Cleveland County Leader (Lexington, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 22, 1899 Page: 2 of 8
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LEXINGTON LEADER.
*. D. LTUICK, Killtor.
HEO. I). LATHAM. Hun. Mgt
I.KXINCTON,
OKLAHOMA.
OKLL9CMA AM11NP -IS TliKKlTOIt*
Oklahoma Has a bunoh of trouble
promoters who 1 ave no visible means
of support
The last few days of rain and sun'
f liine has given Oklahoma wheat Ileitis
a very pretty appearance
(Jrant county lia> railed a county
seat election for may "• There is
likely to be news from that coun'v
alxiiit that time.
Nearly all the farmers in Oklahoma
rvhile believinp they will have a corn
srop, are putting in a few acres of
Kaflir to be sure of feed.
Territorial Secretary Jenkins is in-
jecting' to Governor Barnes, instead of
the full board, receiving and disburs-
ing the school iand funds
Kraigrant wagons are again seen in
Oklahoma. They look miserable
enough now. In three years the oc-
cupants will be running for county
offices.
Governor Harries has consented that
hereafter the three members of the
school land leasing board shall be
jointly custodian of the school land
funds instead of himself.
People in the territory are highly
pleased over the rumor that the Mis-
souri and Kansas Telephone company
contemplates extensive improvements
on its service in Oklahoma.
The nearness of the Indian reserva-
tions is said to make Oklahoma more
exposed to small-pox. but in the ten
years of its existence the territory has
had no serious experience.
It is not probable that Oklahoma
will ever be a iand tloiving with hon-
ey, but the experiment station has
ktartcd work in the bee culture, hav-
iug purchased some Italian bee*
The Dawes commission is making a
valuation allotment, that is. the more
valuable the ground the Indian selects
the fewer acres he will be granted
Such a distribution eannot l>e made
equitable it is s&id.
Since the adjournment <jf the grand
jury, sensational rumors liave been
afloat, that the two other mysterious
indictments contain matter of a highly
startling nature, affecting prominent
persons of the territory.
Charles I!. Sliinn, a Payne county
farmer, from brooding over the loss of
his wife and baby, last summer, was
driven to an attempt at suicide. He
tried to cut his throat with an old
, se knife. He was prevented from
doing so, adjudged insane ami taken
to the asylum.
John Florer, an Indian trader, says
that in thirty years there will not be
a blanket Indian in the world. There
will be blanket Indians a thousand
years from now. An Indian would
take a bath rather than give up his
blanket. Intermarriage is the only
thing which will wipe out the blan-
ket.
Charles Uagenett. discipliarian of
the ' hillocto Indian school, has in
contemplation, a plan Tor the entire
change in the system of Indian cduea<-
tion. The present system of schools
has done much for the race, but it is
not entirely satisfactory either to the
government or the Indian themselves.
The plan proposed is to organize school
iliutriets throughout the Indian terri-
tory. build school houses, employ
teachers ami compel attendance by a
rigid educational law in the ter'r-
tory.
The railroad track of the Rock Is
la nd is now completed tifty-onc miles
west of Chickasha.
Jim Barclay, cattle inspector, caught
a car load of 3-year-old steers in Okla-
homa county last, week, that were
stolen in Sanbois county, Choctaw nu-
tion. Jim heard of the cattle being
stolen and traced them to Oklahoma
county, where they were loaded on the
cars ready for shipment to Kansas
City. The parties who stole the cattle
are being followed, and their capture
is certain.
The most excitable portion of Ok'a-
lioma just now is at the rail-head on
the Itoek Island extension.
The director of the office of the
United States experiment station will
▼isit Oklahoma at an early day to in-
sjtect the experiment Station at Still-
water, While the-e the director will
look into the matter of treasurer of the
board of regents of the Agricultural
and Meohanical college receiving in-
terest on deposits of 'lie Morrill fund
and eoDTerting this interest, to his
n> rsonal l <?
| Territorial Treasurer Thompson's
| trial does not begin until November 0
I next.
' Corn-planting in Oklahoma is three
| weeks behind the usual time this
1 spring.
