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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
Got Rid of His Creditor.

Lespes, the French Journalist. known
as "Timothee Trimm," was once dis.
agreeably intruded on by a creditor,
who announced his intention OF not de.
parting until he was paid. The credi.
tor planted himself on a chair. and
Lespes beheld him, with CONSERVATION,
draw bread and cheese from his poek.
cts, as though to fortify himself
against events. Several hours glided
by; Lespes had resumed his writing
and finished an article. The creditor
showed no signs of moving. Suddenly
Lespes rose, and with bits of newspa-
per began carefully blocking all the
apertures through which air could
come into the room He then made
preparations for lighting a charcoal
nre; but before applying the mates,
pasted on the wall, just opposite the
creditors eyes. a paper thus laconical-
iy worded: Take notice that we died
OF our own will" What are YOU do
ing?" exclaimed the creditor, uneasily.
Your society would render life intol-
cradle. so We are going to commit sui.
eide together" answered Timothee
TRANQUILITY. 1t is needless to say that
the creditor decamped.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17

siuoi1g the urztbful as best he can
The last lec.urs recital Of the year
xas delivered before Mrs. Dangan's
class o. piano pupils by Prof Joseph
?. Paxton Wednesday evening He
spoke in a highly interesting manner
q Music and the Greeks. BY way
of preface he told Of his own musical
experience in America and Europe.
After the recital the seniors. Clara
Belknap, Lena Trout. Alma Watkins,
Elizabeth King. Eva Lee. Lewis Sal
ter and William Schmidt we're enter
tained by the other classes.
The graduate recital Of the school
Of hne arts. given in the recital hall
in Administration building during
commencement week, vas especially
finished and artistic. III general the
piano students exhibited splendid tone
quality, excellent phrasing and intelM-
gent Interpretation. The voice stu
dents sang with excellent style and
noticeably clear enunclation. The
standard Of the school Of fine arts is
being steadily raised. as is evidenced
each year By the work Of the grad
yates. Dean Holmberg declares this
fact highly gratifying and says the
time is not far distant when Oklahoma
University viii be recognized as the
greatest music school in the south
vest Already the requirements in
general cultural subjects and theoreti-
al work here are as high as those at
my university in the land.
During the closing week OF school
several Of the college ~Frats" insti-
uted rushing activities and announc-
d pledges for next year. Curry Bell |
4 Tonkawa is announced as a pledge |
o Eigms M. John Jacobs OF Snyder
0 Eigma Alpha Epsilon, and win
1agleton Of Norman to Sigma Chi.
Sigma M won the fraternity base
all pennant and scholarship cup for
he last semester.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
Valuable Find Of manuseri,.

A very interesting and remarkab BILE
discovery of illuminated manuscripts
and early printed books. ranging as
far back as 1880. has just been made
In the library at Oxton Hall, says the
Nottingham (Eng.l Guardian.
1t came about In this way: The
vicar OF the parish, Rev. w. Laycock,
obtained permission to 60 through the
books in the library at his leisure.
While soe doing his curiosity was
aroused by locked and forgotten
cupboard therein, which he proceeded
to investigate. Its contents proved to
be between forty and fifty volumes,
which confirmed the impression con
yeyed by the antiquity of their ap
pearance that they belonged to the
very earliest stage of the art of print.
Ing, which was introduced into this
country in 1S4T.
The majority of them are folio vol
umes, and with one exception they are
all in their original bindings. The
covers are carefully planed boards OF
solid oak, and the books are bound
with stout leather laces, the backing
and lining being fragments of illum.
mated manuscripts Of a much earlier
date. cut up as waste with a ruthless
Indifference.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
DANGEROUS COLOR is BLUE
Men Who Voyage Above the Earth
Prefer Red for the Covering OF
Their Balloons.

