The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 86, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 9, 1900 Page: 2 of 4
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THE DAILY CHIEFTAIN
10 Cent a Week by Carrier.
Cents a Month by Mall
M. MARPS - -M.
E. MILFORD
. . EDITOR
Manager.
VINITA.I.'T. JAN. 9 110.
Changes may come to the Indian
Territory but five cents a mile
etill remains the fare on the Katy
The Frisco railroad people are
filling up the old wells along its
tracks through this city greatly to
the comfort and delieht of the
man who walks about at night.
The congreesional Indian com
mittee struck the keynote when it
suggested to the Dawes commis-
sion that haste in the work would
be a mighty good thing for the
common Indian and a mighty bad
thing for the monopolist. That is
a lead which if followed out will
result in a speedy solution of the
whole Indian Territory problem.
A man who has made a great
deal ot money in Vinita made a
remark the other day that certain-
ly did him no credit. He said
that the city board of school di-
rectors had made a mistake in al-
lowing Cherokee citizens outside
the limits of the city to send to
school without paying tuition. He
said that Cherokees would settle
close around town and send their
children to Bchool and thus avoid
paying taxes. We must say that
this is an exceedingly narrow view
to take of the matter. The Cher-
okee nation is paying three teach-
ers employed in the public school
and certainly that ought to silence
every objection. The man who is
afraid of being taxed to educate
his neighbor's children is not very
public spirited to say the least of
it.
The question of the education of
non-citizens and citizens too is
being solved in at least one incor-
porated town in the Indian Terri
tory. There is now no reason why
a single child red white or black
should grow up in ignorance in
Vinita. The laws have done about
all that law can do for incorpo-
rated towns anywhere and each
town in the Indian Territory
should take care of its own educa-
tional interests. The town that
does not establish and maintain a
graded free 6chool is simply be-
hind the age and legislation can-
not help such a community very
much. All this cry about better
educational advantages for the
towns of the territory comes from
towns that are not progressive
enough to incorporate under the
federal laws and they are con-
stantly whining about schools for
the poor whites of the Indian Ter-
ritory. It is a source of pride to
be able to state that Vinita has a
fine graded school free to every
resident of the town and free to
Cherokee families outside of the
town within i radius of three
miles. Come to Vinita.
EYEGLASSES AND WHY.
The liiereaae tn the Kumkrr Worn
Not an Evidence of Dfllfntrn.
' tlua of the Km.
The queMJon li often aRkerl particu-
larly by those who cun recall tlio cu-
tonm mid experience of 25 year ago:
"Why do o many person nowadays
wear tflaKu-s?" The answer Is eusy:
"The increase in the number of spec-
tacles worn m not to be regarded as an
evidence of modern degeneration of the
eyes but rather that a long-felt ne-
cessity has beea met." For it should
be eniemberetl that within the poet
quarter of a century much ha been
learned about the value of glasses and
the range of their application and use-
fulness has been enormously extended.
Of course the eyes need more help now
than formerly as the amount of work
they are required to do Is much greater
than at any previous period In the
world's history The sewing machine
and many other Inventions of Its class
save the lubor of the hands only to add
to that required of the eyes says Llp-
fjineott's.
Iew employments new amusements
and new fashions are continually being
Introduced to Increase the exactions laid
upon these sensitive and delicate or
gans llie steady decrease of illiteracy
together with the general cheapness of
literature and a spread of a taste for It
the enormous circulation of novels
magazines and newspapers the ever-in
creasing use of artificial illumination
all combine to overtax the eyes and to
weaken or possibly destroy the sight
unless the required aid and protection
be supplied through every menus at our
disposal. Thus It happens that the
sometime luxury of properly adjusted
glasses has come to be recognized and
understood by very many of the present
generation as one of the real necessi-
ties of their lives.
