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Count 3) Courier.
PONTO'S CRIME.
| ES, for a lonff time
I repose*! the in oat
blind confidence
in him. We loved
I S—each other dear-
WR "vy ly. was a sef-
V .^L#' wmXI' 11 tt,r« xv'lh
brown oars and
tail. 11 i name
was Pgnto,
Ponto was enamored of a certain
A-ooden ball about the star of a Wlliunl
pall. In a moment of weakness 1 had
purchased this one day ami brouplit
Jt home, l'onto immediately peixeil iU
foiled it toward me, ami «ai<l: lurow
that over there in the rose bmsUrs. I
will And it. You see if I don't." So
mid, so done. The ball was thrown,
tnd l'onto found it. Hut he liecaine
:ather irksome with his desire to re-
trieve the ball, because his favorite re-
nark to me been me: "l'lay ball. He
oad a fashion of coming into my siiuly
with a brisk air, wagging his tail, with
the ball held in his mouth. Then, plac-
ing his forejmwsojn the table, lie would
put the precious ball in the ®ilthll«f of
the papers, letters and books and say.
•There is my bulk Now t. ss itofit of
the window, and 1 will go and get it.
That will be very muehjnore amiwing
than wasting your time on all these
itupld papers and books:" I ivojilfl tr*~
ouently feign to hurl the ball from the
window, and, like a Hash, l'onto would
disappear. A few mii\ytes would pns.i
before Ponto would reapi-ear wbU the
lore paws nt the window and remark:
"Say you, you man with the pajiers, I
don't find anything here. The bull
isn't in the garden. You must have
kept it." Then he would come In.at t he
floor, go s:lilYing around und'-r the fur- ^
niturc ami in the partly opened desk fu|*,. ;jr if \
drawers, an£ then, with the air of a
man who smites his forehead and dis-
covers something, he-would look in-I
rjulringly at you and say: *1 will i
wager that it is on the table.* tie w as
right—with his intelligent eye he had
followed your glance. If you attempted
then to conceal the ball, there wah au
end to the work. He hurst into extrav-
ligimt gayety, jumped after the ball,
followed your least movements and
would not quit you, laughing ener-
getically with his tail.
l'onto made uie sonietinn h think that
he was one of those men turned into
dogs, of whom we read in the fairy
stories, liis eyes were deep, tender and
human, and at times they seemed to
say: "What would you? 1 am only a
four-footed beast, but I have a human
heart—a better one than that of many
men. 1 am a beast, and 1 have suffered ]
much. I suffer still, because I eaunot
fx press myself in speech and tell you
In those things you call words, my fidel-
ity and devotion. Yes, I am yours, and
l \c■« you like a dog. Whatever belongs
to you is secure. Just let anybody
touch it, and you will see."
Hut l'onto and I fell out one day. It
eras a very unfortunate, affair. Only
those people, who, like myself, believe
olindly in dogs, will understand me. This
is what happened: The cook had killed
;wo chickens, and had gone into the ad-
joining pantry to get a basket to put the
feathers in us she plucked them. When
ehe returned to the kitchen she uttered
A shriek—one of the two chickens w as
/one. Yet she had been absent but a
few minutes.
"Ah!" said the cook, reflectively, "evi-
dently some beggar has passed by here
and hos taken One of the chickens
through the window."
She looked out of the door in order
co find the supposititious beggar, but
there was nobody there. Then for a
moment she thought it must be the dog,
but she was at once seized with re-
morse.
"What! SuspectPonto? Never! Tie
would not steal. Why, he would watch
Dver a leg of mutton all day without
l'onto looked, but his head drooped,
and he grumbled:
MDo you think that I would !>e hanging
around here if 1 had stolen a chicken?
Why, I'd beeutiinr it."
Hut this remark did not divert my sus-
picions. On the contrary, it confirmed
them.
"Katherine," said I solemnly to the
c«xik, "it is l'onto. Alas! it is Ponto."
What 1 had seen in Ponto's eyes was
terrible. 1 swear to you. reader, that 1
am most serious. 1 had distinctly seen
there an almost human lie.
It Is father dffllmilt to explain mr
meaning, l'onto wished to assume an
appearance of sincerity in his glance,
tuid lie did not siirceed. lieeause thMJs
iinfx•ssfble, even to a run. It it- sftbl
by profound philosophers that in men
the power of lying is eon fined to speech;
that the power of throwing falsehood
jnto u glance is jiosKcs*od only by wom-
en.
l'onto exhausted himself in vnln ef-
forts to lie with his eyes. Hut thl*un-
Bucocssfol falsehood was even mors in-
criminating than an avowal.
I looked fixedly at l'onto.
"Here, Ponto," said 1, "take this,' and
offered him the Mcoml chicken, which
Knthcriuf b id just finished plucking.
Ponto looked at me reflectively.
"Hum!" he said, "evidently you sus-
pect me. Why do \ ou give me a chicken
to-day? You never ga\«; me a whole,
chicken before."
