Cherokee Telephone. (Tahlequah, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1890 Page: 3 of 8
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Fidelity.
If • prince should (time and ra t him down
(Believe mr, my <1«*ar. for 1 nuiw' c iimjei.
And i mII mi lite quern. and itive me liw rrowm
For tbr love* of mr. would you thluk It
fdranrr
That I d «Ull be true, my love, to you.
Tho a thousand prl&cM *houl«T miae u>
woof
If an anjrei should come and claup my hand
(You may trust me, dear, thro all miutnp
time*. _ - .
An<1 make me the queen of Mime fur "" land.
I would not U* a queen Of hi* mnllt dime
For a llnfle >«-ar. for 1 sadly fear
The <iueeu'ft heart would break tor you. my
dear!
Bhfinhl 1 non the river of death to-n'irht
(Have faith, my dear, for my love cannc*
Mv heart'would thrill with a stranpr del'rht
Tlio the wave* wen* laild and the blhcwt
And 1 would not shrink could 1 only think
You were waiting for me ou the rivers
br.uk.
While our soul* arc still In the srales of fate
iAh: pray, uiy dear, pray with all your
heart). .
Tho eternity'* night may cone soon or late.
Thro' the ages that eome. we ma> not part.
And I would not moan tho' life were gone.
If you elaspt thro' the darkness my hand
in your own. „„ . „ _
— I/Otil Marshall l>ean.
THE TRAINED SI USE.
all chance of danger from eli
thieves; and, in the soft purple t
gloaming. Ann Phil pott and her
visitor from the city had put on
The dishes were washed at Oldcroft
farm; the milk was strained into flit-
tering pans on the dairy shelve*, and
the hen-house door was loeked beyond
all chance of danger from chicken-
of the
• young
put on their
suu-bonnets and were climbing the
wooded slopes to Holly Hill
Aim was a typical country maiden,
rosy, fair-haired, and plump, not to say
common-place.
Mary Holly was taller and more
slender, with large dark eyes, a skin
that was transparently pale, and a
sweet, serious mouth.
Her dress was far plainer *.han that
of her companion, but there was a cer-
tain style in every fol«l and plait that
was lacking in Auu 8.
•Oh," cried the latter breathlessly,
. ••don't walk so fast. Molly! Do stop a
minute ami look around you at your
own ancestral acres!"
"My own ancestral acres!" Mary
shrugged her shoulders. "It sail rock
and woodland, so far as 1 can see: and
the old house is ready to tumble down
at the iirst gust of wind. Oh dear,
there's an
ing hoarut ir, .«. -
money! No bonnier with any regard
for his personal safety would ever come
to Hollv Hill."
Side l>y side the two girls sat down
on the doorstep of the old mansion
the nrst gust oi wmti. * n ui.u, 8he's a deal of pritle in her. ami
ere's an end of niv plans about j.ak- always planned for me to marry
g boarders and making a little jlollv.tin* ladv who inherits Holr
the lireen farmhouse in tne capacity f>!
a trained num*. and gave the very
highest satisfaction.
• I'm sure. Miss Smith." sn «l good
old Mrs. (ireen. on the day she first sat
up in an armchair lined with pillows,
I don't know how we can ever pay
you for all you have done!"
"I've worked for wages." said the
tall.pale ••fraud," "and you hate given
theni to me. We are quits."
"No, we ain't," said Mrs. Green.
••You've give me my medicine and all
that sort of thing, to l>e sure, but you've
done more than that: You ve got up
eftrly to do the baking and the sweep-
ing, rnd to look after the milk; you've
kept the roses watered, and there isn't
a speck of dust on the carpets or a
moth-miller in the closets, nor a finger
mark on the glass and china; you ve
cheered Miltiades up when he was wor-
ried about me. and you've read aloud
to me. and sung sweet, old-fashioned
hymns many a time when 1 couldu t
sleep for nervousness, when you needed
sleep almost worse than 1 did!
••Mother," said Miltiades, who had
come in with a brimming pail of milk,
and now stood close at the trained
nurse's side, "it's all true w hat you
s:i\ e\ erv word of it. Hut you hiiven't
said it all. She's goin' to do more for
us, even, thau she has done. Bhe s
goin' to stay here altogether."
•What!" cried old Mrs. Green.
"She baf promised to be my wife."
said Miltiades, nutting one strong arm
tenderly arotiuu the slender waist of
the trained nurse. "Eh, mother, what
do you say to that?"
Not if you object," said the girl.her
quick eyes reading the changes iti Mrs.
Green's face, almost as if they weie the
letters of the alphabet. "I will enter
no family where I am not welcome."
•It ain't that, my dear." said Mrs.
Green, fumbling uneasily with her
spectacles. "WelcomeI If you was
the Queen you couldn't be welconicr.
Hut I've always had a notion I'd like
Miltiades to mam another woman.
The tall girl in "black drew back from
Miltiades' embrace.
"You never told me," she said quick-
Iv, "that you were engaged."
"No more I ain't" remonstrated
Miltiades. "Oh,mother, what a scrape
you're getting me into with a girl we' ve
never either of us seen! Listen. Iry-
phena. For all that dear little mother
of mine looks so plain and homespun,
she's a deal of pride in her, and she's
Miss
OIPHTHEFIA.
An Iowa IW r or- Allsg*«1 specific for That
. t angermis |>tseaa«.
aiwati piunneu mi i « •;
Holly,the ladv who inherits Holly Hi'I.