In case you ever feel tempted to buy
balloon, don't buy blue one. Red
ones are the best. There is scientific
reason why. According to the re-
searches Of N. Reynaud, caoutchouo 10
strongly attracted by the ultraviolet
rays from the mercury vapor lamp
With quartz tube, which is q power
ful source OF such rays. This fact
has practical bearing in connection
with balloon envelopes which are
treated with caoutchouc.
Aeronauts are familiar with the dis
covery that the envelopes suffer dur
Ing ascensions, and this is explained
by the greater effect of ultraviolet
rays at high attitudes. Experiment
had already led to using yellow color.
Ing matter On the envelopes, and red
balloons are sometimes seen. but
never blue or violet. N. Reynaud con-
siders that red is the best color to
use as it not only absorbs the ultra.
violet rays, but also the blue rays. and
these last are likely to share in the
bad action Of the suns rays upon bal.
looms.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
HELPED OUT GREAT NOVELIST
Schoolgirl Friend os His Daughter Sup
piled Names for Thsekersy's
Great story.

A delightful Thackeray anecdote
(which. SO far as one remembers, is
new) has turned up at the dinner Of
the Colquhoun club. The guests in
cluded Philip Newman, who recount-
ez that his wife when girl happened
to go to the same school as the nov
elist's daughters and afterwards kept
up an intimacy with the family.
One day. when she was out for a
walk with Miss Thackeray, the latter
mentioned that her father~had started
q new story but was at a loss to de-
eide upon the hsro's name. The fu-
ture Mrs. Newman, with her fiance
In her thoughts, suggested that his
name. Philip" might serve the pur.
pose.
At that moment who should come
up unobserved behind the two girls
but Thackeray himself Making his
presence known By laying a hand on
shoulder Of each Of the young peo-
pie, he asked why they were go deep
In conversation. Thereupon Miss
Thackeray, turning around, revealed
the subject under discussion and told
him her friends suggestion as to the
hero's name.
Admirable" was Thackeray's YER
Dict And now. my dear" he went
on. what is your own manner" Char.
lotte-" We'll. that's a very nice name
too" was the response, and Thack.
cray wore look of satisfaction.
The result was the tale called "The
Adventures Of Philip" in which the
principal woman character figures as
Charlotte. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
Laughed out His Name,

It is hard to be laughed out OF ones
surname. That is what happened to an
.nonensive gentleman. Charles SaiDs.
bury Piekwick. Esq. who after the pub
hcation OF Dickens famous novel felt
constrained to advertise in the Times
Informing the world that owing TO its
having been brought into ridicule and
made a byword By the novelist he in.
tended to abandon his name forever.
This was the more hard in HIS case
because be proudly traced his name
to a knightly origin-from "PiQues-
yite"-"spur fast"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
Smoking 70 Be STONED.


Statistics gathered through inYesta
cation BY the authorities Of New Yorh
city show that 3.245 fires in 1910 and
1882 in 1911 were caused by the care
lessness Of smokers. mostly in places
Of industry. Fire Commissioner John
son. Who has been studying the laws
relating TO the prevention Of fires. as
We'll as to their extingnishment, has
discovered a statute which forbids
acts which endanger the health or
7afety Of any considerable number OF
persons. and he is going to attempt to
make 1t applicable to smoking Ia FAC
tories. He has therefore ordered 40,-
O00 notiees-printed in English. Yid-
dish and Italian-forbidding smoking
IN factory buildings. These will be
universally distributed and followed
b. Yigilant and constant inspection TO
prevent the violation OF his order.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
Parchment From Human skin.

It was tradition of the. horror.
stricken Scriptures of "old Gaul' that
the Able Riyas, attracted by the ex.
treme tenuity and smoothness of the
leaves Of Bible of the thirteenth
century. became convinced that the
satiny skin of beautiful woman had
furnished the parchment maker with
raw material for his unriyaled product.
In another instance, one Gayer de
Sansale, q famous b.bliothecaire OF the
College Of the Sorbonne, at Paris, de-
clared that some one had dressed and
finished human skin to make the
parchment used for certain Decretals
National Magazine.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
Art Of HAPPINESS

Happiness is about the most misun-
defstood thing on this earth. People
believe that they know just what it is,
and invariably answer that they are
striving for it daily. Yet the average
persons hazy idea OF happiness con-
eists OF a palace. six automobiles,
three or four houseboats. an army Of
servants, tons Of stun to eat and
drink, and q full-sized mint OF money.
II one would only figure out where
In lies his happiness he would be bet.
ter armed for the fight. The trouble
Is that We do not know what we want.
And that is why We struggle along.
day after day, in leisurely, careless
manner. There is an idea lowering
over us thai there is bright future
ahead, and we stop our thoughts
there.
First determine what you want
Plan how to get it. And then fight for
1t. Happiness will be realized in the
struggle, and when you finally get
What you want supreme happiness will
be yours
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17

