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'' vT;. *. 'Sw«-Mt-4Z4S3/PrBI.IKIIKn BY THE CHEROKKK NATION AT 11.00 PER ANNUM IN AllVAMK FREE TO TH««R WHO READ CHEROKEE OMLYVOL 24T A HTjEQII A If, CHEROKEE NATION, I. T. SATURDAY, MAY 2«, 1900NO. 23®:®:®:®:®:®:.®:®®:®:;®:®;®:®®:®:®;©;®:®:®;®;®;®®;®®;®®;®®;®;®;®®;®;®;®;®;@;®:©;®;@;®;®;@;®:©:@:®;®:®®®®* •®# »®# •®♦ •®®©• •®• •@ • •®« i® • •®• •@♦ *@• •® • •®« •®* *®)®©a — ®©v —®• •lt;S®®®• •®®• •®• •®a *®• •®• •®® •®* •®• •®4 I@©* •®• •®• I®i l@• *ft®* •@®©©®TheDry Goods Store®@©®• *®• *IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI.@®♦ •Thr seven floors, if spread out as one. would cover an area of nearly five acres. Over a million dollars' worth of seasonable merchandise to select from.® lt;nr Spring and Sinnrner Catalogue is handsomely illustrated and will he mailed free upon receipt of your name and address. Write@ for it at once.Jo the People of the Cherokee Nation and Their hriends: Shopping with us by mail is convenient, safe and economical*^ Over $1,000,000 of merchandise from which to select and our handsomely illustrated catalogue mailed free of charge.@ft!®% *®• •@• 4A •©« •®• •®Walnutftth Jtx Grand AvcWalnutllthStxGnfsd/lvc@• •@• •INDIAN RESERVATION INQUIRY.Senate Adopts a Resolution Providing for an Investigation.Washington, D. 0., May 18.— Seuator Thruston today had adopted by the iSenate a resolution empowering the Senate committee on Indian affairs of a sub-committee of that committee to sit daring the receSB of Congress for the purpose of investigating the con duct of Indian reservations throughout the country. The resolution gives the oommittee power to caU for persons and pa pers, and provides for the necessary clerical help.There are a number of Indianreservations in the West in the administration of which scandals have arisen daring the past year, and the desire of the committee is to ascertain for the informationnf th« Sonatft inftY. what, fnunrin..the first page and continuing on the third page, at the top of which was written 'second page/ and completing and signing the instrument on u page marked ‘thirdpage/ wnieh in fact was the second page of the sheet. The courtheld that the will was not signedat the physical end as requiredby statute. The law does notcontemplate going backward inorder to get forward, and the will was refused probate. The New York Court of Appeals sustains the decision throwing out this form of will.’*—Charleston News and Courier.i.ook Carefully at Your $*10Bills.sENROLLMENT NQTIEDepartment of thb Interior, Commission to the five civilized tribes.rt\u ~* it__Chief Wilkie of the Treasury department has issued a note of warning to the public to look out for a new dangerous counterfeit $20 bill. It is described in part as follows :This note is printed from engraved plates and the work on the face and back is of a high order of excellence. It Is a trifle shorter than the genuine, though this should not be used as an absolute teat.The most noticeable defects in the note are in the pro trait of Hamilidu; the nose, instead of being round on the end. is brought to a sharp point; the chin, instead of being doable, as in the genuine, is square; the head, from the back of the hair to the tip of the nose, on line of the ear, is a fraction oi an inch less than the genuine. The work of the coatTerror of the Eclipse.nr I it An ufl ofI Mr *■ B-a *“No wonder people used to gocrazy with turior daring a^otaleclipse/’ said an old citizen, speaking of (he great celestial spectacle booked for the 28tb. “There is no phenomena in nature more strangely daunting, except perhaps an earthquake. I witnessed the eclipse of ’69 from the roof of the old custom house at Louisville, Ky., and the picture is indelibly impressed upon my memory. Considering the fact that it was only thirty years ago, it fs astonishing how much ignorance and superstition prevailed among the common people at that time. Thousands of country folks Rocked into Louisville, laboring under the impression that it was a sort lot ‘town show7 that couldn’t be seen outside the municipal limits, and most of them were divided be-tween Vague Incredulity and a...____ *. i.! a « %. *4 •I would not live always; I asknottostai Where storm after storm gathers dai o’er the way.“The effect of that grewsom chant, welling unexpectedly on of the eerie twilight, was soon thing more than thrilling—U wa absolutely hypnotic and entire! too much for the overstrain® nerves of dozens of the watcheri Many of the women began to SO hysterically, and never was anj thing more welcome than the flfi wave of sunshine that followe the receding of the moon. Thei wee a universal sigh of relief, I which I dare say 1 joined. Tl whole thing had lasted less tha two minutes, but it seemed libhalf an hour.”—New Orieai Times-Democrat.#iAN INDIAN EXAMPLE.Spekirig of the recent visit c the Carlisle Indian band, the Bot
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Cherokee Advocate
Tahlequah, Oklahoma, US
Sat, May 26, 1900
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