I The first townsite commissioner for
' the Chickasaw nation comes from
Kansas.
A firm in the Creek nation have the
government contract for cutting 1
000 gun stocks.
By this time Clyde Mattox is either
in Old Mexico or is studying the rail-
road schedules with a view of becom-
ing Bill Doolin's successor.
Frotu a point five miles south of
Wellington. Kansas, the wheat is in
' tip-top shape. This includes Oklaho-
ma, which will have the greatest crop
in its existence.
Another movement is on to oust
Judge McAtee from the bench. It is
regarded as about as easy to do as to
paint the face of the moon with noth-
ing but a four-foot ladder at hand.
\ Albert Long, n l'awnee. recently
■ married into the Cheyenne tribe, and
he is now known universally as "l'aw-
nee.'' It is mighty hard to make the
Indians use American nomenclature.
Iiobert Morrow of Oklahoma county,
who has traveled in the Chickasaw
nation recently, says the wheat in that
country is coming out remarkably
since the rains, and corn is peeping
through the soil.
Lee l'atrick. government agent for
the Sac and Fox Indians, believes that
he now has the smallpox epidemic
which prevails in the Sac and Fox and
Creek tribes, fully under control, and
that, by May 10. all patients will have
been discharged.
Governor C M. ISarn s has pardoned
L. G. Ivers from the penitentiary at
Lansing, Kan. Ivers was convicted in
Noble county in December, for
obtaining money under false pre-
: tenses, and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for three years.
The crop bulletin of the United
[states weather bureau in Oklahoma,
: for the week ending April 10. says
that the week was one of cold, cloudy
I weather, with light to heavy frosts
j every morning until Agril !). Thin ice
| formed on the morning of April 7.
j There were twenty sacks of mail in
the vaults of the Oklahoma City post-
| office, taken there from the Taloga
| stage coach line, where so many rob-
i berics were committed last winter,
j The sacks will lie used us evidence
i against the five men who are in prison
at Guthrie awaiting for their trial.
Governor John: on of the Chickasaw
Nation received a telegram from the
Secretary of the Interior that l'resi
dent McKinley had approved the per
capita bill, passed by the recent ses-
sion of the Chickasaw legislature, pro-
viding for the per capita payment of
•■lie funds out of money due the Nation
I from the 1'nited States government.
The paytueut will put in the hands of
every man, woman and child citizen of
; the Chickasaw Nation a sum in excess
of 850.
i The committee appointed toeodify
the laws passed by the Fifth legisla*
tive assembly adjourned on April 14.
All of the work of preparing the laws
| for publication in book form has been
j finished except the compilation of the
i index, and the work will be ready for
distribution soon Whether the com-
\ mittecmen will be able to draw pay
| for their services depends upon a fu-
j ture decision of Judge Burfurd. On
'■ th advice of Governor Barnes, Audi-
| tor Hopkins held up their pay, ami
! Will T. Little, one of the members,
, 1 ias instituted mandamus proceedings,
i Governor Barnes held that the appro-
priation did not specify minutely
enough for what it was to be used.
All Oklahoma asks of the adminis-
tration is that it places the price of
what at a dollar a bushel.
Major A. K. Woodson, agent for the
| Cheyenncs and Arapahoes, William
| Walker, agent for the. Kiowas and
1 'omanches, and Major Jens Jenson,
; held a eonfercneu at El Keno April 10.
The afternoon was spent in exchang-
| ing experiences. The three agents
are well pleased with the conduct of
their Indians and are getting every-
thing in readiness for the spring plant-
' >ng.
Oklahoma has in the Kansas peni-
tentiary 180 convicts and it pays 3ft
cents per day to keep each of them.
The May term of the 1'nited States
I court for the northern district of In"
j dian territory will open at Muskogee
! the first Monday in May. There are
l.'iO cases on the docket for trial eipli-
■
j teen for murder: two for criminal ns-
j sault; thirty for larceny; thirty for in-
j troducing liquor; seven for assault to
kill; eight for conspiracy; two for ar-
son; two for kidnapping and the bal-
, anee for minor offenses.
During the past week the farmers in
Oklahoma have been busy planting
eorn.