THE CHILDREN OF DREYFUS
Slngulai Manner In Which They Die
covered the Trith About
Their Father.
there "line :i hHtiiils nil ruhnu in uu
ouiwuru directum mm prutlueeii mi
nt her crop vIiom- rpnwn spreads again
The rank jtu :1i of the grasses coni'
posing these r.i.fjs is probably due to
the fungus taking up ;imi tJie soil or
ganic nitrogen which is not available
to the grasses and in nine way be
coming the medium of supply of the soil
nitrogen to the grasses forming; the
circle.
Weight of Amerlenn MalU t nknonn.
Strange as It seems the United States
government has not taken a complete
accounting of the actual total weights
of the mail matter carried by It for
over 20 years.
A NEW HORSE FARE.
A pathetic incident connected with
the Dreyfus trial is given by the Faris
correspondent of Loudon Truth.
Among the anxieties of the wife of
the persecuted man not the least was
her fear that her children should learn
the terrible fate of their father. To pre-
vent this during all the years of his
imprisonment she kept them under her
own eye not allowing them to go to
school or play with other children
teaching them herself and going with
them in their walks. The oldest boy
who was nine years of age never saw a
newspaper.
But while they were at the seaside
the boy found on the beach a torn kite
made of old newspapers. He read them
and went to his nurse.
"Ah now I know why my papa is so
long gone!" he said showing. them an
article headed: 'Tacts of the Ureyfus
Affair." '
"There are many Dreyf uses in Paris"
the woman stammered.
"But not many Capt. Alfred Dreyfuses
whose wives are named Lucie. 1 know
now why she cries at night!" cried the
boy sobbing. "She should have told
me so that I could go to help my father."
In the sufferings of this man so great
that the world has stood aghast before
them as at a new horror in history God
gave him the steady faithful love of
his brothers his v-ife and his children.
'I lie mrloalty of the Mnn Who Saw
Ilrend ricltvrreil at a Stable
Vn Sn Hailed.
A delivery wagon of ono of the big
breadbaking factories of Yorkville
stopped in front of un uptown livery
and boarding stable the other morn
ing and two men at once unloaded
barrels of bread and carried them into
the stable says the New York Jour-
nal. The bread looked good and was
good. There were all sorts and sizes
of loaves in the barrels "homemade"
"rye" "Vienna" "potato" "graham"
and "cottage."
The curiosity of a mnn who saw
the bread being delivered to the stable
was nroused and he ventured to ask
the proprietor of the stable what it
meant.
"There's nothing remarkable about
it said the proprietor with a laugh.
"I simply buy it for horse feed. We
grind the bread up and mix it with
other feed and it makes first-clues
food for horses. It is stale bread and
costs us 40 cents a barrel and there
are 50 or 60 loaves to the barrel; so
you see it comes pretty cheap. Some
of the bread is only a duj- old and is
good enough for any (aa to eat;
but the bread factories cannot sell it.
What you see here are returned loaves
from the groceries. I'll bet there is
many a soldier who would like to
have had as good bread in the war."
HEADACHE
FOUL DREATHi
NO ENERGY
CONSTIPATION.
These symptoms mean torpid liver and a clogged condition in
the botfels. They also mean the general heallu is ceiow
par and disease is seeking to obtain control.
PillQKLY
Quickly removes these Symptoms Strengthens the Stomach
Cleanses the Liver and Bowels and Promotes Func-
tional Activity in the Kidneys. A few doses
will restores Health and Energy
in Body and Brain.
SOLD BY ALL DHUSGISTS
Price $1.00 Per Bottle.
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DUTCH LOVE SUNDAYS.
Foor Sabbaths in November Are Fete
Ditys In the Land of Dike
and Dttchea.
POLISHING PETRIFACTIONS.
Said Boaz to
Ho such a one!
(Ruth IV-4;
"I thought to advertise thee
saying buy it before the in-
habitants and before the eld-
ers of tuy people If thou wilt
redeem it redeem It but if
thou wilt not redeem it then
tell me that I may know; for
therein none tn redeem it be-
side tli And lie said I will
redeem it."
Of coure he did. He wf.s doing
business on the square. So are we.
when we say we will redeem OrloHS
Husian Grippe Cure if you rtont
find it the tr-t cohi;!i cure you ever
used we mean ever? won we say.