He took the chicken in his mouth and
immediately deposited it on the tloor
at my feet,""ami, looking up iu my eyes,
he said:
"You Wnu* think I ntn a fool."
Instinctively I said to myself: "Thief!
Scoundrel! You have betrayed me. You
I are a perfidious dug. Your lioucst
ennin$ existence of loyalty has now
an end. and you ha\e been as
re only a in ah.'' But
MOORE, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 18i)G
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
CURRENT COMMENT.
ft Is said that Kugland has invest-
ments in the United States amounting
to $3,193,500,000.
Petitions are being circulated
among ti. A. It. men and clergymeu of
the country advocating Gen. O. O.
Howard for president in 1 HiHV.
C. I. 8mitii, one of the largest stock-
men in Lincoln county. Wash., tele-
graphed President Cleveland that he
would furnish the government 5,000
cuvalry horses free of charge iu case of
war with Englaad.
Hkny Mkniuu jumped from the wa-
bath street bridge at St Paul, Minn.,
into the Mississippi river and coolly
swam ashore uninjured. The height
of the bridge is 125 feet. W lien Menicr
reached the bank lie was arrested.
Two women fought a pistol duel, at
ten feet, at Louisville, Ky., recently
over u common lover. Neither was in-
jured, but a third woman, who at-
tempted to act as peacemaker, received
a bullet in the stomach and will die.
patting him on the back, 1 addodaloild:
"Goad l'onto. honest l'onto,nice Ponto."
This dissimulation was rather too
deep ff/r l'o.ito. I'rgedtfn by the savory
smell of the chicken, he took it be-
tween his jaws nnd started togo. Hut,
before lie reached tjie door he turned
several times and looked at me oafp ful-
ly in order to see if he could fathom my
thoughts. As soon as he had left the
Tin? dispensary system of South
Carolina is making money hand over
tist. and all classes are becoming rec-
onciled to it, owing to the fact that
the profits go to the school fund. The
idea was taken from the Norway plan.
Thk Immigration of foreigners into
the United States for the fiscal year
ended June 30, is shown by the
reports to have reached the lowest
point in numbers since 1870, but since
then the influx of foreigners has been
steadily increasing.
Rf.cf.nt statistics show that the in-
crease of divorces exceeds in percent-
age the increase of population in
nearly all the states. The causes are
such as indicates a growing disposition
to regard marriage as a mere contract
Instead of a sacred union.
The latest oflcial statistics of the
internal revenue department reveal
that in the prohibition state of Iowa
there ure 305 more people engaged in
the sale of liquor than are engaged in
both the manufacture and sale of
liquors in the state of Kentucky.
OFFICIALS of the war ami navy depart-
ments at Washington talked recently
as if they had positive information
that there was a secret agreement be-
tween the United States and Russia,
which would be operative if hostilities
came about through the Venezuelan
affair. __
The New York Tribune says: "No
one in his sober senses wants war;
least of all war with Great llritaiu.
But one of the best ways of preventing
war is to be prepared for it The pres-
ent excitement will call attention to
our unprepared condition, and thus
serve a useful purpose."*
"i.ook, ponto.
kitchen I closed the door nnd began spy-
ing upon him through the blinds of the
window, lie went i: few pacesiSS if in-
tending to devour his prey, and then
stopped, placed his chicken on the
ground, and thought deeply for a long
time. Several times he looked at the
kitchen door with*his falsi' and treat h-
erous eye. Tlidn. giving up all attempts
to seek an explanation satisfactory to
his mind, he contented himself w it h the
fact that he had the chicken, picked it
up and departed. As lie disappeared
in the distance I could sec that his some-
times timid tail, which had hesitated
throughout our entire conversation,
had again become bold nnd firm.
Ponto's tail said: "llali! 1 have both
chickens. Nobody saw me take the
first one. Hurrah!"
1 stealthily followed him from afar,
and 1 surprised him in the act of hast ily
scratching a hole in the ground with
his powerful forepuws. The chicken
Gleanod By Tologfraph and Mail.
rmi*o\AL and I'OLITK'AI-
The London Timea havs that the
Rothschilds have declined to take any
part of an issue of American bonds.
Plates have been prepared at the
bureau of printing and engraving for
the new issue of boml% but the presi-
dent was holding them back to see
what the senate would do with the tar-
iff and bond bills passed by the house.
Km'IUcmkni'atives of • ne American
Hi metallic league, the National Jli-
metallic union and the National Silver
committee, the thru® principal silver
jrgnuixalions in the ^L'nitedi States,
have agreed upon a plan f r rfiergitnr
the three organizations Into one. The
jonsolidatioti will be know« us the
American bimetallic union, ^confer-
ence of pronounced silver men will be
held at Washington On January 22,
when a plan of net'un^will be outlined,
rhe headquarters will be at 131 Mon-
roe street, Chicago.
