The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 134, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 7, 1899 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 1 NO. 134.
VIN1TA. IN D. TER. TUESDAY EVENING. MARCH 7 1899.
Col. W. J. Bryan is in Ardmore
on a mission concerning which he
ia silent.
A bill is to be introduced into the
Arkansas legislature providing for
the appointment of three judges
at ealariee of $2600 per year each.
This bill provides that people who
are now engaged in the newspaper
business or who desire to become
editors muet.be examined by this
board; and unless they pass the
examination they will not be per-
mitted to publish newspapers in
the state.
A modest and energetic lady
clerk in a certain store placed her.
eelfina very embarassing posi-
tion the other day. A miner came
in and wanted some hose for his
wife. The clerk took down a box
and showed him a pair and recom-
mended them highly winding up
by saying: "I know exactly what
those are for I wear them my-
self." She was horrified when
the miner drawled out slowly
"I am from Missouri!" Joplin
News.
Judge John It. Thomas ex-
presses bis belief in the soundness
of the decision rendered a few days
ago by Judge W. H. H. Clayton
of the Central district in a coal
lease cast in which the validity of
the Curtis act was called in ques-
tion. Judge Thomas' utterances
from the bench it will be remem-
bered have been in line with the
decision of Judge Clayton from the
time the Curtis law was enacted.
Months ago Judge Thomas gave
expression to the very identical
position now taken by Judge Clay-
ton. -.
The decision of Judge Clayton
relative to the constitutionality of
the Curtis law rendered in a coal
lease case has caused much com-
ment among Cherokees. It is in-
terpreted to mean that as the Cher-
okees did not consent to the allot-
ment of land even though it be
temporary that it could not be
forced upon them. Judge Clay-
ton's utterances upon this subject
will have the effect to embolden
the citizens of the Cherokee na-
tion in resisting the enforcement
of that measure. - That Clayton is
right there is little question in the
minds of the best lawyers in the
country who have investigated the
matter.
tU Louis Cattle Market .
The M. K. & T. had a big run
of stock yesterday and last night
handling six full train loads for
Kansas City and Chicago.
- D. H. Middleton shipping from
Muskogee.I. T. marketed 42 head
1141-pound steers which sold at
$4.15 to Kingap & Co. .
J. E Campbell of Chelsea I. T.
marketed 25 head 1074-pound
steers sold to the Cleveland Pro-
vision Co. at $4.25.
ti larkey Killing.
"Tom Dollarhide can tell you
some good tnrkey stories about
killing the festive gobbler ahead of
the engine" said Engineer" Jake
Henry to a Herald reporter yester-
day. . "How about it Tom?" a Herald
man asked Mr. Dollarhide.
"Many an old gobbler has bit
the dust ahead of my engine when
I was firing on the road between
Denison and Muskogee several
years ago. It was nothing those
djys to xill scores of turkeys in
the In !"aa Territory country. I
1 cany try fhot gu.n sit'i
me on my run and I used to bag
prenty of game. Many a time I
have bagged as high as six gobblers
on one trip.just kill them along the
track as the engine would pass
along. There were no settlements
in that country at that time and
there were plenty of turkeys deer
and the like along the railroad
right of way.. The turkeys would
come out on the track to pick up
grain xpilled from leaky cars and
it was very common to see a flock
scurrying away from in front of the
engine as we went bowling along.
Of course we were not making
any New York Central time on the
Katy then for it was a new line
through the territory and when
the engineer would see a flock
feeding or running away he would
slow down a little; I would bang
away at them land one or two
hop off the engine to pick them up
and gathering the fowls would catch
on again.
"One occasion when I was fir-
ing on a passenger run I saw a
big gobbler in front of the engine.
The engineer slowed down. Mr.
Gobbler sailed up in the air and
was making off as fast as his wings
could carry him. I threw my gun
down on his retreating form and
be tumbled down by the side of
the right of way over the tele-
graph wires. A passenger had
seen him strike the wires and fall
and the noise of the train had pre-
vented him from hearing the ex-
plosion of the gun. He thought
the turkey had struck the wires
and had fallen dead. He jumped
off the train it was running slowly
and ran aud picked up the turkey
before I got there. He was look-
ing at the turkey and then at the
wires in the greatest wonderment
then looked around to see if it
was likely that any more would
fall. I came up to him and took
the turkey and I'll never forget
the look of mingled surprise and
chagrin of that passenger as he
surrendered the bird and remark-
ed half aloud: 'Well I'll be dog-
goned ' " Denison Herald.
