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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24
Why opaIs Are aunIuckx.v

The world is full of superstition.
and one OF the worst is that the
opal is "unlucky." This supersti-
ton arose when the black death
swept Europe. At that time the
opal was very unpopular, and some
noticed that when a victim Of the
disease was dying the opal on the
finger frightened and when he was
dead il became dull or course. this
took the popular fancy and at once
opals became "unlucky,' and have
remained so ever since. Very like
ly they do not change at all on
the fingers OF a dying person. and
the whole matter is like that ques-
ten which once caused so much
discussion in the scientific world.
1. e., why is it that when you pat a
fish in a bowl of water the weight
Of the bowl is not increased? Many
learned answers were given, but
finally one duffer w$ghed a bowl
OF water with and without the fish
in 1t. and thus settled the matter
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24
Holiday Rates.

The NJ, X & T., announces a rate
OF fare and a third during the holi-
days from Vinita to all points in In
dian Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas,
Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missou-
ri, and the northern peninsula OF
Michigan, in North Dakota east of
the meridian where the Missouri
crosses the southern boundary, points
east Of the Cheyenne in Wyoming, all
points IN South Dakota, Texas aud
Wisconsin. Dates OF sale, December
20 to 25, 30, 81 and January l. Final
return limit, January 7.
The NIX. &!T. Ry., will also have 50
day rate Of fare and a third, dates Of sale
December 20 q and p. final limit 30
days from date Of sale, to.all points
east Of Colorado common points, points
in Illinois east OF Chicago and st.
Louis line, all points in Iowa and
points in other states which viii be
made known on application to II. A
Farthing, Agent, NJ, X. & T. No
will be allowed on these
tickets.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24
VITALITY rAE MAIN rAlNe.
He Who Has It Pulls Through, the
Other Patient Dies.

Two men undergo operations Of the
same character in a hospital. The
same surgeon does the Tacrls The con-
dItions are identical Equal care is ex-
ercised in each operation and each is
successfully performed. Yet one man
recovers, the other dies. or there Is
tremendous business pressure which
does not lot up for months. II puts
the men under a terrible strain. One
man goes to pieces and his business Is
wrecked. He can not keep the pace;
he loses control of himself. His rival
has no better brains than he-perhaps
not so good-yet he pulls through sue
cessfully. We say that there Is a diff
ference in vitality, that one man has
more Of It than the other, says writer
in the Worlds Work
/ once saw a man in hospital who
was suffering from FIVE fatal diseases
and yet he would not die. He had
kept on living year after year In spite
of everything. He refused to succumb.
We find the same thing illustrated
every day. In a shipwreck there are
men who seem to give up their lives
without a struggle, without any power
to resist; others cling to an open raft
for days without food, almost frozen,
constantly whipped by the waves, but
for some reason or other they survive.
The vitality in them is strong.
Notice how rapidly and surely one
man recovers himself after nervous
breakdown, while another drags along
through years Of semi-invalidism- No
tice the results upon two men of long
cold drench OF rain. One of them
comes down with pneumonia, the other
suffers no i'll effects How is it to be
explainedg
He has reserve somewhere-an
inner power Of resistance; an aggres-
sive something that will not be downed
we call it vitality. A man can't have
a more valuable asset than that. 1t
means joy instead of dumps, success
instead of failure. 10y. perhaps, instead
of death.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24

What's the matter, dear7" her
mother asked. seeing the trouble in
the young wife's face.
She had Just received a telegram
and sat with the yellow paper cra7n-
pied IN her lap.
IT'S from Douglas she replied.
Has anything happened to him2 /
hope he hasn't been in a railroad acci-
dent"
no. He says he's well and will be
home tomorrow, but he only uses
seven words when he might have put
Ia three more"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24

The coastwise lights Of England,
OF which Kipling sings, have been In
creasing in brillIancy as well as in
number ever since the dawn of the
nineteenth century. In that dark age
weary mariners orawled into port by
the fiickering glare OF 25 beacons and
six floating lights, now they may glide
safely into haven under the powerful
beams of $50. Lighthouses are as an
cient as civilization. The Pharos OF
Alexandria flung its light on the decks
of oriental barges 2.237 years ago.
The Romans, who loved the light, have
left the ruins Of one of their light
houses on a cliff at Boulogne. while at
Dover may still be seen all that re-
mains of another Petroleum and the
electric light have made the early
nineteenth century beacons ridiculous.
On the summit Of the tower an open
CRATE was fed with billets Of wood and
later with coal Scotland abandoned
coal altogether for more up-to-date
methods in 1916 and England six years
afterward.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24
DANCER Iu AskIng ADVISE

