The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 96, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 21, 1899 Page: 2 of 4
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WHY HE DIDN'T SCARE.
: By M. QUAD.
Owricht in.
As wc left Sandy Gulch fur Jtising
Sub tlii're were nix male passenger to
i 0 by the stage and the route was
over the mountains and full of chances
of disaster. The driver came out
from breakfast as soon as the Mage
Vas ready and looking about on the
passengers he selected a small pale-
faced man and Invited Mm to climb
tip beside him. While (he pale-faced
man was climbing the driver whispered
to the rest of us.
"I picked him out in order lo skeer
Inm to death. You fellows will see a
heap of fun before we've gone icn
files'"
Two miles west of the Gulch the
road made a sudden turn with a sheer
Tail of JOO feet down to Wild Cat creek
and the driver put his horses at the
gallop and said to the pale-faced man:
"We may get around all right or we
Jnay fetch up down below. Hold yer
ibreath and say yer prayers!"
; The passenger made no move and did
teot change countenance and after
snaking the course all right the driver
rather Indignantly demanded:
"Didn't you fee that the off-wheel
run within a foot of the edge of the
(precipice I"
"It ran within six inches sir!" was
ilhe quiet reply.
Beyond the curve was a down grade
of n mile and with a yell and a flour-
ish of his whip the driver urged his
Aorses to a dead run. The five of us
Snside had to hang on for dear life r.nd
every half minute Ihe lumbering stage j
seemed bound to go over. Alongside
tthe driver the pale-faced man smoked
cigar and seemed to enjoy the race.
When It was finished and we were
climbing the hill beyond the driver
growled:
"Did ye know that if we'd struck a
rock we'd all been dead men in no
time?"
"Of course."
; Three or four miles further on the
driver tried his man with another
curve. In his determination to make
a close call of it one wheel ran oil the
dge of the precipice and onlv a
sudden effort of the horses saved'the
coach. We were flung in a heap and
ingineneu nnir to death but the man
beside the driver never lost a puff of
his cigar. When things were safe the
driver turned on him with:
"That surely was the brink of tin
grave."
liuefs it was." was the quiet re-
J".V.
"See here now but what sort of a
ritter ar' yon?" was the query.
"Don't you know 'nun to git skeart?"
"Nothing has happened yet to scare
ne."
"But mebbe ye want me to drive
gilumb over i precipice J.000 feet high ?"
"if you conveniently can. The fact
fis I came off up here intending to
commit suicide and if you can dump
.the whole of us over some cliff you'il
nve me the trouble of shooting or
hanging myself!"
"Whose dictionary did you say it
was?" uaked the colonel.
"Itobinson's sir. lie had inotisnnda
of things ull written down In It."
"Wasn't it liobinsou himself who was
tolkln' lo you?"
"It was sir."
"Well my friend you have still half
an hour to wnit for the train. It can't
be far to n hardware store and hard-
ware stores always keep sandpaper
Get a dozen sheets"
"What fur?" was innocently asked.
"To sandpaper your head."
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CITIES OF ENGLAND.
Making Kapld Strides In Providing
Street Railway Facilities Hereto-
fore Mnckward In This Respect.
United States Consul Boyle at Liv-
erpool has communicated to the state
department some very Interesting in-
formation respecting the great change
that has taken place in England in the
matter of street railways He says
that from being one of the most back-
'POSSUM TALKS.
ZEB WHITE TELLS HOW Hx BROUGHT TWO CANTANK
EROUS MEN .TOGETHER.
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igH - By M. QUAD. -fr-ft
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"In my younger days'' said the 'nos
sum hunter of Tennessee one evening
as we sot smoking our pipes on the
door steps "I was known fur and wide
ns a purty good man in a scrimmage.
nobody around yere cared to tackle me
and when they sent fur a man from
o th Caroleeny I had him on the run
in ten minus i wasn't piekin no
fusses you understand but jest goin'
along and mlndin' my blzness. If any-
body come along and wanted to fuss
with me he got hurt; If he didn't want
to fuss I had iiuthin' to say. 1 was
feelln' as if I could tear uu rocks when
I got in the way of a fallin' tree one
day and was badly hurt. 1 hadn't bin
abed fo' days when along comes a feller
ward in the matter of providing such who snys 0 the 0d
HE NEEDED SANDPAPER
Cprrifht ins. By M. QUAD.
accommodations the cities of Great
Itritain are now moving on an enor-
mous scale towards iheir construction.
