The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 81, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1899 Page: 2 of 4
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THE DAILY CfllEFTfilN
lO Cents a Week by Carriers.
' 40 Cents a Month by Mall.
0. M. MARRS EDITOR
M E MILFORD Manager.
VINITA I. T JANUARY 4 1890
GLOOMY PEOSPECT AHEAD.
A sigh of relief will go up frpm
the people of the Cherokee nation
when the commission now in ses-
sion reaches an agreement with
the Dawes commission or failing
in the effort expires by limitation
of law on the evening of the 14th
instant. There is a wide spread
belief among Cherokee citizens
that no agreement will ever be
reached as a result the present
negotiations. The feeling is also
general thai f hould an agreement
be consummated that-it would be
rejected when submitted to a pop-
ular vote of the Cherokee people.
The fact has developed that the
division of the land would best be
left to an outside and a disinter-
ested commission for settlement.
The fact has developed that
nearly if not quite alfleading
intelligent Cherokees have per-
sonal interests in the final divis-
ion of the lend which they are not
able to overcome.
The people of the Cherokee na-
tion are fees and less afraid of the
Curtis bill that has been held up
to them as the acme of evil legis-
lation.' This sentiment has been
engendered in part by the absurd
proposition made by our commis-
sion to the Dawes commission a
few days ago pertaining to the al-
lotment of land. The sober
thoughtful Cherokee cannot fail
to recognize in that proposition
the great danger that menaces the
common Indian in the matter of
the final allotment of his land.and
to prefer rather to leave himself
and his people in the bands of the
Curtis bill than to risk the con-
eummation of so unjust a plan of
the division of an estate in which
ail are alike entitled to snare. 1
The talk of cutting the freedmen
- down to 40 acres is the merest idle
chatter never considered seriously
and only a sop thrown to the full-
bloods to gain their aquiescence in
formulating an agreement.
That the full-bloods will vote
solidly against any agreement that
can be made there seems to be lit-
tle doubt. In the first place they
are opposed to the whole scheme
and all' their natural tendencies
are averse to every proposition
submitted looking to allotment
and final abolition of their tribal
autonomy. In the second place
the plan urged does not comport
with a full-blood Indian's sense of
justice and equity. All these con
ditions are patent to every one at
all posted as to the traditions of
the Cberokees and no man can see
in the immediate future anything
but unrest and chaos and it does
not take a prophet to foresee the
overwhelming rejection of any
treaty that the present commission
can make.
: A report was circulated on the
streets this morning that a man
from Oklahoma; stopping at the
O K wagon yard had smallpox.
The attention of the Board oi
Health was called to the matter and
an investigation immediately
made by tbein which proved the
report to be false. ' The report
originated from the. fact that a
man from Oklahoma stopping at
(he O K f.-agon yardJ had a hard
hill followed by a high fever.
IIe resumed bis journey this
morning to his dedication.
"cskojee Times. r : . ' i .
The town of Wagoner has
!''!i a franchise for an t' ctric
' t ;'--:t n J. C. Cr.r?v The
: 1 p!-" t r : pot
THROUGH RURAL ENGLAND.
field. That Art Croaard by FootlMUtaa
' ThorDa to Interfere with ''' .'
..' ; l'ijlira' Wok. '
t During harvest English .agricultural
laborers are at work in the lields until
darkness comes. ; The lust load Ib often
carried by niooniiglit. For both farm-
em and luborers the harvest time is a
good time. For the laborers it means
any amount of overtime at overtime
prices and from June to Septembr
hundreds of thousands of English la-
borers nearly double their wages and
put together the savings which are to
carry them and their families with
comfort through the winter when the
working days are short and wages not
as high as when farm labor is in great
demand.
Journeying through rurnl England
just when the crops are being carried
one cannot fail to notice two features
aboutEnglish fields that are missing in
American fields. One of these is the
extent to which English fields are cut
up by public footpaths. The other is
the studding of the fields which have
been cleared of hay with stiff thorn
bushes cut from the hedges. The loot-
paths date back to centuries when
farming land was not so valuable nor
so closely cultivated as it is to-day.
Farmers do not like these footpaths.
Nor do landlords like them either. For
a field with a footpath across it com-
mands less rent than one that is com-
pletely inclosed. Hut in England once a
footpath always a footpath. Even the
railways have to accept this usage as
anyone can see by the frequency of
foot b. ""ges across the lines in rural
England. As regards the studding of
newly mown fields with stiff thorns
that too for American readers has an
explanation which is not without in-
terest. It is done only in game coun-
tries and the object of the thorns set
up with great frequency in the fields
is to prevent poaohers from dragging
them at night with nets. Wherever
this studding of the fields with haw-
thorn stakes occurs it is proof that
game preserving is carried on in the
neighborhood and that the game keep-
ers expect trouble from their inveterate
enemies the poachers.