When you have a cough or cold do
not ask some one what to do for it,
as there is danger in taking some IN
known preparation. Foley's Honey
ard Tar cures coughs, colds
and prevents pneumonia. The gen
uine is in a yellow package. Refuse
subsf flutes. W. Foreman.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24
HAIR CUTS.
The latest stylet in up-to-dates Han
Cuts at Cobb Hotel Barber shop.

When the tip Of dogs nose is colo
and moist, the dog is not sick. A
feverish dry nose means sickness with
a dog. And so with the human lips
Dry, cracked and colorless lips mean
Jeaverishness, and are we'll i'll appear
ing. To have beautiful, pink, velvet
like lips, apply at bedtime coating
of DR.. Shops Green Salve. 1t will
soften and heal any ailment. Get a
free, trial box, at our store, and be
convinced. Large nickel capped glass
Jars, 25 cents. Sold by McHarney &
Myers.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24

Augustus Thomas. the well known
playwright, was talking about first
nights and the heartrending anxiety
OF them.
"On my own FIRST nights he said
I am a pidable object, utterly with.
out hope. convinced in advance that
my play is bound to fail.
AT sHch times I often wish I had
the self-conhdence that possessed
Charles Reade. He, after he had
dramatized his novel, Never Too Late
TO Mend wrote on the margin Of a
certain passage:
"'is the audience fails to weep here
the passage has not been properly
acted.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24
pubIlc speaker InIsrruplsd

Public speakers are frequently in-
terrupted by people coughiI e. This does
not happen il Folrey's Honey and Tar
were taken, as 1t cures coughs and
colds and prevents pneumonia and
Snsumption. The genuine contains
10 opiates and is in yellow package.
w. Foreman.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24

Kennedy's Laxative. containing
Honey and Tar drives out the coiu
and stops the cough. Absolutely lLee
from any 0piates Conforms TO "a
National Pure Food ard Drug Law.
Pleasant TO take.-Peo. Drug otoIe
and haHarney & Myers.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24

Mrs. w. E. sniggs and children are
visiting relatives at Pauls Valley.
Miss Nell Smith is home from
Missouri State University for the hol-
days
Miss Mary Minshall is home form
Bacone University at Muskogee to
spend Christmas.
A regular communication Of Vinita
lodge No, 5, will be held Thursday
night, St. Johns day.
Mrs. S. 10 Wallen has sufficiently
recovered to be able TO sit up this
morning for few minutes.
The officers Of the Presbyterian
church will hold a business meeting
tomorrow night at the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bluejacket Of
Eucha are here to spend Christmas
with their daughter, MIS- W. i
Wade, and other relatives.
From out the ashes Of the past,
She looms a wOndrous sun,
And All the splendOrs Of her worth
Are only lust begun; Rocky Noun
tain Tea. M. II. Chapman.
p. Z. Newman OF WEIGH is In the
city today. He says people up that
way are decidedly pleased over CRAIG
county.
u r. Tatman of The Chieftain, left
Saturday night for Sloan Springs
Ark, where he will spend Christmas
with home folks.
Gaylord N. Bebout left sunda,
morning for Gatesvlle, Texas, where h'
will spent the holidays with his wifi
and family and his parents.
Mrs. b. @. Beatty, the wife Of tn
new Episcopal rector isexpected to ar.
rive tonight from McAlester to make
Vinita her home.
Judge 7. J. Farrar and Constable =
s. White are IN Chelsea today holdint
commissioners court.
IL goes to the root Of disease, invig.
CRATES strengthens exhilerates. IL
life-producing properties are not con
tanned in any other known remedy
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea Tea
Or Tablets, 35 cents. M II. Chapman.
Deputy Marshal 9. j. Hunt ano
guards returned Saturday night from
sallisaw with fourteen prisoners.
Among the number was Bob Nunnall.
sentenced TO tile penitentiary for life
for murder. Grant McQuarters, an
other negro who was tried for murder,
was acquitted.
Ellis Maggard Of Adair was arrest
ed this morning BY Deputy 5. j.
Burns on charge Of grand
larceny. Maggard when arrested was
out on bond on charge Of cattle
stealing. The officers believe that
he belongs to the Condrey gang Of
horse-thieves.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24
Notlc. % Our cu.tomsrs