Phesident Cleveland and his ad-
risers, it was learned on the 27th,
were strongly opposed to the house
bond bill, and this feeling caused Sec-
retary Carlisle to write to Chairman
Dingily on the subject Aside from
the very important objection, that the
bonds are to be redeemed in coin in-
stead of gold, as recommended by the
president, it was understood, that the
requirement that the bonds be sold by
subscription meets with disapproval.
The experience of the government, it
was said, with sales by advertisement,
showed the ineffectual chnrnctcr of
this means o( protection to the gold
reserve.
A New York dispatch mi the 20th to
the London Daily News said that it
was rumored that the secretary of
stato had sent a private telegram to
Lord Salisbury assuring him that the
passage of the Veneaaelan boundary
commission bill was not to be con*
strued as a hostile act.
Thm reported important battle be-
tween the Spaniards under Campos
nnd the insurgents nt Coliseo planta-
tion in Cuba, does not appear to have
been a very severo engagement. The
lighting took place amid burning cane,
and was of the usual guerrilla nature.
For every insurgent killed at least
2,000 shots must have been tired. As the
insurgents succeeded in accomplishing
their object, holdiug the Spaniards in
check while the Cuban army pushed
on southward, the result was really
a Cuban victory. Much anxiety was
felt at Havana on the near approach
of the insurgents to that place.
The full extent of Manitoba's reply
to the dominion government on the
separate school question was made
public on the *Uli. The Manitoba
government positively refused the pro-
posal to establish a system of separate
schools in any form.
A special to the New York World
from Washington on the 25th said that
the president had tendered places on
the Venezuelan commission to Edward
J. Phelps, of Vermont, ex-minister to
England, and Robert T. Lincoln, of
Illinois, ex-minister to England. Their
acceptance had not been received and
the third place on the commission
would not be tilled until Mr. Phelps
and Mr. Lincoln accepted.
The Mexican press gives support to
President Cleveland, who has become
immensely popular in that country.
One paper declared that he had the
public sentiment of all the new world
behind him.
The new constitution of Utah has
been examined by President Cleveland
and Attorney-General Harmon jind
found to be in ail respects In accord-
ance with the terms prescribed in the
enabling act Therefore tbe presi-
dent will issue his proclamation .Janu-
ary 4 next declaring Utah a state of
the union.
j 7t was said at Washington that the
president and Secretary of War La-
! mont were seriously considering the
advisability of silencing (Jen. Miles.
His recent talk of the weakness of this
country's coast defenses and the gen-
eral inability to go to war with assur-
ances of success has been termed in-
discreet anil his latest speech in Phila-
delphia has aroused some feeling, it
j \yas said, in the executive department,
I which may occasion a rebuke.
Richard W. Hart, bishop of the
Mormon church at Salt Lake City, their allotted lands, which they are
member of the territorial legislature leasing to white farmers. Ihev said
I an.I a practicing lawyer of some note they were tired of living apart on
in his region, recently expressed some their allotments scattered among the
opinions to a reporter which will be whites, who would not associate with
' received with astonishment by people j them.
i who had supposed the Mormon church Within two miles of Lebanon. Ky.,
had permanently abandoned polygamy, a relentless mob burned to death a
According to Mr. Hart's view of the | woman and her grayhaired paramour
MIHCELLANEOr*.
A'DIspatch from Guthrie, Ok., stated
that the Iowa Indians had closed a
lease with .the Ivnw tribe for 15,000
acres of land in the reservation of the
latter tribe. The lowas will erect a
village there and live off the rental of
{hat I had given him \vn.s lying on the | tuation, the church will at once take on tbe night of the 28th. The tragedy
ground, and in the hole which he was
digging lay the other chicken. I was
broken-hearted. My friend l'onto re-
tained the instincts of his remote an-
cestors, the foxes and the wolves, and
buried his provisions. Hut, alas! being
a domesticated animal, and bavin
Utah has been I was one of the most brutal ever en
acted under the gruesome sway of
dread Judge Lynch. Despite the
Militant church, of Chicago, of | pleadings of a half-clad, frightened
: up the practice when
admitted as a state.
Tin:
Thk Boersen Courier, of berlin, said
that negotiations were proceeding be-
tween the United States government
and some of the leading bankers of
Berlin with the view of the latter tak-
ing over a new loan of 8*200,000,00U
A mspatcu from Constantinople
stated that the United States had de-
manded from the porto the payment
of a large indemnity for the loss sus-
tained by American missionaries in
Asia Minor.
At the obi Front street theater at
Baltimore, Md., un immense crowd as-
sembled on the 27th to listen to He-
brew opera, (hie of the attendants
went to light a gas jet which had been
extinguished. As he turned the cock
and appliod a match it was seen that
there was no tip to the burner. Home
one in the galleiy shouted, "FlreP* In
an instant there was a mad scramble
for the door. A dozen policemen hur-
ried to the scene, and pushed through
the door and to the writhing mass on
the landing. When the mass had been
cleared it was found that 21 people
were killed, two fatally injured and
ten seriously hurt.