WOMEN-FOLK OF TfiE SENATE.
Ii(ioaa Mi A ma sine Remarks
Art Oftea Addressed to Those
la Official Socle!?.
Women whose husbands and fathers
are in political life enjoy interesting
experiences and meet with curious peo-
ple at times. It is asserted that the
women in the families of candidates for
office often assist in determining the
outcome of elections. When this is true
Uisbecauseof the quiet tact and domes-
tlo virtues of the women rather than of
any specially brilliant performances on
their part. The wife of a prominent'
senator who is also the daughter of
a senator recalls with much mirth the
days of her father's campaign. She and
her sister used to accompany him when
he went to make speeches and wrapped
in waterproof cloaks the young ladies
would mingle with the crowd to hear
the comments of the people. The two
were noted wags and wits and were
feared for their fun-making proclivi-
ties. The elder was invited once to
visit with her father a valued constitu-
ent whose farm was near the oounty
town. They went and enjoyed the day
fully visited the county fair and were
interested in all they saw. At night
when the young lady had retired to her
room and was partly undressed there
came a knock at the door. She peeped
out and saw the daughter of the house.
"May I come in?" "Certainly" re-
plied the other opening the door. "Do
you know I waa awfully afraid to have
you come here?" "Why then did you
ask' me to come T . "Oh your pa and
my pa are such friends that I couldn't
help It But I just made up my mind
that if you acted a bit stuck up or put
on any airs over us I was Just bound
to tell you of it. ' I'm right glad now
that you did come.'' This frank certlS-
rafe of amiability was much prized by
a w'piriit. .- .rv KtanvR J-iiVnta!;
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We are placing in stock about the handsomest line of
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BADGETTS
AN OBITUARY QUILT.
The Queer Donatloa of Womea o
a Malae Pariah to Their Pas-
tor's Wife.
"Many queer gifts come to the min-
ister of a New England church at the
annual donation visit of his parishion-
ers but the oddest and creepiest thing
of the kind that I ever knew of I en-
countered once in northern Maine"
said A. E. Stetson a member of a New
York publishing firm. "I was a book
canvasser then selling religious works
and I stayed one night at the house
of a Baptist preacher in the little back
country town of Monson since become
somewhat prominent through the de-
velopment of Its slate quarries. The
preacher was a man of deep erudition
known far and wide for his unworldli-
ness and apostolic piety and his wife
was a notable housekeeper. There was
a good supper and at nine o'clock in
the evening prayers. These over I went
to bed in the beet room and after the
day's hustling slept soundly. '
"Waking in the bright morning sun-
light my attention was attracted by
the odd pattern of the quilt which
served as counterpane on my bed. It
was a patchwork quilt made in large
squares and on every square was a
lettering worked in black worsted. In
the square Immediately before my eye
I spelled out the words: 'Sacred to
the memory of Solomon Tubbs. Died
Oct 8 1867.' In the next square waa
Inscribed: ' 'In memory of Martha Phil-
lips. Born June 11 1833. Died Jan. 14
1864.' On every square was an obituary
notice couched in a style similar to the
first one that I read and they covered
a time running from 1851 to 1887. The
quilt which I learned afterward was
presented to the pastor's wife by the
women of her husband's congregation
combined the utilities of a counterpane
with the record of deaths in the parish
for a term of 16 years. That it waa
spread in the best chamber showed that
it waa reserved for guests as a mark of
high consideration. tl l .
"At first sight the memento mori
character of the inscriptions was a trifle
appalling to a man just awakened. But
being a guest at the same house for
some subsequent nights I got used to
the obituary quilt and even derived a
certain enjoyment from studying out
the inscriptions of mornings before I
got up from bed. So. familiar did they
become to me that I could have repea ted
them all in order by the time I quitted
my canvassing field In Maine to take up
my present business in the metropolis. "
If. Y. Sun. '" '
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Store.
Our line of A. P.. C. Ginghams
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pleasure in showing goods.
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