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affected
by the National Pure Food and ljrug
Law as IL contains 10 opiates cr other
harmful drugs, and we recommend il
asa safe remedy for children and
adults.-W. Foreman
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24

Bees Laxative. Honey and Tar the
original laxative cough syrup acts as
A cathartlc on the bowels. il is made
from the tar gathered from the. pine
trees Of our own country, therefore IS
the ce3t for children. IL IS GOOD Ior
coughs, colds, GROUP, whooping coug n
etc. Try our free offer. Sold by Az
Owens. ON
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24

A sour stomach, a bad breath, a
pasty complexion and other consequent
ces Of a disordered digestion are
quickly removed by the use OF Rings
Dyspepsia Tablets. Two days trea t
ment free. Sold by A. P Ovens 3m
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24

{, css wees the ideal medicine for the
little ones Contains no opiates. Com
forms fully with National Pure Food
and Drug law. Write r. @ Dewitt
& Co Chicago lll., for the Baby
Book n Peo, Drug Store and MaHar-
ney & Myers.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24

For chapped and cracked hands get
DeWittis Witch Hazel Salve. -Peo.
Drug Store and MaHarney g. Myers.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24

For Sale-Land sand city proper
ty. II, e. Englehart.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24

Mr.. Irle Elliott of near Ketchum
is In the city today.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24

Open the bowels-De Wits Little
Early Risers are recommended by Peo.
Drug Store and MaHarney & Myers.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-24
Additional Local.

Mrs w. 10 sniggs and children are
visiting relatives at Pauls Valley.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-30
GOOD BALL
IN THE MUD

The rain could not prevent the fans
representing the Judiciary and the
Capitol clerks from playing ball yester-
Jay at the baseball park In fact, the
harder 1t rained the harder they played
ball, putting up a good exhibition of
the NATIONAL game, in which the Judi
ciary bunch put the Capitols down in
the mud and rolled them about.
The grounds were soft. Part of them
were more than soft, they were liquid,
but this made 1t all the easier to slide
to bases, some OF the burrows left by
enthusiastic pluHgers being half the
length of the base lines. one OF the
featureslof the game was the fielding
stunts OF Henry HaPai, for the Capitols,
who played under an umbrella.
Chulingworth, who did the slab work
for the Judiciary nine. had the legis-
lators at his mercy. shutting them out
for seven innings. O'Sullivan was
pounded out Of the box by the legal
batters,,. retiring in, the fourth, Bill
Vannatta taking his place and holding
down the job In good shape. The in
field work of V. Fernandez and j.
Thompson had lot to do with holding
Down the Capitol score.
The mines were made up as follows:
Judiciary-Kopa, c.: W. Chilling
worth. D.; j. Clark. h.; ]. Thompson,
2b. V. Fernandez, 3b.; II. Williams,
S.; ID. Sherwood, CT; ii. Chilling
worth. IT,; J. Mott, RI.
Capitol-H. Hapai. RI: ]. Cockett,
S.: j. Kane. h.; VIM. Yannatta. 2b.;
H. Webb, H.; s. Chillingworth, c.; ii.
O'sullivan. p: II. Ale. ef.; T. Tread
way 3b. w. Jordan, ss.
Umpire. A. Williams.
fpl. Ia. tnn I'M
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-30
TO BE PORT CAPTAIN.

Captain II. f. Wecden of the Amer.
ican'Hawaiian Steamship Company will
depart for Salina Cruz early next
month to become port captain at that
seaport. Salina Cruz is the western
terminus of the Mexico and Tehuante-
pee railway, and the American-Ha.
waiian Steamship Company has lately
entered into an agreement whereby
freight win be shipped from New
York to this port via the isthmus Of
Tehuantepec. Captain Weeden will
have charge of the loading and dis
charging of the company's big steam.
ers at the Mexican port, II. Chrisman
will go to Salina Cruz, whore he will
act as chief freight clerk for the com.
panv.-Examiner
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-30
BALLOTS OF 1904
ELECTION DESTROYED