Tiik failures for the week ended De-
cember 27 (Dun's report) were 322 in the
United States, against 1150 last year,
and 40 in Canada, against 41 last year.
Clearing house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended December 27 showed an av-
erage increase as compared with the
corresponding week last year of 30.0;
in New York the increase was 50.8; out-
bide New York the increase was 13.4.
11y the explosion of 150 sticks of
dualln and 1,000 pounds of black pow-
der, three men were killed at Hazel-
ton, Pa., on the 27th. The cause of
the explosion was not known. One of
the bodies was blown 00 yards.
Twknty-tiihkk federal' prisoners
made their escape from the United
States jail at South McAlester, I. T.,
on the 20th. They had in some un-
known way been furnished with a
skeleton key, and while all the guards
but one were at breakfast suddenly
unlocked the jail door, knocked the
guard down, choking him insensible,
after which thev took his pistol and
made their escape, each running in a
different direction.
A special from Masslllon, O., on the
20th stated that the members of the
Royal Hawaiian band, which stranded
in Cleveland recently, were in a de-
plorable condition. One of them was
taken sick Christmas day and it was
found that lie was starving. They had
been practically without food for sev-
eral days Massillon people were en-
deavoring to put the band on its feet
Their instruments were held in Cleve-
land under attachments.
The saw mill of the Southerland
Lumber Co. at Ashland, Wis., burned
to the ground the other morning. It
was supposed that Hack ami Bill Noon-
nn, cousins of Jack Carkeek, the wres-
tler, were buried in the ruins.
In a head-end collision, which oc-
curred between Chattahoochee and
l'evton, Go., on the Georgia Pacific di-
vision of the Southern railroad, be-
tween two freight trains, two firemen
and a brakeman were killed, one engi-
neer was perhaps fatnllv hurt and three
tramps received painful injuries.
Thieves broke into the post ofliee nt
Harvey, 111., on the nl?ht of the 25th
and carried away S3,500 worth of post-
age stamps and 8300 in money. 1 he
postmaster is a poor man, and the loss
will fall heavily upon him.
Font tons of giant powder exploded
at Romeo, 111., ut four o'clock on the
morning of the TTth and made the
country tremble for miles around. No
one was killed, but not u stick of wood
or scrap of iron of the magazine was
left.
McLkansboro, III., was devastated
by an S8. ,()(K) tire on the 2(ith.
A New York dispatch on the 20th
said that Joe Vendip had made final
arrangements for the boxing carnival
which is to take place In El I'aso. Mex.
The programme will be: February 11,
Wullcott and "Bright Eyes," the Texas
negro; February 12, Dixon and Mar-
shall; February 13. Leeds and Ever-
hartj February 14, Maheraud Fitzsim-
mons.
The English loan companies doing
business in Dallas, Tex., and repre-
senting hundreds of millions of dollars,
have cabled their agents to discontinue
loaning money in Texas. The fear
wa/- wltn the United States was said
to be the cause.
Tin;I K masked robbers held up a
Mission street car at San Francisco and
rnntlen.otl Bsport of th I'tt.t W..k'« l'ro.
Tiik senate ou tho tub pasted without divi-
sion u bill to remove the tHilltlc.il disabilities
nf ei-confwltrsui. Several senator* spoke
In favor of the bill, which repeals the law
pa««cd soon after the war prohibiting the en-
listment of et-eonfederstes in the army or
navy. Mr. Hawley (Conn ) offered bill au-
thorizing the secretary of war to issue Spring-
field rifle* to mate military organisation* in
exchukirt' for old ttuas. He staled that this
had no reference to war but wan a mat-
ter of business. Mr Stjulre (Wu h)
spoke against the practice of employ-
ing foreign engineers on American
ships and offered a bill to overcome the prac-
tUe Adjourned until Friday the iTTth The
speaker l*id before the house a telegram from
the llrnztllau chamber of representatives coa-
l?ratulailux congress upon ••Prejldent Cleve-
land's worthy message which ju> nobly defends
the Monroe dectHne " AMiong She bills Intro-
duced were a bill by Mr liuweh lor reciprocity
with eertiln countries, snd a bill auShorlilng
the president to call an International
conference of Amcrlcau republics. Mr Mc-
Clellnn offerod a bill authorising n bank note
circulation of rW0.lW0.iMJ. to be Issued to na-
tional banks, etc. Mr Price offered a revenue I
bill: Mr. Tracy, a blH so prevent the sl ipping
of pcn tonv and Mr. (llbson a bill granting a
monthly pension > f t*> to all helpless soldiers.
Adjourned until Thursday.
Till Ncnate was not In session on the J"th.