It is said that the grape buds in Ok-
lahoma territory are all sound this
year.
There are still n few deer in the
sparsely settled parts of the Choctaw
nation.
I The fight against William Grimes
| seems to have died for want of nour-
j ishment.
Notwithstanding liis protests, I. N
Terrill is serving out those two life
sentences.
The experiment station at Stillwa-
ter has purchased three colonies of
Italian bees.
An Oklahoma man recently shot a
f white pelican which measured nine
j feet from tip to tip.
It will do no good for and one to ask
a pardon for Clyde Mattox, if lie ever
i gets in prison again.
i Thomas E. Schrack of Pawnee coun-
ty, is dead of spinal meningitis. He
i was sick only four days.
The champion chess player of Okar-
; che is the postmaster, but he doesn't
get any increase in his saiary on that
| account.
Many of the Oklahoma towns are
| enjoying a steady boom at the present
time. There arc no idle carpenters in
Oklahoma.
At the Confederate Veteran's reunion
at Charleston in May, Miss Frances
| Oslin and Miss l'attills of Greer conn"
ty will represent Oklahoma.
So far among the Indians stricken
! with small-pox not a white man has
i been taken down with the disease.
i White men occasionally take a good
! bath.
The Kingfisher land office has issued
a proclamation to the effect that it is
not necessary to make affidavits to
five years residence on claims for
record.
There* is a movement at Pawnee to
erect a monument over the grave of
William Pollock, the Rough Rider.
Ilis portrait appears in this month's
Scribner's.
The county commissioners of Paw-
nee county will let a contract for the
construction of a jail at Pawnee to
cost nearly $(>,001. Taxes derived
from the Osage Indian reservation
will be applied to paying for the build-
ing.
The grape growers are much elated
over the prospect of grapes, as all
buds are sound, not having been ef*
1 fected by the winter freeze. They are
I so late in starting that there is no
I danger from frost after the blossoms
have opened.
At a school house in Pottawatomi*
county the other night there was de-
bated this question: "Resolved, That
Columbus should receive more honor
for discovering America that Washing-
ton did for defending it.'' The judges
\ decided against George Washington.
There never has been a spring in
! the civilized period of Oklahoma
I when the ground was in such fine con-
i dition for crops as now. Thoroughly
j wet. deeply loosened by the hard
freezing and loaded with the dissolved
1 properties of vegetable food, it will
! make such a growth of crops as has
1 never been seen here.
| Judge Burford of the district court
has decided that council bill No. - did
I not pass over the governor's veto, and
| that consequently it is not a law. In-
I asmuch as the bill is in type. Secretary
I Jenkins states that it will be permit-
led to remain in the session laws, but
with an explanatory note setting
1 forth the decision of the district court.
1 Auditor Hopkins has not yet decided
whether or not he will appeal the
' case to the supreme court
| James Christian, a farmer of Wash-
ita county, was found dead near Talo-
ga last week. Aside from some slight"
wounds on his beat) there was noth-
ing to show the cause of his death,
lie had no enemies.
The following postmasters have been
! appointed in Oklahoma: Oscar G. .Rob-
ertson. Clcmasis, Lincoln county; Wil-
lis T. Harbcrt, Remus. Pottawatomie
i county; Roy Patton. Wihlwood, <>ar-
| Held county; William M. Ferris, Nava-
i joe. Greer county; James G. Sands,
Cantoncmcnt, Blaine county.
J. X. Wallace, and aged farmer liv-
ing near Anvil, committed suicide by
shooting himself between the eves
with a Winchester rltle. He was de-
spondent from sickness.
Beaver county cattlemen are disput-
ing about flies. Some say that the
Hies have stingers, others sty that
they have not. Representative ,lim
Williamson stands with the last
crowd, anil declares a cow kicks up her
heels and runs, not because she it
stung, but because she is tioldfil when
the fly lights on Iter heel. •
GERMAN STOMACHS.
! 44
Manner In Which the French Paid the
Indemnity in 18*0.