He describes this movement as one
feature of the remarkable "municipal
socialism" which is taking possession
of British cities erifying the com-
ment of Lord Itosebery that the Lon-
don common council was conducting
the greatest experiment in practical
socialism the world had evcrseen. Not
content with municipal ownership of
street railroads electric and gas light
ing plants water supply and tele
phones in several cities the municipal
corporations build dwellings for work-
ingmen run hotels and erect mag-
nificent baths. In Liverpool the coun-
cil has gone so far as to charge part of
what should be the rent from munici-
pal homes occupied by working men
as homes against the taxes of the community.
deferring to the subject of electric'
street railways Mr. Boyle says that
the tlrst line was started in Liverpool
a few days ago and describes the
equipment. For the benefit of Amer-
ican manufacturers of electric plants
fittings and rails the consul sets forth
the best means for these to put them-
scnes in position to secure valuable
contracts though he points out a
strong prejudice on the part of a
large class of people in. the cities
against the award of contracts to for-
eigners. The Liverpool line is an over-
head trolley a committee of experts
claiming to have discovered that the
underground conduit system installed
in Xew York Washington and Balti-
more is a failure. He speaks of sev-
eral other systems of electric ear pro-
pulsion which have been brought for
ward in hugland as novelties but
which are well-known here such as
the surface contact system. A scheme
under way he says is to connect Liv-
pool with all the manufacturing towns
within a radius of 17 miles by light
suburban electric street railroads.
which will carry passengers in the day
time and freight at night.
Uowdy ma'am and does a critter
named .2b White live around these
parts?"
" 'He lives right yere' says the old
woman
" 'And ar' he a man as kin out-yell
cut-jump and out-fight ary other crit-
ter as stands on legs In Tennessee?'
" 'He kin take keer o' hisself in purty
good shape!'
" 'That's what I've heard and I've
traveled U7 miles to mak him holler
like n young coon. If he ain't about the
Louse plense tell me whar' to find him.
I want to pulverl.e him right away and
start back fur home.'
"The old womnn hnd to teil him I
was hurt ond couldn't lift a hand" said
Zeb to me "but that only made him
ull the wuss. He purtended to think
it was only nn excuse and he jumped
on his hat crowed like a rooster and
bragged and bluffed and blowed in a
the big trees h? had pulled up by the
roots and when he got to the house
the old woman steps out and tells him
to be prepared fur me as I comes from
the other wny. He stood on that stump
and bragged fur half an hour without
a stop. Then we heard the Vargin:y
critter comln'. He wns whoopln' and
blowin' same as the other and purty
soon he was at hand. Then we hears
the No'th Caroleeny man give a crow
and say:
"'Praise the I.awd but the cryln'
baby what has walked 07 miles over
hard roads hasn't walked in vain! The
critter what was hiding in the bresh
has bin driv out by his old wife and he
will now be given two minits to say his
prayers!'
"Then we heard the other man give a
still louder crow and yell:
" 'No I was not mistook! This is the
place whar' he dwells and this is the
critter befo' me! Let him bid his wife
good-by and raise his eyes to Heaven
fur he has only five minits to live!' "
" 'It had all come right' said Zeb
'all come out as the old woman planned
fur. Them two cantankerous critters
had come together and each one
thought he wns standin' befo' Zeb
White. Of all the blowin' and brag-
gin' I ever did hear in my life that was
the worst and me'n the old woman
laughed 'till we cried. First one would
flop his arms and crow like a rooster
and tell what he had done and then
he would shet up and give the other
a chance. They kept it up fur half an
hour all the time cussin' and durin'
each other to strike the fust blow and
then they took a holt and begun to
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
There are nearly 3000 stitchen In
pair of hand-sewn boots.