... The house bud an aplmated session on the
special tariff bill The bill Is limited to '-'4
years In Its operation* on i Is Intended to raise
tlo.min.oiK) annually to cover the deilclt. \\ hen
the house met. by a party vote, a rule was
adopted limiting debate on the bill and pro-
viding for a linal vote at Ave o'clock. The
democrats opposed the rule, but It was adopted
by JI3 to after a lively debato. The tariff
bill was then debated until Ave o'clock, at
which hour the previous question was ordered
and the bill passed. *(V> yeas to HI nays inn-
ing the brief debato the republicans contended
that the first necessity for the treasury was
revenue to supply the continued de-
ficiency. Kvery speaker denied that
the proposed measure was a republican
protection bill. It was, they claimed,
an emergency revenue bill on protective lines.
The democrats took the position that there
was no lack of revenue In the treasury nnd
that the passage of the bill to Increase taxa-
tion would in no wise help the situation nor
furnish the relief desired by tho president and
secretary of the treasury. The bill passed re-
peals the present tariff law until August I,
It restores <V> per cent- of the McKlnley
un wool and woolens, lumber and carpets
and makes a horlsontal Increase of the present
ites In all other schedules, except sugar, of
Tub senate proceedings were somewhat en-
livened on the '27th by a spirited debate on
IMld bonds, which was precipitated by Mr.
Hill's resolution directing that future bond
issues to renew the gold reserve should con-
tain a provision th it they should payable In
gold or silver nt the option of the holder. Mr
Hill spoke in favor of his resolution Messrs
Teller and Allen took part In the debate, which
uts ne time was quite personal. After passing
Joint resolution transferring the territorial
governmental machinery of Utah to tho state
nate adjourned Tho whole day In tho
house was do voted to debate on the proposed
bond bill, which oontlnued until 10 o'clock
nt n'ght. Without reaching a final vote on the
bill tho house adjourned uutll Saturday morn-
itig.
Thk senate was not In session on tho 2nh —
Tin* bouse resumed consideration of the bond
bill and debate continued until three o'clock,
attended with very little excitement, at which
hour a vote was reached. Upon the adoption
of the first section of the bill 47 republicans
voted with the democrats aimlnst it. The vole
on final passnKo was 170 yens to likl nays. S8 re-
publicans and the populists voting with the
democrats against Its passage. The bill, ns
passed, amends tho resumption nets so as to
permit the Issue nf threo per ccnt. coin bonds
redeemable after flvo years at the pleas-
ure of the government, and payable
In fifteen years, with tbe specific pro-
viso that nothing In tho bill shall be
construed to repeal the act of 187N for the reis-
sue of the greenbacks, and tho bonds shall first
be offered for subscription at tho sub-trcas-
qrles and depositories of tho United States.
The second section of tho bill provides for tho
Issue of three-year three per cent, debt certio-
rates of denominations of #'2' ami multiples
thereof In amounts not exceeding * o.ooo.oio to
meet temporary deficiencies. During the ses-
sion Mr. Hltt reported from the foreign com-
mittee a resolution calling for the correspond-
ence In the Waller Imprisonment case; also
for correspondence relating to the war In Cuba
RAILWAY BUILDING.
r io Record for 1 Hllft s l«l to He the Lowest
for Twenty Years.
Chicago, Dec. 28.—According to the
Railway Age for December '27, railway
build in y in the United States reached
this year i lower point than in any of
the lust 'JO years, and in only two years
since 180S has so small a mileage been
built. Tho records for show only
1,782 miles of track laid, in Hie eitfht
years since that tiino tho decrease in
construction has been tfreat and contin-
uous, and this year the total built was
only about luo miles more than in the
year 1855—40 years ajro. The greatest
amount of track laid was in Texas,
where -"24 miles were put tlown. In 15
states no increases whatever were
made. The railways of the United
States on December 31 will aggregate
a little over 181,000.
NTMHER '>0.
1 he Itrply M««le by «hr vrri-tary of Infer-
ior •• Complete.
Speaker Reed laid before the house
Tueadity letter from Secretnrv of
Interior transmitting a reply to Dele-
gate Flynn'* resolution asking the re*-
(Ktfie for the delay in the aJlotlng of the
lands on the Wichita reservation to the
Indians nnd opening the surplus land
to •ottlement. The secretary shows
that the lands occupied by the Wich-
ita Jndlans are part of what is known
as the "leased district," ceded by the
Choctaws an«l Chlckasaws to the Unit-
ed States. There if, the secretary
shows, a difference of opinion as to
whether the Choctaw* and Chickasaw*
conveyed to the United States an ab-
solute title to the lands, or whether
they ceded them only for the purpose
of allowing them to be used f' r locat-
ing thereon friendly Indians. The mat-
ter is now before the court of claim*
for adjudication, and the secretary
pay* that he has delayed suggesting to
the president the appointment of aJ-
lotlng agents on account of the disad-
vantages which might accrue from
having allotment* made and the sur-
plus lands thrown open lo sottlement
I before the claim of the Choctaws and
Chlckasaws is adjusted. The Htigatlon
before the court of claims, the secre-
tary continues, certainly Involve* the
title of the lands to be alloted. as well
as the lands to be opened.