The ease with which France paid the
great Indemnity exacted by Germany
at the close of the war of 1870 aston-
ished the world. The same ability to
discharge a forced obligation was wit-
nessed at the clo^e of the Napoleonic
wars, when the allied armies occupied
France. Savarin explains that the ease
was made possibly through gluttony,
which, he says, France alone can thor-
oughly satisfy. In 1815, after the
treaty of peace, it was estimated that
that nation in various ways pa:d to
its conquerors the sum of 1,500,000,000
francs. It was feared that these forced
payments would bankrupt the coun-
try. Subsequent events proved that
these fears were chimerical. Not only
the original amount assessed against
the French came back to them, but
very much more, through the gluttony
of their vanquishers. The foreign ar-
mies that invaded France brought
with them fierce voracity and stom-
achs of uncommon capacity. Once they
h£d tasted of the delights of French
food, their ordinary rations were re-
jected, and the great sums of money
that had come inf o their possession of-
fered a means for the complete sat-
isfaction of their appetites. Pari3 be-
came, on a sudden, an immense refec-
tory. The invaders ate everywhere, in
j Eating-houses, in cookshops, inns, tav-
eras, drinking dens, and in the streets,
j They gorged themselves with flesh,
fish, game, pastries, fruits, and truf-
j fles. When they drank it was with
| avidity and of the most expensive
wines. The purveyors made fortunes.
One Mme. Sullot, who had a little
| shop in the Palais Royal only 12 feet
I square, sold 12,000 petit pates every
j day. To the rank and file and most
I of the officers of the invading armies
I the delights of French cookery were a
revelation. When they returned to
I their homes their tales of epicurean
! bliss excited their hearers. This led
! to a great pilgrimage to France of civ-
I ilian gluttons from all parts of Eu-
| rope, and made of Paris a gastronomic
j Mecca for a quarter of a century or
j more. It was estimated that through
this pandering to the stomachs of
strangers France not only regained the
| original amount of the indemnity, but
j as much again. That experience, so
| far as eating is concerned, can never
I be repeated, for from 1815 to 1840 the
j French cuisine was at its period of
cumulative achievement. The indem-
nity exacted in 1870 has been returned
to France1 mainly through the pur-
chase of decorative equipment by the
women of all nations.—Sun.
"THE NATIONAL. CAKE WALK."
Funny ThlngM .Seen and Heard lit the
Whit# House Reception.
The public reception at the White
House which occurred recently has
been humorously designated "the na-
tional cake walk." Some of the scenes
were difficult to witness without at
least a stnile. Mrs. Hobart showed her
womanly heart and good nature by
shaking hands with everybody who
came, even to the man who carried two
umbrellas in his left hand so that his
right should be free to shake with the
nresident. Another customer carried a
pair of muddy overshoes in his hands
md left a line of mud on the gowns of
the women standing in line while he
■unconsciously passed them by. It was
almost "rag time" that the last callers
were obliged to take, as the two hands
were playing and the ushers were hur-
rying them with all speed to end the
reception at 11 o'clock. Many of the
men wore overcoats buttoned about
their throats, and most of the women
drifted down the line of the receiving
party making audible comments on the
appearance of the official party. At
the end of the line stood Miss Wilson,
the pretty and accomplished daughter
of the secretary of agriculture. Just
as she reached Miss Wilson one inter-
ested matron stopped .still, looking up
the receiving line critically, and then
announced loudly: "Well, you're a
pretty good looking lot, after all."
The commendation was so cordial and
so frank that no one took offense and
the reception continued. They say
President. McKinley gets more real
satisfaction out of the public recep-
tions than from the more formal and
legant card functions at the White
House.
W
A SiiihII Mutter,
Miss Murray Hill I suppose I must
rongratulate you, Sarah.
| Miss Point Etecze Why?
"Mr. Homewood tells me that you
md he are engaged that you accepted
lilm last night."
"Did I? Well, really, I don't remem-
ber: but I have no doubt he Is right.
( never have the heart to refuse a
proposal of marriage." Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
Ktrong Enough.
Lake Front Here is another of those |
silly stories about a man breaking his j
eg by falling Into the Chicago river, j
Such a thing is not only absurd. It is i
Impossible.