She's a friciul of Ann I'liilpott s, and
mother thinks I may chance to get ac-
quainted with her some day. They
a\ she's prett\ and accomplished, and
on the doorstep of the old mansion. |j.|S grand relations, and the Holly
Above their heads frowned an impos- jjjjj ,,ro,,,.rty joins on to our farm "
ing row of Ionic columns; the porch -And I ni'sure'" struck in the <
floor was rotted through in more than
one place; the roof of the little conser-
vatory at the south end was little more
than "a skjoton of weatherworn beams.
and the snutters swung and creaked in
the wind.
"Il would take." said Mary 1 loll v.
looking despairingly about her- "it
would take at least two hundred pounds
to put this plaqe into anything like
decent repair. And where am I to get
such ft sum. I should like to know? I
can't even sell the place. Nobody
would buy it. I did think I could make
a living by the old home, but now that for_tr.iy jump.
1 have beheld it " and she finished ..jt :tp|M-at*s to me," said he, "that
the sentence by a despairing gesture. j<m t quite out of the question in all
"Oh. Ann.I've seen quite enough of my t|H.<«e arrangements. I want you to
ancestral hall! Let us go home! understand that I won't be given up!
Ann l'hilpott's attempts at -consols- ])„ vou hear? Don't I love Tryphena
tion were in vain. ... Smith, and 1 mean to marry her. She's
pretty enough and accomplished
enough for me; and her relations, if
she's got any, are quite good enough
for me. Ami as for Holly Hill—what
are houses ami lands compared with a
heart like Tryphena's? No. mother;
I'd do a deal to please you, but you'll
never have the young lady of llolly
The I>es Moines Register over twenty
vears ago gave a remedy for diphtheria
and now editorally claims that it has
proved successful* in numbers of in-
stances. It publishes a letter from I>r.
W. A. Scott of Pleasantville. the fur-
nisher of the original recipe, who. af-
ter irving it for many years, asserts
that lie knows of nothing else that is
o successful. Dr. Scott writes as fol-
lows: *
• The years that pass only confirm
me lit the fact tliat this to as near
.iM-oific in diphtheria as medical .kill
can roach. It doesn't full if used >
time itnd as directed. I w « success-
fully to this day. The recipe can lie
tilled at any drug store and useu by any
person w itnout danger.
•Take ten grain, of permanganate
of potassium and -nix with one ounce
of enhl water. As soon as dissolved it
nnist be applied with a rag or sponge
mop or swab to the whitish places in
the tonsil, and other parts that have
the diphtheria membrane on. I o this
very gentlv. hut thoroughly, every
three hour* until better: then every si*
hours until well. It does not give
pain, but is rather nauseous to the
taste. If til" tongue is coated white I
mix one drachm of hyposulphite of
soda and five drops of oil of sassafras
iu four ounces of sirup made of sugar
and hot water, and give a teasponufnl
every one and three hour* as needed,
when awake. If the tongue is not
coated white I mix twenty drops of
tincture of phvtolacca iu four ounces
of cold water and give a teaspoonful
everv one and three hours as needed,
when awake. The phvtolacca is the
Common pok" root of tne south, and as
it loses its stength by drying and age
the tincture should be from the fresh
root or it is worthless.
• It is well to apply a little sweet-oil
or cosmoline to the outside of the
throat to protect from the action of the
air, a* the patient must be protected
from all danger of getting chilled,
"In the beginning of the disease, 111
mild cases, the above solution of per-
manganate of potassium is all I use.
and all that is needed, us the disease is
local at Iirst. but rapidly affects the
whole system when seated. In the
stinking form of diphtheria this solution
soon destroys the smell and in every
case it destroys the diphtheria mem-
b-aue without leaving any bad effect
iH.hiud."
aboard the ship,' and swinging tne
two light chairs orer his shoulder, he
walked rapidly up the street.
The furniture man a stout (.rrmsn
came rushing out of his shop and fol-
lowed as fast as he could run calling
after Mr. Depew to drop the chairs atid
veiling for a policeman. .
" What's all this row about?' asked
an officer w ho arrived on the scene as
the furniture niau came up puffing and
blowing.
• Dose fellers carry off mine shatrs!
he exclaimed, as soon as he could get
command of his breath I van dhem
tooken right away to the court-house."
•You see tho inscription on these
chairs." said Mr. Dc|hw quietly to the
ofticer. as he j>ointed out the card.
• Sold to t'hauneey M. Depew You
niav not know ine, but I am Mr De-
pew." and he took a card from his
pocket and handed it to the officer I
sail for Kurope to-morrow and these
are ship-chairs 1 expect to use on the
And I'm sure " struck in the old
lady, * -tliat she'd like Miltiades if she
were to see him."
'••So am I," murmured the trained
nurse.
"And there ain't no fine lady a bit
too good for Miltiades, added the
eager mother
• So. indeed, there isn't," said the
girl. ' You are right. Mrs. Green tiam
willing to give tip all my claims in
favor of this Miss Holly.V
Miltiades smote his closed hand on
the table with an energv that made the
wicker-work basket and the brass snuf-
tiou
• d«.u"! talk to me! said Mary,
swinging through the scented thicket
of sweet-fern with more of ti disinherit-
ed princess's gait than ever. "1 am a
pauper, a beggar. Since old Cousin
Phu'bc died. 1 haven't even a roof over
my head. \N liy on earth wasn t^ I
brought up to n trade, instead of being
kept at that genteel boarding-school? 1
wonder w hat I am good for?