Women according to Sir Erasmus
Wilson have as a rule much coarser
hair than men.
There is a breed of dogs in llussia
which are said to be naturally quit
unable to bark.
It Is said that every thread of 4
spider's web is made up of about 500)
separate fibers.
To make 1000 watch movements by
hand would cost $S0822j by machinery
they are produced at an expense of
$1799.
Chemists have extracted from coal
tar 16 shades of blue 10 of yellow 12 of
orange nine of violet besides shades of
other colors too numerous to meution.
Whales from 300 to 400 years old are
sometimes met with. The age is ascer-
tained by the size und number of layers
of the whalebone which increases
yearly.
Women students nt the University of
Berlin are not allowed to wear their
hair in braids down their back. TWo
girl students who persisted in doing
Uiis were expelled.
It is reported from France that the
juice freshly expressed from poppy
stems if promptly applied on bees'
stings will immediately alleviate th:
pain and not allow an inflammation to
occur.
SAVED FROM SPANISH SHIPS.
Uans and Other Kelicn Recovered r
the Navy from Cervera's
Vessels.
"Lordy but how much you kin know
..and not know nuthin'l" said the old
man with the carpet-bag as he nut it
down on the platform to hunt for his
i tobacco box.
Being asked what had occurred toas-
'tonish him he said:
"I met a feller on the train who
looked as humble as a cat and us meek
jbs a rabbit and I was thinkin' what a
isoft mark he'd be fura confidence man.
vhen he softly and humbly sez to me:
" 'My friend are you going to Xash-
.ville?' " 'I am' sez .
' T u it ....... 1. . Q.
v ... wlh ui a iuv.il i ne. .
" 'It's a buster' sez I.
'But it's got a funny name.'
44 'I don't see nuthin' funny about it.
"'Its the spclliu'' sez he. "I won
der why they spell it Gnashville?'
"'Bekase they don't' sez I. 'It be--fins
with an X.'
" 'Mebbe It does' he says with a sigh.
-Dut accorain' to Kobinson it's allied
with a U.'
" 'I'm willln to bet two dollars It
Ain't sez I.
'Done' sez he and he pulls out a
book and shows me where it s spelled
with G. I felt mighty cheap over it
as I bad been spelling Nashville the
other way all my life and I hadn't got
over it when the meek and lowly critter
-4urns on me and sez:
" 'Mebbe you think you know how to
pell Cincinnati.'
" 'With a blgC of course.'
" 'Is it two dollars more accord in' to
Jtoblnson?'
"'Yes or accordin' to anybody else.
'"Then he pulls out that book and
ehows me that it is spelled with an S
(be same as Sam. If he'd chuckled
over it I should her got mad but he
.didn't even grin. By and by after a
leetle thinkin' I sez:
"'Mebbe you don't believe Knoxville
is spelled with a KT
" 'Not fur two dollars' sez he.
"I whacked up two dollars more and
the shows me by the book that it's
-spelled with an A. At that I quit. 1
Hard .o llellevr.
The Frofessor 1 declare. Miss Blom-
bard you' look as young as your daugh
ter.
Mrs. Blombard (much flattered) Do
you really think so. professor?
Ihe l'rofessorles indeed. No one
would ever believe there was such aa
extraordinary difference in your ages
i-ieiroit f ree tress.
'
"SHE FETCHED EACH OF 'EM A WHACK."
The Why of It.
"We never speaK as we pass by;"
Perhaps I'd better tell you why-
It Isn't strange as you'll agree
We're not acquainted don't you see?
L. A. W. Bulletin.
ASKED AiD ANSWERED.
I ; i i 1 i i n )
Ethel Wouldn't it be funny If
George should fall in love with me
after all?
Maud (maliciously) Perfectly ridic
ulous.