II had an official bonfire of my own
on Tuesday" said Archivarian Lydeck-
er yesterday. 81 burned up all the bal
lots Of the 1904 election. attended to
the destruction OF the ballots person.
ally. and saw that every vestige went
up in smoke.
II don't know what the causes or
reasons were but many of the envel-
opes in the bags looked as II they had
never been sealed at ALL"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-30
SPORTS

The field was SLIPPERY and continuou
pin made the bail greasy TO "A degre
that initiated against anything Xix
accurate passing.
The Y. NJ. c. A. ranks were strength
ened by the inclusion OF Stanley Beard
more and l.. G. Blackman, both o
whom showed to good advantage.
Considering the state of the ground
both sides played remarkably fast II
the initial game.
The Diamond Heads claimed con
tinual attention by their fast rushe:
down the field.
Toward the end of the first half the
Initials broke through the Heads de-
Tense, Gleason slipping and in falline
contrivlng to head the bali through his
own goal.
4 The Heads tried hard to balance the
account In the first half, but failed.
After ten minutes play in the second
half the Heads evened the score. after
n lively rough and tumble in their OPP
ponents goal.
Five minutes later George Desha
scored Il second goal for the Heads
on Fernandez's center.
The Christians then made strong
rally and. with only ten minutes left to
play, Melted a goal
The Heads renewed their efforts and
managed to score another goal. despite
the desperate defensive efforts of their
opponents.
Fiddes. who scored the last and de-
Gliding goal, played an excellent game,
considering that he was short of prac-
tise. He will undoubtedly be of valu-
able assistance to the Heads in their
fight for league honors.
The weak spot of the Heads Is on
their left wing.
(2) MALES VS.. PUNAHoUS W)
The second game. between the Males
and Punahous, resulted In win for
the former by the score of 2 to 0.
Rain fell heavily at intervals
throughout the game.
Punahous had the best of the play
from the start and should have scored
twice in the first half but for chances
missed on the forward line.
The Punahous played the better game !
but the proverbial Male |
luck came to the rescue and the green
and gold boys scored goal in the
first half.
Rain made the ground terribly UNI
playable in the second half. Males
took the offensive and the talent of the
Punahous goalkeeper was taxed to the
limit, Lo On getting away with what
looked to be at least fifteen sure shots,
He missed the sixteenth, however,
and the Males made the last score or
the game, winning by the score OF ,
20 o.
The teams were as follows:
Diamond Heads Chiffon. goal;
irune, Gleason, backs: Ed. Desha, j.
Clarke, ]. Anderson, half-backs; Shell
Ion, George Desha. Woo. Fernandez.
forwards. s
Y. NJ. e. A.-B. +. Beardmore, goal:
Turner, Stanley Beardmore, backs;
spalding, Ziegler. Gill, half-backs;. Oss.
Churton. Blackman, Ma
'auiays forwards. Super, Rollins, re-
erves!lr
Pnnahops-.Lo On. goal; r. r. Cat
on, Macconnell. backs; McDougall.
don Yin, Prangwell, half-backs; Buk-
ey. Dodge. Macaulay. J. II. Cation,
roll. forwards. wilmington. Davis. re-
erves-JH .H,.
Mailes-R. Chillingworth goal; Nc
ill. Anderson, backs; Jameson, Cen
err, e. Kellett, half-backs; j. Kea, F.
'ailey, Catterall, Gray, Freeth, for- ;
ards t.s. Poe ,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-30
score by innings was:
NOTHING TO FEAR.

Mothers need have no hesitancy In
giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy &c
their little ones. as 1t contains abso-
lutely nothing injurious. This remedy
Is not only perfectly safe to give small
children, but is a medicine OF great
worth and merit. For sale by Ben
son, Smith 4 CO.. Ltd, agents for Ha-
wall
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-30

w. r. Sims, until recently clerk OF
Judge Lindsay's court. departed with
the oil steamer Rosecrans on Wednes-
day, having shipped as storekeeper.
His sudden departure was due to a
cable received by him from Nevada,
where a relative has position open
for him In the mining district.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-30

Until noon yesterday the total pre-
cipitatlon OF rain In the storm which
set in on Wednesday afternoon was
nearly three and a half inches.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-30

DIR. b. NJ. Mackall. OF Koolau, has re-
signed his position as government doc
tor at that point and viii come to Ho-
nolulu to take DR.. Mays practise.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-22
FAMOUS SWINDLER FREED
Englishman Who Fleeced Country
men Out of Millions of Dollars
Is Liberated from Prison.