••Dear Mary, don't fret." said chubby
Ann. "Remember vou are a lady.
Hill for your daughter-in-law.
Yes, she shall:' cried out the girl,
falling on her knees beside the old lad v,
and hiding her face in her lap, while
Your great-uncle was a rear admiral. tjlw rosv blushes mounted to the very
and your great-grandmother on tht roots of her hair. "And you will have
mother's side was a baron's daughter." to "!arr-v JViss
Much good that does me," said
Mary scornfully. "I couldn't go beg-
gingtoniy far-away relatives if 1 would,
amf I wouldn't if 1 could. I've some
pride left. Oh. Ann. don't you know
of somebody who wants something
done for them, so that I can earn my
bread ?
for I am Mary Holly! Oh, pie—
forgive me, for 1 have been deceiving
you all along."
And she told them the whole story,
half laughing, half crying.
"I'm heiress to nothing at all," she
said, "but a few barren acres and a
tumble-down house. But, such as it is,
Ann meditated as she took downOhe '< '"(.'in s-worth of dif-
pasture bars to secure a shortcut down ^ ^ „ 8ai()'lh|, gtur(,v y
'"We'secor wanted more hav hand, 'anner. -It's you I love, and you 1
i i. i .ill ,1,1 ||,..I morn mean to have, whether you call your-
-he had told her father so that morn ^ ^ H ^ ^ ^ „
ing-butMan Holly could not go out An(| oM Mrs (,|(.clarcd that
f.«v!• - never was so happy iu all her life!
:r,Ma?vKi:'udd,fhardU"iX A MoUon Co
under the denomination of '•strong'' M commonwealth's at-
InVlhe^XnT "r a°famify ofiZ Joniey for - - county, .had unbounded
anu uw wwui . influence over the presiding justice of
light In the 1 ving-'roon.! Someone has tained to defend a prisoner, and discov-
- . i:, , v.., |ering what lie conceived to be a fatal
r,me ini ider who t eat I eP Oh defect it. the indictment, submitted a
"•"''•t M ,h e«^riven " motion to quash. He was proceeding
, , neighbor, a to sustain llis point as belt he could
tall s alwart young farmer with a when the presiding justice a fat old
lieii,hj%un burned face and kindly blue
e>'"l'fs mother," said he. "She'sdown and at its close -ti,o Squire" roused
with diphtheria, and the doctor wants "I' "<' rubbing his eyes, said,
Colonel H was on his feet in a
nursi up in • • ^ r u moment, and inquired with much as-
have someone that s thoroughly relia ^^ ^ ( un'd(,rstftn(l ,hig Cm,rt M
• Ah Miltiatles!" cried Ann "what a sustaining the motion to quash my in-
nitv! Is it really diphtheria? Hut who "ictmf,01 •
Fs to do the housework?" T"ull! No, Kurn.l," said the S.,„,re.
,11, I can manage that myself." "I squashes the motion to squash. -
said Miltiades, "if only 1 could get the Uar,,er . Magax.nc.
nurse.'
"I'll write at once," saitl Ann. "Or.
better still. I'll go for her myself. But
she conies expensive,Miltiades,a pound
a week."
••1 don't care for the expense, said
the farmer; -though 1 know mother
will fret about it. But silo must have
the best of care." ,
"Is that your Miltiades Green? said
Mary Holly, as tho tall figure vanished
Our Commerce With Mexico.
A statement just prepared by the
Mexican Foreign Office showing the
value of the commerce of the country
with the United States for the last year
has been sent to the State Department
by Minister Ryan. The imports were
$19,264,673. of which $8,731,833 went
in free of duty. Of dutiable goods the
IB lll.il > will nuiii-i"' — •— ill mr OI uio>. v/1 tiuu.iun inr
Mary Holly, as tho tall tigure vanished principal receipts were cotton, provi-
into the twilight, • lie's rather good- sions, drugs and chemicals, iron and
looking isn't he?" steel. The exports to the United States
!>..• in.. Pl.ilixitt returned from town ..,. i i n".o an (nllnu u.
DOKItlg IB II i u«t
But Ann Philpott returned from town
the next day.
"Tryphena can't come. ' she said
"She is engaged in a scarlet-fever c
• Ann." said Man llolly, spoakir.j;
suddenly "let me goP
where?"
•To this sick woman—in tne place ot
this trained nurse. Cousin Pha-be had
diphtheria once, and the doctor said 1
took excellent care of her. I would as
soon be called Tryphena Smith as any-
thing else; and I would so like to bo
doing something and earning money!"
Ann looked hesitatingly at lief
friends
•It would be lawfully hard work,"
said she
xports to the United States
aggregated $31,059,626, as follows:
Merchandise, $13,114,510; precious me-
tals. $17,015,116. The apparent bal-
ance of trade iu favor of Mexico is$U,-
794,963, but the difference in currency
ret luces this balance to 209,U(i7.
Green-Haired Men In Nevada*
There is a curious effect wrought on
the hair and beard of men engaged in
the Martin White mine at Ward. Tho
ore is roasted, but no disagreeable per-
fumes arise from the heating process,
yet there is some unknown substance
that changes the hair, beard, and eye-
brows as green as grass. The hair i
TOOTHPICKS AND TOOTHPICKINC.
A Napkin Null Not 1*« H«'l«l l p to Shield
the Operation.