(Grand exit at different doors). Bos
ton Globe.
A Newspaper "Ad."
Discern the tragedy who can
(How sad two hearts must feel!)
Here's "Wanted to exchange a tan-
Dem for a slngla wheel."
Puck.
Those Loving Ulrla.
Eila Clara is certainly a lucky girl.
She must have been born with a gold
spoon in her mouth. .
Battle Yes; and from all indications
tlio.ignt I wasuptooaieDuitnesecnc- j sboud judpe it wa$ tablespooilr-
fionariis arc a long waya ahead of me" j Chicago Daily Xewa.
way to almost break my heart. He told
everybody around that I was hidin'
from him. and that he wouldn't go
home 'till he had made mc holler and
the old woman had all she could do to
keep me quiet. Every day fur five
days hat varmint come over yere
from the Co'ners and standiu'out thar'
by that stump be would jump up and
down on his hat and flop his arms and
yell:
" '1 ar' the ciyin' baby from No'th
Caroleeny and I hev toddled my way
over 07 miles of hard roads to look upon
the critter they calls Zeb White. When
I gits here tears in my eyes and my
feet nil blisters it is to find him hidin'
in the bresh and though I calls and
calls he will not appear.'
"That was his talk" said Zeb "that
nnd a heap n.o" and I believe I'd hev
dragged myself out and fit with my
teeth but fur the old woman. She held
me back and talked soft and sweet
and arter five days sunthin' happened.
That is another cantankerous critter
come along. He was from Varginny
and a tin peddler had bin tellin' him
about me. When he reached the cabin
he was dreffelly polite. He takes off his
hat and bows and smiles and says to
the old woman:
" 'I don't consider to reckon that I'm
mistook in thinkin Zeb White Iivej
yere?
'This is the place' she says.
'And I'm powerful glad of it. I've
walked 70 miles to tear him up by the
roots and show him that he's no fighter.
Kin I see him right away ma'am? I'm
not wantin' to press matters to your
injury but wheu I'm goin to pulverize
a varmint I like to have it over with
ond off my mind as soon as possible.'
Ue s gone to town but if you'll call
to-night he'll cripple you fur life in
about ten minits!'
"You see how it was" explained the
old man with a smile. "Jest the minit
that critter began talkiu' the old wom-
an could see the hand of Providence
and she was so tickled over it that she
couldn't wnit fur night to come. He j
went away to come back in the even-
in' and then she sent word to the
other feller at the Co'ners that If he
would show up at eight o'clock he'd
find me ready. It come on to rain at
sundown and was a putty dark night
but bime-by the No'th Caroleeny crit-
ter could be heard afar off. He come
along yellin' and crowin' and tellin' of
wrassle around. They tore up a good
deal of grass but not a blow was
struck. Arter a bit they let go and
begun blowin' again' and it was a quar-
ter of 3n hour befo' thar' was any mo'
wrasslin'."
"There was no fight in them" I ob-
served. "Xot a bit sah" answered Zeb.
"They was jest blowhards and if I'd
been able to walk out on 'em they
would hev run at the fust yell. When
they had kept it up fur an hour and
hadn't even pulled h'ar I began to git
tired of it. bo did the old woman. They
was teartn up all the grass and break
in' down the sunflowers but wasn't do-
in' any fightin'. Bimeby the old wom
an knocks the ashes out o' her pipe
and says:
"'Zeb White them critters hev got
lots o' wind but no grit. They'll keep
tnis lussin up all night if sunthin
ain't done.'
" 'But what kin you do?' says I."
'Lick em off with the broom
stick.'
" '1 reckon you kin.'
"She waited ten minits mo' and then
she got the hickory broom and softly
opened the doah. The critters had quit
wrasslin' and gone to blowin' agin. One
was on the stump and one on that.
rock and they was tellin' how they hsd
tumbled down mountings and drunk up
tne waters of the Cumberland river.
when the ole woman got nigh 'nuff to
iise the broomstick. She fetched each
one of em a whack as hard as she
could draw and with a yell both start
ed on a run. She didn't foller 'em fur.
but I'll bet neither one stopped fur a
mile I"
And that ended it?" I said.