As one nears the larger towns espe-
'cially the towns which are great rail-
way centers it is is easy to see how fond
the English town workmen of the mid-
lands is of a bit of land and how in the
twilight of the summer evening he
busies himself with his allotment. He
is usually at work in his allotment by
half-past six. After leaving.work he
allows himself about an hour to get
home take supper and smoke a pipe
and then oft he goes to his garden
patch. Oftentimes his wife and children
go with him and there they stay all
more or less at work until darkness
drives them home. The work is not
especially hard. It is done in a leisure-
ly way varied with a little gossip with
the proprietors of neighboring patches;
and where a field of IS or 20 acres is di-
vided into these garden lots the scene
on a summer evening is about as pleas-
ing as any scene which presents itself
in a journey through the Midlands.
'Tt is curious that these garden patch
scenes are more common In the mid-
lands than in the north of England.
The'y are seldom seen on the outskirts
of the woolen and cotton factory towns
of Yorkshire and Lancashire. They in-
variably occur however in the neigh-
borhood of a railway center in the mid-
lands where a great railway company
has established its locomotive works or
its car factories. I think this is due to
the fact that railway artisans and
workmen are recruited mostly in the
rural districts and transplanted as it
were to the towns while the factory
operatives of Yorkshire and Lancashire
are townbred men with no strong at-
tachment to the land. The English so-
cialists sometimes condemn the allot-
ment system. They argue that if a man
adds to his earnings by working in an
allotment in his spare time his employ-
er will note his added prosperity and
soon offer him less wages. But what-
ever there may be in this socialistic ar-
gument the allotment system thrives
In the outskirts of the large towns in
the midlands and it certainly adds to
the picturesqueness and charm of a
twilight journey across England. N.
Y Observer.
Advanlairea of Losing1 Temper.
At football all manner of men have
played at the ends of the rush line an
ideal man would be a composite of all
the other" men on the team. He would
be about five feet ten in height and
would weigh about 185 or 168. He
would have the speed of a - half the
quickness of a quarter the bulldog
pluck and nerve of a guard and the
brain of a captain. In addition to all
these (and contrary to the opinions of
most people) he would have a quick
temper. There la nothing in football
nor Indeed In any form of athletics in-
compatible with . a little of the "Old
Adam" nor is there anything lik
anger to put life and fire into tired
man late in a hard-fought game. One
can be as angry as he may and still be
a gentleman. Temper properly direct-
ed and controlled will add fierceness
to one's tackles speed to his running
and strength to his blocking us noth-
ing else 011 earth will do. and many the
captnirs Ihrre are who knowing this
fcnve f-'-r" ip their wearied men with
Mienwelves realized were unmerited
simply to make their teams work hard-
er and faster. College Athlete. -
" The SenalUve Harvest Flali.
Two harvest fisht.u taken in Grave-
send bay recently hr.ve now been kept
in the New York aquarium for more
than ajWeefc. The aquarium has had
other speclea of thlj fish but none has
lived more han two days. The har-
vest fish Is ejktreraelj- jiervous and diffi-
cult to keep olive In captivity. It Is
not very large but is deep-bodied and
thin and has brilliant peurly sides. Its
dorsal and anal fins which are unusual-
ly long more nearly resemble thin
blades of pearl than they do the ordi-
nary rayed fins of fishes The harvest
fish swims v 5th a peculiar springy or
dancing movement X. Y. Sun.
North l'ole and South Pole.
It has been shown that while Nan-
sen's observations prove that the north
polar region is 0 great ocean cavity
nearly two miles deep the south polar
egion on the contrary is apparently
a vast solid muss of land surrounded by
a belt of water about two miles in
depth. The area of the south polar
continent is estimated to be about
4000000 square miles. 1.000000 more
than that of the United States exclud-
ing Alaska Youth's Companion.
LAST OF THE
'KIES.
Hlstorr of the Lour Quarrel Over
the Spelling: of Milwaukee
Clty'a Name.
The uncertainty as to the proper
spelling of Milwaukee has been marked
in no little degree and almost every
one who had occasion to use the name
In pioneer days introduced a new va-
. riety. Usage finally reduced these in
dividual caprices to two recognized
forms differing only in the final sylla-
ble being spelled either "ee" or "ie."