The only toothpicks that hygiene and
convenience- admit are wooden splii -
ers or quills, says I hoedore ( hild in
Harper's Jiuziir. Gold or silver tooth-
picks are dangerous, localise the metal
mav scratch or chip the enamel of the
teeth. The use of the precious metals
for making such a mean instrument as
a toothpick is an example of snobbish-
ness. An ivory toothpick is also ol>-
jectionable. because the ivory is al -
sorbent. and in the course of use be-
eonies unclean. Use a toothpick and
throw it away afterward. \ ou do not
\ ant to carry a toothpick in your pock-
et. unless you are traveling in barbar-
ous or over-squeamish countries. Here
the question arises. ' How i* flic toothy
pick to be used?" The reply is. "Sim-
ply. without affectation, and without
obstinacy." At some of the best ta-
bles at which I have had the honor of
sitting in Europe 1 found a quill tooth-
pick laid at the foot of the wine glasses,
as being as indispensable a part of the
convert, or service, as a knife and
fork. Hut unless I deliberately watched
for a certain length of time, thereby
losing the enjoyment of a part of the
dinner—which, you may be sure, was
not often the case—1 never noticed
guests using these toothpicks. And
yet they'lid use them, certainly; but
when doing so they did not hoist the
white flag '*> call the attention of the
whole table to the operation as those
tlo who try to hide their faces behind
their napkins. This maneuver, so
common aiuoug Americans, is at best
a false prudery worthy onlv of the in-
telligence of an ostrich. To hold up
your napkin so is simply making a
signal as who should say : "Now, look
out; I'm going to pick my teeth. See
how ashamed I am < f the clumsy way
in which I tlo the said picking."
Such picking of teeth as is necessary
for comfort may be done at table with-
out any holding op of napkins, without
any clumsy holding of our hands be-
fore the mouth, which is almost as
ostentatious as the white flag signal,
antl. above all, without any scraping,
i smacking, or sucking noises. Tin* es-
sence of good table manners lies in
not making yourself in any way dis-
agreeable to your neighbors.
Hoyal Discipline.
Royal children are not exempt from
parental discipline, says the Youth's
Companion, and even a crown prince
has occasionally to learn what a spank-
ing means.
The emperor of Germany, sitting in
nis room one day, heard sounds of a
violent tumult in the nursery, and
speedily made his way to the scene.
When he entered the crown prince and
Prince Kitel drew themselves up and
saluted their father in the military
fashion, as was their wont.
"What is all this noise about?" the
emperor asked.
"A little dispute, sire." replied the
elder son. "and I thought I would let
my brother know who is crown prince
here."
"Because I wanted to use the Latin
lexicon Iirst, sire," said the younger,
"he slapped me.''
"I did. sire," said the elder lad, "for
Eitel would not else believe that my
rights are iirst in this house."
••Good!" said his majesty. "I see
what you mean aud I think it will be
as well in the same way to let you
know what rights the emperor, your
father, has in this house."
The emperor jproceeded accordingly
in a manner to impress itself on the
mind and also on the body of the young
crown princ
The shopman began to make some
explanation.
"Jusfrhold on now, fatty." inter-
rupted the officer, who could not m-c
where any satisfactory cxpanatiou
could be made. -You've sold these
chairs jo Mr. Depew and printed his
name on'em. If there's anv dispute
about the bill this isn't the place to set-
tle it. Don't lose any time fettin Ta>-k
to your shop or I'll run ye* in for dis-
turhiti1 the peace. See?
"That's a trick t • y fellows have.
said Mr. Depew to his companion an
he^iegotiated with a boy t" deliver the
chairs on board his steamer. "Ih* «•
chairs do not la-long to me anv more
than thev helon}: to the sliaii l.ut they
will eome handy, all the same. The
furniture man or some of his clerks
heard 1 wan po to Kurope ami putting
my name on the chairs ami displacing
tlietu on the sidewalk was siuipW an
advertising triek. The proper place to
advertise is the newspapers. I'm
not a newspaper man. but 1 iu opposed
to sidewalk advertisements.
"And that," concluded the broker,
••is how Mr. Depew got his ship-
chair."
Home Hare Old Bonds.
••It was while Judge Kolger was
secretary." said an old treasury official.
"One morning an old man came in to
nie who was from aNew England state.
He said that about twenty years ago he
found some old stock or bonds among
the papers of an uncle (mentioning his
name): he had been a man of national
reputation for ability and had a com-
fortable fortune for 'llu*< days- that
is, from 1830 to 1*40— and he had come
to'the United States treasury to tind
out if the\ were worth anything, as
thev seemed to be United States bonds.
1 looked at them. Tht \ were ten of
the 'old debt' bonds, antl were indeed
curiosities. They were old and yellow
with age. but were worth, prinoipal
aud interest, ill gold $«0,000. for there
was ten years'interest due on them.
You can imagine the old man h amaze-
ment when 1 told him this. by. I
would gladly have taken $6.<K)0 for
them.' said he. -and 1 offered them to
a Boston banker tor less than that, but
he rather superciliously and eontemp-
tuouslv declined to buy them at any
figure.*' I took the old man in to see
Judge Kolger, who was very much in-
terested iu the matter when 1 explained
i it to him. lie had never seen any ol
the 'old loan' securities, and after
these were paid and canceled I believe
he directed that one of thein be framed
and preserved. ^ eli, in less than half
an hour's time the old New Lnglandei
walked out of the building with a
check in his pocket on the Mew York
sub-treasury for $70, OCX I in gold. Hcsr
that -smart7 Boston bauker must have
cursed his own ignorance and stupidity
when he learned what he had thrown
away."—St. Louis Republic.
