had
better get busy.
9. J. Hunt, Tax Col.
J. II. Langley is here from Pryor
Greek.
r. +. Blair came up from Wagner
this morning.
Noel Campbell was up from Pryor
Greek today
The best fresh meats always in stock
at the Vinita Meat Store. 102
Ben Jenkins, Of Sedalia, Mo, was
registered at the Cobb this morning.
II. G. McNal, of st Joe, Mo. was in
in the city today.
Wyman Thompson was in from
Ketchum yesterday.
W. D. Jenkins was here from Guth-
rie last night.
Fine seed potatoes can be had at the
Vinita Meat Store. l02
]. S. Maybon, Of Guthrie, registered
at the Gateway last night.
Misses Ethel and Addie Tilliso n
left yesterday for Tulsa to remain.
W. S. Harrison came up from Chel-
sea this morning.
c. W. Kllgore was in from White
Oak today.
Apples and other fruits at Vinita
Meat store. 1O2
1t is a pleasure to take DR.. Dade's
Little Liver Pills and enjoy their
tonic effect upon the liver. Sold by
A. p Owens, Druggist. DIV
Curtis Marshall, of Madison, Indi-
ana, is visiting Seymour Riddle.
III. S. Sturges, editor Of the Neosho
Times was a pleasant visitor today.
The Cherokee club gave ball last
night. A large crowd attended, many
visitors from out of town being pres
ent. Excellent music was furnished
by the Parsons orchestra.
Pinesalve acts like poultice. Best
thing in the world for boils, burns,
hands, letter, etc Sold by
A. P. Owens, Druggist. DIV
O. P. Hollingsworth has sold the
Adair L dger to Arthur Masterson,
formerly Of this place.
Prof. Fielder will take charge of the
music department. Of Willie Halsell
Monday. Miss Farmer the
present teacher will leave in few
days for her home in Missouri.
Kidney complaint kills more people
than any other disease. This is due
TO the disease being so inSidiouS that
It gets a good hold on the system be-
fore it is recognized. Foley's Kidney
cure VIII pIchSuU biic ACtCtoPAuCuo ~
fatal disease if taken ia time. A. z.
Owens dW
Attorneys New Campbell, J. II.
Langley and G. J. Taylor were up
from Pryor Creek today.
W. E. Clapham, lecturer in the In
LLAMA law school at indianapolis, and a
.ormer instructor Of Seymour Riddle
S here visiting Mr.. Riddle.
J. S. Davenport states in letter
received today that he will return
rom Washington about Sunday or
Monday. Mr.. Davenport appeared be
-ore the supreme court in the white
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-02-23

One way second class colonist tick
cts to California, Arizona, New Mexi-
co and Texas points Tickets on sale
February Is, 1906, to April 7,.1906,
inclusive. Fare to San Francisco. Los
Angeles, also other common points,
S25.00 See M. X. & r.. Agent for
further information.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-09
Minneapolis, June s.
PEASE's FoRTiETH

Granville S. Pease Of Anoka is cele-
brating the fortteth anniversary of his
connection with the Anoka Union as edi-
tor and publisher. When Mr.. Pease be-
gan the newspaper business in Anoka
there were only twenty-seven other men
in the state engaged In the same bust
ness. The date was June g., 1866. The
last issue Of the Union is therefore, the
fortieth anniversary number It Is hand
somely printed. with a special cover, and
made up chiefly of pictures Of Anoka
and pictures and biographical sketches
Of men prominent in that city and in the
state. The work :. is very handsomely
done. the paper being highly ~calendered
and the portraits entirely satisfactory.
The edition not only celebrates the for
tieth anniversary Of the entrance Of the
publisher into newspaper work, but the
biographical sketches and pictures COM
prise valuable collection serviceable to
the historian and containing a great deal
of material bearing upon the develop
ment of the state, which cannot be found
anywhere else.
But the interesting fact in connection
with this publication Is the editor HIM
self. Some people may not think that
Pease Is a fact. But then, there are Diff
ferent kinds Of facts. Pease Is his own
kind. Nobody ever accused him Of try
ing to ape anybody else or pretend to
be that which he Is not. For forty years
he has been the exponent of the inter-
ests of the city in which he lives, and
| If Anoka had no other product by which
| she were made known to the people of
the state, she would not lack for atten-
ton and acquaintance in Minnesota.
This last edition of the Union will be
one Of the most valuable advertisements
for the city ever issued by man who
has been issuing them weekly for forty
years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-09
Peculiar Origin Of a. New
Industry.