AS TO KINFOL.KS.
The resolution also Inquires whether
any of the secretary's connection* or
relation* by blood or marriage are act-
ing as attorneys for the Indians or any
party or parties interested in delaying
tho opening of the same to settlement.
In reply to this pajH of the Inquiry, the
secretary says:
"Andrew A. Lipscomb of W ashlnf?-
ton Is the husband of the second cous-
in of my wife, lie is one of the counsel
for the Wichita* In the litigation grow-
ing out of the claim by the Chootaws
and Chlckasaws for the reversionary
interest In tho land occupied by the
Wichttas. I attach o copy of the con-
tract made by the Wichttas with their
attorneys. It will be seen that the
compensation of the counsel for tbe
Wichttas is to Ik? a percentage of the
money derived from the sale of the sur-
plus land in case It 4s decided that the
Choctaws and Chlckasaws have no re-
versionary interest In those lands. i
am not aware of any interest which the
counsel for the Wlohltas can have In
delaying the allotment snd the sale or
surplus lnnds. No one has ever sug-
gested an Interest or a desire on their
part or their clients' part for delay. No
connection or relation by blood or mar-
rlRffe .If mlno 1« actlnB as attorney for
any party or i*artles interested in de-
laying Phe opening of these lands to set-
tlement. No party or parties have pre-
sented to the Interior department any
objection to the full and immediate
execution of the act of Marcb 2, 183«>.
1 which Rev. Dr. Rusk is pastor, is pre- j
' paring for war with Great Britain.
Recently, after divine service was con-
come the companion of mankind, lie had j c|uded, attention was turned to affairs
learned to lie. military, and the National lorpedo
Under the eyes of the treacherous j Defense association was formed. Maj.
ami shuim-il-fiu-ecl l'onto, 1 mailt- up a F. II. Lynn, who in 1*83 was identifk-J
little liaekiiK't' of tin' longer frutliiTs of ] with the torp.-Jo service of Great
the two chit-kens, unci .iepositetl this j Britain, is at the head of the move-
feather tlnster on my working- ment. It is designed " "
hiltl for her father's life ami the rol)ije,i Richard Clarice, an employe of
iif. looked tow a uil me.
touching it, even when lie was perishing
with hunger. Dcsides, he is there in
the kitchen, sitting on his haunches,
with his eyes partly closed, nnd oc-
casionally yawning, lie is not think-
ing of chickens."
The cook was so profoundly puzzled
that she summoned her master, and I
came. The melancholy affair was laid
before me. I looked at l'onto. Ponto
was sitting there with a titudb'd air of
indifference, apparently half asleep.
I called him: "Ponto!" lie looked to-
ward me, and lifted his heavy eyelids.
**Di l you call me, master ? 1 was only
r.sleep,I w as dreaming—I wasdreuiuing
of my bull."
Of his hall, eh? 1 became at once sus-
picious. This was evidently a pretext.
But 1 said:
"I think, Katherine, that you are
l ight. The dog could not have stolen
the chicken. If he had stolen it he
would now be engaged in plucking it
somewhere in the garden."
"liut look at him, sir—just look nt
him. He has not the air of on honest
dog."
"What ?"
"I say that Ponto lia* not an honest
air."
I turned and gazed nt him.
"Look at me, Ponto."
littl
table. Whenever, thereafter, I way en-
•*aged at work and Ponto came to me
bringing his ball, and said, with a light
and easy r-ir: ''Conic, come! Lay aside
that rubbish and let us play ball, 1
uld invariably lift the little feather
duster. Then Ponto would drop his
treacherous head. 11 is tail would slink
between his legs and adhere to his quiv-
ing belly,
all soon a
national convention of representatives i
from the cities exposed to coast attack I
and arrangements will be made for the j
instruction of recruits in torpedo work, i
The bill introduced in congress to
make a military national park of the
battle Held of Stone river asks for an
appropriation of $12.'>.000, and proposes
hile "th'e'hall would' fall I to add to the existing national cc.nc-
. . . • . l i ..j ! terv 1.000 acres, which will include the
from his nerveless ju«s As he k dur the hattlc by
at .ne he wonld say Is ,t possible that ^ ar„',ieK AU the roads near
yon are so ruthless, so unforgiving ^ baUlefleld urc to be ine)u jL-d in
Do you ne\er pardon . i purchase and maintained as free
Weeks passed, and I had not yet par- pU|,ijc highways. Owners of land on
doned Ponto. Hut he was indefatigable . -
i i his attemps to win me over. Bo one
morning, when he came to me again,
and when 1 seized the little feather
duster and poor Ponto was about to
withdraw, I said to him:
"Look, Ponto," quoth I, "look upon
this for the last time. Thus perishes
tiie only token of your fault," and 1
hurled the feather duster into the fire.