London.-Jabez Spencer. Balfour,
formerly a financial magnate and a
member of parliament, who was SEN
fenced to IA years Imprisonment in
1905 for extensive frauds in connection
with the Lands Allotment company
and the House and Land Investment
Trust of the Liberator Group of COM
panies, has been released from the
Parkhurst prison on the Isle of Wight.
For the last two years Balfour had
acted as librarian of the prison. 1t is
said that he probably will return to
the Argentine republic from which he
was extradited before his trial. where
it is said he holds interests in differ
err trade concerns. 1t is estimated
that the poor middle class of England
lost about s3o,000.OOO by Balfours
swindling operations.
Balfour numbered his victims by
thousands. Most of these investors"
were religiously inclined people of
small means who thought it absolute
ly safe to intrust their savings to a
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-22
FIGHTING CANKER WORMS
Interesting Experiment by Prof.
Slingerland at Cornell
University.

The class taking advanced work in
economic entomology at Cornell, N Y,
made an interesting experiment,
writes Prof. Slingerland in the Cornell
Countryman.
For several years a group of large
elm trees about a mile from the uni.
versity campus have been nearly de-
foliated by hordes of spring canker.
worm caterpillars. These little meas.
uring-worms hatch in May from eggs
laid on the bark by moths that emerge
in March and April from pupae in the
soil beneath the trees.
The male moths have well-deyeloped
wings and fly readily but the females
are wingless and are thus obliged to
crawl up the trees and deposit their
eggs on the bark of the branches. The
ascent is always made at night. Vari-
Gus devices, such as sticky bands, and
wire. tin or stiff paper barriers, have
been used on the trunks of trees to
prevent the ascent of the wingless fe-
male moths.
Recently a fy-paper manufacturer
has made a tree-tanglefoot mixture,
and with a liberal sample furnished
by the firm, several of the infested
elm trees were treated. One tree was
more than two feet in diameter and
the bark was very rough. 1t took sew
eral pounds of the tanglefoot to make
a complete band six or eight inches
wide around the trunk, several feet
from the ground. The application was
made on March 10, just before the
moths began running" up the trees.
Great masses of the wingless fe-
male moths were found March 81 on
the lower edge of the sticky band, and
thousands Of flying males were caught
all over the band. A few females
were able to get over the band where
dead males had formed narrow bridges
across the tanglefoot. Several pints
or many thousands of the females
were caught and killed by the band
on this one large tree. AS each fe-
male may lay 200 or more eggs, the
tree was relieved from feeding hun
dreds Of thousands of canker-worms
in May. The experiment was thus a
striking success and has furnished a
valuable object lesson"
Yes, and it should furnish a useful
object lesson to the farmer. The
spring spring canker-worm often at
tacks other trees besides elms-apple
trees, for instance. If the tanglefoot
preparation is not readily obtainable
other sticky substances may be used.
Tar, printers ink, thick molasses,
bird-lime, or bands of fy-paper, are
all more or less useful for the pur-
pose.
If fiy-paper is used, remember that
it should be at least five inches wide
and must fit close to the bark. On
rough-bark trees, the bark must either
be scraped smooth where the band is
to go, or all depressions must be filled
with clay or putty, so as to make a
smooth surface on which to fasten the
sticky band.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-22
| aaAz-=zz|
THE MARKER FOR ORCHARD.

When you have your ground, say 10
acres more or less, ready, establish
base lines, writes a Michigan orchard.
ist to the Rural New Yorker. Then
draw this wheel from one tree point
to one on opposite side of field back
and forth, until marked one way.
Then mark the field the other way,
and at the point where the wheel
marks cross is the place for a tree
The hole Is to be dug there, and the
tree Is to be set on a line each way
with the mark. Not a stake need be
set except to go by in marking. One
man can work ground for 1000 trees
in eight hours, and the trees will be
in perfect line each way. Any man
who can follow the line Of two stakes
can do the marking. A variation OF
a mans body from side to side does
not affect the wheel or 10 feet back
and the wheel mark Is so unlike any
other mark that there is no danger
of losing the line. In setting 1,40C
peach trees I saved at least $40 by
this method, beside having every tree
exactly in line.