Lord Haldane in his recent untver.
sity address, Great Britain and Ger.
many: A. Study in Ethnology." had
words Of reproach for Germany con.
cerning her treatment OF Heine He
pointed out that Germany in the end
OF the eighteenth and the beginning cf
the nineteenth century had her Eliza.
oethan age. so far as literature and
philosophy were concerned:
How much poorer would the whole
world be but for this period Of Ger.
man life. In which she for the time
outstripped every other country, Ye,
even then she INDUCED in tendencies
which needed correction, and II sAe
had listened TO Heinrich Heine thev
might have been corrected and the
outlook enlarged And now the 70.
vanche was In progress. much as
Heine predicted. and, looking at the
German railway bookstalls he could
see that the spirit Of Paris was ad.
vancing on Berlin. 1t need not have
been so. and It should not have been
50. and Heine told OF better wav
Had his counsel been listened to there
would have been no Nietzsche period
so at least it seemed to a foreigner
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
On sanlty,s Border Llne.

Experts can hardly define the thin
line that separates the insane from
the sane. There is a twilight of the
mind in which many people buy and
sell, love and divorce, marry and give
in marriage and live and die. At no
time in their lives are they really in
sane more than a few moments at a
tine and yet they live in a world that
Is tangled. out of tune and different
- .H>. So. ~ ~ ->.->>..s.-s.s to-
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
Restoring Burnt Steel.

The following process will restore
burnt steel Mix well together four
pounds Of fine white sand half a
pound Of sal ammoniac. a quarter OF
pound Of copperas, and half a pound
OF resin, all pulverized. When the
steel is hot. sprinkle with this mixture
and allow to cool. This process win
restore any burnt steel.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17

During the closing week of the col
lege year the student interest, exami-
nations and graduation excepted, was
largely centered in the election held
to choose undergraduate officers for
tn recently organized Students AS
soeiation." The election was held un-
der the Australian ballot system and
hot campaigns were waged BY L
rival candidates. The race for the
presidency of the association was es-
pecially close Earl Foster Of Chand-
Ter won by a narrow margin over Carl
Coles Of Oklahoma City and Roscoe
Cox Of Tryon. The other officers are
Chas. Steele of Ardmore, vice presi-
dent; Vera Gorton Of Norman, secre-
tary; Terrence Wenthafer of Tonkawa,
treasurer. The association Is design
ed to take over the management OF all
Undergraduate activities.
An amusing mistake occurred in the
last issue for the college year of the
'Umpire"-the student semi-weekly
paper An item was handed in say
ing, There are now two dramatic
clubs in the university, both have been
by the faculty committee"
Il appeared IN print There are two
lunatic clubs in the university, both
have been recognized by the faculty
The editor claims the
linotype man got in his deadly work
after the proof was read. but he is
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
MADE UNITED GERMAI
HONOR ACCORDED AUTHOR
@oTE WAcHT AN RHEIN.s
Town Of Tuttiingen, Birthplace Of .
sehneekenburser, Is Preparing /
Erect Monument to Its "a.
NOUS Citizen.