Ponto carefully watched the feather
duster burn. Then, without any hys-
teric manifestations of joy, without
leaps or skips, but nobly, simply, with
dignity, he came and proffered his paw.
The crime was forgotten. We were
friends again.
Ponto was glad that he had been for-
given. Ilut he was not nearly so glad as
i that I had forgiven him.—ii j;t«iuut,
from the French.
the battlefield will be permitted to re-
main and cultivate their present hold- tndc of 11,580 feet,
ings, under certain conditions. The ] water supply
field is 30 miles from Nashville, in a
beautiful region.
prayers and tears of the ill and help
less woman, the mob went -through
with its work with deliberation, burn- |
in? the house down containing the j
victims and watching them while they I
roasted. The man made a dash for
liberty, hut was riddled with bullets, j
The affair was tho outgrowth of the
old story of faithless wife aud venge-
ful husband.
Sixteen miles oast of Caddo, I. T..
Pink Ileal was killed by .John Mc-
llenrie, and John Mcllenrie in return
was killed by Deputy United • States
Marshal C. It. V. Hamilton. Heal had
committed some offense for which he
had surrendered to Hamilton. Mc-
llenrie and several others demanded
the prisoner. Being refused, they
opened fire, with above result. All
parties were well known and respected
citizens.
Tiik Colorado Springs, Col., city coun-
cil decided to award a contract for a
| tunnel, 1H' miles long, through the
lid granite of Pike's peak, at an alti-
order to secure a
Pktkii Heki.o at New Orleans reduced
the Pacific Coast Jockey club, of the
receipts of the day, said to aggregate
£3,000. Clarke and two other men
were shot by the robbers, but it was be-
lieved that none of the wounds would
prove fatal, although Clarke will prob-
ttblv lose one of his legs.
Warden* Oeoiiok, of the Kentucky
state penitentiary, has discovered that
several of his convicts have been mak-
ing counterfeit money.
1-*iue on the 20th destroyed most of
the business part and several dwellings
ut IIvan, I. T.
Hiiown Lee Looi k, a teacher, es-
corted home from a school entertain-
ment near Marshall. 111., a young lady
of whom Charles Wilson, a youmr
was enamored. Wilson waylaid Logue
as the latter was returning fro in the
girl's home and shot him twice, and it
was feared that Logue was fatally
hurt. Wilson barricaded himself at
home and defied the authorities, threat-
ening death to any one attempting his
arrest.
j Near Independence. G county, <>*•.
George Koger.-* and Will French, young
I men, quarreled over a girl and f
it out with kniv ' 1 4
A COSTLY TUNNEL.
One to Mo Ifnllt t oiler tho Uoltl Fields ut
I rippl<* < rfi-k, Col.
Dknvek, Col.. Dec. 30.—W. II. Hush,
David Moffat, Evan Smith and several
well known mine owners have organ-
i,ed a company to drive a tunnel under ■ |aw
the richest portion of the porphyry gold ! *
fields at Cripple Creek. The tunnel
will start about a mile south of the
town of Cripple Creek and will extend
l'J.000 feet due cast to the Victor mine.
The project is important for the reason
that if the tunnel is completed it will
settle the vexed question of the depth
of Cripple Creek mines.
CALL* DENNIS I I.YNN TO OllDlSIl*
Turnej of Oeorgt Rt«t>« In th«- House to
Defend Hoke smith.
When the house met Wednesday Tnr-
nev Democratic member from Georgia
called attention to a resolution introduc-
ed by Flynn of Oklahoma, calling upon
the secretary of the Interior for an ex-
planation of alleged delays that are
said to have occurred In the opening of
the Wichita reservation. There had
t>een, he said, no such reply on the
Democratic side, at the time, to the
structures upon Secretary flmlth s
course. Since then the secretary had
written a temperate reply to what
Flynn alleged and he asked that It be
printed in the record. Baker of New
Hampshire objected.
Ntatfhood Delegation Eleeteil.
The Citizens of Blaine county last
week elected the following named
delegates to represent the county at the
statehood convention, which meets at
Oklahoma City January 8, 1896: I.
Ferguson. A. L. Sweet. Seymour Foose,
H E. Adams, A. I). Dickens, \\. A.
Falkenstln>, P. F. Tyler. Robert Payne.
J. A. House and J. L. Trout.
The following resolution was passed
unanimously:
"Resolved, That we, the « Itlzens or
Blaine county. Oklahoma. In mass con-
vention assembled, most heartily en-
dorse and instruct our delegates to the
statehood convention to be held at Ok-
lahoma City. January 8. 1S96, to work
f.,r statehood for oklahoma without re-
gard to boundaries.
Territorial Notes.
Wichita F.aRle.
Harry SL John will rot bo tried until
tho la-s-'t of January.
Oklahoma CVty is to have a big charity
ball Christmas n'.ght.
Tho Judges of the oratorical co-n-lost tn
Guthrie will be the Judges of the supremo
court.