Yes that was the end except that
both of 'em stopped when about IS
miles away to say as how they had left
me dead in front of my cabin and to
ax lolks to attend my funeral and take
warning by my fate. Cantankerous-
ness used to be mighty plenty around
yere but it's scarce these days. When
a critter begins to jump on his hat and
tell about bitin' off treetops somebody
spits terbacker juice on his hat and
leads him off by the ear."
Tim Wasted.
"It is a bad plan to rake up old quar-
rels." j
"Yes; at our house we can always
find plenty of new ones." Chicago
Kecord. - I
The United States collier Leonidas
lately delivered at the Washington
navy yard and ordnance factory a vast
amount of valuable salvage recovered
by the wrecking companies from the
hulks of Admiral Cervera's warships
along shore near Santiago which wil!
be preserved by the navy as trophies of
the war with Spain. Ihe relics some
of which are massive in proportion
and in a fair state bf preservation con-
sidering that they were exposed to the
conflagrations which swept the Span-
ish ships and to the action of sea wa-
ter for nearly two months will be put
into thoroughly effective condition aa
far as possible in the ordnance shops
and will probably be distributed to-
various points of the country for ex-
hibition the majority of them being
destined to ornament the naval acad-
emy grounds at Annapolis.
Among the trophies are four 5"j-inch
guns with their mounts and shields
taken from the Infanta Maria Teres
and the Almirante Oqmndo nnd ten
guns of various calibers from the Cris-
tobal Colon. The breech plugs of all
the high-power rifles were not recov-
ered but they can be duplicated in th
gun factory from working drawing
which the naval attaches long ago se-
cured abroad. Much of the salvage
notably the gun shields show the re-
sults of the terrific fusillade main-
tained by the rapid-fire weapons of ths
Brooklyn and other American ship
during the stern chase of .Tuly 3.
Among the other articles saved by the
wrecking company nnd brought to
Washington in the Leonidas were a
large quantity of shells of all calibers
including 100 of 13-inch diameter; an
anchor and a lot of chain. 40 barrels
of wine nnd the safe of the Cristobal
Colon which has up to this time suc
cessfully resisted all efforts made to se-
cure its contents. N. Y. Tribune.
Loc-chenl'M I'anlaument.
A friend intimate with the prison
system of Switzerland was telling nie
the otherd.y of the fearful torture that
the sentence of perpetual seclusion
passed on Luccheni the assassin of
the empress of Austria involves. For
the first six months he will be in a
dungeon eight feet under ground
where never a sound is heard and only
the faintest streak of light is admitted.
He dare not speak to his jailers anil
the punishment is severe if be makes
the slightest remark unless it is in re-
ply to a question. When h's spirit it
broken by this treatment he is removed
to a better-situated cell but the anme
silence prevails. To the end of his
days the powers of speech and hearing
are denied him. As a rule the prison-
ers go raving mad. To-Day.
A Btranm-v DUeovery.
An English defaulting bank man-
ager who had eluded the police for
three years by staying in a seaside vil-
lage near Plymouth has been discov-
ered by a strange accident. Whilestroll-
ii.g on the beach with a young woman
watching the warships a sailor on board
a cruiser w ho happened to come from
Ihe town whence the defaulter had ab-
sconded looked through a telescope
recognized him and informed the no!
lice. N. Y. Sun.
Credit la China.
Foreigners in China buy nesrlr
everything on credit giving signed
"chits" for every purchase th reason
being Iheir unwillingness to load them
selves down with silver or native coin.
une paper money fluctuates too
much. N. Y. Journal.
Slily Days on Chocolate.
An interesting test bus lust been
made by a French woman. With a
view to testing the sustaining nowem
of chocolate she lived on that alona
for 00 days and lost but IS pounda (a
the Interval. Chicago Chromcie.
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