Gotham—Of course it is. Why, the
xlors arising f.-om the water would I
break his fa1!.—New V'ork Journal '
Laugh Out, Oh,
Murmuring Spring.
It is the time to laugh, the
year's fresh prime. Sensible
people now do the same that
Nature does—aim to be puri-
fied, and for the same reasons.
They use that marvelous blood
purifier, Hood's Sarsaparilla.,
that never disappoints.
Its work and worth are known world
wide as a household medicine.
Catarrh-"Disagreeable catarrhal drop
pings in my throat made me nervous and
dizzy. My liver was torpid. Hood's Sart
saparilla corrected both troubles. My
health Is very good." Mrs. Elvira J,
Smiley, 292 Main St., Auburn, Maine. >
Eruptions-"I spent hundreds of dol-
lars to cure eruptions on my right leg with-
out permanent good. Six bottles of Hood's
Sarsaparilla completely cured me. I am
very grateful." Herman Bartlltt, 4G2
Ninth Ave., New York City.
Asthma-"I was troubled with apthmn
for many years, being worse spring and fall.
No medicine availed until I took food's
Sarsaparilla which completely curfcd m#l
Many others heard of my cure and they usa
Hood's." C. L. Rhode:;, Ktna, Ohio.
3(ccdd §aUofm\l(fa
Hood's HHieiH llrw Ilia; tlx non •irritating and
Only cathartic to tnke_w,th 11■ H)d' _Sar^.Hstrill^
To many "coming men'' ltrek tin
ability to airive.
I believe my prompt uso of Pisces Tnr«
proveuted quick con-umption.—M A LucJ
Wallace, Marquette,' Kan , Dec. l-jlpj.
For the \\ hole Family.
A safe, Rure, pure, perte-t medicine. for a tht
family, Cafuuret>> < amiy ('atlmrt|.\ hrlnu health j r#>
•erre health In the homeboid. Dru^l-i-10 ^ .run
The green poods man penerally"findj
the green horn ripe for blowing.
^ Salter's Seed Corn.
Does your seed corn test, Bro. Farmer
Balzer'ft does—it's northern grown, earl}
and good for 80 to 150 bu. i>er acre! o Sen<
this notice and lfic for K corn sample.*, an<
low prices to John A. Salzer Seed Co.. Til
Crosse, Wis [w. n.J
Beauty is but sk in deep; many hand'
some people are inwardly deformed.
Our Grc:it Com
biivitic n Grocery
Regulai
Price
of Bed
$4.5C
b it fn*d<
dc?i H) j th«
pc> s ar«
Irq i im
TV. la lb. Bfd. j .
« df p ccm ary br^s kr.cbsi «1m
rroll work is ornamented wi h cast dover leaves. Ilis b feet 3
nche# long. Can be had in fo'bwinq widdiai 3 ft. 6 in
4 ft.i 4 h., 6 in. Send S10.00 and receive the Bed ai.w
51 lbs. best; Granulated SUGAR $1
with Ib« foil"*III* ll tof grorprl^.: nr l «n<l lie iroodi
will be shipped C.O.II.buWcci t" examination. This li
our tUMIHNATION (.HOlKHt OIllll.lt HO. lit
■trfular Ketnll Prle. j1^ lb Cloves 20
51 tt Gnei'laiedStig r.|3.< «!' <!"*■ Bnjca Matches. .90
6 Cakes Toilet Map... .S6:l Bottle Knot Beer F.xt .25
5 d'.r. Clothes Pins liljl " Phosphate M
6 Bars Soap 26;1 " Ammonia 10
It Pepper 15 I Blutn* 15
6 in Coffee 90 's pt. Fit. Lemon 90
U 1 Whole Kutme:;,. .35 H " " Vanilla 80
■4 ®>Ginger Baking Powder.. .40
4 Tea.... 1.40 S & Starch . ■<
1 Box Stove Polish... .or,|
1 ft Corn starch < 9 Our Prle® with Bed, fiO.OO
AT Ollll EXPENSE. If the groceries ore not
a* represented return them at our expense unci we
will refund vour money ami you may the K*J.
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