Kites on the Ceiling.
It is curious how the understanding
of many common antl apparently sim-
ple things becomes modified by fuller
investigation, says the St. Louis lie-
public. The old air-pump theory of
now flies walk on the ceiling, which
you will remember was given in one
of our school-books, is now regarded
as fallacious. Accortling to the old
theory the bottom of the th's foot ad-
hered" by suction, thus pressing out all
airbenenth it. the pressure on the fly's
hotly holding him in place. But flies
have been known to walk on the inside
surface of the glass receiver of an air-
pump after all the air had been ex-
hausted. which shows they do not need
the pressure of air to hold them in
place.
Moreover, a microscopic examination
of a fly's foot clearly disproves the
"sucker" theorv, for the foot-cushion
is covered with hairs that prevents all
close contact with glass or smooth
w alls.
A later thenry,propounded by Hooke,
was that flics stick to polished surfaces
by means of a viscous substance exuded
from the hairs on their feet.
The Hooke theory was thoroughly
investigated about ten years ago by
Dr. Rombout, who demonstrated that
it was only partly sound, for although
these hairs tlo exude an oily liquid, the
liuuid is not sticky antl does not harden
when dried. It is to Dr. Rom bout's
experiments that science owes what is
now regarded as the true theory < f flh's
walking on smooth perpendicular walls
and substances of like character. Dr.
Rombout says that they adhere by tin-
aid of capillary adhesion, the molecular
attraction between solid and liquid
bodies. By a series of nice calcula-
tions. such as weighing hairs antl
measuring their diameter and sticking
the ends of the hairs in oil or water, to
make it adhere when touched to glass,
this tine calculator proved that capil-
lar)" attraction would uphold a fly were
it four-ninths as heavy as it is at pres-
ent. It is true that the foot hairs are
very minute, but as each fl> is fur-
nished with from 10,000 to 1.5,000 of
these we need not lie surprised at what
thev do.
WHAT WOMAN CAN DO.
And • Ftw Things That It la ImpowlhU
fur Hrr t* ArrnroplUh.
"What Women Can Do" is the title
<if a short article that has been going
the rounds of the press for some weeks
past says the N Y. Commercial Ad*
\ erti*er, and under it sre to be found
enumerated about a dozen accomplish-
nicut> of the fair sex. As the cham-
pion of all things American the Com-
mercial wishes to place itself on record
as believing that, in allotting to lovely
women who is one of the greatest of
American institutions—but two dozen
•talents." the man who first framed
the article in question nhowed himself
a person of narrow mind and imper-
fect perception, second only to the poet
who limited the capacity of woman to
the four undoubtedly rare accomplish-
ments:
SIicchii dunce, she can sltur.
(the cmi turn u lmndi>pruiir.
Bhe can climb up u sycamore tree.
To attempt to put together in any
kind of tangible form a full list of the
•things a woman can do" is a Sysphtis
task. It is like trying to find the end
of a circle, or running for the presi-
dency on a prohibition tick t. 1 he
ability to tlo as it is found in woman
is one of the most incomprehensibly
comprehensive attributes of human ex-
istence. Adequately to enumerate her
possibilities as a doer would require
the constant application of an infinite
number of enumerators for forty-eight
hours a dav every day for an eternity
of eternities, if not longer, and yet
some poor. narrow-minded. very
mi ogvuistic journalist has not hesjtat-
ed to attempt to do her justice bv im-
plying without fear of contradiction
that two dozen stipulated things are
the limit of her capacity.
Better, far better is it to enumerate
the things she can not do. antl as a still
further tribute to her pre-eminent pre-
eminence let it be said here that even
of the things she can not do two dosen
is a w t►fully small and utterly inade-
quate estimate. For ourselves, in
looking over the list and excluding
politics, piety, aud pic, the three great
p's that give rise to much animosity
when tliscussed too vigorously, we call
to mind at least a dozen things the fair
Lai age can not do, and they are briefly
those:
She can not keep a base-ball score.
She can not be trusted to buy cigars
for her husband.
She can not keep a bank account
without overdrawing it.
She can not be got to grasp even tho
underlying principles of the science ol
tinaucc.
Slut can not comprehend—because
she has never experienced it—the pleas-
ure her husband derives from "seeing"'
the man he goes out to see between the
acts.
She cau not live in love and chanty
with a neighbor who dresses in better
taste than herself or has a dressmaker's
bill twice as large as her own.
Though her vision is not defective
she can not see the use to be deprived
from lodges or appreciate the pleasures
of club life.
Though fully conscious that the cos-
tumes of her friends are something loud
she vet fails to note the oftentimes tu-
multuous coloring of her own luxedo.
She derives the greatest conceivable
pleasure from visiting all the shops
and pricing all the articles on sale, yet
is she utterly oblivious tot he good
sense of her husband w ho sits quietly
at the breakfast table and reads those
"stupid slock quotations."
She rarely, il ever, has been able to
write a two-page letter tin less than a
quire of note paper. 1-iually, her
greatest fault since the day of Adam,
with rare exceptions, has been unable
to quench, quell, or quash the admira-
tion ot her virtues that always docs,
alw ays must appear iu the properly
constituted mortal of the other sex
These tilings, and countless others,
too, women cau not do, but they arc
all exceptions that prove the rule ol
her superiority to man in all thing?
save politics, science, art, and busiucss.