Neidingen, Gutmadingen, Geisins
tnmendingen, Mohringen, Tuttlip1
all these are passed before reaeblf
our first camp. But OF these Tuttss
gen is our darling. We have
passed village that could have NJ
Us happy for many days; each NJ
Its ruined castles, its medieval tow
It's steep gables, its colored tilS
CHEEKY peasants; but, writes Poultp
Bigelow in From the Black For
to the Black Sea" all this, and mo
too, is united in Tuttlingen- This
tie town also has its feudal castle
ruined battlenents, its legends, al
Its quaint gables; but 1t has mo
than this-it has the proud distir
ton OF having educated the poet Nj
made United Germany. The war-sC
that has made all Germans mer
their local differences In one ges
purpose-the common fatherlaDl
that united BaYarians and PTussiap|
Saxons and Wurtemburgers, in 1S7S
that brought victory over the Frenc
and an imperial crown TO the house
Hohenzollern-that song is ID
Wacht am Rhein," written at the al
of twenty-one, by a lad whose schoC.
Ing was obtained in Tuttlingen. Ii
needless to say that his name IS M,
Schneckenburger.
The people of Tuttlingen are no
raising the money needed to plat
here a worthy monument to the ma
who has made their town famou
They have placed a square pedesu
upon the bank Of the stream as
mute invitation TO help on the nobS
work. OF course, we brought Ct3
mite from across the Atlantic, an
promised to stir our friends up alsl
In TuttlIngen is committee OF th
leading citizens, who are prepared L
receive and acknowledge contrib
tons.
Little is known OF Schneckenburget
He died in 1S49. when only thirt
years of age. His father blackensI
boots and lifted trunks in a villae
tavern near Tuttlingen, but was Oh
viously of superior character, for Nd
eventually became small merchanI
and married well. Max was, too. poor
but In Tuttlingen he was thoroughll.
schooled and then sent to Switzer
land. where the post of errand bo5
was given him in a grocery store
His short life was one of hard worI
and small earnings, far from MS be
Owed fatherland, and seeing of th.
world only what appeared in tho
course of trips made as a commercial
His widow assures us that
day never passed that Schnecken
burger did not kneei in prayer for his
atherland, and his motto, chosen al
he age of fifteen, was this word
Ilone, "Deutsch." In 1910 he wrote
Die Wacht am Rhein" as an indig
lant protest against the French pre-
entions Of that time, but the battles
II Gravelotte and Sedan had beer
ought before his country was made
o know the source of their inspira.
Ion. Schneckenburger is another of
he many names that humanity loves
o honor. but which. alas! humanity
discovers long after its honor has
eased to be of any material conse
Iuence.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
BREEZY BATCH
OKLAHOMA NEWS

Washington, d. c.. June 17.-Unless
the Oklahoma state dispensary sys-
tenn can be revived there will undoubt-
edly be a serious drought experienced
this summer in the eastern portion of
the state. the United States supreme
court in denying the petition for a
writ Of habeas corpus in the case Of
Charles Webb Of Vinita recently CON
vieted Of having introduced liquor in
to the old Indian Territory portion of
the state. having declared that east
ern Oklahoma is still Indian country
and that the old federal law against
the introduction OF liquor into the In
dian country. is still in full force and
effect as decided sometime ago by the
circuit court Of appeals Of the eighth
circuit in hte now famous Friedman
case.
That the act OF congress approved
in 1895 repealed the federal law inso-
far as applicable 10 the introduction
Of liquor for use OF the state dispen-
sary but that individuals living in
eastern Oklahoma are prohibited from
the introduction OF liquor into that
portion OF the state and are amenable
to the federal laws Under the deci-
sion il will be necessary to appoint a
number OF additional United States
commissioners and extra deputy
United States marshals to handle
nothing but bootlegger cases. The
chances are that from now on the
federal court machinery in the east
ern district Of Oklahoma will be glut-
ted with whisky cases as in the old
days before statehood
Under the provisions Of the enabling
act eastern Oklahoma will be a booze
less belt for 16 years yet.
panraenrfafise Tauac pavoo,,ort
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
susplelous Move

THAT woman views me with con
siderable suspicion.
Why should she view YOU win
suspicion, Mrs Wopp?"
Well you see. we have been uytne
ID the same apartment house for the
asi seven years and once in an uu
guar d momen- ! bowed to her"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
AMUSING the Children.

A good way to amuse the children Oh.
a rainy day is to cut coIored pictures
from old magazines These are pasted
on cardboard squares and the squares
are fastened together by piercing them
with knife andthreading them upon a
bright piece of ribbon. Select pic
lures Of all kinds. including plenty Of
animals, birds and flowers.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
TO CHICAGO CON.
VENTIoN.