This led to a fierce and amusing con-
test as to which of the two should pre-
vail each having its devoted cham-
pions among the newspapers and peo-
ple at large. Sectional ill-feeling
mingled with the reverence for ortho-
graphic purity and while the west
side of the? river generally espoused the
cause of the "kie" the east side as
bravely stood up for the "kee." The
former had the national government on
its side since the name of the post office
bad been officially set down as "Mil-
waukle.
However when certain laws were
published in which the final syllable ap
peared as "kee" though it was prompt-
ly charged that the printer had been
bribed the legal influence strongly up
held the spelling "Milwaukee" and it
gradually became general until only
two newspapers one English and one
German persisted in the old spelling
in spite of all entreaties to fall in line
with the public opinion. Some enthusi
astic partisans of reform who consid-
ered this obstinacy a blot on the fair
fame of the village one night broke into
the office of the Milwaukee Sentinel
and abducted all the i's but two belong-
ing to the font of type used for its head-
line and as there was nothing else
available for the purpose the paper is-
sued on December 7 1844 appeared
with the spelling permanently changed
to conform with the new notions. The
other paper clung bravely to the lost
cause undaunted by threats or taunts
and announced itself as published at
"Milwaukie" until it died as the Ban-
ner und Volksfreund in 1880 the last
of the "kies.'' Milwaukee Sentinel.
He Knew Hla Uualneaa.
"John" said Mrs. Meeker after they
had passed out of the tailor'B esitab-.
lishment "it's a wonder to me that
you have ever been able to get along
in the world at all ' You certainly have
no idea of business."
VWhy?" Mr. Meeker returned "what
has put such an idea as that into your
head?" '
"You didu't bargain with the tailor at
all. When he showed you a piece of
goods that you liked you just asked the
price and then told him to go ahead
and make your suit without asking
him to come down a cent. Who knows
that you might not have got him to re-
tduce his price four or five dollars if you
had tried ?" 1 ' . .
. "Pooh what if he had come down!
It would only have been a wattfe of time
and energy if I had haggled with him
over the price even if he had been will-
ing to cut it in two. I don't intend tc
pay him anyway." Cleveland Leader.
" The Globe.-. '' J
"What is woman's sphere?" inquired
the lady with a lond voice.
And the dyspeptic man looked . ttj
wearily and answered: .
"The same as in every other" case 1
suppose; the earth if she can get it.'
Detroit Free Press.
' Has Brta Ueeat for Ceatnrlea.
The doable-entry system of book-
keeping now in common use was first
practiced in Italy in the latter part of
the fifteenth century. ! ' -.
- It Looke Bad .
. Football Captain (coldly) I hear
you stood near the head of your class
lat month? . ' ''.
; Half-Back Yes captain b-but
"Oh! I don't say but what you are all
right as yet but it looks bad; it looil
just os if you were neglecting yoni
trsiisin." Puck. .
VffllTA SEAL ESffi
..AGENCY..
v Lots solid on commission.
Can buy or sell improved or unimprov-
ed property in Vinita and save
you money. Can find
' purchasers for those who have
PROPERTY
..SELL..
" r " ' " " TT""
Can find desirable property
for those" who want to purchase
f In short we bring; buyer and seller
together. If yott have prop-
erty to sell or want to buy
address
VINITA REAL
ESTATE AGENCY
VINITA. IND.TER.
Worcester Academy
A new department has been added to work
of Worcester by the purchase of the
business department of Clarke's College.
All of the departments are in charge of
professional teachers.
DDHP TIAII V Will still conduct
VV iy'rviL' 1 the business depart-
ment. Shorthand Typewriting Book-
ke9ping"and Penmanship are taught. The
academic work will continue according to
the curriculum in the catalogue. The at-
tendance is large already but we 'have
. rooom for more.
Board and Room SS .
wish to attend from a distance. Rates
very low. Normal training given to those '
who wish to teach. Don't delay in the
matter of preparation.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
LARGEST STOCK.
'LOWEST PRICES.
P. G. Browning....
Lumber
Dealer
Vinita I.T.
7V
Lumber ;
Sash
' Doors
Mould logs
Cement
Paints.
. . Brushes
; Lath
Shingles
ir'":. Blinds
Piaster Oils -
EVERYTHING AS
REPRESENTED
Brick Sand Etc. V j
Buy your
Lumber at
Browning's
Yard.
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Marrs, D. M. The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 81, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1899, newspaper, January 4, 1899; Vinita, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc773820/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.