Here's to the ladies. Loug may they
wave.
the Kcpuoiican slate convention to-
morrow." "Don't do it," said
Simon, "why not conciliatc with the
other faction by letting theii man go in
as temporary chairman; h can't do you
an\ harm, and when the time for real
work comes your man v 11 go in grace*
fully." Don refused to 1 ed # this
sapient counsel, and vowed he'tl liavs
both plaeo. Ail fight* llM 'lie old
gentleman "have your own way, but if
your man gets licked don't you come
to me for sympathy." Don persisted,
and his candidate for (permanent chair-
man did get badly licked. "Don," said
his father that night, as they took a
glass of wine together; ••Ifon. when
you tlie you'll l e richer, probably, than
1 will, but you won't have half as big a
funeral!' Philadelphia Inquirer.
PRINCE QIS^AKCK.
rh« l.lt«r rj TmI « ** • *•" **
*D<I lr«f«
Nnalfs.
The stories about Frenchmen •'•'*?!r.g
snails are In-lievcd by many people to
have no foundation in fact, but to Im
onlv a phase of the exaggeration in
which Yankees are apt to indulge iu
describing the nueer things that are to
be found on Parisian dining-tables.
Nevertheless, it is a fact that nearly
lOO.OtKi pound* of snails arc sold daily
in the Paris markets to Ik* eaten by
dwellers in Paris. They are carefully
rearefl for the purjioso iu extensive
snail-gardens in the provinces aud fed
ou aromatic herbs to make their flavor
tiner. One sutilery iu l iou is said to
bring in to its proprietor seven
thousand franc* a year. Many Swiss
cantons also contain large snail-gard-
en* where they are grown with much
pains. They are not only regarded as
a great delicacy, but are reckoned an
very nutritious. Hygicnists say they
contaiu seventeen per cent, of nitro-
genous matter, and that they are equal
to oysters in nutritive properties.
Snails are also extensively used as an
article of food in Austria. Spain, Italy
ami Egypt ami the countries on the
African si ie of the Mediterrajyau. In-
deed tht habit of eating snails as food
has existed in various parts of Europe
(or many centuries.— iiooit IJousikctji-
wg.
The Bvtla of Hpanktng.
Although Bi^msreJ^soV
Ing less ,troug ^
in his library . 9*
the Lndiei* 7
her. He
scholar, jf
French t
ran harui
he is an a
of fiction '
Zola, but
feuillcto
as he is
master's
( valuable
i rlcvoted tt
•raft is af
The iron
vim; in
il m .
.mall li " '• tf1" m, „
wIkmi :i "r t*> (food (.rwf
and l.atitt S< !i<>lar also «i l "fti-n ."i1"'
s, s liimji'lf b) irmu.Iatiog from ih*
original He i"« nol iwarlf ►<> oinmln-
1 ou. a read. r u Mr. fJtaili|on« and l«
i nol al«m looking f 'r grm w «"««*
• till..; that "ill '' I*1*""' ■'
lipid rhiiptcif I plained to
„ „.n(| thai |h. ! .k niuat intfresi
I I , at the l.fgjriunc >r lir would hare
■-thing If <i" wll.i • He i'ay« little
• • attention to English 01 American
^atun and although many of the
1 ish and Awertntn men <>f letters
>i« en pre*« nted to him, he Is not
juuiut.-d v ith th. ir work. He
itosscsscs a well-thumbed copy of
W hi
While children are much more in-
dulged aud considered in this age than
ever before they are still the victims of
a barbarous custom. I refer to the
practice of whipping as punishment.
Though it has long since been largely
abolished in our own and other coun-
tries as a most inhuman mode of pun-
ishment. little children are still beaten,
cuffed, antl spanked by fond (?) par-
ents in a most unconscionable manner.
Il is pretty generally conceded that
cuffing children on the head or ears is
frequently fraught with the most seri-
ous result, many cases of deafness and
even brain disease having arisen from
this practice. Evils quite as grave. 1
am assured by a lady physician of ex-
tensive practice, result from the pun-
ishment known as spanking," Blows
given with more or less severity and
greater or less frequency in the region
of the spine will, she contends, cause
serious brain or spinal trouble.
Moreover the state of the brain and
nervous system have a great effect
upon the disposition, antl the shock
which may possibly cure one fault
may, by disordering and deranging the
nervous system, produce faults of a
much graver and more complicated
nature.— Marie Merrick in l.adics Home
Journal.
lasenalbillty to Tain.
IV hit tier's poem? and likes to spend an
hour or *0 occasional!** w'th
Autocrat of ibe Breakfast Table.*
When some grttt work has .pp.- r-«!
in either Englai I or Amerjc.i -ml •-
translated into (*erman Bismarck rend*
it. but it must be of surpassing interest
to engage his attention. Of the En-
glish and American magazines and
uewspapers he knows but little, lhe
\ arious representatives of Germany in
(iicat Britain ami the United States
send to the German war office transla-
tions of everything bearing on German
affairs, and these are tiled and proper-
ly indexed for reference, with copies
of tlie original, but only occasionally
does Bismarck feel sufficient interest iu
\ hem to devote his ow n time to reading
:ind studying up the subject. lie pre-
fers German lite.ature and German
music, and he can not be blamed per-
haps for not patronizing letters when
he is such an anient believer in state-
craft and warfare, lis is a profound
student of sociology, and a philosopher
as well, and one of the rules of his life
has been not to undertake w hat lie
could not accomplish. He unhesitat-
ingly pleads ignorance of American
men of letters, but is always willing to
learn.