A new feature Of the daily consular
and trade reports is halftone pictures
Of Greek lace and embroidery. This is
new industry established in peculiar
way. After the war between Greece and
Turkey about eight years ago, Athens
was crowded with destitute Thessalian
refugee women. In attempting to dis
cover how these women might be able to
help themselves, it was found that they
knew how to weave on hand looms and
that they were in the habit Of making
their own cloths. The wife Of the British
minister furnished the means for the
establishment of a factory in which
they worked and where they produced
cottons, which found ready sale in Eng
land.
This practical-minded woman next
noticed embroidery on the skirts of the
peasant women's dresses and on the
sleeves Of their jackets, and established
schools for fancy needlework, in
which these Thessalian women were the
instructors and the Athenian girls the
pupils. The result Is that there are now
about two hundred and twenty girls
at work in the royal school of needle
work and laces at Athens, and branch
schools have been founded at Aegina,
Corinth, Salassi, Koropi, Kerate and
Ithaca in Greece, at Monastir and Sal
onica in Thessaly, and in Crete. In all,
about thousand girls are employed.
The report says that Greek elnbroi-
derry is distinctive from that of any
other country, and excels in the beauty
of it's designs. These have certain his
toric interest and show the successive
Byzantine, Venetian and Turkish in
1uences. They are also copied from
mural decorations in the ancient palaces
of Mycenae and Crete.
Thus it happened that the harboring
of these Thessalian refugees led to the
establishment of an industry which is
destined to become a very important
one, contributing materially to the
slender resources Of, Greece. The pic.
lures printed in the consular reports of
these specimens Of needlework indicate
rare beauty of design and the text
states that they are worked out in col
ors with exquisite effect. The product
| of these technical schools finds ready
market in London and Paris, where they
are quite the vogue among people OF
rank and station.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-09
HAMLET ON PURE FOOD

Pure food or impure food; that is the question;
Whether it's better in the stomach to pour
The filth and poison Of outrageous packers,
Or to pass law against their evil practices,
And by opposing end them. To live, to eat:
Enough; and by eating to say we fill
The life with the thousand exultant joys
That wholesome food assures, tits consumma.
f ton --
DeVout1y to be wish'd. To live, to eat;
To eat: perchance to die: az, there's the rub;
For In our poison-packed food what death may
lurk, .
When we with feasting would be merry,
Must give US pause. There are products
That make calamity of great occasions,
Fill our consomme with microbes, ~
Our beef with drugs, deadly preservatives.
The pangs Of vile infection become our fate.
While insolent packers grin and pocket
The pe1f the public pays to plunderers. :,
Why, better one himself should his quietus make
With bare bodkin! Who would foul flesh eat
To groan and writhe in germs ferocious grip
When he might from germs make quick escape
And dwell in glad immunity from pain !.
By simply making and enforcing law?
But Incidence makes weaklings Of us all,
And thus the native hue Of resolution Z
Is sicklied DER with the pale cast Of sloth,
And portly packers of vast wealth and nerve
With tricksy bugs do fill us up, = r.
And make us food for worms. @.I3ys.4 =
E-EE w. p K (
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-09
HE CRITICS CRITICIZED-A
> cry is being raised against tir.
responsible criticism, - Fror