Ym dufit Irtve to buy it before the
?'d." or th vourig-toM or any
"thel jitneso eit her.
ifo HOSt S FOW 50 CTNT5.
People's Drug Store
Solidified Wood Dctiijt Prepared for
the FrU K-ioll)on In
Sooth Dakota.
The polishing works of this city are
now er.png-pd on the ntupendcus job of
getting out f 1000000 -wort!) 0f polished
chalcedony oc petrified wood to be
taken to the Paris exposition says the
Sioux FpJls (S. .O.J Journal. This petri-
iiej wood is hauled from its native
heath in Arizona a distance o 63 miles
to a railroad aijd thru shipped to this
city to be cut U'ld polished t.iis being
the only place in the world having fa-
cilities for treating- the petrifaction
which is sewtj-'.enlks as bard as dia-
mond. It is shipped here in great logs
arc.! stumps welching many tons each
just as they have lain for many apes
I'urnir the process required by nature
to turn the wood into beautiful and
varicpatcd cclors of Eioiie. The process
of yuv- hip the stone up ir. shape for
poiicliing is most tedious the hi:;:c n.a-
c'ilj:cry used for the purpi t htir;: iihle
to saw only from an inch to ihree inches
a day inio it. After Lt-ing cut. nr: : pol-
ished the stcne is w cu bed up. into v ery
conceivable chape from t r.T buttons
to tops for center tables and grvnt
Kolunin which cost a great firrtue.
All hinds of jev-elry are made from it
as well a t-inkets and handsome ar-
ticles suitable for souvenirs.
Tl.r t-
el as tt. if t-
- word Is
Falry Hluun.
Mr. Steele has an article in Know Itope
on "Fairy Klnrs" th'We preen t-irrics in
J aMurei which v ere forn.crly believed
to be caused bv the ink: u.chi revi ii r
of th- fairies. They are caused !..v a
furL'us whose spawn f-pnacs i-cr.tri:'-vi'n'iW
in every riiieetion -.r d 1 rni a
common felt from which the fruit '"in s
at its. '.iiHiif ei'pe. the t '. ti e ii:' t r
ci.-K if txhaustcri. arc lie fj-awt. 'lit
The four Sundays of November are
observed as fp.fe days in Holland.
They are known by the curious names
of Keview Decision '.Purchase and
Possession and all refer to matri-
monial affairs November ia Holland
being1 the month par excellence de-
voted to courtship and marriage prob-
ably because the agricultural occupa-
tions of the year are over and pos-
sibly because the lords of creation
from quite remote antiquity have rec-
ognized the pleasantness of having
wives to cock und cater for them dur-
ing the long winter says the Denver
News.
On Review Sunday everybody goes
to church and after service there is
a church parade in every village when
the youths and maidens gaze? tipon
each other but forbear to speak.
On Decision Sunday each bachelor
who is seeking a wife approaches the
maiden of his choice with a ceremoni-
ous bow and from her manner of re-
sponding judges whether his advances
are acceptable. Purchase Sunday the
consent of the parents is sought if the
suit has prospered during the week.
Jvot till Possession Sunday however
do the twain appear before the world
as actual or prospective brides and
grooms.
Over tlie Fall.
A Wisconsin paper reports an Indian's
remarkable escape from death. He was
one of a driving crew that broke a big
jam above Sturgeon Falls. He attempt-
ed to cross the river on a log and to
the horror of the spectators whs car-
ried over the falls. The falls are 40
feet high and consist of two pitches
and the rapids. Of course the man was
given up for dead and the driving crew
thought it useless to search the river
forhis body as the logs were pilingover
the falls at a rapid rate. The next
morning however the Indian walked
Into camp for breakfast. He had been
sweptdown theriverand up against! he
bank where he managed to crawl out.
Finding only a few scratches and
bruises but being as he remarked
"rather tired" he lay down and slept
until daylight and'was none the worse
for his adventure.
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Marrs, D. M. The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 86, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 9, 1900, newspaper, January 9, 1900; Vinita, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc772909/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.