Hints for Bald heads.
Now as tt the treatment for incipient
baldness, thin spots, and so forth. This,
accord ing to Good Housefcccjiing, is w hat
an eminent physician said to a gentle-
man who consulted him for the first
named trouble:
• Have vou been accustomed to wash
your beat! in soapy water?" asked the
doctor.
• y>«*. every evening." was the replv.
"Well, that is the cause of this bald
place; stop washing ami begin brushing
vour hair. Use a bristle brush for fif-
teen minutes every morning antl night.
You may not notice any improvement
for a year, perhaps not for two, but be
assured you w ill have a line crop of
hair and never grow bald if you pursue
this course."
As fifteen minutes seems a very long
while vigorously moving a hair brush
hither and thither over the surface of
vour head, it would be well to inveigle
one's friends into assisting, wouldn t it?
if the hair is falling out, remember
that it is owing to an unhealthy condi-
tion of the scalp. First cut off about
two inches of the hair, next wash in
clear, cold, soft water, rubbing drv
with a crash towel; then la-gin the fif-
teen minutes' brushing process, and in
a few weeks you will see the tiny spires
of new hair coming all over your head.
Uew are of lieiug tempted to the use of
anv nostrum whatsoever, no matter
how plausible the advertisement there-
of: all are more or less injurious—
generally more, as you will liml out to
your sorrow if you "begin the use of
them.
lieather Buttons.
. , . . uot injured, but retains its softness autt
"All tho better!' impatiently cried lo9g u is proi3Uble that fumes of
out Mary. "I want hard work.to take tint of copper contained in
ine out of myself! And i II earn tne ore change the hair to that color.—
pound a werk; joh see if I don t. Viryinia C«<t Wircmidt.
So the heiress of Hollv Hill went to i
How Depew Got Even. *n
"Ever hear howChauncey M. Depew
got tht? ship-chair he used on his las*
trip to England?1' asked a member of
the New York consolidated exchange.
The World had not heard, and the
broker proceeded to unfold.
The day before his departure Mr.
'Depew aud a friend were walking on
Fourth avenue. In a conspicuous place
on the sidewalk in front of a small fur-
niture store were two ship-chairs, each
bearing a placard inscribed ••Sold to
Chnuiiet-v M. Depew."
Mr. Depew caught sight of the chairs,
and, scratching his chin a moment,
, saitl:
• By Jove, I had almost forgotten
about these pesky chairs. Got to take
cui right alouir now or I'll not get em
A Few Still Left.
Since the war closed it is probable
that 60,000 men "who were shot in the
leg ami the surgeons said it would have
to come off, but were prevented from
carrying out their wish," have passed
aver the river, but if one is to credit
:he little stories still floating about at
least 60,000 others are left.-— Detroit
Fret Press.
One Favor AaLcg.
Poo** author: "And is t'.is all I w
to have from the sale of my book-
Wealthy publisher: "That is
regular percentage, sir. What m<
do you want?" • Urn—well, 1 <1 r.
the loan of your turn-out ami coac • t ;
man for an hour or so." "Hum.
Where tlo you want to be taken? &
the poor-house"'
Irrigation has raised the value
some < iliforuia laud from |7 uu acre to
aver |6vA).
Leather is used a good deal this sea-
son in the manufacture of buttons,
particularlv of the large coat antl cloak
buttons. The leather is prepared in
about the same way as it is for nail
liciuls. ami the liuttons have much the
same appearance. Thev are hard,
inmoth. antl highly polished in some
instances ln-in^ prettily carved or
-lamped, studded with Mtcel. etc. I'n-
les< oni; was told of what these hand-
."■iie luitton. were made leather is the
ma! 'rial thai would Ih- guessed,
riics look more like rubber or ivon.
I . ire made in all the new fall
' -lia|ies. and sizes, and /rive
t 1 Uung popular.—tihuc and ■
U.l~ '• r
(.en. Cameron's Wise Advle®.
••Lion" Cameron is as cold as ice. and
«li i vi-itor has the rare good luck
lo r sSiim he often wishes he hadn't
1, successful. The deceased
Cam#"'!!. was lhe frieml and at
time* the patron .if Democrats and Ue-
i)!ii>l|< n alike, conciliated everybody
«itli wi in he catnc in contact. bom«
ari a-. , in Pennsylvania. Don. who
lieiiuiiing to run things with the
dvo -t^' force of the family, told his
fatl. >r at Donegal one day: "1 "I
L'oi mj to put my man in as temporary
.veil as ncrmaueut chairman oi
In men and animals the skin is cer-
tainlv the most sensitive tissu. of the
bodv; we can hardly imagine that tlie
scales which cover the bodies of lislics
are initially sensitive. When we pass
o the invertebrate kingdom, repre-
sented bv shell-fish, snails, worms, in-
sects. etc.. we liml an absence of brain,
the nervous svstem being represented
bv two nervous cords running the
whole length of the ventral surface of
the body, and having a pair of small
masses of nervous tissue, known as
■ ranglia. developed at intervals, rii-i
a.traordinary mutilations these crea-
tures will successfully endure prove
their nervous system is but little in-
fluenced bv shock, and renders it al-
most certain that it is equally Insensi-
tive to pain. When we remember that
the worm when it in half docs not
necessarily die, but has the power of
reproducing the lower partof its body,
and that in some orders the lower half
developes a new mouth, and becon.es a
new animal again, when we remem-
ber that other members of the same
sub-kingdom, such as lobsters and
crabs, will frequently when frightened
throw Oir a limb or two, we must con-
clude that their sense of pain is very
small, and yet they are repeatedly
spoken aud written of a:: though they
Were as sensitivo as man.