In the VeriV.nrla val!e>- the recent hlsrh
waiter washed out the mammoth skeleton
of a masrtotlon.
It appears t-hfU Judge Scott was r.ot
bouneed so quickly as that Washington
dispatch had it.
The lul Iteno Democrat Is one of the few
j<ipera In Oklahoma that la again* tho
on traded
) acres of
nly
have shown any signs
of exhaustion with depth, but no mine
has been worked deeply enough to
make the permanency of the camp a
certainty. It will cost §1,000,000 and
take two vears to build.
DEATH LIST.
A man In Garfield courUy has
with farmers there to raise 3,j
caMor beans next se-ae on.
Tho Cherokee nation has Ms regular old
boodllng lobby on hand In Washington.
Hut J. t can't last much Kmgrcr.
Many of the taxpayers have paid their
taxes under prott-M. Thoy think thero
will tx> a cut down on the last half soon.
Oklahoma ar.d
y. In the rest
on overproduc-
ntry thei
AWFUL
the
Gardner's bicycle world record for a jn ^jie face and back.
ht
French was fatally
He was paced by a
Thomas A. Edison thinks that Amer-
ican inventors could devise engines of
destruction sufficient to destroy any
hostile British fleet that came over
here. He said that an aerial dyna-
mite torpedo that could be steered
might be constructed. It would not
be necessary to strike the ship when
dropped. The very force of the con-
cussion within two miles of the ship
would shiver her. A handful of men
could sweep away an army, the de-
structive power being found in elec
tricity. American inventive genius
would soon supply what the army and
navv of the country lacked.
mile to 1:40
quad.
John Martin, an American pros-
pector, who has returned to Deming,
N. M., after a year's absence in the
gold fields of Sonora, Mex., tells a hor-
rible story of cannibalism which oc-
curred in that republic. Several weeks
ago a party of five Sadi Indians, driven
to desperation by hunger, umbushed
and killed three Americans working in
the gold fields in the state of Sonora,
and then cooked and ate the bodies.
Friendly Indians reported the matter
to the government and the perpetrat-
ors were arrested and taken to the
Citv of Mexico.
A tf.ruibi.k battle between revenue
officials and moonshiners took place in
the Cumberland mountains in Letcher
county, Ky., recently, in which one
moonshiner was killed and three others
were taken prisoners. A revenue offi-
cer was also slightly wounded Sev-
eral stills were cut to pieces and about
2.000 gallons of brandy aud whisky de-
stroyed.
John H. Busted, a well known min-
ing man, said to he worth 8500,000,
committed suicide on the '20th at his
home in Denver, Col., by shooting him-
self in the head. Suicide was sup-
posed to have been caused by despond-
ency due to ill healtl*
Steamer* Collide at the Entrance
Harbor of Algiers-Thirty Drowned.
Ai.oikrs, Dec. 27. - The Hritish
steamer Hellerophon and the I rench ,
steamer Emile lleloisc collided at tho j
entrance to the harbor this morning
and the Heloise sank, carrying down
with it 30 of the passengers, including
natives.
Yunderhllt'fi « Htle Formally Opened
Hii.tmokk, N. c., Dec. 27.-George
Vaniterbilt's $5,ooo,(KH) castle was form-
ally opened yesterday. All the ten-
ants on the estate, black and white,
were treated to a Christmas tree and
dinner, and there was a holiday re-
union of nearly SO relatives and friends
of the owner of liiltmore.
a Tragedy at Oatewood. Mo.
Donoimian, Mo., Dec. 27.—At Gate-
wood, 13 miles west of this place, Wil-
lie Dodd, in a drunken frenzy, cut
(Jeorjfe Rowley, who died ill half an
hour, Dodd is in custody. There is
strong talk of lynching.
In the territory
Cleveland's war
Is still to hear
Oklahoma City,
church
,-d to use a
:ut the bride
, or there would
Potatoes
ros t a k"u<
of the oovj
ti on.
Up to date not a paper
has kicked on Grover <
message. Hut McMaster
f roan.
Attorney Treadwell of
has decided to e:.te-r the mil
win preach nt the Fres&yter
at Perry.
A man a* Hennessey la
biscuit for a paper-weighL
doesn't know that ho
be trouble.
Hog cholera If said to be raffing In Har-
per county, Kansad. aiul the people In
Grant county. Oklahoma, are worried for
feoLX 'A Witt el-read.
School children woukl rather have
Christmas co«ne on Wed:*ssday than on
any other day of the week. Jt mearf*
two weeks of vacation every time.
Joftn Sct< t Payne, a Virginian who
toucht the Kiowas. Comanche* and \V4ch-
ptas tn 1874, died the other day. Iteaides
bernc an Indlaa fighter he edited a paper.
The taxable wealth of the Indian reser-
vation attached to Oklahoma Por Judicial
purposes Is said to be $5,000,000. and Judg«
1 U'.erer aye those Indians can be taxs&
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