responsible criticism From
France, from England, from Chicago,
and from the Pacific coast of the United
States has gone up complaint. The bur-
Of honest and intelligent criticism.
Gertrude Atherton in the San Fran
cisco Argonaut not long ago recalled
the surprising things that were said
about Amelie Rives and Mrs. Craigie
when they came into prominence, also
about the author of /" Richard Carvel'
and about Mary Johnston, and men
toned as somewhat similar the things
that are being said about Edith Whar-
"the greatest genius since Shakspere, >"
Eliot. "Richard Carvel' was heralded
as the greatest American novel. It is
that kind of thing against which COM
plant is loud and just.
; The trouble is that the average book
reviewer attempts to do and to be too
much. He would play the critic-the
Ing Ing of a novel would attempt to as,
sign it offhand to it's proper and last
ing place in literature. Such rashness
condemns itself. The reviewer with
the limited time at his disposal and the
cataract of books that demand atten-
ton in that time cannot hope to assume
such supreme judgeship. He should be
content with giving in brief the char
acter Of the story-what kind of people
it is about, and where the scene is laid,
some salient feature or features-and
with an expression of opinion as to the
power it has to interest and hold the
attention Of himself. Such opinion
will have weight according to the worth
Of the Judgment Of the reviewer, and
may be very weighty, but it cannot be
depended upon to settle the place OF
the book in history. ~.-.
Even the giants at criticism, if there
are any in these days, cannot make such
assignment. A very little glimpse into
the history Of literature will show how
even the great critics have failed to
do Justice to the works that have come
from :contemporaneous pens. The sug.
gestion, therefore, that there should be
| some board of competent critics to pass
upon books before they go out, OF
| after, will hardly give better results
than the present plan gives. Further.
more it is after all the popular taste
that determines the fate Of a book
and it seems to us that the promiscu
GUS opinions Of the reviewers, if they be
honest and not the result Of mercenary
or other reprehensible motives, will
when taken in the composite, foretel]
for the publisher with fair, accuracy
the probable fate of book.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-09
Chains or Cords of Silk?

Discussing the effect of the rate bill
provision against the ownership of coal
mines by railroads, the Railroad Gazette
offers to prove that the law does not
prevent joint ownership and control Of
coal mines and coal roads, which is the
kind least amenable to governmental
regulation. The Gazette cites the North
ern Securities company as an evidence
that there are many ways Of establish
they can be formed quicker than the
supreme court can get around to dis
solve them.
This expression from a railroad paper
might reasonably be taken as refec-
ton Of the railroad view Of the pro-
posed rate law. It is an intimation that
there are many ways open to evade 1t.
While this Is true and would be true
of any law short Of confscation, the
country does not expect the railroads
to assume the attitude Of the bad boy
whose intellect is all absorbed in the
problem Of how to do mischief and
avoid the consequences. The railroads
have been fairly warned that the Hep
burn law was intended and, in fact,
does put them on their honor. They
are not expected to go about to break
the law, but to exert themselves to give
it fair trial. If it works tremendously
and we'll because of the honesty and
fairness of the railroads, it goes long
way toward taking the transportation
question out of politics. If it does not
work. well because Of the dishonesty Of
the railroads or the thickness of their
special counsel, why the law fails, but
the motive to control transportation is
not thereby lost. Neither the people
nor their representatives will go back
to the "good old days. Of pirate rail-
reading. AS far as the roads are con-
cerned it is a choice between giving
this law fair chance and Of going
against another If silken cord will
not hold our beloved railroad magnates
they will get legislative chains, and
that is all there is to it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-09
Metropolitan Operahouse-