We are coming Father Abraham
100000 strong" was the song Of the
hosts who responded to Abe Lincoln's
call; and they came 500,00G more, an
invincible force that swept al before
it So today from Oklahoma comes
the song Of the hosts I'VE are coming
Teddy Roosevelt 100000 strong" till
the Chicago convention will resound
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
GROWTH IN EXPORTS
TO SOUTH AMERICA

Exports to South America have
shown a phenomenal gain IN the fiscal
year which ends with the present
month. Prior to 1911 the total value
OF exports to South America had never
reached 100 million dollars. In 1911,
the total was, speaking in round
terms, 10s million dollars, and in the
current fiscal year which ends with
the present month, seems likely to be
about l35 million dollars, having more
than doubled since 1865.
Argentina is the country showing
by far the largest gain in our exports
to South America. The figures nov
available in the bureau Of statistics
Of the department Of commerce and
labor, indicate that the total exports
to Argentina for the complete fiscal
year win amount to about So million
dollars, against 1874 wilton IN 1905,
having thus considerably more than
doubled in the period In question To
Brazil the total exports for the fiscal
year win exceed 30 million dollars in
value. against II million in 1905, an
even larger percentage Of gain than
in the case Of Argentina. To Chile !
the total for the year viii amount TO
about Is million dollars, against 51a |
million Ia 1905, also gain Of nearly
200 per cent. To Uruguay the figures
Of exports for the fiscal year which /
ends with the present month will ag-
gregate about Z million dollars in
value, against little less than mil
lion in 1905.
This increase in exports to South
America, while occurring in large
number of articles, is especially not
able in lumber, leather mineral oils,
and railway material Bor example,
the exports OF lumber TO Argentina in
the 10 months ending with april last.
amounted to 5z million dollars in
value, against 4 million in the CORES
ponding period OF the preceding year.
oil exported to Argen-
tina in the 10 months in question
amounted TO about "A million gallons,
against about l3 million in the CORES
ponding months year ago: and hub
ricating oil. over million gallons,
against less than million In the same
months of last year. Glazed kid leath-
er exported to Argentina in the 10
Of 1912 amounted 10 over 1
million dollars in value. against go J
dollars in the corresponding
months Of the preceding year Auto
exported 70 South America as :
a whole amounted in the fe Ioztks IL
question 10 III million dollars ia vaE4a {
against SIS thousand dollars III IN
corresponding mo-ths af sAe pssese
Ing year Is
The total ealEe q experts from 5ae
United States % Soafa 4mssica as
Eh0ie vas. Ten years zzo. fn The fiscal g
rear 1872. = nllioa dollars. Five Z
rears ag0. II the fiscal Fear 1891. il {
sas s. million dollars. and in the 3
urreat rear as Indicated above. viii ]
IrobabIy- be about ls5 million dollars. II
u Increase Of more than 20 per cent =
o the decade, and of more than 50 Z
er cent in the last fiye years. t
lo
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17

: urging upon the Supervising srchi
tect Of the treasury that native mater
ial be used IN the construction OF Nus
koges's zew t5oe.Oeo federal building
as well as all other public buildings
erected within the state. Mr.. Davsn-
port is a strong believer in patronizing
home industries and feels that the
should use as much native
material in the construction Of federal
buildings in Oklahoma as possible.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17
Both Had to Guess

Ethelinda writes a very pecunsr
land said Maude.
Yes. replied Maymie Its Jusi Z
.oi Of straight lines and angles Wher
sou read it you have to guess at Iat
sPeiilng. the same as she does.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17

a rehearing in the United States
supreme court has been asked in the
Gritts case. whereby $50 tOo-late
Cherokee babies we're recently declar-
ed entitled to share in the lands and
moneys Of The Cherokees It is not
thought that the request viii be
granted
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17

Congressman James S. Davenport
has taken up with the secretary Of
the Interior the question OF securing
an additional SEQ per capita payment
for the Seminole Indians in Oklahoma.
The department is DOW considering
the request.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17

A steward, according to Webesters
dictionary IS "a man employed to sa-
pervise other servants and collect in
come" Senator Owen is at present
in Oklahoma accounting TO the peo-
pie for his stewardship in the United
States senate. OF course the senator
has been collecting considerable in
come from the taxpayers Of the United
States, which goes a long ways in as
sisting to pay the expenses Of his pres
ent trip to the state In giving an &C.
counting OF his stewardship Senator
Owen has neglected 10 mention how
ever. that with the possible exception
Of Senator JEFF Davis Of Arkansas. his
batting average as a senate absentee
leads the list Of all other senators.
many Of whom consider it part Of
their duties TO remain on the job in
during the sessions of
congress.