The nervuua ystcm of ins. i is - very
similar to that of worms and snail«.
being represented bv i V." trs chain
of ganglia, aud in tneir case tb« "vi-
dence of insensit: no.-, would appear
to be overwhelming
Wasps, with theli bodies . u-Ii.-d
out of shape, will readily attack sugar
ami honey when supplied ti ■ .i
though nothing were tho mat 1 r. "k-
chafcrs, in a similar way will go on
feeding when their abdomens have
been partially eviscerated by ti..- pi k
of a bird, while a beetle with a pin
through its bodv has beeu known to
perambulate tlie collector's case. Iu
which it had been placed, and devour
all the other specimens in the neigh-
borhood. Again, as we watch a moth
hovering round an open light, and see
its wings ami body from time to time
singed by the heat, it must strike us
that were it more sensitive to paiu its
life would be preserved.
Critic. In Kraall Time*.
Stuart Robso.i says that in all his
traveling experiences the most dilodent
I and pessimistic writers lie lias lotitid
to be in tiie small towns, lie says that
in conversation with lilin one of them
would sav. Yes. Mr. Uobson, 'The
Henrietta lias its strong points and
mav be allTight for Chicago or New
York. but. vou see. Dubuque is
peculiar." Another class of cinbrw
Nyiu Crinkles would say that "lhe
Henrietta" was a good play, but it
hardly came up in interest to "Across
the Continent" and others of that ilk.
•One of lhe most amusing exper-
iences Mr. Crane and myself ever ha>i
1 with newspaper men was in Indian-
n pot is," said Mr. llobson. while talking
ou this subject yesterday. "You would
ftaturaily think that ill a lowu of that
size a critic would have to know his
business. Hut this fellow was sadly
Inefficient. We presented "The t'oniedv
of Errors" there and the public is well
aware that we worked ou it !or years
before it was ever produced. Hut we
failed to impress the man in question
at all favorab'y. Ho disliked our act-
ing, that of the rest of the company,
mud said that the play bad been better
presented many times iu Indianapolis.
Now, auv one who is at all versed in
theatrical annals knows that Rob-
son and Crane have been the only
ones to present it in America in
the last ten years, and tha'. it was
never demo but very little l>efo'.
that. 'Hang it.' said -Mr. Crane, y at
is the •alter with the fellow ? 1 lout
inind his linding fault with us. but we
have a pretty good company. 1 II go
and see him.' So Mr. Crane weal. 'I
don't like vour notice at all. sir. Re
-aid to him. You say you have s«Vn
ilie ula\ done better. Who lias Hone
It better:" 'il.c critic evidently dis-
liked being pinned down, e.nd said
evasive)!. Oh, loH of peryle. Hut
vboP' said Crane. 'Name some of
t ii.in.' Well. Jaiiauschek,' said the
jay Crane haa a keen sense of lhe
I ridii •ulou but he was to much dis-
gusted to laugh ou this occasion.
Minnenpulis '/ • ibune.
\
SuKar on Oysters.
The sallow-faced celestials in this
citv are more particular ts rc ads
their diet than most people suppose,
savsthe Portland (Me.) Erpr-
One of them, who enjoys the distinc-
tion of being the wealthiest in town,
came into a down-town oyster house
the other night, took his sent at the
marble topped table and ;i*k«-«l the
waiter for a "law." The deft white
aproucd waiter stroked his smooth
shaven chin reflectively and replied:
••A what?'1
"A law," repeated John "law oys-
ters."
••Oh. yes," and soon a plate of the
tempting bivalves, reposing iu their
shells, lay before him. lie removed
the lemon and sprinkled a copM.u- sup-
ply ot' sugar over them and began his
attack. ....
As he walked to the cower, paid :ns
bill aud departed, the waitet smiled
aloud with a "Well, thut jue way to
eat oysters."
Ilunyau'f* B< k.
The "VUgrim's Prqgl •" h« lieen
translated into Amharic, -language f
Ali\ssiula. The hook "iow been
translated iuto cighty-f u tiages.
It. gnlatctl by li-ouclait Ilule..
There was .t doctor in these parts not
t ,-i nltiry -go alio would rather have
III,periled his life than departed from
. - uililished custom In the routine of the
hold. Hreakfasthad to be served
i such an hour, dinner at another.
,md supper at another, and woe be to
the cook or the child who was not on
hand with the meal or at the appointed
time. It is related that a favorite
hild of tlie doctor was seized with a
violent lit of convulsions just before
the hour set for the reading of family
pravers. It looked aa if tlie little one
.night die, lint the doctor insisted on
calling family prayers at the usual
eour. When he bad tiuishe I the de-
otious he retired to the child's bed-
♦ide.
It is also saitl that when he came to
iie he announced 011 the evening be-
fore that he intended to depart then e
t 6 «) iu the morning, and when the
hands of the clock came around to thai
hour, although he -tppeared stronger
'•> his family, he deliberately composed
hinxclf aud. as several of his family
think, died by mere force ot will sev-
eral hours before the augcl of deaui
ready iwr htm -- I'Utsdnrj it.*-
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eoll«*c either in siae or beauty, yet it
i if .iperb additim to old 1'rtultj
i.iljinet. Uartjord t-y rial to th* Y. 1.
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