metropolitan Opera0OuSe-
Among all of the plays in which Nat
G. Goodwin has appeared, and which
have contributed to making his name
synonymous with the higher class Amer
lean comedy, none is more prominent
than "The American Citizen.' In
fact, the patriotic sentiments, clean and
subtle humor, delicate pathos and ap-
pealing love story, have made this play
the favorite Of this great American
comedian and the favorite of theater-
goers, east and west, north and south.
"The American Citizen" is the
play chosen by Dick Ferris for the
second weeks engagement of the Fer
ris Stock company at the Metropolitan
theater, and an artistic presentation Of
the clever comedy will be given by the
well-balanced company that has al
ready demonstrated its ability to do
good things and do them acceptably:
This one Of the Goodwin plays has
never been attempted by local stock
company, but the high character Of the
re-organized Ferris Stock company is
assurance that even this glittering COM
edy from the pen Of Madeline Lucette
Ryley will be done ample Justice.
Dick Ferris, who has scored numer.
Gus successes in Goodwin parts, will
play Beresford Cruger, the American
citizen, his first part in the Metropoli-
tan engagement, and his first for many
months in Minneapolis. Florence Stone
will play Beatrice Carew, and the
other members of the company will be
Enthusiastically cast.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-09
Punch. 1t is the first humorous paper
that has been published in China for
| 8, 900 years.
The Gambler and the Law.

The suit Of Delahunty, sort Of a
lawyer, one Of the kind who "trans-
acts business for the gambler portion
Of the community, revealed some Of the
secrets Of metropolitan attempts to stop
gambling. The testimony Of Garfield
In this case showed that the rich and
powerful gambler knew all about
Jerome 8 famous raid hours before it
came off, that he took the district at
torney into his inner sanctum and
chaffed him about the failure Of the
raid and that he politely declined Mr..
Jerome's appeal to him to come down
to court the next day and plead guilty
to the ightest ofeense and take a fine
of $40. Jerome was trying to get Can
field into a position where, on second
conviction, he could be Jailed. The
first plea Of guilty would stand the dis
trict attorney in good stead if he could
get it. but he did not get 1t. Garfield
knew that he could not be convicted
without the testimony Of some of his
victims, and that they would not testi-
fly. Then Jerome went to the legisla-
ture and had passed the law which re-
lieved the victims Of the gambler from
the risk of testifying in such cases. It
produced no testimony, but it drove
Garfield out Of business. In closing up
his affairs collection of 100000 was
made on note for,$3o0,0oo, signed
by somebody, presumably Reginald O
Vanderbilt. Delahunty, the lawyer, got
$4,000 for making this collection, but
claimed and has now recovered from a
jury $4,000 more. The jury evidently
thought that Garfield should be liberal
with money which came so easy. --
The testimony Of Garfield is interest
ing mainly as showing that there is q
misuse Of capital among the New Y orb
"400.' Instead Of building hospitals
they should endow an imbecile asylum
for the reception Of the members OF
their own order.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-09
WHAT IS THE HIGHEST JOY IN

WHAT Is THE HIGHEST JOY IN
author of "The Up
ton Letters,' book Of essays in epis-
tolary form, has given forth another
book of essays, From a College Window,
and they are Of a quality to; make the
book d noteworthy contribution, oc,the
literature Of today, and, we hope, of
many tomorrows. The author is Ar
thur Christopher Benson, fellow Of Mag.
dalene college, Cambridge, Eng.
Perhaps no essay reveals the quality
of Mr.. Benson's work better than that
in which, the author discusses the ques
tion Of motives for reading. The high
est motive, he says, is the "ethical.'
The following extracts may not fully
explain what he means by the ethica,
motive, but they will give a glimpse
both at his meaning and at the charac
ter of his manner and method:
More and more I feel the impenetra-
bility of the mystery that surrounds us
the phenomena Of nature, the discoveries
of science, instead Of raising the veil
seem only to make the problem more
complex, more bizarre, more insoluble
the investigation of the laws of light, OF
electricity, Of chemical action, of the
causes of disease the influence Of hered
ity-all these things may minister to ou1
convenience and our health, but they
make the mind Of God, the nature Of the